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The government orders a fast-track

investigation into the directors

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of the collapsed construction giant

Carillion.

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A growing number of businesses

who worked on projects with the firm

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say they are already

having to lay off staff.

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Others fear closure.

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Well, accruing debts

of about a million pounds,

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we're not a business of a size

who can trade through that

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without some form of support

from the government.

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We'll be hearing from some

of the business facing

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an uncertain future.

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Also this lunchtime.

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A couple are arrested after police

discover 13 emaciated

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brothers and sisters,

some chained to beds,

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in a house in California.

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The four-time Olympic

champion Simone Biles says

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she she was sexually abused

by the former Team USA

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gymnastics doctor.

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Hundreds of fires caused

by defective tumble dryers.

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Now MPs say Whirlpool's response

to the problems was woeful.

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The British number one Johanna Konta

is through to the second

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round of the Australian Open,

with a straight sets win over

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American Madison Brengle.

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Coming up in the sport on BBC News,

Roger Federer reaches round two

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in Melbourne but isn't expecting

another fairy tale year after two

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grand slams aged 35 in 2017.

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Good afternoon and welcome

to the BBC News at One.

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A growing number of businesses

are saying they are facing big

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losses and have already had to lay

off staff because of

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the collapse of Carillion.

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Firms working on private sector

deals for the construction giant

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have been told they'll receive only

two days of government support.

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One industry group estimates

that up to 30,000 firms

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are owed money by Carillion.

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The government has ordered

a fast-track investigation

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into the company's directors.

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Our correspondent

Simon Gompertz reports.

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This is the sort of work, painting

offices in newly built flats that

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the Carillion collapses putting in

question. A London decorating

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company which had 30 people turn up

for a job to find suddenly there was

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nothing to do and £2 million of

orders had disappeared. Carillion

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took on the contract then farmed

them out to subcontractors.

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Re-employ everyone, carry out the

work, by the materials, train the

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people, all on that level down. The

stock market has had its money and

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the investors have had their money,

and I'm sure they've had good times

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in the past and we find it

unbelievable how business can lose

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£1.5 billion.

That anger amongst

many who were depending on

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Carillion, the Royal Liverpool

Hospital now expected to be delayed,

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is beginning to focus on what it was

paying its top people. And the fact

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it changed its policy on bonuses so

that it was much harder to claw the

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money back if the company hit the

rocks.

There will have to be an

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investigation. You can't say for

certain exacting what happened yet,

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but certainly, if you were an

employee of the company, one of the

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many small contractors whose future

is now very uncertain because of

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what happened at Carillion, you

would be very surprised looking at

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what the company has done with its

bonus scheme and ask why has this

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change happened?

The former chief

executive Richard Harrison was paid

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£1.5 million in 2016 in salary and

bonuses and after he left last

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autumn following a series of

warnings that profits were

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plummeting, he was still promised

his £660,000 a year of regular pay

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would carry on until October this

year. Now there is concern the

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emphasis on quick returns may also

have affected the 28,000 staff in

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the stricken company 's pension

scheme.

The huge hole in the pension

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fund was slowly being filled by the

company but a higher priority was

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going to bonuses for top executives

and dividends for shareholders and

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I'm not convinced the regulator

should have allowed that balance to

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be as it was.

So today the Business

Secretary Greg Clark has asked the

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official receiver in charge of

Carillion to investigate not only

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the conduct of the directors at the

point of its insolvency, but also of

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any individuals who were previously

directors including detriment to any

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employees who might be owed money

and the pension schemes.

Given the

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level of salaries and bonuses

awarded to senior management at

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Carillion, as well as improving

corporate tax evasion, what the

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government to ensure better

corporate governance?

This point

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about the money for bosses was put

to ministers in Parliament.

This

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country has amongst the most robust

corporate governance in the world

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and that is something about this

government will continue.

Rail,

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health, schools, it those essential

services where the work is being

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done by Carillion that it will carry

on and people will still be paid,

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but the bulk of the business,

services or construction, is in the

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private sector and their staff will

be finding out over the next day or

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so whether their jobs will continue.

Here at an office in Cambridgeshire,

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two empty chairs already at a

company which offers landscaping,

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office plants and does snow clearing

in the winter. And the money

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Carillion owes could finish the

business completely.

It's about £1

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million of debt, and we are not a

business of the size that can trade

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through that without some form of

support from the government. If it's

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not forthcoming, I think lots of

businesses will probably go out of

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business.

Unions are calling on the

government to coordinate a maximum

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state and banking help for

businesses like this under pressure.

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And to clarify which jobs they are

willing to protect.

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Let's speak to our Assistant

political editor Norman Smith.

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We had a sense that there, Norman,

an awful lot of questions it seems

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to be answered?

Yesterday the

overriding emotion was one of shock

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at the sheer scale of the Carillion

collapse and the emotions today are

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ones of anger and anxiety, anger at

the fact that former Carillion

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bosses seem to be walking away with

very large salaries and bonuses, in

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particular former chief executive,

who was at the helm when the company

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ran into difficulties and then

resigned. He still receiving a

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salary of around £660,000, prompting

Greg Clark the Business Secretary to

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say to the insolvency service, take

a look at this and see whether

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there's any of misconduct. The

insolvency service this lunchtime

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say it's too early to say whether or

not we could recover any of those

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payments but anxiety too because we

simply do not know who is going to

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be able to keep their jobs. The

government has said they were

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protect those in the public sector

and the unions will say how do you

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define who is working in the public

sector and who isn't so for example,

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if a cleaner cleaning a government

department is going to be safe,

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that's great news, but why shouldn't

a cleaner cleaning a railway

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carriage be safe? Similarly, small

businesses are saying smaller

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companies in the supply chain are

now at risk and therefore employees

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working for them, their jobs are at

risk so there is huge anxiety and

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uncertainty, not just about who is

going to lose their jobs, but the

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sheer scale of potential job losses

we may now be facing.

Norman, thank

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you, at Westminster.

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13 brothers and sisters,

aged from two to 29,

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have been found dirty

and malnourished at their

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home in California.

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Some were chained to their beds.

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Police carried out the rescue

after one girl managed to escape

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13 brothers and sisters,

aged from two to 29,

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and raise the alarm.

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Their parents have been arrested

and charged with torture

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and child endangerment.

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James Cook reports from California.

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They look like a big, happy family.

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The children a little pale,

perhaps, but smiling.

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Photographs on Facebook show

the Turpins visiting Disneyland,

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and in Las Vegas as their apparently

proud parents renewed

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atheir wedding vows.

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their wedding vows.

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Now, David and Louise Turpin

are under arrest, charged

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with torture and child endangerment.

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Their children are in hospital.

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In the time we live in,

it is unfortunate to see this.

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It is actually heartbreaking

for the staff, and it is

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unbelievable what you see.

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The horror on Muir Woods Road

was uncovered early on Sunday

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morning when a 17-year-old girl

escaped with a mobile phone

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and called the police.

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At the home, officers found 12

siblings and were shocked

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to discover that seven were adults,

the eldest 29.

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The captives were dirty

and malnourished, say police,

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shackled to their beds with chains

and padlocks in dark

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The horror on Muir Woods Road

was uncovered early on Sunday

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and foul-smelling surroundings.

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As reporters arrived in the quiet

suburb east of Los Angeles,

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neighbours said they were stunned.

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The kids were not sociable at all,

they did not want to look at people.

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They were just doing

what they were doing and no

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contact with society.

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You would never see anyone visit,

you would never see

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anyone come outside.

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All you would really see

is that they would go out

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and maybe make a grocery run

and that was about it.

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I have a daughter.

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It is very horrifying that it can

happen in this community.

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There is no hint at

all here of the grim

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conditions inside this home.

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The questions about what

happened are mounting.

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Not least, how long were

the siblings held captive, and why?

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James Cook, BBC News,

Perris, California.

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The UK's inflation rate has fallen

for the first time since June,

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mainly because of the impact

of air fares.

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The inflation rate dipped

to 3% in December, down

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from November's rate of 3.1% -

a six-year high.

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The Office for National Statistics

said that a drop in the price

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of toys and games also contributed

to December's fall.

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Our economics correspondent

Andy Verity reports.

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It's the jump in the cost of raw

materials imported from abroad and

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that's been the biggest factor

driving inflation up. But companies

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like this online maker of designer

furniture want customers looking

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round the showroom is not to be made

uncomfortable. So they have been

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trying to contain any price rises.

18 months after the Brexit vote, the

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weaker pound is still pushing up the

cost of imported goods like the

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furniture in this store. But

retailers like this are in a highly

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competitive business and want to

grow their sales so they don't

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necessarily want to pass on the fall

higher cost of what they are buying.

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It is a fact like that, competition

which helps curb the rise in the

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cost of living.

We feel customers

should not have to take on the

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additional costs, really important

for us, we are about affordable

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design and that's what we are set up

to do eight years ago and today that

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is still relevant to our business.

While furniture prices for example

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are relatively stable, up 3.6%, some

goods rose much faster like coffee

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and tea, up 11.1%, or Alnwick to 30,

11 inflation peaked? -- electricity.

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Yes, I do think it will get worse.

Literally, if I buy ahead of

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broccoli or something, it's gone

from I think 2017, it was like 39p

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and now it's about 60 p.

When you

get to the checkout, you just think,

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oh my goodness, that is

significantly more and individual

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items are getting that bit more.

The

easing of inflation means there's a

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little less pressure on the Bank of

England to raise interest rates

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again, at least for the next few

months.

Even though the economy is

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relatively weak at the moment, we do

have a tight labour market and some

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evidence of wages beginning to peak

and therefore it may be necessary

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for the Bank of England to raise

rates a little bit this year,

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particularly in the second half of

this year.

While shoppers are being

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protected from higher import prices,

the average wage studies at keeping

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up with a cost of living. Only if

inflation slows down much more

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sharply will that squeeze on living

standards loosen its grip.

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The supermarket chain, Iceland,

says it will scrap all plastic

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from its own brand products

within five years.

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The retailer said plastic would be

replaced with paper and pulp trays

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along with paper bags which can

all be recycled and are less

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harmful to the environment.

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A man has gone on trial

at the Old Bailey accused

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of planning terrorist attacks

on some of the capital's

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best known landmarks.

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Prosecutors say Umar Haque,

from east London, was

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inspired by Islamic State.

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He denies the charges.

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Our correspondent Dominic Casciani

is at the Old Bailey.

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Explain what the court has heard so

far, Dominic.

Yes, Jane, there's is

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Umar Haque, and occasional teacher

from East London, he and three of

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his friends are accused of

effectively working together to

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further his plans, two allegations

of acts of terrorism which involve

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2016 and work to come to fruition

during 2017 and in essence, what

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happened was prosecutors said he was

inspired by the Islamic State group

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and told police after his arrest

that he was a loyal follower and he

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wanted to carry out attacks and had

a range of targets at his home. Let

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me go through that list, it included

the Queen 's guard, transport,

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tanks, a shopping centre,

Parliament, Shia Muslims, the media,

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embassies and that is just a view of

the alleged targets, but the other

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part of this case against Umar Haque

is that he was involved in the

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radicalisation of children here in

the capital and worked as an

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occasional teacher at a secondary

school but also was accused of

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grooming children at a mosque in

east London. He denies those charges

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and this will be and compensated

trial.

Dominic, thank you.

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The American gymnast Simone Biles,

who won four gold medals

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at the Rio Olympics,

has said she was sexually abused

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by the former USA team

doctor, Larry Nassar.

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He was jailed last month for 60

years for possessing images of child

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sexual abuse and is awaiting

sentencing for assaulting

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other athletes.

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Our Sports Correspondent

Natalie Pirks reports.

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And this is really very special.

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One clip, two flips.

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Full twisting double back.

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So easy...

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She's a four-time

Olympic champion whose

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megawatt smile and will to win

propelled her to gymnastic greyness.

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to gymnastic greatness.

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Only one American woman has ever

won Gold on the vault.

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But last night the self

proclaimed happy, giggly

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and energetic girl admitted to

feeling broken, saying she too had

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been a victim of one of sport's

most predatory abuses.

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Physician Larry Nassar was part

of the US gymnastics

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programme from the '80s to 2015.

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He is accused of

sexually abusing more

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than 130 women under the guise

of medical treatment and is serving

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60 years in jail for possessing

images

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of child sexual abuse.

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In a lengthy statement last

night, Biles said it

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had been impossibly difficult

to relive her experience, but says

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she's not afraid to tell

her story any more.

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I love the sport too much and I have

never been a quitter, she said. I

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won't let one man and the others

that enabled him to steal my love

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and joy. Some of her limpid

team-mates also say they were abused

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by Larry Nasser. She has accused

authorities of a cover-up and

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believes more should have been done

to protect the girls in his care.

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What did USA gymnastics do to

manipulate these girls so much that

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they are so afraid to speak up?

USA

gymnastics said it was absolutely

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heartbroken, sorry and angry that

any of their athletes had been

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harmed by the horrific acts of Larry

Nasser. It said its support for

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Simone Biles and others is

unwavering. His crimes have

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parallels to the current climate in

British football and in Hollywood.

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Similar stories of power and access

have played out with horrifying

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consequences. Simone Biles used the

hash tag me too, also used by

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thousands on social media to raise

awareness of sexual harassment and

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abuse. Used to making the

spectacular look effortless,

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disclosing the special treatment

inflicted on her, has been a painful

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process but through witnessing the

coverage of other survivors, Simone

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Biles has finally felt able to share

her story.

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The time is 17 minutes past one.

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Our top story this lunchtime...

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A growing number of businesses

who worked on projects with the firm

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say they're already laying off

staff; others fear closure.

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And coming up...

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A transport revolution for the north

of England but at least one critic

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has ridiculed the proposals.

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Coming up in sport, Wales take

a chance on injured players

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for the Six Nations including

Taulupe Faletau and George North

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in their 39-man squad,

despite both struggling

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with knee problems.

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The French President,

Emmanuel Macron, is to put pressure

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on Britain to take in more refugees

from northern France.

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He's visiting Calais today,

with French ministers saying

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he will also ask the UK to increase

funding for security and

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the development of the port city.

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At stake is a 2003 agreement

between Britain and France,

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which effectively moved the UK

border onto French territory.

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Our diplomatic correspondent

Paul Adams is in Calais.

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There were once thousands of

migrants camped out here in Calais,

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now there are as many as 700 at any

one time, living rough in utterly

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miserable conditions, having of

course to make it across the Channel

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to England. They are read small part

of a much bigger immigration problem

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the French government is grappling

with. Last year there were more than

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100,000 applications for asylum, a

new record, and it is clear

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President Macron is about to ask

Theresa May for more help in dealing

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with the situation here.

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They are harder to find

but they are still here.

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Under the trees, cold and wet,

desperate to move on.

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From Eritrea, Ethiopia,

Afghanistan and Iraq.

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They walk miles every day for food,

shelter and opportunities to leave.

0:19:540:20:00

For security reasons...

Just James.

Yes, just James.

Ok.

0:20:000:20:04

James is from Cameroon,

unwilling to show his face.

0:20:040:20:07

He's been in Calais for six months,

bitter about his treatment.

0:20:070:20:12

I have my own reasons why

I left my country to come to Europe.

0:20:120:20:15

So the way they treat

us here is not good.

0:20:150:20:18

I don't believe there

is humanity in France.

0:20:180:20:20

Humanity does not exist in Calais.

0:20:200:20:25

So today we have about 600,

700 refugees who are in Calais

0:20:250:20:31

and who live in absolutely

treacherous conditions, you know.

0:20:310:20:33

Every few hours, every few days,

everything is taken away

0:20:330:20:36

and they find themselves

with absolutely nothing

0:20:360:20:38

to survive with.

0:20:380:20:41

President Macron has come to see

the situation for himself,

0:20:410:20:43

stopping first visit migrants

in the regional capital.

0:20:430:20:50

He's about to unveil

a new immigration bill, and when it

0:20:500:20:53

comes to Calais his officials say

he's going to ask Britain

0:20:530:20:56

to do more to help.

0:20:560:20:59

The camp they call The Jungle

was demolished 15 months ago,

0:20:590:21:07

It was essential to draw the

conclusions before meeting with

0:21:140:21:17

Theresa May.

0:21:170:21:18

The camp they call The Jungle

was demolished 15 months ago,

0:21:180:21:21

its residents sent to reception

centres all over the country,

0:21:210:21:23

but Calais is still a magnet.

0:21:230:21:24

You can burn a camp down

but you can't stop people

0:21:240:21:27

trying to reach Britain.

0:21:270:21:30

The rail and ferry terminals

are now heavily fortified.

0:21:300:21:33

British money paid for a lot of this

but lorries and smugglers

0:21:330:21:36

still offer ways across the Channel.

0:21:360:21:41

Calais' migrant problem

seems perpetual.

0:21:410:21:43

Governments have tried

and failed to fix it.

0:21:430:21:46

When President Macron crosses

the Channel on Thursday, it seems

0:21:460:21:49

he will be carrying demands.

0:21:490:21:51

Paul Adams, BBC News, Calais.

0:21:510:21:57

We have been hearing a bit about

that in the course of the

0:21:570:22:01

President's speech which ended a few

minutes ago. He said he would be

0:22:010:22:05

looking for what he called a

specific response from his British

0:22:050:22:08

partners on the subject of

unaccompanied minors and said he

0:22:080:22:12

would be talking to Theresa May

about money. Thank you. Paul Adams

0:22:120:22:18

in Calais.

0:22:180:22:20

The President of the European

Council has again insisted

0:22:200:22:22

that the EU remains open to the idea

of Brexit being abandoned.

0:22:220:22:25

Donald Tusk told MEPs in Strasbourg

that it's not too late

0:22:250:22:28

for Britain to change its mind.

0:22:280:22:29

Our Europe Correspondent Adam

Fleming is at the European

0:22:290:22:31

Parliament in Strasbourg.

0:22:310:22:36

Tell us more about what was said,

Adam.

Donald Tusk is the man that

0:22:360:22:43

chairs the all-important summit of

EU leaders and has said things like

0:22:430:22:47

this before. Remember last summer

when he channelled John Lennon to

0:22:470:22:51

say imagine there was no Brexit but

he's never said it quite strongly as

0:22:510:22:56

this. He said the EU's heart was

open if UK voters decided to change

0:22:560:23:02

their mind. Then used an old quote

from David Davis saying the

0:23:020:23:06

democracy wasn't a democracy any

more if it couldn't change its mind,

0:23:060:23:10

and that was backed up by

Jean-Claude Juncker, who spoke

0:23:100:23:13

afterwards saying he hoped this

message was heard loud and clear in

0:23:130:23:18

London. I don't know if this is part

of some big campaign to get the

0:23:180:23:22

Brexit vote reversed, I think it is

more a tactic to make sure all

0:23:220:23:26

options are still on the table no

matter what happens in the next 14

0:23:260:23:32

months of the Brexit process. There

was plenty of other Brexit chap

0:23:320:23:35

today but what MPs really want is

more detail from Theresa May about

0:23:350:23:39

what the UK wants from its future

relationship with the EU before

0:23:390:23:43

talks on that start in March.

Thank

you.

0:23:430:23:49

There's fewer than 40 miles

between Manchester and Britain's

0:23:490:23:51

fifth biggest city Bradford,

but the journey takes almost an hour

0:23:510:23:53

on even the fastest trains.

0:23:530:23:55

Well this morning, Transport

For The North published its plan

0:23:550:23:57

to modernise rail and road links,

as our correspondent

0:23:570:23:59

Danny Savage reports.

0:23:590:24:02

The hills of the north.

0:24:020:24:03

Beautiful, but a physical barrier

between the conurbations

0:24:030:24:05

either side of the Pennines.

0:24:050:24:08

Travelling by car can be painful,

the few routes over the top

0:24:080:24:11

are often congested.

0:24:110:24:14

As for the trains, they are frequent

but relatively slow

0:24:140:24:16

and can be overcrowded.

0:24:160:24:20

Because there's always

delays on the train,

0:24:200:24:21

we want this train service to be

quicker than what it usually is.

0:24:210:24:26

Most of the trains between Halifax

and Bradford, and Halifax

0:24:260:24:31

to Leeds are like this,

like an old bus.

0:24:310:24:33

Draughty, hot, old.

0:24:330:24:37

Improving transport links

across the Pennines is nothing new.

0:24:370:24:40

This is the Leeds-Liverpool canal

build more than 200 years ago.

0:24:400:24:43

But instead of taking

a few days by water,

0:24:430:24:45

the hope is for example getting

Leeds to Manchester by train down

0:24:450:24:49

to about half an hour.

0:24:490:24:53

After years of discussion

about improving things

0:24:530:24:55

on the twisty hilltop roads,

there is now a plan the

0:24:550:24:58

northern cities agree on.

0:24:580:25:00

There used to be a train tunnel

between Sheffield and Manchester.

0:25:000:25:03

That's long gone, but a new road

tunnel like this one in Norway

0:25:030:25:06

is proposed and could halve

the current journey

0:25:060:25:08

between South Yorkshire

and Greater Manchester.

0:25:080:25:13

And a new trans-Pennine

line will link Leeds

0:25:130:25:15

and Manchester via Bradford.

0:25:150:25:18

I think we all need to make

sure that we cover Hull,

0:25:180:25:24

Sheffield, Newcastle,

and Manchester of course,

0:25:240:25:26

so all of our major city regions.

0:25:260:25:27

This is vitally

important for the north.

0:25:270:25:30

Today's launch of the plan

was about helping businesses

0:25:300:25:33

as well as individuals.

0:25:330:25:35

We want to work more

with our near neighbours,

0:25:350:25:37

that's both sides of the Pennines,

and further north.

0:25:370:25:40

At the moment that's a little bit

harder than it should be.

0:25:400:25:45

But remember, this is a 30-year

plan and is still only

0:25:450:25:48

at the ideas stage.

0:25:480:25:49

Former Transport Secretary John

Prescott walked out of the launch

0:25:490:25:51

in Hull today, unconvinced.

0:25:510:25:55

It will have no powers.

0:25:550:25:56

It can talk to the Treasury along

with the strategic bodies

0:25:560:25:59

but it can't make a decision.

0:25:590:26:01

It doesn't get any money.

0:26:010:26:02

It's a bloody fraud.

0:26:020:26:06

The planners will have

to pitch their ideas to the Treasury

0:26:060:26:08

to get the money for these ambitious

projects to upgrade the north,

0:26:080:26:13

which at the moment feels left

behind when it comes to transport.

0:26:130:26:16

Danny Savage, BBC News, Leeds.

0:26:160:26:24

The white goods manufacturer

Whirlpool hasn't done enough

0:26:240:26:26

to deal with defective tumble dryers

which have caused hundreds of fires.

0:26:260:26:29

The Commons Business Committee says

the firm's response to the problem,

0:26:290:26:36

discovered in 2015, has been woeful.

0:26:360:26:41

Our Business Correspondent,

Emma Simpson, reports.

0:26:410:26:43

A burnt out wreck.

0:26:430:26:44

Fire engulfed this flat

in Llanrwst in Wales in 2014,

0:26:440:26:46

claiming the lives of Doug McTavish

and Bernard Hender.

0:26:460:26:49

The coroner said it was most

likely caused by a fault

0:26:490:26:51

in the tumble dryer,

owned by Whirlpool,

0:26:510:26:53

and that the company needed

to take further action

0:26:530:26:55

to prevent future deaths.

0:26:550:26:59

MPs are now demanding changes too.

0:26:590:27:03

Well, the evidence was woeful.

0:27:030:27:06

Since 2004, they admit there have

been 740 fires in people's homes

0:27:060:27:09

caused by these tumble dryers

and yet still today, in 2018,

0:27:090:27:12

there are million of these tumble

dryers in people's homes.

0:27:120:27:20

there are a million of these tumble

dryers in people's homes.

0:27:200:27:23

They need to take much stronger

action to get those tumble dryers

0:27:230:27:26

out of people's homes.

0:27:260:27:27

Her Parliamentary committee has been

looking into the safety

0:27:270:27:29

of electrical goods.

0:27:290:27:30

Among its recommendations,

it wants...

0:27:300:27:32

Whirlpool to deal with any faulty

machines within a fortnight

0:27:320:27:35

of being contacted by customers.

0:27:350:27:38

All manufacturers should make risk

assessments available as soon

0:27:380:27:41

as defects are identified.

0:27:410:27:44

Safer materials to replace

plastic-backed fridge

0:27:440:27:47

freezers, which appear to be

a significant risk.

0:27:470:27:50

And it wants the Government

to actively explore the creation

0:27:500:27:53

of a single national product safety

agency to improve a system

0:27:530:27:57

which the MPs claim is fragmented

and under resourced.

0:27:570:28:04

Whirlpool says it's helped the vast

majority of customers who've

0:28:040:28:06

come forward so far,

and promises it will now resolve

0:28:060:28:08

reported problems within a week.

0:28:080:28:13

The Government says Britain's

product safety requirements

0:28:130:28:14

are among the highest in the world

and it's already taken steps

0:28:140:28:17

to improve the current regime.

0:28:170:28:21

Emma Simpson, BBC News.

0:28:210:28:25

Britain's Johanna Konta

is through to the second

0:28:250:28:27

round of the Australian Open.

0:28:270:28:30

The British number one made

swift work of her match

0:28:300:28:32

against American Madison Brengle

at Melbourne Park.

0:28:320:28:40

Our sports

correspondent Joe Wilson reports.

0:28:420:28:44

Johanna Konta - concentration,

focus, a force of willpower.

0:28:440:28:46

Well, all of that was

there in Melbourne.

0:28:460:28:49

She overwhelmed Madison Brengle,

ranked 90th in the world,

0:28:490:28:51

Konta only lost four games

in their first-round match.

0:28:510:28:55

Her Australian upbringing

has left her with an

0:28:550:28:57

appreciation for the heat

of battle and the heat of the sun.

0:28:570:29:00

But this is the new playful Konta.

0:29:000:29:04

When she addressed the media,

she explained she was suffering

0:29:040:29:06

from a shopping mishap.

0:29:060:29:07

The blueberry blues.

0:29:070:29:10

I went to the supermarket

to buy blueberries.

0:29:100:29:14

I only bought blueberries,

two punnets of blueberries.

0:29:140:29:17

I left two punnets

of blueberries there.

0:29:170:29:19

It's $5 that I will not get back but

0:29:190:29:23

it's more the betrayal of my own

mind that I felt so upset about.

0:29:230:29:26

Yeah, I was so sad!

0:29:260:29:27

Ah, where's the smile?

0:29:270:29:30

There, all fun.

0:29:300:29:32

Novak Djokovic has more

than just $5 on his mind.

0:29:320:29:35

It has been suggested he's

organising a male players'

0:29:350:29:37

battle for more prize money.

0:29:370:29:41

Nothing so shadowy, he insisted,

after winning his first-round match.

0:29:410:29:45

COMMENTATOR:

There it is.

0:29:450:29:46

UMPIRE:

Game, set

and match, Djokovic.

0:29:460:29:52

Sure, there was a routine

players' meeting but there

0:29:520:29:54

won't be a tournament

boycott, he says.

0:29:540:29:56

A straight sets win over

Donald Young made his sore elbow

0:29:560:29:58

seem less significant.

0:29:580:29:59

Djokovic just one player here

looking for a post-surgery surge.

0:29:590:30:03

Roger Federer has led the way

in proving age and operations

0:30:030:30:06

are no barrier to success,

of course he has.

0:30:060:30:08

UMPIRE:

Game, Roger Federer.

0:30:080:30:13

COMMENTATOR: The champion

is on his way.

0:30:130:30:16

1 hour 39 minutes to beat

Aljaz Bedene, that is

0:30:160:30:24

Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene by the way -

formerly, briefly, known

0:30:250:30:27

as Britain's Aljaz Bedene.

0:30:270:30:28

Britain's Heather Watson

had her moments in the first round,

0:30:280:30:31

that's her winning

the point at the net here.

0:30:310:30:33

COMMENTATOR:

Good anticipation

on that backhand volley.

0:30:330:30:34

But Watson lost

the first set 7-5 and

0:30:340:30:36

the second on a tie-break,

her opponent Yulia Putintseva

0:30:360:30:38

celebrating as if she had just found

a free box of blueberries.

0:30:380:30:42

COMMENTATOR:

There it is.

0:30:420:30:45

That is what it means.

0:30:450:30:46

Joe Wilson, BBC News.

0:30:460:30:54

Time for a look at the weather.

0:30:550:30:56

Here's Susan Powell.

0:30:560:31:00

Here's Susan Powell.

0:31:000:31:00

Some challenging weather across the

British Isles at the moment, here is

0:31:000:31:05

the scene in Northern Ireland and

the Met office have issued a number

0:31:050:31:09

warning for Northern Ireland and

Scotland for snow and ice through

0:31:090:31:12

the Remainer of today and into

tomorrow morning. Take a look at the

0:31:120:31:16

satellite picture and you can see

where the showers have been piling

0:31:160:31:20

in thick and fast. The amber

triangles remind you of the areas

0:31:200:31:24

that will possibly be most

treacherous but not exclusively as

0:31:240:31:27

we go through the Remainer of today.

Snow showers affecting many

0:31:270:31:36

Snow showers affecting many parts of

northern Scotland, eastern areas

0:31:410:31:42

enjoying sunshine, more snow showers

for Northern Ireland and some

0:31:420:31:44

pushing into northern England too.

Further south, showers also wintry

0:31:440:31:46

but tending to be a mixture of more

rain, sleet, snow and hail as we get

0:31:460:31:50

into southern England. I forgot to

mention as well that some of those

0:31:500:31:54

snow showers coming into western

Scotland will also be accompanied by

0:31:540:31:59

rumbles of thunder. Overnight,

heavier bowls of snow for Scotland,

0:31:590:32:04

Northern Ireland and northern

England, and by the end of the night

0:32:040:32:07

we could see a frost just about

anywhere, and certainly looks like

0:32:070:32:10

ice will be a big issue. Taking the

road first thing in the morning,

0:32:100:32:16

there will be difficult conditions.

Another windy day to come on

0:32:160:32:20

Wednesday as well. Still showers to

come for Scotland and Northern

0:32:200:32:24

Ireland, but fewer than we have seen

today. A lot of sunshine across

0:32:240:32:28

England and Wales. Temperatures, on

the face of it not looking so

0:32:280:32:35

severe, but adding in the wind chill

and for the northern part of the

0:32:350:32:39

British Isles will feel subzero. Not

much better for the south. Wednesday

0:32:390:32:45

night into Thursday, here comes this

deep area of low pressure which

0:32:450:32:48

could be nasty as we go into

Thursday morning. Deepening away, we

0:32:480:32:52

could see a widespread swathes of

scales, snow across northern parts

0:32:520:32:56

of England and heavy rain, perhaps

causing snow to melt quickly and

0:32:560:33:01

there could be localised flooding.

Again for Thursday morning, some

0:33:010:33:09

difficult conditions, particularly

if you are travelling. On a slightly

0:33:090:33:11

positive note it looks like the low

will clear away but then it looks

0:33:110:33:14

like we are back to square one with

chilly winds to close out the week.

0:33:140:33:19

Here is a brief summary - cold,

windy, particularly stormy on

0:33:190:33:24

Wednesday night and

0:33:240:33:25

windy, particularly stormy on

Wednesday night and more wintry

0:33:250:33:27

showers to come. Susan, thank you.

An investigation has been ordered

0:33:270:33:32

into the directors of the collapsed

company Carillion. That is all from

0:33:320:33:42

the BBC News

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