The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned tehran of serious consequences after the Iranian Revolutionary guard seized a british flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. The government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area of the strait of hormuz for an interim period, after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. State media in tehran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated International Maritime rules. But the ships owner, the Swedish Company stena bulkt says the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and international regulations. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said the seizure was unacceptable and britains response would be considered but robust. Our correspondent simonjones reports. Seized in a major escalation of tensions, the stena impero, a british flagged tanker and its 23 crew members from india, russia, latvia and the philippines now in the hands of iran after it was surrounded by four boats and a helicopter. This is
To death in a row on a train, has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life. Lee pomeroy was travelling with his 14 year old son, when he was stabbed 18 times by Darren Pencille, on the guildford to London Service injanuary. The jury at the old bailey rejected pencilles claim that he was acting in self defence, and his girlfriend was also found guilty of helping him hide from police. Our correspondent richard galpin, reports from the old bailey. It should have been a fun trip together on the train. A father, lee pomeroy, and his young son heading to london. But also on board was Darren Pencille, who had previously been convicted for stabbing a man in the neck. Cctv footage shows pencille and mr pomeroy arguing because the aisle was blocked it escalated rapidly. You bleep heard what i said put your hands on me, i dare you, i dare you mr pomeroy, who allegedly had a reputation for starting fights, pursued pencille into the next carriage. Pencille was then overheard saying he was go
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Of its users data privacy. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are nigel nelson, Political Editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. The sunday telegraph leads with more on those diplomatic leaks. It reports that the Cabinet Office called in the police chief who threatened to prosecute those who published sensitive memos, dragging the Prime Minister into a row over press freedom. The sunday times claims the brext Party Chairman, richard tice, has been embroilled in the so called trump files scandal, after it emerged he is in a relationship with the journalist who broke the story. The sunday express says brexit party leader, nigel farage, has a plan to wipe out labour in its northern heartland, saying it was a historic mistake for the party to back remain. The observer reports on the ongoing row over anti semitism within labour, sayi
In the semis today. Talking of rain, edgbaston may see a shower today as good wimbledon although it is an outside chance. There are showers in the forecast, the heaviest from lincolnshire northwards. Its thursday the 11th ofjuly. Our top story. Iranian boats have tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew after a british warship trained its guns on them. The incident happened in the strait of hormuz a strategically important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. Lets get more details now from simonjones who is outside the ministry of defence for us this morning. Peter bowes. Growing tensions in the gulf of. A British Oil Tanker should be seized, steady run, if the iranians ship is not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom not released. It was expected of carrying oil from iran not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom iran to not released. It was expected of c