Face the crowds outside. I will report live from outside the Supreme Court on hearings that have huge legal constitutional and political implications for the entire country. Well have the latest from ben brown at the Supreme Court and well be talking to an expert on constitutional law. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. At the lib dems conference the new party leader, jo swinson, says she would stop brexit immediately if she was in government. Today i am standing here as your candidate for Prime Minister. Applause. Following the murder of teenagerjodie chesney in london in march, four people have gone on trial. Going the distance after a gruelling 5a hours sarah thomas becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel four times in a row. I will sleep for the rest of the day, iam pretty i will sleep for the rest of the day, i am pretty out of it and tired right now, for sure. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the landmark case being heard at the Supreme Court as the con
The. News very good evening to you. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. A man who murdered his baby stepson has been sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison craig has been prison. Craig crouch has been convicted of killing ten month old jacob, who was found dead in his cot in december 2020. Hed suffered 39 rib fractures from numerous assaults in the months leading up to his death. Jacobs mother , gemma barton, was mother, gemma barton, was sentenced to ten years for causing or allowing his death. Causing or allowing his death. Mr justice kerr said crouch caused jacob intense and prolonged suffering. He was a small baby who had not yet learned to walk or talk. Sadly, he never did. So your attacks on him were an abuse of trust, of the grossest kind. You trust, of the grossest kind. You knew he was dependent on the adults caring for him to protect him from harm instead of protecting him. You killed him. A tick tock influencer and her mother have been found guilty of murdering two
Mother have been found guilty of murdering two men in a high speed car chase near leicester. Mahek bukhari and her mother and sareen ambushed Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim aijazuddin and Mohammed Hashim aijazuddin and rammed their car off the road. It happened after mr hussain threatened to use explicit material to expose an affair he was having with ms bukharis mother. Two further defendants were also found guilty of murder , while three guilty of murder, while three others were found guilty of manslaughter. For Emergency Services in birmingham have been deaung services in birmingham have been dealing with a fire outside a factory following a number of explosions earlier. And west explosions earlier. And West Midlands fire service responded to a huge blaze in the hall green area of the city after residents on serralde road reported hearing several loud bangsin reported hearing several loud bangs in the early evening. Authorities say the fire is now under control and no injuries ha
Future, possibly. Right. Okay. Were also going to be talking about this as well. A ulez u turn. Good stuff. Finally, common sense is prevailing now and it looks as though sadiq khan and i dare say now other mayors and other cities and other towns will follow suit. He is extending the scrappage scheme up people who scheme for hard up people who will need to buy a new car to comply with ulez. Frankly, the next thing will just be to scrap ulez wouldnt it . Patrick christys on. Gb news. We also christys on. Gb news. We also talk a lot about raising a generation of snowflakes here, dont we . On this show . And ive got a cracking hit coming your way at the end of the hour as apparently 4000 scouts have had to have been rescued and put up in hotels because their Scout Jamboree was too hot. One little jamboree was too hot. One little weakling called his mum and his mum contacted the Scout Jamboree and theyve shut the whole thing down. I mean, come on, just take him skiing like you usually do.
Also coming up, the sting operation underway in wales. Police hunt for 14 stolen beehives. Is it a job for the beehives. Is it a job for the flying squad, as the beekeepers warn , the thefts are part of a warn, the thefts are part of a growing trend. Growing trend. First, lets get all your headunes first, lets get all your headlines now with rhiannon jones. Pitt thank you. Good afternoon. Its 12 01. Your top stories from the gb newsroom. Stories from the gb newsroom. The private sector is being called on to help clear the backlog and cut record high waiting lists. 13 new Community Diagnostic Centres will be opened across england to carry out hundreds of thousands of scans , checks and tests. Eight scans, checks and tests. Eight of the new facilities will be operated by independent companies , but services will be companies, but services will be free to patients. Five will be run by the nhs. Free to patients. Five will be run by the nhs. The latest run by the nhs. The latest figures sho