for 30 hours before being rescued at sea is recovering in hospital in belfast. the family of guy hedger, who was shot by intruders at his home in dorset, have paid tribute to him athletes like paula radcliffe could lose their world records under proposals to rewrite the record books in an effort to improve credibility over doping. ode to a nightingale. how singers are trying to save the endangered songbird. coming up in the sport on bbc news, world snooker champion mark selby admits he is at the peak of his powers as he becomes only the fourth modern player to retain his title at the crucible. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended his shadow home secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the party s plans to put an 10,000 extra police officers on the streets. mr corbyn insisted he wasn t embarrassed in the slightest by diane abbott s difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election
shoulder to shoulder with america and the uk. but in the wake of brexit and the election of donald trump, might that be about to change? the country s chancellor, angela merkel, has warned that europe can no longer completely depend on its old allies and that europeans had to take their destiny in their own hands. it follows a g7 summit that chancellor merkel called very difficult and unsatisfactory. caroline davies reports. a loud reception and a giant pretzel, angela merkel received a large warm welcome campaigning in munich, but the german leader had less warm words for america and britain german and europe can no longer rely on you. translation: we europeans must really take our fate into our own hands. of course, in friendship with the united states of america, in friendship with great britain, and as good neighbours wherever that is possible, also with other countries, even with russia, but we have to know that we must fight for our own future on our own, for our dest
the british prime minister theresa may says she will get on with the job of delivering a successful british exit from the european union, following thursday s disastrous election which saw her conservative party lose its parliamentary majority. making changes to her cabinet, mrs may has kept most of her senior ministers. with brexit talks starting in a week the prime minister has faced damning criticism from colleagues. vicky young reports. she s putting on a brave face, but theresa may knows she has thrown her party into turmoil. the shock of election night is still sinking in. after church this morning, the prime minister rang round colleagues who d been defeated on thursday. she s in office for now, but for how much longer? i said during the election campaign that, if re elected, i would intend to serve a full term. but what i am doing now is actually getting on with the immediate job and i think that s what s important, i think that s what the public would expect. they wa
over 3,500 people died of drug poisoning last year a record level in england and wales. and barcelona tell paris st germain they must pay a record breaking £198 million fee in full before they can sign their brazilian striker neymar. our main story at 5. 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 thought to be planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. three of the men were convicted terrorists who met in prison. they ll be sentenced tomorrow. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at the old bailey for us. three of these men had already been jailed for terrorism offences and in fa ct jailed for terrorism offences and in fact they met at belmarsh prison. information on all four of their la pto ps information on all four of their laptops and mobile phones said they we re laptops and mobile p
parade at buckingham palace. and the £198 million man. the record breaking price tag for barcelona star neymar to transfer to paris st germain. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there is new hope tonight for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. for the first time scientists have successfully repaired a faulty gene in human embryos. the us and south korean team used a process known as ‘gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly heart condition. the controversial technique is still at the early research stage but it raises the hope of preventing 10,000 gene disorders which pass down the generations. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious. to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road. editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of