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In 1918, votes for women became a reality. And its a hundred years today that women got the vote but even then only if they were over 30 and owners of property. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, chelsea captain gary cahill has backed manager antonio conte, saying the players need to look in the mirror after their 4 1 loss at watford. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Former bosses of the construction and outsourcing company carillion have apologised for the firms collapse but denied claims by mps that they were asleep at the wheel. The firm which provided services for schools, hospitals and prisons went into liquidation in the middle ofjanuary. It employed more than 40,000 people worldwide. This morning mps have been cross the companys executives about how they are loaded to colla pse about how they are loaded to collapse with debts of over £1 billion and a huge pension deficit. Our Business Correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. The seniorfigures in the senior figures in charge of carillion in its final months. Keith cochrane, chief executive during the collapse. Reporter would you say sorry to employees . And zafar khan, the finance director ousted after commissioning an internal investigation. Also among them richard howson, he was sacked as chief executive after having to warn last year that profits were plummeting. I too would like to say how deeply saddened and how sorry i am for what has happened to the business. Mr harrison received £1. 5 million in 2016 and continue to get his salary after he left, even though the company failed to get a key middle Eastern Company to pay up for 18 months. If we had completed the contract. How much were you owed. £200 million. I would like you to answer the questions im asking, not the oiies the questions im asking, not the ones you would like to answer. How much to cut ahn over the business when you left it . Around £200 million. How much did kat ahn oh the business . The opening of the Royal Liverpool hospital is set to be put off indefinitely. There was a drastic shortage of cash coming in. Despite that pressure, the man brought in as caretaker chief executive was accused of getting priorities wrong by paying more to shareholders than the stricken pension scheme. I understood it to be an agreed arrangements between the pension funds. Ifi have be an agreed arrangements between the pension funds. If i have to children and i pay one of their £1 a week and the other 50p a week in pocket money, and the one who gets 50 pete says i think your priority is the other child, you are paying her twice as much as me, and i say i dont think that is the right way to look at it, dear . Do you think the child getting 50p has a point . 0r look at it, dear . Do you think the child getting 50p has a point . Or do you think they dont . That is an interesting perspective. With money leaking away, carillion desperately needed new contracts to keep going. But former finance director zafar khan said that new work has begun to dry up. We had some contracts we were the preferred bidders for but they continued to drift out to the right because of the brexit uncertainty. That was amplified by the general election announcement. Along the way mps were told by carillion had in george tenet s final to mcgrady is in aggressive accounting, effectively booking payments as income and they had not commend were told that carillion had indulged in its final two years carillion had indulged in its final two yea rs in carillion had indulged in its final two years in aggressive accounting, effectively booking payments as income and they had not come in. Our Business Editor simon jack is here. How did a company which got a clean bill of health from the executives of the company and its auditors suddenly almost collapse four months after that injuly . Suddenly almost collapse four months after that in july . The suddenly almost collapse four months after that injuly . The executives said today they were genuinely surprised by how quickly some contracts deteriorated. Some in the middle east, some in canada and some key ones in the uk. And given the amount of debt the company had, which they admitted was too hi, they did not have the wiggle room. It was a surprise to us, everyone today said it was a complete surprise. Real consequences from this collapse, we are hearing more today . The Royal Liverpool hospital has released a Statement Today saying because of the problems with subcontractors, many of whom face financial difficulties, they cannot get the work started on this Major Hospital and it was meant to open in february 2018, this month, they are saying it would be very unlikely it will be finished before the end of the year. A critical bit of public servers delayed by carillion, in addition to all thejobs servers delayed by carillion, in addition to all the jobs we know will be lost. Thank you, simon jack, oui will be lost. Thank you, simon jack, our Business Editor. Wall street is bracing itself for more turbulence today after yesterdays near record stock market falls. This morning prices have been tumbling in the far east and europe. The ftse opened sharply down before recovering slightly. Well, the sell off began last week when strong Economic Data in the us sparked fears of an early rise in Interest Rates. Yogita limaye is at the New York Stock Exchange. The fall started in america, what do we expect from the markets open . Markets will open in about an hour and 20 from now, that is the New York Stock Exchange behind me. All of this started on friday. Traders started worrying that Interest Rates would rise rapidly on the back of strong wage growth in the us. On friday you saw the dowjones industrial average fell more than 650 points, yesterday it was the worst fall in history in terms of points. Even in terms of percentage the worst since the financial crisis. You have seen that impact across markets across the world, markets have been turned around 2 but in the far east, japan, hong kong, taiwan, they have fallen as much as four or 5 . When traders get inside today they will be anxious, but the word on wall street, even after the closing yesterday, people have said there is no need to panic just yet. The fundamentals of the economy remains strong, there is still strong growth in america. Unemployment is low. They are essentially saying that the markets we re essentially saying that the markets were inflated and to some extent eve ryo ne were inflated and to some extent everyone was expecting a correction. When there was some trigger for the correction, that is the reason you have seen this kind of sell off happening. Here in america you have seen President Trump repeatedly taking credit for record stock market highs. Yesterday he was out in ohio, he did not say anything about the markets. The white house said the president continues to focus on long term fundamentals, which remain strong. Many thanks indeed. Relatives of the victims of the1 982 ira hyde park bombing have been granted legal aid for a civil action against the main suspect. The case againstjohn downey, who denies involvement, collapsed at the old bailey four years ago when it emerged that government officials had mistakenly given him a letter telling him he would not face arrest or prosecution. Four soldiers of the Royal Household cavalry and seven horses died in the attack. Keith doyle reports. Four soldiers of the Royal Household cavalry died when a car bomb detonated as they made their way to Buckingham Palace in july 19 detonated as they made their way to Buckingham Palace injuly 19 82. Dozens were injured and seven cavalry horses died. Another horse was critically injured, but recovered enough to return to service. A recovery which was closely followed by the public. John downey, who was convicted of ira membership in the 1970s, was the prime suspect and was charged with the bombing in 2014. That case collapsed when it emerged that government officials had assured him in writing in 2007 that he would not face arrest or prosecution. He was one of around 180 republicans, so called on the runs, suspected of involvement in terrorist crimes, but who had never been charged. As pa rt of been charged. As part of the good friday agreement they received letters from the government assuring them they were not being sought by police. There was severe criticism of this scheme, which was described as secretive and a catastrophic mistake. Tony blair, whose government implemented it, sought to defend it. Without having to matt, we would not have a Northern Ireland Peace Process in place today. Welljohn downey was not wanted by police in Northern Ireland, he was wa nted police in Northern Ireland, he was wanted by the met police. But a judge ruled that even though his letter was sent by mistake it would be an abuse of process for him to stand trial for the hyde be an abuse of process for him to stand trialfor the hyde park bombing. While the families of those killed in the hyde park bombing can now pursue a civil case, there is no guarantee that it will be successful. It is great news for them, they have gone through all the agonies of the original bomb and then waiting to see if anyone would ever be caught for it, then someone has been put forward as possibly being the bomb, to see that collapse, to then have five different types of legal aid agency. It has been a roller coaster and a really hard one for them, it does not show up our legal system particularly well. 35 years on a Northern Ireland is still trying to come to terms with the violence of the past. Pressure is mounting on president jacob zuma to step down after the speaker of parliament and adds that the state of the nation address, which the president was due to deliver on thursday, had been postponed. The Nelson Mandela foundation has called on south africas president to step down, saying he has abused the trust of south africans and is not fit to govern. His deputy has replaced him as the leader of the African National congress, but he remains the president of the country. The Health Secretary has announced a review of the legal treatment of errors by doctors. The doctor was convicted after the death of a six year old boy in her care, but it provoked anger in the medical profession because it said she had been under intense pressure due to understaffing. What has the Health Secretary had to say . A short time agojeremy hunt told the commons that was very widespread concern about this whole situation. Just to remind you, it was a very tragic case, the death of six year old jack adcock which resulted in the conviction of doctor dr bawagaba. A tribunal met last year to decide herfuture dr bawagaba. A tribunal met last year to decide her future as a doctor following the conviction, they said she should be suspended forjust 12 months. The General Medical Council decided to appeal against that. They went to the high court and a couple of weeks ago a House Democrat High Court Ruling was she should be struck off the register completely, she should not practice again and a couple of weeks ago the High Court Ruling was. The doctor was under intense pressure because of understaffing, jeremy hunt has responded to that statement and says there will be a review of where you draw the line between gross negligence, manslaughter and how you treat doctors who have committed errors and mistakes, and secondly how you should allow them to be open in their reflections in the paperwork that they do. And finally any lessons to be learned by the General Medical Council. What has been the reaction from doctors to this . They have said it is exactly the right thing. One campaigner who worked with this doctor told me she thought it was exactly the right thing to do. It was a very tragic case, a young boy died, careers were ruined by this and there were of lessons to be learned. This review could reach some answers on bar. Thank you very much, hugh pym, our health editor. Our top story this lunchtime former bosses of the construction giant carillion apologise for its colla pse giant carillion apologise for its collapse but denied they were asleep at the wheel. And still to come changing weather. Well take a sneak peek at the bbcs new weather graphics. Coming up in sport leeds united have announced the appointment of barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom as their new head coach. Hes their tenth manager in the last five years. Its 100 years ago today that women first got the right to vote, provided they were over 30 and owners of property. To mark the centenary of that historic reform, campaigners are calling for posthumous pardons to be given to women who were jailed in the fight for universal suffrage. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister will mark the anniversary by warning that online intimidation of women is threatening democracy. Jane hill is in westminster. Hello, ben. Welcome to central lobby, to the absolute heart of parliament he won this very, very significant day. The lobby is particularly noisy and busy. There is an awful lot of School Groups around here today on this very significant anniversary. Boys and girls, i should stress, being reminded of what today is all about. Our correspondent Adina Campbell ta kes a our correspondent Adina Campbell takes a look first ball and gives us this reminder of the Suffragette Movement first. White the campaign started off with peaceful intentions, but progress was slow, and after years of conflict free campaigning, some women were not prepared to wait any longer. Emmeline pankhurst, along with her daughter christabel, founded the womens social and Political Union in 1903. Otherwise known as the suffragettes. Political union in 1903. Otherwise known as the suffragettesm Political Union in 1903. Otherwise known as the suffragettes. It seemed like a mad idea then. And i think it took a long time, thats why the campaign was so long, because they had to change people attitudes towards women and what they could do. But this new wave of suffragettes were bowled. Women were seen suffragettes were bowled. Women were seen chaining themselves to railings, smashing windows, and shouting at politicians, all unprecedented behaviour. Some were arrested. But rather than pay a fine, they were sent to prison. But their protest didnt stop there. Some of those locked up refused to eat, whilst others on the outside continued the violence, vandalising churches and burning down buildings. They said, theres a suffragette round the corner speaking. So, i went round the corner and i thought myself, those so my quiz woman is talking sense. When i actually joined, i went to an open air meeting and heard the speaker say, lunatics, criminals, paupers and women may not vote. Well, i hadnt joined before then although all of my instincts had been that way, but ijoined them my instincts had been that way, but i joined them and my instincts had been that way, but ijoined them and then. Dawai charming women who were in it, and they were absolutely smothered with eggs, rotten tomatoes, and you never saw anything like what we looked like at the end. But this was one of the most shocking and memorable moments of the campaign. In 1913, emily davison, one of the leading suffragettes, was knocked down by the kings was at epsom racecourse. And she died of her injuries four days later. Then came a breakthrough. On february the 6th 1918, some women were given the right to vote for the very first time. But at this stage, women were only allowed to vote if they were over the age of 30 and owned property. During the first world war, we did a mansjob, we worked in the factories, we worked in the fields, we did a mans drop. So why cant we have a vote . As with equal rights, why cold we have a vote . But men are, by nature, control freaks. It wasnt until 1928 when all women had the same Voting Rights as men. And, over time, weve seen a growing number of women in parliament and become Prime Minister. Harriet harman is the longest continuing serving female mp, first elected in 1982. I was one of only 23 mps out of 650 when i started. Now over 200. But we are still outnumbered by men 21. But 100 years on, women women are still fighting. Most recently, the gender pay gap, sexual harassment, and the me too movement have all made headlines around the world. And the campaigns continue. Theres so much that still needs to be done, i think they would be urging us on and saying, you know, dontjust accept urging us on and saying, you know, dont just accept where we urging us on and saying, you know, dontjust accept where we are at, we can be so much better, so much richer as a society and an economy if women and men were allowed to do whatever they want to, if the genders were not divided up in this progress, outdated idea about what a man is and what a woman is. There are now calls for the government to pardon suffragette who committed crimes such as arson during their fight for the right to vote. 100 yea rs fight for the right to vote. 100 years may have passed, but some say there is still a long way to go. Adina campbell, bbc news. Vicky young is with me here in the lobby. It would have been an awful lot more rowdy than this, this is the real heart of where some of those protests would have taken place. It was noisy and sometimes violent as well, women like Emmeline Pankhurst used to come here and stand on the streets shouting, votes for women. It is incredible that women, even to watch proceedings in malls of common tag, had to watch it behind these grills, they had to peer through, they said it was smelly and dark and disgusting. They chained themselves to those in protest. The grills were removed, and around the house of commons here in the central lobby they are now adorning the windows around here. It definitely was a place where they came off, they were blacklisted and eventually banned from coming here for 11 years until it all changed. This rather remarkable act of parliament was brought in, it is on display here today in central lobby. We normally dont see it. Its incredibly precious, of course. We normally dont see it. Its incredibly precious, of coursem is many inches thick, its worth pointing out. This was for men as well as women, it wasnt all women, but it did make a big difference, of course. In terms of where we are today, theresa may might not do this in her speed and a little while, this is not just in her speed and a little while, this is notjust about women in public life theresa may might nod to this. We have to refer at an all women, across all professions and walks of life we have to reflect. Theresa may will talk about that in particular. Here, there are fewer than 500 women who have ever been elected to be an mp. At the moment, one third of the holes of commons is female. Things have obviously changed. When i first came here, there were hardly any women in newspapers or in the house of commons. It is changing. But the day theresa may will also block about social media abuse. She is concerned thatis social media abuse. She is concerned that is putting off notjust men but women from going into public life. We will have to see whether that encourages more women to go into public life. For now, that is all from here on a very significant day here in the house of commons. Ben, back to you. The trial of three former senior managers at tesco who are accused of accounting fraud has been discontinued after one of the defendants suffered a heart attack. The jury at Southwark Crown court has been discharged and the Serious Fraud office is considering whether a retrial is appropriate. Our Business Correspondent emma simpson is at Southwark Crown court. British drivers wasted more than 30 hours in rush hour traffic last year, according to new research. The report from Traffic Information Company Inrix found the uk is the tenth most congested country in the world, while london is europes second most gridlocked city. The studys authors are calling for new technology to be used to tackle congestion. They say congestion is harming the economy. Charlotte gallagher reports. There is nothing more frustrating for drivers than being stuck in this. The bad news is, those delays are getting worse. British motorists spent an average of 31 hours stuck in congestion last year. London is europes second most congested city after moscow. With drivers spending the government of three days every yearin the government of three days every year in trafficjams. Something these drivers headed into Central London no wall about. Two hours per day, i come to london every day, so its about ten hours per week, 40 hours per month, you do the maths. 0h, hours, i was. Hours per month, you do the maths. 0h, hours, iwas. Perweek . Hours. Manchester, birmingham, luton and edinburgh have also been singled out as gridlock hotspots. That extra time behind the wheel is costing drivers more than £1000 per year. Notjust in wasted fuel, but also because some Household Goods are becoming more expensive, as higher freighting fees are passed on to consumers. Inrix, which carried out the research, says the cost to the uk economy is astonishing. Its really a big concern. Ultimately, this means there is a decrease in productivity from the business side. But also quite a big cost is being passed down to the driver, whether thatis passed down to the driver, whether that is through direct costs like fuel wasted sitting in traffic, or just the time you are losing. There is also cost on businesses which ultimately get passed to household. And there are implications for our health. We notjust concerned about the time and money that drivers are wasting stuck in traffic, but also the potential damage to their health. Drivers are spending time behind other vehicles and breathing in Dangerous Levels of air pollution, which can actually be higher inside vehicles than outside. The department for transport says it has invested £23 billion on road schemes, which will help reduce traffic jams, and is schemes, which will help reduce trafficjams, and is giving local councils record amounts of funding to upgrade roads. Charlotte gallagher, bbc news. 21 people have been arrested in raids aimed at disrupting a people Smuggling Network run by suspected kurdish gangsters. Police raided around 20 addresses across england, including in middlesbrough, hartlepool, newcastle and london. The gang is suspected of charging up to £10,000 per head to smuggle migrants in the back of lorries across the channel. Public Health England says it wants e cigarettes to be prescribed on the nhs within the next 2 3 years because theyre an effective way to help smokers quit. It says vaping poses only a small fraction of the risk of smoking tobacco, and its calling for the uks drug regulator to help manufacturers get their products approved. The nhs is trying hard to recruit more staff from abroad, but an egyptian doctor says shes devastated after being refused a visa for her daughter tojoin her in the uk. Amany abdel meguid came to britain over a year ago to work in a hospital in birmingham, but the home office wont let her daughter join her on the grounds her husband wasnt in the uk when the application was made. Our correspondent sima kotecha reports. Amany abdelmeguid and her three year old daughter, lily. Amany came to britain after she heard there was a shortage of doctors in there was a shortage of doctors in the uk. Now shes struggling to get a visa for her daughter, who is currently living with her grandparents in need of. |j currently living with her grandparents in need of. I graduated in egypt, and i wanted to train as a doctor in the uk to her grand pa rents doctor in the uk to her grand parents in egypt. I took certain exams and i got to the gmc for registration, then i got recruited to fill in a gap. She came on a tear two visa. Workers. A husband is in saudi arabia practising medicine. But the government will not give the daughter permission to come here, saying her application will not be the criteria. It would be very irresponsible of the government not to make checks and balances. What would you say to that argument . need somebody to explain to me, why ami need somebody to explain to me, why am i allowed to be a doctor in the uk and are not allowed to bring my child . While im perfectly capable of funding her child . While im perfectly capable offunding her care, child . While im perfectly capable of funding her care, its not a burden at all on the british society. The immigration rules say both parents must be living in the uk or have permission to live in the uk or have permission to live in the uk when the child arrives. Amany says her husband is planning to move here later this year. The royal couege here later this year. The Royal College of gps recently wrote to the government asking for doctors trained outside the eu to be given extra help to tackle the doctor shortages. I talk to her every day, but i miss the details. Its just too hard to bear. I dont understand the reason for it. Like, why . Its not clear whether there is more to why the application was rejected, but what is clear is how much i amany misses her daughter. Sima kotecher, bbc news, birmingham. The actorjohn mahoney, best known for playing martin crane in the american sitcom frasier, has died at the age of 77. He was being cared for in a hospice in chicago. John mahoney, who was born in lancashire, starred in frasierfor 11 years playing a grumpy retired policeman who often outwitted his two pretentious sons. Hey, look who i found at the airport. 0h welcome home, dad. So, how was florida . Oh, it was a whirlwind. Duke and i hit the dog track and then we met the michaeljordan ofjai alai players at the red lobster. But the place i went back to most of all was captain peters gator farm. Ah. Did you go and see the hemingway home . Well, you know, fras, you cant squeeze everything in. John mahoney, who has died aged 77. Starting this lunchtime, theres a new look to bbc weather. Meteogroup will be providing us with the latest data, and theres a fresh design to the way our forecasts are displayed on tv, online and in the bbcs weather app. Sarah keith lucas explains. Its here in the bbc Weather Centre where the new look forecasts have been developed over recent months. We know how important clear and accurate forecasts are for you, so weve been working closely with our partners meteogroup to bring you the new graphics using more data, as well as the latest innovations in Design Technology and forecasting science. Simon hunt is our creative director. Now, simon, talk us through what the viewers can expect to see with our new graphics . What they will notice straightaway is that the map looks different. Its a High Resolution map, and its green. If you go in closer on that, you can see weve also got High Resolution data for the weather. We also have the ability to show a 3d globe with weather on it, which the presenters can move around quite easily to create the editorial story that they want to tell. Some of the graphics as well were using, so the outlook, for instance, here shows quite clearly that temperatures rise to the weekend and then fall away afterwards. So hows it all going to look on the big screen . Well, itll look clean and fresh. And one of our main concepts when developing these graphics was the idea of a window on the weather, so behind this window you can see not only the weather in the distance, you can also see drops of rain sitting on the pane of glass, here. And as simon was showing us, we can now look at the weather on a very localised scale. For instance, lets zoom into northern england, and in this example you can see quite clearly the showers falling as rain, but also of snow over the higher ground, too. And its not only on a smaller scale that things are changing, but also on the global scale, too. We can now look at satellite data from right around the world. We can also add on pressure fields and frontal systems, too. We can even give you an indication of when and where you might be likely to see the northern lights. And, of course, its not only on tv that things are changing. Weve also redeveloped our weather app and our website, too. Now, one of the main changes is that our ten day forecast has