:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten: Life after Brexit - the Government sets out its hopes
:00:09. > :00:13.for how the UK will trade with the EU and the rest of the world.
:00:14. > :00:16.Buying and selling across borders - the Brexit secretary insists keeping
:00:17. > :00:21.trade as simple as possible will work for the EU as well.
:00:22. > :00:27.BMW do not want to have to have a customs border
:00:28. > :00:29.that is going to slow down their sales and add
:00:30. > :00:34.But one of the EU's main negotiators says the Government's
:00:35. > :00:41.The Grenfell Tower inquiry will look at the cause of the blaze
:00:42. > :00:43.and the response of the authorities - but not the wider
:00:44. > :00:48.Anger as millions of rail passengers face the biggest hike in train
:00:49. > :00:54.India, the world's most populous democracy, celebrates 70
:00:55. > :01:03.And I'm in the city of Amritsar looking at the country's potential
:01:04. > :01:06.and the problems that are holding it back.
:01:07. > :01:13.And the cloakroom attendant plucked from the wings at the last minute
:01:14. > :01:16.as a stand in at the world famous Wigmore Hall.
:01:17. > :01:18.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,
:01:19. > :01:20.we'll have the pick of the action as Liverpool face
:01:21. > :01:22.Hoffenheim in the first leg of their Champions
:01:23. > :01:49.The Government has set out its plans for how it wants to trade
:01:50. > :01:51.with the EU and the rest of the world after Brexit.
:01:52. > :01:54.Ministers say they want to avoid a sudden and drastic change
:01:55. > :01:57.for business so they're calling for a temporary relationship
:01:58. > :02:01.with the EU while a more permanent arrangement is developed.
:02:02. > :02:04.Their ultimate goal is to have a system of trade
:02:05. > :02:08.with the EU that is as close as possible to what we have now.
:02:09. > :02:10.But the EU parliament's chief negotiator described
:02:11. > :02:17.Our business editor Simon Jack reports.
:02:18. > :02:24.Nearly 20% of all goods traded with the EU come through here.
:02:25. > :02:27.Businesses fear any blockages to trading arteries like this
:02:28. > :02:33.would have serious consequences for them and the rest of the UK.
:02:34. > :02:43.For logistics firms, like this one in Kent, time is money.
:02:44. > :02:45.Our business runs on a just-in-time basis, moving goods
:02:46. > :02:49.If we ended up having shipments, having to do customs clearances both
:02:50. > :02:51.inbound and outbound, that would be damaging in terms
:02:52. > :02:54.of the amount of time we would spend at Dover getting in and out
:02:55. > :02:58.of the country and that would almost grind our business to a halt.
:02:59. > :03:01.There may be 21 miles of sea between here and France,
:03:02. > :03:04.but in trade terms there is no barrier, thanks to our membership
:03:05. > :03:09.It's a club of EU countries in which individual
:03:10. > :03:15.Goods move freely and with minimal check-ups.
:03:16. > :03:19.But there is still an external border between the EU and the rest
:03:20. > :03:22.of the world at which goods are checked and, in some cases,
:03:23. > :03:31.So, what happens when we are outside the club?
:03:32. > :03:36.Today the Government said it wanted to leave,
:03:37. > :03:38.it wanted a new deal, but that could take
:03:39. > :03:44.The interim period, when we get to it because it'll take time to get
:03:45. > :03:46.the structures in place, will be a bit like
:03:47. > :03:50.But it will be not the current customs union, we will not be
:03:51. > :03:53.a member of the single European Union and we will want to
:03:54. > :04:01.By technically leaving the customs union, while leaving border
:04:02. > :04:03.arrangements pretty much unchanged for a couple of years,
:04:04. > :04:06.we get minimised disruption, while at the same time forging
:04:07. > :04:08.new trade arrangements with people around the world before
:04:09. > :04:11.we eventually end up with an almost frictionless arrangement
:04:12. > :04:19.Which is why many think there's one long recipe
:04:20. > :04:26.The European Parliament's top negotiator described parts of this
:04:27. > :04:32.While David Davis' direct counterpart said there were more
:04:33. > :04:34.important things to settle first, like citizens rights,
:04:35. > :04:41.Any additional friction at this border could be very
:04:42. > :04:48.It's the impact on the politics in Northern Ireland.
:04:49. > :04:49.How would Sinn Fein, the second largest party
:04:50. > :04:51.in Northern Ireland, actually react to the manifestation
:04:52. > :04:56.They would see this as a repartition,
:04:57. > :05:00.Borders, customs, trade - this is complicated enough
:05:01. > :05:03.without party politics, which something have
:05:04. > :05:08.shaped these proposals and today's response to them.
:05:09. > :05:11.Well, why don't we just stay in the customs union?
:05:12. > :05:13.If they want to have something, that, you know,
:05:14. > :05:16.if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck,
:05:17. > :05:20.quacks like a duck - you know, it's a duck.
:05:21. > :05:22.They seem to be going to great lengths to differentiate something
:05:23. > :05:24.that's pretty much identical to the customs union
:05:25. > :05:30.This seems to be all about the problems in
:05:31. > :05:32.the Conservative Party and, really, not about addressing
:05:33. > :05:34.the challenges faced by the British public and the needs
:05:35. > :05:46.We're leaving, but nothing will change at the border for now.
:05:47. > :05:48.That, at least, is what the Government is hoping for.
:05:49. > :05:52.In a moment we'll speak to Chris Buckler, who's on the Irish
:05:53. > :05:56.border, but first Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster.
:05:57. > :06:04.We heard that one senior EU negotiator has described these
:06:05. > :06:08.proposals as fantasy. What is the Government hoping to achieve? With
:06:09. > :06:12.Brexit talks hoping to get going again later this month, it is partly
:06:13. > :06:16.about the Government trying to show that work is being done and it does
:06:17. > :06:20.have a plan. It's also an attempt to demonstrate political unity after
:06:21. > :06:22.differences of opinion from inside Cabinet have spilled out into the
:06:23. > :06:27.public over recent weeks. Clearly, this is about much more than
:06:28. > :06:31.domestic political battles. The Government has presented its wish
:06:32. > :06:35.list, if you like. As we have heard, some in Brussels have called parts
:06:36. > :06:40.of it a fantasy. That does raise a key question. Are these proposals
:06:41. > :06:44.actually achievable? Even before the Government gets to the detail, its
:06:45. > :06:49.first task on this issue is to get the EU to engage on the topic of
:06:50. > :06:54.trade and on the UK's future relationship with the EU. Tonight,
:06:55. > :06:58.Brussels is not budging. It is sticking to its plans and saying no,
:06:59. > :07:02.those discussions can only come after sufficient progress is made on
:07:03. > :07:06.the divorce talks on the Brexit bill, on EU citizens rights and on
:07:07. > :07:10.the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. For
:07:11. > :07:16.now, talks about the future relationship will have to wait.
:07:17. > :07:20.Thank you. We will go to that border, the Irish border. Chris
:07:21. > :07:25.Buckler is there. Where you are illustrate a difficult path ahead
:07:26. > :07:28.is? Yes, 300 miles of the Irish border, and you will find reminders
:07:29. > :07:35.of what used to be. Old border huts and derelict customs houses. The
:07:36. > :07:39.government back and we'll publish a second document, a decision paper on
:07:40. > :07:42.the future of the border, and it will make clear it does not want to
:07:43. > :07:46.see a return of buildings like this and barriers. This is the old Dublin
:07:47. > :07:50.to Belfast road. It has been largely replaced by a motorway that runs
:07:51. > :07:55.parallel to the very busy motorway. There is not that much need for this
:07:56. > :07:59.road and money changing facilities. Technology has dealt with some of
:08:00. > :08:02.the difficulties posed by different currencies. We have heard time and
:08:03. > :08:05.time again from the Government today, and we expect to hear it
:08:06. > :08:08.tomorrow, that they believe technology can really help with
:08:09. > :08:14.dealing with problems posed by problems. -- customs. You will find
:08:15. > :08:17.a lot of what was said today repeated tomorrow. It is partly
:08:18. > :08:20.because Westminster knows that Brussels wants to talk about the
:08:21. > :08:25.Irish border. It is one of their three priorities. On the other hand,
:08:26. > :08:28.the UK wants to talk about trade, as well as customs. This is a chance to
:08:29. > :08:32.get it on the table by talking about the Irish border. The other thing
:08:33. > :08:36.you can expect is a repeating one of the phrases we have seen in recent
:08:37. > :08:40.months. The idea that there should be no return to the borders of the
:08:41. > :08:44.past, that there should be a seamless, frictionless border. But
:08:45. > :08:48.we have also heard cynicism from the EU, the idea that an invisible
:08:49. > :08:52.border is something that is fantasy. The likes of the Irish government,
:08:53. > :08:56.they will be looking closely at the proposals, looking closely at the
:08:57. > :08:59.detail to see if they have something that is workable there. Thank you.
:09:00. > :09:02.The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire -
:09:03. > :09:05.which left more than 80 people dead - has officially got under way.
:09:06. > :09:07.It will look at how the blaze started, the design
:09:08. > :09:09.and refurbishment of the tower as well as the response
:09:10. > :09:13.But broader questions about social housing will not be considered.
:09:14. > :09:15.That has prompted criticism from the local MP,
:09:16. > :09:17.residents and campaigners - as our special correspondent
:09:18. > :09:25.Hanging from near the top of the tower.
:09:26. > :09:29.There are still remains to be found, victims to be identified,
:09:30. > :09:35.And still, so many questions to be answered.
:09:36. > :09:43.Questions the public inquiry will now look at.
:09:44. > :09:46.The inquiry now says it will examine the cause and spread of the fire,
:09:47. > :09:48.the design and construction of the tower block,
:09:49. > :09:52.including safety regulations, and the response of the Fire Brigade
:09:53. > :09:56.to the blaze, and central and local government's response after it.
:09:57. > :09:59.But it won't look at social housing policy, or the relationship
:10:00. > :10:00.between residents and the council, and the tenant
:10:01. > :10:07.Karim Mussilhy is still waiting for the remains of his uncle,
:10:08. > :10:14.Hesham Rahman, to be found and identified.
:10:15. > :10:16.We thought that it's covering pretty much
:10:17. > :10:18.what we want it to cover, in terms of, you know,
:10:19. > :10:21.the cause and spread of the fire, the response with the local
:10:22. > :10:23.authorities and the residents, before and after.
:10:24. > :10:26.Do you think the inquiry could be broader?
:10:27. > :10:29.I think it should be more broader and be more
:10:30. > :10:35.You'd like it to look at social housing?
:10:36. > :10:41.But he still can't say he has confidence in the inquiry.
:10:42. > :10:47.Confidence is another, very strong word.
:10:48. > :10:49.I mean, I have more confidence in a criminal investigation
:10:50. > :10:53.While Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the head of the inquiry,
:10:54. > :10:55.won't examine policy on social housing, the Government
:10:56. > :11:02.There is a listening exercise we need to do in Government
:11:03. > :11:05.as well as about wider social housing policy and that is precisely
:11:06. > :11:08.what I will be doing over the coming weeks and months.
:11:09. > :11:10.As residents marched in silence last night to remember the tragedy,
:11:11. > :11:15.many still feel the inquiry doesn't go far enough.
:11:16. > :11:17.Sid-ali Atmani escaped with his family from the 15th
:11:18. > :11:26.The social housing policy should be a part of the terms of reference.
:11:27. > :11:29.The reason why I'm saying that is because there
:11:30. > :11:32.are people that moved there, they used to live on high floors,
:11:33. > :11:45.That's why it should be added to the the terms of reference.
:11:46. > :11:49.This is what we felt was going to happen at the beginning
:11:50. > :11:51.of this consultation process and this is what we've
:11:52. > :11:55.The inquiry's had a difficult start, with the judge accused
:11:56. > :11:58.He needs the confidence of the survivors, the bereaved,
:11:59. > :12:01.the whole community here, or this will be seen as a whitewash.
:12:02. > :12:03.And, after today's announcement, he still doesn't have
:12:04. > :12:09.The Grenfell inquiry will hold its first hearing next month,
:12:10. > :12:11.and hopes to have an initial report on the cause and spread
:12:12. > :12:17.One survivor said, "We just want the truth."
:12:18. > :12:24.Rescue workers in Sierra Leone have recovered almost 400 bodies
:12:25. > :12:27.after a massive mudslide near the capital, Freetown
:12:28. > :12:33.Homes were engulfed by mud and water when part of a mountain
:12:34. > :12:39.The authorities are planning mass burials for those who've been killed
:12:40. > :12:48.From Freetown, our correspondent Umaru Fofana reports
:12:49. > :12:52.The mountainside collapsed in an avalanche of mud,
:12:53. > :13:00.The deluge of water surged through streets, leaving total
:13:01. > :13:09.Outside the Freetown mortuary, it's been a difficult day
:13:10. > :13:18.Hundreds of bodies have been brought here.
:13:19. > :13:20.This is a disaster, which even by the reckoning
:13:21. > :13:23.of the head of this mortuary, who's been doing this for decades,
:13:24. > :13:28.He says it compares to nothing with the Ebola virus outbreak.
:13:29. > :13:30.It does not compare to the Civil War.
:13:31. > :13:32.He says he has never seen anything like this.
:13:33. > :13:36.Those who did escape look on other places where they used to live.
:13:37. > :13:45.This man lost eight members of his family.
:13:46. > :13:48.TRANSLATION: I first saw the body of my sister and called
:13:49. > :13:54.Then I started hearing other people nearby crying.
:13:55. > :14:00.Meanwhile, the rescue operation continues.
:14:01. > :14:03.It's hoped survivors might still be found.
:14:04. > :14:05.It is believed that hundreds of people are lying dead
:14:06. > :14:08.here beneath the mudslide and the hope is that they will be
:14:09. > :14:16.In fact, because of the late arrival of the heavy machinery and equipment
:14:17. > :14:18.needed for that initial reaction when this mudslide happened
:14:19. > :14:24.Many here believe that help did not come in time.
:14:25. > :14:27.The mudslide and flash floods have shaken this country.
:14:28. > :14:29.People here have already suffered a bloody Civil War
:14:30. > :14:46.The families of all of the 22 victims killed
:14:47. > :14:48.in the Manchester Arena terror attack in May are to
:14:49. > :14:51.That includes ?70,000 which has already been given
:14:52. > :14:59.The money is from an emergency fund made up of public donations.
:15:00. > :15:02.A court has heard how a cyclist, accused of killing a woman
:15:03. > :15:05.by crashing into her in a London street, began shouting at her
:15:06. > :15:09.Charlie Alliston - who was 18 at the time -
:15:10. > :15:11.was allegedly going 18mph when he knocked down
:15:12. > :15:21.President Trump has again blamed both sides for the clashes
:15:22. > :15:24.in Virginia over the weekend and accused some protesters
:15:25. > :15:26.on the political left of attacking white nationalists.
:15:27. > :15:28.Mr Trump had drawn sharp criticism from some within his own party
:15:29. > :15:32.for his initial response, because it had taken him until yesterday
:15:33. > :15:36.to criticise right-wing groups for the clashes.
:15:37. > :15:41.Tonight at a press conference in New York, he accused some protesters on
:15:42. > :15:44.the political left of attacking white Nationalists. (
:15:45. > :15:47.There was a group on this side, you can call them the left,
:15:48. > :15:50.you've just called them the left, that came violently
:15:51. > :15:55.So you can say what you want, but that's the way it is.
:15:56. > :16:00.You said there was hatred and violence on both sides?
:16:01. > :16:09.You look at both sides, I think there's blame on both sides.
:16:10. > :16:11.President Trump speaking a short time ago.
:16:12. > :16:13.Nick Bryant was at that news conference in Trump Tower.
:16:14. > :16:21.It was a bad tempered press conference. It was an incredibly
:16:22. > :16:24.angry press conference. Worth pointing out that it's the first
:16:25. > :16:27.time we've seen the presidential seal at Trump Tower. Last night was
:16:28. > :16:31.the first that Donald Trump has spent in New York since becoming
:16:32. > :16:36.president. I think that many observers and many people in his own
:16:37. > :16:38.party who have been critical of Donald Trump's response to
:16:39. > :16:41.Charlottesville will have regarded that as a very unpresidential
:16:42. > :16:44.performance because he reverted boo being to his position on Saturday,
:16:45. > :16:52.which was both sides were to blame for this violence that erupted at a
:16:53. > :16:55.rally organised by the far right. Members of the KKK, white
:16:56. > :16:58.supremicists, neo-Nazis. It took him away from the position yesterday at
:16:59. > :17:02.the White House, where he read from autocue, in a statement prepared by
:17:03. > :17:08.his advisors criticising those very groups. So, I think, we will revert
:17:09. > :17:12.to the criticism that Donald Trump received over the weekend. My
:17:13. > :17:17.abiding memory this afternoon press conference will be a question that
:17:18. > :17:22.was shouted by an African-American cameraman, very rare you get
:17:23. > :17:25.cameramen asking questions. He asked simply this: "What message does that
:17:26. > :17:27.send our children? Thank you.
:17:28. > :17:30.India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has led his nation
:17:31. > :17:33.in marking the 70th anniversary of the country's
:17:34. > :17:39.The division of colonial India in 1947 into two states -
:17:40. > :17:40.India and Pakistan - led to sectarian violence
:17:41. > :17:48.The Partition resulted in the movement of around
:17:49. > :17:52.It was one of the largest migrations ever seen.
:17:53. > :17:55.Many Muslims fled east and west out of Hindu-dominated India.
:17:56. > :17:59.And millions of Hindus and Sikhs headed the other way.
:18:00. > :18:01.Reeta Chakrabarti is in India tonight at the Golden
:18:02. > :18:08.This is the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
:18:09. > :18:11.And it stands in the state of Punjab, which was terribly
:18:12. > :18:16.affected in the horrors of Partition 70 years ago.
:18:17. > :18:19.India has a lot to reflect on, in its past and in its present
:18:20. > :18:21.on this anniversary, with a huge young population,
:18:22. > :18:30.Modern day India has a huge and young population and a burningoning
:18:31. > :18:32.economy. It's recently seen a spike in religious violence directed
:18:33. > :18:45.mainly at Muslims. our South Asia
:18:46. > :18:47.correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, His report contains some
:18:48. > :18:49.distressing images. This is a day of
:18:50. > :18:51.celebration for India. The Indian Prime Minister,
:18:52. > :18:53.Narendra Modi, talked of the country's successes -
:18:54. > :18:55.its growing economy, its efforts to tackle corruption
:18:56. > :18:57.and his vision for a secure, developed nation with equal
:18:58. > :18:59.opportunities for all. He made a point of speaking out
:19:00. > :19:06.against hate crimes. TRANSLATION: In the name
:19:07. > :19:09.of religions, some people in this This is the land of Gandhi
:19:10. > :19:16.and Buddha and violence in the name He is talking about India's tiny
:19:17. > :19:23.minority of Hindu extremists, Modi is a Hindu Nationalist
:19:24. > :19:32.and tensions have been growing between the country's Hindu majority
:19:33. > :19:36.and its large Muslim minority. At the centre of the controversy
:19:37. > :19:40.is the slaughter of cows for meat. But the cow is a sacred
:19:41. > :19:45.animal in Hinduism, TRANSLATION: If I find someone
:19:46. > :19:54.killing my mother cow, I don't need the police
:19:55. > :19:58.or the authorities. Vijaykant is so passionate
:19:59. > :20:07.about protecting the cow he and his supporters take
:20:08. > :20:15.to the streets. They've been told they've got no
:20:16. > :20:18.permission to stop vehicles, Stopping these lorries to see
:20:19. > :20:25.if they're carrying any cows. TRANSLATION: I have information
:20:26. > :20:28.that they are smuggling cows Cow vigilantes have been
:20:29. > :20:35.increasingly active across the country since Modi took
:20:36. > :20:40.power and there have been murders. This Muslim man was accused
:20:41. > :20:43.of illegally transporting cows for slaughter by a different
:20:44. > :20:47.group of vigilantes. Avoiding communal conflict
:20:48. > :20:54.is crucial for India. This new bridge is just
:20:55. > :20:57.one of scores of major The country's doing well -
:20:58. > :21:02.the fastest growing large It wants to keep its hardline Hindu
:21:03. > :21:16.supporters onside but, at the same time, it knows economic
:21:17. > :21:20.success depends on the country With tensions between Hindus
:21:21. > :21:28.and Muslims running high, Justin Rowlatt, BBC
:21:29. > :21:36.News, Uttar Pradesh. This city Amritsar is right
:21:37. > :21:39.on the border with Pakistan, and as India celebrates its 70 years
:21:40. > :21:44.of independence, it is just starting to address publicly its brutal
:21:45. > :21:47.and bloody beginning, when the country was effectively cut
:21:48. > :21:51.in two by Partition. As I've been finding out,
:21:52. > :21:55.it was a difficult start for India - and for its first prime minister,
:21:56. > :22:00.Jawaharlal Nehru. One of a tiny number of transport
:22:01. > :22:04.links between neighbours. This train operates just twice
:22:05. > :22:08.a week, taking Indians over the border and bringing Pakistanis
:22:09. > :22:12.here to the outskirts of Amritsar. But it's a journey very few make,
:22:13. > :22:16.because of decades of mistrust between the two countries,
:22:17. > :22:18.which started with the Amritsar is becoming
:22:19. > :22:25.a centre of remembrance. This week, India is launching
:22:26. > :22:28.the first ever Partition museum here, recording the acts of violence
:22:29. > :22:32.and bravery of that time. People actually haven't spoken much
:22:33. > :22:36.about Partition in the past, The reason being that
:22:37. > :22:40.I think that generation when they came across,
:22:41. > :22:43.A, they were traumatised, and B, because they were so busy
:22:44. > :22:46.setting up their own lives, As the newly independent
:22:47. > :22:54.state of India was born, its first Prime Minister,
:22:55. > :22:57.Jawaharlal Nehru, was full At the stroke of the midnight hour,
:22:58. > :23:05.when the world sleeps, India His vision was of a democratic,
:23:06. > :23:12.secular state in which poverty and She lived through the horrors
:23:13. > :23:21.and only narrowly escaped with her life, hidden with a fruit
:23:22. > :23:25.truck and disguised in a burkha. Now 87, she's been recording her
:23:26. > :23:29.memories for her grandson Rishi and also reflecting on modern
:23:30. > :23:35.India and Nehru's legacy. TRANSLATION: All the dreams
:23:36. > :23:38.that he showed us, they've We thought that after independence,
:23:39. > :23:43.all sorts of things would happen. We are still better off,
:23:44. > :23:46.but there are many poor people. There is still so much
:23:47. > :23:51.poverty in India. There has been major
:23:52. > :23:54.economic growth in India, but Nehru's vision of a more
:23:55. > :23:58.equal society hasn't happened yet. One thing endures, the political
:23:59. > :24:02.mistrust between India and Pakistan, a hostility that some born many
:24:03. > :24:06.years after Partition We might just worship different
:24:07. > :24:16.gods but that doesn't But he's never been to Pakistan,
:24:17. > :24:23.which is less than 20 miles away. The border between the two countries
:24:24. > :24:27.is real and psychological. Partition is both history
:24:28. > :24:31.and ever present. It is very difficult for Indians
:24:32. > :24:35.to go to Pakistan and vice versa. There are few transport
:24:36. > :24:48.links and few The continuing political hostility
:24:49. > :24:52.between the states of India and Pakistan inevitably effect personal
:24:53. > :24:56.relations. People may have friendly feelings towards each other, but as
:24:57. > :24:57.for the states themselves, 70 years after Partition, they're still as
:24:58. > :25:02.far apart as ever. Back to you. Millions of rail passengers
:25:03. > :25:05.are facing the biggest rise in train Tickets are going up by 3.6%
:25:06. > :25:09.in January, because of a rise The increases will affect season
:25:10. > :25:14.tickets, so called "anytime" tickets Unions have called it a kick
:25:15. > :25:20.in the teeth for passengers. Our transport correspondent,
:25:21. > :25:24.Richard Westcott, has the story. Rebecca's commute from Taunton
:25:25. > :25:41.to Bristol costs ?3,500 a year, and it's due to go up by ?130 next
:25:42. > :25:47.year, as most commuters There's this gradual erosion
:25:48. > :25:53.of your actual real wealth that's happening to an awful lot of people,
:25:54. > :25:57.where you will find that your salary may have gone up, but everything
:25:58. > :26:01.else is going up so much faster and so much more that year on year,
:26:02. > :26:04.we're all actually, It's not the train companies that
:26:05. > :26:08.set around half of our rail fares, They've been putting
:26:09. > :26:12.the fares up for years because they want to change who pays
:26:13. > :26:14.for the railways. It's all part of a plan to shift
:26:15. > :26:18.the financial burden away from taxpayers,
:26:19. > :26:21.most of whom don't commute Fares used to account for about half
:26:22. > :26:27.the cost of running our trains. Across Britain, people
:26:28. > :26:33.are facing tough choices. If it goes on, I probably won't be
:26:34. > :26:37.able to afford to go to work. Because it's cheaper
:26:38. > :26:41.to get the car to work. That makes us worse off
:26:42. > :26:48.when they put up fares like that. I wouldn't mind the rise if you got
:26:49. > :26:51.a better quality carriage They're pretty tatty
:26:52. > :26:55.these things now. Campaigners have criticised the use
:26:56. > :26:57.of the RPI rate of inflation, The rail firms say they face
:26:58. > :27:03.the same increases. Railway companies costs are going up
:27:04. > :27:07.in line with that inflation as well. They have to cover the costs
:27:08. > :27:11.in order to provide the services Ministers argue that the money
:27:12. > :27:18.is needed to pay for a ?40 billion A lot of it is still Victorian
:27:19. > :27:24.and it's struggling cope with record Critics claim fares have outstripped
:27:25. > :27:30.wages for years and say it's The Government could still change
:27:31. > :27:37.its mind in the Autumn Budget. The British explorer
:27:38. > :27:43.Pen Hadow and his crew have set sail from Alaska,
:27:44. > :27:46.in a bid to become the first people ever to sail
:27:47. > :27:49.by yacht to the North Pole. It's been impossible until now
:27:50. > :27:52.because of Arctic ice. But that's melting at
:27:53. > :27:55.an unprecedented rate - meaning the 3.500-mile journey may
:27:56. > :28:00.now be possible. Hadow left Nome in
:28:01. > :28:02.Alaska earlier today. This is the route he and his crew
:28:03. > :28:06.will take in two 50-foot yachts - sailing along the Baring Strait
:28:07. > :28:10.into the Central Arctic Ocean. They'll then use satellites to plot
:28:11. > :28:13.the best route through the ice Our science correspondent,
:28:14. > :28:21.Rebecca Morelle, reports. Setting off into uncharted Arctic
:28:22. > :28:25.waters, a pair of yachts attempting a first -
:28:26. > :28:28.sailing all the way A crew of ten and dog, Fukimi,
:28:29. > :28:36.have just departed from Alaska. Led by British explorer, Pen Hadow,
:28:37. > :28:43.they have a 3,500 mile voyage ahead. For the first time in human history,
:28:44. > :28:45.possibly for the first time in 130,000 years,
:28:46. > :28:50.it is now possible to sail It's the rapidly warming conditions
:28:51. > :28:56.in the Arctic that have made this This shows how sea ice
:28:57. > :29:02.has melted over time. The smaller the circle,
:29:03. > :29:05.the less ice that year. There's still data to come for 2017,
:29:06. > :29:09.but already it doesn't look good. A large-scale analysis,
:29:10. > :29:13.from the US Polar Science Centre, estimates that, from the late 1970s,
:29:14. > :29:18.half of the volume of It means that once inaccessible
:29:19. > :29:24.waters are opening up, and researchers say this could lead
:29:25. > :29:29.to significant changes, especially At Reading University,
:29:30. > :29:38.scientists say that instead of having to sail around the frozen
:29:39. > :29:41.pole, ships will have At the moment, we're
:29:42. > :29:47.seeing a few experimental In the future, as the ice continues
:29:48. > :29:52.to melt, the possibility of having more commercial ships travelling
:29:53. > :29:54.through the region Ice-strengthened ships may be able
:29:55. > :29:59.to go right over the pole The team do not know how
:30:00. > :30:04.far north they'll get. But this expedition
:30:05. > :30:07.into the unknown may be the start It's the stuff of dreams -
:30:08. > :30:17.a soprano is taken ill at London's world famous Wigmore Hall -
:30:18. > :30:20.and the person who's drafted in to replace her at the last minute
:30:21. > :30:24.is a 23-year-old music student, who usually takes the tickets
:30:25. > :30:27.and works in the cloakroom. For one night only, Milly Forrest
:30:28. > :30:31.swapped coats for the stage and wowed the audience
:30:32. > :30:33.and critics alike. Milly's normally back
:30:34. > :30:51.here taking coats and bags Sometimes she even gets to page turn
:30:52. > :31:04.doing a live concert. But not for the season's
:31:05. > :31:06.closing night. And that's because one of the
:31:07. > :31:09.evening's performers was taken ill. She says she was shocked
:31:10. > :31:12.by the opportunity. But when I had a good
:31:13. > :31:18.look at the music, I knew I could make sure
:31:19. > :31:22.I learned it in time. One critic dubbed her
:31:23. > :31:27."breathtaking", even though at 23, her voice is still not mature enough
:31:28. > :31:32.to go into the profession full-time. A few people who I trust have
:31:33. > :31:36.said look at this girl. So we have to take care
:31:37. > :31:42.of her and make sure that we don't But there is a quality to the voice
:31:43. > :31:46.and her interpretation that came out very much,
:31:47. > :31:48.towards the end of Milly's heading to the Royal College
:31:49. > :31:54.of Music for her postgrad in September, but has already been
:31:55. > :31:57.booked to perform at the hall again. Maybe mum and dad
:31:58. > :32:00.will catch that one. I rang them and I said, "Mummy,
:32:01. > :32:05.I'm going to be stepping She said, "Oh, I really wish
:32:06. > :32:10.we could go, but we're My dad called me again and he said,
:32:11. > :32:15."I'm sorry, treasure. You're going to have
:32:16. > :32:20.to forgive mum for this one." Next month, she'll be back taking
:32:21. > :32:30.cloaks and bags in that cloakroom. Here on BBC One, it's time
:32:31. > :32:34.for the news where you are.