we invetigate why so many buildings that should have withstood the tremors collapsed. travel disruption and thousands of homes without power after storm otto sweeps across northern england and scotland with gusts of up to 80 miles an hour. and the hollywood star bruce willis is diagnosed with dementia at the age ofjust 67. on bbc london. coming up on sportsday later, will united find a new owner? tonight, the deadline for potential investors, forwarded ten p:m.. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a spy at the british embassy in berlin has beenjailed for more than 13 years for selling secrets to russia. david smith was caught in an undercover sting using fake russian agents who in fact worked for the british security services. the 58 year old had been passing on details to the russians of other members of staff as well as photographs and videos of buildings. british police described smith s actions as reckless and dangerous . our home affairs correspondent tom s
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bruce willis is diagnosed with dementia at the age of 67. and in the capital: how london s firefighters saved 11 lives in turkey. and the doctor whose surgery has never been busier he tells us about the pressures he s facing. good evening. a spy at the british embassy in berlin has beenjailed for more than 13 years for selling secrets to russia. david smith was caught in an undercover sting which involved fake russian agents who in fact worked for the british security services. the 58 year old was passing details to russia of other members of staff, as well as photographs and videos of buildings. police described smith s actions as reckless and dangerous . our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. secretly filmed, david smith, the embassy security guard with an access all areas pass, stealing secrets for the russians. scottish, married but separated, a lover of military memorabilia, the court found he hated britain and felt sympathy for vladimir putin. sentenci
Our Breaking News this hour the australian Prime Minister says his country has foiled a plot to bring down an aeroplane. Malcolm turnbull says four people have been arrested in what he called a majorjoint Counter Terrorism operation. There are few further details at this point. Additional security has been put in place at all Australian Domestic and international airports. The australian public, as andrew and mick observed, can have great confidence in our security arrangements, and in particular our Security Screening Procedures at airports. However, what we have done is increased them so that there will be more bags being checked, it is really intensifying what we are already doing. And some of that will be visible, some of it will not be visible. But it will take more time. The bbcs phil mercers live in sydney for us. What more do you know about this plot . Well, the Australian Federal police say they have no specific details of time, date or location, but they believe they have cre
Our Breaking News this hour the australian Prime Minister says his country has foiled a plot to bring down an aeroplane. Malcolm turnbull says four people have been arrested in what he called a majorjoint Counter Terrorism operation. There are few further details at this point. Additional security has been put in place at all Australian Domestic and international airports. The australian public, as andrew and mick observed, can have great confidence in our security arrangements, and in particular our Security Screening Procedures at airports. However, what we have done is increased them so that there will be more bags being checked, it is really intensifying what we are already doing. And some of that will be visible, some of it will not be visible. But it will take more time. The bbcs phil mercers live in sydney for us. What more do you know about this plot . Well, the Australian Federal police say they have no specific details of time, date or location, but they believe they have cre