siren wails it s the trial of a major international drug trafficker, one of a series of prosecutions of gangsters. the story can t be reported until this final case is finished. i ve been investigating this organised crime group for two years. a succession of serious criminals have pleaded guilty and been locked up. this trial will finally provide a window into their world and how the police took them down. the man in the dock is edward robertjarvis, a major player in a fearsome liverpool crime group called the huyton firm. he s pleading not guilty to drug trafficking and blackmail. jarvis has a long criminal history. he s already served time for trafficking drugs from venezuela in 2000. they had bought a yacht for £30,000 and equipped it to sail across the atlantic to pick up a large quantity, i think around 300 kilos, of cocaine. the smugglers were caught, and jarvis was sentenced by a british court to 28 years. but not all the gang were jailed. according to the officers w
arsene wenger signs on the dotted line and says he wants to win next season s premier league title. hello, good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a breast surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the west midlands has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. ian paterson was found guilty last month of wounding with intent, and unlawful wounding in a case involving ten private patients. our health editor hugh pym sent this report from nottingham. ian paterson, once a higher earning and highly regarded surgeon, now a convicted criminal about to begin a 15 year jail sentence. some of the patients that he harmed arrived in court in nottingham this morning to hear the sentencing. the judge, mrjustice jeremy baker, said paterson carried out unnecessary breast surgery which had a profound physical and psychological effect, leaving his patients feeling violated and vulnerable. i just want to say thank you to the judge, at last today we have got just
london ambulance service has treated a64 london ambulance service has treated a 64 patients and taken to six hospitals across london including major trauma centres at king s couege major trauma centres at king s college and st mary ‘s and paddington. i can also confirm that a further ten patients have presented themselves to hospitals across london. our thoughts are clearly with everyone who has been affected by this tragic set of circumstances. we continue to have large members of staff including paramedics and advanced paramedics and specialist trauma teams from the london ambulance along with hazardous area response teams that are specially trained and carried specialist equipment such as the use of breathing apparatus to support oui’ of breathing apparatus to support our colleagues in london fire brigade and the ongoing management of the situation. as my colleague the commissionerfor the of the situation. as my colleague the commissioner for the london of the situatio
resources needed to look after the survivors and then we must have an enquiry to learn the lessons of what happened in lakanal house, has happened in lakanal house, has happened in lakanal house, has happened in grenfell tower is, it must never happen again. the london tower block engulfed by fire at least six people have been killed but the death toll is expected to rise. the blaze broke outjust before iam this morning when most were asleep. eyewitnesses say they saw people trapped in theirflats is shouting from their windows trying to throw their children to safety. it was so dark, there was so much smoke in theirfield it was so dark, there was so much smoke in their field stop it was so dark, there was so much smoke in theirfield stop people we re smoke in theirfield stop people were trying to run down the stairs. there was no sound of alarm or bells at all. mothers have lost children, firefighters have come out and endurance that we don t know if they are going to c
and lost their children, there are firefighters that have come out injured, that we don t even know if they re going to come out safe. worried families are desperately searching for news on their loved ones. these three girls are among the missing. the 2a storey grenfell tower is still burning in places as fire grenfell tower had recently been refurbished at a cost of £10 million. residents say they were astonished by how fast the flames spread. we will have the latest on this fast moving story in the next hour. a news conference now with the latest from the emergency services. thanks very much for your patience. you will be aware that the london fire brigade received the first of a number of calls to a significant incidentjust number of calls to a significant incident just before number of calls to a significant incidentjust before 1am number of calls to a significant incident just before 1am this morning. a large number of cruise, operational firefighters, morning. a large