0:00:05 > 0:00:07Tonight at Ten, a counter-terror operation under way
0:00:07 > 0:00:11following an alleged plot to attack during the Christmas holiday.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Four men were arrested in raids early this morning in Derbyshire
0:00:14 > 0:00:19and South Yorkshire with bomb disposal officers at the scene.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21They came banging on the door saying you need to evacuate.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23My grandad refused to leave the house.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Still in there now, the only one on the street.
0:00:25 > 0:00:31They said it's for your own safety, bomb disposal are here.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34And later in the day a mosque and community centre
0:00:34 > 0:00:36were sealed off in Sheffield, part of an extensive
0:00:36 > 0:00:42operation by police.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45We'll have more on the day's events and the ongoing police operation.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Also tonight...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Facebook, Twitter and Google are heavily criticised by MPs
0:00:48 > 0:00:50about extremist content on their platforms including death
0:00:50 > 0:00:53threats against politicians.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57A man who threw acid into a crowded nightclub in east London has been
0:00:57 > 0:01:00jailed for 20 years.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04The scandal of contaminated blood in the 1970s and 80s.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Families respond to the news that inadequate research has been used
0:01:07 > 0:01:08until very recently.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I started this as a young woman and now I'm now
0:01:11 > 0:01:19going towards retirement and there's still no justice.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23And life after 90, and why American scientists predict that before long
0:01:23 > 0:01:28new drugs will help delay the way our bodies age.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34could Manchester City continue their unbeaten domestic run
0:01:34 > 0:01:36and reach the semi-finals of the League Cup with
0:01:36 > 0:01:46victory over Leicester?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Good evening.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Police in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire say
0:02:03 > 0:02:05they've taken action to prevent an alleged
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Islamist terror plot that could have been carried out
0:02:08 > 0:02:09during the Christmas holiday.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Early this morning four men were arrested on suspicion
0:02:13 > 0:02:16of terror offences and bomb disposal teams
0:02:16 > 0:02:20were sent to the scene of one raid in Chesterfield.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23They were working with large numbers of police as our correspondent
0:02:23 > 0:02:28reports.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31A street in central Sheffield tonight, the second placed the Army
0:02:31 > 0:02:34bomb disposal unit searched as part of this terrorism investigation.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Early this morning two men were arrested here in bedsits
0:02:36 > 0:02:39adjoining a Muslim community centre.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Tonight the Muslim Association of Britain said those detained had
0:02:41 > 0:02:48no connection to the centre.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51The other place the bomb squad searched today was a property
0:02:51 > 0:02:53on Sheffield Road in Chesterfield.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Counterterrorism officers arrested a 31-year-old man here.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00In the predawn darkness, armed police were pictured guarding
0:03:00 > 0:03:03the scene as the raid took place.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06At the edge of the cordon, people evacuated from their homes
0:03:06 > 0:03:09could not believe what was happening in their street.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12They've come banging on the door saying you need to evacuate.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14My grandad refused to leave the house, still in there now,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16the only one on the street.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18And they said it's for your own safety, bomb disposal
0:03:18 > 0:03:21are here and they made everyone else leave apart from him.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24How does it feel that this is happening in your neighbourhood?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28In the way it's a bit scary, it's a bit weird, isn't it?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30You know, you don't expect things like this to happen in Chesterfield
0:03:30 > 0:03:32or in a little area like this.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35So it's a bit worrying in a way.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Arrests were made elsewhere too as police took action
0:03:40 > 0:03:43against an alleged Islamist terror plot against the UK that could have
0:03:43 > 0:03:45come to fruition over Christmas.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49The most obvious activity was in Chesterfield.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52The other raids were about 15 miles away around Sheffield.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55As well as the two men arrested next to the community
0:03:55 > 0:03:58centre in Burngreave, business raided in Stocksbridge
0:03:58 > 0:04:01and another man was detained in Meersbrook where local people
0:04:01 > 0:04:05heard stun grenades being used.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08We were woken up at around 5:30am by a really, really loud bang
0:04:08 > 0:04:10and initially we did think that somebody had crashed
0:04:10 > 0:04:14outside our house.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18We were looking outside and all we could see were police
0:04:18 > 0:04:20officers dressed in riot gear and they were storming a house
0:04:20 > 0:04:22across the road from us.
0:04:22 > 0:04:28Lots of running about and shouting.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30These were coordinated counterterrorism raids which may
0:04:30 > 0:04:32have stopped a plot timed to coincide with the
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Christmas holidays.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Danny is in Burngreave in Sheffield tonight.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44As we were saying, this has been a very extensive operation. What are
0:04:44 > 0:04:50you being told about the state of play tonight?The four men who were
0:04:50 > 0:04:54arrested now being questioned at a police station in west Yorkshire,
0:04:54 > 0:05:00aged between 22 and 41 and police have up to 14 days under current
0:05:00 > 0:05:04legislation to hold them, albeit with oversight from the courts. The
0:05:04 > 0:05:08BBC understands these arrests were the result of intelligence gathered
0:05:08 > 0:05:12by MI5 passed on to counterterrorism officers and hence the raids this
0:05:12 > 0:05:18morning. We also understand, people thought they heard explosions when
0:05:18 > 0:05:23the raids were taking place but it was stun grenades being used as
0:05:23 > 0:05:26police raided the addresses. The timing is interesting, the week
0:05:26 > 0:05:30before Christmas, although these are only allegations with these men
0:05:30 > 0:05:35under arrest on suspicion of planning something. The police
0:05:35 > 0:05:40presence here is set to be for a few days and the cordons have reduced
0:05:40 > 0:05:44the night, just this area sealed off behind me in Sheffield and we
0:05:44 > 0:05:46understand people in Chesterfield had been allowed back into their
0:05:46 > 0:05:50homes and in the last few minutes the north-east counterterrorism unit
0:05:50 > 0:05:55has given us an update, saying that the searchers have been scaled down
0:05:55 > 0:05:58for the night, there are no more going on but they will resume here
0:05:58 > 0:06:04at this community Centre in Sheffield and also the address in
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Sheffield Road in Chesterfield tomorrow. There is a lot more to be
0:06:07 > 0:06:11done on this investigation which began early this morning.Thank you
0:06:11 > 0:06:15very much for the latest update.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Senior figures from Facebook, Twitter and Google have been heavily
0:06:18 > 0:06:20criticised by MPs about extremist content
0:06:20 > 0:06:21on their platforms including death threats
0:06:21 > 0:06:23against politicians.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Labour's Yvette Cooper, chair of the home affairs
0:06:26 > 0:06:29select committee, accused the firms of
0:06:29 > 0:06:33failing to remove abusive material quickly enough.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38Our media editor, Amol Rajan, has more details.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Harmful content online takes countless forms but not
0:06:40 > 0:06:41all of them are illegal.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44One kind is the hate speech that attacks individuals
0:06:44 > 0:06:47on the basis of attributes such as disability or gender.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Internet safety campaigners met at a conference in Geneva today.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55One was Seyi Akiwowo, herself a victim of abuse online.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58If you stream music that you haven't had permission for,
0:06:58 > 0:07:02if you put up something like, I don't know, Beyonce or Adele's
0:07:02 > 0:07:04music, that gets taken down within moments but when it comes
0:07:04 > 0:07:08to someone saying, I'm going to kill you, get lynched,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11hope you die of a STD, those are the words I've received,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14you don't get much action or reaction from these
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Twitter companies.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Today MPs grilled tech companies about this kind of abuse.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23The committee chair said Twitter still hadn't removed an offensive
0:07:23 > 0:07:26tweet it was warned about in March.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28That tweet is still up on your platform.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Why is it?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I don't know the answer to that question.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36"I really do think that we should all kill a Tory.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Just think of the benefits if each family in the UK
0:07:39 > 0:07:41were to kill just one Tory."
0:07:41 > 0:07:44That's on Twitter, Miss McSweeney.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Your code says you will not tolerate violent threats,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51wishes for the physical harm, death or disease of
0:07:51 > 0:07:53individuals or groups.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58How does that comply with your code?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01We have 500 million tweets a day, we have 330 million users.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Twitter is used in multiple, multiple languages.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Another quite separate form of harmful content
0:08:06 > 0:08:09propagates extremism.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11How easy is it to find this extremist material online?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12It's very easy indeed.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Here is effectively far right material.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19This campaigner, who works closely with MPs, believes social media
0:08:19 > 0:08:23platforms lure vulnerable adults into the extremists' web.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Actually the material clearly is not removed,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28it is not illegal in the eyes of social media providers.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31But the other factor is their algorithms are directing
0:08:31 > 0:08:36individuals who may have an aggressive world view
0:08:36 > 0:08:39and the algorithms direct them to join up with other groups
0:08:39 > 0:08:40which may have similar content.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42You are actively recommending what is effectively racist material
0:08:42 > 0:08:47into people's timelines.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I will ask our reviewers to look at that and get back
0:08:50 > 0:08:53to you with a good and solid response to what our reaction is.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57As I said, we are looking at how we can scale those new policies
0:08:57 > 0:08:59we have out across areas like hate speech and racism.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Isn't the real truth that your algorithms and the way
0:09:02 > 0:09:05in which you want to attract people to look at other linked
0:09:05 > 0:09:08and connected things, is that actually your algorithms
0:09:08 > 0:09:11are doing that grooming and that radicalisation?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14But that's not how Facebook sees it.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19But I do recognise we have a problem which is a shared problem
0:09:19 > 0:09:23with the police, with yourselves, with civil society organisations
0:09:23 > 0:09:26of how do we address that person who may be going down a channel
0:09:26 > 0:09:29which can lead to them being radicalised?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31MPs now have a personal stake in the fight against
0:09:31 > 0:09:34harmful content online.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37They want tech giants to do more but there is a danger that asking
0:09:37 > 0:09:40them to censor content before it is uploaded would
0:09:40 > 0:09:41undermine the open web.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Most people can agree what harmful content online is and everybody
0:09:45 > 0:09:48agrees that there is too much of it but nobody can agree
0:09:48 > 0:09:51on what to do about it and that is because the sheer volume
0:09:51 > 0:09:53of content uploaded onto the Internet every single day
0:09:53 > 0:09:54is impossible to manage.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Ultimately this is probably a war without end and our most effective
0:09:57 > 0:10:00weapon in that war is not going to be more human beings,
0:10:00 > 0:10:01but smarter computers.
0:10:01 > 0:10:07Amol Rajan, BBC News.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for throwing acid
0:10:10 > 0:10:13into the crowd at a packed nightclub in east London.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18Arthur Collins, who's 25, squirted the liquid into a group
0:10:18 > 0:10:21on the dance floor at the Mangle nightclub in April last year.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23He was convicted last month of five counts of grievous bodily harm
0:10:23 > 0:10:25and nine of assault, as our correspondent
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Tom Burridge reports.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34Acid hurled across a crowded dance floor.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Look closer on the CCTV and you can see Arthur Collins' arm
0:10:37 > 0:10:41throwing the liquid a second and a third time.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Young people, like Lauren Trent, suffered severe burns
0:10:43 > 0:10:47and scars for life.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Today, she and other victims gave vivid accounts outside court
0:10:51 > 0:10:53of what it's like when acid is thrown over your
0:10:53 > 0:10:55skin and clothes.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00I think that night I just remembered the sheer panic.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04The fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07The smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin
0:11:07 > 0:11:11blistering, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16I remember looking at the police officers and the people around us
0:11:16 > 0:11:19at the time when they arrived, it was almost like disbelief that
0:11:19 > 0:11:22something like this had ever happened in a nightclub.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Collins caused severe burns to 14 people.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27His actions, in the Mangle nightclub, left physical
0:11:27 > 0:11:33and mental scars.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35When you are out, like if just a splash of somebody's
0:11:35 > 0:11:37drink on your arm, like, brings the worse things
0:11:37 > 0:11:39through your head.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42So it's just very hard to deal with it and to just try and carry
0:11:42 > 0:11:46on like normal because I know I'm never going to be the same girl that
0:11:46 > 0:11:49walked into Mangle that night, but it's just trying to get as close
0:11:49 > 0:11:50back to that as possible.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Earlier that evening, Collins argued with two
0:11:53 > 0:11:56of his victims, but the judge said his indiscriminate attack,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58which affected so many young people, was unprovoked.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02He sentenced him to 20 years.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05It sends out the right message that it will not be tolerated.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09It will not be tolerated by the criminal justice system.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Anyone carrying acid needs to look at the offence and be aware that
0:12:12 > 0:12:14a strong sentence will be passed.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Collins showed no remorse in court for what was described
0:12:16 > 0:12:20as a "despicable act."
0:12:20 > 0:12:23One of his victims today said her old life had been taken
0:12:23 > 0:12:24from her on that night.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Tom Burridge, BBC News.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Government officials have been using a discredited report
0:12:32 > 0:12:36into the use of contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 80s,
0:12:36 > 0:12:40despite assurances that it would be taken out of circulation.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43The BBC has learned that the report, issued in 2006, was still being
0:12:43 > 0:12:44used earlier this year.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Theresa May announced in the summer that there would be a thorough
0:12:47 > 0:12:49inquiry into the scandal which saw haemophiliacs and other patients
0:12:49 > 0:12:51infected with HIV and hepatitis C, causing the deaths
0:12:51 > 0:12:52of around 2500 people.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Our health editor, Hugh Pym, has the story.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Carol Grayson's husband, Peter, was a haemophiliac.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09Because he was given contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 80s,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13he developed HIV and hepatitis and died at the age of 47.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17The biggest hope that the truth would come out...
0:13:17 > 0:13:24Carol has campaigned for decades for a full public enquiry
0:13:24 > 0:13:26into the scandal which claimed 2500 lives and ruined thousands more.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29At last that is about to happen.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32She has uncovered hundreds of documents which she says reveal
0:13:32 > 0:13:34an official cover-up.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38I think there are huge implications for government.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42The bottom line for government is they don't want to pay
0:13:42 > 0:13:45compensation because there are very high numbers of people both
0:13:45 > 0:13:47infected and affected because you have the infected
0:13:47 > 0:13:53haemophiliacs and you've got the affected family members.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Blood products for haemophiliacs and transfusions were
0:13:55 > 0:13:56imported from the US.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Some were infected by donors including prisoners.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04In 2006 the government published what was billed as a definitive
0:14:04 > 0:14:06report but some original documents had been destroyed so key
0:14:06 > 0:14:09information was missing.
0:14:09 > 0:14:17The BBC can reveal, however, it was still in use this year.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19In August, Sir Chris Wormald, the top civil servant
0:14:19 > 0:14:22at the Department of Health, wrote that the report had not been
0:14:22 > 0:14:25used by officials in recent years and will not be used in the future
0:14:25 > 0:14:28but the BBC has seen a letter, written earlier this year
0:14:28 > 0:14:30by a health minister, which did make reference to the
0:14:30 > 0:14:33report as an authoritative account.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34It included a web link to it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36When Sir Chris was told he apologised and said it
0:14:36 > 0:14:37wouldn't happen again.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39The former Lib Dem Minister Baroness Featherstone,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41who received the letters from the civil servant,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44said it was shocking that even this year misleading information
0:14:44 > 0:14:47was being put out.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50He apologised because he himself had been part of what the community has
0:14:50 > 0:14:54suffered since day one.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Obfuscation, misuse of facts, lies, rebuttals, refusing to acknowledge,
0:14:57 > 0:15:02almost incapable of listening.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04The Department of Health said the independent enquiry
0:15:04 > 0:15:07would ensure victims and their families got answers.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09For Carol, the long battle with the authorities has come
0:15:09 > 0:15:13at great personal cost.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16At the end of the day it has taken my family life away,
0:15:16 > 0:15:20that is the reality.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25I mean I started this as a young woman.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29I'm now going towards retirement and there's still no justice.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Carol wants to pass on all the documents
0:15:32 > 0:15:35to the official inquiry.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38She can only hope it gets to the truth of what has been
0:15:38 > 0:15:41described as the biggest disaster in the history of the NHS.
0:15:41 > 0:15:48Hugh Pym, BBC News.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52In Washington, President Trump is a step nearer to achieving his
0:15:52 > 0:15:57first major legislative achievement with his plans for radical tax
0:15:57 > 0:15:59reform, which are being voted on by both houses of Congress.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01He's proposing tax cuts for corporations and those
0:16:01 > 0:16:03on middle and higher incomes.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Democrats describe it as a Republican giveaway to big
0:16:07 > 0:16:10business and the rich, and say it would only add
0:16:10 > 0:16:11to the national debt.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Live to Washington and our North American editor, Jon Sopel.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Jon, how big a moment is this for President Trump?This is very big.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23He failed on the legislation to reform healthcare. This would be the
0:16:23 > 0:16:28biggest change to America's tax system in 30 years, since the Reagan
0:16:28 > 0:16:34era. The House of Representatives, they passed the measure. It will go
0:16:34 > 0:16:40to the Senate for their approval tonight. The House of
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Representatives will have to do redo the vote tomorrow morning because of
0:16:45 > 0:16:49proceedual anomalies. It should give Donald Trump that victory. A
0:16:49 > 0:16:52pre-Christmas present for him that he will no doubt enjoy. The
0:16:52 > 0:16:57Democrats say this is just a tax giveaway for the rich. It will line
0:16:57 > 0:17:02the pockets of Republican donors and swell the coffers of wealthy
0:17:02 > 0:17:08corporations. To Republicans though this is a sweeping reform that will
0:17:08 > 0:17:12clear the tax code there will be a turbo booster for economic growth
0:17:12 > 0:17:16that will lead to more jobs and higher wages. It's also going to see
0:17:16 > 0:17:21a big change in terms of corporation tax with the corporation tax rate
0:17:21 > 0:17:26coming down from 35% to 21%. Why does that matter? Because it will
0:17:26 > 0:17:32mean American companies should be much more competitive with British
0:17:32 > 0:17:35and European companies were the corporation tax rates are so much
0:17:35 > 0:17:39lower. Opinion poll data suggests that the Americans tend to believe
0:17:39 > 0:17:44the Democrats over this tax reform, that it's for the rich, it's not for
0:17:44 > 0:17:49ordinary Americans. It may not be for the Trump voters. That may give
0:17:49 > 0:17:55Donald Trump a victory tomorrow, but with consequences.Jon, many thanks
0:17:55 > 0:18:04once again. Jon Sopel for the vote there later on in the Senate and
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Capitol Hill.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11A brief look at some of the day's other news stories:
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Local authorities in England will be able to increase council tax
0:18:14 > 0:18:16by just under 6% next year without triggering
0:18:16 > 0:18:17a local referendum.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Currently, a raise of 5% or more must be put to local voters.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Ministers say it will ease pressure on local services.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25The Local Government Association says councils will still be
0:18:25 > 0:18:26at financial breaking point.
0:18:26 > 0:18:34Elsewhere, the Home Office has announced an extra £450 million
0:18:34 > 0:18:35for police in England and Wales next year,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37but they say much of that
0:18:37 > 0:18:39would need to come from a rise in council tax.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Police and Crime Commissioners will be given powers to raise tax
0:18:42 > 0:18:43by £12 per household.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45The rest of the money would come from central government.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted a missile fired
0:18:48 > 0:18:49towards the country's capital, Riyadh.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51The Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen said they'd launched a rocket
0:18:51 > 0:18:56that was aimed at a gathering of senior figures in King Salman's
0:18:56 > 0:18:59official residence.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03A passenger train which crashed in the state of Washington
0:19:03 > 0:19:05was travelling at more than twice the speed limit, according
0:19:05 > 0:19:08to accident investigators.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11The train veered off a bridge onto a busy highway yesterday.
0:19:11 > 0:19:18Three people died and more than 70 were injured.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Two men who died following a fire which destroyed a luxury hotel
0:19:22 > 0:19:24on the banks of Loch Lomond have been named as Simon Midgley
0:19:24 > 0:19:32and Richard Dyson, believed to be from London.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35More than 60 firefighters fought the blaze which started yesterday
0:19:35 > 0:19:36and crews have remained there today.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Guests were led from the hotel while emergency services
0:19:38 > 0:19:39dealt with the fire.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44The cause is still being investigated as our correspondent,
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Lorna Gordon, tells us.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47On the secluded shores of Loch Lomond, the burnt-out
0:19:47 > 0:19:49remains of one of Scotland's most prestigious hotels.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52It was here that early yesterday morning, while many of the 200
0:19:52 > 0:19:54guests were still sleeping, that fire took hold,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56gutting the main building and leading to the loss
0:19:56 > 0:20:00of two lives.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02The BBC understands that Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley had
0:20:02 > 0:20:07been staying at Cameron House on a winter break.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Police have not confirmed their identities, but tributes have
0:20:09 > 0:20:13been paid to them on social media.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Firefighters arrived at the resort nine minutes after the first
0:20:15 > 0:20:17emergency call was received.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22More than 60 of them were involved in tackling the blaze.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Today some remained on site, dampening it down.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27The damage here is extensive.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31The top two floors of the main building look to be
0:20:31 > 0:20:33completely burnt-out.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37The priority for fire crews now is to make this building safe.
0:20:37 > 0:20:43Their initial investigation is likely to fell focus on trying
0:20:43 > 0:20:45to find out where the blaze began.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48They'll be taking witness statements from the guests and staff that
0:20:48 > 0:20:50were at the property.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53They will be looking to see if there are CCTV cameras
0:20:53 > 0:20:55about which may assist them in narrowing the focus
0:20:55 > 0:20:59of where the fire first started.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Dramatic footage, taken at the height of the fire,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04showed a recently married couple being rescued from their second
0:21:04 > 0:21:08floor room, their baby carried out by a firefighter.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11In a statement, the hotel described this as a "heart
0:21:11 > 0:21:14stopping moment" and called the firefighters involved "heroes."
0:21:14 > 0:21:17The swift actions of the emergency services may have prevented further
0:21:17 > 0:21:19loss of life in this fatal fire.
0:21:19 > 0:21:27Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Loch Lomond.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30The Metropolitan Police says it's reviewing all of its current sex
0:21:30 > 0:21:32offence investigations after the collapse of a second
0:21:32 > 0:21:35rape case in a week.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Scotland Yard says it wants officers to ensure there has been full
0:21:38 > 0:21:41disclosure of evidence.
0:21:41 > 0:21:48The trial of Liam Allan was halted last week after it
0:21:48 > 0:21:51emerged that text messages proving his innocence had not been
0:21:51 > 0:21:51passed to the defence.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54This afternoon, prosecutors said they would end another rape case
0:21:54 > 0:22:04because police provided them with new information.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08The future of the retailer Toys R Us in the UK,
0:22:08 > 0:22:09with more than 3,000 jobs,
0:22:09 > 0:22:11is hanging in the balance after the company was told
0:22:11 > 0:22:13to allocate £9 million to its pension fund.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16The retailer has been ordered to find the money by the end
0:22:16 > 0:22:19of the week or its restructuring plans will not be approved.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Our business correspondent, Simon Gompertz, is at a Toys R Us
0:22:21 > 0:22:23store in West London.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Simon, in your view, how precarious is this company's future now?Huw,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28it's a desperate night for the 3,200 staff who work at Toys R Us because
0:22:28 > 0:22:33if things stay as they are at the moment, there is a real danger that
0:22:33 > 0:22:36administrators will have to be called in by the end of the week.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42What's happened is that the Pension Protection Fund, that's the body
0:22:42 > 0:22:47which bails out the pension schemes ofle troubled companies like this
0:22:47 > 0:22:53one, is voting against a rescue plan that Toys R Us is trying to put to
0:22:53 > 0:22:57its creditors. Basically, Toys R Us is going to slim down, this is one
0:22:57 > 0:23:02of the stores that it would close anyway, get support, financial
0:23:02 > 0:23:07support, from creditors and soldier on. But the Pension Protection Fund
0:23:07 > 0:23:12has said that unless it stumps up three years worth of pension
0:23:12 > 0:23:19contributions in advance, it won't get its support. Toys R Us has said
0:23:19 > 0:23:23it hasn't got that money. Its US parent hasn't got that money, it's
0:23:23 > 0:23:28in financial trouble. That's putting all 100 outlets in jeopardy. It's
0:23:28 > 0:23:33not over yet because, if the company can persuade the Pension Protection
0:23:33 > 0:23:39Fund to change its mind by Thursday, when the vote is finalised, there is
0:23:39 > 0:23:43still hope, but tonight, which should be the busiest, best time of
0:23:43 > 0:23:49year for Toys R Us staff, is turning into one of deep uncertainty.Simon,
0:23:49 > 0:23:54many thanks once again for updating us on that. Simon Gompertz there for
0:23:54 > 0:23:59us in West London.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01The affordability of sanitary products is a problem for thousands
0:24:01 > 0:24:02of women across the United Kingdom.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Research by the charity Plan International suggests that 1
0:24:05 > 0:24:09in 10 girls and women in the UK, aged between 14 and 21, can't afford
0:24:09 > 0:24:11to pay for sanitary products.
0:24:11 > 0:24:20Campaigners say it's keeping girls out of school and stopping some
0:24:20 > 0:24:21women from leaving their homes.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Now, the Scottish Government has launched a pilot scheme in Aberdeen
0:24:24 > 0:24:26to provide free sanitary products to women on low incomes.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28It's believed to be the world's first government-backed scheme
0:24:28 > 0:24:32to tackle the problem as our Scotland editor,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Sarah Smith, explains now.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Trying to manage without adequate sanitary protection can be
0:24:36 > 0:24:38humiliating, many women don't want to talk about it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Trisha Chapman is remarkably frank about the problems she's had.
0:24:40 > 0:24:50I've seen myself for four days using socks and tissue and a lot
0:24:52 > 0:24:55of the time I wouldn't have tissue, but I might have tissue
0:24:55 > 0:24:58that I'd been using, I put it in my underwear so it
0:24:58 > 0:24:59wouldn't go on to my clothes.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I've seen myself wearing white denims and I've been
0:25:01 > 0:25:04actually saturated in blood.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07That must be very embarrassing, pretty distressing?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10It's horrible, it's horrible, knowing that you're bleeding
0:25:10 > 0:25:13and there's nothing you can do about it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15So if you haven't got the protection you need,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18does it mean that you end up stuck in the house?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21You don't want to go out in case you have an accident outside?
0:25:21 > 0:25:25I can't go out because when I bleed, I bleed and I can't go
0:25:25 > 0:25:27out anywhere, anywhere.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30It's just a nightmare.
0:25:30 > 0:25:36Tampax Compak regular...
0:25:36 > 0:25:42This food bank in Aberdeen is delivering towels and tampons
0:25:42 > 0:25:45to those who need them funded by the Scottish Government,
0:25:45 > 0:25:46who want to explore doing this nationwide.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49This pilot scheme in Aberdeen is trying to work out what's
0:25:49 > 0:25:51the best way of giving women access to sanitary products
0:25:51 > 0:25:53that they cannot afford to buy.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56What they've learnt so far is just how many women have
0:25:56 > 0:25:58been trying to manage without these essential items.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02We've had some girls that have come in that say that they have to stay
0:26:02 > 0:26:06off school because they don't have pads or tampons and things.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11They don't feel clean enough, and things like that,
0:26:11 > 0:26:18so they just stay at home rather than going to school.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Even the volunteers here are women who've themselves have had to do
0:26:20 > 0:26:22without adequate monthly protection.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Have you had situations were you've sent your daughter off to school
0:26:25 > 0:26:26without proper sanitary products?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Never.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31I would never ever put her through that.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36I mean, it's humiliating enough for myself not
0:26:36 > 0:26:41to have products but, as I said, I would give up meals
0:26:41 > 0:26:46for me so she could have at least some protection.
0:26:46 > 0:26:54You know we work with the Simon Community,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56we're the street team, so it's a new initiative
0:26:56 > 0:26:57that we're starting.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Some charities are trying to help, street teams in Glasgow tell
0:27:00 > 0:27:02homeless women how to access free sanitary ware.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Trisha can help herself to whatever she needs at this drop-in centre,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06but these initiatives cannot reach everyone in need.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08The Scottish Government have promised action next year,
0:27:08 > 0:27:10campaigners are demanding the UK Government follow their lead.
0:27:10 > 0:27:20Sarah Smith, BBC News, Glasgow.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29American scientists are predicting that before long it
0:27:29 > 0:27:31will be increasingly normal to start a new career
0:27:31 > 0:27:34in your 80s and to feel fit and healthy in body and mind
0:27:34 > 0:27:37and increasingly normal to take on a new physical challenge
0:27:37 > 0:27:40in your 90s, walking for miles with no aches or pains.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43The scientists are working on drugs that could help delay
0:27:43 > 0:27:46the way our bodies age, meaning that we'll be able to do
0:27:46 > 0:27:52much more for longer.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54In the second of his reports on so-called 'super-agers',
0:27:54 > 0:27:56our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, has been
0:27:56 > 0:27:57to San Francisco and New York.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00New York Public Library, one of the city's grandest
0:28:00 > 0:28:02buildings, which has one of the city's oldest employees.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Hilda Jaffe is still going strong at 95, so what's her
0:28:04 > 0:28:06secret to a long life?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Pick your parents, it really is.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12It's got to be genetic because both my parents lived long.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Good morning, Fergus, I'm glad you could meet me here
0:28:15 > 0:28:19in this absolutely beautiful room.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Hilda gives tours of this historic building when she's not
0:28:21 > 0:28:26at the theatre, music concerts, opera or her two book clubs.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30I don't exercise, I walk, I walk a lot.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35If I had to give anybody advice I would say, just keep moving.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Samples of Hilda's DNA are stored in this freezer in the Bronx,
0:28:38 > 0:28:43part of a study into longevity.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49They found only one in 10,000 people has protective superager genes,
0:28:49 > 0:28:53but say drugs might be able to help the rest of us.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Metformin is an old, cheap diabetes drug,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00but a major trial is planned to see if it can delay ageing.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04I can get you 690 of those for $60.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Scientists here believe it may slow the biological processes that
0:29:08 > 0:29:11trigger key diseases.
0:29:11 > 0:29:18We have data in humans that metformin would delay cardiovascular
0:29:18 > 0:29:21disease and will delay diabetes and is associated with less cancer,
0:29:21 > 0:29:27and seems to delay Alzheimer or cognitive decline in people.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Ageing is an inevitable process which begins as we reach adulthood
0:29:31 > 0:29:33and continues through the decades as our muscles, bones
0:29:33 > 0:29:39and organs gradually wear out.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43This tai chi group in San Francisco show that we can delay that decline,
0:29:43 > 0:29:44it helps with balance, core strength and provides
0:29:44 > 0:29:46a social network.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48It makes me feel so young, I have so much fun.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51I feel like I'm in the kindergarten of the universe.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54My mother lived to 103.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I don't desire to live that long, but I want to be as healthy
0:29:57 > 0:30:02as I can, as long as I can.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05That's an ambition we can all share.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Imagine a future where it didn't hurt to get old,
0:30:09 > 0:30:12where our joints didn't wear out?
0:30:12 > 0:30:19It would have a huge impact on our quality of life as we age.
0:30:19 > 0:30:25This biotech company in California has developed a drug to counter
0:30:25 > 0:30:29one of the key diseases of ageing, osteoarthritis.
0:30:29 > 0:30:34Human trials of this experimental compound should begin next year.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37This is an area of the cartilage that is now diseased, you can see
0:30:37 > 0:30:43the cartilage is damaged.
0:30:43 > 0:30:49It works by clearing cells which build up in the knee joint,
0:30:49 > 0:30:51known as synthesis cells, which may be a trigger
0:30:51 > 0:30:52for the painful condition.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55A single injection that we believe and hope will alleviate their pain
0:30:55 > 0:30:58and begin the restorative process in their knee to perhaps at least
0:30:58 > 0:31:01halt, regress and even completely repair the knee in the end
0:31:01 > 0:31:04is what our wildest hopes would imagine.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08That would mean more people could age like Hilda,
0:31:08 > 0:31:13free of aches and pains and independent well into their 90s.
0:31:13 > 0:31:20Fergus Walsh, BBC News, New York.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two, here's Emily.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Tonight, we bring you a broadcast world exclusive.
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