:00:00. > :00:07.Government attempts to ease the pressure on England's NHS
:00:08. > :00:10.by integrating health and social care aren't working.
:00:11. > :00:13.The government's spending watchdog says merging the two has neither
:00:14. > :00:16.saved money nor cut hospital admissions.
:00:17. > :00:19.Meanwhile questions in the Commons this lunchtime over
:00:20. > :00:21.whether the government offered a council a special deal to stop
:00:22. > :00:23.a potentially embarrassing referendum on social care funding.
:00:24. > :00:32.A major Brexit milestone, MPs vote tonight on giving
:00:33. > :00:35.the Prime Minister the authority to start the formal process
:00:36. > :00:41.A woman denied her late long-term partner's pension wins a landmark
:00:42. > :00:42.supreme court appeal that could affect millions
:00:43. > :00:48.Rolf Harris is cleared of three historic sex offence allegations.
:00:49. > :00:52.A jury fails to reach a verdict on four other charges.
:00:53. > :00:54.The United Nations warns of a catastrophic
:00:55. > :01:03.And the greatest free show on earth - the murmuration of starlings
:01:04. > :01:10.And coming up in the sport on BBC News, Leicester manager
:01:11. > :01:13.Claudio Ranieri denies there is a crisis at the club
:01:14. > :01:16.who have given him a vote of confidence ahead of the FA Cup
:01:17. > :01:41.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:42. > :01:44.Joining up health and social care services in England is one
:01:45. > :01:46.of the government's big ideas for easing the pressures
:01:47. > :01:50.But according to a report out today, efforts to treat more patients
:01:51. > :01:52.in the community have neither saved money, nor taken
:01:53. > :01:57.The scheme - called the Better Care Fund -
:01:58. > :02:00.was meant to save the NHS half a billion pounds in its first year.
:02:01. > :02:02.The Department of Health insists it's too soon to judge
:02:03. > :02:08.Here's our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes.
:02:09. > :02:13.Bringing together the care received in homes like this one and the wider
:02:14. > :02:16.NHS is more complicated than it seems.
:02:17. > :02:18.The aim is to prevent people from being admitted
:02:19. > :02:21.to hospital in the first place, but when they are,
:02:22. > :02:26.This distinctive red bag contains patients' notes,
:02:27. > :02:29.and it travels with them to hospital, meaning less confusion
:02:30. > :02:35.We've been able to reduce length of stay for those care home
:02:36. > :02:38.residents who go into hospital by four days, which is massive
:02:39. > :02:41.when you think how the system is so stretched at the moment.
:02:42. > :02:45.Today's report says introducing joined up care has proved harder
:02:46. > :02:51.So far more than ?5 billion of NHS and council money has failed to cut
:02:52. > :02:59.In 2015, the aim was to reduce emergency admissions to hospital
:03:00. > :03:07.But the following year admissions actually went up
:03:08. > :03:09.by more than 80,000, costing an extra ?300 million.
:03:10. > :03:14.And the number of days lost because people were stuck
:03:15. > :03:17.in hospital was meant to be reduced by nearly 300,000, but in fact
:03:18. > :03:24.MPs who looked at the plans two years ago say they warned then
:03:25. > :03:30.They need to look at why this isn't working.
:03:31. > :03:33.What is it that's stopping the beds being available even when there is,
:03:34. > :03:35.at least in the short term, some money being
:03:36. > :03:42.Despite today's criticisms of the efforts so far,
:03:43. > :03:43.most health experts believe integrating care is
:03:44. > :03:47.I think in future the key will be managing people more
:03:48. > :03:52.That will require more resources, but it also requires the way
:03:53. > :03:54.services are organised so that elderly people, for example,
:03:55. > :03:57.who have lots of different complex conditions, are more effectively
:03:58. > :03:59.managed in their own homes rather than having to be
:04:00. > :04:04.The Department of Health in England says it's too soon to judge
:04:05. > :04:10.But today's report shows bringing together health and social care
:04:11. > :04:12.is a complex task that will take time.
:04:13. > :04:21.Our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
:04:22. > :04:27.It was the whole issue of social care that dominated the early part
:04:28. > :04:30.of prime ministers questions? Extraordinary developments this
:04:31. > :04:34.lunchtime. Because you may remember last month 's Surrey County Council
:04:35. > :04:41.announced they were going to hold a referendum to raise their local
:04:42. > :04:45.council tax by 15% to pay for social care, such was the underfunding of
:04:46. > :04:51.the service in the county. Now, that provoked alarm in government because
:04:52. > :04:56.it was profoundly politically embarrassing to have a Tory, solidly
:04:57. > :05:00.Tory county council, the Chancellor and the Health Secretary both local
:05:01. > :05:04.MPs, threatening to raise council tax by 15%. More than that, the
:05:05. > :05:10.referendum would risk reinforcing the growing sense of crisis over
:05:11. > :05:14.social care. Yesterday, however, Surrey announced they weren't going
:05:15. > :05:20.ahead with the referendum. This lunchtime Jeremy Corbyn suggested he
:05:21. > :05:24.knew why that was. He has obtained leaked texts between the leader of
:05:25. > :05:28.Surrey Council, David Hodge, and an official in the Department for local
:05:29. > :05:33.government in which it seems there may have been some sort of secret
:05:34. > :05:37.sweetheart deal to avoid Surrey going ahead with the referendum.
:05:38. > :05:43.I've been given one of these texts, let me read it to you, this is from
:05:44. > :05:47.David Hodge to this official in the Department for local governor. He
:05:48. > :05:51.says "Nick, I've received clarification from my Chief
:05:52. > :05:55.Executive, who confirms, and there are two people named here, have
:05:56. > :06:04.spoken, and the numbers you indicated are acceptable for me to
:06:05. > :06:08.call off the R. No guesses to what the R stands for. He goes on, if
:06:09. > :06:14.it's possible for that info to be sent through I can then revert back.
:06:15. > :06:18.Then, I really want to kill this off. It suggests that some along the
:06:19. > :06:21.line David Hodge was given reassurances or even, who knows,
:06:22. > :06:24.maybe there was some suggestion of extra funding which enabled him to
:06:25. > :06:29.decide not to go ahead with the referendum. Now, that would be a
:06:30. > :06:35.hugely politically toxic moment if it was true. I have to say Mr Hodge,
:06:36. > :06:39.in the last few minutes, has issued a statement denying that, saying
:06:40. > :06:43.that there was no secret deal. Although telling me he goes on to
:06:44. > :06:46.say that he is confident the government now understands and
:06:47. > :06:48.appreciates the real pressures on social care. Norman Smith with the
:06:49. > :06:51.latest from Westminster, thank you. Our social affairs correspondent
:06:52. > :06:59.Alison Holt is here. With an ageing population, social
:07:00. > :07:02.care is one of the biggest problems facing the NHS and there seems to be
:07:03. > :07:07.no obvious solution. We are seeing that time and time again over the
:07:08. > :07:11.last winter and in the summer months you could see the page on the NHS.
:07:12. > :07:14.The better care fund which the National Audit Office was critical
:07:15. > :07:17.of is meant to be part of the answer, getting health and care
:07:18. > :07:21.working together better so they free up money to be used elsewhere. I
:07:22. > :07:25.have to say, where I've been into places where this is happening,
:07:26. > :07:29.staff are often evangelical about it because they can see that it makes a
:07:30. > :07:34.difference, makes life simpler for patients. At the fundamental problem
:07:35. > :07:37.is that we do have an ageing population, and also people are
:07:38. > :07:41.living longer with complex needs and that means that they need more
:07:42. > :07:45.support. Either in hospital or, preferably, in their own homes. And
:07:46. > :07:48.that's coming at the same time as local authorities who pay for social
:07:49. > :07:54.care are having their budgets squeezed, and that's... Councils
:07:55. > :07:58.have been warning for a long time that this is coming down the track
:07:59. > :08:02.and we seem that in terms of increased admissions and delayed
:08:03. > :08:04.discharges. Delayed discharge is something we will look at in more
:08:05. > :08:09.detail on the news at six this evening. The government, of course,
:08:10. > :08:12.will say that the better care fund is the first step, one of the
:08:13. > :08:14.elements to getting the whole system to work much better for the needs of
:08:15. > :08:20.the population. Thank you. MPs will vote this evening on giving
:08:21. > :08:23.the Prime minister the power to trigger Article 50 -
:08:24. > :08:26.the start of the formal process Jeremy Corbyn is facing a possible
:08:27. > :08:30.revolt in the Labour ranks after imposing a three line whip
:08:31. > :08:33.on his MPs to back the bill. Our political correspondent Carole
:08:34. > :08:35.Walker reports from Westminster. Have you seen off the
:08:36. > :08:38.rebels, Prime Minister? The Prime Minister hopes that
:08:39. > :08:41.by tonight she will be a significant step closer to beginning the formal
:08:42. > :08:45.Brexit negotiations. Last night the government
:08:46. > :08:48.comfortably won a series of votes There are more votes
:08:49. > :08:59.later but ministers hope the legislation will complete
:09:00. > :09:02.all its Commons stages tonight. For once the Labour leader wants
:09:03. > :09:05.to support the government. He has ordered all his MPs
:09:06. > :09:08.to vote for the bill. But that has already led
:09:09. > :09:13.to three resignations from his Shadow Cabinet,
:09:14. > :09:15.and there could be more. The Shadow Business Secretary Clive
:09:16. > :09:17.Lewis said he has yet It is a really tough call
:09:18. > :09:23.and I think lots of MPs are really having a tough time at the moment
:09:24. > :09:25.on this one. One final thought,
:09:26. > :09:27.if you defy the whip tonight, will you resign your position
:09:28. > :09:30.in the Shadow Cabinet? I think if you defy
:09:31. > :09:32.the whip, you do resign. In the Commons, the Prime Minister
:09:33. > :09:40.was challenged by the SNP leader who said she did not have support
:09:41. > :09:42.in Scotland to press ahead So given that the Scottish
:09:43. > :09:46.Parliament has voted overwhelmingly against her approach,
:09:47. > :09:49.and all bar one MP representing a Scottish constituency in this
:09:50. > :09:55.House of Commons has voted against her approach, she does not
:09:56. > :10:00.have an agreed UK-wide approach. Theresa May insisted she would
:10:01. > :10:06.negotiate for the whole of the UK. The Supreme Court was very clear
:10:07. > :10:08.that the Scottish Parliament does not have a veto on the triggering
:10:09. > :10:14.of Article 50. The bill that is going through
:10:15. > :10:17.the house obviously is giving the power to the government
:10:18. > :10:19.to trigger Article 50. The bill also has to be considered
:10:20. > :10:22.by the Lords but ministers are confident they will get it
:10:23. > :10:25.through Parliament in time to start the formal Brexit negotiations
:10:26. > :10:30.by the end of March as planned. Of course that will be just
:10:31. > :10:33.the start of the much bigger battle with other European leaders over
:10:34. > :10:36.the terms of our Carole Walker, BBC
:10:37. > :10:43.News, Westminster. The entertainer, Rolf Harris,
:10:44. > :10:45.has been cleared of three sex offences by a jury
:10:46. > :10:49.at Southwark Crown Court. But the jury couldn't reach verdicts
:10:50. > :10:52.on four other counts. Let's speak to our correspondent
:10:53. > :11:00.at the Old Bailey, Sangita Myskar. Tell us what happened in court.
:11:01. > :11:06.That's right, Rolf Harris, in this trial, faced a total of eight
:11:07. > :11:10.counts. Today the jury took just over 26 hours to return three of
:11:11. > :11:14.those verdicts. They told the judge that he was going to be cleared of
:11:15. > :11:18.three counts but that they could not reach a verdict, even a majority
:11:19. > :11:22.verdict in five of those counts. The prosecution then stood up and asked
:11:23. > :11:26.for seven days to consider whether or not it wanted to ask for a
:11:27. > :11:30.retrial on those five counts. Now, Rolf Harris has maintained his
:11:31. > :11:34.innocence throughout this trial. And those accusations and allegations
:11:35. > :11:38.came from seven women in total and they dated back 40 years. But of
:11:39. > :11:41.course Rolf Harris will not be walking free from this court today
:11:42. > :11:46.because he is already serving time at Stafford prison for assaulting
:11:47. > :11:49.four other women and girls. Thank you.
:11:50. > :11:52.A woman who was denied payment's from her long-term partner's pension
:11:53. > :11:54.after he died suddenly has won a landmark Supreme court appeal
:11:55. > :11:58.which could affect millions of other people who are co-habiting.
:11:59. > :12:01.42 year old Denise Brewster challenged a ruling that she was not
:12:02. > :12:05.automatically entitled to his local government pension because they
:12:06. > :12:08.weren't married and he hadn't filled in the appropriate form.
:12:09. > :12:11.Our personal finance correspondent, Simon Gompertz is with me.
:12:12. > :12:20.Just explain what happened. Well, disease had been living with Lenny,
:12:21. > :12:25.her partner, for ten years, before he died suddenly at the age of 43 --
:12:26. > :12:29.Denise had. And he had been working in the Northern Ireland public
:12:30. > :12:32.transport system. And through that he was earning a salary linked
:12:33. > :12:37.pension and she had the right to share in it if he died. However, as
:12:38. > :12:42.you say, there was a form to be filled in called a nomination form,
:12:43. > :12:45.and he hadn't done it. Now if you are married or in a civil
:12:46. > :12:50.partnership you didn't have to fill in the former. And what the Supreme
:12:51. > :12:52.Court found was that it was against her human rights according to the
:12:53. > :12:55.European Convention on human rights which lay down that you have the
:12:56. > :12:58.right to enjoy your possessions but crucially that should be secured
:12:59. > :13:02.without the scrum and eight, and they said that this was an unlawful
:13:03. > :13:07.discrimination. And it could affect an awful lot of cohabiting couples.
:13:08. > :13:11.There are 12 million people who are members of public sector pension
:13:12. > :13:14.schemes, a lot of those nurses, teachers, civil servants, police and
:13:15. > :13:19.fire officers, they have these nomination forms if they are
:13:20. > :13:25.cohabitees rather than married partners. The indication is they
:13:26. > :13:29.will be affected by this. Of those 12 million people, some are working,
:13:30. > :13:32.some are already retired, so that's two groups. It's very likely these
:13:33. > :13:36.nomination forms will be got rid of, people don't tend to fill them in
:13:37. > :13:39.any way and that's why the problem occurs. What about those who have
:13:40. > :13:44.reached the age of retirement and have not been receiving a pension
:13:45. > :13:45.they might have been entitled to. The Treasury say they are examining
:13:46. > :13:48.duplications carefully. Three federal appeal
:13:49. > :13:50.judges in California have been hearing arguments
:13:51. > :13:52.for and against reinstating President Trump's temporary travel
:13:53. > :13:57.ban on people from seven President Trump says he's trying
:13:58. > :14:00.to keep America safe. But two US states have argued
:14:01. > :14:02.that the order discriminates against Muslims as Richard Lister
:14:03. > :14:05.now reports from Washington. Behind these walls, lawyers
:14:06. > :14:10.were doing battle in the biggest Should his travel ban be
:14:11. > :14:16.reinstated or thrown out? The proceedings were
:14:17. > :14:17.streamed on the Internet. The executive order at issue puts
:14:18. > :14:26.a temporary pause on entry for individuals from seven countries
:14:27. > :14:30.that Congress and the last president determined in a similar context pose
:14:31. > :14:33.special risks in terms of terrorist How many federal offences have
:14:34. > :14:40.we had, been committed by people who came in with visas
:14:41. > :14:42.from these countries and... The answer was that
:14:43. > :14:49.there haven't been any. But those alleging the ban
:14:50. > :14:53.harms people in the US What's the irreparable harm
:14:54. > :14:57.to the State of Washington? We detailed a number
:14:58. > :15:03.of irreparable harms, your honour. We had students and faculty
:15:04. > :15:12.at our state university who were stranded overseas,
:15:13. > :15:15.families separated, people from universities
:15:16. > :15:17.stranded overseas. We had families that were separated,
:15:18. > :15:19.we had long-term residents who were not able to visit
:15:20. > :15:21.their relatives without knowing President Trump will have
:15:22. > :15:25.to wait a little longer He made clear he will take the case
:15:26. > :15:31.to the Supreme Court if he loses. We are going to take
:15:32. > :15:35.it through the system. Very important for the country,
:15:36. > :15:39.regardless of me or whoever We have to have security
:15:40. > :15:42.in our country. He did win one important
:15:43. > :15:43.victory, though. Confirmation of his embattled
:15:44. > :15:45.nominee for Education But only after the vice president
:15:46. > :15:52.voted to break a deadlock in the Senate after two Republicans
:15:53. > :15:55.rejected the President's choice. These law enforcement officers joked
:15:56. > :16:03.that Mr Trump was the new sheriff in town but with his full Cabinet
:16:04. > :16:06.still not in place and his immigration policy stalled,
:16:07. > :16:08.he is finding limits on his power. Richard Lister, BBC
:16:09. > :16:17.News, Washington. Our correspondent Kim
:16:18. > :16:27.Ghattas is in Washington. How long could this legal battle go
:16:28. > :16:32.on? We expect the court to rule by the end of the week possibly. It was
:16:33. > :16:37.quite extraordinary to hear those arguments being made over the phone
:16:38. > :16:43.into the court, very unusual. But this case has gripped the nation and
:16:44. > :16:47.more than 150,000 people tuned in to this conversation which was being
:16:48. > :16:52.streamed on line, on the court website. Thousands more watching
:16:53. > :16:56.live on television, all the news channels carried it live as well. It
:16:57. > :17:00.was a very lively technical discussion and one that showed the
:17:01. > :17:06.importance and the weight of the judicial branch at this time in this
:17:07. > :17:10.country. As we heard the Justice Department making the argument about
:17:11. > :17:16.national security and almost saying that the president? Decision in this
:17:17. > :17:20.executive order should not be put in question. The Attorney General of
:17:21. > :17:23.the Washington State which brought the case arguing on the
:17:24. > :17:27.constitutionality of this saying it discriminates against Muslims.
:17:28. > :17:32.Donald Trump the president is making clear how he feels about this, again
:17:33. > :17:36.on Twitter this morning saying the US should win the case otherwise he
:17:37. > :17:44.says we can never have security or safety in our country. He will be
:17:45. > :17:49.criticised for that in for splitting the people against the courts and
:17:50. > :17:50.also deflecting any responsibility for any potential future terrorist
:17:51. > :17:55.attacks in this country. Thank you. Attempts to ease the pressure
:17:56. > :17:58.on England's NHS by integrating health and social care aren't
:17:59. > :18:00.working - according to And birds of a feather
:18:01. > :18:08.flock together. We're in the Lake District
:18:09. > :18:11.to witness one of the nature's Greg Clarke says he'll
:18:12. > :18:15.quit as the FA chairman if the organisation can't win
:18:16. > :18:18.government support for its reform A motion of no confidence
:18:19. > :18:22.in the FA will be debated For over a week now hundreds
:18:23. > :18:31.of thousands of Romanians have taken to the streets in nightly
:18:32. > :18:38.demonstrations to protest over plans to decriminalise some
:18:39. > :18:39.forms of corruption. parliament has been debating
:18:40. > :18:43.a vote of no confidence Our correspondent Nick
:18:44. > :18:56.Thorpe is in Bucharest. Just in the last few minutes the
:18:57. > :19:00.Romanian Parliament has defeated that vote of no-confidence. So the
:19:01. > :19:04.government has survived. But this leaves the basic problem and what
:19:05. > :19:08.has brought these people onto the streets still very much on the
:19:09. > :19:11.agenda. The government certainly would like to move on, it was only
:19:12. > :19:16.elected two months ago and has only been in place for one month. It
:19:17. > :19:20.wants to move on to its largely economic agenda. But let's take a
:19:21. > :19:21.look at those protests from the last few days.
:19:22. > :19:24.These have been the biggest demonstrations since
:19:25. > :19:29.The people are angry about a government which would have
:19:30. > :19:31.softened the penal code and allowed many public officials jailed
:19:32. > :19:36.The decree was cancelled at the weekend, but now
:19:37. > :19:40.the protesters want the government to resign.
:19:41. > :19:43.We will keep coming every night until they resign.
:19:44. > :19:46.We don't mind if the same parties that won the election
:19:47. > :19:51.But we want to make the point that you cannot abuse the people
:19:52. > :19:56.It is not going to happen any more in this country.
:19:57. > :19:58.We want our government to resign because we cannot
:19:59. > :20:03.Because they come in in the middle of the night, passing laws
:20:04. > :20:09.Today the focus shifted to Parliament and a no-confidence
:20:10. > :20:13.vote in the Social Democrat-Liberal coalition government.
:20:14. > :20:15.On paper they are still strong, they have only
:20:16. > :20:20.But in practice they have been badly wounded by the size
:20:21. > :20:27.This is a country where demonstrations are often successful.
:20:28. > :20:30.Only two years ago a previous Social Democratic government
:20:31. > :20:34.was brought down, also after a corruption scandal.
:20:35. > :20:40.Protesters are well organised, with excellent communications.
:20:41. > :20:44.The protesters have an important ally in President Klaus Iohannis.
:20:45. > :20:46.When he accused the governing Social Democrats of defending
:20:47. > :20:52.their own corrupt interests, their MPs left the chamber.
:20:53. > :21:03.All eyes in Romania are now on what the government will do next.
:21:04. > :21:08.So the government now has survived this no-confidence vote but the
:21:09. > :21:11.president has made clear to them that they simply cannot carry on
:21:12. > :21:15.with business as usual. The government then we'll try to shrug
:21:16. > :21:18.off the protests, it will be interesting to see in the coming
:21:19. > :21:24.days how many more people turn out especially at the weekend and hold
:21:25. > :21:27.the government and indeed the president of Romania takes this
:21:28. > :21:28.board to try to get the country out of the current very deep political
:21:29. > :21:31.crisis. The United Nations is warning
:21:32. > :21:33.that Yemen is facing a "catastrophic" famine,
:21:34. > :21:35.with more than three million people It's launched an appeal
:21:36. > :21:39.for a billion pounds. For more than two years,
:21:40. > :21:41.there's been fighting between government forces,
:21:42. > :21:56.and Houthi rebels. A terrible position for so many
:21:57. > :21:59.people, what has brought this about, the fighting? Yemen was already the
:22:00. > :22:03.poorest country in the Arab world for the civil war but the situation
:22:04. > :22:07.has deteriorated worse than anyone could have imagined. The statistics
:22:08. > :22:10.are appalling, 90 million people, more than two thirds of the
:22:11. > :22:16.population in need of either food aid or some kind of protection. 3.3
:22:17. > :22:21.million people are at risk of acute or diagnosed as having acute
:22:22. > :22:24.malnourishment. Two thirds of those are children. What has caused this
:22:25. > :22:29.primarily is the ongoing fighting. It is complicated, there are not
:22:30. > :22:34.just in the two sides, we have al-Qaeda but the primary battle is
:22:35. > :22:38.between the rebels who took over the government and ousted the legitimate
:22:39. > :22:43.government to eat half years ago and the forces loyal to that legitimate
:22:44. > :22:46.government backed by Saudi led air strikes. Those air strikes have
:22:47. > :22:50.caused a lot of damage to the infrastructure and you also have the
:22:51. > :22:56.ports that are partly blockaded to stop Iranian weapons communion to
:22:57. > :22:59.reach the Houthi rabble. And then the Houthi rabble sporting some of
:23:00. > :23:04.the food meant to go to the people. So a perfect storm of bad things
:23:05. > :23:08.that have conspired to make Yemen in a desperate state. The UK has a
:23:09. > :23:12.stake in this because it supplies arms and munitions to the Saudi air
:23:13. > :23:15.force which has been accused of war crimes where some of the bombs have
:23:16. > :23:20.gone astray and hit civilians. Thank you.
:23:21. > :23:22.A leading Russian opposition leader - who has mounted anti-corruption
:23:23. > :23:25.campaigns against senior officials close to the Kremlin - has been
:23:26. > :23:28.Alexei Navalny had announced he would challenge Vladimir Putin
:23:29. > :23:31.for the presidency next year - but his conviction now
:23:32. > :23:38.Mr Navalny says the case is politically motivated.
:23:39. > :23:40.A prominent commander of Russian-backed separatist rebels
:23:41. > :23:43.has been killed in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
:23:44. > :23:47.Mikhail Tolstykh also known as 'Givi' was blown up in his office.
:23:48. > :23:49.The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic
:23:50. > :23:53.described his killing as a terrorist act.
:23:54. > :23:55.Around 15,000 people have been evacuated as a fire
:23:56. > :23:58.destroyed a shanty town in the Philippine capital, Manila.
:23:59. > :24:00.Around 1000 homes in the Parola Compound were burnt down
:24:01. > :24:03.but no-one was reported to have been killed.
:24:04. > :24:07.The fire was put out this morning after raging for most of the night.
:24:08. > :24:12.It is not clear what started the blaze.
:24:13. > :24:14.Tornadoes have wreaked havoc across the American
:24:15. > :24:15.state of Louisiana - injuring dozens of people.
:24:16. > :24:18.A state of emergency was declared after six twisters hit around
:24:19. > :24:24.Louisiana's governor said he'd never see devastation like it.
:24:25. > :24:35.Running for cover, quickly finding shelter where
:24:36. > :24:44.When we looked up in the air we could see debris in the distance
:24:45. > :24:47.and before we knew it it was just bearing down on us, then we just
:24:48. > :24:56.We thought we were not going to make it.
:24:57. > :24:59.Elsewhere roofs ripped off and just watch the vehicle in the distance.
:25:00. > :25:09.This particular area, this path right here,
:25:10. > :25:16.It's thought at least six tornados tore through Louisiana yesterday
:25:17. > :25:19.leaving businesses flattened, livelihoods destroyed and homes now
:25:20. > :25:28.Although some made a lucky escape, this man had no time to get out.
:25:29. > :25:35.At least 20 people have been injured and with power lines torn down
:25:36. > :25:42.Rescue teams are continuing their search for people trapped
:25:43. > :25:46.as the full extent of the damage is becoming clear.
:25:47. > :26:04.Victim support groups have told the BBC people who say they have been
:26:05. > :26:07.raped are afraid to report the crime because of fears of the way they
:26:08. > :26:10.will be treated in court. Today a bill was presented to MPs in
:26:11. > :26:19.parliament are going more should be done to protect possible rape
:26:20. > :26:23.victims as they give evidence. These are the places where justice
:26:24. > :26:31.is served. But today claims that in some cases it is where rape victims
:26:32. > :26:38.feel violated all over again. It was awful, to be degraded in such a way,
:26:39. > :26:44.to be so totally humiliated. This rape trial ended with a conviction
:26:45. > :26:47.at the end of 2015 but Ivy says the grilling she received felt as bad as
:26:48. > :26:51.the physical assault. The specific questions they asked where, how many
:26:52. > :26:56.previous sexual partners have I had. They accused me of being someone who
:26:57. > :27:01.was promiscuous. It is appalling. I was told that line of questioning
:27:02. > :27:09.was not allowed, it was consigned to the dark ages, it did not happen.
:27:10. > :27:13.But it happens. The charity voice for victims tells me this is
:27:14. > :27:17.happening too often. We are hearing from victims being questioned about
:27:18. > :27:21.the number of sexual partners they have had in the past. Or the colour
:27:22. > :27:27.of the dress that they were wearing at the time of the attack. What it
:27:28. > :27:32.is doing is shaming and blaming. Protection for victims already
:27:33. > :27:35.exists. Under section 41 of the youth Justice and criminal evidence
:27:36. > :27:40.act. References to sexual history should be heavily restricted and
:27:41. > :27:43.only rarely allowed but new research carried out in courts in Newcastle
:27:44. > :27:48.suggest this might be happening in around one third of all cases. I
:27:49. > :27:52.fear we're going back to the bad old days of the 1980s and 1970s when
:27:53. > :27:57.victims effectively wear themselves put in the dock and interrogated. So
:27:58. > :28:01.today the people present a Private members bill to parliament to offer
:28:02. > :28:06.better protection for victims. If you had known then how you were
:28:07. > :28:12.going to be treated, would you have proceeded? Definitely not, it was a
:28:13. > :28:19.total character annihilation. Campaigners say we need to redress
:28:20. > :28:22.the balance back in favour of the victim but others say defendants are
:28:23. > :28:27.equally entitled to a fair trial. The balance cannot shift too far.
:28:28. > :28:30.A murmuration - it's known as one of the most stunning
:28:31. > :28:32.free shows on Earth - and right now Cumbria is one
:28:33. > :28:35.of the best places to see the tens of thousands of starlings
:28:36. > :28:49.It's an aerial ballet with a cast of thousands,
:28:50. > :28:51.a mass of starlings flying in mesmerising harmony.
:28:52. > :28:56.The dictionary tells us this is called a murmuration.
:28:57. > :28:59.It also tells us the word's been in use for hundreds of years,
:29:00. > :29:04.Nobody really knows the reason why it's called a murmuration.
:29:05. > :29:06.It's an interesting word, because they don't really murmur.
:29:07. > :29:10.Short answer - no one knows why it's called that.
:29:11. > :29:13.Why do they form these patterns that move together in harmony?
:29:14. > :29:18.There is some suggestion that they come together at dusk
:29:19. > :29:21.in a big group because it protects them from predation from the likes
:29:22. > :29:24.of buzzards or kestrels, but why they do this amazing aerial
:29:25. > :29:26.ballet before they settle down for the night, no one knows.
:29:27. > :29:31.Well, obviously, it's a stunning landscape -
:29:32. > :29:34.why wouldn't anyone want to spend the night here?
:29:35. > :29:37.And so, an audience gathers at Sunbiggin Tarn in Cumbria for one
:29:38. > :29:42.This, one of several murmuration viewings hosted by the Friends
:29:43. > :29:44.of the Lake District, who own this stunning
:29:45. > :29:51.stretch of land midway between Kendal and Penrith.
:29:52. > :29:53.I'm a reporter for my school magazine.
:29:54. > :30:02.Yeah, I'm going to write it up on a computer.
:30:03. > :30:05.Are you going to be taking some pictures and film as well?
:30:06. > :30:07.Well, yes, hopefully if my mum's remembered her phone.
:30:08. > :30:10.The thing is, I have to try and capture it on my camera over
:30:11. > :30:13.there and if I miss anything, can I borrow your shots?
:30:14. > :30:17.And so, as dusk gathers, so, too, do the stars of the show.
:30:18. > :30:34.Absolutely beautiful, the noise and the commotion.
:30:35. > :30:40.They are just stunning, the sky turns black and it is just amazing.
:30:41. > :30:42.Well, I have seen them before in other places,
:30:43. > :30:46.but nothing like as big a show as here.
:30:47. > :30:48.Well, someone estimated there were around 60,000
:30:49. > :30:56.I'm not sure how you would count them.
:30:57. > :31:00.Then, as darkness falls, so, too, do the starlings,
:31:01. > :31:03.and it's curtain down on another perfect performance.
:31:04. > :31:09.Dave Guest, BBC News, at Sunbiggin Tarn in Cumbria.
:31:10. > :31:27.Not as spectacular as both stunning starlings. Back to the UK and winter
:31:28. > :31:32.has come. This is just a couple of hours ago and we have snow showers
:31:33. > :31:37.falling across the Grampians of Scotland. Further west some sunshine
:31:38. > :31:42.and in Cumbria West is best today. So just a couple of Weather Watchers
:31:43. > :31:46.showing those beautifully sunny pictures. And where the sun is
:31:47. > :31:50.shining it is around 11 degrees for the contrast that with just three
:31:51. > :31:56.degrees at the moment on the east coast. That is because the cold air
:31:57. > :32:00.has arrived, this weather front giving wintry outbreaks. Behind that
:32:01. > :32:05.is high pressure and an easterly wind. Sub for the rest of the week
:32:06. > :32:09.the cold air is with us. We will find that sleeping West right the
:32:10. > :32:18.way across into Northern Ireland. At the moment we have some sunshine,
:32:19. > :32:24.further east it is grey. Damp as well in a few places with just some
:32:25. > :32:29.drizzly showers. A little bit of sleet over the Pennines and the
:32:30. > :32:32.Grampians. Some goods spells of sunshine in Northern Ireland and the
:32:33. > :32:36.West of Scotland in contrast. Through this evening and overnight
:32:37. > :32:42.temperatures fall away once again where we have those clear skies. In
:32:43. > :32:46.the east where the wintry showers continue some ice could be an issue
:32:47. > :32:55.but even further west we could have some freezing fog. So cold to start
:32:56. > :33:01.tomorrow morning with some freezing fog around and ice patches. Again a
:33:02. > :33:05.lot of dry weather tomorrow but again in the East you can see wintry
:33:06. > :33:10.showers perhaps further south tomorrow. Again mostly over the
:33:11. > :33:21.hills but there could be some sleet or snow and cold again tomorrow.
:33:22. > :33:25.Then the high pressure keeps all the weather fronts at bay through
:33:26. > :33:31.Friday. That keen easterly wind is with us. So the chance of some
:33:32. > :33:36.wintry weather. Even at lower levels potentially. And on Friday with the
:33:37. > :33:41.wind chill feeling significantly colder. And even into the weekend
:33:42. > :33:45.the risk is there, temperatures are still low and it is not warming up
:33:46. > :33:46.in the near future at least. But hopefully at least some brightness
:33:47. > :33:48.at times. That's all from the BBC News at One
:33:49. > :33:49.- so it's goodbye from me -