Virgin are testing the hyperloop system in america, and think it join legal advice, he wont be going down that route. But he tried to offer reassurance to worboyss victims. Let me be absolutely clear, worboys will not be released until their representations have been properly considered and his licence conditions are in place. Last week, i asked for assurances that the views of victims were taken into account, and that robust licensing conditions would be put in place to manage his risk. But, as one politician withdraws from the court arena, another, sadiq khan, labour mayor of london, says he is now investigating whether can bring a legal challenge. Worboys is currently being held at wakefield prison in west yorkshire. A lawyer for some of his victims is questioning why he is being freed from what is a top securityjail and, in a letter to the parole board, which approved his release, there is detail on why they are pressing ahead with the victims legal challenge to try keep worboys behind bars. We presently dont know the reasons why he has been granted a release. But we do know is the nature and scope and extent of his offending. We know that, up until very recently, he was denying responsibility for the offence. He may still be. We know that the parole board, only the previous year, refused to move him to an open prison because they considered he was still a risk. What has changed over that time . The women whojohn worboys picked up and then drugged and assaulted have spoken of how they fear for their safety if he is freed. They say he knows their addresses, and they are calling for him to be banned from the entire Greater London area. His victims are set to launch their legal challenge next week. While that is going on, the black cab rapist, as he is known, will remain in prison. June kelly, bbc news. Lets speak to andrew sanders, professor of criminal law and criminology at sussex university, and a former parole board member. Hejoins me via webcam from birmingham. Thank you forjoining us this evening. What is your reaction to david gaukes decision not to pursue a judicial review . Im david gaukes decision not to pursue a judicial review . Im not david gaukes decision not to pursue ajudicial review . Im not surprised because its difficult to see how an action forjudicial review could succeed. Why . There two grounds on which you can bring that action, the first would be that no reasonable body could reach the decision it did but, without knowing the evidence the parole board had, we dont know if it was a reasonable decision, but id be surprised if it would take an unreasonable decision to release anyone even if a different body might disagree. Its not a question of thejudges might disagree. Its not a question of the judges putting themselves in the parole boards place. They have to decide it is entirely unreasonable. How highly do you rate the chances of this private attempt for a judicial review, being put forward by some of the victims of worboys . Weather brings in action, the law has to be applied the same, so an the law has to be applied the same, so an action by somebody else wouldnt stand a greater chance. The victims, one of the victims arguments, id imagine, and im sympathetic to this, would be that they were not consulted in advance. The problem is that victims are not consulted on whether or not to release somebody. Victims are consulted on the licence conditions. They should have been consulted, and its wrong that they were not, but its wrong that they were not, but it wouldnt have affected the decision whether or not to release worboys, so i dont think anybody will succeed on that point. What course of action might be available to any of the interested parties in keeping him behind bars, given the concerns that have been expressed about the fact police think he might have attacked a lot more women . M goes back to the original investigation many years ago, and we know that many Police Investigations are happening at the moment because they have had their resources reduced through the last few years due to austerity policies. I think the government needs to think again about the way funding for Police Forces has been cut in the last few yea rs. Forces has been cut in the last few years. What extent do you think there is about a change to the way there is about a change to the way the parole board operates, with greater involvement by the victims to talk about the terms of the release, the conditions of his release, the conditions of his release and where he ends up . Victims are consulted on conditions, andi victims are consulted on conditions, and i think its right that this person shouldnt be released until all the victims concerned have had a chance to give their views about conditions. If one of those conditions. If one of those conditions is that he doesnt enter london, that may well be appropriate. But the other thing is that many victims feel completely removed from this process, and i think thats wrong. Victims should have more involvement. That doesnt mean they should necessarily have a say in whether somebody is released, but there is no reason why a victim, if they wish, shouldnt be present ina if they wish, shouldnt be present in a parole Board Hearing whether a person who committed the crimes against them are having that. We could even allow victims to question the prisoner. I think that would help victims to understand the decisions that are made, and help them to feel more involved in the process , them to feel more involved in the process, and then i think there might be less feeling of injustice at the end of the day, whatever the decision is. This case is certainly generated a lot of discussion about the way parole boards function. What other changes do you think might now be looked at in this whole process, given that debate . Be looked at in this whole process, given that debate . |j be looked at in this whole process, given that debate . I think that, understandably, people want to know how parole boards make their decisions, and why they make the decisions, and why they make the decisions they do. So i think that the reason is that parole boards have for making release decisions in high profile cases like this could be made public. There might need to be made public. There might need to be some anon i think involved in the political principles could be made for more public. Victims could be allowed to attend hearings if the law were changed, and i think other people could be allowed to attend hearings, so that the wider public gets a better idea of how these things happen. After all, most Court Hearings are public, and april Board Hearings are public, and april Board Hearing is like a Court Hearing and i would have thought the same principles could apply. A parole Board Hearing is like a Court Hearing. Thank you for talking to us. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 1i0pm this evening in the papers. Our guests joining me tonight are the editor of politics home, kevin schofield, and the chief political commentator from the independent, james millar. Scientists say theyve taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine a single blood test for all types of cancer. A team in america has trialled a method that detects eight common forms of the disease without the need for invasive biopsies or operations. Their vision is an annual test designed to catch cancer early and save lives. Heres our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. It is ten years since ali was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It is rare for anyone with the disease to survive that long. There is no screening programme, so tumours are usually found too late. A blood test would make a big difference. If we are able to get more people diagnosed sooner, like me, then its going to make me feel a lot happier. There are only i of us who are surviving, like me, to ten years, and its a bit of a lonely place. There arent many of us around. And id really like pancreatic cancer to become more of a chronic disease, rather than such an acute, deadly disease, as it is now. Scientists atjohns Hopkins University in baltimore have made significant progress towards a blood test for cancer. The team examined blood samples from around 1000 cancer patients. They had one of eight different common cancers. Lung, liver, pancreas, colon, oesophagus, breast, stomach or ovary. Cancer cells shed bits of dna, which circulate in the blood, so the test looked for 16 gene mutations and eight protein biomarkers. Overall, the blood test found 70 of the cancers, but that success rate fell to just 40 with small, early stage cancers, and this is when youd want tumours detected, when there is the best chance of a cure through surgery. So a reliable blood test for cancer is some way off. But the Francis Crick institute in london, which is Pioneering Research in this area, believes it will come. I am almost certain that, in the next five to ten years, we will see tests like this becoming much more routine in clinical practice, to help us diagnose tumours earlier and help us increase the cure rates for patients suffering from cancers. The american cancer blood test costs around £350 per patient, and each positive result would need further investigation, so the burden on the nhs would need to be weighed against the benefits of early treatment and lives saved. Fergus walsh, bbc news. Well, one of the cancers which is often detected late is pancreatic cancer. Lets speak to leanne reynolds, head of research at pancreatic cancer uk. She joins us from north london via webcam. Thank you forjoining us this evening. What would a test like this mean to you . So, for pancreatic cancer in particular early diagnosis blood tests are the holy grail. 80 of patient flu are currently diagnosed when their cancer is at the very late stage and, at that point, treatments are limited. Surgery is currently the only treatment that can save a life for patrick cancer, and at that stage access to other Treatment Options might not be possible, such as Clinical Trials or other drugs. If we can improve the numbers of people diagnosed earlier, this gutsy survival outcomes improving, where they have been stubbornly low for they have been stubbornly low for the last 50 years. How early is early . For pancreatic cancer at the moment, 80 of people are diagnosed ata moment, 80 of people are diagnosed at a late stage when their cancer has spread, so any stage where it is diagnosed early enough for surgery to be an option would be fantastic, and really start to see those improvements in survival outcomes. For this research, where they were looking at patience at patient flu at stages one, two and three, this is where it might perceptually be receptive, which is might it is quite promising. What further research is needed to build on this . This group were looking at samples from patients and wife had a diagnosis confirmed already, so further research is needed to look into groups of people who dont have symptoms yet or who have yet to be is diagnosed, and more Research Needs to be done to improve the sensitivity of the tests. For the study reported today, around 70 of cases were picked up, and only around 40 of stage one cases, so youd hope that further refinements to the test would see those numbers boosted. Why is it so difficult to detect pancreatic cancer . Pancreatic cancer is tough to diagnosed for a number of reasons. Awareness of the disease is low, and as such the public might not have an awareness of the symptoms. And they are very vague symptoms and often come an extremely late. They are things like back pain that can spread to the tummy, yellowing of the skin, known as jaundice, potentialsudden tummy, yellowing of the skin, known as jaundice, potential sudden weight loss and indigestion. 0ften, patients go back and forth to their doctors being misdiagnosed, and that can lead to delays in getting a diagnosis, which means that things are diagnosis, which means that things a re often diagnosis, which means that things are often diagnosed at that late stage and Treatment Options are limited. We all want to be optimistic, but i suppose we have to temper it with a bit of realism . Yes, i think we can be cautiously optimistic. The results are very promising and this sort of Research Brings hope for the future that we can hopefully see more people reaching the i can hopefully see more people reaching the 1 club, as we call it, the i of people diagnosed with survived for ten years or more, so we are hopeful but we have to be cautiously optimistic. Thank you for talking to us. Thank you. The headlines on bbc news the justice secretary thejustice secretary has said the government will not be significant judicial review of a decision to release serial sex offenderjohn worboys. Scientists say they have taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine, a single blood test for all types of cancer. The white house accuses us democrats of trying to force a Government Shutdown, as the deadline approaches to pass a funding bill. The us senate is preparing for a last minute vote on a bill that, if passed, would avoid a Government Shutdown. The struggle to keep federal institutions funded comes as donald trump prepares to mark one year in power. Lets speak now to our washington correspondent. How have they got to this point . Congress has to fund the Us Government and they do this on a yearly cycle from october to 0ctober. Last 0ctober, they couldnt agree on a year budget so they temporarily extended the financing of several federal government until december, and then again, and then until tomorrow, january 20, or actually midnight tonight, and now they are negotiating, trying to extend it even further because they still cant reach a permanent budget agreement. There are some politicians, a lot of democrats, a few republicans, who dont want to kick the can down the road bit further, and democrats are holding out to notjust. But get a permanent resolution for undocumented immigrants who came over to the United States as children. They were protected during the 0bama administration from deportation and allowed to getjobs and get loans and go to college, and donald trump effectively ended that as of march, and now the democrats are trying to wrap that into these negotiations, while republicans wa nts to negotiations, while republicans wants to fund the government with a few unrelated sweeteners. Thank you. Meanwhile, this weekend sees the First Anniversary of Donald Trumps inauguration as president of the United States. A property billionaire, a political novice, he was dismissed by many as lacking the skills and experience needed for the top office. His victory against hillary clinton, who had the support of the washington establishment and who won the popular vote, marked the beginning of a new era for america. Laura trevelyan went to speak to trump voters in pennsylvania one year on. Lets speak to Laura Trevelyan in pittsburgh in pennsylvania. Welcome to a slightly chilly pittsburgh, where, as you can see, its just been snowing. This is the state that donald trump narrowly and surprisingly won, in less than i , a little over 40,000 votes, when pundits across the nation thought it was in the bag for hillary clinton. How did he do it . It turns out his message of make America Great again and America First resonated in particular with formerly democratic voting Blue Collar Workers in declining industrial sectors. Ive been out and about in the state to find out if people think donald trump is measuring up to their expectations. The mon valley in western pennsylvania is the birthplace of us steel. This factory was once owned by the i9th century magnate andrew carnegie. In its heyday it employed thousands. Donald trump tapped into the sense of industrial decline, winning by promising to put America First. 0ver lunch i asked trump voters for their verdict on year one. It seems like he cares about the working class, he cares about the people who are trying to make a living and have big businesses and things like that, Small Businesses, he cares about that kind of stuff. Some of the stuff he does i agree with, like the tax cuts, looking after working class people, but im not a big fan of all the rants on social media. I think they can do away with all that. How are you feeling with that vote . A little disappointed. Juan lacey, a Small Business owner in the mon valley, hoped mr trump would run government like a ceo, so does this former 0bama voter regret switching to trump . When i went into the voting booth and i pulled the lever i was satisfied. Im having buyers remorse. Why . Because its not consistent. John fetterman is a democrat in trump country. You get out into some of these areas that no ones visited, no ones taken the time to care, left it really open and ripe for someone to step in like a donald trump and say, hey, im the guy that can fix this. The populist mayor of braddock, with a tattoo of the towns zip code, counsels his party to understand trumps appeal. Its got to be more than trump is awful, vote for us, and it has to come back to like earnest, progressive, populist message. In his inaugural address a year ago, donald trump promised people 5 so, in his inaugural address a year ago, donald trump promised the forgotten people of america they would be forgotten no more, and what he described in that inaugural as american carnage, shuttered factories, families devastated by opioid abuse, he promised that american carnage would stop right here, right now, and that sense of finally being remembered resonated a lot in these declining industrial areas, in south western pennsylvania. So, if people feel that donald trump is following through on that and an improving economy will help, he could be re elected, but what ive picked up here is that people feel donald trump is somehow getting in the way of himself with his tweeting and social media rants, so if he can get that under control,