05/09/2016 BBC News at Ten

Theresa May rules out a points-based system to cut EU immigration.

At the G20 in China, she says it won't control numbers coming in.

What the British people voted for on 23rd June

was to bring some control into the movement of people

A points-based system does not give you that control.

Back in Britain, the economy enjoys an unexpected post-Brexit bounce.

But in Westminster, there's scorn from some MPs about the lack

Also tonight: The junior doctors' strike in England next week is off,

A call for the Government to end poverty

How particles in pollution could be increasing the risk of Alzheimer's.

And did Wales tonight repeat their triumphant

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,

Rory McIlroy ends a 16-month title drought on the PGA Tour,

overturning a six shot deficit with a final round of 65.

The prime minister has ruled out a points-based immigration system

for EU nationals - a central pledge of the Brexit campaign -

saying it wouldn't control who comes into the UK.

Speaking at the end of the G20 in China, Theresa May said

the summit had been a success and she had been pleased

by the willingness of countries such as Australia and India

From the city of Hangzhou, here's our Political Editor,

Red carpets get rolled up and put away.

And at the end of the Prime Minister's first big adventure

abroad, there are questions that will follow her home.

But despite wide concerns, there are some reasons

Promises from a handful of countries who want

and the first summit of the world's leading economies since

the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union.

What I've found pleasing and very useful in the discussions I've had

is their willingness to talk to us about opening up trade arrangements

between the United Kingdom and a number of other countries.

Fewer answers, though, on controlling EU immigration.

It won't be with the system sold to the public during the referendum.

What the British people voted for on 23rd June was to bring

some control into the movement of people from

A points-based system does not give you that control.

More than two months after the referendum,

can you give our audience any idea of what you might actually propose?

And given that you were Home Secretary when immigration

climbed to record levels, why should people trust you

What the British people want to see is an element of control.

There are various ways in which you can do that.

But of course, the work we are doing at the moment across government

is about looking at the sort of relationship that we want to

Part of that is about the sort of trade arrangements,

part of it is about the sort of issues we want to deal

So we will be coming forward in due course

But this summit was about more than Brexit.

but the Prime Minister's induction to one of the world's most exclusive

and pressure, perhaps no more so than with China.

Theresa May says the relationship with the summit host

is about more than Hinkley Point, a proposed nuclear power station

And despite irritation with her decision to delay,

tonight the Chinese said they'd be patient and wait for her to decide.

But some relationships have been much more straightforward.

We said the bonds between our two countries are long-standing

Firm friends already with the Australian leader,

with the promise on the table of a trade deal

And a rather relaxed Indian leader too, May and Modi both trying

to get their first formal moment just right.

This has not been an easy set of meetings for the Prime Minister.

Alongside the grips and grins of

the formal handshake, there's been warmth, but warnings too.

But Theresa May has shown she wants to be a leader who does things

in her own time and in her own way, not bound by the promises

of the referendum or of her predecessor in Number 10.

The Prime Minister came here to make an impression

and departs having done that, but leaves only a few more

clues on how Britain and the EU will say goodbye.

Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Hangzhou.

So Theresa May has rejected the points-based system

Our Home Affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford is here.

Daniel, what other options are there?

Well, Fiona, if there was one word which summed up the whole Leave

campaign during the referendum, it was "control."

And a big part of that was about taking back

The Brexit campaigners had two solutions: to Leave

the European Union to end freedom of movement, and this...

What we think should happen is an Australian-style

They choose, because they have a controlled system.

The trouble is that when the UK had a points-based system back in 2010,

the Home Office found that of those migrants who'd arrived under

the highly skilled workers' scheme, 29% were actually working

Theresa May, who was then Home Secretary, scrapped

the old points-based system, which gave a visa to anyone

So it's no surprise that she has little enthusiasm for starting

a new one now, which leaves only one real option.

At the moment, it looks like a work permit system

is the most likely outcome, but there are lots of questions

that the Government would still need to answer about how that work permit

Would it be just for highly skilled people?

Would there be an option for people to work in low-skilled jobs?

Those will be the difficult questions

Under a work permit scheme, employers would have

to apply for a visa for each foreign employee.

The Government would then decide how many workers of which type

In theory, this could be tailored to suit the needs of the economy.

But Keith Fearn, a hotel manager in Weston-Super-Mare,

remembers the days before EU workers, and he's worried.

When I was advertising for staff before they came,

I didn't have anyone coming up for the jobs,

or they only lasted one day and didn't return the next day.

could cause devastation in other industries,

like the care home business,

that have become dependent on EU migrants.

So the Government will have some delicate decisions to make.

I think people who voted on both sides think

this could be an opportunity to get the balance right.

By that, they mean keeping skilled migration,

where it's needed for a particular purpose,

In the Brexit negotiations, the Government may be able to offer

the carrot of preferential access to work permits for EU citizens.

It'll need to make sure the NHS doesn't run out of doctors

and the City doesn't run out of bankers.

But at the end of it all, it will have to persuade voters

that it has got immigration back to sustainable levels.

And Theresa May will know from bitter experience

as Home Secretary that it won't be easy.

New figures show the UK's services industry unexpectedly

bounced back last month, reducing the likelihood

Services account for nearly 80% of the UK economy but had slumped

in July after the vote to leave the European Union.

The return to growth for services follows signs

of recovery in manufacturing and construction too.

Here's our Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed.

Famous for its pier, less famous for voting Brexit

where the ups and downs of the economy are sharply felt.

I think when you're generally around,

confidence does seem to be high.

People are in the shops, spending, doing their normal thing.

But I know people in business and they are more cautious.

Not as bad as we were led to believe, but it's early days yet.

Early days, yes, but for the services sector,

the largest part of the UK economy including restaurants

and tourism, there has been a bounce back to growth

But what about those local businesses?

which imports its high-end tennis gear from Portugal.

and I asked whether more generally, Brexit had affected

It did feel as though our world was turned upside down afterwards.

The doom and gloom that were predicted,

I don't think has happened,

but there is a lot of uncertainty, which is worrying for people.

We seem to be doing OK at the moment,

but how is it going to pan out over the medium term?

These figures are certainly positive.

They show the fastest month on month increase for 20 years.

But, I think, a slight note of caution.

Yes, there has been something of an economic bounceback,

but still, the prediction is that the UK economy will grow

significantly slower than it would have done if Britain had voted

UK growth has been about far more than Brexit.

The year started slowly, growth at just 0.4%

as fears about a slowdown in China took hold.

Through the middle of the year, growth picked up to 0.6%

Now, it is predicted that growth will fall to 0.1%

uncertainty over the post-Brexit future given as the reason.

At the moment, it's looking like

we might narrowly avoid a recession.

We had a rebound in August, which leaves an overall flat position.

The sky has resolutely not fallen in, but dangers remain.

There is evidence that inflation is returning.

Yes, a weaker pound helps exports, but it also means imports

The economy is likely to be on quite a confusing ride as the full effects

Back at Westminster, the Brexit secretary David Davis has

been addressing MPs about getting the best solution for Britain

His opposite number in the Labour Party said

his statement contained only empty platitudes.

Our political correspondent Ben Wright was listening to the debate.

They arrived back from their summer break by car, with bags, on foot.

The recently sacked and the freshly promoted.

Are we going to get more details today about what Brexit will really

I'm sure you'll hear a great deal of interest.

That's Liam Fox, the new Secretary of State for International Trade,

heading to the Commons to hear a statement

MPs were not expecting it to be a very long one.

Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.

David Davis set out what would not happen.

There will be no attempt to stay in the EU by the back door,

frustrate or thwart the will of the British people,

no attempt to engineer a second referendum

because some people didn't like the first answer.

Mr Davis said the Government would build a consensus

We will decide on our borders, our laws and the taxpayers' money.

It means getting the best deal for Britain,

and not an off-the-shelf solution.

But MPs on the opposite side of the Commons asked...

You've had all summer, Secretary of State.

It has to be said, it is a mark of an irresponsible government,

just as it was a mark of an irresponsible Leave campaign,

that we know nothing more about the phrase

from a government that just continues to make it up

And a leading Tory campaigner for Brexit wanted some guarantees.

..That this United Kingdom will take control of its borders

and the laws that are relevant to that

and that is not negotiable for any other deal.

But at the moment, all the Government has is vague rhetoric.

The details about exactly when divorce talks

and what a new relationship will look like -

that could take months, even years, to become clear.

As MPs argued, a demand outside Parliament for the start

For the millions who voted for Brexit,

impatience with the pace of leaving might grow.

Ben Wright, BBC News, Westminster.

All day on the BBC, we've been taking a look at Brexit Britain,

examining what's happened in the UK since the country

If you want to find out more, head to the BBC website.

The junior doctors' strike in England next week

has been called off, though the rest of the strikes due

There had been concerns that hospitals hadn't been given enough

time to arrange emergency cover and that patients would suffer.

The British Medical Association has called again on the government not

to impose a new junior doctors' contract.

It was set for a new escalation next week, the junior doctors' dispute

bringing more strikes around England.

But now that action has been called off, after NHS chiefs made clear

that there wasn't time to make contingency plans in hospitals.

We have called off the first planned industrial action

due to take place next week, because we are responding reasonably

to concerns raised by hospital trusts that they need more time

to prepare for this level of industrial action.

and that is our first and utmost priority.

Earlier, the General Medical Council, which regulates

the medical profession, had made clear its concern that only

12 days' notice of next week's strikes had been given.

Our view is that this degree of escalation at this short notice,

there's a very real risk of causing harm to patients.

But the BMA says strikes in October, November and December will go ahead,

with its campaign against a new employment contract

On the doctors' agenda, some items have been resolved

since previous strikes, such as preventing excessive hours.

But they say issues like weekend pay and provisions for women

and part-time doctors have not been resolved.

In the Commons, the Health Secretary gave his reaction

This afternoon's news delaying the first strike

but we mustn't let it obscure the fact

that the planned industrial action is unprecedented in length

and severity and will be damaging for patients,

some of whom will have already had operations cancelled.

It's an unexpected pause in the latest chapter of this

long-running dispute, but the two sides are still as entrenched

to impose changes to junior doctors' pay and conditions.

And Hugh is outside a hospital in West London -

where does this dispute go from here?

The dispute goes on, it is as simple as that. It has been a

presentational own goal by the BMA, announcing this action including

deliberately short notice period for hospitals to prepare, then coming

under pressure to think again because hospitals wouldn't be ready.

NHS England at senior levels today saying they couldn't guarantee a

safe service next week, then having to call off the stripes. The strikes

in October, November and December will go ahead. Government sources

are saying they could be just as damaging and they are questioning

again why the BMA is campaigning against a contract which some of its

leaders said it was a good thing only back in May. The BMA said our

members have voted against it, it shouldn't be imposed. I think the

key question is how junior doctors see things in the months ahead. They

may be relieved tonight, there's certainly no sign in their reduction

of general support for this campaign.

The MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the influential Home

Affairs Select Committee, is back in the House of Commons

after a Sunday newspaper claimed that he'd paid for two male escorts.

Mr Vaz, a married father of two, says he'll decide whether to stay

The Prime Minister said it was up to Mr Vaz to decide his political

future but it's important for people to have confidence

A blockade of the main routes in and out of Calais has ended

after agreement was reached that more police will be stationed

Earlier today lorry drivers and farmers blocked the route

demanding the closure of the port's large refugee camp,

The French government has promised to dismantle the camp as soon

as possible but the demonstrators want a date to be set.

A sandwich shop owner has admitted murdering a teenager

after she went to buy breakfast from his store in Clydebank.

John Lethem claimed he repeatedly stabbed 15-year-old Paige Doherty

after a disagreement about a possible job in the shop.

Letham was filmed on CCTV getting anti-bacteria wipes and disposing

of her body, which was later found in woodland.

An investigation by the BBC's Panorama programme into

the Sellafield nuclear waste plant has found a catalogue

The plant in Cumbria, which reprocesses and stores most

of the UK's nuclear waste, was found to be dangerously run down

and at times has insufficient staff to meet the minimum

Sellafield insists the site is safe, and has benefited from significant

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is calling for a long-term strategy

to help the 13 million people they say are living

In a landmark report published tomorrow, the independent charity

argues that more Government intervention is needed

for communities like that in Port Talbot, one of the most

deprived communities in the UK, and where thousands

Our Home Editor Mark Easton has been there.

The future of the steelworks that gives the place

This deprived community fears it future is out of its hands.

His father, grandfather and great grandfather all worked at the plant,

Dan now suffers from clinical depression, among the 28%

in Port Talbot whose lives are limited by disability or illness.

People can actually sense the depression around them.

I mean, in the last couple of years the high street is gone,

and there's less and less jobs, there's less and less

prosperity for people, and people can feel it,

Port Talbot voted emphatically for Brexit, even though this area

has received hundreds of millions of pounds in EU funding and was due

to have received more than ?1 billion more.

The now dark cinema celebrates Port Talbot's most famous sons -

Sir Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton and Michael Sheen,

who says his hometown's vote for Brexit reflects the failure

of politicians to meet the challenges of a globalised world.

We are seeing the rise of massive insecurity, massive fears,

massive anxiety about what's going on in the world and how

globalisation is affecting things, losing all kinds of jobs,

especially in the kind of low skilled, low paid sector.

That's not necessarily a failure of politicians, it's

a failure of us all, we all have to adapt to that

and somehow live up to those questions that

Following the Brexit vote, a landmark report

from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation argues politicians need to offer

Port Talbot is one of several places in the UK that has been knocked

off its feet by globalisation and a massive economic shock.

We have got to organise to support a place like Port Talbot,

and we call on politicians in Wales and in the UK to work with industry,

to work with communities, to make sure this place does not

Port Talbot has seen countless schemes and millions of euros,

but local people don't feel the benefit.

Port Talbot is far from an isolated example of how just throwing money

at a place doesn't necessarily get to the root causes of poverty.

Far more important, argues the Joseph Rowntree report,

is dealing with low pay, or education, rising

living costs, and the lack of a strategic economic plan.

A local church is a refuge for the poor and the vulnerable.

Volunteers offer a brew, a meal and a chat.

But food bank parcels don't provide real answers.

We've had a lot of people using the food banks that

So, they are so poor even though they are working?

Yes, we have had lots of people coming in here who are maybe

cleaning in the morning, working in a shop in the afternoon,

and then off to do a night-time job as well.

At the local social club, they know all about in-work poverty.

Everyone is afraid to buy a car, buy a house, because they don't know

whether their job is going to be there next week.

Because it wanted its voice heard, it wanted control of its destiny.

Tiny particles of pollution inside samples of brain tissue

could be contributing to diseases such as Alzheimer's,

The study, led by scientists at Lancaster University,

raises a host of new questions about the health risks

Our Science Editor David Shukman assesses its findings.

A pale haze over Mexico City, one of the most polluted places on Earth.

It's well-known that exhaust fumes can trigger

breathing difficulties, heart trouble, even premature death,

but now a new study raises a worrying possibility.

At Lancaster University, this small tray contains samples of brain,

taken from people who have lived and died in Mexico City,

and in Manchester, and too small to see with the naked eye are tiny

traces of pollution, particles of iron.

We can identify that there are millions of these magnetic

In one gram of human brain tissue, there will be millions of these

Well, that's a million opportunities for those particles to create damage

The particles are known as magnetite.

So, these are particles that came from a Manchester case...

They can form naturally in the brain like this one.

By contrast, a rounded shape means they come

from traffic created in the high temperatures inside engines.

While the largest particles are trapped by the nose,

smaller ones can get into the lungs and then bloodstream,

and the very smallest can pass through the nerves that connect

the nose to the brain, where they've been found

So it's possible, but not confirmed, that they may encourage

what are called plaques to develop, breaking the connections

between brain cells, as you get with conditions like Alzheimer's.

What this research shows is that the incredibly small

particles blowing around in traffic pollution can make their

This doesn't prove that exposure to pollution automatically leads

to conditions like Alzheimer's, but it does make it

It's early days for this research and no one really

This study shows us I think for the first the time that

pollutants like magnetite can get into the brain.

That's obviously important, but what it doesn't tell us

is whether they have any role in the development of

The study does not itself have answers.

Instead it opens a whole new avenue of research into possible

connections between traffic and the brain.

Organisers of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

have told the BBC they're confident a huge financial shortfall can be

met and that Brazil will be no less committed to the Paralympics

starting in two days' time than it was to the Olympic Games.

Paralympic bosses recently declared that never before in the movement's

history have they faced such challenging circumstances.

The Paralympic torch on its way to Rio ahead

of Wednesday's opening ceremony, but only two weeks after the

International Paralympic Committee warned the Rio Games could only go

There will be fewer venues, a smaller workforce

But local organisers say problems are being resolved after savings

Nobody can be afford to be complacent, we have to deliver

the Paralympic Games at the same standard that we delivered

the Olympics, so the bar is very high and we need to work

Until recently, only 12% of three and a half million tickets

for the Paralympic Games had been sold, so prices have been slashed

and some are being given away at beach events

Paralympic organisers face two particular challenges -

trying to push disappointingly low ticket sales, and trying to get

Brazilians interested in Paralympic sports that they've never even

Organisers are desperate to avoid a repetition of the huge swathes

of empty seats seen at last month's Olympics.

One successful initiative has been promoting sport like sitting

30,000 students will get free tickets, in a country

where minority sports struggle against the dominance of football.

This and programmes like UK-based crowdfunding has helped

Brazilian para athletes won more medals than their non-disabled

team-mates at the London Games, achievements that have not always

TRANSLATION: Until now, there's been a different level

of interest in Brazil in terms of Olympics versus Paralympics.

Holding the Paralympics here will be a watershed moment

With renewed political protests in Brazil, city officials also say

the thousands of troops keeping athletes and visitors safe

will remain, that there's been no reduction in security or effort

to deliver the Paralympics despite the cuts.

Wyre Davies, BBC News, Rio.

After their unprecedented success at the European Championships

this summer, Wales were back in action tonight in

Gareth Bale scored twice as they breezed past

Moldova 4-0 in Cardiff, as Joe Wilson reports.

That summer lovin', it happened so fast.

In July, Wales returned from the Euros as football heroes,

There's one big problem with success - it raises the level

In September, Wales walked out as one of the best teams

in the world to play Moldova, officially ranked world number 165,

And Wales have Gareth Bale, crossing the ball just

Who is this trying a shot from the edge of the penalty area?

Seven years after his Wales debut, his first international goal.

COMMENTATOR: That's a moment to savour!

Sometimes, the more time you have, the more you get confused.

Stop, look around, have a think, think again, and pick out your man.

Oh, and then in injury time they gave him a penalty.

4-0, only Moldova but the first steps towards the World Cup.

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