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head of cambridge university paid him this tribute. well, we are devastated. i met jack him this tribute. well, we are devastated. i metjack only him this tribute. well, we are devastated. i met jack only once, but i must say he impressed me as a person of tremendous charm, but also extraordinary commitment. he really believed that the work that learning together is fundamental for the future of our society. fishmongers hall remains closed, a crime scene being poured over by counterterrorism detectives because although there won't be a trial, there will be a detailed inquest into the deaths of those who were killed here on friday afternoon. the investigation continued as night fell. police determined to gather every piece of evidence to help the families of two young people at the start of their adult lives understand exactly how they came to be killed. daniel sandford, bbc news, london bridge. well borisjohnson has faced questions today, over why usman khan, had been released early from prison. the prime minister blamed legislation introduced 11 years ago by the last labour government, and vowed that serious offenders would in future, serve their full sentences. however, labour claimed tory budget cuts were responsible, for what it described as "missed chances to intervene". our political correspondentjessica parker has more details. visiting the scene yesterday, today borisjohnson visiting the scene yesterday, today boris johnson wanted visiting the scene yesterday, today borisjohnson wanted to talk more about tougher sentencing, saying those convicted of serious terrorist offences should serve a minimum term offences should serve a minimum term of 14 years. i think it's ridiculous. i think it's repulsive that individuals as dangerous as this man should be allowed out after serving only eight years, and that's why we are going to change the law. on the issue of early release, boris johnson pointed the finger at a labour government, but it's a complicated picture. in 2008, labour changed the law so more offenders could be released halfway through their sentences. however, dangerous offenders could still be given an indeterminate sentence with no fixed release date and in 2012, usman khan was given this kind of sentence. it was given this kind of sentence. it was the court of appeal later that year which chose to change his sentence to a fixed term which meant he could be released on licence after eight years. of course, a conservative coalition government has been in charge since 2010. for ten years you've done nothing to change it. i'm talking about what we are going to be. i've been in office for 120 days. we are going to bring in tougher sentences for serious sexual and violent offenders. we've seen it before, unexpected events taking general election campaigns in an unexpected direction, but the manner in which friday's terror attack has quickly become politicised will be seen by some as an edifying, but perhaps by others as unsurprising. arriving in york today, the labour leader set out his concerns about the impact of cuts to public services, such as in probation and in policing. when those public services are cut back, as they have been during the past decade of austerity, they leave behind huge gaps and that can lead to missed chances to intervene in the lives of people who go on to commit absolutely inexcusable acts. after friday's terror attack, politicians across the board have expressed their sympathies for the affected families and paid tribute to the emergency services, but parties will also want to persuade you that they are best placed to keep people safe. jessica parker, bbc news. well, our deputy political editorjohn pienaar is at westminster. this row over the early release of terrorist prisoners, very much a highly charged political issue right in the middle of an election campaign. well, exactly, clive and the recriminations and promises have flowed on predictable lines, tougher sentences from the tories and more funded rehabilitation from their opponents and better monitoring of prisoners. they will be changed as a result of this attack, spurred on by the fact that it took place at the height of an election campaign. borisjohnson quickly out of the blocks presenting himself as the voice of angry britain, but he would be changing a system that is party inherited and has managed for nearly ten years, and his team seem very confident that on this issue anyway they can combine most public trust, but given the level of trust in politics that might not be saying very much. so all of the leaders and all of their teams in all of the parties will have looked freely and there is no way to guarantee 100% security from a knife wielding fanatic on a public street, but that hasn't stopped the party is pointing fingers at blame at each other and promising that they are the ones to try and contain the damage given a chance on polling day. all right, john, thank you. and daniel sandford is here with me. where does the truth lie in all this? the tories are saying one thing, labour saying another. this? the tories are saying one thing, laboursaying another. is there way of divining what is going on? i think the argument in the intent is that it's been a total system failure. it's true if there had been tougher sentencing usman khan would still be in prison and not out to kill and yes it is true that the under resourced probation and prison service were probably unable to do enough work to make sure he changed his mindset and certainly the de—radicalising system does not seem to be working very well at all and there are issues for the security service, m15 and counterterrorism police were what we re counterterrorism police were what were they doing to make sure that usman khan on the outside was not a danger, so i think it's right across the board and there has been a total system failure but it's worth repeating today what jack merritt‘s father said yesterday, that jack merritt would not have wanted his death to lead to much more draconian sentences and people being held unnecessarily in prison. daniel, thank you. mps in malta's governing party have given their unanimous backing to the prime minister, joseph muscat, who's been facing calls to resign. his government has come under intense pressure, after an investigation into the murder, of the investigative journalist, daphne ca ruana galizia. two senior members of the government have already resigned. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas, reports now, from malta. several thousand strong, they filled the heart of malta's capital this evening. there is real anger here that the prime minister is still in place. the ramifications of the journalist have plunged this island into a crisis. we are meant to be a democracy. enough, enough. out. the prime minister? joseph muscat, out, 110w. prime minister? joseph muscat, out, now. i am fed up of the injustice that has been going on. remember daphne, remember my friend, we want justice. mr muscat left his country retreat early after emergency talks with his party members. they said they would back him unanimously. this wasjoseph muscatjust they would back him unanimously. this was joseph muscat just two they would back him unanimously. this wasjoseph muscatjust two days ago as the investigation into the murder of the campaigning journalist which is at the heart of the crisis. my which is at the heart of the crisis. myjob is to see this investigation concluded. daphne was blown up by a car bomb two years ago and had been writing about the close business ties of those around the prime minister. last night, malta's richest man was brought to court and charged with being part of the plot to murder the journalist. charged with being part of the plot to murder thejournalist. he had dealings with those at the top of government. thejournalist‘s dealings with those at the top of government. the journalist's family have long said people close to the prime minister were implicated and for two years he failed to take action. many believe malta has been solid and corrupted on his watch. so tonight there has been no sign that joseph muscat is preparing to stand down but as long as people here believe that there is something rotten in the state of malta then the pressure on him to go will only increase. in football, watford have sacked their manager kiki sanchez flores, after less than three months in charge. the hornets lost 2—1 to southampton yesterday ,and have won just one of ten league games with sanchez flores in charge. they're at the bottom of the premier league table. the club has had eight managers in the last six years. and arsenal could only manage a draw against norwich, in their first game under their interim manager, freddie ljungberg. it means the club's winless run extends to eight games. ljungberg took charge after unai emery was sacked on friday. here'sjo currie. freddie ljungberg has arsenal in his dna, according to the club, but could the new interim manager turn around their hapless form of seven games without a win? a trip to norwich his first test. but luck appeared to be in short supply. teemu pukki taking advantage of some awful defending and a deflection to put his side ahead. not long after however, arsenal were given some handy help. christoph zimmermann raising his arm in the box and the referee pointed to the spot. goalkeeper tim krul equal to pierre—emerick aubameyang's penalty, but in a cruel twist, var ruled that encroachment in the area meant it had to be retaken, and aubameyang did not make the same mistake. and the arsenal captain scores this time. but norwich had other plans. todd cantwell slotted home before the break to restore the lead and give carrow road some good vibes. after the restart, aubameyang was at it again, smashing home to pull his side level and give his new boss his first point in the job. jo currie, bbc news. it was the first time in 600—years that two popes came face—to—face and now a new film tells the story of what happened when benedict xvi unexpectedly stood down in 2013. ‘the two popes', which is released this weekend, examines the relationship between benedict and his successor pope francis. one of the stars, jonathan pryce, who's been tipped for an oscar, has been speaking to our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. the series of confrontations and conversations between the two popes... reform needs a politician. ..manages to undercut audiences expectations in many different ways. you go in there thinking, maybe, do i want to sit and listen to two popes talking, and you can watch this film with a sense of humour. you know the beatles? yes, eleanor rigby. who? eleanor rigby. no, i don't know her. yellow submarine. yellow submarine ? that's silly. jonathan pryce says his portrayal of pope francis before he succeeded anthony hopkins's pope benedict was helped by his long—standing admiration for the oscar winner. oh, no, a pope must go on forever and be the personification of the crucified christ. you see francis going in very much feeling he is in the presence of the pope, and he is slightly in awe of him, and that played well into my relationship with tony, who i've admired for years. he doesn't think there are comparisons between the men's conflicts and some of the situations happening around the world. whenever i try to be myself, people don't seem to like me very much. the position in europe and america is so horrific at the moment, i don't see the parallels between francis and benedict. ijust see there is a conflict between them which is resolved, and please, god, we can resolve our issues here. a film he hopes can set a powerful example for all. lizo mzimba, bbc news. that's it for now. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. it is 40 it is a0 minutes past five. —— 1a minutes past five. more now on the london bridge attack. the second victim has been named as 23—year old saskia jones from stratford—upon—avon and was a graduate of cambridge university. her family said she was a "funny, kind, positive influence at the centre of many people's lives" and that she had a "great passion for providing invaluable support to victims of criminal injustice". she had hoped tojoin the police herself as a specialist specialising in victim support. toby williamson is the chief executive of the fishmongers' company who own fishmongers hall near london bridge, where usman khan was attending a conference on prisoner rehabilitation. toby williamson spoke to the bbc about the how events unfolded inside the hall and paid tribute to how his staff and to the people taking part in the conference handled the situation. our conference making opportunity for other people, it turns into a game of pinball bomb with added knives. this is extraordinary things happening done by ordinary people. let me just bounce you round. in reception, you've got dawn and gareth one trying door closed against a vicious knifeman and the other calmly placing the emergency calls. peter, anna, they appear on scene. wrong place and make instant decisions as to who to protect and where to go. you get allah and sandra normally dealing with coats and serving coffees and now facing a life moment. and then famously, you get andy and lukasz starting a fight back. they used fire extinguishers, chairs. they used these narwhal tusks ripped off the wall in the heat of the moment and they took the game back to the knifeman. when that door was forced open at knife point, they follow out onto the pavement, shouting at others to get back and join in. they know there's a bomb there. and the rest, i think, you know, is what happened on the television cameras. they took a decision that enough was enough. they took anything immediately to hand in order to level the odds against a madman. no one could predict how this was going to happen. start to finish, two minutes, but they were determined that it wasn't going to go on and they did exactly what they had to do. you say that. proud to know them. obviously we know that in the fight spilled out onto the street. it is difficult for people have watched that video tojudge difficult for people have watched that video to judge what they were going through and the courage it took to do that. you know these gentlemen well, obviously, but what do you think about them at this time? well, we've mentioned two. there were many more. carlos, amy, jeff, evacuating hundreds of people, some in large numbers, others having to go into lockdown into areas and waiting hours before they are released under great tension, not knowing whether there was more than one person. we now know there wasn't. none of these were known at the time. it's just people doing the right thing. london is good at that. and have you had a chance to speak to lukasz since the events or have you been in touch with his family? we're speaking with everyone. everyone's speaking with each other. we're a team. we will remain a team. there are some difficult moments ahead. and we'll be together with tremendous support from everyone else right across the city. are you able to share with us how he is? injuries suffered? he's doing all right. toby williamson there. choosing his words with care. the chief executive of the fishmongers company which i’u ns of the fishmongers company which runs fishmongers hold there. —— fishmongers hall there. the attacker, usman khan, had been released on licence for his involvement in planning terror attacks. one plant on the london stock exchange and plans for a training camp in pakistan —— planned on the london stock exchange. the prime minister has told the bbc that 7a people jailed for terror offences and released early will have their licence conditions reviewed. earlier we spoke to ian lawrence, who's the general secretary of napo, the union that represents staff in the probation service. he's also a member of the labour party. he explained that the highest levels of supervision from probation would have been in place. the first thing i want to say is add my condolences, those of our members, to the victims and their families of this dreadful incident. it is truly appalling. in terms of the management of these high—risk offenders, we prefer to call them clients, that my understanding was, from the information that reach me, at the reach me, highest levels of supervision by probation where in place and that unless those conditions had been breached, then there was no reason, as i understand it, for that person not to make the journey to london and take part in that conference or all of those things would have been assessed as a risk beforehand. with hindsight, anything can you can say anything in hindsight. but the fact is our members actually practice the conditions of license to make sure they are supervised properly. ian lawrence, general secretary of napo, the probation union. let's talk to professor brooke rogers, a professor of behavioural science and security at kings college london. she's in surrey. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. the interesting area for us to talk about is something that we're perhaps not altogether a love as we walk around today today. particularly inner cities. it is the degree of that is now possible for the police and the security agencies to have, to monitor events of this kind. can you talk to is a little bit about that. i can. a lot of the conversation in this area focuses on protecting crowded places and the research looking into that looks at current practices that are in place in terms of technologies, police procedures and we try to balance that with the public perception of the risk and the public acceptability of counterterror communication technologies and activities in a very public places. if we think about security through the government approach and the security approach, it is very much looking at it as low of an onion and trying to stop vets from getting to us trying to stop vets from getting to us first by thinking about the policies that can even stop things from coming into the country —— trying to stop risks from getting tra nsfers. trying to stop risks from getting transfers. it might be stopping chemicals are potentially knives that could be used in this type of attack. or softer approach to speaking to people, members of the public, moving to a public places as well as people who are on the security staff. and people working in the coffee shops and other shops around these areas. it is very striking that because there had been the attack on london bridge two yea rs the attack on london bridge two years ago, also in the middle of a general election campaign, by coincidence, which is the three armed attackers who attacked the bridge late on a friday evening, attacked businesses around borough market just adjacent to the attacked businesses around borough marketjust adjacent to the bridge, that a lot of the businesses around their hand, as a result of going through that experience, received regular training on what to do and where are therefore able to react very quickly to, for example, this business of shutting the entrances, getting people on site, trying to getting people on site, trying to get people —— contain people from an attacker outside. —— getting people inside. is that kind of thing becoming much more routine cities? that kind of training has been taking place for many, many, many yea rs taking place for many, many, many years and they have different programmes, such as project argus has been one of them. and they go to businesses, quite often critical national infrastructure, but they have special programmes for the night—time economy, health care, hospitals and they speak to members of staff and they just get them to think through scenario —based approaches to think about how they would protect their staff doing sketch make during a terror attack. but also how they would think about the public around them —— during an attack. my colleagues and i had published in the area, challenging the effectiveness longer term and asking how much follow—up is taking place. are you going out to these businesses and actually seeing if they are able to put anything in place? any plans or guidance into place? any plans or guidance into place? we're talking about embedding that learning and that practice. if you think some of the restaurants and some of the pubs around the area, they probably have run younger staff working at them, higher staff turnover, how can we make this resilience building something that is part of normal training and practice that we can all think about in these businesses in our daily lives? the other question that clearly is very germane to your field of knowledge in terms of behavioural signs is if we get to understand enough about how people are radicalised, and therefore how you deradicalise them. because they are easy words to use, but i would have thought they are fraught with quite a lot of difficulty? they are. and at the debates rage. the evidence is building. it is to be that it was very difficult to gain access to individuals who had been radicalised, so we were showing information, regurgitating information. there is a lot more going on where we can access individuals. we can look at case studies. there is some amazing work coming out. we are really struggling with the concepts between disengagement and deradicalisation. disengagement is trying to support and encourage people from stepping away from groups, from individuals, from literature, from information, from literature, from information, from practices that could radicalise them or expose them to my radical concepts or opportunities. deradicalisation is even trickier because that is actually engaging with summoned to the point that they will move to a different mindset and no longer support violence i think about violence as the way forward —— with someone to the point that they will move away from violence. with someone to the point that they will move away from violencelj with someone to the point that they will move away from violence. i was speaking with someone, a woman, who was brought into a very extreme religious sect. she told me with an interview with the bbc‘s hard talk, that she had actually come to challenge her own received knowledge. once she went on to twitter. on twitter she found herself being challenged by other twitter users. is there any evidence that that process happens and that the kind of wider debate starts to challenge some of this propaganda, very effective propaganda, that groups who have encouraged people to carry out acts of this kind, have been able to propagate online cuts definitely. we do have to be careful, of course, with social media. in terms of sharing this information. and with groups trying to lead the charge and take us down a route that would not be very healthy in terms of public health outcomes. we have seen, if wejust think about group conversations with some other studies and focus groups, where we are trying to speak to members of the public about extreme events a re members of the public about extreme events are interview people about my extreme view is where if we get them the information and the trusty sources that are providing this information, they eventually will push back when we get them information and disinformation that contradicts the official line. the official line is the tricky part because who are you going to believe? who are the most trusted communicators? it is not always going to a government or the police services, so you need to work with communities, work with faith groups and work with youth clubs to find her there was a trusted advisor who can really engage with and share the experiences and pool people along to have those conversations where they will get the information and be able to push back. a fascinating field that, challenging prejudice and perception. brooke rogers, the better of behavioural science and psychology at king's college. thank you forjoining us this evening. thank you. an irishwoman who became a so—called islamic state bride in syria has been arrested after arriving back in ireland with her two—year—old daughter. lisa smith went to the war—torn country in 2015 after converting to islam and becoming radicalised. she had been living with her child in a syrian refugee camp. she has also revealed that the father of her child was a suspected member of is who died last year. our correspondentjohn campbell joined me earlier and told me more about ms smith's background. she was a woman in her 30s, she had been a member of the irish defence forces, so, somebody with military training. she became disillusioned with her life, in 2011 she converted to islam, and then in 2015 she made that decision to leave her husband and go and join the islamic state. now, she resurfaced again in the summer of this year, when the islamic state was collapsing. she was held by us—backed forces in syria. she was in a refugee camp and, at that time, the bbc caught up with her in that camp. we asked what she had been doing while she was with islamic state and she denied that she had put her military skills to any offensive use. did they ask you to fight? lisa smith is now in the custody of the irish police and they will, of course, be testing that story , about what she did during those four years in syria. they will clearly want to know in detail who exactly she was with, where she was and what she did. now, irish police can hold herfor three days before they have to make some on charge or release. john campbell they're john campbell they‘ re reporting john campbell they're reporting on the case falkirk council says it is on standby to help vulnerable residents after thousands of homes have been left without heating following a gas main failure in central scotland. with the temperature in the area just above freezing, electric heaters and cookers are being offered to elderly or sick customers and those with young children. scottish gas networks said engineers were trying to fix the problem but didn't know when gas would be restored. irving burgie, the american composer who helped to popularise caribbean music has died at the age of 95. better known as lord burgess, he wrote the hit song day—o and helped harry belafonte to bring calypso music into the mainstream. day—o, also known as the banana boat song has been used in films, adverts and even as a wake up call to astronauts. a long and successful career and his legacy will live on. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello, we've a very cold and frosty night ahead for england and wales as the skies clear and any showers along eastern coast fade away. but for scotland and northern ireland, we've got cloud increasing that bring some outbreaks of rain mainly into northern scotland. northern ireland probably staying mainly dry. but the cloud cover here will keep temperatures just above freezing much milder across the northern west of scotland. could see the old pocket of frost for southern scotland before the cloud increases. but temperatures down to minus three or minus four celsius quite widely for england and wales. a cold, crisp start to the day here. further outbreaks of rain through tomorrow across scotland, eventually getting down into the central belt, maybe southern scotland by the afternoon. bit patchy by then. cloudy, but mainly dry for northern ireland after a sunny start cloud increasing across northern england and north wales, six to eight celsius. the high tomorrow for england, wales and northern ireland. feeling a little bit milder across the far north of scotland, but with some wet weather so cold at first in the week ahead, slowly turning milderfrom the north, a further risk of fog on tuesday and wednesday, wetter and windier by friday. good evening. the headlines: the woman killed in the london bridge attack has been named as 23—year—old saskia jones, a former student at cambridge university. her family said she was ‘funny and kind' and will leave ‘a huge void' in their lives. new images reveal the bravery of members of the public tackling the convicted terrorist on the bridge, and in the hall where his attack began. you have andy and luke are starting a fight back. they used fire extinguishers, cheers. they took the game back to the knifeman. an irish woman who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group is arrested after arriving back in dublin with her two—year—old daughter. irving burgie, the american composer who helped to popularise caribbean sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. if you feel the urge. maybe, we will see. good evening. two days after arsenal sacked unai emery, freddie ljunberg's first match as interim manager ended in a draw at norwich. the gunners haven't won now in 8 matches now, and remain eighth in the premier league while norwich are still second from bottom. jo currie reports. freddie ljunberg has arsenal in his dna according to the club but could the new interim manager turnaround their hapless form of seven games without a win? a trip to norwich, his first test, but luck appeared to be in short supply. teemu pukki taking advantage of some awful defending and a big deflection to put his side ahead. not long after however, arsenal were given some handy help. christoph zimmermann raising his arm in the box, as the referee pointed to the spot. goalkeeper tim krul though equalled to pierre—emerick aubameyang's penalty. but in a cruel twist, var ruled that encroachment in the area meant that it had to be taken and aubameyang didn't make the same mistake. and the arsenal captain scores this time. but norwich had other plans. todd cantwell slotting home before the break to restore the lead and give carrow road some good vibes. after the restart, aubameyang was at it again, smashing home to pull his side level to give his new bosses first points in the job. jo currie, bbc news. i think we started the game extremely well. great to do better and scored some goals. we need to work on our transition games, we had the ball and they countered twice. that is something which is easy for me as that is something which is easy for measa that is something which is easy for me as a coach and we need to work on it. disappointing but we know what to work on. we delivered a top class game against a top side. it was a difficult task. four points against the last game, but we are disappointed because performance —wise i think we deserved to day to win all three points. the other earlier afternoon match — between wolves and sheffield united was also drawn. lys mousset scored after just 2 minutes, to give the visitors a halftime lead at moilneux, but matt doherty headed the equaliser midway through the second half. 1—1 the final score. the game was amazing. i think we tried things, they pressed as we press them. but fair dos, it is amazing. we played sheffield united before and it felt the same. high competition and for others it is a challenge because we play thursday against the portuguese team that is against the portuguese team that is a lot of portuguese and brazilian players who go short. now we have sheffield wednesday in these intensities and trying to grow as a big challenge for everybody. we needed to be better with the ball second half. they have some quality players at the top of the pitch. you allow those players to get on the ball and they are going to try and hurt you. we had to defend very well for staff, but we came out roaring second half and should have put the game to bed and and and visually paid the price for that. two more games kicked off at half past four — leicester could go back to second — with a win over struggling everton another managerial casualty in the premier league — watford have sacked ouiqe sanchez flores. club bosses met earlier, to decide on his future after watford lost again yesterday — 2—1 to southampton leaving them well adrift at the bottom of the league table. they've only won once in the league since sanchez flores re—joined the club in september. the club said in a statement the appointment of a new head coach is imminent. celtic are still top of the scottish premiership — but onlyjust, after rangers emphatic win against hearts. celtic comfortably beat ross county a—1. ryan christie scored twice to give them a 2—1 halftime lead. in the second half, former manchester united winger, mikeyjohnston, completed the scoring with the pick of the goals, giving celtic their tenth win in a row in all competitions. so it's tight at the top, rangers arejust a goal behind celtic — with the sides level on points — after they hammered hearts 5—0 at ibrox. two late goals from greg stewart there. the defeat leaves hearts joint second from bottom — with the side still searching or a new permanant manager. ten matches in the second round of the fa cup today. two former winners of the competitiion were up against each other at st andrews. will keane gave ipswich the lead but a stoppage time callum o'hare equaliser for coventry sets up a replay between the league one promotion rivals at portman road. 23—year—old peterborough striker ivan toney scored arguably the pick of the day's goals with this stunning a0—yard volley. peterborough beat national league dover athletic 3—0. and the lowest ranked side left in the competiton before today — chichester city — who play in the isthmian league south east division — were beaten 5—1 at tranmere rovers, morgan ferrier scored a hat—trick. here's the full list of todays fa cup results — blackpool came from behind to prevent an upset, against non league maidstone united, scoring three in the second half to win 3—1. and hartlepool have another chance to knock out league opposition, after coming back to draw 2—2 at exeter. all the goals from the games, on the bbc sport website. while things might not be good for the arsenal mens team there couldn't be more of a contrast, when it comes to their womens side. they recorded the biggest victory in women's super league with an incredible 11—1 thrashing of bristol city. dutch striker vivianne miedema scored six of the goals, and assisted in four others. the result took arsenal to the top of the league. in the day's other games from the women's super leagu, from the women's super league, manchester city are level on points with arsenal at the top, just behind on goal difference now. they beat liverpool 1—0, thanks to a gemma bonner goal. west ham beat manchester united — 3—2 thanks to two goals from katherina baunach, her second a last minute winner. and everton's match against chelsea was postponed due to a frozen pitch. the world champion lewis hamilton led from start to finish to win the final formula one race of the season. he was untroubled in the abu dhabi grand prix — finishing nearly 17 seconds clear of red bull's max verstappen. it's hamilton's11th race win of the season. pretty proud to be in a time where there are such youngsters coming through. these guys have been doing a phenomenaljob and i am privileged to be in the period of time where they are and i hope there are more battles letters in the future. in rugby's premiership, bristol conceded a late penalty to draw 27—all with london irish — a result that moves them up to second — and 2 points behind leaders northampton. there was a close result in the day's other match too — as harlequins beat gloucester 23—19. ross chisholm with the first of their two tries to help harlequins secure just their second win of the season. after a tricky 12 months with the bat, joe root‘s played himself into a bit of form — as england edged themselves into the second test against new zealand in hamilton. natalie pirks reports. england's captain smiling once again. this might be his most important test century, his 17. his last tonne came in the caribbean nine months ago. he has not managed to escape the heat since. poor performances in the ashes followed by low scores in the opening test in new zealand saw him drop out of the world's top ten batting rankings for the first time in five years. his captaincy question, so was his ability. but this was a performance that began to answer the critics. an innings that showed glimpses of his natural talent, and the occasional nervy moment. it was an innings of endurance, of grit, of patience. root‘s test century, and he has appeared to rediscover his form. it was huge forjoe. when you come under the spotlight that, to respond in the fashion that he did today, shows character. england has never lost a test match. they have plenty of work to do. carl frampton is back to winning ways after beating tyler mccreary in las vegas overnight. frampton floored the american twice en route to a dominant points victory. it was his first bout since losing a world title fight tojosh warrington last december — and tees up another shot at the world title next year. world number one judd trump is through to the third round of snooker‘s uk championship — and moves a step closer to competing the triple crown. he thrashed china's mei xiwen 6—1 to go through. victory at the tournament for trump would see him become the first player since 2003 to win the uk championship, the world championship and the masters title in the same season. china's number one ding junhui is also into round three. he beat the cypriot michael georgiou six frames to two to stay on course for his third uk championship title. england's netballers have lost the final test against south africa in cape town. the roses, who had already won the series, were 16—10 down after the first quarter and were never able to recover — losing the match 5a—a8. it's the first defeat in six matches for new coachjess thirlby it's the first defeat in six matches for new coachjess thirlby. it's the final day of the trampoline, tumbling & dmt world championships in tokyo and there's another medalfor great britain. elliott brown powered his way to silver in the men's tumbling final after his second passe scored high on difficulty — to place second in this event for the second year in a row. his team mate jaydon paddock placed fifth. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news it's time for click. i lost my sight seven years ago. navigating the world can seem like a huge challenge. i usually use my guide dog willow around. this day we are using a new device. she is confused with the cane. i have paired it with my smartphone. it picks up the information from the phone and the navigation system reads out to me. when we got there it said starbucks know on your right. by then we could smell anyway, can we? when i was using the cane it was always vibrating stop. the buzzing got quick so i knew i was in front of it. it was a large obstacle. this may be an improvement for some users but i found the feedback overwhelming. i imagine it can get difficult to detect what is important and what is not important. i was excited to show me the this app. the app uses 3d sound to point you in the right direction. it is like you are in, in the software almost. facing south—west... when you are tuned into the app it will name nearby shops and restaurants. it even highlights what's on the pavements. is there bike parking in front of us? one useful tool is to set an audio beacon, see if you want to find your local supermarket. 65 metres west. ok, it is making the sound. tapping sounds help guide us in the right direction although we did manage to walk past the shop door. i think you don't quite believe that it is to the right of you. at least we had our guide dogs to help us find the entrance. at home some of the simplest tech can actually be the most useful. but big tech companies like apple, google and amazon are also trying to make their technology better for people like me. most of the time i use my smartphone and apple watch. it is great that it can connect to my apple tv and you can get to see all your favourite moments. apple tv and you can get to see all yourfavourite moments. lots of smart sneakers have audiobook services. a new and unusual audiobook is cold unseen. it is the first ever audio comic book. when you hear the sound, that is so cool you hear the sound, that is so cool. the word unseen in bold letters. amazing! no one ever does that. that is the typeface. describing the pictures in each panel which is a big part of comic books. i cannot wait for the creator to release the next segment. books. i cannot wait for the creator to release the next segmentlj books. i cannot wait for the creator to release the next segment. i do not know who the hell you are!|j to release the next segment. i do not know who the hell you are! i was also excited to try a new device from bristol braille technology. this device that i have in front of me is cold the cannes unit, it the very first ever several line braille display. it sounds like a typewriter. using buttons at the base of the device you can upload books, pdfs and documents. it is an easier and quicker way to read. it is nice that you can use something like this and not have audio or co nsta ntly like this and not have audio or constantly all the time. i was even more impressed with the next device we tried, a pair of smart glasses. these use a camera and artificial intelligence to read the text around you. and you can use touch, voice and gesture commands to change its settings. what are you doing, maisie? i have got a magazine and if i point at elaine, —— at elaine... it is reading it! we surprised maisie with a book from one of her favourite authors. oh! it tells you the time. the times 3:29pm. and can name who is standing in front of you. of course, i wanted to see if we could get it to recognise maisie. the device does this by remembering unique points of a person's phase, a bit like a map. just turn my head around. maisie! oh yeah. we also tried a new feature, the ability to scan food product bar codes. this was decades. —— was a hit. scan food product bar codes. this was decades. -- was a hit. alexei, what am i holding? i was excited to test out the amazon echo feature. you move it around until the device tells you what the item is. it was difficult knowing whether the item we re difficult knowing whether the item were a centre screen and this threw up were a centre screen and this threw up some less than accurate results. it looks like coca—cola. up some less than accurate results. it looks like coca-cola. that is so cool it looks like coca-cola. that is so cool. i have done that so many times, i have picked up cherry diet coke. so we have actuallyjust been told that that was not vanilla coca—cola and just regular coca—cola. you would have to really kneel getting your snapshots correct to find this useful. it was so great to find this useful. it was so great to try all the technology throughout the day. the wider the choice of tech, the better for everyone. the day. the wider the choice of tech, the betterfor everyone. not everything today was a complete success but the impact that pla i ntext success but the impact that plaintext can have continues to surprise me. i am really excited about the future of accel —— accessibility tech. some fantastic innovation there. one thing that is becoming clear is how much is out there that is enabling people to become more empowered and live more independently. and with people with learning disabilities there are plenty of innovations to do that. paul has been to meet someone who has found life that little bit more easy. this is adam. adam has down syndrome and lives in his own home which includes specially designed technology to allow him to live more independently. here he is using a ta blet independently. here he is using a tablet that contains a range of bespoke applications to help them with tasks in everyday life. in this instance, cooking. can you show me what you have got on here, adam? here it shows step—by—step instructions with pictures. but the technology goes much further than recipes. it is part of a project called connected living, a partnership between mencap and telecoms country voter:. —— vodafone. it uses a range of technologies under one roof. from smart home devices and sensors to more simple reminders to do lists and instructions. a lot of it is stuff that people are familiar with, it is not a new concept. what we have done is we have packaged it together and put it into this user interface which has been tailored specifically so that it is really user friendly specifically so that it is really userfriendly and specifically so that it is really user friendly and it is just intuitive to use. we have a long list of things and it can be small things, they are things that people wa nt things, they are things that people want to achieve and then we gave that listed vodafone. i said, what are the technological solutions to that? we whittled it down to the things that we felt were more important to people. technologies in all our lives at the moment and will continue to be so. we want to make sure that people with learning disability are not disadvantaged. sure that people with learning disability are not disadvantagedm is designed to become customisable to each user with a hardware and softwa re to each user with a hardware and software tailored to their needs and personal abilities. the platform blends smart home technology is methinks adam can use outside the home as well. what would you do with the options on the screen? 0k, ok, so you can tell them where you wa nt to ok, so you can tell them where you want to go. which are your favourites? sounds good to me. is that good, do you like that? that's good, we like tech too. there are 1.4 good, we like tech too. there are 1.a million people in the uk with learning disabilities who could use this. there are wider applications if you think about people who are go into homes as they get older, they wa nt to into homes as they get older, they want to be independent, they want the flexibility. this can help them. you and i want to be independent and do our own thing. if technology can help people to do that then it means that we have got great control, you are feeling more independent and the amount of confidence is increased in people is fantastic. most importantly of all, how does adam feel about his smart, connected home? supported. yeah. that was adam and his mum. as always we will continue to keep across latest developments and design and tech all across the year as we do. this is the short version of this week's show. you can see paul in iceland looking at the design, manufacture and testing of the iconic prosthetic running blade. you can contact us with your thoughts about what you have seen. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. hello. we have had some chris sunshine across the uk today. —— mike crisp. any showers down the east coast of england and cloud in southern england will fade through this evening. more cloud for scotla nd this evening. more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, bringing rain into northern scotland so it is a milder night here, could see frost in southern scotland before the cloud increases. above freezing for northern ireland but a widespread frost for england and wales, temperatures down to —3, minus four celsius. high pressure methods to start the week. that will continue to bring outbreaks of rain through the day. heavy and persistent at first, outbreaks of rain in the central belt in southern scotla nd rain in the central belt in southern scotland by the end of the afternoon. dry encoding for northern ireland. after cloudy start, rain increasing. a brisk westerly further eastern side of scotland. nine, 10 celsius, more 6—8dc for england, wales and northern ireland. tomorrow night, the rain heads eastwards. and thenit night, the rain heads eastwards. and then it eventually clears away. much drier on tuesday, this area of high pressure drifting away south and east words. as it does, it will pull in moister air so east words. as it does, it will pull in moisterairso an east words. as it does, it will pull in moister air so an increasing risk that we will see fog returning through tuesday and wednesday. that could be slow to clear across england and wales. when it does most will see spells of sunshine and it isa dry will see spells of sunshine and it is a dry day for the whole of the wiki. more cloud with the breeze in scotland. for england, wales and northern ireland, eight celsius the top temperature. high pressure dresser eastwards through wednesday, this system pushes into northern ireland and scotland. rain persistent in scotland and then easing away. through thursday and friday, the colder and lower colours in place with milder, yellow and orange colours by the end of the week. at at the start of the week, milderfrom the north, risk of week. at at the start of the week, milder from the north, risk of fog and wet and windier by friday. goodbye. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 6pm... the woman killed in the london bridge attack has been named as 23—year—old saskia jones, a former student at cambridge university. her family said she was "funny and kind" and will leave "a huge void" in their lives. the university's vice chancellor said he is "devastated". this said he is "devastated". is an attack on our commu this is an attack on our community, in many ways, and it was intended as such and it was meant to produce a firm of terror and sadness and it has clearly done that. new images reveal the bravery of members of the public tackling the convicted terrorist on the bridge and in the hall where his attack began. you have andy and

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