sentence is one of life imprisonment. in coming to the minimum term, i stepped back to look at the total sentence, to ensure it reflects the overall seriousness of the offence. taking into account all the offence. taking into account all the aggravating and mitigating factors as exist, in myjudgment, the minimum term i impose is one of 20th imprisonment. stand up. 20 years imprisonment. darren osmond, for the murder of claire holland, i sentence you to life imprisonment. you will serve a minimum of 20 years, less the 523 days you have served on remand. thereafter it will be for the parole board to decide when, if ever, you should be released. if you are ever released, you will remain on licence for the rest of your life. it came down. take him down. rest of your life. it came down. take him down. take him down. the sentencing remarks from take him down. the sentencing remarks from bristol take him down. the sentencing remarks from bristol crown - take him down. t
new figures here in the uk show that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. the bbc s economics correspondent andy verity explained. if you want to be half full, at least it s in single digits now. for three months in a row, it s defied expectations it would drop into the single digits, and it stayed in double digits. so that has been coming down, and there are some nice signs like for example, petrol is cheaper than it was a year ago, some second hand cars have been coming down in price, and generally goods price inflation, which has been driving this, has subsid
of the government s plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued in lahore through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the law in t
and author shyama perera and martin bentham, home affairs editor of the evening standard. tomorrow s front pages, starting with, the daily express leads with banks warning of a house price slump as instability in the market continues. the financial times continues on the same front with pensions, mortgages and the markets and an image of the pm and chancellor in front of a stumbling graph. the daily mail focuses on the moors murders and asks has the body of keith bennett finally been found? the sun begin to get their readers ready for the world cup in qatar and also mentions tv personality phillip schofield. the times homes in on molly russell following the landmark inquest and the prince of wales plea for online safety. and finally the guardian also lead with molly russell and the inquest ruling on social media monetizing on misery . so, let s begin. the full fallout facing tv personality philip schofield. the plea for online safety to protect children. so, let s begin
motivation probably money. price per barrel which was over $120 in march by late september dipped below 80. and it also seems designed to help russia which has been hurt by sanctions since its invasion of ukraine and heavily depends on its oil profits. surely, opec plus knew the move would also impact america s election which is just a month away. when joe biden took office the national gas average was $2.39 a gallon by this summer, it more than doubled, $5. even higher in california, and his popularity plummeted. and then in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe versus wade on june 24th, the democrats have been getting more hopeful signs about the midterms, maybe hoping to hold on to the senate and a slim chance to keep the house which many attributed to abortion rights and that issue. but could the real issue be something else, as nate cohen suggested in the new york times this week isn t st. the gas price, stupid? cohen pointed out ten days before the issue on ab