0:00:03 > 0:00:05Tonight at Ten:
0:00:05 > 0:00:09A big step on the road to Brexit, as broad agreement is reached
0:00:09 > 0:00:12on the UK's transition period.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Relief after a weekend of intensive talks
0:00:15 > 0:00:17as Britain sees opportunities ahead, but the EU warns of major
0:00:17 > 0:00:21issues yet to be resolved.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24The deal we struck today, on top of that agreed in December,
0:00:24 > 0:00:28should give us confidence that a good deal for the United Kingdom
0:00:28 > 0:00:32and the European Union is closer than ever before.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36TRANSLATION:A decisive step remains a decisive step.
0:00:36 > 0:00:43But we're not at the end of the road.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47No one in Westminster Bridge tends this is the end, but in government
0:00:47 > 0:00:50tonight, sighs of relief that the Brexit talks have cleared this
0:00:50 > 0:00:52hurdle.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54We'll have more reaction.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56We'll consider the unresolved question of the Irish
0:00:56 > 0:00:58border and the dismay in Britain's fishing industry.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Also tonight:
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Investigators widen their search in the spy poisoning case,
0:01:01 > 0:01:06as international chemical weapons experts arrive in the UK.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12The minicab service, Uber, suspends all tests of self-driving
0:01:12 > 0:01:16cars after a woman in Arizona is killed in a collision.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21Doctors take a major step towards curing macular degeneration,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24the most common form of blindness in the UK.
0:01:24 > 0:01:30And, following a suspected drink-driving crash,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32the ITV presenter, Ant McPartlin, goes back into treatment and steps
0:01:32 > 0:01:35down from his television work.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44Coming up on sports day on BBC News, Britain's Winter Paralympian 's have
0:01:44 > 0:01:53returned home having reached their pregames target of seven medals.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Good evening.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Britain and the European Union have reached broad agreement
0:02:10 > 0:02:13on a transition period after Brexit.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18But there are still important issues to be resolved.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19In today's documents, highlighted in green
0:02:19 > 0:02:22is what's been agreed.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25In yellow, what's close to agreement.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30And in white, the parts still being negotiated.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Agreed so far is that EU citizens arriving in the UK
0:02:33 > 0:02:35before December 2020 will have the same rights
0:02:35 > 0:02:37as those here now, as will British citizens living
0:02:37 > 0:02:40in the EU.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44And the UK will be able to negotiate new trade deals
0:02:44 > 0:02:46during that transition period.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50But not agreed is the key issue of the border
0:02:50 > 0:02:51between Northern Ireland and the Republic,
0:02:51 > 0:02:57as our Europe editor Katya Adler reports.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59In the quest to resolve relations after Brexit,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03today was a big moment between the EU and UK.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07A historic handshake to seal a deal, not a final Brexit deal,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09but the long-awaited agreement on transition to ease
0:03:09 > 0:03:17the UK from leaving the EU to life on the outside.
0:03:17 > 0:03:23The EU and UK's chief Brexit negotiators were visibly relieved.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25They'd been under big pressure from business on both
0:03:25 > 0:03:27sides of the Channel.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32Businesses need not delay investment decisions or rushed
0:03:32 > 0:03:36through contingency plans based on guesses about the future deal.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Instead, they now have certainty about the terms that will apply
0:03:38 > 0:03:40immediately after our withdrawal.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45Certainty? Not quite.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49An oft repeated phrase in these Brexit negotiations is...
0:03:49 > 0:03:54Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58The transition deal is part and parcel of the UK's complex wider
0:03:58 > 0:04:03withdrawal agreement from the EU as these slides show.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Areas highlighted in green indicate where hard-fought
0:04:05 > 0:04:08agreement has been reached.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14But some of the most controversial issues remain unresolved.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19So, when it comes to the transition deal, what exactly has been agreed?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23It will be time limited, lasting 21 months after Brexit day.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26During that time, the UK will continue to pay into the EU budget,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28and will keep full access to the European single
0:04:28 > 0:04:31market and Customs union.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35The UK will have to follow all EU regulations, and though
0:04:35 > 0:04:37it may voice concerns, it will no longer be
0:04:37 > 0:04:42at the decision-making table.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44The UK will be allowed to sign new trade deals,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48but can't implement them until the transition period is over.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51What has not yet been agreed is what happens
0:04:51 > 0:04:54in Ireland after Brexit, how to avoid a hard border
0:04:54 > 0:04:59between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00This issue could bring the whole Brexit deal,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02including transition, tumbling down.
0:05:02 > 0:05:09The UK hopes an ambitious EU and UK trade deal will solve the problem.
0:05:09 > 0:05:17But just in case, Ireland and the rest of the EU insist
0:05:18 > 0:05:21on a backstop agreement where Northern Ireland stays
0:05:21 > 0:05:24in the customs union and parts of the single market.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister was in Brussels today to press his case.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30What Ireland has always asked for was that we would essentially
0:05:30 > 0:05:35have an insurance mechanism, so that I and others can say
0:05:35 > 0:05:38to people in Northern Ireland and in Ireland, look,
0:05:38 > 0:05:42we are not to have any border infrastructure on this island again.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46So, a lot done, but more to do for the EU's Brexit chief.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Good news today?
0:05:48 > 0:05:52As you see, spring has sprung with the floor spreading even
0:05:52 > 0:05:57to these often frosty Brexit negotiations.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Progress on transition today was hailed in there
0:05:59 > 0:06:01as a big step forward, but it's not all good
0:06:01 > 0:06:02news for the government.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05It's clear now, there won't be a final trade deal between the EU
0:06:05 > 0:06:07and UK at the end of these Brexit talks.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10The transition will be used to hammer out more details.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13And to get this far, the UK has had to make some
0:06:13 > 0:06:14pretty big concessions.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Like fishing.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Far from taking back control after Brexit
0:06:19 > 0:06:21as promised by the Gottman, EU quotas will continue
0:06:21 > 0:06:23during the transition period, allowing EU countries to fish
0:06:23 > 0:06:26in UK waters.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29-- by the government.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33But it's not all over yet.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38EU leaders still need to sign off on the transition deal.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41They're expected to do that at a summit here later this week.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Katya Adler BBC News, Brussels.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48The Brexit secretary, David Davis, said agreement on the transitional
0:06:48 > 0:06:51arrangements would mean that British business could now invest
0:06:51 > 0:06:54with confidence and that the UK would be free to negotiate
0:06:54 > 0:06:55new trade deals.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Business groups have given the agreement a broad welcome
0:06:57 > 0:07:03but many have called for further details on what the UK's
0:07:03 > 0:07:06relationship with the EU will look like, once the transitional period
0:07:06 > 0:07:11ends, as our business editor Simon Jack explains.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14For businesses both big and small, today's news was just
0:07:14 > 0:07:16what the doctor ordered.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Although not a cure-all for business anxiety as we head out
0:07:20 > 0:07:22of the European Union, it was welcomed today by the boss
0:07:22 > 0:07:26of Glaxo Smith Kline as a dose of common sense.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30We certainly welcome this pragmatic approach to transition.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34It's absolutely critical to secure the supply of medicines and vaccines
0:07:34 > 0:07:37for the people here and in Europe who need them.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38But we're also looking forward to more precision
0:07:38 > 0:07:41on the details of the end state of the relationship.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44And in that end state, if you like, what's the most
0:07:44 > 0:07:46important thing for GSK?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50That we get the security of supply to the people that
0:07:50 > 0:07:52need our medicines and our vaccines is absolutely critical,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55and the right kind of alignment with the regulators.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Harmonising rules on drugs between the UK and the EU
0:07:58 > 0:08:01is critical to a company that employs 16,000 people in the UK.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05GSK is already spending £50 million per year on its Brexit planning.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09For business, this is a really important, really welcome moment
0:08:09 > 0:08:12in the whole Brexit process.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16A little bit of breathing room to prepare for life outside of the EU.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19But as big businesses like banks and pharmaceutical companies
0:08:19 > 0:08:23are spending hundreds of millions of pounds
0:08:23 > 0:08:25on their contingency plans - what could, what should,
0:08:25 > 0:08:33and what are smaller businesses doing to prepare?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Meet the boss of this brewery in Suffolk.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36And Charlie Adam, who runs skateboard
0:08:36 > 0:08:44company Shiner in Bristol.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47For Charlie, exports to the EU account for over
0:08:47 > 0:08:4850% of his business.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Once outside the EU, he fears customs paperwork
0:08:50 > 0:08:51could cost him £25,000 per week.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54He is glad of the extra preparation time, but is still
0:08:54 > 0:08:56worried about the future.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59The transitional deal really helps with us extending the time to be
0:08:59 > 0:09:00able to set everything up for Brexit.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04The reality is, we still have to deal with Brexit, and we don't
0:09:04 > 0:09:06know what the final solution is going to be, partly
0:09:06 > 0:09:10because we don't know what all of the problems are.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13He also employs workers from the EU.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Any more that he hires before the end of 2020
0:09:15 > 0:09:20will definitely be allowed to stay.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Meanwhile, at the brewery, Steve thinks transition is useful,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26and gives him time to plan for business beyond the EU.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I think it's a helpful thing for us to have,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32because it buys us a bit of stability for a period of time
0:09:32 > 0:09:34to work out what we need to do.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37It also gives us the opportunity to explore markets further
0:09:37 > 0:09:38which are outside of the EU.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I think the whole business is optimistic, because actually
0:09:41 > 0:09:43we've got good products, we've got some interesting
0:09:43 > 0:09:47products, and actually the world's there to be taken.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52There are major sticking points ahead.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Big questions remain unanswered.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57But as the gruelling process of Brexit rumbles on,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59now the key milestone has been met.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01And, for now, businesses will drink to that.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Simon Jack, BBC News.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Let's speak to our political editor Laura Kuenssberg,
0:10:04 > 0:10:05who's at Westminster.
0:10:05 > 0:10:12What's the level of compromise?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16There certainly have been compromises, whether you find it an
0:10:16 > 0:10:20unacceptable climb-down, whether you find them sensible concessions, or
0:10:20 > 0:10:24inevitable compromises, it probably depends on what you felt about
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Brexit when you went to the polls back in 2016. But there certainly
0:10:29 > 0:10:35has been a lot of budging, a little bit on the Brussels side.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Significant amounts in Westminster over the recent months, but two
0:10:39 > 0:10:43things are true. First off, looking at what has been agreed today, the
0:10:43 > 0:10:47fact that people who wanted to leave the EU will have to wait two years
0:10:47 > 0:10:52after Brexit day for there to be any significant changes to immigration,
0:10:52 > 0:10:58for the fact that some Tory MPs furious tonight about what they see
0:10:58 > 0:11:01as a compromise too far when it comes to fishing rights. It is the
0:11:01 > 0:11:05case that today feels different to what was promised back in the days
0:11:05 > 0:11:11of the referendum. But what is also true is for the government these
0:11:11 > 0:11:14compromises are worth it. In order to get this deal moved onto next
0:11:14 > 0:11:20phase, they work desperately keen in recent months to get the transition
0:11:20 > 0:11:24signed off, and they were clear, having listened to businesses around
0:11:24 > 0:11:29the country, they didn't want Brexit next year to come as a sudden shock
0:11:29 > 0:11:33to the system. Certainly, there have been compromises, and certainly,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37there will be probably many more on the roads to this. But tonight, the
0:11:37 > 0:11:43government believes they have achieved a decisive step.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46An international team of chemical weapons experts has
0:11:46 > 0:11:50arrived in Salisbury to examine the nerve
0:11:50 > 0:11:52agent used to poison the former Russian spy,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57The BBC understands British investigators have
0:11:57 > 0:11:59broadened their search to include a car that Yulia Skripal
0:11:59 > 0:12:02is believed to have travelled in as our diplomatic correspondent
0:12:02 > 0:12:07James Landale reports.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10The focus today shifted to the village of Durrington,
0:12:10 > 0:12:15ten miles north of Salisbury, where investigators removed a car
0:12:15 > 0:12:18that was used to pick up Yulia Skripal from the airport
0:12:18 > 0:12:20the day before she and her father Sergei were attacked
0:12:20 > 0:12:24with a nerve agent.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Nearby, at the military research complex at Porton Down,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33were due to start analysing the nerve agent that British experts
0:12:33 > 0:12:39believe came from Russia.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41In Brussels, the Foreign Secretary and to brief EU counterparts,
0:12:41 > 0:12:46saying Russian denials were increasingly absurd.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49This is a classic Russian strategy of trying to conceal the needle
0:12:49 > 0:12:53of truth in a haystack of lies and obfuscation.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58There is scarcely a country round the table here in Brussels
0:12:58 > 0:13:02that has not been affected in recent years by some kind of malign
0:13:02 > 0:13:07or disruptive Russian behaviour.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11EU foreign ministers issued a statement expressing
0:13:11 > 0:13:19their unqualified solidarity with the UK, and taking
0:13:19 > 0:13:21its assessment that Russia was to blame extremely seriously.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24The EU and Nato speaking as one.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27What is absolutely clear is our full solidarity with the United Kingdom,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29and our extreme concern about what has happened.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30It is really unacceptable.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34All 29 Nato allies stand united.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36We stand in solidarity with the United Kingdom.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41And the UK is not alone.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43But in Moscow, as President Putin began his fourth term,
0:13:43 > 0:13:48the defiance continued.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50His Foreign Ministry dismissing the EU statement
0:13:50 > 0:13:54as an anti-Russian reflex.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57As for Russia's diplomats in London, well, some of these officials
0:13:57 > 0:14:05and their families will be heading home tomorrow, 23 in all.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08With a similar number of British diplomats leaving Moscow shortly.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Tomorrow, the National Security Council will meet to decide
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Britain's next step.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14There is a live debate within government, should
0:14:14 > 0:14:16they retaliate and escalate, or simply do nothing?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Should they kick yet more Russian diplomats out of the Embassy here,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21or should they find new ways of penalising Russia?
0:14:21 > 0:14:24The risk for Britain is that a bilateral confrontation
0:14:24 > 0:14:26with Russia might overshadow attempts to maintain
0:14:26 > 0:14:29international pressure.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Back in Salisbury, the police tonight revealed the full scale
0:14:33 > 0:14:37of the investigation, with 250 counterterrorism officers
0:14:37 > 0:14:39examining 4,000 hours of CCTV, 800 exhibits and 400 witness statements.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45Detectives said this could last many months.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51James Landale, BBC News.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55One of the biggest inquiries into the alleged abuse of teenage
0:14:55 > 0:14:57recruits in the British Army has collapsed
0:14:57 > 0:15:00after a judge stopped the first of three court martials.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04It had been alleged that 16 instructors,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06all sergeants or corporals, mistreated 28 school leavers
0:15:06 > 0:15:08at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate in North Yorkshire.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11But the judge said a 3-year investigation by the Royal Military
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Police had been seriously flawed.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Uber, the minicab service, has suspended all tests
0:15:17 > 0:15:19of self-driving cars, after a woman in Arizona
0:15:19 > 0:15:20was killed in a collision.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22At the time of the accident, the vehicle was running
0:15:22 > 0:15:24in autonomous mode, with an 'operator' at the wheel.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Uber described what happened as 'incredibly sad',
0:15:26 > 0:15:28and said it was 'fully co-operating' with local authorities.
0:15:28 > 0:15:36Our technology correspondent Dave Lee reports from San Francisco.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40It was late Sunday night when, according to police,
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Elaine Herzberg was struck by Uber's self-driving car.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46The 49-year-old was crossing the road, but not using
0:15:46 > 0:15:48the pedestrian zone.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51There was a driver behind the wheel, but Uber said the vehicle
0:15:51 > 0:15:53was in full autonomous mode, meaning it was handling
0:15:53 > 0:15:59all aspects of the driving.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Miss Herzberg was taken to hospital, but died from her injuries.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Taking to Twitter, Uber's Chief Executive,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Dara Khosrowshahi, said the news from Arizona was "incredibly sad".
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Adding...
0:16:14 > 0:16:17As part of its licensing agreement, Uber must keep detailed logs in case
0:16:17 > 0:16:19of an incident like this.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Although Miss Herzberg is the first pedestrian to be killed
0:16:21 > 0:16:24by an autonomous vehicle, her death comes one year
0:16:24 > 0:16:26after Uber temporarily took its self-driving cars off
0:16:26 > 0:16:28the road following an accident that left a Volvo SUV
0:16:28 > 0:16:32on its side in Arizona.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35The programme was later reinstated.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37There are so many motor vehicle deaths in the United States,
0:16:37 > 0:16:41and generally every year.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42And the ultimate goal of self-driving cars
0:16:42 > 0:16:43is to eliminate those entirely.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46But these are complex systems that are just sort of starting
0:16:46 > 0:16:50to navigate the roads.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Arizona has positioned itself as a testing ground
0:16:52 > 0:16:53for this new technology.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56But incidents like this will no doubt concerned those who do not
0:16:56 > 0:17:04believe these systems are yet safe enough to be on our roads.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Experts in this technology will tell you that the bigger picture is that
0:17:14 > 0:17:17this technology is making our roads safer and has the potential to
0:17:17 > 0:17:21greatly reduce the number of accidents, but that will be little
0:17:21 > 0:17:25comfort to the family of a woman who was essentially killed by a computer
0:17:25 > 0:17:32that perhaps was not working in the way it was designed.Thank you. Our
0:17:32 > 0:17:35technology correspondent there in San Francisco.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Doctors have restored the sight of two patients with the most common
0:17:39 > 0:17:39form of blindness in the UK.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42More than 600,000 people in the UK suffer from age-related macular
0:17:42 > 0:17:44degeneration and doctors hope the treatment could be widely
0:17:44 > 0:17:47available within a few years.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50The team at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London used surgery to insert
0:17:50 > 0:17:52stem cells at the back of the eye.
0:17:52 > 0:18:00Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh has the story.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07I will occlude now the left-eyed...
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Before his pioneering stem cell treatment,
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Douglas Waters was completely blind in his right eye.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Now he can see.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15"Everyone wanted to go outside when the rain finally stopped."
0:18:15 > 0:18:16That's perfect.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19So this is an amazing improvement, Mr Waters.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22I just couldn't believe it.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Each morning, I picked things out in the bedroom to look at
0:18:25 > 0:18:27out in the garden. I'd do this...
0:18:27 > 0:18:30It's unbelievable.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I'm completely chuffed, I suppose you could say!
0:18:32 > 0:18:34And so is his surgeon.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Two patients with age-related macular degeneration had the sight
0:18:37 > 0:18:38restorming treatment at Moorfields Eye
0:18:38 > 0:18:44Hospital in London.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47We're able to show that we've taken someone who could not read at all,
0:18:47 > 0:18:51they couldn't, in fact, see the book they were reading from,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54and taken them to reading around 60 to 80 words per minute
0:18:54 > 0:18:56with their normal reading glasses.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59For us, this is a fantastic breakthrough.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01And it could help other patients with age-related
0:19:01 > 0:19:02macular degeneration, who can lose all
0:19:02 > 0:19:07their central vision.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09So what causes AMD?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12So if we open the eye, the macula is at the back.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16It's the part of the retina responsible for central vision.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19If we pull out a section, here are the light-sensitive cells,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23the rods and cones.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24AMD is triggered when a crucial layer of support cells,
0:19:24 > 0:19:29seen here in green, die.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31As a result, patients gradually lose the validity to read
0:19:31 > 0:19:35or to recognise faces.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Scientists use stem cells from a human embryo and turn them
0:19:38 > 0:19:42into the support cells needed.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44They were put onto a tiny patch like this, which was placed
0:19:44 > 0:19:47at the back of Douglas's eye.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49You can see it here.
0:19:49 > 0:19:56The stem cells were paired his vision.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58The stem cells repaired his vision.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Regenerative medicine's goal was to restore a person's help.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I think this is one of the first indications from generative medicine
0:20:03 > 0:20:06that that can be achieved.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10It can stop people from going blind.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Douglas, who is 86, says the stem cell therapy has given him
0:20:12 > 0:20:15renewed independence.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Moorfields says it should be no more expensive than other AMD treatments,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20and potentially could help save the sight of
0:20:20 > 0:20:21thousands of patients.
0:20:21 > 0:20:29Fergus Walsh, BBC News.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31The UK's Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham says
0:20:31 > 0:20:34she will seek a warrant to look at the databases and servers used
0:20:34 > 0:20:38by the data mining company Cambridge Analytica.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41A former employee at the firm claims they were handed the personal
0:20:41 > 0:20:43data of 50 million Facebook users which was then used to influence
0:20:43 > 0:20:48the 2016 US Presidential election.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Facebook's shares finished nearly seven percent down after a turbulent
0:20:51 > 0:20:52day on the New York stock exchange.
0:20:52 > 0:21:00Both Cambridge Analytica and Facebook deny any wrongdoing.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07The ITV presenter, Ant McPartlin, says he will seek further treatment
0:21:07 > 0:21:09after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12He was detained yesterday afternoon following a collision involving
0:21:12 > 0:21:13three cars in south west London.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15ITV says his Saturday night programme with partner
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Declan Donnelly will not be broadcast this weekend,
0:21:17 > 0:21:24as our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba reports.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Moments after the Mini he was driving was involved
0:21:26 > 0:21:29in a collision with two other cars, Ant McPartlin
0:21:29 > 0:21:32at the scene of the crash.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35When police arrived, he was taken away under arrest
0:21:35 > 0:21:37after failing a breath test.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40A number of people were treated for minor injuries, and a child
0:21:40 > 0:21:42passenger in one car taken to hospital for a
0:21:42 > 0:21:45precautionary checkup.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I think it's time for me to say hello...
0:21:48 > 0:21:50The evening before, Ant McPartlin had been presenting ITV's
0:21:50 > 0:21:57Saturday Night Takeaway.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02He returned to television last year after going into rehab to treat an
0:22:02 > 0:22:04addiction to alcohol and prescription painkillers.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06This afternoon, the broadcaster said:
0:22:06 > 0:22:07"ITV have taken a joint session with Ant
0:22:07 > 0:22:10and Dec's team not to broadcast Saturday Night Takeaway
0:22:10 > 0:22:13this weekend.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18We will be reviewing options for the last two episodes of the series
0:22:18 > 0:22:22which would not feature Ant who is taking time off to seek treatment.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Over more than 20 years.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Ant, together with Dec, has become one of
0:22:27 > 0:22:28TV's most successful presenters.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30The pair have won dozens of awards and earned
0:22:30 > 0:22:34millions, thanks to their popularity with viewers.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37ITV said they hoped the presenter would get the help he needs.
0:22:37 > 0:22:45The police say enquiries into the collision are continuing.
0:22:45 > 0:22:51It is not just about a pretty big hole in ITV's Saturday night
0:22:51 > 0:22:56schedule, from Britain's got talent through to I'm a celebrity, so much
0:22:56 > 0:23:00of ITV's prime time entertainment is built on the popularity of the
0:23:00 > 0:23:06double act. Over the coming days and weeks at ITV, they will be assessing
0:23:06 > 0:23:11exactly what the long-term probabilities will be for Ant's
0:23:11 > 0:23:15long-term future. Thank you for the update.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17President Trump has outlined plans to combat
0:23:17 > 0:23:19America's opioid epidemic, including introducing the death
0:23:19 > 0:23:23penalty for drug dealers in certain circumstances.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Over-prescription of opioid painkillers,
0:23:24 > 0:23:26such as morphine and codeine, has created a nationwide
0:23:26 > 0:23:28addiction crisis with patients turning to heroin
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and other street drugs when their prescriptions stop.
0:23:30 > 0:23:38Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43During the election campaign, Donald Trump called New Hampshire
0:23:43 > 0:23:46a drug-infested den.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Today, he has gone back to the Granite State
0:23:48 > 0:23:51to show his rock solid determination to deal with America's appalling
0:23:51 > 0:23:59opioid crisis and by using the most Draconian measures possible.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07If we do not get tough on the drug dealers, we're wasting our time.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Remember that, we are wasting our time. That toughness includes the
0:24:12 > 0:24:14death penalty. APPLAUSE.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17But it is not just about the criminal justice system.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20He wants opioid prescriptions cut by a third and the drugs companies
0:24:20 > 0:24:24held more accountable.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29This crisis is hitting every community, rich and poor, black and
0:24:29 > 0:24:34white, young and old, urban and rural. The biggest cause of death is
0:24:34 > 0:24:40drug overdose amongst the under 50s in America. And two thirds of those
0:24:40 > 0:24:46deaths are caused by opioid abuse. That is $110 right there.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49America for decades has had a war on drugs and, yes,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51it has resulted in hundreds of thousands of mainly black
0:24:51 > 0:24:54and Latinos men being incarcerated, but it has had zero success
0:24:54 > 0:24:56in reducing dependency or use of illegal drugs
0:24:56 > 0:25:01or prescription drugs.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Thank you, please be seated.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06This court in Buffalo, New York State, looks unremarkable,
0:25:06 > 0:25:10but has become the first in America to deal with only one type
0:25:10 > 0:25:13of case, opioid addiction.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18I will release you today and I need you to report here tomorrow...
0:25:18 > 0:25:20The judge, himself once an addict, is determined to rethink the way
0:25:20 > 0:25:24America handles opioid abuse.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30I think we made a tremendous mistake in the 1960s and 70s and 80s and 90s
0:25:30 > 0:25:34of locking people up and we are not going to make that same mistake now,
0:25:34 > 0:25:38because we have the research and data to show that you cannot lock up
0:25:38 > 0:25:42an addiction.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Carly Mayor had to be resuscitated three times
0:25:44 > 0:25:47in one week at the height of her addiction to opioids.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51When someone cares about you, what your problems are, how we can help
0:25:51 > 0:25:56you, it remind you that deep inside there is a person, that needs and
0:25:56 > 0:25:58deserves love.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Much has been made of how polarised politics has become in the US.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03On this, though, there is broad agreement that simply locking
0:26:03 > 0:26:05people up is not enough, but finding the correct
0:26:05 > 0:26:07policy prescription, to deal with the abuse
0:26:07 > 0:26:08of prescription drugs is proving elusive.
0:26:08 > 0:26:15Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18It's three years since the start of the war in Yemen.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Houthi rebels, supported by Iran remain in control of large
0:26:20 > 0:26:24parts of the country, including the capital Sana'a.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Opposing them are forces loyal to the former president,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28who are being backed by an Arab Coalition,
0:26:28 > 0:26:33led by the Saudis supported by western powers including the UK.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet has been
0:26:35 > 0:26:38to Yemen to meet some of the children affected
0:26:38 > 0:26:39by the conflict.
0:26:39 > 0:26:47Her report starts in the government controlled town of Marib.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52We travelled into Yemen with the Saudis.
0:26:52 > 0:27:00They wanted us to see the suffering being inflicted by their enemy.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05They took us to meet these boys, robbed of their childhood,
0:27:05 > 0:27:13forced to fight alongside grown men.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Children in Yemen are recruited by all sides,
0:27:15 > 0:27:20but especially the Houthis.
0:27:20 > 0:27:28Pasha was 13 when his best friend was shot dead in front of him.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54So many children so young have been dragged into this destructive war.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57But even in war, there are rules.
0:27:57 > 0:28:04And in Yemen, they're being broken time and again by all sides.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08These children live in Sana, the capital controlled by Houthis.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Their families sought refuge here after their home
0:28:10 > 0:28:13was bombed by the Saudis.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Coalition air strikes have reportedly caused the greatest
0:28:15 > 0:28:18number of child casualties.
0:28:18 > 0:28:26Six-year-old Lamees wants them to stop.
0:28:40 > 0:28:46There was no place to hide for Yaya's family.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Five children killed, only 17-year-old Yaya
0:28:54 > 0:28:57and a brother left.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Back in government-held Marib, these men will always live
0:29:10 > 0:29:14with the cost of this conflict.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20So often, it's the youngest to lose the most.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22These little boys are being fitted with prosthetics at this
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Saudi funded clinic.
0:29:25 > 0:29:3211-year-old Abdullah mistook a landmine for a toy.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Nine-year-old Ali Youssef wants to be a goalkeeper
0:29:50 > 0:29:58when he grows up, believing this point hold him back.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02when he grows up, believing this won't hold him back.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Yemen's conflict has had a crippling effect
0:30:04 > 0:30:05on all its people.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07The youngest growing up knowing nothing but war.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Lyse Doucet, BBC News, Yemen.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Britain's Paralympic team arrived home today
0:30:13 > 0:30:14after their most successful winter games.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide Jen Kehoe became Britain's most
0:30:16 > 0:30:18decorated winter Paralympians with 1 gold, 2 silver
0:30:18 > 0:30:20and a bronze in South Korea.
0:30:20 > 0:30:28Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss reports.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39They left as hopefuls, they have returned as history makers.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Jen Kehoe, Menna Fitzpatrick, plus extra luggage.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Four medals including the best they saved until last.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Fitzpatrick, who has less than 5% vision,
0:30:46 > 0:30:50following her guide to gold in the slalom, now Britain's
0:30:50 > 0:30:52most decorated winter Paralympians, they told me
0:30:52 > 0:30:56it is barely sinking in.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57It means everything to me.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59I have always had a dream since I was little,
0:30:59 > 0:31:03to come away with a medal in the Paralympic games.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07And 2018 was always that goal, ever since I first started.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12So, I am immensely proud to have done it.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Hopefully it will inspire others to go out there and do the same
0:31:15 > 0:31:17and get out and try something, you never know where
0:31:17 > 0:31:23it is going to lead.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25This is a simulation of what Fitzpatrick sees
0:31:25 > 0:31:27when she is skiing.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Following her guide's bright orange bib at up to 70 miles an hour.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34For her parents, who first took her skiing when she was five,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36how things have changed.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38She used to follow me down the slope, wearing
0:31:38 > 0:31:40a bright orange coat.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43She described it as following an orange blob down the slope.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47She used to shout at me to wait for her and now I am having to shout
0:31:47 > 0:31:48to her to wait for me.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51We are as proud as punch, aren't we, we are proud as punch.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52Yeah.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53Absolutely.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55We haven't stopped smiling all week!
0:31:55 > 0:31:57And the pair are already targeting the next games.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00For now, though, they say they will celebrate with a cup of tea.
0:32:00 > 0:32:07Andy Swiss, BBC News, Heathrow.
0:32:07 > 0:32:32Newsnight's about to begin over on BBC Two in a few moments.