0:00:07 > 0:00:09The two British jihadists captured in Syria, families of their victims
0:00:09 > 0:00:17call for them to be tried in court.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The two men belonged to a group within so called IS,
0:00:19 > 0:00:21infamous for executing Western hostages.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23The daughter of one of their victims wants justice.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25If it goes to trial, I'll certainly be there.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28I certainly want to look them in the eye and let them know that
0:00:28 > 0:00:32I am who I am and they have destroyed a big part of my life.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34We'll be looking at how useful their capture could be
0:00:34 > 0:00:36and where they're likely to end up.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Also tonight...
0:00:37 > 0:00:40The EU's chief negotiator warns the UK will get no transition period
0:00:40 > 0:00:46without agreement on key issues up front.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48A spectacular opening to the Winter Olympics sees
0:00:48 > 0:00:53a historic handshake between North and South Korea.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Is building on brownfield sites the answer to
0:00:55 > 0:00:59the UK's housing crisis?
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0:01:01 > 0:01:05professional men's game.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08And she was told it couldn't happen in her lifetime.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Joy Neville makes history on the rugby pitch.
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0:01:39 > 0:01:41Good evening.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46The families of some of the victims of two British jihadists,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48belonging to the so-called Islamic State group and captured
0:01:48 > 0:01:53in Syria, have called for them to face justice in court.
0:01:53 > 0:01:59Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were part of a team of four
0:01:59 > 0:02:02British IS members, who US officials say executed 27 hostages.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Bethany Haines, whose father David was one of those hostages,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08has told the BBC the men should be forced to look in the eyes
0:02:08 > 0:02:11of the people whose lives they'd destroyed.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Our home affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford, has more.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17They became the most infamous gang of foreign fighters
0:02:17 > 0:02:21in the self-styled Islamic State.
0:02:21 > 0:02:29Callous torturers and public executioners of hostages.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Jihadi John, his real name, Mohammed Emwazi - now dead.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Aine Davis - in prison in Turkey.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36And the two men we now know were captured last months,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43The gang are suspected of beheading Alan Henning,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46a driver and aid worker from Eccles, and David Haines, a long time
0:02:46 > 0:02:49aid worker from Perth.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52His daughter now contemplating what punishment his newly captured
0:02:52 > 0:02:53suspected killers should face.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57They should die a long, slow, painful death and I think quite
0:02:57 > 0:02:59a lot of people will understand that, that they should
0:02:59 > 0:03:02be allowed to live.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05But, realistically, that's not going to happen,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09and you have to come to terms with that.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14The best thing for them is to be locked up and throw away the key.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17They should never be allowed back in society because they will just
0:03:17 > 0:03:19recruit people and they will just do this again.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22And for the sake of her father, if they end up in court,
0:03:22 > 0:03:28she will go to watch.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30If it goes to trial, I'll certainly be there.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I certainly want to look them in the eye and let them know that
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I am who I am and they have destroyed a big part of my life.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39And, hopefully, there will be some sort of justice.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Some of the gang's hostages were freed, including former French
0:03:42 > 0:03:43reporter Nicolas Henin.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45He wants them to have the fairest trial possible.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47I would not be happy if they were just sent
0:03:47 > 0:03:51to Guantanamo Bay because this is denial of justice.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54El Shafee Elsheikh arrived in Syria from Britain in 2012.
0:03:54 > 0:04:00Alexanda Kotey left the UK on an aid convoy to Gaza in 2009
0:04:00 > 0:04:04and also ended up in Syria.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Their gang is accused by the US of beheading at least 27 hostages,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10including Alan Henning, David Haines and Americans
0:04:10 > 0:04:16James Foley, Peter Kassig and Steven Sotloff.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19They're also suspected of waterboarding, mock
0:04:19 > 0:04:24executions, crucifixions and electric shock torture.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh grew up close to each other
0:04:27 > 0:04:31in quite a small area of west London, near to the A40 flyover.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35It became infamous as an IS recruiting ground.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38As well as Mohammed Emwazi, Jihadi John, some half a dozen other
0:04:38 > 0:04:42men from these streets died fighting for IS in either Syria or Iraq.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Elsheikh and Kotey had already had their British citizenship
0:04:47 > 0:04:51removed by the Home Secretary, now a trial, possibly
0:04:51 > 0:04:54in the United States, seems the most likely outcome.
0:04:54 > 0:05:00Daniel Sandford, BBC News, west London.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04With IS on the run in Syria, how useful is the capture of these
0:05:04 > 0:05:05two British jihadists and what information
0:05:05 > 0:05:08could they provide?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Our Middle East correspondent, Quentin Sommerville, reports.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15They called it home and Raqqa was their capital,
0:05:15 > 0:05:20but their caliphate is now a ruin.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24It's not known yet how long Alexanda Kotey
0:05:24 > 0:05:27and El Shafee Elsheikh stayed here, but Kurdish and Arab fighters fought
0:05:27 > 0:05:31in these streets for months and more than 650 died,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35freeing the city from the so-called Islamic State.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37The corpses of foreign fighters littered the alleyways,
0:05:37 > 0:05:43but even then we knew that plenty had escaped.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45In a ceasefire deal, hundreds of IS fighters
0:05:45 > 0:05:50were allowed to leave the city.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Across Syria, IS members began to flee, through Kurdish
0:05:54 > 0:05:59regime and rebel lines.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02The two British men, part of an IS cell from west London,
0:06:02 > 0:06:06were picked up by Kurdish forces trying to flee to Turkey.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09The two are a significant prize, they may be able to answer questions
0:06:09 > 0:06:14about what happened here.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17This is Dabiq, where Mohammed Emwazi, Jihadi John,
0:06:17 > 0:06:22murdered aid worker Peter Abdul-Rahman Kassig.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25The same cell killed Britain's Alan Henning
0:06:25 > 0:06:29and David Haines, their bodies have never been recovered.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34The west London cell were seen as the worst of the worst.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36IS superstars, who had an air of invulnerability, but no more,
0:06:36 > 0:06:41now all are dead or in captivity.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47They may also have information on the missing British
0:06:47 > 0:06:49journalist, John Cantlie.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Kidnapped by IS, he's fronted some their propaganda videos.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54This was his last appearance, from Mosul, before it too
0:06:54 > 0:06:58was taken from IS group.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02And do they know the whereabouts of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the IS leader?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Despite repeated claims that he is dead, he was last heard
0:07:05 > 0:07:10from in September last year.
0:07:10 > 0:07:16The captured men have served one significant purpose, though.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19A new front has opened in Syria, Turkey is attacking Kurdish forces,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23it calls them terrorists.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26But the coalition sees the Kurds as vital and effective allies
0:07:26 > 0:07:29against IS and it wants the world to know those allies
0:07:29 > 0:07:31have just captured two of the caliphates most wanted.
0:07:31 > 0:07:38Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, Beirut.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44Our security correspondent, Gordon Corera, is here.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48What is likely to happen to these two men next inA White House
0:07:48 > 0:07:52official told me the US was still considering options. Kurdish forces
0:07:52 > 0:07:56captured them weeks ago. They may still technically have custody
0:07:56 > 0:08:00although US intelligence and perhaps also British intelligence has had
0:08:00 > 0:08:03access to them they may have wanted to keep that as secret as possible
0:08:03 > 0:08:06for as long as possible so they could gather as much intelligence as
0:08:06 > 0:08:10they could from those men. Now it's public they have to work out what to
0:08:10 > 0:08:14do. The US officials said they were working with coalition partners to
0:08:14 > 0:08:19look at those options. What are the options in trial in the US. If they
0:08:19 > 0:08:22think they have enough admissionible evidence. Trial in the UK theshg
0:08:22 > 0:08:26have had their citizenship stripped by the UK Government. Some kind of
0:08:26 > 0:08:30tribunal perhaps involving the Kurds. That would be new. Or of
0:08:30 > 0:08:33course Guantanamo Bay, fulfilling a Donald Trump campaign pledge.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Washington will lead on that decision. With this administration
0:08:36 > 0:08:44it's hard to know which way they'll go.Gordon, thank you.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has issued
0:08:46 > 0:08:49a stark warning to the UK, effectively telling
0:08:49 > 0:08:51the British Government - "You can't have your cake
0:08:51 > 0:08:52and eat it".
0:08:52 > 0:08:54He warned a transition period is not a given,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57and that the UK's decision to leave the EU single market
0:08:57 > 0:08:59and customs union meant border checks at the Irish border
0:08:59 > 0:09:02were "unavoidable", something both the UK and the EU have said
0:09:02 > 0:09:03would be unacceptable.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, said he was surprised
0:09:05 > 0:09:13by Mr Barnier's remarks.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Our deputy political editor,
0:09:17 > 0:09:18John Pienaar reports.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Brexit is coming and time is running short.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Just 13 months before Britain is officially out
0:09:22 > 0:09:25of the European Union, and today the EU had a sharp warning
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- sort out key sticking points, or there will be no deal
0:09:28 > 0:09:29and no transition.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Britain's Brexit Secretary met the EU chief negotiator
0:09:31 > 0:09:32in Downing Street on Monday.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Friendly enough, but there's just weeks to thrash out the shape
0:09:35 > 0:09:36of a Brexit transition.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Today, in Brussels, with a big EU summit next month,
0:09:39 > 0:09:45Michel Barnier had a blunt message, in terms easy to understand.
0:09:45 > 0:09:53If these disagreements persist, the transition is not a given.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56So much to sort out, and talks are getting prickly.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59On the rights of migrants who arrive after Brexit day,
0:09:59 > 0:10:06will Brussels block trade if Britain breaks EU rules?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08The Brexit Secretary called that discourteous.
0:10:08 > 0:10:15Oh, no, it isn't, said Mr Barnier.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17"My attitude hasn't been in the least discourteous
0:10:17 > 0:10:18"or vindictive", he said.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21"We never wished to punish the UK.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22"It's foreign to my state of mind".
0:10:22 > 0:10:25And how to leave the EU without bringing back a hard
0:10:25 > 0:10:26north/south Irish border.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28No one wants that but...
0:10:28 > 0:10:33It is important to tell the truth.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36A UK decision to leave the single market and to leave
0:10:36 > 0:10:43the customs union would make border checks unavoidable.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46It's not just a political problem at this shoe shop
0:10:46 > 0:10:47in Newry, Northern Ireland.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50These shoes are meant for walking, on both sides of the border.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Customs and tariffs could mean a business like this
0:10:52 > 0:10:58running into trouble.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03What we need is easy access from the factory to our shop floor.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07If there is a hard border, then there will be hold-ups all the way
0:11:07 > 0:11:08along that we cannot predict.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10The Government wants to keep allies on side.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Brexiteers who say stand up to Brussels, and unionists who say
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Britain and Northern Ireland must leave the customs union as one.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18The bottom line is this, that Northern Ireland will leave
0:11:18 > 0:11:25the European Union with the rest of the United Kingdom.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30We would not countenance a situation where there would either be
0:11:30 > 0:11:34political constitutional barriers within the United Kingdom,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36and economic barriers within the United Kingdom internal
0:11:36 > 0:11:41market would be catastrophic for Northern Ireland.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43We're not prepared to accept that we become rule-takers
0:11:43 > 0:11:45from the EU when we have no say over it.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47That would be the worst of all worlds.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Yes, business wants certainty and to know they have time
0:11:49 > 0:11:51to get ready for things like customs changes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:59That is what the implementation period is about.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05It is not about having the EU try and dictate to us in a way that
0:12:05 > 0:12:07would be unacceptable to us and to businesses as well.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Tonight, the Brexit Secretary is saying he is surprised Mr Barnier
0:12:10 > 0:12:13is not clear that Britain just wants to go on trading as now
0:12:13 > 0:12:14during a transition.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16The Government is hoping for compromise in negotiations,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19but if there is no transition deal next month, ministers will have
0:12:19 > 0:12:21to prepare Britain and British business for the real possibility
0:12:21 > 0:12:22of a cliff-edge Brexit.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28Every month, every week, every day a new problem.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31If there's a transition deal, then comes deciding ambitions for Brexit,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35which split MPs and ministers.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38The next date with potential crisis always closer and closer.
0:12:38 > 0:12:45John Pienaar, BBC News, Westminster.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47An elaborate Opening Ceremony for the Winter Olympics
0:12:47 > 0:12:49in South Korea has also marked a political first.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52A handshake between the South Korean president and the sister
0:12:52 > 0:12:54of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56She is there as part of the most senior North Korean delegation
0:12:56 > 0:12:58ever to visit the South.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Laura Bicker reports from Pyeongchang.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03The vibrant beat of the jangu drum took the audience
0:13:03 > 0:13:07on a fairytale adventure.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10A celebration of South Korea's past, and its hopes for the future.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13But there was a yearning, too, as the ceremony highlighted this
0:13:13 > 0:13:17country's quest for peace.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Korea!
0:13:20 > 0:13:25These athletes have been divided by a war that never truly ended.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28They carry the flag of a unified Korea, and in one stadium,
0:13:28 > 0:13:36for one night, decades of rising tension and suspicion ebbed away.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41In the VIP box, a moment most thought they'd never see,
0:13:41 > 0:13:45a member of the Kim dynasty, the sister of the North Korean
0:13:45 > 0:13:50leader, shaking hands with the South Korean President.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53The arrival of Kim Yo-jong has surprised this tiny town, just miles
0:13:53 > 0:13:57from the militarised border.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00TRANSLATION:It's nice to have the high level delegates
0:14:00 > 0:14:03from the North and it also feels strange and wondrous.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05TRANSLATION:Of course I welcome them but I don't know why
0:14:05 > 0:14:07the South Korean government is bending over backwards
0:14:07 > 0:14:08to appease them.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I don't like to see the South serving the North.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15TRANSLATION:My heart is melting.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18The South and North have been divided and now it feels
0:14:18 > 0:14:20peace is coming to us.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23But America is beginning to wonder whose side South Korea is on.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25The only moment the US vice President looked comfortable
0:14:25 > 0:14:30was as he welcomed his team.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34He refused to acknowledge the North Korean guests behind him.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39It's a note of caution many in the diplomatic community share.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41There's a real sense of pragmatism.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Nobody's over optimistic because we've seen too many
0:14:42 > 0:14:44false starts before.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48But of course, we all hope that this will turn out for the good
0:14:48 > 0:14:53and the Pyeongchang Olympics will be membered as the Peace Olympics.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57The political drama has loomed over these mountains but soon attention
0:14:57 > 0:15:02will turn to the sport and the medal hopes of thousands.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05And we welcome Great Britain.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Team GB is aiming for its most successful Winter Games with a medal
0:15:08 > 0:15:12target of five or more, a challenge in this frigid climate.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14But some didn't seem to mind the cold.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18As many in the crowd bundled up in their heated seats,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20they gave a warm welcome to the bare-chested
0:15:20 > 0:15:24flag bearer from Tonga.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29And so to the moment of truth.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32As ice-skating gold medallist Yuna Kim lights the flame,
0:15:32 > 0:15:37South Korea has challenges ahead, including fears that it's falling
0:15:37 > 0:15:43victim to a fake charm offensive from the North.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45This is a public relations coup for North Korea,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47to have its athletes appear on this global stage.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51It gives what's been an isolated regime a human face.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56But critics also fear it will allow them to portray
0:15:56 > 0:16:01this image of a normal, peace-loving nuclear power.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04As with all shows, this one must come to an end.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08The Olympic flame will only burn in Pyeongchang for two weeks.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12It will take more than warm sporting gestures to lead to permanent change
0:16:12 > 0:16:14on this Korean peninsula.
0:16:14 > 0:16:20Laura Bicker, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22We'll be back with more on what's expected in the first
0:16:22 > 0:16:25day of sporting action, but first to Washington
0:16:25 > 0:16:28where President Trump has sparked controversy by praising a former
0:16:28 > 0:16:30White House aide who resigned earlier this week amid allegations
0:16:30 > 0:16:34he abused two former wives.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Mr Trump said Rob Porter maintained his innocence
0:16:36 > 0:16:37and had done a good job.
0:16:37 > 0:16:43Jon Sopel has more.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45He was the clean cut, chisel jawed, Harvard Law,
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Oxford-educated rising star of this White House, in charge
0:16:49 > 0:16:54of controlling the flow of paper across the President's desk.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56But after three days of confusion and chaos,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59he has quit amid a swirl of domestic abuse allegations.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01But today, the President seemed to be more concerned
0:17:01 > 0:17:05about Porter than his victims.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08It's a tough time for him.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11He did a very good job when he was in the White House.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14And we hope he has a wonderful career, and hopefully
0:17:14 > 0:17:17he will have a great career ahead of him.
0:17:17 > 0:17:23That, despite this photo emerging of one of his ex-wives with a black
0:17:23 > 0:17:25eye after allegedly being punched by Porter, and reports that senior
0:17:25 > 0:17:28staff in the White House have been aware of these
0:17:28 > 0:17:30allegations for months.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33General Jon Kay, the chief of staff, when this story erupted
0:17:33 > 0:17:36in the middle of the week, initially said that
0:17:36 > 0:17:43Porter was "a man of true integrity and honour.
0:17:48 > 0:17:56By last night that had changed, sending a memo to White House staff
0:17:58 > 0:18:01All of this is made more complicated by the role of Hope Hicks,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03the White House communications director.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05She drafted the initial statement supportive of Porter,
0:18:05 > 0:18:11even though she's reported to be romantically involved with him.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13And that, yesterday, brought a rare concession
0:18:13 > 0:18:16from the White House podium.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19I think it's fair to say that we all could have done better
0:18:19 > 0:18:21over the last few hours, the last few days, in dealing
0:18:21 > 0:18:24with this situation.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Donald Trump is angry on two counts.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Angry about the way this has all been handled,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33but angrier still that his press spokesman admitted as much.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36This hasn't been the best couple of days for the White House.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44The United Nations has called for an investigation into violence
0:18:44 > 0:18:45against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49It comes after the news agency Reuters revealed details
0:18:49 > 0:18:51of an investigation into a mass execution of Rohingyas
0:18:51 > 0:18:55by soldiers and villagers.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57The two journalists who investigated the story have been
0:18:57 > 0:19:01detained in Myanmar.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Can the UK build the houses it needs without developing
0:19:04 > 0:19:05on the green belt?
0:19:05 > 0:19:06In Greater Manchester, where there have been numerous
0:19:06 > 0:19:09protests against green belt development, the mayor has announced
0:19:09 > 0:19:11he'll use his powers to encourage building on brownfield sites,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14land that's been used for construction before.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16But is it the answer?
0:19:16 > 0:19:23Mark Easton reports.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Could the old mill towns of Greater Manchester hold
0:19:25 > 0:19:27the answer to the housing crisis?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Places like Stalybridge, where the industrial revolution took
0:19:29 > 0:19:33root along the banks of the River Tain.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Instead of building on precious green belt, why not use brownfield
0:19:36 > 0:19:40sites in struggling town centres?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Greater Manchester's Mayor, Andy Burnham, was elected
0:19:44 > 0:19:47on a promise to protect the green belt and now plans to promote
0:19:47 > 0:19:53brownfield hotspots in six rundown towns.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58We have had an approach where it has been developer led greenfield first,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00because it has been easier for developers to go over
0:20:00 > 0:20:04there and I am saying, no, let's come back to our town centres,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06breathe new life into them and build higher density
0:20:06 > 0:20:10residential development there.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Among sites identified in Stalybridge, the former police
0:20:13 > 0:20:16station, an old pub, the Pineapple Inn and what
0:20:16 > 0:20:19was once a local shop.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22The plan is to turn these plots into luxury flats aimed at young
0:20:22 > 0:20:29professionals who can afford market prices.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Some are already under construction, build-to-rent apartments
0:20:32 > 0:20:34with a coffee shop and gym, Friends-style loft living
0:20:34 > 0:20:39on the site of what was once an 18th-century woollen mill.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Jasmine and Josh will be moving in this summer.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45It is our first home together, so...
0:20:45 > 0:20:47This is the perfect thing.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50It is brand-new, it is modern, it is a big step for us.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54And we are really excited.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57In some cases, housing associations will sell the luxury homes and use
0:20:57 > 0:21:00the profits for building social and affordable homes elsewhere.
0:21:00 > 0:21:06Not everyone is convinced.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I will believe it when I see it.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12At the end of the day, it is basically a slap in the face.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I mean, on average, they want about £600 per calendar month.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16I am on half that.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21Working-class mill town, no one can afford things like that.
0:21:21 > 0:21:29The focus on brownfield sites is politically popular,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32but small projects in run down town centres are not going to be that
0:21:32 > 0:21:34attractive to investors and even if every scrap of land
0:21:34 > 0:21:37was used to its full potential, the brownfield land register shows
0:21:37 > 0:21:40there is not nearly enough of it to fulfil Greater Manchester's
0:21:40 > 0:21:41housing needs.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44The brownfield register has identified a number of sites
0:21:44 > 0:21:47in Stalybridge and almost 1250 in Greater Manchester,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50which could be used for housing, with a maximum capacity of just
0:21:50 > 0:21:53over 100,000 homes.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58But, Greater Manchester needs more than 227,000 homes to meet demand.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Brownfield does not even get halfway there.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Are you not deluding people, though, who believe that we can
0:22:05 > 0:22:08solve the housing crisis simply using brownfield?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10You can't.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12And I would accept that.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14This is not about saying, no, we will never build
0:22:14 > 0:22:17on anywhere green again, but it is about saying, look,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19start with our towns, so that we minimise the take
0:22:19 > 0:22:23from the green belt.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28There are controversial plans to build homes on Sidebottom Fold,
0:22:28 > 0:22:30green belt on the edge of Stalybridge, but when it comes
0:22:30 > 0:22:34to the general claim that brown should be the new green,
0:22:34 > 0:22:38here, as elsewhere, the numbers do not quite add up.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Mark Easton, BBC News, Stalybridge.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45History has been made on the rugby pitch tonight,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47as Irish referee Joy Neville became the first woman to take
0:22:47 > 0:22:49charge of a Pro14 game.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51The former Irish international also won the World Rugby Referee
0:22:51 > 0:22:54of the Year award last year.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Here's Natalie Pirks.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01Joy Neville is in charge tonight, the 2017 World Referee of the Year.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Joy Neville is well used to making history.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Tonight was yet another accolade for her CV.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10The first woman to referee a Pro14 match, a top-level professional
0:23:10 > 0:23:16game, as Ulster took on South Africa's Southern Kings.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Today is a very historic day that makes it all so worthwhile.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Neville won the Grand Slam with Ireland in 2013 as a player,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26but after retirement she made a phone call which changed her life.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I rang a gentleman very high up in the rugby circles and I said,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33"Look, I want your opinion on something, one question.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36"Do you think it's possible for a female to referee
0:23:36 > 0:23:39division 1A in Ireland, the top level in Ireland"?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41He said, "Joy, not in my lifetime".
0:23:41 > 0:23:44And that, for me, I was in.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Since then, she's taken charge of the women's
0:23:48 > 0:23:502017 World Cup final, officiated the European Challenge Cup,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52the first woman to do that, and was named World Rugby's
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Referee of the Year.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Tonight was another step up.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Her ambitions, though, don't end here.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05To be involved in the Six Nations men's fixture as an official
0:24:05 > 0:24:09on the line would be a dream come true.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Six Nations teams are a little busy right now but they will no doubt be
0:24:13 > 0:24:15watching her career with interest.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20Natalie Pirks, BBC News.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Well, you may be thinking about heading for bed reasonably soon,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25but in South Korea it's already Saturday morning and a full day
0:24:25 > 0:24:28of Olympic events beckons.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Our correspondent Andy Swiss is in Pyeongchang.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Andy, so much to look out for, and some exciting
0:24:33 > 0:24:41prospects for Team GB?
0:24:41 > 0:24:47Yes, Fiona. Welcome to Pyeongchang. Nearly 7:30am. Not long until the
0:24:47 > 0:24:52action gets under way. Team GB have high hopes of success at these
0:24:52 > 0:24:58Games. They are targeting their best Winter Olympics ever, and their best
0:24:58 > 0:25:03hope is speed skater Elise Christie, a triple world champion, who goes in
0:25:03 > 0:25:08her first race later today. Also competing, Lizzy Yarnold, who won
0:25:08 > 0:25:13gold in Sochi four years ago, looking to retain her title. Also
0:25:13 > 0:25:18keep an eye on out for 19-year-old Izzy Atkins, the youngest member of
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Team GB, with a real chance in the slopestyle skiing. The big talking
0:25:23 > 0:25:29point ahead of these Games has been Russia's athletes. Russia is banned
0:25:29 > 0:25:34from the Games because of doping but 168 of their athletes had
0:25:34 > 0:25:38controversially been allowed to compete as neutrals. 45 or had their
0:25:38 > 0:25:46appeals rejected yesterday. It has caused a lot of confusion and
0:25:46 > 0:25:49criticism for the Olympic authorities, who will be hoping that
0:25:49 > 0:25:52the sport can now take centre stage.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53That's it.
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