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0:00:06 > 0:00:07Tonight at Ten.

0:00:07 > 0:00:10Labour spells out its plans for leaving the EU and says Britain

0:00:10 > 0:00:14does need to be in a customs union.

0:00:14 > 0:00:15Speaking in Coventry, Jeremy Corbyn said it his aim

0:00:15 > 0:00:18was to protect British jobs and to secure tariff-free

0:00:18 > 0:00:21trade with the EU.

0:00:21 > 0:00:25We want to be able to develop the economy in this country

0:00:25 > 0:00:27for the benefit of all, to invest in those communities

0:00:27 > 0:00:29that are left behind, those areas that voted Leave

0:00:29 > 0:00:32as well as those areas that voted Remain and we develop an effective

0:00:32 > 0:00:38trade relationship with Europe in the future.

0:00:38 > 0:00:40Mr Corbyn also argued that a customs union would avoid

0:00:40 > 0:00:42the creation of a hard border between Northern Ireland

0:00:42 > 0:00:43and the Republic of Ireland.

0:00:43 > 0:00:45We'll have detail and reaction.

0:00:45 > 0:00:48Also tonight...

0:00:48 > 0:00:51The number of people known to have died in an explosion and fire

0:00:51 > 0:00:55in a building in Leicester has now risen to five.

0:00:55 > 0:00:58Warnings in place across the UK, as bitterly cold weather sweeps

0:00:58 > 0:01:06in from eastern Europe.

0:01:08 > 0:01:12Tonight, hundreds of ploughs and critters are heading out onto the

0:01:12 > 0:01:16road networks to keep them open and ready for the morning. We will have

0:01:16 > 0:01:20the latest on where the heaviest snowfall is expected over the next

0:01:20 > 0:01:2124 hours.

0:01:21 > 0:01:23Serious questions about standards in some unregistered schools

0:01:23 > 0:01:26in England following a BBC News investigation.

0:01:26 > 0:01:27And Team GB arrives home from Pyeonchang

0:01:27 > 0:01:32after a record-breaking Winter Games for Britain.

0:01:32 > 0:01:35And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, could Scotland's Ryan Wilson's

0:01:35 > 0:01:36Six Nations be over?

0:01:36 > 0:01:40As the number eight is sited over alleged foul play during Saturday's

0:01:40 > 0:01:43victory over England.

0:02:02 > 0:02:03Good evening.

0:02:03 > 0:02:05Jeremy Corbyn has laid out Labour's approach to Britain's trade

0:02:05 > 0:02:08relations after Brexit.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11He says he wants the UK to enter into a permanent customs union

0:02:11 > 0:02:14with the European Union, a deal which he says would put

0:02:14 > 0:02:16people's jobs and living standards ahead of what he called

0:02:16 > 0:02:21the ideological fantasies of the Conservatives.

0:02:21 > 0:02:23He also said this would avoid the need for a hard border

0:02:23 > 0:02:26between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

0:02:26 > 0:02:28But Theresa May has already ruled out staying in the single

0:02:28 > 0:02:30market or a customs union, as our political editor

0:02:30 > 0:02:34Laura Kuenssberg reports.

0:02:34 > 0:02:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

0:02:35 > 0:02:38Bit by bit, piece by piece.

0:02:38 > 0:02:44A clearer view on Brexit, if Jeremy Corbyn was in charge.

0:02:44 > 0:02:46Labour wants to keep our customs deal with the EU

0:02:46 > 0:02:50essentially the same for good.

0:02:50 > 0:02:53So, Labour would seek to negotiate a new, comprehensive UK -

0:02:53 > 0:02:56EU customs union to ensure that there are no tariffs

0:02:56 > 0:02:58with Europe and to help avoid any need, whatsoever,

0:02:58 > 0:03:05for a hard border in Northern Ireland.

0:03:05 > 0:03:11But listen very carefully, there is a big if in there.

0:03:11 > 0:03:15The option of a new UK Customs union with the EU would need to ensure

0:03:15 > 0:03:20that the UK has a say in future trade deals.

0:03:20 > 0:03:23A new customs arrangement would depend on Britain being able

0:03:23 > 0:03:28to negotiate agreement on new trade deals in our national interests.

0:03:28 > 0:03:34Other countries with similar kinds of deals have very little control.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37We would have to have a meaningful say in how those negotiations went

0:03:37 > 0:03:39and what the agreement was.

0:03:39 > 0:03:43So we would not end up as simply passive rule takers.

0:03:43 > 0:03:45But what if they say no to your proposal,

0:03:45 > 0:03:51as is very likely, given what the European Union has said?

0:03:51 > 0:03:54Listen, we would want to make sure and would make sure that Britain had

0:03:54 > 0:03:59a say in our trade relations.

0:03:59 > 0:04:01By negotiation.

0:04:01 > 0:04:03Negotiations require understandings of the strengths

0:04:03 > 0:04:06and weaknesses of both sides, by the degree of the manufacturing

0:04:06 > 0:04:09industry, of agriculture, food industries that operate on both

0:04:09 > 0:04:12sides of the channel and also, as I say, we are not going

0:04:12 > 0:04:16to undercut the whole of Europe.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18But what is your Plan B?

0:04:18 > 0:04:20The Plan B is to continue negotiating in order

0:04:20 > 0:04:24to achieve Plan A.

0:04:24 > 0:04:27Whether it is A or B, it is seemingly tilted

0:04:27 > 0:04:29towards after Brexit, even though most Labour seats

0:04:29 > 0:04:36in Coventry and around the country voted to Leave.

0:04:36 > 0:04:39But some Brexit-backing Labour MPs questioned whether it is real.

0:04:39 > 0:04:42There is no way they are going to agree that we would have

0:04:42 > 0:04:45our own customs union, that we would stick our noses

0:04:45 > 0:04:48into any trade agreements they want to do and that Jeremy has

0:04:48 > 0:04:50kept faith with his long-term objective that we must be

0:04:50 > 0:04:56free to negotiate our own trade agreements.

0:04:56 > 0:04:59For many voters, there has been enough dancing around the details.

0:04:59 > 0:05:00A clean break.

0:05:00 > 0:05:01A total clean break.

0:05:01 > 0:05:02Yeah.

0:05:02 > 0:05:03Why do you say that?

0:05:03 > 0:05:06Because, like, we need to get Great Britain back to Great Britain.

0:05:06 > 0:05:09And how it used to be.

0:05:09 > 0:05:11They say we should stay as close as possible,

0:05:11 > 0:05:13I don't think we should stay as close as possible,

0:05:13 > 0:05:16because I don't think it is a good idea to be in the EU.

0:05:16 > 0:05:19It is not beneficial to everybody, really.

0:05:19 > 0:05:22I could speak to these two guys now and they would tell me one thing

0:05:22 > 0:05:24and the people behind them would...

0:05:24 > 0:05:26Everyone is the same, mixed up, we just want

0:05:26 > 0:05:28an end to it now, I think.

0:05:28 > 0:05:31If a Labour voter said to you, I'd back Brexit, and I did not think

0:05:31 > 0:05:33that would mean still having a trading relationship

0:05:33 > 0:05:36with the European Union, they wanted something more dramatic,

0:05:36 > 0:05:39a more dramatic break, what would you say them?

0:05:39 > 0:05:41I would say...

0:05:41 > 0:05:44I would say to them, think this thing through.

0:05:44 > 0:05:47We have a lot of jobs that depend on sales back and forth,

0:05:47 > 0:05:49across the North Sea or across the Channel and we have

0:05:49 > 0:05:53to ensure those jobs.

0:05:53 > 0:05:55This isn't Jeremy Corbyn tearing up Labour's plans for Brexit,

0:05:55 > 0:05:58it is a more powerful step along the way, trying to contain

0:05:58 > 0:06:03the tensions inside his own party, those on both sides of the argument

0:06:03 > 0:06:08and the many Labour voters who backed Brexit in 2016.

0:06:08 > 0:06:10It does also, though, politically conveniently

0:06:10 > 0:06:12draw a clear difference between the Labour position

0:06:12 > 0:06:14and the Conservative plans.

0:06:14 > 0:06:15Thanks a lot.

0:06:15 > 0:06:20Thanks for coming, guys.

0:06:20 > 0:06:23It is not just his fans, but some Tory MPs want to keep

0:06:23 > 0:06:26our customs links, too.

0:06:26 > 0:06:29Labour's firmer position in Parliament could cause

0:06:29 > 0:06:31trouble for Number 10.

0:06:31 > 0:06:36Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Coventry.

0:06:36 > 0:06:39So what difference could it make to trade if Britain stayed in some

0:06:39 > 0:06:41kind of permanent customs union with the EU?

0:06:41 > 0:06:49Chris Morris, of the BBC's Reality Check, is here to explain more.

0:06:49 > 0:06:51Being in a customs union with the EU after Brexit would mean

0:06:51 > 0:06:54there would still be a common external tariff -

0:06:54 > 0:06:56in effect the same tax - on goods being brought

0:06:56 > 0:06:59in from elsewhere in the world.

0:06:59 > 0:07:02But it would also mean - like now - that there would be no tariffs

0:07:02 > 0:07:07for goods crossing borders between the UK and the EU.

0:07:07 > 0:07:10That is important for companies based in the UK, which operate

0:07:10 > 0:07:15complex manufacturing processes across Europe.

0:07:15 > 0:07:17This is the BMW factory in Oxford, mentioned by Mr Corbyn,

0:07:17 > 0:07:21where they make the Mini.

0:07:21 > 0:07:25Its components cross EU borders multiple times.

0:07:25 > 0:07:27A crank shaft cast in France crosses to a plant in

0:07:27 > 0:07:29Warwickshire to be finished.

0:07:29 > 0:07:31It then goes back to Austria to be built into an engine,

0:07:31 > 0:07:36which then comes back to Oxford to be put into a completed car.

0:07:36 > 0:07:40Half the cars built in Oxford are then exported back to the EU

0:07:40 > 0:07:42and it is all tariff free.

0:07:42 > 0:07:45But the government argues that the problem with the customs

0:07:45 > 0:07:47union is that you cannot negotiate your own trade

0:07:47 > 0:07:49deals around the world.

0:07:49 > 0:07:53A key part of taking back control.

0:07:53 > 0:07:55It is true that you are constrained, you cannot alter

0:07:55 > 0:07:58those tariffs on goods.

0:07:58 > 0:08:02You can still do some deals on services.

0:08:02 > 0:08:05Banking or insurance or tourism, for example.

0:08:05 > 0:08:08Now, Labour insist that they would still want to be involved alongside

0:08:08 > 0:08:13the EU in negotiating all trade deals in the future anyway.

0:08:13 > 0:08:17So, is it trying to have its cake and eat it?

0:08:17 > 0:08:19Business leaders have been broadly positive about Labour's proposal,

0:08:19 > 0:08:23but are still looking for a little more clarity.

0:08:23 > 0:08:25Being in a customs union is a hassle-free

0:08:25 > 0:08:27solution for businesses.

0:08:27 > 0:08:30But there are different types of customs union and all we have

0:08:30 > 0:08:33heard from Jeremy Corbyn today, was not all of the details

0:08:33 > 0:08:36for businesses to know.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40It's also worth remembering that being in a customs union wouldn't

0:08:40 > 0:08:42entirely solve the problem of maintaining an invisible

0:08:42 > 0:08:44border in Ireland.

0:08:44 > 0:08:51You'd also need something like a new free trade agreement,

0:08:51 > 0:08:54to deal with regulations on things like food safety or animal welfare.

0:08:54 > 0:08:57Still, it's been a big day for Labour's position on Brexit.

0:08:57 > 0:08:59But whatever policy emerges in London -

0:08:59 > 0:09:02all of it still needs to be negotiated with the other 27 EU

0:09:02 > 0:09:10countries, and all of them have opinions of their own.

0:09:13 > 0:09:15Chris Morris. Thank you.

0:09:17 > 0:09:20The number of people known to have died in an explosion and fire

0:09:20 > 0:09:22in a building in Leicester yesterday has risen to five.

0:09:22 > 0:09:24Search and rescue teams recovered a body from

0:09:24 > 0:09:25the rubble earlier today.

0:09:25 > 0:09:27Five people remain in hospital, one is critically ill.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30Emergency crews have been continuing to search the ruins of the property,

0:09:30 > 0:09:33as our correspondent Sima Kotecha reports.

0:09:33 > 0:09:36The damage, fully exposed, in daylight.

0:09:36 > 0:09:42Last night, just after seven, an explosion.

0:09:42 > 0:09:48A shop and the flat above it were destroyed.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51Flames shot up into the air, around seven metres high.

0:09:51 > 0:09:56Towering over the surrounding buildings.

0:09:56 > 0:09:58I just heard a big bang.

0:09:58 > 0:10:00The owner of the shop was inside at the time.

0:10:00 > 0:10:02I didn't know, what was that?

0:10:02 > 0:10:04I found myself on the floor.

0:10:04 > 0:10:06Eyes open.

0:10:06 > 0:10:07Looking up.

0:10:07 > 0:10:12Half of my body was under, how to say?

0:10:12 > 0:10:13Rubble?

0:10:13 > 0:10:15Under the bricks and rubble.

0:10:15 > 0:10:17How are you feeling at the moment?

0:10:17 > 0:10:20I don't know how to tell you.

0:10:20 > 0:10:24Never I feel how I am now.

0:10:24 > 0:10:26The shop was a Polish supermarket.

0:10:26 > 0:10:29It had only been open since January.

0:10:29 > 0:10:31Today, firefighters spent hours inside, wading through the rubble,

0:10:31 > 0:10:37trying to find survivors.

0:10:37 > 0:10:39Police have confirmed that five people died inside the building,

0:10:39 > 0:10:41and several are in hospital with injuries, but

0:10:41 > 0:10:45there could be more.

0:10:45 > 0:10:48We can't confirm exact numbers so we are working on the possibility

0:10:48 > 0:10:50that there could be people still within the building

0:10:50 > 0:10:53and we will sweep through, with our search and rescue teams,

0:10:53 > 0:10:57with the help of a search dog, to make sure that we have located

0:10:57 > 0:11:03everybody that could possibly be in there.

0:11:03 > 0:11:05Investigators will now begin looking for the cause of the explosion,

0:11:05 > 0:11:08once the search and rescue effort is concluded and the area

0:11:08 > 0:11:09is declared safe.

0:11:09 > 0:11:17Sima Kotecha, BBC News, Leicester.

0:11:17 > 0:11:19An inquest has heard how a five-year-old girl,

0:11:19 > 0:11:20suffering from asthma, died after being turned

0:11:20 > 0:11:23away from an emergency doctor's appointment,

0:11:23 > 0:11:26because she was a few minutes late.

0:11:26 > 0:11:27Ellie May Clark arrived

0:11:27 > 0:11:29at a clinic in Newport, South Wales, but was told

0:11:29 > 0:11:30the doctor wouldn't see her.

0:11:30 > 0:11:34She returned home but was taken to hospital later that night and died

0:11:34 > 0:11:36after a severe asthma attack.

0:11:36 > 0:11:38The coroner said the opportunity to provide potentially life-saving

0:11:38 > 0:11:45treatment had been missed.

0:11:45 > 0:11:47The outgoing head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK

0:11:47 > 0:11:49has warned of the growing threat from far-right terrorism.

0:11:49 > 0:11:52Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, who will retire next month,

0:11:52 > 0:11:54revealed that four extreme-right terrorist attacks were disrupted

0:11:54 > 0:12:02last year, as well as ten Islamist-inspired plots.

0:12:03 > 0:12:05A fifth Briton has died following a helicopter

0:12:05 > 0:12:07crash in the Grand Canyon earlier this month.

0:12:07 > 0:12:09Ellie Udall was on honeymoon with her husband Jon

0:12:09 > 0:12:13when they were involved in the crash.

0:12:13 > 0:12:14He died last week.

0:12:14 > 0:12:16A preliminary report into the accident failed

0:12:16 > 0:12:19to establish a cause.

0:12:22 > 0:12:24It's been one of the coldest days of the winter so far

0:12:24 > 0:12:27for much of the UK, and weather experts say the freezing

0:12:27 > 0:12:30conditions will continue for the rest of the week.

0:12:30 > 0:12:32There are yellow and amber warnings of snow in Scotland,

0:12:32 > 0:12:34Wales and central, eastern and southern parts of England.

0:12:34 > 0:12:36Some rail companies have already taken the decision

0:12:36 > 0:12:37to cancel services tonight.

0:12:37 > 0:12:45Our science editor David Shukman has the latest.

0:12:45 > 0:12:47The first wave of the storm.

0:12:47 > 0:12:50Norwich this afternoon, blanketed in white.

0:12:50 > 0:12:53Not enough to stop the postmen or the rubbish collection,

0:12:53 > 0:12:57but this is just the beginning of what is forecast.

0:12:57 > 0:13:00London had an icy start this morning, and the bands of dark

0:13:00 > 0:13:03clouds are a hint of heavy snow to come, along with

0:13:03 > 0:13:05plummeting temperatures.

0:13:05 > 0:13:10Already, some areas have felt a wind of minus 15.

0:13:10 > 0:13:11Would you like soup?

0:13:11 > 0:13:15So, busy times at the largest emergency shelter in London.

0:13:15 > 0:13:18The charity Glass Door has decided that it's too cold to turn

0:13:18 > 0:13:20anyone away tonight.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23The homeless are at greatest risk.

0:13:23 > 0:13:25You feel more vulnerable.

0:13:25 > 0:13:29You've got to have two sleeping bags, or...

0:13:29 > 0:13:31This morning I was waking up with a snowflake

0:13:31 > 0:13:35just dropped in my eye.

0:13:35 > 0:13:38I'm just dreading what it's going to be like tonight.

0:13:38 > 0:13:41At least there's been plenty of warning.

0:13:41 > 0:13:43Nearly a dozen rail companies in east and south-east

0:13:43 > 0:13:45England announced early on that they would be limiting

0:13:45 > 0:13:48or stopping services altogether.

0:13:48 > 0:13:51At this station, which this evening looks almost abandoned, this is how

0:13:51 > 0:13:55the disruption was announced.

0:13:55 > 0:13:57During the night, some empty trains will be run

0:13:57 > 0:13:59to try to keep lines open.

0:13:59 > 0:14:01So, what's behind this icy blast?

0:14:01 > 0:14:05Well, it's all about the circulation of the winds high above the Arctic -

0:14:05 > 0:14:09moving in a way that means warm air is descending towards the North Pole

0:14:09 > 0:14:11- and that's why temperatures in Greenland have been

0:14:11 > 0:14:15slightly above zero.

0:14:15 > 0:14:18Now, this pattern in the weather also affects the jet stream.

0:14:18 > 0:14:21Normally it flows from west to east bringing us mild weather.

0:14:21 > 0:14:23But now it's reversed, which is like opening

0:14:23 > 0:14:26a door of a freezer, allowing extreme cold from Siberia

0:14:26 > 0:14:30winter to flow our way.

0:14:30 > 0:14:31KNOCKING.

0:14:31 > 0:14:33Hi, David!

0:14:33 > 0:14:35In Lincolnshire, Meals on Wheels went smoothly today,

0:14:35 > 0:14:39but the elderly are warned to get ready.

0:14:39 > 0:14:42It doesn't bother me unduly.

0:14:42 > 0:14:45Provided you are prepared for it, you've got stuff in the fridge

0:14:45 > 0:14:47and everything of that nature.

0:14:47 > 0:14:52You've got your boots ready.

0:14:52 > 0:14:53In Essex, gritters are being deployed.

0:14:53 > 0:14:56If the forecasts are right, they will be even busier

0:14:56 > 0:14:58at the end of the week.

0:14:58 > 0:15:00Today has been a taste of what's on the cards.

0:15:00 > 0:15:02The real challenges come overnight and in the days ahead.

0:15:02 > 0:15:05David Shukman, BBC News.

0:15:09 > 0:15:11Our correspondent Danny Savage is at a Highway England

0:15:11 > 0:15:14depot in West Yorkshire.

0:15:20 > 0:15:23Tell us about the preparations there tonight.This is one of the areas

0:15:23 > 0:15:27where the heaviest snow is expected over the next 24 hours. This is the

0:15:27 > 0:15:31last of the gritters to leave the deep bow tonight, the rest have gone

0:15:31 > 0:15:38out across the network across West Yorkshire and beyond, getting ready

0:15:38 > 0:15:44for tomorrow. -- leave the depot tonight. This is one region where

0:15:44 > 0:15:48there are amber weather warnings in place at the moment. It's where the

0:15:48 > 0:15:52heaviest snowfall is expected. We are talking about a large chunk of

0:15:52 > 0:15:56northern England, east of the Pennines and north of the Humber up

0:15:56 > 0:16:00to Newcastle. Also parts of south-east England tomorrow morning

0:16:00 > 0:16:04up to about 2pm, through Kent, Essex and Suffolk, more snow expected

0:16:04 > 0:16:09there. They are expecting it to start falling across the early hours

0:16:09 > 0:16:13across eastern Britain and for it to be a real problem through rush hour.

0:16:13 > 0:16:18Talking about 12 hours of snowfall in places. It's not just overnight

0:16:18 > 0:16:22tonight, the people working here are looking forward to Wednesday and

0:16:22 > 0:16:25Thursday for possible more heavy snowfalls as well. They are getting

0:16:25 > 0:16:29on with it tonight, but it will be a round-the-clock operation for the

0:16:29 > 0:16:34next few days until there is a sign of this cold weather letting up, and

0:16:34 > 0:16:38there is no sign of that yet.Danny Savage, with the latest from West

0:16:38 > 0:16:41Yorkshire.

0:16:41 > 0:16:43A BBC News investigation into unregistered schools in England

0:16:43 > 0:16:45has found "huge safeguarding issues", according to

0:16:45 > 0:16:46the Children's Commissioner.

0:16:46 > 0:16:48The schools watchdog, Ofsted, has identified more than 350

0:16:48 > 0:16:50of these suspected unregistered schools - places that offer more

0:16:50 > 0:16:53than 18 hours a week of teaching, which by law should be registered

0:16:53 > 0:16:58as a school.

0:16:58 > 0:17:00Secret filming by the BBC appears to raise serious questions

0:17:00 > 0:17:03about the way some of the schools are run, as our special

0:17:03 > 0:17:08correspondent Lucy Manning reports.

0:17:08 > 0:17:13Inside our secret schools, unregistered, hidden

0:17:13 > 0:17:19from the authorities, operating out of offices and houses,

0:17:19 > 0:17:23even a disused building on an industrial estate.

0:17:23 > 0:17:26We've obtained photos of the inside of other suspected

0:17:26 > 0:17:28unregistered schools.

0:17:28 > 0:17:32They show shocking conditions, squalor, appalling food

0:17:32 > 0:17:34hygiene, dangerous wiring.

0:17:34 > 0:17:38Schools need to be registered if five or more pupils are educated

0:17:38 > 0:17:42for at least 18 hours a week - many aren't.

0:17:42 > 0:17:47Ofsted has identified more than 350 suspected unregistered schools.

0:17:47 > 0:17:54Only half have been inspected.

0:17:54 > 0:17:57We were able to find two that haven't been.

0:17:57 > 0:17:59One is here in Southend, Essex.

0:17:59 > 0:18:03It's 9:40am and children from the ultraorthodox Jewish

0:18:03 > 0:18:05community have started learning.

0:18:05 > 0:18:09On one day, a young boy appears to be crying.

0:18:09 > 0:18:13There is a child here who clearly is upset.

0:18:13 > 0:18:15Minutes later, the teacher seems to use force.

0:18:15 > 0:18:18There is a physicality about that.

0:18:18 > 0:18:20They're manhandling the child.

0:18:20 > 0:18:22The child remains very distressed.

0:18:22 > 0:18:24That raises immediate concerns.

0:18:24 > 0:18:26I wouldn't expect to see that in the classroom.

0:18:26 > 0:18:29Any parent watching that would be very, very worried

0:18:29 > 0:18:33about what's going on.

0:18:33 > 0:18:35On a different occasion, a boy appears to cower

0:18:35 > 0:18:37away from the teacher.

0:18:37 > 0:18:40What you've got there is clearly a child who seems to be quite wary

0:18:40 > 0:18:43of the adult that's there.

0:18:43 > 0:18:46When the adult turns around, the child steps back.

0:18:46 > 0:18:49And the adult clearly strikes the child.

0:18:49 > 0:18:51On all counts, that is completely unacceptable.

0:18:51 > 0:18:53There are huge safeguarding issues about the well-being

0:18:53 > 0:18:54of those children.

0:18:54 > 0:18:57Are you surprised that this can happen in the UK

0:18:57 > 0:18:58in this day and age?

0:18:58 > 0:19:00I am.

0:19:00 > 0:19:03Parents throughout the land will be so surprised that schools of this

0:19:03 > 0:19:08scale are operating outside the legal system.

0:19:08 > 0:19:12The synagogue denies this is an unregistered school.

0:19:12 > 0:19:15It says education is provided here within the 18 hour limit,

0:19:15 > 0:19:19but when we observed it, it was operating for longer.

0:19:19 > 0:19:23It also says it's not aware of any assaults,

0:19:23 > 0:19:27but asked for more information.

0:19:27 > 0:19:30We've learned there have been more than 50 safeguarding alerts

0:19:30 > 0:19:32about unregistered schools across England and Wales

0:19:32 > 0:19:34in the past four years, according to our Freedom

0:19:34 > 0:19:37of Information request.

0:19:37 > 0:19:39These are primarily physical abuse concerns, but include

0:19:39 > 0:19:42sexual abuse allegations.

0:19:42 > 0:19:45Not all unregistered schools are religious.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48Of those that are, half are Muslim.

0:19:48 > 0:19:52The BBC has obtained the copy of a book from a suspected

0:19:52 > 0:19:56unregistered school in Birmingham that is now closed.

0:19:56 > 0:19:59In one section it openly advocates the murder of homosexuals.

0:19:59 > 0:20:02Another chapter warns a wife against refusing

0:20:02 > 0:20:04sex with her husband.

0:20:04 > 0:20:10Elsewhere, it says a woman wearing perfume is an adulterer.

0:20:10 > 0:20:15Another suspected unregistered school was run here in East London.

0:20:15 > 0:20:18A broad and balanced curriculum...

0:20:18 > 0:20:20Mohammed Umair, a former headteacher, was issued

0:20:20 > 0:20:23with a warning notice by Ofsted for running it.

0:20:23 > 0:20:26We've learned he is facing prosecution for racially

0:20:26 > 0:20:30abusing Ofsted inspectors.

0:20:30 > 0:20:34It is alleged he shouted "Britain First paedophiles" at them.

0:20:34 > 0:20:36We understand the registered school Mr Umair ran previously,

0:20:36 > 0:20:39featured here in online footage, faced an extremism complaint.

0:20:39 > 0:20:41He denies all the allegations.

0:20:41 > 0:20:45He maintains he wasn't operating an unregistered school and says

0:20:45 > 0:20:50the centre was being run by somebody else.

0:20:50 > 0:20:54Louise Casey warned about the problem of unregistered

0:20:54 > 0:20:58schools in her 2016 report into community cohesion.

0:20:58 > 0:21:01The Department for Education really need to wake up

0:21:01 > 0:21:04to their own research, their own evidence, and what Ofsted

0:21:04 > 0:21:07is telling them, and take action.

0:21:07 > 0:21:11It brings up kids that are anti a British way of life.

0:21:11 > 0:21:14Sometimes in these environments they feel they have more in common

0:21:14 > 0:21:19with some of the extremists, and some of the terrorists.

0:21:19 > 0:21:23Run out of a basement of a church in south-east London, we've also

0:21:23 > 0:21:25learned of an unregistered school that even had its own

0:21:25 > 0:21:28logo and uniform.

0:21:28 > 0:21:31The problem - four months after it opened, headteacher Kay Johnson

0:21:31 > 0:21:35was banned from teaching for allegedly hitting

0:21:35 > 0:21:38a five-year-old pupil with learning difficulties at a previous school.

0:21:38 > 0:21:40She denies the allegation.

0:21:40 > 0:21:43And also says she never set out to do anything illegal

0:21:43 > 0:21:45by running the school.

0:21:45 > 0:21:50We have this little hidden universe of tiny schools...

0:21:50 > 0:21:54Ofsted says it needs a change in the law to close these schools.

0:21:54 > 0:21:56Why have there been no prosecutions of those running

0:21:56 > 0:21:57unregistered schools?

0:21:57 > 0:21:58There is a chain to this.

0:21:58 > 0:22:00It starts with Ofsted preparing a case.

0:22:00 > 0:22:03It goes to the Secretary of State to approve taking it

0:22:03 > 0:22:05forward, and then it goes to the Crown Prosecution Service.

0:22:05 > 0:22:09We've prepared a number of cases, none of them have yet been approved.

0:22:09 > 0:22:13We believe many of these cases could and should

0:22:13 > 0:22:14have been taken forward.

0:22:14 > 0:22:17Why can't you just go in and shut the schools down?

0:22:17 > 0:22:18My hands are tied.

0:22:18 > 0:22:20We have no power to shut down.

0:22:20 > 0:22:22We have the power to enter and report.

0:22:22 > 0:22:24That is as far as our powers go.

0:22:24 > 0:22:26We can't even pick up evidence that we find there.

0:22:26 > 0:22:28The BBC understands ministers have known about the presence

0:22:28 > 0:22:31of unregistered schools for nearly a decade.

0:22:31 > 0:22:33Documents we've seen show that in 2009, then

0:22:33 > 0:22:36Education Secretary Ed Balls was warned some schools

0:22:36 > 0:22:41were operating illegally without the most basic health,

0:22:41 > 0:22:46safety, and welfare checks.

0:22:46 > 0:22:50And this confidential advice note reveals Ofsted warned

0:22:50 > 0:22:52Education Secretary Nicky Morgan urgent action was needed.

0:22:52 > 0:22:57That was in 2015.

0:22:57 > 0:23:01Shortly after, then Prime Minister David Cameron made a promise.

0:23:01 > 0:23:05I can announce this today.

0:23:05 > 0:23:10If an institution is teaching children intensively,

0:23:10 > 0:23:13then whatever its religion, we will, like any other school, make

0:23:13 > 0:23:15it register so it can be inspected.

0:23:15 > 0:23:18The Department for Education declined to be interviewed

0:23:18 > 0:23:21about our investigation.

0:23:21 > 0:23:24It said it jointly agrees with Ofsted if cases should be

0:23:24 > 0:23:25recommended for prosecution.

0:23:25 > 0:23:27And it says where a school is operating illegally

0:23:27 > 0:23:30action must be taken.

0:23:30 > 0:23:32Meanwhile, hundreds of these schools are still running and thousands

0:23:32 > 0:23:35of children are left at risk of extremism, uninspected teaching,

0:23:35 > 0:23:43Lucy Manning, BBC News.

0:23:45 > 0:23:50A man has admitted killing three teenage boys in a car crash

0:23:50 > 0:23:53in west London last month.

0:23:53 > 0:23:56The court heard Jaynesh Chudasama was more than two and a half times

0:23:56 > 0:23:58over the alcohol limit, and speeding, when his car hit

0:23:58 > 0:24:00the three teenagers, who were on their way

0:24:00 > 0:24:03to a birthday party.

0:24:03 > 0:24:05Russia's President Putin has ordered a daily ceasefire to enable

0:24:05 > 0:24:09civilians to leave the rebel-held area of Eastern Ghouta in Syria.

0:24:09 > 0:24:12The area has been subject to an intense bombardment by Syrian

0:24:12 > 0:24:19government forces backed by Russia for more than week.

0:24:19 > 0:24:23Our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet is here.

0:24:23 > 0:24:28What's your reading of what the Russians are trying to do here?I

0:24:28 > 0:24:33suppose if you are the main foreign military power in Syria then you

0:24:33 > 0:24:38must feel you can literally call the shots. What Russia is doing is

0:24:38 > 0:24:43unilaterally rewriting what had been a rare Security Council resolution

0:24:43 > 0:24:48on Syria at the weekend which called for a 30 day, 24-hour ceasefire.

0:24:48 > 0:24:54They still Russian offer of a five hour daily, that would still give a

0:24:54 > 0:24:57desperately needed residents of Eastern Ghouta, including those who

0:24:57 > 0:25:01are living in basements to avoid the intense bombardment. Russia has made

0:25:01 > 0:25:05it clear, as it has in the past when there has been a rare pause, that

0:25:05 > 0:25:10certain groups would be excluded. In the case of Eastern Ghouta, it means

0:25:10 > 0:25:13an Al-Qaeda linked group with hundreds of fighters. This time

0:25:13 > 0:25:16Russia says it will include the partners of this group. By

0:25:16 > 0:25:23definition, this pause will not be perfect. As for the humanitarian

0:25:23 > 0:25:25corridors, Russia made the same offer in Aleppo in the last stages

0:25:25 > 0:25:29of a brutal battle there in 2016, we saw it on the ground. Many people

0:25:29 > 0:25:34were too afraid to leave, many did not have anywhere to go. In some

0:25:34 > 0:25:39cases, rebel groups stopped them from going. In Eastern Ghouta now

0:25:39 > 0:25:43there are more people, more fear, more at stake on the outskirts of

0:25:43 > 0:25:47Damascus. In a war that some like to say is over, it's just getting worse

0:25:47 > 0:25:51for many Syrians.Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent, thank

0:25:51 > 0:25:53you.

0:25:53 > 0:25:56In China, President Xi Jinping is all set to stay in power

0:25:56 > 0:25:58for decades to come following a decision

0:25:58 > 0:26:00by the Communist Party to remove the limits on presidential

0:26:00 > 0:26:03terms in office.

0:26:03 > 0:26:07Mr Xi had been due to leave office in 2023, after a decade in the post.

0:26:07 > 0:26:10The decision will cement his status as the most powerful leader of China

0:26:10 > 0:26:12for the past four decades, as our Beijing correspondent

0:26:12 > 0:26:15John Sudworth reports.

0:26:15 > 0:26:17CHANTING.

0:26:17 > 0:26:21It's no secret that Xi Jinping has been tightening his grip on power.

0:26:21 > 0:26:29This is just the most recent display of tubthumping military loyalty.

0:26:31 > 0:26:36But now, a defining moment has been reached.

0:26:36 > 0:26:40State media reports of closed-door party meetings confirmed

0:26:40 > 0:26:43that the two-term limit is to be scrapped.

0:26:43 > 0:26:47There's nothing to fear, his supporters argue.

0:26:47 > 0:26:50Mr Xi, the benevolent father figure, is staying

0:26:50 > 0:26:53on for the good of the nation.

0:26:53 > 0:26:59China has become such a developed country,

0:26:59 > 0:27:02the middle-class is increasing in size, as well as in the number

0:27:02 > 0:27:03of wealth they command.

0:27:03 > 0:27:06I don't think anyone in China, either in the party or outside

0:27:06 > 0:27:09the party, would sit tight to allow the return of a despot or tyrant

0:27:09 > 0:27:12back onto the political stage.

0:27:12 > 0:27:19But one ruler still casts a long shadow here - Chairman Mao.

0:27:19 > 0:27:23The two-term limit was introduced after his death

0:27:23 > 0:27:27to keep tyranny at bay.

0:27:27 > 0:27:33Zhang Bao Cheng, an activist jailed for mild dissent in the past,

0:27:33 > 0:27:39is one of the few daring to publicly criticise the change.

0:27:39 > 0:27:44TRANSLATION:If a leader stays in office too long,

0:27:44 > 0:27:48and if power becomes too concentrated, then eventually

0:27:48 > 0:27:52power becomes evil.

0:27:52 > 0:27:58For most people, though, criticism is best kept in the shadows.

0:27:58 > 0:28:02The striking of just a few words from China's constitution marks

0:28:02 > 0:28:05the biggest political shift in decades, with far

0:28:05 > 0:28:09reaching implications.

0:28:09 > 0:28:12Out go regular, orderly transitions, as the world's second-largest

0:28:12 > 0:28:16economy finds itself in the hands of a man with total,

0:28:16 > 0:28:20unfettered power, indefinitely.

0:28:20 > 0:28:26Behind the appearance of strength lies the risk of instability.

0:28:26 > 0:28:31A rising superpower has just torn up its rule book.

0:28:31 > 0:28:37John Sudworth, BBC News, Beijing.

0:28:37 > 0:28:40Theresa May's offer to redraft the flagship

0:28:40 > 0:28:42Brexit legislation, to address the concerns

0:28:42 > 0:28:44of the devolved administrations, has been dismissed by the Scottish

0:28:44 > 0:28:46and Welsh governments.

0:28:46 > 0:28:49At stake is the way powers would be returned

0:28:49 > 0:28:51from Brussels after Brexit.

0:28:51 > 0:28:55Ministers at Westminster claim that the "vast majority" of powers

0:28:55 > 0:28:58would go to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.

0:28:58 > 0:29:00But the Scottish government says the current legislation

0:29:00 > 0:29:01is an "attack on devolution".

0:29:01 > 0:29:04Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, is in Peterhead -

0:29:04 > 0:29:09the largest fishing port in the UK.

0:29:09 > 0:29:16Tell us more about the concerns of the devolved administrations.

0:29:16 > 0:29:20Fisheries is one of the policies that will be coming back from

0:29:20 > 0:29:24Brussels after Brexit, along with things like agriculture and the

0:29:24 > 0:29:28environment. And these are policy areas that already devolved to

0:29:28 > 0:29:32Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. That's why the devolved

0:29:32 > 0:29:35administrations accuse the UK Government of a power grab when they

0:29:35 > 0:29:38said that initially these powers would be returning to Westminster.

0:29:38 > 0:29:42Today they have reversed that position and say the presumption is

0:29:42 > 0:29:46these powers, when they come back to the UK, will reside at a devolved

0:29:46 > 0:29:53level. That should have taken us closer to agreement. But, and there

0:29:53 > 0:29:56is always a but, the UK Government say they need to retain some control

0:29:56 > 0:30:02because they need to make sure there are common, UK wide legislation

0:30:02 > 0:30:07around things like food hygiene, hygiene standards and food

0:30:07 > 0:30:09labelling. That's unacceptable to the Scottish Government and Nicola

0:30:09 > 0:30:12Sturgeon has said it's an effective veto over the Scottish Parliament

0:30:12 > 0:30:17and it is not something she will agree to.Sarah Smith, Scottish

0:30:17 > 0:30:20correspondent at Peterhead, thank you.

0:30:20 > 0:30:22Britain's athletes have returned from their most successful

0:30:22 > 0:30:23Winter Olympics ever.

0:30:23 > 0:30:25Team GB brought back five medals from South Korea -

0:30:25 > 0:30:28one gold and four bronze - beating their previous record,

0:30:28 > 0:30:29as our sports correspondent Joe Wilson reports.

0:30:29 > 0:30:31Flags at Heathrow for everyone.

0:30:31 > 0:30:32A calm welcome home.

0:30:32 > 0:30:36CHEERING.

0:30:36 > 0:30:38But Olympic medallist means a new status, even

0:30:38 > 0:30:39amongst old friends.

0:30:39 > 0:30:43COMMENTATOR:Lizzy Yarnold next.

0:30:43 > 0:30:46The record investment at £28 million of lottery funding from UK Sport

0:30:46 > 0:30:48brought five medals, including Lizzy Yarnold's

0:30:48 > 0:30:49memorable gold.

0:30:49 > 0:30:52I wondered what her legacy could be.

0:30:52 > 0:30:54There are many escalators in Britain, but no skeleton

0:30:54 > 0:30:56courses to slide down.

0:30:56 > 0:31:00We are not a snow nation, we're not an ice nation.

0:31:00 > 0:31:04So the inspirational message I take to schools is that I grew up in Kent

0:31:04 > 0:31:10and I loved sport and I just wanted to be an Olympian.

0:31:10 > 0:31:13But I ended up going, doing my best, and coming home with a gold medal.

0:31:13 > 0:31:15And I was a normal kid from Kent.

0:31:15 > 0:31:17COMMENTATOR:Absolutely stratospheric.

0:31:17 > 0:31:20The fact remains, if you want to excel in winter sports,

0:31:20 > 0:31:22you have to travel abroad.

0:31:22 > 0:31:25There are some Olympic sports which are far easier to play

0:31:25 > 0:31:27in every town and city in Great Britain.

0:31:27 > 0:31:31Like this one.

0:31:31 > 0:31:33British basketball has even been discussed in the House

0:31:33 > 0:31:36of Commons recently.

0:31:36 > 0:31:39It has mass participation amongst young people but isn't considered

0:31:39 > 0:31:43likely to win Olympic medals, and so doesn't get UK Sport funding.

0:31:43 > 0:31:45We are in danger of losing national teams.

0:31:45 > 0:31:49It's got to be looked at now.

0:31:49 > 0:31:52It's not just re-evaluating, not just talking about my sport,

0:31:52 > 0:31:55talking about all sports, the way they are funded.

0:31:55 > 0:31:58We are at a crucial point.

0:31:58 > 0:32:02Some sports are given huge amounts of money and it is a very low

0:32:02 > 0:32:03participation sport.

0:32:03 > 0:32:05UK Sport exists to turn lottery money into medals,

0:32:05 > 0:32:06which everyone enjoys.

0:32:06 > 0:32:08But, like sliding on ice, the secret to funding

0:32:08 > 0:32:09may well be balance.

0:32:09 > 0:32:14Joe Wilson, BBC News, Heathrow.

0:32:14 > 0:32:16That's it from me.

0:32:16 > 0:32:39Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.