0:00:06 > 0:00:09President Trump says he's prepared to apologise
0:00:09 > 0:00:15for retweeting inflammatory videos from a British far-right group.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19In an interview in advance of his address to the World Economic Forum
0:00:19 > 0:00:23in Davos, he says he knew nothing about Britain First.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25If you're telling me they were horrible people,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27horrible racist people, I would certainly apologise
0:00:27 > 0:00:29if you'd like me to do that.
0:00:29 > 0:00:35I know nothing about them.
0:00:35 > 0:00:41We'll have the very latest from Davos,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43where the President is just about to begin his speech.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Also this lunchtime...
0:00:44 > 0:00:47The UK economy grew faster than expected in the last
0:00:47 > 0:00:49three months of 2017, thanks to an increase
0:00:49 > 0:00:53in the services sector.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56A pay cut for some of the BBC's top male news presenters
0:00:56 > 0:00:59following revelations about unequal pay.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04One of them says that it is the right thing to do.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08I think it all needs to be sorted out and I support my female
0:01:08 > 0:01:10colleagues who've rightly said that they should be paid the same
0:01:10 > 0:01:12when they are doing the same job.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13It's just a no-brainer.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15So, it wasn't a problem for me.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Downing Street says the Prime Minister has full
0:01:17 > 0:01:20confidence in her Chancellor - after Philip Hammond said there may
0:01:20 > 0:01:23be only a modest change to the trade relationship between Britain
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and the EU after Brexit.
0:01:25 > 0:01:32And the British Paralympic champion, Sophie Hahn, responds for the first
0:01:32 > 0:01:34time to claims that she gained unfair advantage in competition
0:01:34 > 0:01:37because of her classification.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And in the sport on BBC News, Roger Federer has reached
0:01:39 > 0:01:41the Australian Open final after his opponent,
0:01:41 > 0:01:4321-year-old Hyeon Chung, retired due to blistering
0:01:43 > 0:01:46on his feet.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11President Trump, who is about to address delegates
0:02:11 > 0:02:14at the World Economic Forum in Davos, has said he's prepared
0:02:14 > 0:02:16to apologise for retweeting inflammatory posts by the far-right
0:02:16 > 0:02:21group Britain First.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24He told ITV that he knew nothing about the organisation at the time
0:02:24 > 0:02:26of his tweets in November.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29President Trump is the first US President to attend
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Davos in 18 years.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34His speech has just begun, and we'll have more about that
0:02:34 > 0:02:35later in the programme.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37First, this report is from our diplomatic
0:02:37 > 0:02:44correspondent, James Robbins.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47The President is revelling in his dominance of Davos.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Donald Trump started out by dismissing reports that he had
0:02:50 > 0:02:53tried last June to sack Richard Mueller, the man
0:02:53 > 0:02:54heading the investigation into Russian interference
0:02:54 > 0:02:58in the 2016 presidential election.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Did you fire Mueller?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Did you fire Robert Mueller?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Fake news, folks, fake news.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06What's your message today?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Typical New York Times fake stories.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10That's not quite the same as an outright denial, of course.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15Mr President...
0:03:15 > 0:03:17But in an interview with Piers Morgan,
0:03:17 > 0:03:18the President did come close
0:03:18 > 0:03:20to an uncharacteristic apology.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Donald Trump regretted his retweeting of posts
0:03:24 > 0:03:26from a British far-right group, which prompted a rebuke
0:03:26 > 0:03:28at the time from Theresa May.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31It was done because I am a big believer in fighting
0:03:31 > 0:03:34radical Islamic terror.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38This was a depiction of radical Islamic terror.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41They were unverified videota...
0:03:41 > 0:03:43At least one of them was not what it seems.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Well, they are.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45But this was...
0:03:45 > 0:03:47I didn't do it, I didn't go out and...
0:03:47 > 0:03:48I did a retweet.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51It was a big story where you are, but it was not
0:03:51 > 0:03:53a big story where I am.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54I get that.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Can I get an apology out of you just for the retweets...?
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Well, if you're telling me...
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I think it would go a long way. Here's what's fair.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02If you're telling me that's horrible people,
0:04:02 > 0:04:03horrible racist people...
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Yeah.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I would certainly apologise if you'd like me to do that.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08I know nothing about them.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10And you would disavow yourself of people like that?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I don't want to be involved with people...
0:04:12 > 0:04:14But you're telling me about these people.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15Yeah.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Because I know nothing about these people.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18All of which reinforces his peacemaking with
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Theresa May yesterday.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22But the President's main motive for coming to Switzerland
0:04:22 > 0:04:24and the World Economic Forum, to speak directly to
0:04:24 > 0:04:26many of the richest, most powerful business leaders
0:04:26 > 0:04:27and opinion formers.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Ahead of his big speech, many profoundly disagree
0:04:31 > 0:04:33with Donald Trump's non-global approach, but can't ignore America's
0:04:33 > 0:04:38immense economic weight.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41You have to be open and fair to Trump, you have to tell him
0:04:41 > 0:04:44that he all made us a bit richer, compared to 12 months ago,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46so for that we should thank him.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I don't have so many great expectation, I'm looking
0:04:48 > 0:04:49to have a good laugh, actually.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Thank you very much, everybody.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56It's already clear what the President is focused on.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Billions of dollars is coming back into the US and I think
0:04:59 > 0:05:00that will just continue.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01How much today?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02How much?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Probably a lot.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07So, for Donald Trump, America first, and the rest of the world playing
0:05:07 > 0:05:09the part he has written for them.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11James Robbins, BBC News.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed is in Davos.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Kamal, what do Davos attendees want to hear?
0:05:21 > 0:05:26What sort of tone will he take? Actually, he has just started
0:05:26 > 0:05:29speaking. I think it is a more conciliatory tone than some would
0:05:29 > 0:05:36have been thinking. He is going to be talking about America first, but
0:05:36 > 0:05:42he is speaking in the conference centre a few metres from where I am
0:05:42 > 0:05:45right now, and it is not America alone. America wants to work with
0:05:45 > 0:05:51the rest of the global economies. When America does well, you says,
0:05:51 > 0:05:56the rest of the world as well. He says he does not want trade wars but
0:05:56 > 0:06:00he wants fair trades. He wants to bring down the barriers to trade or
0:06:00 > 0:06:06equalise them. His claim that America only brings in place trade
0:06:06 > 0:06:09barriers because there are trade barriers elsewhere. The Tories not
0:06:09 > 0:06:19quite as belligerent as we have heard before. -- the tone is not.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21heard before. -- the tone is not. It is almost an mixture of Beyonce and
0:06:21 > 0:06:28Hulk Hogan. He lost the theatre of the event and wants to play the
0:06:28 > 0:06:37strong man. He wants to say, I have strengthened the economy and my
0:06:37 > 0:06:38reforms have strengthened the economy but I want to work with the
0:06:38 > 0:06:44rest of the global autonomy is -- global economies. I think that will
0:06:44 > 0:06:49go down quite well. OK, thank you.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51The UK economy grew faster than expected in the last
0:06:51 > 0:06:53three months of 2017, according to the Office
0:06:53 > 0:06:54for National Statistics.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Figures released this morning show that GDP expanded by 0.5%
0:06:57 > 0:06:59in the fourth quarter of last year, driven by growth in
0:06:59 > 0:07:00the services sector.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03But the ONS says the broader picture is slower and more uneven growth.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09Our economics correspondent Andy Verity has the details.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15In the Oxfordshire countryside, this family run company makes
0:07:15 > 0:07:17cutting-edge machines that use ultrasound and short wave radiation
0:07:17 > 0:07:23for physiotherapy. Helping patients recover from injuries and strokes.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Last year, it saw a surge in orders not from Europe but from the United
0:07:27 > 0:07:31States and China. For companies like this, any worries about Brexit are
0:07:31 > 0:07:35for the distant future. What counts for a lot more is what is happening
0:07:35 > 0:07:40in the global economy. That has been growing more strongly than most
0:07:40 > 0:07:43economists expected. Exporters like this have been able to tap into
0:07:43 > 0:07:48growing markets in North America and Asia and grow themselves. Because
0:07:48 > 0:07:52there is no free trade deal with China like there is with the EU,
0:07:52 > 0:07:56each product for export has to be approved by the Chinese authorities,
0:07:56 > 0:08:01meaning years of filling out documents and other bureaucratic
0:08:01 > 0:08:04hurdles which is an informal barrier to trade. You need patience but
0:08:04 > 0:08:09eventually you may be rewarded.It has been challenging. It took three
0:08:09 > 0:08:13or four max years to gain approval to sell into China. But with
0:08:13 > 0:08:18patience and dedication, we have those approvals. We have seen the
0:08:18 > 0:08:21uplift in business now, that we are able to expand to market the size of
0:08:21 > 0:08:27China.Manufacturing is now one of the bright spots of the economy,
0:08:27 > 0:08:33growing by 1.3% in the last few months of 2017. The economy overall
0:08:33 > 0:08:37grew by 0.5%, slightly more than most economists expected. All the
0:08:37 > 0:08:42year, it grew by 1.8%, slower than 2016 but by no means the sharp
0:08:42 > 0:08:46slowdown summit here.The British economy is performing well and are
0:08:46 > 0:08:50export markets are growing. We have seen strong growth in services in
0:08:50 > 0:08:54this quarter. The economy is resilient. It has been much more
0:08:54 > 0:08:59resilient than people expected. Global growth is coming back, the
0:08:59 > 0:09:05economic cycle is turning. Earlier this week, the IMF downgraded our
0:09:05 > 0:09:09growth figures. So, no, I think we're in a very precarious
0:09:09 > 0:09:13situation.While most of the growth is coming from services, making up
0:09:13 > 0:09:17four fifths of the economy, it was weaker in so-called consumer facing
0:09:17 > 0:09:23industries such as restaurant and hotel.It appears that it is not
0:09:23 > 0:09:28hitting the economy in the short term, but productivity is sluggish
0:09:28 > 0:09:34and it is a warning signal for us. For one sector of the economy, the
0:09:34 > 0:09:39warning of recession is no scare story. It is reality. Construction
0:09:39 > 0:09:46boom in 2016 but for my months now, it has been shrinking. -- nine
0:09:46 > 0:09:49months now.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Downing Street has distanced itself from comments made
0:09:51 > 0:09:55in Davos by the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, after he said any
0:09:55 > 0:09:58future change to the UK's relations with the EU could be "very modest".
0:09:58 > 0:10:01His remarks, during a speech at the World Economic Forum,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04were seized upon by Tory Leave campaigners and criticised
0:10:04 > 0:10:06by a number of Cabinet ministers.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, is due later today to give details
0:10:08 > 0:10:11of the Government's plans for the transition phase after
0:10:11 > 0:10:12the UK leaves the EU next year.
0:10:12 > 0:10:18Here's our political correspondent, Leila Nathoo.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21The Alpine air of Davos, a chance for Philip Hammond
0:10:21 > 0:10:23to reassure business about Brexit.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26But some of the Chancellor's comments here have received a frosty
0:10:26 > 0:10:27reception back home.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30In a speech last night, he said of Britain and the EU...
0:10:39 > 0:10:43I think the context is important.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I was speaking about our trade relationship with the EU,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50and it is the Government's policy that we want to maintain the maximum
0:10:50 > 0:10:51possible access to markets and the minimum friction
0:10:51 > 0:10:54at our borders, because that's good for the British economy,
0:10:54 > 0:11:02it's good for British jobs and it's good for British prosperity.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Number 10 had sought to put distance between the PM and her neighbour,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10saying leaving the single market and the customs union
0:11:10 > 0:11:11was not a "modest change".
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Around the Cabinet table and across the Conservative Party,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17divisions over Brexit have once again been exposed.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Leavers fear their vision of a clean break with the EU is being derailed.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Well, I think this is not a good position for the Chancellor to be
0:11:24 > 0:11:27in, to be undermining the Prime Minister.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31That it is of the utmost urgency that he should unite his position
0:11:31 > 0:11:34with that of the Prime Minister, and with that of the
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Conservative Party.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40I think a little bit of freelancing in Davos is very unhelpful.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Theresa May has walked a delicate path, trying to reconcile
0:11:42 > 0:11:46the competing Brexit visions within her party.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Signs of a wobble in that fragile arrangement have again raised
0:11:48 > 0:11:51questions about her authority.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Anyone who uses the word timid about this Prime Minister
0:11:53 > 0:11:57is absolutely wrong.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00This is the Prime Minister who gave us absolute clarity after the Brexit
0:12:00 > 0:12:03vote that we were going to get back control of our laws,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06our borders and our money - the most profound strategic decision
0:12:06 > 0:12:08that any Prime Minister needs to make.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12She's under pressure from all sides, at home and abroad, as the process
0:12:12 > 0:12:14of leaving the EU continues and the tussle over
0:12:14 > 0:12:17what Brexit means goes on.
0:12:17 > 0:12:24And Leila is in Westminster now.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28That phrase, full confidence, was used. What does this tell us about
0:12:28 > 0:12:31the state of play? This is an illustration about the
0:12:31 > 0:12:35fact there is no consensus within government, the Tory party over what
0:12:35 > 0:12:41Brexit should actually look like. We have heard from Brexiteers
0:12:41 > 0:12:47criticising Philip Hammond, but just last night, Brexiteer 's were making
0:12:47 > 0:12:55their own case. Jacob Rees-Mogg leads a group of Tory MPs supporting
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Brexit. Dozens of backbenchers. Last night, he gave a strongly worded
0:13:00 > 0:13:04speech warning of the dangers of speaking to close to the EU after
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Brexit, calling for a fundamental change in tone from the government.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11You have these two groups making themselves known in the Tory party,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14putting pressure on the government ahead of a speech 's afternoon by
0:13:14 > 0:13:19David
0:13:19 > 0:13:23David Davis, who wants to talk about a desire to get together trade
0:13:23 > 0:13:29deals. But they want to leave enough time to sort out the shape of the
0:13:29 > 0:13:33future arrangements. On that, Theresa May will might just be
0:13:33 > 0:13:35facing negotiations with Brussels, she will navigate arguments within
0:13:35 > 0:13:43her own party as well. Thank you.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Several of the BBC's leading male news presenters have
0:13:45 > 0:13:47agreed to take a pay cut, after revelations about unequal
0:13:47 > 0:13:51pay at the corporation.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Jeremy Vine, John Humphrys, Huw Edwards and Nicky Campbell have
0:13:53 > 0:13:55all agreed, either formally or in principle, to
0:13:55 > 0:13:59reduce their salary.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01It follows Carrie Gracie's resignation as China editor
0:14:01 > 0:14:03in protest at the unequal pay between male and female
0:14:03 > 0:14:06international editors.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Here's our media correspondent David Sillito.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16Arriving at work this morning was Jeremy Wright, one of the BBC's
0:14:16 > 0:14:21highest-paid presenters. However, he has now agreed that his pay, more
0:14:21 > 0:14:26than £700,000, should be cut.I think it means to be sorted out. I
0:14:26 > 0:14:28support my female colleagues who have rightly said that they should
0:14:28 > 0:14:34be paid the same when they are doing the same job. It is just a
0:14:34 > 0:14:39no-brainer. It wasn't a problem for me to accept one.It is all part of
0:14:39 > 0:14:44the fallout from this, the moment the BBC was forced to reveal that he
0:14:44 > 0:14:47-- VP of its highest-paid presenters. Not only is there a
0:14:47 > 0:14:51question of the size of the deals, there is a big gap between male and
0:14:51 > 0:14:54female presenters. The BBC says it has agreed a series of pay cuts,
0:14:54 > 0:15:02among them John Humphrys, Nicky Campbell, yet was, Jeremy Vine,
0:15:02 > 0:15:08before a meeting with MPs next week to discuss the issue.I don't think
0:15:08 > 0:15:13people making voluntary sacrifices or individual gestures is a way to
0:15:13 > 0:15:16solve what appears to be a very large problem. If a job is worth
0:15:16 > 0:15:20paying an amount of money for, it is worth paying that amount of money
0:15:20 > 0:15:25for that whoever does it, a man or woman.Four of the BBC's leading
0:15:25 > 0:15:33male news presenter say they will take a pay cut in the wake of Carrie
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Gracie resigning.This was the slightly uncomfortable moment when
0:15:38 > 0:15:41the news presenters find themselves in the news built in. And it is not
0:15:41 > 0:15:47the end of it. A BBC review of staff pay is due out in the next few days,
0:15:47 > 0:15:55along with a face-to-face meeting with MPs.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Some big names but does this announcement solve the overall issue
0:16:00 > 0:16:05of equal pay?It certainly doesn't. I think it is an opening shot. Part
0:16:05 > 0:16:10of the reason those men are in the headlines today is because a lot of
0:16:10 > 0:16:14them, the ones in use as opposed to the ones in radio like Jeremy Vine,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18got these quite generous deals years ago when the market was more
0:16:18 > 0:16:20competitive. The world has changed, most of the economic sub the
0:16:20 > 0:16:23industry are suggesting that the money is going into entertainment
0:16:23 > 0:16:27rather than news, so the BBC has accepted that those are pretty
0:16:27 > 0:16:31generous deals which look slightly out of date. But there is a fairly
0:16:31 > 0:16:34strong response to that which is the first of all the BBC should not
0:16:34 > 0:16:36exist in the marketplace for talent because it is a pub report has to.
0:16:36 > 0:16:43And secondly a lot of women feel they were
0:16:54 > 0:16:56frozen out of those early conversations, that they were not
0:16:56 > 0:16:58getting those generous deals years ago, so that marketplace was never
0:16:58 > 0:17:01true for them. And thirdly, I think this is an early move, six
0:17:01 > 0:17:04high-profile cases, but it does not solve the fundamental issue about
0:17:04 > 0:17:06equal pay on and off screen for all of the women who work at the BBC.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09That is the issue which next week the select committee will be looking
0:17:09 > 0:17:11at, when the former China editor Carrie Gracie will be testifying
0:17:11 > 0:17:14along with the likes of Tony Hall and Fran Unsworth, the new boss of
0:17:14 > 0:17:24BBC News
0:17:33 > 0:17:33at 10
0:17:33 > 0:17:35At leastat 1037 people have been killed
0:17:35 > 0:17:37and more than 70 injured in a fire
0:17:37 > 0:17:39at a hospital in South Korea.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41About 200 patients were in Sejong hospital, in the south
0:17:41 > 0:17:43east of the country, and an adjoining nursing
0:17:43 > 0:17:44home at the time.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46It is South Korea's deadliest fire in almost a decade
0:17:46 > 0:17:49and there are fears the death toll could rise.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51From Seoul, our correspondent Laura Bicker reports.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Black smoke billowed from the emergency wing,
0:17:52 > 0:18:00as firefighters tried to get to patients trapped inside.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02There were nearly 200 people in the building.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Many were elderly.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Those who escaped needed urgent treatment.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Others died on their way to hospital, most
0:18:10 > 0:18:11from smoke inhalation.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Firefighters said they did everything they could.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19TRANSLATION: We prevented the fire from spreading to the second floor
0:18:19 > 0:18:22in the early stages, so that we could secure the second,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26third, fourth and fifth floors.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29As crews inspect the blackened shell of the hospital,
0:18:29 > 0:18:35it was revealed that no water sprinklers had been installed.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37This is the deadliest blaze in a decade in South Korea,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39and the government said there would be a thorough
0:18:39 > 0:18:42investigation.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44TRANSLATION: The president has ordered an investigation to figure
0:18:44 > 0:18:47out the exact cause of the fire and come up with measures to prevent
0:18:47 > 0:18:51more fires at building complexes, is as well as preparing support
0:18:51 > 0:18:53more fires at building complexes, as well as preparing support
0:18:53 > 0:18:55measures to promptly cope with the personnel and property
0:18:55 > 0:18:57damage caused by this fire.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Just last month, 29 people were killed in a fire
0:18:59 > 0:19:00in a sports centre in Sejong.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03An inquiry found there were too few emergency exits,
0:19:03 > 0:19:08and it had been built with flammable materials.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Questions are now being asked about safety regulations
0:19:10 > 0:19:13in South Korea, and what needs to be done to prevent something
0:19:13 > 0:19:19like this happening again.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Laura Bicker, BBC News, Seoul.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25The time is 1.19.
0:19:25 > 0:19:32Our top story this lunchtime...
0:19:32 > 0:19:36President Trump says the world is witnessing a resurgence of a strong
0:19:36 > 0:19:37and
0:19:37 > 0:19:41prosperous America.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43And coming up...
0:19:43 > 0:19:47The British Paralympic champion, Sophie Hahn, responds to claims
0:19:47 > 0:19:49The British Paralympic champion Sophie Hahn responds to claims
0:19:49 > 0:19:57that she gained unfair advantage over her impairment classification.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08There's been a big rise in the number of cars needing to be
0:20:08 > 0:20:11repaired because of damage caused by potholes, according to the RAC.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14The motoring organisation says the number of cases increased by 11%
0:20:14 > 0:20:17in the last three months of 2017, compared with the same
0:20:17 > 0:20:17period the year before.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Here's our transport correspondent Victoria Fritz.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22It's bin day in Thurrock.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27You're looking at the front line in the council's war on potholes.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29These trucks are part of a pilot across three
0:20:29 > 0:20:31councils arming bin lorries, buses and even an electric bike
0:20:31 > 0:20:34with the ability to gather intelligence on the road.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39They're getting around 50,000 images like this per month.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42We have to interpret those, turn those into a model,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45to then bring back to the councils and show, this is how your
0:20:45 > 0:20:48road is deteriorating.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Ultimately what we're trying to do is give them the information that
0:20:51 > 0:20:53will allow them to plan how to intervene before
0:20:53 > 0:20:55a pothole becomes a pothole.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Britain's roads are getting worse.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01That's the verdict from the RAC.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Patrols attended 2,830 pothole-related breakdowns
0:21:05 > 0:21:07between October and December of last year.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10That's 11% more than over the same period the year before.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15Most UK road journeys begin or end on local roads like this one,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19and this is where potholes are a particular problem.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Now, it's local councils who have to foot the bill for fixing these,
0:21:22 > 0:21:26and also pay out compensation for drivers affected.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30In the meantime, motorists are paying the price.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Cars damaged by poor roads routinely roll into this workshop.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38We get multiple instances a week where we have pothole damage.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Recently we had shock absorbers damaged, where it cost the customer
0:21:41 > 0:21:43about £480 to repair.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Yesterday we had a puncture come in just from hitting
0:21:46 > 0:21:49a tiny little pothole - that cost him £300
0:21:49 > 0:21:50for a brand-new tyre.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51We see stuff like this everyday.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Councils spent £4.4 billion last year on road repair work.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57But the backlog of work would take years to clear.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02Councils are fixing a pothole on average every 19 seconds.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05But the big challenge is that government funds national roads,
0:22:05 > 0:22:082% of the network, at £1.1 million a mile, and only £21,000
0:22:08 > 0:22:12for those that are maintained by local authorities.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15The government says it is for councils to identify
0:22:15 > 0:22:18where repairs should be undertaken.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21But with budgets under increasing scrutiny,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24councils may have to find smarter ways to fill the holes.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Victoria Fritz, BBC News.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32A decision is due later about whether the United States
0:22:32 > 0:22:35will add import tariffs to sales of Bombardier's C-Series aircraft.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Unions have argued that a tariff could threaten up
0:22:38 > 0:22:42to 1,000 jobs in Belfast, where the plane's wings
0:22:42 > 0:22:44are manufactured.
0:22:44 > 0:22:52Chris Page is at the company's factory in east Belfast.
0:22:52 > 0:23:02And a difficult day, Chris?Yes, that's right. Workers here in east
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Belfast have found themselves at the centre of what is really a huge
0:23:05 > 0:23:14North American trade dispute. The US firm Boeing has claimed that the
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Canadian company Bombardier has been able to sell its C-series passenger
0:23:16 > 0:23:19jets for less than it cost to build them because of unfair financial
0:23:19 > 0:23:22assistance from the UK and Canadian governance. The wings for the
0:23:22 > 0:23:25C-series are made in Northern Ireland, around 1000 workers
0:23:25 > 0:23:28employed directly and many more companies supplying parts and
0:23:28 > 0:23:33services to Bombardier. The unions have warned the applications for the
0:23:33 > 0:23:37economy of Northern Ireland could be very serious indeed. So far the US
0:23:37 > 0:23:41trade authorities have agreed with Boeing's arguments that Bombardier
0:23:41 > 0:23:46has been given an unfair advantage and they have proposed tariff,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50almost 300% of. Since Boeing made its initial complaint there has been
0:23:50 > 0:23:54some better news for Bombardier. The European aircraft manufacturer
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Airbus has bought a controlling stake in the C-series project which
0:23:57 > 0:24:03could potentially soften the blow to Belfast's operation but nonetheless
0:24:03 > 0:24:08it is still a very own chess afternoon workers have here ahead of
0:24:08 > 0:24:15the ruling from Washington this evening.Chris Page, thank you.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21More now on Davos, where Donald Trump has been
0:24:21 > 0:24:22addressing delegates
0:24:22 > 0:24:24at the World Economic Forum.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29He has said he is there to represent the American people and that the
0:24:29 > 0:24:31world is witnessing the resurgence of a strong and prosperous America.
0:24:31 > 0:24:38I believe in America. As president of the United States, I will always
0:24:38 > 0:24:44put America first, just like the leaders of other countries should
0:24:44 > 0:24:53put their country first also. But America first does not mean America
0:24:53 > 0:25:02alone. When the United States grows, so does the world. American
0:25:02 > 0:25:08prosperity has created countless jobs all around the globe.That was
0:25:08 > 0:25:13what part of what Donald Trump has been saying this lunchtime. And
0:25:13 > 0:25:15there is much more analysis of that speech throughout the afternoon on
0:25:15 > 0:25:20the BBC News Channel.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24New guidance from the NHS medicines watchdog the National Institute
0:25:24 > 0:25:27for Health and Care Excellence says most sore throats can be
0:25:27 > 0:25:28treated with paracetamol.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Research suggests that antibiotics are being
0:25:29 > 0:25:31prescribed in 60% of cases - potentially contributing
0:25:31 > 0:25:34to the development of strains of bacteria which can't be treated
0:25:34 > 0:25:35by the drugs.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Here's our health correspondent Dominic Hughes.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41The overuse of antibiotics is leading to the development
0:25:41 > 0:25:43of bacteria resistant to these life-saving drugs.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Leading health experts have warned this poses
0:25:45 > 0:25:46a serious threat to the UK.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49If we lose the ability to fight infection, common medical procedures
0:25:49 > 0:25:51such as Caesarean sections and cancer treatments
0:25:51 > 0:25:53could become too risky.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Prescribing antibiotics to treat a sore throat is a prime example
0:25:56 > 0:25:59of the way they can be misused.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Sore throats account for nearly one in four of GP appointments in the UK
0:26:02 > 0:26:07related to the infections of the lungs and airways.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Research suggests that in 60% of those cases,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13antibiotics are prescribed.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15But most sore throats are caused by a viral infection,
0:26:15 > 0:26:20on which antibiotics will have no effect.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21We've become a bit, erm, acclimatised to thinking
0:26:21 > 0:26:25that we need an antibiotic whenever we've got something wrong with us.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28And we don't, and we just have to be re-educated, I suppose,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31to think what we can do for ourselves, and to, importantly,
0:26:31 > 0:26:36preserve the use of antibiotics for really serious infections.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39The latest advice from the NHS medicines watchdog reminds doctors
0:26:39 > 0:26:43and nurses that most sore throats will get better within a week,
0:26:43 > 0:26:49and only the most serious bacterial infections need antibiotics.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Most patients are best advised to drink plenty of fluids
0:26:51 > 0:26:59and to take paracetamol or ibuprofen to help pain relief.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04The British Paralympic and world champion Sophie Hahn
0:27:04 > 0:27:06has spoken of her anger at having her impairment
0:27:06 > 0:27:09classification questioned.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Sophie Hahn has cerebral palsy, which affects her movement
0:27:11 > 0:27:14and co-ordination.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16In October at a Parliamentary hearing into Paralympic
0:27:16 > 0:27:19classification, the father of one her team-mates claimed
0:27:19 > 0:27:21she was benefiting from competing in the wrong category.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24In her first interview since then, she's told our reporter
0:27:24 > 0:27:32Kate Grey that she found the claims heartbreaking.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Hi.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Hi.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Hello.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Sophie Hahn is normally a private person.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43But after being named in a row over classification in Paralympic sport,
0:27:43 > 0:27:50she's invited me to her family home to give her side of the story.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53It's just really heartbreaking for me, and it doesn't
0:27:53 > 0:27:55do the sport any good.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00We want to inspire people, we want people with disability
0:28:00 > 0:28:01to come and try it out.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04In October, while giving evidence to a committee of MPs,
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Michael Breen, the father of Olivia Breen, who competes
0:28:06 > 0:28:09in the same category as Sophie, appeared to call into question
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Sophie's classification.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Ms Hahn didn't have cerebral palsy, but she had learning difficulties.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17But she'd ended up with a cerebral palsy classification.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21Claiming she has an unfair advantage over her competitors,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23by having less of an impairment.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25I was really angry and upset.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28I never imagined seeing my face all over the internet,
0:28:28 > 0:28:30the newspaper, the TV.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34I think with me, I just work unbelievably hard.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39I put in hours of training on the track.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42It was interesting, we were told you'd never go to a sports day...
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Sophie is a twin and following a complicated birth
0:28:44 > 0:28:47was diagnosed with brain damage, which affected her growth
0:28:47 > 0:28:51and development as a child.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Over the first two, three years, she couldn't sit, couldn't walk
0:28:55 > 0:28:58until she was three.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59She didn't stand until she was two.
0:28:59 > 0:29:05She spent most of her life in the children's centre.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07In the four years since she's been competing, her family have
0:29:07 > 0:29:09felt her achievements have been undermined by behind-the-scenes
0:29:09 > 0:29:14accusations that Sophie is in the wrong category.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17No two athletes are the same, so there will be groups.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21We've questioned whether or not we should, you know, carry on.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22Yeah.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24And so has Sophie, to be honest.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26There are times when Sophie has said, that's it.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27I'm quitting.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28It's not worth it.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30In the next few months, Sophie will have to go
0:29:30 > 0:29:33through the classification process again, along with many other
0:29:33 > 0:29:34athletes, in accordance with the changes made
0:29:34 > 0:29:38by the Paralympic committee.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40But for now, she's fully focused on her training ahead of competing
0:29:40 > 0:29:44in the Commonwealth Games for the first time.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48If I could add the Commonwealth title, then I would have
0:29:48 > 0:29:50had all titles at 21.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54And just keep going, keep striding, getting better, really.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57And that's how Sophie wants to be remembered,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00for her success on the track rather than what goes on of it.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Go!
0:30:01 > 0:30:07Kate Grey, BBC News, Loughborough.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10A discount on Nutella has led to violent scenes in a chain
0:30:10 > 0:30:11of French supermarkets, as shoppers jostled
0:30:11 > 0:30:13to grab a bargain.
0:30:13 > 0:30:21Intermarche supermarkets offered a 70% discount
0:30:21 > 0:30:26on the chocolate hazelnut spread - bringing the price down 1.40 euros.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29on the chocolate hazelnut spread - bringing the price
0:30:29 > 0:30:30down to 1.40 euros.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32But police had to be called when people began
0:30:32 > 0:30:33shoving and fighting.
0:30:33 > 0:30:40Time for a look at the weather, with Lucy Martin.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Time for a look at the weather, with Lucy Martin.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Some blue skies on offer for many of us today. This photo was sent in by
0:30:48 > 0:30:52a Weather Watcher from Shropshire. The best sunshine has been the
0:30:52 > 0:31:00further west you are. The cloud in the south-east this morning is
0:31:00 > 0:31:02breaking up to allow some sunshine. That is due to an area of high
0:31:02 > 0:31:05pressure which is coming in from the west. But we do have these weather
0:31:05 > 0:31:08fronts waiting in the wings, which will bring change this weekend. This
0:31:08 > 0:31:14afternoon a lot of dry, bright weather around, perhaps a bit more
0:31:14 > 0:31:17high-level cloud for Scotland and Northern Ireland. That is ahead of
0:31:17 > 0:31:21the front coming in from the west, but feeling fairly cool. Going
0:31:21 > 0:31:25through this evening and overnight, that rain works in eastwards into
0:31:25 > 0:31:31parts of Scotland and Wales and south-west England, bringing some
0:31:31 > 0:31:36patchy rain and more cloud. Further east with clearer skies it will
0:31:36 > 0:31:42allow the temperatures to fall away. One or two patches of frost knocked
0:31:42 > 0:31:46out of the question in rural spots. This is the weather front which is
0:31:46 > 0:31:52coming in as we move into Saturday. It will bring some wet weather and
0:31:52 > 0:31:56you can see the tightly packed isobars meaning a windy day. Some
0:31:56 > 0:32:01heavy rain for parts of Scotland tomorrow morning. It will have
0:32:01 > 0:32:09largely gone through Northern Ireland by then. The best of the
0:32:09 > 0:32:13brightness will be the further south and east you are. A few patches of
0:32:13 > 0:32:19mist and fog first thing but they should lift fairly quickly. The rain
0:32:19 > 0:32:23will be pierced in the north, and it works its way eastwards as we move
0:32:23 > 0:32:26through the day, becoming increasingly patchy into the
0:32:26 > 0:32:32afternoon. Behind it, some brighter intervals for eastern Scotland,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Northern Ireland and north-east England. Some potentially thundery
0:32:35 > 0:32:38showers for Scotland and the far north. Mild temperatures, in the
0:32:38 > 0:32:44double figures, thanks to the mild air which we are pulling in from the
0:32:44 > 0:32:50south-west. That will continue to work its way in as we move through
0:32:50 > 0:32:58Sunday, which will be a mild day for many of us. South of this, a bit
0:32:58 > 0:33:02more cloud. Some brighter intervals, particularly to the east of higher
0:33:02 > 0:33:08ground, but mild temperatures by the time we get to Sunday. So, change on
0:33:08 > 0:33:12the way as we move into the weekend, with mild temperatures.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14A reminder of our main story this lunchtime...
0:33:14 > 0:33:21President Trump says he's prepared to apologise for retweeting
0:33:21 > 0:33:26President Trump says the world is witnessing a resurgence of a strong
0:33:26 > 0:33:28and prosperous America, addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31That's all from the BBC News at One.
0:33:31 > 0:33:56On BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.