Hello and welcome. Over the next half an hour, we will bring you a few of the highlights from our programme over the last 12 months. Earlier this year, our programme discovered that hundreds of british teenagers were being sent by their mums and dads to east africa to avoid knife crime here in the uk. Parents told this programme they didnt view the move as a long Term Solution but said they had taken the decision for their childrens safety. If your child is involved in a gang, and there is nowhere for him to hide, you take him back to africa. You know, it is safer there than it is in london. If you look a specific way, or you live in a specific area, and you are a certain age, you are targeted, and you will be stabbed. There are mothers now sending their teenagers back home, saying it is much safer than living in london. So she said she took her son back to somaliland. He spent a year there. During that time, he acquired an education, he was a studious child again, he, in fact, was tea
Of control across australia. A heatwave sees temperatures exceed a0 degrees in every state. The search continues for father of four and firefighter Anthony Knott whos now been missing for 10 days. 2019 saw the hottest month on record. In half an hour on bbc news weather world looks back at some of the most significant meteorological events of the year a court in cyprus has convicted a british teenager of falsely claiming she was raped by a group of israeli tourists six months ago. The 19 year old said she had been attacked in a hotel in ayia napa. She was arrested after police said she withdrew her accusation. Earlier we heard from our europe correspondent, kevin connolly. He explained the background to thejudgment. Essentially, this revolves around a judgment on this young woman as a witness. The districtjudge in famagusta has said that he has found her to be an unreliable witness and that in retracting her allegation of rape, she was effectively, in so doing, admitting that she had m
As scores of fires burn out of control across australia. A heatwave sees temperatures exceed a0 degrees in every state. The search continues for father of four and firefighter Anthony Knott whos now been missing for 10 days. Join us in half an hour to look back at the year that was in the world of brexit. A court in cyprus has convicted a british teenager of falsely claiming she was raped by a group of israeli tourists six months ago. The 19 year old said she had been attacked in a hotel in ayia napa. She was arrested after police said she withdrew her accusation. Earlier we heard from our europe correspondent, kevin connolly. He explained the background to thejudgment. This revolves around a judgment on this young woman as a witness. The districtjudge in famagusta Michalis Papathanasiou has said that he has found her to be an unreliable witness and that in retracting her allegation of rape, she was effectively, in so doing, admitting that she had made up the allegation in the first pl
Tomasz schafernaker. Nothing to suggest the weather will change very much as we head into 2020, the main message is that it is mild with sunny spells, not com pletely mild with sunny spells, not completely dry, there is some rain around across northern parts of the country, not lasting for very long, because there is a weather front here. This has also been responsible for drawing up some subtropical air in every direction so the last couple of days this part of the country has been very mild indeed. This weather front, with country has been very mild indeed. This weatherfront, with its country has been very mild indeed. This weather front, with its damp weather, is now making itsjourney further south, that means slightly colder air will also arrive from the north atlantic. That means the skies will also be clearing through this evening and into tomorrow across the northern half of the uk. The thinking is northern ireland, southern and Central Scotland at the north of england and for a
I was elected as first minister for a five year term and that is the term i intend to serve. Can i ask you to clarify post about them is to date the date you are sending the letter to the prime list . Yes. It will be going any time i should say, i dont know how much time you have had to read the document but it clearly says that today we are requesting the transfer of Power Production document is effectively the request and it will be sent by letter to the Prime Minister later on today. You said the prime list ignores the result of election after election. In 2014 scotland voted no to independence. Opinion polls, almost all of them can indicate there is a majority for staying in there is a majority for staying in the union. As well as you did at the election last week, 45 of the vote was behind you is it you that is ignoring result after result . Its not. Let me take the election result last week. People cannot have this both ways, we either accept the mandate and what constitutes a ma