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containing the three other victims who died. the prosecuting qc said mr potter s laurie continued to career down the lane in western village out of control, and these are pictures from the time of the crash. because on the 9th of february last year. by the time the lorry came to a stop, four people had suffered fatal injuries, the four year old girl who had been crossing the road with her grandmother and three men who had been travelling together in the same car. this is a picture of the four year old victim, who died as she was crossing the road with her grandmother, margaret rogers, who was also injured. and three other victims as well, 59 year old robert parker, philip allen, who was 52, and stephen vaughan, who was 34. let mejust and stephen vaughan, who was 34. let me just repeat the findings of the court today, at bristol crown court, haulage boss matthew gordon and his mechanic, peter would, both haulage boss matthew gordon and his mechanic, peterwould, both foun ....
other end of the uk we ve had some proper wintry christmassy weather with snow over some highland villages. as you are probably aware, it s storm barbara we are most concerned about over the next 24 36 hours. it is looming in the western atlantic. it s intensifying all the while. it s underneath a strong jet strea m while. it s underneath a strong jet stream which will direct storm barbara up towards the north west of the uk come tomorrow evening. i had of that we have the wintry showers across scotland. snow down to quite low levels. a strong wind. it feels cold. further south are bright and breezy afternoon. the fog has cleared. in the more southern parts of the uk into the night, maybe a touch of frost, hopefully the fog won t be as widespread as it was this morning. the reina rides across western northern ireland and the far west of scotland, the wind intensifying the rain arrives. barbara arrives on our doorstep. it will head towards the far north west of the uk ....
which killed four people including a young girl. the international committee of the red cross and syria says the operation to help people leave areas once held by rebels in aleppo was close to an end. an update on the markets. the move to increase university tuition fees in england to £9,250 a year has been launched without any announcement from the department for education. the change will affect more than 500,000 students beginning in the autumn. it will mean tuition fees will begin to rise each year with inflation. with me is our education correspondent sean coughlan. did we know this was coming? yes, we did, we need a government wanted to do this, before the summer they signalled their intention to raise fees to £9,250 and thereafter by inflation but i suppose what s controversial is how they ve done it. the opposition parties were poised to oppose this and they wa nted poised to oppose this and they wanted to scrutinise plans but while they d been waiting for it ....
to g reatly donald trump is calling for the us to greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear arsenal. also this hour. the syrian government has declared victory in aleppo after the last rebel fighters and civilians leave the eastern part of the city. the words of a child who moved thousands. we speak to seven year old bana, who took to social media to describe the bombing of aleppo. and, prince charles says religious persecution today has echoes of the dark days of the 1930s. good evening and welcome to bbc news. breaking news from the prison officers association. it says that 60 inmates have taken control of a wing at her majesty s prison 0n the isle of sheppey in kent. this came from the prison 0fficers‘ association. that 60 inmates have taken control of a wing at her majesty s prison swaleside on the isle of sheppey in kent. a lot of debate at the moment about the state of britain s prisons, including of course following the riot at birmingham prison last week ....
screen and my social media contacts as well. in the last few hours in the bbc newsroom , in the last few hours in the bbc newsroom, this claim came through from the syrian government, that it had from the syrian government, that it ha d reta ke n from the syrian government, that it had retaken aleppo entirely, as the last group of rebel fighters had been evacuated. we understand this group who were notjust the fighters but theirfamilies group who were notjust the fighters but their families as well, had been holed up in a small enclave in aleppo but they were finally evacuated on thursday. that was negotiated under a deal which gives the army and its allies full control of the city after almost four years of the city after almost four years of fighting. we can bring in the bbc correspondent in beirut james longman. i guess aleppo fell a few weeks back so this is more about the symbolism of the moment? that is absolutely right. the huge moment for the syrian regime and t ....