0:00:02 > 0:00:06Tonight at 10, Scotland Yard reveals that a nerve agent was used
0:00:06 > 0:00:11to poison a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14A police officer is also in a serious condition.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16These are new images of Sergei Skripal.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19He and his daughter Yulia are still critically ill
0:00:19 > 0:00:23after the attack on Sunday.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Having established that a nerve agent is the cause of the symptoms,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28leading us to treat this as attempted murder,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31I can also confirm that we believe the two people who
0:00:31 > 0:00:39originally became unwell were targeted specifically.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Police are still searching tonight. There are hundreds of officers
0:00:42 > 0:00:45involved but they are not giving more details of the substance used.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47We'll have the latest on the investigation,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49as Moscow complains of black propaganda being directed
0:00:49 > 0:00:50against Russia.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Also tonight...
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Newly-released images of the teenager accused of planting
0:00:53 > 0:00:56a bomb on a London underground train last September.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59After the M1 crash in which eight people died, one lorry driver
0:00:59 > 0:01:05is cleared of causing death by dangerous driving.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman holding talks on trade
0:01:07 > 0:01:10and security in Downing Street, as Labour protests about the Saudis'
0:01:10 > 0:01:13involvement in the war in Yemen.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, can Tottenham Hotspur hold on
0:01:17 > 0:01:18against Italian giants Juventus to make it
0:01:18 > 0:01:21through to the quarterfinals of the Champions League?
0:01:31 > 0:01:41We'll have the latest report and features from the BBC sports Centre.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Good evening.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56A nerve agent was used to try to murder a former Russian
0:01:56 > 0:02:00spy and his daughter in Salisbury at the weekend.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Scotland Yard said they had identified the substance,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05but weren't prepared to make that information public at this stage.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found unconscious on Sunday afternoon
0:02:08 > 0:02:10and they remain critically ill, along with a police
0:02:10 > 0:02:14officer who was the first to attend the scene.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Police say that Mr Skripal and his daughter were targeted
0:02:16 > 0:02:18specifically and the attack is being treated
0:02:18 > 0:02:20as attempted murder.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds has the latest.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Sergei Skripal is a man with a shadowy past.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Relatives said he feared it would catch up with him,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39That he would be targeted.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41But he was using his own name, living a normal life,
0:02:41 > 0:02:46popping into a corner shop last month for milk and bacon.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Tonight, he and his daughter are gravely ill and now,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54The most senior counterterrorism officer revealed why.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57In summary, this is being treated as a major incident
0:02:57 > 0:02:58involved attempting murder by the administration
0:02:58 > 0:03:01of a nerve agent.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06As you know, these two people remain critically ill in hospital.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Sadly, in addition, a police officer who was one of the first to attend
0:03:10 > 0:03:12the scene and respond to the incident is now also
0:03:12 > 0:03:18in a serious condition in hospital.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21It wasn't just police officers and ambulance teams who came into
0:03:21 > 0:03:25contact with the victims. So did people who just tried to help. Could
0:03:25 > 0:03:32they have been affected?As your Chief Medical Officer, my message to
0:03:32 > 0:03:36the public is that this event poses a low risk to the public on the
0:03:36 > 0:03:42evidence that we have.Now the focus is on the nearly three hours between
0:03:42 > 0:03:49them arriving in this area and being taken ill. Key locations remain
0:03:49 > 0:03:52cordoned off, including the Zizzi restaurant, where they had lunch
0:03:52 > 0:03:57around 2pm. An eyewitness who saw them there, and wanted to remain
0:03:57 > 0:04:01anonymous, told me something appeared to be wrong. What was your
0:04:01 > 0:04:05view of them?Initially I thought he had mental problems. It was out of
0:04:05 > 0:04:11the blue. There was no one around him. He started screaming at the top
0:04:11 > 0:04:16of his voice. He didn't look right. He looked like he was going to lose
0:04:16 > 0:04:23his cool.He and other eyewitnesses say that Yulia had dark hair, as she
0:04:23 > 0:04:27appeared in this picture. Police have seized this CCTV footage from
0:04:27 > 0:04:31just before 4pm, a man with a blonde haired woman entering the shopping
0:04:31 > 0:04:35area. Detectives will need to sort through a mass of eyewitness reports
0:04:35 > 0:04:39and CCTV to establish the truth. The Government was briefed on the
0:04:39 > 0:04:42inquiry today.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46We need to keep a cool head and make sure that we collect
0:04:46 > 0:04:47all the evidence we can, and we need to make sure
0:04:47 > 0:04:50that we respond not to rumour but to all the evidence
0:04:50 > 0:04:51that they collect.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55And then, we will need to decide what action to take.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59But life in Salisbury is now dominated by the response to the
0:04:59 > 0:05:02suspected poisoning. When a woman was taken ill at an office this
0:05:02 > 0:05:07lunchtime, this was the emergency services' reaction. This evening,
0:05:07 > 0:05:13teams in protective suits and respirators were at a nearby
0:05:13 > 0:05:17ambulance station. Someone has used a chemical weapon among the shoppers
0:05:17 > 0:05:22of this peaceful city. Nobody is taking any chances.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24As we heard, police are not revealing any more information
0:05:24 > 0:05:26at this stage about the exact substance they've identified
0:05:26 > 0:05:30other than categorising it as a nerve agent.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Here to examine what we know about these nerve agents,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34and who might have access to them,
0:05:34 > 0:05:41is our security correspondent Gordon Corera.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Today, the police made the dramatic revelation that a nerve agent had
0:05:43 > 0:05:45been deployed on British soil.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50The aim to kill.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53So what does that tell us about who was behind the attack?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Tests have been going on here at Porton Down,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58the Ministry of Defence's biological and chemical research establishment.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Its specialists have been analysing samples brought from Salisbury.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04The tests established that a nerve agent had been used to specifically
0:06:04 > 0:06:07target two of the victims.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10So what is a nerve agent?
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Nerve agents were first created in the 1930s for warfare.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16They are manufactured rather than naturally occurring.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18They are fast acting and, unless quickly
0:06:18 > 0:06:21treated, often deadly.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25And they work by crippling the nervous system.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Essentially many of the muscles go into spasm, so imagine that
0:06:28 > 0:06:30you were just having to hold your breath,
0:06:30 > 0:06:36and just hold it, keep holding it, keep holding it.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38And this is one of the effects, and this is why people
0:06:38 > 0:06:40struggle to breathe.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42But you also get massive secretion of fluid in the lungs,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44and people are trying to breathe through that.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47And the fluid in the lungs is a surfactant, so it's
0:06:47 > 0:06:49a slightly soapy consistency.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52So when people are breathing through it you often see them sort
0:06:52 > 0:06:53of foaming at the mouth.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56It's not the only time we've seen a nerve agent used
0:06:56 > 0:06:57to target individuals.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00A year ago at Kuala Lumpur airport, two women smeared a nerve agent
0:07:00 > 0:07:02called VX on the face of the North Korean
0:07:02 > 0:07:04leader's half brother.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07He was soon dead.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08That's one method of delivery.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11A nerve agent can also be inhaled or ingested,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14but it's not easy to make.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Nerve agents require not an insignificant financial,
0:07:16 > 0:07:22logistical and technical back-up to actually be manufactured.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26And so that would lead to a more likelihood
0:07:26 > 0:07:30of a state manufacturing it.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33The police have been careful not to reveal precisely which nerve
0:07:33 > 0:07:37agent was used in Salisbury.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Tests can often trace such agents to a specific country or even
0:07:40 > 0:07:45laboratory of origin.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Officials have been careful not to blame Russia.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52But it is the only suspect so far which has the means,
0:07:52 > 0:07:59the track record and the motive to kill a man whom some in Moscow
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Trevor was behind it would have known that the nerve agent would
0:08:05 > 0:08:09almost certainly be identified, a sign of just how brazenly attack is.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13In Moscow, the foreign ministry said the speculation about Russia's
0:08:13 > 0:08:16involvement was "black propaganda" and insisted that its case
0:08:16 > 0:08:18against Sergei Skripal had ended when he was part of an exchange
0:08:18 > 0:08:21of spies in 2010.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Skripal had been jailed in Russia for passing secrets to MI6.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has been speaking
0:08:27 > 0:08:30to some of those who knew Skripal in his previous life.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Piece by piece, a picture is emerging of Sergei Skripal,
0:08:36 > 0:08:42the former Russian double agent poisoned in Britain.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Vladimir Svyatski knew Sergei Skripal in the late 1960s.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50They studied together in a military college.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52TRANSLATION:He was very active, with a positive
0:08:52 > 0:08:53attitude, and creative.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55A real friend.
0:08:55 > 0:09:02Many of the students looked up to him.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Oleg Ivanov worked with Sergei Skripal for two and a half
0:09:04 > 0:09:07years in the Moscow regional government after Skripal had retired
0:09:07 > 0:09:13from Russian military intelligence.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15TRANSLATION:Sergei was the life and soul of the party.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19He could find a common language with anyone.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20All his colleagues respected him.
0:09:20 > 0:09:26So when he was arrested for spying it was a real shock.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Today Russia's Foreign Ministry responded to claims that Moscow had
0:09:28 > 0:09:32targeted Sergei Skripal.
0:09:32 > 0:09:40This was provocation, it said, and an anti-Russian campaign.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Unfortunately we regard this as a piece of disinformation.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Because what actually the media and all the people need
0:09:47 > 0:09:51is actual information, official information on this case.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53As for President Putin, he is yet to comment
0:09:53 > 0:09:57on events in the UK.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00He was on the campaign trail today, visiting a cake factory.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02The sweet picture a stark contrast to suspicions
0:10:02 > 0:10:09of possible Russian involvement in the nerve agent attack.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Russian officials have said they are willing to cooperate
0:10:11 > 0:10:15with the UK investigation if they are asked to.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18What Moscow isn't prepared to do, though, is accept that the Russian
0:10:18 > 0:10:21state was behind this attack.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Tonight, Moscow is waiting to see whether Britain will officially
0:10:23 > 0:10:25declare it the prime suspect.
0:10:25 > 0:10:33Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow.
0:10:36 > 0:10:42Let's go live to New Scotland Yard and Daniel Stanford. Bring us
0:10:42 > 0:10:46up-to-date on this investigation and tell us something about the scale of
0:10:46 > 0:10:53it.As you can imagine, after a nerve agent attack on a
0:10:53 > 0:10:55quintessentially English medieval cathedral city, huge resources are
0:10:55 > 0:10:58now being thrown at this investigation tonight.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Counterterrorism detectives at Scotland Yard thought they would
0:11:00 > 0:11:05never see anything as extraordinary as the polonium attack on Alexander
0:11:05 > 0:11:10Litvinenko. If anything, this could be harder, because there would be no
0:11:10 > 0:11:15trail of radiation to follow. Hundreds of police officers,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18detectives, forensic scientists and analysts have been involved in this
0:11:18 > 0:11:22investigation. The best lead they have is in fact that nerve agent. If
0:11:22 > 0:11:25it is rare enough, that could lead them to the place where it was made,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29if it was something that could only have been made in a very few number
0:11:29 > 0:11:35of places. So, what is going on now is that there is a huge trawl of
0:11:35 > 0:11:37eyewitnesses and CCTV from the day of the attack and the days leading
0:11:37 > 0:11:42up to it. They need more public help on that. There will be an attempt to
0:11:42 > 0:11:45identify where the nerve agent came from and also, of course, an attempt
0:11:45 > 0:11:49to find the needle in a haystack, the personal people that delivered
0:11:49 > 0:11:53the poison. Once the evidence has been gathered, if it still points to
0:11:53 > 0:11:56a foreign power, it will be up to the Government to handle the
0:11:56 > 0:11:59fallout.Thanks very much for the latest.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02A teenager has gone on trial at the Old Bailey, accused
0:12:02 > 0:12:04of planting a bomb on a London underground train last September.
0:12:04 > 0:12:0730 people were hurt in the incident during the morning rush hour
0:12:07 > 0:12:09at Parson's Green station.
0:12:09 > 0:12:1118-year-old Ahmed Hassan, from Sunbury in Surrey,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14denies attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger
0:12:14 > 0:12:18life, as our home affairs correspondent June Kelly reports.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21SIRENS
0:12:22 > 0:12:25An autumn morning in the rush-hour and a major security operation
0:12:25 > 0:12:28on the London Underground system.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Today the Old Bailey heard how an improvised explosive device
0:12:30 > 0:12:33partially detonated on a train just after it pulled into
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Parsons Green station.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39It created a large fireball in a carriage
0:12:39 > 0:12:42with around 93 passengers.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Some were caught by the flames and suffered serious burns.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50This is the teenager on trial for the attack,
0:12:50 > 0:12:5518-year-old Ahmed Hassan, captured on CCTV in the weeks
0:12:55 > 0:13:00before, when his plans were said to be well under way.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03On this bus ride, in his plastic bag, he was allegedly carry
0:13:03 > 0:13:05one of the components, hydrogen peroxide, he needed
0:13:05 > 0:13:09for his homemade bomb.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Today the jury was told Hassan left his device
0:13:11 > 0:13:14in a bucket on the train.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19Described as loaded with shrapnel to cause maximum harm
0:13:19 > 0:13:23and damage and containing the volatile explosive TATP.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Prosecutor Alison Morgan said of the passengers...
0:13:26 > 0:13:27"Many ran in fear and panic.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30They were fortunate.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Had the device fully detonated, it is inevitable that serious injury
0:13:32 > 0:13:35and significant damage would have been caused within the carriage.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Those in close-proximity to the device may well
0:13:37 > 0:13:43have been killed."
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Hassan came to Britain as an asylum seeker from Iraq and was living
0:13:46 > 0:13:50with foster parents.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Ahmed Hassan arrived in this country three years ago on a lorry.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57He told immigration officials that he'd been forcibly taken
0:13:57 > 0:14:02by the Islamic State group and trained to kill by them.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06But he said he was opposed to IS and was in fear of them.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09It was said to be a matter of luck that the device
0:14:09 > 0:14:13here did not fully go off, it had been fitted with a timer.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Ahmed Hassan had got off the train at the station before,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19he was arrested 24-hours later.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24June Kelly, BBC News, at the Old Bailey.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26The President of the European Council Donald Tusk has warned that
0:14:26 > 0:14:30trade with the UK will be more complicated and costly after Brexit.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Mr Tusk was introducing the EU's draft approach,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36to talks on the future relationship.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Mr Tusk offered the prospect of what he called an ambitious
0:14:39 > 0:14:42and advanced free trade agreement, but said it was out of the question
0:14:42 > 0:14:45for Britain to take a pick and mix approach to the single market.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49The Chancellor Philip Hammond has appealed for financial services
0:14:49 > 0:14:52to be included in any free trade agreement, as our political editor
0:14:52 > 0:14:57Laura Kuenssberg reports.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03A different mansion house - this time in a Luxembourg garden.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06But there's strife ahead, even in the most tranquil
0:15:06 > 0:15:10continental surroundings.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11The European Union revealed its response
0:15:11 > 0:15:15to Theresa May's plans for Brexit.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20It will make it more complicated and costly than today for all of us.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22This is the essence of Brexit.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24A pick and mix approach for a non-member state
0:15:24 > 0:15:25is out of the question.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27We are not going to sacrifice these principles.
0:15:27 > 0:15:34It's simply not in our interests.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Unfortunately, and we have to know, there will be no
0:15:39 > 0:15:40winners after the Brexit.
0:15:40 > 0:15:46Both sides will be losing.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50The EU has been united with that gloomy message.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54But it was only on Friday the Prime Minister said she wanted
0:15:54 > 0:15:56an ambitious trade partnership with the bloc, but accepted
0:15:56 > 0:15:57compromises would be made.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00So, how do the two sides compare?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Well, the EU guidelines of a possible deal say there will be
0:16:03 > 0:16:06negative economic consequences.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10And while the Prime Minister said all agreements mean
0:16:10 > 0:16:12picking and choosing, the EU insists the UK can't
0:16:12 > 0:16:20cherry-pick the bits of the EU it likes.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23But the union's accepted the goal of a trade deal
0:16:23 > 0:16:26where there are no tariffs - taxes on imports or exports.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28But, controversially, only if the EU keeps access
0:16:28 > 0:16:31to fish British waters.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36But, crucially, there is space to budge.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41The document says if the UK positions were to evolve,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44the Union will be prepared to reconsider its offer.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46And there is the chance of brokering some kind
0:16:46 > 0:16:48of limited deal over services, including the giant money machine
0:16:48 > 0:16:51of the City of London, where the Chancellor shrugged off
0:16:51 > 0:16:53the Brussels position.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56They are very skilled and very disciplined in the way they carry
0:16:56 > 0:17:02out their negotiation.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05It does not surprise me remotely that what they have
0:17:05 > 0:17:07set out this morning is a very tough position.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Oh, lovely!
0:17:08 > 0:17:11But Labour claims the Government's approache is all over the place.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14We can change the tone into one of mutual interest, mutual respect.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16We can get the deal that will protect our
0:17:16 > 0:17:17economy and protect jobs.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19There are big gaps between what the Government wants
0:17:19 > 0:17:24and what the EU is willing to give.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27And it's clear it's easier for Brussels, not Westminster,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31to call the shots.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34But in this long, tortured process, today is not a moment of political
0:17:34 > 0:17:37panic, it is clear from both sides, and from these guidelines, there
0:17:37 > 0:17:39is a real conversation to be had.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46Simon Jack, our business editor, is in the City of London.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Simon, what is your reading of the response from the City of London
0:17:51 > 0:17:56today to what has been said?Well, the Chancellor's speech went down
0:17:56 > 0:18:01pretty well. People thought it was pretty plausible and pretty detailed
0:18:01 > 0:18:05attempt to achieve what Brussels said was impossible. Including
0:18:05 > 0:18:10financial services all-important to the UK economy in a final trade
0:18:10 > 0:18:14deal. The Chancellor said, look, it is possible because Brussels tried
0:18:14 > 0:18:20to include it in a deal they tried to do with the EU - the US sorry.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Not only is it possible it's desirable. Physical you split up the
0:18:24 > 0:18:29expertise, the capital, the people that you find here in this one stop
0:18:29 > 0:18:32stop shop of London and spreaded it around Europe it will cause European
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Union businesses and customers a lot more money. That was all pretty
0:18:35 > 0:18:40good. However, as one person put it to me in the City today, this was
0:18:40 > 0:18:45really the end of the beginning. This was one side in the argument
0:18:45 > 0:18:50fleshing out its own position. That is very different from actually
0:18:50 > 0:18:53making substantial progress in the negotiation itself. You heard
0:18:53 > 0:18:56yourself what Donald Tusk had to say about that. Now, the one thing I was
0:18:56 > 0:19:01told that nothing that was said today or indeed last week will make
0:19:01 > 0:19:06businesses, banks, insurance companies hit the halt or even the
0:19:06 > 0:19:15pause button on the post-Brexit contingency plans. All the rules and
0:19:15 > 0:19:18regulations will stay the same until December 2020. That is what they are
0:19:18 > 0:19:22waiting for. If they do that, that will calm nerves. A good effort
0:19:22 > 0:19:29today by the Chancellor, but still a great deal of work still to do.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34Simon many thanks again. Simon Jack there for us in the City of London.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37A lorry driver, involved in a collision on the M1 last
0:19:37 > 0:19:39August, has been cleared of eight charges of causing death
0:19:39 > 0:19:40by dangerous driving.
0:19:40 > 0:19:4254-year-old David Wagstaff from Stoke-on Trent
0:19:42 > 0:19:45was on a hands-free phone call at the time of the collision
0:19:45 > 0:19:47and had already admitted to careless driving.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Yesterday another driver, 31-year-old Ryszard Masierak,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51who was driving the other lorry involved, was convicted of causing
0:19:51 > 0:19:55death by dangerous driving.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Our correspondent, Helena Lee, reports.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59The sheer force of the impact of the crash is clear to see.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02A crash that was entirely avoidable, the trial heard,
0:20:02 > 0:20:08with the most catastrophic and tragic of consequences.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Ryszard Masierak stopped his lorry in the slow lane
0:20:10 > 0:20:13of the M1 for 12 minutes.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16The jury was shown this dash-cam footage from another lorry driver
0:20:16 > 0:20:20on the road before the collision.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24He passed Masierak's lorry, here on the left,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27stationary in the slow lane.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30The court heard Masierak was twice over the legal limit and he'd
0:20:30 > 0:20:34been driving erratically in the hours before.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Soon after, Cyriac Joseph, the minibus driver, tried to go
0:20:37 > 0:20:40round Masierak's lorry.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43He missed his chance, stopped behind it and put his hazards on.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Moments later, David Wagstaff's lorry ploughed
0:20:47 > 0:20:50into the back of the minibus.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53During the trial, the court heard how Wagstaff had been
0:20:53 > 0:20:56on a hands-free call for nearly an hour at the time of the crash,
0:20:56 > 0:21:00and his lorry on cruise control.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Cyriac Joseph and seven of his passengers died in the crash,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05he'd been taking them to London, where they were going
0:21:05 > 0:21:07on to Disneyland in Paris.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Four others in the minibus were seriously injured.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Six months on from the crash, and Mr Joseph's family
0:21:13 > 0:21:16feel his loss deeply.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17I miss him a lot.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19I mean, my life has completely changed,
0:21:19 > 0:21:20like completely changed so much.
0:21:20 > 0:21:28Yeah, it's hard, and I'm trying to get through it, like we all are.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Today, outside court, tributes were paid to those
0:21:31 > 0:21:33who helped at the scene.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36All of the emergency services, together with staff
0:21:36 > 0:21:38and Highways England and members of the public, worked
0:21:38 > 0:21:41extremely hard to bring comfort to those involved
0:21:41 > 0:21:44in exceptionally difficult circumstances.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Everyone who attended will not forget the scene
0:21:46 > 0:21:48they faced that day.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51The Crown Prosecution Service says this case serves as a stark warning
0:21:51 > 0:21:54to other drivers.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56It's a clear reminder to all drivers that holding
0:21:56 > 0:22:01a drivers licence brings with it a high degree of responsibility that
0:22:01 > 0:22:03should be at the forefront of every driver's mind.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Today, the judge praised the families of those who
0:22:05 > 0:22:08lost loved ones for their constant dignity in what he said was a
0:22:08 > 0:22:09dreadful case.
0:22:09 > 0:22:17Helena Lee, BBC News, Reading Crown Court.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia has started
0:22:22 > 0:22:24a three-day visit to Britain by having lunch with the Queen
0:22:24 > 0:22:27and holding talks with the Prime Minister in Downing Street
0:22:27 > 0:22:29about trade and security.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32But the visit is not appropriate, according to human rights
0:22:32 > 0:22:34campaigners, who point to Saudi Arabia's role
0:22:34 > 0:22:37in the conflict in Yemen, where the UN says there's
0:22:37 > 0:22:39a humanitarian crisis.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Our security correspondent, Frank Gardner, has more details.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48A Downing Street welcome for the man who is shaking up Saudi Arabia with
0:22:48 > 0:22:51radical reforms. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his
0:22:51 > 0:22:54delegation have come to Britain looking for new deals and new
0:22:54 > 0:23:01partnerships. This meeting concluded with an agreed target of £65 billion
0:23:01 > 0:23:04of future trade deals, spread across education, healthcare, energy and
0:23:04 > 0:23:11defence. Today, the Crown Prince was given an audience and lunch with the
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Queen. Tonight he is dining with Prince Charles and Prince William.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19The lunch that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had with the Queen is a
0:23:19 > 0:23:22mark of just how highly the Government values its relations with
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Saudi Arabia. He's not a Head of State and four years ago almost
0:23:25 > 0:23:29no-one had heard of him. Not everyone in Britain though welcomes
0:23:29 > 0:23:36this visit. A small, but noisy demonstration outside Downing
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Street, protesting Saudi Arabia's air strikes on Yemen and its poor
0:23:40 > 0:23:44human rights record. Britain is a major supplier of arms to Saudi
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Arabia, contracts are worth billions of pounds and employ thousands of
0:23:48 > 0:23:54Britons. In neighbouring Yemen, Saudi led air strikes on Houthi
0:23:54 > 0:23:59rebels are blamed for the majority of civilian casualties. In
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Parliament today a question over whether Saudi Arabia is a suitable
0:24:02 > 0:24:07ally.There has been a sharp increase in the arrest and detention
0:24:07 > 0:24:12of dissidents, torture of prisoners is common, human rights defenders
0:24:12 > 0:24:18routinely sentenced to lengthy prison terms.But the Government
0:24:18 > 0:24:22places huge value on Saudi co-operation in counter terrorism.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26The link we have with Saudi Arabia is historic it, it hes a an
0:24:26 > 0:24:32important one and it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of
0:24:32 > 0:24:39people in this country.Crown Prince Mohammed is pushing a sweeping
0:24:39 > 0:24:43economic and social reform programme, reintroducing cinemas and
0:24:43 > 0:24:49public entertainment. He's also gig Saudi women much more freedom to
0:24:49 > 0:24:54enjoy public life. From June they can drive. We spoke to a prominent
0:24:54 > 0:24:58women's rights campaigner.When it comes to human rights I think
0:24:58 > 0:25:02there's no reform yet. I think everything is going to happen
0:25:02 > 0:25:07because people nowadays are like, you know, 70% of the population are
0:25:07 > 0:25:12youth, youngsters, and they all want change. The Saudi Crown Prince is no
0:25:12 > 0:25:18democrat. He locked up citizens in this hotel until they handed over
0:25:18 > 0:25:22their assets. Young Saudis admire him. If he can deliver on his
0:25:22 > 0:25:27economic promises, with Britain's help, he will go down in history as
0:25:27 > 0:25:32the man who modernised Saudi Arabia. Frank Gardner, BBC News.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Syrian government forces have reportedly taken
0:25:36 > 0:25:40half of Eastern Ghouta, the last rebel-held enclave close
0:25:40 > 0:25:42to the capital Damascus.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44More aerial bombing has killed at least 20 people.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Troops and tanks have advanced, with many local residents trying
0:25:47 > 0:25:49to flee the violence.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51The leader and deputy leader of the far-right group,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Britain First, have been jailed after being found guilty of
0:25:54 > 0:25:56religiously-aggravated harassment.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen have been sentenced to four-and-a-half
0:25:58 > 0:26:00months and nine months respectively after targeting Muslims
0:26:00 > 0:26:08they believed were part of a rape trial taking place last May.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Almost 1,000 jobs are to be lost at the high street
0:26:12 > 0:26:14fashion chain New Look.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18The retailer says it's planning to close 60 stores and reduce rent
0:26:18 > 0:26:20on 400 shops as part of rescue plans.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22The company says the cuts are tough but necessary
0:26:22 > 0:26:25to restore profitability.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27The Government is to pay £50 million in cold weather
0:26:27 > 0:26:33benefits because of last week's freezing temperatures.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Around two million households are receiving a top-up
0:26:35 > 0:26:38to their benefits, worth £25 pounds, because their area stayed below zero
0:26:38 > 0:26:44degrees for seven days.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46The head of world cycling's governing body, the UCI,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48is calling for an investigation into Team Sky following
0:26:48 > 0:26:52a parliamentary report.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55David Lappartient has told the BBC that the findings of the inquiry
0:26:55 > 0:26:58into doping in sport were "unacceptable"
0:26:58 > 0:27:03and "could affect the global credibility" of cycling.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06The report accused Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins of having
0:27:06 > 0:27:09"crossed an ethical line" by using drugs allowed under
0:27:09 > 0:27:11anti-doping rules to enhance performance instead of just
0:27:11 > 0:27:12for medical purposes.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17From Switzerland our sports editor, Dan Roan, reports.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19They may be the dominant force in cycling, but
0:27:19 > 0:27:22the pressure is on Team Sky.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Today, they tried to focus on their latest race in Italy,
0:27:26 > 0:27:31but it's the way they've won in the past that's under scrutiny.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Team Sky have admitted mistakes following this week's damning report
0:27:35 > 0:27:38by a parliamentary committee, but today the most powerful figure
0:27:38 > 0:27:40in the sport told me that wasn't good enough.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Mistake is something you've done with the intention to be wrong.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47The report, it's a little bit different.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50It seems that it was a little bit organised, so it's maybe not
0:27:50 > 0:27:55a mistake but a fault, which is different, because that
0:27:55 > 0:27:57could affect the credibility globally of our sport,
0:27:57 > 0:28:02and that's why I'm concerned about this.
0:28:02 > 0:28:10The MPs alleged Sir Bradley Wiggins used asthma drugs to boost
0:28:15 > 0:28:16performance, and not just for medical need,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18when he rode for Team Sky.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21A claim that both they and he deny, but Lappartient seems unconvinced.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Do you feel an ethical line was crossed, as the MPs suggest?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26It's what in the report and what I read.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28When you can see that substances were used,
0:28:28 > 0:28:34not for health problems, but to increase your performances,
0:28:34 > 0:28:40then, yes, that's something unacceptable for me
0:28:40 > 0:28:44and the philosophy we have.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47So if it's not breaking the rules, can it be cheating?
0:28:47 > 0:28:51If you are using, you know, substances to increase your
0:28:51 > 0:28:59performances, I think this is exactly what is cheating.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03Despite the controversy, Sir Dave Brailsford remains
0:29:03 > 0:29:06in charge of Team Sky, but Lappartient told me he now wants
0:29:06 > 0:29:10the World Federation's anti-doping division
0:29:10 > 0:29:11to launch their own inquiry.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14I want them to investigate and to see if there is some
0:29:14 > 0:29:19violation of anti-doping rules.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Britain's top rider, Chris Froome, continues to compete
0:29:21 > 0:29:25despite an adverse drugs test last year, and the Team Sky star
0:29:25 > 0:29:28could defend his title in this summer's Tour de France
0:29:28 > 0:29:31with the case still unresolved.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32What would the effect of that be?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35That would be a disaster for the image of cycling.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Even if...
0:29:36 > 0:29:39On the legal point of view he has a right to ride,
0:29:39 > 0:29:43but for the image of our sport, that could be a disaster.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45The UCI president now wants Chris Froome to withdraw from racing
0:29:45 > 0:29:47until either he clears his name or is banned.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50The road to reputational recovery could be a long one.
0:29:50 > 0:29:57Dan Roan, BBC News.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00In tonight's Champions League football it's been a hugely
0:30:00 > 0:30:02disappointing night for Tottenham, who needed to avoid a home defeat
0:30:02 > 0:30:05by Juventus to book a place in the quarter-finals.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Spurs went ahead early in the tie, but the Italians fought
0:30:07 > 0:30:08back in the second half.
0:30:08 > 0:30:14From Wembley, Natalie Pirks reports.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16The saying goes that football is more important
0:30:16 > 0:30:22than life or death.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Tonight began with a reminder that simply isn't true.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Emotion etched on the face of Giorgio Chiellini.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27In honour of their former international team-mate,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29the Italians were up for it.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Spurs, too.
0:30:30 > 0:30:38Son had been threatening the goal all match.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42There's the chance, oh, it's gone in!
0:30:42 > 0:30:43This was just reward.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Yes, the strike wasn't exactly vintage, but it
0:30:45 > 0:30:46was huge unimportance.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48How quickly things can change, though.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49First, Higuain levelled for Juve.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51And there's the goal, the flag stays down!
0:30:51 > 0:30:53And, mere moments later, Dybala sent travelling fans into raptures.
0:30:53 > 0:30:59The Old Lady had awoken.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Spurs had gone from composed to rattled, in the blink of an eye.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05A Spurs goal would take the game into extra time.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06Hoisted in towards Harry Kane!
0:31:06 > 0:31:10But the post stood between Harry Kane and Tottenham fans' dreams.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Vital clearance by the Italian international.
0:31:13 > 0:31:21Inconsolable on the turf, yet another year of disappointment.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Spurs had the advantage of of away goals from the first-leg and when
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Son scored everybody thought they would go through. Juve have reached
0:31:28 > 0:31:33two of the last three finals and tonight that experience just told.
0:31:33 > 0:31:384-3 the final score across two legs. Tottenham left shell-shocked. Better
0:31:38 > 0:31:43news for Manchester City. They are through to the quarter-finals
0:31:43 > 0:31:48despite losing 2-1 on the night. Basel inflicting their first home
0:31:48 > 0:31:53defeat since 2016. City won 5-2 on aggregate. City and Liverpool
0:31:53 > 0:31:57through to the last eight. Tottenham's run alas is over.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Natalie many thanks once again.