unsafe and in crisis — birmingham prison is taken over by the government after inspectors discovered some inmates were too scared to come out of their cells. the scene of rioting two years ago, inspectors now describe the squalor, the filth, and the smell of drugs heavy in the air. it cannot be the case that the only time urgent action is taken to restore decency in a prison is when an inspectorate report is published. surely somebody must have been asleep at the wheel. we'll be asking whether this is about the failure of the private firm behind the prison, gas, or if there's a wider problem. also this lunchtime: a man's appeared in court on charges of attempted murder after a car was driven into cyclists and pedestrians outside parliament. a british woman says she's very lucky to be alive after falling off the back of a cruise ship and spending ten hours in the sea. fielding fumbles from england allow india's cricketers to continue to dominate in the third test at trent bridge.

and dramatic dresses worn by marilyn monroe and cher — we speak to designer bob mackie as some of his creations go on sale. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from the private firm gas, after inspectors said it had fallen into a "state of crisis". the chief inspector of prisons said it was the worst prison he'd ever been to, and that some inmates were scared to leave their cells.

it's thought to be the first time the ministry ofjustice has stepped in to take over — midway through a contract — since private firms began running prisons more than 25 years ago. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has more. birmingham prison has had a long and troubled history. it was the scene ofa troubled history. it was the scene of a riot in 2016 which left four applause badly damaged, 500 offenders were moved out, after the worst prison disturbances for decades. since then inspectors say conditions have deteriorated to the point of crisis. it's forced the government to take over the running of birmingham from the private firm gas. this is a fundamentalfailure the private firm gas. this is a fundamental failure of leadership, management. we had hoped gas bringing ina management. we had hoped gas bringing in a new, experienced governor would make a difference. it didn't which is why we fight to make the difficult decision to step in

ourselves. prison inspectors said there was a lack of order and control at birmingham with violent inmates able to act with near impunity. a letter to thejustice secretary said... some prisoners refused to come out of their cells. groups of staff had locked themselves in their offices and conditions were bound to be filthy with blood, vomit and rat droppings on the floor. the chief prisons inspector suggested ministers should have intervened earlier. if they already knew about it why didn't they do something about it? intervene, take effective action, shall leadership. it cannot be the case that the only time urgent action is taken to restore decency ina action is taken to restore decency in a prison is when an inspectorate report is published. surely somebody must have been asleep at the wheel. since the start of the year gas has been warned numerous times it must address the problems at birmingham,

official improvement notices were sent to managers. last month a former prison officer told the bbc he was frightened to go to work. former prison officer told the bbc he was frightened to go to workli would sit in the carrboro length of time trying to get yourself in the right state of mind to go and do a days work. was it your day to be assaulted? you're just expecting things to come along. in made a volu nta ry things to come along. in made a voluntary body which carries out regular visits to birmingham was so alarmed by conditions it wrote to ministers calling for action. the headcount needs to be reduced, managers need to be allowed to managers need to be allowed to manage and be visible on the wings and the whole issue of safety and violence and drugs need to be addressed is. gas won the contract to run birmingham seven years ago sparking staff protests. the company

will not get the present back for at least six months until it is more safe and stable. gas said they welcomed the opportunity to address what it said were the exceptional challenges. many other prisons in the public sector face similar problems of violence and drug—taking but none on this scale. and danny is here now. is this about private sector failings are the issues more complex? gas must take some responsibility, they have been running the prison since 2011 and its deteriorated significantly since the riot in 2016. but at the same time the minister ofjustice closely monitors the contract, they have officials sitting in the prison every day monitoring the contract. questions have to be asked about the ministry ofjustice as well as gas. more broadly gas runs very good prisons, one awkward we featured last week. it's notjust about gas, it's not just about last week. it's notjust about gas, it's notjust about private company, bad public sector good, it's also

terrible prisons in the public sector, exeter, nottingham, wormwood scrubs, liverpool prison, all of which have been in the news because of conditions. it's about the background of problems, a background ofa background of problems, a background of a population that some would say is too high in prisons, cuts, cutbacks particularly to staff, experienced staff who have gone, and drugs of course, illicit drugs such as spice which have made a lot of prisons unstable places. a man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of police and members of the public outside parliament six days ago. salih khater, who's 29 and from birmingham, is accused of driving a car at pedestrians, cyclists and police officers before crashing into a security barrier. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. it was last tuesday at 7:37am when a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square before driving up the access road to the house of lords car park

and smashing into the security barrier. counter—terrorism detectives led the investigation. this morning, the suspected driver of the car was brought to court to face two charges of attempted murder. in the dock, 29—year—old salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers. he confirmed his name and address. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got british citizenship six weeks ago. he is charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder police officers on abingdon street outside the house of lords. the case is being treated as terrorism by the crown prosecution service. salih khater came to britain in 2010 after travelling for two years through africa and europe from sudan. he continued his education in britain while also working as a security guard. this morning's hearing lasted less than six minutes. the chief magistrate told

salih khater he would remain in custody until his next appearance in court at the old bailey in 11 days' time. daniel sandford, bbc news, at westminster magistrates‘ court. a british woman has survived after falling from a cruise ship off the coast of croatia, and enduring ten hours in the sea. kay longstaff went overboard from the norwegian star liner at around midnight on saturday. officials said the a6—year—old was rescued 60 miles offshore. dan johnson reports. kay longstaff, returning safely to dry land on a different sort of ship. the croatian coast guard rescued her from the sea after she spent a whole night treading water. i fell off the back of the norwegian star and i was in the water for ten hours. so these wonderful guys rescued me. this is the moment she was pulled from the sea on sunday

morning. her coast guard rescuers said she was tired and a bit sunburned, but remarkably well considering her ordeal. she was in pretty good physical shape. she was a bit hypodermic and exhausted, but all in all, she was healthy and pretty sound. kay was aboard the norwegian star, filmed here on an earlier cruise. it's thought she was on the seventh deck, close to the back when she fell. the ship left the croatian port of dubrovnik and was heading north towards venice. on saturday evening, just before midnight, kay went overboard, 60 miles out in the adriatic sea. a passenger took this photo showing part of the deck closed. the ship turned back to try to find kay and its next cruise was delayed. there are questions about how she fell into the water and how she survived. the major factors of survival in

this case are going to be the warm water, which was about the same temperature as a swimming pool. the fact that it was calm so not a great requirement to work hard to keep her own way clear of the water. that she was female, which helps her float because females have more body fat than males and that she had experiences and training that would have assisted her to get through this ordeal. that's her previous experience as a airline cabin crew which may have helped as well as practising yoga. i am very lucky to be alive. she certainly is, in winter, cold sea temperatures with cold sea temperatures would have meant survival time as short as two hours. dan johnson, bbc news. a mother and daughter have been left in a critical condition by a hammer attack in south—east london. 27—year—old joe xuereb, who did not know the women, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder last night. the women, aged 6a and 30, are being treated at hospital. jenny kumah is at the scene in south east london.

what more do we know? there is a real sense of shock and horror here, talking to neighbours they describe this as a quiet, friendly area but yesterday it became the scene of a horrific hammer attack. the mother and daughter of polish origin were found here, witnesses say covered in blood, the pavement covered in blood. i spoke to a neighbour who watched the incident on cctv and describes a man repeatedly hitting the women with a hammer. the women are in hospital with serious injuries ina are in hospital with serious injuries in a critical condition. a 27—year—old man has been arrested he was found after police made a public appeal but asked the public not to approach him because he was believed to have mental health problems. talking to people here at is a sense of shock, some say they feel terrified although there is a small

police presence here today for reassurance. thank you. a group of elderly south koreans have visited north korea to meet relatives they haven't seen for decades. the two countries, which are technically still at war, have organised reunion events before. but this is the first in three years. the south koreans were chosen by lottery — the oldest of them is 101. laura bicker reports. they've waited more than 60 years for this moment. and some simply couldn't find the words. the joy of meeting also brings with it the pain of all those missed years. most have brought photographs to help them catch up. but these are the lucky few. half of the 130,000 families waiting to meet their loved ones have died before getting this chance. kim remembers the moment she saw her daughter for the first time in over 60 years.

but the reunion was brief and bittersweet. all too soon, they were torn apart. translation: when time was up, i let go of my daughter's hand and got onto the bus. the moment i sat down i could not speak. not a single word came out of my mouth. i felt like cutting off my own flesh. anyone who has given birth knows what it feels like to leave their children behind. mrs kim knows she was lucky to have at least this one chance. it's unlikely to come again. this man is one of 88 who were chosen this time around. he got a call to say he'll meet his younger sister. he hasn't seen her

for nearly 70 years. translation: after hearing the news, i was so shocked that i drank and couldn't sleep at all that night. he fled north korea in the middle of the night, leaving his family behind after growing concerned about the spread of communism. he fought the north during the korean war and is unhappy with the current division. translation: i want to tell the world that we should allow separated families to meet whenever they want. instead of how it is now, with few people meeting rarely. for decades, this man kept looking north across the border for his mother in the hope she would return. she went back to north korea in 1953 to prepare for peace. he even built his house near where she left him. he's never been selected for the reunions. translation: when can we meet our loved ones? after all of us are dead?

100 people per event isjust meaningless. there are 50,000 people waiting all over the country. as well as bringing joy, this week's reunions will remind koreans on both sides that the pain of separation has not and may never leave this peninsula. our top story this lunchtime. unsafe and in crisis — birmingham prison is taken over by the government after inspectors discovered some inmates were too scared to come out of their cells and coming up... the man who broke every bone in his face — and the specialist unit that saved his life. coming up in the sport in the next

15 minutes on bbc news... india stretch their lead in the third test at trent bridge as they look to keep the series alive against england. after almost ten years of economic hardship, greece has successfully completed a bailout programme, in which it received tens of billions of euros to help it fix its economy. it means the country can now borrow again on international markets. the loans given to greece since 2010 amounted to the biggest bailout in global financial history, but were conditional on its government introducing a series of deeply unpopular austerity measures. mark lowen, who covered the crisis for us, has returned to athens and sent this report. from 2010 greece was gripped by unrest. shouting revealing its sky—high deficit led to three bailouts totalling over 300 billion euros. as austerity hit, despair turned to rage, running battles consumed central athens.

greece was collapsing and risked taking the eurozone with it. archive: a huge bout of tear gas has just come up to this place where i'm broadcasting from... i covered the story as the athens correspondent, and have come back as greece finishes its bailouts. the endless days i spent here among the chaos of the protests seem almost like a distant memory. greece is clearly rebuilding but the problems are still here. unemployment is at 20%, down from a high of 28%. austerity has pushed one in five below the poverty line. the economy has shrunk by a quarter. greece may be coming off life support, but it is still far from real recovery. and out of sight for those still suffering, the once comfortable depend on food hand—outs after losing jobs and homes. livelihoods suddenly destroyed in 21st—century europe. translation: i don't see

the crisis coming to an end. we are stressed and angry because we don't have jobs. i am embarrassed that i cannot buy my little grandchildren a present. we just want to live comfortably in our own homes so we can look our children in the eyes. it's the young fuelling a sense of recovery through start—ups, like this online human resources firm. they're drawing back home some of the half a million who left greece in the crisis brain drain. the fact we don't have any more particular issues of "ok, are we going to be in the eurozone, are we going to have euros tomorrow?" it's a good indication at least we feel there is some kind of stability. beneath greece's idyllic surface lies pain that will take longer to heal. but a ray of hope is beginning to flicker here. mark lowen, bbc news, athens.

the collapse of the high street chain house of fraser hit another major retailer today. shares in mulberry, which makes luxury handbags, plunged after it said it was owed up to £3 million by the department store chain. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. so, the collapse of house of fraser is clearly causing further ripples... yes, that's right. mulberry has concessions in 21 house of fraser stores, so house of fraser is really important and is a big source of sales for mulberry. is one of hundreds of suppliers who were owed money by house of fraser when it went into administration. the amounts are extraordinary. if you add up all the unsecured creditors, including landlords and suppliers, you get to nearly half £1 billion worth of debt. here is the thing, when a company goes into

administration and is then bought by someone else, those debts are effectively written off, there is no legal obligation for the new owner to pay those debts. and of course thatis to pay those debts. and of course that is what happened when mike ashley's sportsdirect took over house of fraser and it the harsh reality that suppliers end up taking the hit. and today, mulberry is the first supplier to reveal the true cost to its business, saying that it will now have to set aside up to £3 million to cover the cost. the amount was material enough today that it had to announce it on the stock exchange. hundreds of unlicensed handguns have been legally brought into the uk and sold to criminals because of a loophole in the law. under current legislation, it is legal to buy and sell guns so long as commercially—made ammunition is no longer available. but an investigation for the bbc‘s panorama programme has found criminals are making ammunition for antique weapons at home, and then using them to kill. greg mckenzie reports. this is the west midlands police strongroom in birmingham.

it's full of weapons. many are antiques and have been recovered from crime scenes. the uk has very strict gun laws, but because these antiques are so old, the rounds they fire are no longer produced, so the government has classified them as obsolete calibre. that means that unless you have a criminal record, anyone can own them. but criminals have been getting hold of the guns and making their own ammunition for them. police say they've been used in six killings and dozens of shootings. they're easy to purchase, they don't fall under the licensing, if they're possessed as an antique or a curio, and we know that offenders are quoting that loophole in the legislation at police officers when they are stopped and searched. we sent reporter daniel foggo to america to see if he could buy an antique handgun and bring it back into the uk. look at that. smith & wesson russian aa. which fires aa calibre

ammunition in a russian style, which they don't make any more, so that's why it's designated as obsolete. no licence required. no import licence was needed, and us government and airline shipping instructions are available online. at heathrow, our reporter passed through the red channel and paid 5% duty on the price of the gun, a potential murder weapon legally brought into the uk. two years ago, carl campbell was killed with a russian aa in west bromwich. his three killers were jailed in july last year. police realised the scale of the problem when they investigated antique gun dealer paul edmunds. he was convicted last december of conspiring to supply arms and ammunition and sentenced to 30 years in prison. it's estimated that hundreds of his weapons are still in circulation. so, there is a real reason for public safety why certain calibres need to become off

the obsolete calibre list so that they can no longer be possessed by criminals as an antique. the home office says it has consulted on proposals to enshrine in law a new definition of antique firearms, ensuring older weapons that could still pose a danger to the public are licensed. a decision is expected later this year. greg mckenzie, bbc news. and there is more on that story in panorama: legal weapon, tonight at 8.30 on bbc one. at least 1600 more people in england are thought to be alive today because of the establishment of major trauma centres six years ago. a report shows that they lead to patients spending fewer days in hospital and to them experiencing a better quality of life. our health correspondent nick triggle reports. this shows you, top to bottom, your injuries... tom locke was inspecting pigeon nests on his roof last october

when disaster struck. he fell from his ladder on his balcony, breaking his leg, arm, wrist, shoulder and every bone in his face. he was taken by air ambulance from his home on the kent coast to kings college hospital in london. while not the nearest hospital, it is the region's major trauma centre and had the staff and equipment that saved his life. i felt totally safe, secure and confident in everything that was being done. he is one of at least 1600 people who are alive, thanks to a new way of providing trauma care in england. since 2012, the most seriously injured are taken to one of the country's 27 designated regional trauma centres where there are specialist staff and equipment, so they can be treated immediately. the study analysed care given to 110,000 trauma cases between 2008 and 2017. that's about half the total number. it found since the 2012 reorganisation, the chances of survival had increased by a fifth.

that extra 20 minutes or 30 minutes in a helicopter or the back of the ambulance means that when you arrive, there is a trauma team waiting for you, an operating theatre immediately available to operate on you and save your life, and then the skills to try and put you back together again. meanwhile, ten months on, tom's life is getting back to normal. nick triggle, bbc news. trying to push myself doing various physical activities, started playing squash again, hobbling around a bit at first but that has come back to playing ok again now. that was nick triggle reporting there. england's cricketers are facing an uphill battle as they attempt to save the third test against india. after a batting collapse yesterday, england's bowlers have struggled to make the breakthrough at trent bridge. patrick geary reports. nottingham is pockmarked with

windows into its hidden quarter, a network of caves numbering in the hundreds, some still used, all man—made. fitting, then, that england have dug themselves a mighty hole just across the river trent. england, 292 runs behind, eight indian second innings wickets to ta ke indian second innings wickets to take and three whole days of the match remaining. oh, and virat kohli at the crease. india's captain is the leading run—scorer of the series by some distance. a few shots like this enough to quell any early english optimism. india were more than 300 ahead. no time to be an england bowler. pujara had this let off, the latest chance to slip away in the slips. joss buttler would soon have more catching to do, because as if england's test was not going badly enough, this ball injured wicketkeeperjonny bairstow. there seemed little chance of

changing batsmen, stuart broad needed for lbw on virat kohli. maybe if the umpire wouldn't help him, the technology would. but the replay proved that he had hit it. not out of. india have plenty of time. pujara and virat kohli went on to 50, milestones in what they hope to bea 50, milestones in what they hope to be a long, slowjourney. a session without successful england, who might want to spend lunch in one of nottinghamshire liz quiet, dark places. he's famous for creating dresses that only the boldest stars would dare to wear, women like marilyn monroe, madonna, tina turner, and most famously cher. they've all worn some of the outlandish pieces by the costume designer and nine—time emmy award winner bob mackie and now many of their outfits are up for sale. our arts correspondent david sillito has been to meet him. i'm bob mackie, and i'm a costume designer. and i've dressed some really interesting women, in my life. they come to me to wear something that, when they walk out on stage, the audience knows they're there for a show.

bob mackie, one of the first dresses he helped work on was this showstopper for marilyn munroe. # happy birthday, mr president...# but he truly made his name as the master of attention—grabbing style when he teamed up with cher, especially those oscar outfits. these are dresses that stop traffic, aren't they? well, they stop traffic, and they're like smoke and mirrors. they don't show anything, but you think you're seeing everything. is there anything she said no to? only if she thought it was boring. is there anything you have designed for her and you thought, "no, you can't wear that to the oscars?" yes, yes, and she made me do it, and then i denied doing it, for years. it was her turn back time outfit, that was called the "sailors on the ship". of course, bob's heyday was an era when fashion fame was limited to a tiny number of stars. these days, it's rather more democratic.

freddie harrel‘s part of a new era of fashion bloggers and instagram stars, so we invited her to see what she makes of yesterday's attention—grabbing outfits. wow, fantastic. 0h, turn around, look at her! and you know this dress is cher's dress, not tina turner's. i know, i can't believe it. the dress, a cher classic, from her tv show. it's certainly eye—catching, but for freddie, the modern era of online fashion fame isn't so much about standing out, but bringing people together. sharing thisjourney on instagram, on social media, it allowed me to find this community of like—minded people who also are really eager to express themselves, and also find who they are and who they are made of. but for bob, this is

a moment of farewell. do you feel sorry to say goodbye to them? no, it's ok. they're all documented, and it never looks as good as it did on that woman that day she put it on for the first time. indeed, when you've got someone like freddie, that's when a dress becomes a bob mackie. david sillito, bbc news. we are getting reports of staff at gatwick airport having to write reports on whiteboards following a technology failure. staff could be seen rubbing out information. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos.