a double life as a bomb maker for dissident republicans, in northern ireland. an extra 21,000 mental health workers in england are to be recruited over four years. but unions say it s an impossible task. and a moeen ali hat trick sees england cruise to victory over south africa in the third test at the oval. coming up in sportsday on bbc news later in the hour, a blow for the world athletics championships that start in london on friday. one of its biggest stars, david rudisha, has had to pull out with an injury. good evening. after an already turbulent last few days at the white house, the newly appointed communications director, anthony scaramucci, has been removed from his post. he d in the job just ten days. it s being reported that president trump decided he should go after a request byjohn kelly, who was sworn in today as the president s new chief of staff. a former four star general, it s hoped mr kelly will bring discipline and strength to a white house seemingly in
or other asian muslim origin is well established. today, ken macdonald, a former director of public prosecutions, said it is a disease of racism and sexism that will not abate until it is confronted . labour mp sarah champion said that people are more afraid to be called a racist than they are afraid to be wrong about calling out child abuse , which has inhibited exposure of wrong doing. she asked, why are we not commissioning research to see what is going on and how we need to change what is going on, so that it never happens again? . they re good questions, so we are going to ask them for the first part of the programme this evening. first, rabiya limbada reports from oxford. some of the 18 men and one woman convicted of abusing girls in newcastle. the men convicted were mainly british born, and came from bangladeshi, pakistani, indian, iraqi, iranian and turkish communities. a report in 2011 by the child exploitation and online protection centre identified over 2000 pot
actor mark rylance. bond actress naomi harris becomes an obe. wow! figures from fashion and design have also been recognised. american vogue editor anna wintour said she was touched to be made a dame. designer victoria beckham becomes an obe. the hillsborough independent panel was chaired by the former bishop of liverpool, james jones. he s now been knighted. obviously great pride, but mixed with sadness, because of that enduring sadness of the families who have continued to feel the loss of their loved ones. he is one of hundreds being recognised for their contribution across the uk. lizo mzimba, bbc news. there s a warning that heavy fog could cause further travel disruption today. yesterday the uk s biggest airports, heathrow and gatwick, cancelled more than 150 flights. the met office says driving conditions will be difficult in many areas of central, eastern and south east england. simon calder, travel editor of the independent, is at heathrow this morning. simon, i unde
and has views of the wall israel has built in and around the occupied west bank. hull is britain s city of culture for 2017 we ll be bringing you the highlights from its first two months in a special programme at 8.30. good evening and welcome to bbc news. results are being declared in the northern ireland assembly election, and turnout is up sharply compared to the last election. with 37 seats declared so far, early signs are that both sinn fein and the unionist dup are polling strongly. the election was called after sinn fein withdrew from the power sharing executive in january. let s join annita mcveigh, who s in belfast. thank you very much. good evening from the titanic exhibition centre in belfast. the votes for the four belfast constituencies are being counted. here and across counting centres in northern ireland, at 9am this morning, those votes, the process of counting those laws began. here we are at seven o clock this evening and we are not quite halfway there ye
Wonderful shop window. i ve come to llangadog, a village just outside swansea, where the local eisteddfod attracts young singers from around the area as well as from all across wales. i like performing in eisteddfods because i really like music, and my ambition is to go to the sydney opera house when i m older. this is where it all starts for us welsh singers we start in the local eisteddfods.