i need that to come through now. and the australian bowlers channelling their inner beyonce in a bid to save their green. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. after 65 years of official public engagements, the duke of edinburgh will make his final solo appearance on royal duty today. prince philip will attend a parade by the royal marines, of which he s the captain general. now 96, he s the longest serving consort in british history. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. he s been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life ever since his marriage to the then princess elizabeth in november 1947. and although his robust approach to people and events have sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty. most often in support of the queen, but also in pursuit of his own separate programme, supporting issues like the environment and the development of the awards programme for young people which he created and which is
over 3,500 people died of drug poisoning last year a record level in england and wales. and barcelona tell paris st germain they must pay a record breaking £198 million fee in full before they can sign their brazilian striker neymar. our main story at 5. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack, similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. a gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were thought to be planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. three of the men were convicted terrorists who met in prison. they ll be sentenced tomorrow. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at the old bailey for us. three of these men had already been jailed for terrorism offences and in fa ct jailed for terrorism offences and in fact they met at belmarsh prison. information on all four of their la pto ps information on all four of their laptops and mobile phones said they we re laptops and mobile p
parade at buckingham palace. and the £198 million man. the record breaking price tag for barcelona star neymar to transfer to paris st germain. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there is new hope tonight for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. for the first time scientists have successfully repaired a faulty gene in human embryos. the us and south korean team used a process known as ‘gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly heart condition. the controversial technique is still at the early research stage but it raises the hope of preventing 10,000 gene disorders which pass down the generations. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious. to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road. editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of