one of england's biggestjails. the justice minister liz truss says there should be no dangerous quick fixes to cut prison numbers. she said overcrowding was down to the justice system being better at catching sex offenders and violent criminals. this will not be fixed in weeks or months. but if we are resloute we will see our society safer and we will see our prison population reduce. in the french alps, an avalanche has claimed the lives of four members of a party, skiing off—piste near the resort of tignes. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, is at the white house for his first face—to—face meeting with donald trump. trade is expected to be top of the agenda. the bank of england has welcomed the decision by investors to put the co—op bank up for sale. managers say it doesn't have enough capital reserves. tesco has promised urgent action, after a bbc investigation found many promotions were advertised after they had expired. ina

in a moment it will be time for sports day. but first let's have a look at what is coming up. following a bbc investigation into hmp northumberland, will be asking the formerjustice secretary lord falconer how to improve life behind bars for both inmates and officers. we will be crossing live to washington to hear more from the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau and donald trump following their first face—to—face meeting. who would have thought bell—ringing was a dangerous hobby? one man at worcester cathedral band arctic could be just that. worcester cathedral band arctic could bejust that. —— worcester cathedral band arctic could be just that. —— found worcester cathedral band arctic could bejust that. —— found out that it could be just that. now, time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. england's new test captainjoe root says he's privileged to be given the role. can manchester city re—establish

their place in the top four with a win at bournemouth? and given a boot by the rfu, former sale winger tom arscott is found guilty of passing on confidential team information. joe root has described it as a "a huge honour" to be given the england cricket test captaincy. the batsman, who succeeds alastair cook, says he feels "privileged, humbled and very excited." can he continued to produce the runs now he has the added responsibility as captain? a tremendous performance. root has played magnificently.

magnificent hundred from root. in really tough circumstances. he is the dynamo of the england team. joe root has got used to being english cricket's great hope. now he faces something newer. great responsibility. the way in which he plays his cricket, he goes about his business, you would imagine it will lend itself to being a great captain. in january he became a father for the first time, he'll approach leading just as he does parenting. it's one of those things that you sort of have to learn on the job. i suppose being a dad you don't really know what to do until you sort ofjust have to go with it and see how it was, i imagine that would be very similar. you could see baby alfie is already in white, this is after all a family that starts them early. you'll find the root of root amongst fertile yorkshire cricketing soil. here on the outskirts of sheffield is where it began forjoe. root still goes back to sheffield collegiate which has ready produced one england captain in michael vaughn. his brother billy and dad matt also played here and the name has appeared on local scorecard scorecards further back still. the family are everywhere, even upstairs where grandma

barbara plays bridge. so how do those who know him best judge joe's hand? yes, i think it should be ok but you can only really tell when they get in the job. it's very much learning on the job. being a cricket captain. and there is a lot of onerous responsibility being england cricket captain, hopefully it will be successful. you see roots don't get carried away. despite joe's progress from sheffield to yorkshire to england to world number one batsman for a time, he's already scored 11 test centuries and plays all three forms of the game, still there are concerns. he has only rarely led his county and might root the captain compromise root the run maker? they don't dwell on that around here. it is a big job butjoe is that kind of person who will take it in his stride, i think he's more than capable of dealing with the pressures of what captaincy brings. root inherits a team that lost 4—0 in india last year and faces south africa in the summer before

the ashes tour come winter. who knows how he'll fare? we can, though, guess his approach. in the words of his grandfather, ‘mad keen‘. patrick geary, bbc news, in sheffield. let's speak to a man who's won the ashes for england and now spends his time travelling the world following them for test match special, good evening graeme swann. did evening. patrick said in his package, not a great deal of captaincy experience so far forjoe root, is that an issue or a problem now he's got the role? we'll only know once they get going. he's inherited a team in a good state. alastair cook has done a greatjob. he's moved them forward. more importantly, after that tour of india, had he got thejob before the tour of india, had he got thejob before the

tourof india...joe has india, had he got thejob before the tour of india... joe has got the tea m tour of india... joe has got the team at a good time. i'm hoping it goes really well. i'm a bit worried it's going to knock his batting, that's my major concern. we've certainly seen him produce the goods with the bat england, scoring those runs. do you think the captaincy will have a negative impact on that? i hope it doesn't. it's done wonderful things were guys around the world like virat kohli and steve smith. very different characters. he's a brilliant character, brilliant fun to be around. i think some of that makes him the batsman he is. in the last year or so he's tried to be more sensible and show he's matured, his batting has lost a little edge. i think he's trying to be too sensible. i hope he reverts back to the old joe. like his grandad said, he's mad keen, the mad being the operative word. ben stokes

comes in as his vice captain. what will their relationship be like? they'll have a very good relationship. they are both very similar characters, both aggressive in the way they play the game. i think it's a good appointment. it's showing andy strauss that they want this team to move forward and be aggressive, to grab the game by the scruff of the neck. i think it's a very good appointment. i hope then will keep saying tojoe, don't be conservative, don't fall into the old traps every england captain has, by michael vaughan. don't set big totals to defend, get in there, wind these games, be aggressive and go down in history. thank you. tributes from some of england's former players have been coming in throughout the day, the best one is probably this from former captain michael vaughan. his endorsement simply says, "i bring you the pair now in charge

of the england cricket team." as graham was saying, i'm sure they won't want to lose the element of fun they've brought to the role so far. by the looks of things they won't be, going forward. manchester city face bournemouth in the premier league tonight, knowing a win will move them up to second in the table and to within eight points of league leaders chelsea. and bournemouth need to buck the trend if they're to get anything from this evening as ben croucher reports. when you arrive at dean court, you're told anything is possible. bt manchester city seems anything but, if there are three premier league encounters are to be ‘ii’iiiu we much second-best. .. bournemouth very much second—best... manchester city back to form in some

style. . . manchester city back to form in some style... manchester city have beaten bournemouth by 5—1. style... manchester city have beaten bournemouth by 5-1. on the day they been excellent. in every game they've been really good against us and we struggled to deal with the creative players. on the flip side, we've aspired to be them, their style of play. for man city that style of play. for man city that style of play. for man city that style of play, so vivid and expressive in september, is now a little more muddled. losing to liverpool, slipping four at leicester and four at everton. ‘s two straight winds have seen them looking up. eddie howe's side starting to look at sea. yet to wind in 2017, six points off the relegation zone, but their style has impressed one man. they played for

the spectators. they want to do something. that something can be entertaining but there's always a risk of a no—show, like bournemouth‘s defence at times, leaking through a more goals on ten occasions this season. and tonight facing a team they can't stop from scoring. the impossible dream? it a lwa ys scoring. the impossible dream? it always seems impossible, until it's done. we will see later. bournemouth against manchester city is live on bbc radio 5live this evening. jonathan pearce is the commentator and he believes it will be more of the same for manchester city tonight. the big question is for manchester city at the moment, do they play sergio aguero. he scored 18 goals this season. he's got a terrific record for them. a terrific record in his last couple of years. what is

his future? he doesn't play tonight against a side that has shipped so many goals recently, then does he have a long—term future at manchester city? what do you think pep guardiola's thinking will be with regards to aguero tonight? will he start? i think he will. the fact bournemouth have been conceding so many goals this season, they conceded 3—4 goals too many times this campaign. they are leaking like a sieve at the moment. although he has sane, he won't win the title race with the youngsters. i think he needs the old head of aguero. i think ill play aguero tonight. if he doesn't, then i can't see what long—term future he has at manchester city. thank you. the west ham united manager slaven bilic has been charged with improper conduct

by the football association. it follows saturday's 2—2 draw with west bromwich albion. bilic was sent off after protesting to match officials, and throwing a television microphone to the ground, after west brom's last—minute equaliser. west ham's assistant manager nikola jurcevic has also been charged for alleged misconduct following an incident in the first half of the same game. both men have until 6pm on thursday to respond to the charge. swansea city winger nathan dyer has been ruled out for the rest of the season. he lasted just seven minutes of their 2—0 win over leicester yesterday before limping off, rupturing the achilles tendon in his left ankle. former sale sharks wing tom arscott has been found guilty of passing on confidential team information to bristol by the rugby football union. arscott was suspended by sale on 11th january and then sacked 16 days later after an internal investigation by the premiership club. the rfu investigation concluded 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. ulster rugby have announced that jono gibbes willjoin them as head coach. he is currently forwards coach at clermont auvergne, he previously held a similar position at leinster where he won three european cups. snooker‘s welsh open has started in cardiff and the world number two stuart bingham has come through a challenging open match. the englishman, who was a shock first round loser last year, beat home favourite matthew stevens four frames to two. bingham put together breaks of 101, 59 and 64 on his way to the overcoming the former masters winner. there was an early exit for the four—time world champion john higgins though. he lost to sam baird also 4—2. one of the best boxers of all time has asked his twitter followers to pick the opponent for his next title fight.

manny pacquiao, a six weight world champion and current holder of the wbo welterweight title, has given four options. the british pair of amir khan or kell brook, australia'sjeff horn and american terence crawford. pacquiao retired in april last year but returned to defeat jessie vargas in in november. he's said the title fight would be in the uae. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. you're watching bbc news. in herfirst major speech on sentencing

the justice secretary, liz truss, rejected calls to cut the number of inmates with what she calls "dangerous quick—fix solutions". our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, was listening. the undercover investigation found widespread use of drugs, a lack of control and serious breaches of security. i want to see the prison population go down because the prison service has got better at reforming offenders. i want to see it go down because we've got better at a society at intervening earlier before people commit the crimes that lead them to prison. i want to see it go down because we've got better at managing the prison population inside ourjails. reductions by cap 01’ inside ourjails. reductions by cap or quota or by sweeping