To take wickets on the opening day of the fourth ashes test. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The family of a british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt says shes been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller tramadol, which is banned in egypt. She says she was carrying them for her egyptian partners back pain, and didnt realise they were illegal. Ms plummer is to appeal. We will be live with our correspondent in egypt in the next little while. The universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to warn that academic institutions must protect free speech. Hell say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. Some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, as Edward Curwen reports. Time spent at University Must open minds, not close them. Thats the view ofjojohnson, the universities minister, who wil
Millions of shoppers across the country have headed to the high street today for the traditional boxing day sales. In some places the queues began to form outside stores in the early hours of the morning, with Research Suggesting that one in three people went in search of a bargain today. But some retailers have reported large numbers of people deciding to look for bargains online today instead. And analysts say that footfall in high streets and Shopping Centres across the uk has been lower than expected. Duncan kennedy is in southampton. It is looking rather quiet tonight, duncan. Yes, its around about six oclock, things are starting to wind down but managers in centres like this one are saying they had the high footfall day, in other words there are plenty of people coming into Shopping Centres like this one across the country, but have they been spending . It is raining here in the south and other parts of the country but we are told that has not stopped millions of people coming ou
Here on bbc news. Good evening and 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
Over one month to go until deal Winter Olympics in south korea, i will be checking out some of our biggest medal prospects. Good evening and 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 s
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