A british woman held in egypt on drug smuggling charges is due to appear in court. Laura plummer is accused of importing illegal painkillers shell hear this morning if the authorites want to pursue the case, which could result in the Death Penalty. Good morning, its saturday 11th november. Millions of people prepare to fall silent on Armistice Day. Events will be held across the uk to mark the 99th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Almost 40 of Battery Powered smoke alarms fail to go off in home fires according to new figures. A lynx which escaped from a zoo near aberystwyth has been killed by the authorities. They say they acted for the safety of the public. In sport, a young england side hold their own against world champions germany. Goalkeeperjordan pickford is outstanding on his international debut, as he keeps a clean sheet. A lucky escape at nearly 90 miles an hour for the British Bobsleigh Team as they crash out of the world cup event in the us. And susan powell has the weather. Brighter conditions spreading from the north, but each really feel. A british woman accused of drug smuggling in egypt is due to appear in court this morning. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in cairo last month with nearly 300 tramadol tablets in her suitcase. She says the tablets were for her egyptian boyfriend, who has a bad back, and claims she had no idea they are banned in the country. But local police say that ignorance of the law is no excuse, as orla guerin reports. It looks like paradise. Egypts red sea coast is a tourist trap. Now one british holiday maker is trapped in a legal nightmare. She is accused of smuggling drugs to the resort of hurghada. 33 year old Laura Plummer, a shop assistant, has been coming here for years. Her family say she lives for her holidays in the sun. For the past month, she has been detained at Police Station number one, with others accused of drug trafficking. The offence can carry the Death Penalty here. Well, we have managed to speak to Laura Plummer by phone. She told us she is being held in a cell about the size of her bedroom back home, but with 25 other women, so its hard to breathe. She said her fellow inmates are trying to look after her, but nobody speaks her language. She told us her spirits are at rock bottom. Here is the drug that Laura Plummer was carrying, tramadol. It is legal in britain, with a prescription, but banned in egypt, where many are addicted to the opiate. Police said she had about 300 tablets in her case. She says a colleague gave them to her for her egyptian boyfriend, 0mar, who has a back problem. I had no idea they were illegal here, she said. I cant tell you how stupid ifeel. Egyptian police say that ignorance of the law is no defence. Relatives hope the judge will believe she made an innocent mistake. Millions of people will fall silent today, on Armistice Day, to remember those who have lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. Its the 99th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Is going to be a very poignant they. Of course. Thousands of people are expected to arrive here as part of the annual Remembrance Service. You will see the cenotaph, a stark reminder of those who lost their lives over the last 100 years or so in past conflicts. Todays event has been organised by the western front association. Britain and its empire lost nearly 1 million association. Britain and its empire lost nearly1 million men during the First World War on the western front. Tomorrow is remembrance sunday, where the queen will be doles commemorations, but today the big focus is on Armistice Day, where many of us will fall silent a bit later on at 11 oclock to remember those who died, those who lost their lives, and when the agreement was made to end the First World War. Schoolchildren, army cadets, vetera ns, schoolchildren, army cadets, veterans, are all expected to arrive here to take part in the annual service of remembrance. Yesterday there was a Remembrance Service to mark 100 years since the end of the battle of passchendaele. Thank you very much indeed. You can watch live coverage of the Armistice Day commemorations from 10 45am on bbc one. The bbc understands that the labour mp Kerry Mccarthy is to submit letters to the party which she says demonstrate unwa nted attention from a fellow mp, Kelvin Hopkins. Mr hopkins is currently suspended from the party, following accusations of inappropriate behaviour, which he denies. 0ur Political Correspondent emma vardy joins us from our london newsroom. Just take us to the story as it stands. Over a number of days, over the past couple of weeks we have seen westminster in the grip of all these allegations emerging about Sexual Misconduct. This is another development to emerge. Around ten days ago the Labour Mp Kelvin Hopkins was suspended after a young woman came forward, ava etemadzadeh, with allegations about inappropriate behaviour from kelvin with allegations about inappropriate behaviourfrom Kelvin Hopkins and Text Messages that she had received. We are now seeing a fellow labour mp, Kerry Mccarthy, who has now come forward herself, saying she wants to speak out about her own experiences, and she says shes doing this in support of ava etemadzadeh. Kerry mccarthy has made it clear she is not making a formal separate complaint, but wants to add her testimony to the investigation that is already open into Kelvin Hopkins. Kerry mccarthy says she first received unwanted attention from mr hopkins in received unwanted attention from mr hopkins 119911. More received unwanted attention from mr hopkins in 1994. More recently she then received a letter in which he described her as an attractive woman and confided that he had had a dream about her. Kerry mccarthy says she believes it is the right thing to do to come forward with this and support ava etemadzadehs investigation. It is important to say Kelvin Hopkins denied the allegations made by ava etemadzadeh, and as per Kerry Mccarthy, he said he is disappointed she went to the press rather than coming to him, but this is just another sign that there are many questions the investigation will need to get to the bottom of. An american womens football star has accused the former fifa president , sepp blatter, of sexual harassment. Hope solo, the teams world cup winning goalkeeper, told a portuguese newspaper that the 81 year old groped her during an awards ceremony in 2013. A spokesman for mr blatter has described the accusation as ridiculous. The husband of a british woman jailed while visiting iran is calling on the foreign secretary to visit the country as soon as possible to help secure her release. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe could have her prison sentence doubled, after borisjohnson told a committee of mps that shed been training journalists in the country. He later accepted he could have been clearer with his comments. Earlier, her husband richard gave his reaction to what happened. |j think, the past week has set us back in some ways, but in some ways it has brought so much more attention to her case, more of a focus to the foreign secretary to try to solve it, and hopefully that will be somewhere. Why has it taken so long to meet the foreign secretary . I have complained many times before. I think it will happen now, in a way that two weeks ago i was not so sure. It is important he gets on a plane to go and see her. I would really like to go with them, and thatis really like to go with them, and that is the serious request i put to the foreign office. After all these months of not being able to go there, at least i can get to see her. Almost 40 of Battery Powered smoke alarms failed to go off in residentialfires in england in the past year, according to new figures. The local Government Association is warning people to check their smoke alarms in the run up to winter, when the number of serious fires usually goes up. Dan johnson reports. The images can be hard hitting, and the message is familiar. But it appears its still not getting through. Figures show that in house fires last year, 40 of Battery Powered smoke alarms did not go off. For mains powered alarms, the fail rate was more than 20 . There is a claim that more than one in five households never test their smoke alarms. One in ten households do not even have one fitted. Check your fire alarms and smoke alarms at home. Check the batteries are working. Check they are in a suitable position where its actually going to help you. Make sure you have at least one on each floor of your house. That is the key message. We have seen too many smoke alarms and too many fire alarms which havent done theirjob because people havent either placed them in the correct position, or checked their batteries. With more boilers and heaters being turned on in colder weather, this is a reminder that smoke alarms and Carbon Monoxide detectors are tried and tested and proven to work. It is 11 minutes past nine. We can update you on the lead story this morning about Laura Plummer, who was due in an Egyptian Court today on drugs charges. She was accused of bringing in illegally nearly 300 tramadol painkiller tablets. We understand the custody hearing for her has been postponed until tomorrow. This is according to her legal team. A lawyer telling the bbc had egyptian boyfriend came forward with documents which may help her case. The significance being that she said her boyfriend was suffering from a bad back, which is why she brought in the drugs initially. So the hearing is now scheduled for tomorrow now, the weather. There is a lot of cloud across the southern half of the British Isles at the moment, producing heavy rain across the south west. In devon and all, thatis the south west. In devon and all, that is your forecast alde, im afraid. Varane is never too far away. Wetter weather is showing up far away. Wetter weather is showing up across far away. Wetter weather is showing up across north wales, the midlands, south east and parts of east anglia, in the next year as we will tend to see it off, with a bit of lingering drizzle and thick cloud. Towards the south west, nothing much changes. Further north, clear skies, sunshine and scattered showers. The south west of england and wales in the middle of the afternoon. Grey skies for north wales, midlands and the south east, but drier further north. Some sunshine arriving into the north midlands and east anglia. Brightening prospects for Northern Ireland and plenty of sunshine for Northern England and scotland, with a little showers across higher ground. It is a fine afternoon in murrayfield, but it will feel chilly thanks to the wind. Temperatures in single figures. The lord mayors show is on this afternoon as well. For the rest of the weekend, it will turn a good deal chillier on sunday. We will have more news on the news channel this morning until 10am. On bbc one, we say goodbye to our viewers. Thank you for staying with us. Were going to be talking about brexit. 11pm, the 29th of march. That is the exact time and date the uk is supposed to leave the European Union, and theresa may has now said she wants that date, and that time enshrined in lawful stop we will speak a little more about that now. We have this two week deadline set if the eu to seek clarification from Great Britain on what that means. We have Theresa Villiers, mp and Northern Ireland secretary. Thank you for your time. The uk has two weeks, according to the negotiators, to clarify key issues before more progress can be made, according to the eus chief negotiator. What do you take that to mean . Trying to set the artificial deadline is not helpful, it does not enable both sides to compromise. I think it is time for the eu to make some Movement Towards the Prime Minister because in her florence speech, theresa may set out clear grounds for compromise, including meeting all the financial commitments and yet we have not Seen Real Movement from the eu. I think it is time for them to show their willingness to come a little towards the position of the uk. But they have set this deadline, they have said it is two weeks to clarify. Yes, and i support the Prime Minister and her willingness to support compromise, including money, and there may be scope for some movement but i think it is difficult for the Prime Minister to do that without really clear assurances on our future relationship with the eu, so i do not think they are being reasonable in what they are asking, and i think the Prime Minister needs to stand firm. It is interesting because you see that they are seeking clarification, but you seem to be saying that they cannot have the clarification, theyjust have to deal with what youre prepared to give them, that has been the town throughout the negotiations so far. They have acknowledged actually that the uk officials have been going through in a very detailed way, line by line, the financial demand the European Union has made, and we have the florence speech setting out a willingness to continue to contribute during a period of negotiation. I think actually we have provided significant detail on what we have prepared to do in terms of money and also in a series of position papers published over the summer position papers published over the summer on other issues. This eu paper suggests Northern Ireland may have to remain a member of the eu Single Market in some form. So if you like, we have a structure within the uk and different parts of the uk having different relationships with europe. I do not believe that would be right. We voted as one united kingdom, we will leave the European Union is one united kingdom. As davis the david davis rightly pointed out, it would not be right to introduce a new barrier to divide our country, and so the idea of Northern Ireland staying in the Single Market while the rest of the uk left, i do not think that would be workable, and i do not think it would be acceptable and consistent with implementing the result of the referendum across the united kingdom. We need a different way forward , kingdom. We need a different way forward, which is something the uk government put forward over the summer, how we can keep a border free flowing as it is today, but without any part of the uk remaining. Regarding the various harassment scandals going on, we cannot be specific about individual allegations, but as a female mp, there seems to be this overwhelming sense that there are things going on in the house of commons that are completely unacceptable and have been something. Could you reflect for a moment on your thoughts on that, whether you have seen things yourself which you deemed to be inappropriate . I think it is in every workplace, it is absolutely vital that people treat one another with appropriate respect, and it is obviously a grave concern that in certain instances that clearly has not happened in parliament. I have not happened in parliament. I have not seen evidence of this in parliament, i spoke about a minor episode some years ago when i was a candidate, not in parliament at the time, buti candidate, not in parliament at the time, but i think it is a problem that needs to be addressed across the board. There is a cultural issue that does need to be tackled, and obviously individual complaints need to break that should be properly investigated. Thank you for your time. We have had more developments on Laura Plummer, a british woman who has been detained in egypt on drugs charges, her hearing has been postponed. She was accused of drug smuggling after she was found with nearly 300 tramadol ta blets. Tablets. We have been told her boyfriend has brought documents to the authorities. Yes, he has now come forward to confirm that the drugs were intended for his use, which will help a great deal, i think. The circumstances of lauras arrest, can you tell us what happened, when it was explained to her she had done something wrong . Happened, when it was explained to her she had done something wrong7m was a spot check when she arrived in the airport, the officers checked her luggage and found the tramadol ta blets her luggage and found the tramadol tablets on top of the luggage, it was not concealed, she was not trying to hide anything, and she immediately told them she was bringing them to help her partner. |j imagine, if youre in the uk and you are carrying 290 tramadol tablets, it would be considered suspect, and in thejute, the problem is that carrying that of an illegal drug because there is a problem they are with addiction to such tablets as an alternative to opiates, this is perhaps something she should have been a