25/06/2016 BBC Weekend News

Pressure builds for Britain to follow through on the EU

referendum result, and officially quit the European Union.

David Cameron has already made it clear it's up to his successor

Pressure builds for Britain to follow through on the EU

referendum result, and officially quit the European Union.

David Cameron has already made it clear it's up to his successor

to begin Brexit talks, as he made his last appearance

at Armed Services Day, as Prime Minister.

The man many tip to be his successor Boris Johnson has made no comment

But the foreign ministers of the EU's six founding members say

they want negotiations to begin immediately,

that the UK should stop dragging its feet.

We need to turn the page, we don't want a vacuum and it

important that these negotiations with the UK start in good faith

Meanwhile, one of Britain's top EU officials Lord Hill resigns,

saying Out campaigners have no clear vision of life after Brexit.

But Vote Leave campaigners at Westminster say they won't be

I've spoken to constituents and they have said how long do

I have said, between two and four years.

They were happy that at the end of that process they would have an

Meanwhile, the Scottish Government draws up legislation to enable

a second independence vote, in the wake of the Brexit vote.

And at Euro 2016, it's agony for Northern Ireland,

as an own goal delivers ecstasy for Wales, who go

Two days after the EU referendum result, the Vote Leave campaign

Two days after the EU referendum result, the Vote Leave campaign

says there's no rush to start negotiations with Brussels,

on the UK leaving the European Union.

But Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

says Westminster is in political turmoil,

and there's a vacuum of leadership, as David Cameron's successor

There's growing impatience in parts of Europe

Here's our Political Correspondent Ben Wright.

Still in office but losing power, David Cameron doesn't rule like he

did, defeated in his fight to keep Britain in the EU.

The Prime Minister watched an Armed Forces Day

parade in Lincolnshire while the EU demands

decisions, Mr Cameron is in

But for Leave supporters at this parade in

And we don't like being bossed about.

Very good, very confident we are out, really

Those who led the campaign were keeping their

So, a day after the UK voted to quit the

EU and the Prime Minister pledged to resign, who's in charge?

The Prime Minister remains in charge, the

government remains committed to the big

programme we set out in the

Queen's speech and we were elected just a year ago.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has tweeted but hasn't been

seen since Thursday despite the turmoil on the markets.

For government ministers who fought to

remain, this is a weekend of serious soul-searching.

But the consequences of Britain's decision are coming

Not least in Scotland, which voted to remain in

The First Minister said she wanted immediate discussions with

Brussels to protect its place in Europe.

As Westminster is involved in political turmoil, and as a

vacuum of leadership develops, I want to make

clear that Scotland is

led by a stable and effective government.

As far as the EU is concerned, Leave is leave.

The British people have spoken and the

And the UK should immediately begin negotiations to go.

But yesterday, David Cameron said he would not

trigger the formal process for leaving the European Union.

That will be a job for his successor,

Today, Vote Leave said the dust should settle over the

summer and informal talks could start.

But there is very little evidence of a detailed plan.

Leaving the EU will not be quick or simple.

There are new trade deals to do and countless laws to unpick.

I have spoken to constituents and they have said, "How long do you

think it will take," and I said it might take

and they were happy that at the end of that process they would have an

that they could hand onto their children.

And this place, Parliament, would be the sovereign government.

So, let's get on with it then, cry some EU

leaders like this man, the President of the European Parliament.

TRANSLATION: Frankly speaking, I find it scandalous.

Once again the whole continent is being held

hostage by the internal deliberations of Great Britain's

A vote that split the country has left many delighted.

But the referendum itself was the easy part.

Leaving the European Union is uncharted territory.

Its impact on us, the EU, impossible to guess.

Ben Wright, BBC News, Westminster.

Well, EU leaders are urging Britain to implement its decision to leave

foreign ministers from the six founding nations of the EU,

said the referendum marked a watershed moment

Meanwhile the UK's European Commissioner, Lord Hill,

who oversees financial services at the EU's executive

Here's our Europe Correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.

Pointing the way ahead, Germany's Foreign Minister

and surrounding him his counterparts from the EU's

Today they demanded the UK begin the process soon to

We need turn the page, we don't want a vacuum and

it's important now that these negotiations with the United Kingdom

start in good faith, but as soon as possible.

Angela Merkel said there was no need for talks to get nasty,

needed time to appoint a new Prime Minister.

TRANSLATION: Frankly speaking, it shouldn't take for

ever, but I wouldn't pick a fight over a short period of time.

any member state can decide to leave the union.

To do so it needs to notify the other members officially,

so it's only the UK which can start the process,

not the EU or the other members.

But in Brussels, the UK's influence is already waning.

Lord Hill, the UK's one European

Commissioner, seen here at the time of his appointment, today said he is

I think that it's not possible for me to carry on

You have to listen to the will of the British people that has

And I have been very clear that the right thing to do is

Appointed by David Cameron, his position, overseeing

financial services markets in the EU, was untenable.

Lord Hill says before the negotiations over the

UK's separation can start, Britain needs a clear idea of the deal it

People clearly have to do quite a lot of hard thinking as to what

approach they want to take on those negotiations, what economic model

they want to have, what relationship they want to have in the future with

And at the moment I don't think the Leave side

It was clear throughout the campaign they didn't know the answer to that

So I think they've got to put their thinking caps on and then

work out how they think things can be organised in the future.

So, already events are moving forward.

And whether the UK officially begins the

process or not, it seems clear decisions will start to be made

Damian Grammaticas, BBC News, Brussels.

As we've heard the Scottish cabinet held an emergency meeting today

in the wake of the Brexit result, and is now preparing legislation

for a possible second referendum on independence.

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said the government in Holyrood

would hold "immediate discussions" with officials in Brussels

to "explore possible options, to protect Scotland's place

62% of Scottish voters backed Remain in the EU referendum.

Our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, reports.

Nicola Sturgeon led an emergency meeting of the Scottish Cabinet

today, where they agreed to officially begin preparing for

A second independence referendum is clearly

an option that requires to be on the table, and it is

Steps will be taken now to ensure that the necessary

Nicola Sturgeon certainly sounds like she

is getting ready for another referendum.

But whatever the SNP decide, whatever the Scottish people

want, it's not up to her to call another vote.

She would still have to ask for permission from the UK

And that's not the only hurdle on the rocky road to

Brexit makes the arguments for leaving the UK even

With the United Kingdom leaving the European Union,

that raises allsorts of questions about the border between Scotland

What would happen in terms of the free movement of people, trade

between Scotland and England, all of that would be dependent on

negotiations, things that you couldn't just take for granted.

The SNP hope that Scottish voters, frustrated at the EU result,

might now change their minds about remaining part of the United

Even a former labour First Minister says he would change his vote.

I'm a passionate European and I would now back the European Union

over continuing membership of the United Kingdom.

England is a very different country now.

They are diverging politically and we've seen

all this kind of trickle-down racism, this xenophobia, this

It's a country I don't recognise and I'm bitterly

disappointed in Britain that we've taken this decision.

So, therefore, in terms of Scotland, it's got to

reassess and I think take it very different direction.

A direction that feels as if it's heading

towards a second vote on Scottish independence,

when Scots will have to choose if they want to leave the

The Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump,

is on his second day of a visit to Scotland.

He met with Rupert Murdoch and his new wife Jerry Hall

at one of his golf clubs in Aberdeenshire.

Mr Trump says leaving the EU could

but that, ultimately, Britain would be fine.

Yesterday he welcomed Britain's Brexit vote.

The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn says he won't stand down,

if there's a leadership challenge against him.

He made the remarks after delivering a speech in central London,

where he called for a rational debate

about immigration in the wake of the referendum result.

He said many deprived communities where people voted Leave,

He said "nasty divisive politics" had led to people blaming

immigrants for the problems facing their areas.

Our Political Correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.

The morning after a momentous day in British politics and the Labour

leader is feeling the repercussions too.

Jeremy Corbyn is facing pressure from some

of his own MPs for his role in the referendum campaign.

But today, at a speech in London, he said he'd

worked hard, done all he could, and Labour must now talk about

immigration, protect workers' rights, not indulge in a fight over

In the past 24 hours, 140,000 people have said they do not

want the party to spend the next two months

debating the leadership of the party.

They want the party to get on the front foot, get out

there, explain what the Tories have done to the heartlands of this

But in its heartlands, Labour is accused of failing to

connect with voters during this campaign on the issues that

Today at London's Gay Pride march, alongside much support,

You ran on a platform of mobilising the

north and working-class votes, and you've failed considerably.

They're not feeling, you know, that Labour is speaking to

So what we have to do, and what Jeremy has to do,

is understand the problems and pressures those

communities are facing, but more than that,

come up with the ideas of

And I don't think we are hearing that.

A handful of Labour MPs have said they

They could debate that here on Monday, but the party's

rules make it very difficult for MPs to oust a

leader, especially one with such support

from the membership, and

Jeremy Corbyn has said he will fight any challenge.

Some say Labour should unite the widest leader to

I think Labour needs to be concentrating to

demand that the government gives guarantees that wages will be

protected, that jobs will be protected.

That's the sort of stuff that ordinary people want to hear,

Whatever this man's future, this is a party

still divided, struggling to find direction and connect with those

voters who feel overlooked and left behind.

Alex Forsyth, BBC News, Westminster.

Well, let's talk to our Political Correpondent Ben Wright

and our Europe Correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.

Can the UK be forced to speed a Brexit timetable up. We've had a

statement making things clear. The process will only begin if there is

a formal notification in a speech to leaders here. When he comes next

week, if he simply chats about it in the margins, that will not happen.

Secondly, negotiations about that withdrawal will only begin after

that. Intriguingly, it adds, if it is the intention of the UK to leave

the EU it is in its interests to notify it as quickly as possible.

Intriguing because of that word if. Is there wiggle room? It is clear

that the ball is in the UK's court. Thank you, after yesterday's

excitement it seems like today is an anti-climax. Some of the demands we

are hearing from European politicians, today has been

strangely quiet in British politics after the referendum earthquake and

there are several reasons. The first is that politicians, government

ministers, the leave campaigners and politicians have simply gone to

ground because they are so dazed about what has happened. They are

coming to terms with the new reality for Vote Leave leaders. There is no

road map for what happens next. They are having to regroup, have

conversations between themselves and make a plan. Secondly, the Prime

Minister's decision not to invoke Article 50 while he remains in

office, not until the autumn and there is another Prime Minister, has

brought a window of breathing space for everybody to think. And as

Damien said, it is clear the decision to invoke Article 50 will

be the responsibility of the new Prime Minister. Thirdly, there is a

Tory party leadership contest coming up and the contenders for that will

want to make the deal that Britain gets part of their pitch to the Tory

faithful. The resignation of Lord Hill today shows the separation

between the EU and the UK has started. Divorce, though, will not

be quick and will not be easy. Ben Wright at Westminster and Damian

Grammaticas in Brussels, many thanks.

The BBC understands HSBC bank will move up to 1,000 staff

from London to Paris, if Britain leaves the Single Market.

The relocated workers process payments made in euros for the bank.

The announcement comes amid fresh warnings of the possible

impact of the Brexit vote on London's financial institutions.

Here's our Economics Correspondent Andy Verity.

Voters were warned a Brexit would hit the City and it

Today we learned that HSBC is making plans to shift 1000 workers to Paris

if trade talks don't work out as it hopes.

US investment banks JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley

The leading Eurozone finance ministers said

TRANSLATION: In the Asian market, for example, the Brits took

out a full-page advert in the Financial Times and the ad

said: if you want to do business in Europe, come to London

If Asians want to do business in Europe, they should

come to Amsterdam, or Frankfurt, or Paris.

Why should the rest of the country care if the City loses some

of the business it does for the Eurozone?

Well, it's not just a few thousand jobs, it's also tax money

The Treasury would have to find that from somewhere else,

either by deeper spending cuts or by higher taxes

It could have to find even more money if our credit

Something the rating agency Moody's is considering.

The Government might have to pay higher interest rates

British companies export around ?20 billion of financial services

So-called passporting rights mean they can do business easily

Losing those rights would hurt, but still wouldn't cause an exodus.

Banks are not going to flee en masse from the City.

What banks are going to do is actually when they develop

new areas, new departments, they may well find other areas

to place them, maybe Dublin, maybe Frankfurt.

So it means after three or four years, you look back

and you suddenly find there are areas of the bank,

areas of the City, which are no longer here, they've gone elsewhere.

So it won't happen immediately, it happens over time.

One chink of light in the gathering City gloom, financial services firms

could keep all of their business in the Single Market if we struck

a Norway-style trade deal, but then we'd have to accept free

movement of people, and that might just be a deal-breaker.

More than two million people have signed an online petition

on Parliament's website, calling for a re-run

Thursday's ballot revealed a country deeply divided -

the outcome has delighted many, but appalled others.

Our correspondent Robert Hall reports from Leicester.

Harmony on a sunny Saturday, a local choir festival

digesting the events of the past 48 hours.

Although Leicestershire as a whole chose the Brexit route,

this cosmopolitan city voted by a narrow margin to remain.

Here, around 30% of young voters were

comfortable with close ties to Europe and dismayed at the final

A lot of young people are very worried, yes, I

think worried is a good word to use because we simply now don't know

It's a big leap into the dark, to be honest

Michael and his girlfriend Poppy, campaigning on Leicester's

doorsteps, had heard the concerns mirrored across the UK.

When I was campaigning, immigration was a huge

Many people were worried that our country was being

That immigration was having a negative

Round the corner at an impromptu stand-up comedy performance, I found

But I really thought that we would remain.

Outside the city, the Leave vote had been

this nail bar differed in their reasons for

I did think about it a lot and I looked at a lot

of the reasons why in and out, and I think I voted out

because the people that are in the country now

I drove to Braunstone, a suburb three miles away.

Outside a shop on a sprawling estate, Paul and Alfie

told me the referendum was their first visit

I've never gone out of my way to do it, but like this man here said,

it's the only time we thought we'd make

a difference so we'd make the

Would you vote in the next General Election?

I've got two little girls and my kids' future is important and that.

And at the end of the day, it can't get any worse, can it?

I don't think a lot will come out of it, I think

we'll stay pretty much the same but we will be out of the EU.

The city and the region may not be singing

from the same sheet, the one thing unites

them, until they see the

detail of an eventual deal there will be no applause.

Avon and Somerset Police are questioning a 45-year-old man

arrested on Thursday on suspicion of the murder of Melanie Hall. She

disappeared after leaving a nightclub in Bath in 1996 but her

body wasn't found until 2009, discovered near the M5 at Thornbury.

Police had issued a new appeal for information on the 20th anniversary

of her disappearance earlier this month.

The former Conservative cabinet minister,

Lord Mayhew, has died at the age of 86.

He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for five

He was also Attorney General and stood down from the Commons in 1997.

Thousands of people took to the streets of central London

today, under rainbow flags for the biggest ever

Pride parade, the annual celebration of gay culture.

The march stopped for a minute, to remember those who died

in the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando in Florida,

Wales have beaten Northern Ireland to a place in the quarterfinals in

the European Championships winning a tense and tight game in Paris club

two sides divided by an own goal. Dan Roan reports.

These fans have made plenty of friends in France can determined to

enjoy every minute of the Euros, having waited so long to be in them.

But with both Wales and Northern Ireland exceeding all expectations

here, neither wanted it to end now. This piece of sporting history, the

first time two home nations had met in a knockout match at a major

tournament. Northern Ireland started well, goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey

forced into action, first by Stuart Dallas, and then Jamie Ward. Against

the run of play, the favourites should have taken the lead after the

restart, Aaron Ramsey's rust deserving better than this from Sam

Vokes. Northern Ireland and living dangerously. McGovern denied Bale a

goal but the most extensive player in the world was about to make an

impact, his cross is diverted in by McAuley, Wales finally found a way.

Northern Ireland tried to respond but had little left to give, this,

cruel way for their campaign to end, they and their fans will be sorely

missed. To lose as we did, the nature of the goal, was very

disappointing. I thought we gave everything, couldn't have asked any

more from the players over the whole tournament. At it is in form Wales

after their third win of the competition whose remarkable journey

continues, through to the quarterfinals and establishing

themselves as true contenders in a way few thought possible.

We showed another side to our game and the good thing about these boys

is they've got that bit of spirit. When they are not playing so well

they can hang on and that's what we did, we hang on. Wales will play

either hungry or Belgium on Friday for a place in the semifinals of

Euro 20s and. Having had to wait 58 years to qualify for a major

tournament, they are making the absolute most of this opportunity

and will now believe they can go all the way.

Dan Roan, BBC News, Paris. England's rugby union side capped

a sensational season with an historic 3-0 series

whitewash over Australia. Scotland were also successful

in their tour of Japan. But there were defeats for Wales

and Ireland. Adam Wild round-ups all

of the day's action. On the other side of the world,

a chance for England's A series win secure,

but this is a side that wanted their That is all Australia

had to play for. But a thrilling first half made way

for a quite dizzying second. Overall, the lead was taken

and lost no fewer than ten times. The decisive moments

came from an England boot. Jamie George seeing the ball rebound

into his path to score. The boot of Owen Farrell

doing the rest. The first touring side

to complete such a complete series victory in Australia

for a generation. It secures their status

as the world's second best side. The best,

it remains firmly New Zealand. A crushing 46-6 defeat of Wales,

the All Blacks providing Japan are

an emerging force in the game. They took the lead against

a disjointed Scotland. Seemingly to the approval

of the Emperor and Empress. Scotland couldn't find

a try of their own. Seven penalties, though,

was just enough for victory. For Ireland, they let

slip their chance to create The series decider ending in narrow,

agonising defeat and frustration. You can see more on all of today's

stories on the BBC News Channel. But from me and the team,

have a very good night. Good evening. Many places saw lively

weather earlier on today and this is the radar and lightning display

showing an awful