A £198 million deal for Neymar Tojoin Paris Saint Germain from barcelona. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Four men from the West Midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. A gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. Some of the trial had to be held in secret, at the old bailey. Our midlands correspondent, phil mackie, reports. The raid at Hero Couriers in birmingham last august. An area near the city centre was evacuated and the bomb Disposal Unit called in. It was the culmination of an elaborate undercover operation in which the four men were observed meeting each other in birmingham and in stoke. They were already well known to the authorities. Naweed ali and Khobaib Hussain had been jailed after travelling to a terror Training Camp in pakistan in 2011. In prison, they met mohibur rahman, who had been
Over 3,500 people died of drug poisoning last year a record level in england and wales. And barcelona tell Paris St Germain they must pay a record breaking £198 million fee in full before they can sign their brazilian striker neymar. Our main story at 5. Four men from the West Midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack, similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. A gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were thought to be planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. Three of the men were convicted terrorists who met in prison. Theyll be sentenced tomorrow. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at the old bailey for us. Three of these men had already been jailed for terrorism offences and in Fa Ct Jailed For Terrorism Offences and in fact they met at belmarsh prison. Information on all four of their la pto ps information on all four of their laptops and Mobile Phones said they we re laptops and Mobile Phones said they
It is that logic that perhaps explains why there are now only 42,000 staff in the National Offender Management Service in england and wales, while there were 19,000 back in 2010. But the logic of cutting prisons has perhaps reached a limit. The pressure of fewer staff in overcrowded jails has seen violence rise towards staff, other prisoners or in the form of self harm. Bad things are happening in ourjails, and its no surprise the president of the Prison Governors Association has written an open letter attacking the governments management of prisons. Heres elaine dunkley. Violence and rioting, volatility has gripped prisons in england and wales. Run. The pressure in our Prison Service building for staff and inmates. Get down. A breakdown in Law And Order caused by a shortage of staff and a growing Prison Population. A toxic mix according to the Prison Governors Association. Attacks on prison staff and drugs academic increasing concern around Mental Health and overcrowding, resources an