0:00:06 > 0:00:11Tonight at ten, heavy snow causes serious disruption across large
0:00:11 > 0:00:15parts of the UK as bitterly cold weather takes hold.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18In Southern England up to 10 centimetres fell in some places
0:00:18 > 0:00:22and hundreds of schools were closed across the UK.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24On the roads, driving conditions were treacherous with dozens
0:00:24 > 0:00:32of accidents reported.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37We will have the latest on the snow and icy conditions with tonight
0:00:37 > 0:00:43already looking much worse than last night.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Also tonight...
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Brexit and the Irish border - Downing Street categorically rules
0:00:46 > 0:00:49out any return to a "hard border" after a leaked
0:00:49 > 0:00:50memo from Boris Johnson.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53A ceasefire in the Syrian suburb of Eastern Ghouta collapses,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56meaning the UN can't deliver aid to hundreds of thousands
0:00:56 > 0:00:58trapped there.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03A man wrongly accused of assault is saved by this CCTV evidence,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06but why was it only disclosed to lawyers at the last minute?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Supposing you didn't go that far back, that's right.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11And the film director Lewis Gilbert - the man behind Bond films
0:01:11 > 0:01:14like You Only Live Twice - has died at the age of 97.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News...
0:01:20 > 0:01:23No old boys routine for Swansea City boss Carlos Carvalhal,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25as he looks to knock his former club Sheffield Wednesday
0:01:25 > 0:01:28out of the FA Cup.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Good evening.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53Snow and freezing temperatures have caused major disruption across many
0:01:53 > 0:01:56parts of the UK today with forecasters warning that there
0:01:56 > 0:01:59is much worse to come this week.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02More than 560 schools have been closed across England,
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Wales and Scotland.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Driving conditions were "treacherous" in some places -
0:02:05 > 0:02:09in Lincolnshire there were 20 accidents in the space of just
0:02:09 > 0:02:11of just three hours, including one which left
0:02:11 > 0:02:12three people dead.
0:02:12 > 0:02:20There've been big problems on the railways, with more than 300
0:02:20 > 0:02:21cancelled by Southeastern and Greater Anglia.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Dozens of flights were cancelled too.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25In a moment we'll hear from Danny Savage in North Yorkshire
0:02:25 > 0:02:31but first this from Robert Hall from Ashford in Kent.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36The warnings had been clear, but the snow which swept in from Europe
0:02:36 > 0:02:43still gave travellers a taste of what this week as in store. On this
0:02:43 > 0:02:50motorway in Kent, is drivers filmed traffic gridlock as ice and snow
0:02:50 > 0:02:55closed roads. The county declared a snow emergency but the freezing
0:02:55 > 0:02:59weather overwhelmed the efforts of the gritting teams. Police reported
0:02:59 > 0:03:05dozens of accidents. These images are from the A120 in Colchester,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09littered with damaged and abandoned vehicles. In Lincolnshire, three
0:03:09 > 0:03:16people died in a collision on the A15 near Baston. Elsewhere, school
0:03:16 > 0:03:21children escaped unhurt when their bus veered off the road. Across the
0:03:21 > 0:03:24worst affected Southern counties, traffic crawled and journeys
0:03:24 > 0:03:30lengthened. As is always the case, the greater hazards lie away from
0:03:30 > 0:03:35main roads, where there is less traffic and the snow has had time to
0:03:35 > 0:03:39settle and freeze. That has brought a series of accidents which began
0:03:39 > 0:03:42before dawn, it has disrupted bus services and caused the closure of
0:03:42 > 0:03:48dozens of schools. The village of Leeds near Maidstone was complete
0:03:48 > 0:03:52the cut off for a time as ice and compacted snow stranded cars and
0:03:52 > 0:03:59lorries. Landlord Jason Tharp helped to clear the road. You have seen the
0:03:59 > 0:04:03forecast, are you worried about the rest of the week?Yes, it will be
0:04:03 > 0:04:06the same tomorrow, and Thursday evening as well. It will be the same
0:04:06 > 0:04:16again.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Norfolk also saw school closures.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22At Mulbarton Primary school, the head teacher said
0:04:22 > 0:04:23she'd had no option.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25I felt it was't safe to open.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27You know, I'm here, but I can't look after 420 children,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30so that was why I made the decision, it's still snowing now,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33the roads aren't safe, and I just didn't want staff
0:04:33 > 0:04:34being put at risk.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Tonight, rail operators who had done their best to protect timetables are
0:04:38 > 0:04:43reflecting on a day of cancellations. Temperatures have
0:04:43 > 0:04:49dived again. And more snow has fallen. Travelling will remain
0:04:49 > 0:04:53unpredictable and potentially hazardous in the coming days.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Robert Hall, BBC News, Kent.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00On high ground near the east coast of Yorkshire tonight, these are
0:05:00 > 0:05:03typical driving conditions.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Few are venturing out.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Earlier, some of the biggest problems were in Teesside.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Traffic came to a standstill on many roads through the morning rush hour,
0:05:12 > 0:05:18and several schools were closed.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21There is a little van stuck here, so I've got to go round him,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23so I'm going to hope there is nothing
0:05:23 > 0:05:24coming the other way.
0:05:24 > 0:05:2720 miles further south, on one of the steep roads over the moors,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29negotiating Sutton Bank was like an uphill slalom.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32And as the snow came down again, things got worse.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34What this illustrates is just how little snow
0:05:34 > 0:05:35is needed to cause a problem.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38There's hardly any on the surface here, but it's frozen up,
0:05:38 > 0:05:39it's got really slippery.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44And it's caused chaos on this road this morning.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47In the towns and cities on lower ground, snow wasn't such a problem,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49but the freezing temperatures were.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51These homeless men in Leeds haven't got shelter.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Even in this weather.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I shouldn't be doing this, I know that.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55But I've nowhere to go.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I've nowhere to live, so I've nowhere to go.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02So...it's all about survival.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04I'm out in the cold, and nobody tends to help you,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07because people are skint.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Back on the hills late morning, and the clouds briefly parted
0:06:10 > 0:06:15to reveal stunning views.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18There is life, and trade, up here - carrying on as normal,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22despite the conditions.
0:06:22 > 0:06:30Dave and Kath Wood were digging out their driveway.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34They're used to bad weather but expect it to get
0:06:34 > 0:06:35worse later in the week.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38We're clearing it now so that when the next lot comes,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41we don't have so much to clear after that, you see,
0:06:41 > 0:06:42because I don't want it padding down particularly.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44So no, it's just a light flurry.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47To be honest, this is the worst winter that we've
0:06:47 > 0:06:48had for quite a while.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Last year, we hardly had any snow, but like I say,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53going back a few years, I just couldn't believe the amount
0:06:53 > 0:06:54that we actually had.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56There was feet and feet of it.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57With lambing already underway in some areas,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00these are not conditions farmers need at the moment.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Weather warnings for snow and ice are in place until at least Saturday
0:07:03 > 0:07:06for the vast majority of the UK.
0:07:06 > 0:07:13Plenty more of this is to come.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17And the snow has been falling steadily this evening across large
0:07:17 > 0:07:22parts of northern England and Kent as well. As a result, there are
0:07:22 > 0:07:25scores of roads now closed because of stranded vehicles and police are
0:07:25 > 0:07:29appealing on Twitter for people not to travel unless absolutely
0:07:29 > 0:07:33necessary. Anticipate a much worse rush hour tomorrow morning than we
0:07:33 > 0:07:38had today. 40 centimetres of snow expected in some areas by Thursday
0:07:38 > 0:07:43evening. Temperatures as low as -15 Celsius. More problems to come over
0:07:43 > 0:07:48the coming days. Sophie. STUDIO: Danny Savage, thank you.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Train services were badly affected today -
0:07:50 > 0:07:53though not all because of snow.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Network Rail had to apologise to passengers after it closed rail
0:07:56 > 0:08:00lines in areas where heavy snow was forecast but then didn't fall.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Our transport correspondent Victoria Fritz is at
0:08:02 > 0:08:08London Bridge station.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Those cancellations and severe disruptions were met with
0:08:13 > 0:08:17incredulity and even some anger from commuters trying to get into work
0:08:17 > 0:08:21today. Perhaps not even seeing a single snowflake when they started
0:08:21 > 0:08:26their day. In terms of the amount of disruption on the network,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30south-eastern, for example, operating trains in out of London
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Bridge here saw cancellations of more than 100 services between Kent
0:08:34 > 0:08:41and London today. Southern also had a reduced service. And the real big
0:08:41 > 0:08:47part of the transport story today was on the East of England, talking
0:08:47 > 0:08:51about Greater Anglia, great Northern, C2C, they are all focusing
0:08:51 > 0:08:55their efforts on trying to get as many people as possible through the
0:08:55 > 0:09:00arterial train routes and into London and into Cambridge. We are
0:09:00 > 0:09:04going to see lots more disruption coming up later on this week. There
0:09:04 > 0:09:08is a brief reprieve from people working on the train lines and also
0:09:08 > 0:09:12for passengers across England tomorrow. It will be Scotland that
0:09:12 > 0:09:18is affected by high wind, high snowfall. We will see big snowdrifts
0:09:18 > 0:09:25and anyone travelling on ScotRail is like
0:09:25 > 0:09:28like to see severe delays tomorrow. The later part of the week will fit
0:09:28 > 0:09:32the biggest part of the network around south-western, south-eastern
0:09:32 > 0:09:37and Seven. When it comes to disruptions, the worst may be yet to
0:09:37 > 0:09:40come.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Downing Street has categorically ruled out any return to a "hard
0:09:43 > 0:09:45border" between Northern Ireland and the Republic after Brexit.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48It comes after the leak of a letter from the Foreign Secretary Boris
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Johnson to the Prime Minister in which he appears to contemplate
0:09:51 > 0:09:53the possibility of future customs border checks after the UK leaves
0:09:53 > 0:09:57the EU customs union.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Earlier today the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox warned
0:09:59 > 0:10:03against remaining in a customs union with the EU saying that would be
0:10:03 > 0:10:04a "complete sellout".
0:10:04 > 0:10:10Here's our Deputy Political Editor John Pienaar.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15They are the Cabinet's true believers.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Foreign Secretary, does the UK need a fairy godmother?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Brexit's wishful thinking say the critics today, but no,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24senior ministers agreeing that Britain, all of Britain
0:10:24 > 0:10:26and Northern Ireland, too, will stick together and win,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28despite all the obstacles and all the doubts.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30APPLAUSE
0:10:30 > 0:10:33So, today, the International Trade Secretary said critics were wrong
0:10:33 > 0:10:36to say that Britain should stay in a European customs union and give
0:10:36 > 0:10:40up the freedom to strike independent trade deals.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Not just wrong...
0:10:42 > 0:10:45We would be in a worse position than we are today.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48It would be a complete sell-out of Britain's national interests
0:10:48 > 0:10:50and a betrayal of the voters in the referendum.
0:10:50 > 0:10:58But even before that warning, the critics were joined
0:11:00 > 0:11:03by the former head of Dr Fox's own Department, and free to speak
0:11:03 > 0:11:05out, he is not holding back.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08If we go to Brussels and say we want access to the single market,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12but we want it on our terms, all of the benefits and we will
0:11:12 > 0:11:14decide which obligations, no negotiator in the world can bring
0:11:14 > 0:11:16you that - you would need a fairy godmother.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20How would the Trade Secretary deal with that?
0:11:20 > 0:11:26Is the greatest danger that Brexit could lead to national self
0:11:26 > 0:11:28harm or there are simply not enough true believers like you?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31We cannot afford to be bound by the practices
0:11:31 > 0:11:33and the patterns of the past.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35We have to take the opportunities available unfettered by those
0:11:35 > 0:11:37who would make the rules on our behalf.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41What we need is a hard-headed leader, not a fairy godmother.
0:11:41 > 0:11:47What else could block the Brexit plan?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Dublin wants a written guarantee of no north-south border
0:11:49 > 0:11:51checks, even if that means a customs union.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Tonight, Downing Street has had to restate,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56there will be no hard border, after Boris Johnson seemed
0:11:56 > 0:11:58to suggest, in a leaked paper, one might return.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Even though very few checks need to take place.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03He is now saying no-one wants border checks,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05but was it even helpful earlier to compare the border to managing
0:12:05 > 0:12:08traffic through the congestion charge zone in London?
0:12:08 > 0:12:16There is no border between Camden and Westminster,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21but when I was Mayor of London, we
0:12:21 > 0:12:24And aesthetically and invisibly...
0:12:24 > 0:12:26aesthetically and invisibly...
0:12:26 > 0:12:27 took hundreds of millions
0:12:27 > 0:12:30of pounds from the accounts of people travelling between those
0:12:30 > 0:12:32two boroughs without any need for border checks, whatsoever...
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Come on, you cannot compare two boroughs of London with the kinds
0:12:35 > 0:12:37of difference in the arrangements that would be in place
0:12:37 > 0:12:38between the UK and EU.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40I think it is a very relevant comparison.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Either way, the path to Brexit is still being mapped out
0:12:43 > 0:12:47by ministers from Theresa May down, and it is anything but clear.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Today the government's Brexit ambitions have been attacked as the
0:12:50 > 0:12:54stuff of fairy tales. Labour wants Boris Johnson sacked for what the
0:12:54 > 0:13:00opposition is calling his Brexit at all costs approach to the border.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Dublin has demanded Britain signs up to staying in the customs union as a
0:13:04 > 0:13:08last resort could yet jeopardise hopes of a transition period. The
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Prime Minister has budgeted talk about when she sets out her latest
0:13:11 > 0:13:14thinking in a big speech on Friday.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17STUDIO: John Pienaar, thank you.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Our Europe Editor Katya Adler is in Brussels tonight.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23A big day in Brussels - a draft of the Brexit treaty
0:13:23 > 0:13:25is being published - setting out the terms
0:13:25 > 0:13:28of the Uk's departure.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Explain what it is and how significant this moment could be.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Let me start off by saying what is not in the document will stop its
0:13:35 > 0:13:39not about a future trade relationship between the EU and UK,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41and that's because those negotiations have not yet started.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45This document is about the European Commission looking into legally
0:13:45 > 0:13:49binding texts the agreements so far reached between the sides. Those
0:13:49 > 0:13:53divorce issues, citizen 's rights, the so-called Brexit bill and the
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Irish border, and also the transition agreement. That is what
0:13:56 > 0:14:01will be in the 120 page document. When it goes in black and white like
0:14:01 > 0:14:05this, it'll be interesting to see to what extent the UK Government and
0:14:05 > 0:14:09European Commission are on the same page. When it comes to issues where
0:14:09 > 0:14:13no final agreement was reached, such as political hot potato is like the
0:14:13 > 0:14:18future role of the European Court of Justice, or the Irish border, well
0:14:18 > 0:14:22we will hear from the commission what its fallback position is. When
0:14:22 > 0:14:26it comes to Northern Ireland, that is controversially keeping it inside
0:14:26 > 0:14:31a customs union within the EU as part of the single market to
0:14:31 > 0:14:35safeguard, says the commission, the Good Friday Agreement. That is
0:14:35 > 0:14:38likely to cause uproar tomorrow inside and outside government
0:14:38 > 0:14:42circles. But we must remember it is a draft legal text that will still
0:14:42 > 0:14:46be discussed and amended by the other 27 EU countries and will then
0:14:46 > 0:14:52be passed to the UK Government for negotiation, and I am sure they will
0:14:52 > 0:14:56have a lot to say about it.Catty Adler in Brussels, thank you.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59More than a thousand defence lawyers in England and Wales have reported
0:14:59 > 0:15:01failures in the disclosure of evidence, by police
0:15:01 > 0:15:04and prosecutors, in cases they were involved in.
0:15:04 > 0:15:0797% of the solicitors and barristers who responded to a BBC survey said
0:15:07 > 0:15:10they'd experienced problems in the last year.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14The former director of public prosecutions, Lord MacDonald,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16has described the situation as a crisis in the criminal
0:15:16 > 0:15:17justice system.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Clive Coleman reports.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24You know, who could be dreaming up some sort
0:15:24 > 0:15:25of monstrous thing against me?
0:15:25 > 0:15:27William, a teacher for 40 years, has never been
0:15:27 > 0:15:30in trouble with the police.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Last year, he was accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old
0:15:33 > 0:15:38girl in a supermarket.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40He couldn't remember the incident, but was convinced the store's CCTV
0:15:40 > 0:15:43would exonerate him.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46But in interview, the police told him the CCTV was poor quality
0:15:46 > 0:15:49and too far away to identify him.
0:15:49 > 0:15:56My lawyer wrote to the Crown Prosecution Service six times,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04and thank goodness we got it before the trial because our entire
0:16:04 > 0:16:05defence was based on that CCTV.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Contrary to what the police had said, William was clearly
0:16:08 > 0:16:09visible on the CCTV.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11For legal reasons, the complainant is not shown.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15I never saw these two girls.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19I brushed past one of them, and that's what the CCTV shows.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24Based on the video, the court threw the case against William out.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Thames Valley Police told us its officers carried out
0:16:26 > 0:16:30a full investigation and followed standard procedures.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Now, 1,300 criminal lawyers have provided a picture of widespread
0:16:33 > 0:16:35disclosure problems to the BBC.
0:16:35 > 0:16:3897% had encountered disclosure failings in the last year.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43Half of these were in the magistrates' court.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47And nearly a third believed it had resulted in a possible
0:16:47 > 0:16:52wrongful conviction or miscarriage of justice.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56The snapshot provided by this survey blows away the idea that disclosure
0:16:56 > 0:16:58problems are limited to a few high-profile cases
0:16:58 > 0:17:04in the Crown Court.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06It paints a picture of daily difficulties in magistrates' courts
0:17:06 > 0:17:08like these, where the overwhelming majority of criminal
0:17:08 > 0:17:10cases are tried.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11We're facing a crisis around disclosure.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14If courts are not able to trust that the disclosure process has been
0:17:14 > 0:17:19completed fairly and accurately, they're not going to have
0:17:19 > 0:17:22faith in prosecutions, and I think we'll see that
0:17:22 > 0:17:26reflected in verdicts.
0:17:26 > 0:17:32In a statement, the Crown Prosecution Service said it had
0:17:32 > 0:17:34serious concerns about the BBC survey, which presents a highly
0:17:34 > 0:17:35skewed and one-sided picture.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37But it acknowledged that there are systemic disclosure
0:17:37 > 0:17:39issues across the entire criminal justice system.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42For William, it's just a relief he finally got the evidence that
0:17:42 > 0:17:45proved his innocence.
0:17:45 > 0:17:51If people were at all doubtful of me, it could have
0:17:51 > 0:17:54destroyed my reputation with family and friends, and I'm just very lucky
0:17:54 > 0:17:56that I have the kind of friends who believe in me.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01Clive Coleman, BBC News.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04A mother and her two teenage sons are believed to be among
0:18:04 > 0:18:08the five people who died in an explosion in Leicester.
0:18:08 > 0:18:14Mary Ragoobeer and her sons, Shane and Sean, lived in the flat
0:18:14 > 0:18:16above the shop on Hinckley Road, which was destroyed
0:18:16 > 0:18:22in the blast on Sunday.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25The other two victims were thought to be working in the Polish
0:18:25 > 0:18:26supermarket on the ground floor.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three
0:18:29 > 0:18:31people died in a house fire in Northern Ireland.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Police, who were called to the rural bungalow
0:18:33 > 0:18:35in County Fermanagh early this morning, believe the fire
0:18:35 > 0:18:36was started deliberately.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41The three victims are thought to be members of the same family.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Fighting has resumed in Eastern Ghouta, the rebel-held
0:18:44 > 0:18:47suburb of Syria's capital Damascus, despite what was supposed to be
0:18:47 > 0:18:48a "humanitarian pause."
0:18:48 > 0:18:52It was hoped that the daily five hour ceasefire,
0:18:52 > 0:18:56ordered by Syria's ally Russia, would allow civilians to leave,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58but the United Nations says it collapsed before
0:18:58 > 0:19:00it was due to expire.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Nearly 400,000 people are trapped in the area,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05which has been besieged by government forces since 2013.
0:19:05 > 0:19:12Our Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, reports.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16It was supposed to be a chance to get some aid into Eastern Ghouta,
0:19:16 > 0:19:24but the temporary ceasefire, at best, was ragged.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27No civilians left down the newly designated safe corridors.
0:19:27 > 0:19:35Once again in Syria, the Russians are setting the pace.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41This Russian officer, stationed in the humanitarian corridor,
0:19:41 > 0:19:47claimed armed opposition groups were stopping civilians leaving.
0:19:47 > 0:19:55The day turned into a demonstration of Russian power in Syria.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Their jets were in the sky and their soldiers,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59alongside the Syrians, were on patrol and they showed off
0:19:59 > 0:20:00clinics for displaced people.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02The humanitarian pause was President Putin's
0:20:02 > 0:20:03decision, not the UN's.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05He seems to have put aside the UN resolution calling
0:20:05 > 0:20:07for a 30 day ceasefire.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09The people of Eastern Ghouta are being failed
0:20:09 > 0:20:14by international diplomacy.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Eastern Ghouta is big, about the size of Manchester,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21a mix of farms and concrete suburbs.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25The 400,000 people there have spent most of the last week in cellars.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28The Russian humanitarian pause won't be enough to silence
0:20:28 > 0:20:33critics of their military operations in Syria.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36The plan to suspend shelling from 9:00am in the morning to 2:00pm
0:20:36 > 0:20:43seems to have broken down on the first day.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Persuading civilians it's safe to leave will be difficult.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49The UN ceasefire is not close to coming into effect.
0:20:49 > 0:20:55It's supposed to last for 30 days, right across Syria.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Jihadists like Al-Qaeda are excluded, but the Russians have
0:20:58 > 0:21:03said that all armed opposition groups are terrorists.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06The ceasefire resolution has no start time, at Russian insistence,
0:21:06 > 0:21:10and that is a fatal flaw.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13This was Eastern Ghouta today, filmed by a local resident.
0:21:13 > 0:21:20Humanity, love, asserts itself in the most desperate places.
0:21:20 > 0:21:26And this was 24 hours earlier.
0:21:26 > 0:21:32Another assertion of humanity, White Helmets civil defence
0:21:32 > 0:21:36risking their lives to rescue children after an air strike.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39War is the reality in Syria.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Since it started, every ceasefire has failed,
0:21:42 > 0:21:46and nothing suggests the latest attempt will be any different.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52Jeremy Bowen, BBC News.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Police have launched a child protection investigation
0:21:55 > 0:21:58at a suspected unregistered school in Essex following
0:21:58 > 0:22:00a BBC investigation.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03The synagogue says it's closed the school on its grounds while it
0:22:03 > 0:22:05examines allegations about the treatment of children.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08More than 350 schools in England and Wales
0:22:08 > 0:22:12are thought to be unregistered.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14The schools' regulator, Ofsted, says it lacks
0:22:14 > 0:22:22the powers to close them down.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Here is our special correspondent, Lucy Manning.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Young children on their way to school, except this one
0:22:30 > 0:22:31is believed to be unregistered.
0:22:31 > 0:22:348.55am, and a school bus arrives at the house in north London
0:22:34 > 0:22:36with the last of the children.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37We counted at least 30 going in.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Schools need to register if they teach more than five
0:22:40 > 0:22:42children for at least 18 hours a week.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45When we knocked at the door, we were told it was a club.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Suri - not her real name or voice - lives in Stamford Hill,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50in North London.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52She says her son will be expected, because of community pressure,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55to enrol in a different, unregistered school for 13
0:22:55 > 0:23:00to 16-year-olds, known as a yeshiva.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02She's distraught about his education - or lack of it.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04We're living in Britain.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Boys can't speak English.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08They're going to be dependent on benefits
0:23:08 > 0:23:10for the rest of their lives.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13It's just not giving children any choice.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16She told the council and Ofsted the school was unregistered.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21How did it leave you feeling, that none of these people
0:23:21 > 0:23:24who you approached seemed to be able to do anything about this
0:23:24 > 0:23:25unregistered school?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26It's really, really upsetting.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I was really angry because I'd gone out of my way.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31I'm doing something that I shouldn't be doing,
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and they turned me away.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38They told me they can't help me.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Madrasahs and other centres providing religious education only
0:23:41 > 0:23:43after school don't need to be registered, but there
0:23:43 > 0:23:48is still concern about the associations of some.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51The Qadria Trust Community and Education Centre in Birmingham
0:23:51 > 0:23:56teaches children for three hours a day.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02During an event at the centre, where some children are present,
0:24:02 > 0:24:07they sing the anthem of a Pakistani militant group.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Its leader is said to be an inspiration for the killer
0:24:09 > 0:24:11of a Glasgow shopkeeper, murdered for his religious views.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14One verse promotes an enthusiasm to die for the sake of religion.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17The centre said the singer had added his own words
0:24:17 > 0:24:21and they had strongly objected.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Last night, we reported on a suspected unregistered school
0:24:24 > 0:24:28in Southend where a child was man handled and another
0:24:28 > 0:24:30appeared to be slapped.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35Police have now launched a child protection investigation.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38The community here denied this was a school, but we've now
0:24:38 > 0:24:41discovered there was even a brochure advertising it.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43It says, "The entire atmosphere at the school is one of love
0:24:43 > 0:24:46and personal attention."
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It's now been closed while the synagogue investigates.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53The BBC has obtained a copy of legal guidance which might help to explain
0:24:53 > 0:24:56why so few of these schools have been shut down.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01Drawn up in 2014 for Jewish religious yeshivas, it's also known
0:25:01 > 0:25:07to have been cited internally by the Department for Education.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11It says places only providing religious education can't be classed
0:25:11 > 0:25:14as schools and therefore can't be shut down.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18The implication - the less maths and English taught,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20the easier it might be to escape inspection.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23We do not want kids growing up here who are only taught one
0:25:23 > 0:25:26religious way of thinking, and that religion covers
0:25:26 > 0:25:29their whole way of life, from what they can work as,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32who they can be, what type of jobs they can do,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35how they should treat women.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37That's crazy.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39So even if it's technically legal, it's wrong.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43The Department for Education says it can't comment on legal
0:25:43 > 0:25:45opinions prepared by others.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47It says where a school is operating illegally,
0:25:47 > 0:25:48action must be taken.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51But thousands of children are still arriving each morning
0:25:51 > 0:25:54at suspected unregistered schools.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Lucy Manning, BBC News.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Shares in Sky have risen sharply today after the American media giant
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Comcast made a surprise takeover bid for the British broadcaster,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07pitting itself against Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09which had already made an offer.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15Our media editor, Amol Rajan, is here.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Something of a surprise, is this a game-changer?I think it is, Sofie.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24There are three separate bids for Sky. The first is the 21st Century
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Fox from Rupert Murdoch's family for full control of Sky the 61% they
0:26:27 > 0:26:31don't know. The second bid from Comcast, the US cable giant. A key
0:26:31 > 0:26:37difference between the two bids. Rupert Murdoch's bid, the Fox bid,
0:26:37 > 0:26:47is stuck in a quack
0:26:47 > 0:26:49is stuck in a quack mire whether the Murdoches have too much power. There
0:26:49 > 0:26:53is a separate bid from Disney for Fox. The reason all these bids are
0:26:53 > 0:26:57happening is because there is a frenzy of deal making an
0:26:57 > 0:26:59consolidation going on in international media where basically
0:26:59 > 0:27:03the owners of great content, the programmes, the ideas and the
0:27:03 > 0:27:06stories, are joining forces with the owners of the distribution channels,
0:27:06 > 0:27:10like Sky, who have access to 23 million customers in Europe. It's
0:27:10 > 0:27:15good news if you are a Sky customer. A third massive company that wants
0:27:15 > 0:27:20to give you great programmes. Fantastic news if you are a minority
0:27:20 > 0:27:23shareholder in sky. If you are Rupert Murdoch and you face the
0:27:23 > 0:27:27prospects of becoming a minority shareholder unless you fork out more
0:27:27 > 0:27:29cash, that isn't the Hollywood ending that Rupert Murdoch was
0:27:29 > 0:27:36hoping for.Amol, thank you.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Germany's second biggest city, Hamburg, is going to start banning
0:27:38 > 0:27:40older diesel vehicles from April following a landmark ruling.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43A federal court says German cities can stop the most heavily polluting
0:27:43 > 0:27:46diesel cars from using their streets in a bid to tackle air pollution.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49The German government and its powerful car industry have
0:27:49 > 0:27:50always opposed a ban.
0:27:50 > 0:27:56Jenny Hill reports from Hamburg.
0:27:56 > 0:28:02Time to clear up Germany's dirty secret.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05On this Hamburg street, all but the knew newest diesel cars
0:28:05 > 0:28:07are to be banned at certain times.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09It's a first for the country, and Charlotte's delighted.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10We are worried about our health.
0:28:10 > 0:28:17I've got heart problems and I realise it's getting worse.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22There are some days, you know, when the pollution is higher
0:28:22 > 0:28:29than other days and you can really notice it.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31In court today, an historic moment.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34The judges can't order reluctant cities to impose diesel bans,
0:28:34 > 0:28:37but the environmental lobby is ready to try.
0:28:37 > 0:28:45After all, 70 cities regularly exceed EU air pollution targets.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48TRANSLATION:There's a whole range of measures -
0:28:48 > 0:28:51develop public transport, build bike lanes, but they only
0:28:51 > 0:28:51work in the long-term.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53We have an acute problem for the population now.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56The only immediate solutions are a driving ban or
0:28:56 > 0:29:00lowering the speed limits.
0:29:00 > 0:29:08More bad publicity for Germany's beleaguered car manufacturers.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Diesel sales slumped after the emissions scandal.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Angela Merkel, who opposes diesel bans, widely seen as a bit too
0:29:13 > 0:29:14close to the industry.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16"Most German cities", she said today, "don't exceed
0:29:16 > 0:29:21pollution levels by much.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23But, she added, she'd work
0:29:23 > 0:29:26closely with those that do.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29In a country where the car is king, today's ruling is controversial.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32People living along this stretch of road worry that by banning
0:29:32 > 0:29:34diesel vehicles here, the problem is simply
0:29:34 > 0:29:40sent elsewhere.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Those who really want to clean up this country's air believe that
0:29:43 > 0:29:45what's needed isn't a court decision, but a change in culture.
0:29:45 > 0:29:53Jenny Hill, BBC News, Hamburg.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58The British film director Lewis Gilbert, the man behind some
0:29:58 > 0:30:02of the most famous Bond films, like the Spy Who Loved Me
0:30:02 > 0:30:03and Moonraker, has died at the age of 97.
0:30:03 > 0:30:11He directed more than 40 films during his long career,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17including Alfie and Educating Rita starring Michael Caine.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19David Silito looks back at his life.
0:30:19 > 0:30:20That's it, that's fine.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22When Lewis Gilbert took on Bond in You Only Live Twice,
0:30:22 > 0:30:25he was already a director with more than 20 films to his name.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28He'd directed Orson Welles, Kenneth Moore, Dirk Bogart, but 007,
0:30:28 > 0:30:30with its seemingly unlimited budget, was new territory.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33I've made 25 films and I've never been on a film where this
0:30:33 > 0:30:34doesn't ever come up.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37If I said today, "Look, I want 5,000 people flown in from Tokyo",
0:30:37 > 0:30:42I'm sure they'd be flown in, you know.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Cover up.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47In the '50s, Lewis Gilbert had made his name with a string of tales
0:30:47 > 0:30:50of stiff upper lip wartime British valour.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55And then in the '60s, a film that helped define
0:30:55 > 0:30:56a very different era - Alfie.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59My understanding of women only goes as far as the pleasure.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02No, no, no, Michael, we're going right.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06On set, he was easy-going, charming, unflappable.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08The child of musical performers, he'd spent his
0:31:08 > 0:31:16life in show business.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19And 17 years after Alfie, he was reunited with
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Michael Caine in Educating Rita.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22My God, I thought it was something serious.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24And after that came Shirley Valentine.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Lewis Gilbert, a career that reads like a greatest hits
0:31:26 > 0:31:27of the British film industry.
0:31:27 > 0:31:34The film director Lewis Gilbert, who's died at the age of 97.
0:31:34 > 0:31:45That's all from us.