23/01/2017 BBC News at One

An investigation uncovers a catalogue of failures that

contributed to the death of a man who should have been

25 year old Dean Saunders electrocuted himself in jail a year

ago despite repeated warnings from his family that he

I'm telling you know, if you do not put my son

back on constant watch he will kill himself.

You won't be able to say you didn't know.

His death comes as new figures are expected to show record levels

Theresa May was informed of a Trident test carried out

when she became prime minister - but Downing Street won't comment

The government says it will focus on science, technology and

infrastructure in the post-Brexit economy.

Overcooked toast, potatoes and crisps -

government scientists warn they could increase the risk

And coming up in the sport on BBC News, could Nicola Adams be turning

The double Olympic champion retires from amateur boxing

to pursue other career opportunities.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

An investigation into the death of a prisoner has found a catalogue

of failures contributed to his suicide and he should have

25 year old Dean Saunders electrocuted himself

at Chelmsford prison in Essex in January last year.

The Prison Ombudsman said that staff ignored significant risk factors

when they cut back observation of him in jail.

It comes as figures due out later this week are expected to show

the number of suicides in prisons in England and Wales last year

Here's our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan.

Dean Saunders had no previous history of mental illness

but in December 2015 the young dad suddenly became paranoid

and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself.

I think I'm still, on a day-to-day basis, trying to understand

His family were plunged into despair.

Within hours he attacked his brother and father with a knife.

Already injured, Mark could only stand and watch as his son took

He brought the knife down and it did not cut.

And that's when we both realised that in his haste to pick the knife

up it was the back of the blade that had gone to his throat.

As Dean tried to kill himself Mark was stabbed in his stomach

but held the knife in place to save his son's life.

At that time I thought I cannot let him have the knife.

And I put my hand over the top of his so he could not pull it out.

He tried to pull it out, I held it in, I could not let him have it.

Dean Saunders was charged with attempted murder and sent

Though initially on constant watch, three staff, none

of whom were medically trained or had read his notes,

reduced his observations to every half hour.

His family pleaded with officials not to do it, but were turned

I said, I'm telling you now, if you don't put my son back

on constant watch then he will kill himself.

You won't be able to say you weren't aware, because you know.

If he kills himself it will be your fault.

Efforts were made to move Dean to a secure hospital but a shortage

of beds and delays over Christmas and New Year meant

On January 4th of last year, Dean Saunders killed himself.

His partner now has to raise their son without his father.

I suppose I kind of promised Dean, there will never be a day that

will pass that Teddy won't know how much you love him.

Dean was so looking forward to the point where Teddy would be

walking around and running and kicking a football with him.

Two days after Dean went, Teddy started walking.

Today's report says Dean Saunders should have been in hospital,

not in prison, but basic failure contributed to this loving

This report comes in a week where there will be focus on the numbers

of suicide that have taken place in prisons in England and Wales in the

past year. Indeed. Divisional figures provided to one charity

suggest the number will be 113, in 2016. If it is around that figure it

will show numbers have doubled in nearly five years. What the charity

are saying is, when you look at things like staff and budget cuts,

at the same time as a rise in prison population, what you have is a toxic

mix in these places and prisons themselves are simply not safe for

an awful lot of vulnerable individuals. The point the Saunders

family want to make, reiterated in this report from the prison

ombudsman, prisons simply aren't learning lessons. While the death of

Dean Saunders was tragic circumstances, there have been four

other suicide at Chelmsford prison, and the same issues have come up

again and again. What the Saunders family and many other campaigners

want is for prisons to start learning from these incidents, and

not, as we heard in the inquest, the paperwork becoming a tick box

exercise. Downing Street says Theresa May

was told about a Trident missile test carried out in June last year -

when she became prime minister. But Number 10 wouldn't confirm

or deny reports that the unarmed missile had malfunctioned

and veered off course. The defence secretary will now make

a statement to MPs this afternoon. Our assistant political editor

Norman Smith is in Westminster. The Prime Minister was under huge

pressure to reveal how much she knew. We have a better idea but not

the full picture. We don't. There is it growing clamour across all

parties at Westminster for clarity about what on earth happened with

this apparently botched Trident test. Some reports suggesting the

missile was so badly off course it was even heading in the direction of

the United States. And yet the response from number ten so far has

been to pretty much hunkered down and say as little as possible.

Theresa May yesterday refusing to answer four times what she knew and

when. And today her press spokesman doing pretty much the same sort of

thing, merely saying that she was given a briefing about nuclear

issues when she moved into number ten and that included this test I

HMS vengeance. Crucially not saying on whether she'd been told that has

had gone wrong or even indeed if the test had gone wrong. The difficulty

is that some of her supporters, former defence ministers say the

position is simply not tenable, that the truth, in effect, will be out.

And that it is not sufficient to say this is an operational matter of

national security. As they say that other countries, including Russia,

will probably have known about this test and whether the missile had

gone off course. More than that, if you are asking Parliament to

sanction ?40 billion of additional spending to upgrade Trident, then

MPs have a legitimate right to know. You sense that when the Defence

Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, appears in the Commons this

afternoon, not voluntarily, he has been forced to appear there, but

when he does so he's going to have to do be pretty good at the

political bodycheck and Stonewall. Because he's going to face an awful

lot of questions. Thank you. The Prime Minister has launched

the Government's new industrial strategy for a post-Brexit Britain

during her first Cabinet meeting Theresa May says the government

will take a "new, active role" - focusing on science,

technology and infrastructure. Our industry correspondent

John Moylan reports. How can the government drives the

economy forward? For the Business Secretary, places like this are part

of the answer. It's a new automotive innovation Centre in Warwick,

designed to get the centre firing on all cylinders. One of the big things

of our industrial strategy is to build on our great successes, but

also to make sure we drive growth in all parts of the country. The

industrial strategy will be committed to driving very hard to

spread the opportunities right across the country and to drive not

just jobs but really good, well paying jobs, in all parts of the

country. The strategy was unveiled by the Prime Minister at the

regional Cabinet meeting this morning in Daresbury in Cheshire. A

Green paper sets out key areas from research and development to skills

and infrastructure, to boost productivity. But will it help all

regions of the UK? We need an industrial strategy that combines

hard and soft infrastructure. We desperately need the transport

spending the government has talked about and is yet to deliver. But we

also need to is his skills strategy, we need to see education right back

to early years if we are owing to make sure the Northern economy can

flourish. The strategy will play to our strengths, backing areas like

battery technology and life sciences. Other sectors will also be

able to strike deals for government support. Over the years governments

of all shades have blown hot and cold over whether we need an

industrial strategy or not. The big test of this plan is whether it can

get the economy firing on all cylinders as we prepare to leave the

EU. This high-tech auto firm in Berkshire makes gearboxes for racing

cars. Its boss once any strategy to deliver certainty for the long-term.

We invest millions of pounds a year into people coming to training

coming to the expertise coming to technology, into machinery. We are

looking for some degree of certainty that the environment we operate in,

there is going to be some stability for it right through, so we know if

we make the investment we can get a return because things are not going

to change around it. ?4.7 billion of funding announced last autumn will

back the plan, and there is new money to boost skills in science,

technology and maths education. Today Labour called it too little,

too late, and the Lib Dems said any strategy while leaving the EU single

market is laughable. Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garnier is in How important will this be for the

government? Of course the biggest challenge in Theresa May's inbox is

Brexit. And this is all about equipping the country, getting it

ready for Brexit, getting the economy ready for Brexit, too. And

that means improving productivity and boosting skills up and down the

country, and that's why Theresa May has come to this high-tech campus

near Warrington to emphasise the importance of regional development,

but also to highlight her government's commitment to investing

in places like the North of England and the Midlands. This is not the

first industrial strategy we've had from a government of course. What is

interesting about this one, is that it is far more active. I think that

shows Theresa May thinks the benefits of business success will

only spread around the country with the help of government pushing it

along. Pressure is on the government to make sure this is not just about

one-off cash injections here and there, but it's about the long-term

impact. And of course to make sure that those new skills are developed

in time ready for life outside the EU. There is also pressure to make

sure that this does reach every part of the UK, and not just London and

the south-east, and that's of course to meet the government aim of an

economy that works for everyone. Labour, though, is worried about the

money. They say there simply isn't enough cash being put in to equip

the country for the challenges of the 21st century. Thank you.

President Trump says he has a busy week ahead -

with the focus on manufacturing jobs and national security.

That's what he tweeted a short time ago at the start of his first full

Our correspondent Richard Lister looks at what else may be

This is Donald Trump's workplace, now.

He's embarking on programme of radical change.

And he's had the Oval Office redecorated, too.

Bringing in gold curtains and a bust of Winston Churchill.

He said today will be his first proper working day.

So what does his to-do list look like?

If he sticks to his campaign promises for day one,

The former President's health-care reforms which Donald Trump actually

He's said he'll withdraw from the transpacific

trade partnership with 12 Pacific Rim countries.

The White House insists that will happen.

President Trump said on day one he would also abolish gun free zones

in places like schools, but that will take legislation.

I would very, very strongly get rid of the attack on the border.

We have a border that is like a piece of Swiss cheese.

That border will be the single first thing I do.

He has changed his position on the new border wall suggesting it

wouldn't be built along the whole border and he might not insist

But his supporters will expect some action quickly.

And it's not just American borders he's looking at.

President Trump has pledged to move the US embassy in Israel

The Palestinians say this would undermine their own

The White House has confirmed that initial talks are underway.

Other foreign capitals are also waiting to see

Moscow said today it expected to arrange a first phone call

between Presidents Putin and Trump soon.

TRANSLATION: We see quite a few things eye to eye on foreign policy.

Some things Donald Trump has said closely overlap

with President Putin's vision of foreign policy goals.

Britain's Theresa May has a ready bagged the first meeting

Are you looking forward to meeting President Trump?

If his first tweet of the day is any guide, President Trump's primary

focus for now will be on domestic issues.

Jobs, national security, and manufacturing.

The issues on which those who voted for him will judge his presidency.

Our correspondent Gary O'Donoghue is in Washington.

What an extraordinary start. Absolutely extraordinary started. A

battle with the press, over the weekend, over the numbers that

attended his inauguration. Perhaps setting the tone for a

confrontational and abusive relationship to go forward. This

first week he has promised to hit the ground run, today he is having

meetings with business leaders and union, which I think is an

indication perhaps of trade will be one of the first things he takes

concrete steps on, we are hearing that he is planning to sign an

executive order, pulling out of the trans Pacific partnership. That will

is that deal with the countries in athat that accounts for something

like 40% of world GDP that seems dead in the water and what will

happen with the wall. Will we see actions on signing some kind of

order to start building that wall along the Mexicaner? He has problems

with cab neat nominees in the Senatement only two of them are in

place. Two more are likely to be voted on this afternoon, but this

time, this stage during the Obama's first administration, he had seven

in place already. Thank you.

And at 7 o'clock the BBC is launching a new series covering

Donald Trump's first days as President, the Brexit

That's 100 Days with Katty Kay live in Washington

If you regularly roast, fry or grill potatoes and bread

at high temperatures for a long time - it could increase the risk

of cancer - that's according to government scientists.

The Food Standards Agency says a potentially harmful compound,

But other experts say the focus should be on far more well

established foods and habits with links to cancer -

Our Health Correspondent Robert Pigott reports.

A new warning about food, and one that strikes at the heart

Food scientists say best selling products such as crisps, chips,

cakes and biscuits contain a molecule called acrylamide that

It's created when the sugars in these starchy foods react

with the molecules that make up protein at temperatures

Starchy foods, when you cook them at high temperatures, toast, roast,

The longer and the hotter, the more acrylamide there will be.

We know in animal studies it can create cancer.

So we are concerned if there is the same mechanism in people,

The official advice is to bake, fry and grill food to a lighter colour,

follow instruction on packaging carefully, avoid storing

potatoes in the fridge, where the cold produces more sugar,

and eat a balanced diet to minimise the risk of cancer.

Even our daily toast is under scrutiny.

The Food Standards Agency says we should go for gold, rather

With toast on the menu at this Glasgow cafe,

Because we eat quite a lot of burnt toast.

Doesn't matter what your eating, there's always something to say,

The Food Standards Agency says although manufacturers have

significantly reduced the acrylamide content of processed food, over

Acrylamide has been round since someone stuck a piece of bread

There is no strong evidence that it causes cancer in humans.

If you give massive doses to mice they have an increased risk

in tumours, but the amount people consume is 100 times less than that.

Cancer Research UK says acrylamide may pose a risk to people,

but there are bigger proven dangers such as being obese, drinking too

. Only two of them are in place. Two more are likely to be voted on this

afternoon, but this time, this stage during the Obama's first

administration, he had seven in place already.

Thank you. An investigation uncoffered a catalogue of failures

that contributed to the death of a chance ho should have been in

hospital, not prison. And coming up. A beautiful name

for a lovely village. The new town of the 60s

celebrates its 50th birthday. Johanna Konta's dominant form

in the Australian Open continues, as she sets up a quarterfinal match

up with 22-time Grand Slam Almost 8,000 motorists were caught

using hand-held mobiles at the wheel in just a week during a major police

operation in November. The figures have been released

as a new clampdown starts today. It's all part of an attempt

to make driving whilst using a hand-held mobile as socially

unacceptable as drink-driving. Vered a catalogue of failures that

contributed to the death of a chance ho should have been in hospital, not

prison. And coming up. 8.00 this morning and the rush hour

rash of drivers on their phones is already under way. We are out with

John and Adam from Hampshire Police, and they soon come across this man

using his device. They pull him over. And Sheps what he has done and

gets a Fixed Penalty Notice. -- he accepts Lesson learned? Yes, it is

the first time for me so yes. This man is texting, even in slow traffic

it is an offence to use your phone. I am reporting you for the

offence... He too is pulled over, and given a ticket.

We carry on, and even with the added dangers of today's fog, drivers

continue the use their phones. That driver has now about to get on

his way, he is the fourth driver we have stopped here this morning, and

we have only been out for an hour. No wonder today's figures show such

a huge increase in the number of drivers using their phones while at

the wheel. In a one week nationwide police

operation last November, nearly 8,000 people were stopped using a

mobile phone. That is nearly four times the number, just two years

ago. How do we break the habit? It's a

combination of education, enforcement on our part and changing

to legislation which the Government have planned, it has taken 30 odd

years for drink-driving to become socially unacceptable. We need the

use of mobile devices to become socially acceptable as well. In 2015

Lemar tin was killed by a driver using his phone. Lee's brother says

the public must wake up to this menace. People kind of forget they

are supposed to be looking at the road. It is easy to not do. People

need to learn to not pick up the phone when they are in the car.

In March the fines and penalty points will double for drivers using

mobile phones. The law is trying to get ahead of this human behaviour

your but it is not there yet. -- behaviour.

New efforts to resolve the six-year old conflict in Syria

It's the first time talks between the Syrian government

and rebels have been convened by Russia, Turkey and Iran,

Our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet

The talks are under way, what has been said this morning? Well, you

can see the huddles behind me as journalists from around the world

surround either the Government representatives or the opposition

representatives, when they come out to brief the press. There is a huge

interest in what is happening here, because as you say so much the new,

it is the first time that Syria talks over this last six years of

the conflict have been convened here in Kazakhstan in Russia's backyard,

the first time they have been sponsored by Russia, Turkey and

Iran. And the first time that it is the rebel commanders who are sitting

at the table and the day began with an Opening Ceremony where again for

the first time, rebel commanders sat at the same table in public, with

Syrian military generals. Nobody walked out. They listened to their

opening statements. Now that might seem like a small step but after six

years of a devastating war, and all of your viewers would have seen that

the horrific images, this is one small step forward, because it is

Syria, no sooner than the opening ceremony end that the head of the

Government delegation accused the opposition of making a speech he

described as insolent and provocativement the opposition said

you are trying to pro vex us to leave the talks and we are staying,

both sides say they are here to succeed but they are not ready yet

to meet each other face to face but they are meeting indirectly, being

mediated by Russian, Turkish or UN officials, they may make some

progress but the end of the war isn't going to happen any time soon.

Thank you. The Welsh First Minister,

Carwyn Jones, has called for Britain to retain "full and unfettered

access" to the European single His Labour party has joined

forces with Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Liberal Democrats

to publish proposals to restrict freedom of movement to those EU

migrants who already have a job Theresa May has said that Britain

will leave the single market. Rescue teams are continuing

to search for 23 people who are still missing after a hotel

in central Italy was swamped Nine survivors have been pulled

alive from the ruins so far. Yesterday, rescuers found

the body of a man, taking The hotel - located

at the foot of a mountain - was hit by an avalanche triggered

by an earthquake. She has two Olympic gold medals

to her name, and now the British boxer Nicola Adams has announced

she's turning professional. The 34-year-old -

who is Great Britain's first female Olympic boxing champion -

is now turning her back on Tokyo 2020 to pursue other

career opportunities, Ay they are here to succeed but they

are not ready yet to meet each other face to face but they are meeting

indirectly, being mediated by Russian, Turkish or UN officials,

they may make some progress but the end of the war isn't going to happen

any time soon. Thank you.

This report contains flash photography.

Nicola Adams the first woman to win two Olympic titles in the boxing

ring. As Britain's most successful and recognisable female boxer,

Nicola Adams is used to breaking new ground. Now the double Olympic

champion is seeking a fresh challenge. After winning the gold in

2012, I decided I wanted to stay amateur and continue my career as an

amateur, because I wanted to leave the, amateur game, World Champion as

well as a double Olympic champion, so I decided to stay to fulfil my

goal, I wanted to be a double Olympic champion, World Champion and

leave ranked number one as well. As an amateur she had nothing left

to prove. Last year in Rio she became the first British boxer to

successfully defend an Olympic title in nearly 100 years She is the

reigning world European and Commonwealth champion. Nicola Adams

has secured Commonwealth gold here. Every major fight ending with that

famous smile. Her announcement means giving up the chance to represent

Team GB. Today a statement was released praising her contribution

the Olympic programme and the sport of boxing, adding her place in

history is zured. She follows another high profile champion into

the professional game. The Irish fighter creatured on the undercard

of Antony Joshua's title fight. They biggest challenge could be finding

suitable points in the future. Ryman Mason is in a stable condition

after suffering a fracture skull in the game against Chelsea. He

suffered a clash of heads with Gary Cahill. He is expected to remain in

hospital for several days. Milton Keynes is celebrating

its 50th birthday today. Originally designated a "new town",

it's now home to 270,000 people and contributes more

than ?10 billion As Graham Satchell reports,

the town was a unique experiment Milton Keynes, a beautiful name

for a lovely village. Milton Keynes was the last

of the post-war new towns. A collection of villages half way

between London and Birmingham, it would become home to a quarter

a million people. The big inspiration behind

Milton Keynes is an American urban designer called Melvin Webber,

who wanted to create community without propinquity,

which basically means loads of people together, but not

all densely packed in. Each square a community,

with no real centre. An American-style town,

built for the car. Embedded in the master

plan were principles. One of them was freedom of choice,

and if you think about the grid, it always gives you the option

to go another way. Ken Baker was part of the original

design team 50 years ago. Milton Keynes has

the freedom of choice, And while some do hate it,

Milton Keynes is surprising. It has 180 miles of footpaths

and cycle tracks, the fastest growing economy in the UK,

22 million trees and shrubs. Jill Prince has taken a series

of photographs called It has 40% green space,

the parks and garden are lovely, and it's a brilliant place to build

a business, grow a family, The Government has announced 14

new garden towns and villages, so can they learn lessons

from Milton Keynes? Well, this is not part

of the original master Milton Keynes is itself

is expanding rapidly, but campaigners say new developments

here are too densely populated and the original principles

of the town have been lost. Myopic people with the wrong agenda,

who don't realised the greatness of what they have got,

that has been copied all over the world, but here

they are busy destroying it. Love it or hate it, nothing

with the open spaces, the high minded design principles

has been tried since. And 50 years on, nothing

like it is planned today. Graham Satchell, BBC

News, Milton Keynes. Thousands of apassengers are facing

flight delays caused by thick fog in southern England. Heathrow said it

cancelled 100 flights because of reduced visibility and City Airport

cancelled more. With more here is Chris. Yes, the fog causing problems

at airports although the visibility is picking up. It did cause problems

not just at the airports earlier today, but also out on the roads,

this was captured by one of our weather watcher, the fog in West

Sussex and we still have fog patches in the south coast of Sussex,

Hampshire and Kent. Things should improve slowly I think this

afternoon, across the north and east of the UK yes, in Scotland, we have

some sunshine here, and one of our weather watchers sent us this

stunning scene, the sunshine in Midlothian, as we go through the

afternoon, what will happen, this lump of cloud we have moving in in

the Midland, it will push into south-east England. That will

probably help lift some of the fog. It will probably stay misty,

south-west England, southern Wales in the sunshine, but the north-west

of Wales, staying cloudy, one or two showers coming in from the Irish

Sea. In Northern Ireland, mixed conditions here, we have some

sunshine, some cloud and mist, temperatures in the sunshine s eight

degrees in Belfast, northern around eastern Scotland having fine sunny

weather through the rest of day. So a big mixture of conditions. It

Defra have very high... Probably conditions should improve as we

start to draw morph a south-westerly wind overnight. That will bring

milder air in. It will push into western Scotland too. For England

and Wales it's a different story, again, we are looking at the thes

the plummeting, there will be a widespread frost in the coun side,

the coldest weapons with temperatures down to minus six and

again, mist and fog will make an unwelcome return. The foggiest

weather will be in the Midlands, into central southern England as

well, but there is a potential for getting transport disruption as we

start off the day on Tuesday, and some of the fog will linger and

loiter into the afternoon, but there will be sunshine outside of the fog

banks in England and Wales, with another quiet cold day of weather

coming up. For Northern Ireland and Scotland, a south-westerly breeze,

bringing cloud, one or two spots of rain, but also bringing milder

weather, so temperatures up to nine or ten degrees for the lines of

Belfast, and into the western side of Scotland as well. Now we are

going to see further changes in our weather towards the middle part of

week. As high pressure slips to Europe we will start to get tightly

packed isobar, the winds will be strengthening, coming up from the

south, the winds will help clear the fog and the winds will bring us some

milder weather so towards the end of the week, most of us should have

thes up into double figure. The main story this lunchtime. An

investigation uncovers a catalogue of failures that contributed to the

death of a man who should have been in hospital, not in prison.

have been in hospital, not in prison.

That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me,