the programme is currently being trialled at three hospitals in west london. earlier professor hashim ahmed told me how this trial would benefit men who are facing tests for prostate cancer. normally they have to come in repeatedly over a number of weeks and have lots of tests and visits and this pilot study within west london supported by nhs england is trying to convince men to have it all in one day. they can have their mri scan, they can get reviewed by a clinician and if necessary they can have a biopsy on the same day and get a diagnosis within a few days. there must be a certain level of confidence for this trial to go—ahead, what have you seen in tests prior to this, how reliable has it been? the key element is to do an mri scan before a man has a biopsy and an mri scan is very accurate in telling us whether there isn't any cancer or if there is a suspicious area we can use very new technology to target our needle to the right area in the prostate. we can diagnose aggressive and high risk cancers much earlier than we were doing before. so are you say

earlier this week businessman nicole a good scarf was found dead in a west london suburb on monday they said confirm the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight year old lucia golf was a close associate of prominent putin opponent boris berezovsky who was found dead in the u.k. in twenty thirty. well for latest we're joined by our u.k. correspondent barnaby philips part of before us and tell us more well this is an intriguing development and another twist in anglo russian relations nick clegg luzhkov left russia in two thousand and four he had fallen out with law to be a putin's government he had been imprisoned and he was given political asylum in this country he was still being pursued by the russian authorities up until the beginning of this week through british courts on monday evening of this week he was found dead in his house within the last hour the police have said that this has become a murder inquiry that the pathologists report said in plain english that he had been strangled you may recall that earlier this week amber rather the home secretary said that allay

it's emerged that an iraqi teenager found guilty of a tube train bombing in west london, was on the uk government's anti—radicalisation we look at how people are being punished for bad behaviour. hello and welcome to bbc world news. police here in the uk are treating as murder the death in london of a russian exile and businessman. nikolai glushkov, who was 68, was found dead at his home on monday. a postmortem concluded he'd suffered ‘compression of the neck‘, suggesting he'd been strangled. his death comes just a week after the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. police say there's no evidence at the moment to link the two cases. it comes as the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, says he believes vladimir putin was behind the poisoning — which the kremlin denies. tom symond's report on the continuing diplomatic fallout contains flash photography. it was an ominous development, given what has happened elsewhere. monday night a 68—year—old man found dead, his body taken for a postmortem examination. ominous because nikolai glushkov was rus

he was detained yesterday afternoon following a collision involving three cars in south west london. itv says his saturday night programme with partner declan donnelly will not be broadcast this weekend, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. moments after the mini he was driving was involved in a collision with two other cars, ant mcpartlin at the scene of the crash. when police arrived, he was taken away under arrest after failing a breath test. a number of people were treated for minor injuries, and a child passenger in one car taken to hospitalfor a precautionary checkup. i think it's time for me to say hello... the evening before, ant mcpartlin had been presenting itv‘s saturday night takeaway. he returned to television last year after going into rehab to treat an addiction to alcohol and prescription painkillers. this afternoon, the broadcaster said:

a drunk driver is jailed for 13 years for killing three teenagers in a crash in hayes in west london in january. a viola player who suffered irreversible damage to his hearing wins a landmark high courtjudgment against the royal opera house. it's just been a very difficult time. you know, suffered an injury, lost my career. lost everything i'd worked for. and in the next hour, plans for a new deposit scheme to reduce consumer waste and improve recycling rates. it means shoppers should get their money back when they return plastic bottles and cans in england. applause and thousands of fans of sir ken dodd join friends and family at his funeral at liverpool's anglican cathedral. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the serial sex offenderjohn worboys will remain in prison after two of his victims went to the high court to challenge plans to release him. the parole board's decision to free the former black cab driver after serving ten years of his sentence has been quashed. worboys was jailed for offences against 12 women but police think he may have attacked more than a hundred. the h

the television presenter ant mcpartlin has been arrested on suspicion of drink—driving in west london. he has been released. and lowering the stakes — the gambling commission recommends bringing the maximum stake for fixed—odds betting terminals down to £30. good morning. it's monday 19th march. welcome to bbc newsroom live. international chemical weapons experts have arrived in salisbury to begin verifying the type of nerve agent used to poison sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia.

emma simpson, bbc news, west london. britian‘s pa ralympics team are on their way home from south korea, after the winter paralympics drew to a close yesterday. paralympics gb are celebrating their most successful medal haul at a winter games since 1984. kate grey sent us this report from pyeongchang. the past ten days have seen the british team pushed to the limits on the snow and ice and pyeongchang. disappointment for the curlers, as they came up short, and the snowboarders faltered. but on the ski slopes it was a different story — menna fitzpatrick and her guide, jen kehoe, winning four medals, including gold on the final day, to become britain's most successful winter paralympians. it's been amazing. it's been an incredible event. everyone has been really helpful, really lovely. it's really nice to have family and friends supporting us. the resilience that the athletes have shown, and certainly menna and jen from a dnf in race one to gold in race five. and i think the preparation and the ability for them to deli

the jury green station in west london. the jury was told today that the bomb was packed with shrapnel including nuts, bolts, screws, drill bits and knives. and it contained 400 g of the explosive tatp. it would have been lethal if it had fully decimated. this is the evidence from an explosives expert who went on to the train. the prosecution evidence at this trial is now bring to a close, and hassan‘s defence case is due to start next week. sirjohn sourced, who won the nobel prize for medicine for his work on the human gene and project has died. his work in decoding the sequence of human dna, the building blocks of life, saw him awarded the prize in 2002. the headlines on bbc news. nearly 200 military personnel are deployed to salisbury as the grave of sergei skripal‘s son was sealed off by authorities. president trump and kim jong off by authorities. president trump and kimjong in degree to meet face—to—face it is due to take place by may. an 85—year—old man dies in a hospital waiting room in northampton, nhs

was found dead in a west london suburb on monday police have confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight year old was a close associate of prominent opponent doris berry's off ski he was found dead in the u.k. in two thousand and thirteen an iraqi teenager has been found guilty of attempted murder for planting a bomb on a london train last september eighteen year old ahmed hassan will be sentenced next week thirty people were injured when his homemade bomb partially exploded at parson's green underground station in west london has claimed asylum after he smuggled himself into england on a truck in two thousand and fifteen now the egyptian foreign ministry is demanding on says over the death of a teenage student who was attacked in the city of nottingham mariam mystified died on wednesday after suffering severe head injuries in the attack last month and the heywood reports from nottingham. well liked and bright stuff i had everything going for her a promising future she come to live in the u.k. from egypt and was studying engineering. last month merriam was attacke

who is found dead in his home in south west london on monday. the chinese do this using ping has been reappointed united mostly by his party with no term limits effectively making him president for life a close ally of president she was voted in as his deputy by the national people's congress it's called hardly has more from beijing. for the first time in history the president of china took an oath of office president xi jinping raising his fist pledging loyalty to country and constitution as he begins his second five year term and that's a constitution that was changed last week during the national people's congress here in beijing. one of the biggest differences lifting term limits on the offices of presidents and vice presidents meaning this is almost certainly not the last time we will see she take the oath. also took his oath on saturday his first five year term as vice president. only one vote was cast against him out of the nearly three thousand carefully selected delegates known as a firefighter taking on tough tasks one front at the pre

a drunk driver is jailed for 13 years for killing three teenagers in a crash in hayes in west london in january. france pays tribute to the police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in a terror attack last week. a money—back scheme for returning glass, plastic bottles and cans is to be introduced in england to boost recycling and cut waste. and thousands of fans of sir ken dodd join friends and family at his funeral at liverpool cathedral. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that the parole board's decision to release the serial sex offender john worboys has been overturned by the high court. threejudges backed a legal challenge by two of worboys‘ victims and by the mayor of london, saying there should have been further inquiries into his offending. they said warboys, who has served nearly 10 years of an indeterminate sentence, should remain in prison while a new panel considers his case. the chairman of the parole board — nick hardwick — resigned earlier today. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. for years, john worboys was the master manipulator, as

a drunk driver is jailed for 13 years — for killing three teenagers in a crash in hayes in west london injanuary. the ireland and ulster rugby players, paddy jackson and stuart olding, have been found not guilty of rape, following a trial at belfast crown court. a viola player who suffered irreversible damage to his hearing has won a landmark high court judgment against the royal opera house

police have launched a murder investigation after the death of a russian exile in south—west london. nikolai glushkov had been a critic of vladimir putin. an iraqi teenager who smuggled himself into britain on a lorry to seek asylum has been found guilty of the london tube bombing at parsons green. 18—year—old ahmed hassan left his bomb ona 18—year—old ahmed hassan left his bomb on a packed underground train during rush hour. the device only partially detonated, but injured 50 people. it has emerged that ahmed hassan was on the government's deradicalisation programme, prevent a while he was plotting the attack. the government says there are lessons to be learned from the case. he made for training and then a view stops down the district line he got off empty—handed. his bomb on a timer left behind. just after the train pulled into parsons green station, the bomb detonated, creating a massive fireball which rolled down the carriage. passengers were left burning and screaming in pain. there was panic all - me, 1.23- ,, there was panic all - me, 55; around me, the as death and

a murder investigation‘s been launched after a woman was found dead at in twickenham in west london. her husband and two children were found dead earlier in east sussex. also coming up, britain needs to count calories and cut portion sizes. public health england says it's time for producers and supermarket and ta ke for producers and supermarket and take away to join the fight against obesity pulls up and as the former bbc presenter bill turnbull revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate and so, he urges other men not to ignore the symptoms. —— prostate cancer. good evening and welcome to bbc news. counter terrorism police are now leading the investigation into why a former russian agent and his daughter suddenly fell ill in salisbury on sunday afternoon. britain's chemical and biological weapons centre is testing the substance they were exposed to. sergei skripal, a double agent who was convicted in russia of passing state secrets to mi6, is fighting for his life in hospital along with his daughter yulia. it's still not known what caused them to collapse. but the foreign secr

earlier this week businessman nicolay glues cough was found dead in a west london suburb on monday the civic confirmed the cause of death was compression of his net but his death isn't believed to be linked to last week's attack saul's free and iraqi teenager's been found guilty of attempted murder for planting a bomb on a london train last september it's in your old uk white house son will be sentenced next week thirty people were injured when his homemade bomb partially exploded at parsons green underground station in west london. you are up to date those are our current headlines stay with us the inside story is coming up. there is anger in egypt as a teenage girl died weeks after a street attack in the u.k. office family suggest that she was the victim of a hate crime british police say there's no evidence that it was racially motivated but such attacks are on the rise will we ever get to the truth this is inside story . hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnigan police in the english city nottingham's say that eighteen year old mariam was stoffel was followed by a group of g

an 18—year—old is convicted of attempted murder following the tube bombing in west london. ahmed hassan was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent. on the face of it, he was engaged in the programme but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive nature to what he was planning as nobody around jim knew what his plot was. is the beast back? — snow, high winds and sub—zero temperatures could mean disruption for travellers. also this hour — rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. at least six people died. authorities say the focus is on recovering bodies buried beneath the rubble. and in 30 minutes... the right road ahead? the transport secretary and sister will checks at dover after brexit. inside out south—east asks how the plans stack up... —— insists there will be no border checks. —— insists there will be no border checks. a murder inquiry has been launched into the death of a russian businessman in london on monday. a post—mortem has concluded nikolai glushkov died f

families of three boys killed by a drunk driver in west london have described living "every parent's worst nightmare". they were speaking at the old bailey during the sentencing of jaynesh chudasama, who admitted causing their children's deaths by dangerous driving in hayes earlier this year. 0ur correspondent tom burridge was in court. sentencing is expected soon, but the court has been hearing these heartbreaking statements from the boies' families? we heard three very powerful, at times harrowing state m e nts powerful, at times harrowing statements from the parents of the three boys who were killed when jaynesh chudasama drove at 2.5 times the legal alcohol limit over the speed limit in hayes in west london earlier this year. the parents of harry rice, george wilkinson and josh mcguinness. we first heard from george's mother, sarah baker, who described a happy, cheeky boy. she said his last words that might work, i love you, ma'am. she said the impact of this would haunt the family for the rest of their lives. we then heard from josh's mother. she said she could only describe wha

earlier this week businessman nikolai good scoff was find it in a west london suburb on monday base have confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight. was a close associate of prominent putin opponent boris berezovsky who was found dead in the u.k. in twenty thirteen. or most high profile opposition figure alexina volley isn't standing in sunday's election after being banned by the electoral commission in december that doesn't mean he's completely sitting it's had the vollies fund against corruption group is challenging the legitimacy of the flooding near putin victory they say they've got fifteen thousand people ready to help out while we shall as has been to me some of them. these muscovites are learning how to be disruptors they volunteered to monitor voting in russia's presidential election and meetings like this have been happening all over the country. they're showing videos of what to look out for this one is from parliamentary elections two years ago and shows what looks like ballot stuffing the russia they want to minimize such fraud being repeated which

and an arts and textiles teacher from north west london, becomes the first person from this country to win a million—dollar teaching prize. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary says the government has evidence that russia has been creating and stockpiling the nerve agents known as novichok. speaking to the bbc, borisjohnson accused the kremlin of ‘smug sarcasm' in its response to the attack in salisbury two weeks ago. a senior russian diplomat has suggested that the substance used in salisbury could have come from the british research laboratory at porton down. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. today, despite the bad weather, troops and police officers continued the delicate and dangerously of decontamination and preserving the scenes in salisbury. it is clear now the focus of this investigation is sergei skripal‘s burgundy bmw car, with detectives still seeking more information on its movements on the day of the nerve agent attack. this morning, the russian ambassador to the eu, chose to hint that britain might have been responsible fo

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. has been found dead at his home in south—west london. police say they are treating the death as unexplained. they became critically ill. daniel sandford has the latest. after being towed away from salisbury town centre. today that the complex operation in the city will last many weeks. exhibits so far. from russia on the afternoon of saturday, the third of march. drove into salisbury in this red bmw. that sunday to come forward. park to the mill pub. where they were between 2:20pm and 3:35pm. they were found desperately ill on a bench. was making good progress. special precautions because of the military grade nerve agent. still stable, which means they're not getting significantly worse. i understand that she is doing slightly better than he is. they wouldn't be making that public at this stage. daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. take that would scare the kremlin. stop any such actions. and stronger at home. it continues a narrative of russia under assault from the west. so there really isn't much the uk can do to stop it. with nato

earlier this week businessmen nicholas luzhkov was found dead in a west london suburb on monday elise of confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight was a close associate of prominent who's an opponent boris berezovsky who was found dead in the u.k. in two thousand and thirteen an iraqi teenager has been found guilty of attempted murder for planting a bomb on a london train last september eighteen year old ahmed hassan will be sentenced next week thirty people were injured when his homemade bomb partially exploded apostles' green on the ground station in west london as on crime decide he smuggled himself into england on a truck in two thousand and fifteen. you without is there a it still ahead for you egypt demands on says over the death of this teenage student in the cafe. and the man who will not be president he's banned from standing in russia's election but alexina valmy is not sitting it out. how low will tropical cyclone marcus continue to bring some very heavy rain damaging winds across the far north of australia can see the circulation there much empla

it seems to be particularly prevalent pest in gardens in south—west london. they can completely stripped the plant of leeds and they plant ofl—eeds and—they denftéeeie cover plant ofl—eeas and—they danftéeeie cover in plant ofl—eeas and—they danftéeeie and cover in , ‘ proof, it = webbing and insect proof, it doesn't look very nice and severe delays to a signal failure. the rest of the lines are running well at the moment. the gas leak i mentioned earlier is causing problems for the trams. no service between therapia lane and wandle park. severe delays on the rest of the line and on the roads, the a23 purley way in waddon is closed between the lombard roundabout and fiveways corner, after a collision which led to a gas leak that i mentioned earlier. let's have a check on the weather now with sara thornton. good morning. certainly an icy start this morning but the wintry threats are starting to recede now. it is very chilly out there, though, and so do watch out for the ice, particularly where you have some lying snow, and then a dry and brigh

the body of a woman who'd been stabbed has been found in herfamily home in south west london. the discovery was made an hour after the bodies of her husband and two boys — aged 7 and 10 — were discovered at the foot of cliffs in east sussex. police say they're not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @bbckasiamadera 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: cristiano ronaldo scores again as holders real madrid moved through to the champions league quarter—finals. new zealand fight back in the fourth one day international after jonny bairstow hammers 138 for england. and frenchmanjonathan ivair has won stage three of the paris—nice as luis leon sanchez took the overall lead. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the champions league news that holders real madrid and liverpool are the first teams through to the quarter—finals, after respective aggregat

police say they were called to reports of a collision involving three cars in south—west london yesterday afternoon. a child passenger in one of them was taken to hospital as a precaution. in a statement, scotland yard said a 42—year—old man was arrested at the scene after failing a breathalyser test. cardinal keith 0'brien, the former leader of scotland's roman catholics, has died at the age of 80. he was formerly the catholic church's most senior cleric in britain, but resigned as archbishop of st andrews and edinburgh in 2013 after admitting sexual misconduct. he was recently injured in a fall and was being cared for at a hospital in newcastle. a british woman has been killed in northern syria, while fighting alongside kurdish forces. it's understood that anna campbell — who was 26 and from lewes in east sussex — died in the town of afrin, which has been the target of a turkish offensive. she travelled to syria last may. her father has told the bbc she was idealistic and knew she was putting her life at risk. 0ur correspondent emma vardy reports. anna campbell was a passionate

an 18—year—old is convicted of attempted murder following the tube bombing in west london. ahmed hassan was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent. on the face of it, he was engaged in the programme but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive nature to what he was planning as nobody around jim knew what his plot was. is the beast back? — snow, high winds and sub—zero temperatures could mean disruption for travellers. also this hour — rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. at least six people died.

london. some of the passengers have been describing in court, how their hairand clothes caught fire, in the packed carriage, last september. thirty people were injured at parsons green station. ahmed hassan who's 18, denies attempted murder. june kelly has more. the moment when a fireball engulfed a packed train carriage. it left passengers burning and screaming in pain, the old bailey heard today. this is ahmed hassan, the teenager on trial for the attack. here shopping at asda the day before, and being asked for his id. he bought batteries and screwdrivers. hassan is an 18—year—old asylum seeker, and the following morning cctv showed him leaving his foster parents' home in sunbury, in surrey. other cameras captured his journey as he carried a little plastic bag, said to contain his bomb. at wimbledon station he went into the toilets, where it's alleged he set the timer on the device, and then he made for an underground train. a few stops down the district line, he got off, leaving his l

and an arts and textiles teacher from north—west london, becomes the first person from this country to win a million—dollar teaching prize.

an 18—year—old is convicted of attempted murder following a tube bombing in west london — it's emerged ahmed hassan was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent. is the beast back? snow, high winds and sub—zero temperatures could mean disruption in parts of east and northern england, especially. the former south african president, jacob zuma, is to stand trial on 16 charges of corruption in connection with an arms deal. also this hour... rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. at least six people died. authorities now say the focus is on recovering bodies

london. and the sun is leading on that story too. it says the star was arrested on suspicion of drink driving. soafairold so a fair old spread of different stories on the front pages but, of course, russia is neverfar away and thatis course, russia is neverfar away and that is where we will begin with the times. a landslide victory to put on thanks to britain and the suggestion is that the confrontation with britain over various matters has boosted and bolstered the victory that vladimir putin is enjoying. that is what people have said, that some analysis of saying that it turned out to be a boost. ultimately, the main factor in this election was that vladimir putin was able to choose his opponent, and effectively was able to run the rules of the election. his main opponent was this hard because of a fraud conviction that he says was false. i don't really think that britain's reaction one way or another has been that important, not the least because it had britain not reacted at all than he w

he was detained yesterday afternoon following a collision involving three cars in south—west london. itv says his saturday night programme with partner, declan donnelly, will not be broadcast this weekend as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. moments after the mini he was driving was involved in a collision with two other cars, ant mcpartlin at the scene of the crash. when police arrived, he was taken away under arrest after failing a breath test. a number of people were treated for minor injuries, and a child passenger in one car taken to hospital for a precautionary check—up. i think it's time for me to say hello to our lovely audience! the evening before, ant mcpartlin had been presenting itv‘s saturday night takeaway. he had gone to rehab to treat an addiction to alcohol and painkillers. ant, together with dec, has become one of tv‘s most successful presenters. the pair have won dozens of awards and earned millions, thanks to their popularity with viewers. itv said they hoped the presenter would get the help he needs. the police say enquiries into the coll

it's emerged that an iraqi teenager found guilty of a tube train bombing in west london, was on the uk government's anti—radicalisation

was found dead in his home in south west london on monday . and at least twenty four civilians being killed by syrian government asked trikes and eastern on saturday thousands of people have left areas held by rebels. in the past few hours. chinese leadership paying has been reappointed unanimously by his party with no term limits effectively making him president for life a close ally of president she was voted in as his deputy by the national people's congress scott hyla has more from beijing. for the first time in history the president of china took an oath of office president xi jinping raising his fist pledging loyalty to country and constitution as he begins his second five year term and that's a constitution that was changed last week during the national people's congress here in beijing. one of the biggest differences lifting term limits on the offices of presidents and vice presidents meaning this is almost certainly not the last time we will see she take the oath. also took his oath on saturday his first five year term as vice preside

london on sunday. several people needed treatment for minor injuries following the crash in richmond. ant mcpartlin will appear before magistrates in wimbledon next month. itv has said his on—screen partner, declan donnelly, will host their programme, saturday night takeaway, on his own when it returns at the end of the month. now it's time for newsnight with emily maitlis. 0ne years since terror hit the streets of manchester and people lost their lives. the attack confounded security services. who was the perpetrator? did he work alone? tonight, and extended newsnight investigation brings significant new information on how he was radicalised and why he acted when he did. what is your next move against russia? the prime minister is about to tell us, and she will not be holding back. eu leaders will be warned by the prime minister they are all threatened by russia, but will they listen? also tonight, a status update from mark zuckerberg on the data breach of facebook. we will ask if the social media g

the body of a woman who'd been stabbed has been found in herfamily home in south west london. the discovery was made an hour after the bodies of her husband and two boys, aged 7 and 10, were discovered at the foot of cliffs in east sussex. police say they're not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation. a lorry driver has been found guilty, of causing the deaths of eight people by dangerous driving, in a crash on the m1 near milton keynes last summer. ryszard masherak who's 31, parked his lorry in lane 1 of the motorway for 12 minutes, was also found guilty of four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. britain needs to go on a diet, that is what officials as saying. leading to an obesity epidemic. food companies have been told to reduce the calories in their products or face legislation if they fail to comply. it's time for action and food companies must cut calories. that is the demand from public health chiefs who want to see new recipes, smaller portions or more effort to move customers to healthy options. here's the obesity problem. a c

an 18—year—old is convicted of attempted murder following a tube bombing in west london — it's emerged ahmed hassan was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent. is the beast back? snow, high winds and sub—zero temperatures could mean disruption in parts of east and northern england, especially. the former south african president, jacob zuma, is to stand trial on 16 charges of corruption in connection with an arms deal. also this hour... rescuers in miami say there are no more survivors following yesterday's bridge collapse. at least six people died. authorities now say the focus is on recovering bodies buried beneath the rubble. and this time lara croft returns to the big screen, find out what we thought of that as well as all of the other top cinema releases. that is in the film review... good evening and welcome to bbc news. a murder inquiry has been launched into the death of a russian businessman in london on monday. a post—mortem has concluded nikolai glushkov died from compression to the neck, suggesting he was strangled. detectives say there's nothing at

police investigating the fire at grenfell tower in west london — which claimed the lives of 71 people — say tests on a front door from one of the flats showed it was far less fire—resista nt than intended. survivors of the blaze have described the finding as "shocking", as our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. the result of corporate manslaughter. that is what the police are investigating, highly technical work, police are investigating, highly technicalwork, including police are investigating, highly technical work, including the test ofa technical work, including the test of a doorfrom a grenfell flat, one that was undamaged in the fire. in this standard test, heat is applied to one side and the door must withstand it for 30 minutes. here there is smoke that this door easily passes the test, at this level from g re nfell lasted passes the test, at this level from grenfell lasted 15 minutes. the police informed the government, which has consulted its own experts. the response... there is no change to fire safety advice that the public should follow. i nevertheless f

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london. the jury was told today the bomb was packed with shrapnel, including nuts, bolts, screws, drill bits and knives. and it contained 400 grams of the explosive tatp. it would have been lethal if it had fully detonated. this was the evidence from an explosives expert, who went on to the train. the prosecution evidence at his trial is now drawing to a close and hassan‘s defence case is due to start next week. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. now, on bbc news it is time for the film review ben brown. hello there and welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week's cinema releases is, who else, but mark kermode. what have you got for us this week? very mixed bag — we have gringo, which is a kind of caper movie starring david oyelowo. we have you were never really here, which is the new film by lynne ramsay, whose work i love. and mom and dad, a sort of satirical horror film starring mick cage. ok, so let's kick off with gringo. this is about a businessman

london last september. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. president donald trump accepts north korea's offered to talk about denuclearisation. ourtough sanctions responsible for the change of heart? and looking for the next big flavour. for those with a sweet tooth in asia. good morning, asia. hello, world. glad you could join us on this friday edition of asia business report. as you have been hearing on bbc world news over the past 90 minutes, donald trump has agreed to meet with north korean leader kim jong—un in agreed to meet with north korean leader kimjong—un in order to defuse the nuclear. let's get more on this with leisha santorelli. the potential meeting that might take place. but still, no venue. donald trump tweeted that currently in the midst of coming up with a date and time and place but initially, what has been the reaction of the financial markets in asia? as this news was coming through, japan and south korea in stock markets were opening and they are soa

a drunk driver is jailed for 13 years — for killing three teenagers in a crash in hayes in west london injanuary. the ireland and ulster rugby players, paddy jackson and stuart olding, have been found not guilty of rape, following a trial at belfast crown court. a viola player who suffered irreversible damage to his hearing has won a landmark high court judgment against the royal opera house and — thousands of fans of sir ken dodd joined friends and family at his funeral at liverpool's anglican cathedral. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... on beyond 100 days at seven o'clock, the team will be talking to the lawyer representing a former catalan minister — who's wanted in spain for alleged rebellion. she's been granted bail after turning herself in to police in scotland. we'll be talking to our technology correspondent, about the news that facebook has adjusted privacy settings to give users of the social media site more control over their information. journalist and author mihir bose and the former pensio

now, police investigating the fire at grenfell tower in west london, which claimed the lives of 71 people, say tests on a front door from one of the flats showed it was far less fire—resista nt than intended. survivors of the blaze have described the finding as "shocking", as our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. could what happened here be the result of corporate manslaughter? that's what the police are investigating. highly technical work, including the test of a door from a grenfell flat — one that was undamaged in the fire. in this standard test, heat is applied to one side and the door must hold for 30 minutes. here there's some smoke, but this door easily passes the test. the sample from grenfell lasted 15 minutes. the police has informed the government, which has consulted its own experts. the response... there is no change to fire safety advice that the public should follow. i, nevertheless, fully appreciate that this news will be troubling for many people, not least all those affected by the grenfell tragedy. that's why, based on expert advice, we have begun the

earlier this week businessman nicholai blue skull was found dead in a west london suburb on monday police have confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight year old was a close associate of prominent opponent boris berezovsky who was found dead in the u.k. in two thousand and thirteen. an iraqi teenager has been found guilty of attempted murder for planting a bomb on a london train last september eighteen year old ahmed hassan will be sentenced next week thirty people were injured when his homemade bomb partially exploded apostles' green on the ground station in west london last and claimed asylum after he smuggled himself into england on a truck in two thousand and fifteen the egyptian foreign ministry is demanding on says over the death of a teenage student who was attacked in the city of not seeing him mariam mystified died on wednesday after suffering severe head injuries in the attack last month emma heywood reports from nottingham well liked bright mari missed stuff i had everything going for her apartment. she come to live in the u.k. from egypt and was stud

earlier this week business maneka leg low scarf was found dead in a west london suburb on monday police have confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight year old close calls was a close associate of prominent person a poor boris berezovsky who was found dead in the u.k. in twenty thirteen. russia is the most high profile opposition figure alexina volley isn't standing in sunday's election to being banned by the electoral commission in december that doesn't mean he's completely sitting it out of all these fund against corruption group is challenging the legitimacy of lot of a lot of near putin victory and they say they've got fifteen thousand people ready to help out or a challenge has been to meet some of them. these muscovites are learning how to be disruptors they volunteered to monitor voting in russia's presidential election and meetings like this have been happening all over the country. they're showing videos of what to look out for this one is from parliamentary elections two years ago shows what looks like ballot stuffing the russia they want to minimize

london. but first, let's speak to our correspondent richard galpin in moscow. so the uk ambassador has been told in no uncertain terms what the russian response was this morning? yes, he was summoned this morning and the meeting in the russian foreign ministry here in moscow only lasted about ten minutes. so it was pretty brief and he was handed the list of what russia intends to do. some of it was predictable. the russian foreign ministry had already said yesterday that they would be expelling british diplomats. it turns out it is exactly symmetrical. 23 are being thrown out of the british embassy. but they have gone further with these other measures, effectively closing down the british council in russia and also closing the british consulate in st petersburg. st petersburg is a key city, the second city of russia, with a big population. that will have an impact, particularly on russians who want to visit britain and get visas. it will be much more difficult for people based in st petersbur

london. shutting down the british consulate in russia's second city of st petersburg, though, is an extra step. and the british council, which fosters cultural and educational ties with the russian people, will now be forced to end all activity here. targeting the british council will affect russian citizens, though, not their government. it helps stage british cultural events here and promotes language learning. its work was restricted, though, a decade ago after the last crisis over the poisoning of alexander litvinenko. now sergei skripal, anotherformer russian spy, has been poisoned, this time by a nerve agent. theresa may has blamed russia directly. the attempted assassination of two people on british soil, for which there was no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable. it is russia that is in flagrant breach of international law and the chemical weapons convention. the response by the foreign ministry here in moscow is robust and it does go beyond the measu

london in september. more than 50 people were injured in the explosion. experts say that if it had detonated fully, it could have claimed many lives. hollywood trade publications are reporting thatjohn bailey, the president of the organisation that oversees the oscars awards, is being investigated over allegations of sexual misconduct. the reports, citing unnamed sources, say the academy of motion picture arts and sciences is investigating three claims of sexual harassment against its president. football's world governing body, fifa, has confirmed that video assistant referees will be used at this year's world cup in russia. var technology has been trialled in several major leagues this season, and will allow for certain referees' decisions to be reviewed. the move was announced by fifa president gianni infantino at the organisation's council meeting in colombia. leaders from across south east asia are meeting in sydney to agree on new measures to combat terrorism in the region. the special asean summit i

the television presenter ant mcpartlin has been arrested on suspicion of drink—driving in west london. he has been released. and lowering the stakes — the gambling commission recommends bringing the maximum stake for fixed—odds betting terminals down to £30. good morning. it's monday 19th march. welcome to bbc newsroom live. international chemical weapons experts have arrived in salisbury to begin verifying the type of nerve agent used to poison sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia. earlier, the foreign secretary, borisjohnson briefed eu ministers in brussels about the attack. he said claims by russia that it was not involved in the nerve agent attack are becoming "increasingly absurd". tom burridge reports from salisbury. the mod‘s top—secret scientific research centre at porton down. today, a group of international chemical weapons experts will travel there to work out how samples of the nerve agent used in the attack in salisbury could be transported abroad to be tested in an independent lab. the government says the only credible theory is that the nerve agent used to at