20/06/2017 BBC News at One

The Chancellor uses his Mansion House speech to say he wants

to make the economy the first priority in Brexit negotiations.

I'm confident we can do a Brexit deal that puts jobs

and prosperity first, that reassures employers

they will still be able to access the talent they need.

His tone was notably different to that of the Prime Minister, while

the governor of the Bank of England warned Brexit was likely to make

people poorer. We will be assessing where this

leaves the Brexit plan after official talks got underway. Also

this lunchtime: Barclays Bank and four

of its former senior executives are charged with fraud -

the first criminal charges against a bank arising

from the financial crisis of 2008. After the Finsbury mosque attack -

the former head of the Metropolitan police says it would be absurd

to make any more cuts Islamophobia, unfortunately, is on

the rise and the hate crime is also on the rise, and we have to do

something to stop this madness. Take care in the heat as the

temperature soars in part of the UK. A heat health warning is issued.

A convincing win for the Lions sets them up for the first test match

Coming up in the sport: Andy Murray will donate any winnings from this

week's tournament at Queen 's to the families of the victims of the

Grenfell Tower fire. Good afternoon and welcome

to the BBC news at One. The Chancellor, Phillip Hammond,

has called for a Brexit deal which puts jobs and prosperity first

- saying the government was seeking to manage migration,

not "shut it down". Giving his delayed Mansion House

speech in the City of London, Mr Hammond suggested the current

border arrangements of the EU's customs union should be maintained

for an "implementation period". The governor of the Bank

of England, Mark Carney, said the time was not right

for an interest rate rise as wage growth is falling and the impact

of Brexit on the economy is unclear. Our economics correspondent

Andrew Verity reports. The Chancellor's Brexit agenda was

supposed to be delivered over a sumptuous banquet at city's Mansion

house, but it was cancelled following the Grenfell Tower

tragedy. Today he turned up at the same venue for a glass of water, no

bowtie, and not a single mention of austerity, only sober warnings about

what Brexit should and shouldn't mean.

When the British people voted last June they did not vote to become

poorer, or less secure. They did vote to leave the EU, and we will

leave the EU. But it must be done in a way that works for Britain. In a

way that prioritises British jobs and underpins Britain's prosperity.

Today, one of the UK's successful export industries gave its own

warning that unfavourable divorce arrangements with the EU would be

worse than any threat or challenge they have faced in modern times. Car

industry executives think a favourable divorce could take five

years, not two. We need to be brutally honest. The chances of

getting the bespoke cover has a deal we need is going to take a long

time. And we don't have a long time with the clock ticking. What we need

is a back-up plan. Ideally we want to remain in the single market,

certainly in the customs union, for the duration until we get that new

arrangement. The car industry needs to know if, during the transition,

there will be tariffs to make cars more expensive and less competitive

when they are exported to Europe. As long as they don't know it's hard to

plan investment. And without investment the economy cannot grow

as fast. There have been warnings that to heart breaks it could cause

other economic problems. If fewer people are coming into the country

that could mean fewer taxes rolling in so the Chancellor outspent his

income more easily, the deficit on in other words, gets worse. On that

view the risk is the heart the Brexit the higher the deficit. --

too hard a Brexit could cause other economic problems. If it means fewer

jobs, especially in the city, Philip Hammond has made it clear, but today

Mark Carney warned that any transition, hard or soft, wouldn't

be easy. Firms on either side of the channel may soon need to activate

contingency plans. And before long, we will all begin to find out the

extent to which Brexit is a gentle stroll along a smooth path towards a

land of cake and consumption. The Bank of England said it believes a

week wage growth is likely while the transition takes place. And, it

says, there is little it can do with interest rates to prevent that.

Andrew Verity, BBC News. Let's speak our Assistant Political

Editor Norman Smith. How should we read this from

political perspective? Is this a pushback against a May's Brexit?

We did not get the Chancellor launching a great Remain revolt. But

what we are seeing is that there is a public arm wrestling between what

I would call the Brexit enthusiast and the sceptics. Today, at the

start of the talks, David Davis said we were sticking by our pre-election

plan for Brexit. Boris Johnson arrived this morning saying it is

all going very well. Philip Hammond at the Mansion House striking a

different note, saying people did not vote to become poorer, we've got

to put the economy first, we've got to have a transitional arrangements

a business does not face a cliff edge when we leave the European

Union. Yes, people want to clamp down on migration, but they don't

want to shut it down. And we have got to protect the city. Because if

the city suffers the British economy suffers. The reason the likes of

Philip Hammond now feel emboldened to speak out publicly in this way is

in part because Mrs May is in the balls after the election, but also

because business is beginning to flex X muscles. -- because Mrs May

is enfeebled after the election. Car manufacturers are saying, just take

it easy about leaving the single market. The trouble, though, with

arm wrestling is that it can take some time to wear down your

opponent. So it may be a while before we see who the winners and

losers in this tussle in the Cabinet over Brexit. -- to see who are the

winners and losers. Thanks very much.

Police are continuing to question a suspect after a van mowed down

worshippers at a mosque. Yesterday morning's attack, with others in

recent months, have led to renewed calls to reverse cuts to police

funding. The flowers and messages closer

Finsbury Park mosque. They are words of defiance, of unity. Overnight, 24

hours after the attack, worshippers returned to the mosque. The regular

rhythm of prayer during Ramadan was unbroken, despite the violence of

the night before. The attack he added to the unrelenting pressure on

the police in London. The Met's commissioner was among those who

visited yesterday and joined a vigil. Today she talked about the

stretch on her force. We are not having fewer calls from the public

for help. We are stretched. I'm talking with the Mayor and the

government about the resources that we need, I believe, in the future.

As well as the regular work in a busy capital city, the Met police

has faced an intense few weeks. With the terror attacks, as well as the

loss of PC Keith Palmer, the former commissioner now believes any

government cutbacks planned for the Met have to be stopped. The cuts

being considered, certainly for the Met, need a reconsideration. As far

as I am understanding, they are to lose a further ?4 million on top of

what we've lost over the last few years. That means the Met will be

less in size since I left. Looking at what? The idea of continuously

cutting the police service's Budget is seen as an absurdity at this

stage. There is a calm here now after the distress of yesterday, but

that doesn't take away from the fact that this is a community feeling

unsettled and concerned. The police cordons have been moved. To look

around Finsbury Park is back to normal. But yesterday's attack has

deeply shocked the Muslim community here. They feel targeted,

vulnerable, and uneasy. We feel like something needs to be done. More

things need to be done. Islamophobia, unfortunately, is on

the rise and so is hate crime, so we have to do something to stop this

madness. The cycle of violence will lead us nowhere. This is a community

that needs reassurance. In a city with a police force facing

exceptional challenges. Daniela Roth, BBC News, Finsbury Park. --

Daniela Relph. Let's speak to our correspondent

Tomas Morgan in Cardiff. Police have been coming and going in

the north-east of Cardiff here as they continue to investigate the

residents they believe Darren Osborne has been living with his

wife and children. One local person said he rang the police after

spotting a man he believes was Darren Osborne, sleeping in a van,

on Saturday night. I've been speaking to some of the residents

who live in this area. There was a mix of responses about how to

describe Darren Osborne, but the overwhelming emotion was of shock,

that they could not believe that somebody who lived in this community

could have possibly committed that horrific incident which happened in

Finsbury Park in the early hours of yesterday morning. The van that was

used, we understand, was hired in a village about 60 miles away to the

north-west of Carter. It is unclear when it was hired and when it was

driven to London. -- 16 miles. Police in Cardiff continuing to

investigate here. We've also heard from the family. -- 16 miles away to

the north-west of Cardiff. The family say it is unbelievable and

they feel devastated for the families who have been affected in

this tragedy. Police continuing to investigate here. They will pass on

any details from this residents to the Metropolitan Police.

Thank you. The Serious Fraud Office has charged

Barclays Bank and four former senior The case is connected to billions

of pounds the bank attracted from Qatari investors so it

could avoid a government bailout Those charged include the bank's

former Chief Executive, John Varley. Our Business Correspondent,

Simon Gompertz reports. The end of an era for British

banking, some of the biggest names go cap in hand to the government.

The financial crisis, banks in danger of failing, Lloyds and RBS

had to be bailed out. But Barclays Bank got billions of pounds of help

from oil-rich Gulf states, including Qatar. Now the charge is over how

that was done. The chief executive at the time, John Varney, becomes

the first head of a bank to face criminal charges from the crisis. If

the allegations were to be proved, my sense is this would result in a

fine for Barclays Bank, rather than the loss of its banking licence. It

would be a fine that a bank of this size could come to be handled. The

individuals themselves, the fact of being charge itself must be a hammer

blow. It relates to two bouts of fundraising in 2008 which raised ?12

billion, mostly by selling new Barclay's Bank shares. It focused on

more than ?330 million of advisory fees paid to Qataris. There were

questions about the transparency of these payments, and a loan of over

?2 billion made by Barclay's Bank to the state of Qatar, just after the

shares were being bought. John Varley faces two charges of

conspiracy to commit fraud through false representation between June

and October of 2008. The head of banking at the time faces the same

charge. The former boss of Barclays Wealth division faces one charge of

conspiracy to commit fraud, as does Richard Bowes, another senior

figure, who said he had no case to answer. Barclays plc itself faces

all the same charges as they company. It managed to avoid being

rescued by the taxpayer in the financial crisis, yet it has become

tainted by some of the most serious allegations to come out of that

episode. Its response to those charges is to say it is considering

its position, while it waits for more information from the Serious

Fraud Office. Fraud charges carry sentences of up to ten years if

individuals are convicted but it doesn't stop there for Barclay's

Bank. The FCA is considering a heavy fine. Barclay's Bank says it faces

investigations in the US, as well. Simon Gompertz, BBC News.

The former Business Secretary, Sir Vince Cable, has become

the first to throw his hat in the ring to replace Tim Farron

After losing his seat in 2015, he has just returned as MP

for Twickenham in this month's General Election.

Declaring his candidacy, he said he would work to secure

a second referendum on any Brexit deal.

180 families directly affected by the Grenfell

tower fire have now received more than ?200,000

The payments were recorded by the newly formed

Grenfell Response Team which is now managing the official

response and support operation to the tragedy.

Whilst I am sure the money will be welcome Richard but many questions

Yes, and work is continuing to get answers to some of those big

unanswered questions. The police are conducting a criminal investigation

to see who is responsible for this disaster. And the Fire Service is

continuing its recovery operation. We have seen a drone surveying the

building for much of the morning. The recovery operation will take

weeks. Until it is concluded we won't have a final, precise,

confirmed figure about the number of people killed here. The police have

not updated their figure of 79 presumed dead they gave yesterday.

There was lots of frustration here. As is the pace of the relief

operation being carried out. So far, the Grenfell response team said they

made progress in rehousing about 78 of the families that were made

homeless by this disaster in neighbouring boroughs. But we are

getting anecdotal evidence of families still living with friends

and relatives, waiting for a call to find out where they will be

rehoused. The money has been given out, ?5,500 promised to each family.

The 180 families have money so far, but they are getting an average of

?1100. Still work to be done there. My sense here today is really the

community trying to move on after a really terrible week of trauma.

There are lots of many people on the streets. -- there are not so many

people on the streets. People are trying to get back to reality with

the remnants of this building reminding them every day of the

tragedy they have lived through. Thank you.

The Chancellor uses his Mansion House speech to say he wants

to make the economy the first priority in Brexit negotiations,

while the Governor of the Bank of England warned Brexit was likely

More of us are finding it difficult to get a good night's kip as sleep

it's reported that Cristiano Ronaldo will testify

in the tax fraud case which has led to him claiming he wants

He is accused of hiding income from the authorities in Spain.

Searing temperatures and high winds have created a raging forest fires

in Portugal which have seen more than 60 people lose their lives and

more than 100 injured. in a densely forested region

in the Pedrogao Grandee area, More than a thousand fire fighters

are still battling to get control and some villages have been

all but burnt to the ground. From the air, smoke,

fire and forest. After four days,

Portugal still burns. On the ground, desperate attempts

to control the blaze. And up close all locals can do

is watch and wait as the fire Dozens are dead, more

than 100 injured. Through the night firefighters

battled the blaze. The new day brought not

hope but more smoke. The fire had taken

anything in its path. Residents spoke of terrifying

attempts to escape the blaze. TRANSLATION: When I arrived

fire was everywhere, I couldn't turn back so I continued

thinking to run from fire. There was a lot of fire,

there was fire everywhere. The authorities say that the fire

could be controlled today. But the commander of

Portugal's national emergency "Although 70% of the fire,"

he says, "is under control, The 30% which are still

active worry us a lot." Homes, roads, people

trapped in their cars As Portugal mourns its dead,

it hopes for an end But temperatures are rising again

and humidity is falling. For Portugal's exhausted

firefighters, there is more to come. An American student detained

by North Korea for 17 months has died days after being released

and flown home to the Otto Warmbier, who was 22,

was sentenced to 15 years hard labour after being convicted

of stealing a political poster. This was the last the outside world

heard from Otto Warmbier. Cries of anguish as he was

sentenced to 15 years hard Save this poor and

innocent scapegoat. His crime - stealing a hotel sign

in what seemed like a student prank. 17 months later, he returned

home to Ohio, in a coma. North Korea says the coma

resulted from an illness Why did North Korea keep it

secret if it did happen President Trump called

the regime brutal. He spent a year and a

half in North Korea. A lot of bad things happened

but at least we got him home to be with his parents

where they were so happy to see him even though

he was in a very tough condition. But he just passed away

a little while ago. The family issued a statement that

North Korea had killed their son. There are at least six South Korean

citizens and three US citizens The president of South Korea

here wants access to them North Korea is very

unlikely to grant that. In Otto Warmbier's hometown,

signs of welcome have In America, his death

is prompting outrage Stephen Evans, BBC

News, South Korea. It's a condition that stops people

breathing during sleep but most sufferers don't even know

they have it. It's called sleep apnoea and it's

a condition that's looked The numbers of such tests carried

out by the NHS in England has We all need sleep, it is vital

for our physical health. Without it you are at increased

risk of heart disease, But for some getting a good night's

rest is an impossibility. Iain Gordon suffers from rapid eye

movement sleep behaviour disorder, I shout, I kick out,

I throw my arms around, All those sorts of things throughout

the night at any time and it Josie Beatson suffers

with a different type of sleep disorder and has to go to bed every

night wearing a mask. She has sleep apnoea,

the most common sleep condition when the muscles in the throat relax

and the person temporarily The lack of oxygen causes her to

wake up repeatedly during the night. I can't swim underwater

for 72 seconds. I was worried about the effect

it was having on my body, I know over a long period of time

it can have an effect on your heart. Last year the NHS in England carried

out more than 140,000 sleep diagnostic tests to establish

if patients have sleep apnoea. That's twice as many

as nine years ago. Patients will present

with symptoms of tiredness. They may dismiss that but this

is a level of tiredness that can impact on productivity at work,

it can increase accidents at work, it can reduce social life

and quality of life. And it can also

increase accident risk. Carole Bennett from Leeds has been

successfully treated for sleep apnoea but at one stage it

threatened to ruin her life. I got very depressed,

very anxious, it got to the stage And looking back now I can't

believe it got that bad, but at the time I just thought,

what's the point of going on. Poor sleep reportedly costs the UK

?40 billion a year in lost economic activity and can blight the lives

of those who are effected. The British and Irish Lions have

comfortably won their final warm-up match in New Zealand before

the first Test against Coach Warren Gatland insists

there are still places up for grabs in his squad for Auckland

and that they were reaching peak Our Sport Correspondent Katie

Gornall was in Hamilton Wherever they go, the heat

is always on the Lions. Some may view Waikato as just a pit

stop before the first test but for several players this

was a last chance to impress. The opportunities were there,

said Gatland, although Joe Marler His departure to the sin bin

forced the introduction One of Gatland's controversial late

call-ups, he made quite the cameo. After two defeats, a win of any

description would do for the midweek Lions,

who just wanted a break. In the second half, the Lions

bullied their hosts. A penalty try stretched their lead

but there was more than just Nowell proved they could do

the pretty stuff too. This was becoming a relaxing

day trip for the Lions, a light work-out and then

a leisurely stroll over. Jared Payne convinced

the Chiefs the game was up. For Gatland, a Waikato legend,

this was the perfect homecoming We said if we had to drop a couple

of games, it wouldn't be the end of the world

because it was about improving and getting better from week to week

and I think we have demonstrated I think we have got better,

the longer we have This was a comprehensive win

for the Lions, the first And although it came against a young

and depleted Chiefs side, it keeps the momentum building ahead

of Saturday's If you woke up with the sun

streaming through your windows yet again today you may not be surprised

to learn that we are on course for the longest

heatwave in 20 years, with tomorrow predicted to be

the hottest June day since 1976. For some this may be good news,

but for others there are warnings about the temperatures which have

reached over 30 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has issued a health

warning for those most vulnerable to ensure they keep

hydrated and cool. Mid-afternoon. On what is an

absolutely fabulous day, not just here in Brighton but across great

swathes of the country and thousands of people who are lucky enough to be

off work are enjoying it but you are right, it has come with that Met

Office heat wave warning to be very careful. Put on lots of protection

and also watch out especially for the young and the elderly.

In Brighton is not just the temperature shooting up. The town's

i360 Tower is the new beacon on the beach for this sun-drenched

coastline. Can I ask you what you think the glorious weather? I'm

loving it, it is hard to keep the baby cool though but it's very nice.

You are wilting a bit? A little bit! It's a bit warm. Do you have a

maximum temperature is Karen Baird? This is about my limit I think. Yes.

No higher? I don't think so. They like the sun and sand so much heat

in Brighton and they have got themselves an exhibition to

celebrate it and no wonder. The Met is saying we have not had

temperatures at this consistent level in June for 20 years. Britain

is now officially on amber heatwave alert, the second-highest. Here in

Berkshire temperatures are shimmering around 30 and in London

it has gone higher. So what's going on? The reason it is so hot at the

moment is because we have had some really warm air arriving on the Adam

Dixon topic, it has been in place for a few days and has been getting

warmer and woman -- at the Atlantic subtropics. NHS in when is warning

high-risk groups like the elderly to stay out of the sun but some are

more alike than that which is right here at Whipsnade zoo in Ted Bishop

it is hoses and home-made lollies that are being lapped up -- in

Bedfordshire. They can be fruit in moulds, we make a pizza out with

which we can give to the Monkees, it can even be something a bit more

disgusting as we have seen with the Tigers. But not everything is

melting in this relentless energy sapping heat. What does this weather

do to business? This weather obviously makes business a lot

better, it has come early for us, especially with Father's Day and the

bike ride weekend and we have a few more days and then it will come down

so it brings some forward a bit. With the summer solstice just hours

away, this is turning into a June to remember, a midmonth temperature

spike that comes with a double message of enjoyed but be careful.

And of course it is not just here in Britain that are enjoying or end

during these temperatures, as we saw earlier, Portugal is enduring these

temperatures with 40 plus degrees creating those forest fires and it

is the same in France and Spain. Temperatures are maybe five or even

10 degrees higher than here. The temperatures in Britain are expected

in the southern parts to continue at or around the 30 mark for another

few days and the warning yet again from the Met office, NHS England and

others is pleased -- please enjoy it but be careful.

The heatwave will finish with a flourish before cooler air on

Thursday so another couple of days of its hot and sunny weather for

much of England and Wales. These clear skies also brings high levels

of UV so if you are out for any length of time consider using

suncream. Hot in much of England and Wales but fresh air in Scotland and

North East England so although from yesterday to today there is not a

great deal of change with the temperatures in Southern counties,

in the north-east it has got much cooler with temperatures dropping by

about 10 Celsius. You will notice the change in the fresh air is

behind this front and to the south of it is the hot air, much of East

Anglia and across the South and West Midlands, southern counties of

England and Wales, temperatures will climb into the low 30s in the

hottest areas. An outside chance of a storm developing, maybe in the

Mendips. But few and far between and most of us dry conditions.

North-east England stays pretty cloudy and missed the doubles the

cost, a cooler day, sunny skies in Northern Ireland and most of

Scotland although the northern and western isles and the Northern

Highlands stay quite cloudy this afternoon. A few storms moving in to

Northern Ireland this evening, quite a bit of thunder and lightning the

showers but not a huge amount of rain falling. What does come down

could be in fairly big blobs. Another uncomfortable night for

sleeping, the temperatures this evening at 10pm still up at 25

degrees for some others so another uncomfortable night. For northern

parts of the UK tomorrow, some thundery rain moving through, some

of that heavy but for most of England and Wales much of the date

will be dry with sunshine and if anything the temperatures will be

even higher, 34 degrees. If we get to that it will be the hottest June

date for over 40 years but the pressure conditions are in the

north. Areas like Newcastle, temperatures going up a few degrees.

All this heat and humidity building up will end in a bit of a bang on

Wednesday night with thunderstorms breaking out widely. Some of them

with torrential rain and gusty winds and maybe some hail and the storms

will still be in eastern England to start Thursday before we get that

fresh air moving in from the West. By Thursday, many areas will have

that fresh air with as with temperatures in the high teens but

still quite one in East Anglia and the south-east of England. On Friday

and the weekend, quite a bit of cloud, some sunny spells, Debord is

mostly getting back to normal and that means some more comfortable

weather for getting a good nights sleep -- temperatures getting back.

Another couple of days of heatwave but things are fresher by Thursday.

Thank you. A reminder of our main

story this lunchtime. The Chancellor uses his Mansion

House speech to say he wants to make the economy the first priority in

Brexit negotiations but the governor of the Bank of England warns that

Brexit is likely to make people poorer.

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