:00:00. > :00:07.A furious Donald Trump rounds on the media
:00:08. > :00:13.In a lengthy news conference, he accuses them of making his job
:00:14. > :00:16.much harder, and of painting a false picture of his administration.
:00:17. > :00:19.I turn on the TV, open the newspapers and I see
:00:20. > :00:26.Yet it is the exact opposite - this administration is running
:00:27. > :00:41.And the President announced he was preparing a new order,
:00:42. > :00:47.The Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg tells the BBC of his fears
:00:48. > :00:51.for public debate, because of fake news and extremist views.
:00:52. > :00:53.Growing concern for thousands of Vauxhall jobs, as Peugeot
:00:54. > :00:57.considers a takeover of the European side of General Motors.
:00:58. > :00:59.Passengers on Southern Rail are facing further disruption,
:01:00. > :01:10.after train drivers reject a deal to end their long-running dispute.
:01:11. > :01:20.The new friend is welcomed by a Petty Officer... -- a new wren.
:01:21. > :01:23.Marking the formation of the Women's Royal Naval Service.
:01:24. > :01:25.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:
:01:26. > :01:27.After defeats for Arsenal and Spurs, can Manchester United
:01:28. > :01:31.We'll bring you news of their Europa League
:01:32. > :01:52.In a tempestuous news conference at the White House,
:01:53. > :01:54.which lasted an hour and a half, President Trump has
:01:55. > :01:56.rounded on his critics - especially in the media -
:01:57. > :02:00.and accused them of undermining his presidency.
:02:01. > :02:02.He sought to deny the existence of any compromising
:02:03. > :02:04.connections with Russia, and announced he was
:02:05. > :02:11.preparing a new executive order on immigration,
:02:12. > :02:16.To replace the one suspended by the courts. Jon Sopel sent us this
:02:17. > :02:23.report. Ladies and Antman, the President of
:02:24. > :02:27.the United States. At short notice a news conference was announced to be
:02:28. > :02:32.given by the president. Highly unusual. Ostensibly to announce his
:02:33. > :02:36.new choice as labour secretary but it was to get a whole load of his
:02:37. > :02:41.chest and the principal target was the media. The press have become so
:02:42. > :02:45.dishonest that if we don't talk about it we are doing a tremendous
:02:46. > :02:49.disservice to the American people. Tremendous disservice, we have to
:02:50. > :02:52.talk about it, we have to find out what's going on. The press is
:02:53. > :02:56.honestly out of control, the level of dishonesty is out of control. The
:02:57. > :03:01.idea his administration was in meltdown... Nothing could be further
:03:02. > :03:05.than the truth. I turn on the TV open the newspapers and see stories
:03:06. > :03:13.of chaos, chaos. Yet it is the exact opposite. This administration is
:03:14. > :03:17.running like a fine tuned machine. But how could he reconcile that with
:03:18. > :03:22.the travel ban that's been blocked by the courts? A question I asked
:03:23. > :03:28.after a little back and forth. Can I just ask you, thanks very much
:03:29. > :03:38.Mr President... Where are you from? The BBC. Impartial, free and fair.
:03:39. > :03:41.Sure, just like CNN, right? On the travel ban, we could bounce back and
:03:42. > :03:46.forth... On the travel ban, would you accept that that was a good
:03:47. > :03:52.example of the smooth running of government? I do, I do. Wait, wait.
:03:53. > :03:56.I knows you you are, just wait. Let me tell you about the travel ban. We
:03:57. > :04:02.had a very smooth roll-out of the travel ban, but we had a bad court,
:04:03. > :04:05.a bad decision. We're going to have to put in a new executive order next
:04:06. > :04:09.week sometime, but we had a bad decision. That's the only thing that
:04:10. > :04:13.was wrong with the travel ban. The other thing the president is in a
:04:14. > :04:18.rage about is the suggestion he's in the pocket of the Russians, too
:04:19. > :04:22.close to Vladimir Putin, too many shady business contacts. I own
:04:23. > :04:29.nothing in Russia, I have no loans in Russia, I don't have any deals
:04:30. > :04:33.Russia. President Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on
:04:34. > :04:37.the wing of the election. He then called me up extremely nicely to
:04:38. > :04:41.congratulate me on the inauguration, which was terrific. But so did many
:04:42. > :04:46.other leaders, almost all other leaders from almost all other
:04:47. > :04:51.countries, so that's it. Russia is fake news. All of which brings us to
:04:52. > :04:55.the firing of his national security adviser Michael Flynn. Why was he
:04:56. > :04:58.sacked? Was it he discussed lifting fractions against the Russians or
:04:59. > :05:03.was it that he misled the vice president? I fired him because of
:05:04. > :05:08.what he said to Mike Pence, very simple. Mike was doing his job,
:05:09. > :05:13.calling countries and his counterparts, so it certainly would
:05:14. > :05:16.have been OK with me... Donald Trump said his administration would crack
:05:17. > :05:20.down on the leaking of classified information and then at the end,
:05:21. > :05:26.something you never see a White House news conference, the president
:05:27. > :05:31.being heckled. If you have no connection to Russia, why don't you
:05:32. > :05:35.prove it? The White House as an witness to many historic occasions
:05:36. > :05:40.but probably never a news conference anything like that. It was part of
:05:41. > :05:44.relaunch after four turbulent weeks, although that's not how Donald Trump
:05:45. > :05:47.would characterise it, and also an attempt to save the American people
:05:48. > :05:55.don't listen to the press, listen to me. As Jon was saying the president
:05:56. > :06:00.fielded questions for 90 minutes and didn't hold back when challenged by
:06:01. > :06:05.representatives of the world's media, including Jon Sopel who joins
:06:06. > :06:09.us from Washington. Was this a man obviously trying to say he was under
:06:10. > :06:12.control or under great pressure? I think it was a man under great
:06:13. > :06:17.pressure but also a man who was enjoying himself hugely. This was
:06:18. > :06:23.the Donald Trump of the campaign. He was bantering and bullying in equal
:06:24. > :06:29.measure. The man who loved WikiLeaks during the campaign not loving leaks
:06:30. > :06:35.so much now he is governing. A man who hates the media so much... What
:06:36. > :06:39.really struggle me was how much time he spent watching television and
:06:40. > :06:42.watching the newspapers, when does he find time to govern in the midst
:06:43. > :06:46.of all of that? For all that he accused the media of being
:06:47. > :06:50.dishonest, there were a few untruths he spoke himself. Saying that Ronald
:06:51. > :06:53.Reagan, no one had got more electoral college votes since Ronald
:06:54. > :06:59.Reagan. That's just simply factually inaccurate. One other thing,
:07:00. > :07:07.apparently during the news conference and Republican Senator
:07:08. > :07:11.contacted us to -- distinguish news anchor with latex. He said, he
:07:12. > :07:15.should do this with a therapist, not on live to revision.
:07:16. > :07:17.Jon, thank you very much. Jon Sopel with his experience today at that
:07:18. > :07:20.news conference at the White House. The founder of Facebook,
:07:21. > :07:22.Mark Zuckerburg, has told the BBC he fears millions of people
:07:23. > :07:25.are withdrawing from the globally connected world and that fake news
:07:26. > :07:27.and the propagation of extremist views online have
:07:28. > :07:29.damaged public debate. It's unusual for Mr Zuckerberg
:07:30. > :07:32.to make an intervention of this kind, but he expresses concern
:07:33. > :07:34.that the process of globalisation is viewed with increasing
:07:35. > :07:37.hostility around the world. He's been speaking
:07:38. > :07:39.exclusively to our economics A global chief executive
:07:40. > :07:50.with global ambitions, part businessman, part politician,
:07:51. > :07:52.and today, adding his voice to the debate
:07:53. > :07:54.about the controversies of the moment - globalisation,
:07:55. > :07:57.the people who feel left behind, Mark Zuckerberg, the ultimate
:07:58. > :08:03.citizen of the world, speaking to his staff
:08:04. > :08:06.about global inclusion. We're also going to focus
:08:07. > :08:10.on building the infrastructure for community, for supporting us,
:08:11. > :08:16.for keeping us safe, for informing us, for civic engagement
:08:17. > :08:20.and for inclusion of everyone. Mr Zuckerberg spoke to me not
:08:21. > :08:25.so much about his huge and sometimes controversial business,
:08:26. > :08:30.but about his worldview, how global connectedness always
:08:31. > :08:37.beat building barriers. It was almost political,
:08:38. > :08:39.a manifesto, and very different in tone from "America first"
:08:40. > :08:42.and constructing those border walls. The first thing I tackled
:08:43. > :08:44.was globalisation and the moves He replied that people had
:08:45. > :08:49.lost their sense of hope. There are people around the world
:08:50. > :08:51.that feel left behind by globalisation and the rapid
:08:52. > :08:54.changes that have happened, and there are movements as a result
:08:55. > :08:57.to withdraw from some Mr Zuckerberg was one of the few
:08:58. > :09:04.tech leaders who didn't accept an invite to meet Donald Trump,
:09:05. > :09:07.but of course no one voted Is his voice a legitimate
:09:08. > :09:11.part of this debate? It's not coming completely
:09:12. > :09:14.out of the blue, nor does it seem motivated
:09:15. > :09:16.by commercial considerations. Sometimes we think business
:09:17. > :09:20.leaders are just taking a position because it
:09:21. > :09:22.benefits their pocketbook, but in this case that doesn't
:09:23. > :09:25.seem to be the case. He is actually taking
:09:26. > :09:29.a pretty big risk with users of the site by taking
:09:30. > :09:31.any political stand. From the moment you turn
:09:32. > :09:37.on your phone, you see Mr Zuckerberg knows his audience
:09:38. > :09:40.in the US and around the world is diverse,
:09:41. > :09:43.from the rust belts of Pennsylvania to the flip-flop wearers
:09:44. > :09:45.of California, but his message Coming together is
:09:46. > :09:51.better than division. He said, if people are asking
:09:52. > :09:54.the question, "Is the direction for humanity to come
:09:55. > :09:57.together more or not?" I think that
:09:58. > :10:00.answer is clearly, "yes." But we have to build infrastructure
:10:01. > :10:02.to make sure the global Fake news - that hasn't
:10:03. > :10:10.worked for everyone. Claims that the Pope supported
:10:11. > :10:13.President Trump was a prime example. Facebook has been criticised for not
:10:14. > :10:16.doing enough to clear its newsfeeds. The technology moves
:10:17. > :10:21.faster than the ethical practice of the technology,
:10:22. > :10:26.and Mark Zuckerberg is moving very quickly into an environment
:10:27. > :10:28.where I don't think that there is the infrastructure
:10:29. > :10:30.in place to make sure How does Mr Zuckerberg respond
:10:31. > :10:39.to the fake news controversy? He told me, "Misinformation
:10:40. > :10:41.is a big deal and that undermines having
:10:42. > :10:42.a common understanding. So does sensationalism,
:10:43. > :10:44.so does polarisation. I think there are things
:10:45. > :10:46.we can do to help create An everyday man in control
:10:47. > :10:54.of an extraordinary phenomenon used He's promised to control fake
:10:55. > :10:59.news and insisted to me, But he knows in today's
:11:00. > :11:04.febrile environment a plan for a connected world will be
:11:05. > :11:07.seen as an alternative manifesto. Facebook could find itself
:11:08. > :11:15.being fined in Germany if it refuses to remove stories
:11:16. > :11:18.which are shown to be false. The German government
:11:19. > :11:21.could become the first in the European Union to use the law
:11:22. > :11:25.to try to stop the rise Facebook says it's taking the threat
:11:26. > :11:30.seriously and is appointing its own Our media editor Amol Rajan sent
:11:31. > :11:35.this report from Berlin. Footage from Dortmund,
:11:36. > :11:40.West Germany, on New Year's Eve. A report on the influential
:11:41. > :11:47.antiestablishment website Breitbart suggested a huge mob attacked
:11:48. > :11:49.a church, while waving al-Qaeda flags and chanting
:11:50. > :11:52."Allah Akbar" - "God is great". But there was no Islamist assault
:11:53. > :11:59.on this church, it was fake news. And the vicar mentioned
:12:00. > :12:02.in the Breitbart article, which is still online,
:12:03. > :12:07.fears the consequences. I was astonished,
:12:08. > :12:13.because it was a lie. The Reinold's Church
:12:14. > :12:17.was not burned down and no The false story about this church
:12:18. > :12:25.has helped to harden the political mood here,
:12:26. > :12:27.and with elections coming up there's a growing determination to take
:12:28. > :12:34.action against fake news. Here in Berlin, one party
:12:35. > :12:37.in the ruling coalition wants We want to force Facebook to build
:12:38. > :12:44.a permanent contact agency, where the law enforcement can reach
:12:45. > :12:48.them 24 hours for the whole week. The second point is we will define
:12:49. > :12:53.periods and in that period they have The third thing is that they have
:12:54. > :13:00.to pay a high fine if they do not These are independent fact checkers
:13:01. > :13:05.now used by Facebook. Refugees get the driving
:13:06. > :13:12.licence for no money, If they discover fake news,
:13:13. > :13:20.they mark it as false and send a warning message
:13:21. > :13:24.to German-speaking users. A lot of this fake news only focuses
:13:25. > :13:31.to bring hate to our communities. When this hate comes
:13:32. > :13:35.to an election point, and people have made their mind up
:13:36. > :13:39.on election day on the basis of hate and lies, then it's a big
:13:40. > :13:41.threat to our society. Anas Modamani knows
:13:42. > :13:45.what that feels like. He fled Syria and came to Germany
:13:46. > :13:49.in 2015 as a refugee. When the German Chancellor
:13:50. > :13:51.visited the hostel he was Soon it went viral,
:13:52. > :13:57.together with the claim More fake news, and now
:13:58. > :14:05.he's suing Facebook. TRANSLATION: It made me feel
:14:06. > :14:08.very bad, I even cried. Then I found out people
:14:09. > :14:16.were seeing me as a terrorist. Many Germans fear that false stories
:14:17. > :14:22.online could stoke the rise Fake news seems unlikely
:14:23. > :14:29.to disappear any time soon, and what's happening here could help
:14:30. > :14:31.determine the future The Business Secretary Greg Clark
:14:32. > :14:47.has been in Paris tonight, holding talks with the owners
:14:48. > :14:49.of Peugeot, the company that's hoping to takeover Vauxhall
:14:50. > :14:52.and the other parts of the European There are concerns about the future
:14:53. > :14:56.of thousands of jobs at Vauxhall's The president of General Motors
:14:57. > :14:59.was in London today, for crisis talks at the Department
:15:00. > :15:01.for International Trade. Our business editor
:15:02. > :15:13.Simon Jack is there tonight. What is the extent of concern about
:15:14. > :15:19.these jobs? I think ministers are very concerned. You can tell that by
:15:20. > :15:23.how fast things have moved. On Tuesday night we found out General
:15:24. > :15:26.Motors was thinking of selling, with advanced talks of selling its
:15:27. > :15:32.European business to Peugeot and Citroen. On Wednesday senior members
:15:33. > :15:36.of GM went to Germany to meet surprise politicians and unions are.
:15:37. > :15:39.On Thursday morning the president of General Motors arrived here and that
:15:40. > :15:44.no sooner had they finished talking Thang Greg Clark got on a train to
:15:45. > :15:48.go to Paris. Excuse me. To go to Paris to talk to Peugeot, Citroen
:15:49. > :15:52.and his opposite number in the French government. You can see they
:15:53. > :15:55.are taking this deadly seriously. You wouldn't be doing these kinds of
:15:56. > :16:01.moves that this pace if you want extremely concerned that over a
:16:02. > :16:06.thousand jobs are threats. On that note, it's not difficult to foresee
:16:07. > :16:07.this could become politically and extremely challenging thing for
:16:08. > :16:15.ministers and others. You will end up with a 3-way fight
:16:16. > :16:20.between France, Germany and the UK, for jobs. If you look at the map of
:16:21. > :16:23.General Motors and Peugeot Citroen, there's 14 plants in France and
:16:24. > :16:31.Europe for Peugeot and Citroen, eight. Opel as Vauxhall is known in
:16:32. > :16:35.Europe, and two over here, so you will have a 3-way tussle to preserve
:16:36. > :16:41.jobs in those countries. The French government has a 14% stake in
:16:42. > :16:45.Peugeot Citroen. The Peugeot family have a 14% stake in Peugeot Citroen.
:16:46. > :16:48.German jobs are three times more expensive to get rid of than UK
:16:49. > :16:53.jobs. With that background, Greg Clarke is going to have to use all
:16:54. > :16:56.the charm he used with Nissan, if he's going to persuade the new
:16:57. > :17:02.company to keep those jobs here in the UK. Indeed, Simon, Simon Jack,
:17:03. > :17:05.our business editor at the Department for International Trade.
:17:06. > :17:07.A deal to settle a long-running dispute with drivers
:17:08. > :17:10.on Southern Rail has been rejected by union members.
:17:11. > :17:11.It raises the prospect of further industrial action
:17:12. > :17:13.and disruption for hundreds of thousands of passengers.
:17:14. > :17:16.The deal had been negotiated by leaders of Aslef -
:17:17. > :17:18.the train drivers' union - but it was turned down
:17:19. > :17:22.Southern's parent company said it was "hugely disappointed".
:17:23. > :17:25.It's also involved in a separate and even longer-running
:17:26. > :17:32.Our correspondent Sangita Myska reports from Brighton.
:17:33. > :17:35.Southern Rail, the franchise at the heart of this most bitter
:17:36. > :17:40.Today, another twist, as the deal negotiated
:17:41. > :17:45.by the drivers' union was rejected by its members, threatening yet more
:17:46. > :17:54.We pay through the nose for public transportation and I do not think
:17:55. > :17:58.it's appropriate that we have lots of disruption.
:17:59. > :18:03.This is a national problem and they need to deal
:18:04. > :18:08.I have every sympathy with the train drivers and the guards,
:18:09. > :18:10.but I wish they'd just get round the table and
:18:11. > :18:16.We are pleased to announce that Aslef and GTR Southern have
:18:17. > :18:22.But it was that deal, backed by the union's leadership,
:18:23. > :18:26.that was today voted down by the rank and file.
:18:27. > :18:29.At the heart of the dispute is who shuts these doors.
:18:30. > :18:32.It's a job currently done by the conductors, but Southern says
:18:33. > :18:35.it should be the responsibility of the train drivers.
:18:36. > :18:42.The company says it's safe, as does the rail safety regulator.
:18:43. > :18:45.The train drivers we've spoken to today say they feel badly let
:18:46. > :18:47.down by their union, Aslef, that they had no choice
:18:48. > :18:52.They say it wasn't worth the paper it was written on because it doesn't
:18:53. > :18:58.They say by adding to their responsibilities, passenger safety
:18:59. > :19:03.Aslef says the deal they'd hammered out meant drivers would have
:19:04. > :19:08.to operate train doors, but there was also a guarantee
:19:09. > :19:11.that there would always be two members of staff on board,
:19:12. > :19:15.It's something the union representing the conductors
:19:16. > :19:24.The reality was there was a host of exceptions that meant up to 1800
:19:25. > :19:27.trains a day would be able to be run without a guaranteed second person.
:19:28. > :19:33.Southern Rail says it's disappointed with today's vote and there's
:19:34. > :19:41.still no word as to what Aslef's next move will be.
:19:42. > :19:47.What is for sure is that widespread disruption is on its way.
:19:48. > :19:53.Workers on Arriva Trains North are being balloted over the same
:19:54. > :19:55.issue and the prospect of industrial action on Merseyrail also looms.
:19:56. > :19:59.More than 70 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a suicide
:20:00. > :20:02.bomb attack at one of Pakistan's most famous shrines.
:20:03. > :20:04.The Islamic State group said they carried out the bombing.
:20:05. > :20:06.The Lal Shahbaz Qalander shrine in Sindh province
:20:07. > :20:09.was filled with worshippers when the bomber struck.
:20:10. > :20:14.From Islamabad, our correspondent Secunder Kermani reports.
:20:15. > :20:19.A time of worship turns to carnage in one of Pakistan's most
:20:20. > :20:23.A suicide bomber blows himself up, sending
:20:24. > :20:32.Survivors chant prayers as they crowd around
:20:33. > :20:37.the dead, whilst the injured are taken to hospital.
:20:38. > :20:39.TRANSLATION: The bomb went off where people were worshipping.
:20:40. > :20:46.Those of us further away managed to survive.
:20:47. > :20:49.The shrine was particularly busy tonight.
:20:50. > :20:52.Thursday evening sees special devotional services.
:20:53. > :20:56.The so-called Islamic State have claimed the attack.
:20:57. > :20:58.They and other jihadists believe the liberal Sufi Muslims
:20:59. > :21:04.As the group's territory in the Middle East shrinks,
:21:05. > :21:11.IS has gradually grown in influence in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
:21:12. > :21:14.This week, Pakistan has been struck by a series of attacks
:21:15. > :21:18.right across the country by different extremist groups.
:21:19. > :21:23.Over the past few months the country has seen the numbers of those killed
:21:24. > :21:27.in terrorist incidents greatly reduce, but this recent upsurge
:21:28. > :21:35.Secunder Kermani, BBC News, Islamabad.
:21:36. > :21:38.A car bomb in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 45
:21:39. > :21:44.The Islamic State group said it was behind the blast,
:21:45. > :21:48.which targeted a market in the southern district of Bayaa.
:21:49. > :21:51.It's the third car bomb attack in as many days
:21:52. > :21:57.The police say the emergency services are struggling to cope
:21:58. > :22:04.The Ukip leader, Paul Nuttall, says he's been the victim
:22:05. > :22:06.of a smear campaign, following the controversy
:22:07. > :22:10.about his recollections of the Hillsborough disaster.
:22:11. > :22:13.He's apologised for inaccurate claims that he'd lost "close
:22:14. > :22:16.personal friends" in the disaster, but he says it's disgraceful that
:22:17. > :22:19.some have been questioning whether he was present at the ground
:22:20. > :22:24.Mr Nuttall was speaking in Stoke, where he's standing as the Ukip
:22:25. > :22:27.candidate in a parliamentary by-election a week today.
:22:28. > :22:30.Our political correspondent Ben Wright reports from the constituency
:22:31. > :22:41.Ukip, get him in, that's what we need.
:22:42. > :22:47.The Ukip leader hopes next week Stoke-on-Trent Central
:22:48. > :22:51.will turn from red to purple, giving the party at second MP.
:22:52. > :22:54.But Mr Nuttall has had a tricky few days, admitting that claims
:22:55. > :22:59.on his website at he lost close friends in the 1989 Hillsborough
:23:00. > :23:04.Ukip foot soldiers were on the ground today
:23:05. > :23:11.Paul Nuttall is not a man who normally avoids the limelight,
:23:12. > :23:15.We've been texting him, calling him for more than a day,
:23:16. > :23:20.His press team says he's working on a speech he's
:23:21. > :23:22.going to make tomorrow, but the other candidates
:23:23. > :23:27.This has been Labour turf since 1950.
:23:28. > :23:30.But at the last election, Ukip were second and since Stoke-on-Trent
:23:31. > :23:32.voted strongly to leave the EU, Labour's candidate has
:23:33. > :23:37.You've been tweeting about how much you hate Brexit,
:23:38. > :23:42.Well, when I tweeted it was my frustration
:23:43. > :23:45.at the fact the Prime Minister, after a number of months, had yet
:23:46. > :23:49.The Labour Party is, as far as I'm concerned,
:23:50. > :23:52.the only party that will deliver a plan for North Staffordshire,
:23:53. > :23:54.a plan to Stoke-on-Trent that will make Brexit work.
:23:55. > :23:57.The pits and pots that built this city have largely gone,
:23:58. > :24:08.It's a vibrant city with lots to offer and lots of friendly
:24:09. > :24:10.people and a real sense of creativity about it.
:24:11. > :24:13.Unlike the other parties we are not funded by millionaires.
:24:14. > :24:18.We're not based around a London centred agenda,
:24:19. > :24:24.At 25, the Tory candidate would be a young
:24:25. > :24:28.A lot of people have been saying to me they've felt let down
:24:29. > :24:32.That's why, that's one of my top priorities,
:24:33. > :24:35.and not just about more jobs in this city, we want to see
:24:36. > :24:37.better jobs, better skilled jobs and better paid
:24:38. > :24:40.jobs for the people of Stoke-on-Trent.
:24:41. > :24:43.Brexit cannot be ducked in this campaign, with the Lib
:24:44. > :24:47.We're standing up for people, for them to have another say, rather
:24:48. > :24:51.than a stitch up between ministers and Cabinet.
:24:52. > :24:56.Clearly not swerving scrutiny after all, this evening
:24:57. > :24:59.Paul Nuttall was at BBC Radio Stoke hustings and was asked about the
:25:00. > :25:02.There was a mistake on my website, which was
:25:03. > :25:10.I was there, I was at the game, I can prove I was at the
:25:11. > :25:14.Look, I thought I'd seen all lows in politics, this just isn't
:25:15. > :25:16.scraping the barrel, this is digging beneath a barrel.
:25:17. > :25:19.I believe I'm the best candidate on the panel, who can
:25:20. > :25:21.bring investment because I'm a national figure, I'm a national
:25:22. > :25:25.political leader, I'm a national voice and if I stand up in the House
:25:26. > :25:30.For Ukip this by-election will test its claim it can replace
:25:31. > :25:33.If Jeremy Corbyn's party doesn't hold it, Labour's
:25:34. > :25:41.Ben Wright, BBC News, Stoke-on-Trent.
:25:42. > :25:43.There are ten candidates standing in the by-election
:25:44. > :25:47.in Stoke-on-Trent Central next Thursday.
:25:48. > :25:50.You can find out more about them - and their policies -
:25:51. > :26:03.More than 500,000 children and teenagers in the UK are carers,
:26:04. > :26:06.who look after relatives who are ill or disabled.
:26:07. > :26:09.But budget cuts by local authorities are making it increasingly difficult
:26:10. > :26:12.for these young carers to get the support that they need,
:26:13. > :26:15.according to the Local Government Association in England and Wales.
:26:16. > :26:18.They say it's crucial for councils to have better relationships
:26:19. > :26:26.Our Midlands correspondent Sima Kotecha reports.
:26:27. > :26:30.In Dudley, 17-year-old Alex looks after his mum,
:26:31. > :26:36.I suppose you could say it's a big responsibility,
:26:37. > :26:40.but it doesn't really feel like it, because obviously it's what I've
:26:41. > :26:47.It's just the normal thing to go, "Have you had your tablets today?"
:26:48. > :26:51.So how many tablets does your mum take every day?
:26:52. > :26:57.He's her primary carer and is one of 700,000 young
:26:58. > :27:04.You do just want to throw the towel in sometimes and go,
:27:05. > :27:06.I've had enough, I don't want to do this any more.
:27:07. > :27:10.But you see at the end of the day, you just see how happy you make
:27:11. > :27:13.the person or the people that you care for, and it really does
:27:14. > :27:17.Some of these young people do get support from their local
:27:18. > :27:19.authorities, but the organisation which represents local councils
:27:20. > :27:25.in England and Wales says tight budgets means they're having to make
:27:26. > :27:30.tough choices about who gets help and who doesn't.
:27:31. > :27:32.There might be some people who are watching this thinking,
:27:33. > :27:38.is it fair to have a child helping you and being there for you,
:27:39. > :27:41.when actually the adult should be there for the child -
:27:42. > :27:47.I agree with that, to be quite honest, I really do.
:27:48. > :27:52.I wish that I hadn't got to rely on Alex sort of thing.
:27:53. > :27:58.So I've got to rely on him sort of thing, to help me.
:27:59. > :28:11.Not too far away in Wolverhampton, ten-year-old Ethan takes care
:28:12. > :28:20.With his mum, he's one of his primary carers.
:28:21. > :28:23.It feels a bit like a burden and sometimes he does things
:28:24. > :28:26.that makes us angry, but then he does lots of things that
:28:27. > :28:30.Noah has complex learning difficulties, which means
:28:31. > :28:33.he struggles with everyday tasks and needs to be
:28:34. > :28:39.The government says later this year it will publish a strategy that
:28:40. > :28:45.will outline what more it will do to help vulnerable young carers.
:28:46. > :28:51.There's an argument that being young and responsible for someone's
:28:52. > :28:56.well-being is a duty that is just too much, but in many of these cases
:28:57. > :29:07.When I tell people about it, it just makes me feel proud.
:29:08. > :29:13.Sima Kotecha, BBC News, in the West Midlands.
:29:14. > :29:17.A century ago, the Women's Royal Naval Service was founded,
:29:18. > :29:19.to boost the naval effort during the First World War.
:29:20. > :29:22.It was the start of a hugely significant change in the role
:29:23. > :29:26.Wrens - as they became known - served as dispatch riders,
:29:27. > :29:29.telegraphists, cooks, stewards and went on to play
:29:30. > :29:32.key roles in the Navy, in the Second World War and beyond.
:29:33. > :29:35.Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports from Portsmouth,
:29:36. > :29:39.where events will be held throughout the year.
:29:40. > :29:42.At 90 years old, Win Price still has an affection
:29:43. > :29:46.for the sea and the Wrens, who hold sway over her maritime
:29:47. > :29:50.memories, that first began when she joined
:29:51. > :30:02.I couldn't cook, so I opted for a steward.
:30:03. > :30:08.Proud then and honoured now to be celebrating 100 years of the Wrens.
:30:09. > :30:24.No, the ones before me were pioneers.
:30:25. > :30:27.NEWS ARCHIVE: She's the skipper and it's by her order that the mail
:30:28. > :30:30.boat stops at the ships named on that precious letter.
:30:31. > :30:35.The Women's Royal Naval Service was formed in 1917.
:30:36. > :30:38.By the Second World War they had become the home front force that
:30:39. > :30:48.Now a century of achievements are charted in this new exhibition.
:30:49. > :30:50.The strength of this exhibition lies in its detail and the telling
:30:51. > :30:57.This is the leave permit for a Jane Rossiter and it's
:30:58. > :31:03.She was obviously going home for Christmas.
:31:04. > :31:05.But then we know that Jane subsequently left the Navy and then
:31:06. > :31:09.re-enlisted at the outbreak of the Second World War, and here,
:31:10. > :31:19.In a hundred years, women sailors have gone from medics to marines,
:31:20. > :31:26.They've had to prove themselves, which they did really well.
:31:27. > :31:29.After that it was for the other women to embrace that change
:31:30. > :31:34.and they took it forward and it's continued to go forward.
:31:35. > :31:39.Now called sailors, not Wrens, women have seen a century of naval change.
:31:40. > :31:42.For those like Win Price, the exhibition is a proud salute
:31:43. > :31:56.Duncan Kennedy, BBC News in Portsmouth.
:31:57. > :32:10.Today's tributes to the Women's Royal Naval Service there. Newsnight
:32:11. > :32:12.is about to begin on BBC Two. President Trump's press conference
:32:13. > :32:15.was one of the strangest any of us can remember. We'll Biamou lies in
:32:16. > :32:16.what it says about the president and his