14/01/2018 BBC Weekend News

Good afternoon.

The new Conservative Party chairman

Brandon Lewis has told the BBC

the government is doing

everything it can to ensure

the serial sex offender

John Worboys stays in jail.

The former black cab driver

was jailed in 2009 for drugging

and sexually assaulting 12 women,

but police believe he may

have committed more

than 100 attacks.

The government is considering

a judicial review into

the parole board's decision

to release him.

Here's our home affairs

correspondent Danny Shaw.

He is known as the black cab rapist.

John Worboys is believed to have

drugged and sexually assaulted

more than 100 women,

yet the parole board has decided

that after ten years in custody

it is safe for him to be released.

He's due out by

the end of the month.

The government wants to stop that

happening and is looking

at the possibility of legal action.

Anybody out there will appreciate

just how awful this must

be for victims, to see

what is happening, to think

about somebody like that

being out on the streets.

I think it's absolutely right

that the Secretary of State

for Justice will be doing everything

he can to make sure this

man stays behind bars.

The Justice Secretary

is David Gauke.

He's been in the post

for less than a week.

He has asked lawyers to look

at whether it is plausible

to contest the decision

in the courts and if there

is a good chance of success.

Opposition MPs welcome the move.

I think that the public

are completely bewildered that

Warboys is being released

as early as he is.

He is a serious criminal

and a threat to women,

and I don't think that his victims -

nor, frankly, the majority of women

- are going to be convinced

that he doesn't continue to be

a threat to us.

It would be highly unusual

for the government to launch a legal

challenge against a decision made

by an organisation they are

responsible for and if they do bring

judicial review proceedings

against the parole board,

there is no guarantee of success.

We do know that the bar for judicial

review claims is set very high.

You can't simply take a case

to court because you

don't like the outcome.

It has to be unlawful

for some reason or another.

So we will wait and see.

In the meantime, victims

of John Worboys are being consulted

on what conditions he will have

to comply with when he is let out.

Some are concerned that the serial

sex offender will try

to track them down.

Danny Shaw is here.

Where does this case go from here?

I think events are going to move

very quickly because the clock is

ticking. It is going to be two weeks

before John Worboys is due to be let

out. If the government wants to stop

that happening, it is going to have

to get its advice quickly from the

lawyers it is consulting and make a

decision about whether to bring a

legal challenge. So I expect them to

make a decision within the next few

days. In the meantime, lawyers for

some of the victims concerned have

also been considering judicial

review proceedings. There are two

possible tracks, one from the

government and one coming from the

lawyers for the victims. It is not

simple just to bring a legal

challenge and for the court just to

accept it. It is not enough to say

we simply don't like this decision.

Basically the court would have to

decide in order to stop this

happening that the release was

completely irrational or there was

something wrong with the process by

which the decision was arrived at.

That is a high bar, as lawyers have

said, so there is absolutely no

guarantee that it will succeed. In

the meantime there is a possibility

that the court might decide to stop

John Worboys being released what

they make a decision on whether to

allow the judicial review.

Danny,

thank you very much. Danny Shaw.

There are talks

today aimed at saving

the construction company Carillion.

The firm, which is a key government

contractor, has huge debts

and a big pension deficit.

The government says ministers

are keeping a very close

eye on the situation.

Our business correspondent Joe Lynam

joins me from the Cabinet Office

in central London.

What is the latest on these talks?

Good afternoon. I think the Cabinet

Office, with all its scaffolding, is

a perfect metaphor, don't you think,

for the health of the Carillion

finances? People have been coming

into and out of the building all

morning, key people. We saw the

permanent secretary going in. Why

are outside the Cabinet Office?

Because Carillion have so much work

in so many contracts in all arms of

government that it all needs to be

coordinated by the Cabinet Office.

Why are we here? Because they need

to make sure that everything will

work fine if, and it is a big if,

Carillion collapses. Schools need to

continue to be maintained, and so do

prisons and hospitals etc etc. What

they are working on is a contingency

plan in the eventuality there are

issues that cannot be resolved at

Carillion. Separately, I understand

there may be meetings between the

company and the banks today, in the

hopes of finding a solution. If they

can't find one, the company could

file for administration as early as

tomorrow morning.

Thank you, Joe

Lynam.

Ukip has suspended

the girlfriend of its party

leader, Henry Bolton,

after she apparently made racist

remarks about Prince Harry's

fiancee Meghan Markle.

The Mail On Sunday has

published text messages sent

by Jo Marney that include derogatory

comments about Ms Markle and people

from ethnic minorities.

She has apologised but said

the messages had been

taken out of context.

Police in East Yorkshire say

a man who died after an attack

at his home near Driffield may have

been shot with a crossbow.

Officers say they want

to speak to 55-year-old

Anthony Lawrence in connection

with the incident.

Shane Gilmer was attacked

on Friday night at his home

in the village of Southburn.

A woman was also injured.

More than 150 passengers

and crew had a lucky escape

when their plane skidded off

a runway in Turkey and plunged

down a steep slope.

The nose of the Boeing 737

came to rest just a few

metres from the Black Sea.

Andy Moore reports.

The accident happened

in the darkness last night.

It was only in the daylight this

morning that it became apparent

how close to disaster

the plane had come.

The Pegasus flight from Ankara

skidded off the runway in wet

conditions and down a steep slope,

with its nose coming to rest just

metres from the sea.

One of the engines detached from

the wing and ended up in the water.

These pictures from on board

the plane show the understandable

panic and confusion.

Passengers had to clamber up

an incline towards the rear

of the plane to get out.

162 passengers and six

crew were on board.

Some people were taken

to hospital as a precaution

but nobody was injured.

The airport was closed

for a while last night but has

reopened this morning.

Theories about the cause

of the incident include a bird

strike or ice on the runway

but the governor of Trabzon said

it was still under investigation.

This was a lucky escape

for passengers on this plane.

Last year was the safest ever

for commercial aviation.

There were around 4 billion journeys

made last year and not a single

passenger jet crashed.

Andy Moore, BBC News.

The magazine publisher

Conde Nast has said it has suspended

working with two of the world's

leading fashion photographers,

after they were accused of sexually

exploiting male models.

Lawyers for Mario Testino,

who is known for photographing

the royal family,

said the accusations

in the New York Times newspaper had

not come from reliable sources.

Bruce Weber has also denied

the allegations against him.

The Hollywood actor

Mark Wahlberg has given

the money he earned

for re-shooting scenes in the film

All The Money In The World to a fund

that supports people

who have experienced

sexual harassment.

The scenes had to be filmed

again after Kevin Spacey

was dropped from the project

following sexual

assault allegations.

It then emerged that Mr Wahlberg

was paid more than £1 million

for the re-shoot while his co-star,

Michelle Williams, received just

£60 a day in expenses.

England have won the first one-day

international against Australia.

It follows a disappointing Ashes

series which they lost 4-0.

They took the match

in Melbourne by five wickets.

Jason Roy hit a record 180,

the highest by an England

player in a one-day game.

This was the first in

a five-match series.

Adam Wild reports.

For English cricket,

a time to rebuild, recover,

restore some respect

and some reputations.

A fresh start, then,

and it soon became a rather

good one for England.

Early wickets falling.

But this is Australia and,

after dominating all winter,

they weren't about to go easy

on their old rivals.

A century from Aaron Finch helping

them towards a total of 304.

In days gone by, such

targets were imposing.

Now, for this England one-day side,

it was merely inviting.

Jason Roy taking up the challenge

with the kind of relish missed

by England in recent months.

Brilliantly belligerent,

he bludgeoned his way

to a magnificent 100.

Taking the game away from Australia,

the highest ever one-day

innings by an Englishman.

180 for Roy, and

the damage was done.

Joe Root, for once, the support act.

91 from him.

The win, when it came,

comfortable and, for English

cricket, could scarcely

have been more welcome.

Adam Wild, BBC News.

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