sima kotecha, bbc news, telford. many more details on that story on our website. coming up. an emotional steve smith faces the world's media while australian cricket coach darren lehmann quits. sloane stephens is through to the final after a victory over victoria azarenka. and talk about starting a new baseball season in style. first pitch and a home run. welcome to the programme where we start with the cricketing news that just continues to we start with the cricketing news thatjust continues to evolve every day. after three australian players including steve smith was sent home for ball tampering, coach darren lehmann announced he would be standing down. smith gave an emotional press conference after landing in sydney and just warn you, there is

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our midlands correspondent sima kotecha reports.t is an image that telford doesn't want — a town where child abuse is common. but it is not clear how true this is. recent newspaper reports claimed hundreds of girls could have been abused here over the last four decades. a woman who doesn't want to be identified told the bbc her teenage son was being groomed in the town up until six months ago. they were giving him money, taking advantage of him, getting him drunk, giving him drugs, just really taking advantage of him, and they were using him for sex. there's no way anyone can say grooming isn't happening today, because i know it is. my own son has been going through it, and there are other people i know who are still going through it. in 2013, seven men were jailed after police launched an investigation into child prostitution. some of those living here said it was clear something very disturbing was going on. we began to see guys driving up and parking in the car park with their car doors open, you know, nice cars, music blaring, n

sima kotecha reports. this school is different from most.ll of its children use british sign language to communicate. why is sign language so important? because i signed language before i used to hear, so i heard some words and it linked my sign language, so i matched, and i can communicate with my friends and teachers. there are just a few schools in the country that have only deaf pupils. some of the children wear cochlear implants. there's been debate over whether early use of sign language can hold deaf children back from learning to speak. here, they believe that's not the case. we were told that sign language wasn't important and, if we did start to try and sign, it would delay speech. we went against that because it was only implanted at 16 months, so we'd already missed out on 16 months of spoken language, so we were signing with him from a very early age, and he's now coming up to five and he's bilingual because of that, and he's very confident to sign and to speak. many deaf children don't solely depend on sign language. at this de

sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham. before the headlines, some breaking news...d in thanet. this is an accident that happened on the 3rd of february, police called to report that a private ambulance overturned in ramsgate. in the early hours of the morning on saturday the 3rd of february, the vehicle travelling from the minster roundabout and the collision took place nearby. there was a patient in the ambulance, a 66—year—old man, who died the following day and two others sustained injuries. it is only now being treated as a fatal collision because of further tests and postmortem examinations were carried out by the serious collision investigation. a fatal collision being investigated by kent police and they are keen to hear from anyone who has not yet spoken to them about that accident. the headlines... police launch a murder enquiry into the death of another russian exile in london, they say there is nothing linking the death to the poisoning in salisbury. sergei skripal and his daughter are still critical in hospital and the foreign secretary blames vladimir p

sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham.n the campaign trail today, ahead of the country's presidential election, on sunday. mr putin is hoping to win his fourth term in office — he's the clear favourite in the opinion polls which show him on nearly 70% of the vote — his next nearest rival is on 7%. so why is mr putin so popular? 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg travelled to karabash in the russian rust belt to find out. the west fears the kremlin is spreading disorder, but at home many see vladimir putin as a cog that keeps russia moving. this is carol karabash, rust belt russia. this is karabash, rust belt russia. karabash overwhelms the senses, from the smoke of copper works to the biting cold. 0utside, it's 20 below. inside, the heat hits you. this is russian fire and fury. many here support vladimir putin, not because he's forged a great country, but at least one that feels more stable than 19905 russia after the fall of communism. "stability will continue under putin", sergei says. "there is no one else worth

sima kotecha, bbc news, telford.ng about his role in cheating against south africa. smith apologised to his country, his fans and his family for the ball—tampering scandal. during the course of the day, the australia coach, darren lehmann, announced his resignation, despite being cleared of any wrongdoing. about 150 million users of the food and nutrition app and website myfitnesspal have had their accounts accessed, in a major security hack. the owners, under armour, say the personal data that was breached includes user names, emails and encrypted passwords. the breach happened about a month ago, but has only just been revealed. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has written to mps to say the party has a zero—tolerance policy on anti—semitism. his email followed the resignation of the head of the party's disputes panel, christine shawcroft, who despite that still remains a member of labour's ruling body, the national executive committee. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports. off to another tough day at wo

sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham. to the education policy institute. the think tank analysed the budgets of council—supported primary and secondary schools in the last financial year, and more than a quarter of the secondary schools were in the red. the government disputes the figures and says it's putting an extra £1.3 billion into schools. helena lee reports. this is the elizabeth garrett anderson school in north london, a comprehensive secondary for around 900 girls. and one facing funding issues. they already feeling the impact here. the school says costs are gobbling up for them, meaning they are having to dip into reserves. jo is the head teacher, she says it is the disadvantaged children at her school most affected. it as local authorities are not able to provide the same services they use too. schools have to pick that up. if we don't do that, it is the most disadvantaged, the most challenged, most vulnerable young people who will suffer. so all the support around mental health young people who will suffer. so

sima kotecha, bbc news, telford.cord levels of pollution, with toxic smog responsible for over a million premature deaths a year. but in beijing, pollution levels fell by more than 50% this winter. the government has claimed success for a crackdown on factories using coal, and as our china correspondent john sudworth reports, it's not just the government trying to make a difference. beijing's skies are a strange colour of late — blue. in place of the usual toxic grey, this winter has brought prolonged bouts of days like these. and here, in part at least, is why. this factory is one of thousands that have been forced to close. they used to make ceramic tiles here. now, the kilns that once belched acrid smoke stand idle. translation: it was all very sudden. there were no meetings or warnings. the inspection team just turned up and shut us down. beijing still sees plenty of days like this but the city's average level of pm 2.5s, the tiny particles that make up these pea—souper smogs, fell by 20% last year. and here's fu

sima kotecha, bbc news, telford.ns bargain booze and wine rack, has announced plans to file for administration within the next two weeks. the firm supplies more than 25,000 restaurants, hotels and bars. around 2,500 staff face losing theirjobs. a 29—year—old woman who was injured by bricks that fell from a crane on a building site in east london has died in hospital. it's understood that michaela boor had just taken her child to school when the accident happened on tuesday in tower hamlets. higgins homes — the company developing the site — said it is cooperating fully with the police and a health & safety executive investigation. one of britain's oldest engineering companies, gkn, which built the spitfires that defended britain in the second world war, has been taken over. shareholders have accepted a hostile takeover bid from the investment company, melrose industries. our business editor simon jack is here. this is one of the biggest hostile takeovers here for years? yes, the first one i can remember going to the d

sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham.d in miami. the bridge had been put up in six hours just six days ago, using a method called accelerated construction to avoid traffic disruption. police say hopes of finding more people alive are fading. investigators will now conduct an enquiry into the cause of the collapse. the clothing chain, topman, has apologised for any offence that was caused, after criticism that a t—shirt it had been selling, could be seen to refer to the hillsborough disaster. the red top, which has now been withdrawn from sale, has a large 96 on the back and is being interpreted by some liverpool fans as a reference to the number of people who died in the 1989 disaster. topman say the design was inspired by a bob marley song. the first polar bear cub born in the uk in 25 years, could be glimpsed by the public as early as next week. the cub was born just before christmas at the highland wildlife park. iain macinnes has more. after the initial first cries, tentative first steps after weeks in the warmth of i

sima kotecha, bbc news. come down as our science correspondent jonathan amos reports. a memorable day in space. this was astronaut wang yaping giving a lecture on life in space to millions of schoolchildren across china but now her laboratory and classroom in the sky is heading down to earth. tiangong has been abandoned and engineers on the ground have lost contact with it. quite where it will come in is uncertain but its flight path means it can only be in this pink band around the equator. the experts say no—one should be alarmed, however. my estimate is that the probability to be injured by one of these fragments is similar to the probability of being hit by lightning twice in the same year. there is a huge burst. as with previous returning spacecraft, the chances are that with the earth mostly covered by ocean, any tiangong debris will hit water. and as for china, it's pressing on with its space ambitions. it's putting up more modules and hopes to have a bigger and more permanent manned space station bui

sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham.ury. specifically the political reaction to it. the foreign secretary has said it's "overwhelmingly likely" that president putin approved the nerve agent attack. but there's less certainty of russia's culpability among some labour mps, and the party leader, jeremy corbyn, has warned of a rush to blame the kremlin, suggesting the attack could have been carried out by the mafia. it's incensed some of his backbenchers, who have urged a tougher line against russia. but one of mr corbyn‘s leading allies has dismissed his critics as "irreleva nt malcontents". jeremy has been on the right side of history in his entire period in parliament, the last 35 years, on all the big foreign policy questions, including iraq, afghanistan and libya. you say backbenchers, but there are a tiny minority of irrelevant malcontents, frankly, who are fighting a proxy war, and it seems regrettable to me that they would use this as another attempt to undermine jeremy. i thought we were beyond that. chris williamso

our correspondent, sima kotecha is in nottingham.t on february the local college, but on february the 20th as she went to meet her mother and sister she was attacked bya group. mother and sister she was attacked by a group. police say she was punched several times. today in response to rumours circulating on social media, officers have released a statement saying there is little 01’ no a statement saying there is little or no information suggesting this was a hate crime, but at this stage in the investigation they are keeping an open mind. a 17—year—old girl was arrested on suspicion of assault, she's now been released on bail. thank you. a financial crisis at northamptonshire county council has become so serious that it should be abolished, according to a government report. it says that living within budget constraints is not part of the council's culture and northamptonshire now needs a new start. the leader of the council has resigned. our social affairs correspondent alison holt looks at what it will all mean. libraries closing,

sima kotecha reports from nottingham. 18—year—old mariam moustafa, an engineering student in nottinghamame here for a better life. her sister and father described her as loving, cheerful and intelligent. mariam was always looking at, looking forward to being in engineering. she was a hard worker. she always put all her effort into being in engineering. in february, as the teenager was making her way to see her mother and sister, she was attacked. she caught a bus on this street to try and get away from the girls. however, they followed her. police say she was punched several times. she died on wednesday. this footage on social media shows what happened on the bus. you, move out my way. you, move out of my way. yesterday, police said there was no information to suggest it was a hate crime, but that they were keeping an open mind. however, today, they acknowledged there had been a previous incident involving mariam, and that the family had expressed concern about it. 0fficers said they were reviewing that case. mariam was discharged from hospital after the attack, but then she fell ill an

sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham.o mark international women's day, a special edition of witness. hello and welcome to a special edition of witness to celebrate international women's day here at the british library. we are looking back at five remarkable women who have featured in the programme over the past year. we'll meet the civil servant who challenged one of india's top policeman after he sexually harassed her, a pioneering racing driver and member of the women's land army, who helped to feed britain during the second world war. but first, in 2004, the kenyan environmental campaigner wangari maathai became the first african woman to win the nobel peace prize. she spent much of her life trying to protect kenya's forests. we went to the forest on the edge of nairobi to talk to her daughter. my mother was often asked, were you afraid? you were fearless, how can you do all of these things? she said i was afraid, but what needed to be done was so compelling that i had to do it. she grew up surrounded by nature, surrou