today poppi's father, paul worthington, who has always denied wrongdoing, refused to answer questionsquest. 0ur reporter, danny savage, was there. poppi worthington's life was tragically short. the saga surrounding her unexplained death is very long. 13—month—old poppi died nearly five years ago. she'd been rushed to hospital in barrow after being found unconscious at home early one morning. many months later, a family court judge found that poppi's father had probably sexually assaulted her shortly before her death. today, he was bundled through the back door of the coroner's court under police guard. paul worthington denies any wrongdoing and has never been charged, but he's been called as a witness at the inquest into his daughter's death. screened from the public but not the press, he agreed that poppi was as fit as a fiddle and would wake up just before 6am. but when asked about events closer to the day that poppi died, he kept replying, "i refer to my previous statements. i rely on the right not to answer under rule 22." that rule states no witness at an inquest is obliged to an

accused of sexually assaulting his own daughter, paul worthington has been in hiding for months.ions. he is expected back here tomorrow. danny savage, bbc news, kendal. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: donald trump has hit back at the british prime minister following a spat over controversial tweets by the us president. following the latest missile test, the us ambassador to the united nations has warned the north korean leadership that it would be "utterly destroyed" if war broke out. the french president emmanuel macron says libya has agreed to allow migrants who are facing abuse in its detention camps to be evacuated urgently back to their home countries. the oil exporters' group opec is meeting in vienna later on thursday to discuss whether to extend production curbs. now it's time look at the stories making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the times and its coverage of a key brexit issue. the paper predicts that britain is close to sealing a deal about policing the northern ireland border — that would involve devolving a package

today poppi's father, paul worthington, who has always denied wrongdoing, refused to answer questionsoppi worthington's life was tragically short. the saga surrounding her unexplained death is very long. 13—month—old poppi died nearly five years ago. she'd been rushed to hospital in barrow after being found unconscious at home early one morning. many months later, a family court judge found that poppi's father had probably sexually assaulted her shortly before her death. today, he was bundled through the back door of the coroner's court under police guard. paul worthington denies any wrongdoing and has never been charged, but he's been called as a witness at the inquest into his daughter's death. screened from the public but not the press, he agreed that poppi was as fit as a fiddle and would wake up just before 6am. but when asked about events closer to the day that poppi died, he kept replying, "i refer to my previous statements. "i rely on the right not to answer under rule 22." that rule states no witness at an inquest is obliged to answer any question which might incriminate them

today poppi's father, paul worthington, who has always denied wrongdoing, refused to answer questionsunexplained death is very long. 13—month—old poppi died nearly five years ago. she'd been rushed to hospital in barrow after being found unconscious at home early one morning. many months later, a family court judge found that poppi's father had probably sexually assaulted her shortly before her death. today, he was bundled through the back door of the coroner's court under police guard. paul worthington denies any wrongdoing and has never been charged, but he's been called as a witness at the inquest into his daughter's death. screened from the public but not the press, he agreed that poppi was as fit as a fiddle and would wake up just before 6am. but when asked about events closer to the day that poppi died, he kept replying, "i refer to my previous statements. i rely on the right not to answer under rule 22." that rule states no witness at an inquest is obliged to answer any question which might incriminate them. last year, cumbria police was heavily criticised for its handling of t

today poppi's father, paul worthington, who has always denied wrongdoing, refused to answer questionsed death is very long. 13—month—old poppi died nearly five years ago. she'd been rushed to hospital in barrow after being found unconscious at home early one morning. many months later, a family court judge found that poppi's father had probably sexually assaulted her shortly before her death. today, he was bundled through the back door of the coroner's court under police guard. paul worthington denies any wrongdoing and has never been charged, but he's been called as a witness at the inquest into his daughter's death. screened from the public but not the press, he agreed that poppi was as fit as a fiddle and would wake up just before 6am. but when asked about events closer to the day that poppi died, he kept replying, "i refer to my previous statements. i rely on the right not to answer under rule 22." that rule states no witness at an inquest is obliged to answer any question which might incriminate them. last year, cumbria police was heavily criticised for its handling of the invest

paul worthington, the father of a 13—month—old girl who died following unexplained injuries, broke downtears as he refused 252 times to answer questions about the death of his daughter. poppi died suddenly five years ago. the police have apologised forfailing to properly investigate her death. police in london have released cctv footage of a man believed to have carried out 25 sexual assaults on women and children. the incidents have taken place across the south east of the city — with the youngest victim just eight years old. the trump administration has attempted to quell media speculation that the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, could soon be replaced. mr tillerson has been at odds with mr trump over foreign policy recently. the secretary of state was even reported to have privately described the president as a "moron". the white house spokeswoman says mr tillerson is continuing to carry out mr trump's agenda. the argentinian navy has given up rescue attempts. a big operation has failed to locate the submarine and there is no chance of finding anyone alive. the government is fa

paul worthington, who's a9, refused to answer many of the questions put to him in court. million of its british customers and drivers were victims of a major security breach last year. personal details including names, email addresses and phone numbers were stolen in the hack, which uber kept secret until earlier this month. lawyers for michael stone, who was twice convicted of the murders of lin russell and her daughter megan in kent in 1996, say they have new evidence of his innocence. they believe the murderer of lyn and megan russell was a convicted serial killer, levi bellfield. they say a confession made by bellfield to another prisoner is backed up by other evidence from a witness. bellfield told the bbc he denied the murders and denied making a confession, as our correspondent wyre davies reports. it was a shocking murder, a vicious attack injuly 1996 on a family walking home from school in rural kent. lin russell and her six—year—old daughter megan were killed in the frenzied hammer attack. that was quite heavy. but nine—year—old josie survived, despite suffering