01/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:11.more on the BBC News Channel. We are back with the late news at 10.

:00:12. > :00:14.A woman from Stockport jailed for 20 years in Iran after criticising

:00:15. > :00:19.the regime on Facebook is trying to appeal against her sentence.

:00:20. > :00:22.Roya Nobakht was arrested in Iran when she flew there to visit

:00:23. > :00:25.She was accused of threatening Iran's national

:00:26. > :00:33.security, but her devastated husband says she's an ordinary housewife.

:00:34. > :00:36.Roya's friends and family from day one said she was not a spy.

:00:37. > :00:53.She is not a political activist. She is a housewife and a student. She is

:00:54. > :00:56.She's been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Iran.

:00:57. > :01:02.She wrote negative comments on Facebook.

:01:03. > :01:09.Harmless by our standards, not by Iran's.

:01:10. > :01:17.Most people would think it is terrible that someone could end up

:01:18. > :01:19.in prison for 20 years with making rude comments about the government

:01:20. > :01:25.on Facebook. She then took an internal flight

:01:26. > :01:29.to Shiraz to see family. When she landed, she was arrested

:01:30. > :01:32.and held in this prison. The British embassy there was

:01:33. > :01:49.attacked in 2011, Diplomatic relations are very poor.

:01:50. > :01:57.We are having to go through third parties and diplomatic partners who

:01:58. > :01:58.have representation there. The Foreign Office is making strong

:01:59. > :02:01.representation behind the scenes. Roya's family today told us they

:02:02. > :02:04.will be appealing the sentence. A Foreign Office spokesman told us

:02:05. > :02:08."We are aware that a British national has received

:02:09. > :02:10.a custodial sentence in Iran. We are seeking to establish the full

:02:11. > :02:14.facts and are following up the case A 19 `year`old man has been

:02:15. > :02:19.killed in an alleged hit`and`run The pedestrian was struck

:02:20. > :02:23.by a car on Northern Perimeter Road A 23`year`old driver later gave

:02:24. > :02:29.himself up at a police station. He's now being questioned

:02:30. > :02:31.on suspicion of causing death An eight`week`old baby is being

:02:32. > :02:38.treated for serious head injuries at the Royal Preston Hospital

:02:39. > :02:41.after police arrested a couple A 19`year`old man and a 20`year`old

:02:42. > :02:45.woman are now being questioned Detectives were alerted by ambulance

:02:46. > :03:01.officers called to the scene. The baby is in a serious but stable

:03:02. > :03:06.condition and his injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

:03:07. > :03:09.A lawyer has described the arrest of a 15`year`old girl

:03:10. > :03:11.at an anti`fracking protest as "aggressive and abhorrent" after

:03:12. > :03:15.Saffron Hughes from Warrington had been accused

:03:16. > :03:18.of obstructing a police officer near the IGas site at Barton Moss.

:03:19. > :03:21.The Crown Prosecution Service has now withdrawn the charge.

:03:22. > :03:23.She says she attended the demonstration as part

:03:24. > :03:26.Greater Manchester Police say they'll issue a statement

:03:27. > :03:30.A fight at Manchester's Hilton Hotel has led to a couple

:03:31. > :03:33.of newlyweds spending their wedding night in separate police cells.

:03:34. > :03:36.A bride and groom were arrested after a confrontation with

:03:37. > :03:38.security staff in the hotel's reception area late last night.

:03:39. > :03:40.Lancashire are celebrating winning Rugby Union's County Championship

:03:41. > :03:43.for the fifth time in the past six years.

:03:44. > :03:45.They staged a great comeback to beat Cornwall 36

:03:46. > :03:52.The Red Rose were 13 points behind at half`time, but scored three tries

:03:53. > :03:58.Not such good news for Everton Ladies, though.

:03:59. > :04:01.They were beaten 2`0 by Arsenal in this afternoon's Women's FA Cup

:04:02. > :04:07.Olympic cycling champion Jason Kenny officially opened today's Sky Ride

:04:08. > :04:12.Thousands turned out to take part in the bike ride, which saw town

:04:13. > :04:15.centre roads closed off so that cyclists could enjoy a five

:04:16. > :04:29.Events like this are good, because it can be intimidating to get on

:04:30. > :04:34.your bike when there are cars around. So if you are not very

:04:35. > :04:40.confident, it feels safer here and you can build up your confidence and

:04:41. > :04:42.Finally, congratulations to amateur golfer

:04:43. > :04:47.She didn't hit just one hole in one during a round at her local

:04:48. > :04:50.Incredibly, she struck two holes in one.

:04:51. > :04:52.According to one golf magazine, her chances of doing

:04:53. > :05:10.It has been a lovely day today, but the cloud did increase, and it will

:05:11. > :05:18.bring rain overnight. It will be quite share re`, and with all the

:05:19. > :05:23.cloud around it will be quite mild. `` there will be showers. For quite

:05:24. > :05:31.likely as well. The weather front wall move eastwards, bringing rain

:05:32. > :05:35.into the afternoon. A lot of Cloud tomorrow, so the temperatures will

:05:36. > :05:41.be very different, a maximum of 17 Celsius. And it will be a mixed

:05:42. > :05:46.first week of June. It will be on settled, there will be rain, and,

:05:47. > :05:52.towards the end of the week, the temperatures will get colder.

:05:53. > :06:06.I will be back just after 10:45 p.m.. Enjoy your evening. Goodbye.

:06:07. > :06:13.Hello. Most of us have enjoyed at least one day of lovely weather this

:06:14. > :06:19.weekend. That weather will be harder to come by this week. It has been up

:06:20. > :06:25.and down. Yes, rain or showers at times. Drier, sunny weather, turning

:06:26. > :06:29.cooler. Signs are that by the end of the week temperatures will recover.

:06:30. > :06:34.We have seen rain today in Glasgow, Edinburgh, western fringes of the UK

:06:35. > :06:38.too. The cloud will spread east overnight, with further outbreaks of

:06:39. > :06:43.rain into the west. Temperatures are in double figures as Monday begins.

:06:44. > :06:44.We get the sunshine - a lot of cloud