also on today s programme: nationwide puts up its mortgage rates by 0.45% and other lenders also increase the cost of new deals. the kent hospital where the maternity unit was almost shut down by inspectors as basic hygiene was not observed. a medicalfacility in ukraine is destroyed by a russian missile strike, killing two people and injuring over 20. and british cycling says it ll ban transgender women from elite female competition. and coming up on bbc news. three teams, two relegation places to avoid. leicester leeds and everton head into the final weekend of the premier league hoping to secure their survival. good evening. the parents of 10 month old finley boden have been sentenced today for his murder on christmas day in 2020. his mother, shannon marsden, was given a minimum of 27 years and his father, stephen boden, a minimum of 29 years. finley had been taken by social services soon after he was born, but was given back to his parents 39 days before he died. during
queen elizabeth i! faced an assassination threat during a 1983 visit to america. hello, i m gareth barlow. we start in sudan where the family of an 85 year old uk national has told a bbc news arabic investigation that his disabled wife died of starvation after the british embassy there left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. despite repeated calls for assistance, abdalla sholgami and alaweya rishwan were offered no help in leaving their home which is just yards from the embassy in the capital, khartoum. the foreign office said the situation had been too dangerous. nawal al maghafi reports. a race against time. as fighting in sudan intensified, thousands of dual nationals were desperate to escape. amongst them abdalla sholgami, a british citizen and a london hotel owner, and his wife alaweya rishwan. they were next to the military hq. they were in the centre of khartoum. that area, you can t leave, you can t enter. there are snipers everywhere in hat
to 29 and 27 years. you continued to abuse him, and you lied that he had covid, so that no one would see him and remove him from your care. and in doing so, you subjected your own baby son to unimaginable cruelty. as a vigil takes place in cardiff for the two teenagers killed in an accident which sparked rioting, we speak exclusively to one of their families. and they re the talk of the terraces can luton town win the championship play off and host the premier league s biggest stars at their humble home? and newsnight at 1030, we will go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big story. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. the presenter phillip schofield has resigned from his remaining itv shows and has quit the network entirely, after acknowleging that he had an affair with a younger male colleague at this morning. in a statement, mr schofield said he had lied about the relationship to itv, as well as to his agents, lawy
rule in afghanistan. premier league survival at stake this weekend more on that in a moment. but first, the fa have published more detail on the charges which led to ivan toney s eight month ban from football, for breaking rules around betting. toney was given a reduced ban, of 8 months instead of 11, because of a diagnosed gambling addiction. the brentford and england striker admitted to 232 breaches over a period of five seasons, ending in 2021, including betting against his own team. brentford say they will do everything possible to provide support to him and his family. nesta mcgregor has more. because he admitted the charges, it was reduced and after he was diagnosed as a gambling addict it was reduced from 11 to eight months. today, the pfa have come out and said it knows this is a problem in the sport, knows how difficult it might be for players to come forward, but it says it has created a safe space for players to come forward and receive any help they need. brentf