and with western weapons continuing to arrive in ukraine the country s defence minister tells the bbc his country has become a de facto member of nato. tributes are paid to lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis, who s died at the age of 5a. royal mail customers still can t send letters and parcels overseas after a cyber attack on the company. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage is there, explain more about what happened today is. explain more about what happened toda is. , , ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , , . ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , ., ., , ., today is. this is a trial that began today is. this is a trial that began to be heard t
attack on the company. and coming up we will hearfrom manchester united legend eric cantona, about his new art exhibition which chronicles the relationship between sport and modern society. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, is there. tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since - tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since last - had this trial ongoing since last summer here in chester. thejury began listening to evidence back in august. they retired to consider their verdicts just before christmas and have been back for nearly two
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And education when there are strikes. the right thing when it comes to pay is to follow, as we have done, the recommendations of an independent pay body process. that is what is long established and the government has accepted the recommendations. talks are ongoing. the government has always been clear that we want to have an open door, we want to have an honest and two way dialogue about some of the things we are all seeing and it s important that pay settlements are reasonable but also responsible for the country and that they are affordable. aren t you risking poisoning relations or inflaming the situation, as the first minister said, by bringing forward legislation to limit the impact of strikes? no, i don t believe that s right. i think it s entirely reasonable for people to think that even if there are strikes and when it comes to life saving emergency treatment, whether that is in ambulances or in fire, that they can rely on a basic level of that emergency service still being pr