Smuggling in egypt has now been referred to a criminal court for trial. Laura plummer, who is 33 and from hull, was detained in the red sea resort of hughada last month. Police say she was carrying about 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol. They drug is illegal in egypt but available on prescription in the uk. Lets talk to our correspondent orla guerin whos in hurghada. This is a blow for those who thought Laura Plummer might be granted bail. This is certainly a setback for Laura Plummer and her family this is certainly a setback for Laura Plummerand herfamily and her legal team and not the outcome of the hoped for. Just hours ago this morning we were in court hearing, expecting a custody hearing for Laura Plummer. Prior to that her legal team was guardedly optimistic, hoping she might be granted bail because they said her boyfriend had emerged yesterday, her egyptian boyfriend, with documents they believed would help clear her name. Her boyfriend, according to Laura Plummer herself
Zaghari ratcliffe fear her sentence could be extended following recent comments by borisjohnson that gave the impression shed been teaching journalism in iran. Her family insist she was there on holiday. Heres our Political Correspondent eleanor garnier. Injail in iran. Separated from her daughter and husband. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe is british and iranian and facing a five year sentence for allegedly plotting to topple the government in tehran. Its now understood the foreign secretary borisjohnson has agreed to meet her husband. I think its important now that he tries to meet with us as soon as possible, next week, so that its clear from a political point of view that the uk government is standing alongside nazanin and her family. This week, the foreign secretary had to apologise after he mistakenly told mps he thought mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe had been in iran teaching journalists. Mrjohnson later said his comments could have been clearer and the uk government has no doubt she was on h
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Developing for much of scotland and Northern Ireland. The strongest of the wind is down to the south at this point, they get some shelter from the north easterly wind, 15 possible in plymouth but generally 12,13,14 possible in plymouth but generally 12, 13, 1a degrees. Then as we head to the end of the week, High Pressure is going to try to take charge of our weather. You can see various frontal systems around the edges but i think this high will fend those off of the most part. So it is looking largely dry, but it will often be quite cloudy and temperatures will continue to struggle, with highs between ten and 30 degrees. Ten and 13 degrees. Hello there. This is bbc news, with me, ben brown. A look at the latest headlines borisjohnson me, ben brown. A look at the latest headlines Boris Johnson announces tough new local coronavirus rules in england. The three tier system will have various levels of restrictions to stop what is called the heavy spread of the virus. This is not how we wa