nottingham crown court, he is on trialfor causing midlands. ous bodily harm to ten patients over a 14 bodily harm to ten patients over a 1a year period. today, the 59—year—old took the stand. he told thejury 59—year—old took the stand. he told the jury not over the last few weeks, the court has heard the surgeon operated unnecessarily on patients at two private hospitals. the prosecution alleges his motives were obscure and may have included a desire to earn money. ian paterson denies 20 counts of wounding with intent. the trial continues. our top story this evening. the westminster attacker‘s mother has called her son's actions an atrocity. and still to come. a record haul at the rio games, so why has wheelchair tennis had its funding cut? coming up in sportsday on bbc news, why age isn't an issue forjermain defoe as the england manager gareth southgate labels his return to the national team a great story, three years after his last appearance for his country. iraqi forces are intensifying their assault against so called islamic state, as they

he's on trial at nottingham crown court.organising the biggest anti—government protests in the country for several years. tens of thousands of people attended the anti—corru ption rallies in cities across russia. the kremlin said the demonstrations were illegal, describing them as "a provocation and a lie". our correspondent steve rosenberg reports from moscow. it wasn't difficult to guess what this verdict was going to be. the police bus, ready and waiting to take russia's main opposition leader to jail. inside the courtroom, alexei navalny was upbeat. he had called russians onto the streets yesterday. there'd been tens of thousands of protesters, he told me, but there were millions of russians who backed the fight against corruption. when the verdict came, he was guilty. the crime — disobeying police orders. the punishment— 15 days injail. as mr navalny emerged, his supporters held up good luck messages, hoping he'd see them through the window. the police saw them and took them away. yesterday's anti—corru ption protests w