and a spy in stilettos charlize theron stars as the atomic blonde in this week s blockbuster. we ll have james king s verdict on that and the rest of the new releases in the film review. it s 5:00. our main story 11 members of the same family have been convicted in a series of trials involving modern slavery, thought to be the largest of its kind in british legal history. members of the rooney family from lincoln ran a company called lincolnshire driveways that specialised in tarmacking and block paving. but their staff were vulnerable slaves who they picked up from the streets, some of whom were alcoholics, homeless, or suffering learning difficulties. our correspondent linsey smith reports. patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, lincolnshire driveways. it looks professional, offering tarmacking and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and paid little or nothing. the court heard how they were
guilty of running a slavery ring in linkage. there are calls for the north korea and the us to dial down the rhetoric as donald trump says his military is locked and loaded. and regulators have approved the move to secure the pensions of tens of thousands of tata steel workers to secure theirjobs. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30 tonight. tonight at half past six on bbc news will be live at the london stadium again. it is the eighth day of the world athletics championships. we are still waiting for a second british medal. we will ask where that s likely to come from. this morning, robbie grabatz scraped through qualification, he got a bronze medal at the rio olympics, dina asher smith, a darling of the crowd, will go in the 200 metres final and this british interest in the long jump final. at 6:30pm we will look ahead to the start of the premier league season which starts just across town at the emirates, arsenal against leicester city. a full update from the
welcome to bbc news. 11 people from one family in lincolnshire have been convicted of involvement with a modern day slavery ring. it follows one of the biggest police investigations of its kind. members of the rooney family ran a driveway resurfacing company, and targeted vulnerable homeless people as workers. but their victims were paid little or no wages, and suffered punishment beatings if they complained. they were also housed in squalid conditions detectives described as truly shocking. judith moritz reports from nottingham crown court. fathers, sons, cousins across the generations. 11 members of one family, whose cruelty has spanned the decades. the rooneys were the masters. this is where they kept their slaves. they were forced to live in these caravans, in squalor and in filth, conditions not fit for human habitation. whilst those who controlled them lived in comfort and luxury. the rooneys had many victims, including this man, whose interview has been re voiced to pr
new restrictions could be on the way to stop pens being shone at planes and helicopters. and tonight could be the best night for years to watch a meteor shower. and philip has the weather. hello, a very good morning to you. not too much to gripe about this particular weekend. a lot of dry weather around, one or two showers in the mix to keep it interesting. more details in just a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story: president trump has issued a fresh warning to north korea, saying it will regret it fast if it continues to make threats against america and its allies. the president also called for tougher sanctions against pyongyang, but he said he would love a peaceful resolution. the chinese leader, xijinping, has phoned mr trump and urged him to avoid words and deeds that could exacerbate the already tense situation on the korean peninsula. our washington correspondent laura bicker reports. president trump is leaving the north korean leader in no doubt. if he po
Sure hits hard. you know defendants arrive in that court when she was there, they never heard of her. all of a sudden she heard of her. raul? jonathan there s so much we could say about her record her accomplishments. when luke at some of the cases that she s had here in new york they re so salient to the needs of our justice system today. some of them the president touched on. she prosecuted michael grim for tax evasion. she prosecuted the abner louima case the case called nafia, which was a case to blow up the federal reserve and also a case involving like a slavery ring among immigrants where they were forcing them to work at 7-eleven. when you look at the issues, police corruption immigration enforcement, these are issues they want an attorney general to be familiar with for the 21st