bbcuk--2020-02-04--Ian Paterson: Surgeon wounded hundreds amid 'culture of denial'

A culture of `` avoidance and denial '' allowed a breast surgeon to perform botched and unnecessary operations on hundreds of women , a report has found .
An independent inquiry into Ian Paterson 's malpractice has recommended the recall of his 11,000 patients for their surgery to be assessed .
Paterson is serving a 20-year jail term for 17 counts of wounding with intent .
One of Paterson 's colleagues has been referred to police and five more to health watchdogs by the inquiry .
The disgraced breast surgeon worked with cancer patients at NHS and private hospitals in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His unregulated `` cleavage-sparing '' mastectomies , in which breast tissue was left behind , meant the disease returned in many of his patients .
Others had surgery they did not need - some even finding out years later they did not have cancer .
Patients were let down by the healthcare system `` at every level '' said inquiry chair Rt Revd Graham James , who identified `` multiple individual and organisational failures '' .
`` There was a culture of avoidance and denial , an alarming loss of corporate memory and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' he said .
`` This capacity for wilful blindness is illustrated by the way in which Paterson 's behaviour and aberrant clinical practice was excused or even favoured .
`` Many simply avoided or worked round him .
Some could have known , while others should have known , and a few must have known . ''
The coroner and West Midlands Police are looking into the deaths of 23 of Paterson 's patients .

In his report, Bishop James said: "The suffering described; the callousness; the wickedness; the failures on the part of individuals and institutions as well as Paterson himself - these are vividly described in what patients told us.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Petrol and diesel car sales ban brought forward to 2035

A ban on selling new petrol , diesel or hybrid cars in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest , under government plans .
The change comes after experts said 2040 would be too late if the UK wants to achieve its target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050 .
Boris Johnson unveiled the policy as part of a launch event for a United Nations climate summit in November .
He said 2020 would be a `` defining year of climate action '' for the planet .
The summit , known as COP26 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is an annual UN-led gathering set up to assess progress on tackling climate change .
Sir David Attenborough said at the launch event at London 's Science Museum that he was looking forward to COP26 and found it `` encouraging '' that the UK government was launching a `` year of climate action '' .
`` The longer we leave it ... the worse it is going to get , '' he said .
`` So now is the moment .
It is up to us to organise the nations of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Mr Johnson said the ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars would come even earlier than 2035 , if possible .
Hybrid vehicles are also now being included in the proposals , which were originally announced in July 2017 .
People will only be able to buy electric or hydrogen cars and vans , once the ban comes into effect .
The change in plans , which will be subject to a consultation , comes after experts warned the previous target date of 2040 would still leave old conventional cars on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2050 .
The Scottish government does not have the power to ban new petrol and diesel cars but has already pledged to `` phase out the need '' for them by 2032 with measures such as an expansion of the charging network for electric cars .
Mr Johnson said the 2050 pledge was necessary because the UK 's `` historic emissions '' meant `` we have a responsibility to our planet to lead in this way '' .
The announcement comes as COP26 's former president Claire O ’ Neill , who was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letter accusing Mr Johnson of failing to support her work .
The prime minister 's official spokesperson said Downing Street had `` no comment '' to make on the letter , but thanked Mrs O'Neill for her work towards the conference .
He said her replacement would be a `` ministerial post '' with details set out `` in due course . ''
Mr Johnson did not answer the BBC 's David Shukman 's questions about the row .
Mr Johnson said : “ Hosting COP26 is an important opportunity for the UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in the fight against climate change .
“ As we set out our plans to hit our ambitious 2050 net zero target across this year , so we shall urge others to join us in pledging net zero emissions .
“ There can be no greater responsibility than protecting our planet , and no mission that a global Britain is prouder to serve . ''
The prime minister added that a `` catastrophic period of global addiction '' to hydrocarbons had led to the planet being `` swaddled in a tea cosy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ car target 'needs to be sooner' Friends of the Earth 's Mike Childs said the government was `` right '' to bring forward the ban , but that 2030 would be better than 2035 .
“ A new 2035 target will still leave the UK in the slow-lane of the electric car revolution and meantime allow more greenhouse gases to spew into the atmosphere , '' he said .
He said the government could show “ real leadership '' ahead of COP26 by reversing plans to develop `` climate-wrecking roads and runways '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Drivers support measures to clean up air quality and reduce CO2 emissions but these stretched targets are incredibly challenging . ''
The chief executive of the society of motor manufacturers and traders ( SMMT ) accused the government of `` moving the goalposts '' .
`` With current demand for this still expensive technology still just a fraction of sales , it 's clear that accelerating an already very challenging ambition will take more than industry investment , '' Mike Hawes said .
He said the government 's plans must safeguard industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current sales of low emission vehicles were not undermined .
Meanwhile Mrs O ’ Neill accused Mr Johnson of promising money and people to support her work , but failing to deliver either .
She also said he admitted to her that he `` does n't really get '' climate change .
Cabinet minister Michael Gove said Mrs O'Neill was a `` close friend '' but that he disagreed with the comments in her letter .
He told BBC Radio 5 Live Mr Johnson described his own political outlook as `` that of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said her `` absolute desire for action has not been comfortable for some '' , adding that this was `` not about me '' or Mr Johnson - but about working towards `` rapid decarbonisation '' .
She said at COP26 the UK must `` absolutely double down on taking our great leadership and ambitions in this space , and really energising the world as to why this is a huge opportunity '' .
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bbcuk--2020-02-04--Hashem Abedi: Manchester Arena attack brother 'equally guilty'

The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber was `` just as guilty '' of the murder of the 22 people who died in the attack , his trial has heard .
Salman Abedi detonated a `` large home-made improvised explosive device '' outside an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017 .
His brother Hashem Abedi is standing trial at the Old Bailey over his `` role in perpetrating these terrible events '' .
He denies the murder of 22 people and the attempted murder of others .
Duncan Penny QC told the Old Bailey the siblings spent `` months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 22 , has also denied conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion .
The jury was told Salman detonated a `` large home-made improvised explosive device '' packed with shrapnel outside the concert .
Mr Penny said the effects of the attack had been `` both sudden and lethal '' and police had identified `` nearly 1,000 victims '' .
In addition to the 22 people , including seven children , who died , a total of 264 `` were physically injured '' , he said , while 670 more had since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these events '' .
Mr Penny said the explosion was the `` culmination of months of planning and preparation by the two of them '' .
The brothers worked together in the run-up to the attack , he said , sourcing chemicals and experimenting with metal containers to create improvised bombs , and purchasing screws and nails to use as `` anti-personnel shrapnel '' .
He said they had also obtained an address in north Manchester where they could create the bomb and bought a Nissan Micra car to use as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said the resulting device was `` packed with lethal shrapnel and detonated in the middle of a crowd in a very public area - the intention being to kill and to inflict maximum damage '' .
Mr Penny said the brothers had not had a specific target and the final destination had been chosen by Salman Abedi alone , but they had a `` shared goal [ to ] kill , main and injure as many people as possible '' .
As a result , `` the law is that Hashem Abedi is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surely as if he had selected the target and detonated the bomb himself , '' the prosecutor said .
Jurors were shown a map of the city with locations such as Manchester Arena , the Arndale Centre and Victoria Station identified .
Mr Penny said the arena was `` one of the busiest and one of the largest '' in Europe and had been filled with the American singer 's `` large and diverse fan base '' on the night of the attack .
He said the foyer outside it was `` busy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the crowd left the venue at about 22:30 BST and in their `` midst… carrying a heavy rucksack that contained a homemade bomb… was Salman Abedi '' .
He added that such was the `` ferocity of the explosion '' that it `` dismembered '' the bomber and left a scene `` of destruction and chaos '' .

Mr Penny said the bomb was made from three chemicals, two of which the defendant had made various attempts to buy using false online accounts or via other people, some of whom had been "sufficiently gullible to avail him of their internet accounts".


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Ikea announces first big UK store closure

Ikea has announced that it will shut down its Coventry city centre store this summer , in its first big closure of a UK outlet .
The Swedish flat-pack furniture giant said the store had made `` consistent losses '' since it opened in 2007 , with fewer people visiting it than expected .
It said it would be consulting the 352 workers affected and would try to find them jobs at other stores .
Ikea added that it remained committed to growth in the UK .
Ikea said the store , one of 22 in the UK , had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of its earliest examples of testing a new format to meet customers ' changing needs and expectations .
`` However , given its location and the size of the land available at the time , the store was built over seven levels , which resulted in a significant impact on the operating costs of the store and the shopping experience for customers , '' the firm added .
`` In addition , the changing behaviour of customers in the area who prefer to shop in retail parks and online has resulted in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and continuing to decrease over time . ''
After the closure , customers will have to journey to Birmingham , Nottingham or Milton Keynes to find their nearest Ikea branch .
Local people have been reacting to the move on social media .
Ikea stores are generally in out-of-town locations and the firm has made various attempts to bring its outlets to city centres .
In 2018 , it closed three smaller inner-city collection-point stores in Norway , which had been a test for a new format that it hoped to roll out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hit by the rise of online shopping , resulting in the disappearance of a number of well-known UK High Street brands .
Already this year , department store chain Beales has fallen into administration , while John Lewis has warned that its staff bonus may be in doubt after it reported lower Christmas sales at its stores .
Ikea is trying to respond to changing customer tastes , says Patrick O'Brien , GlobalData 's retail research director .
`` When the Coventry Ikea was opened , it was still very much about imposing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you walk this way round the maze , you pick it up yourself , you put it together yourself .
`` Things have moved on in UK retail now , it 's all about how best to serve the customer , and Ikea has had to adapt and change their model .
`` This is about Ikea adapting how it uses physical spaces rather than a beginning of a retreat . ''


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Streatham attack: Terror sentence changes 'face legal battle'

Ministers face a legal battle over their plans to make terror offenders serve longer in prison , a former government adviser has warned .
Under the changes , such prisoners would no longer be automatically freed at the halfway point of their sentences .
But ex-independent reviewer of terror legislation Lord Carlile said the plans `` may be in breach of the law '' .
The emergency legislation follows two attacks by men convicted of terror offences in London in recent months .
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He had been released from jail 10 days earlier and was under police surveillance .
'Going to be challenged' Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told MPs that under the government 's plans , terror offenders will only be considered for release once they have served two-thirds of their sentence and with the approval of the Parole Board .
The law change will apply to both current and future offenders , he said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... where an offender - a known risk to innocent members of the public - is released early by automatic process of law without any oversight by the Parole Board , '' he said .
The government has also said it will consider making new legislation to ensure extremists are more closely monitored on release and review whether the current maximum sentences for terrorist offences are sufficient .
Lord Carlile , a crossbench peer and former independent government reviewer of terrorism legislation , told BBC Two 's Newsnight the plans went too far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sentences of people who 've already been sentenced and therefore expected to be serving half the sentence may be in breach of the law .
`` It 's certainly going to be challenged , '' he said .
`` In any event , lengthening the sentence does n't solve the problem because those individuals are still going to have to come out of prison at some point . ''
Lord Carlile called for tougher restrictions on released prisoners , such as the reintroduction of control orders which were scrapped by the Coalition government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ England and Wales said sentencing changes that applied retrospectively risked `` clogging up an already overloaded system '' because they could lead to more prisoners appealing against their sentences .
Its president , Simon Davis , said : `` If the licence period is instead spent in custody , we risk releasing inmates without any supervision , without any transition and without any opportunity for the probation service to recall them to prison if there are concerns about their post-release behaviour . ''
Amanda Pinto QC , chair of the Bar Council , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the subject of careful consideration to ensure that it complies with the rule of law '' .
The pressure group Liberty said it was `` dangerous '' and counter productive to apply the measures retrospectively .
However , the Parole Board for England and Wales welcomed the plans , saying `` our over-riding priority is the protection of the public '' .
Although plans for the Parole Board to decide if people convicted of terrorism offences should be released after serving two thirds of their sentence were in the Queen 's Speech , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the measures to apply retrospectively .
All that changed after the Streatham attack - the third incident involving convicted Islamist extremists in two months .
Ministers are clearly concerned about the risks posed by other prisoners serving sentences for terrorism who are due to be let out : there 's about one release , on average , every week .
But the measures , if approved by Parliament , will almost certainly be the subject of a challenge in the courts .
Is it fair that a prisoner who 's been convicted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suddenly finds themselves locked up for longer under a different set of rules ?
The government is likely to justify its approach on the grounds of national security , so prepare for an epic legal battle that may well end up at the Supreme Court .
Three people were taken to hospitals following Sunday 's attack , including the two stabbing victims .
One victim , a man in his 40s , is now said to be recovering after sustaining injuries that were initially thought to be life-threatening .
Another , a woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from hospital .
A third woman in her 20s suffered minor injuries , thought to have been caused by broken glass from the gunfire .
The attack comes after convicted terrorist Khan fatally stabbed Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt at Fishmongers ' Hall near London Bridge on 29 November last year .
Khan had been released from jail on licence in 2018 , half-way through a 16-year sentence for terrorism offences .
This prompted a raft of measures to be proposed by the Home Office in January .

But the measures, if approved by Parliament, will almost certainly be the subject of a challenge in the courts. Is it fair that a prisoner who's been convicted and sentenced under one set of rules suddenly finds themselves locked up for longer under a different set of rules?


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Harbury village signs 'defaced on Brexit night'

The name of a French town on two village road signs has been daubed with white paint in what has been described as a `` Brexit-related '' act of vandalism .
The name of Samois-sur-Seine was covered over on Friday on the signs in Harbury , with which the Warwickshire village is twinned .
The parish council 's chairman said residents were angered and disappointed by the vandalism .
Twinning association members later removed the paint , he added .
The vandalism was found on two signs on Hillside and Bush Heath Road on Saturday morning .
A post about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ page , received hundreds of comments with many saying they were `` very disappointed '' .
Parish Council chairman , Tim Lockley , said : `` There was anger because it makes Harbury look like a village where these kind of views are popular or common , which is not true at all .
`` I ca n't see any other conclusion other than it was Brexit-related , otherwise the word Harbury would have been damaged as well , but it was only the bit related to the twinning .
`` It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reflects the attitudes of people here , regardless of what they think of Brexit . ''
He said twinning association members had been out on Saturday to clean the signs and had managed to remove the majority of the paint .
Richard Marshall-Hardy , also from the group , added : `` It is appalling .
`` Not withstanding which way I voted in the referendum , this kind of behaviour continues to be divisive , it upsets people and it is unnecessary . ''
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"I can't see any other conclusion other than it was Brexit-related, otherwise the word Harbury would have been damaged as well, but it was only the bit related to the twinning.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Warrington pedestrian hit by police car dies

A pedestrian died when he was hit by an unmarked police car on a busy road .
The man died @ @ @ @ @ crash , which happened on Warrington Road in Penketh , Warrington , at 19:20 GMT @ @ @ @ @ has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct , Cheshire Police said .
@ @ @ @ @ police inquiries are ongoing .
Officers have asked anyone with information to get in touch @

The 80-year-old man died at the scene of the crash, which happened on Warrington Road in Penketh, Warrington, at 19:20 GMT on Monday.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--PSNI recruitment: Campaign opens to hire up to 600 officers

The Police Service of Northern Ireland ( PSNI ) opens a new recruitment campaign on Tuesday , amid continued concerns over its ability to increase numbers of Catholic officers .
It is hoping to hire as many as 600 trainees in the course of this year .
Representatives of political parties , churches and sporting bodies , such as the Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA ) , have been invited to the launch event .
The PSNI is also aiming to attract more women and people of ethnic backgrounds .
At a launch event at its training college at Garnerville @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Simon Byrne said he was disappointed Sinn Féin representatives did not attend .
But the party later contacted the media to say deputy leader Michelle O'Neill would attend after a Brexit Committee meeting .
Applications are open for about three weeks , with the first part of the process handled by professional services firm Deloitte .
Later stages of selection , conducted by the PSNI , involve criminal background checks and physical tests .
In the lead up to the new campaign , the first since October 2018 , there has been debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is required .
The PSNI replaced the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) in November 2001 , and a 50-50 recruitment policy ran for its first 10 years until 2011 .
This meant that 50 % of all recruits had to be from a Catholic background , and 50 % from a Protestant or other background .
The policy saw numbers of Catholic police officers rise from 8 % to 32 % , but things have stalled years after it ended .
Former chief constable Sir George Hamilton warned last year that numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if nothing changes '' .
Sinn Féin , the SDLP and senior Catholic clergymen favour its reintroduction , which would be a political decision , but unionists oppose it .
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster 's Good Morning Ulster programme , Dr Jonny Byrne , from the School of Criminology at Ulster University , said the lack of applications from Catholic backgrounds was `` not as simple as saying it 's the police 's fault or the nationalist community 's fault '' .
`` It 's still a taboo subject in the Catholic/nationalist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something that people whisper about when someone has joined the police .
It 's not seen a normal profession , it 's not talked about .
`` That means that when young Catholics , in particular , join the police , they have to leave their communities , they end up leaving their sports clubs , changing their personal details and losing friends and networks .
It becomes a massive issue and burden .
`` 50-50 recruitment is a sticking plaster .
It will not address the institutional , cultural , differences within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will sectarianise policing in 2020 .
`` What does that say about our peace process ? ''
It is not the only challenge facing the PSNI , as it strives to better reflect the composition of Northern Ireland society .
It has 6,900 officers and publishes data on their backgrounds .
Sixty-seven percent are `` perceived '' as being Protestant , 32 % Catholic and 1 % are from an ethnic minority .
Seven in every 10 officers are male .
The PSNI is also conscious of needing to improve interest from working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community .

Mr Byrne said: "We don't underestimate the significant step forward Sinn Féin has taken in endorsing this campaign merely by being here and beginning a conversation about how we can work differently to improve policing right across the country.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Charing Cross Southeastern commuters face major disruption

A broken section of track caused major disruption for rail passengers during the morning rush-hour in London earlier .
Services from Charing Cross to Waterloo East were suspended after the track defect was found at New Cross .
Network Rail SE said the broken section had since been repaired but trains remained diverted and cancelled .
Trains to Charing Cross have resumed but speed restrictions mean only half the usual trains will run per hour .
Thameslink services have also been affected between Bedford , Luton and Rainham and London Bridge .
Images of busy platforms and people struggling to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media , as passengers battled with their morning commute .
Network Rail said the disruption was expected to continue until at least 15:00 GMT and that services had been diverted to London Victoria or London Cannon Street .
Posting on Twitter , the rail company explained : `` We 're working on a plan to run trains around the problem but it 's not a normal rail , so it 's not an easy fix ... '' One track crosses over another ... we have to cut it out and replace it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the explanation did not satisfy all those trying to use the service .
Responding to Network Rail 's post , Twitter user Nick Cook said : `` Se—Railway this what we 're confronted with .
National disgrace . ''
Freelance designer Ellie , 39 , asked : `` Wondering how such a big crack in the line could suddenly appear networkrail .
Surely you work on preventing these sorts of things to appear ? ''
Other passengers caught up in the disruption have also spoken of their frustration and `` nightmare '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great Northern trains into Moorgate have also been experiencing long delays following a signal failure .


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Jehovah's Witnesses sued over 'child sex abuse'

At least 20 former Jehovah 's Witnesses are suing the group over historical sexual abuse they say they suffered .
The group has a policy of not punishing alleged child sex abuse unless a second person , alongside the accuser , has witnessed it - or an abuser confesses .
It says its elders `` comply with child-abuse reporting laws even if there is only one witness '' , though , and always tell police if a child is in danger .
But one former elder said it had been failing to involve the authorities .
John Viney , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of nine and 13 , by `` a distant family member who was an active Jehovah 's Witness '' , added children were still being abused and the religious organisation was `` inadvertently '' protecting their abusers .
`` The way that Jehovah 's Witnesses handle matters within the congregation , it 's a closed shop , '' he told the BBC 's Victoria Derbyshire programme .
`` I know for a fact now that there are parents that have n't done anything about the abuse of their children by others because they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jehovah 's name . ''
Mr Viney 's own daughter , Karen , was abused as a child - and has since spoken out about it publicly .
But when she left the organisation , Mr Viney disowned her - something he has regretted ever since .
`` When I was an elder and a dad , I put being an elder absolutely first , '' he said .
`` And that was a mistake . ''
Mr Viney said he had eventually reported his own abuser to the police , in 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ashamed '' , only to be told the man had gone on to abuse other children and died in prison .
`` What would have happened if I had had the courage and common sense to come forward [ at the time ] ? ''
he said .
Thomas Beale , a solicitor representing some of the former members , said they had decided to seek compensation after asking the group for an apology only to find it `` denying what has happened or refusing to engage '' .
Those taking the legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liable '' for the abuse they say they suffered .
Some claim it was negligent .
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Information and support for those affected by sexual abuse can be found on the BBC 's Action Line page .
One woman , Emma - not her real name - said after she had been abused she had been visited by elders who had repeated scripture `` about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not follow the laws of the land '' .
And she had been asked to recount explicit details , with the elders `` glaring at me '' .
Several former members have also told BBC News they were made to discuss their allegations with elders at a `` judicial committee '' , while their alleged abuser sat next to them .
Emma 's abuser was jailed for two years .
But , she said , following his release , he had been welcomed back into the organisation .
Labour 's Sarah Champion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MPs looking at adults who experienced child sexual abuse , said she had `` very serious concerns '' about a convicted child abuser being allowed `` back into a community where they have access to vulnerable people '' .
She said she had met elders who `` believe that there is more than enough safeguarding in place ... [ but ] could n't think of an example when they would go to the police about their concerns '' .
And the group saw child abuse as `` a sin that they need to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's really concerning to me , '' she added .
The Charity Commission has been investigating the Jehovah 's Witnesses organisation since 2013 .
A spokeswoman said the inquiry remained ongoing , but would not comment further .
A Jehovah 's Witnesses spokesman said : `` The only way that a child abuser can gain access to children in a religious organisation like ours , which does not have any programmes that separate children from their parents , is through parents themselves . ''
He said that for `` decades '' , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dangers of child abuse and how they can protect their children '' and parents and victims were informed they had the right to report the matter to the authorities .
`` If a congregant has been guilty of child sexual abuse , our elders inform parents with minors so that they can take measures to protect their children , '' he added .
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She said she had met elders who "believe that there is more than enough safeguarding in place... [but] couldn't think of an example when they would go to the police about their concerns".


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Essex lorry deaths: High court to rule on Eamonn Harrison appeal bid

The High Court in Dublin is to rule next week on whether to allow a County Down lorry driver 's appeal against his extradition .
Last month a judge ruled there was nothing to preclude the extradition of Eamonn Harrison from Ireland to the UK .
The Mayobridge man is facing charges in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated container in Essex in October .
The 23-year-old faces 39 manslaughter charges and two of conspiracy .
Lawyers for Mr Harrison argued against extradition , saying no higher court had looked at some of the legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said there were questions about the admissibility of documentation .
But lawyers for the state replied there was no uncertainty in the law and the points raised did not constitute a point of exceptional public importance .
Mr Harrison was further remanded in custody and the ruling is to be made on 12 February .
His conspiracy charges are connected to human trafficking and assisting unlawful immigration .
Mr Harrison was arrested at Dublin Port after returning from France and Belgium .
A previous court hearing heard that he had driven the container @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge before it sailed to Purfleet in England .
His lawyers , who opposed extradition , argued there was no evidence the 39 died in the UK or for the cause of their deaths .
The High Court also heard at a previous hearing that the UK 's extradition warrant was too rushed .
Mr Harrison was wrongly described as a British rather than an Irish citizen .
Lawyers seeking his extradition told the court that he drove the lorry used to deliver a container to the port @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so in Belgium by CCTV footage .
The court also heard that he signed the shipping notice for the container which was later found with the 39 bodies inside .
Lawyers for Mr Harrison raised the question as to why if his alleged offences occurred in Belgium , the UK was seeking his extradition .

Lawyers seeking his extradition told the court that he drove the lorry used to deliver a container to the port of Zeebrugge and was identified as doing so in Belgium by CCTV footage.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--High-paid banker 'suspended over alleged food theft'

Investment bank Citigroup has suspended a senior trader allegedly accused of stealing food from the staff canteen , media reports say .
The trader , Paras Shah , is reported to have been earning more than £1m a year including bonuses .
He was removed from his post as head of high-yield bond trading for Europe , the Middle East and Africa last month , the Financial Times reported .
Citigroup has refused to make any comment on the allegations .
According to reports , Mr Shah , aged 31 , was suspended following allegations that he helped himself to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's London headquarters in Canary Wharf .
It is not clear how many times this happened or over what period of time the alleged behaviour occurred .
The BBC has attempted to contact Mr Shah on LinkedIn , but his profile was unavailable and appears to have been deleted .
Mr Shah is not the first leading City figure to have faced serious consequences because of alleged or proven petty dishonesty .
In 2014 , BlackRock director Jonathan Paul Burrows was banned from working in the financial services industry after he was caught @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his commute to London .
The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA ) said he should have been a role model for others and his conduct had `` fallen short of the standard expected for someone in his position '' .
Mr Shah 's departure came weeks before the bank was due to pay annual bonuses to senior employees .
He joined Citigroup in 2017 after spending seven years at HSBC .
His job involved trading in junk bonds , which are issued by companies with low credit ratings or short track records as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is a risk that the company that issued them will default and render them worthless , they have to offer a higher return on investment , which is why they are also known as high-yield bonds .

Because there is a risk that the company that issued them will default and render them worthless, they have to offer a higher return on investment, which is why they are also known as high-yield bonds.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--'I didn't know it was abuse until I nearly died'

It was only when Abi Blake was nearly killed by her abusive husband that she decided to break up with him and press charges .
A new policing pilot in Cheshire encourages women not to leave it so late , reports the BBC 's Sue Mitchell .
They were introduced by friends just after Valentine 's Day in 2014 .
She was an operations manager at Manchester airport , with a son from a previous relationship , and he was a telecoms manager down south .
Just months after their first date , Abi Blake ignored the doubts of friends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called her `` prince '' .
As they drove to the hotel afterwards she told him it was one of the happiest moments of her life .
But the happiness did n't last long .
Moving to live with Abi in the Cheshire village of Knutsford , Sebastian Swamy told his new wife that he wanted to help make her son 's life happier than his own had been .
But from the start there were things that troubled her about her new husband .
He kept telling her how to behave - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high heels , to how I looked , how I 'd speak , how I 'd conduct myself '' , Abi says .
`` He used to tell me , despite my degree , and he even used to point his finger at my head and say , 'For someone with such intellect , you know , you 're pretty stupid . '
And I started to doubt myself and question myself , and that was just at the beginning . ''
For a long time Abi tried to shrug things off , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the things she loved : the times he looked after her and was kind and charming , the occasions when he would take her out , buy her flowers and fix things in the house .
He was handsome and she felt touched by gifts that meant so much to him , like the ring that had belonged to his grandfather in India .
Once the violence started , it was harder to ignore .
The first time was after he 'd persuaded her to go out with friends .
She returned to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on her son 's Thomas the Tank Engine table and bottles of drink on the floor .
She demanded an explanation and Sebastian exploded .
`` He slapped me very , very hard and then he gripped hold of my mouth and told me to shut up .
`` I ran up the stairs and the next morning he apologised and said he did n't mean to do it , he 'd never do it again and how sorry he was for it .
He said it was because of me , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was just to keep me quiet so that the neighbours would n't hear .
That was the first hit . ''
Abi would try to hide the bruises with long sleeves and scarves , but it was harder to hide the shame .
When she got really scared she would call the police , who would come and take Swamy away , and then return to talk to her hours later .
But she always refused to press charges , even when her husband appeared to have started a fire in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I sat down , I could see the house and I kept thinking , ' I 've got to paint it , I 've got to clean it . '
And I just said , 'No , I ca n't do it.
, And [ the police officer ] said , 'Well Abi , you know he needs to be charged with arson . '
I said , 'Oh no , no , no . '
It was just all so daunting . ''
Listen to Abi Blake on the latest edition of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on BBC Sounds Her husband had made her believe that she could n't live without him , she says .
`` Your self-worth and your self-esteem are so low that you believe everything that they say , '' she explains .
Abi 's mum warned her one day that she would end up in a body bag .
Five days later her words almost came true , when Swamy kicked and stamped on Abi 's body with such force that he damaged her spinal cord , punctured a lung and broke her ribs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shouted that he had had enough of her and she needed to shut up .
Abi survived thanks to neighbours who came to her rescue and surgeons who carried out surgery on her damaged vertebrae through an incision in her neck .
She suffers from permanent spinal cord damage and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder .
This time she realised she had to leave him .
Dr Keri Nixon , a consultant forensic psychologist , is convinced that if she had n't , she might soon have been killed .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ level of alcohol that night , I think , made that particular attack so much worse , and that 's why potentially she would have ended up dead .
Because he would have gone out again and he would have got drunk again , and he would have been angry with her again , and he would n't have stopped . ''
Swamy 's abuse of Abi was a textbook case of `` serious , high-risk domestic abuse '' , she says .
There was coercive control and emotional abuse , isolation - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family - and physical abuse .
And as so often in such cases , Abi herself was in denial .
Discouraged by the number of times that police officers were getting called out to domestic abuse incidents , and finding that victims were declining to press charges or retracting their statements the following day , Det Insp Claire Jesson of Cheshire Police , together with a student on a placement from Cheshire University , came up with a proposal .
Instead of leaving the victim alone for several hours after taking the perpetrator @ @ @ @ @ @ @ send a dedicated domestic abuse officer to every incident , who would remain with the victim and talk through the options for seeking help , they suggested .
This idea then became a pilot programme , which started in Crewe last June , and is now also being tried in Macclesfield , and could be rolled out more widely .
`` From the minute they go through the door , they 're there for the victim .
So we 're building that rapport from the off , '' Claire Jesson says .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perpetrator was arrested , the officers would have to take him or her to custody and then return later , by which time people had often decided not to press charges . ''
Of 180 cases dealt with by the domestic abuse team in Crewe , 74 have resulted in a charge , summons , caution , or community resolution , Claire Jesson says - a far higher proportion than previously .
The length of an average investigation has also come down from 32 days to less than 20 .
`` I think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been successful .
A full review is taking place at the minute and they 'll look at how viable it is to roll it out force-wide .
The feedback on it has been so positive from the partners but it 's not a simple thing .
It 's a huge investment from the police . ''
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show how important it is for solutions to be found .
In 2018 , 4.2 % of men and 7.9 % of women suffered domestic abuse , which equates to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Murders related to domestic violence are at a five-year high , with an average of two women murdered every week .
Why does it happen ?
Abuse victims often ask consultant forensic psychologist Keri Nixon what makes their partners act in the way that they do .
`` Most of the time , the perpetrators I 've worked with grew up witnessing domestic abuse , '' she says .
`` Sometimes you have perpetrators who have that very narcissistic personality , whose mother made them feel that they were the best thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they defended them .
It was almost like , 'My son can do no wrong . '
And they created this narcissistic monster who thinks that they can just waltz through life getting their own way .
`` And if that kind of guy [ has ] also witnessed domestic abuse , it 's very likely that they 're going to be abusive in their relationship and not take any responsibility .
So when they get let out of prison , it 's 'not their fault ' .
So they 'll get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they 'll dine and they 'll charm , and they 'll make that woman fall in love with them and then the pattern will start again . ''
Dr Keri Nixon says that the focus on people who are murdered by their partners means that people like Abi are sometimes forgotten .
`` I 've worked with police forces across the country and examined many , many cases of domestic abuse where victims are almost left for dead , and we do n't hear about those cases .
`` I 've worked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her head repeatedly bashed against the bath until she was nearly dead , a case where a woman was stabbed and then stood up in court and defended her attacker because she was at the point where she could n't leave , '' she says .
Abi did see her case through to court and in January 2019 Sebastian Swamy admitted causing her grievous bodily harm and was jailed for three years and four months .
He said he had been drinking heavily after losing thousands in a scam .
Sentencing him , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serious and catastrophic injuries to his wife and that her life would never be the same again .
`` You were Dr Jekyll to people in the street , but it was clear you had the ability to be Mr Hyde when you were at home , '' he said .
Although Swamy was sentenced to more than three years , he had spent time on curfew before the trial , and Abi suddenly learned last summer that he was going to be let out much earlier than her lawyers had led her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to give her the exact date , she appealed to Det Insp Jesson for help .
`` It was flagged to me because bizarrely , and I still ca n't quite understand it to this day , Abi was n't being given the date .
For data protection reasons , probation were n't willing to release the date , so I just rang them and told them , 'This is a high-risk case , we really need to make this disclosure straight away . '
'' How to get help Abi went into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He travelled to his family home in Berkshire and when she knew he was under electronic surveillance she went back home .
Abi is proud to be helping others now , through her work with a Cheshire-based charity , My CWA , which provides refuge places , a crèche , family support , a 24-hour helpline , a perpetrators programme , counselling for children , a relaxing area for people wanting to socialise and facilities for those seeking to train and learn new skills .
Claire Jesson 's domestic abuse officers are regular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the women they have helped .
Abi hopes that other victims do not suffer in the way that she has , and urges them to save themselves by taking action at an earlier stage than she did .
`` It does n't start with the physical , it starts with the psychological .
I did n't know that this was abuse , not until I nearly died - and then I got the help that I so desperately needed .
And so , on the psychological level , if they can get out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speaking out to hopefully help or save one person and/or their children . ''
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Dr Keri Nixon, a consultant forensic psychologist, is convinced that if she hadn't, she might soon have been killed. "He was a violent person but that level of alcohol that night, I think, made that particular attack so much worse, and that's why potentially she would have ended up dead. Because he would have gone out again and he would have got drunk again, and he would have been angry with her again, and he wouldn't have stopped."


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Warnings over British independent film scene's 'spiral of decline'

British film may have been celebrated at the Baftas on Sunday , but new figures have revealed a sharp drop in the number of UK films made last year .
The figures , from the BFI , showed a large reduction in the amount of money spent on homegrown independent movies .
New BFI chief executive Ben Roberts said there were `` major challenges '' for the British independent film sector .
Stewart Le Marechal , who produced 2018 's Swimming with Men , said the scene was in `` a spiral of decline '' .
The amount of money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the UK rose 16 % to a record £3.6bn in 2019 , the annual figures showed - thanks to Hollywood studios and US TV giants shooting more in Britain .
But spending on British films with no studio backing dropped by 45 % to £175m , and the number of homegrown productions with budgets over £500,000 fell from 94 in 2018 to 49 last year .
The 2019 numbers are likely to rise to some extent as the BFI finishes gathering its information , but the final figures will still show a significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greater competition from TV are to blame , according to those in the British film industry .
Le Marechal , whose 2018 comedy Swimming with Men starred Rob Brydon and Jim Carter , said the industry has been in a cycle of decline for a decade .
The problems are `` definitely something that we 've been watching happen over the last 10 years , and I think it 's just getting harder and harder '' to get films made , he told BBC News .
It all stems back to the financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to find it harder to raise money in advance .
This meant they struggled to attract big-name actors and had to cut budgets , Le Marechal believes .
`` You 're going in a downward spiral where , because you 've got a lower-budget film , it 's harder to sell to buyers because they say 'This is a smaller project ' , '' says the producer , whose recent projects include the documentary Last Breath .
`` It 's very difficult to halt that .
Obviously people still are managing to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they 're far fewer , and invariably , they 're much lower budget .
`` That makes it then harder for them to punch above their weight when they actually do make it to the marketplace , if they make it to the marketplace at all . ''
Independent British films released last year include Judy , Fighting with My Family , Blinded by the Light , Wild Rose and Mary , Queen of Scots .
The BFI does n't count films made with Hollywood money , such as Sir Sam Mendes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ figures .
Pippa Harris , producer of 1917 , recently told Screen International that the biggest challenge currently facing the industry is the increasing difficulty to persuade studios to fund films unless they are part of a franchise or based on something well-known .
`` We were extremely fortunate to be allowed to make 1917 without any major stars in the leads , but that freedom is rare , '' she said .
( Sir Sam 's name probably sealed the deal . )
Other producers and directors have shifted to the small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spent on high-end TV in the UK rose by 29 % to a record £1.66bn .
Clare Mundell 's company Synchronicity Films used to make just features .
Now around 80 % of its work is in TV , making shows like BBC One drama The Cry , starring Jenna Coleman .
She says homegrown movies are caught in a `` perfect storm '' , caused by changes to film financing and the `` massive upswing '' in opportunities in TV .
Television is often more attractive because the revenues - from budgets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rights offered to production companies by British broadcasters - are more reliable , she says .
`` In the midst of all that opportunity , it can be really hard to decide to risk your time going in to make a feature film at £1.5m , which may never see the light of day and from which you 'll probably not make a penny . ''
Bodies like BBC Films , Film4 and the BFI have been mainstays of the industry and are still backing British films and new talent .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is an overhaul of the Enterprise Investment Scheme - a tax incentive that attracted investors by cushioning some of their risk , but is now not open for most film projects .
The consequences of the decline in British films are `` really troubling '' , she says .
`` Very often they are films that are championing the talent of the future , the British directorial voices that in years to come will go on and have long and illustrious careers .
`` If there are fewer films being financed at that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for directors , writers , producers [ and ] actors .
`` And if we 've got 50 % fewer independent British films being made , then we 've got 50 % fewer stories being authored about the themes that matter to Britain . ''
Another producer who has switched to TV is James Richardson .
His company Vertigo Films made 2008 's Bronson , which gave Tom Hardy an early starring role , and 2010 's Monsters , helmed by future Rogue One director Gareth Edwards .
`` Would we make them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't think so , '' he says .
`` And that 's really sad , because it just means there are some amazing productions which are not able to be made . ''
Vertigo also made StreetDance , which reaped £11.6m at the UK box office in 2010 .
`` The numbers that flowed down to us and the film-makers at the end of this massive success were not fantastic , '' Richardson says .
`` The British independent film structures have got fundamental flaws to them , in terms of the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which producers and talent end up making any money . ''
Richardson and his producing partner made the move to TV six years ago , and now make Bulletproof and Britannia for Sky .
`` What 's come into its place is this extraordinarily dynamic and incredibly creative TV world , where the film-makers are making the most extraordinary things , '' he says .
`` And coupled with that you 've got the most beautiful films being made .
1917 gets made .
Yes , it 's a studio movie , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' In 2018 , the BFI published an in-depth report into the state of independent British film that concluded `` the traditional business model for independent film is no longer fit for purpose '' .
The BFI 's Ben Roberts says : `` The whole ecosystem for making films and reaching audiences is undergoing huge structural change globally .
`` New channels are opening up new opportunities for audiences but also for film-making talent - in short there is more fluidity for talent in moving between film and television , '' he adds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wheatley , Lenny Abrahamson and Andrew Haigh , who are also working in TV .
`` The good news is that there is more demand for film on all screens and more opportunities for our film-making talent , '' Roberts continues .
`` But from our perspective it is also producing major challenges for the independent sector , much of which was highlighted by the work of the BFI 's Independent Film Commission .
`` It 's important that we ensure independent film-making is sustained , because it is the lifeblood of film @ @ @ @ @ @ @ priority . ''
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"In the midst of all that opportunity, it can be really hard to decide to risk your time going in to make a feature film at £1.5m, which may never see the light of day and from which you'll probably not make a penny."


bbcuk--2020-02-04--The changing industrial landscape of Britain

John Davies is an influential British landscape photographer who has been photographing Britain 's industrial heritage since the early 1980s .
Davies has documented both rural and urban locations associated with industries such as coal mining , textiles , shipping and steel .
Working in black and white and from an elevated viewpoint , his images reveal the infrastructure of railways , roads , canals and rivers which the industries relied on .
Though originally photographing the rural landscape , in 1981 he started documenting industrial landscapes at a time when British traditional heavy industries were in decline .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as cotton mills before they were demolished .
Over time , his work has come to reveal how urban infrastructure in Britain has changed .
In his pictures , older heavy industries have given way to new industries , housing developments and offices , which reflect the growth of the service sector .
Rather than show a static and idealised rural view of the British countryside , he depicts a landscape that has been shaped by human activity and reshaped by social and economic changes .
John Davies has stated that : `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ landscape we occupy and in turn the landscape shapes us , whether we are aware of it or not . ''
John Davies ' landscape work has been collected in a book Retraced 81/19 , published by GOST books .

John Davies has stated that: "We are collectively responsible for shaping the landscape we occupy and in turn the landscape shapes us, whether we are aware of it or not."


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Coronavirus: 'We may have no clothes left to sell'

`` At the moment , we 'll have no products to sell and we could miss Fashion Week in Europe , '' says Xuzhi Chen , a fashion designer who runs just one of the UK businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak .
The London-based designer is best known for his luxury womenswear collections .
He employs 10 workers in Shanghai who focus on operations and creating samples .
The brand shifted all of its production to China in 2017 .
But following on from the coronavirus outbreak in December , many Chinese factories have suspended their operations as officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Coronavirus : How worried should we be ?
`` Even when the factories reopen , not all of the workers will return immediately , so we 're not sure they 'll be working at full capacity , '' Mr Chen says .
He expects a two to three week delay to deliveries , throwing off product launches that were due to take place in March and April .
He says there 's also uncertainty around whether or not Shanghai Fashion Week in March could be postponed , or cancelled .
`` This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where we would usually sell most of our Autumn-Winter 2020 collection .
`` Store buyers come from all over China and the world to our showroom and place orders for their shops , '' Mr Chen says .
He adds that the outbreak has caused him to rethink the next six months for the fashion label , which sells most of its garments in China .
`` As a wholesale business for boutiques , we 're now having to be more creative in a business sense .
`` We 're thinking of launching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our online reach .
While the government and the world is trying to contain this , we 'll need to use it as an opportunity to try something new . ''
There have been more than 17,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 361 deaths .
Many Chinese cities are in full or partial lockdown .
Over in the UK the disruption is affecting not only smaller businesses but larger operations , too .
With more than 7,000 employees and a turnover of £1bn annually , Tulip Ltd is one of the UK 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also one of its fastest-growing export markets .
Nick Purnell , head of corporate communications at Tulip Ltd , told the BBC that British pork exports to China `` have more than doubled '' in recent months .
`` This is largely a result of shortages due to an outbreak of African swine fever .
We 've seen an increase in sales to China of about 80 % year-on-year , '' he said .
Tulip 's sales to wholesale businesses and restaurants located in China have seen a boost , where pork is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mr Purnell said the company anticipates congestion in Chinese ports could see a `` short-term impact '' on trade , potentially putting a dampener on strong sales .
Extra safety measures are in place at Chinese ports .
The coronavirus originated in the port city of Wuhan in the Hubei province .
As for consumer demand being impacted , Mr Purnell said : `` Things are changing day by day , and we 're working under the assumption that the outbreak will be bought under control at some point . ''
`` Usually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Year and plan our production around that , '' says Tracey Dawson , the managing director of Daletech Electronics .
The company is based in Pudsey outside Leeds , and makes circuit boards .
`` But , we were surprised to hear that that the factory that was due to send us materials this week is in one of the affected provinces - and is on lockdown , '' she says .
Many UK technology firms depend on suppliers in China for electronics , but the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted production for some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Today programme that most of the materials the company uses are imported from China and other Asian countries .
She said that her team were sourcing some products from elsewhere , increasing costs and adding a `` business pressure '' .
She said : `` The impact is of course , on our customers .
We 're fighting to maintain delivery , and we will absorb the costs in the short term .
`` But , if this is n't resolved in a timely manner , we anticipate there could be problems .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Marsh Risk Consulting , said smaller firms often do n't have the resources to map out their supply chains and think of alternatives should something go wrong .
Mr Netherton said : `` Now is the time to be proactive , now is the time to plan .
`` That way , it might be unpleasant but it 's not as much of a shock . ''

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bbcuk--2020-02-04--The shelter giving wine to alcoholics

The shelter giving wine to alcoholics

A Canadian scheme that tries to stabilise alcoholics by giving them measured amounts of wine is to be tested in Scotland .
Once an hour , residents of the Managed Alcohol Project in downtown Ottawa line up for what is called `` the pour '' .
They take their mugs , emblazoned with the names of ice hockey teams and local cafes , to get a glass of white wine .
The wine is made in plastic barrels by residents up the road at the Oaks project where longer-term clients live .
Before the pour - which takes place between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quick assessment by the nurse on duty .
If they are intoxicated , they do not get their measure .
Based on the Canadian experience , a pilot project is being set up in Glasgow .
In Ottawa a group of people live in shared rooms where they are learning to stabilise their lifelong addictions to alcohol .
The setting is semi-clinical , but one notable difference is that the hand sanitiser on the wall has been replaced with sunscreen because the residents were drinking it for its alcohol content .
Brian McMahon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people he has only just met recently met , but considers to be his friends .
He used to run a bakery and took pride in the popularity of his homemade apple pies .
But while he worked , he drank heavily .
The 46-year-old comes from a family of alcoholics and has been drinking since he was eight .
His drinking got so bad that his body would go into seizures without alcohol .
He lost his job and ended up homeless .
`` I started passing out in the snow and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BBC Scotland 's The Nine .
`` I started getting put in ambulances and hospitalised . ''
Brian says that after one alcoholic seizure he ran out of the hospital as the doors opened at 7am , desperately searching for a drink .
While hunting for alcohol he found another homeless man buried under the snow of a freezing Canadian winter .
`` Just his boots were showing , '' he says .
Brian dragged him across the snow to the hospital he had just run away from .
He does not know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was a wake-up call .
After 14 months on the managed alcohol programme , Brian is talking about his hopes of getting back to work and coming off alcohol altogether .
Abstinence is a potential effect of the project , but not necessarily its overall aim .
The aim is to stabilise people 's addiction , stop them from drinking paint thinner and hand sanitiser , stop them passing out on the streets , and give them some dignity , says Dr Jeff Turnbull .
He and nurse Wendy Muckle set up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after four people died on the streets of Ottawa in a short space of time and a well-known homeless `` character '' called Eugene had all of his toes amputated after passing out drunk in a doorway .
Eugene released himself from hospital and ran out in the snow in his bandaged stubs to get his next drink .
Ms Muckle explains that Dr Turnbull chased Eugene down the street with a vial of antibiotics in a desperate bid to keep him alive .
That , they say , was when they realised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The idea was to stop alcoholics thinking about where they could get their next drink by providing it for them .
To begin with the project had little budget and resources but 19 years later they have local and central government funding and two residential centres in Ottawa for chronically alcoholic homeless people .
There are now 14 MAPs across Canada and plans to build more .
It is a harm reduction model which , when some people first heard about it , led to death threats for Dr Turnbull .
Interestingly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critics have become their strongest advocates .
The local police chief officially opened the Oaks project after seeing the benefits for his own officers who no longer have to spend hours and hours taking drunk people to hospital or police cells .
Instead they take them directly to the specialist team at MAP .
In response to accusations that people are just being parked on alcohol , she responds by asking if diabetics are being parked on insulin .
Her point is that alcoholism is a disease , which for some can not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about providing people with some quality of life and a community .
Why do it in Scotland ?
Karyn McCluskey is well known for her leadership of Scotland 's Violence Reduction Unit , which cracked down on Glasgow 's knife crime rates , and now runs Community Justice Scotland .
She also volunteers with homeless charity the Simon Community and has seen first hand people dying on the streets of Glasgow because of alcohol .
Ms McCluskey visited the project in Canada to see how it could work in Scotland and was impressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at seven men who would fit the profile in Glasgow - homeless , addicted to alcohol and who had had multiple failed treatment attempts .
She found that in the previous three years those seven men had been recorded for 1,630 crimes .
One had been taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary 427 times .
They were costing services hundreds of thousands of pounds .
Ms McCluskey admits the pilot scheme will have its critics but says no-one has come up with an alternative other than letting people drain public resources and then die @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that they will drink less and that their health is better and they use much less public resources , '' she said .
For the Glasgow pilot project there is already a building and a steering group in place , made up of health and justice experts including Ms McCluskey .
But there are going to be critics .
Prof Jonathan Chick is medical director at Castle Craig Hospital in the Scottish Borders , which treats people suffering from alcohol and drug addictions .
He says Canada has specific problems with people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not .
Prof Chick said he would not support the introduction of a MAP in Scotland , and would prefer to see greater investment in traditional abstinence programmes .
• If you 're concerned about addiction , BBC Action Line has help and support .

He and nurse Wendy Muckle set up the Managed Alcohol Project (MAP) after four people died on the streets of Ottawa in a short space of time and a well-known homeless "character" called Eugene had all of his toes amputated after passing out drunk in a doorway. Eugene released himself from hospital and ran out in the snow in his bandaged stubs to get his next drink.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--UK vs EU: What both sides want from a post-Brexit trade deal

The EU and UK have set out their opening positions on a post-Brexit trade deal .
UK Prime Minister Boris @ @ @ @ @ no need '' for the UK to follow Brussels ' rules , and said he @ @ @ @ @ trade agreement with the EU .
The EU 's chief negotiator , Michel Barnier , @ @ @ @ @ '' trade deal , but says this will require guarantees to ensure a `` level @ @ @ @

The EU and UK have set out their opening positions on a post-Brexit trade deal.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists there's "no need" for the UK to follow Brussels' rules, and said he is seeking a Canada-style free trade agreement with the EU.
The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has offered an "ambitious" trade deal, but says this will require guarantees to ensure a "level playing field".
BBC Political Correspondent Helen Catt, and BBC Europe Correspondent Damian Grammaticas, analyse what's at stake.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Lupita Nyong'o: 'Books don't have to be about white people'

Star of 12 Years A Slave , Lupita Nyong ' o visited the Harris Sixth Form College in London to @ @ @ @ @ and the importance of literacy in an event hosted by the National Literacy Trust .
@ @ @ @ @ a best-selling author , told the BBC she did n't even like reading when she @ @ @

Star of 12 Years A Slave, Lupita Nyong'o visited Harris Westminster Sixth Form, London to mentor young women on leadership and the importance of literacy in an event hosted by the National Literacy Trust in partnership with Lancôme.
Nyong'o, now a best-selling author, told the BBC she didn't even like reading when she was young.
Producers: Jeanette Long and Alex Dackevych
Camera: Neil Paton
Correction, 7 February: This video has been amended to remove a contributor's claim that the UK has the lowest teenage literacy rates in the OECD


bbcuk--2020-02-04--O'Neill: PM 'doesn't really get' climate change

Former minister Claire O'Neill has told the BBC the prime minister `` does n't really get '' climate change .
@ @ @ @ @ made incredibly warm statements about this over the years , '' she said , adding @ @ @ @ @ her that `` he does n't really understand it '' .

Former minister Claire O'Neill has told the BBC the prime minister "doesn't really get" climate change.
"The prime minister has made incredibly warm statements about this over the years," she said, adding that Boris Johnson admitted to her that "he doesn't really understand it".


bbcuk--2020-02-03--Streatham attack: Eyewitnesses went to aid of victim

An eyewitness to the Streatham Hill terror attack has told how he used a blanket to stem the bleeding of @ @ @ @ @ Dave Chawner had been on the way to the cinema when he heard `` what @ @ @ @ @ was a car backfiring '' .
Sudesh Amman , 20 , stabbed three people before @ @ @ @ @ police on Streatham Hill just after 14:00 GMT on Sunday .
Mr Chawner said : @ @ @ @ @ turned round and saw a small group of people around a man who was on @ @ @ @ @ distressed , he was holding his lower right quadrant and there was blood everywhere .
@ @ @ @ @ its medics were at the scene in four minutes , but were sent to a @ @ @ @ @ them it was safe .

An eyewitness to the Streatham Hill terror attack has told how he used a blanket to stem the bleeding of one of the victims.
Dave Chawner had been on the way to the cinema when he heard "what I thought at that time was a car backfiring".
Sudesh Amman, 20, stabbed three people before being shot dead by armed police on Streatham Hill just after 14:00 GMT on Sunday.
Mr Chawner said: "I turned back and turned round and saw a small group of people around a man who was on the floor who was incredibly distressed, he was holding his lower right quadrant and there was blood everywhere."
London Ambulance Service said its medics were at the scene in four minutes, but were sent to a rendezvous point until police told them it was safe.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Sir David Attenborough: 'Now is the moment'

The broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said `` now is the moment '' for action on climate change @ @ @ @ @ a launch event for the COP26 climate summit which is to be held in Glasgow @ @ @ @

The broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said "now is the moment" for action on climate change.
His comments came at a launch event for the COP26 climate summit which is to be held in Glasgow later this year.


bbcuk--2020-02-03--Newcastle University films grey seals clapping underwater

Researchers believe they are the first to film grey seals clapping their flippers underwater .
Dr Ben Burville from Newcastle @ @ @ @ @ trying to capture a seal producing the gunshot-like sound , which they make during the @ @ @ @ @ this footage off the Farne Islands , near Northumberland .

Researchers believe they are the first to film grey seals clapping their flippers underwater.
Dr Ben Burville from Newcastle University has spent 17 years trying to capture a seal producing the gunshot-like sound, which they make during the breeding season.
He recorded this footage off the Farne Islands, near Northumberland.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Newspaper headlines: Emergency law and Streatham attacker's background

The government 's emergency legislation to end the early release of terror offenders from prison is the lead for most papers .
There is also much interest in Sudesh Amman , the man whose knife attack in Streatham prompted the new measures .
According to the Daily Mail , Amman was being watched by a team of between 20 and 25 armed officers , trailing him on foot , with unmarked cars and motorcycles close by .
It says the 20-year-old was one of only 10 convicted terrorists thought to pose such a threat that they were kept under round-the-clock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ convinced he would carry out a murderous attack after he was released from jail , the paper says .
The Times reports that Amman had told fellow inmates he wanted to murder an MP and had made reference to the attack on Jo Cox .
A former prisoner who spent time with him tells the paper he was a volatile and outspoken extremist who once mocked up an Islamic State-style execution with his cellmate .
`` The guy was definitely insane and he never hid his intentions , so it 's crazy how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' he says .
There are many childhood pictures of Amman messing around with a vacuum cleaner and pulling faces for the camera - just like any normal youngster , the Daily Mirror says .
His mother , reports the Daily Express , said he was a `` polite , kind , lovely boy '' .
He had even asked her to cook a mutton biryani for him a few days before he carried out his attack , the Sun reports .
But , the Guardian asks , how did a `` nice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to the Daily Mail , it had been Amman 's twisted ambition to `` die as a martyr '' , as he once wrote under the heading Goals In Life , in a notebook found by police .
Former classmates talked of a `` weird '' loner who was obsessed with knives , constantly smoked marijuana and even claimed that he was carrying around grenades .
For the Guardian , the danger in the government 's emergency terror laws is that the measures fail to address underlying issues , including - the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part-privatisation and chronic resource problems in courts and prisons .
In the Mail 's view , the measures must go hand in hand with tackling radicalisation behind bars .
Terrifyingly , it says , many people leave prison more of a risk than when they entered .
The Times warns that tougher measures would not have prevented attacks like the one on Sunday .
Instead , they just put off the moment when unreformed terrorists re-enter society , more committed than ever to commit a violent act .
In the Sun 's view @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives of innocent people are prioritised over the rights of murderous fanatics .
The Express agrees , saying any restrictions on freedom should affect perpetrators , not the public .
But the Telegraph reports that lawyers expect any challenge to be overturned in the courts .
Get news from the BBC in your inbox , each weekday morning The i leads on the banning yesterday of its political editor and journalists from a number of other news organisations from a Downing Street briefing .
The paper says shutting out certain publications damages the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exists to help hold the government to account .
The Mirror - another excluded newspaper - describes the move as tin-pot tyranny .
Downing Street must never be allowed to dictate what you read , hear and see , it says , or democracy is undermined .
Finally , the Financial Times reports that the EU 's final words to the UK as it departed the bloc were `` thank you , goodbye , and good riddance '' .
According to the paper , they were spoken by the Croatian ambassador in Brussels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the UK present for the last time as a member state .
But it appears the ambassador was not being rude .
The paper reports that she thought `` good riddance '' was akin to `` good luck '' , and the UK ambassador took the comment in good part .

According to the Daily Mail, it had been Amman's twisted ambition to "die as a martyr", as he once wrote under the heading Goals In Life, in a notebook found by police. Former classmates talked of a "weird" loner who was obsessed with knives, constantly smoked marijuana and even claimed that he was carrying around grenades.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Yorkshire Wildlife Park takes polar bear for safety of cubs

A polar bear has been moved to the UK from captivity in France to stop him harming his mate 's cubs .
Rasputin was brought to Yorkshire Wildlife Park , near Doncaster , from Antibes in the south of France .
The journey was planned for winter time so he would experience more comfortable temperatures .
Bruce Walton , who was Rasputin 's keeper in France .
said : `` He is a lovely bear and I can see he will be very happy here and have a ball . ''
Rasputin was born in Moscow Zoo in November 2008 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2010 .
His mate Flocke recently had cubs and he needs to be kept away for their safety .
Adult polar bears have been known to kill and eat cubs .
Rasputin arrived in Yorkshire on 29 January , but has been kept away from the public while he explores his new environment .
Due to quarantine requirements , Rasputin is currently in his own reserve which is to open to visitors from Wednesday .
After four mouths he will be moved to join resident polar bears Victor , Pixel , Nissan and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recommended Rasputin move to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park , home to the only polar bears in England .
The survival of polar bears in the wild has been threatened by the loss of sea ice through global warming which makes it harder for them to feed .
The park 's head of animals , Matt Hartley , said : `` He will help us move forward in our fight to ensure polar bears can ultimately survive the damage climate change is causing to their environment . ''
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Bruce Walton, who was Rasputin's keeper in France. said: "He is a lovely bear and I can see he will be very happy here and have a ball."


bbcuk--2020-02-04--COP26: Johnson 'refused to give Sturgeon climate summit role'

Boris Johnson refused to give Nicola Sturgeon on official role in the Glasgow Cop26 climate summit , according to the event 's former co-ordinator .
Claire O'Neill said she had made the suggestion in a bid to end the `` stand-off '' between the UK and Scottish governments over the global conference .
She said Mr Johnson had `` heartily and saltily '' rejected the proposal .
Ms O'Neill also accused the Scottish government of behaving `` disgracefully '' ahead of the conference .
• Is Scotland leading the way on climate change ?
The key UN-led summit is due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scottish Events Campus , which includes the Armadillo and the SSE Hydro .
But Ms O'Neill claimed the Scottish government had been contracting buildings from the site which should instead be used by the climate conference .
She was speaking ahead of Mr Johnson pledging that 2020 would be a `` defining year of climate action '' as he announced that a ban on selling new petrol , diesel or hybrid cars in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest .
The prime minister unveiled the policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the climate summit alongside Sir David Attenborough .
Ms Sturgeon , the Scottish first minister , tweeted : `` It 's not about Boris Johnson or me - it is about tackling the climate crisis .
My commitment is that political differences will not stop me and my government working to make it a success . ''
Ms O'Neill is a former Conservative minister for energy and clean growth who stood down as an MP ahead of the last general election .
She had been co-ordinating plans for the COP26 summit , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last week - and will be replaced by a serving government minister .
Speaking to the BBC 's Today programme , she claimed that the prime minister had admitted to her that he `` does n't really get '' climate change .
And she said there was `` huge lack of leadership and engagement '' on the issue from the UK government , adding : `` The prime minister has made incredibly warm statements about this over the years .
He 's also admitted to me that he does n't really understand it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' , I think is what he said . ''
Ms O'Neill said it was the prime minister himself who chose Glasgow as the location for the summit , but she had been told by people involved that the original analysis for the cost of the event was `` hundreds of millions of pounds off track '' .
She also said she had been told that `` the Scottish government has absolutely behaved disgracefully and has been contracting buildings from the COP site , for example , that should absolutely be made available @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went on to allege that there was a `` complete stand-off between the two governments , and that her suggestion had been that we `` need everybody in '' and that the `` playground politics , the yah-boo of this , has got to stop '' .
She said Scotland had a `` great track record '' on the environment , adding : `` I did suggest that we give Nicola Sturgeon a job and she was involved in this , which the PM heartily and saltily rebutted . ''
Mr Johnson was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the Scottish Conservative conference in September that he did not want to see Ms Sturgeon `` anywhere near '' the climate summit as it was the UK government that had brought it to Glasgow rather than the SNP .
The UN summit , known as the 26th Conference of the Parties , will be held in Glasgow in November and see participating countries assess progress on tackling climate change .
It will be attended by countries that have ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
About 200 world leaders will seek to agree a new , long term deal on rising temperatures .
The COP meeting in Madrid last year saw a compromise deal struck on curbing carbon pledges but left a raft of complex issues unresolved .
Ms O'Neill previously said in a letter to the prime minister , which has been published by the FT newspaper , that she had been told he was considering moving the summit from Glasgow to an English venue - an allegation which Downing Street has dismissed .
Scotland 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last month that the cost of policing the climate change conference would be more than £200m .
A spokesman for the Scottish government said it had `` worked constructively '' with Glasgow City Council , Police Scotland and the UK government on organising the event , and welcomed the `` significant increase in engagement by the UK government since the beginning of the year . ''
He added : `` Discussions are of course taking place in relation to costs , as with any major event , and Scottish ministers expect that all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the UK government .
This includes funding for police as well as the fire and ambulance services to both prepare for and deliver a safe , secure and successful event .
`` COP26 is hugely important for tackling the climate crisis and that must be the focus .
A new president should be appointed immediately to make real progress in building the relationships that will be needed within the UK , and around the world , to deliver a successful outcome from the conference . ''
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She went on to allege that there was a "complete stand-off between the two governments, and that her suggestion had been that we "need everybody in" and that the "playground politics, the yah-boo of this, has got to stop".


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Belfast construction was 'quieter' in 2019

2019 was a quieter year for construction activity in Belfast , according to a report by Deloitte .
There were 26 schemes under construction or completed , down from 35 in 2018 and 30 in 2017 .
Twelve new projects were started , up from nine in 2018 .
Simon Bedford , partner at Deloitte Real Estate , said Belfast continued to show `` resilience '' in the face of Brexit uncertainty and Stormont 's absence .
Nine office developments , four student accommodation projects and one hotel were among those completed .
• 11 major NI projects not completed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of challenges has slowed Belfast 's progress , but many of the pieces remain in place which , if allowed , are ready to accelerate regeneration and investment in the city , '' he added .
The report also highlighted the need for investment in infrastructure , particularly around the water system .
`` There are infrastructure related challenges which require urgent work and investment in major projects , including the city 's drainage and wastewater system is a priority , '' Mr Bedford said .
He noted that while there are a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transformative potential '' for the city , including Tribeca Belfast , Sirocco Works and Odyssey Quays , their timelines are uncertain .
`` Although current data on the office market is encouraging , the pace of EU Exit negotiations is weighing heavily on business sentiment , and therefore significant capital investment , '' he said .

"The combination of challenges has slowed Belfast's progress, but many of the pieces remain in place which, if allowed, are ready to accelerate regeneration and investment in the city," he added.


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Wales tax rises considered to pay for growing care costs

Tax rises to cover the cost of caring for elderly and disabled people are being considered by the Welsh Government .
The money raised could be spent on abolishing care fees or on a pay rise for care workers .
A consultation on possible reforms to social care is due to start this summer .
Health Minister Vaughan Gething is set to call for `` honesty '' and a `` grown-up debate '' about increasing care costs .
But the idea of raising income tax is likely to prove contentious in the run-up to the Welsh elections next year .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK from a squeeze on funding , an ageing population and high staff turnover .
The state spends about £1.2bn on adult social care every year in Wales .
But in a statement to AMs on Tuesday Mr Gething will say the cost is predicted to grow between £30m and £300m by 2023 .
If the government wants `` to seriously improve the quality and the reach of care , then it will require more funding '' , he told BBC Wales .
`` If you want to unpick all that and say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taxes ' , you 've then got to be prepared to identify where you 'll take money from . ''
Raising money from elsewhere would involve targeting other services for cuts `` and after a decade of austerity I 'm not sure that 's really a viable prospect , but if other people want to make that argument then of course they can do '' .
• Social care : 'Why we ca n't afford to save for old age' How many more of us are living longer ?
If you 're in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you could be one of more than 220,600 predicted to be living beyond their mid-80s in Wales in 50 years ' time .
That 's nearly as much as today 's combined populations of Newport , Barry and Pontypridd .
Currently , the population of over-85s stands at just under 85,300 .
The numbers of people aged over 70 and in the oldest age group are growing steadily - and as a proportion of the overall population .
Health economists have predicted too that this will translate into the cost of looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Health Foundation says pressures for adult social care are projected to rise faster than for the NHS , by an average of 4.1 % a year .
Fully funding these pressures in Wales would require an extra £1bn by 2030-31 , it found .
A report by another economist , commissioned by the Welsh Government , suggested an income tax increase of between 1 % and 3 % could be used to fund social care - but would vary depending on age and income .
What will happen now ?
Changes will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assembly elections .
Possible options fall into three categories : expanding care , reducing fees and paying workers more .
Mr Gething said : `` We would have to find more resource to do any of these and that 's the honesty we need in the national conversation .
`` In all of these you ca n't get away from not just what we want , but also how much are we prepared to pay and by what mechanism . ''
Income tax rises , creating a new social care levy and changing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the table '' , he said .
`` I think that grown-up debate should lead us to somewhere where we understand exactly that you ca n't have something for nothing .
`` If you want dignity , if you want quality , in the care that 's provided to people of all ages you have to find a way to fund that . ''
Janet Finch-Saunders , the Welsh Conservatives ' spokeswoman for social care , said she looked forward to an `` overdue statement on this issue '' .
`` We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looking to pour more money into a broken or inefficient system , '' she added .
Plaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said providing suitable social care for an ageing population was an issue of `` political priority , and is one of the biggest challenges facing us '' .
`` But Plaid Cymru believes that social care in Wales should be free at the point of need and funded from general taxation , '' he said .
`` We 're currently finalising our own offer to make this a reality .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ make it affordable , but it needs the political will to make it happen . ''
• Plaid Cymru urged to back free social care for all • Revolution in health and social care urged in Wales A volunteer-run project has been holding a weekly tea dance in Bridges Community Centre in Monmouth for the last 16 years .
There are other activities and befriending services , which have some health board and council funding but it is not long term .
`` Everyone 's having a good time and feeling good , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set this up and we do n't know what 's going to happen in future , '' said Miranda Thomason , project manager .
`` We know there 's more demand and less resource , we 're being asked to do more - statutory services are saying 'please can you help these people with more complex need ' .
As more people know about it , more people will engage with it . ''
How is social care paid for at the moment ?
Unlike the NHS , social care provided by local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point of need .
Fees for home visits by carers are capped at £90 a week .
Care home residents pay for their care unless they have assets of less than £50,000 .
The system is less generous in England and Northern Ireland , but in Scotland personal care is free .
Devolved governments in Edinburgh abolished charges for things like helping people get dressed and making meals , without having to put up taxes .
Mr Gething said Scotland had a `` more generous '' budget deal from Westminster .
Previous governments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ road '' , he said , adding that Wales could not continue to wait for UK government proposals on social care .
A Green Paper on reforming care was promised under Theresa May in 2017 , but still has not been published .
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Wales tax rises considered to pay for growing care costs Published 4 February 2020
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Image caption, Volunteers at the Bridges Community Centre host a weekly tea dance in Monmouth, aimed at the elderly, people with mental health problems or those wanting to get fitter
Tax rises to cover the cost of caring for elderly and disabled people are being considered by the Welsh Government.
The money raised could be spent on abolishing care fees or on a pay rise for care workers.
A consultation on possible reforms to social care is due to start this summer.
Health Minister Vaughan Gething is set to call for "honesty" and a "grown-up debate" about increasing care costs.
But the idea of raising income tax is likely to prove contentious in the run-up to the Welsh elections next year.
Social care is under pressure across the UK from a squeeze on funding, an ageing population and high staff turnover.
The state spends about £1.2bn on adult social care every year in Wales.
But in a statement to AMs on Tuesday Mr Gething will say the cost is predicted to grow between £30m and £300m by 2023.
If the government wants "to seriously improve the quality and the reach of care, then it will require more funding", he told BBC Wales.
"If you want to unpick all that and say 'actually we don't want to raise taxes', you've then got to be prepared to identify where you'll take money from."
Raising money from elsewhere would involve targeting other services for cuts "and after a decade of austerity I'm not sure that's really a viable prospect, but if other people want to make that argument then of course they can do".
Image caption, The numbers of people aged over 70 and in the oldest age group are growing steadily
How many more of us are living longer?
If you're in your mid-30s and living in Wales now, you could be one of more than 220,600 predicted to be living beyond their mid-80s in Wales in 50 years' time.
That's nearly as much as today's combined populations of Newport, Barry and Pontypridd.
Currently, the population of over-85s stands at just under 85,300.
The numbers of people aged over 70 and in the oldest age group are growing steadily - and as a proportion of the overall population.
Health economists have predicted too that this will translate into the cost of looking after people as they live longer.
The Health Foundation says pressures for adult social care are projected to rise faster than for the NHS, by an average of 4.1% a year.
Fully funding these pressures in Wales would require an extra £1bn by 2030-31, it found.
A report by another economist, commissioned by the Welsh Government, suggested an income tax increase of between 1% and 3% could be used to fund social care - but would vary depending on age and income.
What will happen now?
Changes will not happen before next year's Welsh assembly elections.
Possible options fall into three categories: expanding care, reducing fees and paying workers more.
Mr Gething said: "We would have to find more resource to do any of these and that's the honesty we need in the national conversation.
"In all of these you can't get away from not just what we want, but also how much are we prepared to pay and by what mechanism."
Income tax rises, creating a new social care levy and changing the fees people pay were all "on the table", he said.
"I think that grown-up debate should lead us to somewhere where we understand exactly that you can't have something for nothing.
"If you want dignity, if you want quality, in the care that's provided to people of all ages you have to find a way to fund that."
Janet Finch-Saunders, the Welsh Conservatives' spokeswoman for social care, said she looked forward to an "overdue statement on this issue".
"We need to ensure that we are not looking to pour more money into a broken or inefficient system," she added.
Plaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said providing suitable social care for an ageing population was an issue of "political priority, and is one of the biggest challenges facing us".
"But Plaid Cymru believes that social care in Wales should be free at the point of need and funded from general taxation," he said.
"We're currently finalising our own offer to make this a reality. We can do this. We can make it affordable, but it needs the political will to make it happen."
Image caption, The tea dance has been run by volunteers for 16 years but its future is not guaranteed
Where volunteers step in
A volunteer-run project has been holding a weekly tea dance in Bridges Community Centre in Monmouth for the last 16 years.
There are other activities and befriending services, which have some health board and council funding but it is not long term.
"Everyone's having a good time and feeling good, but we're very worried that we set this up and we don't know what's going to happen in future," said Miranda Thomason, project manager.
"We know there's more demand and less resource, we're being asked to do more - statutory services are saying 'please can you help these people with more complex need'. As more people know about it, more people will engage with it."
How is social care paid for at the moment?
Unlike the NHS, social care provided by local councils is not always free at the point of need.
Fees for home visits by carers are capped at £90 a week. Care home residents pay for their care unless they have assets of less than £50,000.
The system is less generous in England and Northern Ireland, but in Scotland personal care is free.
Devolved governments in Edinburgh abolished charges for things like helping people get dressed and making meals, without having to put up taxes.
Mr Gething said Scotland had a "more generous" budget deal from Westminster.
Previous governments had "kicked the can down the road", he said, adding that Wales could not continue to wait for UK government proposals on social care.
A Green Paper on reforming care was promised under Theresa May in 2017, but still has not been published.
Do you have any questions about social care or how it's funded?
Use this form to send us your questions:


bbcuk--2020-02-04--Kelly-Anne Case murder: Killer who blamed mystery man found guilty

A killer who tried to blame the death of a mother-of-three on a mystery man has been found guilty of her murder .
Brendan Rowan-Davies tortured Kelly-Anne Case before cutting her throat and setting her house on fire on 30 July .
He attempted to film the 27-year-old victim having sex with his friend the night before her body was found bound with cable ties at her home in Gosport .
Jurors found the 29-year-old guilty of murder and arson despite his claims that he interrupted the `` real killer '' .
Rowan-Davies , who has learning difficulties and was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , will be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court later .
The court heard the defendant had known Ms Case for some time and told her he `` fancied '' her while they were drinking vodka and taking cocaine on the night before her death .
She laughed off his advances and had sex with his friend that same evening , with Rowan-Davies telling jurors he used his phone to try and film the pair through a gap in the bedroom door .
He also told the court he left the house but later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ morning and was confronted by a knifeman who had already killed Ms Case .

However, prosecutors said evidence from CCTV and witnesses suggested he must have been in the house at the time of the killing and no-one else was seen or heard leaving the property.