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