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Dramatic new evidence of plastic
pollution in the Arctic. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
Animals are frequently
trapped in rubbish - | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
scientists say a pristine wilderness
is being contaminated. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:21 | |
I've collected this waste
in just a few seconds. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
Some of the fragments
may come from Norway, | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
some clearly don't,
like this | 0:00:27 | 0:00:28 | |
elaborate bottle, for instance,
or this butter tub from Spain. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
We have a special report
from the Norwegian Arctic. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
Also this lunchtime... | 0:00:32 | 0:00:33 | |
Stranded in hospital corridors -
new figures from NHS England say | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
1,000 people had to wait more than
12 hours for treatment last month. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:43 | |
Interest rates on hold,
but a warning they could rise soon | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
as the Bank of England
upgrades its forecast for growth. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
UK net trade is benefiting
from this robust | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
global demand and the past
depreciation of sterling. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
Whereas it usually
drags on growth, net | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
trade is currently
contributing substantially. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
Local authorities in England
struggle to pay for essential | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
services; higher council tax
bills are on the way. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:11 | |
And flying the flag for Britain -
Lizzy Yarnold will lead out Team GB | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
at the opening ceremony
of the Winter Olympics. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:20 | |
And in sport on BBC News, former
captain Greg Laidlaw starts for | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
Scotland in their Six Nations match
with France this weekend, as one of | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
six changes following their
heavy defeat to Wales. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:32 | |
Good afternoon and welcome
to the BBC News at One. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
There is shocking new evidence today
of plastic rubbish contaminating | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
the pristine wilderness
of the Arctic. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
Animals are becoming
ensnared in plastic waste, | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
while scientists say there are far
more plastic particles in one litre | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
of sea ice than in open water. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:10 | |
They say they've found plastic
pollution almost everywhere they've | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
looked in the Arctic Ocean. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
Our environment analyst
Roger Harrabin has been to Tromso | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
in the Norwegian Arctic. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
A warning that you may | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
find some of the images
in his report disturbing. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:27 | |
Plastic pollution is drifting to the
furthest corners of the planet. The | 0:02:29 | 0:02:35 | |
Arctic sea ice is created when sea
freezes. It looks pristine but | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
scientists are finding that it
definitely is not. In fact ice cores | 0:02:40 | 0:02:46 | |
show sea ice contains more fragments
of plastic per square metre than | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
anywhere else in the ocean, it is
because sea ice freezes from the top | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
and that is exactly where the
plastic bits are floating. One litre | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
of melted sea ice contain 234
plastic fragments like these. The | 0:03:01 | 0:03:08 | |
numbers are way higher than I think
most people expected, and definitely | 0:03:08 | 0:03:15 | |
then what I expected. It shows that
it is a serious problem and you have | 0:03:15 | 0:03:21 | |
a situation in the world now that
there is nowhere that is so far away | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
that it is not affected by plastic
waste. There is plastic on the | 0:03:24 | 0:03:32 | |
beaches too, this local
conservationist is trying forlornly | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
to clear them up. Here is what the
plastic does macro. This reindeer's | 0:03:36 | 0:03:43 | |
and others were trapped by a
discarded fishing net, it died. This | 0:03:43 | 0:03:48 | |
Arctic turn met its death by
starvation. And see the plastic | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
strapping around the belly of this
bearded seal. I have collected this | 0:03:52 | 0:03:57 | |
waste in just a few seconds. Some of
the fragments may come from Norway, | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
some clearly don't like this
elaborate bottle or this butter tub | 0:04:01 | 0:04:09 | |
from Spain. And the plastic is here
with a vengeance. Several years ago | 0:04:09 | 0:04:14 | |
it was predicted plastic pollution
would enter the Arctic and indeed we | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
are finding plastic along the
coastlines from urban areas to | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
remote areas and the more we look
for the plastics, the more we are | 0:04:22 | 0:04:27 | |
finding. Arctic scientists don't
know yet whether the plastic tide | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
will affect local fish stocks but it
is another human threats to a | 0:04:30 | 0:04:36 | |
fragile environment, already being
transformed by man-made climate | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
change. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
And Roger is here now. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
Roger some horrific images
in that report, how serious | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
is this for the Arctic? | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
Scientists are trying to find out,
they have been blindsided. There is | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
very little research but wherever
they are looking, they are finding | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
plastic. They don't know crucially
what effect it will have on stocks | 0:04:59 | 0:05:06 | |
of cod, they don't know if the
plastics will be absorbed in the | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
flesh of the fish which would be
disastrous for the industry, but | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
they can clearly see the effect on
wildlife. You saw the pictures of | 0:05:13 | 0:05:18 | |
the birds, the seal and reindeer.
One bird they tested had more than | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
200 pieces of plastic in its
stomach. So much pollution and | 0:05:22 | 0:05:27 | |
contamination, what can be done
about it? Norway is trying to do its | 0:05:27 | 0:05:32 | |
bit, we had a bottle scheme online,
they are trying to clamp down on | 0:05:32 | 0:05:38 | |
plastic waste from shipping, but
clearly it is not enough. The UK is | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
moving towards a plastic policy but
it is rather lacking a lot of | 0:05:42 | 0:05:47 | |
countries. China and India don't
even have waste collections in many | 0:05:47 | 0:05:52 | |
places so frankly this problem will
get much worse before it gets | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
better. Roger, thank you very much
indeed. | 0:05:55 | 0:06:00 | |
January was one of the worst months
on record for hospital waiting times | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
in A&E departments in England,
according to the latest figures. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
More than 1,000 patients had to wait
over 12 hours to be seen. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
NHS England says the four-hour
waiting time target was missed | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
for the 30th month in a row. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
Our Health Editor Hugh Pym
is outside University College | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
Hospital in Central London. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:24 | |
We saw those cancellations of
non-urgent operations this winter, | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
to try and help the situation, but
the NHS is clearly still in a dire | 0:06:28 | 0:06:34 | |
situation. That's right, thousands
of people have their routine | 0:06:34 | 0:06:39 | |
operations, ALP paint operations,
postponed in January. Almost all of | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
them will still be waiting so that
was the cost if you like of the NHS | 0:06:43 | 0:06:49 | |
trying to shore up its A&E
performance. In England the net | 0:06:49 | 0:06:53 | |
result was a slight improvement on
December, 85.3% of patients treated | 0:06:53 | 0:06:59 | |
or assessed | 0:06:59 | 0:07:09 | |
within four hours, and one of the
worst months on record. The | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
so-called trolley waits, that's
people waiting after a decision to | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
admit to the moment a bed can be
found, more than 1000 waiting 12 | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
hours, that is a record high. Around
80,000 waiting four hours or more, | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
showing pressure across the service
and social care. Delayed transfers | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
out of hospital, moving people back
into the community, that has been a | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
problem in the past and in December
the figure was lower than on the | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
previous year so that will be hailed
as something of an achievement in | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
the circumstances. Flu has been a
major factor putting a lot of | 0:07:37 | 0:07:41 | |
pressure on hospitals with the worst
outbreak in seven years. There are | 0:07:41 | 0:07:48 | |
signs that is easing off but
certainly there is nothing in these | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
figures to suggest anything other
than the fact the service is under | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
extreme pressure. Attempts are being
made to stop things getting worse, | 0:07:54 | 0:08:00 | |
but many patients, politicians and
other observers will feel this is a | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
service under pressure, and a lot of
debate is needed about how it keeps | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
going for the rest of the winter.
Hugh Pym, thank you. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:14 | |
Interest rates have been held
at 0.5% this lunchtime, | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
but the Bank of England has
signalled that rates could rise | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
earlier and faster than it
thought three months ago, | 0:08:20 | 0:08:21 | |
after stronger than
expected economic growth. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
The Bank said the UK is benefitting
from the global economy, | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
which has been expanding
at its fastest pace in seven years. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
Andy Verity has the details. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:39 | |
If the whole economy performed like
this Manchester maker of branded | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
clothing, its biggest problems would
be almost solved. It is growing | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
fast, exporting to Europe and
boosting productivity through | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
investment. While inflation boosted
its costs, it has been able to | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
absorb out and carry on winning new
orders. The last 12 months we have | 0:08:54 | 0:09:00 | |
grown by 20% in the UK but Europe
has been much stronger than that so | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
we have more than doubled the growth
rate in the UK. I'm cautiously | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
optimistic about the future, we are
making major investments over the | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
next 12 months in technology which
will allow us to increase | 0:09:12 | 0:09:17 | |
productivity and efficiency, and
improve quality and service to our | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
customers. The key to the
competitive of -- competitiveness of | 0:09:21 | 0:09:27 | |
this company is speed. The speed of
growth in the wider economy had been | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
slowing but recently it's growing
faster than expected and today the | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
Bank of England said it is probably
growing as fast as it can without | 0:09:34 | 0:09:39 | |
overheating. GDP growth is expected
to average around one and three | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
quarters percent over the forecast
period, a little stronger than | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
projected in November. While modest
by historic standards, this demand | 0:09:47 | 0:09:54 | |
growth is still expected to exceed
the diminished rate of supply growth | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
over the forecast period. The key
judgment for the Bank of England is | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
when the next rise of interest rates
comes. Today its monetary policy | 0:10:02 | 0:10:07 | |
committee held the official rate at
0.5% but in the city they are saying | 0:10:07 | 0:10:12 | |
the next rise is likely in May.
Prices are still rising faster than | 0:10:12 | 0:10:17 | |
wages meaning on average your real
income will buy less and less but | 0:10:17 | 0:10:22 | |
the Bank of England's big judgment
call is we will get bigger pay rises | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
in the years to come. If they are
right about that, the squeeze on | 0:10:26 | 0:10:31 | |
living standards should start to
ease. The weaker pound has raised | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
the cost of imported goods including
raw materials, but because an | 0:10:34 | 0:10:39 | |
interest rate rise is now expected
soon, investors expect to make more | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
money holding pounds. That has
pushed up the value of the pound by | 0:10:43 | 0:10:48 | |
1 cent this afternoon, and that
should help to contain inflation. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:54 | |
Theresa May is expected to tell
business leaders from Japan that | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
she's seeking to agree a transition
deal for Britain's exit from the EU | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
as soon as possible. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:01 | |
Japanese investors in Britain,
including major car-makers, | 0:11:01 | 0:11:03 | |
are meeting the Prime Minister this
afternoon to discuss | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
their operations after Brexit. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
The motor industry has said it fears
it could face export tariffs | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
and customs delays after
Britain leaves the EU. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
Our Business Editor Simon Jack
is in Downing Street. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:20 | |
Simon, how worried are foreign
investors about Brexit? They are | 0:11:22 | 0:11:27 | |
worried because they have got a big
investment in the UK, Honda, Nissan | 0:11:27 | 0:11:32 | |
and Toyota, very sensitive to
Brexit. The Prime Minister but this | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
meeting in the diary when she
visited Japan last September and it | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
has fallen on a date that could
hardly be more opportune or | 0:11:40 | 0:11:45 | |
sensitive. After the vote, the
referendum vote, Japan sent this | 0:11:45 | 0:11:50 | |
document to the Government of the UK
and the EU, and in it they say what | 0:11:50 | 0:11:55 | |
Japanese business most want to avoid
is a situation in which they are | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
unable to discern clearly the way
Brexit negotiations are only | 0:11:59 | 0:12:03 | |
grasping the whole picture at the
last minute. They will be saying | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
what the heck is going on. Japan
build half of all the cars in the | 0:12:06 | 0:12:12 | |
UK, most of those are for export,
most of those exports go to the EU. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:17 | |
In a recent civil service assessment
over the last few days they put the | 0:12:17 | 0:12:22 | |
impact on the car industry alone
between 5% and 13% cost to growth | 0:12:22 | 0:12:28 | |
over the next 15 years. In the
regional assessment of the impact of | 0:12:28 | 0:12:33 | |
Brexit, places like the north-east,
home to Nissan in Sunderland, they | 0:12:33 | 0:12:39 | |
say the impact there could be as
much as 16% growth. As you can see, | 0:12:39 | 0:12:45 | |
very sensitive for Japanese
businesses and they will be wanting | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
to know what's coming out of the
cabinet meeting going on right now, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
where they are trying to thrash out
a coherent form about what they | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
want, and the car manufacturers and
business leaders will want to know | 0:12:55 | 0:13:01 | |
exactly what that is. Simon Jack,
thank you. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:08 | |
Almost all council tax payers
in England face higher bills | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
and charges from April,
because local authorities | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
say they're struggling
to make ends meet. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:13 | |
A survey suggests around
three-quarters of councils | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
are planning an increase
of at least 2.5%. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
That would mean more than £40
on the average bill. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
Duncan Kennedy is in Guildford
in Surrey, which is facing | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
a budget shortfall of
more than £100 million. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:31 | |
Adult social care, children's
services, transport subsidies and | 0:13:36 | 0:13:40 | |
infrastructure projects. These are
all the cornerstone services of our | 0:13:40 | 0:13:46 | |
lives and council spending. But
today's report says in England they | 0:13:46 | 0:13:51 | |
are all under pressure. This shows
councils are right on the edge | 0:13:51 | 0:13:57 | |
financially. They are keeping
services together but only doing | 0:13:57 | 0:14:01 | |
that by whacking up council tax,
charging for everything they can and | 0:14:01 | 0:14:06 | |
draining their reserves. The
research by the local government | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
information unit heard from a third
of English councils and found nearly | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
all of them plan to increase council
tax. With 95% of authorities saying | 0:14:12 | 0:14:18 | |
they expect taxes to rise. 93% of
councils say they expect to increase | 0:14:18 | 0:14:24 | |
the price of services they charge
for, and those figures come as eight | 0:14:24 | 0:14:29 | |
in ten councils say they fear for
their long-term financial | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
sustainability. Take sorry's pothole
bill, the council reckons it would | 0:14:32 | 0:14:40 | |
take £300 million to fix all of its
roads. And it has got 1300 miles of | 0:14:40 | 0:14:46 | |
roads that need repairing -- in
Surrey. But when you tell people | 0:14:46 | 0:14:53 | |
hear their council tax is about to
go up, 6%, the largest anywhere in | 0:14:53 | 0:14:58 | |
England, well... There's not always
much support. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
The county council has voted to put
up your council tax by 6%, what do | 0:15:02 | 0:15:08 | |
you think? I think all of the
councils are doing it, no one is | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
pleased because we don't have enough
money to go around and pay the other | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
bills. What do you think about the
fact Surrey council is putting up | 0:15:15 | 0:15:20 | |
the council tax by 6%? It's a
liberty, I don't agree at all. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:27 | |
Nobody welcomes a tax rise but if it
goes towards increased parent -- | 0:15:27 | 0:15:33 | |
payment to carers, people will be OK
with that. Last week | 0:15:33 | 0:15:39 | |
Northamptonshire County Council
banned all new spending and said its | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
financial future was grave, but the
Government says its financial | 0:15:42 | 0:15:47 | |
settlement for local authorities is
balanced between pressures on | 0:15:47 | 0:15:51 | |
councils and strains on taxpayers.
It is for individual councils to | 0:15:51 | 0:15:56 | |
decide what's the right balance to
strike between raising money for | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
services people want to see, funding
adult social care, but making the | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
tax rises are not excessive. Some
have said councils are perilously | 0:16:03 | 0:16:09 | |
close to financial collapse.
Resources, how to create them, how | 0:16:09 | 0:16:14 | |
to spend them is as always at the
heart of this debate. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:21 | |
Our top story this lunchtime. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
New evidence of plastic
pollution in the Arctic | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
with animals trapped in rubbish
and a pristine | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
wilderness contaminated. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:32 | |
Coming up. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:33 | |
Going for her second gold. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:34 | |
Can skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold
become the first Brit | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
to defend her Winter Olympic title? | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
Coming up in sport, Lizzy Yarnold
has been announced as Team GB's | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
flagbearer for tomorrow's opening
ceremony at the Winter | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
Olympics in PyeongChang. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
She was given the role after being
voted for by her team-mates. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:55 | |
Low pay and overwhelming pressures
of work mean that adult care | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
services in England can no longer
fill key posts according | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
to the National Audit Office. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
It claims a lack of government
planning and funding has undermined | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
the sector at a time when demand
for it is increasing. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:22 | |
Here's our social affairs
correspondent, Alison Holt. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:26 | |
It's a busy lunchtime at Northfields
nursing home in Sheffield. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
Demanding work for the care staff
who are looking after residents | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
with a high level of need. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:34 | |
And today's report outlines just how
difficult it has become to find | 0:17:34 | 0:17:38 | |
the people needed to provide
this vital care. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:43 | |
Joyce? | 0:17:43 | 0:17:44 | |
Good afternoon. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:45 | |
It's only me. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:46 | |
Sorry to bother you, darling. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:47 | |
Tammy Ardron is the
nursing lead here. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:49 | |
Finding care staff generally
is a problem but she says attracting | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
nurses has become a real
issue for them. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
I don't think it is as attractive
as maybe the NHS, where you've | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
got your salary packages,
enhanced rates of pay | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
and sociable hours. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
And I think it's hard work. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:11 | |
It's busy, it's constant. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:12 | |
You got to be on the
ball 24 hours a day. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
The report also says, with councils
struggling with budget cuts, | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
the money they pay for care
doesn't cover costs. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
And, according to the boss of this
home, some providers have had no | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
choice but to close or risk
the quality of care falling. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:28 | |
The only way that these operators
can continue is to cut the standard | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
because fundamentally the funding
issue is impacting | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
on the resources, the workers
and the delivery of care. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:41 | |
The National Audit Office says,
whilst working in care | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
can be rewarding, many
staff feel undervalued. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
In 2016-17 more than half
of the workforce was paid | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
£7.50 an hour or less. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
In the same year, staff
turnover was nearly 28%. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:58 | |
And 6.6% of jobs were vacant. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
But it says there is no government
strategy for tackling the problems. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:06 | |
Only the Department of Health can
produce a work for strategy that | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
speaks to the national picture
about the problems that we found | 0:19:09 | 0:19:12 | |
of low pay, low prestige and high
turnover rates which is reducing | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
the quality of service for people
who are actually receiving care. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:21 | |
In response, the Department
of Health and Social Care says extra | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
money is being put into social care
and that it will soon publish | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
a strategy for the health
and care workforce. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
Alison Holt, BBC News. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:36 | |
One in five people working
in parliament has experienced | 0:19:36 | 0:19:38 | |
or witnessed sexual harassment
in the past year, according | 0:19:38 | 0:19:40 | |
to a report released today. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:44 | |
A cross-party working
group has recommended | 0:19:44 | 0:19:45 | |
a new code of conduct for MPs,
Peers and parliamentary staff. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
Our political correspondent Leila
Nathoo reports from Westminster. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:56 | |
The corridors of power, a workplace
for thousands of people and, after a | 0:20:00 | 0:20:06 | |
series of sexual harassment claims
last year, the subject of a | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
cross-party review into how such
complaints are made and handled. In | 0:20:10 | 0:20:15 | |
the Commons this morning, the
promise of a new system to protect | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
staff and wanting a change in
culture. It is a right, not a | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
privilege, to be treated with
dignity and respect at work. And | 0:20:23 | 0:20:28 | |
this ambitious report is a major
step towards a safer and more | 0:20:28 | 0:20:32 | |
professional environment. The report
found nearly 1500 Parliamentary | 0:20:32 | 0:20:38 | |
workers who responded to a survey,
almost one in five said they had | 0:20:38 | 0:20:44 | |
witnessed or experienced sexual
harassment last year and the | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
proposes is a new behaviour for
people in Parliament. A new process | 0:20:46 | 0:20:55 | |
and new sanctions for MPs found to
have behaved inappropriately with a | 0:20:55 | 0:21:00 | |
possibility of suspension and
deselection in the most serious | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
cases. People wanting to complain
about harassment and bullying in | 0:21:02 | 0:21:07 | |
Westminster have so far had to rely
on their own bosses and political | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
parties to take up their case, but
have an independent confidential | 0:21:10 | 0:21:14 | |
grievance procedure is designed to
encourage more people to come | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
forward if they have concerns. It's
an attempt to shift the power | 0:21:17 | 0:21:22 | |
dynamic here and it has been broadly
welcomed by some of those who have | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
spoken out in the past. I think it's
really important that there was an | 0:21:25 | 0:21:29 | |
independent process. I do have
concerns about anonymity but I think | 0:21:29 | 0:21:34 | |
it's a really good rapport. A really
good way forward. There are tougher | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
sanctions such as recall, that MPs
will ultimately face, and I think | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
they do have to have that deterrent
but also having a code of conduct is | 0:21:42 | 0:21:48 | |
part of a culture change needed in
Westminster. MPs will debate the | 0:21:48 | 0:21:53 | |
proposals later this month. In a
place where loyalty of highly | 0:21:53 | 0:21:57 | |
valued, Parliament hopes it can
break down the culture of silence | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
that has endured here for so long. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
Our Assistant political editor
Norman Smith is in Westminster. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:10 | |
Norman, will these reforms change
the cultural Westminster? I think | 0:22:10 | 0:22:15 | |
most people think they may do, but
let's be honest, it's a pretty odd, | 0:22:15 | 0:22:20 | |
bizarre workplace which has been
resistant to change, so today's | 0:22:20 | 0:22:26 | |
reforms are basically designed to
put in place a workplace practices | 0:22:26 | 0:22:30 | |
in businesses and offices up and
down the country so there will be a | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
human resources Department, there
will be mandatory training, there | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
will beat codes of conduct, there
will be an independent investigatory | 0:22:37 | 0:22:42 | |
system. What there won't be is the
big fat stick of the sack full if | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
you and I were found guilty of
sexual misconduct, we would be out | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
the door. At Westminster, MPs will
not face dismissal and the thinking | 0:22:50 | 0:22:55 | |
there is that Parliament doesn't
really employ MPs thought the people | 0:22:55 | 0:23:00 | |
who employ them are the voters so
someone here if they were to give | 0:23:00 | 0:23:05 | |
them the boot, that would be defying
will of thousands of people who | 0:23:05 | 0:23:09 | |
voted for them and also some of the
sanctions put in place, such as | 0:23:09 | 0:23:15 | |
written apologies, forcing MPs to
undergo further training, might look | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
a little light touch but before
anyone thinks this is easy Street, | 0:23:19 | 0:23:24 | |
one sanction would people here face
which most of us do not face is a | 0:23:24 | 0:23:29 | |
searing level of media scrutiny. If
you look at ministers who have been | 0:23:29 | 0:23:34 | |
forced to resign, it's been because
of media coverage, so MPs may not | 0:23:34 | 0:23:39 | |
face the sanction of the sack, but
they do face the sanction of the | 0:23:39 | 0:23:44 | |
court of public opinion. Norman,
thank you very much. To the United | 0:23:44 | 0:23:49 | |
States. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:54 | |
The leaders of both parties
in the US Senate have struck a deal | 0:23:54 | 0:23:58 | |
to avoid a repeat of last month's
government shutdown, | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
which saw federal agencies close
amid political deadlock on Capitol | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
Hill. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:03 | |
The proposed two-year funding
agreement would increase | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
spending by $300 billion,
including for military projects. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
David Willis reports. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:12 | |
Acts of bipartisanship have been in
short supply in these parts of late, | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
that's what makes the Senate to deal
unusual. I'm pleased to announce our | 0:24:15 | 0:24:21 | |
bipartisan negotiations on defence
spending and other priorities have | 0:24:21 | 0:24:27 | |
yielded a significant agreement. But
getting is that a deal passed the | 0:24:27 | 0:24:34 | |
house might not be quite so easy for
the Democrats they want to link it | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
to legislation to protect the plight
of the so-called dreamers, young | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
people brought to the USA it legally
whom President Trump is threatening | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
to deport. But most of all, let us
thank and acknowledge the dreamers | 0:24:45 | 0:24:51 | |
for their courage, their optimism,
their inspiration to make America | 0:24:51 | 0:24:57 | |
more American. Concluding a marathon
eight hour speech, the leading house | 0:24:57 | 0:25:05 | |
Democrat called on the publicans to
replicate a promise given to members | 0:25:05 | 0:25:10 | |
of the Senate and bring forward a
vote on immigration reform. Many | 0:25:10 | 0:25:15 | |
Republicans actually support
legitimising the status of the | 0:25:15 | 0:25:20 | |
dreamers, but they wanted to be part
of a bill that would also provide | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
funding for a wall along the Mexican
border, pet project of President | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
Trump. Coming on top of his recent
tax cuts, there is also Republicans | 0:25:27 | 0:25:32 | |
who oppose the massive increase in
the federal deficit that the new | 0:25:32 | 0:25:37 | |
budget plan would bring about.
Meaning that for all the Senate's | 0:25:37 | 0:25:42 | |
good intentions, Washington once
again finds itself locked in a game | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
of budget brinkmanship with a
government shutdown looming. David | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
Willetts, BBC News, Washington. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
North Korea has confirmed
that the sister of its leader, | 0:25:53 | 0:25:55 | |
Kim Jong-un, will attend the opening
ceremony of the Winter | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
Olympic Games tomorrow. | 0:25:58 | 0:25:59 | |
She'll be in the same stadium
as the US Vice President Mike Pence, | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
and also the father of the American
citizen, Otto Warmbier, | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
who died last year,
after he was released | 0:26:04 | 0:26:06 | |
from a North Korean prison. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
Steve McDonnell reports
from the South Korean capital Seoul. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
Along with its athletes, North Korea
has sent teams of musicians, | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
performers and cheerleaders
to the Winter Olympics. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:20 | |
This is being seen as a significant
diplomatic push from the North | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
to coincide with the Games. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
But the United States government
has its own propaganda goals here. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:30 | |
Vice President Mike Pence has
vowed to challenge every | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
move North Korea makes,
reminding the world | 0:26:32 | 0:26:36 | |
of its human rights abuses
and nuclear weapons programme. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:41 | |
Yet, with locals getting
excited about hosting this | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
global sporting festival,
some have questioned how appropriate | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
it is for the Trump Administration
to potentially spoil the party. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:54 | |
Here in South Korea,
opinions are divided | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
as to whether having so much
engagement with their northern | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
neighbours at these Games
is such a good idea. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:05 | |
Either way, it is happening,
and some are now starting to wonder | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
whether or not the Olympics might
even provide a genuine shift in | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
relations between these two nations. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:19 | |
The fact the two sides are talking
at an intergovernmental | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
level is encouraging,
so we're hoping the spirit that's | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
been generated there will lead
to maybe more talks, | 0:27:23 | 0:27:26 | |
and from our point of view if it
lead to military talks or reopening | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
of the transport corridors,
that would be fantastic. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:37 | |
With just one day to go
until the opening ceremony, | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
North Korea held an enormous
military parade to mark the 70th | 0:27:42 | 0:27:44 | |
anniversary of its Armed Forces. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:47 | |
But it wasn't carried live
on local television, | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
and foreign journalists were not
invited for fear it might | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
upstage the Olympics. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:58 | |
Right now, Koreans from both sides
of the border are showing | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
off their cultural prowess. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:05 | |
However, once the sport starts
in earnest, the athletes | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
will take centre stage. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:08 | |
Steven McDonnell, BBC News,
at the Pyongyang Olympics. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:14 | |
Britain's Olympic skeleton champion
Lizzy Yarnold says she was lost | 0:28:14 | 0:28:18 | |
for words when she was told she'd be
carrying the flag for Team GB | 0:28:18 | 0:28:22 | |
at tomorrow's opening ceremony
of the Games in South Korea. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:26 | |
Lizzy carried the flag
at the closing ceremony in Sochi | 0:28:26 | 0:28:31 | |
after winning gold four years ago,
and she's aiming to become | 0:28:31 | 0:28:34 | |
the first Briton to defend
a Winter Olympic title. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:38 | |
Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss
reports from PyeongChang. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:44 | |
Flying the flag for Team GB. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:46 | |
Lizzy Yarnold ready to lead
out her country tomorrow night. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:52 | |
A fitting honour for an athlete
whose lead the way in her sport. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:55 | |
It was in Sochi four years ago
that she raced to Britain's | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 | |
only gold of the Games. | 0:28:58 | 0:28:59 | |
COMMENTATOR: Lizzy Yarnold
is the Olympic champion! | 0:28:59 | 0:29:01 | |
Oh my goodness! | 0:29:01 | 0:29:02 | |
And if that was special she says
so was being chosen to be | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
the team's flag bearer. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:07 | |
It's an honour that I never really
thought about but actually means | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
so much because the flag represents
the whole team and we, as a team, | 0:29:10 | 0:29:16 | |
represent everyone in Great Britain
who have watched us, | 0:29:16 | 0:29:19 | |
who have supported us. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:22 | |
You know, for our parents to watch
us on the TV screen, | 0:29:22 | 0:29:25 | |
and our grandparents watching
at home, that is the moment | 0:29:25 | 0:29:28 | |
when they say, "Great Britain",
you know, your skin just tingles | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
and the emotions begin. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:34 | |
Not such good news though for
another of Britain's medal hopes. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
Snowboarder Katie Ormerod
fracturing her wrist | 0:29:37 | 0:29:41 | |
in a training accident yesterday. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:42 | |
Her reaction on social
media said it all. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
She says she will still compete
though in both her events. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:49 | |
While the Games don't officially
start until tomorrow, | 0:29:49 | 0:29:52 | |
there was the first
sporting action today. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:54 | |
Including an Olympic
debut for mixed curling. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:58 | |
But elsewhere, there is already
controversy over Russia. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:02 | |
More of their athletes could yet be
allowed to compete here as neutrals | 0:30:02 | 0:30:06 | |
despite their country being banned
because of doping. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:09 | |
And some believe Russia are yet
to learn their lesson. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:13 | |
I think it would be very good
for Russia now to accept the problem | 0:30:13 | 0:30:17 | |
that they had and somehow they have
and there is still some | 0:30:17 | 0:30:22 | |
reluctance to go further,
to stop fighting the evidence that | 0:30:22 | 0:30:25 | |
everybody is agreed is clearly
on the table, and to turn the page | 0:30:25 | 0:30:28 | |
and be good citizens,
come back in the international | 0:30:28 | 0:30:31 | |
community and be part
of the group again. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:35 | |
The other big talking point here
is still the freezing temperatures. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:39 | |
It has been milder today,
but fans at tomorrow night's opening | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
ceremony will be given blankets
and warm cushions. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
It promises to be a shivering
start to these Games. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:49 | |
Andy Swiss, BBC News, PyeongChang. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:56 | |
Time for a look at the weather. | 0:30:56 | 0:30:57 | |
Here's Louise Lear. | 0:30:57 | 0:31:00 | |
It was -6 this morning in parts of
southern England. At least we have | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
blue sky and sunshine but
unfortunately that's not the case | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
for everyone but it was beautiful as
you can see by this picture in | 0:31:11 | 0:31:14 | |
Southwark. However, a weather front
has struggled across the moment at | 0:31:14 | 0:31:18 | |
the moment bringing cloud and
outbreaks of rain. It's also | 0:31:18 | 0:31:22 | |
introducing something a little less
cold for some of us under the cloud | 0:31:22 | 0:31:26 | |
and rain. More on that in a moment.
The rain will live in south-west | 0:31:26 | 0:31:30 | |
England, Wales into the North of
England. Quite a lot of cloud | 0:31:30 | 0:31:34 | |
through the end of the day and a few
scattered showers into the | 0:31:34 | 0:31:36 | |
Northwest. Around 7-9d. As we go
through the night tonight, we will | 0:31:36 | 0:31:42 | |
see the rain pep up a little bit
across south-west England, Wales, | 0:31:42 | 0:31:46 | |
northern England as it gradually
drifts steadily eastwards. Behind | 0:31:46 | 0:31:50 | |
it, temperatures falling away. Those
showers will be wintry in nature. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:56 | |
Under clearer skies, Scotland,
northern England, you will see | 0:31:56 | 0:31:59 | |
temperatures fall below freezing, as
low as -4 in shelter Scotland, and | 0:31:59 | 0:32:03 | |
we could also see more of an
organised wintry mix of showers | 0:32:03 | 0:32:07 | |
falling here through Wales and the
Midlands. As we go through Friday | 0:32:07 | 0:32:12 | |
morning. Let's put some detail on
it. First thing Friday morning, ice | 0:32:12 | 0:32:17 | |
across Scotland particularly with
the showers falling on those | 0:32:17 | 0:32:20 | |
temperatures, below freezing, so
that's worth bearing in mind. Wintry | 0:32:20 | 0:32:24 | |
mix through Wales, the Midlands,
London, moving south-east through | 0:32:24 | 0:32:29 | |
the morning so by 11am it could be
covering East Anglia and the | 0:32:29 | 0:32:33 | |
south-east corner first thing. It
could cause one or two issues but | 0:32:33 | 0:32:37 | |
were not too concerned about it.
Behind it, clearer skies and plenty | 0:32:37 | 0:32:41 | |
of sunshine. 4-7. That little ridge
of high pressure with the clear | 0:32:41 | 0:32:47 | |
skies stays with us across England
and Wales to start Saturday morning. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:52 | |
A cold frosty start but another
front pushes in and the isobars | 0:32:52 | 0:32:56 | |
squeezed together on the leading
edge. There could be some snow but | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
it could turn to rain. Saturday
looks like a dismal day, really,. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:04 | |
The Borders will be cloudy and wet.
Rain, heavy at times, with the best | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
of the brightness perhaps into the
far north of Scotland. 7-11 overall. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:14 | |
These wintry showers waiting in the
wings, something to look out for on | 0:33:14 | 0:33:19 | |
Sunday. So, as we move towards the
weekend, it looks likely we will see | 0:33:19 | 0:33:23 | |
it staying cold, with some rain and
snow showers through the second half | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
of the weekend. Gale force winds at
times. More from me throughout the | 0:33:26 | 0:33:34 | |
afternoon. Thank you, Louise. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:34 | |
A reminder of our main
story this lunchtime. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
New evidence of plastic
pollution in the Arctic | 0:33:36 | 0:33:38 | |
with animals trapped in rubbish
and a pristine | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
wilderness contaminated. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
That's all from the BBC News at One,
so it's goodbye from me, | 0:33:42 | 0:33:46 | |
and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
news teams where you are. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:49 |