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

Macedonia don't open the borders, and the people are coming

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 flashpoints mean for

Nicola Sturgeon makes the case for staying in the EU.

She's calling for a positive campaign.

Our hospitals needs you - how NHS recruiters from England go

as far away as Philippines in their search for nurses.

Twenty years after his first nomination, Leo finally

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

leaves England'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,

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

Babyies bottles are held up, hoping to be filled.

to cross the border every day, so the numbers keep

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, reching from the gas.

Others are too gazed 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 as 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 sense among the Syrians and Iraqis that at any time, it

could give them. Late in the afternoon, families set up camp.

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 stateless. One by one, migrants still clinging to the

Southern part of the camp were told they had one hour to pack their

things and leave. Some heeded the warning, heading North into the

jungle's new safe zone. Right now, we are houseless. They are on fire.

They set fire to our house. A fire at one of the empty shelters

separate 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 view ours in and already, the plan for eviction by

consent has run into trouble. The question here is who the police of

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

defending them? By dusk, the battle was under way again, a second fire

and the place -- at the place somebody yesterday called home. The

water cannon brought in this time not for the fire but for the

arsonists and anyone else still standing nearby. The borders

activists set fire to the Thames, throw stones at police, that is not

acceptable and it is normal that we have to react to restore order. 18

months ago, migrants were moved here from the old makeshift camps around

Calais. Now the ring around this one is being pulled tighter as pressure

on the government grows. But many people here have spent years moving

from place to place, in a bid to reach England, and that will not

change, they say, just because one more time we have to go.

Danny is on the Greek Macedonia border, these flash points you have

been reporting, walk pressure on Europe's politicians. Yes, up until

Christmas before Christmas, it seemed there was a United plan to

deal with this migrant crisis. But now it seems it is every country for

itself and the lack of unity is what we have seen today from here in

Greece through the Balkans and up to the English Channel. And with the

weather getting better, spring is arriving, that means more people

will be making this journey will stop German Chancellor Angela Merkel

has said in the last 24 hours that Greece here must receive help. It

needs help and it must get it. They have not spent that time and money

keeping Greece in the EU for it to go wrong now. The politicians needed

to have discussions to sort something out. For the people here,

it will not arrive soon enough. The latest on the tear gas incident, I

have spoken to doctors, nine children were treated for the

effects of tear gas here, four under the age of five.

Thank you very much. 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 stay in the European Union. I believe passionately that the EU

is a force for good in our world. 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 the 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 campaign in 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 His campaign does not

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

and Nicola Sturgeon 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 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 Ireland today. 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 dreamt Now is the opportunity to get rid

of so much of the bureaucracy and overregulation that's

coming from Brussels. 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 from our High 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 those works in retail, it is a

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

commentary is at the shop and, a place of peeling the retail squeeze.

-- Coventry. Online is getting bigger, discounters, consumers want

more for the pound. So where can we make those cuts? The only way is by

reducing staff hours. What change is coming. Today, online giant 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

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

in the UK today, the report claims up to 74,000 could close. The

British Retail Consortium estimates the cost of the new National living

ways to the industry of up to ?3 billion a year. I met one of

Britain's leading retailers and asked him if people understood the

possible shocks ahead. Currently, there is a sort of complacency

around were somehow people are not realising just how significantly

workplace is changing and is set to change. And I think that is

dangerous, in fact. Oxford Street, one of the busiest shopping streets

in the world, not too much evidence here of the crisis facing the retail

sector. But in other parts of Britain, Mass 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

very low pay. I do believe retail has a problem with low pay, it has

been evidence paced that it is part of the low-paying sectors and that

is the very reason we have been campaigning for quality jobs at

appropriate world -- rate of pay. The changing world of retail could

mean changing prices for customers. It could mean higher pay for those

left in the industry and higher productivity. But for hundreds of

thousands of shop workers who could lose their jobs, this is a time for

concern. Violent clashes between border

police and refugees, as Europe's migrant

crisis turns nasty. And still to come: It's not

real, but it could be. How rescue teams prepare

for a major disaster. And in the sport, a blow for Premier

league title seekers Leicester City, as their key midfielder is ruled out

of 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 to get here.

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 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 spent each month on agency staff.

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 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.

A 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

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.

Fourteen 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.

CT TV showed a gang at work in Durham. -- CCTV.

The biggest raid was on the Fitzwilliam Museum

Sian Llloyd is outside Birmingham Crown Court.

What more can you tell us? Well, this was an elaborate and audacious

plot to steal a Chinese artefacts from museums across the country. The

men who have been on trial at Birmingham Crown Court had been

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

groups involved using a smash and grab techniques to target these

priceless Chinese items. In April 2012, they targeted the Oriental

Museum in Durham, making off with a Jade figurine. They were found

discarded on wasteland nearby. Then they targeted the Fitzwilliam Museum

in Cambridge, making off with 18 Jade items that have never been

found. They were stopped by the public leaving a museum in Norwich

carrying a rhinoceros head. 25 people were arrested at addresses in

England and Northern Ireland and the night, a serious officer -- senior

officer said the value of the raids blew the Hatton Garden break-in out

of the water. The men will be sentenced in April. Thank you very

much. It involves hundreds

of emergency services staff, huge teams of forensic specialists,

and countless civilian casualties. Thankfully, it's only

a training exercise, And it's happening, amongst other

places, at a disused 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 practise

routines emergency services across Britain hope they will never

have to use for real. Nick Higham, BBC News,

Dartford in Kent. A group of MPs have said the Welsh

draft legislation is confusing and would leave Welsh ministers with

less powers. Our reporter is that the National Assembly in Cardiff.

What is the reaction to this? Well, a lot of people have been looking at

this issue and concern is that about the deal on the table and the

problems. This is a row over who controls what and the legal lines

between Westminster and Wales. The deal goes on the table, the draft

version was roundly criticised because it could potentially take

away more powers than it gives to the National Assembly and

potentially undermine landmark decisions like the changes here

overall beam donation. Potentially offering an English veto on that

type of decision. Given the concern from Assembly members including

Conservatives and the MPs, it is probably inevitable today's decision

to stop and listen again would come from the UK government. Potentially

embarrassing for them. They said they have listened and they have

learnt. But what happens at the end? Eventually, when we get a new Wales

Bill, it rings more powers on important decisions affecting the

lives of people. Like speed limits, the voting gauge, income tax-raising

powers for the Welsh government. But that can only follow legal lines

which are nice and clear. We do not expect a new version of the bill

until after the May elections here in Wales. Thank you.

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.

Lizo Mzimba is in LA for us this evening.

Yes, most of the attention is usually focused on the winner of the

biggest prize, best picture, which went to the Spotlight. But people

are talking about 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.

Let us not take this planet for granted.

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. A hard frost.

Temperatures down to minus five. Beautiful blue sky and sunshine.

What a difference a Day makes. Tomorrow, more cloud, milder and

some places 8-10d more than today. A weather front is moving in from the

Atlantic and we could have is ahead of it and wintry showers to higher

ground, turning the rain. Some of it quite heavy and the wind strength

and across West facing the coasts. Changing tomorrow, wet and windy

across the south-west, some rain quite heavy. Light and Patrick

through central and eastern areas. What a difference to this morning.

-- patchy. Cloud and outbreaks of rain. Heavy rain through Wales and

North West England. Northern Ireland, overcast with showers and

that theme continues into the afternoon. Frequent showers into the

North West. Rain heading South and East through the afternoon so a

gradual improvement for England and Wales. Cloudy skies at milder into

the afternoon, something we have not seen of late. Temperatures, highs of

10-12d. In the far North, cooler, with showers. The winds gather and

strengthen overnight, showers turning increasingly wintry

overnight in the Wednesday morning. We begin Wednesday on a cold note

again, with frost and snow showers into the far North. Temperatures

just below freezing. More organise showers moving out of Northern

Ireland, Northern England, to the South and East. Staying cold with a

northerly winds and temperatures by-8 degrees. That chilly wind and

issued throughout the week. Showers turning increasingly wintry and by

the end of the week, more organised rain arrives.

That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me.

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