Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Its the longest Prison Sentence that has been handed down so far after the wave of riots that swept parts of england and Northern Ireland last month. 27 year old Thomas Birley from rotherham has been sent to jail for nine years after helping to set fire to a Hotel Housing Asylum seekers in the town and attacking Police Officers in august. The judge told Thomas Birley, you were a leading participant in an ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule. From sheffield, heres danny savage. It was one of the most notorious events of the nationwide civil unrest over the summer the attack on a hotel at Housing Asylum seekers in south yorkshire. A mob targeted police and those inside. AJudge Today described this as an ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule. One of them was Thomas Birley, seen here at the time. He was filmed throwing a bin at officers. And then stoked the fire in a burning Wheelie Bin rammed against one of the hotel exits. He today received
Thing and does another . Were very clear about wanting to advance renewable energy nationally, and ive made very clear that we need to see the government do far more to include renewable energy on new homes and buildings. But it is going to require infrastructure somewhere. Of course we need to invest in upgrading the national grid. There are different options for how you can do that that havent been properly assessed by this government. For now, the challenge is to turn their words into action as the greens new mps celebrate their success and look to build more. Hannah miller, bbc news, manchester. Let s get some of the days other news now the Royal Navy has named the serviceman who was killed in a night flying Training Exercise in the english channel. Leftenant Rhodri Leyshon died when his Merlin Helicopter came down on wednesday off the coast of dorset. Two other servicemen survived. His family says he was immeasurably loved by his parents, siblings, partner, and friends. The number
want an intelligence damage assessment. and some republicans are digging into a new tactic to question whether the documents are actually that sensitive. we re on top of all of the latest. plus, a federal judge ruled that republican senator lindsey graham must testify in georgia s investigation of trump s efforts to overturn the election. graham s attorney has asked the judge to quash his subpoena. we will have more on that. and barricades lining the headquarters here in washington, d.c. as as the agency faces an unprecedented number of threats. let s begin with the mar-a-lago search, cnn s caitlin poll la polantz about all over this. that s right, alex, there may have been different motivations but bipartisan calls for transparency for people on the hill to really learn more about why the search was needed and what was found in those boxes removed from mar-a-lago. so, over the weekend, we had two house chairs, committee chairs, both democrats asking the director of nati
hit the french riviera red carpet as the film receives its premier at the 75th annual cannes film festival. and how to stop the bees from buzzing off. with a fall in global bee colonies, we use world bee day to look at the importance of these pollinators. hello and welcome to the programme. the most seniorfigure in the us congress, nancy pelosi, has warned that the uk will lose out on a free trade deal if it scraps post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland. the speaker of the us house of representatives said the northern ireland protocol preserved the good friday agreement, which she described as the bedrock of the peace process. let s get more from our north america correspondent, david willis. what s your assessment of the significance of these comments from the speaker? these are very stern comments from, as you say, one of the most powerful politicians in this country, the speaker of the house of commons that it is, nancy pelosi, a warning house of represent
And we start in hong kong, which is marking 20 years since the end of British Colonial rule. The chinese president , xijinping, is visiting the territory under tightened security. That security is there to curtail any pro democracy protests. Our china editor Carrie Gracie has been meeting some of those who were born in the year of the handover. Hong kongs patriots greet their president and first lady. Flags, but no umbrellas allowed, because umbrellas are the symbol of protest here. He said hed come to support hong kong. Protesters chant. Thats not how democracy activists see it. Occupying a monument china presented to hong kong for the handover. One student insisted on herfreedom to protest as she was arrested. Hours earlier, she had illustrated her feelings about the Chinese Communist state. A hong kong flag in mourning. A Veteran Protester at 20. But shes no longer optimistic about what protest can achieve. Another hong konger, born in the year of the handover. Coffee shop barista a