0:00:17 > 0:00:20An apology from the head of the parole board to the victims
0:00:20 > 0:00:23who weren't told of the imminent release of a serial sex attacker.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26John Warboys will be freed having served 10 years in prison -
0:00:26 > 0:00:28it's thought he could have attacked over 100 women.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31We believed all the victims had been told of that decision but we're
0:00:31 > 0:00:33checking today because clearly something went wrong.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36There are calls for the decision to free Warboys to be reconsidered
0:00:36 > 0:00:38and for parole board reviews to be made public.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Also tonight:
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Jon Venables - one of the killers of the toddler James Bulger -
0:00:42 > 0:00:44is charged over indecent images of children.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47The book Donald Trump wants to ban and the crowds queuing to buy it.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50A latte levy - a proposed 25p on each takeaway coffee
0:00:50 > 0:00:51to encourage recycling.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54And parts of the United States are blasted with record freezing
0:00:54 > 0:01:00temperatures below minus 20, blizzards and flooding.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And coming up on FA Cup Sportsday on BBC News.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05We'll be live from Anfield with all the build-up
0:01:05 > 0:01:15to the 230th Merseyside Derby.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:31 > 0:01:41The chair of the Parole Board has apologised unreservedly to victims
0:01:41 > 0:01:43of the serial sex attacker John Worboys, after some of them
0:01:43 > 0:01:45were not told of his imminent release from prison.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The black cab
0:01:47 > 0:01:49driver was jailed in 2009, for offences against 12 women -
0:01:49 > 0:01:51but detectives later said they believed he'd attacked
0:01:51 > 0:01:52more than 100 women.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54MPs are now calling for an inquiry into why
0:01:54 > 0:01:59the victims were not informed.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Our Home Editor Mark Easton reports.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Rapist John Worboys has become symbolic of the charge that police
0:02:07 > 0:02:09and prosecutors in England and Wales still don't take violent
0:02:09 > 0:02:12sexual crimes against women seriously enough.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15The London cabbie, who drugged and raped or sexually assaulted
0:02:15 > 0:02:19numerous women in the back of his taxi,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23is to be released after nine years, a parole board decision
0:02:23 > 0:02:25that has prompted fury and questions, not least -
0:02:25 > 0:02:26were victims ignored?
0:02:26 > 0:02:2958 MPs have written to the Justice Secretary calling
0:02:29 > 0:02:32for an investigation into why some of Worboys' victims were not
0:02:32 > 0:02:39told their attacker would soon be back on the streets.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I think it's very difficult at this point in time to know what
0:02:42 > 0:02:44role the victims have had in the decision
0:02:44 > 0:02:45to give John Worboys parole.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48They do have a clearly defined role and what we're asking
0:02:48 > 0:02:51is that the Secretary of State act to ensure that has happened.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54The head of the parole board has apologised unreservedly to victims
0:02:54 > 0:02:57who say they were not informed of Worboys's imminent release,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59accepting that the news must have been very distressing.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01The Ministry of Justice says some victims have
0:03:01 > 0:03:04chosen not to be informed.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06But the questions raised by this case go
0:03:06 > 0:03:10beyond the management of Worboys' release from prison.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13One urgent question - why was parole granted?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17It's likely he accepted guilt by his convictions,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19but quite how the board decided he now poses no risk must
0:03:19 > 0:03:23remain secret.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I'm not allowed by law to explain the reasons for our
0:03:25 > 0:03:26decision.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29As I've said before, I'd like to get that changed.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31And so if this pushes the idea that the parole
0:03:31 > 0:03:35board processes need to be much more open and transparent and we get
0:03:35 > 0:03:39support for that, then I think some good will have come out of all this.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40We need to understand whether he's admitted
0:03:40 > 0:03:42guilt in relation to the
0:03:42 > 0:03:44offences that he was convicted for and, indeed, the police need
0:03:44 > 0:03:46to look again at the possibility of
0:03:46 > 0:03:48prosecuting him for those many further offences for which he is
0:03:48 > 0:03:51also suspected.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Given that more than 100 women have said Worboys tried to
0:03:53 > 0:03:56drugged and sexually assault them, the question why were so many
0:03:56 > 0:04:02allegations not prosecuted is being asked once again.
0:04:02 > 0:04:0480 women came forward after his arrest was
0:04:04 > 0:04:15publicised, more still after his trial, but all the allegations from
0:04:19 > 0:04:22publicised, more still after his trial, but only the allegations from
0:04:22 > 0:04:2412 women were raised at his trial because
0:04:24 > 0:04:25prosecutors focused on the
0:04:25 > 0:04:27case is most likely to get a conviction.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29One of my clients, due to a very poor a police
0:04:29 > 0:04:31investigation did not succeed in having her case prosecuted.
0:04:31 > 0:04:41She was told by the police, who be its
0:04:41 > 0:04:43She was told by the police, who reinvestigated
0:04:43 > 0:04:45later, that didn't matter if her case didn't go forward
0:04:45 > 0:04:47because there weren't enough that were going
0:04:47 > 0:04:48forward.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50The Director of Public Prosecutions at the time,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Keir Starmer, now a Labour Shadow minister, today urged victims to
0:04:52 > 0:04:54take the allegations to the police.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56I think these decisions were nine years ago.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58It's very important that you go to the Crown Prosecution
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Service and get an accurate readout of the decisions that were made,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03particularly if further allegations are likely to be made now.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Thank you very much indeed.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07But with police saying Worboys maybe Britain's most
0:05:07 > 0:05:09prolific sex attacker, did the original punishment fit the crime?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12This is a guy who drugged 12 women, who carried out a campaign to rape
0:05:12 > 0:05:16a very large number of women and who has served rather less
0:05:16 > 0:05:18than ten years in prison and is now said to be safe.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20It's pretty surprising.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Worboys will have to comply with stringent controls while on parole,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27but his release reactivates the debate about how the criminal
0:05:27 > 0:05:29justice system still treats perpetrators
0:05:29 > 0:05:33and victims of sexual crimes.
0:05:33 > 0:05:39And Mark Easton is here now.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44We have had an unreserved apology, and the MPs call for inquiry but is
0:05:44 > 0:05:48anything likely to change?I think that the ministers will have to
0:05:48 > 0:05:51think hard about the questions raced by the case. The head of the Parole
0:05:51 > 0:05:57Board himself saying he wants a review of the secrecy that sounds
0:05:57 > 0:05:59the Parole Board hearings, and I'm sure that will be considered. The
0:05:59 > 0:06:03committee of MPs that holds the minister of jury to account, they
0:06:03 > 0:06:10will look into it and why some victims were not informed of
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Worboys's release and looking at the role of the prosecutors in deciding
0:06:13 > 0:06:20how many of the cases that have come forward, of the 100 different women,
0:06:20 > 0:06:25why so few, 12, 14, of those were involved in the original trial. Now
0:06:25 > 0:06:32the type of sentence Worboys was given is an indeterminate sentence,
0:06:32 > 0:06:38it does not exist anymore. It was used for crimes that don't attract a
0:06:38 > 0:06:43life sentence but pose a risk to the public. They brought it in, it no
0:06:43 > 0:06:46longer exists, for these offenders there will be questions as to if we
0:06:46 > 0:06:53have to look again at that. But the real issue, I think, is just how is,
0:06:53 > 0:06:58is the Criminal Justice System good enough at dealing with the real
0:06:58 > 0:07:01sensitivities that always surround these cases of intimate sexual
0:07:01 > 0:07:06violence. Mark, t thank you.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09One of the killers of the toddler James Bulger in 1993 -
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Jon Venables - has been charged over indecent images of children.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14The trial will be held in an unnamed court.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17One of the killers of the toddler James Bulger in 1993 -
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Jon Venables - has been charged over indecent images of children.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22One of the killers of the toddler James Bulger in 1993 -
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Jon Venables - has been charged over indecent images of children.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27The trial will be held in an unnamed court.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford is outside
0:07:29 > 0:07:31the Crown Prosecution Service in central London.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34So Jon Venables back again before the courts as an adult and again
0:07:34 > 0:07:37One of the killers of the toddler James Bulger in 1993 -
0:07:37 > 0:07:39That's right. The news broke in a carefully worded statement, released
0:07:39 > 0:07:41by the Crown Prosecution Service from its head quarters in London.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43The statement said that the man formerly known as Jon Venables has
0:07:43 > 0:07:48been charged with offences rerelating to indecent images of
0:07:48 > 0:07:51children. And that the proceedings are subject to reporting
0:07:51 > 0:07:55restrictions. Because of those we can say little more about the court
0:07:55 > 0:08:01case itself. But it is worth reminding people, he was first
0:08:01 > 0:08:06jailed in 1993 along with Robert thump CERN, ten years old, both of
0:08:06 > 0:08:11them, jailed for life for the abduction, torture and murder of
0:08:11 > 0:08:16two-year-old James Bulger. They were released eight years later in 2001,
0:08:16 > 0:08:22Robert Thompson disappeared with a new identity into relative obscurity
0:08:22 > 0:08:28but Jon Venables appeared before the courts again in 2010, with
0:08:28 > 0:08:33possession of child images and released again in 2013 and then once
0:08:33 > 0:08:36genre called to prison and today came the news that once again he has
0:08:36 > 0:08:40been charged. Daniel Sandford, thank you.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Daniel Sandford, thank you.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Despite legal efforts by the Whitehouse to block it,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46the controversial book about Donald Trump's first year
0:08:46 > 0:08:49as US President has gone on sale and is selling like hotcakes.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Fire and Fury was released four days early, and people have been queuing
0:08:52 > 0:08:54in the US to buy a copy.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55It's author, Michael Wolff, has questioned the president's
0:08:55 > 0:08:58mental stability and said everyone he spoke to in the Whitehouse
0:08:58 > 0:09:00described Mr Trump as being like a child in need
0:09:00 > 0:09:01of instant gratification.
0:09:01 > 0:09:09Our North America Editor Jon Sopel has more.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Not quite Harry Potter but at midnight last night,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16they were queuing to get their hands on Fire And Fury,
0:09:16 > 0:09:21and if Donald Trump had the powers of the young wizard,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24he'd have made this book disappear but he doesn't and this damning
0:09:24 > 0:09:26portrait is now available for everyone to read.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Well, what I'm most looking forward to is seeing what we all know
0:09:29 > 0:09:31is going on just below the surface.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I'm expecting the White House to be as absolutely dysfunctional
0:09:34 > 0:09:37as the leaks make it seem.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I don't think anyone really gets tired
0:09:39 > 0:09:42of palace intrigue.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45The picture it paints of life in the West Wing
0:09:45 > 0:09:48is unsparing, allegations of marital strain, of tears and tantrums,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51of dysfunction and improvisation.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55And at the epicentre of every storm, Donald J Trump.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I will tell you the one description that everyone gave,
0:09:58 > 0:10:04everyone has in common, they all say he is like a child.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09And what they mean by that is he has a need for immediate gratification.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13It's all about him.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16And the gravest charge of all, Michael Wolff alleges that a number
0:10:16 > 0:10:19of his unnamed sources told him that the President was mentally
0:10:19 > 0:10:21unfit to remain in office, a charge that brought this response
0:10:21 > 0:10:24from the President's spokeswoman.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27It's disgraceful and laughable.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32If he was unfit he probably wouldn't be sitting there and wouldn't have
0:10:32 > 0:10:35defeated the most qualified group of candidates that the Republican
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Party has ever seen.
0:10:38 > 0:10:47The President has been on Twitter to rubbish the book saying:
0:10:58 > 0:11:00But that's not how Michael Wolff remembers it.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06I absolutely spoke to the President, weather he realised
0:11:06 > 0:11:08I absolutely spoke to the President, whether he realised
0:11:08 > 0:11:11it was an interview or not, I don't know but it certainly
0:11:11 > 0:11:12was not off the record.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16The author says he stands by every word.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Although with anonymous sources it's hard to fact-check.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20The most remarkable thing about this is -
0:11:20 > 0:11:25given Michael Wolff's track record - why White House staff gave him
0:11:25 > 0:11:29access to the inner sanctum of the West Wing for months on end
0:11:29 > 0:11:30as virtually a semi-resident.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32The author was asked this morning what he had to say
0:11:32 > 0:11:35about the threatening legal letter the President's lawyers had sent?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38about the threatening legal letter the President's lawyers had sent.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39His reply?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Where do I send the box of chocolates?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45The murder of a two-year-old boy in Wolverhampton could not have been
0:11:45 > 0:11:47predicted but improvements need to be made to safeguarding
0:11:47 > 0:11:48children in the area.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50That's the conclusion of a serious case review after
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Jeremiah Regis-Ngaujah was beaten to death by his stepfather.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55He was the fifth child to be killed by an adult in Wolverhampton
0:11:55 > 0:12:00in less than 10 years.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03New car sales fell for the first time in six years last year
0:12:03 > 0:12:06and demand for diesel cars dropped by almost a fifth - hit by fears
0:12:06 > 0:12:07about pollution and higher taxes.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Industry experts say they expect car sales to continue to drop this year
0:12:10 > 0:12:12because of a decline in business and consumer confidence
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and confusion over what type of car to buy.
0:12:15 > 0:12:24Here's our Business Editor Simon Jack.
0:12:25 > 0:12:302017 was the year the showroom shine began to fade. For the first time in
0:12:30 > 0:12:34six years, sales of new cars fell, dragged down by a plunge in diesel
0:12:34 > 0:12:39sales. It started with revelations that Vax wagon and other
0:12:39 > 0:12:42manufactures had hidden the amount of harmful particles that they were
0:12:42 > 0:12:46pumping out. Customers lost faith, governments clamped down it led to
0:12:46 > 0:12:53confusion. Why are people not buying diesel?They were telling us to buy
0:12:53 > 0:12:56diesels, because of emissions and helping the community, the world,
0:12:56 > 0:13:02now they are telling us not to buy diesels.It is confusing people.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Would you buy a diesel?No, I wouldn't.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Why not?Because they are not so good for the environment. I'm
0:13:09 > 0:13:13worried for the future, for my children and everything.
0:13:13 > 0:13:19Here at this garage, the customers and staff had concerns.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Perception today is that they're bad for the environment. The perception
0:13:23 > 0:13:2718 months ago, two years ago, they were the best thing since sliced
0:13:27 > 0:13:31bread. For years and years they said that
0:13:31 > 0:13:35diesel was safe, better, everyone bought diesel cars. If they want us
0:13:35 > 0:13:40to go petrol, what do we do with the diesel cars?That customer confusion
0:13:40 > 0:13:46about diesel as been showing up in the sales numbers big time in 2017.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Up to March, the sales were hanging in there. After that, there is a
0:13:50 > 0:13:56fall in the sale of Deals cars and in fact here in December, down a
0:13:56 > 0:14:01whopping 31%. Now you would think that the buyers would be buying
0:14:01 > 0:14:05other types of vehicles like petrol but even petrol sales were down in
0:14:05 > 0:14:10December, what is going on?There is evidence that diesel owners have
0:14:10 > 0:14:15held off from buying a new car, rather than buying a petrol or an
0:14:15 > 0:14:18electric vehicle, they want to know the right decision. They need
0:14:18 > 0:14:23reassurance. It takes senior members of the government to put their
0:14:23 > 0:14:27weight behind it. But the government wants to ban the
0:14:27 > 0:14:35sales of new diesel and petrol cars but not until 2040 but is letting
0:14:35 > 0:14:38councils tackle pollution charges introduced in London.
0:14:38 > 0:14:48The thing is as the drivers ditch diesel for one type of pollution,
0:14:48 > 0:14:53there have been other rises for the first time in 20 years.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Our top story this evening:
0:14:55 > 0:14:57The imminent release of the serial sex attacker Jon Worboys -
0:14:57 > 0:15:00the head of the parole board apologises to his victims
0:15:00 > 0:15:03who weren't told.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09Coming up, I am here at Anfield for one of football's biggest rivalries
0:15:09 > 0:15:17as Liverpool face Everton in the FA Cup...
0:15:17 > 0:15:21We have all of today's sports news including the latest from the final
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Caven Ashes Test where it is the same old story for England...
0:15:30 > 0:15:33What do you do with your cup after you've had your
0:15:33 > 0:15:34morning takeaway coffee?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37MPs say too many are thrown away and not recycled.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40They want to impose a 25p tax on disposable cups which will help
0:15:40 > 0:15:48pay for better recycling facilities.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50The Environmental Audit Committee says we throw away
0:15:50 > 0:15:522.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Of those, only one in 400 are recycled -
0:15:54 > 0:15:56most are rejected by paper recycling plants because they're
0:15:56 > 0:15:58lined with plastic.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02The report says that if adding the 25p charge doesn't
0:16:02 > 0:16:04drive up recycling rates, then throwaway cups should be banned
0:16:04 > 0:16:05completely in five years.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Nina Warhurst reports.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10It's the smell.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13It's the taste.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16It's that dynamite start to the day.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21But bubbling below the surface is a whopping waste problem.
0:16:21 > 0:16:30So, why are so few cups being recycled?
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Well, it's the way that they are made.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38You see, the outer paper is sealed to the inner plastic that makes it
0:16:38 > 0:16:40watertight and separating those two materials to reuse them
0:16:40 > 0:16:41is a pretty sticky task...
0:16:41 > 0:16:44And there are just three plants in the country that can do that,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46like this one in Kendal.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Environmental campaigners say that it is time that the government
0:16:48 > 0:16:52rather than consumers coughed up for more coffee recycling.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55There isn't really the opportunity for customers to do the right thing,
0:16:55 > 0:16:56to recycle these disposable cups.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02The facilities don't exist.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05We have run schemes in the past, in Manchester and in inner London,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08showing if you do provide the facilities to the public,
0:17:08 > 0:17:09they will use them.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Some consumers say that they are tired of top up taxes.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13I don't think it is necessarily right.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15We've got the charge on the 5p bags, haven't we?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18It's not ideal, but I think it's probably necessary because they are
0:17:18 > 0:17:20a massive environmental issue.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Today, the coffee industry has fought back.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Some already use fully compostable cups, and lots
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Some already use fully compostable cups, and lots offer
0:17:32 > 0:17:34a reverse levy of sorts, a price reduction if
0:17:34 > 0:17:35you bring your own cup.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38There is a worry that this new tax could be hard for some
0:17:38 > 0:17:39customers to swallow.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42If they are coming from the office, for their lunch coffee,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45they just might get a cafetiere for the office, and they can just do
0:17:45 > 0:17:47it in the office instead.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50So you think it could be bad for the coffee industry?
0:17:50 > 0:17:51It might be, yes.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Where consumers create problems, entrepreneurs innovate.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57We think it is unique, in the sense that it is three sizes in one.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01There's a growing market for cups that you can keep.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04It is reusable and that means over 1000 occasions,
0:18:04 > 0:18:05you can use this, minimum.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07So, close it up...
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Non-drip, into the pocket of a handbag.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13The government must now respond to this storm in a coffee cup
0:18:13 > 0:18:16and decide whether it is them, the coffee industry, or consumers,
0:18:16 > 0:18:17who are to carry the costs.
0:18:17 > 0:18:25Nina Warhurst, BBC News, Leeds.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Apple has confirmed that all iPhones, iPads and Mac computers
0:18:27 > 0:18:31are affected by two flaws in their computer chips.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34It emerged this week that technology companies have been working to block
0:18:34 > 0:18:36the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, which could allow
0:18:36 > 0:18:37hackers to steal data.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Apple says it has released some updates to try to tackle
0:18:39 > 0:18:41potential problems.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44A man who killed two of his former partners has been sentenced
0:18:44 > 0:18:50to a minimum of 26 years in prison for the murder of a third.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Theodore Johnson, who's 64 and from north London,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54admitted beating and strangling Angela Best in December 2016
0:18:54 > 0:18:56while on day release from a secure psychiatric hospital.
0:18:56 > 0:19:06Sarah Campbell reports.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10For years, Theodore Johnson managed to keep it a secret from his
0:19:10 > 0:19:14partner, Angela Best, that he was a double killer. On the 15th of
0:19:14 > 0:19:18December 20 16th at his flat in North London, unable to accept that
0:19:18 > 0:19:22she had left him come he killed her. The 51-year-old mother and
0:19:22 > 0:19:26grandmother, described in court as the life and soul of the family, was
0:19:26 > 0:19:31hit multiple times with a hammer and strangled with a dressing gown cord.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35In court, family members listen to the details of her death and of the
0:19:35 > 0:19:41two other women he previously killed.This convicted murderer
0:19:41 > 0:19:45tried to play the system, as he has successfully done so twice before.
0:19:45 > 0:19:51He knew exactly what he was doing, when he planned and executed the
0:19:51 > 0:19:58horrific murder of our beautiful, beloved Angela.This was his wife,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02the mother of his two sons and his first victim. In 1981 he pushed
0:20:02 > 0:20:07Yvonne Johnson from the ninth floor balcony of the flat they shared. He
0:20:07 > 0:20:12was sentenced to three years for manslaughter. 12 years later in 1993
0:20:12 > 0:20:16he pleaded guilty to manslaughter here at the Old Bailey, after
0:20:16 > 0:20:19killing his then partner Yvonne Bennett. He was sent to a secure
0:20:19 > 0:20:23mental health unit. One of the conditions of his release was that
0:20:23 > 0:20:28he must disclose to authorities any new relationship he may strike up
0:20:28 > 0:20:32with a woman so that she could be informed of his criminal past. But
0:20:32 > 0:20:36he repeatedly failed to do so, leaving Angela Best largely unaware
0:20:36 > 0:20:40of the danger she could be in. Johnson left her for dead in his
0:20:40 > 0:20:45flat and then jumped in front of an express train. He survived, but with
0:20:45 > 0:20:49serious injuries. Angela Best's family say they received a life
0:20:49 > 0:20:56sentence of inconsolable grief. Sarah Campbell, BBC News, at the Old
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Bailey.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Eastern parts of the United States are enduring record
0:20:59 > 0:21:00freezing conditions.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Up to 19 people are believed to have died as blizzards,
0:21:03 > 0:21:04flooding and giant waves cause disruption across
0:21:04 > 0:21:05much of the region.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Thousands of flights have been cancelled and there
0:21:09 > 0:21:12are widespread power cuts.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14New York's mayor is warning temperatures could drop
0:21:14 > 0:21:15to minus 29 tonight.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Our correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in New York.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22Your earmuffs are out, it must be bad?
0:21:22 > 0:21:27Fiona, it's currently -17 degrees with the wind chill. As you can see
0:21:27 > 0:21:31behind me, this beautiful fountain in Bryant Park, central Manhattan,
0:21:31 > 0:21:36has been turned into a stunning ice sculpture. Temperatures tonight are
0:21:36 > 0:21:42due to drop as low as -29 degrees in the city but -40 degrees elsewhere
0:21:42 > 0:21:47in New England. These are prolonged, historic low temperatures in New
0:21:47 > 0:21:50York. All of this is happening in the aftermath of that blizzard that
0:21:50 > 0:21:55caused chaos up and down the eastern seaboard...
0:21:55 > 0:21:59The impact of the bomb cyclone in Portland in Maine
0:21:59 > 0:22:02where the storm swallowed up the very foundations of Ferry Beach
0:22:02 > 0:22:08as wind and waves lashed the coastline.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10In Massachusetts, the storm brought not just
0:22:10 > 0:22:13heavy snowfall but flooding too, due to the high winds.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15In Boston, there was a three foot storm surge.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19The mayor is blaming the changing climate.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21We're keeping an eye on all of those different
0:22:21 > 0:22:23floodings and if anyone wants to question global warming,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25just see where the flood zones are.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Those zones didn't flood 30 years ago.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32This is the scene in coastal New England today.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33In the wake of the blizzard,
0:22:33 > 0:22:38the subzero conditions are making life very difficult.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40The winter hurricane conditions closed
0:22:40 > 0:22:43New York's major airports, though they're reopening today.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45The clear up has begun in Manhattan.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48New Yorkers are trying to take it all in their frozen stride.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51I'm still bundled up.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52I have so many layers.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I feel OK right now.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58As long as I go quickly to work, I'm OK.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I just want it to be over with.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01It's been way too long.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04I just want it to be nice and warm again.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07The race is on to clear away the snow in Manhattan
0:23:07 > 0:23:11before it turns into dangerous ice.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14The storm brought in all this cold air from the Arctic and so, in its
0:23:14 > 0:23:20aftermath, we're due to have subzero temperatures for the next few days.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24It is so cold out here, -10 Celsius, that already I can hardly feel
0:23:24 > 0:23:26my fingers or my toes.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Can you believe this is Tallahassee, Florida?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32And we are getting snow?
0:23:32 > 0:23:33That was the reaction in Tallahassee, Florida,
0:23:33 > 0:23:40where they haven't seen snow in almost three decades.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42And the freezing temperatures are prompting many Americans
0:23:42 > 0:23:44to experiment.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49This particular trick is proving very popular in the deep freeze.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Laura Trevelyan, BBC News, New York.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54The Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall has announced
0:23:54 > 0:23:57she is pregnant.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00The baby will be her second child with husband Mike Tindall,
0:24:00 > 0:24:01the former rugby player.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03The announcement comes just over a year after Zara
0:24:03 > 0:24:07suffered a miscarriage.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Cricket, and Australia have seized the initiative
0:24:08 > 0:24:16on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test against England.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Captain Steve Smith scored his 6000th test run as the hosts
0:24:18 > 0:24:22finished the day on 193 for two to close in on England's first
0:24:22 > 0:24:28innings of 346 all out.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Closer to home, and it's a big night in Merseyside as Liverpool
0:24:31 > 0:24:33and Everton face each other in the 230th Merseyside derby.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37They'll be competing in the third round of the FA Cup at Anfield.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss is there...
0:24:39 > 0:24:44Yes, Fiona, when they made the FA Cup draw last month, organisers
0:24:44 > 0:24:49would have hoped to get a few intriguing ties, but to get one of
0:24:49 > 0:24:53the biggest rivalries in football so early in the competition is
0:24:53 > 0:24:55something very special. Liverpool against Everton, and it is the
0:24:55 > 0:25:03latest chapter in one of football's most enthralling sagas...
0:25:03 > 0:25:06It is a city and a rivalry that once ruled the FA Cup.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Everton brought the cup back to Merseyside, where it
0:25:08 > 0:25:10had been in Liverpool's keeping for a year.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13And now the men at Goodison Park have won it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15This FA Cup must like it up here!
0:25:15 > 0:25:17On the far side, is this three?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It is!
0:25:19 > 0:25:21But since the glory days of the 1980s when
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Liverpool and Everton contested two finals,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28that famous trophy has proved rather harder to lift.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Not since Liverpool 12 years ago has either side won it...
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Gerrard!
0:25:33 > 0:25:40It's gone in!
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Now the footballing fates have thrown them together in their
0:25:42 > 0:25:44search for that elusive silverware...
0:25:44 > 0:25:46We all know how desperate our supporters are to get
0:25:46 > 0:25:47something.
0:25:47 > 0:25:55And believe me, we are in exactly the same mood.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58We are exactly as greedy on things like that.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02It is a glory game, and you go out and seek the glory, and try and win
0:26:02 > 0:26:03it.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05If we are to get through, we have to beat Liverpool.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Simple as that.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12But this derby could also be about a debut for the world's most
0:26:12 > 0:26:15expensive defender - Liverpool's new £75 million
0:26:15 > 0:26:16signing, Virgil van Dijk.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19As one star arrives at Anfield though, another could be on his way
0:26:19 > 0:26:20out...
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Philippe Coutinho, linked with Barcelona for an eye watering
0:26:22 > 0:26:23£140 million.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Tonight though is no time for distractions...
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Everton might be the underdogs.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29After all, they haven't lifted the cup since
0:26:29 > 0:26:371995.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39But this is a fixture which stirs passion like few others.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41For two teams hoping to recapture that
0:26:41 > 0:26:42trophy-winning feeling.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Andy Swiss, BBC News, Anfield.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Darren Bett, before you tell us about the weather, there is
0:26:49 > 0:26:55something you want to say?Come on you Reds! You've got me in serious
0:26:55 > 0:26:57trouble now!
0:26:57 > 0:26:59you Reds! You've got me in serious trouble now!
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Things are changing. You'll never walk alone on this beach in
0:27:02 > 0:27:09Carnoustie. There will be less cloud and less mess across the weather in
0:27:09 > 0:27:13the UK, instead there's this kind of weather this weekend. Increasing
0:27:13 > 0:27:17sunshine and more dry weather too but it does mean that it will be
0:27:17 > 0:27:21called. We are looking at more in the way of frost on Saturday night,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25increased amounts of sunshine. More widely across the UK as the weekend
0:27:25 > 0:27:32goes on. More cloud around, more showers in the south. This wintry
0:27:32 > 0:27:36mix of rain, sleet, hill snow sneaking away from Scotland and
0:27:36 > 0:27:41northern England. Colder air coming in across Scotland but the clouds
0:27:41 > 0:27:47are unreliable in the central areas. A touch of frost and icy patches
0:27:47 > 0:27:49around in the south-west, in particular Scotland and North East
0:27:49 > 0:27:56England Kumble with the wintry showers. A lot of sunshine here, you
0:27:56 > 0:28:00would struggle to get much sunshine further south, this zone of cloud
0:28:00 > 0:28:04slipping southwards and bringing with it rain and drizzle, and a cold
0:28:04 > 0:28:07wind blowing across southern areas. Low temperatures further north but
0:28:07 > 0:28:11at least there is sunshine. Overnight, these winds blow across
0:28:11 > 0:28:15southern areas and the cloud takes a while to sink away into the English
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Channel. Further north, temperatures fall away sharply. These are the
0:28:19 > 0:28:26numbers in towns and cities, it could get as low as -10 in the
0:28:26 > 0:28:31north-west. There's no cloud all went in this area of high pressure.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35Southwards, there's colder air and more sunshine. Still some strong
0:28:35 > 0:28:38winds in the south on Sunday. Otherwise, a nice and crisp winter
0:28:38 > 0:28:39day.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Thank you.
0:28:43 > 0:28:50That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me -