ok, ruth jones, thank you for joining it again.ey‘re losing votes to ukip. labour has lost some to the smaller parties. it's lost some to the smaller parties. it‘s a complicated result. it‘s not a surprise. it‘s not an upset. but it‘s a very interesting result nevertheless. thank you forjoining us on nevertheless. thank you forjoining us on this by—election special. until the next one — goodnight or good morning! welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i‘m duncan golestani. our top stories: the man accused of the mass killings at two mosques in new zealand has appeared in court. he has been ordered to undergo psychiatric test. boeing says it will take all necessary steps to make its aircraft safe after a preliminary investigation into the ethiopian airlines crash. the leaders of ireland and germany so they are determined to avoid a no—deal brexit and ilan‘s prime minister says the uk needs a credible plan. as anti—government protests continue in sudan, we meet some of the women at the fo

the new mp for newport west is labour‘s ruth jones.our mp paul flynn in february. mps were impressed about how she had already mastered the art of nodding to the speaker. i swear by almighty god that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her majesty queen elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law. so help me god. next, the customary extended handshake to the speaker. the new mp for newport west getting straight down to work. well, that's it for monday in parliament. alessia mccarthy will be here for the rest of the week. but from me, christina cooper, goodbye. hello there, good morning. sunshine really did make a big difference to the temperature yesterday. we had 20 degrees for the first time in a long time. that was recorded in east anglia in the sunshine. further north, in the north—east of england, a very different look to the weather. the mist, fog and low cloud rolling in from the north sea and temperatures about seven degrees. we should get sunshine in the north—east of england on tuesday but our air is gett

and stacey but he was a big lad in one of the roles as was a big lad in one of the roles as was ruth jonest he is not the romantic lead in gavin and stacey. he did have a relationship and have sex. and they had a baby. yes, he did buck that trend in that sense, yes. has he talked about this before? yes, in 2016 he talked to rolling stone about the same thing how larger actors if they have sex on screen it's always done in a cookie way like a comedic way, rather than in a romantic way. what has the reaction been to this? well, a lot of people are pointing out that if you look back at films over the years, sometimes this isn't the case, people like rebel wilson, queen latifah, seth rogen, they've all played romantic leads in romantic comedies, before gavin and stacey was a thing and definitely before james gordon made these comments. 0k, thank you very much and nice to see you. meg matthews is one of the brands of rule britannia. with then husband noel gallagher. but the former music pr is now campaigning for better awareness around the menopause. she said when the menopause first started fo

ruth jones won with a reduced majority. also lost ground, while ukip tripled its vote share to 9%. tomos morgan reports. newport west remains in labour hands. and i hereby declare that the said ruth lorrainejones is duly elected as member of parliament for newport west. after 32 years in the hands of a welsh labour giant, the seat became vacant after the death of paul flynn in february. this by—election has taken place because of the sad passing of paul flynn, our friend. there have been many tributes to him over the weeks, but one thing stood out to me — everyone knew somebody helped by paul flynn. these words have been an inspiration to me throughout the campaign. after all, that's what we're here for — to do our utmost to help others. newport as a local authority voted to leave in the referendum, and brexit was a common theme on the doorstep. by—election turnouts are usually lower than general elections. 67% voted here two years ago, but this time around only 37% of the constituency came out to vote. 11 candidates stood

ruth dreifuss on herfight for the right to vote. in 1999, brian joneshe first nonstop round—the—world flight in a hot air balloon, taking off from switzerland and finishing over africa. the record—breaking trip tookjust 20 days. pilot brianjones recalls the highs and lows of their amazing journey. it is an incredibly difficult thing to achieve, to get a balloon to fly around the world. this had never been done before. and yet it was the oldest form of flight. and there was a kind of empty page in the history books. it was the ultimate challenge for a balloon. the morning of take—off was difficult in many ways, actually, because we didn't know what was going to happen. and of course, we couldn't fly around the world in a basket, not at the altitudes we were thinking of. so we needed a pressurised capsule. we tried to make things as comfortable as possible. so, this is breakfast on the 11th of march at 8am in the morning. we had a little modesty curtain where the toilet was in the back of the capsule and we would go behind the curtain and wipe ourselves d