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of the world s two largest economies. as the masters gets underway, concerns about the world number one dustin johnson who s fallen down stairs and injured his back. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a father has lost a landmark case at the supreme court in a dispute about taking his child out of school without permission. jon platt, from the isle of wight, refused to pay a fine after he took his daughter to florida, and had won previous court cases. but today, the supreme court ruled unanimously that it is disruptive to a child s education to remove them from school during term time. the prime minister theresa may welcomed the ruling, saying it recognised the importance of children attending school. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. arriving at the highest court in the land, a father, john platt, about to find out if taking his daughter on holiday in term time meant he had broken the law. in 2015, jon platt took his daughter on a week s holid ....
by the rotary clubs of doncaster and doncaster st leger. this is her story. hi. mayl hi. may i have two cadbury s cream eggs. have you signed in yet? my name is abbey. i m 15 and i m from doncaster. i ve been in care for four years. i remember the first few yea rs four years. i remember the first few years was a major struggle for me emotionally because i had so many different people and so many things going on in my life. i knew what i wanted. i knew what i wanted to say. i knew i had my own opinions on things, but i was never really given that chance. i was dismissed. when i found the courage to speak out myself, i just thought, found the courage to speak out myself, ijust thought, right, that s it. i now know that i can say this, so i m going to let other children have that opportunity. i ve just give it them. we ve got sports going on. abbey is one in a million to be honest with you. she gives her time freely. she s a great advocate for young people. she offers them ....
to be honest with you. she gives her time freely. she s a great advocate for young people. she offers them support. she offers them advice. she very much helps shape the service the way the independent visitors scheme runs. for me, before i came into care, i didn t really have a childhood. i basically raised my two young brothers. i was, sort of, given all the family s dilemmas and problems, they were put on my shoulders. care changed my life. i did things that a normal 13 year old should do instead of staying at home and cooking meals. it was difficult, but at the same time, easy. it was just a massive relief. have you signed in yet? i don t think i will ever stop doing what i m doing, never, ever stop. for me, i m going to take it further and make sure that every child in care has a voice and every child is loving being in care. applause. abbey is here with me now. congratulations on your young citizen award. how do you feel? it s really, it s all a whirlwind really. ....
the achievements of a very special group of young people. i presented the awards when they first began back in 2007. since then, hundreds of young people have been recognised for the amazing work they do. each year, rotary clubs across britain and ireland nominate youngsters for the awards. the eventual winners for 2017 are with me on stage, so let s find out more about them. 0urfirst award goes to teenager abbey booker. abbey is in care but works tirelessly and selflessly to ensure other children have the best experience that they can. she spends her time volunteering, helping out with a number of schemes, and tries to change the way adults deal with young people in care. she was nominated for the award by the rotary clubs of doncaster and doncaster st leger. this is her story. hi. may i have two cadbury s cream eggs? yeah. have you signed in yet? my name is abbey. i m 15 and i m from doncaster. i ve been in care forfour years. i remember the first few years was a majo ....
and it is full team ahead. 0n the satellite picture, you can see this strea k of satellite picture, you can see this streak of cloud across the central reservation. a few patches of rain, most of it has been falling across northern ireland. behind the front, in scotland, mix of sun and shower. 0ur weather watchers have been snapping rainbows in the highlands of scotla nd snapping rainbows in the highlands of scotland caused by those showers. quite a bit of cloud across lyme regis in dorset. some decent weather to be found across southern counties of england. temperatures reaching highs of 16 celsius in london, cloud across wales and not a lot of rain in the midlands. northern ireland and scotland seem more sunshine then yesterday, and those showers will continue to feed on those brisk north westerly winds. what will happen is those showers will fade away for the northern half of the uk, witha away for the northern half of the uk, with a cold overnight, many coastal area ....