a booster shot of pfizer or moderna — the best all round protection from covid — according to the latest trials. the energy regulator ofgem launches a review into the response to storm arwen — as repair works continue, one week on. a woman has beenjailed for life for murdering her partner's six year old son after months of abuse. emma tustin has been told she will serve at least twenty—nine years in prison for killing arthur labinjo—hughes at their home in solihull. the boy's father, thomas hughes, has been jailed for twenty—one years for manslaughter. thejudge at coventry crown court said it had been one of the most distressing cases he'd dealt with and described the couple as "spiteful and sadistic". phil mackie was in court. are you going to play for england, arthur? this is how his family want him to be remembered. after when i've played for liverpool, i will play for tottenham. as a football loving six—year—old and not the emaciated child who was so sick he could barely stand up. his killers, emma tustin and thomas hughes, were supposed to be looking after him. arthur was told to sit on the thinking step. he threw himself all over the floor, he's banged his head off the radiator, he's hit me, he's kicked me in the process of trying to get him back on the thinking step. while they lied to the police, arthur lay a few feet away with injuries so severe they were the equivalent of a high speed road crash. today the judge, mrjustice mark wall, said it had been "without doubt one of the most distressing and disturbing cases i have had to deal with." family members, some of whom are seen here leaving court, had been in tears as the sentence was handed down. arthur's mother, olivia, in a statement read to the court said, "i feel i am walking around with all the lights off. he was the light of my life, he was a precious, precious gift. his short life was stolen and the hole left in me and those who loved arthur will never be repaired." arthur's story has moved everyone who has seen, heard or read about it. it is unlikely anyone will easily forget the little boy with the infectious smile. the prime minister says he will leave no stone unturned to find how arthur could have been protected — and in the past hour, borisjohnson has been giving his reaction to the case like many people i find it very hard to read it let alone to understand how people could behave like that towards a defenseless little child. i must say that i am glad that justice has been done in the sense that they both received tough sentences but that is absolutely no consolation. what we have got to make sure now is that we learn the lessons about that case and we look at exactly what happened, what else could have been done to protect that child and it is early days that i can tell you this he would leave absolutely no stone unturned to find out exactly what went wrong in that appalling case. i'm joined by wendy thorogood, director of the association of child protection professionals this is a very hard case for anyone. i should imagine particularly for anyone who works in this field. yes. anyone who works in this field. yes, tra . ic anyone who works in this field. yes, trauic for anyone who works in this field. yes, tragic for peeple _ anyone who works in this field. yes, tragic for people that _ anyone who works in this field. ye: tragic for people that work in this field because we all feel responsible. we keep getting the same lessons and it always leaves us feeling helpless and as if we have not done enough. we have to remember that professionals can be manipulated of this and i don't know the whole details of the case. if does seem in this case the woman who was looking after arthur who was his father's partner was very good at presenting an image that was clearly completely in variance with what the play was experiencing behind closed voice. again the pub and behind closed doors can i pick up one thought that i know some people may have which is this happening during lockdown. the lockdown, i know it's not excusing their behavior but did lockdown pose any particular difficulties on understanding what was happening inside the house? i think it varied across the country. it was a lot of work immediately done during covid—i9 to actually redouble how staff would work and obviously some areas where more proactive than others in relation to maintaining home visits. i work with the lga as well and we identify and presented something very early on in relation to every vulnerability of every child because the children we know of that are on the register have some sort of service coming in but we were very mindful of the fact that they would be a whole cohort of children and actually receiving service that would be experiencing a really unusual abnormal situation and if there any harmful situation they're going to get less opportunity to get help. mil they're going to get less opportunity to get help. all the obvious things _ opportunity to get help. all the obvious things like _ opportunity to get help. all the obvious things like disclosing i opportunity to get help. all the | obvious things like disclosing to opportunity to get help. all the i obvious things like disclosing to a trusted teacher or to an older friend might not happen. canaries and read another point? it's constant dilemma of people who live next door to families which is they hear something and they see something. did they say something? did they contact someone? because in the sense of art that was failed by the sense of art that was failed by the people who should have protected him most which are the two people who he lived with. but in truth, children in situations are often failed by all of us because we are all potentially witnesses and they're all potentially not putting things together. people don't want to be then nosy neighbor, they are very nervous about getting into a confrontation with a neighboring family. what do we need to reflect on from these kinds of cases in our own behavior? we on from these kinds of cases in our own behavior?— own behavior? we need to take a whole society _ own behavior? we need to take a whole society response _ own behavior? we need to take a whole society response in - own behavior? we need to take a| whole society response in relation because they may brace must have been hearing some dreadful things that were going on and you can tell what's normal naughty child behavior to a child that's really in distress. and as professionals we get a tiny snapshot and we need to triangulate that with what neighbors see and particularly here that my mother who shared that photo we have to take account of somebody that's raising concerns to make sure we act on a proper assessment and people can disclose to the local authorities anonymously and share concerns and that information could be triangulated with concerns we are getting from other professionals as well and i would've liked to have thought that if the community had raised concerns because he was not seen outside very much and he's cries must have been very abnormal to a child that's just misbehaving. it's everyone's responsibility. the? it's everyone's responsibility. they sa it it's everyone's responsibility. they say it takes — it's everyone's responsibility. they say it takes a _ it's everyone's responsibility. they say it takes a village _ it's everyone's responsibility. they say it takes a village to _ it's everyone's responsibility. they say it takes a village to raise a child. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are benedicte paviot, france 24's uk correspondent and broadcaster and journalist, james lewer source of national shame — that's how the chaotic scenes at wembley stadium during the euro 2020 final this summer have been described. an independent review says around 2000 people without tickets, many of them drunken and drugged up thugs — managed to get into the stadium as england took on italy. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. appalling disorder on a day of national shame. the damning findings of the investigation into the scenes that marred england's biggest match since 1966. many fans left terrified after being caught up in the chaos. today, the woman whose report lays bear the gravity of the mayhem told me it was fortunate no—one died. i think what happened was a very near miss, and that near miss would be a significant loss of life, or injuries, probably on a scale that sadly we saw at hillsborough, so i think the benefit of it being a near miss is that we can learn from it, to make sure it never happens again. the report found unprecedented levels of criminal and anti—social behaviour and that 2,000 people got in illegally via 17 entry points. almost half of surveyed respondents saw illegal drug taking and fans with disabilities were targeted, with a child wheelchair user snatched from their father and used to try to gain entry by one thug pretending to be a steward. with hooligans hoping to reach the thousands of empty seats inside wembley, the report found a perfect storm of factors, and a collective failure in planning. the police weren't on the ground early enough — they thought they were early, they weren't early enough. the stewarding at stadium was not robust enough and there wasn't a fan zone. remarkably the report found that england's defeat to italy averted a potential disaster, with 6,00 thugs to storm wembley if they had won. i apologise absolutely for the experience that many fans had, on that day. what we should have done is stepped back and looked at it as a completely unique event and understood that people would get there earlier, and we needed for example to get law enforcement there earlier. while the report said no single agency was to blame, it found a number of organisations, including the fa and the police, failed to mitigate what it called foreseeable risk. i am really sorry that so many people who came to london to enjoy a football match were met with unprecedented scenes of disorder. while we had policing presence at wembley across the day, we accept that the bulk of this was not present early enough to prevent scenes of disorder. the report recommends that the fa leads a new national campaign designed to improve supporter behaviour, tougher security laws and more banning orders, and the establishment of a new category for matches of national significance, to acknowledge the unique challenges in making such events secure. the fa must stage england's next home game in european competition behind closed doors for what happened here. it is clear it could have proved much more costly. dan roan, bbc news, wembley. yorkshire county cricket club has announced a series of departures, as it continues to deal with racism allegations made by former player azeem rafiq. director of cricket martyn moxon and coach andrew gale have now left the club, along with all members of the coaching team and the backroom medical team. club chair lord patel said difficult decisions were required to build a progressive and inclusive culture. ur sports reporterjo currie told me more about these latest departures which came after those allegations of racism last month. asa as a result english cricket has announced an overhaul looking at attitudes and policies and what needs to be brought in when it looks at issues of tackling diversity within the sport. at yorkshire before i the chairman and chief executive had already left their positions and today those departures were followed by the director of cricket and the coach and the entire back when coaching staff and all in all 16 people who have left the club today. he's recently been on sick leave had been yorkshire's director of cricket since 2007 while the former captain had been already suspended from the club as part of an investigation into a treaty signed in 2010. following today's announcement the club plus plus new chair said significant change was needed at the club and while today the decisions made were tough to take they were in fact in the best interest of the club. the parents of the teenager ethan crumbley — who killed four students at a high school in the us state of michigan earlier this week — have been charged with involunatry manslaugher. the semi—automatic handgun used in the attack was bought by mr crumbley four days before the attack. here's the oakland county prosecutor, karen macdonald. it's imperative we prevent this from happening again. no other parent or community should have to live through this nightmare. i have shared previously and i will be up that gun ownership is a right and with that right comes great responsibility. based on the information and evidence i have received today i am announcing charges against their shooter's parents. jennifer and james crombie. the charges are as follows. james crombie is charged with four compounds of involuntary manslaughter. jennifer is also charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. let's cross to washington and speak to barbara plett usher this is quite an unusual approach. it's extremely rare for parents to be charged a mass shooting tragedies and in michigan there's not even a law that says that parents are required to keep guns out of reach of the children so it's a very unusual staff. of the children so it's a very unusualstaff. but, of the children so it's a very unusual staff. but, the prosecutor said essentially that the parents were complacent. she said they contributed to this tragedy and had to be held to account and see listed a number of things. one is that they bought the gun for the boy as a christmas present but then also in the day or so before the shooting there were a number of incidents where he had a call to account for trumping behavior and they did not intervene. 0n trumping behavior and they did not intervene. on one occasion his teacher noted that he had been searching his phone to try to buy ammunition and his mother was elected and she did not respond. but she did text him later in a joking way saying i'm not angry with you, you just need to learn not to get caught. and the next morning he was again stopped by teachers because they found a drawing he made which was alarming and showed a gun and the bullet and the dead body or a bratty body and it said that thoughts don't stop, help me. so they were a very distant drawing and it was sent to the principals office and his parents were summoned to and tilted you need to get counseling and 48 hours and they resisted the idea of taking him home and they did not take his backpack to see if the gun was there or ask if he had begun and he was sent back to the classroom and then a hours later the mass shooting took place. so the prosecutor was quite hard on the parents saying they had responsibility and had to be held to account. , ., , account. remind us about the events on the day that _ account. remind us about the events on the day that lead _ account. remind us about the events on the day that lead to _ account. remind us about the events on the day that lead to peace - on the day that lead to peace fraternities? because he had clearly had the thought in his mind which he was not coping with and that he tragically turned them into action with devastating consequences for his school. �* , , ., with devastating consequences for his school. �* , ., , . his school. apparently on his cell -hone his school. apparently on his cell hone he his school. apparently on his cell phone he had _ his school. apparently on his cell phone he had recorded _ his school. apparently on his cell phone he had recorded a - his school. apparently on his cell phone he had recorded a video i phone he had recorded a video talking about his plan or his desire to do this although he had not put it on social media it was found later and that drawing was discovered and it sounded as if he was struggling against some inner urge. the words help me on the drawing but then a couple of hours later he was sent back to the classroom as i said. the school superintendent said he did not have a disciplinary record. he had not been punished for this. he went to the bathroom and took the gun out of his backpack and loaded it and came out and started shooting and he killed four students and he entered six people including a teacher and he has been charged as an adult even though he 15 years old which is a very unusual state of affairs as well. partly one of the reasons for that the prosecutor said it's because it had been an impulsive act that he had preplanned dates but also in michigan some crimes are so severe that underage people are automatically tried as adults and one of those is first—degree murder which is one of the crimes which he's being charged as as terrorism. the uk's decision to offerjust the pfizer or moderna vaccines as a covid booster appears to have paid off after trials showed that they give the best overall response. seven different jabs were tested. researchers also said there were good signs that the vaccines still protect against the 0micron variant. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh reports. amid gloom over 0micron and its potential threat, some encouraging news. it was back in the summer that nearly 3,000 uk volunteers got one of seven different covid vaccines as a booster shot, three months after their second dose. thank you everybody. for those boosted with pfizer after two doses of astrazeneca, their antibody levels were 25 times higher than a control group after one month. when pfizer was given after two pfizer shots, antibody levels rose eight fold, but from a much higher initial level. moderna and other combinations also worked well. the study didn't looks at 0micron. it has mutations in the spike protein, which may make antibodies less able to bind on to it and prevent infection, but the bigger the antibody army the better. t—cells, another part of the immune system, were also significantly boosted. these can spot and destroy infected cells. the study showed boosters worked well against beta and delta variants, so it is likely they will also protect from serious disease with 0micron. all of the vaccines showed a good t—cell response. the antibodies moderna and pfizer were high. we are hopeful that the vaccines will provide a broad protection against multiple variants, although we can't say for certain at this moment whether they will work very well against 0micron or not. in south africa, the first real world evidence has shown 0micron may evade some of our immunity. scientists have found a surge in the number of people being reinfected with covid but there is still real uncertainty about 0micron. we don't know yet about whether there is genuine immune escape withthis variant, we won't know for some time whether people become more unwell with this variant once they are infected. i think we know it is more transmissable, but we need even more definitive data. science is moving fast, but it will take weeks before it is clearjust how much of a threat is posted by 0micron. fergus walsh, bbc news. the latest uk government figures on covid show that there have been 50,584 confirmed positive tests in the past 24 hours. a further 143 people have died following a positive covid test. almost 421 thousand people have recived their booster, or third dose of the vaccine. the republic of ireland is bringing in several restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of covid 19. nightclubs will close and attendance at indoor entertainment events and sports fixtures will be capped at 50% capacity. here's the irish taoiseach micheal martin the risks associated with proceeding into the christmas period without some restrictions to reduce the volume of personal contacts isjust too high. i've always been straight with you as tshook, that the protection of public health is the government's primary responsibility and that we will do whatever is needed to discharge that duty. this is not about going back to the days of lockdowns, it's about adjusting the guidelines to meet that threat we face today and protecting the progress achieved to date. that is why the government earlier today accepted recommendations and guidance and agreed to introduce the following restrictions. from the seventh of december through the ninth ofjanuary, nightclubs will close. strict social distancing will be required in all bars and restaurants including hotels. and when i saw a situation that was in place before the second of october. that means table service only. 0ne metre between tables, a maximum of six adults per table, there can be no multiple table bookings. masks must be worn when not at the table. closing time remains at midnight. there will be a maximum of 50% capacity at entertainment, cultural, community and sporting events indoor which must all be fully seated. face masks must be worn at all times unless eating or drinking. requirements for the covid pass will be required forjams gyms and leisure centres and hotel bars and restaurants. in addition, we've been advised that visits to private homes in the coming weeks should be kept to a maximum of three other households, four households in total at any one time. however, they do acknowledge the need for flexibility here. across the country, very many people in the hospitality and entertainment industries will be bitterly disappointed by this news. many of them will be fearing for their livelihoods. i want to reassure them than that just as we have done since the beginning of the pandemic, the government will stand by then and ensure that they have the financial support necessary to weather this latest storm and to stay intact until we are out of it. thousands of people in parts of north—east england and scotland are still without power a week after storm arwen left a trail of destruction. the energy regulator, 0fgem, has launched an urgent review into the response of the energy network companies. it has also taken steps to ensure those affected can claim up to 140 pounds in compensation for every day without power. this map show the areas that were badly hit by the storm. in total more than a million homes are thought to have been affected, 99% of those homes have now been reconnected, but over 10,000 are tonight still without power. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, has been finding out how people have been coping in aberdeenshire. in the winter sun, aberdeenshire looks stunning, but this has been a brutally hard week for many here. storm arwen brought down trees and power lines and, seven days on, its impact is still being felt. have you got your power back on again? it's not on yet. on friday. there have been trees blown down before, but this is the worst i've seen. for some, no power meant no water either, so bottled water brought in for drinking, and at night, this family huddling together for warmth, like many we spoke to, they were disappointed that the information they'd received. you just felt like crying sometimes. i think it was the false promises as well, we kept getting emails saying it would be on at six o'clock, on at 12 o'clock. last night, the army came, to two army blokes came, and that was the first people that have been to check we were all right. there is nobody, we have been left to fend for ourselves. but people rallied around to look after each other, this farmer receiving hot food from a good samaritan determined to help. we rely on good friends and good neighbours. excuse me... we rely on good friends and good neighbours. if it wasn't for these, we'd be... it wouldn't be good, it wouldn't be good. you come together as a community. you have to, you have to in these difficult times. the local primary school has been shut all week, children staying at home. i think one of the best parts has been i got to play board games with my family. one part that i didn't like is my friend's den got destroyed. their mum determined she will be better prepared if this happens again. i'm ripping out my electric heater, and there will be a log burner in there and gas. we won't be left vunerable like this again. power company apologised and say engineers are working around the clock to reconnect homes. all of our engineers have spoken to in the field have said this is the worst i have seen, so the scale and volume and quantum we have to fix is much greater than anything we have seen before. tonight, houses here are finally being reconnected. people will be hoping what's been described as a once in a generation event remains just that. lorna gordon, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. it was briefly milder through today, but that's not going to last, again, cold air is going to make a return for this weekend. with it, there should be more sunshine around at least, but there'll also be plenty of showers because low pressure will be nearby. so you can see the milder air mass across the country through friday. cold air looms to the north and the west. that will work its way south eastwards during tonight. already engaging scotland and northern ireland by the middle part of the night. so here, these showers will be turning increasingly wintry, notjust to the higher ground. further south and east into england. wales, we will have a band of rain spreading eastwards. and it's going to become an increasingly blustery night where ever you are and feel quite cold. so we start saturday morning off with this band of rain, which will clear away from eastern england. then it's brighter with some sunshine , and many southern areas could stay dry altogether. but further north and west, lots of showers around, hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the couple who killed six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes have been jailed. arthur's father faces 21 years and his partner, life in prison, for a minimum of 29 years. the judge said the couple's actions were actions were "spiteful and sadistic" and that arthur was subjected to the "most unimaginable suffering". a review of the disorder that marred the euro 2020 final between england and italy injuly has painted a picture of "ticketless, drunken and drugged up thugs" storming wembley and endangering life. 0fgem launches a review into the response to storm arwen to ensure those affected get the best support — as repair works continue, one week on. scientists in south africa report the first real world data, showing the 0micron coronavirus variant may evade some immunity — but uk research suggests some promising signs that booster vaccines could help. fraudsters have stolen billions of pounds by abusing the government's bounce—back loan scheme — that's the initiative that was designed to help small businesses survive during the covid pandemic. according to a new report from the national audit office, more than one in ten of the loans may have been fraudulent, costing the taxpayer almost 5—billion pounds. the report says that measures put in place to stop fraud were implemented too slowly. 0ur correspondent, angus crawford, reports. a hard stop. police arrest a drug dealer, a member of a manchester gang that used a front business to hide their crimes. and this is it. from a couple of portakabins, they planned to take over the local cocaine market. but what's really extraordinary is they managed to get a £25,000 bounce back loan to help their business through the pandemic. and they weren't the only ones. it's a bounce back loan application that's been approved for £50,000. last year, this undercover investigator showed us how criminals were setting up fake companies to exploit the system. it seems to be free money for the scammers. it's going to cost us billions. 4.9 billion, according to today's report. anti—fraud measures, it says, were implemented too slowly to be effective and are inadequate. well, today we announced a brand—new loan scheme for the smaller businesses. designed as a life—saver forsmall firms, more than £47 billion was handed out. but how much of that will legitimate firms ever pay back? it's going to be horrendous. it's a nightmare. i'm worried. i've asked the government to set up a helpline. mike runs an online support group for business owners who took out a loan, and now fear they may go bust. they've now got the repayments starting. and a lot of people simply have not bounced back, which was the whole idea of the scheme. as soon as they're due, it is going to be a tidal wave. it will be. there is no ifs, bunts or shunts about that. the nao says £17 billion may never be repaid. and 100,000 loans are already in arrears. i've had to contact my doctor about having some anti—depressants. i haven't been able to properly sleep for the last 20 months. £50,000 it seemed like a life—saver for anne—marie and her printing firm. it now feels like a millstone. the bounce back loan is hanging there over our heads at the moment. you know, at the time, i guess, i had two choices. we either take on a loan and carry on and try to just ride through the storm, or we close the doors. but the storm isn't over? well, this is the thing. it'sjust about starting, i think. loans that kept hundreds of thousands of firms alive became a dead weight for others and a cash cow for criminals. angus crawford, bbc news. the co—founder of the neo—nazi group, nationalaction, has been jailed for eight years at bristol crown court for being a member of a banned organisation. ben raymond — who's 32 and from swindon — was also convicted of possessing a manifesto by the norwegian terrorist, anders breivik, as well as a guide to homemade detonators. the conservatives have won the old bexley and sidcup by—election — holding on to the stronghold in south—east london with a much reduced majority. the contest was triggered by the death of the former ministerjames brokenshire, who died of lung cancer at the age of 53. a local tory councillor, louie french, succeeds him — as our political correspondent ione wells, reports. wrapped up warm to deliver ballot boxes. turnout was expected to be low in this cold december by—election, and only 34% of voters turned out. it meant the tories' majority was cut from 19,000 to about 4,500. but their candidate, louie french, still got more than half the vote, although there was a 10% swing to labour. and reform uk, formerly the brexit party, came third. 11,189. the result was not surprising in this safe tory seat, even if the opposition had hoped recent negative headlines about so—called sleaze could chip away at their strong majority. people look at the westminster issues, they see a number of issues and allegations being thrown around at different parties, you know? it wasn't something that was coming to me, people know i'm not involved. i haven't been in westminster, you know? people have said, "louie, we need you to get in and deliver on these priorities," and that's what i'm fully committed to doing. labour are encouraged by this result, with their candidate, daniel francis, arguing a swing like that could translate into future gains for them elsewhere. well, it's been an incredibly good result tonight for labour here. we've had a swing of over 10%. if that swing was replicated across the country, we would be making significant gains from the conservatives and on a path back to government. but tory party chairman 0liver dowden says a solid hold midway through an election term, when the government might expect a knock, is a good result for them. obviously, it's very difficult for governing parties to do well in midterm by—elections, but we secured over 50% of the vote, and i think that was thanks to a good campaign run by the local candidate. tory cheer here in bexley, but in north shropshire, nerves are growing for the by—election there in two weeks' time, with parties feeling there is a lot more to play for. ione wells, bbc news. you may remember a story from earlier this year about burham vessel, an afghan interpreter who feared for his life after the taliban retook control of his country. burham and his family managed to escape afghanistan — and now, in a remarkable act of kindness — have been offered a home in aberdeenshire by a complete stranger. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has the story. oh, i am so pleased to meet you at long last. kindness often repeats itself. sometimes it only takes one person to change the lives of others. the vessel family, at the end of their long journey, to a home. i am so pleased to meet you. we first spoke to burham, a former interpreter with british forces, when he was hiding in afghanistan, fearful for his life. a day before the suicide bomb at the airport, he risked the crush there and managed to get his family out, with no idea of where or what their future would be. how are you and your family doing? everyone is ok. now we are in safety. bbc reports about the family resonated. 75 years ago another interpreter was given refuge from germany. in a circle of gratitude, helga offered the family a flat in aberdeen to live in, and battled the bureaucracy to make it happen. i saw the report of the afghan refugees coming in from kabul on the army plane and the story of the family. my mother had been a refugee during the second world war and fled from her home. she only survived through the kindness of people along the way. and ijust felt i had to do something, and give back something for the kindness and the humanity that helped my mother and her family survive. after 100 days in a hotel room together, the night before their move, the family are finally about to start a new life. we really feel happiness. ijust got the i just got the news that we are moving to aberdeen. it's the best i have my life. it makes the future brighter. what you think about the fact that helga has helped you in this way? in the world you can find a generous woman, generous people, to help you. when you're in a dark side, they come and put a light into your room. how do you feel about going to aberdeen? good. what are you excited about? excited about toys. this is your house. this is your new house. from the talilban, a dangerous evacuation, a new country, cramped hotel rooms, to his own bedroom. look in there. what do you see? toys. burham's wife left everything behind, her work as a gynaecologist, her relatives. now she must start it again. you make it the way you wanted. change anything. make it the you want it. your kindness we will be never forgetting. no words express it. but still we have good humans inside this world. and you are an example. thank you so much. you are part of our family now. you are so welcome. they are the lucky ones. hundreds are still stranded in afghanistan. and nearly all of the thousands who came are still in hotels, moved around, so children can't stay in the schools they started. special scottish things! irn—bru! if you want anything, or you need anything, you just ask. meanwhile, one woman watched the news, thought about her mother given refuge here, and gave another family future. lucy manning, bbc news. so pleased to see you. the actor sir antony sher has died aged 72. sir antony, who had cancer, was widely regarded as one of the country's finest contemporary classical actors, with a long association with the royal shakespeare company. david sillito looks back at his life. deformed, unfinished, sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce half made up. every now and again, a performance goes beyond mere good reviews to become the one against which all others are measured. which i must reach unto... antony sher�*s compelling richard iii in 1984 was just such a role. when they are gone, then i must count my gains. i think my biggest problem is being young and beautiful. it is my biggest problem because i have never been young and beautiful. a few months later, he was the drag queen arnold in torch song trilogy. oh, i've been beautiful. both roles 0livier award winning. but his story began with rejection by rada. they sent a letter saying, "we strongly recommend that you think of another career." at the time, that really puts you on the line and you really have to... it takes quite a lot of strength to work out whether they're right or not. as a child, he was shy, solitary. acting was seen as a way to bring him out of himself. he liked the idea of disguise, a mask for this gay, jewish, south african. on tv, he was the revolutionary howard kirk in the history man. but the plaudits didn't lead to film and tv stardom. his home was the theatre. my nose, sir, is enormous! he and the man who became his husband, the director greg doran. their great successes... hail! titus andronicus... 0thello. .. the moor already changes with my poison. lear... macbeth. he also painted. he was a successful novelist. but antony sher was at his best on stage, taking on those shakespearean greats... if i tell thee a lie, spit in my face and call me horse. ..in all their troubled, complex, compelling glory. sir antony sher who has died at the age of 72. the headlines on bbc news... the couple who killed arthur labinjo—hughes have beenjailed — his father for 21 years and his partnerfor life in prison for a minimum of 29 years. the judge said arthur was subjected to the "most unimaginable suffering". a review of the disorder that marred the euro 2020 final between england and italy injuly has painted a picture of "ticketless, drunken and drugged up thugs" storming wembley and endangering life. the energy regulator 0fgem launches a review into the response to storm arwen — as repair works continue, one week on. dojoin me again do join me again for the paper review at 10:30 pm stop now on bbc news it's time for newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. is bbc news alarming its audience unnecessarily of the dangers of the 0micron variant? and... very difficult conditions out here tonight. these red... ..an all too familiar newswatch complaint, if it was dangerous to go out during storm arwen, what's a bbc reporter doing in the middle of it? how worried should we be? the risks posed by the new 0micron variant of covid—19 are uncertain as of yet, but it's clear that the subject is being given plenty of attention and airtime from bbc news, starting with reports of its emergence on thursday last week. tonight at 10pm — the uk's suspends flights from six african countries after the discovery of a new variant of coronavirus. the countries, including south africa, will be placed on the travel red list amid fears the new mutation may be the most dangerous yet. as the coverage went on, leading news bulletins all week, julie smith contacted us on saturday to say... and richard colborne wondered...

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