02/09/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.A serving Royal Marine has been charged with terrorism offences,

:00:00. > :00:14.Kieran Maxwell is also accused of storing weapons and ammunition.

:00:15. > :00:16.Anti-personnel mines and a rocket were among the weapons found

:00:17. > :00:19.by police in England and Northern Ireland.

:00:20. > :00:22.The charges follow a police investigation into dissident

:00:23. > :00:25.republican activity in Northern Ireland.

:00:26. > :00:29.Some of England's most senior medical staff call on junior doctors

:00:30. > :00:34.to call off their strike plans, warning patients could be harmed.

:00:35. > :00:36.We are concerned that a series of strikes,

:00:37. > :00:41.of five days in length, will actually impact on patient well

:00:42. > :00:47.The Bishop of Grantham becomes the first bishop in the Church

:00:48. > :00:51.of England to reveal he's gay and in a relationship.

:00:52. > :00:54.Samsung recalls its brand new smartphone, after some

:00:55. > :01:01.new owners report that the handsets have exploded or caught on fire.

:01:02. > :01:03.And the extraordinary sounds and images from Jupiter,

:01:04. > :01:06.as NASA releases spectacular new footage that's never

:01:07. > :01:15.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

:01:16. > :01:18.Johanna Konta sails through to the last 16 of the US Open,

:01:19. > :01:19.beating Belinda Bencic in straight sets.

:01:20. > :01:39.Kyle Edmund will hope to join her later.

:01:40. > :01:45.A serving Royal Marine has been charged with a series of terrorism

:01:46. > :01:50.30-year-old Ciaran Maxwell is also accused of storing

:01:51. > :01:52.ammunition and weapons - including an improvised rocket

:01:53. > :01:54.and anti-personnel mines - hiding them at locations in England

:01:55. > :01:59.The charges follow a police investigation into dissident

:02:00. > :02:05.Our home affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford, has more.

:02:06. > :02:08.Still a serving Royal Marine, Kieran Maxwell was driven into court

:02:09. > :02:13.in a heavily reinforced police van, after being charged with building

:02:14. > :02:17.home-made bombs and acquiring weapons and ammunition,

:02:18. > :02:22.The hearing was brief, lasting barely three minutes.

:02:23. > :02:25.And from the dock, Kieran Maxwell, who grew up in Northern Ireland,

:02:26. > :02:30.confirmed his name and home address in Exminster in Devon.

:02:31. > :02:32.He's been charged under the Terrorism Act with,

:02:33. > :02:35.among other things, purchasing chemicals and components,

:02:36. > :02:39.manufacturing explosives, and constructing explosive devices,

:02:40. > :02:43.and then hiding the devices, along with some weapons

:02:44. > :02:47.and a library of terrorist documents.

:02:48. > :02:54.This police investigation followed the discoveries in March and May

:02:55. > :02:57.near Larne in Northern Ireland of several barrels containing pipe

:02:58. > :03:00.bombs, antipersonnel mines, timing devices, a handgun

:03:01. > :03:04.and ammunition, all secreted in two hides.

:03:05. > :03:08.After a three-month operation, 30-year-old Kieran Maxwell,

:03:09. > :03:12.who was based at the Royal Marines Norton Manor camp in Somerset,

:03:13. > :03:17.Since then, police have made further searches in Northern Ireland

:03:18. > :03:20.and at these woods in Devon, where he is accused of having built

:03:21. > :03:23.more hides to store documents and electrical components.

:03:24. > :03:27.Unusually, Kieran Maxwell is not being taken to prison,

:03:28. > :03:31.but back to the police station, while detectives continue

:03:32. > :03:36.He'll return here to court on Monday.

:03:37. > :03:42.This is a very rare case in which a current member

:03:43. > :03:45.of the Armed Forces, from an elite unit no less,

:03:46. > :03:51.Servicemen who come from Northern Ireland go

:03:52. > :04:01.The intriguing thing about this case, is that when those weapons

:04:02. > :04:09.dumps were originally found in Northern Ireland, earlier this year,

:04:10. > :04:11.the PSNI made it quite clear they were investigating suspected

:04:12. > :04:16.dissident republicanism. Several months on that has ultimately led to

:04:17. > :04:19.a Royal Marine appearing here this afternoon on charges of terrorism.

:04:20. > :04:21.Daniel Sanford, thank you. Some of the most senior members

:04:22. > :04:24.of the medical profession have urged junior doctors in England to cancel

:04:25. > :04:27.plans for a series of five-day strikes between now and Christmas,

:04:28. > :04:29.in protest at the Government's The Academy of Medical Royal

:04:30. > :04:34.Colleges said the action was not proportionate and

:04:35. > :04:37.would harm patients. The doctors' union, the BMA, says it

:04:38. > :04:40.has been left with no choice. Our health editor,

:04:41. > :04:51.Hugh Pym, reports. For each and every doctor in

:04:52. > :04:54.England, this bitter dispute has raised difficult choices. The

:04:55. > :05:00.central question: Should junior doctors be stepping up their strike?

:05:01. > :05:04.They say we stand together. But is that really the case? Leaders of the

:05:05. > :05:09.profession, who together form the acam my of medical royal colleges,

:05:10. > :05:12.acknowledge their junior colleagues concerns about new conditions, but

:05:13. > :05:18.they say the action is going too far. Patient safety and well being

:05:19. > :05:22.is paramount that. Is why we, as doctors and surgeons, went into the

:05:23. > :05:25.medical profession. We are here to look after patients. We are

:05:26. > :05:30.concerned that a series of strikes of five days in length will actually

:05:31. > :05:36.impact on patient well being and their care. But two out of the 20

:05:37. > :05:40.medical college leaders didn't agree with the sament. One of them told me

:05:41. > :05:44.what she thought of the proposed strikes. We are not taking sides in

:05:45. > :05:48.this argument. We're here to support our members and to speak on behalf

:05:49. > :05:53.of children. So do you think it is a reasonable action to take? I think

:05:54. > :05:56.it's a decision for every individual doctor to make. And I know very well

:05:57. > :05:59.that each and every one of our members will have thought long and

:06:00. > :06:04.hard about whether or not they will strike or they will not strike. On

:06:05. > :06:08.the doctors' agenda some items have been resolved in recent months, such

:06:09. > :06:14.as preventing excessive hours and protecting whistle-blowers. But they

:06:15. > :06:17.say issues like weekend pay and provisions for women and part-time

:06:18. > :06:21.workers are not resolved. The British Medical Association says the

:06:22. > :06:24.strikes could be halted if the Government stopped imposing a new

:06:25. > :06:29.contract, which had been rejected by members. Junior doctors planning to

:06:30. > :06:35.strike say they have no alternative but to go ahead with the walkout. We

:06:36. > :06:40.feel that we've had no choice but to escalate and up the ante. Weave had

:06:41. > :06:43.a day of -- we've had a day of strikes, two days of strikes and

:06:44. > :06:48.it's not worked. Out of a desperate act, we've had to do five days.

:06:49. > :06:53.Another doctor, though, told us of his doubts about the BMA's right to

:06:54. > :06:58.organise such extensive action. The BMA seems to be committed to further

:06:59. > :07:02.industrial action and a lengthy process of industrial action. I did

:07:03. > :07:08.not vote for that process, when I voted to reject the contract. My

:07:09. > :07:12.preference would be to reballot members about a lengthy process of

:07:13. > :07:17.further industrial action. The Patients' Association said with

:07:18. > :07:21.thousands of operations set to be postponed, the scale of the action

:07:22. > :07:24.was unforgiveable. Late today, organisations, representing

:07:25. > :07:28.hospitals and other trusts in England, NHS providers and the NHS

:07:29. > :07:32.confederation have called on the BMA to suspend the strikes, arguing

:07:33. > :07:36.they'll cause major disruption and risk patient safety. The debate on

:07:37. > :07:39.the merits of this dispute across the health world is certainly

:07:40. > :07:42.intensifying. Hugh Pym, BBC News. A Church of England bishop

:07:43. > :07:44.has become the first to reveal that he is gay

:07:45. > :07:46.and in a relationship. The Right Reverend Nicholas

:07:47. > :07:49.Chamberlain, who is bishop of Grantham, made the disclosure

:07:50. > :07:51.tonight in an interview Caroline Hawley joins

:07:52. > :07:56.us from the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence,

:07:57. > :07:59.Lambeth Palace. Why has he chosen to

:08:00. > :08:08.make this public now? Well, Nicholas Chamberlain said it

:08:09. > :08:11.wasn't his decision to make what he called "a big thing" about coming

:08:12. > :08:15.out. He was essentially pushed into it because a Sunday newspaper was

:08:16. > :08:17.planning to reveal his sexuality. Now he told the Guardian that

:08:18. > :08:22.everyone involved in his appointment last year knew that he was gay, that

:08:23. > :08:26.he is in a committed, long-term relationship and that he is abiding

:08:27. > :08:30.by church guide lines that bishops have to be celibate. He has made it

:08:31. > :08:38.public now, what's the reaction been so far? He said himself that it

:08:39. > :08:42.would cause ripples. As you know the issue of sexuality has been devicive

:08:43. > :08:47.both in the Church of England and even more so the worldwide Anglican

:08:48. > :08:51.communion in. Lambeth Palace the Archbishop said tonight that he was

:08:52. > :08:55.appointed on the basis of his skills and that his sexuality was

:08:56. > :08:58.completely irrelevant to his office. Thank you.

:08:59. > :09:01.Police in Pakistan say they believe that a British woman, who died

:09:02. > :09:04.in Pakistan in a so-called honour killing, was murdered by her father

:09:05. > :09:08.They also say Samia Shahid, who was 28 and from Bradford,

:09:09. > :09:14.Mrs Shahid had divorced and remarried in the UK

:09:15. > :09:19.Our Pakistan correspondent, Shaimaa Khalil, reports.

:09:20. > :09:23.A bride's happiness on her wedding day but it was this marriage

:09:24. > :09:28.She came to this village in July because she was told her father

:09:29. > :09:30.was ill but this was far from the truth.

:09:31. > :09:37.Findings are that two persons, the girl's father and her

:09:38. > :09:41.ex-husband, they have been charged with murder.

:09:42. > :09:44.There were also reports of rape, that she was raped.

:09:45. > :09:52.We took the suspect for DNA test, Shakeel, and he later

:09:53. > :09:55.confessed that he did rape her before she was murdered.

:09:56. > :10:01.We understand from the police that a day before she was meant to leave

:10:02. > :10:05.Pakistan, Samia Shahid was in this house, which belonged

:10:06. > :10:11.We don't know why she was there but the police tell us they have

:10:12. > :10:13.enough evidence to show that Shakeel had raped Samia

:10:14. > :10:19.Samia was once married to her cousin in Pakistan before

:10:20. > :10:22.she returned to the UK, filed for divorce and got married

:10:23. > :10:25.to her second husband, Mukhtar Kazim.

:10:26. > :10:28.Initially her father said she had died of a heart attack

:10:29. > :10:32.but her second husband dismissed the claims and accused the family

:10:33. > :10:36.of killing her because they did not approve of their marriage.

:10:37. > :10:39.The police say they are now seeking the extradition of Samia's mother

:10:40. > :10:42.and sister from the UK for questioning in relation

:10:43. > :10:49.Her father and ex-husband had appeared in court a number of times

:10:50. > :10:54.The police will now present the final report to the court

:10:55. > :10:58.and a date will be decided on when the two men will be indicted

:10:59. > :11:06.Just two weeks after it was launched, Samsung

:11:07. > :11:10.is recalling its latest flagship smartphone because a battery fault

:11:11. > :11:15.More than two million of the Galaxy Note Sevens have

:11:16. > :11:19.already been sold around the world, and the phone was due to be

:11:20. > :11:23.This report from our technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones,

:11:24. > :11:36.At Europe's biggest technology show, it's Samsung who makes the biggest

:11:37. > :11:42.noise. Its star product this year is the Galaxy Note 7. This supersize

:11:43. > :11:46.smartphone has won rave reviews in the US and Asia. It was due to be on

:11:47. > :11:56.sale in the UK today. Then this happened. This American man posted a

:11:57. > :12:02.video on YouTube claims his Galaxy Note 7 had caught fire. Becareful

:12:03. > :12:06.out there everyone rocking the new Note 7, it might catch fire. Samsung

:12:07. > :12:11.announced a radical move, the company was halting sales and

:12:12. > :12:16.recalling the Note 7. A battery issue was behind the fires, though

:12:17. > :12:22.just 35 out of 2. 5 million customers reported problems. 35 is a

:12:23. > :12:26.big number. I think that Samsung is doing the right thing and siding on

:12:27. > :12:29.caution and taking the devices off the market, figuring out why there's

:12:30. > :12:33.an issue with the cells in the battery, which seems to be the

:12:34. > :12:39.problem. This news could hardly come at a worse time for Samsung. Not

:12:40. > :12:43.only does it overshadow this launch, it comes just a week before its

:12:44. > :12:51.deadly rival has its own phone launch. At an event in California

:12:52. > :12:55.next week, Apple is expected to unveil the latest iPhone. The sales

:12:56. > :12:59.have disappointed lately, allowing Samsung to pull ahead in the

:13:00. > :13:03.smartphone race. Samsung is the biggest player in smartphones. In

:13:04. > :13:09.the first half of this year, it had just under 23% of the market. Its

:13:10. > :13:15.nearest rival, Apple had 13%, though a new iPhone might close the gap.

:13:16. > :13:18.But will such bad publicity affect the way the Samsung brand is seen?

:13:19. > :13:23.We asked some phone owners in Leicester? You don't know if it

:13:24. > :13:29.could happen again or to any other phone. Still put me off. I'm not

:13:30. > :13:32.opposed to Samsung products, until I read that their batteries are

:13:33. > :13:38.exploding. I think that would put me off purchasing it for sure. It

:13:39. > :13:41.probably wouldn't put me off. Large companies tend to put things right.

:13:42. > :13:46.In per Lynn today, Samsung continued to show off the capabilities of the

:13:47. > :13:51.Note 7, which even works under water. Customers will need

:13:52. > :13:52.re-assurance that they won't need to take drastic action with a phone

:13:53. > :13:57.that catches fire. The president of Uzbekistan,

:13:58. > :13:59.one of the world's most brutal and repressive

:14:00. > :14:01.dictators, has died. The news was confirmed

:14:02. > :14:02.by state television, after days of speculation

:14:03. > :14:07.that his 26-year rule was over. Islam Karimov came to power

:14:08. > :14:10.as a Communist leader, while Uzbekistan was still part

:14:11. > :14:13.of the Soviet Union. Under his rule, all political

:14:14. > :14:15.opposition and independent Human rights groups say as many

:14:16. > :14:20.as 12,000 political prisoners are in jail and many others

:14:21. > :14:23.have been murdered. There are even claims that

:14:24. > :14:26.some were boiled alive. Despite that, Uzbekistan became

:14:27. > :14:29.an ally of the United States and Britain, in the war

:14:30. > :14:32.in neighbouring Afghanistan. Our correspondent Steve Rosenberg

:14:33. > :14:40.reports from Moscow. He was the archetypal dictator,

:14:41. > :14:44.all-powerful, brutal. Islam Karimov ruled Uzbekistan

:14:45. > :14:49.with an iron fist for 27 years. He even put his own daughter

:14:50. > :14:55.under house arrest. But tonight, state television ended

:14:56. > :14:58.nearly a week of rumours "Our dear President has died",

:14:59. > :15:04.said the announcer, "a great Karimov created a police state,

:15:05. > :15:15.one of the most repressive He imprisoned thousands

:15:16. > :15:20.of opponents, and in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan,

:15:21. > :15:26.relied heavily on forced Labour. In 2005, President Karimov

:15:27. > :15:28.ordered his army to crush anti-government protests

:15:29. > :15:33.in the city of Andijan. It's believed hundreds

:15:34. > :15:35.of civilians were killed. Karimov blamed the violence

:15:36. > :15:39.on Islamic extremists. A former British ambassador

:15:40. > :15:42.to Uzbekistan believes the West Undoubtedly, the West turned

:15:43. > :15:49.a blind eye to human rights Initially, this was because of

:15:50. > :15:54.Afghanistan, the fact that the Americans and the Germans

:15:55. > :16:00.both had airbases in Uzbekistan, But the strategic position

:16:01. > :16:09.of Uzbekistan has led to the West really being shamefully neglectful

:16:10. > :16:13.of the human rights position in Uzbekistan, and at

:16:14. > :16:18.times lying about it. And President Karimov continued

:16:19. > :16:23.to be courted, both Russia, competing with China

:16:24. > :16:31.and America for influence The reason that Moscow and Beijing

:16:32. > :16:37.and the West will be watching very closely what happens next

:16:38. > :16:40.in Uzbekistan is not only to do If there's a power struggle over

:16:41. > :16:49.who succeeds President Karimov, the fear is that Islamist militants

:16:50. > :16:53.in region will exploit that to destabilise the whole

:16:54. > :16:59.of central Asia. But Karimov's critics say he used

:17:00. > :17:01.the fight against radical Islam as an excuse to

:17:02. > :17:06.crush all opposition. And yet, in Uzbekistan tonight,

:17:07. > :17:08.there is said to be After a quarter of a century

:17:09. > :17:13.in power, many Uzbeks have A brief look at some

:17:14. > :17:24.of the day's other news stories. A man has appeared in court charged

:17:25. > :17:27.with the deaths of a young boy and his aunt, who were

:17:28. > :17:30.killed in a police chase Joshua Dobby, who's 23,

:17:31. > :17:33.is accused of causing their deaths Makayah McDermott,

:17:34. > :17:38.who was 10, and 34-year-old Rosie Cooper were hit by a car,

:17:39. > :17:41.which was being pursued by officers The Green Party's only MP,

:17:42. > :17:46.Caroline Lucas, has been elected as co-leader of the party alongside

:17:47. > :17:49.Jonathan Bartley, their former The unusual job-share arrangement

:17:50. > :17:53.was announced in Birmingham, where the party's annual

:17:54. > :18:00.conference is under way. Environmentally damaging microbeads,

:18:01. > :18:02.used in bathroom products, look set to be banned from the end

:18:03. > :18:07.of next year. A Government announcement

:18:08. > :18:08.is expected tomorrow, following pressure

:18:09. > :18:11.from environmental groups. There's concern the tiny pieces

:18:12. > :18:13.of plastic are harmful to marine life and can enter

:18:14. > :18:19.the human food chain. The Irish Cabinet has

:18:20. > :18:21.agreed to appeal against the European Commission's ruling

:18:22. > :18:24.that Apple should pay the government Apple has said it is very

:18:25. > :18:28.confident the ruling will be Nasa has released spectacular images

:18:29. > :18:35.of Jupiter that have They were taken by the Juno space

:18:36. > :18:41.probe and capture detail that no other space mission has ever

:18:42. > :18:45.managed to photograph. Scientists say the mission will give

:18:46. > :18:47.an unparalleled understanding of the largest planet in our solar

:18:48. > :18:50.system, as our science correspondent, Rebecca

:18:51. > :18:54.Morelle, reports. For the first time, it's

:18:55. > :19:00.south pole is revealed, covered in swirling storms,

:19:01. > :19:05.many even bigger than the Earth. In the north, its thick

:19:06. > :19:07.atmosphere is far bluer At the top, you can see

:19:08. > :19:19.Jupiter's Northern Lights. It was captured as Nasa's Juno

:19:20. > :19:27.spacecraft flew through the charged particles that created

:19:28. > :19:30.the spectacular light show. The team's reaction

:19:31. > :19:32.was just amazement. They're coming from Jupiter,

:19:33. > :19:36.we're flying over the pole for the first time,

:19:37. > :19:39.and it's just jaw-dropping. You see these images

:19:40. > :19:41.from over the pole. You see looking down on the pole,

:19:42. > :19:45.for Jupiter, for Nasa's billion-dollar mission

:19:46. > :19:51.blasted off in 2011, the start of a 3 billion-kilometre

:19:52. > :19:55.voyage through the solar system. The spacecraft reached

:19:56. > :19:58.its destination in July, grabbed into orbit by

:19:59. > :20:02.Jupiter's gravitational pull. The fifth planet from the sun,

:20:03. > :20:08.it's located out past Mercury, Made of gas, it's vast,

:20:09. > :20:14.more than 1,000 Earths This mission will

:20:15. > :20:19.last for 20 months. It takes Juno around two weeks

:20:20. > :20:24.to orbit Jupiter, so it will only go round 37 times before it burns

:20:25. > :20:29.up in the atmosphere. It means for the first time we can

:20:30. > :20:34.peer into the thick clouds and study Jupiter's features,

:20:35. > :20:36.including the great red spot, an enormous storm that's been

:20:37. > :20:41.raging for centuries. And because Jupiter has hardly

:20:42. > :20:43.changed for billions of years, this mission could tell us

:20:44. > :20:45.about the origins This mission is the latest

:20:46. > :20:52.to inspire a new generation at And Nasa's now inviting people

:20:53. > :20:57.to head to the Juno From early November visitors can go

:20:58. > :21:03.onto the website and they vote for targets on Jupiter

:21:04. > :21:06.that they actually want to image. By popular demand, we get to see

:21:07. > :21:09.certain areas of Jupiter that have This is the first batch of images

:21:10. > :21:15.to be sent back to Earth. Their remarkable detail will now be

:21:16. > :21:21.pored over by scientists. They say Jupiter is like nothing

:21:22. > :21:41.they've ever seen before. The first hurricane to hit Florida

:21:42. > :21:47.for 11 years has passed through, inflicting severe damage in some

:21:48. > :21:51.areas. It brought wind of up to 130 kilometres per hour and lashing

:21:52. > :21:58.rain. It was later downgraded to a Tropical Storm Washi moved inland.

:21:59. > :22:01.-- as it moved inland. China is preparing to welcome

:22:02. > :22:03.world leaders for this The annual meeting brings together

:22:04. > :22:06.the world's biggest economies As Asia's rising power,

:22:07. > :22:10.China is hoping to use the occasion to present itself as a more

:22:11. > :22:12.dependable leader. The summit is being held

:22:13. > :22:14.in the city of Hangzhou, but as Carrie Gracie reports there's

:22:15. > :22:16.already growing mistrust between the summit's host

:22:17. > :22:19.and its guests. They believe the G20 summit marks

:22:20. > :22:29.another move in the advance TRANSLATION: We Hangzhou people

:22:30. > :22:37.are really happy and proud. We hope that through this G20

:22:38. > :22:40.summit our country will become richer and stronger and people's

:22:41. > :22:44.lives will be happy forever. But 2 million locals

:22:45. > :22:53.are following instructions and leaving town, to make way

:22:54. > :22:57.for 20 world leaders This host city is under

:22:58. > :23:04.security lockdown. Shops, schools, offices, closed,

:23:05. > :23:09.and factory chimneys for hundreds of miles,

:23:10. > :23:12.to shift pollution and ensure But behind the lavish welcome,

:23:13. > :23:21.all is not well. The immaculate facade conceals

:23:22. > :23:24.growing mistrust between China Its neighbours in Asia

:23:25. > :23:29.fear its territorial ambitions. The Europeans complain

:23:30. > :23:30.about not getting a level And the United States

:23:31. > :23:34.increasingly sees China 700 miles from Hangzhou,

:23:35. > :23:46.this is Hong Kong, the front line in what Beijing calls its war

:23:47. > :23:51.against Western values. It tells its people the West

:23:52. > :23:56.is plotting to bring China down. And in Hong Kong, it's now targeting

:23:57. > :23:59.the free speech left For that, he was detained

:24:00. > :24:13.in mainland China for months. His forced confession,

:24:14. > :24:18.a warning to others. China sent him back to Hong Kong

:24:19. > :24:22.to spy on his customers. But instead, he went public,

:24:23. > :24:24.and now lives under He says the G20 should

:24:25. > :24:30.talk less about business TRANSLATION: These countries should

:24:31. > :24:38.speak up for Hong Kongers, When world leaders visit China,

:24:39. > :24:42.they should talk more They have a moral

:24:43. > :24:50.responsibility to do so. In Hangzhou, China's

:24:51. > :24:54.warned its guests to avoid politics. And in these troubled times,

:24:55. > :24:59.rights are low on the summit agenda. But the war on Western values hangs

:25:00. > :25:04.over this gathering, undermining China's ambition

:25:05. > :25:09.for global leadership. The Paralympics get under

:25:10. > :25:16.way next week in Rio. Among those competing for Britain

:25:17. > :25:19.is Sean Highdale, who was once one of English football's most

:25:20. > :25:21.promising young talents. But a serious car accident

:25:22. > :25:25.left him with a brain injury and ended his hopes

:25:26. > :25:28.of being a professional footballer. Now eight years on,

:25:29. > :25:31.he will represent his country again. He's been talking to our sports

:25:32. > :25:37.correspondent, Andy Swiss. Soon as I could run,

:25:38. > :25:42.my dad had a football at my feet. As a youngster, he'd seemed

:25:43. > :25:45.destined for stardom. Sean Highdale first played

:25:46. > :25:48.for his home club Liverpool and then At 17 years old, the big time

:25:49. > :26:00.beckoned. But in 2008, he was

:26:01. > :26:04.involved in a car crash. Two of his friends died and Highdale

:26:05. > :26:07.was left in a coma with a bleed on the brain

:26:08. > :26:12.and a catalogue of injuries. My right knee was ruptured,

:26:13. > :26:18.broke my ankle, broke my neck. When I was in hospital,

:26:19. > :26:25.Jamie Carragher came in to see me. To see someone like him,

:26:26. > :26:28.he's one of my heroes, And then Steven Gerrard,

:26:29. > :26:34.my idol, I was all excited. So my mum and dad took me down

:26:35. > :26:38.and I had my dinner with them and had a good chat with Steven

:26:39. > :26:41.and then from that, it gives It was two years before

:26:42. > :26:45.I could even run. Highdale's professional

:26:46. > :26:47.career never recovered, but his skills have now found

:26:48. > :26:52.a new stage. The 7-a-side football in Rio

:26:53. > :26:55.is for athletes with cerebral palsy, or who have experienced a brain

:26:56. > :26:59.injury, as Highdale did. And the British team face some

:27:00. > :27:02.opening match against the hosts, It's going to be a sell-out,

:27:03. > :27:09.15,000 people. When my Liverpool days were over,

:27:10. > :27:13.I thought playing at the nice pitches, playing at the top

:27:14. > :27:15.and with the top people was gone. But now playing for Great Britain,

:27:16. > :27:19.brings it back for me and I am Back at the club which nurtured his

:27:20. > :27:24.talent, he told me Liverpool to Rio Bearing in mind everything you've

:27:25. > :27:29.been through, how would it be It's going to be a proud moment

:27:30. > :27:35.for myself and my family, to know It's going to be a very good

:27:36. > :27:42.experience and I can't wait to grab it with both hands and give it

:27:43. > :27:45.everything I've got. Nearly a decade on from the moment

:27:46. > :28:09.which changed his life, Tonight on Newsnight, an

:28:10. > :28:11.intervention from the Russian Deputy Prime Minister as he says Brexit

:28:12. > :28:14.will make Russia and Europe weaker. Now it's time for the

:28:15. > :28:16.news where you are.