08/06/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten, the infighting at the top of BHS, as the former

Dominic Chappell, who owned the company when it collapsed,

is accused by a financial consultant of being completely

He was a Premier League liar and a Sunday

Less than a week after the retailer said it was being wound up,

putting thousands of jobs at risk, Mr Chappell expressed regret.

I am very upset that there are 11,000 people directly

and a number of thousand people indirectly who now have

We'll have more on the evidence presented to the parliamentary

Also tonight: The deadline for registering to vote in the EU

referendum is extended to tomorrow night after problems

A special report from Iraq on the battle for Fallujah

as Iraqi forces challenge Islamic State militants.

Using DNA from three people to create a baby is safe,

according to a major research study at Newcastle University.

And, David Beckham in Swaziland visiting African

Maria Sharapova will appeal her two-year ban from tennis for testing

positive for a banned substance at the Australian Open.

The full extent of the infighting among the leaders of BHS

has been laid bare in a parliamentary committee hearing.

Less than a week after the retailer said it was being wound up,

putting thousands of jobs at risk, MPs have been questioning

Dominic Chappell, the man who bought the business

One financial consultant described Mr Chappell

Our business editor Simon Jack reports.

The postmortem into BHS' rapid demise saw its most

Key cast members of this retail drama arrived to face MPs.

Michael Hitchcock, former BHS Finance Director.

He was followed by BHS Chief Executive when the company

And the usually elusive former bankrupt, former racing driver,

It was soon clear why he's been keeping his head down.

Premier League liar, a Sunday pub league retailer.

And if it doesn't smell right, invariably, it is not right.

Of course, as we know now, things weren't right.

Just over a year after it was bought for ?1 it fell into administration

in April and after a saviour couldn't be found the death knell

11,000 workers will pay the price for this failure.

I mean, it's a matter of public record...

BHS bosses were clear where the blame lies -

promised money never arrived and what had been left

It became clear to us that rather than putting money in,

you know, literally, he'd got his fingers in the till.

When he challenged a last-minute ?1.5 million withdrawal he got

Now, if I take out all the expletives, he basically said,

I've had enough of you telling me what to do over the last few months.

It's my business, I can do what I want.

If you kick off about it, I'm going to come down

With the seat well and truly warmed up, Dominic Chappell took his turn

and while he denied threatening to kill his own chief executive,

he admitted to profiting from the doomed venture.

Is it fair to say you have made a profit out of this?

I have made a profit out of this but I have also worked

in the business continuously during the last 13 months.

I also racked up considerable fees on the way through.

Considerable fees on the way through.

Do you feel you have earned this profit?

What do you think about the 11,000 people who are in danger

He went further saying a last-minute rescue bid by this man,

Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley, was scuppered by Sir Philip.

There was a willing buyer and a willing seller

for the business and Mike was going to save the business.

Philip found out about it and went absolutely insane.

He was screaming and shouting down the phone he didn't want to get

And then served us the notice that tipped us over.

One former worker also blames Sir Philip for the company's fate.

Well, I still feel that the blame lies largely with Philip Green

and his family because they milked BHS as a cash cow until it was

completely dry and then they threw it away for a pound

The stage is now set for Sir Philip Green

to defend his own role in the biggest high street collapse

Simon is here now. We heard plenty of very strong words and phrases

today. What did we learn? It was amazing and times I was watching it

I was saying I can't believe what I am hearing. What emerged was there

is a blame game going on. The management blame the owner. Dominic

Chappell says the management should have been looking after the

retailing side and he trailed his fire on Sir Philip making two

serious allegations, one that he triggered the administration and

that he scuppered that last-minute deal with Mike Ashley. I have spoken

to sources close to Sir Philip Green and he is going to deny both those

claims when he takes the hot seat next week. The pantomime villain in

all of this, if you like, is Dominic Chappell but questions need to be

asked is whether he was one of Sir Philip Green's own creation. He

supported in some ways Dominic through this process and gave him

the firepower to do the deal, to do have a business he no longer wanted.

At least one more episode of this extraordinary drama left to go.

Thank you very much. Vp

Ministers have decided to extend the deadline for people to register

to vote in the EU referendum until tomorrow night.

The original deadline was midnight last night but thousands of people

said they had been unable to apply because of

Extending the period will require legislation,

as our deputy political editor John Pienaar reports.

Were you one of those who tried to register to vote

online since last night? The chances are, you failed.

At over 500,000 clicks and counting, the website crashed.

Thousands were denied the right to join the EU referendum, so today,

an emergency decision to grant more time.

David Cameron, who believes the bigger the vote the better,

It is welcome that so many people want to take part in this massive

democratic exercise, in this vital decision.

The new deadline will be midnight tomorrow.

Gordon and Nicky from Worcestershire tried to register last night.

He could, she couldn't. Were they happy now?

I think it is great that the overnment are being

flexible and responsive so quickly, to make sure that people

I hope a lot of young people are online at this very moment,

because it is their future more than ours.

This vote will decide Britain's place in the world for decades,

so no surprise that more time has been given for voters to register.

The Remainers, who believe that a big turnout favours

The race could be tight and every vote will count

become so frantic, with the Leavers warning of mass migration

if we stay in the EU and the Remain campaign talking

of a meltdown in the markets if we choose to leave.

if Britain leaves the EU, many more Scots

The Leavers suport the deadline extension,

Any idea of rewriting the rules in any substantial way would be

madness and make the country look like a shambles, in the run-up

If they left it till the last minute and all tried to register yesterday,

that is their fault and we should not change our regulations

in the middle of a very important referendum campaign simply

to suit those who have not organised their affairs well enough

to secure their registration in good time.

But thousands more will be able to vote.

Will more young voters swing it for Remain?

Or will more voters angry about EU meddling win it for Leave?

There is not much cheer from either side so far.

It is more about competing visions of gloom.

On 23rd of June, voters will decide, once

and for all, how the country is run, and the sky is already darkening

George Osborne says the forthcoming referendum is a fight

In a BBC interview with Andrew Neil this evening the Chancellor rejected

claims that he's trying to scare people into voting

Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg listened

Tonight in the studio live the Chancellor, George Osborne. The

money man, the Tories tactician, defending the decision to hold this

referendum, defending the strength of his warnings about exit. If we

vote to leave then we lose control. We lose control of our economy, we

lose control of your economy, you lose control of everything. And

that's not a price worth paying. The Chancellor said the use of

forecasts... People need to know. I will leave it up. Not facts was

justified. Trying to stick to the economic script. Listen to everyone,

and they're telling you that Britain will be poorer, the families will be

poorer. Look, we can talk about any number of numbers, they've all got

in common one big fat minus in front of each one, that's the consequence

for the people watching this programme. But his worst nightmare

is this become ago vote just on immigration. When pressed, the Leave

campaigners have basically admitted their policy would see more

immigration from outside the EU... People should be clear, they might

have concerns about immigration, but that is not on the ballot paper. Our

membership of the EU and all the prosperity and our role in the

world, that's on the paper. He tried to kill off the outers' claims that

Turkey is on the way to joining the EU and millions of Turks could be on

their way here. Turkey is a key ally, they're a member of NATO, by

the way an organisation we all talk up on all sides of the campaign. Is

it going to be a member of the EU? No, it's not. Never ever? Not quite

what he said. The policy is it should not join the EU today. The

bigger clash he believes of ideas and of instinct. I do not want Nigel

Farage's vision of Britain. It is mean, it is divisive. It's not who

we are as a country. Britain is a great country. I understand that.

Fighting for the soul of this country. You know... We are also

fighting for truth. Nigel Farage and his vision of Britain has taken over

the Leave campaign. Vote Leave led, not by Nigel Farage, remember it's

run by his Tory colleagues. This is a campaign, though, for every

political party. And much more importantly, it's a choice for every

single one of us. George Osborne was defiant

throughout, saying that he wasn't trying to scare people but in the

same breath saying there was a lot actually to be scared about. What I

think we will hear more of in the coming days from his side is this

claim that somehow the Leave campaign has been hijacked about

whae described as Nigel Farage's mean and divisive message. Nigel

Farage isn't even part of the official Leave campaign. It's run by

senior Conservatives and some people from the Labour Party too. But I

think the Remain campaign have seized on this as a tactic they will

try to employ in the next few days in the fortnight left to go before

the referendum vote itself. They clearly think that it might help

their cause if they somehow tarnish the whole out campaign saying it's

just Nigel Farage's vision. Nigel Farage himself will be subject to

the same kind of grilling in the same studio on Friday night.

Laura, thank you very much. The referendum is just over

a fortnight away and some opinion polls are suggesting the result

could be close. But after failing to predict

the outcome of the last general election should

the pollsters be believed? Christian Fraser is

here to take a look. Let me take you back to the day

before the general This was the last poll of polls,

the Conservatives had a narrow one point, nowhere in this was there any

clue from the pollsters Here it is, 10.00pm

and we are saying the Conservatives The exit poll took

everyone by surprise. David Cameron was on track

for an absolute majority. A huge embarrassment for the polling

agencies, that was quickly followed by an industry-wide

investigation. But in a referendum

the job is even harder. On Europe, we have not

had a vote since 1975. Attitudes change over 40

years and a good many Please, I am trying to work,

would you mind going away! In spite of last year's experience

polling results are appearing again on front pages as the voting

day gets closer. We don't have a poll of polls

for this referendum. But I can show you one

from the website of NATCEN, Britain's biggest

social research centre. The average of the six most recent

polls puts Remain two The gap is narrowing but it looks

confused, doesn't it? Let's take two of the polling

agencies they have used who are conducting both online

and telephone polling. This is ORB, they have Remain a long

way in front by 14 points In reverse, they have Leave out

in front by six points Which is why the President

of the Polling Council, Pollsters are faced with a task

of estimating something that they've In contrast, in a general election,

they can always point to their past experience in order to try

and ensure their polls And that is the key thing

here, this referendum Three people have died in a shooting

in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The attack happened

at one of the country's It was near the Defence Ministry.

Police say that two Palestinians from the West Bank have been

arrested. Do you have more details of what

happened? This took place at a busy evening hang out with cafes and

restaurants, shops, where people like to go in Tel Aviv. Reports say

that the two attackers were sitting in a cafe when they got up and

opened fire, you can see video on social media that gives a real sense

of the panic, with crowds rushing from the scene, tables and chairs

overturned. Israeli police say that the two Palestinian man arrested our

cousins in their 20s. They come from a village in the West Bank close to

the city of Hebron. This has been a real flash point in the latest

upsurge of violence which began towards the end of last year. In the

last few months it had seemed the number of attacks was dropping, so

this will really concerned people. The Israeli Prime Minister moved

quickly tonight to hold a meeting at the Defence Ministry a few hundred

metres from where the attack happened. Thank you for the update.

Using DNA from three people to create a baby is safe -

according to a major research study by scientists at the Wellcome Trust

They're trying to help women at risk of passing on serious genetic

Last year the UK became the first country to approve laws

Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh has the story.

This is the IVF technique which would prevent life-threatening

The nucleus of an egg and sperm are being removed from an embryo

with faulty mitochondria and being put into a healthy donor.

A team at Newcastle University did studies on more than 500 donor eggs,

and now think they have the technique ready.

So we've examined many, many embryos now, and we're

confident on the basis of results that these embryos

are indistinguishable from embryos created by normal IVF,

and that they will give rise to healthy pregnancies.

Mitochondria are the power packs of our cells but, when faulty,

can cause a huge range of diseases in the muscles, heart

Within hours of IVF, the parents' DNA that

shapes our appearance and personality would be removed,

leaving behind the faulty mitochondria.

All the key genes would be placed into a donor embryo that had its DNA

removed and contains only healthy mitochondria.

Any child born - and future generations -

would have DNA from three people, although only 0.1% from the donor

It's affected her quite badly, really.

Clare Exton's mum, Norma, died after her lungs

Clare also carries the rare faulty DNA.

It's caused hearing loss, and she wants the disorder

It makes me more determined to have a child without

mitochondrial disease, without passing it down

into the next generation, because of seeing my mum like she was.

The idea of creating babies with DNA from three people

But parliament overwhelmingly approved at last year because of

If external experts support the study in the journal Nature,

then the team at Newastle will be able to apply for a licence to treat

a handful of affected women each year.

Up to 90,000 civilians could still be trapped

in the Iraqi city of Falluja, according to the United

Nations humanitarian co-ordinator for the country.

Iraqi security forces have been attacking Islamic State

militants in the city, which lies just 40 miles

from the capital, Baghdad, for more than two weeks.

Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has been with Iraqi

fighters on the outskirts of the city.

The fight for Falluja is far from over.

The Iraqi security forces are gaining ground.

They've just taken this territory from so-called Islamic State

This is the new front line in the fight against Islamic State,

and Falluja is just a few kilometres that way.

The commander says they've paused here for the moment to allow

From here, they can see the enemy positions,

and in the distance the city itself, still under IS control.

But the commander says they won't be rushing into Falluja.

TRANSLATION: We stopped to let families flee.

If it wasn't for the civilians, we would have been inside

But the advance has already come at a price.

No sign of civilian life, just devastation.

Tens of thousands of people are still thought to be

These are the ones who've managed to escape any way they can,

swimming for their lives across the Euphrates,

carrying children and a few belongings.

And this is their new home, tent cities under

She says their life in Falluja under IS control

TRANSLATION: There is no food, we didn't eat properly for months.

We just ate scraps, and after that we ate

the scraps of the scraps, because we had no choice.

She managed to escape with her children, including two blind sons.

TRANSLATION: Islamic State blew up our water source to make

an obstacle for the Iraqi army, and we were left without water.

But they still wouldn't let us leave.

They are still waiting for their husbands.

Men of fighting age have been separated for questioning

And there have already been allegations they've suffered abuse

They too are involved in this fight to liberate what is a Sunni city.

And even if IS can be defeated, Iraq still has to overcome

Jonathan Beale, BBC News, outside Falluja.

Maria Sharapova, the former Wimbledon champion, has been

banned for two years by the International

She says she will appeal it after....

It comes after she failed a failed a drugs test at this

At the Old Bailey, a man who attacked travellers with a knife

at an underground station in east London last December has been found

Muhaydin Mire, who's 30 and has a history of mental illness,

stabbed one man in the throat and told police he'd done

it for what he called his Syrian brothers.

Our correspondent Tom Symonds followed the case.

He's already attacked one man, a musician

Mire cut his throat, but the man survives.

The attacker then takes out his Oyster card and leaves...

To confront other bystanders outside.

He goes back into Leytonstone Station.

But these people don't run, they try to distract him,

They keep filming, the footage shown to the jury.

It takes police three attempts to bring him down with tasers.

During the attack here, Mire shouted, "This

But despite the fact that he had collected extremist videos

and pictures, he'd had no contact with any jihadists,

and his family are convinced there was another reason

He had a history of psychotic delusions.

Police are increasingly worried that mentally ill people can become

Terrorist organisations such as Daesh - or IS -

over in Syria, prey on individuals such as him.

He had downloaded vast amounts of extremist material,

which we think certainly inspired him to conduct

Mire's sentencing has been delayed while a psychiatric

Tom Symonds, BBC News, East London.

The Kingdom of Swaziland in southern Africa has the highest rate of HIV

infection in the world and a drought afflicting the whole region has put

added pressure on resources affecting many vulnerable children.

The former England football captain David Beckham,

who has set up his own charitable fund in conjunction with Unicef,

has been in Swaziland to see the situation

My colleague Reeta Chakrabarti joined him.

Sikhanyiso is an adult before his time.

This teenager gathers the wood, cooks the meals and looks

after his grandmother after losing both parents,

This is a nuclear family, Swazi style.

Because of parents, I will get the love.

There is that pain, but I accept it in my life.

An unreal suspension from the daily grind.

Into Sikhanyiso's teen club comes David Beckham,

global superstar and now almost full-time charity worker.

The children of this teen support group give him a raucous welcome.

All are HIV positive, the virus passed down

Those drugs are freely available, but Swaziland remains known

Beckham says the challenge is to get young boys to understand

that they must protect the girls they sleep with from the sexual

Educating children, young boys, that...

The protection that you need to prevent contracting HIV and AIDS,

For many, the stigma of having HIV remains.

We can't show the face of this girl, she has HIV, as does almost every

She told me there are some people she feels really hurt by.

Once she told them she was HIV-positive they started telling

everybody, including some teachers, and that was upsetting.

For children here in Swaziland living with HIV, there's

now a new challenge, which is drought.

Look at this, the crops have failed, and it's meant that

And if children are going hungry, it means that they don't

If they don't take their drugs, they're much more likely

There is hope for the brand-new generation.

HIV-positive women are taking the right medication in pregnancy,

and transmission rates to their babies have

David Beckham is harnessing the power of celebrity to a cause

His appeal here is undoubted, the world's responce less certain.

Reeta Chakrabarti, BBC News, Swaziland.

It's been a very long wait for Wales football fans -

58 years, to be exact - since the national team made it

But they're now just three days away from their opening game

Our correspondent Hywel Griffith is with the team in the port

Generations of Welshmen have wanted to make this journey.

Now, with their talisman Gareth Bale, Wales are

finally flying the flag at a major football tournament.

Having the world's most expensive player on your side helps.

But the manager wants the team to remember all the other greats

Ryan Giggs, Mark Hughes, Dean Saunders, Ian Rush.

This team, they've gone one more step, one step further and they have

proved that they are a golden generation, so now we're

here and we have to do a little bit more.

The last time Wales played in a major tournament

was in the 1958 World Cup when they made it through

to the quarterfinals here at the Ullevi Stadium

They came up against Brazil and a young striker

who was about to announce himself to the footballing world.

It's remembered by Welsh fans as the year Pele broke our hearts.

It was his first ever World Cup goal and enough to send Wales home.

He remembers returning to find few people knew Wales had

been at a World Cup, but things will be very

different this time - Especially as Wales face

It's the biggest game Wales has ever played

As the only home nation with a team song, Welsh fans will make

themselves heard in France - and seen, too.

Tim Williams is responsible for the hats that many fans wear.

The first game will be a moment no one wants to miss.

They've ordered up to 20,000, which will be a fantastic

I've been to some Wales away games and we've had 67 supporters.

But this is a team that wants to write its own history.

Hywel Griffith, BBC News, Dinard.