worsley: it's the 18th of january, 1510. catherine of aragon has been married to henry viii for 7 months. catherine: oh. ♪ da dun! [chuckles] excellently played, maria. luck, my lady, nothing more. [chuckles] [distant door opens] maud? who is it? nobody. [men shouting] [women screaming] [gasps] [chuckles] oh! [slap] oh! [chuckles] mmm. oh! my darling lady, we frightened you? half to death. [chuckles] i'm sorry. mmm. we thought you ladies far too clever to be fooled. catherine: what dost the king think of my new robe? beautiful, every inch of you. [chuckles] [clears throat] what does the queen think of the king's costume? quite the rogue. [chuckles] friends... such a pity you have to leave us. [both chuckle] henry viii is a loving husband to his spanish queen, catherine of aragon. those two truly believed that theirs is a match made in heaven. a few hours, and i miss you with all my heart. i feel delirious. [chuckles] what's wrong with me? perhaps you're coming down with a fever. tell me you're the same. always. worsley: henr

two people are charged with murder, over the deaths of three children at a house fire in worsley. backbench rebellion over the government's brexit bill. mps call for a legal guarantee that they will get a vote on the final deal cycling star chris froome faces an investigation after returning an "adverse" drugs test at the vuelta a espana. new chief inspector warns the hundreds of schools are failing to improve. the force was with the hundreds of schools are failing to impr| for the force was with the hundreds of schools are failing to impr| forgecfi"; force was with the iii -"* from f; we will tram fz, we will be reviews from critics, and we will be talking to them shortly. good morning. it's wednesday 13th december. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. there's been a huge political upset in the united states, where the republicans have been defeated in a us senate election in alabama for the first time in 25 years. it's a major blow for president trump who had supported the republican candidate, roy moore. during his campaign, mr moore eight women came forward to say

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people are being questioned by police, over the suspected murder of three children in a house fire in worsley. the child ren‘s mother and a three—year—old girl are fighting for their lives in hospital. the government considers plans to introduce presumed consent, for organ donations in england. and star wars fans flock to see the lastjedi, the latest film in the star wars franchise. we'll be live at the london premiere. its five o'clock, good afternoon. our top story is that prices have increased at their fastest rate in nearly six years. inflation has risen to 3.1% in november as the squeeze on households continues. consumers are facing pressure from rising food prices in the run up to christmas with groceries costing more now, than at any time since 2013. the governor of the bank of england mark carney will now have to write a letter to the chancellor to explain how the bank intends to bring inflation back to its 2.0% target. our economics correspondent andy verity has the story. at this baker on the outskirts of barnsley, not just the at this baker on the outskirts of barnsley, notjust the

police say a house fire in the worsley area of salford, which killed three children, was a targeted attackby girl born with her heart outside her body undergoes groundbreaking operations to put it back. and on the newsnight tonight, £235 million has been allocated to rehouse grenfell tower residents. excellence on from the fire, why are so excellence on from the fire, why are so many still without homes? ——6 months on from the fire. good evening and welcome to bbc news. inflation has been pushed to its highest level for almost six years thanks to rising food costs and bigger electricity bills. the consumer prices index — the measure the government uses — hit 3.1% last month. with the latest data showing that wages are growing at a slower pace it means a squeeze on household budgets — just when those christmas shopping bills are coming in. here's our economics correspondent, andy verity. at this baker on the outskirts of barnsley, it's notjust the bread rolls that are on the rise. ingredients like butter and flour have shot up in the last year and a half, so it's had to do everything it can

three—year—old lia pearson comes the fourth child to die as a result of a house fire in worsley. staff at two train companies vote to take industrial action. workers on greater anglia will strike on december 27th, while south western railway staff will strike on new year‘s eve in disputes over the role of guards, according to the rmt. the ringleader of the most prolific gang to be caught smuggling drugs and phones into prisons using drones has been sentenced to more than seven years in jail. the gang was run from inside prison by a former armed robber, craig hickinbottom. he organised at least a9 flights, smuggling contraband estimated to be worth more than a million pounds. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has this exclusive report. cameras originally set up to take pictures of wildlife, catching instead britain‘s most prolific drone smuggling gang, recording the pilot, mervyn foster, time and again flying a drone from a field outside hewell prison in worcestershire, its illegal cargo hanging underneath on fishing line. from the field, the smugglers had a view dire

police say a house fire in the worsley area of salford, which killed three children, was a targeted attackher body undergoes groundbreaking operations to put it back. and on the newsnight tonight, £235 million has been allocated to rehouse grenfell tower residents. excellence on from the fire, why are so many still without homes? ——6 months on from the fire.

police have arrested four people on suspicion of murder after three children died in a house fire in worsleyrl, named locally as demi pearson, was pronounced dead at the scene. an eight—year—old boy and a seven—year—old girl died later in hospital. their mother and another three—year—old child are being treated in hospital. our correspondent danny savage reports. in a street of terraced houses on the edge of manchester, a family home, which was set alight early this morning, is now a major crime scene. neighbours who knew the victims and saw what happened have been left deeply upset. just a bang, and all fireballsjust coming from the house. susan smith watched in horror as the children were rescued. they were carrying the children into the ambulance and that. an awful thing to happen on your own street. yes. the 14—year—old girl who died at the scene has been named locally as demi pearson. an eight—year—old boy and seven—year—old boy died later in hospital. a three—year—old girl is in a critical condition. and the mother of all the children, named locally as michelle pearson, is also serious

for the moment, thank you very much, from worsley, greater manchester.oasts, some to the west. for many, it is dry, clear and cold. temperatures fall away very quickly this evening. ice developing very quickly. in the countryside and where you have a covering of snow, temperatures could be down to minus 12. a really cold and frosty and potentially icy start to the morning. bright and sunny for many places, showers in the east fade away and we see cloud increasing and wind picking up in the west and rain arriving here. that is where we see the highest temperatures. for many, it is cold, but dry and bright. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. today at three. hundreds of schools are closed and thousands have no power as snow and ice cover much of the uk — tonight temperatures may plummet to as low as minus 12. here in gloucestershire alone, 250 schools are saturday and the gritters are going out soon because they are worried it could be even colder this evening. the suspect was injured and now in custody after what the maher is call

are being questioned by police, over the suspected murder of three children, in a house fire in the worsley area of salford. the children's mother and their three—year—old sister are fighting for their lives in hospital. the government considers plans to introduce ‘presumed consent,‘ for organ donations in england. the proposed scheme involved people opting out of being a donor — rather than opting in. and may the force be with you. the stars and fans flock to the london premiere of the latest star wars release — the lastjedi. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7, beyond 100 days is live in the american state of alabama, where voters are going to the polls for a special senate election dominated by allegations of sexual misconduct. as wages struggle to keep up with inflation, we ask whether employers should be doing more to help households feeling the pinch. and we'll be assessing the government's new bill on animal welfare — following last week's backlash over animal protection in post—brexit legislation. that's

a man and women in their 20s from worsley have been remanded in custody and will appear before salfordschools in england have failed to record a "good" inspection in over a decade, according to the education watchdog. 0fsted's annual report warns that a hard core of persistently underachieving schools are struggling to recruit teachers and keep head teachers. 0fsted chief inspector amanda spielman says the schools had not improved despite "attention and investment". if you prop schools up from outside, it's great while you've got the props there, but once that support goes away then the school slips back again. we've got to really concentrate on what it is to get everything in place, the people, the curriculum, the systems, everything inside the school really, really working as strongly as it can. does that mean... and that's the point at which we can say the job is done and the school should be able to to go forward strongly. theresa may is facing a potential backbench rebellion later when mps vote on amendments to the eu withdrawal bill. a group of tory mps, led by former attorney ge

a three—year—old girl has died in hospital — the fourth child victim of a fire at a house in worsley.ch up with all the sport, we willjoinjessica. thank you. yet more bad news for cycling, as you havejust thank you. yet more bad news for cycling, as you have just heard. team sky and chris froome are under yet more scrutiny after it was revealed that froome has returned an adverse drugs test from this year's vuelta. the team sky rider had double the allowed level of a legal asthma drug, salbutamol, in his urine. our sports correspondent richard conway has been following the story. he stands alone as britain's best cyclist. a fourth tour de france title was claimed earlier this year, swiftly followed by an historic victory in the spanish grand tour. but chris froome's reputation is now under threat, like never before. that's because the team sky rider was found to have exceeded the permitted level of the asthma drug salbutamol when tested in september. froome says, on doctors' advice, he did increase his dosage due to asthma but insists it was still within the legal limits. in a stateme

greater manchester have begun a murder investigation after three children died in a house fire in worsleye, is critically ill. their mother is being treated in hospital. detectives have urged the suspect to hand himself in. danny savage reports. a short street of terraced houses on the edge of manchester. early today, it became a murder scene, when someone deliberately set fire to this house. neighbours who knew the victims and saw what happened have been left deeply upset. ijust heard people screaming and shouting, and then ijust opened the bathroom window and just looked over, and it wasjust like... all i can imagine, like a big orange cloud. just a bang and all fireballs coming from the house. susan smith watched in horror as the children who used to pat her dog were rescued. all the ambulances, then the ambulances were pulling up at the side of our house because they couldn't get down. they were carrying the children to the ambulance. awful thing to happen on your own street. very. a 14—year—old girl died at the scene. an eight—year—old boy and seven—year—old girl died later in hospit

he was undertaking the feat in memory of his friend henry worsley, who died attempting the journey aloneed by himself to both the north and south poles. national archives far —— files have revealed that margaret thatcher once refused to share a flight to washington with a giant panda from london zoo. national archives files have revealed lord zuckerman, president of the london zoological society, suggested that chia chia the panda could share the prime minister's concorde flight in 1981. washington's smithsonian institution had asked to borrow chia chia, to mate it with us—based ching ching. but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians. we can see what the omarosa for the weather. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow moving in and snow will be the biggest hazard with an amber warning to be prepared across the south pennines region. snow falling across northern england into central and southern scotland, even at low levels but gradually the snow, rain and sleet will move east and so things improving in the north, but further showers of snow in scotland and later in th

suffering having suffered so much throughout this genocide three years have passed the community still worsley displaced in the refugee comes the woman who brought back to come from captivity. not taken care of and those who are still in captivity are still there and there has been all and political whatsoever to look into the years to deploy it to what we feel that this is still ongoing and the international community hasn't done much to repeal this genocide in the process of the battles against isis of course thousands of civilians were killed and among them surely also you see the huge is that we're being held prisoners by isis but what you have not seen is any serious effort by the grid or baghdad government to ensure that the victim get their day in court and get justice for what has been done to them. the un refugee agency has confirmed the number of syrian refugees in lebanon has dropped below one million for the first time since twenty fourteen more than five million people fled the syrian war with many finding refuge in neighboring lebanon the country along with turkey and jordan have

having suffered so much throughout this genocide three years have passed to her the community still worsley displaced in the region the woman who brought back to come from captivity. are both taken care of and those who are still captivity are still there and it says in all the publishing of difficulty whatsoever to look into the years you deploy to what do we feel that this is still ongoing and the russian community hasn't done much to repeal this genocide and in the process of the battles against isis of course thousands of civilians were killed and among them surely also you see the us use it is that we're being held prisoners by isis but what you have not seen is any serious effort by the grid or baghdad government to ensure that you victims get their day in court and get justice for what has been done to then. this friday will air the story of one girl kidnapped by ice so when she was fifteen that was almost three years ago and she's now managed to return home for the story of her life with islamic state watch this channel on friday. masonic state says it was behind multiple suicide bl

three people charged with the murder of four children in a house fire in worsley greater manchester havets totalling £1.76 million were made to 94 people. more on this in a moment. sky and bt signed a deal to sell their channels on each other‘s platforms. under the deal, bt will now supply its sports channels, which show uefa champions league and premier league football, to sky. ryanair, which is the world's fifth biggest airline by passenger numbers, says it's going to recognise pilot unions for the first time since it was founded 32 years ago. the airline hopes it will stop pilots holding a strike that was scheduled for later today over pay and conditions. earlier this year ryanair had to cancel 20,000 flights after messing up its pilots leave schedule. as we've been hearing, the public accounts committee has released a report today on redundancy payments. it finds that during 2016—17 hs2 ltd made £1.76 million of "unauthorised payments" to staff through compulsory and voluntary redundancy schemes offered at enhanced terms in excess of those authorised by the department for transport.

he was undertaking the feat in memory of his friend henry worsley, who died attempting the journey aloneby himself to both the north and south poles. a growing number of rural communities are relying on volunteers to keep certain services going. cuts in funding means that facilities that were traditionally run either by local authorities or private individuals are facing the prospect of disappearing. that means local people are offering to operate them unpaid. danny savage has visited one town in north yorkshire, where it's becoming more and more noticeable. deep in the north yorkshire countryside is the market town of helmsley. a bustling community. but look a bit closer and you will find a trend here for a reliance on volunteers. every local business has a different tree and they do it in a theme and this year it's the star theme. you will find it illustrated in the parish church. so 30 or more trees in here? 30 or more trees, yes. dozens of local businesses have volunteered to decorate it. what we've got here, this is wonderful with the antiques roadshow, with all the different expert

he was undertaking the feat in memory of his friend henry worsley, who died attempting the journey alone the north and south poles. the anti—landmine programme launched by princess diana is to getting by princess diana is to get extra funding to expand de—mining operations across the world. the government announced it would match the £200,000 raised in a bbc radio appeal to tackle what was described as the "hidden, indiscriminate killer". the money is on top of the 100 million pound programme announced earlier this year by prince harry. wyre davies reports. although nearly 30 countries where de—mining operations have taken place have now been declared mine—free, there are still millions of mines littering existing and former war zones across the globe. small plastic antipersonnel mines in particular kill or maim thousands of unsuspecting civilians every year, long after they were originally laid. in april, the department for international development made a three—year commitment worth £100 million to support de—mining programmes in parts of africa, south—east asia and the middle east. th

arrested five people, four of them on suspicion of murder, after three children died in a house fire in worsleylocally as demi pearson, was pronounced dead at the scene. an eight—year—old boy and a seven—year—old girl died later in hospital. their mother and another three—year—old child are being treated in hospital. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. in a street of terraced houses on the edge of manchester, a family home, which was set alight early this morning, is now a major crime scene. neighbours who knew the victims and saw what happened have been left deeply upset. just a bang and all fireballs coming from the house. susan smith watched in horror as the children were rescued. they were carrying the children into the ambulance and that. an awful thing to happen on your own street? yes. the 1a—year—old girl who died at the scene has been named locally as demi pearson. an eight—year—old boy and seven—year—old boy died later in hospital. a three—year—old girl is in a critical condition and the mother of all the children, named locally as michelle pearson, is also seriously ill. the deat

he was trying to cross the south pole, doing it in memory of his friend, lieutenant colonel henry worsleyd rations, he didn't have enough to get him through. we are going to talk to him later on breakfast. 0ne through. we are going to talk to him later on breakfast. one of the quotes he has put out is that a live donkey than a dead lion. better that he isa donkey than a dead lion. better that he is a bit of australia failure to live, ready to try again, and a dead hero. he is aged 40, he abandoned his mission to cross antarctica that we will talk to him later and i do believe that this is the last we will seeing of him. we shall find out later in the program. he has been a friend of the program, he has been a friend of the program, he has been speaking to us for a while. mattjoins us from the weather centre. time to look into the new year. how was it looking? a bit lively, i have to say. let's deal with the here and now. after the wintry weather in the past few days you will be pleased to hear things are turning milder today. blustery at times. those winds will pick up as we go into tonig

our correspondent danny savage is in worsley. danny.after this awful fire here danny. sophie, just over 24 hours after this awfulfire here in danny. sophie, just over 24 hours after this awful fire here in which these three children die, you can see the fire brigade have brought in a hydraulic platform behind me, and there have been forensic officers from the police on that platform getting a very close look at where the fire started. more details have emerged about the home as well. it has been suggested it was fitted with extra security measures because of past incidents at the home, including a special device on the letterbox to stop people putting things through it. that doesn't necessarily mean it is anything to do with what happened here just over 24 hours ago, but it will undoubtedly form part of the wider police enquiry into what happened. jackson street in walkden is still cordoned off today. police are guarding afamily cordoned off today. police are guarding a family home that was set alight early yesterday morning, killing th

he was undertaking the feat in memory of his friend henry worsley, who died attempting the journey alonehe north and south poles. at least three people have been killed in two separate attacks on coptic christians in egypt. two shop owners were shot dead inside their premises in helwan district, south of the capital cairo. ten people were killed in a separate gun attack on mar mina church in the same district. over the past year, more than 100 christians have been killed in bombings and shootings in egypt. more now on those widespread protests across iran. they are being staged across iran in what's being described as the most serious and widespread expression of public discontent in the country since disputed election results eight years ago. a little earlier i spoke to kasra naji from the bbc‘s persian service who explained what's happening in the country. the demonstrations started yesterday in north—east iran in mashhad, and it was supposed to be a demonstration against rising prices, against the government of president rouhani not being able to control these prices and the cost of l

he was undertaking it in memory of his friend henry worsley, who died attempting to undertake it aloneh poles, experience and all the preparation he told us he had done, it sounds like you fellow the final total. sad news. he will be really disappointed. yes, but i bet he tries again. we will try to catch up with him. a bizarre plan involving mrs thatcher and a panda travelling to america via concorde has been revealed in newly released files from britain‘s official archive. injanuary 1981 london zoo wanted to loan its male panda to a zoo in washington. the then prime minister was asked if she would like to travel with the animal and oversee the handover in order to boost relations with the united states. but mrs thatcher was having none of it, reportedly saying that "pandas and politicians are not happy omens." so she went and got on the plane on her own, with an empty seat beside her. no panda. that‘s a shame. it would have been a great picture. that brings you up to date with the news. we will cross to carol with the weather shortly. it seems like that snow is coming down thick and

his friend henry worsley died last year attempting the same feat.eeks was that i didn't want anything more do with antarctica ever again. itjust seemed too tragic. i started thinking perhaps the best way to honour the friendship, the inspiration he gave me, would be to sort of finish the job for him. trekking more than 1,000 miles in a place where temperatures often reach —40 degrees celsius, challenges don't get any tougher. that looks tough, doesn't it?! before we speak to ben, we're going to talk to his fiancee, pip, who is in the peak district. merry christmas, and how's it going? merry christmas, and how's it going? merry christmas, steph. how are you feeling? he's been away for a couple of months, how you feeling today? yes, i've been ok, but today... i mean, yeah, i'm sad that he's not here. but i spoke to him about 20 minutes ago. and he sounded very cheerful in his tent. he's got a long day on skis ahead of him. so, yeah, i'm wishing him a very happy christmas. what are you going to be doing today? have you got plans? yes, the stockings hav

greater manchester are treating as murder the deaths of three children in a fire at a house in the worsleyritically ill, and two boys of 16 were also wounded. 0ur correspondent alice hutton reports. the fire began shortly before 5am this morning on this terrace near sa lfo rd. this morning on this terrace near salford. a 14—year—old girl was declared dead at the scene. while an eight—year—old boy and seven—year—old girl died later in hospital. italy —year—old girl in critical condition. their mother is see this legal in hospital and unaware that her children have died. —— a three—year—old girl. greater manchester police say that this is being treated as a murder enquiry. the deaths of three children is heartbreaking. 0ur the deaths of three children is heartbreaking. our thoughts are with the family. the little girl and her mum who were fighting for their lives. we have launched a murder investigation and we have a suspect who we are urgently seeking english into this attack. —— in relation to. he knows who he is and he should give himself up immediately. police are now working with specia

have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the deaths of three children in a house fire in worsleyson, was pronounced dead at the scene, while an eight—year—old boy and a seven—year—old girl died in hospital. the children's mother, named locally as michelle pearson, is in a serious condition in hospital. a fourth sibling, a three—year—old girl, is also critically ill. if a short street of terraced houses on the edge of manchester. if early today, it became a murder scene, when someone deliberately set fire to this house. neighbours who knew the victims and saw what happened have been left deeply upset. and saw what happened ijust heard people screaming and shouting, and then ijust opened the bathroom window and just looked over, and it wasjust like... all i can imagine, like a big orange cloud. just a bang and all fireballs coming from the house. susan smith watched in horror as the children who used to pat her dog were rescued. all the ambulances, then the ambulances were pulling up at the side of our house because they couldn't get down. they were carrying the children to the amb

we‘re mindful that you mention henry, lieutenant colonel worsley was your friend. for a long time, 17 yea rs expeditions for a long time, 17 years now. i thought i‘d seen it all when it came to bad ice and bad snow and bad weather conditions, but this was, yeah, genuinelya and bad weather conditions, but this was, yeah, genuinely a very, very tough trip, so far. particularly, there was about 400 kilometres in there was about 400 kilometres in the middle, nearly half of what i‘ve covered has been really difficult terrain. i was surprised by that. at the moment, you know, i‘ve got no wish to get back into a sledge harness again. when will you be back with family and celebrating the new year? yeah, that is a good question. at the moment, i don‘t know where i‘m going to be for the new year. we‘re here at the moment, little camp near the pole. there is a little aircraft with skis on it parked probably about 40 or 50 metres from where i‘m sitting at the moment. but we‘re kind of trapped by the weather. again, it‘s very cloudy. a lot of snow. it‘s quite windy. we‘re waiti

our correspondent dave guest has the latest from the scene in worsley.evelopment is? as you can probably see behind me, there is still a lot of activity going on here injackson street. it has been and dos is the pie yesterday. lots of forensically committed going on. the fire service are back on the scene searching for clues as to what happened here yesterday. it was around 5am back fire crews arrived to find in the house blaze. two teenage boys managed to get out of the building, but michelle pearson and for young children were trapped inside. they we re children were trapped inside. they were eventually rescued. sadly debbie, who was 14, died at the scene, brandon aged eight and lacey who was seven died in hospital later. michelle pearson, the mother, still ill in hospital and her other daughter, three—year—old leah is of it -- daughter, three—year—old leah is of it —— also said to be critical. by the arrests overnight. the men and a woman, arrested on suspicion of murder. and a man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. the case has shocked t

our correspondent dave guest is at the scene in worsley. what is the latest?arrests overnight, it was 5am yesterday the fire broke out on this street in greater manchester when firefighters arrived they found a mid—terraced house midway down the street well ablaze. two 16—year—old boys had escaped but a mother and herfour children were trapped inside. they we re children were trapped inside. they were rescued but a 14—year—old girl was pronounced dead at the scene, a seven—year—old girl and an aged old boy, brother and sister, were pronounced dead in hospital. still in hospital is the mother, michelle, as his her three—year—old girl. overnight we saw the arrests after the police announced this was not just a tragic accident but a murder investigation. four people, three men and a woman arrested on suspicion of murder and a man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. this is a tragedy which has affected the whole community. flowers started arriving and last night a church opened its doors so people could go and light a candle and say a prayer for those

fire crews we re five o‘clock this morning where fire crews were called to jackson street in the worsley being treated in hospital this morning. as far as who those people are, we don‘t know at this moment. the police hope to hold a media briefing later. jackson street and a number of surrounding streets have been sealed off this morning. the tarpaulin was erected a couple of hours ago as forensic scientists began work on the property behind me. that raises questions about, how did this fire begin. that‘s what the police are trying to get to the bottom of. at the moment we don‘t know the condition of the people taken to hospital. wejust know the condition of the people taken to hospital. we just know they we re taken to hospital. we just know they were seriously hurt. we will wait for more from the police briefing. thank you to david guest in manchester. thousands of firefighters in california are racing to halt wildfires which have forced more than 200,000 people from their homes in the past fortnight. state officials have ordered fresh evacuations of coastal communities, as new blazes

our correspondent danny savage is in worsley for us now.vestigation‘s progressing. well, we are a day—and—a—half after this fire now and this is now a major crime scene. you can see a hydraulic platform outside the house which was, we believe, deliberately set fire to in the early hours of yesterday morning at about 5am. it's the middle house ofa at about 5am. it's the middle house of a ter race of three. you can see the windows have been burned out. the forensic officers on that hydraulic platform have been paying close attention to the chimney, scaffolding that was there before the fire to see if it's anything to do with helping them with the investigation. but this is a huge investigation, lots of officers involved, we know there was extra security on the home there because of some past incidents and that will no doubt form part of the wider inquiry the police are doing at the moment. their 35—year—old mother is in a serious condition along with a fourth sibling, a three—year—old who was described as critical. the deaths of three childre