10/03/2018 London News

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The husband of a British-Iranian

woman imprisoned in Tehran

is putting pressure

on the Foreign Secretary, Boris

Johnson, over her release.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

from West Hampstead is serving

a five-year sentence in Iran

for spying - a charge

which she denies.

Today her supporters gathered

to mark her continuing detention,

including the second

Mother's Day she'll be away from

her young daughter.

Sarah Harris reports.

Free Nazanin!

The children of family and friends

making sure she is not forgotten

this Mother's Day weekend.

It's 707 days since

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,

a dual citizen, was sent to prison,

accused of trying to overthrow

the Iranian regime.

Her husband says it's her daughter

Gabriella she misses most.

It's been a long, long time

and I don't think we ever thought it

would last this long.

And each landmark that comes

is a reminder that she's still away.

And obviously, you strip it

all back, the thing she's most upset

about is that she's been away

from Gabriella and not

watched her grow up.

We will leave absolutely

no stone unturned.

This is what the Foreign Secretary

said about trying to get Nazanin

home ahead of a meeting

with Richard Ratcliffe

and a visit to Iran to meet

President Hassan Rouhani.

A play has been written

about what happened.

Its writer has this

message for Boris Johnson.

He did so much before Christmas

and something was happening.

We got really excited

and I was really excited

about putting an ending

to the story.

And it all came to nothing.

So my message to him would be,

please do something, start again,

try a different way.

Bring her home, bring Nazanin home.

And bring this mother and her baby

back to be with her family.

Children today painted stones

to remind the Foreign

Secretary of his pledge.

It's an especially difficult

time for the family.

This weekend is all about

being a mother, isn't it?

And ever since I've had children,

it's always been a very

special day for me.

For Nazanin, this is the second

Mother's Day she's missing out on.

And it's definitely going to hit

very hard this weekend for her.

All those days out she's missing

out on with Gabriella.

Her husband insists Nazanin

is completely innocent of all

the charges against her,

and it's another milestone with no

sign of a release date.

The Foreign Office says

its continuing to work behind

the scenes to secure her release.

Her family just want to be able

to tell little Gabriella

when her mummy is coming home.

The nephew of the actress Liz Hurley

is recovering in hospital

after being stabbed

repeatedly during an attack

in South West London.

Miles Hurley who's a 21-year-old

model, was attacked

in Ascalon Street in nine Elms

on Thursday night.

The actress said it was an appalling

time for her entire family.

Another man was also hurt.

Stansted Airport staff joined police

officers as they responded

to a mock terror attack

at the airport last night.

The scenario was part of an ongoing

training and exercising programme

which involved Essex Police

and took place from midnight

to 3am this morning.

Stansted is the UK's fourth busiest

airport and more than 26 million

passengers pass through every year.

A section of one of the main roads

into central London could remain

shut for the next six days.

A burst water main and emergency

repairs has forced the closure

of a section of the Marylebone Road

Eastbound, between Marylebone High

Street and Park Crescent.

Thames Water believe it

will need to remain closed

until next Friday evening.

It's causing delays for anyone

trying to head into town

and is likely to cause problems

for the morning rush hour

from Monday onwards.

Let's look at the weather

with Sara Thornton.

Good evening. It has been unsettled

but miles across London today. A

similar story for tomorrow as well.

Scenes like these again. A lot of

cloud. Some breaks here and there.

Showers to come. We're losing the

thread of those showers for the

main. Dry for much of this evening

and overnight. Initially quite

clear. We will see some low cloud

pushing him by first thing tomorrow

morning. A grey and chilly start.

Temperatures down close to freezing.

Mostly dry at first. Maybe the odd

shower. It is in the afternoon we

bring the threat of further showers

from the South. Not a right of a

phone afternoon. Drier interludes

for the West. Highs of 12 Celsius.

Still unsettled from Monday. Tuesday

and Wednesday looking like fine

days. Dry with brighter weather and

still quite mild. Beware, it could

turn colder next

still quite mild. Beware, it could

turn colder next weekend.

That's it.

We're back tomorrow evening.

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Have a lovely weekend.

Bye for now.