phil mackey has more.in october 2018 and the start of an investigation into what led to the loss of five people's lives. we now know what caused the crash. the leonardo aw169 was leaving the king power stadium when the rear rotor blade failed. it caused the helicopter to spin out of control. it crashed and caught fire. everyone on board was killed. leicester's billionaire chairman vichai srivaddhanaprabha, employees nursara suknamai and kaveporn punpare, as well as the experienced pilot and instructor eric swaffer, and his partner, izabela lechowicz. investigators say all safety checks had been properly carried out and mr swaffer couldn't have done anything to prevent the accident. it was a very serious failure, and what happened was the tail retracted, drove the tail rotor blades to their full negative pitch, and that spun the aircraft around very rapidly. it was spinning once every two seconds, and that made the helicopter impossible to control. so there's little more he could have done. the crash led to

phil mackey, bbc news, staffordshire. phil mackie, bbc news, staffordshire. is a criminal barrister from red lion chambers. he has worked on a high court case involving a dog bite, and hejoins me now. i want to get your thoughts on the sense of this decision to ban this dog. i think the idea of banning a particular breed the particular dog in question is a cross breed. and many owners who want to avoid responsibility for their dogs actions will seek to argue is not actually an american xl bully. that would involve expert evidence, challenges and course and i think the whole situation would be a very complicated indeed silly by proving whether the dog is a bandit dog or not. �* , ., whether the dog is a bandit dog or not. �*, ., ., , not. let's go back to this point about the _ not. let's go back to this point about the breed _ not. let's go back to this point about the breed in _ not. let's go back to this point about the breed in the - not. let's go back to this point - about the breed in the crossbreed. what is going on here with that? was that causing some

phil mackey, bbc news, leicester. now a look at some other stories making the news today.offers. more than a thousand staff are being made redundant. the former leader of the far— right proud boys group in the us has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the capitol building riot of january 2021. enrique tarrio's prison term is the longest sentence yet for anyone involved. mr tarrio wasn't in washington during the riot but helped to organise the mob which was protesting donald trump's election defeat. the russian mercenary force, the wagner group, is to be officially classed as a terrorist organisation in the uk. it makes membership or support of the group illegal. the defence secretary grant shapps says the group's activities in ukraine and africa pose a threat to global security. a man has been arrested in the us after he was caught trying to cross the atlantic in this vessel resembling a human—powered hamster wheel. reza baluchi was found 70 miles off the coast of georgia last month. court papers filed in florida detail a three—day standoff with the us coast guard.

phil mackey, bbc news, staffordshire. so how does the process of banning a dog work?ead is here to explain. the american xl bully isn't currently banned, and at the moment, it's unclear what the exact rules would be if a ban came in. in fact, only four breeds in the uk are banned under the 1991 dangerous dogs act. they are the pit bull terrier, the japanese tosa, tosa, the dogo argentino and the fila brasileiro. so how does banning a dog work in practice? well, the prime minister says that xl bullies need to be defined as a breed before they can be banned under the dangerous dogs act. neither the international canine federation, nor the kennel club have recognised or accepted the american bully into their registry as a purebred dog. so what would the punishment be for owning one? the police or the local council can take a dog away for investigation and decide whether it could be a danger to the public. in some circumstances — or where there's already been a serious offence — the dog could be destroyed. owners found to commit serious offences could be fined, or even fa