09/06/2014 BBC News at Six

The comedian and actor, Rick Mayle has died suddenly. Conditions at a

care home in West Sussex are described as harrowing into the

depths of 19 elderly residents. I will be live in Rio as England

trained for the first time in Brazil ahead of their World Cup journey.

The row over spikes aimed at deterring rough sleepers.

And police hunt this man following a suspected homophobic attack

special measures after the chief inspector reported back into claims

of hardline Muslim takeovers. He said there was evidence of an

organised campaign to target certain schools and change their and ethos.

He pointed to fear and some schools were some teachers were forced out

of their jobs. He said there had been a sudden and deep decline in

school standards. The claims have been dead by one of the schools. Our

correspondent is in Birmingham. I am at Parkview School, one at the

centre of the allegations. It is quiet, but all day feelings have

been running high. It is a community that never invited the spotlight and

many feel they have been unfairly judged. But not all. Birmingham

schools have ensured months of rumours about radicalisation and

extremism. Today a damning verdict for five of them with Ofsted

condemning a culture of fear and intimidation that was shocking. Some

headteachers, including those with a proud record of raising standards

have been marginalised or forced out of their jobs. This has left a

vacuum in which schools previously rated good or outstanding have

suffered staff turnover, a collapse in morale and a rapid decline in

their overall effect illness. Ofsted said there had been a deliberate

attempt to change the ethos of the schools with the curriculum being

narrowed and a Muslim culture in non-faith schools. Outside one of

them today, opinions were divided as to what was going on. In 2001,

people started to see, 5%. People who are against the school don't

want us to do well in this deprived area. They teach lessons to be nice

to one another, be nice to your parents. We don't have courses on

how to make bumps. They say if you sit with the good -- girls, you are

likely to work better. You can sit with the girls but you cannot have a

girlfriend. , nothing like that. In Islam you cannot have that. It is

not an Islamic school. It does feel like one? Yes, but it feels like an

Mick school. Two years ago, a school that was outstanding, 18 months

later it has been classed as inadequate. There is a failing in

the process of Ofsted or they have come back here with a political

agenda. Earlier teachers expressed anger that their school which was

outstanding two years ago, was graded inadequate. Ofsted came to

our schools looking for extremism, and proof our children have religion

forced upon them. The Ofsted report has found no evidence of this

because it is not what is happening at our schools. At this school,

Ofsted says a small group of governors have been promoting a

narrow faith -based ideology with staff afraid to speak out but left

one parent almost speechless with rage. Where do I start from? Last

year this was outstanding. A Trojan horse documents, a baseless document

has caused so much hysteria. This school has been dragged into it. But

the school principal, who is on sick leave Thomas said she had been

targeted by a hostile governing body. I am upset because I am the

principal and I have been treated in this manner. It is disgraceful. The

edgings -- Education Secretary said he would take decisive action.

Schools which have failed will be taken over under new leadership to

be taken into a new direction. Any school can be subject to on the spot

inspections with no advanced warning. We will put the promotion

of British values at the heart of what every school has to deliver for

children. Schools in Birmingham have been subject to an organised attempt

in some cases to entrench a form of Islam. Whether or not that amounts

to is -- extremism will be debated. In Birmingham we can expect action

to be taken, including a change of management and leadership in those

schools in special measures. But there are two other investigations

underway, including one leg by eight former counterterror chief. So how

much of a threat those bands really pose are still to be answered. Nick

Robinson is in the houses of Parliament. What do you make of

Michael Gove's response? When he read out some of the allegations by

Ofsted that girls were referred to as white prostitutes and a Saudi

trip was only done for Muslim parents. You could sense shock. But

Michael Gove did not come up with evidence. Ofsted have not come up

with evidence or the original allegation there was a citywide plot

by Muslim extremists to take over schools in Birmingham. He says there

is still an enquiry going on by Peter Clark, into those allegations.

But it seems unlikely they will be fully proven. He said his own

department was guilty and will look at it, found the City Council guilty

and Ofsted guilty as well. Now it seems not enough is being done to

deal with what he calls nonviolent extremism. Labour said it is a

result of government reforms that gives less control to local

authorities. The government says that is not the problem but they not

clear what solutions are. The actor and comedian, Rick Mayle

has died at the age of 56. He starred in some of most successful

series of the 1980s. Police and paramedics were called to a house in

south-west London at lunchtime, but he died at the scene. Police say his

death is not thought to be suspicious.

Will you stop making that revolting noise, Vivian. Desperately right on,

more than a little tragic. This wasn't just a funny character. If

you were a student in the 80s you probably met someone like him.

Alternative comedy had landed on television. They took the template

and turned up the volume of the hyperactive cartoon violence. They

met at university in Manchester in the 70s and became part of the new

world of the comedy club. But it was his idea for a sitcom about for

students which made his name. I am going to write to my MP. You have

not got an MP, you are an anarchist. If you needed comic

swagger, he was your man. Flash by name, flash by nature. Black adder

and the new statesman. But in 1998, he

and the new statesman. But in 1998, suffered serious injuries in an

accident with a quad bike. He did return to our screens. Last year he

appeared on Jonathan Creek. Lots of people have spoken of their sadness,

the loss of a great talents whose place in comedy history will always

be that moment in the early 80s when a cliff loving anarchist led the

charge of a new generation of comedians and a new way of making us

laugh. Who has been tampering with my question cards. It was me, it was

me. The conditions at a care home in

West Sussex have been described as harrowing by a review into the

deaths of 19 elderly residents. The Orchid view home near Gatwick was

closed three years ago after allegations of abuse and neglect.

The report has called for a number of changes to be made to the

industry. Outside it looked smart, but inside

Orchid view nursing home near Crawley, the appalling lack of care

left residents hungry, thirsty and in pain. This case review said it

seemed a home to put money ahead of elderly and vulnerable people.

Neglect directly contributed to the deaths of five residents, among them

Jean Halfpenny. She was overdosed on warfarin and then start shredded

records to hide what happened. Her daughter now wants a public enquiry.

When you hear the stories of the 19 other families, it is shocking.

Vulnerable people just left unprotected.

other families, it is shocking. Vulnerable people just Just those

involved are still unaccountable. Orchid view was owned by Southern

Cross, which was one of the largest dividers of care. That it was in

serious financial difficulties and has gone out of business.

serious financial difficulties and has gone out It was not managed all

were led. It was haphazard. The report author says medicines were

mishandled, staff or poorly trained and overstretched. He says Southern

Cross were responsible for what went wrong. They were a business, running

a care business. They were taking public and private resources. They

were not providing the care or taking action to remedy that.

Consultant nurse, led the health and social care team sent in to try to

sort out the problems, but she says nobody was listening. Even when we

gave them warning of who we were going to see, they could not

achieve. That is what I found more shocking and distressing. They were

still incapable of responding when we were pointing out to them what

was going wrong. You could see bruises where she was pulled up

using her hands instead of being lifted up under her arms. The report

does say health and care authorities and the regulator should have done

more when relatives complained. Leslie Lincoln agrees with the

report that a privately run homes should face the same scrutiny as the

NHS. As a society it is important. Each and every one of us might have

a person in that situation or be in that situation. If we don't stand up

now and say it is wrong, it will continue. The regulator and other

authorities say they have made changes as a result of what happened

and a new law says it will be easier to hold companies to account for

failings. 28 people are known to have died

after Taliban militants disguised ad security forces stormed Pakistan's

busiest airport last night. Eyewitnesses said it looked as if

war had broken out as they attacked Karachi airport. Ten of the dead

were militants as part of the five hour-long attack.

Turned into a virtual war zone, Pakistan's biggest airport. A gun

battle that lasted all night until government troops finally took

control around dawn. night sky. Just how heavily armed

the ten attackers were is clear from their weapons - grenades, rocket

launchers and suicide belts. And also food and water, suggesting they

were planning a siege, or to hijack a plane. But their plan failed. The

Pakistan government raised its troops for their swift response.

TRANSLATION: Our forces have done a tremendous job. You saw how quickly

they controlled the situation. Our army rangers and police tackled the

situation nicely. We killed all the terrorists involved in the

incident. In claiming responsibility, a spokesman for the

Pakistan Taliban said the attack was in revenge for the death of this

leader, killed in a drone strike last year. But he also warned more

attacks may be planned. So, who are the Pakistan Taliban? Well, they are

not the same as the Taliban in Afghanistan, though there are right.

Their insurgency is against the Pakistan government. They have

staged numerous attacks. Recent attempts at peace talks by Nawaz

Sharif caused a split in their ranks, and it is possible this

attack was to try to show they had not been weakened. It would have

caused a lot of commercial damage if they had managed to hit commercial

airliners, and of course it would have provided them with the iconic

images which they need for their Gander campaign. The attack raises

questions about Pakistan's security. Our top story -5 schools in

Birmingham are to be placed in special measures after claims of

infiltration by hardline extremists. Still to come, tackling Rio's

traffic, the England squad ventures out. On BBC London's,

traffic, the England squad ventures out. On BBC London, an Islamic

primary school in Luton has been criticised. And fighting fire, the

mayor opens a new training centre. There are now just 100 days of

campaigning left before people in Scotland cast their vote on

independence. 's Brown entered the fray today, saying the pro-union

campaign had been wrong to be so negative about what an independent

Scotland could mean. An average of the last six polls of those who have

made up their minds shows the no campaign is leading, with 58% of

Scots wanting to stay in the union, with support particularly strong

among women. That leaves 42% now backing an independent Scotland, and

the yes campaign knows it has to do more to convince female voters.

They have had so far the stronger and more active grass-roots

campaign, but the pro-independence camp are still behind in the polls,

and one of the reasons is gender. Women, say the polls, are much more

sceptical about independence than men. Why watching Mark I asked the

staff at this Edinburgh beauty salon. I am a mother, so I think of

the risk for the Next Generation. That is what shapes my decision. I

do not suppose that is exclusively female. We just have not made up our

minds yet. It is possible we are still deciding. We are surely the

Queens of overanalysing, possibly rightly analysing. I think women

will tend to have a lot more information in front of them than

men before making a decision. Persuading more women to vote yes is

now an urgent priority for the Scottish Government. The Deputy

First Minister used this landmark day to address an all women

gathering. That vote is the greatest opportunity we will ever have to

build a better, more prosperous and fairer country for ourselves and for

generations to come. The pro-union Better Together campaign also have

an urgent priority - to stop the flow of traditional Labour voters

crossing to the independence camp. So, all three unionist parties are

now promising greater powers to the Scottish Parliament. The message is

that voting no is also patriotic and Scottish. This is not an auction of

patria design, in which the Nationalists are the highest

bidders. Nobody questions the sincerity of their opinions, and

they should not question hours. Whatever the voters eventually

decide, the political centre of gravity has already shifted in the

direction of the Nationalists, with all three Westminster parties now

agreed that they will offer much greater powers to the Scottish

Parliament. Today, Mr Brown accused the Prime Minister of mishandling

the campaign, of patronising the Scots by threatening them with

everything from the loss of the currency to the loss of shipbuilding

jobs. He said David Cameron should accept Alex Salmond's challenge to a

televised debate. The campaign could still be lost, as he put it, by

mistake. The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, has been trying

to belly his party after their disastrous performance in the recent

elections. In a speech today, he insisted the coalition with the

Tories have not robbed the Liberal Democrats of their soul. He tried to

distance himself from the Conservatives' economic strategy.

Chris Mason was there. The local elections left the remaining Liberal

Democrat councillors feeling like an endangered species. The European

Parliament elections left their presence in Brussels and Strasbourg

pretty much extinct, with a single MEP. The fear is now at Westminster.

Nick Clegg acknowledged that there have been some very gory spending

decisions to be taken since he has been in coalition, but he focused on

the future, saying that if the Lib Dems are in coalition government

after the election, once the deficit is dealt with, then there would be a

willingness to borrow to invest in housing. If you want to avoid the

boom and bust problems of the British economy, with house prices

going up, leading to financial stresses and strains, you have got

to build more homes. It is socially and morally the right thing to do,

as well as economically. Nick Clegg said that cordon Brown had been

borrowing a bad name, saying that it was justified to promote economic

truth. He also said that the Conservatives worst successes

included nasty nurse. In the opinion polls, he has a huge mountain to

climb. England have been training for the first time in Rio today

ahead of their World Cup opener against Italy on Saturday. But the

build-up to the tournament continues to be overshadowed by protests. Dan

Roan is in Rio for us. How much of a worry are these protests? This is

just the latest unrest to hit Brazil in the build-up to these World Cup

Final is. One year ago, there were anti-government protests amid anger

at the amount of money being spent on this, the most expensive World

Cup Finals ever, and amid demands for improved public services. This

time, it is down there were clashes on the streets between riot police

and protesters in Sao Paulo. It involved a strike by transport

workers. The opening match is now just three days away. There is a

threat that the strikes will affect the subway, which fans will be using

to get to that match on Thursday. Meanwhile, England in training today

- how are their preparations going? In fact, several of the England

players are due here in the next few minutes, on a community visit. I

will ask them how they are getting on. They are trying to be good

tourists, unlike perhaps England teams in the past. Today they

trained for the first time at their spectacular training complex, in the

shadow of Sugarloaf Mountain. The only concern for England is that

perennial footballer's curse, a tight groin, for Steven Gerrard.

That will be a concern for Roy Hodgson. On Saturday, they face

Italy in the Amazon in their first match, in Manaus.

Tennis, and the Aegon Championship got under way today at Queen's Club.

And Andy Murray has announced that he will be coached I Amelie

Mauresmo. She said it was not a big concern, the fact that she is the

first female coach to coach a leading Grand Slam winning male

tennis placer player in recent years. It is not really something

that I was thinking of doing when I start stopped being a tennis player.

And we came up with the wheel from both sides to give it a shot. There

has never been such a high-profile pairing, although top men players

have been coached by women before. Mauresmo is a Grand Slam winner

herself. Andy Murray also has two Grand Slams, both of those won under

the inscrutable Ivan Lendl. Now, he says he wants someone who will

listen. I have always had quite a strong female influence in my

career. With my mum especially, I found that she listened extremely

well. That is something that I felt right now that I needed. Eyebrows

have been raised - how will she get on in the men's locker room, for

instance? But most in the game see this as a shrewd selection. I think

he wants someone who has got experience at the top, knows what

they are doing, whether it is a female or male. I think it is a

smart appointment. Starting here at Queen's Club, the two have agreed to

work together for the grass court season. But if she can guide him to

winning Wimbledon again, then surely, this partnership will last

longer than just one summer. What does the weather hold?

It is a really mixed bag today, the equal warmest day of the year in

Gravesend, but equally, some pretty heavy downpours in parts of

Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. And some heavy rainfall as well.

There is more rain coming up from the south overnight. But many places

will stay dry and mild. It should be a pretty decent start to the day for

much of Lincolnshire and East Anglia. It will be feeling fresher,

with a south-westerly breeze. I suspect the main focus for the

showers in the morning is a bit further north and west. We will see

some showers in the far north of Scotland. It will turn into a day of

sunny spells and showers, but the main focus of the showers will be in

the north and west of the UK. For many southern counties of England,

it will be a dry and bright day. Quite warm, still in the low 20s.

So, decent conditions for the tennis at Queen's Club. We should be able

to get play pretty much all day long. Things are settling down

nicely for the middle part of the week. By Thursday, a little bit of

rain in the north of the UK. Some warmth still to be found, and a good

deal of sunshine around. Our main headlines... Five schools

in Birmingham are to be placed in special measures after claims of

infiltration by hardline extremists. And the comedian and

actor Rick Mayle has died suddenly at the age of