the required ‘a level grades will be offered a place at their first choice university. former trump adviser steve bannon is charged with fraud over the fundraising campaign to build a us mexico border wall. a prominent critic of the russian government is in intensive care. according to a major new study. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. hashem abedi, the brother of the manchester arena bomber, has been sentenced to at least 55 years injail, for the murder of 22 people. that s the longest specific term that s ever been handed down in england. abedi refused to attend his two day sentencing hearing and face the families of those who died, who gave emotional statements about the impact of the attack in 2017. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. hashem abedi, guilty of murdering 22 people in the manchester arena bomb, was brought to court but again refused to leave the cells. the bereaved families saying today that it showed what a coward he is. as h
the government s promised all students who achieved the required a level grades will be offered a place at their first choice university. a prominent critic of the russian government is in intensive care his supporters say he s been poisoned. a man is found guilty of lacing baby food with shards of metal in a plot to blackmail the supermarket chain tesco. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. hashem abedi the brother of the manchester arena bomber has been sentenced to at least 55 years injail, for the murder of 22 people. abedi refused to attend his two day sentencing hearing and face the families of those who died, who gave emotional statements about the impact of the attack in 2017. number 10 have issued a statment from boris johnson, the prime minister, on the sentencing of hashem abedi. mrjohnson says, the manchester arena attack was a horrifying and cowardly act of violence which targeted children and families. those who were taken from us will never be forgo
the number of people being randomly tested in the community for covid 19 is to be increased in england from 28,000 to 150,000 a fortnight. the office for national statistics says the survey taken from a random sample of the population can give a clearer picture of the true spread of the virus. our health correspondent richard galpin reports. swipe to the back of the throat, both sides by the tonsils. it might make you gag. volunteers carrying out coronavirus testing as part of the household infection survey run by the office for national statistics. the survey described by the government as the most important indicator as to how the virus is spreading in the country. and now it s to be expanded massively. from 28,000 people in households being tested every fortnight to 150,000 every fortnight by october. households in scotland, wales and northern ireland are also to be included. all this potentially very significant. what is going to be really important about that is gett
that s good and even great. a jury has seen footage of the manchester arena bomber salman abedi looking around the area where he detonated his device, days before the attack. police say the body of a boy, believed to be aged 13, has been found in the river wear near bishop auckland. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with 0lly foster. there s a fundamental change to grassroots football training , the under 12s won t be allowed to head the ball, because of the potential health risks. thanks, 0lly. and ben rich has the weather. it is relentless at the moment. we have had the rain, flooding. we will talk more about that but some today have seen some significant snowfall. all that and the forecast for the week ahead on the way. thanks ben. also coming up the uk needs over a million more homes to give everyone somewhere decent to live in. we ll be looking at the bbc analysis which underlines the scale of the housing shortage. hello, everyone this is afternoon live. fear
years debating over brexit in parliament. there will be crucial votes again tonight but if mps reject a proposal to speed the withdrawal bill through the commons by thursday borisjohnson‘s deal is unlikely to be passed by the october 31st deadline. i m joanna gosling, the other stories developing this morning on bbc newsroom live. northamptonshire police are to travel to the us to question under caution the american diplomat‘s wife who fled the uk after being involved in a fatal car crash. abortion has been decriminalised in northern ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july. canada s prime minister, justin trudeau, wins a second term in office but loses his majority in parliament and will need support from smaller parties to carry on governing. good morning to you. welcome to westminster where borisjohnson will urge mps to back his brexit deal, as he launches a final bid to get the uk to leave the eu by the end o