john pat cunningham was 2a, he had learning difficulties and he was shot in the back as he was runningng from chronic kidney disease and heart failure and yesterday the trial was adjourned because the court heard that dennis hutchings had tested positive for covid—19, and he died in a hospital here in belfast yesterday afternoon. unionist politicians have said that he should not have been prosecuted in the first place, for example, the leader of the democratic unionist party, sirjeffrey donaldson, has said serious questions must be answered. but the public prosecution service have said that prosecuting miss to hutchings was in the public interest and that there was new evidence available to the court. john pat cunningham's family have said that in due course they will set out their response to the issues around the prosecution of dennis hutchings but they want to respectfully remind, they say, the public of the facts of the case which were not contested during the trial. so, a deeply personal story but also one that will play into the politics of legacy issues in northern ireland. the

john pat cunningham was 27, he had learning difficulties, and he was shot in the back as he was running disease and heart failure. yesterday the trial was adjourned because the court heard that dennis hutchings had tested positive for covid—19, and he died in a hospital here in belfast yesterday afternoon. unionist politicians have said that he shouldn't have been prosecuted in the first place, for example, the leader of the democratic unionist party, sirjeffrey donaldson, has said serious questions must be answered. but the public prosecution service have said that prosecuting mr hutchings was in the public interest and that there was new evidence available to the court. john pat cunningham's family have said that in due course they will set out their response to the issues around the prosecution of dennis hutchings but they want to respectfully remind, they say, the public of the facts of the case which were not contested during the trial. so, a deeply personal story but also one that will play into the politics of legacy issues in northern ireland. the government currently has plans

dennis hutchings always denied the charge of attempted murder in relation to the killing ofjohn pat cunningham try and help keep the peace, to protect people, which i did. and we're being treated like cannon fodder. recently, several cases against former soldiers have collapsed, but there are several hundred others involving killings by both the british army and paramilitaries which continue to be re—investigated. what do you say to those families and victims who say there were injustices, and if northern ireland is to move on from the past, that people must be brought to justice in some form? i totally agree with you. but let's talk about justice for people, the hundreds of other incidents that are not investigated the same as what they're trying to investigate the military, who were sent here to do a job. the government has proposed ending all troubles—related prosecutions, but it's bitterly opposed. this woman has spent decades searching for answers. her mother was one of nine unarmed civilians killed by british soldiers in ballymurphy in 1971. if there's evidence, real evidence there, it h

dennis hutchings, who was 80, had been charged with the attempted murder ofjohn pat cunningham in countyace a recall petition after a change in parliamentary rules. the move could lead to a by—election. it follows a controversy over the backbench mp rob roberts. he was suspended from parliament for six weeks in may for sexual misconduct. a loophole meant he didn't face a petition that could trigger a by—election. but the rule changes will not apply retrospectively to rob roberts, something labour argued should be the case. video footage has emerged to show levelling up and housing secretary, michael gove, being accosted on the street by anti—vaccine protesters. downing street has condemned the treatment. 0ur political correspondent iain watson joins us now. this is particularly alarming in the wake of the heightened concern over the safety of mps._ the safety of mps. absolutely. followin: the safety of mps. absolutely. following the _ the safety of mps. absolutely. following the death _ the safety of mps. absolutely. following the death of- the safety of mps. absolutely. following the de

dennis hutchings — who was 80 — had been charged with the attempted murder ofjohn pat cunningham in countypearance at a public inquiry he had been ordered to attend. 28 year old ismail abedi has always refused to answer questions from the inquiry into the attack, which killed 22 people in 2017. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz has more. ismail, bbc news, can i ask you a few questions, ismail? this is the last sighting of ismail abedi, when i tracked him down in manchester a year ago. why won't you help the inquiry, ismail? why won't you speak to the inquiry? he wasn't prepared to answer my question then answer my questions then, and he also refused to co—operate with the public inquiry into the arena bombing. the bomber�*s brother has been ordered to appear at court this week, but that now seems highly unlikely. we understand that he is not currently in the country and there is no indication as to when he will return. ismail abedi clearly has important evidence to give to the inquiry and we urge him today, sir, to make contact with the inquiry legal team — either directly o

dennis hutchings had denied attempting to murder john pat cunningham in county tyrone in 197a.d last week after the 80—year—old, from cornwall, fell ill. he later tested positive for covid and died in a belfast hospital. donald trump has filed a case against the congressional committee which is investigating the attack by his supporters on the capitol building in january. the lawsuit is an effort to keep records from his presidency secret. he claims the material is covered by executive privilege, which protects the confidentiality of some white house documents. the rapper ka nye the rapper kanye west has formally changed his name. he is now called ye. he made the application to a los angeles court in august and he has just been given the green light. the 44—year—old has long used the nickname ye and it was the title of an album he released in 2018. ye! i wonder what carroll makes of all of this? ., ., �* ., ., ., this? you haven't made a change to our this? you haven't made a change to your name — this? you haven't made a change to your name this _ this? you haven't made a chan

he had denied attempting to murderjohn pat cunningham in county tyrone in 1974. to stress that it's not a situation like alpha and delta. it's likely it has a subtle, minor difference, subtly more tra nsmissable but what we saw with alpha and delta were massive increases in transmissibility, something like 50 or 60%. what we are talking here is about 10%, so it's not the same ballpark figure. the headlines on bbc news. plans to end the sale of new gas boilers in by 2035. grants of 5000 pounds will be given to help households switch to heat pumps the move is part of the government's plan to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 a public inquiry finds multiple failures by police, prosecutors and council officials resulted in child abuse allegations against the late labour peer lord janner not being properly investigated. could the nhs be under real threat this winter if the rollout of the covid vaccine booster programme isn't sped up across the uk? that's the warning from one monitoring group, which says fewer than half of those in the "at—risk" group have had a

pat spearman. other women include arkansas senator joyce elliott, florida senator audrey gibson, north carolina representative carla cunningham, south carolina representative gilda hunter and utah representative karen quan, to name a few. i was proud lead virginia to become the 13th state to ratify the e.r.a. last year and given our history, it is what it justice -- and given our history, it is poetic justice that virginia put the e.r.a. on top. in 1619, men and virginia actively recruited women and in may 1620, the first 90 women arrived in response to that call , and their rights were surrendered to their husbands. they could not vote, they could not hold public office, they could not own or control property. african women and men who arrived on these shores in 1619 were considered property and had even fewer, if any, rights. in 1776, when abigail adams wrote to her husband as he went to the continental congress, she implored him and fellow delegates to remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. they didn't. over the past 245 years, we have made progress -- slowly. but true equality

pat spearman. other women of color pushing their states to ratify the era include arkansas senator joyce elliott, florida senator audrey gibson, north carolina representative carla cunningham, south carolina representative hunter and utah representative karen klein, just to name a few. as proud to lead virginia become the 38th state to ratify the era last year. and given our history is poetic justice that was virginia to put the era over the top. in 1619 the men of jamestown understood virginia they needed women. they actively recruited women to make wives to the inhabitants in in may of 1620, the first 90 women arrived in response to that call. and that right for surrender to their husband. they could not vote, they cannot hold public office, they could not own or control property. african women and men who arrived on these shores in 1619 were considered property and even had even fewer if any rights. as you heard in 1776, when abigail adams wrote to her husband they went to the continental congress she implored him and his fellow delegates to remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than their ancestors. they didn't. over the past 245 years we have