0:00:05 > 0:00:08The government orders a fast-track investigation into the directors
0:00:08 > 0:00:12of the collapsed construction giant Carillion.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15A growing number of businesses who worked on projects with the firm
0:00:15 > 0:00:18say they are already having to lay off staff.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Others fear closure.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Well, accruing debts of about a million pounds,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26we're not a business of a size who can trade through that
0:00:26 > 0:00:31without some form of support from the government.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33We'll be hearing from some of the business facing
0:00:33 > 0:00:35an uncertain future.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Also this lunchtime.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42A couple are arrested after police discover 13 emaciated
0:00:42 > 0:00:45brothers and sisters, some chained to beds,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48in a house in California.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52The four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles says
0:00:52 > 0:00:55she she was sexually abused by the former Team USA
0:00:55 > 0:00:58gymnastics doctor.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Hundreds of fires caused by defective tumble dryers.
0:01:01 > 0:01:09Now MPs say Whirlpool's response to the problems was woeful.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16The British number one Johanna Konta is through to the second
0:01:16 > 0:01:18round of the Australian Open, with a straight sets win over
0:01:18 > 0:01:21American Madison Brengle.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Coming up in the sport on BBC News, Roger Federer reaches round two
0:01:26 > 0:01:28in Melbourne but isn't expecting another fairy tale year after two
0:01:28 > 0:01:34grand slams aged 35 in 2017.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58A growing number of businesses are saying they are facing big
0:01:58 > 0:02:00losses and have already had to lay off staff because of
0:02:00 > 0:02:03the collapse of Carillion.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Firms working on private sector deals for the construction giant
0:02:07 > 0:02:11have been told they'll receive only two days of government support.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14One industry group estimates that up to 30,000 firms
0:02:14 > 0:02:19are owed money by Carillion.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21The government has ordered a fast-track investigation
0:02:21 > 0:02:22into the company's directors.
0:02:22 > 0:02:28Our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports.
0:02:28 > 0:02:35This is the sort of work, painting offices in newly built flats that
0:02:35 > 0:02:39the Carillion collapses putting in question. A London decorating
0:02:39 > 0:02:43company which had 30 people turn up for a job to find suddenly there was
0:02:43 > 0:02:48nothing to do and £2 million of orders had disappeared. Carillion
0:02:48 > 0:02:54took on the contract then farmed them out to subcontractors.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Re-employ everyone, carry out the work, by the materials, train the
0:02:58 > 0:03:03people, all on that level down. The stock market has had its money and
0:03:03 > 0:03:09the investors have had their money, and I'm sure they've had good times
0:03:09 > 0:03:12in the past and we find it unbelievable how business can lose
0:03:12 > 0:03:18£1.5 billion.That anger amongst many who were depending on
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Carillion, the Royal Liverpool Hospital now expected to be delayed,
0:03:22 > 0:03:27is beginning to focus on what it was paying its top people. And the fact
0:03:27 > 0:03:31it changed its policy on bonuses so that it was much harder to claw the
0:03:31 > 0:03:36money back if the company hit the rocks.There will have to be an
0:03:36 > 0:03:40investigation. You can't say for certain exacting what happened yet,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43but certainly, if you were an employee of the company, one of the
0:03:43 > 0:03:47many small contractors whose future is now very uncertain because of
0:03:47 > 0:03:50what happened at Carillion, you would be very surprised looking at
0:03:50 > 0:03:53what the company has done with its bonus scheme and ask why has this
0:03:53 > 0:03:59change happened?The former chief executive Richard Harrison was paid
0:03:59 > 0:04:04£1.5 million in 2016 in salary and bonuses and after he left last
0:04:04 > 0:04:07autumn following a series of warnings that profits were
0:04:07 > 0:04:11plummeting, he was still promised his £660,000 a year of regular pay
0:04:11 > 0:04:17would carry on until October this year. Now there is concern the
0:04:17 > 0:04:22emphasis on quick returns may also have affected the 28,000 staff in
0:04:22 > 0:04:27the stricken company 's pension scheme.The huge hole in the pension
0:04:27 > 0:04:30fund was slowly being filled by the company but a higher priority was
0:04:30 > 0:04:34going to bonuses for top executives and dividends for shareholders and
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I'm not convinced the regulator should have allowed that balance to
0:04:36 > 0:04:42be as it was.So today the Business Secretary Greg Clark has asked the
0:04:42 > 0:04:45official receiver in charge of Carillion to investigate not only
0:04:45 > 0:04:50the conduct of the directors at the point of its insolvency, but also of
0:04:50 > 0:04:55any individuals who were previously directors including detriment to any
0:04:55 > 0:04:59employees who might be owed money and the pension schemes.Given the
0:04:59 > 0:05:04level of salaries and bonuses awarded to senior management at
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Carillion, as well as improving corporate tax evasion, what the
0:05:06 > 0:05:11government to ensure better corporate governance?This point
0:05:11 > 0:05:17about the money for bosses was put to ministers in Parliament.This
0:05:17 > 0:05:21country has amongst the most robust corporate governance in the world
0:05:21 > 0:05:27and that is something about this government will continue.Rail,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30health, schools, it those essential services where the work is being
0:05:30 > 0:05:36done by Carillion that it will carry on and people will still be paid,
0:05:36 > 0:05:41but the bulk of the business, services or construction, is in the
0:05:41 > 0:05:46private sector and their staff will be finding out over the next day or
0:05:46 > 0:05:53so whether their jobs will continue. Here at an office in Cambridgeshire,
0:05:53 > 0:05:57two empty chairs already at a company which offers landscaping,
0:05:57 > 0:06:01office plants and does snow clearing in the winter. And the money
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Carillion owes could finish the business completely.It's about £1
0:06:06 > 0:06:09million of debt, and we are not a business of the size that can trade
0:06:09 > 0:06:14through that without some form of support from the government. If it's
0:06:14 > 0:06:17not forthcoming, I think lots of businesses will probably go out of
0:06:17 > 0:06:25business.Unions are calling on the government to coordinate a maximum
0:06:25 > 0:06:29state and banking help for businesses like this under pressure.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32And to clarify which jobs they are willing to protect.
0:06:32 > 0:06:39Let's speak to our Assistant political editor Norman Smith.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43We had a sense that there, Norman, an awful lot of questions it seems
0:06:43 > 0:06:47to be answered?Yesterday the overriding emotion was one of shock
0:06:47 > 0:06:52at the sheer scale of the Carillion collapse and the emotions today are
0:06:52 > 0:06:57ones of anger and anxiety, anger at the fact that former Carillion
0:06:57 > 0:07:02bosses seem to be walking away with very large salaries and bonuses, in
0:07:02 > 0:07:07particular former chief executive, who was at the helm when the company
0:07:07 > 0:07:12ran into difficulties and then resigned. He still receiving a
0:07:12 > 0:07:18salary of around £660,000, prompting Greg Clark the Business Secretary to
0:07:18 > 0:07:22say to the insolvency service, take a look at this and see whether
0:07:22 > 0:07:26there's any of misconduct. The insolvency service this lunchtime
0:07:26 > 0:07:32say it's too early to say whether or not we could recover any of those
0:07:32 > 0:07:35payments but anxiety too because we simply do not know who is going to
0:07:35 > 0:07:39be able to keep their jobs. The government has said they were
0:07:39 > 0:07:43protect those in the public sector and the unions will say how do you
0:07:43 > 0:07:47define who is working in the public sector and who isn't so for example,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50if a cleaner cleaning a government department is going to be safe,
0:07:50 > 0:07:55that's great news, but why shouldn't a cleaner cleaning a railway
0:07:55 > 0:07:58carriage be safe? Similarly, small businesses are saying smaller
0:07:58 > 0:08:03companies in the supply chain are now at risk and therefore employees
0:08:03 > 0:08:09working for them, their jobs are at risk so there is huge anxiety and
0:08:09 > 0:08:12uncertainty, not just about who is going to lose their jobs, but the
0:08:12 > 0:08:17sheer scale of potential job losses we may now be facing.Norman, thank
0:08:17 > 0:08:19you, at Westminster.
0:08:19 > 0:08:2213 brothers and sisters, aged from two to 29,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24have been found dirty and malnourished at their
0:08:24 > 0:08:28home in California.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Some were chained to their beds.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Police carried out the rescue after one girl managed to escape
0:08:32 > 0:08:3713 brothers and sisters, aged from two to 29,
0:08:37 > 0:08:38and raise the alarm.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Their parents have been arrested and charged with torture
0:08:41 > 0:08:42and child endangerment.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43James Cook reports from California.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46They look like a big, happy family.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50The children a little pale, perhaps, but smiling.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Photographs on Facebook show the Turpins visiting Disneyland,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55and in Las Vegas as their apparently proud parents renewed
0:08:55 > 0:08:56atheir wedding vows.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59their wedding vows.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Now, David and Louise Turpin are under arrest, charged
0:09:01 > 0:09:04with torture and child endangerment.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Their children are in hospital.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11In the time we live in, it is unfortunate to see this.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14It is actually heartbreaking for the staff, and it is
0:09:14 > 0:09:18unbelievable what you see.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21The horror on Muir Woods Road was uncovered early on Sunday
0:09:21 > 0:09:24morning when a 17-year-old girl escaped with a mobile phone
0:09:24 > 0:09:28and called the police.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30At the home, officers found 12 siblings and were shocked
0:09:30 > 0:09:34to discover that seven were adults, the eldest 29.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38The captives were dirty and malnourished, say police,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark
0:09:40 > 0:09:46The horror on Muir Woods Road was uncovered early on Sunday
0:09:46 > 0:09:47and foul-smelling surroundings.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50As reporters arrived in the quiet suburb east of Los Angeles,
0:09:50 > 0:09:51neighbours said they were stunned.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54The kids were not sociable at all, they did not want to look at people.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57They were just doing what they were doing and no
0:09:57 > 0:09:58contact with society.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00You would never see anyone visit, you would never see
0:10:00 > 0:10:02anyone come outside.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06All you would really see is that they would go out
0:10:06 > 0:10:09and maybe make a grocery run and that was about it.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I have a daughter.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15It is very horrifying that it can happen in this community.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18There is no hint at all here of the grim
0:10:18 > 0:10:21conditions inside this home.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23The questions about what happened are mounting.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Not least, how long were the siblings held captive, and why?
0:10:28 > 0:10:34James Cook, BBC News, Perris, California.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37The UK's inflation rate has fallen for the first time since June,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40mainly because of the impact of air fares.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42The inflation rate dipped to 3% in December, down
0:10:42 > 0:10:46from November's rate of 3.1% - a six-year high.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50The Office for National Statistics said that a drop in the price
0:10:50 > 0:10:52of toys and games also contributed to December's fall.
0:10:52 > 0:11:00Our economics correspondent Andy Verity reports.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04It's the jump in the cost of raw materials imported from abroad and
0:11:04 > 0:11:08that's been the biggest factor driving inflation up. But companies
0:11:08 > 0:11:12like this online maker of designer furniture want customers looking
0:11:12 > 0:11:19round the showroom is not to be made uncomfortable. So they have been
0:11:19 > 0:11:25trying to contain any price rises. 18 months after the Brexit vote, the
0:11:25 > 0:11:30weaker pound is still pushing up the cost of imported goods like the
0:11:30 > 0:11:33furniture in this store. But retailers like this are in a highly
0:11:33 > 0:11:36competitive business and want to grow their sales so they don't
0:11:36 > 0:11:40necessarily want to pass on the fall higher cost of what they are buying.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46It is a fact like that, competition which helps curb the rise in the
0:11:46 > 0:11:50cost of living.We feel customers should not have to take on the
0:11:50 > 0:11:53additional costs, really important for us, we are about affordable
0:11:53 > 0:11:56design and that's what we are set up to do eight years ago and today that
0:11:56 > 0:12:03is still relevant to our business. While furniture prices for example
0:12:03 > 0:12:09are relatively stable, up 3.6%, some goods rose much faster like coffee
0:12:09 > 0:12:18and tea, up 11.1%, or Alnwick to 30, 11 inflation peaked? -- electricity.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23Yes, I do think it will get worse. Literally, if I buy ahead of
0:12:23 > 0:12:29broccoli or something, it's gone from I think 2017, it was like 39p
0:12:29 > 0:12:34and now it's about 60 p.When you get to the checkout, you just think,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36oh my goodness, that is significantly more and individual
0:12:36 > 0:12:40items are getting that bit more.The easing of inflation means there's a
0:12:40 > 0:12:43little less pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates
0:12:43 > 0:12:47again, at least for the next few months.Even though the economy is
0:12:47 > 0:12:52relatively weak at the moment, we do have a tight labour market and some
0:12:52 > 0:12:58evidence of wages beginning to peak and therefore it may be necessary
0:12:58 > 0:13:03for the Bank of England to raise rates a little bit this year,
0:13:03 > 0:13:07particularly in the second half of this year.While shoppers are being
0:13:07 > 0:13:10protected from higher import prices, the average wage studies at keeping
0:13:10 > 0:13:15up with a cost of living. Only if inflation slows down much more
0:13:15 > 0:13:19sharply will that squeeze on living standards loosen its grip.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22The supermarket chain, Iceland, says it will scrap all plastic
0:13:22 > 0:13:25from its own brand products within five years.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29The retailer said plastic would be replaced with paper and pulp trays
0:13:29 > 0:13:31along with paper bags which can all be recycled and are less
0:13:31 > 0:13:37harmful to the environment.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40A man has gone on trial at the Old Bailey accused
0:13:40 > 0:13:42of planning terrorist attacks on some of the capital's
0:13:42 > 0:13:43best known landmarks.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Prosecutors say Umar Haque, from east London, was
0:13:45 > 0:13:46inspired by Islamic State.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48He denies the charges.
0:13:48 > 0:13:55Our correspondent Dominic Casciani is at the Old Bailey.
0:13:55 > 0:14:02Explain what the court has heard so far, Dominic.Yes, Jane, there's is
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Umar Haque, and occasional teacher from East London, he and three of
0:14:06 > 0:14:09his friends are accused of effectively working together to
0:14:09 > 0:14:18further his plans, two allegations of acts of terrorism which involve
0:14:18 > 0:14:232016 and work to come to fruition during 2017 and in essence, what
0:14:23 > 0:14:26happened was prosecutors said he was inspired by the Islamic State group
0:14:26 > 0:14:31and told police after his arrest that he was a loyal follower and he
0:14:31 > 0:14:36wanted to carry out attacks and had a range of targets at his home. Let
0:14:36 > 0:14:42me go through that list, it included the Queen 's guard, transport,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45tanks, a shopping centre, Parliament, Shia Muslims, the media,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48embassies and that is just a view of the alleged targets, but the other
0:14:48 > 0:14:55part of this case against Umar Haque is that he was involved in the
0:14:55 > 0:14:58radicalisation of children here in the capital and worked as an
0:14:58 > 0:15:02occasional teacher at a secondary school but also was accused of
0:15:02 > 0:15:05grooming children at a mosque in east London. He denies those charges
0:15:05 > 0:15:11and this will be and compensated trial.Dominic, thank you.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13The American gymnast Simone Biles, who won four gold medals
0:15:13 > 0:15:16at the Rio Olympics, has said she was sexually abused
0:15:16 > 0:15:19by the former USA team doctor, Larry Nassar.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22He was jailed last month for 60 years for possessing images of child
0:15:22 > 0:15:24sexual abuse and is awaiting sentencing for assaulting
0:15:24 > 0:15:29other athletes.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Our Sports Correspondent Natalie Pirks reports.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35And this is really very special.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36One clip, two flips.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Full twisting double back.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39So easy...
0:15:39 > 0:15:40She's a four-time Olympic champion whose
0:15:40 > 0:15:47megawatt smile and will to win propelled her to gymnastic greyness.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48to gymnastic greatness.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Only one American woman has ever won Gold on the vault.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53But last night the self proclaimed happy, giggly
0:15:53 > 0:15:55and energetic girl admitted to feeling broken, saying she too had
0:15:55 > 0:16:01been a victim of one of sport's most predatory abuses.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Physician Larry Nassar was part of the US gymnastics
0:16:04 > 0:16:07programme from the '80s to 2015.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09He is accused of sexually abusing more
0:16:09 > 0:16:13than 130 women under the guise of medical treatment and is serving
0:16:13 > 0:16:1660 years in jail for possessing images
0:16:16 > 0:16:19of child sexual abuse.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21In a lengthy statement last night, Biles said it
0:16:21 > 0:16:24had been impossibly difficult to relive her experience, but says
0:16:24 > 0:16:31she's not afraid to tell her story any more.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35I love the sport too much and I have never been a quitter, she said. I
0:16:35 > 0:16:38won't let one man and the others that enabled him to steal my love
0:16:38 > 0:16:44and joy. Some of her limpid team-mates also say they were abused
0:16:44 > 0:16:49by Larry Nasser. She has accused authorities of a cover-up and
0:16:49 > 0:16:53believes more should have been done to protect the girls in his care.
0:16:53 > 0:17:00What did USA gymnastics do to manipulate these girls so much that
0:17:00 > 0:17:06they are so afraid to speak up?USA gymnastics said it was absolutely
0:17:06 > 0:17:10heartbroken, sorry and angry that any of their athletes had been
0:17:10 > 0:17:15harmed by the horrific acts of Larry Nasser. It said its support for
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Simone Biles and others is unwavering. His crimes have
0:17:18 > 0:17:22parallels to the current climate in British football and in Hollywood.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Similar stories of power and access have played out with horrifying
0:17:25 > 0:17:33consequences. Simone Biles used the hash tag me too, also used by
0:17:33 > 0:17:35thousands on social media to raise awareness of sexual harassment and
0:17:35 > 0:17:41abuse. Used to making the spectacular look effortless,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44disclosing the special treatment inflicted on her, has been a painful
0:17:44 > 0:17:48process but through witnessing the coverage of other survivors, Simone
0:17:48 > 0:17:55Biles has finally felt able to share her story.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01The time is 17 minutes past one.
0:18:01 > 0:18:09Our top story this lunchtime...
0:18:10 > 0:18:13A growing number of businesses who worked on projects with the firm
0:18:13 > 0:18:15say they're already laying off staff; others fear closure.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16And coming up...
0:18:16 > 0:18:20A transport revolution for the north of England but at least one critic
0:18:20 > 0:18:21has ridiculed the proposals.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Coming up in sport, Wales take a chance on injured players
0:18:23 > 0:18:26for the Six Nations including Taulupe Faletau and George North
0:18:26 > 0:18:27in their 39-man squad, despite both struggling
0:18:27 > 0:18:30with knee problems.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38The French President, Emmanuel Macron, is to put pressure
0:18:38 > 0:18:41on Britain to take in more refugees from northern France.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43He's visiting Calais today, with French ministers saying
0:18:43 > 0:18:46he will also ask the UK to increase funding for security and
0:18:46 > 0:18:50the development of the port city.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53At stake is a 2003 agreement between Britain and France,
0:18:53 > 0:18:58which effectively moved the UK border onto French territory.
0:18:58 > 0:19:06Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams is in Calais.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14There were once thousands of migrants camped out here in Calais,
0:19:14 > 0:19:20now there are as many as 700 at any one time, living rough in utterly
0:19:20 > 0:19:22miserable conditions, having of course to make it across the Channel
0:19:22 > 0:19:29to England. They are read small part of a much bigger immigration problem
0:19:29 > 0:19:33the French government is grappling with. Last year there were more than
0:19:33 > 0:19:37100,000 applications for asylum, a new record, and it is clear
0:19:37 > 0:19:41President Macron is about to ask Theresa May for more help in dealing
0:19:41 > 0:19:44with the situation here.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46They are harder to find but they are still here.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Under the trees, cold and wet, desperate to move on.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54From Eritrea, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
0:19:54 > 0:20:00They walk miles every day for food, shelter and opportunities to leave.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04For security reasons...Just James. Yes, just James.Ok.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07James is from Cameroon, unwilling to show his face.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12He's been in Calais for six months, bitter about his treatment.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15I have my own reasons why I left my country to come to Europe.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18So the way they treat us here is not good.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I don't believe there is humanity in France.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25Humanity does not exist in Calais.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31So today we have about 600, 700 refugees who are in Calais
0:20:31 > 0:20:33and who live in absolutely treacherous conditions, you know.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Every few hours, every few days, everything is taken away
0:20:36 > 0:20:38and they find themselves with absolutely nothing
0:20:38 > 0:20:41to survive with.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43President Macron has come to see the situation for himself,
0:20:43 > 0:20:50stopping first visit migrants in the regional capital.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53He's about to unveil a new immigration bill, and when it
0:20:53 > 0:20:56comes to Calais his officials say he's going to ask Britain
0:20:56 > 0:20:59to do more to help.
0:20:59 > 0:21:07The camp they call The Jungle was demolished 15 months ago,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17It was essential to draw the conclusions before meeting with
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Theresa May.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21The camp they call The Jungle was demolished 15 months ago,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23its residents sent to reception centres all over the country,
0:21:23 > 0:21:24but Calais is still a magnet.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27You can burn a camp down but you can't stop people
0:21:27 > 0:21:30trying to reach Britain.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33The rail and ferry terminals are now heavily fortified.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36British money paid for a lot of this but lorries and smugglers
0:21:36 > 0:21:41still offer ways across the Channel.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Calais' migrant problem seems perpetual.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Governments have tried and failed to fix it.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49When President Macron crosses the Channel on Thursday, it seems
0:21:49 > 0:21:51he will be carrying demands.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57Paul Adams, BBC News, Calais.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01We have been hearing a bit about that in the course of the
0:22:01 > 0:22:05President's speech which ended a few minutes ago. He said he would be
0:22:05 > 0:22:08looking for what he called a specific response from his British
0:22:08 > 0:22:12partners on the subject of unaccompanied minors and said he
0:22:12 > 0:22:18would be talking to Theresa May about money. Thank you. Paul Adams
0:22:18 > 0:22:20in Calais.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22The President of the European Council has again insisted
0:22:22 > 0:22:25that the EU remains open to the idea of Brexit being abandoned.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Donald Tusk told MEPs in Strasbourg that it's not too late
0:22:28 > 0:22:29for Britain to change its mind.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Our Europe Correspondent Adam Fleming is at the European
0:22:31 > 0:22:36Parliament in Strasbourg.
0:22:36 > 0:22:43Tell us more about what was said, Adam.Donald Tusk is the man that
0:22:43 > 0:22:47chairs the all-important summit of EU leaders and has said things like
0:22:47 > 0:22:51this before. Remember last summer when he channelled John Lennon to
0:22:51 > 0:22:56say imagine there was no Brexit but he's never said it quite strongly as
0:22:56 > 0:23:02this. He said the EU's heart was open if UK voters decided to change
0:23:02 > 0:23:06their mind. Then used an old quote from David Davis saying the
0:23:06 > 0:23:10democracy wasn't a democracy any more if it couldn't change its mind,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13and that was backed up by Jean-Claude Juncker, who spoke
0:23:13 > 0:23:18afterwards saying he hoped this message was heard loud and clear in
0:23:18 > 0:23:22London. I don't know if this is part of some big campaign to get the
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Brexit vote reversed, I think it is more a tactic to make sure all
0:23:26 > 0:23:32options are still on the table no matter what happens in the next 14
0:23:32 > 0:23:35months of the Brexit process. There was plenty of other Brexit chap
0:23:35 > 0:23:39today but what MPs really want is more detail from Theresa May about
0:23:39 > 0:23:43what the UK wants from its future relationship with the EU before
0:23:43 > 0:23:49talks on that start in March.Thank you.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51There's fewer than 40 miles between Manchester and Britain's
0:23:51 > 0:23:53fifth biggest city Bradford, but the journey takes almost an hour
0:23:53 > 0:23:55on even the fastest trains.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Well this morning, Transport For The North published its plan
0:23:57 > 0:23:59to modernise rail and road links, as our correspondent
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Danny Savage reports.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03The hills of the north.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Beautiful, but a physical barrier between the conurbations
0:24:05 > 0:24:08either side of the Pennines.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Travelling by car can be painful, the few routes over the top
0:24:11 > 0:24:14are often congested.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16As for the trains, they are frequent but relatively slow
0:24:16 > 0:24:20and can be overcrowded.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Because there's always delays on the train,
0:24:21 > 0:24:26we want this train service to be quicker than what it usually is.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31Most of the trains between Halifax and Bradford, and Halifax
0:24:31 > 0:24:33to Leeds are like this, like an old bus.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Draughty, hot, old.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Improving transport links across the Pennines is nothing new.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43This is the Leeds-Liverpool canal build more than 200 years ago.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45But instead of taking a few days by water,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49the hope is for example getting Leeds to Manchester by train down
0:24:49 > 0:24:53to about half an hour.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55After years of discussion about improving things
0:24:55 > 0:24:58on the twisty hilltop roads, there is now a plan the
0:24:58 > 0:25:00northern cities agree on.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03There used to be a train tunnel between Sheffield and Manchester.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06That's long gone, but a new road tunnel like this one in Norway
0:25:06 > 0:25:08is proposed and could halve the current journey
0:25:08 > 0:25:13between South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15And a new trans-Pennine line will link Leeds
0:25:15 > 0:25:18and Manchester via Bradford.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24I think we all need to make sure that we cover Hull,
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Sheffield, Newcastle, and Manchester of course,
0:25:26 > 0:25:27so all of our major city regions.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30This is vitally important for the north.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Today's launch of the plan was about helping businesses
0:25:33 > 0:25:35as well as individuals.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37We want to work more with our near neighbours,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40that's both sides of the Pennines, and further north.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45At the moment that's a little bit harder than it should be.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48But remember, this is a 30-year plan and is still only
0:25:48 > 0:25:49at the ideas stage.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Former Transport Secretary John Prescott walked out of the launch
0:25:51 > 0:25:55in Hull today, unconvinced.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56It will have no powers.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59It can talk to the Treasury along with the strategic bodies
0:25:59 > 0:26:01but it can't make a decision.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02It doesn't get any money.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06It's a bloody fraud.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08The planners will have to pitch their ideas to the Treasury
0:26:08 > 0:26:13to get the money for these ambitious projects to upgrade the north,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16which at the moment feels left behind when it comes to transport.
0:26:16 > 0:26:24Danny Savage, BBC News, Leeds.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26The white goods manufacturer Whirlpool hasn't done enough
0:26:26 > 0:26:29to deal with defective tumble dryers which have caused hundreds of fires.
0:26:29 > 0:26:36The Commons Business Committee says the firm's response to the problem,
0:26:36 > 0:26:41discovered in 2015, has been woeful.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Our Business Correspondent, Emma Simpson, reports.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44A burnt out wreck.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Fire engulfed this flat in Llanrwst in Wales in 2014,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49claiming the lives of Doug McTavish and Bernard Hender.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51The coroner said it was most likely caused by a fault
0:26:51 > 0:26:53in the tumble dryer, owned by Whirlpool,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55and that the company needed to take further action
0:26:55 > 0:26:59to prevent future deaths.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03MPs are now demanding changes too.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Well, the evidence was woeful.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Since 2004, they admit there have been 740 fires in people's homes
0:27:09 > 0:27:12caused by these tumble dryers and yet still today, in 2018,
0:27:12 > 0:27:20there are million of these tumble dryers in people's homes.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23there are a million of these tumble dryers in people's homes.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26They need to take much stronger action to get those tumble dryers
0:27:26 > 0:27:27out of people's homes.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Her Parliamentary committee has been looking into the safety
0:27:29 > 0:27:30of electrical goods.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Among its recommendations, it wants...
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Whirlpool to deal with any faulty machines within a fortnight
0:27:35 > 0:27:38of being contacted by customers.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41All manufacturers should make risk assessments available as soon
0:27:41 > 0:27:44as defects are identified.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Safer materials to replace plastic-backed fridge
0:27:47 > 0:27:50freezers, which appear to be a significant risk.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53And it wants the Government to actively explore the creation
0:27:53 > 0:27:57of a single national product safety agency to improve a system
0:27:57 > 0:28:04which the MPs claim is fragmented and under resourced.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Whirlpool says it's helped the vast majority of customers who've
0:28:06 > 0:28:08come forward so far, and promises it will now resolve
0:28:08 > 0:28:13reported problems within a week.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14The Government says Britain's product safety requirements
0:28:14 > 0:28:17are among the highest in the world and it's already taken steps
0:28:17 > 0:28:21to improve the current regime.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Emma Simpson, BBC News.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Britain's Johanna Konta is through to the second
0:28:27 > 0:28:30round of the Australian Open.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32The British number one made swift work of her match
0:28:32 > 0:28:40against American Madison Brengle at Melbourne Park.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson reports.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Johanna Konta - concentration, focus, a force of willpower.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Well, all of that was there in Melbourne.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51She overwhelmed Madison Brengle, ranked 90th in the world,
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Konta only lost four games in their first-round match.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Her Australian upbringing has left her with an
0:28:57 > 0:29:00appreciation for the heat of battle and the heat of the sun.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04But this is the new playful Konta.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06When she addressed the media, she explained she was suffering
0:29:06 > 0:29:07from a shopping mishap.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10The blueberry blues.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14I went to the supermarket to buy blueberries.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17I only bought blueberries, two punnets of blueberries.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19I left two punnets of blueberries there.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23It's $5 that I will not get back but
0:29:23 > 0:29:26it's more the betrayal of my own mind that I felt so upset about.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27Yeah, I was so sad!
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Ah, where's the smile?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32There, all fun.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Novak Djokovic has more than just $5 on his mind.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37It has been suggested he's organising a male players'
0:29:37 > 0:29:41battle for more prize money.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Nothing so shadowy, he insisted, after winning his first-round match.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46COMMENTATOR:There it is.
0:29:46 > 0:29:52UMPIRE:Game, set and match, Djokovic.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Sure, there was a routine players' meeting but there
0:29:54 > 0:29:56won't be a tournament boycott, he says.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58A straight sets win over Donald Young made his sore elbow
0:29:58 > 0:29:59seem less significant.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Djokovic just one player here looking for a post-surgery surge.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Roger Federer has led the way in proving age and operations
0:30:06 > 0:30:08are no barrier to success, of course he has.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13UMPIRE:Game, Roger Federer.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16COMMENTATOR: The champion is on his way.
0:30:16 > 0:30:241 hour 39 minutes to beat Aljaz Bedene, that is
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene by the way - formerly, briefly, known
0:30:27 > 0:30:28as Britain's Aljaz Bedene.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Britain's Heather Watson had her moments in the first round,
0:30:31 > 0:30:33that's her winning the point at the net here.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34COMMENTATOR:Good anticipation on that backhand volley.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36But Watson lost the first set 7-5 and
0:30:36 > 0:30:38the second on a tie-break, her opponent Yulia Putintseva
0:30:38 > 0:30:42celebrating as if she had just found a free box of blueberries.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45COMMENTATOR:There it is.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46That is what it means.
0:30:46 > 0:30:54Joe Wilson, BBC News.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56Time for a look at the weather.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Here's Susan Powell.
0:31:00 > 0:31:00Here's Susan Powell.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05Some challenging weather across the British Isles at the moment, here is
0:31:05 > 0:31:09the scene in Northern Ireland and the Met office have issued a number
0:31:09 > 0:31:12warning for Northern Ireland and Scotland for snow and ice through
0:31:12 > 0:31:16the Remainer of today and into tomorrow morning. Take a look at the
0:31:16 > 0:31:20satellite picture and you can see where the showers have been piling
0:31:20 > 0:31:24in thick and fast. The amber triangles remind you of the areas
0:31:24 > 0:31:27that will possibly be most treacherous but not exclusively as
0:31:27 > 0:31:36we go through the Remainer of today. Snow showers affecting many
0:31:41 > 0:31:42Snow showers affecting many parts of northern Scotland, eastern areas
0:31:42 > 0:31:44enjoying sunshine, more snow showers for Northern Ireland and some
0:31:44 > 0:31:46pushing into northern England too. Further south, showers also wintry
0:31:46 > 0:31:50but tending to be a mixture of more rain, sleet, snow and hail as we get
0:31:50 > 0:31:54into southern England. I forgot to mention as well that some of those
0:31:54 > 0:31:59snow showers coming into western Scotland will also be accompanied by
0:31:59 > 0:32:04rumbles of thunder. Overnight, heavier bowls of snow for Scotland,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Northern Ireland and northern England, and by the end of the night
0:32:07 > 0:32:10we could see a frost just about anywhere, and certainly looks like
0:32:10 > 0:32:16ice will be a big issue. Taking the road first thing in the morning,
0:32:16 > 0:32:20there will be difficult conditions. Another windy day to come on
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Wednesday as well. Still showers to come for Scotland and Northern
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Ireland, but fewer than we have seen today. A lot of sunshine across
0:32:28 > 0:32:35England and Wales. Temperatures, on the face of it not looking so
0:32:35 > 0:32:39severe, but adding in the wind chill and for the northern part of the
0:32:39 > 0:32:45British Isles will feel subzero. Not much better for the south. Wednesday
0:32:45 > 0:32:48night into Thursday, here comes this deep area of low pressure which
0:32:48 > 0:32:52could be nasty as we go into Thursday morning. Deepening away, we
0:32:52 > 0:32:56could see a widespread swathes of scales, snow across northern parts
0:32:56 > 0:33:01of England and heavy rain, perhaps causing snow to melt quickly and
0:33:01 > 0:33:09there could be localised flooding. Again for Thursday morning, some
0:33:09 > 0:33:11difficult conditions, particularly if you are travelling. On a slightly
0:33:11 > 0:33:14positive note it looks like the low will clear away but then it looks
0:33:14 > 0:33:19like we are back to square one with chilly winds to close out the week.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24Here is a brief summary - cold, windy, particularly stormy on
0:33:24 > 0:33:25Wednesday night and
0:33:25 > 0:33:27windy, particularly stormy on Wednesday night and more wintry
0:33:27 > 0:33:32showers to come. Susan, thank you. An investigation has been ordered
0:33:32 > 0:33:42into the directors of the collapsed company Carillion. That is all from
0:33:42 > 0:33:42the BBC News