For joining us today, i am the womens executive director of the Georgia Institute for a law in policy, its a think they tank based here in the law school where we do original policy work inflammation with her faculty and students and also spend a lot of time thinking about how we train lawyers and posing makers to better understand the many Ways Technology is impacting our society. There is no more pressing instances of that issue than the topic of the symposium today, Election Integrity and the networked in formation era, technology is reshaping many facets of our society including changing the venues, scope and toe of information sharing and the conversations. How these changes radar elections is a priority of the higher order, so the elections of the institutions and an area where arguably above all others we need public trust. There is no question the public trust and Democratic Institutions is being challenged in seismic race today, so that is to say we have a lot to talk about, t
To up to 4,500 jobs in the uk, as part of restructuring plans to make it more profitable. Three call centres, in sunderland, hull and worcester, could be closed. Unions have called it a cruel blow for the compa nys workers in the run up to christmas. Our economics correspondent andy verity has more details. Sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. Not any more. A few miles away, near the town of houghton le spring, 2500 Call Centre Workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. Disappointment, but its a shame, theres nothing else we can do. Ill take it one step at a time. Im still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. Its a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. The future does look bleak, to be honest. Youve got tata, youve got british gas. For 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else is going to replace thatjob . Where are they going to
Joe denley, eight years simplys senior, might conclude that things dont get any easier. Both went for just four. Joe root has mastered the art of test batting, but recently, even his touch has deserted him. How england would welcome a big score from him on day three. If you think back to the ashes last summer, david warner was in simply dreadful form, barely able to score a run. 0vernight barely able to score a run. Overnight in adelaide he has managed to score 335 all by himself. Australia eventually declared on 5893, with australia eventually declared on 589 3, with warner unbeaten. His innings is the tenth highest score in the history of test cricket. How about that for a return to form . Meanwhile, pakistan are struggling on 96 6. Max verstappen went fastest in practice in abu dhabi ahead of the final grand prix of the season. He was the only man to challenge the mercedes drivers. He points to 0. 04 seconds ahead of lewis hamilton, while bott hass was in third. Qualifying gets unde
Rail passenger groups have criticised a decision by Train Companies to increase fares by an average of 2. 7 injanuary. It means some commuters face rises of more than a hundred pounds in the cost of their season tickets. Rail firms say the extra money will pay for improvements to the network. Heres our business correspondent, katie prescott. Christmas is coming and for commuters on South Western Railway that means almost a month of scenes like these as strikes on the line start on monday. So the news that train fares will rise again next year, above the standard rate of inflation, has not gone down well with these passengers in bristol. I think the rail service probably needs to be improved nationwide before they can think about putting up fares. Ive just come over from cambridge and it would have been cheaper for me to go to paris. Todays announcement means many commuters face an increase of more than £100 in the annual cost of getting to work. For example, a season ticket from eastb
And rain in the north west. Not as cold here as it was last night. Sharp cross bleep frost across england and wales. Sharp frost. Fog clearing first thing. Slightly cloudierfor northern fog clearing first thing. Slightly cloudier for Northern Ireland and scotla nd cloudier for Northern Ireland and scotland with patchy rain. Another cold day with highs of 6 9d. Goodbye. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. The government is reviewing the licence conditions of every convicted terrorist freed from prison, after the attack at london bridge. I think its ridiculous. I think its repulsive that individuals as dangerous as this man should be allowed out after serving only eight years and that is why we are going to change the law. I think there has to be an examination of how our present Prison Services work and crucially what happens to them on release from prison. Two people, including 25 year old jack merritt, were killed in the attack by a man who had beenjailed in 2012 for his role in a