30/04/2014 BBC News at Six

Taunted, bullied, even slapped, the BBC uncovers new evidence of cruelty

to some vulnerable people at a home for the elderly. Care workers taunt

a woman with dementia. Her daughter is distraught. I feel like I'd have

let everybody down that trusted me. I've begged and pleaded. I thought

to get the funding to get in there. We'll be looking at why 400 care

homes in England are still not meeting minimum standards. Also

tonight, one of Britain's best loved character actors, Bob Hoskins, has

died. New guidelines for the police in England and Wales after an

inquiry reveals a quarter of stop and searches may have been illegal.

More powers for local councils to stop new betting shops being opened

on their high streets. And will he be as happy tonight?

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea bid for a place in the Champions League final.

On BBC London: Disruption on day two of the strikes but London

Underground says it's operating services on all its lines.

And the mayor says David Cameron's promised to change the law on

strikes. Downing Street denies it.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. A care worker has been

sacked and seven more suspended after a BBC undercover investigation

at one of the largest care homes in England. Panorama filmed elderly

residents being mocked, bullied and in one case slapped. The Care

Quality Commission has started legal action in England against more than

1200 homes in England over the past three years because of serious

failings in care. More than 400 are still not meeting minimum standards

which adds up to more than 15,000 beds. Our Social Affairs

Correspondent Alison Holt has this exclusive report. From the beginning

there are scenes and language you may find distressing.

Where is the care here? This is how a care assistant responded to an

elderly gentleman when he called her a bitch after she watched him

without warning. And undercover filming at the Old Deanery

residential home near Braintree shows how another care worker's

handling of an elderly woman with dementia just escalate the

situation. Then she slapped her. The woman who has been slapped is Joan

Madison. She is partially paralysed. We showed the film to her daughter

with an expert in elderly care with her. I feel like I have let

everybody down that trusted me. I've begged and pleaded and I thought

like a tiger to get the funding to get in there. -- I thought. Until we

have every single care home and care setting working to the standard of a

zero tolerance of abuse, and that is what this is, we have two keep

saying that this is not acceptable. And undercover panorama reporter

working as a care assistant at the home did see good care and smart

facilities but also witnessed some residents treated roughly or waiting

too long for help. The Old Deanery residential homes says the woman who

slapped a resident has been dismissed and that it is shocked

about the allegations which involves a small number of staff. At another

care home, secret filming released by the family for the first time

shows the distress that poor care caused their late grandmother. She

called the nurse 321 times before anyone came. Unable to walk, she was

desperate for someone to help her to the toilet. And it was two and a

half hours for she was actually taken. I would go in and she would

start crying. She said she did not want to be there any more and they

knew that something was not right but I did not know exactly what

until I've put in the camera. Two care assistants were convicted of

common assault for their treatment. The home in Croydon described

Yvonne's care in December 2012 as totally unacceptable. It has since

increased training and staffing and now meets all essential standards.

At the Department of Health, the Care Minister says that whilst most

homes are good, they will get tough on those who do not measure up.

There is a stubborn minority of care providers who do not meet acceptable

standards. And those are the ones that we have to tackle. And we have

to send out the message that the should be no place in our care

services for providers of that sort. And with an ageing population, the

pressures on the care system will increase.

And Alison Holt is with me now. People will watch this and be

worried for their parents in homes like this. And this particular home

had been failed by the care watchdog a number of times but then it was

passed when Panorama was actually filming the abuse there?

Yes. I think it is a conjugated picture. Nobody wants your care and

the home has apologised unreservedly for what was picked up here. In the

end, we are talking about something that is quite difficult to get a

handle on. We are talking about quality of care that we will all

want for ourselves or the people we love. But we are an ageing

population and that will increase the pressures. One third of the

children born last year can expect to live to 100. And that hopefully,

will mean many more good years, but it will also mean years where there

is greater need. According to the health and social care information

centre, the average cost for an adult per week of residential care,

nursing care, or the equivalent at home, is ?602 a week. And that was

for the year 2012. I think that gives you a sense of a system that

will be under pressure in terms of numbers and funding and also

training of staff. This can be a challenge, and also a rewarding job.

Stories like this pose a question for us all. As a society, how much

they will do we have to make getting this right a priority? -- how much

of a will. You can see the full report in

Panorama. That's "Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed" tonight

at nine-o clock on BBC One, and on BBC Two for viewers in Wales.

The actor Bob Hoskins has died. He was 71 and had been suffering from

pneumonia. He was one of Britain's best loved character actors, earning

an Oscar nomination for his role in the movie Mona Lisa. Hoskins retired

from acting nearly two years ago after being diagnosed with

Parkinson's Disease. David Sillito looks back at his life.

Outside a church?! They are crucifying people outside a church

on Good Friday?! Eric has been blown up. When it came to playing villains

that you could not help but like, Bob Hoskins was your man. So what

was his secret. In The Long Good Friday, he said he had help from the

extras. Most of the gang in the film were real faces, and if I was doing

it wrong, they would, and whisper something. You wouldn't do that. It

isn't possible to explain. It is not the sort of thing you can put into

words. This breakthrough was the surreal TV drama, Pennies From

Heaven am in 1978. Yes, yes, my baby said yes, yes. I'm glad she said

yes, yes, instead of no, no. Before that, his biggest television role

was a public information series teaching adult literacy. I'm going

to feel right mug sitting amongst a bunch of strangers. He was dyslexic.

Born in Suffolk, grew up in London and less cool than 15. In his 20s,

he accompanied a friend to an audition. I was of the Unity Theatre

and a fellow said, you are next. Am I? I thought, all right, where are

we going? Before he knew it, he had done a reading and landed the lead.

He was a natural. I told you are his cheek! -- I told you I was cheap. In

Morley said he was a villain, playing opposite Cathy Tyson. He had

great charisma. I love the fact that he was an international presence. He

was known in America. He managed to crack it. Indeed. Although he said

he had a face like a squashed cabbage, Hollywood took to him and

peered him with a cartoon rabbit. I don't! I don't! I do! I do! He

retired in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

But what a career. He pretended it was luck but everyone knew from that

first reading that it was the Hoskins charisma.

Bob Hoskins, who has died at the age of 71.

Police are to face a stricter code of practice with officers warned

they will face disciplinary and if the overstep the mark. Theresa May

told the Commons that an enquiry had revealed that more than a quarter of

surveys last year may have been illegal. -- stop and search.

Each year, more than a third of the 1 million stop and searches in

England and to happen here on the streets of London. This suspected

gang and Burke is known to officers. Tonight, they think he has drugs.

But they find nothing. Like 90% of stops across the country, it ends

without arrest. He had nothing on him. He may have had time to throw

it down a bin or conceal it. If you are black, you are six times more

likely than a white person to be stopped and searched. Tonight,

according to the Home Office, which says that police stops will now be

given greater scrutiny. In south London, the police have stopped some

youths. And it has caused some commotion. Many people are unhappy.

Some people are interfering and saying that the police are stopping

people unnecessarily. Other members of the public are saying, allowed

them to get on with their job and let them do it. It can be seen as

aggressive on the surface. Some people might get cliched about it

but fundamentally, if they are doing nothing wrong, they will be let go.

The police are wearing video cameras. It helps them to gather

evidence but it also records their own actions. They credit the cameras

and eight more targeted approach to stop and search, with a drop

complaints. We are discussing the stop and search. At this radio

station, run by young South Londoners, they believe that far too

frequently police have no grounds for stopping and searching them. One

stood in front of me and one beside me. I felt caged in. That must have

been intimidating. It was. It was a waste of time. Stop and search

frequently is resented and it remains a vital tool. But the ends

have to justify the means. Too often at present, they do not.

Police have been given extra time to question a 15-year-old school boy

about the fatal stabbing of a teacher in Leeds. Ann Maguire, who

was 61 and due to retire in September, had served 40 years on

the staff at Corpus Christi Catholic College. Danny Savage is in Leeds.

You've been speaking to the mother of one of the pupils who was in the

classroom when Mrs Maguire was stabbed. Yes. This might be the

public face of what is happening in Leeds, but behind lots of closed

doors across East Leeds, there are lots of traumatised children who

witnessed what happened. I was talking to a mother today whose

daughter was standing right next to Ann Maguire when she was stabbed.

The mother herself had been taught by Ann Maguire when she was at

school. Both were deeply upset. As if to illustrate the detail of the

enquiry, that child's clothes had been taken away for forensic tests

because she was so close to the scene of the killing. This evening,

the counsellor started -- the council have started to cover up the

floral tributes because it is due to rain and they do not want the

messages spoiled. One of development, the Pope has sent a

personal message to the staff and pupils expressing his sincere

sympathy and his spiritual closeness and saying that he is seeing special

prayers for Ann Maguire. That will mean a lot to this community and

Catholics across Britain. Our top story this evening: A BBC

investigation reveals abuse and cruelty at one of England's largest

homes for the elderly. And coming up, I will be live here

at Stamford Bridge where Jose Mourinho's Chelsea know that if they

can beat Atletico Madrid tonight they will be back in the Champions

League final. Later on BBC London, a step closer

to the so-called Robin Hood tax that some say could hurt London's

financial services. And how health campaigners are hoping to push their

agenda while winning seats in the European elections.

What should Britain's relationship with Europe be? In just over three

weeks' time voters will give their verdict when they head to the polls

to vote in the elections for the European Parliament. Our Political

Editor, Nick Robinson, has taken his ballot box on the cross-Channel

ferry to ask voters whether Britain should be in or out of Europe.

After Britain votes in three weeks' time, will the English Channel feel

just a little bit wider? Will the distance between Britain and Europe

have grown? I'd brought my ballot box onto a cross-channel ferry to

explore the issue the European elections are meant to be about.

Europe itself. Today's question, have you had enough of the EU? That

was pretty clear. I think it is time we pulled out of Brussels. Give the

power back to the British people. Naked Great Britain again. The men

who earn their living driving trucks across borders are no cheerleaders

for the EU. I've been coming abroad for 41 years. I've seen my job

disappear. Our country is flooded with foreign trucks. My job is

finished. In ten years, you will be speaking to a Polish driver. I will

vote for UKIP Hyundai have never voted for that kind of people. I

will vote for them as they are the only people who look as though they

might do something. Have you a second? You are from Bulgaria,

sorry. For years, the European elections have done little to change

the direction of the country, but perhaps this time will be different.

Some on both sides sense that this vote really matters. I do not want

us to be little Englanders. I am worried about the way the rest of

the world perceives us and they think that jobs will suffer if we

come out of Europe. I will E about my grandchildren. With Nigel Farage

and control. Nick Clegg has made a big thing about being the voice of

Ian. Does that make you more likely to vote for him? Yes. The choice

between parties is not simply between being in the war out of

Europe. The Tories say that it is time for a referendum. Although not

yet. First, must come reform. Cabaye get you to vote? Can I go in the

middle and say no to yes and not know until we have this

renegotiated. Who will do that? Cameron. Plenty of people will line

up to say that they are set up with Europe, but opinion polls show

something interesting happening. Once people focus on the possibility

of Britain actually leaving the EU, the vote gets a whole lot closer.

Voting to say you have had enough of the EU is one thing but a real vote

to leave the use would be quite another. So the question at these

elections is whether the electorate are using them some plea to send a

message, or whether this is the first stage of a big decision about

Britain's future. Not all will be stirred by the prospect of this

election. Others will vote on their gut alone. I think we would be

better as an independent country. Why might hold for Labour. They are

in favour of staying in Europe. There is an old politicians saying

about the electorate. They are never ever wrong.

The leader of UKIP, the party of course that wants to take Britain

out of Europe, has said he won't stand in a forthcoming by-election

in the East Midlands. Nigel Farage says he wants to concentrate on the

European election campaign. And a poll suggests UKIP is ahead of the

other main parties when it comes to the European elections. Our deputy

political editor James Landale has been talking to Nigel Farage in

Swansea. What did he have to say? UKIP is desperate to get its first

seat in parliament and new work would seem an obvious candidate.

UKIP as political momentum. But it has an enormous conservative

majority and today, Nigel Farage decided he could not risk it. He

explained to me why. I don't come from here. I do not want to be

parachuted in to a constituency I have only visited once. I have no

connections, family or business. Also, we have three weeks until the

European elections. I want a debate about EU membership, the lack of a

referendum, about open door migration. If I had said yes, it

would be all anyone was talking about for the next three weeks. It

would have been a massive distraction about something I have

been getting ready for for the last three years. To Nigel Farage it

makes political and strategic sense but to his opponents, it is an

opportunity. They say this shows that UKIP has limits and there are

parts of the country Nigel Farage can't reach. They also think it has

given them something to stick with. They have been queueing up to accuse

him of being a -- someone who lacks the courage of his convictions. And

opinion poll came out today suggesting that UKIP has an

extraordinary 11 point lead over its nearest rival, Labour, in the

European elections. Even if Nigel Farage is sceptical of polls, it

shows the criticism made against UKIP and its policies and its

extreme views has yet to have an impact on the opinion polls.

And the English Democrats have launched their EU Parliamentary

Election Campaign with a pledge to promote English identity. The party,

which campaigns for an English Parliament, is fielding candidates

under the slogan "Let the English revolt begin".

Local councils are to be given the power to stop new betting shops

being opened in their area. And there'll be new restrictions on

fixed odds betting machines, where you can bet up to as much as ?100

every 20 seconds. This report contains flash photography. They are

everywhere, bookies shops pulling in punters in their thousands across

the High Street and Jopling of Britain.

If you like to gamble it is never afford to go. It is not just the

number of betting shops but what is happening inside. Today's modern

technology and conductivity means it is possible to win, but also to lose

money, faster than ever before. Fix odds betting terminals, a

high-stakes option with a jackpot of ?500 and you can bet every 20

seconds. For Andy it was the road to ruin. The roulette machines, as we

call them, too cold of my and destroyed my life. You are not

gambling with money any more. You are gambling with life, you are

gambling with people you love, with friends, with family. I lost it all

last year. The new rules mean a ?50 limit on these terminals until the

bookies offer tighter protection for punters. It makes us like policemen

at the end of the day. If they do want to continue at the end of the

day they can move to another machine or buggies. Other changes give new

powers to councils in England to refuse planning permission for new

batting shops. We welcome the changes. You will be able to look at

a cluster of betting shops around an application to see if you think

there is enough in the area. News welcomed by some but with a warning

from the gambling industry that business will suffer and thousands

of jobs will be at risk. Football now and it's a big night

for Chelsea - they're taking on Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge

for a place in the Champions League final. Dan Roan is there.

He may stand on the brink of footballing history by Jose Mourniho

faces more criticism than ever. The Chelsea manager knows that if his

side wins tonight he will become the first manager ever to win the

European Cup with three different clubs. But the reality is that the

pressure is very much on and he faces criticism for parking in the

bus, football parlance for playing too defensively. Do the ends justify

the means? What a result for Jose Mourniho! It was the latest Jose

Mourniho last class. His win over Liverpool at the weekend blew the

title race wide open but instead of praise, this, criticism that the

tactics were cynical and negative. For those who say the teams win

ugly, Jose Mourniho has his own thoughts. Football is full of

philosophers. It is full of people that understand much more than my.

You have to try to play according to the qualities of your players and

opponents. It is not just his tactics, but his talk that has

gotten into trouble this season. Referees and fellow managers, the

subject of his spin and sarcasm. If they beat Atletico at Stamford

Bridge tonight they will come up against Real Madrid in the Champions

League final. His former club showed how games can be won last need by

demolishing Bayern Munich 4-0 away. Chelsea say it is the winning that

counts. London is the only team to win the European cup, it is

jealousy. If they can win and make it entertaining that is fabulous,

but I would take the win. Chelsea's Blake may not please the purists but

their fans do not care how often the boss gets parked as long as it ends

in success. More details have emerged about the stabbing of a

teacher in Leeds. Let's go straight to Danny Savage.

Within the last few minutes the Crown Prosecution Service here in

west Yorkshire have announced that a 15-year-old youth detained on Monday

shortly after Ann Maguire was stabbed has been charged with

murder. He will appear before the youth court here in Leeds tomorrow

morning before the Crown Court on Friday, so that is a 15-year-old has

been charged with the murder of Ann Maguire. He will appear in court

tomorrow. Time for a look at the weather.

A lot of contrast across the UK today. Rain coming from the West but

ahead of that, sunshine at 20 degrees in the London area. Contrast

that with six degrees in Scotland. In between, thunderstorms across

northern England. They are moving northwards and eastwards. Rain and

hill snow over Scotland overnight. Showers coming in from the West.

Easter areas drier than elsewhere. Lots of cloud around overnight with

mist and fog as well. Scotland still pretty wet and windy in the morning

along the eastern side. Not very inspiring at the start of the day.

Rain getting across towards Glasgow. 10 degrees in Belfast but a

bit of cloud and rain in the morning. The north-east of England

will start cloudy, wet and windy and not a great deal of change in the

afternoon. East Anglia and the south-east, a lot of cloud, early

showers, but the main focus for the showers is in the south and west. It

will be quite wet and the showers could turn heavier into the

afternoon with hail or thunder. Sunshine is likely between the

showers. A different day in northern England, several degrees cooler than

today. Some sunshine in the far north of Scotland. The brighter

weather will move south towards the end of the week but it comes with

cooler air. A different feel on Friday. We will notice the drop in

the temperatures, a breeze as well. It will be a nice day with decent

sunshine. Then it turns quite cold on Friday night. We are expecting

frost across most part of the UK. That is how we see it into the buy

quality weekend. Called by date but good-looking days. There will be

reined in the far north west of Scotland on Sunday. -- there will be

rain. A reminder of our main