this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at eight: the building of a new hospital in liverpool is delayed following the collapse of carillion, as senior executives from the company face questions from mps. the roller—coaster ride on wall street. the ira hyde park bombing of 1982 relatives of the victims get legal aid for a civil action against the main suspect. clogged up britain — new research shows some drivers spend more than a day a year sitting in rush hour traffic. also in the next hour — the aerospace company spacex is gearing up to test what could become the world's most powerful rocket. it is on the launch pad and could ta ke it is on the launch pad and could take off in next hour. and it is 100

yea rs take off in next hour. and it is 100 years since women first got the right to vote but only if they were over 30 and owners of property. good evening and welcome to bbc news. former executives at the failed construction and services giant carillion have apologised for the compa ny‘s collapse. but they denied claims by mps that they were "asleep at the wheel." the firm which employed 20,000 people in the uk went into liquidation last month. today the company's former directors faced a committee of mps to explain what they'd known about its financial position. our business editor simonjack reports. summoned to westminster — carillion‘s top brass. philip green was chairman of the board when the company collapsed, and he started with an apology. i would say i am deeply sorry

for the impact that the collapse of the company had on employees, pensioners, customers, suppliers and all stakeholders. so what went wrong? xhaka khan was finance director and said that hundreds of millions was owed by middle east customers, projects hit trouble, and new business dried up. we had contracts that continued to drift because of brexit uncertainty. and that was amplified by the general election announcement. here in kings cross, there are a few old signs up this company suffered a crippling profit warning and six months later was liquidated. one thing everyone

agrees on is that the company had far too much debt, so when nasty prizes came along, the company was in no fit state to withstand them. other projects face major delays. the royal liverpool hospital was due to open this month but may now not be ready before the end of next year. were the bosses rewarded for these failures? former chief executive richard howson was paid £1.5 million in salary, perks and bonuses in 2016. do you feel comfortable with the level of bonus you received the year before the company you ran collapsed 7 yes, i do, for the attributes i owned it for. half that bonus was deferred, and half was paid in cash. there will be heated moments to come in this postmortem, and there will be awkward ones. large numbers of people aren't going to get paid for their contracts. other people have lost theirjobs, and you are still all right. all of you. aren't you?

simon jack, bbc news. the collapse of carillion will delay completion of a new hospital in liverpool. 0ur correspondent nina warhurst reports from there. from the outside, the sites of the new royal liverpool looks finished but step a bit closer and you will see cement mixers stopped mid—flow, diggers which have been abandoned, and inside there are wants with equipment waiting to be installed. 0riginally equipment waiting to be installed. originally the completion date was given as march 2017 and today we learned not only is there no guarantee it will be finished by the end of this year but neither does the hospital know whether it will be finished by the end of next year. why the ambiguity? subcontractors working on this site are still waiting to find out what sort of money they will secure when liquidation proceedings are finished

with carillion. in the meantime they are struggling to make plans and commit resources to the royal liverpool. it matters because this is supposed to be the centrepiece for the knowledge quarter in the city, whole life sciences industry was supposed to be being built around it, as was a major research centre, but there's also a very human sight of this. around 1 million patients use this hospital trust every year and a gentleman we spoke to earlier said his mum who regularly comes to get her eyes done, is left feeling vulnerable about what the future holds. there is no implication medical care has been jeopardised but the city cares about the hospital and cares about when the completion date will be. we can now speak to professor allyson pollock, director of the institute of health and society at newcastle university and shejoins me via webcam. good evening. the opening of the

royal liverpool hospital has been delayed because of the collapse of carillion, can you give a sense of how many other projects in the uk have been financed in a similar way? we know there are well over 700 projects at enormous cost of the public sector which have been financed using private finance. 0f course carillion has a whole range of projects from schools, defence, military, and also has other nhs hospitals. so it is a really big issue, the collapse of carillion, because it means not only current projects which are up and running are at risk but so are projects in the construction phase, such as the royal liverpool hospital. are there other projects in the health service

at risk? yes, there are another two projects currently, but we don't really have much idea about what is actually happening to them. i think the important thing to say is that the important thing to say is that the whole point about pfi was the risks were supposed to be transferred to the private sector at a very high cost, and carillion has borrowed heavily, in £1.5 billion of debt and has been paying extremely high interest rates. that has been passed back to the nhs, to the hospitals, which have been struggling under very high borrowing rates. if a pfi project fails, what is the safety net? is it ultimately the taxpayer that is the buck stop?

yes, if pfi fails, basically... patients out in the street, you have to keep operating services and running schools so basically the taxpayer picks up the tab. it has to rescue these projects at enormous cost. we are going to have to leave it there. you have got such interesting things to say, it is just the quality of the line is not great and we are having trouble hearing from you. we are grateful for your time, thank you. it's been another volatile day for stock markets around the world after yesterday's big falls in america. the global sell—off was sparked by concerns that interest rates may rise in the us more quickly than expected, pushing up borrowing costs for companies and consumers. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed reports. the opening bell in new york today — optimistic, as ever. it is america, but on trading floors around the world —

franco, tokyo, london — worry as stock markets suffered a third day of falls. after the calm, the record highs, this is the correction. we see this as a correction, not a profound change that would mean we are entering a more difficult environment. nevertheless, we must understand that we are at a juncture in the global economy and in markets that might imply that the way forward is a lot more difficult and trickier than it was. the dramatic falls followed a remarkable upward run. the major american market, the dowjones, and in the uk the ftse100, had been rising for a decade before the sell—off began. over the last three days, the dowjones has fallen by 7.1%, and the ftse100 has fallen by 4.7%. this has been a period of money printing. central banks have kept interest rates at record lows and pumped in trillions of pounds of economic stimulus.

the fear in the markets now is that inflation is returning because of strong global growth, and interest rates will rise, and the stimulus taps will be turned off. events in this city, events on wall street, can seem a long way away from the high street, but the health of the stock market does matter. it matters, of course, if you own shares. it matters if you have a pension fund, often invested in stock markets. it matters if you have savings, often invested in stock markets. when stock markets go down, the negative effects can be felt by many millions of people. america led the rise and has been leading the dip. that is a bit tricky for this man. the stock market has smashed one record after another. we have hit, i guess, close to 60 records. 0ur stock market has reached an all—time high today. will the president have to eat a little humble pie? let's refocus and look long—term.

while it is difficult to do in these situations and these times, keep a diversified portfolio. you can't have all your eggs in one basket. this is not yet a market crisis. the economic fundamentals are strong, particularly in trump's america. not many believe a full crash is imminent, but sentiment, emotion, drives markets as much as facts, and that is hard to predict. we arejoined by we are joined by the economist nicky price, what do you think is happening? what we had last friday was the data on wages in the us which actually showed they are picking up quite significantly, just under 3% year on year. that means

the next, if the economy continues to grow, and remember there is huge additional liquidity coming into the market because of the tax cuts trump has instigated, because money is flowing back in from offshore finance centres because he has changed taxes allowing firms to bring back money at low tax rates, and his men to be spending an awful lot more on some point on infrastructure too which is fuelling growth in the economy. of course when you are central banker as the federal reserve is, you are looking at the fiscal relaxation and saying the monetary signs have to be tightened and that's what people are expecting. maybe four interest rate increases this year, in addition to five we have already had, and that is worrying everybody that the era of cheap money is over. it occurs to

me, ourfalls on the market like this is necessarily bad, as you say wages are rising and there have been tax cuts. are these falls on the stock market a result of good economics somewhere else? you could argue that what has been happening so argue that what has been happening so far is stock prices were going up far too fast and not really supported by the fundamentals and there had to be a correction because we've had some in the years of free money practically. look at europe, we still have a negative interest rates here. not quite in the uk where they have been going up a little bit but still record levels. we have to bear in mind that what has been sustaining the economy has been a lot of liquidity. places subsidised, cheap loans and companies have borrowed a lot so there has been a big debt increase taking place. if you allow firms to

keep operating by giving them cheap credit and individuals to borrow when perhaps they shouldn't be borrowing, then you raise rates, that could lead to a serious correction on the real side of the economy as well. that is the real worry, whether this recovery we have seen may worry, whether this recovery we have seen may be stopped in its tracks by the fact that interest rates suddenly, a monetary squeeze, appears to reverse completely what was going on in years before. can you explain the interconnectedness between markets. why is it that a fall on stock markets in america has a knock—on effect in asia, europe and the ftse? it is a very big country. our global firms going to invest in those places, market valuations will be affected, they can do less than what they did before because they haven't got quite the same amount of money to

invest, and they have been heavily involved in places like asia which have been growing significantly themselves. so we have right now surprisingly, and it hasn't happened for ages, a sort of complete synchronisation of growth happening in the developed world and developing world. the interconnectivity is huge, trade has been expanding diffidently. you start affecting that a little bit and everyone is impacted as a result. but it is your expectation markets will rally? i think they will correct themselves again but i don't think we will see the levels we saw before in terms of the increases that have been happening for quite some time from here on in. thank you for coming in to talk to us, really interesting, thank you. here to give us the very latest is yogita limaye who has spent the day on the floor of the new york stock exchange. at the moment i think the dow is up

1.6% but that could change by the time we have finished having this conversation. it has been extremely volatile, very choppy, and the traders i was speaking to on the floor of the stock exchange say that will continue until at least the end of this week. one of the traders says he expects it to continue for a few weeks perhaps, but fundamentally all of them saying there's no reason to panic, no reason for alarm. markets were inflated and they were due for a correction. they were waiting for some sort of trigger for that to happen and last week we had a strong jobs report in the us which prompted fears interest rates would rise more rapidly and that's the reason we have seen rise more rapidly and that's the reason we have seen the sell—off. things could change, and although the dow is in positive territory, things can change in a matter of minutes so who knows how it will end. thank you. and we'll find out how this story

and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are stephen bush, special correspondent for the new statesman and the deputy political editor at the sun, steve hawkes. the headlines on bbc news: the building of a new hospital in liverpool is delayed following the collapse of carillion, as former senior executives from the company face questions from mps. a roller coaster ride on wall street — another day of ups and downs in the us means markets across the world follow suit. the ira hyde park bombing of 1982 — relatives of the victims get legal aid for a civil action against the main suspect. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. three fa cup fourth—round games to

tell you about, swansea are against notts county, a place in the fifth round awaits either and tie with sheffield wednesday. it finished 1—1 in the first match of this. this swa nsea in the first match of this. this swansea effort. i guess the big question for swansea fans, which swa nsea question for swansea fans, which swansea side will turn up? they are fighting to avoid relegation so perhaps their interests and focus and attention is elsewhere but nevertheless a spot in the fifth round awaits and their manager, who was sacked by sheffield wednesday, now in charge of swansea - he now in charge of swansea city. he could face his former club if he can lead could face his former club if he can lea d swa nsea could face his former club if he can lead swansea into the next round, these pictures live from the coverage on bbc one in the liberty stadium tonight, currently goalless. let's bring you the scores from the other ties tonight. championship side birmingham are taking on premier

league huddersfield. the winners reward is a home tie against manchester united in the next round. and rochdale and millwall are battling it out in a replay — the winners could face tottenham or newport next. there are two games taking place in the scottish premiership tonight. motherwell are taking on saintjohnstone and rangers have made the short trip to partick thistle for a glasgow derby. no goals in either game so far. not much entertainment report at the moment. chelsea insist they will not sack manager antonio conte despite back to back league defeats adding to mounting pressure on the italian manager. last night's 4—1 defeat to watford follows a 3—0 loss to bournemouth last week, the first time chelsea have suffered successive three—goal defeats in the premier league since 1995. chelsea are not a club known for standing by under performing managers, but conte, despite those defeats, felt his job is safe. i'm not worried about myjob. i work

every day and i give 120%, ok? if this is enough it's ok, otherwise the club can take a different decision, but i'm not worried. every day, every press conference, you ask me, are you worried about yourjob? no, i'm not worried. a memorial service has taken place at old trafford to mark 60 years since the munich air crash. sir bobby charlton, who is now a director at the club, was one of the survivors pulled from the plane that crashed, returning from a european match in belgrade. he was joined by former manager sir alex ferguson, withjose mourinho also in attendance, along with players from the first team. 23 people lost their lives. perhaps unsurprisngly, wales have named an unchanged starting 15 for their six nations game against england at twickenham on saturday. leigh halfpenny scored two tries as part of his 24—point haul in the 34—7 win over scotland

on the opening weekend. wing george north is available, and comes onto the bench. liam williams isn't available despite taking part in full training this week. the winter olympics begin on friday. 32 russian athletes have appealed against their exclusion in a bid to compete — they include those who had their life bans lifted by the court of arbitration for sport last week. 43 russians were banned for life from the olympics following an ioc investigation into state—sponsored russian doping at the 2014 sochi games. 28 of those were overturned last thursday. the ioc turned down a request for 13 of the 28 and two coaches to compete. the hearings will take place on wednesday. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday. that is at 8:30pm. hopefully you can come up with some

goals as well! see you later. the families of four members of the household cavalry who died in the ira hyde park bombing in 1982 have been awarded legal aid to fund civil action against a suspect. 66—year—old john downey — a convicted ira bomber — was charged with their murders four years ago. but his trial collapsed dramatically when it emerged that he had been given written assurance under a controversial scheme, that he was no longer a wanted man. daniela relph reports. it was a terror attack from another time — 20thjuly, 1982. an ira car bomb detonated near hyde park. then another device exploded under a bandstand nearby. amongst those killed were four soldiers from the household cavalry. squadron quartermaster corporal roy bright, the tenant anthony daly, lance corporaljeffrey young, and trooper simon tipper. he was then just 19 years old. for his family, this has been a long and continuing fight

forjustice. i will sleep easy again. my brother can rest easy where he is now, and that is all i ask. i don't ask any more, i don't want nothing from this whatsoever. all i want is the truth. john downey was the prime suspect. convicted of ira membership in the 1970s, he was charged with the bombing in 2014. he always denied any involvement, but his case collapsed. as part of the good friday agreement, john downey had been sent an on—the—run letter, giving an assurance that he would not face trial. the scheme was heavily criticised. tony blair, whose government implemented on—the—run letters, fiercely defended them. without having done that, we would not have a northern ireland peace process in place today. being able to pay for a civil action is a major breakthrough for the families of those who lost their lives here. there is a long legal road ahead,

but now, they have hope. seven horses were also killed in the hyde park bombing. one that survived was sefton. in the aftermath of the horrific attack, the horse's recovery captured the public‘s attention. the hyde park campaign for justice now has renewed vigour. even though the impact and pain of events decades ago still lingers. daniela relph, bbc news. one hundred years ago today women finally won the right to vote. the representation of the people act meant that women over 30 who owned property could at last have their say. it was a right that was fought for and won by the suffragette movement. it was a movement that began in manchester. its leader was emmeline pankhurst. our correspondent elaine dunkley looks back at her legacy. the suffragettes were militant and unrelenting.

it was a movement born in manchester. the banner has the message on it... emmeline pankhurst led a group of women, notoriously resilient in their quest for votes, on a course that would shock the world and radically change democracy in britain. in the representation of the people act 1918, there was notjust some women who won the vote, it was all men as well, who were able to vote, and the electorate tripled in that time. so, it's incredible that the people who were able to vote now were working class men and working—class people. working—class women of course still couldn't do that, but that would have radically changed what was being talked about in parliament at that time. and vandalism as a way of making their political voice heard. a woman runs out. there is a fall. in 1913, emily davison died

after running into the path of the king's horse at the epsom derby as part of the protest. today, the prime minister was in manchester to pay homage to their heroism and the legacy that would see her at the head of government. they persevered in spite of all danger and discouragement, because they knew their cause was right. there have been calls for convicted suffragettes to be pardoned, but no mention of it in this speech. the truth of their arguments won the day, and we are all in their debt. in this parlour, at the home of emmeline pankhurst, the suffragettes came up with the motto, deeds not words, a sentiment that still resonates. a lot of people have this negative connotation with feminism and think feminists are about hating men and... or that women are better... and that is so anti—feminist. i think violence remains a huge issue for women. it was an issue that suffragettes campaigned about, they weren't everjust interested in the vote and actually, it's still a huge issue for women. i think being a person of colour and then being a woman,

you have two layers, it is one discrimination against the other and you have to try and negotiate and pick your battles. the suffragettes started with voting rights for women. those first steps have taken us on a much biggerjourney. a lot has changed in 100 years, but the legacy of empowering future generations continues. elaine dunkley, bbc news. officials in taiwan said a strong earthquake has killed at least two people and injured more than 100 others. the 6.4—magnitude earthquake hit the island's east coast at nearly midnight local time. taiwanese media outlets have shown photographs of a hotel that has partially collapsed. taiwan's official say rescuers are trying to free people several buildings. people from several buildings. a judge will rule on an attempt

by the wikileaks founder, julian assange, to have an arrest warrant against him — for skipping bail in 2012 — dropped on the grounds of ‘public interest‘ next week. mr assange has been taking refuge at the ecuadorian embassy for more than five years to avoid deportation to sweden. his lawyers lost one of their argument‘s today on technical grounds, but the judge will rule on the further ‘public interest‘ application next tuesday. the aerospace company spacex is gearing up to test what could become the world‘s most powerful rocket. it‘s called the falcon heavy, and it was due to blast off from florida‘s cape canaveral in 15 minutes after strong winds have been affecting the launch time. it‘s carrying a car on board but no astronauts, instead there‘s a mannequin in a spacesuit. joining me now is dr ralph cordey, who is the lead scientist for airbus‘s space programme. thanks for coming in to talk to us,

is it going to happen tonight, do you think? i hope so, it is a tense time for spacex. a very public demonstration of a new rocket, the largest rocket in the world. what is the purpose of this? this is literally about testing it and making sure it works but when you look at what you are going to do with a rocket this big, it brings many opportunities. you can launch large telecommunication satellites or you can launch large space telescopes, you can launch things towards the planet mars and other planets of the solar system. you can put infrastructure into space. this rocket is capable of putting 60 tonnes into orbit around the earth. the rocket itself is 23 stories talk

and it is also supposed to be reusable, what does that mean? this is an interesting trip to do with improving the costs of space launchers. the idea is that you allowed the main body of the rocket, the big first stage, to return under its own power and land on earth so its own power and land on earth so it can be refitted and used again. they‘ve actually demonstrated that. it's they‘ve actually demonstrated that. it‘s part of the economics of these launches. if it is successful on my right to say that they will have a car orbiting the sun, is that the idea, what will that show? well because it is a first launch people are unwilling to put commercial or scientific payloads onto it. that‘s too risky. so elon musk has put one of his old cars as a payload. it is a great bit of showbiz razzmatazz. he will ideally put that on a trajectory towards the planet mars.

it want to hit the plan and it will be orbiting the solar system for hundreds of thousands of years to come “— hundreds of thousands of years to come —— it will not hit the planet. in the car is a copy of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and this model. and david by we playing. spaceis this model. and david by we playing. space is not for geeks, it‘s part of our everyday infrastructure and in the uk we are very much a part of that. and getting access to space with launchers like this is an important part of doing things in space. is that a british equivalent of elon musk? maybe it is you? thank you very much! it‘s important to remember, we often play down britain as part of the space industry. britain is at the heart of europe‘s space industry. it does so many

things, it does commercial telecommunications, it builds parts of communication satellites that we use every day, sat mat systems. and also, you see the data from satellites every ten bc weather forecast, and i‘m involved in building satellites that will look at the environment and the climate of the earth. so a range of things that the uk is very much at the heart of these - i know that heart of these days. i know that like us keep your heart of these days. i know that like us - keep your eye on like us you will keep your eye on what is going on in florida, but thank you for coming in to doctor us. thank you for coming in to doctor us. now the weather with matt. tonight will be a very cold night with a widespread risk of frost across the country and where you could see snow, it might be -; 5:4? i” ’ 52547-.be '

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there have been large fluctuations on the us stock market one day after trading suffered big falls. european and asian markets also had significant losses as a result of the uncertainty. relatives of the victims of the ira hyde park bombing have been granted and last minute preparations are under way at cape canaveral in florida for the launch, by the aerospace company, spacex, of what could become the world‘s most powerful rocket. it could blast off in the half—hour. as we have been hearing, 100 years ago today women finally won the right to vote. the representation of the people act meant that women over 30 who owned property could at last have their say. it was a right that was fought for and won by the suffragette movement. let‘s ta ke

let‘s take a look at some of the milestones in the campaign. just after the turn of the 20th century the women‘s social and political union was formed by emmeline pankhurst and two of her daughters. mrs pankhurst was arrested, tried and imprisoned several times. six yea rs later and imprisoned several times. six years later the suffragettes began using hunger strikes as a form of protest. they wanted the government to acknowledge the crimes for which they had been jailed as political acts. the start of the first world war in1914 acts. the start of the first world war in 1914 lead to the suspension of all politics including the suffragette campaign. then on the 6th of february 100 years ago today the representation of the people act was passed allowing men aged over 21 and some women aged over 30 to vote. 0ne and some women aged over 30 to vote. one year later nancy astor became the first woman to take a seat in parliament. she won a by—election in

the constituency of plymouth sutton replacing her husband as mp. in 1928 equal franchise act allowed women over 21 to vote come increasingly number of women eligible to vote to 15 million and finally gave women the same voting rights as men. tonight hundreds of women are gathering at westminster hall to celebrate the centenary. throughout the day bbc news has been speaking to many key figures to find out what it means to them. 100 years ago women not only won the right for the first women to vote but also to be able to stand for parliament but for decades it was like an invisible ceiling of 3% of mps being women and the rest mensa women‘s voices weren‘t heard in parliament, they didn‘t share in the decision—making and it wasn‘t until 1997 that we took fattening forward with 100

labour women mps and now labour women mps on all sides of the house. ican women mps on all sides of the house. i can remember how bad it was when i came in in1982 i can remember how bad it was when i came in in 1982 it seems we have come a long way although we still outnumbered 2—1 by men and since the country is half man and half women roughly we need to make further progress. i think as well as being in the house of commons the question is what we do for other women outside. we need to step up our insistence that we enter an equal pay and tackle domestic violence and have better childcare and maternity leave and all the things women are entitled to. it is important as a symbol, as a single moment to reflect on the past and i think that is what we're doing, coming together a country throughout media outlets, many people, many organisations, celebrating this centenary, is an important moment of, not complete

vote but finally some women got the parliamentary vote so my family and many others would have rejoiced at that moment, knowing how long and difficult the journey to that point had been and knowing it wasjust difficult the journey to that point had been and knowing it was just a marker on had been and knowing it was just a markerona had been and knowing it was just a marker on a long road that continues today. it's important to be cures separating the incredible contribution and sacrifice of thousands of women over a hundred years ago. although we also need to recognise the challenge that we still face. women still face a gender pay gap of 18% and they still fall victim to intimate partner violence, two women are killed every week bya week by a partner or a former partner and women are still not represented in our government, for a governing party is 21%. research today shows 76% of people believe having more women in politics makes it more likely she is impacting on women. just under half people feel

having more women in parliament makes it more relevant to people like them. power in our society is still hoarded in the hands of man, especially rich white man, whether in politics or the media, from the gender pay gap to sexual harassment so gender pay gap to sexual harassment so many issues still to address. the best way that we can honour the suffragettes is by all of us taking actions in everyday life that promote gender equality. i have been minister for women, promote gender equality. i have been ministerfor women, the government can‘t sort it out on its own, it‘s up can‘t sort it out on its own, it‘s up to everyone to do their bit to move this forward because sexism and gender inequality is embedded in our culture. it is not something that can only be solved by laws. the views of some women we have been talking to on the bbc news channel today. joining me is gabriella, a science educator at the natural history museum in london. thank you for coming in. what does today mean

to you? it is a wonderful day. an important thing to celebrate, paying homage to 100 years of history where most women have had equal opportunities in terms of voting, to men. also the day to remember that not all of the women were given the right to boat in 1918. it is something that can push us on to keep striving for gender equality. so what remains to be done? watch doesn‘t remain to be done! i think the fight has changed. it is less public. women have the right to vote now and for some that makes all the difference and that‘s where we stop the struggle and the argument. but and is not just the struggle and the argument. but and is notjust about women having the right to vote, it is about, do women have equal opportunities, do they feel empowered to go into careers they want to, our work spaces open to having a lot of

different women in them? the presidents club saga last week shows how much there is still to do. it is about language, about what is deemed a cce pta ble about language, about what is deemed acceptable in the workplace. the idea that a men only event can take place and that‘s fine. it is not fine. these are such small things that people don‘t really see them. what is left to be done is much more subliminal, i think. what is left to be done is much more subliminal, ithink. what what is left to be done is much more subliminal, i think. what are the hurdles women face today that you think men do not? being underestimated time and again. it ta kes a underestimated time and again. it takes a real toll. it is exhausting, mentally, to walk into a room and just because you are a woman people assume that you are not the expert. they know that a boss is in that room and they always turn to the man. it has happened to me during my masters degree i would be showing round a prospective student, perhaps an a—level student, a young man, and

somebody would come up to us and ask him something about human evolution. and i‘m like, i‘m the one studying it come he‘s doing a—levels. it happens all the time, you get underestimated because you are a woman. guys don‘t see how that affects you but it affects your confidence and you‘re standing and how you position yourself in the room. as a younger woman, do you feel older successful women are on hand to help you? we can't generalise. some women are supportive and open to encouraging a lot of younger women into the workplace, obviously some women have had to struggle massively to get to where they are and potentially this pa rt where they are and potentially this part of them that does not want to give it so easily to younger women. and the whole reception for me has been positive but i can‘t for everyone. speaking of women in the

workplace, women in parliament or with rules involving them being in the public eye they also face this issue of online abuse and trolling and receiving hate mail. how much of and receiving hate mail. how much of an issue is that? huge issue. you hear about it all the time. lots of women in the media, in prominent positions, get abuse online. if you are young or perhaps lacking in confidence why put yourself out there and open yourself up to abuse? no one wants to be verbally abused online. and the threats that come out online are completely different to the ones men face, they are outrageous and no one wants to open themselves up to that kind of bullying. are you optimistic about the future? optimistic, also cautious, there is a lot to do but deeds not words. we must leave it there, many thanks. you join us as

we are monitoring the launch of this rocket, the most powerful ever, from florida. supposedly disposable rocket, going into space with a payload of a car rather than an astronaut, which will be sent into orbit around the earth while the rocket itself is supposed to come back safely. you‘re watching live pictures of cape canaveral in florida. you can see the countdown in the top right—hand corner, we are counting down to 30 seconds. let‘s see what we can learn from the space centre. spacex, falcon heavy, go for launch. falcon heavy is configured for flight. stand-by. ten, nine eight. seven, six, five, 43, two,

one. building on the history of apollo! you join us as we watch spaces to rue with what we think is the worlds most powerful rocket just rue with what we think is the worlds most powerful rocketjust been launched into space. live pictures from canaveral, florida. iam joined by the lead scientist for airbus‘s space programme, watching these pictures with me. it appears to have worked, very exciting. so far, so good, it‘s amazing to see that rocket going into space. what looks like three rockets stick together.

three older designs which have been proven and have been combined with additional engineering into this super heavy rocket. ralph, what are we seeing at the bottom of the screen? can you explain this pictures? perhaps you can‘t! screen? can you explain this pictures? perhaps you can't!|j can‘t! my focus is on the launch, which they are doing well. this is a moment of tension and a pint of danger, the launch was the most vulnerable part. the picture at the top has gone dark, is it because it has gone out of the earth ‘s atmosphere? no, we can still see the plumes from the engine of the rocket, it has 27 separate engines firing together to give it a thrust to get to space. it still has some way to go to get outside the earth‘s

atmosphere. what is on board is incredible. an old tesla car, we think of launching satellites into space but for this demonstration there are putting a car. it comes combined with a radio blaring out a tune by david bowie, space 0ddity! there‘s a lot of razzmatazz associated with this flight. no astronauts, presumably because of the high failure rate of maiden flights. this needed to be tested before any man or woman could go out. than many things to do before you‘d want to put humans on to rocket. a whole new world of testing and ensuring you have got what we call rated capability. this is important because it is a carbon carrying rocket. tell me the purpose of the flight. it is a test flight to gather engineering data to make sure that this rocket will work as it is planned to do, that it will

work reliably and can demonstrate other features like the landing of the first stages of this rocket which are really important in terms of the eventual economics of this rocket. so it is testing out all those things, they will be looking at how it is flown, how it is controlled, whether it has achieved the trajectory it is trying to achieve and whether the rantings happen. from looking at this pictures we are now on a map presumably showing its journey. pictures we are now on a map presumably showing itsjourney. does the rocket stay in one piece order is part of it pull away. it will break up in a number of stages. the two outer rockets will be shared first. if all goes to plan, they will then control themselves and fly back to the kennedy space centre, florida, and land. meanwhile the central rocket will continue on, but that will be objected and it will land ona that will be objected and it will land on a raft waiting for it in the

atla ntic land on a raft waiting for it in the atlantic ocean —— that will be ejected. we can see the crowds of people who have gathered in florida to witness this historic moment. this captures in many ways the magic of space exploration, does it not. i wonder what the official space agencies like massa will think. will they welcome and look upon with envy? i think the us government and nasa welcome this because this gives them alternatives. a lot of this has been developed with us government money, managed in a way that gives them more freedom to develop their own rockets, but basically this is a tool that can be used by the us government, and used by commercial companies around the world. briefly what is the timetable now with this? you never really know with spacex and elon musk but i imagine things will move quite quickly. if this is

a successful launch we can look forward to further tests, and then move rapidly into a phase of using it for real purposes. that has been the trend so far, with his other launchers, i expect that is what he‘ll look to do. launchers, i expect that is what he'll look to do. doctor ralph cordey, thank you so much. we‘ve been watching the successful launch of the world‘s most powerful rocket from the space centre in florida. thank you forjoining us and for watching it with me. twenty—one people have been arrested in a major operation against a gang suspected of smuggling hundreds of iraqi—kurdish migrants into britain. more than 300 officers took part in series of raids across london, sussex, northumbria, and cleveland. stuart wincup reports from middlesbrough. they were targeting those suspected of running a transport network, smuggling hundreds of migrants into

the uk on the back of lorries, men, women and children who had paid thousands of pounds to make the journey. there's a lot of profit to be made. and the migrants are vulnerable and are being exploited for their finances by this organised crime group. if a family came in you can imagine several thousand pounds times that family and that all going to the organised crime group. the national crime agency says it‘s already stopped a number of migrants in the back of lorries making the journey from calais to dover. in the operation those smuggled were mainly iraqi kurds who paid up to £10,000 to make and across the channel. you can make a lot of money from trafficking people into the country in this way. 0bviously

from trafficking people into the country in this way. obviously there are conflicts abroad that create an opportunity in the market of organised criminals to exploit so it‘s not just affecting organised criminals to exploit so it‘s notjust affecting the north—east, it is affecting us internationally. officers said today‘s organisation was notjust about tackling a suspected network in the north—east, it was about protecting those being exploited. this is just protecting those being exploited. this isjust one protecting those being exploited. this is just one of 20 properties targeted today, the majority in the north—east, although some in london and sussex. this is one of the biggest operations carried out by the national crime agency with 350 officers involved. the national crime agency says these raids will cause major disruption to the suspected criminal network. 21 people have now been arrested and are being questioned and surges of their properties are continuing. more about the rocket in a moment. if your drive in london on average you will waste three days of your life every year stuck in rush hour traffic. 0utside life every year stuck in rush hour traffic. outside the capital it‘s not as bad in cities across england but the hours still clog up as this research shows. in london motorists lose an average of 74 hours a year

injams. lose an average of 74 hours a year in jams. manchester is lose an average of 74 hours a year injams. manchester is next lose an average of 74 hours a year in jams. manchester is next with drivers wasting about 39 hours a yearin drivers wasting about 39 hours a year in traffic, and birmingham ta kes year in traffic, and birmingham takes third prize with an average of 36 hours. this special report. 0h oh it's oh it‘s terrible, i basically sit and watch it go by. i've got meetings to go to, it can be very stressful. we spent more than a day a year stuck in traffic according to new research. the cost isn‘t good either, more than £1000 per driver spent on wasted fuel and wasted working time. but apparently has a detrimental impact on the economy, costing it billions. the city is rated the worst for sitting in

queues are london, manchester, luton, and here in birmingham. this is one of the most congested routes in the country, as you can see, lots of traffic and this is on a quiet day. exhaust fumes don‘t help with high pollution levels in large cities. 0ne high pollution levels in large cities. one answer, the government says, is investing £23 billion into new road schemes which will help cut congestion and shorten journey times. until it happens, though, and people see its impact, the station every driver is far from happy. people see its impact, the station every driver is far from happym isa pain, every driver is far from happym is a pain, it makes me feel... stressed. ideal control that stress. igo stressed. ideal control that stress. i go home and have chocolate and wine! sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. back to history in

florida, a few moments ago if you we re florida, a few moments ago if you were with us you will have seen the worlds most powerful rocket which just blasted off from the kennedy space centre, florida. launched by the american entrepreneur elon the falcon heavy, which i think is around 23 stories high, or longer, depending which way you look at it, can carry more than twice the payload of any existing rocket, but this time it‘s just carrying mock cargo. it is an old sports car belonging to mr elon musk. the falcon heavy will collier this mock cargo with a dummy in the driving seat, because of a high failure rate of maiden flights. if you were with us of maiden flights. if you were with us you will have seen and blast of successfully. a big crowd was watching and several kilometres back. a lot of cheering. we understand that a couple of the booster rockets have already landed. huge relief for elon musk, who had

been managing expectations, saying the launch of the new rocket is of course a risky venture, and he himself was not actually convinced that it would work. but thousands of spectators watched the launch in florida, and it was a historic moment, the world‘s most powerful rocket blasting off into space. let‘sjoin rocket blasting off into space. let‘s join matt taylor with the weather a little closer to home. lovely end to the day across the la ke lovely end to the day across the lake district, clear skies, especially where you saw the snowfall today, tonight will be rather chilly. widespread frost across the country and where you have seen snow and rain they will be isis as well. high pressure building behind the skies in this weather front which has brought snow today, nothing too significant but it does

produce snow at the moment, we could see a few centimetres of snow tonight in parts of norfolk suffolk, a slight dusting around london and the south—east, show is at times across the west of wales and cornwall, clear skies between those areas of cloud, widespread frost in most parts of the country, in fact blue almost across—the—board into rural areas, —11 certainly possible. as this. wednesday, there should be a risk of showers in the south—east, further north and west, 0rkney, shetland and caithness, sunshine turning hazy, a bit more cloud in northern ireland but most places dry

and pride by this stage, show is pushing through pembrokeshire into cornwall, we start as well as with ice with that cloud across the south—east corner, that will decay as this ridge of high—pressure, this is produces the cloud initially but the cloud will thicken and produce snow of the scottish highlands, to ten centimetres in places, i would not be surprised if there were a few fla kes not be surprised if there were a few flakes of snow mixed in with rain in northern ireland, nothing wet, cloudy into the afternoon, south—east and east anglia, it will be sunny in the afternoon, here are frost should form quickly into wednesday night. they chilly start on thursday morning, as the cloud. the frost for the most part, and bricks of rain every now and again, northern england and wales, turning heavier into the west on thursday, temperatures could reach double figures, scotland and northern ireland bright with showers, through

thursday night through ireland and wales in particular, this introduces code ever friday. the full weather for the week coming up just before ten. in the last few minutes the worlds most powerful rocket has been launched in florida. we will talk about that and what this car is doing on board. that is the payload as elon musk is explaining. normally when a new rocket is tested, they put something boring on like a block

of concrete. we were like that is pretty boring, what is the most fun thing we could put on. in taiwan and earthquake has killed at least to people. it‘s been a case of blink and miss it on the dowjones today, huge