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our other main news this lunchtime... intense security as the man convicted of murdering liverpool schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel arrives at court for sentencing. a 26—year—old woman is detained after the killing of a military blogger who supported russias war in ukraine. and remembering mobile phones the size of bricks — its 50 years today since the first call was made on one. coming up on the bbc news channel: sacking season in full flow. chesley and leicesters search for a new...

The Prime Minister says the first flight carrying Asylum Seekers to rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks� time come what may. He says an airfield is on standby and charter planes are booked. Rishi sunak had originally promised the first flight would take off this spring, but his timetable now suggests a delay until the summer. He says peers and mps will have to sit through the night tonight if necessary to pass the governments controversial rwanda legislation. Our political correspondent, helen...

The bbc has discovered alarming evidence about the safety of so called Smart Motorways, which is when the hard shoulder is opened to traffic to increase capacity. Data obtained by the Panorama Programme has revealed that in the last two years, equipment on Smart Motorways was hit by hundreds of power cuts, meaning there were times when signals, cameras and Radar Detection systems werent working for days at a time. National highways says Smart Motorways are still the safest roads in britain. Rich...

Bullet. we have listened over several weeks to the background to one of this. it has laid bare the story of drugs and guns around the streets of olivias home. we expect sentencing here to get under way just after two oclock. if you want, you will be able to watch it streamed live on the bbc news channel, and thejudges streamed live on the bbc news channel, and the judges comments will be broadcast. olivias family arrived a while ago. they have been dignified throughout all of this and we expect ...