good morning, i am here in west hampstead, where the mums protest are setting up in a community wherepartly by the actress and activist emma thompson and the local mp, but more importantly, it has the support of the local mums and dads who were the neighbours of the ratcliffe family, who would've been dropping their kids off at the same nursery school, if nazanin and gabrielle still live there. they are planning to march about a mile down to the islamic centre of england in maida vale, where they will hand in a letter to the supreme leader of iran, appealing to his respectable mothers and family values. i'm joined by nazanin's husband richard. richard, what does it mean to have the support of the local community? on days like this, where with lots of people coming, all these people caring for nazanin and wishing her home. for howard, the important things to come home, so to have cold you waiting is really important. in the last few weeks, and you've got attention from people like emma, who is also a member of the local community in west hampstead. what does it mean to have nazanin's v

absolutely, today is a personal thing, it's about the family and the community in west hampstead, which showing that we all miss nazanin, we believe in her and she should be home with us. thank you for your time this morning. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. is going to be chilly this weekend? yes, and for some, the first nor the season. yes, and for some, the first nor the season. we have seen wintry showers through the night, some snow showers in places. more widely, scenes like this. down below freezing in quite a few places. eight cold and windy day to come, with a mixture of sunshine and showers. this is the radar picture, which shows where rain and snow has already fallen. where we have had the showers overnight, there is the risk of some icy stretches. if you wrote about on the roads, bear that in mind stretches. if you wrote about on the roads, bearthat in mind in stretches. if you wrote about on the roads, bear that in mind in western scotla nd roads, bear that in mind in western scotland and northern ireland. still a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. eastern an

imprisoned in iran and unable to sing it with her own young daughter, 200 members of her community in west hampsteadre joined by local mum and 0scar—winning actor emma thompson, who braved pneumonia to lend her voice to the protests. this is our community and one of her community has been imprisoned without trial, has been separated from her child more or less for 19 months. the situation is desperate. i'm not supposed to be out at all, but i said to my doctor, "well, i can't not come to speak, because i am free." together, they marched to the nearby islamic centre of england to deliver a letter addressed to the supreme leader of iran, calling for nazanin‘s release. they have kindly taken the letters for us. really pleased with that, thank you to our muslim friends in the islamic centre of england. one person who did hear the voices was nazanin herself. she rang from prison in iran to thank them for their support, especially her husband, richard. i am so grateful for everyone. thank you so much. i am so grateful. i don't think i deserve him, to be honest. he has been amazing. thank you for all your

what i want to do is get my constituent back to west hampstead, reunited with her family.aling with this case, such as alistair burt, the minister for the middle east, who has done a very good job on it. if borisjohnson is finally taking this case seriously, i have a couple of questions for him, and i know richard ratcliffe shares my sentiments on this, because we have discussed it many times. firstly, he needs to formally retract his statements, and get theresa may to retract the statement, and apologise for saying nazanin wasn't on holiday in iran. the second is agree to meet richard ratcliffe face—to—face to discuss the fact that when he goes to iran, later this year or next year, richard should go with him, because richard hasn't been able to get a visa to go to iran, and he knows he may not be able to see his wife in prison, but at least he could see his daughter, whom he hasn't seen for 19 months now, and finally, when boris johnson goes to iran i want him to meet my constituent, who is in jail, face—to—face. 0ther british diplomats have gone to tehran and visited th

back to west hampstead, reunited with herfamily.ministers dealing with this case such as alistair burt, the ministerfor the middle east, who has done a very good job on it. if borisjohnson is finally taking this case seriously i have a couple of questions for him and i know richard ratcliffe shares my sentiments on this because we have discussed it many times. thirsty he needs to formally retracted state m e nts needs to formally retracted statements and may to retract the statements and may to retract the statement and apologise for saying nazanin wasn't on holiday in a run. the second has agreed to meet richard ratcliffe face—to—face to discuss the fact that when he goes toa rana, discuss the fact that when he goes to a rana, later this year or next day because richard hasn't been able to get a visa to go to iran and he knows he may not be able to see his wife in prison but at least he could see his daughter whom he hasn't seen fori9 see his daughter whom he hasn't seen for 19 months now, and finally, when borisjohnson goes to ira

joining us now from west hampstead is the labour mp, tulip siddiq. thanks forjoining us.rjoining us. you are the mp for nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe‘s constituency. i want to ask you what you think of what michael gove had to say about this case today. you think of what michael gove had to say about this case todaylj you think of what michael gove had to say about this case today. i have been talking about this case for 19 months now, when richard first came to me, criticising iran for putting my innocent constituent in jail on trumped up charges, and tried in a kangaroo court. and the government did not agree to meet with me, boris johnson would not meet with my constituent, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe‘s husband, for 19 months now. when he finally did make a comment on it, he decided to get it wrong. borisjohnson does not even know the most basic fact of the most important case at the moment. his mainjob is to protect british citizens, and he did not know that she was on holiday even though i repeatedly raised it, whether it is westminster hall debates are parliamentary quest

world, especially the foreign secretary, should be getting our constituent back here at home in west hampsteadat i'd like, we've only got another minute, i'd like to get a comment from you both on whether this multiple sort of issues around harassment, borisjohnson, the foreign secretary, priti patel, is telling us there is some decay in this government. tulip, is it a bigger vulnerability for this government? i think it shows the government is weak. the prime minister needs to take action quickly. but my focus this week is bringing my constituent back home, and the foreign secretary needs to retract his statement, fly out to iran, meet her, and bring her back to her house, where she belongs. a lot of people, even friends of the party, they are saying, we can't have five years of this, this just can't go wild. i think the prime minister has been very thoughtful in her speech to the cbi this week —— this can't go on. it was well received by the cbi. on boris, he has apologised and called his counterpart and sought reassurances. his words weren't in any way affecting nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. i

todayis today is a personal thing, it's about our community in west hampstead, and it's about as allthe mess nazanin, we believe in her and she should be that is. there's no clear link between the number of prison suicides and overcrowding, a new international study suggests. packed prison cells have traditionally been thought of as a highly significant factor. however, the research published in the lancet psychiatryjournal did conclude that suicides could be cut by sending fewer people with mental illnesses to prison. prisons can be harsh, depressingand brutal places at times. suicide is a regular occurrence. in england and wales, last year was the worst on record. 119 inmates took their own lives, two every week. staff shortages and population pressures may have played some part in the high suicide rate, but the conditions prisoners are held in are a less significant factor than traditionally thought according to a new study. the research looked at cases across the world. it examined more than 3900 prison suicides in 2a countries. the study found wide variation in prison suicide ra