:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten: Boris Johnson under attack for appearing to compare
:00:09. > :00:13.The Foreign Secretary, visiting India, accused some
:00:14. > :00:19.European leaders of wanting to punish the UK for leaving the EU.
:00:20. > :00:24.If Monsieur Hollande wants to administer punishment beatings
:00:25. > :00:27.to anybody who chooses to escape, rather in the manner of some
:00:28. > :00:34.World War Two Movie, then I don't think that is the way forward.
:00:35. > :00:37.But at the European Parliament, the Prime Minister of Malta warned
:00:38. > :00:39.that Britain could not be seen to benefit from any
:00:40. > :00:44.We want a fair deal for the United Kingdom,
:00:45. > :00:53.but that deal necessarily needs to be inferior to membership.
:00:54. > :00:56.We'll have more on the reaction to the Government's Brexit plans
:00:57. > :00:58.as HSBC says it's decided to move a thousand jobs
:00:59. > :01:06.A special report from the ruins of eastern Aleppo on the likely
:01:07. > :01:14.Foreign intervention has transformed this war,
:01:15. > :01:18.and the way it's looking right now, foreigners, not Syrians,
:01:19. > :01:29.Climate scientists declare that 2016 was the warmest year on record.
:01:30. > :01:31.Extra news - how will this new website funded
:01:32. > :01:38.by a millionaire Eurosceptic fit in to the media landscape?
:01:39. > :01:41.And tributes to Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, one of the great
:01:42. > :01:48.Coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News,
:01:49. > :01:50.we will have the goals from tonight's FA Cup
:01:51. > :01:51.third-round replays, including Liverpool's
:01:52. > :02:19.Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, has once again been
:02:20. > :02:21.criticised for his choice of language after appearing
:02:22. > :02:24.to compare the French government to the Nazis.
:02:25. > :02:27.He said Britain should not be penalised with punishment beatings
:02:28. > :02:30.in the manner of a World War Two movie for wanting to leave
:02:31. > :02:33.During the day, EU leaders have been giving their reactions
:02:34. > :02:39.to Theresa May's speech yesterday outlining her Brexit ambitions.
:02:40. > :02:41.The European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker promised to work
:02:42. > :02:44.for good results in the forthcoming negotiations, as our political
:02:45. > :02:51.Watch out, chaps, I'm worried about you falling over.
:02:52. > :02:55."Watch out, Foreign Secretary," more like.
:02:56. > :02:58.It is his job to win friends and influence around the world.
:02:59. > :03:03.But as the delicate process of leaving the EU begins,
:03:04. > :03:05.rather indelicate words about our old friends
:03:06. > :03:10.If Monsieur Hollande wants to administer punishment beatings
:03:11. > :03:16.to anybody who chooses to escape, rather in the manner of some
:03:17. > :03:22.World War II movie, I don't think that is the way forward.
:03:23. > :03:24.I think, actually, it is not in the interests of our
:03:25. > :03:33.From thousands of miles away, he was slammed as crass.
:03:34. > :03:35."Not exactly what you would expect from a Foreign Minister,"
:03:36. > :03:39.Awkward, when back home the Prime Minister is urging
:03:40. > :03:45.The point he made was a reasonable one, but the language has got to be
:03:46. > :03:47.extremely careful in dealing with colleagues and friends.
:03:48. > :03:50.He comes up with these extraordinary phrases
:03:51. > :03:55.Boris Johnson's team says he was just making the point that it
:03:56. > :03:59.makes no sense for the rest of the EU to treat Britain harshly.
:04:00. > :04:01.But only yesterday, Theresa May publicly reminded ministers
:04:02. > :04:05.here at home of the need for discipline and with a difficult
:04:06. > :04:10.deal ahead, Britain needs all the friends it has.
:04:11. > :04:13.Language matters, but it is the words and attitudes of European
:04:14. > :04:20.Yesterday, the Prime Minister appealed to her EU counterparts,
:04:21. > :04:23.urging them to behave as good friends, even as we leave.
:04:24. > :04:26.The arch European Jean-Claude Juncker, who leads the commission
:04:27. > :04:30.that will manage the deal was suing for peace.
:04:31. > :04:36.We want a fair deal with Britain and a fair deal for Britain,
:04:37. > :04:39.but a fair deal means a fair deal for the European Union.
:04:40. > :04:43.Yet Europe's leaders are in no mood to let Britain divide and conquer.
:04:44. > :04:47.Their goal right now is sticking together.
:04:48. > :04:49."We now have a clearer idea of what Britain
:04:50. > :04:51.wants," Angela Merkel said, "The most important thing is that
:04:52. > :04:58.And in public and private, here is the reality.
:04:59. > :05:01.Whatever the UK asks for, the rest of the EU will not do
:05:02. > :05:07.a deal where the terms of trade are as cushy outside as in.
:05:08. > :05:10.We want a fair deal for the United Kingdom,
:05:11. > :05:18.but that deal necessarily needs to be inferior to membership.
:05:19. > :05:21.Are you playing hardball, Prime Minister?
:05:22. > :05:25.She may smile, her speech yesterday pleased most of her party,
:05:26. > :05:27.but Theresa May is still under attack for not giving
:05:28. > :05:33.It is not so much the Iron Lady as the Irony Lady.
:05:34. > :05:40.Next Tuesday it is over to the courts, who could force
:05:41. > :05:44.the Government to give detail, much more detail, to Parliament,
:05:45. > :05:46.before the technical process of extricating ourselves
:05:47. > :05:51.In these negotiations it will not always seem that
:05:52. > :06:00.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
:06:01. > :06:05.In a moment we'll talk to our business editor Simon Jack,
:06:06. > :06:08.who's at the World Economic Forum in Davos, but first let's talk
:06:09. > :06:09.to our Europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas,
:06:10. > :06:22.What did you make of the responses today? I think two things, Theresa
:06:23. > :06:28.May's plan depends on achieving a far-reaching trade deal with the EU.
:06:29. > :06:32.Their voices in the UK who say we are already in the free market, we
:06:33. > :06:37.have free trade, that should be easy. EU leaders have said
:06:38. > :06:42.consistently that this will be a very, very difficult negotiation
:06:43. > :06:45.because, they say, Theresa May has prioritised a political decision to
:06:46. > :06:50.prevent the freedom of movement of people and so leave the single
:06:51. > :06:54.market. Outside it, they say, access will be much more limited. They say
:06:55. > :07:01.it is not punishing the UK, it is the consequence of decisions taken
:07:02. > :07:03.by the UK. Few here think the time frame of two
:07:04. > :07:07.years is really achievable. The reason for that, I think, is they
:07:08. > :07:12.say there is the expert negotiation to agree first, then the question of
:07:13. > :07:15.the future trade deal. The Maltese Prime Minister said EU leaders have
:07:16. > :07:19.not decided if they will let the UK start talking about trade deals
:07:20. > :07:24.straightaway until it are settled the terms of Exeter, including,
:07:25. > :07:26.possibly, a bill for billions and billions of pounds.
:07:27. > :07:33.Simon isn't Davos. Rash is in Davos. Simon, Theresa May has
:07:34. > :07:35.arrived in Davos tonight, but there's some unwelcome news
:07:36. > :07:40.from HSBC? The guilt she will arrive to the
:07:41. > :07:45.news that HSBC was not bluffing when it said it would move 1000 of its
:07:46. > :07:49.highly paid bankers from London to Paris if the UK let the single
:07:50. > :07:55.market. They have made it clear that that will happen, they will take 20%
:07:56. > :07:59.of the UK banking revenue with them. The chairman of UBS told me they
:08:00. > :08:05.could move up to 1000 workers from London to, probably, from third.
:08:06. > :08:09.Some people would say, so what? But there are two important messages.
:08:10. > :08:14.Two big banks have decided that London, outside the single market,
:08:15. > :08:19.is -- is not the optimal place to provide services to European
:08:20. > :08:22.clients. These are very highly paid people. Whether you like it or not,
:08:23. > :08:26.they are paid hundreds of thousands of pounds each and they pay a lot of
:08:27. > :08:31.income tax. With the revenue from the bank they are taking MBA can tax
:08:32. > :08:35.being taken away, there will be a hit to the Exchequer.
:08:36. > :08:41.These are not contingency plans any more, they are plans that are
:08:42. > :08:43.becoming a reality. Simon and Damian, thank you both.
:08:44. > :08:46.The United Nations says it believes 40,000 people have returned
:08:47. > :08:48.to their homes in eastern Aleppo, the city devastated
:08:49. > :08:52.Most are living on aid in very difficult conditions.
:08:53. > :08:57.It became a major battle ground in the summer of 2012.
:08:58. > :09:00.As recently as August last year this was the picture -
:09:01. > :09:06.a city divided with regime forces in the west rebels in the east.
:09:07. > :09:09.But Government forces cut off the rebels' supply lines and in just
:09:10. > :09:13.a few months they were able to take full control.
:09:14. > :09:16.Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has been to east Aleppo,
:09:17. > :09:28.The final battle for Aleppo swept through the city like a man-made
:09:29. > :09:32.All sides in this war were prepared to destroy
:09:33. > :09:38.In the end, the firepower of the regime and its
:09:39. > :09:41.Russian and Ukrainian allies was too much for the fractious rebel
:09:42. > :09:48.coalition that controlled east Aleppo.
:09:49. > :09:50.This city is the key to northern Syria.
:09:51. > :09:52.Right across the country, rebels who are still
:09:53. > :10:08.The battle for Aleppo lasted four years.
:10:09. > :10:15.More than 200,000 civilians were trapped in the heat of the fight.
:10:16. > :10:20.Attacks on civilians by any side in the war are crimes if it can be
:10:21. > :10:28.Zakaria Mohammed Juma lost his leg in East
:10:29. > :10:34.At a clinic run by the International Committee
:10:35. > :10:37.of the Red Cross, he is being measured for a prosthesis.
:10:38. > :10:43.When you can't walk, supporting a family is
:10:44. > :10:56.It will take years and billions to rebuild.
:10:57. > :10:59.The east side of Aleppo and much of the old city in
:11:00. > :11:03.With a photo of his clothes shop, Salah stood in front of where
:11:04. > :11:08.I've seen this much damage elsewhere in Syria, but never
:11:09. > :11:15.Abu Mahmoud is one of the first to return to his
:11:16. > :11:20.If only they'd take away the rubble, he said, all the
:11:21. > :11:31.This corpse was still lying on the road a
:11:32. > :11:34.More are certain to be buried in collapsed
:11:35. > :11:40.Abu Mohammed, collecting firewood, showed where a mortar
:11:41. > :11:46.Look, he said, they took out my spleen, kidney, and
:11:47. > :11:58.In every queue for emergency aid there are tragedies.
:11:59. > :12:01.This child, who is 12, has seen more than anyone
:12:02. > :12:07.Her grandmother is using all the strength
:12:08. > :12:09.she has left to care for
:12:10. > :12:18.TRANSLATION: My daughter's 15-year-old girl and her son, who
:12:19. > :12:23.My son's three-year-old daughter lost a leg.
:12:24. > :12:26.Another grandson, aged seven, lost a hand.
:12:27. > :12:35.My family's houses were all destroyed.
:12:36. > :12:38.We don't know what's hidden in our future.
:12:39. > :12:45.I saw with my own eyes my other cousin, his intestines were
:12:46. > :12:57.President Assad's resurgence in Aleppo means talk
:12:58. > :13:01.about forcing him out sounds more hollow than ever.
:13:02. > :13:03.He is the strongest he's been since the war
:13:04. > :13:14.The empty, ruined, silent streets on the former front lines
:13:15. > :13:26.That is a home-made mortar, designed and built
:13:27. > :13:34.But it is nothing compared to the power of the Russian
:13:35. > :13:37.air force and the military know-how of the Iranians and their Lebanese
:13:38. > :13:47.Foreign intervention has transformed this war.
:13:48. > :13:50.And the way it's looking right now, foreigners,
:13:51. > :13:59.not Syrians, will dictate the way the war ends.
:14:00. > :14:06.The sun sets in Aleppo on a dark, cold and broken place.
:14:07. > :14:08.It feels like a post-war city, but this
:14:09. > :14:16.For the first time, the president and his
:14:17. > :14:36.A glimpse of life in eastern Aleppo with our Middle East correspondent,
:14:37. > :14:41.Jeremy Bowen. Thousands of British holiday-makers
:14:42. > :14:42.are being flown home from the Gambia after a state
:14:43. > :14:45.of emergency was declared. The Foreign Office is advising
:14:46. > :14:48.people to avoid all but essential travel to the country
:14:49. > :14:50.because of a risk of unrest. President Yayha Jammeh is refusing
:14:51. > :14:53.to accept the result of last month's presidential elections
:14:54. > :14:54.in which he was defeated. His elected successor Adama Barrow
:14:55. > :15:13.is due to be inaugurated tomorrow. Senegal has said its military forces
:15:14. > :15:17.will enforce the handover, if necessary.
:15:18. > :15:18.Our correspondent Umaru Fofana reports
:15:19. > :15:23.Not as they came, not as they had anticipated.
:15:24. > :15:25.Thousands of European tourists, mostly from the UK, being flown back
:15:26. > :15:29.Some had been here for only a couple of days,
:15:30. > :15:43.But I understand that we need to do it.
:15:44. > :15:47.To me, it feels stupid because this will
:15:48. > :15:49.all be over within 24 hours, 48 hours.
:15:50. > :15:53.Thousands of Gambians are also streaming out.
:15:54. > :15:59.They fear a West African military intervention
:16:00. > :16:03.Troops are said to be massing on the border.
:16:04. > :16:15.The African union says, effective tomorrow, it will not
:16:16. > :16:16.recognise Jammeh as this country's leader.
:16:17. > :16:19.Ahead of the anticipated military action and the planned
:16:20. > :16:21.inauguration of Adama Barrow, president Yahya Jammeh declared a
:16:22. > :16:24.Behind me here is the National Stadium of the
:16:25. > :16:26.Gambia, the planned venue for the inauguration on Thursday
:16:27. > :16:32.of Adama Barrow as the country's next president.
:16:33. > :16:34.He has tweeted defiantly from neighbouring Senegal,
:16:35. > :16:38.where he is expected to come from, that he will be here tomorrow for
:16:39. > :16:41.Jammeh withdrew from the British Commonwealth in
:16:42. > :16:46.He has now ruled this country for 22 years,
:16:47. > :16:51.controversially winning four elections.
:16:52. > :16:53.It took a coalition of seven political parties led by Adama
:16:54. > :16:56.Barrow to defeat him in December, but he insists those elections were
:16:57. > :17:07.We advise the President to cooperate.
:17:08. > :17:19.However this pans out, this tiny West African
:17:20. > :17:22.Many people have been killed, jailed or
:17:23. > :17:25.Their families are calling for justice.
:17:26. > :17:27.Responding to such demands could determine how this crisis is
:17:28. > :17:38.Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level
:17:39. > :17:43.Official figures show the number of people out of work in the UK
:17:44. > :17:46.in the three months to November was down by 52,000 to 1.6 million.
:17:47. > :17:48.Average earnings rose by 2.7% compared with
:17:49. > :17:56.But the figures also show that since July the total number
:17:57. > :17:59.of people in work in the UK has stopped growing.
:18:00. > :18:03.In his final news conference at the White House before he leaves
:18:04. > :18:06.office in two days' time, President Obama has underlined
:18:07. > :18:08.the importance of accountability and freedom of the press
:18:09. > :18:13.President-elect Trump has signalled he's considering changes
:18:14. > :18:17.to the traditional White House news briefings, prompting
:18:18. > :18:20.concern that accountability might be more limited.
:18:21. > :18:22.Our North America editor Jon Sopel was at the news conference
:18:23. > :18:29.For one last time Barack Obama came to the White House briefing room
:18:30. > :18:37.But amid reports that his successor wants to limit access
:18:38. > :18:39.and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars,
:18:40. > :18:41.the outgoing President spoke of the importance of a strong
:18:42. > :18:54.You are not supposed to be sycophantics,
:18:55. > :18:56.You are not supposed to be sycophants, you are
:18:57. > :18:59.You are supposed to ask me tough questions.
:19:00. > :19:01.You are not supposed to be complimentary but you are supposed
:19:02. > :19:04.to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power.
:19:05. > :19:06.This picture was released today of Donald Trump
:19:07. > :19:13.Barack Obama was asked what advice he would give his successor?
:19:14. > :19:15.On this, he steered a diplomatic course.
:19:16. > :19:19.This is a job of such magnitude that you can't do it by yourself.
:19:20. > :19:21.You are enormously reliant on a team, that's probably
:19:22. > :19:29.the most useful advice, the most constructive advice that
:19:30. > :19:34.Then the final question, come on, Mr President,
:19:35. > :19:36.are you really as sanquine as you are saying publicly
:19:37. > :19:42.This is not just a matter of no drama Obama.
:19:43. > :19:49.It is true that behind closed doors I curse more than I do in public.
:19:50. > :19:53.Sometimes I get mad and frustrated like everybody else does.
:19:54. > :19:59.But at my core I think we're going to be OK.
:20:00. > :20:02.Thank you very much, press corps. Good luck.
:20:03. > :20:05.Barack Obama will spend the next year writing and being around more
:20:06. > :20:09.He says he won't be a back seat driver.
:20:10. > :20:15.But he's given this warning, if he sees things that he really
:20:16. > :20:17.doesn't like, then he will speak out.
:20:18. > :20:20.It seems that Friday won't be the last we see of Barack Obama.
:20:21. > :20:23.But in the meantime, there is a new home to get ready.
:20:24. > :20:25.Moving house is said to be one of life's most
:20:26. > :20:33.But when you have been President for eight years making
:20:34. > :20:36.and death decisions, where to hang your favourite picture
:20:37. > :20:38.is probably unlikely to keep you awake at night.
:20:39. > :20:44.Scientists at the American space agency NASA say 2016 was the hottest
:20:45. > :20:47.year since records began over a century ago.
:20:48. > :20:49.Average global temperatures edged ahead of 2015
:20:50. > :20:54.and are now 1.1 degrees higher than pre-industrial levels.
:20:55. > :20:57.It's the third consecutive year that the record has been
:20:58. > :21:04.Scientists believe that the El Nino weather phenomenon played a role
:21:05. > :21:08.but increasing levels of greenhouse gases were the main factor
:21:09. > :21:11.in driving up temperatures, as our science correspondent
:21:12. > :21:17.Our planet is warming, fast, and the latest data suggests that
:21:18. > :21:23.This winter, parts of the Arctic have had a heatwave,
:21:24. > :21:25.temperatures were above freezing, when they should
:21:26. > :21:34.While Australia's Great Barrier Reef was transformed to this.
:21:35. > :21:37.Vast swathes of coral were killed off, as the waters warmed.
:21:38. > :21:44.2015 was the warmest year on record up until now,
:21:45. > :21:48.It's beaten it by about 0.1, 0.12 degrees Celsius.
:21:49. > :21:51.Which doesn't seem like a lot, but in terms of the yearly
:21:52. > :21:56.Part of this rise was caused by an El Nino event,
:21:57. > :21:59.a warm ocean current that disrupts the world's weather.
:22:00. > :22:02.But scientists say greenhouse gases were the main driver.
:22:03. > :22:05.This shows how global temperatures have increased
:22:06. > :22:12.The bigger the circle, the hotter the year.
:22:13. > :22:15.And the latest data, collected by Nasa and meteorological
:22:16. > :22:18.agencies around the world, suggest 2016 is the third year
:22:19. > :22:24.The global temperature is edging ever closer
:22:25. > :22:30.Scientists say a rise of two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels
:22:31. > :22:33.could lead to dangerous impacts around the world.
:22:34. > :22:39.So a lower limit of 1.5 Celsius was set by the Paris Climate Agreement,
:22:40. > :22:42.a global deal that came into force last year.
:22:43. > :22:46.But with carbon dioxide at record levels, scientists say this
:22:47. > :22:50.is a temperature threshold we are on course to surpass.
:22:51. > :22:53.To tackle global warming, the world is being urged
:22:54. > :23:00.to move away from fossil fuels, like coal.
:23:01. > :23:03.But in the US, Donald Trump has said he wants to revive the industry,
:23:04. > :23:07.and has threatened to pull America out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
:23:08. > :23:11.The woman who brokered the deal is concerned.
:23:12. > :23:17.If the US chooses to exit the road and the path that is being pursued
:23:18. > :23:20.by every other country in the world, it is only going to damage
:23:21. > :23:24.itself, because it will become less competitive.
:23:25. > :23:27.We are moving toward a de-carbonised society.
:23:28. > :23:30.All eyes will now be on this year's data.
:23:31. > :23:33.Already, scientists forecast that 2017 won't be as warm,
:23:34. > :23:39.But they say longer term, unless action is taken,
:23:40. > :23:50.A disabled man has won his case at the Supreme Court after a dispute
:23:51. > :23:57.It means bus drivers will have to do more
:23:58. > :24:04.Doug Paulley brought his case after he was refused entry
:24:05. > :24:07.to a First Group bus in 2012 when a mother with a pushchair
:24:08. > :24:10.Our disability affairs correspondent Nikki Fox has the story.
:24:11. > :24:12.It has taken almost five years of legal battles
:24:13. > :24:29.But finally, Doug Paulley had his day in the highest
:24:30. > :24:32.All seven judges agreed the bus company's policy of requesting,
:24:33. > :24:35.and not requiring, a person to vacate the wheelchair
:24:36. > :24:40.But it is not quite as clear-cut, because the judgment does go as far
:24:41. > :24:42.as insisting someone move from the space.
:24:43. > :24:49.I am aware some people won't be pleased.
:24:50. > :24:52.It has not gone as far as some people would like or it has gone too
:24:53. > :24:57.In the end, this is about disabled people's right to access,
:24:58. > :25:01.to travel on the bus, and, hopefully, today has
:25:02. > :25:04.been at least a step in the right direction.
:25:05. > :25:08.It began in 2012 when Doug was unable to catch a bus
:25:09. > :25:10.because the space for wheelchairs was occupied by a mum
:25:11. > :25:18.She refused to move which meant Doug could not get on.
:25:19. > :25:20.The bus operter First Group admit that following the verdict,
:25:21. > :25:23.they may have to amend training they provide staff, but are pleased
:25:24. > :25:27.drivers will not have to force people off the bus.
:25:28. > :25:30.We really welcome the fact the court confirmed that a driver is not
:25:31. > :25:32.required to remove a passenger from a bus if they refuse
:25:33. > :25:35.to move from the space, which is important for drivers
:25:36. > :25:43.The impact of the judgment will have much wider implications that span
:25:44. > :25:49.Any service provider or company that has a dedicated space
:25:50. > :25:52.for disabled people, which could be a supermarket
:25:53. > :25:54.disabled bay, or an accessible toilet in a restaurant,
:25:55. > :25:57.they will have to make sure wheelchair users get priority.
:25:58. > :26:06.I will not go on the bus and take the woman with the pram...
:26:07. > :26:12.I am disabled, but I am still a man and this just feels not right.
:26:13. > :26:18.It is not quite as simple as wheelchairs versus pushchairs.
:26:19. > :26:20.It is better to remain a grey area for people
:26:21. > :26:25.However nuanced, today's Supreme Court ruling paves the way
:26:26. > :26:28.for a closer look at legislation when it comes to prioritising access
:26:29. > :26:37.Aaron Banks, the millionaire who financed the campaign
:26:38. > :26:39.to leave the European Union, is now turning his
:26:40. > :26:46.Tomorrow, he'll be launching a news website called Westmonster.com,
:26:47. > :26:49.owned jointly by a former press officer to Nigel Farage.
:26:50. > :26:52.They say they will by-pass the traditional media and speak
:26:53. > :26:54.directly to voters concerned with issues such as immigration.
:26:55. > :26:58.Our media editor Amol Rajan has this exclusive report.
:26:59. > :27:07.A screaming failure, screaming weakness!
:27:08. > :27:14.Alternative news is watched by millions of Americans.
:27:15. > :27:16.Fuelled by social media, some of these websites have a bigger
:27:17. > :27:26.Donald Trump openly courted this new media to energise his voter base
:27:27. > :27:29.I am not going to give you a question.
:27:30. > :27:36.Arron Banks, the man who bankrolled the Leave campaign was one
:27:37. > :27:40.of the first Brits to meet Mr Trump after his win.
:27:41. > :27:44.That's the total amount of money we have sent
:27:45. > :27:48.Mr Banks put nearly ?7 million into last year's referendum.
:27:49. > :27:52.Thought to be the biggest political donation in modern British history.
:27:53. > :27:54.Now Britain's newest media baron is launching
:27:55. > :28:00.I think the internet and social media has changed the world
:28:01. > :28:05.and that the mainstream media, however you want to describe that,
:28:06. > :28:08.is lagging a long way behind the way you communicate and I think
:28:09. > :28:14.Called Westmonster, the site is co-owned
:28:15. > :28:24.Nigel Farage's former spin doctor wants to bring the viral energy that
:28:25. > :28:28.What you have seen obviously is a multitude of different
:28:29. > :28:30.right-wing sites be set up, they've had tremendous success.
:28:31. > :28:33.It shows there is clearly a demand and we want to be
:28:34. > :28:38.We want to be there speaking to people in a language
:28:39. > :28:40.they understand and in a way they understand about
:28:41. > :28:43.Three years ago, nearly 60% of us got our news
:28:44. > :28:48.And meanwhile, social media has risen from less
:28:49. > :28:54.than a quarter and is poised to overtake newspapers.
:28:55. > :28:57.Before the digital era most of us got our news from a few generally
:28:58. > :29:02.But these days we get our information from wildly different
:29:03. > :29:08.Nowadays you can find your own facts to suit your own opinions
:29:09. > :29:10.and for some that's a threat to all of us.
:29:11. > :29:21.She believes some new forms of media could undermine democracy.
:29:22. > :29:23.I think citizens need good information to make
:29:24. > :29:29.and to help them understand the kind of world they're in and perhaps
:29:30. > :29:32.to help them build the kind of world they want to live
:29:33. > :29:34.in and without good information, without facts and without public
:29:35. > :29:36.interest journalism that's just much harder to find.
:29:37. > :29:38.An alternative news eco-system is heading to Britain.
:29:39. > :29:43.But in the digital age the truth is vulnerable.
:29:44. > :29:47.The news once aimed to unite us, perhaps thanks to technology,
:29:48. > :29:58.Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, a pioneer in the world of women's cricket,
:29:59. > :30:04.The former England captain was the first woman elected
:30:05. > :30:07.to the MCC's full committee and became the first female sports
:30:08. > :30:12.As our correspondent Katherine Downes reports,
:30:13. > :30:18.her life and career were marked by a series of notable achievements.
:30:19. > :30:20.Women's cricket as it was when Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
:30:21. > :30:22.was captain of England just setting out on her campaign for change.
:30:23. > :30:26.Even before her playing days were over, she was a pioneer,
:30:27. > :30:29.organising the first women's World Cup in 1973 and then in 1976
:30:30. > :30:33.leading England out to face Australia in the first ever women's
:30:34. > :30:44.I think there was a sort of reticence and nervousness that
:30:45. > :30:47.perhaps the women might take over altogether and there might be rape
:30:48. > :30:49.and pillage of the members in the luncheon intervals
:30:50. > :30:53.We might not present an acceptable face of cricket.
:30:54. > :30:57.I actually cried as I walked out on to the pitch and it was the most
:30:58. > :31:05.After 12 years as England captain, Rachael Heyhoe-Flint went
:31:06. > :31:08.on to become one of the MCC's first female honorary life members,
:31:09. > :31:12.a member of the ECB board, and she was made a Baroness.
:31:13. > :31:14.She used her influence and celebrity to give women's cricket
:31:15. > :31:20.I have got messages coming in from members of the current
:31:21. > :31:23.England women's team, the opportunities they have now
:31:24. > :31:26.as professional sportswomen don't come by chance.
:31:27. > :31:30.They come through years of devoted, tireless work
:31:31. > :31:38.In later life, she became vice-President of Wolverhampton
:31:39. > :31:40.Wanderers, pouring her energy into the football club's
:31:41. > :31:42.work in the communities around her home town.
:31:43. > :31:46.But cricket remained her first love and the field in which she shone
:31:47. > :31:59.Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, who has died at the age of 77.
:32:00. > :32:05.Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
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