first in our world, bbc journalist basheer al zaidi, who grew up in mosul, returns to the city as it is liberated from the islamic state. mosul, iraq s second city, home to over a million people and the scene of the greatest victory of the so called islamic state. allahu akbar. in just four days is fighters managed to seize this entire city. it was a national disaster for iraq and declared the start of the self styled islamic state. almost three years later and mosul has once again become a battleground. the iraqi forces have regrouped and are now fighting back. street by street they are moving closer to capturing the city, but the threat of is remains. i am bbcjournalist bashir al zaidi, born and raised in mosul. today i am returning home. i want to find out what life is like in the city and how people have coped with the past two and a half years. and the question, whether the iraqi military that collapsed only a few years ago can really bring lasting security to the city.
to buy their first home. but it s emerged nearly four thousand families earning more than a hundred thousand pounds a year have benefited from the help to buy housing scheme in england. our business correspondent joe lynham has the details. but for the government s help to buy scheme, lina hannon and her husband would have needed an additional five to ten years before they could afford their own place in harrow. she does worry, though, that some high earners were also allowed to use the scheme. it does bother me a bit that some people that didn t really need the scheme use the scheme. but, to be fair, i think that the fact that the scheme was able to help people like me, and i know that a lot of people benefited from this scheme, it makes me feel happy. introduced four years ago to encourage house building and help mostly first time buyers get on the ladder, 250,000 properties have been bought using the help to buy schemes. but research suggests that existing homeowners from
our world. mosul, iraq s second city, home to over a million people and the scene of the greatest victory of the so called islamic state. allahu akbar. in just four days, is fighters managed to seize this entire city. it was a national disaster for iraq and declared the start of the self styled islamic state. almost three years later and mosul has once again become a battleground. the iraqi forces have regrouped and are now fighting back. street by street, they are moving closer to capturing the city, but the threat of is remains. i am bbcjournalist bashir al zaidi, born and raised in mosul. today, iam returning home. i want to find out what life is like in the city and how people have coped with the past two and a half years. for the past two and a half years. and the question, whether the iraqi military that collapsed only a few years ago, can really bring lasting security to the city. it has been over ten years since my last visit. i grew up on these streets with my 11 bro
so will it work? in sport, six titles in a row for celtic. they take the scottish premiership with eight games to spare. and carol has the weather. good morning from bristol were four yea rs good morning from bristol were four years it has been rumoured someone has been going out late at night correcting bad punctuation. this morning the man who describes himself as a vigilante talks to us on breakfast. and carol has the weather. a cold start for some, some frost around and fog too but that will give way to a bright day with sunny spells. but in the west, expect some rain in northern ireland and western scotland. more details in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. significant restrictions on the use of bail by police in england and wales come into force today. the amount of time a suspect released from custody can remain on bail will be limited to 28 days in most cases. the decision is in response to concerns that people were being left in limbo for mo
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