0:00:06 > 0:00:08The Prime Minister apologises for delays to NHS operations
0:00:08 > 0:00:10in England, as the health service struggles to cope
0:00:10 > 0:00:13with winter pressures.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15A day after her Health Secretary said sorry, Theresa May said
0:00:15 > 0:00:21she recognised what patients were going through.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23We hope to ensure that those operations can be reinstated
0:00:23 > 0:00:25as soon as possible.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26I know it's frustrating.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30I know it's disappointing for people, and I apologise.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33The Prime Minister's words came as new figures showed a sharp rise
0:00:33 > 0:00:36in ambulance waits outside A&E in the last week of 2017.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Also this lunchtime.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41The White House threatens legal action against President Trump's
0:00:41 > 0:00:44former aide over claims in a new book about the presidential
0:00:44 > 0:00:51campaign and links with Russia.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Plans for farmers after Brexit - they'll go on getting
0:00:53 > 0:00:56subsidies until 2022 - and then get payments
0:00:56 > 0:01:00for protecting the environment.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Beggars CAN be choosers says Windsor Council's leader -
0:01:03 > 0:01:06for some it's a choice he says - and they should be removed -
0:01:06 > 0:01:08ahead of the Royal Wedding.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And Andy Murray heads home after pulling out
0:01:10 > 0:01:16of the Australian Open with an ongoing hip injury.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20And coming up in the sport on BBC News:
0:01:20 > 0:01:22England let slip their advantage over Australia in the final
0:01:22 > 0:01:32Ashes Test, as they lose late wickets in Sydney.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49A record number of people called the NHS 111 number
0:01:49 > 0:01:51during the festive period, according to figures
0:01:51 > 0:01:54published this morning.
0:01:54 > 0:02:04There were nearly half a million calls to the advice line in the last
0:02:07 > 0:02:10week of December in England.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12There was also a sharp increase in the number of ambulances
0:02:12 > 0:02:13being held outside hospitals.
0:02:13 > 0:02:20Here's our health correspondent, Catherine Burns
0:02:20 > 0:02:21The Prime Minister today in Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23thanking staff personally for their hard work over
0:02:23 > 0:02:29Christmas, and now we know just how hard it was.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31The National Health Service continues to do
0:02:31 > 0:02:33a fantastic job for people.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Yes, it has pressures over winter.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Yes, it has particular pressures in the Christmas
0:02:39 > 0:02:41and New Year period.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45The staff are dedicated, we've put extra resources in.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Figures from NHS England give us a snapshot into a week
0:02:47 > 0:02:49of considerable pressure.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55The starkest number is about ambulance delays,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57when paramedics have to wait with patients because A&E staff
0:02:57 > 0:02:59are too busy to do a handover.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02In the week running up to New Year's Eve, crews had to stay
0:03:02 > 0:03:05with sick patients for more than half an hour
0:03:05 > 0:03:07almost 17,000 times.
0:03:07 > 0:03:17On almost 5,000 occasions, the delay was longer than an hour.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23This government refuses to fund the NHS sufficiently.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25We don't want apologies and hand wringing.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29We want the Government to get a grip urgently.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33There was also a record number of calls to the NHS's 111
0:03:33 > 0:03:36service, more than 480,000.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40But these figures don't include this week, when so far at least 20
0:03:40 > 0:03:44hospital trusts in England have been on the highest state of alert.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Unfortunately, what we usually see in the NHS is a quiet period around
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Christmas and then a pick-up.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Quite often, it's January that's the really difficult point
0:03:53 > 0:03:56for the NHS, and that's true last year and it's been true
0:03:56 > 0:03:57in previous years as well.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also
0:04:00 > 0:04:01reporting higher patient demand.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03What we don't know now though is how long this
0:04:03 > 0:04:05period of extra pressure will go on for.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Catherine Burns, BBC News.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14Our health editor Hugh Pym is here.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18So we have the Prime Minister apologising today for delays to
0:04:18 > 0:04:22operations, that are to come, and these figures today show that last
0:04:22 > 0:04:26week, the last week of 2017, the system was already under strain.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Well, that is right. The wave of publicity of problems in hospitals
0:04:30 > 0:04:34really only developed from the weekend on wards, and these figures
0:04:34 > 0:04:39go up until last Sunday, December 31st. They show the big increase in
0:04:39 > 0:04:45patient demand, this sharp increase in the number of people calling 111,
0:04:45 > 0:04:51up 21% on the previous week, and those long waits for patients trying
0:04:51 > 0:04:55to be discharged from ambulances outside hospital wait morgue than 30
0:04:55 > 0:04:59minute, 30 minutes is considered the absolute maximum, those waiting
0:04:59 > 0:05:04longer, that was up nearly 40% at nearly 17,000, compared with round
0:05:04 > 0:05:0810,000 in the last week of November. So showing the real strain. That is
0:05:08 > 0:05:12an interesting gauge. If ambulances can't discharge their patients
0:05:12 > 0:05:15because of problems ereceiving them and finding beds, the ambulances
0:05:15 > 0:05:21can't get back on the road again, so that is last week. We are waiting
0:05:21 > 0:05:25figures this week where we know there are strain, the Prime Minister
0:05:25 > 0:05:31today has apologised. She didn't use the word apology yesterday, Jeremy
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Hunt did, out and about she apologised and said that she owed an
0:05:36 > 0:05:39immense debt of gratitude to NHS staff. She went out of her way to
0:05:39 > 0:05:45praise staff. But I think all staff working very hard under difficult
0:05:45 > 0:05:49conditions will feel this is far from over. It is just the early days
0:05:49 > 0:05:53of the New Year, we have had reports of flue cases being on the increase,
0:05:53 > 0:05:57if that continues, the strain could get even more severe. -- flu.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01-- flu.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03The row between Donald Trump and his former top aide
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Steve Bannon has intensified, with lawyers for the President
0:06:05 > 0:06:07threatening legal action over comments attributed to Mr Bannon
0:06:07 > 0:06:09in a new book about the presidency.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12The remarks allege that a meeting Mr Trump's son had with a group
0:06:12 > 0:06:14of Russians during the presidential campaign was "treasonous",
0:06:14 > 0:06:17and claims that Mr Trump was poorly prepared for the job.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19The President said Mr Bannon, who was sacked last August,
0:06:19 > 0:06:20had lost his mind.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Dan Johnson reports.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33The President a right-hand man, driving the right-wing America first
0:06:33 > 0:06:38politics, that put Trump in the White House. But like so many
0:06:38 > 0:06:42advisers Steve Bannon didn't last long.He is not a racist, I can tell
0:06:42 > 0:06:47you that, he is is a good person, he actually gets a very unfair press in
0:06:47 > 0:06:53that regard. But, we will see what happens with Mr Bannon.Quite. Well
0:06:53 > 0:06:58he found himself outside the big White House tent, and now, he is
0:06:58 > 0:07:02taking careful aim. He says a meeting between Donald Trump Jr and
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Russian officials should have been reported immediately to the FBI,
0:07:07 > 0:07:12describing it as treasonous and unpatriotic. Predictably the
0:07:12 > 0:07:15President's spokeswoman didn't agree I think that is a ridiculous
0:07:15 > 0:07:19accusation and one I am pretty sure we have addressed many times before,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23if that is in reference to comments made by Mr Bannon I refer you to the
0:07:23 > 0:07:27ones he made previously on 60 Minutes where he called the
0:07:27 > 0:07:32collusion with Russia about this President a total farce. So I think
0:07:32 > 0:07:36I would look back tharkts if anybody has been inconsistent it has been
0:07:36 > 0:07:40him, not the President or this administration.Donald Trump's
0:07:40 > 0:07:45response was even tougher. When he was fired he not only lost
0:07:45 > 0:07:52his job, he lost his mind. It's fire and fury indeed. The book claims the
0:07:52 > 0:07:55former Prime Minister Tony Blair was bidding to be a White House Middle
0:07:55 > 0:08:00East adviser. And that he told the President's son-in-law that British
0:08:00 > 0:08:05intelligence may have spied on the Trump campaign.This story is
0:08:05 > 0:08:09literally a total fabrication, I mean I have never had any such
0:08:09 > 0:08:11conversation, not with someone in the White House, outside of the
0:08:11 > 0:08:17White House, not that the time or any time, not anywhere. The idea
0:08:17 > 0:08:22that British intelligence services was interfering in the middle of an
0:08:22 > 0:08:27American Presidential election is preposterous, it is, this is
0:08:27 > 0:08:31politics today, and you get these wild conspiracy theories that
0:08:31 > 0:08:35unfortunately, people believe, but it is literally an invention.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39There are also claims Trump's campaign team were shocked and
0:08:39 > 0:08:44horrified by his win, that his wife was in tears about it, and that the
0:08:44 > 0:08:49President was angry many A-list celebrities snubbed the
0:08:49 > 0:08:51inauguration, his daughter apparently mocks his hair and is
0:08:51 > 0:08:57planning to take on the top job. The truth isn't clear in a White House
0:08:57 > 0:09:01defined by an unconventional new normality.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02defined by an unconventional new normality.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Our diplomatic coreespondent James Robbins is here.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Sqraim, how potentially damaging so President Trump is this?It is
0:09:10 > 0:09:13damaging at many levels. This book won't bring down the President, but
0:09:13 > 0:09:19it will weaken him and weaken the rubbly can party op which he relies
0:09:19 > 0:09:24for domestic legislation, I think it is damaging because it paints such a
0:09:24 > 0:09:28lurid picture, of a President who was apparently shocked and stunned
0:09:28 > 0:09:33by his own victory, was apparently completely unprepared for office,
0:09:33 > 0:09:38was not especially respectful of the constitution, was board by the
0:09:38 > 0:09:42detailed of it, surrounded himself with advisers whom one regards as
0:09:42 > 0:09:46unsuited to going into the White House, and all based on a campaign
0:09:46 > 0:09:53in which it is alleged some of those key strategists had what could be
0:09:53 > 0:09:56described by Steve Bannon as treasonous relationships with
0:09:56 > 0:10:02Russia, so deeply damaging stuff. In the middle of of an investigation
0:10:02 > 0:10:05headed by Robert Muller. It matters domestically for the reasons I have
0:10:05 > 0:10:10set out. It matters initially as well, because the President is
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Commander-in-Chief, and it raises questions not least in American
0:10:14 > 0:10:17minds about his suitability to take big decisions, in relation to North
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Korea, to Iran and the wider Middle East.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Many thanks.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Many thanks.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25The Environment Secretary has set out how farming subsidies will be
0:10:25 > 0:10:27dealt with after Brexit, saying farmers will receive payments
0:10:27 > 0:10:28to protect the countryside.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Farmers are also guaranteed the current EU level
0:10:30 > 0:10:31of subsidies until 2022.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Michael Gove said measures such as planting Wildflower meadows,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36and improving water quality would be included - current payments are
0:10:36 > 0:10:37based on how much land farmers own.
0:10:37 > 0:10:47Duncan Kennedy reports.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Britain has more than 200,000 farm holdings, but the imminence
0:10:52 > 0:10:56of Brexit has put farmers and food policy into a state of uncertainty.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57A healthy rural economy...
0:10:57 > 0:11:00That's why issues of animal welfare, food standards and trade deals
0:11:00 > 0:11:09dominated today's farmers' conference in Oxford.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Michael Gove said Britain would be a high-quality food exporting
0:11:11 > 0:11:13nation after Brexit.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16He said EU subsidies would be phased out, but farmers
0:11:16 > 0:11:22would still get financial help.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25We guarantee that, in cash terms, the amount of money that we give
0:11:25 > 0:11:28to farmers will remain exactly the same right up until the next
0:11:28 > 0:11:31general election in 2022, and what we want to do is to ensure
0:11:31 > 0:11:33that thereafter there is a smooth path towards a different
0:11:33 > 0:11:35form of paying farmers.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38You've just got them on hay here, Craig, or something...
0:11:38 > 0:11:48Minette Batters farms in Wiltshire and says the certainty
0:11:51 > 0:11:53of Michael Gove's financial commitment to farmers after we leave
0:11:53 > 0:11:55the European Union will be welcomed by the industry.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58We've worked for 43 years under European policy so, of course,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01it's going to take time, and we really welcome his commitment
0:12:01 > 0:12:02to be looking at a longer period.
0:12:02 > 0:12:032024 is very well received.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Michael Gove was, of course, one of the key Leave campaigners
0:12:06 > 0:12:07in the EU referendum.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10He said that it was Britain that should decide what its farmers can
0:12:10 > 0:12:13do, what trade policies they can work out and what food standards
0:12:13 > 0:12:14should be for the public.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18But there are others who are saying that his message today is far too
0:12:18 > 0:12:21optimistic in terms of what Britain can achieve when it leaves the EU.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25A separate report today from MPs said that Brexit trade deals risked
0:12:25 > 0:12:35Britain's very food security, as we face cheap foreign imports.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37They warn that we could end up having to take products
0:12:37 > 0:12:39like American chickens washed in chlorine as part
0:12:39 > 0:12:44of the price we pay for trading with non-EU countries.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Michael Gove also said today public access to farmland
0:12:47 > 0:12:49as well as top-quality animal welfare was at the centre
0:12:49 > 0:12:53of government policy.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56But the uncertainties of Brexit and what follows make it difficult
0:12:56 > 0:12:58for him and all those involved in farming to know exactly
0:12:58 > 0:13:00how our agricultural landscape will change.
0:13:00 > 0:13:10Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, Oxfordshire.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20Tony Blair has warned Jeremy Corbyn he must change course on Brexit or
0:13:20 > 0:13:26be unable to deliver his promise. He said he would oppose any likely
0:13:26 > 0:13:30outcome to the Brexit negotiations. Chris Mason is at Westminster for us
0:13:30 > 0:13:34now.Good afternoon. This song Brexit is a frequent spinner on the
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Tony Blair play list of political interventions and the chorus is
0:13:38 > 0:13:42familiar, he wants the UK to stay in the European Union, he thinks that
0:13:42 > 0:13:46would be sense. He says that the country either via Parliament or an
0:13:46 > 0:13:50election or another referendum should get a say on the final Brexit
0:13:50 > 0:13:54deal, once that becomes clear and he would like Labour to articulate that
0:13:54 > 0:13:57position, or he says a Labour government would encounter the same
0:13:57 > 0:14:02problems as he sees it as the Conservatives in negotiating Brexit
0:14:02 > 0:14:06while doing many other things. It is going to be extremely
0:14:06 > 0:14:11difficult in my view for Labour to deliver on its promise, if it puts
0:14:11 > 0:14:15itself in the same position as the Tory Government are going to be on
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Brexit, because it will find that it has less money to deal with the
0:14:20 > 0:14:23country's problem, that it's distracted by dealing with Brexit,
0:14:23 > 0:14:27rather than dealing with the Health Service and jobs, and living
0:14:27 > 0:14:30standard and so on, and therefore, in my view if you end up and I have
0:14:30 > 0:14:34said this before, if you end up in a situation where you do Brexit and
0:14:34 > 0:14:37have a Corbyn Government, this country is going to face a
0:14:37 > 0:14:42challenging situation.Quick response from one shadow Labour
0:14:42 > 0:14:46minister, saying Mr Blair's intervention was one helpful, lots
0:14:46 > 0:14:51of Labour voters voted for Brexit, and will regard this as the melt
0:14:51 > 0:14:54poll tan elite ignoring them. A reminder it is not just the
0:14:54 > 0:15:01Conservatives who have divisions over Brexit, Labour does too.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Technology firms are rushing to fix two security flaws in computer
0:15:03 > 0:15:05chips made by a number of leading manufacturers.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08The defects could allow hackers to steal personal data from nearly
0:15:08 > 0:15:10every modern computing device and smart-phone which
0:15:10 > 0:15:11have the chips fitted.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Our technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones is here.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Technology firms are rushing to fix two security flaws in computer
0:15:18 > 0:15:20chips made by a number of leading manufacturers.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22The defects could allow hackers to steal personal data from nearly
0:15:22 > 0:15:24every modern computing device and smart-phone which
0:15:24 > 0:15:25have the chips fitted.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Our technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones is here.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30In theory many millions of people will be affected. The bugs meltdown
0:15:30 > 0:15:32and sceptre, are in chips, which power complete, smartphones and all
0:15:32 > 0:15:36other devices.The flaws were discovered some time ago and the
0:15:36 > 0:15:41industry has been working to find a cure, they reckon they are nearly
0:15:41 > 0:15:45there in many cases, that the new defence, new security updates should
0:15:45 > 0:15:48be in place soon. They wanted it kept secret for as long as possible
0:15:48 > 0:15:57because they wanted to fix it before it became known to hackers. It is a
0:15:57 > 0:16:01big dangerous in theory in practise, there has been no evidence anybody
0:16:01 > 0:16:06has been affected so far and the industry will certainly hope it can
0:16:06 > 0:16:08get those defences shored up in time to stop that happening.OK. Thank
0:16:08 > 0:16:10you.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Thank you.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Our top story this lunchtime.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17The Prime Minister apologises for delays to NHS operations
0:16:17 > 0:16:19in England, as the health service struggles to cope
0:16:19 > 0:16:24with winter pressures.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25And coming up - vanishing in Venice -
0:16:25 > 0:16:27thieves make off with jewels worth millions
0:16:27 > 0:16:31of pounds in a daring heist.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Coming up in sport: Injury worries for Johanna Konta
0:16:34 > 0:16:36less than two weeks out from the Australian Open.
0:16:36 > 0:16:46She retires from the Brisbane International with a hip problem.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Australian authorities have recovered most of a seaplane
0:16:51 > 0:16:54which crashed near Sydney on New Year's Eve, killing five
0:16:54 > 0:16:58members of a British family and the pilot.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Richard Cousins, chairman of the Compass catering group,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03died with his two sons, his fiancee, her daughter,
0:17:03 > 0:17:07and a Canadian pilot when the plane crashed into the Hawkesbury River.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The aircraft had been submerged in more than 40 feet of water,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13as Phil Mercer reports from Sydney.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15The salvage operation at Jerusalem Bay began
0:17:15 > 0:17:18shortly after dawn.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Police divers used inflatable bags to lift parts of the seaplane
0:17:21 > 0:17:25from the bottom of the Hawkesbury River.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26On the surface, a crane pulled the wreckage
0:17:26 > 0:17:30from the water onto a barge.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32One of the first pieces of the aircraft to be
0:17:32 > 0:17:35recovered was a damaged wing, followed by the engine,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39the front propeller and the tail.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42We now know that the seaplane that came down in these waters
0:17:42 > 0:17:45on New Year's Eve was badly damaged in another fatal
0:17:45 > 0:17:47accident 20 years ago.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51The plane was previously used as a crop-duster that crashed
0:17:51 > 0:17:54near the city of Armadale, killing the pilot.
0:17:54 > 0:18:01It was rebuilt and bought by Sydney Seaplanes in 2006.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04The wreckage will be taken for examination to Canberra.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07It will hold vital clues, including possible digital data
0:18:07 > 0:18:12and mobile phone footage from the passengers that could
0:18:12 > 0:18:16explain why a routine sightseeing flight ended in disaster.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20We've got a range of factors that we look at to fully reconstruct
0:18:20 > 0:18:24the sequence of events that led up to the accident and to hopefully
0:18:24 > 0:18:28find factors that contributed to the accident, with the ultimate
0:18:28 > 0:18:32goal of trying to prevent something like this happening again.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Six people died in the accident, including the British
0:18:35 > 0:18:38businessman Richard Cousins, his two grown-up sons, his fiancee
0:18:38 > 0:18:42and her 11-year-old daughter.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44The Canadian pilot was also killed.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Air crash investigators plan to release their initial
0:18:48 > 0:18:50findings within a month.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Phil Mercer, BBC News, at Westhead near Sydney.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Children moving from primary to secondary school are "ill-equipped"
0:18:59 > 0:19:02for the "avalanche of pressure" that awaits them on social media,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05according to the Children's Commissioner for England.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Anne Longfield says social media begins to dominate
0:19:07 > 0:19:10children's social lives, and calls on schools to do
0:19:10 > 0:19:13more to prepare them for the emotional demands it makes.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Elaine Dunkley reports.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19With social media in the hands of children,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23there are challenges of growing up in a digital age.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27A report published today called Life In Likes warns that many
0:19:27 > 0:19:30children are starting secondary school unable to cope
0:19:30 > 0:19:34with the sudden demands of social media as their world expands.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38I feel like I'm pressured by other people, because my friends do it
0:19:38 > 0:19:41so I feel like I have to do it to fit in.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43You see people, if they are getting bullied on social media,
0:19:43 > 0:19:45sometimes they don't even tell their parents and,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48if you don't tell your parents, they are never going to find out.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Most social media platforms state users must be over the age of 13,
0:19:52 > 0:19:57but the reality is some children using these sites are younger.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Children become increasingly anxious about their online image and keeping
0:20:00 > 0:20:03up with appearances, but this report also highlights that
0:20:03 > 0:20:06many children are overdependent on getting likes and positive
0:20:06 > 0:20:09comments in order to feel accepted.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13We know that children's anxiety levels have been increasing
0:20:13 > 0:20:17but we've often looked at what that means for 14 and 15-year-olds.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21I'd like the Government to introduce compulsory digital literacy
0:20:21 > 0:20:24in all schools for years six and seven, the top of primary
0:20:24 > 0:20:27school, the first year of secondary school,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29to help children anticipate what this means, to help
0:20:29 > 0:20:33build their resilience and help empower them to be more in control
0:20:33 > 0:20:37in their own social media accounts.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Whilst there are many benefits, parents, teachers and mentors can
0:20:40 > 0:20:44find it difficult staying on top of the changing way children use
0:20:44 > 0:20:47social media when they go into secondary school.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51We all know what it's like to post something on social media and not
0:20:51 > 0:20:53everybody like it and people to disagree with what we're saying
0:20:53 > 0:20:56or people to post things about us that we don't want them to.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59That's a really difficult thing for young teens or even children
0:20:59 > 0:21:01to have to deal with.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Parents want to help their children with how to deal with that,
0:21:03 > 0:21:07but there's no set guidance on what parents are supposed to be
0:21:07 > 0:21:09telling their children, and I think the report today
0:21:09 > 0:21:11has highlighted that.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Secondary school is a difficult time when young people feel
0:21:13 > 0:21:15pressured to fit in.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Today's report is urging early intervention to help young people
0:21:18 > 0:21:21deal with the online realities of social media.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Elaine Dunkley, BBC News.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Jewellery thought to be worth several million pounds has been
0:21:28 > 0:21:31stolen in a daring heist in Venice.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Police say at least two thieves delayed the alarm system
0:21:34 > 0:21:36at the Doge's Palace, before breaking into
0:21:36 > 0:21:40a reinforced cabinet to take a broach and earrings.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43The jewels had been on loan from the royal family of Qatar.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45James Reynolds has the details.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47The exhibition held at the Doge's Palace in Venice
0:21:47 > 0:21:52was called Treasures of the Moguls and Maharajas.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55The jewellery on display, some of it on loan from the ruling
0:21:55 > 0:21:59family of Qatar, was worth millions of pounds.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04For one criminal gang, this was all too tempting.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07At least two thieves helped themselves to a golden brooch
0:22:07 > 0:22:10and a pair of earrings.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16Incredibly, they did so during normal visiting hours.
0:22:16 > 0:22:22TRANSLATION:While the exhibition was open to the public,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26one of the glass cases of jewels on display was open.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Some jewels were stolen and the thieves made their getaway
0:22:28 > 0:22:31by mixing with the public.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Officials suspect the gang may have spent several
0:22:33 > 0:22:36months planning the theft.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Investigators are now trying to work out exactly how the thieves managed
0:22:39 > 0:22:42to switch off the museum's alarm system and how they managed to walk
0:22:42 > 0:22:47away while hiding among visitors.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Experts from Rome have been sent to help find out who did it.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54The police describe the gang, with some understatement,
0:22:54 > 0:23:00as very skilled professionals.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03James Reynolds, BBC News, Rome.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Shares in the department store Debenhams have fallen by 20%,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12The leader of the council in Windsor has said the police should take
0:23:12 > 0:23:14action against rough sleepers and what he calls "aggressive
0:23:14 > 0:23:16begging" before the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
0:23:16 > 0:23:18in the town in May.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Simon Dudley said some people begging were not in fact homeless,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23and had made a "voluntary choice" to live on the streets.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28Adina Campbell is in Windsor.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39Well, this letter has got lots of people talking here in Windsor, and
0:23:39 > 0:23:42it has proved to be very controversial. Some homeless
0:23:42 > 0:23:46charities say they are sickened by the details in this letter, while
0:23:46 > 0:23:49others say there is a problem with begging and it needs to be tackled.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Earlier, I was speaking to some of the homeless people here, and
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Windsor is set to get a lot busier over the coming months with the
0:23:57 > 0:24:02royal wedding being an May the 19th.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08It may be one of the country's most affluent areas, with a prime tourist
0:24:08 > 0:24:12attraction, but nestled among the expensive shops and the is poverty,
0:24:12 > 0:24:16and those begging on the streets in this town have now been targeted by
0:24:16 > 0:24:22the local council leader, who once then gone before the royal wedding.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26It's a royal borough, said the Queen is right behind me in the castle,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30and there is a royal wedding coming up and they don't want us on the
0:24:30 > 0:24:37streets.Do you think it is fair?Of course not.In a 3-page letter, the
0:24:37 > 0:24:41lead of Windsor and Maidenhead royal borough council is calling on Thames
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Valley Police to use legal powers to remove beggars for the Simon Dudley
0:24:45 > 0:24:48says a significant number of the adults chose not to turn up and use
0:24:48 > 0:24:53the accommodation that the council had purchased for them, instead
0:24:53 > 0:24:56choosing to remain on the streets begging, creating a concerning the
0:24:56 > 0:25:01hostile atmosphere or residence and the 7 million tourists who come to
0:25:01 > 0:25:07Windsor each year. But homeless charities are angry, and say
0:25:07 > 0:25:11vulnerable people are being unfairly targeted.It's just totally
0:25:11 > 0:25:15unwarranted to bring the royal wedding into this. This should not
0:25:15 > 0:25:19be a situation that has hit the headlines because of that. This
0:25:19 > 0:25:23should have hit the headlines because people are sleeping in bus
0:25:23 > 0:25:29shelters.Windsor castle is one of the country's most popular tourist
0:25:29 > 0:25:32destination and, on May the 19th, when Prince Harry marries Meghan
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Markle yet, tens of thousands of people are expected. Police and the
0:25:35 > 0:25:40local authorities will want to make sure everyone from all different
0:25:40 > 0:25:44communities are safe and secure. For those who work here, some say
0:25:44 > 0:25:46homelessness and begging our long-running issues. For the people
0:25:46 > 0:25:50who say they've been forced to make a living here on the streets, their
0:25:50 > 0:25:57days could be numbered.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59In the last hour, the Prime Minister, Theresa May, has been
0:25:59 > 0:26:04speaking about this. She is the MP in neighbouring Maidenhead and she
0:26:04 > 0:26:07says she disagrees with the council's comments and says the
0:26:07 > 0:26:10council should be working with police and other local authorities
0:26:10 > 0:26:14to make sure beggars and the homeless get the support they need,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18but it's fair to say, from the people I've spoken to today, it has
0:26:18 > 0:26:21cast a dark shadow over the upcoming wedding.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Andy Murray has pulled out of the Australian Open
0:26:23 > 0:26:25after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27The three-time Grand Slam tennis champion hasn't played a competitive
0:26:27 > 0:26:30match since Wimbledon last summer.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33And there's been more bad news in the women's game -
0:26:33 > 0:26:35British Number one Johanna Konta was forced to retire
0:26:35 > 0:26:39from her Brisbane Open quarterfinal, also because of a hip injury.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44Here's our sports correspondent Joe Wilson.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50Andy Murray in Brisbane, departing. No Australian Open for him.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52He'd practised competitively, seemed all right, he told reporters,
0:26:52 > 0:26:56but the hip would not stand up to the pressure of the tournament.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58When Murray limped to defeat at Wimbledon last summer,
0:26:58 > 0:26:59we thought he'd be back.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02After all, he stands for resilience, whatever the state of his body.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Six months on, he's still not played in a competitive match.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Today Murray, in his official statement, admitted he is not yet
0:27:09 > 0:27:13ready to compete and is flying home to assess all the options.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15That suggests surgery.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19The messages of support included good wishes
0:27:19 > 0:27:20from Scotland's First Minister.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Murray is still an inspiration, says Nicola Sturgeon,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26but where does he go from here as a tennis player?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29The Australian Open is busy promoting itself,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31and tennis must go on, although it's a sport
0:27:31 > 0:27:34heavily reliant on over-30s for its marketing, and that's not
0:27:34 > 0:27:37a long-term solution.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Johanna Konta will still carry British hopes
0:27:39 > 0:27:41at the Australian Open - well, perhaps.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43She withdrew from her match in Brisbane overnight
0:27:43 > 0:27:46with suspicions of, guess what, a hip problem.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47More assessment on Friday.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Low-grade strain, she suggests.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56Just be fit for June, Wimbledon might well hope.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59This week, Andy Murray posted this picture of himself on social media.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01The little kid inside me, he explained, just wants
0:28:01 > 0:28:02to play tennis and compete.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05It's very difficult to be denied something so simple.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Joe Wilson, BBC News.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Two late wickets took the shine off a good opening day for England
0:28:12 > 0:28:14in the final Ashes Test in Sydney.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Captain Joe Root went for 83, and Jonny Bairstow for five,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21as England closed on 233 for five.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Australia have already won the series, after England lost
0:28:23 > 0:28:24the first three tests.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Patrick Gearey reports from Sydney.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30This is a city almost surrounded by water,
0:28:30 > 0:28:32just not typically from above.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Strangely murky in Sydney, a morning to wait undercover.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38When it dried, Joe Root chose to stay indoors
0:28:38 > 0:28:41and sent his opening batsman out.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Mark Stoneman looked in particularly good nick until he got
0:28:44 > 0:28:45a particularly bad nick.
0:28:45 > 0:28:4724, just a start.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50And so to the curious case of James Vince,
0:28:50 > 0:28:53a batsman who looks better in pictures than numbers,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56whose beauty is often followed by a beast.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58That is an awful shot.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01This has been England's Ashes trouble from tranquillity.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Now Josh Hazlewood thought he had Alastair Cook.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06The umpire didn't, but the technology backed the bowler,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09marginal and maybe crucial.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12So Root, who had earlier chosen to bat, had plenty of it to do.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15This was 50, handy, but the celebration told
0:29:15 > 0:29:17of an unfinished job.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18By now, the conditions had been transformed
0:29:18 > 0:29:21from drizzling to sizzling.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Dawid Malan was dropped but shuffled on to his half-century.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Whisper it, but England were comfortable.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31Only an illusion.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Third ball with the new ball, almost inevitable, another 100 missed,
0:29:34 > 0:29:35Root didn't need telling.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Now things started to unravel.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42Instead of a nightwatchman to see out the final balls,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Jonny Bairstow went out, got out and handed the day to
0:29:45 > 0:29:50Australia, a day which encapsulated a series.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I think it sums up where we've been this tour.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56We've been on top for so long in games and we make one or two
0:29:56 > 0:29:58mistakes and suddenly we let the Aussies back in.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00So England finish the day once again in shadow,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03the same shadow which has stalked them all over Australia,
0:30:03 > 0:30:04that of missed chances.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07They must try and clear their heads to make a competitive total on day
0:30:07 > 0:30:09two, but the damage may already have been done.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Patrick Gearey, BBC News in Sydney.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Weather forecasters have issued warnings about a huge winter storm
0:30:14 > 0:30:18over the eastern United States which it's thought has already
0:30:18 > 0:30:19claimed the lives of nine people.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Parts of the Niagara Falls
0:30:22 > 0:30:24have frozen because of the severe conditions.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26The state of Florida, which has seen its first snowfall
0:30:26 > 0:30:28for almost 30 years, has declared a state of emergency.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Similar measures are also in place in Georgia,
0:30:30 > 0:30:37Virginia and North Carolina.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Here's Darren Bett.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48It is heading our way, this cold and snow. Let's pick up the story,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51because we have had this Arctic plunge of their coming in across
0:30:51 > 0:30:57North America for a couple of weeks, so it's been very cold. I'm into
0:30:57 > 0:31:00that, we got a developing winter storm which you can see on the
0:31:00 > 0:31:04picture. Hurricane strength winds out at sea, and blizzards with all
0:31:04 > 0:31:09of that cloud and wind driving its way northwards, with the greatest
0:31:09 > 0:31:14fault of snow north of New York, 12 to 18 inches. I said we were not
0:31:14 > 0:31:19going to get that cold air for that we have had some snow today over the
0:31:19 > 0:31:22higher ground, not just in Northern Ireland but also Scotland and
0:31:22 > 0:31:26perhaps the far north of England. Some big waves after the winds eased
0:31:26 > 0:31:30overnight, and they have started to pick up again across England and
0:31:30 > 0:31:35Wales, and blowing in a lot of broken cloud, so maybe a hint of
0:31:35 > 0:31:40sunshine in the south, but gusty winds around those western hills and
0:31:40 > 0:31:45coasts. Further north, it's going to be quite a bit colder. The winds are
0:31:45 > 0:31:48light and we've got persistent rain, maybe some sleet and hill snow in
0:31:48 > 0:31:54there, and it's sort of slow moving across Scotland. It maybe eases in
0:31:54 > 0:31:57the far north. Further south, another dose of gales after the
0:31:57 > 0:32:00winds dropped, and that is where we will see most of the showers towards
0:32:00 > 0:32:05the south-west and Wales. Not too cold overnight yet, because there
0:32:05 > 0:32:09will be a fair bit of cloud around. A limited amount of sunshine for
0:32:09 > 0:32:14tomorrow, perhaps the best bit of it developing in the south-east. Quite
0:32:14 > 0:32:18a view showers getting blown in across England and Wales, heavy and
0:32:18 > 0:32:20frequent in Wales and the south-west, and showers further
0:32:20 > 0:32:26north. Damp weather in the afternoon across north-east England for the
0:32:26 > 0:32:30colder across the board, significantly so in the southern
0:32:30 > 0:32:34half of the UK, and it's going to get colder through the weekend.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39Instead of the low pressure bringing in cloud and wet weather, we will
0:32:39 > 0:32:43find high pressure building from the north and drawing down colder air
0:32:43 > 0:32:48and wind from the North Sea, so it will feel cold in that wind,
0:32:48 > 0:32:52especially for eastern areas on Saturday, and maybe one or two
0:32:52 > 0:32:57wintry showers. Gales likely, more cloud in the south, temperatures not
0:32:57 > 0:33:01quite as low but suddenly falling away further north. Once the winds
0:33:01 > 0:33:04eased down in most areas, with high pressure building, a widespread
0:33:04 > 0:33:10frost. In the northern half, it could be down to minus ten. Not so
0:33:10 > 0:33:15cold in the south, but the wind eases down on Sunday, and it should
0:33:15 > 0:33:21be brighter with more sunshine, but cold for all of us.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me -
0:33:24 > 0:33:25and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.