02/06/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten, up to 11,000 jobs at risk, as the retailer BHS

Despite prolonged efforts, no buyer has been found.

It's the biggest retail collapse since Woolworths, eight years ago.

Some MPs are expressing anger at the plight of the workers.

They must feel very deserted, and we know other people in this

whole terrible saga have been able to walk away, taking quite

The former BHS owner Sir Philip Green,

who sold the business for ?1, says he's "saddened and

Chancellor Merkel warns that Britain faces a tough time in trade talks,

I don't want to wake up on June 24... It is scaremongering. I don't

accept that. While David Cameron denies voters'

suggestions that his Remain campaign A special report on the risks

of radicalisation in prisons, amid claims that some inmates

are being turned Swapping life in London for

war-torn Somalia. Extremism haunts the capital

city, even as citizens And England prepare for the Euros

with a win tonight over Portugal. And coming up in

Sportsday on BBC News. Aston Villa appoint former

Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo The Italian replaces Remi Garde

at the Championship club. Thousands of jobs are under threat,

following the news that the high street retailer BHS

is to start winding down. Administrators say they have failed

to find a buyer, despite making It's

thought that up to 11,000 There will be closing-down sales

in 163 stores over the coming weeks. Sir Philip Green, who sold

the firm last year for ?1, said he was "saddened

and disappointed" by today's news. Our business editor

Simon Jack reports. A desperate last-ditch campaign

to get the public behind a 90 The biggest high street collapse

since Woolworths went bust With no buyer found,

the process of selling off assets and laying

off workers starts now. 11,000 people, good employees

giving great service, There are serious questions

to be asked about how we ended up in a situation

with the company in liquidation. Over the decades it's

had its ups and downs but Sir Philip Green breathed

new life into the store Profits rolled in and rolled back

out again as he paid himself hundreds of millions in dividends

and enjoyed the high life. And that, some say,

was at the price of investment. During the years that they owned

the company, they took a lot of money out of it

and I don't believe that they invested in it

in the way that was needed. Great retailing today

is about destination. A lot of people do their research

and go online for reason. There's no reason to come here, it was not the

cheapest or most innovative. It did not have an extraordinary shopping

experience or a brilliant food offer and it never led the way in

anything. Therefore, it fell by the wayside. In March last year, Sir

Philip Green cut his losses and sold it to this man, a former racing

driver and a former bankrupt, for just ?1. He took millions out of the

company and in just over a year, the company was taken into the carer

administrators. The hunt then began for a new saviour and despite

interest from proven retail brains, when it came down to it, no one was

prepared to put in the tens of millions needed to revive the

stores. As the doors closed tonight, the questions remain open and are

getting public scrutiny. -- big questions. My reaction is little

compared with the 11,000 workers who now face the dole queue. And the

20,000 people who built up and expect, if not already drawing, to

draw a pension. They must feel very deserted and we know that other

people in this whole terrible saga have been able to walk away, taking

quite a bit of money with them. It is not just MPs, pension, insolvency

and possibly fraud Florida and may want to examine the wreckage. This

is no ordinary business failure. Let's speak to Simon, who's outside

BHS's head office in London. Of course, everyone understands

YouTube concerns for the workers, Simon, but there are concerns to, I

suppose, among those people who formerly owned the business? Yes,

this is not just the 11,000 workers, here at headquarters and in 163

stores around the country, the news that they were dreading. The stores

will reopen. The process of winding down starts now. It is also

unwelcome news for Sir Philip Green and Dominic Chappell. They will face

committees of MPs in the next few weeks, basing searching questions

about technical, legal and even moral questions about how this

company was run. This may be the end of the road for BHS but I think that

the BHS story is not over by a long chalk. OK, Simon, thanks. Simon Jack

our business editor at BHS headquarters.

Chancellor Merkel of Germany has made a rare intervention

in the referendum debate, warning that Britain would struggle

to match the terms of its current trade arrangements

Mrs Merkel said the decision was down to British voters,

but she claimed a decision to Remain would be "to the benefit of all".

Our chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt reports.

Germany, Europe's indispensable power.

But its leaders so far have been restrained in intervening in

Today, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, chose to address one

of the main issues of the campaign, what life would be like outside the

TRANSLATION: In my experience, you will never get a really good

deal on the single market when you are not in the room,

Countries on the outside, we've had lots of talks with them,

they won't be able to get the same deal if they are not sharing

the responsibilities and costs with us.

At a warehouse in Essex, this is a specialist packaging company,

despatching goods overseas, many of them to Europe. The key for them is

access to the single market. I think it's very important fracas is. We

are totally reliant on the export market and I think most of the

customers that we work for are reliant on the single market coming

years. How important is it for the UK in your view to be sitting at the

table when the rules are set as to how the market works? I think you

are always better off being involved in the decision-making and having an

input into that. The UK is one of Germany's largest export market in

Europe. Today, one of the most prominent Leave campaigners are you

don't close the shop to your best customer. But leaving macro chose to

describe Angela Merkel's comments as panicky. I think the bottom line for

Britain is what is good for Germany is not necessarily good for the

British people and in this campaign and in this referendum on June 23,

people will do what's good for the company. -- the country.

This touches on one of the central arguments of the whole campaign.

The Vote Leave camp argue that the UK could negotiate access

to the countries in the single market without being part of it,

without having to pay into the EU budget, and without having to accept

The remain camp disputes this and today Europe's most powerful leader

wanted to underline her campaign that Europe has to stay in the EU to

get the full benefit of the single market.

The Prime Minister spent this evening facing

a live studio audience, where he was accused

of basing his Remain campaign on scaremongering.

He answered questions from journalists

and members of the public at the Sky News centre

Our deputy political editor John Pienaar was watching.

The first test of its kind for David Cameron and the marking would be

strict. The PM's first chance in a referendum to answer voters'

questions, face-to-face in a live TV studio. How would he come through?

Ready for a showdown. The Prime Minister had to show doubters the EU

was Britain's only future but still sound like a sceptic. I'm the prime

ministers who sits around the table with 27 other heads of government

and heads of state and sometimes this organisation drives me crazy.

But no marks for getting the cut tough questions and only straight

answers would do. I'm English literature student, I know waffling

when I see it. You not answering my question. How can you reassure the

people who want to vote out, because I have many friends you do, that we

are safe from extremism when we are willing to work with the government,

like Turkey, who want to be part of the EU? There is no prospect of

Turkey joining the EU in decades. They applied in 1987 and they have

to complete 35 chapters. One has been completed so far and at this

rate, they will join in the year 3000. Then it got spiky. Do you

wouldn't break the personal damage that your scaremongering campaign

has done to your reputational legacy? -- do you regret. I think

there are real risks from leaving. What about the scaremongering? I

don't accept it is scaremongering, sir, I'm genuinely worried about

Britain leaving the single market. And Mr Cameron defended EU migration

is something that the public services. There are 50 dozen

European nationals, French, Germans and others in the NHS working as

doctors, nurses and terraces did they do a very important job. If we

care about the NHS, and I do, we need a strong economy which means

staying in. A final, emotional plea, think of your. Kids Don't roll the

dice on their future boss top for both sides, more tests like this.

Thank you very much. One down but there will be more and if they are

close, it could be crucial. John Pienaar, BBC News.

In today's campaigning, the Labour leader

Jeremy Corbyn insisted he was getting his message across

that Britain should remain in the EU,

despite criticism from a trade union leader

that his support so far had been "half-hearted".

Mr Corbyn underlined the importance of investment,

jobs and workers' rights and acknowledged that immigration

could be a "disconcerting" issue for some communities.

Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.

Has Labour just been looking on as the Tories fight it out?

That's the fear among the In camp as the debate grinds

towards the end, so there's been a squeeze on to push the party's

We, the Labour Party, are overwhelmingly for staying

in because we believe the European Union has

brought investment, jobs, protection to workers,

But many Labour voters think that's also come with too much immigration,

acknowledged more clearly than ever by Mr Corbyn today.

Some communities can change dramatically and rapidly,

and that can be disconcerting for some people.

That doesn't make all of them little Englanders, xenophobes or racists.

One of your biggest supporters, the leader of the GMB,

has told the BBC that Labour has failed to get its message across.

I think the message will be very clear that we are campaigning

to defend and extend workers' rights and trade union rights in Britain,

as we would across Europe, working with others,

and also pointing out that it's the British government economic

austerity problems that are causing many of the difficulties.

But what is loud and clear at this Labour club in Preston...

Just a question before we start bingo.

Could I have a show of hands for Out, please?

An overwhelming sense, that this group at least wants

Their number one priority is immigration.

It's about time England took England back.

They don't call us Great Britain for nothing, do they?

And Labour's official campaign to stay in isn't always

receiving, shall we say, the warmest of welcomes.

Go back to London with all your yuppie friends

In Cornwall, it seemed there were more placards

than members of the public turning out to listen.

What we are about is ensuring that Cornwall continues to benefit from

And one powerful union leader worries the In side might lose

because Labour voters don't feel it's their fight and might not

They see it as a bunfight in the Tory party.

We have tens of thousands of GMB jobs directly reliant on Europe and,

if we're not part of Europe, that leaves those jobs vulnerable

in the least and downright going down the toilet

Only a clutch of Labour MPs believe we should leave the EU,

but they claim they have the ear of the party's supporters.

They want to take control back to our own country and I'm afraid

the leadership of the Labour Party is very much out of touch

with the rank and file Labour supporter.

Jeremy Corbyn's promise for the next three weeks is that his party's

efforts in the campaign will become more intense, but what's striking

listening to him today is he listed almost as many downsides as good

He wants you to vote to stay in but he is also pushing for a very

An ovation here, but to help keep Britain in the EU, Labour needs

Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg is with me,

but first our Europe editor Katya Adler is in Brussels.

This intervention today by the German Chancellor, how significant

is that? It is significant in that Angela Merkel is Europe's most

powerful leader, David Cameron's closest EU ally and a woman not

known to make hollow threats. Today she clearly said it would be harder

for Britain to make good deals with the EU from outside the block, and

she knowingly dangled the single market, that glittering prize for UK

businesses. She worded this carefully, it was a veiled threat,

but she is known for being ruthless when it is in her interest. She and

the other big EU power, France, face the elections next year and they

have Eurosceptic parties breathing down their necks. They cannot be

seen to be generous to oppose Brexit UK. The realisation is dawning that

Britain could be leaving and it would be a big blow to the EU. They

know that Brits don't like being told what to do so between now and

the referendum expect a clumsy mix of threats, like we have had from

Germany, the Netherlands and Spain, and cajoling, which today came from

the European Commission president, who said that the people of Britain

are even more European than they realise. He hopes. Laura, after what

we saw today with Mr Corbyn and indeed Mr Cameron, is it your sense

that this campaign is shifting somewhat? I think it feels that way.

We've had weeks of a well oiled government machine landing punches

on the plucky outsiders, as they like to be seen, on the out

campaign, and they have taken their punches. The Alchemy has switched,

in part because the out campaign has managed to get a lot of the

conversation onto immigration, which they things works better for them,

but because we have seen a contrast in the campaigns. The out campaign

clearly designed to save some of their ideas and energy or the

closing weeks, and I think we will see more proposals from them,

whereas the Remain side have been day after day honing in on what they

think is their most effective message, economic warnings. There is

something else we have seen start to happen. If you are in a crowd

watching voters asking their own questions, there is a real

disconnect between the fighting at Westminster, particularly inside the

Tory party, and how the public are now starting to think about this

question and try to make their minds up. Reduce posters -- British voters

are always sceptical, not cynical, and I think both sides still have to

do a lot more. I think the out campaign has to show people what

they are offering is viable, is working, that they can think through

the consequences. For the Remain side, they have to get voters

excited about turning out, and two very senior politicians on that side

have said to me that it is a genuine worry for them that reluctant remain

voters might stay at home. There were six expectations at the

beginning of this week and staying in felt like a safe bet. It hasn't

been overturned, but those expectations are a bit more shaky

tonight. You can find out lots more facts about the claims on both sides

of the debate. The Ministry of Justice

is to investigate allegations raised by the BBC

about a teaching manual used in prisons to educate

inmates about Islam. An Islamic scholar says

the manual risks "turning A former prison officer says some

Muslim prisoners are "taking over the law" at the high-security

prison where he worked. Our special correspondent

Lucy Manning reports. Muslim prisoners on their way to

Friday prayers in Wandsworth Jail. Moving the 300 Muslim prisoners

to the jail's mosque meaning the rest of the prison more

or less shuts down One in seven prisoners in England

and Wales is a Muslim and in this A former prison officer

at a different jail has told the BBC there were prisoner-run

Sharia courts implementing The bottom of this prisoner's feet

had been whipped as punishment and the punishment was from one

of the court sessions. There were a number of occasions

where prisoners' feet were severely battered

because of the law. And other incidents

with prisoners fined for not adhering to what they

were One course taught by imams in prison

is the Tarbiyah programme, introduced by the Ministry

of Justice in 2011 The BBC has seen the teaching

manual. A key section of the course

is called The Principle Of Jihad. In it, the immam is asked to discuss

with prisoners the difference between internal jihad,

the struggle for self-improvement, and external jihad, the struggle

against the enemies of Allah, which sometimes involves

taking up arms. Supporting it with a

verse from the Koran. Although both kinds of jihad

are taught on the course, experts say too much emphasis

is on the fighting kind. It prepares people for violence,

if I put it that way. And it could turn people,

when they come out of prison, supposedly rehabilitated,

back into violence. They need to remove it as quickly

as possible and then rehabilitate The Tarbiyah programme

was co-written by Ahtsham Ali, Another Ministry of Justice course

was withdrawn last year because it was based on some texts

written by extremists. Belmarsh Prison is home to some

of Britain's most dangerous One Muslim who was there for fraud

says some imams fail to get and the wider prison system doesn't

protect inmates. I lived in and amongst these young,

impressionable guys. I saw the conveyor belt of

radicalisation in full effect. I witnessed these people

convicted of terrorism, people in the public domain that

were very well known, roaming around freely and being able to manipulate

young minds. The Ministry of Justice

says it is already doing urgent work to deal with these

problems, and it's commissioned the first-ever review of Islamist

extremism in prisons. The BBC understands it will now

investigate the allegations raised A postmortem examination has found

the singer Prince died after taking But the report from the Midwest

medical examiner's office suggests Our correspondent Aleem

Maqbool is in Washington. What more can you tell us about

this? After just over six weeks of speculation, we have finally

received a medical report. Just one page, mainly dealing with his

personal details, what clothes he was wearing. At the bottom, it says

that the manner of his death was accidental and because was fentanyl

toxicity, so an overdose of this incredibly powerful prescription

opioid drug. Friends of his had said that he had been taking drugs like

this for years to deal with the physical strain that performing and

put on his body. But others have said he was seeking help because of

an addiction to these drugs, which obviously came too late. There is an

police investigation going on to find out who prescribed these drugs

to print and whether, under the circumstances, they should have

done. -- prescribe these drugs to Prince.

The deployment of dozens of British peacekeeping forces in Somalia

will help ensure the country's stability, according to the

Hours before Mr Hammond arrived on a visit,

the militant al-Shabaab fighters attacked a hotel in

the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people

including two members of the Somali parliament.

70 British troops will be based at the country's airport

supporting African Union forces ahead of elections later this year.

From Mogadishu, our correspondent Alastair Leithhead sent this report.

Patrolling the dangerous streets of Mogadishu.

We joined a checkpoint, manned by Somali police and troops

from other African nations supporting them on the long road

Mogadishu, like much of Somalia, still isn't safe.

The risk here is car bombs, suicide attacks.

Al-Shabab, although they have been driven from many cities, still

Security isn't good, but with regards to businesses

opening up and politics, it is a bit more optimistic.

And so Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond met the president,

Far from fully democratic, but a big step towards rebuilding

a new, federal state after 25 years of civil war, as long

So just start off by introducing yourself...

At a hip rooftop pizza place that has just opened, we were preparing

but as of January, permanently living and working here.

It was a suicide attack on a hotel, followed by gunfire.

Al-Shabab militants then went inside, killing at least 15 people,

including two British Somali MPs, who, like Marian, had

At the end of the day, it's trying to be objective and

understanding that everything comes with sacrifice.

The Somali security forces are the key to the country's stability.

British-trained police put on a demonstration for

What's happening here now is making Somalia safer but it is

It is addressing our security concerns, our migration concerns,

and having a stable and secure Somalia is good for Britain,

showing Kenyan troops being killed is narrated by a British militant.

It is a war between two diverse and incompatible ideologies.

The fear is of terror attacks coming home.

The new British troops arriving here will bring training

and mechanical support from the safety of their base.

The most senior member of the Republican Party in America

has confirmed he's backing Donald Trump's bid for President.

House Speaker Paul Ryan had been withholding his support

after a series of disagreements but now says it's time

Mr Trump has come under the most sustained attack so far from Philip

-- Hillary Clinton. Tell us about what is significant

about the Clinton attack? This was Hillary Clinton's foreign policy

speech. Forget that, this was personal. Donald Trump's ideas are

not just different, they are dangerously coherent, she says. He

is temperament trick and fit. It is a series of outright lies. An Donald

Trump's foreign affairs experience, she says, he claims this because he

ran a beauty pageant for Miss universe in Russia. But then, in

this keenly awaited speech, a metaphorical stink bomb went off

when it was announced that Donald Trump had won the support of Paul

Ryan, the House Speaker. It is significant because it shows the

Republican party starting to unify. What everyone thinks of -- whatever

one thinks of Donald Trump, you have to admire his ability to get the

headlines when he wants them. The design of the new

?5 note, featuring Sir Winston Churchill,

has been unveiled at Sir Winston's The Bank of England says

the new note will stand the test of time, because it's

being made with polymer and is more durable and secure

than the current paper fivers. The new note will

appear in September. England have played their final

warm-up match ahead of this month's Their opponents -

Portugal, at Wembley. Our sports correspondent

Katie Gournall was watching for us When the pressure's on,

how do you find a way through? England hope the answer

lies in youth. Now Wembley would see

if its attack-minded team could blossom into

a successful side. For the first time, Wayne Rooney had

Kane and Vardy for The three strikers, a bold selection

from Hodgson but one that failed to find a way

through in the first half. England's energy came from Kyle

Walker, charging forward to find It was Portugal who would land

the first blow but not in Bruno Alves with a total

loss of control. Now up against ten men,

England reordered and reorganised after the break and,

with minutes remaining, finally a Five strikers in the squad and yet

the winner was scored England head to France

with plenty to ponder. Hodgson's side really didn't gel

this evening and certainly not a performance that will strike fear

into the hearts of Russia, who England play in their opening match

on June the 11th. On the positive side, they kept a clean sheet, no

fresh injury worries and it will keep expectations in check, but

Hodgson will be telling his players that it doesn't matter what happens

in Wembley but what happens in France and the Euros that counts.

Thank you. With three weeks

to the EU referendum, we're hearing from a range

of voters across the UK about the factors they're

considering ahead of polling day. Tonight it's the turn

of Graham Prior, I work for my local

builder's merchant. And I'm actually a member

of the Deal and District Motorcycle I feel that I really

want to vote out. The British taxpayer's money is now

just being given over to the Europe, We should really be

putting our own money into our own country

and making it better, Well, they reckon it cost

?53 million a day to keep in the EU. Imagine what that could do

for our own NHS system I am getting rather annoyed

with the amount of literature Just trying to brainwash

the British public into staying I think we should leave Europe

to stop the immigration system because we are getting

far too many over now. It's obviously going

to have a knock-on effect We should have more control

over our own borders And if they are immigrants

they should have to go through the right channels to apply

to come over to England. Great Britain was fine

before they joined the EU. So you come out of the EU, OK,

it might have a slight change But eventually it will all balance

itself out, settle down again, and we can actually start spending

the money on our own country. I think it will be the best

for the British economy Graham Prior from Deal in Kent

there with his views Tonight, Uber gets a boost. The

European Commission says EU nations shouldn't get in its way without

good cause. We'll asked if that will allay the concerns so many people

have about Uber's uncontrolled growth. Join me now on and 11 in

Scotland.