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this is bbc news. the headlines at two: widespread damage as storm doris lashes the uk — a woman in wolverhampton has been killed after being hit with debris. i can tell you as you see the foam hitting me from the sea that it definitely has materialised — the gusts here are so powerful i can't even face in the direction the wind is coming from. net migration falls for the first time in two years — although it remains well above the government's target. prisons are explicitly to become places of rehabilitation as well as punishment, under new government plans. iraqi forces seize mosul airport from the so—called islamic state. and in the next hour we'll hear about new life—saving technology. safety experts say a voice, rather than a beep,
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in a smoke alarm is much more likely to wake up the kids. and a bbc investigation finds a driver who is still legally on the road with 62 points on their licence — tens of thousands of others have more than 12. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. storm doris has hit the uk, with gusts of wind of up to 100 miles an hour. planes have been grounded, roads closed, and rail travel disrupted. in northern ireland, thousands of homes are without power. and in scotland, heavy snow and high winds led to the closure of the m80 near stirling. the storm is predicted to continue for much of the day.
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and we've had reports that a woman has been killed in wolverhampton city centre. let's get the latest from our correspondent, daniel boettcher. wins have been picking up as storm doris swept across the country. this is blackpool. there are severe weather warnings for parts of the north of england and the midlands. it has been described as a weather bomb, an area of intense low and this is some of the damage it has caused. a car crushed by a fallen tree in west london and more damage in county fermanagh. trees have also brought down power lines, 3500 businesses in northern ireland have been left without electricity. these images from the international space station showed the storm building up. it is an example of a weather
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bomb, a rapidly intensifying area of low pressure. we've had wind gusts of over 90 miles an hour and destruction to power supplies and transport. those kind of winds can easily not trees down and cause problems. this is leeds bradford airport and heathrow says its schedule has been reduced by 10% because of the weather with some delays and cancellations. and on the rails, there have been disruptions. 50 miles an hour speed limits have been imposed on some lines including the west coast main line and an early departure from houston was suspended but they have now begun running again —— euston. the centre of the storm is towards the north sea but the strong winds are expected to last throughout the afternoon. in scotland, crews have been out cleaning the roads. driving
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conditions caused by a combination of snow, sleet and high winds. the main problems have been on high roots in central and southern areas and in places up to 30 centimetres of snow is expected. 0ur news correspondent alison freeman has the latest from the blackpool coast. we've just watched this storm on full throughout the morning as the wind has become more and more powerful. it's so strong that i can't look into it and this form that has been blown from the sea is actually more like being in a blizzard. if you look behind us, the barometerfor blizzard. if you look behind us, the barometer for how strong the wind has been others bending sculptures which are meant to bend in the wind. they have become almost parallel with the ground at points today and if you look out to sea, those waves a re really if you look out to sea, those waves are really far back. the tide has gone out but the form keeps blowing in against us. these winds are really strong and powerful. they're pushing us around, making us feel
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battered like the coastline. they are expected to stay at the speed until about 6pm. with me is our weather presenter helen willetts. how bad is storm doris? is it as bad as we were expecting? it's about spot on. we were looking at the progress of this and fine tuning the details on sunday. it is not a nice storm, probably the most vicious this year. which part of the country isa this year. which part of the country is a particularly hitting? there have been two ages to the sword so we had the snow across scotland —— edges. still over higher part of scotla nd edges. still over higher part of scotland and northern england and then we have been seeing all the disruption caused by the severe
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gales. it's quite unusual to get severe gales inland. it's unusual to get deals on land never made severe gales —— gales inland. a a few more hours of that ago so the amber warning doesn't finish until 8pm this evening so it encompasses the rush—hour. we've had storm force winds across some of the coast. it is quite a nasty storm. where has it come from? it's developed across the atla ntic come from? it's developed across the atlantic in time with the jet stream. the big lump is coming into the uk at the moment and heading towards europe. there could be consequences in scandinavia. we've had
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exceptional gusts of wind. you normally see there was any storm across north wales. we still got that amber warning. i talked about that amber warning. i talked about that for the wind. we got that far snow as well because it is snowing in the north. i'm hoping by this time we get to this evening's rush—hour most of it will be out the way but then it is heading into germany. they've got amber and red warnings in germany, belgium, the netherlands and poland because by this time tomorrow, it will be across the western side of russia. it is moving so quickly. were up to the d for doris but how does that compare to other years in terms of the number of storms we've had?” suppose we haven't had that many storms this year. last season, we got to the k. last year was much more stormy and we had the severe
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flooding. we've still got more to come. we did have a very dry december and january so february seems to be making up for it. alex rossis seems to be making up for it. alex ross is from the wolverhampton newspaper. he's been giving me more details about the women who a p pa re ntly details about the women who apparently died in the city after being hit by debris. this morning at 11:43am, the ambulance service received 59 99 —— 50 999 calls for a woman with head injuries which we believe is related to storm doris. the ambulance said it was nothing they could do and she was confirmed dead at the scene. what has the weather been like there? we've had winds of up to 80 miles an hour. it
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is incredibly blustery out there today and it has caused havoc in towns, villages and on the roads. we had trees coming down on many of our main roads and it has been so bad that the councils have even closed off pa rt that the councils have even closed off part of the town and city centre in wolverhampton. queens square which is usually a busy area of the city centre has been closed off as well as dudley street following the death of this woman but also in bromwich were the street has been closed off due to debris. dudley zoo which is always very popular, especially during half term, has had to close due to high winds and weather. as i look outside the office at the moment, i can hear the wind. is that forecast to continue for a whale where you are? —— while.
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yes. it is not expected to come down the city council had put out a message saying only go outside of necessary due to falling debris. that's the latest from wolverhampton. it is still choppy on the mersey at the moment. we've had gusts of up to 100 miles an hour. the whole of the coastline has been battered as you know, but really there is a lot of travel disruption heard in the north west region. at manchester airport,
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there are some cancellations today and on iceland airflight was declared an emergency. it took a couple of attempts to land at plain so cancellations on the isle of man and on the trains, cancellations, disruptions on regional service on the west coast main line but on the north west policing unit are asking people not to travel. there are closures on the m6 and the m56 and other routes have been affected by falling trees which has caused casualties. we had about a man in his 60s in the crosby area who was hit by a falling tree and had to be treated by paramedics. another woman has been injured when a tree fell on
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her car. we are hearing of injuries in the region but the picture here at the moment is severe travel disruption. people are being advised not to go out in travel today. —— go out and travel. net migration to the uk has dropped to 273,000 in the year to september. that's down 119,000 from the previous year. the fall is the first time net migration has dipped below 300,000 in two years, and the lowest level recorded sincejune 2014. but it is still well above the government's target figure of under 100,000. with me is our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. how significant is that fall? the office for national statistics which compiled the data are saying the
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figures are not statistically significant because it is based on a survey and a survey has a margin of error which means if all of 49000 on the estimate is not something you can read very much into —— their estimate. the government has a target to get net migration down to below 100,000 on these figures indicate that at last it's going in the right direction, although it is still a long way off and is also significant politically because these are the first figures which really ta ke these are the first figures which really take quite a bit of data from after brexit and there may be some who say this shows people aren't willing to come to the uk because of the eu referendum vote or they are leaving in numbers and so there may be some significance read into that although i think it is too early days to draw any firm conclusions. we have been asking the home secretary amber rudd for her views and this is what she told us you little while earlier. eu migration is largely stable and
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the fact that some polls are going back as part of a long—term trend but at the moment, we have open immigration with the eu members, freedom of movement so they can come and go as they want. i don't see any particularly significant change within the eu migration. the real change will be when we leave the eu and then we will be able to make the choices ourselves, which is what we're seeing in non—eu migration. what about the number of people applying to be british citizens? how do you interpret those figures? these are interesting because they're firm figures, not survey data, and they show the number of eu nationals, citizens from eu countries living in the uk, who applying for permanent residence cards, which they are entitled to do after five years has rocketed in the past year. in 2016, 20 5000 people from eu countries plus the other european countries that are members
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of the european economic area were granted permanent residence cards. these are not currently have two have. you automatically entitled to stay in britain after five years if you from the eu, but i think it is a sign that eu citizens are anxious about their status and they want to confirm with the authorities and show that the ad entitled to be here and having a card like that will allow them to do so —— they are entitled to be here. they can apply for uk citizenship after six years. the headlines on bbc news: widespread damage as storm doris lashes the uk. a woman in wolverhampton has been killed after being hit with debris. net migration falls for the first time in two years, although it remains well above the government's target. prisons are explicitly to become places of rehabilitation as well as punishment,
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under new government plans. in sport, mercedes have shown off their new carfor the in sport, mercedes have shown off their new car for the formula in sport, mercedes have shown off their new carfor the formula one season. lewis hamilton wasjoined their new carfor the formula one season. lewis hamilton was joined at the unveiling by his new team—mate. scotla nd the unveiling by his new team—mate. scotland head coach has made five changes to the side that will face wales in the six nations match at murrayfield on saturday. the captain will replace the injured greg laidlaw. wayne rooney is in china. it is thought any deal is unlikely to go through before the end of the summer transfer window. i'll be back with more than those stories just after 2:30pm. ministers are calling it the biggest reform of prisons in england and wales for a generation.
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for the first time, the government will state in black and white that a key purpose of prison is to reform offenders, as well as to punish them. at the heart of the changes will be dealing with drugs and violence in prisons, and also cutting re—offending rates. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. the last year has been one of the worse for prisons since the 1980s. as the staff cuts from five years ago started to bite and phones and drugs flooded in, violence soared. somejails have been close drugs flooded in, violence soared. some jails have been close to crisis points. but there are prisons like hmp 0nley in warwickshire which despite their own problems of drugs and violence still managed to prepare inmates for life on the outside. this man is coming to the end of a two—year sentence for violence and is training for a job asa violence and is training for a job as a baked technician at halfords. he told me his experience ofjail
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has been mixed. when i was in pentonville, we were locked up 23 hours of the day, treated like animals. we had to ask for toilet paper and basic common decency. coming here now, it looks like a com pletely coming here now, it looks like a completely different prison. at the heart of the government's new proposals is the decision to define for the first time in law what the purpose of prison is and that is not only to punish, but also to rehabilitate, to prevent criminals offending again. and as well as today's prisons and courts bill, the justice secretary liz truss is reversing many of the cuts made by one of her tory predecessors, chris grayling. those cuts were a mistake, went they? i think it was always like to look at how we can be more efficient but what i'm saying now is we need the right number of prison officers to be able to try those
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lights around. in hmp 0nley's training cafe, a reminder of why rehabilitation is important. it dealer serving seven years who had been to prison before. it hadn't stopped him reoffending. once they got released, i try to search for a job but i wasn't qualified. therefore i got back into old ways and ended up back injail. therefore i got back into old ways and ended up back in jail. today's bill also tackles measures about mobile phones in prisons to help the authorities intercepted devices used to organise crime from behind bars. labour said the it was an inadequate response to a prison crisis that developed on the government's watch. with me is steve gillan, general secretary of the prison officers association. this aspiration that prisons should officially be there to reform criminals as well as punish them, do
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you welcome mat from the government? i've always thought that was the mission statement anyway, first and foremost mission statement anyway, first and fore m ost to mission statement anyway, first and foremost to protect the public and punish people for breaking the law, but at the same time assist in their rehabilitation to lead lawful abiding lives when they leave prison. we've had four secretaries of state since 2010, kenneth clarke, chris grayling, michael gove and liz truss and were no further forward since 2010, in fact, we're going backwards. i think the prisons adding crisis without a doubt and have been for a significant amount of time —— are in crisis, because they have taken so much money out of the prison system that there are 30% less prison officers and 50% less operational support so you take 10,000 staff out of the system, you cannot do the basics with that and security has been breached dn, day
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out. i don't need to go through all the statistics again. the government's one statistics tell you that everything from violence, suicide is to self harm and increasing and only yesterday we had a dreadful armed escape from liverpool hospital. we adding crisis, there's no denying that. one of the proposals is to have league ta bles of the proposals is to have league tables detailing how prisons are performing. is that a good idea?m not a new idea, we had it before. if certain prisons find themselves at the foot of the table, this isn't a football match, this is real people that we're dealing with and people's lives and we need to get back to basics. i've said that along with my national chairman and national executive commitee to liz truss on several occasions, we want to engage properly with us because part of the prisons bill, prisons courts bill
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that's going to today, says that the secretary of state will leave legislator purposes will be responsible. —— legislative. i thought they already were accountable and legislative. she mightfind accountable and legislative. she might find herself out of a job based on the record we've had so far. one of the other ideas is that prison governors are responsible and have control of their budget for inmates off drugs and so on. is that a good idea, giving the governors more responsibility? we're not 100% opposed to more responsibility? we're not 10096 opposed to that. there are already six jails or so—called autonomous jails already, but no analysis has been done as to whether that has been done as to whether that has been successful or not and they see briefly that i've read from the announcement in the house of commons
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this afternoon in a written statement is that this will be analysed in april 2018 yet already delivering all these freedoms to governors without knowing whether they will be successful so she hasn't given herself an escape route. de think it's essentially about more money? the prison system needs more money and more staff? do you think? it has come to a crisis level. we welcome some of the investment she has earmarked, of course we do. this has been a problem going back decades, ancient prisons, victorian prisons. when you let prisons get into that state without any capital investment, i agree successive governments have failed in that because it appears prisons are out of sight, out of mind. this aspiration of reforming prisoners is quite hard and unpleasant in victorian jails. i've
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worked in so—called unpleasant victorian jails and some excellent work goes on but what you need is the right resources in order to achieve the good work that our members are actually doing. prison officers up and down the country, whether it's in durham doubted —— down to darken. down to —— whether it's in durham doubted —— down to —— dartmoor do an amazing job andi down to —— dartmoor do an amazing job and i say let's have a prison service we can be proud of. polls are open today in cambridgeshire and staffordshire to elect new members of parliament. they are open until ten o'clock tonight and results are expected around 3am tomorrow. —— cumbria and
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staffordshire. phase one of hs2 is set to open in 2026 at a cost of more than £1.5 billion. ben thompson reports. more of us are using the railways than ever before. it means busier stations and busier trains. and so the government says hs2 is the answer. but is it? i'm taking a journey on the first stage of the route from london to birmingham to see what impact it could have. the biggest challenge is tackling overcrowding. the current tracks and stations cannot handle many more passengers. but as well as running more frequently, the trains will be faster as well, and that is good news for passengers.
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thank you. sometimes you do not get enough carriages, which can be a problem, and it is really crowded on the trains. a lot of people standing up. i regard getting on the train as work time, so if you cannot sit down, you feel frustrated about that lost hour. it is notjust commuters who stand to gain from the new railway. we will average around 10,000 jobs over the first phase of construction, peaking at 25,000 jobs a month. and that is just during construction. there will be tens of thousands maintaining and running it when we are in operation. there could mean even greater economic benefit. take this journey, for example. about one hour and 20 minutes. we are 50 minutes into the journey. but if this was an hs2 train, we would already be in birmingham. and that means spending less time travelling and more time working. and one estimate suggests that could add about £15 billion to the economy. but at what cost? the current price tag is close to £60 billion.
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but many say it could be much higher. 60 ancient woodlands would have to be bulldozed. 350 homes will have to be demolished. and thousands of businesses will be affected, like this farm in buckinghamshire. the land will be split in two when work begins. it is going to completely alter the way i farm. i would lose half of the grazing my calves can go out to. i am not convinced hs2 is of any necessity to this country at all. the first section to the west midlands is due to open by 2026. an extension to leeds and manchester will open by 2032. hs2 should make journeys faster and more comfortable. keeping the project on time and on track could prove more difficult, however. ben thompson, bbc news, in birmingham. the iraqi army has captured mosul
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airport from fighters from self—styled islamic state. the battle for the western half of the city began earlier this month, and the capture of the airport will be seen as a major strategic victory in the fight for the country's second—biggest city. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville is the only western correspondent travelling with iraqi government forces, and has sent this report. you can hear gunfire and one of the last remaining villages between iraqi forces and mosul airport. they are moving from various directions and you can hear coalition aircraft above. they have been hammering this area all night long in preparation for the attack. at the same time, the iraqi government have been
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dropping leaflets telling people to stay in their homes. yesterday we were able to see in some of the areas to the north of us, the islamic state flag still flying. well, these men are going to try and change that because the attack on mosul airport is now under way. iraqi forces have made it to the perimeter of mosul‘s airport. just over here, you can see the airport stretching out. it's about four kilometres wide, apparently. that sugar factory to the left of the picture, yesterday the islamic state flag was hanging from there. it's no longer hanging there. all around this area, there have been heavy air strikes. we can see massive craters. the village behind us which was the last stronghold of the islamic state was effectively taken last night. the men have been moving through the village. you can just the men have been moving through the village. you canjust see it there. we are now on the airfield of mosul
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airport. that's the iraqi flag you can see flying. those are federal police units and in the distance, you can see burning and smoke from some of the terminal buildings. in the last few minutes, so—called islamic state have been mortaring this position. an armoured column of iraqi forces were going down the road towards the airport when one of them hit a roadside bomb. early kennedy was killed and we believe there were other casualties as well. you might be able to hear the helicopters ahead. they are going to press on with their attack on the airport to try to make it to the terminal buildings. that's the target iraqi forces are now inside mosul airport. quentin somerville reporting there from outside mosul. let's catch up with the weather. thank you. storm doris has her some
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significant and regrettable impacts over the united kingdom. still blowing a gale. the amber warning in force. but the worst of those winds fading away. across the north of norfolk, for example. storm doris is going to clear away and things are going to clear away and things are going to clear away and things are going to get back to normal. some slippery surfaces. temperatures close to freezing. and tomorrow, com pletely close to freezing. and tomorrow, completely different. much more tranquil. yes, one or two showers, but they fade away. a lot of sunshine for england and wales, but getting wait for northern ireland and going to scotland. the temperatures slow to rise. and over
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the next few days, across the north—west of the united kingdom represents the of some flooding. more detail in half an hour. hello. this is the bbc news. the headlines: a woman has died in wolverhampton after being hit by debris during storm doris. heavy rain, snow and strong winds up to 100 miles per hour are lashing much of the uk, causing damage and widespread travel disruption. official figures show net migration to the uk has fallen to 273,000, the lowest level for more than two years. prisons should not only punish criminals but reform them too, according to ministers who want a complete overhaul of the prison system in england and wales. iraqi forces capture mosul airport from so—called islamic state after a four hour battle. roadside bombs kill
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at least one iraqi officer. investigators are going to trial a new smoke alarm that also uses voice as it is thought it is better to wa ke as it is thought it is better to wake up children. an investigation by the bbc has found nearly 10,000 drivers across the uk are on the roads despite having 12 or more points on their driving licence. time now for a look at the sport headlines. world champion constructors mercedes have unveiled their new car for the upcoming formula 1 season. it will be going a lot faster than this when the season starts next month in australia. but for now lewis hamilton, who was joined by new team mate valtteri bottas today, took the car for a few laps around a very blustery silverstone. hamilton said the car felt "incredible". wayne rooney's agent is in china trying to agree
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a deal for the england and manchester united captain to play in the country's super league. rooney arrived at old trafford 13 years ago and has gone on to become the club's record goalscorer. but the 31—year—old is currently out of favour underjose mourinho. his agent paul stretford is in china negotiating with interested clubs, with a summer move more likely, than a deal being agreed before next tuesday's chinese transfer deadline. it seems jose mourinho isn't happy with the fa. manchester united's fa cup quarter final has been scheduled for a monday night — three days before the second leg of their last 16 tie in the europa league. mourinho says he won't, though, play a weakened side in the cup. we are manchester united. i cannot
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do that. as the manager, i cannot do that. the fa cup is not guilty of these decisions. the cup is beautiful, historical competition. i have got to treat the supporters and fa cup correctly. i cannot go with the under 21s. tottenham will hope to join united in the last 16 of the europa league, when they host gent in front of a sell—out crowd at wembley tonight. mauricio pochettino's side are looking to overturn a 1—0 deficit from the first leg in belgium last week. they were better than us. we watched many teams, about them and we knew that they had quality. we are aware about how they play. it is to us to try to be better and try to go the
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next round. west ham united manager slaven bilic has admitted that a series of niggling injuries are ruining andy carroll's england chances. the striker has been in great form for west ham when fit. he's currently sidelined with a groin strain and has only made 16 appearances for the club this season. when he is playing, fit, he is one of the top strikers. but i have told him in dubai and yesterday, the small things that have been damaging his retirement are not good for him or good for us. it is not good if he wa nts to or good for us. it is not good if he wants to get called up to the england squad. vern cotter has made five changes to scotland's side that will face wales in the six nations at murrayfield on saturday. flankerjon barclay plays his rugby in wales with the scarlets and will captain the team in the absence of the injured greig laidlaw. ali price will play at scrum half.
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prop gordon reid, back rows john hardie and ryan wilson, and wing tim visser will also start. manny pacquiao and britain's amir khan have announced a deal is being negotiated for a possible fight. pacquaio's twitter followers recently voted khan as the opponent they would most like to see him take on next. khan hasn't boxed since a defeat to saul alvarez last may. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you. and we can get the latest on storm doris. we had told you that the woman had died in wolverhampton, after being hit by debris. this was close to star box —— starbucks in the city centre. you can see the emergency services. apparently, a
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piece of roofing, the size of a coffee table, hit a pedestrian. confirmed dead outside after suffering very serious head injuries. yes, they received about 15 999 calls at 11:45. that was when the incident happened. dudley street outside starbucks, but on arrival they had found that this woman had suffered serious head injuries. these pictures just coming to us from wolverhampton. in a week's time, the people of northern ireland go to the polls to vote in elections for a new assembly. it was triggered because of a row over a green energy scheme that went over budget. but if the dup and sinn fein are as expected the main winners in the vote, what are the chances of them being able to form
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a new power sharing government? 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler has more. i am in the titanic quarter where there has been new development, but the old divisions are clear at stormont. with the dup and sinn fein exchanging harsh words over brexit, same sex marriage, education and lots of other issues. it is a very divisive election. are people as divided as the politicians? i have been speaking to a group at queens uni in belfast. elections are a time when people come together, united in the task of making a choice but divided in their views. sometimes it can be because of their age, background or beliefs. i will ask you a number of questions. we need you to be honest. who has been to the gym in the last week? there are the athletic, or at least the enthusiastic. the romantics who send valentine's cards
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this year. and those prepared to admit, or forced to admit that they have been drunk in the last week. but it is shared experiences that could influence how individuals vote. who has waited four hours or more in accident and emergency to get treatment for themselves or someone else? waiting lists in northern ireland are one of the longest in the uk and politicians here have described the health service as at breaking point. i am an emergency nurse and there isn't enough investment in the community. we have to remove the politicians out of health, appoint someone in charge of it, who will be responsible for the operational matters. this isn't scientific, but the response suggests much connects businesses, farmers,
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students and senior citizens. who has a close friend or relative who is gay or lesbian? northern ireland is the only part of the uk where same—sex marriage is still illegal. it is a disgrace, everybody has the right to decide who to marry and who to love. i am not sure, i have always believed there should be a male and female to bring up a child. while many here feel they don't fit into the traditional boxes of nationalist or unionist, it is how the majority vote. who is proud of northern ireland? interesting the split is right across the generation who never knew the conflict, yet they are not proud of their country. the reason it sucks is because there is so much we could be proud of but we have an executive marked by scandal, crisis and falling apart consistently. different views will influence that election result when voters mark their preferences next week. so far this election campaign has
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reflected the weather, it has been pretty stormy. for the opposition parties hope to make gains could be down to the dup and sinn fein to make a deal if power—sharing is to return and that could be difficult. for more information, including the candidates standing, just go to our website: bbc.co.uk/news. eating ten portions of fruit and veg a day can help us live longer. a study by imperial college london shows that consuming small amounts has a health benefit, but more is better. we have got some fruit and veg here. ten portions. however, public health england says that putting pressure on us to eat more fruit and veg creates an ‘unrealistic expectation'. joining me now via webcam is professor tom sanders,
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emeritus professor of nutrition & dietetics at king's college london. thank you forjoining us. ten portions a day, good ambition or too much? i think it is too much. the study asked people how much fruit and veg that they eat and people tend to exaggerate. people who have probably said that they obtain portions have probably been getting closer to five. that is the first point. if you have huge amounts of fruit and veg, 800 grams, that does not leave much for you to eat. and we get nutrients from other food, such as meat, fish, dairy, nuts. fruit and veg themselves are filthy,
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and the advice is to try to get five portions a day but i am not convinced you could get any benefit from eating huge amounts, particularly when you have sugar and potassium. —— healthy. particularly when you have sugar and potassium. -- healthy. we have got some portions. ten. i do not know exactly what you count as a portion. carrots. grapes. bananas. that is a lot. it certainly would be for me. but what is a portion? people talk about five days. in weight, 80 grams. but something like a banana, it is 110. satsuma, 50. it is a
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little bit variable. these estimates, trying to convert into wheat. but a lot of people, about 20%, do not have any fruit and veg at all. we have to get those people eating some fruit and veg, going four 530, rather than focusing on the worried well. eating huge amounts on the basis of this research. and the people who are not having any, five is an aspiration but it is better to have something, evenif but it is better to have something, even if it is just a couple of apples. what is not included in this, potatoes. add potatoes are a vegetable, good source of vitamins c.i vegetable, good source of vitamins c. i would try to eat at least one
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bit of fruit a day, two or three vegetables. i think large amounts of fruit juice vegetables. i think large amounts of fruitjuice is not a good idea because it is also high in sugar. and what are the benefits? we are talking about trying to avoid cancer, heart disease? just spell out exactly what fruit and veg does over the long term ? out exactly what fruit and veg does over the long term? i think the best evidence, it probably reduces the risk of stroke. and that is linked to raised blood pressure. eating some fruit and veg helps lower blood pressure. and that is important, also contributing to a lower risk of heart disease. we had high hopes for the link between fruit and veg and
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cancer, but trials carried out could not sure any benefit. i think they actually bulk out the diet. and stop you over consuming. that is one of the reasons why we have tried to get people to look at your plate, make sure that at least one third is going to be made up of vegetables and that is going to stop you getting more fatty and sugary foods. that contributes to weight gain. thank you. we have got some fruit and veg, that we are going to try to get through. we have promised to eat it all. an investigation by bbc southeast has found that around 10,000
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motorists were still driving last month, despite having too many penalty points on their licence. usually drivers are banned when they exceed 12 points. but magistrates are allowed to waive the rule in cases of ‘exceptional hardship'. supporters say it gives drivers another chance, but critics say bending the rules puts other people at risk. 0ur correspondent david rhodes has more. from speeding to drink—driving, failing to have insurance or causing a collision on the road, penalty points are given to motorists when they break the law. 12 active points on a licence usually means a driver will be banned for a minimum of six months. but figures obtained by the bbc, showjust under 10,000 drivers are still on the roads despite having 12 or more points. most are found in england, with the largest number being in greater london. although one driver in west yorkshire is still on the road despite having more than 60 points on their licence. the law doesn't seem to be working at the moment. we've got people obviously being caught and going through the justice system but actually this whole points system seems to be making a mockery of that. drivers are getting away with repeatedly breaking the law. motorists with 12 points can appeal to a magistrates' courtjust as this
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one and claim that a driving ban would bring exceptional hardship upon their lives, meaning they'd lose a job or be unable to care for a family member. there is no definition in law though, as to what exceptional hardship means. so one magistrate may decide if a driving ban would cause someone to lose theirjob, that is exceptional hardship. another magistrate may decide it isn't. every ban is considered on a case—by—case basis. the government says the vast majority of drivers with 12 points are automatically disqualified and only in exceptional circumstances can judges decide not to issue a ban. the fact remains though, that there are drivers who have continually broken the law, who are still on our roads. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour. first, the headlines on bbc news: widespread damage as storm doris lashes the uk. cars are wrecked and a woman in wolverhampton has been killed. net migration falls
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for the first time in two years, although it remains well above the government's target. prisons are explicitly to become places of rehabilitation as well as punishment, under new government plans. in the business news... barclays has reported a jump in annual profits to £3.2 billion for 2016. barclays has been selling off parts of the business that are seen as non—core. it's also going to close down its africa business six months earlier than expected. british gas owner centrica has returned to profit after making a large loss in 2015. british gas has said the competitive nature of the uk's energy market was one of the reasons why its profits fell last year. the company said this was partly due
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to a 3% fall in customer accounts, largely in the first half of the year. french carmaker psa, which owns the peugeot and citroen brands, says net profit for 2016 nearly doubled. it's pushing plans to buy general motors' european brands 0pel and vauxhall. profit rose 79%. the carmaker promised to pay shareholder dividends for the first time since 2011. as you heard there, barclays' profits have almost trebled. they reported a jump in annual profits to £3.2 billion for 2016. the bank has also reduced the amount of money paid out in customer compensation from £2.7 billion to £1 billion. the bank's chief executive, jess staley, told the bbc the bank was preparing to add hundreds of staff to offices in dublin, frankfurt and milan to counter brexit risks to its european business. speaking to our business editor, simonjack, he says the bank is committed to the uk. we are looking at contingencies. we
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have got subsidiary banks in ireland and large operations in germany, the largest credit card operator. looking at the options to operate across europe, should we lose the single market because of brexit. but ido single market because of brexit. but i do not think those plans reflect any dramatic departure. we could add some people at dublin, and across europe but we're going to continue to believe that london is going to be the financial centre for europe even without the single market and we are committed. helping its profits, barclays has also been selling off parts of the business which it deems "non—core". let's get more on all of this with chris wheeler, banking analyst at atlantic equities. how are investors feeling about these results? they seem quite
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impressive, artificially, but share prices have since dropped?m impressive, artificially, but share prices have since dropped? it is the continued clean—up of the banks, after those issues existing before the crisis. the consolidating the african businesses, closing down non co re african businesses, closing down non core banks. those are the assets that they do not want. and also looking at recalibrating the large investment bank. how are barclays doing, relative to rivals? here and the us? in terms of the united states, still off the pace. but they have got tail winds of a faster economy, on the back of the president's plans. the european banks, banks that are still going through this process. it looks as though they are getting to the end
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of that. and we could start to see some stronger returns. but barclays was forced to have dividends. the boss has just told us that the bank is committed to the united kingdom, london. do you believe that? he is talking about accommodating more staff, at european rival cities?” cover a lot of very big global banks, hsbc, goldman, and all of these people have been incredibly coy. about what they are going to do brexit. revolving they want to move before the lights are going to be timed out. —— turned. but they want to serve clients on the continent.
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at whatever cost it takes, lost jobs and even some additional costs. thank you. in other business news: transport business national express has posted a 10% increase in profit for 2016. that's down to growth in their us business. profit climbed to £120 million. it's turning out to be a great for miners. glencore has reported an 18% increase in core profits for 2016. profits slumped last year after a global commodities rout, however the price of raw materials has since bounced back. we saw earlier in the week that bhp biliton and anglo american also benefited from a rise in commodity prices. aerospace giant bae says it expects increased defence budgets to boost its earnings by 5—10% this year. profits did well in 2016 — they were up 7%. sales at the british firm jumped from £1.1 billion to £19 billion, thanks in part to the fall in the pound. and the markets...
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the uk market was slightly lower before midday — centrica one of the biggest fallers following its latest results. that's all the business news for now. thank you. researchers have developed a new smoke alarm sound — with a lower pitched tone and a woman's voice — which they say is more likely to wake children. teams based in dundee and derby began working on the project after fire investigators warned that children were able to sleep through conventional alarms. interesting. time for a look at the weather now. and you have got an update on the
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storm? yes. and you have got an update on the storm ? yes. we and you have got an update on the storm? yes. we know it has caused other talented, —— a fatality, and that has been coming towards us over the last few hours. zero hanging around. and earlier today it was causing some problems, in the form of snow across scotland. the central belt and even further north. it was winter wonderland for some of us, and a headache getting to work for some of us. but for other people it has been the wind that has been the concern. this is going to be about four o'clock. an improving story for the southern uplands, but it is going to be a cold end to the day. and we are going to add on these wind gusts, over 60 miles an hour. that is enough to cause impacts like
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these. this was taken earlier on. major disruption likely, and some damage. gradually the worst of those wind gusts are going to ease and amber warning is going to be curtailed. ending across the east coast of england, before going to the north sea, and things are going to settle down overnight. winds much lighter. colder night. wintry showers. that presents the possibility of some ice. scotland and northern ireland, prone to some snow but for the rest of us the risk of some ice. tomorrow is going to be com pletely of some ice. tomorrow is going to be completely different. complete transformation. little in the way of wind. tranquil. and later, some snow across the high ground and temperatures going to be slow to rise but they will continue to rise
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and as we look to the weekend we have got different problems. rising temperatures, the snow mounts. rapid and it is going to be bringing a lot of reading, conspiring to the possibility of some flooding. particularly across north—west england. another set of fronts coming, over the course of sunday, and all of the time at the east it drier, blustery but not like the wind that we are currently experiencing. this is bbc news.
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i'm ben brown. the headlines at three: a woman has died in the centre of wolverhampton after being hit by falling debris as storm doris brings high the latest storms have caused major travel disruption across the uk with flights cancelled, and falling trees affecting rail and road journeys. it definitely has materialise. the gusts are so powerful i can't even face the direction the wind is coming from. net migration falls for the first time in two years, although it remains well above the government's target. prisons are explicitly to become places of rehabilitation as well as punishment under new government plans.
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