good morning. withjust one month to go until liverpool host the eurovision song contest, i am here to find out about the economic benefits it will bring, and as organisers take over the venue, we have got some other special access. a special trip for rob and lindsay burrow to the coronation street cobbles, as the rugby league legend helps the soap with its storyline on motor neurone disease. good morning. a cold and frosty start for but for many it will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, variable cloud, especially in the north west where it will be breezy. the man who shot and killed nine year old schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last year will be sentenced for her murder later today. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for informati
in russia, the pro war blogger killed by a bomb concealed in a statuette handed to him during a meeting in a st petersburg cafe. ladies and gentlemen, your artemis ii crew! and the four astronauts taking humankind on a mission around and coming upon the bbc news channel. what next for chelsea and their hunt for a new boss as graham potter becomes the 13th premier league manager sacked this season. good evening. the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel in her own home in liverpool last year by a gunman who was chasing a fellow drug dealer shocked the entire country. today, her killer thomas cashman was sentenced to a minimum of 42 years in prison, meaning he will be in his mid 70s before he can be considered for early release. cashman refused to appear in the dock for the sentencing but the judge told the court in manchester that olivia s future had been cruelly snatched away and that cashman s actions were chilling. our north of england correspondent judith moritz re
for martin, eve and other manchester united at manchester arena survivors, those conspiracy theories, the trolling and hate that they survived and the tactics by some were really distressing. left them feeling unsafe and frightened. they have already survived something which is absolutely horrific, to then be targeted in that way was really difficult. it is for that reason that martin and his legal team have decided to file this claim against richard de hall now. they mentioned during the original investigation they were planning to do that but they have now taken action. that is for defamation and harassment and fort martin, he really hopes this will set a precedent and protect other survivors of terror attacks or disasters who could be targeted in this way. brute disasters who could be targeted in this wa . ~ 1, disasters who could be targeted in this wa . 1 . disasters who could be targeted in thiswa . 1 . ,., this way. we are calling this a landmark this way. we are calling th
it is not only the manchester arena bombing you are looking at. what have been the wider impacts of your investigation, what you have found? there were other terror survivors who were also targeted, by hate and conspiracy theories, and one of the most positive outcomes of the investigation has been hearing from all of those affected by the image of the arena bombing and others about how the abuse and hate seems to have improved. someone like richard de hall, his reach has lessened, his youtube channel was removed following that investigation, his market stall in wales has been shut down. he does still sell his book, and promote videos pushing these kind of conspiracy theories on his website, but to fewer people. and it is not just that, there has also been reaction from political figures and politicians, the mayor of manchester manchester burnham andy burnham is talking to martin hibbitt about
the newsroom bringing together our experts on disinformation and fact checking. this is martin hibbert. he survived the bombing at the manchester arena that happened in 2017, and killed 22 people. martin and his daughter eva were left severely disabled after the attack and since then they have been targeted with conspiracy theories and tight, denying what happened is suggesting the attack was stage and they were lying about their injuries. now they have launched legal action against this man, richard de hall. last year i revealed how this conspiracy theories targeted martin and other manchester arena survivors. he even posted online about how he tracked them down to their home and work places to see why they were lying about their injuries. it is similar to a case in the us. alexjones suggested the sandy hook school shooting was a hoax. but he was taken to court by families affected