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A lorry driver accused of causing the deaths of 39 migrants found in a lorry container in essex has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist illegal immigration. Maurice robinson from craigavon in Northern Ireland was not asked to plead to 39 charges of manslaughter which he also faces. The bodies of the people from vietnam including children, were discovered last month. Daniel sandford reports. The discovery last month of 39 dead people from vietnam in the back of a lorry in essex led to a Huge International investigation into a suspected people smuggling gang. This morning, mo robinson, the 25...

Plaid cymru is promising a £20 billion investment in what it calls a green jobs revolution for wales. Launching its election manifesto, the partys leader, adam price, said there would also be major investment in rail and bus services, a new offshore wind farm, and three tidal lagoons to generate electricity. He also talked about his ambition for an independent wales. Heres hywel griffith. Once, these valleys powered britains industrial revolution. Now, the rhonddas coal mines have become museums. Post industrial wales is a place struggling with its political identity, where some sense an oppo...

A number of children whose british parents were inside the former Islamic State territory and who died in syria, are being returned to the uk. The foreign secretary, dominic raab said it was the right thing to do and that innocent children should never have been subjected to the horrors of war. Reporting Restrictions Mean that few details about them can be revealed. Our middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville reports. These children are looking for a way home, still trapped in syria. But today, british orphans, who arent shown here, are finally able to escape the misery of syrias camps. ...

Over brexit. Australia, brazil and new zealand are asking for trade compensation from the uk and the eu over brexit disruption. Plus running rings around the competition. Well be taking a look at the essential sport item that managed to become an every day fashion must have. From your phone to a postbox, well find out why Old Fashioned postcards still seem to have a future in the digital age and why that could be good for our Mental Health. And a new Study Suggests those long meetings at work are more about therapy than solutions, so we want to know, do you think meetings are meaningless or pl...

A number of conservative Party Members have been suspended, for posting or endorsing islamophobic material on social media. The action was taken following a bbc investigation. There have been repeated calls for the conservatives, to hold an independent inquiry, tourists visiting the mounds can into allegations of islamophobia also have a go of crafting their within the party. Heres our political very own haniwa. A nearby arts correspondent, alex forsyth. Just three months ago, during the race to be tory leader, this happened. Centre offers classes. Make it a shall we have an external investiga...