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The head of the bbc has said he cant see Huw Edwards working at the corporation again after the presenter was given a six month suspended prison sentence, for making indecent images of children. Tim images of children. Davie confirmed that the bbc Tim Davie confirmed that the bbc is trying to claw back £200,000 that was paid to edwards after he was arrested. Tim davie said the matter was in the hands of legal teams. Edwards was sentenced yesterday, monday. He willalso be placed on the sex offenders register. He admitted having 41 images that were sent to him on whatsapp, including some showing a victim aged seven and nine. Colin patterson is with me. Just take us through his comments. To me. Just take us through his commem me. Just take us through his comments. ,. , comments. To explain the points of this it is comments. To explain the points of this it is the comments. To explain the points of this it is the first comments. To explain the points of this it is the first time of this it is the first time the Director General has spoken since Huw Edwards was sentenced yesterday. Many Outlets Bid for interviews. He turned them down yesterday. He had been booked in for months to speak at this event at the Royal Television Society event. It is once a yearin society event. It is once a year in london. Before they got onto the topic. The main takeaway from what Tim Davie said is that he cant see any way that Huw Edwards would work again and for what he said were pretty obvious reasons. He had been convicted of appalling crimes so it is pretty straightforward. Then he was asked about that £200,000 that Huw Edwards was paid by the bbc from when the corporation was notified last november that he had been arrested on. What the bbc launched this internal inve been ion to the bbc launched this internal inve been arrested on. What had been arrested on. What the the Director General he does want Director General he does want the money back, they have asked the money back, they have asked for it back but legal teams for it back but legal teams mean that he could not say mean that he could not say more. He was asked about the more. He was asked about the damage that this had had on the damage that this had had on the bbc. He said it really does bbc. He said it really does impact the bbc. He said the impact the bbc. He said the only way to restore that is by only way to restore that is by doing the right thing. Tim doing the right thing. Tim davie has doing the right thing. Tim davie has also doing the right thing. Tim davie has also been davie has doing the right thing. Tim davie has also doing the right thing. Tim davie has also been doing the right thing. Tim davie has also been talking about one of the bbc� s most doing the right thing. Tim davie has also been talking about one of the bbc� s most popular programmes strictly popular programmes Strictly Come Dancing, which has had come dancing, which has had more than its fair share of more than its fair share of controversy in recent months. Controversy in recent months. Tell us about that. Tell us about that. Tell us about that. Yeah, we tell us about that. Yeah, we know from tell us about that. Yeah, we know from earlier tell us about that. Yeah, we know from earlier in know from tell us about that. Yeah, we know from earlier tell us about that. Yeah, we know from earlier in tell us about that. Yeah, we know from earlier in the tell us about that. Yeah, we | know from earlier in the sum tell us about that. Yeah, we i know from earlier in the sum of tell us about that. Yeah, we know from earlier in the tell us about that. Yeah, we | know from earlier in the sum tell us about that. Yeah, we i know from earlier in the sum of the bbc launched this internal the bbc launched this internal investigation to investigation to look at complaints of Amanda Abbington about Herformer Complaints of Amanda Abbington about her former Strictly Come Dancing partner. And where is this report . We have not had it. He said we have to follow the process and it was not ready at this time. But close to the end is the word that report was out soon. The bbc� s internal investigation into what has been going on in Strictly Come Dancing. Been going on in strictly come dancina. , been going on in strictly come dancin. , been going on in strictly come dancin. ,. ,. , dancing. That will be another bi. Dancing. That will be another Big Story dancing. That will be another Big Story. Thank dancing. That will be another Big Story. Thank you dancing. That will be another Big Story. Thank you for dancing. That will be another. Big story. Thank you for taking us through that. Big story. Thank you for taking us th| ofgh that. Big story. Thank you for taking us th| ofgh i at. Big story. Thank you for taking us Thl Ofgh Make of it . I think it is important make of it . I think it is important that make of it . I think it is important that we make of it . I think it is important that we get| make of it . I think it is i important that we get the make of it . I think it is important that we get the nhs Back On important that we get the nhs Back On a stable footing. The strike Back On a stable footing. The strike was costing a fortune, it was strike was costing a fortune, it was also building up Waiting Lists it was also building up Waiting Lists it it was also building up Waiting Lists it is it was also building up Waiting Lists. It isjust a pity that it took lists. It isjust a pity that it took so long for Government Action it took so long for Government Action and it took so long for Government Action and that the previous government had allowed it to Et Government had allowed it to get to government had allowed it to get to this stage, i think. Now that get to this stage, i think. Now that the get to this stage, i think. Now that the Junior Doctors this is settled that the Junior Doctors this is settled we need to get back to work settled we need to get back to work and settled we need to get back to work and we need to start bringing work and we need to start bringing down those Waiting Lists bringing down those Waiting Lists and that we get Peoples Sociai lists and that we get peoples social Care Packages are working out hospital. This is all part working out hospital. This is all part of what needs to be done all part of what needs to be done to all part of what needs to be done to frankly save the nhs, which done to frankly save the nhs, which is done to frankly save the nhs, which is on its knees, through no fault which is on its knees, through no fault of which is on its knees, through no fault of the Junior Doctors or anybody else, other than mismanagement for ten years. We need mismanagement for ten years. We need to mismanagement for ten years. We need to get it back working properly for all of us and health properly for all of us and Health Service that we can be proud Health Service that we can be proud again. It needs funding it needs proud again. It needs funding it Needs Investment in the right it Needs Investment in the right places and it needs social right places and it needs Social Care dealt with because Social Care dealt with because so many Social Care dealt with because so many people are on Waiting Lists so many people are on Waiting Lists because there are not free lists because there are not free beds in hospitals for them because free beds in hospitals for them because people in hospital are fit to because people in hospital are fit to go because people in hospital are fit to Go Home Cannot because there fit to Go Home Cannot because there is fit to Go Home Cannot because there is no social Care Package for them there is no social Care Package for them. Gf there is no social Care Package for them for them. Of course you are aroin for them. Of course you are going to for them. Of course you are going to criticise for them. Of course you are going to criticise the going to criticise the conservatives for the way the junior Doctors Strike was handled. Your party repeatedly attacked the conservatives and thatis attacked the conservatives and that is where your stance has been. You think that labour have dealt with this in a reasonable timeframe . I have dealt with this in a reasonable timeframe . I would sa we reasonable timeframe . I would say we are reasonable timeframe . I would say we are the reasonable timeframe . I would say we are the opposition, reasonable timeframe . I would say we are the opposition, it i say we are the opposition, it is our say we are the opposition, it is ourioh say we are the opposition, it is ourjob to . The government has done is ourjob to . The government has done. We need to see the full details and how quickly they full details and how quickly they deal with the issues at they deal with the issues at the heart of the nhs problems. Because the heart of the nhs problems. Because it does need major investment. Hospitals need to be investment. Hospitals need to he built, investment. Hospitals need to be built, we have hospitals all over be built, we have hospitals all over the be built, we have hospitals all over the country that are crumbling and not fit for use a lot of crumbling and not fit for use a lot of them. We need investment in the lot of them. We need investment in the services, we need the right in the services, we need the right services. We have heard the response to the report but we have the response to the report but we have not heard in detail what we have not heard in detail what it we have not heard in detail what it is we have not heard in detail what it is going to be. When we et what it is going to be. When we get back what it is going to be. When we get back after recess we want the government to come forward with proposals. Daisy i think is already made it clear that she is is already made it clear that she is happy to talk to them about she is happy to talk to them about the proposals that we have about the proposals that we have i about the proposals that we have. I think what we want to see from have. I think what we want to see from the government is that rather see from the government is that rather than this blinkered we know rather than this blinkered we know best attitude the resort for too know best attitude the resort for too long from the conservatives. | for too long from the conservatives. ,. ,. , conservatives. I want to toe Denim Ask conservatives. I want to toe Denim Ask you conservatives. I want to toe Denim Ask you about conservatives. I want to toe Denim Ask you about ed conservatives. I want to toe Denim Ask you about ed Daveys Speech which is coming up in a couple of hours. What you want to hear from couple of hours. What you want to hearfrom him . What more do you want to hear from to hearfrom him . What more do you want to hearfrom him beyond that . I you want to hear from him beyond that . You want to hear from him beyond that . You want to hear from him be ond that . ,. ,. ,. , beyond that . I want to hear on Social Care beyond that . I want to hear on Social Care plans beyond that . I want to hear on Social Care plans and beyond that . I want to hear on Social Care plans and confident| Social Care plans and confident we will do that none of us support me or worried do that none of us support me or worried about going into this or worried about going into this winter. The cuts. I would like this winter. The cuts. I would like to this winter. The cuts. I would like to hear more from that from like to hear more from that from him like to hear more from that from him but also how were going from him but also how were going to from him but also how were going to build on the 72 mps. It going to build on the 72 mps. It is going to build on the 72 mps. It is fantastic having 57 new colleagues. It is terrific having colleagues. It is terrific having a strong voice in the commons but how are we going to use it commons but how are we going to use it and commons but how are we going to use it and how are we going to build use it and how are we going to Build It . Use it and how are we going to Build It . , ~ ,. , use it and how are we going to Build It . , ~ i. ,. , Build It . Thank you for oining us. We Build It . Thank you for oining we wrufi Build It . Thank you for oining us. We will let Build It . Thank you for oining us. We will let you Build It . Thank you for oining us. We will let you go Build It . Thank you forjoining us. We will let you go off Build It . Thank you forjoining us. We will let you go off and | us. We will let you go off and enjoy the speech and the rest of the conference. Many people will be heading home from here today after several very sunny Daysin Today after several very sunny days in brighton and i know we have said it before but the mood really has matched the weather. Indias Supreme Court has temporarily blocked states from demolishing the homes of people accused of a crime. The tactic , known as bulldozerjustice , is increasingly used throughout the country. Critics say it unfairly targets minority communities, especially muslims. 0ur South Asia correspondent Samira Hussain Reports 0vercome with grief. This was once her home. Now a pile of broken dreams. Three months ago her husband. The next morning authorities bulldoze our homes, claiming they were illegally built on public. 16 year Old Girl died of pneumonia just weeks after the home was demolished. After the house was broken down they are reduced to sleeping in here. They would sleep on this side and when it rained and there was too much water coming in they would go and find shelter somewhere else. Translation they already took my husband to joe, why did they have to break my home . If they hadnt my daughter would be alive. Convinced she has died because she had no protection from the monsoons. Not a one off. Recently there has been a rise in demolitions. Critics say without prior notice and often targeting muslims. Non none of the Due Process has been followed. The government must followed. The government must follow Due Process which it doesnt respect. They go about raising peoples homes for no reason other than the fact that these people are muslim. The government did not reply to our request for comments but has consistently rejected accusations it targets muslims. Translation show Me One Muslim that has been a victim of injustice. Nobody can say this. This social Media Video want viral last year. Muslim boys allegedly spitting on a hindu procession. Two days later, an announcement for the neighbourhood. The police will use the Harshest Punishment against them. Their home reduced to rubble. Translation translation they put up a notice saying the building is structurally unsafe and will be demolished. Take what you can, you have an hour. His sons merely accused of a crime but the whole family pays a price. The Supreme Court is now stepping in to issue guidelines for the entire country to follow. Rapper and Producer Sean Diddy combs has been arrested in new york. The indictment has not yet been made public. Hes been under investigation after a number of women accused him of Sexual Assault and abuse. The arrest in manhattan follows raids on two of his properties in la and miami in march as part of an ongoing investigation into sex trafficking. Mr combss legal team say he is innocent, and they are disappointed by the arrest. Around the world and across The Uk. This is bbc news. The Facebook Owner Meta has announced that it is banning the russian state media outlet, rt, from its platforms along with a host of other networks. The social Media Giant accused the networks of engaging in � foreign interference activity�. The move comes days after a State Department Official called Rt A Fully Fledged member of the Intelligence Apparatus of the russian government. Enforcement of the ban will roll out over the coming days. Lets speak to Dr 0lga boichak senior lecturer in digital cultures at the university of sydney. She researches how Social Media influences the outcomes of military conflicts near and far. Why is met upbringing in this ban now . Is it to do with the State Department Announcement . This is a welcome step on the part of meta. When so many Internet Users are getting their news online, it is not just young people, this is also we are now living here at a stage where a lot of middle aged people also get their news online on Social Media and so this is an extremely significant step that would allow to curtail russian disinformation. Rt has been known as a russian propaganda arm. It has been known to really work with western audiences, with audiences in the global south, to spin russian disinformation, to propagate it. And so this is a very welcome step. It will help curtail because meta platforms occupy such a large amount of traffic, especially instagram among young people, this is a very welcome step in the right direction. Is very welcome step in the right direction. , , very welcome step in the right direction. ,. , direction. Is it possible to quantify direction. Is it possible to quantify on direction. Is it possible to quantify on those direction. Is it possible to l quantify on those platforms direction. Is it possible to quantify on those platforms how much russian influence that is . It is really difficult, that is the million dollar question. Of course we have channels like rt, which we know a lot of countries had banned them in 2022, including The Uk, which again really did stop the spread of this information for viewers who get their news from television. However, it did stay on online platforms and that was one aspect that has now been handled with this new band. At the same time, russia has a repertoire of sophisticated disinformation tactics, including, which is not really new but this is interesting, the use of so called Political Micro Influences. It is known that russian operatives had paid organisations that are affiliated with groups of Political Micro Influences to propagate their influence through that. The weight of those audiences and this is the kind of disinformation that is particularly hard to identify, unless one really does study russian narratives and is able to distinguish and to immediately recognise them. So that will put a strain on fact checkers that will make it much harder to distinguish misinformation i guess that is the new terrain that will have to look out for. To look out for. Really interesting to look out for. Really interesting to to look out for. Really interesting to talk to look out for. Really interesting to talk to l to look out for. Really interesting to talk to you. Thank you very much for that. Lets see if that Precedent Set by meta is followed by others. A Public Hearing into the titan submersible disaster, has revealed the final Text Messages sent by those On Board as they headed towards the wreck of the titanic. 0ne read, � all good here before the craft imploded and killed all On Board. The communications were between the sub and the Mother Ship on the surface, as titan made its descent in june last year. The hearing was also shown this image of the submersible on the seabed. The us coast guard, will assess what went wrong, and whether the accident could have been prevented. Here s rebecca morelle. The wreckage of 0ceangates titan sub, its Tail Cone Line nearly 3800 metres down on the atlantic sea floor. It was taking passengers to the titanic when it imploded, killing all five people On Board. Those who died were british explorer hamish harding, Solomon Dawood and his father shahzada dawood, Stockton Rush, 0ceangate ceo. I Stockton Rush, 0ceangate ceo. I would let as the everybody present stands for a moments silent. ,. , present stands for a moments silent. ,. , silent. Now a Public Hearing has been silent. Now a Public Hearing has been established silent. Now a Public Hearing has been established to has been established to establish what has gone wrong. This is a full Scale Model of the sub. We have heard more about its previous exhibitions. It went to the titanic Wreck Site 13 times in 2021 and 2022 and during those two years there were 118 things that went wrong. Including the front dome falling off when it was brought out of the sea, its thrusters which steer the craft failing at 3500 metres and its batteries died on one dive, leaving passengers trapped inside the 27 hours. We also learnt the timeline of its final dive in the last few Text Messages sent twin the sub and the surface. It began its dive at 9 14am in the morning local time. At 9 18am there was a communications check. After that, comms were patchy. About an hour into the Dive Titan sent a message saying all good here. And at 10 25am at a depth of 2006 and metres, it said it was to the South East of the titanic bow. The last message was sent at 10 47am at a depth of 3346 metres. Titan said it had dropped two weights. After that communication was lost. There is nothing in the messages to suggest the passengers On Board had any idea that anything was wrong. The meeting heard how Stockton Rush didnt want an independent safety. Rush didnt want an independent safe ,. ,. , safety. The first one was it was a time safety. The first one was it was a time and safety. The first one was it was a time and cost, safety. The first one was it was a time and cost, it safety. The first one was it l was a time and cost, it would take way too long and it was ridiculous, in his words. It stifles innovation. I said, well, you would still be innovative. Well, you would still be innovative. ,. , innovative. The hearings into the titan innovative. The hearings into the Titan Disaster innovative. The hearings into the Titan Disaster continue i innovative. The hearings into | the Titan Disaster continue for two more weeks. London Fashion Week has been celebrating a0 years in the industry by doing what it does best showcasing whats hot on the catwalk. Currently part of the Big Four Fashion Weeks alongside new york, milan and paris, it is recognised globally, with more than 250 designers from All Over The World choosing to present their collections in the city. 0ur Reporter Lola Schroer is with one of the designers who exhibited their work at this year s Fashion Week. A designer with an eye for accessibility but it is the last day of London Fashion week where the city has been celebrating a0 years of the event. I have found myself in east london, hackney, with one of the 250 designers who have shown a collection at this weeks Fashion Week. How are you doing . Im weeks Fashion Week. How are you doing . You doing . Im good. It has been a lot. You doing . Im good. It has been a lot, im you doing . Im good. It has been a lot, im tired. You doing . Im good. It has been a lot, im tired. We i you doing . Im good. It has| been a lot, im tired. We are prepping for showrooms in paris and then we have started designing our next season, so there is a lot going on but im a little bit tired, i have had a little bit tired, i have had a little bit of time to rest. Tell us a bit about this collection and the inspirations behind it. , collection and the inspirations behindit. , collection and the inspirations behindit. , behind it. This collection is insired behind it. This collection is inspired by behind it. This collection is inspired by my behind it. This collection is inspired by my mum. Im l behind it. This collection is inspired by my mum. Im a little bit of a mamas boy. My mum essentially was this amazing corporate tycoon and she dominated the digital Media World in the united states. And so watching her Make Space for an Asian American woman there i think was so beautiful to witness and it was such a big inspiration to me and a little bit why i have stronger business acumen. So from that i interpreted a lot of these classic Office Wear stripes and then we juxtaposed it with insane textile. For example, the pieces im wearing now, im wearing some trousers that have a classic Southeast Asian twist to them. And a classic suit and tie. This collection feels a lot more demure and a lot more elegant than the collections i would normally produce. But it was really beautiful to produce and i brought my mum on stage with me and it was really nice and it was beautiful. Im super happy. And it was beautiful. Im super ha. ,. , and it was beautiful. Im super ha. ,. , , happy. The Fashion Industry Reall in happy. The Fashion Industry Really in the happy. The Fashion Industry Really in the last happy. The Fashion Industry Really in the last few happy. The Fashion Industry Really in the last few yearsl really in the last few years has been trying to make a push to be more inclusive and more diverse and we have seen on the catwalks but perhaps not in the audiences. 0urview Catwalks but perhaps not in the audiences. Our view been trying to make a change with that . I to make a change with that . I think for me have always been super inclusive with the casting. I was wanted to see people envisage in cells in the clouds as well. This season we were able to get 20 blind guests to attend the show and they loved it. It was so beautiful to witness people who actually enjoy fashion that actually enjoy fashion that actually cared about the concept as well instead ofjust the visuals. So it was super nice we had them before the show and that she came and felt the pieces and they were really inquisitive and they were so enthusiastic. It was beautiful to witness. I loved them so much and so now we know exactly what to do to be able to facilitate them. We will be able to have this in future shows. �. , able to have this in future shows. �. , , shows. Brilliant. This is the collection shows. Brilliant. This is the collection and shows. Brilliant. This is the collection and hopefully i shows. Brilliant. This is the collection and hopefully we J Collection and hopefully we will be back at London Fashion week next week. Thank you very much. Really interesting to hear. Do stay with us on bbc news. Much more to come. Hello. For most of the parts of The Uk it has turned into a beautiful day. Have a look at this picture in lancashire. Light winds, Blue Sky overhead, feeling fairly warm. A slightly different story earlier on today in parts of Northern Ireland with more in the way of cloud, more cloud also up towards the north of scotland. Some slightly murky conditions across the Northern Isles but for the majority with this area of High Pressure in charge it is going to stay largely dry with some sunshine, Just A Little Bit breezy across the channel islands, the south and South East of england. These areas of Cloud Filtering in they mayjust produce a light shower. Drizzle across the Northern Isles where it could be quite murky at times but the north of Mainland Scotland up to 23 degrees and elsewhere generally high teens, low 20s, very pleasant to mid september. Tonight we will see more Cloud Filtering in across East Anglia and the midlands. Patchy fog across parts of Northern Ireland, Northern England and southern scotland. Where we do keep clear skies and Light Winds it will be another rather chilly night. Milder up towards the North West of scotland but also towards the South East of england more of a breeze. More cloud as well across parts of england and wales, at least for a time tomorrow. Some of that cloud lingering close to eastern coasts but for the majority some good spells of sunshine, quite breezy again in the south and also where you have that feed of winds from the North Sea temperatures for Newcastle And Hull for example stuck at 17 degrees but london 2a. Parts of Northern Scotland also 2a degrees. A subtle change during wednesday night, we will bring more cloud in from the North Sea. It could be a little bit misty and murky over some of the hills. The cloud tending to break up through thursday although lingering close to the east coast. The best of the sunshine out of the west. The highest temperatures across western and southern parts with values up to 22, 23 or 2a southern parts with values up to 22,23 or 2a degrees. For the end of the weaker change is on the way. Our area of High Pressure will shift northwards. Low pressure starts to spin up from the south bring in the increasing chance of showers and some thunderstorms across england and wales. Northern ireland and scotland should say largely dry but turning cooler. Today at one. A social Media Giant has just announced a change of policy aimed at improving online safety and protecting teenagers. Under 16s On Instagram will now face strict parental controls on their Account Campaigners for online safety have welcomed the move, but want to see results. Meta are very good at Drumming Up Pr and making these big announcements. What they also have to be good at is being transparent and sharing how well their measures are working. Also on the programme this lunchtime. The french woman whose husband is accused of drugging her so that he and 50 other men could rape her. He now admits in court he did it and asks for her forgiveness. A 26 year old man appears in court accused of murdering a mother and her two daughters in a Crossbow And Knife attack. And the turtle found in cumbria suffering from pneumonia, now restored to full health and put back into the ocean in the azores. And coming up on bbc news, Aston Villa are back in the Champions League for the first time since 1983 as they prepare to face young boys in bern. Good afternoon. In the last couple of minutes, the social Media Giant instagram has announced a major change of policy to help protect teenagers and improve their safety online. Under 16s using the platform will now be put onto whats called teen accounts, with parental controls as a default setting