0:00:04 > 0:00:07Theresa May's ministerial reshuffle continues, as she tries
0:00:07 > 0:00:11to recharge her government.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14The new Cabinet, said Downing Street, was the right team
0:00:14 > 0:00:15to tackle the challenges the country faces.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Labour called the changes lacklustre.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21The journalist, Toby Young, resigns as a member
0:00:21 > 0:00:22of the new universities watchdog, over controversial
0:00:22 > 0:00:26comments on social media.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28We'll have the latest on all the comings and
0:00:28 > 0:00:29goings at Westminster.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Also this lunchtime...
0:00:32 > 0:00:34North Korea agrees to take part in next month's
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Winter Olympics in South Korea, in the first talks between the two
0:00:37 > 0:00:41sides for over two years.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Patients waiting more than four hours in Scotland's
0:00:44 > 0:00:50accident-and-emergency departments reach record levels.
0:00:50 > 0:00:56When will the lesson be learnt?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And Gary Oldman is among the nominations for this year's
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Bafta Awards for his portrayal of Winston Churchill.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And coming up in the sport on BBC News...
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Great Britain are aiming for their most successful
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Winter Olympics in history after UK Sport set a target of at least five
0:01:09 > 0:01:12medals from next month's Games in Pyeongchang.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Theresa May has held her first meeting with her new Cabinet,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39as she finalises her ministerial reshuffle.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42This morning, the International Trade Minister, Mark Garnier,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45who was cleared of misconduct claims last year, announced
0:01:45 > 0:01:50he had lost his job.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Separately, the journalist, Toby Young, resigned as a member
0:01:52 > 0:01:54of the new universities watchdog, the Office for Students,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57after criticism of derogatory comments he'd made in the past
0:01:57 > 0:01:59about about women, gay people and disabled people.
0:01:59 > 0:02:05Our political correspondent, Alex Forsyth, reports.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07The new-look top team, gathered at the Cabinet table
0:02:07 > 0:02:08for the first time today.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Theresa May's reshuffle was meant to be something
0:02:10 > 0:02:13of a reset for the Government, but it was far from
0:02:13 > 0:02:16a dramatic transformation.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Plenty of old faces showed up in Downing Street this morning,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22including the Health Secretary who kept his job after persuading
0:02:22 > 0:02:25the Prime Minister not to move him.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Are you more powerful than the Prime Minister, Mr Hunt?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30There were a few new faces too.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32There will be two more women around the table,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34but not in senior roles.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37And one will be notably missing.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Justine Greening quit as Education Secretary.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44I did what I thought the right thing to do was.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46She refused a move to another department and left
0:02:46 > 0:02:51the Government instead.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Even so, claims the reshuffle had gone wrong were rejected.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I think it is very clear the Prime Minister is
0:02:56 > 0:02:57refreshing the Cabinet.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Every reshuffle means there is always going to be change,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01movements around the Cabinet, sometimes people
0:03:01 > 0:03:02leaving the Cabinet.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04It's always sad to see colleagues go, but as I say,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07the nice problem we have in the Conservative Party is having
0:03:07 > 0:03:09such a wide pool of talent.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14This morning, the moves continued among middle-ranking ministers,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16designed to prove the Tory Party's diversity, to embrace
0:03:16 > 0:03:19a new generation of MPs and better reflect society.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22It was hoped this reshuffle would rejuvenate the Tory Party,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25renew its appeal to voters and allow Theresa May to assert her
0:03:25 > 0:03:32authority after the troubles of the past 12 months.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34But with some ministers refusing to move where she wanted
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and some critics claiming the shake-up wasn't radical enough,
0:03:37 > 0:03:38it didn't quite go to plan.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41And that wasn't the only reason this political New Year got off
0:03:41 > 0:03:43to a bit of a bumpy start.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46This morning, Toby Young resigned from the board
0:03:46 > 0:03:49of a new university regulator.
0:03:49 > 0:03:56Well-known in the field of education, with some
0:03:56 > 0:03:58high-profile supporters, he had only just been appointed
0:03:58 > 0:04:03but faced a backlash for offensive comments he had made in the past.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Another unwelcome distraction for a government wanting to show
0:04:05 > 0:04:06it can run smoothly.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08These things do not help, but if you imagine government
0:04:08 > 0:04:11is a bit like a ship going from one destination, always buffeted
0:04:11 > 0:04:14by storms from day-to-day and this is one of those storms.
0:04:14 > 0:04:21But I think he has done the right thing in stepping down.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24It had to happen because he had just crossed too many boundaries.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Here it was hoped the Prime Minister's new team would help cut
0:04:28 > 0:04:31-- get the New Year off to a fresh start but it
0:04:31 > 0:04:32seems like she can't get
0:04:32 > 0:04:34shake off scrutiny of her judgment and authority.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Alex Forsyth, BBC News, Westminster.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Our assistant political editor, Norman Smith, is in Downing Street.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Is today's reshuffle going any better for
0:04:41 > 0:04:48the Prime Minister than yesterday's?
0:04:48 > 0:04:57I think what we are seeing is a sort of trail of two reshuffles.
0:04:57 > 0:05:03Yesterday was Much Ado About Nothing. Today we are seeing a much
0:05:03 > 0:05:06more extensive shake-up of the middle ranks of government as
0:05:06 > 0:05:11Theresa May tries to present a more dynamic, diverse, younger, fresher
0:05:11 > 0:05:22image of the Tory party. We have seen a cull of older ministers, they
0:05:22 > 0:05:28have been got rid of. Younger male ministers have been reshuffled
0:05:28 > 0:05:34around, must do better, but we have also seen a steady stream of young
0:05:34 > 0:05:38female ministers and MPs going into Downing Street, a whole load of them
0:05:38 > 0:05:42inside at the moment, and I would expect them to be promoted. The
0:05:42 > 0:05:48problem for Mrs May is, will anyone notice? The answer is, probably not.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54All anyone takes from a reshuffle, is anything, is what happens to the
0:05:54 > 0:05:58big beasts. Yesterday no movement of the main players. It is a bit like
0:05:58 > 0:06:05when your club's second, third 11 get a notable victory on a Wednesday
0:06:05 > 0:06:08evening, but what you really want to know is what is happening with the
0:06:08 > 0:06:13first-team and yesterday's shake-up of the first team proved to be a bit
0:06:13 > 0:06:16of a nonevent.Norman, thank you.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19North Korea has offered to send a team to the Winter Olympics
0:06:19 > 0:06:22in South Korea, after the two countries held their first talks
0:06:22 > 0:06:23for more than two years.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26South Korea has also proposed more contact between the two countries,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28including talks over the North's nuclear programme, in what appears
0:06:28 > 0:06:31to be a significant move to lower tension in the region.
0:06:31 > 0:06:39Richard Galpin reports.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42In the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea, that
0:06:42 > 0:06:45atmosphere traditionally suspicious and hostile. But today something
0:06:45 > 0:06:52very different is afoot. A senior delegation of North Korean officials
0:06:52 > 0:06:56heading to the South Korean side for their first formal talks in two
0:06:56 > 0:07:04years. The apparently warm greetings here are radical departures from the
0:07:04 > 0:07:11recent talk of war breaking out because of the North's rapid
0:07:11 > 0:07:17development of nuclear weapons. The leader of the North Korean
0:07:17 > 0:07:21delegation said he had come in the hope that talks would be held in a
0:07:21 > 0:07:27sincere and faithful atmosphere. The Korean people, he said, had high
0:07:27 > 0:07:30expectations. It is the Winter Olympics opening next month here in
0:07:30 > 0:07:35South Korea which have provided the opportunity to reduce tensions in
0:07:35 > 0:07:43the region. And today North Korea has confirmed the talks that it will
0:07:43 > 0:07:48send a team to the Games. There is also a suggestion its athletes could
0:07:48 > 0:07:50enter the opening ceremony together with their South Korean
0:07:50 > 0:07:57counterparts. In a further step to improve relations on the divided
0:07:57 > 0:08:01peninsula, the South Korean Foreign Ministry has said sanctions on North
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Korea could be lifted temporarily to ensure the North Korean team can
0:08:05 > 0:08:12come to the Winter Olympics. Until now, South Korea and the US have
0:08:12 > 0:08:17been piling the pressure on Pyongyang with intense joint
0:08:17 > 0:08:21military exercises like this, a clear threat to the North Korean
0:08:21 > 0:08:27regime. And that may be why now the North is keen to talk. Although
0:08:27 > 0:08:32these meetings could easily go wrong, so far, that atmosphere seems
0:08:32 > 0:08:37quite positive, with some believing they could ultimately lead to
0:08:37 > 0:08:43negotiations between North Korea and the US. Richard Galpin, BBC News.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is in the South Korean capital, Seoul.
0:08:46 > 0:08:54Could it really lead to talks about North Korea's nuclear programme?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58It is possible. That has happened in the past. There have been on
0:08:58 > 0:09:02numerous occasions over the last 20 years when those sorts of talks have
0:09:02 > 0:09:08begun and it has fallen apart. There is optimism and hope here today in
0:09:08 > 0:09:14large part because it has been such a frightening previous year here
0:09:14 > 0:09:18where it has, as Richard said, it has at times felt like we have been
0:09:18 > 0:09:26teetering very close to the edge of the war. There is relief they are
0:09:26 > 0:09:31talking and relief at the very optimistic and friendly attitude, a
0:09:31 > 0:09:34real turnaround, the atmosphere at the talks was extremely friendly.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38However, whether we can get from here to talking about the
0:09:38 > 0:09:42denuclearisation of the Korean peninsular is a completely different
0:09:42 > 0:09:47question and a very long road and I have to say there are people in the
0:09:47 > 0:09:51South Korean capital I have talked to who said ultimately North Korean
0:09:51 > 0:09:55nuclear weapons can be up on the table, at the negotiation, North
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Korea does want peace with the South and the US, but there is a great
0:09:59 > 0:10:03deal of scepticism here as well. There is a feeling Kim Jong-un has
0:10:03 > 0:10:07looked into the abyss of conflict with the US and stepped back and is
0:10:07 > 0:10:12looking for a way to de-escalate, a ladder to climb down, using the
0:10:12 > 0:10:19Winter Olympics as a cover to do that.Rupert, thank you.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22The prosecution is opening its case against the former football
0:10:22 > 0:10:24coach, Barry Bennell, who, it claims, carried out
0:10:24 > 0:10:28systematic and persistent sexual abuse against boys.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31The former Crewe Alexandra coach, now known as Richard Jones,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34is charged with 55 offences which are alleged to have happened
0:10:34 > 0:10:35between 1979 and 1991.
0:10:35 > 0:10:43Our sports editor, Dan Roan, is at Liverpool Crown Court.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49What happened in court?This is effectively the opening day of the
0:10:49 > 0:10:56trial and in his opening remarks, the prosecution barrister, Nick
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Johnson QC, told the jury Mr Richard Jones, previously known as Barry
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Purnell, appearing at Liverpool Crown Court by video link because of
0:11:04 > 0:11:09ill-health, pleaded guilty to seven charges, contesting 48 others, he
0:11:09 > 0:11:13had engaged in what he called the course of conduct over many years
0:11:13 > 0:11:18involving the systematic and persistent sexual abuse of boys. He
0:11:18 > 0:11:23tended to repeat the way he behaved. Unfettered access pretty much as a
0:11:23 > 0:11:26football coach previously to large numbers of young lads, he said, who
0:11:26 > 0:11:30dreamt of a life in professional football. He said he was a skilled
0:11:30 > 0:11:34and professional coach but had a much darker side, a predatory and
0:11:34 > 0:11:40determined paedophile, his particular predeliction being boys.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46He went on, it among other locations, it had occurred at the
0:11:46 > 0:11:51grounds of Crewe Alexandra football club where he had worked as a coach.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55The jury was told they would need to decide as Jones had has it you were
0:11:55 > 0:12:03listening to a group of men making up stories, or as the prosecution
0:12:03 > 0:12:09insists details of serious sexual offending against vulnerable boys.
0:12:09 > 0:12:17The trial is expected to last for the next eight weeks.Thank you.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22and two others are being sought by police, after a shop worker
0:12:22 > 0:12:26was attacked in an argument about cigarette papers.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29The three teenage boys were refused cigarette papers when they couldn't
0:12:29 > 0:12:32prove their age at a shop in Mill Hill, in North London.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35One of the boys hit 49-year-old shop worker Vijay Patel and he later
0:12:35 > 0:12:36died from his injuries.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Eight people have been arrested during a series of raids
0:12:38 > 0:12:42investigating human trafficking and sexual abuse.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Around 150 officers took part in joint operations
0:12:44 > 0:12:46in Stockton-on Tees and in Sheffield this morning.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Immigration teams were also involved.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It was after a young woman told police she had been trafficked
0:12:54 > 0:12:57around the country and subjected to serious sexual offences.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Proposals to ban parents and carers in Wales from smacking
0:13:00 > 0:13:03their children have been published.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Ministers say smacking is no longer acceptable and want to follow
0:13:06 > 0:13:12Scotland in outlawing the physical punishment of children.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14But campaigners against a change fear it could
0:13:14 > 0:13:15criminalise ordinary parents.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Sian Lloyd has the details.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22It's the turn of the people of Wales to say where they stand on smacking.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26The Government here wants to see it banned.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Its plans would see the defence of reasonable punishment
0:13:29 > 0:13:31removed from the offences of assault and battery.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Similar proposals have already been announced in Scotland.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38The Welsh Government says it wants to bring in the move as part
0:13:38 > 0:13:44of a wider package of measures to support young people.
0:13:44 > 0:13:50Many more parents now will say the approach to positive parenting,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52not using physical punishment, is what they do as
0:13:52 > 0:13:54a matter of course.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58But I think that will make that the norm across society to show
0:13:58 > 0:14:01that physical punishment of children is not only not necessary
0:14:01 > 0:14:05but shouldn't be allowed.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08There will now be a 12-week consultation, allowing the Welsh
0:14:08 > 0:14:09public to contribute to the debate.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11No, I don't think it's appropriate to smack children,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13because I don't think it is productive, really.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I don't think that stops them from behaving a certain way.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20A little tap like that on the hand I don't think
0:14:20 > 0:14:26is terrible, but, no, not, you know, a big whack.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29If you are teaching them not to be violent or hit people,
0:14:29 > 0:14:30you shouldn't hit them.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32It's hypocritical.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34The Welsh Government's plans are already being supported
0:14:34 > 0:14:36by the Children's Commissioner for Wales and some children's
0:14:36 > 0:14:37charities, including the NSPCC.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39But others are critical, claiming most parents know
0:14:39 > 0:14:41where to draw the line between chastisement and abuse,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and that their judgment should be trusted.
0:14:44 > 0:14:52Sian Lloyd, BBC News, Cardiff Bay.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55The number of people waiting more than four hours in Scotland's
0:14:55 > 0:14:57accident and emergency departments reached record levels
0:14:57 > 0:15:02in the last week of 2017.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06The latest weekly figures show that just 78% of patients across Scotland
0:15:06 > 0:15:10were seen within the target time - well below the Government's 95%
0:15:10 > 0:15:13target and the lowest since figures began nearly three years ago.
0:15:13 > 0:15:20Our Scotland correspondent, Lorna Gordon, is in Glasgow.
0:15:20 > 0:15:27How unexpected are these figures?
0:15:27 > 0:15:31We knew the number of people suffering from flu has doubled
0:15:31 > 0:15:34compared to the same period last year, but what the figures released
0:15:34 > 0:15:38this morning show is there is a real increase in waiting times for some
0:15:38 > 0:15:44of those people who have been attending A&E with just over a fifth
0:15:44 > 0:15:48of those attending A&E in Scotland not admitted discharged or
0:15:48 > 0:15:54transferred within four hours, which is the Government target. Now,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57health board here in Scotland have been taking measures to try and cope
0:15:57 > 0:16:03with the challenge, we are seeing some GPs opening on Saturdays in
0:16:03 > 0:16:09some area, others are increasing shifts, other airsia cancelled
0:16:09 > 0:16:14non-urgent surgery. The Health Secretary here has apologised, so
0:16:14 > 0:16:19too as the First Minister, she says NHS Scotland is facing exceptional
0:16:19 > 0:16:24pressures but insisted that the Health Service is coping, opposition
0:16:24 > 0:16:28parties here are being very critical of these figure, and the
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Conservatives say they are nothing short of a disgrace.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Thank you Lorna.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Our top story this lunchtime.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Theresa May's ministerial reshuffle continues,
0:16:38 > 0:16:42as she refreshes her government.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Downing Street says the right team is in place to tackle
0:16:45 > 0:16:46the country's challenges.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48And coming up - going for gold.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Great Britain's athletes aim for a record medal haul
0:16:50 > 0:16:55at the Winter Olympics.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Coming up in sport...
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Trevor Bayliss will step down as England cricket coach
0:16:58 > 0:17:08when his contract expires at the end of the 2019 Ashes.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17A taste of the future will be on major display from today,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20with the biggest event in the tech calendar starting in Las Vegas.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22The Consumer Electronics Show is a collection
0:17:22 > 0:17:24of the latest developments - including smartphones, driverless
0:17:24 > 0:17:28cars and artificial intelligence.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32This year, the event is expected to draw more than 170,000 people.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Our technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones,
0:17:33 > 0:17:40reports from Las Vegas.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43In a robotics lab at the University of Las Vegas,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45I have come to meet Sofia, who looks pretty human
0:17:45 > 0:17:47and is just learning to walk.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Hey Sofia, can we shake hands?
0:17:48 > 0:17:53Oh, really good to meet you.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56You're quite warm actually.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00How sophisticated do you think you are as a robot?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I want people to perceive me at the robot I am.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06However, I wouldn't want to trick people into thinking I'm human.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08I just want to communicate with humans in the best possible
0:18:08 > 0:18:12ways, which includes looking like one.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Sofia, who has had advanced notice of my questions,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18has few practical uses right now, but her creators, an American firm
0:18:18 > 0:18:20employing Chinese scientists, believe she represents a big step
0:18:20 > 0:18:26on the road to artificial intelligence.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Our aspiration is to bring the machines to life,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31to create living intelligent systems, and there you'll see
0:18:31 > 0:18:32the greatest revolution in artificial intelligence.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33We are aspiring towards this.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Do we know for sure that it can be done?
0:18:36 > 0:18:41We think it can.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43And among the thousands of new gadgets on show
0:18:43 > 0:18:46in Las Vegas this week, artificial intelligence
0:18:46 > 0:18:48is a constant theme.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51There is a seeing suitcase that can follow its owner around the airport.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54This friendly robot wanders round your home, filming short
0:18:54 > 0:18:59bursts of video to send to your phone.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02And Vincent, developed in Cambridge, is a drawing programme that learns
0:19:02 > 0:19:08to turn simple sketches into works of art.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11We all own a million things already, a lot of different
0:19:11 > 0:19:12electronic products.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15AI represents a whole new wave of ways to make those products
0:19:15 > 0:19:18a lot more interesting.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20What that means for the consumer electronics industry is a whole
0:19:20 > 0:19:23new wave of products that they can sell to us.
0:19:23 > 0:19:31They're a lot more useful and helpful, or so the belief goes.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34And here is the most obvious example of AI -
0:19:34 > 0:19:38the race to transform cities with driverless cars.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41This autonomous cab from Uber's rival Lift still has someone who can
0:19:41 > 0:19:44take over the wheel, but within a couple of years this
0:19:44 > 0:19:47company believes we will hop into a cab which will take us
0:19:47 > 0:19:48across town all on its own.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News, Las Vegas.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57The first same-sex weddings have taken place in Australia,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00after the law was changed of last year.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02after the law was changed last year.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05A waiting period has meant it was 30 days before the first
0:20:05 > 0:20:06legally-sanctioned gay marriages could happen.
0:20:06 > 0:20:12Hywel Griffiths reports from Sydney.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16In a race to be the first to say "I do", Craig and Luke
0:20:16 > 0:20:19exchanged their vows just after midnight.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Both are athletes hoping to compete in this year's Commonwealth Games,
0:20:22 > 0:20:28but they already feel the Australian public is right behind them.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30My Instagram direct messages have blown up, with people who,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33like, I've never met, I don't know, who are just sending
0:20:33 > 0:20:35love and congratulations, so it's really touching.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38It's really heartfelt.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40It's another way to show your love and your appreciation
0:20:40 > 0:20:43and to acknowledge your partner in front of the people that
0:20:43 > 0:20:48have been in your life.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Last year's landmark public vote in support of legalising same-sex
0:20:51 > 0:20:59marriage followed years of divisive debate.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02When the new law was approved in December, it triggered a 30
0:21:02 > 0:21:04day wait for couples to give official notice.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08...to be my lawfully wedded wife.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11A few were given special waivers to marry before today.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15But for most couples, like Kylie and Lisa,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17this was the first opportunity to become legally wed.
0:21:17 > 0:21:23They wanted to do it for their daughter Isla.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28I think it sends a really important message to her.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31We want her to grow up knowing we have people with open hearts
0:21:31 > 0:21:33and open minds in this country.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36We want her to know that her peers at school, their parents might now
0:21:36 > 0:21:39accept us as the family unit we are.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Not everyone accepts the new definition of marriage.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43More than a third of voters oppose the change in law,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46and some faith groups claim it will lead to changes in how
0:21:46 > 0:21:50gender and sex education are taught in schools.
0:21:50 > 0:21:50A
0:21:50 > 0:21:54But for the couples who have waited years to be considered equal
0:21:54 > 0:21:55day finally arriving.
0:21:55 > 0:22:05Hwyel Griffiths, BBC News, Sydney.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11From today, UK manufacturers are banned from adding
0:22:11 > 0:22:13microbeads to toiletries, such as body scrubs and toothpastes.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16The move is aimed at protecting the sea from pollution,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19as the microbeads can be swallowed by fish and other marine life.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22A ban on selling products containing the tiny pieces of plastic comes
0:22:22 > 0:22:28into force later this year.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30As Karen Bradley takes over as Northern Ireland Secretary,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33she faces an immediate challenge to try to reinstate
0:22:33 > 0:22:34the devolved government.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36It's a year since Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness resigned
0:22:36 > 0:22:38as Deputy First Minister, bringing down the power sharing
0:22:38 > 0:22:39executive at Stormont.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41The Sinn Fein politician died two months later,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43and there's been no progress in attempts to restore
0:22:43 > 0:22:47power sharing.
0:22:47 > 0:22:53Here's our Northern Ireland political editor Mark Devenport.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55this report contains flashing images.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58this report contains flashing images.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Hospitals across the UK are struggling to cope
0:23:00 > 0:23:04with the pressures of winter, but patients in Northern Ireland
0:23:04 > 0:23:07face some of the longest waits for emergency treatment.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Meanwhile, without government ministers, a blueprint
0:23:08 > 0:23:12for reorganising the local Health Service can't
0:23:12 > 0:23:13be put into practise.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16There's no doubt that the NHS across the UK is challenged,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18but I think what makes Northern Ireland different
0:23:18 > 0:23:21and what nurses say is different is that they feel they have been let
0:23:21 > 0:23:23down by the leadership in the system, and secondly
0:23:23 > 0:23:30by the fact there is no political leadership in the country.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32The stalemate at Stormont goes back a year, to
0:23:32 > 0:23:34when Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness quit as Deputy First Minister.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36That triggered the collapse of the power-sharing
0:23:36 > 0:23:42Government at Stormont.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Relations between Sinn Fein and their Democratic Unionist
0:23:44 > 0:23:47coalition partners soured over the DUP's handling of
0:23:47 > 0:23:53a scandal concerning a renewable heating scheme.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56But the row soon widened, with unionists resisting Sinn Fein's
0:23:56 > 0:24:01demand for better legal protection for the Irish language.
0:24:01 > 0:24:07This characterisation of we should have given something to Sinn Fein,
0:24:07 > 0:24:12to keep them appeased is not the way I do business.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14If you feed a crocodile they will keep coming back
0:24:14 > 0:24:16and looking for more.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18After Martin McGuinness's death in March, Arlene Foster shook
0:24:18 > 0:24:21hands with his successor, Michelle O'Neill, but the two
0:24:21 > 0:24:28leaders haven't proved able to overcome their difference.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31The Democratic Unionists now hold the balance of power on the green
0:24:31 > 0:24:34benches at Westminster, but back at Stormont the blue
0:24:34 > 0:24:35benches of the Northern Ireland Assembly remain empty,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37with civil servants running the administration
0:24:37 > 0:24:42on a day-to-day basis.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45There is a real imperative to get back to business,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48but we don't know what shape or form that will take, as neither Sinn Fein
0:24:48 > 0:24:51nor the DUP see any sign of softening their positions,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53and the Secretary of State has made no further moves
0:24:53 > 0:24:57towards impositioning direct rule.
0:24:57 > 0:25:05During Stormont's year in the doldrums, the politicians
0:25:05 > 0:25:08who are meant to meet here have continued to get paid.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Recently, an official report recommended that those salaries
0:25:10 > 0:25:11should be cut by a third.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14However, what impact that might have on this assembly that never sits
0:25:14 > 0:25:15remains far from certain.
0:25:15 > 0:25:21Mark Devenport, BBC News, Stormont.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24England's head cricket coach Trevor Bayliss says he plans to step
0:25:24 > 0:25:26down after the 2019 Ashes Series.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28The 55-year-old, who was appointed in 2015, told the England
0:25:28 > 0:25:30and Wales Cricket Board about his decision a year ago.
0:25:30 > 0:25:39He's just seen his side beaten 4-0 in the Ashes Series in Australia.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Great Britain is aiming for its most successful Winter Olympics to date,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45after UK Sport set a target of at least five medals from
0:25:45 > 0:25:50February's Games in South Korea.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54The current record is a four-medal haul, set by the team in 1924,
0:25:54 > 0:25:56and at the 2014 Games in Sochi.
0:25:56 > 0:26:06Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson reports.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Korean cultural centre e Central London, for everything the winter
0:26:10 > 0:26:13games means to the host nation it means more than ever to British
0:26:13 > 0:26:19sport. An audience gathered to hear the targets. Lizzy Arnold's goad we
0:26:19 > 0:26:25one of four won in 2014, five at least are expected this time. Can we
0:26:25 > 0:26:30really be winning more medals, at more sports with more investment?th
0:26:30 > 0:26:34has to stop somewhere?It a good question. Every time it seems to be
0:26:34 > 0:26:39this will be the best ever this time. You think, is it possible to
0:26:39 > 0:26:44keep going? The great thing with the winter Olympics an Paralympics it is
0:26:44 > 0:26:49a games that is developing in Great Britain, we have had some really
0:26:49 > 0:26:54impressive results over the past few Olympic Games and Paralympic Games,
0:26:54 > 0:27:00it is an area we can grow.This skater could win two medals on her
0:27:00 > 0:27:04own as for the winner -- winter Paralympics the medal target is at
0:27:04 > 0:27:07least seven. There is more to be played for. You make connections
0:27:07 > 0:27:12where you see them what we do see is the profound sense people get, that
0:27:12 > 0:27:15it is high class sport but with a hiring purpose, it tells you
0:27:15 > 0:27:19something about your self and what is possible. I hope will challenge
0:27:19 > 0:27:22perceptions of disability in society.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26The UK's investment in Pyeongchang's winner sport is 32 million of
0:27:26 > 0:27:31lottery money. As ever that is only fun if it pays off.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Joe Wilson, BBC News, Central London.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37The nominations for this year's British Academy Film Awards
0:27:37 > 0:27:38have been announced.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41The fantasy romance "The Shape of Water" leads the field,
0:27:41 > 0:27:41with 12 nominations.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44It's also been announced that Joanna Lumley will host
0:27:44 > 0:27:45the awards ceremony, replacing Stephen Fry,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47who's stepping down from the role.
0:27:47 > 0:27:55Here's our entertainment correspondent, Lizo Mzimba.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00The Shape of Water, a tender science fiction fantasy with Britain's Sally
0:28:00 > 0:28:05Hawkins playing a mute cleaner who falls in love with a water creature.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09A Best Actress nomination for Hawkin, one of 12 for the movie,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13including best film. You have wanted this your entire
0:28:13 > 0:28:20adult life.No.Just behind two films have nine nomination, wartime
0:28:20 > 0:28:26drama Darkest Hour where Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas are
0:28:26 > 0:28:31recognised for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.Why did you put
0:28:31 > 0:28:36up the billboards.And dark drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
0:28:36 > 0:28:41Missouri, like The Shape of Water, its strongly female led with Frances
0:28:41 > 0:28:44mechanic door nand nominated for Best Actress, this is a year where
0:28:44 > 0:28:48unusually, two of the three most nominated films feature strong women
0:28:48 > 0:28:54at the centre, with the men only supporting roles and this year
0:28:54 > 0:28:58female led doesn't just apply to many of the nominated movie, the
0:28:58 > 0:29:02awards ceremony will be presented by a woman, for the first time in over
0:29:02 > 0:29:0615 years. Another significant piece of film industry symbolism for
0:29:06 > 0:29:09women. We are levelling up very very
0:29:09 > 0:29:14quickly to the same level. We have still got to fight, stand up, but
0:29:14 > 0:29:18brave, be bold, be resolute, and say, we are going to make things
0:29:18 > 0:29:21even. We will make them equal from now on. That is good. That is
0:29:21 > 0:29:27exciting.The theme of to an extent focussing on women is continued with
0:29:27 > 0:29:32Bafta announcing that it will soon be publishing a set of cross
0:29:32 > 0:29:35industry workplace guidelines, following the sexual harassment
0:29:35 > 0:29:40revelations of the past few months. Think we have a very powerful role
0:29:40 > 0:29:44to play, we are a small organisation, but with a powerful
0:29:44 > 0:29:48global presence, so it is incredibly important that we are not only part
0:29:48 > 0:29:53of the change, but we are driving those changes through too.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57This is also the week when Oscar voters are decided their nomination,
0:29:57 > 0:30:01it is likely much attention will be paid this year more than ever, as to
0:30:01 > 0:30:06whether they will be championing female led stories and female
0:30:06 > 0:30:11storytellers.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16Now, life on the road can be challenging for a reporter...
0:30:16 > 0:30:21I am at one of the -- ow!
0:30:21 > 0:30:23I am at one of the -- ow!
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Spare a thought for BBC Look East's Alex Dunlop,
0:30:25 > 0:30:27who found himself mobbed by lemurs while on assignment.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29He was at Banham Zoo in Norfolk to cover the annual
0:30:29 > 0:30:30stock take of animals.
0:30:30 > 0:30:35Unsurprisingly, the clip's gone viral.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Here is west.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Here is west. Weather-wise we have seen a very big snow storm just hit
0:30:41 > 0:30:47the Alps over the last couple of days, now it has brought enormous
0:30:47 > 0:30:53falls of snow, cutting off some ski resorts entirely. 13 thousand people
0:30:53 > 0:31:00are stranded? Zer mat at the moment. Power supplies have been affect and
0:31:00 > 0:31:05the avalanche risk is very high. This is how much snow we have seen
0:31:05 > 0:31:08over the last 48-hour, 160 centimetre, that is about there on
0:31:08 > 0:31:13me. It would be my head poking out from that snow fall! Here in the UK,
0:31:13 > 0:31:17after a sunny day yesterday in the northern half of the UK, the weather
0:31:17 > 0:31:21has changed. The sheet of cloud is pushed northward and for the vast
0:31:21 > 0:31:25imagine I the the skies look something like this. Grey. Misty and
0:31:25 > 0:31:29foggy, we have drizzle round as Will. There are a few hole, Cumbria
0:31:29 > 0:31:34is sitting in a hole and western Scotland. You will see a bit of
0:31:34 > 0:31:38sunshine here. Little overall change in the weather, little prospects for
0:31:38 > 0:31:44most of us seeing much sunshine at all. Cold in the North East, sill
0:31:44 > 0:31:49that wind blowing. But, we are going to see a change in the weather this
0:31:49 > 0:31:53evening. This Atlantic weather front is coming our way. It will push in
0:31:53 > 0:31:56as we go through the first part of the evening with the rain heavy,
0:31:56 > 0:32:00before spreading on to Scotland. The rain perhaps not so heavy in England
0:32:00 > 0:32:05and Wales but it will be a damp kind of night. Temperature-wise, we are
0:32:05 > 0:32:09looking at lows between 3 and 6 Celsius. Tomorrow, this weather
0:32:09 > 0:32:13front will continue to push eastwards, however, one complication
0:32:13 > 0:32:17is we are likely to see an area of low pressure on the front, that will
0:32:17 > 0:32:21put the brakes on the weather front. It will move and stall somewhere
0:32:21 > 0:32:25across the eastern side, so there could be rain round, even into the
0:32:25 > 0:32:30afternoon, further west, we will see some sunshine and lit start to feel
0:32:30 > 0:32:34milder in the south, with temperatures for some into double
0:32:34 > 0:32:38figure, looking on into Wednesday night, things could turn murky as
0:32:38 > 0:32:44rain clear, we will be left with some clear skies. Mist and fog could
0:32:44 > 0:32:48become an issue. There will be pockets of frost round so it could
0:32:48 > 0:32:53be slippy first thing. A quiet end to the week, but Thursday, yes, some
0:32:53 > 0:32:58patches could linger. Aside that we could see sunshine. A cool day.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Temperatures between four and six and Friday the end of the week,
0:33:01 > 0:33:05again a lot of dry weather but a lot of cloud as well, particularly in
0:33:05 > 0:33:09England, further west the breeze picks up, bringing in milder air, we
0:33:09 > 0:33:15will see rain working in late on in the day. That is the latest weather.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18Theresa May's ministerial reshuffle continues,
0:33:18 > 0:33:24as she refreshes her government.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Downing Street says the right team is in place to tackle
0:33:26 > 0:33:28the country's challenges.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31That's all from the BBC News at, so it's goodbye from me -
0:33:31 > 0:33:33and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.