probably made the right decision. and coming up on bbc news, two of european football s heavyweights, france and belgium, go head to head at the euros with kick off this afternoon in dusseldorf. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a head teacher convicted of grooming and sexually abusing four girls has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. neil foden was the head of one school in bangor in north wales, and strategic head of another. he d been a well known and well respected figure in the local community before his offending was exposed. made a superhead in 2021, headteacher neil foden was a regular on the tv and radio news. none of us know for certain exactly how their work is going to be assessed. but in september last year, he was arrested after a girl came forward with allegations of sexual abuse. her evidence would prove pivotal. because she was quite involved with the defendant, she had a lot of evidence to give, not only in terms of her own account, but a
and the public have been misled for more than 30 years about a british airways flight that landed in kuwait in 1990 as the iraqi invasion was under way. more than 350 passengers and crew were on board most were taken hostage for months. now files have been released which reveal that the british ambassador in kuwait had warned the foreign office before the flight landed, but the message was not passed on to the airline. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera is at the foreign office. yes, an apology and admission because for 30 years successive governments have hidden the fact that there was a warning which might have been able to stop a group of british people being taken hostage. it goes back to august 1990, when ba flight 149 took off from london, heading to asia but making a stopover in kuwait, and it was that night that iraq invaded kuwait. the plane was unable to take off and passengers and crew were taken
hostage, many of them badly mistreated over the coming months. what has emerged today in files is that the british ambassador in kuwait made a phone call as the invasion was starting, and as the plane was in the air, and it was circulated around whitehall that this was happening but it was never passed on to british airways, and as a result, the plane landed. now, passengers and crew have welcomed that admission, but they remain angry because they believe there is another secret to be a 149, which is that they think there was a group of undercover intelligence operatives on board whom they saw get off the flight. today, the government has stuck by its denial that the flight was exploited for some kind of intelligence mission, so the controversy around ba 149 remains, despite today s admission and apology. gordon, thank you. a public inquiry has opened into the mistreatment of people at an immigration removal centre at gatwick airport. it comes after bbc panorama
successive governments have hidden the fact that there was a warning which might have been able to stop a group of britons being taken hostage. it all goes back to august 1991 ba flight 149 took off from london heading to asia about making a stop over in kuwait, and it was that night that iraq invaded kuwait. the plane was unable to take off and passengers and crew were taken hostage. many of them badly mistreated over the coming months. what s emerged today in files is that the british ambassador in kuwait made a phone call as the invasion was starting and as the plane was in the air, and it was circulated around whitehall that this was happening, but it was never passed on to british airways, and as a result, the plane landed. now, passengers and crew have welcomed that admission, but they remain angry because they believe there is another secret to ba 149, which is that they think they are a group of undercover