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Open more details at half past. Alina has all the weather. Is that the last of the snow . Maybe the last day for a while that i talk about snow, things turning milder but also wetter and windier. All the details later. Thank you very much. Also coming up. What could be better than one Royal Wedding in one year, well, two, of course. Buckingham palace announces prince andrews daughter Princess Eugenie is getting married. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Pressure is continuing to mount on the ukip leader henry bolton after a string of resignations of senior members this morning. The partys assistant deputy leader, and its immigration, trade, education, and local government spokesmen have all quit, joining the deputy leader margot parker, who resigned last night. Theyve all stood down in protest at henry boltons refusal to quit as leader following a string of revelations ....
Are being planned for people who are repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. The government wants to introduce a minimum six month jail term in england, wales and scotland. This comes after the number of acid attacks across the uk more than doubled in the past five years. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw. Convicted this week, two robbers who sprayed a chemical on their victims. Joshua jordan and sadik kamara were part of a gang that attacked a shop assistant in east london. The woman, in her 50s, was squirted, with ammonia at least three times. Herface burning, she bravely fought back. Later, jordan and kamara sprayed another woman with ammonia. They will be sentenced next month. The government wants to give police greater powers to prevent attacks with substances like ammonia. In future it will be an offence to carry harmful chemicals in public, unless theres a reasonable explanat ....
Rescued recently and arrived home on friday night. The evil of the Haqqani Network kidnapping a pilgrim and his heavily pregnant wife was eclipsed only by the stupidity and evil of authorising the murder of my son. Joshua boyle also said his wife was raped by the militants. The canadian government has welcomed the captives canadian government has welcomed the ca ptives safe canadian government has welcomed the captives safe return home. Bay have been through a difficult time and we are pleased that the ordeal they have been through over these past years has finally come to an end. Questions have been voiced about the couple s decision to go to afghanistan at all, butjoshua boyle says he now hopes his surviving children can regain some of their lost childhood. Here, the home office is planning tougher sentences to tackle acid attacks, which have more than doubled in britain in the last five years. Ministers are proposing a minimum ....
And gusts of up to 80mph. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man, kidnapped and held for nearly five years in afghanistan along with his pregnant wife, says she was raped and their baby daughter murdered. Joshua boyle and Caitlin Coleman were freed earlier this week, along with three children, all born in captivity. As john mcmanus reports, mr boyle revealed the details after returning home to canada. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. Canadianjoshua boyle and his wife Caitlin Coleman, came here, he says, to carry out aid work. But instead the couple were kidnapped by members of a Haqqani Network linked to the taliban. Over five years their captors released a series of videos. One of them showed their children born in captivity. On wednesday, the family were fin ....
This is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines a canadian kidnapped with his wife and held for nearly five years by the taliban has been talking of their ordeal, including the murder of their baby daughter. Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein could be thrown out of the academy that awards the oscars after multiple accusations of Sexual Assault the board is holding crisis talks this evening. Tougher sentences for attackers who maim their victims with acid, including prison sentences of at least six months for repeat offenders, under new government proposals. And batten down the hatches say the forecasters, as storm ophelia heads for the uk bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 80 miles an hour. Thank you very much for your company this afternoon. All the latest news at seven oclock. But from me, thank you and goodbye. Time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. G ....