i'm rich preston. connor chapman — the 23—year—old convicted yesterday of the murder of elle edwards. she was shot dead outside a pub in wirral, in the north west of england, on christmas eve. the judge's sentencing will be televised so we will cross to liverpool crown court to hear his remarks. elle's father, tim, has said his mission is now to stop gun violence on merseyside. he talked to reporter jayne mccubbin. tell us about elle. elle? god... god love her. elle's great. she's lovely, very kind, very giving. she's always looking out for other people, especially her family. and, you know, she was she was going ahead, flying. working hard? yeah. working hard. she was a good example to people. she set her own goals and she was achieving them and she was flying and she did it with a smile on her face. what was it like running up to christmas, last year? elle's great. she's lovely, very kind, very giving. she's always looking out for other people, especially her family. and, you know, she was she was go

hello, i'm rich preston. protest outside the french embassy. protesters have responded to a call from the leaders of this week's military coup, who also denounced the upcoming meeting between leaders from across west africa on the situation. in a statement, the soldiers are warning of what they call military intervention. soldiers announced the military takeover on wednesday, detaining the president mohamed bazoum. on friday, the head of the presidential guards unit, general abdourahmane tchiani, declared himself niger's new leader,

i'm rich preston.e becoming clearer this hour. all tapping in to that humidity that was in the air earlier on, where we saw temperatures peak in the high 20s in parts of northern

hello, i'm rich preston. the divisions on whether to supply cluster weapons to ukraine are becoming clearer this hour. the british prime minister riushi sunak has confirmed that britain — like several other nato countries — is signed up to a convention that bans their use. on friday, president biden made what he called the "difficult decision" to send cluster munitions to ukraine. he arrives in the uk later on saturday. rishi sunak is playing down any differences. well, the uk is a signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions, and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine against russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion. we have done that by providing heavy battle tanks and most recently long range weapons, hopefully all countries can continue to support ukraine, russia's act of barbarism is causing untold suffering to millions of people, it's right that we collectively stand up to it and i will be heading off to the nato summit next next

hello, welcome to the programme, i am rich preston.t union are taking part in their latest strike today, in the long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. it's the second consecutive weekend of industrial action on the railways. just over half of the usual services are expected to run across the network. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has this report. for the second saturday in a row, some of the 1a affected train operators are running very limited services.

hello, i'm rich preston. welcome to the programme. the leaders of the military coup in niger have issued a statement, warning of what they call imminent military intervention. it comes as leaders from across west africa are due to meet for an emergency summit following the coup in niger. which took place earlier this week. soldiers announced the military takeover on wednesday, detaining the president mohamed bazoum. on friday, the head of the presidential guards unit, general abdourahmane tchiani, declared himself niger's new leader, saying insecurity, economic woes and corruption prompted him to seize power. the us, the eu, and france — niger's former colonial ruler — say they won't recognise the coup leaders, with some suspending security cooperation and budgetary aid. there are concerns among many countries over which states niger's new leader will align with — potentially moving closer to russia — as happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up ecowas, the economic c

hello, i'm rich preston. thank you forjoining us. we begin in france, where the grandmother of the teenager whose fatal shooting by police in a paris suburb triggered five nights of rioting across france, has appealed for the violence to stop. another 700 people were arrested on saturday night, with clashes in marseille — in southern france — and a number of other cities. there's been widespread condemnation of an attempt to set fire to the home of a local paris mayor, with rockets fired at the official�*s fleeing wife and children. let's cross straight to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan. iam i am outside the home of mayor vincentjeanbrun, which as you say, the rioters tried to attack last night by driving a burning car into it. he wasn't at home in the time, he was at the nearby town hall, but his wife and two young children were. they escaped, obviously terrified, and his wife broke her leg in the melee that ensued. this was not one of a number —— this was one of a number of protest that spread across france for a fifth

hello, i'm rich preston. very good to have your company.president, vladimir putin, has said he does not reject the idea of peace talks on ukraine. speaking after meeting african leaders in st petersburg, he said an african or chinese peace initiative could serve as a basis for talks. but mr putin also said it was hard to implement a ceasefire when the ukrainian army was on the offensive. it comes as the mayor of moscow has accused ukraine of a drone attack on the russian capital. two office blocks were damaged but there were no reports of any injuries. meanwhile, ukraine says a russian missile attack on the north—eastern city of sumy, has killed at least one civilian and wounded five. officials said the missile hit an education centre. earlier on president putin spoke at the annual navy day parade in st petersburg, the same city he was meeting african leaders. there was a flotilla of ships present and the russian president gave a speech in which he said the russian navy baguette that 30 new battleships and thanking naval trips for their ser

hello, i'm rich preston. welcome to the programme. bbc says an unnamed male presenter who is alleged to have paid thousands of pounds to a teenager in exchange for explicit sexual images has been suspended. bbc news impartially covers stories about the corporation and, like other news organisations, is seeking further clarification. these are the key details we have so far. the male presenter who is accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs has been suspended. the bbc says it became aware of a complaint in may. the statement adds that the bbc investigations team has been "looking into this since it was raised and have been actively following up". according to the bbc statement, new allegations "of a different nature" were put to the corporation on thursday. this the bbc says it is in touch with "external authorities" — which are understood to be the police — over the matter, in addition to its own enquiries. and the director—general says the bbc is in contact with the family referenced in media reports. helena wil

my colleague, rich preston has been speaking to kurt volker a former us ambassador to nato and formerhe's told him why he backs the move. ukraine is facing brutal attacks from russia. genocidal war crimes, including the use by russia of cluster munitions. and we need to do everything we can to give ukraine the equipment that they need in order to fight back and push the russians out of their territory. many would say two wrongs don't make a right. the us has previously criticised russian forces for sending what it described as exceptionally lethal weaponry to ukraine, including cluster munitions. why is it ok for the us to do this? well, because russia is the aggressor and they should not be doing it and it is only fair and right for ukraine to be in a position to defend itself. it is a fundamentally different position that ukraine is in as compared with russia. what difference will these weapons make to ukraine on the ground? well, ukraine, as we have seen, has been able to advance on the battlefield, but only very slowly. and that's because of the minefields and the trenches that ha

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just a reminder that rich preston will be with you for the next hour for more of today's headlines.tching. we set hello. we set we do have a few showers around, mainly across the northern half of the uk. so, further south, that is where you have the longer spells of dry and sunny weather, but a fairly bright and breezy sort of day. noticeable wind coming in from a west or north—westerly direction. and, it is blowing around this area of low pressure, which is just drifting slowly across scandinavia. drawn in on that atlantic air, we are seeing a few showers, particularly affecting scotland and northern ireland in the day. a few for northern england and north wales, further south—east, you are likely to stay dry, some late sunshine around today. more persistent rain and cloud just lingering across the far north of scotland for the likes of caithness and sutherland and orkney, too, but overnight, most places are relatively dry and clear. so, temperatures getting down into single figures for many northern areas in particular, as we head into the early hours of monday morning. a fresh st

our correspondent speaking with rich preston earlier today.nal health service has said that patients are paying the price will continue to strikes on the health service and that this month planned industrial action by doctors could be the best for patients yet. here is our political correspondence helen catt. the nhs will turn 75 in a few days' time, but in recent months, it's really been showing the strain for staff, with one in ten posts empty and for patients with record numbers of people on waiting lists for treatment. the woman in charge of running the nhs today insisted things were on the right track. almost all our indicators are actually going in the right direction at the moment, but what we have to recognise... with more people waiting than ever before and fewer people treated even though you've got bigger budgets? so, numbers of patients, you're absolutely right that's going up and as we've always said, that it's going to get bigger before it came down. but the longest waits are reducing and are reducing consistently. what do we wan

hello, i'm rich preston. here in the uk, up to 20,000 rail workers in the rmt union are taking part in their latest strike today in the long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. it's the second consecutive weekend of industrial action on the railways. just over half of the usual services are expected to run across the network. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has this report. for the second saturday in a row, some of the 1a affected train operators are running very limited services. after more than a year of industrial action, many people have got used to changing their plans or found other ways of travelling on strike days. but hospitality businesses say they're still feeling the impact. every time there is a strike day, we do see trade fall off a cliff in certain parts of the country, certainly towns and city centres. you know, the last week we've had sort of three strike days that affect the rail. we've had an overtime ban during the course of that week. we know that we've lost aro

hello, i'm rich preston. welcome to the programme. across west africa are due to meet for an emergency summit following the coup in niger. which took place earlier this week. soldiers announced the military takeover on wednesday, detaining the president mohamed bazoum. on friday, the head of the presidential guards unit, general abdourahmane tchiani, declared himself niger's new leader, saying insecurity, economic woes and corruption prompted him to seize power. the us, the eu, and france — niger's former colonial ruler — say they won't recognise the coup leaders, with some suspending security cooperation and budgetary aid.

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hello, i'm rich preston. up to 20,000 rail workers in the rmt union are taking part in their latest strike today in the long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. it's the second consecutive weekend of industrial action on the railways. just over half of the usual services are expected to run across the network. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has this report. for the second saturday in a row, some of the 14 affected train operators are running very limited services. after more than a year of industrial action, many people have got used to changing their plans or found other ways of travelling on strike days. but hospitality businesses say they're still feeling the impact.