:00:00. > :00:07.Trouble at the White House, as President Trump's national
:00:08. > :00:17.Michael Flynn quits over his contacts with Russia -
:00:18. > :00:21.We'll be getting reaction in Washington, and in Moscow.
:00:22. > :00:25.The rising cost of fuel helps to push inflation to its highest
:00:26. > :00:29.rate for two-and-a-half years, to 1.8%.
:00:30. > :00:32.A bribery settlement and the fall in the pound push engineering giant
:00:33. > :00:38.An investigation is underway at a Topshop store where
:00:39. > :00:42.a ten-year-old boy was fatally injured by store furniture.
:00:43. > :00:44.Full-steam ahead - for the first timetabled
:00:45. > :00:48.train service featuring a traditional locomotive.
:00:49. > :00:53.And coming up in the sport on BBC News:
:00:54. > :00:55.Leicester sign England fly-half George Ford for next season,
:00:56. > :00:58.after agreeing a deal to buy him out the final year of his
:00:59. > :01:23.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:24. > :01:26.It's got to be some kind of record, with Donald Trump facing his first
:01:27. > :01:29.scandal and a top-level resignation just 24 days after his inauguration.
:01:30. > :01:31.His national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned
:01:32. > :01:39.He's alleged to have discussed US sanctions with the Russian
:01:40. > :01:42.ambassador before Mr Trump took office, then misled officials -
:01:43. > :01:44.including the vice-president - about the conversation.
:01:45. > :01:47.The Kremlin has refused to comment on the resignation, saying
:01:48. > :01:49.it was an internal matter for the United States.
:01:50. > :01:51.Our correspondent Andy Moore reports.
:01:52. > :01:53.Just over three weeks into his presidency,
:01:54. > :01:58.and Donald Trump has already lost one of his closest advisers.
:01:59. > :02:00.This was Mike Flynn at the White House just
:02:01. > :02:09.A lonely figure on the front row of a press conference.
:02:10. > :02:11.Then a cool handshake from Vice President Mike Pence -
:02:12. > :02:13.the man he's been accused of misleading.
:02:14. > :02:15.It was Flynn's close links with the Kremlin
:02:16. > :02:20.Here he is in 2015, at a dinner in Moscow
:02:21. > :02:22.with President Putin, but
:02:23. > :02:28.it's illegal for a private citizen to conduct US diplomacy.
:02:29. > :02:34.Mr Flynn denied he had spoken to the Russian ambassador about sanctions
:02:35. > :02:41.before Mr Trump became president, and on that basis Mr Pence went on
:02:42. > :02:46.national television to defend him. I can confirm, having spoken to him
:02:47. > :02:50.about it, that those conversations that happened to a car around the
:02:51. > :02:55.time that the United States took action to expel diplomats, that they
:02:56. > :03:02.had nothing whatsoever to do with those sanctions. In his resignation
:03:03. > :03:05.letter, Mr Flynn said he had held numerous conversations with foreign
:03:06. > :03:10.counterparts. It went on, "Because of the fast pace of events, I
:03:11. > :03:14.inadvertently briefed the vice president and others with incomplete
:03:15. > :03:18.information regarding my phone calls with the Russian ambassador." Those
:03:19. > :03:23.phone calls had been monitored by US security officials and some of the
:03:24. > :03:31.details had been leaked to the press. Within the intelligence
:03:32. > :03:35.community, this is how they fight back. They leaked material to the
:03:36. > :03:39.press and that compromises Donald Trump's ambitions are around foreign
:03:40. > :03:44.policy. Mr Flynn's resignation came after a series of contradictory
:03:45. > :03:48.statements from the White House. Yes, General Flynn does enjoy the
:03:49. > :03:56.full confidence of the President... Do you have full confidence in? But
:03:57. > :04:02.soon after the White House spokesman said the president was evaluating
:04:03. > :04:05.the situation. He is speaking to vice president Pence relative to the
:04:06. > :04:09.conversation the vice president had with general Flynn. Since news of
:04:10. > :04:13.the resignation broke, the official reaction from the Kremlin has been
:04:14. > :04:18.muted. President Putin's spokesman said the affair had nothing to do
:04:19. > :04:22.with Russia and was an internal matter for the Trump administration.
:04:23. > :04:35.But chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the upper house said...
:04:36. > :04:38.Well, in a moment we'll speak to our correspondent in Moscow,
:04:39. > :04:42.but first Gary O'Donoghue in Washington.
:04:43. > :04:51.Trouble for the White House. Anything worse than that? Well, it
:04:52. > :04:56.is clearly a huge blow. This man was loyal to Donald Trump, through the
:04:57. > :04:59.campaign, he was at his right hand in national security matters,
:05:00. > :05:04.clearly discussing matters day in day out multiple times a day, so it
:05:05. > :05:09.is a huge blow to Donald Trump, but I think it became a choice between
:05:10. > :05:12.honouring that loyalty and effectively humiliating the vice
:05:13. > :05:15.president, and it looks like the vice president won that. The White
:05:16. > :05:22.House is very keen to limit this to the issue of the vice president
:05:23. > :05:24.being misled, and you can understand that for good political reasons,
:05:25. > :05:29.because there are still wider questions about what make Flynn
:05:30. > :05:33.actually said to the Russians, what promises he made to them, what he
:05:34. > :05:39.said to them during the campaign and those are the sorts of areas where
:05:40. > :05:43.the White House wants to be careful. Let's go to Steve Rosenberg in
:05:44. > :05:49.Moscow. Not much comment there, but what about privately? You know, we
:05:50. > :05:52.often refer to these as extraordinary times, but this is
:05:53. > :05:59.quite extraordinary. Look at what happened today - the resignation of
:06:00. > :06:03.an American national security adviser has got politicians here in
:06:04. > :06:07.Moscow reacting furiously, actually, and jumping to Michael Flynn's
:06:08. > :06:11.defence, so for example in the upper house of the Russian parliament one
:06:12. > :06:16.senator this morning tweeted that Flynn was the victim of paranoia and
:06:17. > :06:19.a witchhunt. At the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, a message
:06:20. > :06:25.was posted saying that either Donald Trump had been driven into a corner
:06:26. > :06:35.or his administration has been permeated with Russiphobia from top
:06:36. > :06:40.to bottom. The language is angry and colourful. They saw Mike Flynn as
:06:41. > :06:43.someone who champion closer ties between Washington and Moscow. He
:06:44. > :06:48.attended a gala dinner here a couple of years ago and sat at the same
:06:49. > :06:51.table as Vladimir Putin, but I protect not only disappointment from
:06:52. > :06:55.Moscow but also a little embarrassment, because as late as
:06:56. > :06:57.yesterday the Kremlin was continuing to insist that before Donald Trump
:06:58. > :07:03.stepped into the White House there had been no discussions, no
:07:04. > :07:06.conversations between Moscow and Washington, about sanctions, and
:07:07. > :07:12.today the Kremlin's comment on all of this was "No comment." Steve
:07:13. > :07:17.Rosenberg from Moscow, thank you very much.
:07:18. > :07:19.Inflation has risen to its highest level since June 2014.
:07:20. > :07:22.The rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index,
:07:23. > :07:26.The Office for National Statistics says the increase was driven
:07:27. > :07:28.by higher global oil prices and the fall in the
:07:29. > :07:33.Our economics correspondent Andy Verity reports.
:07:34. > :07:39.Prices may be up, but it is not yet the consumer who is being squeezed
:07:40. > :07:44.hardest. It is the company that sells you the goods and even more so
:07:45. > :07:47.the companies that produce them. Following the devaluation caused by
:07:48. > :07:52.the Brexit fort, this east London brewery is being much more for the
:07:53. > :07:57.same raw materials imported from abroad. It has boosted prices by 5%
:07:58. > :08:03.but the costs have risen twice as fast. For all businesses but equally
:08:04. > :08:08.so for us, we have pensions coming in this year, huge business rate
:08:09. > :08:14.increase this year, we have leader are a London living wage employer so
:08:15. > :08:19.that is significant -- we are a London living wage employer. We also
:08:20. > :08:25.have the raw material prices going up and up for raw materials imported
:08:26. > :08:28.so it is a real crunch point for us. Today's inflation rate is still
:08:29. > :08:32.below the Bank of England target at 2% with prices rising 1.8% in the
:08:33. > :08:38.shops, but pressure is coming through the pipeline. Prices at the
:08:39. > :08:42.factory gate are up 3.5% and producers passing on the much higher
:08:43. > :08:48.cost of raw materials, up by more than a fifth. Also driving prices up
:08:49. > :08:52.is a 17% rise in the cost of petrol and diesel. With that come higher
:08:53. > :08:55.transport costs, but the Government point out that inflation is still
:08:56. > :09:01.comfortably within the target range. I would remind you that the
:09:02. > :09:04.inflation figure announced this morning, 1.8%, is still below the
:09:05. > :09:09.Bank of England's target. The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee
:09:10. > :09:13.is seeking to manage inflation to maintain itself at or around 2%.
:09:14. > :09:17.When inflation is at this level, the economy should be working well. The
:09:18. > :09:21.economy is growing much more strongly than opponents of Brexit
:09:22. > :09:26.predicted, and on financial markets in the City, the next move in
:09:27. > :09:29.interest rates is expected to be up. The market sees a real possibility
:09:30. > :09:33.rates may have to increase before the end of this year. Very much a
:09:34. > :09:38.reflection of the fact that economic activity has been so strong coming
:09:39. > :09:43.into 2017 and the consumer has held up relatively well. Until recently,
:09:44. > :09:48.price rises for consumers were tamer than they had been since the 1960s.
:09:49. > :09:51.The price of fish, for example, is only back to where it was three
:09:52. > :09:56.years ago. So far consumers have been shielded from higher costs, but
:09:57. > :09:57.inflation above the 2% target now looks inevitable. Andy Verity, BBC
:09:58. > :10:00.News. Rolls-Royce has posted one
:10:01. > :10:02.of the biggest corporate The British aircraft
:10:03. > :10:04.engine manufacturer, which employs 23,000 people
:10:05. > :10:08.in the UK, lost ?4.6 billion last year because of the instability
:10:09. > :10:11.of the pound and penalties it had to pay UK and US authorities
:10:12. > :10:14.for bribery and corruption. Well, with me is our
:10:15. > :10:24.business editor Simon Jack. These figures look terrible. Yes, on
:10:25. > :10:30.paper they are horrendous, the worst figures in the company's 133 year
:10:31. > :10:34.history, but they are distorted by a couple of things. Rolls-Royce sells
:10:35. > :10:38.its engines and crucially the service contract on those for 20
:10:39. > :10:43.years at the time and always or usually in dollars. The company's
:10:44. > :10:46.big risk is that the dollar falls in value and that those revenues when
:10:47. > :10:51.translated into sterling dwindle as the dollar falls. If the opposite
:10:52. > :10:56.happens, because they insure themselves against that, those
:10:57. > :10:59.insurance policies, and the pound has fallen sharply against the
:11:00. > :11:03.dollar, there is a big charge on paper which is called a loss, but it
:11:04. > :11:08.is not actually cash they are handing out. To strip that and look
:11:09. > :11:12.at the underlying earnings, they are not great. Profits have halved, old
:11:13. > :11:15.engines being phased out quicker than they are selling new ones to
:11:16. > :11:19.aliens and they have had real problems with their North Sea
:11:20. > :11:24.business and offshore oil, so looking at it it looks horrendous,
:11:25. > :11:27.but in detail not quite so bad and the future looks a little brighter.
:11:28. > :11:32.This could have a big impact on the British car industry? A real game
:11:33. > :11:39.changing story. The company that owns usual and Citroen are in talks,
:11:40. > :11:45.they have said in the last hour, to acquire the owners of Vauxhall. This
:11:46. > :11:48.is General Motors's entire European business. They say they are pushing
:11:49. > :11:55.ahead with that and if that goes ahead it will mean this company will
:11:56. > :11:58.leapfrog Renault and go into second place in Britain behind Foakes
:11:59. > :12:04.wagon, so a lot of interest their for the 4500 people who work for
:12:05. > :12:09.foxhole in Luton and the other side -- work for As many as are of the
:12:10. > :12:13.opinion, say 'aye'. To the contrary, 'no'.. Simon Jack, thank you very
:12:14. > :12:17.much -- that work for Vauxhall. The chairman of Toshiba has resigned
:12:18. > :12:19.after the electronics giant announced it expected to post a full
:12:20. > :12:22.year loss of ?2.7 billion. The company was forced to write
:12:23. > :12:24.off around ?5 billion following problems with its
:12:25. > :12:26.American nuclear business. Shares in the company
:12:27. > :12:28.have fallen sharply. Let's speak to our correspondent
:12:29. > :12:36.in Tokyo, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. What doesn't mean for their
:12:37. > :12:42.ambitions in this country? It has serious implications for Toshiba's
:12:43. > :12:48.project in the United Kingdom. The nuclear power station which Toshiba
:12:49. > :12:52.is a major shareholder in, the company or consortium planning to
:12:53. > :12:58.build the new power plant in Cumbria is 60% owned by Toshiba, and also
:12:59. > :13:03.the nuclear reactors, the three nuclear reactors they are supposed
:13:04. > :13:06.to build in Cumbria, are Toshiba designed. In a statement today the
:13:07. > :13:10.company said it will not consider participating in the project
:13:11. > :13:14.carrying out actual construction work any more, and it will seek to
:13:15. > :13:19.sell its shares to interested parties. The consortium itself in
:13:20. > :13:22.the UK has released a statement saying that Toshiba remains
:13:23. > :13:30.committed to the project, but that seems to be contradicted by the
:13:31. > :13:34.statement here released by Toshiba in Tokyo and puts in doubt that'll
:13:35. > :13:35.contract if Toshiba pulls out. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, thank you
:13:36. > :13:41.very much. Police are investigating the death
:13:42. > :13:44.of a ten-year-old boy at a branch He suffered serious head
:13:45. > :13:48.injuries in an incident involving store furniture -
:13:49. > :13:50.and died later in hospital. The death is being treated
:13:51. > :13:53.as unexplained but not suspicious. Our correspondent Duncan
:13:54. > :14:02.Kennedy is in Reading. Yes, Topshop has been closed all
:14:03. > :14:07.morning, understandably. The shutters are down. In the past hour
:14:08. > :14:11.or so Reading Borough Council extended a statement saying they
:14:12. > :14:16.offer their sympathies to the family of the ten-year-old boy involved and
:14:17. > :14:21.say its own inquiry is now underway along with that of the police
:14:22. > :14:25.investigation. This was the scene at Topshop this morning. These pictures
:14:26. > :14:30.show it shattered and security guards outside. Inside the lights
:14:31. > :14:40.were on and it was not clear if any staff or investigators were there.
:14:41. > :14:43.Police were called there after reports of a ten-year-old boy being
:14:44. > :14:49.injured. They say it involved what they called shop furniture. They
:14:50. > :14:54.were not any more specific and say it involved shop furniture. All they
:14:55. > :14:57.see is the boy was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital and later
:14:58. > :15:02.died from serious head injuries. The reaction of local people who use the
:15:03. > :15:07.shopping centre was universally one of sadness. It is just horrible. You
:15:08. > :15:18.just feel for his family. I really do. Yes, my thoughts go out to them,
:15:19. > :15:26.really. Very sad. Very sad. For the mother, the parents. I feel quite
:15:27. > :15:32.bad for the parents because they are... It is my daughter's age, so I
:15:33. > :15:42.think it is very sad. In a statement Reading Borough Council said...
:15:43. > :15:50.Police say the boy's death is being treated as unexplained but not
:15:51. > :15:52.suspicious. Their inquiry into how a child could die in a shop involving
:15:53. > :16:01.shop furniture is continuing. Well, that shop is expected to
:16:02. > :16:05.remain closed for the rest of today. We've just noticed in the past few
:16:06. > :16:09.minutes that a bouquet of flowers has been put outside in the shopping
:16:10. > :16:12.centre here. The council themselves are sending a safety expert at some
:16:13. > :16:17.point today to start their investigation into just how this
:16:18. > :16:19.ten-year-old boy could die under these extraordinary circumstances.
:16:20. > :16:33.President Trump's National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, resigns
:16:34. > :16:36.over his contacts with Russia, just weeks after taking office.
:16:37. > :16:43.And still to come, I will be reporting from the Carlisle line
:16:44. > :16:49.here in Cumbria with some wonderful pictures of the first steam train in
:16:50. > :16:54.England for nearly 50 is. Coming up in the sport at 1:30pm, Great
:16:55. > :17:02.Britain's Fed cup team have been drawn away to Remainiac, the wait
:17:03. > :17:06.for a home tie goes on, 1993 the last time that they played on home
:17:07. > :17:08.soil. The Queen has opened a new national
:17:09. > :17:11.centre designed to improve Britain's The Government says
:17:12. > :17:13.hackers are increasing in their frequency, their severity
:17:14. > :17:15.and their sophistication, and the National Cyber Security Centre
:17:16. > :17:18.will make the UK the safest place Our Security Correspondent
:17:19. > :17:29.Gordon Corera reports. A high-tech tour for the Queen
:17:30. > :17:31.today, as she formally launched the country's
:17:32. > :17:33.new National Cyber Security Centre. She was shown round the new centre
:17:34. > :17:36.in London, whose mission is to protect the country
:17:37. > :17:38.against a growing tide Cyber attacks, it
:17:39. > :17:44.seems, are everywhere. Russian involvement in efforts
:17:45. > :17:46.to hack information... The worst case is that
:17:47. > :17:48.all of our customers' China's activities in cyberspace
:17:49. > :17:58.is a significant source of concern. Hacking that could
:17:59. > :18:02.hamper vote counting. Hackers targeting governments,
:18:03. > :18:04.businesses, ordinary people. The head of the new centre
:18:05. > :18:09.told me the threat is real. The head of the new centre told me
:18:10. > :18:12.the threats are real. We've had significant
:18:13. > :18:14.losses of personal data, significant intrusions by hostile
:18:15. > :18:15.state actors, significant reconnaissance against critical
:18:16. > :18:18.national infrastructure. And our job is to make sure we deal
:18:19. > :18:21.with that in the most So, what we've done here is create
:18:22. > :18:27.a room of the near future and we've got some devices that
:18:28. > :18:29.are all connected to the internet. The new centre is not just
:18:30. > :18:31.there to protect government, Its technical director showed me how
:18:32. > :18:38.internet-connected items like lamps and coffee makers could be
:18:39. > :18:41.vulnerable, even a child's toy doll. More and more of our
:18:42. > :18:49.life is moving online. The UK is one of the most
:18:50. > :18:51.digitally-dependent A strength, but also
:18:52. > :18:54.a vulnerability. And protecting it online
:18:55. > :18:57.in the future will be vital for economic as well as national
:18:58. > :18:58.security. It's called the gig economy -
:18:59. > :19:08.the growing number of people who Well, today an inquiry's been
:19:09. > :19:14.launched into how they're treated by employers,
:19:15. > :19:17.and who should pay their tax. And with one in seven people saying
:19:18. > :19:19.they work for themselves, the potential loss to the Treasury
:19:20. > :19:22.could be worth millions. Our Economics Editor,
:19:23. > :19:24.Kamal Ahmed, reports. They are the poster children
:19:25. > :19:26.of the new economy. The companies that drive
:19:27. > :19:30.us where we want to go Zero hours contracts attacked
:19:31. > :19:38.for exploiting workers who have I think if we strengthen
:19:39. > :19:43.the voice of employees, Matthew Taylor has been tasked
:19:44. > :19:48.by the Prime Minister to come up with a plan
:19:49. > :19:51.for the new world of work. He says that the amount of tax
:19:52. > :19:53.raised by the Government has fallen because of
:19:54. > :19:58.the rise in self-employment. It is it's clear that to a certain
:19:59. > :20:01.extent what is actually going on is that people are creating
:20:02. > :20:04.forms of work for themselves, or businesses are creating forms
:20:05. > :20:07.of work, to try to avoid tax. Now, I think what should drive
:20:08. > :20:09.businesses is efficiency, So if we can make the system one
:20:10. > :20:14.where those incentives are slightly less strong than I think that
:20:15. > :20:17.would be an improvement. A new study by the union says
:20:18. > :20:20.the Government could be losing up to ?4 billion a year
:20:21. > :20:22.in lower tax payments. That is made up of ?2.1
:20:23. > :20:25.billion lost from the rise in the self-employed,
:20:26. > :20:28.who pay less tax. And then there is the ?1.9 billion
:20:29. > :20:31.lost from those on zero hours contracts, who tend
:20:32. > :20:33.to be lower paid. Workers are losing out on basic
:20:34. > :20:41.rights, the taxpayer is losing out on funding for the Exchequer,
:20:42. > :20:45.to fund our schools and hospitals. But of course the taxpayer is also
:20:46. > :20:48.having to fund a higher in work benefits bill because very often
:20:49. > :20:50.the self-employment, Theresa May has pledged not only
:20:51. > :20:59.to protect the rights of people often with multiple jobs
:21:00. > :21:02.but to enhance them. When Matthew Taylor's report
:21:03. > :21:06.comes out in the summer, expect new rights to decent
:21:07. > :21:09.employment and a duty put on businesses to
:21:10. > :21:14.treat people fairly. The Chancellor has already
:21:15. > :21:17.said he is looking at In the Budget next month,
:21:18. > :21:23.expect changes, as the old world of how much we are taxed tries
:21:24. > :21:26.to catch up with the The father of a British soldier
:21:27. > :21:33.killed in Iraq in 2007 has criticised proposals
:21:34. > :21:35.by the Government to scrap the legal duty of care to service
:21:36. > :21:38.personnel in combat. It means they'll no
:21:39. > :21:40.longer be able to sue The Ministry of Defence says
:21:41. > :21:48.the new scheme will mean more generous payments to anyone injured,
:21:49. > :21:50.or the families of those Our legal correspondent
:21:51. > :21:54.Clive Coleman reports. How old was he when he first
:21:55. > :21:57.started playing the drums? In 2007, Colin Redpath's son,
:21:58. > :22:03.Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath, a keen drummer in the Irish Guards,
:22:04. > :22:08.died when a roadside bomb exploded next to his lightly-armoured
:22:09. > :22:13.Snatch Land Rover in Iraq. Colin fought a six-year legal battle
:22:14. > :22:17.against the Ministry of Defence, eventually winning the right
:22:18. > :22:19.at the Supreme Court to bring an action against the Government
:22:20. > :22:23.under human rights law. The MoD's new proposals cover battle
:22:24. > :22:27.and the preparations for it. They include stopping legal
:22:28. > :22:31.claims for negligence against the MOD in the courts,
:22:32. > :22:35.a no-fault compensation scheme for injured service personnel
:22:36. > :22:40.and families of those killed, assessors to value injuries
:22:41. > :22:42.and loss based on expert Nobody disputes that it's a really
:22:43. > :22:52.good idea for service personnel injured in the course of combat,
:22:53. > :22:55.and the families of those who been killed, to be spared long
:22:56. > :22:57.and frustrating legal battles through the courts,
:22:58. > :23:01.but there are real concerns about the Ministry of Defence
:23:02. > :23:03.scrapping the duty of care The Fire Brigade, the Police,
:23:04. > :23:06.the Ambulance Service, they all have to go out
:23:07. > :23:09.with equipment that works, And that should be
:23:10. > :23:16.the same for a soldier. And lawyers worry that bypassing
:23:17. > :23:25.the courts creates unfairness. You've suffered injury,
:23:26. > :23:28.you think that the lawyer, the organisation, the MoD,
:23:29. > :23:31.is at fault, and yet you are asked to rely upon the MoD
:23:32. > :23:34.to assess the compensation that it should pay you for the damage
:23:35. > :23:46.that it has caused you. But the MoD and Defence Secretary
:23:47. > :23:50.remain convinced of the need for change. What we are working on is a
:23:51. > :23:55.way of getting them faster and better compensation so that if the
:23:56. > :23:58.ministry has done something wrong with a piece of equipment they don't
:23:59. > :24:04.have to spend years suing us through the courts. The MoD's consultation
:24:05. > :24:06.on its proposals ends in just over a week.
:24:07. > :24:08.Colin Redpath hopes that for the injured,
:24:09. > :24:10.and families of the fallen, the new system ensures maximum
:24:11. > :24:24.Around 200,000 people living close to America's tallest dam have been
:24:25. > :24:31.told it's still not safe for them to return home. The area around the dam
:24:32. > :24:39.in Northern California was evacuated, after fears that it could
:24:40. > :24:41.collapse. They still don't know how long it could be before residents
:24:42. > :24:46.are allowed back. Rising damp, holes in the front door
:24:47. > :24:50.and water coming through the roof - just a few of the problems that
:24:51. > :24:53.an investigation by BBC Yorkshire has found in some social
:24:54. > :24:56.housing in England. Councils have paid out
:24:57. > :24:58.more than ?35 million in compensation and legal fees over
:24:59. > :25:00.the last five years. It's completely mouldy and the wall
:25:01. > :25:04.underneath is completely wet. And even our shoes
:25:05. > :25:06.are mouldy as well. Katrina pays Leeds City Council
:25:07. > :25:13.around ?270 a month to live in Although she hasn't taken
:25:14. > :25:18.the council to court, She says he and his brother sound
:25:19. > :25:29.like this all the time, She claims it is because their
:25:30. > :25:37.rented house in Leeds is so damp. Social housing in Leeds has such
:25:38. > :25:40.a bad reputation that claims management companies are now
:25:41. > :25:42.targeting the city, encouraging tenants to take
:25:43. > :25:54.the council to court. These firms identify
:25:55. > :25:56.properties which are in a poor state of repair, and then,
:25:57. > :26:00.for a finder's fee, pass on the tenant's details
:26:01. > :26:02.to a solicitor, who takes In a statement, Leeds
:26:03. > :26:27.City Council said... At a time when services
:26:28. > :26:29.are being cut, many will question why councils are spending millions
:26:30. > :26:43.on compensation instead of fixing The half brother of the North Korean
:26:44. > :26:48.leader Kim John and has been killed in Malaysia. The BBC understands
:26:49. > :26:52.that the man, who was 45, is said to have been targeted at the airport in
:26:53. > :26:59.the capital, Kuala Lumpur. He was the eldest son of Kim Jong-il, who
:27:00. > :27:02.ruled North Korea until his death in 2011.
:27:03. > :27:05.Steam power returned to the railways this morning for the first time
:27:06. > :27:08.A timetabled steam train service will run between Appleby in Cumbria
:27:09. > :27:11.and Skipton in North Yorkshire for the next three days -
:27:12. > :27:14.and the first one left a few hours ago, with our correspondent
:27:15. > :27:23.Danny, how was it? Simon, it was great to be on the train this
:27:24. > :27:28.morning with about 500 other people, they had all made a special day out
:27:29. > :27:32.to join this service. I would say that the scene behind us probably
:27:33. > :27:36.hasn't changed much since the 19th century when this line was built.
:27:37. > :27:39.There was that other traditional site on this line today and the
:27:40. > :27:46.response from people has been phenomenal.
:27:47. > :27:48.At Skipton Station this morning, the sights and sounds of yesteryear
:27:49. > :27:54.It's a long time since the mid-morning service on a weekday
:27:55. > :28:00.People turned out in their hordes to see the first timetabled steam
:28:01. > :28:05.train in England for nearly half a century.
:28:06. > :28:07.Standard fares and discounts applied.
:28:08. > :28:10.You would normally pay a hefty premium for a steam trip but not
:28:11. > :28:18.I think it's wonderful, I've just been watching
:28:19. > :28:21.all the steam and smoke going past the window and it's just fantastic.
:28:22. > :28:26.I thought I would treat my wife for Valentine's Day,
:28:27. > :28:31.What do you make of the Valentine's present?
:28:32. > :28:46.Mark Rand was one of the on-board guides.
:28:47. > :28:48.I know a lot of this has been done within
:28:49. > :28:51.the railway industry by a huge lot of goodwill and a huge lot
:28:52. > :28:54.of mates' rates for things that are normally very, very expensive.
:28:55. > :28:56.What price can you put on a day like this?
:28:57. > :29:00.But we might have to wait another 50 years for the next one!
:29:01. > :29:03.This is not just about a trip on a steam train.
:29:04. > :29:06.For lots of people, it is a ride through the Yorkshire Dales
:29:07. > :29:08.countryside as well, and crossing the Ribblehead Viaduct.
:29:09. > :29:14.It was the picture opportunity of the day.
:29:15. > :29:17.Yes, you see this occasionally with special charter trains,
:29:18. > :29:19.but this was really special, because it was not
:29:20. > :29:30.Talking to some customers on the train who had
:29:31. > :29:34.travelled from Essex, Norfolk, just for the whole sort of romance
:29:35. > :29:35.of this, Valentine's Day, Settle and Carlisle railway
:29:36. > :29:40.on a steam train, how much better does it get?
:29:41. > :29:44.Many people lined the route to see the train pass through.
:29:45. > :29:48.This may be the start of something special on Britain's railways,
:29:49. > :29:55.the possibility of other timetabled steam services elsewhere.
:29:56. > :30:00.At the moment, the train is up the line at Appleby and it will be
:30:01. > :30:04.passing back through here at about 3:15pm. There were some disappointed
:30:05. > :30:10.people at Skipton who just couldn't get on. There are something like
:30:11. > :30:14.6000 seats available on this steam service over the next couple of
:30:15. > :30:16.days, so the hope is that anyone who wants to get on it will get on it.
:30:17. > :30:23.Danny, thanks very much. Aberdeenshire Council has
:30:24. > :30:25.apologised, after trees were planted Unsurprisingly the new trees sparked
:30:26. > :30:30.a huge reaction on social media. One person wrote: "Are
:30:31. > :30:32.they playing tree-a-side?" A council spokeswoman said they'd
:30:33. > :30:41.been planted to boost biodiversity in the area,
:30:42. > :30:44.but they have admitted they were, and they did say this,
:30:45. > :31:01."barking up the wrong tree with Changes for today, the cloud is in a
:31:02. > :31:06.different position as well. This was a snapshot of lunchtime yesterday.
:31:07. > :31:10.Move things on 24 hours and the cloud is moving up across the UK
:31:11. > :31:14.from the south-west. Still some sunshine ahead of that and some
:31:15. > :31:18.areas of low cloud too. With the sunshine and it being less windy,
:31:19. > :31:22.you shouldn't feel too bad here in North West Lincolnshire but not too
:31:23. > :31:27.bad if you are here in Gloucestershire. Not too much rain,
:31:28. > :31:32.mind you. That cloud is moving away from the south-west of England, so
:31:33. > :31:36.Cornwall getting more sunshine and possibly eventually into Devon as
:31:37. > :31:40.well. Not quite so good through the West Country and Wales, a few bursts
:31:41. > :31:44.of showery rain here and there but hit and miss. Limiting the sunshine
:31:45. > :31:51.across eastern and northern England and a lot of cloud for Northern
:31:52. > :31:56.Ireland. Dry for Scotland, the best of the sunshine in the West. Still
:31:57. > :31:59.rather grey cloudy the Grampians. As we run through this evening and
:32:00. > :32:03.overnight, we will find what is left of this showery band of rain pushing
:32:04. > :32:06.into Scotland and eastern England for a while and then it turns misty
:32:07. > :32:11.with some low cloud and another band of rain arriving in Wales and the
:32:12. > :32:15.south-west later on. A much milder night to night under the cloud
:32:16. > :32:17.except in Gotland where there could be clearer skies and a touch of
:32:18. > :32:23.Frost. Generally the team through the rest of the week is milder, but
:32:24. > :32:27.there will be a little rain from time to time. We've got some rain to
:32:28. > :32:33.come as we head into tomorrow, initially across Wales and the
:32:34. > :32:37.south-west. Further north in the rain is not amounting to very much.
:32:38. > :32:42.After a dull start, there may not be a huge the best of that comes after
:32:43. > :32:45.the rain in Wales and the south-west, where we will see the
:32:46. > :32:48.highest temperatures. It will be a warmer feel for most of us,
:32:49. > :32:51.temperatures widely into double figures. Here is the bigger picture
:32:52. > :32:55.as we head towards the latter part of the week. Everything coming in
:32:56. > :33:02.from the Atlantic, hence it being milder. This area of low pressure
:33:03. > :33:06.will bring some wetter weather into Northern Ireland. A bit of a chilly
:33:07. > :33:11.start and some mist and fog patches, but a largely dry day. We may see
:33:12. > :33:15.some improvements in Scotland and Northern Ireland and those
:33:16. > :33:20.temperatures are ten or 11 degrees. No weather warnings at the moment.
:33:21. > :33:22.How long is this mild weather going to last? Go online for our ten day
:33:23. > :33:24.weather forecast. A reminder of our main
:33:25. > :33:31.story this lunchtime... President Trump's National Security
:33:32. > :33:33.Advisor Michael Flynn resigns over his contacts with Russia,
:33:34. > :33:35.just weeks after taking office. That's all from the BBC News at One,
:33:36. > :33:39.so it's goodbye from me.