westminster magistrates' court heard that they had failed to pay a penny in tax on £21 million of revenuet devon and cornwall police can seize £2 million from the social media influencers who are awaiting trial in romania for charges that they deny. westminster magistrates' court saying they had failed to pay a penny in tax on £21 million of revenue from their online businesses. lots more on our website and stay with us on bbc news. i will be back in a few moments, but let's get the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again! it's been a windy and a mild start to the day. we've also had some rain courtesy of this area of low pressure. the rain pushing northwards and eastwards and clearing, only to be replaced later by the next batch of rain coming up from the southwest. so as we go through the course of the afternoon, we will see behind the rain, some brighter skies developing, even some sunshine. a peppering of showers coming in across the northwest, and then heavier rain moving in across the southwest and also in through wales. temperatures today widely ten to 13 degrees, but in scotland

>> in july, he arrived at westminster magistrates court to answer multiple allegations of possessingt images of children. is there a 41? pictures and video clips, including seven of the most serious category a abuse images, two involving a child as young as seven. >> extraordinary scenes at westminster magistrates court, where the former bbc presenter huw edwards has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children, some as young as seven. >> almost two months later, huw edwards was back in the same court for sentencing. and there was widespread anger as he avoided a jail term. instead, he was handed a six month suspended sentence and a court order that he must attend a treatment programme. his legal team said he was deeply remorseful. mr edwards, do you repent? the judge ruled against the implementation of a sexual harm prevention order, which would have allowed authorities to monitor his use of the internet. what do you say to your victims? huw edwards with nothing to say to those victims. huw edwards left the court, his career in tatters, but having avoided any time behind bar

westminster magistrates court heard that they had failed to pay a penny in tax on £21 million of revenuee businesses between 2014 and 2022. syria is not stable enough for a large—scale return of refugees, according to a warning by the head of the un's international organisation for migration. speaking after a visit to damascus, amy pope said about a 100,000 people had already returned. 0ur middle east correspondent lina sinjab who's in damascus, gave us the latest on the challenges for refugees getting back to syria. the country has suffered 13 years of war and its economy has collapsed. the assad regime is a corrupt regime, depleted all its resources for his own benefit and the benefit of its own, you know, group of loyalists. and, you know, to have the thousands of or hundreds of thousands of refugees to come back. that's a big challenge because most of their cities, towns, streets and homes have been destroyed by assad's bombing. we visited the outskirts of damascus, right at the edge of the like the outskirts of the city centre, and it's completely flattened. and we were told that 40

he's now been bailed and will appear at westminster magistrates court on wednesday . magistrates court on wednesday. we've heard today that a labour councillor has been arrested and charged with stalking offences. philip bratt, who represented glasgow during the cop26 summit, has also been suspended from the party pending investigation. the 48 year old represented the anderson ward over 15 years and was once the head of strathclyde police authority. he's expected to appear at glasgow sheriff court at a later date . a mother court at a later date. a mother who hid a spy camera above her toddler's cot months before his death has admitted neglect. paula roberts confessed to failing to get medical help after her son charlie, aged just one, suffered injuries in the weeks before he died. the 41 year old's partner, christopher stockton, is on trial for murder, accused of causing fatal head injuries while the boy was in his care. he claims that the boy choked on a biscuit and collapsed, but prosecutors say he caused widespread brain bleeding. the trial at teesside crown court

in his judgement, handed down at westminster magistrates court this morning. agistrate said that what appeared to be a complex financial matrix was actually a straightforward cheat of the revenue. just briefly also announced today, restaurant critic grace dent will judge the next series of celebrity masterchef alongside john torode. the 51 year old will step in for the upcoming 20th series, after gregg wallace stepped away from the programme following allegations of inappropriate behaviour. dentists appeared regularly as a guest on masterchef 1524 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08

metropolitan police constable ian brotherton, who's 32, will appear at westminster magistrates court wednesday. he is also accused of causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving. he's been charged over the death of 26 year old christopher de carvalho will geddes, whose moped was hit by a police car on an emergency call in enfield, north london, on the 12th of october last year . on the 12th of october last year. just finally, tea firm typhoo has been bought out of administration after they failed to appoint administrators last wednesday. vapes and batteries maker supreme has bought the 121 year old firm. it was announced this morning that they had agreed a rescue deal to buy the historic brand. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to tom and emily for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/alerts . code, or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's eight minutes past midday and it's the 2nd of december, so happy christmas i happy christmas! >> after what many may con

police, the metropolitan police say the individuals, aged between 23 and 62, will appear at westminster magistrates courtday. the kurdistan workers party, known as pkk , banned in the uk known as pkk, banned in the uk since 2001, has waged an armed separatist campaign in turkey since the 1980s. officers have thanked the kurdish community in london for their patience during their ongoing inquiries. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is set to begin testifying today in a trial over charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery. it's taking place today after a court rejected a request to postpone it until march 2025, despite the ongoing war in gaza. he's expected to arrive very shortly in court. netanyahu is facing charges in three cases, known as case 1000 2000 and case 4000. the trial venue has been moved from jerusalem to tel aviv for added security, with his testimony to be heard in a fortified underground hall . and fortified underground hall. and back here at home, hundreds of tractors are set to roll into westminster this week as farmers protest changes to agricultural inheritance tax. rall

metropolitan police constable ian brotherton, who's 32, he's going to appear at westminster magistrates courtn wednesday accused of causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving and travel disruption could be on the way, with the met office warning icy stretches and some dense freezing fog patches this week. temperatures could plunge to as low as —eight degrees celsius in some areas after a pretty mild weekend, with tonight expected to be the coldest nights of the week. it's parts of scotland over high ground, which are expected to reach the lowest temperatures. well, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm cameron walker. now it's back to martin for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts . or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you cameron. now, after what most would consider to be a torrid first five months in office, sir keir starmer is looking to reset his government as he launches his so—called plan for change. the prime minister is to outline new targets for fighting crime. the economy a

superintendent jamie gordon, of the south east command unit, has been bailed to appear at westminster magistrates' court offences were reported by a woman, who said they took place last december, when the officer was off—duty. the prime minister has met his greek counterpart for talks on dublin street. keir starmer says he hopes to build on the strong bilateral relationship between the two countries. the potential return to athens of the elgin marbles was not on the agenda. the ceasefire in lebanon is looking increasingly shaky. both israel and hezbollah have been accusing each other of violating the truce, but yesterday the situation escalated. the lebanese authorities say at least 11 people were killed in israeli air strikes, and hezbollah for the first time fired rockets at an israeli position. live now to our correspondent barbara plett usher in beirut — so barbara this truce just a few days old but already looking fragile? yes, for the past few days israel has been bombing part of lebanon, mostly in the south, but not only. it has been saying has blah word mark has been violating the ceasefire, and

westminster. two men have been charged with assaulting police officers after a disturbance at manchester airport injuly. 20—year—old mohammed amaaz, and 25—year—old muhammed amaad will appear at liverpool magistrates�* courtng charged over the incident. 0ur reporter alison freemanjoins me now. alison, remind us of what happened at the airport? it was back injuly that it was back in july that video it was back injuly that video was it was back in july that video was circulated showing a police officer apparently assaulting a man who was lying on the floor at manchester airport. it wasn't until a few days later that cctv emerged showing the build—up. in the footage you could see three officers appearing to try to restrain a man before a second man intervened. a fight broke out and two officers were punched to the ground. the crown prosecution service has said today it has charged two men with assaults on police officers. they are mohammed amaaz, who is 20 and charged with two offences of causing actual bodily harm, in charge of assaulting emergency work and one of common assault. and muhammed amaad, 25 is charged with causing actual bodily harm. that cctv footage went on to show one of the men being tasered