Hello. Taking matters into their own hands, the souths controversial paedophile hunters. Hello, mate. You arranged to meet a 14 year old boy here today for sex . No. Yes, you have, mate, do you want me to get the stuff out and show you . Im not going to condone these groups and i would encourage them all to stop, but i recognise that im not winning that moral argument. If you try and run off, im going to pin you down, and ill restrain you using reasonable force. Also tonight the fresh air fix on a bicycle made for three. Theirjoy is utterly infectious. It feeds my soul. And looking back at 50 years of the qe2. Service, comfort and efficiency. Shipshape and ready, this is inside out south. First, paedophile hunters members of the public who use social media to catch sex offenders. Publicly, the Police Discourage it but weve discovered in the last two years, an almost sixfold increase in paedophile hunter evidence being used in court. We followed one hunter from southampton and just to w
You arranged to meet a 14 year old boy here today for sex . No. Yes, you have, mate, do you want me to get the stuff out and show you . Im not going to condone these groups and i would encourage them all to stop, but i recognise that im not winning that moral argument. If you try and run off, im going to pin you down, and ill restrain you using reasonable force. Also tonight the fresh air fix on a bicycle made for three. Theirjoy is utterly infectious. It feeds my soul. And looking back at 50 years of the qe2. Service, comfort and efficiency. Shipshape and ready, this is inside out south. First, paedophile hunters members of the public who use social media to catch sex offenders. Publicly, the Police Discourage it but weve discovered in the last two years, an almost sixfold increase in paedophile hunter evidence being used in court. We followed one hunter from southampton, and just to warn you, you may find this a difficult watch. 0ne sec. All right, mate, just walk up towards the park
Tonight, the ministry of defence is having to defend proposals that go to the heart of how our country can defend itself. Newsnight has learned the royal navy would lose its ability to assault enemy held beaches and plans currently being considered. The specialist landing ships, hms albion and bulwark, would be taken out of service, a plan which has caused huge alarm among senior royal marine officers who believe it would deprive the core of its core mission. Mark urban has the story. Emily, we are in a situation, not unprecedented, where there are too many things in the programme and aspirations to be paid for but there is also a depreciation in the value of the sterling which affects some of the bigger projects and there needs to be a review. In 30 years of reporting defence in this country, ive never seen a situation like the one we are now in. We cannot call it a review, and whitehall isnt because apparently the defence secretary had won just two years ago and does not like the opt
Decency and professionalism been put on hold, just because of sexual dynamics in the workplace . It is inexcusable. And, by eck we preview the opera thats been written for a yorkshire accent. Our main story at 5pm theresa may has called on eu leaders to set out ambitious plans for the brexit negotiations. The Prime Minister is in brussels for a key summit, where the other 27 eu states will consider whether enough progress has been made to begin trade negotiations. The german chancellor, Angela Merkel, has suggested that trade talks could begin as early as december. Mrs may will have a chance to influence the debate when she addresses leaders later this evening. But here shes being urged by some in her party to issue an ultimatum to say that if trade talks dont begin soon, britain will settle for no deal. This report from our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas, whos in brussels. Are you confident of progress today, Prime Minister . Deal or no deal . But at this stage, its no deal.
Scotland is set to become the first part of the uk to introduce a ban on smacking children. And shining a light on diwali celebrations taking place throughout the country tonight. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may is in brussels tonight at an eu summit to assess the progress so far towards brexit and crucially, whether talks can start on a trade deal. The german chancellor Angela Merkel says there are encouraging signs of progress but mrs merkel and other eu leaders are still insisting the uk make further moves before any discussion on trade. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports from brussels. Speaking britains language . Not so much. Because in this town, it is money that talks. The Prime Minister thinks the uk has promised enough to settle our accounts. We will also be looking at the concrete progress that has been made in our exit negotiations and setting out ambitious plans for the weeks ahead. I particularly want to see an urgency on reaching an agreement