:00:00. > :00:07.No new diesel or petrol vehicles after 2040 -
:00:08. > :00:11.the Government's plans to tackle pollution.
:00:12. > :00:13.The aim is to encourage us all to switch to zero-emission
:00:14. > :00:19.We have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads
:00:20. > :00:22.if we're going to make sure that not only do we deal with the health
:00:23. > :00:25.problems that air pollution causes but also that we meet
:00:26. > :00:29.But some feel the plan doesn't do enough
:00:30. > :00:32.to lift the smog hanging over towns and cities now.
:00:33. > :00:35.We're very disappointed with this plan, it is unambitious,
:00:36. > :00:38.and it kicks the can down the road, rather than dealing
:00:39. > :00:43.with the urgent issue of air quality which is affecting people right now.
:00:44. > :00:46.And local councils will be given money to reduce pollution
:00:47. > :00:51.by reconfiguring roads and improving public transport.
:00:52. > :00:59.Also tonight, huge forest fires in the south of France
:01:00. > :01:02.force 10,000 people to flee, including many British tourists.
:01:03. > :01:03.Donald Trump goes to war with transgender people
:01:04. > :01:05.in the military, saying he'll ban them.
:01:06. > :01:07.Making people pay for an employment tribunal is unlawful.
:01:08. > :01:11.The Government has to pay back tens of millions of pounds.
:01:12. > :01:14.And Adam Peaty does it again - a second gold medal
:01:15. > :01:20.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, Novak Djokovic is taking time
:01:21. > :01:23.off to recover from an elbow injury, a problem that forced him to retire
:01:24. > :01:50.Environmental and health campaigners have criticised the Government's
:01:51. > :01:53.long-awaited clean-air strategy, saying it doesn't go far or fast
:01:54. > :01:55.enough to tackle pollution in our towns and cities.
:01:56. > :01:58.The plan, ordered by the High Court, includes a ban on new petrol
:01:59. > :02:00.and diesel vehicles from 2040, and measures which could allow local
:02:01. > :02:02.councils much sooner to change road layouts,
:02:03. > :02:04.remove speed humps, or penalise the dirtiest vehicles.
:02:05. > :02:07.The aim is to encourage us all to switch to electric vehicles.
:02:08. > :02:19.Here's our science editor, David Shukman.
:02:20. > :02:22.On the worst days, the pollution hangs like a mist over our cities.
:02:23. > :02:25.The gases and particles cause asthma and heart trouble, maybe dementia.
:02:26. > :02:27.And there's evidence that dirty air shortens lives,
:02:28. > :02:29.linked to an estimated 40,000 premature deaths in
:02:30. > :02:40.And the biggest source of pollution is diesel engines,
:02:41. > :02:43.So the Government has a vision for a future
:02:44. > :02:48.Norway will do this by 2025, France by 2040, and that's the year
:02:49. > :02:56.the Government here has set to move away from conventional engines.
:02:57. > :03:01.We have to get rid of petrol and diesel cars off our roads
:03:02. > :03:04.if we're going to make sure not only that we deal with the health
:03:05. > :03:07.problems that air pollution causes, but also that we meet
:03:08. > :03:10.And the good news is that the car industry is already
:03:11. > :03:14.ARCHIVE: At the Austin motor works in Birmingham,
:03:15. > :03:19.Anglo-American cooperation has resulted in a new small car...
:03:20. > :03:21.This is another potentially momentous step,
:03:22. > :03:23.because there's a long, proud history of petrol and diesel engines
:03:24. > :03:27.These are machines that have shaped the way we live and work.
:03:28. > :03:34.But for the sake of everyone's health, their days are now numbered.
:03:35. > :03:37.The headline of a ban by 2040 on sales of new petrol and diesel
:03:38. > :03:38.cars and vans is certainly eye-catching,
:03:39. > :03:41.but what about tackling pollution now?
:03:42. > :03:44.Well, a couple of months ago, the Government's own advisers said
:03:45. > :03:47.the best way to do that would be to have clean-air zones in towns
:03:48. > :03:56.That idea is not in the new plan issued today.
:03:57. > :04:00.Instead, ministers want local councils to take action.
:04:01. > :04:01.They suggest councils might remove speed bumps,
:04:02. > :04:03.so cars don't slow down and accelerate,
:04:04. > :04:10.They say old buses can be fitted with new filters to make them clean,
:04:11. > :04:15.And they may, as a last resort, allow councils to impose charges
:04:16. > :04:23.But scrapping the most polluting diesels, which local authorities
:04:24. > :04:28.have pushed for, is not on the Government agenda,
:04:29. > :04:30.and the councils are worried they're being asked
:04:31. > :04:32.to fight pollution without enough cash.
:04:33. > :04:37.At the moment, we have to monitor, we have to report about pollution
:04:38. > :04:39.and air quality in our local authority areas,
:04:40. > :04:42.but we have no powers, really, to do anything about it.
:04:43. > :04:45.Today's announcement gives us that first step, you know,
:04:46. > :04:48.but if the funding doesn't come, you know, or the Government,
:04:49. > :04:50.when the details come out, constrains us in any way,
:04:51. > :04:52.that is going to mean that, actually, communities
:04:53. > :05:00.Volvo has declared it will go electric from 2019.
:05:01. > :05:06.But the boss of Aston Martin says the Government hasn't thought
:05:07. > :05:10.If you don't have the infrastructure, if you don't
:05:11. > :05:14.have the skills, if you don't have the wherewithal to pay for it,
:05:15. > :05:18.then as a statement or as a policy, it's absurd.
:05:19. > :05:22.Year after year, Britain has seen levels of nitrogen dioxide
:05:23. > :05:28.The Government is under court order to clean up,
:05:29. > :05:30.and an environmental group that launched legal action
:05:31. > :05:32.says the Environment Secretary still isn't doing enough.
:05:33. > :05:34.We're very disappointed with this plan, it's unambitious,
:05:35. > :05:38.and it's not going to fix the problem quickly and urgently.
:05:39. > :05:41.People are suffering health problems because of the poor air
:05:42. > :05:43.that they're breathing in our towns and cities.
:05:44. > :05:48.All the Government is doing is kicking the can down the road
:05:49. > :05:50.and not dealing with it as quickly as it could.
:05:51. > :05:54.You can't always see air pollution, but politicians can't avoid it.
:05:55. > :05:56.The Government says it is responding,
:05:57. > :05:59.but it doesn't want to offend motorists.
:06:00. > :06:02.The result - a signal of real change, but not for a while.
:06:03. > :06:09.As we heard there, when the ban finally comes in,
:06:10. > :06:12.it'll mean huge changes for the cars we buy and the way we use them.
:06:13. > :06:15.Of the millions of new cars registered last year in the UK,
:06:16. > :06:21.So how do drivers feel about the Government's plans?
:06:22. > :06:24.Our Wales correspondent Sian Lloyd has been finding out.
:06:25. > :06:28.Row after row, all the vehicles on sale here run on petrol or diesel.
:06:29. > :06:32.This company sells around 600 used cars a week
:06:33. > :06:37.You'll have your sat nav in there,
:06:38. > :06:38.you'll have your full leather seats...
:06:39. > :06:42.Friends Kyle and Callum have come to browse.
:06:43. > :06:44.Todays announcement hasn't put them off
:06:45. > :06:48.buying a diesel car in the short term.
:06:49. > :06:50.My thinking right now, it doesn't make much of a difference,
:06:51. > :06:53.because if you buy a car, like, at this moment in time,
:06:54. > :06:55.it probably won't be running by then.
:06:56. > :06:58.In ten years, maybe I'd be thinking about going along that route
:06:59. > :07:02.A decade ago, drivers were encouraged to buy diesel
:07:03. > :07:04.vehicles because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
:07:05. > :07:06.There are calls now for those drivers
:07:07. > :07:08.not to be punished by this new strategy.
:07:09. > :07:11.The Government should be coming out and quite clearly
:07:12. > :07:14.stating their plan for those owners, and making sure
:07:15. > :07:17.that they're not in any detriment, you know, treated as a pariah
:07:18. > :07:22.by the Government, or their choice of ownership, which was encouraged.
:07:23. > :07:25.You won't find electric cars on sale here -
:07:26. > :07:28.the company says they're too expensive.
:07:29. > :07:32.But from 2040, new car dealers won't have a choice.
:07:33. > :07:37.Last year, nearly 2.7 million new cars were registered in the UK.
:07:38. > :07:41.More than 1.3 million, nearly half, were petrol fuelled.
:07:42. > :07:48.Less than 3%, that's around 89,000, were electric,
:07:49. > :07:54.At this dealership, they say they've seen an increased
:07:55. > :08:00.but people aren't yet switching in huge numbers.
:08:01. > :08:02.This electric car can currently travel
:08:03. > :08:10.We're told that with advances in technology that range will increase,
:08:11. > :08:13.but one thing's for sure - if we're all going to be driving
:08:14. > :08:15.electric cars in the future, we're going to need more
:08:16. > :08:20.And that is of particular concern in rural areas.
:08:21. > :08:24.In Wales, the National Trust has installed 40 chargers,
:08:25. > :08:30.but so-called rapid charging points are few and far between.
:08:31. > :08:33.The worry is there aren't that many places where you can
:08:34. > :08:38.What happens if you run out? I have no idea.
:08:39. > :08:41.What is going to happen to the National Grid?
:08:42. > :08:44.It's a bit more than just all switching your kettle
:08:45. > :08:49.in the middle of a match or something.
:08:50. > :08:55.there'll be many more questions to be answered.
:08:56. > :08:56.Today's announcement surprised many
:08:57. > :08:57.in the motor trade and consumers alike.
:08:58. > :09:10.Our science editor, David Shukman, joins me now.
:09:11. > :09:15.Some people think this is a really exciting development, but like that
:09:16. > :09:20.woman, not just the National Grid, there will have to be huge
:09:21. > :09:23.infrastructure changes. For environmental as, this is the vision
:09:24. > :09:27.of a green dream they have had for years, but like any revolution, and
:09:28. > :09:31.this is what this will be, it will come with challenges and problems.
:09:32. > :09:35.Think about 8000 petrol stations that will have to be converted with
:09:36. > :09:41.charging points, and Intel the range of electric cars is sorted, people
:09:42. > :09:43.will want charging points where they work, where they shop, Dave Readle
:09:44. > :09:49.waystation. And you will need one at home as well. -- at a railway
:09:50. > :09:53.station. It is a real problem in a terraced house or a flat, will be
:09:54. > :09:58.the charging points down every street in the country? However this
:09:59. > :10:02.is sorted, it is going to add enormous strain to the National
:10:03. > :10:06.Grid. They say they are ready for this, they are planning for this,
:10:07. > :10:10.and they have a solution, which is called demand management. At peak
:10:11. > :10:14.demand, they will pay the biggest energy users to slow down and use
:10:15. > :10:21.less power, but it will take some working out, how you price and cost
:10:22. > :10:25.it. And the ban on new diesel and petrol vehicles is planned to come
:10:26. > :10:30.in 2040, but how will it affect drivers between now and then? It is
:10:31. > :10:35.a fascinating question, and everyone will be wrestling with this. An
:10:36. > :10:39.interesting survey by an insurance company of 2000 motorists ask, what
:10:40. > :10:43.are you going to buy next? Amazingly, most say they will buy
:10:44. > :10:46.petrol and diesel, even after all the publicity about diesel. Then
:10:47. > :10:51.they were asked why, and the single biggest reason was the price of an
:10:52. > :10:55.electric car. The second biggest reason was the issue we touched on
:10:56. > :10:59.about range, how far you can go with these things. Once the big car
:11:00. > :11:03.manufacturers get into mass production, both of those ought to
:11:04. > :11:06.be sorted, but we are on a journey, Michael Gove has set the
:11:07. > :11:10.destination, and there may be a few bumps in the road to get there.
:11:11. > :11:12.More than 10,000 people in the south of France,
:11:13. > :11:14.including many British tourists, have been forced to leave
:11:15. > :11:16.their homes and campsites to escape rapidly spreading wildfires.
:11:17. > :11:19.Many are having to spend a second night in sports halls
:11:20. > :11:21.and other public buildings, while some have taken
:11:22. > :11:28.Over 6,000 firefighters and troops are now battling the fires
:11:29. > :11:30.which have been raging for three days.
:11:31. > :11:35.Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy is in Le Lavandou in Provence.
:11:36. > :11:37.The raging power of the fires was at its most
:11:38. > :11:45.This was Bormes-les-Mimosas, west of St Tropez,
:11:46. > :11:48.where hillsides were engulfed by the burning shrubs and trees.
:11:49. > :11:50.For hours, it swept across the countryside
:11:51. > :11:58.Thousands of people, including British tourists,
:11:59. > :12:02.were forced out of campsites and other homes.
:12:03. > :12:04.Mary and Alan Anderson from Ramsgate
:12:05. > :12:10.said the sight of the fires was extremely distressing.
:12:11. > :12:16.We looked over onto the hill, and all we could see
:12:17. > :12:22.was black smoke billowing from umpteen various places.
:12:23. > :12:28.Then the planes came over, picked up loads of
:12:29. > :12:31.water and have been dousing all day to try and dampen the flames.
:12:32. > :12:33.The sheer force of the fires were caught
:12:34. > :12:37.Strong mistral winds gave them an unstoppable energy and many
:12:38. > :12:40.Even the 4,000 firefighters and soldiers sent in
:12:41. > :12:43.couldn't get control when faced with this.
:12:44. > :12:46.The fires led to a huge evacuation of 10,000 people,
:12:47. > :12:53.They were told to spend the night on nearby beaches, out in the open.
:12:54. > :12:56.Tonight, we found dozens of people in a gymnasium.
:12:57. > :13:03.but their holiday has been ruined.
:13:04. > :13:06.For some, it is their third night in this makeshift accommodation.
:13:07. > :13:09.The morning brought no letup in the fires.
:13:10. > :13:12.Some tourists were far enough away to continue their holiday,
:13:13. > :13:18.but the lushness of their scenery now replaced by a menacing inferno.
:13:19. > :13:23.In other places, all that was left was a vast, scorched landscape.
:13:24. > :13:29.An area decimated across 15 square miles.
:13:30. > :13:31.19 aircraft, including ten water bombers, have been brought in.
:13:32. > :13:33.But the French authorities are asking other European
:13:34. > :13:39.These fires have been burning for two days now,
:13:40. > :13:42.and we are seeing fires on hills all around this area.
:13:43. > :13:47.helicopters laden with water, trying to put them out,
:13:48. > :13:49.but at the moment they don't seem to be able
:13:50. > :14:00.The winds show no sign of letting up.
:14:01. > :14:09.A combustible, deadly mixture that will continue to threaten this area.
:14:10. > :14:13.Well, tonight the aerial firefighting operation you saw there
:14:14. > :14:17.based out of this beach, where the planes scoop up the water, has been
:14:18. > :14:23.called off, although it will start again tomorrow morning. In that
:14:24. > :14:26.nearby gym, some British families were taking shelter, tonight around
:14:27. > :14:30.100 French people, including many children, but they are getting
:14:31. > :14:35.plenty of food, water and comfortable bedding. With so many of
:14:36. > :14:37.the fire is still not under control, this beautiful holiday destination
:14:38. > :14:41.still faces many more days of uncertainty. The owner.
:14:42. > :14:43.A High Court judge has given the parents of the terminally ill
:14:44. > :14:46.baby Charlie Gard until noon tomorrow to reach an agreement
:14:47. > :14:49.with the hospital over the arrangements for his death.
:14:50. > :14:52.Chris Gard and Connie Yates have now accepted their son
:14:53. > :14:56.will end his life in a hospice, not at home, but still can't reach
:14:57. > :14:58.agreement over the details of his end of life care.
:14:59. > :15:01.Fergus Walsh our medical correspondent is here.
:15:02. > :15:10.It seems every last agonising detail is being fought over.
:15:11. > :15:16.Yes, the final disagreement is over how long Charlie should have at the
:15:17. > :15:20.hospice before he dies. His parents want to hire a private medical team,
:15:21. > :15:24.so they can spend perhaps a week with him there and they say that
:15:25. > :15:28.some nurses from Great Ormond Street have volunteered but they can not
:15:29. > :15:32.find a specialist doctor prepared to supervise that care for such a long
:15:33. > :15:36.period away from an intensive care unit. Lawyers for Great Ormond
:15:37. > :15:40.Street said this shouldn't drag on, it's not in Charlie's best interests
:15:41. > :15:45.and they proposed he should be transferred to the hospice on Friday
:15:46. > :15:48.and his life support would be withdrawn within hours. The judge
:15:49. > :15:51.gave the parents until noon tomorrow to see if they could reach an
:15:52. > :15:58.agreement but if not he made an order that Charlie be transferred to
:15:59. > :16:01.the hospice and that shortly thereafter his breathing tube would
:16:02. > :16:05.be withdrawn. Charlie can't breathe unaided so death would be immediate.
:16:06. > :16:08.The judge said that it was now three-and-a-half months since he had
:16:09. > :16:13.made the first order that Charlie should be allowed to die with
:16:14. > :16:17.dignity and he had to take into account that Charlie may be
:16:18. > :16:21.suffering. Connie Yates left the court in tears and was urged to
:16:22. > :16:26.spend final hours with her son rather than with lawyers but the
:16:27. > :16:28.legal proceedings in this protracted and desperately sad case are now at
:16:29. > :16:32.an end. Thank you. The Chancellor Philip Hammond says
:16:33. > :16:35.he hopes the government will reach an agreement on a transition period
:16:36. > :16:37.to leave the European Union as soon as possible,
:16:38. > :16:39.to end the uncertainty over Mr Hammond was speaking
:16:40. > :16:45.after the latest estimates showed that economic growth was just 0.3%
:16:46. > :16:48.in the second quarter of this year - a slowdown on last year,
:16:49. > :16:50.as our business correspondent Everything we make, all our
:16:51. > :16:55.building, all the services provided, the total is still going up,
:16:56. > :16:59.but at a much reduced pace. Construction had the
:17:00. > :17:04.toughest three months. This Buckinghamshire house-building
:17:05. > :17:10.firm says higher prices and uncertainty about Brexit
:17:11. > :17:13.are making customers We've been given orders for jobs
:17:14. > :17:19.and at the last minute the clients have pulled them away from us due
:17:20. > :17:28.to concerns over the market. While growth of our gross
:17:29. > :17:32.domestic product, or GDP, each quarter was strong for most
:17:33. > :17:36.of last year, it's fallen back this year, so the UK's lagging behind
:17:37. > :17:40.the fastest moving big economies. If we are struggling to push up
:17:41. > :17:45.production at a robust pace, then that's a worry because it puts
:17:46. > :17:50.a question mark over whether we can carry on creating new jobs
:17:51. > :17:53.and what sort of pay rises we can The faltering building
:17:54. > :18:00.trade has a wider impact. Including on service
:18:01. > :18:05.businesses, like the architect Services like shops and restaurants
:18:06. > :18:10.have kept the economy growing, It's definitely not a crisis because
:18:11. > :18:15.we are still busy on projects. We have still got lots of work on,
:18:16. > :18:18.it is just there is a slight levelling off from what's been
:18:19. > :18:21.a productive last The Chancellor, with technology
:18:22. > :18:28.trainees today, says that improvements in skills
:18:29. > :18:31.and infrastructure will help and he adds that promising
:18:32. > :18:36.a Brexit transition period, keeping some links with the EU,
:18:37. > :18:39.rather than having a clean break, The transition period and interim
:18:40. > :18:44.structure with the European Union would give businesses and consumers
:18:45. > :18:50.that degree of certainty and I think that would be a way of strengthening
:18:51. > :18:54.economic growth later in the year For Labour, John McDonnell argues
:18:55. > :19:00.that weaker growth is a reflection of austerity and people's wages not
:19:01. > :19:04.keeping up with inflation. We are saying to the Government
:19:05. > :19:07.we need to change course, people need a decent pay rise,
:19:08. > :19:10.they need income so they can actually invest themselves
:19:11. > :19:12.in the economy and in addition to that we need Government
:19:13. > :19:15.investment alongside One bright spot is a jump
:19:16. > :19:22.in film production, like the upcoming Star Wars,
:19:23. > :19:24.partly filmed in the UK. So far this year, though,
:19:25. > :19:27.the economy isn't turning out to be the blockbuster we'd
:19:28. > :19:30.all like to see. President Trump has said he'll ban
:19:31. > :19:38.transgender people from serving in the US military in any capacity,
:19:39. > :19:41.reversing a policy announced by his predecessor,
:19:42. > :19:44.Barack Obama, last year. Mr Trump tweeted that they would
:19:45. > :19:46.burden the military with large Campaigners for transgender rights
:19:47. > :19:51.have called his decision Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool
:19:52. > :19:57.reports from Texas. There are thought to be thousands
:19:58. > :20:01.of members of the US military Many have spent time
:20:02. > :20:07.in Iraq or Afghanistan. Today they woke up to a shock
:20:08. > :20:10.from the very president they serve. "After consultation with my generals
:20:11. > :20:13.and military experts," he tweeted, "Please be advised
:20:14. > :20:16.that the United States government will not accept or allow transgender
:20:17. > :20:20.individuals to serve in any capacity Riley Dosh spent the last four years
:20:21. > :20:32.as an officer in training at the Military Academy
:20:33. > :20:34.at West Point. She came out last year,
:20:35. > :20:36.after President Obama lifted the ban on transgender
:20:37. > :20:38.people serving openly. She now has to find a new job,
:20:39. > :20:41.even though it was a lifelong I just fell in love
:20:42. > :20:46.with this country. Even those that completely
:20:47. > :20:49.fundamentally disagree with me, I felt this desire,
:20:50. > :20:53.I want to serve and defend you, and defend your right
:20:54. > :21:03.to disagree with me. How do you feel now
:21:04. > :21:06.when you are told you can't serve? I'm going to have to find
:21:07. > :21:09.some other way to serve. Not necessarily in the military
:21:10. > :21:11.but serve the country, either in the private sector
:21:12. > :21:13.or public sector. It's heartbreaking that they won't
:21:14. > :21:16.let me be an officer but for now The White House says it's doing this
:21:17. > :21:22.because of the cost of medical transition procedures
:21:23. > :21:29.for transgender servicemembers. The President expressed concerns,
:21:30. > :21:31.since the Obama policy came into effect, but he has also voiced
:21:32. > :21:34.that this is a very expensive and disruptive policy, and,
:21:35. > :21:37.based on consultation he has had with his national security team,
:21:38. > :21:41.came to the conclusion that it erodes military readiness and unit
:21:42. > :21:43.cohesion, and made But the cost of procedures
:21:44. > :21:51.for transgender people is estimated to be just one tenth of 1%
:21:52. > :21:54.of the military medical At an appearance today,
:21:55. > :22:07.the president didn't clarify his transgender ban or how it
:22:08. > :22:10.would be implemented, but he did mock a reporter shouting
:22:11. > :22:12.out questions about it. Mr President, what
:22:13. > :22:14.about your policy on This is another attempt to reverse
:22:15. > :22:29.an Obama policy and it may go down well with some trumped supporters
:22:30. > :22:32.but in the US, transgender people in role in the military at a much
:22:33. > :22:35.higher rate than the population as a whole and in one move,
:22:36. > :22:38.thousands have been left devastated. Aleem Maqbool, BBC News,
:22:39. > :22:42.in Fort Hood in Texas. She was the youngest victim
:22:43. > :22:44.of the Manchester Arena bombing two months ago and today the funeral
:22:45. > :22:47.of eight-year-old Saffie Roussos She was a huge fan of the singer
:22:48. > :22:52.Ariana Grande and had been given a ticket to the concert
:22:53. > :22:54.as a Christmas present. She was at the show with her
:22:55. > :22:57.mother, who was seriously Judith Moritz reports
:22:58. > :22:59.from Manchester Cathedral. A moment of comfort
:23:00. > :23:04.on a painful day - Lisa Roussos is still recovering
:23:05. > :23:07.from the bomb which She left her hospital bed to be
:23:08. > :23:13.with her family to say a final To the sound of her idol,
:23:14. > :23:21.Ariana Grande, the eight-year-old was brought into the cathedral,
:23:22. > :23:24.her little coffin carried She's...was a superstar
:23:25. > :23:37.in the making. To become something in life,
:23:38. > :23:41.you need to have something, charisma, that something,
:23:42. > :23:51.and Saffie had that. The service was filled
:23:52. > :24:04.with emotion for those closest to the little girl,
:24:05. > :24:08.and for the public of Manchester, who may not have known her but felt
:24:09. > :24:13.drawn to share the moment. Saffie's cheekiness and confidence
:24:14. > :24:17.are what her friends She played almost every day
:24:18. > :24:23.with her best friend, Lily, who still can't believe
:24:24. > :24:26.Saffie has gone. Sometimes I think, I don't
:24:27. > :24:31.know how this happened, I wish she was still with me,
:24:32. > :24:34.but I don't know how to feel, really, but I'm just going to think
:24:35. > :24:39.she's always with me, she's always sat on my shoulder,
:24:40. > :24:42.always playing together. The arena explosion happened just
:24:43. > :24:55.yards from this cathedral. Within its shadow, hundreds brought
:24:56. > :24:59.roses for Saffie Rose, remembering the youngest life
:25:00. > :25:05.lost that night. The owner of Sports Direct,
:25:06. > :25:15.Mike Ashley, has won his legal battle with an investment banker,
:25:16. > :25:17.over an alleged ?15 million deal, Mr Ashley told the High Court
:25:18. > :25:21.he couldn't remember details of the conversation
:25:22. > :25:24.as it was a night of heavy drinking and denied he promised
:25:25. > :25:27.the banker the money. The judge said no one at the pub
:25:28. > :25:30.would have thought the offer Making people pay to bring a case
:25:31. > :25:36.before an employment tribunal is unlawful and now the government
:25:37. > :25:39.is going to have to pay back over The Supreme Court has ruled
:25:40. > :25:45.that the government's introduction of fees of up to ?1,200 four years
:25:46. > :25:48.ago is inconsistent with justice. Our legal affairs correspondent
:25:49. > :25:51.Clive Coleman reports. A massive victory for Unison
:25:52. > :25:55.at the highest court in the land. Workers' fees for bringing claims
:25:56. > :25:59.to employment tribunals, gone. For the last four years,
:26:00. > :26:05.workers like Ronnie, a courier, taking his employer to task
:26:06. > :26:08.over his employment status, He is still working for them
:26:09. > :26:15.and they're defending the action. He could only pay to bring his claim
:26:16. > :26:18.with the help of his union. Most people working in this
:26:19. > :26:20.industry are living So it's really hard to take
:26:21. > :26:27.money that you don't even From builders to bankers,
:26:28. > :26:34.teachers to police officers, workers can bring tribunal claims
:26:35. > :26:37.for everything from unfair There never used to be
:26:38. > :26:43.a charge for issuing a claim and having a trial,
:26:44. > :26:46.but the coalition Government introduced fees of up to ?1,200
:26:47. > :26:50.to deter weak cases. In March, Unison had
:26:51. > :26:53.argued that tribunal fees were discriminatory and denied
:26:54. > :26:57.workers access to justice. It means that not only the order
:26:58. > :27:06.which introduced tribunal fees back in 2013 is quashed,
:27:07. > :27:10.it also means that everyone who paid those fees,
:27:11. > :27:13.and that is a sum amounting to some ?32 million, will now
:27:14. > :27:17.get their money back. After a four-year legal struggle,
:27:18. > :27:20.Unison claims this is the biggest Many thousands have been denied
:27:21. > :27:27.justice over the last four years and this rights a wrong and it
:27:28. > :27:30.shames this Government and it shames the coalition Government
:27:31. > :27:34.that brought this in. We respect the judgment,
:27:35. > :27:39.we're going to take it fully on board and we're going to comply
:27:40. > :27:42.with it and already today we're That means stopping the fees now,
:27:43. > :27:46.which will make claims by workers like Ronnie a good
:27:47. > :27:49.deal more affordable. Jehovah's Witnesses have been
:27:50. > :27:55.accused of failing the victims of child sex abuse after a case
:27:56. > :27:58.in Manchester where a man who was convicted of sexual
:27:59. > :28:00.assault was allowed The Charity Commission,
:28:01. > :28:05.which regulates the religious group, said the questioning
:28:06. > :28:09.was inappropriate and demeaning. One victim described the meeting
:28:10. > :28:12.as worse than the court case. An audio recording of the meeting
:28:13. > :28:18.has been passed to our social affairs correspondent
:28:19. > :28:21.Michael Buchanan. This is New Moston Kingdom Hall
:28:22. > :28:23.in Manchester, where Jonathan Rose In 2013, he was imprisoned for nine
:28:24. > :28:30.months after being convicted of the historical sexual abuse
:28:31. > :28:33.of young girls. Jehovah's Witnesses went to expel
:28:34. > :28:36.him but Rose appealed, leading A meeting was called
:28:37. > :28:42.between eight male elders, a convicted paedophile
:28:43. > :28:44.and his female victims. Over the course of an evening,
:28:45. > :28:48.the women had to recount what had happened to them while he,
:28:49. > :28:51.Jonathan Rose, got Each woman was questioned
:28:52. > :28:57.separately, one secretly recorded her grilling by Jonathan
:28:58. > :29:01.Rose. What I'm saying to you is
:29:02. > :29:04.that this didn't happen. Give me one reason,
:29:05. > :29:06.one reason, please why At one point, another man
:29:07. > :29:16.in the room asked the woman And no-one prevented him
:29:17. > :29:21.from discussing graphic details. What was I supposed to have
:29:22. > :29:23.done to you that night? One victim said she didn't even know
:29:24. > :29:37.Rose was going to be She went in the belief
:29:38. > :29:40.that the congregation He kept saying, why did I make
:29:41. > :29:48.it up, why would I say At no point did I feel
:29:49. > :29:52.like he was going to admit it. So as soon as I knew
:29:53. > :29:55.he wasn't going to admit it, there was no remorse,
:29:56. > :29:58.no sorry, that's when I felt I just got to the point where
:29:59. > :30:03.I thought, he genuinely believes Her mother, who supported her,
:30:04. > :30:11.was appalled by what unfolded. I felt guilty because I should have
:30:12. > :30:14.been protecting her. It shouldn't have been allowed,
:30:15. > :30:16.that meeting should not Jehovah's Witnesses say this evening
:30:17. > :30:22.that they have robust child protection policies and put
:30:23. > :30:24.appropriate restrictions on anyone Today's report, however,
:30:25. > :30:29.say that their actions It has to be dealt with in a way
:30:30. > :30:35.that is sensitive to the victims, who have gone through this terrible
:30:36. > :30:39.ordeal, but also in a way that the public would expect this
:30:40. > :30:43.to be dealt with and in this case, Jonathan Rose was expelled
:30:44. > :30:51.from the Kingdom Hall. The meeting clearly
:30:52. > :30:54.should not have happened. The Charity Commission have
:30:55. > :30:59.wider concerns about how Jehovah's Witnesses handle sex abuse
:31:00. > :31:02.allegations and are carrying Michael Buchanan,
:31:03. > :31:08.BBC News, Manchester. Great Britain's Adam Peaty has
:31:09. > :31:11.continued his winning streak, claiming his second gold medal
:31:12. > :31:14.in the World Swimming Championships. Competing in the 50 metre
:31:15. > :31:17.breaststroke, he just missed out on breaking the world record
:31:18. > :31:19.which he set in the Our sports correspondent
:31:20. > :31:23.Joe Wilson was watching. COMMENTATOR: He's bringing it home,
:31:24. > :31:25.this is utterly brilliant! When Adam Peaty swims,
:31:26. > :31:29.he brings Britain with him. When Peaty won Olympic gold in Rio,
:31:30. > :31:38.grandmother Mavis was glued The World Championships in Budapest
:31:39. > :31:45.- well, she's travelled in person. To be here at this time
:31:46. > :31:49.meant the world to me. I couldn't go and see him in Rio,
:31:50. > :31:58.but, as I say, this has made up for everything,
:31:59. > :32:01.and I'm so, so pleased And it's 20 years since I've flown,
:32:02. > :32:09.but it was well worth it. Mavis was watching Adam head to lane
:32:10. > :32:12.four in the 50 metres final, There's been extensive
:32:13. > :32:20.attention on the muscle of the man, but so much rests
:32:21. > :32:23.on the technicality of Peaty's swim - he makes the old-fashioned
:32:24. > :32:26.breaststroke more active, Yesterday, he did 50 metres
:32:27. > :32:34.in under 26 seconds - 25.95. That's what he was chasing again,
:32:35. > :32:37.as well as simply winning Their dreams are no
:32:38. > :32:42.longer quick enough, and the time, 25.99,
:32:43. > :32:44.just outside of his Well, yes, four hundredths
:32:45. > :32:48.of a second outside - He is a double world champion,
:32:49. > :32:53.and Peaty still had the mixed medley relay,
:32:54. > :32:56.where Britain finished...fifth. Well, watch out for
:32:57. > :33:00.improvements - he promises. I'm so, so happy with my
:33:01. > :33:02.performances here, two 25 points now, and I know there's more
:33:03. > :33:06.in that, but I don't Yes, from Uttoxeter to Budapest,
:33:07. > :33:27.all his fans need something A week of drama at the White House
:33:28. > :33:31.and it's only Wednesday. Tonight I will be joined by one of Donald
:33:32. > :33:33.Trump's key Lieutenants. What has the President achieved six months
:33:34. > :33:35.on? Join me now on BBC