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brother s girlfriend by setting them on fire as they slept. also in the next hour. are your eggs safe to eat? the eu s food safety commissioner has called for an urgent meeting of ministers and regulators to discuss the scandal over contaminated eggs. and a friendship forged through football. one month after the death of bradley lowery, jermain defoe speaks for the first time about how they met. for me, there is no bigger motivation to think, if he can go through that and fight, then i can go through anything. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the pensions regulator has approved a plan by tata steel to give thousands of its workers in the uk less generous pensions but safeguard their jobs. the deal should secure the pensions of 130,000 steelworkers and stop the company becoming insolvent. finalising the pension arrangements is expected to clear the way for a possible merger with a rival german company. our correspondent, simon gompertz reports. it s the deal des ....
in the transfer market, the real action starts as arsenal take on leicester at the emirates. and, strange flotsam giant segments of pipe wash up on a norfolk beach the longest measuring nearly 500 metres. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. eleven members of the same family have been convicted in a series of trials involving modern slavery thought to be the largest of its kind in british legal history. members of the rooney family from lincoln ran a company called lincolnshire driveways that specialised in tarmacking and block paving. but their ‘workforce‘ were vulnerable slaves who they picked up from the streets some of which were alcoholics, homeless or suffering learning difficulties. our correspondent linsey smith reports. patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, lincolnshire driveways. it looks professional, offering tarmacking and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and ....
have underperformed at the world championships in london. and coming up on bbc news, as the premier league gets ready to begin, liverpool s star player philippe countinho hands in a transfer request, amid interest from barcelona. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. 11 people from the same family have been convicted of running a modern slavery ring in lincolnshire and keeping vulnerable people in conditions that police have described as truly shocking for decades. members of the rooney family picked up victims from the streets and kept them in squalid conditions in caravans with no running water or toilets. using threats and violence, including punishment beatings to keep them in line. victims were forced to work in the family s construction business for little or no wages. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. yes, the ronneys were flashy with their money. they went on holiday to barbados, they had cosmetic surgery, they shelled out t ....
will be available from next year. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 11 people from the same family have been convicted, in a trial over modern day slavery in lincolnshire. it follows one of the biggest police investigations of it s kind. members of the rooney family targeted vulnerable homeless people, keeping them in squalid conditions in caravans, with no running water or toilets, and using threats and violence including punishment beatings, to keep them in line. victims were forced to work in the family s construction business, for little or no wages. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. fathers, sons, cousins across the generations, 11 members of one family, whose cruelty has spanned the decades. the rooneys were the masters, this is where they kept their slaves. they were forced to live in these caravans in squalor and in filth, conditions not fit for human habitation. whilst those who controlled them lived in comfort and luxury. the rooney ....
he also seriously injured his brother s girlfriend. lorna gordon reports. blair logan, a young man who murdered his brother in a horrific attack, which he had planned and prepared for ahead of time and researched on the internet. his victims his brother cameron, with whom he had what was described as a hostile relationship, and cameron s girlfriend, rebecca williams. what is very clear is that your stated intention, in your own words, was to maim him. your motivation was malice. i accept your violence here was out of character. this was, nonetheless, an exceptionally serious crime. logan, wearing a mask, had entered the room at the family home where his brother and his girlfriend were sleeping. he poured petrol over their bed and then set fire to cameron. 12 days later, the 27 year old admitted his crimes. rebecca williams was in court for the sentencing. in a statement afterwards, she said cameron had been her best friend and partner, and that their future together h ....