:00:00. > :00:00.Sir Bradley Wiggins - Britain's most decorated Olympian -
:00:07. > :00:10.has announced his retirement from cycling.
:00:11. > :00:13.He won eight Olympic medals, including five golds,
:00:14. > :00:18.and was Britain's first Tour de France winner.
:00:19. > :00:20.And a woman is killed as 20 cars are involved
:00:21. > :00:24.in a series of accidents in fog on an A road in Oxfordshire.
:00:25. > :00:27.How four in every five middle-aged people are overweight,
:00:28. > :00:49.drinking too much or not doing enough exercise.
:00:50. > :00:53.Britain's most decorated Olympian and Tour de France winner
:00:54. > :00:55.Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement
:00:56. > :01:00.In a statement this afternoon he said he had been lucky enough
:01:01. > :01:04.to live a dream and make a career out of a sport he fell in love
:01:05. > :01:08.It ends a stunning career which also brought him world championships
:01:09. > :01:10.But it follows questions about medical treatments
:01:11. > :01:21.This report from our Sports Correspondent Richard Conway.
:01:22. > :01:31.On the road and on the track Sir Bradley Wiggins dominated his sport
:01:32. > :01:34.like few others. Gold medallist and Olympic champion, Bradley Wiggins.
:01:35. > :01:40.He is the U:K.'s most decorated Olympian winning eight medals over
:01:41. > :01:45.16 years. In 2012 he became the first Briton to claim the Tour de
:01:46. > :01:51.France title. Achievements which took him on a path to the palace.
:01:52. > :01:55.But after so much success over the years, Sir Bradley Wiggins's
:01:56. > :01:59.remarkable career has finally come to a halt, saying that he has
:02:00. > :02:03.fulfilled all of his childhood dreams and aspirations. It is easy
:02:04. > :02:10.sitting here with the glory of winning but when you're out there,
:02:11. > :02:18.at any moment you think you idiot, why do you carry on. I always wanted
:02:19. > :02:22.to go out on the top. Bradley Wiggins kindled his love of cycling
:02:23. > :02:26.at his local club in London and aged 12 he knew what he wanted to
:02:27. > :02:30.achieve, telling his teachers that one day he would be an Olympic
:02:31. > :02:36.champion. He delivered on a promise, winning his first gold medal at the
:02:37. > :02:40.Athens games in 2004. All at a time when British Cycling success was far
:02:41. > :02:45.from normal. And his personality intertwined with the love of modern
:02:46. > :02:49.culture helped him transcend and popularise his sword. His retirement
:02:50. > :02:53.comes at a time of heightened scrutiny into his career. Earlier
:02:54. > :02:56.this year Russian Hackers revealed that he had been given powerful
:02:57. > :03:03.steroid injections before three key races including his 2012 Tour de
:03:04. > :03:09.France win. The substance involved is banned under normal circumstances
:03:10. > :03:12.as it can be performance enhancing but Bradley Wiggins legitimately
:03:13. > :03:19.applied for a medical exemption, he says to treat hay fever. This was
:03:20. > :03:22.about trying to find a way not to get an unfair advantage but to put
:03:23. > :03:26.myself back on a level playing field to compete at the highest level. One
:03:27. > :03:32.of the U:K.'s brightest sporting careers is now at an end. But it was
:03:33. > :03:34.one that was coloured throughout by gold and yellow.
:03:35. > :03:37.Bradley Wiggins became an unlikely British hero ,
:03:38. > :03:42.what has his impact been on British cycling?
:03:43. > :03:49.He leaves as a sporting legend, one of the greats of all time. A lot is
:03:50. > :03:54.said about thinking the unthinkable, Bradley Wiggins thought about it but
:03:55. > :04:00.then went and did it. That win at the Tour de France in 2012 one of
:04:01. > :04:05.the defining moment in a career that was marked by high. There was
:04:06. > :04:12.questioned about therapeutic use exemption is and they will no doubt
:04:13. > :04:16.go on but the Olympic legacy that he leaves, and specific legacy, how he
:04:17. > :04:19.inspired not just elite sportsmen and women but also millions of
:04:20. > :04:21.people to get on a bike and pedal. Thank you.
:04:22. > :04:25.aged between 40 and 60, are either overweight, inactive,
:04:26. > :04:29.That's according to Public Health England which says their lifestyles
:04:30. > :04:32.are greatly increasing their risk of diseases such as diabetes.
:04:33. > :04:42.Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson has more.
:04:43. > :04:51.This is the trim new look of Luke Parker since exercising and changing
:04:52. > :04:54.his diet. A few months ago he weighed 22 stone but now he can fit
:04:55. > :04:59.into one of those old trouser legs and a wake-up call came when his
:05:00. > :05:04.seven-year-old son told that he loved comic even though he was fat.
:05:05. > :05:08.It was a case of just order a pizza tonight, we have filled in but could
:05:09. > :05:13.not be bothered cooking it. You just become a bit lazy and drawn out with
:05:14. > :05:19.the daily grind of routine. Figures show worrying trends, almost 80% of
:05:20. > :05:23.women aged 40 to 60 are either overweight, abuse, physically
:05:24. > :05:27.inactive or drinking more beneficial guidelines and almost 90% of men
:05:28. > :05:32.fall into the same category. Amongst the health risks is diabetes, it has
:05:33. > :05:39.doubled in this age group in the past 20 years and treatment costs
:05:40. > :05:43.the NHS in England an estimated ?14 billion per year. The reason why
:05:44. > :05:47.seeing these increases in chronic disease like cancer, stroke and
:05:48. > :05:53.heart disease, is in a large part because of behaviour is adopted
:05:54. > :05:58.during the 40 to 60 age period, so still smoking, not taking enough
:05:59. > :06:00.physical activity or drinking too much alcohol. And Public Health
:06:01. > :06:09.England is offering some help. This is the online health quiz that
:06:10. > :06:14.government officials want 40 to 60 rolls to take part in. It is on the
:06:15. > :06:19.government website and ask 's question about whether you are a man
:06:20. > :06:21.or woman and why you might want to become more healthy. It looks pretty
:06:22. > :06:25.straightforward, but the question is, will it help to tackle the
:06:26. > :06:31.health crisis for middle-aged people? It is extremely hard, I have
:06:32. > :06:36.no willpower whatsoever and life is too good and we have too much
:06:37. > :06:42.choice. I lead a very unhealthy lifestyle. Fatty food, smoking and
:06:43. > :06:45.drinking, no exercise. There is too much temptation, it is too lazy to
:06:46. > :06:51.go to the supermarket and buy a ready meal and put it in the
:06:52. > :06:56.microwave. It is not that difficult to be healthy if you put your mind
:06:57. > :06:59.to it. The government is hoping to nudge people into following the
:07:00. > :07:06.example of Luke Parker with attacks on sugary drinks which comes in in
:07:07. > :07:10.2018, that is also expected to help. But many health professionals and
:07:11. > :07:12.campaigners are concerned that measures still do not go far enough.
:07:13. > :07:15.A woman has died after up to 20 vehicles were involved in a series
:07:16. > :07:18.of collisions on the A40 near Witney in Oxfordshire.
:07:19. > :07:21.The crashes stretched for more than half a mile and took place
:07:22. > :07:25.Sangita Myska sent this report from the scene.
:07:26. > :07:28.Photographs taken minutes after this morning's crash
:07:29. > :07:31.showing chilling detail, the mangled wreckage
:07:32. > :07:36.Eyewitnesses described seeing cars skidding
:07:37. > :07:40.across the road through thick fog, smashing into one another, spilling
:07:41. > :07:48.I was just joining the A40 when I'd seen the brake
:07:49. > :07:51.lights and hazard lights, so I came to a stop and then
:07:52. > :07:54.obviously I got out of the vehicle and saw the carnage ahead
:07:55. > :08:00.It was a bit like a movie scene, really.
:08:01. > :08:07.This afternoon, recovery vehicles continued to clear wreckage
:08:08. > :08:11.in an attempt to reopen a road that links London to Wales.
:08:12. > :08:14.It is several hours since the accident this
:08:15. > :08:17.morning and you can see there are about a dozen
:08:18. > :08:20.vehicles yet to be cleared from this part of the A40.
:08:21. > :08:24.There is still a thick fog over this area of road.
:08:25. > :08:28.Visibility now is probably about 200 metres.
:08:29. > :08:31.Police officers here tell me that this morning,
:08:32. > :08:33.when the crashes happened, drivers could see no further
:08:34. > :08:36.than about 15 metres ahead and that there was black ice
:08:37. > :08:41.One woman in her 50s died at the scene of the crash.
:08:42. > :08:45.Two other people remain in a serious condition in hospital.
:08:46. > :08:48.As families continue to crisscross Britain this holiday,
:08:49. > :08:51.the police are urging travellers to check weather conditions
:08:52. > :09:02.German prosecutors have arrested a 40-year-old Tunisian man
:09:03. > :09:05.in connection with the truck attack that killed 12 people
:09:06. > :09:10.They say his contact details were found on the phone of the man
:09:11. > :09:13.who drove the lorry - Anis Amri - and that further
:09:14. > :09:17.investigations have shown he may have been involved in the attack.
:09:18. > :09:20.There are fresh warnings tonight about millions of people
:09:21. > :09:26.The charity Christian Aid estimates that 4 million people
:09:27. > :09:32.And the UN is warning that more than a hundred thousand people -
:09:33. > :09:33.most of them children - could die of starvation
:09:34. > :09:39.The scale of the crisis is emerging as the Nigerian military pushes
:09:40. > :09:41.into areas previously held by the Islamist
:09:42. > :09:44.Our Nigeria correspondent Martin Patience sent this
:09:45. > :09:51.It contains images you may find distressing.
:09:52. > :10:02.But every day, more families emerge from the bush,
:10:03. > :10:12.200 people arrived at this camp in the past few days.
:10:13. > :10:24.TRANSLATION: Boko Haram whipped us like prisoners.
:10:25. > :10:31.They stole our cattle, they stole our food.
:10:32. > :10:38.When you get the chance to escape, you take it.
:10:39. > :10:43.Uprooted from their farms, people can't feed themselves.
:10:44. > :10:48.The UN is warning of mass starvation.
:10:49. > :10:51.Aid relief is now getting through to some of the worst
:10:52. > :10:55.affected areas, but the challenge is that as the army pushes
:10:56. > :10:59.in to Boko Haram controlled territory, it frees more people.
:11:00. > :11:03.What that means is the already enormous humanitarian
:11:04. > :11:11.Halima's two-year-old son Uzman is suffering
:11:12. > :11:18.It was better in the village, she says.
:11:19. > :11:24.Uzman is taken to a clinic for treatment.
:11:25. > :11:28.But he's far from being the worst case here.
:11:29. > :11:41.Her tiny body weighs just a third of what it should at this stage.
:11:42. > :11:44.There are those days that you just sit down and you just have
:11:45. > :11:47.to sit back and just look at what is happening.
:11:48. > :11:55.We've had two cases that died on the way here.
:11:56. > :11:58.You know, it's really tough when you see those kind of things.
:11:59. > :12:02.We flew over large parts of this state.
:12:03. > :12:07.Every town we saw destroyed by the fighting.
:12:08. > :12:09.Here, the Nigerian army is burning shrub to stop
:12:10. > :12:22.Until people can return home, they'll need to rely on aid.
:12:23. > :12:24.But a third of the houses in Borno State are destroyed.
:12:25. > :12:26.And without more assistance, the governor has this
:12:27. > :12:31.If Nigeria is to implode it is going to be a very
:12:32. > :12:38.If 30 million English-speaking Africans will be knocking
:12:39. > :12:41.on the doors of Europe, it will be a much more
:12:42. > :12:48.Even the two or three million Syrians have unsettled Europe.
:12:49. > :12:51.Something as simple as collecting water here can
:12:52. > :12:58.Years of fighting have shattered this society.
:12:59. > :13:02.And the war against Boko Haram is still not won.
:13:03. > :13:09.Martin Patience, BBC News, North Eastern Nigeria.
:13:10. > :13:13.The coastguard in Kent has called off an extensive
:13:14. > :13:15.search for the night after a fishing boat sank around
:13:16. > :13:21.One person has died and another was found clinging to the upturned
:13:22. > :13:23.hull early this morning and was airlifted to hospital.
:13:24. > :13:25.Our correspondent Simon Jones has more.
:13:26. > :13:30.It's believed the fishing boat from Belgium overturned
:13:31. > :13:37.But it wasn't until first light some eight hours later that one
:13:38. > :13:39.of the crew members was spotted by another boat,
:13:40. > :13:47.I mean at this time of year, in the southern North Sea,
:13:48. > :13:50.water temperature about 9.5 degrees and the air temperature
:13:51. > :13:54.So yes, a significant risk in terms of hypothermia.
:13:55. > :13:56.But yeah, he's in the proper care of the hospital
:13:57. > :14:06.He was able to tell his rescuers that two of his fellow crew
:14:07. > :14:11.Two lifeboats from Ramsgate have been taking part in the search,
:14:12. > :14:13.which has also involved two divers and a doctor being
:14:14. > :14:17.The huge operation taking place around 17 miles off
:14:18. > :14:22.After several hours, a second crew member was found,
:14:23. > :14:32.The search for the third man has now been called off for the day.
:14:33. > :14:34.Although the Coastguard says it's possible for people to survive
:14:35. > :14:38.in the water at this time of year for 15 hours, hope is now fading.
:14:39. > :14:44.President-elect Donald Trump has gone head-to-head
:14:45. > :14:47.with the US government over its treatment of Israel.
:14:48. > :14:49.Mr Trump tweeted that Israel was being treated with total
:14:50. > :14:53.It came before a speech by the current secretary
:14:54. > :14:57.of State John Kerry in which he warned settlement
:14:58. > :15:04.building in the West Bank threatens both hope for peace
:15:05. > :15:07.with the Palestinians and Israel's own future as a democracy.
:15:08. > :15:08.Our Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell reports
:15:09. > :15:17.a a bitter row between outgoing and incoming US Presidents, this time
:15:18. > :15:20.over Israel. Donald Trump complaining the country is treated
:15:21. > :15:26.with disdain and disrespect, but telling it to stay strong till
:15:27. > :15:33.January, when he takes office. It was the idea of the speech by US
:15:34. > :15:43.Secretary of State John Kerry that angered the President elect. The
:15:44. > :15:46.truth is that trends on the ground, violence, terrorism, incitement,
:15:47. > :15:51.settlement expansion and seemingly endless occupation, they are
:15:52. > :15:56.combining to destroy hopes for piece on both sides. This follows last
:15:57. > :16:01.week's UN security Council resolution calling for a total halt
:16:02. > :16:10.to settlement building on occupied land. The Obama administration has
:16:11. > :16:13.three weeks left but is still trying to make a difference in the Middle
:16:14. > :16:21.East, knowing that when Donald Trump takes over he will be more
:16:22. > :16:25.supportive of Israel and its position on settlements and
:16:26. > :16:33.Jerusalem. The Secretary of State complains that settlers and this are
:16:34. > :16:37.defining the future of Israel. A member of the coalition was quick to
:16:38. > :16:42.give his response. It was a good speech but not connected to reality.
:16:43. > :16:48.John Kerry is leaving behind a Middle East in flames, genocide in
:16:49. > :16:52.Syria, Iran dashing to a nuclear weapon and throwing Israel under the
:16:53. > :16:57.bus. There were two rounds of peace talks between Israel and the
:16:58. > :17:02.Palestinians in President Obama's years, which breakdown
:17:03. > :17:05.acrimoniously. The White House would like to advance peace efforts in the
:17:06. > :17:06.coming day, but the danger is it is too little, too late.
:17:07. > :17:08.NHS hospitals have made more money than ever
:17:09. > :17:13.Figures from 89 health trusts across England suggest ?120 million
:17:14. > :17:16.was raised from parking fees last year - that's up 5%
:17:17. > :17:20.There's been sharp criticism of the charges from patient groups -
:17:21. > :17:26.At this north London hospital today, despite the fog,
:17:27. > :17:33.A charge of ?3 an hour for patients and visitors,
:17:34. > :17:36.and that helped the trust to which it belongs bring in more
:17:37. > :17:41.The hospital does offer concessionary rates.
:17:42. > :17:45.For example, for blue badge holders and chemo or radiotherapy patients.
:17:46. > :17:50.And it says all the money is invested in the trust and used
:17:51. > :17:53.Still, some felt it was unreasonable.
:17:54. > :17:57.I have a long-term condition and I go into hospital quite frequently.
:17:58. > :18:00.My husband has to pay and my family have to pay to come
:18:01. > :18:04.We are visiting sick people, or you are taking sick
:18:05. > :18:08.And they are just taking the Mickey out of you.
:18:09. > :18:11.If you come in as a patient, you should not be charged parking.
:18:12. > :18:14.There has been pressure on hospitals in England
:18:15. > :18:16.to reduce parking charges, but figures obtained
:18:17. > :18:18.by the Press Association under Freedom of Information
:18:19. > :18:22.requests show that, overall, the levels have never been higher.
:18:23. > :18:25.More than half of the trusts that responded made at least ?1 million
:18:26. > :18:32.In many cases, the figures were much higher, and they have been rising.
:18:33. > :18:38.89 out of 120 trusts provided responses.
:18:39. > :18:41.Of those, the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust had the highest
:18:42. > :18:44.parking income at more than ?4.8 million.
:18:45. > :18:49.Overall, NHS trusts in England made in excess of ?120 million.
:18:50. > :18:53.That's an increase of 5% on the previous year.
:18:54. > :18:59.And, say those pressing for reform, and unacceptable burden
:19:00. > :19:02.We understand that hospitals are under enormous financial pressures.
:19:03. > :19:06.Most trusts are in deficit, but the answer isn't to raise
:19:07. > :19:12.revenue by charging patients, and particularly not patients
:19:13. > :19:14.who are travelling regularly for life-saving cancer treatment.
:19:15. > :19:17.That feels like it is a tax on illness, rather than a way
:19:18. > :19:21.Campaigners say England should follow the lead
:19:22. > :19:23.of Scotland and Wales, where charges have been abolished
:19:24. > :19:29.Many trusts argue that some or all of the money raised goes
:19:30. > :19:31.back into patient care, while the Department of Health says
:19:32. > :19:34.it expects all NHS organisations to follow its guidelines and put
:19:35. > :19:42.concessions in place for those who most The need help.
:19:43. > :19:44.concessions in place for those who most need help.
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