Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Murderers who fail to disclose the whereabouts of a victims body could spend longer behind bars, under legal changes being set out by the government. Whats become known as helens law which will apply in england and wales follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt. She was killed nearly 31 years ago, but her body has never been found. Ben ando has more. For 31 years Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter, who was just 22 when she was abduct and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never revealed the whereabouts of helens body. To have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. I believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one, and not let them know where their loved ones body is, there is no tor
And despite a dramatic fightback, englands one goal wasnt enough against sweden for a womens world cup third place playoff. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The conservative party says it will expel anyone who casts more than one vote in the contest to choose the next leader and the countrys Prime Minister. A bbc investigation has found that some members have received two ballot papers in the post. Around 160,000 people are eligible to vote in the leadership election, which will see either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt take over from theresa may. Manveen rana reports. As the leadership rivals arrived in nottingham today to face the party faithful, it emerged errors had led to some members being issued with two ballot papers. But for the contenders, it was business as usual. Get it right, and we will deliver brexit, unite our party, unleash the incredible potential of our country. We need to get brexit done, we need to get it over the line by october the 315t voting has already begun,
Protest through the streets of bristol. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with holly celebrations for englands women cricketers. Yes, another impressive performance from englands bowlers which gives them a comprehensive win in the womens t20 cup in australia. But they are not through to the knockout stages just yet. I will have more on that at 2. 30. Thanks holly. And ben has all the weather another weekend, another storm. Another weekend of windy and wet weather which is the last thing we need with ongoing flooding problems. It is all because storm jorge has been named by the spanish Weather Service. I will tell you about it just before 2. 30. Also coming up canada says itll stop paying for security for the duke and duchess of sussex when they step down as working royals. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Its been confirmed that a british man whod been on board the diamond princess cruise ship, docked injapan, has died from the coronavirus. Hes the fi
Everything is fine. Someone might have the coronavirus and they dont know it, and then they might sneeze or cough on me, and then they might give me the coronavirus and i wont know. Reports say women in labour are being refused epidurals, despite official guidelines saying all women should have that option. Were you told you couldnt have an epidural when you were giving birth . Get in touch. And an inspiring story from this young woman, who escpaed a life of poverty, violence and drugs and has a strong message about carrying knives. Violence is never the answer, and so we all have to make an active effort to create a world of peace, and it sta rts to create a world of peace, and it starts with each of us putting down the knife. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. When you were giving birth, did you want or need an epidural . And if you did, was one forthcoming . Were you able to have one . Talking about the health guiidelins and epidurals and whether th
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