Spittal n.h.s. Trust in London had applied for permission to take 11 month old hoss drop off a ventilator and provide palliative care only a former loyalist paramilitary commander has been sentenced to 6 and a half years in prison for dozens of terrorist offenses including 5 murders in the 1990 s. The judge said under normal circumstances Gary how guilty would have been jailed for 35 years but his sentence has been reduced because he s offered to testify against former associates the son of one of his victims says he should be jailed for life. The European Union ministers have agreed to negotiate a status quo transition agreement for the u.k. Ofter breaks it which would last until the end of December 2020 the plan would see the u.k. Losing its voting rights and being obliged to adhere to the rules of the single market and the Customs Union including freedom of movement for the use citizens the Government s announced a big increase in the cost of a passport applications made by post w
B.b.c. News that a time or Alderson everyone receiving the main disability benefits a total of $1600000.00 people is to have that claim reviewed ministers have decided not to challenge a court ruling the change they made to personal independence payments was discriminatory Michael b. Cannon reports last March ministers introduced rules which meant that people who could not travel in the pendant due to psychological distress such as being too anxious to leave the house would be treated differently in that assessment for personal independence payments to do was to couldn t travel unaided for other reasons after an outcry of a mental health campaigners a case was brought before the High Court was decided last month but the new rules blatantly discriminate against people with psychiatric problems or a breach of the human rights a judge has told doctors they can withdraw life support treatment from a brain damaged baby boy against his parents wishes King s College Hospital n.h.s. Trust in
I am certainly 41 media. Piece b.b.c. Radio once to. The b.b.c. News at 1 o clock with Karen English Good afternoon at least 60 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul Afghan officials say more than 140 people were wounded the explosives were hidden in an ambulance and detonated when the vehicle stopped at a checkpoint our correspondent Madras is in Kabul the blast happened in a very crowded part of Kabul City and here and there all interior ministry building another in the same area are you know there are a number of n.b.c. And a number of public hospitals and private and public clinic here a man arrested by police following an explosion in east Belfast last night is understood to have links to a loyalist paramilitary organization no one was injured Don Stanton reports from the scene for insecure offices a spent the morning sifting through the deputy of the explosion a house on Fraser pass which backs on to the badly McCarron road has a broken window a shed in the back
That he started writing songs songs about the attack and his long recovery also character songs and songs that sound like him Zz his lyrics are spare partly because the blast impaired his ability to find the words he s looking for I have to do things as simple as I can and I have to look for if it s that difficult Why do you want to do it I have to I don t have a choice Sam Baker on today s show his new album is called Land of doubt. First the news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Jack Speer President Trump is rejecting reports he tried to fire Special Counsel Robert Muller last summer and only backed down after the White House counsel threatened to quit or from N.P.R. s Ron Lucas the president wanted to fire Miller in June of 2017 after reports emerged that the special counsel was looking into possible obstruction of justice and could delve into Trump s business dealings Trump reportedly fumed about the investigation and argued that Miller had possible conflicts of interest t
The rule later today on whether to uphold the conviction on corruption charges of the former president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva Lula who plans to run in October as presidential election was found guilty last year of accepting an apartment from an engineering firm in return for political favors he was sentenced to 9 and a half years in prison at a rally Luna said the case against him was politically motivated. But. Only one thing will stop me from what I m doing that ll be the day I m no longer here the day I die because if I am to be here one more year 10 years 15 years we even just one day you can be sure I will be fighting in the streets for a just society an equal society a society where the people can be proud of this country. The prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abyei has confirmed that he will attend the opening ceremony of next month s Winter Olympics in South Korea ending speculation that he would snub an invitation there s a long running dispute between the 2 countries over so