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Tonight at Six: | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
A stark warning from
doctors and nurses - | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
A&E departments can no longer
cope with demand. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:14 | |
BBC research shows that the number
of people waiting too long | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
in accident and emergency has
doubled in the last four years. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:25 | |
The ability of our system
to cope, it has stretched | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
us to our very limits. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:38 | |
All this as the NHS prepares
for what's expected to be the worst | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
flu season in years. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:42 | |
Also tonight: | 0:00:42 | 0:00:43 | |
The Croydon tram crash -
an official report says | 0:00:43 | 0:00:53 | |
the driver
possibly fell asleep. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:55 | |
Seven people were killed. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:56 | |
Palestinians clash
with Israeli forces - | 0:00:56 | 0:00:57 | |
there's growing anger
after President Trump's | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
controversial decision
about the status of Jerusalem. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:00 | |
California's wildfires spread
as high winds are predicted - | 0:01:00 | 0:01:08 | |
the mansions of the rich
and famous are among thousands | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
of homes threatened. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
Three cheers for the Queen,
as the Royal Navy commissions | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
the biggest and most powerful
warship built in the UK. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:21 | |
Coming up in Sportsday, Cardiff
misses out as Wembley is chosen. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:26 | |
More reaction to that, as Brussels
loses its matches over stadium | 0:01:26 | 0:01:31 | |
issues. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:38 | |
Good evening and welcome
to the BBC News at Six. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
As the NHS prepares for what could
be the toughest winter in years, | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
new BBC research has revealed
the pressure faced by A&E | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
departments across the UK. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:03 | |
The number of patients waiting more
than four hours in A&E departments | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
has more than doubled
in the last four years. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
In the last year alone some
three million patients had to wait | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
more than four hours. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:16 | |
The head of the Royal College
of Emergency Medicine said | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
the service "was stretched
to its very limits." | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
Our health editor Hugh
Pym has this report. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
Many hospitals are struggling to
cope with the A&E workload, but this | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
one, Luton and Dunstable,
has consistently hit its four-hour | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
waiting time target for five years -
so what's the secret? | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
It is about getting
the whole health economy | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
involved, and that includes primary
care, community care... | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
A senior consultant
told me it was all about | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
managing patients as they moved
from A&E into the hospital to ensure | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
there were enough free
beds for new arrivals. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
We have a team of people
who are dedicated to this process | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
and serve only this emergency
department to get them | 0:02:51 | 0:02:55 | |
through the hospital and the system
and back out, so we can see | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
new arrivals and new emergencies. | 0:02:58 | 0:02:59 | |
It sounds simple, but it's taken
this hospital time and a | 0:02:59 | 0:03:04 | |
lot of hard work and with the right
leadership to ensure that patients | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
are brought into the hospital
and through it, and then back home | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
again, as efficiently as possible. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:11 | |
But across the UK it's been
a lot more challenging. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
Over 3 million patients
who visited UK A&Es waited | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
over four hours in the last 12
months, according to BBC research - | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
120% more since four years earlier. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
By comparison, the number of visits
has only risen by just over 7%, | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
to just under 27 million. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
The ability of our system to cope,
it has stretched us to our very | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
limits, so there is no more capacity
in the system. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:45 | |
Staff are working really hard,
our nurses, our doctors. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
Haley from South Wales endured
a lengthy wait for treatment | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
after fainting and banging her head. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
She felt unwell and was advised
to go straight to A&E. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
We phoned 111 first,
just for some advice, and they went, | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
"No, you need to go to A&E." | 0:03:57 | 0:04:02 | |
So we headed down,
waited about an hour, | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
then there was a telly to say
seven-hour waiting time. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:14 | |
About another hour or two
passed and they said, no, | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
six and a half hours waiting. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
But I got checked over
and I was able to go home. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
So about five and a half hours,
six hours, in total. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
Scotland has seen the best
A&E performance in | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
the UK and is close to the 95%
target for patients treated or | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
assessed in four hours. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
England is behind,
followed by Wales and then | 0:04:30 | 0:04:31 | |
Northern Ireland. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
So, Mr Pollard, are you
ready to leave today? | 0:04:34 | 0:04:44 | |
Back in Luton they're
working hard to move | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
patients home when safe to do so,
so freeing up beds for new arrivals, | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
with senior social care experts
working in the hospital assessing | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
their needs. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:55 | |
Every single ambulance
that's called out... | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
The Department of Health
covering England says more | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
money has been allocated
for social care and the NHS. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
Health leaders including here
in Luton have prepared for winter, | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
but even so there are warnings
nationally that the service | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
will be sorely tested. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:07 | |
Hugh is here with me. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
We have just seen in your report,
Hugh, how hard doctors and nurses | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
are struggling, and that is before
the flu season has hit us? Yes, the | 0:05:14 | 0:05:20 | |
system was stretched last winter
seriously and now the margins are | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
even tighter. Some tell us they are
already running at 98% capacity. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:31 | |
Beds are already defined before
winter has even set in and the major | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
flu outbreak predicted materialises.
It may well not do so, of course, | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
and at one hospital the chief
executive is looking at messages | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
early in the morning, two o'clock,
one weekend morning, because of | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
concerns about the flow of patients
and worries about the backlog that | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
might have been building up. The
Government is making clear money is | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
being made available to the system
in England for the winter ahead, and | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
NHS leaders have welcomed that but
say it has come too late. They are | 0:05:56 | 0:06:08 | |
just hoping the planning they have
set in train, and they say it has | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
been very extensive, does hold up to
the undoubted rigours and test | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
ahead. Hugh, thank you very much. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
And if you want to find
out what waiting times | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
are like at your hospital service,
go to the BBC's NHS Tracker | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
page on the website -
that's at bbc.co.uk/nhstracker, | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
and put in your postcode. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
Seven people were killed and more
than 60 injured when a tram | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
in Croydon crashed just over
a year ago. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
Today an investigation found
the driver possibly dozed off just | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
before the accident. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:37 | |
The tram went around a tight
bend three times faster | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
than the speed limit. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:40 | |
Our transport correspondent
Richard Westcott reports. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:47 | |
Going three times the speed limit
around a 90 degree bend, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
costing seven people their lives. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
Today the final report
into the Croydon tram crash found | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
that the driver probably dozed
off at the controls. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
Well, you can see just
how tight this bend is. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
The tram was meant to be going
around it at 13 miles an hour - | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
one three, a snail's pace,
like we are now. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
It actually went around the bend
at nearer 45 miles an hour, | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
and one of the survivors
was standing exactly | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
where I am standing now,
just checking his phone. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
The injury I sustained on the tram
that day just changed my life. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:22 | |
It is more than a year ago, but for
Taiye the memories are fresh. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
I just put my phone away,
and I held onto the pole | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
in front of me and I said,
God, please save my life. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
And I closed my eyes. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:38 | |
There were some people
still screaming and | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
shouting under the tram
because they were trapped. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
"Please don't step on me -
I am still alive." | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
Investigators found
other worrying facts. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:45 | |
Another tram nearly derailed
on the same corner just | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
nine days before, but it
wasn't investigated properly. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:49 | |
In fact nine drivers admitted
they had used emergency or heavy | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
braking on the same bend
but were worried about | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
reporting near-misses. | 0:07:54 | 0:08:04 | |
It also talks of
inadequate speed signs. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
Half of the passengers
were thrown out of the tram | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
through smashed windows and doors -
it was the main cause | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
of injuries and deaths. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
Investigators say tougher glass
could save lives in future. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
Since the accident,
new speed signs have gone up | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
and there is a new system that
vibrates the seat if the driver | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
closes their eyes for more
than a second or so. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
Marilyn Logan lost her husband
Philip in the accident. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:37 | |
She is furious at the failure to act
on previous speeding problems. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
Very, very angry because these
procedures should be | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
there to protect the public,
and that is not | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
protecting the public. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:49 | |
The company controlling the trams
says it's putting things right. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:54 | |
There's a number of lessons learned
that we immediately put | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
in place after the events,
and that is better monitoring | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
of our drivers, greater education
of our drivers in terms | 0:09:01 | 0:09:06 | |
of well-being, and working
with Transport for London to make | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
sure that the network is safer. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
The Croydon driver is
still being investigated | 0:09:11 | 0:09:18 | |
by police. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:24 | |
The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
says he will be visiting Perrin, the | 0:09:24 | 0:09:28 | |
capital of Iran, very soon, and that
he will be raising the case of dual | 0:09:28 | 0:09:38 | |
nationals being held in Iran. -- he
will be visiting Tehran, the capital | 0:09:38 | 0:09:45 | |
of Iran. He will in particular urge
the release on humanitarian grounds | 0:09:45 | 0:09:57 | |
of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe a
British-Iranian woman jailed for | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
five years in Tehran. Our diplomatic
correspondent, James Robbins joins | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
me now. Yes, the Foreign Secretary
Miss spoke and apparently implied | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
she might have been training
journalists there, but he then said | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
if his words had been misunderstood
he did not mean to say anything that | 0:10:07 | 0:10:11 | |
she was in Iran purely on holiday.
Boris Johnson has made clear he | 0:10:11 | 0:10:15 | |
would be going very shortly. I
suspect that means in the next few | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
days. This is not the only purpose
of his visit to Iran, trying to | 0:10:18 | 0:10:24 | |
secure her release. He wants to
build a better relationship with | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
Iran on a whole raft of issues, and
related issues, he will be raising | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
with Iran. Concern about their
activities in the region, in Yemen, | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
in Syria, but they will also be
reassuring them about Britain's | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
continued support about the nuclear
deal in Iran. It is obviously what | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
he can help change the climate and
perhaps produce a circumstance in | 0:10:42 | 0:10:49 | |
which Mrs Ratcliffe and others might
be released, but he is lowering | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
expectations. He said in these and
other consulate cases progress could | 0:10:53 | 0:10:56 | |
be very difficult, so I don't think
he is expecting big results. | 0:10:56 | 0:11:11 | |
Palestinians have clashed
with Israeli security forces | 0:11:11 | 0:11:12 | |
during protests across the West Bank
- it comes less than 24 | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
hours after President Trump's
controversial decision to recognise | 0:11:15 | 0:11:17 | |
Jerusalem as Israel's capital. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
The leader of the Palestinian
Islamist movement, Hamas, | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
has called for a new uprising. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:22 | |
President Trump's move has been
criticised by China, | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
the EU and Britain, as Yolande Knell
reports from Jerusalem. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
Palestinians today
preparing their own message | 0:11:27 | 0:11:28 | |
for President Trump,
venting their anger over his | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
recognition of Jerusalem
as Israel's capital. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:36 | |
Clashing with Israeli
soldiers in the West Bank. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:42 | |
Meanwhile in Gaza, the Islamist
Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
upped the ante - demanding
a new uprising, or intifada. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:54 | |
So far, fiery rhetoric hasn't
ignited protests on a grand scale, | 0:11:54 | 0:11:59 | |
but these Palestinians in Ramallah
really feared their chances | 0:11:59 | 0:12:04 | |
of having an independent state,
with East Jerusalem as its capital, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
could now be stamped out. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
He's making it only one
side, and they're taking | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
the opinion of the Israelis. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
This has ended the two-state
solution, you know, the dream | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
for us as Palestinians. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
Palestinians see the changes
in US policy on Jerusalem | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
as a huge setback. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
Donald Trump may say
he is still committed to helping | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
them end their conflict with Israel,
but here they say he is | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
no broker for peace. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:35 | |
Meanwhile in Jerusalem the Israeli
prime minister was jubilant. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:45 | |
TRANSLATION: President Trump on
himself forever with the history of | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
our capital. His name will now be
proudly displayed among other names | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
in this city's glorious history.
Many Israelis share his gratitude | 0:12:54 | 0:13:03 | |
that the president has delivered on
a long-term promise, recognising, as | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
he said, the reality on the ground.
TRANSLATION: Trump is a man who was | 0:13:05 | 0:13:12 | |
sent from heaven to see the right
things at the right time. -- say the | 0:13:12 | 0:13:19 | |
ratings. But there are also concerns
about violence. On one and I am glad | 0:13:19 | 0:13:27 | |
he did that and on the other, I am a
realist. This contested city is at | 0:13:27 | 0:13:32 | |
the heart of divisions between
Israel and the Palestinians, which | 0:13:32 | 0:13:38 | |
President Trump insists he wants to
mend. With more demonstrations | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
planned, hopes of that seem remote.
Yolande Knell, BBC News, Jerusalem. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:52 | |
The time is 6:13. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:53 | |
Our top story this evening: | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
Research by the BBC shows
that the number of people waiting | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
too long in accident and emergency
has doubled in the last four years. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
And still to come: | 0:14:01 | 0:14:02 | |
Tonight's the night that the UK City
of Culture is chosen - | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
we'll see why Swansea thinks it's
in with a chance. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:08 | |
Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,
the power of the Premier League - | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
English clubs have created
Champions League history with five | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
qualifying for the knockout
phase this season. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:30 | |
It's the the largest and most
expensive warship ever built | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
for the Royal Navy and today
the Queen commissioned | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
HMS Queen Elizabeth
at a ceremony in Portsmouth. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
The ship, which won't take part
in military operations until 2021, | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
cost more than £3 billion
and has become the | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
flagship of the fleet. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:43 | |
Our defence correspondent
Jonathan Beale has more. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
A day of pride for the Royal Navy
and for the nation. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:55 | |
The Queen has already named her. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
Today she made her first visit
on board to commission | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
HMS Queen Elizabeth into service. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
Almost lost in the cavernous hangar,
still waiting for aircraft. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
But for the Queen, this ship already
holds a special place in her heart. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:15 | |
As the daughter, wife
and mother of naval officers, | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
I recognise the unique
demands our nation asks of you, | 0:15:18 | 0:15:24 | |
and I will always value my special
link with HMS Queen Elizabeth, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:28 | |
her ship's company
and their families. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:32 | |
A true flagship
for the 21st century. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:37 | |
The raising of the White Ensign
means she's now legally recognised | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
as a Royal Navy warship. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
Over the past few months,
HMS Queen Elizabeth and her 700 crew | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
have been testing her at sea. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:52 | |
She's the first of two new carriers. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
Russia has already described her
as a large convenient target, | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
but the Government insists
she will be a potent | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
weapon and symbol of
British military power. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:04 | |
This isn't just the largest warship
ever built for the Royal Navy, | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
it's also the most expensive,
costing more than £3 billion. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
The F-35 jets that will eventually
fly off her will cost billions more | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
and this at a time when the defence
budget is under severe pressure, | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
with the prospect of further cuts. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:24 | |
Today the only cuts being made
were to the elaborate cake, | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
made to mark the occasion,
but the Navy is having to consider | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
axing other ships in the fleet. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
They still believe it's worth it. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
We knew this ship was coming
and her sister ship, | 0:16:36 | 0:16:44 | |
Prince of Wales, and the F-35s
they will operate | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
so we have been on a long,
complicated, but committed journey | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
to get to this point
and the commissioning of the ship | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
is a key milestone in that journey. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:54 | |
Work on the ship began
before the youngest crew | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
member was even born. | 0:16:57 | 0:16:57 | |
But, like the Queen,
she'll be expected to offer | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
decades of loyal service. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:01 | |
Built for the next 50 years. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:02 | |
Jonathan Beale, BBC
News, Portsmouth. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:08 | |
Severe gales and snow showers have
caused disruption and left thousands | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
temporarily without power
as Storm Caroline | 0:17:11 | 0:17:12 | |
sweeps in to the UK. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
Gusts of up to 90mph were recorded
in northern parts of Scotland. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:21 | |
Flights and ferries have been
cancelled while dozens | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
of schools have been closed. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:27 | |
There are calls tonight
for a crackdown on excessive pay | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
for university bosses,
and the government agrees. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
Bath Spa University is the latest
to be caught in the controversy | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
after it emerged that
its Vice Chancellor received | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
a pay-off amounting to £808,000. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:44 | |
Universities Minister Jo Johnson
promised a new regulator, the Office | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
for Students will tackle the issue. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
Here's our Education Editor,
Branwen Jeffreys. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:58 | |
Bath spa is one of the smallest
universities, proud of a tradition | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
of art and design, but it only just
gets into the top 100 despite the | 0:18:02 | 0:18:07 | |
efforts of its last Vice Chancellor,
Professor Christina Slade. The new | 0:18:07 | 0:18:14 | |
residences will be built on glorious
parkland is just outside the city of | 0:18:14 | 0:18:19 | |
Bath. We are ready for the future.
Bath Spa gave Professor Slade golden | 0:18:19 | 0:18:31 | |
goodbye, they said £808,000 was
value for money, her legal | 0:18:31 | 0:18:39 | |
entitlement, but universities face
growing pressure to explain. I do | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
find some of these very large figure
is hard to understand but there may | 0:18:43 | 0:18:48 | |
be a justification. I'm not
convinced the right benchmark is | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
chief executive salaries in the
private sector. I think universities | 0:18:52 | 0:18:56 | |
are still different in many key
respects from private sector | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
companies. Sunshine and higher pay,
that's what Australian universities | 0:19:00 | 0:19:06 | |
offer to run an elite institution
around half £1 million a year, so | 0:19:06 | 0:19:11 | |
does that competition for vice
chancellors justify high pay here? | 0:19:11 | 0:19:16 | |
If you look at Australia in the
elite group of eight universities in | 0:19:16 | 0:19:22 | |
Australia, their top internationally
ranked universities, three of them | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
in the last few years have appointed
vice chancellors who have come out | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
of the British system. From next
year universities in England will | 0:19:30 | 0:19:35 | |
have to justify higher pay, all
while trying to continue to make the | 0:19:35 | 0:19:39 | |
case for high tuition fees.
Universities talk in terms of global | 0:19:39 | 0:19:43 | |
competition but for many students
there are many more concerns - how | 0:19:43 | 0:19:48 | |
to find the money for their living
costs, what kind of job they might | 0:19:48 | 0:19:53 | |
get to pay off their large tuition
fee loans. We cannot get distracted | 0:19:53 | 0:19:58 | |
from the the poorest students are
graduating with £57 -- £57,000 worth | 0:19:58 | 0:20:11 | |
of debt and students are choosing
between heating and eating. Bath Spa | 0:20:11 | 0:20:20 | |
is just the latest record in this
row. Universities want the | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
Government focus on their future
funding, not their pay. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:36 | |
The number of suspects arrested
in terrorism investigations has | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
reached a record high,
according to new | 0:20:41 | 0:20:42 | |
Home Office figures. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:43 | |
400 people were held
for terror-related offences | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
in the year to the end of September,
a jump of 54% compared | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
with the previous year. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:49 | |
The increase was partly due
to arrests made following terrorist | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
attacks in London and Manchester. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
Police say a man, found strangled
along with his daughter | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
at his south London home,
was a convicted sex offender. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
The bodies of Noel and Marie Brown
were found on Monday. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
Detectives are investigating a link
with the sex offence, | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
which happened in 1999,
but say they had no evidence revenge | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
was a motive for the murders. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:10 | |
A fast-moving wildfire in southern
California has hit the US state's | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
main coastal highway and reached
the Pacific Ocean, according | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
to firefighters tackling the blaze. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
Tens of thousands of homes,
including some mansions | 0:21:17 | 0:21:21 | |
belonging to celebrities,
have been evacuated in an area | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
north of Los Angeles. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
James Cook is there. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
James. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:34 | |
California is used to fires but even
here, this is not normal. Years of | 0:21:34 | 0:21:39 | |
drought have left this state
parched. Here there's barely been a | 0:21:39 | 0:21:44 | |
drop of rain for six months and this
tranquil valley has seen some | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
terrifying scenes. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:52 | |
The American west was never really
tamed. The weather here was always | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
wild and dangerous, and after years
of drought it now seems worse than | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
ever. This is the largest and most
destructive of the blazes, in | 0:22:00 | 0:22:05 | |
Ventura County north of Los Angeles.
Last night it looked as if a volcano | 0:22:05 | 0:22:10 | |
was erupting, the hillside glowing
like a lover. And with daylight the | 0:22:10 | 0:22:15 | |
damage became clear. The tinder dry
ground turned to ash. Swathes of | 0:22:15 | 0:22:20 | |
Southern California now look like
this, the fire swept through here | 0:22:20 | 0:22:25 | |
rapidly, charring | 0:22:25 | 0:22:35 | |
everything in its path and turning
this area into a wasteland. It only | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
consumed vegetation here, down in
the valley below now they are | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
worried about homes. In the
exclusive Los Angeles suburb of | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
Bel-Air yesterday they attacked the
fires aggressively, working hard to | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
save scores of homes. The house will
be on fire soon, unlike what are you | 0:22:46 | 0:22:51 | |
talking about? You said it was far
away last night. He was like, don't | 0:22:51 | 0:22:55 | |
look outside, a whole mountain was
on fire. Celebrities such as the | 0:22:55 | 0:23:02 | |
musician Lionel Richie and the
socialite Paris Hilton were among | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
those forced to flee. Every
firefighting aircraft in the United | 0:23:05 | 0:23:12 | |
States has been summoned to
California and they are making a big | 0:23:12 | 0:23:16 | |
difference. We are not quite out of
the woods yet but here in daylight | 0:23:16 | 0:23:20 | |
we will do everything we can to hit
it hard, fast and safely, and then | 0:23:20 | 0:23:25 | |
we will look to see by the end of
the day what we can do in terms of | 0:23:25 | 0:23:30 | |
providing information. In times of
crisis, extraordinary moments of | 0:23:30 | 0:23:36 | |
compassion. Here, a man runs to
rescue a rabbit. He seems in | 0:23:36 | 0:23:42 | |
distress but one little life has
been saved. At least four major | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
fires are burning across the state.
More fierce winds are forecast and | 0:23:46 | 0:23:53 | |
worst may be to come. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
The UK's City of Culture 2021
will be announced within the hour | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
at a ceremony in Hull,
the current title holder. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
Coventry, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent
and Sunderland are all | 0:24:04 | 0:24:05 | |
in the running along with Swansea. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:08 | |
As our Wales Correspondent Sian
Lloyd reports, Swansea is a city | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
once famous for copper and coal -
now it wants to make | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
its name for culture. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:18 | |
The city by the sea. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
Swansea has seen its fortunes
turn like the tide. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:25 | |
A sweeping shoreline shapes
Swansea Bay, but its past | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
was dominated by heavy industry. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
A busy port, it suffered
in the bombing of the Blitz. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
In the words of its most
famous son, Dylan Thomas, | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
"an ugly, lovely town". | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
Now Swansea is aiming for a revival. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:44 | |
A cultural revival. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
Internationally renowned composer
Sir Karl Jenkins is one | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
of those backing this bid. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
His story started here in Swansea. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:06 | |
I was born in 1944 and the town
was devastated in the war | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
by the bombing so it's had one kind
of serious period of regeneration | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
I suppose, but I think it
could do with a helping hand | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
now and it deserves it. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:23 | |
The shape of the arts
and culture here is changing. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
Swansea wants to design itself
as a forward-looking digital city | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
where talents can flourish. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:30 | |
This art college workshop
is a creative hub, which Swansea | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
would like to see more
of in the future. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
It definitely inspires me. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:36 | |
From the architecture,
it's very urban in the town centres. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
There's lots of art
around everywhere. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:40 | |
Then you walk down more to the coast
and it's a completely different | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
atmosphere all in one place. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:50 | |
# I see the buildings. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
# Cluttering the skyline. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:57 | |
# Built by miners
on a pittance of pay. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
# They worked together,
never on Sunday. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:01 | |
# That was not their way. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
Swansea is trading on its sense
of place and heritage | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
but as cultural ambassador
Mal Pope says, its people | 0:26:08 | 0:26:10 | |
are at the heart of it too. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:11 | |
You know, we've built
this city in the past | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
on copper and steel and coal,
but to actually build the future | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
of the city on culture,
what an amazing opportunity | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
that is for our kids. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
# And these are golden days... | 0:26:21 | 0:26:30 | |
After losing out to Hull last time,
Swansea hopes these | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
will be its golden days. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
Sian Lloyd, BBC News, Swansea Bay. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:38 | |
And the winner of the City
of Culture 2021 will be | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
announced here on BBC One,
on the One Show, at 7 o'clock. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:48 | |
Time for a look at the weather. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:58 | |
Heard -- we heard of Storm Caroline | 0:26:58 | 0:27:00 | |
Heard -- we heard of Storm Caroline
earlier, what's the latest? Storm | 0:27:00 | 0:27:04 | |
Caroline is moving away to
Scandinavia but it is allowing this | 0:27:04 | 0:27:08 | |
cold air to push down, and see this
little trough here, it will bring | 0:27:08 | 0:27:13 | |
snow showers, already starting to
develop in the last few hours across | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
Scotland. Some significant snow is
likely through the night tonight | 0:27:17 | 0:27:21 | |
from Scotland into Northern Ireland,
driven by these gale force gusts of | 0:27:21 | 0:27:25 | |
wind. Be prepared for further
disruption in the Northern Isles but | 0:27:25 | 0:27:32 | |
as we go through the night tonight
the emphasis is with the showers on | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
zero and west facing coasts. A cold
start of the day and the showers | 0:27:36 | 0:27:40 | |
will be fairly widespread as well,
even at eight o'clock in the | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
morning. It is worth bearing in mind
if you have to be out on the roads | 0:27:44 | 0:27:48 | |
early on, particularly the further
north you are, because the ice could | 0:27:48 | 0:27:54 | |
cause some issues. This is eight
o'clock in the morning, through | 0:27:54 | 0:27:58 | |
Scotland and Northern Ireland. They
tend to filter down through the | 0:27:58 | 0:28:03 | |
Irish Sea, and across Wales as well.
Further south and west, more of a | 0:28:03 | 0:28:08 | |
wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow.
Notice how I haven't mentioned the | 0:28:08 | 0:28:16 | |
east too much and that's because it
will be predominantly dry but don't | 0:28:16 | 0:28:20 | |
befall, it will feel quite miserable
out there when you factor in the | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
wind. So, top temperatures
struggling really. Factor in the | 0:28:23 | 0:28:31 | |
wind and it will feel better out
there. Will we see that much change | 0:28:31 | 0:28:36 | |
as we go into the weekend? It looks
like Saturday will start off cold | 0:28:36 | 0:28:40 |