roger harrabin, bbc news, in the norwegian arctic.disability died from complications caused by constipation, because opportunities to give him life—saving treatment were missed. richard handley, who was 33 and had down‘s syndrome, died in ipswich hospital in 2012. our correspondent michael buchanan reports. richard handley had a lifelong but wholly manageable problem with constipation. he also had down‘s syndrome and learning disabilities, and that, say his family, is why this bubbly, humorous man is dead. i think richard was treated differently because he had a learning disability. i think, you know, as his sister, and as someone who doesn't have a learning disability, if i died very suddenly at the age of 33, i think the reaction would be different. today, a coroner in ipswich found multiple failures in richard's treatment. when his residential care home in lowestoft became a supported living complex in 2010, giving richard more independence, his care deteriorated. gone was the healthy diet. he was allowed to eat what he liked. the

roger harrabin, bbc news, 0slo.cond time. jon venables, who served eight years for the murder in 1993, was recalled to prison last year for breaching the terms of his licence. daniela relph is at the old bailey, the parents ofjames bulger were in court and were very unhappy with the length of venables‘ sentence... they were very unhappy. jon venables appeared via a video link from prison, but sitting in court watching him where james bolger‘s pa rents, watching him where james bolger‘s parents, and they heard how police found more than 1000 images of child abuse on venables‘s computer. the children ranged in age from very young to around 13 years old. the judge said the images were vile heartbreaking. the police also found what was described as a paedophile manual, described as a sickening document. reacting to the sentence, james bulge‘s father said itjust was not hard enough. it was an insult to james and the firm dunn family. he is just insult to james and the firm dunn family. he isjust waiting for a victim, so

our environment analyst roger harrabin reports from tromso in the norwegian arctic.sday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news, it's time for newsnight. tonight... images of a massacre. reuters publish the investigation that they say led to their reporters being jailed in myanmar. they claim for the first time to have evidence from within the burmese security forces themselves of attacks on the rohingya carried out by them. the editor—in—chief of reuters is here to tell us why they have published even while their reporters remain in a burmese prison. it's here, it's there, it's everywhere. mps are in washington, tackling the tech giants over fake news. one of the few people donald trump follows on twitter is here to bite back against the mainstream media. and the power of the humble t—shirt — remember this unique one? the designer and campaigner, and queen of the political tee, katherine hamnett, talks about the day she made it and wore it. good evening. the rohingya crisis has led to at least half a million rohingya muslims fleeing mainly buddhist myanmar in the

roger harrabin, bbc news, oslo. we have got more news coming up. developing. elsewhere, cloud amounts have increased through the night. across scotland, northern ireland, northern and western parts of england and wales it is turning cloudier and milder. that will be the general theme for all about east anglia and the south—east. patchy rain and hailsnow anglia and the south—east. patchy rain and hail snow in scotland this evening. mainly rain in northern ireland, spreading into north—west england later on. you might get a few fla kes england later on. you might get a few flakes on the top of the hills, not a huge amount of rain around. anywhere across central and eastern parts of england, this is where there will be gaps in the cloud and temperatures may drop below freezing, it could be as low as —6 in east anglia. so hazy sunshine to start thursday. it will cloud over from the north and west. brighter weather in scotland and northern ireland. northern ireland, the north and west midlands, wales and the south—west, patchy rain and drizzle during th

roger harrabin, bbc news, 0slo.n musk calls the ‘falcon heavy‘ in florida is said to represent a breakthrough for the private space industry, and its designers hope it may one day lead to interplanetary travel. crowds gathered at cape canaveral as the rocket blasted into earth‘s orbit, and its two side boosters landed back on earth in unison — both standing upright. as will.i.am was telling us a short time ago. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill, was watching. counting down to space travel history. the world‘s most powerful rocket lifted off from kennedy space centre. five, four, three, two, one! counting down to space travel history. the world‘s most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines and lifted off from kennedy space centre at 8:45pm uk time. less than ten minutes later, in a carefully choreographed aerial dance, its three boosters returned to earth. two landed simultaneously back at cape canaveral. but video feed from the third core booster cut out and it has since emerged that it missed its targ

roger harrabin, bbc news, in the norwegian arctic.is marking its 43rd year. thousands of enthusiasts got the chance to look at hundreds of vehicles — some of which are truly legendary, as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. if you like vintage cars, then this must be like paradise — the sleek lines, the polished metal, vehicles both from the dawn of the motor age, and some a little more recent. translation: the retromobile show gives us the chance to rediscover the glories of the past. we should not forget that behind each car, there's a man, and it's always human adventure hiding underneath. some of these cars are nearly 100 years old. many of them broke records at legendary race tracks, like linas—montlhery and le mans. it really was another age — shirtsleeves, open—top driving, little care for safety. a dangerous but elegant way to enjoy life at the highest of speeds. one of the star attractions is this aston martin db4 gt zagato. only 19 were ever produced, and it was raced at le mans by british driver, jim clark. it sort of epitomises

organic compounds found in products such as cleaning fluids and paints, our environment analyst roger harrabinng at. these compounds typically have been noticed to be coming from cars, based on oil based products on when they turn into gases they combine to form particles that can be breathed deep into the lungs. car—makers have been under pressure to clear up the organic compounds and have done so successfully with catalytic converters and better engine design but as the amount of these have dropped, so the amount of those from other things in the household have stayed the same or grown so relatively in looks bigger and now concentration, looking at pates, perfumes, detergents, the sorts of things you might smell and taste at the back of your throat can form harmful particles inside your home. all of that said, is it also fair to say we react to things differently and not everyone will have that reaction? that is true. there is another study coincidently from norway showing among a group of cleaners, they suffered lung damage similarto if cleaners, they suffered lung damage similar to if they

roger harrabin is here. tell us more about this ruling.he year 2000 so already it is eight years too late. the legal group, client earth, has been taking legal action against the government to push them to go faster. the law says that they have is to deliver clean air as quickly as possible for the each time they go for a court action the judge agrees with client earth that the government is not delivering clean airas government is not delivering clean air as quickly as possible. so previously the government has been asked to sort out 28 areas where pollution is especially bad and tell local councils to address the problem. it has been asked to do another 33 areas now where pollution is bad and councils again will be asked to address the problem. perhaps by keeping out diesel vehicles or trying to control traffic at busy times. so client earth obviously have to keep going to court, they said this should not happen and the government should just have done what it was meant to. the government says it accepts the rulings and is now going to r

our environment analyst roger harrabin has been to tromso in the norwegian arctic to see for himself.c sea ice is created when sea freezes. it looks pristine but it definitely is not. in fact, ice cores show sea ice contains more fragments of plastic per square metre than anywhere else in the open ocean. it's because sea ice freezes from the top and that's exactly where the plastic bits are floating. one litre of melted sea ice contained 234 plastic fragments like these. we have a situation in the world now that there is nowhere that's so far away that it's not affected by plastic waste. there's plastic on the beaches too. this local conservationist is trying forlornly to clear it up. here's what plastic does. this reindeer‘s antlers were trapped by a discarded fishing net, it died. this arctic tern met its death by starvation. this polar bear was tangled in another fishing net. we try to sell this as arctic and pristine and untouched, and it looks that way on pictures, but once you get here and you start to walk along the coastline, you get a completely other picture. the plastic is

plastic pollution almost everywhere they've looked in the arctic ocean. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabinis created when sea freezes. it looks pristine but it definitely is not. in fact, ice cores show sea ice contains more fragments of plastic per square metre than anywhere else in the open ocean. it's because sea ice freezes from the top and that's exactly where the plastic bits are floating. 0ne litre of melted sea ice contained 234 plastic fragments like these. we have a situation in the world now that there is nowhere that's so far away that it's not affected by plastic waste. there's plastic on the beaches too. this local conservationist is trying forlornly to clear it up. here's what plastic does. this reindeer‘s antlers were trapped by a discarded fishing net, it died. this arctic tern met its death by starvation. this polar bear was tangled in another fishing net. we try to sell this as arctic and christine and untouched, and it looks that way on pictures, but once you get here and you start to walk along the coastline, you get completely other picture. the plastic is here with a

roger harrabin with that report. ben gladwin the business news in a moment. a thousand people had to wait more than 12 hours for treatment in accident and emergency departments last month. i'm ben bland with the business headlines an afternoon live. as you've just heard the bank of england gave its interest rate decision — but it also upgraded its forecast for the uk‘s economic growth this year, to 1.7%. that's up from the previous forecast of 1.5%. the bank says it may start to raise interst rates earlier than thought. it noted that the country's economy was benefitting from a pickup in growth across the world. it also thinks that uk wage growth will start to pick—up, giving the economy a further boost. shares in talktalk have slumped more than 10% after the firm warned profits would be significantly lower this year than it previously thought. the telecoms group expects a key measure of profits to be between £230 million and £245 million, much lower than its forecast. the firm slashed its dividend and said it will sell £200 million pounds of shares on the st

plastic pollution almost everywhere they've looked in the arctic ocean. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabinting. plastic pollution is drifting to the furthest corners of the planet. the arctic sea ice is created when sea breezes. it looks pristine, but scientists are finding that it definitely is not. in fact, ice co res definitely is not. in fact, ice cores shows that cl definitely is not. in fact, ice cores shows that ci is contained small fragments of plastic per square metre than anywhere else in the ocean. it is because sea ice freezes from the top and that is exactly where the plastic bits floating. 0ne litre of melted ci is contained 234 plastic fragments like these. the numbers are way higher than i think most people expected and higher than what i expected and it shows that it is a serious problem and you have a situation in the world now that there is nowhere thatis the world now that there is nowhere that is so far away that it is not affected by plastic waste. there is plastic on the beaches, too. as local, so —— conservationist is trying forlornly to clear them up. here is what

plastic pollution almost everywhere they've looked in the arctic ocean. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabineen to tromso in the norwegian arctic. a warning that you may find some of the images in his report disturbing. plastic pollution is drifting to the furthest corners of the planet. the arctic sea ice is created when sea freezes. it looks pristine but scientists are finding that it definitely is not. in fact ice cores show sea ice contains more fragments of plastic per square metre than anywhere else in the ocean, it is because sea ice freezes from the top and that is exactly where the plastic bits are floating. 0ne litre of melted sea ice contain 234 plastic fragments like these. the numbers are way higher than i think most people expected, and definitely then what i expected. it shows that it isa then what i expected. it shows that it is a serious problem and you have a situation in the world now that there is nowhere that is so far away that it is not affected by plastic waste. there is plastic on the beaches too, this local conservationist is trying forlornly to clear them up. here