Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20171210

In the manchester derby. As guardiolas men set a new premier league record, to go 11 points clear at the top of the table. At at 11 30, well bring you the paper review with the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Heavy snow fell across much of the uk today, causing disruption on the roads, to air travel, and on the railways. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed at a number of airports, including at heathrow, birmingham, and in belfast. There were problems for rail passengers, while the police warned motorists to travel only if absolutely necessary. The met office says its the heaviest snowfall to hit parts of the uk in four years. Tomorrow hundreds of schools in the midlands, gloucestershire and shropshire will be closed. The forecast is of freezing conditions. 0ur correspondent Richard Lister reports from beaconsfield, in buckinghamshire. Much of britain looked like a Christmas Card today. Scotland and Northern England had been expecting snow, but this was buckinghamshire, and on the ground, it wasnt pretty. Breakdowns and blizzards on the m25 near Gerrards Cross made for slow going, in slippery conditions. 0n the asa near newbury, two stuck lorries meant the southbound carriageway had to be closed. But in wales, some smaller communities were cut off entirely and thousands of people lost power. This was llangollen today. This is by far the worst ive ever seen. Its probably the worst snow ive ever seen, to be honest. Its certainly about a foot deep. In the midlands, theyd hoped gritters would be enough to keep the roads safe, but in redditch, they needed snowploughs. Its been a long day for Breakdown Services like the rac, which has been getting five calls a minute. I had problems starting it. I tried starting it last night and this morning. Mark says everything hes dealt with today has been weather related. 0nly travel if you really have to. If you are going to travel, make sure you have good things on you like a fully charged phone and warm clothing in case you do get stuck, because you may get stuck in traffic for hours and hours. This is just one of an estimated 25,000 breakdowns across the uk today. Thats15 more than usual, everything from flat batteries to people stuck in their drives because of snow. And its notjust motorists whove been having problems. Hundreds of flights were cancelled. Heathrow, luton and stansted were among the airports affected. And there were unhappy passengers at east midlands airport too. A bit frustrated. A lot of wasted time this morning. They could have told us when we checked in that the flight was cancelled. Weve been waiting around for about six, seven hours. A p 0 ferry with 300 passengers on board ran aground in calais due to high winds. No one was hurt and it was refloated, but this was a day to stay at home. And maybe do some of this skiing in shropshire. Snowmen, sledging and snowballs in nottingham. But what looks like fun on sunday afternoon could look very different on monday morning at rush hour. Gritters will be out in force through the night, preparing for another difficult day to come. A little earlier i spoke to nigel simon who landed at Heathrow Airport earlier this afternoon on a flight from vienna. When we spoke at 8pm he was still waiting for his bags. I meant to have arrived on thursday. We eventually arrived and waited on the tarmac for 1. 5 hours and we still havent got our bags. We are already 7. 5 hours late and no bags at all. Must be very frustrating. What have you been told . Nothing. They advised the bags were going to arrive on the carousel about 50 minutes ago, no bags have arrived. They parked is at a remote stand with our plane and we had to wait to be able to depart claim and weight of the steps, we waited about one hourfor of the steps, we waited about one hour for our of the steps, we waited about one hourfor our bags. Its more about making money than it is actually dealing with planes and customers. Point was made by another passenger who was experiencing the same thing but there was a knock on effect, flights delayed, people on the tarmac, having trouble getting bags. This was a knock on effect. Tarmac, having trouble getting bags. This was a knockon effect. Its quite amazing. We are a first world country and we have a little snow. But there is no snow here at heathrow there is no snow at heathrow there is no snow at heathrow at all. It may be poor organisation. But its just not good enough for what is a first world country to provide a third world country to provide a third world country service. What are you going to do . We have to wait for the bag. We are very delayed. We were meant to be in southampton but we are just waiting and waiting and waking waiting. Maybe after ten hours or overnight we will get the bags, who knows . The foreign secretary borisjohnson, has held talks with the iranian president , in a bid to secure the freedom of citizens with dual nationality, currently being held in iranianjails. They include Nazanin Zaghari ratcliff, whos accused of spying. Mrjohnson described his visit to tehran as worthwhile. Today mrs zaghari ratcliffs husband said he hoped his wife would be home for christmas. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports. Borisjohnson spent nearly an hour with irans president , hassan rouhani, that access itself seen as a good sign as improving relations. The Foreign Office says both sides spoke forthrightly about obstacles in the relationship and the need to make progress. Once again, Boris Johnson raised the case of dual nationals in iranian prisons, including Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. We now know the foreign secretary last night met some of nazanins family in tehran. In london, her husband richard is much happier today, showing me pictures of his iranian family and delighted by the fact that nazanin didnt have to face a possible Court Appearance today. He told me about the family meeting with borisjohnson. The foreign secretary also met with nazanins father and had a long chat, 45 minutes, with him, talked about it and he said i have raised her case with everyone i have met. This is important. I will keep worrying and battling for her. Dont worry, were caring for her and well do what we can. They came away pretty hopeful. So if there has been progress in these uk iran talks, where might it have been made . The foreign secretary has been careful to say nothing publicly while in iran. But a Foreign Office statement says the two sides discussed the full range of issues, including banking matters and our concerns about the consular cases of dual nationals. Those banking matters include two major iranian grievances one, that no uk bank will open an account for Irans Embassy in london, fearful that it could put them in trouble with us authorities. There are signs that that could be sorted soon. Second, the iranians want britain to repay a long standing debt of around £400 million. A way to do that without breaching sanctions also looks closer. Both sides say these issues are not linked to prisoner releases, but giving one side something it wants often helps the other to give in return. 0ne gift to britain would be the reunion of nazanin with her three year old daughter, gabriella, seen here just before her arrest in april last year. The family is feeling much more positive. The Foreign Office delegation left iran sensing that both sides wanted to resolve the difficult issues in the relationship. James robbins, bbc news. Two teenagers who died after a suspected drug related incident in a nightclub in plymouth, been named. Aaron reilly, from newton abbot, on the left here, and joshua brock, from 0kehampton, both died after collapsing in the pryzm nightclub in plymouth in the early hours of yesterday morning. An 18 year old arrested in connection with the deaths, has been released under investigation. The chairman of Kings College Hospital Nhs Foundation trust in london, has resigned. Lord kerslake accused the government and regulator of being unrealistic about the challenges faced by the nhs. Its understood the hospital is close to being put into a financial special measures regime, in which nhs improvement staff, would work alongside hospital management. The disgraced publicist max clifford has died. He was 7a. Hed suffered a heart attack in prison, where he was serving an 8 year sentence for 8 indecent assaults against teenage girls. Danny shaw reports. He was the pr supremo who could make or break a reputation. But when Max Cliffords past caught up with him, his own career lay in ruins. The last three years of his life were spent in prison in Failing Health and this morning, after suffering a heart attack, he died in hospital. The allegations in respect of which i have been charged are completely false. Max clifford always denied the claims of indecent assault that eventually led to his downfall. But his trial heard evidence about his manipulative behaviour, how he promised to boost the careers of aspiring models and actresses in return for sexual favours. He was found guilty of eight charges against four women and girls. The youngest victim was 15. For 30 years, the publicist provided sensational stories for the tabloids. He represented faria alam, who worked at the Football Association and had an affair with the england manager, sven goran eriksson. It was clifford who helped expose a relationship between a former conservative mp david mellor and antonia de sancha, though parts of it werent true. This story from clifford was also a fiction, but it made for a great headline in the sun. Max cliffords death leaves many unresolved legal issues. He was being sued by his victims and appealing against his convictions, protesting his innocence to the end. Danny shaw, bbc news. The brexit secretary david davis says britain wont pay a divorce bill for leaving the european union, if theres no final trade deal with the eu. But in a statement to mps tomorrow, the pm will say a new sense of optimism has been injected into the talks. Meanwhile the labour party has suggested, it may be willing to pay for access to the european single market, in order to retain its benefits. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Was the strain beginning to show . This was the Prime Minister on her Early Morning dash to brussels on friday. There was relief all round that talks could move on to trade, but serious challenges lie ahead. The eu has called for more clarity about what kind of future relationship britain wants. Today, the brexit secretary tried to give it. Canada plus, plus, plus would be one way of putting it. So what on earth does that mean . Well, canada has negotiated a wide ranging trade deal which gets rid of most tariffs on goods exported to the eu, but it doesnt cover everything. A canada plus deal would also include financial services, a vital part of the uk economy, and could well cover Employment Rights too. If you look at any free trade deal, what you see is agreement on where product standards normally comply. Thats what it comes down to. Sometimes, you see other things. In the free trade deal between europe and canada, they say on labour standards, they will not go below the ilo, the International Labour 0rganisation minimum. But he made clear that paying a divorce bill to the eu would be dependent on getting a good deal. I dont expect to see an awful lot of seasonal goodwill when ministers finally discuss what kind of deal they want to do with the eu just before christmas. Already, for example, the brexit secretary and the chancellor seem to disagree over whether we should pay a divorce bill under all circumstances. But one thing has become clearer today what labour would do ifjeremy corbyn moved in here to number ten. The shadow brexit secretary signalled an unwillingness to move too far away from eu rules and regulations. Do we see europe as our Major Trading partner in the future . Or do we want to rip ourselves apart from that . And he suggested that like norway, labour wanted to stay close to the eu and may be prepared to pay for access to its single market. Norway pays money in. They do it on a voluntary basis, but there may be. Would you accept it . There may have to be payments, that would have to be negotiated. And the shadow foreign secretary would consider staying close to the Eus Customs Union too, which might restrict the ability to do trade deals. Most of our trade is with the european union. Were just stating a fact, and so we should not be kiboshing that. The Political Parties have contained some of the disagreements in europe by being a bit ambiguous about the future. But with trade talks about to start, difficult decisions can no longer be deferred. Ian watson, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news its been a day of travel chaos as heavy snow falls cause disruption across much of the uk. Hundreds of flights are cancelled or delayed for several hours, including at heathrow and birmingham. The foreign secretary says his visit to iran has been worthwhile as he tries to get the release of jailed british iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heresjohn watson. Manchester city beat rivals united 2 1 in todays manchester derby, a result that moves them 11 points clear at the top of the table. Pep guardiolas side setting a new record of 1a consecutive matches won in a top flight season. Tim hague reports. Listen to the roar. And why not . Second at home to first, mourinho at home to guardiola, manchester versus manchester. Everything in place, but could the spectacle live up to the actual . Well, city may have had an early penalty, but it was away from the penalty area where most of the action was taking place. There was even time for a catch up. Yet, this game ignited after all. Citys domination of possession rewarded just before half time. Not the man you would expect to pop up in a set piece, but david silva was the scorer. Keeping it tight, surely his plan from there. But what happened next will have left pep furious. Marcus rashford had no such problems. But one of the men who let united back into the match put them behind again. Nicolas 0tamendis eventful afternoon continued, then david de gea was great once again. His opposite number was equally impressive. Uniteds best chances of the game saved in quick succession by edelson. It helped his side record a 14th Straight Premier League win to extend their win to 11 points. If this was manchester versus manchester, theres only one team in this city tonight. In a day of derby matches, liverpool managerjurgen klopp was left to rue a contentious refereeing decision which allowed wayne rooney to score a late penalty as everton drew 1 1 at anfield. Mohamed salah had put the home side ahead just before half time in a match that liverpool dominated. Dejan lovrens push on Dominic Calvert lewin judged to be a penalty by referee craig pawson, wayne rooney levelling to score in a Merseyside Derby for the first time in his career. Arsenal are back up to fifth in the premier league this evening, 0livier giroud salvaging a point from their match with southampton. Charlie austin with the first before giroud came to their rescue. Arsenal now closer to the relegation places than the league leaders, such has been citys dominance this season. Ronnie 0sullivan is snookers uk champion for a record equalling sixth time. He was level at 5 5 in a tense final against shaun murphy in york but won five frames in a row in the evening session to seal his 18th major championship overall. He goes level with steve davis on six uk titles. And if youre looking for comparisons, hes nowjust one trophy behind roger federer, who holds 19 major tennis titles. In rugby unions european champions cup, wasps were well beaten in a high scoring game away at la rochelle. The french side top their group and scored six tries in this match, including two from levani botia, as they won 49 points to 29. Wasps, though, did manage to score five tries of their own to take an extra bonus point. The other game in that group was affected by the weather but still went ahead, with ulster beating harlequins 17 5 points at the stoop. Premiership champions exeter chiefs have suffered an 18 8 defeat at the hands of leinster. It means leinster open up a 6 point lead at the top of pool 3. The two sides face each other again next weekend. Saracens match against Clermont Auvergne was postponed. Great britain have topped the medal table at the european Cross Country championships in slovakia. Andrew butchart won bronze and led the gb senior men to a bronze medal in the team standings. Britains senior women struck gold in the team event. Charlotte taylor was the first athlete home in sixth place. Thats all the sport for now. The qatari government is buying 2a typhoon jets from bae systems britains defence secretary Gavin Williamson signed the deal, systems. Britains defence secretary Gavin Williamson signed the deal, worth in the region of £5 billion pounds, in doha. Around 5,000 bae employees are involved in building the typhoon, mainly at warton in lancashire. Earlier, i spoke to our Business Correspondent joe lynam, who told me the deal would help secure some jobs in the uk for the next few years. The entire value of the deal is £6 billion because £5 billion will go to bae systems for these eurofighter jet but £1 billion will go for other projects including radar systems, all to be made to british companies, is that is why Gavin Williamson the new defence secretary science that deals. As the bae systems, it secures work making those Eurofighter Typhoon jet into the 20 20s. Eurofighter typhoon jet into the 20 205. It Eurofighter Typhoon jet into the 20 20s. It will not, though, prevent thejob 20s. It will not, though, prevent the job cuts 20s. It will not, though, prevent thejob cuts which 20s. It will not, though, prevent the job cuts which were announced in 0ctober the job cuts which were announced in october by the company. They will go ahead anyway. But it does extend the Manufacturing Programme for the typhoon jet Manufacturing Programme for the typhoonjet made by Manufacturing Programme for the typhoon jet made by bae systems so it is good news for them. All necessary corporate way necessarily savejobs. Necessary corporate way necessarily save jobs. Qatar is necessary corporate way necessarily savejobs. Qatar is in the midst of a massive economic blockade by its nearest neighbour is led by saudi arabia, the golf council states, they have accused qatar of terrorism 01 they have accused qatar of terrorism or supporting terrorism, a claim it flatly denies of course, but it means a flight cannot get into qatar from those other countries and they are not selling goods to qatar as well so i am guessing qatar, by signing such a huge deal, £6 billion with the uk government, to create and support british jobs, but it will at least curry favour with the london and the Foreign Office when it comes to this sort of battle versus the saudis in this issue. We dont know what the Foreign Office thinks of that aspect of it but they will certainly welcomed the jobs bit of it for the uk. Demonstrators have clashed with police near the us embassy in the lebanese capital, beirut. Tear gas was fired and Water Cannons were used to repel people trying force open the gates sealing the road to the embassy. Theyre the latest protests against president trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. The white house described the palestinian president s refusal to meet Vice President mike pence over the issue as unfortunate. Its six months since the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 71 people died. And today, the equalities watchdog announced its to launch its own review into the causes behind the fire after criticisms that the currentjudge led inquiry isnt broad enough. 0ur correspondent Elaine Dunkley has been spending time with the local community to find out about the issues affecting them. Grenfell tower is rarely out of sight or out of mind for the people of this community. Its been six months since one of britains deadliest fires took the lives of 71 people and left hundreds without homes. Families are in such a bad place. Karim mussilhy lost his uncle, hesham rahman, who lived on the 23rd floor. Uncle hesham was kind and generous. In my eyes and in my familys eyes, he was a hero. This should never have happened. These people never should have lost their lives that night in the way they did, so we are extremely determined. We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure that this never happens again, our loved ones are never forgotten, and, you know, the right changes are made. There have been funerals, inquests, and now a public inquiry. People here are demanding that they are on the panel. The time for reflection has been short. You know, the people that were out here helping have witnessed a lot. This group met for the first time on the night of the fire as they helped organise donations. Theyve remained friends a bond formed in the most tragic of circumstances. How has this changed the people that you know, the people that you used to see every day, coming and going . People are different. You can see it, you can feel it. The children at first the children who visited where i work were asking questions. Why was there a fire . What happened to those people . And youre finding yourself explaining to 2 and 3 year olds why people have perished in a fire. For a long time, me personally, i was in denial. That didnt happen in my mind. Until, like you said, youve had a moment to stop and then you realise it actually did. Theres no words to describe it. Honestly, theres actually no words to describe it. There are people to talk to and i have recently been going to counselling. But thatsjust only happened five months on. This is the harrow club. For many children in the area, this place is at the centre of their lives. Since the fire, it has become even more important. Its different when its in your area and it actually affects you. Many of the children here lost friends and their homes. Weve been staying in a hotel for six months. Before, i used to have a space where i could do my homework and everything could be nice and quiet and i could have my own time. But now in the hotel, because ive got a lot of siblings and they are all young, they run around and you dont have your own personal space. 118 families are still in emergency accommodation. The royal borough of kensington and Chelsea Council says the process has been slow, but they are beginning to make progress. Alison moses has been rehoused. Here is where i have all my grandchildren and my baby stuff. And has also been reunited with a memory box found amongst the ashes of her flat in Grenfell Tower. She says families desperately need stability in order to rebuild their lives. They cannot grieve normally. That grieving probably wont even take place now until they have a home and they are somewhat settled. Then grieving can start. This is so sad. Theres a lot of work to be done. Christmas is just around the corner. People should not still be in hotels at this stage. People here fear that the world will move on and forget what happened. But this community is defiant and say they will continue to show strength in the shadow of this tragedy. Elaine dunkley, bbc news. Time for the latest weather now, with sarah keith lucas. It has been a very snowy day out there and the snow has caused significant disruption to. We have had more than one foot of snow in some places and it has transformed us some places and it has transformed us into a winter wonderland. This is seenin us into a winter wonderland. This is seen in shops. Sennybridge in wales was the snowiest place, 33 centimetres, but widely across parts of wales and through the central swathes of england we have had both centimetres accumulating through the course of the date and tonight we still have a few sleet and snow showers across southern wales and southern parts of england but i think ice is going to be the main hazard is that temperatures plummeting overnight. Sub zero even in the middle of our towns and cities but in the more rural spots, because overnight falling to minus double digits and 10 perhaps, 12 degrees or so. Tomorrow, will keep an eye on this area of low pressure causing significant disruption across continental parts of europe and on the Northern Edge of the low pressure we are seeing some rain with some sleet and snow mixed in wishing into south eastern parts of england where the winds has picked up england where the winds has picked up so dusty winds through the English Channel for instant on the south east of england and the rain, sleet and snow mixed, with places looking dry on monday but more snow showers across the north of scotland and some sleet and snow across Northern Ireland and in parts of wales and the south west of england. Those temperatures will struggle to get very much above freezing for many of us. Monday evening the rain clears from the south east of england, a bitterly cold might once again, clear skies, snow england, a bitterly cold might once again, clearskies, snow around england, a bitterly cold might once again, clear skies, snow around but we are likely to see some freezing fog patches developing through Tuesday Morning as well is the risk of icy stretches once again. Look at those temperatures, 12 degrees also across rural parts, particularly where we have got lying snow to a bitterly cold start to tuesday, once again freezing fog only slowly starting to lift unclear but lots of wintry sunshine coming through in the afternoon but it will still feel cold for central and eastern areas, one or two degrees above freezing, in turn mild from the west because we have weather front moving in from the atlantic so through into the middle of the week a different feel to the weather, things much more mild into wednesday with some wet and windy weather working eastwards across all of the country. 0nce and windy weather working eastwards across all of the country. Once its clears, we a re across all of the country. Once its clears, we are left with sunny spells and scattered heavy showers, perhaps thunderstorms, but we will likely see those temperatures at least in the south back into double figures by the time we get to wednesday. Whats going on in the weather but do watch out for significant ice tomorrow morning