:00:00. > :00:10.stories on the BBC News Channel. That's it for us. Stay
:00:11. > :00:14.A woman from Stockport jailed for 20 years in Iran after criticising
:00:15. > :00:17.the regime on Facebook is trying to appeal against her sentence.
:00:18. > :00:21.Roya Nobakht was arrested in Iran when she flew there to visit
:00:22. > :00:32.Roya's friends and family from day one said she was not a spy.
:00:33. > :00:43.She is not a political activist. She is not a threat. She is a
:00:44. > :00:46.housewife and a student. She is just normal.
:00:47. > :00:50.She's been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Iran.
:00:51. > :00:56.She wrote negative comments on Facebook.
:00:57. > :01:01.Harmless by our standards, not by Iran's.
:01:02. > :01:08.Most people would think it is terrible that someone could end up
:01:09. > :01:09.in prison for 20 years for making rude comments against the
:01:10. > :01:13.government. She then took an internal flight
:01:14. > :01:18.to Shiraz to see family. When she landed, she was arrested
:01:19. > :01:21.and held in this prison. The British embassy there was
:01:22. > :01:42.attacked in 2011, Diplomatic relations between Britain
:01:43. > :01:48.and Iran are very poor. We are having to go through third parties
:01:49. > :01:49.which have representation in Iran. The foreign office is making strong
:01:50. > :01:52.representation behind`the`scenes. Roya's family today told us they
:01:53. > :01:55.will be appealing the sentence. A Foreign Office spokesman told us
:01:56. > :01:58."We are aware that a British national has received
:01:59. > :02:00.a custodial sentence in Iran. We are seeking to establish the full
:02:01. > :02:04.facts and are following up the case A 19`year`old man has been killed
:02:05. > :02:10.in an alleged hit`and`run incident The pedestrian was struck
:02:11. > :02:14.by a car on Northern Perimeter Road A 23`year`old driver later gave
:02:15. > :02:19.himself up at a police station. He's now being questioned
:02:20. > :02:22.on suspicion of causing death An eight`week`old baby boy is being
:02:23. > :02:28.treated for serious head injuries at the Royal Preston Hospital
:02:29. > :02:31.after an incident at a house Police have arrested a 19`year`old
:02:32. > :02:35.man and a 20`year`old woman, who have been questioned on suspicion
:02:36. > :02:39.of wounding and released on bail. The baby is in a serious but stable
:02:40. > :02:43.condition and his injuries are not A lawyer has described the arrest
:02:44. > :02:49.of a 15 `year`old girl at an anti`fracking protest
:02:50. > :02:51.as "aggressive and abhorrent" after Saffron Hughes
:02:52. > :02:56.from Warrington had been accused of obstructing a police officer
:02:57. > :02:59.near the IGas site at Barton Moss. The Crown Prosecution Service
:03:00. > :03:02.has now withdrawn the charge. We will look at the weather.
:03:03. > :04:55.the demonstration as part all of your regional news. Enjoy
:04:56. > :05:11.your evening. Goodbye. Hope you had a nice weekend, it was
:05:12. > :05:15.a warm and sunny one across central and eastern areas. A different story
:05:16. > :05:21.out west with signs of change. It will be a different week this week
:05:22. > :05:23.with some rain around. Some sunshine too. For a time, it