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National archive. In meet the author this week, our guest is the American Writer rj palacio, and were talking about her international bestseller, wonder, all about a boy called august. A woman from birmingham has been found guilty of terrorism offences, after buying a weapon for her husband to use in an attack. 21 year old Madihah Taheer had denied preparing an act of terrorism by helping Ummariyat Mirza he pleaded guilty to plotting an attack earlier this year. From Woolwich Crown court, our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani reports. Wrestled to the ground in an armed stop, stop a birmingham man setting out to kill. The suspects seized in a joint intelligence led operation by mi5 and the West Midlands Counter Terrorism unit. A week after the westminster attack in march, Ummariyat Mirza wanted to rampage in his home city. Now convicted, alongside of his wife Madihah Taheer, who helped him, and his sister zainab, who encouraged planning via social media. Mirza was obsessed with knives and replica guns. He wanted to fight in syria. Instead, he turned his attentions to home. His pregnant wife bought him this combat knife on her credit card, and then he trained on this martial arts dummy. Mirzas attack plan wasnt fully formed when he was arrested, but he has admitted preparing an act of terrorism by researching targets, including a synagogue and this raf Careers Office in the city. Its one of seven foiled plot so far this year. I think its typical of the kinds of Terror Threat that we are now seeing in the United Kingdom. Small groups of individuals, in this case, family members, but it could just have easily have been friends, sharing very explicit extremist materials, being inspired by other attacks they have seen in the United Kingdom or abroad. Taheer told the jury she wanted to escape her abusive father. She fell in love with mirza, and he brainwashed her into supporting so called islamic state. As their wedding approached, taheer messaged her boyfriend saying, i want you to kill people for me. I have a list. Mirza said, the day of the marriage i will kill them all. Give me the list. Her reply, you cant have it until you put a ring on it. She also talked about killing public figures, including the columnist katie hopkins. Radicalisation experts say her conviction is symptomatic of the new role that some women now play. We have seen a woman who seems to be in control, she is confident. She isnt someone who is going to stand there, she is actively encouraging. I think that needs to be borne in mind in terms of a shift in gender roles. The jury concluded that Madidah Taheer was no naive young woman. She was her husbands willing partner in crime. Shed wanted a hero, like the painting she placed on her facebook profile, and she found him. Now, they both face jail. And we can talk now to Zubeda Limbada from connectfutures, who you saw in that report. Good evening. Good evening. Just expand that point you may bear about a shift your scene. What is happening . What is interesting in terms of how we perceive women, we normally tend to see them in terms of them seeking romance, adventure, was there a sense of naivety . When they go to places like syria and iraq, for example. But what is happening in this case, the shift, is that there is less of that and more the fact that, while she painted herself in court as being minute later, she said love is blind, i would argue that shes here less a pass a victim but actually acting on her husband and was an active partner in committing a terrorist attack. The Text Messages we saw referred to there would be evidence of that, clearly. Exactly. And i think the other aspect is, we cant sometimes understand why someone cant sometimes understand why someone who is a pregnant woman and also encouraging in terms of what are other commitments are, in terms of not spending £300 on a knife, and spending on the baby. These conversations that unravelling of social media, and it happened over four years, inc terms of both what it says that terrorism doesnt happen ina it says that terrorism doesnt happen in a vacuum, it happens over time, and it is aborted to bear that in mind as well. If we do bear it in mind, what do we need to change in terms of tackling the problems again, terrorism is a global aspect, it isa again, terrorism is a global aspect, it is a fact. And when we talk about how we tackle, the government had a prevent strategy, for example, but it is important that there is a preventative aspect that is actually present as well. So when we do training in schools, it is important to talk to parents, children, and it is important they are aware of how you tackle both online radicalisation and notjust concentrate on specific aspects of, for example, today, we heard about the conviction of six individuals on the conviction of six individuals on the far right terrorism belonging to national action. It is in order we tackle all aspects of radicalisation and dreamers come on the forehead and dreamers come on the forehead and islamist, and that we are part of the solution. Because we need to bearin of the solution. Because we need to bear in mind that terrorism in packs of soul and security means that we should be part of that solution. Impacts on our soul. Thank you for coming. A review carried out for the government has found that Mental Health is still a taboo subject for many employees. Its also found that employers are not doing enough to help their staff. The report shows that 300 thousand people are leaving the workforce every year because of a lack of support for Mental Health problems. Up to 15 of people at work have symptoms of an existing Mental Health condition. The cost of poor Mental Health to the economy is enormous up to £99 billion each year. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym has the details. Its a stark new message for workers and their bosses. Behind the appearance of getting on with the job, some people are really struggling with their Mental Health and getting no help from their employers. Jaabir had a breakdown at work, and was signed off sick for several months. He heard nothing from his employer until an upsetting letter arrived. They basically stated how much of a burden i had placed on the company, and how they had had to work very hard to fill my position and take on temporary staff. That obviously inconvenienced the business. Which was very difficult to hear, because i was already feeling quite low at that point. And then i was quite promptly dismissed. Some organisations like royal mail are supporting staff with Mental Health challenges. The report says employers should adopt key standards, such as routine monitoring of staff well being, and encouraging open conversations. One of the authors, the former Business Leader lord stevenson, made this plea to companies. There is a win win for you. Make your employees much more content and much happier, and save yourself money at the same time by improving Mental Health throughout your organisation. Youve had challenges in this area. How does your personal experience shape your view of the way businesses should behave . I thought with Mental Health oh, there must be something wrong with me, to have mental ill health. Actually, i now realise that i have Mental Health like you have. Like everyone has. It sometimes goes up, it sometimes goes down, and ive learned how to cope with the downs and i wish everyone to have that experience. The Prime Minister promised the government would take a lead. We need to address this. Government will start within nhs england and the civil service. That will cover 2 million employees. We will be ensuring the support is there. I want other employers to do so too. How are you feeling since that time . Good practice can look like this. Regular chats with his manager at the Environment Agency have helped jonathan to cope with his condition. Having the bipolar diagnosis, there are times where i feel completely low, or completely manic and i had to find that balance at all times. The fact that ive got management and a support network around me who check in with me, and have the ability themselves to talk about it with me freely, and do not feel scared. That has helped me no end. Itsjust words, there is no compulsion on companies but by shining a light on Mental Health in the workplace and setting out the costs of not acting, the report is making a big statement. Hugh pym, bbc news. One of the employers that was praised by the report for its work on Mental Health is the insurance company, aviva. Lets find out what the company has been doing and speak to sara thompson, people director of avivas uk insurance division. Good evening. So, what has even been doing . , we have them focusing on well being for some time now, but in terms of Mental Health, we have bid on making sure that Mental Health is on making sure that Mental Health is ona on making sure that Mental Health is on a level field with physical health and well being. So we have really been redoubling our focus on that. To make sure that employees and colleagues get the help they need when they need it, and in line with the rest of our well being stuff, we have really focused on it Early Intervention whenever we can. Clearly, not every company is doing this. Why did you decide to go down this. Why did you decide to go down this road . My experience, this kind of focus is quite initial, actual. We did it for a number of reasons. We did it for a number of reasons. We can see the benefits of our employees feeling well and able to do the best work they can do at aviva, but also, it was really flagged by individual colleagues in Employee Service that we ran, but increasingly Mental Health, and as you are saying, everybody has Mental Health, but individuals were struggling at times and wanted to see more from their employer and help in that regard. So we saw it as a priority area and we have gone off to pitting in some solutions to help where we can. You talk about benefits, and clearly, the argument is that one of those benefits as productivity. So you are seeing a more productive workforce, are you, asa more productive workforce, are you, as a result of this . , we are. We are also seeing in the year to date, about 11 decrease in Sickness Absence generally, though interestingly, within that, employee referrals for Mental Health conditions of various sorts has gone up. But we see that as a good thing because people are able to speak up about it more. And have actually been able to come to work when they have perhaps not been feeling as well as they could do but actually show some of that with us and we have been able to help them at work. Are you seeing people staying in jobs longer . Is the flow of people coming and going into a company such as yours going down now . Chun yes, absolutely. We are trying to get into these things early, Early Intervention, really help. And people being supported at work. This is part of their life, so we can help them at work, that has benefits across the whole i think and in fact across the whole i think and in fact a family positively to. So, yeah, we try to keep them in work as much as they can, recognising at times that we will need to have people on sick leave and we provide help when it is required to. Thank you very much indeed for coming on. Catalonias leader Carles Puigdemont says he will not call an early election, as the crisis deepens over the question of independence from spain. The government in madrid says its ready to take direct control of the region, but the catalan president said he had not obtained sufficient guarantees from Central Government , over the threat of direct rule. The Spanish Senate is widely expected to approve direct rule tomorrow. My colleague tim willcox is in barcelona. It has been a day of seabrook rumour, attempted political brickman ship and a lot of chaos and anger as well. At 1pm local time here, Carles Puigdemont, the catalan president , was expected to make a speech and rumours were flying around that he was going to call a snap election. That caused real anger in his hardline supporters, who came at onto the streets saying that he had betrayed them, that he was a traitor to the catalan nationalist independent cause. That speech, though, was never made. It was delayed for an hour, then another half an hour, and then eventually at 5pm local time, he gave a televised address where he said that he had been thinking about calling snap elections but hadnt had any assurances from madrid that they would suspend article 155 and the imposition of direct rule from madrid and therefore he wasnt going to call it. Neither, though, did he declare independence. An hour later, he came to the Catalan Parliament. That session has now broken. The focus is now very much on what happens tomorrow morning at 10am in madrid when the senate hold their vote on whether to impose article one 55. There will be procedural stuff after that, we think there are going to pass, because mariano rajoy, the spanish minister has a majority in the senate. They will go to the council of ministers and then at about 11 oclock, they could dissolve this institution behind me. We think, we cant be sure, dont put any money, it changes all the time, but we think there could be a move in the Catalan Parliament to declare independencejust declare independence just before that. We shall see. Thank you very much. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages. At 10 40 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent and dan bilefsky of the new york times. The headlines on bbc news a 21 year old woman is found guilty of helping her husband prepare a terror knife attack in birmingham. Lifting the taboo a call to support workers with Mental Health issues. 300,000 people leave theirjobs each year. 11 people are arrested in one of britains biggest operations against people smuggling sport, now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. There has been further criticism of the english fa today, this time from andy woodward, the former footballer whose revelations of historic child sex abuse prompted a widespread investigation. It was in front of the Committee Last week that clarke said one of the victims had cried like a baby. Woodward understanding that to be him, said he was left devasted by the comments. I was devastated, to be honest. I wa nt i was devastated, to be honest. I want like you, its deeply upset me because that was obviously a confidential meeting between myself and buttler other members of the fa and buttler other members of the fa and greg clark, who came the room. I felt let down. I did actually contact the fa following day, when i had seen it, for a response from them, but i havent seen one. That must be disappointing. It was upsetting. But he has contacted me since and sincerely apologised for what he said. The bbc approached the fa for comment, but would not respond to woodwards comments. It was a reign that lasted just 26 games, pedro caixanhas sacking as rangers manager today. Last nights1 1 draw with kilmarnock his last match in charge. The Bbcs Chris Mclaughlin is in glasgow. In never really got going for him. He was appointed just 230 days ago, some people saw it as a progressive move, others saw it as something of a left field appointment. He had struggled last year. He was dumped out of Europa League qualifying. He was defeated in the better red cup final by motherwell in the semis at the weekend and then the drop, nick. It comes as no real surprise, the rangers board met here this morning, after that he said he was still the rangers manager but then they released a statement. In it they said he was appointed in march this year but results been disappointing and not commensurate with the level of investment that was made available. And that is keith stopped because he brought in 11 players in the summer and sped around £9 million, not a lot in the English Premier League but its a lot of money in the scottish premiership. Rangers will now have to write this off as a pretty expensive mistake. But given everything that has happened here, financially in recent yea rs, happened here, financially in recent years, john, you could say that they can ill afford to make many more. Former world number one has announced her torment from tennis. She won the mixed doubles at wimbledon with partnerjamie murray this summer. She will retire after the current wta finals in singapore we re the current wta finals in singapore were she is playing doubles. The pair in the world number one power in the event. Its not long until anthonyjosua takes to the ring in cardiff ahead of his world title defence against carlos ta kam on saturday night. Its not the contender he was in line to fight after kubrat pulev pulled out through injury. Ever the professional, joshua is taking his opponent seriously, when punches start hitting your face and body, you either crumble or use dig deep and find a way to win. I think youve got to try to find a way to win. He has been at championship level before, he is here again for study keep knocking and keep knocking, sooner or later, you will find a way through. So i have just got a bit and back out because he isnt coming through the store. The quarterfinal draw of the carabao cup proved a difficult task today. The draw was due to take place at 3pm live on twitter but a technical fault meant that it was delayed and ended up being recorded. Bristol city will host manchester united. Arsenal will face west ham, Leicester City are at home to Manchester City and chelsea take on bournemouth. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in sportsday at 10. 30. A man who was arrested as part of an investigation into the banned far right Group National action has been charged with encouragement to commit murder. The bbc understands that the charge relates to the labour mp, rosie cooper. Christopher lythgoe, whos 31 and from warrington in cheshire, is one of six men charged with being members of national action. 11 people have been arrested in one of the biggest operations against people smuggling in the uk. 200 officers took part in overnight raids in london, birmingham, and gateshead, targeting a gang who used secret compartments in vehicles to smuggle people into the country. 0ther arrests were made simultaneously across europe. Daniel sandford reports. At 5. 00am this morning, officers across europe launched a series of simultaneous raids on a suspected people smuggling gang. Immigration stand clear in west london. Birmingham. And gateshead. 11 people were arrested here in britain. And 15 more were detained in bulgaria and belgium. In todays raids, Immigration Enforcement are targeting a group of men suspected of smuggling people into britain using hidden compartments in vehicles. The gang specialises in purpose built cramped units like this in the back of a white van. And also hides people in the bases of flatbed trucks. Its quite upsetting when you see some of the photos of how these people are held within vehicles. Theyre specifically built hides and concealments in vehicles and they can spend a number of days in those locations before theyre actually recovered. Two men were arrested this morning in birmingham, two in gateshead and seven in london. Many of those detained were afghans, as were many of the people theyre accused of smuggling. The International Part of the operation was co ordinated by eurojust part of the european union. There were close to a hundred prosecutions for people smuggling in britain last year, but it is still a multi Million Pound criminal industry. Daniel sandford, bbc news, birmingham. President trump says that the opioid addiction crisis in the United States is now a Public Health emergency. He announced his plan to tackle the problem, which kills more than 140 americans a day, in an address at the white house within the last hour. That is why, effective today, my administration is officially declaring the Opioid Crisis a national Public Health emergency under federal law, and why i am directing all executive agencies to use every appropriate Emergency Authority to fight the Opioid Crisis. This marks a critical step in confronting the extraordinary challenge that we face. As part of this emergency response, we will announce a new policy to overcome every stricter 1970 finn europro that prevents states from providing ca re that prevents states from providing care at certain Treatment Facilities with more than 16 beds for those suffering from drug addiction. A 19705 suffering from drug addiction. A 1970s era rule. Lets speak now to our washington correspondent, laura bicker. This is a problem on quite a skilled . Scale . This is a problem on quite a skilled . Scale . 175 americans die each day from an overdose. That was one of the first statistics are announced by millennia trump at the start of the press conference. When it comes to the number of people addicted across this country, i have been to a place in kentucky where every single household has been touched by some of these problems. So the measures being announced todayit so the measures being announced today it sound like policy, they sound that procedure. But some of the measures that hes going to take, for instance, he wants those who prescribed opioids to restrict their prescriptions at times to seven days. He wants them to be educated further about the problems, but the issues that they may cause. He once to combat trafficking from china and from mexico. And he was very personal dog he gave a story about his brother fred who was addicted to alcohol, he said it is a reason why he doesnt drink. Because he saw early on the effects that editing can have. And his brother fred says, though, dont take a single drink. And that is what donald trump has done ever since. He says that shows the power that education can have committed something that he wants to do across the United States. But the problem with declaring a Public Health emergencies at is not as far as you promised that he might go. He said early on this year that he might declare a state of urgency, which would have allowed federal funds to head into states and that is one of the things critics say is missing here. They say they need money to tackle this problem, to help those overcoming abuse and they say they need it now. And that is not what this declaration will do. Thank you, laura. Travelling at 200 miles an hour this is bloodhound. A british built rocket powered car thats actually designed to go at an unimaginable thousand miles an hour. Its makers hope to break the world land speed record in 2019. Today, bloodhound was tested for the first time on the runway at newquay airport in cornwall. Heres robert hall. 0n the taxiway at newquay airport, a five tonne vehicle that can generate six times more power than an entire formula 1 grid and accelerate to 130 mph in eight seconds. You are clear to roll. The wind is 2 oclock, and five knots. This is a really important day for bloodhound and her team. If they can get the engines and the systems working together at 200 mph, then the car is well on its way to its eventual target. Hurtling down the 1. 5 mile runway, driver andy green, a former fighter pilot, had no room for error. Switching from throttle to brakes, just in time to halt bloodhound safely. How did it go, andy . That was surprisingly hard work. Its the longest runs weve done so far, the fastest runs weve done so far. This is massive for us. Bloodhound is go. This car is now operational and is demonstrating something it was never designed to do. Short distance runs to a very high speed with high acceleration and its making it look easy. This project has cost £30 million to date and captured the imagination of a worldwide audience. Over 4000 watched todays run, and thousands more will be here over the weekend. Among them, the 85 year old engineer who came up with the original blueprint. Im proud that weve got this far. What i really want to do is make nice loud supersonic bangs that will reverberate around the world. In the coming months, rocket systems will be added to bloodhound as its speeds are gradually increased ahead of that record attempt on the sandy plains of south africa. Lines from the well known world war i poem in flanders world war i poem in Flanders Fields have been spelled out in clusters of poppies across the uk and northern france, as part of this years poppy appeal. The poem was written by Canadian Army doctorjohn mccrae in 1915, after the funeral of a friend in ypres, and is one of the most famous of a group of poems composed by those witnessing the horrors of the first world war. Locations include totemic places including the white cliffs of dover, the beach at dunkirk, and the national memrorial arboretum in staffordshire. Now, lets get the weather. Good evening. 0ne good evening. One word best sums up todays weather story, good evening. One word best sums up todays weatherstory, gray. It good evening. One word best sums up todays weather story, gray. It has been a lot of cloud around, as you can see. They enough for drizzle in places, particularly across northern england, the best of the breaks in southern scotland and Northern Ireland where we have seen some sunshine year. Those clear skies are going to push down from the north is our weather front retreat south, ta kes our weather front retreat south, takes its cloud and drizzle with it, lingering across the south coast, perhaps, first thing. Here, double digits, but for north in temperatures will fall into single figures, a touch of light frost with winds in sheltered areas of scotland. But it will start off dry, quiet and predominantly sunny, every Morning Cloud and is through the south west easing away, a lovely day in prospect. Wind strength into gale force in the northern islands, risk ofa force in the northern islands, risk of a nice lady shower in east anglia, but for many, we are looking at highs of 10 15. As we move out of friday in the start of the weekend, it looks as though things will start to get colderfrom it looks as though things will start to get colder from the north on sunday. Take note. The headlines on bbc news a 21 year old woman is found guilty of helping her husband prepare a terror knife attack lifting the taboo a call to support workers with Mental Health issues 300,000 people leave theirjobs each year. Poor Mental Health costs could cost the uk up to £99 billion a year. Immigration officers arrested 11 people in the uk after raids as part ofa people in the uk after raids as part of a europe wide investigation into people smuggling. President trump says that the us is in the grip of an opioid epidemic. Announcing a plan to tackle prescription drugs and calling the issue a national shame. And coming up, almost half a century after shame. And coming up, almost half a century afteer kennedy as assassinated, the last of the secret files will be released. Scotlands Health Watchdog is warning there must be a step change in the way that health care is delivered as funding and services are squeezed. Audit scotlands annual review of the nhs says people are waiting longer to be seen and National Performance targets are being missed. The Scottish Government says that the Health Service has improved significantly. Running hospitals, paying for staff, the costs of treatments. £13 billion was spent running the nhs, yet the standards are not improving. The annual health check of the nhs shows that the prognosis is not good. The nhs is struggling with long term challenges around rising costs, population increasing with older people with complex Health Conditions and tight public finances. There is recognition we cannot deliver services in the same way. The government set key targets to gauge how the nhs is performing. 0nly gauge how the nhs is performing. Only one of the targets was met. Getting an outpatient appointment is becoming increasingly difficult. Eleanor kiniston had severe dizziness and sickness, after being told they were not sure what was wrong, she walled told she could have to wait up to 40 weeks. It was worrying what could happen in that time. The government wants to see care done away from the hospitals and in a community setting. The government recognises the challenges. The reforms are delivering progress around delayed discharge but says that money alone is not the answer. That we need more reform in order to meet the needs of the demographic challenges of an ageing population. There is no quick fix for the co s of health care. The report says there should be long term Financial Planning and a move away from state m e nts planning and a move away from statements of intent to action but to say that we should all be more realistic as to what we expect from the inses in. Bt is to reduce costs for customers who have only a land line by almost 40 . It comes after a review by the regulator 0fcom that said customers with land lines had been getting poor value for money. The reduction ta kes poor value for money. The reduction takes effect from april. A 14 year old boy and a 49 year old man are being questioned on suspicion of murder after a man was shot dead in ran carshire. It happened in accrington. The victim is named as lee halt from the town. He was shot dead following a dispute between two families. The police say they were called here at 8. 30pm to reports that a 32 year old man had suffered a single shot wound to his chest. He was take tonne the Royal Blackburn Hospital but died a short time later. He is named by the police as lee halt, a fatherfrom later. He is named by the police as lee halt, a father from accrington and believed to have worked for a tarmacking firm. People in the area are expressing their shock as to what has happened. I was mystified. Very sad it is a young person involved in it. I was mystified. Very sad it is a young person involved in it. Ij thought young person involved in it. I thought it was a firework. It is coming up to that time of year. My two dogs had run outside to the back garden and thought, obviously we thought it were a firework but it wasnt. When did you realise it was not . When did you realise it was not . When we saw the police. The police say that mr halt died following an altercation with a small group of people at the front door of the house here. They have recovered a firearm that they say that they believed was held legally. But said that this is an isolated incident that they do not believe there is a wider threat to the community. This is a horrific murder. Tragic and very sad for both families. There are no winners here. It our job to ensure we find out exactly why this has happened and what happened. The detectives are spoken to a number of witnesses and are not seeking to make further arrests but tonight are continuing to question a 14 year old boy and a 49 year old man on suspicion of murder. It was an assassination that shocked the world. The shooting of the us president president , jf kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald in dallas in 1943. It spawned countless of conspiracy theories and hundreds of films and documents. November the 22nd, 1963. It appears as though something has happened in the motorcade. Something has happened in the motorcade route. Notjust one of the most shocking days in american history, but also one of the most disputed. President kennedy has been assassinated. Its official now, the president is dead. The official explanation is that John F Kennedy was assassinated in dallas by unknown gunman, lee harvey 0swald, but the case has never been closed in the american mind. Were there soviets involved . The cubans . The mafia . Renegade elements within the government he led . The official explanation is that John F Kennedy was assassinated in dallas by unknown gunman, lee harvey 0swald, but the case has never been closed in the american mind. Were there soviets involved . The cubans . The mafia . Renegade elements within the government he led . The National Archives holds 5 million documents on the assassination. 99 have already been opened in some form. But its that final 1 of mainly cia and fbi files thats so intriguing. I would welcome a eureka moment. I doubt that wed get a eureka moment. Most of what were going to see is going to be about details and incremental advances in our knowledge about the assassination. The official explanation is that John F Kennedy was assassinated about the assassination. But again, i hope im surprised, i hope there is something there thatll help us to solve the enduring mysteries of the kennedy assassination. Whats fuelled the conspiracy theories is that Lee Harvey Oswald was himself murdered just days later by dallas nightclub ownerjack ruby. The documents may reveal more about a trip that 0swald made to mexico just weeks before where he met soviet and cuban spies. Its more than 50 years since america mourned the loss of its young leader. A national wound that has never truly healed, and a chapter in the National Story that has never had a satisfactory ending. The assassination ofJohn F Kennedy was a turning point notjust because a 46 year old president had been cut down in his prime, but because Many Americans came to believe that their government simply wasnt telling them the truth. Part of the reason why congress ordered this document dump was to regain that lost trust. The historical irony is that the decision to release the files rests with the modern day president , donald trump, who has promotedek conspiracy theories himself. But will they bring a sense of closure . Nick bryant, bbc news, washington. An artillery salute, buildings draped in yellow marigolds, hundreds of thousands of mourners in black, and a procession marked by drums and flutes all part of the five day funeral ceremony for the late and revered thai King Bhumibol . Ceremony for the late and revered thai King Bhumibol. He died last year aged 88 and today people lined the streets of bangkok to pay tribute. 0ur correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes sent this report from thailand. Strict laws there mean he is restricted in what he can say. This was not a funeral fit for a king. It was a funeral fit for a god. For in death, that is what many thais believe King Bhumibol has become. His golden funeral urn placed on top a giant golden chariot. Hauled by 222 soldiers. As the giant chariot passed, 70,000 invited mourners prostrated themselves. Even a year after the king died, many still unable to contain their grief. In the streets close to the funeral route, hundreds of thousands more flooded in. Waiting for hours to offer a floral farewell. Among them, this woman and her sister. Translation he was a king but he always went to the poorest places. He met with the poorest people. He didnt need to do that but he did. For me he was like a father. I dont know what to say. Sorry. It is extremely hot here in bangkok today but that has done nothing to dampen the really extraordinary outpouring of love and devotion, for the old king. For 70 years King Bhumibol really held this country together, through the cold war, through numerous military coups, through wrenching economic change. Love for the old king is one of the very few things that almost all thais can agree on. This evening, thailands new king arrived at the golden crematorium, specially built for his fathers final journey. The three times divorced vajiralongkorn is not loved as his father was. Inside, the old kings body was prepared for cremation. As one era ends here, a new much more uncertain one has begun. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in bangkok. The winner of the Royal Institute of british architects most prestigious award the stirling prize will be announced next tuesday. The nominations to become britains best new building 2017 include a new College Campus in glasgow, a London Housing development and a rejuvenated seaside pier on the south coast of england. Today, we look at the British Museum World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre in london by rogers stirk harbour and partners. The museum had a complex 40 Year Master Plan for the site. Adding conservation and sciences and special exhibitions and logistics. Many were challenges left over on the museum compound from a work evolving for 250 years. So we spent time with the museum, understanding their wants and needs to try to respond to the brief. They wanted to create a World Conservation and Exhibition Centre for the whole of the museum campus. This is really a celebration of the background work that maintains the collection and studies it appropriately. It also creates a fantastic vehicle within which the wider world contributions and exchanges can exist. The spring a state of the art facility for conservation and scientific research. It has helped to bring all of the staff to Work Together and helped to us to design new Laboratory Facilities to preserve the collection, to better understand the collection and to communicate that to the wider public. What is unique about the building is it is strikingly modern in a sensitive conservation environment. But for me, personally, spending seven yea rs, but for me, personally, spending seven years, by the end of the process , seven years, by the end of the process, i wanted to hear all that was to be said. Process, i wanted to hear all that was to be said. And you can see all the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and find out who is the winner of the Riba Stirling prize for architecture live on the bbc news channel next tuesday between 8. 30 and 9pm. Studies have found shocking inequalities for women in sport, from financial reward, to sports access, to training facilities. The bbcs 100 women has been investigating and this week formed a group of experts to find ways to tackle sexism in brazilian football. This group of experts has gone to investigate if they can learn any lessons from a sport that officially has mixed sex teams its called korfball. Julia carneiro was there. Were we re halfway were halfway through the 100 women challenge. It is all about tackling sexism in football. But we are looking for examples from other sports. We have come here to find out more about cosh ball. This is a Typical School screen and were at a school in rio. What is striking is that the kids, the girls and the boys are playing together. Korfball was invented in the early 20th century, a mixed gender ball game. So the aim is to get the kids playing together and to use it in the school to tackle stereotypes as to what the girls and the boys do. They all really like it. The boys are proud to play with the girls and the girls feel that they can play