17/05/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten - too many jails in England and Wales

are not fit for purpose, according to the Chief Inspector of Prisons.

There are deepening concerns about safety and security,

with a sharp rise in the number of incidents being reported.

Across the UK, emergency services are being called out to prisons

Some of these prisons are failing, there is no doubt about that.

So I suppose the answer, the honest answer to your question is, yes,

some prisons are not fit for their purpose.

We'll have an exclusive report on the state of prisons

and the burden being placed on emergency services.

After Boris Johnson drew a parallel between Hitler and the EU,

He is behaving now irresponsibly and recklessly and I fear

The lessons from Finland, where the French are building

a nuclear power plant, similar to one planned for the UK.

And the treasures of ancient Egypt, raised from the sea bed,

now on display at the British Museum.

Coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News:

Their match was postponed on Sunday, but Manchester United

and Bournemouth played the last match of the season.

Dozens of jails in England and Wales are not fit for purpose,

according to the Chief Inspector of Prisons, highlighting the growing

Figures obtained by BBC News show that emergency services

are being called out to incidents in prisons across the UK every 20

It represents a rise of more than 50% in prison

The Chief Inspector says that problems in jails

are having a draining effect on the Ambulance Service

Our special correspondent, Lucy Manning, has the story.

Wandsworth Jail, two weeks ago, and in the prison yard a fight

breaks out, one prisoner is beaten and stabbed.

It's a fight between an Albanian gang and a local one over

the control of the supply of drugs on the wing.

For the new Chief Inspector of Prisons, it's a toxic mix.

The biggest single challenge is violence.

The levels of violence in our prisons are

Last year there were 100 self-inflicted deaths.

There were 32,000 incidents of self-harm.

With legal highs fuelling violence and health problems inside,

combined with mental health challenges and too few staff,

Are some of the prisons that you're seeing not fit

If the purpose is to develop an environment in which meaningful

rehabilitation and resettlement can take place then, again,

some of these prisons are failing, there's no doubt about that.

So, I suppose, the answer, the honest answer to your question

is, yes, some prisons are not fit for their purpose.

Guards have to step in to deal with a prisoner.

For those who spent time in jail, they saw the new synthetic drugs,

like Spice, as the root of the problems.

I've seen it messed up a lot of people.

Literally, people were getting heart attacks and ambulances

were coming in and out every couple of days.

Sometimes you see, like, three ambulances outside

because of the amount of drugs that's coming in from

The BBC has learnt emergency services were called

out to prisons every 20 minutes last year.

Police forces, ambulance trusts and the Fire Service were called out

That's a rise of 50% over the last four years.

The impact which these drugs are having is not, of course,

limited simply to within the prison walls because it has an enormously

draining effect on other services, particularly the Ambulance Service.

There are just too many prisoners on the wings struggling

It is another destabilising factor inside prisons.

I think there needs to be a serious review about the availability

of secure beds outside prisons, so that people can receive treatment

Fewer staff are having to deal with more problems.

I think everyone would like to see more staff in prisons.

I haven't spoken to anybody who thinks that the current staffing

levels are right, or that it wouldn't be a good thing

I think that's self-evident, but obviously we know

The problems inside are laid bare, so many areas that need fixing,

at a time when staff complain there's not enough

We have heard a lot about safety concerns in prisons. This is the

Chief Inspector saying this. One can assume the concerns are at a new

level? It is quite an admission, yes, on the fact that he thinks that

some prisons are "not fit for purpose." Peter Clarke has only been

in the job three months. He is the former head of counter-terrorism at

Scotland Yard. Already, he's found things that deeply concern him. On

the issue of legal highs, he told us that some jails are "completely

destabilised by legal highs" in prison. The Ministry of Justice, on

the figures we found on the level of emergency callouts, say some of

those aren't for significantly violent incidents and that staff

sometimes deal with them, it is a precaution. On Peter Clarke's

comments, the Ministry of Justice accept that more reforms are needed,

more needs to be done in prisons, they want governors to have more

independence to deal with the rehabilitation of prisoners better.

Why rehabilitation matters, it matters to everyone out there. Too

many prisoners are coming out and reoffending. Tomorrow, we will get

more detail in the Queen's Speech and tomorrow we will be inside

Wandsworth Prison for a Special Report and we will also be asking

the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, whether he agrees that some prisons

are "not fit for purpose." Thank you very much. Lucy Manning, our special

correspondent. It's policies that matter,

not personal attacks - that's the response

from Boris Johnson's team following highly-critical remarks

made by the former Conservative The deepening divisons

in Conservative ranks - on Britain's future in the EU -

were exposed when Lord Heseltine accused Boris Johnson

of losing his judgment, with "preposterous,

obscene remarks". Mr Johnson had compared

the EU with Hitler's Our political editor,

Laura Kuenssberg, reports. Outers and Inners were both

desperate to get him on theirs. But with recent claims

about President Obama, invoking Hitler in the EU debate,

and today, claiming, wrongly, that EU interferes

in bunches of bananas, someone who knows a thing or two

about the Tory leadership said I think the strain of the campaign

is beginning to tell on him. This is the most serious decision

Britain has faced in a generation and it's descending into

an extraordinarily nasty situation! People say things they don't mean

because they're trying to win. He is behaving now irresponsibly

and recklessly and I fear Do you think he still could

potentially be the leader Every time he makes one of these

extraordinary utterances, people in the Conservative Party

will question whether he now has Are we going to turn

out on June 23rd His team say tonight

people want the arguments He made his strongest

attack so far on his Tory opponents in the Remain camp,

claiming they're colluding Some of the people on the FTSE 100,

they don't care about uncontrolled But what happens is that their pay

packets go ever higher and higher whereas the wages of most people

in this country have not increased and in some cases have

actually been going down. The decision for all of us is much

bigger than the career of any one But this is a significant slap-down

for Boris Johnson and the bitterness inside the Tory Party

is hard to ignore. But both sides have to make this

feel like it really matters and they've both been

accused of hype. But Labour says the Tory in-fighting

is dragging the whole campaign down. I think the debate has degenerated

into the worst form of negativity and brought out the worst

in Westminster politics. And the negativity has been

overwhelming at times. It's time to turn this debate

around, drive out the politics of despair and offer a vision

for Britain in Europe. But in the glitter of the city,

the Prime Minister claimed today the leader of so-called

Islamic State would be pleased It is worth asking the question,

who would be happy if we left? I suspect al-Baghdadi

might be happy. When we've got a difficult decision

to make, you should ask what it means for your country's prosperity,

what it means for the families, what it means for jobs

and you should ask your friends Boris Johnson had already been

accused of choosing Out If it all goes wrong,

perhaps that decision could be Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News,

Westminster. The Ukip leader, Nigel Farage,

has warned that anger over levels of migration could lead to violence

on the streets - and he insists that the only answer is for Britain

to vote to Leave the European Union. He's been talking to our deputy

political editor, John Pienaar. Nigel Farage, 37 days to go,

are you sure you're going to win? The other side won't talk to me,

so that must be good. When you can think that,

you have cracked it. Not that his desire to see Britain

quit the EU is real, it's his life. He is such a performer that for many

Nigel Farage is the UK Independence Party and,

for him, win or lose, When Isis say they will use this

migrant crisis to flood the Continent with their jihadi

fighters, I suggest we take Well, over a curry

lunch, there is more. Anger over EU migration might, just

might, lead to blood on the streets. I think it's legitimate to say that

if people feel they have lost control completely,

and we have lost control of our borders completely,

as members of the European Union, and if people feel voting doesn't

change anything, then Even in this country,

in peaceful Britain? I find it difficult to contemplate

it happening here, And what if Britain voted to remain,

pressure for a second referendum? The rancour between the two sides

of the Conservative Party is now so great that if the Prime Minister

was to pull off a narrow victory, I have a feeling that a lot of them

wouldn't be reconciled to it. Today's debate audience

showed the Farage effect. In a campaign that is getting

more bitter by the day, To me, I'm afraid he's a Nazi,

he is too far-right. I personally, I think he's been

brandished a racist because he's He is the only person

that is telling us the truth, He is not the kind of guy who stands

with working people. I think he does a good job

of making it look like he is. It was arguably fear of Nigel Farage

and Euro-sceptic feeling that drove David Cameron to promise this

referendum in the first place. People either tend to like him

or loathe him and that is one big reason why the official Vote Leave

campaign is keeping a safe distance. For this political outsider,

nothing would taste sweeter There are 37 days to go,

we are in battle, we are charging Yes, Nigel Farage preaches

best to the converted. But so much depends

on getting your supporters Who's to say he won't

have the last laugh. Some of Britain's biggest private

companies have entered the referendum debate by sending

letters directly to staff outlining the impact a British exit would have

on their businesses. Our business editor,

Simon Jack, is here. What are they saying? If you wanted

to avoid this debate, this is going to be hard because these are

messages dropping into the in-boxes of tens of thousands of employees.

We will start with Microsoft, who say, our view is that the UK should

remain in the EU. Aviva, 17,000 UK employees, they warn the economic

recovery could go into reverse. It is not all one-way traffic, the

chairman of Wetherspoon's says a vote to remain would give power away

to an unelected elite in Brussels. It isn't one-way traffic. The weight

of opinion is with Remain. Is it OK for employers to get involved in

this way? The CBI says it is quite right and proper they should lay out

the facts. The Vote Leave campaign describe this as a Government and

big business stitch-up. A difference of opinion there. One other - the

CBI can say what it likes. As I say, very hard to ignore some of these

messages, everyone if you didn't want to be involved in the campaign,

when it is in your in-box. Sighen -- Simon Jack.

The Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has been hit by a wave of bombings

for the second time in less than a week.

The authorities say more than 60 people were killed

The deadliest blast hit the Sadr City area,

So-called Islamic State have said they were responsible.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire has started

the process of dismissing the Chief Constable,

David Crompton, over his handling of the Hillsborough inquests.

In Bournemouth, where the Police Federation

is holding its annual conference, members observed a minute's silence

for those who died in the football stadium disaster in 1989.

The BBC said tonight that people who use its online service to find

recipes will still be able to find them, even after it closes one

The recipes on the BBC Food website will be moved to the separate

Today, more than 130,000 people signed a petition against

A number of families have told the BBC that they

for the leaders of a mental health trust, criticised yesterday,

following the conviction of a man who stabbed an elderly

The family of Matthew Daley said it had pleaded with the NHS

to section him before the events of last year.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has apologised

for its role and says it has commissioned a review into 10

Our correspondent, Michael Buchanan, has the details.

He told us that he was going to murder my mother.

So you've got a man in his 60s saying that he's going to pick

up the cordial bottle, smash my mother over the head

as she walks into the room and beat her to death

That should have been taken exceptionally seriously.

Joseph Goswell's father had often threatened to murder his wife.

Roger Goswell, who had mental health problems, stabbed his wife, Susan,

What do you remember about the day you found out your mother had

I wouldn't want to wish that on anybody, especially

The family had begged for help from the local mental health trust,

Sussex Partnership, warning their mother's life

Her death is now one of 10 murders since 2007

killings carried out by patients with Sussex Partnership.

The Trust say that while each individual incident was identified

this review will allow them to look into whether there were common

themes across them all, whether mistakes were repeatedly

made or whether lessons were simply not learned.

The review comes after Sussex Partnership was severely

criticised during the trial of Matthew Daley.

He was found guilty yesterday of the manslaughter of Donald Lock.

The Daley family had repeatedly asked the Trust to help their son.

The Trust have apologised to both families and now lodged this review.

We know that whenever there's a tragic incident

it has repercussions, not just to both families,

but also has ripples across whole communities who may lose trust

in our services and we absolutely don't want that obviously to occur.

So we know that we need to make sure that we're doing absolutely

everything possible to ensure that we learn lessons quickly

and that we change practices as a result.

Official figures show around 50 people on average are killed each

year in England by people with mental health problems.

The families of these victims were sometimes as angry with the NHS

as they were with those who committed the crimes.

This review, to be published in the summer, will examine

whether one Trust could have prevented so much heartache.

Michael Buchanan, BBC News, Worthing in Sussex.

President Hollande says that the plans by the French

to build two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in

It follows warnings from colleagues about the costs - now

estimated at ?21 billion - and concerns in some quarters

The first of this kind of reactor is being built in Finland but,

as our science editor David Shukman tells us,

A remote shoreline in Finland is the scene for a long-running saga

about nuclear power that's highly relevant to Britain.

A French company, Areva, is building the first

Here they're testing the system that'll handle the radioactive fuel,

part of a project that's proved far tougher than expected.

This is the largest nuclear reactor anyone has ever attempted to build.

It's designed to generate more electricity than any previous

It's also meant to be easier to construct,

but things haven't exactly worked out that way.

Under current timings, it'll be nine years late.

The scale of the work is spectacular and that may be one reason why

there have been so many delays in construction.

Known as a European pressurised reactor, or EPR, it's designed

The operating concept is the same as for a pressurised water reactor.

Uranium inside fuel rods goes through a chain reaction,

heating water to create steam to drive turbines,

but it also has two thick walls of reinforced concrete to shield

the reactor in case a plane hits it and a system that lies

underneath to trap any nuclear material if there's a meltdown.

The Control Room is now ready, but it's been such a struggle to get

this far that a difficult question has come up - is the new reactor

We know when we'll deliver electricity.

I'm not sure a nine year delay is normal, is it?

We have already said that here and we're not discussing

The project here is extremely awkward for Areva and it's taken

so long to build this vast reactor that the costs have trebled.

So after all the delays and problems with this reactor,

what are the risks of all of this happening again

with the construction of two of these at Hinkley

Well, the company behind that plan, EDF, says it's watched

the experience here and has learnt lessons.

Its officials believe that, with better management,

EDF says it's using 3D computer models to plan

the construction at Hinkley Point, mapping every single component

and scheduling literally every task, but there isn't yet an example

This one in Normandy is years late, so are two in China,

but a Finnish power company, which was the first to order one,

If you had the choice, would you choose to build

Let me come back to that question when we have this up and running.

You want to see this working first?

Let's return to that question when this is in operation.

It's now down to a painstaking check of hundreds of miles of cable.

The power station is supposed to be working in a couple of years.

That does now seem plausible, but what matters for Britain

is whether the task will become any easier.

Cheaper air fares has helped inflation fall for the first time

The Office for National Statistics said the rate for April, as measured

by the Consumer Prices Index, fell to 0.3%.

Other factors were falls in the price of vehicles,

A deal has been struck in the Welsh Assembly which clears

the way for Labour's Carwyn Jones to be re-elected as

Last week Assembly members failed to elect a First Minister

after opposition parties united behind a rival candidate -

the leader of Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood.

Carwyn Jones is expected to be confirmed in the role tomorrow.

Nicola Sturgeon has been confirmed as the Scottish Parliament's

Ms Sturgeon, who saw off a challenge from the Scottish Liberal Democrat

leader Willie Rennie, will now be formally

The SNP leader became Scotland's first female First Minister in 2014

The International Olympic Committee says 31 athletes have

tested positive for doping following a re-examination

of samples from the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

All the athletes were preparing to participate in the Rio Games

in Brazil this summer and now face being banned from the competition.

More details from our sports news correspondent, Richard Conway,

What can you tell us, Richard? Well, there's no word tonight, Huw, op the

I dent tease of the 31 athletes placed under suspicion, no word

about any British involvement. The relevant Olympics committees within

their own countries will be notified within the coming days. It's a

significant moment for the International Olympic Committee it's

attempting to get on the front foot in the fight against doping it. Used

its powers to go back up to 10 years to re-examine doping samples that

were given by athletes. It's used new technology and breakthroughs in

science to re-test and to see if any performancing-enhancing drugs have

been used at the time that were perhaps undetected. 250 samples from

the London 2012 Games will also be re-tested. The message from the IOC

President said it was a significant strike against those who would

cheat. It comes at a time for of significant pressure, a decision

looming for the Iaaf, it must decide whether Russian athletes will be

readmitted to international competition in time for the Rio

Games. If any of the 31 caught up under suspicion in this latest

crackdown are Russian that will add to the pressure and the voices that

say Russia should play no part in this summer. The message from the

IOC is that it will use its powers and new technology to go back and

look at those samples. In the end it feels that athletes who do cheat,

they should feel there is nowhere to hide. Huw. Richard, again, thank you

very much for update there at the Olympic Park in East London.

The story of how two lost cities of ancient Egypt were rediscovered

is being told in a major new exhibition at the

They were hidden under the sea for more than 1,000 years.

The lost cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus lay at the mouth

Their discovery is transforming historians' understanding

of the deep connections between the ancient civilisations

of Egypt and Greece as our arts editor, Will Gompertz, explains.

This is Hapi, the ancient Egyptian God of the Nile,

the Lord of the annual flood that brought rich mineral

Ironically then, it was a tsunami that did for this six tonne granite

depiction of the deity whose city, on the mouth of the Nile Delta,

disappeared into a giant sinkhole over 2,000 years ago.

But Hapi is back on terra firma at the British Museum,

reunited with other colossal sculptures that were also buried

And here, now out of his wetsuit, is the French archeologist

Catching up with a couple of old friends?

Let me introduce you to the Pharaoh and the Queen.

It was extremely emotional because we knew, most probably,

that we were on the site of a city, but to find the colossal statue

symbolising that city, at the very first of the excavation

The work of excavating underwater in the Bay of Aboukir is quite

challenging because the visibility is extremely poor and all artefacts

The sculptures and artefacts discovered in the two sunken cities

reveal how the ancient Egyptian and Greek cultures interacted

For me, this culture is representing really the epitome of the mingling

As you can see here, this is a dark local stone,

She's showing a striding, confident pose, which is

a traditional Egyptian pose for Egyptian sculpture.

However, if you look at the transparent garment,

which left very little to the imagination, and how

the sensuality of her body is rendered through this very

clinging drapery, this is very reminiscent of Greek masterpiece.

The stone statues the archeologists have raised from the seabed tell

just a small part of the remarkable story of an ancient Greco-Egyptain

culture which had been lost for over 2,000 years.

This then is chapter one, there's another 90% yet

to be excavated from the two sunken cities.

With just over five weeks to go to the referendum on Britain's

future in the European Union, we're hearing from a range of voters

about the issues that will determine how they vote on June 23rd.

Tonight, we're going to hear from Stuart Main,

My name's Stuart Main, I'm 19 years old, and I'm

I like to spend what free time I have playing games,

so coming to an event like this, to me, is quite a big thing

because it's a lot of people who have the same interests,

but also people I watch play video games and people who actually make

It's quite strange to be this close to somebody I watch

I have been thinking about the EU referendum and my thinking is,

I mean, obviously, there are issues within it and perhaps some things

don't seem as fair as we might like, but the fact is we can't sustain

ourselves as a one nation island, essentially.

I think working as well as being a student has affected my views

because of the fact that the employer I work

with there are a few employees who are from Europe,

There's no reason that we should take that from people

We need these people to kind of keep the country rumbling on.

As somebody who, hopefully, has quite a long future ahead,

I'd like to think that I will be able to travel at some point or go

on holiday at some point, and whilst these a selfish reasons,

because I speak German, I would love to move to Germany day,

which would be a lot easier within the EU.

This is all about doing sweet tricks.

Europe is one of those things that sort of happens

and we're part of it, and that's fine.

I was already in the Remain camp before hand, but when I did research

into it, it occurred to me that, actually, we definitely need

Stuart Main, a student from Dunfermline, with his perspective

The Shadow Chancellor will be here to talk about Boris,

David Cameron and who's winning Project Fear.

That's Newsnight now and 11.00pm in Scotland.

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