27/01/2018 BBC Weekend News

Three teenage boys are killed

in west London after a car crashed

into them as they waited

near a bus stop.

Tributes to the boys -

two of whom have been named

tonight as Harry Rice

and George Wilkinson.

The car involved in the crash -

a 28-year-old man who was in it was

detained by passers-by and has been

arrested.

Police have appealed to anyone who

saw what happened to get in touch.

Also on tonight's programme...

At least 95 people have been killed

and 160 injured in a Taliban bomb

attack in the Afghan capital,

Kabul.

All current rape and serious sexual

assault cases in England

and Wales are to be reviewed

after the collapse of

several recent trials.

And Denmark's Caroline

Wozniacki waits no more -

she wins her first Grand Slam title

in Melbourne at her 43rd attempt.

Good evening.

Police say a car involved in a fatal

crash which killed three teenagers

at a bus stop in west London last

night is believed to have been

travelling at high speed.

Two of the boys have been named

tonight as Harry Rice

and 16-year-old George Wilkinson.

A 28-year-old man who was in

the vehicle has been arrested.

They're searching for a second

man who is also thought

to have been in the car.

Let's go now to our correspondent,

Ben Ando, who's at the scene.

Little more than 24 hours since

three teenage boys died at this bus

stop after being hit by a car

driving on a stretch of road here in

west London that is notorious among

locals for speeding drivers. One man

in the car is under arrest in

hospital and police say another man

they think was in the car is still

at large, clearly finding him is a

priority.

Friends, classmates, mourners.

Three, two, one...

Grieving together and improvised

memorial for a tragedy as shocking

as it was unexpected to mark

the deaths of three teenagers struck

by a speeding car in Hayes

in Middlesex yesterday evening.

Two of those who died have been

identified as Harry Rice and George

Wilkinson.

The identity of the third

teenager, known locally as Josh, has

not been confirmed.

Two were 16 years old, the other 17.

Jake Webb was one of

the first on the scene

immediately after it happened.

I seen it happen in front of me.

There was a bus driver in front

of us and he came over and said,

yes, there's someone dead

in the road and at that point

I relayed that to 999

and within five minutes

an ambulance arrived.

The boys were walking on the other

side of the road to a party less

than half a mile away and the car

mounted the curb and had them. Other

friends with them were unhurt but

saw the whole thing.

The car, a black Audi,

then came to a halt in the road,

this image showing the force

of the impact.

Eyewitnesses say afterwards a man

who was in the car was attacked from

a nearby garage forecourt.

Some locals say speeding

cars on this stretch

of road is nothing new.

It's a 60mph road and cars,

vehicles drive up here sometimes

like it's a speed track.

This road's busy 24-7 and if I'm

honest, I'm surprised there hasn't

been more accidents along it.

Police believe two men

were in the crashed car,

and with many other teenagers

heading to the same party,

they're appealing for any

witnesses to contact them.

Ben Ando, BBC News, Hayes.

All current rape and serious sexual

assault cases in England

and Wales are to be reviewed

following the collapse

of several recent trials.

The Director of Public Prosecutions,

Alison Saunders, said

it was "a matter of urgency" to make

sure evidence has been

properly disclosed.

But the government's chief legal

adviser says there's no evidence

of "widespread malpractice

or dishonesty" in the

prosecution system.

Clive Coleman reports.

Disclosure of evidence in some

recent highly publicised rape cases

has gone badly wrong,

but how widespread is the problem?

In December, Liam Allen's trial

for rape and sexual assault

collapsed when it emerged evidence

on a computer disc which police

examined showed messages

from the alleged victim

pestering him for casual sex.

And the number of prosecutions

in England and Wales that collapsed

because of a failure by police

or prosecutors to disclose evidence

has increased by 70%

in the last two years.

Now, the Director of

Public Prosecutions,

Alison Saunders, has ordered

an urgent review of all rape

and sexual assault cases

and conceded it's likely a number

will be dropped.

One of the major problems

is the amount of digital evidence

on phones and social media.

It's very apparent that in some

cases, mistakes have been made that

simply shouldn't have been.

It's important that when you look

at that kind of case,

that the prosecutors

and the investigators look

at social media traffic,

look at text messages that have past

between the two individuals,

because they can put

what's happened in a very

significant different light.

A national disclosure improvement

plan has been published.

It includes a review

of disclosure training,

developing a group of specialists

in every police force

and all multi-media evidence to be

provided to the defence digitally.

Yesterday here, a people

trafficking case, not a rape

or sexual assault trial,

collapsed because prosecutors failed

to disclose critical

evidence to the defence.

The judge has demanded an urgent

explanation in a case made even more

shocking by the fact that one

of the young female defendants

was held in prison for 13 months

during which time she gave birth.

This problem is systemic

and endemic throughout

the criminal justice system.

It's been known about for many years

and it's as a result of chronic

underfunding of the police,

the prosecution service

and particularly the

defence lawyers, who've

suffered years of cuts

of legal aid.

If public confidence in our fair

trial system is to be maintained,

fixing disclosure is now

the criminal justice

system's biggest challenge.

A bombing in the Afghan capital,

Kabul, has left 95 people dead

and 160 people injured.

The Taliban say they

carried out the attack.

An emergency vehicle

packed with explosives

was blown up at a checkpoint.

From Kabul, Zia Shahreyar reports.

An ambulance packed

with explosives driven into crowds

on their way to work.

The force of the blast shook

the windows off buildings

at least a mile away.

Some lower rising

structures collapse.

A plume of smoke visible

across the city.

The attacker had driven his vehicle

past the police checkpoint,

claiming to have a patient inside.

When guards at a second

checkpoint became suspicious,

he detonated the bomb.

TRANSLATION:

I was in an armoured

plated vehicle when suddenly

there was an explosion.

I was in the back seat,

my driver was blown out

on to the ground and injured.

The area of the attack is home

to foreign embassies and the city's

police headquarters.

The road had been closed

to public transport.

The Taliban claimed responsibility.

This is their second deadly assault

on the city in the space of a week.

20 people were killed

in an attack on the

Intercontinental Hotel last week.

This evening, work was

continuing to clear the scene

of the latest bombing.

This is a very secure area

and security is very tight

here usually and the question

will be how they got

through this far.

The Afghan military,

backed by US air power,

has intensified its campaign

to drive out the Taliban

from its rural strongholds.

But, as today's strike proves,

they're still able to mount deadly

attacks against civilian targets

in the heart of the

country's major cities.

Homes and businesses in Paris

are on high alert as the River Seine

threatens to overflow its banks.

Weeks of rain have pushed the water

level up and its thought the river

will peak six metres above normal.

Museums including the

Louvre have been shut.

In smaller towns along the Seine,

people are having to use boats

to get around flooded streets.

One of the world's richest men,

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal,

has become the latest high-profile

figure to be released

in Saudi Arabia after a major

anti-corruption drive

was launched in November.

A Saudi official has said

that the prince was released

after a settlement was approved

by the state prosecutor.

But the prince said no charges

were brought against him and no

deals had been done.

Our Arab affairs editor,

Sebastian Usher, reports.

Just hours before his release,

Prince Alwaleed gave his first

interview from the gilded cage

of the Ritz Carlton hotel.

In hard cash terms,

he has been the biggest

catch of the Saudi purge.

The idea of a man worth

$17 billion being reduced

to sleeping on a mattress

while bargaining for his freedom has

been a powerful one,

and an image he was keen to dispel

as he gave a tour of the suite

where he was held in recent weeks.

I have been all the time

here at this hotel.

It has been fine.

I have exercised,

I stretch, I swim, I walk.

I have my old iPhone,

so it's like home.

I call my family every day.

I'm in touch with

the office every day.

Everything is functioning.

The Saudi Attorney General has said

that 90 detainees have been released

so far after charges were dropped

against them while others have

reached financial settlements

to win their freedom.

Around 90 are believed

to still be in detention.

Some will go to prison

and face trial.

The man behind the anti-corruption

drive is the Crown Prince,

Mohammad bin Salman.

It's part of his ambitious plan

to transform the country,

economically and socially.

Finally weaning it from its twin

dependance on religious austerities,

as well as granting women basic

new rights such as full

permission to drive.

His Vision 2030 project

needs massive funding,

and the authorities say the purge

should deliver at least

$100 billion to state coffers.

Those who cooperate could be

somewhat like in cash,

but they should be able to continue

with their businesses

and their lives.

But it's still a risky move

which could consolidate

the Crown Prince's power or build up

resentment against his dominance.

With all the sport,

here's Olly Foster at

the BBC Sport Centre.

It's the final weekend

at the Australian Open

and Caroline Wozniacki has

won her first Grand Slam title.

It was a thriller as the Dane

beat Simona Halep in

three sets in Melbourne.

The victory also sees her return

to the top of the world rankings

ahead of the Romanian.

Adam Wild reports.

There are few stages in the game

more spectacular than Melbourne

and the welcome could scarcely have

been more fitting.

The winner takes it all...

The world's top two toe-to-toe

Down Under, the final already had

all the sparkle it needed,

a match worth the wait,

the wait is something

with which was was and Halep

are all too familiar with.

Neither had won a Grand Slam before,

this was Wozniacki's 43rd attempt.

She started like a player not

prepared to wait any longer.

Halep too is battle hardened,

forcing a tie-break before finally

seeing it slip away.

A moment for her to stay calm,

keep her cool, not easy

in the blistering evening heat.

Still, somehow she managed,

fighting back to level the match.

The temperatures now becoming

the battle with both having

to leave court to cool off.

It was heating up, the final set

befitting such an occasion,

going one way then the other,

this taking Wozniacki to the brink.

The best point of the match!

One more point and her long

wait was finally over.

She's done it!

And you will not see

a more popular winner.

I've dreamt of this moment

for so many years and to be

here today is a dream come true

and my voice is shaking,

I'm going to cry but today

is a very emotional moment.

Wozniacky at last a Grand Slam

champion, she becomes world number

one, a winner who today took it all.

There are 12 FA Cup fourth

round ties today, one of them

is still being played.

There have been goals in every game

and they are all coming up later

on Match of the Day.

But I've a got a couple

of the surprise results

for you now, if you want them.

League One Wigan Athletic knocked

out Premier League West Ham.

The 2013 Cup winners won 2-0.

Will Grigg with both goals.

The Hammers had a man

sent off for spitting.

Tottenham were ten minutes away

from going out of the cup.

They were trailing 1-0

at League 2 Newport County,

but a Harry Kane equaliser means

they will have a replay at Wembley.

These are all of today's

fourth round results.

There'll be at least one League Two

side in the last 16.

Coventry beating League One MK Dons.

Notts County can look

forward to a replay aginst

Premier League strugglers Swansea.

The video assistant referee

is being well used at Anfield,

with the on-field official

using the pitchside monitor.

Goals have been disallowed,

a penalty awarded.

West Brom are leading

Liverpool 3-2.

Celtic are still 11 points clear

in the Scottish Premiership.

Leigh Griffiths scored the winner

against his former club Hibernian.

Aberdeen beat Kilmarnock and are now

second after jumping

above Rangers, who play tomorrow.

There were away wins for Dundee

and Partick and it was 1-1

between Hearts and Motherwell.

The Indian Premier League

auction has seen Ben Stokes

join Rajasthan Royals

for

£1.4 million - the biggest price

for an overseas player this year.

The England all-rounder has a court

appearance next month

facing a charge of affray.

The 2020 tournament

starts in April.

The long established

practice of walk-on girls

accompanying players to the oche

is being abandoned by

the Professional Darts Corporation.

The players had to make their own

way to the stage at tonight's

Masters event in Milton Keynes.

The PDC say they have

made the move following

feedback from broadcasters.

One of their former champions,

Raymond van Barneveld,

is supporting a petition

to reinstate them.

Lots more on the BBC Sport website

including Rory McIlroy's challenge

at the Dubai Desert Classic,

but that's all from me.

You can see more on all of today's

stories on the BBC News Channel.

That's all from me.

Goodnight.