we start with breaking news. a former civilian police worker has been jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing a boy. timothy schofield was found guilty of 11 sexual offences against a teenager. the 54 year old denied the offences, which happened between 2016 and 2019. in the last few minutes, police had been speaking outside the court. the police had been speaking outside the court. y . , police had been speaking outside the court. q . , , court. the offences were first re orted court. the offences were first reported in court. the offences were first reported in december - court. the offences were first reported in december 2021, l court. the offences were first i reported in december 2021, and within two days, timothy schofield had been arrested, interviewed and charged with these offences. he was suspended from duty and the criminal case took priority. following his conviction, a conduct hearing was held in april, and chaired by the chief assistant constable. he was dis
this is bbc news, the headlines: two summits dominated by the future of ukraine president zelensky arrives in jeddah to appeal for arab support. unfortunately, there are some in the world and here among you who turn a blind eye to the cages and the illegal annexations. syria s president assad is invited to that arab league gathering we ll assess the significance of that after a decade of brutal civil war. the clean up after devastating floods in northern italy continues, which left 14 people dead and forcing thousands from their homes. we will be live on that story in just a moment. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. alun wyn jones, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, has retired from international rugby. he played 170 test matches for wales and the british and irish lions. he had been named in the squad for the world cup i
siro in italy later. manchester city or real madrid await the winner of the the second champions league semi final which sees ac milan play inter milan, the first meeting between the two city rivals in the competition since 2005. they share the stadium, but ac milan are the home team for this leg. they ve been sweating on the fitness of rafael leao, their star forward trained away from the group on tuesday. inter s attack looks to be back to its best ahead of what they re calling the euroderby . translation: we know - we are playing in the semifinals of the champions league. this is the derby, not a derby. we are not hiding the importance this match has for us, for the fans, for the club. we want to face it in the best possible way. a derby in the semifinal doesn t get much bigger. we are really excited for it. the last round against napoli, a lot of people were counting us out for it and we managed to put two great performances, we played three times in ten days and we di
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
the best possible way. a derby in the semifinal doesn t get much bigger. we are really excited for it. the last round against napoli, a lot of people were counting us out for it and we managed to put two great performances, we played three times in ten days and we didn t lose. a lot of people know, for ourselves we know what we can do and i think a lot of people are starting to see milan are a good team and we just have to try and put our best foot forward and try to win that game. west ham fans are dreaming of their first silverware since 1980 and on thursday they take on dutch side az alkmaar in the first leg of their europa conference league semi final. david moyes side picked up a massive win over manchester united in the premier league on sunday to move them seven points above the relegation zone with three games to play. west ham s sporting director and former captain mark noble says four decades without a trophy is far too long. for me growing up a west ham fan and pl