announced tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. mr trump said trade wars can be good, because the us is losing billions of dollars from existing deals. the united nations top human rights official says war crimes are very likely being committed in the syrian region of eastern ghouta and there must be prosecutions. britain's prime minister theresa may has set out her vision of the post—brexit relationship with the eu. she wants trade based on existing laws, and no hard—border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. severe weather is bringing chaos to large parts of europe. at least 60 people have died in sub—zero temperatures. heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards are forecast to continue well into the weekend. now on bbc news, it's time for inside out. welcome from malton. in the next 30 minutes, put your mobile phone away. that is the call from a cumbrian

living with the consequences of drivers who use their phone at the wheel. you cannot risk it. because it is not just the fact that you are heavily fined or will go to prison, it is a life that is ruined. can a north yorkshire jockey help change dangerous practice when it comes to the all—important weigh—in? if you go out and have six, seven, eight gin and tonics and do not eat you will be lighter in the morning so you think, that's great, i will make the weight up the next day but then obviously it's not good for your head. and newcastle's great survivor, one man's vision of the picture palace that has survived the test of time. dixon scott really was a remarkable person. he could have built a box, a shed, almost, with a screen in it and some rudimentary seats but obviously the tyneside is not like that, it is beautiful. i am chris jackson and this is inside out. it was a heartbreaking disaster

on the m6 in cumbria, and all because of one of these. in a split second one man died and another had his life altered forever. one year on from a change in the law, we ask why do people still use mobile phones behind the wheel. now, when you are in your car... ..you have really got to keep your eyes peeled. anything could happen. a kid could dash out in front of you, another car could make a sudden manoeuvre, and you certainly should not be doing any of this. i'm just going to let my mate know. hang on. it's not easy looking at this. i can't really keep one eye on the road and this. well, you maybejust think you will get away with it. after all, you could just be going down a nice quiet road. could even be stuck ina trafficjam. or maybe it's somewhere you know really well.

of course it does not really matter. because i am not really driving. but if i had been caught with this in my hand that would mean a £200 fine and six points on my licence. but if i had caused an accident i could end up in prison. those penalties doubled a year ago. but is anyone taking it more seriously? in carlisle, it's rush—hour. he is on his phone. that will do for me. pc dan beige is on the lookout for drivers breaking the law. 0k, two cars ahead of us we have got this black mercedes. black phone, silver edge to it and he had it texting in his right hand. pull into there. hello, mate, justjump out for us. grab your phone as well, please. that black one with the silver around the edges. good man. do you know why i have stopped you? yeah, you have probably seen me put

the phone on the charger. so you know using a mobile phone while you are behind the wheel of a car is illegal, yes? yeah. 0k. that was a young male driver on his way home, he was texting with his right hand, could clearly see it from our position. can i get a vehicle check, please, london road, for an offence? you could see his attention was drawn to his phone, he was not looking where he was going. as soon as he got out of his car he realised why he had been stopped. but using a hand—held phone at the wheel does notjust lead to points and fines, it can devastate lives. as paul, from kirby stephen, knows all too well. the bestjob i've ever had, fantastic, helping people, being out there. bit of adrenaline kick when things happen. highways officer paul was on the hard shoulder of the m6 when a car ploughed into him and his colleague. all i remember is a bang and being laid on the back of the recovery truck. i know i was in an awful lot of pain. paul spent six months in hospital and was left paralysed.

fellow traffic officer adam gibb was killed. before the crash, driver peter morrison exchanged 25 text messages over a 23 mile stretch of motorway. he was jailed for seven years for dangerous driving. whatever sentence he has got, it is not going to change what happened. adam is gone, julie and matthew are now struggling with life without a husband and a father. even mr morrison's own family, he has a wife and young child, you know, there are no winners in this. i'm in a wheelchair for the rest of my life and that is pretty much my sentence. this is my prison, it has changed my life beyond recognition, every aspect of my life has changed. you cannot risk its because it's not just the fact you will be heavily fined or go to prison, it's the lives that get ruined. if we know it's dangerous to use

a hand—held phone at the wheel why do people still do it? this is what happened when we took our camera out in rush hour in newcastle. and in cumbria, pc dan beige has spotted another driver using his phone. there is one. so, travelling behind this van, i could see he had a dark grey mobile phone to his ear. you know why i have stopped you? yes. ok, i have stopped you because... my boss rang me. did he? fair enough. 0k. you are going to get a ticket for that.

that's fine, i understand. just bear with me because we do it all electronically and this thing is a little bit slow sometimes. as soon as we stopped the car he admitted using a mobile phone and has been issued the relevant points and fine for that offence. he is a professional driver, it is in his interest to keep points off his licence, so all in all probably quite a good stop and hopefully he will take something from it and not answer his phone again while he is driving. i think people realise the police are out and about, we are there to hopefully make an impact and prevent accidents or people getting injured and all the other things that can be led to with mobile phone use at the wheel. it looks like the work of the police and increased penalties could be making a difference. figures from our five forces show in the last year the number of people caught using a hand—held phone has actually gone down. in 2016 officers across our region issued more than 2700 fixed penalty notices in all. in 2017, they gave outjust over 1900 — a drop of nearly one third. well, that's what the police say,

but i wonder what you guys think. have you seen fewer people on their phones at the wheel? let's find out. so why can't some people simply leave their phones alone? of course, mobile phones are no longerjust used for making phone calls and sending texts. they help us stay in constant contact with the wider world through social media, apps and the internet. they call it a phone, they say it's a mobile phone but it's actually a miniature computer in your pocket and it needs to be treated like that. so you would not whip out your laptop on the motorway. and start rattling out an e—mail.

what people tend to do is pull out their mobile phone because they do not see that as necessarily the same thing. so there are lessons for all of us on how we use our mobile phones. what about the penalty for using it at the wheel? is a £200 fine and six points on your licence enough of a deterrent? no, it is not, because it has not stopped people. i still see it and it makes me so angry. notjust angry, it makes me so sad and so worried. you need to be banned, you need your licence taken off you, minimum. is it alljust about punishment? is that going to be enough to stop it? no, i think it needs to be made socially unacceptable. i think people need to start blowing the whistle on people that are using their phones. if you see this behaviour going on, it needs pointing out. so would even tougher penalties persuade more of us motorists to put the phone away? please get in touch. we'd love to hear your views. the details are on screen now. here in north yorkshire, horse racing is in the blood.

but if you want to be a prize jockey, you have got to watch your weight. it can be painful trying to beat those dreaded scales, but, as judy hobson reports, there is one rider here in the county who has been in on a pioneering project to try and change that. horse racing is part of our national culture. millions offered in prize—money, millions more watching our biggest races from around the world. but what is it like for the riders, the men and women at the very centre of the sport? it can be dangerous — everyjockey will have a list of broken bones, but most say the toughest part of the job is the relentless struggle to keep the weight off. keeping their weight low is an integral part of a jockey‘s job. because if they cannot make the weight they will not get the rides, and if they do not get the rides, their careers

could be over. southwell races on a cold winter's afternoon, and the jockeys are weighing in before the first race. each horse has to carry a certain amount of weight. today paul mulrennan is riding at nine stone. not easy to achieve when you are five foot seven. when i got here i had one last pound to get off so ijumped in the sauna and had a shave in there and the last pound just flew off. so i am on the weight now. the lighter you are the more rides you are available for. but it is a daily struggle for any jockey. paul used to make weight by starving himself and brutally sweating off the last pounds. but otherjockeys go further, drinking alcohol to dehydrate them or even flipping — a term used for making yourself sick. keeping the weight off all year round became so hard for paul he almost gave up his job. hello, paul.

how are you? you're looking good. looking sharp, mate. feeling good? fit and well, yeah. fit and well? but everything changed when he came to john moores university in liverpool and met doctor george wilson. george is a formerjockey and now heads up the world's leading research into how riders can make weight safely. to work out paul's minimum weight, george uses a scanner to see how much body fat he's carrying. 0verall, you are only carrying just over 11% total of body fat. so, george, could paul get down any lower than he already is? well, there is leeway for a little bit of reduction in weight. we could probably take maybe one kilo of fat off that but you would really be getting down to the absolute minimum. obviously, you need some fat for many physiological reasons. first and foremost, we have to tell jockeys they have to be realistic about the types of weights they are trying to

achieve to ride at. we offer up an individually devised diet and nutrition programme and exercise programme based upon the research, as opposed to the jockeys adopting these culturally driven methods which obviously would not be the best for your health. because to lose weight you do not have to sweat or starve. but sweating and starving has been part of the culture and it can create long—term health problems. so today george tests how quickly paul can burn calories. this programme educates riders in having a healthy diet combined with fat burning exercises. it's a delicate balance to keep jockeys at their minimum weight. they can still make those racing weights but they are doing it by eating frequently, six times a day, staying hydrated. that's the absolute crux of what we are doing here. from my own experience, starvation is not great and dehydration is not great and you feel terrible.

funded by the racing foundation, this is a unique programme and available to everyjockey. it has got a bigger implication because it is notjust for jockeys, it's for anyone. it can show you can eat six times a day and, obviously, looking at you, very low body fat. but you feel healthy? i feel healthy, i feel good, i'm eating more than ever, really. it's mccoy, at the 15th attempt, he wins the grand national. george has helped more than 300 jockeys, including the biggest names in the industry. ap mccoy has ridden more winners than anyone else, and yet he told us he regrets not having access to this research early in his career. unfortunately i went there in the latter part of my career when i was pretty near retirement but i went there because i was interested and i think, do you know what, maybe i could have been so much better if i had access to something like this earlier in my career. it could have made me

better and last longer. it could have made me a much better jockey. to keep at his minimum riding weight, paul has to stick to the strict routine set by the team atjohn moores university. it is a far cry from the old days when paul would starve and his weight would yo—yo. it was literally just get the sweat suit on, get off running, and you could be dropping anything from, a good day would be three or four pounds. you would class that as an easy day. some days you would be taking eight or ten pounds off. it was just crazy what we were doing, really. your agent will ring you and say, you are doing eight, nine or eight, you would starve yourself, really. if you go out and have six, seven, eight gin and tonics and do not eat you will be lighter in the morning, so you think, that's great. i'll make the weight the next day but then obviously it is not good for your head. was going

to kill himself. i mean, there was days when he would be off with the sweat suit on, come home, the sauna would be on, he would be in the sauna for an hour and then into the bath and lying on the floor exhausted and that's even before you have gone and done your work. there was times when i thought, has he been drinking? because it kind of seems to affect your brain a little bit. but he wasn't, he was just so dehydrated. so we had the chat about giving up but paul, luckily, met george at the right time and changed him round again. it has definitely added years onto my career and, i'll be honest with you, i probably would not be riding now if i had not met george down at john moores university. the racing industry is finally waking up to problem. there are even dieticians at racetracks. there are elements of bulimia and the different ways of losing weight for jockeys, and that could always be the case but you are trying to educate lads who think this is a better way of life, healthier way of life, safer way of life. back at southwell races. paul is now feeling healthy and happy and riding 100 winners a year. because for him this is what it's all about.

the thrill of race riding. tomorrow i'm down at kempton, it's an evening meeting down there so it'll be an early start, it's a bit of a trek with the drive down there. but i have got a couple of good rides down there so i'm looking forward to that. so no rest? no rest for the wicked, no. it's 24/7. in the age of streaming and downloads it is perhaps surprising small independent cinemas like this one are in fact thriving. but it has not always been easy. in newcastle, the tyneside cinema is one of britain's oldest. and in its 80 years it has survived many crises, often by refusing to conform. it is wonderful. it is such a calm oasis in comparison with the city outside. i love this place. 0ne always feels welcome. it's an absolute gem, beautiful. the art deco glamour brought hollywood glitz to tyneside but it's all an illusion. but this theatre was built for newsreels. from america comes the staggering news that germany's giant dirigible the hindenburg has been completely destroyed by fire. people were swept overboard by the power of watching

great events on a screen in a place like this. the impact was instantaneous. it was a captivating window on the world but for six old pence your ticket also brought the events much closer to home, from a humble shepherd to the county's upper crust. they were all at the hunt ball but a little thing like that does not stop the members of the hunt getting out early. this cinema is a representation of his dreams. dixon scott was a dreamer, a product of the working—class and he had genuine passion for the idea of giving people information, people of his own kind information about the world so they could come to a better understanding of it. welcome to tyneside cinema, i am a volunteer here

and it's my pleasure to show you around today. his whole idea was to create what he considered to be a persian picture palace, he spent time travelling in mesopotamia and persia, iraq and iran as we know them now and he fell in love with the art and architecture and design and culture of that part of the world. in an alleyway lay a hidden treasure but no glamour could save a news theatre from the new kid on the block. it is up—to—date, it is the news of that day, not that of several days ago which previously was the case so cinemas like this lost their appeal. but the tyneside went on regardless. a brand—new boost for the north—east. in 1966 the cinema was a news theatre, it was the end

of the news cinema era. you can tell why they died, can't you? it is a great achievement. as audiences disappeared, the tyneside turns arthouse. there was raised eyebrows, they show pornographic films all day but we said, no, we don't, we show films from all around the world. and to get rid of that image took a long time. it struggled for a couple of decades because of financial difficulties but what happened was quite remarkable, there was a hard—core of people who came and felt so passionate that they got themselves organised and had a kind of sit in and the place was packed out and i think they galvanised opinion that this was a place worth supporting.

a board of trustees took over but away from the silver screen in another part of the building change was also on the menu. in 1938 poached eggs only cost 8p and the coffee rooms were going a bit stale but the new owner knew that retro was the future. i first started in 1984 and it was very rundown and every time you came here there was another light bulb gone off or something fallen apart. what i wanted was to spend money on doing it but i wanted people to walk in and look at it and say it has never changed. ijust love this place. why?

just look around. i happen to live in an art deco block of flats so i feel very much at home here. we came here when we were courting. and we used to have beans on toast and it became quite a regular thing. people work very hard to create this atmosphere. i am sure people feel about it like i do. it brings you back. we really love this place, it's became a major part of our lives. unfortunately that is completely sold out. it is hard to recalljust how much the tyneside struggled to survive passion and enthusiasm did not curb ambition. newcastle had its own international film festival, but on a shoestring. it is the smallest budget film festival in the world i suppose. we are doing this on a budget between 15—20,000. peter introduced a gay theme to some

of the festival and it brought a new audience but was also controversial. they wanted a quote, they wanted to hear what is this about, gay films, why are you showing gay films? it was the thing that nearly got me sacked. when the chips were down there was a, you nearly ruined the cinema, we will get our grant taken away showing that stuff! constant makeovers only papered over the cracks. while other cinemas fell victim to the wrecking ball tyneside brought in consultants. their advice was basically get out of the building. they described it as an albatross the building and we needed another to increase ticket sales and the best way to do that was build a new cinema somewhere else. abandon the persian palace?

dixon scott would have turned in his grave. instead they expanded skywards, adding more screens and a new lease of life. ken loach recently chose the tyneside for his recent premiere and they also run an annual film school. you get lost in the music and you can be as good as the dancer beside you which is incredible. this new vision last week earned it the prestigious royal television society award. to the recognition is fabulous, thank you so much. for once this fiercely independent cinema seems to have a secure future, but always with one eye on the past. i would look at those red curtains and i would say that is what it's about. it is the last surviving news

theatre operating as a cinema in the uk and that's something to be preserved. now you can even catch an old newsreel and for some in newcastle it's a rare chance to relive some glory days. and newcastle have won the cup. well done, newcastle. you have done it again. and that is it for tonight. hello again. there is not as much snow falling now and attention turns to the icy conditions. it is still quite treacherous out there for many

of us. gradually over the weekend we should slowly see it turn milder, less cold from the south. there will still be a wintry mix of rain, sleet and some snow. that really cold air with high pressure across scandinavia and siberian winds, that has moved away. instead, our weather will be coming in from areas of low pressure spinning to the south of the uk. ahead of that we still have the cold easterly wind for a while across scotland but gradually we will replace it with something a little less cold from the south or south—west. but still bring a wintry mix nevertheless. that is what we have at the moment. it is still cold out there, still frosty at the moment with a widespread frost and given the snow cover and some snow falling in places as well as that earlier freezing rain it will be very icy indeed. as we move through saturday there is still snow falling for awhile across northern england and northern ireland. that peters out. north of that, snow showers in scotland on that cold easterly wind.

the winds are lighter to the south with some sunshine and wet weather developing in the south. focused towards the south—west and into wales, mostly rain but some snow over the hills of wales. at least those temperatures are just getting above freezing. still cold but possibly six or seven across southern parts of england. this is where we have the focus of the wettest weather on saturday evening. rain for the most part but there will be snow over the hills of wales, developing through the midlands over the peak district and onto the pennines as that wetter weather moves north. we still have some cold air around, maybe some frost and some icy patches are quite likely as well. that wintry mix of rain, sleet and mostly hill snow across northern england will move slowly northwards into southern scotland, still some snow showers in the far north of the country. to the south, a bit of sunshine perhaps but not lasting long because we will get these areas of heavy rain developing across parts of wales and then a little snow over the high ground. it is mostly rain. quite heavy in fact. temperatures are about eight or nine degrees. the northern half of the uk reaching for five, not warm but better than it has been.

these weather fronts continue to push their way northwards. everything spinning around areas of low pressure to the south and south—west of the uk. the wind, we lose that easterly and the wind will be lighter. there will be sunshine in the outlook. temperatures will be better than they have been. not warm yet, those numbers are below average for this time of year. sunshine, but also some showers. hello and welcome to bbc news. the international monetary fund hasjoined condemnation of president trump's plan to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. the imf warned that such a move would not only hurt other countries, but also the united states itself. international stock markets have fallen since the announcement and many of the united states' trading partners say they're considering retaliatory action. china's steel industry has labelled the move ‘stupid'. european commission president jean—claude juncker says the eu will react in kind if

mrtrump goes ahead. meanwhile the world trade organisation says the potential for escalation is real, and that a trade war