:00:14. > :00:15.Two men are found guilty of killing four people in a tipper
:00:16. > :00:21.the boss of a haulage company and his mechanic.
:00:22. > :00:24.Mathew Gordon owned the truck which had faulty brakes -
:00:25. > :00:26.the jury cleared the vehicle's driver.
:00:27. > :00:28.Three men and a four-year-old girl were killed when the truck
:00:29. > :00:39.Both men failed in their duty of care towards the public. Matthew
:00:40. > :00:44.Gordon effectively flouted every rain laid down to ensure safety.
:00:45. > :00:47.Peter Wood signed off vehicles as safe when clearly they were not.
:00:48. > :00:53.We'll have the latest from our correspondent who was in court.
:00:54. > :00:58.of Anis Amri, the chief suspect in the Berlin Christmas
:00:59. > :01:01.Raids across the country by German police hunting for him -
:01:02. > :01:03.and there's a European warrant for his arrest.
:01:04. > :01:06.A lesson from history - Prince Charles warns about a return
:01:07. > :01:08.to the 1930s over the persecution of religious minorities.
:01:09. > :01:10.New hope for sufferers of multiple sclerosis -
:01:11. > :01:12.scientists develop a drug which slows the pace
:01:13. > :01:18.And speeding up access to the internet - hundreds
:01:19. > :01:23.of thousands of rural homes are to get faster broadband.
:01:24. > :01:26.And coming up in the sport on BBC News...
:01:27. > :01:31.Wales will end the year above England in the Fifa world rankings -
:01:32. > :01:53.their impressive displays at Euro 2016 means they remain 12th.
:01:54. > :01:58.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:59. > :02:02.The owner of a haulage firm and one of his mechanics have been found
:02:03. > :02:05.guilty of manslaughter, after one of their trucks crashed
:02:06. > :02:12.last year, killing four people, including a four-year-old girl.
:02:13. > :02:15.The court had heard that the brakes had failed on the 32-tonne truck,
:02:16. > :02:18.and it careered along a village road near Bath, causing what
:02:19. > :02:19.the prosecution described as "absolute devastation".
:02:20. > :02:23.Matthew Gordon and Peter Wood will be sentenced next month.
:02:24. > :02:26.The truck driver, Phillip Potter, was cleared of all charges.
:02:27. > :02:41.The boss of Grittenham Haulage and the mechanic now inside this court
:02:42. > :02:46.building, waiting to be taken to prison. They have been remanded in
:02:47. > :02:49.custody over Christmas before they're sentenced next year, both
:02:50. > :02:53.having been convicted of manslaughter. This trial has lasted
:02:54. > :02:57.about four weeks, and during that time we have heard that the company
:02:58. > :03:01.was a shambles from start to finish. They did not have a transport
:03:02. > :03:05.manager overseeing safety. They were not carrying out basic checks on
:03:06. > :03:09.vehicles. We heard that they just did not have a grip on what needed
:03:10. > :03:14.to be done to keep a fleet of lorries safe in the modern age. The
:03:15. > :03:17.prosecution said that this terrible accident, killing four people, was
:03:18. > :03:23.entirely predictable, the result of poor management and of disregard for
:03:24. > :03:29.the rules. Police described it as carnage. This 32-tonne truck had
:03:30. > :03:35.careered down a steep hill, its brakes failing. It was school
:03:36. > :03:40.pick-up time, and Mitzi Steady was crossing the road with her grandma
:03:41. > :03:45.when she was hit. She was just four years old. Then, the truck crushed
:03:46. > :03:51.this car, killing the men inside. Robert Parker and Philip Allen were
:03:52. > :03:57.heading back to south Wales from a business trip. Their driver, Stephen
:03:58. > :04:02.Vaughan, was 32 years old and newly married. A spark has gone out in my
:04:03. > :04:06.heart, even though he's always in there. It's just been horrendous, I
:04:07. > :04:09.would not wish it on anybody. Sian Vaughan told me that being widowed
:04:10. > :04:16.so soon after her wedding day had left her heartbroken. All the plans,
:04:17. > :04:19.the future that we had together, has all been taken away. We were only
:04:20. > :04:25.married for six months. Especially having to spend your first wedding
:04:26. > :04:29.anniversary alone was just so far removed from the one that we had
:04:30. > :04:36.planned. It's just been absolutely horrendous. Tipper truck was
:04:37. > :04:40.carrying tonnes of aggregate down this steep and winding hill towards
:04:41. > :04:45.the city of bat that afternoon when it suffered catastrophic brake
:04:46. > :04:51.failure. The prosecution claimed it was not simply bad luck but an
:04:52. > :04:55.accident waiting to happen. Experts who examined the brakes said some of
:04:56. > :04:59.the parts were so rusty and warn that the 11-year-old Lori should not
:05:00. > :05:02.have been on the road. Phillip Potter was at the wheel of the
:05:03. > :05:07.tipper truck full stop he told the court he was not aware of the state
:05:08. > :05:13.of the vehicle and he denied causing death by dangerous or careless
:05:14. > :05:16.driving. Today, he has been cleared. Phillip Potter told the trial that
:05:17. > :05:21.as he sat here that afternoon, trying to take in what had just
:05:22. > :05:24.happened. His boss, Matthew Gordon, came over to him, grabbed him and
:05:25. > :05:28.said, don't tell the police about the brake warning light. That boss,
:05:29. > :05:32.Matthew Gordon, has now been convicted of manslaughter. The
:05:33. > :05:38.prosecution claimed his business, Grittenham Haulage, was a shambles.
:05:39. > :05:43.Mechanic Peter Wood, who was employed to inspect the trucks for
:05:44. > :05:47.the company, has also been found guilty on four counts of
:05:48. > :05:54.manslaughter. This was all very much preventable. Sian Vaughan says she
:05:55. > :05:58.has been horrified to hear about the state the company kept the truck in,
:05:59. > :06:04.especially as her chauffeur husband took safety so seriously. A word he
:06:05. > :06:09.would have used to describe them would have been Cowboys. Because
:06:10. > :06:19.there's no way that Steve would ever have put anybody's life in danger,
:06:20. > :06:23.let alone his own. As he left court having been found not guilty on all
:06:24. > :06:28.counts, the drivers and his sympathies to the families. They're
:06:29. > :06:34.constantly in my thoughts, and I just hope... Just hope they can
:06:35. > :06:38.carry on now. His former boss Matthew Gordon and mechanic Peter
:06:39. > :06:46.Wood will be sentenced in the New Year. Well, Gordon and Peter Wood
:06:47. > :06:49.showed no emotion at all as they were in court hearing those
:06:50. > :06:53.manslaughter guilty verdicts and then being told that they were being
:06:54. > :06:56.remanded in custody to be sentenced in the New Year. In contrast, some
:06:57. > :07:00.of the families of those who were killed in the crash held one
:07:01. > :07:06.another, hugged one another and wept I think with relief, because they
:07:07. > :07:10.wanted strong verdicts in this case, not just because of what happened
:07:11. > :07:13.but also to send a wider message to the haulage industry. In the last
:07:14. > :07:19.few minutes, we have had a statement from Avon and Somerset Police. The
:07:20. > :07:24.fact of the matter is that both men failed in their duty of care to the
:07:25. > :07:27.public. Matthew Gordon had no transport manager and effectively
:07:28. > :07:32.flouted everybody Leisha and laid down to ensure safety. Peter Wood
:07:33. > :07:35.signed off vehicles as safe when clearly they were not. Many of the
:07:36. > :07:42.faults at the time of this crash were long-standing. And the police
:07:43. > :07:45.stressing that these families, these bereaved families, now facing a
:07:46. > :07:48.second Christmas without their loved ones.
:07:49. > :07:50.Police raids have been carried out across Germany,
:07:51. > :07:53.as they search for the man suspected of the lorry attack
:07:54. > :07:57.They are looking for Anis Amri, a Tunisian, whose identification
:07:58. > :08:00.papers were found in the lorry which was driven into shoppers,
:08:01. > :08:03.killing 12 people and injuring another 49.
:08:04. > :08:05.A Europe-wide warrant for the suspect's arrest has been issued,
:08:06. > :08:08.and his brother has called on him to give himself up.
:08:09. > :08:15.Here's our correspondent Richard Galpin.
:08:16. > :08:25.The prime suspect, 24-year-old Anis Amri, is being hunted across Europe.
:08:26. > :08:31.But he uses many different names and nationalities, making it easier for
:08:32. > :08:37.him to slip away. This video Anis Amri which has just emerged shows he
:08:38. > :08:41.was in Berlin in September. And early this morning, police commandos
:08:42. > :08:46.trying to track him down raided apartments here in this district of
:08:47. > :08:51.the city. Apparently thinking they might find him here - out to no
:08:52. > :08:55.avail. They're playing catch-up. They only named him as a suspect
:08:56. > :09:01.yesterday, three days after the attack. A second raid this morning
:09:02. > :09:07.at this migrant centre in north-western Germany also revealed
:09:08. > :09:15.little. Amri had briefly stayed here when he first arrived in Germany
:09:16. > :09:18.last year, but is now long gone. But while Amri remains elusive for now,
:09:19. > :09:22.much more has been revealed about him since he left Tunisia at least
:09:23. > :09:27.six years ago. He moved to Italy, where in 2011 he was jailed for
:09:28. > :09:32.arson at a school. Then, last year, he entered Germany, where his claim
:09:33. > :09:34.for asylum was rejected. But the authorities could not deport him
:09:35. > :09:40.because they did not have the right paperwork. And yes, the German
:09:41. > :09:44.intelligence agencies knew he had links to an Islamist network. They
:09:45. > :09:47.monitored his phone calls for months, suspecting he was planning
:09:48. > :09:53.an attack. But they stopped the surveillance in September. Back in
:09:54. > :09:56.his hometown in Tunisia, his family are now the centre of attention.
:09:57. > :10:03.They're horrified that he is accused of involvement in the Berlin attack.
:10:04. > :10:07.TRANSLATION: I'm shocked, like every Tunisian citizen who heard about it.
:10:08. > :10:15.When the police came to the house to take my mum, then we knew it was my
:10:16. > :10:18.brother. But Anis Amri did also have a criminal record in Tunisia. He was
:10:19. > :10:24.convicted in absentia for aggravated theft with violence. Although Amri
:10:25. > :10:28.is still on the run, this morning, the market in Berlin which was
:10:29. > :10:31.attacked reopened. A move designed to show that the Christmas
:10:32. > :10:37.festivities will continue, despite what has happened. But not without
:10:38. > :10:44.extra security being put in place. We are still kind of very scared,
:10:45. > :10:50.because the other markets in Berlin, we never know what happens next all
:10:51. > :10:55.what could happen here again. I feel it's good that we start again, that
:10:56. > :11:00.the devil has no part for it, I think so. And also for the world to
:11:01. > :11:06.say, we go on, we are not afraid, we go on. Although people here are
:11:07. > :11:10.determined to put on a brave face put it will be hard for anybody to
:11:11. > :11:14.really relax until Amri and any other suspects are found.
:11:15. > :11:15.Let's get the latest from our correspondent,
:11:16. > :11:22.Let's get the latest from our correspondent,
:11:23. > :11:26.The market has reopened, but with the suspect still at large,
:11:27. > :11:39.There is unease. The scene here differs in one important respect
:11:40. > :11:45.from Monday evening. Earlier today, pretty much as the sun was rising,
:11:46. > :11:49.convoys of lorries arrived and began training giant concrete blocks into
:11:50. > :11:52.a circle effectively around the market itself. There has been some
:11:53. > :11:56.criticism of the German authorities in recent days since the attack
:11:57. > :11:59.about how they did or did not respond to warnings that there might
:12:00. > :12:04.be a threat to places where the public gather in the run-up to
:12:05. > :12:09.Christmas. Well, they are certainly trying to show the public that there
:12:10. > :12:16.is blocks, as well as armed police, patrolling. One thing which struck
:12:17. > :12:20.me about the mood was just how vulnerable this location was on
:12:21. > :12:23.Monday. You can see that the streets are absolutely packed here. People
:12:24. > :12:32.visiting the stores, passing through, and that lorry careered
:12:33. > :12:37.into so many people, who had nowhere to go. And this large red hoarding,
:12:38. > :12:43.this is where stores stood until the end of that terrifying few moments,
:12:44. > :12:47.and this is where people died. As Richard said in his report, nicking
:12:48. > :12:51.reference to remembrance. These shrines have sprung up this morning,
:12:52. > :12:54.put up by the stallholders, and they say very simply, in German, we are
:12:55. > :13:05.morning. -- we are mourning. And our security correspondent
:13:06. > :13:07.Frank Gardner is with me. The German authorities have come
:13:08. > :13:10.in for a lot of criticism - how fair is it, and how do you keep
:13:11. > :13:17.tabs on someone like Amri? I'm afraid there has been a
:13:18. > :13:22.catalogue of missed opportunities here, not all of which are the fault
:13:23. > :13:27.of the German authorities. The Germans had refused his asylum
:13:28. > :13:31.request but were not able to immediately deport him because of
:13:32. > :13:35.issues with the passport. But there is no question that the police and
:13:36. > :13:39.intelligence agencies missed opportunities. For example, it took
:13:40. > :13:44.them 24 hours to find his identity document in the lorry itself which
:13:45. > :13:47.gave him precious time. They spent too long interrogating the wrong
:13:48. > :13:52.person because they could not find an interpreter. And perhaps a deeper
:13:53. > :14:00.problem is that Germany has an absolute aversion to CCTV video
:14:01. > :14:03.surveillance. It is basically a legacy of being observed by the
:14:04. > :14:08.Stasi. When it was two countries, east Germany and west Germany, the
:14:09. > :14:12.east German Stasi spied on everybody. And Angela Merkel herself
:14:13. > :14:16.grew up in east Germany. So there is an aversion to that. This makes it
:14:17. > :14:21.very hard to follow the movements of this man. Overhearing Britain, which
:14:22. > :14:23.is far from perfect, but there is a close co-operation between the
:14:24. > :14:29.police and MI5, the intelligence agency. So they constantly share
:14:30. > :14:32.information, working hand in glove, agreeing on the priorities of. If
:14:33. > :14:38.you're going to actually observe somebody around the clock, it's a
:14:39. > :14:42.very labour-intensive thing. You've got to swap people, swap watches,
:14:43. > :14:46.you can't have the same person saying, he is moving now. You've got
:14:47. > :14:47.to have the old lady pushing the shopping trolley, etc. It all takes
:14:48. > :14:56.time and people. And there will be continuing
:14:57. > :14:59.coverage of the manhunt in Germany here on BBC News. And you can keep
:15:00. > :15:03.up-to-date on the BBC News website. Prince Charles has warned
:15:04. > :15:05.against intolerance towards refugees fleeing religious persecution,
:15:06. > :15:08.saying it was reminiscent of what he called the "dark
:15:09. > :15:10.days" of the 1930s. The Prince of Wales was speaking
:15:11. > :15:13.on Thought For The Day, He also warned about aggression
:15:14. > :15:18.towards minorities from "populist Here's our royal correspondent
:15:19. > :15:25.Nicholas Witchell. He's spoken up for many causes
:15:26. > :15:29.and been a champion for people His religious convictions
:15:30. > :15:38.matter to him. He's been appalled by
:15:39. > :15:41.the persecution of people of faith and particularly of Christians
:15:42. > :15:45.in countries in the Middle East. It was something he raised
:15:46. > :15:50.on a visit to Jordan Now, in his starkest warning so far,
:15:51. > :16:00.in a pre-recorded broadcast on the BBC's Thought for the Day,
:16:01. > :16:03.Charles has likened the persecution of Christians, particularly in Iraq,
:16:04. > :16:06.to what happened to the Jews in Nazi We are now seeing the rise of many
:16:07. > :16:12.populist groups across the world that are increasingly aggressive
:16:13. > :16:14.towards those who adhere All of this has deeply
:16:15. > :16:17.disturbing echoes of I was born in 1948, just
:16:18. > :16:27.after the end of World War II, in which my parents' generation had
:16:28. > :16:30.fought and died in a battle against intolerance,
:16:31. > :16:33.monstrous extremism and an inhuman attempt to exterminate the Jewish
:16:34. > :16:38.population of Europe. That nearly 70 years later we should
:16:39. > :16:41.still be seeing such evil persecution is to me
:16:42. > :16:46.beyond all belief. We owe it to those who suffered
:16:47. > :16:49.and died so horribly not to repeat The Prince concluded his broadcast
:16:50. > :16:59.with a plea for religious tolerance. Whichever religious path you follow
:17:00. > :17:04.the destination is the same. To value and respect the other
:17:05. > :17:08.person, accepting their right to live out their peaceful response
:17:09. > :17:13.to the love of God. It was an appeal from a prince
:17:14. > :17:16.who takes his own faith seriously and who believes tolerance of others
:17:17. > :17:20.is one of its defining principles. A woman and a child have died
:17:21. > :17:28.in a fire at a house Two other women who managed to get
:17:29. > :17:32.out of the house before emergency services arrived on the scene
:17:33. > :17:35.were taken to hospital suffering Essex Police say the victims
:17:36. > :17:39.were trapped inside the property More than 100,000 people in the UK
:17:40. > :17:47.have multiple sclerosis. Now, scientists have developed
:17:48. > :17:49.a new drug which slows down damage The MS Society described
:17:50. > :17:55.the development as "really big news", saying it "offers a lot
:17:56. > :17:58.of hope" for sufferers. Let's speak to our health
:17:59. > :18:10.correspondent James Gallagher. What is the new drug and how does it
:18:11. > :18:15.work? To understand how it works we need to understand what's going on
:18:16. > :18:19.in MS. A rogue immune system attacks the brain and that disrupts
:18:20. > :18:23.electrical signals to the body. The concept of the drug is simple. If
:18:24. > :18:27.the immune system is attacking the brain, let's attack the immune
:18:28. > :18:31.system. That's what the drug does. It targets specific components of
:18:32. > :18:35.the immune system and these trials show in multiple forms of MS it
:18:36. > :18:39.slows the pace of the disease and that's incredibly important in
:18:40. > :18:43.primary progressive MS, the form of the disease where patients get worse
:18:44. > :18:46.over time. There are no drugs at the moment that halted, and that's why
:18:47. > :18:49.patient groups are so excited. This is certainly big news
:18:50. > :18:51.with primary progressive What this drug has shown to do
:18:52. > :18:55.in this phase three trial is to reduce the risk of disability
:18:56. > :18:57.progression by around 24%. That's really exciting,
:18:58. > :18:59.because we don't currently have any treatments available for this type
:19:00. > :19:10.of MS in the UK. It's been considered next year as to
:19:11. > :19:14.whether it can get a licence to be given to patients, but the big
:19:15. > :19:18.question about this drug is whether organisations like the NHS will be
:19:19. > :19:21.able to afford it. James, many thanks.
:19:22. > :19:25.The owner of a haulage company and a mechanic have been found
:19:26. > :19:27.guilty of manslaughter, over a lorry crash
:19:28. > :19:42.Still to come, we are with the refugees celebrating their first
:19:43. > :19:45.Christmas in the UK after escaping the Syrian civil war.
:19:46. > :19:47.Coming up in sport at 1:30pm: There's criticism of the review
:19:48. > :19:50.into George North's head injury, as Northampton Saints avoid
:19:51. > :19:52.punishment, as the Wales wing was allowed to return to play,
:19:53. > :20:02.Retinitis Pigmentosa is a rare inherited condition
:20:03. > :20:09.But now NHS England says it will fund further testing
:20:10. > :20:12.of a so-called bionic eye implant, which surgeons say can make a real
:20:13. > :20:22.Here's our correspondent Keith Doyle.
:20:23. > :20:27.Bionic eyes have been around for a long time in the world of science
:20:28. > :20:31.fiction but it's only now that they are being used in the everyday real
:20:32. > :20:36.world. Keith Hayman has been blind for over 20 years. A genetic illness
:20:37. > :20:41.called retinitis pigmentosa meant he gradually lost his sight, but now
:20:42. > :20:46.he's got some of it back thanks to this bionic eye. It gives you more
:20:47. > :20:51.of an interest because instead of walking about in total darkness
:20:52. > :20:56.everywhere and sitting in total darkness, you've got all these
:20:57. > :21:01.shapes to work out what they are, windows, lights, people, cars,
:21:02. > :21:06.everything that with a contrasting colour you can scan and make out,
:21:07. > :21:13.try and make out what the shape is. Surgeons have had success with
:21:14. > :21:17.trials, which is a miniature camera mounted on glasses transmitting a
:21:18. > :21:21.signal to the back of the retina. This stimulates cells to send a
:21:22. > :21:25.signal to the brain, allowing the blind person to see in a limited
:21:26. > :21:32.way. Foreigners it's a very important step for people in the
:21:33. > :21:36.future, for hope, in terms of using electronic coupled devices with the
:21:37. > :21:38.biological system. This is a first demonstration you can do a very
:21:39. > :21:42.complex hook up I guess between an electronic device and a complex
:21:43. > :21:47.biological system, which the retina is. As many as 15,000 people in the
:21:48. > :21:52.UK have the same condition, although all do not want to lose their sight.
:21:53. > :21:56.Now ten people will receive implants over the next year, funded by NHS
:21:57. > :22:00.England. Five at Manchester Royal eye Hospital and the other five here
:22:01. > :22:08.at Moorfields eye Hospital in London. If it's all a continued
:22:09. > :22:10.success then more people will get the chance to have their sight
:22:11. > :22:16.restored with this bionic eye will stop -- this bionic eye. You can see
:22:17. > :22:19.where things are on the table, they sound like little things but they
:22:20. > :22:25.mean a lot when you are used to being totally blind. The results of
:22:26. > :22:28.this wireless device will improve as technology advances, but it's
:22:29. > :22:33.already transforming people's lives. It's amazing what a difference this
:22:34. > :22:39.little bit of light can make to your life. Keith Doyle, BBC News. In the
:22:40. > :22:42.last few minutes a helicopter had landed at Buckingham Palace. It is
:22:43. > :22:46.thought to take the Queen and Prince Philip for their Christmas break at
:22:47. > :22:50.Sandringham. Their departure had been delayed because both had been
:22:51. > :22:55.suffering from heavy colds. Our Royal correspondent Peter Hunt is
:22:56. > :22:59.with me now. Do we assume they are now recovered and well enough to
:23:00. > :23:02.travel? I think we can make that assumption. The helicopter had
:23:03. > :23:08.landed in the last few minutes. It will take off against them. On-board
:23:09. > :23:11.will be the Queen and Prince Philip. Yesterday, police were at King's
:23:12. > :23:14.Cross Station in London, at King's Lynn in Norfolk, in order for the
:23:15. > :23:17.Queen to travel by train. They were stood down at short notice because
:23:18. > :23:21.the Queen didn't make the journey and we learned both she and her
:23:22. > :23:28.95-year-old husband had heavy colds. We assume they well enough to make
:23:29. > :23:31.the journey by a short helicopter ride of some 30 minutes but as
:23:32. > :23:35.anyone who has had a cold nose, it can take some time to recover. This
:23:36. > :23:40.couple are 90 and 95. We will see the Queen on Christmas Day. She
:23:41. > :23:44.usually goes to church by car. Usually in the past, even when he
:23:45. > :23:47.has been unwell in the past, Prince Philip walks from Sandringham house,
:23:48. > :23:49.the private house owned by the Queen, to the church. Peter, thank
:23:50. > :23:51.you. More rural homes in the UK
:23:52. > :23:54.are to get superfast broadband, after the government said
:23:55. > :23:56.it was expanding its scheme to areas of the countryside that suffer
:23:57. > :23:58.from poor internet access. It's spending nearly
:23:59. > :24:01.?0.5 billion to do so - a move which should benefit more
:24:02. > :24:03.than 500,000 homes, as our technology correspondent
:24:04. > :24:08.Rory Cellan-Jones now explains. Connecting rural homes across the UK
:24:09. > :24:11.to fast broadband has meant an investment of ?1.7 billion
:24:12. > :24:16.of public money. And nearly all of
:24:17. > :24:19.that has gone to BT. The company's contracts
:24:20. > :24:21.with councils and local authorities mean it has to return some of that
:24:22. > :24:24.money if more than 20% of homeowners sign up
:24:25. > :24:30.when the fast broadband arrives. Now, the Government says
:24:31. > :24:32.that this cash clawback, coupled with efficiency savings,
:24:33. > :24:37.means another ?440 million can be There's a target of reaching 95%
:24:38. > :24:43.of homes with superfast Ministers believe that's
:24:44. > :24:50.within reach, and that up to 600,000 more homes and businesses could be
:24:51. > :24:55.hooked up with the new programme. We will have connected 4.5 million
:24:56. > :24:59.premises to superfast broadband, of which 1.5 million have taken up
:25:00. > :25:04.the option of superfast, and that take-up has led to more
:25:05. > :25:06.money being put back into the system, which means we can
:25:07. > :25:10.connect those harder to reach premises and make sure they have
:25:11. > :25:14.superfast broadband too. The woman running BT's broadband
:25:15. > :25:17.programme says she sympathises with those still waiting
:25:18. > :25:20.to be connected. If you're one of the have-nots,
:25:21. > :25:24.it really hurts today, We are really determined
:25:25. > :25:30.to have a look at how But critics say BT has been
:25:31. > :25:34.using the wrong technology, hooking up homeowners via a copper
:25:35. > :25:37.wire to a cabinet, rather than laying fibre-optic cables
:25:38. > :25:42.direct into their homes. It's one of the more
:25:43. > :25:44.controversial aspects of it. BT, they went for the we can roll it
:25:45. > :25:48.out very fast if we go for the partial fibre solution,
:25:49. > :25:51.that uses fibre to the green street cabinets, and then copper
:25:52. > :25:55.from there to your home. That allows them to sort of do
:25:56. > :26:00.50,000-70,000 homes per month. Rival firms, including Sky
:26:01. > :26:03.and TalkTalk, are now promising they can deliver faster fibre
:26:04. > :26:06.connections than BT, The funeral has taken place
:26:07. > :26:18.in Moscow of the Russian ambassador to Turkey,
:26:19. > :26:20.Andrei Karlov. The country's Foreign
:26:21. > :26:22.Minister Sergei Lavrov led tributes at the ceremony,
:26:23. > :26:23.describing Mr Karlov as a man who loved his work,
:26:24. > :26:26.and who loved life. The ambassador was shot
:26:27. > :26:28.dead three days ago, while he was giving
:26:29. > :26:30.a speech in Ankara. From Moscow, Steve
:26:31. > :26:38.Rosenberg reports. The farewell began at the Foreign
:26:39. > :26:43.Ministry. Flanked by a guard of honour, Ambassador Carlos lay in
:26:44. > :26:50.state. Three days after he was assassinated in Turkey. --
:26:51. > :26:56.Ambassador Karlov. Vladimir Putin came to pay his respects. He is
:26:57. > :27:01.awarded Andrei Karlov his country's highest honour, posthumous Lee, hero
:27:02. > :27:11.of Russia. From the president to the widow. Words of comfort. Then the
:27:12. > :27:16.coughing was brought here, to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour --
:27:17. > :27:20.the coffin was brought here. The Orthodox priests chanted prayers and
:27:21. > :27:32.blessings. They sang hymns for the soul of the deceased. It's very rare
:27:33. > :27:38.foreign ambassador to be killed on duty, said the head of the Russian
:27:39. > :27:44.church. Andrei Karlov will go down in Russian history as a hero. This
:27:45. > :27:50.is the man who killed him, and of duty Turkish police officer. God is
:27:51. > :27:56.greatest he had shouted. Don't forget about Aleppo, about Syria.
:27:57. > :28:00.They were in mourning today in Ankara at the Russian Embassy. But
:28:01. > :28:14.heavy security here meant it took some time to deliver the wreaths.
:28:15. > :28:19.The country's leadership doesn't want this to harm relationships with
:28:20. > :28:21.Turkey or to weaken Moscow's resolve to fight terror. Steve Rosenberg,
:28:22. > :28:25.BBC News, Moscow. David Cameron's government promised
:28:26. > :28:28.to house 20,000 Syrian refugees So far, around 4,500
:28:29. > :28:32.have come to Britain. Many families have found a new home
:28:33. > :28:34.in Yorkshire and Humberside, which has taken in more refugees
:28:35. > :28:37.than any other part of England. Our correspondent Dave Edwards went
:28:38. > :28:40.to see how they're settling in. For the children of Syria there have
:28:41. > :28:43.been few causes for celebration over the past five years -
:28:44. > :28:48.their country ravaged by war. But here in Bradford a smile
:28:49. > :28:52.is never too far away at this You feel here safety
:28:53. > :29:00.and everyone is lovely. In Syria, all your cousins,
:29:01. > :29:04.all your family in Syria, like you're feeling sad just
:29:05. > :29:10.when you think about your family. Most of these children wouldn't
:29:11. > :29:13.normally celebrate Christmas at all. Some have been through things
:29:14. > :29:16.you'd never want your For them, this is a chance
:29:17. > :29:22.to enjoy themselves. The local vicar has been brought
:29:23. > :29:29.in to tell the Nativity story. Translating is Roseana, a member
:29:30. > :29:33.of Syria's Christian minority. She arrived in Bradford
:29:34. > :29:35.in September. There is still no
:29:36. > :29:41.water, no electricity. Yeah, but they're trying
:29:42. > :29:48.to survive with the minimum. Although I'm away from my home,
:29:49. > :29:51.still I have the same I have this message of peace
:29:52. > :30:01.and love to my community, At this community has given
:30:02. > :30:04.them a warm welcome. A chance for the children
:30:05. > :30:11.to meet someone new. When they come into the centre
:30:12. > :30:14.the children will be You can see the smiles on their face
:30:15. > :30:18.and they're talking to each other. There's something I've done today
:30:19. > :30:29.that's been worthwhile. It's thought about 1700 Syrian
:30:30. > :30:31.refugees will be settled in Yorkshire by the end of 2018,
:30:32. > :30:58.hopefully bringing some There is disruptive weather coming
:30:59. > :31:05.in our direction. Travel was disrupted across the capital. At the
:31:06. > :31:07.other end of the UK we've had some proper wintry Christmassy weather
:31:08. > :31:11.with snow over some Highland villages. As you are probably aware,
:31:12. > :31:17.it's Storm Barbara we are most concerned about over the next 24-36
:31:18. > :31:20.hours. It is looming in the Western Atlantic. It's intensifying all the
:31:21. > :31:23.while. It's underneath a strong jet stream which will direct Storm
:31:24. > :31:29.Barbara up towards the north-west of the UK come tomorrow evening. I had
:31:30. > :31:33.of that we have the wintry showers across Scotland. Snow down to quite
:31:34. > :31:37.low levels. A strong wind. It feels cold. Further south are bright and
:31:38. > :31:42.breezy afternoon. The fog has cleared. In the more southern parts
:31:43. > :31:45.of the UK into the night, maybe a touch of frost, hopefully the fog
:31:46. > :31:50.won't be as widespread as it was this morning. The Reina rides across
:31:51. > :31:54.Western Northern Ireland and the far west of Scotland, the wind
:31:55. > :31:58.intensifying -- the rain arrives. Barbara arrives on our doorstep. It
:31:59. > :32:02.will head towards the far north-west of the UK, bringing a combination of
:32:03. > :32:05.strong winds and heavy rain, very wet to start the day across the West
:32:06. > :32:10.of Scotland and Northern Ireland, destructive rain and gale is in many
:32:11. > :32:14.places. The band of narrow but intense rainfall heads down across
:32:15. > :32:17.the UK are arriving in the south-east later in the afternoon.
:32:18. > :32:21.It will cause some problems. Behind that it brightens up with some
:32:22. > :32:25.sunshine but that's only half the story, because later on tomorrow the
:32:26. > :32:28.winds will intensify further. The core of the strongest winds looked
:32:29. > :32:32.like being across the far north-west of Scotland, the north-west of the
:32:33. > :32:38.mainland, the western and Northern Isles, gusts of 80, possibly 90
:32:39. > :32:42.miles an hour, enough to cause significant power disruption --
:32:43. > :32:45.travel disruption and power outages. Be prepared for significant
:32:46. > :32:49.disruption as we had through tomorrow evening. The strongest of
:32:50. > :32:52.the winds relent but a good old gale blowing as we headed to Christmas
:32:53. > :32:56.Eve across the North, frequent wintry showers, snow down to quite
:32:57. > :33:00.low levels. Further south on Christmas Eve are bright and breezy
:33:01. > :33:04.day, plenty of sunshine. Most of the action is further north. More rain
:33:05. > :33:09.arriving by the Christmas Eve across the far north-west of Scotland and
:33:10. > :33:19.into Northern Ireland as the next system arrives. Following a similar
:33:20. > :33:21.track, the low pressure not as intense. The winds will be just as
:33:22. > :33:24.strong but watch this space. Within the system and there is relatively
:33:25. > :33:27.warm air, we could get into mid-teens in one or two black -- one
:33:28. > :33:30.places on Christmas Day. A band of rain on the cold front sweeps
:33:31. > :33:33.Southeast with later on on Christmas Day, a band of rain, following that,
:33:34. > :33:38.lower temperatures which could turn the showers to snow, primarily over
:33:39. > :33:42.high ground of Scotland. For some offers a white Christmas. Beyond
:33:43. > :33:46.that, from Boxing Day onwards a transformation, quieter, crisp and
:33:47. > :33:50.less dry. -- and more dry.