0:00:04 > 0:00:09Tonight at six, a damning report says Bristol's police and council
0:00:09 > 0:00:13were guilty of institutional racism.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Bijan Ebrahimi was beaten to death and his body set on fire.
0:00:16 > 0:00:25He was a victim of collective failure.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Don't you dare take pictures of me!
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Despite years of complaints,
0:00:29 > 0:00:31officials repeatedly sided with those who abused him.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Absolutely shocking and devastating, especially as a family,
0:00:34 > 0:00:40if these things happen, it's just unacceptable.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44But no individuals have been blamed, we'll be asking why.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Also tonight, the prison branded the worst in the country -
0:00:47 > 0:00:51inmates describe rats and cockroaches everywhere.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55In the last hour, a hasn't trained in America derails while crossing a
0:00:55 > 0:00:57bridge, we will have the latest.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Two die in a blaze at one of Scotland's top hotels,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01other guests are in hospital.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03It's all over, England lose the Third Test and the Ashes.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Now the Aussies target a 5-0 whitewash.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08More than eight million of us will live till we're 100,
0:01:08 > 0:01:14but how do we stay healthy?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, we'll be looking back
0:01:17 > 0:01:19at a night of sporting celebrations and surprises
0:01:19 > 0:01:29after Mo Farah is crowned BBC Sport Personality of the Year.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50An official report into the case of an Iranian refugee
0:01:50 > 0:01:52who was murdered in Bristol has concluded
0:01:52 > 0:01:54there was institutional racism on the part of the authorities
0:01:54 > 0:01:55who dealt with him.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Bijan Ebrahimi was killed by a neighbour in the summer
0:02:00 > 0:02:01of 2013, and his body set alight.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Today's report, by the Safer Bristol Partnership,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08found that Avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council
0:02:08 > 0:02:11repeatedly sided with those who had abused him over a period of years.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15But while the report found evidence of collective failure,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19it said that individuals were not intentionally racist.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Jon Kay reports.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24He came to Britain for safety, but Bijan Ebrahimi
0:02:24 > 0:02:29was brutally beaten to death and his body set on fire.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Don't you dare take pictures of me, all right?!
0:02:33 > 0:02:36This is the neighbour who killed him - Lee James,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39now serving life for murder.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43But this was not the first attack.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Today's report says, time and time again,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52at different addresses over several years, Bijan alleged
0:02:52 > 0:02:58he'd been attacked by a number of different people.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01But this report says he was treated as a nuisance
0:03:01 > 0:03:05by the authorities in Bristol, with police and council staff often
0:03:05 > 0:03:08siding with his alleged abusers, rather than helping him.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Absolutely shocking and disgusting...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Now, Bijan's sisters have been told there was a collective failure
0:03:15 > 0:03:21by Avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24which amounted to institutional racism, a phrase used nearly
0:03:24 > 0:03:2720 years ago in the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29These are not the words that we should hear
0:03:29 > 0:03:31this day and age.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33You don't want to see, you don't want to hear
0:03:33 > 0:03:35any more about this, it's been dealt with so many times
0:03:35 > 0:03:39before, and seeing it is happening again is truly shocking.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42We are very angry, as my sister said, and it's very shocking
0:03:42 > 0:03:46and upsetting as a family.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Today's report says no individual members of staff
0:03:49 > 0:03:51here at Bristol City Council, or at Avon and Somerset Police,
0:03:51 > 0:03:55were intentionally racist themselves, but it says both
0:03:55 > 0:04:00organisations had an ingrained view of Bijan Ebrahimi which affected
0:04:00 > 0:04:03the way they treated him and that he didn't get the support
0:04:03 > 0:04:07or the level of service that he should have received.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The report says, as an Iranian man, Bijan was put at a disadvantage
0:04:10 > 0:04:14because the way the authorities dealt with him was discriminatory.
0:04:14 > 0:04:21That is why, it concludes, there was institutional racism.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24It's a word that's rarely used, it's a finding that's rarely found,
0:04:24 > 0:04:25because one would hope that institutional racism
0:04:25 > 0:04:28is not a common problem.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30But the family's concern, in fact,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33is that it is much more common than it is found.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40The force apologised to the Ebrahimi family then
0:04:40 > 0:04:41and, along with the city council,
0:04:41 > 0:04:46has now accepted today's report in full.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50They say lessons have been learnt.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55Bijan's death won't be in vain, and it will be the basis of this
0:04:55 > 0:04:57authority, and I'm sure many institutions around the city,
0:04:57 > 0:05:01having a look at what they do and the way they do it.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Nearly five years after he was killed here, Bijan Ebrahimi's family
0:05:05 > 0:05:08say his voice has now finally been heard.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14Jon Kay, BBC News, Bristol.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Our home editor, Mark Easton, is here with me.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23So there is institutional racism but no individual is to blame, how does
0:05:23 > 0:05:28that work?Well, institutional racism is obviously a troubling
0:05:28 > 0:05:32phrase but a complicated concept. In this case, the inquiry said there
0:05:32 > 0:05:36was no evidence that anyone from the police or the council intentionally
0:05:36 > 0:05:39behaved in a racist manner, nor that they had policies or procedures were
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Schwerner in any way racist, but the definition of institutional racism
0:05:43 > 0:05:49is laid out in the Macpherson Report utterly Stephen Lawrence inquiry, it
0:05:49 > 0:05:50includes attitudes and behaviours which amount to discrimination
0:05:50 > 0:05:56through unwitting prejudice, thoughtlessness and racist
0:05:56 > 0:06:03stereotyping. It is shocking that the phrase is still being used
0:06:03 > 0:06:06almost 25 years after Stephen Lawrence's murder, but it is also a
0:06:06 > 0:06:12reminder of how hard it is to change deep-seated, hidden, and conscious
0:06:12 > 0:06:18bias is from affecting the way that professionals deal with often very
0:06:18 > 0:06:21challenging, complex and sensitive situations. There are
0:06:21 > 0:06:25recommendations in today's report to introduce additional oversight and
0:06:25 > 0:06:31checks into the system to protect against that. Clearly, for Mr
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Ebrahimi family, they hope they will not make the same mistake again.All
0:06:35 > 0:06:38right, Mark, thanks very much.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40In the last hour, emergency services have been responding to what's
0:06:40 > 0:06:43being described as a major incident in the United States
0:06:43 > 0:06:45after an Amtrak passenger train came off a bridge
0:06:45 > 0:06:47and onto a highway in Washington state.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49The local sheriff's office says there have been multiple fatalities.
0:06:49 > 0:06:5077 people have been taken to hospital.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55James Cook has the latest.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00It was the height of the rush-hour on the busy I-5 motorway, and the
0:07:00 > 0:07:03train was reportedly travelling at more than 80 mph. The local sheriff
0:07:03 > 0:07:08says it came off the rails near the bridge at 7:40 in the morning,
0:07:08 > 0:07:13smashing onto cars and at least one lorry on the road below.Multiple
0:07:13 > 0:07:17agencies are responding. When we got to the scene, it was obvious that
0:07:17 > 0:07:20there were some but allergies and there were a lot of injuries, and
0:07:20 > 0:07:24some people were able to get off the train.The train was being operated
0:07:24 > 0:07:30by Amtrak, the major US rail passenger company. It was travelling
0:07:30 > 0:07:34from Seattle in Washington state to Portland in Oregon, and Amtrak say
0:07:34 > 0:07:37there were approximately 78 passengers and five crewmembers on
0:07:37 > 0:07:41board. In a statement, the firm said it was aware of the incident but
0:07:41 > 0:07:45gave few other details. Passengers spoke of a rocking and creaking
0:07:45 > 0:07:49noise as the train rounded a bend, followed by crushing and screening.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53To escape, said one survivor, they had to smash windows as the doors
0:07:53 > 0:07:59could not be opened. The governor of Washington thanked the emergency
0:07:59 > 0:08:02services for their swift response and urged Americans to pray for
0:08:02 > 0:08:06everyone on board. James Cook, BBC News, Los Angeles.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Here, inmates at Liverpool Prison are being kept in the worst living
0:08:09 > 0:08:10conditions inspectors have ever seen.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13That's according to a leaked report seen by the BBC.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Prison inspectors found rats, cockroaches and exposed wiring
0:08:15 > 0:08:17when they made an unannounced visit to the prison.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19A lack of leadership at all levels, including government,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22was the chief cause of the problems.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan has this report.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Behind the walls of Liverpool Prison,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32more than 1100 men live in squalid conditions.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Rats and cockroaches are rife.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Pools of urine seep from broken toilets.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41If you put a dog in a place like this, people would come
0:08:41 > 0:08:48and take you away and lock you up for cruelty to animals.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Darren Hurley spent just over two years in the prison
0:08:51 > 0:08:53after being convicted of drugs offences.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Released in the summer, he told me what life
0:08:55 > 0:08:56on the inside was like.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Cockroaches, rats.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Rubbish just getting left inside the buildings,
0:09:02 > 0:09:06rather than put out at the end of the evening.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Does it smell?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Yeah, it smells terrible.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Basically, like living in a tip.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13The report we've seen followed an unannounced
0:09:13 > 0:09:16inspection in September.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18The inspectors wrote they could not recall
0:09:18 > 0:09:25having seen worse living conditions.
0:09:25 > 0:09:35There is a backlog of over 2000 maintenance jobs.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I think it's as bad a report as I've ever seen.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40This former Chief Inspector of Prisons
0:09:40 > 0:09:44is exasperated by the failings.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46I ask the head of the Prison Service,
0:09:46 > 0:09:51how on earth do it he allow the prison to get into that state?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Because the management was clearly incompetent in the prison itself.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57And how could anyone come up from headquarters
0:09:57 > 0:09:59and go into Liverpool and see that, and not feel ashamed,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02and do something about it?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Somebody I showed this report to
0:10:04 > 0:10:06said to me this is England's worst jail.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09I wouldn't dispute that.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12The inspectors agree, blaming the failure of Liverpool
0:10:12 > 0:10:14not just on the governor, but on senior officials
0:10:14 > 0:10:16at the Ministry of Justice.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Local prison managers had sought help, said the report,
0:10:19 > 0:10:24but their requests had been met with little response.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Perhaps most damningly, the inspectors write,
0:10:28 > 0:10:37"We could see no credible plan to address these basic issues."
0:10:37 > 0:10:39This Liverpool prison officer says the Ministry of Justice are
0:10:39 > 0:10:43responsible.It is not the fault of staff or management, this is firmly
0:10:43 > 0:10:47with the ministry and the Government. Start investing in the
0:10:47 > 0:10:51prisons and give us the resources to do our job.The Ministry of Justice
0:10:51 > 0:10:54said they would not comment on leaked documents but they did
0:10:54 > 0:10:58appoint a new governor recently. Former prisoners we have spoken to
0:10:58 > 0:11:03be released in recent weeks say the conditions inside remained dire. The
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Victorian era jail abiding Victorian living conditions in modern Britain.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Michael Buchanan, BBC News, Liverpool.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14US military personnel fired shots today at a Suffolk airbase
0:11:14 > 0:11:15used by the American air force,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18as they stopped someone who tried to force their way in.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20RAF Mildenhall was locked down by security staff,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22after reports of an individual ramming the gates with a vehicle.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26The suspect was arrested.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28The base hosts the 100th Air Refueling Wing
0:11:28 > 0:11:32and some special operations squadrons.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34A review of fire and building regulations
0:11:34 > 0:11:37following the Grenfell Tower disaster says the current system
0:11:37 > 0:11:40isn't fit for purpose and a culture change is required
0:11:40 > 0:11:44to ensure safety is prioritised over cost.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Dame Judith Hackitt, in her interim review for the Government,
0:11:47 > 0:11:48says the rules should be simplified.
0:11:48 > 0:11:56Let's speak to our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02How significant is this, and what are the implications?Well, very
0:12:02 > 0:12:06significant, George, this is a senior engineer setting up some of
0:12:06 > 0:12:09the problems with the building regulation system that may have led
0:12:09 > 0:12:13to the tragedy here. She says the system is so complicated that her
0:12:13 > 0:12:17staff had to draw up a map for her to try to understand it, and it is
0:12:17 > 0:12:21very complicated. She said that this has so many loopholes that if you
0:12:21 > 0:12:25want to get away with checking standards, then there is very little
0:12:25 > 0:12:34chance of you being caught and very few penalties. She is the Health and
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Safety Executive, and she says she wants a change as big as that which
0:12:37 > 0:12:40happened in workplace safety over the last ten years, but she says she
0:12:40 > 0:12:44is not really here to come up with particular technical standards. MPs
0:12:44 > 0:12:50today wanted her to say that she would ban the use of so-called
0:12:50 > 0:12:53limited combustibility materials on towers like Grenfell Tower, which is
0:12:53 > 0:12:58just over their plans. She said that was not so much her job as coming up
0:12:58 > 0:13:02with a system that will maintain safety in future. She will produce a
0:13:02 > 0:13:04final report, George, next year.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Police in Lebanon have arrested an Uber driver in connection
0:13:06 > 0:13:09with the murder of a 30-year-old British diplomat in Beirut.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11The body of Rebecca Dykes, who worked at the British
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Embassy in the city,
0:13:12 > 0:13:17was found beside a motorway over the weekend.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Officers say she had been strangled and sexually assaulted.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Tonight, her family said in a statement that Rebecca
0:13:22 > 0:13:25was "imply irreplaceable".
0:13:25 > 0:13:27From Lebanon, our Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville
0:13:27 > 0:13:29sent this report.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Becky Dykes fell in love with Lebanon.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34She had only just moved here full-time, but she was deeply
0:13:34 > 0:13:35committed to her work, helping the country
0:13:35 > 0:13:41cope with the influx of refugees from Syria.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44There was a final night out before she returned home for Christmas -
0:13:44 > 0:13:49a colleague's leaving do here at this bar in Gemmayzeh.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52At around midnight, she called a taxi, an Uber, to take her home.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55She was never seen alive again.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57She was driven out of Beirut.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Her body was found by a highway the next day.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05She'd been strangled and sexually assaulted.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07A 35-year-old Lebanese man is in police custody.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10The suspect is believed to be an Uber driver.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12He's worked for the company for a short period of time.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Here in Beirut, Uber's generally seen as a safe way of getting about,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19especially by women on their own.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21The company responded in a statement,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24saying that it was horrified by this senseless act of violence
0:14:24 > 0:14:29and that it's fully cooperating with the police investigation.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Lebanon's dark days lie mostly in its past.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34In these neighbourhoods,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37there's now a relaxed approach to personal safety.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42This is not the first attack of its kind, but they are rare.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46We all drink in this area, we go out on Friday
0:14:46 > 0:14:48and Saturday nights in this very neighbourhood,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51which is usually very, very safe.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54So I think we're all just deeply saddened that one of our friends
0:14:54 > 0:14:56left by herself and just didn't come back.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00At the British Embassy, staff are heartbroken.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03The ambassador took to social media and said, "The whole embassy
0:15:03 > 0:15:06is deeply shocked, it was a tragic loss."
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Embassy staff are now providing consular assistance
0:15:10 > 0:15:14to the family of one of their own.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Becky Dykes hadn't been in Lebanon long,
0:15:15 > 0:15:19but she'd already made a big difference.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Her friends say that's how they want to remember her -
0:15:23 > 0:15:26as someone who cared, a bright star just beginning her career,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29and a woman who'd already helped improve the lives
0:15:29 > 0:15:30of the most vulnerable here in Lebanon.
0:15:30 > 0:15:36Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, Beirut.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38In South Africa, the African National Congress,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41which has ruled the country since the end of apartheid,
0:15:41 > 0:15:42has elected a new leader.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Cyril Ramaphosa will replace the controversial
0:15:43 > 0:15:48Jacob Zuma as party leader.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Under Mr Zuma, who faces hundreds of charges of corruption,
0:15:51 > 0:15:52South Africa's economy has stagnated,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54and the political climate has become more divisive.
0:15:54 > 0:16:04Let's talk to our Africa editor, Fergal Keane.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09What does this mean for the party and for the country? Potentially it
0:16:09 > 0:16:14is a huge step forward. Cyril Ramaphosa am pained for the post of
0:16:14 > 0:16:18president promising to restore the moral values associated with the
0:16:18 > 0:16:21party of Nelson Mandela and those great anti-apartheid campaigners.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26You have to look at this result and take into account the fact that
0:16:26 > 0:16:30elected as the deputy president is someone who was a strong loyalist of
0:16:30 > 0:16:37President Zuma. So the scope for radical attacks on corruption is
0:16:37 > 0:16:42going to be limited. I have been watching Cyril Ramaphosa since the
0:16:42 > 0:16:4719th 80s here, when he was a union negotiator, very tough man but also
0:16:47 > 0:16:52one who seemed to know when to strike a deal. I saw him help to
0:16:52 > 0:16:54negotiate a new constitution for South Africa. Also we have to
0:16:54 > 0:16:58remember his role in the Irish peace process, where he was brought in to
0:16:58 > 0:17:04oversee decommissioning of IRA weapons. In all of those roles he
0:17:04 > 0:17:08has had tacked, patience and steel. He's going to need all of those in
0:17:08 > 0:17:13trying to sort out the problems here.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Our top story this evening...
0:17:16 > 0:17:19A damning report says Bristol's police and council were guilty
0:17:19 > 0:17:22of institutional racism in the case of a murdered refugee.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25And still to come...
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Handshakes all round, as England lose the Ashes,
0:17:27 > 0:17:32but is there anything the team can do to avoid a whitewash?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News...
0:17:34 > 0:17:35What next for England
0:17:35 > 0:17:40after the Ashes are lost?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50It used to be a rare occurrence that deserved a special letter
0:17:50 > 0:17:54of congratulations from the Queen - but new figures show that one
0:17:54 > 0:17:57in eight people in the UK is projected to live
0:17:57 > 0:18:01to at least 100.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02That's around 8.5 million people.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04It's part of a global trend.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07But how do we make sure more of us remain healthy -
0:18:07 > 0:18:08becoming so-called "super-agers".
0:18:08 > 0:18:10becoming so-called "super-agers"?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13In the first of a series of reports, our medical correspondent
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Fergus Walsh has been to California, a centre for research into ageing.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19On your marks...
0:18:19 > 0:18:22To me, I don't think about age as being a handicap.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Set...
0:18:23 > 0:18:24It's just a process.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26You live, you die.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29So, why not live?
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Irene O'Bera is 84.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37She makes old age look like an irrelevance.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Irene's been breaking world records for four decades.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45It takes effort.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46When she's not training at this
0:18:46 > 0:18:48track near San Francisco, she's in the gym.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Her philosophy is simple.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Live the life you love, and love the life you lead.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58And a quitter never wins, and a winner never quits.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04And I want to be a winner.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06We're living in an ageing world.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10By 2050, the number of people aged 65 and over is projected to triple
0:19:10 > 0:19:15globally to 1.5 billion.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19In the UK, the number of people aged 80 and over is projected to more
0:19:19 > 0:19:25than double to 7.5 million by 2050.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31And the number of centenarians to increase sixfold to 94,000.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It's a whole body movement...
0:19:33 > 0:19:36So, what can we do to increase our chances of spending
0:19:36 > 0:19:43those extra years in good health, like Irene?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45SHE SPEAKS FRENCH
0:19:45 > 0:19:50It's not just about exercising the body, but also the mind.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55That's because keeping the brain active can lower the risk
0:19:55 > 0:19:57of developing dementia.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01SHE SPEAKS FRENCH
0:20:01 > 0:20:02I joined a French language class
0:20:02 > 0:20:05in Berkeley, across the bay
0:20:05 > 0:20:06from San Francisco, where all the students
0:20:06 > 0:20:08are in their seventies.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11My mother had Alzheimer's.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15So, I mean, there's part of me doesn't want that to happen to me.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20I do believe that, erm, intellectual stimulation is important.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25And science may be able to help.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29In the hills above Silicon Valley sits the Buck Institute.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Researchers there are working on how to delay the way our bodies age.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34This is our building...
0:20:34 > 0:20:37This could increase the healthy years of life,
0:20:37 > 0:20:42free of conditions like cancer, arthritis or heart disease.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46We predict that there will be drugs that will treat ageing, instead
0:20:46 > 0:20:49of each disease individually.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52People themselves would be able to look forward
0:20:52 > 0:20:58to the last decade of their life still being vibrant,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00engaged, healthy.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Just like Irene, who challenged me to a friendly race.
0:21:03 > 0:21:09She can run 100m only seven seconds slower than Usain Bolt.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13So, despite my 27-year advantage, the winner was never in doubt.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16That was fantastic.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19So, I've just been beaten by an 84-year-old,
0:21:19 > 0:21:23but I've been beaten by a super-ager -
0:21:23 > 0:21:24and I think that's pretty inspiring.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Thank you!
0:21:26 > 0:21:32Fergus Walsh, BBC News, California.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Two people have been killed in a fire at a luxury hotel
0:21:35 > 0:21:36on the banks of Loch Lomond.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Police Scotland say the Cameron House hotel has been
0:21:39 > 0:21:40extensively damaged.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Around 200 guests were evacuated from the hotel after the alarm
0:21:42 > 0:21:44was raised early this morning.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48James Shaw reports.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51The fire started before dawn, and as the sun rose,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53a huge plume of smoke was visible rising from the central
0:21:53 > 0:21:57building of the hotel.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00One person died at the scene - another died later in hospital.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Three other people, including a child, were treated
0:22:02 > 0:22:08for the effects of smoke inhalation.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10The fire and rescue service's condolences go out to the people
0:22:10 > 0:22:12who were involved in this tragic incident,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14and our thoughts are very much
0:22:14 > 0:22:17with the family and the friends of the two people who have
0:22:17 > 0:22:21lost their life this morning.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23The hotel itself was badly damaged, and is expected to be
0:22:23 > 0:22:26closed for some time.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Other businesses in the area, which is a major tourism
0:22:29 > 0:22:31destination in Scotland, are offering to help.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34The Cameron House hotel is one of the most famous
0:22:34 > 0:22:37luxury hotels in Scotland.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41But today, it was the scene of a mass evacuation and desperate
0:22:41 > 0:22:47attempts by hotel staff and firefighters to save lives.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51An investigation to find the cause of the fire has already begun.
0:22:51 > 0:22:59James Shaw, BBC News, on the banks of Loch Lomond.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Theresa May says there's no place for threats of violence
0:23:02 > 0:23:03and intimidation against MPs.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06She made the comments after it emerged that several Conservative
0:23:06 > 0:23:09MPs have received dozens of abusive emails and tweets because
0:23:09 > 0:23:11of their views on Brexit.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17Our political correspondent Vicki Young is in Westminster for us.
0:23:17 > 0:23:24Vicki - how bad is the problem?
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Well, several MPs have described what they say is a febrile
0:23:28 > 0:23:32atmosphere, particularly surrounding the Brexit debate. Last week, of
0:23:32 > 0:23:36course, Theresa May suffered her first defeat on all of this. Several
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Conservatives voted against their own government to inflict that loss
0:23:39 > 0:23:43on Theresa May, and some of them have now gone to the police after
0:23:43 > 0:23:47messages that they have received. The BBC has seen some of them that
0:23:47 > 0:23:51have been sent to, including an e-mail which says, you should hang
0:23:51 > 0:23:55for your crimes. Another said, I hope you do live the rest of your
0:23:55 > 0:23:59life looking over your shoulder in fear. And there was one tweet which
0:23:59 > 0:24:05said, you have committed treason and your heads belong on spikes outside
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Westminster, hashtag Jo Cox, a reference to the Labour MP who was
0:24:08 > 0:24:11murdered last year. MPs are trying to get to a point where they can
0:24:11 > 0:24:16have a passionate debate which they feel very, very strongly about, but
0:24:16 > 0:24:19without it tipping over into intimidation. In the last few
0:24:19 > 0:24:22minutes the Home Secretary has stood up and said that this threatens
0:24:22 > 0:24:25democracy, because in the end people might be put off going into public
0:24:25 > 0:24:31life completely.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34The Right Reverend Sarah Mullally has been named as the new Bishop
0:24:34 > 0:24:36of London, making her the most senior clergywoman in the history
0:24:36 > 0:24:38of the Church of England.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41She became a priest in 2006 after spending over 35 years working
0:24:41 > 0:24:42as a senior nurse for the NHS.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Bishop Sarah, who is 55, will be the third woman to run
0:24:45 > 0:24:49a diocese and will take up a seat in the House of Lords.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Cricket, and Australia have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead
0:24:51 > 0:24:53in the Ashes series, after England were bowled out
0:24:53 > 0:24:58for 218 in the third test in Perth.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02for 218 in the third Test in Perth.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04As Andy Swiss reports, the result raises some serious
0:25:04 > 0:25:08questions for the England camp.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12It had been coming for a while, but for Australia, still just
0:25:12 > 0:25:22as sweet - for England, just as painful.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Joe Root's side began the day with an unlikely lifeline.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Overnight rain had leaked onto the pitch, an army of leaf
0:25:27 > 0:25:29blowers were deployed, causing a three hour delay.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30But Australia made up for lost time.
0:25:30 > 0:25:38Jonny Bairstow clean bowled by one that barely bounced.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Dawid Malan, one of the few successes here, briefly gave
0:25:41 > 0:25:44hope with a gritty 50.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46But when his resistance ended England's last hopes left.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Chris Woakes was caught behind, Australia's victory party began.
0:25:50 > 0:25:57England once again whacked at the Waca,
0:25:57 > 0:25:58and faced with Ashes failure.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59It is bitterly disappointing.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02One frustrating thing is we haven't been blown away, we have not been
0:26:02 > 0:26:03completely outplayed.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05We've put up some really good performances,
0:26:05 > 0:26:10just for not long enough, simple as that.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Once again, the scoreboard in Perth makes sorry reading
0:26:12 > 0:26:15for English cricket.
0:26:15 > 0:26:21To lose the Ashes after just three matches will be a crushing
0:26:21 > 0:26:27disappointment, but this is a team which has had problems both
0:26:27 > 0:26:28on and off the pitch.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Their star player Ben Stokes didn't even travel after an incident
0:26:31 > 0:26:32outside a nightclub.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Other big names like Stuart Broad and Alistair Cook have struggled.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36England were the underdogs here -
0:26:36 > 0:26:38as it turned out, with good reason.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41I've not been surprised with what I have seen.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44If you look at the England tool box they have arrived with,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47they were missing a spanner, screwdriver, no one with real pace.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Not having their best player in Ben Stokes
0:26:48 > 0:26:52would always be a big issue.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55The challenge now for England is a grim one - to avoid
0:26:55 > 0:26:58the dreaded whitewash, but after being outbatted,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00outbowled and outclassed, it could be a long few weeks.
0:27:00 > 0:27:06Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11Let's have a look at the weather, with Tomasz Schafernaker. We are in
0:27:11 > 0:27:18for some really sick fog over the next 24 hours. This is just a great
0:27:18 > 0:27:26picture. It is no laughing matter, because this could be really dense
0:27:26 > 0:27:29fog and it could be disruptive to some of us tomorrow morning, not
0:27:29 > 0:27:35just on the roads, there might be delays at the airports as well. This
0:27:35 > 0:27:36just on the roads, there might be delays at the airports as well. This
0:27:36 > 0:27:40evening at fog will become more widespread and thicker across many
0:27:40 > 0:27:45parts of England, particularly central England, eastern England and
0:27:45 > 0:27:48the south. Freezing fog is a possibility with those temperatures.
0:27:48 > 0:27:54Further north I don't think there will be too many fog problems. It
0:27:54 > 0:27:59will be a bit milder there. This is about six o'clock in the morning, so
0:27:59 > 0:28:04approaching rush-hour. We are not talking about fog patches, this is
0:28:04 > 0:28:08widespread, extensive fog across the south. In some areas it might stay
0:28:08 > 0:28:13for the whole morning and possibly the whole day. This time of the
0:28:13 > 0:28:15year, when that happens, the temperatures are barely above
0:28:15 > 0:28:24freezing. More conservative estimate might be 4-6 degrees in the
0:28:24 > 0:28:28south-east. But look at the temperature in Aberdeen, almost
0:28:28 > 0:28:34tropical, relatively speaking. And this is the following evening,
0:28:34 > 0:28:38tomorrow night, a weather front approaching and bringing some
0:28:38 > 0:28:43weather in the north-west. But the fog reforming across southern areas.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Wednesday looks cloudy and