0:00:03 > 0:00:06The Prime minister says it is highly likely that Russia was behind
0:00:06 > 0:00:09the attack on a former Russian spy in Salisbury.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14Theresa May says Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned
0:00:14 > 0:00:19by a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22This attempted murder using a weapons-grade nerve agent
0:00:22 > 0:00:25in a British town was not just a crime against the Skripals.
0:00:25 > 0:00:31It was an indiscriminate and reckless act against
0:00:31 > 0:00:32the United Kingdom.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34As investigations continue, the Russian ambassador is summoned
0:00:34 > 0:00:40and told to explain by tomorrow how the chemical weapon found
0:00:40 > 0:00:41its way to Salisbury.
0:00:41 > 0:00:48He brought laughter to millions - tributes to Ken Dodd,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51the last of the great music hall variety comedians,
0:00:51 > 0:00:56who has died aged 90.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Jail for the teenager who carried out a string of acid
0:01:00 > 0:01:04attacks on moped riders to steal their scooters.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Sky's football pundit Jamie Carragher is suspended
0:01:06 > 0:01:10after he spits at a teenage girl and her family.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Microplastics, not visible to the naked eye, but this river
0:01:14 > 0:01:17in Greater Manchester is found to be the most polluted
0:01:17 > 0:01:22so far in the world.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Coming up on Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News -
0:01:25 > 0:01:27no British medals on the third day of the Winter Paralympics.
0:01:27 > 0:01:35And big problems for the snowboarders in Pyeongchang.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56The former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter
0:01:56 > 0:01:59were poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent of a type
0:01:59 > 0:02:00developed by Russia.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03In the last hour, the Prime Minister has told MPs that it is highly
0:02:03 > 0:02:05likely that Russia was behind the attack.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Now the Russian ambassador has been summoned and told to explain
0:02:08 > 0:02:13by tomorrow night how a nerve agent made its way to Salisbury.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Theresa May said if there's no credible response,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19the government will conclude that the attack was an unlawful use
0:02:19 > 0:02:22of force by the Russian state against the United Kingdom.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25With the latest, here's our diplomatic
0:02:25 > 0:02:33correspondent James Landale.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Today, police continued to examine the Salisbury home of Sergei
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Skripal, more than a week after the former Russian intelligence officer
0:02:40 > 0:02:45and his daughter were attacked with a nerve agent, a week during which
0:02:45 > 0:02:49it has remained unclear who carried out the crime and wide. So, this
0:02:49 > 0:02:53morning ministers gathered for a meeting of the National Security
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Council, looking for answers. An update on the investigation from the
0:02:57 > 0:03:00police and intelligence services that would allow them and the Prime
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Minister to decide what steps to take next. For some days ministers
0:03:04 > 0:03:07have been pushing Theresa May for tougher response. This afternoon she
0:03:07 > 0:03:10was clear who she thought was responsible, and what they should
0:03:10 > 0:03:20do.It is now clear that Mr Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with
0:03:20 > 0:03:24a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia. It is part
0:03:24 > 0:03:30of a group of nerve agents known as Novichok. Based on the analysis of
0:03:30 > 0:03:36world leading experts at Porton down, our knowledge that Russia has
0:03:36 > 0:03:40previously produced this agent and would still be capable of doing so,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43the government has concluded that it is highly likely that Russia was
0:03:43 > 0:03:47responsible for the act against Sergei and Yulia Skripal.She said
0:03:47 > 0:03:52the Foreign Secretary had summoned the Russian ambassador and told him
0:03:52 > 0:03:55he had until the end of tomorrow to explain whether this was a direct
0:03:55 > 0:03:58act by the Russian state or by others who now control the nerve
0:03:58 > 0:04:05agent.Mr Speaker, this attempted murder using a weapons grade nerve
0:04:05 > 0:04:09agent in a British town was not just a crime against the Skripals, it was
0:04:09 > 0:04:15an industry minute and reckless act against the United Kingdom, putting
0:04:15 > 0:04:19the lives of innocent civilians at risk. And we will not tolerate such
0:04:19 > 0:04:27a brazen attempt to murder in innocent civilians on our soil.The
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Labour leader called for tougher sanctions on oligarchs living in
0:04:30 > 0:04:37London.We need to continue seeking a robust dialogue with Russia on all
0:04:37 > 0:04:40the issues currently dividing our country is, both domestic and
0:04:40 > 0:04:46international. Rather than simply cutting off contact and letting the
0:04:46 > 0:04:50tensions and divisions get worse. Earlier today, before the statement,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53President Putin was visiting an agricultural centre in southern
0:04:53 > 0:04:59Russia and dismissed a question from the BBC's Steve Rosenberg. President
0:04:59 > 0:05:06Putin, BBC News - is Russia behind the poisoning of Sergei Skripal?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09TRANSLATION: We are dealing with agriculture here, as you see, to
0:05:09 > 0:05:13create conditions for people's lives, and you talk to me about some
0:05:13 > 0:05:17tragedies. First get to the bottom of it there and then we will discuss
0:05:17 > 0:05:21this.But now that Russia has been blamed officially for what happened
0:05:21 > 0:05:28in Salisbury, it has 24 hours to decide how to respond. Our security
0:05:28 > 0:05:30correspondent wouldn't there is here. The Prime Minister was
0:05:30 > 0:05:38specific about the substance - what exactly was it?That's right. She
0:05:38 > 0:05:43said it was Novichok, which is a form of nerve agent, it is a class
0:05:43 > 0:05:49of -- class of nerve agents, developed during the summit union
0:05:49 > 0:05:53times to get around detection and prevention systems used by the west,
0:05:53 > 0:05:58and even the chemical warfare suits they used to give two soldiers. That
0:05:58 > 0:06:05was revealed, the existence of these Novichok agents by defectors and
0:06:05 > 0:06:08scientists at Porton down will have been working on a band they will
0:06:08 > 0:06:12have been able to match the samples that they got from the Skripals in
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Salisbury with the signatures that they have developed office Novichok
0:06:15 > 0:06:21style of agents. The significance of this is that this is a specifically
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Russian developed form of nerve agent. It is not like sarin or other
0:06:26 > 0:06:30types which a number of countries use. And it is for that reason that
0:06:30 > 0:06:34the Prime Minister was able to save there are only two possibilities,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38either the Russian state itself used it or somehow it had lost control of
0:06:38 > 0:06:42its own nerve agent.In Salisbury, hundreds of police officers have
0:06:42 > 0:06:46been working around the clock, along with experts from the Armed Forces,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49to try to establish exactly what happened on that Sunday afternoon
0:06:49 > 0:06:53eight days ago. Our home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford
0:06:53 > 0:06:58reports from Salisbury on the latest in the investigation. The surreal
0:06:58 > 0:07:02scenes of chemical warfare experts in gas masks and protective suits
0:07:02 > 0:07:07spread out from Salisbury into the surrounding countryside today. Here,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11they were removing a van belonging to a company that runs told Fox.
0:07:11 > 0:07:17Vehicles being recovered during the operation are being taken to the
0:07:17 > 0:07:21nearby chemical weapons laboratory at Porton Down. So widespread is the
0:07:21 > 0:07:26possible contamination of this nerve agent that these specialist troops
0:07:26 > 0:07:29are now working in a village more than five miles from the centre of
0:07:29 > 0:07:35Salisbury. In the city itself, counter-terrorism officers, one in a
0:07:35 > 0:07:39balaclava, sealed off the top deck of the Sainsbury's multistorey car
0:07:39 > 0:07:43park. The Prime Minister said the people of Salisbury had responded
0:07:43 > 0:07:47with fortitude and calmness, but there are still concerns that it
0:07:47 > 0:07:50took the Chief Medical Officer seven days to give people who were in the
0:07:50 > 0:07:54contaminated restaurant and pub advice to wash their clothes.The
0:07:54 > 0:07:59disappointment in this case is that it has taken them so long to release
0:07:59 > 0:08:02some information that might be of interest and might affect the
0:08:02 > 0:08:08individual people of Salisbury.It is extraordinary that this medieval
0:08:08 > 0:08:12cathedral city has seen the deployment of warn of a group of
0:08:12 > 0:08:18Russian military grade nerve agents called Novichok.These are super
0:08:18 > 0:08:22nerve agents which were developed many years ago by the Russians.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Because the red lines on the use of chemical weapons have disappeared
0:08:25 > 0:08:29and the 100 year taboo has disappeared, because we have done
0:08:29 > 0:08:33nothing about the huge amount of its use in Syria, if it is Mr Putin, he
0:08:33 > 0:08:36might be feeling that he can use chemical weapons and nobody is going
0:08:36 > 0:08:42to do anything about it.Salisbury has had the air of a science-fiction
0:08:42 > 0:08:45film these last nine days, the site of what the Prime Minister called
0:08:45 > 0:08:51today a reckless and despicable act. Much of what we have been seeing
0:08:51 > 0:08:54over the last few days has been decontamination work, and clearly a
0:08:54 > 0:08:58lot of scientific work has been done in identifying that military grade
0:08:58 > 0:09:05nerve agent. But detectives are saying very little about what
0:09:05 > 0:09:11progress they are making in identifying the attackers themselves
0:09:11 > 0:09:15just a circus show in the British Parliament, another campaign based
0:09:15 > 0:09:18on propagation, that was the first response from Russia tonight. We
0:09:18 > 0:09:23will hear from our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, in a moment. But
0:09:23 > 0:09:27first we can go to Steve Rosenberg, who is in Krasnodar near the Black
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Sea. They're talking about the British invented fairy tales?The
0:09:31 > 0:09:37response tonight from the Russian foreign ministry described Theresa
0:09:37 > 0:09:42May's statement in the Commons as a circus show, dismissing the
0:09:42 > 0:09:45allegations against Moscow as this information campaign, talking about
0:09:45 > 0:09:49fairy tales. And that is no surprise because in recent days we have had
0:09:49 > 0:09:54several Russian officials dismiss claims that Moscow is linked to this
0:09:54 > 0:09:56attack as auntie Russian hysteria. I think the biggest problem that
0:09:56 > 0:10:01Britain faces right now is the way it is perceived by the Kremlin, and
0:10:01 > 0:10:07it is perceived as a weak country. Moscow hears British politicians
0:10:07 > 0:10:12huffing and puffing but believe they're capable of blowing the house
0:10:12 > 0:10:16down, of taking strong measures against Moscow. So, I think the key
0:10:16 > 0:10:21question now, if London concludes that this was a state-sponsored act
0:10:21 > 0:10:26of force against Britain, what measures can Britain perhaps
0:10:26 > 0:10:31together with her allies, going to take against Russia?And Laura
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Kuenssberg, our political editor, in Westminster, it was a dramatic
0:10:35 > 0:10:39moment in parliament, and strong language used by the Prime Minister?
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Yes, no fudging, no hanging back, from the Prime Minister, who is
0:10:43 > 0:10:47essentially delivered an ultimatum to Russia to explain itself, on
0:10:47 > 0:10:52whether or not it took direct action on British soil or whether it made a
0:10:52 > 0:10:55mistake and allowed this nerve agents to fall into the hands of
0:10:55 > 0:10:58people who should not have been anywhere near it. The question as
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Steve suggests will be, what will be the government's response if there
0:11:02 > 0:11:07is no credible explanation from Russia, if the Russian ambassador in
0:11:07 > 0:11:11London does not buy when state give some believable account of exactly
0:11:11 > 0:11:16what happened? Theresa May was absolutely firm and serious in her
0:11:16 > 0:11:19words this afternoon, but the crunch may come later this week on
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Wednesday, whether she will be firm and serious in the actions she could
0:11:23 > 0:11:26take.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Thank you both.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Sir Ken Dodd, one of the most popular entertainers of his time,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34has died at the age of 90.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37He was a man who brought happiness and tears of laughter to thousands
0:11:37 > 0:11:40of people with his legendary live performances during a career
0:11:40 > 0:11:41which spanned more than 60 years.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Sir Ken died yesterday in Liverpool in the house where he was born,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46with his partner of 40 years by his side.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47They got married last Friday.
0:11:47 > 0:11:55David Sillito looks back at his colourful life.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04The tickling sticks, the wild hair and surreal flights of fancy were
0:12:04 > 0:12:12only a part of it. Ken Dodd was a torrent of jokes. His shows would
0:12:12 > 0:12:18often end in the early hours of the morning.Geronimo! Thank you very
0:12:18 > 0:12:25much! What a beautiful day for going up and saying, you will never sell a
0:12:25 > 0:12:31sausage that size!Offstage, he was very private, but one of his close
0:12:31 > 0:12:36circle of friends was his joke writer, John Martin.I always say
0:12:36 > 0:12:41writing good joke Sir Ken Dodd was almost like being asked to mix the
0:12:41 > 0:12:48paints for van Gogh, it was that big an honour.
0:12:48 > 0:12:55an honour.How are you diddling?! Tears in 1960s five was one of the
0:12:55 > 0:13:05biggest selling singles of the 1960s. His run at the London
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Palladium broke records. John Bishop, Brian Conley, Les Dennis,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13David Walliams, comedians have been lining up today to pay tribute.
0:13:13 > 0:13:21Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Ken Dodd!When he walked on, the
0:13:21 > 0:13:25place used to go up and he hadn't even said anything! Now, that
0:13:25 > 0:13:33doesn't happen very often! How tickled we were! How tickled we are!
0:13:33 > 0:13:46He would fire the gags out at you! In Liverpool we call it "hur".He
0:13:46 > 0:13:49stayed loyal to Liverpool, living all his life in the same house,
0:13:49 > 0:13:55where three days ago he finally married Anne, his partner of 40
0:13:55 > 0:13:58years.I've been overwhelmed by the love and affection which I've
0:13:58 > 0:14:03already received from dear friends and the public. And I thank you all
0:14:03 > 0:14:09for being here.There was the issue of his tax affairs, but he was
0:14:09 > 0:14:14acquitted and it just became more material for his act.The job I
0:14:14 > 0:14:21fancy is Chancellor of the Exchequer - at least I would be reunited with
0:14:21 > 0:14:31my money!He was one of the last links to music hall. Ken Dodd - it
0:14:31 > 0:14:32really is the end of an era.
0:14:32 > 0:14:39Sir Ken Dodd, who has died at the age of 90.
0:14:39 > 0:14:39In
0:14:39 > 0:14:40In
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Our top story this evening:
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Theresa May says Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned
0:14:45 > 0:14:49by a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52it is highly likely that Russia was behind the attack.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54it is highly likely that Russia was behind the attack.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57And still to come: How other countries tackle obesity and why
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Norwegians are sweet on Swedish sweets.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News: The Manchester United Captain
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Michael carrick says his body has told him to stop.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06He's won every club trophy but at 36 he'll retire
0:15:06 > 0:15:13at the end of the season.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Plastic and the problems it causes in oceans and rivers around
0:15:16 > 0:15:18the world are already well known.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21But what's not so clear is how much damage microplastics are doing,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25the tiny particles of plastic less than 5 millimetres in size.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27They can be found in all kinds of things from industrial
0:15:27 > 0:15:30pollution to cosmetics.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33And now researchers have discovered that a river in Greater Manchester
0:15:33 > 0:15:36has the highest levels of microplastic pollution so far
0:15:36 > 0:15:42recorded anywhere in the world.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Our science correspondent Victoria Gill reports.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47They are the veins of our country, running through towns, cities,
0:15:47 > 0:15:51suburbs and the countryside, but there is a pollutant buried
0:15:51 > 0:15:55in all these riverbeds.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58All along this river bank you can see evidence of plastic litter,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01plastic bags, plastic bottles, food containers.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05But it is when things like this break down into much smaller
0:16:05 > 0:16:08fragments that they are just one source of the micro plastics that
0:16:08 > 0:16:12end up in the riverbed.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Waste water treatment plants and industry are other
0:16:14 > 0:16:19major contributors.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22But to investigate the scale of this problem scientists need to take
0:16:22 > 0:16:27a piece of the river back to the lab.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30This has now isolated this area of the channel bed.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33When I disturb the gravels in here, all the mud and silt and clay
0:16:33 > 0:16:36and micro plastic particles will come into suspension
0:16:36 > 0:16:40into the water.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42The team analysed silt at 40 different locations,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46from remote rural streams to city centre waterways.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50They found micro plastic everywhere.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Where lots of people live we found extraordinarily high levels of micro
0:16:53 > 0:16:56plastic contamination.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Just a few kilometres upstream from here we found micro plastic
0:16:59 > 0:17:03concentrations that are the highest so far recorded anywhere
0:17:03 > 0:17:06in the world, over 500,000 micro plastic particles per metre
0:17:06 > 0:17:08square of riverbed.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Enormously high levels of contamination.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14And that is just a few miles upstream from where we are standing
0:17:14 > 0:17:15in Greater Manchester?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Yes.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20This is a jar of sediment from the bed of this river,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22a typical suburban stretch of the River Mersey.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25And in this 250 grams jar there will be 5000 individual
0:17:25 > 0:17:28pieces of micro plastic.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Aquatic insects, birds and fish can ingest these
0:17:31 > 0:17:36microscopic pieces of plastic.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39And this is where the problem becomes visible.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43This is all plastic?
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Yes, indeed.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46How many fragments would you have in this?
0:17:46 > 0:17:49So in this sample just from a few grams about 100
0:17:49 > 0:17:50micro plastic pieces.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Finding the source of this problem will be scientists' next step
0:17:53 > 0:17:56to stop our riverbeds becoming an invisible dumping ground
0:17:56 > 0:17:58for billions of pieces of plastic.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03Victoria Gill, BBC News.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06The leader of the House of Commons has recommended a short,
0:18:06 > 0:18:07independently-led inquiry into claims of bullying
0:18:07 > 0:18:09of parliamentary staff.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12It follow allegations against the Commons Speaker John Bercow
0:18:12 > 0:18:16and two MPs after an investigation by the BBC's Newsnight programme.
0:18:16 > 0:18:22All three strongly deny the allegations.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25A 17-year-old has been sentenced to ten-and-a-half years in jail
0:18:25 > 0:18:27for carrying out a series of acid attacks on moped riders
0:18:27 > 0:18:30in London last July.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Derryck John, from Croydon, sprayed six people with acid
0:18:32 > 0:18:35in the space of an hour and a half.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37He stole two mopeds and attempted to take another four.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39The judge described his crimes as "despicable".
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Tom Burridge reports.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46He'd thrown acid into the face of six men.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51But here's Derryck John calmly paying the petrol that night.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55With his visor up, he was linked to the stolen moped but the person
0:18:55 > 0:18:59seen here driving him around still hasn't been identified.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Later, when Derryck John drove a stolen bike himself, this -
0:19:02 > 0:19:10an accident which linked him to a string of violent acid attacks.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14This victim says his face felt like it was on fire.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Attacked by Derryck John while delivering takeways,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Jabed Hussain is still suffering today.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I have to keep my eyes everywhere.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I don't trust in the street.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27If anyone shouts next to me, I get scared.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30If I want to go out, I always lock my car doors and windows.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I used to be busy myself, I'm a working class guy.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37After the incident, I am totally different.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42I can't believe myself that I am stuck and alone.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Today, the 17-year-old was sentenced to ten and a half years in jail.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49The judge said an adult would have gone to prison for much longer.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52We are very pleased with the sentencing Mr John has received,
0:19:52 > 0:19:56I think it does send a strong message that even as a youth
0:19:56 > 0:20:00offender, a ten-year plus sentence still sends a strong message
0:20:00 > 0:20:03that this will not be tolerated.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06The same judge sentenced Arthur Collins, seen here throwing
0:20:06 > 0:20:10acid across a crowded dance floor, to 20 years in prison.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Criminals are increasingly using acid as a weapon.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19It is hoped sending this young man's prison for several years will deter
0:20:19 > 0:20:21It is hoped sending this young man to prison
0:20:21 > 0:20:22for several years will deter
0:20:22 > 0:20:29others from the same.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34The trial of a teenager accused of planting a bomb on a London
0:20:34 > 0:20:38underground train has heard that he blamed Britain for causing the death
0:20:38 > 0:20:43of his dad in Iraq. Giving evidence to date a college lecturer said she
0:20:43 > 0:20:48had heard the students saying it was his duty to hate Britain.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50had heard the students saying it was his duty to hate Britain.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53The BBC is appealing to the United Nations to protect
0:20:53 > 0:20:55the rights of its Persian Service journalists and their
0:20:55 > 0:20:56families in Iran.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58The broadcaster says its staff are being "persecuted",
0:20:58 > 0:21:00subjected to arbitrary arrest, travel bans and the
0:21:00 > 0:21:01seizure of assets.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Iran says the BBC is not independent because its services
0:21:03 > 0:21:09in the country have links to British security services.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Sky has suspended the football pundit Jamie Carragher after footage
0:21:12 > 0:21:16emerged of him spitting through a car window
0:21:16 > 0:21:17towards a teenage girl.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20The former England and Liverpool footballer described it as a "moment
0:21:20 > 0:21:21of madness" after he was goaded.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23He said he would apologise again to the family.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Andy Swiss's report contains footage of the incident.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Jamie Carragher, look.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31He is one of football's most famous pundits,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34but after being spotted by a fan on Sunday, Jamie Carragher winds
0:21:34 > 0:21:38down his window and this happens.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Unlucky, Jamie, lad.
0:21:39 > 0:21:422-1, lad.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45He spat on me.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48"He spat on me," - the voice of the driver's
0:21:48 > 0:21:5014-year-old daughter.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Jamie Carragher spat on my daughter, nice.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Carragher, who had just watched his former club Liverpool lose,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57said he'd been goaded and lost his rag.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Have you been sacked?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03But this morning, he arrived in London to be told he'd been
0:22:03 > 0:22:06suspended from his job with Sky Sports.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Carragher, who has a 14-year-old daughter himself, admitted his
0:22:08 > 0:22:11behaviour was unacceptable.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16It looks awful and I accept that.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20It's not something I've done before, it's not something I will do again.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22I'm sure of that.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25I've had a moment of madness, I made a big, huge mistake,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28a stain on my character.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I have to accept that.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I have let my family down but I think the family I've let down
0:22:35 > 0:22:37more than anyone is the people in the car.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Well, what Jamie Carragher did on his way home from the match
0:22:40 > 0:22:43at Old Trafford has been strongly condemned by his employers.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46In a statement, Sky said his behaviour fell well below
0:22:46 > 0:22:49the standards they expect.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51The question now is whether his apology will be
0:22:51 > 0:22:54enough to save his job.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Carragher was supposed to be on Sky's coverage tonight
0:22:57 > 0:23:01but won't now take his customary place in the studio.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03His transition to tough-talking pundit from tough-tackling
0:23:03 > 0:23:07player had seemed seamless but after retiring on the pitch,
0:23:07 > 0:23:15his new career could yet face an early farewell.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Next month a tax on sugary drinks will be introduced for the first
0:23:18 > 0:23:21time in the UK in a bid to tackle obesity.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24You'll be paying between 18 and 24 pence extra per litre for many
0:23:24 > 0:23:27drinks depending on how much extra sugar has been added.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Our health editor Hugh Pym has been to Norway where a sugar tax has
0:23:31 > 0:23:32been in place for years.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34And recently the tax was almost doubled with some
0:23:34 > 0:23:42unintended consequences.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46There are sweet and lots of them in this shop favoured by some
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Norwegians, but it is not in their own country, it is just over the
0:23:51 > 0:23:55border in Sweden. The store owner is offering all of this at half the
0:23:55 > 0:24:00price as Norwegians pay at home. In January the sugar tax levied in
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Norway went up more than 60%. Some have driven long distances to cross
0:24:04 > 0:24:10the border for their shopping.I am coming once a month to buy food, so
0:24:10 > 0:24:16it is worth it.It is not only because of the price, but I like to
0:24:16 > 0:24:22have a treat and we buy a lot when we come here.The company says trade
0:24:22 > 0:24:27has picked up since the Norwegian tax rise, equivalent to about 10p on
0:24:27 > 0:24:31a chocolate bar. It is hard to imagine anything else quite like it.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35The Swedish owner says this is one of the biggest sweet shops in the
0:24:35 > 0:24:41world. It has 20 of them all a short distance from the border. 95% of
0:24:41 > 0:24:46customers come over from Norway. Norwegians are used to the sugar tax
0:24:46 > 0:24:53which was introduced some time ago. Locals in Oslo are philosophical
0:24:53 > 0:24:56about it, even after the tax increase. People are not happy with
0:24:56 > 0:25:01the tax increasing, but I think it is good.There are a lot of other
0:25:01 > 0:25:06taxes that I would react on, but this one is OK.The government says
0:25:06 > 0:25:10the tax has helped control child obesity rates which are below
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Sweden's.We managed now to stabilise the obesity of the
0:25:15 > 0:25:19children and young people and I am happy about that. It means what we
0:25:19 > 0:25:25have done up to now has been functioning in the right way.The UK
0:25:25 > 0:25:29is now going down the same track with attacks on sugary soft drinks.
0:25:29 > 0:25:35The aim is to move shoppers towards lower sugar options. Groups like
0:25:35 > 0:25:40this have already done that. This cookery class with healthy recipes
0:25:40 > 0:25:45for parents and children is run by a charity made in Hackney, putting
0:25:45 > 0:25:50some juices with fruit but no added sugar are on the menu.The peas are
0:25:50 > 0:25:58in there. When you are on a tree you will not have a fizzy drink, but I
0:25:58 > 0:26:03want to stop, so I am here learning about this.The Norwegian example
0:26:03 > 0:26:07shows people can learn to live with the sugar tax, even though when it
0:26:07 > 0:26:11comes to their behaviour the message is expect the unexpected.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14is expect the unexpected.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Megan Markle has attended her first official event with the Queen
0:26:16 > 0:26:18at a service to mark Commonwealth Day.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Ms Markle, who is due to marry Prince Harry in May,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23was joined by other senior royals at Westminster Abbey.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27The event is used to celebrate the 53 Commonwealth countries.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30The Duke of Edinburgh, who retired from public service last
0:26:30 > 0:26:33year, did not attend.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Here's Ben Rich.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45In the coming weekend some of us could have some snow in the forecast
0:26:45 > 0:26:51again believe it or not. But rain has been causing problems and part
0:26:51 > 0:26:54of the Midland has had some flooding. This picture comes from
0:26:54 > 0:27:01Leicestershire. That rain is in no real mood to clear away either. Only
0:27:01 > 0:27:06very slowly easing eastwards overnight, keeping a lot of clout in
0:27:06 > 0:27:12many central and eastern areas. Out West some clear spells developing.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17Parts of northern and are may have a touch of frost, but most places stay
0:27:17 > 0:27:21above freezing. Tomorrow is not a bad looking day, certainly a drier
0:27:21 > 0:27:26day. Quite a lot of cloud for central and eastern parts of
0:27:26 > 0:27:30England, but the further west you are, Northern Ireland, western
0:27:30 > 0:27:37Scotland, Wales and the South West, more in the way of sunshine.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Temperatures between 9-11. But a change for the middle of the week
0:27:40 > 0:27:45and this area of low pressure trying to squash its way into the Atlantic.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50The isobars show we have some strong winds in the forecast. Some could be
0:27:50 > 0:27:56a touch gale force on Wednesday. But some mild air wafting up from the
0:27:56 > 0:28:01south. Some uncertainty about just how far east the rain will get. It
0:28:01 > 0:28:06looks like only western areas will see the heavy rain. Strong and
0:28:06 > 0:28:11blustery winds touching gale force in exposed spots. With that mild air
0:28:11 > 0:28:17pollution in the sunshine could lift the temperatures up to 14 or 15.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21Into Thursday and Friday things change and becomes a little bit
0:28:21 > 0:28:26colder, particularly in the North with outbreaks of rain. Over the
0:28:26 > 0:28:30weekend we picked up an easterly wind and it will feel cold and
0:28:30 > 0:28:37pretty windy and there is a risk of snow showers.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42snow showers. Theresa May says it is highly likely Russia was behind the
0:28:42 > 0:28:46attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal using weapons grade nerve
0:28:46 > 0:28:48agent. Russia accuses her inventing fairy tales.
0:28:48 > 0:28:55Russia accuses her inventing fairy tales.