evidence at court, that many of the statements denied that they were ever traffic for ready trial. none of them had ever been trafficked. during the investigation mr ramzan was arrested. he had never really met the defendant, had nothing to do with trafficking, had never been alone in a room with errors let alone in a room with errors let alone had sex with her. he described in court is utter consternation at being publicly arrested on the promenades and questioned by the police. i will set out more of the impact of this offending upon him and his family later in his remarks. the defendant set about seeking to back up allegations against mr ramzan and the fictitious traffickers. she did so in a number of ways. i will summarise here only some of them. she manipulated people with whom she was in contact via snapchat to contact her. she would rename these people in her phone with the names of supposed traffickers. she would induce sexual messages from them and take screenshots o
nearly one in ten schools had to close today. we ll the latest on the impact of the strikes. also on the programme. the funeral is about to take place of 29 year old tyre nichols, who died in memphis after being beaten by police. the little girl who died after a dog attack yesterday, it is believed she was killed by the family pet. and why a theatre in oldham that launched the careers of comedy greats and hollywood stars is having to cancel all its shows. coming up on the bbc news channel. no trophy since 2017, but can manchester united make the league cup final tonight? they take on nottingham forest at old trafford. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. up to half a million workers have walked out in what is being described as the biggest single strike day in a decade. marches and rallies have been held in a number of cities across britain. the various disputes are mainly about pay. the national education union claims up the national education union claims up to
i am clear that our children s education is precious, and they deserve to be in school today, being taught. the day also saw action by thousands of university lecturers, civil servants, and train and bus drivers. we ll have the details. also tonight. in memphis, national and local leaders pay tribute to tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after a beating by police. one of the biggest theatres in the north of england cancels all its shows from the end of march, after losing all of its funding from arts council england. martial waits. rashford, and finished off by fred. and two goals in three minutes ensure manchester united are heading to wembley. and coming up on the bbc news channel, jofra archer is on target for england. six wickets for him on his return as they salvage some pride in south africa. good evening. as many as 500,000 workers have been on strike today across the united kingdom, in the biggest single day of industrial action in over a decade. marches
most right wing government since world war ii. a man has died after a fire in a block of flats in bristol. eight other people are currently being treated in hospital while authorities try to find alternative accomadation for residents. hurricane fiona slams into canada s eastern coast with heavy rains and huge waves washing away homes and cutting power to tens of thousands of people. there are warnings of a potential threat to life and property as super typhoon noru makes landfall in the philippines with forecasted winds of up to 200 kilometres an hour. good afternoon. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the tories have announced they re cutting, but keep the 1p cut in basic rate tax also proposed by the conservatives. as the labour party conference got under way sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting