The former leader of the far right English Defence league, Stephen Yaxley lennon, who calls himself Tommy Robinson, is facing a jail term after being found guilty of contempt of court. Yaxley lennon was convicted of filming defendants in a Child Sexual Exploitation trial and broadcasting the footage on social media, in breach of a reporting ban on the case. Our special correspondent lucy manning reports. Crowd chant shame on you shame on you the news that Stephen Yaxley lennon had been found in contempt of court did bot go down well with his supporters outside the old bailey. Some surged at the police, missiles thrown, batons raised. It had been calmer in court, where the man also known as Tommy Robinson just shook his head as the judge said he had interfered with the justice process. It was this controversial broadcast live on social media last year that meant he had broken strict rules about what can be reported about court cases. Doesnt seem like much guilt. He had filmed and confro
Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profile judge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago, and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. But maria afiunis brother says his sister still has restrictions on her freedom. Translation she cant speak to the media. She cant use social media. She cant leave the country. She has to present herself every 30 days. The logical thing would be to get rid of all the cautionary measures and respect what the un says, which is complete freedom, but that has not happened. We continue to wait. The un says one thing, the maduro government does another. Theyre never serious about what International Organisations say, so were in the same
All the sport with hugh ferris. We are watching the mens semifinals at wimbledon today, before roger against rougher later, Novak Djokovic is attempting to reach his six final, he is already set up in his match. We will have the latest just after 2 30pm. Thanks and ben rich has all the weather. Whether looking innocuous, sunny spells around, areas of cloud, one or two showers, but innocuous is not what we would say in the south of the usa, Tropical Storm storm barry bringing damaging the raid, the full lowdown just before 2 30pm. Also coming up englands women start their bid to win a first netball world cup this evening, with a match against uganda in liverpool. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Britain is sending a second warship to the gulf as tensions with iran rise. Hms duncan will bejoining hms montrose, which earlier this week had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a british oil tanker. Hms duncan, a type 45 destroyer, will operate alongside hm
Pennsylvania. Everyone on board was wearing a life jacket. Thankfully they are okay this morning. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 15th. Good morning. Good monday morning, thank you for joining us. That video is crazy. I went rafting once when i was a kid. I was like, nope, not again. That was it . Yep. This video really is incredible. The fact that there were two kind of close calls like this . Thankfully all of them are okay but goodness. Quite a thrill, and again, thankfully theyre all okay this morning. We do begin this half hour with the ominous warning from President Trump that has many undocumented immigrants afraid to leave their homes. The promised crackdown triggered protests across this country. The mass arrests that were expected over the weekend have yet to take place. But the threat is not over. Heres abcs daria albinger. Reporter emotions running high over the weekend. Protesters taking to the streets ahead of nationwide immigration raids billed as
Obviously never had that motivation before. Theres a new way to keep your number when you switch mobile phone provider. From today all it takes is a text. Ill be looking at what the change means for you. Better the devil you know. A triumphant kylie steals the show at glastonbury 14 years after her cancer diagnosis prevented herfrom performing. Well bring you that and the rest of the highlights from the weekend. Dry all week for wimbledon. Weather forecast, showery, rain and windy forecast, showery, rain and windy for scotland and Northern Ireland but improving through the day. For england and wales, some sunny spells. I will have more in 15 minutes. Its monday istjuly. Our top story riot police have used pepper spray and batons during clashes with protesters in hong kong overnight, on the 22nd anniversary of its shift from british to chinese rule. The protests are the latest against a proposed law that would allow suspected criminals to be sent to Mainland China to face justice. The H