the old bailey in march. the sixth candidate to join the race to succeed jeremy corbyn as labour leader. the result of the contest will be announced at a special conference on 4 april. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. she had been expected tojoin she had been expected to join the race? she had come a long time ally ofjeremy corbyn but today firmly positioned herself as the carry on jeremy corbyn candidate going out of her way to defend his leadership, unswervingly backing his policy saying she not only believed in them but had written many of them, she left his predecessors like ed miliband as tory light, she echoed some of his radical rhetoric, talking about turning the labour party into an insurgency, resisting the tories, honestly, she couldn't have done much more if she'd sung jeremy corbyn! this was her rebuffing the idea that mr corbyn wasn't in any way to blame for the election defeat. any leader who leads us into a general election defeat needs to take ultimate responsibi

today, henry long, seen here at a previous hearing, appeared before a judge at the old bailey.y". although henry long has said he is guilty of manslaughter in relation to events here last summer, crucially, he has pleaded not guilty to the murder of the police officer. it means he now faces a murder trial in march. two other teenagers, both 17, are due to stand trial with him charged with killing the 28—year—old police officer. daniela relph, bbc news, west berkshire. greater manchester police has said more potential victims of the serial rapist reynhard sinaga have come forward following his sentencing. yesterday, sinaga was jailed for life with a 30 year minimum for 159 sex offences, most of them rapes. he lured men from manchester clubs to his flat where he drugged and assaulted them. sinaga's father, in a phone call to the bbc, said the family accepts the verdict and his punishment fits his crimes. australian firefighters are continuing to battle around 200 wildfires in the states of new south wales and victoria, in the south east of the country. cooler temperatures in the

today, henry long, seen here at a previous hearing, appeared before a judge at the old bailey. replied, "i plead guilty, guilty". although henry long has said he is guilty of manslaughter in relation to events here last summer, crucially, he has pleaded not guilty to the murder of the police officer. it means he now faces a murder trial in march. two other teenagers, both 17, are due to stand trial with him charged with killing the 28—year—old police officer. daniela relph, bbc news, west berkshire. the time is 8:15. our top story this evening: the teenager convicted of lying about being gang raped in cyprus last summer receives a suspected sentence and is allowed to fly home to the uk. and coming up... it's no laughing matter — joker leads the nominations for the baftas but there's criticism as its revealed all the main acting nominees are white. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we will be live at old trafford ahead of the league cup semifinal first leg between manchester united and manchester city. in australia, firefighters are taking advantage of milder weather and some

was responding to reports of a break—in at the time. 0ur correspondent daniella relph was at the old baileyed not guilty to murder and he and two others are due to face trial for murder here at the old bailey in march. it‘s award season and they are coming thick and fast — yesterday the golden globes and today the bafta nominations. the film joker leads the way being recognised in 11 categories. it‘s competing against sam mendes‘ war epic, 1917, for both best film and best director. but all the nominees in the acting categories are white, and the best director shortlist is all male, the head of bafta says she is very disappointed by the lack of diversity. lizo mzimba reports. a few years ago it would have perhaps been unheard of for a film likejoker to be perhaps been unheard of for a film like joker to be nominated, perhaps been unheard of for a film likejoker to be nominated, let alone leading the nominations but there is understandable concern that this year all the nominations come from white actors. and margot robbie nominated for bombshell and bowl. in recent years, performers like vi

our correspondent daniella relph was at the old bailey. 18—year—old henry long from mortimer, near readingiley via a video link from a marsh via a video link from bellmarsh prison, where he is in custody. he was asked for his plea to the charge of manslaughter, to which he replied, "i plead guilty, guilty." now the death of police constable andrew harper last august caused an outpouring of public sympathy. he died just four weeks after he married his childhood sweetheart, and shortly before the couple were due to go on honeymoon. now, he was called out with another colleague, due to a call for reports of a break—in at a property in the village of sullinstead in rural berkshire. when pc harper got there, he got caught under the wheels of the vehicle. he was dragged along the road. he suffered multiple injuries and died. but what is important, with developments here in court today, is that henry long has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. but he has pleaded not guilty to murder, and he and two others are due to face trial for murder here at the old bailey in march. the headlines on bbc news...

today, henry long, seen here at a previous hearing, appeared before a judge at the old bailey.eplied, "i plead guilty, guilty". although henry long has said he is guilty of manslaughter in relation to events here last summer, crucially, he has pleaded not guilty to the murder of the police officer. it means he now faces a murder trial in march. two other teenagers, both 17, are due to stand trial with him charged with killing the 28—year—old police officer. daniela relph, bbc news, west berkshire. figures from public health england show that there were almost 900 more deaths than expected amongst people over 65 during the hot weather last summer. official data suggests that the number of deaths spiked onjuly the 25th, when it reached 38.7 degrees celsius in cambridge, the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk. mps have begun debating the government's brexit bill in the house of commons. ministers are seeking to win parliamentary approval in the next few weeks to allow the uk to leave the european union at the end of the month, but opposition parties are pressing for chang

our correspondent katharine carpenter reports from the old bailey.ave been a routine traffic stop. when van driver mohammed rodwan refuses to cooperate, there is a struggle. then pc suart outten is hit with a rusty machete. i start to drag him out of the van, and he starts hitting me in the head with something. because i'm concentrating on grabbing him, i don't really focus on what it is until i realised that my head is getting wet, quickly. as rodwan raises his machete again, pc outten fires his taser, but the first shot fails. so my thought process then is, "well, i've got one more shot, "and if this one doesn't work, he's going to end up killing me." i need an ambulance now, i've been stabbed! call at 999! hurry up! he was in a very, very serious state. incredibly lucky. without a doubt, his training and his taser saved his life. what the jury here wasn't told was that mohammed rodwan had carried out a machete attack before. back in 1996, he stabbed two acquaintances at a house in east london. they needed surgery, and rodwan, who was using a diffe

first time that we have been allowed to broadcast television pictures from court number one at the old baileyorld. it's here that people like the kray twins, ruth ellis — the last woman to be hanged in britain — the wartime traitor lord haw—haw and the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe were tried and sentenced, but when they were sentenced the only members of the public who got to see it were the few people sitting up there in the public gallery. new laws will allow television cameras to film judges' sentencing remarks in murder, terrorism and other serious high—profile cases. it's a radical extension to the operation of open justice and has been welcomed by thejudiciary. there are two reasons, i think. the first is that it's important that the justice system — what happens in our courts — is as transparent as possible and is consistent with the interests ofjustice, and the second is that it aids public understanding of what the courts are doing. the new measures will apply to crown courts in england and wales. filming in the scottish courts has been allowed since 1992, subject to strict condi

he's due to go on trial in march. 0ur correspondent daniela relph is at the old bailey. m a belmarsh prison, where he is in custody. and it was put to him, and ask for his plate, the manslaughter charge against pc andrew harper from august last year. when the charge was put to henry long, his reply was, i plead guilty, guilty. ithink we all remember the death of andrew harper last august. there was an outpouring of public grief after his death, and very emotional statements from his new wife as well. he had been married just four weeks before his death. he had been called to reports of a break—in at a property in berkshire, close to reading, when he was there, there was some kind of incident involving a vehicle, where he appeared to get trapped under the vehicle and dragged along. it is alleged that henry long was the driver of that vehicle. but he had pleaded guilty today, to the manslaughter of andrew harper. but it is very important to stress that he and two others have pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, and they will face a trial here at the 0ld they will fac

first time that we've been allowed to broadcast television pictures in court number one in the old baileynged in britain, the wartime traitor lord haw—haw and the yorkshire ripper, peter sutcliffe, were tried and sentenced. but when they were sentenced, the only members of the public got the only members of the public who got to see it with a few people sitting up there in the public gallery. to see it were the few people sitting up there in the public gallery. new laws will allow television cameras to film judges' sentencing remarks in murder, terrorism and other serious high—profile cases. it's a radical extension to the operation of open justice and has been welcomed by thejudiciary. there are two reasons, i think. the first is that it's important that the justice system, what happens in our courts, is as transparent as it is possible and is consistent with the interests ofjustice. and the second is that it aids public understanding of what the courts are doing. the new measures will apply to crown courts in england and wales. filming in the scottish courts has been allowed since 1992,

our correspondent katharine carpenter reports from the old bailey. images. it should have been a routine traffic stop. when van driver mohammed rodwan refuses to cooperate, there's a struggle. you are not driving away, sir. you don't have insurance! you are not driving away, sir. and pc suart outten is repeatedly hit on the head with a rusty machete. machete, machete! i don't really focus on what it is until i realised that my head is getting wet, quickly. that's when i finally focused on his hand, and it's almost like when it's in the movies, when it slowly comes into focus, that he's got a two foot machete in his hand. as rodwan raises his machete again, pc outten fires his taser, but the first shot fails. so my thought process then is, "well, i've got one more shot, "and if this one doesn't work, he's going to end up killing me." i need an ambulance now, i've been stabbed! call 999! i'm trying to! hurry up! shut up! he was in a very, very serious state. incredibly lucky. without a doubt, his training and his taser saved his life. what the jury her

first time that we've been allowed to broadcast television pictures from court number one at the old baileyin britain, the wartime traitor lord for war and the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe we re yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe were tried and sentenced. but the only members of the public who got to see it were the few people sitting up there in the public gallery. new laws will allow television cameras to film judges' sentencing remarks in murder, terrorism and other serious high—profile cases. it is a radical extension to the operation of open justice that has been welcomed by the judiciary. there are two reasons, i think. the judiciary. there are two reasons, ithink. the the judiciary. there are two reasons, i think. the first is that it is important that the justice system, what happens in our courts, is as transparent as possible and disc consistent with the interest of justice, and the second is that it aids public of understanding of what the courts are doing. the new measures will apply to crown courts in england and wales. filming in scottish courts has been allowed since 1992,

first time that we have been allowed to broadcast television pictures from court number one at the old baileyer lord warhol and the yorkshire ripper were tried and sentenced but when they were sentenced, the only members of the public who got to see it with a few people sitting up there in the public gallery. new laws will allow television cameras to film judges sentencing remarks and murder, terrorism and other serious high profile cases. it is a radical extension to the operation of open justice. and it‘s been welcomed by the judiciary. there justice. and it‘s been welcomed by thejudiciary. there are justice. and it‘s been welcomed by the judiciary. there are two reasons i think, the first is that is it is important that the justice system. what happens in our courts is as transparent as it is possible and is consistent with the interest of justice. the second is that it aids public understanding of what the courts are doing. the new measures will apply to crown court in england and wales. filming in the scottish courses been allowed since 1992. subject to strict conditions. you may stay se

first time that we've been allowed to broadcast television pictures from court number one at the old baileyrkshire ripper, peter sutcliffe were tried and sentenced. but when they were sentenced, the only members of the public who got to see it were a few people sitting up there in the public gallery. new laws will allow television cameras to film judges‘ sentencing, remarks in murder, terrorism and other serious high—profile cases. it's a radical extension to the operation of open justice and has been welcomed by thejudiciary. there are two reasons, i think. the first is that it's important that the justice system, what happens in our courts is as transparent as is possible and is consistent with the interests ofjustice. and the second is that it aids public understanding of what the courts are doing. the new measures will apply to crown courts in england and wales. filming in the scottish courts has been allowed since 1992, subject to strict conditions. edward and avril jones, you may be seated. you were convicted after trial of the murder of margaret fleming. so is there an unequivocal we

our correspondent katharine carpenter has been in court at the old bailey and has the latest.le and he started chopping at the officer's head with a rusty, two foot long machete. he said he was acting in self defence because the officer had attacked him. pc stuart outten reared back and fired his taser and the first shot missed and at that point he said he thought he would die unless he fired a second shot. he managed to incapacitate the man and called for help. a short time ago here thejury and called for help. a short time ago here the jury found the man guilty of wounding with intent but they found him not guilty of an alternative charge of attempted murder or possessing an offensive weapon. in a victim impact statement read out to the court a short time ago, pc stuart outten said that this incident has changed my life but hopefully not the way i police on thejury hopefully not the way i police on the jury was also told that he had a previous conviction for another machete attack back in 1997. that was catherine carpenter. just to update you on the breaking news, for people

old daughter and others. >> what answers are they hoping to find, aviation expert kyle bailey, kyle, good morning. >> good morningarea of expertise, when you see something like this, what do you think happened? >> right now the key is the weather, that's what i'm concerned with, there was fog reported in the area in the morning, so in that area of calabasas, california, mountainous terrain, fog hugging the ground, heal of thers are notorious for skirting around fog underneath, they have different weather minimums and airplanes, they could remain clear of the clouds and still be legal to fly, they might have perhaps been pushing the minimums too much. >> assumingassuming that kobe b, everybody talked about it, take helicopters to and from, presumably, we don't know this, this pilot has flown with kobe before and therefore flown in southern california and should know the fact that you start kind of low there in orange county and when you get up to mountains in calabasas, there are mountains, there are hills, you need to be aware of that and you mentioned to me when we were off air that this helicopter, sikorsky has

bailey hutchinson. we have a terrific four-star air force general who's in my old job, general todd walters. folks are smart and they are going to take this opportunity to start creating some ideas for deployments to the middle east. so there's not a lot of enthusiasm in nato for the president's attitude toward the alliance, but the alliance is bigger than any one presidency, believe me. it's been around for 70-plus years. and i think nato will step up and provide more assets to the middle east. that will be good for the united states. >> admiral, i was fascinated to hear you out on the subject of last night's ballistic missile strike by iran. share with our viewers what you said earlier today. again, looking at the targeting and the selection of ordinance, what they chose to send airborne last night, also the battle damage assessment, the results or lack of it, the happy fact that there were no killed or injured american servicemen and women. what does that tell you about the intent of the attack? >> yeah. let's go back to options iran had and still has, frankly, brian. they can launch mass

bailey but there are other candidates as well. lisa nandi, clive lewis, emily thornberry, jess phillips. they will be looking to make up ground over the next few weeks. a 100—year—oldelieved to have fathered around 800 baby tortoise after he was recruited onto a captive breeding programme in the galapagos islands. the park service believes he was taken from the galapagos 80 years ago by a scientific expedition. diego is currently in quarantine before his return to espanola in march. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. hello. the day hasn't been all doom and gloom by any means at all but if you are anywhere near a weather front chugging its way to scotland and northern ireland and then down into the north of england through wales and into the south—west, well, you will have known it has been very wet and very windy. further to the south and east, you have got the cloud and wind and rain to come during the rest of the evening and indeed overnight. the front really not moving very far, very fast. clearing skies getting into the north of england, to scotland and to northern ireland. some showers getting wintry to about 300 metres, and it will be qu

old. so cute, right? >> oh, so cute. so cute. and here's what i've wondered about elizabeth warren's dog, if her poll numbers are going to go up because bailey'sr. maybe it should be her new strategy. >> by the way, beverly, we have your dog on the air. you post so many images of your dog, i got the feeling he's stubborn, gets his way, and you lo that dog very much. and let's stick with the dogs for a moment, because it's also the same for your loser, right? you're saying michael bloomberg once again proves that, well, he's just not like us, right? unable to properly pet a dog. i'm sure everyone's seen the video of him actually grabbing the snout of a dog. but he's also dropped $31 million on super bowl -- 31 million on super bowl ads. let's look at a snippet. >> lives are being lost every day. it is a national crisis. i heard mike bloomberg peek. he's been in this fight so far, he heard mothers crying so he started fighting. charles: here's the thing, another bloomberg -- [inaudible] but only 2% of american voters feel that gun control is an important issue right now or the most important issue in this country. what else do you think he's try

old work jeans and work clothes. the only piece of regulation uniform would be this quasi military jacket that kelley was wearing. but in late may things began to escalate. on may 22nd thornsberry bailey brown was killed near grafton. he's recognized at the first federal soldier to be killed during the war. a couple months ago i wrote a great arecall on that for emerging civil war. may 23rd citizens would vote for secession. porterfield would occupy grafton the day after that and when winfield scott hears this, he sends a wire to mcclellan urging him in so many words, in case it didn't work out, couldn't come back on scott, urging mcclellan to cross the ohio river and to secure western virginia. mcclellan already had troops in place on the ohio river at billair and a little further south at marietta. mcclellan did not realize with porterfield had tapped into the line and porterfield was getting these messages to and from mcclellan before anybody else was. he knew about this movement that was coming. he knew he did not have the men to stop mcclellan. so, instead, he had to slow him down. on the might of may 25th porterfield ordered his simpaud of men to burn to bridges near b&o, the li

the officer told the old bailey he believed he would have been killed if he hadn't managed to fire hisdriving away, sir. you don't have insurance! you are not driving away, sir. and pc suart outten is repeatedly hit on the head with a rusty machete. machete, machete! i don't really focus on what it is until i realised that my head is getting wet, quickly. that's when i finally focused on his hand, and it's almost like when it's in the movies, when it slowly comes into focus, that he's got a two foot machete in his hand. as rodwan raises his machete again, pc outten fires his taser, but the first shot fails. so my thought process then is, "well, i've got one more shot, "and if this one doesn't work, he's going to end up killing me." i need an ambulance now, i've been stabbed! call 999! i've been stabbed! i'm trying to! i've been stabbed! hurry up! i've been stabbed! shut up! i've been stabbed! he was in a very, very serious state. incredibly lucky. without a doubt, his training and his taser saved his life. what the jury here wasn't told was that mohammed rodwan had carried out a machet