0:00:05 > 0:00:07Patients are dying in hospital corridors -
0:00:07 > 0:00:11the stark warning from A&E doctors to the Prime Minister.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Almost 70 heads of department in England and Wales have written
0:00:14 > 0:00:16to Theresa May saying conditions are at times intolerable
0:00:16 > 0:00:21despite the best efforts of staff.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24I think I was trolley number 12 and two more
0:00:24 > 0:00:28people came in after me.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Then they said they can't take any more trolleys so the ambulance
0:00:31 > 0:00:32was having to wait outside.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Also this lunchtime:
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within 25 years says
0:00:38 > 0:00:40says the Prime Minister, as she announces a new government
0:00:40 > 0:00:41drive on the environment.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43A woman has appeared in court charged with murder,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46after police found a body buried in a garden in Greater Manchester.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Searching for survivors - 17 people are still missing
0:00:49 > 0:00:52after the mudslides and flash floods in southern
0:00:52 > 0:00:55California that left 17 dead.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58And how former England captain Rio Ferdinand put Prince William
0:00:58 > 0:01:01on the spot over Harry's wedding.
0:01:01 > 0:01:09Coming up in sport...
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Britain's Johanna Konta faces a testing opening match
0:01:11 > 0:01:17in the Austalian Open next week against American Madison Brengle.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC news at One.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Doctors have warned the Prime Minister that patients
0:01:36 > 0:01:39are dying in the corridors of accident and emergency units
0:01:39 > 0:01:45in England and Wales.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The heads of 68 A&E departments have written to Theresa May saying
0:01:48 > 0:01:50that the current level of safety compromise is at times intolerable
0:01:50 > 0:01:52despite the best efforts of staff.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55And they say that thousands of patients are waiting for hours
0:01:55 > 0:01:58in ambulances because hospitals don't have enough space.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Our health correspondent Catherine Burns reports.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Is that the one that you want?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Yeah.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Rosie Dawson was in severe pain when she went to A&E last week.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10She had a gynaecological problem and was bleeding heavily,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13but the hospital was so busy that she was examined
0:02:13 > 0:02:16on a trolley in a busy corridor.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I think I was trolley number 12 and there were trolleys
0:02:19 > 0:02:23going all the way up.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26You can't see to someone's dignity, you can't ensure they are having
0:02:26 > 0:02:28a private conversation and that if they break down in tears,
0:02:28 > 0:02:34which I think I did, I think I'm pretty sure that I cried
0:02:34 > 0:02:37as well, but you can't look into anybody's kind of right
0:02:37 > 0:02:45to privacy or anything like that.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Today doctors from almost half the A&E units
0:02:47 > 0:02:48in England and Wales have
0:02:48 > 0:02:51written to the Prime Minister, saying that plans for the winter had
0:02:51 > 0:02:53failed to deliver anywhere near what was needed.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55They talk about patients dying in hospital corridors under
0:02:55 > 0:02:57intolerable conditions.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00In terms of these winter pressures that we see the NHS under,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03there have been a number of measures that we have taken that have helped.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06For example, for the first time ever, urgent GP appointments
0:03:06 > 0:03:09being available throughout the Christmas period.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13But still, figures from NHS England show that at some point last week,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15just 3% of hospital trusts in England had enough beds free
0:03:15 > 0:03:20to provide safe care.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23They are supposed to have no more than 85% of beds occupied,
0:03:23 > 0:03:31but on Thursday, just four out of 137 trusts were below that safe
0:03:36 > 0:03:38level. To add to this, more statistics showing
0:03:38 > 0:03:40that the symbol was the worst month for A&E waiting times
0:03:40 > 0:03:41since records began in 2004.
0:03:41 > 0:03:433,000 patients in England were not seen within
0:03:43 > 0:03:47the four-hour waiting target.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50And so, a warning that this is a watershed moment for the NHS.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53We have now clearly reached the point where the NHS cannot meet
0:03:53 > 0:03:56the standards of care that we would, all of us in the NHS,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58ministers included, want to provide.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01So the key question is, do we abandon those standards,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05and none of us in the NHS will do that, or does the Government make
0:04:05 > 0:04:10the decisions it needs to make about the long-term funding and it
0:04:10 > 0:04:11needs to make those decisions quickly.
0:04:11 > 0:04:17Authorities in Wales and Northern
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Ireland say they are under pressure too and A&E waiting times in
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Scotland hit their worst ever levels at the end of December.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24The message from health care professionals is
0:04:24 > 0:04:27that despite staff's best efforts, the NHS is chronically underfunded
0:04:27 > 0:04:28and the Government must act soon.
0:04:28 > 0:04:34Catherine Burns, BBC News.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40Let's speak to our health editor. This letter is quite a moment, it
0:04:40 > 0:04:44really is quite a letter from people at the front line of all of this.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49That's right, we have had a series of warnings from Royal colleges
0:04:49 > 0:04:53representing doctors and a warning from NHS providers, which you heard
0:04:53 > 0:04:59there just now about the watershed moment. These are front-line senior
0:04:59 > 0:05:07doctors employed by trusts who have taken it upon themselves to get
0:05:07 > 0:05:10together a letter which they say represents the views of staff that
0:05:10 > 0:05:13they work with because they are so concerned. They have sent it to the
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Prime Minister. The fact that they are at the front line in emergency
0:05:16 > 0:05:20departments are saying there are very serious concerns about safety,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23that some people are dying prematurely because they are having
0:05:23 > 0:05:28to be managed in corridors, I think is very significant. And they are
0:05:28 > 0:05:32saying whatever the Prime Minister has been saying in recent days,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36there was not in their view enough preparation or planning for winter.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41They say the solution lies in more money for social care to help
0:05:41 > 0:05:45discharge patients from hospitals. It has to be said the 68 signature
0:05:45 > 0:05:50is don't represent all hospitals in England and Wales. I understand some
0:05:50 > 0:05:54senior doctors were asked to sign it but didn't, but it is an interesting
0:05:54 > 0:05:59view of how people see things on the front line. The Department of Health
0:05:59 > 0:06:04is making clear there are a lot more A&E consultants than they're worth
0:06:04 > 0:06:08in 2010, more money has been made available over the next couple of
0:06:08 > 0:06:11years, but the new debate is getting going over the long-term and
0:06:11 > 0:06:18short-term future of the NHS in terms of funding and social care.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Hugh Pym, thank you.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23If you want to find out how your local hospital
0:06:23 > 0:06:25is performing you can use the BBC's NHS Tracker at
0:06:25 > 0:06:26www.bbc.co.uk/nhstracker.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28The Prime Minister has pledged to eliminate avoidable plastic waste
0:06:28 > 0:06:30within 25 years as part of a far-reaching plan
0:06:30 > 0:06:35to improve Britain's environment.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37She has urged supermarkets to introduce aisles where
0:06:37 > 0:06:40shoppers can buy products with no plastic packaging.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42A small charge for disposable plastic bags will also be
0:06:42 > 0:06:46extended to all shops, not just big retailers.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Theresa May called plastic waste "one of the great environmental
0:06:48 > 0:06:51scourges of our time".
0:06:51 > 0:06:53But environmentalists have criticised the plans
0:06:53 > 0:06:55saying they lack urgency, detail and bite.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01Here's our environment analyst, Roger Harrabin.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04There's huge public anxiety about plastic litter, since David
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Attenborough's Blue Planet series revealed sea creatures eating
0:07:06 > 0:07:14plastic waste.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17The Prime Minister's surfing that wave of concern -
0:07:17 > 0:07:20aiming for votes from young people who care deeply about the
0:07:20 > 0:07:24environment they will inherit.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26While the water in our rivers and beaches
0:07:26 > 0:07:29are cleaner than ever before, around the world 8 million tonnes of
0:07:29 > 0:07:35plastic makes its way into the oceans each year.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38But is Mrs May being ambitious enough?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39She said all avoidable plastic waste should be
0:07:39 > 0:07:43stopped by 2042.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44That is 25 years from now.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Environmentalists are not impressed.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49We don't think it's urgent enough, we don't think
0:07:49 > 0:07:55it's robust enough and we don't think it's detailed enough.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58The oceans, which are bearing the brunt
0:07:58 > 0:08:00of our addiction to throwaway plastic, can't wait
0:08:00 > 0:08:0825 years for pollution.
0:08:08 > 0:08:0925 years for solutions.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12But plastics form just part of the the Government's 25-year
0:08:12 > 0:08:13plan for the environment launched today.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15The environment is something personal to each of us.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17But it is also something which collectively we
0:08:17 > 0:08:18hold in trust for the next generation.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24And we have a responsibility to protect and enhance it.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30But it's a crowded island we live on.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Woodlands, like here at Lodge Hill in Kent, have
0:08:32 > 0:08:33been decimated over the decades.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38This is the UK's prime site for nightingales,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40but the local council wants to build much-needed
0:08:40 > 0:08:41houses on part of it.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44If housing development was to go ahead at Lodge Hill, it
0:08:44 > 0:08:46would constitute the biggest destruction of one of our finest
0:08:46 > 0:08:49wildlife sites for 25 years.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51And at a time when the government has
0:08:51 > 0:08:53clearly expressed a commitment to restoring nature, it seems madness
0:08:53 > 0:09:01to conceive, let alone to consent to such a development.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03A walk in the woods is good for your mental
0:09:03 > 0:09:04and physical health.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06The government's acknowledged that.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07It wants to increase woodland cover, especially
0:09:07 > 0:09:10near where people live.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13It wants to bring back wild flower meadows and improve
0:09:13 > 0:09:16rare habitats like heathlands.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21But the pressure's on for development.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23We have a housing target we have to meet of 29,500
0:09:23 > 0:09:27between now and 2035 - huge demand in Medway
0:09:27 > 0:09:32and in North Kent for housing, affordable housing and a
0:09:32 > 0:09:34whole housing mix, and those houses have to go somewhere.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36There's pressure on the natural world from
0:09:36 > 0:09:41road-building too.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43The Department for Transport can't foresee a time
0:09:43 > 0:09:45when new roads won't be needed.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50The rail line HS2 will damage many ancient woodlands.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55And the farmers' union is demanding that all prime
0:09:55 > 0:09:56agricultural land is kept for farming, not wildlife,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58to maximise food output.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02But the Government's plan for nature will attempt to
0:10:02 > 0:10:07bring some nature back to farmland and replenish depleted soils.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Environmentalists welcome the Government's plans to restore
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Britain's nature, but the problem they say that is so far
0:10:15 > 0:10:17it is just a plan.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19To really convince them, ministers would need to introduce
0:10:19 > 0:10:27legislation and there seems no sign of that.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Our assistant political editor Norman Smith is at the wetlands
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Centre in south-west London weather Prime Minister gave her speech this
0:10:38 > 0:10:43morning. So the Prime Minister's first big speech of the year, why
0:10:43 > 0:10:49the environment why now?You are right, it might seem surprising in
0:10:49 > 0:10:52the sense Mrs May has never been noted for her views on the
0:10:52 > 0:10:59environment, particularly given the current how all around the NHS, that
0:10:59 > 0:11:04she has chosen her first big speech on the green agenda. Partly they
0:11:04 > 0:11:08believe it will be popular, there is a sense in Government that people
0:11:08 > 0:11:12are increasingly exasperated by the sheer volume of plastic packaging we
0:11:12 > 0:11:18have to put up with. Everything from the proverbial coffee cup to fruit
0:11:18 > 0:11:22and veg safely wrapped in cellophane, to every time you order
0:11:22 > 0:11:26something online incomes in blankets of packaging, and a desire to change
0:11:26 > 0:11:31that. Secondly the political climate has changed. When David Cameron
0:11:31 > 0:11:39tried to pursue a green agenda he ran into ferocious opposition from
0:11:39 > 0:11:41many other Conservatives, certainly many Conservative supporting
0:11:41 > 0:11:44newspapers. Now they have done an about turn and they are fully behind
0:11:44 > 0:11:49the green agenda. Lastly there is a desire to talk about something other
0:11:49 > 0:11:57than Brexit. The non-Brexit domestic agenda, and in particular one that
0:11:57 > 0:12:02appeals to younger voters. Research has shown that one of the issues
0:12:02 > 0:12:08that concern is most younger voters is, yes, the environment. Norman
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Smith in south-east London, thank you.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Christmas sales figures for retailers have presented
0:12:12 > 0:12:14a mixed bag this season.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Marks & Spencer sales fell over the key Christmas period,
0:12:16 > 0:12:17while Tesco reported record festive trade.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20A number of major retailers have alluded to difficulties
0:12:20 > 0:12:21in the market and tough trading conditions.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Our Business Correspondent Emma Simpson reports now
0:12:23 > 0:12:31on the winners and losers.
0:12:31 > 0:12:37It worked out all right in the end, didn't it?It did too for Britain's
0:12:37 > 0:12:41biggest retailer. Despite problems with their turkeys, Tesco's
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Christmas sales were up. Food has long been a bright spot for Marks &
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Spencer, their premium product, but this Christmas quarter sales went
0:12:50 > 0:12:55into reverse.There is food inflation and we also buy a lot of
0:12:55 > 0:13:00food over Christmas because of entertaining and just eating, so it
0:13:00 > 0:13:03is very disappointing that marks and Spencer hasn't matched the rest of
0:13:03 > 0:13:06the grocers and I think it's a lot to do with its competition producing
0:13:06 > 0:13:10very good premium ranges at low prices so it is up against a
0:13:10 > 0:13:14challenging market, and its clothing hasn't been doing well either.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19Christmas feels like a long time ago now. For retailers, it can be make
0:13:19 > 0:13:28or break. On the high street it's been incredibly
0:13:33 > 0:13:34been incredibly challenging. Consumers have less money to spend.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36House of Fraser has been really feeling the pressure. It has seen
0:13:36 > 0:13:39another fall in sales today, but as ever there are winners and losers
0:13:39 > 0:13:42and this one is in the winner 's camp.There is demand there, you
0:13:42 > 0:13:45just have to find it and create the conditions in which people want
0:13:45 > 0:13:49things and that comes down to having fabulous products. It means being
0:13:49 > 0:13:53brilliant in terms of experience people get in your shops has never
0:13:53 > 0:13:58been more important, and it means you have to get outstanding at
0:13:58 > 0:14:02online shops and that is something we work very hard to do.In
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Nottingham shoppers seem to be careful in parting with their cash.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11I had a budget and we tried to stick to it as far as possible.I did it
0:14:11 > 0:14:16all online because I didn't want to be in the rush of everyone.I
0:14:16 > 0:14:21normally look at deals with pop-up, normally on Facebook or a certain
0:14:21 > 0:14:28site will be doing e-mails and then I have a look.No surprise then that
0:14:28 > 0:14:35online accounted for a quarter of non-food shopping last month. A
0:14:35 > 0:14:43small but fast-growing retailer, Boohoo, expects growth of 90% this
0:14:43 > 0:14:48year. That is something they can only dream of on the high street.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52The sales are on, after a quarter that has been far from Golden, and
0:14:52 > 0:14:56this year could be just as tough as the last one.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58A woman has appeared in court charged with murder,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01after police found a body buried in a garden in Greater Manchester.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Barbara Coombes, who's 63, is also charged with preventing
0:15:03 > 0:15:06the lawful and decent burial of a body, and with fraud.
0:15:06 > 0:15:14Let's speak to our correspondent, Judith Moritz.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22This was a short hearing, just three minutes or so and Barbara Coombes,
0:15:22 > 0:15:27wearing glasses and a fleece jumper, spoke to confirm her personal
0:15:27 > 0:15:33details. She is charged with murdering
0:15:34 > 0:15:38murdering Kenneth Coombes in 2006 and she is accused of burying his
0:15:38 > 0:15:41body and writing official letters and pretending to be his care to
0:15:41 > 0:15:47claim money. It is understood Kenneth Coombes is her father. Her
0:15:47 > 0:15:53neighbours this week were asked by police whether they remember him, he
0:15:53 > 0:15:59would have been in his late 80s, in 2005. The police say at the weekend
0:15:59 > 0:16:03that a 63-year-old went into a police station and told officers she
0:16:03 > 0:16:09had killed a man some years ago and she had buried him in the garden. A
0:16:09 > 0:16:13forensic search began and human remains were recovered from Barbara
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Coombes's garden. They have not been officially identified. The results
0:16:18 > 0:16:23of a postmortem have not been released. Barbara Coombes has been
0:16:23 > 0:16:26charged with murder and she will reappear before a court tomorrow
0:16:26 > 0:16:35morning. The charges will be presented to her again.Thank you.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Our top story this lunchtime...
0:16:37 > 0:16:40A&E doctors warn the Prime Minister that patients are dying
0:16:40 > 0:16:42in corridors because conditions are at times intolerable.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44And coming up...
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Why the video blogger, who's watched by millions around the world,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50is now being punished by YouTube.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Coming up in sport...
0:16:51 > 0:16:54England's One-Day captain Eoin Morgan impresses ahead
0:16:54 > 0:16:56of their series against Australia, with a five-wicket win over
0:16:56 > 0:17:04a Cricket Australia 11.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10In California, rescue teams are searching for 17 people
0:17:10 > 0:17:12who are still missing after the flash floods
0:17:12 > 0:17:15and mud slides on Tuesday.
0:17:15 > 0:17:1917 people are known to have died when a torrent of mud, carrying
0:17:19 > 0:17:21boulders the size of small cars, smashed through the
0:17:21 > 0:17:24town of Montecito.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Over 100 homes have been destroyed.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31The area in Santa Barbara County was only just recovering from the recent
0:17:31 > 0:17:32devastating wildfires.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37Our North American correspondent, James Cook, is there.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40In Montecito, they are still combing the ruins, looking for survivors.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45But with every hour that passes, hope fades.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49The surge of mud and debris was just too powerful.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53It consumed everything before it, turning homes to matchwood.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56We had, you know, between us, a dear friend that didn't make it.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57He lives upstream.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59And that was brutal.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01They got blown right out of the house.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02His wife is still alive.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04The kids are traumatised, of course.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05It came really close.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10It came right up to our hedges.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Thank God that it didn't take out our homes or our car
0:18:13 > 0:18:14and our children are safe.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16But, yeah, our neighbours weren't as fortunate.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18More than 500 firefighters and other rescue teams have been
0:18:18 > 0:18:20working around the clock, hoping beyond hope that they
0:18:20 > 0:18:21can still save lives.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25I have been a firefighter for 26 years.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Yeah, for most people that are here on this incident, we have
0:18:28 > 0:18:31never seen an event like this.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Parts of the town are still cut off, but some residents have been
0:18:34 > 0:18:36returning to inspect the damage.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39The house being gone is just a house, you know.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41It's just some clothes in a house.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44But in a neighbourhood this small, every single name that turns
0:18:44 > 0:18:46up is someone's dad, someone's cousin, someone's teacher,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49and that's got to be the worst part of it all,
0:18:49 > 0:18:50I think.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55I'm just happy for everyone that makes it.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57The sky lit up because some buildings had blown up.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59The gas mains, it turns out.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Here is all this fire coming down, and fire going up,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04and here is all this rain coming down, and you wonder,
0:19:04 > 0:19:05what's happening?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I mean, it was an incredible experience.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10That was the bunny that I missed catching.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Oh, my gosh.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I was in the kitchen, trying to get out through the back
0:19:15 > 0:19:19when we saw the wall of water coming.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20I couldn't reach her.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22We had our dog.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Grabbed our dog.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30We grabbed our dog by the collar but missed the cats and the cat
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and the bunny and the water hit and knocked out...
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Went through our house, took everything.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38But somehow, in the cage...
0:19:38 > 0:19:42The firefighters found her and we found this on top of our car.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I thought I would find a dead bunny in it, but she was alive.
0:19:45 > 0:19:51Amazing.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52The mudslide didn't just claim lives, it paralysed
0:19:52 > 0:19:55this part of California.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58This is the main motorway along the Pacific coast, the 101 Freeway.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Police say it will not be open until Monday at the earliest.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03The trauma will last much longer.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08James Cook, BBC News, Montecito.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Let's speak to the CBS correspondent, Carter Evans,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14who's in Montecito.
0:20:14 > 0:20:22The middle of the night there now, our rescue workers still hoping to
0:20:22 > 0:20:26find people alive?They are still hoping to find people alive right
0:20:26 > 0:20:31now, this is still a rescue effort, not a recovery effort. James talk to
0:20:31 > 0:20:36people talking about being blown out of their homes. I want to try to
0:20:36 > 0:20:40explain the scale of this. The pictures really do not do it
0:20:40 > 0:20:44justice. This happened at about 4am, people were asleep. Everyone says
0:20:44 > 0:20:52they heard rumbling and a mudslide hits the wall of the home, it is not
0:20:52 > 0:20:56just mugged, rocks and boulders like this one, but this is a small
0:20:56 > 0:21:00boulder. A lot of the rocks and boulders were the size of small
0:21:00 > 0:21:05cars. Just imagine what that would be like. The best way I can think of
0:21:05 > 0:21:09to describe it is imagine if you took a home and put it on a giant
0:21:09 > 0:21:14bowling alley and you took the huge boulders, dozens, perhaps hundreds,
0:21:14 > 0:21:18and tossed them at the house, that is what happened here.Extraordinary
0:21:18 > 0:21:24pictures from Montecito in southern California, thank you for joining
0:21:24 > 0:21:25us.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Universal Credit is the biggest welfare reform in decades.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29But teachers and charities are warning that the new benefit
0:21:29 > 0:21:33could cause chaos in the provision of free school meals in England.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36They believe that plans to link eligibility for the free meals
0:21:36 > 0:21:40to household earnings, which often fluctuate,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42will also undermine the core principal of the universal credit
0:21:42 > 0:21:43that work always pays.
0:21:43 > 0:21:49Our social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan, reports.
0:21:49 > 0:21:55Breakfast time at a south London School, a handy aid to working
0:21:55 > 0:21:59families and those struggling to get by. Around half the pupils here get
0:21:59 > 0:22:05free school meals, a by-product of getting certain benefits. But
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Universal Credit which families can move on and off when earnings change
0:22:09 > 0:22:14could make it hard for the school to know who is eligible.It would be
0:22:14 > 0:22:18very complicated for the school and we would find it hard to monitor and
0:22:18 > 0:22:23follow. Parents would not understand. One week we are asking
0:22:23 > 0:22:27for money, the following month, we are not. It is confusing for the
0:22:27 > 0:22:32school, parents, not a good way of doing it.The school has invested
0:22:32 > 0:22:37heavily in giving children healthy food, currently all families who get
0:22:37 > 0:22:43Universal Credit can get free school meals. The Department for Education
0:22:43 > 0:22:47plans to restrict provision. In future, and the families whose
0:22:47 > 0:22:52earnings are less than £7,400 a year before benefits will qualify -- when
0:22:52 > 0:22:57the families. The school has a complete commitment to healthy
0:22:57 > 0:23:01eating, it has its own garden for growing vegetables, it has even got
0:23:01 > 0:23:05chickens for fresh eggs. What campaigners say is that the
0:23:05 > 0:23:09consultation was an opportunity for the Government to reassess free
0:23:09 > 0:23:13school meals, to see them not as a cost but as an investment in the
0:23:13 > 0:23:17future and to help tackle in particular the growing problem of
0:23:17 > 0:23:22childhood obesity. As Universal Credit is rolled out across the
0:23:22 > 0:23:25country, ministers say it is an affordable to give all families on
0:23:25 > 0:23:31the benefit free school meals, it would cost about £600 million. They
0:23:31 > 0:23:36say their plans will see 50,000 more children getting free food than
0:23:36 > 0:23:39currently do so, but charities take a different view of the planned
0:23:39 > 0:23:45restrictions.There is evidence it increases attainment, concentration
0:23:45 > 0:23:48in the afternoon, and for most of the children in poverty, it can mean
0:23:48 > 0:23:52the difference between getting a nutritious meal in that day and not
0:23:52 > 0:23:57getting anything at all.A consultation on these plans for
0:23:57 > 0:24:00England ends today, similar restrictions have been announced for
0:24:00 > 0:24:08Scotland and Northern Ireland. Whatever the benefits of free school
0:24:08 > 0:24:10meals, the cost of extending provision is decided policy. Michael
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Buchanan, BBC News, south London.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16The trial of ex-football coach Barry Bennell on charges of child
0:24:16 > 0:24:18sexual offences has heard from a former youth footballer
0:24:18 > 0:24:20who says he was abused by Bennell as they travelled
0:24:20 > 0:24:22to and from training at Manchester City.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24The former coach, who's now known as Richard Jones,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26denies 48 charges of child sexual abuse.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Our sports correspondent, David Ornstein, has been
0:24:27 > 0:24:35hearing the evidence at Liverpool Crown Court.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40This is the second day of evidence against Bennell who has been
0:24:40 > 0:24:43described by the prosecution as a predatory paedophile. The witness
0:24:43 > 0:24:50that spoke today, as you said, he received lifts to and from
0:24:50 > 0:24:55Manchester City training after being scouted by Bennell and he said the
0:24:55 > 0:24:59abuse started in Bennell's car and happened 98% of the time that he was
0:24:59 > 0:25:06in the car and it allegedly escalated at Bennell's house, after
0:25:06 > 0:25:10watching horror movies which were said to be used as a scare tactic by
0:25:10 > 0:25:16Boeing. He said he was abused over 100 times in his bed and 50-100
0:25:16 > 0:25:21times in his living room -- by Bennell. When they were alone, the
0:25:21 > 0:25:25abuse wasn't a serious sexual abuse, it is alleged. I will never forget
0:25:25 > 0:25:30the first time, I was crying in pain, I felt it lasted for hours,
0:25:30 > 0:25:35but maybe two, three minutes. He may have stopped because I was crying so
0:25:35 > 0:25:39much. The abuse is said to have continued at Butlins and also a
0:25:39 > 0:25:43haunted house. After the lunch break, this witness will be
0:25:43 > 0:25:46cross-examined and the trial continues. It is expected to last
0:25:46 > 0:25:52for eight weeks. David, thank you.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Two men are on the run in France after taking part in a
0:25:55 > 0:25:57smash-and-grab raid on the Ritz Hotel in Paris.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Three other members of the gang were caught at the scene,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03but the pair who escaped made off with an estimated £3.5
0:26:03 > 0:26:05million worth of jewels, as Dan Johnson reports.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08A large police response outside the Paris Ritz after a gang,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12armed with axes, carried out a violent raid.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18It isn't just the Christmas lights that sparkle here.
0:26:18 > 0:26:26There are jewels on display to match the wealth of the guests
0:26:26 > 0:26:29at one of the world's most exclusive hotels.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32The robbers arrived in Place Vendome on scooters at around six
0:26:32 > 0:26:34in the evening local time, smashing windows on the ground
0:26:34 > 0:26:36floor of the hotel.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38It is estimated they took jewels worth 4 million euros.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40But police officers interrupted the raid and arrested
0:26:40 > 0:26:42three of the five men.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Paris has seen this before.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50In October, 2016, US reality TV star Kim Kardashian had a gun put
0:26:50 > 0:26:53to her head as a gang stole 10 million euros-worth
0:26:53 > 0:26:56of her jewellery.
0:26:56 > 0:27:04Only one piece was never seen again.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10-- ever seen again.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12It is not clear how much was recovered from this latest raid.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Police are still searching for two of the men involved.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Don Johnson, BBC News.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Video bloggers, or vloggers as they're known,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20can do big business online on sites such as YouTube.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Some of the most famous post videos which are watched by millions
0:27:23 > 0:27:24and millions of people around the world.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27But now YouTube has cut some business ties with the video blogger
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Logan Paul, after he was heavily criticised for posting a video
0:27:30 > 0:27:32appearing to show the body of a suicide victim.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34This report from our correspondent, Chi Chi Izundu.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36# Girl, what you trying to do?
0:27:36 > 0:27:37# Because I don't have a clue...#
0:27:37 > 0:27:45He's one of the most popular video bloggers on YouTube.
0:27:46 > 0:27:4815 million subscribers watch his comedy vlogs.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52But last night, YouTube said it was cutting some business ties
0:27:52 > 0:27:58with Logan Paul over a video he posted at the end of last month.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01The video, which we can't show, featured the dead body of a man
0:28:01 > 0:28:06who appeared to have taken his own life.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09It had been viewed millions of times before Logan removed
0:28:09 > 0:28:10it from his channel.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13In a statement, YouTube acknowledged it had taken a long time to respond,
0:28:13 > 0:28:18but that it also had been listening to comments and criticisms.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20It added that it recognised the actions of one
0:28:20 > 0:28:23creator could affect the whole community and it said it
0:28:23 > 0:28:31would soon announce steps to make
0:28:34 > 0:28:38sure any similar videos were never circulated again.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42I have made a severe and continuous lapse of my judgment and I don't
0:28:42 > 0:28:43expect to be forgiven.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48I'm simply here to apologise.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50YouTube said that they would put on hold projects
0:28:50 > 0:28:52with the 22-year-old and that they would no
0:28:52 > 0:28:54longer feature his channel on the Google Preferred programme.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Effectively, lowering his advertising profile with top brands.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Logan Paul isn't the only one being criticised.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Anger is being directed towards YouTube with questions like,
0:29:00 > 0:29:03why they didn't take down the offending post initially
0:29:03 > 0:29:06in the first place, why it took them so long to even issue a statement
0:29:06 > 0:29:09in response, and why his channel is still up on their platform,
0:29:09 > 0:29:11allowing him to make money from advertising.
0:29:11 > 0:29:19At 22 years old, I bought my first house for $6.5 million...
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Last year, Forbes magazine estimated Logan Paul's wealth at
0:29:21 > 0:29:22just over £9 million.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25But with YouTube's sanction, it's still not clear whether that
0:29:25 > 0:29:26will shrink considerably.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27Chi Chi Izundu, BBC News.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29And finally, the former England captain Rio Ferdinand has managed
0:29:29 > 0:29:32to put Prince William on the spot over Prince Harry's wedding.
0:29:32 > 0:29:39They were doing some filming for a mental health charity
0:29:39 > 0:29:42when Rio Ferdinand asked exactly what he would be doing on 19th May.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46There is the matter of a small wedding that will happen
0:29:46 > 0:29:48this year and, of course, your brother, we're very,
0:29:48 > 0:29:49very happy for him.
0:29:49 > 0:29:50It's a big decision.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Are we going to Wembley or are we going...?
0:29:52 > 0:29:54You've touched on something there, Rio, yeah.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58I'm still working it out.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Will see what I can do.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04I think, you know, having that person there, I think it's kind
0:30:04 > 0:30:07of apt you are talking about a best man project, so to speak.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08That relationship that you have...
0:30:08 > 0:30:09He hasn't asked me yet.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12LAUGHTER.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18It could be a sensitive issue.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23He hasn't asked him yet! I suspect that might happen quite soon.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Time for a look at the weather.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Nice to see some sunshine.
0:30:31 > 0:30:38Let us hope for some on the 19th of June as well. It is not sunny
0:30:38 > 0:30:43everywhere. This is in the Highlands with the snowcapped mountains in the
0:30:43 > 0:30:48background. Always a but with the British weather, grey weather once
0:30:48 > 0:30:52again, Scarborough, many eastern areas under the cloud, raining quite
0:30:52 > 0:30:57steadily in south-eastern parts of England. Sunshine further west.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Stubborn fog for Northern Ireland, some parts of East Anglia. Through
0:31:01 > 0:31:05the night, it will thicken up. The brightness lasts for the next few
0:31:05 > 0:31:10hours, but where we get the brightness, we get fog overnight. In
0:31:10 > 0:31:13eastern areas, with the weather front getting weaker, a few breaks
0:31:13 > 0:31:18and fog here. In the countryside, like last night, down towards
0:31:18 > 0:31:24freezing. Freezing fog for the drive tomorrow. Some hope of it lifting
0:31:24 > 0:31:29earlier than in recent days for Northern Ireland, stiffening breeze
0:31:29 > 0:31:34through the day. A good Delos and gender start across Scotland, albeit
0:31:34 > 0:31:41rather cold, with the fog -- a good deal of sunshine to start. Down
0:31:41 > 0:31:44towards the West Country, Central and southern England, Wales. But it
0:31:44 > 0:31:51will not be football. A few drizzly showers around. Quite a bit of cloud
0:31:51 > 0:31:56tomorrow -- but it will not be for all. This is the change. By the end
0:31:56 > 0:32:01of play tomorrow. Friday night, it will turn quite wet for Northern
0:32:01 > 0:32:08Ireland. That will alleviate fog problems. Quite bank on Saturday.
0:32:08 > 0:32:14Showers ahead of it, a lot of cloud, some brightness, as the weather
0:32:14 > 0:32:17front starts to weaken and narrow. Temperatures on a par with what we
0:32:17 > 0:32:23are seeing at the moment. Hopefully not as much of the fog over the
0:32:23 > 0:32:27weekend because we have more breeze but it does not stop it being rather
0:32:27 > 0:32:31cloudy. The first weather front is swapped by the next one coming in on
0:32:31 > 0:32:38Sunday. A lot of cloud, dry weather, but it signifies a change. The spell
0:32:38 > 0:32:41of heavy rain, gale force winds Sunday night into on Monday going
0:32:41 > 0:32:49east. Behind it, a blast of cold air. It will feel bitter, Dale,
0:32:49 > 0:32:56severe gales. The risk of some snow. Just to reiterate once again, the
0:32:56 > 0:33:01main issue will be the fog this evening and overnight.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07A&E doctors issue a stark warning to the Prime Minister that
0:33:07 > 0:33:14conditions in their departments are at times intolerable,
0:33:14 > 0:33:53And patients are dying in corridors.