0:00:04 > 0:00:06What price Brexit?
0:00:06 > 0:00:07The Government offers to significantly increase
0:00:07 > 0:00:10what it's prepared to pay the EU.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13The Government had said it would pay 20 billion euros -
0:00:13 > 0:00:19it's now thought that that could rise up to 50 billion euros.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22We've been waiting for this for a long time, 18 months or so.
0:00:22 > 0:00:31Now's the time to get the whole ship off the rocks and move it forwards.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34We'll be looking at whether the latest figure reflects the final
0:00:34 > 0:00:36cost and whether we'll ever know what that is.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Also tonight...
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Lawyers for the man convicted of the murders of Lin
0:00:39 > 0:00:42and Megan Russell in 1996 say they have new evidence which
0:00:42 > 0:00:45implicates a different suspect.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47A wartime Bosnian Croat commander drinks what appears to be poison
0:00:47 > 0:00:52at his trial at the Hague and dies.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Donald Trump comes under attack for sharing inflammatory videos
0:00:54 > 0:00:59from a British far-right group.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01And the UK's highest paid university vice chancellor -
0:01:01 > 0:01:03who's now stepped down - insists she's not embarrassed
0:01:03 > 0:01:07by controversy about her salary.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Coming up on Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11the investigation into Ben Stokes' involvement
0:01:11 > 0:01:13in a fight outside a nightclub has concluded
0:01:13 > 0:01:23and the CPS will now decide whether or not he will face charges.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42The Government has offered to significantly increase
0:01:42 > 0:01:45the so-called Brexit divorce bill, the amount of money it's willing
0:01:45 > 0:01:47to pay the European Union for our departure from it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51It's understood the Government is now prepared to pay up
0:01:51 > 0:01:53to 50 billion euros - around £44 billion -
0:01:53 > 0:01:56in an attempt to kick-start talks on a future trade deal.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Back in September, the prime minister
0:01:58 > 0:02:01had said the UK was prepared to pay 20 billion euros.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03But the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier insists "we are not there"
0:02:03 > 0:02:06and negotiations are continuing.
0:02:06 > 0:02:14Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg has more.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19There is no substitute for personal diplomacy. The Prime Minister, the
0:02:19 > 0:02:23first major leader to visit Iraq since so-called IS were driven out
0:02:23 > 0:02:29of Mosul. Thousands of miles away, dealings between Westminster and
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Brussels made a broad offer to settle the UK's accounts has been
0:02:32 > 0:02:37hypothetically agreed.We are still negotiations with the European
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Union, and I am clear that I want us to move together onto the stage. We
0:02:41 > 0:02:45are working in the lead up to the December European Council. I want to
0:02:45 > 0:02:50see us able to move on to the trade talks and the security talks, but it
0:02:50 > 0:02:55means us moving together.Surely a bill of around 40 to 50 billion
0:02:55 > 0:02:59euros is too much for Brexiteers, who promised we would get money
0:02:59 > 0:03:03back? After months of haggling and handshakes and frankly, changes of
0:03:03 > 0:03:09heart, the Cabinet is pretty much on board.The Prime Minister is going
0:03:09 > 0:03:13to go forward to the December European Council with a very fair
0:03:13 > 0:03:19offer. We want to see progress towards the second phase of the
0:03:19 > 0:03:24negotiation. We have been waiting for 18 months or so. Now is the
0:03:24 > 0:03:32moment to get the whole ship off the rocks and move it forwards.They
0:03:32 > 0:03:36hope is that with more hypothetical cash on the table, talks about trade
0:03:36 > 0:03:40can start next month.Do you think the Brexit divorce bill is too
0:03:40 > 0:03:44large?But nothing is final, so and no minister will publicly give an
0:03:44 > 0:03:48official seal of approval.Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed
0:03:48 > 0:03:50about this whole package, but we accept that there are obligations
0:03:50 > 0:03:53that we have built up and we will meet them if the Prime Minister has
0:03:53 > 0:03:58said.When we were told we would have plenty of money back if we
0:03:58 > 0:04:01voted to leave, it seems the EU has won the argument that the bill to
0:04:01 > 0:04:07settle our accounts runs into the tens of billions. Whether it be for
0:04:07 > 0:04:10long temperatures we have already signed up to all the pensions of
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Brussels staff in years to come. In the bigger picture, around 40
0:04:15 > 0:04:18billion spread over many years is not big bucks for the government. So
0:04:18 > 0:04:25the anger you might have expected in there didn't really explode.If we
0:04:25 > 0:04:27are going to negotiate the comprehensive new trade agreement
0:04:27 > 0:04:30with the European Union which we need for future jobs and prosperity,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34we need to be seen as a country which can be trusted to comply with
0:04:34 > 0:04:38the deals we reach.So will my right honourable friend guarantee that
0:04:38 > 0:04:44there will be no legally binding commitment to spend money until our
0:04:44 > 0:04:47partners agree to a serious free trade deal?With the minister agree
0:04:47 > 0:04:53that such a move would be betraying the trust of the British people?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Sangakkara she should not pay more than we owe, but she should be
0:04:56 > 0:04:59confident that whatever it is, it's a bargain against the cost of
0:04:59 > 0:05:06staying in.Do you welcome Britain's decision to pay more, Mr Barnier?We
0:05:06 > 0:05:10are still working.The EU chief negotiator was in no mood to declare
0:05:10 > 0:05:13that it is done. The final details of the bill will not be agreed for
0:05:13 > 0:05:17some time, and they deal to move onto the next phase of talks could
0:05:17 > 0:05:20still be scuppered by disagreement over the Irish border or the
0:05:20 > 0:05:25European courts. We are still waiting for more from London, he
0:05:25 > 0:05:35said. We are not there yet. After months of European hard talk and
0:05:35 > 0:05:37sticking together, Britain has moved significantly towards their version
0:05:37 > 0:05:41of what we have to pay, the government finding little success
0:05:41 > 0:05:47perhaps in the Brexit talks in trying to stay out on a limb.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51So this 50 billion euros, how likely is that to be the final tally given
0:05:51 > 0:05:55that we are unlikely to know the final tally?Officials are
0:05:55 > 0:05:59metaphorically still out there with their calculator is, haggling over
0:05:59 > 0:06:03particular sums under many different items that make up this proposed
0:06:03 > 0:06:07final bill. Nobody is suggesting that we have reached the end of this
0:06:07 > 0:06:10process. We know that a broad range has been agreed in the region of
0:06:10 > 0:06:15between 40 and 50 billion, and 50 billion euros, as far as the UK
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Government is concerned, is at the top end. People have said to me that
0:06:19 > 0:06:23they are confident they can get it under that. But we can't be sure
0:06:23 > 0:06:27what the end total will be because the UK Government is pretty firm
0:06:27 > 0:06:30that it will only pay out that kind of sum over many years were me know
0:06:30 > 0:06:34what we will get in return. And lots of these payments are not
0:06:34 > 0:06:37predictable. There are things like pensions in here, long term loans
0:06:37 > 0:06:42that have been paid out to other European countries. So we cannot at
0:06:42 > 0:06:46this point be forensically clear about the details. We can be clear
0:06:46 > 0:06:50that there is a broad understanding that should in theory make it easier
0:06:50 > 0:06:53for the vital summit next month to move onto the next phase of this
0:06:53 > 0:07:01whole saga.Talking of that, there are still the thorny issue of the
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Ireland border to be resolved.And that is still a huge problem,
0:07:05 > 0:07:12because the very point of being in the European Union is that across
0:07:12 > 0:07:14country borders, goods, people, trucks and families can move
0:07:14 > 0:07:19wherever they want. What's the UK and Northern Ireland are out of the
0:07:19 > 0:07:24European Union, what happens to those borders and things on either
0:07:24 > 0:07:27side of the Irish border? The Irish government wants a cast-iron
0:07:27 > 0:07:32guarantee from Britain that there is no way a hard border would be put in
0:07:32 > 0:07:36between the two countries. The UK Government says of course, that is
0:07:36 > 0:07:39not what anybody wants. The Foreign Secretary has even said it is
0:07:39 > 0:07:44unthinkable. But while all these negotiations are up in the ad, the
0:07:44 > 0:07:47UK Government will not make that cast-iron guarantee that Ireland
0:07:47 > 0:07:51says it is after. But with a few days to go until the real crunch
0:07:51 > 0:07:56here, there is such a loss of bravado on all sides in these
0:07:56 > 0:07:59negotiations, and there are some hints that both sides might be
0:07:59 > 0:08:03prepared to budge a little bit. There is no question that this one
0:08:03 > 0:08:07issue could still scupper the talks. Laura, thank you.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10President Trump has used his Twitter account to share inflammatory videos
0:08:10 > 0:08:12which were posted online by the deputy leader of
0:08:12 > 0:08:15the far-right group, Britain First.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18The footage purports to show Muslims committing acts of violence.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Downing Street has condemned the move.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21The president has been accused here and in the States
0:08:21 > 0:08:23of spreading hatred.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24The tweets have been welcomed,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26though, by the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
0:08:26 > 0:08:35Our North America Correspondent Nick Bryant reports.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Britain First is a far right anti-Muslim group with a small
0:08:39 > 0:08:42membership that often engages in publicity stunts to try to raise its
0:08:42 > 0:08:48profile. Early this morning, it received a huge propaganda gift from
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Donald Trump, the America First president. On his Twitter feed, he
0:08:52 > 0:08:57retweeting three inflammatory videos from the group's deputy leader, the
0:08:57 > 0:09:04first claiming to show a Muslim migrant packing a man on crutches.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09This is the depute leader in action. Earlier this month, she was charged
0:09:09 > 0:09:13with using threatening behaviour during speeches she made above us.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17For her, these presidential retreats are manna from heaven. God bless
0:09:17 > 0:09:21you, Trump, she tweeted. God bless America. There has been a despairing
0:09:21 > 0:09:25response from the family of the murdered MP Jo Cox, who was killed
0:09:25 > 0:09:33by a right-wing extremist who shouted Root. -- shouted Britain
0:09:33 > 0:09:39First.Destroys hate against Muslims and Donald Trump is the president of
0:09:39 > 0:09:42our nearest ally, and the fact that he didn't check first or didn't even
0:09:42 > 0:09:47think about the content of those tweets before doing it, I think
0:09:47 > 0:09:51suggests that his judgment is hugely lacking.Downing Street has said it
0:09:51 > 0:09:54was wrong for the president to have done this, but added that his
0:09:54 > 0:09:57invitation to make a state visit to better next year still stands. As
0:09:57 > 0:10:03for the White House, it is unapologetic.The threat is real.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07The threat needs to be addressed. The threat has to be talked about,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11and that is what the president is doing in bringing that up.Previous
0:10:11 > 0:10:15US administrations have liked to think of themselves as beacons of
0:10:15 > 0:10:19democratic values, but that has not been a high priority for the Trump
0:10:19 > 0:10:23White House. Many people around the world will be saddened and sickened
0:10:23 > 0:10:27to see the president of the United States appearing to validate tweets
0:10:27 > 0:10:33from a far right group. Ten months into this unorthodox and provocative
0:10:33 > 0:10:38presidency, Donald Trump still has the capacity to shock. Nick Bryant,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41BBC News, New York.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44A wartime commander of Bosnian Croat forces has died after drinking
0:10:44 > 0:10:46what appeared to be poison during his hearing
0:10:46 > 0:10:48at the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Slobodan Praljak had just heard the appeal against his 20-year
0:10:50 > 0:10:52sentence for war crimes had been rejected.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55From the Hague, Anna Holligan reports.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00This was supposed to be a routine hearing, but as his final
0:11:00 > 0:11:01judgment was being read out, Slobodan Praljak
0:11:01 > 0:11:07swallowed something.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Slobodan Praljak is not a war criminal.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11I am rejecting the court ruling.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I have taken poison.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17This courtroom is now a crime scene.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Don't take away the glass he used when he drank something.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Proceedings were immediately halted.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27We suspend.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32Please, the curtains.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Cameras captured a few moments of confusion
0:11:33 > 0:11:38before the live broadcast was cut.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43Slobodan Praljak was a commander of the Bosnian Croat forces,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45guilty of destroying Mostar's iconic Ottoman-era bridge
0:11:45 > 0:11:50and persecuting Muslims.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Outside the court, the ambulances arrived.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Fire crews wearing oxygen tanks on their backs ran inside.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00This was not the ending the court had envisaged.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03This UN tribunal was set up before the end of the war,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05and has surpassed expectations by dealing with every one
0:12:05 > 0:12:09of the 161 suspects.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12But the fact that one of them was able to smuggle in
0:12:12 > 0:12:15a deadly poison and take it in front of the live cameras
0:12:15 > 0:12:20will leave an indelible mark on this court's legacy.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24While it has faced allegations of bias from politicians
0:12:24 > 0:12:27on all sides, many of the victims believe this institution has given
0:12:27 > 0:12:31them some form of justice.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Now the question is, how could an institution with such
0:12:34 > 0:12:37tight security and impressive record allow such a fatal lapse?
0:12:37 > 0:12:47Anna Holligan, BBC News, The Hague.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Companies which incorrectly treat their workers as if they're
0:12:53 > 0:12:55self-employed could be facing unlimited liability for holiday pay,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57due to a court ruling.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00The European Court of Justice has ruled that a British window salesman
0:13:00 > 0:13:02was entitled to claim 13 years' backdated paid leave
0:13:02 > 0:13:05in a case that could have wider implications for firms operating
0:13:05 > 0:13:08in the so-called gig economy.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10It's one of the most notorious of British murders.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12A mother and daughter, Lin and Megan Russell,
0:13:12 > 0:13:17killed as they walked along a quiet country lane in Kent in 1996.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Now the lawyers for Michael Stone - the man found guilty
0:13:20 > 0:13:22of the crime, but who's always protested his innocence -
0:13:22 > 0:13:26say the alleged confession of another suspect, serial killer
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Levi Bellfield, suggests hecould have committed the murders.
0:13:27 > 0:13:36Wyre Davies has been given exclusive access to the evidence.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38It was an appalling murder, a brutal unprovoked attack in rural
0:13:38 > 0:13:44Kent in July 1996 on a family walking home from school.
0:13:44 > 0:13:4845-year-old Lin Russell and her six-year-old
0:13:48 > 0:13:53daughter Megan were killed in the frenzied hammer attack.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56But nine-year-old Josie survived, despite suffering terrible injuries.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Michael Stone, a known criminal and drug addict,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02was arrested a year later and found guilty of the Russell murders.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06He's always protested his innocence.
0:14:06 > 0:14:12We intend first to read a statement...
0:14:12 > 0:14:16And today, dramatic new evidence from Stone's lawyers -
0:14:16 > 0:14:18what they say is a detailed confession to the Russell
0:14:18 > 0:14:21murders by this man, Levi Bellfield, already serving two
0:14:21 > 0:14:23full life terms for the murders of schoolgirl Milly Dowler,
0:14:23 > 0:14:29Amelie Delagrange and Marsha McDonnell.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Bellfield has now, allegedly, told a fellow prisoner
0:14:31 > 0:14:34in considerable detail that he also murdered the Russells.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37The prisoner's words have been re-voiced.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39He said, I've never told anyone this before.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I killed another child and got away with it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43He said he approached them with his hammer in hand,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45and the mother screamed and begged him not
0:14:45 > 0:14:46to hurt her children.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48He struck her first, and then Josie.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51The dog was killed, followed by Megan.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54What gives this alleged confession even more credibility is that,
0:14:54 > 0:14:56as far as we can tell, it contains certain details
0:14:56 > 0:15:00that would have been known to only very few people,
0:15:00 > 0:15:04like police investigators or the killer himself.
0:15:04 > 0:15:11None of Michael Stone's DNA was ever found at the murder scene.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14But his legal team today said there was potentially new forensic
0:15:14 > 0:15:16evidence against Bellfield.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18They also said a new eyewitness had come forward, identifying
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Levi Bellfield as a man she saw driving erratically
0:15:20 > 0:15:24near the murder scene.
0:15:24 > 0:15:33Speaking from prison,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Stone acknowledged his own violent past but told me
0:15:35 > 0:15:36that unlike Bellfield, he had no history
0:15:36 > 0:15:37of attacking women.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40You've got a track record of violence, you hit
0:15:40 > 0:15:41a man with a hammer.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44They were desperate to link me to the crime,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47but it's not even similar, because I went to the house
0:15:47 > 0:15:50of someone who I found out was messing about with people,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53and I went to his house to warn him not to do it,
0:15:53 > 0:15:54and he grabbed my throat.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58It wasn't a hammer, it was a mallet, I picked it up to strike him with it
0:15:58 > 0:16:00to get him off my neck.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It's nothing like attacking a child, or a mother and a child.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04There's no similarity, really.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Levi Bellfield has now denied ever making a confession,
0:16:06 > 0:16:13and Kent Police said they stood by Stone's conviction.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Mick's been in prison now for 20 years, and that's 20 years too long
0:16:16 > 0:16:18for somebody who hasn't committed a crime.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20But Michael Stone's family described this as a moment of hope,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23saying his case must now be sent to the Court of Appeal.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Wyre Davies, BBC News.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29And to see more on this,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31BBC Wales Investigates has a special programme tomorrow night at 8.30pm
0:16:31 > 0:16:39on BBC One Wales and on iPlayer.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40The time is 6.15.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Our top story this evening:
0:16:41 > 0:16:43The Government significantly increases what it's prepared to pay
0:16:43 > 0:16:45the EU in the Brexit divorce bill.
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0:17:19 > 0:17:22The highest paid university vice chancellor in the UK,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24who's announced she's stepping down after her pay was described
0:17:24 > 0:17:26as "outrageous," has defended her salary.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell at Bath University insists
0:17:28 > 0:17:30she's not embarrassed by her £468,000 annual
0:17:30 > 0:17:35pay packet and insists the university hasn't been damaged
0:17:35 > 0:17:44by the controversy.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46She's been speaking to our education editor, Branwen Jeffries.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Cold winter sun on the campus.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52The University of Bath hoping to move on.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54The vice chancellor, in her first interview,
0:17:54 > 0:17:55told me her pay was justified.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58You seem unembarrassed by the controversy.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02I think that the controversy has been something that
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I would have wished to avoid, but I'm not
0:18:05 > 0:18:09embarrassed by the fact that
0:18:09 > 0:18:12those people who actually have determined my salary did so in the
0:18:12 > 0:18:16way that they did.
0:18:16 > 0:18:23Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell will be paid
0:18:23 > 0:18:27£468,000 a year until February, 2019.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30She'll stay in the university flat in Bath until August, 2018.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35And a car loan of £31,000 will be written off.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Your pay has been one element of the controversy, so has
0:18:38 > 0:18:42the house, the housekeeper that goes with it, the car loan that is being
0:18:42 > 0:18:45written off, the fact indeed that you will now be paid until February,
0:18:45 > 0:18:462019.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Do you think that's going to do further damage to the
0:18:48 > 0:18:51university's reputation?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I don't actually think that the university's
0:18:53 > 0:18:56reputation is being damaged by this.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59I think that we recognise the value and the significance of the
0:18:59 > 0:19:01University.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03The cost of being a student has risen.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Rents in Bath are high.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Few today regretted her departure.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Students had no trust in her any more, so I think that it was
0:19:12 > 0:19:14probably the right thing to do.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17It was a huge thing in the House of Lords as well.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18She needed to go.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21It was bad press.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24It's good that now we are doing something to sort it out,
0:19:24 > 0:19:25I think.
0:19:25 > 0:19:33Isn't there something fundamental, though, in this, where
0:19:33 > 0:19:35students feel and the wider public that vice chancellor's pay just
0:19:35 > 0:19:36looks excessive now.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Yes, I think that has been argued.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43But do you accept it?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47I think that we have a situation where we are in a globally
0:19:47 > 0:19:48competitive market.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51This is no longer just about Bath.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54There are far wider questions about who
0:19:54 > 0:19:57decides on senior pay in universities, with calls for greater
0:19:57 > 0:20:01transparency and fairness.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03You have over 50 vice chancellors who are
0:20:03 > 0:20:04paid over £300,000.
0:20:04 > 0:20:11You have two thirds of them who are on
0:20:11 > 0:20:14remuneration committees that never actually tell us how the decisions
0:20:14 > 0:20:15are made.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17So what's happened here may be a tipping point, with
0:20:17 > 0:20:20universities forced to justify high pay.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Branwen Jeffries, BBC News, Bath.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27A man who a judge ruled had probably sexually assaulted his baby daughter
0:20:27 > 0:20:30before she died has been giving evidence at an inquest
0:20:30 > 0:20:31into her death.
0:20:31 > 0:20:3413-month-old Poppi Worthington died after sustaining unexplained
0:20:34 > 0:20:37injuries at her home in 2012.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42A police investigation into her death was botched
0:20:42 > 0:20:45and the verdict at the first inquest quashed by the High Court.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Today Poppi's father, Paul Worthington, who has
0:20:47 > 0:20:49always denied wrongdoing, refused to answer questions 69 times
0:20:49 > 0:20:51at today's second inquest.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Our reporter Danny Savage was there.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58Poppi Worthington's life was tragically short.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01The saga surrounding her unexplained death is very long.
0:21:01 > 0:21:0513-month-old Poppi died nearly five years ago.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08She'd been rushed to hospital in Barrow after being found
0:21:08 > 0:21:11unconscious at home early one morning.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Many months later, a family court judge found that Poppi's father
0:21:14 > 0:21:15had probably sexually assaulted her shortly
0:21:15 > 0:21:20before her death.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Today, he was bundled through the back door
0:21:23 > 0:21:26of the coroner's court under police guard.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Paul Worthington denies any wrongdoing and has never been
0:21:30 > 0:21:32charged, but he's been called as a witness at the inquest
0:21:32 > 0:21:35into his daughter's death.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Screened from the public but not the press, he agreed that Poppi
0:21:38 > 0:21:42was as fit as a fiddle and would wake up just before 6am.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46But when asked about events closer to the day that Poppi died,
0:21:46 > 0:21:53he kept replying, "I refer to my previous statements.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56"I rely on the right not to answer under Rule 22."
0:21:56 > 0:21:58That rule states no witness at an inquest is obliged
0:21:58 > 0:22:03to answer any question which might incriminate them.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Last year, Cumbria Police was heavily criticised for its handling
0:22:06 > 0:22:08of the investigation into Poppi's death.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12That report detailed a catalogue of mistakes made by detectives,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15saying that crucial evidence was thrown away, witnesses weren't
0:22:15 > 0:22:17interviewed for eight months, and there was enough evidence
0:22:17 > 0:22:23to arrest Poppi's father on day one.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Accused of sexually assaulting his own daughter,
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Paul Worthington has been in hiding for months.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30But he was called to give evidence here in person,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33although he repeatedly exercised his right not
0:22:33 > 0:22:36to answer questions.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38He's expected back here tomorrow.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44Danny Savage, BBC News, Kendal.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47The taxi hailing service Uber has revealed that details of 2.7 million
0:22:47 > 0:22:49British users and drivers were stolen in a cyber
0:22:49 > 0:22:50attack last year.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52The Information Commissioner has told Uber it expects the company
0:22:52 > 0:22:58to notify everyone who was affected.
0:22:58 > 0:23:05As soon as possible.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08A 15-year-old boy has appeared at Leeds Youth Court,
0:23:08 > 0:23:09charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Two adults and three children died on Saturday night,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13when a stolen car crashed in the Meanwood area
0:23:13 > 0:23:16of the city on Saturday night.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21The teenager was remanded in custody.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Now, its melodic and rhythmic charm is unmistakable.
0:23:23 > 0:23:23Listen to this.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26South, moderate, visibility good.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Shetlands, Orkneys and Faroes, wind southeast...
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Tomorrow marks 150 uninterrupted years of the Shipping Forecast.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34It's believed to be the longest-running
0:23:34 > 0:23:35continuous weather forecast in the world.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Today it's issued by the Met Office
0:23:37 > 0:23:39on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
0:23:39 > 0:23:41and is appreciated by sailors and landlubbers alike.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas looks back at the history
0:23:45 > 0:23:46of the Shipping News.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48There's a chance that leaving those seasickness pills
0:23:48 > 0:23:49at home was a mistake.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52The weather impacts the power of the ocean.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54The shipping forecast for the next 12 hours.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58A disturbance near the Hebrides.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02And after a major storm back in the mid 19th century that led
0:24:02 > 0:24:05to hundreds of deaths and the loss of dozens of ships, the Shipping
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Forecast was introduced.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Like then, today the forecast is a vital tool that saves lives
0:24:11 > 0:24:14at sea, and the RNLI says that forward planning is the key
0:24:14 > 0:24:17to safety on the water.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20We want people to respect the water as much as possible.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25It's particularly important for small boats and for
0:24:25 > 0:24:27vessels who may not have computerised apps available.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31The traditional use of the Shipping Forecast
0:24:31 > 0:24:34through the radio is what they have as their forecasting model.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36That crucial forecast data is produced daily,
0:24:36 > 0:24:37here at the Met Office.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40There was just a feeling that there was too much
0:24:40 > 0:24:44risk of loss of life.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Catherine Ross, the chief archivist, showed me the very first weather
0:24:46 > 0:24:48charts from 150 years ago.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50What they did, rather cleverly, was basically put pins
0:24:50 > 0:24:54through the paper, and so you can kind of see just about these
0:24:54 > 0:24:58little pinpricks here, and that meant they were always
0:24:58 > 0:25:01plotting the same information in the same place.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04And you can see how they changed from having no maps to very detailed
0:25:04 > 0:25:07maps, and it was known as the storm warning service to start with,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09but it became known as the iconic Shipping Forecast.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15Before radio broadcasts, storm warnings were communicated
0:25:15 > 0:25:18by using drums and cones hoisted up masts.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21It's a complex job to forecast accurately what the weather will do.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23And, of course, technology has dramatically changed over the years.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26They've even got computers to do some of the figuring out.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Computers were first used in weather forecasting in the 50s,
0:25:28 > 0:25:36had have become much more sophisticated ever since.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39The duty marine meteorologists will first and foremost look at the winds
0:25:39 > 0:25:40generated by the computer models.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43They will then add their interpretation, their expertise,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46to those forecasts, then they look at the sea state.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51They'll also look at the fog and what the visibility is like,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53and the precipitation.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55West or south west, five or six, occasionally four later.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57The Shipping Forecast is not just for mariners,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00but it also listened to by hundreds of thousands of us
0:26:00 > 0:26:01every day on Radio 4.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02South west, five to seven.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07Occasional rain, good, occasionally moderate.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11And that's a flavour of the bulletin which is broadcast four times a day,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and at 5:20am it needs to be exactly nine minutes long.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17So on a calm day, I can take my time in describing the weather conditions
0:26:17 > 0:26:23for the 31 different sea areas.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Whereas on a stormy day, I'll have to speak much quicker
0:26:26 > 0:26:30in order to fit all that information into the same nine minute window.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33However you get your Shipping Forecast, it is still essential,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36and its melodic and rhythmic qualities mean it remains an iconic
0:26:36 > 0:26:39sound of British radio.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Moderate or fresh, extensive fog.
0:26:42 > 0:26:48Weather outlook similar.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50There is nothing like it.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56On the land as well as the sea.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Here we have a storm in view of an area that often gets blasted with
0:27:05 > 0:27:11gale force winds, but not today. It is windy around the North Sea coast
0:27:11 > 0:27:16and it has been a cold day. Look at this from London a little bit
0:27:16 > 0:27:20earlier on. Here is the wind, coming from the north. There has been some
0:27:20 > 0:27:25snow across the hills, and over the next few days and over the course on
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Friday into Saturday there could be some more falling closer to the
0:27:30 > 0:27:36North Sea coast, particularly around the upland areas. The North York
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Moors, for example. Rural areas could be as cold as minus seven
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Celsius, but that is the absolute lowest it will get and we have
0:27:43 > 0:27:48already had that this season so far. Tomorrow, a lot of crisp sunshine,
0:27:48 > 0:27:53stronger winds. Mostly rain here but some of us will get some snow, and
0:27:53 > 0:27:58maybe some showers in the South West two. It will be around 2-3dC, but it
0:27:58 > 0:28:03will feel like it is -2 or minus three Celsius. We are ending the
0:28:03 > 0:28:13working week again zero. 5-6 obvious. There is a chance that we
0:28:13 > 0:28:16could see some sleep, maybe in the South East for a time early on
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Friday morning. A change on the way for a Saturday. Slightly less cold
0:28:21 > 0:28:26air. Not particularly mild. An area of high pressure with wind blowing
0:28:26 > 0:28:31like so, and what it will do is bring a little bit of Atlantic wharf
0:28:31 > 0:28:36DiNardo