win for peterborough. and that pretty much relegates barnsley as well. peterborough have a fairly slim chance, but it's only a slim chance, that are of course seven points behind reading now with only a few games left in the season. that behind reading now with only a few games left in the season.— games left in the season. that is the bottom _ games left in the season. that is the bottom table, _ games left in the season. that is the bottom table, at _ games left in the season. that is the bottom table, at the - games left in the season. that is the bottom table, at the top, - games left in the season. that isj the bottom table, at the top, it's actually the third place. born haven't really been making life easy for themselves these last few days. they needed that when today. it gives them a bit of a cushion. it’s gives them a bit of a cushion. it's not been a _ gives them a bit of a cushion. it�*s not been a great few weeks for them. they started off the season brilliantly. it looked like they would race

the schoolboy was strangled and found naked in woods near his home in peterborough in 1994.ears old at the time of rikki's death. his conviction follows a cold case review and advances in dna technology which helped solve the case, asjo black reports. on the 28th of november, 1994, ruth neave reports her son rikki hasn't returned home from school, but in fact he never made it to class. he'd left home alone that morning on peterborough�*s welland estate. hours later, he was dead. his body was discovered the next day in woods, a few minutes' walk from his home. this is the woodland where rikki's body was found. he'd been strangled, stripped naked, and he had been posed in a star shape. his school uniform was found in a wheelie bin and at the time, detectives believed rikki's mother, ruth, had murdered him. she was cleared of this at trial but did admit child cruelty, and was jailed for seven years. we now know james watson, who was 13 at the time and used to live on the estate, killed rikki. rikki's sisters, who were one and three when he was killed, went on to be adopted. the

guilty of murdering schoolboy rikki neave in peterborough almost 30 years ago.ar—old in woods in the city on november 28 1994. our correspondentjo black reports rikki neave left home alone that morning i did not go to school. i was later he was dead. this is an area he knew well, he would come here to play with his friends. it is also the place where his body was discovered the day after he disappeared. he had been strangled, stripped naked, his body posed in a star shape, his school uniform dumped nearby. we now know he had been murdered by another child. his killer, james watson, was just 13, and lived in a children's home. now, 41, and lived in a children's home. now, a1, he has been convicted. they both walked in together, unbeknown to rikki neave, he was about to be murdered. james watson stayed with his body for a period of time. ~ ., ~ stayed with his body for a period of time. ~ . ,, ., ., ., ., ., time. walked out an hour or two later. time. walked out an hour or two later- back— time. walked out an hour or two later. back in _ time. walked out an hour

a man's been found guilty of murdering 6—year—old rikki neave in peterborough almost 30 years ago.s just 13 when he when he killed rikki in 1994 in the last hour, mps have approved an inquiry into claims that the prime minister misled parliament about downing street parties during lockdown. earlier the government abandoned attempts to delay such an inquiry by the commons privilieges committee — and a short time ago, it was approved by mps without a vote. but it won't begin until the metropolitan police complete their investigations into alleged parties at number ten. and for its part, the met has said today it won't issue any further updates until after the local elections on may 5th. 0ur political correspondent, david wallace lockhart is at westminster. this went through without a vote. i3 quite the saga in terms of how conservative mps are to vote on this. the big picture now is that parliaments privileges committees will be investigating whether or not borisjohnson is let will be investigating whether or not boris johnson is let the will be investigating whether or not borisjohn

millwall beat relegated peterborough 3—0.1. west brom finally were 1—0 winners at reading. it's been an exciting final day of action in league one, which has decided both promotion spots, three relegation places, and the last three play—off places. wigan have been confirmed as champions, and rotherham united will be promoted alongside them — they won 2—0 at gillingham, georgie kelly scored the goal that means they'll return to the championship after being relegated last year — a result that means gillingham go down to league two. both sets of fans invaded the pitch afterwards. that means that the third team in contention for automatic promotion, mk dons, will go into the play—offs, despite winning 5—0 at plymouth argyle, with scott twine scoring four of the goals. it means argyle, who had a man sent off, slip to seventh place and wycombe wanderers take the last play—off spot at their expense. so wigan athletic are promoted as champions, along with rotherham. mk dons, sheffield wednesday, sunderland and wycombe are the four te

the schoolboy was strangled and found naked in woods near his home in peterborough in 1994. advances in dna technology, which helped solve the case, asjo black reports. 0n the 28th of november, 1994, ruth neave reports her son rikki hasn't returned home from school, but in fact he never made it to class. he'd left home alone that morning on peterborough's welland estate. hours later, he was dead. his body was discovered the next day in woods, a few minutes' walk from his home. this is the woodland where rikki's body was found. he'd been strangled, stripped naked, and he had been posed in a star shape. his school uniform was found in a wheelie bin and at the time, detectives believed rikki's mother, ruth, had murdered him. she was cleared of this at trial but did admit child cruelty, and was jailed for seven years. we now know james watson, who was 13 at the time and used to live on the estate, killed rikki. rikki's sisters, who were one and three when he was killed, went on to be adopted. they say today's verdict doesn't ease the pain of losing their brother. that's not huma

nottingham forest's1—0 win at peterborough confirmed the home side's relegation to league one. also won 1—0 against qpr. qpr have really tanked in recent weeks, i can testify to that, i was unlucky enough to watch them at huddersfield and they lost there, so their play—off hopes are fading. the games at swansea and west brom ended in draws. oldham athletic have dropped out of the football league. a 2—1 defeat to salford city at home confirming their releagtion from league 2, but that doesn't tell half the story because the last 13 minutes of that game were played behind closed doors. let's speak to our reporterjoe lynskey. joe, an extraordinary hour or so at boundary park. ultimate relegated from league 2, losing their place in the football league in the most remarkable circumstances because with just over ten minutes to go, 2—1 tout at home to salford city tome, they was a pitch invasion, autumn supporters releasing the anchor of their photo in the league they have had in the last 12 months and also protesting against their owner. of even unfurled a banner in the centre circle

rikki neave was found strangled in woods near his home in peterborough in 1994.mer partner, johnny depp, today in his defamation case against ms heard. jurors were shown text messages in which mr depp referred to a "monster" inside him that he kept in check. the actor is suing ms heard over an article in which she said she was a victim of domestic violence. 0ur correspondent david sillito has been following the case. johnny depp, and day three on the witness stand, and he was bracing himself for some tough questions. yesterday, we saw what he said where the injuries caused by his ex—wife, amber heard. it was that portrayal ofjohnny depp as the blameless victim in all of this that was today being challenged in court. he was shown these text messages, exchanged with the actor paul bettany, comments about burning and drowning amber heard. ater you said, "let's drown her bnefore we burn her," mr depp, you said, "i will bleep her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she is dead." that's what you said that you would do after you burnt her and after you drowned her. did

nottingham forest's1—0 win at peterborough confirmed the home side's relegation to league one.t qpr. the games at swansea and west brom ended in draws. in league 2, the match at bottom side 0ldham was abandoned after a pitch invasion at boundary park stopped play inside the final 15 minutes. they were losing 2—1 to salford city, a result that would see them relegated. let's speak to our reporter joe lynskey, who has actually been in 0ldham this week, looking at the club's demise. this looking at the club's demise. would appear to be a end this would appear to be a very sorry end to their league status but we don't know that for sure because we don't know that for sure because we don't know that for sure because we don't know if that result stands? it don't know if that result stands? it is an extraordinary situation in 0ldham, a lot of anger around the town is to watch their team to send down league 2 in the last 12 months. that anger spilled onto the pitch itself which is to few minutes to go and a sidejust minutes itself which is to few minutes to go and a side just minutes a

centres across cambridgeshire, peterborough, norfolk and waveney will offer spring boosters for overessed. now a head nurse at st george's hospital in tooting — who's also a massive michael buble fan has her dreams come true by meeting the singer over zoom. it was part of bbc radio london's �*make a difference' campaign, celebrating pandemic heroes. the night before, i wasjust singing his songs in my head, just going over and over all of his songs. i was like which one is he going to sing to me? and all i kept thinking was ijust want to see michael. i just want to see michael. now let's take a look at the tubes ths morning. as you can see lots of issues there with planned closures for work. so the best bet is to check your route before you travel. 0nto the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. well it's looking like a very decent bank holiday weekend if weather ahead with high pressure largely dominant out towards the east at the moment. then it should stay dry. there will be plenty of sunshine around for much of the time and temperatures will be above average too

peterborough lead barnsley1—0. derby county also looking to keep survival hopes alive at qpr.ight, knowing a draw or win will take them to the top of the table. managersjurgen klopp and ralf rangnick are good friends and this will be the first time the two managers face off against each other, outside of germany. and klopp was asked how theirfriendship is, ahead of one of the biggest games in english football. 0n hold! on hold! laughter we have _ on hold! laughter we have not - on hold! laughter we have not had i oh hold! laughter - we have not had contact oh hold! laughter _ we have not had contact since he has beenin we have not had contact since he has been in england, i respect hisjob and he respects mine. i respect him for everything he has done in his career, to be honest. incredible jobs where ever he was. a difficult one at manchester united, obviously, thatis one at manchester united, obviously, that is clear, big expectations, and no time to get there because our business is like this but you can see the changes he made and the parts he has improved. brute see the ch

yesterday morning when the driver of the 08:20am lumo service hit the emergency brake near to peterboroughoast main line. while some have critised the timing, network rail says the complex project has been planned for more than two years. workers who clean trains for a number of train operators are to stage 11 days of strikes in a dispute over pay. members of the rmt union who look after lines including thameslink, eurostar and southeastern services will walk out from 27 april to 7 may. the rmt says it wants cleaners to receive company sick pay and free travel. the number of prominent women in ourjustice system is growing, but those from diverse backgrounds are still facing big obstacles to try and get to the bar. nneka akudolu says she had to overcome hurdles at the start of her career. but she has recently become the sixth black woman in the uk to be made a qc. what people need to see is the possibilities beyond any obstacles, because i didn't really have a good academic record and everyone sort of tended to think i wasn't going to see it through, and... and, quite frankly, i sort of thr

baking was clearly a popular activity yesterday, sheila from peterborough made these for her neighbourst, bringing rain for a while, as it clears away, significantly changing where our weather is coming from, on a westerly breeze bringing some cooler air. there is the weather front, not much rain on its, more cloud, soon moved away. sunshine falls on monday but a whole host of blustery, heavy showers coming into northern ireland, western parts of scotland. in the sunshine, easter monday won't feel too hard but cooler everywhere, top temperature likely to be 16 celsius. the week ahead, well, for tuesday, likely to be the wettest day with heavy showers breaking out. after that settling down, dry but the easterly wind of so not as warm as we were expecting this weekend. —— as we are expecting this weekend. —— as we are expecting this we can. thank you, darren. so, what effect will all this easter travel and mixing have on covid cases? to answer that — and bring us up to speed on all the other covid news — we're joined by our regular experts, the virologist dr chris smith and professor of p