29/02/2016 BBC News at Six

Europe's migrant crisis turns violent - security forces resort

Hundreds of refugees are tear-gassed as they crash through the Greek

They don't open the borders, Macedonia, don't open the borders

and the people are coming more and more.

And in Calais, more clashes as the authorities try to clear

parts of the refugee camp known as the jungle.

We'll be asking what these flash points mean for

Nicola Sturgeon makes the case for staying in the EU.

She's calling for a positive campaign.

How NHS recruiters from England go as far away as Philippines

20 years after his first nomination Leo finally gets his Oscar.

England full-back Mike Brown escapes a citing for the incident that

leaves Ireland's Conor Murray needing stitches at Twickenham.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Whether it's in France or Greece, Europe's migrant crisis

appears to be entering a new - and more violent - phase.

Police have fired tear gas at hundreds of migrants and refugees

trying to crash through the Greek border into Macedonia.

Around 7,000 people are stuck in the Greek town of Idomeni

They're trying to head north but Macedonia is now only accepting

small numbers of people into its territory.

This is how it looks on Greece's border with Macedonia.

After a night out in the open, children join a long line

with their parents, waiting for food.

At the end of the line they get a bag of bread to last the day.

Babies bottles are held up, hoping to be filled.

Macedonia only allows a handful to cross the border every day,

so the numbers keep building.

You have to wait for a long time for food, toilets,

Hundreds of them have decided to force open the gate.

This is the result of the tension that has been

As they push at the border, the crush begins

This is how it looked on the Macedonian side

Suddenly, the border is breached, triggering panic among the police.

A guard fires tear gas directly at the migrants.

On the other side of the fence, the man in the blue jacket is hit

Cue panic, as tear gas explodes all around them.

Men, women, and children, run for safety.

A boy staggers from the crush, retching from the gas.

Others are too dazed to stand, their eyes and lungs burning.

Today, on a European border, children were tear-gassed.

It is quite a while since the tear gas was fired but you can

still smell it and taste it in the air as well.

As this stand-off continues, with several hundred

people still here at the border gate.

The violence will continue as well if the numbers here keep

growing and people keep getting frustrated.

Those who have worked here for months say it has never

They are worried the border will not open at all.

They saw how quickly restrictions were implemented for the Afghanis.

There is a real sense among Syrians and Iraqis that at any time it

Late this afternoon, where tear-gassed wafted earlier,

There is growing desperation on this European frontier.

And it's not just in Greece that the pressures of the migrant

Clashes have broken out in the French port of Calais

where demolition teams are trying to clear parts of the migrant camp,

The authorities are trying to move people to converted

they came in at breakfast time. A soft invasion of the state into the

lives of the state this. One by one migrants still clinging to the

southern part of the camp told they had an hour to pack their things and

leave. Some heeded the warning, heading north into the jungle's new

safe son. Right now your houses take a fire. A fire at one of the empty

shelters set right to police against those who had chosen not to leave.

Among them, activists, who have been urging residents here to resist.

What was meant to be a gentle eviction through encouragement and

information became a blunt exchange of tear Gas and rocks held at

police. Just a few hours in and already the plan for eviction by

consent has run into trouble. The problem here is who the police are

fighting, the migrants themselves, or the activists, who say they are

defending them put up by dusk, the battle was under way again, a second

fire in a place someone yesterday called home. Water brought in this

time, not for the fire this time, but the arsonists, and anyone else

standing nearby. TRANSLATION: A borderless activist

set fire to tents. It is not acceptable. It is normal we have to

react to restore order. 18 months ago, migrants were moved here from

that old, makeshift camps around Calais. Now the ring around this one

is being pulled tighter as pressure on the Government grows. Many have

spent years moving from place to place in a bid to reach England.

That will not change, they say, just because, one more time, we have to

go. Let's go back to Danny on the

Greece-Macedonia border. These flash points, more pressure on Europe's

politicians. Yes, George. Up until Christmas, or before Christmas, it

seemed there really was a United plan to deal with the migrant

crisis. Now it seems it is every country for its self. The disunity

that is causing is what we are seeing here today. Up through the

Balkans and up to the English channel. With the weather getting

better, spring is coming, that means more people will be making this

journey. Angela Merkel, the journal Chancellor, has said in the last

24-hour is, that Greece here must receive help. It needs help and must

get it. They have not spent all that time and money keeping Greece in the

EU for it all to go wrong now. The politicians need to have discussions

to try to sort something out. For here, it will not come soon enough

for Zabaleta latest on the tear gassing, nine children were treated

for the effects of tear gas thing. Four of them were under the age of

five. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first

minister, has called for a positive campaign to persuade

voters to stay in the EU. At a speech in London,

she warned David Cameron not Downing Street rejected her

suggestions, saying the prime minister was committed to setting

out a "factual" case. Our Scotland Editor

Sarah Smith was there. Nicola Sturgeon has moved

off her home turf today to tell a wider audience why

they should vote to I believe passionately

that the EU is Making a speech here in London,

Nicola Sturgeon is declaring she intends to campaign

across the whole of the UK for a vote to remain

and she is here to tell other Warning David Cameron he could lose

the referendum if he doesn't make The risk to be in campaign is,

if it is a negative, miserable, scaremongering campaign,

then they will turn people off. That is the last thing

that is needed, given how narrowly balanced the opinion polls look

to be across the UK. Is that what you have heard so far,

a negative, scaremongering campaign, Many of the arguments we are hearing

so far are reminiscent of the arguments put

forward by the No What happened in the Scottish

referendum was that kind of negative campaign saw the No campaign

squander a 20-point lead over David Cameron could

say his tactics won the referendum and

Scotland voted no. His campaign does not

have a 20-point lead to squander. For once, the Prime

Minister and Nicola He clearly hasn't had the memo

about positive campaigning, warning today of up to a decade

of uncertainty if the UK What happens for the seven,

eight, nine years while we wait to put these

arrangements in place? What happens to

people's livelihoods? What happens to businesses

thinking about whether to invest here in Britain

or go somewhere else? Boris Johnson was touring

a bus factory in Northern He claims the remain campaign

is trying to frighten voters with scare stories,

Project Fear, in other words. It is time to show the positive side

of what Britain can do. We lead the world in all sorts

of sectors that nobody Now is the opportunity

to get rid of so much of the bureaucracy

and overregulations Nicola Sturgeon says she doesn't

want to scare people It will be more effective

to inspire them to do so. She is hoping to encourage

David Cameron to try to do the same. Changes in the way we shop

and new employment laws could lead to almost a million fewer people

working in the retail sector over That's the stark warning

from the British retail consortium which says hundreds of businesses

could disappear Our Economics Editor,

Kamal Ahmed has more. Britain has been accused of being a

nation of shopkeepers, as well as a nation of shoppers. 3 million people

have jobs in the retail sector, the largest private employer in the

country. One out of every ten of us works in retail. It is a sector is

vital to the economy, a sector under pressure. This shop in Coventry is

that the sharp end, the place is feeling the retail squeeze. Online

is getting bigger, discounters are getting bigger. Consumers want more

for their pound. Where can you make the cuts? The only way we can do

that is by reducing staff hours. More change is coming. Today, Amazon

sealed the deal with Morrisons to deliver their food. Competition is

getting tougher. The number of jobs in the retail sector could fall by a

third. 900,000 jobs in less than a decade. Of the 270,000 shops in the

UK today, the report claims up to 74,000 could shut. The British

Retail Consortium estimates the cost of the new national living wage to

the industry up to ?3 billion a year. I met when Britain's leading

retailers and asked him if people understood the shocks ahead.

Apparently there is a complacency around where somehow people are not

realising just how significantly the workplaces ring -- the workplace is

changing and is set to change. That is dangerous. Oxford Street, one of

the busiest shopping street in the world. Not too much evidence here of

the crisis facing the retail sector. But, in other parts of Britain, less

affluent parts of Britain, there is an issue. Rising costs, falling

prices and reduced profits are a toxic mix. What is striking about

this report is how the industry is responding. By increasing the number

of people on Bury low pay. I do believe retail has a problem with

Lope. It has been evidence -based it is part of low pay in the sector.

The changing world of retail could mean better prices for customers.

Brutal competition has its advantageous. It could mean higher

pay for those left in the industry and higher productivity. For

hundreds and thousands of shop workers who could lose their jobs,

Our top story this evening: this is a time for concern.

Violent clashes between border police and refugees as Europe's

And still to come: It's not real but it could be -

how rescue teams prepare for a major disaster.

Arbeloa for a Premier League title seekers Leicester City as their key

midfielder Kante is ruled out of the next two games with the next two

games with a hamstring injury. A shortage of doctors and nurses

in the UK means that more than two thirds of trusts and health boards

are actively trying to recruit Figures obtained by the BBC show

that there are more than 23,000 nursing vacancies in England,

Wales and Northern Ireland - There are also 6,000 doctor

vacancies - 7% of the workforce. Our health correspondent

Dominic Hughes has joined one recruitment team

in the Philippines capital, Manila. A city more than six and a half

thousand miles from the UK. And yet almost every week NHS trusts

fly halfway around the world Their mission, to find some

desperately needed nurses. One trust from rural Lincolnshire

allowed us to follow the recruitment process, with Pauline

leading the team. Today we are looking

for something like 46. You have to get a good feel for,

have they got the right skills and values and give them

a chance to get comfortable Around 200 candidates are put

through a gruelling series of tests Well the United Lincolnshire Trust

is 200 nurses short and that contributes to a staggering bill

of two and a half million pounds The charity ward of

Manila's biggest hospital. One of the senior nurses here says

this is a typically intense training ground for those trying

to land jobs in the UK. Handling 25 patients per shift,

basically hones more of the skills. Unlike the NHS the Philippines has

a glut of qualified nurses - each year as many as

100,000 are trained. But the country can offer a less

than 40,000 nursing jobs. The reason so many Filipino nurses

are willing to swap the vibrant and chaotic streets of Manila

for Lincolnshire is poverty. And nurse here may expect to earn

around ?135 a month. By getting a job in the UK

with the NHS they can increase their salary

by ten times at a stroke. One nurse heading to Lincolnshire

is 26 year old Rose. The job she has been offered

will change her life and that For Rose, Lincolnshire

is a long way from home. I will be leaving my family

here and living there on my own but it is

all right with me. Because I really want to help them,

I really want to earn money just to help them and give

them better life. Did you know anything

about Lincolnshire before No, actually I don't have

any idea where it is! We are absolutely delighted

to offer 131 of you a job Rose and more than 100 others

offered jobs still have to pass tough language and professional

exams, and get a visa before they can take up

their jobs in the UK. But the recruitment process

is also about saving money. Once they work in practice for three

months unsupervised, becoming independent practitioners,

they will have paid for themselves. While the NHS struggles to train

and recruit staff at home, for these Filipino nurses a new life

in Lincolnshire awaits. Dominic Hughes, BBC News,

Manila. 14 men have been convicted

of plotting to steal rhino horn and Chinese artefacts -

worth up to ?57 million - in a series of raids

on museums and auction houses. CCTV showed the gang at work in

Durham. The biggest raid was

on the Fitzwilliam Museum Sian Lloyd is outside

Birmingham Crown Court. This was an elaborate and audacious

plot to steel Chinese artefacts from museums across the country. The men

who have been on trial here at Birmingham Crown Court have been

described as the gang leaders but there were a number of criminal

groups involved who are using Smashing grabbed techniques to

target these priceless Chinese items. In April 2012 they targeted

the Oriental Museum in Durham where they made off with a jade figurine

and they were legal find discarded on waste land nearby. Then they

targeted the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and made off with 18 jade

items which have never been found. They were stopped by the public from

leaving and Museum in Norwich carrying a rhinoceros head. 25

people were arrested at addresses in England and Northern Ireland and

tonight a senior officer said the value of these raids blew the Hatton

Garden breaking out of the water. The men will be sentenced in April.

Imagine a major disaster - it involves hundreds of emergency

services staff, huge teams of forensic specialists,

Thankfully it's only a training exercise, the biggest

And it's happening, amongst other places,

Deep below ground, firefighters and paramedics struggle in darkness

and confusion with badly injured survivors of a major disaster.

Eight tube carriages have been piled up amid tonnes of rubble to simulate

a building collapse on a major underground station.

Hundreds of volunteers have been recruited to play casualties.

The carriage is tilting at a crazy angle, there is a huge block

of concrete here which has come crashing through the window,

it is full of badly injured people, disorientated, in pain.

Now the first police officers and fire crews are appearing

on the platform and people in here are banging

Mercifully disasters like this are rare.

The exercise director was an incident commander

at King's Cross on the day of the 7/7 bombings in 2005.

That was a very significant day in London, a tragic day.

You can hear behind me the confusion.

The purpose for the emergency services is to get beyond that,

to understand the situation, to rescue people, prioritise those

who are most seriously injured and clear the scene.

Today is a chance to practice routines emergency services

across Britain hope they will never have to use for real.

Nick Higham, BBC News, Dartford in Kent.

Plans for further devolution to the Welsh Assembly have been put

on hold, after a group of MPs said that the draft legislation

was confusing, and would leave Welsh ministers with fewer powers.

Hywel Griffith is at the National Assembly

What is the reaction to this? A lot of people have been looking at this

issue, being concerned about the potential problems the deal on the

table would offer. This is a row over who controls what and what the

legal lines are between Westminster and Wales. The deal on the table was

roundly criticised because potentially it could take away more

powers than it gave to the National Assembly and undermine landmark

decisions like the changes we have had here over organ donation. Given

the concern from assembly members including conservatives and MPs, it

was inevitable that today's decision to stop and listen again would come

from the UK Government. Potentially embarrassing for them, they say they

have listened and learned but what will come at the end of this?

Eventually when we get a new Welsh bill it will bring new powers on

important decisions which affect people's lives, things like speed

limits, the voting age, potentially income tax raising powers for the

Welsh government. But that can only follow once the legal lines are nice

and clear. We don't expect a new version until after the elections in

May here in Wales. This year's Oscars ceremony

was as glittering as ever - but unlike any in living memory

it was dominated by protests over the lack of black

and ethnic nominees. Last night the comedian Chris Rock -

who was hosting the event - As for the awards -

Leonardo DiCaprio was finally named Best Actor, Spotlight was voted Best

Film. Lizo Mzimba is in LA

for us this evening. Yes, most of the attention is

usually focused on the winner of the best prize, best picture which went

to Spotlight but what people are talking about is that throughout the

evening the spotlight was on more than just the movies, some of

entertainment 's biggest names used the night to highlight a range of

heavyweight subjects. Serious issues being

talked about as much Well, I'm here at

the Academy Awards. Otherwise known as the White

People's Choice Awards! You realise if they nominated hosts,

I wouldn't even get this job! A barbed attack from host

Chris Rock was inevitable, as was the winner of Best Actor,

Leonardo DiCaprio. I thank you all for this

amazing award tonight. The film's director,

Alejandro Inarritu, also won and continued the theme

of substantial subjects Make sure, for once and forever,

that the colour of our skin becomes as irrelevant as the

length of our hair. To the surprise of a few,

Best Film was won by... The Academy honouring the story

of the Boston Globe's uncovering Brie Larson was named

Best Actress for her performance in the heavyweight

abduction drama Room. Thank you to the fans,

thank you to the moviegoers, thank you for going to the theatre

and seeing our film. British successes

included Mark Rylance. The actor, who made his name

on the stage, has now added a Best Supporting Actor Oscar

for Bridge of Spies to his Olivier As an actor, to win an Academy Award

is something very unusual, And multiple Brit and Grammy award

winner Sam Smith now has a Best Song Oscar too for his Bond

theme, Writing's on the Wall. I stand here tonight as a proud gay

man and I hope we can all stand While Lady Gaga spoke out musically

against sexual abuse, at an Oscars where so many took

the opportunity to make a statement to a global audience

in the tens of millions. Plenty of sparkle today in the

weather story, not engagement diamonds on this leap year Day but a

hard frost, we saw temperatures down to -5, beautiful blue sky and

sunshine, what a difference a Day mate, tomorrow more cloud and some

places could be a taken 10 degrees upon what we had today. A weather

front moving in from the Atlantic and ahead of it we could have I seen

this and went heavy showers on higher ground but that will quickly

turn to rain. It is all change for tomorrow morning, wet and windy

start across the South West, some of the rain quite heading. Light and

patchy through central and eastern areas but what a difference to this

morning. Lots of cloud and outbreaks of rain. Some quite heavy through

Wales and north-west England. Northern Ireland and Scotland and

overcast start, there will be some showers and that the mill continue

into the afternoon. Showers into the North West, rain sinking south and

east through the afternoon. Gradual improvement perhaps for England and

Wales. Cloudy skies but a milder feel into the afternoon, something

we have not seen of late, temperatures at highs of 10-12d. To

the far north it stays cooler and the wind will gather and strengthen

again through the night, showers turning increasingly went array

overnight, Tuesday into Wednesday. Colder again on Wednesday with frost

and snow showers. This band of showers moves its way out of

Northern Ireland, Northern England, gradually pushing south and east,

temperatures 5-8d. That chilly wind will be an issue throughout the

remainder of the week, showers turning increasingly wintry.

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