0:00:04 > 0:00:07The biggest increase in rail prices for five years
0:00:07 > 0:00:10as commuters head back to work.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Average ticket prices across the UK have gone up by 3.4%.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19Unions say many people are simply being priced off the trains.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23I don't know why we have to pay such a lot of money for such
0:00:23 > 0:00:24poor service really.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Investment is needed, and the only way to pay
0:00:26 > 0:00:29for that is by increasing fares, unfortunately they always
0:00:29 > 0:00:31encourage you to use public transport but then,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33the price of it's ridiculous.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35The rail industry says the changes are needed to fund improvements.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Also on the programme.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Anti-government protests continue in Iran for a sixth day -
0:00:39 > 0:00:42at least 22 people have died - Iran's supreme leader blames foreign
0:00:42 > 0:00:46enemies for stirring up trouble.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Cut down on the snacks - parents are told children should
0:00:49 > 0:00:53have no more than two sugary treats a day.
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0:00:56 > 0:00:58to diagnose a hospital scan?
0:00:58 > 0:01:06We report on the scientists turning to Artificial Intelligence.
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0:01:12 > 0:01:16crowned world champion.
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0:01:45 > 0:01:47Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The biggest hike in train fares for five years -
0:01:50 > 0:01:53that's what commuters faced this morning as they returned to work
0:01:53 > 0:01:56after the Christmas break.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00The average price for tickets rose by 3.4% today, with some commuters
0:02:00 > 0:02:03spending as much as £5,000 on a season ticket.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06The rail industry says the changes will mean a better service,
0:02:06 > 0:02:07and investment for the future.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11But unions say commuters are being priced out as the burden
0:02:11 > 0:02:15of paying for the rail system falls increasingly on passengers.
0:02:15 > 0:02:23Our transport correspondent Richard Westcott has the story.
0:02:23 > 0:02:29His report contains flashing images.
0:02:29 > 0:02:43It's one of the most reliable things on the railway.This is a busy
0:02:43 > 0:02:46commuter line, people coming in from Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire
0:02:46 > 0:02:51into London. Many people on this train just a few pounds shy of the
0:02:51 > 0:03:00£5,000 club. That's gone up by about £600 in the last five years. Price
0:03:00 > 0:03:03rises have been relentless.Other countries in Europe don't pay
0:03:03 > 0:03:06anywhere near as much as we do and their services tend to be better
0:03:06 > 0:03:12than I was.I could be taking home more of my salary if I was working
0:03:12 > 0:03:17back home in Hertfordshire. But most job opportunities for young
0:03:17 > 0:03:22graduates are down in London.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45Different parts of the country, but most people have similar gripes.
0:03:45 > 0:03:53It's pretty disgusting. You're not even guaranteed a seat. I think it's
0:03:53 > 0:03:57wrong.I travel around Cardiff quite a lot using the train, I find it
0:03:57 > 0:04:01quite convenient and I find it quite affordable. It compares quite well
0:04:01 > 0:04:05with the bus and driving.Better service please, more trains and
0:04:05 > 0:04:08there will be more people. They'll get people off the roads then.This
0:04:08 > 0:04:14is where a lot of the money is going. London Bridge has just had a
0:04:14 > 0:04:19£1 billion makeover. And there's a whole new line coming under London,
0:04:19 > 0:04:25Crossrail. The government says it is investing record amounts to improve
0:04:25 > 0:04:28the trains, but it's also changing who fits the bill. A smaller
0:04:28 > 0:04:31proportion now comes from the taxpayer which means more has to
0:04:31 > 0:04:38come from ticket sales.For every pound a passenger pays in fares, 97p
0:04:38 > 0:04:41goes directly into running and improving the railway. Also with
0:04:41 > 0:04:45more people using the railway, it means we'll have more money to
0:04:45 > 0:04:49invest.Campaigners argue some people are being priced of the
0:04:49 > 0:04:53railways. This graph shows what's been happening to rail fares in
0:04:53 > 0:04:58recent years. And here's what's been happening to the average pay packet.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04You can see fares have often been outstripping wages. Labour want to
0:05:04 > 0:05:08re-nationalise the railways.If we can continue to make savings by
0:05:08 > 0:05:13bringing the railways back into public ownership, stop wasting money
0:05:13 > 0:05:15on franchising, the complexity of the arrangements between the
0:05:15 > 0:05:19different companies, and we don't pay out dividends to state-owned
0:05:19 > 0:05:27companies across the Channel, who are here, we can keep that money
0:05:27 > 0:05:31in-house.As many of our trains get busier, the annual fare rise looks
0:05:31 > 0:05:35set to stay.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40It's such a controversial subject, there are political developments on
0:05:40 > 0:05:44this today. Labour have accused the Transport Secretary Chris Grayling
0:05:44 > 0:05:47of hiding away. He's been on an official visit to Qatar and has
0:05:47 > 0:05:50responded saying he hasn't been hiding away, these figures were
0:05:50 > 0:05:54first out in the summer and he's already talked about them. I'm sure
0:05:54 > 0:05:59that will develop as the days go on. I said in my report this government
0:05:59 > 0:06:03and consecutive governments actually have changed who pays for the
0:06:03 > 0:06:06railways. A bigger proportion now comes from the people who use the
0:06:06 > 0:06:11trains. That means that we are likely to be having exactly the same
0:06:11 > 0:06:16conversation on the 2nd of January next year. Thank you.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Hospitals in England have been urged to postpone all non-urgent surgery
0:06:19 > 0:06:20until the end of this month.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22NHS chiefs say it's to ease pressure on services
0:06:22 > 0:06:24after a busy Christmas period.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Our health editor Hugh Pym is here - how serious is this?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33It comes as tomb Ambulance Services in England say they've been under
0:06:33 > 0:06:36extreme pressure. East of England said the said over the year cabs
0:06:36 > 0:06:41have been used to take some patients to hospital.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46If the NHS and are much more pressure than this time last year?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50We have to say the NHS is always under great pressure at this time of
0:06:50 > 0:06:56year, partly because patients have held off over the festive season. It
0:06:56 > 0:07:00seems to be under greater strain even than last year. I think the
0:07:00 > 0:07:04fact NHS England has had to put this statement out shows there is concern
0:07:04 > 0:07:08at a very high level. They say there has been sustained patient demand
0:07:08 > 0:07:14and pressure. Higher numbers of flu cases and respiratory illnesses.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17They are urging hospitals to postpone routine operations until
0:07:17 > 0:07:23the end of January, an extra two weeks beyond the middle of January.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27They are also saying they will suspend fines for hospitals which
0:07:27 > 0:07:32put patients into mixed sex wards. In other words saying that will have
0:07:32 > 0:07:36to be temporarily acceptable to free up beds. All this on a day when
0:07:36 > 0:07:41we've had one A&E consultant saying on twitter their third World
0:07:41 > 0:07:46conditions with patients due to overcrowding and two Ambulance
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Services, East of England and north-east of England, on a higher
0:07:51 > 0:07:53state of operational alert, urging patients to be brought to hospital
0:07:53 > 0:07:57by their families where possible.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00More protests are under way in a number of cities
0:08:00 > 0:08:02across Iran this evening - at least 22 people have died
0:08:02 > 0:08:04since the anti-government demonstrations began six days ago.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09has accused Iran's enemies of stirring up the unrest.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12The protests are the boldest challenge to Iran's clerical
0:08:12 > 0:08:14leadership for almost a decade.
0:08:14 > 0:08:21Here's our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23In Tehran, squads of motorbike police are cruising the streets
0:08:23 > 0:08:28to break up groups of demonstrators.
0:08:28 > 0:08:35The protests have changed since they started last Thursday.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38To begin with, they were about the economy.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Most of the protesters are young men, more than 50%
0:08:40 > 0:08:43of Iranians are under 30.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48And perhaps 40% of them are unemployed.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53That pent up political frustration is spilling out and much of it has
0:08:53 > 0:08:55been directed at this man, the supreme leader
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02He is the powerful figurehead of the Islamic Republic,
0:09:02 > 0:09:07and attacks on his posters will be seen as a tax on the Islamic system.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12He's blaming Iran's foreign enemies.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16TRANSLATION:Following recent events, the enemies have united
0:09:16 > 0:09:21and using all their means - money, weapons, policies
0:09:21 > 0:09:24and security services dashed to create problems for the Islamic
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Republic.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30It's not just Ayatollah Khamenei the supreme leader who's
0:09:30 > 0:09:34blaming foreigners, Mohammad Hartemi, a reformist, says Iranians
0:09:34 > 0:09:38have the right to protest, but he blamed Iran's enemies,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41led by the United States, for inciting people
0:09:41 > 0:09:47to destroy public buildings and to insult religious values.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50President Obama, in 2009, was careful not to give the last big
0:09:50 > 0:09:59protest his backing.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03But President Trump has tweeted his support.
0:10:07 > 0:10:13But whatever President Trump wants, this isn't a new revolution.
0:10:13 > 0:10:22They are still the most serious popular protests since the mass
0:10:25 > 0:10:27demonstrations that followed the disputed 2009
0:10:27 > 0:10:28presidential election.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Those protests were beaten by the power of the state,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33even though they were led by top politicians and directed
0:10:33 > 0:10:34at a badly divided leadership.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37The new protests are not as well organised and may run out of steam.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42But the fact they're happening at all is very significant.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45They show how discontented Iranians are with state repression
0:10:45 > 0:10:55and increasing poverty. Jeremy Bowen, BBC News.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00A man who already had convictions for killing his wife and a former
0:11:00 > 0:11:02partner has pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-girlfriend.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Theodore Johnson attacked Angela Best in north London a year
0:11:05 > 0:11:07ago after they broke up and she began a relationship
0:11:07 > 0:11:08with someone else.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11The Old Bailey heard he was "an abusive and controlling man".
0:11:11 > 0:11:15He'll be sentenced on Friday.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Witnesses in Australia have been describing the moment a seaplane
0:11:17 > 0:11:19crashed into a river near Sydney killing five British
0:11:19 > 0:11:22tourists, and the pilot.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25The group of men who were on a nearby houseboat dived
0:11:25 > 0:11:29in and tried in vain to save them.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Richard Cousins - a prominent businessman -
0:11:30 > 0:11:34died along with his two sons, his fiancee 48 year old Emma Bowden,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and her 11 year old daughter.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44The wreckage of the seaplane lies in more than 40 feet of water
0:11:44 > 0:11:47on a riverbed north of Sydney.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Aircrash investigators are searching for clues to explain why it crashed,
0:11:51 > 0:11:59killing all six people on board.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01They were businessmen Richard Cousins, who was 58.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04He died alongside his fiancee Emma Bowden, who was 48,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and her 11-year-old daughter Heather.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11William Cousins was 25, and his brother Edward was 23.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16The pilot was Garath Morgan.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Accounts from witnesses will help Australian authorities to establish
0:12:18 > 0:12:23why a routine sightseeing flight ended in disaster.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Will McGovern says he saw his friends dive into the water
0:12:26 > 0:12:32to try to help those trapped in the plane.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I saw three of my mates, dead set, risking their lives.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36You know, they could have died.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38This plane was moving fast, it was going down.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41It was pretty hard because of the oil, but I could see
0:12:41 > 0:12:42windows, the windows.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44We just couldn't dive down deep enough, really,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48to be able to see more.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49At least they'll know that there were people
0:12:49 > 0:12:53there trying to help, and I'm sorry.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56The authorities hope to retrieve the wreckage of the seaplane that
0:12:56 > 0:12:59lies to the north of Jerusalem Bay near the town of Cowan
0:12:59 > 0:13:01by the end of the week.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03All of this evidence will then be taken to
0:13:03 > 0:13:06the Australian capital, Canberra.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08We'll be looking at a number of areas, particularly around
0:13:08 > 0:13:14the aircraft's components.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16We'll also be looking at any recorded data that
0:13:16 > 0:13:21might be on the aircraft.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25So that could involve both avionics, or instruments
0:13:25 > 0:13:28attached to the aeroplane.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Aviation experts have speculated that the seaplane may have
0:13:31 > 0:13:33stalled before crashing, because of engine failure
0:13:33 > 0:13:39and unexpected gust of winds, or a mistake by the pilot.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44Phil Mercer, BBC News, Sydney.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45The time is 6:15.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Our top story this evening:
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Rail fares have gone up by 3.4%,
0:13:49 > 0:13:53the biggest increase in prices in five years.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54And still to come:
0:13:54 > 0:13:56A pressing problem with plastics -
0:13:56 > 0:13:59who will be recycling our waste now that China has refused
0:13:59 > 0:14:03to deal with a lot of it?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Ahead of the final match in Sydney in the Ashes Series,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11England opener Mark Stoneman says the drawn Melbourne Test has given
0:14:11 > 0:14:18the team the boost they need.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Parents in England are being urged to limit their children to two
0:14:25 > 0:14:27sugary snacks a day, containing no more than 100 calories
0:14:27 > 0:14:34each, in an effort to curb obesity and combat tooth decay.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Every year children are consuming on average almost 400 biscuits,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40around 100 portions of sweets, more than 150 cans of fizzy drink.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Now public health England is launching a campaign to help
0:14:44 > 0:14:54parents find healthier options as Sima Kotecha reports.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Half the sugar us kids eat and drink each year
0:14:56 > 0:15:01comes from snacks and sugary drinks.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05You are what you eat, at least that's how the saying goes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Through an ad campaign, parents are now being urged to think
0:15:08 > 0:15:09along the same lines.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Feed your children healthier snacks to stop them from becoming obese.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16At the town hall in Birmingham, families are arriving
0:15:16 > 0:15:17for a theatre show.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Let's have a look. What have we got here?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22It's not great.
0:15:22 > 0:15:30We've got some popcorn, crisps.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34How do you feel about that, man? It's terrible. It is. I know.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36You're 13 years, what's next you have on a daily basis?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Crisps, popcorn and chocolate.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39The advice from Public Health England is to give
0:15:39 > 0:15:44children two snacks a day, amounting to 100 calories each.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Popular foods such as crisps and chocolate bars contain
0:15:46 > 0:15:50around 200 calories, while a portion of chips can
0:15:50 > 0:15:51amount to a thousand.
0:15:51 > 0:15:59A can of fizzy drink can have as much as 150 calories.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Well, Public Health England say that children between the ages of four
0:16:02 > 0:16:09and ten get more than half of their sugar intake
0:16:09 > 0:16:15from products like these - crisps, pastries and biscuits.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Around a third of primary school children are overweight or obese.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20The suggestion is to replace naughtier items with things
0:16:20 > 0:16:22like malt loaves, yoghurts and plain rice cakes.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Tell me what your favourite snacks. Chocolate and crisps.
0:16:24 > 0:16:30Pancakes, lots of things.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Would you swap them...No. From malt cake?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33No.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Rice cake? No.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36How about some yoghurt? No.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Too much of it can cause our teeth to rock...
0:16:40 > 0:16:46Along with the ad campaign, the agency is working with some
0:16:46 > 0:16:48supermarkets to offer a discount on less sugary foods.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51We have a quarter of children in England with tooth decay aged
0:16:51 > 0:16:55five, and that's something that's entirely preventable.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00However, taste often overrules calorie content.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02And in many cases, convincing fussy children to change their diet
0:17:02 > 0:17:12won't be without its challenges. Sima Kotecha, BBC News, Birmingham.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16You go to hospital, you need some tests,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19then you get your results, but it's a computer not a consultant
0:17:19 > 0:17:21that's analysed your results. Would you feel reassured?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Well, scientists in Oxford have developed a system which can
0:17:23 > 0:17:28diagnose some diseases more accurately than doctors.
0:17:28 > 0:17:37It uses Artificial Intelligence to analyse scans, and in clinical
0:17:37 > 0:17:39trials, it outperformed human specialists for lung cancer
0:17:39 > 0:17:40and coronary heart disease.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42The technique could save the NHS billions of pounds
0:17:42 > 0:17:44through early diagnosis.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Here's our Science correspondent Pallab Ghosh.
0:17:46 > 0:17:53Scans are modern medical miracles but still need a doctor to make a
0:17:53 > 0:17:58diagnosis, until now. Scientists have developed artificial
0:17:58 > 0:18:02intelligence to do the job better than the best doctors. The
0:18:02 > 0:18:06government's health care 's art says AI systems are set to revolutionise
0:18:06 > 0:18:10medicine.20 years from now, health care will have a eye embedded in a
0:18:10 > 0:18:23whole variety of different levels, and much of the health care systems
0:18:23 > 0:18:26will be enabled by smart systems that help you identify people
0:18:26 > 0:18:28at risk, diagnose disease earlier, diagnose disease more precisely,
0:18:28 > 0:18:29and identify who will benefit from what interventions.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35It changes the whole way it operates.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36This is Oltromics, the world's first cyber cardiologist.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Developed at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford,
0:18:38 > 0:18:43it's an AI system that can analyse heart scans.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48Here, Oltromics has identified areas of heart disease, shown in red.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50It then gives a recommendation, positive which means it believes
0:18:50 > 0:18:59there is a risk of the patient having a heart attack.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Doctors get one in five of their diagnoses wrong.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03The artificial intelligence system does much better.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05So how much could hospitals save using the new system?
0:19:05 > 0:19:0712,000 heart scans alone are misdiagnosed each year.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10That costs the NHS £600 million.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Because artificial intelligence is more accurate, it
0:19:11 > 0:19:15could save £300 million, and that's just the start.
0:19:15 > 0:19:25AI can be used to diagnose many other conditions.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29The software tells asked the risk of it being cancerous.
0:19:29 > 0:19:35We just click on it, and it tells us the risk is 14%.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37This system looks for early signs of lung cancer.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39It can rule out harmless cases several months
0:19:39 > 0:19:42earlier than human doctors.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47It can save the NHS money and patients a lot of anxiety.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49What we have developed is software that will help us decide
0:19:49 > 0:19:53whether the patient has a nodule that we need to follow up,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56or is likely to be cancer, or is one we don't need
0:19:56 > 0:19:57to follow up.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02And then we can discharge the patient.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Britain leads the world in AI, and the systems currently
0:20:05 > 0:20:07being developed will be available for free to NHS
0:20:07 > 0:20:14hospitals next summer. Pallab Ghosh, BBC News, Oxford.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17More than 7,000 extra grammar school places have been created
0:20:17 > 0:20:19in England since 2010, according to new
0:20:19 > 0:20:20analysis by the BBC.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23That's the equivalent to opening around 11 new grammar schools.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26And in many areas, the schools have added new places where there's no
0:20:26 > 0:20:28demand for additional secondary school places, as our Education
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Editor Branwen Jeffreys reports.
0:20:32 > 0:20:38The Cotswolds, a landscape shaped by tradition,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41home to some of the oldest grammar schools in England, schools close
0:20:41 > 0:20:46to the village where Henry and Florence have grown up.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52They're both now at grammar schools after passing an academic test.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Their mum Ruth is pleased more grammar school
0:20:54 > 0:20:58places have been created.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02It's a consumer society, so if parental demand is there,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05and there are children that want to go, and I do think
0:21:05 > 0:21:06it's harder for children to get good results,
0:21:06 > 0:21:10get to university and get a job.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14So anything we do to help them seems to me a no-brainer.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Was their anxiety here about the number of grammar school
0:21:16 > 0:21:24places that were available?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26We are competing with children coming up from Swindon,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28and Wiltshire, and Bristol, and some people are even relocating.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30You know, they're doing the test and moving from another
0:21:30 > 0:21:33part of the country. Which is fair, I suppose.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35But another part of me thinks it's unfair, because it's five
0:21:35 > 0:21:36miles from where we live.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Every grammar school in Gloucestershire has added more
0:21:38 > 0:21:40places, even though the number of 11-year-olds
0:21:40 > 0:21:43hasn't been going up.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Grammar schools can expand because they're
0:21:44 > 0:21:48so popular with parents.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50After all, they only take the children who are already
0:21:50 > 0:21:52doing well at school.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55But that also means the larger they grow, the greater their effect
0:21:55 > 0:21:57on other neighbouring schools.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02And some fear that could reach a tipping point.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05In many parts of England, grammar school places have increased
0:22:05 > 0:22:09faster than pupil numbers.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11In 2010, there were just over 110,000 pupils aged
0:22:11 > 0:22:1411-15 in grammar schools.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17By 2017, that had reached 118,000, the equivalent of 11
0:22:17 > 0:22:24new grammar schools.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29This risks a knock on impact on other schools.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Results are above average at this secondary in Warwickshire,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36but both the nearby grammar schools have added lots of extra places.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41With the places, they take a bigger share of local pupils,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45and the cash that follows them through school.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Over five years with a backfill, it would be, let's say,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52£600,000 that is brought in by adding an additional class.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55And that's a tension, regardless of what the school is.
0:22:55 > 0:23:05It may be selective, it may be nonselective.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08To offer enough subjects in their 6th form,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10they need enough cash and pupils coming through.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13But here, and other places where grammar schools are expanding,
0:23:13 > 0:23:15the competition is getting tougher. Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18And you can read more about that story on our website,
0:23:18 > 0:23:25that's at bbc.co.uk/news/education.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Britain's recycling system is about to be put under severe pressure.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Until now, almost half of what we recycle every year has
0:23:31 > 0:23:34been sent to China, to be dealt with there.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36But yesterday, China introduced a ban on recycling
0:23:36 > 0:23:37many types of plastic wastes from abroad,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40to try to reduce pollution.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43So what will happen now to all the plastic we throw away?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Our Science Editor David Shukman reports.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Ever wondered what happens to our recycling?
0:23:52 > 0:23:57well, great streams of it all sorted in giant centres like this one in
0:23:57 > 0:24:01south-east London.The tins are extracted by magnet and are sold to
0:24:01 > 0:24:05food and drink manufacturers. A vigorous shake separates bottles
0:24:05 > 0:24:11from paper and cardboard. They're also in demand. The machines then
0:24:11 > 0:24:15try to pick out the plastic. The bags make this much harder. But if
0:24:15 > 0:24:19all this can be sorted, it can be sold on, and the biggest market has
0:24:19 > 0:24:23been China, until now.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26This is the tip of the iceberg of what we send off for recycling.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29What the Chinese have done is said that they're no longer
0:24:29 > 0:24:38going to accept anything that's difficult to handle.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40So anything that's dirty, or this kind of thin plastic
0:24:40 > 0:24:41that we can't recycle.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43In fact, a mix of different types of plastic.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45This has sent shock waves through the cycling industry.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Already huge bundles of recycling turned down by China
0:24:47 > 0:24:51are piling up in Hong Kong.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And mountains of unwanted plastic waste may build up in Britain.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58I think it's a game change for the UK.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I think for the last two decades, at least, all our collection systems
0:25:01 > 0:25:05have been geared up to having the Chinese market.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07China take virtually half of everything that we produce
0:25:07 > 0:25:11in terms of paper and plastics in the UK.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14So what will happen?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Well, there's now a rush to try to sell the stuff to India
0:25:17 > 0:25:18and other countries.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20But there's a limit to what they'll take.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Another option is to burn the plastic here.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Most incinerators generate electricity, so this
0:25:25 > 0:25:29wouldn't be a total waste.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33But the greenest solution is to turn plastic into the raw material
0:25:33 > 0:25:35to make new plastic objects, like milk containers,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and we may see more of this.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40We've made incredible progress in terms of recycling in this
0:25:40 > 0:25:44country, but we're stalling now.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47And the Chinese ban to import bad quality may be a great incentive
0:25:47 > 0:25:54and the best chance ever for this country.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57It takes a human eye to pick out what the machines miss.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Householders are often confused.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Most thin plastic film can't be used again.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Different councils have their own rules.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08And few products are designed with recycling in mind.
0:26:08 > 0:26:14There is now pressure for all that to change,
0:26:14 > 0:26:16and China's ban may actually encourage that.
0:26:16 > 0:26:23David Shukman, BBC News.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26A man who already had convictions for killing his wife and a former
0:26:26 > 0:26:28partner has pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-girlfriend.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Theodore Johnson attacked Angela Best in north London a year
0:26:31 > 0:26:33ago after they broke up and she began a relationship
0:26:42 > 0:26:4513 monkeys have been killed in a fire at Woburn Safari
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Park in Bedfordshire.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49The blaze in one of the enclosures was spotted by security guards
0:26:49 > 0:26:51during a routine patrol, but despite efforts to rescue
0:26:51 > 0:26:52the animals, none could be saved.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55The safari park's manager says the fire may have been caused
0:26:55 > 0:26:58by a faulty generator as Chi Chi Izundu reports.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Locals and staff say the patas monkeys were a popular
0:27:01 > 0:27:03attraction here at the park, greeting guests and their cars
0:27:03 > 0:27:05as they drove through the enclosure.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Fire crews were called to the site at 2:30 in the morning
0:27:08 > 0:27:09after security reported the fire.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Due to the intensity of the fire, and the location of the building,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14the fire was totally engulfed in the building and
0:27:14 > 0:27:15the roof had collapsed.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Investigators believe a faulty generator may
0:27:19 > 0:27:22have started this fire, and staff who cared for the animals
0:27:22 > 0:27:26are now being supported by experts.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29This morning, the heads of departments spoke to the staff,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31and again, we'll be talking to the staff later.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34We also have an employee relations support system that's in place
0:27:34 > 0:27:36from our human resources Department.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39This fire comes just ten days after a blaze
0:27:39 > 0:27:42ripped through London Zoo killing five animals.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Now, because this is a safari park, we're not actually allowed
0:27:45 > 0:27:47to step out of the car.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50But the cones behind me lead to the area where the patas monkey
0:27:50 > 0:27:57house is, and that's been closed off to the public.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Fire chiefs tell us that 90% of the building was damaged
0:28:00 > 0:28:03and they are now conducting an investigation to try and find out
0:28:03 > 0:28:04exactly what started the fire.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Other animals, including these Barbary monkeys,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08have been checked over and are still being monitored
0:28:08 > 0:28:11to make sure they haven't affected.
0:28:11 > 0:28:17Chi Chi Izundu, BBC News, Woburn Safari Park.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20This time last year he was working as an electrician.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23But last night, Rob Cross caused a sensation in the world of darts
0:28:23 > 0:28:28when he was crowned world champion.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31The 27-year-old beat the 16 time winner Phil Taylor
0:28:31 > 0:28:34to the title at Alexandra Palace as well pocketing £400,000
0:28:34 > 0:28:35in prize money.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Rob Cross, now the first debutant to become world
0:28:38 > 0:28:40champion in ten years, says he still can't quite
0:28:40 > 0:28:44take in what happened, as Natalie Pirks reports.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48This time last year, he was watching the final on TV.
0:28:48 > 0:28:55COMMENTATOR: Rob Cross!
0:28:55 > 0:28:57When Rob Cross sealed victory, it was clear this wouldn't
0:28:57 > 0:28:59sink in for a while.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01He'd not only become £400,000 richer, he'd beaten the greatest
0:29:01 > 0:29:03darts player of all time to be crowned world champion.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Even today, he was struggling with the magnitude of his win.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10It all feels very surreal.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14It's like I need to pinch myself or something,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16because I couldn't have wrote my year any better, really.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20It's been a bit like a fairy tale.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23You might not associate the game of darts with fairy tales,
0:29:23 > 0:29:27yet Cross was an unknown electrician until the start of 2017.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Last year, his winnings included £7 picked up in a pub tournament.
0:29:31 > 0:29:37The rise from anonymity to acclaim has been dizzying.
0:29:37 > 0:29:43I would say that anyone what believes they can play the game
0:29:43 > 0:29:46and sort of aspires to it, then go and have a go
0:29:46 > 0:29:48because you never know what's going to happen.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50If you thought darts was just a pub game,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52you might be shocked to hear what the future holds
0:29:52 > 0:29:54for a world champion.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56It's difficult to put a number on it.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01I would think the value of winning the World Championships in today's
0:30:01 > 0:30:03market would be a minimum of £5 million and possibly
0:30:03 > 0:30:0910 million or more.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12No one can take away that he's won the World Darts Championship,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14and that has ramifications financially which will
0:30:14 > 0:30:17safeguard him and his family for the rest of their life.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19And he has potentially decades left in the sport,
0:30:19 > 0:30:20unlike his opponent.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Phil Taylor won his first of 16 world titles in 1990,
0:30:23 > 0:30:28the year Cross was born.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Nicknamed 'The Power', last night was his last
0:30:29 > 0:30:30ever professional match.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33He will go down as the best the game has ever seen.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35You're never going to see another Phil Taylor
0:30:35 > 0:30:39in any sport, I don't believe.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44I don't think someone can dominate their sport
0:30:44 > 0:30:46for that amount of time. So it's probably the coming of me,
0:30:46 > 0:30:49but at the same time, we were saying farewell to a legend.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52To shout in his face at the end and do all that,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I wasn't willing to do that. I've got too much respect for him.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Cross has now set his sights on becoming world number one.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01When your year starts as well as this, anything is possible.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Natalie Pirks, BBC News.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05Time for a look at the weather.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Here's Louise Lear.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10It's all about storm Eleanor tonight.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15In the last half hour, the Met office has issued an amber weather
0:31:15 > 0:31:18warning, be prepared for disruption. The storm is arriving now in parts
0:31:18 > 0:31:24of Ireland, rain turning heavy. Look at this, gusts of wind across
0:31:24 > 0:31:29southern island along the west Coast in excess of 87 mph. Storm force
0:31:29 > 0:31:34gusts. Likely to be disruption on the southern flank, where we will
0:31:34 > 0:31:44see the stronger swing. We will continue with issues. Not only the
0:31:44 > 0:31:48wind, the culmination of heavy rain as well. That with rough seas and
0:31:48 > 0:31:52high tides, there could be coastal flooding across north-west England
0:31:52 > 0:31:58and Wales, gusts of wind 70-90 mph, causing issues with power cables
0:31:58 > 0:32:05coming down and disruption for travel as well. 60 mph across the
0:32:05 > 0:32:09Channel coast, we could see in excess of 70 mph gusts of wind. A
0:32:09 > 0:32:13pretty stormy start to Wednesday morning. The gusts of wind will
0:32:13 > 0:32:16continue through the morning, rush hour as well. Accompanied by
0:32:16 > 0:32:22scattered showers, with heavy hail, and even fund a mixed in. Some of
0:32:22 > 0:32:31them across Northern Ireland and the west facing coast of Scotland. Into
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Aberdeenshire, it starts off chilly but you will see sunshine. You will
0:32:34 > 0:32:39probably have the best weather. Wind will ease, but it is a blustery
0:32:39 > 0:32:43afternoon, squally shower was set to continue, not very pleasant.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Brighter in South Wales and southern England by the end of the day, ten
0:32:47 > 0:32:52or 11 the high. Further north, seven or eight. But a chilly day in
0:32:52 > 0:32:57Aberdeenshire, but at least you have sunshine. Moving into Thursday,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00another area of low pressure moves in from the Atlantic. Things are
0:33:00 > 0:33:04unsettled in the first week of January. Wind will be a feature
0:33:04 > 0:33:09again. Gales in the south-west, driving the rain at a pace, but it
0:33:09 > 0:33:12may grind to a halt across central and southern Scotland and Northern
0:33:12 > 0:33:18Ireland, where we will have rain and hill snow. Double digits further
0:33:18 > 0:33:21south with sunshine, but cold, and that is an indication of what is to
0:33:21 > 0:33:26come as we head into the weekend, quieter but colder weather on its
0:33:26 > 0:33:27way.
0:33:31 > 0:33:41A reminder of our main story: