18/06/2016 BBC Weekend News

The family of Jo Cox - the MP murdered in Birstall -

pay tribute to her in the town where she died.

Her sister thanked people for their support

but we will mend over time and we will never let Jo leave

Meanwhile, the man accused of her murder

Thomas Mair replied 'Death to traitors, freedom

Tim Peake returns to earth after six months in space.

Who is after this? Farrell! It is the series, it's got to be the

series, I think! And a historic victory

for England in Rugby Union - their first ever series

win over Australia. The family of the murdered MP,

Jo Cox, has visited the site of her memorial in Birstall -

the Yorkshire town that was her constituency,

and where she died last Her sister Kim thanked people

for their support and said the family had taken comfort

in the many tributes to Jo, whom they said they'd remember

as a "perfect" person. Our Special Correspondent Ed Thomas

is in Birstall tonight. So many people have come down here

to do this, to stop and read the messages, see the flowers, but

perhaps today the toughest journey of all, the family of Jo Cox, her

mother, her father, her sister, they came down here, they saw all of this

support and they said thank you to the people of this town. It is hard

to imagine this family's pain. Gordon and Jane B to have lost their

eldest daughter. Kim, her only sibling. Today they were not alone.

Surrounded by the people of Birstall. The flowers and messages.

The lives touched by Jo Cox. I do want to just start by saying thank

you, this is unbelievable, unbelievable. And we all appreciate

this massively. There are some things in life you should never have

to do. Last night, I had to go and identify my sister's body. Yes, this

was Jo Cox MP. She was many things to many people in her too short

life. She was my sister. My only sibling. My parents' first born

child, a wife and arm. This was a tribute with in full view of the

place where Jo Cox was attacked. And here Kim talked of her sister's

values. A campaigner, a champion of those in need. Our parents instilled

in us a real glass half full mentality. And whilst I sometimes

tends to add a large measure of Yorkshire cynicism to this, Jo

generally did not, she only saw the good. For now, Kim took three macro

said her family was broken but would mend and they would never let Jo

leave their lives. She will live on through all the good people in the

world, through Brendan, through us, and through her truly wonderful

children. Who will always know what an utterly amazing woman their

mother was. She was a human being, and she was perfect. Thank you.

APPLAUSE Meanwhile a man has appeared

at Westminster Magistrates Court Charged with the murder of the MP.

52-year-old Thomas mad told the court his name was "Death to

traitors, freedom for Britain". Thomas Mair was swept into the court

building in a police van, part of a convoy that had brought him to

Yorkshire to the most important Magistrates' Court in London. When

he came into court he was accompanied by two doc security

officers and wore a grey police issued tracks it with short light

grey hair and a neatly trimmed beard, he stood up when asked to do

so by the court clerk. When asked his name, the man in the doc said my

name is "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain". Asked his address, he

remained silent. Asked his date of birth, he again remained silent. He

is charged with the murder of Jo Cox, the young, popular, pro-EU

Labour MP for Batley and spend. She was repeatedly stabbed and shot

three times in a killing which has shocked politicians and public alike

and led to the suspension of campaigning in the EU referendum.

Thomas Mair is also charged with possession of a firearm, a modified

rifle, and a combat knife, and with grievous bodily harm. 77-year-old

bystander Bernard Kenny was stabbed in the stomach as he tried to help

Jo Cox. After the short hearing, Thomas Mair was driven from court

through the melee of photographers to Belmarsh prison. You'll be held

there until his next court appearance at the Central criminal

Court, the Old Bailey, on Monday. -- he'll be held there.

Tonight there has been a message from the husband of Jo Cox. Brendan

Cox watched his wife's sister paid tribute here to the MP. He said, she

spoke for all the family and she did Jo proud.

The British astronaut, Tim Peake, has said he's elated to be back

on earth after six months onboard the international space station.

After his capsule landed in Kazakhstan this morning,

he said it had been an incredible experience.

He described the journey back as the best ride of his life -

and said he was looking forward to a pizza and a beer.

Our Science Editor David Shukman is in Kazakhstan.

David? Yes, this is the birthplace of the human exploration of space.

Behind me the statue is of you redial barring, the first person to

leave Earth. When he returned, you landed in this region, exactly what

Tim Peake and his colleagues did earlier today, making a descent from

space that was very dramatic. And I was able to witness it.

A race to rescue Tim Peake and his two colleagues.

A fleet of helicopters rushes across the empty

No one knows exactly where and when the

I'm the only British journalist on-board.

The pilot spots something high above us.

There it is, an incredible sight, the giant parachute.

Just drifting down through the clouds, three

It looks like it's a very safe operation.

By now, radio contact is established but one

big challenge remains, the

Touch down approaching any second now, I think.

The rockets went off, breaking the fall.

Minutes later, the whole fleet was on the ground and the three

spacemen started to be pulled out of the capsule.

After six months without any feeling of weight, they

Our first sight of Tim Peake, looking happy,

Tim, David Shukman, welcome back to planet Earth.

Great to see you looking so well, tell me how you are

Just truly amazed, I mean, just the smells of

Yeah, it's wonderful to be back fresh air,

After half a year without feeling the warmth of

summer, and still in his space suit, he was overheating.

He managed a quick word with his wife, Rebecca.

Then he was carried off for a medical

He wants his time in space to be useful to research.

It's a remarkable sight to see you looking so well.

You know how many people have followed you on

I know, it's been incredible, it really has, I'm so

grateful for all the support and thank you to everyone who has helped

With the astronaut being checked, the capsule

was rolled upright so technicians could get to work.

An hour after landing and the capsule is still

Being this close, I can smell how burnt it is.

It became charred as it descended through the

The spacecraft has returned laden with research

The mission is over, but a lot of science gets underway now.

For the Russians, this operation is routine,

but for Britain it marks the first government funded space

And Tim Peake hopes that more will follow.

Tonight he was walking, but with support.

A little while later we were asked not to film Tim, he was obviously

exhausted, feeling wobbly on his feet and complaining of feeling

dizzy whenever he moved his head. He was able to board a plane to Europe

and says he'll go ahead with a news conference planned for Tuesday at

the European astronaut Centre in Cologne. Most astronauts have a

difficult time readjusting. It sounds like Tim will do fine. Three

people have been charged of planning to commit terrorist murder. Nine

others have been released. Security forces in Belgium raided dozens of

properties around Brussels. The Belgian Prime Minister has said the

nation would remain extremely vigilant but has not raise the

terror threat level. The International Olympic Committee

has backed a decision by the governing body of world

athletics to ban Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics,

for systemic doping. The IOC said it "fully respects"

the ruling and would introduce additional measures to ensure

a level playing field Official campaigning over

next week's referendum remains suspended following

the murder of MP Jo Cox. But today the International Monetary

Fund, delivering its annual report on the UK economy,

warned it could shrink by more than 5 percent

in the event of the UK The warnings have been dismissed

by those who support leaving, as our Business Correspondent Emma

Simpson reports. Last month the IMF said

the impact of Brexit would range from pretty bad

to very, very bad. Today came its detailed

research explaining why. What could the economic

consequences be? The IMF says much depends on what

trading agreements we negotiate. If we secured a deal similar to that

between Norway and the EU, where we retain access to the single market,

the IMF claims our economic output, That's the best case

scenario, it says. If we don't have a smooth exit

and the UK has to fall back on existing international trading

rules, the IMF claims our economy How we trade is of huge

importance to the UK. Economists in favour of Brexit

claimed the IMF has chosen to ignore the positive effects

of leaving the EU. If you put in the right assumption

for Brexit, which is that we get rid of trade barriers,

and we go to free trade. of trade barriers, and we go to free

trade, then you get good results from Brexit long-term,

the economy grows more, consumer prices come

down, people's living standards rise, the economy becomes

more competitive. The IMF boss Christine Lagarde

speaking at a conference yesterday was focusing on why

Britain should stay in the EU. That membership has

made the UK a richer But it has also made it a more

diverse, more exciting and more This is just the latest

in a long line of warnings on the potential economic fallout

from the international financial Voters will have their own say

in less than a week's The former Head of the Armed Forces,

Lord Guthrie - who earlier this year signed a letter supporting

Britain's place in the EU - The former Chief of

the Defence Staff says he's now backing those who want Britain

to leaving the EU because he says of the dangers posed by the possible

creation of a European army. The government says it has a veto

over joining any such force. Our Political Correspondent Ben

Wright is with me now. Lord Guthrie is the former

professional head of the British Armed Forces, how significant is it

he's changed his mind was Jim Watt he was one of 12 former defence

chiefs to sign a letter in February organised by number ten that made it

clear they thought staying in the EU was good for the safety of the UK.

Since their Lord Guthrie has changed his mind and is now, as you say,

backs believe campaign. The reason is he thinks the possible creation

of a European army could be a disaster, it might rival Nato, that

is why he's had a rethink. While some in the European Union,

including the president of the commission Jean-Claude Juncker,

would like to see a European army created, any EU government can veto

that and the UK has made it quite clear it would oppose such a move.

On the referendum itself as I said earlier in the bulletin, campaigning

has been suspended following the death of Jo Cox, but it's set to

resume. It will restart after both campaigns halted what had been until

now a viciously fought acrimonious referendum campaign. Unsurprisingly

considering how much is at stake. The death of Jo Cox stop everything,

there have been no public meetings, no rallies, politicians haven't been

on the air talking about it, while they and the voters reflect on our

democracy, the nature of politics, and the tone of public debate. It

stopped the momentum in this referendum, that will have

consequences that are very hard to predict. Tomorrow it will restart in

earnest in both campaigns are going to be holding rallies. I think the

tone will be less boisterous than before, perhaps gentler, but it will

restart properly because this boat is on Thursday and it's going to be

fought hard, right to the wire. -- this vote.

Sport now - and in Rugby Union, there's been a historic victory

for England who've won their first ever test series down under

There have been mixed fortunes on the pitch though for Scotland,

Wales and Ireland as Patrick Gearey reports.

This this piece of glassware is named in honour of James Cook, who

arrived in Australia nearly 250 years ago.

Since that day, no England rugby team has won a series

History would weigh heavy on some, but England's act

History would weigh heavy on some, but England's pack

toured through Australia, led from the middle through the captain

Of course there would be a Wallaby fight back.

Somewhere under there was Hartley's opposite

number, Stephen Moore, with

England's lead was only three points at the break.

As that went over they could breeze than

Australia batted at the door, England desperately wedged it shut,

desperately pouncing on any chance to clear and briefly rest.

England had made more than three times more

tackles than their opponents when Jamie George, a front row,

Last October Australia dumped England out of

How distant Melbourne seems from that.

Wales's task was perhaps even

If New Zealand looked tough, imagine running into them

Yet Wales competed with Alun Wyn Jones's try they were

As the clock ticked and the body tired, New

Four times they scored in the second half.

It took them beyond the Welsh reach, even with a late, brave rally.

Scotland faced a Japan side much changed from the remarkable World

The Japanese also had two men in the sin bin when the Scots

Numbers told, but Japan have shown they can make

South Africa are more fearsome hosts, no British

or Irish side has ever won a series there, yet incredibly, Ireland

Devin Toner's try gave them a 19-3 half-time

South Africa were booed off at the break, fuelled their second-half

They found enough to keep Ireland from history, at least until

Football, and the Republic of Ireland's chances

of reaching the last 16 at the European Championship

are in the balance after a 3-0 defeat to Belgium.

Everton's Romelu Lukaku scored two of the goals in Belgium's first

win of the tournament, which leaves the Republic

Andy Murray is aiming to win a record fifth title at Queens,

after reaching the final of the Aegon Championships.

He beat Marin Cilic in three sets in what is his first

tournament reunited with former coach Ivan Lendl.

Murray will face Raonic in tomorrow's final.

Finally the Queen celebrated a winner

Her horse, Dartmouth, was first past the post

in the Hardwicke Stakes - taking the lead in the final

furlong - and his owner was clearly delighted.

It's the 23rd time the Queen's had a winner at the prestigious meeting.

There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel,