0:00:05 > 0:00:08Tonight at Six: The cost of living goes up as inflation jumps
0:00:08 > 0:00:13to its highest for nearly six years.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16With Christmas round the corner - and food prices rising -
0:00:16 > 0:00:18there'll be a squeeze on household budgets.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23People are finding it very difficult to make ends meet.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26I think they should bring the prices down for food, but they're not.
0:00:26 > 0:00:33Every time you go, it's going up and up and up all the time.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35We'll be asking what this means for interest rates.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Also tonight:
0:00:36 > 0:00:38The suspected arson attack in Manchester that left
0:00:38 > 0:00:40three children dead - their mother and another child
0:00:40 > 0:00:43are fighting for their lives in hospital.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Warnings of icy conditions after the coldest night of the winter -
0:00:46 > 0:00:49hundreds of schools are still shut.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51The gift of an organ that could save a life -
0:00:51 > 0:00:59now the government wants to persuade more people to become donors.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03It's 40 years since Star Wars first hit the screens -
0:01:03 > 0:01:07we're on the red carpet for the latest sequel.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, former heavyweight boxing
0:01:10 > 0:01:12world champion Tyson Fury is free to resume his career
0:01:12 > 0:01:17after accepting a doping violation.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Rising food costs, bigger electricity bills and higher air
0:01:44 > 0:01:46fares have all helped push inflation to its highest level
0:01:46 > 0:01:49for almost six years.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51The Consumer Prices Index - the measure the government uses -
0:01:51 > 0:01:55hit 3.1% last month.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58With the latest data showing that wages are growing at a slower pace,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01it means a squeeze on household budgets, just when those Christmas
0:02:01 > 0:02:02shopping bills are coming in.
0:02:02 > 0:02:08Here's our Economics Correspondent, Andy Verity.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19At this baker on the outskirts of Barnsley, it's not just the bread
0:02:19 > 0:02:23rolls on the rise. Ingredients like butter and flour have shot up in the
0:02:23 > 0:02:26last year and a half so it's hard to do everything it can to make sure
0:02:26 > 0:02:30its costs are covered.One of the things we have done with our
0:02:30 > 0:02:34suppliers, we have decided to take a radical approach which is pay all of
0:02:34 > 0:02:38our suppliers early and demand better terms from them because we
0:02:38 > 0:02:51are paying them early and that's helped mitigate some of the costs.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00If you are looking to warm yourself up in the cold weather, it's not
0:03:00 > 0:03:03getting any cheaper. The price of food was up 4.4% in the year to
0:03:03 > 0:03:05November. Hot drinks up 5.6% and electricity costs 11.4% more than it
0:03:05 > 0:03:07did last year. On high streets like this one in Glasgow, your wages
0:03:07 > 0:03:10won't buy as much as they did last year. That renewed squeeze on living
0:03:10 > 0:03:13standards is starting to pinch.Very difficult to make ends meet,
0:03:13 > 0:03:18especially coming up to Christmas. Everything is going up. Money,
0:03:18 > 0:03:23electricity, gas, everything is going up so we need someone to do
0:03:23 > 0:03:28something about it.If you are getting a few things, by the time
0:03:28 > 0:03:34you get to the cash desk you say how did it come to that, you know.The
0:03:34 > 0:03:37pressure on prices comes partly from the weakness of the pound since the
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Brexit vote which means it takes more pounds to buy the same imported
0:03:42 > 0:03:47goods, and partly from a recent surge in the price of oil. The
0:03:47 > 0:03:50interest rate setters at the Bank of England know it is above target but
0:03:50 > 0:03:54that doesn't mean there will be an interest rate rise any time soon.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58The confident prediction is that inflation will come down next year
0:03:58 > 0:04:02and in the city they are betting the next interest rate rise won't come
0:04:02 > 0:04:07until the summer of next year.The Bank of England is navigating a
0:04:07 > 0:04:11pretty tricky course as it's trying to work out how the economy will
0:04:11 > 0:04:15fare through the Brexit process so it's being ultra-cautious and for
0:04:15 > 0:04:20that reason it is unlikely they will make another rate move so soon after
0:04:20 > 0:04:25the November on so nothing until further into 2018 and probably one
0:04:25 > 0:04:33rate rise in 2018, and one in 2019. The hope is down the line the
0:04:33 > 0:04:37inflationary effect of higher oil prices will fade. Inflation is now
0:04:37 > 0:04:42hitting its peak. If your wages by less than they did last Christmas,
0:04:42 > 0:04:47that is no more than a crumb of comfort.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50With me now is our Economics Editor, Kamal Ahmed.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55We heard the shopper saying prices keep going up, have we reached a
0:04:55 > 0:04:59peak?The Bank of England certainly believes next year the rate of
0:04:59 > 0:05:04growth in prices will start to come down. Why do they say that? The
0:05:04 > 0:05:08currency effect, the falling value of the pound since the referendum
0:05:08 > 0:05:12pushes through the economy quite quickly so by next year the effects
0:05:12 > 0:05:17of that on prices will start dissipating. Also as Andy spoke
0:05:17 > 0:05:22about, there are some upward pressures on inflation - the oil
0:05:22 > 0:05:26price, there's a lot of cold weather around at the moment so demand is
0:05:26 > 0:05:32going up, and also global growth. We are in an era now in Europe, Asia
0:05:32 > 0:05:36and America when growth is pretty quick and that means demand goes up
0:05:36 > 0:05:41and that can push up inflation. But the Bank of England certainly
0:05:41 > 0:05:44believes as the currency effect comes out of the economy, that means
0:05:44 > 0:05:49the growth rate of inflation will come down and actually it does
0:05:49 > 0:05:54suggest interest rate rises are still a long way off.Thank you.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Police say a mother and her three-year-old girl are fighting
0:05:56 > 0:05:59for their lives in hospital following a suspected arson attack
0:05:59 > 0:06:02on a home in Worsley, Manchester, in which three children died.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Three people remain in custody, held on suspicion of murder.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Danny Savage is outside Swinton Police Station.
0:06:06 > 0:06:13Danny.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18In the last hour police have given an update on this ongoing murder
0:06:18 > 0:06:22investigation. They say some of those arrested over the last 24
0:06:22 > 0:06:26hours have been released but others remain in custody. I think the
0:06:26 > 0:06:31saddest fact of the day if you like is the mother of the three children
0:06:31 > 0:06:36who died, herself seriously ill in hospital, still has no idea her son
0:06:36 > 0:06:47and two daughters are dead.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54A home police believe was deliberately set alight early
0:06:54 > 0:06:58yesterday morning.We have collected CCTV from the area and now believe
0:06:58 > 0:07:05this to be a targeted attack on this house. We have a full team of
0:07:05 > 0:07:09detectives and specially trained officers working on this case.The
0:07:09 > 0:07:16victims were 14-year-old Demi Pearson who died at the scene, her
0:07:16 > 0:07:19eight-year-old brother Brandon and seven-year-old sister Lacie died
0:07:19 > 0:07:25later in hospital. The head of their school says it was a senseless loss
0:07:25 > 0:07:30of precious life. Their 35-year-old mother Michelle Pearson still
0:07:30 > 0:07:36doesn't know her children are dead. A fourth sibling, three-year-old
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Lia, is still critical. Back at the scene a family friend told me how
0:07:40 > 0:07:47difficult it is for people living here. What were they like?Nice,
0:07:47 > 0:07:53they were all good people. I think it's a shock, it will affect the
0:07:53 > 0:07:57community for a long time. I've cried loads of times when I think
0:07:57 > 0:08:03about it or drive past in the car. Last night a man and woman were
0:08:03 > 0:08:06filmed being arrested, three people remain in custody on suspicion of
0:08:06 > 0:08:12murder. Police officers are at work at other addresses as well as at the
0:08:12 > 0:08:16house where the Pearson is lived. It's emerged extra security had been
0:08:16 > 0:08:27fitted to the family home including a special letterbox guard after
0:08:27 > 0:08:30previous incidents, so painstaking work is under way to try to
0:08:30 > 0:08:32establish how the fire was started. Details on trouble here before
0:08:32 > 0:08:34yesterday are sketchy though, police won't comment on previous contact
0:08:34 > 0:08:38with the family because those events will be looked at by the Independent
0:08:38 > 0:08:44Police Complaints Commission. Danny Savage, BBC News, Walkden in
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Manchester.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Last night was the coldest this winter and if you live
0:08:48 > 0:08:51in Shropshire you'll have known all about it - it was down
0:08:51 > 0:08:53to minus 13 Celsius in one place.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55The freeze has led to fresh disruption for travellers
0:08:55 > 0:08:58and hundreds of schools are closed for a second day running.
0:08:58 > 0:09:06From Shawbury in Shropshire, Sima Kotecha sent this report.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10A bed of snow with freezing conditions. Across parts of Midlands
0:09:10 > 0:09:18it's not been easy - icy roads, school closures, but for the
0:09:18 > 0:09:24children another day off school.We have been sledging, building a
0:09:24 > 0:09:29snowmans.In Shropshire more than 200 schools were closed and in
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Gloucestershire and Herefordshire almost 100 remain closed.It is
0:09:33 > 0:09:38difficult trying to find things for them to do and keep them occupied.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41When you have childcare issues and you are working full-time, obviously
0:09:41 > 0:09:48it would be disruptive to you because the schools are closing on a
0:09:48 > 0:09:53day-to-day basis and you're not knowing until the last minute.It is
0:09:53 > 0:09:58bitterly cold here, the temperature is around minus four Celsius and
0:09:58 > 0:10:03there's no sign of this snow melting any time soon. As night falls, the
0:10:03 > 0:10:07temperatures are expected to plunge even further. In the West Midlands
0:10:07 > 0:10:13it was a similar story, more schools closed and open. Some councils have
0:10:13 > 0:10:17been criticised for advising them not to reopen even though many roads
0:10:17 > 0:10:22have been cleared.The initial advice last Friday was for all
0:10:22 > 0:10:25schools to close, we have changed that advice to save the decision
0:10:25 > 0:10:29should be made locally depending on whether you can get school transport
0:10:29 > 0:10:34to the school and whether it is safe to do so in consideration of the
0:10:34 > 0:10:39roads and other conditions.Yes or no answer, do you think it's a
0:10:39 > 0:10:43necessity to close all schools?It's not a necessity to close all
0:10:43 > 0:10:47schools, some will need to close. More than 200 homes in the region
0:10:47 > 0:11:01were without power this morning. Tomorrow will present its own
0:11:01 > 0:11:04challenges. With rain coming in from the west, some of the snow will turn
0:11:04 > 0:11:05to ice making pathways even more slippery.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for ice from today until 11
0:11:08 > 0:11:12o'clock tomorrow morning with the worst affected areas expected to be
0:11:12 > 0:11:15in Scotland and the north of England. In Shropshire the
0:11:15 > 0:11:21conditions seem to be improving, more roads have cleared today, the
0:11:21 > 0:11:24grifters have been out and more schools are scheduled to reopen
0:11:24 > 0:11:31tomorrow. -- the gritters.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33We know organ transplants can save lives and we know
0:11:33 > 0:11:35that there aren't enough organ donors out there.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38The government wants to change that by re-writing the rules so that
0:11:38 > 0:11:41we'll all be considered as potential donors unless we opt out -
0:11:41 > 0:11:42it's called 'presumed consent'.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44The number of donors is rising but not fast
0:11:44 > 0:11:45enough to meet the need.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Ten years ago there were just under 800 donors.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49This year that figure has risen to over 1,400.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51But there are still 6,500 people currently waiting
0:11:51 > 0:11:53for a transplant in the UK.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Our health correspondent Dominic Hughes has met one patient
0:11:55 > 0:12:04who knows just how vital an increase in donors is.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Just hanging the tubes up here.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13Keeping going, but going nowhere.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Very honestly, I don't have a life, that is what I do
0:12:17 > 0:12:20at the moment, 24-hours a day.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23This is how Odette stays alive while she waits for a pancreas
0:12:23 > 0:12:27and kidney transplant.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Every night, hooked up to a dialysis machine.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Nearly two litres of fluid repeatedly pumped in
0:12:34 > 0:12:37and out of her body.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41There's days that it actually feels as if I've swallowed
0:12:41 > 0:12:48a demon and obviously, on those days, I just can't sleep,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I double over sometimes in pain.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Good boy.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Odette is marking time.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57On four occasions she's been called to hospital for a transplant,
0:12:57 > 0:13:02each time the organ wasn't suitable.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06The emptiness is just very, very, very, very big.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08It's just like...
0:13:08 > 0:13:13There's nothing that anybody can do about it, I understand that.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15And there is nobody to blame, basically.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21So it's just like - what do you do?
0:13:21 > 0:13:25She's one of 6,500 people waiting for a transplant
0:13:25 > 0:13:30of one kind of another, around 450 of them die each year.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Transplant teams know they need more organs,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35so the Government in England wants to assume we are all
0:13:35 > 0:13:39willing to donate.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41An approach already adopted in Wales two years ago,
0:13:41 > 0:13:45with Scotland also planning to follow suit.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47But already the way teams identify donors and how they approach
0:13:47 > 0:13:49grieving families has been transformed, that's seen
0:13:49 > 0:13:57the number of operations increase by more than 50%.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00The story of transplants in the UK over the past decade has
0:14:00 > 0:14:02been one of success - more people are having operations
0:14:02 > 0:14:04and more people are willing to donate their organs.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07But there are those who worry that if we move to a system
0:14:07 > 0:14:09of presumed consent, well, that could actually do
0:14:09 > 0:14:11more harm than good.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14It's a quick-fix for politicians.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17You pass a law, automatically everyone is presumed to be a donor
0:14:17 > 0:14:19and you've got more organs, but in real-life it
0:14:19 > 0:14:22doesn't happen that way.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25A lot of people who would potentially become organ donors
0:14:25 > 0:14:29object to it so strongly that they join the opt-out register.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34So far in Wales more than 200,000 people,
0:14:34 > 0:14:366% of the population, have chosen to opt out
0:14:36 > 0:14:37of organ donation.
0:14:37 > 0:14:43But after their own death, a donor offers a stranger a new life.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45And just over a fortnight ago, in Manchester, that
0:14:45 > 0:14:47stranger was Odette.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51After being so sick for such a long time and to wake up and you're OK
0:14:51 > 0:14:53and that's all gone, it's just like
0:14:53 > 0:14:58magically disappeared.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01I can see it in you, from the last time we spoke,
0:15:01 > 0:15:05you seem very different in yourself?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I feel different, I feel totally different.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Extremely grateful.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Actually feeling as if you're alive.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19It's just overwhelming.
0:15:19 > 0:15:29Odette de Sa ending that report by Dominic Hughes.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Time is quarter past six.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Our top story this evening:
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Rising food prices and higher air fares help push inflation up
0:15:35 > 0:15:36to its highest level for six years.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39And coming up: the new Star Wars film, the Last Jedi -
0:15:39 > 0:15:45we're at the star-studded Premier tonight in London.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Who's responsible for 'Milkgate'?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55The managers of Manchester United and Manchester City have their says
0:15:55 > 0:16:01on the melee after last Sunday's Premier League derby match.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Yesterday, we brought you some shocking stories about the kind
0:16:14 > 0:16:18of behaviour young women and some men have to put up with at work.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20It came from a survey commissioned by the BBC,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23one of the largest ever conducted on sexual harassment.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Today we're looking at the experiences of older
0:16:25 > 0:16:31women, those over 55.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34It turns out they're half as likely to report inappropriate
0:16:34 > 0:16:35behaviour as younger women.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37In her second report, Lucy Manning has been
0:16:37 > 0:16:39to Whitley Bay, in Northumbria, where she's been hearing
0:16:39 > 0:16:40from an older generation.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44# Waking into the light #.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Into the light - the groping, the harassment and the assaults
0:16:47 > 0:16:48faced by women at work.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52# Waking into the light #.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56In Whitley Bay they sing, but the mostly retired choir members
0:16:56 > 0:17:01are also starting to talk - some for the first time.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04He started to put his hand on my knee and then it went
0:17:04 > 0:17:06further and further up.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Every time I went into work, when he was there,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10I was terrified to go in.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Did I misunderstand?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14But I knew he'd touched my bottom and then he'd stroke
0:17:14 > 0:17:19the side of my breast.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23He thought he had nothing better to do than to slap me hard
0:17:23 > 0:17:24on the bottom, and it stung.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25My husband doesn't even know.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Mine didn't, no.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27No.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30The BBC's poll on sexual harassment reveals the older generation
0:17:30 > 0:17:32are only half as likely to have reported harassment
0:17:32 > 0:17:35as younger people.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Just 16% of those now aged 55 or over have reported an incident,
0:17:38 > 0:17:46compared to 30% of those aged 18-34.
0:17:46 > 0:17:52Can you put your hands up if you didn't report to your boss
0:17:52 > 0:17:54or to someone senior the sexual harassment or the sexual assault
0:17:54 > 0:17:55that happened to you?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57My boss was actually in the room.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Can I just say, it was my boss.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00So why didn't you report it?
0:18:00 > 0:18:08Because I thought I might lose my job.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09I loved my job.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Yeah, same with me.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12I could have lost my job.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16This was the man I worked for, I had to stay on the right side of him.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17But nobody would have believed me either.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20There was no idea about reporting it and there was no
0:18:20 > 0:18:25idea about taking it into a formal complaints procedure.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Older people are now more likely to reconsider behaviour
0:18:27 > 0:18:31they witnessed in their careers.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34More than 40% of over 55s would now describe incidents they saw
0:18:34 > 0:18:36as sexual harassment.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39We didn't have the vocabulary.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42I would now be saying - hang on a minute, I think that's
0:18:42 > 0:18:43some kind of assault.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46But I would never have said it 20 years ago, never,
0:18:46 > 0:18:47because I didn't think it was.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48No.
0:18:48 > 0:18:55I thought it was just the way you were if you were a woman.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58We're of a generation where women were only just beginning to be
0:18:58 > 0:18:59encouraged to speak out.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Overall, the poll found most people were optimistic recent events
0:19:01 > 0:19:05will lead to change.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Nearly 70% think the revelations will cause sustained
0:19:07 > 0:19:08improvements in behaviour.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14What do you think about all these stories about sexual harassment,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17sexual assault in the workplace that have come out now?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19There are some brave women who have started the ball rolling.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20It will always continue.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Men will always feel that they're superior to women.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26And you don't think that the massive publicity that we've had recently
0:19:26 > 0:19:27will in anyway change that?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28I don't think so.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Oh, I think it will.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30I think it's hopeful.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32It's been changing for a while now.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33It will never stop.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35They can't put the lid back on the box now.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41I'm sure it's educating men.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I was just going to say that, Annie, absolutely.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Do you think it's something that all women of your generation had
0:19:46 > 0:19:49to put up with, when you speak to friends and relatives?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Oh, yeah.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52When you talk to just about everybody.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55There were lots of people in the choir who didn't want to come
0:19:55 > 0:19:58into a public forum who've said things to me - oh, that
0:19:58 > 0:20:01happened to me, but I don't want to discuss it with anyone.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04This is the generation who had to put up with harassment at work,
0:20:04 > 0:20:05who can't believe it's still happening today.
0:20:05 > 0:20:12Lucy Manning, BBC News, Whitley Bay.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15A woman's been jailed for four years after her dangerous dog attacked 12
0:20:15 > 0:20:18children in a playground.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Claire Neal's Staffordshire bull terrier escaped from her home before
0:20:20 > 0:20:22it carried out the attack in Blyth, Northumberland.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Peter Harris is outside Newcastle Crown Court.
0:20:26 > 0:20:32Sounds awful, Peter, give us the details?Well, the judge described
0:20:32 > 0:20:36it as a "truly terrible situation" as the dog chased those children
0:20:36 > 0:20:40through the playground. Some of them went up on to the climbing frames to
0:20:40 > 0:20:44try and escape. Others were dragged along the floor and bitten before
0:20:44 > 0:20:48the dog could be brought under control. The injuries were nasty
0:20:48 > 0:20:51skin graphs and stitches for some, bearing in mind one of the victims
0:20:51 > 0:20:55was only six years old. It turned out in court Claire Neal should
0:20:55 > 0:21:00never have had the dog in the first place. Just a month before a court
0:21:00 > 0:21:04had made an order that she should hand the dog over to be destroyed
0:21:04 > 0:21:08because of previous attacks. She failed to comply with that order,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12leading to these attacks just a few weeks later. The judge in jailing
0:21:12 > 0:21:16her told her "it's not the dog's fault, it's your fault."Peter,
0:21:16 > 0:21:22thank you very much.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25A woman has died following a massive gas explosion that destroyed her
0:21:25 > 0:21:26house in Leicestershire.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28It happened in Birstall, near Leicester.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31The home of Janet Jasper, who was understood to be in her late
0:21:31 > 0:21:3470s, was reduced to rubble by the blast and other houses
0:21:34 > 0:21:36nearby were badly damaged.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41An investigation is under way to find out what happened.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Police are appealing for witnesses and any dash-cam footage
0:21:43 > 0:21:47as they investigate the death of a woman who was struck
0:21:47 > 0:21:50in a suspected multiple hit and run in South London.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54The 29-year-old victim was struck by a lorry on a pedestrian crossing
0:21:54 > 0:21:56before she is thought to have been struck by another
0:21:56 > 0:21:58lorry and two cars.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00None of the drivers stopped after the incident
0:22:00 > 0:22:10in Tulse Hill yesterday.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13In a couple of days' time, it will be six months since the horror
0:22:13 > 0:22:15of the Grenfell Tower fire.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18This week we're hearing from some of those affected by the disaster -
0:22:18 > 0:22:21whether they're survivors or one of the many people who are helping
0:22:21 > 0:22:23the community on its long and challenging process of recovery.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Tonight, it's the turn of David Bailey, who manages child
0:22:25 > 0:22:28and adolescent mental health services in the area.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29People in the early days were presenting
0:22:29 > 0:22:35with very disturbed sleep.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39That they had images and thoughts in their head that they didn't want
0:22:39 > 0:22:42and people were feeling quite numb and just quite overwhelmed by
0:22:42 > 0:22:46the whole scale of what they'd seen.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50We're dealing all the time with children who have
0:22:50 > 0:22:51experienced bereavements, who have experienced escaping
0:22:51 > 0:22:59from the building on that night.
0:22:59 > 0:23:08People are trying I think to get on with their lives,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11but are constantly reminded of what happened on that, and that
0:23:11 > 0:23:12I think is really difficult.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15It's not just that you see the tower, it's that you actually
0:23:15 > 0:23:17feel something when you're close to the tower.
0:23:17 > 0:23:23It's hideous to look at because of what it reminds you of.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26So it's hard for people who, you know, haven't been in the area
0:23:26 > 0:23:30to know what it feels like to walk down the road and to look up
0:23:30 > 0:23:33and to see the tower, or to be in a playground and to look
0:23:33 > 0:23:39up and to see the tower.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40It's hard for people...
0:23:40 > 0:23:43I understand that it's hard for people who aren't in this area
0:23:43 > 0:23:46to understand the impact it has on a daily basis to the residents.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49This is there all the time and we're constantly looking at it
0:23:49 > 0:23:51and we're constantly dealing with the impact of it.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54We are going to be actively going out, knocking on doors,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57going into schools.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01We want people to know that whenever they need that help and support,
0:24:01 > 0:24:02they can get access to it.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Whenever they need us, we'll be there is the message that we want
0:24:05 > 0:24:15them to very clearly hear.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20That was David Bailey, who manages the local Child and
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Adolescent Mental Health Services in the area.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Hard to believe, but it was 40 years ago that the first Star Wars
0:24:25 > 0:24:28film hit the cinemas, spawning one of the most successful
0:24:28 > 0:24:29film franchises in history.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31The latest instalment - the eighth film - is called
0:24:31 > 0:24:33The Last Jedi and it has its European premiere
0:24:33 > 0:24:34in London tonight.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Lizo Mzimba's on the red carpet for us.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41Lizo. Yes, I'm here on the red carpet joined by a familiar face to
0:24:41 > 0:24:48Star Wars fans, one of the stars, perhaps the star of the Star Wars
0:24:48 > 0:24:55saga. Mark Hamill who plays Luke Skywalker. What is it like for you
0:24:55 > 0:24:59emotionally returning to the franchise that did so much for you?
0:24:59 > 0:25:04Well, it was surreal. We had no idea. We had a beginning, middle and
0:25:04 > 0:25:07end. I thought if they are going to do
0:25:07 > 0:25:10further Star Wars films they wouldn't need us, they had new
0:25:10 > 0:25:17characters. I can assure you my part in The Last Jedi is twice as big as
0:25:17 > 0:25:22it was inth force awakens.Star Wars is an important movie to fans. How
0:25:22 > 0:25:26important is the way it has expanded its recipation of all kinds to the
0:25:26 > 0:25:32cinema audience?Well, the films were originally made for children.
0:25:32 > 0:25:38We never expected it to be embraced by the adult world. I guess we hit
0:25:38 > 0:25:42that sweet spot it's for children of all ages, but it's basically
0:25:42 > 0:25:51escapism. People need that when reality is too harsh. Whether they
0:25:51 > 0:25:58go to Hogworts Middle Earth or the Land of Oz it's comforting to go to
0:25:58 > 0:26:02a galaxy far away, I guess. I thought it more of a fairytale
0:26:02 > 0:26:07than science fiction. We had a Princess, farm boy and a wizard.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11It's a continuation of all of that. Thank you for your time from the
0:26:11 > 0:26:15premier of Star Warser, here at the Royal Albert Hall, back to you.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16Thank you very much.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Here's Darren Bett.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Here's Darren Bett.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Not as cold tonight as it was last night by any means. There has been a
0:26:24 > 0:26:28little bit of a thaw for some areas. Still very tricky conditions out and
0:26:28 > 0:26:32about on the roads and there is still the chance of some icy
0:26:32 > 0:26:36stretches too with the greatest risk of disruption coming across Scotland
0:26:36 > 0:26:39and northern England. There has been ice around the Glasgow area because
0:26:39 > 0:26:43coming into the cold air we have seen all this cloud spilling its way
0:26:43 > 0:26:46eastwards. It is bringing with it wet weather, too. There is a good
0:26:46 > 0:26:51chance that wet weather will fall on frozen surfaces bringing the risk of
0:26:51 > 0:26:58ice for the next few hours. Everything is moving eastwards. Wet
0:26:58 > 0:27:02weather will gather in the west. In between the cloud will break up and
0:27:02 > 0:27:05those temperatures could be low enough to bring the risk of icy
0:27:05 > 0:27:10patches later in the night as well. Tomorrow, we will find the
0:27:10 > 0:27:13thickening cloud, strengthening winds and outbreaks of rain pushing
0:27:13 > 0:27:16eastwards across all areas. The rain could be heavy at times. It cheers
0:27:16 > 0:27:19up more in the afternoon. More sunshine following on and some
0:27:19 > 0:27:24showers. Those showers turning increasingly wintry in Scotland and
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Northern Ireland. Temperatures five degrees at best. Further south you
0:27:26 > 0:27:30could get nine or ten for a while in southern England and south Wales.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Keep an eye on this snow. Snot just across Scotland and Northern
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Ireland, we may get snow at lower levels briefly tomorrow evening in
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Wales, Midland and northern England, to top things up and keep that ice
0:27:40 > 0:27:44risk going. As we head into Thursday, we are left with sunshine
0:27:44 > 0:27:49and showers. The showers will be wintry, snow more likely over the
0:27:49 > 0:27:53hills and particularly in Scotland where the winds are lighter. We will
0:27:53 > 0:27:56have stronger, blustery winds and temperatures beginning to fall away.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01Three in the central belt, seven in southern England and south Wales.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04More wintry showers around coastal areas as we head into Friday. The
0:28:04 > 0:28:10wind direction changing. More colder air on the way. Not as cold as it
0:28:10 > 0:28:15has been recently. Darren, thank you very much.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Before we go, just time to tell you about a special report
0:28:17 > 0:28:18coming up at 10.00pm.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Fergal Keane will have a special report on a new humanitarian crisis
0:28:21 > 0:28:27unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32We lost our children, they were killed.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Such suffering isn't the natural condition of these people,
0:28:34 > 0:28:44it's man-made.