10/08/2011 BBC News at Six

Calls for calm tonight after three men are killed during riots in

Birmingham. There's horror as a crowd sees them

deliberately run over by a car in the early hours of the morning.

The three men were protecting their property according to witnesses,

today the father of one paid tribute. He was 21 years old. He

was a good lad. Everybody in the community here knew him because he

stood up for the community. New pictures appear to show police

in Manchester upping the ante as David Cameron declares a fightback

against the rioters. There are pockets of our society that are not

just broken, but, frankly, sick. More than 100 people are arrested

in Salford and Manchester as residents argue over what is to

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News at Six. The Prime Minister has declared a fightback against the

rioters who have been wreaking havoc in cities across England for

the past four nights. In Birmingham there are calls for calm tonight

after three men were killed by a car in the early hours of this

morning as they tried to protect their community from looters. Today,

David Cameron vowed that the violence would be stopped and said

he would not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets. This

evening, the father of one of the men who was killed last night has

said he doesn't want his son's death to lead to more violence.

Claire Marshall is in Birmingham for us now.

It's a very sombre mood in this part of the city tonight. There

have been meetings with community leaders all throughout the day to

make sure that this area remains peaceful this evening. David

Cameron has just offered his condolences to the relatives and

families of the men that were killed last night. The last thing

anyone wants to see around here is more Birmingham deaths.

Every scrap of evidence from the crime scene is needed. Police

believe the hit and run here last night was murder.

The community pays their respects to the three men who were killed.

The brothers Shazad Ali and Musaver and Haroon Jahan. This is a picture

of him when he was younger. Anything I ever wanted done I would

always ask Haroon to sort it out for me, not my eldest or my

daughter, but my youngest and they killed him. Friends and neighbours

are deeply angry. It's mindless and pointless. It's getting beyond a

joke now. We need to all stand together and fight for peace

because this is England. We shouldn't be in this war. This is

England. I am just disgusted. I am disgusted with the things people

are carrying on. Exclusive footage given to the BBC

shows the street just after the men were moan down, one of them lies on

the ground and a group gathers. This was filmed by a 13-year-old.

When I was recording it, it's like you just can't stop shaking, like

seeing someone die out in the front on your street, it's just unsafe to

be out now. West Midlands Police worry that this may trigger more

violence but this time along racial lines. I would appeal to people,

particularly at this time, to be calm. If we are calm I am

absolutely confident that the people in the West Midlands can get

through strange and difficult phase and we can rebuild trust with

communities and move on with a sense of purpose. This street is

normally thriving, filled with life but the people here are subdued.

They're just standing around talking quietly amongst themselves,

trying to make sense of what happened here last night. Are

people talking about taking revenge? I don't think it will be

revenge, because at the end of the day all we were doing was

protecting the community. You want your own house to be safe, your own

business to be safe, so the best thing you can do is rely on the

police, but over the last couple of days sometimes it ain't the best

thing to do, just got to bring your own numbers out and just make

yourself visible so these people know that this can't happen.

Elsewhere in Birmingham last night there was more unrest.

At and around the crime scene tonight there will be a very heavy

police presence. Just in the last few minutes

Haroon's father has been giving a news conference. He says that he

doesn't believe that this is a racial issue, he has called for all

this violence to come to an end and the Prime Minister also termed it

as a truly dreadful incident so the feeling I am getting here tonight

is everyone wants this awful period to be over.

Today, David Cameron said plans were in place to provide police

with water cannon if they decide they need them and officers have

been authorised to use plastic bullets. The Prime Minister, who

has been visiting the West Midlands this afternoon, said pockets of

society were not just broken but sick. Our political editor Nick

Robinson travelled with him and sent this report on Mr Cameron's

response. Take now, don't pay later. This was

Wolverhampton last night. They lined up to clean out this family

electrical store having first robbed and assaulted its owner.

Obviously I was frightened for my life. All these people poured in,

one of them grabbed me by the neck and I was frightened. David Cameron

promised him and other retailers in this city a tougher police response.

Earlier the Prime Minister had presented himself as the leader of

a new moral army who would stand up up against what he called the worst

of Britain. We needed a fightback and a fightback is under way. We

have seen the worst of Britain, but I also believe we have seen some of

the best of Britain. The million people who signed up on Facebook to

support the police, communities coming together in the cleanup

operations. But there is absolutely no room for complacency and there

is much more to be done. promised more robust policing,

using water cannon and rubber bullets, if they prove necessary.

There are pockets of our society that are not just broken but,

frankly, sick. When we see children as young as 12 and 13 looting and

laughing, when we see the disgusting sight of an injured

young man with people pretending to help him while they are robbing him,

it is clear there are things that are badly wrong in our society.

did not risk walking through a city on edge, where groups of youths

gather menacingly and where the police move in at the first sign of

trouble. Wolverhampton tonight is a city that is still living in fear.

Arrests on the street, and shops that have closed early in order to

avoid another night which people fear might bring more trouble. The

Labour leader Ed Miliband did take to the streets of Manchester, for

now at least, political leaders are speaking with one voice about

what's gone wrong. We must not have a situation where there are people

who think it is OK to go out and commit the kinds of acts we have

seen. I do not want my kids to grow up in a country where people think

that's an OK thing to do. All of us have a responsibility to make sure

we don't see these kind of events repeated.

Back in Wolverhampton they're preparing for the worst tonight.

Businesses have closed early, or boarded themselves up. Police have

been bussed in, people are staying home. Except those who roam the

streets. More than 100 people have been

arrested so far in Manchester and Salford where 1,000 youths were

involved in last night's violence. Shops were looted and cars burned.

Our correspondent Chris Buckler has been gauging the mood there today

and joins us now. Good evening. If you look behind me

you can see police officers are again on duty here in Manchester

City centre along with private security guards. They've been

employed by shops to try and protect them after what happened

last night. If you look you can see the scene of where windows were

smashed and tonight they are trying to protect themselves from looters.

It was a difficult job for Greater Manchester Police last night

because they weren't just dealing with problems here in Manchester,

but also a few miles away in Salford and I have been to the

scene of those riots to find out why it happened.

In the aftermath of the violence that scarred Salford's shops and

streets, this is a community asking one question: How do you you stop

all of this from happening again? Many who ransacked and ruined these

stores were young teenagers but while no parents said they condoned

the riots some fell short of condemning them. A lot of them

think and I believe this to be true, a lot of them act like scum, is it

any wonder. Why have they got, nothing. Doesn't give them a right

to smash the place up, does it? Have I said I condoned it? You

think it's fair someone's been shot in London for nothing? What's that

got to do with wrecking our shops? Do you agree with that? Have you

kids? I am sorry... But that's nothing to do... The images of

children at the heart of trouble and looting has shocked many. And

it's members of every generation left frightened. All night I

couldn't sleep. This disorder has been taking place near to many

doorsteps. The shopping area that has been at the centre of the

trouble here in Salford is very close to houses, you can probably

see there are people standing at the front of their homes here,

they're nervous at the moment because they are worried there

could be further trul. -- trouble. When you look at the pictures you

must know some people involved in this? They live around here, yeah

and they're wrecking their own place really. The police have been

criticised for being heavy-handed in some cases, they say say they

faced unprecedented levels of violence and they've asked parents

to stop their children from going out into trouble. They're blaming

parents. I saw 10,000 people here last night all grownup, no kids.

There was a few. Let's have a riot. And you will find people on these

streets encouraging a return to chaos. Got to do it. Why have you

got to do it? Because all the BLEEP everyone in our country, letting

everyone do our jobs and we can't get jobs, so... You are not going

to get jobs if they're burning down shops here, smashing windows.

That's not going to make people invest in Salford. It's up to them.

Here the work of rebuilding is needed not just for property, but

also the community. Here in Manchester and also in

Salford tonight it is calm. However, there is concern which is why shops

like this have boarded up windows to prepare for any future looting

that might take place. You can probably see the numbers of police

officers here have grown and they will be here in force in the city

centre tonight. The other big question that people have been

asking is why? Some talk about shooting in London many miles away,

some talk about jobs, others talk about cuts. But I have to say I

haven't been in -- having been in Manchester and seen the amount of

looting it must be said that there is an element of greed and

criminality that's been involved as well.

In London, more than 800 people have been arrested since the riots

started on Saturday. Several courts are expected to sit through the

night again to deal with the volume of cases. This morning one of the

first to appear before magistrates was a teaching assistant at a

primary school in south London. Our special correspondent Allan Little

reports on the suspects in court and how the justice system is

coping. BLEEP away... Anthony Alexis Bayley,

from south London charged with burglary with intent to steal,

pleaded guilty, remanded on bail to be sentenced later. BLEEP off.

Normally he is a primary school teaching assistant. The website of

the school says he is a mentor to the young. The court sat through

the night, the suspects before them include an Army recruit, students,

a graphic designer and an 11-year- old boy. Jason White and Richard

Miles Palmer pleaded guilty to theft. They were found with �1500

worth of power tools in a shopping trolley and will be sentenced later.

We don't want to be filmed. Camberwell 18-year-old James ap

Anthony is charged with disorder and assaulting a policewoman. He is

in custody. His father is dismayed. Do you think James is not guilty?

He is not guilty at all, he is not violent.

Today police released a second batch of pictures of others they

want to question. They posted the images online and there are more to

come. In many parts of London communities

defended themselves. In north London there are Turkey and Kurdish

owned businesses. Here, looters came face-to-face with organised

It is now clear that in places like this, it does not take long for the

community, the business owners and shopkeepers to organise themselves

into a defensive force of their own. In effect, to take the law into

their own hands, to defend their properties and businesses. On

Monday, customers found themselves trapped in this confectionery shop

as looters ran amok outside. Then, hundreds of local men went on to

the street to chase the rioters away. A lot of people had baseball

bats. They were prepared to do a lot, I guess. They did chase them

and then they passed them on to the police so they did not harm them or

anything like that. How far did they chase them? They chased them

down to Dalston Junction so quite a long way. This restaurant owner

asked not to be named. He also took part in defending the neighbourhood.

That is the culture as well. In Turkey, when there is some danger

to your village, to your street, to your town, that is the culture, the

people come together in one second. This is a culture and you can tell

a lot about it and it is the same thing here. Ethnic groups banding

together in self-defence against external threats. This, too, is

part of the story of London's riots. A top story tonight: Calls for calm

after three men are killed during rioting in Birmingham. Coming up:

England on top as India's batsmen crumble at Edgbaston.

In business on the News Channel, a fresh slide for European markets as

worries about the sovereign debt crisis continue. The Bank of

England cuts its growth forecast There has been another gloomy

prediction about the future of Britain's economy. The Bank of

England has lowered its forecast for growth. The bank's governor,

Sir Mervyn King, said inflation could rise to 5% by the end of the

year and he said the biggest threat to growth came from outside the UK.

The Bank of England is that the heart of the British economy but

its message today is it cannot do a lot to prevent a slow down when the

UK's financial future is linked so closely to the United States and

the eurozone. And things could go wrong there. The big risks facing

the UK economy come from the rest of the world. We must work with our

colleagues abroad to tackle the challenge of how to reduce the

overhang of private and public debt. But there is a limit to what UK

monetary policy can do. What he means is that British companies

like this one will suffer if foreign markets go into reverse. It

sells upmarket stationery and luxury items by mail order. Half go

to overseas customers. We have seen a slight dip in sales to Europe and

the US, but whether that is to do with the summer holidays or whether

it is to do with economic crisis affecting people's wallets, I think

we will only know early next month. What does the Bank think will

happen here in the UK? It has downgraded its outlook for growth

for both this year and next. It thinks inflation will get 25 % and

then fall quite rapidly, probably below its 2% target in two years'

time. None of that suggests the bank is in any hurry to raise

interest rates. Analysts think the bank may not

raise rates to 2013 because of worries of low growth. What does it

all mean for consumers and workers? What do you think British

households should be expecting over the next year or so in terms of

jobs and growth? There is obviously a great deal of uncertainty and

nobody should expect to know what the future holds. But we do expect

growth to gradually recover. It will be slow but we expect a

gradual recovery. The conditions for that are in place. Wall Street

opened sharply lower. Shares in Europe took their cue with markets

closing down 3%. That underlines the governor's point that the UK

can be at the mercy of events a long way from here.

There is a new warning today on the drought in East Africa. The latest

assessment by a group of experts is that it will last for several more

months. Around 116,000 people have already fled Somalia into

neighbouring Kenya since the beginning of the year, putting a

massive strain on the refugee camp at Dadaab. It is already home to

300,000 Somalis who fled drought and civil war in the 1980s. George

Alagiah explains how a 20 year of aid to the refugees has raised some

uncomfortable questions. For a few hours every day, the

children of section N 6 can pretend they are like children everywhere.

The play Rhian cocoons them from a harsh world. The make-believe

houses they built are a million miles from their reality. And the

country it well-meaning aid workers encourage them to imagine is

largely a fiction. In fact, these brothers were born here and have

never been to Somalia. Their parents left the country 20 years

ago. Would you like to go to Somalia? The answer is no. Their

parents say it is a bad place. This massive aid operation sustains

300,000 people who fled the Somali conflict of the 1990s and they have

never gone back. They need help but they are not starving. Three out of

every four people you see in the camp have nothing to do with the

current crisis. In some cases, they have been collecting their rations

like this for a decade or more. It is a graphic reminder that there is

a much deeper problem at work than this year's drought alone. It begs

a question. Is all this aid solving a problem or simply prolong it?

This woman, who has been here since 1992, has an answer, although it is

not one for the faint-hearted. TRANSLATION: Let the aid be stopped.

Then we will have to go back home. Some will die but others will find

a solution. Over the years, parts of Dadaab refugee camp have begun

to look more and more like a town. Their markets, mechanics, even a

deuce make a. It has its own economy, driven in part by the aid

that flows in. Refugees sell part of their Russian and sell what they

get at other shops -- their ration. TRANSLATION: Of course, it would be

better to run our business in our own country but there is war going

on in Somalia. And the failure to solve Somalia's deep-seated crisis

drives a new generation across the border. Another mother building

another shelter in this no-man's- land of helplessness.

A court in London has approved the extradition to South Africa of a

British man plotting to kill his wife -- accused of plotting to kill

his wife on their honeymoon. A court says they have evidence that

Shrien Dewani paid a Cape Town taxi driver to arrange the murder of his

wife, Anni. He denies this. Police investigating phone hacking

at the News Of The World have arrested a 61 year-old-man. It is

understood he is Greg Miskiw, former editor at the paper. He is

the 12th person to be arrested since January.

England's bowlers have been on top on day one of the third Test at

Edgbaston against India. England lead the series 2-0 and know that

one more victory would see them takeover as the number one side in

the world. A short while ago, England's batsmen were 78 no wicket.

If the beat Goes On, the cricket must follow. France did their best

to maintain their enthusiasm and the sense of the bizarre means it

is business as usual. The play was blissfully familiar for England.

Virender Sehwag was dismissed first ball. Many of the dismissals were

blatantly obvious. Sachin Tendulkar came and went before lunch. Great

names struggling to live up to their reputations. Now, perhaps,

sensing there was little to lose, MS Dhoni remembered his aggression.

Suddenly, he was the captain who had won India the World Cup. He

threw his bat once too often, gone for 77 and India were all out for

up to 124. Cook and Strauss put on a 50 partnership. Another day when

England looked like the world's best team. �32 million built the

new grandstand here and so far, the emphasis has been on sport and not

security. More now on our main story and the

fresh violence in several cities in England overnight and the

government's response. Nick Robinson has been following the

Prime Minister's visit to the West Midlands today. We can join him

live in Wolverhampton. What did you make about his comments about

pockets of society in being not just broken but six. It is a

dangerous word he has chosen. Dangerous, why? Some decades ago

Britain was referred to as the sick man of Europe. He is saying the

country is not sick but parts of it are. It is a move away from the

language he used about a broken society because that angered some

who said society as a whole was not broken but specific parts were. The

language is easy to use but the question is what it will mean in

practice. Prime Minister will come under mounting pressure from Boris

Johnson, the mayor of London, to go slow on the cuts, whether on the

police, prison places all the youth service. He is arguing there is a

moral dimension to dealing with this about greater responsibility,

better parenting and the state doing more to support families. It

sounds good but the question he was asked here in Wolverhampton by a

man who has lost his family business is, what will it mean for

There is some heavy persistent rain in North Wales and Scotland. There

is a Met Office ample warning in force. The reason for that is

increasing risk of surface water -- amber warning. River flooding could

be a problem as well. The rain band stays in place to that. Still wet

across northern England and Wales. Further dried -- dryer at further

Thursday morning, brighter in Scotland but still a cold wind and

the rain in place. The greatest risk of flooding will be in Perth,

Kinloss and sterling. The rain in Northern Ireland will be light and

patchy. Heavy bursts of rain across northern England, Wales and the

south-west. In the south-east it will be largely dry. For the

afternoon, we seek skies brightened a little bit. One or two brighter

spells. The rain will ease off as we go through Thursday night. Light

and patchy rain here and there on Friday. The rain turns heavy again

in Northern Ireland later in the day. Will have a day of sunshine