sima kotecha, bbc news.s climate change conference in poland. but for the first time ever one seat at the table will not be reserved for a nation. it's being called the people's seat, and the idea is it will give ordinary people a voice on this all important issue. sir david attenborough is one of those involved, he's been talking to our science correspondent victoria gill. it's either too hot or too cold and we can't grow anything. the world is a place where we all live together, and if we don't take care of it, we will have nowhere to go. the monsoons are sometimes coming too early or too late. nothing is on time. translation: of course, but what can i do about that? concern and confusion over climate change. it's a global conversation. and now the un has turned to a very familiar figure to take messages like these from people all around the world to the crucial climate talks in poland in less than two weeks' time. the people's seat is meant to represent the hundreds of millions of people around the world

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham.permission to mount a final legal challenge to the law which prohibits assisted suicide. noel conway, who has motor neurone disease, wants a doctor to help him to die. three supreme courtjudges refused permission to allow a full hearing of his appeal. mr conway said the decision was ‘extremely disappointing'. the british academic freed from jail in the united arab emirates yesterday has arrived back in britain. matthew hedges was welcomed home by his wife daniela and members of his family. the durham university phd student was given a pardon after being sentenced to life in prison just days earlierfor spying for the british government. politicians from 9 different countries have expressed their anger after the facebook founder mark zuckerberg refused to appear as part of an international inquiry into so—called ‘fake news‘ despite being asked repeatedly to attend. the politicians were left having to question facebook‘s european policy chief at westminster today leaving an empty chair fo

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham.a baby, are rescued from two small boats in the english channel as they tried to reach the uk. theresa may has started her tour of the uk to sell the controversial brexit deal, which has been widely criticised by mps. a bus company has been fined almost £2.5 million, after one of its drivers crashed into a supermarket, killing two people. politicians from nine different countries have expressed their anger after the facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, refused to appear as part of an international inquiry into so—called fake news despite being asked repeatedly to attend. the politicians were left having to question facebook‘s european policy chief at westminster today, leaving an empty chair for mr zuckerberg. it followed the seizure by parliament of a number of documents belonging to facebook allegedly containing new information about the company's controversial data and privacy controls, as technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. the facebook executive sent in his place cam

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. deal to the public on a whirlwind tour of wales and northern ireland against a backdrop of continuning criticism — the latest from the likes of president trump, to senior figures in her own party as well as the dup leader arelene foster who today said theresa may had given up on getting a better brexit deal. one of the most controversial parts of the deal is the so—called backstop — to ensure an open border on the island of ireland in the event that the uk leaves the eu without securing an all—encompassing deal. it would involve a temporary single custom territory effectively keeping the whole of the uk in the eu customs union — until both the eu and the uk agree it's no longer necessary. northern ireland would also stay aligned to some eu single market rules. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg reports from belfast. the start of another working day. the start of another working day. the hardestjob in brexit has been working out what happens here. in belfast, as in parliament, mayb

from there, sima kotecha reports. jaydonjames had just turned 16.gil to remember him. his family say they are heartbroken afterjaydon, known as j], was stabbed to death in coventry. he had the biggest heart, he was shy, he would never take any photos, he would always have his hand over his face. he would never do anything to harm anybody. i just don't even know what to say, i don't believe that he's gone. the attack happened on saturday night, while jaydon was out with friends. his grandfather says the teenager had gone out to get some food. the two friends were seriously injured and remain in hospital. it's really sad isn't it, that, you know, whenever we have any violent crime or anything involving a child or young person, the conjecture starts around gangs and postcodes. what we won't do is sort of fuel that conjecture. every single line of inquiry will be focused on, will be driven, but what we won't do is jump to any conclusions at this stage. it happened just before midnight in this area of wood end, a deprived part of this city. police say th

sima kotecha, bbc news. contributing to a lack of staff wanting to take on the role. one of the least visible, but increasingly significant roles is that of the prison chaplain. our religion editor, martin bashir, has been inside pentonville prison in london, one of the largestjails in the country, to see how faith can make a difference. # amazing grace...# if the church's mission is to save sinners, then this is a good place to start. in the presence of god, and 26 prison officers, this is the chapel at pentonville, a category a prison, with some of the nation's most dangerous inmates. they asked us to conceal their identities. the chaplaincy team is available to all 1,300 inmates. i decided to commit and surrender to god. people like craig, who is serving seven years for supplying and selling drugs. i'd never read the bible before and i took it back to my cell. it was like god was trying to speak to me through his word. it was like a revelation came over and ijust decided to fully commit. to me, it's the b

sima kotecha, bbc news, coventry.r evidence during his cross examination. russell bishop denies the charges. 0ur correspondent helena lee was at the old bailey. karen hadaway and nicola fellows, the 29—year old schoolgirls who went missing in brighton in 1986, 32 yea rs missing in brighton in 1986, 32 years ago. the man on trial, 52—year—old russell bishop, a convicted paedophile, who was convicted paedophile, who was convicted of trying to kill a seven—year—old girl in brighton in 1990. now, he had been giving evidence in his defence this morning at the old bailey, you spend about one and a half hours in the witness box. there was then a break. the jury box. there was then a break. the jury was brought back into court in the last 15 minutes or so expecting to see russell bishop still in the witness box, because they expected him to still be cross—examined, but he was in the dock, not in the witness box, and thejudge, mr justice sweeney, turn to the jury and said to them, this: you will observe mr bishop is in the doc

sima kotecha reports.ver who lost control as he pulled out from a bus stop and ploughed into a sainsbury‘s store. today, his former employer, midland red, was fined £2.3 million, after admitting failing to prevent the accident by monitoring the driver's performance and tiredness. our own detailed policies were not followed as closely as they should have been. there were failures at an operational level in driver supervision and we deeply regret the opportunities that were missed to act decisively on emerging warning signs. the court was told how on numerous occasions the company had been alerted to mr chander‘s problematic driving and had failed to respond. midland red had received several complaints from passengers about his driving. a driver assessment system installed on buses consistently scored his performance as poor, and just 48—hours before the crash, one of his managers had warned that he was not safe and that the company should consider ending his contract. thejudge said midland red had deliberat

our correspondent sima kotecha is at the house where the search took place.earance of suzy lamplugh gripped the nation's attention although she is a two weeks ago police began searching the garden of this house after receiving new this house once belonged to the mother of the man suspected of killing suzy lamplugh, john can the man suspected of killing suzy lamplugh,john can and, the man suspected of killing suzy lamplugh, john can and, he is in prison serving a life sentence for the murder of another woman, but denies killing suzy lamplugh. the metropolitan police have said in a statement that no evidence has been recovered but the case remains open and the met is committed to bringing her killer tojustice. and the met is committed to bringing her killer to justice. —— john cannan. we have spoken to the brother of suzy lamplugh and he said that even though the police have made this reassurance, he really does hope that all these years after her disappearance, they continue to look for his sister. the government has ruled out loosening the rules on when polic

sima kotecha reports.ughed into a sainsbury‘s store. today, his former employer, midland red, was fined £2.3 million, after admitting failing to prevent the accident by monitoring the driver's performance and tiredness. there were failures at an operational level in driver supervision and we deeply regret the opportunities that were missed to act decisively on emerging warning signs. the court was told how on numerous occasions the company had been alerted to mr chander‘s problematic driving and had failed to respond. midland red had received several complaints from passengers about his driving. a driver assessment system installed on buses consistently scored his performance as poor, and just 48—hours before the crash, one of his managers had warned that he was not safe and that the company should consider ending his contract. thejudge said midland red had deliberately disregarded the evidence because of staff shortages. he said mr chander, who had beenjudged medically unfit to stand trial, had worked mor