tv BBC News BBC News January 14, 2018 11:00pm-11:31pm GMT
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says it's doing everything it can to keep the serial sex offender, john worboys in prison after he was granted parole. the crisis at carillion. and the government holds emergency talks in an effort to save the engineering ukip leader henry bolton is under pressure to resign after his girlfriend allegedly made racist remarks about prince harry's fiancee. police say they've found a body they believe to be that of a man suspected of killing a neighbour with a crossbow. and we'll be looking through tomorrow morning's front pages at 11:30, including the new—look guardian, which warns that medical students are being used to solve nhs staffing crises. welcome to bbc news.
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the new conservative party chairman brandon lewis, has told the bbc, that the government is doing everything it can to ensure the serial sex offender, john worboys, stays in prison. the former black cab driver was jailed in 2009, for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, —— for drugging and sexually assaulting 20 women, but police believe he may have committed more than 100 attacks. ministers are considering seeking judicial review into the parole board's decision to release him. here's our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. he is known as the black cab rapist, john worboys is believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted more than 100 women, yet the parole board has decided that after ten years in custody it is safe for him to be released and he is due out by the end of the month. the government wa nts to end of the month. the government wants to stop that happening and is looking at the possibility of legal action. anybody out there will
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appreciate how awful this is for victims to see what is happening, to see somebody like that being out on the street. will be doing everything we can to make sure this man stays behind bars. the justice secretary is david gauke, appointed last week he lived quickly to seek legal advice about the case. he wants to know if it is plausible to contest the decision and if there is a good chance of success. lawyers for some ofjohn worboys victims are also considering legal action. we have taken a judicial review challenge to the parole board, we can also look at the parole board rules which prohibit any publication of the reasons for the decision. something that the secretary cannot do because they are his rules. it will be highly unusual for the government to launch a legal challenge against the pa role launch a legal challenge against the parole board, an organisation it is responsible for and if the case does end up here at the high court, there
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is no guarantee of success. would it be difficult? that all depends on the quality of the decision—making. if this was a bad decision or a decision in which no reasonable decision in which no reasonable decision maker could have reached for some reason it has failed to the procedures, for example it has been said that some of the victims were not consulted them it is possible the decision was on law. in what is so the decision was on law. in what is so unusual that it is not usually the secretary of state forjustice thatis the secretary of state forjustice that is making those. in the meantime, preparations are being made for his release, his victims are being consulted on what conditions he should comply with if and when he is let out. some are concerned that the serial sex offender will try to track them down. danny shaw, bbc news. talks to secure the future of the struggling construction firm carillion, are expected to continue tomorrow. the company, which holds several key government contracts, owes more than 900 million pounds to a number of banks. ministers say they're keeping a close eye on the situation. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. carillion is probably the biggest
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british company you've never heard of. it maintains hundreds of schools, hospitals, prisons and even libraries. if it collapsed, there is a concern about who would take over at short notice. and it's notjust public services that would be affected. thousands of private firms in the construction sector are also dependent on carillion for subcontracted work. we cover 65% of steelwork contracting in the uk and that's worth £3 billion to the uk economy. it represents 120,000 workers. so if you multiply that across all of the sub trades in the uk, the effect on subcontractors could be significant. and today there was a flurry of activity at the cabinet office, itself having a face—lift. pulling together all the different strands of government dependent on carillion. because carillion carries out so much work for so many different arms of government, it needs to be co—ordinated here at the
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cabinet office. what they are working on today is contingency plans, so should the company collapse, and it's a big should, then they are ready to continue working in prisons, schools and hospitals and there won't be as much interruption to services. carillion‘s biggest creditors are also the country's top five banks. they'll be meeting the government again tomorrow morning to ensure that these carillion cranes keep working. sources tell the bbc that the banks would be prepared to show more patience towards carillion if the government supported the company as well. that could mean taxpayers guaranteeing it. but a public bailout of a private business could be politically toxic. joe lynam, bbc news. the leader of ukip henry bolton, is under pressure to resign, after his girlfriend was suspended from the party, for making offensive remarks about prince harry's fiancee, meghan markle. mr bolton, who's the party's fourth leader since the brexit referendum, hasn't made any comment. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth.
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it was only last september that henry bolton got ukip's top job, promising to focus on brexit. we, as a party, are a party of leaders. in fact, he was the party's fourth leader in a year and now there are questions about his personal life and political future. his girlened, jo marney, has been suspended from ukip for making offensive comments and some in the party think it is cause for him to resign. all we see, week after week, is henry's personal issues, which frankly no—one cares about, but where is the substance, where is the policy? i think as long as this story runs, our party becomes weaker and his leadership becomes weaker and untenable. in a series of text messages reported by the mail on sunday, jo marney, called black people "ugly" and said meghan markle had a tiny brain and would taint the royal family. in a statement she later
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said her comments had been "unnecessary, reckless and exaggerated for effect", and offered sincere and deepest apologies to anyone she'd hurt and for the distress and embarrassment caused to family, friends and the party, presumably including her boyfriend. henry is increasingly in a position where he's got some difficult decisions to make. he knows that. he and i have spoken regularly over the weekend. as recently as this morning. i know he is very focussed on those decisions today and he intends on making those decisions today. i'm sure whatever he does will be in the best interests of the party. so, tonight, perhaps contemplating his future, with the party struggling to maintain its place in mainstream politics. just 18 months ago here, ukip was celebrating success after the brexit referendum. now, once again, it's engulfed in turmoil at the very top. perhaps a sign ofjust how troubled the party is, nigel farage told me today
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he wouldn't consider returning the helm even for a second. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. police in yorkshire say they've found the body of a man, wanted in connection with a murder, thought to have been committed with a crossbow. humberside police began a manhunt for anthony lawrence who was 56, in connection with the death of one of his neighbours on friday, in the village of southburn in east yorkshire. shane gilmer who was 30, died in hospital after being attacked at home. police say his pregnant girlfriend who was also hurt, is in a stable condition in hospital. the family of one of the victims in the glasgow bin lorry crash which killed six people three years ago, is to be paid £800,000 in compensation. gillian ewing died when the truck driven by harry clarke, went out of control in december 2014. it's the first pay out made by glasgow city council to the victims' families. a fatal accident inquiry found clarke had lost consciousness at the wheel. an oil tanker which has been on fire in the east china sea for more than a week, has sunk.
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the iranian ship had been adrift and ablaze off the shanghai coast for eight days, following a collision with another vessel. china central television has said the ship suddenly ignited and sank. iranian officials say all 32 crew members have died. two of the world's leading fashion photographers, have been suspended from working for vogue and other magazines owned by the publishing house conde nast. the new york times has published a series of allegations against mario testino and bruce weber, that they sexually harassed young male models. they both deny the claims. adina campbell reports. he is one of the royal family's favourite photographers. mario testino has been capturing famous faces for four decades. but the new york times has published allegations of sexual misconduct, with more than a dozen male models and assistants accusing the 63—year—old of indecent behaviour. testino's lawyers have said his accusers cannot be
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considered reliable sources. another well—known photographer, bruce weber, is also facing similar allegations. he has denied any wrongdoing. but conde nast, which publishes magazines including vogue and g0, has taken action. in a statement the editor anna wintour, who calls them both personalfriends, has said: vogue is a global powerhouse. to grace one of the front covers is a massive deal. mario testino and bruce weber have been responsible for some of those images, but with allegations of sexual exploitation swirling, their futures are hanging in the balance. there are now calls for more regulation in the fashion world. i have been at shoots where i had been inappropriately touched. i have had inappropriate comments made to me.
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i would like to see unions organised to collectively bargain, and i would like to see what the model alliance in new york is proposing, an independent body that would represent models against major players in the fashion industry, who they cannot take on on their own. these allegations are the latest to rock the world of fashion, entertainment and social media and don't seem to be going away. after days of anti—austerity demonstrations across tunisia, resulting in 800 arrests, the government has announced a wave of social reforms. the protests mark the seventh anniversary, of the ousting of the former president zini al—abi—dine, in one of the first arab uprisings for greater democracy. many tunisians say their living conditions still haven't improved, and tonight protestors are back on the streets. mark lowen reports from the capital, tunis. a rallying cry by tunisians, that their revolution should not
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be in vain. seven years since toppling their dictator, the cradle of the arab spring has not fallen silent. they called for the basics, jobs and a better life. anger burned last week amid plans to raise prices and taxes to satisfy tunisia's lenders. more than 800 people were arrested and a protester died. shops and government buildings were torched. poorer parts of the country feel the promise of change has died. nine governments haven't eased economic pain. youth unemployment is over 35%. with terror attacks, tourism plummeted. the prices are so high, i had to borrow this money to survive. this woman told us. we don't have anything. we are in need. we can't live. 0il, sugar, even rubbish bags
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are too expensive now. we're miserable. ahmed sarsi was detained for two days on suspicion of fomenting the protests, which he denies. the government says they are destroying the state. he believes the revolution didn't kill off the old regime. translation: we were full of hope in 2011 that we could build a country where people live with dignity and rights but we are more and more in a dead end and the protests are met by a police state that does not accept an alternative view. in a bid to quell the protests, the government has announced a welfare package, raising benefits and improving healthcare. seven years on, tunisia's commemoration is bittersweet. there's pride that this country became a parliamentary democracy of some sort. but frustration too that the hopes of 2011 for comprehensive change and prosperity for all have faded. tunisia is held up as the success
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of the arab spring but it's shaky. revolutionary zeal remains, even if the optimism of that time is a distant memory. mark lowen, bbc news, tunis. more than 160 passengers and crew had a lucky escape when their plane skidded off a runway in turkey and plunged down a steep slope. the nose of the boeing 737 came to rest just a few metres from the black sea. andy moore reports. the accident happened in the darkness last night, it was on this morning that it had been clear how close it came to tragedy. it skidded off the runway and down at deep slow, with its nosejust metres
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off the runway and down at deep slow, with its nose just metres from the sea, one of the engines detached and ended up in the water. these pictures from on board the plane show the understandable panic and confusion. passengers had to clamber up confusion. passengers had to clamber up an incline towards the rear of the plane to get out. 162 passengers and six crew were on board. some people were taken to hospital as a precaution, but nobody was injured. the airport was closed for a while last night but has reopened this morning. theories about the cause of the incident include a bird strike a rice on the runway, the governor said it is under investigation. this isa said it is under investigation. this is a lucky escape, last year was the safest ever for commercial aviation, there were around 4 billion journeys made last year and not a single passenger jet crashed. in a momenta round up of all the day's sport, but first let's have a quick look at some of the front pages.
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the metro leads on the future of ukip's leader henry bolton, after his girlfriend was suspended from the party for apparently making racist remarks about meghan markle. the ft reports on the trouble—hit contractor carillion, it asks why it was awarded £2 billion in government contracts, despite issuing a profits warning last year. the times also has that story. it also pictures a plane which skidded off a runway in turkey, plunging down the side of a cliff. the express has research claiming that adding more fibre to your diet could help fight rheumatoid arthritis. the i has a special report about arms deals to countries such as saudi arabia, following the brexit vote. the sun reports on the marriage difficulties of tv star anthony mcpartlin. the telegraph claims medical records of british cancer victims have been passed to a us firm working for one of the world's biggest tobacco companies. and the guardian unveils a new look, it claims medical students are being urged to volunteer in accident and emergency wards to help relieve the nhs winter crisis. the headlines on bbc news:
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thejustice secretary considers applying for a judicial review after the decision to release serial sex attackerjohn worboys. ukip leader henry bolton faces calls to resign, as the party suspends his girlfriend for alleged racist remarks. the future of the engineering giant carillion remains in doubt. ministers are due to resume crisis talks tomorrow. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. former manchester united player ryan giggs is set to be named as the manager of the wales national team tomorrow. he is expected to be unveiled as the successor to chris coleman by the football association of wales at a press conference. this will be giggs's first full—time job in management. he took charge of manchester united for four games in 2014, following the sacking of david moyes.
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the former wales captain was one of the favourites for the role once coleman departed in november, after wales failed to qualify for the 2018 world cup. after 30 games, 82 points, and 281 days, manchester city's unbeaten premier league run is finally over. they lost 11—3 to liverpool in a thrilling match at anfield. city are still 15 points clear at the top of the table, though. roberto firmino scored one of three goals in eight second—half minutes, to put liverpool 4—1 up. city made a late fightback, but couldn't grab an equaliser, to leavejurgen klopp‘s side celebrating a famous victory. wow. what a game. two teams full throttle. it is possible that
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yesterday was a historic game. they will talk about that in 20 years, when they watch back and think about the champions, 17, 18, they looked like they would not lose one game, they might not lose another one. big respect for their performance, and of course what we did today. arsenal manager arsene wenger has said he is resigned to losing striker alexis sanchez to another club, possibly within the next 48 hours. bournemouth beat the gunners 2—1 this afternoon, which leaves arsenal five points adrift of fifth place tottenham in the league. billy vunipola is set to miss england's six nations campaign, after fracturing his forearm during saracens's draw with 0spreys in the european champions cup yesterday. vunipola was forced off at half—time in the match. he had only recently returned to action after undergoing a knee operation last summer. the 25—year—old is set to see a specialist this week. the initial impressions are that he could be out for ten weeks. england start their campaign against italy in rome on 3 february. leinster have secured a home champions cup quarter—final tie
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after thrashing glasgow warriors 55—19 in dublin. leinster ran in five tries, and gained a bonus point before half—time. it is five wins out of five in pool three for the irish side. leicester's dismal run continued, though. they are certain to finish bottom of pool four, after being thrashed 39—0 at castres. it was leicester's seventh defeat in their last eight matches. also in pool four, racing 92 edged out munster 34—30. toulon thrashed benetton treviso to go top of pool five, but the win was soured by homophobic comments made by one of their players, mathieu bastareaud. bastareaud has been cited over the incident. he has since apologised, but if found guilty would face a minimum ban of six weeks. there has been a shock on the opening day of the masters snooker, with world champion
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mark selby out in the first round. he lost a close—fought match 6—5 against the former world number one, mark williams. selby, who had been 5—3 up, missed this crucial red in the deciding frame to hand control of the frame to the welshman, who took full advantage. in this evening's match, mark allen beat luca brecel 6—3. defending champion glen durrant has retained his bdo world darts title with a dramatic win in the deciding set against mark mcgeeney. these were this year's top two seeds in the competition. mcgeeney did have darts to win the match, but durrant forced his way back to win by 7—6, and take the second lakeside title of his career. finally, how about this for marital teamwork? england's chris paisley has claimed his first european tour title, winning the south africa 0pen, where his wife was his caddie. paisley held off the challenge of home favourite branden grace by carding a six—under—par 66, to win the title by three strokes. big hug from his wife, keri,
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who was making her debut as his caddie. the win means paisley will climb to a career—high ranking ofjust outside the world's top 120. that trophy is almost as big as him. that is all the sport for now. tributes have been paid to surgeon captain rickjolly, who has died at his home in cornwall. during the falklands war, he set up a field hospital which treated both british and argentine troops, and was uniquely honoured by both countries. among those paying tribute today was simon weston, who credited jolly with saving his life. bbc spotlight‘s john danks looks back at his life. in1982, during in 1982, during the falklands war, this disused refrigeration plant was
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converted into a field hospital. it was here that rickjolly and his tea m was here that rickjolly and his team of surgeons treated around 1000 british and argentinian troops.|j team of surgeons treated around 1000 british and argentinian troops. i am proud to say that thanks to the combined efforts of the naval surgeons in the army surgeons and the royal marines that support them, eve ryo ne the royal marines that support them, everyone that has come in here alive, despite their horrible words, has come out alive. the other interesting thing is of course we have two unexploded bombs in the building, but we have live with those were so long that we have almost forgotten about them. the less said about that the better. one of those held by rickjolly was a young welsh guard injured in the bombing of the sir galahad. young welsh guard injured in the bombing of the sir galahadlj young welsh guard injured in the bombing of the sir galahad. i would like to say thank you because he was so helpful. he helped all the surgeons who worked on all of us to save our lives. rick jolly surgeons who worked on all of us to save our lives. rickjolly change the face, as far as i am aware, of the face, as far as i am aware, of the way that we construct at all creative field hospitals. he did something remarkable. he was one of those figures that everyone knew, and when he got onto the facebook
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pages today, both the naval hospital and slowed house, as they were, tributes are flowing thick and fast. former raf pilotjohn nichol described him as a true hero, decorated by both sides. rnas culd rose tweeted. decorated by both sides. rnas culdrose tweeted. and the royal commandos tweeted. .. surgeon culdrose tweeted. and the royal commandos tweeted... surgeon captain rickjolly, who commandos tweeted... surgeon captain rick jolly, who has commandos tweeted... surgeon captain rickjolly, who has died. the us official leading the inquiry into how a warning of an imminent missile attack was mistakenly sent to people in hawaii says the state doesn't have reasonable safeguards to prevent such an error. the false alert on saturday triggered widespread panic. tiffany wertheimer reports. 38 minutes of panic and confusion, which has now turned to relief, but also anger. why did it happen, and
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where was the president? 0n also anger. why did it happen, and where was the president? on saturday morning, an emergency text message was sent to people in hawaii, saying a ballistic missile was headed for the island, and to take immediate shelter. there was hysteria as people scrambled to get to safety. today's the day that most of us never forget. a day when many in our community thought that our worst nightmare might actually be happening. but it was a mistake, a huge one, made by a worker at hawaii's emergency management agency. the wrong button was pushed, foreign actual event versus a test. making matters worse, it took 38 minutes for a second message declaring the alarm to be a false one to be sent out. and so for about 30 minutes were hanging out in the plaza, texting ourfriends, calling oui’ plaza, texting ourfriends, calling our friends plaza, texting ourfriends, calling ourfriends and plaza, texting ourfriends, calling our friends and family, telling them
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that right now we are ok, but to watch and see what happens. hawaii has been on alert since us president donald trump and north korea's leader, kim jong—un, started donald trump and north korea's leader, kimjong—un, started trading nuclear threats. hawaii started practising drills last month, and while estimates vary, state officials say residents will only have about 12 minutes to find shelter wants a real alert is issued. staying uncharacteristically quiet, the president of the united states. he was golfing at the time, and did tweet after the incident. but it wasn't about hawaii. donald trump re— tweeted one of his own m essa 9 es trump re— tweeted one of his own messages about the fake news media. his silence hasn't gone unnoticed. author and scholar reza aslan said an international golf competition
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was about to tee off in honolulu when the message was sent out. no one knew one thing as far as what to do, where to go. a lot of people here in honolulu are not going to live here, on vacation or whatever, so we didn't know where to go. and thatis so we didn't know where to go. and that is being echoed around hawaii, with many people realising that if this had been real, the consequences would have been catastrophic, partly because many people don't have an emergency plan. a federal investigation has been launched, and the emergency alerts now require a two persons sign off before they can be issued. and while thousands say they have been left traumatised, for others, ignorance was bliss. now it is time for the weather. hello. with a hint of surprise, yes, iam here hello. with a hint of surprise, yes, i am here with some weather as well. wet and windy fear already at there to be had across northern and
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western britain. that is not the main story of the week. it will turn much colder, snow and the forecast for some areas and it will be very much windier than anything we have experienced of late. it already has been very windy, especially across northern and western parts of scotland, over the high ground of northern england, through northern ireland as well. around the irish sea, 60 or 70 ireland as well. around the irish sea, 60 or70 mph ireland as well. around the irish sea, 60 or 70 mph gust. and the number of isobars sea, 60 or 70 mph gust. and the number of isoba rs anywhere sea, 60 or 70 mph gust. and the number of isobars anywhere near this frontal system, which is slowly going to churn its way down towards the southern part of britain into the southern part of britain into the wee small hours of monday. following behind we have a great raft of showers. let's take a look. first up, monday, commute home perhaps. very wet and windy all the way from the humber down towards the south and east midlands, east anglia, the south central and southern england, into the south midlands as well. following on behind after the persistent rain is gone, plenty of showers to go around and some of those just could give you a rumble of thunder. further away from the front we have this
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area where there will be some sunny spells around for scotland, northern ireland and northern england but at the same time you get the sense that if you step out there is the chance of there being a shower to accompany you. that rain eventually gets away from the south—east, early afternoon, i would have thought. some sunshine coming on behind, not all doom and gloom, and at this stage the showers in the south are not wintry. they are in scotland and increasingly they will become wintry and fall to much lower levels. through the night through scotland, northern ireland, especially in the west, fully exposed to a noticeable westerly wind. by tuesday, wednesday, only to thursday, there will be a lot of cold air across us. so here we are. a lot of wind, i rattle of showers, at their heaviest across northern and western britain and increasingly they will become wintry and they will be significant snow accumulations on higher ground. northern england, the higher ground of wales, maybe a sleaziness and showers. adding in the strength of the wind, and i told you it would be cold. then we move on into
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wednesday. still a strong run of westerlies and then a bit of doubt, because it is a long way away at the moment. just where that centre ends up moment. just where that centre ends up is crucial. it is wet and windy, but on the northern flank buries snow. not quite sure where that northern flank is going to be. and a lot of wind is the centre moves away. the north—westerly winds could be very strong as well and just for a time it gets a fraction mother. but that is not the main story. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines. the government considers a judicial review into the decision to release the serial—sex attacker, john worboys. every victim out there, every friend orfamily victims every victim out there, every friend or family victims that has read about this case would
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