the era of political targeting and of congress s enemies lists is back. it s not required by law but mr trump became the first major party presidential nominee since richard nixon in 1972 to decline to publicly release his tax returns while campaigning for office. that the issue is now being forced may lead to unwelcome scrutiny as the former president runs again for the white house in 2024. david waddell, bbc news. some news just some newsjust coming into us some news just coming into us from the courts. a man admitted the murder of a woman and three children, having previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter. today, he changed his plea to murder at derby county court. damien bendall admitted murdering terry harris, her daughter lacey and sonjohn paul,
who were 11 and 13, as well as lacey s friend, also aged 11. that was in killamarsh in derbyshire last year. the 33 year old had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but today changed his plea to murder, the murder of terry harris, her daughter lacey and sonjohn paul, were aged 11 and 13, as well as the murder of lacey s friend, who was also 11, carney gent. damien bendall also 11, carney gent. damien bendall also admitted the rape of lacey. that news is just coming to us from our bbc midlands correspondent phil mackie. damien bendall will be sentenced later today. britain s home office has acknowledged that it was holding up to 500 asylum seekers illegally in early november. internal emails obtained by the bbc in a freedom of information request reveal details about several centres
are certainly getting a lot closer. a man has admitted murdering a pregnant woman, herson and daughter and her daughter s friend, in derbyshire last year. damien bendall had pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but changed his plea in the last few hours. 0ur corresponent, phil mackie, is at derby crown court. remind us of the background to this. this was a september 2021 in the town of kilmartin north derbyshire on the outskirts of sheffield. terry harris and her two children, son john and daughter lacey as well as lacey s friend, were murdered by damien bendall at their house. the run up to that involved some fairly gruesome details which rather traumatic the members of the family had to sit through and here in court this morning. we also learned a lot more about the man who has now admitted those murders, damien
just over 800,000 people, or one in 80, are estimated to have had covid in the uk last week. that s slightly down on the previous week according to figures released today by the office for national statistics. infection rates are falling in england for the first time in several weeks, but the ons says rates remain high across the uk. they report there are encouraging signs that infection rates have continued to decrease among young adults, possibly reflecting the impact of the vaccination programme. a 31 year old man accused of murdering three children and a woman in derbyshire last weekend has appeared before derby crown court. damien bendall spoke only to confirm his name via a video link from custody. the bodies of 35 year old terri harris, her 13 year old sonjohn, 11 year old daughter lacey and lacey s friend ii year old connie gent were all found last sunday morning at a house in killamarsh. damien bendall was remanded in custody.