Travel to Washington that it s to tech to 49 accounts suspected of being linked to a Russian troll factory it says Between them they sent out almost a 1000 messages about the brakes at referendum in 2016 the M.P. s are hearing evidence from the big tech companies about what they re doing to tackle the problem David Carroll who s an associate professor of media design is a witness at the hearing the M.P. s are hammering them on the amount of money that they re spending is a tiny fraction of their total ad revenues so they re really getting at the business conflict of an ad supported business model and then what percentage of that revenue is being sent to the public interest itself Twitter meanwhile is reported its 1st profit since being listed on the u.s. Stock exchange in 2013 social media company made $65000000.00 pounds in the last 3 months of last year. A study of 1300 children in England has suggested that anti obesity schemes in primary schools are not working Karen den heard tal
7 o clock on b.b.c. Radio Merseyside the latest news now from Phil Cooper Good evening a teenager scrambler driver from North Liverpool who knocked down and killed a 78 year old woman who s been sentenced to 3 years youth detention May Margaret Laidlaw was crossing Queens Drive in Walton when she was hit by the bike on the 2nd of December last year she died 2 hours later in hospital the 14 year old who can t be named pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving failing to stop and driving without insurance Margot reports from Liverpool Crown course Mrs Laidlaw was crossing the road beneath the rice lane flyover when she was struck by the scrambler suffering multiple injuries and died later in hospital the bike wasn t road worthy with a flat tire no lights or speedometer The teenager was that wearing a helmet to deter police from pursuing him but after telling his family what happened he handed himself into police the following day a statement read on behalf of Mrs Laidlaw as g
There s no lines on the road we can park here breaking any laws so we ll just have a bit of considerations and people like I said we ve got signs up sponsored by the police in the councils asking us to park here. Illegally so they just party in anyway the chair of an influential Westminster committee believes sprinklers would have contained all slowed to the devastating New Year s Eve carpark fire at Liverpool s King s dark around $1400.00 cars were either damaged or completely destroyed leaving insurance companies with a $20000000.00 pound Bill the 9 year old building complied with fire regulations which do not require sprinklers to be installed Merseyside chief fire officer believes they would have made a difference as does m.p. Said David Amos he is the chair of the All Party Parliamentary fire safety group they ve been calling for a change in the regulations for some time now and said David says the evidence is compelling the British. Found that 162 Southern crop box pitted the Sp
For Tuesday December 12th this is All Things Considered. I m Kelly McEvers And I m Robert Siegel Coming up we ll hear what both candidates in Alabama have been telling voters also how a decision on net neutrality this week could affect schools and the National Transportation Safety Board releases its report on the 2015 sinking of a cargo ship that killed 33 people on board. Did not have hurricane watch in. The hurricane it didn t have to say and the top 10 quotes of 2017 including this one. Here. Now news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Jack Speer polls are closed in Alabama s contentious special election the Democrat vying for the open Senate seat Doug Jones is hosting an event in Birmingham I gather near the state capitol in Montgomery Troy Public Radio s Col gases spoke to supporters of Republican rule the more some don t believe the allegations of sexual misconduct in assault against him Rabbi David Snyder and his wife Rebecca sin Leslie Snyder are waiting for what they b
Right Chinese next 1st into b.b.c. News with. Good evening and Chester man who spent 4 years in an Indian prison after being wrongly convicted of weapons offenses says he forgives those responsible 42 year old Ray Tindle was one of 6 Britons including Paul towers from the side who were working as Santi piracy guards for an American company Adnan Forte the former Army sniper took the job to help finance his meat production company rain his colleagues won an appeal against their convictions last month Ray who became a granddad while in jail says Life s too short to bear grudges and he just wants to get on with his life you re angry you can never progress forward if you can t forgive and I forgive the Indian government s advantage for a long time ago just wanted to get to the person and get to the Palestinians who have clashed with Israeli security forces across the occupied West Bank after the Us President Donald Trump said his administration would recognize Jerusalem as Israel s capita