they said they'd taken a short break in the uk to visit the world—famous salisbury cathedral. sarah rainsford reports. speaking out for the first time, the two russians accused of the deadly nerve agent attack in salisbury. today, they appeared on programming television to declare their innocence. translation: our friends had been suggesting for a long time that we visit this wonderful city. they do resemble the two men identified by british police, but they deny they are russian intelligence agents. asked what they we re intelligence agents. asked what they were doing in salisbury, they came up were doing in salisbury, they came up with this. translation: it's a tourist city. they have a famous cathedral there am a salisbury cathedral. it's famous throughout europe and around the world, i think. it's famous for its 123 metres by. it's famous for its clock. it's the oldest working clock in the world. the men claim they we re in the world. the men claim they were so in the world. the men claim they were so keen to in the world. the men claim they were so keen to see in the worl

there's the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe, but in the whole world. six months after the skripals were poisoned in salisbury, the uk government says this is just another case of russian lies. and number ten added that the russian response was an insult to the public‘s intelligence and deeply offensive to the victims. also tonight... house prices could drop by up to a third if there's a no—deal brexit — a new warning from the governor of the bank of england. a romanian tourist describes how he almost jumped into the river thames after last year's westminster bridge attack in his frantic search for his girlfriend. you're not a bad normal kid no more, you're just that young carer. —— that normal kid. almost a million children are acting as carers in england — far more than previously thought — according to new research. russia's biggest military drills since the fall of the soviet union. president putin says it's an answer to "aggressive and unfriendly attitudes" towards his country. strong winds and heavy rain have started to the coast of america and muc

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salisbury as tourists. to admire the historic cathedral spire. our friends had been suggesting for a long time we visit this wonderful town. salisbury, suggesting for a long time we visit this wonderfultown. salisbury, a wonderful time? there is the famous cathedral, in the whole world. has the rollback of tanking regulation in america exposed us all to more risk? 0fficial still warm this could be too hazardous. moe is too late. we will talk about the president's fruits. 0fficials still warn this storm could be very dangerous we'll talk about the president's tweets about hurricane maria in a moment but first we want to look at what's happening right now with this storm. the bbc‘s laura trevelyan is in wilmington for us. isa is a danger for people that they think it is a category two so we don't need to get out of the way? that is certainly the message that the governor of north carolina was having in mind when he said just because this is a category two hurricane doesn't mean you should not worry about it because the risk will come from the prolon

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. >> there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in e europe, but ole world. it is famous for its 123-meter spire, famous for its clock, the one of the first ever created in the world that is still working. gordon: salisbury's cathedral certainly is a tourist attraction, drawing visitors from all over the world. lebut just how plauss the story of these two russians set out against the evidence laid out by the police last week? there is the question of the motive for their trip, flyinto moscow on friday, march 2, all to see salisbury. and their movements -- the two russians gave up sightseeing in salisbury saturday, because, they say, there was too much slush. they returned on sunday. cctv captures them arriving at the station at 11: 48. rather than heading to the tourist sites they said they wanted to see, they were spotted close to survey sipal's -- sergei skripal's house. the images captured on thise. cv pict police believe it was around this time that novichok was smeared on the door handle, poisoning sergeerand his daugulia. the interviewer asked theroen i

they said they were on a short break to the uk to visit salisbury cathedral. om moscow. speaking out for the first time, the two russians accused of the deadly nerve agent attack in salisbury. today, they appeared on pro—kremlin television to declare their innocence. translation: our friends had been suggesting for quite a long time that we visit this wonderful city. they do resemble the two men identified by british police, but they deny they're russian intelligence agents. asked what they were doing in salisbury, they came up with this. translation: it's a tourist city. they have a famous cathedral there, salisbury cathedral. it's famous throughout europe and in fact around the world, i think. it's famous for its 123—metre spire. it's famous for its clock. it's the oldest working clock in the world. the men claim they were so keen to see the sights that they made two trips here in two days. the weather was so bad that they came back. british police believe the first visit was actually a recce for the attack. so did they visit the house where sergei skripal an

there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe but in the whole world.spire. it is famous for its clock, the first ever created in the world that is still working. salisbury‘s cathedral certainly is a tourist attraction, drawing visitors from all over the world, but just how plausible is the story of these two russians set against the evidence laid out by the police last week? there is the question of the motive for their trip, flying in from moscow to gatwick airport on friday march 2nd, all to see salisbury, and then there's their movements — the russian giving up sightseeing in salisbury on saturday because, they say, there was too much slush. they returned on sunday and here cctv catches them arriving at the station at 11:a8. but rather than head out to be tourist sites they said they wanted to see, like old sarum and the cathedral, they were spotted close to sergei skripal‘s house on wilton road, their images captured on this cctv picture at 11:58. police believe it was around this time that novichok was smeared on the skripals' front door handle, p

there is the famous salisbury cathedral. it is famous for its 123 metre it is famous for its 123 metre spire. we'll hear more about that television appearance, live from moscow. also this lunchtime. preparing for a no—deal brexit the cabinet meets to discuss contingencies, in the event of no agreement between britain and the eu. any responsible government would need to be prepared for the unlikely and regrettable scenario where the negotiations don't reach a positive conclusion. a positive conclusion. a dramatic fall in profits at thejohn lewis partnership down 99%, in what the group says is challenging times for the retail sector. and, chopin in shopping centres? why people are being encouraged to play in public, in the run up to the leeds international piano competition. and coming up on bbc news... a former premier league footballer has urged clubs to employ mental—health specialists. marvin sordell suffered from depression and even attempted to take his own life. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. two me

they claim they want to see the dreaming spire of salisbury cathedral.lane to come to london and then go over to salisbury. no pictures of them are merged inside the cathedral or around the cathedral apart from the cul—de—sac where the skripal‘s live and that was seen as insulting from theresa may. i am not sure what the russians think of it. that is one of the puzzles. in terms of newspaper review, the metro way to treat this, remember this paper has picked up on an awful lot of stations on the way to work. picked up on an awful lot of stations on the way to workm picked up on an awful lot of stations on the way to work. it is free. i thought, "for stations on the way to work. it is free. ithought, "for your stations on the way to work. it is free. i thought, "for your spires only" it gets a smile from a serious subject. it touches on many ironic things. the thrust of this, do we find it insulting? 0f things. the thrust of this, do we find it insulting? of course we do. doi find it insulting? of course we do. do i think the russians are clever enough to

they said they'd taken a short break in the uk to visit salisbury cathedral. oscow, sarah rainsford reports. speaking out for the first time, the two russians accused of the deadly nerve agent attack in salisbury. today, they appeared on pro—kremlin television to declare their innocence. translation: our friends had been suggesting for quite a long time that we visit this wonderful city. they do resemble the two men identified by british police, but they deny they're russian intelligence agents. asked what they were doing in salisbury, they came up with this. translation: it's a tourist city. they have a famous cathedral there, salisbury cathedral. it's famous throughout europe and in fact around the world, i think. it's famous for its 123—metre spire. it's famous for its clock. it's the oldest working clock in the world. the men claim they were so keen to see the sights that they made two trips here in two days. the weather was so bad that they came back. british police believe the first visit was actually a recce for the attack. so did they visit the house wh

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officer, rather than him claiming to be a —— in the fitness industry who want to look at the salisbury cathedralld than at the cathedral. an english guy called elliot higgins who set up an investigative website that we have to thank for finding this out. but the trouble with social media now, if you try and hide something as big as the russian intelligence behind this, somebody is going to reveal that it is not true. and i don't know why people bother to hide a big things in the world now, because if anyone knows about it, it will get out to the newspaper. there is a tory minister saying this is embarrassing for putin and russia. but they seem to have enjoyed the spectacle of all of it by the looks of it. no one suspected he was not able russian, now that we know the details of it, a highly decorated colonel, they must be happy. a lot of papers are going with this. the daily mail, unmasked, this thing about him being highly decorated, they're using the fa ct highly decorated, they're using the fact that this man must‘ve been given his honour personally by vladimir putin to make that link with th

a suggestion here is that the two men who visited salisbury cathedral were put on television to punishng is that the russian secret services, in the plural, are furious about what happened. it was very bad tradecraft. they were caught on cctv all over the place. there is obviously a question mark overthrowing the purview what all away with the novichok and some body being killed over that. —— over throwing the perfume bottle away. smearing it on a door handle, as well, that is not how the gru normally operates, they usually target some body specifically. anybody could have walked past, the postman could have touched the door handle. so they are in trouble. they would have been three or four others out there, as the backup team, so maybe they are being heroes back in moscow because they did the job properly. maybe they manage to be overt. which is in the job description, really. it makes it look like a dreadful model.m description, really. it makes it look like a dreadful model. it does. the serious point is that if they deliberately did what they did, in other words, they meant to carr

when you look at salisbury cathedral it says since 15a9 the cathedral has the tallest church spire ining clock in the world. that's pretty much what they said word for word. what a surprise! it's very clear to me this was a crude attempt to try and put another narrative out there, we've seen it from russians over the last six months, it doesn't surprise me. asi six months, it doesn't surprise me. as i said the only thing i'm in agreement with the salisbury is a wonderful place and the cathedral is well worth visiting. the difficulty herejohn isnerfine well worth visiting. the difficulty here john isner fine line well worth visiting. the difficulty herejohn isnerfine line between mockery and a very serious incident that had a massive effect on the city that you represent. and is there a danger that this becomes a bit of a laugh as the russians react like this? well, you know, i think it reflects very badly on russia, on president putin. what we know is one of my constituents was killed and three others, for others were in hospitalfor a three others, for others were in hospital for a si

i mean you there is the name is salisbury cathedral famous not only in europe but in the whole world. it's famous for its one hundred twenty three metre spire. on it and i mean it. is famous for its clock go to one of the first ever created in the world that still works for me just send me some appeared. to me to compare a bit of a book. this looks ok here it is tells the reader taking a look at the clock then you have some on the shelf. plan to visit london or as you have fun there are lots of little go at it at the players it wasn't a business trip this time. we wanted to go to london and want to solve themselves but it's just not there so those numbers. but when we were almost clearing out the plane would land on the first trying. but the most bizarre it was a heavy snowstorm more profit class collapse the. snigger bop right ok that's why they say they're in seoul where they go sightseeing to london they want to go there and see this place is a huge great fire my first question just rewinding this a bit i'm sure many guys are going to ask you this why did they come to our tea well

there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe but in the whole world.ts clock, one of the first ever created in the world that are still working. there we have the men claiming they we re there we have the men claiming they were tourists in salisbury earlier this year, they were speaking on rt, the state funded russian television channel russia today. what kind of impression did these two make, how did you read things? well, they looked very reluctant to be dragged into that room and be interviewed by the head of the rt. they appeared to be tongue tied at some moments. russian media made a lot of fun out of ‘s land they are saying something they are not thoroughly accustomed to be doing. of course the idea if this is now the course of the media machine in russia is taking with these two men, they would have to go and tell the stories on the russian tv channels which are broadcasting internally to the russian tv audiences, the audience here in rt is primarily foreign, obviously these two did not do a very good job convincing the foreigners that their vis

i mean there's the ramus salisbury cathedral famous not only in europe but in the whole world and i mean you. know it's famous for its one hundred twenty three meter spire. and i mean it's you know it's famous for its clock go to one of the first ever created in the world that's still working we just sent me some. time in the thought of going to a big meeting comes out of it of a built. this looks ok which is holes where you take a look at the cotton and then you have some on the shell some will we plan to visit london and have fun there are lots of global go at it at the ball and to this play yes. it wasn't a business trip this time. and to go to london and then to salzburg he had some sort of those number where we can you know when we were almost clear and then blame would land on the first trying. but the most bizarre it was a heavy snow storm will prosper clasp and collapse the for them but i spoke on more . of a new park well that's their side of the story where they say they're there except what britain says that this poor intelligence offices that you know they say they are you kn

the salisbury cathedral. it is famous not only in europe but all over the world, i think. it is famous for its 123 meter fire. famous fts clock. >> reporter: the british government reacted quickly calling t tour i story lies and flagrant fabrication. russia shot back, questioning the legal frame work for accusing the russian citizens. the truth coming down to a question of who do you believe? scotland yard or the kremlin? nbnews. >> we are bracing for storm surges of nine feet. power outages and epic flooding. >> the long siege is justnn beg. rain bands are already pushing ashore. the barrier islands in north carolina are among areas seeing the heavy rain. the dangerous storm surge. >> florence set to make an agonizingly slow turn. and the consequences because of that could be disastrous. the ses of th storm alone could be very damaging. >> it is covering areas larger than north and south carolina mpmbined. thet is expected to be felt by millions for days. >> we've got team coverage tonight. let get to the veryte . >> tracking a couple things here. the storm just off the c

that started with magna carta. with magna carta. best preserved copies of magna carta is the cathedral in salisburyhe cathedral in salisbury. dodgy names when there on the 3rd of march. march. lesson or two about the of absolute power. can only breed in an atmosphere of freedom. freedom. nhs which i was so privileged to steward. and why does all this matter? matter? country, confidence in our party, too. too. conservative party, the british people turn to. people turn to. my but because they trust us, they trust us to do the right thing. trust us to do the right thing. one of the things they are trusting us to get right is brexit. us to get right is brexit. freedom of manoeuvre so both benefit from removing barriers. from removing barriers. our future actually depends far more on other things. on other things. in particular our ambition and our hunger to succeed. ambition and our hunger to succeed. and that is why i come back to confidence. confidence. britain, we have got to unite our country. country. a bigger bolder vision of what our new—found independence can mean. new—found independence can m

the two men did say they were sports nutritionists who had come to britain to see salisbury cathedralcers using a false identity from the gi you. this is more evidence pointing in that direction particularly when he looks to have beena particularly when he looks to have been a highly decorated colonel in the military intelligence. it suggests a significant figure in an operation likely to be authorised at a high—level. operation likely to be authorised at a high-level. it seems that president putin must have known at some stage this information would get out. that britain's story was going to be corroborated. what is moscow's game here? that is what surprises people. when they were put up surprises people. when they were put up on party couple of weeks ago saying they were tourists. partly because they didn't appear very convincing, as people felt. there we re convincing, as people felt. there were long pauses and things they couldn't explain. they didn't want to talk about their business background. a lot of people thought it was odd. was it for russian domestic consumption? it does

they wanted to see the 123—metre spire of salisbury cathedral and some other sites in the town.ey were intelligence officers, but now, i expect there will be more digging around some of these identities, as the evidence at least seems to point increasingly to them being russian intelligence officers. thanks to gordon. next, to new york. more sharp rhetoric from donald trump on iran. he says any country or business which fails to comply with us sanctions on iran will face severe consequences. the president was in the security council. he was chairing today for the first time. he used that chance to push the iran message further. the iranian regime exports violence, terror and turmoil. it illicitly procures sensitive items to advance its ballistic missile programme and proliferates these missiles all across the middle east. the regime is the world's leading sponsor of terror and fuels conflict across the region and far beyond. no surprise, other countries in the security council didn't line up with mr trump. remember, the us is out of the iran nuclear deal, but its other signatori

when they came to the uk, and they came as tourists because they wanted to see a 123 metres by salisbury cathedralstate m e nts from moscow, specifically to these statements from bellingcat? it's too early, but it only emerged in the last hour or so. bellingcat have produced some previous material, about a week or so ago, about the troubles of the other man, alexander petrov, suggesting he had been to europe using that passport on about a dozen occasions in the past couple of years. there were reports in moscow that there had been a hunt for some of the sources of that information, which would suggest the russian state is worried or concerned about the way in which some of this material is emerging, because it is material which appears to undermine their narrative that these were innocent people and not undercover intelligence operatives. thank you, gordon in washington tonight. time for a look at the weather. here's mel coles with the forecast. the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures to the south of the uk but the further north you are, you run into this weatherfront with some fairl

. >> there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe but in the whole world. famous for its clock. >> and tom, poison is certainly not the only threat facing critics of the kremlin. walk us through the other cases. >> sure. in 2015, a politician that kritizkri criticized putin's policy was shot dead. in a former kremlin insider whose critiques was loud, was found hanged. another died in russian police custody. investigating allegations of fraud. and writing tough pieces shot to death and another journalist. a staunch critic of putin. as were several other journalists and foes. the russian government denied involvement and some convictions of people with no proven ties to moscow and skeptics say look at how many of putin's opponents wind up mysteriously dead and ask yourself, is that just a coincidence? jake? >> all right. tom foreman, thank you so much. the x-rated details in stormy daniels' new tell-all book, may spell legal trouble for president trump. that's next. m. i'm 85 years old in a job where i have to wear a giant hot dog suit. what? where's that com

, salisbury cathedral, famous throughout europe andzon a day after the archbishop of canterbury accused the firm of "leeching off the taxpayer". the church times has revealed amazon was among the 20 biggest global investments by the church last year. a statement from the cofe said it considered the most effective way to seek change was to be "in the room with these companies" as a shareholder. house prices could plunge by more than a third in the event of a no—deal brexit, according to the governor of the bank of england. mark carney briefed senior ministers thursday to discuss the potential risks of leaving the eu without a deal. according to sources, the governor said a slump in the pound and a rise in interest rates could mean house prices would fall by as much as 35%. firefighters have been battling at least 60 fires in three separate towns in the american state of massachusetts, following dozens of gas explosions. it's thought the blasts could have been caused by the rupture of an over—pressurised gas line. the towns have been tol

it is a tourist city, they have a famous cathedral, salisbury cathedral, famous throughout europe andrld. so you came to salisbury to take a look at the clock? we planned to visit london first and have fun there. speaking to bbc newsnight about her television interview with alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, rt editor—in—chief margarita simonyan hung up on presenter kirsty wark after "the manner of the interview" with the suspects was challenged. having worked as a reporter for almost 20 years i only believe what i see with my own eyes. is with my owi'i i see with my own eyes. is with my own eyes that the two were completely like the people on the video that was released by the british police. so for that matter i do believe they are those people. but as far as the story goes, i don't have any reasons to believe them, i don't know them, i haven't spent life at them, they are not my friends but i have no more reasons to believe secret services who have been lying previously. thus in the manner of this interview concern you and the fact that doesn't it reinforce the idea that russia

they came to salisbury to see the cathedral, what's wrong with you, don't you believe it?telegraph and their sources, from british intelligence, they say the other russian secret services are terribly upset with the gru because they made a hash of the whole thing, leaving perfume bottles around and so on. leaving perfume bottles around and so on. i think the bigger question is what's this all a botched operation or in fact was it deliberate? normally... deliberately botched? deliberately left and the door knob, the novichok on the door knob, whether the perfume bottle was thrown away because they didn't care, but that was not part of the botch. in which case, means the russians are no longerjust targeting individuals, they have a com plete targeting individuals, they have a complete cavalier disregard for the loss of innocent life. that is the worrying bit. it means they have upped the ante. where this story appears to have come, and you will know so much better because you are closer to the spooks and espionage world. thank you. ijust blew closer to the spooks and espiona

denied that and said they were travelling around europe on business and only came to salisbury to see the cathedralve died and there are fears for hundreds more after a ferry capsized on lake victoria in tanzania. the boat overturned while taking people between two islands. a rescue operation is under way with more than 100 people brought to safety so far. england's largest councils are warning that unless the government increases funding, then the worst cuts to services are yet to come. the county councils network says local authorities have already earmarked more than £1 billion of savings to be made by 2020 — including cuts to libraries, transport, youth clubs and public health services. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. choose which one we want. it's families like the finches who know all too well how difficult it has already become to get help from many local authorities when you face a crisis. aged eight, adam was diagnosed with brain and spinal cancer. that has such an impact on family life. it feels like a grenade has just been thrown into your family and just shattered

russian intelligence agency, in the news recently, with the events taking place in salisbury as well. yes, those cathedralans? we have to give them that. let's go back to the telegraph. pa rents a re let's go back to the telegraph. parents are being asked to set an example for their children and turn off their phones at night and not use them at the dinner table. off their phones at night and not use them at the dinner tablelj off their phones at night and not use them at the dinner table. i have already horrified you by taking my phone to bed at night, not having any children to be any samples, and not having a dinner table. can't make this work. first off, why do you take your phone to bed? do you consciously take it? because i don't sleep. i have never slept, since long before mobile phones existed. i will sleep for two hours, then be awake are another few hours, and if iam awake are another few hours, and if i am lucky i might then get back to sleep. those few hours are both boring and lonely when everybody else is asleep and you have nobody to talk to. isn't the fact that you are using an electric de

salisbury. this pair claim they were at in the english town as tourists to see the cathedral.xplanation an insult to the intelligence of the public. in the guardian, the governor of the bank of england has warned that the impact of no deal could be as catastrophic as the 2008 financial crash. fox news is up next, covering what it calls a firestorm after president donald trump disputed the death toll from the hurricane maria last year and puerto rican it. official numbers say that nearly 3000 people died but donald trump says that number had been inflated by the democrats to make him look bad. in arab news, fully loaded iranians oil tankers are floating off the coast of the uae is with nowhere to go as the us energy sanctions plunge in demand across the world. and staying with energy, the world. and staying with energy, the international energy agency says that the market faces a crucial test as exports are also falling in venezuelan it. and, finally, the daily mail online. vaults of art and —— vaults wagon has killed its iconic car. arn ding production from next year. with me

suggesting for a long time that we visit this wonderful town salisbury and wonderful town yes a tourist town. there is the famous solsbury cathedral famous not only in europe but in the whole world. it's famous for its one hundred twenty three metre spire. on. it is famous for its clock one of the first ever created in the world that still working. with. me to come out of this horrible. this looks so cute as hell is very take a look at the clock in the summer when the child no we plan to visit london at first and have fun there are lots of little go at it at the players it wasn't a business trip this time. and we planned to go to london and then to salisbury themselves b.b.c.'s an office of the normal and we did you know but when we were almost there we thought the plane wouldn't land on the first drive as there was a heavy snow storms but that's because of all the havoc they had with transport in the u.k. on march second and third because of heavy snow fall nearly all the cities were paralyzed because we were unable to go anywhere or is through to rush and we go to britain when the snow falls who thing is growing dog in britain i

salisbury and wonderful town yes a tourist town. there is the famous salzburg cathedral famous not only in europe but in the whole world. one hundred twenty three meter spire. clock the one of the first ever created in the world that is still working. for. me to come out of it. this list so here it is tells very to take a look at the clock and then you have the summer when the child no we plan to visit london adverse to have fun there are lots of little know what it means but yes it wasn't a business trip this time. and we planned to go to london and then to salisbury themselves beneath us an office a little more we can you know but when we were almost there we thought the plane wouldn't land on the first drive that was there was a heavy snow storms but that's because of all that having they had with transport in the u.k. on march second and third because of heavy snowfall but nearly all the cities were paralyzed because we were unable to go anywhere and there were britain says the intelligence officers what they say no surprises they've denied any link or affiliation wi

salisbury? >> they say it was a quote fatal coincidence that they were in -- they said they were tourists and they wanted to see the cathedral it is one of the oldest working clocks in the world and say they had to make two trips out to salisbury during their 36-hour stay in the u.k. because in the first trip there was too much snow and slush about. alexander petrov and the other man said they don't work for russian military intelligence as the u.k. has stated they do. it has been revealed they claim to be in the business of fitness supplements. scotland yard has laid out a different story about their trip that they say was applying a nerve agent disguised in a perfume bottle to the doorknob. they are in hiding and the u.k.'s response to today's interview is that they just want answers about what happened in salisbury and not more lies from the russians. >> sandra: we're learning there has been another odd poisoning in moscow. what can you tell us about that? >> yes. according to the protest group pussy riot, one of their members has actually been poisoned. he took part in a stunt during the world cup final in moscow. he and

those days, they took trips to salisbury and they took trips to salisbury and they stayed for two hours, they did not visit the cathedralhy novichok, traces of novichok we re why novichok, traces of novichok were indeed found in the hotel in east london in which they stayed. now, russia‘s tactic over recent yea rs has now, russia‘s tactic over recent years has been to employ this card of plausible deniability but it seems increasingly likely that, all increasingly apparent that the denials are no longer plausible. do you think we will see these to appear in front of the cameras and it will be the two we have seen the cctv of or will there be a mysterious car crash where they will not be able to appear? a number of things seem possible. one would be that the two individuals who we have the cctv images of our portrait before the cameras but they are not the actual men, another possibility is the real men, another possibility is the real men are presented and they save their identities were stolen by these two individuals. another may bea these two individuals. another may be a composite of those two things ta ke be a comp

cathedral —— here as tourists. you can understand why people took what happened here on sunday so seriously. salisburyf the law. this, he said, is not a game. amanda, plenty more, thank you very much. that is nationwide. if you like to see more on any of those stories you can access them via the bbci player and a reminder, we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon live. this evening, the winner of this year's mercury prize will be announced, with a £25,000 cheque going to the best album of the last 12 months, by a british or irish act. previous winners have included the arctic monkeys and elbow, but in an age where we can all stream individual tracks, do albums still matter? ?our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more. # now i'm stuck in a rut, kicking stones... lily allen, 12 years and four albums into a career, thrilled to have finally made a mercury prize shortlist with no shame, and she's out to win. it would mean everything to me. i mean, i'd absolutely love for that to happen. it's not going to, but...! it's a heartfelt record,