a £198 million deal for neymar tojoin paris saint germain from barcelona. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. 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 planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. some of the trial had to be held in secret, at the old bailey. our midlands correspondent, phil mackie, reports. the raid at hero couriers in birmingham last august. an area near the city centre was evacuated and the bomb disposal unit called in. it was the culmination of an elaborate undercover operation in which the four men were observed meeting each other in birmingham and in stoke. they were already well known to the authorities. naweed ali and khobaib hussain had been jailed after travelling to a terror training camp in pakistan in 2011. in prison, they met mohibur rahman, who
for most could see some temperature records broken. know when you re so hot in northern europe. only 20 degrees the top temperature across the uk. cloud has been moving in gci’oss the uk. cloud has been moving in across the atlantic today bringing some rain that for the heaviest along the south coast. further south it is wet and also quite windy. great conditions and some really quite heavy rain. that will push its way through the midlands toward east anglia. some drier interludes around, a few breaks in the cloud. drying up in northern ireland as well, the brain moving north into central and southern scotland. but northern scotland and beyond to the bright weather into the afternoon. the rain is on the move, it will move north and east. eventually some rain in the north of scotland. most of the persistent rain clearing away overnight but we will see many showers coming in on that breeze through the western side of the uk. so what for some first thing but not cold by any st
code of conduct. good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. more than a0 % of maternity wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, according to data from the labour party. 42 out of 96 trusts in england that responded to a freedom of information request said they d shut maternity wards temporarily on 382 occasions. the most common reasons given were too few staff and not enough beds. but the government says the numbers are misleading. our health correspondent, dominic hughes has more. for some years, maternity units have been struggling to recruit enough midwives. the royal college of midwives says there s a shortfall of around 3,500. now, based on a freedom of information request, labour says a growing number of maternity units are closing doors to new mothers. in england, 136 nhs trusts offer maternity services. last year, 42 of them closed their doors to new admissions at least once. there were 382 separate locations where units wer
with a learning disability are taking part in 20 different disciplines. coming to these games gives them a chance to express themselves, and to show what they can do. and google sacks an employee for saying there were fewer women at the company due to biological differences. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the organisers of the athletics world championships in london are working with public health england to try to contain an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which has affected 30 athletes and support staff. botswa na s isaac makwala, who was one of the favourites for today s 400 metres final, was forced to withdraw from the 200 metres heat yesterday. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. it was supposed to be the start of his bid for world domination. ranked numberi in the world for the 200 metres this year, he would aim being to double up in the 400 metre final tonight. but yesterday, botswa nan isaac makwala vomited before his 200 metre heat. a victim of th
brother s girlfriend by setting them on fire as they slept. also in the next hour. are your eggs safe to eat? the eu s food safety commissioner has called for an urgent meeting of ministers and regulators to discuss the scandal over contaminated eggs. and a friendship forged through football. one month after the death of bradley lowery, jermain defoe speaks for the first time about how they met. for me, there is no bigger motivation to think, if he can go through that and fight, then i can go through anything. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the pensions regulator has approved a plan by tata steel to give thousands of its workers in the uk less generous pensions but safeguard their jobs. the deal should secure the pensions of 130,000 steelworkers and stop the company becoming insolvent. finalising the pension arrangements is expected to clear the way for a possible merger with a rival german company. our correspondent, simon gompertz reports. it s the deal designed