:00:15. > :00:20.The Labour leader stands by his proposal for a freeze on energy
:00:20. > :00:23.prices as over £1 billion is wiped off the value of two of the biggest
:00:23. > :00:26.energy companies. There are warnings the lights could go out or prices
:00:26. > :00:30.actually rise, but Ed Miliband is defiant. We will have scare stories
:00:30. > :00:33.from the energy companies. I am not going to tolerate that.
:00:33. > :00:36.We'll be looking at whether Mr Miliband has picked a fight with the
:00:36. > :00:39.energy companies he can win. Also tonight: Dramatic images of the
:00:39. > :00:41.moment of rescue for a mother and her children in the Kenyan shopping
:00:41. > :00:47.mall siege. Firefighters in England and Wales
:00:47. > :00:52.walk out on strike this afternoon in a dispute about pensions.
:00:52. > :00:55.But he missed on purpose - snooker player Stephen Lee is banned for 12
:00:55. > :01:07.years for match fixing. Coming up in Sportsday, action from
:01:07. > :01:27.the streets of Florence, but it is only silver. Bradley Wiggins.
:01:27. > :01:33.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. The Labour leader is
:01:33. > :01:36.standing firm on his promise to freeze gas and electricity prices
:01:36. > :01:40.for 20 months if Labour wins the next election, insisting it's not an
:01:40. > :01:43.attack on business. Ed Miliband's plans, set out in his conference
:01:43. > :01:48.speech yesterday, saw over £1 billion wiped off the value of two
:01:48. > :01:51.of the biggest utility companies. His speech has led to a storm of
:01:51. > :01:54.protest from the energy suppliers, with some warning of a threat to the
:01:54. > :01:57.country's energy security as well as possible power cuts. Here's our
:01:57. > :02:10.political editor Nick Robinson. Will Ed Miliband's write new idea
:02:10. > :02:14.cut bills, or will it, as the energy companies claim, risk the lights
:02:14. > :02:21.going out across Britain? His promise, their warning. It is a
:02:21. > :02:24.high-stakes battle. We will have scare stories from the energy
:02:24. > :02:30.companies, like we did from the bank. The Conservative Party will
:02:30. > :02:35.support them, but I'm standing up for the British people. Both sides
:02:35. > :02:41.agree the company doesn't use enough power. Both agree new power stations
:02:41. > :02:44.are needed. But the companies say a price freeze would cut their
:02:44. > :02:50.investments and could lead to power cuts.
:02:50. > :02:56.You call them scare stories, but how would anybody choose to invest when
:02:56. > :03:01.there are four years of guaranteed uncertainty and billions of pounds
:03:01. > :03:05.coming off their balance sheets? As soon as we get into government,
:03:05. > :03:09.there will be a great degree of certainty because there will be a
:03:09. > :03:14.price freeze at the beginning of 2017, and we will reform the
:03:14. > :03:28.market. One of the country's biggest investment isn't reassured.
:03:28. > :03:33.We'll energy prices be lower or higher than they are now if you
:03:33. > :03:36.become Prime Minister and if you can freeze them? If we freeze the
:03:36. > :03:43.prices, we will be keeping them at the level that we inherit at the
:03:43. > :03:48.general election. So you don't know whether they will behind all lower
:03:48. > :03:55.than now. It depends on what happens to the energy market. The conference
:03:55. > :04:02.ended as it always does with a rendition of the Red Flag. Many
:04:02. > :04:06.businessmen are worried about the party's new direction, including the
:04:06. > :04:12.man who was Trade Minister under Gordon Brown. My concern is that in
:04:12. > :04:17.an effort to appeal to tribal socialism, he has put at risk
:04:18. > :04:21.millions of jobs. He has put a sign up over the country, don't invest
:04:21. > :04:25.here, because they are going to change the rules. I put to Ed
:04:25. > :04:27.Miliband the list of things he has now said he wants the government to
:04:27. > :04:35.force companies to do. Price now said he wants the government to
:04:35. > :04:39.controls, land sieges, a tax on businesses that want to take their
:04:39. > :04:43.own decisions in their own way without being told by government
:04:43. > :04:46.what to do. Small business tax cuts, stopping a race to the bottom in
:04:46. > :04:50.skills so we build up a skilled workforce, dealing with some of the
:04:51. > :04:54.problems of housing. This is good for business and good for Britain,
:04:54. > :05:00.what we are talking about. You said to a man on the street that you
:05:01. > :05:07.would bring back socialism. It says on our party line, what does that
:05:07. > :05:11.mean today? It means an economy that works for all working people and not
:05:11. > :05:14.just the few at the top. It means markets that work in the public
:05:14. > :05:19.interest and responsibility all the way up in society, including the big
:05:19. > :05:23.energy societies. I think I am standing by the British people
:05:23. > :05:29.stand. A country that works for them, not just a few people at the
:05:29. > :05:32.top. Ed Miliband believes this conference has illuminated what he
:05:32. > :05:34.and his party really stand for. It has also sparked off a fierce debate
:05:34. > :05:43.that only one side can win. So the energy companies have raised
:05:43. > :05:46.the threat of power shortages and possible blackouts, but how likely
:05:46. > :05:49.is it that the lights would go out? And what could Labour's proposal
:05:49. > :05:51.mean for our gas and electricity bills? John Moylan has been finding
:05:51. > :06:04.out. On the face of it, the 20-month
:06:04. > :06:07.price freeze sounds like good news for energy customers. Labour
:06:07. > :06:09.estimates it will save a typical household £120. But it could also
:06:09. > :06:13.cost the industry around £4.5 billion pounds. Today companies and
:06:13. > :06:17.city bigwigs lined up to criticise the move. British Gas, the UK's
:06:18. > :06:27.biggest energy supplier, warned of dire conseqences if it couldn't
:06:28. > :06:33.react to rising global prices. If we have no ability to control what we
:06:33. > :06:37.do in the retail prices, it would mean we are selling products at a
:06:37. > :06:42.loss, and that would threaten energy security in the UK. When firms talk
:06:42. > :06:51.about energy security, they mean will the lights go out? The energy
:06:51. > :06:56.regulator has warned about possible blackouts ahead as polluting power
:06:56. > :07:00.plants are shut down. They will need to be replaced, and the government
:07:00. > :07:03.warned that Labour's move would threaten that. But consumer groups
:07:03. > :07:09.insist that the market does need to change. Often the energy companies
:07:09. > :07:14.can overstep the mark in warnings about the lights going out, but they
:07:14. > :07:16.are right that we do need to have a coherent energy policy which makes
:07:16. > :07:19.investment in essential infrastructure possible, and that
:07:19. > :07:26.means returning a profit to the energy companies. So what has been
:07:26. > :07:30.happening to our energy costs? According to the government, our gas
:07:30. > :07:33.prices are the lowest out of 15 of the main EU countries, and our
:07:33. > :07:38.electricity prices are amongst the cheapest as well. But prices have
:07:38. > :07:51.risen faster than elsewhere in Europe. Gas prices have risen 39%,
:07:51. > :07:55.and electricity 17.5% since 2007. And consumers face more bad news,
:07:55. > :07:59.with reports that a round of price rises may be just weeks away. But
:07:59. > :08:05.there were still mixed views here in Salford. If you are going to make a
:08:05. > :08:07.saving, if it is going to be beneficial, me being a family man,
:08:07. > :08:13.saving, if it is going to be every bit helps. He is trying to
:08:13. > :08:17.make promises identity key can keep. And I don't think the energy
:08:17. > :08:21.companies will stand for it. And as a price cap the best way to help? In
:08:21. > :08:26.parts of Europe, energy prices are controlled by governments, but there
:08:26. > :08:30.is doubt whether Labour's price freeze would work here. Capping was
:08:30. > :08:34.always used in the past when electricity was not believe business
:08:34. > :08:39.-- was a monopoly business, but it electricity was not believe business
:08:39. > :08:40.is not possible to have a free market and also capped prices. The
:08:40. > :08:45.is not possible to have a free two are incompatible. The only cases
:08:46. > :08:48.that still do it all under pressure to phase it out.
:08:48. > :08:51.The Government says it's shaking up the market, bringing in simpler,
:08:51. > :08:54.clearer tariffs to help consumers find the best deal. But whatever the
:08:54. > :08:57.arguments, energy prices are well and truely back in the spotlight,
:08:57. > :09:01.and they are likely to be a key battle ground in the run-up to the
:09:01. > :09:07.next election. John, thanks. Let's talk our
:09:07. > :09:13.political editor Nick Robinson, who is in Brighton. It is not often a
:09:13. > :09:16.party makes such a big impact with a policy statement when it is not even
:09:16. > :09:23.in power. How successful has this been for Ed Miliband? You are right.
:09:23. > :09:27.Opposition parties usually find that people can't remember what they
:09:27. > :09:31.stand for, and don't take seriously the proposition of them getting into
:09:31. > :09:35.government. Ed Miliband will be delighted at the idea that his idea
:09:35. > :09:39.is dominating news, and it is seen so possible that he might implement
:09:39. > :09:43.it if he becomes Prime Minister, it is even moving the price of the
:09:44. > :09:47.shares of energy companies. He has paid a price for that, which is some
:09:47. > :09:54.of those who rather like Labour during the Tony Blair years getting
:09:55. > :09:59.rather nervous about the sounds they hear of the new direction of the
:09:59. > :10:02.Labour Party. I remember this, though, that those around the
:10:02. > :10:08.Chancellor of the Exchequer used to say that of all the economic news in
:10:08. > :10:10.recent months, news about cuts or interest rate or unemployment, the
:10:10. > :10:15.one that had the greatest impact on ordinary people was their memories
:10:15. > :10:22.of days when the energy price went up, sometimes by 20% on a single
:10:22. > :10:26.day. I think what we are now seeing is that the Conservatives may wish
:10:26. > :10:29.to say this plan won't work and it isn't right or it'll fall apart, but
:10:29. > :10:33.privately they will be thinking, what on earth can we now do?
:10:33. > :10:38.Nick Robinson in Brighton, thank you.
:10:38. > :10:42.New pictures have emerged of dramatic rescues from the shopping
:10:42. > :10:45.mall siege in Kenya as the country begins three days of mourning for
:10:45. > :10:48.the victims of the terrorist attack. 67 people are known to have died,
:10:48. > :10:51.but dozens more are still missing. Kenyan troops are now working their
:10:51. > :10:57.way through the wreckage looking for more bodies. From Nairobi, Andrew
:10:57. > :11:01.Harding reports. Startling new footage from the first
:11:01. > :11:05.day of the attack. Lying in the centre, a plainclothes policeman. On
:11:05. > :11:10.the left, a mother and her two children. But they are only playing
:11:10. > :11:17.dead. They are too scared to move. The policeman calls -- crawls over
:11:17. > :11:21.and persuades the traumatised family to run while they still can. Today,
:11:21. > :11:28.Nairobi's Westgate mall remains sealed off. Soldiers have finished
:11:28. > :11:32.checking for booby traps, allowing forensic experts in to try to
:11:32. > :11:36.identify the bodies left. Among the things that are going on now
:11:36. > :11:48.fingerprinting, ballistic examinations. We expect that the
:11:48. > :11:57.exercise will not take less than seven days. There is still confusion
:11:57. > :12:01.and uncertainty, fuelled by Somali's militant Al-Shabab. They
:12:01. > :12:06.claim today that more than 100 civilians had hired. More footage of
:12:06. > :12:09.the attack has now emerged. civilians had hired. More footage of
:12:09. > :12:27.Civilians being rescued, six Britons are known to have died. We are here
:12:27. > :12:41.and working very closely with the Kenyan authorities.
:12:41. > :12:54.The mood is pensive. We have not been able to get answers. This is a
:12:54. > :12:59.global problem. It is up to everybody to remain vigilant. There
:12:59. > :13:04.are still fundamental questions to be answered. What is the final death
:13:04. > :13:11.toll. What happened to all the hostages. Why did it take so long to
:13:11. > :13:16.end this siege? In the meantime another funeral this afternoon. This
:13:16. > :13:24.for a boy and his grandmother. As Kenya mourns, the investigations
:13:24. > :13:26.move slowly forward. Firefighters in England and Wales
:13:26. > :13:31.walked out for four hours this afternoon in a dispute about
:13:31. > :13:33.pensions. The Fire Brigades Union says government changes could mean
:13:33. > :13:36.firefighters lose thousands of pounds, if they retire before the
:13:36. > :13:40.age of 60. But ministers say the offer is one of the most generous in
:13:40. > :13:43.the public sector. Mike Sergeant is in Eastleigh for us now. Mike, is
:13:43. > :13:53.this going to be the first of more strikes? Firefighters are back on
:13:53. > :14:00.duty and ready to respond to emergencies. Government sources put
:14:00. > :14:04.the figure as low as 8000. They certainly can't agree on the
:14:04. > :14:14.figures, and after today's strike, the figures don't seem to be any
:14:14. > :14:20.closer together on the issues. For the first time in over a decade,
:14:20. > :14:26.firefighters have walked out in unison. Members say they are angry
:14:26. > :14:29.that some members will have to work until 60s get their full pension,
:14:29. > :14:34.and they think they would be fit enough to carry on that long. They
:14:34. > :14:44.have not listened to the arguments about age. 60 is too old to do some
:14:44. > :14:49.of the duties. For people to compare our jobs to others I think is
:14:49. > :14:54.unfair, and it is unfair that the government are trying to do that.
:14:54. > :15:01.So what deal of firefighters being offered? Someone earning £29,000 who
:15:01. > :15:07.retires at 60 will get £19,000 per year. But if he or she retires at
:15:07. > :15:15.55, that will be cut to £13,000. But ministers say it is a very good
:15:15. > :15:18.offer. Less than half of the firefighters in the country voted
:15:18. > :15:22.for strike action, and we have a very good offer on the table, very
:15:22. > :15:33.fair and not just of the taxpayers but to firefighters.
:15:33. > :15:40.The last time firefighters went on strike, the Army provided cover with
:15:40. > :15:47.the old-fashioned Green Goddesses. But they have been decommissioned.
:15:47. > :15:54.This time they are making greater use of volunteer and part time
:15:54. > :16:01.firefighters. We have tested are contingency plans which have worked
:16:01. > :16:03.well. We are satisfied that we can maintain the service and sustain
:16:03. > :16:09.these plans for some considerable time. As firefighters returned to
:16:09. > :16:12.work this afternoon there was relief that they did not have to break
:16:12. > :16:18.their stoppage to respond to a major incident. But the union is giving no
:16:18. > :16:23.guarantees that further strikes can be avoided. So plans for covering a
:16:23. > :16:28.strike have been tested. The union will meet tomorrow to consider the
:16:28. > :16:32.next steps in this dispute and whether firefighters have the
:16:32. > :16:37.appetite for another walk-out. Our top story this evening. The
:16:37. > :16:40.Labour leader stands by his proposal for a freeze on energy prices as the
:16:40. > :16:46.biggest energy companies see their share prices fall. And still to
:16:46. > :16:56.come. 90-years-old this week - the changing face of the Radio Times.
:16:56. > :17:03.In sports day, more league cup ties tonight, the pick of them at Old
:17:03. > :17:13.Trafford with the possible return of Luis Suarez as Liverpool face
:17:13. > :17:16.Manchester United. The way we work has changed
:17:16. > :17:19.substantially in the last 40 years, with the number of men in employment
:17:19. > :17:26.dropping, while more women are getting jobs. But a report by the
:17:26. > :17:30.National Office of Statistics shows women still remain largely in lower
:17:30. > :17:35.paid sectors. Back in 1971, 53% of women were in work. Four decades on,
:17:35. > :17:37.that has risen to 67%. In the same period the male workforce has
:17:37. > :17:50.dropped, with 92% in employment in 1971. Now that figure stands at just
:17:50. > :17:54.76%. Emma Simpson has more. They didn't quite get to run the bank
:17:54. > :17:59.back in the 70s, but it was the decade when large numbers of women
:17:59. > :18:02.started entering the world of work. There are now in record numbers of
:18:02. > :18:06.women at work, although the employment rate has slowed. What has
:18:06. > :18:10.changed significantly over the last two decades is the fact that we are
:18:10. > :18:14.now waiting longer before we have children, and more of us are still
:18:14. > :18:25.working once we have them, including the founder of this business. She
:18:25. > :18:31.says a lot has changed since she had her first son nearly 20 years ago.
:18:31. > :18:43.When I had him it was still normal for a woman to consider their career
:18:43. > :18:48.over or at least is bound when they had their first baby. We had strong
:18:48. > :18:53.gender stereotyping. The collapse of manufacturing back in the 1980s is
:18:53. > :18:59.one big reason why male employment has fallen, as women found jobs in
:18:59. > :19:05.the growing service sector. There is still a gap in pay today between the
:19:05. > :19:10.sexes at the top. In the under 20s women make up almost half of the top
:19:10. > :19:15.earners. But by their late 40s it is just over a quarter. Much of this
:19:15. > :19:20.can be explained by women choosing to bring up children, changing the
:19:20. > :19:27.way they work. I think we will get more equality in the workplace when
:19:27. > :19:31.it comes completely normal for a man to request flexible working
:19:31. > :19:37.patterns. I think we need to focus on that in policies rather than just
:19:37. > :19:41.making it an issue just about women. The world of work is continuing to
:19:41. > :19:47.change. Who knows where it will be in another 40 years.
:19:47. > :19:50.More than 300 people been killed by a powerful earthquake that struck
:19:50. > :19:54.southwestern Pakistan yesterday. Entire villages were flattened by
:19:54. > :19:57.the quake which struck in the remote area of Awaran, making it difficult
:19:57. > :19:58.for doctors and aid workers to care for the survivors. James Robbins
:19:58. > :20:34.reports. guarantees that further strikes can
:20:34. > :20:56.be guarantees that further strikes can
:20:56. > :21:10.brand-new island just off the coast. People flocked to see it. The island
:21:11. > :21:24.will put the road, perhaps within months. Officials are appealing for
:21:24. > :21:28.more medicines and food. Local hospitals have been overwhelmed and
:21:28. > :21:33.the scale of the disaster is still emerging.
:21:33. > :21:35.The jury in the trial of a mother accused of starving her
:21:36. > :21:41.four-year-old son to death have for the first time heard from her.
:21:41. > :21:45.Amanda Hutton denies manslaughter. The body of her son, Hamzah Khan,
:21:45. > :21:49.was found in a cot in her bedroom, almost two years after he died. Ed
:21:49. > :21:59.Thomas has been in court in Bradford. What did Amanda Hutton
:21:59. > :22:06.have to say? She told officers that Hamzah Khan had had problems from
:22:06. > :22:16.breath. She was asked by police, why did you not seek help? She said she
:22:16. > :22:21.had a fear of hospitals. She said on the day he died she prevented her
:22:21. > :22:27.eldest son from calling for an ambulance. She told officers, I
:22:27. > :22:32.panicked, and as each day passed it became harder to do anything about
:22:32. > :22:38.it. 21 months later a detective found the body of Hamzah Khan in a
:22:38. > :22:43.cot. He explained how he felt at that time. He said he removed layers
:22:43. > :22:46.of clothing and blankets before he saw the remains of the
:22:47. > :22:52.four-year-old. He said he was so shocked that his right hand began to
:22:52. > :22:57.shake uncontrollably. Amanda Hutton this and to the evidence with her
:22:57. > :23:03.head in her hands. She denies one count of manslaughter.
:23:03. > :23:07.The former world number five snooker player Stephen Lee has been banned
:23:07. > :23:09.for 12 years for match fixing. He was found guilty earlier this month
:23:09. > :23:12.of seven charges, including fixing a match at the 2009 World
:23:12. > :23:15.Championships. Lee, who's 38 and from Wiltshire, says he's devastated
:23:15. > :23:18.by what is effectively a life ban - and is totally innocent. Our chief
:23:18. > :23:28.sport correspondent Dan Roan reports.
:23:28. > :23:32.If Stephen Lee! He was one of the biggest stars in Abu Ghraib but
:23:32. > :23:37.today the career of Stephen Lee lies in tatters. This was the world
:23:37. > :23:39.championship in 2009, just one of seven matches of the world number
:23:39. > :23:44.five fixed. At the time it seemed seven matches of the world number
:23:44. > :24:59.that the player was just having a bad day. But now we
:24:59. > :25:51.area of Awaran, making it difficult for
:25:51. > :25:59.This exhibition celebrates museums covers of the past. Broadcasting
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:27:23. > :27:28.what it would once have gained. Now we take a look at the weather
:27:28. > :27:34.forecast. We have seen some heavy rain today.
:27:34. > :27:43.And we have cloud coming down from the north. So the sunshine has been
:27:43. > :27:50.limited. It could turn foggy for some time. Across southern areas,
:27:50. > :27:55.there is some misty weather and still some showers. It will be
:27:55. > :28:02.another warm and humid night. And then it will be cold enough for
:28:02. > :28:05.perhaps some grass frost. So across Scotland and the North East of
:28:05. > :28:11.England tomorrow, temperatures in single figures. A different story
:28:11. > :28:16.across Northern Ireland. Much milder there, quite damp and cloudy.
:28:16. > :28:22.Sunshine developing into East Anglia. But to begin the day much of
:28:22. > :28:30.the Midlands and the south-east quite cloudy. Some rain to come in
:28:30. > :28:37.areas. Sunnier skies tomorrow will be across the eastern side of the
:28:37. > :28:39.UK. Further west and into Wales and Northern Ireland, much more clout
:28:39. > :28:45.UK. Further west and into Wales and and limited sunshine. Temperatures
:28:46. > :28:53.not bad and in the sunshine it will feel quite pleasant. More sunshine
:28:53. > :28:58.to come on Friday. A bit of rain in the North West. Some showers in the
:28:58. > :29:05.South West. But warming up in the sunshine. Looking ahead to the
:29:05. > :29:06.weekend, some patchy rain for northern parts of Scotland. Heavy
:29:06. > :29:13.showers in the South. But for showers in the South. But for
:29:13. > :29:17.central areas, a decent weekend. And that is all, it is goodbye Premy
:29:17. > :29:17.and