19/07/2016 BBC News at Six

Just three weeks to go until the Olympics in Rio -

and the International Olympic Committee is urgently considering

It follows a report which claimed comprehensive state-sponsored doping

Russian track and field athletes are already banned from Rio -

and now all Russian sports officials have been banned from attending too.

All Russian athletes who competed at the last Winter Olympics

in Russia will also have their samples re-tested

And then there were two - Angela Eagle drops out of the race

We are going to be in lock step together arguing for an effective,

Three people have died in a shooting at a swimming pool in Lincolnshire

After Turkey's attempted coup, tens of thousands of people

are sacked by the government - 21,000 teachers today alone.

The wife of Donald Trump opens the Republican convention -

but her words are lost in a row about whether she copied an earlier

That your word is your bond, and do what you say.

That your word is your bond, that you do what you say

And the UK basks on the hottest day of the year - with sunshine

It looks like this weather station has recorded one of the highest

temperatures today, more than 33 degrees.

And coming up in the sport on BBC News:

Hull boss Steve Bruce holds talks over the vacant England manager's

job as the FA seek a replacement for Roy Hodgson.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

With just three weeks to go until the Olympics in Rio,

the International Olympic Committee is seeking urgent legal advice

on the possibility of banning all Russian athletes from the Games.

It follows an independent report detailing a comprehensive state-run

doping programme at the Winter Olympics in Russia back in 2014.

The IOC has ruled that all Russian athletes who competed in Sochi

must now have their samples re-tested for doping.

Russia's track and field athletes are already barred from competing

at Rio because of doping - and the IOC will now refuse

accreditation to any Russian officials for the games.

Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has more.

With little more than two weeks to go before Rio, we still do not know

if there will be a Russian team at the Olympic Games. The world

anti-doping agency, Wada, says Russia should be kept away for

systematically cheating in world sport, through a state-sponsored

doping programme. Today, the International Olympic Committee met

in emergency session. The IOC says it will now explore legal options

for a possible ban on the entire Russian Olympic team. We will have

to take a very difficult decision also in legal terms. This is on the

one hand between a collective ban for all Russian athletes, and on the

other hand, the natural right for justice for every clean athlete in

the world. In this respect, we are entering a new field. Not everyone

outside Russia supports the idea. I think what primarily has to happen

is we have to look at those individual athletes who have been

caught, ban those athletes, redistribute the medals, reorganise

the medals table, but an outright ban of Russia, I don't think is the

most sensible way to go forward. Here in Russia, the people we spoke

to suspect foul play by the West. TRANSLATION: I think this is a plot

by the Americans. There are no facts in the Wada report, Tatiana says,

they just rang to put pressure on Russia. They are on their marks and

all set for Rio but will these Russian swimmers be allowed to

compete in the games? This event outside Moscow was supposed to be a

final run through before the Olympics, but right now Rio is

feeling a long way off. TRANSLATION: It is not fair, we train hard and

put in the effort but the decision on whether we go to the Olympics

does not depend on us. We are very worried. All around the swimming

pool at these anti-doping posters. This one says only you bear the

responsibility for doping getting in your body. And this says don't drink

from unchecked sources. Don't accept a glass of water, even from one of

your team members. And at the bottom, don't listen to all the

advice you may be given. A decision to ban the entire Russian Olympic

team would be a personal blow to President Putin. He likes to be seen

as the most sports friendly leader Russia has ever had. The Kremlin

leader has brought major international sporting events to

Russia, and achieving sporting success has been a priority. But at

what cost? Russia has been called a cheat and risks being excluded from

the biggest sporting event in the world.

Within the last hour, Angela Eagle has pulled out

She has stepped aside in favour of the only other candidate standing

against the current leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Owen Smith is Labour's former Work and Pensions Secretary and now hopes

Let's get more from our political correspondent

Owen Smith is not terribly well known outside his party that now he

is the only candidate standing against Jeremy Corbyn? Indeed he is

not. Owen Smith only came to this place in 2010. He has been an MP for

six years. He is putting himself forward for the top job in the

Labour Party and he told me a few minutes ago he's putting himself

forward as the next Labour Prime Minister. He is very confident that

he will win this race and his supporters have been very confident

that they would beat Angela Eagle. Angela Eagle is a well-known in the

Labour Party will stop she was only 20 or so votes behind Owen Smith. It

was not a hugely thumping victory. But Owen Smith supporters believe

because he is less well-known, because he only came into Parliament

in 2010, he is therefore a better chance to be able to turn the page

for the Labour Party. One of his supporters said to me yesterday, if

you go for Angela, it is about the 1980s fighting the 1990s. If we move

forward with Owen, somehow they will be able to put to bed some of the

memories, some of the bitterness that the Labour Party has seen in

recent years. I have to say though, that is a very

tall order indeed. The Labour Party has had an extremely traumatic 12

months or so. It is a big job to get over all of that. Thank you.

Three people have died in a shooting near a swimming pool

Police say all three were known to each other and they are not

looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

Danny Savage reports now from the scene.

A leisure centre car park in a Lincolnshire town centre,

which just after 9.00am, became a murder scene.

This is where local people say a man shot dead his wife and daughter,

Many people were quickly aware of what happened.

The first two were a few seconds apart.

The third one was slightly longer, several seconds apart.

They sounded to me a bit like shotguns, but, again,

that wasn't sinister, because there is a gun maker

As 999 calls came in, paramedics were told to approach

Police soon said there was no indication it was terrorist-related.

Late this afternoon, they gave more details.

At the scene officers found a deceased man,

along with two women, who had received serious injuries.

But I'm sad to report that both women have subsequently died.

The BBC understands the two women are Claire Hart

and her daughter Charlotte, who was 19.

The man involved was Lance Hart, Charlotte's dad,

During the day, a house believed to be the family home

Neighbours say the couple had other grown-up children who'd left home,

and the house had recently been sold because they were downsizing.

Why the family were torn apart by such awful events isn't clear

but the shooting in a town centre car park has left those that tried

Concern is growing over the actions of the Turkish government

following the attempted military coup at the weekend.

Thousands of members of the judiciary, military

and civil service have been purged by the government.

Today alone, 21,000 teachers have been sacked

along with 1,500 heads of universities.

We can speak to our Turkey correspondent

What is the government's case against all these people -

and how is the country going to function without them?

Well, Fiona, until now the focus had been the police, the judges and the

military. Around 20,000 of them detained or dismissed, accused of

backing or somehow taking part in the coup. Today, the target became

the education sector and sheer numbers suggest a deeper,

ideological conflict between a Conservative government and its

supporters here behind me, and on the other side, schools and

universities, more secular, some of which have clashed with President

Erdogan in the past. In terms of going forward, there could be

thousands of new people on trial in a country where there are serious

concerns over the freedom of the judiciary. The government has even

talked about reinstating the death penalty. There will now be arch

loyalists promoted in effect recreating the civil service. One

side feels emboldened, victorious, the other side, nervous and fearful

about what might come tomorrow. There is a widespread sentiment here

that democracy has defeated the military but serious doubts about

what might come next. Thank you. Britain's vote to leave the EU has

thrown a spanner in the works of the global economy -

so says It's reduced its forecast

for worldwide growth this year But it struck a more optimistic tone

from its pre-Brexit warnings More money for the NHS after leaving

the EU was a key pledge But the NHS's medical director,

Bruce Keogh, has told MPs the vote to leave is already having

a negative impact on research. Scientists in other disciplines have

told the BBC they are now being excluded from research

projects paid for by the EU and are having to cut jobs

as a result. Our Science correspondent

Pallab Ghosh takes a closer look. British science was one of the

biggest winners from membership of the European Union, receiving ?850

million a year. Far more than we put in. Now, within weeks of the

referendum, there is evidence that that money is beginning to dry up.

Nick Wright had planned to work alongside other European scientists

on a number of projects, to discover how stars form. But now, they don't

want to include him, because they think that they won't get European

funding if a British academic is involved. We are going to start to

be frozen out of big projects I think. We will find our

collaborators in Europe are looking elsewhere for people to collaborate

with and that might mean we're not at the table when big discoveries

are made. This small engineering company depends on European Union

money. Their latest project is to improve rocket thrusters for the

next mission to Mars. The firm has received grants from the European

Union's scientific research fund for decades. But following the

referendum, they will have to cut two jobs. There is no more money in

the pipeline. The short answer it has stopped interest from European

partners for involving us in their projects has basically dried up. Why

does all this matter? Scientific research creates hundreds of

thousands of jobs. What is more important is that highly skilled

workforce are tracked some of the biggest and best companies in the

world and they employ millions of people all across the country. The

European research Council, which funds projects throughout the EU

said... The message today from all seven of

the UK's National scientific engineering and medical academies,

is that Brexit is already beginning to hurt. I think that there is a

danger that the scientific enterprise here will suffer and if

that does happen, then that will affect our future growth and

prosperity. The government says it will do all it can to ensure grant

applications are considered fairly, but until there is a clear post

Brexit plan, British scientists are likely to lose out. Yoo

is urgently considering banning all Russian athletes.

And still to come: The UK basked on the hottest day of the year with

sunshine everywhere and record temperatures.

2010 London marathon winner Liliya Shobukhova is ordered to repay more

than ?300,000 to race organisers after being banned for doping.

It should all have been about him but it was Donald Trump's wife

who took centre stage on the first day of the Republican

Mr Trump says he's "very proud" of the speech given

by his wife Melania - despite claims the aspiring

First Lady plagiarised whole passages from one by Michelle Obama.

Our North American Editor Jon Sopel reports.

The entrance of Donald Trump was like something out of a sci-fi

movie but by the end of the evening, it had become a horror show.

The next First Lady of the United States...

Slovenian-born wife, Melania, she spoke fluently.

But some of it, well, had a bit of a familiar ring,

to a speech Michelle Obama gave when she was hoping to be

Your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise.

That you'll treat people with respect.

That your word is your bond and you do what you say you're

going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect.

The only limit to your achievement is the strength of your dreams

and your willingness to work for them.

The only limit to the height of your achievement is the reach

of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.

Last night's convention hall triumph is today's public

relations catastrophe, with Melania Trump the butt

of all sorts of jokes on social media.

"I'd like to thank my speech writers, copy and paste."

It's about the perception of a Trump campaign that is chaotic

and dysfunctional and, as a result, the

A question I put to Dr Ben Carson, former Presidential hopeful and now

If they were verbatim, then probably the speech

First of all, you have to prove they were verbatim.

It was pretty close to verbatim, the odd word.

But let's end with a bit more Melania Trump that definitely wasn't

wasn't plagiarised but now seems strangely prophetic.

It would not be a Trump contest without excitement and drama.

But it was drama the Republican Party was hoping

That's how the new Chair of the Equality Watchdog has

described disability rights in the UK.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC, David Isaac

says disabled people are being discriminated

against in every area of life - from transport

He told our Disability Correspondent, Nikki Fox,

the government needs to strengthen equality legislation and businesses

I wonder if you have an accessible black cab?

It says two minutes, three minutes I think.

Celina and Julie live at opposite ends of the capital city.

They don't know each other but they have the same

No, that's not a taxi, that's an AA van.

Please continue to wait while we locate a taxi for you.

You usually can hear taxis because they have diesel engines.

taxis allow Celina to get to and from work.

Please continue to wait while we attempt to locate a taxi.

Artist Judy and her assistance dog, Precious, have had problems getting

Black cabs in London have to be accessible but this isn't

There is legislation but some disabled people say it

In response to a House of Lords' report that said disabled

down in all aspects of life, the new Chair

of the Equality Watchdog is calling for stronger legislation.

Disabled people currently are treated like second-class citizens.

I think it is a real badge of shame, 20 years after

that we still have a huge distance to go.

You can quote the Equality Act 2010 if you like, but people

You know, you can campaign, you can argue, you can get upset,

but actually, what you really want is to just get to work.

Thank you for calling, we are hanging up now.

Of course, everyone has good and bad experiences,

but the problem for many disabled people is it tends to be

This week marks a month since Britain voted to leave

the European Union and we'll be hearing voices

thoughout the week from around the UK reflecting on that decision.

Hartlepool is one of many largely Labour-supporting northern towns

that delivered a big Leave vote in the EU referendum.

Our North East Political Editor, Richard Moss, has been back

This coastal town often feels the tide is against it,

but in the referendum, the people here spoke

The new MP, who voted Remain, now has to take the UK out of the EU

but after reflecting, what do voters want as their Brexit dividend?

A clear message, then, but there are also strong views

about the party that failed to persuade Hartlepool to vote Remain.

The Labour Party is living in the past.

I think they are going by their good reputation they had years ago

and they seem to be saying things and not doing things.

It is on a knife-edge at the moment, the Labour Party, so this is a place

and a region which they really have to look after because if they lose

Gemma Reid hoped a Leave vote would secure extra money to reopen

In her view, another politician's broken promise.

The morale in town at the moment is very, very low.

We have lost the hospital, we have lost the courts

and we are losing a lot of care homes and people are blaming it down

to the local councillors, saying they are going to do things

They get your vote and then you don't see them any more.

Labour insists it is doing all it can to improve the town

But this is a party at war with itself and one senior figure

admits it needs to up its game, as even he voted Leave.

They need to get out there and listen to what the people have

Do you know what I mean, not just pay lip service.

Fight our corner in Westminster, to make them put more

This referendum has achieved one thing -

There is a sense here in Hartlepool that people at least

feel their voice has been heard in this vote and now,

whether it is on the local hospital, or on jobs, they want action.

Now they won't be looking to the European Union

But the danger for the party that used to dominate

northern towns like this, is that they might not be looking

It's been the hottest day of the year so far with -

that rare thing - sunshine across the whole of the UK.

Brize Norton in Oxfordshire topped the temperature gauge,

But in Wales, the mercury hit 32.4 in Cardif.

In Scotland it was 29 for Prestwick and in Northern Ireland it reached

But as many basked on beaches and played in parks,

train commuters suffered delays as rails buckled in the heat.

Barry Island, hotter than Barbados today. Parts of Oxfordshire have

beaten Orlando and Hollywood Northern Ireland, has felt like its

name-sake in LA. Fancy one of these? In worsershire, the pigs are being

fed giant ice lollies, made from fruit and veg and they are going

down well. It seems the public health message about keeping cool

and staying high demonstrated apply, whoever and whatever you are. It's

not just human beings that need to be thinking about some protection.

Bri is how old? About four years' old. Does she need this? Naturally

pigs would go and wallow in water with mud and the mud would give them

a layer of protection. Obviously if you haven't got access to a wallow

on a day like this, it is worth putting the highest sun scream on

them, they have a lot of skin exposed on the back. Factor 50, if

you need to know. I can't believe we are doing this. As the mercury rose,

Britain's transport network buckled. Some rails buckled and trains were

delayed. It's all been a bit of a shock after weeks of pretty lousy

weather. And although southern areas have been hottest, it has been sunny

almost everywhere. This was the south-west of England and this was

Aberdeen, oh for a gentle breeze. It's lovely. It is really nice to

see all the families out and enjoying the weather and making the

most of it. It is like being abroad. Who needs to go abroad? Stay in this

country. You have the weather. Happy days. It may just be one happy day.

Forecasters are predicting thunderstorms tomorrow so BBC

weather watchers have been capturing what might be the summer's best day.

From done Patrick to Barnsley and in West Sussex, a dust devil. If you

love t make the most of it. If you hate t don't worry, it'll soon be

gone. When you see the weather numbers,

the temperatures on the map, on the forecast, that information will have

come from weather stations like this, there are hundreds of them all

over the UK, pinging back data to the Met Office this. One in

worsershire, in Pershore recorded one of the highest readings today.

We saw it at 33. But to be officially classed aes a heatwave

you need five days of higher than average temperatures and it seems

today has been something of a one-off.

Thank you very much, John. Well let's look at the weather. A bit of

a one-off, Jay, surely not? I think John summed it up. It was an

exceptional day today, with blue skies across most parts of the UK.

Those temperatures rocketed away. You can see Brize Norton topped the

shop but even into Northern Ireland, up to 28. The heat was widespread.

But there is a change, thupder storms developing Northern Ireland,

Scotland and banters of England and Wales. There could be torrential

rain with that. But also the other talking point is the exceptional

warmth. 20 is the lowest temperature expected in Glasgow, Belfast,

probably no lower than 23 in Manchester and London, so a very

difficult night for sleeping A stwarment it the day a thundery one

for Northern Ireland and Scotland. Thunderstorms worker north.

Elsewhere one or two heavy spells break out. Cooler weather from the

west but still pleasant enough. High teens, low 20s. Still some heat. One

more day across East Anglia and the south-east and the eastern side of

Epping land warmer than the western side. Fresher in Northern Ireland

and across Scotland and still the risk of thunderstorms across the

north and north-east of Scotland into the javen, so a different day

here. The thupder storms work knotted wards through tomorrow

night, getting up towards the Northern Isles. Through the small

hours of Thursday morning, most fine and dry and notably the westerly

winds will push in across all areas. Temperatures drop away across all

parts. A much more comfortable night Wednesday, into Thursday but still

warm in the south-east, 17 or 18. Thursday, itself, is a much quieter

day, really. The heat has gone towards the near continent A ridge

of high pressure settling down for the most part. One or two showers

here and there but for the most part, dry with sunny spells and it

should feel pleasant enough with those temperatures in the low 20s.

That's all from the BBC News at Six, goodbye