tonight at six. a new front in the battle against the online grooming of children. police warn that abusers are turning to live streaming apps to manipulate children. we go undercover — posing as a teenage girl — within minutes she's targeted. he whispers: she's 1a and yet someone has just asked her to take her shirt and her bra off. we have a special investigation — and look at what parents can do. also tonight. the terror threat in britain — an official report asks whether the manchester bombing could have been prevented. theresa may is facing a backlash from allies and opponents alike as she tries to rescue the brexit talks. the steelworker who's lost hundreds of thousands from his pension pot. he blames incorrect financial advice. while root is at the crease england still have a chance against australia — it could be a fightback for the history books. coming up on sportsday later

in the hour on bbc news. will the ioc decide on the ultimate sanction and ban russia from the winter olympics next year? hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. a bbc investigation has found that online streaming apps used by children to make live broadcasts are being infiltrated by men trying to groom them. it comes as the national crime agency says it arrested more than 190 men across the uk in a single week in connection with sexual offences against children. in this special report angus crawford discovered how quickly suspects try to target children using the streaming apps —

the latest front in the battle against online sexual abuse. meet this 20—year—old online safety campaigner, who we've transformed into 14—year—old samira. she is going to try some of the most popular live streaming apps to see what it's really like to be a teenage girl online. first, periscope, twitter‘s live video app used by children all over the world. so there are quite a few people, within seconds — five, six, seven peoplejoining. in minutes, the conversation turned sexual. she is m, and yet someone hasjust asked her to take her shirt and her bra off. next is live.me, only launched last year, now with more than 20 million users. some send samira direct messages no one else can see — clearly trying to groom her. omegle is a one—to—one video

chat app that randomly connects her to users around the world. most are men, some expose themselves. ijust said hi. he said, may i show it? i said, what? he has got it out. pretty much as soon as i started, all i said was hi. i'm 14 and a girl. and then i was inundated. here is a guy going on cam. what's he doing? he was naked. he was naked? and you told him you were 14? can you imagine if you had been a 14—year—old girl? my first reaction would be to be confused. for a second, it is nice having the attention of the hearts, and then it gets quite dark, quite quickly. and it is happening to real children right now. look at this broadcast on periscope. two girls we cannot identify, around 11 years old. 2000 people are watching. some dare them to lift their shirts.

read the comments as men ask them to go further. for those girls, it may have seemed like fun, but it can be devastating. i found her inconsolable. this is an actress, but the words are true. those of a mother whose ten—year—old daughter tried out 0megle for fun. he switched his webcam on. showed her his private parts and asked her to take photos of herself, which she did. he was never located. this mother says parents have to talk to their children about the dangers. hi, i'm sam. that is also the message behind this video launched today. but for some in law enforcement, that is not enough. the tech companies also need to do more. the industry has emerged rapidly. i think it is important to reflect

on how they are ensuring younger children are not using their services and age verification, maybe thinking about the moderation techniques they might be able to use. no one from these app companies would be interviewed. but periscope says it does not tolerate this behaviour. 0megle and live.me did not respond to our requests. when children can broadcast to the world from their own bedrooms, whose job is it to keep them safe? and angus is here now. you can imagine how worried parents would be watching your report. there are two important messages. the first to parents, get to know these apps. get to know how they can be used safely and talk to your children and to their schools. the other important message is a wake—up

call for tech companies. they have effectively created a means for children to broadcast from their bedroom to the world but the world can look back into those bedrooms and now the authorities are effectively saying it is time tech companies policed this space properly and effectively. an independent review into the security services has concluded that it's conceivable that the manchester terror attack could have been prevented. the report details how agents received intelligence about the bomber, salman abedi, before he killed 22 people at the manchester arena. despite this, the assessment concludes there is "no case for despair", saying most terror plots are foiled. here's our security correspondent, gordon corera. four terror attacks in three months, with some of those responsible known to the authorities, raising questions as to whether they could have been prevented. today a review

said the bombing at manchester arena that killed 22 in may was the only one that might have been stopped. the bomber salman abedi had been known to the authorities in the past but was not under active investigation, however data analysis of 20,000 former suspects flagged him as one of a few dozen for further investigation but nine days before a meeting about this he carried out his attack and in the months leading up to that, intelligence came in which if assessed differently may have made a priority. in hindsight it is obvious having received that intelligence mis having received that intelligence mi5 should have opened an investigation and who knows what that would have found. the fact is they did not interpret the intelligence that way, the opportunity was missed. 15-year-old 0livia campbell—hardy was killed in manchester. her grandfather said he did not blame the security services.

they will do the best they can with the information they gather. assess the information they gather. assess the situation, make decisions and act on it. i will not fault anyone for doing theirjob. on the other attacks, in the case of london bridge, the ringleader was under active investigation but there were no signs of what he planned. at westminster bridge, this man was a former subject of interest but there we re former subject of interest but there were no formal warning signs and in finsbury park, not intelligence on the man charged. this year's attacks we re the man charged. this year's attacks were shocked to mi5 and the report makes clear there needs to be changes. there are 126 recommendations, perhaps the most important that information from here needs to be shared more freely with police and others. the home secretary said police would have the money they needed. we will announce

the budgets for policing for 2017—18 andi the budgets for policing for 2017—18 and i am clear we must ensure counterterrorism has the resources needed to deal with the threats we face. as well as these attacks, nine more plots have been stopped in the past year and officials warned the threat remains unprecedented. theresa may is under growing pressure to find a way forward after brexit talks broke down yesterday over the future of northern ireland. a deal on this first phase of negotiations has to be in place before next week's summit so talks can move on to trade. labour has called theresa may's efforts an embarrassment. now, former tory leader iain duncan smith says it's nearly time to walk away from the talks — as our political editor laura kuenssberg. you can shake hands as much as you like. are you confident of a deal? but it does not mean there will be a

deal, the spanish leader one of dozens she has to get onside. there area dozens she has to get onside. there are a couple of issues we need to work on, but i will be reconvening in brussels later this week. it is this band they indeed right now, the dup's this band they indeed right now, the dup‘s ten mps, feeling their power in every step. they refuse to back theresa may's deal in brussels over ireland border which is they feel will put northern ireland on a different path to the rest of the uk. the text we were shown late yesterday did not translate what we had been told in general conversations into reality. would you be willing to see the deal failed? we do not want to see the talks fail and we do not want to see no deal, we want a sensible brexit. yesterday's collapse provoked

arguments on all science with some believing scotland, wales and some sectors of the economy should get special status but in dublin a clear message, not budging, clinging to the agreement that the north and south with mirror each other‘s regulations. the ball is in london's court, the prime minister and the european commission and negotiating teams have asked for more time. number 10 believes it could be back on by the end of the week, sorted by christmas. but the failure yesterday meant a barrage of attacks in the commons. what an embarrassment. if the price of the prime minister's approaches the break—up of the union and reopening of bitter divides in northern ireland the price is too high. the suggestion we might depart the european union but leave one pa rt of the european union but leave one part of the uk inside the single

market and customs union is emphatically not something the uk government is considering. but there is no agreement in camber that about the —— in cabinet about what happens next. the former leader telling the bbc it might be time to walk away. it isa bbc it might be time to walk away. it is a game played out over power and the answer boils down to who will call the shots on this? right now, we have to say not good enough, we cannot pay this price. you are saying to brussels, back off, or we will walk? the statement is more straightforward, you need to change this process and to back off, otherwise we get on with other arrangements. the prime minister and dup are yet to talk directly today. theresa may is not in total control of her relationships with friends or rivals. 0ur ireland correspondent

chris buckler is in stormont now. this border issue is turning out to be hugely complex, what are the prospects of the solution? everybody has the same goal, nobody wants a ha rd has the same goal, nobody wants a hard border, customs posts, but how you achieve that they cannot agree and the irish government are determined they had a deal that saw no regulatory differences between the two parts, northern ireland and the two parts, northern ireland and the republic, but the dup say they will not accept differences between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. 0ne northern ireland and the rest of the uk. one solution has been put forward by ruth davidson, for the whole of the uk to stick to some rules and regulations the eu will have. some within government are against that because it could tie their hands in the trade talks they are desperately trying to get to. meanwhile this has left

relationships between belfast and dublin antagonistic with the dup accusing the irish government of putting anglo irish relationships in jeopardy and they are getting worse. they accused the irish government is stopping british negotiators from letting them see the controversial text of the deal. as a result a close focus on whatever words are put forward in the future. you get the impression theresa may is involved in two brexit negotiations, with the eu and with the dup. rail passengers are facing the largest hike in fares in five years. prices will rise by an average of 3.4% on the 2nd january. 0ur transport correspondent, richard westcott, is at croydon station in south london. iam i am guessing there is a lot of anger among commuters. there certainly is, always when you talk to people, nobody likes to pay more

and it seems to be the time of year when we find out what the rail fare rise will be starting injanuary and then there is a row. an example of what it will mean, if you are a commuter between brighton and london, hit by strikes and delays on that line, the annual ticket costs over £4000 and it will go up by almost £150. between liverpool and manchester, that ticket costs over £3000 and will go up by more than £100. the average across britain, fa res £100. the average across britain, fares will go up by 3.4%. and the latest wage figures we have is the average wage is going up by about 296, average wage is going up by about 2%, which is critical because campaigners say for years rail fares have gone up higher wage rises and it adds to the feeling of working as ha rd it adds to the feeling of working as hard but being that little bit worse

off every year. the government and train companies would argue they are investing billions in the network. there are new stations and new trains coming on board and new seats, but every year i think we will keep getting this row because of the bigger proportion of the money used to pay for better equipment will come from ticket cells. it will come into effect on january the 2nd. our top story this evening: a new warning about the online grooming of children through live streaming apps. still to come: the low calorie liquid diet helping to reverse type 2 diabetes. coming up on sportsday on bbc news in the next 15 minutes. we'll look ahead to tonight's champions league matches with three british clubs involved, including manchester united, who can book a place in the knockout stage. the financial regulator has taken

action after a bbc investigation into misleading advice given to british steelworkers, many have found their pensions have been substantially reduced. under a deal to save the troubled plants, steelworkers have been given until december 22nd to sort out their future pension arrangements. but, as sian lloyd reports, incorrect advice has resulted in some losing hundreds of thousands of pounds. the giant port talbot steelworks the biggest of the tata plants. the company said the old gold plated british steel pension scheme was unsustainable, leaving workers here and at other sites a range of options, including transferring out altogether. with around 130,000 workers affected, huge pension pots and lucrative commissions for financial advisors have been at stake.

it's cost me in the region of £200,000, so it's a lot of money. richard bevan is one of those workers. after 39 years at the trostre steelworks, near llanelli, he wanted a secure future. he went to this local firm, celtic wealth management, who he thought were regulated financial advisors, but they're not. they introduced clients to a firm of regulated advisors based in the midlands, called active wealth uk. between them, they failed to give richard a suitability report on which he could properly base his decision and advised him to transfer his pension out of the company scheme even though a recalculation was due which would have substantially increased his pension pot. we're aware that other steelworkers are also unhappy about their treatment by the two companies. i'm not a gullible sort of person, but i've obviously been led into doing something that wasn't right for me by a financial advisor, you know. and it's not a nice place to be at the moment. both companies deny richard's claims, but after we passed our findings

to the financial conduct authority, the regulator intervened and active wealth is no longer allowed to give pensions advice. but this issue extends far beyond the steelworkers of south wales. gary clement has worked at the scunthorpe steelworks for 40 years, he'd planned to retire at 55. he paid a team of financial advisors, called lighthouse, a fee of more than £10,000 for advice which included information about when he could access his pension, which they've since admitted was wrong. you go to a financial advisor forfinancial advice. he says — this is what you do, this is in your best interest. you listen. i don't believe they have anybody‘s best interests at heart. i believe it's just about money. gary has received a letter from his advisors accepting he wasn't given the correct information, but they say they believe he would have reached the same decision to leave the fund anyway.

gary believes transferring out of the scheme when he did has cost him hundreds of thousands. the city watchdog, the financial conduct authority, is worried that steelworkers are particularly at risk. this is a group of people, thousands of people, who have to make a decision one way or the other, that gives rise to particular complexities. so, yes, they are particularly vulnerable i think at this stage. there is growing concern that hundreds of steelworkers could be affected by a feeding frenzy surrounding the british steel pension scheme and millions of pounds of their hard—earned savings potentially at risk. sian lloyd, bbc news, port talbot. treating type 2 diabetes costs the nhs billions of pounds a year. the condition is normally controlled with medication, but a new trial, carried out in newcastle and glasgow, has shown be reversed through dieting.

0ur health correspondent, james gallagher, has been looking at the findings. isobel murray thought she was facing a lifetime of type 2 diabetes, but she's lost more than four stone on the trial and has now completely changed her relationship with food. her disease is in remission. it's freedom to live your life again and know that you're not in that cycle any more and know that i can control this, and i will never go there again. never will i be taking diabetic medication again. she spent 17 weeks drinking these. they‘ re nutritionally balanced soups and shakes to help trigger weight loss. and that's it, there's 200 calories in a glass and you're allowed four of them every day. that's just sweet, really, but that's your lot, for up to five months. how does the diet work? the pancreas is critical in type 2 diabetes. if excess body fat is stored around the organ, then it reduces the production of the hormone insulin. that leads to levels of sugar in the blood getting dangerously out of control.

losing weight makes the fat cells disappear and the pancreas work properly again. doctors say 46% of patients on the trial put their type 2 into remission. we now have clear evidence that weight loss of 10 or 15 kilograms is enough to turn this disease around. it's hugely exciting that we can do that in routine practice, with ordinary nurses, ordinary dieticians, ordinary gps and ordinary patients. treating diabetes costs the nhs £10 billion a year. type 2 is normally controlled with medication, but in the long—term the disease causes damage throughout the body, leading to organ failure, blindness and limb amputations. isobel has enjoyed a normal diet and kept the weight off for nearly two years now. i don't feel like a diabetic because i don't think about it any more. i've got my life back. she says if she can beat type 2, then anyone can. james gallagher, bbc news. cricket, and england have

continued their fightback in the second ashes test. at the close of play they were 176—4, still needing 178 to win, on what could be a nail—biting final day. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, reports from adelaide. was this the day england's flickering ashes hopes were gloriously rekindled ? first by the bowlers, they had to skittle australia to have any chance and they did, thanks to a five wicket masterclass from jimmy anderson. that still left england a record run chase, 354, and after a good start they faltered. both openers went before james vince wafted his wicket away, and it seemed england's chances. commentator: edged and gone. handscomb takes the chance. but under the floodlights and the fiercest pressure, dawid malan and joe root hung in there. australia kept appealing, england kept surviving — just. it was pure sporting theatre. but moments before the close, malan fell. australia are still favourites, but england 178 runs from something very special.

well, this has been some fightback from england. barely 24—hours ago they looked beaten, the ashes all but gone, and yet they still have a chance of a remarkable win. root will resume on 67. if he can produce a captain's innings, england just might conjure one cricket's greatest comebacks. andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide. this week we've been profiling five contenders in the running to become uk city of culture 2021. tonight we look at stoke—on—trent, most famous for its ceramics industry. the city is up against coventry, paisley, sunderland and swansea. the winner, to be announced on thursday, will host a year—long celebration of arts and performance. sima kotecha reports. six towns brought together in the early 20th century to form stoke—on—trent.

fondly known as the potteries, for centuries ceramics has been at the heart of what they do here, giving its bid as the city of culture a creative backdrop. today, hundreds of businesses still make carefully crafted pieces for a global clientele. it's been sort of the last 300 years that we've had a significant pottery industry and when an industry is that important and a city is that reliant on a particular industry, then it obviously has a big impact on culture and everything that's about us. but other than pottery, what more does the city have to offer? some of the people living here in stoke say that its image is tainted by its post—industrial past. there are streets and roads here lined with empty warehouses and factories, arguably giving an impression of a city that is tired and old. the art sector bills itself as rich, vibrant, unique, a contradiction to any negative perception.

it's a rough diamond, isn't it and that's part of its industrial heritage. it's one of the reasons we all love it, to be honest. it's got this gnarly beauty that appeals to us all. it's one of the reasons why it's brilliant to make art here. artists can afford to come to this city and live here and make work and find spaces to make that work in. famous faces from here include singer robbie williams, the footballer, sir stanley matthews and designer of the spitfire, reginald mitchell. but a huge mosaic in the centre, made up of thousands of local faces, aims to celebrate its identity as the city of the people. we're people who really understand how to make artjust from the ground we're standing on and that's the miraculous thing about the city. that's why we think, as a hidden gem of the uk, that we need to be recognised. stoke—on—trent has a colourful past, but this place wants a future, too. they hope the city of culture tag will fire up that future just as much as the kilns did in the pottery past. sima kotecha, bbc news, stoke—on—trent. time for a look at the weather.

here's sarah keith lucas. thank you. we have lots going on in terms of the weather through the course of this week. storm caroline has been named by the met office, sitting in the atlantic at the moment, it will move in towards northern parts of the uk during the course of thursday. storm caroline likely to bring gusts of 80mph and strongest winds to the north of scotland. we will see significant disruption to travel, i think. back to the here and now. a much quieter picture out there at the minute. lots of cloud up—and—down the country. the cloud producing rain for the north—west of scotland elsewhere the odd patches of drizzle. it will be mild tonight, temperatures not far off what they have been this afternoon. across england and wales tomorrow we should

see breaks in the cloud. a little bit of brightness breaking through. a few spots of drizzle to the west and persistent rain for scotland and northern ireland and pushing into the north—west of england. mild but windy day on wednesday. the winds will pick up on wednesday night when we will see gales or severe gales particularly around these irish sea coasts aged cross scotland too and also pretty heavy bursts of rain working in and heading south—eastwards across the country. thursday the strongest of the winds in association with storm caroline, 80mph possible across the north of scotla nd 80mph possible across the north of scotland and through the central lowla nds scotland and through the central lowlands there could be severe gales. rain will clear from the south—east. more sunshine, but a real drop in temperatures. back into single figures for all of us. 0nce storm caroline clears to the north—east we have a northerly flow ofair. it north—east we have a northerly flow of air. it will turn colder as we head towards the end of the week. after the wind and the rain, because

of storm caroline, it will be a return to snow showers as we head into friday. that's it for now. many thanks. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. a review of terror attacks in the uk highlights missed opportunities to stop the manchester arena bomber before he carried out the attack. they had peripheral vision of perhaps what he was thinking of planning but at the end of the day they were too late. the prime minister is under pressure to get brexit talks back on track — after yesterday's impasse by the dup on the irish border. a bbc investigation finds children who use online internet streaming sites — are being targeted by sex offenders.