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Its tuesday 19th december. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. Hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. But what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. According to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ships propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. The problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. A royal Navy Spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000 tonne warship from sailing again early in the new year. Its not clear how easy or how much the repair will cost, but its believed to be one of a number of snags that will have to be rectified by the contractors. The first f35 international delivery. Meanwhile, mps have issued a warning about the cost of the new aircraft that will eventually fly off her. The Commons Defence Select Committee says there has been an unacceptable lack of transparency over the f35 jets, with one estimate that each plane will cost more than £150 million. The mod insists the multi billion pound programme is on track, on time and within budget. Jonathan beale, bbc news. Box league. Currently, shes in portsmouth, having repairs needed. This is the whole aim of the system, to make sure that we look at the problems as they care and they are dealt with. This is going to cost the british taxpayer any money. She will be out early on in the new year continuing to seek trials going forward. That was the defence secretary. Tim beale is a defence and military analyst. How embarrassing is this for the mod . It looks bad and sounds bad but the actual problem is not as bad as they are trying to make out. Its pretty normal for they are trying to make out. Its pretty normalfor ships they are trying to make out. Its pretty normal for ships to leak. They have bilges, pumps, its all built into the design of a ship that they take on an amount of waterjust by their own nature of the way they work. The real worry for the royal navy is if this escalates and becomes a problem in terms of requiring significant repairs and having to take the ship out of the water, which is a very, very expensive and time consuming thing, and also theres a big problem of the availability of dry docks in the uk. This ship cant go into a dry dockin uk. This ship cant go into a dry dock in the uk until next summer when the hms prince of wales, which is occupying the only dry dock the uk has which can take the carrier, so uk has which can take the carrier, so you uk has which can take the carrier, so you can see how uk has which can take the carrier, so you can see how precarious and dangerous this could be if it escalates. She is a brandnew ship and this problem emerged during the sea trials. In a sense, thats what they are for, isnt it, to reveal problems like this . Indeed. Its in the name, isnt it . I stress that the name, isnt it . I stress that the problem is this ship is on a very, very tight schedule, due to go to the usa at the end of the summer, august, to carry out the trials of the 35 fighter jet, for the august, to carry out the trials of the 35 fighterjet, for the first time it will land on the carrier and this is part of a tight schedule laid on by the americans and if we have to delay them, the costs and the problems will be enormous and the problems will be enormous and the political problems we will have with the americans every muck around for these seek trials, the question of whether will schedule the megane ina timer of whether will schedule the megane in a timer which suits us is very problematic schedule them again. It works against the royal navy if this problem is more than just a glitch. 0k, thank you very much for being with us. An investigation into the cause of a train crash in the us state of washington is focusing on the speed of the train before it plunged off a bridge onto a motorway below. Three people were killed and about 70 were injured after the train travelling from seattle to portland derailed on a bend in the line. The National Transportation safety board said it was too early to say what caused the accident, but suggested there was evidence the train had been travelling too fast. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. Amtrak 501, emergency, emergency. We are on the ground. The conductor calling for help from amtrak 501 has just survived a deadly high speed crash. Is everybody 0k . Im still figuring that out. Weve got cars everywhere, and down onto the highway. Passengers say the train rocked and creaked as it took a curve at speed, and turmoil followed. Ijust grabbed onto the chair in front of me for dear life. My laptop went flying, phone went flying. It was all the way at the other end. People were screaming, it was crazy. The new express was taking a faster route from seattle to portland for the first time. The investigator in charge has obtained a download of the event data recorder on the real locomotive. Preliminary indications are that the train was travelling at 80 mph in a 30 mph track. Some experts say the Rail Industry should have embraced technology to prevent such accidents years ago. Its really ridiculous, the amount of Automation Capability that we have and the fact they have not implemented it yet. For somebody like me whos an engineer, its just pathetic. This is the latest in a series of deadly rail accidents in the us. President trump says it vindicates his call to improve the nations infrastructure, but its too early to say whether that would have made a difference. James cook, bbc news, los angeles. Four men from South Yorkshire and derbyshire have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. Three of the men, aged 22,36 and 41, were arrested at their homes in sheffield. A fourth man, 31, was arrested at an address in chesterfield. All have been taken to a Police Station in West Yorkshire questioning. President Trumps National security adviser has told the bbc that the us is ready to force north korea to give up its Nuclear Weapons with or without their co operation. General hr mcmaster told the bbcs yalda hakim that the regime of kim jong un remains a grave threat. Are you committed to peaceful resolution to this . Of course, thats what we want but were not committed to eight peaceful conclusion, that a resolution. We wa nted conclusion, that a resolution. We wanted to be peaceful but as the president said, all options are on the table and we have to be prepared if necessary to compel the denuclearisation of north korea without the cooperation of that regime. Leading republicans, such as Lindsey Graham of said there is a 30 chance of war. If they continue with the threats it could go up to 70 . Is war imminent . The chances of what could go up and down based on what could go up and down based on what we all decide to do. North korea is a great threat to all civilised people across the globe. Lets talk about russia. All of the Us Intelligence community has said that russia interfered in the 2016 elections. Putting the politics to one side, would you say that this is a National Security risk and threat . Certainly it is. With this strategy, we say explicitly in the document that there strategy views the world as it is, it does not create an aspirational model, so thats what we have two view russian behaviour as, look at what they are actually doing. 0f as, look at what they are actually doing. Of course we have to count of course we have to counter their destabilising behaviour and the Sophisticated Campaigns of propaganda and disinformation, effo rts propaganda and disinformation, efforts to polarise communities and pit them against each other especially in the democratic world ina especially in the democratic world in a free and open society. They use it against countries to weaken their popular will and resolve. Do you believe that russia meddled in the 2016 elections . I believe russia has engaged in a very Sophisticated Campaign of subversion to affect our confidence in democratic institutions,. They meddled . Including your elections . They used propaganda and disinformation. 0n both sides to support very left groups, to support the very right groups, to support the very right groups, and so what they want to do was create the kind of tension, vitriol that undermines our confidence in who we are. Is this something the president is saying as well . Yes, of course. Hes acknowledging this meddling took place . Yes, publicly. Will you ensure this kind of interference does not happen in the future . Certainly, to the degree we have Agency Control over it but one of the most important things to do was to pull the curtain back on this activity and expose it. Would your life be easier if the president stopped treating . Aristotle said focus on what you can control a difference. The president will do what he wants to do. And it his way of reaching the american people. Its a communication which is very successful for its a communication which is very successfulfor him. He had quite a number of followers around the world. Myjob is not to worry about twitter. There are fears toys r us could collapse after it was told to put £9 million into its pension fund. It has to come up with the money by thursday in order for the Pension Protection Fund to agree to the retailers restructuring plan. Earlier this month, toys r us said it would close at least 26 uk stores, leading to the loss of up to 800 jobs. Failure to agree a deal could put all its 3,200 staff at risk of redundancy. And our Business Correspondent Simon Gompertz is here. Of those workers are worried about their future and customers too. What is going on . On one hand job more than 3000 staff working the shops. Their futures and fears are pitted against around 600 who are in toys r uss Pension Scheme, and the Pension Protection Fund you referred to as protecting those Pension Scheme memberss interests. Some of them could be working for the company, some not, but we have two parties against each other here, many more of them are people working in the stores and the company has been caught in this heat of the internet revolution which has affected high street and out of town toy retailers, the likes of amazon taking a lot of the business. They are not doing very well, theyve come up with a scheme called a company come up with a scheme called a com pa ny volu nta ry come up with a scheme called a Company Voluntary arrangement like an individual coming up with an insolvency process, so as long as they can get their creditors to support not getting so much money themselves, they will have some breathing space of a few years and this is what will be decided soon. There is a key meeting on thursday . Yes, they have a meeting of creditors, 75 have to support this arrangement where they will get less money, but the company will carry on. The problem is that the Pension Protection Fund is saying that u nless Protection Fund is saying that unless it gets a slug of money, it wont support it. I understand that, at the moment, they are thinking of voting against and they carry the vote, they have another influence there but that would mean the arrangement would not go ahead. It would put the future of toys r us in the uk injeopardy to a certain extent but its also a negotiating ploy. They have two days to see the Companies Come up with Something Different and whether the Pension Protection Fund is going to be more lenient. Simon, thank you very much. The headlines on bbc newsroom live. The uks latest Aircraft Carriers leaking. The uks latest Aircraft Carriers leaking. Us investigators say a train that derailed killing three people was travelling at 80 Miles Per Hour on a stretch of track limited to 30. The government outlines steps to tackle race bias in the Justice System in england and wales. And in sport, Justin Gatlin has issued a statement insisting he is a clea n issued a statement insisting he is a Clean Athlete after doping allegations were made against his coach and agent and an investigation is underway after the Daily Telegraph said undercover reporters we re telegraph said undercover reporters were offered performance enhancing drugs by Dennis Mitchell. He denies the allegations. Sam allardyce has his eyes on the prize of a top half finish in the premier league after everton beat swansea 3 1, their fourth win in five games. And Police Investigating reports Raheem Sterling was racially abused at the weekend have made an arrest for supper club is yet to comment on the allegations but police say its being treated as a hate crime. I will be back with more at 1130. Thank you very much indeed. Lets go back to those raids in South Yorkshire and derbyshire. Three of the men aged 22,36 and 41 were arrested in sheffield, and a fourth man, 31, arrested in chesterfield. All has been taken to a Police Station in West Yorkshire for questioning. These are terror arrests. Lets go to our respondent outside one of the properties involved in sheffield for the latest. Bring us up to date. Versus the property that police searched early this morning. This is one of four properties in the sheffield area that police raided and theres also one in chesterfield. Here in sheffield, mears broke, stocks bridge, and two houses in chesterfield, four men arrested. Earlier i spoke to a resident who lives opposite this house in mears broke and they tell be what they heard this morning. Her name is elizabeth ferretti. We were woken up at 530 by a loud bang for the initially we thought somebody had crashed outside of our house. We we re crashed outside of our house. We were looking outside and all we could see where Police Officers dressed in riot gear and they were storming a house across the road from us. Lots of running about and shouting. And quite a few neighbours we could see had already come outside to see what was going on. How did you react . Really shocked. Obviously it was so early in the morning and we had no idea whats on and nobody obviously, they were right in the middle of it, nobody could tell us what was going on so we just observed for a while to see what was going on. Youve since learned that the person inside, a man inside its been arrested on terrorism offences. How do you feel hearing that . Very surprised. Ive only recently moved from london and one of the reasons weve moved to sheffield is because we felt quite nervous living in london with all the terrorist attacks taking place, so one the terrorist attacks taking place, so one of the reasons we moved was because of terrorist attacks. So that Elisabeth Fogarty who lives opposite this has here house here, one of five property search this morning by Counterterrorism Police in South Yorkshire and north derbyshire. Three men have been arrested, 22, 36, 41 and 31 and they have been taken to a Police Station to be questioned in West Yorkshire. Ok, to be questioned in West Yorkshire. 0k, thank you. Parents, teachers and young people are being asked to help create a new relationship and Sex Education curriculum which could include lessons on sexting and online pornography. Earlier this year, the education secretary Justine Greening said the subject would be made compulsory in all schools in england. Our correspondent Richard Galpin reports. Whats different, and whats the same . The guidelines for teaching schoolchildren about relationships and sex have not changed since the turn of the century. And with lessons like this to be made compulsory in all of englands schools, an update is urgently needed, particularly given how much time many children now spend online. Here, there are new risks, like sexting, when images of children are posted on messaging apps. And there is cyber bullying, and the availability online of ha rd core pornography. Often, young people do not necessarily know what is inappropriate in terms of behaviour and materials versus what is appropriate. They are confronted by so much stuff on the internet. But they often dont even know what is illegal and what is legal in terms of what they are doing. It really is time we update guidance. The government wants pupils, teachers and parents to suggest how sex and Relationship Education could be updated to make it more relevant. There will be a vigorous debate. Im a mother of two and i have been looking for Sex Education to be more about healthy relationships, like friendships, as you get older, more appropriate, getting your first boyfriend at the end of primary school, when people are starting to say im going out with him, i want them to understand what makes Good Relationship between a boy and a girl or between a girl and a girl or a boy and a boy or whatever. At the end of this process, the government says its goal is to make sure young people learn the importance of healthy and stable relationships. Richard galpin, bbc news. The Health Regulator is warning that the nhs workforce is at crunch point and its calling on the government to act. In its annual report, the General Medical Council says the supply of new doctors is failing to keep pace with demand and warns the service could suffer increasing pressure over the next 20 years. Our Health Correspondent Adina Campbell reports. Another stark warning about the state of our nhs. This time, the gmc says its concerned about the pressures and unease on doctors as they grapple with their growing workloads. In its latest report, it found that the supply of new doctors into the uk has not kept up with demand with then dependence on non uk qualified doctors in some specialist areas. There was also a risk that some overseas doctors were being put off working in the uk. And an ongoing strain on doctors training. At the moment, we see our doctors day in, day out, doing a fantasticjob, but we shouldnt take that for granted, and thats why things like the training environment forjunior doctors is particularly important. And thats why we should be really clear about what we need to do to look after the attractiveness of the uk for overseas doctors as well. The department of health in england says the nhs currently has a Record Number of doctors, nearly 15,000 more since 2010, and is expanding the number of training places by 25 . Labour, though, has accused the government of mismanaging the nhs, and says the workforce is in crisis. To meet the future needs of patients, the gmc now wants to reduce the burden on doctors, with improvements to their Work Life Balance through better training and Flexible Working conditions. Adina campbell, bbc news. The government has outlined how it plans to tackle claims of racial bias in the criminalJustice System in england and wales. The justice secretary, David Lidington, says he wants to implement a new principle of change or explain when it comes to evidence of Racial Discrimination. It comes after a report by the labour mp david lammy, which found evidence of systemic discrimination against people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Mr lammy said in his report in september that 25 of the prison population in england and wales are bame. More than two fifths of those in the youth Justice System, 41 , are also from ethnic minorities. That compares to just 14 of the Wider Population in england and wales, which is black or minority ethnic so a clearly disproportionate Justice System population when it comes to ethnicity. In response thejustice secretary says hes determined to see a more diverse judicial system but stopped short of setting targets for more black and ethnic minorityjudges. We are taking forward all of the recommendations, most of them in part, for example this principle of change or explain something were going to try to mainstream into how we approach the work of Prison Service and the courts and tribunal service, so Prison Service, its been set some very demanding targets to recruit more prison officers, to make it more representative of the population including the person published as a whole and also get more black and asian people in the Prison Service to senior positions as prison governors. But the real testis as prison governors. But the real test is going to be whether we can cut through what david lammy rightly identified as an enormous level of mistrust amongst people, particularly young people in black and ethnic minority communities, towards the criminalJustice System. Joining us now from birmingham is micquel wright. Hes a former offender who has served ten years in prison. Hes now turned his life around. He is with us from birmingham. Thank you very much for being with us. What is your experience first of all of the criminal Justice System . What is your experience first of all of the criminalJustice System . Good morning. I spoke to one of the people at the bbc this morning and we spoke about the subject we were going to speak about this morning andi going to speak about this morning and i basically think its a lack of education, if you take somebody from the suburbs and mix them with somebody from ethnic background theyve never mixed with before and theyve never mixed with before and theyve only ever seen that person portrayed in the media in a negative light or through a film, then i do think its going to be expected that is their perception of that culture and that sort of behaviour. So you believe there is Racial Discrimination within the Justice System . Discrimination within the Justice System . Definitely. The cause of it in my belief is sometimes notjust ignorance, its a lack of education for some of the staff who look after ethnic minority prisoners. You think that needs to change . Do you have ideas about how that should change . I think you need more integration and education. One of the things when i was in prison, ethnic minority people, especially black people, were very charismatic, and Something Like that used to get misconstrued as aggressive behaviour, which isjust something which happens in my culture where we talk about hands a lot. If people we re talk about hands a lot. If people were educated in the way we speak and use our body lang wouldnt speak to each other, things like that, they would understand as and it wouldnt be racist and us getting penalised for being aggressive when were just having conversations with our friends within the prison. Its quite difficult. Body language. We were penalised as i said forjust being ourselves. Its nonthreatening behaviour but it was misconstrued. That is within the Prison Service. Do you also think there is to scrum a nation within the Police Service and within the judiciary as well, thejudges and and within the judiciary as well, the judges and the magistrates . think they go hand in hand. It filters all away the board. The media is highly responsible for the images they put out and i think whatever the police think is what thejudges think, its whatever the police think is what the judges think, its what they think within the judicial system because obviously they Work Together and also i have found the presence had bame senior officers, the staff had bame senior officers, the staff had more understanding of the culture whereas when i went up north and their was minimal bame officers in the prison, there was more racial bias towards myself and my peers. One of the recommendations of this report is reformed offenders like yourself should have their criminal records sealed so they wouldnt have to declare that record to a potential employer. Is that something you would go along with . Im going to be totally fair. The element of risk of employers putting you ina element of risk of employers putting you in a workplace and you have a serious criminal history, they have to protect the rest of them employers. However i tried to get a job andi employers. However i tried to get a job and i went to a0 interviews before i decided to be self employed because my past, although i had done so well in the community, and showed change, nobody would give me a Second Chance based on the piece of paper, so there needs to be some sort of system or assessment process being put in place for ex offenders so they can change their lives. One of the things the government is saying is that one of the recommendations from the report they wont do is to sort of have quotas and targets for bame judges and magistrates fulled they dont think that would be a good idea. Do you think there should be some sort of quotas and targets put forward within thejudiciary . Quotas and targets put forward within the judiciary . quotas and targets put forward within the judiciary . I think theres quotas and targets outside theres quotas and targets outside thejudicially in normal theres quotas and targets outside the judicially in normal workplaces, they want to be fairer and get more ethnic people opportunities, so i think its only fair they have the same sort of system in the judiciary. We are living in a Multiracial Society so i do think the judiciary system should reflect the judiciary system should reflect the society we live in. Really good to talk to. Thank you ray much for your time this morning. That thank your time this morning. That thank you very much for your time this morning. Time now for a look at the weather. It was a rather foggy start to the day across many parts of england, east wales, Northern Ireland, but much of the fog has cleared. Its pretty cloudy day at the moment and this is the scene in denbighshire in wales and that cloud extended way further north into scotland and Northern Ireland. Hill fog around north west england, south west scotland, patchy drizzle in the north west of scotland but down towards the south east, brighter skies. A 7. Milderfurther north and temperatures in scotland 15 16. Rain spread southwards tonight into the far north of england. Largely frost free, taking us into wednesday morning but a rather gloomy start of the day for many of us and lots of cloud around, hill fog but during wednesday, rain will become patchy into Northern England, north wales, and to the north of that in scotland and to the north of that in scotland and Northern Ireland, sunny spells. Temperatures tomorrow, 9 12. That is it from me. Bye bye. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines one of britains most senior black lawyers has said hes deeply disappointed that ministers have ruled out targets for appointing more black and minority ethnicjudges. Britains biggest warship, the Aircraft Carrier Queen Elizabeth, is taking on hundreds of litres of seawater every hour because of a leak. Safety investigators in the United States say a train that plunged off the tracks onto a motorway in Washington State was travelling at well over twice the speed limit. Preliminary indications are that the train was travelling at 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30 Miles Per Hour track. Four men are being held by police on suspicion of terrorism offences. They were arrested at their homes in South Yorkshire and derbyshire this morning. Lets find out what is happening in sport this morning. Over to holly. Hi, overto holly. Hi, ben. We over to holly. Hi, ben. We start with Justin Gatlin. World champion sprinter Justin Gatlin says hes shocked and surprised at doping allegations made against his coach and former agent. The Daily Telegraph alleges that Robert Wagner, an agent linked to gatlin, offered undercover reporters performance enhancing drugs while gatlins coach Dennis Mitchell, told reporters that athletes are able to get away with doping because the drugs they use cannot be detected by tests. Both men deny the allegations. Lets get more on this now from our sports news correspondent Alex Capstick who joins me now. Alex, these are quite shocking allegations. What exactly are mitchell and wagner alleged to have said . It is a Daily Telegraph sting, reporters turned up at gatlins florida base and they spoke to Dennis Mitchell and Robert Wagner, who, as you say is an agent who what has had dealings with gatlin in the past. Its alleged that Robert Wagner offered them performance enhancing drugs which they wanted to make their actor look more like an athlete in a film they were producing, he said, well mrwagner said he could get testosterone or human growth hormone, both banned su bsta nces human growth hormone, both banned substances from a doctor he used in austria, get it sent to america and supply the producer with the drugs. It is alleged both men talked on tape about how doping was rampant in the sport of athletics and Denis Mitchell is saying the drugs they used, athletes could not be tested positive for them. Gatlin has been quick to distance himself from these allegations, he has fired his coach. What has been the response . This isa man what has been the response . This is a man who has been a divisive figure in the sport. Justin gatlin, remember was booed in london when he won the 100m in usain bolts final ever ra ce won the 100m in usain bolts final ever race before retime. He was also booed when he lined up in the final of the rio olympics 100m. He has had his problems in sport, twice banned but he has distanced himself from these latest allegations, he fired his coach, Dennis Mitchell and posted a denial on his Instagram Account in which he said i am not using and have not used performance enhancing drugs, he has fired his coach and the matter is now with his lawyers. Thank you very much. Other news a mans been arrested in connection with an alleged hate crime against Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling at the weekend. Police have been investigating reports that sterling was racially abused and attacked on saturday after arriving at training. The club has not commentated on the allegations. Everton manager, sam allardyce, says hes confident the club can finish in the top half of the premier league this season after they made it four wins in five games with victory over swansea last night. Alla rdyce allardyce is looking further ahead. We have to try and get a result against chelsea and then well really know what were made of. If we can, with this confidence can get a result against chelsea on saturday, then well really, really are going on the right track for finishing in the top half, as high as we can. So, lets see if the lads can pull one out of the bag. We had a good amount of the ball. Created chances, played some good football. The mood in the dressing room was very flat. You know, we are bottom of the table, we have got 12 points. We have to focus on getting to 15 at the Half Way Point and then we know what we have to do for the second half of the season. That is he a all the sport for now, more for you in the sport for now, more for you in the next hour. Thats all the sport for now. News coming into us, saudi arabia say authorities have intercepted a missile fired towards the capital, riyadh this morning. There were reports of an explosion in the city, and earlier the huety rebels in neighbouring yemen have said they had fired a rocket. Huti rebels. They said they fired a rocket aimed at one of the palaces in riyadh. The hutis are fieteding the Saudi Led Coalition in yemen which supports yemens government in the countrys civil war. The rebels, backed by iran did actually fire another missile towards riyadh last month. It isnt the first time that has happened but the saudis then, last month said they rewarded that attack as an act of aggression by the yr Arglwydd Iesu rainians. By the iranians. Inmates at liverpool prison are being kept in the worst Living Conditions inspectors have ever seen, according to a leaked report seen by the bbc. Prison inspectors found rats, cockroaches, and exposed electrical wiring when they made an unannounced visit to the prison. A lack of leadership at all levels, including central government, was identified as the prime cause of the problems, as our social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports. Liverpool prison holds more than 1100 inmates in the worst Living Conditions that inspectors have ever seen. Rats and cockroaches are rife. Blocked toilets create pools of urine in cells. Whistle blowers have told us that in recent weeks, prisoners have died following poor health care. In late september, an inmate with Mental Health problems killed himself in the Health Care Unit. Barely a fortnight later, a second suicide. The man, we are told, had not had the proper screening. A month later, a third death, an inmate in Failing Health had waited more than 17 hours to see a gp. Poor care forced this former prisoner to remove his own tooth. It got to a point where it had swollen that much that my tooth shattered. I ended up because of the wait, i ended up having to remove the roots myself. Health services at liverpool are provided by this nhs trust who admit it struggles to provide consistently good care. We have brought in new staff. We have considerably improve the access to gps in the prison. We have made improvements. But not at the pace and to the level that we would have liked. The healthcare failings come on top of the squalid conditions that inmates endure, with inspectors warning that the Prison Service has no credible plan to address the problems in liverpool. Michael buchanan, bbc news. And Michael Buchanan is here with me now. This is shocking. Inspectors finding rats, exposed wiring, cockroaches. It is appalling in modern day britain. The reasons for any numbers, there have been cutbacks in prison officers at the jail itself. Which means the staffing isnt there, the money isnt there to invest in the prison. Therefore, you then have pressures emanating out of then have pressures emanating out of the Central Mission of the prison to keep prisoners in there and provide them with meaningful activity. That has implications for the health care. You have health ca re the health care. You have Health Care Staff there who cant get to the prisoners who have Health Care Needs because theres no staff, no prison officers to perhaps take them there. Similarly the prison cant get to the Health Care Unit for the same issue. Nhs england which commissions health care service, they are trying to save money, so they are trying to save money, so they offered in this particular case a price for the contract that was too low which put pressure on the nhs trust providing it all and on top of the whole thing you have a general attitude amongst many members of the public that they are prisoners and we dont really care how they are treated, and so, therefore, government can the pressure isnt on government to actually make significant changes to the system. And we are used to hearing reports about terrible conditions in ourjails, but this, well this would make liverpool prison effectively one of the worst then in the country, would it . Absolutely. What the leaked report says it is the worst Living Conditions that inspectors have seen. What comes across in the lea ked seen. What comes across in the leaked report as well as the sheer exasperation of what is going on, this is not new, the inspectors were in in 2015. At that time they found it wasnt very good. They made 89 recommendations for improvement and become in september they found theme 22 of the recommendations had been fully implemented. They found that only 22 had been recommended. There were a few paintjobs done immediately around their visit and when attention is moved away things go back to normal. The exasperation about that happening in liverpool is very clear in that report. Thank you very clear in that report. Thank you very much indeed michael. Victims of last years devastating Christmas Market attack in berlin are being commemorated today. 12 people were killed and 70 injured when a truck deliberately ploughed into the market. The driver was anis amri, a tunisian whose asylum application had been turned down months before. Jenny hill is in berlin. Tell us how this terrible anniversary is being marked . Well in the last half an hour, relatives of those who lost their lives in the attack have been lighting candles and placing them on a newly opened memorial on the steps of the church which overlooks the site of the Christmas Market attack. Actually angela merkel, the german chancellor, gave a short impromptu speech in which she, in effect, acknowledged that berlin, the authorities in germany, havent really done enough to support victims families in the days and weeks following the attack and that lesson has been learnt for the future. As you can imagine, it is a very sombre day here in berlin. The Christmas Market itself is closed out of a sign of respect for the 12 people who lost their lives and of course for the 70 people who suffered injuries, some of them very serious. The site itself is closed, so that theres privacy for the victims families who as i say have been placing candles and white roses on the stone steps. This has caused afairdegreei on the stone steps. This has caused a fair degree i think of public anger directed at angela merkel. The families of those who died and some of those who were injured actually wrote her an open letter some time back accusing her of not doing enough to support them. They say she should have been in touch in person or in writing to offer condolences but what really angered them, is, i suppose, first of all, the fact they say they werent supported. It was several days for example, before come were told their loved ones were killed. Some families were sent bills by the Hospital Mortuary and there is some angry amongst some affected because the police say if they had been properly resourced might have had the capacity to actually stop, anis amri from carrying out the attack. Angela merkel met with about 100 people yesterday. Many said afterwards that they felt she had put their minds at rest, spoken with them and gave them a degree of comfort and reassurance about how the authorities would react in the future but i think there is still some anger there and that, of course, has really exacerbated a very painful anniversary. Notjust exacerbated a very painful anniversary. Not just for the exacerbated a very painful anniversary. Notjust for the people caught up in the attack but i think for the whole of germany because bearin for the whole of germany because bear in mind that the Christmas Market is a really strong, german tradition. It really matters to german people. So when a terrorist struck, not just in german people. So when a terrorist struck, notjust in the capital, in the heart of the country, anis amri struck at the heart of the christmas tradition. Painfulfor struck at the heart of the christmas tradition. Painful for many germans. I spent some time at this Christmas Market a few days ago and people there said they were resolved to carry on the tradition. One man said yes, there may be another attack but ill sit here with my glue vine and sausage, because it is the only way ican sausage, because it is the only way i can demonstrate my defiance. Thank you very much, jenny. One project which may well be affected by brexit is an Apprenticeship Scheme that dates back hundreds of years. In france, the tradition ofjourneymen and women travelling around the country to learn their trade goes back to the early middle ages and its very much alive today. Theyre called the compagnons de devoir or the companions of duty and now they are opening up in the uk as well. Hugh schofield reports from burgundy. Dinner at the compagnon hostel in dijon. These are apprentice plumbers, carpenters, pastry chefs and many are on what they call their tour de france. Staying here forjust a few months before moving on to another hostel, another town. Its a Community Life and supervising is a person they call the mother. He translation its a big family with a mother, a father and all these brothers and sisters. Girls too now but not as many as the boys. Today the family members include a yorkshireman. Sam pickle from batley is an apprentice tiler who came out to france three months ago, the compagnon have placed him with a local building firm, where he is learning new ways to do hisjob. There is nothing really in england that i know that can compare to Something Like this, like, a group of people, like working in a young environment and new places. The closest things i can think of is like a university of trade. The roots of the compagnon go back nine centuries and the journeymen guilds that helped built the great cathedrals. Theres still a lot of tradition. One of the odd things about the compagnon is that in every maison, hostel, you can see a lot of these strange creations, they are what they call the masterworks and every apprentice, at the end of his or her tour de france, has to complete one of these before they become a full compagnon. At meetings, apprentices are expected to wear suits and if youve begun your tour de france, you have the right to a sash and a walking stick. The ritual is symbolic and helps bind people together, says jacob hunt, hes the companions first ever representative in the uk and a Firm Believer in the merits of the journeying apprentice. It can be a bit daunting when you first arrive. You dont know where you are going to work, with who you are going to be living but you learn to be very sort of resourceful and adapt very quickly and just pick up, you know the new skills, new techniques, new materials and once you have been doing that for two, three, four, five years, you become very resourceful. His hope is to place more french compagnons with british firms and more british apprentices in france, brexit, of course, permitting. We know trees can help in the fight against climate change, but did you know its also important to plant them in the right places to see the greatest benefit . The bbcs helen briggs has been to londons kew gardens to find out about their role in urban areas in particular. She spoke to Damejudi Dench about her passion for trees. Trees in their winter glory. But they are more than just beautiful. As Damejudi Dench learned in a new documentary, they are an ally in the fight against climate change. I am told all of those leaves are helping the tree to breathe in more Carbon Dioxide, which it will then use to grow more branches. It is notjust about planting more trees, it is about the right trees in the right places. These giant trees are very important for drawing down atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. In cities, the high density of trees is important for removing the high amount in the air. You will have less respiratory problems if you do that. This nasa map shows how growing trees soak up Carbon Dioxide in the Northern Hemisphere summer. Every year, the trees here at kew take up tonnes of Carbon Dioxide from the air. But they are not just Carbon Capture machines, they are living research. We are learning more about them every day. Every now and then it will blip. Like a popping sound . Yes. That little popping sound is the sound of the water travelling up from the roots all the way through the thousands of tiny little tubes called xylem tubes. Kew has thousands of rare and exotic trees. The man who looks after them says there is no end to their uses. Trees give us everything that we use today. They give us the oxygen we breathe, they use our Carbon Dioxide to produce that. They are good for reducing the amount of run off and protecting from erosion, the best air conditions, they clean pollutants out of the atmosphere, they look after our well being, and they are aesthetically beautiful. And, you know, that is so important today. It is becoming more and more relevant. Scientists say trees have a big role to play in pollution control, but we will only get the benefits if we plant the right trees in right places. Helen briggs, bbc news. In a moment a summary of the Business News this hour but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live one of britains most senior black lawyers says hes deeply disappointed that ministers have ruled out targets for appointing more black and minority ethnicjudges. Britains new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier is leaking because of a faulty seal. Us investigators say a train that derailed killing three people was travelling at 80 Miles Per Hour on a stretch of track limited to 30. Im ben thompson. In the Business News investors will meet in london later to decide the fate of Household Goods giant steinhoff. The firm owns 6,500 outlets in 30 countries, including the uks poundland and furniture chains bensons and harveys. The firm is in the spotlight after an accounting scandal that led to its shares slumping 80 and two top executives resigning. The future of another retail giant hangs in the balance as toys r us and its 3,000 staff wait to hear if it will go into administration or reach a deal to rescue it. The pensions Protection Fund is asking the troubled company for £9 million to safeguard staff savings. And shareholders at the London Stock Exchange will vote today to decide whether to remove the companys chairman, donald brydon. The vote was proposed by one of lses biggest investors, which accused mr brydon of forcing out the lses former chief executive, xavier rolet. The future of retail giant, steinhoff, hangs in the balance as it battles a huge accounting scandal. It might not be a household name but its brands are. In the uk, it owns poundland and furniture chains bensons and harveys. Its meeting its lenders in london later to ask for a lifeline. It needs them to give it more time to pay back its debts. Alarm bells rang earlier this month when the parent group failed to publish its Financial Results, warning they could no longer be relied upon. Thats prompted an 80 slump in its share price and its two top bosses have quit. Grace bowden, reporter from retail week, joins us. Its interesting, i said people wont know this company as a household name but they will certainly know many brands, wont they . Absolutely. It is a huge business. It has Companies Across 30 different countries, a0 different retail grands and ,000 outlets. Poundland, harveys school. Bensn beds and companies in america. It has had a fall from grace in a short period of time. Why are shares down nearly 80 . Essentially a couple of weeks ago they postponed their results out of the blushing said it was due to accounting irregularities. Since then their chief exec ittive has stepped down after which their chairman and largest shareholder has stepped down and postponed the previous years Financial Results as well. It is based upon the same financial issue, they said as a consequence it cant be relied upon any more. As a result, shareholders have completely lost a lot of faith in the business, as we say, 10 billion euro worth of value wiped off the business in what short period of time. They are now looking for a lifeline to re establish faith with the shareholders who are still invested in the business. And it is the people to which the firm owes money, they have said give us more time, we need to get our affairs in order to get things sorted. Clearly that meeting takes place today t could be crucial. What are the options, what could happen . And what could happen to the likes of bensons and poundland . To the likes of bensons and poundland . The meeting this afternoon is to paint a fuller picture of where the business is at and where its uk assets are, with poundland in i cant and where its uk assets are, with poundland in i can t which of its uk sta ble poundland in i can t which of its uk stable of businesses is the best performing and most robust in terms of sales. One of two things could happen, they could extend their credit, extend the loans they have out or the case on whether or not poundland will perhaps believe the stable of steinhoff businesses, which would then allow cash flow back to steinhoff and extricate poundland from that business. They just bought poundland a year ago, so its gone from a positive megs to quite a messy one in a short period of time. Thank you for explaining that well keep up with it and have full coverage of that et mooing later. Let me bring you up to date with am soft other stories we are following the Russian Cybersecurity Firm kaspersky lab, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over a ban on its anti virus products. Kaspersky says the us has harmed its reputation without any credible evidence after it banned its software from government agencies. Boeing and bombardier have traded verbal blows over claims by the us planemaker that the Canadian Company receives massive subsidies. The two sides appeared before the Us International trade commission in the latest round of their bitter row. Boeing says bombardier has harmed sales of its 737 aircraft and says the commission should support tariffs on its bombardier products. Bombardier, which makes wings in belfast, said boeing makes money hand over fist from the 737. That row is not going away. And Price Comparison website gocompare is taking over the Discount Code firm myvouchercodes in deal worth £36. 5 million. Who knew vouchers were worth so much. The firm works with retailers including boots, marks spencer, and restaurants harvester and strada and has eight million subscribers to its discount voucher service. A quick look at the markets. The reason i have a quick look at the markets. The reason i have some a quick look at the markets. The reason i have some of them there for you, those arent what i wanted but nonetheless i wanted to show you what was happening in the United States. Markets hitting record highs. You see the ftse100 barely moving over the course of the morning. You are up to date, i will see you later. Thank you very much. Well look at the whether now with simon king. Weather pretty benign at the moment. Weve had some fog but it has generally lifted for many. Some sunshine to be found in the south east of england up to the east of the pennines. Some sunshine to the south west of england, too but further north and west, cloudier and itll remain cloudy here throughout the afternoon. There will be patchy rain moving into the far north west of scotland. Eventually that brightness in the south east moving away as cloud spills in from the north. Lets take a look at things about 5. 00pm, the rain heavier in the north west of scotland. Temperatures in scotland today up to 14 temperatures in scotland today up to 1a or 15. Elsewhere temperatures in a range of 7 to 11. Hill fog continuing in north west england across wales, generally quite cloudy skies across the midlands and eventually as i said, the south east, where temp truce will be lower at about a 7. During tonight, that rain across scotland will continue to move its way further southwards overnight. But rather grey, misty conditions for many parts of england and wales. Largely frost free night. Temperatures staying up at a to 6. Double figures in parts of scotland for Northern Ireland into wednesday morning. Now that rain ive been talking about is associated with a cold front. It is going to be quite weak that front as it moves further southwards on wednesday, giving patchy rain towards Northern England and north wales. Foggy conditions over higher ground. To the south cloudy over wednesday. Nine, 10, 11 but brighter in scotland and Northern Ireland. The weather front doesnt move far through wednesday into thursday. You notice the High Pressure is still around. It makes the weather fronts quite weak not producing a great deal of rain. There will be patchy rain across southern areas on thursday. Temperatures here still in double figures, nut north across england, scotland into Northern Ireland, sunnier spells and temperatures down a little bit, about 5 to 7. Thats bus we have colder air. Gradually as we go through into friday, that cold air disappear, just really affecting the far Northern Isles of scotland. Most under the influence of this milder airand during under the influence of this milder air and during friday another benign day. Lots of cloud around a few bright spells developing here and there, temperatures 8 10e. Mild conditions as we go through the weekend but again, fairly benign conditions. Things start to get more interesting from Christmas Day onwards, still a bit further out from there. But keep up to date on the website. Goodbye. This is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. One of britains most senior black lawyers says hes deeply disappointed that ministers have ruled out targets for appointing more black and minority ethnicjudges. Four men have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences in South Yorkshire and derbyshire. Us investigators say a passenger train that derailed killing three people was travelling at well over twice the speed limit. Preliminary indications are that the train was travelling at 80 mph in a 30 mph track. Britains new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier is leaking because of a faulty seal. They say the leak will not affect her sea trials programme. Toys r us faces an uncertain future after it was told to put £9 million into its struggling pension fund. Also the right tree in the right place. Why its notjust the number of trees that count in the fight against climate change. Good morning. Its tuesday 19th december. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The government has outlined how it plans to tackle claims of racial bias in the criminalJustice System in england and wales. The justice secretary, David Lidington, says he wants to implement a new principle of change or explain when it comes to evidence of Racial Discrimination. It comes after a report by the labour mp david lammy, which found evidence of systemic discrimination against people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Mr lammy said in his report in september that 25 of the prison population in england and wales are bame. More than two fifths of those in the youth Justice System, a1 , are also from ethnic minorities. That compares to just 1a of the Wider Population in england and wales, which is black or minority ethnic so a clearly disproportionate Justice System population when it comes to ethnicity. In response thejustice secretary says hes determined to see a more diverse judicial system but stopped short of setting targets for more black and ethnic minorityjudges. We are taking forward all of the recommendations, most of them whole, some in part, for example this principle of change or explain something were going to try to mainstream into how we approach the work of Prison Service and the courts and tribunal service, so Prison Service, its been set some very demanding targets to recruit more prison officers, to make it more representative of the population including the person published as a whole and also get more black and asian people in the Prison Service to senior positions as prison governors. But the real test is going to be whether we can cut through what david lammy rightly identified as an enormous level of mistrust amongst people, particularly young people in black and ethnic minority communities, towards the criminalJustice System. I think its deeply disappointing. The government are not serious about adopting the recommendations because its actually something weve been asking about since we met lord mackay back in december 1988. This is nothing new. Its long overdue and each discipline needs to have a target for recruitment of bame the judges because the courts from the Supreme Court downwards, must reflect those upon whom it seeks to sit in judgment. The reflect those upon whom it seeks to sit injudgment. The targets introduced after the Stephen Lawrence enquiry, it made an enormous difference to the recruit mint of bame professionals and lay people across the board mint of bame professionals and lay people across the board and the judiciary is no different. You have to have a target to work towards and one of the things which we think has not been addressed by the government is the reform of the Guidelines Council which set up prior for sentencing of defendants and also the need to monitor sentencing decisions by each court centre. You must have that. Otherwise you wont know whether any progress has been made or not. That was Peter Herbert from the society of black lawyers. Well were joined now from westminster by the labour mp david lammy. He published a review on Racial Discrimination in the Justice System earlier this year and the governments announcement today is based on his findings. Thank you for being with us. What do you make of the response to your report from the government . Im obviously pleased that broadly the government have accepted the thrust of my review and my 35 recommendations, that they understand and get that you do need a system that explains what is happening or reforms it if they cant explain the numbers. We do need a system that is diverse across the board. Weve need a system that is diverse across the boa rd. Weve got need a system that is diverse across the board. Weve got to be clear on what the data is telling us and the government seems to accept the thrust of my recommendations, so im pleased about that. The proof will be in the pudding. Weve got some really entrenched problems, a1 of our youth Justice System coming from an ethnic minority background is very, very serious indeed because it suggests the pipeline into the aduu it suggests the pipeline into the Adult Population is likely to rise over the coming years so i dont wa nt to over the coming years so i dont want to underestimate the scale of the challenge ahead of us in this country and also to indicate that this is wasted lives, many of these young people dont go on to get jobs, many of them remain on jobseekers allowance, all of this costs the taxpayers a lot of money and of course prison places an extraordinary amount of money indeed. Thats why this is so serious. Nearly all of your recommendations been accepted by the government apart from the one about the judiciary government apart from the one about thejudiciary and government apart from the one about the judiciary and the justice secretary says he doesnt think setting targets is the right way to tackle underrepresentation in the judiciary. What do you make of that . They have accepted the thrust of my 35 recommendations but some of them are in part, not a entirety, some of them are for pilots and to look with deeper consideration but on the issue of thejudiciary, deeper consideration but on the issue of the judiciary, look, deeper consideration but on the issue of thejudiciary, look, this cuts right to the heart of trust. Its extraordinary that in 2017 we have got one woman in the Supreme Court, no ethnic minorities and when we get to the court of appeal, again were seeing ethnic minorities judges, its not about this issue. There have been black and ethnic minority lawyers for 30, a0 years, many of them very, very experienced indeed, weve got a whole block of qcs in this country. They are applying but not getting through and thats why i recommended a target or a goal because it concentrates the mind on why they are not getting through and how we can change the process. My real fear is more of the same, fine words from our senior judiciary, and the appointments commission, will get fine words but not deliver results so well be back here in ten years time with fewer women, few ethnic minorities making their way through and im afraid the trust levels in black and ethnic minority appellations is lower than they were yesterday. The justice secretary, on the point about the judiciary Committee Says its not really a question of targets, its about how people get into the Legal Profession in the first place. How to get enough bame people into the profession in the first place. Not about quotas and targets. He is wrong on that issue. If you turn to page 38 of my review, you will see all of the evidence that stacks up that bame lawyers do apply to go into thejudiciary, but that bame lawyers do apply to go into the judiciary, but im afraid they get through at far less a rate than their white counterparts. That is the principal issue. Its not a pipeline issue. It is why they are not progressing further in the application process. The commission could not tell me why. Many of your viewers will come to their own conclusions as to why, but its certainly the case that those candidates need for proper feedback, the case that in modern recruitment practice, if you have got applicants, a panel and theres no women on it, you say why have there been no women interviewed, i wanted to bring forward a woman, and if you have two applicants that do was well ina have two applicants that do was well in a competition, you support the woman tom ford the ethnic minority because you recognise that you have got to have diversity. Just on that point, would you have a percentage target of thejudicially point, would you have a percentage target of the judicially who are black, asian, minority ethnic and women . How would you do it in terms of numbers . In my reviewl set women . How would you do it in terms of numbers . In my review i set a target. All of this is got to be based on merit, of course, but i think weve got to be careful that we are not always defining merit as a certain kind of man who went to a certain kind of public school, who went to a certain kind of elite university. And too often im afraid thats what you see when you look at the british system. So what is your target for the judicially . By 2025, we would see a step change, for the government to determine entirely on the basis of what i said what that should be, buti the basis of what i said what that should be, but i think the population levels of 1a mean that really weve got to have a reflective judiciary by 2025 so it was bold and would mean that in the recruitment cycles ahead, one in four of those who were selected would come from an ethnic minority background. The government have rejected my target entirely and not even set a goal. David lammy, thank you very much for your time. Good to talk to you. Thank you. Four men from South Yorkshire and derbyshire have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. Three of the men, who are aged 22, 36 and a1, were arrested at their homes in sheffield. A fourth man, whos 31, was arrested at an address in chesterfield. All of the men have been taken to a Police Station in West Yorkshire for questioning. Our correspondent mark ansell is in sheffield. Versus the property here that police searched early this morning. This is the property. One of four properties in the sheffield area police raided and is also one in the chesterfield area. Just to give you those locations here in sheffield, stockbridge, and two houses in berne groove and one in chesterfield. Four man of been arrested. I spoke to a resident earlier who lives opposite this has and they told me what they heard this morning. Her name is elisabeth fogerty. We were woken up by really, really loud bangs, 530, and we thought somebody had crashed outside our house, so we looked outside our house, so we looked outside and all we could see where Police Officers dressed in riot gear. They were storming a house across the road from us. Lots of running about and shouting. And quite a few neighbours we could see from where we were, had already come to their windows and gone outside to see whats going on. How did you react . Really shocked because it obviously was so early in the morning and we had no idea what was going on and nobody obviously, they we re going on and nobody obviously, they were right in the middle of it, nobody could tell us what was going on so we nobody could tell us what was going on so we just kind of observed. To see what was going on. Youve since learned of the person inside, the man inside, has been arrested on terrorism offences. How do you feel hearing that . Really surprised. Ive only recently moved up from london and one of the reasons we moved up north to sheffield is because we felt quite nervous living in london with all the terrorist attacks taking place. So one of the reasons we moved was because of terrorist attacks. So that elisabeth fogerty who lives opposite this has. House. One of five properties surged this morning by Counterterrorism Police in South Yorkshire. Searched. Three men have been arrested, 22, 36, a1 and 31, and they have been taken to a Police Station to be questioned in West Yorkshire. Two more victims of the multi car crash in birmingham at the weekend that left six people dead have been named. They were kasarjehangir who was 25, and 30 year old mohammed fasha. The two men are understood to have been travelling in an audi with 26 year old Tauqeer Hussain who was also killed, and a fourth man who was seriously injured when the car ploughed into a taxi in the early hours of sunday. An investigation into the cause of a train crash in the us state of washington is focusing on the speed of the train before it plunged off a bridge onto a motorway below. Three people were killed and about 70 were injured after the train travelling from seattle to portland derailed on a bend in the line. The National Transportation safety board said it was too early to say what caused the accident, but suggested there was evidence the train had been travelling too fast. Our north america correspondent james cook reports. Amtrak 501, emergency, emergency. We are on the ground. The conductor calling for help from amtrak 501 has just survived a deadly high speed crash. Is everybody ok . Im still figuring that out. Weve got cars everywhere, and down onto the highway. Passengers say the train rocked and creaked as it took a curve at speed, and turmoil followed. Ijust grabbed onto the chair in front of me for dear life. My laptop went flying, phone went flying. It was all the way at the other end. People were screaming, it was crazy. The new express was taking a faster route from seattle to portland for the first time. The investigator in charge has obtained a download of the event data recorder on the real locomotive. Preliminary indications are that the train was travelling at 80 mph in a 30 mph track. Some experts say the Rail Industry should have embraced technology to prevent such accidents years ago. Its really ridiculous, the amount of Automation Capability that we have and the fact they have not implemented it yet. For somebody like me whos an engineer, its just pathetic. This is the latest in a series of deadly rail accidents in the us. President trump says it vindicates his call to improve the nations infrastructure, but its too early to say whether that would have made a difference. James cook, bbc news, los angeles. Kenneth craig is a cbs news correspond and who joins us from Washington State where the crash happened. Thanks for being with us and it looks like it was a case of going too fast, 80 miles an hour in a30 going too fast, 80 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour limit . Yes, we have that information very early on. There were reports that track trains, these websites, these reports showed the train was going upwards of 80 miles an hour and it was then confirmed that automatic develop and overnight it was travelling 80 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour zone. What is the latest on the casualties . They are being treated at a number of hospitals, i guess . At this point we know at least three people sadly have lost their lives. Yesterday morning during all of this, another 70 plus injured, ten of those we understand our serious at local hospitals so the number of fatalities could unfortunately could go fatalities could unfortunately could 9 up fatalities could unfortunately could go up as time goes on. This development, it clearly raising a lot of concerns about safety in general on the railways in the states . General on the railways in the states . Of course, any time you see Something Like this happening, violent and dramatic derailment like the one we saw yesterday morning, of course it raises concerns and i will tell you there were concerns raised here in washington before this new route was initiated by local jurisdictions that felt having a high speed train run through their communities could put pedestrians and motorists at risk. It wasnt a concern for derailment because there we re concern for derailment because there were apparently improvements but we have a situation here which happened yesterday morning. Ok, good to talk to you. The headlines on bbc newsroom live. One of britains most senior black lawyers says hes deeply disappointed that ministers have ruled out targets for appointing more black and minority ethnicjudges. Four men are arrested on suspicion of terror offences in South Yorkshire and derbyshire. Us investigators say a train that derailed killing three people was travelling at 80Miles Per Hour on a stretch of track limited to 30. Holly has all the latest sport for us. We start with the news that an investigation is underway following those allegations of doping against the coach and agent of World Champion sprinterJustin Gatlin. Robert waggoner and an agent linked to him offered journalists performance announcing drugs. Athletes can get a real doping because the drug phase can be detected, the coach has said for the both men deny the allegations. The telegraph says this video is why they are responding to questions over why they have experience of using performance enhancing drugs. cannot tell you. Both men deny those allegations and the eye and layer president Sebastian Coates the allegations are extremely serious and the independent integrity unit will investigate. Justin gatlin has responded on social media this morning. He denies any involvement on instagram saying he shocked and surprised. And he is fired his coach suzy found out about this. The mans been arrested in connection with with an alleged hate crime against Raheem Sterling at the weekend. Police have been investigating reports he was racially abused and attacked on saturday after arriving at training. The club has not commented on those allegations. England bowler Craig Overton says he believes the side are not far off winning games despite having just lost the ashes to australia. He went off with a cracked rib as they lost the third test in perth and is a major doubt for the fourth game in melbourne. 30 for the fourth game in melbourne. 3 0 down in the series. Expect another 5 0 whitewash down under. 3 0 down in the series. Expect another 5 0 whitewash down undenm in the background but we are pretty confident we have competed in the series and were not far off winning games. They had just performed for better and longer period than us. We know what weve got to do in those last two games coming up and lets ta ke last two games coming up and lets take a few more wickets, simple as that. What is the mood in the england camp . We are still battling and fighting to get that result and show everybody what we can do. That is all the sport for now until 1 30pm. Many thanks. See you later on. Genetic footage has emerged showing a baby being rescued from a fire that swept through a hotel beside loch lomond yesterday. The young boys parents were on their honeymoon when they found themselves trapped in this week by the blaze in which two people died. Many of the 200 guests who were evacuated returned home while others were transferred to nearby lodges. Police scotla nd transferred to nearby lodges. Police scotland say theyre working with the scottish fire and rescue service to try to determine exactly how the fire broke out. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Its a bit embarrassing for the navy. Its a bit embarrassing for the navy. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. Hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. But what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. According to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ships propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. The problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. A royal Navy Spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000 tonne warship from sailing again early in the new year. Its not clear how easy or how much the repair will cost, but its believed to be one of a number of snags that will have to be rectified by the contractors. The first f35 international delivery. Meanwhile, mps have issued a warning about the cost of the new aircraft that will eventually fly off her. The Commons Defence Select Committee says there has been an unacceptable lack of transparency over the f35 jets, with one estimate that each plane will cost more than £150 million. The mod insists the multi billion pound programme is on track, on time and within budget. Jonathan beale, bbc news. Defence secretary Gavin Williamson has been giving his response to the Aircraft Carrier leak. Currently, shes in portsmouth. Shes having repairs needed. This of the whole aim of the sea trial, to make sure that we look at the problems which occur and they are dealt with. This isnt going to cost the british taxpayer any money. She will be out early on in the new year continuing the sea trials going forward. The Health Regulator is warning that the nhs workforce is at crunch point and its calling on the government to act. In its annual report, the General Medical Council says the supply of new doctors is failing to keep pace with demand and warns the service could suffer increasing pressure over the next 20 years. Our Health Correspondent Adina Campbell reports. Another stark warning about the state of our nhs. This time, the gmc says its concerned about the pressures and unease on doctors as they grapple with their growing workloads. In its latest report, it found that the supply of new doctors into the uk has not kept up with demand with then dependence on non uk qualified doctors in some specialist areas. There was also a risk that some overseas doctors were being put off working in the uk. And an ongoing strain on doctors training. At the moment, we see our doctors day in, day out, doing a fantasticjob, but we shouldnt take that for granted, and thats why things like the training environment forjunior doctors is particularly important. And thats why we should be really clear about what we need to do to look after the attractiveness of the uk for overseas doctors as well. The department of health in england says the nhs currently has a Record Number of doctors, nearly 15,000 more since 2010, and is expanding the number of training places by 25 . Labour, though, has accused the government of mismanaging the nhs, and says the workforce is in crisis. To meet the future needs of patients, the gmc now wants to reduce the burden on doctors, with improvements to their Work Life Balance through better training and Flexible Working conditions. Adina campbell, bbc news. We will discuss this with alan stokes la m pa rd, we will discuss this with alan stokes lampard, chair of the royal couege stokes lampard, chair of the Royal College of gps. Thank you for being with us. You would argue we simply need more doctors and specifically more gps . Yes, absolutely. General practice has the greatest portion of contact with the nhs. Over practice has the greatest portion of contact with the nhs. 0ver1 Million People today will see a gp somewhere. The reality of the workforce hasnt kept pace with demand. Our population is getting older and there are more things we can do for patients and as people get older they develop more long term conditions, and they all need treating, managing and supervision, so we do need more gps. We also need more other health care professionals, too, more nurses in the community, supporting gps working for delivery of the care of patients deserve. The government will say theyre putting more money in the Health Service and training more doctors. Yes, it was great to hear that 1500 more medical School Places will be made available over the next few years but of course it ta kes a the next few years but of course it takes a long time to train somebody through to consultant gp level and hospital level, at least ten years. This isnt a quick fix. In the meantime we need to Work Together to make the nhs as efficient as it can be, to encourage patients to the nhs judiciously, carefully, but also to use our other professional colleagues, not just use our other professional colleagues, notjust doctors but the whole team to deliver the best care to patients and perhaps a message for patients is dont be surprised if youre offered an appointment with somebody other than your gp when you go to the surgery, whoever you are offered to see will be highly trained all know what theyre doing. In terms of wanting to create more gps, if the more doctors being trained, is it a question of not all, a lot of doctors who are trained dont want to be gps. Have you got to make the profession of being a general practitioner more attractive so more of those doctors who are trained want to become gps rather than hospital doctors or anything else . Youve hit the nail on the head. We need to make general practice the attractive career it once was. I would save the bestjob in the world when you are adequately resourced and supported, having a one to one relationship with patients over a period of time when you understand the person and their psychological set up, notjust the physical problems and need to inspire younger doctors is a great place to be, a stimulator in korea. You are saying some gps now find a bit of a rush, they have to cram everybody in two short appointment times and so one korea. Everybody in two short appointment times and so one korea. Gps are burnt out, feeling the pressure. People are feeling disillusioned. People are leaving the profession in d roves people are leaving the profession in droves and converting to working part time because they cant cope with the intensity of the workload any more and thats not good for anybody, the system, for patients. Good to talk to you. Thank you for coming in. 0k, youre watching bbc news. Time now for a look at the weather. In the run up to christmas, the weather is going to be turning milder across the uk. Certainly chilly this morning with some frost and fog and on the fog i think it was a little bit less widespread and dense than we expected but still some problems and accidents in parts of the country due to the fog but this is what it looks like through this is what it looks like through this evening. A lot of mild air coming from the south west, frost free night. Temperatures will be well up, a 6. Even 10 degrees overnight across the north west of scotla nd overnight across the north west of scotland and additionally some freshening winds and rain too. The weather front moving across the uk tomorrow to the south of it, cloudy, gloomy, and in some places it is drizzly in the north west of england and northern wales particularly and very mild to the south, with temperatures into double figures. In the north of scotland, closer to around 8 9. Not quite as warm in scotla nd around 8 9. Not quite as warm in scotland as sunspots today. Southern spots today. This is bbc newsroom live. The latest headlines labour mp, david lammy, who reviewed race bias in the legal system has criticised the governments decision to rule out targets for appointing more black and minority ethnicjudges. Four men are being held by police on suspicion of terrorism offences. They were arrested at their homes in South Yorkshire and derbyshire this morning. Safety investigators in the United States say a train that plunged off the tracks onto a motorway in Washington State was travelling at well over twice the speed limit. Preliminary indications are that the train was travelling at 80 Miles Per Hourin train was travelling at 80 Miles Per Hour ina train was travelling at 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30 Miles Per Hour track. Its emerged britains biggest warship the Aircraft Carrier, Queen Elizabeth is taking on hundreds of litres of sea water every hour because of a leak. Its been 17 years since Sex Education guidelines in schools were last updated. From sexting, to the widespread availability of pornography and the dawn of social media a lot has changed since the year 2000. Now, the department for education is asking parents and young people for their opinions on what should be covered, with a view to updating the guidance for 2019. Our correspondent Richard Galpin reports. Whats different, and whats the same . The guidelines for teaching schoolchildren about relationships and sex have not changed since the turn of the century. And with lessons like this to be made compulsory in all of englands schools, an update is urgently needed, particularly given how much time many children now spend online. Here, there are new risks, like sexting, when images of children are posted on messaging apps. And there is cyber bullying, and the availability online of ha rd core pornography. Often, young people do not necessarily know what is inappropriate in terms of behaviour and materials versus what is appropriate. They are confronted by so much stuff on the internet. But they often dont even know what is illegal and what is legal in terms of what they are doing. It really is time we update guidance. The government wants pupils, teachers and parents to suggest how sex and Relationship Education could be updated to make it more relevant. There will be a vigorous debate. Im a mother of two and i have been looking for Sex Education to be more about healthy relationships, like friendships, as you get older, more appropriate, getting your first boyfriend at the end of primary school, when people are starting to say im going out with him, i want them to understand what makes Good Relationship between a boy and a girl or between a girl and a girl or a boy and a boy or whatever. At the end of this process, the government says its goal is to make sure young people learn the importance of healthy and stable relationships. Richard galpin, bbc news. Joining me in the studio is vicki shotbolt, shes the ceo and founder of parent zone, an organisation working with schools, parents and children to try and make the internet safer. So, you think the guidelines on this sort of education, Sex Education should be updated. We are looking at 2019 when they will be updated. What kind of things would you like to see included that are not included now . Its really time for a shake up and a fresh look at them. They have to start looking at the sort of information children access online. We have to talk about the grittier stuff, we have to talk about porn and healthy relationships and sexting, the new ways childrening are growing up and living their lives. Some parents will be worried about that. They dont want their kids at a young age to be exposed to discussion about that sort of thing they absolutely will. We always say it parents if you are not talking to your children, if your school arent talking to your children about sex and relationships, the internet will be, we have to get ahead of that curve and start being brave. And so what sort of age would you think that you could Start Talking about say Something Like online pornography or sexting. What kind of age is appropriate to discuss that . I think starting to introduce ideas about what is healthy and body issues and privacy and those sorts of concepts have to start at primary school. Obviously when you are talking about the grittier things like pornography, thats something you start to talk about at secondary school. But i dont think it is a conversation that should suddenly start at a specific age. We have to develop in age appropriate ways from the very first years at school. It is hard, isnt it, i know the guidelines havent been updated for 17 years but it is hard to keep pace for the authorities to keep pace, with, for example, social media and what kids are accessing, that is changing almost day by day i think it is. What has happened in the past Sex Education in schools has been about the mechanics and what is interesting about this development is we are bringing in relationships, so well have a broader conversation about sex and relationships and Online Dating and all the complicated things that hopefully will come into the new curriculum. Do you think when we compare ourselves to other countries around the world, are we lagging behind a bit in the way we talk to our young people about sex . I fear we are n scandinavia and other countries around the world they are much more open. It is much less of a scary at that boo. Im afraid we have to get a little bit forward thinking in this. You think thats still the case, that we are a bit scared, we are still sort of, you know, not very forthright when it comes to talking about dhind of issue . think we are. I understand that it is difficult to talk to children about sex. Nobody wants to do it, it isa about sex. Nobody wants to do it, it is a real challenge but if we all feel more comfortable about talking about t then itll be much easier to involve our children in that conversation. So you think a really radical rethink because as i say the guidelines being updated not for next year, the year after, so there is time. What are the other areas that you would like to see included that you would like to see included that are not there now . that you would like to see included that are not there now . I think the big one, the really big with area we have to talk about is relationships, not in the sense of man and wife, partners together, notjust about those partnerships, it is about how we manage online relationships, how we manage online relationships, how we interact with each other, what consent means and the broader more wholistic look at what we mean by a healthy relationship. Well thank you for coming in and talking to us about that. More now on the governments attempt to tackle claims of racial bias in the Justice System in england and wales. Thejustice secretary David Lidington says institutions will have to change or explain when it comes to evidence of Racial Discrimination. Earlier i spoke to a former offender micquel wright, he explained some of his experiences of discrimination during his ten years in prison. One of the things when i was in prison, you know, ethnic minority people, especially black people like myself are very charismatic, we talk about our hands, something as simple as that, used to get misconstewed as aggressive behaviour misconstrued as aggressive behaviour whereas we just talk by our hands. Approximate people understood the way we use our body language and speak to one another like, that they would probably understand be and they wouldnt come across as racist and us wouldnt come across as racist and us getting penalised for being aggressive when we are just having conversations with our be friends on the wing within the prison. You know it was quite difficult, and it was racially biassed. We were penalised, like i said for being ourselves and it is non threatening behaviour to anyone but it was misconstrued. Thats within the Prison Service, do you also think theres discrimination within the Police Service and judiciary, the judges and magistrates . I think they go hand in hand, ithink and magistrates . I think they go hand in hand, i think if iters across the board. The media is highly responsible for the images they put out and i think what eve roever they put out and i think what everoever the police think is what thejudges think everoever the police think is what the judges think and it is what they think within the judicial system because obviously they Work Together. Also i found the prisons who had bme officers working higher up, like bme senior officers, the staff had more of an understanding of the culture, whereas when i went up of the culture, whereas when i went up north and there were minimal bme officers or staff in the prisons there was a lot more racial bias towards myself and my peers. One of the things the government is saying, one of the recommendations from the lamy report is they are not going to have quote at thats or targets for black, asian and ethnic minority judges and magistrates. Dhoent think itll be a good idea. Do you think there should be they dont think itll be a good idea . Do you think there should be . I think there are quotas and targets outside the judiciary in normal work places they wa nt to judiciary in normal work places they want to be more fair and give more ethnic people more opportunities. I think it should be the same. We are living in a Multiracial Society. I do think thejudiciary living in a Multiracial Society. I do think the judiciary system should reflect the society we live in. President Trumps National security adviser has told the bbc that the us is ready to force north korea to give up its Nuclear Weapons, with or without their co operation. General hr mcmaster told the bbcs yalda hakim that the regime of kim jong un remains a grave threat. Are you committed to a peaceful resolution to this . Of course. Thats what we want. But we are not committed to a peaceful were committed to a peaceful were committed to a resolution. We want the resolution to be peaceful but as the resolution to be peaceful but as the president said all options are on the table and we have to be prepared, if necessary, to compel the denuclearisation of north korea without the cooperation of that regime. Leading republicans such as senator Lindsey Graham have said there is a 30 chance of war and if they continue with the missile strikes it could go up to 70 . Is war imminent . Well, the chance of war, who knows what they are. They could go up or down based on what we all decide to do. North korea is a grave threat to all civilised people across the globe. Lets talk about russia. All of the Us Intelligence community has said that russia interfered, meddled in the 2016 elections. Putting the politics to one side, would you say that this is a National Security risk and threat . Certainly it is. And so what this National Security strategy actually said explicitly in the document, this strategy reviews the world as it ist this strategy reviews the world as it is t doesnt create an aspirational model. Thats how we have to view russian behaviour as, we have to look at what russia is doing. 0f we have to look at what russia is doing. Of course we have to counter russias destabilising behaviour and the Sophisticated Campaigns of propaganda and disinformation. Effo rts propaganda and disinformation. Efforts to polarise communities and pit them against each other, especially in the democratic world and ina especially in the democratic world and in a free and open society, they use that openness and freedom against countries i think to weaken their popular will and resolve. Do you believe that russia meddled in the 2016 elections . I believe russia is engaged in a very Sophisticated Campaign of subversion to affect our confidence in democratic institutions, in democratic process. Institutions, in democratic process. They meddled . Including. Including your election . What they used is propaganda and disinformation. On both sides. Both support very left groups, both support very right groups. What they want to do is create the kind of tension and vitriol that undermines our confidence in who we are. Is this something the president is saying as well . Yes, of course. He is acknowledging that this kind of meddling took place . He acknowledged it publicly. Will you ensure this doesnt happen in the future . This kind of interference . To the degree we have agency and control over it, certainly. One of the important things to do is to pull the curtain back on this activity and expose it. Would your life be easier if the president stopped tweeting . Aristotle said focus on what you can control and you can make a difference. The president will do what he wants to do. It is his way of reaching the american people. A communication mode that is successful for communication mode that is successfulfor him. He has quite a number of followers around the world. Myjob is not to worry about twitter. Thats president Trumps National security advisor there. Yvette cooper, chair of the home affa i rs yvette cooper, chair of the home affairs committee, asked the advice president of twitter about the action that they have taken to tackle hate crime against public figures on twitter. We have had a series of reports including from am nest City International and stand na rd nest City International and stand nard public life, nest City International and stand na rd public life, which nest City International and stand nard public life, which include individuals getting abuse, they could not report all those cases, particularly dianne who has misogynist and racist abuse. And anya soubry has had Death Threats and so on, do you take proactive approach to those individuals to look at the scale of abuse they are receiving to see what needs to be done about it . We, firstly we have dedicated teams who work with parliamentarians and offer them safety, security advice. Also, there are particular escalation paths for elected officials, who are experiencing difficulty. We have also worked hard to, again, within the platform, where we see somebody who is getting a lot of mentions and allot of abuses, a lot of abusive content, that they we will increasingly communicate with them, within the platform to, you know, to suggest ways in which they can protect themselves within the platform. Thats the latest there from the Home Affairs Select committee. Now our headlines on bbc newsroom live labour mp, david lammy who reviewed race bias in the legal system has criticised the governments decision to rule out targets for appointing more black and minority ethnicjudges four men are arrested on suspicion of terror offences in South Yorkshire and derbyshire us investigators say a train that derailed killing 3 people was travelling at 80Miles Per Hour on a stretch of track limited to thirty. Victims of last years devastating Christmas Market attack in berlin are being commemorated today. 12 people were killed and 70 injured when a truck deliberately ploughed into the market. The driver was anis amri, a tunisian whose asylum application had been turned down months before. Our berlin correspondent, jenny hill has been explaining how the anniversary is being marked relatives of those who lost their lives in the attack have been lighting candles and placed them on a newly opened memorial on the steps of the church which overlooks the site of the Christmas Market attack. Actually, angela merkel, the german chancellor, gave a short impromptu speech in which she in effect acknowledged that bore lip, the authorities in germany hadnt really done enough to support victims families in the days and weeks following the attack and that lessons following the attack and that lesso ns ha d following the attack and that lessons had been learnt for the future. As you can imagine, it is a very sombre day here in berlin. The Christmas Market itself is closed, out of a sign of respect for the 12 people who lost their lives and, of course, for the 70 people who suffered injuries. Some of them very serious. The site itself is closed so that theres privacy for the victims families, who, as i say have been placing candles and white roses on the stone steps. This has caused a fair degree, i think of public anger directed at angela merkel. The families of those who died and some of those who were injured actually wrote her an open letter some time back, accusing her of not doing enough to support them. And they say she should have been in touch, either in person or in writing to offer her condolences, but whats really angered them, i suppose is, first of all, the fact that they say they werent supported, it was several days in some case before they were told, for example, that their loved one had been killed. Some families were sent bills by the Hospital Mortuary. And there is some anger amongst relatives and those affected because they say that the police, had they been properly resourced, might have had the capacity to actually anis amri from carrying out this attack. Angela merkel actually met with about 100 of those people yesterday. Many of them said, afterwards, that they felt that she had put their minds at rest, she had spoken with them and given them a degree of comfort and reassurance about how authorities would react in the future. But i think there is still some anger there, and that has exacerbated a very painful anniversary. Notjust exacerbated a very painful anniversary. Not just for the exacerbated a very painful anniversary. Notjust for the people who were caught up in the attack but i think for the whole of germany because, bear in mind that the Christmas Market is a really strong german tradition. It really matters to german people and so, when a terrorist struck not just to german people and so, when a terrorist struck notjust in the capital, in the heart of the country, anis amri also struck at the very heart of the christmas tradition which has been very, very painful for tradition which has been very, very painfulfor many tradition which has been very, very painful for many germans. Interestingly, i spent some time at this Christmas Market a few days ago and people there say they were resolved to carry on the tradition. One man said there might be another attack but im going sit here with my gluwine and sausage because it is the only way i can demonstrate my defiance. The indian prime minister, narendra modi, is in the Southern State of kerala to meet the families of victims killed in a devastating cyclone which struck there two weeks ago. Nearly 70 people died when cyclone 0khi hit the South West Indian coast and some 500 fishermen are still missing at sea. From kerala, our correspondent Sanjoy Majumder reports. They are mourning the dead and others who may never come back. Special services are being held in churches across kerbala for hundreds of fishermen, mission since cyclone 0khi hit the coast more than two weeks ago. A tleedge has devastated be communities all along this coast. At this fishing village a vigil right by the beach. These men went out to sea when the cyclone struck. Theirfamilies still out to sea when the cyclone struck. Their families still waiting for them to return. Translation they left early in the morning, 16 of them in three boats. This womans husband and brother were among them. But with every passing day, she is losing hope of finding them alive. Translation now i know they will not come back. They must be dead. I just want their bodies. I just want to give them a decent burial. This part of india has not been hit bya this part of india has not been hit by a cyclone in 100 years. So the fishermen were caught completely off guard. Warnings had been issued by the authorities but it was too late. They were already out at sea. Most of the fishermen travel out to sea in little boats such as this one. To travel deep into the sea, sometimes spending several days before coming back. Now even on a day when the sea is as calm as it is todayit day when the sea is as calm as it is today it is still choppy, quite unsteady. So you can imagine when there are strong winds, or a storm that hits you, you have little or no chance of survival. This is now the largest sea rescue operation launched by india since the asian tsunami of 200a. A search for survivors across the vast arabian sea and indian ocean, all the way up to the maldives. But many believe the authorities reacted late. That a lot more people have been affected than officially reported. Every day the bodies are sorted and we are sorting out and burying them. Hundreds of people a day. And as for the number of people missing, there are about thousands of people. The sea has always sustained these fishing communities. Theyve depended on it for everything. Now its wrecked their lives and shaken their faith. We know trees can help in the fight against climate change, but did you know its also important to plant them in the right places to see the greatest benefit . The bbcs helen briggs has been to londons kew gardens to find out about their role in urban areas in particular. She spoke to Damejudi Dench about her passion for trees. Trees in their winter glory. But they are more than just beautiful. As Damejudi Dench learned in a new documentary, they are an ally in the fight against climate change. I am told all of those leaves are helping the tree to breathe in more Carbon Dioxide, which it will then use to grow more branches. It is notjust about planting more trees, it is about the right trees in the right places. These giant trees are very important for drawing down in cities, the high density of trees is important for removing particular matter from the air. You will have less respiratory problems if you do that. This nasa map shows how growing trees soak up Carbon Dioxide in the Northern Hemisphere summer. Every year, the trees here at kew take up tonnes of Carbon Dioxide from the air. But they are not just Carbon Capture machines, they are living research. We are learning more about them every day. Every now and then it will blip. Like a popping sound . Yes. That little popping sound is the sound of the water travelling up from the roots all the way through the thousands of tiny little tubes called xylem tubes. Kew has thousands of rare and exotic trees. The man who looks after them says there is no end to their uses. Trees give us everything that we use today. They give us the oxygen we breathe, they use our Carbon Dioxide to produce that. They are good for reducing the amount of run off and preventing erosion, the best air conditions, they clean pollutants out of the atmosphere, they look after our well being, and they are aesthetically beautiful. And, you know, that is so important today. It is becoming more and more relevant. Scientists say trees have a big role to play in pollution control, but we will only get the benefits if we plant the right trees in right places. Helen briggs, bbc news. Ina in a moment the news at one. But before that, the weather prospects. In the run up to christmas, the weather is going to be turning milder across the uk. Milder than it has been in the last couple of days. It was quite frosty in morning, foggy too, but perhaps the fog wasnt as widespread or dense as we expected yesterday. Look at this, this is interesting. Early this morning, minus a in bournemouth. 15 in the north of scotland. Very mild in some spots. It is the effect of the winds going up the mountain and down the other side it warms up. There is there is an explanation online. This is the forecast tonight. South westerly winds. Mild out there with cloud around. No frost tonight. There might be a little fog and low cloud around the hills but thats pretty much it. This is the jet stream through tomorrow. You can see the jet stream tomorrow. You can see the jet stream to the north of scotland there, pushing in a tongue of mild air all the way to scanned navia. This pattern of the jet stream pushing mild air in our direction is going to continue for the next few days, right up untiland to continue for the next few days, right up until and probably through christmas as well. So, no major changes on the horizon. A lot of mild weather, with weather fronts moving through. Not much rainfall. More than anything, thick cloud. Double figure temperatures across the south tomorrow. In the north, a bit of sunshine in eastern scotla nd north, a bit of sunshine in eastern scotland and around about 9 degrees celsius. That takes us into thursday. The weather front moving further south. Thick cloud and maybe spots of drizzle across the midlands, southern england. The best of the sunshine across northern and North Eastern areas of the uk. Then towards the end of the week, the patternp doesnt change. Like i say, we had an area of High Pressure towards the south west of us. This is how the winds blow around the High Pressure. It is shunting the milderair High Pressure. It is shunting the milder air from High Pressure. It is shunting the milder airfrom the High Pressure. It is shunting the milder air from the central parts of the atlantic in our direction. This pattern will continue into christmas. It is going to stay mild. Theres going to be a lot of cloud around, maybe a little bit of fog around, maybe a little bit of fog around, too and any rainful is mostly expected across North Western areas. A sneak preview of what it might look like christmas. It is still a long way off. But the thinking is, there will be rain moving through and again, the mild south westerlies. Goodbye. Counterterrorism police have made a number of arrests in derbyshire and yorkshire as they try to foil a suspected islamist terror plot. Four men were arrested at separate addresses in the Early Morning raids. In chesterfield, the bomb squad has been called in and local residents evacuated. Yes, several streets on the edge of chesterfield have been cordoned off and people moved out of their homes as the bomb squad continued their investigation, we will have the latest in the next few moments. Also on the programme this lunchtime. The government rules out targets for appointing more black and ethnic minorityjudges but says its determined to see a more diversejudiciary. A train that came off a bridge in america, killing at least three people, was travelling at 80mph in a 30mph zone