0:00:06 > 0:00:09Two victims of the black cab rapist John Worboys
0:00:09 > 0:00:17win a landmark legal battle against the Metropolitan police.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The women, who were attacked by Worboys in 2003 and 2007,
0:00:20 > 0:00:21reported his crimes but were not believed.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23They had all the information there.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24They should have caught him.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27They could have stopped him the very next day, but they didn't,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30they chose to not believe me.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32We'll be examining the implications of the ruling
0:00:32 > 0:00:35for future police investigations.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Also tonight.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38New figures show the strongest six months of growth
0:00:38 > 0:00:43in economic productivity since the recession of 2008.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The government's plans to tackle air pollution
0:00:45 > 0:00:53are ruled unlawful - for a third time.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59In a student at last week's school shooting have been joined by
0:00:59 > 0:01:05thousands of others in the state capital demanding changes to gun
0:01:05 > 0:01:11laws in America. -- and I'm in Florida after last week's school
0:01:11 > 0:01:13shooting.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15There are problems that face us tonight that will never be solved
0:01:15 > 0:01:19unless we bring them to the Lord Jesus Christ and...
0:01:19 > 0:01:19And the US evangelist Billy Graham,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22who's thought to have preached to hundreds of millions of people,
0:01:22 > 0:01:23dies at the age of 99.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, Eve Muirhead produces a moment
0:01:27 > 0:01:29of brilliance as GB's women's curlers reached the semifinals of
0:01:29 > 0:01:35the Winter Olympics.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Good evening.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Two victims of the 'black cab rapist' John Worboys have won
0:01:52 > 0:01:55a landmark legal case against the Metropolitan police -
0:01:55 > 0:01:58after officers failed to take action when they reported him.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01The women were sexually assaulted by Worboys in 2003 and 2007
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and said their treatment by police, who didn't believe them,
0:02:04 > 0:02:05caused them mental harm.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07The ruling by the Supreme Court means police could now face
0:02:07 > 0:02:09legal action if they fail to properly investigate cases.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Our Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman has been speaking
0:02:11 > 0:02:19to one of the women.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24If they'd have done their job in 2003 there would be one victim.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Which, I can deal with one victim, what I can't deal with is 105
0:02:28 > 0:02:33victims because I wasn't believed.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36This woman, known for legal reasons as DSD, was the first to report
0:02:36 > 0:02:38being attacked by John Worboys back in 2003.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Why do you think the police simply didn't believe you?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I would like to throw that one back at the police, because all
0:02:45 > 0:02:46of the evidence was there.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48There was a witness as there.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Everything was there.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Why did you believe me?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Why have you put me through this for 15 years?
0:02:53 > 0:02:58You get to the point where you think, you are going mad.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01From that first report it took a further six years for police
0:03:01 > 0:03:03to bring John Worboys to justice.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05During that time he continued to cruise the streets,
0:03:05 > 0:03:10looking for women to dupe, drug, sexually assault.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13The police can't be sued for negligence, so DSD and another
0:03:13 > 0:03:15of John Worboys' victims claimed police failures to investigate
0:03:15 > 0:03:17breached article three of the Human Rights Act,
0:03:17 > 0:03:18and amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21The Metropolitan Police, with the backing of two home
0:03:21 > 0:03:22secretaries, fought them to the Supreme Court.
0:03:22 > 0:03:30But today judges ruled in the women's favour.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39We have heard that failures in the investigation of the crimes
0:03:39 > 0:03:41provided they are sufficiently serious will give rise to liability
0:03:41 > 0:03:46on the part of the police.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Today's landmark ruling has huge implications for both the victims
0:03:48 > 0:03:54of violent crime and the police to investigate it.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57If they seriously failed in an investigation they can face
0:03:57 > 0:04:03human rights actions by the victim and have to pay out compensation.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06This is the highest court in the land telling the police that
0:04:06 > 0:04:09in the most serious of cases they have to do them
0:04:09 > 0:04:17a great job properly.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25-- in the most serious of cases they have to do their
0:04:25 > 0:04:26job properly.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28The police unreservedly apologised to the victims they failed,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31but suggested that today's ruling could mean resources being taken
0:04:31 > 0:04:32from less serious cases.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34The court referred to it as those cases involving serious violence.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37And it's clear that John Worboys Case fits in that criteria.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41We now need to look at all of those cases, look at how we balance
0:04:41 > 0:04:43the challenge of resourcing those against the many other
0:04:43 > 0:04:44demands we face.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Domestic violence is a crime!
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Domestic violence is a crime!
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Today's judgment can't make up for the police errors
0:04:48 > 0:04:51in investigating John Worboys, but it will put real pressure
0:04:51 > 0:04:53on them to ensure that such mistakes don't happen again.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Clive Coleman, BBC News.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00The government has published its latest proposals
0:05:00 > 0:05:03for how Britain's relationship with the EU will work in the period
0:05:03 > 0:05:11immediately after Brexit.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19The document says ministers want a transition period of around
0:05:19 > 0:05:22two years - and that the UK will abide
0:05:22 > 0:05:24by EU laws for that time.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25It comes after more than 60 Brexit-supporting Tory MPs have
0:05:25 > 0:05:28written to Theresa May to insist the UK make a clean
0:05:28 > 0:05:29break with the EU.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36In
0:05:39 > 0:05:42under pressure it is a big week for the Prime Minister to show she's
0:05:42 > 0:05:48making progress with her plans. Prime Minister. We want to ensure
0:05:48 > 0:05:51this is a country that can negotiate free-trade deals around the world.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55We want to ensure that we have a good trade agreement with the
0:05:55 > 0:05:59European Union and that is what we will start to negotiate. We want to
0:05:59 > 0:06:03make sure we have a good security partnership with the EU.It isn't
0:06:03 > 0:06:08clear from today's exchanges this government is not on the road to
0:06:08 > 0:06:15Brexit, it on the road to nowhere. For all the arguing, what matters to
0:06:15 > 0:06:19the government right now is this, the guidelines with the
0:06:19 > 0:06:24implementation phase, or transition. That is the period of time after
0:06:24 > 0:06:28we've left the European Union when broadly not very much will change
0:06:28 > 0:06:33for quite some time. The UK thinks it'll take about two years
0:06:33 > 0:06:35for quite some time. The UK thinks it'll take about two years to make
0:06:35 > 0:06:39all the changes, but Brexiteers are nervous about this phrase, that the
0:06:39 > 0:06:44time frame could be shaped simply by how long it'll take to prepare and
0:06:44 > 0:06:48implement the new processes and systems. Basically, it would be the
0:06:48 > 0:06:52EU status quo, the rights and obligations of the UK will continue.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57But a joint committee should be set up so the UK still has a say over
0:06:57 > 0:06:59changes to any rules, and on some
0:06:59 > 0:07:00up so the UK still has a say over changes to any rules, and on some
0:07:00 > 0:07:05specific areas like fishing. There is no mention in today's text about
0:07:05 > 0:07:10immigration. The core argument in a referendum. Number ten says the
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Prime Minister will still insist that the system changes as soon as
0:07:13 > 0:07:17we leave the European Union. But a government source told me to expect
0:07:17 > 0:07:22the UK to back down on that in the face of resistance from Brussels.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27How bullish our ministers?Our starting point has been, as the
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Prime Minister has set out, that we would allow people to work and live
0:07:31 > 0:07:35in the UK during the pigmentation phase, same as before, but we will
0:07:35 > 0:07:38need to have a conversation about how they will continue on after
0:07:38 > 0:07:44that. -- implementation phase.They are not 1 million miles apart in the
0:07:44 > 0:07:50talks about this. But however friendly greeting was with the Dutch
0:07:50 > 0:07:55Prime Minister today, entity to be tied up is a lot of discussions need
0:07:55 > 0:07:59to be had.The discussion at this moment is about two years. The
0:07:59 > 0:08:03discussion then will be, if things move smoothly, then after the two
0:08:03 > 0:08:09years would allow for a short extension. That debate continues.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13The Brexit secretary at his Cabinet colleagues still have convincing to
0:08:13 > 0:08:17do in the European capitals, like in Athens today, at home with their
0:08:17 > 0:08:21party, and, of course, most importantly with you. BBC News,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Westminster.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25The UK has seen the strongest six months
0:08:25 > 0:08:27of productivity growth since the recession of 2008,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30according to the latest figures from the Office for National
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Statistics.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33There was also a better than expected rise in wages
0:08:33 > 0:08:35in the first three months of the year.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38But unemployment edged up for the first time in two years.
0:08:38 > 0:08:45Here's our Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Bring on the robots. More efficient and helping this firm in Hastings
0:08:49 > 0:08:52make electrical equipment more quickly. And the quicker you make
0:08:52 > 0:08:56things the more you make every hour, and the more wealth you create, that
0:08:56 > 0:09:02is productivity. Since the financial crisis our productivity performance
0:09:02 > 0:09:05has been pretty poor, but over the last six months there has been a
0:09:05 > 0:09:11jump into positive territory. The strongest since before 2008. Global
0:09:11 > 0:09:15growth is helping firms.We are seeing a huge opportunity for us in
0:09:15 > 0:09:18the Chinese market which we have been working on for the past two
0:09:18 > 0:09:23years. That is starting to come to fruition now. That is why we have
0:09:23 > 0:09:27found that it is time to reward the staff, reward them in terms of
0:09:27 > 0:09:32bringing in machinery like the robot behind me, that will help them and
0:09:32 > 0:09:36us increase productivity.And wages tend to follow, up over the last
0:09:36 > 0:09:49three months to 2.5% from 2.3%. Still below the
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Still below the rise in prices, but that living standards squeeze is
0:09:51 > 0:09:55easy.We have just had a pay rise. We haven't had it long enough yet to
0:09:55 > 0:09:57decide whether it makes a difference. I'm sure it will. But it
0:09:57 > 0:09:59is still early stages.Despite having a pay rise, if you look at
0:09:59 > 0:10:03how things are increasing, when you have a look at your utilities,
0:10:03 > 0:10:08things like that, the difference is noticeable.Quite a noticeable
0:10:08 > 0:10:12difference for the government, as well, public finances are £7 billion
0:10:12 > 0:10:16better off than they were last year. That growth means higher tax
0:10:16 > 0:10:19revenues and less borrowing. A lot of important figures about the
0:10:19 > 0:10:25economy today. Three better, one a worry. Productivity is up,
0:10:25 > 0:10:30government borrowing is better than expected, and incomes are up. That
0:10:30 > 0:10:34one worry, unemployment, which has risen for the first time in two
0:10:34 > 0:10:37years.It's very hard to predict whether a deployment is going to
0:10:37 > 0:10:42carry on rising. You cannot read too much into one month's figures. The
0:10:42 > 0:10:45rate is still quite high but all depend on the outlook of the economy
0:10:45 > 0:10:49over the next few months.And it is that is that Outlook that really
0:10:49 > 0:10:53matters for our incomes and jobs. Brexit uncertainty is still waiting
0:10:53 > 0:10:57on the economy, government debt are still high, but today it was the
0:10:57 > 0:11:01better economic figures that won out. BBC News.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06The government has ordered a review into the way medical
0:11:06 > 0:11:07problems caused by NHS treatments are handled.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09It follows three high-profile campaigns over the hormone
0:11:09 > 0:11:11pregnancy test Primodos, the epilepsy drug Sodium
0:11:11 > 0:11:17Valproate, and the use of vaginal mesh implants.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Our Health Editor Hugh Pym is here.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- how significant is this move by the government?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Patient groups have spent many years campaigning for justice as they see
0:11:27 > 0:11:34it following side effects in the case of Primodos and Sodium
0:11:34 > 0:11:43Valproate. And in the case of vaginal meshes, women suffering
0:11:43 > 0:11:47severe pain. Jeremy Hunt has opened a review which could lead to further
0:11:47 > 0:11:50investigations. He's also said the NHS and medical regulators need to
0:11:50 > 0:11:54do much more to take on patients' concerns in the future. He says it
0:11:54 > 0:12:00has not been good enough up until now. In each case, as far as they
0:12:00 > 0:12:09are concerned, there does need to be a full enquiry.Thanks very much.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11The United Nations has described the situation
0:12:11 > 0:12:13in Eastern Ghouta in Syria as "hell on earth" after the
0:12:13 > 0:12:15government stepped up its bombardment of the region.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17It says that nearly 350 civilians have been killed,
0:12:17 > 0:12:21and nearly 900 injured in just over two weeks, mostly in air strikes
0:12:21 > 0:12:22hitting residential areas.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24This report, by our Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28contains some scenes you may find distressing.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34The Syrians deny targeting civilians in Eastern Ghouta.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35EXPLOSIONS.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37These, they say, are precision strikes
0:12:37 > 0:12:39against artillery that has hit central Damascus.
0:12:39 > 0:12:46SCREAMING.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53But the evidence from inside the enclave is that civilians
0:12:53 > 0:12:54are getting hurt and dying.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56The suffering of civilians could have a political effect.
0:12:56 > 0:13:02Putting pressure on the rebel groups in eastern Ghouta to make a deal.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04The lives of their children against strategic front line
0:13:04 > 0:13:11territory near central Damascus that the regime wants to get back.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13This activist says helicopters are hovering over us
0:13:13 > 0:13:16here in eastern Ghouta.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21God help us, we are being exterminated.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I was able to cross from government-controlled Damascus
0:13:23 > 0:13:27to eastern Ghouta several times at the beginning of the war.
0:13:27 > 0:13:33Even then it was very badly damaged by regime bombing.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Morale among the rebels was high and dozens of young men were joining
0:13:36 > 0:13:40what they believed was a revolution.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43What do you think will happen to Assad?
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Killed.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Must be killed.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53When the war started the regime was under severe pressure.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55It lost control of a crescent of suburbs around Damascus.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Eastern Ghouta is the last of them that has not surrendered.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01In 2013 eastern Ghouta was hit by a chemical attack
0:14:01 > 0:14:04that killed hundreds.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06The Americans threatened a military strike against the regime
0:14:06 > 0:14:09and then decided against it.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13It was a turning point in the war after that the regime lost its fear
0:14:13 > 0:14:16of Western intervention.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18In September 2015 Russia intervened, decisively, on Assad's side.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Now he is more secure and he is emboldened,
0:14:21 > 0:14:29more so than at any time since the war started.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32And the Russians are becoming the dominant foreign
0:14:32 > 0:14:38power in the Middle East.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40In northern Syria the president has just sent militia
0:14:40 > 0:14:44men to join the fight against the Turkish incursion.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47He would not have the confidence to move against Nato power
0:14:47 > 0:14:48without the Russians.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50And it suggests he will not listen to foreign condemnation
0:14:50 > 0:14:55of the attack on eastern Ghouta.
0:14:55 > 0:15:03Jeremie Bowen BBC News.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Our top story this evening.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Two victims of the black cab rapist John Worboys have won
0:15:09 > 0:15:14a landmark legal battle against the Metropolitan police.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16And still to come: Jumping for joy -
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Britain's women's curling team are through to the semi-finals
0:15:18 > 0:15:21at the Winter Olympics
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:15:24 > 0:15:27No defeats for any of the British clubs in the last 16
0:15:27 > 0:15:29of the Champions League so far, can Manchester United continue that
0:15:29 > 0:15:32run in Spain tonight?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45The American evangelist Billy Graham has died at the age of 99.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Considered one of the 20th Century's most influential preachers,
0:15:48 > 0:15:54he gave speeches around the world to huge audiences.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56In his 60-year career, it's thought he preached in person
0:15:56 > 0:15:57to over 200 million people.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Buckingham Palace says the Queen will be sending a private message
0:16:00 > 0:16:01of condolence to the family.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Our Religion Editor Martin Bashir looks back on his life and work.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Problems that face us tonight that will never be solved, unless we
0:16:07 > 0:16:10bring them to the Lord Jesus Christ.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Charismatic and handsome, Billy Graham preached a simple message
0:16:12 > 0:16:17that he took around the world.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Speaking to more than 220 million people in 185 countries.
0:16:19 > 0:16:27London first felt the force of his evangelism in 1954.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30We've come here at the invitation of these churches to help lead a
0:16:30 > 0:16:36crusade to win men to Jesus Christ.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41He would lead 417 crusades, often in major sporting stadiums, from New
0:16:41 > 0:16:44York to Nigeria.
0:16:44 > 0:16:50He was God, he was also man.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53It was at an Earl's Court rally in 1966 that Cliff Richard
0:16:53 > 0:17:01publicly declared his Christianity.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04He was even invited to preach before the Queen and other
0:17:04 > 0:17:07members of the Royal Family at Sandringham in 1984
0:17:07 > 0:17:09and said afterwards that he did not change his message,
0:17:09 > 0:17:15but simply pointed to Jesus.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17My own son actually came to the living faith through the
0:17:17 > 0:17:20preaching of Billy Graham.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22I don't actually think we have somebody who
0:17:22 > 0:17:28simply says, "The Bible says, the Bible says, the Bible says,"
0:17:28 > 0:17:30doesn't intrude his own ideas into the message.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33His son, Franklin Graham, who is also an evangelist, described
0:17:33 > 0:17:35a recent conversation.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I said, "Daddy, what do you want on your
0:17:37 > 0:17:38tombstone?"
0:17:38 > 0:17:39He thought.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41He said, "Just preacher."
0:17:41 > 0:17:42That's it?
0:17:42 > 0:17:43That's it.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45God loves you.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Unlike so many American preachers, Billy Graham was
0:17:49 > 0:17:52never caught up in any kind of scandal and insisted that his
0:17:52 > 0:17:55financial affairs were transparent and audited by others.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57It was the simplicity of his message and the
0:17:57 > 0:18:05sincerity of his life that will be his legacy.
0:18:05 > 0:18:11The American preacher, Billy Graham, who's died at the age of 99.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Government plans to tackle air pollution have been ruled
0:18:13 > 0:18:16unlawful by the High Court, because they fail to bring down
0:18:16 > 0:18:18nitrogen dioxide levels within legal limits in enough areas
0:18:18 > 0:18:23of England and Wales.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Ministers will now have to introduce new measures in a further 33 towns
0:18:26 > 0:18:28and cities across the UK.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33Here's our Science Editor David Shukman.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35The air we breathe.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38In dozens of places, it is dirtier than the law
0:18:38 > 0:18:39allows.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41For years an environmental group has challenged the government
0:18:41 > 0:18:42to do more.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44And today the High Court ordered ministers to double the
0:18:44 > 0:18:48number of areas where pollution must be cut.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52What it means today is in those towns and cities that were
0:18:52 > 0:18:54covered by this order, local authorities will have to take
0:18:54 > 0:18:56measures to try and fix that as soon as possible.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59And the government will have to help those local authorities
0:18:59 > 0:19:00to do that.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02This app shows that today in London the air quality
0:19:02 > 0:19:03isn't that bad.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06The problem is that in towns and cities across the
0:19:06 > 0:19:10country there are days when the air pollution reaches the legal limits.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Now the judgment here at the High Court acknowledges that the
0:19:13 > 0:19:15government is doing a great deal to clean up.
0:19:15 > 0:19:23But also says ministers need to do a great deal more.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24At Prime Minister's Questions Theresa May
0:19:24 > 0:19:26was asked about the court ruling.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29They have asked us to go further in areas with less severe
0:19:29 > 0:19:30air-quality problems.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Where we thought a pragmatic approach was
0:19:32 > 0:19:34appropriate, we will now formalise that.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37But actually on two out of the three counts they found
0:19:37 > 0:19:38in the government's favour.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Wales will now see a new effort to improve
0:19:40 > 0:19:41the air.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44The Welsh Government admitted at the High Court that its
0:19:44 > 0:19:45plans were not adequate.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Southampton is one of several major cities where
0:19:47 > 0:19:51the government recently ordered a faster response.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53So too in Leeds, another pollution hotspot, were
0:19:53 > 0:19:56today we found people are concerned.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01I feel like it is slowly killing us.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05It is bad air and they should find a way to cut down and sort it.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07We cannot let it go because of our young people.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10It is just not fair.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Local authorities in Leeds and other cities are working on plans to
0:20:13 > 0:20:14tackle pollution.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16But they feel they're having to make all the
0:20:16 > 0:20:23effort.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25And they say national government is not helping enough.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27We need to ensure there is proper funding.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30And that they're thinking for the country as a whole and they're not
0:20:30 > 0:20:33just passporting this responsibility down to already stretched local
0:20:33 > 0:20:36authorities, expecting us to do it without that support in place.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38The most obvious solution is to charge
0:20:38 > 0:20:41the dirtiest vehicles for coming into polluted areas.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43But that is also the most controversial option
0:20:43 > 0:20:45and ministers are not keen on it.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47So what else can be done to cut pollution?
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Switching away from diesels is one option.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53So is encouraging people onto public transport.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56None of this is cheap but the government now knows that the
0:20:56 > 0:21:04courts are watching.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Scotland Yard are trying to establish whether there is a link
0:21:09 > 0:21:14between two fatal stabbings in London which happened within an hour
0:21:14 > 0:21:22of each other. The victims are a boy in his teens and a man in his 20s.
0:21:22 > 0:21:28At least 15 people have died in knife crime there this year.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Survivors of the Florida school shooting that left 17 people
0:21:30 > 0:21:33dead having been marching with thousands of other students
0:21:33 > 0:21:35to the state capital, calling for new laws on gun control.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37It's the first organised protest by a youth-led
0:21:37 > 0:21:39anti-gun movement - which was set-up following
0:21:39 > 0:21:40the attack last week.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Our North America Editor Jon Sopel is live in Tallahassee.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Thousands of people have left their classrooms and have gathered in
0:21:50 > 0:21:55front of state Capitol to destand change to gun laws. In the corridors
0:21:55 > 0:21:59of power, young people from the school are meeting the law makers
0:21:59 > 0:22:03and later today Donald Trump at the White House is going to meet
0:22:03 > 0:22:11representatives from the college. It might add up to nothing, but it may
0:22:11 > 0:22:15be that on the subject of gun control a wind of change is blowing
0:22:15 > 0:22:19across America.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20A school trip like no other.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22These students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas haven't come
0:22:22 > 0:22:24to the Florida state capital to listen.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27They have come to speak and demand change after 17 of their classmates
0:22:27 > 0:22:33and teachers were killed last week.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36And they're determined to be heard.
0:22:36 > 0:22:43No one needs these weapons that are taking children's lives,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45and they should just ban them, because all they are used
0:22:45 > 0:22:46for is destruction.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48And they're just not needed.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51You should go to school feeling safe and be confident that
0:22:51 > 0:22:54you are there for an education and a bright future.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57You're not here to worry about getting shot.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59These youngsters will be heard politely and given a warm reception
0:22:59 > 0:23:02by Florida lawmakers.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05But last night those same people voted against even reopening
0:23:05 > 0:23:08a debate on semiautomatic weapons.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12The battle for gun control is going to be an uphill struggle.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14You're not up here to give suggestions,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17you are up here to demand.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20But that decision not even to debate guns in the state assembly
0:23:20 > 0:23:21has infuriated pupils, teachers and community
0:23:21 > 0:23:23leaders alike.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25I buried personally in the last four days three kids
0:23:25 > 0:23:30from my congregation.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34I watched a father want to climb into the mausoleum with his son.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37I watched a mother curled up in a ball who refused to come out
0:23:37 > 0:23:39to be with her family for the funeral.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42And they have the gall to not even discuss the issue.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43We are very upset.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45But from the White House there are small but significant
0:23:45 > 0:23:49signs of movement.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51The President apparently in favour of raising to 21 the age
0:23:51 > 0:23:53at which people can buy weapons.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54And he tweeted this.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56"Whether we are Republican or Democrat, who must now focus
0:23:56 > 0:23:59on strengthening background checks."
0:23:59 > 0:24:02And he announced yesterday that he wanted to ban bump stocks,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04the device used in Las Vegas that turns a semiautomatic
0:24:04 > 0:24:12rifle into a machine gun.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14These students have captured public attention
0:24:14 > 0:24:16with their demand for change.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20But those who have wearily trod this path before will tell you that
0:24:20 > 0:24:22winning support is a very different thing to winning reform.
0:24:22 > 0:24:30Jon Sopel, BBC News, Tallahassee.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Great Britain's women's curling team are into the semi
0:24:33 > 0:24:34finals of the competition at the Winter Olympics
0:24:34 > 0:24:38in South Korea, after beating reigning champions Canada.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41But Team GB's men will have to get through a tie-break match if
0:24:41 > 0:24:43they're to join them, after they were beaten
0:24:43 > 0:24:44by the US today.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49Andy Swiss reports from Pyeongchang.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Sport so often the turns on a moment of genius and this was
0:24:52 > 0:24:53Eve Muirhead's.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55With the scores tied against Canada, the British captain
0:24:55 > 0:24:57conjured a mathematical miracle.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59One, two hits, that one hits that one -
0:24:59 > 0:25:01it's a great shot from Eve Muirhead.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Well, Eve Muirhead played a cracker.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09In curling, the simple aim is to get closest to the target, but
0:25:09 > 0:25:13how Muirhead took the scenic route - her geometric genius took Britain
0:25:13 > 0:25:15into the semi-finals, even if her reaction...
0:25:15 > 0:25:17A jump in the air for joy and why not?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18...left her slightly embarrassed.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20I can't actually remember it.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23When you're out there and you're in that zone you forget
0:25:23 > 0:25:24about the small things.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29But, yeah, I'm glad I landed safe on my feet.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32So Eve Muirhead's team are through, but could there now be another
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Muirhead into the semi-finals?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Brother Thomas is hoping to help the men's team into the last four of
0:25:37 > 0:25:38their competition.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43But there was to be no family celebration.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45The men's team thrashed by the USA.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47They will now have to beat Switzerland in a
0:25:47 > 0:25:49play-off to reach the semi-finals.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51British hopes in the bobsleigh also took a knock.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53A little mistake...
0:25:53 > 0:25:56A bumpy third run ended Misha McNeill
0:25:56 > 0:26:00and Mika Moore's hopes of a medal, but the pair, who had to crowd fund
0:26:00 > 0:26:03to help their preparation, still finished a creditable eighth.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04That feels amazing, five months ago we
0:26:04 > 0:26:06didn't know if we would even be here.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11So to get here that is an achievement in itself.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13But the day's most dazzling display came from a
0:26:13 > 0:26:2015-year-old - the extraordinary Alina Zagitova.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23The Olympic Athlete from Russia is still yet to
0:26:23 > 0:26:25win a gold here, but her world record score for this routine
0:26:25 > 0:26:27suggests one may not be far away.
0:26:27 > 0:26:35Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Here's Susan Powell.
0:26:43 > 0:26:50You can call it the beast from the east or Siberian shivers, but we
0:26:50 > 0:26:54have some cold weather on the way. Especially through the weekend and
0:26:54 > 0:26:59into next week. The high pressure is with us at the moment. Tonight it
0:26:59 > 0:27:03just means a lot of fine weather. Thinning cloud and a widespread
0:27:03 > 0:27:11frost. Some mist and freezing fog possible in northern England and the
0:27:11 > 0:27:16Midlands. Some decent brightness first thing on Thursday. The cloud
0:27:16 > 0:27:21tending to thicken as the day goes which. By. Some drizzle in western
0:27:21 > 0:27:28Scotland and Northern Ireland. The easterly wind starting to strengthen
0:27:28 > 0:27:34in the south. The wind stronger again on Friday A sunnier day on
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Friday. The high pressure keeping our weather fronts at bay. The high
0:27:39 > 0:27:44pressure will be with us through the weekend. So more dry and fair
0:27:44 > 0:27:49weather. But that high is building and extending further east. If we
0:27:49 > 0:27:54follow the lines, they're like a pipeline pulling cold air from
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Siberia towards us for the start of next week. Look at the clash with
0:27:58 > 0:28:02the warm air in the Mediterranean, some nasty conditions in southern
0:28:02 > 0:28:09Europe. For us it is cold air. This is the day time temperatures. Sunday
0:28:09 > 0:28:17a lingering frost. By Monday the blue becomes darker and subzero
0:28:17 > 0:28:23temperatures and add in that chilly easterly wind. Here is your outlook.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Getting colder, but for next week a definite shock to the system.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Getting colder, but for next week a definite shock to the system.
0:28:31 > 0:28:41That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me