:00:00. > :00:08.After the shock of the scale of the child abuse revealed in Rotherham,
:00:09. > :00:11.calls for those in charge to be held to account.
:00:12. > :00:13.The council, police and social services have all been criticised
:00:14. > :00:16.for failing to protect 1,400 children.
:00:17. > :00:21.Now the victims demand they take responsibility.
:00:22. > :00:25.They've got to put their hands up for what they've done,
:00:26. > :00:29.because they've played a big part. They've let 1,400 children not only
:00:30. > :00:32.be sexually abused on one occasion, but a number of occasions.
:00:33. > :00:35.South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner refuses to
:00:36. > :00:39.resign, despite the Home Secretary calling on him to do so.
:00:40. > :00:42.I don't think any of this was my direct fault.
:00:43. > :00:44.What I take is collective responsibility.
:00:45. > :00:47.When you are a member of a 63-member council,
:00:48. > :00:51.you take collective responsibility for the members of that organsation.
:00:52. > :00:54.We'll be looking at the reaction in Rotherham to the
:00:55. > :00:57.scale of the abuse that has been going on in their midst.
:00:58. > :01:00.Also tonight, how the baby boom has been putting pressure on school
:01:01. > :01:05.budgets in England, it's claimed creating ?1 billion shortfall.
:01:06. > :01:08.A UN report details atrocities carried out in Syria
:01:09. > :01:18.by Islamic State extremists, such as frequent public executions.
:01:19. > :01:25.I will be reporting from Scotland's old industrial heartland. How
:01:26. > :01:26.successful have campaigners been in persuading traditional Labour
:01:27. > :01:29.supporters to vote yes next month? such as frequent public executions.
:01:30. > :01:32.And the couple celebrating their 80th anniversary and
:01:33. > :01:35.their secret to a happy marriage. We do love each other.
:01:36. > :01:42.The most useful thing is...as long as I agree with her, then I'm safe.
:01:43. > :01:46.Tonight on BBC London, after the Government calls
:01:47. > :01:49.for a crackdown on laughing gas, we reveal widespread use
:01:50. > :01:51.at one of London's top festivals. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner
:01:52. > :02:12.calls for stricter controls over the movement of terror suspects.
:02:13. > :02:16.Good evening, and welcome to the BBC News At Six.
:02:17. > :02:18.There are increasing calls for people in positions of
:02:19. > :02:23.responsibility to be held to account following the report into widespread
:02:24. > :02:26.sexual abuse in Rotherham. A report has revealed 1,400 children
:02:27. > :02:30.were abused by groups of men over a 16-year period up until last year.
:02:31. > :02:33.The police, the council and social services have all been
:02:34. > :02:38.criticised for knowing about the abuse but failing to stop it.
:02:39. > :02:41.The spotlight has fallen on one of the most visible
:02:42. > :02:43.of those in charge, the current South Yorkshire
:02:44. > :02:45.Police and Crime Commissioner, Shaun Wright.
:02:46. > :02:48.The Home Secretary, Theresa May, says he should heed calls
:02:49. > :02:51.for him to resign. He is refusing to do so.
:02:52. > :02:57.He was also the councillor in charge of Rotherham children's
:02:58. > :02:58.services for some of the period. Our reporter Ed Thomas
:02:59. > :03:11.is in Rotherham. It is the South Yorkshire town at
:03:12. > :03:14.the centre of a growing scandal, 1400 children abused, and so far
:03:15. > :03:19.there has only been one resignation. So who else should be held to
:03:20. > :03:22.account? How about former chief constables of South Yorkshire
:03:23. > :03:27.Police, or former councillors responsible for protecting children?
:03:28. > :03:34.I was treated worse than a criminal, and I was a victim, and not only
:03:35. > :03:38.that I was a child. His victim was groomed and raped in Rotherham from
:03:39. > :03:43.the age of 12. Were you ever listened to? No, never, not once,
:03:44. > :03:49.and I was never taken seriously. I went to the police. The first time,
:03:50. > :03:51.they lost my evidence. Then on the second occasion, they brought the
:03:52. > :03:56.men in for questioning and released them without charge and said there
:03:57. > :04:01.wasn't enough evidence. Like many others, the abusers have never been
:04:02. > :04:05.caught. How would you describe your treatment by the police? Disgusting.
:04:06. > :04:09.How would you describe your treatment by Rotherham council?
:04:10. > :04:14.Disgusting. They've just let this happen. They should be investigated
:04:15. > :04:21.and a criminal investigation. If you look at the families as well, how
:04:22. > :04:25.many people's lives have been destroyed? There were many
:04:26. > :04:30.opportunities to stop the abuse. In 2002, Rotherham Council received a
:04:31. > :04:34.report on runaway children at risk. In 2003, a report on sexual
:04:35. > :04:39.exploitation was delivered to all agencies. In 2006, police and the
:04:40. > :04:43.council were given a report on known criminals exploiting young girls. We
:04:44. > :04:48.are told the inquiries were disbelieved and suppressed. Under
:04:49. > :04:52.pressure, the former head of children's services in Rotherham,
:04:53. > :04:56.Shaun Wright, now South Yorkshire's police and crime commission, is
:04:57. > :05:01.facing increasing calls to step down. I apologise to any victim that
:05:02. > :05:05.has been let down, as does every other council and council official.
:05:06. > :05:11.You are named in his report, cabinet member for children's services,
:05:12. > :05:14.received a report on protecting children from sexual assault in
:05:15. > :05:21.Rotherham - you didn't do anything, 1400 children were abused, will you
:05:22. > :05:26.resign? I will not resign as South Yorkshire Police commissioner. And
:05:27. > :05:29.you are the watchdog of police here? People can be confident about that?
:05:30. > :05:35.I hope they will judge me on the actions in this office. Is own
:05:36. > :05:41.party, Labour, and the Government are demanding he resign. -- his. I
:05:42. > :05:47.think, when 14 held Madrid children have been abused and the authorities
:05:48. > :05:51.so badly failed to protect them, it is right that the police and crime
:05:52. > :05:58.commission should stand down as well. -- 1400 children. He has real
:05:59. > :06:03.questions to answer, and I think in the circumstances he should heed the
:06:04. > :06:07.call to resign. In Rotherham, there was also violence. Laura Wilson was
:06:08. > :06:12.murdered by a man close to a grooming gang. Social services and
:06:13. > :06:15.the police have kept things quiet for so many years and too many
:06:16. > :06:19.people getting away with things. If they had acted all them years ago,
:06:20. > :06:26.my daughter would still be alive today. And because of this town's
:06:27. > :06:28.Bailey, many of the men who raped and tortured young children here are
:06:29. > :06:31.still walking the streets today. -- failure.
:06:32. > :06:35.So how was the abuse in Rotherham allowed to happen,
:06:36. > :06:38.and how has the community there reacted to the scale of what
:06:39. > :06:39.was going on in their midst? Our correspondent Sian Lloyd
:06:40. > :06:48.reports. This criminal gang, five men of
:06:49. > :06:53.Pakistani heritage, were brought to justice for terror rising innocent
:06:54. > :06:57.victims, but many more men are not punished for the sexual exploitation
:06:58. > :07:00.of children in Rotherham. Once a thriving steel-making community, it
:07:01. > :07:06.now as areas where unemployment is well above the UK average. Streets
:07:07. > :07:14.like these were hunting grounds. Of the abusers. I hope I am not blamed
:07:15. > :07:21.for the actions of a few... -- for some of the abusers. The council
:07:22. > :07:25.found that some staff were afraid of being branded racist. We are
:07:26. > :07:30.appalled by the council, the police and social services to use this
:07:31. > :07:34.excuse of community cohesion, that it might be felt they were racist,
:07:35. > :07:40.but this was a criminal activity going on. The Pakistani Muslim
:07:41. > :07:44.community does not stand to speak about sexualisation. The people of
:07:45. > :07:47.this town come from a number of ethnic backgrounds. Everyone I have
:07:48. > :07:52.spoken to here today has been appalled by the shocking abuse, but
:07:53. > :07:57.from some, even within the wider community, there was a suspicion
:07:58. > :08:03.that something was wrong. You are aware that young girls hang around
:08:04. > :08:07.cars full of Asian men. I don't feel comfortable saying that, because it
:08:08. > :08:10.is that age-old fear of coming across as being racist. If the
:08:11. > :08:17.council and everyone works together, rather than just criticising, maybe
:08:18. > :08:21.we can sort things out. This centre helps women and children from the
:08:22. > :08:26.Asian community. Not all of the victims identified in the report
:08:27. > :08:31.were white. Abusers will target anyone who is vulnerable, and at
:08:32. > :08:35.this moment in time the abuse to have come forward happen to be white
:08:36. > :08:40.girls. What I would say is that there are Asian girls who have been
:08:41. > :08:44.abused to have not come forward. There are calls for the authorities
:08:45. > :08:49.to be held to account for their part in covering up this scandal, and a
:08:50. > :08:53.sense from the community that it needs to look closely at what has
:08:54. > :08:59.happened on its own doorstep. Sian Lloyd, BBC News, Rotherham.
:09:00. > :09:04.Iain Watson is in Westminster for us now, that was the view from
:09:05. > :09:07.Rotherham, political pressure is growing on South Yorkshire's police
:09:08. > :09:12.and crime commission to resign, but clearly he is far from the only one
:09:13. > :09:17.in a position of responsibility during this period. Absolutely
:09:18. > :09:20.right, no council employee has been disciplined or resigned either, but
:09:21. > :09:25.the political pressure on Shaun Wright is building tonight. The Home
:09:26. > :09:28.significantly hard and the Government's line when she said he
:09:29. > :09:32.should heed calls to resign. The Labour leadership have been trying
:09:33. > :09:35.to persuade him all day, and I'm told that Shaun Wright is consulting
:09:36. > :09:39.with his family about his future, but for now the man who was in
:09:40. > :09:43.charge of children's services in Rotherham for five years, who
:09:44. > :09:46.oversees police even now, is still in a job, and it is far more
:09:47. > :09:50.difficult still as they police and crime commission than to get rid of
:09:51. > :09:57.an MP. They have to be charged with a criminal offence, but this is a
:09:58. > :10:00.much bigger than one man's career, and pressure is growing on the
:10:01. > :10:06.Government on when they will start their inquiry into overarching
:10:07. > :10:08.historic abuse, and inquiry that is likely to show, sadly, that abuse
:10:09. > :10:14.was not limited to Rotherham. The current baby boom is creating
:10:15. > :10:17.so much demand for school places in England that it's forcing councils
:10:18. > :10:19.to cut budgets elsewhere, according to the Local Government Association.
:10:20. > :10:26.It says school repairs and building projects have had to be cut back
:10:27. > :10:28.to meet a ?1 billion shortfall, despite investment
:10:29. > :10:35.from the Department for Education. Alex Forsyth has more.
:10:36. > :10:41.Elliott starts school next week. He is already trying on his uniform,
:10:42. > :10:46.but finding him a suitable place has been a struggle. His parents' first
:10:47. > :10:51.choice was oversubscribed, and his mum felt classes were too large at
:10:52. > :10:56.the school on offer. Though she has chosen to drive 32 miles a day to
:10:57. > :11:01.take him to a smaller primary. If you have got one or two teachers and
:11:02. > :11:05.a class of 35, three or four children need help, how are they
:11:06. > :11:10.supposed to do that without the children suffering? New schools,
:11:11. > :11:15.like this one, are being built to accommodate a rise in pupils which
:11:16. > :11:18.is down to a rapid increase in the birth rate. Some councils say they
:11:19. > :11:25.are having to find the money due to a shortfall in government funding.
:11:26. > :11:27.Here in Barnet, the council spent ?70 million on 4500 new places.
:11:28. > :11:31.Here in Barnet, the council spent ?70 million on It has been possible,
:11:32. > :11:35.and we have done it, and that is good. Whether we can do it in the
:11:36. > :11:38.future is another question, there is not much fat left in local
:11:39. > :11:43.government, but we have to provide school places. Money is not the only
:11:44. > :11:48.problem. All new schools, like this one, should be academies or free
:11:49. > :11:54.schools, which are independent of council control, but some local
:11:55. > :11:57.authorities say this growing number of autonomous schools makes it
:11:58. > :12:00.harder for councils to ensure new places are created where and when
:12:01. > :12:05.they are needed. With many more free schools and academies being part of
:12:06. > :12:11.the picture, providing extra school places, that is a growing issue and
:12:12. > :12:14.a growing concern. Conversely, the Government says academies and free
:12:15. > :12:19.schools not only help create places but give parents more choice, and it
:12:20. > :12:25.says it has provided significant funding for councils to meet
:12:26. > :12:28.increased demand. We have provided ?5 billion of capital, double what
:12:29. > :12:32.was spent in a similar period by the last government, and that has
:12:33. > :12:42.created 260,000 new school places already, with a further 300,000 in
:12:43. > :12:45.the pipelines. But while thousands of pupils like Elliott can look
:12:46. > :12:47.forward to starting school next month, as these young children move
:12:48. > :12:51.on to secondary school, the pressure on places will grow with them.
:12:52. > :12:55.United Nations investigators have published graphic details
:12:56. > :12:57.of atrocities they say are being carried out by the Islamic State
:12:58. > :12:59.group in Syria. The report says the extremists
:13:00. > :13:01.are carrying out frequent public executions, forcing
:13:02. > :13:04.adults and children to watch. It claims children as young as ten
:13:05. > :13:07.are being recruited by IS for training in camps.
:13:08. > :13:10.The report also goes on to accuse the Syrian government
:13:11. > :13:11.for using barrel bombs and chemical weapons against its own people.
:13:12. > :13:21.James Robbins reports. His report contains details you may
:13:22. > :13:27.find distressing. We do not know his age, but this
:13:28. > :13:30.looks like a boy firing an American howitzer captured by Islamic State
:13:31. > :13:39.extremists. The exact circumstances of the video cannot be verified, but
:13:40. > :13:42.the United Nations is very clear - IS relies on mass recruitment of
:13:43. > :13:46.fighters as young as 14, in Iraq as well as Syria. The group which
:13:47. > :13:50.beheaded American journalist James Foley is accused by the UN panel of
:13:51. > :13:56.using systematic terror against civilians, particularly children.
:13:57. > :14:02.Among the most disturbing findings by this report are accounts of large
:14:03. > :14:07.training camps where children, mostly boys, from the age of 14, are
:14:08. > :14:14.recruited and trained to fight in the ranks of ISIS along with adults.
:14:15. > :14:18.The latest United Nations reports documents crimes against you by both
:14:19. > :14:21.rebels and the Syrian government, but it is the increasing abusers by
:14:22. > :14:26.Islamic State which are highlighted this time. In areas they control,
:14:27. > :14:29.the UN finds execution in public spaces have become a common
:14:30. > :14:35.spectacle. In some cases, passers-by, including children, are
:14:36. > :14:39.forced to watch. IS has also executed boys between 15 and 17,
:14:40. > :14:44.reportedly renders of rival armed groups. In some cases, the UN
:14:45. > :14:48.accepts that bodies are placed on crucifixes for up to three days,
:14:49. > :14:51.serving as a warning to local residents. But it is the finding
:14:52. > :14:55.that both the Syrian government and ISIS rebels abused children by using
:14:56. > :15:00.them as soldiers and spies with particularly troubles the UN. As the
:15:01. > :15:06.United States contemplates air strikes on IS bases in Syria, the UN
:15:07. > :15:09.worries they could kill many boy soldiers and kidnap victims, warning
:15:10. > :15:15.the United States that any decision to bomb must respect the laws of
:15:16. > :15:18.war. The UN stresses that President Assad's government forces continued
:15:19. > :15:21.their war crimes, among them indiscriminate barrel bombing of
:15:22. > :15:26.civilian areas, including with chlorine gas in April. And the UN
:15:27. > :15:29.can see no end to all this, reporting all sides engaged in
:15:30. > :15:31.fierce fighting while none appears capable of achieving complete
:15:32. > :15:49.military victory. And still to come,
:15:50. > :15:53.they married in the '30s, now the couple are celebrating their
:15:54. > :15:57.wedding anniversary 80 years on. Later on BBC London,
:15:58. > :16:01.the phone app that asks others for first aid if you are badly hurt.
:16:02. > :16:03.It is hoped it could save hundreds of lives.
:16:04. > :16:05.And how we are developing a taste for a French idea
:16:06. > :16:14.to bring local suppliers together online and at a bar near you.
:16:15. > :16:20.In just over three weeks, voters in Scotland will decide whether to stay
:16:21. > :16:23.in the UK or choose independence. This week, the Six O'Clock News is
:16:24. > :16:27.looking at the arguments from the yes and no campaigns, and today 130
:16:28. > :16:31.Scottish business leaders came out against independence, claiming the
:16:32. > :16:35.business case has not been made by the Yes Campaign, though that is
:16:36. > :16:37.hotly contested. For more on this, we're joined by our Special
:16:38. > :16:39.Correspondent Allan Little, who's in New Lanark, in the historic
:16:40. > :16:53.heartland of industrial Scotland. The textile mills of New Lanark were
:16:54. > :16:58.built in the 18th century as an attempt to combine successful
:16:59. > :17:03.business with a utopian socialist ideal of how an industrial workforce
:17:04. > :17:07.should live and be treated. I am here in Scotland's old industrial
:17:08. > :17:10.heartland, where many people believe this referendum will be decided. In
:17:11. > :17:14.a moment, I will report on the battle between the yes and no
:17:15. > :17:19.campaigns for support among Scotland's many Labour voters.
:17:20. > :17:22.First, our business editor, Ahmed reports on the way the independence
:17:23. > :17:28.question is dividing Scotland's business leaders.
:17:29. > :17:31.heartland of industrial Scotland. For a small engineering firm,
:17:32. > :17:33.whether Scotland votes yes or no in the independence referendum may
:17:34. > :17:38.not appear to be the most important of questions.
:17:39. > :17:41.But for Alistair Lamond, it matters as much
:17:42. > :17:43.as where the next set of gears are going to be exported to.
:17:44. > :17:45.Independence would only put obstacles in the way
:17:46. > :17:50.of our business. I can't see, clearly,
:17:51. > :17:53.the advantages that are going to come to us, particularly
:17:54. > :17:57.as we are trading 40% of our turnover with the rest the UK.
:17:58. > :18:04.This morning, more than 130 business leaders said that the case
:18:05. > :18:29.for independence had not been made. In a letter published
:18:30. > :18:31.in The Scotsman, the group said that fears over the currency,
:18:32. > :18:33.Scotland would use meant that remaining
:18:34. > :18:36.in the UK was the best option. Many businesses do not agree.
:18:37. > :18:38.Tony Banks claims the numbers are on his side.
:18:39. > :18:41.I think you will find that the yes campaign has far more
:18:42. > :18:43.businesses signed up for an independent Scotland.
:18:44. > :18:46.Individuals and companies invest far more and have more jobs here
:18:47. > :18:49.that those in the no campaign. A key question is, does the debate
:18:50. > :18:52.make any difference to how the public may vote?
:18:53. > :18:54.on St the 18th. Would it matter
:18:55. > :18:57.if businesses said yes, independence was a good thing or a bad thing?
:18:58. > :18:59.Not to me, no. But I think that business people do
:19:00. > :19:02.have a point when they say it is not going to be
:19:03. > :19:05.good for their businesses. It might affect it, yeah,
:19:06. > :19:07.because business is important for local people.
:19:08. > :19:09.The debate about whether Scottish independence would be good or bad
:19:10. > :19:10.for business will intensify tomorrow.
:19:11. > :19:16.David Cameron arrives here in Glasgow for the CBI dinner,
:19:17. > :19:20.and Business For Scotland are set to reveal over 100 names
:19:21. > :19:27.of firms that support independent. This week, the yes
:19:28. > :19:29.and no camps have tried to claim the vital business vote for themselves.
:19:30. > :19:32.It will be up to the voters to decide which they find
:19:33. > :19:36.the most convincing. Kamal Ahmed, BBC News, Glasgow.
:19:37. > :19:40.From the beginning, independence campaigners have been active
:19:41. > :19:43.in traditional Labour communities, trying to persuade people that an
:19:44. > :19:50.independent Scotland would better represent real Labour values.
:19:51. > :20:00.Has it worked? Some pro-UK Labour activists are
:20:01. > :20:04.worried that one in four, or in places one in three of their voters
:20:05. > :20:07.- are planning to vote yes next month.
:20:08. > :20:14.The pro-independence campaign had a grassroots presence
:20:15. > :20:17.and a creative energy that Better Together has often seemed to lack.
:20:18. > :20:18.The independence message has already persuaded many natural Labour
:20:19. > :20:20.voters. I am English.
:20:21. > :20:22.I was born in the north-east of England.
:20:23. > :20:23.My dad is English, his family are still there.
:20:24. > :20:27.It is about where we want power to lie.
:20:28. > :20:30.his family are still there. It is about imagining the kind
:20:31. > :20:33.of country we want and how we best make that happen.
:20:34. > :20:36.The yes campaign has tried to persuade Labour voters that
:20:37. > :20:44.an independent Scotland could be a fairer, more equal society than
:20:45. > :20:48.is possible inside the UK. I believe in Labour very strongly.
:20:49. > :20:56.but you are going to vote yes? We are both going to vote yes.
:20:57. > :20:59.The only we can change is through independence.
:21:00. > :21:04.And hopefully, we will be able to move back to the left and maybe
:21:05. > :21:07.join up with the SNP and greens. What did rapid deindustrialisation
:21:08. > :21:09.of the 1980s do to Scotland's Labour heartlands and to British identity
:21:10. > :21:11.in working-class Scotland? The Newtongrange colliery
:21:12. > :21:22.near Edinburgh closed in 1984. It's a museum now.
:21:23. > :21:25.If you were a miner here in Midlothian, you were part of shared
:21:26. > :21:27.interests with miners in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and South Wales.
:21:28. > :21:30.The same was true in the great shipyards and steel
:21:31. > :21:33.mills across industrial Scotland. The communities that sustained all
:21:34. > :21:35.this were bedrocks not just of Labour loyalty, but of British
:21:36. > :21:38.identity in Scotland. And they have all but gone.
:21:39. > :21:43.Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling had a bitter falling out
:21:44. > :21:45.when they were at Downing Street. They buried the hatchet today,
:21:46. > :21:49.appearing together for the first time since this campaign began,
:21:50. > :21:53.for the need to keep Labour voters loyal to the union,
:21:54. > :21:57.is urgent for them both. Determined to uphold independent
:21:58. > :22:01.Scottish institutions, proud also of our Scottish Parliament, demanding
:22:02. > :22:07.the strengthening of the powers of that Parliament, but proud also
:22:08. > :22:13.that we share roots and resources as part of the United Kingdom.
:22:14. > :22:17.The referendum will be won and lost in the Labour heartlands.
:22:18. > :22:18.The no campaign retains its lead in the polls, but the yes campaign has
:22:19. > :22:32.shown it has strong appeal here. The referendum takes place three
:22:33. > :22:35.weeks tomorrow. This week, I am travelling across Scotland.
:22:36. > :22:39.Tomorrow, I will be in the inner Hebrides, Ireland Scotland, to gauge
:22:40. > :22:41.opinion on both sides of the geographical edges of the country.
:22:42. > :22:44.For now, back to you. shown it has strong appeal here.
:22:45. > :22:47.A nine-year-old girl in America has accidentally killed
:22:48. > :22:50.her shooting instructor while he was showing her how to use
:22:51. > :22:54.a high-powered automatic weapon. The child's parents were filming
:22:55. > :22:58.the lesson as the 39-year-old man showed her how to use the submachine
:22:59. > :23:00.gun at a firing range in Arizona. But when she pulled the trigger,
:23:01. > :23:05.she lost control, as Alistair Leithead reports.
:23:06. > :23:12.Otherwise the gun will fire, OK? The nine-year-old's shooting lesson was
:23:13. > :23:19.filmed by her parents. In her hand, a powerful Uzi submachine gun. There
:23:20. > :23:28.you go, like that. She fires a single shot. Give me one shot. But
:23:29. > :23:35.on automatic, the gun kicks back out of control, shooting the instructor
:23:36. > :23:38.in the head. He was 39, a former soldier. He was airlifted to
:23:39. > :23:43.hospital in nearby Las Vegas, but died of his injuries. The last stop
:23:44. > :23:48.shooting range in Arizona runs Blitz and burgers, lunch in a choice of
:23:49. > :23:56.high-powered weapon to try. Why was a nine-year -year-old firing an Uzi?
:23:57. > :24:01.A nine-year-old gets an Uzi in her hand. The criteria are eight. We
:24:02. > :24:06.instruct kids as young as five and they do not get to handle firearms,
:24:07. > :24:09.but they are under the supervision of their parents and are
:24:10. > :24:12.professional range masters. This is the kind of weapon she was using.
:24:13. > :24:18.They are hard to handle for the first time. The blast is pushing
:24:19. > :24:24.here, and your hand is down here. It causes the gun to rotate. While
:24:25. > :24:26.there is shock here that and nine-year-old was using such a
:24:27. > :24:30.powerful weapon, it is common for kids to visit a shooting range in
:24:31. > :24:31.America. But this will raise questions over how young is too
:24:32. > :24:34.young? as Alistair Leithead reports.
:24:35. > :24:37.Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined ?14.5 million for failing to
:24:38. > :24:39.ensure customers were given proper advice about their mortgages.
:24:40. > :24:43.The City watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority,
:24:44. > :24:45.says the bank, which is largely owned by the taxpayer,
:24:46. > :24:49.did not fully consider people's budgets, and also failed to advise
:24:50. > :24:55.them on a suitable mortgage term. RBS has said it's "very sorry".
:24:56. > :24:57.A couple from Bournemouth are celebrating their 80th
:24:58. > :25:02.wedding anniversary today. Maurice and Helen Kaye, who are both
:25:03. > :25:06.more than 100 years old, met in 1929 when Helen was just 15 years old.
:25:07. > :25:10.Duncan Kennedy has been to meet them to find out the secret of
:25:11. > :25:13.their long and successful marriage. Stop cheating!
:25:14. > :25:16.The couple who have been dealt a lifetime of fun.
:25:17. > :25:21.Helen and Maurice Kaye, today celebrating eight decades
:25:22. > :25:24.of marriage. Did you think then that
:25:25. > :25:31.this could last 80 years? I didn't think it would last a week.
:25:32. > :25:36.Both Helen, 101, and Maurice, 102, can still remember the day they met.
:25:37. > :25:43.After about three hours, my mother said to me, "Who's going
:25:44. > :25:47.to throw him out, you or me?" That was the beginning.
:25:48. > :25:54.Today, 80 years ago, they got married, and never once
:25:55. > :25:57.forgot their anniversary. What is the secret of this long
:25:58. > :26:00.and happy marriage? We are very tolerant of each other,
:26:01. > :26:07.and we do love each other. The most useful thing is that
:26:08. > :26:14.as long as I agree with her... then I'm safe.
:26:15. > :26:19.That's not true. In 1934, bread was tuppence
:26:20. > :26:22.and wages around ?3 a week. Coping
:26:23. > :26:25.and caring has seen them through. If you have to give in a little bit,
:26:26. > :26:32.give in a little bit. If you have to give in a little bit,
:26:33. > :26:37.as she says, she gives in a bit. In eight decades, their family has
:26:38. > :26:43.grown wider as they've grown closer, sadness and loss always trumped
:26:44. > :26:47.by laughter and companionship. Do you still love each other?
:26:48. > :26:51.Oh, yes. Do you?
:26:52. > :26:52.Watch it, girl! Duncan Kennedy, BBC News,
:26:53. > :27:05.in Bournemouth. Time for a look at the weather. Mick
:27:06. > :27:09.Miller is here. They will be celebrating warmer weather next
:27:10. > :27:13.week. Right now, though, it has been another glorious day across Scotland
:27:14. > :27:20.and much of northern England, but the cloud brought rain to South West
:27:21. > :27:24.England. We will all see that spread of rain across the UK as the evening
:27:25. > :27:28.goes on. It is moving through fairly quickly. It means temperatures are
:27:29. > :27:32.not going down as far as they have done on recent nights. That will
:27:33. > :27:37.mean a big change across the northern half of the UK, nowhere
:27:38. > :27:42.near as Chile tomorrow morning. Not as bright either, but the rain will
:27:43. > :27:47.clear away in the morning. Then we get the brighter skies, head of this
:27:48. > :27:58.area of cloud. Eastern England will have sunny
:27:59. > :28:03.spells, feeling pleasantly warm. Behind the rain, for the sunshine
:28:04. > :28:06.coming back. The wind is strengthening and this area of heavy
:28:07. > :28:12.rain is moving into Northern Ireland tomorrow evening. On Friday, low
:28:13. > :28:18.pressure is close by. Lots of showers in the West, merging to give
:28:19. > :28:23.longer spells of rain. Not too many reaching southeastern parts of the
:28:24. > :28:26.UK. For the weekend, low pressure is still close by on to say, so we
:28:27. > :28:32.cater for showers, but then this high pressure is Sunday's weather.
:28:33. > :28:38.Scattered showers, with the wind gradually easing on Saturday. On
:28:39. > :28:41.Sunday, most places will be dry. On Sunday night into Monday and from
:28:42. > :28:45.Tuesday onwards, high pressure comes in, meaning dry weather and
:28:46. > :28:52.temperature is heading up once again. Something to look forward to.
:28:53. > :28:53.That is all from the BBC News at six. Now we go