0:00:05 > 0:00:08The biggest rise in rail fares for five years,
0:00:08 > 0:00:16as average prices go up 3.4%.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18As commuters get back to work after the holidays,
0:00:18 > 0:00:23campaigners say some people are being priced off the railways.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26It is not value for money, it is as simple as that.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28What you're paying for for the rail fares does not
0:00:28 > 0:00:30represent what you're actually getting.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31We'll hear more from commuters shortly.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Also this lunchtime...
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Iran's Supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests
0:00:37 > 0:00:42in his country in his first comments since the demonstrations began.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47No more than two low-calorie snacks a day - parents are urged to reduce
0:00:47 > 0:00:50the amount of sugar that young children consume.
0:00:50 > 0:00:5513 monkeys have died in a fire that swept through an enclosure
0:00:55 > 0:01:01at Woburn Safari Park in the early hours of the morning.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04The darts player who only turned professional
0:01:04 > 0:01:09at the start of last year - Rob Cross thrashes the 16-time
0:01:09 > 0:01:13champion to win the world championship title.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And coming up in the sport, Andy Murray reveals he's been left
0:01:15 > 0:01:18demoralised trying to come back from a long-term hip injury
0:01:18 > 0:01:20and is considering surgery.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51Rail passengers, commuting on the first working day of 2018,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54have been hit with the largest fare rise in five years.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Average ticket prices across the country went up
0:01:57 > 0:01:59by 3.4% this morning, prompting protests outside around
0:01:59 > 0:02:0340 railway stations.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Campaigners warn the rise is pricing ordinary people off the railways,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08but the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators,
0:02:08 > 0:02:15says higher fares will lead to better services.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Our transport correspondent, Richard Westcott, is outside
0:02:16 > 0:02:24London King's Cross station.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28It is becoming as predictable as the drizzle at Christmas, the annual
0:02:28 > 0:02:33fare rise. This is the biggest one since 2013. It has taken lots more
0:02:33 > 0:02:39people into the £5,000 club, £5,000 a year just to get to work. One of
0:02:39 > 0:02:43the busiest stations in the country is King's Cross behind me, a lot of
0:02:43 > 0:02:49the £5,000 people come into here. I took a journey in with some of them
0:02:49 > 0:02:52this morning.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Back to work after the holidays.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Rail commuters are shelling out for yet another fare rise.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00This time it is the biggest increase for five years.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03This is a busy commuter line, people coming in from Cambridgeshire
0:03:03 > 0:03:06and Hertfordshire into London.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Plenty of people on this train are just a few pounds shy
0:03:09 > 0:03:12of the £5,000 club - £5,000 for an annual season ticket.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16That's gone up by about £600 in the last five years.
0:03:16 > 0:03:24Price rises have been relentless.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Other countries in Europe do not pay anywhere near as much as we do
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and their services tend to be better than ours, so I don't know
0:03:31 > 0:03:34why we have to pay such a lot of money for such
0:03:34 > 0:03:35a poor service, really.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37On the way home, it's normally a massive crowd
0:03:37 > 0:03:40of people at King's Cross, all trying to get on the train
0:03:40 > 0:03:41at the same time.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44If I am not more than five minutes early for the train,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I am definitely not getting a seat home.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47You do not get the choice, really.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50We've got to make the commute from Hertfordshire into London,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52so when it is so expensive and there are cancellations,
0:03:52 > 0:03:53especially during winter...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Average fares across Britain go up by 3.4% this year.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01Season tickets, which are regulated by the Government, go up by 3.6%.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07It will add just shy of £150 to the price of a season ticket
0:04:07 > 0:04:10for people coming into London on the strike-riddled line
0:04:10 > 0:04:11from Hove in East Sussex.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16Nearly £110 to a yearly ticket from Liverpool to Manchester.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18And commuters going to Birmingham from Gloucester must find
0:04:18 > 0:04:21£140 more this year.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23This is where a lot of the money is going.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28London Bridge has just had a £1 billion makeover.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33And there is a whole new line coming under London - Crossrail.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36The Government says it is investing record amounts to improve
0:04:36 > 0:04:41the trains, but it is also changing who foots the bill.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43A smaller proportion now comes from the taxpayer which means more
0:04:43 > 0:04:47has to come from ticket sales.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49For every £1 a passenger pays in fares, 97p goes
0:04:49 > 0:04:54directly into running and improving the railway.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58But also, with more people using the railway, that means
0:04:58 > 0:05:01we have more money to invest and enables investment and the sort
0:05:01 > 0:05:06of improvement we see here as well.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09But the biggest survey suggests fewer than half of passengers think
0:05:09 > 0:05:12they are getting value for money and the latest figures show
0:05:12 > 0:05:16season-ticket journeys have actually started going down.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Passengers are already putting in over £9 billion a year
0:05:19 > 0:05:22into the railways through the fare box, it's a lot of money,
0:05:22 > 0:05:32and the industry and government should work much harder to get
0:05:32 > 0:05:35better value for money out of that, so that one year, let's have a fares
0:05:35 > 0:05:38freeze for Christmas, that would be a really good present.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40If commuters do put that on their Christmas list this year,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42they are likely to be disappointed.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46I said it in the piece, successive governments, not just this one, have
0:05:46 > 0:05:50been changing who pays for the railways, and much bigger proportion
0:05:50 > 0:05:53now comes from ticket sales and the Government would argue everyone who
0:05:53 > 0:05:58does not use a train, they are paying a little bit less through
0:05:58 > 0:06:02taxation. Unfortunately, if you do get the train, you have no choice,
0:06:02 > 0:06:06it means the fare rises are likely to come for several years yet.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Richard, thank you. Richard Westcott.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Iran's supreme leader has accused the country's enemies of stirring
0:06:13 > 0:06:15days of protests that have claimed at least 22 lives.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was speaking for the first time
0:06:18 > 0:06:21since demonstrations began last Thursday.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24State media says nine people, including a child, died overnight
0:06:24 > 0:06:31in clashes between demonstrators and security forces,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33as authorities struggle to contain the biggest challenge
0:06:33 > 0:06:34to the country's clerical leadership since 2009.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38This report by our correspondent, Richard Galpin.
0:06:38 > 0:06:46The protests and the authorities' response to them are becoming
0:06:46 > 0:06:47increasingly violent - buildings being burnt
0:06:47 > 0:06:51and shots fired.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Last night, at least nine people killed, including some members
0:06:53 > 0:06:59of the security forces.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02The focus of people's anger is this man, the country's supreme leader,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08The spark for the protests - rising food prices and unemployment
0:07:08 > 0:07:11running at 60% in some areas.
0:07:11 > 0:07:17People are actually fed up with political corruption.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19People are fed up with economic corruption.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23And they believe that the only way to pave the way for a meaningful
0:07:23 > 0:07:24change, a meaningful economic change, is through radical
0:07:24 > 0:07:27political reform.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32One response of the authorities has been to hold
0:07:32 > 0:07:37big counterdemonstrations like this in many parts of the country.
0:07:37 > 0:07:43But the government's strategy also includes restricting
0:07:43 > 0:07:45access to the internet and placing the blame for what's
0:07:45 > 0:07:52happening on its enemies abroad.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Today, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spoke
0:07:54 > 0:08:02for the first time about the crisis since it began last week.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04TRANSLATION:Following recent events, the enemies have united
0:08:04 > 0:08:10and are using all their means - money, weapons, policies
0:08:10 > 0:08:11and security services - to create problems
0:08:11 > 0:08:15for the Islamic Republic.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19The statement is a clear sign that this widespread unrest
0:08:19 > 0:08:21is rattling the clerics, who have ruled the
0:08:21 > 0:08:27country for decades.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31This morning, the British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, called
0:08:31 > 0:08:34for meaningful debate about what he said were legitimate
0:08:34 > 0:08:37and important issues the protesters were raising.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39And he said the government was looking to the Iranian
0:08:39 > 0:08:41authorities to permit this.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43But with the protests and violence continuing,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46that seems unlikely.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51Already more than 400 people have been arrested.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56Richard Galpin, BBC News.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Parents are being urged to significantly lower the amount
0:08:58 > 0:09:03of sugar their children consume in snacks.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Public Health England recommends children should consume a maximum
0:09:05 > 0:09:09of two low-calorie snacks a day.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12The advice is being given after it's emerged primary school children
0:09:12 > 0:09:15are consuming three times more sugar than the recommended limit,
0:09:15 > 0:09:23as our health correspondent, James Gallagher, reports.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29Half the sugar we eat and drink each year comes from snacks and sugary
0:09:29 > 0:09:34drinks.Kids get through a mountain of sugary snacks each year, Kate,
0:09:34 > 0:09:41ice cream, pop, juice, biscuits, sweets, chocolate -- cake. Children
0:09:41 > 0:09:45need three times more sugar than official advice, just over half of
0:09:45 > 0:09:50it comes from snacking between meals. It is one reason more than a
0:09:50 > 0:09:54quarter of children have rotten teeth by the time they are five.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58This Public Health England campaign is warning snacking has got out of
0:09:58 > 0:10:02hand and it is increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease
0:10:02 > 0:10:07and cancer.We are very concerned about snacking. Children have
0:10:07 > 0:10:11unhealthy diets, they are eating too many calories, they are eating too
0:10:11 > 0:10:20much sugar and snacking is part of the problem.We are encouraging
0:10:20 > 0:10:22parents to be aware of snacking and try to cut back and replace
0:10:22 > 0:10:24unhealthy snacks with better snacks. How do parents feel about snacking?
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Kids like sweets, and other sugary stuff you get from shops and
0:10:28 > 0:10:33McDonald's, but it is for the parents to keep an eye on them and
0:10:33 > 0:10:37their intake.To cut down on sugar, Public Health England is advising
0:10:37 > 0:10:41parents to limit snacks to just 100 calories and hand them out no more
0:10:41 > 0:10:45than twice a day but the campaign has drawn criticism.Parents might
0:10:45 > 0:10:50find this quite insulting to their own intelligence because it is
0:10:50 > 0:10:55fairly common sense children having too many snacks, too many sugary
0:10:55 > 0:10:57things, they might have health complications for them down the
0:10:57 > 0:11:10line, particularly if they do not lead an active lifestyle.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13But they do not need a quango telling them.The advice is fruit
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and veg are best, but even more live, low in sugar fromage frais and
0:11:16 > 0:11:19crumpets, they are better than anything in the confectionery aisle.
0:11:19 > 0:11:2113 monkeys have been killed in a fire at Woburn Safari
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Park in Bedfordshire.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25The blaze broke out in the early hours of this morning.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Our correspondent, Chi Chi Izundu, is there.
0:11:27 > 0:11:34What more are they saying?The blaze was first spotted by security staff
0:11:34 > 0:11:41at Woburn Safari the part at 2:37am this morning -- Woburn Safari Park.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Due to the intensity of the heat, the roof of the monkey house had
0:11:45 > 0:11:49collapsed by the time the Fire Service got there. All 13 monkeys
0:11:49 > 0:11:54did not survive. They are normally kept indoors overnight in winter
0:11:54 > 0:11:59because of the cold weather. Staff here are now monitoring and checking
0:11:59 > 0:12:05over other animals in the jungle drive-through enclosure to make sure
0:12:05 > 0:12:10they have not been affected. By the fire or any of the smoke. So far
0:12:10 > 0:12:14early signs indicate they have not been affected. An investigation is
0:12:14 > 0:12:19being conducted to try to establish exactly what started the blaze and
0:12:19 > 0:12:25so far only findings have suggested it was not started maliciously. --
0:12:25 > 0:12:29early findings. That part of the park will remain closed, as you can
0:12:29 > 0:12:34imagine. The rest of the park remains open. It comes just ten days
0:12:34 > 0:12:40after a fire ripped through London Zoo killing an aardvark and four
0:12:40 > 0:12:44meerkats. Thank you.Chi Chi Izundu there.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Air accident investigators in Australia hope to retrieve
0:12:46 > 0:12:49the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed on New Year's Eve
0:12:49 > 0:12:50by the end of this week.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54All six people on board were killed - the pilot and a British family
0:12:54 > 0:12:56who were on holiday, including the businessman,
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Richard Cousins, the chief executive of the catering giant, Compass.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00The accident happened just north of Sydney
0:13:00 > 0:13:04from where our correspondent, Phil Mercer, has sent this report.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08The wreckage of the seaplane lies in more than 40 feet of water
0:13:08 > 0:13:09on a river bed north of Sydney.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Air crash investigators are searching for
0:13:11 > 0:13:18clues to explain why it crashed, killing all six people onboard.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21What has emerged, however, is that this is not the first plane
0:13:21 > 0:13:25of its type to be involved in a fatal accident.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30Four British holiday-makers died when a similar seaplane,
0:13:30 > 0:13:35a De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, went down in Canada in 2015.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Accounts from witnesses will also help Australian authorities
0:13:37 > 0:13:38to establish why a routine sightseeing flight
0:13:38 > 0:13:45ended in disaster.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Will McGovern says he saw his friends dive into the water
0:13:47 > 0:13:54to try to help those trapped in the plane.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I saw three of my mates dead set risk their lives.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57They could have died.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58This plane was moving fast.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00It was going down.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02It was pretty hard because of the oil,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05but I could see windows, the windows, we just couldn't dive
0:14:05 > 0:14:07down deep enough, really, to be able to see more.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10At least they will know that there were people there trying
0:14:10 > 0:14:12to help and I'm sorry.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15The air crash investigation team is made up of former pilots,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19aeronautical engineers, and data recovery experts.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24It is their task to piece together the events that led
0:14:24 > 0:14:26to the tragedy at Jerusalem Bay to the north of Sydney.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30The crucial piece of evidence, of course,
0:14:30 > 0:14:31is the wreckage of the seaplane.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33It still lies at the bottom of the Hawkesbury River.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36The authorities hope to bring it to the surface
0:14:36 > 0:14:38by the end of the week.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40After it's recovered, the single-engine aircraft will be
0:14:40 > 0:14:48taken to Canberra for examination.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51We will be looking at a number of areas, particularly around
0:14:51 > 0:14:54the aircraft's components.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58We will be removing those and examining them.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01We will also be looking at any recorder data that
0:15:01 > 0:15:06might be on the aircraft, so that would involve both
0:15:06 > 0:15:11avionics or instruments attached to the aeroplane.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Aviation experts have speculated that the seaplane may have stalled
0:15:16 > 0:15:18before crashing because of engine failure, an unexpected gust of wind
0:15:18 > 0:15:24or a mistake by the pilot.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26A preliminary report from the Australian Transport Safety
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Bureau is expected within a month, but a more comprehensive
0:15:29 > 0:15:33review of the disaster could take a lot longer.
0:15:33 > 0:15:39Phil Mercer, BBC News, Sydney.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Our top story this lunchtime...
0:15:41 > 0:15:43The biggest rise in train fares for five years,
0:15:43 > 0:15:47as average prices go up 3.4%.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Campaigners say some people are being priced off the railways.
0:15:51 > 0:15:59And still to come...
0:15:59 > 0:16:07There's town in Scotland where you can hire a book shop. Coming up in
0:16:07 > 0:16:13sport - Phil Taylor tips Rob Cross for a big future in the sport after
0:16:13 > 0:16:22his shock defeat in the World Championships final.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24For decades, China has been importing plastic waste
0:16:24 > 0:16:27from other countries, including Britain, for recycling.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31But now, it has banned the trade - citing environmental worries.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33It means thousands of tonnes of plastic -
0:16:33 > 0:16:37separated and put into recycling bins by households here in the UK -
0:16:37 > 0:16:40now needs to find a new destination, which is putting huge pressure
0:16:40 > 0:16:44on the British recycling industry.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Some experts believe local authorities may reduce the number
0:16:46 > 0:16:47of collections because of the costs.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Our correspondent Dan Johnson is at a recycling plant
0:16:50 > 0:16:59in Southwark in south London.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Yes, this is the noisy, dirty reality of recycling our rubbish.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07But the hidden story has been the thousands of tonnes of waste that we
0:17:07 > 0:17:10have been quietly shipping to China for decades. And now that is going
0:17:10 > 0:17:15to stop. We have to work out now what we're going to do with our
0:17:15 > 0:17:20rubbish before it all starts piling up. It could be a huge problem.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24All that wrapping paper, so much Christmas waste.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It is the season to throw plenty away.
0:17:26 > 0:17:34And this is the kind of place it goes - sorted,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36sifted, separated so it can be recycled.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39This is the same process
0:17:39 > 0:17:40on the other side of the world. is the same process
0:17:40 > 0:17:42For decades, China's been a global
0:17:42 > 0:17:52dustbin, taking huge quantities of
0:17:55 > 0:17:57taking huge quantities of our rubbish and recycling it.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59It's become a massive, complicated business, and now,
0:17:59 > 0:18:00China has said no more.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02It's got enough waste of its own to deal with,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05so now we have to work out what we're going to do
0:18:05 > 0:18:08with our rubbish.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10If you take packaging, for example, we're collecting about 1.2 million
0:18:10 > 0:18:11tonnes of plastic packaging every
0:18:11 > 0:18:13year, put in the recycling bins.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15But we've relied on 65% of that tonnage being exported
0:18:15 > 0:18:17to overseas markets - the vast majority has
0:18:17 > 0:18:18been going to China.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22This is the sort of stuff that might previously have been sent to China -
0:18:22 > 0:18:24different plastic bottles of different kinds that might be
0:18:24 > 0:18:25recycled in different ways.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29And if you look at the tomato ketchup bottle, there's
0:18:29 > 0:18:31still some sauce in there.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Now, that's the kind of thing China is now saying it will not take,
0:18:34 > 0:18:42it will not deal with.
0:18:42 > 0:18:49So, we've got to work out what to do with it,
0:18:49 > 0:18:51and this company is already recycling its waste here.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53With so much of our plastic being shipped to China,
0:18:53 > 0:18:55there's still a lot more to deal with.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58If we can't send recyclables to China, there are alternatives
0:18:58 > 0:18:59like India, Indonesia, Malaysia...
0:18:59 > 0:19:01There will be other options, such as sending certain rubbish
0:19:01 > 0:19:04to energy from waste plants if there is literally
0:19:04 > 0:19:05nothing else to do with it.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07But in the longer term, we need to be looking
0:19:07 > 0:19:09to clean up our waste.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Because quite frankly, we need to make better
0:19:11 > 0:19:13use of it ourselves - if we have a good quality recycler,
0:19:13 > 0:19:15we can do more with it.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18The government says it will look for ways to recycle more here,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22and there are calls for better design, which considers what happens
0:19:22 > 0:19:25to products after their useful life, and for more products to be reused
0:19:25 > 0:19:32so we don't produce as much rubbish in the first place.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36You can see how the Boreas this process is, but this is what has to
0:19:36 > 0:19:40be done to ensure that this waste doesn't have to be shipped abroad.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45And if we are not going to centred abroad, we need to consider, are we
0:19:45 > 0:19:49going to go for more landfill? Not popular. More rubbish and certainly
0:19:49 > 0:19:54not popular. Filled more facilities like this? Not cheap. There are some
0:19:54 > 0:20:01big questions to answer about how we deal with our rubbish.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04South Korea has offered to hold high-level talks
0:20:04 > 0:20:07with the North next week - the first for more than two years.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10The offer follows North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un's New Year
0:20:10 > 0:20:13address, in which he announced the possibility of sending a team
0:20:13 > 0:20:17to the Winter Olympics, which take place in South Korea next month.
0:20:17 > 0:20:26Sophie Long reports from South Korea's capital, Seoul.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29As preparations for the winter Olympics move into the final month,
0:20:29 > 0:20:30excitement in South Korea has been mounting.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32But there's always been a question mark over
0:20:32 > 0:20:33whether North Korea would attend.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36On New Year's Day, Kim Jong-un said he was considering sending
0:20:36 > 0:20:38a delegation, and now, the South Korean
0:20:38 > 0:20:39government's response...
0:20:39 > 0:20:42TRANSLATION: The government proposes to hold high-level talks
0:20:42 > 0:20:45with North Korea on 9th January at the Peace House in the truce
0:20:45 > 0:20:48village of Panmunjom, to discuss North Korea's
0:20:48 > 0:20:52participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics,
0:20:52 > 0:20:59as the Winter Olympics are a month away.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Pyongyang hasn't yet responded to that proposal,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05but people are hopeful that it will, and that the meeting
0:21:05 > 0:21:09WILL take place.
0:21:09 > 0:21:15We would like to maximise the opportunity and as soon as possible.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19So, when South Korea made this offer of a high-level
0:21:19 > 0:21:23meeting with North Korea, North Korea...very quickly
0:21:23 > 0:21:25and we would like to see a high-level meeting
0:21:25 > 0:21:28happening very soon.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30The South Korean president has said any improvement
0:21:30 > 0:21:32in inter-Korean relations must also help to the North
0:21:32 > 0:21:40Korean nuclear issue.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43The offer of talks was discussed with South Korea's key
0:21:43 > 0:21:44ally the United States.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46But President Trump will be watching developments very closely.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48So, too, will people living on the Korean peninsula.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Some 25 million North Koreans, for whom life is really tough
0:21:51 > 0:21:54and could get tougher if the latest round of UN sanctions
0:21:54 > 0:21:57really starts to bite.
0:21:57 > 0:22:03And the people of South Korea, nearly 11 million of whom live
0:22:03 > 0:22:07here in Seoul, just 35 miles from the north Korean border.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08There's only a month until the opening ceremony.
0:22:08 > 0:22:14But the organisers believe a North Korean delegation could be there.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17We are hopeful, you know, we always want all of
0:22:17 > 0:22:19the countries to participate.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21And they do have qualified athletes, and so for the athletes
0:22:21 > 0:22:23it's also important.
0:22:23 > 0:22:30They've been training for it all their lives and we just want
0:22:30 > 0:22:32them to enjoy what the Olympics are all about, the spirit
0:22:32 > 0:22:34of friendship, the spirit of peace.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39Others, though, are more sceptical, pointing out that this could be
0:22:39 > 0:22:43a tactical move by North Korea and a month of peace and stability
0:22:43 > 0:22:53isn't necessarily a step towards North Korean denuclearisation.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Teenagers as young as 14 are now taking steroids in what drugs
0:22:57 > 0:22:58workers fear could be a hidden epidemic.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00A BBC undercover investigation has discovered London-based steroid
0:23:00 > 0:23:03dealers are selling the drugs without giving any warning
0:23:03 > 0:23:04of their dangerous side effects.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Colin Campbell reports.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Hey, Derek.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10He's an amateur body-builder who illegally sells steroids
0:23:10 > 0:23:14from his living room.
0:23:14 > 0:23:24Using his partner to translate, he says they'll transform my body.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30These are the £200 worth of pills that he said
0:23:30 > 0:23:34would make me big and powerful.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36This, the handwritten note I took on a dictated prescription,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39if you like, detailing instructions on how to use the steroids.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43We showed our footage to this drugs expert.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46There are many risks with taking the drugs.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51But a simple way of putting it - kidney, liver, heart.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54You can have liver problems, liver cysts, problem with your kidneys,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and it can lead to heart attacks and strokes,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58so you're playing with your life.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00What age are the children that you're speaking to that
0:24:00 > 0:24:02have taken steroids? As young as 14.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05This drugs counsellor fears the true picture of steroid abuse is much
0:24:05 > 0:24:08worse than realisee.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09worse than realised.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12We could be looking at a hidden epidemic, to be honest.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15It's really, really hard to gauge how big this is,
0:24:15 > 0:24:20but everything anecdotally we're getting is that it could be huge.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Whilst it's legal to take steroids, it's against the law
0:24:22 > 0:24:23to sell and import them.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26But we found scores of websites offering them online
0:24:26 > 0:24:31and sending them by post.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33The Border Force is battling to stop them entering the UK.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37These drugs aren't benign, they're not a soft option.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38They can cause real, profound, long-lasting
0:24:38 > 0:24:41harm to people's health.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Selling them can be lucrative, but it's a trade dealers
0:24:43 > 0:24:46don't want exposed.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49You are a steroid dealer, aren't you?No.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53How many people are you supplying steroids to?No.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Speaking through an interpreter, he claims he'd only ever
0:24:56 > 0:24:59supplied me and no one else.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01How many other people have you supplied steroids to?
0:25:01 > 0:25:06You advertise widely.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11The truth is, they're gambling with people's health,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13cashing in on Britain's body image obssession.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Colin Campbell, BBC News.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18And if you're watching in the south east of England,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20there is more about that investigation straight
0:25:20 > 0:25:24after this programme.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27The new world darts champion Rob Cross says there will never be
0:25:27 > 0:25:28another player like Phil Taylor.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Cross beat the 16-time winner 7-2 in last night's final -
0:25:31 > 0:25:32which was Taylor's last professional match.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Rob Cross turned professional only a year ago, and took home
0:25:35 > 0:25:37the World Championship trophy in his debut appearance
0:25:37 > 0:25:38at the event.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44Our sports correspondent Natalie Pirks reports.
0:25:44 > 0:25:52How well has your New Year gun? For Rob Cross, it is fair to say 2018
0:25:52 > 0:25:56has already proved life-changing. Last night he beat the greatest
0:25:56 > 0:26:00darts player of all time to be crowned world champion and become
0:26:00 > 0:26:11£400,000 richer as well, and all of it is barely sinking in.It feels
0:26:11 > 0:26:15very surreal, it is like I need to pinch myself or something, because I
0:26:15 > 0:26:18could not have written it any better, really. It is like a fairy
0:26:18 > 0:26:22tale.You might not associate the game of darts with fairy tales and
0:26:22 > 0:26:27yet Rob Cross was an unknown electricity until the start of 2017.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Last year his winnings included £7 picked up in a pub tournament. The
0:26:31 > 0:26:38rise from anonymity to Acclaim has been dizzying.One competition we
0:26:38 > 0:26:42managed to win £7 each, so a I nearly got a pint of Ovid Chinappa I
0:26:42 > 0:26:48would say that anyone who believes they can play the game, and sort of
0:26:48 > 0:26:51aspire to it and go and have a go, because you never know what's going
0:26:51 > 0:26:54to happen until you actually dedicate yourself and push yourself
0:26:54 > 0:27:02more.Cross was born in 9090, when Phil Taylor won the first of his 16
0:27:02 > 0:27:07world titles. Nicknamed The Power, last night was his last ever
0:27:07 > 0:27:11professional match. He will go down as the best the game has ever seen.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16We're never going to see another Phil Taylor, in any sport, I don't
0:27:16 > 0:27:20believe, someone who can dominate their sport for that amount of time.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24But at the same time it is probably the coming of me but we were saying
0:27:24 > 0:27:30farewell to a legend. To shout in his face at the end, I was never
0:27:30 > 0:27:35going to do that, I have got too much respect for him.Cross has now
0:27:35 > 0:27:39set his sights on becoming world number one. When your year starts as
0:27:39 > 0:27:44well as this, anything is possible.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47A bookshop in a small town in Dumfries & Galloway which allows
0:27:47 > 0:27:50holidaymakers the chance to run it for two weeks at a time,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52has proved so popular there are now plans to open similar
0:27:52 > 0:27:53stores in Asia.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56The Open Book has been running for four years, and there are no
0:27:56 > 0:27:57vacancies until 2020.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon reports.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Between the hills and the sea in south-west Scotland is a small
0:28:05 > 0:28:07town where they like their books - a lot.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Wigtown is Scotland's national book town, and among
0:28:09 > 0:28:11the many book shops here, one is available to rent
0:28:11 > 0:28:16for a week at a time.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19It's run by enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by books
0:28:19 > 0:28:21while trying their hand at selling some, too.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Right, Helen McDonald...
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Alison Drury is a police community support officer
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Alison Drury is a police community support officer from Bicester -
0:28:32 > 0:28:38but not this week.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Instead she is stacking book shelves and shifting stock.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43You are paying for the privilege of running a book shop for a week -
0:28:43 > 0:28:45what do your friends make of it?
0:28:45 > 0:28:46A bit of a mixture.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50I think some of them think that I'm a bit eccentric and think that it's
0:28:50 > 0:28:51a very strange thing to do.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54By the same token, I've got some friends who think it's extremely
0:28:54 > 0:28:57exciting and they're very excited for me and actually a bit envious.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58Have you been enjoying it?
0:28:58 > 0:29:00I have. You can tell, can't you?
0:29:00 > 0:29:03The temporary book store boss has free rein -
0:29:03 > 0:29:06displays can change and so too can the promotions.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08The chance to run a book shop for a week or two
0:29:08 > 0:29:12has proved popular.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14People have come from as far away as New Zealand,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16North America and South Korea to run this place.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19There was a couple in their 80s who came on honeymoon,
0:29:19 > 0:29:23and others who liked the town so much that they stayed.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25This shop, which once came close to closure,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28turned around by those who have a dream of running
0:29:28 > 0:29:37a book shop and want the chance to test it out.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40I think in everyone's life you have that "what if" voice,
0:29:40 > 0:29:42what if I just owned a book shop in Scotland?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Why not give people the opportunity to do it.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47This is actual real virtual reality, where you can actually come
0:29:47 > 0:29:50in a book shop and feel the cold and read the books and enjoy
0:29:50 > 0:29:53the community and kind of have little surprises of an adventure
0:29:53 > 0:29:54along the way.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58And if those who have come on their book shop holiday
0:29:58 > 0:30:01are looking for ideas, with Wigtown boasting 14 book shops,
0:30:01 > 0:30:02there is plenty here to inspire.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06We love our book shops here, we love our books.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09And yeah, and we've even got people coming from far and wide to run
0:30:09 > 0:30:13a book shop in Wigtown.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Imagine that, it sounds a crazy idea, but what a fantastic thing
0:30:16 > 0:30:23for Wigtown, opening Wigtown onto the world and in
0:30:23 > 0:30:26and encouraging people to come and share our love for books.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27That passion for selling books may be spreading.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31There's interest from a Chinese firm looking to open its own version
0:30:31 > 0:30:37of the Open Book holiday business.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40So successful has this Scottish one been, it's booked up
0:30:40 > 0:30:41for the next two years.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Wigtown.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Time for a look at the weather, with Louise Lear.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Time for a look at the weather, with Louise Lear.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55It is the 2nd of January and the talk is all about no alcohol, no
0:30:55 > 0:31:00sugar, it is all pretty depressing! And the weather is not helping the
0:31:00 > 0:31:04club blanket of cloud across the country at the moment, and for the
0:31:04 > 0:31:09remainder of this week, it looks as though it's going to be windy, with
0:31:09 > 0:31:13gales at times. This is the story and this is why it looks so bleak.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17There is a lot of cloud and the rain is sweeping from west to east eddies
0:31:17 > 0:31:22and once that clears away it's going to be replaced by more. But this
0:31:22 > 0:31:28time it will be the strength of the wind. This is Storm Eleanor and on
0:31:28 > 0:31:33its southern flank we are likely to see gusts of up to 80mph through the
0:31:33 > 0:31:38night to night. Probably clearing Northern Ireland around midnight,
0:31:38 > 0:31:40heading towards a southern Scotland and north-west England and north
0:31:40 > 0:31:50Wales. 80mph is enough to cause disruption. The strong bit of the
0:31:50 > 0:31:53winds easing to the east of the Pennines as we go through the
0:31:53 > 0:31:55morning. For the far north of Scotland tomorrow morning, slightly
0:31:55 > 0:32:02lighter winds and a colder start, a little frost around as well. Into
0:32:02 > 0:32:06Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, north-west England, we are still
0:32:06 > 0:32:08likely to see gusts of 40mph at least in the rush-hour tomorrow
0:32:08 > 0:32:16morning. Down to the south-west we could see gusts of up to 60mph with
0:32:16 > 0:32:21some really rough seas and high sided vehicles take note. The winds
0:32:21 > 0:32:24will slowly ease as we go through the day, but it's going to be
0:32:24 > 0:32:28blustery. Driving, squally showers, some of them heavy with some hail
0:32:28 > 0:32:40and thunder. Maybe by the end of the day we might see some sunshine.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Temperatures lower in the far north-east of Scotland. Riff lama to
0:32:43 > 0:32:47start the day on Thursday but another area of low pressure will
0:32:47 > 0:32:55gradually move in. Again, gales are likely to drive that rain up through
0:32:55 > 0:32:57the English Channel and across the southern half of England. It will
0:32:57 > 0:33:01linger for quite some time in Northern Ireland, central and
0:33:01 > 0:33:04southern Scotland. On the leading edge we could have some snow mixed
0:33:04 > 0:33:07in as well. That area of low pressure will take its time to clear
0:33:07 > 0:33:12away but it will slowly do so, and as we get towards the weekend, there
0:33:12 > 0:33:14is the potential that the