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as both have been suffering from a heavy cold. doctors hail a breakthrough in treating multiple sclerosis, after trials of a new drug suggest it could slow the effects of the disease. and in half an hour, i ll be looking back at a momentous year in science, one that saw tim peake return to earth after a six month stay in space. that s review 2016, the year in science, with me, rebecca morelle. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the owner of a haulage firm, and one of his mechanics, have been found guilty of manslaughter, after one of their tipper trucks crashed last year, killing four people, including a four year old girl. the court had heard that the brakes had failed on the 32 tonne lorry and it careered along a village road near bath, causing what the prosecution described as absolute devastation . mathew gordon and peter wood will be sentenced next month. the driver of the lorry, phillip potter, was cleared of all charges. jon kay is at bristol crown court. g ....
stormy weather in the run up to christmas, storm ba ba stormy weather in the run up to christmas, storm baba is set to hit on friday with scotland getting the worst of the wins. barbara. doctors involved in trials of a new multiple sclerosis drug say it s a landmark development in treatment of the disease. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. that get straight to berlin for the latest on the attack on the market there. the mood is sombre here at there. the mood is sombre here at the christmas market in berlin. normally there would be christmas music playing but that is silent. people have been coming to lay flyover lay flowers and light candles and also buy food and drink ina sign candles and also buy food and drink in a sign that life goes on. in the last hour we have been hearing from chancellor merkel who said she was proud of the way that germans have reacted to this attack and she stressed what she said was the importance of unity and solidarity at this ti ....
which killed four people including a young girl. the international committee of the red cross and syria says the operation to help people leave areas once held by rebels in aleppo was close to an end. an update on the markets. the move to increase university tuition fees in england to £9,250 a year has been launched without any announcement from the department for education. the change will affect more than 500,000 students beginning in the autumn. it will mean tuition fees will begin to rise each year with inflation. with me is our education correspondent sean coughlan. did we know this was coming? yes, we did, we need a government wanted to do this, before the summer they signalled their intention to raise fees to £9,250 and thereafter by inflation but i suppose what s controversial is how they ve done it. the opposition parties were poised to oppose this and they wa nted poised to oppose this and they wanted to scrutinise plans but while they d been waiting for it ....
government has declared victory in aleppo after the last rebel fighters and civilians leave the eastern part of the city. meanwhile, we speak to a seven year old girl who has moved many on social media with her description of life under siege in aleppo. and it has been such an intensely in british politics it is enough to make you want to escape to a log cabin with no mobile phone a. i am adam fleming and viral review it all in halfan adam fleming and viral review it all in half an hour. adam fleming and viral review it all in halfan hour. i adam fleming and viral review it all in half an hour. i will review it all. good evening and welcome to bbc news. german police say they now believe it s likely their main suspect anis amri did drive the lorry that ploughed through a christmas market on monday killing 12 people and injuring 49. his fingerprints have been found in the cab. police raids are taking place across germany, while its borders with belgium and th ....
screen and my social media contacts as well. in the last few hours in the bbc newsroom , in the last few hours in the bbc newsroom, this claim came through from the syrian government, that it had from the syrian government, that it ha d reta ke n from the syrian government, that it had retaken aleppo entirely, as the last group of rebel fighters had been evacuated. we understand this group who were notjust the fighters but theirfamilies group who were notjust the fighters but their families as well, had been holed up in a small enclave in aleppo but they were finally evacuated on thursday. that was negotiated under a deal which gives the army and its allies full control of the city after almost four years of the city after almost four years of fighting. we can bring in the bbc correspondent in beirut james longman. i guess aleppo fell a few weeks back so this is more about the symbolism of the moment? that is absolutely right. the huge moment for the syrian regime and t ....