31/08/2016 BBC News at Six

A car being chased by the police ploughs into a family -

Three children have also been injured -

an eye witness describes how she tried but was unable

How I tried to help was just try to save everyone,

but coming back on scene now, and seeing that, it's heartbreaking

The police have opened an investigation into the incident

We'll bring you the latest from the scene.

Junior doctors have announced the dates of a fresh wave of strikes.

Thousands more migrants are brought ashore in Italy after making

the dangerous crossing across the Mediterranean.

In the first Cabinet meeting since the summer break,

the Prime Minister tells her ministers to seize the opportunities

Scientists cautiously welcome new research into Alzheimer's that

could mean the first treatment to stop the disease is in sight.

And coming up in the sport on BBC News, all the transfer deadline day

deals, including Chelsea, who've signed the former Bolton and

Sunderland fullback Marcos Alonso from Fiorentina.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

A woman and a boy have been killed after a car, which was being chased

by police in Penge, in south east London,

Three children were also treated at the scene for multiple injuries

The police say the car had been reported as stolen,

Just after 2.00 on a sunny afternoon here in Penge, the driver of the car

being chased by the police apparently lost control as he tried

to turn a corner. The black vehicle just visible under

the three ploughed into a woman and four children, who eyewitnesses say

were on their way to the local park. They were all trapped under the car.

When I got there there was five bodies underneath one car, little

kids screaming, like. People passing by come, tried to move the car and

realised there was two at the bottom of the car, so they can't move the

car either way, there was 20 guys round the car, lifting the car up

and moving the car, so everybody could come out. Even though

ambulances including the air ambulance arrived quickly they were

not able to save the woman and a young boy who had been critically

injured. Three girls who suffered multiple injuries are being treated

in hospital. To know you tried your best to save someone, and they are

no longer here. Witnesses say they saw a man running away from the

scene but he was caught by the police and has now been arrested.

Louisa Preston is at the scene in Penge for us,

This is a dreadful dreadful incident. Well, yes, a shocking

incident. As you can see the police are still on the scene, many police

here and hundreds, I mean loads of people are gathering here, residents

passers by, totally shocked by what has happened in this part of south

London. I have been speaking to eyewitnesses, all afternoon and one

eyewitness who was one of the first on the scene, what I can tell you

now, is that the deceased woman and the deceased boy were trapped under

the car but we also know that one of the girls was also trapped under

that car, she has been taken to hospital, with serious injuries,

now, the driver of that black car that crashed into the family on that

pavement ran off into a local council block not far from here, but

as we now I know he is in police custody in south London. We now

know. Thank you for that update.

Within the last few minutes it has been announced junior doctors will

take part in a fresh wave of action. We have more details from Jane

draper. We have dates now I gather. That is right. There have been six

strikes already year and now we know that more are on the way, in the

last few minutes the full council of the British Medical Association, the

trade union behind me has announced there will be a full walk out by

junior doctors in England between 8.00am and 5pm for five days,

beginning Monday 12th September, the junior doctor say that the new

contract that was previously agreed still gives them serious concerns

and they say it doesn't give them enough detail about the funding and

staffing of the seven day services that the Government wants for the

NHS in England but patient groups have expressed deep concern about

the pressure that this will put on an increasingly stretched NHS,

particularly as we go into the busy autumn and winter period. Tonight,

the Government said the BMA must be the first union in history to call

for strike action against a deal they themselves negotiated, and said

was a good one, so tonight, this bitter and long running dispute has

taken a new turn and no-one knows how and when it will end.

Thank you. Throughout the day, thousands more

migrants have been landing in European ports along

the Mediterranean coast. Many have come from the East African

countries of Eritrea and Somalia. The Italian coastguard says it's now

co-ordinated the rescue of more than 10,000 people in the last

three days, picked up Ships involved in the rescues,

including the Royal Navy's HMS Enterprise, have been

unloading their migrant cargo across southern Italy, Sardinia

and Sicily throughout the day. Our special correspondent,

Ed Thomas, reports now from the Sicilian port of Pozzallo

where he's been speaking to some To risk it all for a new life. Off

the Libyan coast, there has been 70 rescue missions in just three days.

Thousands, like this baby, are being pulled from smugglers' boats, a

warning that this crisis isn't easing.

These calm waters have given the desperate a chance to reach Europe.

These men, women and children, were picked up by the Italian navy. They

have been at sea for two days. There is relief, but also exhaustion after

a journey like no other. All they have are the clothes on their back.

If you take a look at this group, they don't have any shoes. They are

being given new pairs now. These are the lucky ones because they have

made it here. Nearly 3,000 have died in the crossing from Libya to Italy,

just this year alone. The sick are treated first. Pictures taken,

numbers given. It is hard to understand why anyone would do this.

But then listen to Abel and Kelvin from Nigeria. I have feelings. I saw

people die, PMQ are being raped. Both say they are running from

Islamist extremists. Boko Haram. What would have happened to you if

you had stayed in Nigeria? To me if I was Nigeria, I believe that I

would die, I would no longer be alive.

But not everyone is escaping war, are you happy? Yes. Here in Italy.

Yes. Happy. This man is from Pakistan, he wants work, a home and

security. Why should Europe, Italy, give you a

job? Why? Not have money in Pakistan. It is everything.

10,000 have crossed this route since Sunday. People from Somalia,

Eritrea, the Middle East and Bangladesh. With the European fleet

waiting off the Libyan coast some fear it has made life too easy for

the smugglers, exploiting those who will gamble their lives to begin

again. The Prime Minister has

told senior ministers that they must deliver Brexit,

and there can be no attempt to stay in the European Union

by the "back door". In the first meeting of the Cabinet

since the summer break, Theresa May said the UK must focus

on the "opportunities" ahead. We will be looking at the next steps

that we need to take, but we will also be looking

at the opportunities that are now open to us as we forge a new role

for the UK in the world. We must be continue to be very clear

that Brexit means Brexit, that we are going to make

a success of it. Our political correspondent

Vicki Young is at Chequers now. Number 10 has also been talking

about the importance of a unique What more can you tell us

about what came out of the meeting? Well, after all the passion and some

of the recriminations of that referendum campaign, it has gone

pretty quiet over the summer, ministers have barely spoken in

public at least about what the next steps are. But we have had a few

things confirmed by Downing Street, following that cabinet meeting and

the political cabinet. They said it was a desire to push ahead with

Article 50, the mechanism which triggers two years of formal talks

and they have confirmed there will not be a vote in Parliament required

before they do that, on the controversial issue of immigration

they say that immigration must be controlled and intriguingly they say

there must be a positive outcome for those trading goods and services.

Many people think that is about the single market. Now this sounds very

much like a wish list rather than how we are going to get there, today

we were kept away from Chequers, the talks were going on behind grand

closed doors but in the coming weeks and months there will be a lot more

public scrutiny. Thank you.

Researchers into Alzheimer's Disease are testing a new drug

that it is hoped could - one day - halt its

Scientists are being careful not to build up false hopes,

but nonetheless it could mean the first therapy to treat

There have been promising results from the first phase of the trial,

Here's our health correspondent, Sophie Hutchinson.

A brain devastated by Alzheimer's, the normal electrical pathways

which transmit information become blocked with plaque,

But now a new drug being trialled is giving some early signs of hope.

And scientists at this centre in London, who are about to take

part in the next stage of the trial, say it is exciting.

If this is successful, if we can show improvement or delay

in progression in people with Alzheimer's disease,

That changes everything about the way we think

about managing trials, managing treatments for people

So what do we know about how effective this drug appears to be?

These of this cancer patients at the start of the

The red areas are a build-up of damaging sticky proteins called

beta-amyloid, characteristic of Alzheimer's patients.

And looked at the same four patient scans after a year of treatment.

No change in the placebo patient, who did not get the drugs,

but the higher the dose, the less red you can see,

Beta-amyloid causes problems because it builds up in clumps

called plaques around the neurons in the brain,

blocking the connections and causing them to die.

The drug is thought to work by marking the plaques.

This alerts the body's immune system, so that it can target

The drug is unlikely to repair actual damage to the brain,

but the hope is it might stop the disease progressing.

That is something Susan Jonas would welcome.

She underwent the painful experience of watching her mother's slow mental

My friend who came every day, she found her one morning

sitting on the sofa in front of the television.

Which wasn't something she watched very much.

But she was still dressed and it was nine o'clock in the

Alzheimer's research is littered with failed drugs that looked

If successful, this drug would be the first to stop the disease.

A woman and a boy have been killed by a car which was being chased

by police in Penge in south east London.

From Olympian to Paralympian - and hoping to win medals

There's a transfer deadline day clear-out at Manchester City,

including Samir Nasri who's joined the Spanish club Sevilla

The number of people sleeping rough in England has been steadily rising

in the last few years and - according to analysis

given to the BBC - they are increasingly likely to be

suffering with mental health problems.

Six years ago a third of people sleeping rough on the streets

of London were identified as in need of psychiatric support.

But this year that figure had jumped to almost half.

In the first of 2 reports, our Social Affairs correspondent

Michael Buchanan reports now on a project in east London that

aims to help those clinging to the margins of society.

A magnet for the mega-rich and home to some of the most marginalised

Isolated, uncooperative, the team suspects he has psychiatric

Mental-health nurse Fatima Taylor alongside outreach workers

from the homeless charity Thames Reach paid for by the local

Over three months we follow them as they travelled to the very edges

of society, seeking out the most vulnerable.

Tonight, a long-term rough sleeper is unwell.

As the city walks by oblivious, Fatima

She suffers from a type of schizophrenia and

But the man with her tries to pull her away.

The woman fears she will have no bed tonight until the man disappears.

I can put you somewhere to sleep tonight.

A scuffle, a swallow, and Fatima delivers the medication.

It will calm the woman within the hour.

She had to give me that bear hug to take her medication.

I managed to get her medication in her.

It is a vulnerable situation for me as well.

You have to do what you need to do to help people like these.

The outreach team have spotted

His hidden shelter is far from anyone else.

Psychiatric problems are both a cause and

What you do, is you have helped the most marginalised

To get them to be noticed that they are alive

People at the top say it is a lifestyle choice.

That people make choices to sleep out here.

Weeks later, Fatima and her colleagues return

I do not have to justify myself to you or anyone else.

But he is adamant he does not want any support.

But if you don't tell somebody, this might be it.

I am not bothering anyone, I am not hurting anyone,

The outreach team leave, relieved he has at least

A small victory in a deepening crisis.

Michael Buchanan, BBC News, East London.

Urgent action is needed to give pregnant women and new mothers

more protection at work after a shocking increase

The Women and Equalities Committee is calling for the government

to act, following a report published earlier this year which indicated

that the number forced to leave their jobs after giving

birth has almost doubled to 54,000 since 2005.

Judith Moritz has been hearing from women who have been affected.

Meeting me for a coffee, these women have something in common. They have

seen at first hand pregnancy can lead to redundancy. This woman was

sacked by voice mail after announcing she was pregnant. That is

an experience familiar to this lawyer. This entrepreneur says

employers cannot always cope when women go on maternity leave. I want

the rights of women to be protected but I am also an employer and I have

been in this situation several times when I have had a key member of

staff go on maternity. It is hard. Once it almost took me out of

business and the second time I weathered the storm. You had a bad

experience, what happened? I found myself four months pregnant and

unemployed. That is terrifying, a really terrifying experience because

what do you do? Do you start applying for new jobs and go for

interviews when you are pregnant, do you try to hide it? You are

vulnerable when you are pregnant, you feel vulnerable. You talk to

ladies in this situation. Have you seen it increase? There is a steady

stream and I have a high volume of calls constantly. What about the

kind of jobs and women we are talking about? Does it cut across

every walk of life? Every sector, not just bankers, people employed by

government organisations, it is a range of people. We speak to people

on a daily basis, teachers, cleaners. You cannot pinpoint it is

only happening here, it is across the board. Does it surprise you in

2016 this is the experience of a growing number of women? It does not

surprise me, it disappoints me. We need to create solutions that enable

mothers and fathers to have careers and deal with their situation at

home effectively. There needs to be more guidance for employers because

the majority want to do the right thing and support expectant mothers

but half the time they do not know how to do it all the right way.

Danielle Ayres, ending that report from Judith Moritz.

Five 15-year-old boys and a 16-year-old have been

arrested on suspicion of killing a Polish man in Harlow in Essex.

Arek Jozwik, who was 40, was left with fatal head injuries

after an unprovoked attack on Saturday night.

Police suspect it may have been racially motivated.

The Polish Ambassador to the UK has visited the scene

as our Home Affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford reports.

On his first day in the job, Poland's new ambassador to Britain

Mourning one of his countrymen, a man murdered

while eating a pizza in

I am really shocked and deeply concerned at this tragedy.

It is a great tragedy not only for the

Polish community but for the British community.

He and two friends were attacked just

Alerted by one of the men who survived, the

manager of the pizza takeaway, who did not want us to use his name,

told me he was the first to find Arek Jozwik as he lay dying.

A lot of thick blood coming out of his

The theory is this was a frenzied, racist attack triggered by the

But while detectives aren't ruling that out,

it may be that Arek Jozwik was not targeted because of his race, but

simply because he was there when a group of youths was looking for

People in the Stow shopping precinct said that teenagers have

been causing havoc here all summer, and not just harassing Polish

But worrying it could be a hate crime, the local MP made this

We need to be a kind and decent nation and we shouldn't allow

people who come from the sewers to exploit divisions.

As people mourned, detectives are poring

through CCTV footage and have arrested six teenagers, but all have

The Paralympic Games get under way a week today and Britain is sending

All this week we'll be taking a look at some of them and how they've

She had been planning to be an Olympian until illness struck.

Our disability correspondent Nikki Fox has been to meet her.

Kadeena Cox is aiming to do something very few have achieved.

Win four gold medals across two sports, cycling and athletics,

I was doing well in both and when it came to making a decision

I could not do it and I know I might not be in this position

in four years' time, so I thought I'd take

But she hasn't always competed in disability sport.

In 2012, just four years ago, her dream was to compete

Here she is racing in the 100 metres at the British

University Championships, the first event held

I was diagnosed with a stroke in May 2014 and then

My body did not quite do what I wanted it to do.

I struggled going from being an 11 second runner to being being

She dealt with it, becoming world champion in both sports.

What's the difference between Kadeena the athlete

Kadeena the athlete is super cool and looks supercool all the time.

Whereas Kadeena at home falls over a lot.

Multiple sclerosis fluctuates, which means Kadeena has

This decides what category she will compete in and in the run-up to Rio,

it has been changed in both her sports.

First time round it was changed the day before the competition.

I spent the night upset, but I managed to pick myself up

It is tough to deal with but I know it is my condition and I will have

to deal with it for a very long time.

In Rio, she will be in a tougher class, up against faster athletes.

But this is not something that will faze Kadeena who,

in just two years, could cross the line from being an Olympic

hopeful to multiple Paralympic champion.

He has told me a depressing thought about tomorrow being the first day

of autumn. As defined by meteorologists. The 31st of set

temper the last day... August. Thanks for correcting me. Tomorrow,

1st of September is the first day of meteorological autumn and it will

start nippy in parts of northern Britain, particularly Scotland with

single figure temperatures, but quiet on the weather front tonight

as we head into the early hours. Lots of clear weather. In the

countryside of Scotland it will be colder than the 14 in Glasgow.

Tomorrow, not looking bad, in the morning at least. Later it will

cloud over and we will get brain in the Western Isles into Northern

Ireland. Still comfortably in the low, mid 20s across the south-east

of England. The clouds will increase tomorrow evening across the North

and the wind will freshen up with spots of rain and thicker cloud. The

weather front crossing during Friday and there could be rain around. A

fresher day. In the north, about 17. On Saturday and the weekend, a daisy

chain of weather fronts. Here is the former hurricane that will get mixed

up. It will not come our way but we will get unsettled weather. On

Saturday, I think will be the wet day of the two, particularly in the

evening, but the first half of Saturday may be good with sunshine

across the bulk of the East and south-east but then rain sweeping

into many parts of the UK. On BBC One, we now join the BBC's

news teams where you are.