Violence from White Supremacists, neo nazis or the kkk. Arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at uk airports or on flights see a 50 rise in the past year. A worrying rise in rural Crime Insurers say brazen thieves are forcing farmers to turn their farmyards into fortresses. And big bens bongs will fall silent next week for nearly four years for urgent repair work. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. The british team claim a successful World Athletics Championships after reaching their medal target with five in the final 2a hours in london. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. This week india and pakistan mark 70 years of independence from britain a moment of freedom that came amid one of the largest Mass Migrations the world has ever seen. The muslim Majority State of pakistan was created to both the west and the east of india, with muslims travelling in one direction, hindus and sikhs in the other. Around 12 Million People are thought to have fled the violen
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 facebooks 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 facebooks 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 systems, so we put th
Good morning. Its 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, judging the
The rower Katherine Grainger is made a dame by the queen. Schatz. And coming up in the sport on bbc news asenal will have to make Champions League history tonight, if they are going to overturn a four goal first leg deficit against Bayern Munich at the emirates. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. 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 facebooks 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 i
Taken a dramatic turn, with poachers slaughtering a rhino for its horn at a Wildlife Park in paris. A coroner has ruled that the singer George Michael died of Natural Causes, including heart and liver disease. Its 5. 00pm. A very good afternoon to you. Our top story is that the government is facing another defeat in the House Of Lords over its plans for britain to leave the european union. Peers are due to vote this evening on an amendment to the brexit bill, calling for parliament to be given A Meaningful Vote on any final deal. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is at westminster. The lords and ladies have been debating this throughout the day. How was it looking as far as they are concerned and the government is concerned . Remember that have already inflicted a defeat on the government over the rights of the eu citizens and this has been debated already House Of Commons and their was heated debate but there was no damage, no defeat inflicted on the government. That is no