convicted last month of five counts of grievous bodily harm and nine of assault. 0ur correspondent tom burridge the details. acid hurled across a crowded dance floor. look closer on the cctv and you can see arthur collins' arm throwing the liquid a second and a third time. young people, like lauren trent, suffered severe burns and scars for life. i think that night ijust remembered the sheer panic. the fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. the smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin blistering, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. earlier that evening, collins argued with two of his victims, but the judge said his indiscriminate attack, which affected so many young people, was unprovoked.

tom burridge, bbc news. news and new reports revealing the extent of homelessness in england. it is a national crisis with more than 70 a thousand households including 28th out and children in homeless or temporary accommodations. —— 2008 this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the biggest overhaul in the us tax system for thirty years is on course to become law, the first legislative win for donald trump. campaigning ends in catalonia ahead of thursday's regional election with the independence debate dominating the agenda. a former co—worker of hollywood producer harvey weinstein has told the bbc how she was warned about his behaviour. and what is uber? a transport or a technology company? the european court ofjustice will decide today and it will have huge consequences for the company. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with fox news who say us house republicans approved a massive tax overhaul that would usher in steep rate

tom burridge, bbc news.es from facebook, twitter and google have been heavily criticised by mps about extremist content on their platforms, including death threats against politicians. labour's yvette cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee, accused the firms of failing to remove abusive material quickly enough. 0ur media editor amol rajan has more details. harmful content online takes cou ntless forms but not all of them are illegal. there is the hate speech that attacks individuals on the basis of attributes such as disability or gender. that is quite separate from extremist content, which propagates the worldview of those ranging from neo—nazis to so—called islamic state. how easy is it to find this material online? very easy indeed. 0ne campaigner working with mps on the issue believes social media platforms you're vulnerable adults into the extremist web. platforms lure vulnerable adults into the extremist web. how big an issue is soft extremism? it is a significant issue because actually the

tom burridge, bbc news.ling on his own, despite being severely blind and deaf. the bbc‘s travel show caught up with him in one of the holiest and most hectic of cities, jerusalem. my of cities, jerusalem. my name is tony giles, i am from england. iam my name is tony giles, i am from england. i am totally blind and severely deaf in both ears, and i am travelling around the world trying to visit every country. this is currently 124. —— country. i travel alone because it is the biggest challenge i can get. i am travelling by myself. excuse me. i get to interact with more people. if i travel with someone, particularly someone travel with someone, particularly someone with site, they would be doing all the work, or the guiding, andi doing all the work, or the guiding, and i would not get to touch as many things and find as many things as i do by myself. today i am going to catch a bus into the old city to go to the western wall. you have to be patient, you get lost all the time. it is difficult if you are looking

tom burridge has more. a celebration ahead of christmas targeted by extremists.firing shots in the aftermath, as they surrounded the church. and earlier, the attackers‘ efforts to get in and kill as many as they could captured on cctv. watch the man in brown, who suddenly reveals a machine—gun, and starts to try and access the church compound. his accomplice, behind him in white, falls over. it then takes a long time to climb the gate, but it is chilling to watch. as the men wearing suicide vests exchange shots with security guards, imagine the panic in the church nearby. officials say one of the attackers was shot dead at the entrance to the compound. a second man detonated his vest near to the church door. the bodies of those killed brought to the local mortuary. too much for relatives, their loved ones killed a week before christmas. and, at local hospitals, those injured spoke of their fear as the attackers did all they could to get inside the church. translation: we were all in the church, and when we heard the sound of gunfire, we closed the doors. the firi

tom burridge reports. horrific and upsetting is how the emergency services described the scene.taxi flipped onto its side. the driver and a couple on board all died. next to it, the mangled remains of another car. police are now investigating how the vehicles collided with such force, killing many of those on board. i've spoken to the officers on the scene, the officer in charge of the investigation. he has described this as a very harrowing incident. he has asked me personally to pass on his thoughts for the families and everyone involved this time. a very tragic incident just before christmas. four men travelling in one of the cars were all thrown out of the vehicle. three of them died at the scene, the fourth man is in a critical condition in hospital. but a man and a woman travelling in a third car, which was badly, damaged survived with relatively minor injuries. this photo shows the aftermath, as those first to arrive tried to save lives. a devastating scene with debris strewn all over the road. the crash happened on a section of the belgrave middleway, a busy road in the

tom burridge, bbc news. matthew thompson is at the scene of the crash. great deal of police that conducting forensic investigation. presumably on a saturday night, even in the early morning, this must mean a very busy area? can you hear us? absolutely, harring was the word used by the police in a press conference this morning. —— harrowing. can you hear me? we can. there is a very long delay on the line. carry on. iam i am terribly sorry for that delay. technical problems. harrowing jim eadie description of the police, horrific the description of the fire service. words in of harder and vetera ns, service. words in of harder and vete ra ns , c0 nvey service. words in of harder and veterans, convey something of the terrible nature of this particular accident. —— hardened. there are three orfour cars to accident. —— hardened. there are three or four cars to my letter which seem to have escaped the worst of the damage. people in those vehicles sustained only minor injuries. over to the right you can just about make out the black taxi tom mentioned in his re

tom burridge, bbc news.respondent at the scene, phil mackie, told me the police had found dealing with the aftermath of the crash very upsetting. they have been talking about the harrowing nature of what they had to deal with since the early hours of this morning when this happened, around 1:10 a:m.. if you can see the underpass tom was referring to a news report, the cars on the left, largely avoided serious injury, colliding trying to avoid the crash. 0n the right—hand side behind the police van is where the taxi where three people were killed is lying on its side. between us and the wall, another vehicle completely crushed. that was the one tom was referring to the man and woman driving in that astonishingly managed to escape with minor injuries. beyond that, further along the underpass is where the other vehicle that was involved in the most serious part of this accident is lying. lots of activity, forensic officers, specialist teams inspecting the scene. i have been talking to people who live there, the

tom burridge, bbc news.t officials have been using a discredited report into the use of contaminated blood products in the 19705 and 805, despite assurances that it would be taken out of circulation. the bbc has learned that the report, issued in 2006, was still being used earlier this year. theresa may announced in the summer that there would be a thorough inquiry into the scandal which saw haemophiliacs and other patients infected with hiv and hepatitis c, causing the deaths of around 2500 people. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has the story. carol grayson‘s husband, peter, was a haemophiliac. because he was given contaminated blood products in the 19705 and 805, he developed hiv and hepatitis and died at the age of a7. the biggest hope that the truth would come out... carol has campaigned for decades for a full public enquiry into the scandal which claimed 2500 lives and ruined thousands more. at last that is about to happen. she has uncovered hundreds of documents which she says reveal an official cover—up

tom burridge, bbc news. phil mackie is at the scene now. the police have just been the police havejust been holding the police have just been holding a news co nfe re nce to the police have just been holding a news conference to give more details about what happened. yeah, they have been talking about the harrowing nature of what they have had to deal with since the early hours of this morning, this happened at about 1:10am. you can see the underpass behind me tom was referring to in the report. the cars on the left we re the report. the cars on the left were those who largely avoided serious injury. the taxi in which three people were killed is lying on its side. there is another vehicle between it and the wall, the one that was crushed, the man and the woman driving in that, astonishingly, they managed to escape with minor injuries. further along the underpass, the other vehicle involved in the most serious pa rt vehicle involved in the most serious part of the accident, that is where it is at the moment. lots of activity, forensic and sp

tom burridge, bbc news. hello, we should see the weather in proving today.uth, allowing more broken cloud and some sunshine to come down from the north. staying rather cloudy in the south—east perhaps, here temperatures higher than yesterday. milder today than yesterday, but by contrast further north a little lower than yesterday. turning dell and damp across northern ireland and still rather cloudy in the far south—west. that cloudy in the far south—west. that cloud and drizzle comes back into scotla nd cloud and drizzle comes back into scotland and other western parts of england and wales. cloud breaks developing across parts of eastern england and south—east scotland, so here just england and south—east scotland, so herejust a england and south—east scotland, so here just a touch of frost in the countryside. a greater chance of seeing that super moon. some fog around overnight, which will lift on monday morning. eight few showers coming from the north west. many places will have a dry day, some wea k places will have a dry day, some weak sunshine and it w

tom burridge, bbc news.f calm their response to the announcement for fear of creating a difficult situation, violence in the west ba n k difficult situation, violence in the west bank and elsewhere. they did expect some of this, no question, but the thing that people are holding their breath for is tomorrow, after friday prayers which is often a time when people do end up is often a time when people do end up on the streets, then we will perhaps see the extent of the unease and outrage. everybody is of course hoping it does not happen but that is the traditional time of the week when if it is going to happen, it will. he was always saying he was going to do it, it was part of his campaign pitch in the election but it is the timing, why has he done it now? there are a few options. the six monthly waiver to keep the embassy in tel aviv, that had come up embassy in tel aviv, that had come upfor embassy in tel aviv, that had come up for signing again. he was frustrated with his national security advisers that th

tom burrage, bbc news. —— burridge.gating the death of a british embassy worker. the bbc has been told the body of rebecca dykes was found on the side of a motorway on saturday, just as martin patience gave this update from beirut. we understand that rebecca dykes was having a going away party for a colleague in a popular restaurant area of the city and she left that area of the city and she left that are around midnight and sometime after that, it was believed she was abducted. her body was found dumped on the side of the motorway on saturday morning. police sources have told us that they believe rebecca was strangled, she had been in the country for almost a year. she was working as a programme officerfor she was working as a programme officer for the department of international development, and we have been hearing from the embassy, the british ambassador here in beirut. he said that the whole embassy was deeply shocked by the news, and he added that they were working closely with the lebanese authorities, who were c

the hope is that it will give animal and bird life greater protection, as tom burridge reports.coastline are rich. diverse habitats and important breeding grounds for a wide variety of birds. so the government wants to protect them. we know about greenbelt, now more coastline will be classified as blue belt to protect certain species. like these manx shearwaters, rescued a few years ago in pembrokeshire. these birds are also found in the irish sea off anglesea, an area which will now have the new protected status. so too will 2a miles of cornish coastline. it means that in total 650 square miles of sea and coastline around the uk will now be classified as blue belt. lundy, off the coast of devon, already a marine conservation zone. important work to protect the life in and above our waters. tom burridge, bbc news. 2.6 million people were treated for mental health problems in england last year, one in five of them were children under the age of 18. today the government is announcing a £300 million investment which will allow youngsters to access support in schools. doctor bernadk

tom burridge, bbc news.to be good news after the blue planet and all the stuff we saw in the sea there! if you look to the sky this afternoon or overnight you could be in for a treat because the moon will appearfar bigger and brighter than usual. the full moon in december, which you may not know is traditionally called a cold moon, will be closer to earth than usual in its orbit. that means it qualifies as a super moon. it'll be brightest at midnight when it's at its highest point above the horizon. nasa has called this weekend the first in a super moon trilogy because over the next couple of months the phenomenon will happen twice more. you know what, i was doing a bit of research about this earlier... that is good, isn't it? it will be father christmas doing that with his reindeer and his sleigh in a few weeks. fantastic. i was reindeer and his sleigh in a few weeks. fantastic. iwas doing research about the idea of a cold moon, there has to be a scientific explanation, it's just because moon, there has to

tom burridge reports. horrific and upsetting is how the emergency services described the scene.

tom burridge has more a celebration ahead of christmas, targeted by extremists.nd army, firing shots in the aftermath as they surrounded the church. earlier, the attackers‘ efforts to get in and kill as many as they could captured on cctv. watch the man in brown, who suddenly reveals a machine gun and starts to try to access the church compound. his accomplice, behind him in white, falls over. it takes them a long time to climb the gate, but it is chilling to watch, as the men wearing suicide vests exchange shots with security guards, imagine the panic in the church nearby. officials say one of the attackers was shot dead at the entrance to the compound. a second man detonated his vest near the church door. the bodies of those killed, brought to the local mortuary. too much for relatives, their loved ones killed a week before christmas. at local hospitals, those injured spoke of their fear as the attackers did all they could to get inside the church. translation: we were all in the church and when we heard gunfire we closed the doors. the firing continued for a w

tom burridge reports. ididn't i didn't have any therapy...ating disorder and depression forfive from an eating disorder and depression for five years. she waited two years before she got help. i feel i have not waited two years before she got help. i feeli have not been properly treated for the mental side. they put me in hospital when my physical side is bad and don't treat anything else, and then they wonder why it keeps happening and i have to go back into hospital. the hospital she was sent to, hundreds of miles away, a nightmare scenario which the government now promises no family should phase. so ministers chatting here with pupils in east london are publishing plans to provide support in schools for so many children who face issues regarding their mental well—being. teachers will be trained at spotting problems early. i put excessive pressure on myself wanting to achieve high grades. and there will be new mental health support teams, the idea to bridge the gap between schools and the nhs. if your child has a mental health issue, we wan

here's our correspondent tom burridge.again simmering here in the israeli occupied west bank. israeli soldiers confronting pockets of palestinians, protesting after a landmark shift in us policy. in jerusalem's all city where security is always tight shops shut in the muslim quarter reflect anger. but for many israeli dues, their key ally recognising this as their capital, is long overdue. definitely historic. we have been waiting for it for a long time. i hope it does not get stuck in endless bureaucracy. the proof is in the pudding and we are very excited about it. but for many palestinians the mood disqualifies washington as an honest broker, the noise now not about peace but resistance. in gaza hamas, the palestinian islamist group, called for another uprising. in arabic it is intifada, a word synonymous with more troubled times. translation: tomorrow will be a day of rage and the beginning of a wider move towards an uprising which we will call the intifada of jerusalem and freedom in the west bank. donald trump said h

brought snow overnight and up to eight inches is expected to have fallen in some areas today, as tom burridgerly for children here and elsewhere. in fact on the isle of man, every school closed today. the bad weather brought by storm caroline cancelled all but emergency outpatient care at the island‘s main hospital. this video filmed yesterday shows the force of the storm as it hit the orkney islands in the very north of scotland. the wind reaching speeds of around 90 mph. hundreds of homes left without power. this was the scene in belfast. the advice here and in the northern and western parts of the country — only travel if you really need to. many have some clearing up to do but of course there‘s fun to be hard too. —— to be had. let‘s speak to our correspondent phil mackie, who‘s in bromsgrove, worcestershire. it's it‘s the kind of scene that looks fun for children but probably not anyone else. and for dogs as well, they are having a great time! a lot of dogs probably haven‘t seen this much smokes before because it‘s six or seven yea rs much smokes before because it‘s six or seven years si

tom burridge, bbc news.ject failure in its attempt to tackle homelessness in england. a damning report by the all—party public accounts committee says the issue has become a national crisis. however, the government says it's investing more than £1 billion pounds to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping, alongside new legislation to ensure people get support more quickly. andy moore reports. this report says the problem of homelessness has been growing for yea rs, homelessness has been growing for years, with a number of people in short—term accommodation up by 60% since 2010. the mps say there is an unacceptable shortage of realistic housing options. there are estimated to be 9000 people sleeping rough on the streets every night, that's more than doubled the number in 2011. there are a further 78,000 families living in temporary accommodation, often of a poor standard, and that includes 120,000 children. the committee has described the situation as shameful. it's called on the government to focus on the sup

tom burridge, bbc news.ve been protests against president trump's decision in jordan today. our correspondent murad shishani sent this report from amman. jordanians are attached tojerusalem ona jordanians are attached tojerusalem on a grassroots level as well as on an authority level. today, this is one of the protest they called for today. they are also taking place in other cities, to condemn mr trump's decision yesterday to relocate the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel. as jordanians, we have the closest relationship to palestine and the palestinians, and we do support everything that related to jerusalem. jerusalem was arab, is still arab, and will remain arab. it belongs to palestine. the presence might be not big but the feelings are very strong here today in a man. we were expecting more people, actually. —— amman. we were expecting more people, actually. -- amman. they are scared of the regimes. they are regimes are puppets with the zionists

we can talk now to tom burridge, who's been looking into this story. what have they said?e what a great time people say they are having. and you think, maybe my life isn't so great? facebook say that the solution isn't that we should use facebook less but what we should do is more quality time on facebook. what they say is, what you need to do is unique to socially interact. it is more messages, send direct messages to your real friends and your colleagues. more posts, one—on—one, between people. the jargon they use is "meaningful social interactions". do more of that. as opposed to passively consuming what everyone else is doing? browsing along, low—level content, and perhaps the odd "like" idly about something but not social engagement with people that you are friends with on facebook. so they are definitely not saying spend less time on facebook? they are coming up with some concrete steps they are taking. to their credit they are saying that they would change the platform itself in a few ways. they will get rid of what they call "click bait headlines". those are the li

tom burridge has the latest.to be a problem in much of the country. as temperatures drop to record lows. in parts of wales temperatures dropped to around minus ten. the village in shropshire was the coldest, are perishing minus 13. at kew gardens it was —3.7. so with lots of snow still around from yesterday and the weekend, it will be hard going as roads turned icy this morning. it looks stunning from up this morning. it looks stunning from up here but there are weather warnings for snow and ice in eastern scotla nd warnings for snow and ice in eastern scotland and eastern england and the ice in northern ireland, wales, the midlands, and the south and south—east of england. but fun for some as hundreds of schools closed again. the us ambassador to britain says he expects donald trump to visit the uk in the new year despite his recent twitter row with theresa may. woodyjohnson told bbc radio 4's today programme that the disagreement was "probably misinterpreted". mrs may had said mr trump was "wrong" to share vide

tom burridge has the latest. they have been working through the night.nd the south—east of england. fun for some as hundreds of schools closed again. our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn is at birmingham children's hospital for us this morning. disruption in many parts of the country is continuing today? good morning, the disruption has been mostly to do with getting around, that is why hospitals like this one put out an appeal yesterday to try to help to get staff in and out for a late shift last night and early shifts this morning, anybody with four by for a late shift last night and early shifts this morning, anybody with four by four vehicles, they say they are sorted for today, it is these temperatures we are having which have brought weather warnings, temperatures dropping as low as —10 in wales and that is on top of the snow we had over the last couple of days making things even more difficult. it officially the cold est more difficult. it officially the coldest night last night, —13 the most low temperature recorded. we have seen temperatures across

tom burridge, bbc news. worker aged 18 or over will begin saving into a workplace pension — unless they opt out. that's under government plans being unveiled today. at the moment, employers must enrol staff aged 22 and over into a pension plan if they earn more than 10,000 pounds a year. as our business correspondent joe lynam reports. ollie and nate are both 21. ollie, on the left, has not yet started saving for his retirement. if the government has its way, he'll be automatically inrolled. it's not really crossed my mind yet. i've moved jobs quite frequently, tend not to stay in one place too long, so pensions have always been lower down the list of things i've been conscious of. this consultation could see the age lowered from 18. to an to 18 or even 21—year—olds, retirement must seem retirement must s em a very long way off, especially if they don't earn much. but if this plan proceeds, it could help prevent younger people depending on the state in decades to come.

tom burridge, bbc news.surgeons successfully completed a human heart transplant for the first time 50 years ago today, a procedure which has changed the way heart disease is treated. the youngest person on the uk transplant list, eight—week—old baby charlie is making good progress following a nine—hour operation where he received a new heart. duncan kennedy reports. a tender moment tracy wright thought she would never have with her baby charlie. charlie was born with only half a heart. hospitals across europe were contacted to find an organ donor. this week, a heart did become available. and now, atjust eight weeks old, charlie has had a transplant. his skin colour was just amazing. i can't describe it. from going so blue, he wasjust blue all the time, to being so pink and peachy and perfect. charlie was the youngest patient on britain's transplant waiting list. his doctors say the operation went well. he was extremely lucky, considering his condition and his size, to get a heart, a suitable donor heart, on