:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten: The patients struck in hospital for months
:00:09. > :00:14.The BBC uncovers evidence that 130 people had to stay on wards
:00:15. > :00:16.for more than three months because there was nowhere
:00:17. > :00:24.It's probably the most worrying time that I've ever known in 20 years.
:00:25. > :00:27.Leaked text messages - Labour accuses the Tories of doing
:00:28. > :00:30.a secret deal with one council to avoid political embarrassment
:00:31. > :00:35.With an ageing population, we'll be asking what the Government
:00:36. > :00:37.can do to address the increasingly difficult problem of
:00:38. > :00:49.MPs vote by a large majority to allow the Government to begin
:00:50. > :00:51.formal divorce talks with the European Union.
:00:52. > :00:54.The woman who won a landmark legal battle over her late partner's
:00:55. > :00:59.pension which could affect millions of unmarried couples.
:01:00. > :01:04.Convicted of embezzlement, now Russia's main opposition leader
:01:05. > :01:07.could be barred from running for President against
:01:08. > :01:10.And, the socialite and TV personality Tara Palmer-Tompkinson
:01:11. > :01:16.has been found dead at her home, she was 45.
:01:17. > :01:19.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News.
:01:20. > :01:22.Will The Tinkerman, Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, regret ten
:01:23. > :01:42.changes against Derby County in the FA Cup fourth round replay?
:01:43. > :01:50.Dozens of hospital patients in England have had to wait for more
:01:51. > :01:53.than three months before being discharged, often
:01:54. > :01:56.because there was no suitable home or nursing care for them.
:01:57. > :02:02.The figures uncovered by the BBC also reveal that one patient
:02:03. > :02:04.was stuck in hospital for more than a year.
:02:05. > :02:07.Half of the acute hospitals in England told us about their longest
:02:08. > :02:12.delays in discharging medically fit patients.
:02:13. > :02:15.Over the last three years, 130 patients spent 100 days or more
:02:16. > :02:20.The Mid-Yorkshire Hospital Trust reported the longest delay with one
:02:21. > :02:32.Today, a report by the Government's spending watchdog has warned that
:02:33. > :02:35.efforts to ease pressure on the NHS by joining up health and social
:02:36. > :02:37.care aren't working, though ministers say it's too
:02:38. > :02:39.Our social affairs correspondent Alison Holt reports
:02:40. > :02:43.This is the road back to some sort of independence
:02:44. > :02:48.She's just spent more than a month in hospital after a stomach bug.
:02:49. > :02:56.I wasn't eating and it took me all my time to drink
:02:57. > :03:02.The danger was she would be stuck in an expensive hospital bed waiting
:03:03. > :03:04.for the care she needed to cope at home.
:03:05. > :03:08.I was isolated in a little room all by myself.
:03:09. > :03:17.I thought, "I'm never going to come out of here".
:03:18. > :03:21.But she was moved to this special flat with care on hand.
:03:22. > :03:25.Without it, she could have been in hospital for another fortnight.
:03:26. > :03:27.It's one way North Yorkshire County Council and the NHS locally
:03:28. > :03:30.are working together to ease pressures.
:03:31. > :03:35.I feel as if they're helping me to get my strength back.
:03:36. > :03:46.But North Yorkshire is a large rural county with an ageing population.
:03:47. > :03:51.Despite investing in new services, like many authorities highlighted
:03:52. > :03:54.in today's National Audit Office report, the council is struggling
:03:55. > :04:01.And delays in getting people out of hospital have increased.
:04:02. > :04:04.At Harrogate Hospital, it is social worker Carol Burdon
:04:05. > :04:07.who has to organise the community support needed.
:04:08. > :04:13.There is a drive to get them out as soon as possible,
:04:14. > :04:16.but then you have to do the liaising with families, any community nurses
:04:17. > :04:20.or anybody that needs to be involved in that discharge.
:04:21. > :04:24.It can be quite hard to coordinate that care and find the care.
:04:25. > :04:28.The ambitions of the council plan or all about better outcomes
:04:29. > :04:31.for all North Yorkshire residents despite reductions in local
:04:32. > :04:36.It's North Yorkshire councillors and officials who have to find
:04:37. > :04:38.the money to pay for a lot of that care.
:04:39. > :04:41.They're raising Council Tax, but this Conservative-run authority
:04:42. > :04:49.is adamant a long-term solution has to be found.
:04:50. > :04:52.I am too greatly disappointed that the Government hasn't seen fit
:04:53. > :04:55.to provide genuinely new money when it is so desperately needed.
:04:56. > :04:59.Seven years ago, this council spent about a third of its budget
:05:00. > :05:03.on providing care and support for people who are
:05:04. > :05:10.But now the cost of adult social care is heading
:05:11. > :05:13.towards half of its budget, with demand still increasing,
:05:14. > :05:16.and that is at the heart of the problems they are wrestling
:05:17. > :05:19.We will continue to plan ahead for the future.
:05:20. > :05:22.We will continue to prioritise social care.
:05:23. > :05:28.Social care is a much bigger proportion of our budget.
:05:29. > :05:31.But it's probably the most worrying time in social care that I have
:05:32. > :05:38.And at each stage, the care system is showing signs of the pressure.
:05:39. > :05:41.And of course we have got this evening's handover at 7:15pm.
:05:42. > :05:44.At this Harrogate home care provider, they are arranging support
:05:45. > :05:51.But on the wages they are able to pay it can be a struggle to compete
:05:52. > :05:56.You are driving from place to place, you're in your own vehicle and it's
:05:57. > :06:03.Now, that might be a nursing home or it might be a supermarket.
:06:04. > :06:11.Carers are not paid enough, you know, for the service
:06:12. > :06:25.And people like 62-year-old Jenny Dent rely on those care workers.
:06:26. > :06:28.She is partially paralysed with other complex conditions.
:06:29. > :06:32.The four visits she gets each day mean she can remain at home -
:06:33. > :06:36.vital support which she says needs recognising.
:06:37. > :06:40.Value your carers, give them more money, give them more respect
:06:41. > :06:43.and provide more carers and adequate care for people who want
:06:44. > :06:50.The Government insists people are benefiting from health and care
:06:51. > :06:54.services working together and that more money is being invested.
:06:55. > :06:56.But change takes time and for those on the front line
:06:57. > :07:01.Alison Holt, BBC News, North Yorkshire.
:07:02. > :07:04.Labour has accused the Government of doing a deal with a Conservative
:07:05. > :07:08.council to prevent an embarrassing council tax rise
:07:09. > :07:16.Jeremy Corbyn said that leaked texts from the leader of Surrey Council
:07:17. > :07:18.showed he would call off a local referendum after an
:07:19. > :07:28.But tonight the Government says Surrey Council might be able to keep
:07:29. > :07:31.From Westminster, here's our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
:07:32. > :07:33.The file under her arm, the Prime Minister,
:07:34. > :07:35.always properly prepared, with her red government folders
:07:36. > :07:45.Theresa May, on her way to weekly Prime Minister's Questions, into,
:07:46. > :07:48.this time, a good old-fashioned ambush.
:07:49. > :07:55.Tory Surrey Council called off a vote on increasing
:07:56. > :08:01.Can the Prime Minister tell the House whether or not a special
:08:02. > :08:10.The decision as to whether or not to hold a referendum in Surrey
:08:11. > :08:13.is entirely a matter for the local authority in Surrey.
:08:14. > :08:16.He was armed with leaked texts, where the council leader wrote
:08:17. > :08:22.Is the same sweetheart deal on offer to every council facing
:08:23. > :08:28.the social care crisis created by her government?
:08:29. > :08:31.He comes to the dispatch box making all sorts of claims.
:08:32. > :08:34.Yet again, what we get from Labour are alternative facts.
:08:35. > :08:41.It absolutely goes against the grain for us to propose
:08:42. > :08:47.The council leader seems to have thought he was having a conversation
:08:48. > :08:51.He wrote, "I'm advised that the Department
:08:52. > :08:53.for Local Government officials and my director of finance have been
:08:54. > :08:59.Then, "The numbers you indicated are the numbers that I understand
:09:00. > :09:02.are acceptable for me to accept and call off the R" -
:09:03. > :09:09."Really want to kill this off, David Hodge".
:09:10. > :09:12.But it's believed he sent them by mistake to a Labour leader
:09:13. > :09:18.A lot more awkward than just text message finger trouble.
:09:19. > :09:23.The council leader, having his snap taken
:09:24. > :09:25.with several Cabinet ministers, allowing Labour to claim
:09:26. > :09:28.central government has done favours for friends.
:09:29. > :09:31.Surrey's adamant there's been no deal but calling off
:09:32. > :09:33.the referendum yesterday, the leader hinted
:09:34. > :09:43.But I am a lot more confident now about the future.
:09:44. > :09:46.I think the government recognises adult social care is a national
:09:47. > :09:52.issue and we need to look for some alternative ways of how we fund it.
:09:53. > :09:55.The texts meant Jeremy Corbyn had Theresa May on the back foot
:09:56. > :10:00.One senior council leader told me they smacked of the worst kind
:10:01. > :10:05.But more broadly, it has turned minds again to the pressing question
:10:06. > :10:08.of how we pay to care for our elderly.
:10:09. > :10:15.Ministers say privately, they are looking hard for a solution
:10:16. > :10:17.but in public there's not much evidence yet.
:10:18. > :10:19.Without an answer, the government faces much more
:10:20. > :10:29.Very clear this evening just how difficult a problem this is proving
:10:30. > :10:34.to be for the Government. You are absolutely right. Day by day through
:10:35. > :10:38.these winter months, whether it is MPs, whether it is members of the
:10:39. > :10:41.public, whether it is local council leaders, medics, other professionals
:10:42. > :10:45.or even former ministers, including some Conservatives, calls have been
:10:46. > :10:49.growing for the Government to find some kind of solution to the
:10:50. > :10:53.stresses and strains on the social care system. That seems to be in no
:10:54. > :10:58.question, now there is a real political imperative on ministers to
:10:59. > :11:02.act. It's emerged tonight for Surrey Council at least, although there's
:11:03. > :11:07.been firm denial of any sweetheart deal, that ministers have agreed at
:11:08. > :11:12.least in theory that from 2018 they will be one of councils allowed to
:11:13. > :11:18.keep all the local business rates, the local tax that they raise. That
:11:19. > :11:22.might be part of a longer term solution for well-off areas, but
:11:23. > :11:25.other sources warn for poor areas that could create bigger holes in
:11:26. > :11:30.the budget and many people argue this solution to this is needed now,
:11:31. > :11:33.the social care system is in an urgent crisis according to many
:11:34. > :11:38.people who have been talking about this for months. Behind closed doors
:11:39. > :11:42.there is ministers say a lot of work going on but successive governments
:11:43. > :11:48.have been warned time and time again about this impending problem but
:11:49. > :11:51.with the cash crunch in local authorities and the demographic too
:11:52. > :11:53.it may be this is the Government finally who really has to confront
:11:54. > :11:56.this. Thank you. including ten charts
:11:57. > :12:05.on the pressures facing the NHS and info of the cost of social care
:12:06. > :12:08.in your area, go to our website - MP's have voted by a large majority
:12:09. > :12:13.to allow the Government to start The legislation will now be
:12:14. > :12:22.considered by the House of Lords. More than 50 Labour MPs rebelled
:12:23. > :12:24.against their leader and voted against, including
:12:25. > :12:27.Clive Lewis who quit his Here's our chief political
:12:28. > :12:31.correspondent Vicki Young. The message is loud and clear,
:12:32. > :12:36.Theresa May wants to get on with Brexit negotiations,
:12:37. > :12:38.and tonight MPs gave It's an historic vote today and it
:12:39. > :12:52.got through by a large It's carried out the will
:12:53. > :12:57.of the British people. That's what parliament
:12:58. > :13:01.has done today. And it's put through a bill
:13:02. > :13:03.which is just 137 words long. It's very simple, it just authorises
:13:04. > :13:15.the Government to do The SNP had fought the bill all the
:13:16. > :13:26.way. They lost but sound the European Union's anthem in defiance.
:13:27. > :13:28.Others expressed frustration that they haven't had enough time to
:13:29. > :13:31.fully debate the Brexit bill. The whole of the curtailing of this
:13:32. > :13:34.debate leaves parliament unable This bill is being railroaded
:13:35. > :13:44.through this House with scant regard MPs also wanted a guarantee
:13:45. > :13:50.in the bill that EU citizens living in Britain could stay,
:13:51. > :13:52.but ministers said that would have It is therefore not appropriate
:13:53. > :13:58.to seek to tie the hands of the Government in individual
:13:59. > :14:02.policy areas at this stage. Doing so can only serve to
:14:03. > :14:05.jeopardise our negotiating position. While threats of Conservative
:14:06. > :14:10.rebellions melted away, before the vote it was clear that
:14:11. > :14:13.Labour MPs like Clive Lewis were struggling to follow orders
:14:14. > :14:15.from Jeremy Corbyn not to block It's my intention to do what's
:14:16. > :14:24.right by my constituents and by my conscience and whatever
:14:25. > :14:27.that takes and also I have to think Tonight he walked out of Labour's
:14:28. > :14:33.top team saying he couldn't vote for something he believed
:14:34. > :14:35.would harm his constituents. But Diane Abbott, who was criticised
:14:36. > :14:38.last week for missing a vote through illness,
:14:39. > :14:40.did show up tonight. I am a loyal member
:14:41. > :14:46.of the Shadow Cabinet and a loyal supporter of Jeremy Corbyn
:14:47. > :14:49.and so I have now voted Theresa May left parliament tonight
:14:50. > :14:55.reflecting on a job well done. The Labour leader has
:14:56. > :15:06.to deal with 52 rebels So Labour are divided and Theresa
:15:07. > :15:09.May has sailed through the process and it's pretty extraordinary to
:15:10. > :15:13.think the government did not want any of this in the first place. They
:15:14. > :15:17.fought it but in the end the Supreme Court said Parliament should have a
:15:18. > :15:22.say but those Tory rebellions did not materialise. Tonight, ministers
:15:23. > :15:25.have cleared a massive hurdle. The Brexit bill has gone through the
:15:26. > :15:31.Commons completely unchanged and that is very important. The size of
:15:32. > :15:34.the majority in the vote is crucial to because it sends a signal to the
:15:35. > :15:38.Lords who have to deal with this in the next few weeks, not to start
:15:39. > :15:41.ripping it all apart. One government source tonight said if the Lords
:15:42. > :15:45.don't want to face of overwhelming public will to be abolished, they
:15:46. > :15:50.must get on and protect democracy and pass the bill, a very firm
:15:51. > :15:51.warning to them that they need to fall into line next.
:15:52. > :15:55.Thank you for joining us. The UN has appealed for more
:15:56. > :15:58.than ?1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to millions
:15:59. > :16:01.of people in Yemen who are facing Pro-government forces,
:16:02. > :16:05.supported by a Saudi-led coalition, have been battling the rebel Houthi
:16:06. > :16:08.movement since 2015 when its forces overthrew the president
:16:09. > :16:10.and seized the capital, Sanaa. Almost 3.3 million people are now
:16:11. > :16:17.suffering from acute malnutrition. Aid supplies can't be unloaded
:16:18. > :16:26.at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodaie Aid supplies can't be unloaded
:16:27. > :16:29.at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeida after it was bombed by warplanes
:16:30. > :16:31.from the Saudi-led coalition. Our correspondent Nawal al-Maghafi,
:16:32. > :16:34.one of the few western journalists to have travelled to Yemen in recent
:16:35. > :16:36.months, has sent this report. Fatima is the face
:16:37. > :16:38.of hunger in Yemen. In the six months since we met her,
:16:39. > :16:41.every day has been Her mother says they
:16:42. > :16:46.are barely surviving. There are over 2 million
:16:47. > :16:52.children like her. 90% of Yemen's food is imported
:16:53. > :16:57.and most of it arrives here, But all the cranes needed
:16:58. > :17:03.to off-load the ships have been The Saudis have imposed
:17:04. > :17:14.an aerial and naval blockade, controlling all imports
:17:15. > :17:17.to the country. They say they are stopping
:17:18. > :17:19.arms from getting to But that means that very little
:17:20. > :17:26.food is getting through. The World Food Programme has bought
:17:27. > :17:29.new cranes for Hodeida's port but we have been told the Saudi
:17:30. > :17:32.coalition has refused to allow them These delays in bringing
:17:33. > :17:36.foodstuffs onshore, either commercially or humanitarian,
:17:37. > :17:39.means there's less available and therefore,
:17:40. > :17:44.the prices will go up. From what I've heard,
:17:45. > :17:47.the Saudi argument is that firstly, the port is in control
:17:48. > :17:51.of the Houthis, so they are handing over cranes to a port
:17:52. > :17:55.that is in control of the rebels. They also say that these cranes
:17:56. > :17:58.could be used to off-load arms for the rebels and therefore,
:17:59. > :18:01.fuel the fight. Those cranes are brought
:18:02. > :18:07.in and funded for WFP, who are the logistics cluster,
:18:08. > :18:11.to bring those food goods off The port is controlled by the same
:18:12. > :18:17.people who have always controlled the port,
:18:18. > :18:19.the same as the sea offshore is controlled
:18:20. > :18:21.by the Saudi-led coalition. So we just want these cranes
:18:22. > :18:25.in so we can do our work, to make sure the humanitarian
:18:26. > :18:29.pipeline is a strong to make sure the humanitarian
:18:30. > :18:31.pipeline is as strong The fighting for control
:18:32. > :18:34.of the port has been going on for over six months,
:18:35. > :18:41.with neither side winning. And it's the most vulnerable
:18:42. > :18:44.that are left suffering. The Government is ending a scheme
:18:45. > :18:51.that allows unaccompanied migrant A total of 350 will have been
:18:52. > :18:57.accepted by the time The scheme began after a campaign
:18:58. > :19:03.by the Labour peer, Lord Dubs, who came to Britain as a child
:19:04. > :19:08.refugee fleeing the Nazis. Our home affairs correspondent
:19:09. > :19:19.June Kelly is here. 350 children will have been accepted
:19:20. > :19:24.by the time the scheme adds but Lord dubs was hoping for something like
:19:25. > :19:27.3000 to come. That's right because he was the architect of the scheme
:19:28. > :19:33.and passionate about the subject. Just to give a bit of background,
:19:34. > :19:36.last year around 900 unaccompanied children and teenagers were allowed
:19:37. > :19:39.into the UK because they have relatives here. They came in under
:19:40. > :19:42.one set of regulations and in addition, the government said it
:19:43. > :19:46.would take in some other youngsters who did not have family here, as a
:19:47. > :19:50.response to the migrant crisis and this was the initiative driven by
:19:51. > :19:53.Lord Dubs and he and his supporters had been hoping the figure would be
:19:54. > :19:56.around 3000 but today they learned it would be a tenth of that. This
:19:57. > :20:10.decision has been condemned by politicians, charities
:20:11. > :20:12.and some church leaders, branded a disgrace. Tonight, the Home Office
:20:13. > :20:15.said they had to strike a balance between enabling under 18s to come
:20:16. > :20:17.into the country and ensuring local councils have the capacity to look
:20:18. > :20:19.after them so they say it is basically a resources issue.
:20:20. > :20:21.Meanwhile, some charities who had mounted a legal challenge against
:20:22. > :20:24.the government against the way the scheme was fermented are going to
:20:25. > :20:27.court on Friday as they continue to challenge it. -- was implemented.
:20:28. > :20:29.A woman who was denied access to her long-term partner's pension
:20:30. > :20:32.after he died suddenly has won a legal battle that could affect
:20:33. > :20:35.Denise Brewster argued at the Supreme Court
:20:36. > :20:38.that she was the victim of serious discrimination.
:20:39. > :20:44.Our Ireland correspondent, Chris Buckler reports.
:20:45. > :20:47.Denise Brewster had lived with her fiance, Lenny,
:20:48. > :20:50.for ten years and they were making plans for their future.
:20:51. > :20:55.When I look at this picture, I think that's just how we were.
:20:56. > :21:00.He was a fun loving guy, he had lots of friends.
:21:01. > :21:04.But in 2009, just days after they got engaged, he died suddenly.
:21:05. > :21:13.It was such a difficult time and it will always remain difficult for me.
:21:14. > :21:17.But I feel Lenny has given me strength at
:21:18. > :21:23.For 15 years, Lenny worked for Translink, which provides public
:21:24. > :21:27.transport in Northern Ireland and, during that time, like many workers,
:21:28. > :21:30.he paid into a local government pension scheme,
:21:31. > :21:33.which he thought would provide some security for him
:21:34. > :21:39.But when he died, Denise was informed she wouldn't benefit.
:21:40. > :21:42.Because Denise wasn't married, she was told that she wasn't
:21:43. > :21:50.Her partner would have had to have filled out this, a nomination form.
:21:51. > :21:52.She argued that that was unlawful discrimination and today
:21:53. > :21:56.the Supreme Court ruled in her favour.
:21:57. > :21:59.We say that she is entitled to receive a pension
:22:00. > :22:02.and that the nomination requirement should no longer be applied.
:22:03. > :22:05.It's a ruling that could benefit the partners of some other public
:22:06. > :22:10.sector workers like nurses, teachers and civil servants,
:22:11. > :22:12.although that could depend on the rules of each
:22:13. > :22:17.There are over six million people across the country
:22:18. > :22:21.Many of them are in company pension schemes, public
:22:22. > :22:23.sector pension schemes, and they should be treated equally
:22:24. > :22:27.So I hope all pension schemes will review their rules
:22:28. > :22:31.And the woman who fought this case hopes it will provide greater
:22:32. > :22:37.At least I just had to defend for myself and I had
:22:38. > :22:41.to take my hardships but when you have other families
:22:42. > :22:44.that have a young daughter or son who are losing their daddy
:22:45. > :22:48.or their mummy and then they have the financial
:22:49. > :22:50.burden on top of that, the inequality and the injustice
:22:51. > :22:56.And some will see the Supreme Court decision as a judgment
:22:57. > :23:00.which reflects the modern meaning of family in the UK.
:23:01. > :23:06.Russia's main opposition leader could be barred from running
:23:07. > :23:10.for President against Vladimir Putin next year, after he was found guilty
:23:11. > :23:13.of embezzlement and handed a five-year suspended sentence.
:23:14. > :23:16.But Alexei Navalny, who denies the charges,
:23:17. > :23:18.insists the case against him is politically motivated
:23:19. > :23:21.and has vowed to take part in the race regardless.
:23:22. > :23:24.The case was heard in the Russian city of Kirov
:23:25. > :23:30.from where our correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports.
:23:31. > :23:33.Alexei Navalny breezed into court today, but Vladimir Putin's fiercest
:23:34. > :23:36.critic knew what happened here could decide
:23:37. > :23:44.He told me he wasn't expecting anything good.
:23:45. > :23:51.The judge mumbled through his verdict for some three hours,
:23:52. > :23:57.Alexei Navalny now has a serious criminal conviction which bars him
:23:58. > :24:04.from running for president, and he has vowed to challenge that.
:24:05. > :24:07.TRANSLATION: This is a telegram from the Kremlin saying they see me
:24:08. > :24:11.and my team as too dangerous to let us run for election.
:24:12. > :24:14.But according to the constitution, I have every right to run
:24:15. > :24:17.and I will do that, to represent those who want to see Russia
:24:18. > :24:26.He first championed the cause five years ago, emerging
:24:27. > :24:28.as a natural leader, as furious crowds claimed elections
:24:29. > :24:35.In the crackdown on opposition that followed, Alexei Navalny
:24:36. > :24:43.Two years ago, another protest leader, Boris Nemtsov,
:24:44. > :24:45.was shot dead just metres from the Kremlin.
:24:46. > :24:49.So when Mr Navalny wound up on trial here, 500
:24:50. > :24:51.miles east of Moscow, he insisted the motive
:24:52. > :25:01.President Putin's spokesman today called it a normal judicial process.
:25:02. > :25:03.Across Russia, Vladimir Putin claims enormous support.
:25:04. > :25:05.If you believe the opinion polls, it is currently
:25:06. > :25:17.Alexei Navalny can't claim even a fraction of that.
:25:18. > :25:19.And yet, he is charismatic, he can rally the crowds
:25:20. > :25:22.and his anti-corruption cause is a popular one, and it seems that
:25:23. > :25:25.Last weekend, the activist launched his election bid
:25:26. > :25:29.Volunteers flocked to his first campaign office in St Petersburg.
:25:30. > :25:33.But another presidential hopeful has told me he believes liberals
:25:34. > :25:37.like Navalny are no threat in today's Russia at all.
:25:38. > :25:50.If he participates, this company, next year, much,
:25:51. > :25:54.he can receive about five, 6%, that's all.
:25:55. > :25:58.The activist wants to test that at next year's election,
:25:59. > :26:01.but the verdict here today suggests the Kremlin isn't ready
:26:02. > :26:09.An inquest into the deaths of 30 Britons in the terror attack
:26:10. > :26:13.in Tunisia has heard that lives could have been saved if police
:26:14. > :26:16.and security teams had not deliberately and unjustifiably
:26:17. > :26:18.delayed their response because of panic, fear
:26:19. > :26:24.In total, 38 people died when a lone gunman opened fire
:26:25. > :26:31.2017 is a big year for elections in Europe, with votes coming up
:26:32. > :26:36.in key EU countries - Germany, the Netherlands and France.
:26:37. > :26:44.The French presidential election in the spring is already shaping up
:26:45. > :26:47.to be an unpredictable race, with the Eurosceptic nationalist
:26:48. > :26:49.Marine Le Pen as one of the front-runners.
:26:50. > :26:51.Our Europe editor Katya Adler reports on how the rise of populist
:26:52. > :26:53.candidates across Europe is threatening the very
:26:54. > :26:59.Her report contains some flash photography.
:27:00. > :27:05.All over Europe, populist politicians are mesmerising voters.
:27:06. > :27:10.This isn't Brexit contagion or Europe swinging to the far right.
:27:11. > :27:13.Like Italy's Beppe Grillo, populist promises, spoken
:27:14. > :27:21.They fight for people, they say, not big business.
:27:22. > :27:26.Old and young from all sorts of backgrounds,
:27:27. > :27:34.TRANSLATION: Populism is a beautiful word.
:27:35. > :27:40.There is a part of society in Italy and the world which has nothing.
:27:41. > :27:45.We will certainly win the next election.
:27:46. > :27:48.Europe's populists are getting louder.
:27:49. > :27:50.The migrant and the Euro crises, popular discontent has blown wind
:27:51. > :27:59.Their policies differ from country to country
:28:00. > :28:01.but an antiestablishment, anti-immigration, Eurosceptic,
:28:02. > :28:06.nostalgic, nationalist vein runs through most.
:28:07. > :28:11.There are big elections this year in key EU countries.
:28:12. > :28:13.In Germany, the Netherlands and especially here in France,
:28:14. > :28:20.populists stand to make dramatic gains.
:28:21. > :28:24.Marine Le Pen is a top contender to become France's next president.
:28:25. > :28:30.TRANSLATION: This is the year of the patriot, the great comeback
:28:31. > :28:35.Look at Trump. Look at Brexit.
:28:36. > :28:41.Either it radically changes, abandons its authoritarian
:28:42. > :28:50.For some in Europe, populists embody change and hope.
:28:51. > :28:55.Here in Brussels, even insiders admit the EU
:28:56. > :29:02.The blame game, that everything which is good is national
:29:03. > :29:07.and everything which is bad is European, if that
:29:08. > :29:10.would continue as today, the risk that we fall apart
:29:11. > :29:17.This story is of global significance, too.
:29:18. > :29:20.For the main, Europe's populists are big fans
:29:21. > :29:25.And a weaker, fractured Europe works for both men,
:29:26. > :29:28.for Moscow in terms of geopolitical influence, and for Washington
:29:29. > :29:35.With so much at stake, it could be that even Europe's angry
:29:36. > :29:43.voters decide it is safer to stick with the political mainstream.
:29:44. > :29:47.Here in Italy, as elsewhere, polls are unreliable,
:29:48. > :29:54.Europe's voters are in a volatile mood.
:29:55. > :30:00.You can see Katya Adler's documentary, After Brexit:
:30:01. > :30:07.the Battle for Europe, tomorrow at 9pm on BBC Two.
:30:08. > :30:11.The scriptwriter, Alan Simpson, who's been described as half of one
:30:12. > :30:13.of the greatest comedy writing duos of all time, has died
:30:14. > :30:27.How much do you want then? A pint of course. A pint? Have you gone raving
:30:28. > :30:29.mad question might Alan Simpson and his writing
:30:30. > :30:31.partner, Ray Galton, co-created two of Britain's most
:30:32. > :30:34.popular sitcoms - Steptoe and Son Galton and Simpson worked together
:30:35. > :30:37.for more than two decades. Today, Ray Galton said there were no
:30:38. > :30:40.words to express his sadness Tara Palmer-Tomkinson,
:30:41. > :30:44.the socialite, TV personality and close friend of the Royal
:30:45. > :30:46.family, has been found dead Police, who were called to her home
:30:47. > :30:53.in Chelsea at lunchtime, say her death is not
:30:54. > :30:55.being treated as suspicious. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess
:30:56. > :30:58.of Cornwall say they are deeply saddened, as our correspondent
:30:59. > :31:05.David Sillito reports. At her partying peak,
:31:06. > :31:10.Tara Palmer-Tomkinson said you should always keep your passport
:31:11. > :31:12.close because you never knew It was Tatler that had
:31:13. > :31:17.spotted her on the party scene Suddenly, life was all
:31:18. > :31:22.about flying in private planes She was famous for being famous,
:31:23. > :31:29.famous for being well-connected. She was a big, outrageous
:31:30. > :31:31.personality, who lived This was Tara aged 16,
:31:32. > :31:38.the slightly naughty youngest child A friend of royalty,
:31:39. > :31:44.she was fun, the poster girl of what was to become known
:31:45. > :31:48.as celebrity culture. And all this unexpected
:31:49. > :31:52.attention, this It girlness, Suddenly, everyone was like, "Oh,
:31:53. > :32:00.this girl is the girl of our time, Then after a year of all the fun
:32:01. > :32:10.parties and the fun clothes, you suddenly realise that you've
:32:11. > :32:13.done absolutely nothing and you feel When ITV packed some
:32:14. > :32:19.celebrities off to the jungle, I had an overdose and I did
:32:20. > :32:31.need serious, you know, to get me back, to get my heart
:32:32. > :32:33.going again and stuff. She was a complex and very
:32:34. > :32:35.interesting character. Charming, vulnerable,
:32:36. > :32:39.talented and actually, unhappy. A guest at a Royal wedding
:32:40. > :32:42.who would speak in schools, warning tomorrow's Taras
:32:43. > :32:46.to avoid her mistakes. A year ago, a brain
:32:47. > :32:48.tumour was discovered. This afternoon, she was
:32:49. > :32:53.found dead at her home. Prince Charles said
:32:54. > :32:56.he was deeply saddened. Tara Palmer-Tomkinson -
:32:57. > :32:59.funny, well-connected, money, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson,
:33:00. > :33:12.who has died at the age of 45. Here on BBC One, it's time
:33:13. > :33:16.for the news where you are.