this is bbc news, the headlines at four. widespread drugs use and a lack of control, what the bbc uncovered inside one of britain's biggest jails, uncovered inside one of britain's biggestjails, thejustice secretary that form will happen. this will not be fixed in weeks and months but if we are resolute we will see our society become safer and we will see how prison population reduced. for french skiers die in an avalanche in the alps, they were hit while off piste in the sort of kenya. the co—op bank has put itself up for sale four years after it almost collapsed. deal or no deal, numerous tesco offers are revealed to be out of date while people are being charged full price at the till. also the next hour, thousands of people evacuated in north california, with fears of the collapse of the largest dam. i can't possibly accept this

award, the artist of my life is beyonce for me, and the album lemonade is so monumental, so monumental. could afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the justice secretary, liz truss has said there's no "quick fix" to reduce the prison population in england and wales. her first major speech on sentencing follows a bbc investigation which found evidence of major security failings at a privately—run prison in northumberland. an undercover reporter from the bbc‘s panorama spent two months working as a prison officer at the jail near morpeth. he secretly filmed widespread drug abuse and discovered that door alarms didn't work and there was a hole in a fence. the ministry ofjustice says it's

looking into allegations. our correspondent ed thomas reports. undercover in one of our biggestjails. for two months, bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. and staff pushed to their limits. hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the french company sodexo and home to more than 1,300 inmates. on the undercover reporter's first day inside, 2.5 kilograms of spice, an illegal high with a prison value of £250,000 was found in two cells. despite this, panorama was told there was no lockdown, so the block could be completely searched. the bbc secretly filmed inmates high on drugs. this man had taken spice.

and then there's the violence. cctv cameras recorded an inmate being stamped on. at one point, panorama's undercover reporter was threatened by an inmate. during filming, the bbc discovered a serious security breach, alarms on two doors weren't working. nearby, officers found wire cutting tools and later,

a hole in an inner security fence. it meant drugs could have been passed into the jail. the reporter asked the governor what went wrong? sodexo, the company that runs the prison, said the safety of staff and inmates is their top priority. the ministry ofjustice said it would urgently investigate the bbc‘s footage and that the government is determined to reform our prisons. in a speech in central london, thejustice secretary ruled out using quotas or reducing sentences to manage the prison population i think we all agree in this room

that it i think we all agree in this room thatitis i think we all agree in this room that it is desirable to have a lower prison population, at i believe it has to be for the right reasons. public protection is paramount. which means managing the prison population in a safe and sustainable way. wants to see the prison population go down, because her majesty ‘s prison and probation service has got better at reforming offenders. i want to see it go down because we have got better as a society, at intervening earlier, before people commit the crimes that lead them to prison. i want to see it go down, because we have got better at managing the prison population, inside ourjails. reductions by capital quota, or by sweeping sentencing cuts, are not a magic bullet, they are a dangerous attempt at a quick fix. we need to do hard work, we need to do a lot of ha rd do hard work, we need to do a lot of hard work. we need to do the hard work of improving community

sentences, of dealing with problems like drink and drugs, and making our prisons more effective at reforming the people inside them. this will not be fixed in weeks and months, but if we are resolute, we will see how society become safer, and we will see how prison population reduced. how home affairs editor danny shaw, was at that speech and said that the justice secretary ‘s main aim is to tackle the offending. she says the level of reoffending is appalling, thatis level of reoffending is appalling, that is the problem at the moment, it is not about the number of first—time offenders entering the justice system, those numbers are coming down, it is the fact that reoffending rates remain stubbornly high. she wants to tackle that by improving rehabilitation programmes, getting more drug offenders, onto treatment orders, that is something which she feels is underused. so i have got to say that there is no great policy announcement here, there is no great policy shift, at

this is liz truss's first setting out if you like of her belief about how the prison system, the penal system should work in the future. no great radical change of direction. let's speak to andrew neilson from the howard league, which campaigns for prison reform. hejoins me from our central london studio. good afternoon, is thejustice secretary right, is it the reoffending issue that is at the heart of any changes to the prison system 7 heart of any changes to the prison system? it is certainly one of the contributory factors and clearly if people didn't go on to reoffend after they leave prison then they wouldn't get back into the prison system and contribute to the overcrowding that way. what we really do have to see that the prisons themselves are a major cause of reoffending. when you have the scenes that viewers have seen in panorama tonight, of the violence, the drugs, the mental distress. the sheer boredom of prisoners in overcrowded cells. spending often 23

hours a day doing nothing. that is going to make people more likely to offend. is that picture of one prison, a few prisons or many of them? it is a picture that you see in almost every prison in the country. and sadly it is across the system and we have seen, particularly last year in the run—up to christmas, the way the prison system was hitting the news headlines across the country. we had prisoners escaping from closed conditions in pentonville, we had violence and disturbances, particularly a large one at birmingham prison, we have seen prison staff walking out because of concerns about safety across the system. this is a systemwide problem and it is a key shape to say that we have a prisoners crisis but i think we really are at that point and we do need urgent action. the system has been capped financially where prison officers are leaving quicker than they can be recruited, the obvious answer many would say would be build a few more prisons and you

would get more prison officers and a nyway would get more prison officers and anyway it have that overcrowding problem. what is wrong with that? this is a problem that requires two approaches and we heard about one of those approaches, from liz truss today, which is supplied. we do indeed need to certainly supply resources into prisons, if there are enough staff to do the work. i did think we need to build new prisons because we have tried that in the past. the system. those new prisons, and we are still with overcrowded system. that is because when not looking at the other side of this problem which is demand, and that is, an aspect which liz truss effectively refuses to countenance today in her speech. which is that she has a role, and an ability, to do something to managed aren't on the prisons in terms of how many prisoners actually have in the system, she wants to reduce prison numbers, in the long—term way,

through tackling reoffending, but she won't look at sentencing reforms to ashley try and get the numbers down. quickly. i'm afraid that without that sentencing reform we are going to continue to have ministers making similar speeches, the moaning the violence and the deaths in prisons, because we will not get a solution without getting something on prison numbers. how bad does it have to get if the panorama image tonight is what is going on in many, image tonight is what is going on in any image tonight is what is going on in many, many prisons, you do wonder how bad things had to get before something has to change? that is a difficult question to answer, i don't care how bad it is going to get, last year we do have more suicides, on record by quite a considerable margin. that wasn't enough, to see a change in direction. perhaps if we see more, disturbances, the rioting birmingham, is certainly a concerning moment. we feel the government has lost control of the

prison, that is the kind of circumstance which may force political hands. but at the moment we are stuck in a rather sterile debate really, where we are, we see people saying, tough on justice all soft on justice. but what we really wa nt soft on justice. but what we really want is an effective justice system, and an effective prison system would be one with less people in it that can then actually focus resources and staff time, on the people the public are most concerned by. those who have committed serious and violent crimes. thank you very much for joining violent crimes. thank you very much forjoining us. 4 french skiers have died in an avalanche in the french ski resort of tignes. the skiers and a guide were off—piste when the avalanche struckjust before 11 this morning. the resort is particularly busy at this time of year with french and british school holidays. 0n the line is alice masuyer — who's in tignes — this happened on the mountain in front of them.

i think you are able to see the rescue operation as it was underway? yes basically iiam rescue operation as it was underway? yes basically ”am i was in the ski shop, they were according to an emergency, we ran out on the ski bike. i could see, the trace of the avalanche that just happened. bike. i could see, the trace of the avalanche thatjust happened. the helicopter started to arrive. went back to my chalet, and really closed, the slopes and the ski lift. all afternoon i could see, a huge amount of mountain rescue at the top of what is, a 400 meter large hollow where the snow accumulated. talking to the guys, there is about six metres snow above the skiers. they are trying to dig the others. we have seen a few skiers skiing down, where the avalanche was. so they are trying to look at what happened, maybe setting some explosives later to get rid of the remaining snow. avalanches are not unknown but it is

the width of this one seems to have caught everybody by surprise? yes as i say it is very very close to the village. i didn't see it myself but quite a few people did see it, it was just quite a few people did see it, it wasjust in quite a few people did see it, it was just in front of us. quite a few people did see it, it wasjust in front of us. in terms of that rescue operation, they have got to be very careful in terms of looking for anybody who trapped underneath it. they were looking for more people but it is understood that some hadn't turned up in the ski school so the figure of those missing is properly wrong? yes there isa missing is properly wrong? yes there is a bit of confusion as to how many people, are missing. apparently there was a group of skiers, and maybe some of them left the group to go back to the ski school. so we don't know what happened and we are still trying to investigate. pretty impressive rescue operation? it was, you had probably 50 or 60 mountain rescue people, two or three

helicopters, quite a lot of people. some ski lessons were cancelled because they had to get hold, to get the people out of the snow, so they called everybody out. it is good to give us yourtime, called everybody out. it is good to give us your time, thank you very much. in the last few minutes canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau has a right foot. president trump, it is the first meeting between the two leaders since the election. he said he expected to find a lot of common ground with donald trump. despite their differences over trade and immigration policies. 0ur correspondent gary donny hughes in washington for us. all smiles on the doorstep. but below the service there are friction. . justin trudeau arriving about 15 minutes ago, as you would expect, a pretty warm

welcome, for the president. there are huge differences between these two men. justin trudeau is a liberal comedy described himself as a feminist, he is in favour of free trade and all of these things that donald trump really has set is hat against during the campaign. but there is a great motivating factor here. it is a question of following the money and the money means, that canada sends three quarters of its trade to america, millions of drops depend on the relationship and that is ready what will underpin these talks. i think the reality of what canada needs and that is an ongoing proper connection with the us. doesn't want to burn those bridges. we are all going to be watching twitter to see the two of them, what they actually thought about the other one. yes interesting, this is the car mediation of choice for both of these men. they are both avid followers, and they do use twitter a

lot, in donald trump's case, justin trudeau equally does that too. he used twitter, particularly, to sort of expresses roundabout condemnation of expresses roundabout condemnation of immigration policies that donald trump was following. that may come up. he also of course, has an open door policy, for the syrian refugees, 40,000 according to canada, since he took power. donald trump, has announced an indefinite shutdown of all syrian refugees at the moment. very difficult to use, one thing they will agree on, it is that the new keystone pipeline, was cancelled under the 0bama administration. justin trudeau is in favour of it and so is trump. that willjoin up, favour of it and so is trump. that will join up, with favour of it and so is trump. that willjoin up, with the oil sands of canada, through nebraska and connecting up to the gulf of mexico. so that is something that i'm sure

that he highlighted today. as well as hisjoint task that he highlighted today. as well as his joint task force. 0n female entrepreneurs, so that is quite a clever move by the canadians, they have picked on an issue and eubank trump is very keen on that too, a lot of photo opportunities around that table discussing that. i think trying to the size and things that they share in common, rather the differences. you are watching bbc news, the headlines this afternoon. justice secretary says there is no quick fix to fixing the prison population in england and wales. there are widespread drug issues inside the prison. an avalanche high in the alps has killed four members ofan off in the alps has killed four members of an off piste skiing party. canada's prime minister arrives at the white house, to meet us president donald trump for the first time. and in sportjoe root says

that he's privileged to become the new england test cricket captain. alastair cook the former captain resigned last week. ben stokes has become the vice captain. nathan dyer has been ruled out for the rest of the season with an achilles injury, he limped off in the early stages of his sides 2—0 win at leicester. manny pacquiao the boxer has asked it twitter followers who should be ‘s next opponent, with britain's amir khan and kell brook among the four possible fighters. more later. the co—0p bank has announced its putting itself up for sale. the high street bank — which has more than 4 million customers — almost collapsed in 2013 after a series of financial problems. it was bailed out by american hedge funds but has struggled to strengthen its finances because of low interest rates. the problems started with the merger with britannia building society in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008. our business editor simon jack explained what it could mean by 2013 some of those loans had gone

bad, punched an enormous hole in the finances of the company and ever since then it has found it very hard to nurse itself back to health. it said today that it has not been able to earn enough money to put money into the kitty for a rainy day, it does not have enough capital. the other option is to ask the owners, american headphones, and the co—op group which still owns 20%, they might be reluctant to put in extra money because it is difficult to make returns in this low interest rate environment. so the third option is to put yourself up for sale and hope that a bank with 4 million customers might be a good idea to add to an existing bank. some candidates out there, perhaps including tsb, might be able to put the bank together and have some economies of scale and get on with things and make a success of it. for customers there is nothing to worry about. they are not in any danger whatsoever. this is a process that will go on, the bank of england will be watching

and those 4 million loyal customers who have stuck around after its reputational problems, they have nothing to worry about. britain's biggest supermarket, tesco has promised to take immediate action after a bbc investigation revealed that two thirds of deals on the shelves were out of date and weren't being deducted at the checkout. an undercover team visited 50 branches across england over a 3 month period. tesco says it's working to make sure its prices are accurate. jonathan gibson reports. if we see a special offer on the supermarket shelves, we expect to pay that price at the till. but that doesn't always happen at tesco. and here's why. the bbc‘s inside out programme visited 50 tesco stores across england and found out—of—date special offers in 33 of them.

at some stores, staff say it's a recurring problem. and at another store a worker blames the error on being short—staffed. in most stores, workers removed the label straightaway but not everywhere. at this store the cashier refunds the difference but doesn't remove the label, so it's still on display when we go back in the next day, the next week and one month later. the fourth cashier finally removes it. there are obviously major problems with the control of the special offers. special offers bring customers in, make people reach for more and maybe

spend more than they meant to when they came into the store, so that is very, very worrying. throughout our investigation, tesco did refund the difference when informed about the discrepancies. the company wouldn't provide anyone for interview but, after reviewing the bbc‘s evidence, said... following our investigation, britain's biggest supermarket has said it will be double—checking the accuracy of every price in every store. that's more than 3,500 stores across britain. jonathan gibson, bbc news. and viewers in most english regions will be able to watch inside 0ut‘s full report on bbc one at half past 7 this evening — and online afterwards on the bbc iplayer. we will have more on the latest

developments from the trump white house this evening of course, once the meeting has taken place. there will be a photocall inside the white house, as they meet business leaders, that is to come. a funeral service, has taken place at york minster today for seven—year—old katie rough, who was killed in the city. katie was found with severe lacerations to her neck and chest on a playing field in york last month and died later in hospital. her funeral at the york minster was led by the archbishop of york, drjohn sentamu. the latest session of the church of england's general synod is underway in london. much of the debate, this week, is likely to centre on the synod's response to a report on gay marriage, which upholds a traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman. 14 former bishops have written an open letter, accusing the church of ignoring the views of gay christians. fire fighters in australia

are battling dozens of bushfires in new south wales. at least 30 homes have been destroyed, but so far there are no reports of any lives lost. australia has had a record heatwave, with temperatures up to 47 degrees. pensioners are on average better off than those of working age for the first time. that is according to a think tank in solution, and reveals that there more likely to have generous private pensions and still be working. 0ur personal finance correspondent ports. pensioners' incomes rolling ahead with company pensions, their own homes, even above—inflation increases in the state pension. these pensioners in harrow say money can still be tight. when you retire, you're fine. seven years down the line, everything's gone up. my husband and i had company pensions and got the state pension

and we have paid more for our house, so quite comfortable. if i didn't have a private pension, no way could i be bowling. going back to 2001 and after paying housing costs like rent and mortgage, pensioner households had £70 a week less on average to spend than working families. then there was a big switchover four years ago so now pensioner householders are £20 a week better off. more cash in their pockets especially if they have paid off the mortgage. what's pushing up pensioner incomes is this younger generation of pensioners born after the war who are now retiring with good company pension schemes, owning their own home, often with the mortgage paid off, and the challenge is if you look 20 years ahead that could be a real problem for younger generations who will not retire with the same advantages. so if it's current pensioners who are winning, some say levels

the playing field by being less generous about increases in the state pension, but that would mean when today's younger people retire they would be up against it. fewer own a home or have a quality private pension. it's important they have better pensions and find it easier to buy into the housing market. 0n the pension side of things they are saving much less than older generations. we think they need to save more. government has a role in this because they set the default rate for savings. we're asking government to increase that over the next decade. even today there is a growing divide among the elderly. many newly retired people are wealthier, many older pensioners just scraping by. they would object to being called " better off". let's ta ke let's take you back to washington,

dc, president —— president donald trump has been meeting justin trudeau, first face to face meeting. trade is expected to be foremost on their agenda, canada sends more than three quarters of its exports to the united states, 0ttawa three quarters of its exports to the united states, ottawa and washington. immigration and refugee policy, both are in favour of fans encouraging more women entrepreneurs. there will be pictures emerging a little bit later of the two men and some of the women entrepreneurs whose cause they are supporting. a relaxed and seemingly friendly meeting between the two men before. while british film talent was somewhat eclipsed at the baftas last night, british musical talent dominated at the grammy awards in la — thanks to adele and david bowie. adele made history becoming the first person to win the top three awards twice. but she didn't want to accept the grammy for best album — saying it should have gone

to the american star, beyonce — who she called the artist of her life. from la — james cook reports. she was the night's big winner, but adele looked far from comfortable with that, and dedicated album of the year to beyonce. but i can't possibly accept this award. my artist of my life is beyonce, and this album, for me, the lemonade album, was just so monumental... the performance by the proudly pregnant megastar was stunning. there is a curse... but this most consequential of artists really was only winning consolation prizes. the night wasn't all adele's. for the second year in a row, she had performance problems. i know its live tv, i'm sorry, i need to start again. i can't do it again like last year. i'm sorry for swearing and i'm sorry for starting again, can we please start it again? it was a good decision. the second take of her tribute to george michael was flawless.

# i miss my baby... chance the rapper won best rap album and the big best newcomer award. while david bowie won more grammys in death than in life. and then there was the politics. "persist" was the word on katy perry's arm — a political statement from an artist who campaigned for hillary clinton. busta rhymes was even less subtle, calling mr trump "agent orange". i just want to thank president agent orange for perpetuating all of the evil that you've been perpetuating throughout the united states. this was billed as a battle between beyonce and adele. but behind that simple summary was a deeper layer of questions, not least about race and a country where cultures continue to clash. la la dominated the baftas. the film

won best film and best actress. there were awards for the film lion including best supporting actor for dev patel. ken loach‘s i, daniel blake was named 0utstanding british film. it is time for the weather. john hammond has the latest. things are getting better. it feels spring listen like for some of us, but not for all. 0vernight tonight

no great dramas. clear skies for many. still grey and overcast across eastern scotland and north—east england and rain arrives across the far south—west. in between, england and rain arrives across the farsouth—west. in between, no england and rain arrives across the far south—west. in between, no real problems, but it will be cold. two or three celsius. a touch of frost in one or two places, but sunshine to start the new day. for many it will be a nice day away from eastern scotla nd will be a nice day away from eastern scotland and north—east england. disappointing here. a different day across the south—west of england. mild across the south and the west. still chilly across the north and the east. but the headline is that through the rest of this week it will be mild. a lot milder than it has been, but there will be a drop or two of has been, but there will be a drop ortwo of rain has been, but there will be a drop or two of rain as well. hello. this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines at 4.32pm:

a bbc undercover report has found evidence of major security failings at a prison in the north—east of england, which holds hundreds of inmates. the ministry ofjustice says it's looking into the allegations. meanwhile, justice minister liz truss has laid out her plans to improve the britishjail system, including greater reform inside prisons and early intervention. the criminaljustice system has got better at catching and connell victing criminals who perpetrated some of the most appalling crimes imaginable and sentence lengths now better reflect the seierity of crimes like domestic, violence and rape and child abuse. it is not the sum of human wickedness that's doubled, it is that we're driving that wickedness out from the shadows and we're putting it where it belongs. four skiers have been killed in an avalanche in the french alps. they were hit by a wall of snow 400 metres wide while off—piste near the resort of tignes. the co—0p bank has announced its putting itself up for sale four

years after it almost collapsed. the bank, which has four million customers, says it hasn't been able to strengthen its finances due to low interest rates and is inviting offers to buy all of its shares. canada's prime minister justin trudeau has arrived at the white house for talks with us president donald trump. mr trudeau says he expects them to find a lot of common ground, despite sharing very different views on issues such as immigration. it is time for the sport. at the bbc sports centre, it isjohn watson. joe root has been named as england's new test captain. the ecb chairman colin graves said the yorkshire batsman is the "perfect choice" to replace alistair cook. ben stokes has been appointed as his vice—captain. his first test in charge will be against south africa at lord's in july. martyn moxon, director of cricket at his club side yorkshire, believes he's ready for the role. he has got a fantastic cricket brain. he is experienced now in

cricket and i think he is a natural leader to be honest. i know he has not captained very much previously, but when he has and you know his demeanour around the dressing room shows he is a natural leader and i think it will take it all in his stride. i think with him it will actually bring out the best of him asa actually bring out the best of him as a player. he will be able to detach himself from the captaincy and a big run scorer. i think it will bring out the best in him.|j remember him as a 13—year—old saying to the batting coach that he wanted to the batting coach that he wanted to know what he needed to do to play for england. i remember him making his one day debut here i think it was against essex, a little boy that looked like the milk bar kid. since then he has gone on to bigger and better things. the best thing about joe, he never gets over awed by the

occasion or the big stage and he thrives under pressure. manchester city can go second in the premier league if they win at bournemouth tonight. city played them three times before in the top division, and never scored less than at least four goals — a fact not lost on bournemouth manager eddie howe. 0n the day they have been excellent. they have been very good against us and we've struggled to deal with the creative players. 0n the flip—side, we aspire to be them. their style of play. how they tactically line up. everything about their match performances is the highest level. bournemouth has done really well. it is outstanding what they have done they are to aggressive. they are an honest team. they play for the spectators. they want to do something. of course, they are fast

guys to use the counterattack and for the atmosphere. relegation threatened swansea city have been dealt a blow with the news winger nathan dyer will miss the rest of the season through injury. he ruptured his achilles tendon in the early stages of his side's victory over leicester yesterday. ulster rugby have announced that jono gibbes willjoin the province as head coach ahead of next season. the former all black, seen here on the right, has signed a two—year contract. he's currently forwards coach at clermont auvergne. he'd previously held a similar position at leinster where he won three european cups. the former sale sharks wing tom arscott has been found guilty of passing on confidential team information to his brother, who plays for fellow premiership side bristol. arscott was suspended in early january and then sacked 16 days later following an investigation by his club side. the rfu found bristol were aware of sale's line—out set—up and their defensive pattern. bristol won the match by a point on new year's day. the rfu say arscott‘s behaviour

was inappropriate and have issued him with a written warning and manny pacquiao, widely regarded as one of the best boxers of all time, has come up with a novel way to settle on his next fight. he has asked his twittter followers to pick his next opponent for him. he's given them four options. the british pair of amir khan or kell brook, australia's jeff horn and american terence crawford. pacquiao retired in april last year, but returned to defeat jessie vargas in november. he said the title fight would be in the uae. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. john, thank you very much. the justice secretary liz truss says there is no quick fix to cut the prison population in england and wales. her speech comes as an undercover panorama investigation revealed serious failings at one of the biggestjails in the country, hmp northumberland. with me is peter dawson, director of the prison reform trust and is himself a former prison governor. also worked for sodexo. is the

panorama programme what's going on in one prison? is it a view of what's going on in a few prisons? is ita what's going on in a few prisons? is it a view of what's going on in most of them? it is not true of every prison, but it is true of many and sadly that programme is not telling us anything that we haven't already seen and we haven't already heard and that we don't know from the statistics about violence, about drugs, and about self inflicted deaths in prison. we keep hearing the word, "crisis" that would seem to suggest that's what we are in? yes, it is a crisis. it is a crisis ina yes, it is a crisis. it is a crisis in a crucial public service and the worry i have about what liz truss said today, is not her ambition and for the experience that prisoners should have while near in prison, but what it doesn't address is overcrowding. there are 25% of prisoners in the system who are sharing a cell designed for one

person and that percentage has not changed for over two decades. while it remains true, most of her ambitions are not deliverable. highly that's the case, prisons become a place where you're incubating crime, you're not reducing it? that's true. it becomes a place where many people take their own life. i mean, it is a ka it is a rofy the number of people who died in prison when the trend had been improving. now, overcrowding is not just about the misery of sharing a cell designed for one person and that's disgusting. it is not like sharing a bedroom, there is a toilet in the room. you could be spending 22 hours a day in there with someone you don't know who could be dangerous and who you don't trust. prisoners get moved around the country so prisons that should have been closed long ago are full every night and the courts always have a bed to send someone who is newly sentenced to in the evening. that's damaging to rehabilitation. there

would seem to be two—ways of dealing with overcrowding, cut the number of prisoners and build more prisons and employ more prison officers. which is the better option? well, all of our public services are under strain. the prison system is an unusual public service because there are ways to control the demand for tr. and that demand as we know has doubled in the last two decades. it doubled in the last two decades. it doubled largely because of sentence length. there are more sex offenders going to prison, but in other categories of crime it is the same number of people, but going to prison for much longer and we haven't resourced that. just looking at it from the point of view of members of the public, victims of crime, some of them. who are going to say, "what on earth, how on earth, are drugs getting into prison in the way that they seem to, how are mobile phones used? surely it cannot be beyond the wit of anybody to stop this? it is a complicated business particularly on drugs the thing to bear in mind it is a market that drives this. so there are people out there who will make a lot

of money selling drugs into prison, but they have a demand in prison of people who are not active, who don't have hope, who don't want to work with staff to make the place safe. you have to get that back to control the demand for drugs and the demand for mobile phones. if you don't have that basic way of working in prisons, controlling supply on its own is almost always a hopeless task. peter, thank you. you're welcome. almost 200,000 people living below america's tallest dam in california have been ordered to evacuate their homes. residents started fleeing the area after being told a channel used to release water was in danger of collapsing. at one point authorities feared a ten—metre wall of water was about to be unleashed on towns downstream. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. 100,000 cubic feet per second of water, rushing out of lake 0roville in california. this is home to the tallest damn in california,

this is home to the tallest dam in california, and after weeks of heavy rain, water levels have been rising. but a measure designed to help the situation has instead made things much worse. when water began flowing down this never before used emergency spillway, it started to crumble, leaving a 30—foot hole and 230,000 people who live below the 0roville dam in peril. what we're looking at is approximately a 30—foot wall of water which will be coming out of the lake, not the lake draining but a 30—foot wall of water, that's why we took the measures that we did. and those measures meant a mass evacuation. we're looking at approximately 35,000 residents under evacuation. in the yuba county, we're looking at 65,000. in yuba city, 76,000. marysville city, its 12,000. people tried to get away quickly, as it was predicted that the spillway could collapse within an hour, causing potentially devastating flooding.

those who have left their homes are being provided for at a special centre around 20 miles away. it was surprising with all the trafficjust in my neighbourhood was already basically empty. i panicked and started putting things in my car. i'm a little bit scared. we're trying not to go near the flooding area so we can go home, but we're going to be probably stuck down here. for the first time in 25 years, the national guard has put out a state—wide alert. we'll be sending eight helicopters to assist with the spillway reconstruction activities beginning tomorrow. those aircraft will also be available for search and rescue if we have to move into that mode. we're sending military police to assist with law enforcement and securing the evacuated areas. we're also going to be sending mass care and shelter units which can shelter either responders or displaced people. engineers say the lake's water level has now dropped, meaning repair work can now start on the spillway. but the state governor said

the situation remained complex and rapidly changing. with more rain predicted later in the week, the people affected may not be allowed back to their homes for some time. there is a helicopterflying over the dam right now. these are the pictures it is sending back as the water is released to try to relieve the pressure on the dam itself. the evacuation order has come after water levels rose sharply particularly last week, the main spillway also known as an overflow channel was found to be damaged and now thousands of cubic meters of water are being released every second to try and relieve the pressure on it. remarkable pictures coming in from california. it follows weeks of drought which has

added to the problems and meant that the spillway which hadn't been used for sometime collapsed at that point there and the helicopters have been dropping bolders to try to shore it up, but residents in the downstream taking no chances. many of them leaving their homes. no fear tft dam itself collapsing, but as you can see, the amount of water that's coming out every second from the spillway poses quite a threat to communities downstream. we'll keep an eye on those pictures for you and any developments on that story, of course, we'll bring them to you. the headlines: the headlines: the justice secretary says there the headlines: thejustice secretary says there is no quick fix to reduce the prison population in england and wales. it follows a bbc investigation which discovered widespread drug use and security breaches inside north

northumberland prison. an avalanche behind the alps has killed four members of a skiing party. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau arrives at the white house to meet us president, donald trump for the first time. hello. i'm vishala sri—pathma. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. rio tinto doing well. mining shares have been leading the pack today. a strike at the largest copper mine in chile has seen copper prices soar. share prices on average about 2.5% in the mining sector. presidential elections in france are just months away. while the national front‘s candidate, marine le pen is seen as an outsider, investors are weary of the unexpected outcomes of last year's votes in the uk and the us.

ms le pen has been vocal about how she wants to take france out of the single currency so as a result we're seeing lots of investors being bearish about the euro which means they're expecting the currency to fall. consumer spending is the big driver of the uk economy, but there are signs it is slowing down according to the credit card firm, visa. their research found that spending injanuary slowed to its lowest rate in five months. the co—op bank is putting itself up for sale. it says it will struggle meeting its capital requirements over the next few years. in 2013 it almost collapsed and was bailed out by us hedge funds. the bank has four million customers and part owned by the co—op group. let's get detailed analysis. christian schulz, director of european economics at citigroup. let's start off with the co—op bank

how are the markets and investors going to react? it shows the retail banking sector is pretty competitive. well, the uk's banking sector in general doesn't look like it isa sector in general doesn't look like it is a sistemic risk we had in 2008 and 2009 during the global financial crisis. there are legacy issues and the credit boom we had beforehand. some of the banks are still, of course, nationalised and need to be privatised over time, but in general, i think, privatised over time, but in general, ithink, the privatised over time, but in general, i think, the uk banking sector looks relatively solid. the bank of england is there to support. there has been many reforms in terms of regulations, supervision, which make the sector as a whole safer and just the experience of the eu referendum, the period afterwards, shows how resilient the financial sector in this country is. ok, we have seen research out today that's showing that con statementer spending is slowing this year. now, is that any surprise? we're hearing lots about how inflation is creeping up. is it a cause for concern? well,

absolutely, we're waiting for the economy to slow and consumer spending is a key part of the story because inflation is rising. that's the down side of weak sterling, the up the down side of weak sterling, the up side is uk exports maybe doing a bit better, but the down side is rising prices, that's exerting downward pressure on people's real incomes and we expect that to lead toa incomes and we expect that to lead to a slow down in retail sales and consumer spending, but the evidence of that actually happening is very, very limited so far. we have had a bad month for retail sales. in december, now, this latest data may suggest there is a slowdown in january as well, but to be honest, there is not much evidence that the slowdown is really happening. we are expecting it, but there is not much evidence yet. let's talk about france. how are investors reacting to the prospect of marie le pen getting into power? i know they are seeing it as more of a likely outcome because of what happened in

the uk. what is happening, we have seen more of a bearish attitude towards the euro as well? well, this bit of nervousness in the euro area, you can say. the usual measure that we look at is the differences between borrowing costs over a ten year period for germany, the safe country, and other countries and for insta nce country, and other countries and for instance between france and germany, that spread as we call it has gone up that spread as we call it has gone up to 70 basis points. it is normally around 20 basis points. so there is a considerable nervousness that you can detect in financial markets. of course, there are other stories around greece and italy. in general, there is nervousness. if you look at the polls in france. 0f course, marie le pen is a long way off becoming president, but as you rightly say we have seen big surprises before last year with the brexit vote or with the us elections and people are not taking any risks here and are preparing themselves for perhaps the worst outcome even

though we are at the beginning of this. christian, thank you very much. the rio tinto share price still doing pretty well on the rise of that copper price hike because of strike in chile at the moment. well, that's all from me. there is a round—up of all the other top business stories on our website — bbc.co.uk/business a six—figure sum has been raised for the children of a couple who died of cancer within days of each other. the three children released a photograph of their terminally—ill parents‘ mike and julie bennett's last moments together as they held hands in a merseyside hospice. mr bennet died last monday and his wife died on saturday night. family friend heather heaton—gallagher said the photograph had generated an overwhelming response from the public. the photograph was taken by a relative. by one of the aunties. it was purely because it was a beautiful photograph. these were two people who were peas in a pod and who loved each other dearly and who expressed that

love with each other and they brought their kids up with that. they are a solid family unit. the kids released the photograph because of who they are and where they sit in the community. everyone was asking all the time, "how isjulie. how is mike? what's the update? can we do anything?" it was lots and lots of those questions so to try and help everyone understand where they are at it was a case of dad's passed and this was taken. it was born out of love sharing the image that they were 0k and they were there together. that's how the photograph came around, but we didn't expect the response that we had from everyone around the world. it is really overwhelmed everyone and we are astonished and we are really grateful for the support that the family has got at the moment. we've set—up a just giving page and that's around raising funds to help the three kids luke, hannah and 0lly to fulfil the dreams and ambitions thatjulie and mike knew they had. they didn't want luke

to drop out of university. they don't want hannah to end college and go into a job. they want them to continue their studies so that's what the fund was set—up for. the fund has grown and it has expanded beyond our belief. they're astounded. when i share some of the comments, theyjust can't believe the support and it really struck a chord with everyone and it helps them in kind of understanding this a big deal and it is life changing for them. this huge community has got together and put their arms around them and said, "it's a bit pants right now, but it's going to be ok." a bell—ringer at worcester cathedral had to be rescued by the emergency services on saturday evening after his foot got caught in the rope and he was pulled upside down. the 51—year—old, who was one of 20 bell—ringers in the bell tower,

fractured a bone in his back. 0ur correspondentjon ironmonger has the latest from worcester. well, this was a very unfortunate mishap, but a rather miraculous rescue operation. ian bowman, who is 51, was one of 20 bell—ringers who visited worcester cathedral to ring the bells. if you look behind me, above the altar here, 80—foot in the air you can see four lights and those lights are on the under—side of a trap door which leads to the clock room. if you imagine another eight feet above that, you have another room which is called the ringing room and that's where ian was and it was in the middle of the service on saturday when ian released the rope to what's known as the tenor bell. that's a large bell. one of the largest in the country, we believe. as it shot upwards it coiled around his ankle, hoisting him into the air before dropping him several feet on to his back and he hit his head as well. so the emergency services were called. hereford and worcester emergency services arrive and they are faced with the challenge with how to get ian from this vantage point

safely to the church floor without moving him. so they strapped him it a spinal board and they winched him down through the ringing room trap door, through the clock room trap door and down through this space to the church floor, safely. he was taken to hospital as a matter of urgency and was checked out for a head injury and fracture to his spine, but he was discharged that night and able to walk around. ian is now resting at home. he has praised the emergency services for the rescue operation and he has played down the circumstances. he says it was just an accident and these things do apparently happen. now the weather. john hammond has the forecast. thank you very much indeed. it has been a beautiful day today across some parts of the uk. for others though, it has been grey. yesterday, it was almost universally grey.

three celsius was the best that many of us achieved on sunday. today, for some, a complete transformation. it felt like spring out there. it was almost beach weather actually on the cornwall coast earlier on this afternoon. we reached 13 celsius. very nice indeed. but as i mentioned, it hadn't been as rosy for all. if we go to the other end of the uk, it was a different world. it felt chilly in frazer brew on the aberdeenshire coast at just four celsius. those chilly conditions will continue for the next 24 hours or so. still a lot of cloud overnight. for the rest of us, a lot of clear sky and maybe the odd touch of clear sky and maybe the odd touch of frost. it will be a cold night and then rain arrives across the far south—west as we kick off proceedings through tomorrow morning. it means a different day for cornwall for example through tomorrow morning, there will be a lot of cloud and dribs and drabs of rain. but you will need something

water proof as you help out at 8am. yes, it will be cold, but temperatures will recover nicely through the morning. there is sunshine which makes all the difference. the cloud pushing into northern ireland. most of scotland will be dry with the best of the brightness out west, but again cloudy near the east coast, but the breeze continuing to blow off the chilly north sea. no great improvements here. many other places will have a fine day. that rain though across south—west england will saunter its way into parts of wales, some other southern counties, knocking on the door of northern ireland. again, hit and knocking on the door of northern ireland. again, hitand miss, no great amounts, but there will be dampness around. mild across the south—west. relatively chilly across the north—east of the uk. as we head into wednesday, the little front pushes its way in across the country. this one a is a bit more potent. there will be sharper bursts of rain developing on wednesday, initially across the south—west, but we will see patchy rain and maybe the odd thundery burst pushing up across southern counties and northern ireland, maybe wales, maybe

the midlands. the best of the brightness by this stage will be across the north—eastern areas. temperatures, that upward trend continues. many of us will be into double figures. it is a mild outlook, but for some, there will be more in the way of rain. today at five — no quick—fix solutions, say ministers faced with new evidence of security failings at one of england's biggestjails. move away from me unless you want me to use it on you. a bbc undercover investigation finds widespread use of drugs, a lack of control and breaches of security at hmp northumberland. there are now calls to reduce the prison population, but thejustice secretary is warning there are no easy solutions. this will not be fixed in weeks or months. but if we are resolute we will see our society safer and we will see our prison population reduced. we'll have full details — and we'll be getting reaction

from the former conservative leader iain duncan smith, whose research centre has produced several reports on prison reform. the other main stories on bbc news at five... in the french alps an avalanche claims the lives of four