worcester cathedral band arctic could bejust that. —— worcester cathedral band arctic could be just thater cathedral band arctic could bejust that. —— found out that it could be just that. now, time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. england's new test captainjoe root says he's privileged to be given the role. can manchester city re—establish their place in the top four with a win at bournemouth? and given a boot by the rfu, former sale winger tom arscott is found guilty of passing on confidential team information. joe root has described it as a "a huge honour" to be given the england cricket test captaincy. the batsman, who succeeds alastair cook, says he feels "privileged, humbled and very excited." can he continued to produce the runs now he has the added responsibility as captain? a tremendous performance. root has played magnificently. magnificent hundred from root. in really tough circumstances. he is the dynamo of the england team. joe root has got used to being english cricket's great hope. now he faces something newer. great responsibility. the way i

and the freak accident that meant a bellringer had to be rescued 80 feet up at worcester cathedral.ing up, england's new test captain says he is privileged and humbled to be replacing alastair cook. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a bbc investigation has exposed widespread drug abuse and security failings at one of britain's biggest prisons. an undercover reporter from the bbc‘s panorama team spent two months working as a prison officer at a privately—run prison in northumberland. he found inmates threatening staff and even a hole in a prison security fence. the ministry ofjustice says it's looking into the allegations. here's our special correspondent ed thomas. undercover in one of our biggestjails. bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. and the staff pushed to their limits. hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the french company sodexo and home to more than 1,300 inmates. and for two months, bbc panorama's joe fenton. on his first day, 2.5 kilograms of spice, an illegal high with a prison value of £250,000, was found in two cells. despite

tell me ringing at worcester cathedral. tell m e exa ctly ringing at worcester cathedral. ready to ring. is this rope was coming down, he was just down here and the rope slipped up in his ankle and he went flying up in the air. it flipped him 180 degrees, so he came down headfirst, caught his head here. then he caught his back and he landed across. a quite nasty accident. a lot of blood coming out of his head. straightaway we got the first aid kit. we were concerned about his back. we got him co mforta ble, about his back. we got him comfortable, some of us are first aid trained. we phoned up the ambulance service, they were here in ten minutes. the paramedics assessed him and then the rescue services came. the emergency services operated highly well? brilliant. the paramedics assessed in, then the fire brigade came to assess the situation. they'd been here to do a lot of practices. the tower is open to the public so we know how to get them down if we need to. then they brought a specialist rescue unit. they reaped some rights to the top of the tower, we opened up the trap

a bell—ringer at worcester cathedral had to be rescued by the emergency services on saturday evening—year—old, who was one of 20 bell—ringers in the bell tower, fractured a bone in his back. sima kotecha is at the cathedral. so, what exactly happened, then? well, 51—year—old ian bowman was visiting this cathedral, worcester cathedral, with several other bell—ringers, when he was involved in an accident. he was in the ringing room, just above me here, where you can see those four lights. he was running some bells when a piece of rope got tangled round his foot. he was pulled several feet up into the air, and then he fell down several feet, banging his into the air, and then he fell down severalfeet, banging his head. i'm joined by grant wills from the hereford and worcester fire investors service. thank you very much forjoining us. how conflict was this operation? we're talking about winching him down 80ft? these kind of operations are compact and challenging. it was a team effort. we worked with our colleagues from the bill and service to the best rescue we possibly could for this in

well, sadly one man at worcester cathedral knows first hand. good evening and welcome to bbc news. bbc investigation has exposed widespread drug abuse and security failings at one of britain's biggest prisons. an undercover reporter from the bbc‘s panorama team spent two months working as a prison officer at a privately—run prison in northumberland. he found inmates threatening staff and even a hole in a prison security fence. the ministry ofjustice says it's looking into the allegations. here's our special correspondent ed thomas. undercover in one of our biggestjails. bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. and the staff pushed to their limits. hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the french company sodexo and home to more than 1,300 inmates. and for two months, bbc panorama's joe fenton. on his first day, 2.5 kilograms of spice, an illegal high with a prison value of £250,000, was found in two cells. despite this, panorama was told there was no lockdown, so the block could be completely searched. the bbc secretly filmed inmates high on drugs. this man had

got caught in a row that he was flipped upside down. 51—year—old ian bowman was was visiting worcester cathedralp on saturday was ruined by an accident. mr bowman was ringing the bell here along with somebody else who was standing on this box. he was on tip toes to give himself more leverage, but this rope got tangled around his foot and he was pulled up into the air several feet, and was then dropped back down the same distance, hitting his head on the edge of this box here. these are dangerous, they are the biggest musical instruments in the world. we are very careful how we teach, so we teach people road safety, a bit like driving a car. once you can do it you are safe but even driving a car sometimes accidents happen. he was ringing the heaviest bell in the tower. it weighs two and a half tons. firemen had to winch him down 80 feet in what's called a vac—mattress, which moulds itself to his body, keeping him still. on arrival, we recognised that, due to the nature of his injuries and the fact we wouldn't want to move him any more than we had to, the best method of rescue was to lower him dow

a man has been rescued from the tower of worcester cathedral. used specialist equipment to winch him down 80ft down to safety after he fell during evensong. he was taken to hospital for treatment. more than 200 pilot whales stranded on a remote beach in new zealand have now been helped back out to sea with the help of a high tide. they were part of a second pod of whales which had beached themselves at farewell spit on the country's south island. conservation officials say there's a chance the surviving whales may still turn back to the beach. just to warn you, you might find some of the scenes in this report by virginia langerberg distressing. weary volunteers form a human chain to help guide the remaining few whales out to sea with the help of a high tide. justjoy, just complete happiness that they're in the water floating. and they look like they are going out, so we're obviously making sure that they don't come back in. this time, rescuers are buoyed by the success of saving most of this pod. it's been a pretty full—on couple of days, to be

ian bowman was one of 20 bell—ringers who visited worcester cathedral to ring the bells.door which leads to the clock room. if you imagine another eight feet above that, you have another room which is called the ringing room which is called the ringing room and that's where ian was and it was in the middle of the service on saturday when ian released the rope to what's known as the tenor bell. that's a large bell. within of the largest in the country we believe and as it shot upwards it coiled around his ankle, hoisting him into the air before dropping him several feet on to his back and he hit his head as well. so the emergency services were called. hereford and worcester emergency services arrive and they are faced with the challenge with how to get ian from this vantage point safely to the church floor without moving him. they strapped him it a spinal board and they winched him down through the ringing room trap door and through the clock room trap door and down through this space to the church floor, safely. he was taken to hospital as a matter of urgency and was chec

a bell—ringer at worcester cathedral had to be rescued by the emergency services on saturday eveningn his back. 0ur correspondentjon ironmonger has the latest from worcester. well, this was a very unfortunate mishap, but a rather miraculous rescue operation. ian bowman, who is 51, was one of 20 bell—ringers who visited worcester cathedral to ring the bells. if you look behind me, above the altar here, 80—foot in the air you can see four lights and those lights are on the under—side of a trap door which leads to the clock room. if you imagine another eight feet above that, you have another room which is called the ringing room and that's where ian was and it was in the middle of the service on saturday when ian released the rope to what's known as the tenor bell. that's a large bell. one of the largest in the country, we believe. as it shot upwards it coiled around his ankle, hoisting him into the air before dropping him several feet on to his back and he hit his head as well. so the emergency services were called. hereford and worcester emergency services arrive and they are faced wi

at worcester cathedral, no. there are very rare bell—ringing accidents.reason we prepared so much is that the tower is open to the public, so god forbid someone had a stroke or a heart attack we would know how to get them down quickly and safety. and it was ian 0k get them down quickly and safety. and it was ian ok now? we've heard from his friends in devon. he went to the worcester royal hospital straight after the accident. he was discharged later in the evening and driven home by his wife. we had a message from him the next morning. he isa message from him the next morning. he is a bit sore and a bit stiff but we expect him to be back bell—ringing in widdecombe very soon. but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: a bbc investigation reveals widespread drug use and a hole in an internal security fence, after going undercover inside one of the country's biggestjails. for the first time pensioners are an average of twenty pounds a week better off than people of working age — according to a new report. tesco promises immediate action after a bbc invest