:00:00. > :00:08.or Gatwick airports - will be announced by
:00:09. > :00:13.But the Government's official preference,
:00:14. > :00:16.on where to build a new runway, won't be put to a Parliamentary vote
:00:17. > :00:20.And the Prime Minister is to allow colleagues to speak out
:00:21. > :00:25.Some Conservative MPs are unhappy with the position.
:00:26. > :00:28.I think it's deeply disappointing if we fudge and delay this decision,
:00:29. > :00:31.so vital to Britain's interests, so vital to Britain's
:00:32. > :00:36.We'll have more on the latest indications that backing will be
:00:37. > :00:42.Following the killing of a mother and daughter in Lincolnshire,
:00:43. > :00:48.a 15-year-old girl has been convicted of murder.
:00:49. > :00:53.The rising price of fuel and clothing pushing inflation to its
:00:54. > :00:55.highest level for nearly two years. (
:00:56. > :00:58.50 years after the Aberfan disaster, the story of the community's long
:00:59. > :01:02.And we meet Bruce Springsteen to talk about life, music
:01:03. > :01:10.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:
:01:11. > :01:14.Riyad Mahrez scores a crucial opening goal, as Leicester City
:01:15. > :01:16.look to take a huge step towards the Champions League
:01:17. > :01:40.A final decision on whether to expand Heathrow or Gatwick
:01:41. > :01:43.will be announced by the Government next week.
:01:44. > :01:45.But that won't be the end of the matter, because the preference
:01:46. > :01:49.won't be put before MPs for at least another year.
:01:50. > :01:52.And in a highly unusual move, Cabinet ministers who are opposed
:01:53. > :01:55.will be allowed to speak publicly against the plan.
:01:56. > :01:59.That's being seen as a strong hint that backing will be given
:02:00. > :02:01.to Heathrow, which is opposed by the Foreign Secretary,
:02:02. > :02:09.Our deputy political editor, John Pienaar, has the story.
:02:10. > :02:15.The long awaited choice of where and how to expand Britain's airport
:02:16. > :02:19.capacity has hung in the air for over a quarter of a century. It's
:02:20. > :02:24.vital to travel and trade in post Brexit Britain. Today the verdict -
:02:25. > :02:34.a new or extended runway at Heathrow or another at Gatwick has drawn
:02:35. > :02:38.closer. Demos have marched through the years. Parties are split and so
:02:39. > :02:43.is the Cabinet. Education Secretary Justine Greening, seen here shoulder
:02:44. > :02:47.to shoulder with Labour's Shadow Chancellor against Heathrow. And
:02:48. > :02:50.Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, another colleague whose
:02:51. > :02:55.opposition has been loud and clear. I will lie down with you in front of
:02:56. > :02:58.the bull dozers and stop the building, stop the construction of
:02:59. > :03:01.that third runway. Today the Prime Minister wrote to ministers setting
:03:02. > :03:06.out plans to reach a decision and keep her Cabinet from splitting. The
:03:07. > :03:09.time table looks like this: Next week a Cabinet committee meets to
:03:10. > :03:14.recommend a preferred option. Ministers will be free for a time to
:03:15. > :03:17.restate their known views and objections, but they can't actively
:03:18. > :03:23.campaign, which should avoid resignations. Then there will be
:03:24. > :03:28.public consultation. Then in winter 2017/18 Parliament votes on a final
:03:29. > :03:31.plan. Then it could take at least a decade before any runway is built.
:03:32. > :03:34.It's important to get the decision and get it right. We've been waiting
:03:35. > :03:38.for a long time for airport expansion in the UK. We need it.
:03:39. > :03:41.Post-Brexit, if we are going to be an open, trading nation, and looking
:03:42. > :03:46.at new alliances around the world, then we're certainly going to need
:03:47. > :03:49.more airport capacity. Have you changed your mind on Heathrow
:03:50. > :03:53.expansion? Senior ministers, including Boris Johnson, and his
:03:54. > :03:56.fellow opponent to Heathrow expansion, Justine Greening, were at
:03:57. > :04:00.Number Ten today to hear of the deal that's meant to keep them aboard.
:04:01. > :04:03.Not everyone likes. It If you are a minister, if you sit round the
:04:04. > :04:06.Cabinet table, as I've done in the past, you have to go along with the
:04:07. > :04:10.collective decisions or you don't have to be a minister. That's your
:04:11. > :04:15.choice. This fudge, this in-between world, that's unacceptable and it
:04:16. > :04:19.will do great damage to our economy. It's about internal Tory party
:04:20. > :04:23.political issues. We have divisions of opinion in our party as well. But
:04:24. > :04:28.we wouldn't have let that cause us to delay making a decision. Tonight,
:04:29. > :04:31.Boris Johnson seemed to suggest casually as ever, he still hoped the
:04:32. > :04:33.case against Heathrow might yet prevail.
:04:34. > :04:38.REPORTER: Are you going to lie in front of the bull dozers at
:04:39. > :04:42.Heathrow? It's unlikely there will be bull dozers. Take care. Either
:04:43. > :04:46.way there's a distance to travel before this long and hazardous
:04:47. > :04:52.political journey reaches its end. Navigating the course is tricky. The
:04:53. > :04:55.decision taking like the planning process deeply complex and none
:04:56. > :05:01.hurried. Even when a final decision is taken, there's every chance of a
:05:02. > :05:04.legal challenge from the likes of Greenpeace and a queue of local
:05:05. > :05:08.authorities. Those who have been press soing hard for a decision --
:05:09. > :05:11.pressing so hard for a decision will just have to wait, whether they like
:05:12. > :05:14.it or not. Thanks very much.
:05:15. > :05:17.A 15-year-old girl has been found guilty of murdering a woman
:05:18. > :05:19.and her daughter at Spalding in Lincolnshire, in what police said
:05:20. > :05:25.The girl - who can't be named because of her age -
:05:26. > :05:28.had admitted the manslaughter of Elizabeth and Katie Edwards
:05:29. > :05:31.but claimed to have been suffering from a mental disorder.
:05:32. > :05:34.Her teenage boyfriend had already admitted a charge of murder.
:05:35. > :05:38.They'll both be sentenced next month, as Danny Savage reports.
:05:39. > :05:41.Liz Edwards and her daughter Katie were found murdered in their home
:05:42. > :05:46.They were both well liked and adored each other.
:05:47. > :05:49.This crime is exceptional, though, because they were
:05:50. > :05:52.killed by two children, a boyfriend and girlfriend,
:05:53. > :05:56.drawn together by violence and extreme thoughts.
:05:57. > :06:01.She was today found guilty of murder and has never shown any remorse.
:06:02. > :06:04.What makes this case even more shocking is that these two were 14
:06:05. > :06:08.years of age when they planned, committed these callous,
:06:09. > :06:13.senseless and unprovoked attacks on Elizabeth and Katie.
:06:14. > :06:19.This case has left a number of lives in ruins.
:06:20. > :06:22.Liz Edwards, 49-years-old, and enjoying Christmas with the man
:06:23. > :06:25.she was hoping to marry.
:06:26. > :06:35.Friends say she was happy and content.
:06:36. > :06:38.I did notice a change in her, she was a lot happier in herself,
:06:39. > :06:41.she met somebody she could trust, who loved her kid as much
:06:42. > :06:45.as she did, which I thought was really sweet.
:06:46. > :06:48.Jane Blanford also knew Liz Edwards and she has strong views on the two
:06:49. > :06:52.14-year-olds who sat down to watch teen romance vampire films
:06:53. > :06:57.I've got nothing to say, he's just scum.
:06:58. > :07:00.I hope he gets locked up and they throw the key away,
:07:01. > :07:03.She could have had a bright future ahead of her.
:07:04. > :07:06.If this didn't happen, he could have had a bright future.
:07:07. > :07:08.I just see it that they've thrown everything all away.
:07:09. > :07:11.And they didn't just throw everything away on a whim,
:07:12. > :07:14.the two teenagers planned these murders in detail.
:07:15. > :07:17.They went and sat in a local McDonald's to plot.
:07:18. > :07:21.And on the night of the killings, the boy walked along
:07:22. > :07:24.this river in the dark to rendezvous with the girl,
:07:25. > :07:27.carrying kitchen knives to kill their victims.
:07:28. > :07:31.What happened next was described in court as cold, calculated,
:07:32. > :07:37.The girl told police she'd felt like murdering for quite
:07:38. > :07:40.a while and that a gun would have been easier,
:07:41. > :07:47.The murder weapon was shown to the jury, who were asked
:07:48. > :07:50.to consider if the girl was mentally ill.
:07:51. > :07:55.The personal possessions of the victims have now gone
:07:56. > :07:58.from an end terrace in a Lincolnshire cul-de-sac.
:07:59. > :08:01.The two killers of this mother and daughter cannot be named
:08:02. > :08:06.That may change when they're sentenced next month.
:08:07. > :08:13.The rate of inflation has risen to its highest level
:08:14. > :08:16.for nearly two years, with some experts warning it
:08:17. > :08:20.could be driven significantly higher by the fall in the value
:08:21. > :08:22.of the pound, following the vote to leave the EU.
:08:23. > :08:25.The Consumer Price Index hit 1% last month, driven by higher fuel
:08:26. > :08:30.The impact will start to be felt by millions of public sector
:08:31. > :08:32.workers and families on benefits and tax credits,
:08:33. > :08:38.as our economics editor, Kamal Ahmed, explains.
:08:39. > :08:43.How much we pay to fill up with fuel.
:08:44. > :08:46.How much we pay for what we wear all have increased in price
:08:47. > :08:51.as inflation starts to march upward and it is just the start.
:08:52. > :08:54.I think it's fair to say that the trajectory for inflation
:08:55. > :08:58.from here is likely to the up side and that really is largely
:08:59. > :09:01.as the falls in the currency start to feed through to
:09:02. > :09:06.We've only just started seeing signs of that.
:09:07. > :09:11.Clothing prices were 6% higher last month as stores slowed
:09:12. > :09:17.Restaurant and hotel prices were also up by 0.7% after summer
:09:18. > :09:24.bargains ended and fuel crept up a little to 111 pence per litre
:09:25. > :09:29.compared to 110 pence last year, a small increase with larger rises
:09:30. > :09:38.Well, currently there's a bit of a double whammy,
:09:39. > :09:41.the main factor is the pound is so much weaker against the dollar,
:09:42. > :09:46.We buy our fuel in dollars, so that affects us and then,
:09:47. > :09:49.on the other side, Opec and Russia are talking about cutting back
:09:50. > :09:53.on production, so that puts the crude price up.
:09:54. > :09:55.Higher prices for fuel, higher prices for food are difficult
:09:56. > :09:58.for people to pay particularly if they are on lower incomes.
:09:59. > :10:01.They're also difficult politically, Theresa May knows there is one key
:10:02. > :10:05.equation in politics - if inflation is rising
:10:06. > :10:08.faster than incomes, then people feel worse off and that
:10:09. > :10:17.That political risk could crystallise as early as next year
:10:18. > :10:21.with predictions inflation could rise above 3%.
:10:22. > :10:24.With the Government also freezing benefits for people in work,
:10:25. > :10:28.the just managing classes could be hit hardest.
:10:29. > :10:31.Theresa May's made it clear that she wants to help those
:10:32. > :10:34.families that are just about managing or kind
:10:35. > :10:37.of struggling to get by, but actually that's exactly the kind
:10:38. > :10:42.of group of families that this freeze in working age benefits
:10:43. > :10:46.affects because it doesn't just affect out of work households
:10:47. > :10:48.claiming benefits, but in-work households claiming things
:10:49. > :10:53.As those benefits stay flat in cash terms, if prices rise,
:10:54. > :10:56.they're going to find it harder to afford things like food and fuel
:10:57. > :11:02.The head of Tesco in the UK said that food inflation was lethal
:11:03. > :11:06.A little inflation might be good for the economy,
:11:07. > :11:09.but too much and the consumer will soon start to feel
:11:10. > :11:17.President Obama has said he's confident that the battle
:11:18. > :11:20.to to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from so-called Islamic
:11:21. > :11:26.Mr Obama was speaking on the second day of the military offensive,
:11:27. > :11:28.which has seen Iraqi security forces, backed by coalition air
:11:29. > :11:30.strikes, taking several villages in the south.
:11:31. > :11:33.In the north east, Kurdish forces - known as the Peshmerga -
:11:34. > :11:36.are also closing in on the city, which has a million inhabitants.
:11:37. > :11:38.Our correspondent, Orla Guerin, is travelling with them
:11:39. > :11:44.In the distance, Mosul, a city in waiting for deliverance
:11:45. > :11:51.It's the last bastion of IS in Iraq, but for how much longer?
:11:52. > :11:55.As the net closes on so-called Islamic State, the risks
:11:56. > :11:59.are increasing for those trapped down below in Mosul.
:12:00. > :12:03.There's the danger of coalition air strikes, IS could try to use
:12:04. > :12:07.the local population as human shields and if and when Iraqi forces
:12:08. > :12:12.make it inside the city, they could be caught
:12:13. > :12:19.Here's what IS wants you to see from inside Mosul, it's latest
:12:20. > :12:22.propaganda video paints a picture of normality.
:12:23. > :12:26.The message is, all's well, anyone daring to say
:12:27. > :12:32."Thank God everything is fine", says this man.
:12:33. > :12:44.But some in Mosul are challenging the extremists.
:12:45. > :12:48.This video, from one activist network, shows a recent attack
:12:49. > :12:55.We made contact with the network's founder outside the city,
:12:56. > :13:02.for his own safety, we can't identify him.
:13:03. > :13:09."We are divided into eight groups, each has their own plan
:13:10. > :13:12.Some will destroy communications equipment, some will
:13:13. > :13:15.We have assault rifles an rocket-propelled grenades,
:13:16. > :13:18.but we can't rise up until the security forces get
:13:19. > :13:27.Victory over the extremists can look like this.
:13:28. > :13:31.A year ago they were driven from Abu Mohammad village by air
:13:32. > :13:35.strikes and the Peshmerga, troops from Iraq's autonomous
:13:36. > :13:44.They took us to see what IS may have in store when the battle
:13:45. > :13:50.Here a homemade chemical weapon, chlorine gas attached
:13:51. > :13:54.to an improvised mortar, crude but potentially lethal.
:13:55. > :13:57.The fuses have already been removed.
:13:58. > :13:59.How many of these did you find?
:14:00. > :14:08.Some are fleeing areas near Mosul as troops advance.
:14:09. > :14:13.There could be many more to follow if they can find a way,
:14:14. > :14:18.but Kurdish sources told us IS executed 15 civilians in one
:14:19. > :14:22.village yesterday, just for trying to escape.
:14:23. > :14:28.Orla Guerin, BBC News, east of Mosul.
:14:29. > :14:30.Concerns about the leadership of the inquiry into historical child
:14:31. > :14:34.sexual abuse in England and Wales were reported to the Home Office
:14:35. > :14:37.in April more than three months before Dame Lowell Goddard resigned
:14:38. > :14:42.That was the evidence presented to the Home Affairs
:14:43. > :14:47.Dame Lowell was the third head to quit the inquiry.
:14:48. > :14:51.Our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds, has the story.
:14:52. > :14:54.The panel of experts running Britain's massive child abuse
:14:55. > :14:58.inquiry arriving for a grilling about its troubles, including
:14:59. > :15:03.the breakdown in relations between them and their former chair,
:15:04. > :15:07.Dame Lowell Goddard, followed by her resignation.
:15:08. > :15:11.It was clear from the beginning that Lowell Goddard really
:15:12. > :15:14.would have preferred to sit on her own without the assistance
:15:15. > :15:29.There were challenges. However...
:15:30. > :15:30.That's a very all-encompassing word "challenges" usually?
:15:31. > :15:32.Well, and indeed there were some fairly all-encompassing
:15:33. > :15:35.The panel had concerns about the qualities of leadership
:15:36. > :15:38.that were being evidenced through the course of the inquiry.
:15:39. > :15:40.Was she a nightmare to work, as some papers have suggested?
:15:41. > :15:45.I would prefer to say that there were challenges.
:15:46. > :15:55.Dame Lowell was appointed in February 2015,
:15:56. > :15:58.but the Home Office - which set up the inquiry -
:15:59. > :16:01.says it only became aware of problems on the 29th July this year.
:16:02. > :16:03.Lowell Goddard resigned six days later, so did the Home Office
:16:04. > :16:08.The answer to that is a categorical, no.
:16:09. > :16:12.There's nothing in the Home Office records to suggest any of my staff
:16:13. > :16:14.dealing with the inquiry were aware, until it was brought
:16:15. > :16:19.Except that, months earlier, a Home Office Director General,
:16:20. > :16:22.Mary Calam, was tipped off by the inquiry, but agreed
:16:23. > :16:26.One problem for the Home Office is that the inquiry
:16:27. > :16:33.There are victims' groups which are deeply concerned
:16:34. > :16:36.at the number of Home Office staff working on the inquiry and some
:16:37. > :16:38.of them are strong supporters of Dame Lowell Goddard.
:16:39. > :16:42.If the Government had intervened, it might have been accused
:16:43. > :16:44.of interfering, a new row, and the inquiry has had
:16:45. > :16:48.Perhaps that's why the Home Secretary gave this reason
:16:49. > :16:54.She was a long way from home and she decided to step down.
:16:55. > :16:56...when giving evidence to MPs in September, without mentioning
:16:57. > :17:01.Today one member of the committee said they'd been misled.
:17:02. > :17:12.This week, the people of Aberfan in South Wales are having to relive
:17:13. > :17:15.the terrible events of half a century ago, when a mountain
:17:16. > :17:17.of coal waste collapsed onto the village school,
:17:18. > :17:20.claiming the lives of 116 children and 28 adults.
:17:21. > :17:27.The scale of the disaster made headlines around the world,
:17:28. > :17:29.and people gave generously to support the community.
:17:30. > :17:32.But the families of Aberfan had to fight for decades to get justice,
:17:33. > :17:35.a fight that started on that Friday morning in October 1966.
:17:36. > :17:38.NEWS REEL: We are now returning to the newsroom.
:17:39. > :17:41.Disaster struck suddenly this morning at the small Welsh
:17:42. > :17:45.coalmining village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil.
:17:46. > :17:49.At 9.15am, on the last morning of lessons before half-term,
:17:50. > :17:55.Pantglas Junior School was buried underneath a mountain of coal waste.
:17:56. > :17:57.The scale of the loss, 116 children and 28 adults,
:17:58. > :18:02.is still difficult to comprehend, half a century later.
:18:03. > :18:04.What happened at Aberfan was one of the greatest disasters
:18:05. > :18:07.in the modern history of Wales, indeed the modern history
:18:08. > :18:10.of the United Kingdom, and it's important to get one thing clear,
:18:11. > :18:16.It was a man made disaster, it was entirely foreseeable and it
:18:17. > :18:23.of negligence, arrogance and incompetence.
:18:24. > :18:27.One of those who survived the disaster, her life
:18:28. > :18:31.still overshadowed by the events of 50 years ago, is Gaynor Madgwick.
:18:32. > :18:34.She was eight at the time and lost her brother Carl and sister
:18:35. > :18:36.Marylyn on that day, she's since written a book
:18:37. > :18:40.We met in the memorial garden on the site of
:18:41. > :18:46.The ceiling of the school had come in and it landed on half
:18:47. > :18:50.the children and I had a radiator, that had come off the wall,
:18:51. > :18:58.I just remember looking at another friend of ours, who had literally
:18:59. > :19:01.tried to climb up through the roof, which was on top of the children,
:19:02. > :19:04.and she said, "I'm going to get help, I'm going
:19:05. > :19:10.I was whisked away in the ambulance to St Tydfil's Hospital
:19:11. > :19:16.and I remained there, isolated I feel, for over three months.
:19:17. > :19:20.And it was then, in the evening time, that I was told
:19:21. > :19:24.that my brother and my sister had died and all my friends had
:19:25. > :19:43.Within weeks of the disaster, an official tribunal was set
:19:44. > :19:45.up, under the Welsh Judge Edmund Davies,
:19:46. > :19:49.ARCHIVE: Well, I should hate to think that anybody
:19:50. > :19:50.would connect me with any whitewashing exercise.
:19:51. > :19:52.But getting straight answers from the National Coal Board,
:19:53. > :19:55.the public body which owned the mines, proved a very
:19:56. > :19:59.The Chairman of the National Coal Board was Lord Robens and he denied
:20:00. > :20:02.any responsibility for the disaster and kept on insisting that it
:20:03. > :20:05.ARCHIVE: We have our normal procedures for ensuring that pits
:20:06. > :20:08.are safe, but I'm bound to say that we have no proceedure that
:20:09. > :20:11.tells us that there is a spring deep down under a mountain.
:20:12. > :20:15.This is the site of the old Merthyr Vale Colliery, this is where
:20:16. > :20:19.the coal waste was put in trams and then sent across the valley
:20:20. > :20:21.and piled high on the mountains opposite and those tips used
:20:22. > :20:26.There was plenty of evidence, based on previous incidents,
:20:27. > :20:29.that piling this waste on wet mountain sides was an exceptionally
:20:30. > :20:35.risky and dangerous thing to do, and yet those warnings were ignored.
:20:36. > :20:38.By the time the report was published, the National Coal Board
:20:39. > :20:43.had been forced to admit that the disaster was foreseeable.
:20:44. > :20:45.It was blamed, unequivocally, for what had happened,
:20:46. > :20:49.but no-one was disciplined or sacked.
:20:50. > :20:51.I only wish that Lord Robens was here today.
:20:52. > :20:54.They should have been sent to jail, lost their jobs.
:20:55. > :20:57.But the battle was far from over, there was still coal tips
:20:58. > :21:01.above Aberfan and people, quite naturally, wanted them gone,
:21:02. > :21:05.but no-one was ready to pay - not the Government, not the Coal
:21:06. > :21:09.The families lobbied the Welsh Office in Cardiff
:21:10. > :21:11.demanding help, what they got instead from the Welsh Secretary,
:21:12. > :21:16.He wanted the local community to use their charity fund
:21:17. > :21:20.ARCHIVE: Of course they will pay what they can afford,
:21:21. > :21:25.but the scheme will depend on what they pay.
:21:26. > :21:29.It took 30 years for the people of Aberfan to regain
:21:30. > :21:33.the money they'd lost, it was finally repaid
:21:34. > :21:36.by the Welsh Government and today the gardens and memorials
:21:37. > :21:40.of the village have been restored giving the families the sense
:21:41. > :21:48.Collectively, we've been able to 50 years get through it as a family.
:21:49. > :21:51.I've always said Aberfan is a family.
:21:52. > :21:54.We've shared our thoughts and feelings, so many good things
:21:55. > :21:56.have come out of Aberfan and have you to think like that.
:21:57. > :22:04.You know, they are courageous, courageous people.
:22:05. > :22:08.That was Gaynor Madgwick, a survivor of the disaster,
:22:09. > :22:11.speaking to me in Aberfan to mark the 50th anniversary.
:22:12. > :22:13.Tonight, at 10.45pm, after the news on BBC One,
:22:14. > :22:22.I'll be telling the full story of Aberfan's long fight for justice.
:22:23. > :22:26.Donald Trump's wife has dismissed the widespread
:22:27. > :22:32.criticism of his conduct, insisting that he's "a gentleman."
:22:33. > :22:35.Melania Trump said that the comments Mr Trump was heard making
:22:36. > :22:37.about women were "inappropriate", but amounted to what
:22:38. > :22:40.Our correspondent, Nick Bryant, has been considering to what extent
:22:41. > :22:42.the Republican presidential candidate is alienating
:22:43. > :22:53.It's pumpkin rolling season in America, a sure sign that polling
:22:54. > :22:56.day is fast approaching and it can't come soon enough for many of these
:22:57. > :22:58.mothers in the suburbs of Philadelphia, deeply offended
:22:59. > :23:01.by Donald Trump's words and alleged behaviour.
:23:02. > :23:03.A new poll, conducted here, suggested he's trailing
:23:04. > :23:09.Hillary Clinton amongst female voters by a staggering 43 points.
:23:10. > :23:12.It just seems part of who he is and I find it just
:23:13. > :23:17.His words are just not something, you know, I want my children to hear
:23:18. > :23:20.and it's just not something that, you know, we want to invite
:23:21. > :23:23.into our house, even though typically I would vote Republican.
:23:24. > :23:25.In an attempt to quell this political storm,
:23:26. > :23:28.a serene Melania Trump has gone on television.
:23:29. > :23:30.A wife, turned character witness, stressing she's
:23:31. > :23:36.Those words, they were offensive to me and they were inappropriate
:23:37. > :23:43.and he apologised to me, and I accept his apology.
:23:44. > :23:46.Even before this scandal, Donald Trump's support amongst
:23:47. > :23:49.Republican women had started to slide, but he still has die
:23:50. > :23:55.Donna is not just still planning to vote for him, but also to clock
:23:56. > :24:03.Well, to be honest with you, I wasn't happy, but I know Mr Trump
:24:04. > :24:08.and I know his heart and he loves this country, and he does
:24:09. > :24:16.Ever since the mid 1960s, more women in America have voted
:24:17. > :24:19.than men and they've often had the decisive say in the suburbs that
:24:20. > :24:23.tend to decide the outcome of presidential elections,
:24:24. > :24:28.but for Donald Trump this has become a nationwide crisis.
:24:29. > :24:31.The Republicans have had a women problem for 30 years,
:24:32. > :24:36.that's how long female voters have supported Democratic presidential
:24:37. > :24:40.candidates at a higher rate than men.
:24:41. > :24:43.But Donald Trump has turned that gender gap into a gaping chasm.
:24:44. > :24:47.One recent poll suggested that Hillary Clinton has a 30
:24:48. > :24:55.Today, protests outside Trump buildings around the country
:24:56. > :24:58.from women sensing the likelihood of what they'd see as poetic justice
:24:59. > :25:00.- the election of America's first female president.
:25:01. > :25:09.Nick Bryant, BBC News, Philadelphia.
:25:10. > :25:11.The current state of American politics is an embarrassment
:25:12. > :25:17.in the eyes of the singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen.
:25:18. > :25:20.He was speaking on a visit to London to launch his autobiography -
:25:21. > :25:23.which has taken seven years to write - and expressed the view that
:25:24. > :25:25.millions of ordinary Americans were being left behind.
:25:26. > :25:35.He spoke to our arts editor, Will Gompertz.
:25:36. > :25:40.Bruce Springsteen wrote Born to Run sitting on the edge of his bed in
:25:41. > :25:46.his rented cottage. It was a humble beginning for a song that would
:25:47. > :25:51.launch this man from Newses Jersey into rock-and-roll superstar doom.
:25:52. > :25:59.I had two records out. They hadn't done that well. I had only a few
:26:00. > :26:07.record deals. This was my last shot. Initially I have the riff, it's a
:26:08. > :26:12.Duwayne Eddie, riff, basically. Then I had the chorus... Babe yes we were
:26:13. > :26:15.born to run. I couldn't get the rememberses. I spent six months
:26:16. > :26:20.writing it and six months recording it. It developed as it went along
:26:21. > :26:25.into this, into this very, big piece of music. Is that the moment you
:26:26. > :26:28.think - you found your voice, you found yourself, you found Bruce
:26:29. > :26:33.Springsteen? Yeah. One of the few records where I made, after we mixed
:26:34. > :26:37.it, I came home, I I put it on the next morning and said - that's
:26:38. > :26:42.exactly what I wanted it to sound like.
:26:43. > :26:50.# We go down to the river... # You talk about depression. You are
:26:51. > :26:55.32 years old, in the car, and this phrase rang out at me "toxic
:26:56. > :27:01.confusion." What does that mean? You hit a wall. You hit a wall where you
:27:02. > :27:06.simply don't know what to do with the next day. You are uncomfortable
:27:07. > :27:10.with your skin. Unsatisfied with where you are. Completely at loose
:27:11. > :27:16.ends. You don't know how to continue constructing your life. You don't
:27:17. > :27:25.know... You just don't know how to Stepney further.
:27:26. > :27:27.# Oh, down to the river we'd ride... #
:27:28. > :27:30.very unpredictable, but It's toxic confusion would be a good
:27:31. > :27:34.description of where you sit once it lands on you.
:27:35. > :27:41.# Born in the USA # I was born in the USA... #
:27:42. > :27:48.Your country today, what's going on? I'm not going to be able to explain
:27:49. > :27:54.that to you! Part of what's going on is you have 30 or 40 years of
:27:55. > :27:57.deindustrialisation and the globalisation of the economy. So
:27:58. > :28:03.there are a lot of people that were left out of that. Whose voices have
:28:04. > :28:08.been fundamentally ignored and not heard. Why aren't the Democrats
:28:09. > :28:11.doing that? They address it more than Republicans do. You know. But
:28:12. > :28:19.I'm still not sure it's being addressed on a deep enough level to
:28:20. > :28:22.provide answers to until a dem God like Trump comes along who appears
:28:23. > :28:27.to be listening whochl has very simple answers to very, very
:28:28. > :28:34.complicated and difficult questions. I think he's a conman and they are
:28:35. > :28:42.getting plagued, but, you know, if you've been... I know if I was... If
:28:43. > :28:46.I couldn't play music tomorrow and had to fine another completely
:28:47. > :28:51.different line of work. I have no idea what I do He says going into
:28:52. > :28:56.politics isn't a career option. He's going to stick with the day job and
:28:57. > :29:05.let his music do the talking. Will Gompertz, BBC News.
:29:06. > :29:07.Britain's medal-winning Olympic and Paralympic athletes were invited
:29:08. > :29:09.to Buckingham Palace this evening and were greeted by members
:29:10. > :29:11.of the Royal Family, including the Queen
:29:12. > :29:18.The reception marked the end of two days of parades,
:29:19. > :29:26.in Manchester and in London, to celebrate their success
:29:27. > :29:28.at the Rio Games, as Natalie Pirks has this report.
:29:29. > :29:31.With 240 guests to host, you could forgive the Queen for not
:29:32. > :29:36.But to take an active interest in the hockey team's injuries went
:29:37. > :29:42.Whilst some Paralympians gave Her Majesty a lesson
:29:43. > :29:45.in rattling medals, others were quizzed on the matters
:29:46. > :29:50.She was wondering how I was not managing to break my neck
:29:51. > :29:54.It's the question that I got asked quite a lot, actually.
:29:55. > :29:56.But, yes, she seemed very lovely, bless her.
:29:57. > :29:58.So what did you say when she asked you that?
:29:59. > :30:01.I told that they were making my neck very sore,
:30:02. > :30:06.The Duchess of Cambridge is known for her love of hockey.
:30:07. > :30:09.Catherine came bounding in when you won.
:30:10. > :30:13.The Prince told the all conquering team she "bounded in" to break
:30:14. > :30:18.No bounding, but plenty of patriotism from Adam Peaty.
:30:19. > :30:20.For Britain's first gold medallist at the Rio Olympics,
:30:21. > :30:29.It is, you know, a huge honour to be here and just to be in this kind
:30:30. > :30:32.of building is, you know, I'm a hugely patriotic guy,
:30:33. > :30:36.This is why you win golds, for stuff like this and you get
:30:37. > :30:41.Earlier today, in Trafalgar Square, it was a less formal affair.
:30:42. > :30:47.Time now for the athletes to relax and take a well-earned holiday.
:30:48. > :30:50.Many will surely be back to the Palace though
:30:51. > :30:52.when the New Year's Honours list is announced.
:30:53. > :30:58.Newsnight's about to begin over on BBC Two in a few moments.
:30:59. > :31:14.50 years ago, the BBC lay Cathy Come Home stunned the nation,
:31:15. > :31:18.50 years on, we still have huge problems with housing.
:31:19. > :31:21.We'll be asking if we can ever get a decent home for all.
:31:22. > :31:23.Join me now on BBC Two, 11.00pm in Scotland.
:31:24. > :31:27.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.