charged with trying to murder a baby eight years ago in chester. a warning that more mosquitoes in parts of europe mean a rise in cases of dengue fever and other diseases. and the little girl who saved her mother s life, marching to school to get help in her princess dress and wellies. and coming up on bbc news. manchester united are going to stick with manager erik ten hag despite their disappointing league season, that is after a post season review by the club s board. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister says he has absolutely not lost hope of winning the general election. it comes after his defence secretary grant shapps suggested labour could win a landslide victory. he urged voters not to give labour what he caled a supermajority in parliament. mr shapps said no party should have a blank cheque in power. here s our political correspondentjess parker. from a rainsoa ked from a rainsoaked election kick off to handing some dj duties to his foreign s
People across the capital and across the United Kingdom observed a minutes silence to remember those that died here at London Bridge on Saturday Night. Sadiq khan is there with members of the London Ambulance service. Police officers here still at the cord and, still in place at London Bridge, were among those who stood as a mark of respect to all those killed and injured this weekend. You see the number of flowers left, people paying their own small tribute. The sea of flowers has grown since Saturday Night, and people just flowers has grown since Saturday Night, and peoplejust wanting to remember those who died, and some of those who were so very badly injured as well. And this, the third Terrorist Attack in the United Kingdom in three months. The police and Emergency Services were among those who showed such remarkable courage. You are probably familiar now with the story of the off duty Police Officer, who rushed towards one of the attackers, the officer was armed only with a batte
Were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment In Hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at Prisons Wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of Prison Governors Association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to Prison Governors, Andrea Albutt says the state has failed to help them cope with Population Pressures in prison, having changed the way the prisons are run for the worse. Ms albutt says the governments decision taken earlier this year to separate operational control of the Prison System from responsibility for pol
Penalties for corruption. And the town of tadcaster in North Yorkshire will be reunified today when its only road bridge reopens, more than a year after it was destroyed by severe flooding. Good morning. Its friday 3rd february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. First to paris where there has been an attack at the Louvre Museum in the heart of the city. Its been described the french Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve as being of a terrorist nature. Police say a man carrying two machetes and two backpacks shouted allahu akbar and tried to enter the underground Shopping Area outside the museum. A soldier opened fire and the man was seriously wounded. The backpacks did not contain any explosives. A huge Security Operation is underway, and the louvre has been evacuated. Its the latest Security Alert in a city which has become well used to them. The Louvre Museum houses some of frances most famous works of art, and is one of pariss most iconic landmarks a place which is a must
Today. The United States has imposed new sanctions on iran to punish it for a recent Ballistic Missile test, and for what was described as tehrans continued support for terrorism. The measures target 12 companies and 13 individuals in iran and elsewhere. Iran said the sanctions breached the un deal under which it agreed to curb its nuclear programme. The white house spokesman, sean spicer, said President Trump was determined to keep iran in check. These sanctions really represent a very very strong stand against the actions that iran has been taking, and make it very clear that the deal that was struck previously was not in the best interests of this country, and that President Trump is going to do everything he can to make sure iran stays in check. These kind of sanctions dont happen quickly. But i think the timing of them is clearly in reaction to what weve seen, you know, over the last couple of days. We knew we have these options available to us because they had been worked through