17/04/2016 BBC Weekend News

Two 14-year-olds have been charged with murder after a woman

and her teenage daughter were found dead at a house in Lincolnshire.

The victims have been named by police as 49-year-old

Elizabeth Edwards and her 13-year-old daughter Katie.

They were found at the property in Spalding on Friday afternoon.

Flowers outside the semidetached house in Spalding where, police say,

the bodies of a mother and her teenage daughter were found on

Friday. It is believed they were 49-year-old Elizabeth Edwards, who

worked at -- as a dinner lady at a local primary school, and her

13-year-old daughter Katie. Neighbours said they last saw

Elizabeth on Friday. Family and friends paid tribute on social

media. Absolutely gobsmacked and devastated. Two teenagers have been

charged with murder. Lincolnshire Police say both are aged 14 and will

appear before Lincoln Magistrates' Court tomorrow morning. Lincolnshire

Police say postmortem examinations are still taking place and have not

revealed the cause of death. Officers have asked anyone who may

have seen or heard anything suspicious nearby to contact detect

dips. Yunus Mulla, BBC News, Spalding.

-- to contact detectives. Locally, we have been told that the two

teenagers arrested and charged with murder in connection with this

discovery are a boy and girl, they will appear before magistrates

tomorrow. Lincolnshire Police say they cannot confirm if that is a

case as to whether they are a boy and girl, this is an active

investigation, people are continuing to lay flowers here but police say

what they want is more information about what may have happened between

Wednesday and Friday, and they want to hear from anyone who may have any

concerns. Thank you very much, Yunus

Nearly a quarter of a million people have been told to leave their homes

in southern Japan amid fears of further earthquakes.

At least 77 people have been killed and nearly 600 injured in the most

powerful earthquake to hit Ecuador for decades.

The quake had a magnitude of 7.8, causing buildings to collapse.

It struck on the country's northern coast, with the epicentre 16 miles

A state of emergency has been declared across much

People can hardly believe what's happening.

A supermarket in Quito, more than 100 miles from the quake

Shoppers and staff, blind and panicking

each other that everything is going to be OK.

A mass of concrete collapsed onto a car.

SHOUTING some using their bare hands.

Inch by inch, they drag the wreckage out, the roof

Police desperately try to get the person out.

The government says it's doing all it can.

TRANSLATION: We are continuing to receive

information from the national system regarding health during this

The entire public force is in a state of

maximum alert to protect the lives of citizens.

Roads and buildings destroyed, lives lost.

But fear remains of after-shocks from this, the worst earthquake to

hit the country in more than 30 years.

Nearly a quarter of a million people have been told to leave their homes

in southern Japan amid fears of further earthquakes.

More than 40 people have died and many more are missing -

feared buried - after two earthquakes struck in recent days.

Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from the mountain town of Minamiaso.

This was the main road into Minamiaso, now

the bridge lie smashed at the bottom of the ravine, swept away by

In the town itself, it is a scene of devastation.

Almost every house is crumpled and broken.

Up above, there is a constant buzz from the

Today, the US Navy joined the search and rescue effort.

Further on, the road is blocked again by another massive landslide.

Several houses have been buried underneath this, and at least

Just back down the road here, we ran into a young man

who was clearly in a very distressed state and didn't want

But he said that his father's house is somewhere

Many, like this farmer, are still waiting for help.

His cow shed has completely collapsed, and his cows are trapped.

Using scraps of wood, he is building a pen

The cows haven't been milked for two days and

But the main thing is I need to get the cows out and get them milked.

Two days is already the limit for them.

There are now dozens of search teams here,

It's hard to see how anyone could survive under all of this.

Rupert Wingfield Hayes, BBC News, Minamiaso, southern

The French Economy Minister has told the BBC his government is completely

committed to the construction of a new nuclear power station

EDF Energy, which is controlled by the French state,

is to build the plant alongside investors from China.

But the cost - at ?18-billion - has cast doubts over

Our business correspondent Joe Lynam reports.

Hinkley Point in Somerset is due to be built by the French-owned EDF

and provide 7% of Britain's entire electricity needs well into this

But it's also behind schedule, and there have been plenty

of financial and technical problems at a similar nuclear power station

Last month, EDF's financial director resigned

over the cost of Hinkley, and last week the French Energy Minister,

Segolene Royal, said it should be delayed.

Now, though, the influential economy minister has

given his full political commitment to the ?18 billion project.

The political commitment is a complete

We back the Hinkley Point project, it's very important for France, it's

very important for the nuclear sector and EDF.

Now we have to finalise the work, and especially

the technical and industrial work, very closely with EDF, with the

British Government, to be in a situation to sign in the coming

That will doubtless be welcomed by EDF as well as the

Government here, which hopes that nuclear power will be one of the key

planks of Britain's future energy needs.

But environmental campaigners were scathing.

Greenpeace said, "Emmanuel Macron says one thing to a

UK audience and another to a French one.

He has made it abundantly clear in French that no decision has been

The alternatives are looking increasingly attractive, no matter

A final, final decision by EDF to build

Hinkley Point has been delayed on many occasions.

Political commitment is one thing, putting money on the

One of the largest Roman villas ever discovered has been unearthed

by chance by the owner of a farmhouse who was laying

electricity cables in his garden in Wiltshire.

Archaeologists have described the villa as extraordinarily

well-preserved, saying the find is unparalleled in recent years.

Building projects don't always go to plan,

but they rarely result in a discovery like this.

An untouched mosaic, a find that led to further

excavations to reveal what could be one of

Roman villas in Britain, only found because the owner

of the farmhouse was carrying out some work so that his children

could play table tennis in an old barn.

While the builders were there, I said, "Would you put

They dig a trench and they're going across and suddenly

What has been revealed is this mosaic floor,

which they call a guilloche, like a basket weave.

This is what the villa might have looked like.

It would have been occupied by a wealthy family

The find is being described as unparalleled in recent years.

The villa has not been touched since its collapse 1400 years ago.

Absolute million to one chance just finding the mosaic by chance.

Just to have a member of the public come and say, "I have found this

mosaic" and for it to be such a high-quality, wonderful,

Also discovered, a whole range of artefacts including coins,

oyster shells and a child's coffin, which had been used

Experts say this site has incredible potential to shed light on how

The next news on BBC One is at 6:30pm.

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but the next few days should invite more encouragement for