daniel sanford, bbc news, woolwich crown court. and some have been paid too little. in news has foundidence of gender bias. the bbc sets pay. here's our media editor amol rajan. itself. earners last summer. we have had quite a busy morning. had been made. i do believe that some men have been paid too much. there is absolutely no doubt about that. at the bbc. i don't know what went on before. you were director of news, weren't you in your previous job? that was, i'm afraid to say, 20 odd years ago. it is 20 odd years ago that some of these grievances stem from. to be heard. increase in transparency. of mps. who have formally complained. an equal pay review. and when i did that i had an immediate five grand pay rise. peers were earning when they were still doing identicaljobs. drama, and entertainment rather than news. wrong for years. down the organisation. tyrant is in chinos who just have not had the memo yet. women deserve equal pay for equal work. from its inception under lord reed, the bbc has been a moral project. it is therefore held to higher ideals than most of its rivals. ave

daniel sandford is at woolwich crown court. daniel, tell us more about what was said in court?oking at what darren osborne had been doing on the internet in the two weeks before the attack. he appears to have joined twitter about two weeks before the attack, some evidence suggests that. on that date he receives a direct message from jade fransson, he receives a direct message from jade fra nsson, the he receives a direct message from jade fransson, the deputy leader of britain first. over the next few days he does several searches, both forjada fransson days he does several searches, both for jada fra nsson and days he does several searches, both forjada fransson and the leader of britain first. you'll to receive direct messages from tommy robinson, the leader of the adl, and at the far right group. on the day before he travelled to london to allegedly carry out the attack, it seems on an ipad belonging to his eldest daughter that he reads two tweets from tommy robinson, one saying when the muslims bond our kids we were told not to look back in anger, and where was the day of r

daniel sandford, bbc news, woolwich crown court. more on that story on our website.ith the rest of the news. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: real madrid shown no neighbourly love as leganes knock them out of the copa del rey. arsenal are through to the english league cup final after victory over chelsea. and angelique kerber is among the winners on day ten of the australian open and remains on course to regain the title she won two years ago. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that real madrid have been knocked out of the copa del rey at the quarterfinal stage by near neighbours leganes on away goals. the european champions won the opening leg 1—0 but lost out 2—1 in this encounter as their home stadium of the bernabeu, which will add to the pressure on head coach zinedine zidane. the visitors took the lead and levelled the aggregate scores in the 31st minute whenjavier eraso put the ball in the net. shortly after half ti

today his family were at woolwich crown court to watch as 48—year—old darren 0sborne from cardiff wentd deliberately driven into a group of muslims, trying to kill as many as possible. the prosecution say darren 0sborne became enraged after a bbc drama about sexual abuse by pakistani men in rochdale, and by the attacks on london and manchester. his partner said he was a ticking time bomb who followed on twitter tommy robinson, the founder of the far right group the edl. the day before the attack he hired a large van. that saturday evening darren 0sborne came here to his local pub, the hollybush, and the prosecution say that witnesses remember him writing on a piece of paper, and then becoming increasingly loud and abusive about muslims. the prosecution say that after the attack a misspelled note was found in the cab of the van 0sborne hired. part of it reads... the prosecution say that this pro—palestinian march may have been darren osborne's original target, but when that didn't prove viable he instead started looking for mosques. their case is that it was an act of terrorism designed

daniel sandford, bbc news, at woolwich crown court.ter. but now, sport today. hello, i'm nick marshall—mccormack and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up: back in the swing. the 2016 champion anjali kerber thrashes madison keys to make the australian open semi—finals. back in the swing. after 12 months out of the game tiger woods is ready for another comeback. and commissioner goddell gives us his insight into the nfl‘s kneeling that knocked national pride. even though we didn't disagree with the form of protest, we were forced to listen and really understand them and that doesn't happen very much in oui’ and that doesn't happen very much in our society. hi there wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. former champion angelique kerber stormed into the semi—finals of the australian open with a 6—1, 6—2 demolition of us open finalist madison keys on wednesday. the german 21st seed took just 51 minutes to crush the american 17th seed and will face either world number one simona halep or sixth s

today, his family were at woolwich crown court to watch as 48—year—old darren 0sborne from cardiff wenthad deliberately driven into a group of muslims, trying to kill as many as possible. the prosecution say darren 0sborne became enraged after a bbc drama about sexual abuse by pakistani men in rochdale, and by the attacks on london and manchester. his partner said he was a ticking time bomb who followed on twitter tommy robinson, the founder of the far right group the edl. the day before the attack he hired a large van. that saturday evening darren 0sborne came here to his local pub, the hollybush, and the prosecution say that witnesses remember him writing on a piece of paper, and then becoming increasingly loud and abusive about muslims. the prosecution say that after the attack a misspelled note was found in the cab of the van 0sborne hired. part of it reads: the prosecution say that this pro—palestinian march may have been darren 0sborne's original target, but when that didn't prove viable he instead started looking for mosques. their case is that it was an act of terrorism designed

daniel sanford, bbc news, woolwich crown court. economically after brexit. and all show a reduction inwth. and said such forecasts by civil servants were "always wrong". 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. are you still in control of your party, prime minister? that nagging question again. meeting the leader of estonia. theresa may says the uk won't lose out when it leaves the eu. future and britain's after brexit. economy might be held back. are we poorer as a result of brexit? by the news website buzzfeed. or world trade organisation rules. a route taken by countries including norway. and claimed the leak had been used to damage the case for brexit. preliminary analysis. it is an attempt to undermine our exit from the european union. brexiteers argued don't believe long—term forecasts. immediate recession if we chose to leave. 5%. both were made to look extremely foolish. they felt that brexit wasn't working. political embarrassment. this is a cover—up, mr speaker, pure and simple. and it stinks. of conservative rebels. over these documents, in confidence if necessary.

daniel sandford, bbc news, at woolwich crown court.n police is investigating a new allegation of sexual assault made against the convicted rapist, john worboys. bbc news understands that the claim dates back to 1997 and the alleged victim came forward in the past few weeks. worboys, who was jailed nine years ago, has been cleared for release by the parole board at the end of this month. mark easton explained how this new development could potentially affect the release plans. given the huge national outcry, police will throw everything they can at this new investigation. it is still in its early stages. they will put it together as quickly as possible and give it to prosecutors. the crown prosecution service will need to be convinced there is a reasonable reason to convict. it may not be straightforward. this allegation goes back more than two decades, 1997, an allegation of sexual assault againstjohn worboys. don't forget, prosecutors will need to be persuaded it passes what they call the evidential test. this allegation precedes all

he told woolwich crown court he could not explain why that man was never seen, arguing that perhaps hee palace of westminster while a proposed multibillion—pound refurbishment of the historic building takes place. the commons approved the motion by a narrow majority. the planned move won't take effect until 2025 at the earliest, and is part of proposed modernisation works costing £5.6 billion. a rare lunar event being called the super—blue—blood—moon has bewitched sky—watchers around the world. it can only happen when there is a second full moon in the same month, and when it is closest to the earth in orbit, making it look much brighter and bigger. and that has coincided with a lunar eclipse, which has given it a reddish glow in some parts of the world — something that has not happened for a generation. now it is time for newsnight, with evan davies. he might have thought out sourcing public services did not work for the taxpayer, but another profit warning shows it may be doesn't work for private companies either. capita says it needs to streamline its business and get it debt down,

darren osborne denies murder and attempted murder. from the trial at woolwich crown court. and injuredclose to a dozen more. a police camera caught this conversation. i lost control of the van,. that has in previous years been attended byjeremy corbyn. ran off. asked? no, i was changing my trousers, osborne explained. participation, didn't you? i have no answer to that, darren osborne replied. and terry is totally fabricated, isn't it? incorrect, osborne replied. right group, we were going to call ourselves per taffia. had said, no, i am flying solo, mate. swapped over while the van was still in motion. in motion. dave's last name, you can't remember that? that? it was a unicorn, was it best remark --? worse off, after brexit. and all show a reduction in growth. servants were "always wrong". our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. are you still in control of your party, prime minister? party, prime minister? that nagging question again. question again. that meant meeting the leader of estonia. estonia. won't lose out when it leaves the eu. eu. private doubts about her futur

today, his family were at woolwich crown court to watch as 48—year—old darren osborne from cardiff wentonathan rees qc for the prosecution said osborne had deliberately driven into a group of muslims, trying to kill as many as possible. the prosecution say darren osborne became enraged after a bbc drama about sexual abuse by pakistani men in rochdale, and by the attacks on london and manchester. his partner said he was a ticking time bomb who followed on twitter tommy robinson, the founder of the far right group the edl. the day before the attack, he hired a large van. that saturday evening, darren osborne came here to his local pub, the hollybush, and the prosecution say that witnesses remember him writing on a piece of paper, and then becoming increasingly loud and abusive about muslims. the prosecution say that after the attack, a misspelled note was found in the cab of the van osborne hired. part of it reads: the prosecution say that this pro—palestinian march may have been darren osborne's original target, but when that didn't prove viable, he instead started looking for mosques. t

today, his family were at woolwich crown court to watch as 48—year—old darren osborne, from cardiff,he prosecution said osborne had deliberately driven into a group of muslims, trying to kill as many as possible. the prosecution say darren osborne became enraged after a bbc drama about sexual abuse by pakistani men in rochdale, and by the attacks on london and manchester. his partner said he was a ticking time bomb who followed on twitter tommy robinson, the founder of the far—right group the edl. the day before the attack, he hired a large van. that saturday evening, darren osborne came here to his local pub, the hollybush, and the prosecution say that witnesses remember him writing on a piece of paper, and then becoming increasingly loud and abusive about muslims. the prosecution say that after the attack, a misspelled note was found in the cab of the van osborne hired. part of it reads... the prosecution say that this pro—palestinian march may have been darren osborne's originalftargefi the muslim community. daniel sandford, bbc news. the head of the army — general sir nick carter

daniel sandford, bbc news, at woolwich crown court.e serial sex attacker, john worboys, were given written assurances about how long he would spend in prison — suggesting that he would effectively serve a life sentence. in the letters it was suggested he would be unlikely to be charged with further crimes as he was down for a lengthy many of his victims are angry that worboys has been approved for release from prison by the parole board after serving less than ten years. figures out today show the number people in work has risen to a record high. unemployment in the uk fell by 3000 to 1.41; million in the three months to november. but the data from the office for national statistics also shows that wage growth remained below the level of inflation. the former prime minister david cameron has been overheard saying that brexit has turned out ‘less badly‘ than feared. in comments caught on camera, mr cameron, who campaigned to remain in the eu, said leaving the eu was a mistake but ‘not a disaster‘. our political correspondent vicki young

daniel sandford, bbc news, at woolwich crown court. aled jones, is to resume work presenting songs of praise. he was suspended last october while complaints about inappropriate past behaviour were investigated. in a statement, aled jones apologised for the "hurt" he caused and gave his assurance his behaviour won't be repeated. thousands of management posts are likely to be cut in a major reorganisation of sainsbury‘s. the supermarket chain says there will be fewer, but mostly better paid, management roles in each of its 1,400 stores. the ministry of defence has regained control of a defence review that was expected to have ended in major cuts for the armed forces. it's being seen as a significant move and a victory for the defence secretary, gavin williamson. jonathan beale is outside the ministry of defence. what difference could this make? as you say, it is a significant victory for gavin williamson, he has wrestled back control of a review that was being overseen by the national security council. that review was looking at brutal c

daniel sandford, bbc news, at woolwich crown court.is investigating a new allegation of sexual assault, made against the convicted rapist, john worboys. bbc news understands that the claim dates back to 1997, and the alleged victim came forward in the past few weeks. worboys, who was jailed nine years ago, has been cleared for release by the parole board at the end of this month. our home affairs editor, mark easton, is at scotland yard. mark, how do this potentially affect the plans to releasejohn worboys? well, given the huge national outcry at the worboys‘ case i'm sure the police will be throwing everything they can at this new investigation. still in its early stages, they will be wanting to put that case together as quickly as possible and present it to prosecutor. the crown prosecution service will still need to be persuaded that there is a reasonable chance of conviction and it is in the public interest to pursue this through the courts. that may not be straightforward. this allegation is from 1997, an allegation is from 1997,

today his family were at woolwich crown court to watch as 48—year—old darren 0sborne from cardiff wentne deliberately drove into a group of muslims trying to kill as many as possible. the prosecution say darren 0sborne became enraged after a bbc drama about sexual abuse by pakistani men in rochdale, and by the attacks on london and manchester. his partner said he was a ticking time bomb who followed will on twitter tommy robinson the founder of the far right group the edl. the day before the attack he hired a large van. that saturday evening darren 0sborne came here to his local pub, and the prosecution say that witnesses remember him writing on a piece of paper, and then becoming increasingly loud and abusive about muslims. prosecution say that after the attack a misspelled note was found in the cab of the van 0sbourne hired. part of it reads: the prosecution say that this pro—palestinian march may have been darren 0sborne's original target, but when that didn't prove viable he instead started looking for mosques. their case is it was an act of terrorism designed to intimidate the mus

daniel sandford, bbc news, woolwich crown court.n china have now used the same technique to clone two monkeys. the identical macaques were born several weeks ago at a laboratory in shanghai. scientists say genetically identical monkeys would help with research into human diseases. but critics say the work raises ethical concerns. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh is here with me. tell us more about why they are doing this? those rather cute baby macaques you just saw, in an incubator with soft toys around them, those images will worry some people and see it rather too close to humans for comfort. the reality is that since dolly the sheep was born in scotland in 1996 we have had loads of different cloned animals. cattle, pigs, dogs, cats, rats, you name it. the significance is this is the first time we have had a nonhuman primate baby born using other dolly method which involves transferring dna to a donor egg, it is incredibly inefficient and it took 79 embryos to produce these macaques. the dna that created them came not from

daniel sandford is following the case at woolwich crown court. very bad weather at the moment, but we have had a series of witnesses in statement form and giving live evidence describing the moment of the finsbury park attack. they describe how a 51—year—old man, makram ali, collapsed before the attack, but he was awake and responding, one witness told the court. they then heard the sound of revving and at which point, a large white van ploughed into the crowd of people. three people ended up under the van, according to eyewitnesses. ina the van, according to eyewitnesses. in a statement, one eyewitness said, i could feel my bones breaking. and a man's who's got was broken during the attack said, i thought somebody was going to come out and attackers with a knife or a gun. the driver of the van, according to the witnesses, was detained. some people punched him, but some point, the iman of a local mosque said to stop attacking him and mrmohammed local mosque said to stop attacking him and mr mohammed said he remembered the driver of the van saying

daniel sandford is following the case at woolwich crown court. what happened in court today?re what happened in court today? the jury were told that darren 0sborne is facing charges of the murder of ali and the attempted murder of other people, the prosecution counsel said that the defendant deliberately drove a heavy luton box van intoa deliberately drove a heavy luton box van into a group of muslims in the early hours of the 19th and, and the prosecution says the defendant was trying to kill as many of the group as possible. in the event he killed one person, a 51 your old man, makram ali, his family were in court today. —— 51—year—old man. the prosecution asked the jury why someone would do such a wicked thing, the prosecution says, easy answer, darren 0sborne had left a note, found in the van, and the note read, why are their terrorist on our streets today, three recent terror attacks, children splattered against walls at concerts. the prosecution say darren 0sborne had become obsessed also with events in rochdale, where muslim men were accused of abusing young women. dar

today, his family were at woolwich crown court to watch as 48—year—old darren 0sborne from cardiff wentately drove into a group of muslims, trying to kill as many as possible. the prosecution say darren 0sborne became enraged after a bbc drama about sexual abuse by pakistani men in rochdale, and by the attacks on london and manchester. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. the us senate agrees a short—term fix on the federal budget to allow government to reopen. more than 400 women's rights campaigners have held demonstrations in nairobi, demanding the implementation of a constitutional requirement that at least one—third of kenyan mps should be women. at the moment, only 19% are women. the most active volcano in the philippines, has erupted again. a huge ash cloud shrouded nearby villages in darkness. officials have now raised the alert level — meaning that a hazardous eruption is imminent. major intervention today from the uk's top soldier — general sir nick carter has been talking about russia. he's concerned about large scale military exercises like this one last year —

daniel sandford brought us the latest from woolwich crown court.weeks before the attack. he appears to have joined twitter about a couple of weeks before the attack, and on that day, he receives this direct message from the deputy leader of britain first. he also receives a sort of group e—mail from tommy robinson, one of the founders of edl, the english defence league, and other far edl, the english defence league, and otherfar right edl, the english defence league, and other far right group. and actually on the day before the attack, but for he traversed london to carry out, allegedly, this attack, he reads on an ipad belonging to his eldest daughter a couple of tweets from tommy robinson on the one saying, when the muslims want our kids, we were told not to look back in anger, and where was the day of rage after the terrorist attacks? all i saw was lighting candles. the jury all i saw was lighting candles. the jury also heard from a man who was in the pub with darren osborne on the night before he is accused of carrying out these attacks. a form

daniel sandford, bbc news, at woolwich crown court.nificant news emerging this evening. it has emerged that police are investigating a new allegation of sexual assault made against the convicted rapistjohn worboys, who committed offences while driving a london black cab. he was jailed indefinitely in 2009, but is due to be released at the end of this month. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw explained the case. it was thought he carried out over 100 sexual attacks against women dating back from 2002, but obviously those cases have gone to court, it was deemed that there wasn't enough evidence, they can't be looked at again without fresh material. what we learned today is that scotland ya rd we learned today is that scotland yard has received a fresh allegation againstjohn worboys of sexual assault dating back to 1997, so five yea rs assault dating back to 1997, so five years earlier than it was thought his offending started. that allegation was made this month. it is being taken extremely seriously, i understand, by detectives f

daniel sandford, bbc news, at woolwich crown court. to recycle 100% of the company‘s plastic bottle production by 2030. coca cola owns four of the five biggest carbonated drinks brands and is responsible for a quarter of all plastic bottles made globally. images showing the threat of plastic to wildlife have touched a public nerve and made it one of the hottest topics at the world economic forum in davos. our business editor simon reports. just over those mountains into france, alpine water starts its journey into this bottle. like billions of others, from many companies, those bottles and their journey here, clogging rivers and beaches, threatening wildlife and the food chain. but up on the swiss side, in classic davos style, campaigners and celebrities are setting out their stall on how bottles a nd setting out their stall on how bottles and other waste products like clothing can be recycled, rather than passed away. people have begun to understand what happens to plastic packaging, and unless we change the way we make it, design its

he denies murder and attempted murder. 0ur correspondent angus crawford is at woolwich crown court.en said? the evidence presented today claimed mr osborne repeatedly sought out far right material in the weeks before the attack. he set up a twitter account. we know on the 3rd ofjune, 16 days before the attack in finsbury park itself, he received a direct message from the leader of britain first. we don't know the content britain first. we don't know the co nte nt of britain first. we don't know the content of that message. we have been told he sought out information from the english defence league and on one occasion received a direct message, probably an e—mail from on one occasion received a direct message, probably an e—mailfrom an account linked to its founder, tommy robinson. this message warned about the creation of a new nation within the creation of a new nation within the uk and it is built on hatred, violence and on islam. remember, this was weeks after the terrorist attack on the manchester arena. the message continued and it said, it is time to stand up and say, no more.

he told woolwich crown court he could not explain why that man was never seen, arguing that perhaps heyear will be much lower than previously forecast. the company has outlined plans for a major overhaul of its business, and suspended plans to pay dividends to shareholders. formula 1 has confirmed it will end the long—standing practice of using grid girls. it mirrors the professional darts corporation's decision to end the long—established practice of women escorting male players to the stage. beverley turner is well versed in the world of motor—racing, having spent time on the formula 1 grid as a reporter. shejoins me now in the studio. thanks so much for coming in. briefly explain exactly what it is that grid girls did? did, the past tense, which gives us reason to celebrate today. they stand on the grid and they will maybe hold a driver's name or number, and they hold an umbrella over the drivers, because it can be very hard. and they are generally wearing very skimpy clothes. they are a certain look. they are very beautiful, no doubt, but they are really there just to be the kind o

angus crawford has been following the case at woolwich crown court. the prosecution made clear todayds and act of terrorism to intimidate government and the muslim community. darren ‘s bernd denies one account of murder and one of a tented murder, but the —— darren osborne. but the plan was that he had been trying to kill as many people as possible. we believe he hired a van in south wales, he left south wales on 18th ofjune last year, left south wales on 18th ofjune last yea r, drove left south wales on 18th ofjune last year, drove directly to london, where he planned to drive it into a march, which was planned to take place that day. when he couldn't get near that march, he then drove around for several hours, until he arrived in north london late that night, eddie came across a man who had collapsed on the street. it was the month of ramadan, he had just left a n the month of ramadan, he had just left an islamic community centre and was on his way home, so a group of other men in muslim dress who had just left the mosques around had come to help him. they were all in a crowd aroun

following the case for us at woolwich crown court is our correspondent, angus crawford.orner of his eye he said he saw a large, white van, which was revving and accelerating. it turned sharp left and hit him with the wing mirrorand left and hit him with the wing mirror and carried on down the street. he said he fell over, got back up and looked around. then the witness said he could see a lot of people splattered all over the place. he said the guy in the van he feared might have weapons or even a knife or gun. he said the man got out of the van and ran towards the crowd. he had his head down and was punching. lots of people are trying to grab him. he was sweaty and angry. the witness said he grabbed the man jumped onto angry. the witness said he grabbed the manjumped onto his back. together with other people he pulled him to the ground and restrained him. the man continued to struggle. he said some people were trying to punch the man and help him —— hurt him until the local imam arrived and said, leave him alone. he had been hit full on by the van himself and we heard h

darren 0sborne denies murder and attempted murder. from the trial at woolwich crown court. and injuredborne was arrested at the scene. a police camera, this conversation. i lost control of the van. were you driving, where you ? that has in previous years been attended byjeremy corbyn. corbyn and kill him? even better. it would have been like winning the lottery. ran off. asked? no, i was changing my trousers, 0sborne explained. said, you invented his participation, didn't you? i have no answer to that, darren 0sborne replied. and terry is totally fabricated, isn't it? incorrect, 0sborne replied. far—right group, we were going to call ourselves the taffia. had said, no, i am flying solo, mate. daniel sanford, bbc news, at woolwich crown court. an economic hit from brexit. a rape case against him. which ploughed into a group of muslim men. sport now. time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. from the premier league with three games in action tonight. this time they're away to huddersfield. evening with both the need of the points. points. huddersfield just two points off the re