a couple who disappeared with their newborn baby have been arrested in brighton, but their child is still missing. constance marten and mark gordon were found after being spotted by a member of the public. police have now launched an urgent search for their baby, who is not thought to have received any medical attention since birth. vincent mcaviney reports. 35 year old constance marten and 48 year old mark gordon were reported missing on the 5th of january, after their car broke down nearjunction 4 of the m61 near bolton. the car was found on fire and it s believed miss marten had given birth either in or near the car a day or two earlier. over the following weeks, there were sightings of the couple in a number of places, including liverpool, essex, south london and east sussex. they were thought to be carrying a large amount of cash and to be using camping equipment to live off grid. authorities previously thought the couple had been sleeping rough in a blue tent, avoiding
with permission, mr speaker, i would like to make a seven on the northern ireland protocol. after weeks of negotiations, today we have made a decisive breakthrough. the windsor framework delivers free floating trade within the whole night kingdom. it protects northern ireland s place in our union and it safeguards sovereignty for the people of northern ireland. by achieving all this, it preserves the delicate balance inherent in the belfast good friday agreement. mr speaker, does what many said could not be done. removing thousands of pages of eu laws and making permanent weekly binding changes to the protocol treaty itself. that is the protocol treaty itself. that is the breakthrough we have made, those are the changes we will deliver, now is the time to move forward as one united kingdom. mr speaker, before i turn to the details, let us remind ourselves why this matters. it matters because at the heart of the belfast good friday agreement and the reason it has endured for a
this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a couple who disappeared with their newborn baby more than seven weeks ago have been arrested in brighton, but their child is still missing. the prime minister is in belfast, as he tries to win support for his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. when goods move from great britain to northern ireland, they will now move without customs bureaucracy. they will move without routine checks. mi5 suspected a muslim preacher who was close to the manchester arena bomber of being a radicaliser, a bbc investigation can reveal. calls for race to be examined as a key issue in the public health inquiry into covid 19 response.
of a border in the irish sea. there would be a red lane for goods going on to the republic of ireland, which would see full checks. northern ireland would still follow some eu laws, but a new measure, the stormont brake, would give the northern ireland assembly a way of saying no to some changes in future. the prime minister s been speaking about the deal this morning on radio 4 s today programme. he explained how the new green and red lanes would mean goods meant only for northern ireland would not face red tape at customs. let s take a listen to some of what he had to say. one of the key achievements of the windsor framework is it removes any sense of an irish sea border, so that when goods move from great britain to northern ireland, they will now move without customs bureaucracy, they will move without routine checks and the same goods that are available in great britain on our supermarket shelves will be available in the supermarket shelves in northern ireland. there will still be