and it cost the local lancashire police £11 million to believe this very small site in lancashire. very controversial. and opposition to fracking here in the uk has doubled in recent years. it isn't something that is particularly popular. we also mentioned in the introduction france and germany. is it possible to think maybe this is it possible to think maybe this is it for the future of fracking in major parts of western europe? france and germany have banned it for good. the netherlands have suspended it. the republic of ireland has suspended it as well. the uk government at the moment is saying no, this isn't the end of fracking, this is being suspended for the time being. they say if it is safer in the future they will go back to it. and in fact, fracking was suspended in england during 2011 for one year and then it came back. a lot of people are saying, especially rival politicians, look, there is an election coming up, we know fracking is unpopular with a lot of people and this is a ploy by borisjohnson. he would deny that, but later said they would ban fracking completely if

the screening will take place where it was filmed, not in hollywood, but in lancashire. here's colin paterson. kidnapping by indians from 1899, the world's first western, according to the british film institute, and it was filmed in blackburn. in northgate, in the centre of blackburn on the site that they worked from, the year that they made the first western kidnapped by indians. mitchell and kenyon's documentaries captured everyday life, including in their hometown, but they also liked to experiment. in 1899, that changes. they stop filming the world around them and start telling stories and one of the first is the first western. jamie holman tracked down a surviving copy in the archives of london's cinema museum. today, it will be shown for the first time in a century at the british textile biennial in the town. a very simple story, a frontier family encounters native americans, who try to take the child, and they are saved by the plucky cowboy, so it has got tomhawks, feathers, smoking pistols — it is a cowboy film. it is often claimed that the great train robbery,

these campaigners in lancashire couldn't be happier to see the back of it. delighted about it, you know, it's what we were hoping for the whole time. we don't trust them of course, they could change their mind yet. it's good news, obviously. it's good news for the whole country, not just here, people have been protesting for three years now, for no apparent gain. you know, so three years, all of that money pumped in from all of that efforts, and they have produced next to nothing. the process of extracting shale gas is one of the most controversial of our time. using pressurised water and chemicals to break up rock causes minor earthquakes. today, the oil and gas regulator says the impact on these communities is unacceptable. which means companies must stop there operations. in the past, boris johnson has called fracking glorious news for humanity. but the government says it's changed its mind. so there's no doubt that extracting more natural gas in the united kingdom would be very attractive, but we have always been clear, we can only do that if it can be d

happy lancashire day. as much as i enjoy lancashire, it is not a city, is it? so how do you become a city of culture if you are not a city? it is true, of course it is. just to be really clear, you are allowed to bid for it. this would be the first time a county has bid for it, rather than a county has bid for it, rather than a city, just to be clear on that. what lancashire wants to do is focus on sort of rural culture. but they are allowed to apply because their bid contains one or two or more than one or two big urban centres. so it is about a sort of collective bed of the cities within lancashire rather than a specific city on its own. but we should say tough competition, bradford, luton, cheltenham, chelmsford, medway in kent and northeast all bidding for it. a bit of competition, so lancashire doing a sort of collective bed. of competition, so lancashire doing a sort of collective bedlj of competition, so lancashire doing a sort of collective bed. i remember i was a sort of collective bed. i remember iwas in a sort of collective bed. i remember i was in l

kind of on the back foot with only one left to leave it there thank you very much for joining us from lancashire ok thank you instead of salted peanuts or potato chips would you grab a bag of crispy crickets its next time entrepreneur reckons bugs in a bag will be a few just snack. these crickets must feel pretty special after all humans housed them and feed them delicious food what more could a cricket ever want but its latest at this point that the crickets realize that their hotel keepers are actually the grim reaper crickets are a delicacy in thailand and that means they're also big business ties have always eaten them but one visionary businessmen not shantytown had the idea of bagging up insects like potato chips. i heard on t.v. about how the un said insects were a good alternative source of protein for the future to feed the world's growing population so i thought thais eat a lot of insects already and eat the mistreat food has anyone put them in a bag if not how can we do it and we mean what sort of flavors do we use do we make them similar to the taste from street vendors what differen

site in lancashire. very controversial. and in fact, opposition to fracking here in the uk has doubled in recent years. it isn't something that is particularly popular. we talked about the uk there but also mentioned in the introduction france and germany. is it possible to think maybe this is it for the future of fracking in major parts of western europe? france and germany have banned it for good. the netherlands have suspended it. the republic of ireland has suspended it as well. the uk government at the moment is saying no, this isn't the end of fracking, this is being suspended for the time being. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: 50 years and counting, we'll tell you about the russian postwoman who just keeps going and going. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested, and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout

site in lancashire. very controversial. and in fact, opposition to fracking here in the uk has doubled in recent years. it isn't something that is particularly popular. we talked about the uk there but also mentioned in the introduction france and germany. is it possible to think maybe this is it for the future of fracking in major parts of western europe? france and germany have banned it for good. the netherlands have suspended it. the republic of ireland has suspended it as well. the uk government at the moment is saying no, this isn't the end of fracking, this is being suspended for the time being. they say if it is safer in the future they will go back to it. let's get some of the day's other news. the army in mali says 53 soldiers have been killed in what it's called a terrorist attack on a military post in the north. a month ago, a0 soldiers were killed near the border with burkina faso in what was one of the deadliest assaults of its kind. the streets of algiers have been packed with tens of thou

what would you say to reassure people in lancashire? all of the gas production that we have relied on in the past, including zero c production, including other onshore gas fields, gases produced conventionally, are subject to regulation and health and safety, environmental monitoring, i used to be an environmental scientist and used to do some of the environmental monitoring. this is all done with immense care and dedication by the people working in the industry so frankly, you know, nimbys are all very well but they all drive there in the gas and petrol cars and use gas from somewhere else in their homes so we need to be honest that in this transition to a carbon free economy, which we have got to make, i'm here, we have got to deal with it, but it will take a long time and just shutting down resources in this country that we could produce safely and economically, if we can, we don't know that until we have done the drilling, we will never know now because politicians have decided it is easier to, in an election period, simply say let'

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fracking has been suspended since august, after a tremor near a site in lancashire. it's already been banned in scotland and wales. police have confirmed that all 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex last month, were vietnamese nationals. the victims were initially thought to be chinese, but essex police say they're now liasing with the government in hanoi. a number of vietnamese families have previously come forward, fearing their loved ones are among the dead, but police have not yet formally identified any of the victims. a new wildfire is burning out of control in california, the latest in a series of blazes ravaging the us state. officials say thousands of people have been evacuated since the fire broke out on thursday in ventura county, around 70 miles north of los angeles. 30,000 people are being asked how they would fight climate change. the project is being launched by several commons committees in efforts to achieve zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century. the special citizens' assembly will meet for the first time next year. hav

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hello, it is adamant brexit castm is me in the car park in lancashire andi is me in the car park in lancashire and i have some real temptation because we are and one of our advancement of this real temptation to beep the horn. would you dare me? all right, i'm going do it. it was like a little noise and i'll blame you three if i get confronted about it stop you looks on the horn, to shut us up. is brexit the horn that is not beeped in this whole brexit discussion? it kind of has. it's the first week, but make it kind of has. yet, it has, in the first few days ofjeremy yet, it has, in the first few days of jeremy corbyn yet, it has, in the first few days ofjeremy corbyn giving the biggest speech which as brexit cast news comes as the source speech which as brexit cast news comes as the source of agony for the party and any time boris johnson gets near a microphone, he is ready with the slogan, so there's definitely a backdrop to all of it andi definitely a backdrop to all of it and i was going to talk about it in and i was going to talk about it in a bit more detail but it has not become a huge

last year in lancashire we had 55 fatalities and countless serious injury collisions. i'm not saying that all the fatalities that lancashire had last year was as a result of people driving without driver's licences, but it was a big influence, and people fleeing scenes causes the emergency services a few hours more work, but we will catch up with you. if it takes us two hours or two days, we will catch you in the end. you must see all kinds of driving on the roads, how often do you see people that you suspect aren't qualified? i'd say i see people every day that don't follow the system that they were probably taught, which is to check mirrors, signal in time, giving people behind enough time to react to what they are doing. people that have not done the full driving course, people that have not done all of that, they won't have that skill. it's just being selfish. how can somebody... what's their psyche on that, that they are letting somebody take the driving test and they think it's perfectly ok to drive a car? itjust beggars belief, really. have you ever taken anyone

these campaigners in lancashire couldn't be happier to see the back of it. we're delighted about it, it's what we've been hoping for all the time. we don't trust them, of course. they could change their mind yet. it's good news, obviously. it's good news for the whole country but, in particular here, where people have put up with this for the best part of three years now. all this stuff going on for no apparent gain. so, three years, all that money pumped in, all that effort, and they've produced next to nothing. the process of extracting shale gas is one of the most controversial of our time. using pressurised water and chemicals to break up rock causes minor earthquakes. today, the oil and gas regulator says the impact on these communities is unacceptable, which means companies must stop the operations. in the past, borisjohnson has called fracking glorious news for humanity. but the government says it has changed its mind. there is no doubt that extracting more natural gas in the united kingdom would be very attractive, but we've always been clear, we can

i think what the victory today shows that from nottingham, to lancashire, to yorkshire is that people don't want it. they are concerned about the environment. the fracking industry has done nothing but lie and push against local people's...” has done nothing but lie and push against local people's. .. i imagine what the industry would argue is that it what the industry would argue is thatitis what the industry would argue is that it is new and you cannot always tell the risk and there was a time when the government accepted that and said it is a kind of co ntrolla ble and said it is a kind of controllable risk and one we can mitigate against so it is worth it because of the economic benefits. mitigate against so it is worth it because of the economic benefitslj think because of the economic benefits.” think what is clear is that we are ina time think what is clear is that we are in a time of unprecedented concern about climate change so the most important thing for this government and any government that is elected is to show people that they are serious about tackling climate eme

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laura kuenssberg is in darwen, in lancashire, for us tonight. we have seen how leadership has become an issue in the campaign so farand become an issue in the campaign so far and today it was jeremy become an issue in the campaign so far and today it wasjeremy corbyn under attack. that is right, and mr corbyn ran slat back into a problem that has come up for him time and time again, his ability to deal with allegations of anti—semitism in the labour party. this has been going on for several years now, and it is not just about one voice criticising him or one politician's concerns. this speaks to a wider problem that a lot of people in the labour party worry about. there is no question that he has legions are really committed, devoted supporters. you see that everywhere he goes around the country. we will see it every day of this campaign. but there is a fear of whether or not the wider public really says that appeal. one member of the shadow team ofjeremy corbyn's who has been loyal to him said to me today that they worry that people just may

and it's an absolute scandal at any community asked if it is frock and it doesn't matter if it's in lancashire argentina and judea we have to stop that and the u.k. government been involved in funding fracking operations and walk and worked in argentina is a disgrace and something friends they're for competing against as i said the mortal down to front commitment is not here are not anywhere and this industry will be defeated illegal mining in syria the un is being blamed for triggering environmental disasters the government is introducing stiff penalties to try to tackle the problem but some fear it might be too little too light that interest reports from pray tell. sirrah leone's beauty is framed by its underlay to mountains rivers of the atlantic ocean. just a 7 and a half 1000000 people call this hole so also a wide variety of plant and the most recent days. but the country's beauty and the terrain are changing fast mainly because of unrestrained exploitation of the environment in search of natural resources. large scale mining and deforestation have exposed it's fragile ecosystem father w

i'm in a car park in darwin in lancashire and it's very cold but someone has bought me a cup of tea. enjoy this week's brexitcast. we are particularly reliant on the dover calais crossing. we are particularly reliant on the dover calais crossingi we are particularly reliant on the dover calais crossing. i met boris johnson once. dover calais crossing. i met boris johnson once. they are going to get it wrong again! remainers and levers, that will end well.” it wrong again! remainers and levers, that will end well. i can only describe it as a dog's brexit. hello, it is adam in brexitcast hq pointer and chris as well here. it is katya in brexitcast a second hq in brussels! and laura in a car park in lancashire and i have a real temptation because i'm in an edit van, to beep the horn. go for it! would you dare me? it was quite quiet, it was a little toot. if i get an asbo, i'm blaming you. and if any of us is talking too long, you can sound the horn and shut us up! that's a great idea. is brexit the horn that has not beeped in this so—called brexit election? discuss. it kind of has.

hello, it is adamant brexit castm is me in the car park in lancashire andl is me in the car park in lancashire and i have some real temptation because we are and one of our advancement of this real temptation to beep the horn. would you dare

action group bob bennett he believes the founder of the fracking free lancashire action group bob bennett he believes the government's freeze is part of a pre-election campaign. until the government's freeze is part of a pre-election campaign. i'm delighted that they have more authority. because they company that they moratorium because they company operating in my own area can command structure so that not breaking my own area can commence fracking so that moratorium its. supply i mean i'm not happy about it because. supply me i'm not happy about it because it's a moratorium i'm not so bad. it's just blatant it's a moratorium i'm not so bad. it's just blatant attempt. garnering vote. coming election 10. garnering vote. the coming election it's electioneering there's nothing genuine about it's all we hear it's electioneering there's nothing genuine about it it's all we hear people we've got a moratorium. and then the people we've got a moratorium. and then the company that it's. operating in this area. the company that it's. operating in this area. built a super power and you can pick it

for your favorite shows let's bring in martin bateman and he joins us from the university of central lancashire to talk a bit about this. first of all i'd like to know if apple is in your opinion a little late in its game well there are little lights on things like netflix and amazon prime a large share of the market at the moment. with things like disney plus coming all releasing later this month. it's expected that the disney streaming services are going to be able to get a large quantity of the market mainly because they have a lot of contacts so it's awful ha's lots of content that people want to watch that they should be able to take some of the markets well it doesn't sound like they are going to have a lot of content i mean all of it's going to be a regional and their own be offering handful of programs as does apple expect people to leave the competition or or have multiple subscriptions. i think it's unlikely that expecting people to release all this description services so you mentioned they have limited content as far as i'm aware of the going to have an i it's the content of all the

there is this connection between the cotton growing obviously in america and the east lancashire weavers. why wouldn't there be some kind of link that allowed them to know about that world and kind of be able to turn it into the world's first western? if you asked anyone in the street, where was the first western made, no—one with say blackburn. no, nobody would say blackburn. it is an example of creativity and culture that comes from the working classes that has been filmed and screened here in blackburn and it's about the people of blackburn get to see that and it is their culture. the western is once again home on the range and that home is blackburn. now on bbc news, our world. in the gulf, women employed as domestic workers are being sold on apps provided by google and apple. it's been called an online slave market. in kuwait, 90% of households employ a domestic worker. bbc news arabic and our world go undercover in kuwait to reveal a disturbing illegal online trade in domestic workers. it's been called an online slave market. and this trade is taking place on apps hosted by some

of fracking itself we spoke to residents in the fantastic northern english county of lancashire fracking hotspot. about the whole world for one hotspot. about the whole i have a full on. i think it's all politically. i think it's all politically. i perceive the general election coming up i think i perceive the general election coming up i think the people i mean it's probably a miracle should carry us because. this industry just damaging to the environment to. this industry just damaging to the environment is so nice and memorable images which the new people be you just be you. thinking kids are kids that's a very we put forth the statistics day. i would we will know he portland born and fight against acid i see buckeye and we are against acid dicey should learn from can we are fortunately tool like it to make sure there have to snow where else there is significant opposition to the practice among the british public just fortunately tools like it to make sure there have to snow where else there is significant opposition to the practice among the british public just 12 percent. spokes is

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fracking hotspot residents in the northern english county of lancashire fracking hot spot. we're all about the whole world of a full on bomb. we're all about the whole world of a full on bomb. i think it's all politically. i perceive it i think it's all politically. i perceive the general election coming up often is possible from the general election coming up often it's possible for. a move to protest because. this is a move to protest because. this industry is just damaging to the environment and to so many renewable energies that industry is just damaging to the environment to so many renewable energies that could be you. think it's a very positive could be you. think it's a very positive thing how we will keep ploy by and i guess they are we will keep ploy by and i can see us a dicey issue and from can we are fortunately for us a dicey issue in front can we are fortunately tools like it to make sure there have to snow where else cool like it to make sure there have to snow where else and there is significant opposition to the practice among the british public which is 1

we think it is polluted of ground water systems and also all the evidence from preston you wrote in lancashire is that it's actually dangerous and has caused serious earth tremors it seems to me like an election stunt i think it's what's called euphemistically if it's a green bore. so what exactly is the process of fracking well it taps into oil and gas reserves by drilling deep down into the earth to reach the shale rock before turning and going horizontally for hundreds more metres at the casing of the well as then punctured with explosives and a mixture of water sand and chemicals is forced through the holes at very high pressure this forces the oil and gas out of cracks in the rock before pushing it back up the well so it can be collected jerry peters is a fossil fuel campaigner at friends of the earth u.k. it says support from politicians has been a recent development. i think i was 3 years ago it wasn't any political parties who said around to frock and now the liberal democrats agree the green party always been against the labor of the sort of bomb for uk and drive the tories to this po

this is sir lindsay hoyle, from lancashire in the north of gland. he i a member of the opposition, labor mp, but they say he will be nonpartisan he says he will not be a continuity candidate because commons has become toxic and a bear pit and he will restore some order. he will try to abolish clapping in the house of commons, which he says has crept in the last w years and he says is very un-parliamentary. on the lighter side, he has a pet parrot called boris and pet tortoise called maggie. laura: fascinating, conservative leaders both. he going to play a role in the brexit process that yet to come? gary: he will play a pivotal role in everythi. bear in mind in england thear speaker is notsan like in the u.s. with the nancy pelosi. they are there to ensure that the e vernment is held to account, and that is an important thing that parliament has been doing through the brexit process. and they are there to ensure that backbenchers, members who don't have a government job -- bear in mind our executive is drawn from the miabers of pant -- he is there t

there is this connection between the cotton growing obviously in america and the east lancashire weavers. why wouldn't there be some kind of link that allowed them to know about that world and kind of be able to turn it into the world's first western? if you asked anyone in the street, where was the first western made, no—one with say blackburn. no, nobody would say blackburn. it is an example of creativity and culture that comes from the working classes that has been filmed and screened here in blackburn and it's about the people of blackburn get to see that and it is their culture. the western is once again home on the range and that home is blackburn. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's programme... i'm in saudi arabia discovering the hidden desert city of hegra. this is thousands of years old and this makes it unique, not just for archaeologists but for people like you and me. lucy is back with more global gadgets. so apparently i've got a brushing score of 1%. i promise i can brush my teeth properly. i was brushing on camera, that's my excuse and i'm stickin

both of the main party leaders were on the stump in lancashire today. both stage managing the campaign, both battle buses now on the road. but the approach borisjohnson is pursuing on the economy is very different. can you all hear me? £5 billion to subsidise expanding broadband. a huge programme of investment in our roads, in telecoms, gigabit broadband, unlike the crazed, crazed communist scheme that was outlined earlier on today. we will give people gigabit broadband by 2025. with the quality of broadband achingly different in different corners of the country, it matters in this campaign. scotland is ahead of the uk in terms of our current performance in many respects, the improvements we have seen in broadband availability recently, but also in the scale of our ambitions. i've been to about 30 constituencies so far. 30 down, many more to go. perhaps more dramatic plans too. yes, the third one, come on. but this time round, with these leaders and these parties, in this election you can't say they're all the same. bye, everybody, see you again. laura

both of the main party leaders were on the stump in lancashire today, both stage managing the campaign, both battle buses now on the road. but the approach borisjohnson is pursuing on the economy is very different. can you all hear me? £5 billion to subsidise expanding broadband. a huge programme of investment in our roads, in telecoms, gigabit broadband unlike the crazed, crazed communist scheme that was outlined earlier on today, we will give people gigabit broadband by 2025. with the quality of broadband achingly different in different corners of the country, it matters in this campaign. scotland is ahead of the uk in terms of our current performance in many respects, the improvements we have seen in broadband availability recently but also in the scale of our ambitions. i've been to about 30 constituencies so far. 30 down, many more to go. perhaps more dramatic plans too. yes, the third one, come on. but this time round, with these leaders and these parties, in this election you can't say they're all the same. bye, everybody, see you again. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. well, there

across the uk, there will be 50,000 polling stations next month, like this hall in the lancashire village of foulridge. the tables are all round here, are they? it's chockablock. trouble is janice had booked it for the pensioners‘ christmas lunch on the 12th of december. all the tickets printed and sold. so, when you heard that that thursday was election day and that this place was needed as a polling station... oh, i freaked out. it was terrible. because that is tradition for the village — every year we've had it on the thursday two weeks before christmas. i even e—mailed the borough council to say, "can't you have it somewhere else?" i thought you were going to save you nearly e—mailed to say you nearly e—mailed the prime minister! i wish i had've done. but good news. it's the biggie. with the raffle prizes all wrapped, janice has managed to rebook lunch. please, it's wednesday the 11th, not thursday the 12th — wednesday the 11th. i've told you now. so, just to be clear, that's janice‘s christmas lunch that will be held on the 11th, but the election is, of course, on the 1

both of the main party leaders were on the stump in lancashire today, both stage managing the campaign, both battle buses now on the road. but the approach borisjohnson is pursuing on the economy is very different. can you all hear me? £5 billion to subsidise expanding broadband. a huge programme of investment in our roads, in telecoms, gigabit broadband unlike the crazed, crazed communist scheme that was outlined earlier on today, we will give people gigabit broadband by 2025. with the quality of broadband achingly different in different corners of the country, it matters in this campaign. scotland is ahead of the uk in terms of our current performance in many respects, the improvements we have seen in broadband availability recently but also in the scale of our ambitions. i've been to about 30 constituencies so far. 30 down, many more to go. perhaps more dramatic plans too. yes, the third one, come on. but this time round, with these leaders and these parties, in this election you can't say they're all the same. bye, everybody, see you again. stay with us on bbc world news, still to

or we are delighted to have been on the phone all morning with friends in lancashire whose face these are questions for the sender straight for over 8 years and they fought through force of the government to make out that the government is not just decide to be decided because of this of rising from the grassroots across the country and it truly is testament to their hard work compassion to stop was scandalous and this recently can open a group but it's just a moratorium my suspension rather than outright ban. that's right friends of the earth and campaigners across the country were always going to push for a complete ban in front in not just the mainland across the world not here not anymore the motto you're right it's not obama but is absolutely a moment to celebrate saw many people's lives have been taken over with us and mistreated us for years and it just fell on thank you believe me you're going to be at the stage we were talking about moratoriums bar last in our bedroom you are i believe it or not i know but this i mean it's quite a dramatic u. turn is it on the part of the con

they had to stop it following an earthquake in lancashire in august, and now the oil and gas authority says it is not safe and companies must halt their activity, but with one important caveat — unless and until further evidence is provided that it can be carried out safely. there's no doubt that extracting more natural gas in the united kingdom would be very attractive. but we've always been clear, we can only do that if it can be done safely. and on the advice from the oil and gas authority, we're no longer convinced that that's the case. but we will follow the science. so, in future, should the ability to be certain about seismic events, and so on, we will look at it again. fracking's industry body says... environmental campaigners are relieved by the news, but this isn't the first time that fracking has been suspended. it was stopped after earthquakes in 2011, and the door is still ajar for activity to begin again in the future. i'm joined now by the green party's co—leaderjonathan bartley. a welcome move from the government? the ban should be for life notjust for christmas. it

oh we are delighted than i've been on the phone all morning with friends in lancashire who face these after quakes and fought the sender straight for over 8 years and they fought the filth force of the government to make it happen the government is not just decided they've decided because of this uprising from the grassroots across the country and it truly is testament to their hard work compassion to stop 1st scandalous industry from taken hold in a group of friends of the earth and account dinners across the country were always going to push for a complete ban him from not just an england across the world not here not any worse the motto you're right it's not for obama but it is absolutely a moment to celebrate so many people's lives have been taken over by the us industry the past few years and it fell on thank believe me you don't go there and be at the stage we were talking about moratoriums but less in our frock and bad in u.k. sure why not well illegal mining in sierra leone is being blamed for triggering environmental disasters than the government is introducing stiff penaltie

she was raped byjoseph mccann in lancashire at the beginning of may this year. what actually happened, according to the cctv footage that was shown to the jury was that she jumped naked from the first—floor bedroom window, landing in the front garden, then clambering over a wall, and then you can see her running, limping as she does so, running away. the jury was told that she fractured her heel during the process , she fractured her heel during the process, and then they were played the 999 call she made when she raised the alarm. she is sobbing, screaming, in the 999 call, hysterical, and says at one point, he's got a knife, he held us hostage. thejury were he's got a knife, he held us hostage. the jury were also shown images of the capture ofjoseph mccann, when eventually he was cornered, there was a stand—off up a tree in a field, and eventually he was arrested. he said nothing and interview, but he did tell a police officer, if you had caught me for the first two, the rest of this wouldn't have happened. the trial continues this afternoon. danny shaw, t

both of the main party leaders were on the stump in lancashire today, both stage managing the campaign, both battle buses now on the road. but the approach borisjohnson is pursuing on the economy is very different. can you all hear me? £5 billion to subsidise expanding broadband. a huge programme of investment in our roads, in telecoms, gigabit broadband unlike the crazed, crazed communist scheme that was outlined earlier on today, we will give people gigabit broadband by 2025. with the quality of broadband achingly different in different corners of the country, it matters in this campaign. scotland is ahead of the uk in terms of our current performance in many respects, the improvements we have seen in broadband availability recently but also in the scale of our ambitions. i‘ve been to about 30 constituencies so far. 30 down, many more to go. perhaps more dramatic plans too. yes, the third one, come on. but this time round, with these leaders and these parties, in this election you can‘t say they‘re all the same. bye, everybody, see you again. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. there�