0:00:05 > 0:00:09Labour accuses the government of negligence following the collapse
0:00:09 > 0:00:12of the construction giant Carillion.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14There were angry exchanges in the Commons, as it emerges
0:00:14 > 0:00:19the company owed more than £1 billion.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23As the ruins of Carillion lie around her, will the Prime Minister
0:00:23 > 0:00:27act to end this costly racket of the relationship
0:00:27 > 0:00:33between government and some of these companies?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36I might first of all remind the right honourable gentleman that
0:00:36 > 0:00:38a third of the Carillion contracts with the government were let
0:00:38 > 0:00:41by the Labour government.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43As the scale of Carillion's debts become clear, we'll
0:00:43 > 0:00:45hear from businesses and have the latest
0:00:45 > 0:00:47from Westminster.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Also this lunchtime.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52More than one in ten nurses is leaving the NHS in England every
0:00:52 > 0:00:57year and more people are now leaving the profession than joining it.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Clearing a path through the winter weather.
0:00:59 > 0:01:05Heavy snow causes traffic disruption in many parts of the UK.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07The cricketer Ben Stokes will be considered for selection
0:01:07 > 0:01:10for England's Twenty20 series next month even though he's been
0:01:10 > 0:01:14charged with affray.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17The Bayeux Tapestry could leave France for the first time
0:01:17 > 0:01:24in nearly 1,000 years and be loaned to Britain.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27And coming up in the sport on BBC News, British number two Kyle Edmund
0:01:27 > 0:01:30hails his new-found confidence as he breezes into the third
0:01:30 > 0:01:36round of the Australian Open for the first time in his career.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Theresa May has come under pressure in Parliament this lunchtime over
0:01:59 > 0:02:04the future of the collapsed services and construction giant Carillion.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government
0:02:07 > 0:02:08of being negligent.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The Prime Minister said she understood it's a difficult time
0:02:11 > 0:02:14for people worried about their jobs.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19Documents seen by the BBC show Carillion had £29 million in cash
0:02:19 > 0:02:24but owed more than £1.3 billion to its banks.
0:02:24 > 0:02:32Here's our business correspondent Simon Gompertz.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Prime Minister, while the contract awarded to Carillion despite the
0:02:35 > 0:02:39warnings? As people depending on Carillion await anxiously to hear
0:02:39 > 0:02:42about their jobs, the Prime Minister was being put under pressure over
0:02:42 > 0:02:45the government's role in the collapse.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47These corporations, Mr Speaker, need to be shown the door.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52We need our public services provided by public employees
0:02:52 > 0:02:58with a public service ethos and a strong public oversight.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02As the ruins of Carillion lie around her, will the Prime Minister
0:03:02 > 0:03:06act to end of this costly racket of the relationship
0:03:06 > 0:03:12between government and some of these companies?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I might first of all remind the Right Honourable gentleman that
0:03:15 > 0:03:17a third of the Carillion contracts with the government were let
0:03:17 > 0:03:22by the Labour government.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26What we want...
0:03:26 > 0:03:28What we want is to provide good quality public
0:03:28 > 0:03:32services, delivered at best value to the taxpayer.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34We are making sure in this case that public services
0:03:34 > 0:03:37continue to be provided, that the workers in those public
0:03:37 > 0:03:44services are supported and taxpayers are protected.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49With the blame game kicking off, more detail has emerged about the
0:03:49 > 0:03:55dire financial state that Carillion was in. This multi-billion pound
0:03:55 > 0:03:59business had just £29 million in cash when it went under on Monday.
0:03:59 > 0:04:05Set against that was £1.3 billion of debt, a figure which rises above 2
0:04:05 > 0:04:11billion when other money owed to banks are taken into account. This
0:04:11 > 0:04:14senior insolvency expert says dealing with the Carillion mess is
0:04:14 > 0:04:19an unprecedented challenge.If someone is owed money by Carillion,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23and is hoping they would get that back from the official receiver,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27what hope do they have?This is one of the biggest insolvencies I've
0:04:27 > 0:04:32come across in my career. I can't stress enough how terrible the whole
0:04:32 > 0:04:36situation is because actually individual subcontractors will
0:04:36 > 0:04:41probably have to wait years before they will even know definitively
0:04:41 > 0:04:50whether they will see that may receive anything or not.The jitters
0:04:50 > 0:04:56as budding. This morning the share price of in server dropped sharply
0:04:56 > 0:04:59sharply and as cleaning and other service contract with government and
0:04:59 > 0:05:03later the Cabinet Office said it wasn't in a com bubble position.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07This flooring business in Hampshire told today how it had narrowly
0:05:07 > 0:05:12avoided being taken down by Carillion by deciding to refuse work
0:05:12 > 0:05:17without being paid upfront. Eventually it does become the
0:05:17 > 0:05:22principal thing. When it's your own business and your own money, it
0:05:22 > 0:05:26kicks in the principle of no, you won't to does like this. We'd jump
0:05:26 > 0:05:30through hoops to do your work and the work is done to a good standard.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36So pay me when you need to pay me. One positive sign for phones is nine
0:05:36 > 0:05:40in ten of Carillion's private sector customers have indicated to the
0:05:40 > 0:05:43insolvency service they will provide funding so workers can continue to
0:05:43 > 0:05:46be paid.
0:05:46 > 0:05:52Our Assistant political editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Do you think anyone employed by Carillion or associated, watching
0:05:57 > 0:06:02PMQs today, will feel any more reassured?I'm afraid I think they
0:06:02 > 0:06:07will have felt pretty frustrated by PMQs, because we didn't really get
0:06:07 > 0:06:11much more clarity or detail in particular about the plight of those
0:06:11 > 0:06:169000 or so Carillion occurs who worked in the private sector and of
0:06:16 > 0:06:22course those many thousands who work in smaller companies in the supply
0:06:22 > 0:06:27chain whose jobs are not guaranteed and, at times, it became a fairly
0:06:27 > 0:06:32predictable political slugfest between Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa
0:06:32 > 0:06:35May. Jeremy Corbyn citing the collapse of Carillion as evidence of
0:06:35 > 0:06:41what he said was a broken system whereby public services had been
0:06:41 > 0:06:44contracted out to these huge private sector companies, saying that
0:06:44 > 0:06:50companies like capita, the virgin Stagecoach, which runs the East
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Coast line, they should be shown the door and under a Labour government
0:06:55 > 0:06:59public services would be run by public employees with a public
0:06:59 > 0:07:03service ethos and under public oversight. Theresa May said he is
0:07:03 > 0:07:08just anti-private sector and citing the example of previous Labour
0:07:08 > 0:07:11governments who had given Carillion contracts. So you are left with the
0:07:11 > 0:07:18sense that for many, many Carillion workers, really the anxiety and the
0:07:18 > 0:07:23sheer uncertainty I'm afraid continues.Norman, thank you.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26More than one in ten nurses is leaving the NHS in England every
0:07:26 > 0:07:28year and significantly more people are quitting the profession
0:07:28 > 0:07:29than joining it.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32That's according to figures provided by NHS Digital,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35as part of an in-depth look at nursing by the BBC
0:07:35 > 0:07:38in the year the NHS turns 70.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Nursing leaders are calling the numbers a dangerous
0:07:40 > 0:07:42and downward spiral, but the government says
0:07:42 > 0:07:48measures are being taken to retain experienced staff.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes is at
0:07:49 > 0:07:57Birmingham Children's Hospital.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Yes, good afternoon a full service becoming increasingly clear that
0:07:59 > 0:08:04nursing is a profession under pressure, not just the difficulties
0:08:04 > 0:08:08in managing what looks like quite a hard winter for the health service,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12but in the longer term a more fundamental issue of trying to
0:08:12 > 0:08:16persuade experienced nurses to stay in what is, at times, quite a
0:08:16 > 0:08:19demanding role and as we can see, for some, everyday stresses and
0:08:19 > 0:08:21strains have proved just too much.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24She became a nurse to help people, excited at the prospect
0:08:24 > 0:08:26of making a difference, but in the end, the job
0:08:26 > 0:08:30overwhelmed Mary Trevelyan.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I would still often end up in tears during a shift
0:08:33 > 0:08:36because there was just so much pressure and stress.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40A never-ending list of things to do, guilt over not having enough time
0:08:40 > 0:08:43to care for patients.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48Stress led to depression, and Mary has had to leave the job she loved.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I want to be a great nurse and I want to give
0:08:50 > 0:08:53my patients my best, but I feel that I can't
0:08:53 > 0:08:55do that at the moment because we're just too
0:08:55 > 0:08:59short-staffed, too busy.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03There's far too many things for us to be doing.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07We've analysed the number of nurses working in the NHS in England.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Last year, more than 33,000 nurses walked away
0:09:09 > 0:09:14from their health-service jobs.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17That's a 20% rise, compared to four years ago, and leavers
0:09:17 > 0:09:21outnumber new-joiners.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And almost one in four of those leavers
0:09:23 > 0:09:25are relatively young - under 30.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27All of this has potentially serious implications for a sustainable
0:09:27 > 0:09:31nursing profession.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Well, this is incredibly worrying because this is a time when we're
0:09:34 > 0:09:36meant to be recruiting extra nurses because of the vacancies
0:09:36 > 0:09:37we've already got.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39As well as planning really for increased demand
0:09:39 > 0:09:42on health care in the future, we should really be training many,
0:09:42 > 0:09:47many more nurses, and so we should have been for the last few years.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Many nurses are thinking about, or have already left the profession,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52and that's just one reason why so many hospitals are struggling
0:09:52 > 0:09:59to recruit properly trained staff.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01And yet, the Government tells us that thousands more nurses
0:10:01 > 0:10:04are working in the NHS today than there were in 2010.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07In order to retain staff, to keep them on the books, they need
0:10:07 > 0:10:09to give them new opportunities.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13And that's what nurses like Sarah Dalby are making the most of.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17She's now able to perform surgery, thanks to specialist training -
0:10:17 > 0:10:19developing new skills that are taking her a long way
0:10:19 > 0:10:22from the traditional nursing role.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I think it's always nice to have an option to develop
0:10:25 > 0:10:28into another pathway, or another opportunity,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30if that's what you want to do.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31It's not for everyone.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Because nursing's so varied.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34And it is a real privilege to be a nurse.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38We care for patients at such a vulnerable time in their lives.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41And it's challenging, certainly challenging at the moment,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44but that doesn't deviate from how rewarding it is as a career.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Mary has not turned her back on nursing altogether.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Like some of her friends, she's now thinking of working abroad.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55But today's NHS is not for her, and many other nurses appear to be
0:10:55 > 0:11:03reaching a similar conclusion.
0:11:03 > 0:11:09Big as one
0:11:10 > 0:11:21dog in
0:11:27 > 0:11:37place to
0:11:42 > 0:11:42promote
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Drivers are promote being warned to avoid
0:11:44 > 0:11:46some sections of the M74 in Dumfries
0:11:46 > 0:11:48and Galloway after heavy snow forced hundreds of motorists to spend
0:11:48 > 0:11:50the night in their cars.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Mountain rescue teams were sent to help people who were stuck;
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Traffic Scotland say gritters had been working to clear routes,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58but efforts were hampered by jack-knifed lorries.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Our Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon is in
0:11:59 > 0:12:07Abington in Lanarkshire.
0:12:51 > 0:12:57Motorists faced treacherous conditions. The line of traffic here
0:12:57 > 0:13:03slowing to a standstill. Stranding drivers. Some were stuck for hours.
0:13:03 > 0:13:10Well, I've been on the go from half past one yesterday. But not a what
0:13:10 > 0:13:15you can do about it. But you just think in this day and age that these
0:13:15 > 0:13:21things shouldn't happen.A lot of idiots going too fast. Steady, but
0:13:21 > 0:13:27it was getting worse. So I chose to stop here and now I am going to
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Glasgow.Mountain rescue teams were turned from the hills to the roads,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34checking that drivers were safe.We were called in by Police Scotland is
0:13:34 > 0:13:38to go and check the welfare for the people in the vehicles that had been
0:13:38 > 0:13:43their book quite a serious period of time. So it was our job to go and
0:13:43 > 0:13:47check the welfare, make sure they were OK.With the conditions so bad
0:13:47 > 0:13:52overnight, those that could got off the motorway and parked up where it
0:13:52 > 0:14:01was safe. This stretch of the 74 is, for now, open once again. But the
0:14:01 > 0:14:06weather is deteriorating and the snow is continuing to fall. These
0:14:06 > 0:14:12pictures from North Lanarkshire show just how challenging driving in the
0:14:12 > 0:14:15snow and ice can be. One lorry driver struggling to maintain
0:14:15 > 0:14:22control. Throughout the country, the critters were out, clearing routes.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26But all the schools in the Borders, and many elsewhere throughout
0:14:26 > 0:14:31Scotland, were closed because of the snow. Many schoolchildren in
0:14:31 > 0:14:36Northern Ireland are also missing classes, where nearly 300 schools
0:14:36 > 0:14:42had been shot for the day. Hundreds of homes there remain without power.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Some places have had more than a foot of snow. The views are
0:14:46 > 0:14:51stunning. But there are warnings of more bad weather, snow and ice to
0:14:51 > 0:15:00come. Well, while we have been on air, the police have been down this
0:15:00 > 0:15:05stretch of road, checking on drivers here. The police further South in
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Dumfries and Galloway say without further weather warning, they expect
0:15:08 > 0:15:13to be at full stretch again tonight. Lauder, thank you very much. Lorna
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Gordon.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20A court has heard that a man kidnapped two women
0:15:20 > 0:15:22and cut their throats, before leaving one of
0:15:22 > 0:15:23them dead in a freezer
0:15:23 > 0:15:27in a disused house.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Mujahid Arshid, from Kingston in South London,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30is facing multiple charges, including the rape and murder
0:15:30 > 0:15:32of 20-year-old Celine Dookhran, which he denies.
0:15:32 > 0:15:40Jon Donnison is following the case at the Old Bailey.
0:15:42 > 0:15:48Very distressing case, what has the jury been told.20-year-old Celine
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Dookhran was the niece. The prosecution alleged that in July
0:15:53 > 0:15:58last year, he kidnapped Selena and another young woman who cannot be
0:15:58 > 0:16:04named for legal reasons. They were bound and gagged, allegedly, and he
0:16:04 > 0:16:08took them to a vacant property he had been working on as a builder in
0:16:08 > 0:16:11south-west London and the prosecution alleged that there, he
0:16:11 > 0:16:18raped and he slit their throats. Salim died, the second woman was
0:16:18 > 0:16:26able to talk Mujahid Arshid into letting her go -- three died. She
0:16:26 > 0:16:33then went on to alert police. A second man also appeared in court.
0:16:33 > 0:16:3928 years old. He is accused of assisting M Arshid in initial
0:16:39 > 0:16:48kidnapping. Both men denied the charges.Thank you.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49The time is 13:16.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Our top story this lunchtime:
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Labour accuses the Government of negligence, following the collapse
0:16:53 > 0:16:54of the construction giant Carillion.
0:16:54 > 0:17:00The Prime Minister says it's a 'difficult time'
0:17:00 > 0:17:03And still to come:
0:17:03 > 0:17:05As the Royal Air Force celebrates its centenary, we hear
0:17:05 > 0:17:11from one of the last surviving Dambusters.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Had I had my time over again, I would do the same again.
0:17:15 > 0:17:22Coming up in the sport: Eddie Jones signs a new deal to stay
0:17:22 > 0:17:23as England's rugby union
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Head Coach until 2021, but no longer.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28The RFU says a successor will be named a year prior to his departure.
0:17:33 > 0:17:41The Catalan Parliament has opened for the first time
0:17:42 > 0:17:44since the regional separatist government was dismissed
0:17:44 > 0:17:46in October, for attempting to break away from Spain.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Three separatist parties are now trying to re-form
0:17:48 > 0:17:49a coalition government, following the snap
0:17:49 > 0:17:52elections in December.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54But there's controversy around plans to re-install
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Carles Puigdemont as President, if he remains in self-imposed
0:17:56 > 0:17:57exile in Brussels.
0:17:57 > 0:18:05Our Europe reporter, Gavin Lee, is in Barcelona.
0:18:05 > 0:18:11Well, the separatist parties who'd just gave you months ago were
0:18:11 > 0:18:15dismissed from government, about to reshape, forming a coalition, but we
0:18:15 > 0:18:18are hearing today is that the opening of Parliament, Carles
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Puigdemont is about to be put forward to be the potential leader
0:18:22 > 0:18:27again. From 800,000 weight in Oldham. I spent the last few days
0:18:27 > 0:18:33working out where the Catalan crisis is going next. -- from 800 miles
0:18:33 > 0:18:35away in Belgium.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37The Catalan Parliament, where the only official business
0:18:37 > 0:18:39for the last two months has been clearing the cobwebs.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Standing empty since being shut down by the Spanish Government,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44following the attempt of separatist regional leaders here to break away.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46And in the snap elections in December, no party
0:18:46 > 0:18:48gained a majority.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Today is the opening of Parliament, and separatist parties
0:18:52 > 0:18:55are being given the formal mandate to try to form a coalition.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58And they're also expected to propose the ex-President, Carles Puigdemont,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00as their leader again.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Only, he won't be sitting here as usual, because he's
0:19:02 > 0:19:04in self-imposed exile in Belgium.
0:19:04 > 0:19:12But his party says he can lead, even if he's 800 miles away.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14It can work, as it works in any other country.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I mean, the President of the United States does not lead
0:19:17 > 0:19:21from each and every city and every village of the United States.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Critics of Carles Puigdemont say that he's putting
0:19:23 > 0:19:24himself above the law.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27He's wanted, to face allegations of sedition and rebellion.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Wouldn't it be better for the party, for him, to come to Spain,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33to Catalonia, and face what he has to face?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37He already faced justice.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41He went to Brussels as a free man, because when he went to Belgium,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43or he travelled to Belgium, no charges were made against him.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And that's why they remain in Belgium, because the Spanish
0:19:46 > 0:19:51justice cannot grant them a fair trial.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55The Catalan region is still being ruled by Madrid,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57using emergency powers they enforced after the separatists' illegal
0:19:57 > 0:19:58declaration of independence.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01The Spanish Government says those measures will stay in place
0:20:01 > 0:20:06if Carles Puigdemont tries to rule from afar.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09The question is so serious that we cannot take that as a joke.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12But unfortunately, it looks like a joke.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15It looks like a hologram, a political hologram will take
0:20:15 > 0:20:16a place in politics.
0:20:16 > 0:20:24And this is affecting the life of people.
0:20:24 > 0:20:31So I think there is no possibility - out of normal and real politics -
0:20:31 > 0:20:33to have a virtual President of any institution at all.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34CROWD CHANTS.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38The Catalan Parliament has two weeks to propose the next leader.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44And in contrast to the sound and fury of the recent months
0:20:44 > 0:20:46of protest and political discontent, there's now a visible -
0:20:46 > 0:20:49if temporary - period of calm, as the next, more formal stage
0:20:49 > 0:20:51of the crisis plays out.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55And the obvious question is, can Carles Puigdemont rule from Belgium?
0:20:55 > 0:21:01He has said today he would be in a position to do so. But he has kept a
0:21:01 > 0:21:03very low profile, avoiding all major interviews.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Thank you.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Hundreds of the most vulnerable victims of crime are being prevented
0:21:07 > 0:21:10from testifying in court in England and Wales because of a shortage
0:21:10 > 0:21:13of experts to help them give evidence, according to a report
0:21:13 > 0:21:19from the Victims' Commissioner, Baroness Newlove.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Here's our legal affairs correspondent, Clive Coleman.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Giving evidence in criminal cases can be intimidating
0:21:24 > 0:21:26for ordinary adults, but for the young
0:21:26 > 0:21:30and the vulnerable, it can be truly daunting.
0:21:30 > 0:21:38That's where registered intermediaries come in.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42They're specialists in communication, who work in some
0:21:42 > 0:21:44of the most distressing cases involving vulnerable
0:21:44 > 0:21:47victims and witnesses.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51We worked with a boy who was really reluctant to speak, but loved anime.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53And so we made body maps that were anime figures.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56And he was able to show different parts of his body that had been
0:21:56 > 0:21:59touched, using those drawings.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03And I don't think he would have done that verbally,
0:22:03 > 0:22:08or without that preparation.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10A report by the Victims' Commissioner, Lady Newlove,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12has uncovered deep concerns about the intermediaries scheme.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14It found in 250 cases a year, vulnerable people were not
0:22:14 > 0:22:16getting an intermediary.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Provision's inconsistent across England and Wales.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Getting an intermediary is five times more likely
0:22:20 > 0:22:27in Cumbria than in London, risking a postcode Lottery.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30And there are delays averaging four weeks in matching victims
0:22:30 > 0:22:32with intermediaries.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Registered intermediaries can make the difference between justice
0:22:36 > 0:22:39delivered and justice denied.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42That's why some believe that what has thus far been
0:22:42 > 0:22:45a scheme should now be built into the criminal justice system
0:22:45 > 0:22:51as a full-blown national service.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54For me, this is professionalising their role, and if we had a national
0:22:54 > 0:22:58lead who would gain all that information, would match them,
0:22:58 > 0:23:04we wouldn't find that inconsistency that this review is finding.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07And actually, then they could put a report into Parliament,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10recognise the role even further.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13And of course, if they need more, there is one unit that would say,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16we need more, and we've got the data to prove it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18The Government says intermediaries are vital in helping vulnerable
0:23:18 > 0:23:20victims and witnesses, and that's why it recently doubled
0:23:20 > 0:23:22the size of the registered intermediaries scheme.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25But it welcomes the report, which it says it will carefully consider.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Clive Coleman, BBC News.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Ben Stokes will be considered for England selection,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35after being charged with affray, following a fight outside a Bristol
0:23:35 > 0:23:38nightclub last year.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43Our sports correspondent, Joe Wilson, is at Lord's.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49What are people saying about this announcement?Well, in some ways, I
0:23:49 > 0:23:54think this is a surprise. A lot of people, I had assumed that the ECB
0:23:54 > 0:23:57would allow for the criminal proceedings to unfold to reach a
0:23:57 > 0:24:00conclusion before they considered Ben Stokes to be available for
0:24:00 > 0:24:05selection for England. We know that he has been charged by the CPS with
0:24:05 > 0:24:07affray so he will appear before magistrates, it is likely there will
0:24:07 > 0:24:13be some for -- sort of trial. The ECB is saying nobody knows how long
0:24:13 > 0:24:18the criminal the seedings will take to reach their proceedings. They say
0:24:18 > 0:24:21it is not fair or proportionate to stop Ben Stokes playing for England,
0:24:21 > 0:24:27so he will fly out to New Zealand to be available for Twenty20
0:24:27 > 0:24:31International is next month. He has already been in New Zealand playing
0:24:31 > 0:24:34domestic cricket in Canterbury and the ECB have said they have no
0:24:34 > 0:24:38objection to him potentially playing cricket in the IPL in India in the
0:24:38 > 0:24:43spring. I think the ECB are thinking in that context, can we wait a long
0:24:43 > 0:24:48period before Ben Stokes is available to us? And in terms of
0:24:48 > 0:24:51practicality, it Ben Stokes had gone out of the Ashes, he would have
0:24:51 > 0:24:56faced so much media scrutiny and attention in New Zealand, and that
0:24:56 > 0:25:02level will be far less there.Thank you. Jo Wilson, at Lord's.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05It's one of the most famous flying teams in British history.
0:25:05 > 0:25:0775 years after carrying out the daring Dambusters raid,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11the RAF's 617 Squadron is being reformed,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14as the Royal Air Force celebrates its centenary.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Sophie Raworth has been to meet a veteran who played a major part
0:25:17 > 0:25:21in the Dambusters raid.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Amazing aircraft, that, isn't it?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Absolutely.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27George Johnny Johnson - he's 96 years old and the last
0:25:27 > 0:25:30surviving British member of World War II's
0:25:30 > 0:25:34famous Dambusters raid.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37He joined the RAF in 1940, one of many teenagers who signed up
0:25:37 > 0:25:38to fight for their country.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41He says it was thrilling.
0:25:41 > 0:25:49I felt I was actually doing something useful, and doing it well.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53It was 75 years ago this May that 617 Squadron took off
0:25:53 > 0:25:55in their Lancaster bombers, on their mission immortalised
0:25:55 > 0:25:58in the Dambusters film, to attack dams in Germany's
0:25:58 > 0:26:03industrial heartland using Barnes Wallis' bouncing bombs.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06The planes Johnny Johnson flew are a world away from the aircraft
0:26:06 > 0:26:08used by the RAF nowadays and he's fascinated, not just
0:26:08 > 0:26:11by the technology on board, but also, by the pilots learning
0:26:11 > 0:26:15to fly them.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17I can't understand any of it.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20I wouldn't know where to begin.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23It's a complete stranger.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26But, er, it's not a Lancaster.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I've always wanted to do it since the age of four...
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Flying Officer Stephanie Searle is one of the RAF's newest pilots,
0:26:31 > 0:26:39in awe of the stories from the past.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I hope I can measure up to it, to be honest.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Where I've been lucky enough to choose this role for myself,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47they were thrusted into it, and they just took to it and did
0:26:47 > 0:26:49the best they could.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Johnny Johnson was one of 133 men who took part
0:26:50 > 0:26:51in the Dambusters raid.
0:26:51 > 0:26:5353 of them never came home.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55He still remembers that night vividly.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59I shall never forget that Dams raid.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04The highlight of that trip, for me, was as we came home,
0:27:04 > 0:27:10our route was over what had been the Mohne Dam, and we knew by radio
0:27:10 > 0:27:11broadcast that it had been breached.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12There was water everywhere.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15It's gone, we've done it!
0:27:15 > 0:27:17That raid remains, to this day, one of the most famous
0:27:17 > 0:27:19in the Air Force's history.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21So, as the RAF celebrates its centenary, his advice
0:27:21 > 0:27:24to the next generation?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31You'll find it makes you happy.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Had I had my time over again, I would do the same again,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38and hope to get the same happiness and enjoyment out of it that I did
0:27:38 > 0:27:44for those 22 years I served.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46I have to say thank you to the Royal Air Force
0:27:46 > 0:27:50for providing that life for me.
0:27:50 > 0:27:58It was a wonderful life, it really was.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00What a remarkable man!
0:28:00 > 0:28:02For the first time in nearly a thousand years,
0:28:02 > 0:28:04the Bayeux Tapestry could be displayed in Britain.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06The French President, Emmanuel Macron, is expected
0:28:06 > 0:28:10to confirm the loan of the famous work - which depicts
0:28:10 > 0:28:12the Norman Conquest of England in the 11th Century -
0:28:12 > 0:28:13when he meets Theresa May tomorrow.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Tests will need to be carried out to ensure the fragile roll
0:28:16 > 0:28:19of embroidered linen can be safely moved from the museum
0:28:19 > 0:28:21in northern France where it is currently housed.
0:28:21 > 0:28:27Robert Hall has the details.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31It is 70 metres long, it shows one of the most important periods in our
0:28:31 > 0:28:35history and yet, this is the closest that most of us can get to the
0:28:35 > 0:28:42Bayeux Tapestry. Occupying an entire floor of Reading city Museum is an
0:28:42 > 0:28:46exact replica of the original, painstakingly created Elizabeth Ward
0:28:46 > 0:28:52all and 35 ladies of the leak embroidery society in the 1880s. It
0:28:52 > 0:28:56took them a year, probably the same time as the leaving of the real
0:28:56 > 0:29:00tapestry in Canterbury in the 11th century. It tells the story leading
0:29:00 > 0:29:07up to William the Conqueror's invasion of England in 1066. We save
0:29:07 > 0:29:12this 600 people, 700 animals and famously, the death of King Harold
0:29:12 > 0:29:17at Hastings. When French rule ended, it went back to France and there, it
0:29:17 > 0:29:22stayed. But now with the museum in Bayeux scheduled for a major
0:29:22 > 0:29:24renovation, there is an opportunity for the French government to make a
0:29:24 > 0:29:31gesture of friendship by breaking a sentry's old tradition. This is
0:29:31 > 0:29:35about formalising a really important collaboration with institutions like
0:29:35 > 0:29:39the British Museum.The British Library and English Heritage. In
0:29:39 > 0:29:43order to study and participate in the renovation of our museum.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Although the loan may be two years away, discussions have already taken
0:29:47 > 0:29:51place as to how this delicate and priceless exhibit can be transported
0:29:51 > 0:29:58and displayed.Bayeux museum is being refurbished. It is hoped to
0:29:58 > 0:30:03exhibit the Bayeux Tapestry in a different way, so there is a window
0:30:03 > 0:30:07of opportunity, the tapestry will be conserved and during that window in
0:30:07 > 0:30:11about 2022, there is an opportunity for the tapestry to leave France and
0:30:11 > 0:30:15to come to the United Kingdom to be displayed here.There will
0:30:15 > 0:30:18undoubtedly be fierce competition over whether tapestry will be shown.
0:30:18 > 0:30:24Should it be London, or Canterbury, the city where the Norman Bishop Odo
0:30:24 > 0:30:28first commissioned it? A lot to agree, but the significance of this
0:30:28 > 0:30:34gesture cannot be under estimated.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38We were hearing plenty about the weather earlier. A forecast now
0:30:38 > 0:30:39wherever you are in the country.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Here's Susan Powell.
0:30:43 > 0:30:49School has been out for many and that has been an excuse for some for
0:30:49 > 0:30:54fun, a gorgeous snowman built here. For many, the situation is serious
0:30:54 > 0:30:58and snow and ice continue to be a hazard across parts of Scotland and
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Northern England. The weather itself becomes, in the next few hours.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07Showers easing, some coming in and the wind becoming lighter and many
0:31:07 > 0:31:11areas seeing the afternoon sunshine. Despite that, with the wind, it
0:31:11 > 0:31:16still feels cold. This is the calm before the storm, I am afraid. A
0:31:16 > 0:31:20deep area of low pressure across the British Isles later this evening and
0:31:20 > 0:31:27overnight. Bringing widespread gales. But also perhaps more
0:31:27 > 0:31:30concerning Greek, further snow. Rain, sleet and snow for Northern
0:31:30 > 0:31:36Ireland into the small hours and a focus for Southern Scotland and
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Northern England once again. The Met Office had issued an amber warning
0:31:40 > 0:31:43for the weather. Perhaps the worst of it is a way for the morning rush
0:31:43 > 0:31:49hour. This is six a:m., before many get up and about, still very
0:31:49 > 0:31:52difficult weather across the North East. Blizzard conditions
0:31:52 > 0:31:56potentially and drifting snow. Further South, a windy start and a
0:31:56 > 0:32:01fine start across the South East and East Anglia. The south-west of
0:32:01 > 0:32:05England, strong winds and high tides could get problems on Thursday.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09Particularly with a risk of coastal flooding. Scattered showers first
0:32:09 > 0:32:12thing in Wales, in risk of ice as temperatures dipped through the
0:32:12 > 0:32:16small hours. A risk of ice in Northern Ireland and Scotland first
0:32:16 > 0:32:21thing on Thursday and wintry showers for Northern Ireland. 6am in
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Scotland, clear skies, like winds across the Northern half and a very
0:32:24 > 0:32:29different story to what we have seen in recent days. That low moves
0:32:29 > 0:32:34through and by the time the majority are up by eight a:m., it it is into
0:32:34 > 0:32:40Germany. And Thursday, back to square one, a chilly wind, a little
0:32:40 > 0:32:45lighter, still showers, but a chilly quite a lot of winter sunshine.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Temperature is deceptive, these are the thermometer values and with the
0:32:48 > 0:32:53wind, it feels closer to freezing. Ryder, similar story, chilly wind
0:32:53 > 0:32:56and a decent amount of winter sunshine. The outlook for the next
0:32:56 > 0:33:01couple of days, remains distinctly wintry, but the flag up that risk of
0:33:01 > 0:33:06severe weather later on this evening and overnight. Strong winds across a
0:33:06 > 0:33:10large portion of the British Isles and that snow in Southern Scotland
0:33:10 > 0:33:10and Northern England once again.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12and that snow in Southern Scotland and Northern England once again.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Thank you.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18A reminder of our main story this lunchtime:
0:33:18 > 0:33:22Angry exchanges in the Commons as it emerges that build construction
0:33:22 > 0:33:27company Carillion owed more than £1 billion. Labour accuses the
0:33:27 > 0:33:32Government of negligence.As the ruins of Carillion lie around her,
0:33:32 > 0:33:35will the Prime Minister acted to end this costly racket of the
0:33:35 > 0:33:43relationship between government and some of these companies?I might
0:33:43 > 0:33:44first of all remind the Right Honourable gentleman that a third of
0:33:44 > 0:33:49the Carillion contracts with that comment were created by the Labour
0:33:49 > 0:33:49government.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51That's all from the BBC News at One.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52So it's goodbye from me.