The eastern United States, with record breaking low temperatures that have already claimed several lives. Good morning. Its friday 5th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Chairman of the parole board has apologised unreservedly for not telling of the release ofjohn worboys. He was jailed in 2009. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than a hundred rapes and sexual assaults. This morning a Cross Party Group of mps has written to thejustice secretary to call for an investigation as to whether the voices of victims were heard in the decision to release him on parole. The parole Board Chairman said he recognised there was a lack of transparency and would hold a Public Consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. For six years, john worboys cruised smart areas of london in his black cab, looking for women to drug and rape. When he was finally caught, thejudge said h
Under fire after announcing plans to raise gas and Electricity Prices by nearly 10 . Tadcasters bridge re opens, more than a year after it collapsed in the floods in christmas 2015. In this weeks film review, well look at loving a true story of one couples fight to change Interracial Marriage Laws in 1960s virginia. Mark kermode will give us his take on this and the rest of the other new releases. Its 5pm. Our top story a royal marine has pleaded guilty to terror charges after he made bombs and stored weapons for dissident Northern Irish republicans. Ciaran maxwell was arrested in august last year after police discovered two arms dumps containing mines, pipe bombs and mortars in county antrim. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. He was a member of the uks elite Royal Marines unit a0 commando after passing the gruelling 32 week training course. But today, Ciaran Maxwell admitted that for five yea rs, maxwell admitted that for five years, he was also helping dissident
Biggest Tourist Attractions are safe and properly guarded. On balance, thatis and properly guarded. On balance, that is the message coming across. The story in the times suggesting that museum and Gallery Admissions we re that museum and Gallery Admissions were down in london, people were putting that down to people being worried, just the threat of terrorism, but there has not been an attack in london. But people are aware. People do think about that kind of thing. Lets move on. Lets talk about. What is on the ft . Thank goodness you are here to explain. No pressure. Trump starts drive to cut wall street rules. Alarm as. Frank review is ordered. What is that . Alarm as Dodd Frank Review was ordered. The idea that regulators wanted to protect consumers. They wanted to clamp down on potential conflicts of interest that banks had. Trump has decided it is too owner is. What i found interesting, one of the many things i found interesting about this story, is the rationale he has for rollin
Are into the last four of the Champions League. Lucy bronze scores to book citys place in the semi finals after a 2 0 Aggregate Win over danish side Fortuna Hjorring. After the most challenging Railway Repair ever, today the Settle Carlisle train line reopens to customers. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Grey skies and rain might greet the day for many of you but things will brighten up quite nicely i have details coming up and a full weekend broadcast. Good morning. First, our main story. Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements, as a trade off so improvements can be made in other areas, like a e. Thats according to the head of nhs england, simon stevens, who is today setting out a new strategy for the next two years. Alexandra mackenzie has more. How have you been feeling . Not too bad, thank you. Iris ram is 96 and is recovering from a recent illness. Youre doing really well. Her gp called a local nhs Service Based in nottin
Good morning. Last year was the hottest Late August Bank Holiday on record. This year, it could well be the coolest. The forecast is a largely dry one. After a bright start, more cloud develops, but i will have all the details coming up. Good morning. Its monday august 31st. Our top story labour is calling for next years gcse and a level exams to be delayed to give pupils more time to catch up on the work theyve missed during the pandemic. Teaching unions say the idea is worth considering, but warned that it could cause problems for University Admissions. Our Political Correspondent, helen catt, has more. It has only been a few weeks since this years students got their final grades, but what to do about next yea rs grades, but what to do about next years exams grades, but what to do about next yea rs exams is grades, but what to do about next years exams is a question thats already testing politicians, and it is 1 dayer under pressure not to flunk. Labours answer, delay gcses and a lev