09/08/2016 BBC News at Six

A life sentence for the man who murdered a shopkeeper in Glasgow

Asah Shah was repeatedly stabbed in March after posting videos

His killer - Tanveer Ahmed will serve at least 27 years

after he drove from Yorkshire to Glasgow and attacked

The judge called it a barbaric - wholly unjustified killing.

After battling it out for bronze - more medal hopes in the pool

for team GB today as Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow

Getting into the swing in Rio - the world's fastest man

is after 3 more gold medals - in his last Olympic games.

A shake-up of British banking, including mobile apps to help find

the best account and a cap on overdraft charges.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at 6.

A Muslim taxi driver from Bradford has been jailed for a minimum of 27

years, for the religiously motivated murder of a Muslim

32-year-old Tanveer Ahmed drove two hundred miles from Yorkshire

to Scotland in March, where he stabbed Asad Shah to death.

He claimed Mr Shah had "disrespected" Islam in messages

The judge called his death "a barbaric, premeditated and wholly

unjustified killing of a much loved man who was a pillar

Our Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon is outside

Mr Shah was a s well-known and well liked shopkeeper. In this CCTV

footage from his shop he is seen con frnting him over his beliefs before

stabbing him to death in what the judge said in sentencing was infect

an excuse. This was a ut brute l, barbaric and horrific crime

resulting from intolerance and which led to the death of a wholly

innocent man who openingly expressed beliefs which differred from yours.

He attacked him because he believed he had disrespected Islam and had

claimed to be a prophet. He has throughout been unrepent are for his

crime. Today at the High Court in Glasgow he remained defiant in the

dock. As he was led away to begin his sentence he paused and looked to

his friends and family and shouted out a religious probg crow passion

they chanted in reply. His supporters, who had filled the

public gallery, said little as they left the court. The

Taking someone from such dear ones and yet you don't have any remorse

whatsoever. To be honest with you, you cease to be a human being at

that point. You don't have respect for

humanitarian at all. This is where we expect all the Muslim leaders to

stand up to condemn the action. Not just the murder.

many across Scotland were shocked at Asad Shah's murder. A vigil was held

in his memory. His family were not in court to hear his killer

sentenced because they feared for their safety. They originally moved

to Scotland because of persecution in Pakistan. Now they have decided

they must move again. Day four at the Rio Olympics with 15

gold medals up for grabs. There are hopes of further success

in the pool after Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow took bronze

in synchronised diving last night, and there are medal hopes

for Team GB in the women's Our Sports Correspondent Natalie

Pirks has all the latest from Rio. The agony and the ecstasy. It was a

night of mixed emotions for Team GB has some took bronze and some just

missed out. But in the diving, Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow helped

Britain tenth in the medal table with their bronze. They'd only been

a partnership since October and they faced an agonising wait to see if

their final dive was good enough to bump them into third. They've done

it! CHEERING

With 22-year-old Tom Daley something of an Olympic veteran with three

Olympic games under his belt, Goodfellow told me his experience

has been valuable. When you are up there, the cheers are louder, the

atmosphere, you can feel it is more tense. He was telling me to stay in

the moment. Don't let things distract me. He's helped me a lot.

His experience has paid off in the partnership. This is what it sounds

like when Brazilians rejoice. What a magnificent moment in the marvellous

city. Silva became the first medallist of the country last night

and look at what it meant to them. From Rio's notorious city of God

have a look on as she faced inequality, poverty and racism

growing up. Her parents sending her to judo lessons to escape a life in

gangs. She has fought her way to a better life, literally.

TRANSLATION: It can serve as an example because there are many

children who do not believe they can leave that the -- leads favela. But

I did it and I conquered the world. Social media has gone crazy over

Michael Phelps' death stare. With his competitor shadow-boxing in

front of him he was not very pleased. Tonight they will do battle

in the final of the 200 metres butterfly and most likely break the

Internet. Unlucky. The Colombian weightlifter provided the most

emotional moment of the games so far when he won gold in the men's 62

kilograms category. The outburst of emotion came because it was his last

shot at gold at his fourth Olympics. He symbolically removed his shoes to

signify the end of his career. Today Britain's Katherine Grainger made it

through to her fifth Olympic rowing final. She's back with a new

partner, Victoria Thornley, in the double sculls. A medal would be a

remarkable achievement. She took a two-year macro year break after

winning gold in London. -- two year break. It is the women's Tadhg

Enright in the gymnastics to see if they can win the first British

gymnastics medal since 1928. -- it is the women's's turn. They have

somebody going for their first of five projected gold medals tonight.

Meanwhile the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has said he wants

to join the pantheon of sporting greats - like Pele and Ali -

by winning more golds this year in Rio.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the six-time olympic

champion confirmed this will be his last Olympics,

Our Sports Editor Dan Roan has been to meet him.

Whether it's sprinting or samba, Usain Bolt

Sport's ultimate showman has been getting into the swing of things

here in Rio and at a time when controversy has cast a shadow

over the Olympics he told me he was ready to put a smile back

The Olympics needs you right now, doesn't it, do you sense that?

I think that sports has been going through a few things.

I definitely think sport definitely needs me and I need sport.

So I am just coming out here and doing the favour that it

But having burst onto the scene in Beijing eight years ago,

these are now Bolt's third and final Games.

And soon the Olympics will have to make do

It will be sad to leave the sport after so many years,

but I want to be a part of all this, trying to help to push it

We are going on the right road now to cleaning up the sport and make

Usain Bolt's long rivalry with the man the Jamaican beat

in the World Championships last year, Justin Gatlin,

a two times drugs cheat, has captivated the sports world

And he admits he doesn't have much of a relationship

I think after the championships we always have a conversation.

I try not to listen, I just try to move on,

You can say all you want, but if you can't back it up then

A global brand in his own right, Usain Bolt has twice now won Olympic

golds in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and relay.

Now targeting unprecedented triple trouble.

I want to be amongst the greats like Muhammad Ali,

So if I want to do that I have to show up and do that.

And enjoying himself is bound to be a part of it.

If Bolt is feeling the pressure of this, his last Olympics,

So on Day 4 of the Olympics, let's see how the medals

America is still in the lead with 19 medals in all - 5 of them gold.

China is second with 13 medals overall, also with 5 golds.

Australia with their 4 golds and 7 medals in total are in third place.

Further down the table is Great Britain in tenth place.

Earlier we heard how our gymnasts were going for gold later.

Britons have also been challenging for medals in Equestrian eventing,

rowing and in the semi-final of the C1 canoe slalom.

Team GB's David Florence is among the favourites for gold.

Our Sports Correspondent Andy Swiss is there.

Welcome to the Whitewater Stadium here in Rio where David Florence has

been going for Britain in the canoe slalom semifinals. Florence is one

of the favourites for gold. He is a world champion, he is the European

champion. He won silver in this event in Beijing in 2008. Hoping for

another medal here today. The top ten from the semifinals qualify for

the final later on. Florence is currently in sixth place. He has

qualified for tonight's final. He celebrated his 34th birthday

yesterday. What a present it would be for him if he could win an

Olympic medal later on. Thank you. You can follow all of the

action from Rio 2016 on the BBC with live coverage for the rest of the

evening and into the early hours of the morning across TV, radio and

online. An RAF helicopter has caught fire

after being forced to land The Ministry of Defence says

the Griffin training helicopter from RAF Valley in Anglesey made

a precautionary landing All five people on board managed

to leave the aircraft safely before Labour's Andy Burnham,

has been selected as their candidate to stand as the first elected Mayor

of Greater Manchester. The Mayor will have new powers

devolved from Whitehall to set He promised to fight

for a better deal for the people Andy Burnham hasn't been elected

Mayor already, but with Labour's dominance in nine out of ten of

greater Manchester's areas, including here in Salford, he is the

odds-on favourite. He said today that if he is elected next year he

will stand down as Shadow Home Secretary and as the MP for Lee. He

said it is a significant job. He has seen it as on a par with that of a

Cabinet minister, taking responsibility for millions of

pounds of money, devolved from Whitehall, four areas including

transport, housing, and the police. He said he wants, really, to use the

role to narrow the North South divide that Westminster, he says,

has failed the North of England. When asked about national politics,

and whether this nomination is vindication of his decision not to

attack Jeremy Corbyn he told me that on that matter he intends to remain

neutral. Thank you.

The United Nations has warned of dire consequences for two million

people living in the Syrian city of Aleppo unless there are repairs

to electricity and water supplies, damaged during fighting.

The UN's called for an immediate pause in fighting between

government and rebel forces, warning that children

are particularly at risk from waterborne diseases.

Here's our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins.

Aleppo has been fought over across four years,

but still neither Syrian government forces, nor the anti-Assad rebels,

Now the two million residents are at graver risk than ever.

Electricity and water pumping stations are so damaged

by bombardment the UN says ceasefires, even short ones,

are vital to allow in humanitarian supplies.

Clean water has been running for less than 24-hours,

These cuts are coming amid a heatwave, putting children

in Aleppo at grave risk of waterborne disease.

Getting clean water running again cannot wait

The battle for Aleppo is seen as critical to the eventual outcome

Aleppo is the country's largest city and was its commercial heart.

You can see the appalling deadlock very clearly.

The rebels, some western backed, others jihadi extremists,

still control substantial areas, shown here in orange.

But in the east of Aleppo they're all but encircled by Syrian

government forces, backed by Russia and by Iran.

An estimated quarter of a million people are trapped in the rebel held

Their crucial corridor for supplies, along the Castello Road, was cut off

last month then reopened by rebel action.

But overall this battle ebbs and flows with devastating consequences

Opposition fighters have been celebrating their ability to hang

on but, for now, Aleppo and its people are trapped

If the city does eventually fall it could be a pivotal moment

in the Civil War, which has made waste so much of Syria

A life sentence for the man who murdered a shopkeeper in Glasgow

Footballer, Paul Pogba, returns to Manchester United as the world's

Coming up in Olympic Sportsday at 6.30pm on BBC News,

we'll look ahead to British medal hopes on the fourth

It could be another nervy night for Team GB in the gymnastics.

They're the UK's highest mountains, but they're underwater.

Scientists have returned from an expedition exploring

the peaks of up to 1,700m off the West Coast of Scotland.

Their mission was to log the marine life around them and they think

Our science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, has more.

Plunging hundreds of meters beneath the waves, a submarine heading

This expedition has revealed life there is thriving.

Coral grows in abundance on the mountain tops,

teeming with creatures in these cold, dark waters.

They're living on the UK's highest mountains.

The biggest is 1,700 meters tall, dwarfing Ben Nevis,

Located off the West Coast of Scotland, they were explored over

On board the ship, the scientists controlled the under water robots,

It's so exciting to do this type of research.

We see the sea floor coming out of the gloom and you don't know

This is the first time that anybody has seen this sea mount,

has seen the animals that live on this sea mount,

how they live, what they live on, in between, who lives with them.

Now the research ship is back, docked in Southampton

During their six weeks at sea scientists collected

thousands of samples, they're just being unloaded

now, but here's just a small selection of them.

We've got a coral species here that's possibly

This one here can grow several meters tall and a sponge with tiny

It's going to take months to analyse all of this,

but even now the team thinks that some of these species

The researchers say these sea mounts are a biodiversity hotspot.

Lots of people think of the deep sea as being a sort of desert

of mud and, in fact, these mountain structures

Now the hard work begins, the scientists need to work out

Understanding what's living on Britain's deep sea mountains

will be vital for protecting them in the future.

China has warned that Britain's future relationship with Beijing

could be jeopardised if the new Hinkley Point nuclear

The plant, in Somerset, is due to be built with financial

backing from the Chinese, but Downing Street

China's Ambassador to the UK says the move has brought the two

countries to a "crucial historical juncture."

Our China editor, Carrie Gracie, is in Beijing.

I think it is a serious threat, Sophie. Diplomats have been

muttering are or the past few days that the UK-China relationship seem

to be able to withstand the pressure of the Brexit vote. China handled

that OK. The hingy point delay is unnerving them. They are signalling

with this message from the Ambassador today, don't imagine,

British Government, you can make this on the basis of your domestic

energy policy alone or of a business decision alone. This is a strategic

decision with long-term implications for the UK-China relationship. The

Hinkley Point deal matters enormously to China in terms of its

global ambitions to export nuclear technology. If the UK was acting as

a good trusting showcase for that, that would have been one thing. If

the UK is starting to question, if there is even speculation about the

reliability of China as a nuclear partner, investor and provider of

technology, then what we've seen described as a golden age over the

last couple of years will quickly turn dark. Carrie, thank you.

140,000 students across Scotland have been receiving their exam

Figures suggest the serious problems with last year's Higher Maths exam

have been put right, while concerns over late changes

to the Higher English exam have proved to be unfounded.

At least 10 people have been injured, three of them seriously,

after an explosion destroyed a terraced house in

The blast caused the front and back of the house

It is understood a number of those injured were neighbours,

The cause of the explosion hasn't been established.

Britain's high street banks have been ordered to begin

a technological 'revolution' to ensure they offer

customers a better and more competitive service.

The Competition and Markets Authority has outlined plans

which it believes will shake up retail banking, including more use

Our personal business correspondent, Simon Gompertz, has the details.

Here's the carrot being dangled over current account customers -

?92 to be saved on average by switching accounts.

?180 for people who lose out most, those who slip into the red,

especially the ones like many in this London market,

including Patrick, who went beyond their overdraft limit.

The charges are really heavy, you know.

Like it always seems to mount up to like ?40 or ?60 any time you go

over your overdraft, which is kind of like kicking people

Jean, on the right, and her friend Gillan,

They just take your money and when you go to get money,

you don't have no money to survive on.

If you do an overdraft, you could face high charges,

but you're also likely to find that another cheaper bank

is reluctant to take you on and the Competition Authority

is concerned that you'd feel stuck and unable

Here's part of the answer, mobile phone apps.

Your bank would pass details of your transactions,

how you've used your account, to other banks and other apps,

with your permission, in the hope that they'd find

you a better account and even an instant overdraft.

This open data should help spur innovation,

provide a lot of new services that don't exist at the moment,

helping people manage their money, but there are definitely privacy

Your financial data is some of the most sensitive

data there is and people are going to want to have real

confidence that it doesn't get into the hands of the wrong people.

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So from discreet, face-to-face service, to what's being called open

banking on mobile phones, but some say a straight-forward cap

Competition and technology and information helps certain

groups, but I don't think it's been proven that it helps the most

financially vulnerable and these are the people who are suffering

When internet-based open banking launches in two years' time,

it could provide yet another excuse to close them.

Four years ago, the French midfielder, Paul Pogba,

left Manchester United for ?1.5 million to join Juventus.

Today, United bought Pogba back for a world record transfer fee.

The 23-year-old's ?89 million move to Manchester United

It eclipsed the ?86 million paid by Real Madrid when it signed

Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013 and the ?80 million

Real Madrid paid for Cristiano Ronaldo when he left

Manchester United four years earlier.

After tax, Pogba's take-home pay will be ?220,000 a week.

Katie Gornall reports from Old Trafford.

It's an unprecedented deal in a new era of Premier League excess.

Four years after he left Manchester United, Paul Pogba

returns as the world's most expensive footballer.

The transfer was finally confirmed after midnight via a series

Many supporters in England would have missed this,

but it came at the ideal time for the club's global

Pogba's return is a huge statement from Manchester United,

but it's also a significant moment for the Premier League.

It can already claim to be the home of the superstar managers,

now it's attracted one of the world's most famous players,

Pogba first join United in 2009 as a 16-year-old.

After just seven senior appearances, he rejected a new contract and moved

There he won four league titles before helping France

You could see that he had potential to be a really top player,

Potentially, he's 23, he's not the finished article.

I think Paul Scholes said it the other day,

this money is crazy for someone who's only 23 and not really yet

Manchester City have also spent big today with John Stones joining

It's still a fraction of what United paid to reclaim Pogba,

but their fans will hope he will prove to be worth

Katie Gornall, BBC News, Manchester.

Thank you. Not entirely plain sailing, boom, boom! Sunshine in the

sky. Big clouds, too. We have seen really, really heavy showers across

northern and eastern parts of the UK. They will linger, actually into

the night. Don't get caught out. Later on in the night we will see

dampness into Northern Ireland. In between, under clear skies, it will

turn quite fresh in rural areas lower than the numbers suggest. I

will concentrate on the glens of Scotland, north-eastern glens.

Around dawn we could get close to or below freezing. Unusual for the time

of year. Some of the best sunshine here. By the time most of us are up

the temperatures will bounce back. A damp start to Northern Ireland. The

rain will edge across the Irish Sea with time. Ahead of that, although

there will be one or two lingering showers a got good shunk of England

and Wales will have a reasonable start to the day with sunshine and

fairly light winds. It will feel comfortable out there if you are

journeying to work. With time I think the best of the sunshine will

become confined to eastern parts of UK this damp weather will cross the

Irish Sea. Dampness to western parts of the mainland. That will knock the

temperatures on the head. A cool feeling day for many of us, around

the mid teens. Maybe up to 20 degrees in the best of the sunshine

across the south-east. Fronts cross the country overnight, a damp start

to eastern areas. That will fade away. It will rain to the north-west

of Scotland. Best of the sunshine further south on Thursday. For the

north-west highlands in particular we could see 100 mm of rain, that

rain will linger into Friday before it clears away. The weekend looking

good. Sunshine, most will be dry. It will warm up. Hotting up through the

early parts of neck week. Thank you. That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from me,