0:00:03 > 0:00:07Tonight at 10:00pm, an apology from the parole board after victims
0:00:07 > 0:00:10of a black cab rapist aren't told that he is about to
0:00:10 > 0:00:12be let out of jail.
0:00:12 > 0:00:19John Worboys, who was jailed for drugging and assaulting
0:00:19 > 0:00:21passengers in 2009, is about to be released.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24The parole board head says victims should have been told.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26We believed all the victims had been told about that decision,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28but we're checking today exactly what did happen,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31because clearly something went wrong.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34We'll be asking what could change as a result of this controversial case.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Also tonight...
0:00:37 > 0:00:40President Trump brands a controversial new book
0:00:40 > 0:00:42about his presidency as phoney and full of lies.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44But its author says he stands by every word of it.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47The one description that everyone gave -
0:00:47 > 0:00:53everyone has in common - they all say he is like a child.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57New car sales have fallen for the first time in six years,
0:00:57 > 0:01:02with demand for diesel cars plunging by almost a fifth.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04More than 2 billion paper cups thrown away every year.
0:01:04 > 0:01:11MPs call for a so-called latte levy of 25p a cup to help recycling.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14The East Coast of America in the grip of an Arctic blast.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Temperatures could fall to minus 40 in some places tonight.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Coming up on sports day on BBC News, the Merseyside derby kicked off the
0:01:28 > 0:01:32FA Cup third round weekend. Could Liverpool hold onto their lead
0:01:32 > 0:01:34against neighbours at Anfield?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Good evening.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57The chair of the Parole Board has apologised unreservedly to victims
0:01:57 > 0:02:01of the serial sex attacker John Worboys, after some of them
0:02:01 > 0:02:04were not told of his imminent release from prison.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12
0:02:07 > 0:02:12women, but detectives later said they believed he'd attacked
0:02:12 > 0:02:14more than 100.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17MPs are now calling for an inquiry into why some victims were not
0:02:17 > 0:02:19informed and whether their views were sufficiently
0:02:19 > 0:02:20taken into account.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Our Home Editor Mark Easton reports.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Rapist John Worboys has become symbolic of the charge that police
0:02:26 > 0:02:29and prosecutors in England and Wales still don't take violent
0:02:29 > 0:02:33sexual crimes against women seriously enough.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36The London cabbie, who drugged and raped or sexually assaulted
0:02:36 > 0:02:40numerous women in the back of his taxi, is to be
0:02:40 > 0:02:43released after nine years - a parole board decision that has
0:02:43 > 0:02:48prompted fury and questions, not least - were victims ignored?
0:02:48 > 0:02:5358 MPs have written to the Justice Secretary calling
0:02:53 > 0:02:56for an investigation into why some of Worboys' victims were not
0:02:56 > 0:02:59told their attacker would soon be back on the streets.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03I think it's very difficult at this point in time to know what role
0:03:03 > 0:03:05the victims have had in the decision to give John Worboys parole.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08They do have a clearly defined role and what we're asking
0:03:08 > 0:03:11is that the Secretary of State act to ensure that has happened.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14The head of the parole board has apologised unreservedly to victims
0:03:14 > 0:03:17who say they were not informed of Worboys' imminent release,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21accepting that the news must have been very distressing.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23The Ministry of Justice says some victims had
0:03:23 > 0:03:26chosen not to be informed.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29But the questions raised by this case go beyond the management
0:03:29 > 0:03:31of Worboys' release from prison.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34One urgent question - why was parole granted?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38It's likely he accepted guilt for his convictions,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40but quite how the board decided he now poses no risk
0:03:40 > 0:03:43must remain secret.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47I'm not allowed by law to explain the reasons for our decision.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52And I've said before, I'd like to get that changed.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55And so if this pushes the idea that the parole board processes need
0:03:55 > 0:03:58to be much more open and transparent and we get support for that,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01then I think some good will have come out of all this.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03We need to understand whether he's admitted guilt
0:04:03 > 0:04:05in relation to the offences that he was convicted
0:04:05 > 0:04:08for and the police need to look again at the possibility
0:04:08 > 0:04:10of prosecuting him for those many further offences
0:04:10 > 0:04:12for which he is also suspected.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Given that more than 100 women have said Worboys tried to drug
0:04:15 > 0:04:19and sexually assault them, the question why were so many
0:04:19 > 0:04:24allegations not prosecuted is being asked once again.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Allegations from 83 women were referred to the Crown
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Prosecution Service, but only the experiences of 14
0:04:30 > 0:04:32were raised at his trial because prosecutors believed
0:04:32 > 0:04:34the evidence in the other cases was not good enough
0:04:34 > 0:04:37to secure a conviction.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40One of my clients, due to a very poor police investigation,
0:04:40 > 0:04:45did not succeed in having her case prosecuted.
0:04:45 > 0:04:51She was told by the police, who reinvestigated it later,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55that it didn't matter if her case didn't go forward because there
0:04:55 > 0:04:58were enough that were going forward.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Scotland Yard and the CPS have both issued statements tonight
0:05:01 > 0:05:04defending their actions in the case.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07The Director of Public Prosecutions at the time, Keir Starmer,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10who was not involved in the decision-making,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13has urged victims to take any allegations to the police.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16I think these decisions were nine years ago.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19It's very important that you go to the Crown Prosecution Service
0:05:19 > 0:05:22and get an accurate readout of the decisions that were made,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24particularly if further allegations are likely to be made now.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Thank you very much indeed.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28But with police saying Worboys may be Britain's most
0:05:28 > 0:05:30prolific sex attacker, did the original
0:05:30 > 0:05:34punishment fit the crime?
0:05:34 > 0:05:40This is a guy who drugged 12 women, who carried out a campaign
0:05:40 > 0:05:43attempting to rape a very large number of women and who has served
0:05:43 > 0:05:46rather less than ten years in prison and is now said to be safe.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47It's pretty surprising.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52Worboys will have to comply with stringent controls
0:05:52 > 0:05:55while on parole, but his release reactivates the debate about how
0:05:55 > 0:05:57the criminal justice system still treats perpetrators
0:05:57 > 0:06:01and victims of sexual violence.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Mark is with me now.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10This case has certainly caused a lot of anger. What's likely to change
0:06:10 > 0:06:13because of it?I think the government will have to look at some
0:06:13 > 0:06:17of the questions raised by the case. The head of the parole board himself
0:06:17 > 0:06:22said there should be a review of the rule that applies to automatic
0:06:22 > 0:06:27secrecy to parole board rulings. The committee of MPs that holds the
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Ministry of Justice to account will want to look at that. They will also
0:06:30 > 0:06:34want to ask questions as to why victims were apparently not told in
0:06:34 > 0:06:39advance of Worboys' imminent release despite the guidance. I think they
0:06:39 > 0:06:43will also want to look at the decision of the Crown Prosecution
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Service, only to prosecute on such a small number of allegations. 14
0:06:47 > 0:06:52women out of more than 100. Is there a better way to ensure victims do
0:06:52 > 0:06:59not feel their experiences are being ignored? As to the sentencing, the
0:06:59 > 0:07:03type of sentencing Worboys received was imprisonment for public
0:07:03 > 0:07:07protection. That's an indeterminate sentence, it's a sentence that
0:07:07 > 0:07:10actually no longer exists. It was introduced to deal with people whose
0:07:10 > 0:07:14crimes were not severe enough to get a life sentence, but could pose a
0:07:14 > 0:07:18significant risk to the public on release. There might be questions on
0:07:18 > 0:07:21how you deal with those kinds of dangerous prisoners more
0:07:21 > 0:07:27effectively. I think the case will reopen discussion about how justice
0:07:27 > 0:07:31can best deal with offenders like that and also more general
0:07:31 > 0:07:35soul-searching on how police and prosecutors can be more responsive
0:07:35 > 0:07:39to the sensitivities around sexual violence.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43The author of a controversial new book about Donald Trump's first
0:07:43 > 0:07:46year as US President says everyone he'd spoken to at the White House
0:07:46 > 0:07:50described the President as like a child, in need
0:07:50 > 0:07:52of instant gratification.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55The book, called Fire and Fury, went on sale this morning -
0:07:55 > 0:07:57four days early - after the White House tried
0:07:57 > 0:07:59to block its publication.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02President Trump has called it a phoney book - full of lies.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Our North America Editor, Jon Sopel reports.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Not quite Harry Potter, but at midnight last night,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12they were queuing to get their hands on Fire And Fury.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15And if Donald Trump had the powers of the young wizard,
0:08:15 > 0:08:16he'd have made this book disappear.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20But he doesn't, and this damning portrait is now available
0:08:20 > 0:08:24for everyone to read.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Wwhat I'm most looking forward to is seeing what we all know
0:08:27 > 0:08:29is going on just below the surface.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I'm expecting the White House to be as absolutely dysfunctional
0:08:32 > 0:08:35as the leaks would make it seem.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I don't think anyone really gets tired of palace intrigue.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43The picture it paints of life in the West Wing is unsparing -
0:08:43 > 0:08:46allegations of marital strain, of tears and tantrums,
0:08:46 > 0:08:50of dysfunction and improvisation.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54And at the epicentre of every storm, Donald J Trump.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I will tell you the one description that everyone gave,
0:08:56 > 0:09:02everyone has in common - they all say he is like a child.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08And what they mean by that is he has a need for immediate gratification.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12It's all about him.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16And the gravest charge of all - Wolff alleges that a number
0:09:16 > 0:09:18of his unnamed sources told him that the President was mentally
0:09:18 > 0:09:21unfit to remain in office, a charge that brought this response
0:09:21 > 0:09:23from the President's spokeswoman.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26It's disgraceful and laughable.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31If he was unfit he probably wouldn't be sitting there and wouldn't have
0:09:31 > 0:09:34defeated the most qualified group of candidates that the Republican
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Party has ever seen.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38The President has been on Twitter to rubbish the book saying:
0:09:53 > 0:09:56But that's not how Michael Wolff remembers it.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I absolutely spoke to the President, whether he realised
0:09:59 > 0:10:02it was an interview or not, I don't know, but it certainly
0:10:02 > 0:10:03was not off the record.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06The author says he stands by every word.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Although with anonymous sources it's hard to fact-check.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12The most remarkable thing about this is -
0:10:12 > 0:10:16given Michael Wolff's track record - why White House staff gave him
0:10:16 > 0:10:19access to the inner sanctum of the West Wing for months on end
0:10:19 > 0:10:23as virtually a semi-resident.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26The author was asked this morning what he had to say
0:10:26 > 0:10:28about the threatening legal letter the President's lawyers had sent.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30His reply?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Where do I send the box of chocolates?
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41One of the killers of the toddler James Bulger has been charged
0:10:41 > 0:10:46with offences relating to indecent images of children.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Jon Venables was recalled to prison in November and his trial will be
0:10:49 > 0:10:52held in an unnamed court.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Venables and his friend Robert Thompson killed
0:10:55 > 0:10:58two-year-old James in 1993 - when they were both aged ten.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00It's the second time he has been recalled to prison
0:11:00 > 0:11:04over child abuse images.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07New car sales fell for the first time in six years last year.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09The demand for diesel cars dropped by almost a fifth -
0:11:09 > 0:11:11mainly because of concerns about about pollution
0:11:11 > 0:11:14and higher taxes.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Industry experts say they expect car sales to continue to fall this year
0:11:17 > 0:11:21because of a decline in business and consumer confidence as well as
0:11:21 > 0:11:22confusion over diesel cars.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Our Business Editor Simon Jack reports.
0:11:26 > 0:11:312017 was the year the showroom shine began to fade.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35For the first time in six years, sales of new cars fell,
0:11:35 > 0:11:39dragged down by a plunge in diesel sales.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41It started with revelations that Volkswagon and other manufactures
0:11:41 > 0:11:43had hidden the amount of harmful particles that they
0:11:43 > 0:11:45were pumping out.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Customers lost faith, governments clamped down,
0:11:48 > 0:11:49and it led to confusion.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Would you buy a diesel?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53No, I wouldn't. Why not?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Because they are not so good for the environment.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00I'm worried about the future, for my children and everything.
0:12:00 > 0:12:07I did want a diesel car initially and then we heard on the news
0:12:07 > 0:12:09somewhere that within a couple of years' time, we won't be
0:12:09 > 0:12:14allowed to use diesel cars.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15At a nearby garage, customers, and even staff,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17had similar concerns.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Perception today is that they are bad for the environment.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Perception 18 months ago, two years ago, were that they were the best
0:12:24 > 0:12:27thing since sliced bread.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32For years and years, they told us diesel was safe, diesel was better.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35And everybody has gone out and bought diesel cars.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39If they want us to go petrol, what do we all do about diesel cars?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42That customer confusion about diesel has been showing up in the sales
0:12:42 > 0:12:46numbers big time in 2017.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Right up to March, the sales were hanging in there, just about.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55After that, there is a precipitous fall in the sale of diesel cars
0:12:55 > 0:12:58and in fact here in December, down a whopping 31%.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Now you would think that those buyers would be buying other types
0:13:01 > 0:13:03of vehicles like petrol, but even petrol sales
0:13:03 > 0:13:04were down in December.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10So what is going on?
0:13:10 > 0:13:13There is a lot of evidence that diesel owners have simply held off
0:13:13 > 0:13:16from buying a new car, rather than going out and buying
0:13:16 > 0:13:18a petrol or an electrified vehicle, they want to know if it's
0:13:18 > 0:13:19the right decision.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21They need reassurance.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23That will take very senior members of the government
0:13:23 > 0:13:24to put their weight behind it.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Motoring organisations agree the government needs to send
0:13:26 > 0:13:27a much clearer message.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Newer diesel vehicles, typically those that have come
0:13:30 > 0:13:33onto the market since 2016, are actually some of the cleanest
0:13:33 > 0:13:34that are coming onto the road.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37And they are much cleaner than the older diesels, and indeed
0:13:37 > 0:13:41some of the older petrol vehicles.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43But as its stands, the government wants to ban the sales
0:13:43 > 0:13:47of new diesel and petrol cars, but not until 2040.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49However, it's already letting councils introduce their own charges
0:13:49 > 0:13:51to tackle pollution.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55It's already been introduced in London.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58The thing is, as drivers ditch diesel to reduce one
0:13:58 > 0:14:00type of air pollution, carbon dioxide emissions -
0:14:00 > 0:14:02higher in petrol cars - have seen their first rise
0:14:02 > 0:14:03in 20 years.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Simon Jack, BBC News.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Let's take a brief look at some of today's other stories.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13A man who murdered three of his former partners has been
0:14:13 > 0:14:14jailed for 26 years.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Theodore Johnson admitted beating and throttling Angela Best
0:14:16 > 0:14:18after she met another man.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21He already had two manslaughter convictions.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24He pushed his wife off a ninth-floor balcony in 1981 and strangled
0:14:24 > 0:14:30a former partner in 1993.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34House of Fraser which has 59 stores across the UK has confirmed tonight
0:14:34 > 0:14:36that they have contacted some of their landlords asking
0:14:36 > 0:14:37for rent reductions.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39The company is due to publish its Christmas
0:14:39 > 0:14:41trading results next week.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46They have been trying to cut costs and revive sales.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Apple has said it recently discovered flaws in some computer
0:14:48 > 0:14:50processor chips that affect all iPhones, iPads
0:14:50 > 0:14:53and Mac computers.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55The flaws could allow hackers to steal personal
0:14:55 > 0:14:57information from devices, but there's no evidence
0:14:57 > 0:15:00this has happened.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05The firm says it will release updates within days.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07The Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall has
0:15:07 > 0:15:08announced she's pregnant.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10It will be her second child with her husband,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12the former England rugby player Mike Tindall.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14The announcement comes just over a year after Zara
0:15:14 > 0:15:24suffered a miscarriage.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28The growth of solar energy, using the sun's light
0:15:28 > 0:15:30and heat to harness power, throws up promising possibilities
0:15:30 > 0:15:32for the way we live our lives.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34And in Africa there are already signs it can transform
0:15:34 > 0:15:36homes in the poorest and most isolated communities.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38As our correspondent Andrew Harding reports,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40this latest revolution that's under way could have an even bigger impact
0:15:40 > 0:15:43across the continent.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45On a flooded path in the rural Zambia, Africa's past
0:15:45 > 0:15:50meets Africa's future.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52There's the old broken bridge, a symbol of the creaking
0:15:52 > 0:15:55infrastructure still holding back development on this continent.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59And there, perched on Judith's head, sits the future.
0:15:59 > 0:16:06Judith is a solar power saleswoman on her way to a new client.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11She works for one of several companies now making inroads.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13In the countryside, here and across Africa,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16almost no one is on the grid.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19The costs, the distances are just too big.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22But today, small solar panels are changing lives and saving poor
0:16:22 > 0:16:29families a small fortune in kerosene and batteries.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Inside, a box full of software allows the company to make
0:16:31 > 0:16:34its profit, charging a monthly fee for power for the first
0:16:34 > 0:16:37year and a half.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40It's much better because we don't even really know when electricity
0:16:40 > 0:16:43is going to come to a community such as this one.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45But if we have people that are bringing in such technology,
0:16:45 > 0:16:49then it's better for this community.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50So you jump ahead, you leapfrog.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Yeah.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57That idea of leapfrogging over old infrastructure is not
0:16:57 > 0:17:00entirely new here in Africa.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04The trailblazer is something you'll now find in almost every hand.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07The speed and the success of the mobile phone revolution
0:17:07 > 0:17:10in Africa has been extraordinary.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14It's transformed this continent and it's made a lot of other
0:17:14 > 0:17:18businesses start to think, why can't we do the same?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23And so, across this sun-drenched continent, poor countries
0:17:23 > 0:17:28are turning to the technology that could transform their economies.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Financially, it makes a lot of sense.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Economically, it makes a lot of sense.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35And we believe, in the next ten years, that the situation
0:17:35 > 0:17:37will be totally different.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43Solar electrification will be a reality in this country.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44And here it is in action.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47The brand-new solar panel has been charging on a roof all day.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52And in a pitch dark farmhouse...
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Yay!
0:17:56 > 0:17:59The first taste of electric light.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Light for homework, light for progress, as a continent seeks
0:18:02 > 0:18:04to leapfrog into the future.
0:18:04 > 0:18:15Andrew Harding, BBC News, Zambia.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Temperatures along the east coast of America are expected to fall
0:18:18 > 0:18:20as low as -40 degrees Celsius in some parts tonight
0:18:20 > 0:18:23as a brutal cold spell continues into the weekend.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26At least 19 people have died since a powerful blizzard hit much
0:18:26 > 0:18:27of the east coast yesterday.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30The storm also caused floods which have now frozen in the
0:18:30 > 0:18:32record-breaking temperatures, adding to the problems.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Thousands of flights were also cancelled.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Laura Trevelyan is in New York, where it's
0:18:39 > 0:18:46expected to be -29 tonight.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49The morning after the snow cyclone, and this was the scene in one
0:18:49 > 0:18:50part of Massachusetts.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53An all-out effort is under way to clear mountains of snow,
0:18:53 > 0:18:59and the subzero conditions are making life very difficult.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Even the sea has frozen in areas of New England.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Yesterday's blizzard and the frosty aftermath are producing
0:19:03 > 0:19:08record low temperatures.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10The winter hurricane conditions have brought not only heavy
0:19:10 > 0:19:15snowfall but flooding too.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18In coastal Massachusetts, strong wind coincided with the high tide,
0:19:18 > 0:19:23so that in Boston there was a three-foot storm surge.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25The city's mayor is blaming the changing climate.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28We are keeping an eye on all of those different floodings.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31And if anyone wants to question global warming, just see
0:19:31 > 0:19:33where the flood zones are.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Those zones didn't flood 30 years ago.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Not far from Boston in the beach town of Revere, and the floodwaters
0:19:39 > 0:19:41which engulfed the streets have now frozen in place,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44trapping the cars in ice.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46The brutal conditions closed New York's major airports,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50although they've now reopened.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54New Yorkers are trying to take it all in their frozen stride.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55I'm so bundled up.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I have so many layers, I feel OK right now.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00As long as I go quickly to work, I'm OK.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I just want it to be over with.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07It's been way too long and I just want it to be nice and warm again.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10The race is on to clear away the snow in Manhattan before it
0:20:10 > 0:20:13turns to dangerous ice.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15The storm brought in all this cold air from the Arctic,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18and so in its aftermath we are due to have subzero temperatures
0:20:18 > 0:20:22for the next few days.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25It is so cold out here, -10 Celsius, that already I can hardly
0:20:25 > 0:20:31feel my fingers or my toes.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Can you believe this is Tallahassee, Florida, and we are getting snow?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39They haven't seen snow in almost three decades
0:20:39 > 0:20:42in that part of Florida, and the freezing temperatures
0:20:42 > 0:20:45are prompting many Americans to experiment.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50This particular trick is proving very popular in the deep freeze.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Laura Trevelyan, BBC News, New York.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08Well, Sophie, they are calling this, in the wake of that explosive storm,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12the Arctic outbreak. Look at this gorgeous fountain behind me, lit up.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18It is like being in an art gallery, like an ice sculpture. But it is a
0:21:18 > 0:21:23very cold gallery. The temperature right now with the wind chill is -15
0:21:23 > 0:21:28degrees and is going to plummet further. The National Weather
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Service is saying the average temperatures across the north-east
0:21:32 > 0:21:37are 20 or 30 degrees lower than usual. These are prolonged historic
0:21:37 > 0:21:41low temperatures we are experiencing.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Laura, from New York, thank you, time to go and warm up.
0:21:45 > 0:21:472.5 billion paper cups are thrown away
0:21:47 > 0:21:48in the UK every year.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51That's why a group of MPs is calling for a 25p levy on disposable cups,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54to encourage more of us to have our hot drinks
0:21:54 > 0:21:55in a reuseable cup.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Almost all of the paper cups we use at the moment
0:21:57 > 0:21:59end of up in landfill.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01In fact, only one in every 400 is recycled.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04That's because the paper cups tend to be lined with plastic,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06and therefore paper recycling plants won't take them.
0:22:06 > 0:22:13Our consumer affairs correspondent Nina Warhurst reports.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14It's the smell.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16It's the taste.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19It's that dynamite start to the day.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24But bubbling below the surface is a whopping waste problem.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26So, why are so few cups being recycled?
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Well, it's the way that they are made.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33You see, the outer paper is sealed to the inner plastic that makes it
0:22:33 > 0:22:35watertight, and separating those two materials to reuse them
0:22:35 > 0:22:41is a pretty sticky task.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44And there are just three plants in the country that can do that,
0:22:44 > 0:22:45like this one in Kendal.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Environmental campaigners say it's time that the government
0:22:47 > 0:22:51rather than consumers coughed up for more coffee recycling.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54There isn't really the opportunity for customers to do the right thing,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56to recycle these disposable cups.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57The facilities don't exist.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02We have run schemes in the past, in Manchester
0:23:02 > 0:23:04and in the City of London,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06showing if you do provide the facilities to the public,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09they will use them.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Some consumers say that they are tired of top-up taxes.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14I don't think it is necessarily right.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17We've got the charge on the 5p bags, haven't we?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19It's not ideal, but I think it's probably necessary because they are
0:23:19 > 0:23:22a massive environmental issue.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Today, the coffee industry has fought back.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Some already use fully compostable cups, and lots offer
0:23:27 > 0:23:30a reverse levy of sorts, a price reduction if
0:23:30 > 0:23:34you bring your own cup.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37There is a worry that this new tax could be hard for some
0:23:37 > 0:23:38customers to swallow.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41If they are coming from the office, for their lunch coffee,
0:23:41 > 0:23:45they just might get a cafetiere for the office, and they can just do
0:23:45 > 0:23:48it in the office instead.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51So you think it could be bad for the coffee industry?
0:23:51 > 0:23:52It might be, yes.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Where consumers create problems, entrepreneurs innovate.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58We think it is unique, in the sense that it is three sizes in one.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01There's a growing market for cups that you can keep.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03It is reusable and that means over 1000 occasions,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07you can use this, minimum.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08So, close it up...
0:24:08 > 0:24:14Non-drip, into the pocket or the handbag.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17The government must now respond to this storm in a coffee cup
0:24:17 > 0:24:19and decide whether it is them, the coffee industry, or consumers,
0:24:19 > 0:24:23who will carry the costs.
0:24:23 > 0:24:29Nina Warhurst, BBC News, Leeds.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Cricket and Australia have seized the initiative
0:24:31 > 0:24:34in the second day of the fifth Ashes Test against England.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Captain Steve Smith scored his 6000th Test run,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39as the hosts finished the day on 193-2 to close in on England's
0:24:39 > 0:24:46first innings of 346 all out.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Football, and it's been a big night in Merseyside as Liverpool
0:24:48 > 0:24:52and Everton faced each other in the third round of the FA Cup.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Liverpool beat their rivals 2-1 at Anfield.
0:24:55 > 0:25:01Andy Swiss watched the match.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It is one of football's oldest and fiercest rivalries.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Liverpool and Everton, under the spotlight once more,
0:25:06 > 0:25:10especially this man.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13The world's most expensive defender Virgil Van Dijk handed his Liverpool
0:25:13 > 0:25:17debut and an early view of just what this fixture means.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22Wayne Rooney's enthusiastic challenge earning him a yellow card.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24If that was clear-cut, though, this was more contentious.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26A Liverpool penalty.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Everton's Mason Holgate may feel hard done by but James Milner didn't
0:25:29 > 0:25:33mind as he fired the hosts ahead.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36On a chilly night, suddenly the temperature was rising.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Holgate shoving Roberto Firmino into the crowd and sparking
0:25:39 > 0:25:43a furious reaction.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Anger on both sides but Liverpool with the half-time lead.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Everton had barely threatened but finally and thrillingly
0:25:49 > 0:25:53they stirred into life.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55A length of the pitch move and a nervous finish.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Gylfi Sigurdsson.
0:25:59 > 0:26:05Seemingly from nowhere, they were level.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08But with time running out, it was the 75 million pound debutant
0:26:08 > 0:26:12who grabbed the headlines.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Van Dijk with a most rheumatic winner.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16An unforgettable night for him and for Liverpool.
0:26:16 > 0:26:25Anfield, it seems, has a new star.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29What a debut for Virgil Van Dijk, and what a result for the Liverpool
0:26:29 > 0:26:34fans. It was also a good night for Manchester United, who have beaten
0:26:34 > 0:26:39Derby County 2-0 at Old Trafford, so two of the favourites for the FA Cup
0:26:39 > 0:26:40are safely through to the next round.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41That's it.
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