nick garnett, bbc news, liverpool.he last few minutes but connor chapman who is 23 has been found guilty at liverpool crown court of the murder of elle edwards. she was shot outside the lighthouse pub in wallasey village, the wirral on christmas eve last year and nicky schiller, our report in the newsroom who's been following this for us. we were hearing in ghana's piece there and also it has been said today that he had more than 20 previous convictions.— he had more than 20 previous convictions. . , . , , convictions. that is correct, yes. that is what _ convictions. that is correct, yes. that is what the _ convictions. that is correct, yes. that is what the court _ convictions. that is correct, yes. that is what the court was - convictions. that is correct, yes. that is what the court was told l convictions. that is correct, yes. i that is what the court was told and you heard from my colleague nick garnett, he is in court at the moment and ijust garnett, he is in court at the moment and i just want to reduce informa

we have got nick garnett with us. hello my neck. g to the side there —— hello, nick. first, for tim under the family, christmas has taken a whole new tragic meaning —— for tim and the family. he has said it over and the family. he has said it over and over again.— and over again. this you're absolutely _ and over again. this you're absolutely right. _ and over again. this you're absolutely right. it - and over again. this you're absolutely right. it is - and over again. this you're absolutely right. it is veryl absolutely right. it is very difficult because the murder of a loved one at any time of year, it is always a difficult time, but in britain, the way that christmas is celebrated, we often criticise it, the run—up to christmas starts in october, the run up every year to the anniversary of elle edwards's death will start with the run—up to christmas. so in october they will start to think, the time is coming on, the time is approaching, it is the end of the year, that is what they will be thinking. it is going to... there is no

it is the latest coming from a reporter, nick garnett, who is sitting inside liverpool crown court.tement is read out by her father to the court." my daughter was doing what everyone should be able to do, her life was cut short, she was lost forever. she would always put others before herself and " and we understand that mr edwards was staring down at the floor whilst this was being read out to the court. to what extent, peter, has the community helped in getting to this point in the conviction of connor chapman. stop? how key has community played in this it is absolutely crucial because it doesn't matter what the investigation is, any police investigation is, any police investigation requires the cooperation of the community and public. cooperation of the community and ublic. ., , , ~ cooperation of the community and ublic. . , , ~ , cooperation of the community and ublic. , ~ , ., cooperation of the community and ublic. , ~' , ., , public. cases like this, of course, there is always _ public. cases like this, of course, there is always a _ public. cases like this, of course, there

nick garnett, bbc news, liverpool. wa nt to ta ke want to take you live to the czech republic.he president of the czech republic. this hasn't been his first stop of this trip. he has also been in socio— bulgaria, meeting the prime minister, as well as other government officials. —— sophia. the main focus of our talks is, he said, is the security of our country and defence support and operations. so, that's part of the message on this tour. we are, as the fanfare plays, expecting him. let's take a look listen in. cheering cheering applause there is volodymyr zelensky in the clothing that we are use to him even when he is outside of ukraine. making these visits, making appeals for unity, for support. he knows his clear role in this is to galvanise the support of the allies and maintain that support for the duration of the conflict in ukraine. that's it for the moment. i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello there. temperatures have been a little bit below average for the first week ofjuly. however, things are set to get a lot hotter as we look at the forecast for tomorrow

the beautician was enjoying a night out with friends. 0ur north of england correspondent nick garnettto midnight, hugging friends and wishing them a happy christmas. these are among the last moments of elle edwards' life. looking in the shadows with a military grade submachine gun, connor chapman hasjust military grade submachine gun, connor chapman has just one intention, to kill. convicting him of murder, thejudge, microjustice goose, said he wanted people to see and hear the brutality of this crime for themselves. it was from around this area that the shots were fired, a dozen bullets in just the shots were fired, a dozen bullets injust under the shots were fired, a dozen bullets in just under four microseconds. as well as elle being killed, four other men were hit and injured. chapman had a long criminal record over a number of years. i can't begin to understand where someone's mind says, i'm going to get in the car, drive to a pub full of people with a machine gun and then going to open it up and fire into that pub. fit, then going to open it up and fire into that pub-— into that