tom burridge, bbc news., who has died at the age of 90. during a career which spanned more than 60 years, he brought laughter to millions of fans. ""zzl'£.”"f. 'l'..'z'f.é '7 he said, "why?" # happiness... ken dodd. his shows could last into the early hours. he was a joke machine, and there were thousands. i haven't spoken to my mother—in—law for 18 months. i don't like to interrupt her. did you hear about the shrimp that went to the prawn's cocktail party? he pulled a mussel! so it turns out that if you bang two halves of a horse together, it doesn't make the sound of a coconut! intensely private, but in public, unstoppable. i think there's a show business ken dodd and i think there's a thinking ken dodd. and, hopefully, there's an amusing ken dodd. i hope so, anyway. she said, do you know what an erogenous zone is? i said, "i know you can't park there." ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ken dodd! when he walked on, the place used to go up and he hadn't even said anything yet. now, that doesn't happen ve

tom burridge, bbc news. in moscow, paul adams.ion of when and what, what do you think might happen? you think might happen? are inevitably in for another round of tit—for—tat. of tit—for—tat. officials here have spoken of reciprocal moves. spoken of reciprocal moves. diplomats will be told to pack their bags, probably in the coming days. bags, probably in the coming days. with the appalling outcome of the fire inside the area —— russia. fire inside the area —— russia. expulsions, given the number of countries involved. countries involved. it could take a few days. few days. the americans being told to go first. first. hear lots of people talking about the west ganging up on russia. the west ganging up on russia. and somehow the west wants to keep it down. it down. we will see any softening of russia's position. russia's position. a new cold war, a phrase we are hearing a lot of in moscow today? hearing a lot of in moscow today? probably not. relation with the west since communism. thank you. our correspondent, duncan kennedy, is i

tom burridge, bbc news.n underground train has heard that he blamed britain for the death of his father in iraq. 18—year—old ahmed hassan denies attempted murder and causing an explosion on the tube train at parsons green last september. giving evidence today, a college lecturer said she‘d heard the student saying it was his "duty to hate britain". sky has suspended the football pundit jamie carragher after footage emerged of him spitting through a car window at a teenage girl and her father. the former liverpool and england footballer described it as a "moment of madness" after he was goaded. he said he would apologise again to the family. andy swiss‘s report contains footage of the incident. jamie carragher there, look! he is one of football‘s most famous pundits, but after being spotted by a fan on sunday, jamie carragher winds down his window and this happens. unlucky, jamie, lad. 2—1, lad. he spat on me. "he spat on me" — the voice of the driver‘s 14—year—old daughter. jamie carragher spat on my daughte

tom burridge, bbc news, at the high court.remieres in london tonight. the film, which stars oprah winfrey and reese witherspoon, is already topping the box office in america. and what makes this film different is that it's the first time a black woman has directed such a big budget film, costing more than $100 million. but ava duvernay says for her it's a bittersweet moment. our reporter, chi chi izundu, went to meet her. your father has accomplished something extraordinary. based on the 1962 fantasy novel, a wrinkle in time tells the story of a young teenage girl whose scientist father goes missing and it's down to her to find him and save the universe. and the only one who can stop it — is you. wrinkle currently holds the number two spot at the us box office. start over, and we'll burn it all. in at number one is the marvel epic black panther, which has also just surpassed the $1 billion mark worldwide. to the rest of the world. plus, it's the first time in history that two black directors with budgets over $100 million have

tom burridge, bbc news."short, independently led" inquiry into claims of bullying of parliamentary staff. it follows allegations against the commons speakerjohn bercow and two mps after an investigation by the bbc‘s newsnight programme. all three strongly deny the allegations. tributes have been paid to sir ken dodd, one of the most popular entertainers of our time, who has died at the age of 90. during a career which spanned more than 60 yea rs, career which spanned more than 60 years, he brought laughter to millions of fans. sir ken died yesterday in liverpool in the house where he was born. his partner of a0 yea rs where he was born. his partner of a0 years was where he was born. his partner of a0 yea rs was by where he was born. his partner of a0 years was by his side. they got married last friday. david sillito looks back at his life. i always say writing jokes for ken dodd was almost like being asked to mix the paints for van gogh. it was that big an honour. geronimo! a little old lady went to the doct

tom burridge reports.sergei skripal last month ata this was sergei skripal last month at a corner shop. now, police believe someone tried to kill the former spy and his daughter with a nerve agent. it happened here in the small cathedral city of salisbury. the police officer who attended to the pair is now also in a serious condition in hospital. what's nerve agent was used is the question experts at this military research centre are trying to answer —— what. nerve agent is essentially crippled the nervous system of the body and are not easy to manufacture. nerve agents require a non— insignificant technical backup to be manufactured. that would lead to a likelihood of a state manufacturing it. life in salisbury right now is anything but normal. this, the restaurant where sergei and yulia skripal had lunch hours before they fell ill. a man can be seen in this cctv footage from near the crime scene. his daughter apparently had dark hair like in this photo. they are both in a critical condition in hospital.

tom burridge reports. the mod's top—secret scientific research centre at porton down.hemical weapons experts will travel there to work out how samples of the nerve agent used in the attack in salisbury could be transported abroad to be tested in an independent lab. the government says the only credible theory is that the nerve agent used to attack former russian military intelligence officer skripal and his daughter came from russia, something that moscow denies. but as the police in salisbury continue their work over the weekend, the foreign secretary said the government has evidence that russia has, in the last decade, been stockpiling the type of nerve agent used in the attack. we still don't know where the skripals came in contact with the nerve agent. but his car, which was removed by the military late on friday, is of particular interest. they would like to hear from anyone who saw red in the hours before the couple fell violently ill. the focus for the business world is the future of russia's economy — the world's 12th biggest — hit by sanctions from the west an

our reporter tom burridge is in salisbury with the latest developments into the police‘s investigationon about the movements of sergei skripal and yulia on the morning of monday the 4th of march are spur for ibe became critically ill. what the metropolitan police have appealed for, information concerning the car of sergei skripal, it is a red maroon bmw and we had an appeal from the met saying that they wanted to hear from anyone in salisbury on that day who might have seen the car early in the afternoon here in the city centre and what they are now saying is they would like to hear from anyone who saw the pair are in the bmw earlier in the morning around about 915 on the three main roads in salisbury. those three main roads link the house of sergei skripal to the cemetery where his wife and his sun are buried. we have seen a lot of activity at the cemetery from the authorities, police and other officials. the police seem to believe that the skripals went from the house to visit their relatives at the cemetery on sunday morning and they want more people to come forward and they say the

tom burridge has the latest.omfortable questions linger here in wilts were a former russian agent and his daughter was struck down on sunday afternoon. —— wilts. yulia lives in russia and was visiting her father sergei skripal. this cctv footage shows them half an hour before they were found unconscious ona park before they were found unconscious on a park bench. her rise were com pletely on a park bench. her rise were completely white, frothing at the mouth and the man was stiff, his arms stopped moving and looking dead straight. sergei skripal was an officer in russian military intelligence but in 2004 was arrested and later convicted for working for mi6. in 2010 he was and that working for m16. in 2010 he was and that over to britain as part of a spy that over to britain as part of a spy swap. the russian government says suggestions it was involved are com pletely says suggestions it was involved are completely untrue but the murder in london in 2006 former russian spy litvinenko means suspicion is almost inev

tom burridge reports.ast month ata this was sergei skripal last month at a corner shop. now police believe someone tried to kill the former spy and his daughter with a nerve agent. it happened here in the small cathedral city of salisbury. a police officer who attended to the pair is now also in a serious condition in hospital. what nerve agent was used is the question experts at this military research centre are trying to answer. nerve agents essentially crippled the body's nervous system. they are not easy to manufacture. nerve agents require not an insignificant amount of logistical, financial, and scientific set up to be manufactured. that leads to a more ofa manufactured. that leads to a more of a likelihood of a state manufacturing. like in salisbury is anything but normal. this is the restau ra nt anything but normal. this is the restaurant when mr sergei skripal and his daughter had lunch before they fell ill. a blonde woman and a man could be of interest in this cctv footage from there the crime s

joining me now is tom burridge. snowing as we can see.here has been minimal activity this morning in the city. the focus is on the fact that officials from the old pcw, this international body, will go to porton down, not farfrom here. the ministry of defence's scientific laboratories to take a sample of the nerve agent which british scientists have determined as from this group of nerve agents known as knobhead choke. we believe, it would take about two weeks for international members of this group, this independent body to carry out the test and come up with a result. they would do it in the hague where the organisation is based. russia has denied and continues to deny this nerve agent programme has ever existed. the foreign secretary and fodor ‘s office coming out with details this morning claiming that they have evidence that russia in the last decade has been producing the nerve agent and using them and developing techniques to carry out assassinations. those are the words of the foreign office this morning. borisjohnson spoke to the

causing their children's deaths by dangerous driving in hayes earlier this year. 0ur correspondent tom burridgeoon, but the court has been hearing these heartbreaking statements from the boies' families? we heard three very powerful, at times harrowing state m e nts powerful, at times harrowing statements from the parents of the three boys who were killed when jaynesh chudasama drove at 2.5 times the legal alcohol limit over the speed limit in hayes in west london earlier this year. the parents of harry rice, george wilkinson and josh mcguinness. we first heard from george's mother, sarah baker, who described a happy, cheeky boy. she said his last words that might work, i love you, ma'am. she said the impact of this would haunt the family for the rest of their lives. we then heard from josh's mother. she said she could only describe what had happened as murder. she said her boy was a caring person, a ha rd said her boy was a caring person, a hard worker, and she was now a broken mother. we also heard from harry rice's father, who said that his handsome boy, who had been signed by two clubs to p

our correspondent tom burridge is in salisbury.ation, what are the police looking for in terms of identifying this vehicle and who saw it and where they saw it? one of the key questions is where sergei skripal and yulia skripal came into contact with the nerve agent before they ended up on the bench on the 4th of march. the bench is now covered by the tarpaulin. we know the police from their activities and on the information they are giving now, they are interested in sergei skripal‘s vehicle. we have been given a new photo by the metropolitan police of the maroon bmw. we had information the police we re bmw. we had information the police were keen to hear from anyone bmw. we had information the police were keen to hearfrom anyone in salisbury who saw the bmw between one and 145 in the city centre but they are now appealing for information from anyone who might have seen sergei skripal and yulia skripal early in the morning, they have named three main roads through salisbury, and those roadsjoin sergei skripal to the cemetery where

earlier we spoke to tom burridge in soulsby about the delegation of chemical weapons experts coming toan understand the delegation to be made up from officialfrom independently minded countries, countries which have an come out in support of britain in its diplomatic i’ow support of britain in its diplomatic row with russia. countries like officials from india and brazil. the delegation will go to porton down, the ministry of defence‘ scientific research laboratory in wiltshire. they will discuss with officials how samples can be transported abroad for tests to be run on those samples in independent laboratories to verify what exactly the nerve agent was used which ended up with sergei skripal and his daughter being critically ill over there on the bench beneath the white tarpaulin. will samples go to russia to be checked against the samples from porton down with whatever is produced in russia? it is still unclear whether a sample of the nerve agent will be tested by russia, that hasn‘t been confirmed that the stage. given the level of the diplomatic row between moscow and the uk at th

earlier we spoke with tom burridge in salisbury.is is an international organisation, britain and russia both signatories to the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons and sending over a delegation, we understand, they will go to porton down, ministry of defence‘s labs, where british scientists have already done tests on samples of the nerve agent used on sergei skripal and yulia skripal. and the idea is that the international the idea is that the international organisation will take away a sample, possibly back to the hague, where the headquarters are, or another country, to independents authorities to independently verify whether the nerve agent is part of this group known as novichok, believed to have been formulated by the soviets in the late 1980s and early 1990s. the claim by the home secretary is very interesting, the british government saying they have evidence that russia has been developing of a jock nerve agents within the last decade. joining me now is tonia samsonova — the london correspondent for the echo

tom burridge reports. he'd thrown acid into the face of six men. that night. with his visor up, he was linked to the stolen moped but the person seen here driving him around still hasn't been identified. later, when derryckjohn drove a stolen bike himself, this — an accident which linked him to a string of violent acid attacks. this victim says his face felt like it was on fire. attacked by derryck john while delivering ta keways, jabed hussain is still suffering today. i have to keep my eyes everywhere. i don't trust in the street. if anyone shouts next to me, i get scared. if i want to go out, i always lock my car doors and windows. i used to be busy myself, i'm a working class guy. after the incident, i am totally different. i can't believe myself that i am stuck and alone. today, the 17—year—old was sentenced to ten and a half years in jail. the judge said an adult would have gone to prison for much longer. we are very pleased with the sentencing mrjohn has received, i think it does send a strong message that even as a youth offender, a ten—yea

joining me now from the city is our news correspondent tom burridge.lopments that tomorrow we will hear, have experts coming here to the uk to test samples of this nerve agent. that is right. officials from there, chemical experts will come to porton down in wiltshire where the ministry of defence has its own laboratories. its own scientists have tested the nerve agent used on sergei skripal. they will take a sample of the nerve agent and take it away, possibly to the hague on another country, to run their own independent test to see if they agree with british scientists that it was a nerve agent of the group known as novichok, believed to have been developed in russia in the late 1980s. we are told that process could take a minimum of two weeks so it will be a while until that independent organisation comes up with its own test results. but i think there has been an interesting status from the foreign office this morning. the government trying to counter these claims and possible disinformation sown by the russian authorities in the eyes of the britis

our correspondent tom burridge is in salisbury. what are police hoping to hear about?y questions we still don't know the answer to is where sergei and yulia skripal came into co nta ct where sergei and yulia skripal came into contact with the nerve agent before they end up in a critical condition on the bench behind me, which is covered in that white and yellow sheeting. so a second appeal from the police for information from anyone who might have seen sergei skripal‘s car on sunday the 11th of march. they are particularly interested in the car. we have seen a lot of work on the car by officers and we saw it being towed late yesterday. they have released a new photo of that maroon bmw. the police we re photo of that maroon bmw. the police were already asking for information from anyone who might have seen that car between one and 1.45 on sunday the 4th of march. what is new is that they want to hear from anyone who might have seen the car earlier in the day, at around 9.15 on three main roads. what is interesting about those three main roads is that they link sergei sk

tom burridge reports from salisbury.et scientific research centre at porton down. today, a group of international chemical weapons experts will travel there to work out how samples of the nerve agent used in the attack in salisbury could be transported abroad to be tested in an independent lab. the government says the only credible theory is that the nerve agent used to attack former russian military intelligence officer sergei skripal and his daughter came from russia, something moscow denies. but, as the police in salisbury continued their work over the weekend, the foreign secretary said the government has evidence that russia has, within the past decade, been stockpiling the type of nerve agent used in the attack. we still don't know where the skripals came in contact with the nerve agent. but his car, which was taken away by the military late on friday, is of particular interest to the police. they want to hear from anyone who saw it in the hours before the couple fell violently ill. speaking in brussels this mornin

our correspondent tom burridge is in salisbury.al chemical weapons experts forthcoming? downing street wrote last night to the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. that is an international body based in the hague. russia and britain are both signatories to the all bzw, so the invitation is for its officials to come over here to the uk, to go to porton down, were the ministry of defence has its own research facility, where its scientists have determined that the nerve agent used on sergei skripal and yulia, found on sergei skripal and yulia, found on that page behind me any critical condition, worthy of yellow and white is, nearly two weeks ago. the idea is that officials will come to porton down, will verify, carry out their own tests, to verify what the nerve agent that was used on the family was. i have been speaking to a formal official that he'll bzw, and an expert in chemical weapons. so, it is likely that a team will come over to porton down. theoretically, they could do the analysis at the laboratories there

tom burridge reports.ions linger here in wiltshire where a former russian agent and his daughter were struck down on sunday afternoon. yulia skripal lives in russia and was visiting her father, sergei, in salisbury. this cctv footage shows them just half an hour before locals alerted the police that they were unconscious on a park bench. sergei skripal was an officer in russian military intelligence but in 2004 he was arrested and later convicted for working for mi6. in 2010, he was handed over to britain as part of a spy swap. the russian government said suggestions it was involved are completely untrue but the murder in london in 2006 of former russian spy alexander litvinenko means suspicion is almost inevitable and the ramifications for russian—uk relations are huge. should evidence emerge of state responsibility than her majesty ‘s government will respond appropriately and prop the cash robust leap. and implications are huge. if russia is behind it, it means they are taking thimgs to a whole new level

tom burridge is in salisbury this morning for us — tom, is the hope that once this has been analysednd me two weeks ago will be sent abroad. we believe they will be sent to as many as 20 laboratories in 16 countries. the testing will take two weeks, so we could be waiting up to three weeks for the conclusions of the 0pcw to come back. the key question is if they can say anything to back—up the government's claim that the nerve agent used in the attack was of a type developed in russia. it is worth noting that the 0pcw is an independent body and it will want to stay out as much as possible from the political and diplomatic wrangling surrounding all of this. tom, thank you. official results from russia show president putin has been re—elected with more than 76% of the vote. but cctv footage from a number of polling stations appears to show election officials stuffing boxes with ballot papers. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is in moscow for us this morning. we hear some of the pictures are obscured by the linens and things like that. richard, we knew it was guaranteed that putin would

tom burridge is in salisbury. what is happening there?today and activity from the military here in this industrial estate on the edge the city. you can see those huge military vehicles. behind the police cordon is a garage. that is we re police cordon is a garage. that is were sergei skripal's car was told to in the hours after he and his daughter fell critically ill. this isa daughter fell critically ill. this is a shot from another camera. you should be able to see the metal container, and a tent. the car has been moved into that container. we can show you aerial pictures from a short while ago. we believe troops from the chemical, biological and nuclear regiment were moving the vehicle out of a tent where it has been kept for the last few days, while investigations have been carried out. we believe they are going to move the car away from this scene at some point today probably. and then we can take you, i think, it is pictures from a few hours ago, another area it is pictures from a few hours ago, anotherarea in it is pictures from a

tom burridge reports.s in several parts of the country. so this the only supply for thousands of people for several days. thames water is handing out bottles of water to its customers in parts of london which are cut off. thousands of homes in scotland, wales and southern england are affected. i've got five kids, and literally without water for like — since 6:00pm yesterday morning. it's terrible. washing the bottles is just a bit difficult. there's a lot of stuff covered in baby poo that i can't wash at the moment. 7:30am in the morning they sent me a message, the water's fixed. nurseries and schools have closed. some say the water companies should have planned more. this is a national crisis in our water industries and it is clear they are not fit for purpose. at the very least, one would have thought there would be some kind of public inquiry. people will be interested to know whether they will get compensation for what has happened. several water companies have apologised. they say they were working ov

our correspondent tom burridge has more details. amazing, happy, caring boys. tragically short. 16—year—oldsjosh mcguinness and george wilkinson and 17—year—old harry rice were killed on this stretch of pavement as they walked with friends to a party. their families read powerful statements in court today paying tribute to their boys. josh as a son was respected by so many. he was someone to look up to and he was only 16. because of his values, his beliefs, you know, he accepted people for who they were. he was the first to say thanks. you know, he was very grateful for anything you ever did. he was just such a lovely boy. jaynesh chudasama was drink—driving when he crashed into the boys. earlier he admitted three counts of causing death by dangerous driving. today a judge sentenced him to 13 years injail. not enough for the victims‘ families, who have criticised the police investigation. i don't think 13 years is enough for all three boys' lives. they were just starting out on their life journey and it has been snatched away from them. chudasama was speeding a

our correspondent tom burridge has more details. amazing, happy, caring boys.sjosh mcguinness and george wilkinson and 17—year—old harry rice were killed on this stretch of pavement as they walked with friends to a party. theirfamilies read powerful statements" in court today paying tribute to their boys. josh as a son was respected by so many. he was someone to look up to and he was only 16. because of his values, his beliefs, you know, he accepted people for who they were. he was the first to say thanks. you know, he was very grateful for anything you ever did. he was just such a lovely boy. jaynesh chudasama was drink—driving when he crashed into the boys. earlier he admitted three counts of causing death by dangerous driving. today a judge sentenced him to 13 years injail. not enough for the victims' families, who have criticised the police investigation. i don't think 13 years is enough for all three boys lives. they were just starting out on their life journey and it has been snatched away from them. jaynesh chudasama was speeding and he had been drinking

investigation into the poisoning of the former spy, sergei skripal and his daughter. 0ur reporter tom burridge where the victim's movements are being traced. 0bviously obviously there is a lot of diplomatic manoeuvres taking place at the moment but in the meantime take us through the latest developments in the investigation. some new information about the movements of sergei skripal and yulia skripal al on the morning hours before they fell critically ill and ended up on the bench underneath the tarpaulin behind me. the metropolitan police have appealed for information concerning the car. it is a red maroon bmw and we already had an appeal from the met saying that they want to hear from anyone in salisbury on that day who might have seen the car early in the afternoon here in the city centre and what they are now saying is they would like to hear from anyone who saw the skripals in that bmw earlier in the morning and about 915 on the three main rd that runs through salisbury. the interesting thing is that the three main roads link the sergei skripal house in salisbury to the wife —— cemetery w

tom burridge, bbc news.ent in the commons, amber rudd, home secretary, had this to say this morning in an interview with bbc breakfast. this was a very serious incident which is why we've got the police down there in full force conducting the investigation. which is why we're giving all the support we can, the medical support necessary, to the people who've been affected. of course i'm very concerned about the policeman. i would observe that our chief medical officer sally davis has said that the risk to the public is low, so i would urge the public to take comfort from that. we have been ready for a while for a number of different types of terrorist activity and we are making sure that we give the public the support, that we contain the incident and that we collect the evidence so that when we come to attribution, we will know what to do. 0ur correspondent, leila nathoo, is in salisbury. what's the latest? we know that counterterror police are saying this is a rare nerve agent used in salisbury to specifica

tom burridge is in cells briefer us now. that investigation will be important to all sides?nderstand we can expect the delegation from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, to be made up of officials from independently minded countries. countries which haven't come out publicly and supported britain in its diplomatic row with russia. 0fficials its diplomatic row with russia. officials from india, brazil, those type of countries. the delegation will go to porton down, the scientific research centre not far from here. they will discuss with british officials, how samples can be transported abroad for tests to be transported abroad for tests to be run on those samples in independent laboratories to verify what exactly nerve agent was used against sergei skripal and yue li screen pal. do we think the same experts will end up going to russia to check what ever they get from porton down against whatever is produced in russia? it is still unclear whether a sample of the nerve agent will be tested by russia. that hasn't been confirmed at this stage. given the lev

we can talk to tom burridge in salisbury for the latest on the police investigation. new information out today about numbers of people affected. it is about the public health picture. we know 46 people have gone to salisbury district hospital about concerns about they have had. none of those 46 people have had any symptoms, no suggestion that health has been compromised. we know some people are being monitored and some of the 46 people and members of the emergency service who were involved with attending to the affected and the early stages of the investigation. 0nly the early stages of the investigation. only three people have been medically treated, sergei skripal, yulia skripal and detective nick bailey who we believe was one of the first responders to attend to those collapsed on the bench in a critical situation. we are also being told that 131 people have been identified by the authorities as having intentionally come into contact with the nerve agent. potentially is the crucial word. they are saying about 131 people would have been some form of proximity to the

tom burridge reports. thaw, and cracked, leaking water pipes in several parts of the country. so this the only supply for thousands of people for several days. thames water is handing out bottles of water to its customers in parts of london which a cut off. large numbers of homes in scotland, wales and southern england are affected. i've got five kids, and literally without water since 6am yesterday morning. it is terrible. washing the bottles isjust a bit difficult. there is a lot of stuff covered in baby to that i can't wash at the moment. the water needs to be fixed. schools have closed. some say the water company should have planned more. at the very least one would have thought they would be some kind of public enquiry. people will be interested to know whether they will get compensation for what has happened. several water companies have apologised. they say they were working overnight to get people connected again. nearly 250 bbc staff have signed an open letter challenging the corporation to publis

tom burridge, thank you very much. to meetjewish groups, though, to discuss the issue of, as he describes it, pockets of anti—semitism inside the labour party. plenty more on that and plenty more on the situation in russia coming up at 5pm but now let‘s catch up with the weather and thatis let‘s catch up with the weather and that is with chris fawkes. hi, it‘s been a beautiful day so far, lots of sunshine out and about for most of us, this was one of the sunny spots, cumbria, buttermere, thank you to julie for this picture. we are seeing something of a change at west because the weather front is working in bringing cloudy skies and outbreaks of rain beginning to push m, outbreaks of rain beginning to push in, the rain turning heavy and steadier through the night and although there will be a touch of frost across northern and eastern parts of scotland early in the night, as the cloud works in temperatures lift so by the end of the night four degrees in aberdeen and 10 degrees in the south—west where it certain smiled by

tom burridge, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent leila nathoo is in salisbury.up to date with the investigation there. and it, police now believe that the nerve agent that was used on sergei skripal and yulia was a rare one. it helps possibly to narrow down the source of it. obviously, there would be limited scope in terms of who would be able to manufacture such a rare kind of chemical that attacks the nervous system. the focus now, here is on locations here. this scene where the two were found, the italian restaurants just behind, where the two were found, the italian restaurantsjust behind, a nearby pub and his home not farfrom here. police are continuing to examine all those locations. we know that one of the first officers on the scene here was exposed to that same nerve agent. he was hospitalised. we heard this morning from the home secretary amber rudd that he was still in a serious condition. but that he was talking and engaging. the local police federation representative here in wiltshire has been speaking to the bbc, paying tribute to his offices as th

tom burridge reports ina in a small city in wiltshire, a wide—ranging investigation.rmer russian agent and his daughter suddenly became critically ill on sunday. yulia skripal lives in russia and was visiting her father sergei in salisbury. this footage shows them half an hour before locals alerted the police they were unconscious on a park bench. her eyes were completely white and frothing at the mouth and the man went stiff, his arms stopped moving. he was still looking dead straight. sergei skripal was an officer in russian military intelligence but in 2004 he was arrested and later convicted for working for mi6. in 2010 he arrested and later convicted for working for m16. in 2010 he was handed over to britain as part of a spy—swap. the russian government said suggestions it was involved are untrue. but the murder in london in 2006 of former russian spy, alexander litvinenko, means suspicion is almost ini have tab and the ramification for russian/uk relations are huge. if russia is behind it, they're taking things to a whole new level, it is a declaration of war. e

tom burridge reports.haw, and cracked, leaking water pipes in several parts of the country. so this the only supply for thousands of people for several days. thames water is handing out bottles of water to its customers in parts of london which are cut off. thousands of homes in scotland, wales and southern england are affected. i've got five kids, and literally without water for like — since 6:00pm yesterday morning. it's terrible. washing the bottles is just a bit difficult. there's a lot of stuff covered in baby poo that i can't wash at the moment. 7:30am in the morning they sent me a message, the water's fixed. nurseries and schools have closed. some say the water companies should have planned more. this is a national crisis in our water industries and it is clear they are not fit for purpose. at the very least, one would have thought there would be some kind of public inquiry. people will be interested to know whether they will get compensation for what has happened. several water companies have apolo

tom burridge reports.vernight on a major road in south western england. the a30 has just re—opened within the last hour. a 64—mile stretch had to be shut for the night after heavy snow fell in the area, making many roads impassable. devon and cornwall police are urging people not to travel until later on this morning. the television presenter ant mcpartlin has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving. police say they were called to reports of a collision involving three cars in south—west london yesterday afternoon. a child passenger in one of them was taken to hospital as a precaution. in a statement, scotland yard said a 42—year—old man was arrested at the scene after failing a breathalyser test. cardinal keith 0'brien, the former leader of scotland's roman catholics, has died at the age of 80. he was formerly the catholic church's most senior cleric in britain, but resigned as archbishop of st andrews and edinburgh in 2013 after admitting sexual misconduct. he was recently injured in a fall and was b

joining me now from the old bailey is our correspondent, tom burridge.al them up. ultimately she did the latter, she said you would pass the sentence of more than 20 years initially but taking into a fact he had pleaded guilty, and other mitigating factors, she went for 13 years. the manoeuvre he performed that night was manoeuvre he performed that night was extremely dangerous in any circumstances, it was dark, new driving at excessive speed, more than 70 mph, in a 60 mph limit, on a narrow road in west london, and would have been its dreamy dangerous to try to overtake another car if he had not been drinking that night, but he had, he had drunk a fair amount of alcohol with colleagues after leaving work. —— extremely dangerous. he was more than two and a half times the legal limit as well as a half times the legal limit as well as speeding. those were all factors which ultimately led the judge to pass a sentence which in terms of the sort of range of sentencing for this particular offence, death by dangerous driving, it is towards the upper limit. than

tom burridge reports. co—ordinated diplomatic punishment like this. the list of countries which will expel russian officials has grown longer, so far, more than 130 diplomats or spies will have to leave 25 countries. it is rare that words in diplomacy are backed up by so much action. the foreign secretary today buoyed by the response. following the abhorrent chemical attack in salisbury i have had a number of discussion with counterparts across the eu, the us and elsewhere which had helped foster an unprecedented robust, international response to this reckless russian act. russia's alleged involvement in the nerve agent attack on a former russian intelligence officer and his daughter in salisbury three weeks' ago, the catalyst for this unprecedented international response. but australia's prime minister said it was just the latest aggressive move by the russian state. itm reflects a pattern of recklessness and aggression by the russian government. including the annex asian of crimea, the invasion of the ea