Guilty of contempt of court. Learning to move again this man was left paralysed after an accident, now pioneering surgery means he can use his arms again. Ladbrokes went 4 1, hills 5 1, corals 8 1, thats been taken. The racing punditJohn Mccririck, for many years the face of british horse racing, has died at the age of 79. And a centre court debut for the american 15 year old tennis sensation coco gauff. And coming up on bbc news. Well round up the rest of the days play from wimbledon, with the defending champion in the mens singles, novak djokovic, back in action. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A gang has been convicted of running the uks largest modern slavery ring. Police believe up to 400 victims were forced to work by a gang of polish criminals in the West Midlands who raked in millions. The gang lured Vulnerable People from poland to the uk where they forced them to work for a pittance. Eight people have been found guilty of offences including trafficking, Money
Well, it turns out that a candidate for the mid bedfordshire by election apparently strong links apparently has very strong links to greenpeace. The labour party is in a bit of a mess over net zero in the environment at the moment. Talking of the environment, chap has gone on environment, a chap has gone on Hunger Strike over the ulez charge, so well be checking in and making sure that everything is still okay with that is still indeed okay with that particular look, particular man. But hey look, this the real world effect, this is the real world effect, isnt it . That our eco pressure isnt it . That our eco pressure is piling onto ordinary citizens . Patrick christys on. Citizens . Patrick christys on. Gb news. Im going big on that shipping container story today. I went there this morning and to be honest with you, it was absolutely horrendous. Its the only word for it. Weve got british citizens , young single british citizens, young single mums as well, living in what they would desc
Prosecuted for his official act. The framers of our constitution viewed an energetic executive as essential to securing liberty. If a president can be ard, put on trial and in prison for his most controversi dision as soon as he leaves office, that looming teawill distort the president s decisionmaking precisely when bold and fearless action is most needed. Every current president will face de facto blackml d extortion by his political rivals while he is still in office. The implications of the courts decision here extend far beyond the facts of ts se. Could esent george w. Bush have been sent to prison for stcting an official proceeding or allegedly lying to congress to induce war iir . Could president obama be charged with murder for killing u. S. Citizens abroad by drone strike . Could President Biden someday be chgewith unlawfully inducing immigrants to enter the country illegally for his border poly. The answer to all the questions is no. Prosecuting the esent for official acts is
Welcome to bbc news. A british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt has been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, which is banned in egypt. A spokesman from the Foreign Office says they will continue to provide assistance to the family. Our correspondent hanan razek sent the latest from cairo. They found around 300 tramadol ta blets they found around 300 tramadol tablets in her suit gets. Laura said she put those tablets for her boyfriend as he is suffering from severe back pain and this is a painkiller that is prescribed and is absolutely fine to get in the uk. However it is a band here in egypt and you can only get it through medical prescriptions as it is popularly used among some young people as a sort of drug and it is a cheaper way to get drugs. Laura plummers sister Jayne Sinclair has been speaking to the bbc. This family, we are disgusted that he has been able to carr
Difficult, if not impossible, in the worst affected areas. Our correspondent Judith Moritz reports. Grounded at glasgow flights at the citys airport were suspended after snow settled quickly overnight. The airport reopened by mid morning, but managers have apologised for the knock on disruption which was caused. Temperatures plummeted to as low as minus 12 celsius in scotland. The ploughs were out, shovelling industrial quantities of snow on the m90 motorway near dunfermline, though it wasnt enough to keep all drivers on the road. In towns and villages nearby, the spades were out to clear the way. Shes just come in for a packet of cigarettes, and shes decided to clear my front path away, and thats Community Spirit for you. Heavy snow also fell in the north of england, where a hundred gritters were sent out onto the road network to keep traffic moving. The snow has been falling steadily all morning across swathes of northern england. As predicted, its been settling most in areas like th