0:00:05 > 0:00:08The first visit by a British Foreign Secretary to Russia in five years
0:00:08 > 0:00:12ends with accusations of lying.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14A handshake between Boris Johnson and the Russian foreign minister
0:00:14 > 0:00:16aims to repair relations, but it's followed by
0:00:16 > 0:00:19public disagreement.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21You should recognise that Russian attempts
0:00:21 > 0:00:23to interfere in our elections and our referendums,
0:00:23 > 0:00:28whatever they may have been, have not been successful.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32I think you've made all this up in your Western community,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34and you're hostage to this subject.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38It's very difficult for you to climb down from the fence now.
0:00:42 > 0:00:48Today's meeting was designed to open up channels of communication between
0:00:48 > 0:00:51the two countries - has it work?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54A shop worker and mother of a young daughter is stabbed to death
0:00:54 > 0:00:57in front of customers at the supermarket where she worked.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Celebrations as regional elections in Catalonia in Spain
0:00:59 > 0:01:01result in a slim majority for pro-independence parties.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04From EU burgundy to British blue - UK passports will revert back
0:01:04 > 0:01:10to blue once we leave the EU.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12My name is Eva Sloss.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Would you like to ask me some questions about my life?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And how a holocaust survivor is answering the questions yet to be
0:01:18 > 0:01:20asked by generations to come.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24And coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News:
0:01:24 > 0:01:26We'll look ahead to all the festive fixtures -
0:01:26 > 0:01:27that starts tonight with Arsenal against Liverpool
0:01:27 > 0:01:31at the Emirates Stadium.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57The first visit by a British Foreign Minister to Moscow for five years
0:01:57 > 0:01:58has ended in public disagreement with Russia accusing
0:01:58 > 0:02:03the UK of fabricating allegations against it.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Boris Johnson's visit was intended to try to repair what both sides
0:02:05 > 0:02:07acknowledge is a low point in relations between
0:02:07 > 0:02:09the two countries.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Mr Johnson accused Russia of meddling in the UK election
0:02:13 > 0:02:17and Brexit referendum - the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Lavrov said Mr Johnson was making that up and criticised the UK
0:02:20 > 0:02:22for making what he called a series of aggressive and insulting public
0:02:22 > 0:02:26statements about Russia.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins reports from Moscow.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Handshakes can be deceptive.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36True, this Foreign Secretary has broken a five-year British boycott
0:02:36 > 0:02:43of visits to Moscow.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44But when Russia's Sergei Lavrov says he wants
0:02:44 > 0:02:50a return to business as usual, Boris Johnson says that impossible.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51As you rightly say, Sergei, things are
0:02:51 > 0:02:54not easy between us at the moment.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57The talks aired the grievances on both
0:02:57 > 0:03:00sides and examined space for a
0:03:00 > 0:03:01limited cooperation, by supporting the Iran
0:03:01 > 0:03:03nuclear deal together, and opposing the nuclear
0:03:03 > 0:03:05threat from North Korea.
0:03:05 > 0:03:12But deep disagreements remain.
0:03:12 > 0:03:19At their joint news conference, that was stark.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24For all the attempts at banter, there was a
0:03:24 > 0:03:26seriousness when Sergei Lavrov tried to brush off
0:03:26 > 0:03:28British allegations of Russian meddling in foreign elections.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31TRANSLATION:My neighbour, Boris Johnson, recently stated he had no
0:03:31 > 0:03:33evidence that Russia medal in the referendum on the withdrawal
0:03:33 > 0:03:35of Britain from the European Union.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Not successfully.
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Not successfully, I think is the word.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Not successfully is the word that I think you need to
0:03:41 > 0:03:42introduce.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45TRANSLATION:You see?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47He is scared if he doesn't disagree with me, his
0:03:47 > 0:03:49reputation will be ruined in the media at home.
0:03:49 > 0:03:56I...
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Sergei, it's your reputation I'm worried about.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02But this was dark, serious humour.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05When Boris Johnson was asked if he trusted Russia's foreign minister,
0:04:05 > 0:04:06he tried to make light of that.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10You know, it's a measure of my trust that as soon as I got into this
0:04:10 > 0:04:13excellent Foreign Ministry, I immediately handed my coat, my
0:04:13 > 0:04:16hat, my gloves and indeed everything that was in my pockets,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20secret or otherwise, to Sergei Lavrov.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23TRANSLATION:I can say there was nothing in the pockets of Boris'
0:04:23 > 0:04:26coat.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30So how did relations go from bad to worse?
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Russia's use of radioactive poison to murder
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Alexander Litvinenko in the middle of London started the slide.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Three years ago, Russia's annexation of
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Crimea and interference in Ukraine, provoked tough EU sanctions strongly
0:04:38 > 0:04:45backed by Britain.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Then last month, Theresa May accused Russia of cyber
0:04:47 > 0:04:51espionage and meddling in the elections.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Britain says it has cyber weaponry to retaliate if attacks get
0:04:53 > 0:04:57worse.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00So, striding across Red Square, the Foreign Secretary was no
0:05:00 > 0:05:02mere tourist.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04He was nodding to Russia's historic greatness, while
0:05:04 > 0:05:12pressing for a radical change of direction.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Coming here to Red Square, Boris Johnson insists he
0:05:15 > 0:05:16likes Russia.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18He points to his name, the fact he has Russian ancestry.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20What he doesn't love is the present Russian government.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23So, paying his tribute at the tomb of Russia's
0:05:23 > 0:05:26unknown soldier had a particular symbolism.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Britain and Russia fought together against Hitler as allies.
0:05:28 > 0:05:37Restoring that closeness now seems a long way off.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40James, it was pretty tense at the press conference today between Boris
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Johnson and Sergei Lavrov. The whole point was to improve relations - do
0:05:44 > 0:05:50you think it has?There seems to be no breakthrough, but this was a very
0:05:50 > 0:05:54important meeting. These are two big players in different ways. Russia is
0:05:54 > 0:05:59by far the largest in the wild by land area. Britain is relatively
0:05:59 > 0:06:09tiny but has a far larger economy -- in the world. Together, they make up
0:06:09 > 0:06:15two of only five veto powers at the UN. They have to get along better if
0:06:15 > 0:06:19they are to improve global security. There were real tensions in the
0:06:19 > 0:06:23meeting and at the press conference. There are huge differences, Russia
0:06:23 > 0:06:27talking about the construct of Western lies designed to do Russia
0:06:27 > 0:06:31down. Boris Johnson saying he is no cold warrior but coming here
0:06:31 > 0:06:36determined to stand up for some socially liberal values. He very
0:06:36 > 0:06:40deliberately championed the rights of the LGBT community while he was
0:06:40 > 0:06:45here, for instance. He mentioned it in Sergei Lavrov's presents, and he
0:06:45 > 0:06:51laid flowers at the spot where an opposition leader was assassinated
0:06:51 > 0:06:55to make years ago. Some strong messages from both sides, but no
0:06:55 > 0:07:01breakthrough, I think.James Robbins, thank you.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03A 44-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of murder,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06after a woman was stabbed to death while at work in a supermarket
0:07:06 > 0:07:07in Skipton in North Yorkshire.
0:07:07 > 0:07:1030-year-old Jodie Willsher - who's married with a young daughter -
0:07:10 > 0:07:13was attacked in the Aldi store in front of shoppers
0:07:13 > 0:07:13yesterday afternoon.
0:07:13 > 0:07:21Judith Moritz is in Skipton for us tonight.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Fewer than 15,000 people live in Skipton, and a good proportion of
0:07:24 > 0:07:29them would have known would recognise at least Jodie Willsher,
0:07:29 > 0:07:33because she grew up here, she went to school and college locally, she
0:07:33 > 0:07:38worked at this supermarket, and she married and was bringing up her
0:07:38 > 0:07:43young daughter in the area she knew. So, many people in this community
0:07:43 > 0:07:45have been affected by her murder.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Jodie Willsher was looking forward to a family Christmas.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Married with a young daughter, she was wearing her festive jumper,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52serving supermarket shoppers getting ready for the holidays.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Jodie had worked at the Skipton Aldi since it first opened to make years
0:07:55 > 0:08:05ago.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13-- two years ago.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15The store was full when she was stabbed.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Trolleys were abandoned as some shoppers ran away in terror.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Other customers and staff pins down the attacker and try to save Jodie,
0:08:21 > 0:08:22but she died later in hospital.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25She liked to be around her friends, around her family.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27It's just such a tragedy, really, what's happened.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30She such a beautiful girl, I can't believe it's happened to her.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31She's so young.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33She had all her life ahead of her.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34The supermarket became a crime scene.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Forensic staff and police officers removing items
0:08:36 > 0:08:40including what is thought to be a potential weapon.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Today, the shop has remained closed, with customers
0:08:42 > 0:08:44coming instead to leave tributes for the popular member of staff.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Whenever I've shopped in Aldi, she's always
0:08:46 > 0:08:47been friendly, pleasant, you
0:08:47 > 0:08:49know, a lovely girl, really, and it's just...
0:08:49 > 0:08:50What a shock.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52What an absolute shock, really.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56It's just absolutely awful.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58With Christmas, and her little girl being the same
0:08:58 > 0:09:00age as mine.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Things like this don't happen in this little town, and it's
0:09:03 > 0:09:05absolutely heartbreaking.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07The community here is small and tight
0:09:07 > 0:09:10knit.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Jodie Willsher worked at its heart, well-known and well liked.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Specialist police officers are comforting her husband and her young
0:09:16 > 0:09:18daughter.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Judith Moritz, BBC News, Skipton.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Ten members of a moped gang from London have been jailed
0:09:24 > 0:09:27for between seven and 18 years for a series of smash and grab raids
0:09:27 > 0:09:29on mobile phone shops.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32The judge at Blackfriars Crown Court said the robberies had been
0:09:32 > 0:09:34meticulously planned - and that nothing and no one was
0:09:34 > 0:09:41allowed to stand in the gang's way.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44The fourth election in as many years in the Spanish region of Catalonia
0:09:44 > 0:09:46has demonstrated just how divided the region remains.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49The party that won the most votes doesn't support
0:09:49 > 0:09:52independence for Catalonia - but put together the separatist
0:09:52 > 0:09:55parties are able to form a slim majority.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57It follows the controversial referendum in favour
0:09:57 > 0:09:59of independence in October.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02The sacked pro-independence Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04who's in self-imposed exile in Belgium, has called
0:10:04 > 0:10:07on the Spanish Prime Minister to negotiate a political solution
0:10:07 > 0:10:09to the crisis in Catalonia.
0:10:09 > 0:10:19Here's James Reynolds.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Catalonia's pro-independence voters enjoyed their victory. And now they
0:10:24 > 0:10:33want their power back. Starting with the return from exile of their
0:10:33 > 0:10:40deposed leader, Carles Puigdemont. But he can't just fly back from
0:10:40 > 0:10:48Belgium. He faces arrest in Spain on the charge of rebellion. So, from
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Brussels this afternoon, Mr Puigdemont had a message for Spain:
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Lets talk.We want to be an independent state. This is the wish
0:10:57 > 0:11:02of the Catalan people. The next step is to talk with President Mariano
0:11:02 > 0:11:10Rajoy. We need to find new ways, the political solution to our crisis
0:11:10 > 0:11:13between the Spanish state and Catalonia.That offer doesn't
0:11:13 > 0:11:19interest Spain's leader. This afternoon, Mariano Rajoy made it
0:11:19 > 0:11:23clear, if Carles Puigdemont isn't here, he can't talk to him.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27TRANSLATION:I will have to talk with the person who actually Opera
0:11:27 > 0:11:31pies that office of president of the Catalan regional Government. For
0:11:31 > 0:11:35this to happen, they need to take up their seat and be in a position to
0:11:35 > 0:11:48talk with me. -- who actually occupies that office.There followed
0:11:48 > 0:11:53months of argument, protest, debate, emergency measures, and then the
0:11:53 > 0:11:57vote. Now, Catalans find that they are right back to where they were
0:11:57 > 0:12:04when the crisis began. Nobody has really changed sides. For now, the
0:12:04 > 0:12:09local Government headquarters here awaits its permanent occupant. The
0:12:09 > 0:12:14man who won this election can't come to take up his old job. The law says
0:12:14 > 0:12:21that all sides now have until April to decide what to do next. James
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Reynolds, BBC News, Barcelona.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Annual consumer spending has risen by its lowest
0:12:26 > 0:12:28rate for five years - just one per cent.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30The Office for National Statistics says that evidence suggests people
0:12:30 > 0:12:32are dipping into their savings to fund their spending.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed is here -
0:12:34 > 0:12:39what's your assessment of these new figures today?
0:12:39 > 0:12:43This is the last economic data of the year, so it's time to take a
0:12:43 > 0:12:49health check on 2017. If we go back a year, the forecast for this year
0:12:49 > 0:12:53was pretty gloomy. Growth this year has been lower than last, but not as
0:12:53 > 0:12:58bad as some people believed. We are in a period of strong global growth.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Britain has had weaker sterling, which has meant that exports have
0:13:02 > 0:13:07been good and business investment has been higher, and consumers have
0:13:07 > 0:13:11kept spending. But as you said, there are worrying signals. We are
0:13:11 > 0:13:15borrowing more than we are saving over the last year, and that is the
0:13:15 > 0:13:20first time that has happened since 1987, when records first began.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Looking forward to next year, the Bank of England thinks that the rate
0:13:24 > 0:13:28of inflation will start to ease, so prices will go up less quickly.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34Wages might start rising as well, so the income squeeze might start
0:13:34 > 0:13:38easing, but of course, the Brexit process is still live, and whilst it
0:13:38 > 0:13:45is, on the economy, most people will be pretty cautious.Thank you.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Our top story this evening...
0:13:46 > 0:13:50The first visit by a British Foreign Secretary to Russia in five years,
0:13:50 > 0:13:56ends with accusations of lying.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02Still to come...
0:14:02 > 0:14:06I'm at the highways Angling control centre to see how bad the traffic
0:14:06 > 0:14:09has been on the day they are calling Frantic Friday.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11And coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14we'll look ahead to all the festive fixtures, starting tonight
0:14:14 > 0:14:17with Arsenal against Liverpool at the Emirates stadium.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27It's a growing problem in countries like the Philippines -
0:14:27 > 0:14:32children put to work in front of webcams, forced to perform sex
0:14:32 > 0:14:36shows for paedophiles watching on the other side of the world.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40In 2013, a Dutch organisation tried to find out how big the problem was,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44by using the fake online profile of a ten-year-old Filipina girl -
0:14:44 > 0:14:46they called her Sweetie.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49More than a thousand men offered her money
0:14:49 > 0:14:50to perform for them.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Now the team behind Sweetie are launching a new project,
0:14:53 > 0:14:55this time targeting individual predators themselves.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58And the software's being offered to police forces across the world.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03From Holland, Angus Crawford reports.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Online, undercover, searching chat rooms,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09looking for predators.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Sweetie is back.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Always it's about sex.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18And always it's about adults who want to talk about sex.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Look, he's British, like many others, and remember
0:15:22 > 0:15:26they are talking to what they think is an 11-year-old girl.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Remember this?
0:15:28 > 0:15:29I'm not real.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33The computer-generated...
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Back then, Sweetie needed human operators to type her chats online.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39The new version is different.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42The popping up.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47Fully automated, she can now handle hundreds
0:15:47 > 0:15:49of conversations at the same time.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53So you could be getting the information on thousands of men?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56There is no end.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Sweetie's Avatar has been retired and replaced by two new ones,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03sometimes being shown to predators via webcam.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07But we can't show you or they'd be no use any more.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11They invite them into their house, which is the cybersex den...
0:16:11 > 0:16:13So, why is this new campaign?
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Here's why.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20In the Philippines more and more children are being forced to sell
0:16:20 > 0:16:22sex to foreigners via webcam.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Five people were arrested and there were more than 600 foreign
0:16:24 > 0:16:27customers in the network.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30He has turned on his camera...
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Sweetie first showed us the scale of the problem.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Now the team is going on the offensive against men like this.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40He's naked and he thinks he knows you're just 12.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Exactly.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42And he wants you...
0:16:42 > 0:16:43To be naked...
0:16:43 > 0:16:45To turn on your camera...
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Be naked, as well.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47I think he will...
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Take off his trousers.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Their details could be passed to the police.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55And they'll get a nasty shock.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59An automatic message sent straight to their inbox.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02That will have a major impact on their behaviour.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05We know who you are, we know where you are,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08we know what you want, stop this.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13Sweetie's job was to raise awareness, not catch criminals.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18This man, Australian Scott Hanson, was one of the few to be prosecuted.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22But in many countries this kind of evidence doesn't count.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27Some police forces support the project, others don't.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31But the Sweetie team go on, scarring chat rooms,
0:17:31 > 0:17:35turning the same technology used to exploit children back against
0:17:35 > 0:17:38the predators who seek them out.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Angus Crawford, BBC News.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Drivers are being told to expect delays as people hit
0:17:44 > 0:17:46the roads before Christmas.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Train services have been affected by maintenance works,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51while airports have been busier than usual - there were delays
0:17:51 > 0:17:55for thousands of passengers at Bristol Airport after an aircraft
0:17:55 > 0:17:57came off the runway as it taxied to the terminal.
0:17:57 > 0:18:03Here's our transport correspondent, Richard Westcott.
0:18:03 > 0:18:09Such a frustrating start to your Christmas holidays. The departure
0:18:09 > 0:18:14board lit up in red rather than the tree. Flights were suspended at
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Bristol airport after a plane came off the runway. Nobody was hurt by
0:18:18 > 0:18:23thousands of passengers faced delays and cancellations.I was going to
0:18:23 > 0:18:30meet friends I hadn't seen for 20 years. Sad really.What are you
0:18:30 > 0:18:34going to do? It's Christmas. Get on with it.It is the busiest day of
0:18:34 > 0:18:40the holidays by Britain's other Brits were fine today. Heathrow is
0:18:40 > 0:18:44handling 130,000 passengers. Highways England are temporarily
0:18:44 > 0:18:49lifting 400 miles of road works to ease any jams. Another Christmas
0:18:49 > 0:18:55holiday tradition is engineering works on the railways, with a
0:18:55 > 0:18:59multi-million pound upgrade programme starting tomorrow. Some
0:18:59 > 0:19:05services will be cut. Sun London stations will be shut. Including
0:19:05 > 0:19:08London Bridge, where they are putting the finishing touches to a
0:19:08 > 0:19:14£1 billion rebuild. If you have used London Bridge station over the past
0:19:14 > 0:19:19few years, you know how stressful it has been as they try to redevelop it
0:19:19 > 0:19:22whilst keeping it open as best they can. There will be lots of work
0:19:22 > 0:19:26going on here over Christmas, so that these five platforms can open
0:19:26 > 0:19:31on January the 2nd. It's more frustration for holiday travellers.
0:19:31 > 0:19:37So why do it at Christmas?We do it at this time of the year because the
0:19:37 > 0:19:43railways" mistake and Boxing Day. But also, about 50% fewer people
0:19:43 > 0:19:46travel by train. In terms of the overall level of impact on
0:19:46 > 0:19:52passengers, this is the best time of the year.A lorry fire shut the F44
0:19:52 > 0:19:56a bit. The Highways England control centre you can see they managed to
0:19:56 > 0:20:01get one lane open again. Despite warnings of a frantic Friday, with
0:20:01 > 0:20:07millions of extra car journeys, the morning and evening peaks have not
0:20:07 > 0:20:11been too busy. I am at that control centre now. You
0:20:11 > 0:20:16can see the bank of screens behind me is great. You can basically go to
0:20:16 > 0:20:20any camera on any major road in England and see what the traffic is
0:20:20 > 0:20:25like. We have seen the traffic has been OK, despite some of those dire
0:20:25 > 0:20:28warnings. I suspect people stretching their journeys across the
0:20:28 > 0:20:33day rather than going at the same time. You saw Bristol airport in the
0:20:33 > 0:20:38film. That will reopen tonight at 9pm. Still a lot of Christmas plans
0:20:38 > 0:20:43ruined from flights delayed and cancelled. Rela engineering works
0:20:43 > 0:20:47start tomorrow. That affects roots going into London. Check before you
0:20:47 > 0:20:51travel. You can get good information on the BBC website and on BBC local
0:20:51 > 0:20:56radio. Richard Westcott, thank you.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58British passport covers are to revert to classic
0:20:58 > 0:21:00blue once Britain leaves the European Union in 2019.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02The current burgundy passports will continue
0:21:02 > 0:21:05to be issued until then, but without the EU insignia.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08The Home Office says the new blue passport will be more high-tech
0:21:08 > 0:21:09and secure, to prevent fraud and forgery.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Tom Symonds reports.
0:21:13 > 0:21:19The great British passport - shortly to be available not in European
0:21:19 > 0:21:24burgundy because, it turns out, Brexit means blue.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26The government admits it is largely symbolic,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29restoring our national identity.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Outside the Passport Office, what is the reaction?
0:21:32 > 0:21:36It's blue, isn't it? Back to England.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I just think it's a crying shame.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41We have this fantastic ability to travel around the best
0:21:41 > 0:21:44of the world, and we are looked upon favourably with our immigration
0:21:44 > 0:21:47policy and everything else, but now it's just a bit embarrassing, to
0:21:47 > 0:21:48be honest.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I think the decision was a huge aspect of the country
0:21:51 > 0:21:52moving forward.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55And I think in order to move forward, there needs to be changes.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57And if that needs to be distinguished by a simple
0:21:57 > 0:21:58colour, why not?
0:21:58 > 0:21:59What is the difference?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It's a different colour. That's it!
0:22:01 > 0:22:03I just preferred it when we were in Europe.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Just everything.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09The last true British passport was hard back,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12much bigger and a very, very dark blue.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16The European one, which replaced it in 1988, was smaller,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19floppy and much easier to put in your pocket.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23The new one - and this is just a mock up - will be
0:22:23 > 0:22:26roughly the same design, but it will keep all of the security
0:22:26 > 0:22:30features which make it so hard to copy, and it will add some.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33This is the passport of the future. And it's in circulation from today.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36When the red EU passport was introduced 30 years
0:22:36 > 0:22:41ago, Britain agreed to a common standard.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45It didn't have to accept the colour. Croatia's passport remains blue.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Even so, the burgundy one was never loved.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I think it is one of the most revolting,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53insignificant, tiny minded, small pieces of paper I've ever had
0:22:53 > 0:22:55the misfortune to witness.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58It's not really a British passport, is it?
0:22:58 > 0:23:02These days passports are redesigned regularly to cut fraud, so the blue
0:23:02 > 0:23:07ones should not cost more. They will start appearing in 2019.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09People who already have a passport have no need
0:23:09 > 0:23:11to do anything at the moment.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Even at that point, if people have still
0:23:14 > 0:23:17got time left on their passport, we not be asking them to change at
0:23:17 > 0:23:18that point.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20But obviously people can renew at whatever point they want,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22should they wish to move to the new passport.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Brexit is tough.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Changing the passport colour is relatively easy.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28But like Brexit, it's dividing the nation between those who say
0:23:28 > 0:23:30"At last", and those who say, "Why bother?"
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Tom Symonds, BBC News.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37The official Christmas number one has been announced -
0:23:37 > 0:23:47and it's the perfect present for this year's winner.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54# You're so beautiful, I don't deserve this.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Ed Sheeran's single, Perfect, featuring Beyonce,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57wins the accolade - with 85,000 combined
0:23:57 > 0:23:59sales this week, split between downloads and streams.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02After a career defining year, the singer-songwriter said becoming
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Christmas Number one is a "dream come true".
0:24:06 > 0:24:09How do you keep the memories of the Holocaust alive to answer
0:24:09 > 0:24:13the questions of future generations?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss - the step-sister of Anne Frank -
0:24:16 > 0:24:19has been taking part in a groundbreaking interactive project
0:24:19 > 0:24:23that will allow people to ask her hundreds of questions
0:24:23 > 0:24:26about her life, and will preserve her testimony long into the future.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Reeta Chakrabarti has been to meet her.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Three, two, one, go ahead.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Meet Eva Schloss.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37She is 88 and survived the horrors of Auschwitz.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40She has spent days being filmed recounting her past, so
0:24:40 > 0:24:43that people now and in the future can question her virtual self about
0:24:43 > 0:24:45what happened.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47My name is Eva Schloss.
0:24:47 > 0:24:53Would you like to ask me some questions about my life?
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Survivors are worrying what will happen when we are not around any
0:24:57 > 0:24:59more, who is going to continue telling the story?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Because they think it is very important.
0:25:01 > 0:25:07Now, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, people
0:25:07 > 0:25:12can directly interview Eva about what it was like in Auschwitz,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15how she survived and how it has affected her since.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19One of the questions was, what was your most terrible moment
0:25:19 > 0:25:20in the camp?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22One day my mother was selected to be gassed.
0:25:22 > 0:25:30We were separated. And I thought I had lost her.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34But through a miracle she was saved, and about three months later,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37we were reunited.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Over five days, Eva answered more than a
0:25:41 > 0:25:43thousand questions about her story.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46And while she was doing so, a film-maker recorded the process.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50I think what's different about this experience is it puts the viewer
0:25:50 > 0:25:52in a really active role.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54So instead of passively watching a movie or reading
0:25:54 > 0:25:56a book, you're forced to think of your own question,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58what you want to ask.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03And this is more or less the only picture I have with my
0:26:03 > 0:26:06mother, my father and me, because my father usually
0:26:06 > 0:26:10took all the pictures.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Eva Schloss lost her father and brother in the Holocaust.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Remarkably, she says she has no hatred or bitterness in her heart.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20But she does want people to listen and to learn.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23This is what we have to teach our young people - to get
0:26:23 > 0:26:26involved in what goes wrong, and if they see things
0:26:26 > 0:26:31going wrong, to speak out.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Technology is helping to prepare for the time when the
0:26:35 > 0:26:37survivors of this monstrous crime are no longer alive.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39It means Eva Schloss can continue telling her story
0:26:39 > 0:26:40for many decades to come.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45Reeta Chakrabarti, BBC News.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Eva Schloss, a remarkable woman.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:53 > 0:26:53Here's Sarah Keith-Lucas.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Here's Sarah Keith-Lucas.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00If you have been dreaming of a white Christmas, you may want to rethink
0:27:00 > 0:27:06that idea. Things remain mild and cloudy. We have had quite a bit of
0:27:06 > 0:27:12code out there today. Some brighter spells. This was the sun setting in
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Topsham in Devon. As we move into this evening and overnight, the
0:27:16 > 0:27:21cloud will continue to thicken from the West, bringing quite a lot of
0:27:21 > 0:27:24hill fog, murky conditions overnight. Further east we are
0:27:24 > 0:27:30likely to see the odd past -- patch of mist and fog. Things largely
0:27:30 > 0:27:36frost free. Some rain for the Northern Isles of Scotland. That
0:27:36 > 0:27:42will be more of a player in the next few days. Saturday shipping up to be
0:27:42 > 0:27:48similar to today. Lots of cloud and fog. More of a breeze developing. It
0:27:48 > 0:27:53will break up that cloud. There should be some brightness. Again,
0:27:53 > 0:27:58Murray -- very mild. More rain working into the northern half of
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Scotland later. As we move through Saturday night and into Christmas
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Eve, Sunday morning, the rain will push further south into parts of
0:28:05 > 0:28:11Northern Ireland, southern Scotland. The rainfall totals will mount in
0:28:11 > 0:28:16Western Scotland over the Christmas. Mostly dry and still mild with some
0:28:16 > 0:28:20hill fog and mist. This is Christmas Eve. Rain pushing further south
0:28:20 > 0:28:24across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Much of England and Wales
0:28:24 > 0:28:29largely dry. The odd shower. Temperatures around ten or 11
0:28:29 > 0:28:33degrees. On Christmas Eve, that theme continues for Christmas Day
0:28:33 > 0:28:36itself. It looks like we will have the rain across southern Scotland
0:28:36 > 0:28:40and part of northern England, perhaps words later. For most it is
0:28:40 > 0:28:44looking quite breezy. Certainly mild. Perhaps just the north of
0:28:44 > 0:28:45Scotland
0:28:45 > 0:28:48mild. Perhaps just the north of Scotland seen the odd flurry snow.
0:28:48 > 0:28:54Thank you. A reminder of our main story. The first visit by a British
0:28:54 > 0:28:57foreign minister to Moscow in five years has ended in public
0:28:57 > 0:28:58disagreement, with Russia