0:00:06 > 0:00:09The Information Commissioner applies for a warrant to search the offices
0:00:09 > 0:00:17of the consulting firm accused of misusing data from facebook.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19A former employee claims Cambridge Analytica harvested
0:00:19 > 0:00:21the personal information of 50 million Facebook users.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25It denies any wrongdoing
0:00:25 > 0:00:30We need to get to the bottom of what happened with this personal
0:00:30 > 0:00:32data, affecting citizens across the world, and we are going
0:00:32 > 0:00:37to proceed with a warrant to be able to search the servers
0:00:37 > 0:00:38and the premises.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40We will have the latest.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45Also this lunchtime...
0:00:45 > 0:00:4623 Russian diplomats pull out of London -
0:00:46 > 0:00:48ordered to leave by the Prime Minister in the wake
0:00:48 > 0:00:54of the Salisbury poisoning.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57A two-year-old girl dies after being pulled from a car
0:00:57 > 0:00:58in a river in Cardigan in Wales.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03A bigger than expected drop in inflation -
0:01:03 > 0:01:09lower petrol prices contribute to a rate of 2.7%.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12And at risk of extinction - the last remaining male northern
0:01:12 > 0:01:16white rhinoceros has died in Kenya.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And coming up in sport, should Serena Williams' world
0:01:19 > 0:01:21ranking be protected?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24One tennis tournament director describes the seeding rules
0:01:24 > 0:01:30as punishment for women who return after maternity leave.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, is to apply
0:01:53 > 0:01:56for a warrant to search the offices of the political consulting firm,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Cambridge Analytica.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04A former employee has claimed the company was handed the personal
0:02:04 > 0:02:06data of 50 million Facebook users and exploited it to influence
0:02:06 > 0:02:13the 2016 US presidential election.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17MPs have called on the Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to give evidence to
0:02:17 > 0:02:19a Parliamentary inquiry into the matter.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Both companies deny any wrongdoing.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Keith Doyle reports.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Cambridge Analytica is a British company normally behind the
0:02:29 > 0:02:33headlines not in them. It says it can provide data and insights to
0:02:33 > 0:02:37drive your voters to the polls and win the campaign. But it is the role
0:02:37 > 0:02:41it had an Donald Trump's presidential campaign that has
0:02:41 > 0:02:44caused the Information Commissioner to launch an investigation.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49Cambridge Analytica is accused of using the personal data of 50
0:02:49 > 0:02:53million Facebook users to target voters, using that information in
0:02:53 > 0:03:00this way may be a breach of privacy laws.These allegations...
0:04:50 > 0:04:54It says it followed the correct procedures in obtaining and using
0:04:54 > 0:04:58data.Facebook insists it has done nothing wrong and has suspended
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Cambridge Analytica from its site. New data protection laws will come
0:05:01 > 0:05:05into force soon but for now, the relationship between technology,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09ethics and the law remains strained. Keith Doyle, BBC News.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14Our technology reporter, Zoe Kleinman, is here.
0:05:14 > 0:05:20Mark Zuckerberg is going to be called before a parliamentary
0:05:20 > 0:05:24committee. How much has Facebook been saying about this?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Interestingly, considering he wants to get the world talking, he has not
0:05:28 > 0:05:32said very much at all so far. We're waiting to hear whether there will
0:05:32 > 0:05:35be a big meeting later on in San Francisco were in more news might
0:05:35 > 0:05:39emerge and you might say something publicly. He has not said a lot.
0:05:39 > 0:05:49Facebook said it has hired its own team to search the Cambridge
0:05:49 > 0:05:53analytical officers, then the commissioner said you were seeking a
0:05:53 > 0:05:56warrant, they are obviously doing something, but they are not been
0:05:56 > 0:06:03forthcoming about what the next step should be. Whether or not they can
0:06:03 > 0:06:06force Mark Zuckerberg to come here remains to be seen. There are
0:06:06 > 0:06:10certainly calls growing in the US, calls for him to testify at
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Congress, people really want to know more about what data Facebook has
0:06:15 > 0:06:18been collecting about people and what it does with it and what
0:06:18 > 0:06:23happens after it has been shared. Thank you.
0:06:23 > 0:06:2723 Russian diplomats and their families are leaving
0:06:27 > 0:06:30the UK today, after being expelled in the wake of the
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Salisbury poison attack.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Removal vans and diplomatic cars have been seen leaving
0:06:34 > 0:06:35their embassy in London.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has said Russia is culpable
0:06:38 > 0:06:40for the poisoning of the double agent Sergei Skripal
0:06:40 > 0:06:41and his daughter.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46Paul Adams has the latest.
0:06:46 > 0:06:53This report contains some flash photography. Diplomats and their
0:06:53 > 0:06:56families leaving the Russian Embassy this morning. The Government says
0:06:56 > 0:07:01the 23 are all undeclared intelligence officers. But with
0:07:01 > 0:07:04partners and children, it is thought around 80 people are on the move.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08The largest such expulsion since the Cold War, a measure of the depths to
0:07:08 > 0:07:16which Anglo Russian relations have descended. This morning the Embassy
0:07:16 > 0:07:21released these pictures of a sendoff last Friday for the departing staff.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24The ambassador thanking them for their service and wishing them well
0:07:24 > 0:07:31in the future diplomatic couriers. What is our next move against the
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Russians?Across town, ministers gathering to figure out what to do
0:07:33 > 0:07:40next. No strong clues yet, the Government is pleased with the level
0:07:40 > 0:07:43of international solidarity so far, it seems it will reserve the right
0:07:43 > 0:07:49to take future action in the future. Which? further action. In Salisbury,
0:07:49 > 0:07:53no sign of a letup in a complex painstaking investigation. The
0:07:53 > 0:07:58police relying on the patient's and Corporation of the local population,
0:07:58 > 0:08:04making progress, they say, but slowly -- relying on the patients
0:08:04 > 0:08:10and cooperation.We have 4000 hours of CCTV footage so far, we have
0:08:10 > 0:08:13digital media, almost 800 exhibits. Think about they have been found on
0:08:13 > 0:08:21the wrist officers taking them -- the risks. This will be slower than
0:08:21 > 0:08:25perhaps people are expecting.As government scientists share their
0:08:25 > 0:08:27findings with international inspectors, Russia continues to
0:08:27 > 0:08:31insist it is entirely blameless. Boris Johnson has called the
0:08:31 > 0:08:40Kremlin's responds a haystack of lives -- lies and obfuscation. Will
0:08:40 > 0:08:44the tit-for-tat continue? The risks of action and inaction mean Theresa
0:08:44 > 0:08:51May has plenty to think about. Back here, remaining Russian staff bid
0:08:51 > 0:08:53farewell to their departing colleagues, this bitter dispute
0:08:53 > 0:08:59disrupting lives and severing ties. How long will the damage last? Paul
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Adams, BBC News.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Our correspondent, Richard Galpin, is in Moscow.
0:09:05 > 0:09:12Again, what is being said about this from your side?Not an awful lot. We
0:09:12 > 0:09:15have had a statement from the Kremlin in which they are saying
0:09:15 > 0:09:20Vladimir Putin has not got plans to immediately meet the group of
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Russian spies, diplomats, when they get back to Moscow. What we think is
0:09:25 > 0:09:29that it is highly likely, if we look back at previous episodes like this,
0:09:29 > 0:09:35if you remember the Russian sleeper agents, ten expelled from the US in
0:09:35 > 0:09:402010, part of the spies swap in which Sergei Skripal came to
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Britain. Those agents, when they arrived, they were fated, they had a
0:09:44 > 0:09:49meeting in the Kremlin, with the then president, they were given
0:09:49 > 0:09:53medals, songs were sung with Vladimir Putin, one of them, and
0:09:53 > 0:10:01Chapman, she became a celebrity, her own TV show, modelling, working with
0:10:01 > 0:10:09United Russia, the main party. Others worked for oil companies, got
0:10:09 > 0:10:12contracts, and Andre Luke Varney, the manic used of poisoning
0:10:12 > 0:10:20Alexander Litvinenko -- the man accused of poisoning Alexander
0:10:20 > 0:10:29Litvinenko, he is a politician -- Andre Lugo buy.The Environment
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Secretary Michael Gove has acknowledged fishing communities
0:10:32 > 0:10:37will be disappointed by the deal struck in the Brexit transition
0:10:37 > 0:10:41deal. MPs are meeting the Prime Minister today. Let us find out more
0:10:41 > 0:10:43from Norman Smith.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48There has been an urgent question about this.He sensed the Government
0:10:48 > 0:10:52are firmly on the back foot about the deal they struck on fisheries
0:10:52 > 0:10:57policy in this transition period, from MPs representing those
0:10:57 > 0:11:02communities who bluntly feel they have been sold out, let down by the
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Government, in particular following assurances they feel they were given
0:11:05 > 0:11:11by Michael Gove that by day one of the transition period, they would
0:11:11 > 0:11:17take back control of fisheries policy. A sense of anger fuelled too
0:11:17 > 0:11:22by the fact that many of these communities are precisely those
0:11:22 > 0:11:27constituencies that voted most heavily for Brexit and on top of
0:11:27 > 0:11:32that, because fisheries has a sort of iconic symbolic role in the whole
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Brexit debate. In part because of our maritime and nautical history
0:11:37 > 0:11:41and in part because of a widespread view that fishing communities have
0:11:41 > 0:11:47suffered more than many others from our membership of the EU which is
0:11:47 > 0:11:52why this lunchtime Michael Gove was at his most accommodating, saying he
0:11:52 > 0:11:58understood the disappointment of fishing communities and you note the
0:11:58 > 0:12:03McRae UK negotiators had pressed for a better deal but they had been
0:12:03 > 0:12:07rebuffed by the EU -- and UK negotiators. The difficulty is not
0:12:07 > 0:12:11that those MPs will now revolt against the transition deal, but
0:12:11 > 0:12:18they will be watching very closely indeed the final deal that is
0:12:18 > 0:12:21negotiated and the real fear, some of them have mentioned it in the
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Commons this lunchtime, is that if they can be let down over the
0:12:25 > 0:12:29transition period, how great is the danger they might also be let down
0:12:29 > 0:12:34in the final deal as the Government trades away control of fishing
0:12:34 > 0:12:39policy for other areas where it wants access to European markets?
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Norman Smith, thanks very much.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46A two-year-old girl has died after being rescued from a car found
0:12:46 > 0:12:48in a river in Cardigan.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Kiara Moore died in hospital after being pulled out
0:12:50 > 0:12:51the car in the River Teifi.
0:12:51 > 0:12:58Tomos Morgan is in Cardigan for us now.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Cardigan is a town in mourning today. Young families and their
0:13:03 > 0:13:08children have been laying flowers and balloons at the side of the
0:13:08 > 0:13:13river here where the car went in to the River Teifi. In the back,
0:13:13 > 0:13:19toddler Kiara Moore who later died of her injuries in hospital.
0:13:19 > 0:13:25Kiara Moore, just two years old, had it not been for the tragic events of
0:13:25 > 0:13:28yesterday afternoon, she would have been celebrating her third birthday
0:13:28 > 0:13:34a week today. Mid-afternoon on Monday, Dyfed-Powys Police were
0:13:34 > 0:13:39contacted about a missing silver Mini in cardigan, West Wales. It had
0:13:39 > 0:13:45been last seen in the centre of town near the river around 330. Police
0:13:45 > 0:13:50issued an appeal for witnesses. Later they found the car in the
0:13:50 > 0:13:54River Teifi outside the offices of the family business. It later
0:13:54 > 0:14:00transpired Kiara was in the back of the car as it went into the river, a
0:14:00 > 0:14:0330 emergency service personnel were involved in the rescue operation,
0:14:03 > 0:14:07she was flown directly by air ambulance to Cardiff University
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Hospital of Wales, but doctors were unable to revive the toddler.She
0:14:12 > 0:14:17was a very lively little girl, smiley, cheeky little smile all the
0:14:17 > 0:14:24time, her and her mum were always together, fun days out, she had a
0:14:24 > 0:14:30happy little life. Short life but a happy little life.Commenting on
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Facebook, her father, Jet Moore, thanked the endeavours of the
0:14:33 > 0:14:37emergency service that, while also paying tribute to his daughter.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42Describing her as, an incredible happy young girl who lived, I hope,
0:14:42 > 0:14:49a great adventure fun life. She may have done more than most people. A
0:14:49 > 0:14:54search of the River Teifi continued into the evening, even after Kiara
0:14:54 > 0:14:59was found. Today it is still unclear how the Mini came to be at the
0:14:59 > 0:15:04bottom of the river. Some of the mothers we have spoken to today have
0:15:04 > 0:15:08spoken on the impact it has had on them and their young families.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13Dozens of people have been commenting on Facebook, messages of
0:15:13 > 0:15:17condolence for the parents. Dyfed-Powys Police have commended
0:15:17 > 0:15:21the incredible selflessness of the officers that went into the river to
0:15:21 > 0:15:28try to rescue young Kiara. As the town and the family mourn the loss,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31the investigation will continue into how exactly this tragedy unfolded.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Thank you.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38There's been a bigger than expected fall in inflation.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Figures from the Office for National Statistics show
0:15:41 > 0:15:44consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 2.7% in February,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46down from 3% in January.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50A small drop in petrol prices is one of the factors behind the fall,
0:15:50 > 0:15:57as our economics correspondent, Andy Verity, reports.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02At this Kent -based maker of healthy juices, slicing a little off your
0:16:02 > 0:16:06cost can make a big difference. It's selling point is a product that is
0:16:06 > 0:16:10fresh with nothing added, not preservatives nor water, so it is
0:16:10 > 0:16:15essential to get it to the shelves quickly. The young entrepreneur in
0:16:15 > 0:16:18charge has said that the service has been getting cheaper.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Things that are easing off in terms of cost include distribution, we're
0:16:23 > 0:16:26finding distribution costs have gone down, it is more cost-effective to
0:16:26 > 0:16:32move stuff from A to B. Other aspects of cost easing, digital
0:16:32 > 0:16:37technology is becoming more cost-effective for us, we have seen
0:16:37 > 0:16:42the cost of that come-down. The cost of living is still rising,
0:16:42 > 0:16:47not as quickly as most economists expected, by 2.7%. Little sign of
0:16:47 > 0:16:51further inflationary pressure coming down the pipeline, with prices
0:16:51 > 0:16:57leaving the factory up 2.6% and prices of raw materials are by just
0:16:57 > 0:16:583.4%. That is a much softer rise than in
0:16:58 > 0:17:03the wake of the Brexit vote when the price of raw materials jumped by a
0:17:03 > 0:17:15fifth. The devalued pound meant companies needed more pounds to
0:17:15 > 0:17:17companies needed more pounds to buy the imported goods, an effect which
0:17:17 > 0:17:19took months to feed to supermarket shelves. Now the pound is stronger
0:17:19 > 0:17:21and inflation driven by import prices is much less of a threat.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24The impact of the fall in the pound meant that import inflation was
0:17:24 > 0:17:29quite high. That effect is fading and increasingly inflation is coming
0:17:29 > 0:17:32from domestic sources, higher wage growth in particular driving up
0:17:32 > 0:17:36costs. While the cost of some services like
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Communications has fallen, the Bank of England still expects to raise
0:17:39 > 0:17:43interest rates in May to head off the risk of inflationary pressure at
0:17:43 > 0:17:46home -- the Bank of England is still expected to. The latest figures on
0:17:46 > 0:17:51pay rise show that wages are not keeping up with prices, a phenomena
0:17:51 > 0:17:55leading to the worst squeeze in living standards in 200 years. But
0:17:55 > 0:18:00if inflation continues to flow, the squeeze should soon begin to feel
0:18:00 > 0:18:03less uncomfortably tight. Andy Verity, BBC News.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Our top story this lunchtime...
0:18:04 > 0:18:07The Information Commissioner is seeking a warrant to search
0:18:07 > 0:18:09the offices of a political consultancy accused of using
0:18:09 > 0:18:11the data of millions of Facebook users to influence
0:18:11 > 0:18:17the US presidential election.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18And still to come...
0:18:18 > 0:18:21More than 24,000 miles of roads in England and Wales are said to be
0:18:21 > 0:18:28in urgent need of repair because of potholes.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Coming up in sport...
0:18:29 > 0:18:32"We let the fans down" - England's Danny Care admits the team
0:18:32 > 0:18:34need to change their approach, following their worst-ever finish
0:18:34 > 0:18:40to a Six Nations campaign.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Police are urging the public to become "counter-terrorism
0:18:48 > 0:18:50citizens" - and report any suspicious behaviour or activity
0:18:50 > 0:18:56to help prevent a terror attack.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59One in five reports made to counter-terrorism police last
0:18:59 > 0:19:02year contained useful intelligence, officers claim.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04They say people should trust their instincts and let
0:19:04 > 0:19:08them know when something doesn't seem right.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14Our home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw reports.
0:19:14 > 0:19:21The police need the public's help to tackle terrorism.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27They want people to become their ears and eyes, to be
0:19:27 > 0:19:30on the lookout for unusual activity or behaviour and report it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32The message is trust your instincts, just as officers trust theirs
0:19:32 > 0:19:34to spot something that doesn't feel right.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37I may see someone paying attention to security operations.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41A car going past the same location numerous times.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45A person with no direction or purpose.
0:19:45 > 0:19:53The list is not exhaustive.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58-- it is very much what is suspicious to that person.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00The purpose of this exercise is to deter crime, engage
0:20:00 > 0:20:03with people and remind them about the importance of looking out
0:20:03 > 0:20:04for suspicious behaviour.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06The public's help has already become crucial in tackling terrorism.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Last year the public contacted counterterrorism police
0:20:08 > 0:20:11almost 31,000 times.
0:20:11 > 0:20:19Around 6700 calls and messages contained useful information.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Tip offs were used to help investigations and build up
0:20:22 > 0:20:23intelligence on possible suspects.
0:20:23 > 0:20:31One of those arrested after a tip-off was a self-confessed
0:20:32 > 0:20:33neo-Nazi, Ethan Stables.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Stables had posted a Facebook message saying he was going to war
0:20:36 > 0:20:38and planned to slaughter people at a gay pride event.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40A member of a far right group contacted police.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44At his flat they found weapons and evidence
0:20:44 > 0:20:45he'd researched how to make a bomb.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Stables was found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism,
0:20:49 > 0:20:49threat to kill and possessing explosives.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Every good police officer should be a counterterrorism officer.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I want every citizen to be a counterterrorism citizen and this
0:20:54 > 0:20:58is how they can do just that.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01As part of the campaign there is a short film showing
0:21:01 > 0:21:04people the kind of things they should report.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Police say don't be worried about contacting them
0:21:06 > 0:21:08if it seems trivial.
0:21:08 > 0:21:15It might be the missing piece of the jigsaw they need.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Danny Shaw, BBC News.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Another parcel has exploded at a distribution centre in Texas,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22in what police believe is the latest in a series of bombings
0:21:22 > 0:21:23targeting the city of Austin.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Two people have been killed and six injured
0:21:25 > 0:21:28in a total of four explosions.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31The latest package to go off contained nails and shrapnel.
0:21:31 > 0:21:38Our correspondent Gary O'Donoghue is in Austin.
0:21:38 > 0:21:46Gary?This is the first explosion since the beginning of the month in
0:21:46 > 0:21:51Texas. For authority is extremely worried about what is coming next,
0:21:51 > 0:21:56the bomber seems to have changed their modus operandi since the
0:21:56 > 0:22:01beginning of this operation. Three of those were parcel bombs left for
0:22:01 > 0:22:06specific victims on their doorsteps, the fourth just on Sunday was a
0:22:06 > 0:22:11tripwire in the street set off by two passers-by. They are still in
0:22:11 > 0:22:16hospital, with serious injuries but in a stable condition. This latest
0:22:16 > 0:22:20one at a FedEx blunt about an hour south of where I am in Austen has
0:22:20 > 0:22:24not injured anyone but it will worry investigators that there are other
0:22:24 > 0:22:31potential parcels in the mail, perhaps, heading back towards Austin
0:22:31 > 0:22:37they have no suspects and no idea of motive at this stage.Thank you,
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Gary O'Donoghue in Austin, Texas.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44The Government has increased the amount disabled people can claim
0:22:44 > 0:22:45to help them into work.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50From next month, people with disabilities will be eligible
0:22:50 > 0:22:53for funding of up to £57,000 to cover support workers, transport
0:22:53 > 0:22:57costs and other assistance.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Our disability News correspondent Nikki Fox has more details.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Ben has worked at this large accountancy firm
0:23:03 > 0:23:04for more than 17 years.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Work is hugely important to me.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I always had the goal of having a career, to have a job,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10to be able to support myself.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12He has cerebral palsy and needs this specialist wheelchair
0:23:12 > 0:23:14and his support worker, Mohammed, to help him do
0:23:14 > 0:23:16the things he can't.
0:23:16 > 0:23:23Thank you very much.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Ben relies on funding through Access to Work, a Government
0:23:26 > 0:23:29scheme set up to help with extra costs like this.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31But in 2015, those costs were capped and because of this,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Ben was denied the funding he needed to replace his ageing wheelchair.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38You feel that you battle so hard to be able to come to work and work
0:23:38 > 0:23:41full-time and hold down a job for the length of time that I have
0:23:41 > 0:23:45done, and in order to be able to do that you do need support.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48And there seems to be a complete lack of support to the imposition
0:23:48 > 0:23:50of the funding cap and the way that it is managed.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56-- through the imposition of the funding cap.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58But could problems like Ben's be a thing of the past?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Today the Government has announced an increase to the cap,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04from just over £42,000 to £57,200, twice the average salary.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07I don't want there to be a cap on aspiration for any disabled
0:24:07 > 0:24:11person, and that's why we've extended the scheme.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Disabled people or people with health conditions should
0:24:13 > 0:24:19have a tailor-made package of support through Access to Work.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Campaigners say limiting the amount of money available has already had
0:24:22 > 0:24:26a negative impact on the employment opportunities of disabled,
0:24:26 > 0:24:31and particularly deaf people.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Many need multiple interpreters, and that comes at a higher cost.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37The best way is to remove the cap altogether.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39What's most important is that people have access
0:24:39 > 0:24:43to the employment market, regardless of how much the costs.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47I think a slight raise in the cap, we'll still be facing and dealing
0:24:47 > 0:24:51with the same situation.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54There are some people that will call this a U-turn.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Right at the beginning, when the cap was introduced,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59the minister at the time said we would need to keep
0:24:59 > 0:25:00it under review.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02We work very closely with disabled people and people
0:25:02 > 0:25:03with health conditions.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06We are absolutely determined to make sure that everybody has
0:25:06 > 0:25:10the opportunity of making progress and getting a good job.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Ben has already spent thousands of pounds of his own money
0:25:13 > 0:25:15keeping his own wheelchair going.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17But the Government says it's confident he and many others
0:25:17 > 0:25:22will now benefit from the increase.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Nikki Fox, BBC News.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28There's a warning that a fifth of roads in England and Wales
0:25:28 > 0:25:31are in a poor condition because councils don't have enough
0:25:31 > 0:25:34money to tackle potholes.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36The study, by the Asphalt Industry Alliance, is based on information
0:25:36 > 0:25:37from local authorities.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40It says maintenance funding has fallen short for many years and some
0:25:40 > 0:25:46roads are now becoming unsafe.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48This is the problem that we are talking about.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It's a problem which irritates motorists.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Every day, I feel like my tyres are going to be completely ruined.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56They are atrocious, the roads.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58It's everywhere now.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01It really, really need some investment.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Simon and Tom are part of a club which cycle around
0:26:04 > 0:26:0510,000 miles a year.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Both have been recently injured.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10There wasn't really anywhere to go, with the cars being on the right.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12I hit this pothole...
0:26:12 > 0:26:15It kind of took one of my hands off the bars...
0:26:15 > 0:26:17And I went down quite hard.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22Probably doing in excess of 25, 26 miles an hour.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I've had injections, fluid put in my shoulders and in my hands,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27cortisone injections.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30It's been quite an ongoing thing.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33And the trauma's kind of stayed with you, because you're
0:26:33 > 0:26:35not out there cycling competitively right now?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37So it really knocks your confidence, you know?
0:26:37 > 0:26:41You're just really aware of the road surface.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43And certainly being pushed out into the traffic
0:26:43 > 0:26:47because of the state of the broken roads.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50And we know this, the big thaw, is likely to make a big
0:26:50 > 0:26:52problem even bigger.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55But today a report from the people who will help look after
0:26:55 > 0:26:57the big fix says this.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Councils in England and Wales filled in 24% fewer potholes last year
0:27:00 > 0:27:03than five years ago.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08And it will take 14 years to clear the current road repair backlog.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10One in five roads have got less than five years' worth
0:27:10 > 0:27:12of life left in them.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Now, compare that to last year when we were saying one in six.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17So the scale of the problem is escalating.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Our roads are getting worse.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22While novel ways are dreamed up to highlight the problem,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25the Local Government Association says councils are making progress
0:27:25 > 0:27:27in filling the holes properly but need much more funding
0:27:27 > 0:27:30from central government.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Central government say they have given close
0:27:32 > 0:27:36to £300 million to help do the job.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Simon was offered £18,000 from a council in compensation.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44All of this costs, but today's report says nowhere near enough
0:27:44 > 0:27:48is being spent to tackle decades of underinvestment.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Jane McCubbin, BBC News.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53
0:27:53 > 0:27:55The last remaining male northern white rhinoceros has died,
0:27:55 > 0:28:02bringing the sub-species one step closer to extinction.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05The 45-year-old rhino, called Sudan, was put down by a vet in Kenya,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07after suffering an illness related to old age.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Only two other northern white rhinos are left, both females.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16From Kenya, Alastair Leithead reports.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19There was no other animal quite like him.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23For the last few years scientists and conservationists have been
0:28:23 > 0:28:26trying to get Sudan, the world's last northern
0:28:26 > 0:28:32white rhino, to mate.
0:28:32 > 0:28:39They even put the 45-year-old on Tinder as an eligible bachelor.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41As part of a publicity campaign to save the sub
0:28:41 > 0:28:43species from extinction.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44But the gene pool is small.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46The two remaining northern white rhinos are his
0:28:46 > 0:28:47daughter and granddaughter.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49The last hope for the subspecies is an IVF technique
0:28:49 > 0:28:51which has never been tried.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54It will depend on a surrogate southern white rhino.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58In the last three or four years there have been attempts to develop
0:28:58 > 0:29:06what I refer to as artificial reproductive techniques,
0:29:07 > 0:29:08in particular in vitro fertilisation, to
0:29:08 > 0:29:09recover this species.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10It is massively complex and expensive.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12It has never been done in rhinos before.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16The chances of it working are probably remote.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18The last northern white rhinos seen in the wild
0:29:18 > 0:29:21were here in the national park in the northern Democratic
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Republic of Congo.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25That was many years ago.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30They were acknowledged as being extinct in the wild in 2008.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33An epidemic of poaching for rhino horn in the 1970s and 1980s wiped
0:29:33 > 0:29:37out many of these ancient animals in central Africa.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Gradually those in captivity have died of old age.
0:29:41 > 0:29:49Sudan had been sick for some time.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Vets put him down when it was clear an illness brought on by old age
0:29:53 > 0:29:54was causing him pain.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56This is where the last two surviving northern white rhinos live under
0:29:56 > 0:29:58armed guard 24 hours a day.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Such is the continuing threat to this endangered species.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06They now have just 30,000 rhinos left on the planet.
0:30:06 > 0:30:14Sudan is unusual for his kind because he died of old age.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Alastair Leithead, BBC News, in northern Kenya.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Time for a look at the weather.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28You are not with me in the studio, is it something I said?!
0:30:28 > 0:30:35Not at all, just for a change. Today is the first day of astronomical
0:30:35 > 0:30:38spring, it is the spring Equinox, day and night of equal length. The
0:30:38 > 0:30:42weather is behaving itself for most of us. We have lost the cold
0:30:42 > 0:30:47easterly winds we have had for quite some time. Just a hint for a time
0:30:47 > 0:30:51across the extreme east, but what we will see increasingly is these
0:30:51 > 0:30:57Atlantic weather systems pushing in our direction. There is slightly
0:30:57 > 0:31:02milder air, it is not all that warm. Over the next few days you can see
0:31:02 > 0:31:06an area of milder weather coming our way, towards the end of the week it
0:31:06 > 0:31:09looks like there might be something colder returning. Nothing like what
0:31:09 > 0:31:14we have had. In the short term, the weather is
0:31:14 > 0:31:18relatively quiet, just a couple of sprinkled showers across Yorkshire
0:31:18 > 0:31:22and the Midlands. The main story for tonight is that the skies will be
0:31:22 > 0:31:27clear across most of the UK. There will be a frost, particularly across
0:31:27 > 0:31:30England and Wales and perhaps eastern Scotland. You can see the
0:31:30 > 0:31:34clouds increasing behind me, the westerlies setting in. This is a
0:31:34 > 0:31:38hint of things to come for the next few days. There is a big change on
0:31:38 > 0:31:41the way, winds of change, if you like.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47Here is Wednesday's weather, a bright if not sunny start across
0:31:47 > 0:31:51many southern areas, notice the westerly winds across Scotland in a
0:31:51 > 0:31:55much milder direction, even the south-westerly winds across Ireland.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Temperatures into double figures in a number of areas, we have not had
0:31:58 > 0:32:03that for a little while so things will feel quite a bit warmer,
0:32:03 > 0:32:06relatively, on Wednesday. On Thursday here is the first usual
0:32:06 > 0:32:10weather fronts coming off the Atlantic, south-westerly winds. To
0:32:10 > 0:32:13the east of art, the weather will be quite bright with temperatures
0:32:13 > 0:32:19getting up to maybe about 12. Even in the rain in Belfast, 10 degrees,
0:32:19 > 0:32:25it shows you how much milder the air is. Towards the end of the week the
0:32:25 > 0:32:29jet stream rushes in our direction, whenever we see these wobbles going
0:32:29 > 0:32:33up and down and up again, whenever we see these patterns in the jet
0:32:33 > 0:32:38stream, low-pressure systems start spinning up and we can see one low
0:32:38 > 0:32:41moving across the country, perhaps even bringing sleet across the
0:32:41 > 0:32:45hills. More noticeably a stronger breeze across southern areas, with
0:32:45 > 0:32:46temperatures up to 11 degrees. Back
0:32:46 > 0:32:46breeze across southern areas, with temperatures up to 11 degrees. Back
0:32:46 > 0:32:48to you.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50A reminder of our main story this lunchtime....
0:32:50 > 0:32:52The Information Commissioner is seeking a warrant to search
0:32:52 > 0:32:55the offices of a political consultancy accused of using
0:32:55 > 0:32:57the data of millions of Facebook users to influence
0:32:57 > 0:33:03the US presidential election.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09And on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
0:33:09 > 0:33:34Have a good afternoon.