0:00:08 > 0:00:10The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, is pushing
0:00:10 > 0:00:12for millions of pounds more a week for the NHS in England.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Mr Johnson is making his pitch following mounting worry
0:00:15 > 0:00:16about winter pressures - but got this rebuff
0:00:16 > 0:00:20from the Chancellor.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Mr Johnson is the Foreign Secretary.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26I gave the Health Secretary an extra £6 billion at the recent Budget
0:00:26 > 0:00:28and we'll look at departmental allocations against at the Spending
0:00:28 > 0:00:33Review when that takes place.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35We'll have the latest from Westminster.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Also this lunchtime:
0:00:38 > 0:00:40The man accused of the Finsbury Park mosque attack -
0:00:40 > 0:00:43a court hears he received a message on social media from
0:00:43 > 0:00:46a far-right leader
0:00:46 > 0:00:49A powerful earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska prompted warnings
0:00:49 > 0:00:51of a possible tsunami down the west coast of Canada and
0:00:51 > 0:00:59the United States.
0:01:00 > 0:01:13Kyle Edmonds is a Grand Slam semifinal is! -- Kyle Edmund is a
0:01:13 > 0:01:13Grand Slam semifinalist.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Britain's Kyle Edmund pulls off a sensational victory
0:01:15 > 0:01:17at the Australian Open, to reach his first
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Grand Slam semi-final.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I'm loving it right now - just the way I'm playing.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I'm 23-years-old and my first Grand Slam semifinal,
0:01:23 > 0:01:28the first time I played on one of the biggest courts in the world.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32With the award season in full swing, the Oscar nominations are revealed
0:01:32 > 0:01:34this lunchtime.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37And coming up in the sport on BBC News, Kyle Edmund will face
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Marin Cilic in the semifinal after Rafa Nadal was forced
0:01:39 > 0:01:42to retire with injury, ending their Australian open battle.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has called for millions more
0:02:04 > 0:02:08in funding for the NHS at this morning's Cabinet meeting.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11It's unusual for a minister to make his views known in this way,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21-- he was criticised for speaking out of turn by Philip Hammond and
0:02:21 > 0:02:24rebuked by Theresa May for his demands. She told him it was better
0:02:24 > 0:02:29to have a conversation about the future of the NHS and private.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Here our Political Correspondent Chris Mason.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37He certainly knows how to grab headlines. Cabinet meetings are
0:02:37 > 0:02:42meant to be an opportunity for private discussion. Instead, Boris
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Johnson let his colleagues and everyone else know in advance that
0:02:45 > 0:02:51he wants an extra £5 billion for the NHS in England.Do you welcome the
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Foreign Secretary's intervention? The Health Secretary kept quiet
0:02:56 > 0:03:00about Mr Johnson trampling on his turf, but look at this. The
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Chancellor did not exactly look amused.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Mr Johnson is the Foreign Secretary. I gave the Health Secretary and
0:03:08 > 0:03:18extra £6 billion at the recent Budget and will look at departmental
0:03:18 > 0:03:20allocations again at the spending review when it takes place, thank
0:03:20 > 0:03:21you. It is not unknown for Boris Johnson
0:03:21 > 0:03:25to occasionally indulge in some extracurricular freelancing, piling
0:03:25 > 0:03:29on stuff not exactly in the brief of a Foreign Secretary. I am told that
0:03:29 > 0:03:32on a recent visit to a hospital with the Health Secretary he was very
0:03:32 > 0:03:37concerned about what he saw and is determined to deliver on the idea
0:03:37 > 0:03:40from the EU referendum campaign about or money for the health
0:03:40 > 0:03:44service after Brexit. But when headlines like this appear
0:03:44 > 0:03:50in the newspaper before a Cabinet meeting, his critics will say he is
0:03:50 > 0:03:53grandstanding. And there is no doubt it is unconventional.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00I'm afraid this is all about Boris Johnson.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12He is not really concerned about patients waiting on trolleys in
0:04:12 > 0:04:15corridors and those elderly people in the backs of ambulances in the
0:04:15 > 0:04:17freezing cold, waiting to be treated. It is just his tedious
0:04:17 > 0:04:19political games. If the Government was serious about putting the money
0:04:19 > 0:04:22into the NHS, they would have done it in the Budget last autumn.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Others say the intervention is good news but there needs to be a focus
0:04:24 > 0:04:26on the bigger picture. Having more allies in Cabinet,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29calling for more funding for the NHS and social care, is very welcome, as
0:04:29 > 0:04:33far as I am concerned. But we need not to just look at the here and now
0:04:33 > 0:04:37but the long-term, and not just the NHS but the whole picture are the
0:04:37 > 0:04:45NHS, social care and prevention. As the huge challenges the NHS faces
0:04:45 > 0:04:48this winter continue, so too to the huge political questions about what
0:04:48 > 0:04:52to do about it. Boris Johnson has kept that
0:04:52 > 0:04:55discussion centre stage, even if the Prime Minister would have preferred
0:04:55 > 0:04:58him to make his views known privately.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Chris Mason, BBC News, at Westminster.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05Our assistant political editor Norman Smith is in Downing Street.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10Norman, what do you think Boris Johnson is up to?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13It is striking, Boris Johnson, normally a very bloody and
0:05:13 > 0:05:18character, when he left Cabinet this morning I thought he looked a bit
0:05:18 > 0:05:23sheepish, a bit chastened, a bit tail between his legs. -- Boris
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Johnson, normally a very ebullient character. He had been ticked off by
0:05:27 > 0:05:30the Prime Minister and other ministers for allowing his views to
0:05:30 > 0:05:35be briefed out ahead of Cabinet, a complete breach of normal Government
0:05:35 > 0:05:41rules. Why did he do it? I am tilting visited his local hospital
0:05:41 > 0:05:44in Uxbridge and was pretty concerned about what he saw in terms of
0:05:44 > 0:05:48pressure on staff and the state of morale, he felt he had to make the
0:05:48 > 0:05:52case for more cash. But more than matter, it goes back to the highly
0:05:52 > 0:05:58contentious
0:05:58 > 0:06:00contentious claim made during the Brexit referendum, you remember the
0:06:00 > 0:06:03side of the bus, £350 million more a week for the NHS. Mr Johnson wants
0:06:03 > 0:06:06that to become Government policy. His critics believe he seeks to
0:06:06 > 0:06:11fireproof himself over that claim, to seek justification, vindication
0:06:11 > 0:06:16by making sure Mrs May binds herself into it.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21On top of that, his timing could hardly be worse for the Prime
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Minister.
0:06:26 > 0:06:37Minister. He is already Boris Johnson is supporting that argument
0:06:37 > 0:06:48by suggesting what is needed is I don't love they have a dart for --
0:06:48 > 0:06:53Our health editor Hugh Pym is here.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59that is the politics that there is a question about the NHS resources.
0:06:59 > 0:07:05And increasing debate with A&E units being so full, very overstretched
0:07:05 > 0:07:10staff, difficulties finding beds. All those images have really
0:07:10 > 0:07:14sharpened this debate. What people in the NHS are saying it is no good
0:07:14 > 0:07:18politicians bandying around billions of pounds more and debates going on
0:07:18 > 0:07:23around that without some proper analysis. What they want to see is a
0:07:23 > 0:07:27projection over ten years after man in the health service. How much the
0:07:27 > 0:07:32population will grow, what the ageing population will need, what
0:07:32 > 0:07:36more can be done about prevention, and then look at what is needed to
0:07:36 > 0:07:40pay for it. And a proper debate rather than the cross-party fight
0:07:40 > 0:07:45the whole time. There is a growing demand the
0:07:45 > 0:07:49consensus among politicians, 90 MPs signed a letter to Theresa May at
0:07:49 > 0:07:53the end of last year from all three main parties at Westminster calling
0:07:53 > 0:07:58for just that sort of approach. An end to partisan politics on the
0:07:58 > 0:08:01health service. She replied at the end of last week saying the
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Government has got this under control and is planning for the
0:08:05 > 0:08:08future and rather brush them off. I think that will get harder and
0:08:08 > 0:08:12harder for Theresa May given this groundswell and given demands for
0:08:12 > 0:08:16some sort of serious debate about health and social care long-term.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The Government has a social care paper coming out in the summer which
0:08:19 > 0:08:24is being run by Jeremy Hunt with his new Department of Health and social
0:08:24 > 0:08:28care as it is branded. There is a lot of very important debate taking
0:08:28 > 0:08:32place but it does not deal with the short-term needs of the NHS, which
0:08:32 > 0:08:37are still under extreme pressure thank you.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The prosecution in the trial of a man accused of the Finsbury Park
0:08:40 > 0:08:42mosque attack has alleged that he received a message
0:08:42 > 0:08:44on Twitter from a leader of the far-right group Britain
0:08:44 > 0:08:45First.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Darren Osborne is accused of deliberately driving a van
0:08:47 > 0:08:49into worshippers last June, killing one person.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51He denies murder and attempted murder.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57Daniel Sandford is at Woolwich Crown Court.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Daniel, tell us more about what was said in court?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Much of this morning was taken up looking at what Darren Osborne had
0:09:05 > 0:09:10been doing on the Internet in the two weeks before the attack. He
0:09:10 > 0:09:13appears to have joined Twitter about two weeks before the attack, some
0:09:13 > 0:09:18evidence suggests that. On that date he receives a direct message from
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Jade Fransson, the deputy leader of Britain First. Over the next few
0:09:22 > 0:09:35days he does several searches, both for Jada Fransson and the leader of
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Britain First. You'll to receive direct messages from Tommy Robinson,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42the leader of the ADL, and at the far right group. On the day before
0:09:42 > 0:09:48he travelled to London to allegedly carry out the attack, it seems on an
0:09:48 > 0:09:51iPad belonging to his eldest daughter that he reads two tweets
0:09:51 > 0:09:55from Tommy Robinson, one saying when the Muslims bond our kids we were
0:09:55 > 0:10:02told not to look back in anger, and where was the day of rage after the
0:10:02 > 0:10:08terrorist attacks? All I saw was lighting candles. The jury heard
0:10:08 > 0:10:13from a man in the pub with Darren Osborne on the night before he was
0:10:13 > 0:10:16accused of carrying out these attacks. A soldier called Callum
0:10:16 > 0:10:24Spence. He says Darren Osborne was talking aggressively and loudly
0:10:24 > 0:10:28about Muslims, saying they will turn us all into Muslims, turn us all
0:10:28 > 0:10:34into terrorists. In the end, Callum Spence had decided he would help the
0:10:34 > 0:10:37manager of the pub to a sport -- to score Darren Osborne from the pub,
0:10:37 > 0:10:43at what point Darren Osborne said, I will take things into my own hands.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47The trial is expected to last another two weeks or so.Thank you,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Daniel Sandford.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51A powerful earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska this morning -
0:10:51 > 0:10:54which hit 175 miles southeast of the town of Kodiak -
0:10:54 > 0:10:56prompted warnings of a possible tsunami down the west coast
0:10:56 > 0:10:58of Canada and the United States.
0:10:58 > 0:11:06Richard Galpin has the latest.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11It is the dead of night on the island of Kodiak, just off mainland
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Alaska. The wailing sirens are waking people, to warn them that a
0:11:16 > 0:11:23tsunami could soon hit the area. Hello, Kodiak, Sergeant Bieber, I
0:11:23 > 0:11:28want to remind everybody that is not a drill, this is an actual tsunami
0:11:28 > 0:11:33warning. At least 100 feet above sea-level, the high school parking
0:11:33 > 0:11:37lot. Element in a safe but it is very backed up now so you will not
0:11:37 > 0:11:43make about in five minutes. The island of Kodiak, home to almost
0:11:43 > 0:11:4814,000 people, lies off the southern coast of Alaska and is the closest
0:11:48 > 0:11:52appointed to the epicentre of the earthquake.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56-- the closest pointed to. It is not long before roads are clogged with
0:11:56 > 0:12:00cars heading away from the coast in search of the safety of higher
0:12:00 > 0:12:03ground. Many have been taking shelter in
0:12:03 > 0:12:07this school. People are very calm here. Kodiak
0:12:07 > 0:12:12residents argues to earthquakes, not of this magnitude. Roughly around
0:12:12 > 0:12:16600 people are here at the high school. The emergency sirens are
0:12:16 > 0:12:20still going off but we have not had any reports so far of anything
0:12:20 > 0:12:23happening. In the last I with a tsunami warning
0:12:23 > 0:12:27has
0:12:28 > 0:12:30has been listed in most areas, although people closest to the
0:12:30 > 0:12:32epicentre are still being advised to keep away from the coast.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38Richard Galpin, BBC News.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Foxplanned takeover of Sky is not in the public interest, according to
0:12:45 > 0:12:48the competition watchdog, which says allowing the company to go ahead
0:12:48 > 0:12:52with the deal would give the Murdoch family too much influence over the
0:12:52 > 0:12:58public agenda. Fox has been trying to buy the 61% of Sky it does not
0:12:58 > 0:13:03currently own. Our media editor joins us. What does this mean?The
0:13:03 > 0:13:08future of Sky is unclear, the company will not exist, but who owns
0:13:08 > 0:13:12it will remain unclear. -- the company will exist. Rupert Murdoch,
0:13:12 > 0:13:18he bid for the 61% six or seven years ago and it was scuppered by
0:13:18 > 0:13:21the phone hacking scandal. Now it has been stuck in regulatory
0:13:21 > 0:13:27framework. Ofcom first said they were concerned about media
0:13:27 > 0:13:30plurality. The Competition and Markets Authority has come to this
0:13:30 > 0:13:34conclusion, the Murdochs are fit and proper to be broadcasters but giving
0:13:34 > 0:13:38them full control of Sky and Sky News, specifically, would give them
0:13:38 > 0:13:41too much influence over public debate.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46It is, frankly, weird. This is a UK regulatory process but it could be
0:13:46 > 0:13:50overtaken by an American process because at the end of last year
0:13:50 > 0:13:55Rupert Murdoch decided he would exit UK media and salad to Disney. This
0:13:55 > 0:13:59is a bureaucratic step in a British regulatory process. The biggest
0:13:59 > 0:14:03question is whether Disney will buy Rupert Murdoch's business from him
0:14:03 > 0:14:07and, if they do, many of the concerns about media plurality will
0:14:07 > 0:14:09fall away.Thank you.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Doctors say the health and wellbeing of children in England is lagging
0:14:12 > 0:14:13behind that in Scotland and Wales.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says the government
0:14:16 > 0:14:18has failed to improve care in a number of "fundamental
0:14:18 > 0:14:21areas", such as by banning junk food advertising.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22The government insists it has "world-leading plans"
0:14:22 > 0:14:24in place for child health.
0:14:24 > 0:14:31Here's our health correspondent Dominic Hughes.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Being healthy when you are young makes a big difference
0:14:34 > 0:14:39to your chances of good health in later life.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41At an after-school gym session in Manchester
0:14:41 > 0:14:43are sisters Grace and Mia.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Both of them enjoy the rewards a work-out gives them.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51Fitter, confident. Just happier with yourself, yeah.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Personally, I just feel good about myself, think I've done well,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57and achieve better stuff.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Young people exercising in gyms like this are exactly what health
0:14:59 > 0:15:01experts would like to see more of.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Their concern is that there is not enough support from Government
0:15:04 > 0:15:06to allow children and their families to establish healthy habits that
0:15:06 > 0:15:11will see them through life.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Last year a report showed that, when it comes to the health
0:15:14 > 0:15:17of our children, the UK was lagging behind other European nations.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21So one year on, has the situation improved?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23In Scotland, there is praise for a new mental health
0:15:23 > 0:15:25strategy and better support for mothers who breast-feed.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Likewise in Wales, where a smoking ban in playgrounds
0:15:27 > 0:15:31has been introduced.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34But the report says cuts to public health budgets in England
0:15:34 > 0:15:37are hitting children's services hard and the issue doesn't get the same
0:15:37 > 0:15:41political attention.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44We would really love to see Cabinet level responsibility for child
0:15:44 > 0:15:45health in all policies.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Without that, I think we are doomed to short termism and the inevitable
0:15:48 > 0:15:50downstream consequences for the country and the country's
0:15:50 > 0:15:58health and economic well-being.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01The Department of Health in England says it has world-leading plans
0:16:01 > 0:16:03in place to combat obesity and improve mental health,
0:16:03 > 0:16:10and the sugar tax is funding breakfast clubs and sports.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13This one is a full body machine, so it works your arms
0:16:13 > 0:16:14and legs together.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17But this report warns that if our children and young people
0:16:17 > 0:16:20don't get a good healthy start in life, they are more likely
0:16:20 > 0:16:21to struggle as adults.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Dominic Hughes, BBC News.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32The time is 1.17pm.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Our top story this lunchtime:
0:16:34 > 0:16:36The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is pushing for millions of pounds
0:16:36 > 0:16:40more a week for the NHS in England, but he's criticised for speaking out
0:16:40 > 0:16:41of turn by the Chancellor.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43And coming up - something to crow about -
0:16:43 > 0:16:46how one species of the bird have developed hooks to help them hunt.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50And coming up in sport, as Alexis Sanchez settles
0:16:50 > 0:16:52into his new surroundings at Old Trafford, his former manager
0:16:52 > 0:17:00Arsene Wenger admits it was the right move.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11It's that time of year again, the annual gathering at a glamorous
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Swiss resort of some of the biggest names in business and politics -
0:17:14 > 0:17:19it's the World Economic Forum at Davos.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened this year's event
0:17:21 > 0:17:23and President Trump is expected to speak later this week.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Our Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed is in Davos.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32You have been speaking to another leader, the Norwegian Prime Minister
0:17:32 > 0:17:37and heard her thoughts on Brexit? Yes. So Norway not actually a member
0:17:37 > 0:17:42of the European Union, but a member of what is called the European
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Economic Area and as such, will have some influence over the Brexit
0:17:46 > 0:17:52negotiations. A big message from the Prime Minister of Norway who is here
0:17:52 > 0:17:57today. She said that Britain should push for the softest Brexit with the
0:17:57 > 0:18:02European Union. The closest type of trade relationship once we've left
0:18:02 > 0:18:06the European Union. Saying that it was important because the two, the
0:18:06 > 0:18:11country and the rest of the European Union were so intertwined
0:18:11 > 0:18:15economically. I spoke to her a few minutes ago.
0:18:15 > 0:18:23We hope that there will be a an agreement that we would call
0:18:23 > 0:18:26a soft Brexit, an agreement that will not put large barriers for the
0:18:26 > 0:18:27trade inside Europe again.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30We hope we will find a good solution and we are both working well
0:18:30 > 0:18:32with the British and the EU on that.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34The EU are understanding that we are integrated
0:18:34 > 0:18:36in the single market.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38There are three countries outside the EU who are following
0:18:38 > 0:18:40the internal regulations on the single market and Norway,
0:18:40 > 0:18:47of course, has a very large trade and activity towards Britain.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51So, the Norwegian Prime Minister preceding what will be a huge day
0:18:51 > 0:18:57for Europe tomorrow at the World Economic Forum. Listen this list, we
0:18:57 > 0:19:02have the leader of Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Greece all here
0:19:02 > 0:19:07tomorrow to talk about the values of Europe up against America, and
0:19:07 > 0:19:13China. Tomorrow is Europe Day at the World Economic Forum. The Norwegian
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Prime Minister giving just a suggestion of how the leaders might
0:19:16 > 0:19:22approach Brexit in the best way. Kamal, thank you.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25A court has heard a 20-year-old man who allegedly planned to attack
0:19:25 > 0:19:29a pub in Cumbria which was holding a Gay Pride night, was stopped
0:19:29 > 0:19:32after police were alerted to his plans on social media.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Ethan Stables, from Barrow-in-Furness denies
0:19:33 > 0:19:35preparing an act of terrorism and threats to kill.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41Dominic Casciani is at Leeds Crown Court.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45And Dominic, bring us up-to-date with what happened in court today.
0:19:45 > 0:19:51Yes, it is not often we have a case of two alleged far-right terrorism
0:19:51 > 0:19:54linked cases at opposite ends of the country, but that's what happened
0:19:54 > 0:19:58today with another case opening here at Leeds Crown Court. Ethan Stables
0:19:58 > 0:20:05is accused last June of effectively putting into place a plan that he
0:20:05 > 0:20:08had been allegedly developing over many months to attack a minority
0:20:08 > 0:20:13community. In this case, a gay support group who were holding a
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Pride Night at a pub in Bar owe and it is alleged as part of the plans
0:20:18 > 0:20:24he went online to other members of like minded people in a Nazi themed
0:20:24 > 0:20:30group, talked about his intentions which the prosecutor said amounted
0:20:30 > 0:20:36to murderous intent and then went about effectively carrying out
0:20:36 > 0:20:42reconnaissance of this pub before planning to allegedly planning to
0:20:42 > 0:20:48attack. The plan was stopped because a woman spotted has comments on
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Facebook and alerted the local police and they alerted Cumbria
0:20:52 > 0:20:58Police who sent an armed unit to apprehend Mr Stables. He denies the
0:20:58 > 0:21:01charge of preparation act of terrorism and the trial is expected
0:21:01 > 0:21:10to last two weeks. Dominic, thank you.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14The mayor of the West Midlands says the region is failing
0:21:14 > 0:21:16to reflect its diverse population because there aren't enough people
0:21:16 > 0:21:18from ethnic minorities in positions of leadership.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Andy Street says more needs to be done to make
0:21:20 > 0:21:22workforces more diverse, to allow economic benefits
0:21:22 > 0:21:23across all communities.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Currently more than 90% of the region's leaders are white.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Here's our Midlands Correspondent Sima Kotecha.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31People living in Birmingham say part of its charm is its diversity.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34The city is made up of multiple ethnic groups.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36More than a third of people living here are non-white.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39But now its mayor says Birmingham and its region need to do better
0:21:39 > 0:21:45at reflecting its population in top positions.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50We've got to have a regional leadership that actually
0:21:50 > 0:21:51includes people from those communities as well.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54It's got to be better in terms of gender diversity,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56it's got to be better in terms of ethnic diversity.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58And if you look across councils, businesses, universities,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00you just don't see that.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03So people don't necessarily feel as though their futures have got
0:22:03 > 0:22:08role models in the community there.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10So he is now launched a leadership group which will look
0:22:10 > 0:22:12into what more can be done.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15The West Midlands is cosmopolitan and it has one of the largest BAME
0:22:15 > 0:22:18populations in England and Wales.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Data shows that out of around 200,000 senior managers,
0:22:20 > 0:22:24directors and officials in the region, more
0:22:24 > 0:22:30than 90% of them are white.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Handsworth is the centre of Birmingham's African
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Caribbean community.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Some here believe a lack of acceptance could be preventing
0:22:37 > 0:22:40them from moving forward.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42You're not going to talk to someone that isn't really responsive
0:22:42 > 0:22:44to you or who doesn't really understand your background,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46understand where you're from.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48It shouldn't really be a thing where it about us and them,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51it should obviously be a thing about "as one," but unfortunately
0:22:51 > 0:22:54that's just how it is, I guess.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56The mayor's critics say they want action, not just words.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Some of those who work with him say leaders need
0:22:59 > 0:23:04to change their approach, too.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07We've seen Andy Street as mayor, when he gets invited to go
0:23:07 > 0:23:10along to speak at panels, and so many people wanting to come
0:23:10 > 0:23:13and speak, he should be saying, "Well, who else is on this panel?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Who else is there that represents Birmingham, not just me?"
0:23:15 > 0:23:18The Government says there's still lots to be done in boardrooms
0:23:18 > 0:23:20to reflect multicultural Britain.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23The mayor of this region argues he's taking big steps to enforce change.
0:23:23 > 0:23:31Sima Kotecha, BBC News, in the West Midlands.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Britain's Kyle Edmund has pulled off a spectacular upset
0:23:37 > 0:23:40to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43The world number 49 beat the third seed Grigor Dimitrov in four sets
0:23:43 > 0:23:45in his first quarter finals at a major tournament.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48The 23-year-old becomes only the sixth British man to reach
0:23:48 > 0:23:50the last four at a Grand Slam in the Open era.
0:23:50 > 0:23:58Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson reports.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05This is potential realised. This is hope made reality.A big first serve
0:24:05 > 0:24:10delivers...This is Kyle Edmund in Melbourne. His opponent Grigor
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Dimitrov has been the next big thing for years in tennis and he came back
0:24:15 > 0:24:23to win...
0:24:23 > 0:24:29to win... I'm so sorry, we've clearly got a problem there.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Technology and the natural world don't immediately go hand in hand,
0:24:32 > 0:24:33but researchers have made a fascinating discovery
0:24:33 > 0:24:34about the New Caledonian crow.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37It engineers hooks out of twigs in order to help it
0:24:37 > 0:24:38prise grubs out of trees.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Our Science Correspondent Victoria Gill explains why
0:24:40 > 0:24:42the finding is so significant.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44A very crafty crow.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46These birds are carefully manufacturing hooks out of sticks,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49that they will use to snag spiders and grubs that are
0:24:49 > 0:24:50hiding in tree holes.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52They use their bills like a precision instrument.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54They will take away small fibres of wood to get this
0:24:54 > 0:25:01really pointed and sharp, so they can snag their prey with it.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03In tests carried out in these purpose-built aviaries,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06when the crows made and used their specialised hooks,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08they captured their food 10 times faster than when using
0:25:08 > 0:25:11a simple twig.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13This, the scientists say, means the crows have revealed
0:25:13 > 0:25:19a glimpse of why a new technology is invented and developed.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Since researchers first observed our closest primate
0:25:21 > 0:25:23cousins, the chimpanzees, using sticks as tools,
0:25:23 > 0:25:28many creatures have joined the ranks of tool-using animals.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31These sea otters use rocks as hammers to crack open shellfish,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34and these elephants in Sri Lanka are using branches
0:25:34 > 0:25:35to swat away flies.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39But only humans and New Caledonian crows have independently
0:25:39 > 0:25:45engineered the simple but hugely important hook.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47The very earliest human-made fishing hooks were made
0:25:47 > 0:25:48just 23,000 years ago.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54And, crucially, these were a big technological
0:25:54 > 0:25:56breakthrough for each species, a way of foraging for food much more
0:25:56 > 0:26:00efficiently to increase their chances of survival.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Technology that could be passed from generation to generation.
0:26:04 > 0:26:11It's fascinating to have these birds that make tools which are believed
0:26:11 > 0:26:14to have been a very major innovation in humans' technological evolution.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17When you look at how our ancestors refined their technology,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21the invention of the hook was a key event.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24There are signs that some of the wild birds
0:26:24 > 0:26:26are fine-tuning their hook designs, so it seems these remarkable crows
0:26:26 > 0:26:30could be on their very own technological journey.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36Victoria Gill, BBC News, St Andrews.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45We can return to the spectacular news that Britain's Kyle Edmund has
0:26:45 > 0:26:49reached his first Grand Slam semifinal. Joe Wilson reports. This
0:26:49 > 0:26:54is potential realised. This is hope made reality.A big first serve
0:26:54 > 0:27:00delivers...This is Kyle Edmund in Melbourne.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03His opponent Grigor Dimitrov has been the next big thing for years in
0:27:03 > 0:27:07tennis and he came back to win the second set in their quarterfinal.He
0:27:07 > 0:27:10closes it out at the first time of asking.Kyle Edmund won the third
0:27:10 > 0:27:15and found himself on the brink. Now everyone knows he has the power, but
0:27:15 > 0:27:20the most important muscle is between the ears, the very best players must
0:27:20 > 0:27:25stay calm when it gets close and this was close!He has done it.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Well, hang on, wait and see. Match point was decided by a Hawk-Eye
0:27:30 > 0:27:36replay. As Andy Murray was to say on Twitter, wow.I know what it feels
0:27:36 > 0:27:40like to be Andy Murray for the last eight years or however long.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44LAUGHTER When you are on these type of stages
0:27:44 > 0:27:47reaching the last stage of the best tournament of the world, it is very
0:27:47 > 0:27:51pleasing, but of course, I want to keep going.Kyle Edmund may have
0:27:51 > 0:27:56peaked on the other side of the world, but he was made right here in
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Yorkshire. As an eight-year-old you may have spotted him on one of these
0:28:00 > 0:28:06courts. And it is here in Beverley where you will find a man who was
0:28:06 > 0:28:10hitting against Kyle Edmund as a boy.He has always had the ability.
0:28:10 > 0:28:16I mean last year, he always seemed to come off second-best in tight
0:28:16 > 0:28:20matches which is down to the mental side. The biggest thing I have been
0:28:20 > 0:28:24impressed is the mental side and how he has applied himself on court.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Will the success change him?No, he is very grounded and very
0:28:28 > 0:28:32level-headed. He is a shy character. Kyle Edmund may well have imagined
0:28:32 > 0:28:37he would be playing Rafa Nadal in the semifinal in Melbourne, in fact
0:28:37 > 0:28:45it would be marreden Cilic. The boy from Beverley Hills is east Riding
0:28:45 > 0:28:49is a softly spoken global star. Joe Wilson, BBC News.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53The list of nominees for this year's Oscars
0:28:53 > 0:28:55is being announced this lunchtime.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Winners in each of the 24 categories will be revealed at the 90th
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Academy Awards ceremony in March.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02After a year in which Hollywood has been rocked by sexual harassment
0:29:02 > 0:29:05scandals and controversy over the gender pay gap,
0:29:05 > 0:29:07the nominations will be scrutinised more closely than ever.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba is here.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13We've had some of the announcements already. The big ones are still to
0:29:13 > 0:29:18come. Tell us what we know?Well, we have had the craft behind the scenes
0:29:18 > 0:29:24announcements. Oscar history has been made. A woman called Rachel
0:29:24 > 0:29:29Morrison, the Director of Photography on a film called Mud
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Bound has been tomorrownated for best cinematography. History being
0:29:32 > 0:29:37made there. The main nominations will come out in a few minutes time.
0:29:37 > 0:29:43We're expecting to see leading the way a film called The Shape Of Water
0:29:43 > 0:29:47a mysterious science fiction fantasy adventure where Sally Hawkins plays
0:29:47 > 0:29:52a mute woman that falls in love with a mysterious water creature. We are
0:29:52 > 0:29:57expecting to see that leading the way. We are expecting to see Sally
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Hawkins getting a Best Actress nomination. A strong showing
0:30:01 > 0:30:07expected for the film Three Billboards. Again we are expecting
0:30:07 > 0:30:15to see that up for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress. She is
0:30:15 > 0:30:19the favourite providing she is nominated. One of the favourites we
0:30:19 > 0:30:25are hoping to see on the list is Gary Oldman. We will find out if he
0:30:25 > 0:30:30is on the list. If he is, he is the runaway favourite to take the award,
0:30:30 > 0:30:35but exit siting times and a big time for Hollywood. The Academy is
0:30:35 > 0:30:41changing fast, the voters that do it, but we'll find out what that
0:30:41 > 0:30:43means later on.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46And you can watch the rest of the nominations as they're
0:30:46 > 0:30:49announced right now on the BBC News Channel and there is full
0:30:49 > 0:30:54coverage online at bbc.co.uk/oscars
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Neil Diamond is to retire from performing after being
0:30:56 > 0:31:04diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
0:31:05 > 0:31:14# Touching me # Sweet Caroline.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16The singer, who turns 77 tomorrow, said he'd made
0:31:16 > 0:31:18the decision "with great reluctance and disappointment".
0:31:18 > 0:31:21In a statement, he apologised to fans who'd already bought tickets
0:31:21 > 0:31:23for his 50th anniversary tour in Australia and New Zealand.
0:31:23 > 0:31:31He says he'll continue writing and recording.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Time for a look at the weather.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Here's Alina Jenkins.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36Here's Alina Jenkins.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Whilst it maybe milder today, it is a topsy-turvy sort of afternoon. We
0:31:40 > 0:31:44have got a number of showers and heavy spells of rain and gusty winds
0:31:44 > 0:31:47and in the short-term it looks like the concentration of the rain will
0:31:47 > 0:31:49be across northern parts of England and central and southern parts of
0:31:49 > 0:31:55Scotland. We can see holes in the cloud. It is a different sort of
0:31:55 > 0:31:59picture in Denbigh. Spells of sunshine and this is how the
0:31:59 > 0:32:04afternoon pans out. Yes, there will be further showers around and gusty
0:32:04 > 0:32:08winds. More in a minute. More northern parts of Scotland, eight or
0:32:08 > 0:32:13nine Celsius, otherwise widely in double figures. Certainly feeling
0:32:13 > 0:32:16milder than recently. Through this evening, some of the showers will
0:32:16 > 0:32:20fade. Drier slots for a while. Later in the night the cloud starts to
0:32:20 > 0:32:25gather. There will be gales. If not severe gales. A blustery, windy end
0:32:25 > 0:32:30to the night, but again, mild. Lows between four and 11 Celsius, but it
0:32:30 > 0:32:36is this area of low pressure which we're keeping an eye on. A deep area
0:32:36 > 0:32:40of low pressure. I'm sure you notice the squeeze in the isobars, that
0:32:40 > 0:32:45means it will be windy. Some cause for concern during the rush hour
0:32:45 > 0:32:49tomorrow, gales and heavy rain, combined with snow melt means a lot
0:32:49 > 0:32:51of surface water on the roads. There could be disruption to travel.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Tomorrow morning a band of rain Swindoninging south-east wards.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Again the strong winds and I want to have a look at the gusts at around
0:32:59 > 0:33:058am. So we will have wet weather across Northern Scotland. Gusty
0:33:05 > 0:33:08winds for the Hebrides, stretching down through the Irish Sea coasts.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11The earlier band of rain will probably have cleared from Northern
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Ireland and northern England and showers following on behind and
0:33:14 > 0:33:17gusty winds, but wet weather extending from north-east England
0:33:17 > 0:33:20down through the Midlands and into south-west England as well and still
0:33:20 > 0:33:25very gusty winds here. So it could be a tricky rush hour. The rain does
0:33:25 > 0:33:29start to clear away quickly and the winds start to ease down through the
0:33:29 > 0:33:35day. It is an unsettled day. Behind it, there will be spells of sunshine
0:33:35 > 0:33:38and showers perhaps wintry in nature for the Scottish mountains. A windy
0:33:38 > 0:33:42day. As the rain starts to clear it will feel a little bit cooler again
0:33:42 > 0:33:47with temperatures between five and ten Celsius. And a chilly night as
0:33:47 > 0:33:50we go into Thursday, but then we will have a day of sunshine and
0:33:50 > 0:33:54showers. Again, it is going to be quite windy, but starting to feel
0:33:54 > 0:34:20colder.