0:00:04 > 0:00:07A grim outlook for the economy amid warnings that the UK
0:00:07 > 0:00:11is in danger of losing two decades of earnings growth.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14The Chancellor says he hopes to prove the predictions wrong
0:00:14 > 0:00:16as Theresa May says the government recognises the financial
0:00:16 > 0:00:20pressures on people.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Both the Chancellor and I agree that what the Budget
0:00:23 > 0:00:26was about was about jobs for people up and down the country.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28It's about ensuring that people are in work.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Also this lunchtime...
0:00:32 > 0:00:34More than 70 people are rescued after heavy rainfall causes flooding
0:00:34 > 0:00:38in parts of Lancashire and Cumbria.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Jon Venables, who murdered toddler Jamie Bulger 25 years ago,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44is returned to prison after being found with suspected
0:00:44 > 0:00:48child abuse images.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51The 70th Ashes series is underway in Australia and England have done
0:00:51 > 0:00:55better than many expected.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56I'm here in Brisbane, where it's honours-even
0:00:56 > 0:01:00between England and Australia after day one of the Ashes.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02And lighting up the planet in just four years -
0:01:02 > 0:01:05how the rapid growth of artificial light in countries like India
0:01:05 > 0:01:10is adding to light pollution.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12And coming up in the sport on BBC News...
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Former England rugby league international Rangi Chase has been
0:01:14 > 0:01:16banned from all sports for two years after testing positive
0:01:16 > 0:01:22for cocaine in July.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Britain is in danger of losing two decades of earnings growth -
0:01:46 > 0:01:49that's the warning from the economic think tank, the Institute
0:01:49 > 0:01:53for Fiscal Studies.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, says he hopes to prove wrong the bleak
0:01:56 > 0:01:57economic forecasts released in yesterday's Budget.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00He said the next couple of years will bring clarity over Brexit
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and that would increase consumer confidence and help
0:02:02 > 0:02:04the economy to grow faster.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Conservative MPs have rallied behind the Chancellor, calling his Budget
0:02:06 > 0:02:08solid and common-sense.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10But Labour have accused Mr Hammond of being "cut-off
0:02:10 > 0:02:12from the real lives of people".
0:02:12 > 0:02:21Our political correspondent Eleanor Garner reports.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27The Government's on fortunes might not have been completely rebuilt but
0:02:27 > 0:02:30the Chancellor's difficult day passed off better than many had
0:02:30 > 0:02:34hoped and at a building college in Leeds both he and the Prime Minister
0:02:34 > 0:02:38spelt out their plans for the future.The Chancellor did a very
0:02:38 > 0:02:42good job yesterday. He was setting out how we will ensure we have an
0:02:42 > 0:02:46economy fit for the future but both the Chancellor and I agree that what
0:02:46 > 0:02:51the budget was about was about jobs for people and the country, about
0:02:51 > 0:03:02ensuring people are in work without income for their family. It's about
0:03:02 > 0:03:05building the homes they need. He might have safeguarded his own job
0:03:05 > 0:03:08but the downgrade in economic growth is the big problem on his hands.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10That is why we are investing in infrastructure, in skills, why we
0:03:10 > 0:03:14have taken big steps to encourage high-growth businesses like the tech
0:03:14 > 0:03:18sector which tend to be higher productivity and lift the
0:03:18 > 0:03:24performance of the economy overall. Inside the Chancellor's read Budget
0:03:24 > 0:03:28box, help for first time buyers plus more money for the NHS and cash to
0:03:28 > 0:03:32address concern over Universal Credit. And he appeased to some of
0:03:32 > 0:03:38his harshest critics, Conservative fixity is, with £3 million to
0:03:38 > 0:03:42prepare for leaving the EU. But Labour said ordinary people have
0:03:42 > 0:03:47been let down and accused the Chancellor of failing to sort out
0:03:47 > 0:03:52the country's finances.If you don't invest in this economy, in the
0:03:52 > 0:03:56infrastructure and schools, you will have problems with productivity.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Seven years of this Government failing to invest in our
0:03:59 > 0:04:03infrastructure and properly in skills and we now have a
0:04:03 > 0:04:07productivity crisis.And now a research group says the gloomy
0:04:07 > 0:04:12economic news on top of the Government's on policies will end up
0:04:12 > 0:04:16punishing poorer communities.This grim economic picture is affecting
0:04:16 > 0:04:20all families and leading to lower earnings growth across the spectrum
0:04:20 > 0:04:24but it is the tax and benefit policies of the Government that are
0:04:24 > 0:04:29disproportionately taking away from poorer families.He had very little
0:04:29 > 0:04:33room for manoeuvre, both politically and financially too, yet the
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Chancellor seemed to pick off the pressure point the Government had
0:04:37 > 0:04:41been facing. But there is no getting around the difficulties the UK
0:04:41 > 0:04:46economy could be storing up for the future. The Budget wasn't the
0:04:46 > 0:04:50radical reboot many Tories had been hoping for, but equally it wasn't
0:04:50 > 0:04:55the disaster many had feared. Now the Chancellor has silenced his
0:04:55 > 0:04:57critics but the future certainly remains challenging.
0:04:57 > 0:05:05Our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10These warnings about the economy and future will worry a lot of people,
0:05:10 > 0:05:15has the Government done anything to ease pressure on families and living
0:05:15 > 0:05:20standards?Sophie, if you are of a happy, optimistic disposition, may I
0:05:20 > 0:05:24suggest you turn away now because this morning we have had a whole
0:05:24 > 0:05:27battery of independent forecasters sketching out a pretty bleak future,
0:05:27 > 0:05:33suggesting that we are now facing a real economic slowdown which could
0:05:33 > 0:05:40drag on for years and years and years. One suggesting that living
0:05:40 > 0:05:43standards are set to face the biggest long-term pressure they have
0:05:43 > 0:05:49faced since the 1950s, another saying that wages in 2023 will be no
0:05:49 > 0:05:55higher than they were in 2008. Happy days it is not. The Chancellor's
0:05:55 > 0:06:01view is we can either sit around, stare at each other and plunge into
0:06:01 > 0:06:06despair or try and do something about it. His argument is that in
0:06:06 > 0:06:10the Budget there are measures to try to ease the pressure on family
0:06:10 > 0:06:16budgets so the personal allowance has been raised, fuel duty has been
0:06:16 > 0:06:19frozen, help for home-buyers and money going into research and
0:06:19 > 0:06:23development to try to boost productivity. I think the difficulty
0:06:23 > 0:06:28is the scale, the enormity of the changes and challenges identified by
0:06:28 > 0:06:33these forecasters is such that it might simply overwhelm these
0:06:33 > 0:06:37incremental changes. For example they point to the fact we are
0:06:37 > 0:06:42becoming an older society, are less productive society. Many people in
0:06:42 > 0:06:48work are already doing maybe two or three jobs to make up for the
0:06:48 > 0:06:54squeeze on wages. There is in that spare capacity to boost
0:06:54 > 0:06:58productivity. But forecasters have got it wrong before, spectacularly
0:06:58 > 0:07:03wrong before, and I think we have to hope they have got it wrong again.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Norman Smith in Westminster, thank you.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Well, the major think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies has
0:07:09 > 0:07:11been crunching the numbers after the Budget.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12It has calculated that in four years' time,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15growth in average earnings will be £1,400 lower than was
0:07:15 > 0:07:16predicted last year.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Our Economics correspondent Andy Verity is outside
0:07:17 > 0:07:22the IFS in Central London.
0:07:22 > 0:07:30What have they been saying?Sophie, as Norman was mentioning, it is all
0:07:30 > 0:07:33about productivity. Before the financial crisis it used to be the
0:07:33 > 0:07:37case that each worker would produce about 2% more than they did the
0:07:37 > 0:07:42previous year and that drove economic growth. You can either add
0:07:42 > 0:07:45people to the economy to drive economic growth, which was what we
0:07:45 > 0:07:52have been largely doing for the last ten years, or make each of those
0:07:52 > 0:07:56people more productive. It is that that is underlying the whole reason
0:07:56 > 0:08:02for the squeeze on living standards. If an employer isn't getting more
0:08:02 > 0:08:05output from each employee, it is harder for them to pay those
0:08:05 > 0:08:09employees more than inflation. The director for the Institute for
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Fiscal Studies spoke to me earlier and underlined how bad that living
0:08:13 > 0:08:17standards squeeze was going to be. The squeeze on living standards over
0:08:17 > 0:08:21the decade so far is historically unprecedented. What's remarkable is
0:08:21 > 0:08:25it looks like we have got at least another five years to go before we
0:08:25 > 0:08:31get anywhere near to having earnings back where they were in 2008. That
0:08:31 > 0:08:36is wholly unprecedented, certainly the worst since the mid-19th century
0:08:36 > 0:08:43and possibly worse since even before then.And the analysis the Institute
0:08:43 > 0:08:46for Fiscal Studies is doing is going on behind me in this building. The
0:08:46 > 0:08:51unfortunate thing is they are saying these forecasts on which these
0:08:51 > 0:08:57gloomy predictions are being made may be too optimistic. In fact the
0:08:57 > 0:09:01OBR is predicting productivity will improve by growth of 1% per year,
0:09:01 > 0:09:06more than it's been for the last ten years. The amount spent on housing
0:09:06 > 0:09:12won't put much of a dent in the problem, just 1.5 billion extra
0:09:12 > 0:09:16pounds per year. This depends on the forecast being right and the
0:09:16 > 0:09:21policies being implemented, neither of those are certain.Andy Verity,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23thank you.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Dozens of people had to be rescued from their homes in parts of Cumbria
0:09:27 > 0:09:28and Lancashire last night after heavy rainfall
0:09:28 > 0:09:29caused flooding.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32More than 70 people were helped to safety after the emergency
0:09:32 > 0:09:33services received hundreds of calls.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35A number of flood warnings are still in place.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Our correspondent Danny Savage reports.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39After hours of heavy rain, the river in Galgate near Lancaster
0:09:39 > 0:09:44finally burst its banks last night, causing chaos and misery.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46People had realised flooding was imminent and tried
0:09:46 > 0:09:49to get their belongings to safety.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52It just came in faster and faster and faster and there came a point
0:09:52 > 0:09:55where we were bucketing it out, bailing it out.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57We had pumps going.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00It came a point where it was bucket versus river and the river won.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01And it is now like this.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04I have lifted as much as I can from the ground-floor
0:10:04 > 0:10:07but there are bikes down there, my cooker's gone, my boiler, washing
0:10:07 > 0:10:08machine, dishwasher, everything.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11This morning, the water had receded and left a familiar scene
0:10:11 > 0:10:13of salvage and disposal.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16The water wasn't in for long but it doesn't have to be.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19A few minutes is enough to destroy and ruin.
0:10:19 > 0:10:26No warning.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28The warning was the people on the street going, "Argh,
0:10:28 > 0:10:29we need some help!"
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Or the road was just coming up and water was just
0:10:32 > 0:10:35gushing everywhere.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Further north in Cumbria, water caused more problems
0:10:37 > 0:10:39in a county familiar with flooding.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41They had prepared for the worst here, with the emergency
0:10:41 > 0:10:42services sent to help.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44There was trouble for travellers, too.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48The West Coast Main Line was flooded north of Preston,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50leading to long delays, and that dreaded alternative -
0:10:50 > 0:10:53the rail replacement bus service.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55North Wales was hit as well.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Many roads in Anglesey were flooded, leaving people unable to get
0:10:58 > 0:11:00to where they wanted to.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05Pretty bad, believe me.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07The river was flowing down this side of the road,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09instead of down where the river is.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I've never seen anything like it in 70 years I've been living here.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13It's just unbelievable.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16I've never seen anything like it in my life and I've
0:11:16 > 0:11:16been brought up here.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21And it was just, well, shocking.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Once again, the vulnerability of parts of north-west England
0:11:23 > 0:11:26and Wales to heavy rain has been highlighted.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Is this the start of another long, wet winter?
0:11:29 > 0:11:35Danny Savage, BBC News, Lancashire.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37The Labour Party says it is suspending the MP
0:11:37 > 0:11:39for Bury South, Ivan Lewis.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41In a statement a party spokesman said...
0:11:41 > 0:11:43"The Labour Party takes all allegations of sexual harassment
0:11:43 > 0:11:44extremely seriously.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Ivan Lewis is currently suspended from the Labour Party
0:11:47 > 0:11:50pending an investigation."
0:11:50 > 0:11:53One of the people who killed the toddler James Bulger in 1993 has
0:11:53 > 0:11:57been returned to prison for a second time after suspected child
0:11:57 > 0:12:00abuse images were found on a computer linked to him.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Jon Venables, along with Robert Thompson,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05tortured and killed the two-year-old in Liverpool when they themselves
0:12:05 > 0:12:06were just children.
0:12:06 > 0:12:13Our Home Affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford is here.
0:12:13 > 0:12:19What more do you know about this? These are images which appear to be
0:12:19 > 0:12:22illegal images of child abuse, there is now a police investigation going
0:12:22 > 0:12:28on. They were found on a computer linked to Jon Venables during a
0:12:28 > 0:12:32routine visit last week. He was returned to prison and the police
0:12:32 > 0:12:36are investigating but the issue for the authorities is that he actually
0:12:36 > 0:12:41pleaded guilty in 2010 to child abuse images found on his computer.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45He was returned to prison at that point and released again in 2013,
0:12:45 > 0:12:50all of that after having been released in 2001 is quite
0:12:50 > 0:12:53controversially, less than eight years after the murder of James
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Bulger. For those who don't remember, Jon Venables was ten years
0:12:57 > 0:13:02old when he was convicted of murdering two-year-old James Bulger
0:13:02 > 0:13:07after torturing him in a shopping centre. James Bulger's mother
0:13:07 > 0:13:11reacted strongly last night on Facebook saying, I'm absolutely
0:13:11 > 0:13:15fuming that once again on the loss to know. This happened a week ago
0:13:15 > 0:13:22and I've only got informed hours before it hit the press. In a longer
0:13:22 > 0:13:25statement, she said "I predicted Venables would reoffend unless they
0:13:25 > 0:13:29kept a tight rein on him and I pray now that someone from the UK
0:13:29 > 0:13:36Government will finally listen to me". So a lot of strong words from
0:13:36 > 0:13:38James Bulger's mother.Thank you.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Zimbabwe is getting ready for the presidential inauguration
0:13:40 > 0:13:43tomorrow of Emmerson Mnangagwa, the former vice president whose
0:13:43 > 0:13:45sacking a fortnight ago led to the sudden demise
0:13:45 > 0:13:47of Robert Mugabe.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Mr Mnangagwa will be only the second leader Zimbabwe has had in 37 years.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Ben Brown is in the capital Harare, where more celebrations
0:13:53 > 0:13:57are expected tomorrow.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05The new president will be sworn in tomorrow, is already promising a new
0:14:05 > 0:14:11democracy here and jobs, jobs, jobs. Meanwhile there's an unconfirmed
0:14:11 > 0:14:15report today that Robert Mugabe has been granted immunity from
0:14:15 > 0:14:20prosecution. He has said he wants to stay and die in Zimbabwe and not go
0:14:20 > 0:14:24into exile. We have been asking people on the streets here in Harare
0:14:24 > 0:14:29whether they think he and his wife Grace should be prosecuted.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31As for Mugabe, he can be left alone.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33After all, it's his wealth that he has acquired so far,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35and he can have it all.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36The deed has been done.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38The thing that people have been wanting all this time,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40for 37 years, it's OK, it has been done,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42we are happy so far.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46But his wife, well, I bet my bottom dollar she should be prosecuted.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49We're happy with what they have done, removing him,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52and it is what we have been hoping for.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56So you think he should be prosecuted?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Yes, he had to be prosecuted for the things he did,
0:14:59 > 0:15:01but there's nothing we could do about it, but we're hoping
0:15:01 > 0:15:04he will be prosecuted.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06And what about Grace, his wife?
0:15:06 > 0:15:12We would want her to be prosecuted, definitely.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16I think he should be prosecuted because he did a lot
0:15:16 > 0:15:22of scandals during his era, so I think that decision.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24You think he should be put on trial?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Yeah, he must be put on trial.
0:15:31 > 0:15:39I'm joined here by an opposition member of Parliament. James, do you
0:15:39 > 0:15:48think Mr Mugabe should be prosecuted?Yes, he is a Zimbabwean
0:15:48 > 0:15:55citizen like the rest of us.You think he committed crimes?Yes, and
0:15:55 > 0:15:59one of the reason I impeached him is because he committed crimes against
0:15:59 > 0:16:06humanity. 20,000 people died in his role in the period between 1982 and
0:16:06 > 0:16:111987 and that cannot be swept under the carpet.A new president sworn in
0:16:11 > 0:16:17tomorrow, promising a new democracy, do you believe him?The taste of the
0:16:17 > 0:16:22pudding is in the eating. Until he is in office, I really don't want to
0:16:22 > 0:16:27judge him. Let him get into office and his first 100 days we will be
0:16:27 > 0:16:34able to determine whether here's a good president.OK, thank you.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40Certainly all Zimbabweans I think keeping a wary eye on the new
0:16:40 > 0:16:42president.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Our top story this lunchtime...
0:16:43 > 0:16:46A grim outlook for the economy - amid warnings that the UK
0:16:46 > 0:16:49is in danger of losing two decades of earnings growth, Theresa May says
0:16:49 > 0:16:51the Government recognises the financial pressures people face.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Coming up...
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Good news for coffee drinkers - three to four mugs a day may
0:16:56 > 0:16:58have health benefits.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Coming up in sport...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01England rugby union captain Dylan Hartley
0:17:01 > 0:17:05will not start a match for the first time under head coach Eddie Jones.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Jamie George will start against Samoa as one of nine
0:17:07 > 0:17:11changes to the starting 15.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Smaug across cities and towns in the UK is causing increasing concern, as
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Britain fails to hit it air pollution targets.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Today, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan called for a Clean Air Act suitable
0:17:33 > 0:17:35for the 21st Century, as MPs from four separate committees
0:17:35 > 0:17:38conduct a "super enquiry" asking whether the Government is doing
0:17:38 > 0:17:40enough to cut illegal levels of pollution.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50A message from children to the people who govern them - give us air
0:17:50 > 0:17:53that's fit to breathe. These youngsters petitioning Downing
0:17:53 > 0:17:57Street attend schools where pollution levels break the law.It
0:17:57 > 0:18:00is quite bad for the children at our school because our front playground
0:18:00 > 0:18:06is right next to a busy road and that's really not good for our
0:18:06 > 0:18:11health.Members of four Parliamentary committees are
0:18:11 > 0:18:14conducting what is being dubbed a super inquiry into air pollution.
0:18:14 > 0:18:25MPs were told the UK needs a new clean air act. The act of 1950s was
0:18:25 > 0:18:32brought about because of the great smoke. Factories were churning out
0:18:32 > 0:18:37this stuff and smoke suffered outside, leading to thousands of
0:18:37 > 0:18:41people dying. You could see it. Politicians in the 50s passed the
0:18:41 > 0:18:46clean air act. Diesel vehicles are the biggest cause of the problem. In
0:18:46 > 0:18:51the budget yesterday, the Chancellor did increase attacks on dirty diesel
0:18:51 > 0:18:57cars but not vans.We only apply this measure to cars so before the
0:18:57 > 0:19:03headline writers start limbering up, let me be clear, no white van man or
0:19:03 > 0:19:13woman will be hit by these measures.
0:19:13 > 0:19:20The Chancellor also announced £220 million for a air formed.It could
0:19:20 > 0:19:25have been used to help people get out of their diesel car and make a
0:19:25 > 0:19:29switch to alternative forms of transport.But this is a complex
0:19:29 > 0:19:35problem. Pollution also comes from construction machinery, from gas
0:19:35 > 0:19:41boilers, from farming even, from wood fires. And from our car tyres
0:19:41 > 0:19:45as they wear down. The Government insists it is cleaning up the air as
0:19:45 > 0:19:51fast as it can. It says it doesn't want to dictate policy to local
0:19:51 > 0:19:57councils. For years, air pollution has been a non-issue in the media,
0:19:57 > 0:20:01but for parents, children, pedestrians, cyclists, it's an issue
0:20:01 > 0:20:06now and it's not likely to go away.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08The physical and mental health of around 15,000 former
0:20:08 > 0:20:09professional footballers is going to be studied
0:20:09 > 0:20:12by researchers who are trying to determine the long term impact
0:20:12 > 0:20:15of heading a football.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17The FA and the Professional Footballers' Association have
0:20:17 > 0:20:19commissioned the research growing concern about the long-term
0:20:19 > 0:20:21effect that contact sport can have on the brain.
0:20:21 > 0:20:30Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson is here.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33They are looking at 15,000 former professional footballers. It begs
0:20:33 > 0:20:39the question, why only now?A good question. I am sure that is the
0:20:39 > 0:20:43question that the family of a former professional England player who died
0:20:43 > 0:20:46in 2002 will be asking. He was a centre forward and headed the ball a
0:20:46 > 0:20:50great deal. After his death, the coroner at the inquest made a direct
0:20:50 > 0:20:53link between the effects of repeatedly heading the football and
0:20:53 > 0:20:58the brain injury that ultimately caused his death. Research has begun
0:20:58 > 0:21:01and has been stops start. The FA are saying they hope this will be the
0:21:01 > 0:21:08most con brands of studies ever commission. -- one of the most
0:21:08 > 0:21:12comprehensive. They are going to compare the life experience of those
0:21:12 > 0:21:16players to normal individuals to try to work out if there is any concrete
0:21:16 > 0:21:20link between heading the football and long-term degenerative brain
0:21:20 > 0:21:25injury. But we know it is going to take two or three years, they say,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29and even the doctor who is leading this in Glasgow, who has been a
0:21:29 > 0:21:35leading voice, in his words he wants to establish some understanding. So,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38whether the concrete link will be proved, we will wait and see but
0:21:38 > 0:21:43people say it is long overdue.You can imagine worried parents. Your
0:21:43 > 0:21:48kids play football, mine do. What do parents to?It is a good point
0:21:48 > 0:21:52because this is looking at professional football but it is such
0:21:52 > 0:21:56a wide mass participation sport and you see a ten or 11-year-old heading
0:21:56 > 0:22:00the ball, part of you wants to say, "Well done, that's great," and part
0:22:00 > 0:22:04of you wonders whether you should tell them for doing that. In the
0:22:04 > 0:22:09United States already you aren't allowed to head a football under 11.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13We all know the real benefits that come with playing sport, especially
0:22:13 > 0:22:19perhaps team sports, and the dangers of inactivity.Indeed. Thank you.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21A toddler has died in hospital after being discovered seriously
0:22:21 > 0:22:23hurt at a house in Birmingham.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Police say the 21-month-old girl, found at a house in the Northfield
0:22:26 > 0:22:28area of Birmingham on Sunday, died at the city's children's
0:22:28 > 0:22:33hospital yesterday evening.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35A 30-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man have been
0:22:35 > 0:22:37arrested on suspicion of causing or allowing serious
0:22:37 > 0:22:40injury to a child.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42There's some good news for coffee drinkers.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Research published in the British Medical Journal suggests
0:22:44 > 0:22:46that drinking three to four mugs of coffee a day,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48compared to drinking none, is more likely to benefit your
0:22:48 > 0:22:50health than cause harm.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Researchers say it's linked to a lower likelihood
0:22:52 > 0:22:53of developing heart problems.
0:22:53 > 0:23:03Helen Briggs reports.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09A daily caffeine fix. For many of us it is an essential part of the day
0:23:09 > 0:23:13but it has long been debated whether that cup of coffee is good or bad
0:23:13 > 0:23:16for you.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18I think any more than two cups of coffee kind of accelerates
0:23:18 > 0:23:21the stress a bit more so I draw the line at two.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I feel like most things are good in moderation
0:23:24 > 0:23:26and if you drink good coffee, then it should be
0:23:26 > 0:23:27good for your health.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I can sometimes drink about six cups and then I can't sleep at night.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34So it's learning what that balance is.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40To try to find the answer, doctors at the University
0:23:40 > 0:23:42of Southampton sifted through 200 studies, looking at how
0:23:42 > 0:23:45coffee affects the body.
0:23:45 > 0:23:52They say the benefits of drinking 3-4 cups a day outweigh the risks
0:23:52 > 0:23:55for most people.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Pregnant women are still advised to limit consumption. Coffee drinking
0:24:00 > 0:24:05was linked to a lower evidence of heart disease and some cancers that
0:24:05 > 0:24:08the researchers could not prove coffee drinking was the cause. The
0:24:08 > 0:24:11doctor who carried out the research says unbalance coffee in moderation
0:24:11 > 0:24:18is likely to be beneficial.Most of the studies have been an caffeinated
0:24:18 > 0:24:20coffee but there is less evidence on decaffeinated but where we have
0:24:20 > 0:24:26looked at those, they seem to find some of the benefits that are there
0:24:26 > 0:24:31with caffeine aided studies, suggesting it is more than just
0:24:31 > 0:24:33caffeine and that coffee has a lot of active substances that might be
0:24:33 > 0:24:39good for our long-term health.And experts say further studies are
0:24:39 > 0:24:42needed before drinking coffee to prevent disease could be
0:24:42 > 0:24:47recommended, not least because it is often accompanied by cream, sugary
0:24:47 > 0:24:59syrup or cake. Helen Briggs, BBC News.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12The UK has been told that none of its towns and cities can now compete
0:25:12 > 0:25:25to the European capital of culture.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28The 70th Ashes series is under way in Australia,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30and England have done better than many expected.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33They reached 196-4 at the end of the first day in Brisbane.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36They recovered from the loss of Alastair Cook in the third over,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39with Mark Stone and James Vince sharing a partnership of 125
0:25:39 > 0:25:40on their Ashes debuts.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss sent this report.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44It is almost a national hobby. Beating England is what Australia
0:25:44 > 0:25:48have done so often hear and their fans flocked to the stadium with the
0:25:48 > 0:25:52confidence to match the visitors' caution. Without Ben Stokes,
0:25:52 > 0:25:56England's low-key line-up began as the Ashes underdogs and after opting
0:25:56 > 0:26:00to bat, it didn't take long to see why. Mitchell Starc snaring Alastair
0:26:00 > 0:26:07Cook for just two. The script seemed worryingly familiar. Australia's
0:26:07 > 0:26:13pace man floundering in. Instead of a collapse, a comeback. Not many
0:26:13 > 0:26:16expected James Vince to be picked for this tour but he set about
0:26:16 > 0:26:21showing why, as Australia's passion was dampened with a rain delay
0:26:21 > 0:26:27helping England feel even more at home. The hosts' much hyped attack
0:26:27 > 0:26:34looking toothless until this. Stoneman in statically bold for 53
0:26:34 > 0:26:39before a moment of brilliance in the field from Nathan Lyon. After his
0:26:39 > 0:26:44pre-Ashes fighting talk, some way to back it up. Vince ran out for 83 and
0:26:44 > 0:26:49suddenly the pendulum had beard Australia's way. Joe Root surviving
0:26:49 > 0:26:53an LBW decision but not for long. The review showed he was out, the
0:26:53 > 0:27:00skipper gone for 15. Before a view morale boosting blows from Moeen Ali
0:27:00 > 0:27:06help to guide England through to the close. For the fans, a first day of
0:27:06 > 0:27:10fluctuating fortunes. England's impressive start followed by
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Australia's late resurgence. The early signs suggest this could be a
0:27:13 > 0:27:20competitive series.I think about moment it is reasonably even. The
0:27:20 > 0:27:26first hour tomorrow will determine how we look back at day one. Getting
0:27:26 > 0:27:30through that new ball early in the morning and hopefully building up
0:27:30 > 0:27:35towards 300, 350, 400 if we go well. And absorbing start to the Ashes but
0:27:35 > 0:27:41England know the hard work has only just begun.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Satellite images of the Earth at night have revealed that
0:27:44 > 0:27:46artificial light is getting brighter and brighter every year.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Light pollution is expanding across the planet by more than 2%
0:27:48 > 0:27:51a year thanks to more and more lights going on in South
0:27:51 > 0:27:52America, Africa and Asia.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Scientists say the increase in light pollution will have negative
0:27:55 > 0:27:57consequences for human health and the environment -
0:27:57 > 0:28:03as our science reporter, Victoria Gill, explains.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06As the sun goes down on towns and cities, the lights go on.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10And those lights are getting brighter all the time.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14These images, gathered by a sensor on a Nasa satellite,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16show that more and more of our planet is now
0:28:16 > 0:28:20artificially lit.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23I can remember back to the time when I was a grad student and first
0:28:23 > 0:28:25saw the pictures of Earth at night.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27I was really astounded by how beautiful they were.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31But, of course, you have to think that this is a very dramatic
0:28:31 > 0:28:33physical change to the biosphere and it actually costs
0:28:33 > 0:28:36a massive amount of money, so it's really kind of a problem.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38In developing nations, including India, the increase was dramatic,
0:28:38 > 0:28:43from this in 2012...
0:28:43 > 0:28:45to this in 2016.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48The researchers expected that most developed nations would actually
0:28:48 > 0:28:53darken as they changed the type of street lighting they used,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56from older orange glaring lamps to more efficient LED bulbs.
0:28:56 > 0:29:03But that hasn't happened.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Urban bright spots in the UK and other nations in Europe continue
0:29:06 > 0:29:08to glow even more intensely intensely, as towns and cities
0:29:08 > 0:29:10increased their outdoor lighting.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13That orangey glow in the sky above the city, it's all too
0:29:13 > 0:29:14familiar to so many of us.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18It stops most of us from seeing a natural night sky but it also has
0:29:18 > 0:29:19an impact on our health.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23Night-time lighting, especially the blue light from LEDs,
0:29:23 > 0:29:28can reset our internal body clocks, depriving us of valuable sleep.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31And in the environment, it can disrupt cues that nocturnal
0:29:31 > 0:29:33animals like bats rely on.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37It has even been found to shift some fundamental seasonal clockwork,
0:29:37 > 0:29:41influencing the timing of plant flowering and bird migration.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Scientists say that images like these are evidence that we're
0:29:44 > 0:29:45losing our natural night-time.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50Victoria Gill, BBC News.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Time for a look at the weather.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02It is going to be a lot colder this weekend.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06It certainly is. Frost is on the way before I shed light on the forecast,
0:30:06 > 0:30:11I am going. About the dreadful rain in the north because that was
0:30:11 > 0:30:13terrible. I want to point out that it was actually a relatively small
0:30:13 > 0:30:16area and it was disastrous in the area itself but many areas didn't as
0:30:16 > 0:30:22much rainfall. It was a persistent area of rain that kept coming and
0:30:22 > 0:30:26coming and in the space of one hour in one or two locations, that's when
0:30:26 > 0:30:30we have most of the rainfall and we had the wind in so many parts of the
0:30:30 > 0:30:34UK. But now I think the worst of the rain and wind has cleared and we are
0:30:34 > 0:30:42in for a cold snap. The air in the jet stream is bringing colder air
0:30:42 > 0:30:45from the North. This is what happens around the globe, you get these tips
0:30:45 > 0:30:50and peaks and troughs of mild and cold so we are in this tip of cold
0:30:50 > 0:30:54air and with that, also, wind and air coming all the way from the far
0:30:54 > 0:30:57north, from the Norwegian Sea, and that will be in place across the UK
0:30:57 > 0:31:02for quite a few days, probably for the rest of this month and we will
0:31:02 > 0:31:07experience some chilly weather. Let's start the forecast, 4pm across
0:31:07 > 0:31:11Scotland. Wintry showers and we have had a doze of snow already, nothing
0:31:11 > 0:31:15unusual and perhaps surprising this late in the season we are seeing
0:31:15 > 0:31:18some of that's no. Towards the south, a clear end to the day but
0:31:18 > 0:31:20one thing to point out is that temperatures will drop very rapidly
0:31:20 > 0:31:23through the course of this evening so rather than temperatures rising
0:31:23 > 0:31:27through the day, they will be dipping away, such as the extent of
0:31:27 > 0:31:34that cold air coming out of the North. Through tonight, briefly,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37some rain still for a time across the South, clearing away, maybe the
0:31:37 > 0:31:40far south of England by the early hours of Friday morning, so most of
0:31:40 > 0:31:45us wake up to clear skies, chilly weather and a frost from the North
0:31:45 > 0:31:50Midlands northwards. That is where it will be frosty first thing on
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Friday. Friday, a bright, crisp, sunny day for many of us that there
0:31:54 > 0:31:59will be some showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland and maybe one
0:31:59 > 0:32:02or two pesky ones developing in the far south and south-west of the
0:32:02 > 0:32:07country. From then onwards, it is really chilly. We have wings are
0:32:07 > 0:32:10straight from the North so some frosty nights on the way. It will
0:32:10 > 0:32:14feel chilly, particularly across the North, and it is not to sunshine
0:32:14 > 0:32:18because there will be showers around, particularly on Saturday,
0:32:18 > 0:32:20across many northern and north-western areas but by far the
0:32:20 > 0:32:25best of the weather on Saturday will be across the south, the south-east
0:32:25 > 0:32:28and eastern areas. Sunday morning dawns on a very chilly note. There
0:32:28 > 0:32:35will be a widespread frost around and a lot of bright weather for the
0:32:35 > 0:32:37day itself and look at the temperatures, you have to go down to
0:32:37 > 0:32:40the Channel Islands before you get temperatures of around 10 degrees,
0:32:40 > 0:32:44quite tropical compared to what will be happening in the far north of the
0:32:44 > 0:32:48country with temperatures into single figures. So, yes, colder
0:32:48 > 0:32:52weather for sure on the way.