sarah smith was a big politicalfigure in the 60s.ge. he then admitted to david steele that he had been investigated by police a decade earlier. last year he told the abuse enquiry he believed smith was guilty but he did nothing. he could for all you still be offending against children? i had to admit, that never occurred to me and i am not sure it would occur to me even today. but the enquiry‘s verdict was that he turned a blind eye. lord steel hit back today, the enquiry not having secured a parliamentary scalp i fear i have been made a proxy for sarah smith. because david steele failed to act, sarah smith was able to remain in public life and he went on to abuse children in schools in the 19805. to abuse children in schools in the 1980s. this enquiry examined another big allegation. in 2012, labour's tom watson demanded an investigation into... clear intelligence suggesting a powerful paedophile network link to parliament and number10. network link to parliament and number 10. so network link to parliament and number10. so what net

sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh.rena bomber bought a chemical using an email address containing the phrase, in arabic, "we have come to slaughter". hashem abedi is on trial for his alleged role in helping his brother salman to carry out the bombing, which killed 22 people at an ariana grande concert two years ago. the 22—year—old denies the charges. the grenfell tower inquiry is asking the government's most senior lawyer, the attorney general, to promise that no one giving evidence will later be prosecuted on the basis of what they say. the request comes after potential corporate witnesses threatened to stay silent without such an agreement. 72 people died in the fire in west london in june 2017. young children were among 90 migrants rescued today from near—freezing conditions in the english channel. they made the journey from france to the uk on eight small boats. it's believed to be the largest number of migrants intercepted in a single day in the channel. from dover, our correspondent colin campbell reports. rescu

sarah smith says her work involves making home visits, providing free food and even buying beds.are on the front line to tackle poverty, 100%. that's great. we see families day in, day out, we hear their struggles. problems with housing, they've got problems with unemployment, they perhaps can't get to school, because they can't afford to. they perhaps will not eat as well as they should, they might not heat the house. and then we then pick up the pieces here. have a good day, bye. is there anyone else that we need to collect? sarah smith's in charge of two blackpool primary schools — christ the king and st cuthbert‘s catholic academies. both are in the top 1% of the most deprived neighbourhoods in england. the day starts with a free breakfast for every child but also with help for parents, free milk, clothes and toys. there's a few people struggling at the moment, so it's a great help. we have had bad days, so we can come in and pick up anything. singing. low incomes, problems with health, disability and where they live are major issues for pupils here and their families. it mea

our scotland editor, sarah smith.emergency laws through parliament to stop the automatic early release of convicted terror offenders before the next prisoner is freed at the end of the month. a shopkeeperfrom sunderland is due to be released after serving half of his sentence for supporting the islamic state group. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is here. this follows the streatham attack at the weekend, but the government will face some opposition over this? yes, this follows the attack at the weekend by a prisoner who had been released at the halfway point of his sentence, and shortly after that he carried out the attack, stabbing two people before being shot dead by police. clearly there is concern that other prisoners in a similar situation being released at the halfway point could do a copycat attack. the next prisoner in the situation where he is due to be released is mohammed khan, due to come out on the 28th, so there is a window of about three weeks to get these laws through which means he and about

even though he knew so sarah smith, a former mp had been involved with the abuse of young boys he stillim for a knighthood. —— sir cyril smith. he has tendered his resignation. he was turning a blind eye to accusations of abuse, to clarify. they was a conservative mp as well. people in westminster new there was something about sir cyril smith had an interest in young children but turned a blind eye because of the political concerns they had rather than any concern for the welfare of young children. this story is also covered in the daily telegraph and the times but with a focus on tom watson. politically, people more from the right are honing in on tom watson because remember tom watson did make allegations in the house of commons about a westminster paedophile ring linked to ten downing st which were incendiary allegations and they say these are not true. i have spoken to people who are spoken to tom watson who was nominated for an honour and that he should not receive it because of his involvement in these allegations. should not receive it because of his involvement in these allegati

this report from our scotland editor, sarah smith, contains some flash photography., derek mackay, was one of the most senior ministers in the scottish government, tipped as a future party leader and first minister. now his career has been destroyed by inappropriate social media messages he sent to a schoolboy. the scottish sun printed numerous exchanges between the politician and a boy that he knew was just 16, commenting on his appearance and calling him cute. the sun reported that mr mackay told the boy he is gay and invited him to dinner as well as a rugby match. i think if these allegations are founded, and they are very detailed, very explicit, totally inappropriate and, by any standard judgment of what constitutes the grooming of a young individual, these would pass that test. nicola sturgeon has suspended derek mackay from the snp but she cannot make him stand down as an msp. based on what i knew about this last night, it was clear to me then that derek mackay's conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister and indeed, he offered his resignation to

this report from our scotland editor, sarah smith, contains some flash photography. secretary, derek mackay, was one of the most senior ministers in the scottish government, tipped as a future party leader and first minister. now his career has been destroyed by inappropriate social media messages he sent to a schoolboy. the scottish sun printed numerous exchanges between the politician and a boy that he knew was just 16, commenting on his appearance and calling him cute. "you don't mind compliments?" "not at all." "good." "and our chats are between us?" "yeah." "cool. "to be honest, i think you're really cute. "is that 0k? "just so long as you know but you can delete that message, lol." the sun reported that mr mackay told the boy he is gay and invited him to dinner as well as a rugby match. i think if these allegations are founded, and they are very detailed, very explicit, totally inappropriate and, by any standard judgment of what constitutes the grooming of a young individual, these would pass that test. nicola sturgeon has suspended derek mackay from the snp bu

this report from our scotland editor, sarah smith, contains some flash photography.ipped as a future party leader and first minister. now his career has been destroyed by inappropriate social media messages he sent to a schoolboy. the scottish sun printed numerous exchanges between the politician and a boy that he knew was just 16, commenting on his appearance and calling him cute. the sun reported that mr mackay told the boy he is gay and invited him to dinner as well as a rugby match. i think if these allegations are founded, and they are very detailed, very explicit, totally inappropriate and, by any standard judgment of what constitutes the grooming of a young individual, these would pass that test. nicola sturgeon has suspended derek mackay from the snp but she cannot make him stand down as an msp. based on what i knew about this last night, it was clear to me then that derek mackay's conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister and indeed, he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. it was not an option for him to remain in government. msps fro

sarah smith is in charge of two black all primary schools. —— blackpool.help for parents, free milk, clothes and toys. there are a few people struggling at the moment so it is a great help. we all have bad days so we can come in and pick up anything. low incomes, problems with help —— health, disability and where they live a major issues for pupils here and their families. it live a major issues for pupils here and theirfamilies. it means live a major issues for pupils here and their families. it means staff find themselves providing as much support outside school as in the classroom. i am just support outside school as in the classroom. i amjust doing support outside school as in the classroom. i am just doing an application at the moment to support application at the moment to support afamily application at the moment to support a family living application at the moment to support afamily living in application at the moment to support a family living in an overcrowded house because their children are sleeping on a mattress on the bedroom floor so if we c

in sarah's piece she mentioned jaron smith who works in the white house.here are serious black conservatives outside of the white house. pastor darrell scott is not a serious black conservative. >> then we're going to do the next one martin luther king holiday, they canceled that. oh, my god. okay. go ahead. >> they're not even trying. they're not even trying to make it look like they're being serious. like i said about the michigan speech in the white suburb four years ago, this is not outreach designed to reach black people. if they wanted to reach black people they'd go to black communities and talk to black leaders. >> this is designed for suburban women or white women so they won't feel guilty about voting for him. he's reaching out to the black community. >> exactly. >> i think it's a two-pronged approach. i agree with keith. part of this is to reassure, let's say, college educated white women in the suburbs who are on the fence about whether or not they'll go for trump a second time, that he's not a racist. i also think, though -- this is the thing

as well as the six mps including former cabinet ministers like sarah iain duncan smith, david davis and responders have been taken to hospital for precautionary checks after a suspected chemical incident in stoke—on—trent. police and other emergency services were called to a house in the northwood area of the city yesterday evening, where the body of a woman was found. her death is being treated as unexplained. staffordshire police said suspected hazardous materials were at the scene. facebook‘s social media accounts were hacked overnight by activists claiming they want to show flaws in cyber security. a group which calls itself our mine targeted the firm‘s twitter and instagram feeds and posted messages saying that "even facebook is hackable". the accounts have now been restored. it follows a similar attack on teams in america‘s national football league last month. a record high temperature has been logged on the continent of antarctica. a reading of 18.3 degrees celsius beat the previous record by almost a degree. antarctica‘s peninsula — the area that points towards south america — i

did you read sarah waters books like finger smith and tipping the velvet and things like that and anods but entirely its own film and a beautiful one. very beautiful, very beautiful one. very beautiful, very beautiful indeed. best out? i'm glad you have chosen this. it is fascinating. it is good, isn't it? we could call it sci—fi, it is gently science—fiction. i don't know what to call it! everyone in the newsroom was saying what is that film? i do not know how to categorise it. those of the best ones that you cannot easily summarise although i will have to now! it is about two scientists and horticultural laboratory and they develop this genetically modified plant that has this sense, this revolutionary sense that can help with depression. but of course, there are side—effects. it can make you act in a quite strange way and it isa you act in a quite strange way and it is a strange film. it is! a strange film shot in a lot of really deep reds and hot pinks and this kind of wild, crazy cacophonous soundtrack going on as well. but i found it really intriguing. yes! there is an austrian