0:00:04 > 0:00:07A former football coach goes on trial, accused of 48 historical
0:00:07 > 0:00:11sex offences against young boys.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13The court was told that
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Barry Bennell had almost "unfettered access" to boys dreaming of success
0:00:16 > 0:00:19in the professional game.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Some of the abuse is alleged to have
0:00:21 > 0:00:23taken place in the grounds of Crewe Alexandra,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25where Bennell was coach.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28And the other main stories on tonight's programme...
0:00:28 > 0:00:32The newly reshuffled Cabinet meets for the first time
0:00:32 > 0:00:34as Theresa May rings more changes among junior ranks
0:00:34 > 0:00:37to refresh her government.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38The north London shopkeeper who died
0:00:38 > 0:00:42after being attacked in a row over cigarette papers.
0:00:42 > 0:00:48North and South Korea hold their first talks in over two years.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And the self-propelling suitcase that follows its owner -
0:00:50 > 0:00:56just one of the marvels at a major tech show in Las Vegas.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Coming up on Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00another competition for Manchester City -
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Bristol City are the visitors
0:01:02 > 0:01:11for the first leg of their League Cup semifinal.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Good evening.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29A court has heard that the former football coach Barry Bennell
0:01:29 > 0:01:34was a "predatory and determined paedophile," who is alleged to have
0:01:34 > 0:01:38subjected a number of boys to abuse on more than 100 occasions.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Bennell, who is now known as Richard Jones, denies multiple
0:01:40 > 0:01:44historical sex offence charges.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47The prosecution said that some of the abuse took place
0:01:47 > 0:01:49in the grounds of Crewe Alexandra, where Bennell was coach,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51but also at his home.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Let's join our Sports Editor Dan Roan,
0:01:52 > 0:02:01who's at Liverpool Crown Court.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Yesterday, we learned that Barry Bennell had pleaded guilty to seven
0:02:05 > 0:02:11charges of sexual abuse, but he were still contesting 48 further counts
0:02:11 > 0:02:17relating to 11 compliments, all boys aged as young as nine between 1979
0:02:17 > 0:02:21and 1991. Today, this trial, expected to last eight weeks, got
0:02:21 > 0:02:26under way as the prosecution opened its case.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Exercise full former coach in the 1980s, Barry Bennell worked with
0:02:29 > 0:02:35some of the most successful teams like Alexandra. He also had linked
0:02:35 > 0:02:38with Stoke City. But today Liverpool Crown Court was told the
0:02:38 > 0:02:4363-year-old, who now calls himself Richard Jones, was also a predatory,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46determined and dangerous paedophile. For the prosecution, Nicholas
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Johnson QC told the jury that Bennell, who appeared via video link
0:02:51 > 0:02:54because of ill-health, engaged in a course of conduct over many years
0:02:54 > 0:02:59involving systematic and persistent sexual abuse of pre-or prepubescent
0:02:59 > 0:03:04boys. He had pretty much unfettered access to large numbers of young
0:03:04 > 0:03:07lads who dreamt of a life in professional football. Although it
0:03:07 > 0:03:10seemed that Mr Bennell was a skilled and relatively successful coach, he
0:03:10 > 0:03:14had a much darker side. The court was told that Bennell had previously
0:03:14 > 0:03:18served to prison sentences both here and in the United States was serious
0:03:18 > 0:03:23sexual offences against junior footballers, but that he insisted
0:03:23 > 0:03:27the current complainants were maliciously making up stories
0:03:27 > 0:03:30against him, seeking attention or compensation. The court was told
0:03:30 > 0:03:32that Bennell subjected boys to hundreds of assaults and even
0:03:32 > 0:03:37carried out some of his crimes here, in one of the changing rooms in the
0:03:37 > 0:03:40ground of Crewe Alexandra. But several alleged victims also played
0:03:40 > 0:03:44for clubs linked to Manchester City. One alleged that he was abused when
0:03:44 > 0:03:49aged between 11 and 13 more than 100 times after Bennell introduced
0:03:49 > 0:03:53himself as a scout for the club. Another claimed he was abused at
0:03:53 > 0:04:05Bennell's house and on football tours, where horror
0:04:09 > 0:04:12movies would be played to soften up his victims. And one complainant who
0:04:12 > 0:04:14threatened to report the abuse said Bennell told him that nobody would
0:04:14 > 0:04:16believe him and that "I've got people playing professional football
0:04:16 > 0:04:19now that I have done these things to - you are nothing". The jury were
0:04:19 > 0:04:21told they would have to decide between Bennell's version of events
0:04:21 > 0:04:23or believe the prosecution's case that he committed sexual offences on
0:04:23 > 0:04:25a large scale against very vulnerable lads. The trial
0:04:25 > 0:04:26continues. Dan Roan, BBC News, Liverpool.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Theresa May has appointed more women and MPs from ethnic minority
0:04:29 > 0:04:31backgrounds as ministers, at the end of a two-day reshuffle
0:04:31 > 0:04:33designed to recharge her government.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Our Deputy Political Editor John Pienaar has more.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Allowed through the door at Number Ten today for a quick peek at the
0:04:41 > 0:04:48new look cabinet. Nobody move. Almost nobody move yesterday because
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Theresa May couldn't make them. Where is she? There she is. Jeremy
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Hunt, the Health Secretary, was in the way and wouldn't budge, just
0:04:56 > 0:05:02like yesterday. The new faces in the top team were happy enough, though.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05There's lots of energy, lots of ideas. It was a really important
0:05:05 > 0:05:11meeting this morning, with a sense of renewed vigour.And the losers?I
0:05:11 > 0:05:16thought what I thought right. Justine Greening, now ex-Education
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Secretary, had no regrets. She would not switch jobs.Now she is jobbed
0:05:20 > 0:05:27off. You have to be careful about who you alienate.You can't make too
0:05:27 > 0:05:31many enemies?No, you can't. That is the truth of all reshuffles. But I
0:05:31 > 0:05:34do think the Prime Minister has balanced it well. We have stability
0:05:34 > 0:05:37at Cabinet level and we have new blood coming through into the other
0:05:37 > 0:05:42layers of government. So the balancing act, she has got right.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Bringing the Tory party closer to people was today's mission, making
0:05:46 > 0:05:50government to look more like the electorate and somehow retrieving
0:05:50 > 0:05:56old loyalties that were judged by potential voters.Excited about the
0:05:56 > 0:06:00prospect of joining the government? So for those judged the brightest
0:06:00 > 0:06:06and the best, the guessing game was over.You live in hope these days.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09They left Number Ten happier than they went in. Some couldn't bear to
0:06:09 > 0:06:13wait for the official announcement before passing on the news.
0:06:13 > 0:06:20Congratulations, what have you got? Altogether, 14 MPs were given jobs,
0:06:20 > 0:06:25eight of them women, and five from ethnic minorities. Meanwhile,
0:06:25 > 0:06:30another plan went wrong today. Toby Young, appointed to the board of a
0:06:30 > 0:06:33new university regulator, resigned under pressure. He had helped set up
0:06:33 > 0:06:39free schools, but past inflammatory comments and tweets forced to step
0:06:39 > 0:06:42down before he could start his new role. An embarrassment to the
0:06:42 > 0:06:47government, but a relief to critics, including Tories.Clearly, due
0:06:47 > 0:06:49diligence wasn't done. I made it clear I thought it was the wrong
0:06:49 > 0:06:53thing to do because of some very extreme things that Toby Young had
0:06:53 > 0:06:59said in the past on eugenics, on the disabled and the way he described
0:06:59 > 0:07:02working class people.Newly appointed unpromoted ministers are
0:07:02 > 0:07:06looking happy tonight. They always do. But this reshuffle, the
0:07:06 > 0:07:11ministers Theresa May couldn't move or sack, has been as much a mark of
0:07:11 > 0:07:14her political vulnerability as the sign of strength her party wanted.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Tory MPs can only hope for a tighter grip at the top in what will be a
0:07:18 > 0:07:23defining year. British politics is as volatile as it has been in modern
0:07:23 > 0:07:26times. Unpredictability is the new normal. John Pienaar, BBC News,
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Westminster.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29North and South Korea have held their first talks
0:07:29 > 0:07:31for more than two years, and have agreed to further
0:07:31 > 0:07:34discussions to ease military tensions in the region.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37It came after the North confirmed it'll be sending a team
0:07:37 > 0:07:39to the Winter Olympics in South Korea next month.
0:07:39 > 0:07:46From Seoul, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50The skiers on the slopes of PyeongChang today were moving a
0:07:50 > 0:07:55little slower than they will be in a month's time. Then, the world's best
0:07:55 > 0:08:01will be flying down these pistes. And now we know that when the
0:08:01 > 0:08:06Olympic Games open here on February seven, there will be a full North
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Korean team competing. They will march in side by side with their
0:08:11 > 0:08:18South Korean compatriots. TRANSLATION: I think with both, we
0:08:18 > 0:08:20can put everything aside and everyone should do their best to
0:08:20 > 0:08:26achieve their goals in the competition. -- with sports.North
0:08:26 > 0:08:31Korea is just 50 miles away in that direction, and the north has really
0:08:31 > 0:08:34completely overshadowed preparations for the Olympics here. Some teams
0:08:34 > 0:08:38have threatened to pull out, ticket sales have been slow. You can see
0:08:38 > 0:08:41this place isn't exactly humming with skiers, so there is immense
0:08:41 > 0:08:47relief here that the north and the South are now at least talking. This
0:08:47 > 0:08:51morning, North Korea's chief delegate strode across the
0:08:51 > 0:08:55demarcation line that divides the two Koreas. He warmly shook the hand
0:08:55 > 0:09:01of his South Korean counterpart. The weather is cold, he said, but
0:09:01 > 0:09:05despite the cold, the people's desire for improving relations is
0:09:05 > 0:09:10frozen. It's hard to overstate how dramatic and rapid this shift has
0:09:10 > 0:09:18been. It's only a month since North Korea test fired this huge new
0:09:18 > 0:09:23missile, boasting that it could hit any city in the United States. Off
0:09:23 > 0:09:29the coast of Korea, US aircraft carriers massed, their decks
0:09:29 > 0:09:33swarming with supersonic strike aircraft. It felt like this region
0:09:33 > 0:09:39was teetering on the brink of war. So is Pyongyang's sudden change of
0:09:39 > 0:09:47heart real, or just a tactic to avoid war with America?North Korea
0:09:47 > 0:09:53would like to gain time in order to avoid a potential retaliation by the
0:09:53 > 0:09:59United States against it and will eventually re-engage in the
0:09:59 > 0:10:03provocation cycle so that it can threaten the United States.The
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Winter Olympics may be a cover for Kim Jong-Un, a convenient excuse for
0:10:07 > 0:10:11him to step back from the brink. But here in the south, any chance to
0:10:11 > 0:10:17talk is better than the terrifying alternative. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20BBC News, in PyeongChang, South Korea.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Five men and a woman have appeared in court charged with belonging
0:10:24 > 0:10:26to the banned far-right group, National Action.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28The six, who were arrested during raids across England
0:10:28 > 0:10:30last week, appeared at Westminster Magistrates court.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32They'll appear at the Old Bailey later this month.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Virgin Trains have stopped stocking the Daily Mail
0:10:34 > 0:10:36on board their west coast route.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39The company said concern had been raised by colleagues
0:10:39 > 0:10:41about the Mail's editorial position on issues such as immigration,
0:10:41 > 0:10:45LGBT rights and unemployment.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48The Daily Mail has accused the company of censoring the choice
0:10:48 > 0:10:53of newspapers offered to passengers.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56The Director-General of the BBC has been asked to appear before MPs
0:10:56 > 0:10:59to answer questions about gender and pay at the corporation.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Lord Hall will face questions by the Culture
0:11:00 > 0:11:03and Media select committee.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06The request comes after the BBC's former China Editor Carrie Gracie
0:11:06 > 0:11:10resigned from her post after complaining about unequal pay.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15She's also been asked to appear before MPs.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19The number of people waiting more than four hours in accident
0:11:19 > 0:11:22and emergency departments in Scotland reached a record high
0:11:22 > 0:11:26in the last week of 2017.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32New figures show only 78% of patients were seen
0:11:32 > 0:11:34within the government's four hour target -
0:11:34 > 0:11:35the lowest proportion
0:11:35 > 0:11:37since weekly data started being published three years ago.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Here's our Scotland Editor Sarah Smith.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Busy Accident & Emergency departments in Scotland mean
0:11:40 > 0:11:45patients are facing their longest recorded waiting times.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Last week, over 100,000 patients waited more
0:11:48 > 0:11:58than four hours to be seen, nearly 300 waited
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Nearly 300 waited longer than 12 hours,
0:12:02 > 0:12:08figures described today as a "disgrace."
0:12:08 > 0:12:10The figures out today are for the week ending in Hogmanay,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12a very, very challenging week for our health service,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14flu really beginning to kick in that week.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17For example, 40% increase in calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service
0:12:17 > 0:12:18on Hogmanay alone.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Of course, our staff are working extremely hard on the front-line
0:12:21 > 0:12:22to keep patients safe.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25In the week between Christmas and New Year, only 78% of people
0:12:25 > 0:12:27visiting A&E were seen within the target of four hours.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30That's compared to 92% for the same week the year before.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32The delays are not because of increased patient numbers.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38Only 635 more people attended A&E departments.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39One reason given for the increased waiting times
0:12:39 > 0:12:43is a surge in flu infections.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Cases of flu in Scotland are running at more than double
0:12:46 > 0:12:48the rate in England, more than twice as many
0:12:48 > 0:12:54as there were last year, and that's now a significant concern.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55I just wasn't sure.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Patients with flu take longer to assess and require treatment
0:12:57 > 0:12:59in individual rooms, as staff try to minimise
0:12:59 > 0:13:03the spread of infection.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The team have had to work extremely hard all the way over Christmas
0:13:06 > 0:13:08and the New Year period.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Worse than before?
0:13:11 > 0:13:12I would say so.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I've been doing this job for many years and I think it's probably one
0:13:15 > 0:13:21of the busiest times we've had.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23The Health Minister, visiting a hospital in Perth,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27insists the Scottish NHS is performing well overall,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29with far fewer cancelled operations than south of the border.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32In Lanarkshire, some of the NHS admin staff have been volunteering
0:13:32 > 0:13:34on the wards to help the overstretched nurses.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35I was a bed buster.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37What's a bed buster?
0:13:37 > 0:13:41It was basically going to help the ward staff to strip down
0:13:41 > 0:13:44the beds after a patient had been discharged so that it's cleaned
0:13:44 > 0:13:47and made up and ready for the patient to come into,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50and do that as quickly as possible to save the nursing staff
0:13:50 > 0:13:51doing it themselves.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54NHS spending is significantly higher in Scotland, about £160 more
0:13:54 > 0:13:57per person than in England.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Greater integrated health and social care is meant to mean
0:13:59 > 0:14:01fewer delayed discharges, less bed-blocking, but today's
0:14:01 > 0:14:08figures show that the winter health crisis has hit Scotland hard.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13Sarah Smith, BBC News, Perth.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Our top story this evening:
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Barry Bennell, a former football coach, goes on trial accused of 48
0:14:19 > 0:14:24historical sex offences against young boys.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Still to come...
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Everyone is listening, and I'm in the same room
0:14:31 > 0:14:34as the royal couple right now.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Stay tuned to find out what happened when Prince Harry
0:14:36 > 0:14:43and Meghan Markle visited a south London radio station.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:14:47 > 0:14:50The Football Association announces a range of measure to improve
0:14:50 > 0:14:57diversity and increase funding in the game.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01It's the world's biggest showcase for the gadgets that
0:15:01 > 0:15:03could become part of our lives in the near future.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06More than 170,000 people are expected to visit this year's
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11The tech companies' latest developments include driverless
0:15:11 > 0:15:14taxis and new advances in artificial intelligence, including some
0:15:14 > 0:15:19disturbingly human robots.
0:15:19 > 0:15:28Our technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, is in Las Vegas.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33Reeta we come here every year to see thousands of new gadgets launched
0:15:33 > 0:15:38and spot the new trend. It's not difficult it year it's all about
0:15:38 > 0:15:41artificial intelligence building it into products to make it smarter to
0:15:41 > 0:15:46learn as they go along. That's the theory at least. You may see behind
0:15:46 > 0:15:52me the stand of alibaba. They are in a battle with the Americans for
0:15:52 > 0:15:57leadership in this technology of the future.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00A powerful and largely invisible technology is on the march,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02it's learning how to drive.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04It can recognise individual faces and it knows an awful lot
0:16:04 > 0:16:14about our personal preferences.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19That technology is artificial intelligence and, in Las Vegas this
0:16:19 > 0:16:21week, tech firms are showing off how far it's come.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Hey Sophia, can we shake hands?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27In a Las Vegas university lab I'm meeting Sofia, a humanoid robot.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30How sophisticated do you think you are as a robot?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32I want people to perceive me as the robot I am.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35However, I wouldn't want to trick people into thinking I'm a human.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I just want to communicate with humans in the best possible
0:16:38 > 0:16:44ways, which includes looking like one.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Sophia, who's had advance notice of my questions,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49has few practical uses right now, but her creators believe she
0:16:49 > 0:16:51represents a big step on the road to artificial intelligence.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Our aspiration is to bring the machines to life,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56to create living, intelligent systems and there you'll see
0:16:56 > 0:17:01the greatest revolution in artificial intelligence.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04As this giant tech show gets under way, China's spending on AI
0:17:04 > 0:17:09and robotics is much in evidence.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14This suitcase recognises and follows its owner.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Here's China's biggest force in AI the search giant Baidu,
0:17:17 > 0:17:21laying on a lavish Las Vegas event with the slogan - AI is changing
0:17:21 > 0:17:26the world at China's speed.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28It calls itself China's Google, it's already a leader
0:17:28 > 0:17:30in technologies like facial recognition and Baidu
0:17:30 > 0:17:32is confident China can challenge America's AI dominance.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37China is quickly catching up and the gap is closing,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39but China has a lot more people, much larger scale.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45It's a big market.
0:17:45 > 0:17:52So I think that's a foundation for China to prevail in the AI age.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Google, which usually keeps low profile at this show,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57has chosen to put its name everywhere across
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Las Vegas, stressing
0:17:58 > 0:18:01its leading role in AI.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04There is lots of great competition and lots of excitment. What it means
0:18:04 > 0:18:08is that there's a lot of investment going into this area. A lot of the
0:18:08 > 0:18:12best minds working on it. I think you're going to see the field
0:18:12 > 0:18:18advance pretty quickly.It's arrival quite slowly out in down town Las
0:18:18 > 0:18:24Vegas I booked a ride in a taxi with no steering wheel, pedals or driver.
0:18:24 > 0:18:32It's not just America and China Rasing to get ahead in AI.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News, Las Vegas.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder and two
0:18:41 > 0:18:44others are being sought by police after a shop worker
0:18:44 > 0:18:45was attacked in an argument about cigarette papers.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Officers say when staff refused to serve them because of their age,
0:18:48 > 0:18:49they became aggressive.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51The victim, Vijay Patel, died in hospital yesterday.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Our special correspondent, Lucy Manning, reports
0:18:53 > 0:18:54now from north London.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57He worked hard in this shop in the quiet suburbs of north
0:18:57 > 0:19:01London, but one punch was to end Vijay Patel's life.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04On Saturday night, Abdullah Rahimzai was working alongside Mr Patel
0:19:04 > 0:19:08when three teenagers were told they couldn't buy cigarette
0:19:08 > 0:19:15papers unless they could prove they were 18.
0:19:15 > 0:19:25They threatened me to break the window, so that's why I ask him.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I wish I didn't send him to the window, but because of
0:19:29 > 0:19:31the threat the guys made, I asked him only to see.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34When I reached the door, he was already knocked down.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35He was hit one punch.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38The family released this photo of Mr Patel in hospital before
0:19:38 > 0:19:40he died to try to help catch those who killed him.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43For his relatives in Slough, disbelief a night at work
0:19:43 > 0:19:47could end with such violence.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50He was just the greatest man.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55He was innocent, he was kind.
0:19:55 > 0:20:05He loved everyone and that's why we all loved him as well.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08He was the pillar of the house.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11You know how you take out the pillar and the house is not
0:20:11 > 0:20:12there, it's like this.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Everyone is broken down.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Mr Patel had come from India a decade ago, working
0:20:17 > 0:20:21all hours to help his family.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23He came to this country so he could support his family,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25so he could support his children.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28He could give them a better life.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33So they could get the best education as well.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34So they could have better lives ahead.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36A better future ahead as well.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Police say Mr Patel was murdered for trying to make
0:20:38 > 0:20:40others obey the law.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42It was a completely unprovoked attack on a man just
0:20:42 > 0:20:45doing his job here.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48The police have now arrested a 16-year-old and are looking
0:20:48 > 0:20:52for two other teenagers.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Mr Patel's nephew, the same age as the boy arrested,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56can't understand why they attacked him.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58One punch and one family left with nothing but their grief.
0:20:58 > 0:21:08Lucy Manning, BBC News.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11The Government has rewritten its ministerial code of conduct
0:21:11 > 0:21:13in light of problems with harassment at Westminster which
0:21:13 > 0:21:20emerged last year.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22It states that inappropriate behaviour "will not be tolerated."
0:21:22 > 0:21:25The amended code also sets out ministers' duty to report any
0:21:25 > 0:21:26meetings they conduct overseas.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28A year ago today, the late Martin McGuinness resigned
0:21:28 > 0:21:32as Stormont's Deputy First Minister.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34His party, Sinn Fein, and the Democratic Unionists have
0:21:34 > 0:21:36since been unable to reach an agreement to restore
0:21:36 > 0:21:38the power-sharing coalition.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Civil servants have been running Northern Ireland,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43but they're not able to make any major decisions.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Our Ireland correspondent, Chris Page, has been
0:21:47 > 0:21:49looking at the impact of 12 months without government.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Just like everywhere else in the UK, the health service
0:21:51 > 0:21:55in Northern Ireland is under severe pressure this winter,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58but what's different here is that there's no Health Minister.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Three months before it collapsed, the devolved Government published
0:22:01 > 0:22:05a plan to restructure the NHS after a report said the system
0:22:05 > 0:22:07was at breaking point.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09No problem with your blood pressure before?
0:22:09 > 0:22:10No.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12This GP says urgent reforms are being held up
0:22:12 > 0:22:15because ministers are out of office.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18We already see it with the long waiting lists for secondary care.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21We see it with the lack of investment in social care.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25We see it with the issues around the out of hours service and we see
0:22:25 > 0:22:29it with the heavy demands on access to GP services, and that's where
0:22:29 > 0:22:34the patients will see it primarily.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Others who rely on public money to do their jobs say that
0:22:37 > 0:22:41uncertainty is unacceptable.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43You're too neat by nature.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45This workshop for people with dementia is one
0:22:45 > 0:22:50of hundreds of programmes run by community arts organisations.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52They say their future is shaky because of funding cuts,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54but they feel they've nowhere to go to make their case.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56We have no Government, we have no champion,
0:22:56 > 0:22:57we have no minister.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00So we've nobody to turn to to support policy changes,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02to support the communities here.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07This is a crisis moment for us.
0:23:07 > 0:23:16The political crisis is apparently still as deep as a year ago.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Martin McGuinness ended Sinn Fein's uneasy partnership
0:23:18 > 0:23:20with the Democratic Unionists when he resigned as
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Deputy First Minister.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25There have since been elections to Stormont and Westminster
0:23:25 > 0:23:28and several rounds of talks to restore power-sharing.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33But many days of negotiations have failed to break the deadlock.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36The DUP and Sinn Fein increased their dominance in both
0:23:36 > 0:23:38elections last year and they blame each other for the
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Stormont stalemate.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43In the meantime, unmade decisions are piling up.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Half of the construction industry's business comes
0:23:45 > 0:23:50from public sector projects.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Workers are concerned about a downturn in demand.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Within the next few months, unless decisions are made
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and projects and things start to move forward, I think
0:23:56 > 0:23:59we could see a situation where we're seeing layoffs
0:23:59 > 0:24:00in the construction industry.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03We need to see the Executive and the Assembly reestablished
0:24:03 > 0:24:05as soon as possible.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07The British and Irish governments are aiming to restart
0:24:07 > 0:24:09talks between the parties in the coming weeks.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12At the moment, there's no sign of a deal to bring devolution
0:24:12 > 0:24:13out of the deep freeze.
0:24:13 > 0:24:21Chris Page, BBC News, Belfast.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle have visited a youth
0:24:24 > 0:24:27radio station in Brixton, in south London, on their first Royal
0:24:27 > 0:24:29engagement of the year.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Hundreds of people lined the streets outside the Reprezent
0:24:32 > 0:24:38studios to welcome them.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Nicholas Witchell's report contains flash photography.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42They travel with all the paraphernalia of royalty,
0:24:42 > 0:24:44but Harry and Meghan are the new Royal couple
0:24:44 > 0:24:46determined to do things just a little differently.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48So this was a visit to a radio station, housed
0:24:48 > 0:24:53in old shipping containers.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57CHEERING
0:24:57 > 0:25:02Believe it or not everyone is listening and I'm in the same
0:25:02 > 0:25:06room as the Royal couple right now.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09This is Reprezent FM in Brixton, south London, set up 10 years ago
0:25:09 > 0:25:12to help tackle inner city issues, like knife crime.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15It gives young people a purpose and trains them to be broadcasters.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17I can see why your show's so popular because you're
0:25:17 > 0:25:21so thoughtful in the approach, but also so engaging to listen to.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Thank you.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Inside the station, Harry and Meghan were getting to know
0:25:27 > 0:25:31the broadcasting class of 2018.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Outside it was apparent that royalty's newest recruit is reaching
0:25:34 > 0:25:35new audiences herself.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39The support from Brixton, it was just a lot of people
0:25:39 > 0:25:41of colour that were just cheering her on.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Obviously you could tell that she was quite surprised
0:25:43 > 0:25:44the reception she got.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45She looked shocked, didn't she?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I thought that, yeah.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Yeah, because everyone was shouting for Meghan and not really Harry.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Get out of the way.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53We want to see Meghan!
0:25:53 > 0:25:55"We want to see Meghan", demanded the crowds in south London.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Expect to hear a lot of that between now and the wedding
0:25:58 > 0:26:00in May, and beyond.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06Nicholas Witchell, BBC News.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Here's Chris Fawkes.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Here's Chris Fawkes.
0:26:10 > 0:26:20We look at the weather going on in the Kalps. A two-day snowstorm that
0:26:20 > 0:26:26brought huge falls of snow. 160 centimetres of snow, it has shut the
0:26:26 > 0:26:35resort. It's high across a wide range of alpine resort areas. People
0:26:35 > 0:26:42have been stranded at times without power. Towns are digging out from
0:26:42 > 0:26:47the huge snowdrifts. We have had low cloud today, mist and fog patches
0:26:47 > 0:26:52and drizzle widely. There have been brighter spots, Cumbria and western
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Scotland seeing fine weather and sunshine. We are seeing a change
0:26:55 > 0:27:01take place at the moment. This band of rain is edging in off Atlantic.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05There are bumps along this weather front. That is a sign we could see
0:27:05 > 0:27:09an area of low pressure form along the front which would slow it down.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15That heavy rain will get across Northern Ireland into parts of
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Scotland. The rain lighter in England and Wales. Tomorrow the
0:27:19 > 0:27:22complication is if we do get an area of low pressure forming along the
0:27:22 > 0:27:27front it could really put the brakes on this front, particularly across
0:27:27 > 0:27:29eastern Scotland and north-east England. These are perhaps the
0:27:29 > 0:27:33favoured areas for the rain lasting into the afternoon. It could be
0:27:33 > 0:27:37elsewhere across eastern England too. We will see sunshine further
0:27:37 > 0:27:45east. Temperatures five or six, not as cold as it has been in the north,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47milder to south-west England and Wales later in the day. Mist and fog
0:27:47 > 0:27:51to start the day on Thursday. Some of these will be slow to clear.
0:27:51 > 0:27:57Decent day weather wise. Bright or sunny spells. Chilly in the north,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01three or five degrees Celsius. Cooler further south. That is how
0:28:01 > 0:28:03the weather is shaping up.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08A reminder of our main story.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12Barry Bennell - a former football coach -
0:28:12 > 0:28:14goes on trial accused of 48 historical sex offences.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17The court was told that he had almost "unfettered access" to young
0:28:17 > 0:28:19boys dreaming of success in the professional game.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
0:28:22 > 0:28:23and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.