0:00:06 > 0:00:08Tonight at ten - victims of the serial sex attacker
0:00:08 > 0:00:11John Worboys are given permission to challenge the decision
0:00:11 > 0:00:14to release him.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The full judicial review hearing will take place in the High Court
0:00:17 > 0:00:19on the 13th of March, and Worboys will stay
0:00:19 > 0:00:21in prison until then.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24He's served less than 10 years, and last month, the Parole Board
0:00:24 > 0:00:30was criticised when it announced he would be freed.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32We'll have the latest on Worboys' appearance in court today,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34and the next stages of the legal process.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Also tonight...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38A report from the Syrian region under intense bombardment
0:00:38 > 0:00:41from government forces, and the extent of the human
0:00:41 > 0:00:47suffering there.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50What was the outcome of today's talks around the cabinet
0:00:50 > 0:00:52table on the next stage of the Brexit process?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Tesco could face a bill of £4 billion, as hundreds
0:00:55 > 0:01:00of thousands of female employees make a claim for equal pay.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03I think Tesco's are just one of many companies that really aren't
0:01:03 > 0:01:10addressing the fact that women seem to still be paid less.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13And a look at Team GB's preparations for the Winter Olympics,
0:01:13 > 0:01:21due to start in South Korea.
0:01:23 > 0:01:30Coming up in Sportsday, the last of the FA Cup fourth-round replay is as
0:01:30 > 0:01:33take on Newport County at Wembley.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Good evening.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Some victims of the serial sex attacker, John Worboys,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58have been given permission to challenge the decision
0:01:58 > 0:02:00to release him from jail.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02The full judicial review hearing will take place in the High
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Court on the 13th of March, and Worboys will stay
0:02:05 > 0:02:09in prison until then.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Last month, the Parole Board was criticised when it announced
0:02:12 > 0:02:14he would be freed after less than ten years in prison.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Police believe he may have carried out more than 100 rapes
0:02:17 > 0:02:18and sexual assaults.
0:02:18 > 0:02:25Our home affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford, reports.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Still in custody, at least for the time being, John Worboys
0:02:27 > 0:02:30arrived at court in a prison van and was taken to the
0:02:30 > 0:02:33cells in handcuffs.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Convicted in 2009 of one rape, six other sex offences and 12 crimes
0:02:37 > 0:02:41of drugging customers, the London black cab driver
0:02:41 > 0:02:47is suspected of assaulting around 100 female passengers.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51And his victims hadn't expected him to be released ever.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55When we were told it was an indefinite sentence, it was just,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58well, justice has been served, he has been dealt with.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01He is serving a life sentence now, because that is the way
0:03:01 > 0:03:04it was put across to us.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07So we never thought for one second that he would be
0:03:07 > 0:03:08eligible for parole.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12However, today there he was, behind the bars in the dock,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16but potentially just weeks from being freed.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Sir Bian Leveson had ordered that John Worboys should
0:03:18 > 0:03:20be present in person, because he didn't trust
0:03:20 > 0:03:23the reliability of the court's video link system.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27The judge had been told that Worboys' victims were unhappy
0:03:27 > 0:03:29at the prospect of seeing him again.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32"I am sorry about that," Sir Brian said, "but I'm sure
0:03:32 > 0:03:35you will appreciate why it would not be possible sensibly to conduct
0:03:35 > 0:03:40this hearing without him being present in some way."
0:03:40 > 0:03:43The women's lawyer said her clients only discovered late last night that
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Worboys would be there in person, and described what it was like for
0:03:46 > 0:03:51one of them to see him again.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54It was very, very difficult, but she felt it was really
0:03:54 > 0:03:57necessary to be there, and to say she wasn't going to be
0:03:57 > 0:04:02frightened of him being there, and to challenge, you know,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04challenge his power, essentially.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07But obviously it is hard to see him there in the flesh
0:04:07 > 0:04:10after all this time.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13In court, the women's barrister said the Parole Board's failure
0:04:13 > 0:04:16to give reasons for freeing Worboys was unlawful.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18"That kind of blanket secrecy is something that is contrary
0:04:18 > 0:04:21to a fundamental principle of our law, which is that justice
0:04:21 > 0:04:26is administered in the open," Philippa Kaufmann QC said.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Talking to MPs at the same time, the chair of the Parole Board said
0:04:30 > 0:04:33he too would like the rules to be changed.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37I think one of the things we should look at is victims getting -
0:04:37 > 0:04:40victims who want to get one - getting a summary of
0:04:40 > 0:04:46the Parole Board's decisions.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50The judges then agreed they would hear the victims' legal
0:04:50 > 0:04:52challenge to Worboys' release in five weeks' time,
0:04:52 > 0:04:56and that until then, he should remain in prison.
0:04:56 > 0:05:02Daniel Sandford, BBC News at the Royal Courts of Justice.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Human rights groups say more than 25 people have died today ,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08including at least 12 children, after Syrian government forces
0:05:08 > 0:05:12carried out air strikes on Eastern Ghouta.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14The region, to the east of the capital Damascus,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18is one of the last remaining areas controlled by rebels fighting
0:05:18 > 0:05:19President Assad's forces.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22It's home to an estimated 400,000 people,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and is now at the centre of what the United Nations
0:05:25 > 0:05:27is calling a humanitarian emergency.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Medical supplies and food haven't been allowed
0:05:29 > 0:05:32in since late last year.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Quentin Sommerville's report contains some images
0:05:34 > 0:05:40you may find distressing.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Syria's war isn't ending,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43it's getting worse.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48In Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, they're overwhelmed.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Death comes daily from the skies.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55More than 150 civilians have been killed here this month already.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58The rescuers have to move fast.
0:05:58 > 0:06:04Here, they follow the sound of a child crying.
0:06:04 > 0:06:12and a boy is removed alive from the rubble.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Hundreds have been left injured in Eastern Ghouta
0:06:19 > 0:06:21and in the last week, more than 40 children
0:06:21 > 0:06:24have been killed.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Yesterday rescue worker Saeed al-Masri was called to an emergency,
0:06:26 > 0:06:34the baby in his arms is his own.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40TRANSLATION:As we were approaching, I realised it was my
0:06:40 > 0:06:41house that had been hit.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44I heard a baby's cry and saw my son was wounded.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48I went inside and my children had been injured and my cousins too.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50My house was destroyed.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Three month old Ibrahim is doing fine, but the family wonders
0:06:54 > 0:06:59when the next attack will come.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Regime jets drop unguided bombs, they fall haphazardly
0:07:02 > 0:07:09and bring devastation.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Rebel shelling has killed a dozen people in government areas.
0:07:14 > 0:07:21There's a new ferocity to the conflict.
0:07:21 > 0:07:27It should look different here, this is part of a de-escalation zone,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30where suffering should be diminishing, but the
0:07:30 > 0:07:32opposite is happening.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Here and elsewhere, the conflict is intensifying.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Basic medical supplies are running low, the region's under siege,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42but there's also a sense of hopelessness that the world
0:07:42 > 0:07:45has stopped caring.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47TRANSLATION:We are completely drained.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51The roads are closed and we can't get new supplies.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55We've stopped believing that anyone will help us.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58We've given up on the international media and the UN.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02We hoped they would help us, but they've done nothing.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04East Ghouta is nearing exhaustion, at least 31
0:08:04 > 0:08:07people were killed today.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10The bombing has stopped for now, but everyone here knows that this
0:08:10 > 0:08:18new surge of bloodshed is far from over.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26This is a problem of false expectations, false expectations
0:08:26 > 0:08:31that the war in Syria is coming to an end, that the regime is winning
0:08:31 > 0:08:35that war, and as a result of the violence in Syria will continue to
0:08:35 > 0:08:38diminish. To use the preferred diplomatic language, it will
0:08:38 > 0:08:43de-escalate. That is not happening. President Assad and his allies are
0:08:43 > 0:08:48mounting multiple offensives against their enemies and they are using
0:08:48 > 0:08:52those false expectations as cover to attack civilians, to kill women and
0:08:52 > 0:08:57children. There is a sense in Syria, a disappointment that the world is
0:08:57 > 0:09:02also buying into that false narrative, that it wants to turn its
0:09:02 > 0:09:06back on Syria. It is so desperate for this conflict to end, that it
0:09:06 > 0:09:11will ignore what is happening, just as the conflict there reaches a
0:09:11 > 0:09:17horrible new intensity. Quentin, thank you for the latest.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Quentin Somerville in Beirut.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19The government's assessments predicting the possible
0:09:19 > 0:09:23economic impact of Brexit, suggest that growth will be hit
0:09:23 > 0:09:27hardest in those regions where the Leave vote was strongest.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30The analysis, drawn up for the Department
0:09:30 > 0:09:33for Exiting the EU, looked at scenarios ranging
0:09:33 > 0:09:36from leaving with no deal, to remaining within the EU
0:09:36 > 0:09:37single market.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Theresa May has met senior ministers today, to try to agree
0:09:40 > 0:09:43the government's approach to the next stage of the Brexit
0:09:43 > 0:09:48talks, as Laura Kuenssberg reports.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Cloistered in the Commons, ministers' cars parked up gave
0:09:52 > 0:09:55away the private meeting in the Prime Minister's office.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57The cabinet trying reach a compromise, continually pushed
0:09:57 > 0:10:03by Brexiteers to take a tough line towards the EU.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Would she be good enough to be very robust when discussing these matters
0:10:07 > 0:10:13in the Brexit committee, as I'm sure she will be,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16in order to ensure we repudiate any of these EU threats?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18We will hear all sorts of things being said
0:10:18 > 0:10:19about positions being taken.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21What matters are the positions we take in the negotiations
0:10:21 > 0:10:23as we negotiate the best deal.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26We have shown we can do that, we did it in December
0:10:26 > 0:10:30and we are going to do it again.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32One Number 10 insider told me the problem is that everybody
0:10:32 > 0:10:33always wants something.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36But the Prime Minister must broker a deal within her own
0:10:36 > 0:10:39party before she can get on with the negotiations.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Today the Brexit committee was discussing how to avoid bringing
0:10:42 > 0:10:45back the border between northern and southern Ireland without keeping
0:10:45 > 0:10:51the current customs arrangements that the Prime Minister
0:10:51 > 0:10:52has ruled out.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55What kind of immigration deal should be done with the EU that controls
0:10:55 > 0:10:58the numbers but gives business the staff they need.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03Tomorrow the discussion will move on to how we do business in future.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Why are ministers still squirrelled away in your having these
0:11:06 > 0:11:11conversations when we voted to leave in the summer of 2016?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15The referendum didn't dictate exactly the relationship we would
0:11:15 > 0:11:18have with the European Union after Brexit.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22So for months, the Tories have been in a tug-of-war.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Should we stay closely intertwined with Brussels after we go,
0:11:24 > 0:11:28or make a more dramatic break?
0:11:28 > 0:11:32The EU and business are running out of patience as the UK
0:11:32 > 0:11:35takes its time to decide.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38It demonstrates to the world the United Kingdom is not leaving
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Europe as we leave the EU.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Tory Remain rebels lined up this morning to put against the idea
0:11:44 > 0:11:48of a lurch away from the EU.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51They are outspoken, but a minority in their party,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53their fears the country will be worse off.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56It is abundantly clear to me that there is no model
0:11:56 > 0:11:58which will satisfy all sections of the British public.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01And I believe, and I've said many times before,
0:12:01 > 0:12:06I believe a no deal scenario would be bad for our economy.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09MPs have now seen the government's forecasts of what could happen
0:12:09 > 0:12:13to different parts of the country if there is no deal.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Over 15 years the economy in London is forecast to be 3.5% smaller.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19In the West Midlands, that voted to leave,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21it would be 13% smaller.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26And in the north-east, which also chose Brexit,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29hypothetically it is the worst affected.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32The economy potentially 16% smaller than it is otherwise expected to be.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38Forecasts often turn out to be wrong.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Very wrong.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43But the government is preparing to make big choices right now that
0:12:43 > 0:12:48will, for better or worse, affect us all.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53The Brexit process will be heavily influenced by the outcome
0:12:53 > 0:13:00of the coalition talks in Germany, where a long period of political
0:13:00 > 0:13:01deadlock is set to be resolved.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Chancellor Merkel's conservatives have agreed a deal with
0:13:04 > 0:13:06the centre-left social democrats.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09To discuss that, we're joined by our Europe editor Katya Adler.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12And to examine the Brexit process here in Britain, our political
0:13:12 > 0:13:17editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22Lawro, lots of calls again today, including from business, for clarity
0:13:22 > 0:13:28around the next stage. Will they get that?Not any time soon. The message
0:13:28 > 0:13:32is, don't hold your breath. The Brexit committee were locked away in
0:13:32 > 0:13:36talks today and they will again tomorrow. I'm told the conversations
0:13:36 > 0:13:40were productive, they went through all the potential options, the ways
0:13:40 > 0:13:44they foresee solving the issue around the Northern Irish border.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49But tonight there is not suddenly white smoke drifting across Number
0:13:49 > 0:13:5410 with, here is the government's true desire for Brexit. It may be
0:13:54 > 0:13:58another few weeks before we get that. There is talk of some kind of
0:13:58 > 0:14:03government away day, potentially at Chequers, and then, only then, will
0:14:03 > 0:14:08they get towards their opening pitch towards the EU. We have to remember
0:14:08 > 0:14:12this is not a standard government decision-making process. Yes, the
0:14:12 > 0:14:19frustration levels in business and in Brussels, and Parliament, arising
0:14:19 > 0:14:22in terms of what they see as a delay in terms of making these decisions.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26This is a difficult and complicated process with divisions of the Tory
0:14:26 > 0:14:29party that have been there for many years, not just since the
0:14:29 > 0:14:32referendum. Can we talk about another factor in
0:14:32 > 0:14:36this process, the outcome of the coalition talks in Germany? How will
0:14:36 > 0:14:41the new coalition affect this Brexit process?First we have to see this
0:14:41 > 0:14:46as almost a done deal when it comes to the coalition. The social
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Democrats have to vote for it yet. It will probably go ahead. Don't
0:14:49 > 0:14:53expect a big change from Germany on Brexit. I've been told by somebody
0:14:53 > 0:14:59close to the German Chancellor this afternoon. She has stuck close to
0:14:59 > 0:15:02France, demanding the UK observe all EU rules in a deal. If you think
0:15:02 > 0:15:06also who is the head of her coalition party, he is the former
0:15:06 > 0:15:11president of the European Parliament, a real Europhile. If we
0:15:11 > 0:15:15think of any one personality in the EU who would have pushed for
0:15:15 > 0:15:19pragmatism in that Brexit deal, that would've been Angela Merkel in her
0:15:19 > 0:15:22former guise as Queen of Europe. But she has been weakened by the
0:15:22 > 0:15:27selections at home and abroad, and she cannot find any wriggle room.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31She will provide stability in this comment for the short-term for the
0:15:31 > 0:15:35EU and in Germany. But this coalition was very unpopular in
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Germany before the elections. The thought is it is grey and woolly and
0:15:39 > 0:15:42uninspiring. This could lead to more support for the Nationalists far
0:15:42 > 0:15:47right. Thank you.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The day's other news.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55One of the killers of the toddler James Bulger, the two-year-old
0:15:55 > 0:15:58who was murdered in 1993, has been sent to jail again,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00this time for three years, after admitting possessing
0:16:00 > 0:16:01indecent images of children.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03The judge said there was no guarantee Jon Venables would be
0:16:03 > 0:16:05released after serving his sentence.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07A spokesman for James Bulger's mother, Denise Fergus,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11called the sentence a "farce."
0:16:11 > 0:16:19The supermarket giant Tesco is facing a possible bill of up
0:16:20 > 0:16:23to £4 billion following Britain's biggest ever equal pay claim.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Lawyers say women who work in the company's stores earn less
0:16:25 > 0:16:29than men employed in its warehouses, even though the work is comparable.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Up to 200,000 women could be entitled to back-pay, if the legal
0:16:32 > 0:16:33challenge is successful.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35The supermarket says all its staff are paid fairly,
0:16:35 > 0:16:36whatever their gender.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Kamal Ahmed reports.
0:16:37 > 0:16:43Who is worth more?
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Warehouse workers, mostly men, loading and
0:16:44 > 0:16:46unloading lorries, or store staff, mostly women, loading shelves and
0:16:46 > 0:16:50dealing with customers?
0:16:50 > 0:16:54This is a very different type of pay dispute.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Not equal pay for the same job, but equal pay for different jobs
0:16:57 > 0:17:05that, lawyers in this case argue, have the same value.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I think the role has changed slightly over time.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Kim and Pam have worked in Tesco supermarkets for over 20 years.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Their rates of pay are up to £3 an hour lower than warehouse staff.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15We think we have equal rights.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17There are times where there are such discrepancies that
0:17:17 > 0:17:20you can't explain them.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24I think Tesco's are just one of many companies that
0:17:24 > 0:17:27really aren't addressing the fact that women seem to still be
0:17:27 > 0:17:29paid less.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Obviously the jobs are slightly different, but to put it
0:17:33 > 0:17:34bluntly, they're of equal value.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35We deal with customers.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38They don't have to deal with customers.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40We take the stock and we load the stock.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42They load it off the lorry and we load it
0:17:42 > 0:17:43onto the shelves.
0:17:43 > 0:17:49It's a debate that goes back decades.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51We are on strike until the 27th June.
0:17:51 > 0:17:59Here are women workers for Ford in the
0:17:59 > 0:18:021960s, arguing that their job, sewing car seat covers,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04was comparable with the men who built the engines.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06They won after years of expensive battles.
0:18:06 > 0:18:14So how do you test whether a job is of equal value?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16First, you score how much training and skill does it
0:18:16 > 0:18:17need to do the job.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Second, how difficult is the job and how much
0:18:20 > 0:18:21responsibility does it carry?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Third, what are the physical and emotional demands?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25For example, is customer interaction a key part of the role?
0:18:25 > 0:18:31If the scores are similar, then the jobs are comparable.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I asked the lawyer leading the case whether warehouse work was really
0:18:34 > 0:18:36the same as working in Tesco supermarkets.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39A man in distribution may score higher on a physical test,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42but then the woman may score higher on the emotional content of the job
0:18:42 > 0:18:43or dealing with the customers.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46So if the law has been there since 1984, that
0:18:46 > 0:18:48you can compare with a different job, that's 34 years
0:18:48 > 0:18:50to get your house in order.
0:18:50 > 0:18:57In a statment, Tesco said:
0:19:07 > 0:19:10For Pam and Kim, maybe £20,000 each if their legal battle is successful.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15But this is not about the money.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17You're just asking for fairness, aren't you -
0:19:17 > 0:19:18that's what the claim's about?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Absolutely, no more, no less.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Exactly.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Kamal Ahmed, BBC News.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26A report into the performance of an NHS Trust in Liverpool has
0:19:26 > 0:19:28found that patients suffered unnecessary harm because of
0:19:28 > 0:19:32pressure to cut costs.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34A review of the activities of Liverpool Community Health,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37which has been seen by BBC News, found a management team
0:19:37 > 0:19:40that was seriously out of its depth, presiding over severe staff
0:19:40 > 0:19:42shortages and bullying.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Our social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan, has
0:19:44 > 0:19:45this exclusive report.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Personally, it destroyed me.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51I was suicidal.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54I was held against my will by a patient's relative at knife-point
0:19:54 > 0:19:58and sexually assaulted.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Our decision was overruled and the lady died six hours
0:20:00 > 0:20:03after she was admitted to our ward.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Around three quarters of a million people in Merseyside relied
0:20:06 > 0:20:10on Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust, but they put costs before
0:20:10 > 0:20:15care, between 2010 and 2014, according to a report we've seen.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17The Trust, which is based in this building, was found to be
0:20:17 > 0:20:22dysfunctional from the outset.
0:20:22 > 0:20:30Its leadership team is described as being "out of its depth."
0:20:34 > 0:20:35They set "infeasible financial targets that
0:20:35 > 0:20:36damaged patient services."
0:20:36 > 0:20:38We suddenly were taking patients with heart failure,
0:20:38 > 0:20:39with lung cancers.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Patients who were very, very medically unstable and unwell
0:20:41 > 0:20:43and we had no piped oxygen.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45These nurses were at the sharp end, trying to protect patients.
0:20:45 > 0:20:53As they did so, they were being constantly bullied.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56It wasn't about how we can learn and how we can move forward.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57It was, how can we blame you.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59People were frightened to raise their concerns.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01This district nurse, who wants to remain anonymous,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04was sexually assaulted on a home visit, having been sent out
0:21:04 > 0:21:09without a personal protection alarm.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I should have been able to alert someone to where I was and get
0:21:12 > 0:21:14the help to me straightaway.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17So I would have been out within minutes rather
0:21:17 > 0:21:19than being subjected to a horrendous time for over an hour.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23The worst failings were arguably at Liverpool Prison,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26where the Trust provided health care services.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28The review says they didn't know how to manage it safely,
0:21:28 > 0:21:36inmates died unnecessarily.
0:21:36 > 0:21:43Simon McBride killed himself he was convicted of drug offences. He wrote
0:21:43 > 0:21:50two letters asking for help.His suicide could have been avoided if a
0:21:50 > 0:21:55proper, diligent and competent, effective system had been in place.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57The Trust was led throughout by Bernie Cuthel,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59pictured here in 2014.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02The chief executive was focused on cutting costs so they could
0:22:02 > 0:22:05achieve foundation status, giving them more autonomy.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Twice we asked her for an interview, she didn't respond,
0:22:07 > 0:22:08so we approached her.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Excuse me.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Bernie Cuthel?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Yeah.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14BBC News.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17We'd like to talk to you about Liverpool Community Health.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20We just want to ask you a couple of questions.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Are you a bully, Miss Cuthel?
0:22:22 > 0:22:27Are you a bully?
0:22:27 > 0:22:31And as you can see, Bernie Cuthel didn't want to answer any questions.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37She resigned from Liverpool in 2014 to work at a trust in Manchester.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40We've learned Miss Cuthel's new job, which maintained her six-figure
0:22:40 > 0:22:44salary, was arranged by an NHS regulator.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Labour MP Rosie Cooper, whose own father was let down
0:22:46 > 0:22:48by the Trust, is appalled.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52I don't understand why anybody would want to keep a failed chief
0:22:52 > 0:22:55executive and/or any other members of the board.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58If they fail that badly, they should have been
0:22:58 > 0:23:01disciplined and fired.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Liverpool Community Health is now providing good services
0:23:04 > 0:23:06to the people of Merseyside, a significant improvement
0:23:06 > 0:23:07on its troubled past.
0:23:07 > 0:23:14Michael Buchanan, BBC News, Liverpool.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16The Chief Constable of Police Scotland, who was facing
0:23:16 > 0:23:19a series of allegations of gross misconduct, has resigned.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24Phil Gormley, who had been in the job for just over two years,
0:23:24 > 0:23:26had been under investigation since last September.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27He's always denied any wrongdoing.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30He's leaving 10 months before the end of his contract and will not
0:23:30 > 0:23:32receive a financial pay-off.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, reports.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39Phil Gormley was brought in to steady the ship
0:23:39 > 0:23:42at Police Scotland just two years ago, but he's not been at work
0:23:42 > 0:23:45for the last six months while allegations of bullying
0:23:45 > 0:23:49were being investigated, while still receiving full pay.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Mr Gormley was cleared to go back to work by
0:23:51 > 0:23:55the Scottish Police Authority back in November, but that decision
0:23:55 > 0:23:58was then reversed when the Justice Secretary intervened.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00He was worried there weren't adequate safeguards in place
0:24:00 > 0:24:02for the serving police officers who'd made accusations
0:24:02 > 0:24:09against the Chief Constable.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Mr Gormley said in a statement...
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Thank you Presiding Officer.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Raising questions today about whether Police Scotland
0:24:26 > 0:24:27is fit for purpose.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29We'll soon be on our third Chief Constable
0:24:29 > 0:24:32and we're on our third chair and third chief executive.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Surely the Justice Secretary has to start asking himself
0:24:34 > 0:24:35whether there's something else going on?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Perhaps it's the structure that is the root of the problem here.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I believe that a single police force is still the appropriate model
0:24:41 > 0:24:42for delivering policing in Scotland.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47And the reality is, had we not moved to a single
0:24:47 > 0:24:50police force in Scotland, that we would have found ourselves
0:24:50 > 0:24:53having to make significant cuts to front-line policing.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Police Scotland has had a turbulent time since eight forces
0:24:56 > 0:24:58were merged into one.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02The last Chief Constable stood down early, after controversies over
0:25:02 > 0:25:08armed officers turning up to routine incidents and delayed
0:25:08 > 0:25:11responses to 999 calls, including one in which a couple lay
0:25:11 > 0:25:15undiscovered in a crashed car for three days near the M9.
0:25:15 > 0:25:23And there's more trouble at the top, an Assistant Chief Constable
0:25:23 > 0:25:25and another senior officer are currently suspended, accused
0:25:25 > 0:25:27of illegally using a police firing range for unauthorised purposes.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Police Scotland now has to look for its third
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Chief Constable in five years.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34A safe pair of hands will be an essential job requirement.
0:25:34 > 0:25:40Sarah Smith, BBC News, Glasgow.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Scientists say they now know what the first modern Briton looked
0:25:45 > 0:25:48like, some 10,000 years ago, and it's something of a revelation.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50They believe that so-called Cheddar Man, who lived
0:25:50 > 0:25:52in south-west England, had skin that was dark
0:25:52 > 0:25:53to black and blue eyes.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Researchers have used groundbreaking DNA analysis
0:25:55 > 0:26:03to examine his skeleton, which was discovered
0:26:04 > 0:26:05in Somerset back in 1903.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Our correspondent, Jon Kay, reports.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08He lay here, undisturbed for 10,000 years.
0:26:08 > 0:26:14In the caves beneath Cheddar Gorge, a replica of Cheddar Man.
0:26:14 > 0:26:22But now, 21st century science means we can put flesh on these bones.
0:26:24 > 0:26:271, 2, 3...
0:26:27 > 0:26:29At the Natural History Museum, Cheddar Man finally revealed.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31By extracting DNA from his bones and scanning his skull,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34experts believe they've recreated his face in unprecedented
0:26:34 > 0:26:42detail, and he looks very different from what they expected.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45The hair, the eyes, the face, that combination of blue eyes
0:26:45 > 0:26:48and dark skin, really very striking, something we wouldn't have imagined
0:26:48 > 0:26:51and to also get from the DNA details of his biology.
0:26:51 > 0:26:58The fact that he couldn't digest milk as an adult.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04That came with the advent of farming. 10,000 years ago people
0:27:04 > 0:27:08didn't have that.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09Look how he's changed.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11This is what scientists used to think he looked like.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15A reconstruction from 20 years ago when DNA analysis
0:27:15 > 0:27:16was nowhere near as developed.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Cheddar Man and I share a common female relative.
0:27:18 > 0:27:26This is modern day Cheddar Man, Adrian Targett lives in the same
0:27:28 > 0:27:29village and shares DNA with the skeleton
0:27:29 > 0:27:30found in the gorge.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32So, time to meet his ancestor.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Do you want to see your great, great, great, great,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36great, great, great grandfather?
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Yes.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38And...
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Oh my!
0:27:39 > 0:27:40What do you think?
0:27:40 > 0:27:41It's remarkable, isn't it?
0:27:41 > 0:27:46I think there is probably some resemblance.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48But, yes, I think there are certainly other members
0:27:48 > 0:27:51in my family who he bears a resemblance to.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Yes.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Some of my cousins.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59You can see that in there, can you?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Yes.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02I think my eyes are blue.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Let's have a look.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04They are blue.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Yes, they are blue.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09His hair is not quite as grey as mine is.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Or my beard!
0:28:12 > 0:28:16So 10,000 years after he died, 100 years after he was found,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18finally, a face to fit the name of Adrian's ancestor.
0:28:18 > 0:28:26John Kay, BBC News, Cheddar, in Somerset.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28The Winter Olympics open officially in South Korea on Friday and hopes
0:28:28 > 0:28:36are high for Team GB.
0:28:36 > 0:28:42Our sports correspondent, Andy Swiss, is in Pyeongchang and he has
0:28:42 > 0:28:43been watching their preparations.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Ready for liftoff, Britain's snowboarders spring
0:28:45 > 0:28:47into action this morning.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48The temperature a bracing 15 minus 15, but PyeongChang
0:28:48 > 0:28:49is offering the warmest of welcomes.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Temperatures are forecast to rise, but keeping out
0:28:51 > 0:28:57the chill is some challenge.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02We don't normally have to wear so many layers.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Especially in the morning, we're real stiff riding.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06But, I mean, once it warmed up a little bit..
0:29:06 > 0:29:09luckily, the sun's out.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11If the sun wasn't out, it'll be baltic.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12But, yeah, you just deal with it.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15You know, we're snowboarders, so we've just got to get
0:29:15 > 0:29:16on with it, haven't we?
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Trying to keep her cool, though, is Britain's biggest hope.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20COMMENTATOR:Oh, they've gone down!
0:29:20 > 0:29:21Four years ago, skater Elise Christie's Olympic
0:29:21 > 0:29:25dreams came tumbling down.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28She crashed out of all her events, received death threats
0:29:28 > 0:29:30and considered quitting.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34But now she's back as a triple world champion and she told me
0:29:34 > 0:29:39she wants that gold for those who persuaded her to carry on.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I don't think that I would have been here today or kept going because,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45for me, I didn't want to skate for me any more.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50You know, skating had broken my heart.
0:29:50 > 0:29:56So as much as for me I want a gold medal because I blooming
0:29:56 > 0:29:58train so hard every day and I push my limits.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I can't sleep at night because I'm so sore,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03this is as much for everyone who did support me through
0:30:03 > 0:30:04that as it is for me.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Well, the British team are hoping the Games here in PyeongChang can
0:30:07 > 0:30:08propel them to new heights.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12But while the focus here might be on the athletes,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14the Olympic movement itself is also under scrutiny.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19The reason - Russia.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23The country is banned from these Games because of doping and yet more
0:30:23 > 0:30:30than 160 of their athletes have been allowed to compete under
0:30:30 > 0:30:33a neutral flag, as OARs - Olympic Athletes from Russia -
0:30:33 > 0:30:35and more could still be admitted leaving rivals, including
0:30:35 > 0:30:36Britain, frustrated.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39The uncertainty, it can be really challenging,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42quite tricky and I think both the IOC and the Court of Arbitration
0:30:42 > 0:30:45for Sport is involved now as well and those decisions will be
0:30:45 > 0:30:50happening we think right up until possibly the starting
0:30:50 > 0:30:51point of the Games.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53It's a bit of a mess, isn't it?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55It's certainly a truly confusing situation and one I don't think
0:30:55 > 0:30:56anybody in sport would want.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58And this is no time for distractions.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00After their success in Sochi, led by Lizzie Yarnold's gold,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Team GB's target here is up to 10 medals.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04So will it be a winter wonderland?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07They'll be hoping the celebrations are only just beginning.
0:31:07 > 0:31:13Andy Swiss, BBC News, PyeongChang.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two. Here's Evan.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Today and tomorrow a Cabinet committee is it arguing about Brexit
0:31:18 > 0:31:19and what it should look like.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21So we'll have our own inhouse gathering tonight, thrashing
0:31:21 > 0:31:22out those arguments.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Everyone agrees we finally need to make some big decisions,
0:31:25 > 0:31:27but can they agree on what to do?
0:31:27 > 0:31:32Join me now on BBC Two.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33That's Newsnight with Evan.
0:31:33 > 0:31:53Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.