Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Murderers who fail to disclose the whereabouts of a victims body could spend longer behind bars, under legal changes being set out by the government. Whats become known as helens law which will apply in england and wales follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt. She was killed nearly 31 years ago, but her body has never been found. Ben ando has more. For 31 years Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter, who was just 22 when she was abduct and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never revealed the whereabouts of helens body. To have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. I believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one, and not let them know where their loved ones body is, there is no tor
England are fighting back in the womens world cup third place playoff. At half time, its 2 1 to sweden. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The conservative party says it will expel anyone who casts more than one vote in the contest to choose the next leader and the countrys Prime Minister. A bbc investigation has found that some members have received two ballot papers in the post. Around 160,000 people are eligible to vote in the leadership election, which will see either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt take over from theresa may. Manveen rana reports. As the leadership rivals arrived in nottingham today to face the party faithful, it emerged errors had led to some members being issued with two ballot papers. But for the contenders, it was business as usual. Get it right, and we will deliver brexit, unite our party, unleash the incredible potential of our country. We need to get brexit done, we need to get it over the line by october the 315t. Voting has already begun, and one Party In
And despite a dramatic fightback, englands one goal wasnt enough against sweden for a womens world cup third place playoff. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The conservative party says it will expel anyone who casts more than one vote in the contest to choose the next leader and the countrys Prime Minister. A bbc investigation has found that some members have received two ballot papers in the post. Around 160,000 people are eligible to vote in the leadership election, which will see either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt take over from theresa may. Manveen rana reports. As the leadership rivals arrived in nottingham today to face the party faithful, it emerged errors had led to some members being issued with two ballot papers. But for the contenders, it was business as usual. Get it right, and we will deliver brexit, unite our party, unleash the incredible potential of our country. We need to get brexit done, we need to get it over the line by october the 315t voting has already begun,
A very good day to all of you from the Tom Brokaw News Center in los angeles. Welcome to alex witt reports. Breaking news to share. Police are closing in on a gunman suspected of killing at least three people in two separate shootings in false township just north of philadelphia. Police say he got away in a vehicle. He carjacked the vehicle at gunpoint. Lets go to nbcs George Celisse in the area. He joins us on the phone. Lets talk about what we know about the suspect and the victims. What is the timeline here . Reporter good afternoon alex. Of fluid and developing scene. What we are hearing from police sources, is the suspect is currently tracked to home in winds, new jersey. And neck area he has ties to it appears that s. W. A. T. And the police to permanent on the scene. L back it up for how we ended up here. To false township police, just before 9 00 this morning they were dispatched to a home. It is roughly an hour away from philadelphia. Be determined and verified the shooting su
November rematch. Both candidates clinching their Party Nominations last night with primary wins in georgia, mississippi, and washington state. Trump, taking a victory lap in this video released by his campaign its your favorite president speaking to you on a really great day of victory, the Republican National committee has just declared as the official nominee. And so whether the official nominee of the republican party, which is a big deal the biden trump rematch will be the longest General Election president ial campaign ever. Once it became clear, the president had clinched the democratic nomination team, biden released this slickly produced video ready to protect our brain our panel is with us this morning. Lets bring in republican strategist, Kristen Soltis anderson, democratic congressman Jake Auchincloss of massachusetts remains with us. Former White House Communications director Kate Bedingfield is here and Zolan Kannoyoungs White House Correspondent for the New York Times we