05/01/2017 BBC News at One

Young people using the internet need much greater protection,

says the Children's Commissioner for England.

She says children are being exposed to dangers and giving away personal

information without understanding the potential risks.

With children the biggest users of the internet,

we'll be asking what parents can do to help.

UK car sales hit a record high last year but are expected

America increases the number of advisors in Iraq,

Does living near a busy road increase the risk

New research suggests there could be a link.

Letters from Princess Diana about her sons go up

And coming up in a sport on BBC News, angry and frustrated,

but Alexis Sanchez's moody behaviour is labelled normal by his

manager Arsene Wenger, despite rumours the player could be

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

Young people are being left to fend for themselves when it comes

to digital dangers such as bullying and grooming, according to the

Anne Longfield says children should be taught in school what they need

She also warned that children are frequently giving personal

information away without knowing how their data will be used.

Here's our correspondent Gillian Hargreaves.

Look familiar? Teenagers stuck to their mobile phones. Millions are

connected to their friends via social media but the children's

Commissioner says too many are allowed to roam in a cyber world

with limited protection and regulation. The girls at this high

school in Warrington think there is a risk. Teenagers don't know what

they're signing up to. The important thing you need to know about setting

up a profile, you need to be talking about it and kids need to be told.

Needs to be short and snappy. Not 15 pages. The report calls for the

appointment of a digital ombudsman to mediate between children and

social media companies over online bullying. It also recommends there

should be mandatory digital citizenship courses in schools and

new privacy laws to protect children's personal information

online. What everyone is trying to do is to respond to that change.

Parents are struggling to do their bit. There is a role for government

to intervene to help strengthen privacy laws and a role for schools

as well in teaching stronger digital curriculum and training. At

Hampstead high school, the GCSE computer studies pupils are

technically savvy with many aware of the dangers of digital technology.

We need another programme. It's not just good schools. Right from the

age of four through the sixth form, children are already talk about how

to stay safe online in assemblies, working with a bullying officer and

police, and we have an evening for parents where we invite them in to

inform them about how they can help keep their children safe online.

Schools can only do so much. Contracts for social media sites can

be lengthy with complicated wording and many children can struggle to

understand exactly what they are signing up to. When children use

social media sites, they give their consent to the site, so comments,

photos, e-mail address, name, information like that which they may

know about but they may not know that that information is then given

to third-party companies who will target them with specific adverts.

Social media companies like instant gram, Facebook and Twitter, say they

take child security seriously and say their services are suited to

children over the age of 13 and will shut down underage account and

forbid the posting of offensive material.

It's fair to say the social media companies are pretty stunned by this

report and said there's lots of information out there for parents.

Their applications to explain how you can set your child poverty

settings, information about the sort of conversations you should be

having with your child to teach them to post material responsibly and

there are swift mechanisms they say to take material down. When there is

an issue of bullying or inappropriate or offensive material,

but the Children's Commissioner says is not good enough and there needs

to be a tightening of children's information and rights online and

she also wants a proper mediator set up to act on children's behalf when

there are issues about taking material down that is offensive. OK,

many thanks. A record number of new cars

were sold last year in the UK, up more than 2% on the

previous 12 months. The increase was due to high demand

from business customers. But sales are expected

to fall by 5% in 2017. Our industry correspondent

John Moylan reports. The Ford Fiesta. For the eighth year

in a row, it's been Britain's most popular new car. In 2016, it was one

of the reasons why the new car market hit an all-time high.

According to the industry, last year, total sales hit almost 2.7

million cars, up 2.3% on the previous year which was also a

record high. And it's cheap finance deals which are driving the

successful for the vast majority of customers now effectively lease cars

rather than buy the outright. Bringing what was once an affordable

within reach. All of the options that are now available with leasing

and financing, I can now pay less overall, on a monthly basis, but

still go home with a brand-new car. We decided to look around and if we

see a new car that's convenient for us, and the finances all right, we

will go for it. You can have a car like that for ?10 a month. That

shift in how we buy cars is changing the type of car we are buying, to.

There's a real trend for people to buy more upmarket cars because the

monthly payments are not that much greater than buying a more

mainstream vehicle and people are very conscious and want the latest

technology and that's what these manufacturers are offering for a

more affordable price than ever. But the industry expects the new car

market to fall by 5% this year. Consumer demand is waning and higher

prices are coming to forecourts. The pressure which comes from a lower

value pound to a certain extent it does help exporters but the converse

of that it makes imports more expensive, around six out of seven

cars we sell are imported so the pressure of that depreciation in

sterling will undoubtedly flow through to the price rises. Car

sales are often a good barometer for the health of the wider economy but

with sales expected to fall and forecourt prices expected to rise,

2017, the industry could be in for a bumpy ride.

Meanwhile, the UK's service sector grew at its fastest pace

Services, which cover everything from retail and transport

to banking and accounting, make up three-quarters

Sterling rose this morning on the publication of the figures.

Our business correspondent, Jonty Bloom is here.

What do these figures tell us about the outlook for the economy?

This is a survey of purchasing managers. The people who buy

commodities and raw materials for companies. They have to look ahead

because they have to predict what demand is going to be like so this

is a survey used as a predictor of what is likely to happen in the

economy and what it shows us is in the services sector which dominates

the UK economy, things are going pretty well. Very high growth in

December and not only that, when you ask these people to look ahead and

see what they think is going to happen in 2017, they remain

confident despite worries about Brexit and forthcoming European

elections. They think things will stay steady for the that's a

surprising result because many economists have predicted the

British economy will slow down in 2017 but the one thing that this

survey also points out is that the service industries and manufacturing

and construction earlier this week are all saying price pressures are

increasing and imports are going up because of a fall in the value of

the pound and that means they will have to pass that on to the

customers in the coming months. We would expect that to happen, the

fall in the pound will increase inflation, and this is basically

saying we're already seeing the first signs of that happening. OK,

many thanks. A group of MPs and peers says

immigrants should be expected to learn English before coming

to Britain or attend compulsory The parliamentary group also

suggests ministers should consider letting different parts of the UK

set their own immigration policy. Our Home Affairs correspondent

Danny Shaw reports. I will give my loyalty to the United

Kingdom. A landmark on the way to being integrated into British

society. As a British citizen. These people are becoming UK citizens with

a promise to respect our rights, freedoms and laws. But there is

growing agreement that successful integration into Britain also

depends on having a command of the English language. Migrants, when

they arrive in the UK, would like to learn English and are aware of the

disadvantages of not learning English, I think we need to make

sure that the resources are in place for migrants to be able to access

full time education support. The importance of language provision is

emphasised in a report from a group of MPs and peers. It says all

immigrants should learning place before coming to the UK or enrol in

classes when they are here. It also calls for courses to teach

immigrants about British culture and the report says the government

should give immigrants guidance on the costs and benefits of UK

citizenship and consider cutting the fees for naturalisation. My name is

Beatrix. I am a student. English classes are already available and

the Home Office says its spending an extra ?20 million on those in

greatest need. Some believe it will be unfair if it was compulsory for

everyone coming to live in the UK. This will have a huge impact on

people coming over to their loved ones, especially those people coming

over from a village. They are not often very literate and therefore

learning English as a second language is extremely difficult for

them. The report on integration launched at an event in London also

suggested devolving immigration policy to Britain's Nations and

regions and they would be able to allocate these there's according to

local need. Shaping immigration criteria to address national or

regional needs will instil rater confidence the system works for your

for every area. Under current laws, some immigrants are allowed in to do

specific jobs like these fruit pickers from Eastern Europe working

at a farm in Scotland. But the Home Office says planning to introduce

local visa arrangements because it would be too compensated.

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has spoken for the first time

about the departure of the out-going UK Ambassador to the EU.

Sir Ivan Rogers resigned on Tuesday complaining of muddle and confusion

Mr Hammond said he had done a good job, but had chosen to resign early

because of the timing of Brexit negotiations.

Our political correspondent Vicky Young is in Westminster.

What more did he have to say and how are things looking now for Theresa

May's Brexit strategy? We are starting the air as we finished it

when it comes to Brexit with lots of questions about whether Theresa May

and her team are ready for those negotiations, whether they have a

team which is experienced enough, whether they had even decided on the

objective is. The problem for Downing Street is those questions

are coming from someone who has been on the inside for several years I

think what we have seen is Downing Street trying to get back on the

front foot with this swift appointment of a new ambassador and

it's an appointment but has gone down pretty well, lots of praise for

him for his energy, his enthusiasm and for his knowledge.

Here's a very experienced and seasoned diplomat.

He was our ambassador in Moscow for many years.

He has worked in the EU before, so he has good knowledge

of how the EU works and is a very tough negotiator.

So he's going to be a great asset for Britain in this

So a huge task ahead for Sir Tim Barrow the new ambassador and the

government. There's lots of speculation at how much more Theresa

May will tell us ahead of those negotiations. She is said to be

working on a speech which will come in the next few weeks laying out a

little bit more, but of course, there is speculation about how far

she will be able to go. We know from what she has said before that she

believes the Brexit vote was about immigration, taking back control of

our borders and we also know from those in the EU that they feel that

Britain can't stay in the single market if it does not accept freedom

of movement and that's leaving many people to suggest that the hints

will be that we would be willing to leave the single market in order to

control immigration but Theresa May knows that whatever she says she

will upset some of the MPs in her party. OK, thank you.

Four people have been arrested in the US city of Chicago over

a video live-streamed on Facebook in which a bound and gagged

Police say the victim has special needs.

His assailants can be heard making derogatory statements

The man, whom police say was acquainted with one

of his attackers, has now been released from hospital.

Most of the 30 minute video is too graphic to show. The victim, who is

white and have mental health challenges, was bound and gagged by

his attackers. At least two were African-American and made racist

comments. At one point, they cut his clothes,

several people can be heard laughing in the background. Then they

partially scalp him with a knife. This was all broadcast live around

the world on the social media site Facebook. It's sickening and makes

you wonder what would make individuals to somebody like that.

The victim was held for up to 48 hours in a flat in Chicago, a city

where, last year, there was a murders, more than in New York and

Los Angeles combined. The victim is now out of hospital traumatised by

what happened. Four people are in custody and police say they are

looking into whether a hate crime has taken place.

Young people using the internet are being exposed to dangers

and need much greater protection, says the Children's

And still to come: The latest artificial intelligence gadgets

promising to make life easier in the 21st century.

Coming up in sport at 1:30pm: Britain's Johanna Konta is one win

away from reaching her third WTA final, after victory

in the quarterfinals of the Shenzhen Open in China.

The United States says it has doubled the number of military

advisors in support of Iraqi forces trying to retake the city

of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State group.

Iraq's second city has been under IS control for over two years,

and there are increasing fears for the hundreds of thousands

The US led coalition supporting Iraqi security forces says more

than 60% of the eastern half has been won back from

The offensive began in October and is in its second phase.

The US says it is now taking measures to speed up the advance

and that includes doubling the number of military advisers

It's on the side of the Iraqi security forces.

They continue making progress in doing so.

We're going to continue to support the actions that they do

with our air and artillery strikes, ISR and our advice and assistance.

These unverified images are said to show part

of the operation, artillery strikes against IS targets.

There are still more than 5000 American military personnel in Iraq.

During a helicopter tour over recently recaptured areas,

the commander of the US-led coalition said Iraqi forces

confronting IS in Mosul were gaining momentum,

though he conceded that the attack initially lacked coordination.

Some of the civilians who fled during the conflict have been

returning to their homes in the areas of the city

that have been retaken, but the United Nations has again

warned about the dangers faced by those remaining

Members of the council also expressed grave concern

for the almost 1 million civilians that are out of reach currently

for humanitarian support and access in areas under Isil/Daesh control

in Mosul, suffering indiscriminate violence and abuse.

Though Iraqi forces are making gains, they have yet

to enter the west of Mosul, which is still held

The week-old ceasefire in Syria appears to be largely holding,

though there have been some fierce clashes in the Barada

The government says the truce does not apply there

because of the presence of al-Qaida-linked fighters, one of

Our Middle East correspondent Alex Forsyth is in Beirut.

The UN's envoy to Syria is due to speak shortly,

can we expect a more positive assessment from him?

In some parts of Syria there's a sense of cautious optimism. After

seven days, the ceasefire appears to be largely holding in areas that

until a week ago had seen intense fighting and bombardment. Yesterday,

a UN official said in Aleppo despite the enormous humanitarian need which

still exists, the last few days without violence had allowed some

much needed medical supplies, food and in some cases shelter to be

provided, but elsewhere the violence continues. There are ongoing reports

of the Syrian regime bombing parts of the Damascus countryside which

has been under rebel control for some years and it's strategically

important because it supplies much of the water supply to Damascus,

which has had water shortages for some ten days now. The rebel group

says the raid G-Men's bombardment of the area represents a violation of

the ceasefire agreement -- the rebel. After a week, this is only a

very small and still faltering step on what remains a long and complex

road before there's any real hope of a lasting peace. Alex Forsyth, thank

you. People who live near main roads may

be at greater risk of dementia. According to a decade-long study

by scientists in Canada, one in ten cases could be linked

to living near a major road. The researchers say more work is now

needed to understand the link. Our health correspondent

Robert Pigott reports. Arterial roads carry the lifeblood

of cities such as Toronto, but are apparently the source of disease as

well. A study of nearly 2 million people in Nantes REO over 11 years

suggested that among people living within 50 metres of a major road, as

many as 11% of dementia cases could be the result of traffic -- in

Ontario. Tiny particles from exhaust and tyres could be part of the

reason. How those particles work are speculative, but one hypothesis is

through fairly nonspecific at on information and stress in the body,

so we have a potential mechanism that it is far from proven. Dementia

robs people of their memories and leads to increasing disability. 50

million people around the world have the disease and the rate is rising.

The Canadian study used people living at least 300 metres from a

major road as its baseline. The risk of dementia increased by 2% between

100 and 200 metres, was 4% greater between 50 and 100 metres, and 7%

higher within 50 metres. Given that so many people were studied and for

so long and that the researchers took into account factors such as

poverty, obesity and whether people smoked, the findings are highly

striking. But although the study can show a close association between

roads and dementia, it doesn't prove that the roads cause the disease.

Traffic pollution is one reason, but we know that living next to a busy

road is noisy, stressful, people may have more disturbed sleep, which can

also be a factor for dementia. British experts say the study has

important applications for public health in the UK, but while the

exact causes of dementia remained largely unknown they say a healthy

diet, exercise and stopping smoking are still the best advice for

avoiding it. Robert Pigott, BBC News.

The price of petrol and diesel in December rose

The RAC says both fuels went up by three pence a litre

Our business correspondent Theo Leggett is at a petrol

Anybody who's been to a petrol station like this one recently will

probably have noticed that prices have been going up, but they went up

particularly sharply in December. 3p a litre for both petrol and diesel.

The reason for that is pretty clear. At the beginning of December, there

was news from Opec, the oil producers' cartel, that oil

producers were going to reduce their output. Petrol and diesel, made from

crude oil, that pushes the price up. We have further falls in the

value of the pound during the December and that doesn't help

because crude oil is priced in dollars. That was December alone. If

you look at the year as a whole, the oil price rose throughout the year,

it almost doubled. The pound lost a lot of its value after the

referendum in June. You have these two factors, which means it costs

about ?8 more to fill up your average family sized runabout than

it did this time last year. For a while he was characterised -

in some parts of the press, And it seems his mother might have

guessed it from early on. Letters written by Princess Diana

reveal that Prince Harry The letters are up for auction

in Cambridge today, and our correspondent,

Sarah Campbell, is there. The auction here of collectables is

well under way. I can tell you these royal lots which have garnered

worldwide interest, start at number 287. We are currently at Lot number

201. It's not long to go now. There are bidders poised by the concert --

computers and their phones in the US, Germany and Japan and if the

highest reserve bids are met it should garner a total of around

?13,000 for the whole collection but the auctioneers believe it will get

more than that, not least because of those star lots, the letters penned

by Diana, Princess of Wales. She was a princess, he was stuff,

but her letters to Cyril Dickman were heartfelt and personal,

revealing a little of life behind Palace walls. Handwritten, they were

written in the early 80s and 90s, when Diana was a young man and it's

the letters referring to her two sums which have generated the most

interest asked Diana was a young mother. These letters focus on her

speaking to or writing to a friend about her children and in the

capacity of being a mother, not a royal princess, necessarily. It

comes over in a way that we can relate to. In 1984, William's

eagerness to see his new baby brother wasn't just in front of the

cameras, as Diana revealed to Cyril, writing just five days after Harry's

burst. William adores his little brother and spends the entire time

swamping Harry with an endless supply of hugs and kisses, hardly

letting the parents near. And she wrote of the public's reaction to

the new baby. It's totally overwhelmed us and I can hardly

breathe for the mass of flowers that are

arriving here. The letters are among 40 lots belonging to the former head

steward at Buckingham Palace. His family were unaware until after his

death just how close he was to the Royal family. The whole point of

today was to showcase what an incredible man my grandfather was,

so to find out he was as close as we believed he was to the Royal family

is a pleasure, really. Another letter, this time from 1992.

Alluding perhaps to the troubles in her marriage, which were about to be

made public, Diana thanks Cyril for thinking of her at this difficult

period and writes that the boys are well and enjoying boarding school a

lot, although Harry is constantly in trouble. The description not

unfamiliar to others who worked closely with the family. He was

always the Joker, the one with problems with the teaching staff,

etc, because that and nature. We see it in his adult life now. For that

reason he has endeared himself to the public but Diana was being very

honest. It's almost 20 years since Diana died, but she remains an

object of fascination to people the world over.

Although the Diana letters have grabbed the headlines there are

plenty of other interesting items including a slice of wedding cake

from the Queen's wedding in 1947, which is probably passed its sell by

date! Sarah, thank you. The biggest technology

show in the world gets CES, as it's known, has attracted

nearly 4000 exhibitors There's a range of products designed

for the home, which claim to use Here's our technology correspondent,

Rory Cellan-Jones. In a penthouse suite

at a ritzy Las Vegas hotel, There's a smart speaker

for children, where each # Everybody was

kung-fu fighting...#. ..There's even Nora, described

as a smart snoring solution. This little device is paired

with a pad under the pillow which detects me snoring and moves

just enough to stop me, The big theme this year is turning

the advances in artificial This one's meant to be a shop

assistant, while this one is designed as a companion

for children or elderly people. But AI seems to get everywhere, even

into this toothbrush, which learns Artificial intelligence is not

just gathering the data, Then you learn where your weaknesses

are, where your strengths are and the purpose is to become

better at taking care This walking stick is also

smarter than it looks. An in-built mobile phone sim

card means it can help It will detect the fall of its user

and when it detects it it will alert the family or the neighbour,

so they can come and And this clever mirror helps

anyone to try out make-up. Out on the Las Vegas strip,

Danny Manu, a young entrepreneur His instant translation

headphones aren't quite ready. They will eventually be

tiny earbuds, but he's This is important because we will be

able to showcase what we've been working on to the world,

to show this is something we started years ago as a small team,

as a small start-up, The odds are against Danny,

a one-man band taking on giants like Apple and Google,

but like plenty of people here this week, he's betting that he has

the product that can Rory Cellan-Jones,

BBC News, Las Vegas. Plenty of sunny weather, but at this

time of year it's often chilly and it was certainly a cold and frosty

start this morning. Our Weather Watchers braved the chill to take

some beautiful pictures from up and down the country, including this one

from Oxfordshire. A pretty frosty scene here. Just down the road from

Banbury, temperatures started at -8.1 degrees, that was the coldest

start to a day in England so far this winter. The temperatures

dropped, because we had clear skies overnight, and for the vast majority

we have clear skies today as well. As you can see from the satellite

picture. That means lots of sunshine, but a little more cloud

click -- print creeping in through Northern Ireland and western

Scotland, maybe a bit of rain later but through eastern Scotland and

down into England, one two places keep the tinge of blue on the map.

Temperatures will stick around freezing all day long, two or three

at best even in the sunniest spots. More cloud into Pembrokeshire, Devon

and Cornwall sunny and East Anglia and the south-east. The showers in

the coastal areas tending to fade away. This evening and tonight,

across central and eastern areas we will once again see a touch of frost

and potentially some quite dense fog patches later in the night across

south-east England. There could be an odd icy stretch here. There could

be icy stretches briefly across Scotland as the rain runs into the

cold air. Behind the wet weather, temperatures really will start to

rise. The big changes on the way into tomorrow. Frontal systems

pushing in from the West bringing rain, but as the weather fronts

continue to slide eastwards they will feed this much milder airing

from the south-west. Ahead of the rain band chilly, frosty and

potentially foggy start across the south-east. Here we may cling onto

some brightness through the day, but further north and west a lot of

cloud, this rain staggering southwards and eastwards. Behind it,

great, murky, drizzly conditions, but much milder by the afternoon

tomorrow. Highs of 11 Celsius in Belfast. That takes us into the

weekend. We stick with the milder field of the weather but there will

be a lot of cloud around and that cloud could produce patchy rain and

drizzle. Some more persistent rain for a time early on Saturday in the

south. That will clear away, then largely grey skies, some glimmers of

brightness, the odd spot of rain, temperatures around 8-11. A similar

story on Monday, maybe a few patches of frost but generally cloudy, Sally

Miles, the odd spot of rain and temperatures 9-11dC. We will lose

the chill as we go into the weekend but we'll also lose most of the

sunshine.