mark easton, bbc news.made redundant at a waste disposal company based in north lanarkshire, caught up in a row over the stockpiling of nhs waste. health care environmental services, which stopped trading today, always denied allowing human body parts to build up at its sites. the firm lost nhs contracts after a criminal inquiry was launched. it blamed ‘unfair government pressure' for the redundancies. 23 migrants have been detained in kent, after crossing the english channel in small boats. 9 of them were found on a beach in folkestone, 6 at dover, and then 8 were rescued off the coast nearby. the french authorities say they intercepted another group of 11 migrants trying to reach the uk in an inflatable boat. ministers described the number of incidents in recent days as ‘deeply concerning'. the search is continuing for a 20—year—old british cruise ship entertainer, who went overboard in the caribbean on christmas day. the us coastguard was alerted after arron huff didn't turn up for his shift on "harmony

mark easton, bbc news.ry in the austrian capital vienna. the assailants reportedly entered the catholic church with a gun, forcing the monks to the ground before beating and tying them up. one of the monks has sustained serious head injuries. a large—scale hunt has been launched to find those responsible. rescuers in a remote part of north—eastern india are working around the clock to save 15 workers trapped inside an illegal coal mine. limited resources and a lack of information about mines in the meghalaya region are making the rescue extremely challenging and hopes of finding anyone alive are quickly fading. devina gupta travelled to the rescue site in the eastjaintia hills and sent this report. for these rescuers, they are going to try and reach 15 workers trapped in this illegal coal pit called a "rat—hole" mine. after limited resources and after 13 days, the chances of seamen alive are decreasing. we do not know the direction in which they have been trapped. —— scene the men alive. direction in which

mark easton, bbc news, deal. monday of sentencing the country's most prolific serial killer for another 56 murders. all of mikhail popkov‘s victims were women and he'd already been convicted of 22 other murders near the remote siberian city of irkutsk. here's our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. in correspondent sarah rainsford. his known as the n irkutsk. in his known as the maniac of irkutsk. mikhail popkov brings investigators to the scene of one of his many crimes. he brought to women to the spot in the 1990s, where he started his killing spree. he targeted women at night. the former police officer than axe out what it did next. he claims to be a cleanser, saying he was purging the city of women he saw as immoral. another 50 six killings. behind bars, he confessed to dozens more after being found guilty of 22. he covered his tracks well. he even helped investigate his crimes. translation: he was calm during the trial. he only got upset when he lost his stature is as police officer. witnesses describe mik

mark easton, bbc news.er bags in england will be doubled to 10p and extended to all shops under plans set out by the environment secretary. the plans are included in a government consultation aimed at making bigger reductions in the use of plastic by consumers, and could come into effect in january 2020. schools are also being urged to end the consumption of single—use plastics. it's been a challenging year for the high street, prompting renewed concern about the future of many town centres — already struggling with decline. a growing number of local councils have been buying shopping centres, to try to revitalise their towns. since 2016, 26 shopping centres have been bought by local authorities at a total cost of more than £800 million, as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. wigan‘s galleries shopping centre, once worth £83 million in 2006, but it went for £8 million this year, sold to the local council. there are three shopping centres in shrewsbury — worth £119 million pre—recession. they we

mark easton, bbc news.prime mininster a "stupid woman" during prime minister's questions this afternoon. he was caught on camera appearing to mouth the words during heated exchanges at the despatch box. it caused angry scenes in parliament. mr corbyn later returned to the commons and said he had in fact said "stupid people". 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young reports. rowdy scenes in the house of commons — nothing new there but this went way beyond the usual heated exchanges. calm down! asjeremy corbyn left the chamber, conservative mps accused him of misogyny, and this is what they had witnessed minutes before. oh, yes, he is! oh, no, he isn't! theresa may with a seasonal pantomime—themed attack on the labour leader... look behind you! they are not impressed and neither is the country. jeremy corbyn looked furious, and then this... he insists he muttered "stupid people". plenty of others think he said "stupid woman." the prime minister's team had to quickly explain to her what they'd seen. every

mark easton, bbc news. a waste disposal company based in north lanarkshire, caught up in a row over the stockpiling of nhs waste. healthcare environmental services, which stopped trading today, always denied allowing human body parts to build up at its sites. the firm lost nhs contracts after a criminal inquiry was launched. it blamed "unfair government pressure" for the redundancies. police are investigating after a double decker bus crashed into a house in south london. the bus, travelling between morden and brixton, destroyed a fence and hit the building on streatham vale late last night. three people have been treated for minor injuries. police say no—one has been arrested, but they're continuing to investigate the circumstances behind the crash. police are investigating the cause of a gas explosion at andover in hampshire, in which a 48—year—old man was killed. it happened in the early hours of this morning. one house was completely destroyed and another badly damaged. steve humphrey reports. the power

mark easton, bbc news, deal.s, or have a question about what next for brexit, send them in to us and we will answer them tomorrow at 11:30 here on bbc news. trying to make sense of it all will be professor anand menon, from the think tank the uk in a changing europe and georgina wright, an independent brexit analyst. you can text 611211, email askthis@bbc.co.uk, or tweet using the hashtag #bbcaskthis. other news now, and france's president, emmanuel macron, has promised an increase in the minimum wage and offered tax cuts for pensioners in response to weeks of violent protests against the rising cost of living. in an address on national television, he said he believed there was a way out of the country's current problems. lucy williamson reports from paris. it is not easy to spot what divides people here, their politics kept hidden under their neon protest uniforms. voters from both far—left and far—right brought together by a president who promised to unite france. after weeks of demanding a response to their pr

mark easton, bbc news, deal. that's it from westminster for now.ay's other news. a convicted paedophile has been found guilty of murdering two schoolgirls found strangled and sexually assaulted near brighton more than 30 years ago. at the old bailey, new dna evidence helped convict russell bishop, who's 52. he'd been acquitted of the killings, which became known as the "babes in the wood" murders, at an original trial back in 1987. sarah campbell reports. every october for the last 32 years, the families of karen hadaway and nicola fellows leave tributes at the site of their murder. their pain has never gone away. nicola's mothers grief still overwhelming. karen's father wouldn't live to see his daughter's killer found guilty. she was our first born and the apple of his eye. he went into that mortuary, the man i loved and adored and would have done anything for, and came out a complete stranger. as this police reconstruction from the time showed, karen and nicola went out to play in the local park one october evening in 1986. they never returned ho

mark easton, bbc news.ster a "stupid woman" during prime minister's questions this afternoon. he was caught on camera appearing to mouth the words during heated exchanges at the despatch box. it caused angry scenes in parliament. mr corbyn later returned to the commons and said he had, in fact, said "stupid people". 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, reports. rowdy scenes in the house of commons, nothing new there, but this went way beyond the usual heated exchanges. order! calm down! asjeremy corbyn left the chamber, conservative mps accused him of misogyny, and this is what they'd witnessed minutes before. oh, yes, he is! oh, no, he isn't! theresa may with a seasonal pantomime—themed attack on the labour leader... look behind you! they‘ re not impressed, and neither is the country. jeremy corbyn looked furious, and then this... he insists he muttered "stupid people". plenty of others think he said "stupid woman." the prime minister's team had to quickly explain to her what they'd seen. everyb

mark easton, bbc news.ges that has brought will survive after brexit. mark easton, bbc news. around 500 staff have been made redundant at a waste disposal company based in north lanarkshire caught up in a row over the stockpiling of nhs waste. healthcare environmental services, which stopped trading today, always denied allowing human body parts to build up at its sites. the firm lost nhs contracts after a criminal inquiry was launched. it blamed "unfair government pressure" for the redundancies. police are investigating the cause of a gas explosion at andover in hampshire in which a 48—year—old man was killed. it happened in the early hours of this morning. one house was completely destroyed, and another badly damaged. steve humphrey has the details. the power of the explosion com pletely the power of the explosion completely destroyed the house at the end of this terrace in andover, and it severely damage the property next door, debris was scattered over a large area, some of it left dangling ina a large

as we look to the year ahead, our home editor mark easton gives his analysis.ularly rhineland —— rice and i'll crime and exide churned substantially i think by the washer of young men stabbed to death here in the capital over the last couple of years. so what is the truth? what risks these days of being a victim of violence? there certainly has been an increase in recorded violence by the police recently but there are reasons for that. one of them is the police got in trouble for not logging violent crime properly having their methods improve recently and seeing an increase in recorded violence. there is another reason which is that certain crimes, hate crimes, domestic violence, child sexual abuse, sexual crimes like rape and other assaults, the police have been encouraging victims to come forward. so actually the increased reporting of those crimes may be good news, may be about more people coming forward. now there is a better way of measuring trends in violent crime and that is to ask people about their experiences of it and he crime survey —— crime survey

mark easton, bbc news, bedford. minister arrives in brussels for an eu summit as she confirms she will not lead the tory party into the next general election. extra drama on the eastenders set as a multi—million pound revamp of albert square is way over budget and late. serena williams doesn't get her wish but we will have more on the rule change which aims to give increased protection to the rankings of returning mums. finding somewhere to live has become so expensive that more and more young people are finding themselves sleeping on sofas or living in hostels because they can't afford to pay rent. some even find themselves homeless. last year more than 100,000 young people had to seek help for homelessness because they had nowhere to go or were facing eviction. part of the problem is that most landlords are not willing to rent properties to young people who have a history of homelessness. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has been looking at their plight. i used to talk to feel at night and say i

mark easton, thank you very much.russell bishop, who was found guilty yesterday of killing two schoolgirls in 1986, has been sentenced to life in prison. bishop, who's 52 years old, killed nicola fellows and karen hadaway in brighton. he was cleared of their murders in 1987 but a dna breakthrough led to a new trial. wages rose at their fastest rate in a decade, according to the latest figures from the office for national statistics. new figures also show a record number of people in work. our economics correspondent andy verity has the details. this american—owned engineering company in telford makes precision parts for manufacturers of everything from prosthetic limbs to aircraft. it employs 400, and it's got 40 vacancies. if it's going to expand as quickly as it wants to, it can't skimp on wages. particularly in those areas where we need to have high—skilled people, people who are really skilled in the art and who are master in the class, there you basically pay the upper level of the market rate. for the ones less

mark easton, bbc news, bedford. port of hodeida, where a blockade and fighting have contributed to the world's worst humanitarian crisis. it's raised hopes that the un—sponsored deal could lead to a wider peace agreement. and tonight, the us senate has voted to end american support for the saudi—led military offensive in yemen. after years of civil war, 14 million people in yemen are on the brink of starvation. houthi rebels, backed by iran, control the north and west of the country, including hodeida, and the capital sanaa. a saudi—led coalition, backed by britain and the united states, has been blockading the port, in support of yemen's official government. under today's agreement, all forces will withdraw from hodeida, allowing the un to oversee the distribution of aid to civilians. our special correspondent nawal al—maghafi reports. these are the faces of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. in this makeshift camp in northern yemen, civilians have escaped the violence, but not its consequences. without any mon

do you want to speak quickly before your first question about the two clocks in easton? >> yes. easton who invented -- two rival quote inventors of gps, but the way it's done now and it is effectively they have these formidably accurate clocks in the 32 satellites the make up america's calculation of gps devices, and the time that signals take to travel from earth up to the satellites when it is triangulated by three or four of five satellites gives your position on earth, astonishing accuracy. i used to run, used to be a geologist and used to have a job positioning oil rigs in the north sea, and using a very primitive form of radio, direction finding, i could put the rate down in the north sea to within an accuracy of about 200 meters i suppose. nowadays, i went to a japanese research ship which use gps and the american gps system is a best in the world, they can locate themselves on the ocean. you know what a wilderness the ocean is, to within half a centimeter. that to me is quite extraordinary and it's all run from an air base in colorado. no one ever talks about. no one kno

joe easton, thank you so much.hat investment security, just as good as a bond, manu equity shares. francine: do you know who's joining us on manu shortly? jim o'neill is going to be on the line. tom: we will do that tomorrow. ♪ tom: this morning is the most ugly december. higher highs and lower lows. chairman powell put in place as soon as tomorrow? chairman xi says it no one will dictate to the chinese people. it is a new era with chinese characteristics. and you're a mean one, mr. trump. his team wouldn't touch him with a 39 and a half foot pole. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." live from our headquarters in new york, i'm tom keene. in london, francine lacqua. we are struggling to be half as smart as jon ferro, aren't we? francine: we are scrambling, but i think we are doing an ok job. it is theook at manu, most valuable support team in the world. tom: we will look at that in a minute. right now, bubbles over to the side of my head. we will get to that. it is london bubbly bubbles. right

computer model forecast. 1.2 ahe national airport and two inches in leesburg. 2.5 inchesbl possi in eastonbe ready for a lot of rain and zero sunshine for yourdaturday our sunday. sun comes back with a blustery wind on monday and tuesday of next week. >> good morning, an update here on the situation on the inbeltw. fort washington, we had the outerloop with the crash investigation and two right lanes, the only thing getting by. that's not cleared outf the way. no problems on the outer op. inner loop, new issue. a crash there is on the left shoulder right now. taking a look at 95 inia virgin northbound, quantico to the ltway. 66 miles per hour means you'll get there in 17 minutes. that's nice and clear. same situation southbound on 95 right now and 95 in maryland, northbound, southbnd, aaron. >> melissa, thank you. it's 4:54 and wkire w for your health this morning. good news if you live in virginia. more of you willfy qua for medicaid in 2019. the virginia latinois aory board held a meeting on this expansion yesterday. lawmakers voted to expand earlier this year. people can still sign up i

mark easton, bbc news.s around the volcano have been rerouted, and a three—mile exclusion zone has also been imposed. last saturday, the volcano triggered a tsunami which claimed the lives of more than a00 people. around 500 staff have been made redundant at a waste disposal company based in north lanarkshire, caught up in a row over the stockpiling of nhs rubbish. healthcare environmental services, which stopped trading today, always denied allowing human body parts to build up at its sites. the firm lost nhs contracts after a criminal inquiry was launched. it blamed "unfair government pressure" for the redundancies. it's been a challenging year for the high street, prompting renewed concern about the future for many town centres, already struggling with decline. a growing number of local councils have been buying shopping centres to try to revitalise their towns. since 2016, 26 shopping centres have been bought by local authorities at a total cost of more than £800 million, as our business correspondent e

mark easton, bbc news, bedford. strasbourg has been killed. we are joined from strasbourg by our reporter gavin lee what are the police saying >> kris: we are hearing the same reports across the media that he has been killed, 49 hours after suspected carrying out the gun attack at the business markets where three people died, 12 people injured, six of those and a critical condition in hospital we are in our way at the moment in a taxi from the market where it extremely quiet on the streets and incredible the police presence and patrols and 720 soldiers and police patrolling the streets. what happened, just to go back early this afternoon. there was a police operation the first operations of the manhunt started on monday night in the area where he was last seen around 10:30pm where reportedly he took a taxi driver hostage after being shot and injured bya hostage after being shot and injured by a soldier in the arm, told the taxi driver to take into this area and we are talking about 50 minutes drive us out from the c

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the hearing gets underway at 10:15 easton on c-span3.you can watch on c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio apps. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> after passing a short-term government funding bill wednesday, i'll ask a senator lisa murkowski asked for a public landfill package to be passed by unanimous consent. senator mike lee of utah objected to the motion and asked two words to be measured for his approval prompting other senators to weigh in on the issue.

our home editor mark easton is here. common sense suggests that it is a nobody‘s interest here or inolutely, and the government's position has been for a long time that mutual interest is why we should think there is a deal, a deal that the policing minister said could be as good or even better after brexit than it is now. but as we face up to the realities of either the brexit deal or perhaps even no deal, there are real questions about how quickly we can get alternative measures in place. when you visit europol, you begin to see what a special position in the uk has had in that organisation over many years. shaping its priorities, shipping its attitudes, its protocols, and processes. we are perhaps the largest contributor to the eu poll data base. perhaps the largest contributor to the eu poll database. as well as using it on a regular basis as well. —— europol. police forces across the country say that access to the various databases country say that access to the various data bases of country say that access to the various databases of all kinds is absolutely key in being able to

a suit was filed over hiker access to easton point.ed a decades old state supreme court ruling that roads through private property are implicitly public if the owner hasn't objected, but a marin superior court judge ruled last week that wasn't proven and public access is denied. >>> hard to believe in this day in age an election can get weirder than this. >> kpix5's john ramos says a race in contra costa county just got decided by the roll of the dice. >> reporter: contra costa county has held elections nearly 170 years, but on election night something happened that required them to get a bit creative. the elections office was packed with voters that night, but in one tiny race the district 1 seat on the byron bethany irrigation district board only 147 people were registered to vote. of those 110 cast their ballots. >> and each candidate received 51 votes. >> reporter: has that ever happened before? >> not in anyone's memory here in the county. >> reporter: state law says a tie must be settled by lot, some form of random contest. so la

the lucky son easton's children is named as a tribute to the country's poorest region. after being relegated to the fourth division between is now trained by a foreign coach. bozeman shareef good idea. has spoken thai is perfect albeit with a give me an accent. jerry is next professional himself now turned asian football pioneer. it will get long. island are doing you no. good. i mean you're booking your place and. it probably means the left is the. one you gain with the last. earning six hundred fifty euros a month push shareef a long way behind manchester united's manager. but he does lay claim to the title of tomlin's first professional coach of african descent along like they don't sit there but if. your boss could the title under my good even to the goofy mooney's ome known that. go memoirs and speaking. with us you know man i say the least i don't think you know as it is actually i'm going to go. see me long and then let them know. i lo. lo the long. legged heroes i see happening lookee son have the smallest budgets in the fourth division around one hundred fifty

10:15 easton on c-span3. you can watch on c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio apps. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> after passing a short-term government funding bill wednesday, i'll ask a senator lisa murkowski asked for a public landfill package to be passed by unanimous consent. senator mike lee of utah objected to the motion and asked two words to be measured for his approval prompting other senators to weigh in on the issue. the legislation expected to come up in january as one of the first items of business for the new congress. >> mister president, i ask unanimous consent on behalf of chairman hatch that the senate proceed to the media consideration of the lands package bill. i

joe easton is covering news flow from basf. and then he is focusing on autos. let's come to you. big moves in oil prices. we accept the same in oil companies. 5%, and thatup leads me into the big london majors like bp and shell. it's going to be an interesting stock. there are several things dropping couldn't at the g20 and bonus areas, gave his -- buenos aires, gave his blessing. that's bullish for oil prices going into this weakens opec meeting in vienna. really interesting, canada has decided to cut oil production with this huge glut of oil in alberta. that led to a massive discount and canadian crude to the global. so, that will also drive oil prices and oil stocks higher. anna: many reasons to watch the oil moves. joe, to basf. to: they are in talks provide grounding units. could be worth around $6 billion, a large amount to basf. there is some uncertainty under what format deal it takes. could be a joint venture. other parties may come in. is not entirely clear, but it could benefit the stocks even the shares are down 30% this year. they've been weighed o

. >> easton says mccray dallas paid her $75 to $100 a week to go around and pick up finished absenteelots. dallas is the soil and water conservation supervisor who appears to be at the center of the state investigation. he was named twice in sworn affidavits as a worker for the mark harris campaign. eason said she never discarded ballots or saw who they were voting for. but after picking them up, she didn't mail them, she gave them to mccray dallas. >> did all the people who voted, did their votes count? >> i guess. like i said, i don't know nothing what happened after i dropped them off. >> some great local reporting from joe bruno there. what does that mean if this is true? >> well, there are investigations by not only the state board of elections, wake county which is where raleigh is, is also investigating it. there are irregularities not only in the general election but dating back to the primary. if you go back to the 2016 gop primary in the ninth district and in bladen county, there are also irregularities. wade county's investigation dates all the way back to that. the next st

demonstrators in benny easton d.r.congo are not letting up rallying for the second successive day protesting against a three month postponement of voting in beni temple and all of them opposition strongholds police and soldiers fired tear gas and bullets to disperse them. the electoral commission says one and a quarter million voters from those areas will be voting on sunday because of the a ball outbreak and security problems and the electoral process is a sensitive issue in an interview with al jazeera outgoing president joseph kabila says the election process is going on fairly smoothly under the circumstances this is politics such incidents and this is a country with eighty million inhabitants with six hundred political parties with a million views that crash and you're bound to have differently here and a number of issues the electoral commission has also closed one thousand six hundred voting stations of the capital kinshasa is an opposition stronghold with over four million voters and nearly a thousand polling s

demonstrators in benny easton d.r. congo are not letting up rallying for the second successive day protesting against a three month postponement of voting in beni with temple and all of them opposition strongholds police and soldiers fired tear gas and bullets to disperse them. the electoral commission says one and a quarter million voters from those areas will be voting on sunday because of the a ball outbreak and security problems and the electoral process is always a sensitive issue in an interview with al-jazeera outgoing president joseph kabila says the election process is going on fairly smoothly under the circumstances this is politics such incidents and this is a country with eighty million inhabitants with six hundred political parties with a million views that crash and you're bound to have differently here and a number of issues the electoral commission has also closed one thousand six hundred voting stations in the capital kinshasa is an opposition stronghold with over four million voters and nearly a thous