alleged killer had diplomatic immunity, a pelova harry dunn's pa rents immunity, a pelova harry dunn's parents with avenues from the high court this morning. —— a blow for harry dunn's parents. 19—year—old harry dunn's parents. 19—year—old harry was killed when his motorbike and the car were involved in collision outside an raf base in august last year. the car was being driven on the wrong side of the road by american anne sacoolas, whose husband worked at the raf base. she left the country after the united states said she was entitled to diplomatic immunity. her parents and their lawyers are arguing that the foreign & commonwealth office wrongly decided that she had diplomatic immunity, but in the last few minutes the high court has ruled that this was not the case and so harry dunn's parents have lost a high court battle against the foreign office over whether the sun's alleged killer had diplomatic immunity. we will return to more on that story very soon. but picking up on the story that donald trump has accepted that a formal transition of power can take place, joe bid

so where does this all leave harry dunn's parents? well, today's decision by the high court was undoubtedly a setback, but they say they will appeal. they also say they'll askjoe biden to intervene when he takes over the presidency. in a statement tonight, anne sacoolas's legal representative said... anne would like nothing more than to find a path forward and to provide the family some measure of peace. duncan kennedy, bbc news in oxfordshire. you wouldn't know looking at donald trump's most recent posts on twitter, but it does seem as if the president has finally got round to accepting that joe biden did win the us election three weeks ago. he's authorised officials to start cooperating with mr biden‘s transition team, a process which would normally be well under way by now. our north america editorjon sopel joins me now from the white house. jon? so, has he finally accepted defeat? george, the great gift that richard nixon and the watergate era gave the english language was the non—denial denial. last night, from donald trump w

the high court has ruled that the american woman alleged to have killed harry dunn in a road accident last year was entitled to diplomatic immunity. the teenager died after being injured outside an raf base in northamptonshire. anne sacoolas — who was accused of driving on the wrong side of the road — was allowed to leave the uk after he died. duncan kennedy reports. high return had been a carefree teenager when he met his death in august 2019 —— harry dunn had been. he was knocked off his bike in northamptonshire by a culture than bya northamptonshire by a culture than by a woman driving on the wrong side of the road. she was anne sacoolas, the wife of an american technical assistant at a nearby us military base. soon after the crash, ms sacoolas left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. but harry's pa rents, diplomatic immunity. but harry's parents, shall account him, refused to a cce pt parents, shall account him, refused to accept that and went to the united states to try to get ms sacoolas to come back, but failed, so launched a judicial review to ask the british courts

harry dunn had been a carefree teenager when he met his death in august 2019. he was knocked off his bike in northamptonshire by a by a woman he was knocked off his bike in northamptonshire by a car driven by a woman driving on the wrong side of the road. she was anne sacoolas, the wife of an american technical assistant at a nearby us military base. soon after the crash, ms sacoolas left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. but harry's parents, charlotte account tim, refused to accept that and went to the united states to try to get ms sacoolas to come back, but failed, so launched a judicial review to ask the british courts if ms sacoolas had diplomatic immunity. today they heard they had lost their case at the high court rules ms sacoolas had immunity. it is upsetting, of course, but it is just a blip, just another hurdle. we have come across many of them. yes, we have. we're going to keep going. foreign secretary dominic raab said thejudges had ruled in his favour over immunity, but he said he felt for harry's parents. there will be no solace to the famil

so where does this all leave harry dunn's parents? well, today's decision by the high court was undoubtedly a setback, but they say they will appeal. they also say they'll askjoe biden to intervene when he takes over the presidency. in a statement tonight, anne sacoolas's legal representative said... anne would like nothing more than to find a path forward and to provide the family some measure of peace. duncan kennedy, bbc news in oxfordshire. cambridge university library has announced that two notebooks written by charles darwin, worth many millions of pounds, have been missing for twenty years. one of them contains the nineteenth century scientist's famous tree of life sketch, exploring the evolutionary relationship between species. following a number of intensive searches, curators have now concluded they have probably been stolen — and they've launched a public appeal for help in trying to find them. our arts correspondent rebecca jones has this exclusive report. imagine losing something in here. cambridge university library is

harry dunn's mum and dad say they'll fight on. we'll be talking to his mother shortly. also in the programme... north dakota has one of the highest coronavirus mortality rates in the world. the surge in cases is starting to overwhelm hospitals and yet people still question regulations. we'll be live injamestown. take california out of the equation, and he wins the national. if you definitely discount certain people, then the numbers add up in your favour. 0k. plus — the daily show‘s jordan klepper has been travelling across the us, speaking to trump's most ardent supporters — he'll tell us what he learned while taking the pulse of america all year. markets in the us soared today at the news that the transition tojoe biden is offically going ahead, ending weeks of political uncertainty. the dowjones hit a record high, closing above 30,000, as investors were reassured by biden‘s pick for treasury secretary, a trusted obama—era, former—fed chair. janet yellen has no small task on her hands, she'll be presiding over one of the most perilous moments for the ameri

harry dunn, who was 19, died after his motorbike collided with a car being driven on the wrong side of the road. new guidance has been issued to universities in england setting out how students can return home safely for christmas without causing a spike in coronavirus infections. they'll be given staggered departure dates in the week to december the 9th, by which point all lectures and seminars will move online. similar plans will be announced in scotland and wales today. the government has also asked universities to offer students rapid, voluntary tests for covid—i9. danjohnson has this report. a negative test result could be the passport students need for the journey home at christmas with a week set aside at the end of england's lockdown as a travel window to return to their families. departures will be staggered by universities to manage the numbers moving each day. it should lift the question mark that's been hanging over christmas for many students like millie in bournemouth, hoping to head home to essex. me and a lot of my friends are quite stressed about it really because th

the parents of harry dunn lose a high court challenge against the foreign office after an american woman was allowed to leave britain following his fatal road accident. it is upsetting, of course it is, but it is just another blip. we've come across many of them. yes, we have. so we're going to keep going. from the history section to the crime section — the missing darwin notebooks that cambridge university library now

the parents of harry dunn, who died after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside an raf base in northamptonshire have lost their high court battle against the foreign office over whether their son's alleged killer had diplomatic immunity. anne sacoolas — who was accused of driving on the wrong side of the road — was allowed to leave the uk after he died. scotland has become the first nation in the world to pass legislation making products for periods freely available. the scottish parliament voted unanimously in favour of the period products bill, which makes it a legal right to have free access to sanitary products in public buildings. changes to quarantine rules mean people arriving in england from abroad from 15th december will be able to more than halve their time in isolation, if they pay for a covid test after five days. the tests from private firms will cost between £65 and £120. a committee of mps says government attempts to pass a law that would make leasehold flat owners pay for building defects such as flammable cladding and fire safety defects a mou nts to "an

harry dunn, who was 19, died after his motorbike collided with a car being driven on the wrong side of the road in northamptonshire. anne sacoolas was driving. she's the wife of a us intelligence officer and she returned to the us after the crash last year. mr dunn's parents are disputing the foreign office's insistence that she was entitled to claim immunity. the treasury is being challenged to help thousands of home owners trapped on legacy high interest rate mortgages, the so called "mortgage prisoners." they are people whose circumstances have changed, and with stricter lending rules, cannot move to cheaper deals. a report on mortgage prisonerse being published today by the london school of economics highlights the urgent need to unlock 250,000 people trapped in unaffordable mortgages. let's get more on this from our economics correspondent andy verity. tell us about the sort of people who are trapped and find themselves find themselves in different financial circumstances because of the pandemic on these side first rate mortgages. they are people like you and me, any homeowner, an

dunn whose family is still waiting for extradition of the person who ran him down. the really big lesson for the uk ran him down. the really big lesson forthe uk here, we ran him down. the really big lesson for the uk here, we have got to start repairing for the uk here, we have got to start re pairing those for the uk here, we have got to start repairing those relationships. the foreign secretary cast doubt on the result in a tweet that he sent. i think borisjohnson needs to reach out to joe biden i think borisjohnson needs to reach out tojoe biden pretty i think borisjohnson needs to reach out to joe biden pretty quickly. i think borisjohnson needs to reach out tojoe biden pretty quickly. the best place that they could start would be to reach out and assure that the good friday agreement would never that the good friday agreement would never be used for bargaining. when the us president—elect is doing more to stand up for people in northern ireland, people in the united kingdom than the government. lisa nandy, thank you very much. for those of you watching, we a