0:00:10 > 0:00:13Jeremy Corbyn commits Labour to a new and comprehensive UK-EU
0:00:13 > 0:00:15customs union to ensure tariff-free trade after Brexit.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Mr Corbyn said imposing tariffs would be damaging for British
0:00:17 > 0:00:21businesses and consumers.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Labour would seek to negotiate a new comprehensive UK-EU customs
0:00:24 > 0:00:27union, to ensure there are no tariffs with Europe and to help
0:00:27 > 0:00:35avoid any need whatsoever for a hard border in Northern Ireland.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37We'll be asking how far Labour's announcement poses
0:00:37 > 0:00:39problems for the Government, with some Tory MPs also
0:00:39 > 0:00:42supporting a customs union.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Also this lunchtime:
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Four people have died in an explosion at a shop in Leicester.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Police fear there may be more people unaccounted for.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Snow is falling and temperatures are dropping across the UK,
0:00:55 > 0:00:56as a Siberian blast sweeps in.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00It will feel like -10C to -15C.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04This low looks like it will try and hook its way through Spain
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and push its way north across us Thursday-Friday, and potentially
0:01:07 > 0:01:09bring blizzards, gale-force winds and a widespread spell
0:01:09 > 0:01:11of heavy, wet snow.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And even the risk of some freezing rain, which is very
0:01:14 > 0:01:16treacherous indeed.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Capping energy prices - the Government says new laws
0:01:20 > 0:01:27will protect 11 million households from rip-off bills by next winter.
0:01:27 > 0:01:34I am at Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5, where Britain's Winter Olympics
0:01:34 > 0:01:40team, the most successful ever, will return home in around one hour.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42And coming up in Sport on BBC News:
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Former British and Irish Lions number eight Jamie Heaslip has
0:01:44 > 0:01:46announced his retirement from rugby after an illustrious career
0:01:46 > 0:01:54for club and country.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that a Labour government
0:02:12 > 0:02:15would support a customs union with the EU after Brexit.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Speaking at an event in the Midlands, Mr Corbyn said
0:02:18 > 0:02:20he wanted to put people's jobs and living standards before
0:02:20 > 0:02:22ideological fantasies.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25A new customs union, he said, would ensure no tariff
0:02:25 > 0:02:32barriers with the EU, and no hard border in Ireland.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36The shift in policy could lead to Labour siding with Tory rebel MPs
0:02:36 > 0:02:38to defeat the Prime Minister on her Brexit strategy.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Downing Street responded by saying the UK would not be joining
0:02:40 > 0:02:42a customs union after Brexit.
0:02:42 > 0:02:48Our political correspondent, Chris Mason, reports from Westminster.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53Monday morning in Coventry. Jeremy Corbyn has come here to talk Brexit
0:02:53 > 0:03:00and spell out how his outlook is different from the Government's.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04The leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09The backdrop, at the University, the next generation of cars. A good
0:03:09 > 0:03:14example of an industry, he said, reliant on European co-operation.
0:03:14 > 0:03:20A Mini will cross the Channel three times in a 2,000 mile journey.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Before the finished car rolls off the production mine. Starting in
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Oxford, it will be shipped to France to be fitted for key components.
0:03:28 > 0:03:34Before being brought back the BMW's plant in Warwickshire where it is
0:03:34 > 0:03:38drilled and milled into shape. Once that process is complete, the Mini
0:03:38 > 0:03:43will be sent to Munich to be fitted with its engine, before ending its
0:03:43 > 0:03:48journey back at the Mini plant in Oxon for final Assembly. If that car
0:03:48 > 0:03:52is to be sold on the continent, many of its components will have crossed
0:03:52 > 0:03:58the Channel four times. The sheer complexity of these issues demands
0:03:58 > 0:04:02that we are practical and serious about this next stage.
0:04:02 > 0:04:11And so, he said...Labour would see to negotiate a new, comprehensive UK
0:04:11 > 0:04:15EU customs union to ensure there are no tariffs with Europe and to help
0:04:15 > 0:04:24avoid any need whatsoever for a hard border in Northern Ireland.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29As a member of the EU, we are in the customs union and the idea is pretty
0:04:29 > 0:04:34simple. A single set of tariffs, taxes imposed on goods imported from
0:04:34 > 0:04:38outside the EU, goods can then move freely without tariffs around the
0:04:38 > 0:04:43block, but members cannot do their own trade skills. The EU also has a
0:04:43 > 0:04:47single market that allows capital, services and people to move freely
0:04:47 > 0:04:51around member states. The Government states we will leave the customs
0:04:51 > 0:04:54union and the single market after exit.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Back at Westminster, what Jeremy Corbyn are saying about a customs
0:04:58 > 0:05:02union matters because there may be a majority of MPs in the Commons who
0:05:02 > 0:05:05broadly agree with his outlook and that could eventually force the
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Government to change its position. So they're part Dutch for their
0:05:09 > 0:05:12part, the Government repeats it does not want to be in a customs union
0:05:12 > 0:05:17after Brexit and Downing Street has confirmed the premise to will hold a
0:05:17 > 0:05:19special Cabinet meeting on Thursday ahead of her big Brexit speech on
0:05:19 > 0:05:26Friday. And Theresa May's ministers have repeated by think Mr Corbyn's
0:05:26 > 0:05:30outlook on a customs union is a mistake.If we are in a customs
0:05:30 > 0:05:33union, we have to be rule take is, we cannot negotiate trade deals with
0:05:33 > 0:05:37the rest of the world and these things we absolutely have said we
0:05:37 > 0:05:42need to rule that if we are going to deliver a smart Brexit. I find it
0:05:42 > 0:05:46fascinating to see the Labour Party's hokey cookie on Brexit, we
0:05:46 > 0:05:51are in, out, shake it all about. Some within Labour fear it would not
0:05:51 > 0:05:55amount to a proper Brexit or be achievable.There is no way that it
0:05:55 > 0:06:00could be delivered. And I wish he could deliver it. It would be
0:06:00 > 0:06:05fantastic. But he knows what they are like in Brussels.It is a
0:06:05 > 0:06:09reminder that both our biggest political parties are guaranteed to
0:06:09 > 0:06:14alienate some as they choose the type of Brexit they want. But there
0:06:14 > 0:06:16is now clear blue water between Labour's instincts and the
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Government's.
0:06:18 > 0:06:26Our assistant political editor, Norman Smith, is in Coventry.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31Picking up on what was said... I think we're having a problem. I'm
0:06:31 > 0:06:36about that. -- I am sorry.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Four people are now known to have died in a large explosion
0:06:39 > 0:06:41in Leicester last night, which destroyed a building
0:06:41 > 0:06:43in the middle of a parade of shops.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Six other people were taken to hospital.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47One is said to be in a serious condition.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49This report, from Sima Kotecha, does contain pictures of the explosion.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Today, large plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.
0:06:51 > 0:06:59Last night, just after seven, an explosion.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01I felt a tremendous shock through the house.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05It felt like it was going to bring the ceiling down.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Well, I just rang the police, 999, and they asked me
0:07:07 > 0:07:09which service I want.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I said, everything you can send.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Flames shot up into the air, around seven metres high, towering
0:07:15 > 0:07:18over the surrounding buildings.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Police were quick to declare it a major incident.
0:07:20 > 0:07:26A shop, and the flat above it, were destroyed.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Debris was strewn across nearby roads.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Six fire engines were deployed, along with several
0:07:30 > 0:07:31search-and-rescue teams.
0:07:31 > 0:07:3360 homes were evacuated.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36It's been cold weather.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38We've had to turn off the electricity to houses
0:07:38 > 0:07:41in the area, so people have had to be moved out on occasion.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45And obviously, the fire crews and the police service have been
0:07:45 > 0:07:48trying to keep the area safe for members of the community,
0:07:48 > 0:07:50who did help initially last night, which is really good,
0:07:50 > 0:07:51and thank you for them.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Earlier today, police confirmed that four people had died
0:07:53 > 0:07:55inside the building.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Well, walking along here, and what really gets
0:07:57 > 0:08:00to you is the smell of smoke.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04You can feel it at the back of your throat.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Now, firefighters are saying that they're putting all their resources
0:08:06 > 0:08:09into a search-and-rescue mission.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11They say there could be some people still stuck
0:08:11 > 0:08:13in the rubble back there.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16It was obviously a shop on the ground floor.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20We know the shop was due to be open until ten o'clock in the evening
0:08:20 > 0:08:21and the explosion occurred at seven.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24It's very difficult to know exactly how many people may have been
0:08:24 > 0:08:25in the shop at the time.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27There's a two-storey flat above.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29We know there are a family living in there.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31That's collapsed, obviously.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34So we're just trying to assume that there
0:08:34 > 0:08:37could potentially be people inside, and we'll work through still
0:08:37 > 0:08:40on the basis that there's potential for lives to be saved.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43The cause of the fire is still not known, but hours
0:08:43 > 0:08:48after it was brought under control, it's still burning.
0:08:48 > 0:08:54Sima Kotecha, BBC News, Leicester.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57A man has admitted killing three teenage boys in a car crash
0:08:57 > 0:08:59in West London last month.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02The victims, aged 16 and 17, were hit near a bus stop
0:09:02 > 0:09:04as they walked to a birthday party.
0:09:04 > 0:09:0628-year-old Jaynesh Chudasama, from Hayes, has admitted three
0:09:06 > 0:09:10counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15Richard Galpin is at the Old Bailey, in Central London.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Tell us more about what was said in court this morning.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Yes, a lot of very important detail has come out. Now that he has
0:09:25 > 0:09:30pleaded guilty. Perhaps the most significant, the fact that Mr
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Chudasama had been drinking. And according to an investigation, it is
0:09:33 > 0:09:39estimated that he was 2.5 times over the legal alcohol limit at the time
0:09:39 > 0:09:44of the fatal incident. An accident investigation report has also found
0:09:44 > 0:09:51that he was travelling at 71 malls per hour on a road where the limit
0:09:51 > 0:09:57was 60 mph. Eyewitnesses said that he had been overtaking a car in
0:09:57 > 0:10:01front of him, in what was described in court today as a hazardous
0:10:01 > 0:10:06manoeuvre. And he lost control of the car. It mounted the pavement and
0:10:06 > 0:10:12it ploughed into a group of five boys. There were three other
0:10:12 > 0:10:15children who were very nearby as well. And according to eyewitnesses,
0:10:15 > 0:10:21the three boys who were hit were thrown up into the air by the force
0:10:21 > 0:10:26of the impact of the car. One of the boys, the body was found over a wall
0:10:26 > 0:10:31in a cemetery.Richard, thank you.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33It's being billed as the 'Beast from the East' -
0:10:33 > 0:10:36a freezing weather front sweeping in from Russia this week -
0:10:36 > 0:10:39and it's set to bring temperatures lower than the Arctic to much
0:10:39 > 0:10:42of the UK.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Yellow and amber weather warnings are in place for snow,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47and disruption to road, rail and air travel is expected.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Richard Lister has the details.
0:10:52 > 0:10:58The Beast from the East is on its way. Londoners woke the snow
0:10:58 > 0:11:01flurries and subzero conditions this morning, as did people across
0:11:01 > 0:11:06eastern Britain. But we are expecting up to ten centimetres of
0:11:06 > 0:11:09snow and wind-chill temperatures as low as -15 in the next couple of
0:11:09 > 0:11:14days.And then it gets worse. We are particularly concerned about
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Thursday and Friday. We have the colder and it is well established
0:11:17 > 0:11:23across Europe and the UK. This is out in the Atlantic. This looks like
0:11:23 > 0:11:27it will travel through Spain and potentially ring lizards, gale force
0:11:27 > 0:11:32winds and a widespread all of heavy, wet snow and the risk of freezing
0:11:32 > 0:11:38rain which is very treacherous indeed -- and bring blizzards.That
0:11:38 > 0:11:41means travel disruption for millions. One train operator has
0:11:41 > 0:11:45warned it will limit its services from this evening. It advises people
0:11:45 > 0:11:49not to travel tomorrow. Greater Anglia trains will also be affected,
0:11:49 > 0:11:53with reduced and slower services from Ipswich, Cambridge and
0:11:53 > 0:11:58Peterborough. Inconvenient for some, but this arctic chill could be
0:11:58 > 0:12:01deadly for others. Rough sleepers are particularly vulnerable. Latest
0:12:01 > 0:12:06estimates in England suggest almost 5,000 people bedding down on the
0:12:06 > 0:12:11street on any given night. As the temperature drops, charities are
0:12:11 > 0:12:15urging us all to stay vigilant.We suggest the public do not walk on
0:12:15 > 0:12:18by, if they are concerned about the welfare of anyone sleeping rough,
0:12:18 > 0:12:24dial 999 if it is a medical emergency, or contact Street Link,
0:12:24 > 0:12:30to get in touch with that person to respond as quickly as possible.How
0:12:30 > 0:12:33bad could it get? The beast has already hit Rome, causing the
0:12:33 > 0:12:40biggest snowfall in decades. Schools are shot, public transport disrupted
0:12:40 > 0:12:44and flights delayed.The first time I have seen snow like this in years.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47This was Chatham, in Kent, today. Britain has had the smallest taste
0:12:47 > 0:12:52of what is to come, but snow are gathering.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Legislation to cap poor value energy tariffs is being introduced
0:12:55 > 0:12:56in Parliament today.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58The Government says it will protect millions
0:12:58 > 0:13:04of customers from higher bills.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06But Energy UK, which represents gas and electricity suppliers,
0:13:06 > 0:13:11has warned the cap could halt the growth of competition.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Our personal finance correspondent, Simon Gompertz, has the details.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15As the cold takes hold, hope of cheap heat and
0:13:15 > 0:13:16power for many people.
0:13:16 > 0:13:22Not now, but by next winter.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26People like Ann Godden, in Hull, who is on the standard
0:13:26 > 0:13:29tarriff to be capped, like 11 million others.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34It's over 800 a year, so it's a lot.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37It's high.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40And I'm better off than a lot of people my age I know.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Not well off, by any means.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Ann tried to switch suppliers, but pulled out because she didn't
0:13:44 > 0:13:46trust the process.
0:13:46 > 0:13:52The sort of customer ministers say they will protect.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Customers who are on these default tariffs, these poor value tariffs,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58are paying about £1.4 billion more than they should do.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01So it will save, you know, I'm not sure it will say that
0:14:01 > 0:14:05total amount, but it will definitely save households.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07So in another freeze, next year, how much would
0:14:07 > 0:14:13you gain from a price cap?
0:14:13 > 0:14:19Well, the average standard variable tariff is £1,122 a year.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22There is an existing price cap for those on the lowest incomes,
0:14:22 > 0:14:28and that saves them £33 a year, which is our best guide
0:14:28 > 0:14:30to what the Government's wider cap would be likely to bring.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Whereas if you shop around for the cheapest deals,
0:14:35 > 0:14:41you could save more than £300 a year off the standard variable tariffs.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44There's a worry among the price comparison websites which thrive
0:14:44 > 0:14:47on the switching business that the cap could take the heat out
0:14:47 > 0:14:48of energy competition.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51The worry is that people will be lulled into a false sense
0:14:51 > 0:14:54of security, thinking they're on a good deal,
0:14:54 > 0:14:59when there are much better deals available elsewhere.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Any the other problem is if people are not shopping
0:15:02 > 0:15:03around because the cap, new competitors won't
0:15:03 > 0:15:04come into the market
0:15:04 > 0:15:06because there won't be the business available.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09And maybe it's no surprise, but the biggest supplier, Centrica,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13which owns British Gas, is strongly opposed.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19Just like university fees, what tends to happen with caps
0:15:19 > 0:15:22is that all prices end up at the cap, and quite often,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24choice gets taken out of the market.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29So we don't agree with it.But there is widespread support in Parliament
0:15:29 > 0:15:33for giving protection to those on expensive standard rates, and that
0:15:33 > 0:15:37is still most customers, with the new cap due to be in place by the
0:15:37 > 0:15:42end of December.
0:15:42 > 0:15:48Let's go to top story which is that the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has
0:15:48 > 0:15:52confirmed Labour would support a customs union with the EU after
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Brexit. We can go back now to our political correspondence, Norman
0:15:55 > 0:16:01Smith. Norman, how much of a political problem does Labour's
0:16:01 > 0:16:06announcement now pose for the government?Well, we now have a
0:16:06 > 0:16:12clear divide, battle lines are drawn, between the two main parties
0:16:12 > 0:16:17over Brexit, with Mr Corbyn in effect planting Labour very firmly
0:16:17 > 0:16:23on the Touraine marked soft Brexit, by saying Labour would stay in a
0:16:23 > 0:16:27customs union and they want a stronger bespoke relationship with a
0:16:27 > 0:16:31single market and that may chime with the views of Tory remainders
0:16:31 > 0:16:36and if Labour and Tory remainders work together, Theresa May could
0:16:36 > 0:16:41possibly be defeated in the Commons over Brexit. But if we got the
0:16:41 > 0:16:46divide we did not get the detail. We don't know what sort of price Jeremy
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Corbyn is prepared to pay. To get this strong relationship with the
0:16:49 > 0:16:55single market. Would he want to continue paying money to the EU?
0:16:55 > 0:17:00Would he abide by the European Court of Justice? What happened to freedom
0:17:00 > 0:17:04of movement and, crucially, how would Brexit supporting Labour MPs
0:17:04 > 0:17:11and Labour voters react and will debut this as betrayal?Norman, many
0:17:11 > 0:17:14thanks, Norman Smith.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Our top story this lunchtime.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Jeremy Corbyn commits Labour to a new and comprehensive UK-EU
0:17:19 > 0:17:23customs union to ensure tariff-free trade after Brexit.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25And coming up - how smart is your phone?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28We take a look at the newest models at the world's
0:17:28 > 0:17:31biggest industry show.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Coming up in sport, Celtic captain Scott Brown has
0:17:33 > 0:17:36announced his retirement from international football
0:17:36 > 0:17:39with Scotland for a second time after talks with new manager Alex
0:17:39 > 0:17:42McLeish.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Further air strikes and heavy clashes have been reported
0:17:52 > 0:17:55near Damascus in Syria, despite a UN Security Council
0:17:55 > 0:17:58resolution calling for a ceasefire.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Local health officials say several people have suffered symptoms
0:18:01 > 0:18:05consistent with exposure to chlorine gas in the rebel-held
0:18:05 > 0:18:07enclave of Eastern Ghouta.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11The Syrian government has always denied using chemical weapons.
0:18:11 > 0:18:19Our Middle East Correspondent Martin Patience is in neighbouring Beirut.
0:18:19 > 0:18:30Martin, what do we know about this chemical attack?Well, in one
0:18:30 > 0:18:34incident, activists told us more than 12 people were treated for the
0:18:34 > 0:18:38suspected symptoms of a chemical attack. They think it was perhaps
0:18:38 > 0:18:41chlorine gas, and when rescuers went to the scene of the incident they
0:18:41 > 0:18:46smelt of that gas and there was very distressing videos posted on social
0:18:46 > 0:18:52media. It has not been confirmed and, interestingly, the Syrian
0:18:52 > 0:18:55government's ally Russia has come out to dispute those claims
0:18:55 > 0:19:00describing these claims as totally bogus. Now, in the past, the Syrian
0:19:00 > 0:19:04government has denied using chemical weapons and that is not the position
0:19:04 > 0:19:08of the West and last year, in April, we saw America carry out air strikes
0:19:08 > 0:19:14following a deadly chemical attack. Martin, given the reported clashes,
0:19:14 > 0:19:21can be even say a ceasefire is holding in that area?No, I don't
0:19:21 > 0:19:25think we can. The UN has called for a ceasefire to be implemented.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Russia seems to be implying that the ceasefire hasn't even started. I
0:19:30 > 0:19:35think this suppose it ceasefire is a reflection of where the
0:19:35 > 0:19:39international community that in regard to Syria, thinking
0:19:39 > 0:19:43practically agreeing on nothing. What we can say is there has been a
0:19:43 > 0:19:47reduction in violence but for the people of eastern Ghouta, this is a
0:19:47 > 0:19:52ceasefire with bombardment continually and as far as they are
0:19:52 > 0:19:58concerned, that is no ceasefire at all.Martin, thank you.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00An inquest has heard how a five-year-old girl
0:20:00 > 0:20:03who was asthmatic was turned away by a GP because she was late
0:20:03 > 0:20:04for her emergency appointment.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Ellie May Clarke died later the same day from a severe asthma attack.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Our Wales Correspondent Sian Lloyd is at Gwent Coroner's
0:20:09 > 0:20:17Court in Newport.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23Ellie May Clarke suffered from severe bouts of asthma and on the
0:20:23 > 0:20:2726th of January, 2015, she was unwell. Her mother needed to make an
0:20:27 > 0:20:32emergency appointment for her at her local doctors, the Grange clinic
0:20:32 > 0:20:36here in Newport. When she rang, she was given an appointment and her
0:20:36 > 0:20:39mother said she might be a bit late, she had to get a friend to take them
0:20:39 > 0:20:44there. By the time she arrived, the surgery was busy and by the time the
0:20:44 > 0:20:50receptionist saw her, it was ten minutes after the appointment time,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54around ten past five the receptionist rang the GP and the GP
0:20:54 > 0:20:58told her she couldn't see her because she was late, she was told
0:20:58 > 0:21:06she must return the next day. Now sadly that evening, Ellie May's
0:21:06 > 0:21:10condition deteriorated. She had a seizure, turned blue, was rushed to
0:21:10 > 0:21:15the Royal Gwent Hospital where she died. And Jones, the receptionist
0:21:15 > 0:21:18who saw Ellie May and her mother when they arrived at reception, has
0:21:18 > 0:21:22been giving evidence to the inquest this morning. She has spoken about
0:21:22 > 0:21:27the so-called ten minute rule and said this is not something set in
0:21:27 > 0:21:32stone, not a hard and fast rule, however it was a time management
0:21:32 > 0:21:37issue and understanding not all the doctors are dear to it and in this
0:21:37 > 0:21:42case Doctor John Rowell did and it had never been used for an emergency
0:21:42 > 0:21:45appointment before and the doctor has been telling the inquest this
0:21:45 > 0:21:50morning he now accepts it was unacceptable that he did send Ellie
0:21:50 > 0:21:54May away.Thank you.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Now, has the smartphone craze peaked?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57There have been fewer big technological advances
0:21:57 > 0:22:00for the hand-held device in recent years, and the growth
0:22:00 > 0:22:01in sales has been slowing.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03So what's next for the mobile market?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Well, the industry's biggest annual show the Mobile World Congress gets
0:22:05 > 0:22:08under way today in Barcelona and some of the new models have
0:22:08 > 0:22:09been unveiled already.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Our Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones sent this report.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14The fastest moving industry on earth is in Barcelona this week.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16But lately, the mobile phone business has hit a speed bump.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Smartphone sales dipped at the end of last year.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21And the phone companies know they need to give people
0:22:21 > 0:22:26new reasons to upgrade.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28I want access to Internet, wherever I am.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I want instant access to everything.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34If my phone slows down to the point where it's not processing
0:22:34 > 0:22:39the way I need it to, that's when I go get a new one.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41I feel they would have to replicate the iPhone a lot
0:22:41 > 0:22:42because that's the standard.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45It would have to almost exceed expectations of the iPhone.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Don't tell that to Samsung which believes its Galaxy
0:22:47 > 0:22:50smartphones set the standard.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52The industry giant put on a spectacular show
0:22:52 > 0:22:54to introduce the latest version, the S9, which looks very similar
0:22:54 > 0:23:02to last year's model.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Getting a high-end smartphone to stand out from the crowd
0:23:05 > 0:23:06is getting ever harder.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10But Samsung believes slow motion could be the answer.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12The camera on the S9 can make anything happen
0:23:12 > 0:23:18about 30 times slower.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Another gimmick, you can create an animated emoji that
0:23:20 > 0:23:21looks just like you.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Is this me, really?
0:23:22 > 0:23:27Well, sort of.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Samsung has decided it's the camera and everything it can
0:23:29 > 0:23:32do which is now key.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35We know annually there is over a trillion photos shared globally
0:23:35 > 0:23:37but today on a daily basis people share five billion emojis
0:23:37 > 0:23:40and one billion gifs, so things have changed in the way
0:23:40 > 0:23:41people are using their camera.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43It's not just for taking photos any more.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Meanwhile the Nokia brand revival continues.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Last year the very basic 3310 stole the show.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53This time there is another retro, the 8110,
0:23:53 > 0:23:59the so-called banana phone.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01It seems every company is struggling to look different.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02All the devices pretty much black rectangles,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05some marginal gains here and there, slightly brighter screen,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08slightly better camera, but consumers ultimately gravitate
0:24:08 > 0:24:11towards the best brands, they gravitate towards the best
0:24:11 > 0:24:17deals and I think they are really going to not think about
0:24:17 > 0:24:19replacing their phones as quickly as they used to.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Mobile phones are now sophisticated supercomputers offering so much more
0:24:21 > 0:24:24than phones and texts.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27But impressing jaded consumers is getting ever harder.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News, Barcelona.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Now have you still got any old paper £10 notes?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Well, from midnight on Thursday they'll no longer be legal tender.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Our business correspondent Nina Warhurst has been speaking
0:24:40 > 0:24:46to people in Bolton to find out if they're ready.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48It was Charles Darwin who decreed that human progress requires change.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51We will never know what he'd make of the extinction of his face
0:24:51 > 0:24:54in favour of Jane Austin's, but in Bolton they're not sure
0:24:54 > 0:24:58evolution is always for the best.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I don't like the new ones.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Why not?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It's like Monopoly money to me.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05I don't like the feel of them.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08No.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10It doesn't look the same in your wallet neither.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Do you not like change?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13No.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15For Sarah they are simply too slippery.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Them are the old ones.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20When you go to pull them out they just come out nice and easy.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23These ones, you go to pull that out...
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Does that happen a lot?
0:25:24 > 0:25:25A lot.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26It's risky.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Yes.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29You might give someone too much change.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Yes.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32What can you tell me about this £10 note, Tony?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35What else can I tell you about a £10 note.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37They're going out of circulation and being replaced.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Why?
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Good question, Tony.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The paper is being replaced with a material called polymer.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45The Bank of England says it's harder to fake and more durable.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Meaning it will survive a spin in the wash.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53You have until just before midnight on Thursday
0:25:53 > 0:25:55to get your old £10 notes spent.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58After that your bank might accept them but they don't have to.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02The one place that is guaranteed to swap them is the Bank of England.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05They will keep changing them for as long as you keep bringing them.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09They tell me they are still accepting some shillings there.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Is that the Queen?
0:26:10 > 0:26:11No, that's Jane Austen.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13She looks a bit like the Queen.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18If you had no idea who's on the new notes, you're not alone.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19It's Jane Austin, yeah.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21She's replacing Charles Darwin.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Oh.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26What do you think about that?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Like all species, Boltonians will have to adapt.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31All 1.1 billion of the new tenners are here to stay.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37Nina Warhurst, BBC News.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40After more than a fortnight of competition, the Winter Olympics
0:26:40 > 0:26:42in Pyeonchang have closed with a colourful display featuring
0:26:42 > 0:26:49nearly 3,000 athletes.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51That heavyweight of winter sport Norway topped the medal table,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53followed by Germany, but it's been a record-breaking
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Games for Team GB, with five medals, including gold for Lizzy Yarnold
0:26:56 > 0:26:57in the skeleton.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Our Sports Correspondent David Ornstein looks back at some
0:26:59 > 0:27:01of the highlights of the Games.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03In plummeting temperatures and gusting winds, the Games began.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Only here it was so cold and blustery that events were disrupted,
0:27:06 > 0:27:07athletes blown off-course.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09For Great Britain, hopes were high and though initially podium places
0:27:09 > 0:27:12proved hard to come by, Don Parsons broke the seal before
0:27:12 > 0:27:16three medals followed on a glorious super Saturday,
0:27:16 > 0:27:20including gold for Lizzy Yarnold, the first Briton to defend
0:27:20 > 0:27:24a Winter Olympics title.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Not everything went to plan.
0:27:25 > 0:27:32Notably for Elise Christie.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34COMMENTATOR:Christie goes down before they reach
0:27:34 > 0:27:35the very first corner.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36From near misses to underachievement.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Injuries, disqualification, disbelief.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41But in the end it was a record-breaking Games for Team GB.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Fuelled by unprecedented levels of investment,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45itself a source of much debate, the target of five medals was met,
0:27:45 > 0:27:53so is Britain becoming a winter sports nation?
0:27:53 > 0:27:54We do really well in winter sports.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57We don't have much snow, but we always like to push
0:27:57 > 0:28:00the boundaries as much as possible and we've got a good attitude
0:28:00 > 0:28:02towards sports so we'll continue to do well.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04The medal table was topped by Norway.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Yet the moment of the Games perhaps belonged to a 22-year-old Czech
0:28:08 > 0:28:10by the name of Ester Ledecka.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13The first woman to win gold in two different sports
0:28:13 > 0:28:19at the same Winter Olympics.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21COMMENTATOR:The first ever bronze medal in mixed doubles curling.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Pyeongchang wouldn't though pass without controversy as two
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Russians failed drug tests.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30One of them, the mixed curler Alexander Krushelnitsky.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32They were among a group cleared to compete as neutrals
0:28:32 > 0:28:38after their country was banned for systematic doping.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41It meant Russia's Olympic sanctions would not be lifted in time
0:28:41 > 0:28:43for the closing ceremony.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46On the political front there was a thawing in relations
0:28:46 > 0:28:47on the Korean peninsula.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50North Korea sending a delegation to the Games
0:28:50 > 0:28:53and a combined team taking part in the women's ice hockey.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55One of the highlights of an event Olympic organisers
0:28:55 > 0:29:03hailed as a success.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04We have seen fantastic sport.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09And we have seen great personalities during these Games.
0:29:09 > 0:29:15We have seen Olympic legends confirming their legendary status.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19And we have seen new stars rising.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22And it was a Games that ended in spectacular fashion.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24The torch now passing to Beijing, host city
0:29:24 > 0:29:28for the next Winter Olympics in four years' time.
0:29:28 > 0:29:34David Ornstein, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Daniela Relph is at Heathrow Airport in London, where some of the Team GB
0:29:37 > 0:29:42athletes are due to arrive in an hour's time.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47I have an early arrival with me. Lizzy Yarnold, you came back early
0:29:47 > 0:29:52with your gold medals from the skeleton. Why are you sure you home
0:29:52 > 0:29:56before everybody else?I had to come home early because of my chest
0:29:56 > 0:30:00infection. I needed to arrest. Now I'm here ready to work on the team.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04What is that moment like, you've done it before, of course, when you
0:30:04 > 0:30:08come back here and are greeted by friends and family at the airport?
0:30:08 > 0:30:11It's completely overwhelming. You don't realise how much the nation
0:30:11 > 0:30:17are supporting you until you walk in here, and people are asking me for
0:30:17 > 0:30:20photographs and telling me they've watched the event and were screaming
0:30:20 > 0:30:23at the TV which means everything to us.What about broadly reflecting
0:30:23 > 0:30:28now on the success of the team and how they have done?I think even if
0:30:28 > 0:30:34an athlete came fourth, didn't quite live out their dreams, everyone
0:30:34 > 0:30:38should just be so proud of themselves because this moment,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41going to the Winter Olympics is a dream people of held close to them
0:30:41 > 0:30:45for maybe eight years, and that's a lifetime worth of horrible training
0:30:45 > 0:30:49and they have done their best and I'm really proud of everyone and to
0:30:49 > 0:30:54bring home a five medals between us is a huge achievement.Have you got
0:30:54 > 0:30:59another Olympic Games in you, do you think?It's a hard question at this
0:30:59 > 0:31:04time but I'm just enjoying showing people these medals, the first time
0:31:04 > 0:31:07I've worn them together and then we will see what happens.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11Congratulations and the rest of her team-mates are due back here at
0:31:11 > 0:31:15terminal five just after 2pm this afternoon. Thank you.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Time for a look at the weather.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Here's Darren Bett.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20The so-called beast
0:31:20 > 0:31:23The so-called beast from the east are starting to arrive because we
0:31:23 > 0:31:28have got high pressure centred over Scandinavia drawing the over Russia
0:31:28 > 0:31:32where it was -41 this morning for the next few days will get colder
0:31:32 > 0:31:35and colder as Ashley as the wind picks up and we see more snow
0:31:35 > 0:31:38falling as well. There has been some snow today, beautiful weather
0:31:38 > 0:31:44watcher picture and it's dry at the moment so it's fine, powdery snow.
0:31:44 > 0:31:51It is icing sugar sort of day really. A couple of snow flurries
0:31:51 > 0:31:58over Lincolnshire. At Eastern Scotland. Dryer towards the West but
0:31:58 > 0:32:02feeling colder than it did yesterday because there is more cloud around.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Those snow showers will continue into the evening. Then, during the
0:32:05 > 0:32:09first part of the night, a lot will fade away because we have got a band
0:32:09 > 0:32:13of thick cloud bringing more organised spells of snow into
0:32:13 > 0:32:16eastern Scotland, north-east England, the Midlands by the end of
0:32:16 > 0:32:22the night and coming into the cold air, widespread frost too. Into the
0:32:22 > 0:32:25morning, we have two Amber snow warnings from the Met Office. The
0:32:25 > 0:32:28first one is this persistent line of snow showers in the south-east of
0:32:28 > 0:32:32England known as the Thames Tickler. If you remember that, you'll
0:32:32 > 0:32:39remember everything. Snow, frequent snow in the morning, running across
0:32:39 > 0:32:41parts of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, maybe Greater Manchester, North
0:32:41 > 0:32:45eastern part of England eventually pushing into Wales. Thou worst of it
0:32:45 > 0:32:49in the morning. Snow showers on the east of the UK, always worst in East
0:32:49 > 0:32:53because the wind is coming off the North Sea. Those other temperatures,
0:32:53 > 0:32:57barely getting above freezing, I think it will feel colder in the
0:32:57 > 0:33:03wind. As we head into Wednesday, attention turns north. And Amber
0:33:03 > 0:33:08snow warning from the Met Office. 5-10 centimetres, maybe more than
0:33:08 > 0:33:14that. Drifting over the hills. Frequent snow showers, maybe thunder
0:33:14 > 0:33:16snow and lightning. There will be some snow showers around elsewhere
0:33:16 > 0:33:20but not to the same extent as we are seeing in the north-east and maybe
0:33:20 > 0:33:26some sunshine around as well. The wind will be stronger by the time we
0:33:26 > 0:33:30get to Wednesday. These other temperatures. This is what it will
0:33:30 > 0:33:35feel like, -10. It starts to feel cold and then we could get another
0:33:35 > 0:33:39burst of snow arriving Thursday and Friday. Low-pressure coming into the
0:33:39 > 0:33:44cold air. We could see snow as we head into Thursday. Southern
0:33:44 > 0:33:48England, Wales, the Midlands and on Friday, the snow moving northward
0:33:48 > 0:33:53and it's going to bring some disruption. Darren, thank you.
0:33:53 > 0:34:03Bye-bye.