robert hall, bbc news, tyne cot. who led a double life, making bombs for a dissident republican group in northern ireland, has been jailed for 18 years. ciaran maxwell was described by the judge at the old bailey as a dangerous man, who threatened the political stability of northern ireland. june kelly reports. soon after he signed up, ciaran maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines. on facebook, he posted this video of his training exercises as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, he was servicing the dissident irish republican group the continuity ira. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker, who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to violent dissident republican groups. and undoubtedly i believe that, by being caught now, lives have been saved. ciaran maxwell came from northern ireland, and four of his bombs were used here by the continuity ira. no—one was hurt, but maxwell built 1a bombs, and some of his devices are still feared to be in dissid

live now to ypres and our correspondent there, robert hall.days of commemorations that will take place, but he let the men engaged, and that the massive war cemetery nearby will remember those who fell during the fighting that raged for three months over farmland north of the city, but also of the sacrifices made by the city itself. it was virtually destroyed during the battle. people here have regular reminders of what took place. there is often a deadly remainder at the roadside. you see at virtually every day driving around and it is a lasting legacy of what took place a century ago. siren wails. drie, twee, een. this is a corner of europe where first world war shells explode every working day. sierra 3, papa kilo 2, over. the belgian bomb disposal teams based in the village of poelkapelle deal with at least 200 tonnes of unexploded munitions each year. you might think that after a hundred years this iron harvest would be reducing. it is simply not true. during the first world war, along the western front, 1.5 billion shells were fired, and

robert hall, bbc news, flanders.f the battle of passchendaele which began on 31st of july 19 17. we can talk to glynn, an historian with the commonwealth war g raves historian with the commonwealth war graves commission. we talk about passchendaele as synonymous with the horror and futility of war. it is a battle that has come to epitomise the first world war in our imagination, in britain particularly. historians have explained the conflict was notjust about mud and blood and carnage, but when you look at this battle, it is ha rd to when you look at this battle, it is hard to escape the conclusion. imagery of the blasted wasteland, quagmire, swamps, that is what we think of when we think of the first world war. they were worst rains in 30 years, bad luck in a sense for the generals planning the attack. not all the battle was fought in those conditions, the middle part was successful for the british army with the german army losing heavily but the majority of the battle was fought under atrocious conditions, which re

robert hall, bbc news, ypres. stay with us on bbc news. still to come.ve and hope to some of the millions of children needing special end of life care. cheering the air space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armargh, once an everyday part in the soldiers' lot, drudgery in danger now no longer after almost four decades. if someone is in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i cannot see why people should wander in and say you are doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl. they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they are lovely and sweet. yeah, cute. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. several people have been killed in venezuela in violence surrounding the divisive election for a new assembly to rewrite the constitution. president putin confirms 755 us diplomatic personnel must stop workng in russia. many will be expelled by september 1st. children in china suffering from terminal illnesses w

robert hall, bbc news, ypres.k of banksy, the mysterious british painter renowned for his politically charged work. now, a group of polish artists have been inspired to do something similar. but for their canvas, they have chosen the tiny village of staro zhelezare, in bulgaria. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. in this particular part of central bulgaria, art meets politics meets agriculture. these polish painters, coming into town on the back of a tractor, wave banners saying, "long live peasant art." it may be a strange place to do this, but they are thinking big. they have painted the walls of the village with a combination of celebrities, world leaders, and some of the locals. president trump appears to be having a conversation with a cow. queen elizabeth is sharing a bench with a local woman. and even a former president wants to spend a moment or two shooting the breeze. translation: let's imagine barack obama or donald trump sitting on a bench with an old lady from this village, and talking about something imp

to the public and anita church not far from here and robert hall has been there to look.he region was destroyed and so were all possible shelters. so we are now six metres underground and this was used as a shelter. these small rooms of this passage were where men could sleep? yes, some birds or storage rooms, they had shelter from bombardments and a resting place. this has been a massive job presumably to open this up massive job presumably to open this up to the public because it is never be opened before? no, the dugout was discovered in 1989, the archaeologists were doing some research on the medieval abbey when they found the original entrance to they found the original entrance to the dugout. when you open this up, what did you think, it is extraordinary, it is preserved totally because of the water. this is the main reason, the dugout is normally completely underwater because the level of the ground is higher than the dugout. because the wood is underwater for more than a hundred years it is well preserved. this has been a lot of work for people here, why did you f

robert hall, bbc news, flanders.ng attended by the duke and duchess of cambridge and the king of belgium. a first class degree from cambridge is an achievement for anyone, but for a refugee who was born blind and came here to escape the war in iraq, it's all the more impressive. allan hennessy received one of the top marks in his year and he says he refuses to let any of his circumstances keep him in his lane. hannah gelbart has been to cambridge to meet him. when people ask me about my life. certainly people in cambridge, they think, god, he has had a difficult life. the reason i am able to be getting on with it, is i look back at my family in iraq and ourfriends, and i think i am very privileged. allan is a long way from the war—torn streets of baghdad where he was born totally blind. at six months old, allan came to the uk for an eye operation. his vision was partially restored in one eye. growing up on a london council estate and going to the local state school, i neverfelt different to any of the other kids. my

robert hall, bbc news, ypres.rump says he's "very disappointed" with china, for not doing more to stop north korea's weapons programme. his comments, in a tweet, came after pyongyang launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month, which landed in the sea off the japanese coast. the north koreans say it's a "stern warning" to washington, that the "entire us mainland" is now within striking distance. from tokyo, here's rupert wingfield—hayes. the unmistakable shape of an american b—i bomber, sweeping low over south korea this afternoon. this is president trump's pointed response to north korea's latest missile test. it was accompanied by an equally pointed rant on twitter. "i am very disappointed in china", the president tweeted. "they do nothing for us with north korea, just talk. "we will no longer allow this to continue." china today has been showing off its own military might, in a huge parade overseen by president xijinping. he has condemned north korea's launch, but china is not prepared to

robert hall, bbc news, flanders. dedicated and brave men.moration but trying also to bring home what happened to the visitors who attend the ceremonies. 0ne happened to the visitors who attend the ceremonies. one of those efforts is in the ceremonies. one of those efforts isina the ceremonies. one of those efforts is in a village just north of ypres, destroyed in the fighting. memorials and guarded their one of the focuses of attention tomorrow. they have told us a little of the war under the ground. the fighting on the surface was so fierce that men had to borrow under the ground to stay alive. underneath the church is a blackout which has been sealed pretty much since the war other than a little archaeology a few years ago. it is now on— seo, pumps out and open to the public tomorrow for just a short time. i was invited to ta ke just a short time. i was invited to take a look. here we are at the original edit of the church. these steps where used by the troops 100 yea rs steps where used by the troops 100 years ago? yes. this is all origin

robert hall, bbc news, flanders.ver the top when the battle of passchendaele began 100 years ago today were the welsh infantry. some lived to tell the tale. others were killed within hours. sian lloyd has been talking to the relatives of two men who went out to fight that day. marking the moment the battle began, 100 years ago. infantrymen of the 38th welsh division advanced through these fields. at dawn today, they were remembered. 3000 welsh soldiers were killed or wounded within the first three days of fighting. they were sent into battle with the words, "better death than shame." some of those who made the ultimate sacrifice are buried here in this cemetery, among them a 30—year—old welsh poet. private ellis evans was better known by his pen name. hedd wyn. inspired by the landscape around his home in snowdonia, he was a reluctant soldier, conscripted into service. he never in his life had a rifle in his hand. you might as well say he was going to the front line naked. he was killed within hours. a few weeks late

so we just wanted to give him something. # my mate george. # robert hall, bbc news, belgium. on the crossrail project have been fined more than £1 million over the death of a worker, and two other incidents. a joint venture of three companies, bam, ferrovial and kier, pleaded guilty to offences after being investigated by the health and safety executive. rene takachik died after being crushed by wet concrete in 2014, while two other men were injured in separate incidents the following year. barclays bank is setting aside a further £700 million to cover payouts for mis—sold payment protection insurance policies. it brings the total amount set aside by barclays to over £9 billion. ppi policies were mis—sold to cover loan repayments if people fell ill or lost theirjob. more than £27 billion has now been repaid by the banking industry. a gang which carried out a series of raids, including stealing more than £a00,000 worth of designer goods from footballerjohn terry's mansion have been sentenced today. let's speak to our correspondent andy moore at kingston crown court. give us mo

robert hall, bbc news, ypres.wn is at the menin gate, just a few miles from here, where prince william laid a wreath earlier this evening. and, ben, descendants of those who died were watching on, 100 years later. poignant poigna nt scenes this poignant scenes this evening. yes, exactly, sophie, 100 years ago tonight, british and commonwealth soldiers would have marched along this road right behind me here, where the menin gate now stands, on their way to the front line, on their way to the front line, on their way to the front line, on their way to the start of the offensive that began in the early hours of the morning, the start of the battle of passchendaele, one of the battle of passchendaele, one of the bloodiest battles and all of human history. well, altogether some 4000 british descendants of people who fought and often died at passchendaele have come from britain to belgium to remember their a ncestors, to belgium to remember their ancestors, bringing pictures of them with them, letters, diaries, to try t

robert hall, bbc news, ypres.llnesses will often receive little or no palliative care. some may even be abandoned by their parents, desperate but unable to help them. one woman is helping some of those children in the city of changsha. that's nice. the main difficulties were trying to get people to understand that we weren't killing children, that we weren't not fighting for them. my name's lyn gould. i'm the co—founder and ceo of butterfly children's hospices. we provide and pioneer palliative care for children. when we first moved to china, to care for adults with blossoming, care for children was virtually non—existent. so we had to start from a very basic level, where there was completely no understanding about what we were trying to do. culturally, of course, it's considered really bad if you don't fight for your child's life, right up until the moment they die. families will feel criticised. so, if you talk about palliative care, people immediately think about you're giving up. whereas, actually, you're not

robert hall, bbc news, jersey. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is in st helier injersey.this public enquiry. it's going to bea for this public enquiry. it's going to be a big moment for them this afternoon. indeed, yes. this public enquiry has been going on for three yea rs, two yea rs enquiry has been going on for three years, two years of evidence and then one year of writing the report. the key question is, how many children suffered and how widespread was the abuse, and crucially what did the authorities know about it? why wasn't more done to protect children? was there a cover—up either to protect individuals or the wider reputation and image of the island? wider reputation and image of the island ? and wider reputation and image of the island? and the report will also make recommendations about ensuring children's services here injersey are better facilitated now to protect vulnerable children in the future. this report has been a long time coming. there have been murmurs of child abuse being carried out on this island for decades. vulnerable children being taken ad

robert hall, bbc news, tyne cot.the top when the battle of passchendaele began 100 years ago today were the welsh infantry. some lived to tell the tale. others were killed within hours. sian lloyd has been talking to the relatives of two men who went out to fight that day. whistle. fire! marking the moment the battle began a hundred years ago. the cannon was fired as part of a dawn service in the field where infantrymen of the 30th welsh division began their advance. 3000 welsh soldiers were killed or wounded within the first three days of fighting. they were sent into battle with the words ‘gwell angau na chywilydd', better death than shame. some of those who made the ultimate sacrifice are buried here in artillery wood cemetery. among them, a 30—year—old welsh poet. private ellis evans was better known by his pen name, hedd wyn. inspired by the landscape around his home in snowdonia, he was a reluctant soldier, conscripted into service. he used to carry a spade, a pickaxe and the shears, and never in his life had a

robert hall, bbc news, jersey. girl has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a seven—year—old. katie rough was found on a playing field with severe injuries in january. found on a playing field with severe injuries injanuary. her mother described her as a beautiful girl who like to kick in the mud and play outside. the teenage attacker can't be named because of her young age. seven—year—old katie rough — an innocent, much—loved schoolgirl, killed by another child, who heard voices in her head. an older girl, who we can't identify for legal reasons, who told a friend she had dreams of killing someone. it was a school day afternoon and just getting dark, when katie rough was found fatally injured at the end of an alleyway on the edge of a playing field here in york. the seven—year—old died a short time later in hospital. it then emerged that a 15—year—old girl had attacked her with a knife. immediately afterwards, the teenager told a man nearby that katie was dead. he went to find her. she had been smothered and sta

robert hall, bbc news, flanders.out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight, are laura hughes, political correspondent at the daily telegraph, and journalist and political commentator, daisy mcandrew. a serving royal marine who made and stashed potentially deadly bombs for a dissident republican terror group in northern ireland, has been jailed for 18 years. ciaran maxwell, who's now been discharged, led a double life — a proud commando training hard with his brothers in arms, while at the same time supplying the continuity ira with explosives and ammunition. june kelly reports. soon after he signed up, ciaran maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines. the seemingly proud commando was an opponent of the state in uniform. on facebook, he posted this video of his training exercises, as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, his six—year career was spent servicing the dissident irish republican gr

robert hall, bbc news, ypres. keeping its promise.y is held here at eight 0'clock every day to remember those who lost their lives during the first world war. tonight i'll be attended by 200 invited guests. and 200 descendants who were successful any public ballot, and his ancestors' names are marked 0n ballot, and his ancestors' names are marked on the memorial to the missing. the duke and duchess of cambridge will also be here. as will the prime minister, theresa may, who will lay a wreath. that will be followed by a public event in the square, live performances that will tell the story of this battle from dame helen mirren. there will also be song from all the bow. we will also hear archive footage and the images of veterans who will be describing the horrors of the battles of passchendaele in their own words. thousands of people have come here the two days of commemorations and tomorrow they will bejoined by commemorations and tomorrow they will be joined by the commemorations and tomorrow they will bejoined by the prince commemor

robert hall, bbc news, belgium.to the us for treatment for a rare genetic condition, has died. the government has announced that an independent review will be carried out into building regulations and fire safety, in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the chancellor, phillip hammond says there should be a transitional period of up to three years after brexit, to avoid a so—called "cliff edge". here, council refuse workers in birmingham are stepping up their industrial action in a dispute that's left rubbish piling up in the streets. members of the unite union have been refusing to do overtime, and have been carrying out 2 hour stoppages every day — which rose to 3 hours today. the dispute is about planned changes to working practices. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha reports. it looks bad, it smells even worse. piles and piles of rubbish strewn across some of birmingham's streets. on this road, it's been weeks since the rubbish was collected. we seen a rat over there yesterday. absolutely disgraceful. four weeks now

robert hall is injersey for us this evening. robert. islanders have waited today for a day when their suffering would be acknowledge it and when in independent voices catalogued failure. this is a report about children trapped in establishments with abusive carers and little access to outside help. in the last half—hour, jersey's government has a knowledge those failures and apologised again. it says it will act on every recommendation the report has put forward. i used to be woken up some nights with screaming from the boys. he hung himself. don't say anything to anybody. the island ofjersey, proud and independent, but according to the report, an island whose attitude to children in the care system was indefensible. chair frances oldham said children had been abandoned in a system with no regard to their rights and needs. the panel identified what she termed the jersey way. the expression is said to refer to the maintenance of proud and ancient traditions and the preservation of the island's way of life. using the expression in a pejor

robert hall, bbc news, belgium. a fitting tribute.edia. i'm @bbckasiamadera on twitter. you can also find us on facebook. the weather has been unsettled in recent days. that was the case yesterday with showers in scotland and northern ireland. this picture was taken from a weather watcher. this is clearing through the east in the early hours of his morning. a few showers in scotland and northern ireland. in between, dry weather. temperatures down to 12 degrees further south. the morning, showers around in scotland. mainly in the west of scotland. the north of northern ireland. the further is the wire in scotland, largely dry. one or two showers. some sunshine. a lovely start to the day for much of wales. one or two showers. the south—west of england, cloud and rain. the english channel, a lot of cloud. rain will never be too far away. this weather front may drift back in. after a decent start to the day at the oval, the odd afternoon show at. rain less likely at the end of the day. ahead of that, the north of the day. ahead of that, t

robert hall is in jersey for us tonight. hat so many survivors of abuse there have long been waiting for. yes, a very difficult day for many of them. but this was a day when their suffering was acknowledged, when independent voices identified the failures that led to physical, sexual and mental abuse. this is a weighty report which accuses jersey of letting down its children, children trapped in establishments with abusive carers and little chance of outside support. tonight, jersey's chief minister said he accepted every one of the panel's recommendations. the island ofjersey, proud and independent, according to the report, an island whose attitude to children in the care system was indefensible. chair frances 0ldham said children had been abandoned in care with no regard to their rights or needs. her panel had identified what she termed "the jersey way". in its most favourable light, this expression is said to refer to the maintenance of proud and ancient traditions and the preservation of the island's way of life. using th

robert hall reports. in the past two years, the story of abuse speak them is has finally been told. —t police investigation brought the islands hidden past the worldwide attention. claims that children had died at the haute de la garenne, police brought in dogs. bones and children's teeth were discovered but none could be linked toa discovered but none could be linked to a specific crime or timeframe. but there were accounts of abuse across homes in the island. accounts of those in authority is misusing their power. complaints came to light. yet decisions were made not to deal with those complaints in the way they ought to have been done. when chair frances oldham qc reveal their findings, when chair frances oldham qc reveal theirfindings, victims when chair frances oldham qc reveal their findings, victims will be looking for clear messages. jersey fail catastrophically in looking after their children under their ca re after their children under their care and government are going to promise that it is never going to happen again. brazilian politics has, for the past few years, been f

robert hall reports. drie, twee, een.where first world war shells explode every working day. the belgian bomb disposal teams based in the village of poelkapelle deal with at least 200 tonnes of unexploded munitions each year. you may think that after 100 years, this iron harvest would be reducing. it‘s simply not true. during the first world war, along the western front, 1.5 billion shells were fired and, of those, one in three failed to explode. that left 500 million still in the ground. a few miles from poelkapelle, another call. a farmer has left several unidentified shells for the squad to collect. this is a british four and a half inch. another four and a half inch. if we look at the length and the fuses, this is high explosive. always. and this as well. we have no chemical shells here. one third of the munitions that the team recover contain chemicals such as mustard gas. the firstjob is to clean them up, and not always that gently, to get a rough idea of how dangerous they might be. here we look for characteristics

now, 100 years on they are still finding unexploded shells from the battle of passchendaele as robert hallpe where first world war shells explode every working day. the belgian bomb disposal teams based in the village of poelkapelle deal with at least 200 tonnes of unexploded munitions each year. you may think that after 100 years, this iron harvest would be reducing. it's simply not true. during the first world war, along the western front, 1.5 billion shells were fired and, of those, one in three failed to explode. that left 500 million still in the ground. a few miles from poelkapelle, another call. one third of the munitions that the team recover contain chemicals such as mustard gas. the firstjob is to clean them up, and not always that gently, to get a rough idea of how dangerous they might be. the next step is an x—ray. you can see now the bottle. this the chemical. cyanide or arsenic. around is explosive. even after 100 years, lives are at risk here. the chemical shells are eventually destroyed in a sealed chamber. conventional explosives follow a separate path. shells, bombs, gren

robert hall reports. there are few more peaceful places than the gentle slope of tyne cot and today among the white headstones, families look back gci’oss headstones, families look back across the years, to another big push. at ten to four in the morning, less than five miles from here, thousands of men drawn from across britain, france and the commonwealth attacked german lines. the battle we know today as passchendaele would la st know today as passchendaele would last for over 100 days. we remember it is not only for the rain that fell, the mud that weighed down the living and swallowed the dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here. tyne cot overlooks the rolling farmland, streams and woods that were once no man's land. a scar of liquid mud and stagnant, stinking craters. this rare film, held by the australian national archive, gives a sense of the struggle to gain ground as more and more men were thrown into the attack. bert ferns was with the second 6th lancashire fusilier

robert hall reports. this is a city that has dedicated itself to remembrance.mmer and winter as the decades rolled by. around them, carved into the great darch of the menin gate, over 5a,000 names, men from every corner of the uk, who travelled across the globe to join the fight, men who disappeared in the cauldron around passchendaele. with the sounding of this bugle call, the 250,000 british and commonwealth soldiers who were killed during the first world war in ypres are remembered. the defence of the city, at such great cost, meant that it became hallowed ground. on this evening in the summer of 1917, the third battle of ypres had already begun. but early success was swallowed by the rain, weeks of it, which slowed the advance. passchendaele, the final target of the attack, came to symbolise death and misery, in a muddy wasteland where many still lie. gosh, i didn't think it would be that moving. dorothy and her cousin peter were here to remember their grandfather. you'll need to take a photo of me. they are among 200 invited guests with personal connection

our special correspondent robert hall reports. 0ne one of the things that affection most is the numberof men whose bodies were not recovered or never identified. 0ver whose bodies were not recovered or never identified. over the next couple of days, under the menin gate where the names of more than 54,000 of the missing are inscribed, and around the city of ypres, commemorations to remember all of those who fell during the campaign to capture the high ground and the village of poelkapelle. —— passchendaele. they call it the zonnebeke. debbie constantly appearing on the service from under the flanders clay. i went to visit those still clearing up 100 years after the battles. drie, twee, een. this is a corner of europe where first world war shells explode every working day. the belgian bomb disposal team is based in poelkapelle deal with at least 200 tonnes of unexploded munitions each year. you may think that after 100 years this iron harvest would be reducing. it's simply not true. during the first world war, along the western front, 1.5 billion shells were fired and of those, one in t

a century later, that landscape is still yielding deadly reminders of the fighting, as robert hall reportsere first world war shells explode every working day. the burgeoning bomb disposal tea m day. the burgeoning bomb disposal team is based in a village and they deal with at least 200 tons of unexploded munitions each year. you may think that after 100 years this harvest would be reducing. it is simply not true. during the first world war, along the western front, 1.5 billion shells were fired and of those, one in three failed to explode. that left 500 million still on the ground. a few miles away, another call. a farmer has left several unidentified shells for the squad to collect. this is a 4.5 inch british. another 4.5 inch. if we look at the length and the fuse, this is an explosive. this as well. we have no chemical shells here. one third of the munitions that the team recover contain chemicals such as mustard gas. the firstjob is to clea n mustard gas. the firstjob is to clean them up, and not always that gently, for a rough idea of how dangerous they might be. here will look for c

our correspondent robert hall is at tyne cot for us this morning. very difficult to begin to imagine the horrors that faced the soldiers during those 3.5 months of fighting, fighting, remember, which started extremely positively. the advance went really quite well in decent weather for a went really quite well in decent weatherfor a bit, went really quite well in decent weather for a bit, and went really quite well in decent weatherfor a bit, and then it started to rain, and with some brea ks started to rain, and with some breaks on the weather it rained and rained and range. and because the drainage had been smashed up in the artillery fire, the water had nowhere to go. it settled into the flanders clay, and turned no man‘s land into a wasteland of dreadful, stag na nt land into a wasteland of dreadful, stagnant water. shell holes and all the horrors of that sort of warfare. tyne cot is one of the world‘s largest war cemeteries. let me show you the landscape that the men had to advance over. we have a shot looking out towards ypres and you can see

robert hall, bbc news, jersey.of flights into gatwick airport were diverted last night, after reports of a drone flying close to the runway. easyjet said four of its flights had been diverted, while british airways said one plane had been sent to bournemouth. 0ther flights had to circle the airport as a precaution. sussex police are investigating. we will be talking to experts about how that might have happened later. president trump has been accused of inciting violence against journalists, after he tweeted a spoof wrestling video showing him assaulting a man with a cnn logo superimposed on his head. in the footage, he is shown punching the cnn character repeatedly. the president regularly accuses cnn and other media outlets of broadcasting what he calls fake news. 0ur correspondent tom burridge has more. it is president trump's latest attack on the so—called mainstream media. a video from 2007, when donald trump appeared at a wwe wrestling event. ringside, he pretended to beat someone up. but, on the version of t

from jersey, robert hall reports.la garenne home, police brought in specialist search dogs. in the ensuing months, forensic teams recovered fragments of bone, and dozens of children's teeth. none could be linked to a specific crime or timeframe, but the images of haute de la garenne being torn apart prompted accounts of abuse at homes across the island. there were examples of where those in authority misused the power that they had. yet decisions were made not to deal with those complaints in a way that they ought to have been done. when inquiry chair frances oldham reveals their findings today, victims will be looking for one clear message. i want them to say that jersey failed catastrophically in looking after the children under their care, and that the government are going to promise that it's never going to happen again. robert hall, bbc news, jersey. our correspondent dan johnson is injersey and joins us now. do is is to get a grip on the scale of this abuse. this goes back to 1945 and involves all the different

robert hall looks back at today's event. # in flanders fields # the poppies grow #.e peaceful places than the gentle slope of tyne cot. today, among its white headstones, families look back across the years to another big push. the battle we know today as passchendaele would last for over 100 days. we remember it not only for the rain that fell, the mud that weighed down the living and swallowed the dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here. tyne cot overlooks the rolling farmland, streams and woods that were once no man's land — a squall of liquid mud and stagnant, stinking craters. bert fearns joined the lancashire fusiliers with a school friend at 18. bert fearns began his attack here, beside the german bunker that now lies within tyne cot cemetery. the lancashire fusiliers made their way uphill towards passchendaele village. and a spot which bert later said he would never forget. we came across what would be about 100 yards square of bodies that had been caught in an artillery shrapnel attack. they were absolutely massacred. private ed

robert hall reports from jersey. i used to be woken up some nights with screaming from the boys.ol in my mouth. he hung himself. he was only “i. don't say anything to anybody. the island ofjersey, proud and independent, but according to the report, an island whose attitude to children in the care system was indefensible. chair, frances oldham, said children had been abandoned in a system with no regard to their rights and needs. her panel identified what she termed the jersey way. this expression is said to refer to the maintenance of proud and ancient traditions and the preservation of the island's way of life. using the expression in a pejorative way, it is said to involve the protection of powerful interests and resistance to change, even when change is patently necessary. allegations of abuse injersey came to public prominence during police operations at this former children's home. the search for human remains at haut de la garenne was inconclusive, but the images spurred islanders who had kept their secrets for so long to come forward. madeleine, who has written a book abou

robert hall reports. there are few more peaceful places than the gentle slope of tyne cot. its white headstones, families looked back across the years to another big push. at ten to four in the morning, less than five miles from here, thousands of men drawn from across britain, france and the commonwealth attacked german lines. the battle we know today as passchendaele would last for over 100 days. we remember it not only for the rain that fell, the mud that weighed down the living and swallowed the dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here. tyne cot overlooks the rolling farmland, streams and woods that were once no man's land. a scar of liquid mud and stagnant, stinking craters. this rare film held by the australian national archive gives a sense of the struggle to gain ground as more and more men were thrown into the attack. bert ferns joined the lancashire fusiliers with a school friend at 18. he struggled up slimy duck boards to reach his starting point. we were often taking a quarter of an hour to go a couple of yards, because some of the d

robert hall reports. there are few more peaceful places than the gentle slope of tyne cot.ay among its white headstones families looked back across the years to another big push. at ten to four in the morning, less than five miles from here, thousands of men drawn from across britain, france and the commonwealth attacked german lines. the battle we know today as passchendaele would last for over 100 days. we remember it not only for the rain that fell, the mud that weighed down the living and swallowed the dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here. tyne cot overlooks the rolling farmland, streams and woods that were once no man's land. a scar of liquid mud and stagnant, stinking craters. this rare film held by the australian national archive gives a sense of the struggle to gain ground as more and more men were thrown into the attack. bert ferns joined the lancashire fusiliers with a school friend at 18. he struggled up slimy duck boards to reach his starting point. we were often taking a quarter of an hour to go a couple of yards, because some o

robert hall reports from jersey. i used to be woken up some nights with screaming from the boys.ody. their cries of anguish were stifled, ignored or dismissed. but for the past two years, the story ofjersey's abuse victims has finally been told. in 2007, a worrying pattern of abuse claims led to a secret police investigation involving a number of care homes and youth organisations. but within a few months the secret was out. a series of witnesses had reported decades of abuse here at haut de la garenne, a former children's home. alarmed by claims of deaths here, forensic teams took the home apart. they recovered fragments of bone and dozens of children's teeth. none could be linked to a specific crime or time frame, but these images prompted accounts of abuse at homes across the island. complaints of abuse had come to light, real complaints. yet, decisions were made not to deal with those complaints in a way that they ought to have been done. neil mcmurray runs a blog that has carried out its own investigations and which acts as a forum for care leavers. these are human beings. a

robert hall is there for us. what an impressive location. where are you?e road from where the men would have marched up from what was then passchendaele to the trenches which are happening mile from where iam standing. which are happening mile from where i am standing. 0ne which are happening mile from where i am standing. one of the things that strikes you most when you come to the battlefield, the number of the missing. thousands of men whose remains were never found could the missing. thousands of men whose remains were neverfound could never be identified. more than 511,000 of them carved here into the walls of them carved here into the walls of the gate. but constant reminders all around here of what took place during the war. commemorating it over the next couple of days but in the farmland north of year, they experienced the i am harvest, anywhere in the grounds which contains the debris, some deadly. —— im harvest this is a corner of europe where first world war shells explode every working day. the belgian bomb disposal teams, based in a village,

robert hall has visited a tunnel used by allied soldiers during the battle, which has been opened tog was destroyed. and so were all possible shelters and so on. we are now six metres underground, as this was used asa metres underground, as this was used as a shelter. these small rooms of this passage, these were where men could sleep? yes. beds or storage rooms. at least they have some shelter from apartments and resting places. this has been a massivejob to open this up to the public? yes. the dugout was discovered in 1989. the dugout was discovered in 1989. the arts colleges were trying to do some research. when they found the original entrance of the dugouts. when you open this up, what did you think? it's extraordinary, it is preserved totally. because of the water. this is the main reason. the dugout is normally completely underwater, the custom level of the grand... because the wood is underwater, that's the reason why it is so well preserved. this has been a lot of work the people here. why did you feel it was so important that today's generation saw this, just for the 100 da

our special correspondent robert hall reports. drie, twee, een.y working day. the belgian bomb disposal team is based in poelkapelle and they deal with at least 200 tons of unexploded munitions each year. you may think that after 100 years this iron harvest would be reducing. it's simply not true. during the first world war, along the western front, 1.5 billion shells were fired and of those, one in three failed to explode. that left 500 million still in the ground. a few miles from poelkapelle, another call. a farmer has left several unidentified shells for the squad to collect. this is a 4.5 inch british. another 4.5 inch. if we look at the length and the fuse, this is an explosive. this as well. we have no chemical shells here. one third of the munitions that the team recover contain chemicals such as mustard gas. the firstjob is to clean them up, and not always that gently, for a rough idea of how dangerous they might be. here we look for characteristics and then for an exterior marking. they do that with a hammer or a copper brush and, it sou

preachers♪ ♪yea, yea ♪be believers, be leaders, be astronauts, be champions♪ ♪standin in the hall of fame >> lisa: roberteat, what do you think? she six >> greg: if you look ats latest stuff, russia is playing both sides apparently. if the media only focuses on one side, you have to ask yourself. >> jesse: the g.o.p. is learning to fight fire with fir fire. let's see who is more guilty, my money's on the democrats. they want to investigate lynch and the immunity given to the clinton foundation. the illegal server and documents. there's a whole host of things they can look into. there's a lot of meat on that bone and people are hungry. >> dana: i think the problem is all of the things that jesse just listed. >> dana: the democratic party is concerned with obstruction, would this be a good place to look? >> juan: this is payback and an eye for an eye. there is a serious investigation that is bogging down the trump white house. that's out of the trump playbook. in americans are thinking this is petty and small. >> lisa: you don't think using the word matter instead of investigation is cause for concern? >>

. >> after repeated calls to the mayor's office we finally showed up here at city hall and met with robert list, the business manager for the city. he calls this a paper work nightmare claiming that the referees were asking for payment for games that they had no documentation were actually ever played. haley says he kept detailed notes of the games he officiated and can't understand why the mayor who came to the last game can't cut him a check. >> i know that the mayor is leaving office in november and maybe it's just not on her agenda or things to do list to tie up the loose ends before she leaves office. that's the best i can ascertain from it. >> reporter: now not too long ago we actually got e-mail again from business manager coral list reminding us that his claim that the paper work here was horrib horrible. he says now they are now ready to pay these refs and we will check back on all of that. live in cam, i'm jeff cole, folks, back to you. >> hopefully they get the money soon. back to your fox 29 weather authority taking live look right there in trenton, new jersey. even though even

. >> other texas history buffs -- robert's friends and competitors -- fill the hall. >> it's kind of nny. my dad apparently got up to converse with somebody, go get a drink, and the guns came up for auction. he wasn't in the crowd. >> robert's golden opportunity is slipping away. maryanne looks around -- no sign of her husband. the hammer's about to go down, so she takes matters into her own hands. >> my mom, knowing my dad wanted them, you know, at whatever price -- she was the one that actually purchased the two guns. [ applause ] >> so, she did the bidding because he was nowhere to be found? >> absolutely, absolutely. and he was very happy that she did that. >> what'd she pay? >> it was under $40,000 for the two guns. >> earl's dad keeps on collecting texas history. but in 2003, beset by health problems and depression, he takes his own life at the age of 69. >> he decided that was it, and like most of us control our life, he controlled his death, if you want to look at it that way. but it was a traumatic event for the family. >> earl takes over his father's role as head of the fami

robert farmer, i have waited 645 days for this moment to come. words cannot describe how i feel towards you. >> today at the hall of justice. 26-year-old robert farmer was sentenced to 16 years in jail for stalking, kidnapping and killing cats in san jose's neighborhood during a two-month stretch in the fall of 2015, after he pleaded not guilty to felony animal cruelty, one count of attempted felony animal cruelty and two misdemeanors. the defendant didn't address the court but prepared a statement that his attorney read on his behalf blaming meth for what he did. >> living in a car with feces, blood, urine, fur, what a mess. i now realize that my friends who identified me on video and detectives who arrested me saved my life. >> community members were puzzled by farmer's behavior. >> he has shown no remorse at all, nothing. i don't understand it. i really don't. this has affected me. i'm an animal lover. i just don't get it. >> farmer will get credit for time served and won't have to register as a sex offender, which is what the prosecutor had been pushing for. >> you don't have to be a human victim in order to matter. all crimes matter in this cou

robert farmer, i have waited 645 days for this moment to come. words cannot describe how i feel towards you. >> today at the hall of justice. 26-year-old robert farmertenced to 16 years in jail for stalking, kidnapping and killing cats in san jose's neighborhood during a two-month stretch in the fall of 2015, after he pleaded not guilty to felony animal cruelty, one count of attempted felony animal cruelty and two misdemeanors. the defendant didn't address the court but prepared a statement that his attorney read on his behalf blaming meth for what he did. >> living in a car with feces, blood, urine, fur, what a mess. i now realize that my friends who identified me on video and detectives who arrested me saved my life. >> community members were puzzled by farmer's behavior. >> he has shown no remorse at all, nothing. i don't understand it. i really don't. this has affected me. i'm an animal lover. i just don't get it. >> farmer will get credit for time served and won't have to register as a sex offender, which is what the prosecutor had been pushing for. >> you don't have to be a human victim in order to matter. all crimes matter in this county and

. >> after repeated calls to the mayor's office we finally showed up here at city hall and met with robertal list the business manager for the city. he calls this a paper work nightmare claiming the referees were asking for payment for games that they had no documentation were actually ever played. haley says he kept detailed notes of his games and doesn't understand why months after meeting the mayor at the last game he still has nothing. >> i know that the mayor is leaving office in november and maybe it's just not on her agenda or things to do list to tie up the loose ends before she leaves office. that's the best i can ascertain. >> reporter: now robert coral list the business manager in an edge mail said look we're ready to pay these four guys but these four refs but the recordkeeping was miserable. they have to be careful here because they do get audited. we'll have more roaring on this at 6:00 o'clock. for now i'm jeff cole live in camden. dawn, back to you. >> we'll see you at 6:00, jeff. >>> gloucester county park ruled safe for people and horses and update to a story we brought y

after repeat the calls to the mayor's office we finally showed up here at city hall and met with robert list the business manager for the city. he calls this a paper work nightmare claiming that the referees were asking for payment for games that they had no documentation were actually ever played. haley says he kept detailed notes of his games and doesn't understand why months after meeting the player at the last game he still has nothing. >> i know that the mayor is leaving office in november and maybe it's just not on her agenda or things to do list to tie up the loose ends before she leaves office. that's the best i can ascertain from it. >> reporter: city business manager coralis said recordkeeping in this instance was terrible but the city is ready to pay those referees. we'll check back. in camden, i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> coming up a man leads police on high-speed chase and broadcasts it live on facebook. that's bad enough but what's shocking, where he was driving. >>> and sean spicer resigns from his position as white house press secretary. tonight he's only talking to f