0:00:06 > 0:00:09Former bosses of the construction giant Carillion apologise
0:00:09 > 0:00:15for its collapse, but deny they were asleep at the wheel.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Carillion executives have been appearing before MPs to explain why
0:00:17 > 0:00:21they let it slide into liquidation.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24I too would like to say how deeply saddened and how sorry I am
0:00:24 > 0:00:29for what's happened to the business.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32It was a great business, it delivered hundreds and hundreds
0:00:32 > 0:00:37of projects very successfully.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39We'll have the latest from our business editor.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Also this lunchtime...
0:00:41 > 0:00:47Stock markets around the world plummet after big falls in America.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50The IRA Hyde Park bombing - relatives of the victims get legal
0:00:50 > 0:00:55aid for a civil action against the main suspect.
0:00:55 > 0:01:02Clogged up Britain - new research says we spend more
0:01:02 > 0:01:09a day a year sitting in rush hour traffic.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12In 1918, votes for women became a reality.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13And it's a hundred years
0:01:13 > 0:01:17today that women got the vote - but even then only if they were over
0:01:17 > 0:01:1830 and owners of property.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And coming up in the sport on BBC News, Chelsea captain Gary Cahill
0:01:21 > 0:01:24has backed manager Antonio Conte, saying the players need
0:01:24 > 0:01:27to look in the mirror after their 4-1 loss at Watford.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Former bosses of the construction and outsourcing company Carillion
0:01:53 > 0:01:56have apologised for the firm's collapse - but denied claims by MPs
0:01:56 > 0:01:59that they were asleep at the wheel.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01The firm - which provided services for schools,
0:02:01 > 0:02:02hospitals and prisons - went into liquidation
0:02:02 > 0:02:05in the middle of January.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10It employed more than 40,000 people worldwide. This morning MPs have
0:02:10 > 0:02:15been cross the company's executives about how they are loaded to
0:02:15 > 0:02:19collapse with debts of over £1 billion and a huge pension deficit.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25Our business correspondent Simon Gompertz reports.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29The senior figures in charge of Carillion in its final months. Keith
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Cochrane, chief executive during the collapse. REPORTER: Would you say
0:02:34 > 0:02:40sorry to employees? And Zafar Khan, the finance director
0:02:40 > 0:02:44ousted after commissioning an internal investigation. Also among
0:02:44 > 0:02:48them Richard Howson, he was sacked as chief executive after having to
0:02:48 > 0:02:53warn last year that profits were plummeting.I too would like to say
0:02:53 > 0:02:57how deeply saddened and how sorry I am for what has happened to the
0:02:57 > 0:03:03business. Mr Harrison received £1.5 million in
0:03:03 > 0:03:062016 and continue to get his salary after he left, even though the
0:03:06 > 0:03:11company failed to get a key Middle Eastern company to pay up for 18
0:03:11 > 0:03:14months. If we had completed the contract...
0:03:14 > 0:03:20How much were you owed.£200 million.I would like you to answer
0:03:20 > 0:03:24the questions I'm asking, not the ones you would like to answer. How
0:03:24 > 0:03:28much to cut Ahn over the business when you left it?Around £200
0:03:28 > 0:03:37million.-- how much did Kat Ahn oh the business?The opening of the
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Royal Liverpool Hospital is set to be put off indefinitely. There was a
0:03:41 > 0:03:48drastic shortage of cash coming in. Despite that pressure, the man
0:03:48 > 0:03:51brought in as caretaker chief executive was accused of getting
0:03:51 > 0:03:58priorities wrong by paying more to shareholders than the stricken
0:03:58 > 0:04:04pension scheme.I understood it to be an agreed arrangements between
0:04:04 > 0:04:09the pension funds...If I have to children and I pay one of their £1 a
0:04:09 > 0:04:12week and the other 50p a week in pocket money, and the one who gets
0:04:12 > 0:04:1650 Pete says I think your priority is the other child, you are paying
0:04:16 > 0:04:22her twice as much as me, and I say I don't think that is the right way to
0:04:22 > 0:04:29look at it, dear? Do you think the child getting 50p has a point? Or do
0:04:29 > 0:04:34you think they don't?That is an interesting perspective.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39With money leaking away, Carillion desperately needed new contracts to
0:04:39 > 0:04:43keep going. But former finance director Zafar Khan said that new
0:04:43 > 0:04:50work has begun to dry up.We had some contracts we were the preferred
0:04:50 > 0:04:54bidders for but they continued to drift out to the right because of
0:04:54 > 0:04:58the Brexit uncertainty. That was amplified by the general election
0:04:58 > 0:05:03announcement.Along the way MPs were told by Carillion had in George
0:05:03 > 0:05:08tenet 's final to McGrady is in aggressive accounting, effectively
0:05:08 > 0:05:14booking payments as income and they had not commend -- were told that
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Carillion had indulged in its final two years in aggressive accounting,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22effectively booking payments as income and they had not come in.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Our business editor Simon Jack is here.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29How did a company which got a clean bill of health from the executives
0:05:29 > 0:05:34of the company and its auditors suddenly almost collapse four months
0:05:34 > 0:05:39after that in July? The executives said today they were genuinely
0:05:39 > 0:05:44surprised by how quickly some contracts deteriorated. Some in the
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Middle East, some in Canada and some key ones in the UK. And given the
0:05:48 > 0:05:52amount of debt the company had, which they admitted was too hi, they
0:05:52 > 0:06:02did not have the wiggle room. It was a surprise to us, everyone today
0:06:02 > 0:06:04said it was a complete surprise. Real consequences from this
0:06:04 > 0:06:07collapse, we are hearing more today? The Royal Liverpool Hospital has
0:06:07 > 0:06:10released a statement today saying because of the problems with
0:06:10 > 0:06:15subcontractors, many of whom face financial difficulties, they cannot
0:06:15 > 0:06:20get the work started on this major hospital and it was meant to open in
0:06:20 > 0:06:23February 2018, this month, they are saying it would be very unlikely it
0:06:23 > 0:06:28will be finished before the end of the year. A critical bit of public
0:06:28 > 0:06:31servers delayed by Carillion, in addition to all the jobs we know
0:06:31 > 0:06:35will be lost.Thank you, Simon Jack, our business editor.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Wall Street is bracing itself for more turbulence today
0:06:37 > 0:06:39after yesterday's near record stock market falls.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42This morning prices have been tumbling in the Far East and Europe.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46The FTSE opened sharply down before recovering slightly.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Well, the sell-off began last week when strong economic data in the us
0:06:49 > 0:06:51sparked fears of an early rise in interest rates.
0:06:51 > 0:06:59Yogita Limaye is at the New York Stock Exchange.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07The fall started in America, what do we expect from the markets open?
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Markets will open in about an hour and 20 from now, that is the New
0:07:12 > 0:07:17York Stock Exchange behind me. All of this started on Friday. Traders
0:07:17 > 0:07:21started worrying that interest rates would rise rapidly on the back of
0:07:21 > 0:07:25strong wage growth in the US. On Friday you saw the Dow Jones
0:07:25 > 0:07:29industrial average fell more than 650 points, yesterday it was the
0:07:29 > 0:07:35worst fall in history in terms of points. Even in terms of percentage
0:07:35 > 0:07:38the worst since the financial crisis. You have seen that impact
0:07:38 > 0:07:42across markets across the world, markets have been turned around 2%
0:07:42 > 0:07:48but in the Far East, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, they have fallen as
0:07:48 > 0:07:53much as four or 5%. When traders get inside today they will be anxious,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57but the word on Wall Street, even after the closing yesterday, people
0:07:57 > 0:08:01have said there is no need to panic just yet. The fundamentals of the
0:08:01 > 0:08:06economy remains strong, there is still strong growth in America.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Unemployment is low. They are essentially saying that the markets
0:08:11 > 0:08:16were inflated and to some extent everyone was expecting a correction.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20When there was some trigger for the correction, that is the reason you
0:08:20 > 0:08:22have seen this kind of sell-off happening.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Here in America you have seen President Trump repeatedly taking
0:08:26 > 0:08:30credit for record stock market highs. Yesterday he was out in Ohio,
0:08:30 > 0:08:35he did not say anything about the markets. The White House said the
0:08:35 > 0:08:38president continues to focus on long-term fundamentals, which remain
0:08:38 > 0:08:41strong. Many thanks indeed.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Relatives of the victims of the1 982 IRA Hyde Park bombing have been
0:08:44 > 0:08:47granted legal aid for a civil action against the main suspect.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49The case against John Downey, who denies involvement,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52collapsed at the Old Bailey four years ago when it emerged that
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Government officials had mistakenly given him a letter telling him
0:08:54 > 0:08:59he would not face arrest or prosecution.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Four soldiers of the Royal Household Cavalry and seven
0:09:01 > 0:09:04horses died in the attack.
0:09:04 > 0:09:12Keith Doyle reports.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Four soldiers of the Royal Household Cavalry died when a car bomb
0:09:17 > 0:09:21detonated as they made their way to Buckingham Palace in July 19 82.
0:09:21 > 0:09:27Dozens were injured and seven cavalry horses died. Another horse
0:09:27 > 0:09:30was critically injured, but recovered enough to return to
0:09:30 > 0:09:36service. A recovery which was closely followed by the public.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40John Downey, who was convicted of IRA membership in the 1970s, was the
0:09:40 > 0:09:45prime suspect and was charged with the bombing in 2014.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48That case collapsed when it emerged that government officials had
0:09:48 > 0:09:54assured him in writing in 2007 that he would not face arrest or
0:09:54 > 0:09:58prosecution. He was one of around 180
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Republicans, so called on the runs, suspected of involvement in
0:10:02 > 0:10:05terrorist crimes, but who had never been charged.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08As part of the Good Friday Agreement they received letters from the
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Government assuring them they were not being sought by police. There
0:10:12 > 0:10:17was severe criticism of this scheme, which was described as secretive and
0:10:17 > 0:10:20a catastrophic mistake. Tony Blair, whose government implemented it,
0:10:20 > 0:10:30sought to defend it.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32sought to defend it.Without having to Matt, we would not have a
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Northern Ireland peace process in place today.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Well John Downey was not wanted by police in Northern Ireland, he was
0:10:36 > 0:10:38wanted by the Met Police. But a judge ruled that even though his
0:10:38 > 0:10:41letter was sent by mistake it would be an abuse of process for him to
0:10:41 > 0:10:45stand trial for the Hyde Park bombing.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48While the families of those killed in the Hyde Park bombing can now
0:10:48 > 0:10:53pursue a civil case, there is no guarantee that it will be
0:10:53 > 0:10:55successful. It is great news for them, they have
0:10:55 > 0:11:00gone through all the agonies of the original bomb and then waiting to
0:11:00 > 0:11:04see if anyone would ever be caught for it, then someone has been put
0:11:04 > 0:11:09forward as possibly being the bomb, to see that collapse, to then have
0:11:09 > 0:11:12five different types of legal aid agency. It has been a roller-coaster
0:11:12 > 0:11:17and a really hard one for them, it does not show up our legal system
0:11:17 > 0:11:22particularly well. 35 years on a Northern Ireland is
0:11:22 > 0:11:29still trying to come to terms with the violence of the past.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31the violence of the past. Pressure is mounting on President Jacob Zuma
0:11:31 > 0:11:34to step down after the Speaker of Parliament and adds that the state
0:11:34 > 0:11:37of the nation address, which the president was due to deliver on
0:11:37 > 0:11:44Thursday, had been postponed.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46The Nelson Mandela Foundation has called on South Africa's President
0:11:46 > 0:11:48to step down, saying he has abused
0:11:48 > 0:11:51the trust of South Africans and is not fit to govern.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54His deputy has replaced him as the leader of the African National
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Congress, but he remains the president of the country.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02The Health Secretary has announced a review of the legal treatment of
0:12:02 > 0:12:07errors by doctors.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18The doctor was convicted after the death of a six-year old boy in her
0:12:18 > 0:12:22care, but it provoked anger in the medical profession because it said
0:12:22 > 0:12:26she had been under intense pressure due to understaffing. What has the
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Health Secretary had to say? A short time ago Jeremy Hunt told
0:12:30 > 0:12:34the Commons that was very widespread concern about this whole situation.
0:12:34 > 0:12:41Just to remind you, it was a very tragic case, the death of
0:12:41 > 0:12:53six-year-old Jack Adcock which resulted in the conviction of
0:12:53 > 0:12:56resulted in the conviction of Doctor Dr Bawagaba. A tribunal met last
0:12:56 > 0:12:58year to decide her future as a doctor following the conviction,
0:12:58 > 0:13:03they said she should be suspended for just 12 months. The General
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Medical Council decided to appeal against that. They went to the High
0:13:06 > 0:13:11Court and a couple of weeks ago a house Democrat High Court ruling was
0:13:11 > 0:13:15she should be struck off the register completely, she should not
0:13:15 > 0:13:21practice again -- and a couple of weeks ago the High Court ruling was.
0:13:21 > 0:13:27The doctor was under intense pressure because of understaffing,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Jeremy Hunt has responded to that statement and says there will be a
0:13:30 > 0:13:33review of where you draw the line between gross negligence,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36manslaughter and how you treat doctors who have committed errors
0:13:36 > 0:13:42and mistakes, and secondly how you should allow them to be open in
0:13:42 > 0:13:46their reflections in the paperwork that they do. And finally any
0:13:46 > 0:13:50lessons to be learned by the General Medical Council.What has been the
0:13:50 > 0:13:54reaction from doctors to this?They have said it is exactly the right
0:13:54 > 0:13:57thing. One campaigner who worked with this doctor told me she thought
0:13:57 > 0:14:02it was exactly the right thing to do. It was a very tragic case, a
0:14:02 > 0:14:08young boy died, careers were ruined by this and there were of lessons to
0:14:08 > 0:14:13be learned. This review could reach some answers on bar.Thank you very
0:14:13 > 0:14:16much, Hugh Pym, our health editor.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Our top story this lunchtime:
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Former bosses of the construction giant Carillion apologise for its
0:14:24 > 0:14:26collapse but denied they were asleep at the wheel.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27And still to come: Changing weather.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32We'll take a sneak peek at the BBC's new weather graphics.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Coming up in sport: Leeds United have announced the appointment
0:14:34 > 0:14:36of Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom as their new Head Coach.
0:14:36 > 0:14:44He's their tenth manager in the last five years.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55It's 100 years ago today that women first got the right to vote,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58provided they were over 30 and owners of property.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01To mark the centenary of that historic reform,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04campaigners are calling for posthumous pardons to be given
0:15:04 > 0:15:07to women who were jailed in the fight for universal suffrage.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Meanwhile, the Prime Minister will mark the anniversary by warning
0:15:10 > 0:15:13that online intimidation of women is threatening democracy.
0:15:13 > 0:15:21Jane Hill is in Westminster.
0:15:21 > 0:15:27Hello, Ben.Welcome to Central Lobby, to the absolute heart of
0:15:27 > 0:15:31parliament he won this very, very significant day. The lobby is
0:15:31 > 0:15:34particularly noisy and busy. There is an awful lot of school groups
0:15:34 > 0:15:40around here today on this very significant anniversary. Boys and
0:15:40 > 0:15:44girls, I should stress, being reminded of what today is all about.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Our correspondent Adina Campbell takes a look first ball and gives us
0:15:47 > 0:15:56this reminder of the suffragette movement -- first.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00White the campaign started off with peaceful intentions, but progress
0:16:00 > 0:16:04was slow, and after years of conflict free campaigning, some
0:16:04 > 0:16:10women were not prepared to wait any longer. Emmeline Pankhurst, along
0:16:10 > 0:16:13with her daughter Christabel, founded the women's social and
0:16:13 > 0:16:20political union in 1903. Otherwise known as the suffragettes.It seemed
0:16:20 > 0:16:24like a mad idea then. And I think it took a long time, that's why the
0:16:24 > 0:16:27campaign was so long, because they had to change people attitudes
0:16:27 > 0:16:31towards women and what they could do.But this new wave of
0:16:31 > 0:16:35suffragettes were bowled. Women were seen chaining themselves to
0:16:35 > 0:16:39railings, smashing windows, and shouting at politicians, all
0:16:39 > 0:16:45unprecedented behaviour. Some were arrested. But rather than pay a
0:16:45 > 0:16:48fine, they were sent to prison. But their protest didn't stop there.
0:16:48 > 0:16:54Some of those locked up refused to eat, whilst others on the outside
0:16:54 > 0:16:57continued the violence, vandalising churches and burning down buildings.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01They said, there's a suffragette round the corner speaking. So, I
0:17:01 > 0:17:06went round the corner and I thought myself, those so my quiz woman is
0:17:06 > 0:17:11talking sense.When I actually joined, I went to an open-air
0:17:11 > 0:17:16meeting and heard the speaker say, lunatics, criminals, paupers and
0:17:16 > 0:17:20women may not vote. Well, I hadn't joined before then although all of
0:17:20 > 0:17:27my instincts had been that way, but I joined them and then.Dawai
0:17:27 > 0:17:31charming women who were in it, and they were absolutely smothered with
0:17:31 > 0:17:37eggs, rotten tomatoes, and you never saw anything like what we looked
0:17:37 > 0:17:42like at the end.But this was one of the most shocking and memorable
0:17:42 > 0:17:47moments of the campaign. In 1913, Emily Davison, one of the leading
0:17:47 > 0:17:51suffragettes, was knocked down by the King's was at Epsom racecourse.
0:17:51 > 0:17:57And she died of her injuries four days later. Then came a
0:17:57 > 0:18:01breakthrough. On February the 6th 1918, some women were given the
0:18:01 > 0:18:06right to vote for the very first time. But at this stage, women were
0:18:06 > 0:18:09only allowed to vote if they were over the age of 30 and owned
0:18:09 > 0:18:17property.During the First World War, we did a man's job, we worked
0:18:17 > 0:18:21in the factories, we worked in the fields, we did a man's drop. So why
0:18:21 > 0:18:27can't we have a vote? As with equal rights, why cold we have a vote? But
0:18:27 > 0:18:34men are, by nature, control freaks. It wasn't until 1928 when all women
0:18:34 > 0:18:40had the same voting rights as men. And, over time, we've seen a growing
0:18:40 > 0:18:45number of women in Parliament and become Prime Minister. Harriet
0:18:45 > 0:18:50Harman is the longest continuing serving female MP, first elected in
0:18:50 > 0:18:591982.I was one of only 23 MPs out of 650 when I started. Now over 200.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04But we are still outnumbered by men 2-1.But 100 years on, women women
0:19:04 > 0:19:09are still fighting. Most recently, the gender pay gap, sexual
0:19:09 > 0:19:12harassment, and the Me Too movement have all made headlines around the
0:19:12 > 0:19:18world. And the campaigns continue. There's so much that still needs to
0:19:18 > 0:19:22be done, I think they would be urging us on and saying, you know,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26don't just accept where we are at, we can be so much better, so much
0:19:26 > 0:19:30richer as a society and an economy if women and men were allowed to do
0:19:30 > 0:19:35whatever they want to, if the genders were not divided up in this
0:19:35 > 0:19:38progress, outdated idea about what a man is and what a woman is.There
0:19:38 > 0:19:46are now calls for the Government to pardon suffragette who committed
0:19:46 > 0:19:49crimes such as arson during their fight for the right to vote. 100
0:19:49 > 0:19:52years may have passed, but some say there is still a long way to go.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57Adina Campbell, BBC News.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Vicky Young is with me here in the lobby. It would have been an awful
0:20:01 > 0:20:04lot more rowdy than this, this is the real heart of where some of
0:20:04 > 0:20:09those protests would have taken place.It was noisy and sometimes
0:20:09 > 0:20:13violent as well, women like Emmeline Pankhurst used to come here and
0:20:13 > 0:20:17stand on the streets shouting, votes for women. It is incredible that
0:20:17 > 0:20:21women, even to watch proceedings in malls of common tag, had to watch it
0:20:21 > 0:20:32behind these grills, they had to peer through, they said
0:20:32 > 0:20:34peer through, they said it was smelly and dark and disgusting. They
0:20:34 > 0:20:36chained themselves to those in protest. The grills were removed,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39and around the House of Commons here in the Central Lobby they are now
0:20:39 > 0:20:41adorning the windows around here. It definitely was a place where they
0:20:41 > 0:20:43came off, they were blacklisted and eventually banned from coming here
0:20:43 > 0:20:46for 11 years until it all changed. This rather remarkable act of
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Parliament was brought in, it is on display here today in Central Lobby.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54We normally don't see it. It's incredibly precious, of course.It
0:20:54 > 0:20:58is many inches thick, it's worth pointing out.This was for men as
0:20:58 > 0:21:03well as women, it wasn't all women, but it did make a big difference, of
0:21:03 > 0:21:08course.In terms of where we are today, Theresa May might not do this
0:21:08 > 0:21:11in her speed and a little while, this is not just about women in
0:21:11 > 0:21:17public life -- Theresa May might nod to this. We have to refer at an all
0:21:17 > 0:21:21women, across all professions and walks of life -- we have to reflect.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Theresa May will talk about that in particular. Here, there are fewer
0:21:24 > 0:21:29than 500 women who have ever been elected to be an MP. At the moment,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32one third of the holes of Commons is female. Things have obviously
0:21:32 > 0:21:36changed. When I first came here, there were hardly any women in
0:21:36 > 0:21:42newspapers or in the House of Commons. It is changing. But the day
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Theresa May will also block about social media abuse. She is concerned
0:21:45 > 0:21:50that is putting off not just men but women from going into public life.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54We will have to see whether that encourages more women to go into
0:21:54 > 0:21:57public life.For now, that is all from here on a very significant day
0:21:57 > 0:22:05here in the House of Commons. Ben, back to you.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08The trial of three former senior managers at Tesco who are accused
0:22:08 > 0:22:10of accounting fraud has been discontinued after one of the
0:22:10 > 0:22:11defendants suffered a heart attack.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13The jury at Southwark Crown Court has been discharged
0:22:13 > 0:22:15and the Serious Fraud Office is considering whether
0:22:15 > 0:22:16a retrial is appropriate.
0:22:16 > 0:22:24Our business correspondent Emma Simpson is at Southwark Crown Court.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29British drivers wasted more than 30 hours in rush-hour traffic last
0:22:29 > 0:22:30year, according to new research.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32The report from traffic information company Inrix found the UK
0:22:32 > 0:22:35is the tenth most congested country in the world, while London
0:22:35 > 0:22:36is Europe's second most gridlocked city.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39The study's authors are calling for new technology to be used
0:22:39 > 0:22:44to tackle congestion.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45They say congestion is harming the economy.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Charlotte Gallagher reports.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51There is nothing more frustrating for drivers than being stuck in
0:22:51 > 0:22:56this. The bad news is, those delays are getting worse. British motorists
0:22:56 > 0:23:02spent an average of 31 hours stuck in congestion last year. London is
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Europe's second most congested city after Moscow. With drivers spending
0:23:07 > 0:23:10the government of three days every year in traffic jams. Something
0:23:10 > 0:23:16these drivers headed into central London no wall about.Two hours per
0:23:16 > 0:23:20day, I come to London every day, so it's about ten hours per week, 40
0:23:20 > 0:23:27hours per month, you do the maths. Oh, hours, I was. Per week? Hours.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Manchester, Birmingham, Luton and Edinburgh have also been singled out
0:23:31 > 0:23:35as gridlock hotspots. That extra time behind the wheel is costing
0:23:35 > 0:23:40drivers more than £1000 per year. Not just in wasted fuel, but also
0:23:40 > 0:23:48because some household goods are becoming
0:23:49 > 0:23:51becoming more expensive, as higher freighting fees are passed on to
0:23:51 > 0:23:53consumers. Inrix, which carried out the research, says the cost to the
0:23:53 > 0:23:56UK economy is astonishing.It's really a big concern. Ultimately,
0:23:56 > 0:24:00this means there is a decrease in productivity from the business side.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04But also quite a big cost is being passed down to the driver, whether
0:24:04 > 0:24:07that is through direct costs like fuel wasted sitting in traffic, or
0:24:07 > 0:24:12just the time you are losing. There is also cost on businesses which
0:24:12 > 0:24:15ultimately get passed to household. And there are implications for our
0:24:15 > 0:24:19health.We not just concerned about the time and money that drivers are
0:24:19 > 0:24:23wasting stuck in traffic, but also the potential damage to their
0:24:23 > 0:24:28health. Drivers are spending time behind other vehicles and breathing
0:24:28 > 0:24:32in dangerous levels of air pollution, which can actually be
0:24:32 > 0:24:36higher inside vehicles than outside. The Department for Transport says it
0:24:36 > 0:24:40has invested £23 billion on road schemes, which will help reduce
0:24:40 > 0:24:44traffic jams, and is giving local councils record amounts of funding
0:24:44 > 0:24:48to upgrade roads. Charlotte Gallagher, BBC News.
0:24:48 > 0:24:5021 people have been arrested in raids aimed at disrupting
0:24:50 > 0:24:52a people-smuggling network run by suspected Kurdish gangsters.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Police raided around 20 addresses across England,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58including in Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Newcastle and London.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03The gang is suspected of charging up to £10,000 per head to smuggle
0:25:03 > 0:25:08migrants in the back of lorries across the Channel.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Public Health England says it wants e-cigarettes to be prescribed
0:25:11 > 0:25:15on the NHS within the next 2-3 years because they're an effective way
0:25:15 > 0:25:18to help smokers quit. It says vaping poses
0:25:18 > 0:25:21only a small fraction of the risk of smoking tobacco,
0:25:21 > 0:25:25and it's calling for the UK's drug regulator to help manufacturers
0:25:25 > 0:25:30get their products approved.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33The NHS is trying hard to recruit more staff from abroad,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36but an Egyptian doctor says she's devastated after being refused
0:25:36 > 0:25:41a visa for her daughter to join her in the UK.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Amany Abdel-Meguid came to Britain over a year ago to work
0:25:43 > 0:25:46in a hospital in Birmingham, but the Home Office
0:25:46 > 0:25:51won't let her daughter join her on the grounds her husband
0:25:51 > 0:25:53wasn't in the UK when the application was made.
0:25:53 > 0:26:01Our correspondent Sima Kotecha reports.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11Amany Abdelmeguid and her three-year-old daughter, Lily. Amany
0:26:11 > 0:26:14came to Britain after she heard there was a shortage of doctors in
0:26:14 > 0:26:18the UK. Now she's struggling to get a visa for her daughter, who is
0:26:18 > 0:26:22currently living with her grandparents in need of.I graduated
0:26:22 > 0:26:26in Egypt, and I wanted to train as a doctor in the UK to -- her grand
0:26:26 > 0:26:30parents in Egypt. I took certain exams and I got to the GMC for
0:26:30 > 0:26:37registration, then I got recruited to fill in a gap.She came on a tear
0:26:37 > 0:26:40two visa. Workers. A husband is in Saudi Arabia practising medicine.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46But the Government will not give the daughter permission to come here,
0:26:46 > 0:26:51saying her application will not be the criteria. It would be very
0:26:51 > 0:26:53irresponsible of the Government not to make checks and balances. What
0:26:53 > 0:26:58would you say to that argument?I need somebody to explain to me, why
0:26:58 > 0:27:02am I allowed to be a doctor in the UK and are not allowed to bring my
0:27:02 > 0:27:05child? While I'm perfectly capable of funding her care, it's not a
0:27:05 > 0:27:10burden at all on the British Society.The immigration rules say
0:27:10 > 0:27:14both parents must be living in the UK or have permission to live in the
0:27:14 > 0:27:19UK when the child arrives. Amany says her husband is planning to move
0:27:19 > 0:27:24here later this year. The Royal College of GPs recently wrote to the
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Government asking for doctors trained outside the EU to be given
0:27:27 > 0:27:30extra help to tackle the doctor shortages.I talk to her every day,
0:27:30 > 0:27:41but I miss the details. It's just too hard to bear...
0:27:42 > 0:27:47I don't understand the reason for it. Like, why?It's not clear
0:27:47 > 0:27:51whether there is more to why the application was rejected, but what
0:27:51 > 0:27:57is clear is how much I Amany misses her daughter. Sima Kotecher, BBC
0:27:57 > 0:27:59News, Birmingham.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02The actor John Mahoney, best known for playing Martin Crane
0:28:02 > 0:28:05in the American sitcom Frasier, has died at the age of 77.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07He was being cared for in a hospice in Chicago.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09John Mahoney, who was born in Lancashire, starred
0:28:09 > 0:28:14in Frasier for 11 years - playing a grumpy retired policeman
0:28:14 > 0:28:19who often outwitted his two pretentious sons.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Hey, look who I found at the airport.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Oh!
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Welcome home, Dad.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25So, how was Florida?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Oh, it was a whirlwind.
0:28:28 > 0:28:34Duke and I hit the dog track and then we met the Michael Jordan
0:28:34 > 0:28:37of jai alai players at the Red Lobster.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41But the place I went back to most of all was Captain Peter's Gator Farm.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42Ah.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Did you go and see the Hemingway home?
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Well, you know, Fras', you can't squeeze everything in.
0:28:46 > 0:28:52John Mahoney, who has died aged 77.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Starting this lunchtime, there's a new look to BBC Weather.
0:28:54 > 0:29:01MeteoGroup will be providing us with the latest data,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04and there's a fresh design to the way our forecasts
0:29:04 > 0:29:06are displayed on TV, online and in the BBC's weather app.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Sarah Keith Lucas explains.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13It's here in the BBC Weather Centre where the new look forecasts have
0:29:13 > 0:29:16been developed over recent months.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19We know how important clear and accurate forecasts are for you,
0:29:19 > 0:29:26so we've been working closely with our partners MeteoGroup
0:29:26 > 0:29:29to bring you the new graphics using more data, as well as the latest
0:29:29 > 0:29:31innovations in design technology and forecasting science.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Simon Hunt is our creative director.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Now, Simon, talk us through what the viewers can expect
0:29:35 > 0:29:37to see with our new graphics?
0:29:37 > 0:29:41What they will notice straightaway is that the map looks different.
0:29:41 > 0:29:48It's a high-resolution map, and it's green.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51If you go in closer on that, you can see we've also got high-resolution
0:29:51 > 0:29:52data for the weather.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56We also have the ability to show a 3D globe with weather on it,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59which the presenters can move around quite easily to create the editorial
0:29:59 > 0:30:00story that they want to tell.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Some of the graphics as well we're using,
0:30:02 > 0:30:04so the outlook, for instance, here shows quite clearly that
0:30:04 > 0:30:07temperatures rise to the weekend and then fall away afterwards.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09So how's it all going to look on the big screen?
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Well, it'll look clean and fresh.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13And one of our main concepts when developing these graphics
0:30:13 > 0:30:16was the idea of a window on the weather, so behind this
0:30:16 > 0:30:19window you can see not only the weather in the distance,
0:30:19 > 0:30:23you can also see drops of rain sitting on the pane of glass, here.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26And as Simon was showing us, we can now look at the weather
0:30:26 > 0:30:27on a very localised scale.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29For instance, let's zoom into northern England,
0:30:29 > 0:30:32and in this example you can see quite clearly the showers falling
0:30:32 > 0:30:34as rain, but also of snow over the higher ground, too.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38And it's not only on a smaller scale that things are changing,
0:30:38 > 0:30:40but also on the global scale, too.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44We can now look at satellite data from right around the world.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48We can also add on pressure fields and frontal systems, too.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51We can even give you an indication of when and where you might be
0:30:51 > 0:30:53likely to see the Northern Lights.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55And, of course, it's not only on TV that things are changing.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58We've also redeveloped our weather app and our website, too.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Now, one of the main changes is that our ten day forecast has
0:31:01 > 0:31:03been replaced by a 14 day forecast.
0:31:03 > 0:31:10We've also introduced the percentage chance of rain by the hour.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13This is going to help you keep up to date with the latest weather,
0:31:13 > 0:31:20and we hope you enjoy our new look.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23So, it is all change with our weather graphics, but the weather in
0:31:23 > 0:31:27itself is not changing in a hurry. We've still got this cold and wintry
0:31:27 > 0:31:31theme that has been with us since the beginning of the month. We've
0:31:31 > 0:31:35had some great pictures in from all weather watchers today. This comes
0:31:35 > 0:31:38from Penrith in Cumbria, where there has been about four centimetres of
0:31:38 > 0:31:42snow, and it is edging further south across the country. This afternoon,
0:31:42 > 0:31:53we will continue with the cold theme, and there will be some
0:31:53 > 0:31:55theme, and there will be some more wintry flurries. Let's start with
0:31:55 > 0:31:57the satellite image, this is the view from space looking down at the
0:31:57 > 0:31:59club UK, you can see this band of cloud is a slow-moving weather
0:31:59 > 0:32:03front. That is producing quite a bit of snow. This is the recent snowfall
0:32:03 > 0:32:05radar showing where we have had snow over the past few hours, tracking
0:32:05 > 0:32:08south across parts of northern England into Wales and the West
0:32:08 > 0:32:13Country. We will continue to see this band of cloud and snow showers.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16It will feel cold if you are underneath that frontal system, with
0:32:16 > 0:32:19temperatures struggling to get much above freezing. Either side of the
0:32:19 > 0:32:30front, it is a bit milder. There is still a mix of bright
0:32:30 > 0:32:31still a mix of bright spells and wintry showers. If we zoom in and
0:32:31 > 0:32:34take a look at the regional detail, first across Scotland you can see
0:32:34 > 0:32:37the snow showers packing in from the North West. Watch out for the icy
0:32:37 > 0:32:39conditions, and a similar picture across Northern Ireland. Sunshine in
0:32:39 > 0:32:41southern Scotland, cloud from northern England down towards the
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Midlands, Wales and the south-west of England, with snow showers likely
0:32:45 > 0:32:49here and icy conditions. It is dry and clearer towards the south-east.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53You could see one or two flurries of snow almost anywhere. In the
0:32:53 > 0:32:58evening, the main bulk of cloud and snow shift across East Anglia and
0:32:58 > 0:33:01the south-east, a couple of centimetres in East Anglia and a
0:33:01 > 0:33:06dusting in London. Look at those temperatures, as low as -6 or minus
0:33:06 > 0:33:09seven degrees, even in the towns and cities. Colder in the front that
0:33:09 > 0:33:16brought us choose they's snow eases towards the near continent --
0:33:16 > 0:33:21Tuesday's snow. A very cold, icy start to your Wednesday morning.
0:33:21 > 0:33:27Sunshine for England and Wales, but sky is clouding over Fort Scotland
0:33:27 > 0:33:30and Northern Ireland, we will see rain and hill snow here.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Temperatures a degree or so less cold than they are today, but
0:33:33 > 0:33:36certainly that wintry theme days with us towards the end of the week.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41It's going to be cold, there will be further rain and Hillsdale and a
0:33:41 > 0:33:44little but of sunshine. Remember, you can keep up-to-date with the
0:33:44 > 0:33:47weather by checking our updated weather website and by attacking the
0:33:47 > 0:33:49BBC weather app.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53weather website and by attacking the BBC weather app. Very snazzy new
0:33:53 > 0:33:54graphics, Sarah,