17/12/2016 BBC Weekend News

Nearly 250 prisoners are moved after yesterday's

Fires were started in the unrest which lasted 12 hours

As the clean-up operation begins, a warning that the violence

is a symptom of understaffing and overcrowding in jails.

13 off-duty soldiers are killed and 56 injured after another

In rugby union's Champions Cup, Wasps suffer their first European

And a memorial service for the man who helped define America's

supremacy in space - John Glenn.

An investigation's under way after the worst violence

it was described, in an English prison for over 25 years.

Nearly 250 inmates from Birmingham prison have been transferred

to other jails after yesterday's rioting.

Four wings were damaged - two of them seriously.

The Prison Officers Association says more than two hundred

of their members had to be drafted in from other areas to get

Let's go to Birmingham and our correspondent, Dan Johnson.

Extra officers are on duty tonight and there is a easy operation to

still move prisoners. Van Zyl coming and going into the evening. 24 hours

ago this prison was almost lost. The keys and were in charge of about

half of the wings. This is still a prison on the edge.

A prison wing up in flames, apparently broadcast live

The result of a day of rioting when prisoners snatched

the keys and took control, smashing up cells, even

posting pictures wearing officers' riot gear.

Today, we got an idea of the tension that has built up here over recent

weeks from a prisoner released last month.

I would have to say it ends up being an accumulation of things, like not

being able to have a warm shower in the morning.

Or maybe you've been promised certain things, a part of

the regime, but because of staffing shortages, that has had to be

So when inmates rebelled, it took hundreds of riot-team

officers more than 12 hours to restore order

Today, prisoners were being ferried to other jails.

240 of the 600 who rioted have been moved as Birmingham returned to calm

There is significant damage to two wings,

New toilets going in, broken furniture coming out.

Strangeways, Manchester, 26 years ago.

The last time we saw rioting like this, the prison

officers union says, but prison bosses claim modern

issues are behind the current crisis.

Particularly a rise in the number of prisoners who come

into prison with violence, gang-related violence in particular,

and then a whole issue around psychoactive drugs,

legal highs as they used to be euphemistically called -

but our absolutely dangerous things that are now illegal and banned

but have been got into prisons and have changed the

This afternoon, more vans moving more prisoners.

The government says order is returning here,

but across the prison system there are still problems

with drugs and violence, fear and frustration.

Kitted up in case there is more trouble.

Police are investigating how this started and who was involved.

The Justice Secretary says they will face the full force of the law.

The Prison Officers Association has warned this latest unrest

is a symptom of understaffing and overcrowding in jails.

The government's pledged to recruit more officers -

but they won't be available immediately, as our home

affairs correspondent, Danny Shaw, reports.

Places of tension, anger and distress.

Where violence is never far from the surface and prison staff

We saw what it was like at Wandsworth Prison in south

In the past six weeks, the frustration and fury has boiled

First, a serious disturbance at Lewes prison in Sussex.

Then trouble at Bedford jail involving 200 offenders.

A day later two prisoners escaped from Pentonville,

where an inmate had been fatally stabbed the previous month, and now,

We've got to do something about staffing levels

and if we cannot get appropriately trained staff into our jails

as soon as possible, then we might have to look

at executive clemency to reduce the numbers of non-violent offenders

There are some 18,000 front-line prison officers

That is down almost 7000 on the number six years ago.

At the same time, there has been a small rise in the total

Two thirds, according to penal reform campaigners.

Added to all that is the problem of new synthetic drugs that are used

The government is promising extra staff, 2500 over the next two years.

Victorian prisons will be replaced by modern ones and new tests will be

introduced to improve the detection of drugs.

Meanwhile, prisons remain volatile places.

And the potential for trouble is heightened at Christmas,

when prisoners are separated from their families.

13 off-duty soldiers have been killed and 56 others injured

after a suicide car bomb attack in Turkey.

Many of the victims were members of a commando brigade

who were aboard a bus in the central city of Kayseri.

Turkish officials are blaming Kurdish militants.

Our Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen reports from Istanbul.

The latest target in Turkey's wave of terror.

It was hit this morning as it waited at a traffic light

A suicide bomber pulling up in a car.

On board were off-duty soldiers enjoying their weekend leave,

Some of the wounded were taken to intensive care

Kayseri, a largely peaceful industrial city,

TRANSLATION: As a result of this treacherous act,

These events will not weaken our determination

On the contrary, they will strengthen it.

It is a week since Turkey's last attack.

Twin bombs in Istanbul that killed 44 and injured dozens,

Kurdish militants said they were behind those blasts

and the PKK is again the prime suspect today - President Erdogan

referring to them as he blamed the separatist terrorist

Kurdish militants have hit police and military over the past year,

since the ceasefire with the Turkish state broke down.

So-called Islamic State have also bombed Turkey,

but have tended to strike public sites in Istanbul or Ankara.

And so arguably the most turbulent year in Turkey's history has become

even deadlier, as Turks ask which corner

of this country is really safe from the violence.

Reports from Syria suggest a deal is near to resume the evacuation

of thousands of civilians and fighters from rebel-held

Today convoys of buses were seen leaving eastern Aleppo

and were believed to be heading to help evacuate other people in two

villages in the north-east of the country.

Air travellers are facing serious disruption over Christmas as more

than 4,000 British Airways cabin crew at Heathrow are to go

on strike on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, in a row over pay.

Swissport, which employs airport staff, and Virgin Atlantic pilots

A memorial service has taken place for the American

Around 2,500 people gathered in Ohio,

to pay tribute to one of the great pioneers of the space race.

Saying goodbye to the man who came to define America's

supremacy in space - an explorer, leader

Accompanied by Marines - he was one himself,

and a distinguished World War II fighter pilot - John Glenn

made his journey through the sombre streets of Columbus,

The mourners were led by Annie, his wife of 73 years.

Vice-President Joe Biden was one of those who paid tribute.

I think John defined what it meant to be American.

What it meant to be an American, what we were about,

We were a country of possibilities, opportunity.

John Glenn was a pioneer of America's space programme,

whose place in the nation's pantheon of heroes was secured in 1962

when he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

The mission restored US confidence and optimism at a time

when the Soviet Union appeared to be getting the upper hand.

In 1974, he was elected to the Senate and made

an unsuccessful bid for the White House, 10 years later.

But space still beckoned and, at 77, he returned

If I'm still a little round faced here today,

and that comes from the fluid body shift that occurs and that's

something, as I understand it, that goes away over a couple of days

here and you get back to normal again.

But perhaps John Glenn will be remembered most,

not for his achievements, but for being a man who believed

that a life should be spent pursuing something greater than one's self.

Dr Henry Heimlich - the man who invented the life

saving Heimlich manoeuvre - has died.

Doctor Henry J Heimlich, a leading specialist

He devised his famous technique - for preventing choking

victims from suffocating - while working in

He estimated it had prevented the deaths

He himself used the Heimlich manoeuvre just last year, aged 96,

saving the life of a fellow resident in his nursing home.

A photograph of the Queen and the Prince of Wales has been

released to mark the end of the year in which Her Majesty turned 90.

The picture, taken in May, shows mother and son in one

It was taken by fashion photographer Nick Knight.

With all the sport, here's Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes

It's been a dramatic day in Rugby Union's European Champions Cup.

Leicester's hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals were kept

Exeter finally found their cup form but Northampton were heavily beaten

again and Wasps' perfect record was ruined with the last kick

Galway's Showgrounds, intimate but intense. Wasps knew that few go west

and returned with profit. Joe Simpson picked up a nugget, try.

Kayseri are an unlikely success story and they play expansive rugby.

Take Danie Poolman's try and lead. The locals could barely draw breath.

Bassett scored the try that seem to steal it for wasps. The game would

be over if the ball went out. Adeolokun got it down. One kick to

win it, Jack Carty's kick. On the ground that normally hosts

greyhounds on a Saturday, how is this for a photo finish? Munster

scored four tries against Leicester Tigers last time. It took one this

time. But a late twist and kicked. Owain Williams from way out.

Qualification may be a long shot for Leicester but they are quite good at

them. Exeter's hopes are more remote. They beat 14 man Bordeaux,

20-12. Turbulent times at Northampton of late. They have lost

the England captain Dylan Hartley to a six-week ban for violent conduct.

Here the right side of the Saints' defence. Revenge worth five points.

For Northampton, the kind of defeat that can have consequences.

Today's Premier League football was particularly influential

You can see the highlights on Match of the Day later,

so if you don't want to know what happened -

Chelsea stretched their lead at the top of the table to 9 points

after Diego Costa scored the only goal in their win at Crystal Palace.

It's a club record-equalling 11th victory in a row for Chelsea.

There were also wins for Middlesbrough, Sunderland -

who move-off the bottom of the table, West Ham

Celtic's lead in the Scottish Premiership is back up to 11 points.

Ross County won at home to Aberdeen and the other

England's cricketers are still in with a chance

of a consolation win in the final Test against India.

They recovered from a poor start to the second day in Chennai

to reach 477 all out in their first innings -

and Adil Rashid both making half centuries.

In reply, India were 60 without loss at the close of play.

John Higgins staged a remarkable comeback to reach the final

The Scot was 5-1 down to Judd Trump and on the verge of going out

of the tournament but he fought back in Glasgow.

Higgins took five frames in a row to seal his place in the final

The winner of this year's Strictly Come

BBC Sport presenter Ore Oduba.

He and his partner Joanne Clifton collected

He and his partner Joanne Clifton collected the trophy.

You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

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