0:00:09 > 0:00:11Thousands of workers facing uncertainty after the collapse
0:00:11 > 0:00:13of Carillion are told they'll continue to be paid.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15But ministers confirm that Carillion's directors have not been
0:00:15 > 0:00:17paid since the business went into liquidation.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Labour says the Government's handling has been deficient.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21It looks like the Government was handing Carillion public
0:00:21 > 0:00:23contracts, either to keep the company afloat,
0:00:23 > 0:00:24which clearly hasn't worked,
0:00:24 > 0:00:32or it was just deeply negligent.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37We were a customer of Carillion, not the manager of Carillion, and
0:00:37 > 0:00:41that's a very important difference.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43We'll be reporting from Liverpool, where a major hospital building
0:00:43 > 0:00:49project is one of many put on hold around the UK.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51We'll have the latest on the fallout from Carillion's collapse
0:00:51 > 0:00:54and the questions still being asked about the Government's approach.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Also tonight:
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Warnings of more heavy snow overnight for southern Scotland
0:01:00 > 0:01:03and the north-east of England, with a Met Office amber
0:01:03 > 0:01:11alert now in place.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18The gritters are out tonight, but with more treacherous weather on the
0:01:18 > 0:01:21way, drivers in affected areas are being asked to stay off the roads.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24A court hears that Gary Speed - the former Wales football manager -
0:01:24 > 0:01:27was one of four men who took their own lives, having been coached
0:01:27 > 0:01:30at one point by Barry Bennell, who's on trial on sex abuse charges.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33The challenge of recruiting and retaining nurses in NHS England -
0:01:33 > 0:01:35more people are now leaving the profession than joining it.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38And for the first time in nearly a thousand years,
0:01:38 > 0:01:46the Bayeux Tapestry could be on display in Britain.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:01:48 > 0:01:51We'll show you what happened in the last of the FA Cup
0:01:51 > 0:01:54third-round replays.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Good evening.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17And we start with the continued fallout from the collapse
0:02:17 > 0:02:20of Carillion, the major construction group, which has put thousands
0:02:20 > 0:02:22of jobs and companies at risk.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25There are hopes today that many workers working on private-sector
0:02:25 > 0:02:27service contracts such as cleaning and catering will
0:02:27 > 0:02:29continue to be paid.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32That was the message from the Insolvency Service,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35which also confirmed that severance pay-outs to former executives
0:02:35 > 0:02:37would not be made.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Labour has urged Theresa May to end what it called the 'costly racket'
0:02:40 > 0:02:43of contracting out public services to private firms, as our business
0:02:43 > 0:02:48editor Simon Jack reports.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52After shutting up shop yesterday, work at Highfields Park
0:02:52 > 0:02:55in Nottingham resumed today, a government promise to keep paying
0:02:55 > 0:02:58for work on Carillion's public sector contract was good enough
0:02:58 > 0:03:02for one stonemason's company.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04We've held the project for a day, pulled off the project,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06but now we're actually back on the project.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10But our main concerns is making sure that those payments are made
0:03:10 > 0:03:14because small contractors and other people's livelihoods are the biggest
0:03:14 > 0:03:17thing in all of this is, is they're going to suffer from this
0:03:17 > 0:03:19obviously impact of this severe problem that's been
0:03:19 > 0:03:21caused by Carillion.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Private sector customers, like Nationwide, were given just 48
0:03:23 > 0:03:26hours to decide if they wanted to keep paying for services
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Carillion was providing.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Nationwide was among 90% of customers who said yes, for now.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Great news for thousands of workers - not according to union leaders.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39I'm encouraged that these clients want the work to continue,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42but I think it's just a stay of execution for the people
0:03:42 > 0:03:43that I represent.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45We're not looking for short-termism.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47We're not looking for protection today.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48We're looking for protection long-term.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51This is a stay of execution and, frankly, that's not good enough.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54The banking industry promised today it would extend overdrafts,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56waive fees and give payment holidays to firms owed money by Carillion
0:03:56 > 0:04:00to help limit the knock-on damage down the supply chain.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Tonight, then, a reprieve for thousands of private
0:04:04 > 0:04:06sector service workers, and the banks are promising
0:04:06 > 0:04:11to help limit the fallout.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14But here at this Carillion construction site in King's Cross,
0:04:14 > 0:04:20activity has come to a standstill and I'm told workers are disgruntled
0:04:20 > 0:04:22because they can't get onsite to get their tools so they can get
0:04:22 > 0:04:23on with other jobs.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I'm also hearing tonight that talks are advanced on the creation
0:04:26 > 0:04:28of a task force across industry and government to help
0:04:28 > 0:04:30limit the damage done by this construction bust.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35The pressure on Transport Secretary Chris Grayling didn't let up today.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Why did Carillion land big contracts after multiple profit warnings?
0:04:39 > 0:04:43When HS2 awarded the contract last summer, a lot of work was done
0:04:43 > 0:04:45to make sure that if Carillion ran into problems, then
0:04:45 > 0:04:50the contract was covered, and that's what's happened.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Over the years, there have been many UK construction firms that have had
0:04:53 > 0:04:56ups and downs and issued profit warnings, and they've come
0:04:56 > 0:04:59through those and continued to deliver excellent work.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Deep ideological differences on the role of private companies
0:05:03 > 0:05:07in the public sector frothed over at Prime Minister's Questions today.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10As the ruins of Carillion lie around her, will the Prime Minister
0:05:10 > 0:05:13act to end this costly racket of the relationship
0:05:13 > 0:05:18between government and some of these companies?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Theresa May reminded Jeremy Corbyn that a third of Carillion's public
0:05:21 > 0:05:25contracts were awarded under Labour and that the model was still valid.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28What we want is to provide good quality public services,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32delivered at best value to the taxpayer.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34We're making sure in this case that public services
0:05:34 > 0:05:36continue to be provided, that the workers in those public
0:05:36 > 0:05:42services are supported and taxpayers are protected.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45There was also outrage expressed that the owner of this chalet,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48former Carillion boss Richard Howson, was due
0:05:48 > 0:05:51to collect his £660,000 salary till October.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53All severance payments to former directors will now be stopped.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56That may not be enough to cool tempers back in the UK.
0:05:56 > 0:06:03Simon Jack, BBC News.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06The collapse of Carillion has led to many projects
0:06:06 > 0:06:09across the UK to be put on hold.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12One project run by Carillion was the £335 million contract
0:06:12 > 0:06:15to build the new Royal Liverpool Hospital.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18It was one of the firm's biggest deals, and it first ran
0:06:18 > 0:06:19into difficulties last March, as our correspondent
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Judith Moritz explains.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Brick by brick, floor by floor, the new £335 million
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Royal Liverpool Hospital has been taking shape, building work ongoing.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Until this week.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Since Carillion's collapse, subcontractors here
0:06:34 > 0:06:37have stopped work.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Some are owed money and have downed tools for now.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Meanwhile, next door at the hospital it's due to replace,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45there's frustration for staff, who are waiting for the new
0:06:45 > 0:06:48building to be ready.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50But until things are clearer, hospital bosses know it'll be
0:06:50 > 0:06:53difficult to get the builders back to work.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56I would say to contractors, please come on site,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59you will get paid for the work you're doing now.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02We recognise there is an issue with the money you are owed by Carillion,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04but there are guarantees about future payments.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06We will work with the hospital company and with the receivers
0:07:06 > 0:07:09to try and ensure that there is some compensation for the work that
0:07:09 > 0:07:12you've done up to now.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Is there anger about this?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I wouldn't say it's anger because obviously we feel
0:07:16 > 0:07:18sorry for the staff and the subcontractors of Carillion.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20So it's not anger.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24It's empathy with the situation they're in, really.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28The old hospital was built in the '70s,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30and is showing its age - crumbling concrete
0:07:30 > 0:07:32and rusting pipework.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35The new building was privately financed, but its progress was slow
0:07:35 > 0:07:38for various structural reasons, and it was cited at the time of
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Carillion's first profits warning.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44The new hospital should have been completed last March,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46but Carillion missed that deadline and for every month
0:07:46 > 0:07:50it was delayed, the company faced a bill of £1.5 million.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Despite the Carillion chaos, the Trust says it's confident that
0:07:52 > 0:07:54work will restart soon.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Although it can't say exactly when the city
0:07:58 > 0:08:01will get its new hospital.
0:08:01 > 0:08:08Judith Moritz, BBC News, Liverpool.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Our deputy political editor, John Pienaar, is at Westminster.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21John, how has this collapse changed the shape of the political debate
0:08:21 > 0:08:27about the way that Government procures these things?We saw the
0:08:27 > 0:08:29red versus blue, public versus private argument that we thought had
0:08:29 > 0:08:34been settled many years ago. If Theresa May thought that argument
0:08:34 > 0:08:38was over, she knows better now. We saw a Prime Minister who came in
0:08:38 > 0:08:44wishing to take on corporate greed facing anger in the Commons over
0:08:44 > 0:08:48former executives of a failing company agreeing big pay-outs before
0:08:48 > 0:08:51the company collapse. We saw the Prime Minister who promised a more
0:08:51 > 0:08:56fair Britain under attack for being part of Tory Government that was
0:08:56 > 0:09:00cosy with business. We wait for detailed policy proposals. There has
0:09:00 > 0:09:03been talk that may be future
0:09:00 > 0:09:03contractors will have to show that
0:09:03 > 0:09:06they can deal with the crisis, but the Government has to win this
0:09:06 > 0:09:11argument about the role of private firms like Carillion show that tough
0:09:11 > 0:09:17margins of the type that Carillion had to deal with are good value for
0:09:17 > 0:09:22the taxpayer. Otherwise, the
0:09:17 > 0:09:22watershed moment the Jeremy Corbyn
0:09:22 > 0:09:25said may be upon us, he may be right about. It could be a turning point
0:09:25 > 0:09:31and a big setback for the
0:09:25 > 0:09:31Government.John, many thanks.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34There are warnings of more heavy snow tonight for southern Scotland
0:09:34 > 0:09:37and the north-east of England -- with a Met Office amber
0:09:37 > 0:09:38alert now in place.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Police Scotland is advising drivers in much of the southern and central
0:09:41 > 0:09:42belt areas to avoid travelling.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45The alert came after hundreds of drivers were stranded
0:09:45 > 0:09:47overnight on the M74 - the main west coast route
0:09:47 > 0:09:52between Scotland and England.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Our correspondent Lorna Gordon is in Lanarkshire
0:09:54 > 0:09:59with the latest tonight.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03This time last night, vehicles on this stretch of motorway had ground
0:10:03 > 0:10:09to a halt. The snow is falling once again, but so far, the traffic here
0:10:09 > 0:10:14is still moving. The Scottish
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Government says the country is
0:10:14 > 0:10:16experiencing the most challenging weather conditions it has placed in
0:10:16 > 0:10:18a number of years.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Out in force and preparing for the worst.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24There were fewer cars on the road this evening in the areas
0:10:24 > 0:10:29where the worst of the snow is forecast to fall.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32It's definitely challenging, and if we need to plough, we plough.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35If we need to grit, we grit.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38The most important thing is for motorists to stay off.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41If they don't have to travel, don't travel and we'll try and get
0:10:41 > 0:10:49it cleared soon we can.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54--as soon as we can.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Last night, conditions on this stretch of the M74 were treacherous.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Traffic ground to a halt, hundreds of drivers were stranded.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02You just think, in this day and age, that these things shouldn't happen.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Just cars, lorries everywhere.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Five hours I was stuck on the M74, then I eventually got here.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Lots of idiots on the third lane going too fast.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Steady, but it was getting worse, so I chose to stop here.,
0:11:12 > 0:11:13and now I'm going up to Glasgow.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16These pictures show just how dangerous driving in the snow can
0:11:16 > 0:11:19be, a runaway lorry smashing into a car and then a van
0:11:19 > 0:11:21after the driver got out to help clear the road.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24It was incredible that no one was hurt.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Mountain rescue teams turned from the hills to the roads,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27checking that those trapped overnight were warm
0:11:27 > 0:11:28and had supplies.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31A lot of vehicles were basically struggling to get grip on the snow
0:11:31 > 0:11:34etc, so the issue was, there were a lot of lorries
0:11:34 > 0:11:36jackknifing, which was obviously blocking the motorway behind,
0:11:36 > 0:11:41so we were called in by Police Scotland to basically go
0:11:41 > 0:11:49and check the welfare for the people that were in the vehicles.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53The difficult weather breached into parts of England, too.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55In Halifax, in Yorkshire, the public helping out
0:11:55 > 0:11:58after an ambulance responding to a 999 call got stuck.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01In Northern Ireland, some of those missing classes took
0:12:01 > 0:12:02to their sledges instead.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Nearly 300 schools there were shut.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08A similar number in Scotland were also closed for the day.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Some areas have already had more than a foot of snow,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15a white blanket is now covering much of the land.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19But with warnings of extreme conditions, more snow to come,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22the message for drivers is clear - do not travel weather worst
0:12:22 > 0:12:30of the weather is expected to hit.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43--where the worst
0:12:43 > 0:12:45of the weather is expected to hit.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Abington.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48The challenge of recruiting and retaining nursing staff in NHS
0:12:48 > 0:12:50England has been underlined by figures obtained
0:12:50 > 0:12:51exclusively by the BBC.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54One in ten nurses are leaving the NHS in England every year,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57and the gap between those leaving and joining has widened to 3000.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00The Royal College of Nursing says it's a crisis, but ministers say
0:13:00 > 0:13:02they have plans to boost recruitment, as our health
0:13:02 > 0:13:08editor Hugh Pym reports.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Voices from the front line, nurses on the challenges
0:13:10 > 0:13:14of their jobs in the 70th year of the NHS.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18No one does it for the money, the power or the prestige.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23They do it because it's in their bones.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28Just having a lot of patients to look after per one member of staff.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33So, patient to staff ratio is quite high.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Much of the work that nurses carry out today is the type of work
0:13:37 > 0:13:40the doctors were carrying out when I initially trained.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43But for some like Mary, the pressures are so great
0:13:43 > 0:13:44they feel they have to quit.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46She qualified two years ago, but she found the strain
0:13:46 > 0:13:51was affecting her health, so decided to leave.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I was so excited at my graduation to finally become a nurse
0:13:54 > 0:13:55and really make a difference.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59There's just so much pressure, so much paperwork,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01so much bureaucracy, so many little things that
0:14:01 > 0:14:05all add up to take up so much time in our days.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Even those with decades of experience say the stress
0:14:07 > 0:14:14is almost too much.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Sally joined the NHS in 1979, she says the role has expanded
0:14:17 > 0:14:20and the demands are greater.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Never, when I started nursing, did I imagine that I would be doing
0:14:23 > 0:14:24anything like the role I'm doing.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28I don't think it was even heard of.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32The Government says the number of nurses on the wards in England
0:14:32 > 0:14:35has gone up by nearly 12,000 since 2010, but when you look
0:14:35 > 0:14:37at all nurses, including community and mental health,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39the figure has barely increased over that time.
0:14:39 > 0:14:47The pay cap may have been a factor.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Fewer EU nationals are coming into the NHS.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Last year, Wales, like England, saw more nurses leaving than joining.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54In Scotland and Northern Ireland, it was the reverse.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Filling vacancies is certainly a challenge, but for the NHS,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01what's just as important is retaining existing staff.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04At a time of concern about pressure on the future of the service
0:15:04 > 0:15:08and what future pay deals might be, it's important for employers to do
0:15:08 > 0:15:11everything that they can to persuade people to stick with their careers.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Anything I can help you with today?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14I'm OK at the moment.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17There's a mentoring scheme at this hospital in Romford.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Megan was encouraged to stay thanks to support from Bev.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24In my other Trust that I've worked in, you didn't
0:15:24 > 0:15:26have someone like Bev, you didn't have someone
0:15:26 > 0:15:28to turn to and make sure you was in the right
0:15:28 > 0:15:29environment for you.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31So, she's been amazing.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34NHS England wants to see that approach adopted more widely.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37We want to work with front line staff to understand
0:15:37 > 0:15:44what matters to them, and then to listen to try
0:15:44 > 0:15:45and do something about that.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Clearly, it's difficult at the moment.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49The Government says there are more new nurse training
0:15:49 > 0:15:52places in the pipeline, but in the short term
0:15:52 > 0:15:53the pressure is on.
0:15:53 > 0:16:01Hugh Pym, BBC News.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04The EU Withdrawal Bill that will transfer all European Union
0:16:04 > 0:16:07legislation into UK law has cleared the House of Commons.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The legislation will now go to the House of Lords,
0:16:10 > 0:16:12where it will be debated for the first time and face new
0:16:12 > 0:16:19amendments at the end of the month.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23A former CIA agent has been arrested in New York on suspicion of helping
0:16:23 > 0:16:26China to identify American spies and informants.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Jerry Chun Shing Lee was detained after the FBI found notebooks
0:16:28 > 0:16:31containing classified information while searching his luggage.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34More than a dozen CIA informants have been killed
0:16:34 > 0:16:42or imprisoned by the Chinese government since 2012.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45A man who was abused by the former football coach Barry Bennell has
0:16:45 > 0:16:48told a court that the former Wales manager, Gary Speed,
0:16:48 > 0:16:52was one of four men who were coached by Bennell who then went
0:16:52 > 0:16:54on to take their own lives.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Bennell, who's 64, is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court
0:16:58 > 0:17:00where he denies 48 counts of sexual abuse, against 11 boys,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03between 1979 and 1990.
0:17:03 > 0:17:11Our sports editor, Dan Roan, reports.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Back in the 1980s, Barry Bennell worked with some of the most
0:17:15 > 0:17:17promising young footballers in the north-west of England.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20But today, Liverpool Crown Court heard evidence from a victim
0:17:20 > 0:17:22who the defendant, now known as Richard Jones, had admitted
0:17:22 > 0:17:25sexually abusing in 1998, when he was jailed for nine years.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27The man told the jury that the former Wales manager,
0:17:27 > 0:17:32Gary Speed, who hanged himself in 2011, aged 42, was one of four
0:17:32 > 0:17:38players coached by Bennell in youth teams who took their own lives.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40He said, "whether they have taken their own lives
0:17:40 > 0:17:44due to Barry solely, I don't know, but all I know is how
0:17:44 > 0:17:46it's had an impact on me, and how it could impact
0:17:46 > 0:17:48on other people."
0:17:48 > 0:17:51The victim claimed that he had wanted to contact Speed's family
0:17:51 > 0:17:54after he had read they'd been unable to get closure because they had no
0:17:54 > 0:17:57explanation for his death.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00The man told the court he knew of other youth team players
0:18:00 > 0:18:02who had become destitute and had alcohol problems.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05When asked about claiming compensation, he said,
0:18:05 > 0:18:07"I know personally for me, it's about justice.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11I'm sick to death of this being a part of my life,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and I just want to put it to bed once and for all."
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Earlier today, a complainant in the case told the jury he had
0:18:17 > 0:18:19played for one of Manchester City's youth teams and been
0:18:19 > 0:18:22molested by Bennell more than 100 times in the 1980s.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26He said he believed that two officials at the club,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29including former player and chief scout Ken Barnes, who died in 2010,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33had known about the abuse, but did nothing about it.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37And he told the jury he wanted an apology from Manchester City.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Bennell denies 48 offences of child sexual abuse against the 11
0:18:40 > 0:18:43complaints between 1979 and 1991.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46The trial continues.
0:18:46 > 0:18:54Dan Roan, BBC News, Liverpool.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00This week marks the first anniversary of Donald Trump's
0:19:00 > 0:19:06inauguration as US President.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09It's been a rather turbulent 12 months with repeated controversies
0:19:09 > 0:19:10about the President's words and actions.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13In the first of two reports, our North America editor, Jon Sopel,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16analyses the wider impact of the Trump presidency on the world
0:19:16 > 0:19:20of US politics and the economy.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23BELL RINGING
0:19:23 > 0:19:25To some it might sound like a warning alarm,
0:19:25 > 0:19:26to the President this clanging is music.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28150 off of that now.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31For all the noise and scandal since Donald Trump came to office,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33the Dow Jones is up roughly 30%.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Every day seems to bring another eye watering high,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40and just look at these happy faces.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43And if you're an investor, if your pension is in the stock
0:19:43 > 0:19:46market, you're going to forgive an awful lot from this President.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48But what goes up must come down, no?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Are you worried there is a bubble?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I'm not worried that there's a bubble per se.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Is there a correction that could happen?
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Certainly, but there's certainly enough money
0:19:55 > 0:19:58out there that could, you know, fill and back stop any
0:19:58 > 0:20:00kind of correction lower.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02They say that success has many parents and that
0:20:02 > 0:20:05failure is an orphan.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Well, on the success of the stock exchange,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Donald Trump wants to be the only parent.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16Take that alongside the tax cuts that have been recently introduced
0:20:16 > 0:20:19and there's a growing sense of optimism in the US economy, and
0:20:19 > 0:20:22what politician doesn't like that.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24But does this sentiment stretch beyond Wall Street
0:20:24 > 0:20:25in downtown Manhattan?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Well, it seems to.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30This is Wall Street in a town called Newnan,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32in the southern state of Georgia.
0:20:32 > 0:20:39In November 2016, it voted overwhelmingly for Trump
0:20:39 > 0:20:42and if there is buyers remorse, it's hard to find here.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Daniel Lichty owns a building firm in the area and says he can't
0:20:45 > 0:20:47remember a time when business was so good.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I'm excited for 2018 and what's coming ahead of us.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54The calls, like I said, are just out there and trying
0:20:54 > 0:20:58to figure out how to get all this work done is our next stage.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02So that means it's going to be a strong year.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04But does this optimism stretch beyond construction?
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Is it anything to do with Donald Trump?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Newnan is an attractive town, built around the historic
0:21:11 > 0:21:13courthouse in the town centre.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15So what's the verdict of voters?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17We brought together Trump supporters and opponents.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20The thing that I do like about Trump, what you see
0:21:20 > 0:21:26is what he is and he's not putting on a show for the public.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29I think what he's done is absolutely phenomenal and for our economy it's
0:21:29 > 0:21:31exceedingly growing.
0:21:31 > 0:21:38Donald Trump inherited a great economy from Barack Obama.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Recent acts, like the tax cut act, are going to do long-term
0:21:40 > 0:21:41damage to the economy.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44But what do they think of his behaviour, particularly it
0:21:44 > 0:21:45seemed on matters of race?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47After neo-Nazis clashed with anti-racism protesters
0:21:47 > 0:21:49in Charlottesville, the President equivocated on who was responsible.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51But you also had people that were very fine
0:21:51 > 0:21:56people, on both sides.
0:21:56 > 0:22:03When black American footballers protested, this.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Get that son of a bitch off the field right now.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Then there were the tweet storms.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10US media described as the enemies of the people.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12He boasted that his button was bigger than the Kim Jong-un's.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14And of course declaring himself a very stable genius.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16I think he's a buffoon.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Why?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19He doesn't seem to have a full grasp of world politics.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22He doesn't seem to have a full grasp of how government works.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Even though he might be saying certain things that I may not like,
0:22:26 > 0:22:30he's putting America first, and that's what we need in America.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33The biggest threat to the President still lies in the Russia
0:22:33 > 0:22:34investigation and whether there was collusion with
0:22:34 > 0:22:37the Trump campaign.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40So is it fake news, as the President insists,
0:22:40 > 0:22:41or something more real?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Oh, absolutely it's real.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Since he fired Director Comey, having the Russians in his office.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53There just seems to be something there that's not coming out yet.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58There has been no evidence that I've heard that there is collusion.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03What Donald Trump has done brilliantly is keep his base largely
0:23:03 > 0:23:07supportive, but he needs more than just a core.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09If he doesn't get the support of reluctant Republicans
0:23:09 > 0:23:13and independents in November's midterms, then it could all turn
0:23:13 > 0:23:16very ugly indeed for him, and the Trump agenda could ground
0:23:16 > 0:23:17to a halt.
0:23:17 > 0:23:25Jon Sopel, BBC News, Newnan, Georgia.
0:23:29 > 0:23:35Jon on the report of the first 12 months of the Trump presidency.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Tomorrow, Jon will be exploring the impact of President Trump's
0:23:38 > 0:23:41first year in office on the global stage.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45That is his second report tomorrow night.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47The England cricketer, Ben Stokes, will be available for selection
0:23:47 > 0:23:50for England's tour of New Zealand despite being charged with affray
0:23:50 > 0:23:52following a fight outside a nightclub in Bristol last year.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55The England and Wales Cricket Board said that Stokes, who hasn't played
0:23:55 > 0:23:57for England since the incident, is expected to join
0:23:57 > 0:23:58the squad in February.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single
0:24:01 > 0:24:04flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics next month.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06The two countries have also announced they will field
0:24:06 > 0:24:10their first ever joint team for the women's ice hockey
0:24:10 > 0:24:12event at the Games being hosted by the South.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15It's the result of the first diplomatic talks between
0:24:15 > 0:24:17the neighbours for more than two years.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Our correspondent, Sophie Long, is in Seoul.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Sophie, what is your reading of the significance of what's been
0:24:23 > 0:24:28announced?Well, Huw, they are sending a large delegation, some 550
0:24:28 > 0:24:35people. There will be 230 cheerleaders. 140 artistic
0:24:35 > 0:24:40performers and 30 strong taekwondo squad. The most significant
0:24:40 > 0:24:43importance is this announcement that they will have a joint ice hockey
0:24:43 > 0:24:48team. That will be the first time athletes from both Koreas will
0:24:48 > 0:24:58compete together in the same teem at an Olympic Games. They will re-open
0:24:58 > 0:25:02the cross-border road for the first time in nearly two years. There
0:25:02 > 0:25:04seems to be some improvement in relations in a sporting context,
0:25:04 > 0:25:09it's important to remember that the fundamental issues dividing the two
0:25:09 > 0:25:12countries remain and the South Korean Foreign Minister has been
0:25:12 > 0:25:17speaking in Vancouver and said there can be no sustained improvement to
0:25:17 > 0:25:20relations unless there are efforts to deal with the North Korea nuclear
0:25:20 > 0:25:24issue, and that will be difficult. Sophie many thanks once again.
0:25:24 > 0:25:34Sophie Long for threws in Seoul. -- for us there in Seoul.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36In northern Syria fighting is intensifying in Idlib, the last
0:25:36 > 0:25:38province still in rebel hands.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40But as this devastating conflict enters its eighth year all the main
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Syrian cities are in the hands of President Assad's forces,
0:25:43 > 0:25:44including the city of Aleppo.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46The battle in Syria's former industrial heartland ended just over
0:25:46 > 0:25:49a year ago when all of eastern Aleppo was recaptured
0:25:49 > 0:25:50from a range of rebel forces.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57reported from the ancient city in the last days of the fighting
0:25:57 > 0:26:00and she's returned to see what's changed since then.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Dawn holds little fear now for the city of Aleppo.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Gone are the warplanes, at least from here, and a train now
0:26:08 > 0:26:13runs from east to west.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Aleppo is back in government hands, its tallest building
0:26:15 > 0:26:19leaves you in no doubt.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Nor do the songs school children sing in praise of their president,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28in the area once held by rebels.
0:26:28 > 0:26:34Not just education, re-education.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39A daily rhythm returns for 12-year-old Rayan,
0:26:39 > 0:26:44her school was controlled by hard line Islamist groups.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49TRANSLATION:I didn't go to school during the war
0:26:49 > 0:26:51because of the shelling and there were men in the building.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55We didn't learn anything at all.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59This is what with we saw here in the last days of battle.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02The smell of explosives still in the air, buildings
0:27:02 > 0:27:05flattened by Syrian air strikes, now safe enough for people
0:27:05 > 0:27:11to start coming back.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13This woman is one of the first on her street
0:27:13 > 0:27:16to bring her family home.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Like many others, she's returning from a government area to this small
0:27:18 > 0:27:21flat with no electricity, no running water.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25"It was so hard to see the damage", she tells me.
0:27:25 > 0:27:31"We're rebuilding bit by bit whenever we earn a little money."
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Her husband's face says it all, the life he knew is gone,
0:27:35 > 0:27:40that they all knew.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Life is slowly returning to these streets, you see
0:27:44 > 0:27:46the signs of it everywhere, but the destruction
0:27:46 > 0:27:50here is overwhelming.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53With time, money, some of this will be rebuilt,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56but so many lives have been shattered too, and
0:27:56 > 0:28:01possibly beyond repair.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04This is all that's left of the industrial zone
0:28:04 > 0:28:10at the edge of the city, once Syria's economic heartland.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12There's still fighting here, the front-line only a few
0:28:12 > 0:28:17hundred meters away.
0:28:17 > 0:28:25Bassel Nasri's factory was damaged and looted by rebel forces.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34My families lives is destroyed.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35It's terrible.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38All the factories here were, more than 1,000, all except a very
0:28:38 > 0:28:39few still lie silent.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40It will take many billions to rebuild Syria.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42How can a broken country do that?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44It will take a lot of money.
0:28:44 > 0:28:52We must say we need all the countries release the sanctions.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58You want the sanctions lifted on Syria?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Yes, lifted on Syria.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05The West says that won't happen until the war is over.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Now we are going to finish it.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13We are going to finish it.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17The end of battle in this ancient city turned the tide of war
0:29:17 > 0:29:21in President Assad's favour.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24One year on, it's not over yet and so many lost so much.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27This great city may never be the same.
0:29:27 > 0:29:35Lyse Doucet, BBC News, Aleppo.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39The Bayeux Tapestry, the medieval work of art
0:29:39 > 0:29:43which depicts the Norman conquest of England, is set to leave France
0:29:43 > 0:29:45for the first time in almost 1,000 years to be loaned
0:29:45 > 0:29:48for display in Britain.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51It's thought that President Macron will confirm the offer tomorrow
0:29:51 > 0:29:55when he meets Theresa May, but some experts are already raising
0:29:55 > 0:29:59concerns about the very fragile state of the
0:29:59 > 0:30:01tapestry and whether it's wise to move it.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02Our correspondent, Lucy Williamson, reports.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04If anything puts current Anglo-French relations
0:30:04 > 0:30:08in context, it's this - the Bayeux Tapestry,
0:30:08 > 0:30:12almost 1,000 years old, telling the story of the Norman
0:30:12 > 0:30:14conquest of England and the victory of William the Conqueror
0:30:14 > 0:30:16at the Battle of Hastings.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20A very different kind of Anglo-French summit.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Now the French President has given approval for the 50-meter
0:30:24 > 0:30:29Bayeux Tapestry to leave French territory for the first time.
0:30:29 > 0:30:35But moving something this big and this old is no simple matter.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40It's difficult to imagine all the practical to put it
0:30:40 > 0:30:44in a case and show and to put it in a train or...
0:30:44 > 0:30:46No, we don't know.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48President Macron's gesture highlights France's deep ties
0:30:48 > 0:30:52and long history with Britain.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Though cynics might say it also highlights a crucial French victory
0:30:55 > 0:31:00over its Anglo-Saxon neighbour.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Art experts say it's a benign telling of the tale with moments
0:31:03 > 0:31:06of comedy and artistic influences from both sides of the Channel.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Even if tests confirm the move is possible,
0:31:09 > 0:31:12it's unlikely to happen for several years, but there's a lot
0:31:12 > 0:31:15of excitement in British museums.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18The opportunity to get really close to the Bayeux Tapestry and explore
0:31:18 > 0:31:21it and look at it is what's fascinating to all of us who have
0:31:21 > 0:31:24studied the Bayeux Tapestry.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26The exact location of the tapestry's famous battle has
0:31:26 > 0:31:28long been in dispute.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30But, in Hastings today, locals said the artwork
0:31:30 > 0:31:34should be displayed there.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38I think a lot of people in Hastings are quite proud of Hastings
0:31:38 > 0:31:40and if it's returning to Hastings, even better.
0:31:40 > 0:31:41Because it, you know, it comes from Hastings.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I mean, you know, the Battle of Hastings and all
0:31:44 > 0:31:45the rest of it, yeah.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46Yeah, a good tourist attraction.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48The battle happened here and there's not enough displays
0:31:48 > 0:31:50of what happened in Hastings.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52So I think it should come here.
0:31:52 > 0:31:58Britain has twice requested the tapestry on loan.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00The first time for the Queen's Coronation,
0:32:00 > 0:32:01but has always been refused.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04This initiative has the backing of President Macron,
0:32:04 > 0:32:06part of the cultural exchanges he promised in his
0:32:06 > 0:32:09election campaign.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12But the deep ties with Britain have often been tinged with rivalry,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15and one French official was joking today about whether Britain
0:32:15 > 0:32:18would find anything of similar merit to send them in return.
0:32:18 > 0:32:24Lucy Williamson, BBC News, Bayeux.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26That's all from me, here on BBC One it's time
0:32:26 > 0:32:46for the news where you are.