:00:00. > :00:00.The Berlin lorry attack, which killed 12 people,
:00:07. > :00:07.was terrorism, says the German government.
:00:08. > :00:13.A lorry ploughed into a Christmas market in the heart
:00:14. > :00:15.of Berlin last night - 50 others were injured,
:00:16. > :00:19.Eyewitensses say it ploughed through the crowds at a speed
:00:20. > :00:26.I saw people lying on the ground, you know, all bodies
:00:27. > :00:28.being twisted, arms, legs - people were
:00:29. > :00:43.As tributes are laid to the victims, Angela Merkel spoke of the shock
:00:44. > :00:48.TRANSLATION: How can we live with the fact that during a carefree
:00:49. > :00:51.walk through a Christmas market, in a place where we celebrate
:00:52. > :00:53.life, a murderer can bring death to so many.
:00:54. > :00:55.An asylum seeker from Pakistan has been arrested -
:00:56. > :01:01.the authorities say he denies being involved.
:01:02. > :01:05.Russian investigators arrive in Turkey to find out what led
:01:06. > :01:07.to the assassination of Russia's ambassador by an off-duty
:01:08. > :01:16.Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon sets out her plans
:01:17. > :01:18.for protecting Scotland's place in Europe after Brexit.
:01:19. > :01:20.And the new treatment for early stage prostate cancer that
:01:21. > :01:25.surgeons are describing as "a huge leap forward".
:01:26. > :01:28.Alastair Cook says he will not make an immediate decision
:01:29. > :01:31.on his future as England captain, after defeat in the final Test
:01:32. > :01:57.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:58. > :01:59.Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, says she's "appalled,
:02:00. > :02:02.shocked and deeply saddened" by last night's attack on a Christmas
:02:03. > :02:05.Twelve people died, and 48 were injured,
:02:06. > :02:10.when a lorry drove into a crowd in the centre of Germany's capital.
:02:11. > :02:12.Germany's Interior Ministry says there is no doubt
:02:13. > :02:18.But in the last few minutes, Berlin police have said they can't
:02:19. > :02:20.be sure that the man they arrested last night was the attacker.
:02:21. > :02:28.Our correspondent Paul Adams reports.
:02:29. > :02:34.Berlin early this morning, amid the scattered debris of the festive
:02:35. > :02:40.season, a weapon of mass murder is slowly removed. For the second time
:02:41. > :02:45.this year, a lorry has been used to target traditional celebrations, in
:02:46. > :02:50.Europe. Chaotic scenes last night after the truck ploughed at speed
:02:51. > :02:55.through the market. Wooden stalls splinter and dozens of
:02:56. > :03:04.people caught up in the mayhem. I hear loud noise from the houses
:03:05. > :03:07.that are destroyed by the truck, and heard some screams, and yeah, that
:03:08. > :03:14.was the first impression. I can show you from my balcony as
:03:15. > :03:19.well. It is just like from my houses two minute's drive. What was in my
:03:20. > :03:23.mind, you can't think of anything, you are just shocked and you want to
:03:24. > :03:31.help those people. I went down, people were, you know, asking for
:03:32. > :03:37.help, but we just, I just took two, but I couldn't do much, I couldn't
:03:38. > :03:42.help them. I saw people lying on the ground, in, you know, all bodies
:03:43. > :03:48.being twisted, like arm, legs were, people were on top of each other.
:03:49. > :03:53.The truck had Polish number plates, a body found in the cab is thought
:03:54. > :03:58.to be that of its Polish driver. But a masked man behind the wheel
:03:59. > :04:02.escaped on foot. Soon afterwards a suspect was picked up over a mile
:04:03. > :04:07.away. He is said to be a Pakistani citizen who arrived in Germany a
:04:08. > :04:10.year ago. If this was the work of an asylum-seeker it poses a real
:04:11. > :04:18.challenge for the woman who threw open the country's doors over a year
:04:19. > :04:21.ago. TRANSLATION: I know it will be
:04:22. > :04:25.particularly difficult for us to bear if it is confirmed the
:04:26. > :04:29.perpetrator asked for protection and asylum in Germany. That would be
:04:30. > :04:34.repulsive for the many Germans who are engaged day in, day out, in
:04:35. > :04:37.helping refugees and for those who do need our protection and who are
:04:38. > :04:42.striving to integrate themselves into our country.
:04:43. > :04:46.Germany's Interior Minister said security would be stepped up across
:04:47. > :04:54.the country but the Germans should not succumb to fear.
:04:55. > :04:58.TRANSLATION: We must not compromise our lifestyle, the way we want to
:04:59. > :05:03.live. We us many not let people who want to destroy that way of life.
:05:04. > :05:07.The attack took place next to the ruined church that stands as a
:05:08. > :05:14.monument to the savagery of the Second World War.
:05:15. > :05:17.TRANSLATION: This priest says it important for Germans to tell each
:05:18. > :05:23.other what the people of trans have told each other that life must not
:05:24. > :05:28.be stopped. At the scene, the Christmas stalls
:05:29. > :05:31.are shuttered and silent. But this fresh anxiety, the police now saying
:05:32. > :05:33.they are not sure if they have the right man. The perpetrator of this,
:05:34. > :05:35.they fear, may still be at large. The perpetrator of this, they fear,
:05:36. > :05:38.may still be at large. Let's get the latest now
:05:39. > :05:46.from our correspondent And let us pick up on that point
:05:47. > :05:50.that Paul made. The authorities now saying there is some uncertainty
:05:51. > :05:56.about the suspect they have. Well, what they are saying is they have a
:05:57. > :06:00.suspect and that is the Pakistani 23-year-old who came as an
:06:01. > :06:04.asylum-seeker last year, as we heard in that report, what they are saying
:06:05. > :06:08.though, is he denies any involvement in this incident, and until they
:06:09. > :06:12.finish the investigations, and until they know what happened, they can't
:06:13. > :06:17.the definitively certain he is guilty. But that is different from
:06:18. > :06:22.also saying that necessarily the attacker is still on the run, so we
:06:23. > :06:25.have to be very careful about jumping to conclusions, that is what
:06:26. > :06:29.the officials are saying here, is that we still know too little to be
:06:30. > :06:34.sure about what is happening. What is clear, is that if this attacker
:06:35. > :06:38.does turn out to be in fact an asylum seeker, that will not only be
:06:39. > :06:42.a slap in the face of those Germans who helped migrants over the past
:06:43. > :06:45.year-and-a-half, it will backbench a massive political problem for Angela
:06:46. > :06:50.Merkel h because she, like no other politician here in Germany is
:06:51. > :06:54.closely associated with that, what many people see as humanitarian
:06:55. > :06:59.gesture, to help legitimate refugees, and the problem is, of
:07:00. > :07:03.course, as you know, we have elections here in Germany next
:07:04. > :07:07.September, if it turns out this attacker was an asylum-seeker that
:07:08. > :07:09.could be a blow for her politically in the elections.
:07:10. > :07:13.Here, the Metropolitan Police says it's carrying out a routine review
:07:14. > :07:16.of its plans for Christmas and the New Year, in the light
:07:17. > :07:22.Here's our security correspondent, Frank Gardner.
:07:23. > :07:28.After the carnage, the search for clues. German forensic teams have
:07:29. > :07:32.been going through the wreckage left by last night's attack. There was
:07:33. > :07:36.never much doubt it was deliberate, now attention is turning to the
:07:37. > :07:46.likely motive. Analysts suspect it may have been a response to a call
:07:47. > :07:51.by jihadists. This is something that inspire the magazine of Al-Qaeda,
:07:52. > :07:57.has been promoting among their followers, these kind of home land
:07:58. > :08:02.attack, easy to organise, very little co-ordination needed. This is
:08:03. > :08:07.what they have been proposing. The attack in Berlin bears a
:08:08. > :08:15.striking similarity to what happens in Nice on Bastille day five months
:08:16. > :08:20.ago. They rammed a 19 tonne truck into pedestrians killing 86 people,
:08:21. > :08:25.so can this sort of low tech high speed attack be prevented? Answer,
:08:26. > :08:32.yes, if you are prepared to put in this level of protective security.
:08:33. > :08:36.This demonstration in Berkshire shows a seven tonne truck being
:08:37. > :08:41.stopped in its tracks. But you can't protect everywhere. One of Britain's
:08:42. > :08:45.most experienced counter terrorism officers says the key is
:08:46. > :08:50.intelligence. More bollards and troops on the street is not the
:08:51. > :08:54.answer to this threat. You have to build your intelligence capabilities
:08:55. > :08:58.more, you have to encourage people to come forward, and particularly
:08:59. > :09:02.you have to encourage the Muslim community to come forward and trust
:09:03. > :09:06.the agency, and report information and concerns they have got.
:09:07. > :09:09.And that has been happening. Information from the British public
:09:10. > :09:12.has already led to plots being stopped.
:09:13. > :09:16.But as barriers like this one in Birmingham go up to protect
:09:17. > :09:21.Christmas shopper, it is a reminder that the terror threat in Britain is
:09:22. > :09:24.at severe, meaning an attack is thought highly likely. The
:09:25. > :09:28.Metropolitan Police say they are now reviewing security measures. In
:09:29. > :09:33.Berlin, the clues are still being analysed. And the question remains,
:09:34. > :09:37.what more needs to happen to stop further attacks like this.
:09:38. > :09:40.We'll have continuing coverage of the attack
:09:41. > :09:43.at the Christmas Market in Berlin here on BBC News and you can also
:09:44. > :09:46.keep up to date with the latest developments online on the BBC News
:09:47. > :09:53.President Putin has promised to "step up the fight
:09:54. > :09:55.against terror", after Russia's ambassador in Turkey
:09:56. > :09:58.Andrey Karlov was shot dead by an off-duty police officer,
:09:59. > :10:02.The leaders of both Russia and Turkey have described
:10:03. > :10:05.the killing as an attempt to damage relations between the two countries,
:10:06. > :10:07.which have backed opposing sides in the Syrian civil war.
:10:08. > :10:09.But both countries have recently been working
:10:10. > :10:11.closely over the evacuation of civilians in Aleppo.
:10:12. > :10:19.From Moscow, Steve Rosenberg reports.
:10:20. > :10:24.In Moscow today, there were flowers outside the foreign ministry,
:10:25. > :10:27.a makeshift shrine in memory of Andrei Karlov, the Russian
:10:28. > :10:36.To many Russians, the war on terror has felt far away.
:10:37. > :10:38.This murder has made people remember.
:10:39. > :10:45.Inside, the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Turkey
:10:46. > :10:55.Ambassador Karlov was killed hours before the start of talks
:10:56. > :11:01.here on Syria between Russia, Turkey and Iran.
:11:02. > :11:03."If we work together", said the Turkish Foreign Minister,
:11:04. > :11:09."we will find out who was behind this wretched, despicable crime."
:11:10. > :11:11.In Ankara, the Russian ambassador had been making a speech
:11:12. > :11:14.Standing behind him, the assassin, a 22-year-old riot
:11:15. > :11:28."Don't forget about Aleppo, about Syria."
:11:29. > :11:31."So long as they aren't safe, you won't taste safety either."
:11:32. > :11:33.The assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey has
:11:34. > :11:34.shocked this country, and its President,
:11:35. > :11:37.Vladimir Putin, says there can only be one response -
:11:38. > :11:39.a strengthening of the fight against terror.
:11:40. > :11:41.But the problem for Russia and for other countries waging such
:11:42. > :11:44.a war on terror is there is no end in sight.
:11:45. > :11:55.Still, this is a war Moscow is determined to win.
:11:56. > :11:58.We should send a clear message to those who support terrorists,
:11:59. > :12:01.that terrorists, with our Air Forces and our military, any attack
:12:02. > :12:07.towards Russians would be, would have a very dangerous
:12:08. > :12:17.and terrible result for those who can't possibly stand behind them.
:12:18. > :12:27.The politicians are talking tough, but the public is nervous.
:12:28. > :12:34.of the country which is being affected and humiliated in a way,
:12:35. > :12:36.but also really, really hope it won't lead to escalation
:12:37. > :12:39.Today, a team of Russian detectives arrived in Turkey.
:12:40. > :12:47.Moscow and Ankara displaying a united front in the face of terror.
:12:48. > :12:49.We'll get the latest from Moscow in a moment,
:12:50. > :12:53.but first to Ankara, and our correspondent, Mark Lowen.
:12:54. > :13:01.What is the latest on the investigation? As you heard there in
:13:02. > :13:04.that report, a joint commission Turkish Russian commission has been
:13:05. > :13:08.set up to investigate the murder that happened here in the Art
:13:09. > :13:11.Gallery in Ankara. 18 Russian officials arrived here this morning
:13:12. > :13:15.including forensic experts and prosecutor, they will work with
:13:16. > :13:18.their Turkish counterparts to investigate the murder. At the same
:13:19. > :13:23.time six people have been detained, including relatives and the former
:13:24. > :13:26.flatmate of the gunman, the 22-year-old Mevlut Mert Aydintas.
:13:27. > :13:31.They will be trying to find out who this man was and what his motives
:13:32. > :13:38.were, was he a lone wolf? Did he have links to any opposition groups
:13:39. > :13:43.in Syria or Jihadist groups? Was he trying to take revenge? Or was he as
:13:44. > :13:48.some sources in the Turkish Government suggested, did he have
:13:49. > :13:53.links to the Islamist movement that Turkey's Government blames for
:13:54. > :13:56.orchestrating the failed coup here led by Fethullah Gulen, he says
:13:57. > :14:00.there is no link between his movement and the gunman. This
:14:01. > :14:03.afternoon, the coffin of the ambassador had been flown back to
:14:04. > :14:08.Moscow for burial, in a ceremony from the airport here in Ankara and
:14:09. > :14:14.the authorities here, have said the road the Russian embassy is located
:14:15. > :14:18.on will be renamed in the ambassador's honour. Steve in
:14:19. > :14:24.Moscow, what impact could this have on the relationship between Russia
:14:25. > :14:29.and Turkey? Well, Moscow and Ankara are putting forward a united front
:14:30. > :14:33.at the moment. In recent times these two countries have had a difficult,
:14:34. > :14:38.explosive relationship, think back over a year to when the Turkish Air
:14:39. > :14:42.Force shot down a Russian bomb e it said it strayed into Turkish
:14:43. > :14:49.airspace, in recrest months both countries have tried to put their
:14:50. > :14:52.dipresences behind them and forge a new relationship because both
:14:53. > :14:56.Presidents believe it in their interest to do so. In terms of what
:14:57. > :15:01.happens in Syria and economic ties. So, over the last few hours Moscow
:15:02. > :15:06.and Ankara have been going out of their way to project this united
:15:07. > :15:10.front, to make it clear they are determined not to let this crime
:15:11. > :15:15.come between them, and to maintain this unity.
:15:16. > :15:19.The Syrian Army has been broadcasting messages to the last
:15:20. > :15:21.remaining rebel held enclaves of eastern Aleppo, saying it plans
:15:22. > :15:24.It's urging anyone still there to leave.
:15:25. > :15:27.Yesterday, 15,000 people fled the east of the city,
:15:28. > :15:29.but no-one really knows how many people are left.
:15:30. > :15:31.Let's speak to our correspondent, James Longman, who's
:15:32. > :15:51.Are the evacuations continuing? Can people still leave? Yes, they are.
:15:52. > :15:55.They are continuing at quite a pace, we understand that at least 25,000
:15:56. > :16:00.people have been able to leave since these began on Thursday, they were
:16:01. > :16:04.of course stalled over the weekend, and now have begun again in earnest.
:16:05. > :16:07.There are thousands left, inside, that is according to the
:16:08. > :16:10.international committee for the Red Cross who are managing the
:16:11. > :16:15.evacuation, but they are moving very quickly indeed. At the same time
:16:16. > :16:18.they are in other parts of the country. The villages where it was
:16:19. > :16:22.agreed that people would be evacuated from, they too have been
:16:23. > :16:26.able to leave, so this whole process has moved very quickly indeed, and
:16:27. > :16:30.it is clear that the Government in Damascus wants this to happen as
:16:31. > :16:33.soon as possible. They see this as their chance to claim back
:16:34. > :16:38.territory, those announcements that you mentioned there, that were made
:16:39. > :16:41.overloud speaker to east Aleppo, telling the last militants to leave
:16:42. > :16:45.or they will be killed by the army that will soon take over those last
:16:46. > :16:51.remaining rebel enclaves, that is about claiming back territory,
:16:52. > :16:55.because this really is a defining moment for the Syrian regime in this
:16:56. > :17:01.war, just in the last few hours we know in a sports complex in the west
:17:02. > :17:06.of Aleppo, the ruling party held a celebrate trivictory for this
:17:07. > :17:10.victory as they call it. So, this is in the next 24-48-hours we know that
:17:11. > :17:11.Aleppo, the whole of the city of Aleppo will be back in regime
:17:12. > :17:20.control. The German government
:17:21. > :17:24.says last night's attack on a Berlin Christmas market,
:17:25. > :17:27.in which 12 people were killed, And still to come, England
:17:28. > :17:30.collapse against India. The latest defeat is
:17:31. > :17:34.their eighth in a row. In sport, the former Wimbledon
:17:35. > :17:39.champion Petra Kvitova has been injured in a knife attack
:17:40. > :17:42.at her home in the Czech Republic, she has been treated
:17:43. > :17:45.for a left hand injury Scotland's First Minister,
:17:46. > :17:57.Nicola Sturgeon has been setting out how Scotland could stay
:17:58. > :17:59.in the European Single Market, The first minister says leaving
:18:00. > :18:05.the free trade block would be "potentially devastating"
:18:06. > :18:07.to Scotland's long-term prosperity. In the EU referendum,
:18:08. > :18:10.Scotland voted by a large majority Nicola Sturgeon wants Scotland to be
:18:11. > :18:13.given more independence from Westminster so that a special
:18:14. > :18:16.status with the EU Our Scotland Correspondent,
:18:17. > :18:33.Lorna Gordon, is in Edinburgh. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First
:18:34. > :18:37.Minister, described Brexit as an unprecedented situation, not of
:18:38. > :18:41.Scotland's making. She insists that the option for a second independence
:18:42. > :18:45.on Scottish independence must remain on the table. She said this document
:18:46. > :18:48.was about exploring all documents going forward.
:18:49. > :18:51.It's almost six months since the UK voted to leave the EU and the
:18:52. > :18:57.Since then there's been plenty of political positioning on what any
:18:58. > :19:03.Brexit negotiations should involve, but not much detail.
:19:04. > :19:05.Now, today, Scotland's First Minister set out
:19:06. > :19:08.how she hopes Scotland's interests can be protected.
:19:09. > :19:15.We propose that the UK as a whole should stay in the
:19:16. > :19:18.single market by remaining a party to the European Economic Area
:19:19. > :19:22.I accept that there is a mandate in England and Wales to take
:19:23. > :19:26.However I do not accept that there is a mandate
:19:27. > :19:32.to take any part of the UK out of the single market.
:19:33. > :19:34.Calls too from Miss Sturgeon for further powers to be
:19:35. > :19:38.Fishing and farming policy she said should be transferred from Brussels
:19:39. > :19:43.She argued that MSPs should be able to
:19:44. > :19:46.legislate in key areas such as employment and should have the power
:19:47. > :19:51.This Scottish company which employs seven
:19:52. > :19:54.people sees Europe as a growing market for its products and a source
:19:55. > :19:57.Its Finnish owner says clarity is needed about
:19:58. > :20:00.what Brexit will mean for his business.
:20:01. > :20:06.I'm born in Finland, I've lived in the
:20:07. > :20:13.We are a growing business, we need to know where we
:20:14. > :20:15.can find future employees that we want to hire.
:20:16. > :20:18.And I want to know, can I stay in the UK myself.
:20:19. > :20:21.The Conservatives insist there will be
:20:22. > :20:27.no separate deals for different parts of the UK.
:20:28. > :20:30.What we absolutely do not want to see is anything that
:20:31. > :20:32.jeopardises Scotland's trading relationship with the rest of the
:20:33. > :20:36.Scotland trades four times as much with the rest of the UK as it
:20:37. > :20:38.does with the whole of the European Union,
:20:39. > :20:41.and that's the single market that we've really got to preserve.
:20:42. > :20:42.Some light shed today by Scotland's government
:20:43. > :20:44.on what it wants from the
:20:45. > :20:47.But with no formal role in those talks they are
:20:48. > :20:55.reliant on the government at Westminster to agree.
:20:56. > :21:02.Well ultimately it will be up to Theresa May, the Prime Minister, and
:21:03. > :21:06.her Cabinet, to decide what of these proposals from the Scottish
:21:07. > :21:09.Government to take forward. Theresa May has said she will look very
:21:10. > :21:15.carefully at these proposals and there will be a meeting of the
:21:16. > :21:17.devolved administrations in January. Lorna Gordon, thank you.
:21:18. > :21:20.Buckingham Palace has announced that the Queen is stepping down
:21:21. > :21:22.as patron from a number of national organisations.
:21:23. > :21:24.They're being passed on to other members of the royal family.
:21:25. > :21:26.Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell is here.
:21:27. > :21:36.And it's 25 in all? So quite a small number, it's actually about 5%. She
:21:37. > :21:41.has roughly 600 page images. And she is redistributing 25 of them from
:21:42. > :21:45.large charities like save the children UK and the NSPCC, two
:21:46. > :21:49.smaller ones like the Royal College of needlework and Battersea dogs
:21:50. > :21:53.home. So they are being redistributed to other members of
:21:54. > :21:57.the Royal family. For example Prince Charles will take over the Holocaust
:21:58. > :22:01.Day Memorial trust. Another's will be taken over by the Duchess of
:22:02. > :22:05.Cornwall, she has a great fondness for dogs and has visited Battersea
:22:06. > :22:11.dogs on several occasions. There are rugby page images. William will take
:22:12. > :22:14.on the Welsh Rugby union and unsurprisingly Prince Harry will
:22:15. > :22:20.take on the Rugby football union. What is not known are the tennis is
:22:21. > :22:24.patronage is. The Queen has not attended Wimbledon very much. Both
:22:25. > :22:27.Wimbledon and the lawn tennis Association, one would imagine that
:22:28. > :22:31.they will probably go to the Duchess of Cambridge but that's not
:22:32. > :22:35.confirmed yet. And this is all part of the gradual lightening of the
:22:36. > :22:38.load for the Queen, to give her a workload which, as officials would
:22:39. > :22:40.say, is more appropriate to someone who is 90 years old. Nicholas
:22:41. > :22:51.Witchel, thank you. Every year, more than 45,000 men
:22:52. > :22:54.in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer,
:22:55. > :22:55.and 11-thousand die But scientists have developed
:22:56. > :22:58.a new technique, which surgeons The treatment involves lasers
:22:59. > :23:02.and a drug made from deep-sea bacteria to destroy tumours
:23:03. > :23:04.without causing severe side effects. Here's our health correspondent,
:23:05. > :23:07.James Gallagher. Gerald is now free from prostate
:23:08. > :23:09.cancer and feeling good. But when he was diagnosed,
:23:10. > :23:12.he faced a conundrum. Treat the tumour but almost
:23:13. > :23:20.certainly develop long-term side-effects like impotence
:23:21. > :23:21.or incontinence, or Many men choose to wait and see,
:23:22. > :23:25.but then Gerald's surgeon offered He was telling me that this would be
:23:26. > :23:32.the best treatment for me. And having taken into account
:23:33. > :23:37.the other treatments, I was looking onward with my life and wanted
:23:38. > :23:41.to have the same way of living that I had enjoyed in the
:23:42. > :23:48.past, for the future. And I feel like the treatment I have
:23:49. > :23:51.had has confirmed that. Here is the technology that
:23:52. > :23:53.killed Gerald's cancer. This drug is made from bacteria
:23:54. > :23:56.that grow in the dark It is only toxic when it
:23:57. > :23:59.is exposed to light. Then up to ten of these lasers
:24:00. > :24:07.are inserted into the tumour to activate the drug and kill just
:24:08. > :24:10.the cancerous tissue. More than 400 men took part
:24:11. > :24:13.in the trial and nearly half had no signs of cancer after treatment,
:24:14. > :24:16.and no patients had serious The harms with traditional
:24:17. > :24:21.treatments have always been the side effects,
:24:22. > :24:23.urinary incontinence, in other words leaking
:24:24. > :24:27.urine and requiring pads. Sexual difficulty, which occurrs
:24:28. > :24:29.in the majority of men And to have a new treatment
:24:30. > :24:34.now that we can administer to men who are eligible that is virtually
:24:35. > :24:37.free of those side effects It could be a welcome advance
:24:38. > :24:42.for the more than 40,000 men who are diagnosed with prostate
:24:43. > :24:45.cancer in the UK each year. This treatment is a huge step
:24:46. > :24:52.forward for prostate cancer. We've sort of seen in the past
:24:53. > :24:56.where you have to either take out the whole prostate gland itself
:24:57. > :24:58.or use radiotherapy, Whereas with this particular
:24:59. > :25:02.treatment we should be able to identify the cancers that
:25:03. > :25:07.will respond best to it. This is the technology that produces
:25:08. > :25:10.the right amount of light to kill those cancerous cells
:25:11. > :25:12.inside the prostate. However, while this
:25:13. > :25:15.is incredibly promising, it's not yet ready for patients,
:25:16. > :25:17.and needs to be assessed Doctors also want to see how
:25:18. > :25:23.the procedure affects But for now Gerald says he's one
:25:24. > :25:27.of the lucky ones, and that Domestic violence is a terrible
:25:28. > :25:36.reality for many women. And the stresses and strains
:25:37. > :25:38.of the Christmas season, coupled with too much alcohol,
:25:39. > :25:41.mean that the holidays can be Many police forces are preparing
:25:42. > :25:47.for an increase in reports of domestic violence over
:25:48. > :25:49.the Christmas period. But in Sunderland, a project
:25:50. > :25:52.is underway which works with men who are at risk of becoming abusers,
:25:53. > :26:04.before it's too late, Welcome everybody. We'll make a
:26:05. > :26:12.start. The new way of tackling domestic abuse. OK, somebody
:26:13. > :26:15.mentioned money. These men are learning how the abusive behaviour
:26:16. > :26:23.is affecting their partner. Reason to state or reason to go? Obviously
:26:24. > :26:27.she's got no money but she would be better off if she left. The 26 week
:26:28. > :26:31.course involves the charity Barnardos. It can get up to 20
:26:32. > :26:37.referrals a month and that's just Sunderland. Little kicks, little
:26:38. > :26:39.punches, stuff like that. Then it was vice versa, she was starting to
:26:40. > :26:45.hit me and it was escalating. This man was referred by his GP. So how
:26:46. > :26:53.has the course helps you? I take time to think about stuff.
:26:54. > :27:01.Time-outs. Now I'm aware. So even if I'm texting, I can tell that the
:27:02. > :27:04.texts are getting out of hand. I might just stop for half an hour and
:27:05. > :27:09.chill out with. Blue this project means that we can get to men and
:27:10. > :27:14.help them change this behaviour before they get involved with the
:27:15. > :27:18.criminal justice system. We want to stop things escalating to that point
:27:19. > :27:23.because we know when the police get called it's usually quite serious
:27:24. > :27:29.injuries and incidents. But there is another element to this early
:27:30. > :27:34.intervention programme. The local housing association is also
:27:35. > :27:37.involved. Hello, how are you? They checked the perpetrators are
:27:38. > :27:42.attending the course and they check up on the victims themselves. You
:27:43. > :27:46.might have something like a broken window, broken bathroom door locks
:27:47. > :27:49.for example, things like that. Could be that we are looking at an
:27:50. > :27:53.anti-social behaviour complete, we could get a call about noise
:27:54. > :27:58.nuisance but is it actually domestic abuse? He was kicking my door in at
:27:59. > :28:03.the middle of the night, my windows were going out. This woman was so
:28:04. > :28:08.afraid of her ex-partner she carried a knife. Her words are spoken by
:28:09. > :28:12.somebody else. It finally come to the day where he assaulted us and
:28:13. > :28:17.put us in the hospital. He got 16 months in jail. I was so pleased. I
:28:18. > :28:21.know it sounds crazy. You know I was lying in a hospital bed covered in
:28:22. > :28:26.blood but I was so happy he'd done it because to me I was free. In
:28:27. > :28:31.every community there is a woman like her. Here in Sunderland
:28:32. > :28:34.charities hope that by working with the local housing association,
:28:35. > :28:38.abusive relationships can stop before women are put in more serious
:28:39. > :28:41.danger. Fiona Trott, BBC News, Wearside.
:28:42. > :28:43.England have lost the final test match against India
:28:44. > :28:48.by an innings and 75 runs - meaning they've lost
:28:49. > :28:56.They've have also lost their last eight test matches in 2016.
:28:57. > :28:57.Here's our sports correspondent, Joe Wilson.
:28:58. > :29:00.Here's how India might look from the plane home.
:29:01. > :29:04.Perhaps with a foretaste of Christmas, the collapse
:29:05. > :29:13.They'd had to wait but India were off and running.
:29:14. > :29:19.Keaton Jennings, a gentle return catch to Jadeja.
:29:20. > :29:26.After India scored 759 on Monday, England's only incentive was to deny
:29:27. > :29:36.With the help of an LBW review, Root fell for six.
:29:37. > :29:42.Jonny Bairstow on one, up, up and out.
:29:43. > :29:51.Still Moeen Ali fought to 44, then this.
:29:52. > :29:59.Dawson soon followed for 0, and the England
:30:00. > :30:03.With over an hour left in the day England lost their eighth wicket.
:30:04. > :30:10.Still over half an hour for India to wrap it up.
:30:11. > :30:12.Jake Ball batted, Jadeja bowled, his seventh wicket,
:30:13. > :30:23.They'd lost ten wickets for just 104 runs.
:30:24. > :30:26.To lose a series 4-0, to lose like this displays
:30:27. > :30:28.a weak streak far wider than England imagined.
:30:29. > :30:30.And Alastair Cook will now consider his future starting
:30:31. > :30:42.All change on the weather front and not much Christmas spirit in this
:30:43. > :30:46.forecast for the remainder of this week it turns increasingly stormy at
:30:47. > :30:52.times. The first signs are arriving in the far north and west where
:30:53. > :30:54.we've got widespread gales to Northern Ireland and Scotland,
:30:55. > :31:00.severe gales unexposed North facing coasts. On top of that some very
:31:01. > :31:03.heavy rain. At least the heavy rain clears through quickly due to the
:31:04. > :31:07.strength of the winds. Not bad for the rest of the afternoon across
:31:08. > :31:12.eastern Scotland, spots of rain and into the Lake District and West
:31:13. > :31:16.Wales. Central and eastern areas, a better day in comparison to recent
:31:17. > :31:22.in terms of sunshine coming through an isolated showers on Channel
:31:23. > :31:26.coasts. A little fresher than recent days, temperatures fairly uniform
:31:27. > :31:29.across the country at around six and 8 degrees. Running through the
:31:30. > :31:34.evening and overnight wet and windy weather pushing southwards. The rain
:31:35. > :31:37.will weaken as it moves across England and Wales. Behind it some
:31:38. > :31:42.squally showers pushing into Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some
:31:43. > :31:45.even falling with snow to lower levels as it turns cold in rural
:31:46. > :31:50.spots, temperatures down to freezing. We start with the squally
:31:51. > :31:55.showers driven in by strong winds with rain, hail, even some thunder
:31:56. > :32:00.and snow, chiefly to high ground across Scotland. To England and
:32:01. > :32:03.Wales this relentless feed of rain through the day, really grinding to
:32:04. > :32:08.a halt across the Midlands and the south-east corner but milder here,
:32:09. > :32:13.nine to 12 degrees, feeling quite raw up into the far north when you
:32:14. > :32:16.factor in the wind. It will start cold, possibly frosty across England
:32:17. > :32:20.and Wales on Thursday but perhaps the best day in the next few to
:32:21. > :32:25.come. Scattering of squally showers into the North but quieter weather.
:32:26. > :32:29.The next storm moves in, another deep area of low pressure, this one
:32:30. > :32:33.has been named by the Met office, second storm of the winter season,
:32:34. > :32:37.storm Barbra is going to bring heavy rain. We are more concerned about
:32:38. > :32:40.the strength of the winds. And the weather warning has been issued, be
:32:41. > :32:44.prepared for some disruption due to the strengths of the winds. The
:32:45. > :32:49.strongest of which likely to be as below pushes away. As we go through
:32:50. > :32:54.Friday evening storm force gusts for a time. Clearing away, brief respite
:32:55. > :32:58.for the start of Christmas Eve but not for long. The next area of low
:32:59. > :33:03.pressure set to arrive Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. Potential for
:33:04. > :33:07.some disruption due to the weather. Keep watching the forecasts, please,
:33:08. > :33:11.and tune into your local BBC Radio 2 for further updates. Thank you.
:33:12. > :33:15.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
:33:16. > :33:20.The German government says last night attack on a Berlin Christmas
:33:21. > :33:23.market in which 12 people were killed was an act of terror.
:33:24. > :33:24.That's all from the BBC News at One so it's goodbye from me -