27/06/2017 BBC News at Ten

Plans for a second referendum on Scottish

Scotland's First Minister has had a re-think after the SNP lost 21

The Scottish Government will reset the plan I set out on March 13th.

We will not seek to introduce the legislation for an independence

Opponents say the SNP's obsession with independence has drained

She appears to be in denial about her mistakes over this last

year and, as a result, is leaking credibility

and confidence in her leadership by the hour.

We will ask how much of a setback it is for Nicola Sturgeon.

It's emerged London firefighters warned councils about the risks

of using panels to clad tower blocks just weeks before the Grenfell fire.

Google is hit with a record fine by the European Commission -

more than ?2 billion - for breaking competition laws.

The parents who wanted to take their terminally-ill son

to America for experimental treatment have lost

Frozen computers and ransom demands - a large-scale cyber attack that

started in Ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight.

And what is it about England, Germany and penalties?

England's Under-21s crash out of the European Championship.

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

A record-breaking score of 377 sets England up for a crushing victory

over Pakistan at Leicester, in the Women's World Cup.

Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has scrapped plans

for a second referendum on independence by

She said she had reconsidered the issue after the SNP lost almost

a third of its seats at Westminster in the general election.

She now says any decision on another vote will be delayed

until after the UK has left the European Union.

Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, is at Holyrood.

Sophie, this is unquestionably a setback for Nicola Sturgeon. She set

out a very clear timetable for an independence referendum between

autumn next year and spring 2019, before Brexit. After losing 21 MPs

in the general election, she has had to shelve that plan, saying that she

has listened to the voters and reflected in the election result.

Nicola Sturgeon may not look like a woman thwarted,

but she cannot now march ahead with her plans for an independence

referendum - admitting today, voters have rejected

that idea and she has had to think again.

Having listened and reflected, the Scottish Government will reset

We will not seek to introduce the legislation for an independence

Instead, we will, in good faith, redouble our efforts

and put our shoulder to the wheel in seeking to influence the Brexit

talks in a way that protects Scotland's interests.

She wants to keep open the option of a referendum

The Tories want her to abandon her plans completely.

I'm afraid to say that that statement will fail to give any

assurance to those people that this First Minister is listening to them.

Instead, she appears to be in denial about her mistakes

over this last year and, as a result, is leaking

credibility and confidence in her leadership by the hour.

Nicola Sturgeon's message today is that she is

listening to voters and she understands they don't want another

independence referendum any time soon.

But she's not taking it completely off the table.

She says she will continue to argue the case

for why Scotland should be an independent country.

Nicola Sturgeon rose like a rock star

Her personal popularity fuelled electoral success and put

But it seems she went too far, too fast.

Now she admits she will have to make a fresh case for independence before

there can be another vote, and she will have to pick her

It's the only thing that makes common sense.

I think another referendum would be disaster for Scotland.

I'm an SNP supporter, but I think that it would

make no sense, given the current political climate, it makes no sense

for the SNP to move forward with a vote on it just now.

She should put it out to the public and let

The Scottish Greens back the SNP's call for an early

referendum and do not want to see the timetable slip.

If we wait until autumn next year or even later,

then we will be well out of the European Union before

the people of Scotland have the chance to say

Scotland has not consented to leave the European Union

or to have our rights and protections as European citizens

Holyrood today heard Nicola Sturgeon say

she was responding to voters who don't want an independence vote,

but also that she has not given up the fight.

Her opponents say she isn't listening.

Her party hope this is no more than a rain check,

So is this a U-turn from Nicola Sturgeon? No, it is not. She has not

abandoned plans for another independence referendum. Theresa May

said today Ms Sturgeon should take it completely off the table, she

most certainly has not done that. And fact, she told the BBC tonight

she thinks it is likely there will be another independence vote before

2021. That will keep her supporters happy, but her political opponents

say that show she has not been listening to the voters and she has

abandoned her promise to reply Tom the election result and to adjust

her plans accordingly. Sarah Smith, thank you.

It's emerged that just weeks before the Grenfell Tower tragedy,

London fire-fighters had expressed their concerns

about the panels being used to clad tower blocks.

The BBC's learnt that the London Fire Brigade had written to councils

across the capital warning them that it could cause a fire

95 tower blocks - in 32 local authority areas -

have now failed fire safety tests, and there are still many

The Grenfell Tower fire is turning from sickening tragedy

The blaze appears to be exposing hidden risks and confusion over fire

safety that stretches across the country.

Every sample of cladding from 95 tower blocks,

across 32 English local authorities, has now failed Government tests -

although the Communities Department, who ordered the testing,

The Prime Pinister has said there needs to be a major

Something has clearly gone wrong over a number of years and we need

to find out what, why, and how to make sure it does not happen again.

There are questions about the testing process. Cladding at this

blog in Norwich failed the Government has last week. But the

Housing Association which owns it said the cutting past the fire test

when it was installed. The certificate describes it as low risk

cost zero, at it says they are class three so dangerous they must removed

immediately. How come the test on Friday moved it to a class three?

And we can only guess or presume what they did in the test because we

have not been told yet. All we had was a telephone call on Friday

evening saying the product had failed the test and what were we are

going to do about it? It has been confirmed to the BBC protests in

cladding being conducted for the Government not the same as the

tracks for a product's bias the vocation. The focus is not in the

entire panel but specifically in the two millimetre call within the

aluminium casing. And as this crisis grows, a new group of building and

fire safety experts has been assembled to advise ministers in

immediate steps. Peter Bonfield is one expert who also heads the

building research Establishment conducting the cladding tests. The

cladding panel is only one part of fire safety in the building. We have

to think about that. And having this advisory panel is something we can

get together and make sure we concentrate our minds expediently,

robustly and the release, thinking through how we address the

challenges the country faces at the moment. The BBC has learned that in

the month before the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Fire Service and warned

every London council Bay had stumped testing on external cladding and

found the core in some was so combustible it could spread a fire

at the side of the building. The latter is prescient, warning that

panels can deform ordeal on it in a tower block by NEXT exposing their

combustible core and allowing it plays to spread from collapsed flat.

This is one more in a pattern of warnings about the fire safety in

tower blocks. And I think it shows the whole system of building control

and checks is failing and now needs urgent overhaul. From the charred

skeleton of Grenfell Tower, a toxic cloud of uncertainty and anxiety has

drifted across the country. And tonight, two weeks after the fire

began, a reminder of one of those who lost their lives. A little boy

who got separated from his family as they tried to get out. We will all

miss our kind, energetic, generous little boy, his family said. We will

miss him forever. The US technology giant Google has

been hit with a record fine of more than ?2 billion

by the European Commission The company was found to have

abused its dominance as a search engine by promoting its own

shopping comparison service. The company says it's

considering an appeal. Our media editor,

Amol Rajan, reports. They're the new masters

of the universe. Google's products have

changed our lives forever but, today, the company was brought down

to Earth in the Brussels headquarters of the

European Commission. After a seven-year investigation

into Google's business practices, Commissioner Margrethe Vestager

delivered a brutal verdict. Google has abused its market

dominance as a search engine by giving illegal advantages

to another Google product, If you search Google for something

that you want to buy - say, for instance, my new cricket

bat - several ads appear These are clearly marked 'sponsored'

and are part of a service Each time I click on one

of the ads, the American tech But today, the European Commission

ruled that this prime real estate Kelkoo is one of the companies

that brought the case. It says Google needs

to be reined in. It said, right, I'm going to take

over this marketplace and I'm going to demote you all and put

myself at the top of the listings. They can't do that when they have

a 90% share in general search. They use that power,

and that's wrong. Google said it respectfully

disagreed with the decision and would take the 90 days granted

by the Commission One former Google insider says

the company is being The reality is, Google

is all about creating The reason why people come back

and we use it probably on a daily basis is because it enables us

to find what we are looking for as quickly as possible,

it's a frictionless experience. For years now, European officials

have been itching to subject tech But over in Silicon Valley,

many leading innovators believe social problems usually

have a technological, One of the great mantras

of Silicon Valley is, I don't think that many people

would characterise EU bureaucracy There are two very different

worldviews - America and Europe. And they have very different

attitudes on competition, on access to data, even on very

fundamental things What I think is fascinating

about this case is it really shows Through remarkable innovation

and engineering, Google has become This record fine is a reminder

that it is at base an advertising company,

which uses our personal If you don't like the

search results, well, Doctors at Great Ormond Street

Hospital have been told they can switch off life support

for a terminally baby after his parents lost

their final legal battle. Ten-month-old Charlie Gard suffers

from a rare genetic condition His family wanted to take him

to America for experimental treatment, but judges

at the European Court of Human Rights refused to overturn

the decision of courts in the UK. Our medical correspondent,

Fergus Walsh, reports. These touching images of Connie

Yates and Chris Gard with their son Charlie were taken on the roof

of Great Ormond Street Hospital, a A brief respite from the months

they have spent in intensive care. Charlie is terminally ill with a

progressive disorder that weakens his muscles, he cannot move, he

cannot group just breathe unaided and cannot swallow and has serious

brain damage. For months, his doctors have argued he should be

allowed to die. His parents wanted to take him to the United States for

experimental treatment and they were distraught when three UK courts act

the doctors. Now by a majority verdict, the European Court has done

the same. The Strasbourg judges ruled the UK courts had been

meticulous and thorough and supported their view that it was

most likely Charlie was being exposed to continue the pain,

suffering and distress... There is now a question of what will

happen to the ?1.3 million that Charlie's parents crowd funded

through 83,000 donations. So why has every court and every medical

experts decided that ending Charlie's life is in his best

interests? It was said by the courts today that he is likely to be

suffering and if any treatment were to continue or he was taken to the

US for experimental treatment, there is going to be a very limited

benefit and he is going to be at risk of suffering significant harm.

Great or and says there is no rush to change Charlie's care and their

priority is to support his parents at this distressing is time, but at

some point in the near future, medical staff in the intensive care

unit will switch off the mechanical ventilator that keeps Charlie alive.

It is rare for disputes over treatment to go to court. But the

judges' decision is final and they have backed the view that Charlie

should be allowed to die with dignity.

A large-scale cyber attack, that started in Ukraine,

is continuing to spread across the world tonight.

The virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid.

A Danish shipping firm, a Russian oil giant,

an American pharmaceutical company and a British advertising agency

are among the companies that have been hit.

The cyber attack seems to be similar to the one that

Our security correspondent, Gordon Corera, has been monitoring it.

For the second time in less than two months, a computer virus

is sweeping across the world - a global cyber attack,

Another reminder of the risks we face in our connected world.

Some people tried to take money out of bank machines,

Even the radiation monitoring system at the Chernobyl nuclear plant

We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank,

media, infrastructure of Ukraine, in government and in

But during the day, it became clear that the problem was not contained

Reports came in of companies affected from Russia across Europe

Those affected included oil producers, shipping

and pharmaceutical companies and a London-based

They were all faced with a screen like this, telling them they've been

locked out of their computer and needed to pay

Computer systems which have not been upgraded or patched are usually

Today's ransomware has some similarities but is not the same

as that which struck the NHS last month and so far, there's no sign

Experts say the new attack in some ways is more sophisticated,

Attackers can sit at home, in the comfort of their living

rooms, somewhere possibly on the other side of the world,

and mount these attacks with very low risk to themselves

In many cases they'll make hundreds of thousands of dollars out

So far, the signs are that the UK has not been badly hit,

but officials will be watching to see how far it spreads and how

Northern Ireland's political parties are in intense discussions

to restore power-sharing at Stormont.

Sinn Fein has accused the DUP of failing to move on any

The parties have until Thursday to reach an agreement or face direct

The Governor of the Bank of England has issued a warning

about the amount of money banks are lending to us.

It comes as consumer borrowing reaches its

As a result, Mark Carney has asked banks to shore up their finances

to protect themselves against the risk of bad loans -

warning them that they were in danger of forgetting the lessons

Here's our economics editor, Kamal Ahmed.

Dylan Brown works in IT, not badly paid, but often resorts

For him read millions of others, consumers working hard to make ends

meet, who are borrowing to fill the gaps and pay for

Just because obviously renting a property, you know, have a car,

have a career and everything else, so in terms of turning to credit

But abusing credit or misusing it, I wouldn't say that would be the case.

It's not a crisis yet, but today a warning from the Bank of England.

Consumer credit growth has far outpaced that of household

income in the past year, with notable increases

across credit cards, personal loans and auto finance.

So how bad is Britain's debt problem?

The amount consumers have borrowed in loans,

on things like credit cards, has risen to ?198 billion.

That is up 10% compared with the same time last year.

Banks will now have to raise another ?11.4 billion as a safety net

in case people they have lent to don't pay the money back.

I think Mark Carney wants to be proactive.

He talked of increasing this additional capital a year ago.

He held off because of the Brexit issue.

I just think he wants to make sure the banks also are reminded

that they have to be more cautious in their consumer lending,

given the speed at which their loan boonks have grown over

To buy new cars with personal finance deals, loans for holidays

and home improvements and we're spending on our credit cards

I think this is an amber warning for consumers and banks.

Not the flashing red lights of the financial crisis,

when interest rates were higher and banks, frankly,

couldn't with stand any type of financial shock,

Could millions of people, with billions of pounds

worth of loans, keep making those repayments?

There are uncertainties ahead, whether it's that continuing income

squeeze or those tricky Brexit negotiations, which could

The governor struck a fairly relaxed note, for the moment.

But banks and consumers beware - the economy can turn.

The number of cases of domestic violence being dealt with by police

in England and Wales has reached record levels.

New figures show the number of incidents recorded in 12 months

has risen to more than a million - that's up 50% over

In the Queen's Speech last week, the Government announced a bill

establishing a Domestic Violence and Abuse Commissioner to stand up

for victims and survivors and to monitor the response

Our UK affairs correspondent, Jeremy Cooke, has been given special

access to look at the work one charity is doing in

If you want to find victims of domestic abuse, it's

a good place to start, A, the night shift.

I think they're aware there's a perpetrator.

...are experts in the field, working alongside medical staff.

The job is to watch and listen, to identify

It is quiet, sensitive, highly confidential work.

Jackie is on a ward here at Sunderland Royal to see a victim,

He knew what he was doing to humiliate you.

Jackie, you've been speaking to a woman with bad injuries.

Yeah, very serious injuries that could have led to her death.

Still needing further surgery, but is on the mend,

It's a horrible life to live when you're living

Dianne was the first woman reached under this new programme,

after a lifetime of abuse by several partners.

I've been through many relationships where the men have

just abused us totally, broke me ribs, arms, black eyes

Now she's found the courage to tell us her story,

violence, substance abuse, homelessness and a suicide attempt.

I was just thinking, well, what's the point in living?

I had some tablets on us and just took them.

Next thing I know, I'm in Sunderland Hospital.

So it is a matter of life and death and back in A,

behind closed doors, and away from the cameras,

they are quietly, sensitively offering help.

Domestic abuse is rising up the political agenda.

The Queen's Speech confirmed there will be a specific bill

I think the police are worried there's been stuff around

I'm here to offer you some support around that.

The latest figures show that for the first time,

domestic abuse calls to the police in England and Wales

It's always been frustrating for us as medical professionals.

We could deal with the physical injuries but what we couldn't do

was provide ongoing support for these ladies in the community.

Having the team with us allows that to happen.

It means that when the time's right, the support is there for them,

to be able to move on and do something positive out of it all.

That encounter in that hospital that night was absolutely pivotal

Definitely, if it hadn't have been for the people I saw in that

hospital that night, I would be dead now.

The women I saw brought me to a place where I feel safe now.

Dianne's experience shows that while hospital can

be the lowest point, it can also be the turning point.

The next step is often sanctuary in a woman's refuge,

Tomorrow we will report, for the first time on BBC News,

on a week in the life of a women's refuge, as we follow Diane's

Families of victims of the Hillsborough tragedy

will gather in Warrington tomorrow to hear whether any individuals

or organisations will be charged in connection with their deaths.

96 men, women and children died at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final.

Last year, an inquest ruled they were unlawfully killed.

All these years later, their families say they

are preparing for a day of mixed emotions.

From Warrington, Judith Morritz reports.

# Walk on with hope in your heart...

It was a moment of history, the inquest's finding last year that

96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed at Hillsborough.

For their families, it was justice, but their legal

Steve Kelly lost his brother Michael in the disaster.

He's spent the 28 years since then calling for those responsible

Tomorrow he and the other families will discover whether anyone

There's got to be this accountability.

It's paramount in this whole case to give the families respite

and the survivors of Hillsborough and you know, to truly let

The fans were killed when the terraces at the Sheffield

ground became overcrowded during the 1989 FA Cup semifinal.

Since 2012, there have been two criminal inquiries

Operation Resolve investigated the day of the disaster.

Offences considered include gross negligence manslaughter.

One of those waiting to hear whether he will

face charges is former Chief Superintendent

David Duckenfield, who was the South Yorkshire

The police watchdog the IPCC investigated cover-up allegations,

It considered offences including misconduct in a public

office and perverting the course of justice.

The former West Yorkshire chief scone stab, Sir Norman Bettison,

has revealed that he's been treated as a suspect by the IPCC.

It isn't known whether he wail face charges.

Hundreds of investigators have been working from these offices

for the last four years at a cost of ?100 million.

There is an expectation that charges will be brought,

after such a long wait and such large-scale effort.

The Hillsborough families have long campaigned for justice.

Tomorrow morning, they'll be told whether, nearly 30

years after the disaster, anyone is to stand trial

World football's governing body Fifa has release aid confidential report

on the alleged corruption that plagued its decision to award the

2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments to Russia and Qatar. It comes after

parts of the report were leaked to a German newspaper. Fifa has now

decided to publish it in full to avoid spreading misleading

information. What is it about England,

Germany and penalties? It's happened again -

this time in tonight's semi-final of the European Under-21

Championships in Poland. The two sides were 2-2 after extra

time, but Germany went on to win Sophie, you know England's under 21

players came into the match with such belief, topping their group

after three matches. They had the momentum. They thought they were

getting better. They thought they could go all the way. But if there's

one thing we learned tonight it's that Germany's historic hold over

England, that hoo-doo from the penalty spots, well, that's just as

strong as it's always been. Over the past month, England have

done the St George's flag proud, the Under-20s won their World Cup

in South Korea. The Under-17s were euro

runners up in Croatia. P A final beckoned for

the Under-21s here in Poland. Whatever the age, any England player

knows that important matches against Germany are usually longer

than 90 minutes and leave scars. Davie Selke picked his spot past

Jordan Pickford for an opening goal They caused panic from a set piece

and Demarai Gray pounced. Within five minutes of the restart,

England were ahead. Will Hughes weaved

and worked an opening The 19-year-old was 20 minutes away

from being a match winner. But that's when Germany pulled

themselves back into it. Substitute Felix Platte forced

the game into extra time. Legs were tiring, minds perhaps

straining towards the inevitable. England said they practise penalties

after every training session. Germany had also missed one,

effectively sending Nathan Redmond with

the kick to stay in it. Redmond with a kick

that will haunt him. Of course, there was a lot less at

stake than Italia 90, euro 96, but those England players will be

hurting just as much tonight. As for Germany, they're off to a Friday

night final for them against Spain, who beat Italy tonight.

Olly, thank you. Here's Evan with news of what's

coming up. Tonight, I'm live with the leader of the SNP in

Westminster. Did his party overreach itself with talk of a second

independence referendum? Having enjoyed momentum in its favour for

years, is it now in retreat? Join me over on BBC Two now.

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