0:00:06 > 0:00:09Two victims of the black cab rapist John Worboys have won a landmark
0:00:09 > 0:00:11case against the police.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15The women, who were raped by Worboys years before
0:00:15 > 0:00:17he was brought to justice, were not believed by officers
0:00:17 > 0:00:20They had all the information there.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23They should have caught him, they could have stopped him the very
0:00:23 > 0:00:26next day, but they didn't. They chose to not believe me.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29The ruling means the police could face legal action from anyone
0:00:29 > 0:00:32who's a victim of serious crime that they feel is not
0:00:32 > 0:00:33properly investigated.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Also this lunchtime...
0:00:39 > 0:00:41The United Nations says the bombardment of Ghouta in Syria
0:00:41 > 0:00:43is "beyond imagination" - hundreds of people have died
0:00:43 > 0:00:46after days of attack.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Donald Trump indicates he's willing to ban devices which turn
0:00:48 > 0:00:51rifles into machine guns, following pressure after last week's
0:00:51 > 0:00:59school shooting in Florida.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03We're going to talk to these politicians tomorrow. We are going
0:01:03 > 0:01:07to talk to them the day after that. We are going to keep talking, we are
0:01:07 > 0:01:11going to keep pushing until something is done, because people
0:01:11 > 0:01:13are dying and this can't happen any more.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15The economy sees the strongest six months of growth in productivity
0:01:15 > 0:01:21since the recession of 2008, say new figures.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Jumping for joy - Great Britain's women reached Friday's
0:01:25 > 0:01:30curling semi-finals, with a 6-5 win over Canada.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Also in the sport on BBC News...
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Can Mica Moore and Mica McNeill put their funding ordeal behind them,
0:01:35 > 0:01:41to take a shock medal in the women's bobsleigh in Pyeongchang?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Two victims of the black cab rapist, John Worboys, have won
0:02:07 > 0:02:11a landmark legal case against the Metropolitan Police,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14after officers failed to take action when they reported him.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18The women were sexually assaulted by Worboys in 2003 and 2007,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and said their treatment by police, who didn't believe them,
0:02:21 > 0:02:22caused them mental harm.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26The ruling by the Supreme Court means police may now face legal
0:02:26 > 0:02:29action if they fail to properly investigate serious cases.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Here's our legal correspondent, Clive Coleman.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38For years, John Worboys cruised the streets of London in his black
0:02:38 > 0:02:45cab, looking for women to dupe, drug and sexually assault.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47This woman, known for legal reasons as DSD, was
0:02:47 > 0:02:49attacked by Worboys in 2003, was the first
0:02:49 > 0:02:51to report him to police.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55I put my trust in the police.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I went to them for them to sort this out.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I knew who had attacked me.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03I didn't know his name, but I knew who was responsible
0:03:03 > 0:03:04for this. They had all the information there.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07They should have caught him, they could have stopped him the very
0:03:07 > 0:03:15next day but they didn't. They chose to not believe me.
0:03:15 > 0:03:22If they had done their job in 2003, there would be one victim. I can
0:03:22 > 0:03:27deal with one victim. What I can't deal with is 105 victims because I
0:03:27 > 0:03:28wasn't believed.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Worboys was able to continue
0:03:31 > 0:03:32to attack women until he was finally
0:03:32 > 0:03:33brought to justice in 2009.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35DSD and another of Worboys' victims brought
0:03:35 > 0:03:38a legal challenge, claiming the police failures breached
0:03:38 > 0:03:42their human rights and amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45The Metropolitan Police fought them to the Supreme Court.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51Today, the court ruled in the women's favour.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54We have held that failures in the investigation of the crimes,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56provided they are sufficiently serious, will give rise to liability
0:03:56 > 0:04:00on the part of the police.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04And we further found that there were such
0:04:04 > 0:04:06serious deficiencies in this case.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Today's landmark ruling has huge implications for both the victims
0:04:10 > 0:04:16of violent crime and the police who investigate it.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19If they seriously fail in an investigation, they can face
0:04:19 > 0:04:23human rights actions by the victim, and have to pay out compensation.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26This is the highest court in the land telling the police that
0:04:26 > 0:04:31in the most serious of cases, they have to do their job properly.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It's looking at things where perhaps Article 3
0:04:33 > 0:04:38isn't engaged.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Do we have to move resources from those sort of investigations to
0:04:41 > 0:04:45things like fraud, into supporting more work around serious crime?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47CROWD CHANTS: Domestic violence is a crime!
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Today's judgment can't make up for the police errors
0:04:50 > 0:04:53in investigating John Worboys.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56But it will put real pressure on them to ensure such
0:04:56 > 0:05:00mistakes don't happen again.
0:05:00 > 0:05:08Clive is outside the Supreme Court.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11This is a significant ruling. Tell us more about the wider
0:05:11 > 0:05:20implications?
0:05:23 > 0:05:27They claimed they had negligently carried out an investigation. The
0:05:27 > 0:05:32really significant aspect of today's ruling is that this is a novel route
0:05:32 > 0:05:37using the Human Rights Act, whereby victims of serious violent crime can
0:05:37 > 0:05:43now hold the police to account, they can take them to court and they can
0:05:43 > 0:05:48win compensation. This is one big legal battle by John Worboys'
0:05:48 > 0:05:53victims that is now over and over successfully. But they face another
0:05:53 > 0:05:56very significant battle because the two women who were at the centre of
0:05:56 > 0:06:00this case are also the two women seeking to you dished -- judicially
0:06:00 > 0:06:05review the decision of the parole board to release John Worboys. A
0:06:05 > 0:06:09fourth hearing in that Judicial Review will take place at the High
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Court next month. The battle is not over for the victims but today is a
0:06:12 > 0:06:14very good day for them. Clive Coleman.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18The United Nations has said the situation in a rebel-held suburb
0:06:18 > 0:06:20of Damascus in Syria, which has endured intense government
0:06:20 > 0:06:25air strikes for the past three days, is "beyond imagination".
0:06:25 > 0:06:28It has called on global leaders to demand that Syrian government
0:06:28 > 0:06:30forces immediately stop bombing Eastern Ghouta.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Activists say at least 250 people have been killed
0:06:33 > 0:06:34there since Sunday night.
0:06:34 > 0:06:42There are some disturbing images in Tom Burridge's report.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47This is the intensity of the bombing of Eastern Ghouta,
0:06:47 > 0:06:53by Syrian forces who have Russia's and Iran's support.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57EXPLOSIONS.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01CRYING.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04The result is hard to watch.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08And hear.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09But those who survive the air strikes note
0:07:09 > 0:07:13that the nightmare is not over.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15The UN has again called on the Syrian regime
0:07:15 > 0:07:16to stop its assault.
0:07:16 > 0:07:22But while we spoke to one woman, the missiles were still falling.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Assad has brought his forces to destroy Ghouta and its families,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30adults and children.
0:07:30 > 0:07:37So that's 48 hours, hundreds of attacks by warplanes, rockets.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Oh, my God.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Oh, my God.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50Warplanes, attacks.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54After years of siege, the rebels have in this
0:07:54 > 0:07:58sprawling suburb of Damascus, a network of underground hospitals.
0:07:58 > 0:08:05But basic commodities are scarce and there is only rudimentary care.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The suffering of civilians left there is clear.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12One UN official described it as unimaginable.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16But missing from the videos filmed by activists are the rebel soldiers.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19A complicated alliance of Islamist groups, labelled as terrorists
0:08:19 > 0:08:24by the Assad regime.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Washington's influence in Syria has over the years waned.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30The State Department says only the Syrian regime and its backers
0:08:30 > 0:08:35can de-escalate the violence.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37The horrors of eastern Aleppo are being repeated in East Ghouta
0:08:37 > 0:08:41with the ongoing slaughter of trapped civilians
0:08:41 > 0:08:43and woefully inadequate access for humanitarian actors.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Russia must end its support of the Assad regime and its allies.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50They are responsible for the attacks, for the dire
0:08:50 > 0:08:53humanitarian situation in East Ghouta, and for
0:08:53 > 0:08:56the horrendous civilian death toll.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Outside actors, and there are many, have turned Syria into the theatre
0:08:59 > 0:09:03for regional power struggles.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Eastern Ghouta now in a deadly phase, is just
0:09:06 > 0:09:09the latest tragic chapter.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Tom Burridge, BBC News.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Our diplomatic correspondent, James Robbins, is here.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Very distressing scenes from Ghouta.
0:09:17 > 0:09:24Is there anything the international community can do?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28So far the international community is relying on strong language. You
0:09:28 > 0:09:32heard from the State Department. In the last hour Theresa May has been
0:09:32 > 0:09:39telling MPs about her deep concern. She said deliberately targeting
0:09:39 > 0:09:45civilians blatantly violates international humanitarian law. She
0:09:45 > 0:09:47specifically called out the Russians, not just the Syrian
0:09:47 > 0:09:53regime. She said the Russians as backers of the Syrian regime were
0:09:53 > 0:09:58deeply implicated in all of this. The Kremlin has denied these claims.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02It is hard to see how the Syrian regime could be bombing Gutor
0:10:02 > 0:10:09without at least Russian consent. -- Eastern Ghouta. The problem for
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Theresa May and the United States is they have largely abdicated, left
0:10:13 > 0:10:18the battlefield in recent years. Russia has moved into that vacuum
0:10:18 > 0:10:21and established its order and military dominance in Syria. The
0:10:21 > 0:10:27West is in a very weak position. But it still hopes it can persuade
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Russia in the next phase of peace negotiations, to try to recognise
0:10:30 > 0:10:34there has to be an end to this awful slaughter. I don't think there will
0:10:34 > 0:10:40be much of an end, frankly, before the Syrian regime is convinced it
0:10:40 > 0:10:43has destroyed not just rebel forces but civilians who are accused of
0:10:43 > 0:10:44being supporters of anti-Assad factions.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46James, thank you.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Survivors of the Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead
0:10:49 > 0:10:51last week, have gathered in the state capital
0:10:51 > 0:10:54to press politicians to take more action on gun control.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57President Trump has backed a move to ban the accessory devices known
0:10:57 > 0:11:00as bump stocks that turn rifles into machine guns.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03It was used by a gunman in Las Vegas to kill 58 concert-goers last year.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08David Willis reports
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Does he know where to shoot on him?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15The scenes are nothing new here, but last week's high school shooting
0:11:15 > 0:11:17in Florida has galvanised the debate on gun control in America
0:11:17 > 0:11:24in a way few here can remember.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Students who survived an attack which killed 17 of their teachers
0:11:27 > 0:11:31and classmates are speaking out, fluently and forcefully.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Do not let people try to get under your skin!
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Their youthful voices resonating where those of long
0:11:39 > 0:11:43serving politicians have largely fallen flat.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46We're what is bringing the change, OK?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48We're going to talk to these politicians tomorrow,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51we're going to talk to them the day after that.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53We are going to keep talking.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55We're going to keep pushing until something is done.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00Because people are dying, and this can't happen any more.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Reflecting the national mood of grief and anger in the wake
0:12:02 > 0:12:04of last week's shooting, President Trump -
0:12:04 > 0:12:07who supports gun ownership- offered a concession.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11A ban on bump stocks, a device used to devastating effect
0:12:11 > 0:12:16in the Las Vegas massacre last year.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21I signed a memorandum directing the Attorney General to propose
0:12:21 > 0:12:23regulations to ban all devices that turn legal
0:12:23 > 0:12:27weapons into machine guns.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32I expect that these critical regulations will be
0:12:32 > 0:12:35finalised, Jeff, very soon.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Students arriving for a rally later today in the Florida state capital,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Tallahassee, say that is not enough.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42They're heading to Washington at the invitation of the White House
0:12:42 > 0:12:50to press the case for comprehensive gun reform.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Some here are hailing it a turning point in the acrimonious debate
0:12:57 > 0:12:58about guns.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00But America has been here so many times before.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03David Willis, BBC News, Washington.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Barbara Plett Usher is in the Florida state
0:13:05 > 0:13:06capital of Tallahassee, where protestors
0:13:06 > 0:13:09have been gathering.
0:13:09 > 0:13:16What have the students been saying?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19They have been saying they certainly were not expecting to be sure this
0:13:19 > 0:13:23time last week. They have suddenly been turned into political activists
0:13:23 > 0:13:27and they are learning as they go. They say they are speaking from the
0:13:27 > 0:13:31heart and they are speaking from experience. Their message is simple.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36We don't want to be afraid to go to school. They are not anti-gun. They
0:13:36 > 0:13:40just want a reform of gun laws so when 19-year-old mentally unstable
0:13:40 > 0:13:45person cannot buy a semiautomatic rifle legally and come into school
0:13:45 > 0:13:50and kill them. This is the first generation that has grown up with
0:13:50 > 0:13:54mass shootings. They practice safety drills in school, which did not work
0:13:54 > 0:13:58in this case. They have also grown up with social media, so they know
0:13:58 > 0:14:03how to use it to their cause and they are doing that. They have
0:14:03 > 0:14:07managed to break into the polarised debate about gun violence and gun
0:14:07 > 0:14:11control. At the same time they are against a powerful gun lobby and an
0:14:11 > 0:14:14entrenched gun culture. Barbara Plett-Usher.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a review of how patient
0:14:17 > 0:14:20problems caused by NHS treatments are handled.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23The review follows high profile campaigns over the hormone
0:14:23 > 0:14:27pregnancy test Primodos, the anti-epilepsy medication
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Sodium Valproate and the use of vaginal mesh.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33He told MPs the review will consider whether there needs to be public
0:14:33 > 0:14:35enquiries in each case.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Mr Hunt also said that the response from the NHS to the patient campaign
0:14:38 > 0:14:46groups was "not good enough".
0:14:52 > 0:15:01A leaked document has set out the common strategy post Brexit.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Eleanor Garnier reports.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09As the Brexit Secretary tours the EU capitals meeting Greek politicians
0:15:09 > 0:15:16today, stumbling blocks remain. Brussels and the UK both agree the
0:15:16 > 0:15:19need for temporary transition period after we leave the EU, to allow
0:15:19 > 0:15:23governments and businesses to get used to the new rules. But a leaked
0:15:23 > 0:15:27version of the government's latest position leaves some questions
0:15:27 > 0:15:32unanswered, including over the right of EU citizens.Our starting point
0:15:32 > 0:15:35has been as the Prime Minister has set out, that we would allow people
0:15:35 > 0:15:41to, grand goal, live out their lives in the UK on the same basis as
0:15:41 > 0:15:44before. But we will need a conversation about how they will
0:15:44 > 0:15:51continue on after.The challenge for the Prime Minister, not just in
0:15:51 > 0:15:58Brussels, but in her own party. More than 60 Eurosceptic Tory MPs have
0:15:58 > 0:16:02written to Theresa May urging her to stand firm in the negotiations.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Laying down their red lines on Brexit.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09They are issues that need to be clarified because there are some
0:16:09 > 0:16:13people in the government and around the government who seem to contest
0:16:13 > 0:16:20these things. For example, that we might be in a customs union or that
0:16:20 > 0:16:25we might be ruled takers from the European Union after we have left.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28But colleagues in the Conservative Party are certainly not going in the
0:16:28 > 0:16:33same direction.They think they are helping the Prime Minister. The
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Prime Minister has said she wants to deliver this deep partnership. She
0:16:37 > 0:16:42said she wants to keep frictionless borders, orderly transition is. Give
0:16:42 > 0:16:47the Flex ability to do that.It is the timing of the intervention that
0:16:47 > 0:16:51is significant. This pressure from a faction of Tory MPs who are key to
0:16:51 > 0:16:55the survival of Theresa May and her government, comes just as the Prime
0:16:55 > 0:17:00Minister prepares for tomorrow's crunch meeting of most senior
0:17:00 > 0:17:02ministers to thrash out an agreed position on what the government from
0:17:02 > 0:17:10Brexit. The road to Brexit is not always straightforward. Tricky time
0:17:10 > 0:17:14is not just for this campaign boss Mike but for the Prime Minister,
0:17:14 > 0:17:19too. It tough task to keep both sides of party onside. Some will end
0:17:19 > 0:17:22of the disappointed.
0:17:22 > 0:17:28Our assistant political editor, Norman Smith, is in Westminster.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33Let's talk about the leaked document on the transition period. Not the
0:17:33 > 0:17:36news the Prime Minister might have wanted before the big meeting
0:17:36 > 0:17:41tomorrow.Absolutely not, four weeks Tory Brexiteers have been on a
0:17:41 > 0:17:47behaviour. Even Boris Johnson has stayed resolutely on script. But now
0:17:47 > 0:17:53you know that the nerves jangling over whether Theresa May could
0:17:53 > 0:17:57backslide on the kind of Brexit that they want. All the more so when they
0:17:57 > 0:18:01look at this leaked document because it suggests the government is not
0:18:01 > 0:18:06going to push back against EU demands to allow freedom of movement
0:18:06 > 0:18:10to continue unchanged during the transition period. There is
0:18:10 > 0:18:13ambiguity over the length of the transition period. It says it should
0:18:13 > 0:18:19be two years but will take as long as it takes. Also no suggestion of a
0:18:19 > 0:18:27veto to block new EU rules we do not like, instead a joint committee to
0:18:27 > 0:18:29monitor and try to sort out any disagreements. And crucially if we
0:18:29 > 0:18:34want to sign new trade deals during the transition period we will have
0:18:34 > 0:18:40to go along to the EU and say can we do this. When you put all that
0:18:40 > 0:18:44together, I suspect by the close of play today there will be quite a few
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Brexiteers getting out their fountain pens and blotting paper and
0:18:48 > 0:18:53firing off a few more letters to Theresa May with so-called helpful
0:18:53 > 0:18:57suggestions.Norman, thank you.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Our top story this lunchtime.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Two victims of the black cab rapist John Worboys have won a landmark
0:19:01 > 0:19:04case against the police.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06And still to come...
0:19:06 > 0:19:09We take a look at the runners and riders ahead of
0:19:09 > 0:19:12tonight's Brit Awards.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Coming up in sport.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16No defeats for English clubs so far in the Champions League last 16.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Can Manchester United keep up the good work in Spain?
0:19:19 > 0:19:27Jose Mourinho's men take on Seville this evening.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Average wages went up slightly in the final three
0:19:33 > 0:19:37months of last year, rising by 2.5 per cent.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39That's according to the latest figures from the Office
0:19:39 > 0:19:42for National Statistics, which also show that the amount
0:19:42 > 0:19:44each worker produces - known as productivity
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- has increased.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49But there was also a slight rise in unemployment from a record low.
0:19:49 > 0:19:57Here's our economics correspondent Andy Verity.
0:19:58 > 0:20:07This maker of upmarket switches and sockets has been growing its
0:20:07 > 0:20:11business and so should the exporting to China. But it has its
0:20:11 > 0:20:17manufacturing plant near Hastings and workers here have at last won a
0:20:17 > 0:20:21pay rise that matches inflation, without a fight.Staff have been on
0:20:21 > 0:20:24the same salary effectively for the past three or four years. They have
0:20:24 > 0:20:29been working hard, the company doing well, so we felt it was time to
0:20:29 > 0:20:34reward them accordingly.The firm can afford to pay more because it
0:20:34 > 0:20:39has invested £200,000 in a robot enabling each worker to produce more
0:20:39 > 0:20:44top-quality switches and sockets each hour. Exactly the kind of boost
0:20:44 > 0:20:51to productivity that the economy has been crying out for.The robot will
0:20:51 > 0:20:57polish components to a much greater accuracy than a human. And the spin
0:20:57 > 0:21:00off is it does it in half the time. Not every worker has done as well as
0:21:00 > 0:21:10these employees. Unemployment has risen to 4.4%, the average pay rise
0:21:10 > 0:21:15was 2.5%, still less than inflation but between October and December
0:21:15 > 0:21:19demand that we produce per hour rose by 1.8%. If that keeps improving,
0:21:19 > 0:21:23and that is and is, inflation beating pay rises should become more
0:21:23 > 0:21:28affordable.There will come a moment when people realise they have more
0:21:28 > 0:21:32power in the labour market than they used to because we're losing a lot
0:21:32 > 0:21:36of immigrant labour in key sectors so wages are likely to go up in
0:21:36 > 0:21:40those sectors.The figures show a change in who was joining the
0:21:40 > 0:21:46workforce. In 2017 the number of UK nationals working in the UK went up
0:21:46 > 0:21:51by 300,000. The number of EU nationals working here went up by
0:21:51 > 0:21:55around 100,000. But the number of non-EU nationals, people from the
0:21:55 > 0:22:01rest of the world, went down by 60 8000. The squeeze on living
0:22:01 > 0:22:05standards has loosened its grip. But it is still uncomfortably tight.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Only further improvements in pay and productivity can bring that to an
0:22:10 > 0:22:12end. Andy Verity, BBC News.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Scotland Yard are trying to establish whether there's a link
0:22:14 > 0:22:16between two fatal stabbings in north London,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19which happened within a mile of each other over a two-hour period.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22The victims are believed to be a boy in his late teens
0:22:22 > 0:22:24and a man aged around 20.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25At least fifteen people have been killed by knife crime
0:22:25 > 0:22:29in London this year.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31The High Court has ruled that government plans to tackle air
0:22:31 > 0:22:34pollution are unlawful.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36It's the third time environmental campaigners have won on the issue -
0:22:36 > 0:22:39arguing that levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide are still too high
0:22:39 > 0:22:40across most of the UK.
0:22:40 > 0:22:47Roger Harrabin is here.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Tell us more about this ruling. The government is supposed to have
0:22:51 > 0:22:56cleaned up the air by the year 2000 so already it is eight years too
0:22:56 > 0:23:01late. The legal group, Client Earth, has been taking legal action against
0:23:01 > 0:23:05the government to push them to go faster. The law says that they have
0:23:05 > 0:23:09is to deliver clean air as quickly as possible for the each time they
0:23:09 > 0:23:12go for a court action the judge agrees with Client Earth that the
0:23:12 > 0:23:15government is not delivering clean air as quickly as possible. So
0:23:15 > 0:23:20previously the government has been asked to sort out 28 areas where
0:23:20 > 0:23:23pollution is especially bad and tell local councils to address the
0:23:23 > 0:23:28problem. It has been asked to do another 33 areas now where pollution
0:23:28 > 0:23:33is bad and councils again will be asked to address the problem.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Perhaps by keeping out diesel vehicles or trying to control
0:23:36 > 0:23:40traffic at busy times. So Client Earth obviously have to keep going
0:23:40 > 0:23:43to court, they said this should not happen and the government should
0:23:43 > 0:23:47just have done what it was meant to. The government says it accepts the
0:23:47 > 0:23:50rulings and is now going to really clean up the air as quickly as it
0:23:50 > 0:23:53can.Roger, thank you.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Team GB's women's curling team have beaten the reigning champions Canada
0:23:55 > 0:23:58to reach the semi-finals.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01It means the Canadian women have failed to win a medal for the first
0:24:01 > 0:24:03time in Olympic history.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06The British captain, Eve Muirhead, says the team is back on track.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09The men's team face a playoff as they seek a place
0:24:09 > 0:24:10in the medal rounds.
0:24:10 > 0:24:18Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss is in Pyeongchang.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25Welcome to Pyeongchang where as you say it has been such a big day for
0:24:25 > 0:24:29British curlers, both the men and the women took medals in Sochi four
0:24:29 > 0:24:32years ago, both hoping to reach the semifinals today and while the men
0:24:32 > 0:24:36still have some work to do, the women are safely there thanks to
0:24:36 > 0:24:38their captain.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Sport so often turns on a moment of genius.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42And this was Eve Muirhead's.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44With the scores tied against Canada, the British captain conjured
0:24:44 > 0:24:48a mathematical miracle.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50One, two, hits that one.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Hits that one, it's a great shot from Eve Muirhead.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56It's a cracker.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59In curling, the simple aim is to get closest to the target.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01But how Eve Muirhead took the scenic route.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Her geometric genius took Britain into the semifinals,
0:25:03 > 0:25:04even if her reaction...
0:25:04 > 0:25:06A jump in the air for joy!
0:25:06 > 0:25:09..Left her slightly embarrassed.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10I can't actually remember it!
0:25:10 > 0:25:12When you're up there, when you're in that zone,
0:25:12 > 0:25:14you forget about the small things.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19But yes, I'm glad I landed safely on my feet!
0:25:19 > 0:25:21So Eve Muirhead's team are through but could there
0:25:21 > 0:25:24now be another Muirhead into the semifinals?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Brother Thomas is hoping to help the men's team into the last four
0:25:27 > 0:25:28of their competition.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31But there was to be no family celebration.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33The men's team thrashed by the USA.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35They will now have to beat Switzerland in a play-off
0:25:35 > 0:25:43to reach the semifinals.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Today's most dazzling display on the ice though
0:25:45 > 0:25:47came from a 15-year-old.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50The extraordinary Alina Zagitova.
0:25:50 > 0:25:57Absolutely glorious!
0:25:57 > 0:26:00The Olympic Athletes from Russia are still yet to win a gold here.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02But her new world record suggests that could change.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07Slightly less graceful, the ski cross which delivered
0:26:07 > 0:26:08its usual brand of chaos.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Oh, it's gone!
0:26:13 > 0:26:16An early crash left only two men standing in the final
0:26:16 > 0:26:17with Canada's Brady Leman edging the gold.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20But in the last few hours, British hopes in the Bobsleigh
0:26:20 > 0:26:21have taken a bump.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26Mica McNeil and Mica Moore, who relied on crowdfunding
0:26:26 > 0:26:27to help their preparations, were sixth overnight
0:26:27 > 0:26:29but after a poor third run, their medal prospects
0:26:29 > 0:26:34seemed to be over.
0:26:34 > 0:26:40The third run dropped them down to eighth place going into their final
0:26:40 > 0:26:44run. So it seems Britain will not add to their medal tally today but
0:26:44 > 0:26:52will able be hoping the coders can do so over the next few days. In the
0:26:52 > 0:26:54last few minutes it has denounced the American evangelist Billy Graham
0:26:54 > 0:26:59has died. He was 99 and had been suffering from Parkinson's disease
0:26:59 > 0:27:04for several years. We look back at his life.There are problems that
0:27:04 > 0:27:08face us tonight that will never be solved unless we bring them to the
0:27:08 > 0:27:14Lord Jesus Christ.I gave my son to die for you. Charismatic in every
0:27:14 > 0:27:21sense, Lou Graham, his message was simple. People should turn to Jesus.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Come through that door! He had a remarkable effect on a sometimes
0:27:26 > 0:27:32disinterested public.God loves you. And if there's one thing you get out
0:27:32 > 0:27:39of these days it is this, God loves you.In 1954 London first
0:27:39 > 0:27:45experienced the force of the Billy Graham brand of evangelism.We come
0:27:45 > 0:27:50here at the invitation of these churches to help you in a crusade to
0:27:50 > 0:27:55win people to Jesus Christ.As his reputation grew so did the crowd.
0:27:55 > 0:28:03From New York to Nigeria.He was God, he was also man. I want you to
0:28:03 > 0:28:07get out of your seat right now and say I want my sin to be forgiven.It
0:28:07 > 0:28:12was at a Billy Graham rally in Earl's Court in 1966 that Cliff
0:28:12 > 0:28:22Richard publicly declared his Christianity. The pair joined up
0:28:22 > 0:28:25with the Billy Graham television ministry. In that into churches and
0:28:25 > 0:28:34homes. And reaching hundreds of millions.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38millions. And he was courted by American presidents. From Nixon to
0:28:38 > 0:28:43Clinton, though he never took sides. I'm looking forward to death, I want
0:28:43 > 0:28:49to go into that glorious New World that everyone who believes in Jesus
0:28:49 > 0:28:54Christ is going to go. I will have all the actors that I would like to
0:28:54 > 0:29:01have answers to now.
0:29:01 > 0:29:06have answers to now.He said, I'm just a preacher, that is it. Despite
0:29:06 > 0:29:10cancer and Parkinson's disease, Billy Graham was just that. A
0:29:10 > 0:29:16preacher. Into old age. And thousands still flocked to hear him.
0:29:16 > 0:29:22Billy Graham who has died at the age of 99.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24It's the Brit Awards tonight.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26And it's 22-year-old Londoner, Dua Lipa, who's leading
0:29:26 > 0:29:28the way with five nominations.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30The comedian Jack Whitehall will host the ceremony
0:29:30 > 0:29:31for the first time.
0:29:31 > 0:29:38Our Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba has more.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41His report contains some flash photography.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Her global hit New Rules has been viewed on you tube more
0:29:44 > 0:29:45than a billion times.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49The youngest female artist ever to achieve that goal.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52The popularity of the 22-year-old Londoner has helped her to lead
0:29:52 > 0:29:56the way with five nominations.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59For the moment at least she is bigger than Beyonce,
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Taylor Swift, Rhianna.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04And she has what all of those huge American artists have.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07She's not work-shy, she will turn up, she will do the interview,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09she would do the promo.
0:30:09 > 0:30:15She will spend 24 hours doing the video and extreme focus, 24/7.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18She faces strong competition in Best video and the prestigious Best album
0:30:18 > 0:30:21award from Ed Sheeran.
0:30:21 > 0:30:27The most successful male artist of the last 12 months.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31He dominated the singles charts for much of the year.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36And his album Divide spent months at number one,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38although huge commercial success doesn't always necessarily lead
0:30:38 > 0:30:46to winning at the Brits.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50He won half a dozen awards with Oasis, this year Liam Gallagher
0:30:50 > 0:30:53gets his first solo nomination for best male.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56But in typical fashion has fallen out with the Brits accusing them
0:30:56 > 0:31:04of being too scared to ask him to perform at the show.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Unlike last weekend at the Baftas where actors were asked to wear
0:31:07 > 0:31:10black, people attending tonight's awards are being asked to wear
0:31:10 > 0:31:16a white rose pin to show support for the anti-harassment movement.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Time for a look at the weather.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19Here's Susan Powell.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Here's Susan Powell.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28Some settled weather on the way in the coming days but not to say
0:31:28 > 0:31:31nothing will change was not quite a big change especially for the start
0:31:31 > 0:31:37of next week as it is going to feel much colder. But this is the reason
0:31:37 > 0:31:41for the settled weather at the moment. An area of high pressure. At
0:31:41 > 0:31:47the moment it is meaning a lot of fine weather for the afternoon with
0:31:47 > 0:31:53some patchy cloud still across central areas of England. But from
0:31:53 > 0:31:57any some bright sunny spells and temperatures already just a shade
0:31:57 > 0:32:02down on yesterday with highs of around 9 degrees. Tonight the cloud
0:32:02 > 0:32:12thins out and breaks allowing for quite a widespread frost to develop.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17Down to around -3 in rural areas. Thursday gets off to a cold but
0:32:17 > 0:32:21bright start from any. If anything we tend to see the cloud building
0:32:21 > 0:32:25through the course of the day so perhaps some hazy sunshine in the
0:32:25 > 0:32:31afternoon. Even some drizzle in the far north-west. And temperatures
0:32:31 > 0:32:35falling a couple of degrees. Then the easterly wind really starts to
0:32:35 > 0:32:39build going through Friday and that will have the biggest impact on the
0:32:39 > 0:32:46way that things feel. Even by Friday it is going to be colder than we
0:32:46 > 0:32:52have been used to. For the weekend high pressure is still with us,
0:32:52 > 0:32:56parking both weather friends out in the Atlantic. High pressure ring a
0:32:56 > 0:33:02lot of dry and fight -- fine weather for the weekend. But by Sunday
0:33:02 > 0:33:05temperatures just 4 degrees but factor in that wind as well. Feeling
0:33:05 > 0:33:13colder than that. Now high pressure still with us next week, shifting
0:33:13 > 0:33:19its orientation slightly.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22its orientation slightly. Feeding in error coming from Siberia. And there
0:33:22 > 0:33:26is the risk of some snow on into next week. The uncertainty in the
0:33:26 > 0:33:35forecast will be just exactly which direction the cold air tracks in. It
0:33:35 > 0:33:41could be to the south and into France or could be the UK bracing
0:33:41 > 0:33:45for a big freeze. But either way it is a cold outlook for next week and
0:33:45 > 0:33:51widespread frost which will linger by day and a biting wind boot.
0:33:51 > 0:34:12Please be aware that it is going to turn bitterly cold.