0:00:04 > 0:00:06Britain's most decorated Olympian, Sir Bradley Wiggins,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09tells the BBC he's not a cheat after MPs accuse him
0:00:09 > 0:00:17of crossing an ethical line.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Sir Bradley strongly rejects a report by MPs which accuses him
0:00:20 > 0:00:22of using asthma drugs to enhance performance and says life has
0:00:22 > 0:00:25become a living hell.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28This whole thing has just been, you know, a complete mess
0:00:28 > 0:00:30of innuendo and rumour and nothing has been substantiated
0:00:30 > 0:00:31and it is just...
0:00:31 > 0:00:37I am having to deal with the fallout of that now.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40It's the first interview Sir Bradley has given since these allegations -
0:00:40 > 0:00:42we'll have more in a moment.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Also on the programme tonight.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Decontamination teams deployed in Salisbury
0:00:45 > 0:00:48after a former Russian spy - exposed to an unknown substance -
0:00:48 > 0:00:51is left critically ill.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55The Prime Minister promises to rewrite the rules on planning
0:00:55 > 0:00:57as she urges developers to up their game and build
0:00:57 > 0:01:01more homes in England.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03First the big freeze - now the big thaw.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Lorry loads of bottled water as burst pipes leave thousands
0:01:06 > 0:01:07without running water.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10But for others - helicopters are the only way to get supplies in.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15Some villages in Cumbria have been cut off by snow for five days.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And Gary Oldman wins his first Oscar for best actor in Darkest Hour
0:01:18 > 0:01:23and thanks his 99-year-old mother.
0:01:23 > 0:01:29I say, to my mother, thank you for your love and support.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Put the kettle on.
0:01:30 > 0:01:37I'm bringing Oscar home.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, Manchester City manager,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Pep Guardiola, accepts his FA charge for wearing a yellow ribbon
0:01:42 > 0:01:48in support of imprisoned politicians in Catalonia.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Good evening and welcome to the news at six.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Britain's most decorated Olympican, Sir Bradley Wiggins has told the BBC
0:02:10 > 0:02:14that he did not cheat and that his life has been made
0:02:14 > 0:02:17a living hell after he was accused of using medical treatments
0:02:17 > 0:02:18to enhance his performance.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21In a damning report into doping in sport, MPs say the champion
0:02:21 > 0:02:23cyclist and his former employer Team Sky crossed an ethical line -
0:02:23 > 0:02:27though they did not break any rules - by using powerful asthma drugs.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29We'll hear from Sir Bradley himself in a moment -
0:02:29 > 0:02:31in his only interview since the report was published -
0:02:31 > 0:02:39but first here's Richard Conway.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46He is a sporting icon, a Tour de France winner and Britain's most
0:02:46 > 0:02:50decorated Olympian but a damning report has accused Sir Bradley
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Wiggins of unethical behaviour over his use of drugs that MPs say were
0:02:54 > 0:02:59taken to boost performance and not just for medical need.As we make
0:02:59 > 0:03:03clear, this is not a breach of the rolls, it is a question about an
0:03:03 > 0:03:07ethical line. Looking up the evidence other people have taken,
0:03:07 > 0:03:11the use of this medication which is a matter of public record that he
0:03:11 > 0:03:22took this medication,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27can be used to enhance performance and they believe that is why it is
0:03:27 > 0:03:29being taken.MPs say that Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky used an
0:03:29 > 0:03:31anti-inflammatory steroid that can have legitimate medical use but it
0:03:31 > 0:03:33can also help cyclists shed weight while retaining pedal power. The
0:03:33 > 0:03:37report also brings into question the credibility of the team's founder,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41who launched Team Sky with an ambition to be seen as whiter than
0:03:41 > 0:03:48white, but is now embroiled in the sport's grey areas.The buck stops
0:03:48 > 0:03:54with Dave Brailsford. It is pretty damning. I do not see how they can
0:03:54 > 0:03:59remain in this position with all that is going on.Dave Brailsford
0:03:59 > 0:04:03and Team Sky denied using drugs for competitive advantage, as does
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Bradley Wiggins who said today, I find it so sad that accusations can
0:04:07 > 0:04:11be made, where people can be accused of things they have never done,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14which are then regarded as facts. The details in this report came
0:04:14 > 0:04:18about after MPs heard evidence at Westminster, but the shock waves
0:04:18 > 0:04:23have spread far and wide into the world of cycling and so too, into
0:04:23 > 0:04:31athletics. There was criticism for UK athletics over bad record-keeping
0:04:31 > 0:04:34regarding an injection of a substance given to Mo Farah, but MPs
0:04:34 > 0:04:39went further with Lord Coe, the President of the athletics governing
0:04:39 > 0:04:44body saying he provided misleading answers over when he first knew
0:04:44 > 0:04:46about corruption and doping allegations regarding Russian
0:04:46 > 0:04:51athletes.I was certainly not aware of the specific allegations that
0:04:51 > 0:04:56have been made around the corruption of anti-doping processors.Lord Coe
0:04:56 > 0:05:01has denied there was any discrepancy between his evidence and what e-mail
0:05:01 > 0:05:05saying he knew, or while the committee has pointed to sweeping
0:05:05 > 0:05:10reforms of the governance of the sport. Elite sport has always been
0:05:10 > 0:05:14judged by the finest of margins. It seems its ethical margins are even
0:05:14 > 0:05:18smaller. Richard Conway, BBC News.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21This afternoon Sir Bradley spoke to the BBC in his first interview
0:05:21 > 0:05:22since the report was published.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25He told our sports editor Dan Roan that the allegations have
0:05:25 > 0:05:30made his life a living hell.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36The report by the Select Committee says that you crossed the ethical
0:05:36 > 0:05:41line, is that fair?Did you? Know, we did not. Not at any time during
0:05:41 > 0:05:46my career could be crossed the ethical line. As I said before, I
0:05:46 > 0:05:51had a medical condition, that I went to a doctor. This has been treated
0:05:51 > 0:05:54since back in 2003 when I was diagnosed with it, through the
0:05:54 > 0:06:00doctors at British cycling at that time. This was the treatment that I
0:06:00 > 0:06:04had been prescribed for that particular occasion, which was seven
0:06:04 > 0:06:10years ago now. Under specialist supervision as well. And in place of
0:06:10 > 0:06:15the roles of that time, you were allowed to apply for use of this
0:06:15 > 0:06:17medication. This was not a medication that was abused in order
0:06:17 > 0:06:21to gain an advantage.That is not what your former coach said. He said
0:06:21 > 0:06:28that your use of that drug was, quote, unethical.That hurts me,
0:06:28 > 0:06:36actually. Shane knows around that time, exactly what and why I was
0:06:36 > 0:06:39taking her medication.Only one other time did you use the drug
0:06:39 > 0:06:44other than the times we know about? The report says, they suggest you
0:06:44 > 0:06:48may have taken it nine times in four years.There is, I do not know where
0:06:48 > 0:06:54that has come from. I really would like to know. This is an anonymous
0:06:54 > 0:07:00source, an anonymous person.It does not mean it is wrong. Your say Mrs a
0:07:00 > 0:07:09light?I refute that 100%. Yes. This is malicious. This is a direct...
0:07:09 > 0:07:14This is someone trying to smear me. Sitting here now, you can
0:07:14 > 0:07:20categorically say that you did not cheat?100%. Never throughout my
0:07:20 > 0:07:24career. No. I worked and have the passion I had for this board for 15
0:07:24 > 0:07:31or 20 years. Jerseys, I am doing a book, I have been writing a book,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36about my love of the sport. To do that to the sport... I mean, it is
0:07:36 > 0:07:39just absurd. These allegations, it is the worst thing to be accused of,
0:07:39 > 0:07:44I said that before. It is also the hardest thing to prove you have not
0:07:44 > 0:07:48done. We are not dealing in the legal system. I would have more
0:07:48 > 0:07:51rights if I had murdered someone in this process. I have been gagged for
0:07:51 > 0:07:56the
0:08:01 > 0:08:04last 18 months because there was a legal investigation going on and I
0:08:04 > 0:08:06could not say anything. We were still waiting on this report. These
0:08:06 > 0:08:09allegations had never been put to me until now. I have only found out
0:08:09 > 0:08:12today what I am being accused.The whole jiffy bag thing was a
0:08:12 > 0:08:15shambles.What was in it? God knows! Your guess is as good as mine. That
0:08:15 > 0:08:18package, as we have been told in the houses of Parliament, contain the
0:08:18 > 0:08:23drug. I had drugs that might -- I have the drug that night. If they
0:08:23 > 0:08:30were short of it and they needed more, I was on at the whole week. I
0:08:30 > 0:08:36am tried to do other things with my life and the effect it has had, the
0:08:36 > 0:08:40widespread effect it has had on the family, it is horrific and I do not
0:08:40 > 0:08:44know how I will pick up the pieces with the kids and stuff and I am
0:08:44 > 0:08:50left to do that as well as try and salvage my reputation from this. I
0:08:50 > 0:09:00would not wish it upon anyone.Sir Bradley Wiggins there.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03An aid convoy has delivered supplies to people in
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Syria's eastern Ghouta -
0:09:04 > 0:09:06for the first time since a major bombardment by pro-government forces
0:09:06 > 0:09:07began two weeks ago.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10The United Nations says it hopes the 46 lorries will provide food
0:09:10 > 0:09:11to around 27,000 people.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Shelling and artillery fire have continued in the region,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15despite a UN backed ceasefire.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Our Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen
0:09:17 > 0:09:19was there as the convoy set off into eastern Ghouta -
0:09:19 > 0:09:27heading for the town of Douma - and sent this report.
0:09:27 > 0:09:3046 lorries moved through some of the most dangerous territory
0:09:30 > 0:09:33around Damascus to get into eastern Ghouta.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36The Syrians refused to let them take in some surgical and trauma kits,
0:09:36 > 0:09:43but they carried food and medical supplies for 27,500 people.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45It was a start.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48We need to be sending convoys at least three times a week
0:09:48 > 0:09:51to a besieged area such as eastern Ghouta, where there are serious
0:09:51 > 0:09:54shortages of medical equipment, medical supplies, food and
0:09:54 > 0:09:57nutrition for nearly 400,000 people trapped on the inside.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00The lorries moved through the final Syrian army checkpoint
0:10:00 > 0:10:08at the edge of eastern Ghouta.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11The fact this convoy has moved shows Assad's confidence.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Syrian armed forces are pressing into eastern Ghouta
0:10:13 > 0:10:21that way, of course, with their Russian allies.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24And if they win, and at the moment that's the way it appears to be,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26President Assad will have scored a significant victory,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28because, for the first time since the war started,
0:10:28 > 0:10:33he will have secured his capital.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36The enclave has been controlled by Islamist militias since 2012.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Some militias are negotiating, and there is talk of a deal,
0:10:38 > 0:10:46but not yet.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00The UN's call for a ceasefire has been ignored.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Syria's president says the west is lying about the humanitarian crisis.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04The UN Secretary-General calls eastern Ghouta "hell on earth".
0:11:04 > 0:11:11Allahu Akbar!
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Casualties go to a network of underground clinics.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16A doctor working in one of them didn't think the convoy
0:11:16 > 0:11:24would change anything.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29What can a small convoy help us?
0:11:29 > 0:11:34What can it benefit us?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36It's including some food and some limited materials.
0:11:36 > 0:11:45It doesn't have enough for a few people for a few days.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47It's a densely populated area where there's no escape
0:11:47 > 0:11:48from the grown-ups' war.
0:11:48 > 0:11:56Jeremy Bowen, BBC News, Damascus.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05The BBC understands...
0:12:05 > 0:12:07A former Russian spy is in a critical condition
0:12:07 > 0:12:10in hospital in Wiltshire, along with a woman in her 30s,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12after they were both taken ill at a shopping centre in Salisbury.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Police say they'd both been exposed to an unknown substance.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17A major incident was declared and decontamination teams
0:12:17 > 0:12:20were called in to the local hospital, and part of the city.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25Our Home Affairs correspondent Tom Symonds reports from Salisbury.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Last night, what happened here in the centre of Salisbury resulted in
0:12:29 > 0:12:34teams wearing full protective suits, decontaminating the streets, where
0:12:34 > 0:12:39several areas remain cordoned off. Police, Fire Services and public
0:12:39 > 0:12:43health authorities have declared a major incident. The first signs that
0:12:43 > 0:12:47something was wrong came yesterday afternoon when a man and a woman
0:12:47 > 0:12:51appeared severely unwell in the Maltings area of central Salisbury.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56The emergency services were called and the pair were taken to halt...
0:12:56 > 0:13:00To hospital. It was a couples, an older guy and a younger girl. She
0:13:00 > 0:13:04was leaning on him, it looked like she had passed out of maybe. He was
0:13:04 > 0:13:08doing some strange hand movements, looking up to the sky.The man and
0:13:08 > 0:13:12woman are being treated at Salisbury District Hospital where they are in
0:13:12 > 0:13:21a critical condition. She is thought to be in her 30s. The BBC has been
0:13:21 > 0:13:25told that he is Sergei Skirpal. Russian. 66 years old. In 2006 he
0:13:25 > 0:13:29was convicted of high treason in Russia. The allegation was that he
0:13:29 > 0:13:33was a British buy. In 2010, he was pardoned by the Russian authorities
0:13:33 > 0:13:38and came to this country in return for the release of ten spies in the
0:13:38 > 0:13:43US -- a British spy. The hospital has had to reduce operations while
0:13:43 > 0:13:47dealing with what appears to be a suspected poisoning. Police arrived
0:13:47 > 0:13:51at Sergei Skirpal's house in Salisbury yesterday afternoon.
0:13:51 > 0:13:58Wiltshire Police said they were investigating whether a crime had
0:13:58 > 0:14:01been committed. I think it is fair to say that there are more
0:14:01 > 0:14:03unanswered questions than there are facts this evening. It is a very
0:14:03 > 0:14:08strange situation, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 30s found
0:14:08 > 0:14:15unconscious, on a bench in the centre of Salisbury in a very busy
0:14:15 > 0:14:18shopping area, with no visible signs of injury. The police have said very
0:14:18 > 0:14:20little about this, they have said that they do not recognise the
0:14:20 > 0:14:23reports that have been put out tonight around various media outlets
0:14:23 > 0:14:27that this was to do with the drug fentanyl, but they also say they
0:14:27 > 0:14:32continue to investigate, really, initially, to determine whether a
0:14:32 > 0:14:36crime has been committed. As far as we know at this stage, the
0:14:36 > 0:14:49counter-terrorism officers that police are not involved. Thank you.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Our top story this evening.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Britain's most decorated Olympian, Sir Bradley Wiggins,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56has told the BBC he's not a cheat after Mps accuse him
0:14:56 > 0:14:59of crossing an ethical line.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03And I am in Hollywood, looking back on what was a pretty good night for
0:15:03 > 0:15:08British Rome at the Oscars. Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, we're
0:15:08 > 0:15:12here from England rugby union head coach Eddie Jones for the first time
0:15:12 > 0:15:16since that train journey to forget when he claims he was physically and
0:15:16 > 0:15:20verbally abused.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Last week, it was the big freeze, with most of
0:15:26 > 0:15:27the UK blanketed in snow.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29This week, for most, people it's the big thaw.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32But the rapid rise in temperatures has left thousands of people
0:15:32 > 0:15:33in England and Wales without running water,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36because of burst pipes.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Some, though, are still snowed in - like villages in Cumbria,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42which could only be reached today by helicopter.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44We'll hear from our correspondent Danny Savage, who's
0:15:44 > 0:15:46in Cumbria, shortly - but first here's Emma Simpson
0:15:46 > 0:15:53on the water shortage.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Grab it while you can. Emergency water supplies have just arrived on
0:15:58 > 0:16:05the streets of south London. They are going fast in this part of North
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Wales, too, and they've got the bottles lined up near Exeter. It is
0:16:09 > 0:16:17the fallout from the big freeze, as temperatures, and tempers, rise.
0:16:17 > 0:16:227:30am they said that the water was fixed. Nothing was fixed.I think
0:16:22 > 0:16:28this is absolutely appalling, it is shocking that there are such poor
0:16:28 > 0:16:32communication, well, zero communication.Leaks, lots of them.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Frozen pipes bursting in unprecedented numbers in many parts
0:16:35 > 0:16:40of the UK over the last few days. Darren from Carmarthenshire hasn't
0:16:40 > 0:16:45had water since Thursday.I have been getting rainwater from outside
0:16:45 > 0:16:49and from my neighbour, so it is not impossible but I would say the worst
0:16:49 > 0:16:52thing is not being able to keep the washing up in the kitchen clean, and
0:16:52 > 0:16:56also keep myself clean, having a shower everyday. Just a very basic
0:16:56 > 0:17:04wash in a basin, you know, with cold water.This mum's managed to buy in
0:17:04 > 0:17:09supplies, for now. She's at home, because her daughter's school closed
0:17:09 > 0:17:13through lack of water too.You definitely don't expect it to happen
0:17:13 > 0:17:17in London, you assume it will be fine and there will be no issues but
0:17:17 > 0:17:22clearly there are.What has been the most tricky thing so far?The
0:17:22 > 0:17:26toilet, not being able to flush the toilet, and washing your hands,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29because I have a two-year-old, so nappy changes and things like that.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34Some of the leaks may be small but for water companies they are really
0:17:34 > 0:17:38adding up.Since the fall over the weekend, though we were expecting a
0:17:38 > 0:17:41rise in leaks and bursts, the reaction has been unprecedented and
0:17:41 > 0:17:46we have seen a huge increase, about 500 million litres of extra Walker
0:17:46 > 0:17:50has been pumped into the system. Feeling the pressure in the
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Midlands. Jaguar Land Rover has stopped production at this plant,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58and so too has Cadbury, to help seven Trent water keep their taps
0:17:58 > 0:18:03running for households and vulnerable customers. Emma Simpson,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06BBC News for
0:18:06 > 0:18:10stop here in Cumbria, the worst of the stone stoploss note but the
0:18:10 > 0:18:14problem keeps going on and on. This is a minor road up in the hills
0:18:14 > 0:18:17behind Kirby Stephen. There are lots of houses still cut off. It is not
0:18:17 > 0:18:21just a minor roads, it is the a roads as well, so today here in this
0:18:21 > 0:18:24county they took some pretty extreme measures to get to some of cut off
0:18:24 > 0:18:27communities.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Getting to the cut-off communities of the Pennines can only be done
0:18:30 > 0:18:35on foot or quad bike.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38The Farmy Army are still doing their bit.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41At the end of this high lane is a handful of properties
0:18:41 > 0:18:45At the end of this high lane is a handful of properties,
0:18:45 > 0:18:46which have been cut off days.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49The snow was up to that of the door here with the window.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52We had snow all over the front windows, just stuck.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58It's like living in an igloo.
0:18:58 > 0:19:06Jill and her husband have been struggling in deep snow.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Their home was engulfed, and when we got to them,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16they were running low on supplies.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17So this RAF Chinook over the home was a welcome sight.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20It has been doing the rounds in Cumbria today, going
0:19:20 > 0:19:22from isolated hamlets to cut off farms offering help.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25They'd run out of heating oil here, so the logs delivered
0:19:25 > 0:19:26by the Marines were very welcome.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28What is people's reaction when you drop in?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I think they are quite surprised but I think
0:19:30 > 0:19:32they are pleased to see us.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34We are here to assure them that help is on its way.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Obviously we are working with the police and the Mountain
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Rescue, and they are doing their bit as well.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42A few minutes later, they were away to their next cut-off location.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Inside, Mick was already putting the logs to use,
0:19:44 > 0:19:45but he still can't get out.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48I'm waiting for an operation, and could be called at any day,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50and the road is still blocked.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Elsewhere, the sudden temperature drop killed
0:19:51 > 0:19:52millions of sea creatures.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55In East Yorkshire, they have been rescuing lobsters and reviving them
0:19:55 > 0:19:57in saltwater at Fish markets.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I think the industry will be fine, but from a natural perspective
0:20:00 > 0:20:05it is quite shocking what mother nature can do.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10The stormy weather also wrecked roads in South Devon.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Back in the hills of northern England, it is more of a community
0:20:13 > 0:20:17effort to keep going.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19It is the local farmers and contractors who have got stuck
0:20:19 > 0:20:22in and got the roads clear for everybody to manage
0:20:22 > 0:20:23to get stuff back in.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26People beyond the drifts hope to be reached by road rather than air over
0:20:26 > 0:20:28the next couple of days.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Danny Savage, BBC News, Cumbria.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35The Prime Minister is urging developers to up their game
0:20:35 > 0:20:39and build more homes in England.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Theresa May said for young people owning a property is now largely
0:20:42 > 0:20:44unaffordable without "the bank of mum and dad".
0:20:44 > 0:20:47She said changes to planning rules - which would penalise developers
0:20:47 > 0:20:49who delay building on their land - should help to deal
0:20:49 > 0:20:51with the shortage of properties.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52But Labour described the measures as 'feeble.'
0:20:52 > 0:21:00Here's our Home Editor Mark Easton.
0:21:00 > 0:21:06The Prime Minister donned the Hi-Vis today,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08determined to show she's tackling what she describes
0:21:08 > 0:21:10as a housing crisis, but Theresa May's not the first
0:21:10 > 0:21:13senior Tory to get her shoes muddy on a building site.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Remember him, and him, and him?
0:21:16 > 0:21:24Today, the PM had the big builders and developers in her sights,
0:21:26 > 0:21:27blaming some of them for putting profit before
0:21:27 > 0:21:29their patriotic duty to
0:21:29 > 0:21:30restore the dream of home ownership.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33The bonuses paid to the heads of some of our biggest developers
0:21:33 > 0:21:36are based not on the number of homes they build, but on
0:21:36 > 0:21:38their profit margins.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41their profits or share price.
0:21:41 > 0:21:50Iexpect developers to do their Judy Dunn duty.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Among possible planning reforms is the idea that developers
0:21:52 > 0:21:55with a reputation for not building homes fast now be denied planning
0:21:55 > 0:22:03permission by councils.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14Not only do house-builders make returns to their shareholders,
0:22:14 > 0:22:16we are also cross-subsidising almost half of the affordable
0:22:16 > 0:22:17housing in this
0:22:17 > 0:22:19country every single year, so we are doing
0:22:19 > 0:22:20the job of government.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22For Conservatives, home ownership is central
0:22:22 > 0:22:30to their vision for housing.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36The Prime Minister today said she met young voters at thee last
0:22:36 > 0:22:40election angry to get on the ladder.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45To even think about affording something like that
0:22:45 > 0:22:48because the price is so high anyway so I don't know how I would get
0:22:48 > 0:22:50the deposit together in order to buy one,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52even if it was available.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55But Mrs May also wants to keep the Conservative core vote on side.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Hello, do you know about Fair Oaks...?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58People like these residents in trueblue Surrey,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00who are supported by their MP, Environment Secretary Michael Gove,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02in their opposition to a new garden village.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Planning reform worries these campaigners.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10I think this will be a backward step, and we are really worried
0:23:10 > 0:23:12that these sort of developments, which are really damaging
0:23:12 > 0:23:15to the environment and the community as a whole, will be pushed forward
0:23:15 > 0:23:21against the people's wishes.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Some Conservatives want the Treasury to relax borrowing rules so councils
0:23:24 > 0:23:26and housing associations can build many more genuinely
0:23:26 > 0:23:29affordable homes.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Others see the priority as protecting England's
0:23:31 > 0:23:33precious green landscape.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36It is a surprise perhaps the Prime Minister didn't think it
0:23:36 > 0:23:37wise to wear a hard hat today.
0:23:37 > 0:23:44Mark Easton, BBC News.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46The British actor Gary Oldman is celebrating after
0:23:46 > 0:23:47winning his first Oscar.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50He picked up the award for his portrayl of Sir Winston
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Churchill in Darkest Hour.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53The British short film - The Silent Child -
0:23:53 > 0:23:56starring six-year-old Maisie Sly from Swindon who's profoundly deaf -
0:23:56 > 0:23:57also won an Oscar.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02But the night belonged to The Shape of Water,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04which won four Oscars, including best film.
0:24:04 > 0:24:11Our Arts Editor Will Gompertz was there.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19Denied began with host Jimmy Kimmel using his opening monologue to round
0:24:19 > 0:24:24up some of the elephants in the room.Black panther and wonder woman
0:24:24 > 0:24:29come I remember a time when the major studios didn't believe a
0:24:29 > 0:24:32minority or a woman could open a superhero movie. The reason I
0:24:32 > 0:24:35remember that time is because it was March of last year.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37That joke set the agenda for the evening.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40In the year of the 90th Academy Awards, it was Time's Up
0:24:40 > 0:24:42for a monocultural, male-dominated movie business.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43It's a new day in Hollywood...
0:24:43 > 0:24:45..said Jennifer Lawrence, before announcing that the winner
0:24:45 > 0:24:47of actress in a leading role was...
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
0:24:49 > 0:24:55So I'm hyperventilating a little bit.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59If I fall over, pick me up, 'cos I've got some things to say.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02If I may be so honoured to have all the female nominees in every
0:25:02 > 0:25:04category stand with me in this room tonight.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05The actors...
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Meryl, if you do it, everybody else will.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Come on.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10The film-makers...
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Look around, everybody.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Look around, ladies and gentlemen, because we all have stories to tell
0:25:15 > 0:25:18and projects we need to finance.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21The call for equality and tolerance was made time and again,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23and was perhaps best captured by Guillermo del Toro,
0:25:23 > 0:25:31whose film The Shape Of Water, a story of misfits and outcasts,
0:25:32 > 0:25:33won Best Picture, and he, Best Director.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36I am an immigrant like many, many of you.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39The greatest thing our art does and our industry does is to erase
0:25:39 > 0:25:42the lines in the sand.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45We should continue doing that, when the world tells us
0:25:45 > 0:25:48to make them deeper.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Roger A Deakins, Blade Runner...
0:25:49 > 0:25:51There were long-awaited wins for two British veterans.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53After 13 failed attempts, the cinematographer Roger Deakins
0:25:53 > 0:25:56finally converted a nomination into a golden statue for his work
0:25:56 > 0:25:57on Blade Runner 2049.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58And for his portrayal of Winston Churchill
0:25:58 > 0:26:01in The Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman won his first Oscar.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06I say to my mother, thank you for your love and support.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Put the kettle on.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13I'm bringing Oscar home.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15The Silent Child, a British film about a deaf four-year-old
0:26:15 > 0:26:20played by Maisie Sly, won the short film category.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24I made a promise to our six-year-old lead actress that I'd sign this
0:26:24 > 0:26:29speech, but my hands are shaking a little bit, so I apologise.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Deafness is a silent disability.
0:26:32 > 0:26:39You can't see it and it's not life-threatening,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41so I want to say the biggest of thank-yous to the
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Academy for allowing us
0:26:42 > 0:26:46to put this in front of a mainstream audience.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51Such a great story, isn't it, well done. Some of the reaction in
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Hollywood is that the Oscars were a bit boring, there were no surprises,
0:26:55 > 0:26:59but that really underplays what was last night, which I think is a
0:26:59 > 0:27:07seismic change, underlined by what Jennifer Lawrence said, it is a new
0:27:07 > 0:27:10day in Hollywood. I think it will be much more multicultural, it will be
0:27:10 > 0:27:15across agendas. We had our first transgender presenter last night. I
0:27:15 > 0:27:18think we are looking at a major moment in history of the Oscars on
0:27:18 > 0:27:20this 90th Academy Awards.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Time for a look at the weather...
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Here's Matt Taylor.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27A little bit quiet on the weather front this week?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29A little bit quiet on the weather front this week? Thankfully, yes,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33not quite out of the woods as far as winter is concerned, Stolberg
0:27:33 > 0:27:36assigned across Scotland, snow on the ground, falling from the clouds
0:27:36 > 0:27:40as well -- still signs of winter across Scotland. For other parts of
0:27:40 > 0:27:43the country it feels like we have rolled out the red carpet for
0:27:43 > 0:27:48spring. Nottingham, it has changed a bit since that picture was taken.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53Low pressure is with us.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Low pressure is with us. Further south, outbreaks of rain rather than
0:27:56 > 0:28:01snow. Wet evening across Wales, Midlands and into northern England
0:28:01 > 0:28:04eventually. Overnight, snow over the higher grounds. South East Anglia
0:28:04 > 0:28:10not seen too much rain but continuing to seek snow across the
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Southern Grampians, rain around the coast, temperatures not 1 million
0:28:12 > 0:28:16miles away from freezing. A cool start to tomorrow morning, touch of
0:28:16 > 0:28:21frost here and there, clear skies, some fog as well. Rain in early
0:28:21 > 0:28:29northern England, the rest of Wales, only a few drops of showers. Staying
0:28:29 > 0:28:31cloudy across Scotland, rain and hills now pushing its way
0:28:31 > 0:28:36northwards. We could see a further six inches of snow in parts of the
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Grampians and the Highlands by the end of the day, but temperatures to
0:28:38 > 0:28:43the south-east are 12 or 13 degrees has topped misses take you into
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Tuesday night, tomorrow night into Wednesday, some break around, still
0:28:46 > 0:28:51snowing across northern Scotland, it spreads its way across Orkney and
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Shetland. For England and Wales, a few more showers compared with
0:28:55 > 0:28:58tomorrow, but fairly well scattered. Most places will be dry after a
0:28:58 > 0:29:02great start, sunny spells around, although temper just down a little
0:29:02 > 0:29:07bit on how we started the week, but another cool start Thursday morning,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10early mist and fog clears. Chance of someone pushing through the Channel
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Islands, snow in the Highlands and Hebrides, in between one or two
0:29:13 > 0:29:18showers, many places will be dry.
0:29:18 > 0:29:42That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me -