Ministers reject pleas to issue a medical cannabis licence for a six year old boy whose rare form of epilepsy improves after taking the drug, his parents say. And caught on camera, an attempted ram raid on a high end watch shop in leeds. Police say the shop front was damaged but no one was injured. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Save the children says the widower of the murdered labour mp, jo cox, resigned from a senior role at the charity in 2015, before an inquiry into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against him was completed. Brendan cox has stepped down from two organisations set up in his wifes memory, after admitting he behaved inappropriately three years ago. But he rejects a separate allegation he assaulted a woman at Harvard University in the United States. Charlotte gallagher reports. The murder ofjo cox by a far right extremist stunned the nation. The labour mp and mother of two was shot and stabbed in the week before the Eu Referendum in 2016. In the months after her death, her widower, brendan cox, vowed to campaign in his wifes memory, and set up thejo Cox Foundation and more in common. Now, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour against women, hes stood down from both charities. He was accused of harassing a female colleague at save the children, and assaulting a woman during a trip to Harvard University in 2015. Late last night, brendan cox apologised for his actions. The labour mp jess phillips, who was friends withjo cox, said he was right to stand down. Im not defending his actions, i am trying to think about this person who i know, and my friend who isnt here, and make sure that there is a change in the future. I dont defend any of this behaviour. A spokesperson for thejo Cox Foundation said staff admired mr coxs contribution and dedication to the charity. Today, jo coxs sister said the family would support brendan cox as he endeavoured to do the right thing. Charlotte gallagher, bbc news. The education secretary says University Students should pay different amounts, to study different courses. Damian hinds suggested subsidies could be provided to fund more expensive degree courses, such as science and engineering. It comes as the Prime Minister prepares to outline details tomorrow of a wide ranging review into Higher Education funding. But labour says another review wont solve funding problems, as tom barton reports. Whats this worth . Cheering thats the question facing ministers as they try to address concerns over the cost of university, both to students and taxpayers. A review launching tomorrow to look at how degrees are funded and whether its right that expensive science and engineering courses cost students the same as cheaper arts and humanities degrees. When the system was brought in, it wasnt anticipated that so many universities, so many courses, would all have the same fee for their course. There hasnt been as much variety that has come into the system as we would have expected and wanted, so i think it is right to ask questions about that and see what can be done to stimulate that diversity and variety. The review comes as mps from the Commons Treasury Committee say Interest Rates as high as 6. 1 on Student Loans are questionable. With many undergraduate in england accumulating £5,000 in interest whilst still studying, and leaving university with average debts of £50,000. Many are seeing todays announcement as a response to labours success with Younger Voters at last years general election, after promising to end fees and reintroduce maintenance grants. Weve had three announcements of reviews in the last 12 months and eight years of the conservatives that have damaged Higher Education and totally decimated our further education infrastructure, so another review really isnt going to solve the problem of the hike in Interest Rates which this government has done. Tuition fees remain a divisive subject, something ministers hope this review will help address. Tom barton, bbc news. Mps have called on the home office to issue a medical cannabis licence to a boy whose rare form of epilepsy improved after taking the drug. Six year old Alfie Dingley, from kenilworth in warwickshire, suffers up to 30 violent seizures a day. His parents want to treat him with medical cannabis oil, which is illegal in the uk. Lets speak to the mp Crispin Blunt who chairs the all Party Parliamentary group on drug policy reform. Thanks very much for being with us on bbc news. We saw earlier parents describing the situation that alfie is in, that the condition is issue me where, 6 7 children in the world suffer from this particular form me where, 6 7 children in the world sufferfrom this particularform of epilepsy. What is the stumbling block to doing anything about it . L licence is required from the home 0ffice, licence is required from the home office, who are in charge of drugs policy, and if they issue a license, asi policy, and if they issue a license, as i understand it, he can receive treatment in the united kingdom. There would be a social license for him to have a particular drugs that he has been receiving in the netherlands. The home office says that because cannabis is a schedule one drug, it cannot be prescribed to the public in the uk, and can only be used for research under a home 0ffice licence, and the home office would not issue a licence to enable personal consumption. Well, that sounds pretty bureaucratic to me, and fairly cruel and heartless. As far as Alfie Dingley is concerned. So we need to find a way through what is, frankly, the mess that our laws are around medical cannabis. There is fairly strong public support for us moving to a position of, i think it is about to be 1a European Union states, and 29 states of the United States, who find a way to licence cannabis for medical use. Even in the republic of ireland recently, they have found a way for the minister to give exceptional use in exactly these kind circumstances that help Alfie Dingley. We need to get real here. Theres a boy here who is suffering very greatly, and we should find a way for him to get the treatment he needs. It is fair to say he was in the netherlands in the autumn, and it was prescribed by a paediatric neurologist there. The dose, according to his mother, it is three drops of oil, so not a big dosage, nonetheless, they have a problem being able to get it. The home office says that whilst it is very well for it to be prescribed by a doctor in the netherlands, in this country, it is not recognised as having any medical benefit. You only have to look at the difference Alfie Dingley in the netherlands or the uk. In the uk, he is going to have to go to hospital 150 times a year ata to go to hospital 150 times a year at a huge expense to the nhs, and in the netherlands, those occasions are reduced to a tenth of that. It is really rather straightforward what we ought to do in these circumstances, we need to find a way to get exceptional use for Alfie Dingley, and we need a proper examination of medical cannabis overall in the uk. We will be seeking as a group, meetings with the Health Secretary and home secretary to find a way through this. In alfie potter craze, you think simply that the home secretary should overrule these restrictions and issue a licence in Alfie Dingleys case. It is clear how exceptional alfies cases. We ought to have circumstances to find a way to make exceptions in these rare circumstances. Behind that, we need to consider the Wider Application of medicinal cannabis, but that can wait. Right now, Alfie Dingley needs oui wait. Right now, Alfie Dingley needs our help and these bureaucratic barriers removed. I can imagine what an official might say, it is all very well and everyone feels for this little boy and his family, but once you issue a licence of one product that has not been through the normal processes to establish its safety and efficacy, you will open the floodgates to other appeals, and you set a president thatis appeals, and you set a president that is hard to resist in the case of other treatment, which individual patients will say is transformative, but which doctors, scientists, will say is not necessarily safe. We need to consider all of that. We already have licences in the united kingdom, but that only came about because the home office in the late 90s gave special permission for the medical trials to be used to establish its efficacy for spasticity and the people suffering with multiple sclerosis. We have already done this. We can find a way through this. We can find a way through this. And Alfie Dingley frankly cant wait. This needs to be done 110w. Cant wait. This needs to be done now. We also need to get on and look at all the other potential uses of a medicine where many other nations and states in the United States have already decided that theres enough ofa already decided that theres enough of a case for it to be properly licensed. Crispin blunt, many thanks for being with us. More than 60 people are feared dead after a passenger plane crashed in iran. The flight, which took off from the capital, tehran, came down in the zagros mountains, in the south west of the country, on its way to the city of yasuj. It was operated by aseman airlines. Earlier, i spoke to our bbc persian correspondent amir paivar about the crash. He began by telling me why there is some confusion over whether or not there are survivors. They have dispatched teams overground. This they have dispatched teams overg round. This is they have dispatched teams overground. This is a freezing, inaccessible mountain area. And the latest is they have now followed the lead of a mobile phone signal which will help them to pinpoint the gps coordinates of the exact crash site. That should speed up the process. Nonetheless, it will be quite a few hours between the crash and getting there, and even if there are survivors, there will be concerns about how they will cope in those conditions. Exactly. The dark is falling now, and it is very cold, so it will be a big shock for any survivor to actually survive the cold and the dark, and the night, but there are 30 teams right now trying to reach that area from every accessible route. So this was a routine domestic flight. Whats the record of internal flights in iran . As you probably know, iran has a history of such air crashes because of a long history of international sanctions, iran has not been able to purchase new planes. That has changed since two years ago. Because of the nuclear deal, the sanctions have been lifted and iran can now purchase planes. It has put in orders for 200 planes which it needs, but unfortunately, only 11 have been delivered, because still big banks dont want to work with iran. Although the country is ready to pay, no bank is ready to help with that transaction. So iran is still struggling with these old planes. And presumably, even when that happens, there will be a lag in terms of replacing the existing aircraft. As far as getting information about what has happened, do we know anything more about the flight . Is this a routine flight, a regular one, is it a popular route . It is a routine flight, and actually, just after this happened, we received video footage of a very close landing of that area, where the passenger taking the mobile phone footage thought the plane was too close to the mountain. So it is a routine flight, but it is a very difficult location where this plane was about to pass through and land. But this particular plane had a history of technical faults, and was grounded for seven years before being recommissioned recently. Police in leeds have been called to one of yorkshires busiest shopping streets after an attempted ram raid took place. As you can see, men in two cars drove onto a pedestrianised street in the centre of leeds and attempted to rob a high end watch shop. The men in balaclavas didnt succeed in gaining entry and escaped before the police arrived. Now on bbc news, its time to join jane hill for special coverage live from the red carpet at the baftas. Hello and welcome to this bbc news special programme, bringing you all the red carpet arrivals for the annual British Academy film awards, coming live from the Royal Albert Hall in central london. Lets start oui hall in central london. Lets start our coverage by reminding you which films are in the running for the coveted award of best film. How are you doing . Nice to meet you. You must be a resource did. 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