Snap election. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of smuggling drugs into the country. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in egypt after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when she was found carrying almost 300 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, in her suitcase. Daniela relph reports. Laura plummers family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. But today the 33 year old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three year sentence injail in egypt. Her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, 0mar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. Laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit 0mar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. In her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in brit
With me arejo phillips, political commentator and nigel nelson, Political Editor of sunday mirror and sunday people. A chance to cut up each to catch up a chance to cut up each to catch up with them because theyve had a bit of a head start. Tomorrows front pages then, starting with. The times says that paedophiles are using youtube as a shop window to showcase abused children. The telegraph says that police have sparked an increase in shoplifting by not investigating thefts under £200. The guardian leads with tory mps demanding that chancellor Phillip Hammond reveal the Brexit Research papers looking at trade outcomes. Brexit also fronts the i following comments from the conservative mayor of the West Midlands warning against a hard brexit. The case of laura plummer, the british womenjailed in egypt leads the mirror. The Financial Times says that the Retail Sector is disappointed at the drop in footfall for the traditional boxing day sales. The sun leads with british troops being aske
Welcome to bbc news. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in egypt after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol were found in her suitcase. Daniela relph reports. Laura plummers family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. But today the 33 year old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three year sentence injail in egypt. Her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. Laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. In her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but banned in egypt. She said the tablets were for her partner, who suffers from severe back pain, but she was arrested and has been held since then in a communal cell
Welcome to bbc news. Millions of people will fall silent this morning, on Armistice Day, to remember those who have lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. Events will take place across the country, including the cenotaph in london and the National Memorial arboretum in staffordshire. Today is the 99th anniversary of the end of the First World War. We can now speak to our correspondent Adina Campbell whos at the cenotaph. Good morning to you. Good morning. Just under one hour to go until the two minute silence was observed here in whitehall and in many parts of the country. Hundreds of people are starting to arrive in Central London to mark the location. You will be able to see the cenotaph war memorial. A stark reminder of those who lost their lives in past conflict over the last 100 years or so. Conflict over the last 100 years or so. Todays events have been organised by the western front association,. Britain and its empire lost nearly 1 million association,. Britain and
Welcome to bbc news. A two minutes silence has been held to commemorate the dead of two world wars and all later conflicts. It marks the time in 1918 when an armistice brought to an end the fighting in the first world war. Tributes were held across the country marking the 11th hour of the 11th month when the guns stopped 99 years ago. In Central London on the cenotaph in whitehall, they were playing there we re whitehall, they were playing there were paying respects, and also in the National Memorial arboretum in staffordshire, where people gather to remember theirfallen staffordshire, where people gather to remember their fallen colleagues. In westminster, flags were lowered and respect. We can speak to our correspondent phil mackie, whos at the National Memorial arboretum in staffordshire. This has become an increasingly important location for remembrance commemorations, and of course, remembrance sunday force just 23 hours from now, so presumably it will be the focus again tomorrow