phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.believes will stop the civil case against him in the us is expected to be made public today. prince andrew's lawyers say a settlement made in 2009 between virginia giuffre and sex offenderjeffrey epstein will release him from liability in the case brought by ms giuffre, who accuses him of sexual assault when she was 17. he has consistently denied the claims. our legal correspondent dominic casciani is here. what do we expect to happen today? we're going to have a lot of noise today but then it's going to go to a judge in new york tomorrow to hear what this document amounts to. it's been a secret document for more than a decade now. it's getting unsealed which means it becomes public. in her original action in florida, virginia giuffre who brings these allegations against prince andrew said she was exploited notjust by jeffrey epstein but his closest male peers including royalty. she's never defined he that is. prince andrew's lawyers say that all the allegations she makes are baseless,

our correspondent phil mackie has her story.lometres a day. after a gruelling 40—day trek, she posted this message on her blog. i made it to the south pole, where it's snowing. feeling so many emotions right now. the preparations weren't exactly easy either. she spent 27 days alone in greenland to prepare for the extreme conditions. before she left, polar preet, as she's become known, said she wanted to inspire others. as a woman of colour, as an asian woman, you know, when people see me doing this, an image they don't expect to see, they're so excited, and people have said to me that i'm such a role model, just for them to see somebody that looks, you know, slightly like them. the trip cost £100,000. the fundraising was organised by a charity called team army. i got the sense of her tenacity, herambition, herdrive, and i thought, "oh, my god, ijust have to help you." what do you think now she's achieved it? she has been amazing, absolutely exceeded everyone's expectations. she reached the pole five days quicker than was expecte

phil mackie, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell.f the winter so far. there is snow in the forecast. a widespread frost overnight. it will stay chilly

our correspondent phil mackie has the story. this was the moment she made it.o many emotions right now. i knew nothing about the polar world three years ago and it feels so surreal to finally be here. getting ready wasn't exactly easy. she went to iceland and spent 27 days in greenland to prepare for the extreme conditions. before she left, polar preet, as she's become known, who is an army physio, said one of the reasons she wanted to do it was to inspire other girls from her background. as a woman of colour, as an asian woman, you know, when people see me doing this, you know, an image they don't expect to see, they are so excited. and people have said to me that i'm such a role model, just for them to see somebody that looks, you know, slightly like them. during the trek, she had to tackle 60 mph winds while pulling a 90kg sled in temperatures that fell as low as —50 celsius. as she got closer, she suffered from exhaustion — but that all melted away with the elation of achieving her goal. you are capable of anything you want, no matter where you are from, wh

phil mackie, bbc news.ing on to say that the world number one is to play in the australian open with a vaccination exemption, which some people have taken exception to stop writers are saying... they are quoting australian media, but he is now being held up by even visa error after he landed in australia. the cap is age newspaper is saying that the border forces can contact the state tournament, which is where the tournament is taking place, asking if they would support his application after the team applied for the wrong kind of visa. well not confirming the reason, the sports minister in victoria said, the federal government has been asked if we will support novak djokovic's visa application to enter australia. we will not be providing mr djokovic with an individual visa application or support to participate in the grand slam. we are not sure at the moment whether the federal government will allow his entry. it seems there has been a bit of a mix—up with the paperwork. he has been denied entry, certainly

phil mackie, bbc news. now, it's time for a look at the weather. hello.ugh that we will see a top up of this snow across the highlands through thursday as well as this her friend starting to work the way in. to the course of the night with clear skies, temperatures will follow a very sharply where we have snow and some of the scottish glens because he temperatures down as low as 10 degrees, even to the south of the uk and shots across southern england, —6 and —7. it will get mauled by the end of the night for northern ireland is the once just pick up in the cloud arrives and then come of this with the system runs into the cold air through thursday. for more than ireland, we large malignant rain, snow briefly and some scotland and some scotland in northern england, not exclusively cross the high ground but there will be more heavy snow for a time in briefly across north wales in the midlands, and the strong winds, it can be blizzard conditions. also some heavy rain to the south is this front goes through, may be in the art flesh of lightning and rumble of

schools taking part have been chosen based on police intelligence, as our midlands correspondent phil mackieyou can come through. towering above the children leaving the ark boulton academy in sparkhill in birmingham is callum dunn. all right, guys, do you want to come through? he works for mad, or make a difference, and he is one of a group of chaperones who keep students safe on their way into and out of school. the chaperones are in prominent places, so easily identifiable by students. they are on key routes home and also in areas that we know are hotspots. so they provide a refuge, so if there are students who feel they are at risk, feel they are vulnerable, they can see those chaperones. they are marked out — mad on theirjackets, and they can approach them and the chaperones can make sure they feel safe. this school is one of more than a dozen across the west midlands that is taking part in a pilot project called step together. in each case, the children have to use routes to and from school where drug dealing and gang crime are problems. thankfully, none of us has been involved in such

phil mackie, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. not 45 ,-45 c not 45 ,—45 c here but snow. tonight we might get down to —10, which is quite exceptional and could turn out to be the coldest night of the winter so far. there is snow in the forecast. a widespread frost overnight. it will stay chilly for the next few days across the uk and there will be significant snow to come tomorrow. this gorgeous picture from our weather watcher in the highlands. we could be topping up ten centimetres of snow in parts of the highlands before the day is out. more sunshine for parts of the uk than we have seen for awhile. while. a few showers on the north sea coast. there is definitely a chill with a north—westerly breeze. that full slight through the evening. the skies are clear and the temperatures wilful away. more clad pushing towards northern ireland and the wind starting to kick up. —10 in some of the sheltered glens in scotland. —5, —6 across england and wales. a weather front approaching. put two and two together and you get snow. that is wh

we can speak now to our correspondent phil mackie, who is in shirebrook. phil, tell us more.il, tell us more. so this arrest was made by derbyshire police l phil, tell us more. so this arrest i was made by derbyshire police this morning in nottinghamshire, about five miles from here and this follows an investigation tae was launched op saturday morning, after freda walker was discovered dead, she was 88. kennest in who is 88 is in critical condition in hospital. problem with sound iamso i am so sorry, clearly... iam so sor , clearl . iamsosor ,clearl... . , i am so sorry, clearly... have been studied as— i am so sorry, clearly... have been studied as part _ i am so sorry, clearly... have been studied as part of _ i am so sorry, clearly... have been studied as part of that. _ i am so sorry, clearly... have been studied as part of that. i _ i am so sorry, clearly... have been studied as part of that. i am i i am so sorry, clearly... have been studied as part of that. i am sorry. studied as part of that. i am sorry phil we are _ studied as part of that. i am sorry phil we are ha

our correspondent phil mackie, is at the court.on, that the original sentence that he was given last year at leicester crown court, in which he was given a suspended sentence, was unlawful and unduly lenient and as a result of that lord justice has told him that tomorrow by 4pm he has to surrender to his local police station and prepare for a custodial sentence of two years plus one year on licence. the background to this case is that lincolnshire police carried out a search of his home two years ago and they found a wealth of material, nearly 70,000 documents, including far right and anti—semitic material, but key and most importantly, a manual that describes how to make bombs. forthat manual that describes how to make bombs. for that offence he was convicted last year at leicester crown court. today the solicitor general argued that he should have been sent to prison, but at leicester crown court last august the judge told him that he would suspend the sentence, he felt he was not a lost cause. he submitted him to a five year ser

let's get more now from our correspondent phil mackie the 33—year—old man was arrested in nottinghamshire8—year—old husband who is getting a critical condition in hospital it was the launch of this investigation and the man who has been arrested has been arrested on suspicion of murder and of attempted murder. as you can see it is a lot of police activity going on here even five days after the incident was first discovered and today we heard an update on the progress of that investigation including using the arrest from the assistant chief constable of derbyshire police. i assistant chief constable of derbyshire police.— assistant chief constable of derbyshire police. i would like to sa thank derbyshire police. i would like to say thank you — derbyshire police. i would like to say thank you to _ derbyshire police. i would like to say thank you to everyone i derbyshire police. i would like to say thank you to everyone that i say thank you to everyone that helped us so far and also ask if anybody who was in this area on the street and between half past four and friday the 14th of january an

let's get more now from our correspondent phil mackie.rida woke up osma body was discovered and ken walker who was discovered and ken walker who was also discovered with her was still in a critical condition in hospital. it was the launch of this investigation. the man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and of attempted murder. as you can see there is still a lot of police activity here, even five days after the incident was first discovered and today we had an update on the progress of that investigation including the arrest from the assistant chief constable. i including the arrest from the assistant chief constable. i would like to say thank— assistant chief constable. i would like to say thank you _ assistant chief constable. i would like to say thank you to _ assistant chief constable. i would like to say thank you to everyone | like to say thank you to everyone who has — like to say thank you to everyone who has helped us so far and also ask for— who has helped us so far and also ask for anybody who was in this area on the _ a

schools taking part have been chosen based on police intelligence, as our midlands correspondent phil mackieove the children leaving the ark boulton academy in sparkhill in birmingham is callum dunn. all right, guys, do you want to come through? he works for mad, or make a difference, and he is one of a group of chaperones who keep students safe on their way into and out of school. the chaperones are in prominent places, so easily identifiable by students. they are on key routes home and also in areas that we know are hotspots. so they provide a refuge, so if there are students who feel they are at risk, feel they are vulnerable, they can see those chaperones. they are marked out mad on theirjackets, and they can approach them and the chaperones can make sure they feel safe. this school is one of more than a dozen across the west midlands that is taking part in a pilot project called step together. in each case, the children have to use routes to and from where drug dealing and gang crime are problems. thankfully, none of us has been involved in such violence across the streets, but we do kn

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