18/07/2017 BBC News at Ten

There's a stark warning from the Chief Inspector of Prisons

that not a single youth custody centre in England

He says staffing levels are too low to keep order.

Campaigners believe conditions in some institutions

They are more afraid to be inside the prison than outside,

because of the gang rivalry within the prison, and they feel

they're not protected enough inside the prison.

The Chief Inspector says conditions are so terrible,

a tragedy is inevitable, and he attacks the state

President Trump says he'll just let Obamacare fail,

after the collapse of his latest attempt to repeal and

Heavy rain has caused serious flash flooding in parts of Cornwall.

The Madagascan lemur, already endangered, faces

a new threat from illegal sapphire mining.

This is the biggest rush in Madagascar for more than 20 years.

Tens of thousands of people have moved here to clear

And England's women cricketers are celebrating, after reaching

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

England are through to the final of the women's Cricket World Cup.

Every single youth custody centre in England and Wales has been

In the latest report from the Chief Inspector of Prisons,

Peter Clarke warns that tragedy is "inevitable" and the decline

He attacks the conditions of men's prisons too,

saying he was often appalled by how inmates had to live.

In response, the Government says it acknowledges the issues raised

and plans to boost the number of frontline staff to address

Our home affairs correspondent, June Kelly, has the details.

Medway secure training centre in Kent, a place where young offenders

are held and hopefully rehabilitated. 18 months ago an

undercover investigation by BBC Panorama shone a light on daily life

in Medway. Teenage inmates were seen being mistreated and abused. A

number of staff were sacked and the police launch aid criminal

investigation. -- launched a criminal investigation. Medway, then

run by G4S is now the responsibility of the prison and Probation Service.

But it's still struggling. Only last month, inspectors denounced it as

inadequate and it's not alone, according to today's damning report

by the prison watchdog, which says: The Chief Inspector of Prisons says

he was so alarmed that he alerted ministers earlier this year.

Violence giving rise to repressive regimes, more discipline, longer

being locked in cells. I've seen children being held in cells for 22

hours a day. Not eating any of their meals in association with other

children. When inspectors went into Feltham Young Offenders Institution

in west London they found that violence was so acute that the site

was unsafe for staff and boys. Jennifer Blake, who runs an

anti-gang charity was in Feltham last month. Their toilet system is

overflowing. The stench in there. The fact that they're more afraid to

be inside the prison more than outside, because of the gang rivalry

with inside the prison. She began offending when she was 13 and spend

20 years involved in knife crime, drugs and robbery. Through my own

life experience, I know that I wasn't stopped and I went down the

wrong path. So if these young people are not stopped, they will take it

through to their adulthood. They will continue re-offending. The

Ministry of Justice said no minister was available for interview and in a

statement, it said: A year ago, BBC News reports from

Wandsworth prison gave us the inside view of life on the wings. With

prisoners self-harming, and open drug abuse. When it comes to adult

jails, today's report warns that the system can only be reformed if

there's less violence, fewer drugs and more time spent out of cells.

And all these require extra staff. What's striking about the Chief

Inspector's report is the language, it's stark, it's uncompromising,

it's terribly bleak. That's right. . The Ministry of Justice is trying to

recruit staff for jails in England and Wales and there are plans for

more staff in Young Offender Institutions, these are the

institutions which house offenders between the ages of 13 and 18. So

young teenagers right the way up to adulthood. Now Peter Clarke is

saying that's fine, but it's not just about staff. It's also about

the situation in some of these jails. He says that basically the

situation is just grim and they are squalid. That includes the Young

Offender Institutions. Now the Ministry of Justice is saying it's

created a youth custody service. It says this is a sign of how committed

it is to try to tackle this problem. Peter Clarke is saying in response,

well, that's fine and these initiatives are fine, but really,

what is important are the practicalities that flow from these

initiatives. He and his colleagues produce these reports on adult

prisons and Young Offender Institutions. The people involved

read them, acknowledge the criticisms and nod and they thinks

change is going to come and then change doesn't come. He is saying

it's all very well having all these, sort of, suggestions for change, but

if they're not acted upon, it's all a bit futile. As we've already

reported, he is saying that in the Young Offender Institutions, if

something isn't done, he fears there will be a tragedy.

June, many thanks. It was a key election

pledge for Donald Trump, the repeal and replacement

of America's Affordable Care Act, But a fresh attempt to deliver

on that promise has just failed, representing a major setback

for the White House. Voicing his disappointment,

the president now says he's willing Our New York correspondent,

Nick Bryant, reports. Few cities paid more attention

to the health care debate than Donald Trump's hometown

where one in five New Yorkers stood to lose their coverage had

Obamacare been repealed. You're going to repeal something

that millions of Americans need. Donna Leslie suffers from asthma,

sleep apnoea and an injured knee. She is delighted the Republicans

failed to dismantle Obamacare, her You take it away, oh, I could not

imagine the disaster that would be. Kentucky, a Trump stronghold

was once seen as a success story of Obamacare because it brought

about such a sharp drop in the number of people

without health insurance. But insurance companies here have

been pulling out of the health marketplace that Obamacare created

partly because of the uncertainty In some states the system

is in danger of collapse and this Other countries have done it,

they set the ground work for us, we won't be a pioneer but we can

take what they have done and use it and build it to make it the best

programme in the world. That is why the United States

is as strong as it is, we have taken things

and made them better. Why can't we take health

care and make it better Back in the spring, Donald Trump

presented himself as the maestro when the House of Representatives

voted to repeal and This is a repeal and replace

of Obamacare, make But the fist pumps and hugs

were premature, divisions between right-wing and moderate

Republicans meant he could not get And so today a stony faced president

tried to distance himself from this We will let Obamacare fail,

we are not going to own it, I can tell you the Republicans

are not going to own it. We will let Obamacare fail

and the Democrats will come to us and say how do we fix it or how do

we come up with a new plan? This debacle says a lot

about the health of American democracy and the paralysis

of the body politic. For much of the Obama

administration, it was because of divided government,

the Democrats had the White House, the Republicans blocked them

on Capitol Hill but now the Republicans control

the White House, the Senate, It was their disunity

which led to this failure. Donald Trump claimed it

would take an outsider to fix But six months into his presidency,

he can't yet claim a landmark Heavy rain has caused serious flash

flooding at Coverack on the Lizard The fire brigade has been rescuing

people from their homes, and a coastguard helicopter has

airlifted some to safety. Our correspondent,

Jon Kay, is in Coverack Summer 2017 and an emergency rescue

in Cornwall, villagerers winched from their rooftops

as the rain came down. Hail, wind, thunder and lightning,

then three hours of torrential rain. Coverack couldn't cope. Roads became

rivers. It raced down the hills into the harbour, carrying tons of rocks

and debris. The water was gushing across the road. There were standing

waves. You couldn't physically drive through it. Theresa told me she was

on her way home from the shops when she found herself stuck in this. She

was there for hours. It took eight burly firemen or whatever to corral

you through the water and rubble and everything that's round there and

then literally dragged through a hedge to safety. Roads down to the

harbour have been so badly damaged, it's impossible for some people to

reach their homes tonight. Around 50 properties have been affected. I

can't believe it. I mean, the amount of water going down is far in excess

I've ever seen in my life before. How long have you lived here? 51

years. One of the most perilous rescues involved a double-decker

bus. The driver and his schoolboy passenger stuck for three hours

before being freed. He told me it was a frightening experience. Huge

bolders came and pummelled the back of the bus. Some even the size of

the wheels. The authorities say amazingly nobody seems to have

suffered major injuries. But it will be tomorrow before the worst of the

damage can be reached and assessed. Coastguard and fire crews are still

working here tonight. They're likely to be here for several hours to

come. What struck me coming down the Lizard Peninsula this afternoon was

just how localised this was. You could see na -- see not a puddle up

there. But mayhem for a few hours here. People said it reminded them

of the Boscastle bloods more than a decade ago. Fortunately it hasn't

been near as devastating as that incident. Jon Kay there in Cornwall.

The aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster last month revealed deep

social inequalities in the borough of Kensington Chelsea, especially

Most councils have a statutory duty to offer half of accommodation in

all new large building projects as social housing. BBC News has found

that the council, Kensington Chelsea, agreed developers last year

could give them nearly ?50 million instead of building the required

social housing. A rarely seen view of one

of Britain's richest areas, but Kensington and Chelsea,

like everywhere else, does have social housing,

just not enough of it. Kalpesh Shukla is currently

living in a local hostel, I've tried to get

a house for two years. It's just impossible really to just

to try to get any sort of housing. I've tried so many times,

and they just won't listen to you. They just say, there's nothing

for you and they just can't help me. They won't even get me

on the housing list. Just minutes away, a huge

new development in Knightsbridge There'll be shops, offices

and luxury flats given the size of the build,

council rules say half the homes should be affordable,

but the architects say the flats were too big, the service charge

would be too expensive. So Kensington and Chelsea Council

allowed the developers to pay them ?12 million,

which they should now spend Research for the BBC shows that

in 2016, Kensington and Chelsea agreed to take nearly ?47.5 million

from developers in such deals. Of the money property companies

have paid them, more However, just 336 affordable

homes were built in In one year, just four

were actually added. We're exporting

the poor population... The leader of the Labour group

of the Council is appalled. One of the great things about living

in London is that you do have a balanced population and I do

think we have a duty not to produce the prettiest ghost

town in Western Europe. Our first loyalty should be

to maintaining and strengthening our communities, and we've fallen down

on that job terribly. Kensington and Chelsea told

us they're struggling to provide affordable homes,

due to being a small, densely packed area with limited

sites and high land values. They say they do what they can,

sometimes pushing But ultimately, they say they have

limited capacity to provide housing. Average house prices around

here are more than ?1 million. Despite that, the council has

a target of building 200 Developers, however,

seem increasingly keen Kensington and Chelsea is an inner

borough and also has some Therefore, there's more likelihood

of developers wanting to build entirely private schemes and give

the payment to the council in lieu of affordable housing

coming through as part Lots of English councils take money

from developers instead of forcing them to build affordable homes,

but in Kensington and Chelsea, many luxury flats lie empty,

it's the only London borough Striking such deals can make sense,

but only if the money Michael Buchanan, BBC

News, West London. Let's take a look at some

of the day's other top stories: Downing Street has suggested

ministers are unlikely to make a decision on annual pay awards

for the police and prison It's widely believed the pay review

bodies for both services will recommend increases

above the 1% cap. New research suggests rising life

expectancy rates are grinding to a halt in England after more

than 100 years of Sir Michael Marmot of

University College London, who carried out the study,

says he's "deeply concerned" and it was a "matter

of urgency" to find out Four police helicopter crew

members in South Yorkshire, have gone on trial accused

of using the aircraft to spy on people, some sunbathing

naked or having sex. Two officers and two

pilots deny the charges, which relate to alleged incidents

between 2007 and 2012. A fifth man pleaded guilty

to misconduct in public office. A new ?10 note has been unveiled

featuring a portrait of Jane Austen. The Bank of England revealed

the design on the 200th anniversary The new polymer note will go

into circulation in September. Tomorrow, the BBC will publish

its annual report which, for the first time, will include

details of how much The Government has forced

the disclosure, which will affect presenters on salaries

of more than ?150,000. The BBC already publishes full

details of executive Our media editor,

Amol Rajan, reports. They have broadcast to the nation on

a regular basis, presenting shows that still command an audience of

millions. Tomorrow, for the first time, we get a clear indication of

how much they are paid. The BBC's annual report will include the

salaries of all broadcasters paid over ?150,000 by the BBC. A result

of tense negotiations over its Royal Charter agreement. Tony Hall, the

direct general of the BBC, was against the move. I don't think it's

right that we should have names against salaries for stars for

presenters and others. I believe that would be inflationary, which I

think would be bad for licence fee payers and a poacher's charter. We

put the argument out there. We lost that. We are managing a situation

which we didn't want, but we will do. Isn't it quite embarrassing in

this list that comes out tomorrow, two-thirds of those paid over

?150,000 whose salaries we find out about are men? My real ambition when

I came back to the BBC was to get to a position by 2020 where we have

equality between men and women on the screen and on the radio. Over

the last three years of the new people we've either promoted or put

on our screen or radios, 63% are women. Is this progress enough? It's

absolutely not. Critics of the BBC add transparency can flash out waste

and the public have a right to know how their money is being spent. It

can identify areas where there is fat left to trim and inform

priorities whether they should be competing in the marketplace for

other providers for certain programmes ordeal with factual

broadcasting. Tomorrow will be an uncomfortable day for all BBC

casters who will have to defend their salaries in public. It will be

for the licence fee payers to determine whether or not they are

value-for-money. Amol Rajan, BBC News.

Lemurs are unique to Madagascar, but illegal sapphire mining

on the island is threatening the largest of the

Since late last year, more than 40,000 miners have gone

to a remote area of rainforest in the east of the country,

But the habitat of the Indri, which is already critically

Angus Crawford reports now from Madagascar.

In the forests of Madagascar there's a new sound,

the sound of men working, poor men who want to get rich.

This is the biggest rush in Madagascar for more than 20 years.

Tens of thousands of people have moved here to clear

Once virgin rainforest, felled and burned.

Now look, mine shafts and spoil heaps stretch across the valley.

He's travelled 1,000 miles, invested all his money, for this.

Each morning the work takes him down into the dark.

The job is cramped, back breaking and dangerous.

In this, one of the poorest countries on earth, that's the dream

that keeps them coming, men desperate to

See the damage it causes, threatening the habitat of one

of the world's rarest animals, the Indri lemur.

They're on that side of the valley and they're singing

They're critically endangered and they only live in a very

They can't survive in captivity, so when they're gone from here,

They spend their lives in the trees, eating leaves and fruit and breeding

There may be as few as 2,000 left in the wild.

Jonah Ratsimbazafy is a world authority on the Indri,

he's horrified by the effects of the mining.

So today I'm telling you, stop buying precious stones

But how can buyers know, the gems go from mine to capital city,

are cut and polished in back street workshops before being

Illegally mined sapphires are then anonymous and

So, for now, the miners keep working.

Great riches lie beneath this soil, unique wildlife in the trees above,

but how does Madagascar extract one without destroying the other.

Angus Crawford, BBC News, Madagascar.

There's been an unexpected fall in inflation.

The rate, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index,

was 2.6% in June, compared with 2.9% in May.

The drop is partly due to a fall in fuel prices,

but some economists believe it's just a blip, saying inflation

Here's our economics correspondent, Andy Verity.

We're used to petrol being the motor of inflation,

Between May and June, the cost of fuel dropped by more

than a percentage point and instead of edging higher, as many expected,

inflation generally fell back from 2.9% to 2.6%.

One of the biggest elements that held inflation down

was culture and recreation, everything from theatre tickets,

to sports tickets, to video streaming

downward pressure came from these, cheaper tablet computers.

This afternoon, the governor of the Bank of England

I think the first thing is, one doesn't want to put too much

The reason why inflation is above the 2% target

is because of the depreciation in the pound following

the referendum or associated with the referendum,

and that's a judgement of the market.

We'll see in the fullness of time whether that judgment is right,

but it's the judgment of the market about the relative incomes in this

country as a consequence of those decisions over the medium term.

This carpet factory in Kidderminster is an example of a growing business

It means it has to pay more than it once did to buy the yarn that goes

It's adapted to that and more of its yarn now

That's helped it to trim its costs and keep its price rises contained.

We've increased prices by around 2% this year and that's been a natural

consequence of increased wage costs, yarn costs and energy costs.

We have had to pass that on to our customers.

While inflation is lower than last month, prices

are still rising faster than the average worker's pay.

The squeeze on living standards isn't over yet.

It looks as if inflation might be dampened a bit by softer fuel price

growth over the next few months, but underlying price pressures

from post-Brexit falls in sterling are still there and they look set

to continue to push inflation up a bit further as we move

For now, the pressure on the Bank of England to tame inflation

by raising interest rates sooner rather than later has eased.

In the City, they are still betting a rise in interest rates will be

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have described as "shattering"

their visit to a former concentration camp, as part

of their five day tour of Poland and Germany.

The Royal couple met Holocaust survivors at Stutthof, near Gdansk,

where 65,000 people were murdered in World War II.

Our Royal correspondent, Peter Hunt, has more.

Poland, a country with a troubled past, provides presidential style

security for visiting Royal dignitaries that leaves

Part of that past is captured here at Stutthof,

a concentration camp, turned museum, with evil on display,

With two survivors, tens of thousands perished,

the Duke and the Duchess paid their respects at the camp's

"What the Nazis did", William and Kate wrote later,

"was a terrible reminder of the cost of war."

They described their visit as "shattering."

In what was a friendless, soulless place, as teenagers,

Manfred and Zigi, formed a friendship for life.

They walked out of these death gates, in the '40s,

This was the only camp I thought I was going to die because it wasn't

only from sickness or starvation, but also the weather.

In November here, well below zero it was and we were

It was an extremely emotional event for me.

In 70 plus years, since our liberation, I have never set foot

either in Germany or Poland, I put all that behind me.

At this brutal camp and at the others, so many people died,

The hope is that this Royal visit will help to educate the young

and ensure that the horrors of the Holocaust

William and Kate's introduction to Polish history continued

when they met Lech Walesa, the retired shipyard worker

With the Solidarity Trade Union movement, he played a part

This has been an enlightening day that will linger

The England women's cricket team has reached the final of the World Cup.

They beat South Africa in Bristol and will now take on either

the defending champions, Australia or India,

This is where England wanted to be - Bristol, one game from their

It went in a blur, that's the speed Sarah Taylor works at.

Few could even see this stumping, let alone pull it off.

No wonder the umpire needed the replay.

South Africa's recovery was led by a batter who wants to be

a doctor, Laura Wolvaardt, perspective medical student,

England's captain has her own emoji apparently, Wolvaardt

gone to her second ball - smiley face.

England felt they had South Africa where they wanted them.

Set 219 to reach the World Cup final, Taylor began

She passed 50, but then she was called for a run

All that had been solid crumbled, Knight, Sciver, Brunt all went.

Into the final over, three runs to win, two from four balls,

Laura Marsh couldn't get them, who could?

Indeed, who could look, Anya Shrubsole couldn't see the fuss.

It's about getting over the line. It doesn't matter if it's ugly at

times, which it essentially was in that game.

Are you over the line and in a World Cup final.

Well, what a game, anyone who saw it won't forget it in a hurry

and plenty more will see Sunday's final against either India

or Australia, that match will be sold-out and, if it's anything

like this one, don't take your eyes off.

Patrick Gearey, BBC News, in Bristol.

This week, President Trump passes the six month milestone,

half a year of the most controversial President

Tonight we'll ask, is he as bad as his critics feared or as good

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