11/08/2011 BBC News at Six

An emergency session of parliament. The Prime Minister calls this

week's riots criminality not seen for decades. Hunting down the

rioters one by one. Officers make more arrests as David Cameron

pledges whatever it takes to restore law and order. We will

track you down, we will find you, we will charge you, we will punish

you. You will pay for what you have done. Today as the House of Commons

we stand shoulder to shoulder, united against the vandalism and

violence we have seen on our streets.

New pictures emerge of rioters on the offensive. There's criticism of

the police tactics when the trouble started. A 12-year-old boy is

sentenced in Manchester, half of those appearing in the London

courts are under 18. Mugged by rye rioters pretending to help him, a

student from Malaysia speaks for the first time about his attackers.

I felt sorry for them, but it was really sad because amongst them

they were children. It was very sad. Also tonight: Dangerous times for

the global economy, the Chancellor says it's facing its toughest test

since the banking crisis three years ago. Why cigarettes pose more

of a health risk for women than for men.

And heading for the top of the world. England dominate India at

Edgbaston as they close in on the world number one ranking.

In sport: As the Premier League starts this weekend the opening

fixtures are largely untouched. The only match postponed is between

Spurs and Everton because of the Good evening and welcome to the BBC

News at Six. We're at Westminster, where MPs are sitting right now in

emergency session after the worst riots on England's streets for

decades. The Prime Minister blamed a culture that glorified violence,

and pledged to do whatever it takes to restore law and order. He had a

message for the rioters: You will pay for what you have done. Ed

Miliband said Labour stood shoulder to shoulder with the Government.

But there was criticism of the initial police response to the

violence. Tonight, we will have the latest on the riots, it's courts

and the victims. Our political editor Nick Robinson has our first

report on the day parliament was recalled.

A smash and grab raid in south London. Today, though, it was the

police doing it, with the cameras invited along to witness a suspect

being hauled in. They and their political Masters want the message

to go out that the streets of Britain are back under control.

the law-abiding people who play by the rules and are the overwhelming

majority in our country I say the fightback has begun. We will

protect you. If you have had your property damaged we will compensate

you. We are on your side. And to the lawless minority, the criminals

who have taken what they can get, I say this: We will track you down,

we will find you, we will charge you, we will punish you. You will

pay for what you have done. packed House of Commons spoke as

one during this special emergency session. Almost as if the country

was at war. Whatever we disagree on week by week month by month, today

as a House of Commons we stand shoulder to shoulder, united

against the vandalism and violence we have seen on our streets. There

can be no excuses. No justification. This behaviour has disgusted us all,

it cannot be allowed to stand. We will not allow it to stand.

bravery of individual police officers caught up in the violence

was praised on all sides but there was widespread criticism of their

bosses' decisions, tactics and the numbers on the street. What became

increasingly clear earlier this week was that there was simply far

too few police deployed on to our streets and the tactics they were

using weren't working. Police chiefs have been frank with me

about why this happened. Initially the police treated the situation

too much as a public order issue, rather than essentially one of

crime. The Prime Minister said that in future combating gangs would be

a national priority. Police powers to remove face masks will be

extended and discussions were under way to limit the use of the

internet and instant messaging to co-ordinate criminal conspiracies.

The week Britain would rather forget began in Tottenham on

Saturday. Today the MP for the area spelt out the anger of his

constituents. 45 people have lost their homes in Tottenham, burnt to

the ground, running out of their homes carrying their children in

their arms, and their cry is where were the police? In Croydon on

Monday they were asking the very same question. According to the

local MP, who said his constituency had become a war zone. I plead with

the Prime Minister on behalf of my constituents to think again about

police numbers, because the people of Croydon, the people of London

want more police in London and not fewer. Salford's MP said that on

Tuesday there were too few police and too many under orders not to

intervene. Will the Prime Minister give his full backing to the police

to intervene in these circumstances because it was the case that some

officers had instructions where they didn't have riot gear, where

they weren't trained that they had to stand by and watch what happened.

The effect on public confidence is devastating. The Prime Minister

said that 16,000 police officers would be kept on the streets of

London tonight and throughout the weekend. The problem he insists is

not future cuts, but present policies which keep officers stuck

in their offices. I can make this very clear pledge to the House, at

the end of this process of making sure our police budgets are

affordable we will still be able to surge as many police on to the

streets as we have in recent days in London, in Wolverhampton, in

Manchester. One by one officers are identifying those they believe

should be brought to justice. Today, politicians united to condemn this

week's violence. But they divided on the future of the police.

In the last hour police have arrested three more people in

connection with the deaths of three men killed while protecting

property in Birmingham during the riots. So far, 1,500 people have

been arrested across England. Half of those appearing in court in

London are under 18 and in Manchester a 12-year-old boy was

among those sentenced today. Our correspondent Chris Buckler is

there for us tonight. There is a genuine sense this

evening of Manchester returning to normal. It's not full of rioters as

it was on Tuesday but for some the true impact SOUND PROBLEMS. Those

who got caught up in the violence and now facing the courts.

Court and not even a teenager, we can't identify this boy because he

is only 12 years old, but today he was given a nine-month referral

order after he admitted looting in Manchester. And his parents are

being held responsible for the sins of their child. His mother

criticised by the magistrates. BLEEP. We are not BLEEP.

Nottingham an 11-year-old girl pleaded guilty to criminal damage.

She only left primary school last month and smirked as she was asked

to apologise. They're just two of the many people appearing in courts

after evenings spent stealing and vandalising in cities across

England. But some parents say they were powerless to stop it. I can't

tie him to a bed, I am not allowed to. I can't hit him, I am not

allowed to. I can't lock him in his room, I am not allowed to. CCTV

pictures have been used as evidence in many cases. This store's cameras

capturing the sheer numbers in this one robbery alone. The owners are

going to rebuild the business, but they say only seriously punishing

those responsible will stop it happening again. If you were here

at 10.00pm at night looting you weren't caught up in the moment,

you didn't happen to be in the city centre of Manchester, you made a

point of coming into town. You may have been caught up, sorry, you

came in. Here in Manchester City centre centre there are still many

windows boarded and property damaged, as for the police, here

and elsewhere they're still trying to identify all of those

responsible. Across England so far more than 1,500 people have been

arrested. Over 600 have already appeared before courts. There are

also warnings those convicted could lose their right to a council house.

We do have the power to evict people who are guilty of criminal

or anti- social behaviour within the city. The only question I am

asking... You are not asking another. At another house, another

upset family, a 17-year-old lives here, he is awaiting sentence after

admitting to looting. I don't like the riots, but that's nothing to do

with this coming here. Anthony Lloyd... Get yourself off this

bleeding property. He is a member of your family and he is in jail

for these riots. Listen... Don't worry about it. He who is without

sin cast the first stone so BLEEP off. The police insist there will

be other families, finding their loved ones going to prison. They're

still studying many faces of those thought to have been a part of this

trouble. Within the last hour Manchester magistrates court closed

but it's been busy all day and it was open last night. The Government

is determined to deal with what they've described as this culture

of fear and so are the police here. Of course, the shops, they're

determined as well to get back to normal. You will see they've taken

the boards down. They hope these riots have come to an end and that

the punishment dealt dealt out by the courts will be enough to deter

it from ever happening again. Thank you. Nick rob has joined me

now -- Nick Robinho has joined me - - Robinson has joined me today.

was bizarre in many ways, normally here in August there's scarcely a

politician here, let's be honest I am very rarely here in August. Yet,

it was a packed House of Commons. The Prime Minister took questions,

not for the usual hour, more than two and a half hours, it's the

longest Prime Ministerial statement that anybody can remember. There

was an atmosphere of unity about it. I said it felt like a war-time

statement and is it did. This was a statement made on the morning after

the conflict on Britain's streets appeared for now at least to have

halted. All sides were careful to pay tribute to the police and what

they've had to do but there was also criticism. It's becoming the

political battle ground. Once the unity has gone and peace has

returned to the streets this is what we will see in the months

ahead. On the one hand Labour, not just it's leader, but MPs said we

need more police, not fewer. David Cameron says look the problem is

not cuts in the future, it's present police policies of keeping

too many people behind the scenes. It's a row that will carry on and

will be awkward. The Government is desperate on a day day there was

also a statement by the Chancellor about the economy, not to reopen

any Whitehall budget because they say they haven't the cash to do it

but the pressure will be immense. It's coming privately from Tory MPs

as well as publicly from Labour. Just a brief last thought, Ed

Miliband called for an inquiry, the Prime Minister said he didn't want

one. The debate about the causes of this scarcely bebegan today, it

will soon. Thank you. Today senior MPs pledged to hold an inquiry into

what caused the riots when they return in the autumn. The violence

began after a peaceful protest about the shooting by police of a

man in Tottenham last Saturday. Our home editor Mark Easton has spent

the day in Tottenham to talk to locals about what they think lies

behind the riots. Where the madness began, Tottenham High Road trying

to make sense of what happened on Saturday, what was going through

the heads of those who burned and robbed their own community. Was it

grievance or greed? They're just showing the Government that they

took it too far now, that people are trying to stand up for

themselves. These lads dripping with designer status symbols show

the frustration of young men who feel excluded from the consumer

society they care so much about. Do you think anything happened on

Saturday night was justifiable, do you think any of the things were a

real protest against the system? Yeah. I think that was a real -

that was the best protest that happened. Ever happened. Ever.

protest ever. The copycat violence may have been no more than tunism

but in Tottenham there's a widespread view that while

unacceptable, the Prime Minister is wrong to say the unrest was gang-

related criminality pure and simple. I have heard a lot of people say

how can people destroy their own community, but I don't think some

of the people that have been doing the extreme violence feel part of

the community. I think that they have been disengaged from us for a

very long time. A jeweller whose business was trashed took issue

with that argument. I am not here to defend... Some people are trying

to say because youths are being checked by police they've been

searched by police, they have to be searched. This is what we are

trying to explore here. Putting masks on their faces. Two responses

of people I have met here, one is David Cameron is right, it is about

discipline, about personal responsibility, about parenting.

But the other is that there are underlining social and economic

factors which if unaddressed will make further unrest an

inevitability. Franklin Boateng is an entrepreneur and mentor in

Tottenham, furious of the effects the rioting will have. Most of the

people had these things already, the trainers and the nice �100

jeans, so... This isn't about deprivation or racism. It's not.

It's basically, sometimes it's about senseless violence.

OutWardley there is a determination to move on but privately this is a

community anxious that the root causes of Saturday night's insanity

won't be addressed by tough sound The other main news tonight: The

Chancellor, George Osborne, says the global financial situation is

at its most dangerous since the banking crisis three years ago. He

insists Britain is still a safe haven compared with other economies

around the world. He said Britain's recovery would be longer and harder

than hoped but said Britain's -- Britain must stick to the austerity

measures. These are extraordinary times in

the markets with the global shares plunged beginning last week. We are

interrupting our regular programme because the closing bell is just

ringing now. Fears of governments defaulting on debts and a possible

second recession have scared investors. Troubled waters for

every major economy but the Chancellor told MPs the UK was a

safe port in the storm. George Osborne acknowledged life would be

difficult for a while. A whole world recognises that the huge

overhang of debt means the recovery will take longer and be harder than

hope. Markets are waking up to this fact and this is what makes this

the most dangerous time for the global economy since 2008. He said

his deficit-cutting plan would secure the future. These bold steps

have made Britain the safe haven in the sovereign debt storm.

Labour through those words back at the Chancellor. Families and

businesses deeply worried about their jobs and mortgages will hear

the Chancellor's talk of safe havens and conclude he is either

deeply complacent or in complete denial at what is going on in our

country. Whatever is said over there in Parliament, the success of

the Chancellor's strategy will depend on what goes on a long way

from here out in the real economy. There has not been much economic

growth over the last nine months and he will need more of it if he

is going to pull in the tax revenues to help bring down the

deficit. Companies like this are still weaving their way through a

challenging economic landscape. It designs and markets home

furnishings. The boss is not convinced by the Chancellor's

recovery plan. There is no confidence are there. While we

accept they have to be austerity measures and cuts, you have also

got to encourage growth and at the moment, nothing the government is

doing is fuelling a growth. Chancellor says he is implementing

an ambitious growth strategy. Son says he needs to convince companies

he really means business. Our top story tonight: The Prime

Minister tells an emergency session of parliament that the police will

track down the rioters as he pledges to restore law and order.

Coming up: Mugged by rioters as he lay injured on the street, the

Malaysian student determined to stay in Britain despite his mum's

please. In the business on the News

Channel: Market's rise slightly but investors fear a fresh fall. Bit

silly promises tough measures to balance its budget. -- but Italy

If you are a woman and you smoke, your health is at greater risk than

a man's. Researchers examined more than 2 million people found smoking

increased a woman's chances of developing heart disease

significantly more. One explanation could be that women absorb more of

the toxic chemicals in cigarette than mended.

Smoking takes a terrible toll on women's health. We already know

female smokers have a bigger risk of lung cancer than men. It now

seems cigarettes do more harm to their hearts as well, more than

doubling their odds of having a heart attack. Chris Lynch had no

idea of her risk. She had a heart attack when she was 50. Doctors

said cigarettes were to blame. said pure and simple the reason we

had a heart attack was because you smoked. There is no other reason.

If you want to remain fit and healthy and hang around for another

30 years, don't smoke again, it is that simple. There is a long

segment of narrowing within the artery. This is a diseased heart.

At Hammersmith Hospital they see the impact smoking has on women

every day, more than doubling the risk of heart attack. It is one of

the biggest killers. It is not entirely clear why smoking affects

women more than men but it may be related to the fact that women are

more susceptible to the carcinogenic effect of smoking and

to the toxins associated with smoking. Cigarettes do serious harm

to the cardiovascular system. Tobacco damages the artery linings

and allows fatty material to build up. Carbon dioxide reduces the

amount of oxygen your body can carry and nicotine makes the heart

beat faster which raises blood pressure. A lot of cigarette

marketing targets women. These brands are specifically designed to

appeal to the female market. Rates of smoking are declining more

slowly among women than men. At this clinic in Leeds, they see

women every day struggling to kick the habit. Despite years of health

warnings, a lot of women still do not realise how susceptible they

are to the harm of cigarettes. Flooding has caused travelled

destruction across Scotland after unusually heavy rain. Roads have

been closed and trains cancelled in Glasgow during one of the wettest

24 hours since records began. Homes and properties have been largely

unaffected. There are 21 flood warnings in place from

Aberdeenshire to the Borders. In two days, Scotland has had two

thirds of its average August rainfall.

Cricket now and England are on course to claim the world number

one ranking. The home side are building a commanding lead against

India helped by Alastair Cook. Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson

reports from Birmingham. Sentry duty outside the cryptic --

cricket. Who now come possibly come to the assistance of India. India's

opening batsman rediscovered their form. Strauss and cook took their

partnership to 186. Strauss eventually seemed to confuse

himself, losing his wicket to Mishra for 87. Cook pressed on. Is

this a dive in the field or just a collapse? Four Mor said the score.

And then five words every Australian group took an oath over

the winter. Alastair Cook made 100. India did get rid of bell but that

bought in Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen went for 63 but Cook

reached 150, England's lead already looks decisive and there are three

days left in the test. How many more could England score? If the

skies stayed reasonably blue well the sky is the limit.

The Premier League kicks off this Saturday but one of the first

matches, Tottenham against Everton has been postponed because of this

weekend's riots. All games -- all other games will go ahead. David

Bond reports. The Return of the self proclaimed

most exciting league in the world should have been a high port in an

otherwise troubled English summer. Instead, the violence that flared

in Tottenham last weekend has had a knock-on effect on the national

game. Everton were due to play at White Hart Lane on Saturday, but

with the area around the ground still a crime scene, that game is

postponed. The head of the Premier League says the other nine matches

should go ahead. We won their matches on, not just for selfish

reasons but because we are part of the normal fabric of English life

and we want normality to resume to our streets and that includes

football. England's top players are often accused of setting the wrong

sort of example but some appealed for calm at the heart -- height of

the riot this week. Many, like the English captain came from am

privileged backgrounds. He might be rich now but he says it is

important that players do not forget their responsibilities.

have to get the message out. We asked for calm on the streets. They

know we have been in a similar position to where they are.

Football clubs now invest millions of pounds in community projects

like this one, run by Arsenal in Islington in north London. But can

multi- millionaire players, playing at clubs which have become

increasingly expensive to get into, really make a difference for kids

from deprived areas like these. They have got so much money and big

cars and big houses. They are having a nice life. Some people

don't even have a job or a car and they live on the streets. What did

you think about it when you're watching on television? I thought

two years ago, maybe but now, no. Superstars like Wayne Rooney have

helped turn the Premier League into the richest and biggest sporting

brand in the world. The last week has shown that even football cannot

forget its roots. We can go back now to the main

story of the day and the response from Westminster to the violence

that swept England this week. George Alagiah is there.

Welcome back to Westminster where MPs are sitting in an emergency

setting to discuss the rights. David Cameron said the whole

country had been shocked by this week's appalling scenes. Among them

was the sight of a helpless Malaysian student being marked by

rioters pretending to help him. Police have arrested a man in

connection with that attack and for the first time today, Ashraf Rossli

spoke about his attackers. So many people have been outraged

by this footage of Mohammed Ashraf being robbed by those pretending to

help him. Today he smoke -- spoke at the Malaysian High Commission.

They put some metal inside and it is hard to open my mouth because

there is metal inside. So far it is good. What does he think about

those who took advantage of him? feel sorry for them but it was

really sad because amongst them there were children. It was very

sad. Did that shock you? Yes. The boy was in primary school, I think.

It was quite shocking. He was surprisingly cheerful after an

experience condemned by David Cameron as disgusting. He has told

his mother he is staying here to finish his studies. I spoke to her

yesterday. She was really worried. She wants me to go back home but I

refused! Thank King well-wishers for their support, he says he

thinks Britain is great. Tonight, Scotland Yard says a 20-year-old

man has been arrested on suspicion of robbery.

Now time for the weather with Alex Sophie was mentioning the problems

caused in Scotland by the heavy rain. Five has had almost three

times what an average August would expect and Edinburgh has had a very

wet festival and we are only a third of the way through the month.

Their heavy rain has eased. It will be a damp and misty night. It will

be damp and drizzly for Wales, Scotland and south-west England. It

will turn cooler in north-east Scotland tonight where there will

be cooler skies. Elsewhere, things will brighten up across eastern and

central parts of England. In the West, the next band of rain starts

to arrive. The rain across the South West should be lighter but

nevertheless, it is looking like a dull and damp afternoon. The area

of rain will slowly work its way across Wales if -- for the course

of the afternoon. It might turn bright and dry in the afternoon in

Northern Ireland but overall, expect a wet Friday. It will turn

wet over western Scotland. As the rain moves east, it could cause

some problems. The ground will be saturated across South East

Scotland. Across much of eastern England it should be a dry and

bright day. Feeling humid in London. As for the weekend, sunshine and

scattered showers on Saturday. The possibility of heavy rain in the