west midlands police say an 85—year—old woman, who died after being attacked by two dogs in her gardenultiple injuries. the pandemic has had a devastating impact on many young people's mental health. now some of those affected are calling for more support. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo today. crowds are expected to line the streets to witness the historic procession. the boat race is on the move. tomorrow's battle between oxford and cambridge will take place on the great 0use in ely. and in half an hour, panorama goes undercover inside a lab analysing covid—19 tests. that's coming up, here on bbc news. good afternoon. care home residents in england will be allowed to have a second regular visitor indoors from the 12th of april, in a further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions. babies and young children won't be counted in the limit, meaning some residents will be allowed to see small groups of loved ones for the first time in months. daniela relph reports. locked down, kept apart from those they love. the anguish of care home residents a

but, for many people across the west midlands, that won't be the case.mayor here four years ago and thejohn lewis boss turned tory politician has made an ambitious promise if he's re—elected. i've given a very clear commitment, 100,000 jobs in just two years, and that's from the sectors that were already doing well, areas like construction and digital, from the sectors that of course are going to be new growth sectors after the pandemic. it's really important, clearjob opportunities now, it's not fantasy, they're available to us right now to get after. hi, it's liam byrne from the labour party. how are you? his labour rival is busy canvassing support. a long serving local mp and former minister who says it is existing inequalities that have left the region reeling. this was the workshop of the world, this region. we want to be the green workshop of the greener planet. we want to bring back industry. we want to build homes that people can afford. we want to back our young people. we are not getting the kind of action that we need and, look, we are a regio

garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer, a great—grandmother from the west midlandsthousands of people are in central london protesting against the government's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. france has just entered its third national lockdown. non—essential shops and schools across the country are now shut after a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases. calls for peace tonight, after a night of riots in south belfast. 15 police officers were injured and eight people were arrested. a polish catholic church in south london accuses the police of brutally exceeding their powers by breaking up a good friday service. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo shortly. crowds are expected to line the streets to witness the historic procession. people who live in care homes in england will be allowed to have a second regular visitor indoors from 12th april in a further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions. babies and young children won't be counted in the limit, meaning some people will be allowed to see small groups of loved ones

garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer, a great—grandmother from the west midlandsalls for peace tonight after a night of riots in south belfast. 15 police officers were injured and eight people were arrested. a polish catholic church in south london accuses the police of brutally exceeding their powers by breaking up a good friday service. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo shortly. crowds are expected to line the streets, to witness the historic procession. good afternoon. people who live in care homes in england will be allowed to have a second regular visitor indoors from the 12th of april in a further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions. babies and young children won't be counted in the limit, meaning some people will be allowed to see small groups of loved ones for the first time in months. daniela relph reports. alan smith moved to a care home in west sussex but the updated guidance means his daughter and his son can now see him in person as well as newer members of the family. it's just together and talking about o

west midlands police say an 85—year—old woman, who died after being attacked by two dogs in her garden multiple injuries. italy goes into an easter lockdown — as the country struggles with the latest wave of the coronavirus. the uk launches what will be the world's largest ocean monitoring system to protect wildlife and biodiversity. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo today — crowds are expected to line the streets, to witness the historic procession. and coming up... we discover a robot that builds other robots. what could possibly go wrong? that's in click, in half an hour's time. good afternoon. care home residents in england will be allowed to have a second regular visitor indoors from the 12th of april, in a further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions. babies and young children won't be counted in the limit, meaning some residents will be allowed to see small groups of loved ones for the first time in months. daniela relph reports. locked down, kept apart from those they love. the anguish of care home residents and their families began t

in the past few minutes, we've had a statement from west midlands police. this is what was said.r... 85 years of age was under attack from dogs from a neighbouring property. our officers have attended, at which point the dogs had returned through a hole in the fence to the adjacent property and then unfortunately, despite the best efforts of medical professionals and ourselves, that lady died at the scene. an operation then undertook to secure those dogs. they were tranquilizer and transported subsequently to secure kennels, where they currently remain. they are being tested to determine their breed. specialist officers are now working with the family to offer them their support in what is a tragic and horrific incident. west midlands police statement fare on the death of a grandmother at her home in raleigh regis, after a dog attack. president biden has said he's heartbroken at the killing of a police officer outside the us capitol building on friday. william evans was hit by a car and then stabbed. a second officer was wounded. the suspect, named as 25—year—old noah greene from

in contrast here in the west midlands cloudy skies which may be frustrating because there's not moren falling from that cloud. this isjust there's not more rain falling from that cloud. this is just a week by the front across england and wales with barely any rain and more high—pressure building in behind with more dry weather to come in the next few days. we have all that sunshine in scotland and some sunny spells in northern ireland. for wales, the midlands and east anglia and cloud makes up this afternoon and cloud makes up this afternoon and still sunny spells in southern england with the chance of the art heavy shower. a keen north easterly breeze coming into north sea coasts and overall cooler than yesterday but still up to 17 degrees on the north devon coast. and for hay fever sufferers the pollen has dipped a little today but back to high for the rest of the week. going into tonight an area of high pressure is right across us. clear skies and bright is the recipe for another widespread frost. just another look at that area of high pressure, slap bang across the uk so again a

some breaking news now from the west midlands ambulance service. 999 call in herefordshire this morning, so west midlands ambulance service saying one of their technicians has died. now on bbc news... the death of george floyd in minneapolis in may 2020 sparked a public outcry that swept across america after weeks of closely—watched testimony, the jury reached a verdict on the former police officer charged with killing george floyd. nada tawfik reports on the outcome and the impact of one of the most important trials america has ever witnessed. a warning this programme contains images you may find upsetting. what's his name? crowd: george floyd! what's his name? - crowd: george floyd! the death of george floyd in minneapolis last may sparked a public outcry that swept across america and the world. no racist police! black lives matter!

west midlands ambulance service is ruling out foul play. government denies claims that borisjohnson broke the rules. a operation to put out one of the largest gorse fires of recent years in northern ireland is being scaled back,

west midlands police say an 85—year—old woman who died after being attacked by two dogs in her gardenfered multiple injuries. italy goes into an easter lockdown as the country struggles with the latest wave of the coronavirus. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo today. crowds are expected to line the streets to witness the historic procession. now on bbc news, social media, anti—social media, breaking news, faking news — this is the programme about a revolution in media, with amol rajan, the bbc�*s media editor. a handful of tech entrepreneurs in silicon valley have become the editors in chief of the internet. mark zuckerberg of facebook, jack dorsey of twitter, we talk about them and their companies all the time, but we very rarely hear from them. well today, we will. because steve huffman is the ceo of reddit, a multibillion—dollar company which is the seventh most visited website in america. so, what is reddick? is this what the internet should look like, a free space for free speech? a news platform where anything malicious orjust plain bori

west midlands ambulance service is ruling out foul play.lls for the government to face mps over the refurbishment of the prime minister's downing street flat. but the government denies claims that borisjohnson broke the rules. a operation to extinguish one of the largest gorse fires of recent years in northern ireland, is in it's third day — more than 100 firefighters have been trying to put out the flames since friday. england's biggest football teams, and the sport's governing bodies, are staging a four—day boycott of social media from next friday. clubs across the premier league, english football league, women's super league and women's championship will switch off their facebook, twitter and instagram accounts to emphasise that social media companies must do more to eradicate online hate. helping to lead the boycott is anti—discrimination charity kick it out. i spoke with the organisation's chair — sanjay bhandari. the reason we are doing this, i suppose, is threefold. first to signal our collective anger at the damage that online abuse

west midlands police say that an 85—year—old woman who died after being attacked by two dogs in her gardeniple injuries. italy goes into an easter lockdown as the country struggles with the latest wave of the coronavirus. the uk launches what will be the world's largest ocean monitoring system, to protect wildlife and biodiversity. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo today. crowds are expected to line the streets to witness the historic procession. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week — need a new career? this is where the jobs are. the new smart city in the desert. and the robots that can build more robots. what could possibly go wrong? welcome to click. it was exactly one year ago that i stood on this beach, looked into that camera and said some pretty improbable—sounding things. first of all, click had been on airfor 20 years. secondly, the world was going into lockdown. and, thirdly, because of that, we didn't know whether we were going to be able to continue making the programme. and then, of course, the next week, wejust forgot to st

west midlands ambulance service is ruling out foul play.our calls for the government to face mps over the refurbishment of the prime minister's downing street flat. but the government denies claims that borisjohnson broke the rules. good afternoon. the biggest clubs in english football, along with the sport's governing bodies will boycott social media, as part of efforts to fight the racist abuse of players online. the four—day ban will begin on friday. it's an attempt to pressurise the main platforms like facebook and twitter to do more to combat online abuse. players have been repeatedly targeted, often with racist comments. angus crawford has this report. on the pitch, a clear message — there is no room for racism in football. but, on social media, it is a different story. players across the game report relentless, hate—filled abuse. enough is enough, it has been happening for too long. i got it a year ago, boys are still getting it to this day, it's 2021. you are getting racially abused online by anonymous people, you don't know who, bu

and west midlands police also say in that statement that their thoughts are with the friends and familyreets of cairo later on saturday to be transferred to a new museum in the south of the city. crowds are expected to witness the "pharaohs' golden parade" of 18 kings and four queens being transported in gold coffins in chronological order of their reigns. security will be tight, befitting their royal blood and status as national treasures. the procession will include queen hatshepsut and king ramses ii. several people have questioned, what is this event about, who is it for? and it's for, i think, many people at a variety of levels. on one level, i think it's for all the egyptians so that there's a sense of pride and understanding and a way for greater engagement with their own past. people should understand that these pharaohs are incredibly important historically and also important now. all around the world — despite the global pandemic — millions of people will be marking the easter holiday. it is of course one of the most important dates in the christian calendar, but plenty of non

in the past hour we have had this statement from west midlands police.as under attack from dogs from a neighbouring property. our officers have attended, at which point the dogs had returned through a hole in the fence to the adjacent property and then unfortunately, despite the best efforts of medical professionals and ourselves, that lady died at the scene. an operation then undertook to secure those dogs. they were tranquilized and transported subsequently to secure kennels, where they currently remain. they are being tested to determine their breed. specialist officers are now working with the family to offer them their support in what is a tragic and horrific incident. that was the west midlands police statement fair on the woman who died after being attacked by two dogs in her home. campaigners in belgium are calling for urgent reform of the police after a series of high profile deaths. most were from black or from minority ethnic backgrounds and died in custody. no officer — in any of the cases — has beenjailed. it's prompted accusations that the

garden through a hole in the fence, has been named as lucille downer, a great—grandmother from the west midlandss of people are in central london, protesting against the government's �*police, crime, sentencing and courts bill'. france has just entered its third national lockdown , non—essential shops and schools across the country are now shut, after a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases. calls for peace tonight, after a night of riots in south belfast, 15 police officers were injured and 8 people were arrested. a polish catholic church in south london accuses the police of "brutally" exceeding their powers by breaking up a good friday service. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers, will be transported through cairo shortly. crowds are expected to line the streets, to witness the historic procession. now on bbc news, the film review. hello, welcome to film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new releases for viewing in the home while we look forward to cinemas reopening in may. the brilliant french algerian actor, tahar rahim, star of the tv hit, the serpent, got his big break

garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer, a great—grandmother from the west midlandsd courts bill". france has just entered its third national lockdown — nonessential shops and schools across the country are now shut, after a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases.

some breaking news is coming here from west midlands police.o find the mother of baby found dead on supermarket car park in bilston today. bilston is close to wolverhampton. the police say, we were alerted by a member of the public who made the tragic discovery at the car park of morrisons on the black country route just after 9am. at the moment we do not know when they were born or how they came to be in the car park. they are appealing for information about the mother who is a priority at the moment. shops, pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and gyms are among businesses making preparations to reopen with the easing of lockdown in england tomorrow. more than 400,000 nonessential shops are expected to open their doors. schools also return in scotland and wales where restrictions about travelling across the border are also lifted and shops can reopen. in northern ireland nonessential retail remains closed but can now operate click and collect services. here's our business correspondent katy austin. getting a shop ready is a big job. here in leamin

garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer, a great—grandmother from the west midlandsgovernment's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. france has just entered its third national lockdown. non—essential shops and schools across the country are now shut after a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases. calls for peace tonight, after a night of riots in south belfast. 15 police officers were injured and eight people were arrested.

garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer — a great—grandmother from the west midlandsnds of people are in central london protesting against the government's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. calls for peace tonight after a night of riots in south belfast — 15 police officers were injured and eight people were arrested. a polish catholic church in south london accuses the police of "brutally" exceeding their powers by breaking up a good friday service. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo shortly — crowds are expected to line the streets, to witness the historic procession. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello. yes, this is sportsday. you're live at the bbc sport centre with me ben croucher on a packed saturday of sport. coming up.... the women's six nations might look a bit different this year but little has changed for defending champions england. thomas tuchel tastes defeat for the first time as chelsea boss. walloped by west brom. and tomorrow's boat race will look a bit different. moved from the london due t

west midlands police say an 85—year—old woman, who died after being attacked by two dogs in her garden an easter lockdown — as the country struggles with the latest wave of the coronavirus. the uk launches what will be the world's largest ocean monitoring system to protect wildlife and biodiversity. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo today — crowds are expected to line the streets, to witness the historic procession.

meanwhile perugia dortmund manchester city began to to one up standby for a lead from the english west midlandsg score. now manchester city knew they had to score, there was urgency, there was the breiner, there was a crossbar. nothing for city in the first half. soon another chapter of confusion in the handball handbook. the ball struck, penalty given. manchester cities manager had no doubts but the officials did. they looked at replays, did it it is at first, it was that natural? still at first, it was that natural? still a penalty. mar as his opportunity. manchester city are level. 32 270 overall and now they had an away goal. then dortmund made a critical error, they left with time and space for theirs. error, they left with time and space fortheirs. if error, they left with time and space for theirs. if this is cities year for theirs. if this is cities year for europe well, maybe it's bowden who makes the difference. so next up for manchester city is last year's finalists paris saint germain. and city's phil foden is already looking forward he's already posted this message to p the first l

british woman in her 80s has died, after being attacked in her garden by two escaped dogs in the west midlandson bbc news, it's time for the travel show. coming up on this week's show: we are gonna go into freefall. i can do this. here we go. i can't believe this guy is actually trusting me to cut his hair. grab the tail, oh and we're away! this is one of the craziest things i've done in my entire life. hello and welcome to this week's travel show, very firmly not going anywhere right now, but hoping we will be back on the road again sometime soon. until then we are here to keep you inspired and hopefully entertained until we can all start making plans again and take those trips we have all been missing so much. well, for many of us, south america really is one of those once—in—a—lifetime destinations. so rich in culture, scenery, wildlife, and sheer life force, it's one of those places that once you visit, you never quite forget. so this week we are taking a look back at some of our favourite travel show adventures in brazil, argentina, chile and peru. so why not stick around, and who knows,

there are also 13 mayoral elections — including greater manchester — the west midlands, london and for priorities for police in their area. there are also national elections in scotland & wales. 129 seats are up for grabs in the scottish parliament. that's made up of 73 constituencies — and a further 56 seats made up from regional lists. and in wales, 60 seats are in play — 40 constituencies — and a further 20 seats again made up from the regional list system. the election is on may the 6th, but due to the coronavirus restrictions it will be a few days until we find out the results. professorjohn curtice, professor of politics at university of strathclyde joins me now. i believe i am correct in saying that the date for applying for postal votes has already passed there? ., �* , postal votes has already passed there? . �*, . ., there? that's correct. the date was made earlier— there? that's correct. the date was made earlier in _ there? that's correct. the date was made earlier in scotland _ there? that's correct. the date was made earlier in scotland as - there? that's correct. the dat

west midlands ambulance service is ruling out foul play. now on bbc news... travel show and ade adepitan investigates the impact covid—i9 has had on the business of travel and goes in search of killer whales off the coast of norway. this week on the travel show: how the travel industry uses your money to pay for someone else�*s holiday. transforming trash into art in lisbon. what really matters is the message behind the pieces. and i'm looking for killer whales in norway. so, a killer whale can take down a great white shark? yeah, they would flip it over on the back. oh, my days! hello and welcome to this week's travel show, with me, ade adepitan. now, i'm in london this week, basically because we can't go anywhere, but we're still hoping that we'll be allowed to get back out on the road again very soon. until then, though, we are taking the opportunity to ask some big questions about travel. last time, we were asking if the pandemic will change the way we all travel in the future. this week, we're looking at why it took months and months for so many of us to

meanwhile, at borussia dortmund, manchester city began 2—1 up but stand by for a lad from the english west midlandshe tie for the german team. commentator: jude bellingham with a fantastic finish! _ bellingham is just 17. these days germany is often the finishing school. now manchester city knew they had to score. there was urgency, there was kevin de bruyne... there was the crossbar. nothing for city in the first half, but soon another chapter of confusion in the handball handbook. the ball struck emre can, penalty given. manchester city's manager had no doubts but the officials did. they looked at replays. did that hit his head first? was that arm natural? still a penalty. riyad mahrez�*s opportunity. 3—2 to manchester city overall, and now they had an away goal. then dortmund made a critical error. they left phil foden with time and space for this. if this is city's year for europe, well, maybe it's foden who makes the difference. joe wilson, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers wi

west midlands ambulance service is ruling out foul play. labour calls for the government to face mps over the refurbishment of the prime minister's downing street flat. but the government denies claims that borisjohnson broke the rules. a operation to put out one of the largest gorse fires of recent years in northern ireland is being scaled back, with firefighters working on extinguishing hotspots. it's time for the week in parliament hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. texts for tax breaks or ventilators to save lives? labour keep up the pressure on the prime minister over lobbying. sleaze, sleaze, sleaze. and it's all on his watch. race in the uk, the equalities minister denounces critics of a major report. the government even more firmly condemns the deeply personal and racialised attacks against the commissioners, which have included death threats. why are our rivers so dirty? feargal sharkey gets vocal. it's time for everybody to put - on their big boys' pants and start taking this seriously. and planning a big wedding?

there was a west midlands derby as birmingham city women beat coventry united ladies 5—1 at solihull.the second formula one grand prix of the season had it all; a huge crash and a brilliant drive from lewis hamilton to make it onto the podium, but it was max verstappen�*s red bull that took the chequered flag in italy. adam wild reports. arriving in the sunshine, heading out in the rain. imola in the springtime — who knows what to expect? it's lights out and away we go... well, reigning champion lewis hamilton at the front felt familiar enough, but behind him, the looming threat of red bull. that wouldn't stay behind him for long. hamilton against max verstappen — it may be the story of the season, playing out here behind the spray. keep an eye on that weather, though. the rain was slowly going. the chaos coming at pace. a rare mistake from lewis hamilton took him into the gravel. he would make it back out eventually, unlike his team—mate, valtteri bottas, colliding with george russell's williams. bad enough to stop the race. some time, then, for recriminations... radio: what was he d

garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer, a great—grandmother from the west midlandson, newcastle, birmingham, liverpool, dorset and bristol. where protesters blocked the entrance to a motorway leading into the city — around 100 people marched

garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer, a great—grandmother from the west midlandssands of people across england protested against the government's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, in london, newcastle, birmingham, liverpool, dorset and bristol. where protesters blocked the entrance to a motorway leading into the city — around 100 people marched from the city centre to the m32 before heading back. we'll bring you the papers in just a minute, but first some news coming to us from northern ireland. police have been attacked on the outskirts of belfast, in newtonabbey, with petrol bombs and fireworks. a crowd of 30 to a0 people blocked a roundabout with two burning cars earlier this evening. it follows similar violence last night, in which 27 police officers were injured in belfast and londonderry. our northern ireland correspondent mark simpson has more. the trouble began here as darkness fell. this is about five miles outside the centre of belfast. a crowd of around 30 to a0 people gathered at the roundabout, you can see behind me. they blocked the roundabo

the ambulance at the time was responding to a 999 call in herefordshire this morning, so west midlands ambulance service saying one of their technicians has died. now on bbc news... the death of george floyd in minneapolis in may 2020 sparked a public outcry that swept across america after weeks of closely—watched testimony, the jury reached a verdict on the former police officer charged with killing george floyd. nada tawfik reports on the outcome and the impact of one of the most important trials america has ever witnessed. a warning this programme contains images you may find upsetting. what's his name? crowd: george floyd! what's his name? - crowd: george floyd! the death of george floyd in minneapolis last may sparked a public outcry that swept across america and the world. no racist police! black lives matter! the horrific events caught on camera spurred a reckoning with america's history of racial injustice. chanting: we're not leaving! change once and for all was demanded to address the plight of black men and women at the hands of police — but also the lasting impact of slaver

african covid variant is expanded — it's now taking place in parts of smethwick and cape hill in the west midlandssecond wave of coronavirus infections continues to surge in india. 200,000 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours — a daily record. there've been reports of a shortage of hospital beds and life—saving drugs, and in the western state of maharashtra, new restrictions have come into force. however, that hasn't been enough to stop some mass gatherings. millions of hindu devotees have been making their way to participate in the kumb mela festival. tanya dendrinos reports. a ritual cleansing of sins. hindus believe the ganges river to be holy. devotees bathing for salvation, and faith outweighing concerns in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. translation: there is fear of coronavirus. - but faith is at its peak. kumbh repeats itself every 12 years. we left our dailyjob to come here. translation: we definitely have a fear of infection, - because people are extremely careless. they are only wearing masks because they fear getting a fine. they are not afraid at all. on the contrary, t

a two—week—old baby boy has died after his pram was hit by a car in the west midlands.appened near walsall yesterday afternoon. the driver fled the scene, but a 34—year—old man was arrested shortly afterwards. he's being questioned on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has appeared in court injerusalem for the resumption of his corruption trial. he's accused of misusing his power in seeking to trade favours with media bosses. mr netanyahu denies wrongdoing. the hearing comes as wrangling continues over who should be given the mandate to form the next coalition government. live now to our correspondent, yolande knell, who's injerusalem. israelis are watching all this news very closely. in a courtroom, just behind me, the first witness is giving his testimony in the criminal case against the country's longest serving prime minister. there will now be three days of hearings in the court every week. and it has been a day notjust of legal drama, but that has spilled over into political drama as well. it has been c

colleagues at west midlands ambulance service paid tribute tojeremy daw, who had recently returned toone of life's good people, you know? he was a public servant that did his nearly 30 years in the ambulance service. he was a mentor, a friend, colleague, a father. he was doting husband. things like this shouldn't happen to anybody, but for people that provided that public service, we're devastated. and this hurts. it really, really hurts at this moment in time. the headlines on bbc news... families are told to buy their own oxygen as india hits a record number of new coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row a senior minister declines to say whether borisjohnson was ever lent money or sought donations to help pay for the redecoration of his downing street flat. england's biggest football teams — and the sport's governing bodies — will stage a four—day boycott of social media from next friday — to campaign for social media companies to crack down on online abuse. three days of mourning have been declared in iraq after a fire at a baghdad hospital, in which at least 82 people have d

west midlands police say an 85—year—old woman who died yesterday after being attacked by two dogs sufferede injuries. the dogs did not belong to the victim and the property remains sealed off by police. a man has been arrrested and released on bail. anisa kadri reports. flowers laid at the scene of the dog attack near dudley. police say two dogs from a neighbouring property managed to get into an 85—year—old woman's garden in lyme regis yesterday. neighbours raised the alarm but she was found with multiple injuries. our officers have attended, at which point the dogs had returned through a hole in the fence to the adjacent property and then, unfortunately, despite the best efforts of medical professionals and ourselves, that lady died at the scene. a man in his 40s has been arrested and bailed for further enquiries. police describe the dogs as large and said they were tranquilized and seized so tests could be carried out to establish their breed. police have not yet named the victim but continue to investigate the circumstances of the dog attack. a postmortem is expected to determine the c

flowers have been laid outside her home near dudley in the west midlands.n released on bail pending more inquiries. the met police have said they will be engaging with church authorities over easter to ensure that all services adhere to covid restrictions. the message comes after police were called to reports of people queuing outside of christ the king church in london yesterday. the service was stopped but no penalty notices were issued. the metropolitan police say 26 arrests have been made after ten officers were injured following protests in london tonight. earlier thousands of people across england and wales marched in opposition to the government's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. the legislation would make it easier for police to intervene in a protest if it was deemed too disruptive. duncan kenendy reports. the biggest demonstration was here in london, attracting several hundred protesters. the first around hyde park... and then here in parliament square. for much of the time it was peaceful. screaming until scuffles broke out when police

with causing death by dangerous driving after a baby died when his pram was hit by a car in the west midlandsavement by his family yesterday afternoon. james davis from walsall will appear in court tomorrow. the head of the minneapolis police force has told the trial of derek chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing george floyd, that mr chauvin broke police rules and ethics when he arrested george floyd in may last year. derek chauvin denies murder and manslaughter. our correspondent gary o'donohue is following the trial in minneapolis. gary. another dramatic day of evidence here _ gary. another dramatic day of evidence here at _ gary. another dramatic day of evidence here at the - gary. another dramatic day of evidence here at the trial. - gary. another dramatic day of| evidence here at the trial. the centrepiece of course the black police chief of minneapolis. he described how derek chauvin�*s actions were in contravention of department policy and ethics in the way he arrested george floyd, in the way he arrested george floyd, in the way he arrested george floyd, in the way he

west midlands ambulance service has said the incident took place earlier this morning, to the north ofdead at the scene. firefighters have stepped up their attempts to tackle a major blaze spreading across the mourne mountains in northern ireland. people are being urged to stay away from the area, amid warnings that further fires could break out this weekend. catherine morrison reports. halfway up the mountain, the ground is still alight. flames fanned by a steady easterly wind spread quickly across the tinder dry mountain. it is more than 24 hours after the fire started and the battle continues to put it out. these flames were pushed right round the mountain by strong winds last night. but the firefighters i spoke to said they are not too worried about this fire, it will burn itself out but what they are trying to do is create fire breaks to stop the flames spreading into the forest. last night a ring of fire encircling the mountain seen from 20 miles away. a site usually associated with a california mountainside, not county down. at one point the fire came close to some properties. 0

speaker, i'm lost in admiration for what andy street is doing, he's a fantastic mayor of the west midlands, he's got a fantastic vision for transport, for jobs, for recovery. i hope everybody votes for andy street on may 6. >> liz saville-roberts. liz. >> i think it's worth repeating the ministerial code 7 guiding principles. selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership. the prime minister has spent the week ticking them off on his "don't do" list. at the same time he tries to play down allegations of saying let the bodies pile high. given that the sole judge on questions relating to the conduct of ministers and the conduct of the prime minister is the prime minister himself, what happens when a prime minister goes rogue? >> mr. speaker, the people of this country have the chance to make their own minds up on may 6. and when they look at what's happening in wales, mr. speaker, they have a chance to make a choice between what i'm afraid a continually failing welsh labor government or welsh conservative administration in cardiff i believe has a fant

. - they might hang on to most i of the metro mayors including the west midlands and then - theyperhapsll might sneak they perhaps above all might sneak the hartlepool by—election. meanwhile, north of the border, nicola sturgeon fails to get - an overall majority, _ the conservatives hang on to second place and the uk government feels emboldened to try to kick - the scottish constitutional question into touch. - conversely, what would be| a good session for labour? well, to be doing an awful lot better in the opinion - polls at the moment. ideally, to be seen to be doing better than jeremy corbyn did i in his first local elections - in 2016, which at the time got a pretty lukewarm reception, - but a lot of the seats being fought over in 2016 are being fought over again this year. - that labour in wales manage to get an overall majority, _ with 31 seats, they hang - on to the hartlepool by—election. oh, yes, and they manage i to come second in scotland. probably neither party is going - to manage to bag all of those wins but that is probably . what both sides ideally would like to see us

a two—week—old baby boy has died after his pram was hit by a car in the west midlands.near walsall yesterday afternoon. the driver fled the scene — but a 34—year—old man was arrested shortly afterwards. he's being questioned on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. the headlines on bbc news: a traffic light system for foreign travel, is expected to be unveiled — when borisjohnson sets out his plans to further ease the lockdown in england today. an expansion of the coronavirus testing programme. everyone in england will have access to two free rapid tests a week, from this friday. hairdressers, homeware shops and garden centres are reopening in scotland, as covid restrictions are eased. before we get to the downing street news conference, time for a pause to catch up with what is happening in the sporting world, with gavin at the sporting world, with gavin at the bbc sport centre. lots of sport despite the restrictions caused by covid? absolutely, shaun, very busy easter weekend so far. we will get through them in a moment. the spanish league has released a st

i think the people of the west midlands should vote for another term for mayor andy street.ct government ministers, civil servants and other public bodies that when purchasing goods and services, they must by british first? yes. purchasing goods and services, they must by british first?— must by british first? yes, of course, must by british first? yes, of course. mr— must by british first? yes, of course, mr speaker. - must by british first? yes, of course, mr speaker. and i must by british first? yes, of| course, mr speaker. and look must by british first? yes, of i course, mr speaker. and look at must by british first? yes, of - course, mr speaker. and look at what we are achieving. since the ppe crisis began, since the pandemic began, we have turned things around. we have procured 32 billion items a ppe. 85% of it can now be made in this country, which was completely impossible before the pandemic. look at what is happening. we have got the valneva factory in scotland. we have got now have access in teesside. it is going to be absolutely indispensable for our future succ

there are also 13 mayoral elections — including greater manchester — the west midlands, london and forso national elections in scotland & wales. 129 seats are up for grabs in the scottish parliament. that's made up of 73 constituencies — and a further 56 seats made up from regional lists and in wales — 60 seats are in play — 40 constituencies — and a further 20 seats again made up from the regional list system. the election is on may 6th, but due to the coronavirus restrictions it will be a few days until we find out the results. joining me now is ailsa irvine from the electoral commission. that is, of course, the independent body which oversees elections in the uk. ailsa, thank you very much for joining us. let's begin with how we can vote in these elections, and vote safely. what changes have been brought in because of the pandemic? local councils across great britain have been working hard over the last year to make sure polling stations will be safe places to vote on the 6th of may. so, polling stations will look different than they have donein will look different than they have do

west midlands ambulance service is ruling out foul play.hey were particle for the government to face mps over the refurbishment of the prime minister's downing street flat. the government denies claims boris johnson broke the rules. now on bbc news a report on the outcome and impact of one the most important trials in america has ever witnessed. a warning this programme contains images you may find upsetting. what's his name? crowd: , ., the death of george floyd in minneapolis last may sparked a public outcry that swept across america and the world. no racist police! black lives matter! the horrific events caught on camera spurred a reckoning with america's history of racial injustice. chanting: we're not leaving! change once and for all was demanded to address the plight of black men and women at the hands of police — but also the lasting impact of slavery and colonialism. newsreader: we are getting word this evening of some rock-throwing - by youths in south—central los angeles. the response to george floyd's death was an echo of the out