around £5 80 per hour, and will pay around £5 80 per hour, and a woman is more likely to be offered a woman is more likely to be offered a job a woman is more likely to be offered ajob in care, a woman is more likely to be offered a job in care, which pays for pounds 80p per hour, and the pay gap starts right there. sophie walker of the women's equality party, thank you. the public coming to the aid of public transport on the streets of eastern boston, as snow and ice left many stranded. elsewhere in the city, the emergency services were working flat out, and in deep water, as high tides flooded roads close to the harbour. plummeting temperatures meant much of massachusetts was under huge quantities of snow. and after a 3ft storm surge brought seas inland, the flood water froze, trapping cars in ice. for the homeless of chicago, life on the streets is now all about survival.

those who do find shelter are happy to be anywhere but outside. we see an average of 700— 800 people every single day. sometimes there are people who come in when it's extremely cold who won't come in when it's not so cold. a sudden drop in temperatures can hit hard anywhere. in florida, where in some parts snow fell for the first time in 30 years, cold seas saw hundreds of turtles rescued after their muscles started seizing up. as thousands of snow ploughs are deployed throughout the eastern seaboard, forecasters warn that the weekend could bring record— breaking low temperatures. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather prospects. not quite as bad here.

you are quite right, not quite as bad. but we are heading for a hard frost in the far north. we may see some record—breaking temperatures. let's bask in some of the good news. it is cold out there but it's beautiful from some, with lots of sunshine. a north—easterly winds which makes it feel quite warm, particularly on these exposed coasts. ash might makes it feel brawl. across central and southern areas, a week weather front slipping south bringing a spot of rain. the best of the sunshine further north. overnight, the frontal system will clear, all bar the extreme south. with clearer skies, temperatures falling away sharply. in rural spots, we could see —9 minus ten. in scotland, we could see lower values than that. it will be cold and frosty to start. in scotland,

temperatures struggling in the day. tomorrow there will be slightly lighter winds and more in the way of sunshine around. cold but a promising second half to the weekend. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: president trump insists he is a "very stable genius" and the us secretary of state says he's never questioned mr trump's mental health. it follows claims in a book that people around the president doubted his fitness for office. the victims' commissioner calls for an overhaul of the parole system in the wake of the release of serial sex attackerjohn worboys. more than 500 major employers reveal their gender pay gaps. easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are amongst those who have disclosed that they pay women — on average — at least 15% less than men. it has been a busy morning.

now on bbc news, witness. hello and welcome to a special edition of witness with me, tanya beckett, here at the british library in london. we'll be looking at five of the most memorable stories from the witness team from the past 12 months. we'll meet an archaeologist who's worked on the terracotta army site for decades in china. a friend of anti—apartheid icon steve biko. and the mother of one of argentina's disappeared children. but first, after independence in 1947 india was split into two states. one of the majority muslim, the other majority hindu. the repercussions of that split

are still being felt. mohammad amir mohammea khan, the raja of mahmudabad, tells witness how partition affected his family and his home. i am mohammad amir mohammad khan, known as sulaiman to family and friends, the raja of mahmudabad. i am from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, including a beautiful palace in mahmudabad in which we still live. but the indian government is laying claim to my property, saying that it is enemy property. no—one is paying for it, so these days, everything is crumbling. this dispute goes back to 1947.

the partition of india into two states, a muslim—majority state called pakistan, and a hindu—majority state of india. it was estimated that a million people died, ten million people were displaced. some muslims went to the state of pakistan. many hindus came to india. it was not just the country that was divided. families were divided, too. in the late ‘50s, my father took pakistani nationality, and that is when my family's problems began, because when india and pakistan went to war in 1965, the government laid claim

to our properties. there was an act of parliament called the enemy property act, which empowered the government to take over, temporarily, the properties of pakistanis. it was notjust our family which was affected. thousands of families were affected. the properties are worth billions of dollars. but our issue is that only my father took pakistani nationality. i have always been an indian. my mother was always an indian. we had to fight our case from the lowest to the highest court, and in every court, we won. and the supreme courtjudge said

that by no stretch of imagination could i be considered an enemy, and considered me the heir to my father's properties. but then, the government went and changed the laws, and the battle has begun again. i suppose, like so many people in india and pakistan, we are still caught up in the repercussions of partition, and the acrimonious relations between india and pakistan. in a way, i've been forced to live in the past. and, with apologies to yeats, ifeel as if i'm drowning

in a beauty that has long since faded from this earth. mohammad amir mohammad khan there, speaking to us from his beautiful palace in india. now to one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century. i've worked at the site for many years. the she still works at the site of the terracotta army in xian. in 1977, anti—apartheid activist steve biko, leader of the black consciousness movement in south africa, died in police custody. weeks earlier, he had been arrested. witness has spoken to biko's friend peterjones who was arrested with him. i miss my friend steve biko and i am

forever in his debt. steve biko is one of the people that originated the new generation of young political minded black people. the black consciousness movement. we believe in our country there will be no minority, no majority, there willjust be people. and those people will have the same status before the law and they will have the same rights before the law. the apartheid government ensured there was no resistance against its doctrines and against its policies. there was a roadblock and they then searched the car. they found an identity document which was mine, they then said, "who is peter jones? " and i said, "that's me". he said, "oh, and who are you, big man?" that's now steve.

and steve said, "i'm steve bantu biko." and we were then locked up together in one cell. the next morning we started getting an uneasy feeling because there were now more police and in a convoy of three cars we sped towards port elizabeth. in port elizabeth was the headquarters of the security police for that region. the building has been converted into a block of flats. steve biko was being walked to his death along this very corridor, a man poised to fill the void left behind after mandela was jailed. we got taken up to the fifth floor and we were manacled each to a separate window. one of the senior police, a major, came in and said, "now i can confirm that you are officially being detained under section six of the terrorism act." that is the act in which you

literally disappear. they separated us, i only had a chance to shout steve's name and that was the last time i saw steve alive. three weeks and three days later, ijust heard a lot of commotion, many, many people singing protest songs, the cell next to mine was being filled with many people. then this young man told me that they have just returned from the funeral of steve biko and that was the first time that i heard about the death of steve biko. i went to my mat that was my bed and i then just sat there... with... to me, it was like a huge hole

in my soul, just inconsolability which even today would make me weep at unexpected moments. the police said the leader of the black consciousness movement had lost his life by accident when his head struck a wall while he was being restrained. steve biko's family believe he was thrown at the wall quite deliberately by the police officers. steve biko's death and the brutality of it highlighted like no other event at the time the extent to which the apartheid regime would go to protect itself. peterjames remembering his friend, steve biko. remember, you can find all of our programmes online.

in the late 1970s thousands of young men and women were detained in argentina for their opposition to military rule, amongst those who went missing was anna maria, her mother spoke to witness. they are called the mothers, in the centre of the capital, where they hold the same sad demonstration every way, they have all had at least one relative who has disappeared. in the offices of the muscles of the disappeared. in 1953 american husband and wife julius and ethel rosenberg were executed by electric chair

after being convicted of spying for the soviet union. our final witness is the rosenberg's son robert. one of the greatest peacetime spy dramas in the history of the nation reaches its climax asjulius rosenberg and ethel rosenberg convicted of transmitting secrets to russia into the federal building in new york to hear their doom. the last time i saw my parents was in a prisonjust a couple of days before they were executed injune 19 53. i have this very strong visceral sense of a warm and loving family and my father played word games with my brother. i sat on my mother's lap, they were pretending like nothing was wrong, that we would see them like we would see them in another few weeks.

my brother, he knew that was wrong, and he wanted them to acknowledge the terrible situation that we were all in. and so he started wailing, one more day to live. both my parents were children of the depression, they grew up in poverty on the lower east side of manhattan, and my fatherjulius was an electrical engineer, a member of the american communist party, and my mother ethel was a housewife will my father was arrested injuly, 1950, in new york city. my mother was arrested, both were charged with conspiracy to commit espionage and the government said julius rosenberg was a master spy who led an atomic spy ring that stole the secret of the atomic bomb and gave it to the soviet union in 19115. julius was guilty of espionage

but it didn't have anything to do with the secret of the atomic bomb, he had no knowledge of this, and it is hard for me to believe that my mother didn't know about what he was doing but there is no credible evidence that my mother participated in it in any way. this was the great red scare, the mccarthy period, the government was saying there was this international communist conspiracy that was out to destroy our way of life. fear makes powerful people do very dangerous things. the trial at which they were convicted was a travesty, we now know that the judge said goody communicated with the prosecution that evidence was fabricated and the chief prosecution witnesses perjured themselves. the government of the united states used the death penalty not as punishment but as extortion, the purpose as one of the fbi agent said, we didn't want them to die, we wanted them to talk.

there was a worldwide movement and a mass movement even within the united states at the height of the mccarthy period to save the lives of my parents. they were executed on june 19, a month after my sixth birthday. my brother hung his head. i came in and i knew something was wrong, but i didn't want to hear about it. even a month after the execution i'd say, when are we going to see mum and dad, and he would have to remind me that they were dead. my parents should not have been executed and we took on a campaign to exonerate ethel. have we given up? no, we haven't thought of my brother and i are marathon people and we will keep going.

robert remembering his parents. that is all from this special edition of witness at the british library, but we will be back soon to bring you more extraordinary moments of history. and the remarkable people who witnessed them. but for now, from the rest of the team, goodbye. good afternoon. it cold out there but it is a day of a mixed fortune for some of us. cold but beautiful. some lovely pictures thrown in ——

shown in. but look at a few of those. digital blue sky and sunshine across cornwall. a different story in shops. a week weather fronts bringing cloud and drizzly outbreaks. with a north—westerly wind, that is exacerbating that cold feel. elsewhere the cloud will remain well broken. with high pressure building from the north, u nfortu nately, pressure building from the north, unfortunately, with clear skies through the night. a cold and frosty night. the weather front windows further south, taking its time. the wind is still a feature here. perhaps not as cold across the extreme south, but for the north is where the talking point is going to be. in sheltered parts of scotland, to bridge is at least down to —10, maybe lower. it's going to be a sparkling start but i had frost is likely. people seemed in the morning but if we see temperatures as low as -13, the but if we see temperatures as low as —13, the last time we had that was six years ago, —13, the last time we had that was six years ago, across —13, the last time we had that was six years ago, across the uk. cold and frosty. i don't suspect if we

get those temperatures, that things will improve quickly. —7 at eight o'clock in the morning. the bridges in scotland may struggle to climb above freezing through the day. a frosty start through northern ireland, northern england. lighter winds in comparison to today. plenty of sunshine coming through. the wind isa of sunshine coming through. the wind is a feature across east anglia but they should ease down as we go through the day. it's fairly straight forward into sunday afternoon, with lighter winds, clear skies, plenty of sunshine. temperatures struggling. they will be just below the average for this time of year. a maximum of three degrees into scotland, 47 elsewhere. as we move out of sunday, some su btle as we move out of sunday, some subtle changes. still behind pressure in control but the winds coming from an easterly direction could dry in a little more in the way of cloud across the southern half of the country. weather france trying to get in but staying up late with the early half of the week. cloudy across england and wales. the

best of the sunshine further north and west. on tuesday it will be cloudy. but the winds down to the south—west just starting to cloudy. but the winds down to the south—westjust starting to come from a southerly direction. not quite as cold here, seven to 10 degrees. calder and east coast. because of the michael berrer, it means things will change. —— because of the milder air. this is bbc news. the headlines at two: president trump insists he is a "very stable genius", and the us secretary of state says he's never questioned donald trump's mental health.

i've never questioned his mental fitness. i have no reason to question his mental fitness. the victims' commissioner calls for an overhaul of the parole system in the wake of the release of serial sex attackerjohn worboys. new figures reveal women earn more than 15% less than men at a number of major companies. panic and confusion as two planes collide on the ground at toronto's pearson airport, sparking a fire. also in the next hour: in north america, the east coast shivers. record—breaking low temperatures of minus a0 degrees