06/01/2018

0:00:07 > 0:00:10Hello, this is Breakfast, with Jon Kay and Naga Munchetty.

0:00:10 > 0:00:13A call for the victims of serial sex attacker John Worboys

0:00:13 > 0:00:16to have the chance to give evidence against him,

0:00:16 > 0:00:20following the announcement he is to be released from jail.

0:00:20 > 0:00:23This programme has been told some of the women whose stories weren't

0:00:23 > 0:00:28heard in court now want their cases to be reviewed by the police.

0:00:40 > 0:00:42Good morning, it is Saturday 6 January.

0:00:42 > 0:00:44Also this morning: Online casino operators are accused

0:00:44 > 0:00:47by the industry's watchdog of failing to prevent money

0:00:47 > 0:00:54laundering and protect problem gamblers.

0:00:54 > 0:01:01In sport, England's all is continue to toil in the Ashes Test. It was a

0:01:01 > 0:01:05dream start for Liverpool defender Virgil van Dyck as he scores a

0:01:05 > 0:01:07winner over rivals Everton.

0:01:07 > 0:01:10And what does it take to cut it as a ninja?

0:01:10 > 0:01:14I have been having a go at the sport that started in Japan ten years ago,

0:01:14 > 0:01:17and is now taking a firm hold here in the UK.

0:01:17 > 0:01:21Temperatures in parts of the US are predicted to fall to minus 29,

0:01:21 > 0:01:23as a record-breaking freeze follows heavy snow caused

0:01:23 > 0:01:24by the so-called bomb cyclone.

0:01:24 > 0:01:26Not quite so cold here.

0:01:26 > 0:01:29Stav has the details.

0:01:29 > 0:01:34Thank you, good morning to you. Well, it is turning much colder for

0:01:34 > 0:01:38all of us this weekend. Not on the plus side we should see some

0:01:38 > 0:01:42sunshine, particularly tomorrow, but a return to overnight frost as well.

0:01:42 > 0:01:44I will have all the details for you very shortly.

0:01:44 > 0:01:46Good morning.

0:01:46 > 0:01:48First, our main story: A lawyer who represented victims

0:01:48 > 0:01:51of the serial sex offender John Worboys says some

0:01:51 > 0:01:53of her clients whose cases weren't taken to trial

0:01:53 > 0:01:54want to give evidence.

0:01:54 > 0:01:57The former black cab driver is being freed from jail

0:01:57 > 0:01:58after ten years.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01He was convicted of 19 offences, although police believe he carried

0:02:01 > 0:02:02out more than 100 attacks.

0:02:02 > 0:02:05Lawyers say that a number of women were told that their testimony

0:02:05 > 0:02:08wasn't required to put Worboys behind bars for a longer

0:02:08 > 0:02:09period of time.

0:02:09 > 0:02:13Tom Burridge reports.

0:02:13 > 0:02:17The decision to release rapist John Worboys has raised profound

0:02:17 > 0:02:21questions about the way sexual crimes against women are

0:02:21 > 0:02:24investigated, and whether the procedures for releasing criminals

0:02:24 > 0:02:28need changing. John Worboys picked up young women in his black cab,

0:02:28 > 0:02:33duped and drugged them, and then carried out his attacks. He was

0:02:33 > 0:02:40convicted of 19 offences in 2009, and given an indefinite sentence.

0:02:40 > 0:02:45But, in total, more than 100 women said Worboys tried to drug and

0:02:45 > 0:02:49assault them. Some allegations were investigated, but no further action

0:02:49 > 0:02:53was taken, on the advice of the Crown Prosecution Service. What we

0:02:53 > 0:02:57can't know is why the parole board has decided he now no longer poses a

0:02:57 > 0:03:02risk to the public.I am not allowed by law to explain the reasons for

0:03:02 > 0:03:06our decision, and I have said before, I would like to get that

0:03:06 > 0:03:10changed. And so this pushes the idea that the parole board processes need

0:03:10 > 0:03:13to be much more open and transparent, and we get support for

0:03:13 > 0:03:17that, then I think some goodwill have come out of all of this.We

0:03:17 > 0:03:21need to understand whether has admitted guilt in relation to the

0:03:21 > 0:03:25offences that he was convicted for, and the police need to look again at

0:03:25 > 0:03:29the possibility of prosecuting him for those many further offences for

0:03:29 > 0:03:33which he was also suspected. Worboys's victims are said to be

0:03:33 > 0:03:37horrified release, and lawyers representing his other alleged

0:03:37 > 0:03:40victims say their evidence should now be considered.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43And we will speak to lawyer Kim Harrison, who represented 11

0:03:43 > 0:03:46of Worboys's victims, just after 7:00am.

0:03:46 > 0:03:49Five online gambling companies could have their licenses revoked

0:03:49 > 0:03:52over concern they are not doing enough to help problem gamblers

0:03:52 > 0:03:54or prevent money launderers from using their sites.

0:03:54 > 0:03:57The Gambling Commission has written to all 195 online casino operators,

0:03:57 > 0:04:00to tell them about the safeguards they should all have in place.

0:04:00 > 0:04:08Our business correspondent Jonty Bloom reports.

0:04:08 > 0:04:14One third of all gambling in the UK is now online, and it is worth

0:04:14 > 0:04:17billions of pounds. The Gambling Commission has been reviewing the

0:04:17 > 0:04:21safeguards that all companies should have in place. They are designed to

0:04:21 > 0:04:25prevent problem gambling getting out of control, and to prevent money

0:04:25 > 0:04:29being laundered by criminals or terrorists. Sarah Harrison, chief

0:04:29 > 0:04:33executive of the Gambling Commission, said...

0:04:38 > 0:04:43But the commission found many signs that customers' gambling was

0:04:43 > 0:04:48becoming compulsive were not being followed up, and some staff had

0:04:48 > 0:04:52little idea of how to stop money laundering, or in some cases, even

0:04:52 > 0:04:55what it was. As a result, the Gambling Commission is warning all

0:04:55 > 0:05:00online casino operators to review their procedures, and has begun an

0:05:00 > 0:05:04investigation into 17 online companies. It is considering whether

0:05:04 > 0:05:07it should review the licences of five of them. Losing its licence

0:05:07 > 0:05:11would mean a company would be unable to continue to operate in the UK.

0:05:11 > 0:05:14President Trump has taken to Twitter overnight to show his continued

0:05:14 > 0:05:16frustration over the release of a controversial book

0:05:16 > 0:05:19documenting his first year in the White House.

0:05:19 > 0:05:21Calling the author of the book, Michael Wolff, a total loser,

0:05:21 > 0:05:24the President accuses him of making up stories.

0:05:24 > 0:05:26Mr Trump also calls his former chief strategist Steve Bannon

0:05:26 > 0:05:29'Sloppy Steve', claiming he cried when he was fired.

0:05:29 > 0:05:32The book, called Fire and Fury, has now gone on sale early,

0:05:32 > 0:05:42despite attempts by the White House to block its publication.

0:05:42 > 0:05:44The United States has been criticised by other members

0:05:44 > 0:05:47of the United Nations Security Council for calling an emergency

0:05:47 > 0:05:49meeting to discuss anti-government protests in Iran.

0:05:49 > 0:05:52China and France said the unrest did not threaten international security.

0:05:52 > 0:05:54The Iranian ambassador called the meeting a farce,

0:05:54 > 0:05:56and repeated claims that the protests were

0:05:56 > 0:06:00directed from abroad.

0:06:00 > 0:06:03EasyJet, Ladbrokes and Virgin Money are among the major employers

0:06:03 > 0:06:07who have been revealed to pay women, on average, at least 15%

0:06:07 > 0:06:09less than men.

0:06:09 > 0:06:11Organisations with more than 250 workers must

0:06:11 > 0:06:13publish their figures by April.

0:06:13 > 0:06:14More than 500 have done so.

0:06:14 > 0:06:17Another 8,000 must do by April, or risk being fined,

0:06:17 > 0:06:24under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination.

0:06:24 > 0:06:27A plane has been evacuated after two jets collided on the tarmac

0:06:27 > 0:06:30at Toronto airport, the second incident there in five months.

0:06:30 > 0:06:34168 passengers and six crew on board one of the aircraft had to escape

0:06:34 > 0:06:36by emergency slides.

0:06:36 > 0:06:39The tail of the other plane, which was empty, caught fire.

0:06:39 > 0:06:42Last year two planes, which were also on the ground,

0:06:42 > 0:06:52clipped their wings.

0:06:52 > 0:06:54Weather forecasters in the United States have warned

0:06:54 > 0:06:56that the weekend could bring record-breaking low temperatures

0:06:56 > 0:06:58in some parts of the north-east.

0:06:58 > 0:07:00The national weather service predicts wind chills as low

0:07:00 > 0:07:02as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

0:07:02 > 0:07:04Let's find out more from meteorologist Cheryl Nelson,

0:07:04 > 0:07:08who is in Virginia.

0:07:08 > 0:07:13Had to have you with us. Thank you very much for joining us. We are

0:07:13 > 0:07:18hearing all sorts of new weather turns, a bomb cyclone and these

0:07:18 > 0:07:29amazing temperatures as well.Yes, so the bomb cyclone, the actual name

0:07:29 > 0:07:33for that is bombogenesis, and that is a neurological term and that

0:07:33 > 0:07:38means you have a one millimetre fall in 24 hours, and we had double that.

0:07:38 > 0:07:43So this storm intensified at a rapid rate, and we had snow. 12 to 18

0:07:43 > 0:07:47inches across parts of the north-eastern part of the country. I

0:07:47 > 0:07:51am in Norfolk Tom Virginia, where we had ten inches of snow. And now we

0:07:51 > 0:07:56are dealing with part two. At two is that it cold weather you talked

0:07:56 > 0:08:01about, a good 20 Fahrenheit below normal as we head into the day

0:08:01 > 0:08:05tomorrow and Sunday, as well, for much of the eastern parts of the

0:08:05 > 0:08:10United States.You know, Cheryl, often when we get poor weather and

0:08:10 > 0:08:14we have had some snow, nothing compared with what you guys are

0:08:14 > 0:08:18going through, we always complain it takes us a little bit by surprise,

0:08:18 > 0:08:22and we struggle to deal with it. How are people dealing with it in the

0:08:22 > 0:08:25United States, where they have been hit hardest?Well, the good news

0:08:25 > 0:08:29about this storm is it was very well forecast so people knew what was

0:08:29 > 0:08:35coming. Nonetheless, a lot of people think they are prepared and they go

0:08:35 > 0:08:39out on the icy roads because the secondary roads are a mess, the

0:08:39 > 0:08:42primary roads are OK but there have been numerous reports of people

0:08:42 > 0:08:46getting stuck in the snow, car accidents, and also there is nowhere

0:08:46 > 0:08:51to put the snow. Cities like Norfolk, Virginia, we are not

0:08:51 > 0:08:55accustomed to getting close to a foot of snow. In an interesting

0:08:55 > 0:09:00fact, yesterday the city of Norfolk had 91 truckloads of snow which they

0:09:00 > 0:09:04actually took to the parking lot of our local baseball stadium because

0:09:04 > 0:09:08they had nowhere else to put it.So they dumped it in the stadium? They

0:09:08 > 0:09:13dumped the snow in the stadium?In the parking lot of the stadium, not

0:09:13 > 0:09:18in the stadium.Oh my goodness, that is one way to deal with it. So you

0:09:18 > 0:09:23have had a of snow, you are saying. What about... Where are the worst

0:09:23 > 0:09:27hit parts of the country, and in terms of the forecast going

0:09:27 > 0:09:31forwards, what is expected to happen next?The worst hit parts of the

0:09:31 > 0:09:35country will actually be the north-east, so places like

0:09:35 > 0:09:39Massachusetts, the Boston area, they had not only 12 to 18 inches of

0:09:39 > 0:09:43snow, but also they had tidal flooding as well. So you had that

0:09:43 > 0:09:47water flooding in from the Atlantic Ocean, and a lot of people's homes

0:09:47 > 0:09:51were flooded and you had icy water flowing down streets. People lost

0:09:51 > 0:09:55their vehicles. So I feel especially bad for residents of eastern

0:09:55 > 0:09:59Massachusetts. Heading into the weekend, that is the bitter cold.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02The good news is, going into the second half of January, we might

0:10:02 > 0:10:07have somewhat of a January saw, which we need across the eastern

0:10:07 > 0:10:11part of the United States to get rid of all at snow -- thaw. So everyone

0:10:11 > 0:10:17can get back to a somewhat normal life.Well, we wish you all well.

0:10:17 > 0:10:21You have obviously been some fatalities as well, so we are very

0:10:21 > 0:10:24mindful of the weather hurting people as well. Thank you so much

0:10:24 > 0:10:30for telling us what it is like that. Good luck.Thank you so much.

0:10:30 > 0:10:33Plans to improve reading standards amongst children from disadvantaged

0:10:33 > 0:10:35backgrounds have been announced by the Department of Education.

0:10:35 > 0:10:37There will be a network of 35 literacy-teaching centres

0:10:37 > 0:10:40across England, to work with primary schools that

0:10:40 > 0:10:41are in challenging areas.

0:10:41 > 0:10:44Labour says the funding will do nothing to change Government cuts

0:10:44 > 0:10:44to school budgets.

0:10:44 > 0:10:47There will also be schemes to improve the vocabulary

0:10:47 > 0:10:49of pre-school children in the north of England.

0:10:49 > 0:10:52Church, cheese. Can you hear that? Closing the inequality gap in

0:10:52 > 0:10:56classrooms is key to giving every child the best start. Research has

0:10:56 > 0:11:00shown that five -year-olds who struggle with language are six times

0:11:00 > 0:11:04less likely to reach the expected standard in English at the age of 11

0:11:04 > 0:11:07than those with good language skills. Today, the government has

0:11:07 > 0:11:13launched literacy hubs backed by a £6 million of investments to improve

0:11:13 > 0:11:17standards in reading and writing. The idea, similar to one launched in

0:11:17 > 0:11:212014 for maths, will enable high performing schools to share

0:11:21 > 0:11:24knowledge and resources with those in deprived areas.This is about

0:11:24 > 0:11:29investing around the country, winning together teachers and

0:11:29 > 0:11:33literary specialists, so we can make sure we do even better on reading

0:11:33 > 0:11:36and writing standards, but also that we don't see any children falling

0:11:36 > 0:11:41behind.The plans also include a £5 million investment to include

0:11:41 > 0:11:45vocabulary for children before they go to school in the north of

0:11:45 > 0:11:48England. Labour says the funding will do nothing to change government

0:11:48 > 0:11:51cuts to school budgets.

0:11:51 > 0:11:55A bar owner has been left shaken but not stirred after being reunited

0:11:55 > 0:11:58with what is thought to be the most expensive vodka bottle in the world.

0:11:58 > 0:12:01Made of gold and silver, with a diamond-encrusted replica

0:12:01 > 0:12:04of the Russian imperial eagle on its cap, this extravagant bottle

0:12:04 > 0:12:08was on loan to a bar in Copenhagen when it was stolen last week.

0:12:08 > 0:12:10The bottle, which is worth nearly £1 million, was found empty

0:12:10 > 0:12:13on a construction site in the city.

0:12:13 > 0:12:15But it is not believed the theft will affect its value,

0:12:15 > 0:12:30and the bar owner says he simply intends to fill it up again.

0:12:30 > 0:12:34So maybe someone drank it, but it is the bottle and not the vodka which

0:12:34 > 0:12:44was valuable.Dry January. Let's have a look at the Saturday morning

0:12:44 > 0:12:50papers. The Daily Mail front page, the NHS saying don't get ill. We

0:12:50 > 0:12:54were talking about coping with the winter NHS crisis, telling the

0:12:54 > 0:12:59public not to get ill. Following an exceptionally busy week for the NHS,

0:12:59 > 0:13:03people have been urged to stay well this week. This advice has included

0:13:03 > 0:13:07stocking up on medicines, wrapping up warm, and trying to nip any early

0:13:07 > 0:13:12symptoms of cold in the bud.The Daily Mirror's front story is that

0:13:12 > 0:13:20one of those convicted in killing James Bulger in the 1990s is to face

0:13:20 > 0:13:23another trial, this time over allegations of possessing child

0:13:23 > 0:13:28abuse images. He is now 35 and has a new identity, and for that reason it

0:13:28 > 0:13:32has been decided that the trial will be held in secret, in private. We

0:13:32 > 0:13:37will find out later what happened, but the Mirror are asking questions

0:13:37 > 0:13:40about whether that should happen. The date and place of the trial and

0:13:40 > 0:13:44the details as it happens will not be publicised. The Financial Times

0:13:44 > 0:13:53this weekend, their top story is Fire and Fury, the book about being

0:13:53 > 0:13:57inside the White House, and Donald Trump has been tweeting as recently

0:13:57 > 0:14:02as an hour ago deriding it. And productivity jumping at the fastest

0:14:02 > 0:14:08rate for six years during the third quarter last year year, raising

0:14:08 > 0:14:15hopes for a turnaround in the UK economy. And when Ben was here

0:14:15 > 0:14:18yesterday he said that car sales have dropped to the lowest in six

0:14:18 > 0:14:22years, partly because we feel we don't have enough extra money in our

0:14:22 > 0:14:27pockets to spend on luxury goods. Also reflecting on the future of

0:14:27 > 0:14:34diesel cars.And the Daily Telegraph has Lily Jones in the Darkest Our,

0:14:34 > 0:14:40talking about her own family connections to the Second World War

0:14:40 > 0:14:45-- Darkest Hour. And we expect some kind of reshuffle of the Cabinet in

0:14:45 > 0:14:54the next week or two on the speculation is that Jeremy Hunt

0:14:54 > 0:14:58might be promoted to become Deputy Prime Minister, but Theresa May is

0:14:58 > 0:15:02torn over whether it is the right time to do that, and it might look

0:15:02 > 0:15:06like she was promoting him at a time when the NHS is struggling. That

0:15:06 > 0:15:10might affect that reshuffle.You pointed that picture out of Lily

0:15:10 > 0:15:21Jones, I have made a list of pictures I want to see. Darkest Hour

0:15:21 > 0:15:27looks excellent, and as I said, Gary Oldman plays Winston Churchill. And

0:15:27 > 0:15:31gearing up towards the Oscars in March and April, all these films

0:15:31 > 0:15:42competing for it.

0:15:42 > 0:15:45We talked about some amazing temperatures in America. What about

0:15:45 > 0:15:50here. Look at it. Canadian

0:15:50 > 0:15:51here. Look at it. Canadian Arctic air.

0:15:51 > 0:15:56It's been across this part of the world for weeks. An extremely cold

0:15:56 > 0:16:01spell. These are daytime temperatures. -11 degrees in New

0:16:01 > 0:16:09York. The average is around three degrees. Minus seven Celsius. At

0:16:09 > 0:16:19night, even colder. It looks like Toronto, Quebec, genuine --

0:16:19 > 0:16:25generally -23, -25 degrees. After that moves out, then there is ice.

0:16:25 > 0:16:30Those temperatures will be coming up a little less cold. Back home,

0:16:30 > 0:16:35things are set to turn colder was well this weekend. Not as cold as

0:16:35 > 0:16:43that. If you don't mind the cold and enjoy the sunshine, it will be

0:16:43 > 0:16:47pleasant. We start with a lot of cloud around, particularly for

0:16:47 > 0:16:54England and Wales. The wearers you are heading out. Some rain in some

0:16:54 > 0:16:59hill snow affecting parts of North Wales, central and northern England.

0:16:59 > 0:17:06You can see the blobs of white indicating snow. A bit of cloud to

0:17:06 > 0:17:11start from Northern Ireland. The generally speaking, a cold start for

0:17:11 > 0:17:18Scotland. A sunny day to much of Scotland. Then into northern England

0:17:18 > 0:17:23is as cold northerly push pushes the band southward. By the end of the

0:17:23 > 0:17:27afternoon, most of the cloud with showery rain will be across southern

0:17:27 > 0:17:33England. As you can imagine, tonight, with those clearing skies,

0:17:33 > 0:17:40even across the South, a really cold one. You can see the blue cover --

0:17:40 > 0:17:44blue-collar extending southwards. A bit more to freeze across the

0:17:44 > 0:17:50south-east. You can see temperatures across freezing. Very cold further

0:17:50 > 0:18:01north. It means Sunday, a very cold start but plenty of crisp winter

0:18:01 > 0:18:06sunshine. A bit more of a breeze across the south-east. Further

0:18:06 > 0:18:15north, that will be lighter. You can see this area of pressure. Gradually

0:18:15 > 0:18:22through Monday, we will start to see the cloud increasing. Thank you very

0:18:22 > 0:18:22much, Stav.

0:18:22 > 0:18:26the cloud increasing. Thank you very much, Stav. Keep those big blue

0:18:26 > 0:18:35patches away. Let's find out some more because Jane and Jason are here

0:18:35 > 0:18:39with The Film Review.

0:18:48 > 0:18:52Hello and a very warm welcome to The Film Review on BBC News.

0:18:52 > 0:18:54To take us through this week's cinema releases I'm

0:18:54 > 0:18:55joined by Jason Solomons.

0:18:55 > 0:18:57What have you been watching this week?

0:18:57 > 0:18:59This week, we find out what happened when

0:18:59 > 0:19:01Christopher Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott's

0:19:01 > 0:19:07All The Money In The World, a kidnap drama set mainly

0:19:07 > 0:19:10in 1970s Italy but also on a huge estate in England.

0:19:10 > 0:19:18And saddle up for the return of the Wild West.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21But is it the Western revived or revised in Hostiles?

0:19:21 > 0:19:24Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike, take to the wide open spaces for the

0:19:24 > 0:19:25violence of the Wild West.

0:19:25 > 0:19:28And Ben Stiller checks in for a midlife crisis

0:19:28 > 0:19:31in Brad's Status, a comedy about middle age and loss

0:19:31 > 0:19:38and reflecting on your existence while you take your son to

0:19:38 > 0:19:40colleges.

0:19:40 > 0:19:43But let's start with All The Money In The World.

0:19:43 > 0:19:46I'm reeling from the fact that Christopher Plummer

0:19:46 > 0:19:48is 88, because he looks astonishing.

0:19:48 > 0:19:56That is what you can do with all the money

0:19:56 > 0:19:58in the world, a lot of CGI!

0:19:58 > 0:20:00John Paul Getty, who Kevin Spacey was playing, and

0:20:00 > 0:20:02the film has been 'deSpaceyed' and replaced very

0:20:02 > 0:20:04famously by Christopher Plummer, the very

0:20:04 > 0:20:07feat of that is what marks this film out

0:20:07 > 0:20:09as a footnote in film history.

0:20:09 > 0:20:11Extraordinary from Ridley Scott to reshape his film

0:20:11 > 0:20:13around a new performance in Christopher Plummer.

0:20:13 > 0:20:19We watch the film now, especially in this climate,

0:20:19 > 0:20:22trying to see the join, to see if there was a ready

0:20:22 > 0:20:29break glow of CGI inserts from Christopher Plummer.

0:20:29 > 0:20:33Can we spot the ghost of Kevin Spacey - you can't at all.

0:20:33 > 0:20:36The film is seamlessly done, and the reshoots are beautifully

0:20:36 > 0:20:39done and I think Christopher Plummer is fabulous in the role

0:20:39 > 0:20:40of John Paul Getty.

0:20:40 > 0:20:42I think they would have been a different...

0:20:42 > 0:20:44Ridley Scott talked about how Christopher Plummer has a

0:20:44 > 0:20:46twinkle in his eye, whereas Kevin Spacey

0:20:46 > 0:20:50has a more cold look, more evil look, and I think that

0:20:50 > 0:20:52gives the film a lot more heart.

0:20:52 > 0:20:55We kind of pity John Paul Getty for being the richest man, but he

0:20:55 > 0:20:58is not just the richest man but the richest man

0:20:58 > 0:21:00there has ever been in the world.

0:21:00 > 0:21:01And his grandson is kidnapped.

0:21:01 > 0:21:03Yes, that's the essence.

0:21:03 > 0:21:12It was a huge media case back in the 1970s,

0:21:12 > 0:21:15it gripped the world, as John Paul Getty refused to pay

0:21:15 > 0:21:17the ransom, $17 million, which back in 1973 was

0:21:17 > 0:21:19quite a lot of money!

0:21:19 > 0:21:22The point was that it became this kind of case and he

0:21:22 > 0:21:24refused to budge and I think we are supposed

0:21:24 > 0:21:27to see John Paul Getty as a curmudgeonly Scrooge type, but

0:21:27 > 0:21:29Christopher Plummer gives it a real edge.

0:21:29 > 0:21:35There is a fabulous speech about him not trusting people, only

0:21:35 > 0:21:37objects, of which he amasses a huge amount.

0:21:37 > 0:21:38They don't give him grief.

0:21:38 > 0:21:42But the rest of the film is going on, Michelle Williams, Golden Globe

0:21:42 > 0:21:44nominated, and we will find out the results

0:21:44 > 0:21:45from LA on Monday morning.

0:21:45 > 0:21:48The film has been nominated for, I guess,

0:21:48 > 0:21:52the feat of Scott getting it together.

0:21:52 > 0:21:54Christopher Plummer is nominated for that performance

0:21:54 > 0:21:56and Michelle Williams is nominated for the performance

0:21:56 > 0:22:00of Gayle, the mum, and here she is wandering

0:22:06 > 0:22:09My son, Paul, must be very frightened right now.

0:22:09 > 0:22:11I know I'm frightened for him.

0:22:11 > 0:22:15So, to the people who took him, I don't care

0:22:15 > 0:22:19why you did this, but I ask as a mother that you think of your own

0:22:19 > 0:22:23children or the child that you once were and set my boy free.

0:22:23 > 0:22:26Thank you.

0:22:26 > 0:22:33Her son's disappeared.

0:22:33 > 0:22:36A mother should cry for her son.

0:22:36 > 0:22:36Enough.

0:22:36 > 0:22:37Let the lady through.

0:22:37 > 0:22:38Let's go!

0:22:38 > 0:22:40Miss Getty, I'm Corvo. I'm the lead investigator.

0:22:40 > 0:22:41Would you please follow us.

0:22:41 > 0:22:42Tell us more.

0:22:42 > 0:22:44You said you had the money.

0:22:44 > 0:22:50I'm a big fan of Michelle Williams, and she has spoken quite nicely

0:22:50 > 0:22:55about how she felt Ridley Scott was trying to really show this

0:22:55 > 0:22:58horrendous story of the kidnap of a child through the mother's eyes.

0:22:58 > 0:23:00Does that work, does it come through?

0:23:00 > 0:23:00It is there.

0:23:00 > 0:23:03She reminded me of Katherine Hepburn with that accent.

0:23:03 > 0:23:07The problem is I didn't know who I should be watching.

0:23:07 > 0:23:09Obviously the story between Kevin Spacey

0:23:09 > 0:23:13and Christopher Plummer deflected a lot,

0:23:13 > 0:23:16and I was watching Plummer and it's quite a hammy role,

0:23:16 > 0:23:17as John Paul Getty.

0:23:17 > 0:23:18She's doing something else.

0:23:18 > 0:23:20And then you've got the son, played by Charlie

0:23:20 > 0:23:24Plummer, no relation, kidnapped and held

0:23:24 > 0:23:36hostage in Calabria by the Italian Mafia.

0:23:36 > 0:23:38The 'Ndrangheta.

0:23:38 > 0:23:42So you never quite know what the centre of the story is.

0:23:42 > 0:23:45For me, it became about Plummer, and it kind of

0:23:45 > 0:23:47eclipses Michelle Williams, who is very good in the role,

0:23:47 > 0:23:50and the film looks good in a classic Ridley Scott

0:23:50 > 0:23:50smooth way.

0:23:50 > 0:23:53It just didn't get to the heart of the matter.

0:23:53 > 0:23:57Your heart went out to what it must be like to being the richest

0:23:57 > 0:24:00man in the world.

0:24:00 > 0:24:01It's something I've been contemplating!

0:24:01 > 0:24:09That's curious!

0:24:09 > 0:24:10And rather enjoying.

0:24:10 > 0:24:10Curious! Curious!

0:24:10 > 0:24:13Is the next film going to be quite brutal?

0:24:13 > 0:24:15I have heard lots about it but not seen it, Hostiles.

0:24:15 > 0:24:19There is always room for one or two Westerns per year now.

0:24:19 > 0:24:22It used to be what Hollywood and America was made on.

0:24:22 > 0:24:26But now Hostiles, I think we can tell there is irony in the title.

0:24:26 > 0:24:27It's what American armies called, what American

0:24:27 > 0:24:30cowboys and soldiers used to call the Native

0:24:30 > 0:24:32Americans, the Injuns they were known as.

0:24:32 > 0:24:34We're not allowed to call them that now.

0:24:34 > 0:24:37When you have a film that revises that, what do you

0:24:37 > 0:24:39do about the brutality of the old West?

0:24:39 > 0:24:40The way of the gun.

0:24:40 > 0:24:44This film opens with Rosamund Pike and her entire family wiped out

0:24:44 > 0:24:45by Comanche Indians, so you are already

0:24:45 > 0:24:49thinking, I don't see where the balance is with a new look

0:24:49 > 0:24:52at the West, where we expect white America to be slightly kind

0:24:52 > 0:25:02of apologetic for the way Native Americans were treated.

0:25:02 > 0:25:05This film doesn't do that, which is rather brave of it.

0:25:05 > 0:25:08Christian Bale is the Army man who has to escort a posse

0:25:08 > 0:25:10of Cheyenne Indians back to their natural homeland,

0:25:10 > 0:25:12and they come under attack from Comanche Indians.

0:25:12 > 0:25:13It is about warring factions.

0:25:13 > 0:25:15Nobody comes out of it particularly well.

0:25:15 > 0:25:17It is fairly brutal and bleak landscape.

0:25:17 > 0:25:20But I think that is what it was like.

0:25:20 > 0:25:23So that realism that is coming into the Western, that revisionism

0:25:23 > 0:25:26of what the hero is, Pat Garritt, and going back

0:25:26 > 0:25:32to Billy The Kid or Dances with Wolves with Kevin Costner.

0:25:32 > 0:25:34But it doesn't quite tell it from the

0:25:34 > 0:25:35point of view of the Indian.

0:25:35 > 0:25:37Quite a tough watch?

0:25:37 > 0:25:37It is.

0:25:37 > 0:25:39And you don't get the payoff that you

0:25:39 > 0:25:41usually get with the hero emerging.

0:25:41 > 0:25:44A bit more uplift in our third choice today, I say

0:25:44 > 0:25:45with some hope?

0:25:45 > 0:25:47It's a comedy, but a maudlin one, about Ben Stiller

0:25:47 > 0:25:49experiencing a midlife crisis.

0:25:49 > 0:25:50I thought this was very funny, directed

0:25:50 > 0:25:54by Mike Whyte, who people might know as the director of School Of Rock

0:25:54 > 0:25:55for Jack Black.

0:25:55 > 0:25:58This is about Ben Stiller who has to take his son,

0:25:58 > 0:26:00Troy, on a tour of colleges.

0:26:00 > 0:26:03Americans do this, flying off to see which colleges they want to get

0:26:03 > 0:26:05into, one of which is Harvard.

0:26:05 > 0:26:07Ben Stiller was never able to get into it,

0:26:07 > 0:26:11as Brad but his son Troy harbours great ambitions of getting into it.

0:26:11 > 0:26:14But it sparks in Brad, a reminiscence about all of his

0:26:14 > 0:26:27college chums and how much better than him they have all done at life.

0:26:27 > 0:26:28A-ha.

0:26:28 > 0:26:30I couldn't help but wonder, when was the last time

0:26:30 > 0:26:35Craig Fisher flew in economy?

0:26:35 > 0:26:36Probably not in decades.

0:26:36 > 0:26:38Mr Fisher, can i offer you a warm towel?

0:26:38 > 0:26:42Yes, thank you.

0:26:44 > 0:26:47I know Jason Hadfield has his own private plane.

0:26:47 > 0:26:56Never has to fly commercial at all.

0:26:56 > 0:26:59Nick Pascale probably flies private, too.

0:26:59 > 0:27:06Must be nice to always have the seas part for you.

0:27:09 > 0:27:14Nothing out of reach.

0:27:14 > 0:27:17Everything an option.

0:27:17 > 0:27:21It must be like a drug, always feeling

0:27:21 > 0:27:23important and special.

0:27:23 > 0:27:32Better than, all the adventures, the exotic destinations.

0:27:32 > 0:27:33Oh, great.

0:27:33 > 0:27:36So does everyone leave the cinema feeling completely inadequate?

0:27:36 > 0:27:38A first world problem.

0:27:38 > 0:27:39They are.

0:27:39 > 0:27:44He envies everyone, his son's youth, his son's friends,

0:27:44 > 0:27:46They are all perky and bright.

0:27:46 > 0:27:49But then he confesses to them and they say, to pull yourself

0:27:49 > 0:27:50together, mate.

0:27:50 > 0:27:51You are all right.

0:27:51 > 0:27:53You live in Sacramento, that's about the only

0:27:53 > 0:27:54thing you have done well.

0:27:54 > 0:27:57It's about assessing those things, and I thought it was

0:27:57 > 0:28:00painfully smart and painfully funny, well done and very well

0:28:00 > 0:28:02performed by Ben Stiller, Who I think we think

0:28:02 > 0:28:15of as a cometic performer, doing his Blue Steel lot.

0:28:18 > 0:28:19We do, yes.

0:28:19 > 0:28:22But he does this well and he gets that midlife

0:28:22 > 0:28:24crisis very well, but perhaps it's a bit

0:28:24 > 0:28:27close to home for me, not that my son is at college yet.

0:28:27 > 0:28:29Let's talk about something lovely.

0:28:29 > 0:28:29Why not.

0:28:29 > 0:28:30The best out.

0:28:30 > 0:28:33You ask me this, I still have to say Paddington 2.

0:28:33 > 0:28:37It is not just the best out, it is one of the best

0:28:37 > 0:28:39films of last year and stretching into this year.

0:28:39 > 0:28:41It is doing great box office.

0:28:41 > 0:28:44And I think he is just adorable in all his

0:28:44 > 0:28:46little outfits, lost in the big city of London.

0:28:46 > 0:28:48I mean, I've seen it twice.

0:28:48 > 0:28:50If I was the richest man in the world,

0:28:50 > 0:28:52I'd go and see Paddington 2 every day.

0:28:52 > 0:28:54In your own private jet.

0:28:54 > 0:28:56Surely you would have one of those, Jason Solomons?

0:28:56 > 0:28:57To stay in?

0:28:57 > 0:28:59I would get the DVD of Limehouse Gollum,

0:28:59 > 0:29:00it is out now.

0:29:00 > 0:29:03This is a sort of East End set Victorian melodrama style.

0:29:03 > 0:29:06Starring the great Bill Nighy - and a wonderful performance

0:29:06 > 0:29:08from Olivia Cooke, a young British actor.

0:29:08 > 0:29:08Danny Mays.

0:29:08 > 0:29:09About murders going on.

0:29:09 > 0:29:12A Jack the Ripper-style thriller set in the East End

0:29:12 > 0:29:15with the London fog and people out and about like Oliver

0:29:15 > 0:29:17creatures going out and going oom pah-pah,

0:29:17 > 0:29:19but a grisly murder at the bottom

0:29:19 > 0:29:22of it, and it captures that Gothic horror of London very, very well.

0:29:22 > 0:29:23Interesting and well done.

0:29:23 > 0:29:27And as you have hinted, award season is nearly upon us,

0:29:27 > 0:29:29so we'll be talking plenty in the coming weeks.

0:29:29 > 0:29:31Thank you for now, Jason Solomons.

0:29:31 > 0:29:33A taster of what is on offer this week.

0:29:33 > 0:29:35Quick reminder before we go, all our

0:29:35 > 0:29:38film news and reviews from across the BBC are online.

0:29:38 > 0:29:40Sure you know the address but there it is,

0:29:40 > 0:29:41BBC.co.uk/Mark Kermode.

0:29:41 > 0:29:43All previous programmes are on the iPlayer.

0:29:43 > 0:29:44That is it for this week.

0:29:44 > 0:29:45Enjoy your cinemagoing.

0:29:45 > 0:30:29Goodbye.

0:30:29 > 0:30:32Hello, this is Breakfast, with Jon Kay and Naga Munchetty.

0:30:32 > 0:30:35Good morning.

0:30:35 > 0:30:38Here is a summary of today's main stories from BBC News:

0:30:38 > 0:30:41A lawyer who represented victims of the serial sex offender

0:30:41 > 0:30:44John Worboys says some of her clients whose cases weren't

0:30:44 > 0:30:46taken to trial want to give evidence.

0:30:46 > 0:30:48The former black cab driver is being freed from jail,

0:30:48 > 0:30:51ten years after being convicted of 19 offences, although police

0:30:51 > 0:30:52believe he attacked many more.

0:30:52 > 0:30:56Lawyers say that a number of women were told that their testimony

0:30:56 > 0:30:58wasn't required to put Worboys behind bars for a longer

0:30:58 > 0:31:03period of time.

0:31:03 > 0:31:06Five online gambling companies could have their licenses revoked

0:31:06 > 0:31:09over concern they are not doing enough to help problem gamblers

0:31:09 > 0:31:11or prevent money launderers from using their sites.

0:31:11 > 0:31:15The Gambling Commission has written to all 195 online casino operators,

0:31:15 > 0:31:25to tell them about the safeguards they should all have in place.

0:31:25 > 0:31:28It comes after some companies were not following up with gamblers who

0:31:28 > 0:31:33were addicted, and failed to prevent money laundering by criminals or

0:31:33 > 0:31:35terrorists.

0:31:35 > 0:31:38President Trump has taken to Twitter overnight to show his continued

0:31:38 > 0:31:40frustration over the release of a controversial book

0:31:40 > 0:31:43documenting his first year in the White House.

0:31:43 > 0:31:46Calling the author of the book, Michael Wolff, a total loser,

0:31:46 > 0:31:48the President accuses him of making up stories.

0:31:48 > 0:31:50Mr Trump also calls his former chief strategist Steve Bannon

0:31:50 > 0:31:53'Sloppy Steve', claiming he cried when he was fired.

0:31:53 > 0:31:56The book, called Fire and Fury, has now gone on sale early,

0:31:56 > 0:32:01despite attempts by the White House to block its publication.

0:32:01 > 0:32:04EasyJet, Ladbrokes and Virgin Money are among the major employers

0:32:04 > 0:32:07who have been revealed to pay women, on average, at least 15%

0:32:07 > 0:32:13less than men.

0:32:13 > 0:32:15Organisations with more than 250 workers must

0:32:15 > 0:32:16publish their figures by April.

0:32:16 > 0:32:18More than 500 have done so.

0:32:18 > 0:32:20Another 8,000 must do by April, or risk being fined,

0:32:20 > 0:32:23under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination.

0:32:23 > 0:32:26The search for the missing MH370 Malaysian Airlines plane that

0:32:26 > 0:32:28disappeared almost four years ago is to be resumed.

0:32:28 > 0:32:32The jet was carrying more than 200 passengers when it vanished in 2014.

0:32:32 > 0:32:35Now, a private US exploration company called Ocean Infinity has

0:32:35 > 0:32:36been given permission to continue the search,

0:32:36 > 0:32:58which ended last year.

0:32:58 > 0:33:00The United States has been criticised by other members

0:33:00 > 0:33:03of the United Nations Security Council for calling an emergency

0:33:03 > 0:33:05meeting to discuss anti-government protests in Iran.

0:33:05 > 0:33:08China and France said the unrest did not threaten international security.

0:33:08 > 0:33:10The Iranian ambassador called the meeting a farce,

0:33:10 > 0:33:12and repeated claims that the protests were

0:33:12 > 0:33:13directed from abroad.

0:33:13 > 0:33:15Plans to improve reading standards amongst children from disadvantaged

0:33:15 > 0:33:18backgrounds have been announced by the Department for Education.

0:33:18 > 0:33:20There will be a network of 35 literacy-teaching centres

0:33:20 > 0:33:22across England, to work with primary schools that

0:33:22 > 0:33:24are in challenging areas.

0:33:24 > 0:33:27Labour says the funding will do nothing to change Government cuts

0:33:27 > 0:33:27to school budgets.

0:33:27 > 0:33:30There will also be schemes to improve the vocabulary

0:33:30 > 0:33:32of pre-school children in the north of England.

0:33:32 > 0:33:37If you are sitting at home and thinking you don't want to go

0:33:37 > 0:33:40outside, it is freezing, you ain't seen nothing yet.

0:33:40 > 0:33:42Weather forecasters in the United States have warned

0:33:42 > 0:33:44that the weekend could bring record-breaking low temperatures

0:33:44 > 0:33:46in some parts of the north-east.

0:33:46 > 0:33:48The national weather service predicts wind chills as low

0:33:48 > 0:33:50as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

0:33:50 > 0:33:54Thousands of flights have been cancelled and up to 19 people have

0:33:54 > 0:34:00lost their lives.

0:34:00 > 0:34:04Those are this morning's main news headlines. Mike is here with the

0:34:04 > 0:34:10sport.To win cricket matches you have to take perhaps more than two

0:34:10 > 0:34:17wickets in a day. That is all England managed on the final day of

0:34:17 > 0:34:23-- the third day of the final Ashes Test. Australia very much on top

0:34:23 > 0:34:27once again but I can cheer you up with some FA Cup excitement shortly.

0:34:27 > 0:34:29It has been another morale-sapping day for England's bowlers

0:34:29 > 0:34:30in the Sydney sunshine.

0:34:30 > 0:34:33Despite taking the wickets of Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja

0:34:33 > 0:34:34early, it is advantage Australia.

0:34:34 > 0:34:37The Marsh brothers, Mitchell and Shaun, are the ones punishing

0:34:37 > 0:34:40England's bowlers now.

0:34:40 > 0:34:45Mitchell has made 50, while Shaun closes in on a century.

0:34:45 > 0:34:50Australia now 454-4, a lead of 108.

0:34:50 > 0:34:53Onto the FA Cup third round, one of the highlights of any

0:34:53 > 0:34:55sporting year, because all the top teams enter the competition.

0:34:55 > 0:34:58And, in the Merseyside derby, the world's most expensive defender

0:34:58 > 0:35:01scored the winner for Liverpool, while Manchester United left it late

0:35:01 > 0:35:03to beat Derby County at Old Trafford.

0:35:03 > 0:35:14Drew Savage rounds up both matches.

0:35:14 > 0:35:19The pressure lifted off the shoulders of the man with a £75

0:35:19 > 0:35:23million pricetag on his back. A debut to remember for Virgil van

0:35:23 > 0:35:28Dijk on a night that provided plenty of talking points. For example, was

0:35:28 > 0:35:34this a penalty? The Liverpool boss, Klopp, didn't think so, but the

0:35:34 > 0:35:38referee's was the opinion that counted. James Milner the calmest

0:35:38 > 0:35:44man at Anfield. Mason Holgate was not. There was bound to be a

0:35:44 > 0:35:47reaction from Firmino, the referee madly decided to step in. Liverpool

0:35:47 > 0:35:52had had most of the play but Everton countered with some quality, Gylfi

0:35:52 > 0:35:56Sigurdsson with a worthy second-half equaliser. Until the big moment

0:35:56 > 0:35:59arrived for a certain Dutch defender.A decent looking corner

0:35:59 > 0:36:07kick, but didn't get it, van Dijk did.The man brought to strengthen

0:36:07 > 0:36:10their defence delighted fans and manager alike with a winning goal.

0:36:10 > 0:36:15Yes, in front of the goal, makes it even better. Really good. It was a

0:36:15 > 0:36:19Merseyside Derby, so that extra push for both teams, and you saw that

0:36:19 > 0:36:26tonight. It was a proper, proper cup fight, and I like that.Championship

0:36:26 > 0:36:30side Derby had put on a proper flight away to Manchester United,

0:36:30 > 0:36:34who were six minutes away from a replay when this happened.Lingard,

0:36:34 > 0:36:40good hands. He has done it again! Lingard, magnificent strike.Derby

0:36:40 > 0:36:44will be free to concentrate on their push to join Manchester United in

0:36:44 > 0:36:50the Premier League. Lukaku wrapped things up at the end, the site

0:36:50 > 0:36:54please to avoid another defeat.

0:36:54 > 0:36:58As you saw, a rather unsavoury incident in the first half of that

0:36:58 > 0:37:06match. Let's have another look. Holgate does push Firmino into the

0:37:06 > 0:37:10stands, and afterwards it appears Firmino says something unwelcome in

0:37:10 > 0:37:13Portuguese as the players come together. The referee has included

0:37:13 > 0:37:19it in his report, but they were not looked at the time. It is something

0:37:19 > 0:37:23we may hear more about in the coming hours and days.

0:37:23 > 0:37:26On FA Cup third-round weekend, we were looking forward to seeing

0:37:26 > 0:37:29the return of Jamie Vardy to his old club, Fleetwood Town.

0:37:29 > 0:37:32But he is injured, so it seems unlikely he will be risked

0:37:32 > 0:37:35by Leicester in the first Cup tie of the day.

0:37:35 > 0:37:37Elsewhere, there are nine Premier League teams hoping to avoid

0:37:37 > 0:37:40an upset against lower-league teams, while there is an intriguing contest

0:37:40 > 0:37:41at the Etihad.

0:37:41 > 0:37:44The runaway Premier League leaders, Manchester City, take on Burnley,

0:37:44 > 0:37:50this season's surprise package, who are seventh in the table.

0:37:50 > 0:37:56Of course we are going to rotate in some players, but the focus is going

0:37:56 > 0:38:00to Burnley, and what they have done so far is difficult. They do not

0:38:00 > 0:38:07concede goals. They have received one goal, the other games all 1-0,

0:38:07 > 0:38:111-0. And they show a strong physicality.

0:38:11 > 0:38:14The feud between Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho

0:38:14 > 0:38:16and Chelsea's Antonio Conte appears to be escalating.

0:38:16 > 0:38:19In Mourinho's latest jibe, he said he would never be

0:38:19 > 0:38:19suspended for match-fixing.

0:38:19 > 0:38:23Conte was given a four-match ban a few years ago for failing

0:38:23 > 0:38:25to report match fixing at his previous club,

0:38:25 > 0:38:27Siena, although he was later cleared of any wrongdoing.

0:38:27 > 0:38:30Mourinho was responding after Conte said he was getting

0:38:30 > 0:38:39old and losing his memory when it came to his own touch-line antics.

0:38:39 > 0:38:42Bath ended their three-match losing run in rugby union's Premiership

0:38:42 > 0:38:45last night with a comfortable 46-25 victory at struggling Worcester.

0:38:45 > 0:38:48They pulled away after the break with a flurry of tries,

0:38:48 > 0:38:51lock James Phillips going over for only the second time in his 63

0:38:51 > 0:39:00League games to secure the bonus point for Bath.

0:39:00 > 0:39:04In the Pro14, Scarlets have opened up a seven-point lead at the top

0:39:04 > 0:39:07of conference B with a dominant, 47-13 bonus-point win over Dragons.

0:39:07 > 0:39:09The victory means Scarlets are unbeaten in five Welsh

0:39:09 > 0:39:11derbies this season.

0:39:11 > 0:39:19Elsewhere, Edinburgh beat Southern Kings.

0:39:19 > 0:39:22It is the sport that fuses gymnastics and free-running,

0:39:22 > 0:39:25and now, you can go on and become a professional ninja.

0:39:25 > 0:39:27Ten years after it started as a TV contest in Japan,

0:39:27 > 0:39:31athletes in the UK are getting ready for the fifth championship here.

0:39:31 > 0:39:35So I went along to one of the dozens of places where you can start

0:39:35 > 0:39:37on a ninja course - indeed, Europe's largest

0:39:37 > 0:40:02one, in Manchester.

0:40:02 > 0:40:09How long does it take to become a Ninja?To become a professional, 50

0:40:09 > 0:40:15years. But for someone like you, gymnastic, athletic...I went to

0:40:15 > 0:40:22have a look at Europe's biggest one.

0:40:22 > 0:40:29Running up the wall, hanging upside down, the increasingly common ninja.

0:40:29 > 0:40:34It is one of the new sporting crazes to be hitting the UK, and it started

0:40:34 > 0:40:39in Japan. Straightaway you can see how challenging ninja course gives,

0:40:39 > 0:40:44with just the simple person swings, if you like, testing even the best

0:40:44 > 0:40:51of them. A ninja is officially defined as a person skilled in the

0:40:51 > 0:40:56Japanese art of Ninja two, the combination of free-running,

0:40:56 > 0:41:02obstacle racing and gymnastics. You're using your body like as a

0:41:02 > 0:41:05monkey. You are climbing, you're twisting your body, from the core

0:41:05 > 0:41:12areas. I think if you go to a normal gym you are not getting anywhere

0:41:12 > 0:41:17near to Ninja Warrior. This does bring out the inner slot in you.

0:41:17 > 0:41:20While Johnny trains on the professional course in Manchester,

0:41:20 > 0:41:24there are beginner slopes to get you started as you raise your mates for

0:41:24 > 0:41:28fun, building up to the intermediate and advanced courses, where the

0:41:28 > 0:41:31falls get bigger. A lot of these obstacles it is about the technique

0:41:31 > 0:41:36in the preparation. I know it is a race, but it is in the planning as

0:41:36 > 0:41:49well. Look at that for a role, though, eh? -- roll. This is the

0:41:49 > 0:41:54best place, in the end, isn't it?It is completely different to your

0:41:54 > 0:41:57normal gym. So you have all the Ninja obstacles, it is challenging,

0:41:57 > 0:42:02it is fun. And I think the gym can be a little bit boring, so this

0:42:02 > 0:42:05keeps you motivated, and having fun. It is mentally and physically

0:42:05 > 0:42:08challenging. So it doesn't matter how fit you are, you need to have a

0:42:08 > 0:42:14certain technique to get accustomed to the apparatus.Ninja courses

0:42:14 > 0:42:17around the world have become famous for their various challenges, like

0:42:17 > 0:42:21the spider wall. The trouble is, the longer you stay on this, the more

0:42:21 > 0:42:27sweaty you get. I think I am ready to jump.Just the fact that you

0:42:27 > 0:42:31think you can't do it and you just do it.And you have your friends

0:42:31 > 0:42:37like her who are motivated, and once you do it, even better.And the

0:42:37 > 0:42:43infamous climb at the end, when you eventually get there. That set. --

0:42:43 > 0:42:51that is it. Ninja Warrior. A bit of cheating, maybe. But you do feel

0:42:51 > 0:42:55like you're one with the universe.

0:42:55 > 0:42:59There you are, the defending champion, Johnny. It does bring out

0:42:59 > 0:43:03the inner child. I like the fact you could do the beginner courses, the

0:43:03 > 0:43:07children's courses, a bit like skiing, the beginner up to the black

0:43:07 > 0:43:11run, which is the professional Ninja course.Is that the one you are

0:43:11 > 0:43:16doing?I did a couple of things, but I could never complete it. I did the

0:43:16 > 0:43:22slot bar.There was that one with a guy...I think that is called the

0:43:22 > 0:43:34Sammon bar. And Johnny is one of the few who can do it -- salmon.It is

0:43:34 > 0:43:42like a soft play for adults, isn't it?

0:43:42 > 0:43:46Let's bring you up-to-date with the main stories. Alleged victims of the

0:43:46 > 0:43:50serial sex offender John Worboys, whose cases were not taken to trial,

0:43:50 > 0:43:54say they want their day in court. In freezing temperatures recorded

0:43:54 > 0:43:59across the east coast of America in the aftermath of what is known as a

0:43:59 > 0:44:06bomb cyclone. Yesterday we were talking about this. You heard about

0:44:06 > 0:44:16this last -- latte levy. A lot of people are taking disposable coffee

0:44:16 > 0:44:22cups, and the idea is that if you don't use one of those throwaway

0:44:22 > 0:44:26cups, then you would get a discount if you took your own plastic cup.

0:44:26 > 0:44:29The inside of those is lined with plastic so it makes it difficult to

0:44:29 > 0:44:33recycle when they are not plastic cups. Lots of you have got in touch

0:44:33 > 0:44:37with pictures to the racks as Facebook and Twitter pages,

0:44:37 > 0:44:42including Rachel, who collected 29 coffee cups in less than a mile,

0:44:42 > 0:44:46walking around near her home in Falkirk on her afternoon walk with

0:44:46 > 0:44:51her dog. That is incredible, isn't it? One of our viewers got 50p off

0:44:51 > 0:44:56their coffee at Gordon Street in Glasgow. That is because they used

0:44:56 > 0:45:01their reusable cup. So giving people discounts rather than charging

0:45:01 > 0:45:05people extra. Another viewer said they have been using this awesome to

0:45:05 > 0:45:11Raonic cup, and not a paper cup, as it says proudly. And it still hasn't

0:45:11 > 0:45:17smashed, well done.I have one at home.The ceramic ones?It is

0:45:17 > 0:45:20actually a plastic one, which makes me wrangle with how environ mentally

0:45:20 > 0:45:33friendly it is, but I reuse it.

0:45:33 > 0:45:37Stav has a weather for us. What about the state of the weather in

0:45:37 > 0:45:44the UK? Not as cold here as it is in the north-eastern United States. We

0:45:44 > 0:45:48have Arctic winds down from the north thanks to an area of high

0:45:48 > 0:45:53pressure. Central northern area is starting a sunny and cold with the

0:45:53 > 0:45:57risk of ice but also some ice across the south-west of England. Watch out

0:45:57 > 0:46:01if you are heading out first thing. For England and Wales,

0:46:01 > 0:46:02if you are heading out first thing. For England and Wales, a rather

0:46:02 > 0:46:08cloudy start. Outbreaks of rain across Central northern part.

0:46:08 > 0:46:13Temperatures low enough to produce that. A few wintry showers across

0:46:13 > 0:46:17north-east England but generally speaking, we're going to start off

0:46:17 > 0:46:22on a dry note. Cold and frosty the parts of Scotland. That

0:46:22 > 0:46:26north-easterly wind will be brisk. It will push the cloud across

0:46:26 > 0:46:31England and Wales. It will be located across southern counties of

0:46:31 > 0:46:38England the skies brightening up nicely. A few wintry showers. It

0:46:38 > 0:46:45really feel quite cold. As we head into the overnight period, it will

0:46:45 > 0:46:54clear away. Brisk winds here. A cold night but not quite as cold as it is

0:46:54 > 0:47:03going to be further north. -10 degrees into central Scotland.

0:47:03 > 0:47:09Tomorrow morning, a cold and frosty start. Loads of sunshine around. It

0:47:09 > 0:47:14will stay dry and sunny or date. Still quite brisk across the

0:47:14 > 0:47:19south-east. Temperatures barely above freezing in the north. There

0:47:19 > 0:47:24is our area of high pressure. It will allow more of an easterly wind

0:47:24 > 0:47:32to build as we go through Monday. This weather front will let out in

0:47:32 > 0:47:36the middle part of the week. For Monday, another cold start. The best

0:47:36 > 0:47:41of the sunshine. The cloud will continue to encroach in from the

0:47:41 > 0:47:46south-east. Clad in rain pushing in

0:47:46 > 0:47:46continue to encroach in from the south-east. Clad in rain pushing in

0:47:46 > 0:47:54from the west. It is becoming more mild. You know you are used to

0:47:54 > 0:47:58winter when you look at six degrees and think that is brilliant.

0:47:58 > 0:47:59Now it's time for Click.

0:47:59 > 0:48:01Spencer Kelly and the team are getting ready for their live

0:48:12 > 0:48:13Welcome.

0:48:13 > 0:48:13Hello, welcome.

0:48:13 > 0:48:14Welcome, how are you?

0:48:14 > 0:48:24Hello...?

0:48:24 > 0:48:25Welcome, welcome...

0:48:25 > 0:48:27Second script - "How are you?

0:48:27 > 0:48:38How are you?"

0:48:38 > 0:48:39Hello, everybody!

0:48:39 > 0:48:41I am literally being built from the skin out, currently,

0:48:41 > 0:48:45by these two lovely ladies who are going to try to make

0:48:45 > 0:48:45me look different...

0:48:45 > 0:48:46the

0:48:46 > 0:48:46the

0:48:46 > 0:48:47All right, then.

0:48:47 > 0:48:49We are all good to go, Brendan, you happy?

0:48:49 > 0:48:52So what we're going to do is go to silence, please,

0:48:52 > 0:48:53and go to black.

0:48:53 > 0:48:56Lose the house lights.

0:49:22 > 0:49:24ANNOUNCER:This is BBC Click Live.

0:49:24 > 0:49:28Please welcome your host, Spencer Kelly!

0:49:28 > 0:49:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Erm...right!

0:49:30 > 0:49:31There.

0:49:31 > 0:49:32Hello!

0:49:32 > 0:49:32Welcome.

0:49:32 > 0:49:33My own floor!

0:49:33 > 0:49:34Welcome to Click Live!

0:49:34 > 0:49:36And have we got a show for you...!

0:49:36 > 0:49:38Have we got a show for them?

0:49:38 > 0:49:40We have, we're ready to go.

0:49:40 > 0:49:42LAUGHTER We have some really amazing things for you tonight.

0:49:42 > 0:49:46We've got some things that noise, we've got some things that fly,

0:49:46 > 0:49:48we have some things for you to taste.

0:49:48 > 0:49:49Some of it won't work, OK?

0:49:49 > 0:49:54LAUGHTER Bear with us, because hopefully the stuff that

0:49:54 > 0:49:58does work - fingers crossed, and a lot of it has in rehearsals -

0:49:58 > 0:50:01it is a world-first, and you won't see this anywhere

0:50:01 > 0:50:03else, and no-one has seen this before you.

0:50:03 > 0:50:07Before any of that, I have to introduce you to the other half

0:50:07 > 0:50:07of the show.

0:50:07 > 0:50:09Please welcome to the stage Kate Russell.

0:50:09 > 0:50:12APPLAUSE Brilliant, isn't it?

0:50:13 > 0:50:17When they said I'd have my name in lights, I was expecting more

0:50:17 > 0:50:19Broadway than boardwalk - but it's a start!

0:50:19 > 0:50:25It's going to be a really, really crammed show.

0:50:25 > 0:50:29And I don't want you getting too comfortable, because there's a lot

0:50:29 > 0:50:29of audience participation.

0:50:29 > 0:50:33So I hope you're ready to take part.

0:50:33 > 0:50:42Do you want to see some tech?

0:50:42 > 0:50:43CROWD:Yes!

0:50:43 > 0:50:46Good stuff.

0:50:46 > 0:50:47I don't believe you.

0:50:47 > 0:50:51Do you want to see some tech?

0:50:51 > 0:50:56CROWD:Yes!

0:51:03 > 0:51:06Computers are a wonderful thing, but we're going to put them to one

0:51:06 > 0:51:08side just for the moment.

0:51:08 > 0:51:12I'd like to introduce you to the power of your own mind.

0:51:12 > 0:51:16Breathe slowly and gently, and I'll discover more about you,

0:51:16 > 0:51:20with just a candle.

0:51:20 > 0:51:24Now, I sometimes get some powers and signals through,

0:51:24 > 0:51:27and sometimes I get things wrong.

0:51:27 > 0:51:32But most of the time, it's right.

0:51:32 > 0:51:43So stay with me.

0:51:43 > 0:51:49I might just get pieces of information that come...

0:51:49 > 0:51:51I'm starting with a "G".

0:51:51 > 0:51:54Let me just put this down for a moment.

0:51:54 > 0:51:57There's a "G" - so I'm going to start to pull something out

0:51:57 > 0:51:58of the audience.

0:51:58 > 0:52:00Hopefully it's one of you.

0:52:00 > 0:52:01I'm getting a "G".

0:52:01 > 0:52:02Let's start with "G" - Gareth?

0:52:02 > 0:52:04I think this is him.

0:52:04 > 0:52:05Because those are two different sites.

0:52:05 > 0:52:08We have Joe, and he's going to identify some people

0:52:08 > 0:52:11in the audience, and he's going to pretend to read their mind

0:52:11 > 0:52:14by telling them things about them, by reading information from them.

0:52:14 > 0:52:17It's actually us researching these people online and feeding that

0:52:17 > 0:52:19to him through a hidden earpiece.

0:52:19 > 0:52:19Les?

0:52:19 > 0:52:19Les...?

0:52:19 > 0:52:22It could have been a man, but I won't make wild assertions.

0:52:22 > 0:52:23Is there a Les?

0:52:23 > 0:52:24Leslie?

0:52:24 > 0:52:25Welcome to the show.

0:52:25 > 0:52:27Glad you've got a microphone with you now.

0:52:27 > 0:52:29So we're researching some of the people in

0:52:29 > 0:52:30the audience right now.

0:52:30 > 0:52:33The gentleman who's just sat down in front of us -

0:52:33 > 0:52:36I've just found the address details of somebody who sat down

0:52:36 > 0:52:38at the front with her partner as well.

0:52:38 > 0:52:42So we're researching as much as we can about the people that

0:52:42 > 0:52:43are in front of us.

0:52:43 > 0:52:45Do you have children called Jack and Sasha?

0:52:45 > 0:52:47Um...we have cats called Jack and Sasha.

0:52:47 > 0:52:48Oh, it's close!

0:52:48 > 0:52:49It's close, isn't it?

0:52:49 > 0:52:54I've set up a free Wi-Fi network.

0:52:54 > 0:52:56Most people quite happily click "free Wi-Fi".

0:52:56 > 0:53:01It says please type in their name, click "connect",

0:53:01 > 0:53:03and that is how we start.

0:53:03 > 0:53:04We then have their name.

0:53:04 > 0:53:06It's the first thing to work from.

0:53:06 > 0:53:08Fortunately, as well, because it's quite a big event,

0:53:08 > 0:53:10people will like the Facebook page.

0:53:10 > 0:53:12People will say, "I'm at BBC Click."

0:53:12 > 0:53:14We can see that publicly and openly.

0:53:14 > 0:53:15Is this legal?

0:53:15 > 0:53:15Completely legal, yes.

0:53:15 > 0:53:18That's a question we get asked a lot.

0:53:18 > 0:53:19We're just looking at information people have

0:53:19 > 0:53:20made available themselves.

0:53:20 > 0:53:22But congratulations on your four-year anniversary.

0:53:22 > 0:53:24A round of applause please.

0:53:24 > 0:53:27APPLAUSEThere's two main lessons - be careful what you're

0:53:27 > 0:53:28signing up for.

0:53:28 > 0:53:34The biggest thing that's helping us the most right now -

0:53:34 > 0:53:36people's social media profiles are open and public.

0:53:36 > 0:53:40We're not saying not to use it, just check that your profile is private.

0:53:40 > 0:53:43I'm a complete stranger to everybody in this audience,

0:53:43 > 0:53:47but so far I've been able to go onto all of their profiles and look

0:53:47 > 0:53:50at where they were born, their pictures, their statuses.

0:53:50 > 0:53:53As a total stranger, you probably don't want me

0:53:53 > 0:53:53reading that information.

0:53:53 > 0:53:56So just - we're not saying don't use it -

0:53:56 > 0:53:59just make it private so only your friends can see.

0:53:59 > 0:54:02That would protect you from all of the things we've found out

0:54:02 > 0:54:08so far, actually.

0:54:08 > 0:54:13We listen to radio, to TV, to music, to podcasts, using speakers.

0:54:13 > 0:54:17Big speakers in your house and small speakers that you wear in your ears

0:54:17 > 0:54:21or that are built into your smartphones.

0:54:21 > 0:54:25So I'm just choosing the perfect bit of coffee for the levitation.

0:54:25 > 0:54:29It has to be both kind of small, but also regular, and I don't think

0:54:29 > 0:54:37they normally make coffee beans with levitation in mind.

0:54:37 > 0:54:39One of the things that Steve has been working

0:54:39 > 0:54:41on is ultrasounds, OK?

0:54:41 > 0:54:43And we've got a few ultrasound demos here.

0:54:43 > 0:54:47So I'll tell you what - rather than explain more about it,

0:54:47 > 0:54:49shall we, uh...just give it a whirl?

0:54:49 > 0:54:51So I'll tell you what - who's getting something there?

0:54:51 > 0:54:55Raise your hand if you can hear this, then drop your hand as soon

0:54:55 > 0:54:57as you can't hear it again.

0:54:57 > 0:55:00So this is unusual for a speaker, because usually when you switch

0:55:00 > 0:55:02a speaker on, everyone can hear it.

0:55:02 > 0:55:04Right now, we're getting a really narrow beam.

0:55:04 > 0:55:05Really focused beam of sound.

0:55:05 > 0:55:08Imagine this is a lot like a flashlight.

0:55:08 > 0:55:10Imagine I'm pointing a torch around the room.

0:55:10 > 0:55:12You'd only see certain parts of it.

0:55:12 > 0:55:17This is the same idea, except with sound.

0:55:17 > 0:55:20So we're focusing the sound and we can focus all that energy,

0:55:20 > 0:55:22all that sound energy, in a specific place.

0:55:22 > 0:55:22Wow!

0:55:22 > 0:55:25This is the weirdest and slowest and most continuous Mexican wave

0:55:25 > 0:55:26I've ever seen...

0:55:26 > 0:55:29I have no idea what you're hearing, because he's never pointed it

0:55:29 > 0:55:30in my direction.

0:55:30 > 0:55:31BEEPING Whoa!

0:55:31 > 0:55:31Seriously?

0:55:31 > 0:55:33Sorry, it's quite unpleasant, isn't it?

0:55:33 > 0:55:35It can make normal sounds as well.

0:55:35 > 0:55:36So ultrasound is really high-frequency sound,

0:55:36 > 0:55:43and then you're tying other stuff into that,

0:55:43 > 0:55:44which you're then sending around the room?

0:55:44 > 0:55:47So ultrasound is out of the range of human hearing,

0:55:47 > 0:55:48is pretty much the definition.

0:55:48 > 0:55:51We can hear up to 20,000 hertz, and anything

0:55:51 > 0:55:53above that is ultrasound.

0:55:53 > 0:55:55We can't hear ultrasound, but this is an ultrasound wave

0:55:55 > 0:55:58that's been combined or modulated with an audible signal.

0:55:58 > 0:56:01I tell you what - this is not just the only ultrasound

0:56:01 > 0:56:02weirdness we've got.

0:56:02 > 0:56:03It gets even weirder.

0:56:03 > 0:56:06Pop that down, for goodness's sake.

0:56:06 > 0:56:08This looks like it's landed from another planet.

0:56:08 > 0:56:11This is incredible.

0:56:11 > 0:56:14Stephen, for the second time tonight, what on earth is going on?

0:56:14 > 0:56:18So, if we can in here, you can see there's quite a regular

0:56:18 > 0:56:20pattern on some of these.

0:56:20 > 0:56:23I can't get too close because it disrupts the sound field.

0:56:23 > 0:56:26But maybe you can see there's a few balls -

0:56:26 > 0:56:27a bit of a gap.

0:56:27 > 0:56:31So how are you using ultrasound to actually make stuff levitate?

0:56:31 > 0:56:33Well, these speakers are producing a big ultrasound signal,

0:56:33 > 0:56:34that's making a standing wave.

0:56:34 > 0:56:37And in between the gaps of the standing wave,

0:56:37 > 0:56:40the balls can get trapped and they get kept in the same place.

0:56:40 > 0:56:43Oh, wow!

0:56:43 > 0:56:45Well, that's fantastic.

0:56:45 > 0:56:48In fact, that's so amazing, Steve, I think we deserve a drink.

0:56:48 > 0:56:50Would you mix us one?

0:56:50 > 0:56:51Yes, of course, Spencer.

0:56:51 > 0:56:53Fantastic, right.

0:56:53 > 0:56:55This is the weirdest drink...

0:56:55 > 0:56:57We rehearsed that, could you tell?

0:56:57 > 0:56:58What is this, Steve?

0:56:58 > 0:57:01We've got a lovely, lovely delight for you today.

0:57:01 > 0:57:04It's a single grain of coffee with a, uh...drop of milk,

0:57:04 > 0:57:06all levitating in the middle of the air.

0:57:06 > 0:57:07It's a latte.

0:57:07 > 0:57:11LAUGHTERYou have to have it in, though.

0:57:11 > 0:57:12You can't have it to go, unfortunately.

0:57:12 > 0:57:21Right, so I'm going to try this.

0:57:21 > 0:57:22My tongue's not long enough...

0:57:22 > 0:57:28Really slowly...

0:57:28 > 0:57:28LAUGHTER Oh!

0:57:28 > 0:57:29You got it!

0:57:29 > 0:57:32APPLAUSE That's really...coffee-y.

0:57:32 > 0:57:34That's like really, really strong.

0:57:34 > 0:57:36Is that supposed to be that strong?

0:57:36 > 0:57:36Yes, yeah.

0:57:36 > 0:57:37That's what we've found.

0:57:37 > 0:57:39Sugar tastes sweeter, and coffee's bitter.

0:57:39 > 0:57:41Fantastic.

0:57:41 > 0:57:43Sri, Steve, thank you very much.

0:57:43 > 0:57:46A round of applause for Sri, Steve and the ultrasound latte!

0:57:46 > 0:57:50APPLAUSE There were so many amazing demos and displays in the show

0:57:50 > 0:57:52that we just can't fit it into this program.

0:57:52 > 0:58:02Here's a look at some of the other highlights

0:58:02 > 0:58:04from our evening of delight.

0:58:04 > 0:58:14We transformed our tech-loving audience into musicians,

0:58:14 > 0:58:17as Kate and I conducted the biggest ever micro:bit processor orchestra.

0:58:17 > 0:58:20Let's have some more micro:bits over here in the air.

0:58:20 > 0:58:22OK, let's have a few at the back...

0:58:22 > 0:58:23Hold those up.

0:58:23 > 0:58:25I can see them all in the sky.

0:58:25 > 0:58:28We are still waiting on the Guinness Book of Records

0:58:28 > 0:58:29to get back to us, though.

0:58:29 > 0:58:33We explored the potential of AR, with our lucky audience members left

0:58:33 > 0:58:35cowering as a full-scale aircraft suddenly appeared over their heads.

0:58:35 > 0:58:47Hello, world!

0:58:47 > 0:58:50300,000 people joined us on Facebook Live during the evening

0:58:50 > 0:58:52as we asked them whether robots should feel pain.

0:58:52 > 0:58:55Edward Nemil, thank you for this question on Facebook: "Sacrificing

0:58:55 > 0:58:58a robot for the greater good might be necessary.

0:58:58 > 0:59:00Why would you want it to feel pain?"

0:59:00 > 0:59:03If we're going to keep having a servant class of robots,

0:59:03 > 0:59:05then we shouldn't go down that route.

0:59:05 > 0:59:07But the aims of increasing intelligence may make that

0:59:07 > 0:59:07impossible.

0:59:07 > 0:59:11We watched drones that study the landscape and drones that dive,

0:59:11 > 0:59:17as we looked at how they could help in the future.

0:59:17 > 0:59:18It's been absolutely amazing.

0:59:18 > 0:59:20Have you had a good time?

0:59:20 > 0:59:21CROWD: Yes!

0:59:21 > 0:59:27Thank you very much for watching, and we will see you soon.

0:59:27 > 0:59:30Bye.

0:59:32 > 0:59:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSECut it.

0:59:33 > 0:59:39Well done, well done, well done.

0:59:50 > 0:59:51Hello.

0:59:51 > 0:59:55This is Breakfast, with Jon Kay and Naga Munchetty.

0:59:55 > 0:59:58A call for the victims of serial sex attacker John Worboys

0:59:58 > 1:00:01to have the chance to give evidence against him,

1:00:01 > 1:00:05following the announcement he is to be released from jail.

1:00:05 > 1:00:08This programme has been told some of the women whose stories weren't

1:00:08 > 1:00:10heard in court now want their cases to be reviewed by the police.

1:00:25 > 1:00:31Good morning, it is Saturday 6th January.

1:00:31 > 1:00:33Also this morning: Online casino operators are accused

1:00:33 > 1:00:35by the industry's watchdog of failing to prevent money

1:00:35 > 1:00:37laundering and protect problem gamblers.

1:00:37 > 1:00:48In sport, England's all is continue to toil in the Ashes Test.

1:00:48 > 1:00:53England are being smashed around Sydney. England need 133 in the

1:00:53 > 1:00:55final test.

1:00:55 > 1:00:59And what does it take, to cut it as a ninja?

1:00:59 > 1:01:03I've been having a go at the sport that started in Japan ten years ago

1:01:03 > 1:01:06and is now taking a firm hold here in the UK.

1:01:06 > 1:01:09Temperatures in parts of the US are predicted to fall to minus 29,

1:01:09 > 1:01:11as a record-breaking freeze follows heavy snow caused

1:01:11 > 1:01:13by the so-called bomb cyclone.

1:01:13 > 1:01:14Not quite so cold here.

1:01:14 > 1:01:17Stav has the details.

1:01:18 > 1:01:20Thank you, good morning to you.

1:01:20 > 1:01:23Well, it is turning much colder for all of us this weekend.

1:01:23 > 1:01:26But on the plus side we should see some sunshine,

1:01:26 > 1:01:28particularly tomorrow, but a return to overnight

1:01:28 > 1:01:29frost, as well.

1:01:29 > 1:01:31I will have all the details for you very shortly.

1:01:31 > 1:01:32Look forward to it.

1:01:32 > 1:01:35First, our main story: A lawyer who represented victims

1:01:35 > 1:01:37of the serial sex offender John Worboys says some

1:01:37 > 1:01:40of her clients whose cases weren't taken to trial

1:01:40 > 1:01:42want to give evidence.

1:01:42 > 1:01:45The former black cab driver is being freed from jail

1:01:45 > 1:01:46after ten years.

1:01:46 > 1:01:49He was convicted of 19 offences, although police believe he carried

1:01:49 > 1:01:51out more than 100 attacks.

1:01:51 > 1:01:55Lawyers say that a number of women were told that their testimony

1:01:55 > 1:01:57wasn't required to put Worboys behind bars for a longer

1:01:57 > 1:01:58period of time.

1:01:58 > 1:02:00Tom Burridge reports.

1:02:00 > 1:02:05The decision to release rapist John Worboys has raised profound

1:02:05 > 1:02:09questions about the way sexual crimes against women

1:02:09 > 1:02:12are investigated, and whether the procedures for releasing

1:02:12 > 1:02:15criminals need changing.

1:02:15 > 1:02:18Worboys picked up young women in his black cab,

1:02:18 > 1:02:23duped and drugged them, and then carried out his attacks.

1:02:23 > 1:02:26He was convicted of 19 offences in 2009, and given

1:02:26 > 1:02:28an indefinite sentence.

1:02:28 > 1:02:32But, in total, more than 100 women said Worboys tried to drug

1:02:32 > 1:02:35and assault them.

1:02:35 > 1:02:38Some allegations were investigated, but no further action was taken,

1:02:38 > 1:02:40on the advice of the Crown Prosecution Service.

1:02:40 > 1:02:44What we can't know is why the Parole Board has decided he now

1:02:44 > 1:02:46no longer poses a risk to the public.

1:02:46 > 1:02:50I am not allowed by law to explain the reasons for our decision.

1:02:50 > 1:02:54And I've said before, I would like to get that changed.

1:02:54 > 1:02:57And so this pushes the idea that the Parole Board processes need

1:02:57 > 1:03:03to be much more open and transparent.

1:03:03 > 1:03:07And, if we get support for that, then I think some good will have

1:03:07 > 1:03:09come out of all of this.

1:03:09 > 1:03:12We need to understand whether he has admitted guilt in relation

1:03:12 > 1:03:14to the offences that he was convicted for,

1:03:14 > 1:03:16and the police need to look again at the possibility

1:03:16 > 1:03:19of prosecuting him for those many further offences

1:03:19 > 1:03:20for which he was also suspected.

1:03:20 > 1:03:23Worboys's victims are said to be horrified at the prospect

1:03:23 > 1:03:26of his release, and lawyers representing his other alleged

1:03:26 > 1:03:31victims say their evidence should now be considered.

1:03:31 > 1:03:34And we will speak to lawyer Kim Harrison, who represented 11

1:03:34 > 1:03:36of Worboys's victims, in a few minutes.

1:03:36 > 1:03:39Five online gambling companies could have their licenses revoked

1:03:39 > 1:03:41over concern they are not doing enough to help problem gamblers

1:03:41 > 1:03:45or prevent money launderers from using their sites.

1:03:45 > 1:03:48The Gambling Commission has written to all 195 online casino operators,

1:03:48 > 1:03:55to tell them about the safeguards they should all have in place.

1:03:55 > 1:03:58Our business correspondent Jonty Bloom reports.

1:03:58 > 1:04:01One third of all gambling in the UK is now online,

1:04:01 > 1:04:03and it is worth billions of pounds.

1:04:03 > 1:04:06The Gambling Commission has been reviewing the safeguards that

1:04:06 > 1:04:07all companies should have in place.

1:04:07 > 1:04:10They are designed to prevent problem gambling getting out of control,

1:04:10 > 1:04:15and to prevent money being laundered by criminals or terrorists.

1:04:15 > 1:04:18Sarah Harrison, chief executive of the Gambling Commission, said...

1:04:26 > 1:04:31But the commission found many signs that customers' gambling

1:04:31 > 1:04:34was becoming compulsive were not being followed up,

1:04:34 > 1:04:37and some staff had little idea of how to stop money laundering,

1:04:37 > 1:04:41or, in some cases, even what it was.

1:04:41 > 1:04:45As a result, the Gambling Commission is warning all online casino

1:04:45 > 1:04:47operators to review their procedures, and has begun

1:04:47 > 1:04:51an investigation into 17 online companies.

1:04:51 > 1:04:54It's considering whether it should review the licences of five of them.

1:04:54 > 1:04:57Losing its licence would mean a company would be unable

1:04:57 > 1:05:04to continue to operate in the UK.

1:05:04 > 1:05:07President Trump has taken to Twitter overnight to show his continued

1:05:07 > 1:05:09frustration over the release of a controversial book

1:05:09 > 1:05:16documenting his first year in the White House.

1:05:16 > 1:05:19Calling the author of the book Michael Wolff "a total loser",

1:05:19 > 1:05:22the President accuses him of making up stories.

1:05:22 > 1:05:24Mr Trump also calls his former chief strategist Steve Bannon

1:05:24 > 1:05:27'Sloppy Steve', claiming he cried when he was fired.

1:05:27 > 1:05:30The book, called Fire and Fury, has now gone on sale early,

1:05:30 > 1:05:33despite attempts by the White House to block its publication.

1:05:33 > 1:05:36The United States has been criticised by other members

1:05:36 > 1:05:38of the United Nations Security Council for calling an emergency

1:05:38 > 1:05:43meeting to discuss anti-government protests in Iran.

1:05:43 > 1:05:49China and France said the unrest did not threaten international security.

1:05:49 > 1:05:52The Iranian ambassador called the meeting a farce and repeated

1:05:52 > 1:05:54claims that the protests were directed from abroad.

1:05:54 > 1:05:57EasyJet, Ladbrokes and Virgin Money are among the major employers

1:05:57 > 1:06:00who have been revealed to pay women, on average, at least 15%

1:06:00 > 1:06:04less than men.

1:06:04 > 1:06:05Organisations with more than 250 workers must

1:06:05 > 1:06:12publish their figures by April.

1:06:12 > 1:06:13More than 500 have done so.

1:06:13 > 1:06:16Another 8,000 must do by April, or risk being fined,

1:06:16 > 1:06:22under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination.

1:06:22 > 1:06:24Weather forecasters in the United States have warned

1:06:24 > 1:06:29that the weekend could bring record-breaking low temperatures

1:06:29 > 1:06:31in some parts of the north-east.

1:06:31 > 1:06:35The National Weather Service predicts wind chills as low

1:06:35 > 1:06:36as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

1:06:36 > 1:06:39Russell Trott has the latest.

1:06:39 > 1:06:44The public coming to the aid of public transport on the streets of

1:06:44 > 1:06:50Eastern Boston, as snow and ice left many stranded. Elsewhere in the city

1:06:50 > 1:06:55the emergency services are working flat out and in deep water, as high

1:06:55 > 1:06:58tides flooded roads close to the harbour. Plummeting temperatures

1:06:58 > 1:07:03meant much of Massachusetts was under huge quantities of snow. And

1:07:03 > 1:07:08after a three foot storm surge brought this inland, the flood water

1:07:08 > 1:07:14froze, trapping cars in ice. For the homeless of Chicago, life on the

1:07:14 > 1:07:19street is now all about survival. Those who do find shelter are happy

1:07:19 > 1:07:25to be anywhere but outside.We see an average of seven to 800 people

1:07:25 > 1:07:32every single day. Sometimes there are people who come in when it's

1:07:32 > 1:07:37extremely cold who won't come in when it's not so cold.A sudden drop

1:07:37 > 1:07:42in temperatures can hit hard anywhere. In Florida, where in some

1:07:42 > 1:07:46parts of snow fell for the first time in 30 years, cold seas saw

1:07:46 > 1:07:52hundreds of total is rescued after their muscles started seizing up. As

1:07:52 > 1:07:56thousands of snowploughs are deployed throughout the eastern

1:07:56 > 1:07:58seaboard, forecasters warned that the weekend could bring

1:07:58 > 1:08:03record-breaking low temperatures.

1:08:03 > 1:08:05Plans to improve reading standards amongst children from disadvantaged

1:08:05 > 1:08:08backgrounds have been announced by the Department of Education.

1:08:08 > 1:08:10There will be a network of 35 literacy-teaching centres

1:08:10 > 1:08:12across England, to work with primary schools that

1:08:12 > 1:08:16are in challenging areas.

1:08:16 > 1:08:19Labour says the funding will do nothing to change Government cuts

1:08:19 > 1:08:22to school budgets.

1:08:22 > 1:08:25There will also be schemes to improve the vocabulary

1:08:25 > 1:08:29of pre-school children in the north of England.

1:08:29 > 1:08:34This is about investing around the country, bringing together teachers

1:08:34 > 1:08:37and literacy specialists so that we can make sure that we do even better

1:08:37 > 1:08:42on reading and writing standards, but also that we don't see any

1:08:42 > 1:08:42children falling behind.

1:08:42 > 1:08:46A bar owner has been left shaken but not stirred after being reunited

1:08:46 > 1:08:55with what is thought to be the most expensive vodka bottle in the world.

1:08:55 > 1:08:57Forget the drink, it's about the bottle.

1:08:57 > 1:09:02Made of gold and silver, with a diamond-encrusted replica

1:09:02 > 1:09:07of the Russian imperial eagle on its cap.

1:09:07 > 1:09:09It's extravagant and expensive and was on loan

1:09:09 > 1:09:11to a bar in Copenhagen.

1:09:11 > 1:09:12It was stolen last week.

1:09:12 > 1:09:16The bottle, which is worth nearly £1 million, was found empty

1:09:16 > 1:09:20on a construction site nearby, but it was empty.

1:09:20 > 1:09:26I would have thought that would devalue it, but it's the bottle.

1:09:26 > 1:09:28They are just going to fill it up again.

1:09:28 > 1:09:32Does it taste any different? Who knows?

1:09:32 > 1:09:39We will have the latest weather in about five or six minutes and of

1:09:39 > 1:09:42course Mike will have the sport at half past. Going back to our main

1:09:42 > 1:09:47story.

1:09:47 > 1:09:49Victims of the serial sex offender John Worboys,

1:09:49 > 1:09:52whose cases weren't taken to trial, say they want their day in court.

1:09:52 > 1:09:55The former black cab driver was convicted of 19 offences,

1:09:55 > 1:09:58although police believe he carried out more than 100 attacks.

1:09:58 > 1:10:01He's due to be released later this month after serving ten

1:10:01 > 1:10:01years in jail.

1:10:01 > 1:10:07Lawyer Kim Harrison represented 11 women and joins us now.

1:10:07 > 1:10:15Good morning. Can we just start with the apology. The head of the Parole

1:10:15 > 1:10:20Board has said he is sorry that some of the women heard this news on the

1:10:20 > 1:10:23television or radio rather than receiving any letters of

1:10:23 > 1:10:29notification. Does that go far enough?At the moment all of the

1:10:29 > 1:10:32clients I've managed to speak to yesterday are just feeling so

1:10:32 > 1:10:38shocked and upset. I don't think they have even mentally protest

1:10:38 > 1:10:41everything that's happened. They found out through friends text on

1:10:41 > 1:10:47them, through looking at news websites, through the news. They are

1:10:47 > 1:10:51all absolutely devastated.How many clients are you representing?We

1:10:51 > 1:10:58represented 11 clients in successful civil cases against John Worboys.

1:10:58 > 1:11:03Those civil claims concluded in 2013 and one of the major reasons that

1:11:03 > 1:11:09we've got is as late as 2013 within the context of those civil

1:11:09 > 1:11:13proceedings John Worboys was still maintaining his innocence, even in

1:11:13 > 1:11:16respect of clients for which there had been a criminal conviction. So

1:11:16 > 1:11:22of the 11, three of those Worboys was criminally convicted of drugging

1:11:22 > 1:11:26and sexually assaulting. And he was still saying he was innocent, even

1:11:26 > 1:11:33for those crimes of which he was convicted. So what's changed?Just

1:11:33 > 1:11:38to be clear, he was convicted of one break, is that correct?Yes.How

1:11:38 > 1:11:43many sexual assaults?One break and in relation to our clients there

1:11:43 > 1:11:50were two sexual assaults. That's of the convictions. One was drugging.

1:11:50 > 1:11:55Other people you have spoken to, who have made accusations against John

1:11:55 > 1:12:01Worboys, and the police have said he could have committed more than 100

1:12:01 > 1:12:05assaults, their evidence wasn't used in court. Why would that be?That's

1:12:05 > 1:12:11correct. Of the eight of the clients that we represented in the civil

1:12:11 > 1:12:17claims, they were told by the police and the CPS and they came to them

1:12:17 > 1:12:20and gave full statements and evidence were told, thank you very

1:12:20 > 1:12:26much, you've been very brave, thank you for coming forward. We don't

1:12:26 > 1:12:30need your evidence, we've got enough and this man will have an

1:12:30 > 1:12:33indeterminate sentence and will be locked up for a very long period of

1:12:33 > 1:12:37time, therefore you don't need to worry. It would be in the public

1:12:37 > 1:12:40interest to take your case forward. So these women were then left with

1:12:40 > 1:12:44the clear impression that he was going to be in prison for a very

1:12:44 > 1:12:47long time and they left feeling betrayed and devastated and want

1:12:47 > 1:12:53answers as to why he could be released the Wyrley why event their

1:12:53 > 1:12:59cases were taken forward at the time. -- released so overly and why

1:12:59 > 1:13:05their cases.Maybe then he wouldn't be released now. What do they want

1:13:05 > 1:13:11from here? For themselves?As a matter of urgency they want some

1:13:11 > 1:13:15sort of communication and reassurance from the Parole Board

1:13:15 > 1:13:19and the people you made this decision that they will be safe. A

1:13:19 > 1:13:22lot of them are quite scared and are feeling really worried. There want

1:13:22 > 1:13:26to understand what measures will be in place to protect them. They are

1:13:26 > 1:13:30feeling absolutely terrified.The Parole Board has made clear that he

1:13:30 > 1:13:36will be monitored and he will have to be... Call in and account for his

1:13:36 > 1:13:40whereabouts, understandably. No one is saying that's enough for the

1:13:40 > 1:13:47victims who -- victims. Once they are given a guarantee of their

1:13:47 > 1:13:53safety, what does giving evidence now do?What a number of the women

1:13:53 > 1:13:57want is for the Crown Prosecution Service to reopen these files. All

1:13:57 > 1:14:02the evidence is there, they gave it at the time, there are a number of

1:14:02 > 1:14:06files. They need to get them out and look again at the statements and the

1:14:06 > 1:14:09evidence given. They then need to look again at any subsequent

1:14:09 > 1:14:12evidence that's given. We aren't able to know the decision that the

1:14:12 > 1:14:17Parole Board creatures and the reasons behind that decision the art

1:14:17 > 1:14:21allowed to know by law. -- reached. But something must have changed

1:14:21 > 1:14:25since 2013 when he said he was evidence and hadn't -- innocent and

1:14:25 > 1:14:29haven't committed any crimes do now. If he hasn't admitted his guilt than

1:14:29 > 1:14:33he is clearly still a danger to women. If he has admitted the guilt

1:14:33 > 1:14:39than he has a modus operandi, which means luring women to his cab,

1:14:39 > 1:14:42drugging and sexually assaulting them or raping them and that needs

1:14:42 > 1:14:46to be investigated.What would be the conclusion now of women read

1:14:46 > 1:14:50meeting evidence now or having this evidence heard? What would that

1:14:50 > 1:14:55happen next? What's the intention now? To put him back in prison?I

1:14:55 > 1:14:59think women just want justice and they want their voices to be heard.

1:14:59 > 1:15:03They came forward and gave their statements to the police. The CPS

1:15:03 > 1:15:06said not to worry, we won't prosecute in relation to your case

1:15:06 > 1:15:12because he will be in prison for a long time and will be on an

1:15:12 > 1:15:15indeterminate sentence, this man will be locked away. They now want

1:15:15 > 1:15:19their case to be given a proper scrutiny that it deserves and for

1:15:19 > 1:15:23there to be a decision to be made as to whether or not a persecution will

1:15:23 > 1:15:29be brought in on their cases.So another prosecution?The Crown

1:15:29 > 1:15:33Prosecution Service I think have to get the files out and look again at

1:15:33 > 1:15:37the evidence.How likely do you think it would be that this will

1:15:37 > 1:15:40happen?I hope they will take alleged victims voices seriously in

1:15:40 > 1:15:46cases such as this. This is a very unusual case. This is a very, very

1:15:46 > 1:15:52surprising decision from the Parole Board. 58 MPs I think have already

1:15:52 > 1:15:56written, asking as to why this has happened and what the reasons are.

1:15:56 > 1:16:00This is a case that has incredible public interest.

1:16:00 > 1:16:01This is a case that has incredible public Who could pose a serious risk

1:16:01 > 1:16:06to women and members -- public interest. This is a man who could

1:16:06 > 1:16:09pose a serious risk to women and members and needs to be

1:16:09 > 1:16:12incarcerated.He was imprisoned for ten years. What period would have

1:16:12 > 1:16:22satisfied your clients?

1:16:22 > 1:16:28a period where he is no longer a threat to women.What has changed

1:16:28 > 1:16:33since 2013? He kept saying he was innocent. If he has admitted his

1:16:33 > 1:16:40guilt, we need to know that. If he hasn't admitted his guilt, how can

1:16:40 > 1:16:48he pose a risk to women? He has potentially admitted to a modus

1:16:48 > 1:16:52operandi where he has attacked a large number of women. This is

1:16:52 > 1:16:59something that needs to be properly investigated. Vast majority of

1:16:59 > 1:17:04members of the public are looking this case fresh in the light of the

1:17:04 > 1:17:10last 48 hours.Thank you to talking to us this morning. We don't really

1:17:10 > 1:17:15know what the reason for the parole board's decision is. We will speak

1:17:15 > 1:17:20to someone who was on the parole board. And the arguments being put

1:17:20 > 1:17:24forward, whether you should get a clearer idea. Whether people are

1:17:24 > 1:17:29released or indeed not released.

1:17:29 > 1:17:35Time to found out what is happening in the weather with Stav. -- find

1:17:35 > 1:17:41out. In the States, very torrid. These are the temperatures expected

1:17:41 > 1:17:49across the North East United States and south-east Canada. -11 into a --

1:17:49 > 1:17:54-11 in New York and adroit. These are daytime values. At night, -25 in

1:17:54 > 1:18:00some of these south-east Canadian cities. After that storm has moved

1:18:00 > 1:18:06through, the wind is easing. It's going to feel burdened chillingly

1:18:06 > 1:18:13cold. A lot of ice around as well. Those temperatures slowly rising.

1:18:13 > 1:18:17Meanwhile, for us this weekend, things are set to turn much colder.

1:18:17 > 1:18:18We've got

1:18:18 > 1:18:20things are set to turn much colder. We've got our own Arctic air. Thanks

1:18:20 > 1:18:24to an area of high pressure. It is already arrived across parts of

1:18:24 > 1:18:29Scotland. A lot of cloud around to start this morning. Some frost and

1:18:29 > 1:18:37ice to watch out for. A band of rain across Northern Ireland towards

1:18:37 > 1:18:43central northern England with some snow on the hill. For north-east

1:18:43 > 1:18:50Scotland and eastern England and eastern Scotland. Northern Ireland

1:18:50 > 1:19:04in Scotland, a dry start. Some north-east winds. Eventually, the

1:19:04 > 1:19:10Midlands, the cloud hanging on to the far south. But a bright sunny

1:19:10 > 1:19:15cold one this evening and overnight, we eventually lose the cloud. It

1:19:15 > 1:19:27might hang on a little bit. These are the town and city values. Out in

1:19:27 > 1:19:32the countryside, a hard frost, may be down to -5, with northern

1:19:32 > 1:19:38England, minus ten. It means the Sunday, very cold, frosty start, a

1:19:38 > 1:19:42winter sunshine. The wind will be much lighter in central and northern

1:19:42 > 1:19:53areas. It is quite raw here, five or six degrees. This area of high

1:19:53 > 1:20:02pressure ebbs away. For Monday, a bright, cold start but increasing

1:20:02 > 1:20:07cloud.

1:20:07 > 1:20:07bright, cold start but increasing cloud.

1:20:07 > 1:20:12Thank you very much, Stav. We will speak to you later. Those

1:20:12 > 1:20:17temperatures that Stav was showing us...We will take those yellow

1:20:17 > 1:20:19numbers, not the blue ones.

1:20:19 > 1:20:23Let's get more on the extremely cold weather in the US.

1:20:23 > 1:20:25Overnight, temperatures dropped as low as -29 degrees celsius,

1:20:25 > 1:20:27in some parts of the east coast.

1:20:27 > 1:20:29The severe cold, dubbed a "bomb cyclone",

1:20:29 > 1:20:29has already claimed up to 19 lives.

1:20:38 > 1:20:42Let's speak to Josiah Hakan.

1:20:42 > 1:20:47He works with a relief agency in New York. I know you are very busy and

1:20:47 > 1:20:50probably very cold. What sort of challenges is this weather

1:20:50 > 1:20:56presenting? The challenges are pretty crazy. We

1:20:56 > 1:21:01have lots of people out there in the were struggling. Last year, there

1:21:01 > 1:21:04was a point in time counted the number of individuals on the

1:21:04 > 1:21:10sidewalks the subways and the number was 3900 plus. You can imagine if

1:21:10 > 1:21:13somebody doesn't have a place to stay, this bomb cyclone is extra

1:21:13 > 1:21:21detrimental. We are trying to get people connected. That must be a

1:21:21 > 1:21:28challenge.Getting around New York city with all this snow and ice. It

1:21:28 > 1:21:34must be tough. Let alone tough the people who are living on the

1:21:34 > 1:21:41streets.That is an understatement. The storm hit really hard. Our

1:21:41 > 1:21:47entire team was driving into Manhattan to go into a private

1:21:47 > 1:21:57shelter to serve the guests. The drive-in was quite perilous. We made

1:21:57 > 1:22:01it and we were able to serve tough individuals and connect them to

1:22:01 > 1:22:06long-term services as well and just a free lunch so they can have

1:22:06 > 1:22:10something warm to eat in the middle of it all. Which is fantastic and

1:22:10 > 1:22:13well done. We are looking at pictures of some of the people who

1:22:13 > 1:22:17are out on the streets living through this and having to deal with

1:22:17 > 1:22:21it. A bowl of soup is fantastic but it is keeping that, sustaining that

1:22:21 > 1:22:25help in the face of adverse weather conditions.

1:22:25 > 1:22:29When you think about homelessness, you are talking about an incredibly

1:22:29 > 1:22:36complex issue. The cost of living in New York city is outrageous and you

1:22:36 > 1:22:41are talking about mental health struggles, drug and alcohol edition

1:22:41 > 1:22:51-- addiction, trauma. Every person is unique and circumstances on the

1:22:51 > 1:22:56long-term. It's a monstrosity of a challenge, especially in this

1:22:56 > 1:23:02weather.We wish you -- we wish you well. Well done to how you have done

1:23:02 > 1:23:17so far.Imagine standing outside in that cold. He might have said no.

1:23:17 > 1:23:23Until now, cancer patients have had to go abroad to receive proton

1:23:23 > 1:23:29therapy but the first NHS run proton beam centre will be up and running

1:23:29 > 1:23:32at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. Dominic Hughes has been

1:23:32 > 1:23:36to see it.

1:23:36 > 1:23:41You missed a whole, mum. Six years ago, Lucas was fighting for is

1:23:41 > 1:23:45light. Diagnosed with cancer, he was sent to the United States to receive

1:23:45 > 1:23:50a potentially life-saving treatment called proton beam therapy.Not

1:23:50 > 1:23:54being at home, being around strangers, it was awful.Mum Jodie

1:23:54 > 1:23:59says travelling all the way to the United States was a challenge for

1:23:59 > 1:24:03the family and with an immune system damaged by chemotherapy, Lucas fell

1:24:03 > 1:24:09seriously ill and almost died.Just being there on your own, it's a lot

1:24:09 > 1:24:14to be going through, just dealing with the cancer. You need your

1:24:14 > 1:24:17family and your friends around you, you need people to talk to.

1:24:17 > 1:24:23Throughout that time, the support network of friends and family.It's

1:24:23 > 1:24:29a long period of time. The treatment alone is six weeks. We found it

1:24:29 > 1:24:35really, really difficult.Up till now, the NHS is sent patients who

1:24:35 > 1:24:40need proton beam therapy abroad and after years of campaigning and

1:24:40 > 1:24:46fundraising, it will soon be available in the UK. It's inside a

1:24:46 > 1:24:49specially built centre at Christie Hospital in Manchester that medicine

1:24:49 > 1:24:55and physics meat, offering a new way to treat life-threatening cancers.

1:24:55 > 1:24:58Young patients will benefits because their tissues are growing and very

1:24:58 > 1:25:04sensitive. But they are also tumours which are next to quite critical

1:25:04 > 1:25:09structures in the body is the base of the skull or around the spine and

1:25:09 > 1:25:14this technology enables us to give a treatment dose to those patients

1:25:14 > 1:25:20while avoiding those critical structures.With standard

1:25:20 > 1:25:24radiotherapy, beam travels through the tumour that can damage sensitive

1:25:24 > 1:25:29tissues in front, behind and around it. But proton beam is much smaller

1:25:29 > 1:25:33and stops at the tumour, causing less damage to otherwise of the

1:25:33 > 1:25:40tissue. We are now below what they call the treatment gantry where

1:25:40 > 1:25:44patients will be seen and this really is the guts of this huge 200

1:25:44 > 1:25:48ton machine and it is one of three that are being built here in

1:25:48 > 1:25:52Manchester. But down here, you really get a sense of the scale of

1:25:52 > 1:25:58this project. The protons, which come from the heart of an atom, are

1:25:58 > 1:26:01generated in a particle accelerator known as a cyclotron which is

1:26:01 > 1:26:06carefully lowered into place last summer then travelling at a speed of

1:26:06 > 1:26:11100,000 miles per second, they are directed with pinpoint accuracy at

1:26:11 > 1:26:16the tumour. Put it on. Six years on and Lucas is cancer free and full of

1:26:16 > 1:26:20beans. Where are you putting it? With the Manchester Centre coming on

1:26:20 > 1:26:24stream later this year and a second one in London to follow, the hope is

1:26:24 > 1:26:28those needing the life-saving treatment proton therapy will soon

1:26:28 > 1:26:31be able to access it closer to home. Dominic Hughes, BBC News,

1:26:31 > 1:26:36Manchester.

1:26:36 > 1:26:42Doctor David Jenkinson is from the brain tumour charity. Remarkable

1:26:42 > 1:26:47what is going on in terms of technology. Who will benefit from

1:26:47 > 1:26:51this therapy straightaway?A lot of it will be children. They are still

1:26:51 > 1:26:59growing and still developing. They will also be applicable for proton

1:26:59 > 1:27:07beam therapy.We have been seeing how it works there. What will a

1:27:07 > 1:27:16cancer patient benefit from in terms of traditional treatments now?So in

1:27:16 > 1:27:20comparison to the sorts of treatments you currently get, this

1:27:20 > 1:27:25will actually just probably be as effective but will have fewer

1:27:25 > 1:27:29side-effects more around the quality of life than the length of life you

1:27:29 > 1:27:35can get through the treatment.In terms of organs as to which might be

1:27:35 > 1:27:41more beneficial to have rotund beam therapy, which areas of the baht --

1:27:41 > 1:27:46the body would be better to target? Obviously in the brain. Critical

1:27:46 > 1:27:59organ. Try to bear the brain in the eyes and other organs like that.

1:27:59 > 1:28:03Around the heart and the body in the pelvis, bladders like -- places like

1:28:03 > 1:28:11that. I understand from my notes it's been less successful with lung

1:28:11 > 1:28:19cancer and prostate cancer.Why would that be. Because you are able

1:28:19 > 1:28:22to precise -- precisely targeted through breeding.It's more

1:28:22 > 1:28:27difficult to target the tumour as well as you might be too. The

1:28:27 > 1:28:33benefits of proton beams become a negative. With prostate, similar

1:28:33 > 1:28:41sort of effects and movements. It's not necessarily required.It is

1:28:41 > 1:28:47difficult because I am thinking of the case of Asher King whose parents

1:28:47 > 1:28:52took him out of hospital to have this proton therapy abroad and they

1:28:52 > 1:28:55were absolutely convinced that this would help. But there is the danger

1:28:55 > 1:29:01when there is new technology, when people think it is a queue were all.

1:29:01 > 1:29:06And proton beams are only applicable for tumours that have a very well

1:29:06 > 1:29:10defined margin. If the tumour has spread at all, using the precise

1:29:10 > 1:29:16targeting can be a negative so you would be better with a conventional

1:29:16 > 1:29:23therapy. Before and after the tumour which will help mop up some of those

1:29:23 > 1:29:34cancer cells.Thank you very much your time, Doctor David Jenkinson.

1:29:34 > 1:29:37Nearly 730 a.m.. Headlines coming right up.

1:30:06 > 1:30:08Hello.

1:30:08 > 1:30:12This is Breakfast, with Jon Kay and Naga Munchetty.

1:30:12 > 1:30:12Good morning.

1:30:12 > 1:30:17Here is a summary of today's main stories from BBC News:

1:30:17 > 1:30:20A lawyer who represented victims of the serial sex offender

1:30:20 > 1:30:23John Worboys says some of her clients whose cases weren't

1:30:23 > 1:30:29taken to trial want to give evidence.

1:30:29 > 1:30:32The former black cab driver is being freed from jail,

1:30:32 > 1:30:36ten years after being convicted of 19 offences, although police

1:30:36 > 1:30:41believe he attacked many more.

1:30:41 > 1:30:49A solicitor said many women said their testimony wasn't required as

1:30:49 > 1:30:53John Worboys would grow behind bars for a long time.Women want justice

1:30:53 > 1:30:57and they want their voices to be heard. They came forward and gave

1:30:57 > 1:31:00their statements to the police and the CPS said, don't worry, we won't

1:31:00 > 1:31:05prosecute in relation to your case because he will be in prison for a

1:31:05 > 1:31:07long time, there will be an indeterminate sentence. This man is

1:31:07 > 1:31:11going to be locked away. They now want their case to be given that

1:31:11 > 1:31:15proper scrutiny that it deserves and for there to be a decision to be

1:31:15 > 1:31:19made as to whether or not a prosecution will be brought in in

1:31:19 > 1:31:23their cases.

1:31:23 > 1:31:28Five online companies could lose their licences over concerns about

1:31:28 > 1:31:32their approach to problem gamblers and money laundering.

1:31:32 > 1:31:35The Gambling Commission has written to all 195 online casino operators,

1:31:35 > 1:31:37warning them to review their procedures.

1:31:37 > 1:31:40It comes after the commission found some companies did not follow up

1:31:40 > 1:31:43with gamblers who were becoming addicted, and failed to prevent

1:31:43 > 1:31:44money being laundered by criminals or terrorists.

1:31:44 > 1:31:47President Trump has taken to Twitter overnight to show his continued

1:31:47 > 1:31:50frustration over the release of a controversial book

1:31:50 > 1:31:53documenting his first year in the White House.

1:31:53 > 1:31:58Calling the author of the book, Michael Wolff, a total loser,

1:31:58 > 1:32:00and then accused him of making up stories.

1:32:00 > 1:32:03Mr Trump also calls his former chief strategist Steve Bannon

1:32:03 > 1:32:05'Sloppy Steve', claiming he cried when he was fired.

1:32:05 > 1:32:09The book, called Fire and Fury, has now gone on sale early,

1:32:09 > 1:32:16despite attempts by the White House to block its publication.

1:32:16 > 1:32:19EasyJet, Ladbrokes and Virgin Money are among the major employers

1:32:19 > 1:32:22who have been revealed to pay women, on average, at least 15%

1:32:22 > 1:32:23less than men.

1:32:23 > 1:32:25Organisations with more than 250 workers must

1:32:25 > 1:32:26publish their figures by April.

1:32:26 > 1:32:28More than 500 have done so.

1:32:28 > 1:32:31Another 8,000 must do by April, or risk being fined,

1:32:31 > 1:32:36under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination.

1:32:36 > 1:32:39The search for the missing MH370 Malaysian Airlines plane that

1:32:39 > 1:32:43disappeared almost four years ago is to be resumed.

1:32:43 > 1:32:49The jet was carrying more than 200 passengers when it vanished in 2014.

1:32:49 > 1:32:52Now, a private US exploration company called Ocean Infinity has

1:32:52 > 1:32:58been given permission to continue the search,

1:32:58 > 1:32:59which ended last year.

1:32:59 > 1:33:02The United States has been criticised by other members

1:33:02 > 1:33:04of the United Nations Security Council for calling an emergency

1:33:04 > 1:33:08meeting to discuss anti-government protests in Iran.

1:33:08 > 1:33:11China and France said the unrest did not threaten international security.

1:33:11 > 1:33:13The Iranian ambassador called the meeting a farce,

1:33:13 > 1:33:18and repeated claims that the protests were

1:33:18 > 1:33:19directed from abroad.

1:33:19 > 1:33:22Plans to improve reading standards amongst children from disadvantaged

1:33:22 > 1:33:24backgrounds have been announced by the Department for Education.

1:33:24 > 1:33:27There will be a network of 35 literacy-teaching centres

1:33:27 > 1:33:29across England, to work with primary schools that

1:33:29 > 1:33:31are in challenging areas.

1:33:31 > 1:33:34Labour says the funding will do nothing to change Government cuts

1:33:34 > 1:33:35to school budgets.

1:33:35 > 1:33:40There will also be schemes to improve the vocabulary

1:33:40 > 1:33:48of pre-school children in the north of England.

1:33:48 > 1:33:50Weather forecasters in the United States have warned

1:33:50 > 1:33:52that the weekend could bring record-breaking low temperatures

1:33:52 > 1:33:54in some parts of the north-east.

1:33:54 > 1:33:58The National Weather Service predicts wind chills as low

1:33:58 > 1:34:00as minus 40 Celsius in some places.

1:34:00 > 1:34:03Thousands of flights have been cancelled and up to 19 people have

1:34:03 > 1:34:04lost their lives.

1:34:04 > 1:34:07Mike is here with the sport.

1:34:07 > 1:34:12We were talking about that really cold weather. Glorious sunshine down

1:34:12 > 1:34:17under, as you would imagine, but not glorious for the English team.

1:34:17 > 1:34:22In terms of the fifth and final Ashes test, do you want the good or

1:34:22 > 1:34:25bad news? Bad.

1:34:25 > 1:34:31I will give you good first. England finally found a way... They found a

1:34:31 > 1:34:35way to get the captain Steve Smith out, but the bad news is the Marsh

1:34:35 > 1:34:44brothers. When one scores a century, the next one does. The third day is

1:34:44 > 1:34:47now finished and the Australians are on top.

1:34:47 > 1:34:52When is the match going to be over? In two days, depending on what

1:34:52 > 1:34:52happens.

1:34:52 > 1:34:54It has been another morale-sapping day for England's bowlers

1:34:54 > 1:34:58in the Sydney sunshine.

1:34:58 > 1:35:01Australia finishing the third day with a lead of 133 runs with two

1:35:01 > 1:35:06days to go. England took two wickets. Steve Smith out at just shy

1:35:06 > 1:35:14of another century. The wing Ali without one. Usman Khawaja made 171.

1:35:14 > 1:35:17Mason Crane got his first test wicket. From then on Australia

1:35:17 > 1:35:20flourished.

1:35:20 > 1:35:23The Marsh brothers, Mitchell and Shaun, are the ones punishing

1:35:23 > 1:35:27England's bowlers now.

1:35:27 > 1:35:35Australia now have a lead of 133.It was a pretty tough day. Look, we are

1:35:35 > 1:35:39150 overs into the innings. There will be a futile bodies out there.

1:35:39 > 1:35:44That's part and parcel of test cricket. It's not the first time

1:35:44 > 1:35:49they will feel 150 overs and not the last. The way the guys the world out

1:35:49 > 1:35:52there and worked hard was really impressive and that's really good

1:35:52 > 1:35:54for us to see as side going forward.

1:35:54 > 1:35:57Onto the FA Cup third round, one of the highlights of any

1:35:57 > 1:36:00sporting year, because all the top teams enter the competition.

1:36:00 > 1:36:03And, in the Merseyside derby, the world's most expensive defender

1:36:03 > 1:36:06scored the winner for Liverpool, while Manchester United left it late

1:36:06 > 1:36:08to beat Derby County at Old Trafford.

1:36:08 > 1:36:10Drew Savage rounds up both matches.

1:36:10 > 1:36:13The pressure lifted off the shoulders of the man with a £75

1:36:13 > 1:36:15million pricetag on his back.

1:36:15 > 1:36:19A debut to remember for Virgil van Dijk, on a night that provided

1:36:19 > 1:36:21plenty of talking points.

1:36:21 > 1:36:22For example, was this a penalty?

1:36:22 > 1:36:25The Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp, didn't think so, but Bobby Madley's

1:36:25 > 1:36:28was the opinion that counted.

1:36:28 > 1:36:30James Milner the calmest man at Anfield.

1:36:30 > 1:36:35Mason Holgate was not.

1:36:35 > 1:36:38There was bound to be a reaction from Firmino.

1:36:38 > 1:36:40The referee, Madley, decided to step in.

1:36:40 > 1:36:43Liverpool had had most of the play, but Everton countered with some

1:36:43 > 1:36:45quality, Gylfi Sigurdsson with a worthy second-half equaliser.

1:36:45 > 1:36:51Until the big moment arrived for a certain Dutch defender.

1:36:51 > 1:36:53A decent-looking corner kick, but didn't get it.

1:36:53 > 1:36:58Van Dijk did.

1:36:58 > 1:37:01The man brought to strengthen their defence delighted fans

1:37:01 > 1:37:03and manager alike with a winning goal.

1:37:03 > 1:37:06Yes, in front of the goal, makes it even better.

1:37:06 > 1:37:06Really good.

1:37:06 > 1:37:11It was a Merseyside Derby, so that extra push for both teams,

1:37:11 > 1:37:12and you saw that tonight.

1:37:12 > 1:37:19It was a proper, proper Cup fight, and I like that.

1:37:19 > 1:37:21Championship side Derby had put on a proper fight away

1:37:21 > 1:37:23to Manchester United, who were six minutes away

1:37:23 > 1:37:25from a replay when this happened.

1:37:25 > 1:37:26Lingard, good hands.

1:37:26 > 1:37:27He's done it again!

1:37:27 > 1:37:32Lingard, magnificent strike.

1:37:32 > 1:37:35Derby will be free to concentrate on their push to join

1:37:35 > 1:37:37Manchester United in the Premier League.

1:37:37 > 1:37:39Romelu Lukaku wrapped things up at the end,

1:37:39 > 1:37:51the side pleased to avoid another defeat.

1:37:51 > 1:37:56In the Liverpool game there was the incident in the first half involving

1:37:56 > 1:38:03Roberto Firmino. He is pushed into the crowd. Afterwards it appears he

1:38:03 > 1:38:07says something as the players come together. Neither was booked at the

1:38:07 > 1:38:11time but the referee has included it in his report. I'm sure we will hear

1:38:11 > 1:38:17more about this in the hours and days to come. As for the rest of the

1:38:17 > 1:38:22tyres, we were looking forward to seeing the return of Jamie Vardy.

1:38:22 > 1:38:28But he is injured and so it seems unlikely that he will be risked by

1:38:28 > 1:38:31Leicester in the first cup tie of the day.

1:38:31 > 1:38:33Elsewhere, there are nine Premier League teams hoping to avoid

1:38:33 > 1:38:36an upset against lower-league teams, while there is an intriguing contest

1:38:36 > 1:38:37at the Etihad.

1:38:37 > 1:38:40The runaway Premier League leaders, Manchester City, take on Burnley,

1:38:40 > 1:38:43this season's surprise package, who are seventh in the table.

1:38:43 > 1:38:45Of course we are going to rotate in some players.

1:38:45 > 1:38:48But the focus is going to Burnley, and what they've done

1:38:48 > 1:39:01so far is difficult.

1:39:01 > 1:39:02They do not concede goals.

1:39:02 > 1:39:05They have received one goal, the other games all 1-0, 1-0...

1:39:05 > 1:39:07And they show a strong physicality.

1:39:07 > 1:39:09The feud between Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho

1:39:09 > 1:39:11and Chelsea's Antonio Conte appears to be escalating.

1:39:11 > 1:39:14In Mourinho's latest jibe, he said he would never be

1:39:14 > 1:39:15suspended for match-fixing.

1:39:15 > 1:39:18Conte was given a four-match ban a few years ago for failing

1:39:18 > 1:39:20to report match fixing at his previous club,

1:39:20 > 1:39:23Siena, although he was later cleared of any wrongdoing.

1:39:23 > 1:39:25Mourinho was responding after Conte said he was getting

1:39:25 > 1:39:30old and losing his memory when it came to his own touch-line antics.

1:39:30 > 1:39:33Bath ended their three-match losing run in rugby union's Premiership

1:39:33 > 1:39:41last night with a comfortable 46-25 victory at struggling Worcester.

1:39:41 > 1:39:44They pulled away after the break with a flurry of tries,

1:39:44 > 1:39:48lock James Phillips going over for only the second time in his 63

1:39:48 > 1:39:50League games to secure the bonus point for Bath.

1:39:50 > 1:39:54In the Pro14, Scarlets have opened up a seven-point lead at the top

1:39:54 > 1:39:56of conference B with a dominant, 47-13 bonus-point win over Dragons.

1:39:56 > 1:39:59The victory means Scarlets are unbeaten in five Welsh

1:39:59 > 1:40:02derbies this season.

1:40:02 > 1:40:11Elsewhere, Edinburgh beat Southern Kings.

1:40:11 > 1:40:15England may be losing in the cricket, but one British flying high

1:40:15 > 1:40:20down under after beating the Aussies in their own backyard, or rather in

1:40:20 > 1:40:25the skies above. Look at this! Above the Australian desert. The new world

1:40:25 > 1:40:30record has been set for distance travelled by a hand glider, going

1:40:30 > 1:40:35over 300 kilometres. That's 241 miles, so like going from London to

1:40:35 > 1:40:42Middlesbrough in one flight. It took Olly 5.5 hours, going at an average

1:40:42 > 1:40:47speed of 55 mph. He has become a world record holder.

1:40:47 > 1:40:51That's quite fast! You have to wiggle in and out of thermals.

1:40:51 > 1:40:57Quite incredible. Have you done it? I have had a go at

1:40:57 > 1:41:01hand gliding over garbage. Incredible to see -- over

1:41:01 > 1:41:06Derbyshire. Incredible. So let's move on from the Ashes and

1:41:06 > 1:41:12do the hand gliding. Maybe we can do well in this sport,

1:41:12 > 1:41:15which fuses gymnastics and free running.

1:41:15 > 1:41:18Now you can go on and become a professional ninja.

1:41:18 > 1:41:21Ten years after it started as a TV contest in Japan,

1:41:21 > 1:41:24athletes in the UK are getting ready for the fifth championship here.

1:41:24 > 1:41:28So I went along to one of the dozens of places where you can start

1:41:28 > 1:41:30on a ninja course, Europe's largest

1:41:30 > 1:41:31one, in Manchester.

1:41:31 > 1:41:33Running up the wall, hanging upside down -

1:41:33 > 1:41:40the increasingly common ninja.

1:41:40 > 1:41:44It is one of the new sporting crazes to be hitting the UK,

1:41:44 > 1:41:47and it started in Japan.

1:41:47 > 1:41:50Straight away, you can see how challenging a ninja course is,

1:41:50 > 1:41:53with just the simple curtain-swings, if you like, testing even

1:41:53 > 1:41:58the best of them.

1:41:58 > 1:42:02A ninja is officially defined as a person skilled in the Japanese

1:42:02 > 1:42:04art of ninjitsu, the combination of free-running, obstacle-racing,

1:42:04 > 1:42:07and gymnastics.

1:42:07 > 1:42:10You're using your body like as a monkey.

1:42:10 > 1:42:12You are climbing, you're twisting your body,

1:42:12 > 1:42:18from the core areas.

1:42:18 > 1:42:21I think, if you go to a normal gym, you are not getting anywhere

1:42:21 > 1:42:22near to Ninja Warrior.

1:42:22 > 1:42:25This does bring out the inner sloth in you.

1:42:25 > 1:42:27While Johnny trains on the professional course

1:42:27 > 1:42:32in Manchester, there are beginner slopes to get you started,

1:42:32 > 1:42:36as you race your mates for fun, building up to the intermediate

1:42:36 > 1:42:38and advanced courses, where the falls get bigger.

1:42:38 > 1:42:40A lot of these obstacles, it's about the technique

1:42:40 > 1:42:42and the preparation.

1:42:42 > 1:42:45I know it's a race, but it's in the planning, as well.

1:42:45 > 1:42:47Look at that for a roll, though, eh?

1:42:47 > 1:43:00This is the best place, in the end, isn't it?

1:43:00 > 1:43:02It's completely different to your normal gym.

1:43:02 > 1:43:08So you have all the ninja obstacles, it's challenging, it's fun.

1:43:08 > 1:43:11And I think the gym can be a little bit boring,

1:43:11 > 1:43:13so this keeps you motivated, and having fun.

1:43:13 > 1:43:14It's mentally and physically challenging.

1:43:14 > 1:43:18So it doesn't matter how fit you are, you need to have a certain

1:43:18 > 1:43:20technique to get accustomed to the apparatus.

1:43:20 > 1:43:23Ninja courses around the world have become famous for their various

1:43:23 > 1:43:25challenges, like the spider wall.

1:43:25 > 1:43:28The trouble is, the longer you stay on this, the more sweaty you get.

1:43:28 > 1:43:30I think I'm ready to jump.

1:43:30 > 1:43:37Just the fact that you think you can't do it,

1:43:37 > 1:43:38and you just do it...

1:43:38 > 1:43:41And you have your friends like her, who are motivated.

1:43:41 > 1:43:47And, once you do it, even better.

1:43:47 > 1:43:50And the infamous climb at the end, when you eventually get there.

1:43:50 > 1:43:53That's it.

1:43:53 > 1:43:56Ninja Warrior.

1:43:56 > 1:43:59A bit of cheating, maybe, but you do feel like you're

1:43:59 > 1:44:07one of them.

1:44:07 > 1:44:12The UK champion there. So are you now a fully qualified

1:44:12 > 1:44:16ninja? I'm on the nursery slopes.

1:44:16 > 1:44:21We're still scared. Because of my ninja skills?

1:44:21 > 1:44:35Thanks very much. Let's have a look at the weather forecast.

1:44:35 > 1:44:41this weekend. It turns colder as the weekend goes on. Thanks to an area

1:44:41 > 1:44:45of high pressure which is already arrived across the northern half of

1:44:45 > 1:44:50the UK. Some wintry showers. Across the south, some clears quails dashed

1:44:50 > 1:44:58clear spells overnight. The limit of sunshine here. But north, a band of

1:44:58 > 1:45:09cloud and some patchy rain. Further north, some wintry showers. The odd

1:45:09 > 1:45:16one across the of Scotland. Most of Northern Ireland, starting off dry.

1:45:16 > 1:45:21That northerly winds will continue to push the cloud southwards and the

1:45:21 > 1:45:25come to -- and become confined to Southern counties. Further north,

1:45:25 > 1:45:31the skies brightened up. The much of Wales, bright and sunny but much

1:45:31 > 1:45:37colder across the South. It looks like the rain and the cloud will

1:45:37 > 1:45:45clear away the most southern areas. Under clear skies, light winds,

1:45:45 > 1:45:58Arctic air, very cold. Widespread frost. -10 degrees, very cold. A

1:45:58 > 1:46:03frosty start to Sunday morning. Dry and bright throughout the day with

1:46:03 > 1:46:07loads of crisp winter sunshine. The breeze is still quite a feature.

1:46:07 > 1:46:14Feeling raw here. The wind lighter. As you can see, this area of high

1:46:14 > 1:46:20pressure moves away Eastwood 's what it's going to do is allow winds to

1:46:20 > 1:46:24come in from the east and that will bring a bit more cloud around. We

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1:46:40 > 1:46:46Back to you too.

1:46:46 > 1:46:48Now it's time for Newswatch with Samira Ahmed.

1:46:48 > 1:46:55This week Martin Bashir discusses coverage of religion on BBC News.

1:46:55 > 1:46:59A Happy New Year, and welcome to the first Newswatch of 2018

1:46:59 > 1:47:01with me, Samira Ahmed.

1:47:01 > 1:47:06This week, after the BBC announces it's increasing its religious

1:47:06 > 1:47:10affairs coverage, we'll be asking why, and what the impact will be.

1:47:10 > 1:47:13The BBC's religion editor Martin Bashir tells us how he'll be

1:47:13 > 1:47:15tackling the competing demands of religious groups

1:47:15 > 1:47:16and the non-believing majority.

1:47:16 > 1:47:19First, the New Year brought with it some distressing news,

1:47:19 > 1:47:24including the deaths of six people, including British businessman

1:47:24 > 1:47:26Richard Cousins, in a seaplane accident in Australia.

1:47:26 > 1:47:32The crash was reported extensively on BBC News -

1:47:32 > 1:47:34too much so for several viewers, including Alan Winn.

1:47:34 > 1:47:36He wrote to us on Tuesday.

1:47:36 > 1:47:38You've been sending us your comments on BBC News output over

1:47:38 > 1:47:42the Christmas and New Year period and one concern that's been voiced

1:47:42 > 1:47:43was the contrast some perceived in the coverage of two fires that

1:48:05 > 1:48:08You've been sending us your comments on BBC News output over

1:48:08 > 1:48:11the Christmas and New Year period and one concern that's been voiced

1:48:11 > 1:48:14was the contrast some perceived in the coverage of two fires that

1:48:14 > 1:48:17took place on December 29th - one in an apartment building

1:48:17 > 1:48:20in the Bronx, New York, which killed 12 people,

1:48:20 > 1:48:37and one in a restaurant in Mumbai, in India, where at least

1:48:37 > 1:48:3815 people died.

1:48:38 > 1:48:40Imtiyaz Ansari rang that day identifying a discrepancy

1:48:40 > 1:48:43in the news reporting of the two incidents.

1:48:43 > 1:48:46It obviously showed a great deal of the fire that took place

1:48:46 > 1:48:48in the Bronx where 12 people had died.

1:48:48 > 1:48:55But the same incidence of fire has taken place in Mumbai where 15

1:48:55 > 1:49:01people have died.

1:49:01 > 1:49:05Not a single mention of this incident.

1:49:05 > 1:49:07And even your website, this incident is hidden well

1:49:07 > 1:49:10inside the Asia region while the New York fire is right

1:49:10 > 1:49:11on the front page.

1:49:11 > 1:49:12Why so biased?

1:49:12 > 1:49:14Just before Christmas, the BBC published its plans

1:49:14 > 1:49:17to increase the ambition of its coverage of religion and ethics.

1:49:17 > 1:49:20The review covered all areas of programming, from Songs of Praise

1:49:20 > 1:49:24to Thought for the Day, but in news, it proposed increasing investment

1:49:24 > 1:49:26and output, and a new post of religion editor.

1:49:26 > 1:49:29The scope and nature of reporting on religion is a subject that's

1:49:29 > 1:49:31bound to divide audiences, with some feeling it's

1:49:31 > 1:49:32given insufficient attention.

1:49:32 > 1:49:36For instance, David Parry wrote to us recently to ask about the BBC

1:49:36 > 1:49:39News website.

1:49:53 > 1:49:55And when Sarah Mullally was appointed the first female

1:49:55 > 1:49:58Bishop of London last month, the news was mentioned only briefly

1:49:58 > 1:50:00on that night's evening bulletins, to the disgruntlement

1:50:00 > 1:50:02of Gareth Jones, as he explains here.

1:50:05 > 1:50:07This was an important story for the established church

1:50:07 > 1:50:14and for women's equality.

1:50:14 > 1:50:17Even if you had run this story earlier, surely it warranted

1:50:17 > 1:50:21a regular slot throughout the day, particularly at a time when the role

1:50:21 > 1:50:24of women in society is at the forefront of our thinking.

1:50:24 > 1:50:26Others, though, regret the proposal for more religious coverage

1:50:26 > 1:50:30with some suspicious that the BBC is proselytising.

1:50:30 > 1:50:32Sue Nelson tweeted this week:

1:50:32 > 1:50:33A tough task, then,

1:50:44 > 1:50:46A tough task, then,

1:50:46 > 1:50:48to satisfy conflicting demands, and the main person responsible

1:50:48 > 1:50:51is Martin Bashir, who's just become the BBC's first religion editor.

1:50:51 > 1:50:54He became a household name when his interview with Diana,

1:50:54 > 1:50:56Princess of Wales, for Panorama back in 1995

1:50:56 > 1:51:02made international headlines.

1:51:02 > 1:51:09After other high-profile programmes on the likes of Louise Woodward

1:51:09 > 1:51:12and on Michael Jackson for ITV, he went to work

1:51:12 > 1:51:16in the United States, but returned a year or so ago

1:51:16 > 1:51:20to the BBC, where he'd worked at the start of his career.

1:51:20 > 1:51:23In December, he followed Pope Francis on his tour of Asia,

1:51:23 > 1:51:25and reported on the Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Day

1:51:25 > 1:51:27message, and from Bethlehem on the preparations

1:51:27 > 1:51:28for Christmas there.

1:51:28 > 1:51:31It is in this place, where borders and walls fortify

1:51:31 > 1:51:47a sense of identity and religious separation, that the Christian

1:51:47 > 1:51:49church is seeking to spread its message of peace