0:00:06 > 0:00:08The former football coach, Barry Bennell,
0:00:08 > 0:00:14has been found guilty of multiple sexual offences against young boys.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17He'd targeted youth footballers in the 1980s, claiming
0:00:17 > 0:00:22he could fulfil their dreams of a career in the sport.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23But in court, he was described as
0:00:23 > 0:00:27a "child molester on an industrial scale,"
0:00:27 > 0:00:30and has been found guilty of 36 charges.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33The jury has asked for more time to consider further counts.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35We'll be live at Liverpool Crown Court.
0:00:35 > 0:00:43Also on the programme:
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Using artificial intelligence to beat jihadists on the web,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49but will tech companies use the Government's new online tool?
0:00:49 > 0:00:52It's the biggest cancer killer, so why is research funding
0:00:52 > 0:00:53into lung cancer in non-smokers
0:00:53 > 0:00:55lagging behind other forms of the disease?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59I felt like I was being punished for a crime I didn't commit.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00I've never smoked.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03In fact, I used to be the butt of jokes at school
0:01:03 > 0:01:04because I wouldn't.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Heartbreak again for Team GB's Elise Christie,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12who crashes out at the Winter Olympics.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15And pleased to meet you -
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
0:01:17 > 0:01:20go on their first joint public engagement to Scotland.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And in Sportsday on BBC News, Ben Stokes will fly out
0:01:23 > 0:01:26to New Zealand to join his New Zealand team-mates
0:01:26 > 0:01:29tomorrow after pleading not guilty to a charge of affray at the
0:01:29 > 0:01:37Magistrates' Court in Bristol.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55The former football coach, Barry Bennell, has been found guilty
0:01:55 > 0:01:59of multiple sex offences against young boys in the 1980s.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Bennell, who's 64, had denied 48 charges, including indecent assault
0:02:02 > 0:02:07and serious sexual assaults, but the jury convicted him on 36
0:02:07 > 0:02:10counts and has asked for more time to consider seven others.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14During the trial, prosecutors described him as a "predatory
0:02:14 > 0:02:18paedophile", who molested young boys on an "industrial scale".
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Well, Danny Savage is at Liverpool Crown Court
0:02:21 > 0:02:22for us this evening.
0:02:22 > 0:02:28Danny.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33This was a trial which lasted for five weeks. The jury went out last
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Thursday and returned this afternoon with some, but not all of their
0:02:36 > 0:02:43verdicts. As those guilty verdicts were read out, Barry Bennell, the
0:02:43 > 0:02:46charismatic football coach who had used his position to molest young
0:02:46 > 0:02:50boys, shook his head and muttered, while his victims sat in court
0:02:50 > 0:02:52watching on.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Barry Bennell, a football coach who abused many
0:02:54 > 0:02:57young boys in his charge.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Today, he was convicted of sexually assaulting boys aged
0:02:59 > 0:03:04between eight and 15.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07He was the gatekeeper to a dream world in football
0:03:07 > 0:03:09but his victims had to silently suffer horrific abuse.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13His trial heard he was a child molester on an industrial scale.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17This afternoon, he was found guilty of assaulting ten of the 11 boys
0:03:17 > 0:03:18this trial centred on.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21The jury haven't yet reached a decision on a number of other
0:03:21 > 0:03:23charges and will continue their deliberations tomorrow.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27He abused the boys at his homes, one of which was in this
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Derbyshire village.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32He had arcade games and exotic pets and always had a reason
0:03:32 > 0:03:34for them to stay over.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36His victims were associated with Crewe and Manchester City,
0:03:36 > 0:03:44where he was involved in the junior setups.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47He was said to have been treated like God at
0:03:47 > 0:03:52Manchester City's Maine Road ground.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55In court, it was said Bennell had groomed the parents
0:03:55 > 0:03:57of the complainants so he could carry on the abuse.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00He offered no evidence in his defence, but his barrister
0:04:00 > 0:04:03accused some of the men, who were boys at the time,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06of inventing stories about him and jumping on the bandwagon.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Today, the 64-year-old, who has appeared throughout the case
0:04:08 > 0:04:11via video link, shook his head as the guilty verdicts
0:04:11 > 0:04:12were returned.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Some of his victims were in tears, hearing finally that the man who'd
0:04:16 > 0:04:24abused them when they were little boys has been convicted.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29As you can see from those pictures, Barry Bennell is a shadow of his
0:04:29 > 0:04:33former self and what he was like to those boys from 1979 through the
0:04:33 > 0:04:3780s. There are still seven charges against him outstanding, so the jury
0:04:37 > 0:04:41will return tomorrow to continue their deliberations and the judge
0:04:41 > 0:04:44has told them that he will now accept a majority verdict from them
0:04:44 > 0:04:49with those judges going forward. So the case isn't finished yet. The
0:04:49 > 0:04:54jury will return tomorrow.Danny Savage at Liverpool Crown Court,
0:04:54 > 0:04:55many thanks.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57The Government has unveiled an online tool, powered
0:04:57 > 0:05:04by artificial intelligence, that it says can accurately detect
0:05:04 > 0:05:06jihadist content and stop it from being viewed.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, says she wouldn't rule
0:05:08 > 0:05:11out bringing in a law that would force technology
0:05:11 > 0:05:12companies to use it.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14But with extremist propaganda from so-called Islamic State
0:05:14 > 0:05:18appearing on more than 400 platforms last year, there are concerns that
0:05:18 > 0:05:19such groups will simply adapt their methods
0:05:19 > 0:05:21to reach new audiences.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Our Media Editor Amol Rajan has the story.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Militaristic, cinematic and often shot
0:05:26 > 0:05:29with high-level production values, these propaganda videos
0:05:29 > 0:05:34for the so-called Islamic State espouse terror and hatred.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38They're also easy to find on the internet right now.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41What we have here are two videos, one of which is extremist content,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43the other which is perfectly legitimate news coverage.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Now an artificial intelligence firm in London has used Home Office money
0:05:46 > 0:05:49to target such extremist content.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52The creators claim the technology, which is obviously secret,
0:05:52 > 0:05:59can spot 94% of IS content online with an accuracy of 99.995%.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01The technology distinguishes between news and extremism and
0:06:01 > 0:06:06flags up examples such as the one on the right, with a high
0:06:06 > 0:06:09probability of being extremist content, to be vetted by a human.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12What we are looking to do is to try and remove this content
0:06:12 > 0:06:14from the public web.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18If it requires somebody to have ten passwords and an incredibly
0:06:18 > 0:06:22complicated Tor browser before they can get access to content,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24we see that as a win.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28It means that it can't just be shared between friends on, like,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30their mobile phones.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32While attention is focused on big firms like Twitter,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Google and Facebook, crucially, this technology
0:06:35 > 0:06:40will benefit smaller platforms, who will have free use of it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Islamic State supporters used over 400 unique platforms last year,
0:06:43 > 0:06:48145 of them for the first time.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Like other forms of modern media, terrorist propaganda
0:06:50 > 0:06:57has now shifted online.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00What's so striking about this new tool is both that it's funded
0:07:00 > 0:07:01by Government rather than technology firms,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03and that it's powered by artificial intelligence.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06In other words, it's an admission that machines rather than manpower
0:07:06 > 0:07:07will be most effective at finding
0:07:07 > 0:07:09and removing extremist material online.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10One former jihadist
0:07:10 > 0:07:11who now works in counter-radicalisation
0:07:11 > 0:07:14argues that terrorists will always adapt their methods
0:07:14 > 0:07:16to find new audiences, and the platforms
0:07:16 > 0:07:18need to be willing to take action.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23The big players in this area are taking a lot of action,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25but we've found that it's the smaller companies who aren't
0:07:25 > 0:07:27necessarily prepared to play ball with Government,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29sometimes because they're suspicious of government,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32sometimes because they simply don't regard it as being part
0:07:32 > 0:07:33of their business model.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36It's not yet clear how widely the technology will be taken up,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38but the Government says its instinct is to collaborate
0:07:38 > 0:07:39with industry.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41We're not going to rule out taking legislative action
0:07:41 > 0:07:46if we need to do it, but I remain convinced that the best
0:07:46 > 0:07:50way to take real action to have the best outcomes
0:07:50 > 0:07:53is to have an industry-led form like the one we've got.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Your algorithms are doing that grooming and that radicalisation.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58It's a war of attrition,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01but the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee says the onus
0:08:01 > 0:08:03is still on the biggest digital companies.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I think it's imperative on the tech giants, on all of these companies
0:08:07 > 0:08:12to do more to operate swiftly to remove illegal material.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15If they don't, there has to be some form of penalty
0:08:15 > 0:08:18on them for not doing this, because in the end, this
0:08:18 > 0:08:20is about illegal material.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22It's important to be realistic about the costs
0:08:22 > 0:08:24and consequences of the open web.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26While technology and Government pressure can reduce harm,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28the fight against digital extremism is a war without end.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33Amol Rajan, BBC News.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36A woman has been found dead in a flat in Manchester
0:08:36 > 0:08:41following reports of a man jumping from a second storey window.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44He's thought to have leapt from a building in the Ancoats area
0:08:44 > 0:08:47before "a number of people" were assaulted shortly
0:08:47 > 0:08:49after 7.30 this morning.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Police say a 37-year-old man has been arrested
0:08:51 > 0:08:53on suspicion of murder.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56A judge has upheld the UK arrest warrant for the founder
0:08:56 > 0:08:59of the Wikileaks website, Julian Assange.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02It was issued when he breached bail conditions in 2012 and sought
0:09:02 > 0:09:10refuge at the Ecuadorean Embassy, where he's been ever since.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14He was facing sexual assault allegations in Sweden,
0:09:14 > 0:09:15which have since been dropped.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Mr Assange says he now fears extradition to the US.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death
0:09:20 > 0:09:22of a six-week-old baby boy in Southampton.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Police were called to a house in the Woolston area last weekend
0:09:25 > 0:09:27after the baby fell ill.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28He later died in hospital.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31A 16-year-old boy and 18-year-old woman are being questioned
0:09:31 > 0:09:37on suspicion of murder.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41It's been a dramatic day for Team GB
0:09:41 > 0:09:44at the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Hopes of a first medal in the Games disappeared
0:09:46 > 0:09:47when Elise Christie crashed out
0:09:47 > 0:09:50on the last lap of the women's 500 metres
0:09:50 > 0:09:51short track speed skating final.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Andy Swiss was watching and sent us this report.
0:09:54 > 0:10:01Elise Christie!
0:10:01 > 0:10:08Racing for redemption, Elise Christie hoping to
0:10:08 > 0:10:09turn heartbreak into Olympic glory.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Away they go, the final is on.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12They get away first time.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Four years ago in Sochi, Christie endured a personal
0:10:17 > 0:10:20nightmare, crashes, disqualifications.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21She nearly quit the sport.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Surely it couldn't happen again?
0:10:22 > 0:10:29She has work to do to get back into contention.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31But stuck in fourth place, she spied a gap, went
0:10:31 > 0:10:33for it and what followed was horribly familiar.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Christie tries to make it on the inside.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37She crashes out, Christie is out of it
0:10:37 > 0:10:38once again!
0:10:38 > 0:10:40It's a photo finish on the line!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Once again, Christie's hopes were sent sliding into the
0:10:42 > 0:10:45barriers.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48It was Sochi all over again, and as Italy's Arianna Fontana
0:10:48 > 0:10:50took gold, Christie was left in utter despair.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Well, can you believe it, another Olympics, another tumble
0:10:53 > 0:10:57for Elise Christie.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59She still has two more events to come, but her
0:10:59 > 0:11:04Games have started in disappointment.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Replays suggested Christie's hand had been hit by
0:11:06 > 0:11:12a rival's skate and afterwards, she was inconsolable.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14As the tears flowed, she tried to make sense of
0:11:14 > 0:11:17her seemingly endless misfortune.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I know it's short track and I'm supposed to be
0:11:21 > 0:11:29but it still hurts, you know.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Obviously, it's still almost a week until my best distance, so I'll
0:11:35 > 0:11:39stay positive...
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I don't know, I just can't see living with this feeling, you
0:11:42 > 0:11:50know.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56But it's out of my control, I got knocked over and that's
0:11:56 > 0:11:57that.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Christie, oh, they've gone down!
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Those memories of Sochi four years ago, though, may now
0:12:01 > 0:12:02prove hard to erase.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04She crashed at the same final there.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06But her team are urging her to stay positive.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I think we could all see she tried everything out there to try and get
0:12:09 > 0:12:10gold.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12She wasn't going for anything else.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14You know, that's the nature of the sport.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Crashes do happen, unfortunately.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17The question now, though, is whether Britain's biggest
0:12:17 > 0:12:20medal hope can pick herself up again on a desperate day of deja vu.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24The England cricketer Ben Stokes is to go on trial,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26charged in connection with a fight outside a nightclub
0:12:26 > 0:12:27in Bristol last September.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30The 26-year-old pleaded not guilty to affray
0:12:30 > 0:12:33at Bristol Magistrates Court this morning, and was granted bail before
0:12:33 > 0:12:34the next hearing in March.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37He'll now fly out to join England's current tour of New Zealand.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39From Bristol, Jon Kay's report contains some flash photography.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Morning.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Five months after the alleged incident, Ben Stokes returned
0:12:45 > 0:12:53to Bristol for his first appearance before the city's magistrates.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Inside a packed Court number one, the Durham and England all-rounder
0:12:57 > 0:12:59told a district judge that he would be pleading not guilty
0:12:59 > 0:13:01to a charge of affray.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Standing next to him, two local men, Ryan Hale
0:13:03 > 0:13:05and Ryan Ali, both in their twenties.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09They also told the court they would be entering not guilty pleas.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13The men were told the case would now go to trial at Bristol Crown Court,
0:13:13 > 0:13:17with an initial date set for 12th March.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20A short time after this hearing, there was a statement from
0:13:20 > 0:13:25the England and Wales Cricket Board, who said they had been told that
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Ben Stokes wouldn't have to appear in court in person next month
0:13:28 > 0:13:31and that tomorrow, he was flying to New Zealand.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34The 26-year-old, who missed out on the Ashes Series in Australia,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36will arrive in New Zealand on Friday, initially just
0:13:36 > 0:13:37for training with his England team-mates.
0:13:37 > 0:13:43The ECB said he is not currently being considered for the ongoing
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Twenty20 Tri-series, and it will be up to head coach
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Trevor Bayliss whether he's included in any later matches.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Ben Stokes has also been given permission to take part
0:13:51 > 0:13:54in the Indian Premier League, which starts in April.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57He and the other two men who have been charged
0:13:57 > 0:14:00were all granted unconditional bail by the court today.
0:14:00 > 0:14:06Jon Kay, BBC News, Bristol.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Our top story this evening:
0:14:08 > 0:14:11The former football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty
0:14:11 > 0:14:14of multiple sexual offences against young boys.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17And still to come, repairs begin on the UK's longest and steepest
0:14:17 > 0:14:22series of canal locks.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, the Champions League is back,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28with Tottenham in Turin for a massive clash
0:14:28 > 0:14:30against two-time winners Juventus.
0:14:30 > 0:14:37Manchester City are in Switzerland to face FC Basel.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Two months ago, our Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman
0:14:44 > 0:14:48lost his sister Sarah to lung cancer.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51She was one of many healthy non-smokers to contract the disease.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55It is in fact the UK's biggest cancer killer,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57but receives relatively little funding for research.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Around 35,000 people die from lung cancer
0:15:01 > 0:15:04in the UK every year, and around 44,000 new
0:15:04 > 0:15:08cases are diagnosed.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12But just £708 is spent per lung cancer death in the UK,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15a fifth of that spent on breast cancer and a tenth of the amount
0:15:15 > 0:15:16on leukaemia research.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Well, Clive has been finding out more about the non-smokers
0:15:20 > 0:15:22who contract the disease, and why it remains the poor relation
0:15:22 > 0:15:25to other forms of cancer.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28When you're first diagnosed with cancer, it's really scary
0:15:28 > 0:15:30and I was very scared.
0:15:30 > 0:15:38I was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in August 2015.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42This is my younger sister, Sarah.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44She died of blood cancer in December, two years
0:15:44 > 0:15:47after being diagnosed.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50In the months before her death, she made this film
0:15:50 > 0:15:52about her condition.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Before she got the illness, I knew relatively little about it.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59I suppose I shared the common view that it was a smoker's disease.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02I had no idea how many healthy non-smokers got it,
0:16:02 > 0:16:03or that in the UK, it kills more
0:16:03 > 0:16:11than breast, prostate and pancreatic cancer put together.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Keep to the side, that's it.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Like my sister, Joanne Marshall has never smoked,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21but has stage 4 lung cancer because of a non-inherited
0:16:21 > 0:16:23fault in her genes.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28She's been treated with targeted drug therapies.
0:16:28 > 0:16:34They provide a very effective stay of execution.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36So for me, for example,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I've been on a targeted therapy for about a year,
0:16:39 > 0:16:43which meant that I could live, essentially, a normal life.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44I was very active.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48I could breathe properly.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51But they don't last for ever, that's the problem.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56Cancer tends to be one step ahead.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02The children help just by being here.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I mean, they're really doing everything they can.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07My husband...
0:17:07 > 0:17:14His life has completely changed and it's not what I wanted for him.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17But, you know...
0:17:17 > 0:17:24If we get through this, we'll be so strong.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Scientists don't know why seemingly more and more healthy non-smokers
0:17:26 > 0:17:31are getting lung cancer.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33But visiting Joanna and her family, I had learned that the disease kills
0:17:33 > 0:17:3498 people each day in the UK.
0:17:34 > 0:17:3714% of those who get it have never smoked,
0:17:37 > 0:17:42and yet in terms of research funding, it receives a small
0:17:42 > 0:17:44fraction of the money spent on breast or testicular
0:17:44 > 0:17:45cancer or leukaemia.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50It's a massive problem, because these people
0:17:50 > 0:17:57who are diagnosed with lung cancer who've never smoked are really quite
0:17:57 > 0:17:59angry that it's assumed that they have smoked
0:17:59 > 0:18:02and they have self-inflicted this cancer upon them, when clearly,
0:18:02 > 0:18:06they haven't.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Because of the way that the disease behaves and these people are not
0:18:10 > 0:18:13expected to be diagnosed with cancer, they're not high risk,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16they're usually diagnosed at a later stage, and therefore
0:18:16 > 0:18:18treatment can often not be curative,
0:18:18 > 0:18:23which is a complete and utter disaster for them.
0:18:23 > 0:18:29Lung cancer remains the ugly, poor relation of the cancer family.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33It doesn't discriminate between smokers and non-smokers,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35and there will be many more cases like my sister's
0:18:35 > 0:18:38before a long-term treatment's found.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43Clive Coleman, BBC News.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46South Africa's ruling African National Congress
0:18:46 > 0:18:50has confirmed it's formally asked President Jacob Zuma to resign.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Senior ANC leaders say he did agree to step down, but only
0:18:53 > 0:18:55in three to six months' time.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56That time frame was rejected.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59There could now be a vote in the South African Parliament
0:18:59 > 0:19:01to remove the president, whose time in office has
0:19:01 > 0:19:03been marred by numerous allegations of corruption.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09Our Africa Editor Fergal Keane is in Johannesburg.
0:19:09 > 0:19:16How do you think the President will respond?We're going to know
0:19:16 > 0:19:20tomorrow morning. It's been disclosed that he will make the top
0:19:20 > 0:19:25six leaders of the African National Congress including the man who will
0:19:25 > 0:19:28be his political nemesis, Cyril Ramaphosa, the organisation 's
0:19:28 > 0:19:32president and he will give his response. Until now he has said he
0:19:32 > 0:19:36will not with thine. If the ANC wants to force him from office then
0:19:36 > 0:19:43they will have to do that -- he will not resign.What are his options?
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Look, he can fight if he wishes but this is only going one way. This
0:19:48 > 0:19:53story will end with the removal of Jacob Zuma from the presidency. The
0:19:53 > 0:19:58question is whether, by clinging on, he spits the ANC, Africa's oldest
0:19:58 > 0:20:02liberation movement? He has quite a substantial degree of support in the
0:20:02 > 0:20:07party. The question is whether over the last month since Ramaphosa has
0:20:07 > 0:20:10taken over enough people have seen which way the wind is blowing and
0:20:10 > 0:20:17will line up behind Ramaphosa and if it gets to an issue of no confidence
0:20:17 > 0:20:21in parliament will decide that they can vote with the opposition and
0:20:21 > 0:20:25remove Jacob Zuma from office.OK, Fogel, thank you.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31Inflation remained unchanged at 3% last month.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34The cost of food and some imported materials fell, but the price
0:20:34 > 0:20:36of clothing and some leisure activities rose.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Last week, the Bank of England warned that interest rates may go
0:20:39 > 0:20:43up quicker than expected to help curb inflation.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have made their first official
0:20:47 > 0:20:50joint visit to Scotland, as part of a round of official
0:20:50 > 0:20:52engagements in the run-up to their wedding in May.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55It's the fourth appearance the couple have made
0:20:55 > 0:20:57since their engagement was announced in November.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58From Edinburgh, our Royal Correspondent
0:20:58 > 0:21:03Nicholas Witchell reports.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07The report contains some flash photography.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Edinburgh Castle and a welcome to Scotland on a day
0:21:10 > 0:21:12when the temperature was barely above zero.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16A day, then, for a good warm overcoat and there
0:21:16 > 0:21:19was Meghan Markle, wrapped up in the very thing.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23The coat, patterned in tartan green and blue.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Offering a welcome, the band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Scotland and the regimental mascot of the Royal Regiment of Scotland,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31a Shetland pony with sharp teeth.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Watch Harry's left hand.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Oh, nearly got him!
0:21:36 > 0:21:41Harry moved on, ring finger intact and Meghan amused.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Bang went the one o'clock gun, out came the thoughtfully-provided
0:21:45 > 0:21:49ear plugs and as Harry and Meghan gazed over the city, those who'd
0:21:49 > 0:21:51come to see them were positive.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I got to meet Meghan today and she is absolutely beautiful.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58I'm so excited for them to be here in Edinburgh today.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01They're the future of the Royal family, Meghan and Harry
0:22:01 > 0:22:04and William and Kate, they're the future.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07This has been another important introduction on the Meghan Markle
0:22:07 > 0:22:11familiarisation tour of the United Kingdom.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17The underlying message is how much Scotland matters.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22The union, of course, is a sensitive issue,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26one the royals know they must navigate with care but that
0:22:26 > 0:22:29navigation will increasingly be the task of the younger royals
0:22:29 > 0:22:31like Harry and his wife to be.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Scotland will need to be a regular destination.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37Nicholas Witchell, BBC News, Edinburgh.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39The UK's longest and steepest series of canal locks
0:22:39 > 0:22:44is in desperate need of repair.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Foxton locks, in the heart of Leicestershire,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49is on the Grand Union Canal, but five of the ten lock gates
0:22:49 > 0:22:51need to be changed after years of wear and tear.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Now the Canal and River Trust, a charity which helps safeguard more
0:22:55 > 0:22:57than 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59is spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on restoration.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Sima Kotecha has the story.
0:23:03 > 0:23:11Ten canal locks, all lined up along a steep hill,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14built in the early 19th century to help control the level of water
0:23:14 > 0:23:16so that boats could travel freely.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Now, for the first time in more than a quarter of a century,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21five pairs of large iron gates are being replaced
0:23:21 > 0:23:25and it's no easy task.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28We need a large crane to get them into position in the first place
0:23:28 > 0:23:32and then we have to get down into the lock, everything has to be
0:23:32 > 0:23:34drained for us to be able to get in there.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37The gate itself sits in a pot and there's a pin
0:23:37 > 0:23:39on the bottom of the gate.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42That's what it pivots on.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44For fitting a pair of gates, it will probably take
0:23:44 > 0:23:45us about four days.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47So this is an old lock gate.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49You can see where it is rotten.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54They last around 25-30 years and each one is unique.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57The one that replaces the old one needs to be identical in order
0:23:57 > 0:24:02for it to fit in properly.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06And all this meticulous repair work has a price tag of £200,000.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Does this really have to happen, do you really have to spend
0:24:09 > 0:24:10that much money on this?
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Well, yes.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19We try to get the cost down as much as we can to facilitate the work
0:24:19 > 0:24:21but we have to make sure that we're preserving the heritage.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23There are certain things we have to do.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28So we're replacing oak doors with new oak lock gates.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29It's grade two listed, it was actually built
0:24:29 > 0:24:31in the 19th century, is that right?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33So it makes your job even more challenging.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Yes, we have to get certain permissions before we can
0:24:35 > 0:24:37undertake any works.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40So we have to write in detail about the works we need to undertake
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and then it needs to be signed off and checked by a conservation
0:24:43 > 0:24:46officer to make sure we're trying to preserve our industrial heritage
0:24:46 > 0:24:49here as much as possible.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Hundreds of thousands of people visit the Foxton locks every year.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Its picturesque backdrop is part of its appeal.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00The repairs are scheduled to be completed in March
0:25:00 > 0:25:03and it's hoped the new gates will help to rejuvenate the site
0:25:03 > 0:25:04and its surrounding beauty.
0:25:04 > 0:25:11Sima Kotecha, BBC News, Leicestershire.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16I can't imagine the weather is going to be any good for a trip on the
0:25:16 > 0:25:17canals but Chris has the details.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19to be any good for a trip on the canals but Chris has the details.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24A little bit cold, today has been cold and off as well. Snow in
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Scotland and higher parts of northern England. A bit lower down
0:25:27 > 0:25:34for some of you. After the snow, some glorious weather watcher
0:25:34 > 0:25:40pictures, this is from the Stirling area. The weather fronts that
0:25:40 > 0:25:45brought the rain and snow is hanging on over eastern areas of England but
0:25:45 > 0:25:49to the West, skies clearing and with light winds, a recipe for things
0:25:49 > 0:25:55turning cold overnight. A widespread frost and a risk of icy stretches
0:25:55 > 0:26:00developing an untreated roads and surfaces. That takes us to a cold
0:26:00 > 0:26:05start on Wednesday. Another area of low pressure moving from the
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Atlantic, tightly packed isobars ahead of the front, so a windy start
0:26:09 > 0:26:12and then the rain moves in and it will turn into snow again as it
0:26:12 > 0:26:16bumps into the cold air. Most snow will be high up over the hills of
0:26:16 > 0:26:21Scotland, the Highlands, the Southern uplands and we are likely
0:26:21 > 0:26:25to see blizzard conditions and a risk of some transport disruption.
0:26:25 > 0:26:31Further south, there could be some over Snowdonia and the Brecon
0:26:31 > 0:26:37Beacons but it will turn milder and the snow will turn into brain.
0:26:37 > 0:26:44Turning down later in the
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Turning down later in the day -- will turn into rain. High
0:26:45 > 0:26:52temperatures of 11 implements but quite cold over the north of the UK.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Thursday, high pressure over England and Wales building which means for
0:26:55 > 0:27:01many areas a dry day with plenty of sunshine. Further north, blustery
0:27:01 > 0:27:05wind bringing showers but there will be some sunny spells between them.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Temperatures around 5 degrees in Scotland, still cold but further
0:27:09 > 0:27:16south, highs of ten or 11 degrees. Some contrast. On Friday and the
0:27:16 > 0:27:20weekend, things turning milder and for most of us it should be drier as
0:27:20 > 0:27:23well. The mild theme lasts into next week but there are hints that
0:27:23 > 0:27:27towards the end of February we may see the weather turning much colder
0:27:27 > 0:27:34and that's something we'll be keeping a very close eye on.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Many thanks.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39A reminder of our main story.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Former football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty of multiple
0:27:42 > 0:27:44sexual offences against young boys.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47That's it.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49So it's goodbye from me and the team.
0:27:49 > 0:28:09Now on BBC One, let's join our news teams where you are.