0:00:09 > 0:00:11There is no prospect of Britain remaining in any type
0:00:11 > 0:00:18of customs union after Brexit, says Downing Street.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23The EU's chief negotiator is about to begin talks with the Government
0:00:23 > 0:00:27in London, and says time is running out.We don't have a minute to lose.
0:00:27 > 0:00:33There is so much work to do, so we have decided for this reason to
0:00:33 > 0:00:37accelerate all contact.Michel Barnier has just arrived in Downing
0:00:37 > 0:00:43Street. We will have the latest from Westminster.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Also this lunchtime:
0:00:47 > 0:00:49A white supremacist, Ethan Stables, has been convicted
0:00:49 > 0:00:51of a terrorist offence, after planning to carry out
0:00:51 > 0:00:54a machete attack on a gay pride event in Cumbria.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56The only surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris terrorist
0:00:56 > 0:01:04attacks goes on trial, in connection with a gun battle in Brussels.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Lauri Love, suspected of hacking into FBI computers, has won his
0:01:08 > 0:01:15appeal over extradition to the United States.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Lloyds bank bans Bitcoin purchases on its credit cards -
0:01:17 > 0:01:19it says people need protecting from debts they may
0:01:19 > 0:01:22never be able to repay.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Snow and freezing fog disrupt travel as temperatures continue
0:01:24 > 0:01:25to plummet across the UK.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And coming up in the sport on BBC News:
0:01:27 > 0:01:30The Philadelphia Eagles are celebrating a first Super Bowl
0:01:30 > 0:01:32title after a thrilling win over defending champions
0:01:32 > 0:01:40the New England Patriots.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Hello, good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Downing Street has ruled out the prospect of the UK staying
0:02:03 > 0:02:06in any kind of European customs union after Brexit,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09after days of disunity within the Conservative party.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12after days of disunity within the Conservative Party.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14In a customs union, the UK would have tariff-free
0:02:14 > 0:02:16trade within the EU, but would lose the ability
0:02:16 > 0:02:24to strike deals with other countries around the world.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32The EU's chief negotiatior Michel Barnier has just
0:02:32 > 0:02:34arrived in Downing Street this afternoon for talks
0:02:34 > 0:02:35with the Brexit Secretary David Davis.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo reports.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47On his way to London, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, chief for -- keen
0:02:47 > 0:02:53for talks to resume, and to speed up.Good afternoon.Good afternoon.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58My feeling, not a minute to lose, because we have to achieve this,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02and, once again, not a minute to lose. There's so much work to do, so
0:03:02 > 0:03:08we have decided for this reason to all the contact.Theresa May has
0:03:08 > 0:03:12been under pressure to Seymour about the kind of Brexit she wants. As she
0:03:12 > 0:03:17returned to Downing Street this morning Number Ten insisted Britain
0:03:17 > 0:03:19was clear that they would be leaving the customs union.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24So what does that mean? At the moment Britain can trade freely with
0:03:24 > 0:03:30the EU, as EU member states Taunton impose tariffs on each other's
0:03:30 > 0:03:36goods. All states also impose the same taxes on goods coming in from
0:03:36 > 0:03:39outside the block, the individual states cannot do their own deals
0:03:39 > 0:03:43with other countries and that is what Theresa May wants to change, by
0:03:43 > 0:03:47ruling out staying in any sort of customs union with EU after Brexit.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52What I would say about the customs union is that if we were members of
0:03:52 > 0:03:55it it would inhibit our ability to strike deals with other countries,
0:03:55 > 0:04:02and that is one of the benefits of Brexit, that we can have more
0:04:02 > 0:04:05flexible -- Flex ability and we can extend those trade deals across the
0:04:05 > 0:04:09world.But the Prime Minister's critics warn that a break with the
0:04:09 > 0:04:13EU will be damaging for the economy, disrupting trade with a crucial
0:04:13 > 0:04:19partner, and raising questions about trade across the Irish border.There
0:04:19 > 0:04:23are a lot of answers we need to know to be able to react. It is like
0:04:23 > 0:04:27anything else but it is major. As business grows we have issues we
0:04:27 > 0:04:31have to deal with but this is outside of our control currently.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Once it is divine. But the impact will be very severe on us.Some
0:04:36 > 0:04:40closing for closer ties in the future set around the Cabinet table
0:04:40 > 0:04:47-- once it is decided, but the impact will be very severe.For 19
0:04:47 > 0:04:50months we have heard a lot of "We're not going to do this and we're not
0:04:50 > 0:04:54going to do that." What are we going to do? That is what we are waiting
0:04:54 > 0:04:58to hear, and it is what the 27 countries the UK is negotiating with
0:04:58 > 0:05:03a waiting to hear, and in the meantime the uncertainty is really
0:05:03 > 0:05:08bad for business.This is a crucial week for Brexit negotiations, not
0:05:08 > 0:05:12just between the UK and Brussels but also within the Cabinet. Senior
0:05:12 > 0:05:15ministers are trying to settle on what they want. I categorically
0:05:15 > 0:05:20waving goodbye to a customs union after Brexit Theresa May has tried
0:05:20 > 0:05:23to appease the rest of Tory Brexiteers, but there will need to
0:05:23 > 0:05:25be compromised and agreement on detail for any of the discussions to
0:05:25 > 0:05:27move on.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Leila Nathoo, BBC News, Westminster.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Let's speak to our assistant political editor Norman Smith.
0:05:31 > 0:05:37Key is out in the cold in Downing Street. Is this essentially what all
0:05:37 > 0:05:46this is Norman? And appeasement of Brexiteers? Fascinating, isn't it?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Well, Jane, Theresa May has been under huge pressure from Brexiteers
0:05:50 > 0:05:55breathing down her neck who fears she may be moving towards a softer
0:05:55 > 0:06:01type of Brexit but now she has thrown them a great big juicy Brexit
0:06:01 > 0:06:05bone, by saying we will not be staying in the customs union,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08something she has said before, but seeing that we will not be in any
0:06:08 > 0:06:13kind of reworked or revamped customs union by the back door. Is that the
0:06:13 > 0:06:21end of matter? Maybe not, because Tory Bremainers, when you look at
0:06:21 > 0:06:27Government documents, statements by Government ministers, they look at a
0:06:27 > 0:06:30customs framework partnership and they believe there is still scope
0:06:30 > 0:06:34for some sort of fudge that could keep us in an EU trading block. More
0:06:34 > 0:06:40than that, they don't
0:06:40 > 0:06:43than that, they don't believe Mrs May as the numbers in the Comments
0:06:43 > 0:06:46to force us through any kind of customs union and later in the month
0:06:46 > 0:06:49we may get a vote on this, and of Jeremy Corbyn were to decide
0:06:49 > 0:06:55withdrawing his lot with the
0:06:58 > 0:07:00withdrawing his lot with the Tory Remainers Mrs May to be in real
0:07:00 > 0:07:05difficulty, so this battle could be far from over.Norman, thanks for
0:07:05 > 0:07:09now, Norman Smith there.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12As Michel Barnier and David Davis hold talks in Downing Street,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Chris Morris from the BBC's Reality Check team is here
0:07:14 > 0:07:17to explain what stage we're at in the Brexit negotiations.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23Chris?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Yes, it feels like there are two broad sets of negotiations
0:07:26 > 0:07:29going on at the moment - one between the EU and the UK,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31and another within the British Government, trying to reach
0:07:31 > 0:07:33agreement on what it wants the future relationship
0:07:33 > 0:07:35with the EU to look like.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38And the EU has emphasised on numerous occasions that until it
0:07:38 > 0:07:40has a clearer idea of the UK position, negotiations
0:07:40 > 0:07:41on the future can't really begin.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43So what's happening at the moment?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Well, to start with there is still a lot of work to be done
0:07:46 > 0:07:48on the outstanding issues from phase one of the talks.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50We discussed them a lot last year.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53The future status of the Irish border, a financial settlement
0:07:53 > 0:07:56or divorce bill, and the future rights of EU citizens here and UK
0:07:56 > 0:07:57citizens elsewhere in Europe.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59And when it comes to the Irish border,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01the issues of customs arrangements - which we've heard so much
0:08:01 > 0:08:06about today - looms large.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09How can you have an invisible border there without some
0:08:09 > 0:08:17kind of customs union?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The challenge is to resolve all of these issues in the next few
0:08:22 > 0:08:25months and turn them into a legal text - a Withdrawal Agreement that
0:08:25 > 0:08:27would have to be ratified and signed before the UK leaves
0:08:27 > 0:08:29the EU in March 2019.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31At the same time negotiations are about to begin on a transition
0:08:31 > 0:08:33period after Brexit for up to two years.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Those arrangements mean the UK would have to follow all EU
0:08:36 > 0:08:37rules and regulations, without having any
0:08:37 > 0:08:38say in making them.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41But they would give businesses and governments more time
0:08:41 > 0:08:42to plan for the future.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44But what will the future actually look like?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Negotiations on that haven't even begun yet,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48and the other 27 EU countries are still considering their joint
0:08:48 > 0:08:50position while they wait for more clarity from London.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Trade is the obvious issue - will the UK remain closely aligned
0:08:54 > 0:08:57with EU rules and regulations, will it try to forge its own path,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00or - as seems likely - will it try to negotiate a mixture
0:09:00 > 0:09:07of the two?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09The EU is already warning against 'cherry-picking' the best bits.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12There are also a host of other issues on which we cooperate
0:09:12 > 0:09:14closely with the EU - security and policing,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16for example, and foreign policy.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18New relationships need to be negotiated there too.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21So 'plenty to do' is putting it mildly -
0:09:21 > 0:09:23no wonder that the EU negotiator Michel Barnier said today
0:09:23 > 0:09:27there isn't a minute to lose.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29But unravelling a relationship that has developed over more than 40
0:09:29 > 0:09:37years was never going to be easy
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Chris, thank you. Chris Morris.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43A white supremacist has been convicted of a terrorist offence,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45after planning to carry out a machete attack on a gay
0:09:45 > 0:09:49pride event in Cumbria.
0:09:49 > 0:09:5120-year-old Ethan Stables plotted to target people attending an LGBT
0:09:51 > 0:09:52event at a pub in Barrow.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Prosecutors said he had expressed homophobic,
0:09:54 > 0:10:02Nazi and racist views online.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04You may find some of the evidence upsetting.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09Our home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani reports.
0:10:09 > 0:10:17Ethan Stables, self-confessed neo Nazi. He planned to carry out an
0:10:17 > 0:10:21attack. He had been homeless in Barrow, and eventually moved into a
0:10:21 > 0:10:26small dilapidated flat in the town. Behind his front door last June, he
0:10:26 > 0:10:29spoke online about how he hated gay people, and he began to amass
0:10:29 > 0:10:37weapons. He recorded this shocking video...It's just like gay people,
0:10:37 > 0:10:43much nicer when they are on fire.He told members of the Private neo Nazi
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Facebook group there were Pride flag is flying over a nearby pub and it
0:10:46 > 0:10:50was time to turn hate into action. In a series of increasingly
0:10:50 > 0:10:56frightening posts, Stables revealed his plan. "I Am going to war
0:10:56 > 0:11:00tonight," he told them. I am going to walk in with the machete and
0:11:00 > 0:11:04slaughter every single one. Some encouraged him, but one replied,
0:11:04 > 0:11:09that's not right. He posted this reconnaissance poster and signed
0:11:09 > 0:11:16off, I'm fighting for what I believe in, my country, my folk, my race.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20The barmaid was setting up for the night when armed officers, tipped
0:11:20 > 0:11:28off by a Facebook user, Rushton. " -- they rushed in.It frightened me.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I felt like a deer in the headlights, they said there had been
0:11:31 > 0:11:34a terrorist threats made against the pub and this person was going to
0:11:34 > 0:11:39comment while the event was on and basically harm people. -- come in
0:11:39 > 0:11:43while the event was on. I was so angry afterwards to think someone
0:11:43 > 0:11:48would actually do something like that to a peaceful place.With the
0:11:48 > 0:11:53armed police over there, the manhunt in Barrow continue and shortly after
0:11:53 > 0:11:5710pm he was arrested on this road, between his flat and the target. The
0:11:57 > 0:12:01prosecutor said this was his last act of reconnaissance before he
0:12:01 > 0:12:05would have gone home to get his weapons. This is what police
0:12:05 > 0:12:08recorded finding after they broke into his flat, a swastika flag on
0:12:08 > 0:12:13the wall, weapons including an act is laid out and prepared, evidence
0:12:13 > 0:12:17that Stables was trying to make his own explosives.It would have been a
0:12:17 > 0:12:22bloodbath, no getting away from that. I just wish it was taken more
0:12:22 > 0:12:29seriously...Lee Wicks runs the LGBT support group who was the target and
0:12:29 > 0:12:32said the far right once more becoming emboldened as the
0:12:32 > 0:12:34unchallenged on social media. Personally I think Facebook should
0:12:34 > 0:12:39have closed his account. I was quite horrified to see his main picture
0:12:39 > 0:12:48was him looking very Aryan in front of a swastika banner flag, and the
0:12:48 > 0:12:51literature was very extreme Nazi propaganda.Facebook has not
0:12:51 > 0:12:59commented on by he remained online, despite at least four complaint
0:12:59 > 0:13:02against him. During his defence he claimed he never meant his words and
0:13:02 > 0:13:06that he was in fact bisexual. His conviction today for preparing an
0:13:06 > 0:13:12act of terrorism means he could face a life sentence. Dominic Casciani,
0:13:12 > 0:13:16BBC News, Barrow.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19A man accused of hacking into computers at the FBI and Nasa
0:13:19 > 0:13:21has won a High Court challenge against extradition
0:13:21 > 0:13:22to the United States.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Lauri Love, who's 32, could have faced 90 years
0:13:24 > 0:13:27in prison if found guilty in a trial in America.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Angus Crawford reports.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Lauri Love is a wanted man.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37US authorities say he is a hacker who stole vast amounts of data.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38For his supporters, he is vulnerable, with
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Asperger's syndrome.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46If sent to America, he could face a lifetime in jail.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Today, the High Court had to decide if he could be extradited.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51The judges ruled the risk of severe depression
0:13:51 > 0:13:53and suicide was too great.
0:13:53 > 0:13:59We're very happy and relieved.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01We're very thankful for the High Court for the judges,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04for their wisdom and discernment.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Thankful for all the support we've had, without which I'm not sure
0:14:07 > 0:14:08I would have made it this far.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13For Lauri's father, a hugely symbolic day.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16There is a consensus of agreement about the things that really
0:14:16 > 0:14:21matter, about decency, about justice, about fairness.
0:14:21 > 0:14:27I've always believed to be born in these islands is to win
0:14:27 > 0:14:30the lottery of life, and that what makes Britain great,
0:14:30 > 0:14:32makes it Great Britain, is not our power or our might
0:14:32 > 0:14:35but the fact it's a great place to live.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37But what is his son actually accused of?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39US authorities say he was part of the hacking group Anonymous,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43breaking into the systems of the US Army, Nasa and the FBI
0:14:43 > 0:14:49and stealing what he found, boasting of his exploits.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53He was traced via a Romanian e-mail address and a PayPal account.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55He's been interviewed here by National Crime
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Agency, but not charged.
0:14:59 > 0:15:06Lauri Love's future, though, is still uncertain.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Though he can't be sent to the US for trial,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10he may still be prosecuted here.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16Angus Crawford, BBC News.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Senior figures in the African National Congress will hold
0:15:18 > 0:15:21an emergency meeting this afternoon, to decide the future of the South
0:15:21 > 0:15:22African President Jacob Zuma.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26It's understood he's refused to stand down,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28even after six top ANC officials visited him at home in Pretoria
0:15:28 > 0:15:32yesterday to ask him to resign.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33Jacob Zuma is facing corruption allegations,
0:15:33 > 0:15:40and many in the ANC want Cyril Ramaphosa to take over.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43The only surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Salah Abdelsam, has gone on trial in Brussels relating to a gun battle
0:15:46 > 0:15:48with Belgian police.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51He told the court, "I am not afraid of you, I am not
0:15:51 > 0:15:53afraid of your allies.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54I put my trust in Allah."
0:15:54 > 0:16:02Gavin Lee sent this report.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Under armed guard and tight security, Salah Abdeslam,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07once one of Europe's most wanted men, being driven to court this
0:16:07 > 0:16:15morning in Brussels.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17He was alleged to be the sole
0:16:17 > 0:16:19survivor of the Paris attacks in 2015, when multiple locations
0:16:19 > 0:16:23were targeted and 130 people were killed.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Police traced Abdeslam's movement in the hours after the attacks
0:16:25 > 0:16:27to a service station near the Belgian border,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31but he went into hiding.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Finally arrested in Brussels four month later.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Salah Abdeslam has been in prison for almost two years and allegations
0:16:39 > 0:16:42about his involvement in the Paris attacks are still to come to court.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46But here in Brussels, where he's been driven from a French
0:16:46 > 0:16:50prison to face a separate case about allegations of attempted
0:16:50 > 0:16:52murder, when police officers came to a safe house attempting
0:16:52 > 0:16:59to arrest him, here in Brussels.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08SHE SPEAKS FRENCH
0:17:08 > 0:17:13This footage shows a similar scenes in court today, though filming of
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Abdeslam and the second suspect, also said to have been in hiding,
0:17:17 > 0:17:21was promoted. Abdeslam spoke only to say that he would remain silent
0:17:21 > 0:17:24throughout the trial and that as a Muslim he was being judged
0:17:24 > 0:17:29mercilessly. He refused to stand atop the second suspect who fled the
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Brussels hideout also gave evidence. He told the court that the weapons
0:17:32 > 0:17:35used to fire and police have been kept in a bedroom of the property
0:17:35 > 0:17:40but he claimed he didn't know where they were from. Investigators are
0:17:40 > 0:17:43still hoping they will be able to glean some significant information
0:17:43 > 0:17:48from this case, which adds to the picture of what happened in Paris,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51and discover as much information as they can about the wider network
0:17:51 > 0:17:55involved even if today, on the surface, it looks unlikely.
0:17:55 > 0:18:03The time is 1:17pm.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Our top story this lunchtime...
0:18:04 > 0:18:06The EU's chief negotiator arrives for talks in London
0:18:06 > 0:18:09as Downing Street says there is no prospect of Britain remaining in any
0:18:09 > 0:18:11type of customs union after Brexit.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Coming up...
0:18:12 > 0:18:15As the UK begins to freeze, there's chaos in Moscow with record
0:18:15 > 0:18:21snowfall across the Russian capital.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Coming up in sport...
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Olympic champions Jack Laugher and Chris Mears are in
0:18:24 > 0:18:32Team England's 13-strong diving squad for the Commonwealth Games.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42The pressures facing the NHS have been hitting the headlines
0:18:42 > 0:18:44throughout the winter.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46With increasing demands and an ageing population,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48many people are discussing the future funding
0:18:48 > 0:18:51of the health service.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Now, a group of independent health experts, commissioned
0:18:54 > 0:18:57by the Liberal Democrats, has recommended creating a new tax,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00to replace national insurance.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04The money would be ringfenced for the NHS and social care in England.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Our health editor Hugh Pym has the details.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10CHANTING:Save our NHS!
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Thousands of demonstrators marched through London at the weekend
0:19:13 > 0:19:16calling for increased funding for the NHS.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Health unions joined other campaigners, arguing
0:19:19 > 0:19:21there was a winter crisis which needed urgent
0:19:21 > 0:19:23action and investment.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Today a report from health experts, including the former
0:19:26 > 0:19:28head of NHS England, has called for new proposals
0:19:28 > 0:19:35to NHS funding problems.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39The report, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, calls for an
0:19:39 > 0:19:44extra £4 billion on top of inflation for the NHS in England in the next
0:19:44 > 0:19:48financial year, more than double the increase announced in the budget.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50A single, ring-fenced tax for health and social care
0:19:50 > 0:19:51replacing National Insurance.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53And reinstating a commitment to cap the costs paid
0:19:53 > 0:19:58by individuals for social care.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02It is important that we understand the NHS is not a wasteful service.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06It is a service that is creating a very healthy population and
0:20:06 > 0:20:11continues to do so. But if we want that, we have to fund it. If we
0:20:11 > 0:20:16don't want it, that's a decision we should be making as a population and
0:20:16 > 0:20:20this new form of taxation, ring fenced, would make that a lot
0:20:20 > 0:20:23easier.At a ring fenced attacks dedicated to health and social care
0:20:23 > 0:20:31may not be as straightforward as it seems. Some health economists say
0:20:31 > 0:20:34could raise more questions than answers.What happens when the
0:20:34 > 0:20:37doesn't rise and produce enough money that you want a span of the
0:20:37 > 0:20:41NHS? That begs the question, what is enough and who decides on a? It
0:20:41 > 0:20:44seems to me you can't escape some of the difficult political decisions
0:20:44 > 0:20:49about how much we would like to spend on health and social care.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Getting the over 65 to want to carry on working to pay national insurance
0:20:53 > 0:20:59is one proposal in the report to cover higher NHS spending. The
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Liberal Democrat leader, visiting a hospital today, says whatever form
0:21:02 > 0:21:07it takes higher taxation will be needed.Taxes are never popular but
0:21:07 > 0:21:12I think we do have to be honest with the public. If you want a
0:21:12 > 0:21:16first-class NHS, and I think we do as a country, we've got to pay for
0:21:16 > 0:21:20it and we've got to pay for it in a way that is related to people's
0:21:20 > 0:21:23ability to pay.In response, the department for health and social
0:21:23 > 0:21:28care said the NHS had been prioritised in the budget and an
0:21:28 > 0:21:33extra £2 billion had already been provided for health and social care
0:21:33 > 0:21:36in England. There are, though, growing calls for long-term thinking
0:21:36 > 0:21:42on funding as the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday this year.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Another 452 jobs are being lost as a result of the collapse
0:21:45 > 0:21:46of the construction and services firm Carillion.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49It comes on top of the 377 job losses announced last week.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51At the time it went into liquidation last month,
0:21:51 > 0:21:59Carillion employed 20,000 people in the UK.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Lloyds Banking Group has banned its customers
0:22:02 > 0:22:05from using its credit cards to buy virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07The group says it's protecting people from running up debts
0:22:07 > 0:22:09they may never be able to repay.
0:22:09 > 0:22:15Our personal finance correspondent Simon Gompertz is here.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Probably worth explaining a little bit more again about Bitcoin. We
0:22:19 > 0:22:24keep hearing about it. What is it, how does it work?It is one of
0:22:24 > 0:22:28several what they call crypto currencies and they are basically
0:22:28 > 0:22:35invented currencies that operate on the internet. You can't hold them
0:22:35 > 0:22:40because they're not real, they are virtual, as you say. You can't keep
0:22:40 > 0:22:44them in a bank account. They are not regulated and controlled by the Bank
0:22:44 > 0:22:49of England, so what's the attraction? Well, they're quite
0:22:49 > 0:22:53secret so people don't really know who has the money, how it is
0:22:53 > 0:22:58behaved, so criminals have been using them, and also, for many, it
0:22:58 > 0:23:03has been a gamble. They have seen the values go up and up and then
0:23:03 > 0:23:07down and they have been attracted to get into them. This is the wild West
0:23:07 > 0:23:11of finance at the moment, online money. Let's look at what has
0:23:11 > 0:23:16happened to the values. A year ago, one Bitcoin was worth £700, in
0:23:16 > 0:23:20theory. You can pay for some things with them on the internet. That went
0:23:20 > 0:23:25up in December to nearly £14,000, so a huge increase, hundreds of
0:23:25 > 0:23:30thousands of people trying to get in on it on this country, now it has
0:23:30 > 0:23:35gone down below £6,000. In fact it is dropping today. So you can see,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39what Lloyds is worried about. They say they are protecting customers
0:23:39 > 0:23:42from making losses but it is worried about itself, that it will lend out
0:23:42 > 0:23:45credit to people and it won't be able to get the money back from
0:23:45 > 0:23:48people if they have lost it on Bitcoin.This is what Lloyds are
0:23:48 > 0:23:52saying but how does it actually stop someone from using their credit card
0:23:52 > 0:23:55to do this?Some people in banking so they are a bit perplexed about
0:23:55 > 0:23:59this because you just buy something from a merchant who has one of those
0:23:59 > 0:24:03consoles, you put your card in. But in fact each merchant has a code and
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Lloyds can block those codes, so it can do it. Questions being asked on
0:24:08 > 0:24:11the internet today about whether it is right to stop people spending
0:24:11 > 0:24:15their own money and the answer to that is, if it is on a credit card
0:24:15 > 0:24:20it is not their own money, it is credit, and Lloyds is not stopping
0:24:20 > 0:24:24people from using their debit cards to take money straight out of their
0:24:24 > 0:24:29bank accounts to buy Bitcoin.Thank you very much, Simon Gompertz.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32A who admitted using the dark web to export and sell the high-strength
0:24:32 > 0:24:34painkiller Fentanyl has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Kyle Enos, who's 25, was selling the drug,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38which is significantly stronger than heroin, around the world.
0:24:38 > 0:24:46Our correspondent Tomos Morgan is at Cardiff Crown Court.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Fentanyl is a drug that is at least 25 times stronger than heroin and
0:24:56 > 0:25:02has been linked to over 60 deaths in the UK just last year. The National
0:25:02 > 0:25:07Crime Agency investigated and identified Kyle Enos as a
0:25:07 > 0:25:10significant fentanyl dealer and found that he had been trading the
0:25:10 > 0:25:19drug, buying and selling, over the dark web under a pseudonym, 2/150
0:25:19 > 0:25:23customers, in the UK and in North America. Police raided his residence
0:25:23 > 0:25:27last year and found he had several bags of varying strengths of the
0:25:27 > 0:25:31evidence that he had been changing the strength of the drug and
0:25:31 > 0:25:35tailoring it for the different customers that were ordering it from
0:25:35 > 0:25:38him. He said he would use the money he had made from his illegal
0:25:38 > 0:25:42business to pay for a university degree but he had also paid for a
0:25:42 > 0:25:46luxury apartment here in the centre of Cardiff. The judge sentenced Kyle
0:25:46 > 0:25:52Enos to eight years. Thank you very much, Thomas Morgan
0:25:52 > 0:25:55in Cardiff.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Hugh Grant has settled his claim at the High Court for damages
0:25:57 > 0:25:59for phone hacking by Mirror Group Newpapers.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01It's understood the actor has accepted a six-figure sum,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04which he has donated to Hacked Off, the group that campaigns
0:26:04 > 0:26:12for press accountability.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Being a professional sportsperson can bring wealth,
0:26:19 > 0:26:20adulation and glory.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22But when your career is over, it can be difficult
0:26:22 > 0:26:23to adjust to everyday life.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Our sports correspondent Azi Farni reports.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26COMMENTATOR:Kelly Holmes for Great Britain.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27What a performance!
0:26:27 > 0:26:29You are the double Olympic champion, Kelly Holmes.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32To be Olympic champion, aged 34, I had achieved it.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Suddenly, I had no idea who I was, what I wanted to be.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37The biggest thing that I felt was a loss
0:26:37 > 0:26:45of identity and kind of purpose.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50As an athlete, Dame Kelly Holmes had it all - success,
0:26:50 > 0:26:51structure, support.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53For many like her, their sporting lives are mapped out.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54But come retirement, all that disappears.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I had always been announced as an Olympian, or an Olympic
0:26:57 > 0:26:59athlete, or an international athlete, and suddenly,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I'm having to reel off lots of places that I'd go,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04or roles that I'd have to play, and it made me feel
0:27:04 > 0:27:07like a little bit sort of lost.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Among her many post-athletics ventures, Dame Kelly
0:27:12 > 0:27:15has opened this cafe in her hometown of Hildenborough.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Its name comes after her running number when she won double Olympic
0:27:18 > 0:27:20gold, but what about the transition to life after sport,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23when you don't have gold medals to look back on?
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Former England rugby union captain Catherine Spencer played
0:27:26 > 0:27:28in two World Cup finals.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31She lost both, retired and then watched as her team-mates
0:27:31 > 0:27:34lifted the trophy in 2014.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37You know, I probably, every day, at some point during the day,
0:27:37 > 0:27:38I'll think about it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I'll think about not winning the World Cup.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42I was absolutely devastated.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47I was completely gutted that this hadn't happened four years earlier.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50It was so hard to watch, and it's taken me six or seven years
0:27:50 > 0:27:54to start to feel comfortable about my retirement.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57I've been retired now 12 years, and I can honestly say,
0:27:57 > 0:28:02it's only in the past year and a half that I've
0:28:02 > 0:28:05kind of got in my head, you know what, I know who I am
0:28:05 > 0:28:08and what I want to be.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11In fact, more than half of the 800 former professional sports people
0:28:11 > 0:28:13who replied to a survey by the Professional Players'
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Federation said they'd had concerns about their mental or emotional
0:28:16 > 0:28:21well-being since retiring.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Just over half reported financial difficulties in the five years
0:28:24 > 0:28:26after stopping playing, with money being the biggest single
0:28:26 > 0:28:28worry after retirement.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32But whose responsibility is it to help them transition?
0:28:32 > 0:28:38Should governing bodies help at this time?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Yes, because we have seen so much of what we're talking about now,
0:28:41 > 0:28:42the detrimental effects of sport.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45You don't want a negative in sport, because sport actually should be
0:28:45 > 0:28:47the best thing that anyone has in their life.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49And with three global sporting championships coming up
0:28:49 > 0:28:52in the next three months, the challenge across sport may not
0:28:52 > 0:28:53just be winning more medals.
0:28:53 > 0:29:00Azi Farni, BBC News.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03People in Moscow have been battling record levels of snow,
0:29:03 > 0:29:04which has blocked roads and grounded flights.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Russia's meteorological service says the capital has seen more
0:29:07 > 0:29:12than half its average monthly snowfall in just 24 hours.
0:29:12 > 0:29:17Steve Rosenberg ventured out - and sent us this report.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22Well, it's no secret that in Russia, in the winter, it snows.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25But it doesn't normally snow quite like this.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27For the last two days, we've seen more than one month's
0:29:27 > 0:29:31worth of snowfall in Moscow.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34It's the biggest snowfall here since records began,
0:29:34 > 0:29:37and that's causing problems for the authorities who are normally
0:29:37 > 0:29:40pretty good at dealing with all this white, fluffy stuff.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Thousands of snowploughs have come onto the streets
0:29:42 > 0:29:44to try to clear the roads.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46It's not just affecting Moscow but cities across
0:29:46 > 0:29:48central Russia, too.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50And the Moscow authorities have been sending out text
0:29:50 > 0:29:53messages to people - I got one this morning -
0:29:53 > 0:29:58telling us to leave our cars at home and to use public transport.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01What happens to all of this snow once it's fallen?
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Well, once the snowploughs have cleared it and piled it up,
0:30:04 > 0:30:07it's taken to the edge of the city to be disposed of in special
0:30:07 > 0:30:15snow disposal centres.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Well, it's not quite as bad as that here,
0:30:19 > 0:30:20but if you've been out
0:30:20 > 0:30:23and about today you won't be surprised to learn that forecasters
0:30:23 > 0:30:27saying this week could be one of the coldest snaps of the winter
0:30:27 > 0:30:30and the freezing conditions
0:30:30 > 0:30:32are set to last.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34This footage was taken by police as they attended incidents
0:30:34 > 0:30:36on the icy M20 in Kent.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Fortunately, no-one was seriously injured, and the motorway
0:30:38 > 0:30:39has now been cleared.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41The Met Office has issued yellow warnings of snow and ice
0:30:41 > 0:30:44for large swathes of the UK.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Louise Lear knows plenty about all of that.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56I'm sure those in Moscow are laughing at us back home because we
0:30:56 > 0:30:59had a centimetre or two across Sussex and Kent through this morning
0:30:59 > 0:31:04but, nevertheless, it did cause some problems. Not for all, though. A
0:31:04 > 0:31:07glorious morning across the Lake District although I suspect for you,
0:31:07 > 0:31:11you could wake up to some snow tomorrow. There is more on its way
0:31:11 > 0:31:13because it is bitterly cold right across the country and we've got
0:31:13 > 0:31:17this weather front moving in as we speak. That will arise through the
0:31:17 > 0:31:22night and I. Will start off as rain along the coast and quickly turn to
0:31:22 > 0:31:25smoke across north west England and Northern Ireland. We're not too
0:31:25 > 0:31:29concerned but it is worth bearing in mind it elsewhere, a bitterly cold
0:31:29 > 0:31:35start to the morning. A widespread frost. Some snow to travel south and
0:31:35 > 0:31:40east. During the early rush hour tomorrow, it is likely to be sitting
0:31:40 > 0:31:44across the north-east of England, down into the Lake District and for
0:31:44 > 0:31:52West Wales. Behind a scattering office -- scattering of showers,
0:31:52 > 0:31:56snow and hail. The showers will add to the accumulations we have here, a
0:31:56 > 0:32:00cold morning as well. The frontal system, sitting through northern
0:32:00 > 0:32:04England and into Wales. Rain across the south-west coast and for central
0:32:04 > 0:32:07and south eastern areas, it will start off cold and frosty but you
0:32:07 > 0:32:11might see a bit of sunshine if you're lucky. As we go through the
0:32:11 > 0:32:15day, the weather front will weaken as it pushes further south into the
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Midlands so by the afternoon, a band of cloud through Lincolnshire, the
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Midlands, a few snow showers and sandwiched either side, sunny spells
0:32:22 > 0:32:26with a scattering of showers to the north-west. But the one thing that
0:32:26 > 0:32:31unites the country, called for all of us and it will feel better out
0:32:31 > 0:32:35there. As we move through the evening and the temperatures start
0:32:35 > 0:32:38to fall away, darkness Falls and we could see the front pepping up a
0:32:38 > 0:32:41little bit across parts of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, East
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Anglia, maybe to the east of London. First thing on Wednesday morning, we
0:32:45 > 0:32:49can't rule out the risk of some lying snow, nothing too significant.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53That clears away and Wednesday is much more straightforward. Sunny
0:32:53 > 0:32:59spells and windy weather pushing into the north-west it up a bit less
0:32:59 > 0:33:04cold so we are not so concerned about snow, famous last words, but
0:33:04 > 0:33:09quite a lot of cloud lingers on Thursday. Friday, we should see some
0:33:09 > 0:33:12sunny spells so if you haven't already got the message, this week
0:33:12 > 0:33:17we might have changed the month but winter is still with us. It is going
0:33:17 > 0:33:21to be cold, a widespread frost and some of us at times could see some
0:33:21 > 0:33:28snow but nothing like Moscow! Thank you very much, Louise Lear.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32A reminder of our main story this lunchtime:
0:33:32 > 0:33:35The EU's chief negotiator has arrived for talks in London as
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Downing Street says there is no Downing Street says there is no
0:33:37 > 0:33:40prospect of Britain remaining in any type of customs