With the blind backpacker tony giles as he visits bethlehem. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The new conservative party chairman, brandon lewis, has told the bbc that the government is doing everything it can to ensure the serial sex offender, john worboys, stays in prison. The former black cab driver was jailed in 2009, for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, but Police Believe he may have committed more than a hundred attacks. The government is considering seeking judicial review into the parole boards decision to release him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw. Hes known as the black cab rapist. John worboys is believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted more than 100 women, yet the parole board has decided that after that after ten years in custoday, its safe for him to be released and hes due out by the end of the month. The government wants to stop that happening and is looking at the possibility of legal actio
Resign as party leader. Vicki youngs report contains some flash photography. Forced to choose between his job and his controversial new girlfriend. Today, henry bolton announced his romance withjo marney was off and he wasnt going anywhere. I am absolutely not standing down. The reason is because its crucially important that ukip has a loud voice in the discussions leading up to exiting the european union. And indeed in shaping the nation. Mr bolton was ukips fourth leader in a year. He was supposed to get the party onto the front foot and the front pages, but not like this. Hes been forced to act after reports of racist Text Messages from miss marney, in which she called black people ugly and said prince harrys fiance Meghan Markle would taint the royal family. Shes apologised for the remarks, which she claims have been taken out of context. And today tweeted that we all make mistakes, its how you deal with them and conduct yourself in the future that matters. Henry boltons come out f
Rain facing tomorrow. And east west split. The best of the sunny conditions can be found further east. Now. And east east. Goodbye for now. And east west split. This is bbc news, our latest headlines theresa may warns European Union leaders not to put lives at risk by blocking a security deal after brexit. The Prime Minister said britain would no longer be able to help europol as it does, or extradite suspects quickly. The president of haiti says the sex scandal involving some oxfam workers may be just the tip of the iceberg. Jovenel moise says hes concerned that Medecins Sans Frontieres has repatriated some staff without any explanation. Donald trump has said the indictment of 13 russians for allegedly interfering in the 2016 president ial election vindicates his argument that there was no collusion by his campaign team. Izzy atkin secures bronze in the womens ski slopestyle to claim Great Britains second medal of the Winter Olympics. It means the 19 year old, born in the us, has won
Youre not likely to pass by the house of someone who is isolated and lonely. Every time you are running through your community, there are things that need doing and actually, you can combine that with your exercise. This is about far more than just running, though. As we know, a lot of our litter ends up in the waterways which means that the ploggers end up in waders. And its notjust helping the environment but also potentially the public purse. Clearing litter costs local authorities more than £700 million a year in england alone. This local level volunteering coincides with a growing momentum nationally to cut waste. The Scottish Parliament announced plans to ban plastic straws. And the royal family has even backed efforts to reduce single use plastic on britains royal estates. Does it ever frustrate you when youre litter picking, you see the state of some of the parks and some of the waterways . I suppose it is a bit frustrating but especially because this is my local park i live j
Also this morning. Paris is on high alert after record rainfall causes the river seine to burst its banks. The entire us gymnastics board resigns over its handling of the larry nassar sex abuse scandal. Relief for a thousand workers at Aerospace Firm bombardier the us authorities stop plans to impose massive tariffs on plane parts made in belfast. In sport, no cup miracle for yeovil town. Alexis sanchez made his debut as Manchester United eased to a 4 0 victory at huish park last night. But League Two Newport have the chance for an upset this evening when they host tottenham. Ican i can now reveal the strictly come dancing champions 2017 hard offjoe and katya they wowed audiences to be crowned strictly champions, joe and katya will be here before 10 as they take the show on the road. And susan has the weather. We are going to be up against the cloud this weekend. Some pretty grey skies and a windy story. All current rape and Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are being reviewed