wood treatment limited is charged with four counts of corporate manslaughter relating to the deaths andloyees. during a short hearing, elizabeth reid for the prosecution wrote out the charges faced by wood treatment limited. george putin, philip smith and peter schindler, all three men spoke to confirm their name and address. the court also heard they denied the charges. there was no indication... the investigation has been lengthy, detailed and complicated, involving cheshire police and the health and safety executive. the defendants will appear before chester crown court in the new year. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister and labour leader were among those who fell silent to remember the victims of the london bridge attack — while a minute‘s silence was also held in cambridge for jack merritt and saskia jones. the un secretary—general says the world must end its "war against nature" as two weeks of talks on climate change begin in madrid. jeremy corbyn pledges to cut railfares by a third and give under—16s free travel as part of labour‘s plan to renationalise the railways.