0:00:06 > 0:00:09Tonight at Ten: The EU spells out its terms and conditions
0:00:09 > 0:00:14for the UK's transition period after Brexit.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The EU's chief negotiator says the UK will have to obey EU rules
0:00:17 > 0:00:20during the transition but will not be able to vote on EU
0:00:20 > 0:00:22policy matters.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25At Westminster some Conservative MPs resent the notion of obeying rules
0:00:25 > 0:00:27they don't like but the message from Brussels couldn't
0:00:27 > 0:00:30be more explicit.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33It will continue to have all the economic benefits,
0:00:33 > 0:00:38therefore it must also apply all the EU rules.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44The single market cannot be a la carte.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47We'll have more from Brussels as Theresa May faces criticism
0:00:47 > 0:00:50at home from her own side for the way she's handling Brexit.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55Also tonight:
0:00:55 > 0:00:59More than 1.5 million people receiving the main disability
0:00:59 > 0:01:05benefit are now to have their claims reviewed after a court ruling.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07We talk exclusively to the head of the CIA
0:01:07 > 0:01:09about the threat from Russia and President Trump's
0:01:09 > 0:01:10mental faculties.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13The claim that the President isn't engaged and doesn't have a grasp on
0:01:13 > 0:01:19these important issues is dangerous and false.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22In Belfast a loyalist paramilitary leader who became a police informer
0:01:22 > 0:01:28is jailed for more than 200 terrorism offences including murder.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32And David Beckham celebrates being awarded the Major League
0:01:32 > 0:01:38Soccer franchise in Miami after a four-year battle.
0:01:38 > 0:01:45And coming up on BBC News: League one leaders Wigan land and FA Cup
0:01:45 > 0:01:48rematch with Premier League high-flyers Manchester City in the
0:01:48 > 0:01:53fifth round draw.
0:01:53 > 0:02:01fifth round draw.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Good evening.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The EU has agreed what it's prepared to offer the UK
0:02:10 > 0:02:13in the period after Brexit.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Ministers have set out the terms for a transition
0:02:16 > 0:02:19deal lasting 21 months.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Crucially the EU says that during the transition the UK
0:02:21 > 0:02:24will have to obey the rules of the single market
0:02:24 > 0:02:28and the customs union but it will have no voting rights.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32The EU also wants citizens to be able to settle in the UK as they can
0:02:32 > 0:02:39now and that would be the case until the 31st December 2020.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Downing Street said there was broad agreement on the framework.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Some Conservative MPs have said it is wholly unacceptable.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51First tonight, our Europe editor Katya Adler reports from Brussels.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57Brexit is back on the Brussels agenda after a longish winter break.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Today ministers from the 27 EU countries came here to agree
0:03:00 > 0:03:04guidelines for the transition phase to follow immediately
0:03:04 > 0:03:09after Brexit, aware of political volatility back in London.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Do you worry about the fragility of the UK government?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Though clearly not keen to talk about it.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20The ministers are only giving themselves ten minutes
0:03:20 > 0:03:24in there to agree EU guidelines for transition negotiations.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29It is a very public display of EU unity in stark contrast, they know,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32to what is going on in the UK.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Still speaking today to a House of Lords committee,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37the Brexit secretary appeared relaxed about the transition
0:03:37 > 0:03:39period at least.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41It is pretty clear.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44We want a high degree of stability, we want the right
0:03:44 > 0:03:46to do deals outside.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Broadly that is it and ideally we want some control
0:03:50 > 0:03:56over our own destiny in terms of any subsequent negotiation.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It is pretty simple really.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01But is it?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Mr Davis was speaking in London at the same time
0:04:03 > 0:04:09as his European counterpart took to the podium in Brussels.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11And he made it plain that the transition period
0:04:11 > 0:04:17would transfer the UK from rule maker to rule taker.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21During a transition period if decisions are taken by the EU 27
0:04:21 > 0:04:25which are not acceptable to the United Kingdom, what action
0:04:25 > 0:04:30can the UK government take?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32TRANSLATION: The UK asked for this transition period,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35giving it full access to the single market to provide
0:04:35 > 0:04:37stability for business.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40We are agreeing to that, but to benefit from the single
0:04:40 > 0:04:42market the UK has to accept our rules.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Single market a la carte is just not possible.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Mr Barnier said the UK would have to respect rulings
0:04:49 > 0:04:52by the European Court of Justice and would not be allowed to enter
0:04:52 > 0:04:56into new trade deals with other countries.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58And there are more possible flash points.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Duration - the EU says the transition should last
0:05:01 > 0:05:05a total of 21 months, the UK may want more time.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Freedom of movement - Brussels insists EU citizens
0:05:09 > 0:05:12have the right to move to the UK and apply for permanent residency
0:05:12 > 0:05:15throughout the transition period.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Observer status - the UK will have to pay into the EU budget
0:05:18 > 0:05:22during transition and observe all EU regulations, though it will no
0:05:22 > 0:05:25longer be a decision maker.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29In all the fraught Brexit negotiations this was supposed
0:05:29 > 0:05:31to be the easy part.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34After all, the UK requested a transition period from the EU.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39So the warning here now is if talks get too tricky over transition,
0:05:39 > 0:05:47that could eat into the precious time left under EU law to discuss
0:05:47 > 0:05:49EU-UK future regulations before the UK leaves the bloc
0:05:49 > 0:05:52in March 2019.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56The message from here once again is the ball is in the UK's court.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01Katya Adler, BBC News, Brussels.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04At Westminster there's evidence of mounting concern among some
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Conservative MPs about the prime minister's leadership and her
0:06:06 > 0:06:08handling of the Brexit process.
0:06:08 > 0:06:15Our political correspondent Vicki Young is at Westminster.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20First of all, the response there to what was said today by Michel
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Barnier.Across the political parties most MPs accept this. They
0:06:25 > 0:06:30think it will give UK businesses time to adapt to what is coming. But
0:06:30 > 0:06:34there is some concern for some MPs who described this as an ultimatum
0:06:34 > 0:06:38and something they do not think Theresa May should accept. They
0:06:38 > 0:06:41think she has been far too generous and she should stand up to Brussels
0:06:41 > 0:06:46and they think maybe we will walk away without a deal. They want to
0:06:46 > 0:06:51take back control. The idea we keep putting money in and accept all the
0:06:51 > 0:07:00rules for almost two years goes totally against what they wanted. In
0:07:01 > 0:07:04testing from David Davis today, he made the point it was an
0:07:04 > 0:07:06negotiation. That was the opening remark from Michel Barnier. There
0:07:06 > 0:07:09will be negotiation and he even predicted some bust ups over whether
0:07:09 > 0:07:14the UK will be able to sign trade deals with other countries during
0:07:14 > 0:07:19the condition period.For those MPs who are concerned or dismayed about
0:07:19 > 0:07:24Theresa May's leadership, is that all down to Brexit or to do with
0:07:24 > 0:07:28other policy areas?No, it is not all to do with Brexit and that is
0:07:28 > 0:07:33why it is so dangerous for her. A number of MPs are speaking out
0:07:33 > 0:07:37because they are frustrated about the lack of progress on domestic
0:07:37 > 0:07:46policies. They were pleased when she became Prime Minister and topped
0:07:47 > 0:07:49about social mobility and helping the just about managing, but now
0:07:49 > 0:07:52they say she is not showing enough vision. They want more from her.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Will they make that giant leap and trigger some sort of contest? There
0:07:56 > 0:08:01are voices in the party urging everyone to calm down. Senior
0:08:01 > 0:08:05members wanted to reason made to name a date when she is going to
0:08:05 > 0:08:09leave and go to a dark room and lie down and put a wet towel around her
0:08:09 > 0:08:13head. We will see in the coming months whether that is advised she
0:08:13 > 0:08:13will take.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15will take.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18The 1.6 million people who receive the main disability benefit,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20the Personal Independence Payment, are to have their cases reviewed.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22This follows a court ruling that the government had
0:08:22 > 0:08:24discriminated against claimants with mental health conditions.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Officials have calculated that solving the issue will cost nearly
0:08:27 > 0:08:29£4 billion pounds over the next five years, as our social
0:08:29 > 0:08:37affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan explains.
0:08:38 > 0:08:44Chloe Clark is a busy mother of three. Her serious anxiety and
0:08:44 > 0:08:48depression means she cannot leave the house until she is with close
0:08:48 > 0:08:52family member. Her condition was caused by psychological disorders
0:08:52 > 0:08:57rather than a physical problem and she was denied payment.I cannot
0:08:57 > 0:09:03walk 200 metres without my husband Anthony that is not aid, he is my
0:09:03 > 0:09:09aid, and take that away and I cannot walk 200 metres.Such differences
0:09:09 > 0:09:11have infuriated mental health campaigners who brought the case to
0:09:11 > 0:09:17the High Court. In December the judge found in their favour, finding
0:09:17 > 0:09:21the new rules discriminating against people with psychiatric conditions.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23In the Commons last week the government said they would abide by
0:09:23 > 0:09:29the ruling.We are not appealing the outcome of the judgment in order to
0:09:29 > 0:09:34provide certainty to our claimants. The consequences of that decision
0:09:34 > 0:09:38have now become apparent. Every person on PIP will have their cases
0:09:38 > 0:09:43reviewed. That is 1.6 million people. Ministers cannot say how
0:09:43 > 0:09:48long it will take, but we know at the end of the process around
0:09:48 > 0:09:54220,000 people will get extra money and the total cost is £3.7 billion
0:09:54 > 0:10:02by 2022-23.We want to know how long this will take. Will it take weeks,
0:10:02 > 0:10:06months or years? The government have not come up with any timetable as to
0:10:06 > 0:10:09how they are going to rectify the mess that they have got themselves
0:10:09 > 0:10:16into.Convinced they had public backing, ministers repeatedly cut
0:10:16 > 0:10:19welfare payments in recent years, but some now argue the reforms have
0:10:19 > 0:10:25gone far enough and welcomed the decision.This is a series of
0:10:25 > 0:10:29improvements that pleased me because it shows the government can be
0:10:29 > 0:10:32controlling and careful with money, but also spend it on vulnerable
0:10:32 > 0:10:38people who need our support.Who will get money and how much they
0:10:38 > 0:10:43will get is not clear, but for those like Chloe who felt discriminated
0:10:43 > 0:10:48against it feels as though ministers have finally listened to them.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51In Belfast, a former Loyalist paramilitary commander who admitted
0:10:51 > 0:10:53to hundreds of terrorist offences including five murders has been
0:10:53 > 0:10:56jailed for six-and-a-half years.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Gary Haggarty's sentence was dramatically reduced
0:10:59 > 0:11:01because he'd offered to give evidence against his
0:11:01 > 0:11:04former associates.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07The son of one of his victims said Haggarty was a serial killer
0:11:07 > 0:11:09who should have been locked up for life, as our correspondent
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Chris Page reports.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12ARCHIVE NEWS VOICEOVER:
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Eamon Fox and Gary Convie were shot dead by a UVF gunman...
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Sean McDermott was bundled into his car and his body
0:11:17 > 0:11:18was discovered early yesterday...
0:11:18 > 0:11:21The children ran crying from the house after the gunman shot
0:11:21 > 0:11:23their grandfather...
0:11:23 > 0:11:28Gary Haggarty left a legacy of brutality, fear and grief.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32For 16 years he was a leading member of the Ulster Volunteer Force.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35During the Troubles, the organisation murdered almost 400
0:11:35 > 0:11:41people, more than any other Loyalist paramilitary group.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44The UVF unit which Haggarty led here in north Belfast had
0:11:44 > 0:11:48a particularly savage reputation.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51But even as he was running a sectarian murder campaign,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54he was working as an informer to the police.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Eight years ago he offered to give evidence against his former
0:11:58 > 0:12:02associates in exchange for a shorter sentence for his own crimes.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04He pleaded guilty to five murders and almost 200
0:12:04 > 0:12:07other terrorist offences.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10In court today, the judge said, under normal circumstances Haggarty
0:12:10 > 0:12:13would have gone to prison for 35 years, but he reduced the term
0:12:13 > 0:12:18to six and a half years.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20The families of those Haggarty killed feel the justice system
0:12:20 > 0:12:23has let them down terribly.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Justice.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26What is justice in this country?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28It is just designed to look after the criminal.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31It's...
0:12:31 > 0:12:35How can a man convicted of that many crimes be set free into society?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37The man's a serial killer.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40He was a paid state informant.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43He was allowed to kill at will.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46The man who was described in court as an enthusiastic terrorist
0:12:46 > 0:12:50is the most senior Loyalist ever to turn supergrass.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53In more than 1,000 interviews with detectives, Haggarty made
0:12:53 > 0:12:57allegations about 14 other UVF men and two police officers
0:12:57 > 0:13:00who he gave information to.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03But prosecutors have decided to use his evidence against just one
0:13:03 > 0:13:05paramilitary suspect.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Northern Ireland's Victims Commissioner says new agencies and
0:13:08 > 0:13:11approaches are needed to deal with the dreadful
0:13:11 > 0:13:14events of the past.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17It does lead you to a conversation which is slightly different, which
0:13:17 > 0:13:21says, what processes can we have with a legal framework which says,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24well, what information can you retrieve, what
0:13:24 > 0:13:28acknowledgement can be given?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31For people who want to know things, how can we give them that?
0:13:31 > 0:13:35The controversial case has again shown the complexity of
0:13:35 > 0:13:38investigating what happened during the Troubles.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Hundreds of killings remain unsolved.
0:13:40 > 0:13:48Northern Ireland is a place where history still hurts.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51The head of the CIA has warned that Russia will try to interfere
0:13:51 > 0:13:54in America's upcoming mid-term elections this November.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Mike Pompeo, who briefs President Trump personally most
0:13:57 > 0:14:00days, told the BBC that recent claims about the President's
0:14:00 > 0:14:03mental faculties were "dangerous and false".
0:14:03 > 0:14:05In his first international interview Mr Pompeo also warned
0:14:05 > 0:14:08that there were only a few months to find a diplomatic solution
0:14:08 > 0:14:11to the North Korean nuclear crisis.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13He's been speaking exclusively to our security
0:14:13 > 0:14:19correspondent Gordon Corera.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22It is one of the most famous and yet secret buildings in the world.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26The headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Everyone's seen this, it's in all the movies.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Showing me round is Mike Pompeo, who's just
0:14:31 > 0:14:32marked a year as its head.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36A tumultuous time around the world, and in Washington.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38He's not shy about the CIA's mission.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Saying he's unleashed the agency to take more risks.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44We are the worlds finest espionage service.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48I am incredibly proud of that.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52We are going to go out there and do our damnedest to steal secrets.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53On behalf of the American people.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58In the room where America's most secret operations are planned,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01I asked about Russia and claims it interfered in America's last
0:15:01 > 0:15:04election, as well in Europe.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Do you see signs that Russian activity is lessening,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10in terms of subversion in Europe and the United States?
0:15:10 > 0:15:14I haven't seen significant decrease in their activity.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Do you have concerns that they might try and interfere in the US midterms
0:15:18 > 0:15:19which are coming up?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Of course.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I have every expectation that they will continue
0:15:22 > 0:15:23to try and do that.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25But I'm confident that America will be able
0:15:25 > 0:15:30to have a free and fair election.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34They will push back in a way that is sufficiently robust,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37that the impact they have on our election won't be great.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Do you ever find yourself having to walk a fine line with a president
0:15:40 > 0:15:43who has said that talk about Russian, particularly
0:15:43 > 0:15:45collusion is fake news, and an agency that says
0:15:45 > 0:15:47there were attempts in 2016 to influence the election?
0:15:47 > 0:15:48I don't do fine lines.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52I do the truth.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54We deliver nearly every day, personally, to the president,
0:15:54 > 0:15:59the most exquisite truth that we know.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02A recent book, of which I'm sure you're aware, suggested
0:16:02 > 0:16:05that the president was not quite up to it, that he might not
0:16:05 > 0:16:06quite have the faculties.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09What's your response to that, as someone who sits in the room
0:16:09 > 0:16:10with him many mornings?
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Yeah.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12It's absurd.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15The claim that the president is not engaged and doesn't have a grasp
0:16:15 > 0:16:18on these important issues is dangerous and false.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21And it saddens me that someone would have taken the time
0:16:21 > 0:16:25to write such drivel.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Is it tricky for you though, when you've been in these briefings
0:16:29 > 0:16:32and then you might come out and there might be some tweet
0:16:32 > 0:16:37about a foreign policy issue?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I mean, when the president talks about "Rocket Man",
0:16:40 > 0:16:42isn't there a danger that it's raising the temperature
0:16:42 > 0:16:45with something like North Korea and it could actually lead to some
0:16:45 > 0:16:46kind of escalation?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Kim Jong-un has never appreciated the risk that he presents
0:16:48 > 0:16:52to the world in the way that he does today.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55And so when you see this language that the president chooses to use,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58the many audiences for it, and I can share with your audience
0:16:58 > 0:17:01today that I assure you Kim Jong-un understands the message,
0:17:01 > 0:17:05that America is serious about this.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08The CIA director says that his job is to find other ways of stopping
0:17:08 > 0:17:11America being at risk from a nuclear armed North Korea,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14should diplomacy fail.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Are there options that are available do you think,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18short of all-out war?
0:17:18 > 0:17:22A lot of people think that option was cause massive
0:17:22 > 0:17:30destruction and loss of life.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Well they're right about that.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34There is a set of military tasks that might have to be undertaken
0:17:34 > 0:17:37and they would in fact cause enormous damage and our president
0:17:37 > 0:17:39and our senior leaders are very mindful of that.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42How much time do you think there is, because in the past people
0:17:42 > 0:17:44have talked about it being an imminent threat?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47We talk about him having the ability to deliver a nuclear weapon
0:17:47 > 0:17:52to the United States in a matter of a handful of months.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Stopping attacks and stealing secrets is the CIA's mission.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00The stars on this wall mark those who died carrying it out.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04The way in which the agency has gone about its work has always reflected
0:18:04 > 0:18:06the president it serves.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09And Donald Trump's CIA under Mike Pompeo will be an agency
0:18:09 > 0:18:10that won't hold back.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Wherever that might take it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:19Gordon Corera, BBC News, Langley, Virginia.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22The deputy director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, is stepping down.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24It follows recent reports which suggested President Trump
0:18:24 > 0:18:26wanted him removed.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Our North America editor Jon Sopel is outside FBI
0:18:28 > 0:18:32headquarters in Washington.
0:18:32 > 0:18:39How is this being interpreted?Well, on one level you could say what's
0:18:39 > 0:18:43the big deal? Andrew McCabe was due to retire in March and he's gone a
0:18:43 > 0:18:49few weeks early, does it matter? Well yes it does because he had been
0:18:49 > 0:18:52under sustained pressure and attack from Donald Trump because the
0:18:52 > 0:18:57president thought he was partisan, pro-Democrat. His wife stood for
0:18:57 > 0:19:01State Senate in her genitals to and of course this comes after the
0:19:01 > 0:19:06firing of FBI director James Comey and it looks now like Andrew McCabe
0:19:06 > 0:19:11has gone under pressure. A lot of the reaction to this depends if
0:19:11 > 0:19:15you're a Democrat or Republican, the Democrats saying this is a sustained
0:19:15 > 0:19:20assault on the independence of the FBI and Justice Department in an
0:19:20 > 0:19:23attempt to undermine the Russian investigation we were just hearing
0:19:23 > 0:19:29about. Republicans say the Russia investigation is deeply flawed,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33there is bias in the FBI and are calling for the release of this
0:19:33 > 0:19:37controversial memo written by the house chairman of the intelligence
0:19:37 > 0:19:39committee which is reported to allege that there is corruption in
0:19:39 > 0:19:46the Robert Mueller investigation. There are plenty of allegations and
0:19:46 > 0:19:50very few facts apart from the one Andrew McCabe stood down today.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56Thank you very much.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59A mother whose young children were left on their own at home
0:19:59 > 0:20:02after their father died suddenly is calling on schools in England
0:20:02 > 0:20:04to have a better system for emergency contacts.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Helen Daykin was away on business when her husband
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Chris died while looking after their two daughters.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11But the school didn't try to contact her to say her daughter
0:20:11 > 0:20:12was absent from school.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15She's been speaking to our education editor Branwen Jeffreys.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Chris Daykin was devoted to his girls.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20He took photos, almost every day.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Chris was the stay at home parent, while his wife Helen
0:20:24 > 0:20:26travelled away for work, leaving Pearl and Iris
0:20:26 > 0:20:29with their dad.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34It was on a trip to London that she became worried.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37As the day went on, I was ringing, just randomly
0:20:37 > 0:20:42and I hadn't got an answer.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45And then one of my neighbours rang, to say that the milk
0:20:45 > 0:20:46was still on the doorstep.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48It was a while before I got through to somebody,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52to find out that Pearl was not at school that day.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56I got on the train and at eight o'clock I got a phone call to say
0:20:56 > 0:20:59that my husband had died.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03But that the children were OK.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05So the police had broke in, the children were
0:21:05 > 0:21:10found in bed with him.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15Pearl was only four and had just started school.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Her little sister, Iris, was two.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23They spent the night, day and evening near the body
0:21:23 > 0:21:26of their dad, too frightened to go downstairs.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28They do talk about it.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Pearl, especially.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34It is imprinted in her memory.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36So, they have got grief but they have also got trauma.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37On top.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Being there, seeing the daylight, seeing it go dark again,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43being hungry and cold, not knowing when Mummy
0:21:43 > 0:21:50was coming home.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Helen now wants change.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56The school only tried to ring Chris.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59She wants schools to have at least two contact names with home
0:21:59 > 0:22:03visits if no one answers.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06There is no reason why this could not happen again.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07No reason at all.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12How the children did not hurt themselves, I've got no idea.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16So, I just don't want anybody to have to go
0:22:16 > 0:22:19through this, what we went through as a family, again.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23It is not the only case.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Esther Eketi-Mulo, a single mum, died suddenly of epilepsy.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Her four year old son Chadrack had learning difficulties.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33The school rang his mum repeatedly.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38It was the only contact number they had.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Over the next few days, staff came here twice,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43but could not get access to the block of flats.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Chadrack's body was found two weeks later, curled up
0:22:47 > 0:22:52next to that of his mum.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56His school now has new policies on checking on pupils.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01Chadrack's death has lead to wider calls for change.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Ministers may ask schools to keep a second contact
0:23:06 > 0:23:07number, but the review here into what happened
0:23:07 > 0:23:11is likely to go further.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Having a second phone number is a great tactical option,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18but if that number is not answered, then what do you do?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21So our agenda for government is to say, breathe life into this,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24make the policy something that drives an activity and says
0:23:24 > 0:23:27until you tick the box that says the child is safe,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30then everything else does not matter.
0:23:30 > 0:23:38Chadrack's lonely death here was a preventable tragedy,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43a child alone in a busy block of flats, one more contact number
0:23:43 > 0:23:46might have made a difference, but it is not enough for Chris'
0:23:46 > 0:23:48family or for Helen, dealing with the trauma of her girls.
0:23:48 > 0:23:55Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58An independent report commissioned by the BBC into the pay levels
0:23:58 > 0:24:00of some of its presenters will be published tomorrow.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05Our media editor Amol Rajan has some of the details.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09What have you found out?I think what we will see from the BBC and
0:24:09 > 0:24:19director-general is a combination of humility, and contrition. They used
0:24:19 > 0:24:23two argument is that it would be inflationary and poacher 's charter,
0:24:23 > 0:24:28neither of which stood the test of time, both coming out as rather
0:24:28 > 0:24:31specious. The BBC will be frank about the fact it has made mistakes
0:24:31 > 0:24:35over many years on the issue of gender pay across the organisation
0:24:35 > 0:24:39and also the legal requirement of equal pay for equal work. I can
0:24:39 > 0:24:43reveal two sources have told me there is a proposal on the table to
0:24:43 > 0:24:51limit the pay of full-time news presenters at £320,000 not fully
0:24:51 > 0:24:54signed off but it is a proposal which will come out later this week.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57There is also confidence here at senior levels that when other
0:24:57 > 0:25:00organisations are forced to reveal their gender pay gap later this year
0:25:00 > 0:25:05the BBC will end up looking quite good. There are many high earners at
0:25:05 > 0:25:09the BBC on who we don't have the full picture because they are paid
0:25:09 > 0:25:13by independent production companies but at this stage we can see this
0:25:13 > 0:25:17whole saga has strengthened the case for greater transparency in public
0:25:17 > 0:25:20life and fortified the principle that the public have a right to know
0:25:20 > 0:25:24much more about how their money is spent and misspent.Indeed, thank
0:25:24 > 0:25:28you very much.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Officials in Cape Town have opened a Disaster Operations Centre,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34to put in place plans to shut down the city's water supply.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37South Africa's second-largest city is in the midst of a severe drought,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41with residents limited to using 50 litres of water per day -
0:25:41 > 0:25:44just over half an average bath.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47If the taps are turned off, so-called Day Zero is projected
0:25:47 > 0:25:48to fall in early April.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50it will mean Cape Town will become the world's first
0:25:50 > 0:25:52major city to run dry, as our correspondent
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Andrew Harding reports.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Glorious Cape Town.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00The most idyllic, the most pampered corner of an entire continent.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06Until now.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Suddenly a city of 4 million people is running out of water -
0:26:10 > 0:26:13at alarming speed.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16As rationing begins, there are queues for spring water.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19It's a bit scary and uncertain.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Based on the experience of filling up here it's intimidating
0:26:22 > 0:26:26about what's to come.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Here's the problem.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30The reservoirs Cape Town depends on are parched,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33after three years of drought no one predicted.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35The experts blame climate change.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Hotter temperatures, erratic rainfall.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42We really are, you know, the canary in the cage at the moment.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44So all of these predictions which are being made
0:26:44 > 0:26:49about the impacts of climate change are happening.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51They are happening now.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56To us here, before our eyes, all around the world.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00In a panic the city is drilling for water.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Tapping into rainfall which seeped underground a million years ago.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07But the process is slow and time is short.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13And so Capetonians of all stripes are preparing for the worst.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16There is a real sense of anxiety here as people
0:27:16 > 0:27:20countdown to Day Zero, waiting for the moment
0:27:20 > 0:27:23when all the taps are switched off and everyone is forced to queue
0:27:23 > 0:27:27in places like this for their daily ration of water.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31In the meantime, many here are embracing the challenge.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Posting water saving tips online.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Seven litres per shower, to three litres.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Impressively the city has nearly halved its water consumption.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44There you go.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47We are in this together.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50And we have to build a sense of one nation with one future,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53where everybody needs to get decent basic services and we all need
0:27:53 > 0:27:57to pull together to make sure that everybody gets them,
0:27:57 > 0:28:02all the time.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05But some people are not playing along.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09We join the police as they hunt for Cape Town's newest outlaws.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Car washers.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Buckets and sponges are confiscated.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Fines handed out.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21As a thirsty city fights for every last drop of water and waits to see
0:28:21 > 0:28:24if those tantalising clouds on Table Mountain
0:28:24 > 0:28:26will finally oblige.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Andrew Harding, BBC News, Cape Town.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36The former England football captain David Beckham has
0:28:36 > 0:28:39fulfilled his long-held ambition and launched a Major League
0:28:39 > 0:28:47Soccer team in Miami.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48The team will see professional football
0:28:48 > 0:28:51return to the city for the first time since 2001.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Beckham described the deal as a "dream come true" as our sports
0:28:54 > 0:28:55correspondent Natalie Pirks reports.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57This is how America does football, with much fanfare and franchises.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01David Beckham is once again lending his star power
0:29:01 > 0:29:03to Major League Soccer, this time as an owner of Miami,
0:29:03 > 0:29:06the league's 24th club.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Today you made my dream come true.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10APPLAUSE.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14It's a dream that's been a long time coming,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17part of the contract that lured Beckham as a player from Europe
0:29:17 > 0:29:23to Los Angeles in 2007 was a cut-price deal
0:29:23 > 0:29:25to own his own club some day.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27He told me his competitive nature kept the franchise alive.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30There were moments when I didn't think it was gonna happen.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31But I don't like to lose.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34I don't give in very easily and I always believed in Miami.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37I always believed that this is where I wanted our team.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41And finally we're here.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Well, this where the stadium is currently slated to be built,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47an out-of-town area called Overtown which even the local
0:29:47 > 0:29:49mayor describes as edgy.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51This road is where the middle of the pitch could be.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54And as you can imagine that hasn't gone down well
0:29:54 > 0:29:56with some community leaders, who are concerned with things
0:29:56 > 0:29:57like noise, traffic, and the questionable economic
0:29:57 > 0:29:59benefits.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03I can't imagine how I'm going to be able to get in and out
0:30:03 > 0:30:06of our neighbourhood when 25,000 soccer fans are swarming the site
0:30:06 > 0:30:09on a weekday evening.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11$250 million to build a stadium, and all you get
0:30:11 > 0:30:14is 50 jobs out of it?
0:30:14 > 0:30:18That maths doesn't work.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21It didn't work for the last MLS team here, Miami Fusion folded
0:30:21 > 0:30:23after just four season, but a lot has changed since then.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Miami has a large Hispanic community and football is a huge
0:30:26 > 0:30:28part of its culture.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31We love soccer here and anything to generate,
0:30:31 > 0:30:33just for the city itself, make us more popular
0:30:33 > 0:30:36than we already are, is great.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39We're hoping that the name of Beckham will have a lot of people
0:30:39 > 0:30:41wanting to play for this team.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I've got a wealth of experience from playing with different clubs
0:30:44 > 0:30:47in different cities around the world so that's where I can obviously
0:30:47 > 0:30:52add my expertise in today's ownership group and that
0:30:52 > 0:30:54will be my role, to bring great talented players.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55But that will require cash.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Alexis Sanchez, for example, is on a reported £500,000 a week.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00But Manchester United's former number seven says
0:31:00 > 0:31:02players deserve it.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05The money in the game is incredible.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08I'm not going to turn around and say, this player
0:31:08 > 0:31:11shouldn't be paid that, because I believe if you've
0:31:11 > 0:31:16done well in the game, you deserve whatever you get.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19MLS has designs on becoming a major global player.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Their newest owner knows plenty about that.
0:31:21 > 0:31:28Natalie Pirks, BBC News, Miami.
0:31:28 > 0:31:35Just getting some news coming from Dublin from the office that the
0:31:35 > 0:31:39Taoiseach has announced a referendum on the emotive issue on the section
0:31:39 > 0:31:43of the Constitution which enshrines its restrictive abortion laws and
0:31:43 > 0:31:47the referendum I am told will be held at the end of May. That is the
0:31:47 > 0:31:50announcement by the Taoiseach in the last few minutes. There will be more
0:31:50 > 0:31:57on that and the BBC News Channel. Newsnight on BBC Two, here is Emily.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Tonight a £4 billion U-turn by the government of disability benefits,
0:32:01 > 0:32:06as it accepted it acted unlawfully? We talked to those who have had
0:32:06 > 0:32:25their