News. Police say a car involved in a fatal crash which killed three teenagers at a bus stop in west london last night is believed to have been travelling at high speed. Two of the boys have been named tonight as harry rice and george wilkinson. A 28 year old man who was in the vehicle has been arrested. Police are searching for a second man who is also thought to have been in the car. Ben ando reports. Friends, classmates, mourners. Three, two, one. Grieving together, an improvised memorial for a tragedy as shocking as it was unexpected to mark the deaths of three teenagers struck by a speeding car in hayes in middlesex yesterday evening. Two of those who died have been identified as harry rice, on the left, and george wilkinson. The identity of the third teenager, named locally as josh, has not been confirmed. Two were 16, one was aged 17. Jake webb was one of the first on the scene immediately after it happened. I could see the incident in front of me. I had pulled over at that point. There was a bus driver in front of us and he came over and said, oh, yes, theres someone dead in the road, and at that point i relayed that to 999, and within five minutes, an ambulance arrived. The Three Friends were walking on the other side of the road to a party less than half a mile away. As they reached the bus stop, the car mounted the curb and hit them. Other friends with them were unhurt but saw the whole thing. The car, a black audi, then smashed into a lamppost before coming to a halt in the road. This image showing the force of the impact. Eyewitnesses say afterwards a man who was in the car was attacked on a nearby garage forecourt. Some locals say speeding cars on this stretch of road are nothing new. Its a 60mph road. And cars, vehicles, drive up here sometimes like its a speed track. This roads busy 24 7, and if im being totally honest, im surprised there hasnt been more accidents along her. Police believe two men were in the crashed car, and with many other teenagers heading to the same party, they re appealing for any witnesses to contact them. Ben ando, bbc news, hayes. All current rape and serious Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are to be reviewed, following the collapse of several recent trials. The director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders said it was a matter of urgency to make sure evidence has been properly disclosed. But the governments chief Legal Adviser says theres no evidence of widespread malpractice or dishonesty in the prosecution system. Clive coleman reports. Disclosure of evidence in some recent highly publicised rape cases has gone badly wrong. But how widespread is the problem . In december, liam allans trial for rape and Sexual Assault collapsed. When it emerged evidence on a computer disk, which police had examined, showed messages from the alleged victim pestering him for casual sex. And the number of prosecutions in england and wales that collapsed because of a failure by police or prosecutors to disclose evidence has increased by 70 in the last two years. Now, the director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, has ordered an urgent review of all rape and serious Sexual Assault cases, and conceded its likely a number will be dropped. One of the major problems is the amount of digital evidence on phones and social media. Its very apparent that in some cases, mistakes have been made that simply shouldnt have been. It is important that when you look at that kind of case that the prosecutors and investigators look at social media traffic, look at Text Messages that have passed between the two individuals, because they can put whats happened in a very significant, different light. A National Disclosure Improvement Plan has been published. It includes a review of disclosure training, developing a group of specialists in every police force, and all multimedia evidence to be provided to the defence digitally. Yesterday, here, a people trafficking case, not a rape or Sexual Assault trial, collapsed because prosecutors failed to disclose Critical Evidence to the defence. Thejudge has demanded an urgent explanation in a case made even more shocking by the fact that one of the young female defendants was held in prison for 13 months, during which time she gave birth. This problem is systemic and endemic throughout the criminaljustice system. Its been known about for many years, and its the result of chronic underfunding, of the police, the prosecution service, and particularly, defence lawyers who have suffered years of cuts to legal aid. If Public Confidence in our fair trial system is to be maintained, fixing disclosure is now the criminal justice systems biggest challenge. Clive coleman, bbc news. I asked the former cps chief prosecutor, nazir afzal, how concerned people should be. Public confidence has been shaken, i think, by a series of cases where very basic things such as disclosure, the most basic thing in the world, is actually providing the defence with a case against them, and also the evidence you have that may assist them. The fact it has not been happening in these very high profile cases, and the one that clive mentioned yesterday, suggests to me that something is amiss and it needs to be remedied. And we have heard the dpp say she wants every single case currently going through the system, rape and similar cases, to be looked at afresh by a more senior lawyer. The question clive asked, that i asked, as well, is what about other cases . It doesnt have to be just rape and Sexual Offences. Disclosure impacts on all serious cases, everything. And so, there is no current proposal to look at all such matters. And, you know, weve got a situation where juries hear the evidence. They dont know now whether or not its all the evidence. They dont know whats happening. And i think, as one of your contributors said, the issue is resources. Its not just money. Its experience. A substantial number of experienced Police Officers have left the service, and there is less supervision now. And so cases are being prepared not as well as they could be. And it meansjustice is not being done all the time. When we hear this phrase, failed to disclose, are they saying that teams were aware that the evidence was there and theyjust didnt bring it forward, orjust they hadnt got to it yet . There is a lot of confusion, here. A bit of both. The disclosure regime is more than 20 years old but social media and the internet isnt. So, they are trying to catch up with where the technology is. In some cases, you have to remember that prosecutors dont find the evidence themselves. It comes from the police. If the police have not provided them. They dont know whats out there, they dont know whats available. So there is a significant issue with policing and the need for specialist officers to take responsibility for disclosure in the same way they do for the investigation itself. Secondly, the prosecutor should be asking questions. So, in the examples weve had recently, was there anything on her phone, was there anything online . Was it asked, was it answered . Because, clearly, it wasnt answered. That evidence turned up very late. We cant have a situation where a team doesnt work as a team and the experience doesnt seem to be there. And, as a result, justice isnt being done. And weve got to ask the question, what about other cases . What about those cases that have been dealt with. What about the rape finalised last week, for example . Are you going to look at the evidence in relation to that . This literally opens a can of worms here when you say you want to look at all current cases. Because lawyers and defendants will be asking, what about my case ay what about the case you have not prepared that isnt rape or Sexual Offences . You Say Something is amiss and it needs to be remedied. Are the police, who are in charge of collecting evidence like this, as we said, are they equipped to do it . We know there is a problem with resources. Are they equipped to do this . You have special cyber teams within the police and they know how to deal with that, but what about when it comes to Police Officers dealing with Sexual Assaults . Well, technically, only specialist officers should be dealing with Sexual Offences. But some of them, of course, are relatively new. Some of them may not necessarily have the contacts within the Telecommunications Industry or the internet industry which enables them to get that information. But these are very basic questions which have to be asked by them. In order to collect it in the first place. Again, prosecutors need to ask the same questions. I think the technology is there. I think the expertise is there. But the supervision is poor. The experience levels are poor. As a result we are not getting the service from them, the prosecutors are not getting the service from them they deserve. And prosecutors, as diligent as they are, they dont know what theyve got, they dont know what they havent got. A bombing in the Afghan Capital kabul has left 95 people dead and 160 people injured. The taliban say they carried out the attack. An emergency vehicle, packed with explosives, was blown up at a checkpoint. From kabul, Zia Shahreyar reports. An ambulance packed with explosives, driven into crowds on their way to work. The force of the blast shook the windows of buildings at least a mile away. Some low rise structures collapse. A plume of smoke, visible across the city. The attacker had driven his vehicle past the Police Checkpoint claiming to have a patient inside. When guards at a second checkpoint became suspicious, he detonated the bomb. Translation i was in an armoured plated vehicle when suddenly there was an explosion. I was in the back seat, my driver was blown out on to the ground and injured. The area of the attack is home to foreign embassies and the citys police headquarters. The road had been closed to public transport. The taliban claimed responsibility. This is their second deadly assault on the city in the space of a week. 20 people were killed in an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel last week. This evening, work was continuing to clear the scene of the latest bombing. This is a very secure area and security is very tight here usually, and the question will be how they got through this far. The afghan military, backed by us air power, has intensified its campaign to drive out the taliban from its rural strongholds. But as todays strike proves, theyre still able to mount deadly attacks against civilian targets in the heart of the countrys major cities. Zia shahreyar, bbc news, kabul. Homes and businesses in paris are on high alert as the river seine threatens to overflow its banks. Weeks of rain have pushed the water level up and its thought the river will peak six metres above normal. Museums including the louvre have been shut. In smaller towns along the seine, people are having to use boats to get around flooded streets. I spoke to james barisic, a lecturer in the city he told me how the river is looking this evening. Its high but its not causing any panic. Its saturday night and the bars and cafes are open and we have not run out of wine and coffee and we are getting on with things. Laughter. Wine or coffee, i love it what are the parisians saying about it . Well, to be honest, ive spoken to some, and the people ive spoken today who i have been lecturing at the school, and staff there, there hasnt been great concern. They are seeing it rise and there is information on the Paris Government website. And thats showing that there is a risk of some flooding, predominantly locally to the cellars in some of the buildings, which are now used for parking and people have moved stuff out. And there are a couple of leaky cellars. But, frankly, it is the weekend and theres nothing we can do. Theres a feeling there that nothing that can be done, so why worry about it and lets get on with it. I believe you are quite close to the seine, can we have a look . Just to give us an update. Just so people can get their bearings, thats notre dame over there, and we are. Uh, actually, now, that should be able to get under that quite co mforta bly, but it cant, as you can see from the size of the people that are walking over the top. It is extremely, extremely high. My understanding is that it will continue going up a bit until tomorrow and then start going down again. Fortunately, it has not been raining at all today. I suppose its the water flowing through. Are you worried . Do you have plans in place should it burst the banks proper . No. I dont live here. I live in brittany where it is perpetually wet anyway, so we are not that concerned. Im getting on the train tomorrow and the trains will be running and if not, it wont be because of this. I wasnt planning a walk down the seine today, and your viewers may know. I should wander over here. They may know theres a walkway that goes down the side of the seine and that is the walkway. It doesnt exist all the way along. So, for most people, its not having much of an effect really, other than to have a look, just as a spectacle. But apart from that, most people are quite relaxed about things at the moment. The headlines on bbc news three teenage boys have been killed when they were hit by a car in west london. A man has been arrested. The attorney general has acknowledged that very serious mista kes over the disclosure of evidence by prosecutors have led to the collapse of recent trials in england and wales. At least 95 people have been killed and more than 160 wounded in one of the deadliest attacks on the Afghan Capital kabul in recent months. Sport now. Lets get a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Its been a busy day in the fourth round of the fa cup with a couple of premier league casualties, but Tottenham Hotspur narrowly avoided an embarrassing exit at newport county. The League Two Club more than held their own and the rodney parade crowd erupted when newport went ahead through padraig amond. A big upset looked on the cards until harry kane got the premier League Giants out of trouble with eight minutes left on the clock. Newport fans can at least look forward to a trip to wembley for the replay. Delighted. I tested, delighted. Itested, i delighted. I tested, i wish wed have held on, it would have been the biggest result in the clubs history for financial reasons and everything but im sure proud of my players. They give me everything today and second half was tough, we knew they was going to come at us, wouldnt get much, but they didnt switch off, they stuck with a gameplan, they followed their runners and i am so they followed their runners and i am so proud of them. West ham were the highest profile casualty in todays fourth round ties. They lost 2 0 to League One Wigan athletic. Will grigg scored both goals. Liverpool are also out after being beaten 3 2 at home by west brom. Jay rodriguez scored two goals in quick succession after roberto firmino. A joel matip own goal then put west brom 3 1 up, and even a late mo salah strike couldnt save liverpool. All the results are on the bbc sport website. It isa it is a big result because it is difficult to come to these places and have a positive attitude and play without fear. It was lovely to see we did that tonight. Set them up forfour see we did that tonight. Set them up for four to see we did that tonight. Set them up forfour to which was see we did that tonight. Set them up for four to which was a bit risky here but we threatened the whole game almost until the last period when we were running out of bodies in terms of injuries and running out of subs so i really great result in something we deserve for the performances weve put in, notjust say that the few weeks, the last few weeks, we have been very good this year and we showed it today. Reform four, four, two. In the scottish premiership, celtic moved 1a points clear at the top after beating hibs1 0. Aberdeen climbed above rangers, who play tomorrow. The dons beat kilmarnock 3 1 with two goals from Scott Mckenna and another from niall mcginn, who ran round three quarters the length of the pitch to score aberdeens third. A dream come true is how Caroline Wozniacki described becoming a grand slam champion. Playing for nearly three hours in 30 degree heat in melbourne, the second seed from denmark defeated romanian simona halep in three sets to win the australian open. It took her a0 three attempts to win a slam, it took her 43 attempts to win a slam, and her reward isnt only that shiny trophy shell also become the world number one. She was playing really well and i was thinking it looks like it may not be my day but i was never really nervous. I was just going to go out there to give it my all and swing for it and play aggressively. I think i played well. It could have gone either way, but im happier it went my way. Rory mcilroy will tee off in the final Group Tomorrow at the dubai desert classic, chasing a first victory in 17 months. The four time major winner is just a shot behind leader haotong li on 19 under par. Mcilroy shot a third round 68, aided by two birdies in the last three holes. It was quick to knock the birdie in the last and stay within of him but yeah, hopefully i will need to play bit better tomorrow to win but you know it is two weeks into the season andi know it is two weeks into the season and i have given myself a Second Chance to win a tournament so i am looking forward to tomorrow. The professional Darts Corporation are to stop using so called walk on girls after talks with broadcasters. This weekends masters will be the first where no women will accompany players to the stage. World number one Michael Van Gerwen says the tradition should end, while his compatriot Raymond Van Barneveld is supporting a petition to reinstate it. Thats all the sport for now. Milos zeman will be the president of the Czech Republic once again, he has won a second five year term following a tightly contested election run off. He fiercely opposes immigration and objects to eu sanctions, he beat his opponent bya eu sanctions, he beat his opponent by a narrow margin. His challenge at the milos zeman has admitted defeat. A narrow victory from milos zeman, the 73 year old president of the Czech Republic. Relatively narrow, as he put it, 150,000 votes have rated him and his challenger. This is my last victory, he said, and promised to be more humble, less arrogant in his second term. His first. He didnt seem to have buried his hatchet with the media. Translation i am convinced that not only the intelligence of the journalist but also of some politicians is significantly lower than that of normal citizens. This message that only he had the political experience to shield his country from the perils facing it first and foremost immigration, appears to have paid off. cheering and applause . But across town, the mood in his challenger s headquarters was up eight. Go for upbeat. Jordan busher more the candidacy was a huge experience, a Life Experience and a political one. I cant quite a myself not using it in some way. Translation . I cant quite a myself not using it in some way. Translation . The result was a blow to liberal pro european voters who believed that jiri dahos would bring about change to reaffirm the czechoslovakian place in the heart of europe, he not east but west, they will have to wait for the next election if the dream is be fulfilled. But how long will it be . There are concerns about president milos zemans health, he suffers from type ii diabetes and has difficulty walking, he seemed exhausted in recent months, his doctors say he is perfectly healthy but how long will this political vetera n but how long will this political veteran continue to dominate czechoslovakian politics . Elderly survivors have gathered in auschwitz in poland to mark Holocaust Memorial day. Six millionjews and millions of others were murdered in concentration camps by the nazis during the second world war. Evening prayers have been said at the former auschwitz birkenau concentration camp, and tributes paid at the monument to the victims at the site. The entire us gymnastics board has resigned because of its handling of the sex abuse scandal involving the former team doctor, larry nassar. The countrys Olympic Committee had threatened to strip the organisation of its powers if the directors failed to stand down. More resignations are expected. Nassar has been given a prison sentence of up to 175 years for abusing more than 150 female gymnasts. Peter bowes reports. As larry nasa begins what amounts to a life sentence, the fallout from the abuse scandal has been swift and decisive. The entire board of usa gymnastics has gone and there have been a threat other resignations also. The Athletic Director of Michigan State university he and another official quipped. Michigan State University he and another official quippedm Michigan State university he and another official quipped. It has been an absolute honour to guide the Athletic Department for the last decade. That being said, today i am announcing my retirement. I am not running away from anything. I am running away from anything. I am running towards something. Comfort, compassion, and understandings of the survivors in our community. Togetherness, time and love my family. There have been reports that Michigan State university and usa gymnastics knew if the abuse claims that failed to take action. They both denied there was a cover up. With several investigations into abuse in uss porter now under way, the recriminations are onlyjust beginning. Usa export. A mural by the world famous graffiti artist banksy has appeared in hull. Hundreds of people have been turning up to see it on a disused bridge in the city. The artist has appeared to confirm its his work on social media. Not everybody is happy about it one city councillor said today its vandalism and should be removed. Matthew bone has the story. The bankside area of hull is no stranger to graffiti, but this latest addition is a little different. The artwork certainly looks like a banksy, and the artist seemed to confirm its identity on social media. Its caused a lot of interest. This is a quiet, Old Industrial part of hull, but ever since rumours of the banksy appeared last night, a steady stream of people have come here today to check it out for themselves. Its really good. Fantastic. I like the way that the writing on that is like on a chalkboard or a school. I like his shoes. He has got a nice pair of shoes on. Youve got to wear a nice pair of shoes. Of the hundreds of people who have come along to see it, gavin is more excited than most. A lifelong banksy fan, he works just around the corner. For me, personally, the culture i grew up with, it is a dream come true. What does the mural mean . It depends who you ask. The bridge is raised. It is the drawbridge. For me, hundreds of years ago, we never let the king into hull. A sort of defiance, a sort of challenge. It could have been to do with us voting out, for brexit. Its all about pulling up the drawbridge again. Not everyone is happy to see the graffiti appear. One conservative opposition councillor has an idea of what to do. Record by whatever means we can banksys contribution to that piece of work, then clean it off. It is graffiti. All graffiti is damage. If banksy wants to create real art, and im sure he does, then perhaps it might be a good idea to buy some canvas. The graffiti has already been graffitied, with some green spray just nicking the toe of the mural. This afternoon, new fencing was put up to prevent people from getting up close. Now the weather with darren bett. It is so promising, it is mild but then you remember it is only january. Of course it is, i cannot change that but it will soon be february. It is mild but of course at this time of year when it is mild that means it is cloudy skies and to the south west of the uk today it has been quite gloomy as well, this was Weston Super Mare ta ken has been quite gloomy as well, this was Weston Super Mare taken by one of our weather watchers earlier. We have had the clouds thickened up earlier on to give us some outbreaks of rain. This cloud coming in from the atlantic will bring more rain tomorrow but in between, the cloud has invented earlier on today we got some sunshine in scotland. It has been very windy in scotland, at the north, the past few hours. The winds will listen later in the night and we will see more of the cloud coming backin we will see more of the cloud coming back in and it means more mist and fog over the hills in particular of wales and the south west and more rainfor wales and the south west and more rain for the north. On a mild night for many parts of the country. Tomorrow, the winds much lighter by this stage across the far north of scotland. Ita winds across central and southern scotland will have some rain, some wet weather also, and i think across northern ireland, but as the winds across the pennines, some rain around there. The many parts of england and wales, dry, cloudy and mild, 10 degrees or so, but hundreds will and low cloud in the welsh hills perhaps for a while in the south west although it will improve through the day. Riske winds blogging in, the rain stays where it is across central and southern scotland, conditions improving in ireland, some drizzle over the health of north west england and wales and a lot of cloud to england and wales, even under the cloud a mild 12 degrees, at some sunshine, east of high ground, perhaps east of the more than the south west of england and the temperatures could be 1a or 15. Chillier in the final four scotland ahead of the weather front which is bringing the rain and the rain starts to move southwards as we head into monday so things start to change. We are seeing the back of the really mild air, that will be squeezed away into the near continent and instead it turns colder from the north west. Continent and instead it turns colderfrom the north west. The caller air comes in behind the band of rain which, on monday, is moving south across england and wales. Some heavy burst of rain and gusty winds ahead of it. It will probably have a higher temperatures behind the rain. Sunnier skies further north. The cold air bear, the showers could be a touch wintry over the hills in scotla nd a touch wintry over the hills in scotland but there are colder conditions to come later on in the week and a chilly start probably on tuesday, perhaps a touch of frost, a bright start and it will cloud over more and more going downhill sort of day, particularly in the south west and north west where we will see some rain later on. This temperatures about 6 eight degrees but it will be colder as we head into wednesday and thursday and it will feel colder as the winds pick up will feel colder as the winds pick up and blow in some wintry showers
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