Across the uk this weekend but a little bit of a change in the way things feel some fresher air blowing in from the north. More on the way things are looking in a few moments. Its saturday the 6th ofjuly. Our top story murderers who refuse to reveal the location of a victims body could be forced to spend longer in prison under a new law. The legal change, known as helens law, follows campaigning by the mother of helen mccourt, who was killed in 1988 but whose body was never found. Ben ando reports. For 31 years, Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter who was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never reveal the whereabouts of helens body. Marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refused to disclose the whereabouts of a victims remains spend longer behind bars. In 2016, mps voted in favour of helens law, but it did not receive government backing until now. Withjustice secretary david gau
now, it s hard to remember a time when sunday morning television didn t feature a live political interview programme. come the new year, there ll have been one on bbc one for 30 years. the late sir david frost was host for 12 years, andrew marr for 16. and at the start of september, laura kuenssberg inherited the mantle. it s one of the most high profilejobs in television news. and like her predecessors, she s hooked some important guests. hello, and a very warm welcome to a new show and a new political era. tomorrow, one of these two will be chosen as our new prime minister. thank you so much for coming in. and whatever happens, do come back. applause well, i was going to say going for some reaction from our panel, because listening to that interview at the desk and seeming to applaud joe lycett, the comedian. i love it! this morning, we ll bejoined by two prime ministers new zealand s jacinda ardern and by the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina. the key issue at
budget unleashed a torrent from institutions. most of it negative. the bank of england is forced to intervene to bring stability to the financial markets. emergency help was needed, but amid the turmoil, the government is still refusing to change its plans. what about the reporting of the story? did the media and bbc news in particular present too apocalyptic? particular present too apocalyptic a picture of the economic fallout. this caller to the newswatch line thought so. heuo. my name is anthony waites. i just wonder why the bbc doesn t talk about some of the plus sides of this budget and the falling of the pound. it s going to be very cheap for americans to come here on holiday and it s going to make our exports a hell of a lot cheaper than they have been. so, why isn t there a bit more balance? others thought those benefits were mentioned sufficiently. this user of social media tweeting as kiril picked out the bbc s economics editor for praise. the other big story of t
Also this morning rage boils over in court. A father of three girls abused by the doctor of the American Gymnastics Team apologises for his actions and says hes no hero. Talk is cheap. The boss of the fbi hits back at donald trump in a row over a memo that accuses the bureau of bias. In sport, scottish hopes soar as they start the six nations in wales today, and theyre both hoping to snuff out englands hopes of becoming the first side to complete a hatrick of titles in 130 years. Ireland kick off in france. Theyre back, the spice girls say the time is right to explore new opportunities, but what will those those opportunities be . Well try and find out. And ben has the weather. Good morning. Your saturday looks great, damp and cold in most places. There will be snow in some high ground in the north and then the weather looks set to stay cold through the rest of the weekend and into next week. All the details on the way. Looks great. Thanks, ben, see you in a bit. Small businesses affec
At Donald Trumps inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds forhim werent as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible. Many people around the world will be saddened and sickened to see the president of the United States appearing to validate tweets from a far right group. Ten months into this unorthodox and provocative presidency, donald trump still has the capacity to shock. And it wasnt until i became a politician that i realised how nasty, how mean, how vicious and how fake the press can be as the cameras start going off in the background. That antagonistic relationship with the press has been caused, in the opinion of some newswatch viewers, by relentlessly negative reporting on the part of much of the media, including the bbc. Heres paul mctigue others detect what they feel is an obsession with reporting on president trump, bordering on an addiction. For tim weston and gi