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The black cab driver was jailed in 2009, for offences against 12 women but detectives later said they believed hed attacked more than 100 women between 2002 and 2008. A group of mps has written to thejustice secretary, calling for an investigation into whether the views of worboys victims were heard in the decision to release him on parole. Our Home Affairs CorrespondentDaniel Sandford reports. He toured the streets of london in his black taxi for six years. Police think he may have raped or sexually assaulted at least 105 women after drugging them. He was given an indeterminate sentence, which means he cant be released until hes no longer a risk to the public. Butjohn warboys is about to be freed after less than ten years. So the key question for the three members of the parole board was, isjohn warboys still a danger to women . In ruling that he should be released, they must have decided that he isnt a danger, but they havent made public their reasons for freeing a man suspected of being one of the most prolific sex offenders of recent years. The parole board is not legally allowed to give reasons for its decision, but the chair of the board did give this explanation. Whats important to understand is that the parole boards duty is not to in a sense have another go at the trial, but to assess what his risks will be going forward, and thats what they did. At his trial, john worboys was only convicted of attacking 12 women, and only one of those convictions was for rape, so the judge set a minimum sentence of eight years, which means the police and Crime Prosecution Service are now being asked why they didnt bring further cases. The parole board has also had to apologise because several ofjohn worboys victims had not been told of the decision to release him before it became public yesterday. This is perhaps a reflection of the way in which women who are victims of rape are treated generally, and until the criminal justice agencies get this right, weve got a crisis in this country around it. The worboys case has highlighted flaws in the criminaljustice system from the start. Initially, the police failed to investigate it properly. Then, only 12 cases were brought to trial, even though there were ultimately suspicions of over 100. And now a man who a judge said shouldnt be released until hes no longer a threat is about to walk free from prison after ten years. Daniel sandford, bbc news. Lets talk to Clive Coleman our Legal Affairs correspondent. Something needs to change at the pa role something needs to change at the parole board, those are the words of the boss of the parole board. Parole board, those are the words of the boss of the parole boardm parole board, those are the words of the boss of the parole board. It is not just today he the boss of the parole board. It is notjust today he has called for a Public Consultation and pushing openness more openness, he wants justice to be seen to be done. We are out of step with others, in canada the press and public are allowed into pa role canada the press and public are allowed into parole Board Hearings and the findings are reported and understood by the public. There are issues. Cost issues, for a start, in arranging that, issues about the sensitivity of victims. Some believe perhaps it would mean victims would have to really have painful experiences. Some say as far as prisoners are concerned, if they know it is public, they may be more restricted in what they say or feel they can say less and maybe it will be more difficult for the board to assess the risk posed to the public. The chair of the Commons JusticeCommittee Bob neill affectively called for more openness. Many people think now is the time to draw the curtains and let the public in and see what goes on. The public wa nts to and see what goes on. The public wants to know how that decision was reached. Thatjohn worboys no longer poses a threat. The issues such as whether there were women on the pa role whether there were women on the parole Board Hearing, what evidence they took. With sexual offences, anybody in the system says it is difficult when you have a sexual predator, that behaviour tends not to change. That is the key question. We are looking at it in the dark because in the moment as said in the report, the parole board are not allowed to make public their decision by law so we do not know the nature of the evidence. It was alive hearing. Interesting, some prisoners on indeterminate sentences for Public Protection can be granted pa role for Public Protection can be granted parole without attending the hearing. That was not done injohn worboys case. There was a live hearing but what evidence there was, psychiatrists, psychologists. John worboys has to satisfy the parole board he no longer poses a risk and has come to terms with his offending behaviour. We do not know the level of contrition if there is, i assume there must have been of otherwise they would not make the decision. The ipps, there is a suspicion at the time of his conviction and sentencing, the police and others would have thought that is good, the indeterminate sentence would be longer. Let me give you history on the sentences. They came in 2005 when the criminaljustice system faced a problem with dangerous, nasty criminals coming to the end of the determinate sentence but nothing could be done, they had to be released and these people clearly posed a danger to children and members of the public and the ipps was brought in to deal with those people but they thought it would be a pretty small number of them. 0ver 6000 people eventually were placed on these, some for relatively minor offences and some with a minimum tariff between ten and 18 months. It was clogging the system and they we re was clogging the system and they were seen not to be just and campaigners Fought Campaign and ministers got on side and in 2012 the sentences were abolished. Back in 2010, relatively few prisoners on ipps work getting out on parole, able to satisfy. There are a number of reasons. There were not enough courses, treatment in prison, and it was difficult to show you no longer posed a threat. There was a change and now the backlog has been dealt with and there is a will to get a lot of these people out and hundreds each year are now being released on parole. Whether that had any bearing in john released on parole. Whether that had any bearing injohn worboys case is difficult to say that we know large numbers of these prisoners are released on parole, often with strict conditions. I assume you have written online about this. I have. That is the place to go. New car sales fell for the first time in six years last year, dragged down by a collapse in demand for diesel. The uks motor industry warns it expects britains car market to weaken further this year. The society of Motor Manufacturers and traders says there were 2. 5 million cars registered last year. That shows a 5. 7 fall on the number of registrations in 2016. The sale of diesel cars fell 17 since 2016, as higher taxes and pollution fears hit demand. And the situation could worsen this year. The smmt expects that car sales will drop by up to 7 this year. The industry body blames uncertainty over brexit and confusion about future policy on diesel cars. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett has more. For the past few years, car sales in britain have been booming. In 2015 and 2016, the industry set new records. But now, it may be going into reverse gear. 0verall, new car registrations were down 5. 7 last year, according to the society of Motor Manufacturers and traders. Thats the first decline in six years. No one is panicking just yet. By historical standards, 2017 was still a pretty good year. More than 2. 5 million new cars were registered the third highest level in a decade. But over the past few months the decline has accelerated. In december, registrations were down more than 14 compared to last year. And sales of diesel cars across the year were down more than 17 . 0verall, if you look at the Economic Performance of the uk, growth is slowing. All the indicators around Economic Confidence are weakening, especially when it comes to peoples enthusiasm about making a big ticket purchase, like a car. Declining demand for diesel cars is a big problem for the industry. Campaigners blame them for high levels of urban pollution but the smmt says that uncertainty over the governments clean air plans is leaving consumers confused and unwilling to buy them. Experts agree. Even though new models are much cleaner, diesel has an image problem. Diesels can only recover if the facts can be made clear. If the facts around the lower pollutant levels, the economic benefits of running one, can be made plain and clear. And that really will need someone in senior government to stand up above the parapet and Say Something positive about diesel and make the facts clear around it. People within the industry say confusion over diesel may be causing environmental harm by encouraging drivers to hang onto older, dirtier cars, rather than swapping them for cleaner, new models. Meanwhile, the fall in sales is expected to continue throughout 2018. Theo leggett, bbc news. Im joined now byjulian buckley, editor of the magazin, motor trader. Of the magazine, motor trader. This demonisation of diesel and the drop in sales, how fair is that two diesel manufacturers . It is not fair. A lot of investment has gone into the development of diesel and the new technology is fantastic, if you look at the euro six compliant car, the level. Less than two yea rs car, the level. Less than two years old . Car, the level. Less than two years old . Yes, car, the level. Less than two years old . Yes, they would have started coming out about the middle of 2015. When we talk about cars before that there is a problem, diesel cars . Indeed. The transport for london has it right. The level of cut off for the Additional Charge on diesels is appropriate because those are the cars that have the heightened emissions. But if you are looking at cars after that, they are not that bad. They do not deserve the criticism. It has been such a mixed message with the government at one point saying diesel is to be in courage, and suddenly it was not to be and the manufacturers did not help very much when they were starting the figures. Of course, thatis starting the figures. Of course, that is something you cannot condone. That is one particular manufacturer. Other manufacturers. To be fair, it was more than one. Well, other manufacturers have been implicated but nobody prosecuted so ido implicated but nobody prosecuted so i do not want tojump over that bridgejust yet. We know i do not want tojump over that bridge just yet. We know volkswagen had issues and people are getting prosecuted for that. There is a lot of money and smart people putting out good Diesel Engine solutions. You are looking at a decline in nitrous oxide and particulates and you have the capture systems for particulates. And the afterburner systems that reduce particulate cou nts to systems that reduce particulate counts to negligible levels. Systems that reduce particulate counts to negligible levelslj tweeted counts to negligible levels. |j tweeted earlier you were coming on and this was your view and a lot of people said nobody cares any more about diesel and petrol because it will be history very soon, we are moving into the electric age. Will be history very soon, we are moving into the electric agelj dont doubt that in the long term andi dont doubt that in the long term and i talk about a very long term. Decades . Yes. Absolutely. Ithink decades. I think there is a future for electrics, of course. You get this fleet of electrics running around the uk and suddenly there will be brownouts and blackouts because of electricity used that there is a lot of electricity used to produce the petrol cars use, so if there is a decline in demand for petrol, production goes down, that electricity potential is still in the grid and it could be used to fuel. What do you drive . I drive a diesel, honda civic 1. 6. Fuel. What do you drive . I drive a diesel, honda civic1. 6. As fuel. What do you drive . I drive a diesel, honda civic 1. 6. As far as you are concerned , diesel, honda civic 1. 6. As far as you are concerned, it is as environmentally sound as anything else on the road . It is an excellent car. I have friends at honda. I generally get 55, 60 out of this car will stop i have friends who get between 85 and 90 mpg. There may be a couple of hybrids that can do that matters when they have a big battery pack to get the extended electric phase before the engine kicks in. It isa phase before the engine kicks in. It is a good car. There is a case for diesel for people who do more than 15,000 miles per year because at that point the mileage demands the cost of that mileage. Julian, thank you. You can always tweet your response. The headlines. The chairman of the pa role the headlines. The chairman of the parole board is concerned some victims of serial Rapistjohn Worboys were not told he was about to be released. New car sales fall for the first time in six years with the demand for diesel cars plunging by almost a fifth. The writer of a book about the Trump Administration accused the president of being like accused the president of being like a child and having no credibility. And ina a child and having no credibility. And in a moment, the vicar who takes a deposit to make sure brides turn up a deposit to make sure brides turn up on time. England left frustrated as australia backed themselves into as australia backed themselves into a strong position on day two of the final ashes test. Serena williams pulls out of the tournament at the Australian Open saying she is not ready after the birth of her daughter. Tonight, the red and blue of merseyside meet at anfield in the latest round of the fa cup. The author of the book fire and fury an incendiary account of life in Donald Trumps white house has spoken for the First Time Since its publication. In an interview on American Television , Michael Wolff says the president behaves like a child. President trump tried to get the books publication halted, and has dismissed it as full of lies. Danjohnson has the details. Youve heard the headlines, now you can read the substance of fire and fury. Rushed out at midnight in the us after threats from the president s lawyers. What im most looking forward to is seeing whats actually what we all know is going on just below the surface. Im looking forward to imagining, oh, who in that white house has actually said this . No one gets tired of palace intrigue im expecting the white house to be as absolutely dysfunctional as the leaks would make it seem. Theres chitchat the president s burgers in bed, the vanity, the apparently strained relationship with the first lady. But there is also serious criticism of Donald Trumps intelligence. His chief strategist steve bannon suggested using the constitution to force him out, because he didnt believe donald trump was fit for office. I would tell you the one description that everyone gave, everyone has in common. They all say he is like a child. And what they mean by that is he has a need for immediate gratification. Its all about him. The white house says the book is full of mistakes. Its disgraceful and laughable. If he was unfit, he probably wouldnt be sitting there, and wouldnt have defeated the most qualified group of candidates the Republican Party has ever seen. And the president couldnt resist a few words on twitter. This is an account of a deeply divided administration, with staff who dont think the boss is up to the job and a Family Dynasty that is closing ranks. It may not make any difference to trumps loyal supporters, but it is damaging to the president. Its ice cold in washington, but its the white house where things are really frosty. Dan johnson, bbc news. We have been keeping an eye on twitter and i can show you a tweet from our north american editor who watched an interview with the author and was asked, what do you say to the president about the cease and desist letter and the response was simply, where do i send the box of chocolates . That was from jon sopel. As far as the president is concerned, he has had nothing to say about it today. All he has been talking about is about the economy, the dowjones talking about is about the economy, the dow jones index talking about is about the economy, the dowjones index going from 18,589 to breaking the 25,000 mark. He says, lets make America Great again, that is the agenda, jobs, jobs, jobs. That is the theme from the white house. No response. Now the white house. No response. Now the book is on sale in the book stores of the United States. We will have more throughout the afternoon. A serious case review has recommended improvements be made to safeguarding children in wolverhampton, following the murder of a two year old b