Geezer has become the first person to run the length of africa. Russell cook , from africa. Russell cook, from worthing in west sussex, crossed the finish line in tunisia today. He ran through 16 countries in 352 days. The 27 year old said hed struggled with his Mental Health gambling and drinking and wanted to make and drinking and wanted to make a difference. Hes raised over £600,000 for charity. For the £600,000 for charity. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news. Com alerts. The scottish hate crime law comes into effect. Social transitioning in schools is criticised in a government report and bambi is remade as a horror film. This is free speech nafion horror film. This is free speech nation. Welcome to free speech nation. Welcome to free speech nafion nation. Welcome to free speech nation with me andrew doyle. This is the show where we take a look at culture, Current Affairs and politics. And o
Sunday times, lord cameron says theres no doubt where the blame lies over the death of three british aid workers. And he added this must never happen again. John chapman , james again. John chapman, James Henderson and james kirby died in airstrikes carried out by the idf on an aid convoy on the 1st of april. The deputy Prime Minister has denied claims the uk is failing to prepare for war. Oliver dowden is defending the government after Outgoing Armed forces minister James Heappey told the telegraph only ministry of defence officials attended a war time preparation exercise, which was meant for the whole of government. Former defence secretary ben wallace has backed him up, saying too many in government are just hoping things go away. Police hoping things go away. Police have named a man theyre searching for after a woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight in Bradford City centre. West Yorkshire Police detectives say they want to trace 25 year old habiba masoom, who was from the ol
Ben, thank you very much. The top stories tonight. Around 12,000 households remain without electricity in ireland this evening. Thats after storm kathleen swept across the island and other parts of the country. Today its brought strong winds, resulting in the cancellation of dozens of flights. Gusts of up dozens of flights. Gusts of up to 70mph have been felt in Northern Ireland and the west of britain. Over 140 flights have also been called off. Meanwhile, two planes on the runway at Heathrow Airport have collided, causing damage to their wings. Footage shows a Virgin Atlantic planes wing touching a British Airways aircraft surrounded by emergency services. The virgin boeing 787 nine plane had completed a flight and was being towed to a different part of the airfield. Its understood there were no passengers on board at the time of the incident. Were no passengers on board at the time of the incident. Rail passengers have been facing fresh travel disruption today as train drivers have
Crop makes a comeback after one of its Largest Industries was destroyed by civil war. Hello, we begin a new twist in the greek debt crisis saga. The International Monetary fund has threatened to withdraw support for greeces bailout unless european leaders agree to considerable debt relief. The creditor says the countrys public debt has become, in their words, highly unsustainable. The greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing a revolt in his Left Wing Party and workers calls for strikes ahead of wednesdays parliament vote. In fact, debate is underway in parliament this hour where m. P. S have to vote on tough new austerity laws before the end of the day. Tsipras will need opposition support for the vote because some members of his own party have already said they will not support the deal. Now, assuming the new laws are passed they will silva to go through a vote in the German Parliament on friday. Simon mcgregor wood reports from athens on the effort to his bring his party in to l
Westgate mall two years after the attack there. In sport, i will have the latest in the Corruption Scandal and formula one mourns bianchi, the 25 25yearold driver who never recovered from the crash at last years japanese grand prix. Hello. We begin in saudi arabia where Authorities Say they foiled planned attacks by the Islamic State of iraq in the levant. They say more than 430 people have been arrested in a se of raids and some of those in custody have been linked to recent attacks on the kingdom. Natasha gname reports. With rage and seizures of guns money and computers, Saudi Arabias Interior Ministry said it dealt a massive blow to isil. Saudi Security Forces have arrested. 431 people. They say they are teed to the armed group. Within the past few weeks, we have nearly put an end to isil in saudi arabia. Reporter Officials Say the suspects are from across the middle east and africa. They are believed to have been involved in the bombings of mosques in the cities of dman, delawa and