stoke city beating them 1—0. and sam alla rdyce stoke city beating them 1—0. the results. another 1—0 defeat, not the point that i think we deserved today. but in terms of performance and effort from the players, they are getting better. we have to keep battling on and keep leaving. it was not the best we have played this season are in recent weeks, if it was the case to win ugly, today was the day. sometimes we have slipped up, and we have not been able to do that as often as we should have done, but we showed good qualities in that regard. i am really pleased. we always bounce back, we had a disappointing last weekend, but i felt we have bounced back quickly so that is really pleasing. at london stadium, it was a dramatic finish. yes, the west ham manager very angry. they look set to win back—to—back games. but gareth mcauley, jonny evans with a header, bounced off the head of gareth mcauley and into the back of the west ham net. finished 2—2. there might be a bit of an argument that tonight. slaven village genuinely thought his tea m slaven village genuinel

the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino fors premier league meeting with the striker‘s old club — west brom. it's been confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it's unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i don't really want to comment on the reason why. but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i'll say it again, he never played for me, or didn't play regularfor me, because he never played for me, or didn't play regular for me, because he wasn't fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter. we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information. that is an fa directive. manchester city manager pep guardiola says top scorer sergio aguero is still one of the club's key players. he dropped aguero in favour of their new brazilian striker gabrieljesus for the win at west ham on wednesday but guardiola insists aguero is still the main man

it's been confirmed new stoke city striker saido berahino served an eight—week ban last year.brom, and follows reports that berahino was banned for failing an "out of competition drugs test." i'll be back with more on those stories in just after half past. theresa may is attending a european union summit in malta where she'll brief leaders on her recent meeting with president trump. downing street says she wants relations with the eu to be constructive and positive. ahead of the talks, the german chancellor, angela merkel, said the leaders needed to focus discussions on europe, rather than "dealing with other parts of the wo rld ". 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports. malta's ancient cannons. europe feels threatens again. so this volley was an appropriate welcome to a summit that feels besieged, challenges on every side, migration, terrorism, now donald trump's america. theresa may believes her nascent relationship with president trump means she can be a bridge between europe and america. that could be an asset dealing with the eu, but it could also become a li

the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees no reason to exclude striker saido berahino for tomorrow'seting with west brom. that's after it was confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. there are newspaper reports today that berahino failed an out of competition drugs test but this is unconfirmed by either club or the fa. berahino joined stoke last month from west brom, and hughes says he is available to face his former team. we are aware of it, clearly. there was an fa disciplinary. saido had a suspension, i think an eight—week suspension. we were suspension, i think an eight—week suspension. we were aware suspension, i think an eight—week suspension. we were aware of it. that's about it really. in terms of more detail, i can't give you a great deal, you would probably have to refer back to his previous club west brom. he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i don't really wa nt was here at west brom. i don't really want to comment on the reason why. i will go back to saying what i said then. saido never played for me, ordidn't said then. saido never play

the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino foreen confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it‘s unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban here at west brom andi he served a ban here at west brom and i don‘t really want to comment on the reason why, but i will go back to seeing what i said then, and i will see it again. saido never played for me or did not play regularly for me because he was not fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter, and we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information, and thatis release any of that information, and that is an fa directive. newcastle united manager rafa benitez has said he won‘t quit despite reports this morning he could be considering his future on tyneside. the club, currently second in the championship, in the championship, failed to make a signing in the january transfer window and reports suggested owner mike asshley had retak

the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino for served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it's unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i don't really want to comment on the reason why. but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i'll say it again, he never played for me, or didn't play regularfor me, because he never played for me, or didn't play regular for me, because he wasn't fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter. we are under strict obligations not to

premier league game, harry kane scored his third hat—trick in nine games, as tottenham thrashed stoke cityare top of the six nations table after a bonus point win over italy at twickenham, but the 36—15 scoreline doesn't tell the whole story. but the 36—15 scoreline doesn't our sports correspondent joe wilson was watching. england's coach said that their get out ofjail free cards had been used up. that their get out ofjail free first game at home, victory was rescued against the french. then to cardiff, where england won a game that they'd virtually lost. eddiejones wanted to take italy to the cleaners, in monopoly terms, something like that. to the cleaners, in monopoly terms, england barely got started in the first half, this was a kind of congestion charge. in the first half, this was a kind but in the first half, this was a kind there was a fundan this but there was a fundamental issue in this game — who knew the rules? offside, england thought. the referee didn't. let's stop and try to clear it up. well, what happens when italy missed a penalty? it can become a try. half—time, and no

crystal palace remainjust one point above sunderland, after their defeat to stoke city. e looking for their second league win since sam allardyce took over. second place tottenham havejust kicked off against liverpool, and it is still 0—0 at anfield. just coming up is still 0—0 at anfield. just coming up to eight minutes on the clock there, we will keep you posted on that one. no goals at the moment. west brom scored a late equaliser to share the points with west ham. 2— to the score, and it was goalless between middlesbrough and everton. celtic have reached the quarterfinals of the scottish cup in emphatic style. they put six goals past inverness caledonian thistle. hat tricks in back—to—back games for celtic‘s young french striker. captain scott brown rounded off the rout in injury time. also through to the quarterfinals are st mirren, aberdeen and partick thistle, and in the scottish premiership, dundee and kilmarnock drew1—1. wigan warriors have got the defence of their super league title off to a winning start. catalan dragons are playing warrington wolves in the day

the city of stoke has beenin politics. why? by—election and they ought have been banalities but labour has had to fight for its life. —— formalities. it has tempted the ukip new leader paul nuttall two chances on here and if he can beat labour and strike fear into labour seat because the north and midlands in particular. paul nuttall and ukip have wobbled in recent days, admitting a claim on his website that he lost friends in the hillsborough disaster was wrong and that has given labour hope they can hang on. meanwhile, theresa may and the tories are watching ukip and labour in this life or death struggle and they are a mile ahead in the polls and believing that in copeland they might take that seat. the first win by a governing party ina the first win by a governing party in a by—election for 35 years. the voting is going on as you can see, they are stacking up the seat and after an awful day of weather, a lot is at stake and it is notjust election hype. thank you. thousands of cannabis plants have been discovered by police g

it's been confirmed new stoke city striker saido berahino served an eight—week ban last year.available to faces former team. we are aware of it, clearly. there was an fa disciplinary matter and saido had an eight—week suspension, i think. we we re eight—week suspension, i think. we were aware of it. and that is about it, really. in terms of more detail, i can't give you a great deal and you would have to refer back to his previous club west brom. he served a ban when he was here at west brom andl ban when he was here at west brom and i don't want to comment on the reason why. but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i will saying what i said then, and i will say it again, saido never played regular for me because he was not fit enough. for whatever reason. it was a personal matter. we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information. that is an fa directive. burnley midfielderjoey barton has accepted an fa charge that he placed over 1200 bets on matches over a ten year period. barton, has requested a personal hearing before being sanctioned. he was

hejoined stoke city last month, but the ban was served at his previous club west brom.ide can be even better. the women's tournament starts tonight with scotland hosting ireland. and great britain get their davis cup campaign underway against canada, dan evans will play the opening rubber after his strong performance at the australian open. andy murray not in the team, he is resting at the moment. back with more on the story is just after 10am. although gene therapy has the potential to eliminate birth defects and debilitating diseases, it also presents difficult ethical issues, with opponents claiming it's wrong to create so—called designer babies. the use of gene therapy will be debated by the royal society of medicine tonight. arguing the case that gene editing should be resisted will be kiruna stamell a stage and screen actor with dwarfism. she made this short film for radio 4's today programme. professorjothoe mcfadden is a professor of molecular genetics at the university of surrey. very eloquently putting the case for why it is something which has to be so why it

is stoke going to stay a labour city? hopefully not. why do you say that?abour. i'd like to think it was going to stay labour. they sort of work for everybody, don't they? whereas i don't know, the guys who are potentially going to get in, are quite bigoted in a couple of their views. by all accounts, the labour candidate is pro—european. so how does that square with 70% plus anti—european votes for stoke central? you have been labour, but you're switching? most probably. i'll most probably switch this year. yes. you're still agonising a bit about it? we're still agonising. this is a really big deal in national politics, isn't it? why? is labour's traditional support in industrial towns like this one in stoke, away from london and the big cities, is it deserting them? well look, most people here voted to leave the european union. most of the mps here, the labour mps here, voted and campaigned to stay in the european union. and jeremy corbyn, he is popular with his party members. when it comes to the wider public, not so much. a senior labour mp has said tha

is stoke going to stay a labour city? hopefully not. why do you say that?en for granted by labour. i'd like to think it was going to stay labour. they sort of work for everybody, don't they? whereas i don't know, the guys who are potentially going to get in, are quite bigoted in a couple of their views. by all accounts, the labour candidate is pro—european. so how does that square with 70% plus anti—european votes? you have been labour, but you're switching? most probably. i most probably switch this year. yes. you're still agonising a bit about it? we're still agonising. this is a really big deal in national politics, isn't it? why? is labour's traditional support in industrial towns like this one in stoke, away from london and the big cities, is it deserting them? well look, most people here voted to leave the european union. most of the mps here, the labour mps here, voted to stay in the european union. and jeremy corbyn, he is popular with his party members. when it comes to the wider public, not so much. 0ne senior labour mp has said that labour here i

tonight, we're coming from stoke—on—trent, a city that has been in the spotlight thanks to a by—elections have been let down by governments in london. join us now on bbc two. here on, bbc one, it's time for the news where you are.

there's no doubt that stoke is a poor city. is one of the cheapest places in the country to live. but there are plenty of people fighting back, trying to do their bit to restore prosperity. georgie is the kind of entrepreneur any city would want. a self—starter running a pizza business in the potteries called clay. has been a problem with the reputation of the city? i think sometimes, yeah. i remember a few years back nick griffin and the bnp called us the jewel in the bnp crown, was something that really disheartened me because i know that's not the case and i know there's a lot of people in this city who are so accepting and so welcoming of anyone. for someone to come along from any political party and tar us with a negative brush, or use our city in their own kind of agenda to get into westminster, i find that quite offensive because that's not what we're about at all. we need to make an attractive city so that all these other companies come in, they open up job opportunities and then the regeneration continues to spread. i'd

they beat stoke 4—0 but despite going above manchester city, they're still ten points behind leaderslli alli scored the fourth after being sent off in midweek. kane has now scored twelve goals, in 11 games, in all competitions, this year. he is playing at quite a good level. it is fantastic, he is a fantastic players and one of the top strikers in the world. he is a great professional and a top man. i am happy for him. how about the response? he was under pressure after thursday night. he is a great boy and i am pleased for him. he deserved that after a few days of difficulty for him. i think it was fantastic. i'm very happy for him as well. real madrid delivered a sunday night special coming back to beat villareal 3—2 to reclaim top spot in spain from barcelona. villarreal had the real fans in shock as they took a 2—0 lead with goals from manuel trigueros and cedric bakambu. gareth bale put los blancos back in the match before a controversial handball call gave cristiano ronaldo a penalty to level the scores. then marcelo provided for alvaro morata to head in the winner and give zin

in paul nuttall, you have a man who simply wants to stop off in stoke on his road to westminster, using the citywhere would you have a tough fight? we have much to do to rebuild, to regain the trust and confidence of the british people, but there is a simple reality arising out of stoke. paul nuttall said that we are now the party of the working class, of working people. labour is, has a lwa ys working people. labour is, has always been and always will be the party of working people. so, ultimately, if we win tonight, it is the good people of stoke rejecting the good people of stoke rejecting the fundamental nature of ukip, which would seek to divide and to peddle hatred for their own party political advantage. but your share of the vote has been in steady decline since 1997, in a state —— a seat like stoke, a labour heartland seat. if it is lower than 39% tonight, this morning, it will be in further decline as well. how can that give you any comfort, if your vote is declining in a seat like stoke—on—trent central? vote is declining in a seat like stoke-on-trent central? tonight, we turned the t

and west brom had a 1—0 win over stoke at the hawthorns. today manchester cityscottish premiership, rangers slipped to third after being held to a 1—1 draw against ross county. meanwhile at fir park, hearts overcame 10—man motherwell 3—0. esmael goncalves scored twice, his first goals for the club. elsewhere aberdeen beat patrick thistle 2—0 to move up to second in the table. leaders celtic move 27 points clear if they beat stjohnstone later today. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in their davis cup tie against canada after winning yesterday's doubles. jamie murray and dom inglot beat daniel nestor and vashek pospisil in four sets in ottawa. dan evans could also clinch a tie in the first singles rubber of this afternoon. the winners face france in the quarter—finals. it's been a good weekend for british athletes in germany. laura muir has continued her recent record—breaking form by setting a european 3000m indoor record in karlsruhe. muir broke the british indoor 5000m indoor record in glasgow last month, and took kelly holmes' british 1500m record outdoors

a hat—trick for harry, kane scores three, and one for dele alli as spurs lead stoke a—0, looking to leapfrog manchester city. and 2012 olympic silver medallist michaeljamieson has announced his retirement from swimming after a series of health problems and a battle with depression. it is the league cup final this afternoon, manchester united and southampton meet at wembley, kick off at a:30pm and sports correspondent david 0rnstein is there. united are favourites and a trophy would certainly help cheer up what is a fairly frequently grumpy jose mourinho, wouldn‘t it? what is a fairly frequently grumpy jose mourinho, wouldn't it? they are favourites but so were they in 1976 when southampton and manchester united met. southampton were in the second division and manchester united in the top—flight. southampton divide all expectations to win that cup final. but united, yes, they come here as favourites, with all their riches, and thejose mourinho, this is a huge day, in his first season as united manager, could he become the first united manager ever to win a major trophy in his first season in charge? this is

and stoke is known as brexit city. i think there are big existential questions for ukip now.then how are they going to win any elections? and yet another leader perhaps under threat. paul nuttall ‘s are not logged in the job, perhaps under threat. paul nuttall ‘s are not logged in thejob, but ukip seems go through readers rather quickly. is certainly outlasted diane james. he's not planning to step down though, he says he's only beenin step down though, he says he's only been in the 12 weeks and will expect a break. it is not a promising start. nigel farage has been making comments and said he thought that paul nuttall‘s message on immigration could not be clearer. so having sideswipes is hardly helpful for him. thank you. could fast images diabetes? following this kind of diet appears to reboot the body. the impact of diabetes on humans in the uk is very significant. there are currently around three and a half million people diagnosed with diabetes in the uk, that is one in 16. the cost to the health services around £10 billion a year, or 10% of its total budget and all work

tottenham play stoke tomorrow, nick, which could see them leapfrog man city and close the gap somewhatall chelsea champions elect at the moment. i! points clear at this stage of the season, you could argue their unstoppable at home as well, 12 points from 13 at stamford bridge but spurs can just keep winning. both manchester club is not in action this weekend, man united play in the efl cup tomorrow. we talk about west brom, incredible to think they have reached 40 points and our eighth. let's look at the bottom of the table. as we know, hull missed the table. as we know, hull missed the opportunity to get out of the bottom three, marco silva will be disappointed about that, meaning they are 19th, sunderland rooted to they are 19th, sunderland rooted to the bot on 19th and after the turbulent week leicester have been true that win for crystal palace today season dropping to the bottom three and it is a huge match against liverpool for them on monday. perhaps not the opposition want after dropping to the bottom three and losing your manager. a big few days coming up. that is a big win f

and west brom had a 1—0 win over stoke at the hawthorns. today manchester citydraw against ross county. meanwhile at fir park, hearts overcame 10—man motherwell 3—0. esmael goncalves scored twice, his first goals for the club. elsewhere aberdeen beat patrick thistle 2—0 to move up to 2nd in the table. leaders celtic move 27 points clear if they beat stjohnstone later today. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in their davis cup tie against canada after winning yesterday's doubles. jamie murray and dom inglot beat daniel nestor and vashek pospisil in four sets in ottawa. dan evans could also clinch a tie in the first singles rubber of this afternoon. the winners will travel to france in the quarter—finals in april. british snowboarder katie ormerod has claimed a silver medal at the air and style big air competition in austria. ormerod has had an impressive start to 2017, winning herfirst big air world cup title and x games slopestyle bronze last month. big air will make its winter olympics debut in pyong—chang next year. now in cricket it's normal for bad light o

and west brom had a 1—0 win over stoke at the hawthorns. today manchester city0 to move up to second in the table. leaders celtic move 27 points clear if they beat stjohnstone later today. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in their davis cup tie against canada after winning yesterday‘s doubles. jamie murray and dom inglot beat daniel nestor and vashek pospisil in four sets in ottawa. dan evans could clinch the tie against pospisil in the first singles rubber of this afternoon. the winners will travel to france in the quarter—finals in april. the teams and knew how important it was. it was a 50— 50 match. there was a favourite. we knew it was going to be close games. because of what the surface was. and everybody was serving on the court and everybody knows how to play doubles. we are very happy to win the point and give our guys to bite of the cherry tomorrow. british snowboarder katie 0rmerod has claimed a silver medal at the air and style big air competition in austria. 0rmerod has had an impressive start to 2017, winning herfirst big air world cup title and

tottenham play stoke tomorrow, nick, which could see them leapfrog man city and close the gap somewhatwe can reduced to ten points. i think we ca n start reduced to ten points. i think we can start calling chelsea champions elect because their home form is so good, 11 wins out of 12 at home. 12 matches remaining. it is such a big gap, chelsea don't look like dropping any points. however chases them has to put on an incredible run as well which seems unlikely. both manchester clubs not playing this weekend, man united playing the efl cup tomorrow against southampton and west brom up to eighth. let's look at the bottom of the table, and as we said, an opportunity missed for hull who could have moved out of the bottom three with a win. perhaps more significantly is where leicester are tonight because as we know with that when crystal palace have moved up and out of the bottom three, leicester city in the bottom three. the champions in the relegation zone, a strange thing to say, but the big winner really is crystal palace, a big win for sam alla rdyce crystal palace, a big win for sam all

stoke on trent, dashing hopes of the populist u.k. independence party. >> the tory party has captured the northwest city of copeland.he first gain of 35 years. >> this is truly a wonderful victory for the conservative party, but also for the people of copeland. and what i think we have seen from this victory is that this truly is a government that is working for everyone for every part of the country. >> it's a humiliating defeat for labor. and piles pressure onto jeremy corbyn. the later did manage to hang on to the central seat, defeating -- all protections that they would prevail. >> stoker has been held by labors since the 1950. the city has been dubbed the capital of brexit. even though it's labor mp campaigned. >> tamil trump address the conservative political action committee earlier today. he spoke about a whole wide range of issues in what he calls the greatest military buildup in american history pre-it he'll so delivered fresh criticism of the news media in particular. he'll also repeated his vow to build a wall along with the mexican border. >> we are building the wall. it's going to start soon, way ahea

the reason is that stoke—on—trent was firmly for brexit, so in the great schism of our age, the cityat, a lot of attention is being devoted to this by—election a5 telling us something about whether labour can hold on to blue collar votes outside of london. now, with a by—election pending, you'd expect a programme like this to send someone to stoke to interview the candidates, follow them canva55ing and probably poke a bit of fun at the theatre of it all. but we decided to do something different — we sent katie razzall to go and talk to the people of stoke central. i worked in the pots most of my life. loved it. stoke—on—trent, it's a little backwater. it is nice, living in stoke. it'sjust poor, really. people are very angry and i think people just want change. eight months ago stoke—on—trent sent tremors through the political establishment when almost 70% of voters here opted to leave the eu. it was a signifier of the fault line5 opening up in britain. the consequences are still unknown. at the oakcake shop near stoke's vast bentilee estate, people queue to buy what was once the stap

also tonight west ham minus dimitri payet welcome manchester city, and therre‘s a midtable clash between stoker league side zenit st petersburg for an undisclosed fee on a two—and—a—half year deal. chelsea captainjohn terry paid tribute to his now former team—mate, describing ivanovic as a "legend", going on to call him" an "unbelievable defender for us over the years and a great and big character and presence in the dressing room. premier league spending reached £250 million, but for the first time, they made a net profit and a large pa rt they made a net profit and a large part of that has been down to the financial power of the chinese super league. they bought oscar for around £50 million and even a playerfrom watford commanded £25 million. he had not heard of the team. when the offer came in, i had to google the team. i say why not, it is a small town in china. i thought why not. let me go and try and do my best there. the funeral of the former england manager graham taylor has taken place in watford,where he had his greatest success at club level. taylor died of a suspected heart attack

if labour were to hold the seat here in stoke, thatjeremy corbyn would leap on a train tomorrow lunchtime and would do some sort of victory parade through the cityhat, you can guarantee what every single question will be thrown at him. it won't be a single thing about stoke, it will be about what has happened in copeland. it will be interesting to see if he actually does get on that train, because despite the perfectly expected jubilation from gareth snell, the winning labour candidate here in stoke, all of the questions are pointed, a good deal further to the north—west in copeland for labour. and queue for that and it's clear that the bigger, the two big stories tonight, the bigger of the two was clearly labour's defeat in copeland, because of the historic nature of it. and in a way, am i too serious to think that the tories and lib dems got the best of both worlds tonight? labour held onto one seat, good for mr corbyn, but they lost another seat, bad for mr corbyn, good for mr corbyn, but they lost anotherseat, bad for mr corbyn, but not losing two means that mr corbyn still stays leader of the labour party. seems like good news to me. well,

stoke on trent is one of those many cities across the north of england that has had a rare deal for quitefering because of that? i think so. suffering because of that? i think so. there is a certain disquiet because of that. they are prepared to vote ukip here, as we have seen. they genuinely feel that if the conservatives are in power, they get nothing. even when the labour party are in power, they are seen such a safe seat that they don't have to bother with the stoke—on—trent baiters. there is a great of resentment, especially with candidates being pa rachuted resentment, especially with candidates being parachuted into stoke—on—trent. a local man this time. maybe that will make a difference. of course, there are other parties standing. ten in total and all the details are on our website. the conservatives and liberal democrats will fancy their chances as well. the lib dems used to finish second here before they we re to finish second here before they were wiped out in 2010. nick has told me he does not want to predict how it‘s going to go because he is a political expert and he keeps

lincoln city await the winners in the quarters. and ben stokes expensive foreign player in the history of the indian premier league, bought for £1.7 million by the punar super giants. more from me later. iraqi forces are continuing their advance into mosul, iraq's 2nd biggest city after launching a major attack yesterday to remove islamic state fighters from their last major stronghold in the country. the progress of the operation has been slowed because of huge improvised explosive devices that the is militants have placed along the route. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman nick millard are the only television journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. they're now on the outskirts of western mosul, the only part of the city still held by so called islamic state. in record time, iraq's federal police have made it to within sight of mosul city. that's the south east of the city you can see there. and the river tigris just in the foreground. it really was a very fast assault to get here. and now, behind me, perhaps

> reporter: but the koun tu drirector says that is stoked b president trump with the ban on muslims from seven countries, and threat of sanctuary cities. ko councilmember roger bloomer says that it is not a sanctuary order. >> i read it, and it willfully withhold informatio, a and we do not do that. >> reporter: while he is confident that it does not fit the definition of sanctuary city, but congressman liggett says that he is not after parra fight the battle. >> i will fight the battle, but i won't be intimidated in an s anticipation of that type of an issue. >> reporter: now that event here in silver spring has wound up. one of the things that the county executives wanted to make sure that the residents got out of this is that if they need help or legal assistance or just have questions, they can call 311, and they will be directed to the right person for those answers. that is the latest here in montgomery county. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >> and coming up, we will hear from the deputies involved i man from the burning suv sbloo the reward is increasing as we are learning more of a college student's murder, and the l

stoke—on—trent. iraqi troops have entered western mosulfor the first time in their offensive to drive out so—called islamic state from the country's second city're surrounded, along with an estimated three quarters of a million civilians. but government forces today met fierce resistance, as they fought their way into the city from the airport. 0ur correspondent quentin somerville and cameraman nick millard were the first journalists to head in to the district. they've sent this report. the so—called islamic state — breached. the very first iraqi government forces roll into west mosul, and into a firefight. is were waiting, and well defended. iraqi forces are encountering heavy resistance as they move into west mosul. it has taken them less than a week to get this far, but this is a victory two years in the making after the humiliation of the islamic state sweep across iraq... that was an outgoing rocket there. for these men, they realise that beyond here, beyond this neighbourhood, they are likely facing the battle of their lives. the assault started in now practised fashion, armoured columns moving fast across open ground. these iraqi offic

stoke, an area which voted strongly to leave the eu. also tonight. the battle for mosul — iraqi troops enter the west of the cityhe first time, to face strong resistance from so—called islamic state. a nerve agent classed as a weapon of mass destruction is found on the face of the murdered half—brother of north korea's leader. i'm live in hollywood, amid the preparations for sunday night's oscars, where it might be the speeches, not the films, that gets everybody talking. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: the world of football reacts to claudio ranieri's sacking. jose mourinho said he'd been let down by the "selfishness" of others. good evening. theresa may has said winning the copeland by—election was an "astounding victory" for the conservatives. it's the first time a party in government has taken a seat in a by—election for 35 years. labour had held copeland since 1935, but the conservatives overturned a labour majority of more than 2500. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, described the defeat as "very disappointing". but he said he wouldn't be standing down. in a second by—election in stoke—on—trent cen

is every chance labour might even lose stoke if there is a general election in 2020, it is that bad at the moment. it has always been said that the northern citiese support for labour. but you think it could be crumbling away? i think you see that residual working—class base labour has relied on for such a long time, i think you can see it melting away to some extent. i feel like ukip i think you can see it melting away to some extent. ifeel like ukip has served purpose now and we are leaving the european union anyway, so leaving the european union anyway, soi leaving the european union anyway, so i don't think it will go there, andi so i don't think it will go there, and i think theresa may is tapping into that working—class conservatism which we have not really seen a conservative politician do since the heyday of margaret thatcher. we have been discussing the special circumstances, about copeland, sellafield in particular. and it is difficult to know what labour really thinks, if it can think together, but the nuclear industry? yes, labour has this problem already with its metropolitan base in the cities and university towns and the working—c

lowest ranked team left in the competition, non—league lincoln city await the winners in the quarter—finals. and england all—rounder ben stokesague, bought for £1.7 million by the puna rising super giants. back with more on those stories at 4. 30. the us vice president, mike pence has described america‘s commitment to the european union as steadfast and enduring, after his first official meeting with the president of the european council. meanwhile president trump is facing calls to further clarify his comments over the weekend, in which he appeared to suggest that there had been a terror attack in sweden. we are about restoring capability. we are about restoring capability. we intend to increase military funding to make it possible for us to provide for the common defence for the people of the united states but also meet the obligations that we have with our treaty allies, including in this historic treaty. america i can say therefore with confidence, will do our part, but europe‘s defence requires europe‘s commitment as much as ours. while we commend the few nations that are on track and have met the obligation, the truth i

stoke the imagination. >>> back on this planet in the west, a flood emergency has placed some 50,000 people under rescued several hundred from the high waters in san jose, california. the mayor there admitted the city failed to keep residents properly informed of the mounting emergency. some say they didn't receive notice until they got a knock on the door from firefighters. >>> police in indiana are pleading for help to solve a double murder mystery. investigators found the bodies of two teenage girls last week near a scenic hiking trail. today they revealed new clues, one of the girls being called a hero for recording the voice of the suspect. let's get to gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: this abandoned railway bridge is where 14-year-old liberty german and 13-year-old abigail williams disappeared. tonight, investigators are hoping three words will help lead them to the girls' killer. >> down the hill. >> reporter: a man's voice saying "down the hill." police played that clip publicly for the first time, reviewing it came from liberty's cell phone. the device also captured the image of a man walking near the hiking trail and other evidence that hasn't been released. >> this young lady is a hero. to h

from stoke—on—trent, he is said to have delivered sermons to his congregation encouraging them to carry out terrorist acts across the cityerday by detectives from the counterterrorism unit in the west midlands and he faces eight charges which relate to a particular institution. i will be specific. it's a small mosque on the high street in the tunstall area of stoke on trent. there's no suggestions the allegations relate to any other religious institution or mosque in the tunstall area of the city. the allegations are that on two occasions, mr hussein encouraged support for the self—styled islamic state group which is banned under terrorism legislation and that occurred in june and terrorism legislation and that occurred injune and august and involved alleged addresses to meetings at the institution on the high street in tunstall. there were a further six allegations of encouraging terrorism in a more general sense in sermons to congregations at the same institution. he appeared very briefly this morning shortly before noon dressed in a custody —ish to tracksuit. he acknowledged supporters in the public gallery and his la

shared their feelings after the election but stoke of living in the state of california they felt they were safer given the sanctuary declarations that the city and state have made they were concerned about the radical shift in government that impacts our families and friends outside the state of california in the constitutional law class that she teaches students are born of immigrants parents come out of high school believing in the democratic governs of the united states and come confident in the government and law that they are on their side and this is what their parents and teachers have always told them but with each pga day with the administration they're coming to learn the circus practices like the san francisco police department not come applying with the safe civil rights ordinance and the believe in the system have been crushed they can't focus in class and worried about their parent and friends and i'm going to turn it over there their usz citizens or not and stories of people carted address harassed unlawfully detained for looking at the way they look and their perceived as an enemy instead of protected by the law they're afrai

stoke leaves ukip. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: the half—brother of north korea's leader was killed by a substance classified as a weapon of mass destruction, according to malaysian authorities. leicester cityr revolt wasn't behind claudio ranieri's sacking. gary lineker calls the move gut wrenching. i shed a tear. i shed a tearfor claudio, i shed a tear for football and i shed a tearfor my club. and in the film review we'll get jason solomon's take on patriot's day, the hollywood blockbuster based on the boston marathon bombing. it was — by any standards — a great result for the conservatives, causing an electoral upset by winning the long—held labour seat of copeland in cumbria. their candidate beat labour by more than 2000 votes. it's the first time a governing party has gained a seat at a by—election since 1982. in the night's other by—election, labour held stoke—on—trent central — holding off the challenge of the ukip leader paul nuttall. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says the party's win in stoke was a decisive rejection of ukip‘s politics of division. but he says their message was not enough to win through in copeland. let's go live now to our assistant political editor norman smith

shared their feelings after the election but stoke of living in the state of california they felt they were safer given the sanctuary declarations that the city and state have made they were concerned about the radical shift in government that impacts our families and friends outside the state of california in the constitutional law class that she teaches students are born of immigrants parents come out of high school believing in the democratic governs of the united states and come confident in the government and law that they are on their side and this is what their parents and teachers have always told them but with each pga day with the administration they're coming to learn the circus practices like the san francisco police department not come applying with the safe civil rights ordinance and the believe in the system have been crushed they can't focus in class and worried about their parent and friends and i'm going to turn it over there their usz citizens or not and stories of people carted address harassed unlawfully detained for looking at the way they look and their perceived as an enemy instead of protected by the law they're afrai