15/08/2011 BBC News at Six

David Cameron says the riots were a wake up call for the country and

talks about a slow motion moral collapse. New pictures of looting.

Now there's a political row about how to fix what the Prime Minister

calls the broken society. Children without fathers, schools without

discipline, reward without effort. Crime without punishment, rights

without responsibilities, communities without control.

A new policy a day, meagre -- knee- jerk gimmicks, not thought through,

they will not solve the problems. We'll be asking if the war of words

will put the gangs out of business. I think the police should have more

force and carry guns because when the young kids see big guns, it

will scare them away. Also on tonight's programme: Jersey in

shock. A father will be questioned over the murder of six people -

four of them are members of his own family.

British engineers take on the challenge of wind power. The

massive turbines behind a green revolution.

And it's goodbye to the Emirates as Arsenal's captain Cesc Fabregas

goes home to Barcelona. But he has got fond words for his old club.

They are one of the best clubs in the world and they will keep going

without me as they have been doing without so many big stars that

there were in the past and I wish them all the best. If he coming up

in sport: Wales lose their captain Matthew Rhys for next month's rugby

union World Cup. The hooker will have surgery on a

Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at 6pm. The looters are still

being arrested and the courts are still in session. But now the

political argument over what to do about last week's riots is out in

the open. David Cameron blamed what he called a slow motion moral

collapse and promised a review of all government policies. He says

ministers will target the most troubled families, look at benefits

and promised an all out war on gangs. But Labour leader Ed

Miliband warned against knee-jerk gimmicks that won't deliver long

lasting solutions. We will have the latest on the looters in a moment

but first Mark Easton on the riots and the political argument that has

followed. New footage tonight of the moment

when a swarm of local youngsters broke into a convenience store.

This was close to Hackney's Pennbury estate one week ago. The

owner was a much loved community figure. But that did not step them

-- stop them. Today, friends were trying to put the shot back

together again. In this impoverished neighbourhood, people

still gave what they could. I think if the police was carrying guns,

people would have morphia and they would not have done so much. The

Ashmore fear. They should not put them in prison, they should put

them in an orange suit, put some chains on the lakes and let them

rebuild communities. The Prime Minister promised more no-nonsense

policing, tougher sentencing and a sweeping review of policies on

schools, welfare and parent ing. we have the determination to

confront the slow-motion more or collapse that is taking place in

the past few generations? Irresponsibility, selfishness,

behaving as if your choices have no consequences, children without

fathers, schools for their discipline, reward without effort,

crime without punishment, rights without responsibilities,

communities without control. big government also says it would

consider cutting benefits. The opposition leader when took this in

is at his school today to accuse the Prime Minister of play into the

newspapers. A new policy a day, knee-jerk gimmicks, not thought

through, they will not solve the problems. At a youth club on the

estate, there was also anxiety about cutting the welfare of the

rioters. They need rescue, not abandonment, says this woman.

might mean we've run specialist programmes and work really hard...

There is not a lot of sympathy, the public does not want to spend money

on these people. Yeah, they don't, but I would not want to give up on

them. This is a community cowering behind bars. No one was prepared to

talk publicly. They say they are too frightened of reprisals. Who

runs this estate, I asked? The whispered reply came: My gangs.

Type the name of the Hackney estate into you tube and dozens of

gangster rap videos pop up. Today, David Cameron says it was time the

government confronted exactly this. A concerted all-out war on gangs

and gang culture. This is not a side issue. It is a major criminal

disease that has infected streets and estates across the country.

Stamping out these gangs should be a new national priority. More new

footage of the night Hackney turned on itself. For all the party jibes,

there does seem to be a broad political consensus. These pictures

are a metaphor for something rotten about Britain. From the richest to

the poorest, there is greed, selfishness and immorality.

Let's go to our political correspondent at Westminster. David

Cameron would not be the first Prime Minister to say he would deal

with problems families and crack down on gangs. David Cameron feels

he is on strong territory because he has been talking about mending

the broken society for many years, from the time he became

Conservative leader. He thinks because of the rioting, the message

can be crystallised and the audience will be more receptive

because when he has been talking about a lack of responsibility in

society, people will understand what he's talking about, but

translating these ideas into reality and policies that will work

is a different matter. One idea being talked about today, to take

benefits away from people convicted of rioting who do not go to prison.

Some are questioning already whether that will help families

turn around the situation. National citizens' service, a programme to

take 16-year-olds and get them to work together from different

backgrounds. Pilot schemes this year already and they want to

extend it, but is it really affecting the people who need it

most because it is not compulsory? The idea that every policy should

be evaluated to see if it is family-friendly. There is already a

ministerial task force that is supposed to have been doing this.

And I understand Ed Miliband, Labour leader, who has been calling

for an independent inquiry, he now feels pretty hopeful that coalition

leaders will announce something pretty soon for.

Three people appeared in court today charged with the murder of

three men killed in a hit-and-run incident during the riots in

Birmingham last week. Adam King, 23, was in the dock. Joshua Donald, who

is 26, and a 17-year-old, who can't be named for legal reasons,

appeared on a video-link. They were remanded in custody until December.

In total seven people have been arrested over the deaths.

In south London, a man has appeared in court charged with starting the

fire that destroyed the Reeves furniture store in Croydon last

week. Gordon Thompson, who is 33, was remanded in custody to appear

in court next week. Following the four nights of

rioting, there have been more than 2500 arrests across England, the

vast majority of those have been in London, more than 1500. More than

900 people have been charged in London. Many had been sentenced to

prison, even if it was their first offence, which some families

claimed is too harsh a punishment. Our correspondent has been talking

to the families of some of the looters.

As you have been hearing, the government has been talking to us

today. David Cameron saying people must be seen to be punished for the

crimes committed recently. There are families and solicitors of

those who have been appearing before this and other courts who

say their sentences are harsh but the judiciary say they have not

been given any directives as far as sentencing does.

Another day at court for troublemakers and their parents.

This mother handed her son into the police. He cannot be identified

because he is only 12. Dead right I am ashamed. Dead right. Her son was

given a referral order but many others have faced more severe

sentences. This woman is a mother of two. Her housemaid gave her a

pair of stone in shirts and she was sentenced to five months in jail,

to be genuine shock of friends and family. It is a farce, it is a joke.

Ain't no justice system. If it was a justice system, she would not

have been sent to jail. She has to kits, where is the justice in that?

It is a joke -- she has two kids. Some people will be saying she

received stolen goods and it is a crime. It is a crime but she had a

clean record. There is little sympathy for those caught up in the

insanity in Manchester. They are still repairing the shops here. But

the government knows its message of being tough on crime and delivering

swift justice is popular with the public. The UK is too soft. They

should not have got away with it in London and instead they went to

Manchester and London. Good old CCTV has caught a lot of them out!

The many suspect identified from the pictures have been appearing

before courts that have been sitting day and night, their crimes

and treated more seriously because they were committed during the

widespread violence. People convicted of relatively minor

offences, for example, the burglary of a doughnut, will be treated as

harshly as people committing more serious offences in the context of

the rioting. On Friday this 13- year-old appeared in court charged

with having a hammer. The Crown Prosecution Service says in serious

circumstances, the ban on identifying children can be lifted.

His mother said they had suffered enough. People look at us like we

are scum but he wasn't right and that is why I am annoyed. He was

not a rioter, he was just caught up, he was not rioting. But he did have

a hammer strapped to his legs. enough but he was a child. It is

not only the courts determined to see people punished. Manchester

council says the guilty will be banned from the city centre stores,

rioters not welcome in the places they tried to destroy. As far as

then the thing is concerned, we have some new statistics on the

Ministry of Justice tonight -- sentencing is concerned. They say

of the first 1200 cases in court, 65% of people were remanded in

custody. Compare that to the figure of 2010. It was 10% of people

appearing that were remanded in custody. That is a big difference

and it indicates the courts of been tough but those appearing are

appearing in the context of all the riots that have taken place for.

Jersey is in shock after the fatal stabbing of six people on the

island. The BBA and stands the man in custody will face questions over

the deaths, four of them are members of his own family -- the

BBC understands. In a leafy Victorian crescent

overlooking St Hellier, the people of Jersey came to express their

horror of one of the worst crimes on their island's history. Police

activity has not ceased. Forensic scientists have been reinforced by

others from the mainland. At one stage, and number of cars were

removed for more detailed examination. Detectives are

beginning to piece together the sequence of events which led to

such extreme violence. It is now clear that the attacks took place

both inside and outside the buildings. The 30-year-old man

under police guard is expected to be questioned about the murders of

his children, or wife and father in law. Another woman and her child

also died. The police of us are heading the inquiry said they were

still trying to contact relatives - - of the police officer heading the

inquiry. One of the Jersey families was Polish and we are working

closely with the leaders as you will hear from both the local St

Hellier and Polish communities to support the investigation and the

local people affected by this very tragic incident. Prayers have been

set for victims and their families. The Polish community, several

thousand strong, is very much part of life here. For us, it is a

double tragedy, for people of Jersey and the Polish. We feel

beautiful for the victims and the children and the family is.

Jersey's government have spoken of the shop and -- shock and pain felt

for everyone. Support and comfort, all was there for those who need it.

If our top story tonight: David Cameron said the rioting was a

wake-up call for my country and he talks about a slow-motion moral

collapse. Coming up: We have never actually met. We have, several time

It has already sought over a million copies but can Britain's

best seller repeat that success at the box office?

Later on the news channel, calm returns to the markets as investors

digest fresh economic data from the UK and the latest property market

figures show house sellers across the country are dropping their

Turning the Government's hopes of a green revolution in Britain into

fact is one of the great engineering challenges of our time.

The plan is for thousands of turbines out at sea, but the cost

is huge. Our Science Correspondent, David

Shukman, has been given special access to a shipyard where the

massive component for the latest wind farms are being put together.

In Belfast, in the shipyard where they built the Titanic, another

giant project. This one meant to help revolutionise how reget our

power. The task right now, to manoeuvre these massive wind

turbines, carfully and slowly and load them on to a ship.

Most wind farms are built on land. These turbines will be stuck out at

sea. The hope is there'll be fewer objections.

This is just one blade of one of the largest wind turbines in the

world. It's made of fibre glass. When you get this close, you get a

sense of the incredible engineering challenge involved in building

these things. This is the next one to be lifted.

Hoisting this huge structure up off the quayside and on to a ship is an

incredibly painstaking, difficult task. It's got to be repeated

thousands of times if the Government's energy tarts are to be

fulfilled. It's one reason why getting energy from these things

out at sea is so incredibly expensive.

Speed it up, this is how the huge row tars are loaded on board.

Building wind farms at sea is a new industry and there's a lot to learn.

Above a stack of blades, each move is controlled from a tiny cabin

perched right unat the top of the crane, usually they do heavy lift

for ships, now it's more delicate work with wind turbines.

What is it like picking them up? How difficult is it?

It is nerve-racking, there's a lot of pressure. They are not something

that you want to be bouncing about off different structures or even

off the crane, they can get close to the legs of the crane. A dozen

wind farms have sprung up off shore, the latest for Barrow company

Vattenfall. Each turbine towering over the ocean, taller than Big Ben,

each blade stretches for 60 metres, that's longer than the entire wing

span of a Boeing 747 and very difficult to build.

If the wind picks up, your operations can be delayed and

particularly when you work offshore, the sea conditions can really

impact the time it takes for the vessel to get from one place to

another. Two more turbines are readyed for the journey off to sea.

Offshore wind is the most expensive form of power. The Government's

plans could cost more than �100 billion, a massive controversial

investment now getting under way. At least 200 tonnes of oil may have

leaked into the North Sea following Shell's oil spill last week. The

Government described the spill as substantial and said the energy

firm is still trying to stop any further leakage. Shell says the

leak which took place 112 miles east of Aberdeen is under control.

Colonel Gaddafi today urged Libyans to free the country from what he

called traitors as rebels began to tighten the noose on a major

lifeline to Tripoli. His appeal came as rebels advanced into two

strategic towns controlling access to Tripoli, Zawiya, about 30 miles

west of the capital and Gharyan to the south. If the coastal town

falls, rebels will control the main supply route from Tunisia to

Tripoli from where Matthew Price reports.

Tripoli is starting to feel like a city under siege. The power cuts

are taking their toll. This family brought out the candles and then

their certificates. Weapons training provided by the Government

to loyal men and women. TRANSLATION: I'm ready to take up a

gun, ready to defend my country and Muammar Gaddafi who has done so

much good for us. Outside, Gaddafi's agents were on alert. As

we left, we, and our government minders, were stopped. They took

our Libyan permits as armed loyalists checked every vehicle.

This checkpoint we've been stopped at is manned by local people and we

are told that there are similar checkpoints across Tripoli during

the night at the moment. It's clearly not normal, it's here

because of the war and it is a sign of the tensions in the Libyan

capital right now. This has only increased the tension.

30 miles to the west, rebel forces are celebrating an advance on

Zawiya. The opposition feels the momentum is finally firmly with

them. But how much they hold and how long

they can hold it for is unclear. Libyan state television showed

crowds cheering as Colonel Gaddafi addressed them in audio only on a

crackly telephone line. He called on his supporters to

prepare for the fight, cleanse the country he said, the blood of

martyrs will fuel the battle. Out in the desolate housing estates

of east Tripoli, the mood was different. They were worried about

the camera, so we've blurred the pictures.

This man told me Gaddafi must go. Now listen to this man's anger.

hate Gaddafi here. Everyone? Everyone. It's hard to gauge how

many agree. The rebels are now closer to

Tripoli than ever. The army, we assume, will fight back. This war

may have entered a decisive phase. The former Egyptian President,

Hosni Mubarak, has appeared in court in Cairo for the second time.

He was wheeled into the caged dock on a stretcher once again to face

charges of corruption and of ordering the killing of protestors

during the uprising this year. The case was adjourned until September.

He was a linchpin of the team for nearly a decade, but Cesc Fabregas,

who until this weekend was Arsenal captain, today put on a Barcelona

shirt in his boyhood home. He signed a fif-year deal worth around

�35 million. Our sports correspondent, Dan Roan, is at the

Emirates Stadium in North London -- five-year deal. It will go down as

one of the most protracted transfer sagas in Premier League history,

one that's left a bitter taste in the mouths of many Arsenal fans.

This club tried for years to hang on to its former captain, but

ultimately, player power and the relentless pursuit of the world's

greatest club proved too much to resist.

Back together again, Cesc Fabregas had made no secret of his desire to

be reunited with his home town club. The fans made clear the feeling was

mutual today. After a long courtship, the midfielder is

finally back where his career began, but not without a look over his

shoulder. Not to be able to lift a trophy as an Arsenal captain is one

of the biggest regrets I will always have, but I'm sure they'll

now be a very strong team again. They are one of the best clubs in

the world. Fabregas, this could finish it. It

has! A beautifully worked goal. Fabregas, 2-0 to Arsenal. It's

moments like these that established Fabregas as one of the most gifted

players in Arsenal's history. In London today, the team-mates he

left behind were getting used to life without their former captain.

The manager, Arsene Wenger, under increasing pressure having lost his

best player. It is an important period for this club, but I'm

confident that we'll get over it in a very successful way, but we need

to remain united and not get the media to manipulate our fans in the

way that they should not do it. It could get worse for Arsenal,

with their other star player, Samir Nasri, on the verge of a move to

Manchester City. In Arsene Wenger's 15 years at Arsenal, he's become

their most successful ever manager winning three Premier League titles

and four FA Cups. But it's now been six seasons since the club last won

silverware and the fans are growing impatient.

We can see that the best players are looking elsewhere, for bigger

wages and tro try to win trophies. Arsenal need to look at their

financial model and set-up to make sure we can compete with the very

best. Even at �35 million, the best team in the world will feel they've

got themselves something of a bargain, in a sport where money

talks for Fabregas at least, home is where the heart is.

The post-Fabregas era begins in earnest here at the Emirates

tomorrow night when Arsenal take on Udinese in a key Champions League

qualifier. The task facing Arsene Wenger is to help this club to move

on from the trauma of recent weeks, to replace Cesc Fabregas, to

rebuild the team around the likes of Jack willshire and to prove

Arsenal are not a team in decline. It could be the greatest challenge

of the Frenchman's career. It's one of the publishing word's

most successful books of the last decade. One Day has sold over a

million copies since it came out and now filmmakers are hoping to

repeat that success on screen. Here is our arts correspondent, Rebecca

Jones on what the producers hope will be this summer's cinema

blockbuster. Meet Emma and Dexter. If you don't know them already, you

haven't read One Day. We've never actually met. Actually we have

several times. Have we? You gate- crashed my birthday party, called

me Julie and spilt red wine down my top... We revisit their lives on

the same day each decade. The writer of the book and the screen

play explains. People make a strong connection between the book and

their own lives. Most of the messages I receive say things like,

I am Emma or I know a Dexter, they make a connection between

themselves and the characters in the novel and I think that's quite

rare. The book has enjoyed huge success.

It was first published two years ago and since then it's sold over a

million copies in the UK alone. It's also been translated into 40

languages, including Arabic, Greek and Chinese.

The question now is whether that success can be matched at the

multiplexes. Fans of the novel won't necessarily love the film.

Especially with an American actress adopting a Yorkshire accent to play

Emma. It was a big learning experience

for me to do the accent and there were plenty of times when I thought

I couldn't do it and other people thought I couldn't do it. Once I

got into Emma and who she was, the act isn't became less important and

I basically put my best accent out there and hoped it was up to snuff.

Absolutely no skiddy tipping. will be a tall order for One Day at

the box office to beat the success it's had with the book. Now the

it's had with the book. Now the weather with Matt.

Things are changing tonight for many of us. A cloudy and

increasingly damp night. Norwich, Newcastle and Edinburgh, you have

the sunshine ahead at the moment, but it won't last. Rain in Northern

Ireland, Wales and the south-west. Many will see a little bit of damp

damp weather overnight. In the west, it will turn misty and murky. Not a

chilly night by any means, warmer than last night with temperatures

in double figures as we start Tuesday. For the Midlands and

northern England, it will be a grey start.

A bit of light rain or drizzle elsewhere extending into southern

Scotland. The north-east of Scotland staying mostly dry.

Sunshine here for a short while. Heavy rain lurking in the Hebrides.

That will have cleared from Northern Ireland so something drier

in places but still a fairly cloudy start. Grey conditions will greet

you in the morning in Wales and the south-west. The rain will be fairly

light and patchy. More persistent over the hills. It will be a grey

start with some mist and hill fog around. Grey too across much of the

Midlands and the south. Not much wet weather, just the odd spot of

light rain or drizzle. Fairly cloudy with one or two brighter

breaks into the afternoon. The wettest conditions for the day will

tend to be across Scotland. The rain in the Hebrides pushing north

and east. Something brighter towards the west later on. If you

get a few breaks, you could get highs of around 21. Into Tuesday

night, the rain heaviest in Scotland. It will ease away. We'll

see some clearer skies into Wednesday. For Wednesday and

Thursday, a lot more brighter weather around where the cloud