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nick bryant, bbc news, washington.cer has gone into hiding, after being named as the source of the latest allegations against donald trump. christopher steele produced a dossier last year, which included allegations that mr trump had been caught in compromising financial and sexual activity. the allegations are unproven. america's intelligence chiefs say no judgment has been made on their credibility. our security correspondent gordon corera reports on the british connection. the murky world of intelligence gathering in moscow. a secret dossier of allegations about donald trump and russia, all written by a former member of mi6 — the british secret service. this is christopher steele, the author. a man used to keeping a low profile, but who is now at the centre of international controversy. his house was unoccupied today. the 52—year—old was supposed to have told neighbours to look after his cats. he's said to be lying low, fearing for his safety. in the 1990s, he worked in moscow, undercoverfor mi6, and became one of t

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nick bryant, bbc news, newjersey.tion system. the overwhelming majority of pupils go to schools based on religious denomination. but now, as part of a push to encourage joint education between protestants and catholics, one of the biggest school campuses in britain is being built in county tyrone. as chris buckler reports, the sharing of facilities on one site is seen as a way of breaking down barriers in divided communities. in northern ireland there is a clear divide in education. more than 90% of pupils are taught separately in what are broadly seen as protestant and catholic schools. there are many who believe that only reinforces the idea of two distinct communities in the one place. but now there's a push to bring schools a little closer together. obviously there is division between protestants and catholics, but obviously now we're looking to the future. these pupils are from some of the six schools that will soon sit side—by—side on omagh‘s first shared education campus. it will make a big difference, where i'

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.the hillsborough football disaster, which happened in 1989, have announced that 23 people and organisations could face prosecution. files have been passed to the crown prosecution service, which will decide whether or not to press charges. last year, new inquests into the deaths of 96 people found they were unlawfully killed, and the fans were not to blame. 0ur correspondent, judith moritz, reports. british airways cabin crew are to stage a fresh strike in a dispute over pay. members of the unite union will walk out for three days from january 19 following two days of industrial action this week. the former england football manager, graham taylor, has died at the age of 72. he managed england from 1990 until 1993, and was a highly successful club manager at lincoln, watford and aston villa. tributes have come in from all parts of the game. 0ur sports correspondent, nathalie pirks, looks back at his life and career. the sound of hitting a football thrills me. football was in graham tayl

we will have a report from nick bryant on what might happen if it is scrapped. report from nick bryant on what might happen if it is scrappedli have might happen if it is scrapped.” have to have health in order to survive. if i don't have that health care, if he gets rid of it, i'm dead in the water. actually and we will be live at the state department, where the entire senior management tea m where the entire senior management team has resigned. barbara plett will explain that one for our struggle —— for us. how about this for a headline from the washington post — when it was put on nine, it was shared thousands of times every minute. the entire senior management tea m minute. the entire senior management team has resigned. barbara plett—usher can explain. what is the story? well, yes, senior members of the management team have resigned. actually, ros, it is not so unusual, whenever there is a change of administration, fulfilling these kinds of postings, which are appointed for term limits, have to offer their letter of resignation. it is not unusual, especially for senior people, to

nick bryant has more. : donald trump's new executive toy, his first ride on air force one that potent symbol of u.s. presidential power. but it was the canceled travel plans of the mexican president that were at the center of a diplomatic storm. his plane will stay grounded after a summit scheduled for washington next week was abruptly called off. this mexican standoff is over the great totem of the trump presidency -- the wall he's determined to get mexico to pay for. in an angry speech last night, the country's president nieto said he would not foot the bill. donald trump decided to conduct his diplomacy by tweet. "if mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting." by the time he spoken philadelphian, the mexicans had announced the summit was off and that earned a public scolding from president trump. president trump: the president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. unless mexico is going to

nick bryant has more. nick: american intelligence tonight released its explosive report claiming that vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign to help donald trump 's chances of winning the presidency by denigrating hillary clinton and harming her electability. it concludes the kremlin had a clear preference for the billionaire. donald trump today described the investigation as a political witch hunt. he has rubbished the notion that he achieved a kremlin-assisted victory. u.s. intelligence claims it was not just the billionaire who celebrated his unexpected success on election night. intercepted conversations reportedly picked up senior figures in the russian government rejoicing, too. among them, officials said to be aware of the alleged cyber campaign. trump was given a briefing by top intelligence officials who claimed the russians tried harder to hack computers of the democratic national committee than those of republican headquarters, and that go-betweens allegedly delivered stolen e-mails to the

our correspondent nick bryant reports nick:. nick:nick: a week before inauguration day is usually an air of expectancy on capitol hill. next friday they will be playing "hail to the chief" as donald trump takes center stage. the mood now is more feverish and surreal. front-page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the president-elect that could make him susceptible to blackmail. today, donald trump's choice for new cia director was on capitol hill, claiming new allegations are unsubstantiated but agreeing the kremlin tried to interfere with the election. >> it is pretty clear about what took place, russian involvement in efforts to hack information and have an impact on american democracy. i am very clear eyed about what the intelligence report says and have every expectation as we continue to develop the fact that i will relay those not only to the president of the team around him and you all, so we can have a robust discussion about how to take on what is an enormous threat. nick: as for the latest

nick bryant reports. nick: they are storylines that could easily come from a cold war spy thriller. plot twists involving sex allegations and potential blackmail that even the tv series "house of cards" might balk at. but this is reality, not a show. the first episode of trump the presidency airs in one week's time. at trump tower today, he was commending his nominees, many of whom have been fiercely critical this week of russia. president-elect trump: i want them all to be themselves. nick: before dawn came a gale force twitter storm. nick: footage has come to light of christopher steele, the former mi6 officer who produced the dossier, at an event in cambridge university. he is now in hiding, apparently fearing for his life. former colleagues defended his professionalism. >> what he has reported is something he believes. he recognizes this is raw intelligence and it needs validation and it needs further exploration. nick: on capitol hill today, lawmakers received a behind-closed-doors briefing on the unverified dossier and russia's alleged interference into the presidential electi

nick bryant was there. of hishe poet laureate own presidency.e returned home to chicago to define and defend his legacy. pres. obama: if i had told you eight years ago that america would reverse a great recession, shut down iran's nuclear weapons program without firing a shot -- [applause] pres. obama: takedown the masterminds of 9/11, you might have said our sites were said a -- were set a little too high. but that's what we did. reporter: four more years became the chance. pres. obama: i can't do that. -- became the chant. pres. obama: i can't do that. reporter: america's first black president never wanted his time in office to be defined by race, but he hopes to do more to bridge the racial divide. pres. obama: after my election, there was talk of a post-racial america, and such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic. race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society. reporter: there were no direct attacks on donald trump, but much of the speech read like a rebuttal to the billionaire's campaign to the president-elec

nick bryant starts our coverage. nick: washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break-in since watergate. in the 1970's it was the building of democratic headquarters that was burgled. in 2016, it was the computer system at headquarters, a robbery in cyberspace rather than in person. u.s. intelligence believes it was orchestrated by vladimir putin from the kremlin to help donald trump win the election. senator mccain: i want to welcome all our members -- nick: today those allegations were aired publicly on capitol hill through the republican-controlled congressional committee. senator mccain: every american should be alarmed by russia's attacks on our nation. there is no security interest more vital to the united states of america than the ability to hold free and fair elections without foreign interference. that is why congress must set partisanship aside and provide comprehensive solutions to deter, defend against, and when necessary, respond to foreign cyberattacks. nick: america's director o

nick bryant, bbc news, pennsylvania. katty: expectations are running high. as you heard in jon's report, president-elect donald trump, soon to be president, is at the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c. he is attending a concert with his family, sitting alongside his wife, melania, waiting for those inauguration festivities to begin. you can see them there, the new first family of the united states. events, on all of these i'm joined by the bbc's north america reporter anthony zurcher. expectations are high among those people who supported and voted for donald trump. as he enters his presidency, anthony, how important is it for him to keep them happy? anthony: it is very important. that is his base and they are the people who sustained him through the primary and stood by him during the general election campaign when things turned rocky and gave him enough lift to be able to pull disaffected republicans and swing voters back into the fold at the very last minute and defeat hillary clinton. katty: a lot of people are coming to washington in celebration of th

nick bryant has more.ttack on america organised by vladimir putin help put donald trump in the white house? us intelligence can't say whether votes were changed or opinions altered but they are convinced russia wanted the billionaire to win and conducted a multifaceted cyber campaign using hacking, propaganda and fake news to boost his chances of becoming president. it wasn't just the billionaire who celebrated his unexpected victory, according to us intelligence. intercepted conversations reportedly picked up senior figures in the russian government rejoicing, too, among them officials said to be aware of the alleged cyber campaign. donald trump will be told by america's intelligence chiefs that the russians tried much harder to hack the computers of the democratic national committee than those at republican headquarters, and also that go—betweens have been identified who allegedly handed stolen e—mails to the website wikileaks. details from the classified report were leaked to nbc news, which has infuria

nick bryant, bbc news, new york.dent rajini vaidya nathan has spoken to protesters in washington. the protest was organised relatively late notice and they managed to get a huge crowd here. what do you think of what has happened here today, it was relatively last—minute? of what has happened here today, it was relatively last-minute? yes and it seems like it is happening in cities all across the country. i think it is moving, tragic, beautiful and i am just add it has to be because we have so much potential in this country. we have such peaceful people. we are country of immigrants. because i know that itiuiti. of immigrants. because i know that mum. the message is this is not american at all and we are standing here today fighting against injustice and oppression, we sent an urgent message to donald trump that this is not acceptable, it is unconstitutional and we will resist every step of the way.|j unconstitutional and we will resist every step of the way. i think that donald trump has been trying to cover up donal

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.ory i spoke to rajini vaidyanathan, who is following events in washington. yes, i mean, what these hearings are bringing up is how some of donald trump's picks for key cabinet positions are at odds with president—elect trump, just over a week before he becomes president. it's notjust the two we heard today, but also yesterday i was watching the senate confirmation hearing for rex tillerson, who is donald trump's pick to become secretary of state, a huge global role as america's diplomat. and in that hearing, as well, there were some opinions of dissent, and some language being different to being pro—russia, with rex tillerson saying that russia was a threat. when he was pushed on whether he thought that russia was behind the hacking of the democratic party during the election, he said yes, he felt that they did. and even though donald trump conceded that he thought as much earlier this week, his language towards russia has not been as damning as what we heard in the hearings. now, what

nick bryant reports from new york where several protests have taken place.s becoming a permanent feature of the trump presidency. and atjfk airport last night the demonstrations lasted deep into the early hours. "let them in", they chanted. new york has always been the great gateway into america. the protesters believe the executive order flies in the face of us values. it's an attack. it's an attack! 0n the very foundation of democracy. demonstrations took place across the country, these are scenes in boston as a us senator defied the us president. i cannot believe this is happening. i knew donald trump would be bad but, boy, not this bad and not this fast. at this courthouse in brooklyn came a late night legal challenge and civil liberties lawyers emerged claiming a victory. as the federaljudge temporarily blocked part of the executive order. if president trump enacts laws or executive orders that are unconstitutional, and illegal, the courts are there to defend everyone's rights. what started as a protest outside this courthouse in brooklyn has now become

nick bryant, bbc news, washington.rime minister theresa may has arrived in america at the start of a trip which she hopes will pave the way for a post—brexit trade deal with the united states. she'll be the first foreign leader to hold talks with donald trump at the white house on friday. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg is travelling with mrs may. 0pposites attract. theresa may's hope. but how close does she want to get to him? the prime minister made a quieter arrival, making her way down the windy steps in philadelphia. her convoy speeding towards her debut in trump land, here to make friends. no hate, no fear. a reminder right outside the 5—star hotel where they were both to speak, donald trump has many enemies as well. the prime minister's warm up act was the president himself. is he ready for her? i'm meeting with the prime minister tomorrow, as you know. great britain. i'm meeting with her tomorrow. i don't have my secretary, they want to talk trade, so i'll have to handle it myself. laughter which is ok. t

nick bryant, bbc news, new york.at one of the countries affected is iraq — one of the us‘s closest allies in the fight against is. orla guerin is our middle east correspondent. how does that relationship between the two countries square with the scope of this band? we've seen that president trump isn't afraid to trample on sensitive alliances. the ally in this case is a key partner in the battle against the so—called islamic state. president trump says that's one of his top priorities. predictably, we have already had calls from baghdad for the government there to respond. the imps when shall schar cleric has said that americans should now have to leave iraq. there are about 5000 us troops on the ground there, playing a very important role, largely assisting and advising the iraqis in this battle against bias. at this stage, we don't know what action the iraqi government might be willing to take, but it will face domestic pressure on this. for both countries, there's a lot at stake. for individual iraqis, they are al

nick bryant, bbc news, newjersey. here's the weather. it has been a fine and bright today.stal showers but for the most averse it has been clear and dry. sunshine by day. leading to cold night to come. temperatures will be plummeting quickly once the scum goes down. we will see misting is falling here and there and some ice and untreated surfaces. if you are heading back to work on tuesday bearing mind it will be cold and in the countryside we could see temperatures as low as “11 oi’ could see temperatures as low as “11 or minus five degrees across central and southern england. tomorrow, by eight o'clock, we will have cloud moving in across scotland with patchy rain moving in. quite windy too. further south it will be mostly dry and fairly cloudy, so milder start here. further south we still have clear skies so cold start with frost. mr too. there will be wintry sunshine across the south coast and south wales. it's a bit of a split. from the northwest increasing cloud, patchy rain around the coast and hills, quite windy for the north of scotland. but further south and east

nick bryant, bbc news, washington. prime minister, theresa may, has arrived in america at the start of a trip which she hopes will pave the way for a post—brexit trade deal with the united states. she'll be the first foreign leader to hold talks with donald trump at the white house on friday. on thursday evening, she addressed a republican conference in philadelphia in a speech where she sought to find common ground with mr trump. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, is travelling with mrs may. opposites attract. theresa may's hope. but how close does she want to get to him? the prime minister made a quieter arrival, making her way down the windy steps in philadelphia. her convoy, speeding towards her debut in trump land, here to make friends. no hate, no fear. trump isn't welcome here! a reminder right outside the 5—star hotel where they were both to speak, donald trump has many enemies as well. the prime minister's warm—up act was the president himself. is he ready for her? i'm meeting with the prime minister tomo

nick bryant, bbc news, new york.d in that report, the bbc‘s katty kay has been speaking to the us secretary of state, john kerry. she began by asking him about the hacking scandal. just this morning, donald trump said in an interview that he thinks the focus on the russian hacking of the us election is a witch—hunt. what you make of that? well, i'm not going to start getting into the sort of day—to—day back and forth. what i know is that we have an extraordinary professional intelligence community. the men and women who work every day to give us information are patriots and hard workers. and some of them sometimes, in many different ways, are doing things in places of great risk, in order that we can be informed and make decisions. i think dni clapper could not have spoken more clearly about it. he said that healthy scepticism is a good thing, and disparagement is not. he thought it fell on the side of disparagement. he has spoken for this administration and i will leave it at that. are you concerned by the appearanc

nick bryant, bbc news, pennsylvania. you have been watching newsday.ion. this is him and his wife attending a special concert. wherever we have had clear skies over the past few days, my word, the temperatures have really dropped away. there have been clear skies around here. you can see this picture during the course of thursday. we have had a green zone during the height of the british isles where it has been a murky affair with leaden skies. come further south, this is where we have had the best chance of sunshine. at its extreme, you could be looking at -3 its extreme, you could be looking at —3 in the north or —6 somewhere in the south. generally speaking, certainly below zero, widespread frost of the southern counties of both england and wales. stretching up both england and wales. stretching up to the midlands and the southern parts of norfolk. we still have the cloudy zone all the way from northern ireland, north of wales and northern england and into the southern parts of scotland. again, there will be one of two spots across northern scotland

nick bryant reports from washington.k before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that you'll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. but the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front—page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the president—elect which would make him susceptible to blackmail. do you solemnly swear to give the committee the truth... today, donald trump's choice as the new cia director was on capitol hill, claiming the new allegations are unsubstantiated, but agreeing the kremlin tried to interfere with the election. it's pretty clear about what took place here, about russian involvement in efforts to hack information, and to have an impact on american democracy. i'm very clear—eyed about what that intelligence report says, and have every expectation, as we continue to develop the facts, i will relay those not only to the president, but the team around him and to you all, so that we all can have a

nick bryant, bbc news, new york. for weeks much of northern china has been shrouded in toxic smog.s that beijing issued a warning against going out into the snow because of fears it's dangerously contaminated. our correspondentjohn sudworth has been to the dirtiest city of them all, sherjarjong, to find out. somewhere, underneath this murky gloom, is a city of ten million people. and, for the unfortunate residents of shijiazhuang, this is normal. —— shijiazhuang. for the past 30 days, the average air quality in this city has measured as "hazardous" on the official scale. you can smell, even taste, the coal dust in the air, the grim, tangible reality of this country's model of economic growth. and people have no choice but to live, eat and sleep in this toxic smog, 2a hours a day. "it's like living under a cloud", this noodle seller tells me. "the smog is harming my children's health." "of course i want to leave", this man says, "but i can't "afford to, and anyway, the whole country's polluted". it is not much of an exaggeration. 200 miles away, the pollution literally rolled into b

nick bryant, bbc news, new york.rity has been stepped up in the mexican city of veracruz, following violent protests and looting over a sharp increase in the price of petrol. protests have been seen in several cities after fuel prices went up by as much as 20% at the beginning of the month. hundreds of people have been arrested. in the us, four suspects accused of assaulting a teenager with special needs, while streaming the incident live on facebook, have appeared in court. at the hearing the judge rebuked the defendants, asking "where was your sense of decency?" the two men and two women have been denied bail. the european border agency says the number of migrants arriving in the eu via the two main sea routes last year plunged by almost two thirds compared with 2015. frontex attributed the fall to cooperation between the eu and turkey. for weeks, much of northern china has been shrouded in toxic smog. pollution has reached such high levels that beijing issued a warning against going out into the snow, because of f

our first report is from our correspondent in new york, nick bryant. chant: no ban, no wall — new york for all. new york has always been the great gateway into america and demonstrators gathered in a highly emblematic setting, under the gaze of the statue of liberty, that welcoming symbol for new arrivals. but today we've seen large gatherings across the country. the fractious mood reminiscent of the 1960s. protest is becoming a permanent feature of the trump presidency and atjfk airport last night, the demonstrations lasted deep into the early hours. "let them in", they chanted. it's an attack on the very foundation of democracy. demonstrations took place across the country. these are scenes in boston as a us senator defied the us president. i cannot believe this is happening. i knew that donald trump would be bad but, boy, not this bad, not this fast. at this courthouse in brooklyn came a late—night legal challenge and civil liberties lawyers emerge claiming victory as a federaljudge blocked parts of the executive order temporarily banning all refuge

nick bryant, bbc news, new york. the latest now from our correspondent, david willis, in washington. it was a busy 2a hours. bring us up—to—date with what we are hearing from the homeland security offers of donald trump today. john kelly making the point that this order does not apply to those who have green card, whose papers are in order, if you like. there has been a lot of confusion over the weekend. protests in major american airports. they rallied against this order along with democrat senators. we have seen a muted response from republicans. they were mostly supportive, although john mccain republicans. they were mostly supportive, althoughjohn mccain and lindsey graham of course came out earlier on with a statement that the measures put into place by donald trump could amount to a self—inflicted wound, as they put it, in the fight against terrorism. donald trump, as he does, coming back for a vastly on that, saying that they basically do need to concentrate on the fight against islamic state and that they are

nick bryant, bbc news, chicago.trump's press conference they are on the bbc website. the winterfreeze in europe is hitting migrants particularly hard. in greece, temperatures plummeted to freezing levels not seen since the 1960s, with rare snow falling in the capital athens on tuesday. the bbc‘s howard johnson has travelled to a refugee camp in a village just outside athens. it's so cold at night. the situation is very bad. it's not good, very cold. everybody has children. there is cold. now, there's not water, nothing inside. i have just arrived at the malakasa refugee camp. around a0 families are inside there. there is an impromptu demonstration here against the conditions in the camp this winter. we would have a look inside ourselves, but we were denied permission. apparently there is a blanket ban on media filming inside the camp at the moment. the containers, they didn't have a door, they didn't have windows. it's very frustrating to me. it's not like people didn't know winter was coming. it comes every year. y

nick bryant, bbc news, pennsylvania. avalanche in central italy. rescue teams are searching forup to 35 italy. rescue teams are searching for up to 35 people still trapped. the avalanche was triggered by a series of powerful earthquakes, about 150 mild from rome. at night, the quickest way through the wall of snow was on skis. these rescu e rs the wall of snow was on skis. these rescuers are amongst the most experienced in europe. even they struggled to move forward. step one step they shovelled their way up towards the hotel. finally, they made it. the hotel was silent. inside, rescuers found this man. they went further in, and came to where the avalanche hit. a six—foot—high wall of snow and rock broke through the building's walls. several miles away a father waited for news of his daughter up in the hotel. straight after yesterday's earthquakes they text each other. "stay calm," he wrote. "you can come down tomorrow." "calm?" "that's hard," she replied. "i think that the worst has already happened," he reassured her.

nick bryant, bbc news, newjersey.he's hoping to win one more medal. the crash in vietnam left her in a coma, but people all over the world raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to get her back home. lorna gordon went to meet her. 0ne, so keep the chest out for your spine, two. back in the gym and working her way back to good health. nice long strides, just focusing on the bannister. last summer, stephanie inglis was in a coma with a serious brain injury. go for eight, 0k? her training to become an elite athlete, she says, made a real difference to the speed of her recovery. the doctors told me if it wasn't for the fact i was so physically strong and fit before, my recovery probably would not have been so good. it is because of my background that's helped boost my recovery on so quickly. stephanie had been in vietnam teaching english when she was injured travelling on a motorbike taxi. she remembers teaching her class, but little else of that day and nothing from the weeks after. now it's about looking ahead. i don't

nick bryant, bbc news, newjersey. now with the bank holiday weather, here is darren bett.n england and wales. there is still some cloud around in north scotland and one or two showers for the north and northern ireland. this cloud will push its way further south overnight. ahead of it, the risk of icy patches especially in central and southern england where there will be a frost overnight. temperatures may lift in northern england and it should be milderfor tuesday in scotland and northern ireland. there will be some showers and west of scotland and northern ireland and some showers from northern england and wales. more cloud in england and wales than we have had today. a cold day after the frosty start. further north, temperatures in scotland and northern ireland should be higher than today.

from washington, nick bryant reports.ily come from a cold war spy thriller and plot twists involving sex allegations and potential russian blackmail that even the tv series house of cards might baulk at. but this is reality, not a show, and the first episode of trump, the presidency, airs injust one week's time. at trump tower today, he was commending his nominees, many of whom have been fiercely critical this week of russia. i could have said, do this, say that. i don't want that. i want them all to be themselves. before dawn came a gale force twitter storm. it turns out the phoney allegations against me were put out by my political allegations, totally made up political allegations, totally made u p fa cts political allegations, totally made up facts by sleazebag political operatives, both democrats and republicans. russia says nothing exists. footage has come to light of christopher steele, the former mi6 officer who produced the dossier, at an event at cambridge university. he is now in hiding, apparently fearing for

nick bryant, bbc news, washington. our top story this evening... england declared a major alert in the first week of this year. and still to come... can the most expensive player in the world work his magic again against liverpool on sunday? coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, johanna konta has won her second tour title. now for the first major of the year that starts next week. lord snowdon, the former husband of princess margaret and celebrity photographer, has died. he was 86 years old. the first commoner to marry a king's daughterfor 450 years, the then anthony armstrong—jones married princess margaret in 1960. theirs was the first royal marriage to be televised. but they separated after 16 years and eventually divorced. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, looks back at his life. he was the society photographer who took pictures of the royal family and who married one of its leading members. it was in 1960, the start of a decade of considerable social change, that the then anthony armstrong—jones married the queen

nick bryant, bbc news, chicago.me high for the tenth day in a row. and the head of the bank of england, mark carney, says brexit no longer poses the single biggest risk to financial stability. the bbc iplayer will be reinvented in a bid to be the top online tv service in the uk by 2020, that's the pledge by the bbc‘s director general. tony hall says he wants the bbc to "reinvent public broadcasting for a new generation". the plans will see the bbc competing with services such as netflix and amazon prime — as our media editor amol rajan reports. it was the bbc drama sherlock that was the ratings winner over christmas and new year. but millions of us are now watching these shows online. for the bbc, that means using its iplayer service. in a speech to bbc staff in birmingham today, the director—general tony hall said he wanted to double the iplayer‘s reach. it's been the number one video on demand service in the uk, reaching more people than any other. now we need to make it, we need to make the leap from a catch—up s