also in the next hour: abuse by home carers. there have been more than 20,000 allegations made against home care workers over the last three years, according to data obtained by the bbc. prison officers in england and wales are to withdraw from riot duty in a dispute over pay and pensions. and private rocket company spacex has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the moon. it is the final day of the inquest into the deaths of the british citizens who died in sousse when a gunman carried out a massacre at the hotel where they were staying. the coroner at the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists in tunisia has begun delivering his conclusions. the families had been asking for neglect by the holiday company to be considered. the coroner has said that he can and can do that because he said that would have meant a gross cannot do that because it would be a gross failure by the company. but he had very severe criticism for the tunisian polic
wild campers are ruining the environment with a letter and anti social behaviour. critics say it undermines the right to roam. and a premature baby becomes the youngest patient ever to undergo and survive major abdominal surgery anywhere in the world. good morning. we will have coverage of the francois fillon news conference as soon as it begins. it is due any time. stay with us for that. first, news of donald trump s first speech to congress. he said he was there to deliver a message of unity and strength and that a new year of strength was beginning. he condemned recent threats aimed jewish centres and the shooting of two indian immigrants in kansas. and he called on republicans and democrats to work together on the issue of immigration. our washington correspondent laura bicker watched the speech. donald trump s trip to congress gave them a few last moments to practise his speech. the president of the united states. again, the president delivered what few had expected, the
here although it is chilly outside if you are just stepping out. for many of us it will be a dry start and a sparkly one with a weather front coming in from the south west introducing some rain later on. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: facebook‘s procedures for vetting content on its pages have been strongly criticised, after a bbc investigation found it was failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. the chair of the commons media committee, damian collins, has said it casts grave doubts on the effectiveness of facebook‘s systems. our correspondent angus crawford reports. the rules are simple. facebook says it removes nudity or sexually suggestive content. but our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swa p paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene images of children. we informed the police, and this man was sent to prison for four years. facebook told us it had improved its syst
good morning. it s march seventh. a rescue operation is under way after an avalanche has hit the popular ski resort of tignes in the french alps. several people are thought to be buried underneath. initial reports suggest there may be many people missing. our correspondent has the latest. this is an emerging picture. people are beginning to tweet, eyewitnesses are beginning to tweet, eyewitnesses are describing the scene as the avalanche engulfing skiers and it is thought many people have been caught up thought many people have been caught up in this accident. rescue workers and sniffer dogs have been deployed but apparently conditions they are or that of pure visibility and what that means is that helicopters have not been able to go up so no rescue workers are going up into the skies and as you know, that is a key way in which these sort of accidents are dealt with so clearly some hindrance to the rescue efforts. there was a previous incident last february in tignes. yes, j
and a fatty liver. and taking flight, how pigeons are becoming the latest way to tackle air pollution in our cities. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. facebook has been strongly criticised after a bbc investigation found it is still failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. after a series of sexually suggestive pictures and comments were reported to the social networking site, more than 80% of them still remained online. the nspcc described facebook‘s response as appalling . facebook says it takes the matter extremely seriously and is continuing to improve its system of removing such content. our correspondent angus crawford reports. the rules are simple. facebook says it removes nudity or sexually suggestive content. but our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene images of children. we informed the police, and this man was sent to prison forfour years. facebook told us it had improved its systems, so