an epidemic of drug driving. senior offers say some motorists seem to view drug driving as more acceptable than drink driving. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. 9am on a tuesday morning and merseyside police are out in central liverpool. today, they re particularly looking out for drink and drug driving. officers have been pulling over any vehicles that look like they re unsafe in some way or are being driven in an unsafe manner. and already, within half an hour this morning, they ve made three arrests after positive roadside drug tests. 927. those tests, called drug wipes, indicated the presence of cannabis, that gets them arrested and taken to the station for a forensic blood test. and the result of that dictates whether any further action is taken. how prevalent do you think drug driving actually is? so we ve seen quite a lot, it s really prevalent. over the last few years, we ve seen year on year increases of the number of people that were arrested for dr
inches of rain. the cloud extends at the moment thousands of miles from cuba all the way to our shores, and it is this but here developing that will bring tomorrow s rain. dry and clearfor a time, the will bring tomorrow s rain. dry and clear for a time, the small chance of a touch of frost but then temperatures rise through the night and by tomorrow morning, very mild but tempered by some strong winds and lots of rain. dry is to begin with, and in the north east of scotland, rain heavy at times on the hills in the west. it improves from the day, the rain sets in across shetland, and then the brightest quys shetland, and then the brightest guys push across much of scotland, england and wales, but through the south east and the channel islands, it stays wet and cloudy into the afternoon, and for all of us are pretty windy one as well, winds touching gale force across many areas. still mild but of course that will be tempered by the strength of the wind. into the evening, the r
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police say a body has been found in the river thames by officers searching for the chemical attack suspect abdul shokoor ezedi. authorities had been looking for him for almost three weeks after a woman and two children were attacked in south london. the 35 year old was last seen on 31 january on cctv leaning over the railings of london s chelsea bridge. our home editor mark easton reports. with the tide low close to london s tower bridge at around four yesterday afternoon, the crew of a passenger boat saw what looked like a body in the water. scotland yard s marine policing unit attended and recovered a corpse which detectives working on the clapham chemical attack inquiry quickly concluded was their key suspect, abdul shakoor ezedi. because of the amount of time that the body has been in the water, it has not been obvious to do an easy visual identification, or indeed to get immediate fingerprints. however, with the very dis
after appearing in court in moscow. brazil s former president, jair bolsonaro, has returned to the country after three months of self imposed exile in the united states. and, one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth, a patagotitan dinosaur goes on display at the natural history museum in london. here in the uk, a man s been found guilty of murdering a nine year old girl who was shot in her home in liverpool. olivia pratt korbel was killed when shot were fired through herfrontdoor, fatally hitting olivia in the chest. her mother was also injured. earlier our correspondent rowan bridge was outside manchester crown court where the case was heard. olivia s family, her mum, her olivia s family, her mum, her brother and sister have been here for most of the trial over the last three of a half week sobbed at the verdict was absurd, and when the family came out, of course, out of the courtroom, they called the police officers who have been involved in the investigation.
we ve come back to see this star pupil, who is also a stand in teacher at his school. are you the best teacher there? that s a yes. ahmed s been blind from birth along with four of his siblings, and he s growing up near a front line in a city under siege. it s very scary, he tells me. we re afraid of gunshots. when fighting starts, we can t go to the park or the valley or anywhere. when was the last time you heard fighting and explosions? last night, he says. it s quiet now, but there s danger in the hills where houthi snipers are most active after dark. ahmed s father, abdul, says they re about 600 meters in front of us. a gunshot away, he tells me. for ahmed school has always been a refuge of sorts. this was our first glimpse of him injanuary 2021, leading morning assembly at al wahda primary. it was bombed by the saudi led coalition when it was occupied by houthi forces. the classrooms exposed to the sun and the rain. young minds getting an education in war. ahmed was lead