:00:00. > :00:07.Young people using the internet need much greater protection,
:00:08. > :00:11.says the Children's Commissioner for England.
:00:12. > :00:14.She says children are being exposed to dangers and giving away personal
:00:15. > :00:18.information without understanding the potential risks.
:00:19. > :00:20.With children the biggest users of the internet,
:00:21. > :00:22.we'll be asking what parents can do to help.
:00:23. > :00:28.UK car sales hit a record high last year but are expected
:00:29. > :00:36.America increases the number of advisors in Iraq,
:00:37. > :00:42.Does living near a busy road increase the risk
:00:43. > :00:48.New research suggests there could be a link.
:00:49. > :00:53.Letters from Princess Diana about her sons go up
:00:54. > :00:59.And coming up in a sport on BBC News, angry and frustrated,
:01:00. > :01:01.but Alexis Sanchez's moody behaviour is labelled normal by his
:01:02. > :01:04.manager Arsene Wenger, despite rumours the player could be
:01:05. > :01:29.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:30. > :01:32.Young people are being left to fend for themselves when it comes
:01:33. > :01:35.to digital dangers such as bullying and grooming, according to the
:01:36. > :01:41.Anne Longfield says children should be taught in school what they need
:01:42. > :01:45.She also warned that children are frequently giving personal
:01:46. > :01:48.information away without knowing how their data will be used.
:01:49. > :01:56.Here's our correspondent Gillian Hargreaves.
:01:57. > :02:04.Look familiar? Teenagers stuck to their mobile phones. Millions are
:02:05. > :02:06.connected to their friends via social media but the children's
:02:07. > :02:10.Commissioner says too many are allowed to roam in a cyber world
:02:11. > :02:16.with limited protection and regulation. The girls at this high
:02:17. > :02:19.school in Warrington think there is a risk. Teenagers don't know what
:02:20. > :02:24.they're signing up to. The important thing you need to know about setting
:02:25. > :02:30.up a profile, you need to be talking about it and kids need to be told.
:02:31. > :02:35.Needs to be short and snappy. Not 15 pages. The report calls for the
:02:36. > :02:40.appointment of a digital ombudsman to mediate between children and
:02:41. > :02:44.social media companies over online bullying. It also recommends there
:02:45. > :02:48.should be mandatory digital citizenship courses in schools and
:02:49. > :02:54.new privacy laws to protect children's personal information
:02:55. > :02:58.online. What everyone is trying to do is to respond to that change.
:02:59. > :03:02.Parents are struggling to do their bit. There is a role for government
:03:03. > :03:08.to intervene to help strengthen privacy laws and a role for schools
:03:09. > :03:12.as well in teaching stronger digital curriculum and training. At
:03:13. > :03:18.Hampstead high school, the GCSE computer studies pupils are
:03:19. > :03:24.technically savvy with many aware of the dangers of digital technology.
:03:25. > :03:27.We need another programme. It's not just good schools. Right from the
:03:28. > :03:33.age of four through the sixth form, children are already talk about how
:03:34. > :03:37.to stay safe online in assemblies, working with a bullying officer and
:03:38. > :03:41.police, and we have an evening for parents where we invite them in to
:03:42. > :03:47.inform them about how they can help keep their children safe online.
:03:48. > :03:50.Schools can only do so much. Contracts for social media sites can
:03:51. > :03:55.be lengthy with complicated wording and many children can struggle to
:03:56. > :04:01.understand exactly what they are signing up to. When children use
:04:02. > :04:05.social media sites, they give their consent to the site, so comments,
:04:06. > :04:08.photos, e-mail address, name, information like that which they may
:04:09. > :04:11.know about but they may not know that that information is then given
:04:12. > :04:17.to third-party companies who will target them with specific adverts.
:04:18. > :04:24.Social media companies like instant gram, Facebook and Twitter, say they
:04:25. > :04:29.take child security seriously and say their services are suited to
:04:30. > :04:31.children over the age of 13 and will shut down underage account and
:04:32. > :04:33.forbid the posting of offensive material.
:04:34. > :04:43.It's fair to say the social media companies are pretty stunned by this
:04:44. > :04:47.report and said there's lots of information out there for parents.
:04:48. > :04:51.Their applications to explain how you can set your child poverty
:04:52. > :04:55.settings, information about the sort of conversations you should be
:04:56. > :04:58.having with your child to teach them to post material responsibly and
:04:59. > :05:03.there are swift mechanisms they say to take material down. When there is
:05:04. > :05:07.an issue of bullying or inappropriate or offensive material,
:05:08. > :05:11.but the Children's Commissioner says is not good enough and there needs
:05:12. > :05:16.to be a tightening of children's information and rights online and
:05:17. > :05:20.she also wants a proper mediator set up to act on children's behalf when
:05:21. > :05:23.there are issues about taking material down that is offensive. OK,
:05:24. > :05:24.many thanks. A record number of new cars
:05:25. > :05:27.were sold last year in the UK, up more than 2% on the
:05:28. > :05:29.previous 12 months. The increase was due to high demand
:05:30. > :05:32.from business customers. But sales are expected
:05:33. > :05:35.to fall by 5% in 2017. Our industry correspondent
:05:36. > :05:49.John Moylan reports. The Ford Fiesta. For the eighth year
:05:50. > :05:53.in a row, it's been Britain's most popular new car. In 2016, it was one
:05:54. > :05:58.of the reasons why the new car market hit an all-time high.
:05:59. > :06:06.According to the industry, last year, total sales hit almost 2.7
:06:07. > :06:11.million cars, up 2.3% on the previous year which was also a
:06:12. > :06:15.record high. And it's cheap finance deals which are driving the
:06:16. > :06:17.successful for the vast majority of customers now effectively lease cars
:06:18. > :06:22.rather than buy the outright. Bringing what was once an affordable
:06:23. > :06:28.within reach. All of the options that are now available with leasing
:06:29. > :06:33.and financing, I can now pay less overall, on a monthly basis, but
:06:34. > :06:37.still go home with a brand-new car. We decided to look around and if we
:06:38. > :06:43.see a new car that's convenient for us, and the finances all right, we
:06:44. > :06:48.will go for it. You can have a car like that for ?10 a month. That
:06:49. > :06:53.shift in how we buy cars is changing the type of car we are buying, to.
:06:54. > :06:57.There's a real trend for people to buy more upmarket cars because the
:06:58. > :07:00.monthly payments are not that much greater than buying a more
:07:01. > :07:03.mainstream vehicle and people are very conscious and want the latest
:07:04. > :07:07.technology and that's what these manufacturers are offering for a
:07:08. > :07:11.more affordable price than ever. But the industry expects the new car
:07:12. > :07:15.market to fall by 5% this year. Consumer demand is waning and higher
:07:16. > :07:19.prices are coming to forecourts. The pressure which comes from a lower
:07:20. > :07:24.value pound to a certain extent it does help exporters but the converse
:07:25. > :07:28.of that it makes imports more expensive, around six out of seven
:07:29. > :07:32.cars we sell are imported so the pressure of that depreciation in
:07:33. > :07:37.sterling will undoubtedly flow through to the price rises. Car
:07:38. > :07:42.sales are often a good barometer for the health of the wider economy but
:07:43. > :07:47.with sales expected to fall and forecourt prices expected to rise,
:07:48. > :07:48.2017, the industry could be in for a bumpy ride.
:07:49. > :07:50.Meanwhile, the UK's service sector grew at its fastest pace
:07:51. > :07:55.Services, which cover everything from retail and transport
:07:56. > :07:56.to banking and accounting, make up three-quarters
:07:57. > :08:04.Sterling rose this morning on the publication of the figures.
:08:05. > :08:06.Our business correspondent, Jonty Bloom is here.
:08:07. > :08:12.What do these figures tell us about the outlook for the economy?
:08:13. > :08:18.This is a survey of purchasing managers. The people who buy
:08:19. > :08:20.commodities and raw materials for companies. They have to look ahead
:08:21. > :08:24.because they have to predict what demand is going to be like so this
:08:25. > :08:28.is a survey used as a predictor of what is likely to happen in the
:08:29. > :08:32.economy and what it shows us is in the services sector which dominates
:08:33. > :08:35.the UK economy, things are going pretty well. Very high growth in
:08:36. > :08:39.December and not only that, when you ask these people to look ahead and
:08:40. > :08:42.see what they think is going to happen in 2017, they remain
:08:43. > :08:46.confident despite worries about Brexit and forthcoming European
:08:47. > :08:50.elections. They think things will stay steady for the that's a
:08:51. > :08:53.surprising result because many economists have predicted the
:08:54. > :08:59.British economy will slow down in 2017 but the one thing that this
:09:00. > :09:01.survey also points out is that the service industries and manufacturing
:09:02. > :09:05.and construction earlier this week are all saying price pressures are
:09:06. > :09:09.increasing and imports are going up because of a fall in the value of
:09:10. > :09:12.the pound and that means they will have to pass that on to the
:09:13. > :09:18.customers in the coming months. We would expect that to happen, the
:09:19. > :09:20.fall in the pound will increase inflation, and this is basically
:09:21. > :09:22.saying we're already seeing the first signs of that happening. OK,
:09:23. > :09:24.many thanks. A group of MPs and peers says
:09:25. > :09:26.immigrants should be expected to learn English before coming
:09:27. > :09:29.to Britain or attend compulsory The parliamentary group also
:09:30. > :09:33.suggests ministers should consider letting different parts of the UK
:09:34. > :09:38.set their own immigration policy. Our Home Affairs correspondent
:09:39. > :09:54.Danny Shaw reports. I will give my loyalty to the United
:09:55. > :10:00.Kingdom. A landmark on the way to being integrated into British
:10:01. > :10:03.society. As a British citizen. These people are becoming UK citizens with
:10:04. > :10:07.a promise to respect our rights, freedoms and laws. But there is
:10:08. > :10:10.growing agreement that successful integration into Britain also
:10:11. > :10:16.depends on having a command of the English language. Migrants, when
:10:17. > :10:19.they arrive in the UK, would like to learn English and are aware of the
:10:20. > :10:23.disadvantages of not learning English, I think we need to make
:10:24. > :10:30.sure that the resources are in place for migrants to be able to access
:10:31. > :10:34.full time education support. The importance of language provision is
:10:35. > :10:36.emphasised in a report from a group of MPs and peers. It says all
:10:37. > :10:43.immigrants should learning place before coming to the UK or enrol in
:10:44. > :10:47.classes when they are here. It also calls for courses to teach
:10:48. > :10:49.immigrants about British culture and the report says the government
:10:50. > :10:53.should give immigrants guidance on the costs and benefits of UK
:10:54. > :11:00.citizenship and consider cutting the fees for naturalisation. My name is
:11:01. > :11:04.Beatrix. I am a student. English classes are already available and
:11:05. > :11:09.the Home Office says its spending an extra ?20 million on those in
:11:10. > :11:13.greatest need. Some believe it will be unfair if it was compulsory for
:11:14. > :11:19.everyone coming to live in the UK. This will have a huge impact on
:11:20. > :11:24.people coming over to their loved ones, especially those people coming
:11:25. > :11:28.over from a village. They are not often very literate and therefore
:11:29. > :11:34.learning English as a second language is extremely difficult for
:11:35. > :11:38.them. The report on integration launched at an event in London also
:11:39. > :11:42.suggested devolving immigration policy to Britain's Nations and
:11:43. > :11:47.regions and they would be able to allocate these there's according to
:11:48. > :11:52.local need. Shaping immigration criteria to address national or
:11:53. > :11:58.regional needs will instil rater confidence the system works for your
:11:59. > :12:02.for every area. Under current laws, some immigrants are allowed in to do
:12:03. > :12:07.specific jobs like these fruit pickers from Eastern Europe working
:12:08. > :12:11.at a farm in Scotland. But the Home Office says planning to introduce
:12:12. > :12:14.local visa arrangements because it would be too compensated.
:12:15. > :12:17.The Chancellor Philip Hammond has spoken for the first time
:12:18. > :12:20.about the departure of the out-going UK Ambassador to the EU.
:12:21. > :12:23.Sir Ivan Rogers resigned on Tuesday complaining of muddle and confusion
:12:24. > :12:29.Mr Hammond said he had done a good job, but had chosen to resign early
:12:30. > :12:32.because of the timing of Brexit negotiations.
:12:33. > :12:39.Our political correspondent Vicky Young is in Westminster.
:12:40. > :12:46.What more did he have to say and how are things looking now for Theresa
:12:47. > :12:50.May's Brexit strategy? We are starting the air as we finished it
:12:51. > :12:54.when it comes to Brexit with lots of questions about whether Theresa May
:12:55. > :12:57.and her team are ready for those negotiations, whether they have a
:12:58. > :13:00.team which is experienced enough, whether they had even decided on the
:13:01. > :13:05.objective is. The problem for Downing Street is those questions
:13:06. > :13:09.are coming from someone who has been on the inside for several years I
:13:10. > :13:12.think what we have seen is Downing Street trying to get back on the
:13:13. > :13:16.front foot with this swift appointment of a new ambassador and
:13:17. > :13:20.it's an appointment but has gone down pretty well, lots of praise for
:13:21. > :13:23.him for his energy, his enthusiasm and for his knowledge.
:13:24. > :13:24.Here's a very experienced and seasoned diplomat.
:13:25. > :13:28.He was our ambassador in Moscow for many years.
:13:29. > :13:31.He has worked in the EU before, so he has good knowledge
:13:32. > :13:33.of how the EU works and is a very tough negotiator.
:13:34. > :13:36.So he's going to be a great asset for Britain in this
:13:37. > :13:49.So a huge task ahead for Sir Tim Barrow the new ambassador and the
:13:50. > :13:54.government. There's lots of speculation at how much more Theresa
:13:55. > :13:56.May will tell us ahead of those negotiations. She is said to be
:13:57. > :14:00.working on a speech which will come in the next few weeks laying out a
:14:01. > :14:03.little bit more, but of course, there is speculation about how far
:14:04. > :14:07.she will be able to go. We know from what she has said before that she
:14:08. > :14:11.believes the Brexit vote was about immigration, taking back control of
:14:12. > :14:15.our borders and we also know from those in the EU that they feel that
:14:16. > :14:19.Britain can't stay in the single market if it does not accept freedom
:14:20. > :14:22.of movement and that's leaving many people to suggest that the hints
:14:23. > :14:26.will be that we would be willing to leave the single market in order to
:14:27. > :14:30.control immigration but Theresa May knows that whatever she says she
:14:31. > :14:34.will upset some of the MPs in her party. OK, thank you.
:14:35. > :14:37.Four people have been arrested in the US city of Chicago over
:14:38. > :14:39.a video live-streamed on Facebook in which a bound and gagged
:14:40. > :14:43.Police say the victim has special needs.
:14:44. > :14:45.His assailants can be heard making derogatory statements
:14:46. > :14:50.The man, whom police say was acquainted with one
:14:51. > :14:52.of his attackers, has now been released from hospital.
:14:53. > :15:05.Most of the 30 minute video is too graphic to show. The victim, who is
:15:06. > :15:10.white and have mental health challenges, was bound and gagged by
:15:11. > :15:11.his attackers. At least two were African-American and made racist
:15:12. > :15:26.comments. At one point, they cut his clothes,
:15:27. > :15:34.several people can be heard laughing in the background. Then they
:15:35. > :15:39.partially scalp him with a knife. This was all broadcast live around
:15:40. > :15:44.the world on the social media site Facebook. It's sickening and makes
:15:45. > :15:50.you wonder what would make individuals to somebody like that.
:15:51. > :15:56.The victim was held for up to 48 hours in a flat in Chicago, a city
:15:57. > :16:01.where, last year, there was a murders, more than in New York and
:16:02. > :16:06.Los Angeles combined. The victim is now out of hospital traumatised by
:16:07. > :16:09.what happened. Four people are in custody and police say they are
:16:10. > :16:14.looking into whether a hate crime has taken place.
:16:15. > :16:18.Young people using the internet are being exposed to dangers
:16:19. > :16:20.and need much greater protection, says the Children's
:16:21. > :16:26.And still to come: The latest artificial intelligence gadgets
:16:27. > :16:32.promising to make life easier in the 21st century.
:16:33. > :16:34.Coming up in sport at 1:30pm: Britain's Johanna Konta is one win
:16:35. > :16:37.away from reaching her third WTA final, after victory
:16:38. > :16:50.in the quarterfinals of the Shenzhen Open in China.
:16:51. > :16:53.The United States says it has doubled the number of military
:16:54. > :16:56.advisors in support of Iraqi forces trying to retake the city
:16:57. > :16:59.of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State group.
:17:00. > :17:03.Iraq's second city has been under IS control for over two years,
:17:04. > :17:05.and there are increasing fears for the hundreds of thousands
:17:06. > :17:21.The US led coalition supporting Iraqi security forces says more
:17:22. > :17:24.than 60% of the eastern half has been won back from
:17:25. > :17:30.The offensive began in October and is in its second phase.
:17:31. > :17:34.The US says it is now taking measures to speed up the advance
:17:35. > :17:37.and that includes doubling the number of military advisers
:17:38. > :17:44.It's on the side of the Iraqi security forces.
:17:45. > :17:50.They continue making progress in doing so.
:17:51. > :17:53.We're going to continue to support the actions that they do
:17:54. > :17:59.with our air and artillery strikes, ISR and our advice and assistance.
:18:00. > :18:03.These unverified images are said to show part
:18:04. > :18:09.of the operation, artillery strikes against IS targets.
:18:10. > :18:12.There are still more than 5000 American military personnel in Iraq.
:18:13. > :18:17.During a helicopter tour over recently recaptured areas,
:18:18. > :18:21.the commander of the US-led coalition said Iraqi forces
:18:22. > :18:24.confronting IS in Mosul were gaining momentum,
:18:25. > :18:29.though he conceded that the attack initially lacked coordination.
:18:30. > :18:32.Some of the civilians who fled during the conflict have been
:18:33. > :18:35.returning to their homes in the areas of the city
:18:36. > :18:37.that have been retaken, but the United Nations has again
:18:38. > :18:40.warned about the dangers faced by those remaining
:18:41. > :18:45.Members of the council also expressed grave concern
:18:46. > :18:50.for the almost 1 million civilians that are out of reach currently
:18:51. > :18:58.for humanitarian support and access in areas under Isil/Daesh control
:18:59. > :19:02.in Mosul, suffering indiscriminate violence and abuse.
:19:03. > :19:06.Though Iraqi forces are making gains, they have yet
:19:07. > :19:08.to enter the west of Mosul, which is still held
:19:09. > :19:18.The week-old ceasefire in Syria appears to be largely holding,
:19:19. > :19:20.though there have been some fierce clashes in the Barada
:19:21. > :19:24.The government says the truce does not apply there
:19:25. > :19:27.because of the presence of al-Qaida-linked fighters, one of
:19:28. > :19:34.Our Middle East correspondent Alex Forsyth is in Beirut.
:19:35. > :19:36.The UN's envoy to Syria is due to speak shortly,
:19:37. > :19:43.can we expect a more positive assessment from him?
:19:44. > :19:52.In some parts of Syria there's a sense of cautious optimism. After
:19:53. > :19:56.seven days, the ceasefire appears to be largely holding in areas that
:19:57. > :20:01.until a week ago had seen intense fighting and bombardment. Yesterday,
:20:02. > :20:04.a UN official said in Aleppo despite the enormous humanitarian need which
:20:05. > :20:09.still exists, the last few days without violence had allowed some
:20:10. > :20:12.much needed medical supplies, food and in some cases shelter to be
:20:13. > :20:18.provided, but elsewhere the violence continues. There are ongoing reports
:20:19. > :20:23.of the Syrian regime bombing parts of the Damascus countryside which
:20:24. > :20:26.has been under rebel control for some years and it's strategically
:20:27. > :20:31.important because it supplies much of the water supply to Damascus,
:20:32. > :20:35.which has had water shortages for some ten days now. The rebel group
:20:36. > :20:40.says the raid G-Men's bombardment of the area represents a violation of
:20:41. > :20:50.the ceasefire agreement -- the rebel. After a week, this is only a
:20:51. > :20:54.very small and still faltering step on what remains a long and complex
:20:55. > :20:59.road before there's any real hope of a lasting peace. Alex Forsyth, thank
:21:00. > :21:01.you. People who live near main roads may
:21:02. > :21:04.be at greater risk of dementia. According to a decade-long study
:21:05. > :21:06.by scientists in Canada, one in ten cases could be linked
:21:07. > :21:09.to living near a major road. The researchers say more work is now
:21:10. > :21:12.needed to understand the link. Our health correspondent
:21:13. > :21:24.Robert Pigott reports. Arterial roads carry the lifeblood
:21:25. > :21:29.of cities such as Toronto, but are apparently the source of disease as
:21:30. > :21:33.well. A study of nearly 2 million people in Nantes REO over 11 years
:21:34. > :21:39.suggested that among people living within 50 metres of a major road, as
:21:40. > :21:43.many as 11% of dementia cases could be the result of traffic -- in
:21:44. > :21:51.Ontario. Tiny particles from exhaust and tyres could be part of the
:21:52. > :21:55.reason. How those particles work are speculative, but one hypothesis is
:21:56. > :21:59.through fairly nonspecific at on information and stress in the body,
:22:00. > :22:05.so we have a potential mechanism that it is far from proven. Dementia
:22:06. > :22:08.robs people of their memories and leads to increasing disability. 50
:22:09. > :22:13.million people around the world have the disease and the rate is rising.
:22:14. > :22:18.The Canadian study used people living at least 300 metres from a
:22:19. > :22:26.major road as its baseline. The risk of dementia increased by 2% between
:22:27. > :22:31.100 and 200 metres, was 4% greater between 50 and 100 metres, and 7%
:22:32. > :22:34.higher within 50 metres. Given that so many people were studied and for
:22:35. > :22:39.so long and that the researchers took into account factors such as
:22:40. > :22:44.poverty, obesity and whether people smoked, the findings are highly
:22:45. > :22:48.striking. But although the study can show a close association between
:22:49. > :22:53.roads and dementia, it doesn't prove that the roads cause the disease.
:22:54. > :23:00.Traffic pollution is one reason, but we know that living next to a busy
:23:01. > :23:03.road is noisy, stressful, people may have more disturbed sleep, which can
:23:04. > :23:07.also be a factor for dementia. British experts say the study has
:23:08. > :23:12.important applications for public health in the UK, but while the
:23:13. > :23:16.exact causes of dementia remained largely unknown they say a healthy
:23:17. > :23:19.diet, exercise and stopping smoking are still the best advice for
:23:20. > :23:21.avoiding it. Robert Pigott, BBC News.
:23:22. > :23:23.The price of petrol and diesel in December rose
:23:24. > :23:27.The RAC says both fuels went up by three pence a litre
:23:28. > :23:31.Our business correspondent Theo Leggett is at a petrol
:23:32. > :23:42.Anybody who's been to a petrol station like this one recently will
:23:43. > :23:47.probably have noticed that prices have been going up, but they went up
:23:48. > :23:52.particularly sharply in December. 3p a litre for both petrol and diesel.
:23:53. > :23:56.The reason for that is pretty clear. At the beginning of December, there
:23:57. > :23:59.was news from Opec, the oil producers' cartel, that oil
:24:00. > :24:03.producers were going to reduce their output. Petrol and diesel, made from
:24:04. > :24:16.crude oil, that pushes the price up. We have further falls in the
:24:17. > :24:19.value of the pound during the December and that doesn't help
:24:20. > :24:22.because crude oil is priced in dollars. That was December alone. If
:24:23. > :24:25.you look at the year as a whole, the oil price rose throughout the year,
:24:26. > :24:27.it almost doubled. The pound lost a lot of its value after the
:24:28. > :24:30.referendum in June. You have these two factors, which means it costs
:24:31. > :24:31.about ?8 more to fill up your average family sized runabout than
:24:32. > :24:34.it did this time last year. For a while he was characterised -
:24:35. > :24:37.in some parts of the press, And it seems his mother might have
:24:38. > :24:42.guessed it from early on. Letters written by Princess Diana
:24:43. > :24:44.reveal that Prince Harry The letters are up for auction
:24:45. > :24:48.in Cambridge today, and our correspondent,
:24:49. > :24:58.Sarah Campbell, is there. The auction here of collectables is
:24:59. > :25:03.well under way. I can tell you these royal lots which have garnered
:25:04. > :25:08.worldwide interest, start at number 287. We are currently at Lot number
:25:09. > :25:12.201. It's not long to go now. There are bidders poised by the concert --
:25:13. > :25:15.computers and their phones in the US, Germany and Japan and if the
:25:16. > :25:19.highest reserve bids are met it should garner a total of around
:25:20. > :25:22.?13,000 for the whole collection but the auctioneers believe it will get
:25:23. > :25:25.more than that, not least because of those star lots, the letters penned
:25:26. > :25:34.by Diana, Princess of Wales. She was a princess, he was stuff,
:25:35. > :25:39.but her letters to Cyril Dickman were heartfelt and personal,
:25:40. > :25:42.revealing a little of life behind Palace walls. Handwritten, they were
:25:43. > :25:46.written in the early 80s and 90s, when Diana was a young man and it's
:25:47. > :25:52.the letters referring to her two sums which have generated the most
:25:53. > :25:56.interest asked Diana was a young mother. These letters focus on her
:25:57. > :26:02.speaking to or writing to a friend about her children and in the
:26:03. > :26:08.capacity of being a mother, not a royal princess, necessarily. It
:26:09. > :26:12.comes over in a way that we can relate to. In 1984, William's
:26:13. > :26:17.eagerness to see his new baby brother wasn't just in front of the
:26:18. > :26:21.cameras, as Diana revealed to Cyril, writing just five days after Harry's
:26:22. > :26:25.burst. William adores his little brother and spends the entire time
:26:26. > :26:28.swamping Harry with an endless supply of hugs and kisses, hardly
:26:29. > :26:32.letting the parents near. And she wrote of the public's reaction to
:26:33. > :26:33.the new baby. It's totally overwhelmed us and I can hardly
:26:34. > :26:47.breathe for the mass of flowers that are
:26:48. > :26:50.arriving here. The letters are among 40 lots belonging to the former head
:26:51. > :26:53.steward at Buckingham Palace. His family were unaware until after his
:26:54. > :26:55.death just how close he was to the Royal family. The whole point of
:26:56. > :26:58.today was to showcase what an incredible man my grandfather was,
:26:59. > :27:01.so to find out he was as close as we believed he was to the Royal family
:27:02. > :27:03.is a pleasure, really. Another letter, this time from 1992.
:27:04. > :27:07.Alluding perhaps to the troubles in her marriage, which were about to be
:27:08. > :27:10.made public, Diana thanks Cyril for thinking of her at this difficult
:27:11. > :27:14.period and writes that the boys are well and enjoying boarding school a
:27:15. > :27:17.lot, although Harry is constantly in trouble. The description not
:27:18. > :27:21.unfamiliar to others who worked closely with the family. He was
:27:22. > :27:29.always the Joker, the one with problems with the teaching staff,
:27:30. > :27:32.etc, because that and nature. We see it in his adult life now. For that
:27:33. > :27:36.reason he has endeared himself to the public but Diana was being very
:27:37. > :27:39.honest. It's almost 20 years since Diana died, but she remains an
:27:40. > :27:43.object of fascination to people the world over.
:27:44. > :27:47.Although the Diana letters have grabbed the headlines there are
:27:48. > :27:52.plenty of other interesting items including a slice of wedding cake
:27:53. > :27:53.from the Queen's wedding in 1947, which is probably passed its sell by
:27:54. > :27:58.date! Sarah, thank you. The biggest technology
:27:59. > :28:00.show in the world gets CES, as it's known, has attracted
:28:01. > :28:04.nearly 4000 exhibitors There's a range of products designed
:28:05. > :28:08.for the home, which claim to use Here's our technology correspondent,
:28:09. > :28:13.Rory Cellan-Jones. In a penthouse suite
:28:14. > :28:16.at a ritzy Las Vegas hotel, There's a smart speaker
:28:17. > :28:22.for children, where each # Everybody was
:28:23. > :28:27.kung-fu fighting...#. ..There's even Nora, described
:28:28. > :28:39.as a smart snoring solution. This little device is paired
:28:40. > :28:41.with a pad under the pillow which detects me snoring and moves
:28:42. > :28:45.just enough to stop me, The big theme this year is turning
:28:46. > :28:55.the advances in artificial This one's meant to be a shop
:28:56. > :29:00.assistant, while this one is designed as a companion
:29:01. > :29:04.for children or elderly people. But AI seems to get everywhere, even
:29:05. > :29:08.into this toothbrush, which learns Artificial intelligence is not
:29:09. > :29:13.just gathering the data, Then you learn where your weaknesses
:29:14. > :29:18.are, where your strengths are and the purpose is to become
:29:19. > :29:22.better at taking care This walking stick is also
:29:23. > :29:26.smarter than it looks. An in-built mobile phone sim
:29:27. > :29:29.card means it can help It will detect the fall of its user
:29:30. > :29:35.and when it detects it it will alert the family or the neighbour,
:29:36. > :29:38.so they can come and And this clever mirror helps
:29:39. > :29:46.anyone to try out make-up. Out on the Las Vegas strip,
:29:47. > :29:52.Danny Manu, a young entrepreneur His instant translation
:29:53. > :29:59.headphones aren't quite ready. They will eventually be
:30:00. > :30:02.tiny earbuds, but he's This is important because we will be
:30:03. > :30:08.able to showcase what we've been working on to the world,
:30:09. > :30:12.to show this is something we started years ago as a small team,
:30:13. > :30:16.as a small start-up, The odds are against Danny,
:30:17. > :30:22.a one-man band taking on giants like Apple and Google,
:30:23. > :30:25.but like plenty of people here this week, he's betting that he has
:30:26. > :30:28.the product that can Rory Cellan-Jones,
:30:29. > :30:47.BBC News, Las Vegas. Plenty of sunny weather, but at this
:30:48. > :30:51.time of year it's often chilly and it was certainly a cold and frosty
:30:52. > :30:54.start this morning. Our Weather Watchers braved the chill to take
:30:55. > :30:58.some beautiful pictures from up and down the country, including this one
:30:59. > :31:05.from Oxfordshire. A pretty frosty scene here. Just down the road from
:31:06. > :31:08.Banbury, temperatures started at -8.1 degrees, that was the coldest
:31:09. > :31:12.start to a day in England so far this winter. The temperatures
:31:13. > :31:16.dropped, because we had clear skies overnight, and for the vast majority
:31:17. > :31:19.we have clear skies today as well. As you can see from the satellite
:31:20. > :31:24.picture. That means lots of sunshine, but a little more cloud
:31:25. > :31:28.click -- print creeping in through Northern Ireland and western
:31:29. > :31:30.Scotland, maybe a bit of rain later but through eastern Scotland and
:31:31. > :31:35.down into England, one two places keep the tinge of blue on the map.
:31:36. > :31:39.Temperatures will stick around freezing all day long, two or three
:31:40. > :31:43.at best even in the sunniest spots. More cloud into Pembrokeshire, Devon
:31:44. > :31:47.and Cornwall sunny and East Anglia and the south-east. The showers in
:31:48. > :31:50.the coastal areas tending to fade away. This evening and tonight,
:31:51. > :31:53.across central and eastern areas we will once again see a touch of frost
:31:54. > :31:57.and potentially some quite dense fog patches later in the night across
:31:58. > :32:01.south-east England. There could be an odd icy stretch here. There could
:32:02. > :32:05.be icy stretches briefly across Scotland as the rain runs into the
:32:06. > :32:09.cold air. Behind the wet weather, temperatures really will start to
:32:10. > :32:13.rise. The big changes on the way into tomorrow. Frontal systems
:32:14. > :32:16.pushing in from the West bringing rain, but as the weather fronts
:32:17. > :32:20.continue to slide eastwards they will feed this much milder airing
:32:21. > :32:23.from the south-west. Ahead of the rain band chilly, frosty and
:32:24. > :32:27.potentially foggy start across the south-east. Here we may cling onto
:32:28. > :32:30.some brightness through the day, but further north and west a lot of
:32:31. > :32:34.cloud, this rain staggering southwards and eastwards. Behind it,
:32:35. > :32:39.great, murky, drizzly conditions, but much milder by the afternoon
:32:40. > :32:42.tomorrow. Highs of 11 Celsius in Belfast. That takes us into the
:32:43. > :32:46.weekend. We stick with the milder field of the weather but there will
:32:47. > :32:50.be a lot of cloud around and that cloud could produce patchy rain and
:32:51. > :32:54.drizzle. Some more persistent rain for a time early on Saturday in the
:32:55. > :32:59.south. That will clear away, then largely grey skies, some glimmers of
:33:00. > :33:03.brightness, the odd spot of rain, temperatures around 8-11. A similar
:33:04. > :33:08.story on Monday, maybe a few patches of frost but generally cloudy, Sally
:33:09. > :33:11.Miles, the odd spot of rain and temperatures 9-11dC. We will lose
:33:12. > :33:14.the chill as we go into the weekend but we'll also lose most of the
:33:15. > :33:19.sunshine.