22/02/2016 BBC News at Six

Making the case for staying in the EU.

The Prime Minister takes his argument to the Commons.

To a full and noisy house, David Cameron said now was the time

I believe the choice is between being an even greater

Britain inside a reformed EU or a great leap into

The European Union is a failing organisation, a faield Common

Fisheries Policy, a failed Common Agricultural Policy,

a single market that shackles us with regulation.

The head of the European police agency says the UK will be more

vulnerable to terror attacks if it leaves the EU.

With more than 100 Tory MPs believed to be against staying in the EU,

we'll be looking at the impact on today's financial markets.

Also tonight: The footballer Adam Johnson acknowledges his

messages to a 15-year-old were flirty and inappropriate.

In London Fashion Week, how one British fashion house

And her first visit to the Whitehouse at the age of 106,

As EU referendum campaigning gets underway, we'll assess the state

of Scotland's relationship with Europe.

Back on track, services on the West Coast Main Line

return to normal as work to repair a storm-damaged viaduct

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

The Prime Minister has made an impassioned case for staying

in the EU to a packed House of Commons.

David Cameron said he believed the choice was between being an even

greater Britain inside a reformed EU or taking a leap into the dark.

The Labour leader dismissed as irrelevant the deal struck

by Mr Cameron in Europe, but said Labour is overwhelmingly

for remaining within the European Union.

The Prime Minister was in the unusual position of needing not

to persuade MPs on the opposition benches but many on his own side.

So far more than 100 Conservative MPs are thought to want to leave.

Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg watched the exchanges.

This report contains flashing images. Wherever he goes, chaos

often follows. Boris Johnson reveals he wanted to leave the European

Union. Although the Prime Minister had tried to persuade him to join

his side and campaign to stay. In 1972... Is his decision about

Britain's future of his own? Are you an opportunist? No. Are you losing

the argument over the EU? It was David Cameron's job to set out the

case to stay. A test of how many of his MPs back what he claims will be

a new and improved deal we are a great country and whatever choice we

make we will still be great. I believe the choice is between being

an even greater Britain inside the reformed EU or a great week into the

unknown. The Prime Minister seemed just as passionate about needling

Boris Johnson, suspecting the London mayor's decision is about taking the

Prime Minister's job. I am not standing for re-election. I have no

other agenda than what is good for our country. I am telling you what I

think. My responsibilities to speak plainly about what I think is right

for our country and that is what I will do every day for the next four

months. It is not just about two men, I'll bill-mac allegedly

friends, certainly rivals. At some moments it felt like that. Can I ask

the Prime Minister to explain to the house and the country in exactly

what way this deal returns sovereignty over any field of

lawmaking to these Houses of Parliament? I just told you. Only

one put himself on the front line today. Tory backbenchers are split.

They were not shy of speaking out. For so much labour he has achieved

so little. The European Union is a failing organisation. The scrutiny

of Europe is dependent upon Nato not the EU. Those who advocate a no vote

do not seem to know what that means. Those who want to leave Europe are

unable to agree on an alternative arrangements for Britain in the EU.

Number 10 is not just trying to keep us in the EU, but trying to keep the

Tories together. This is the back entrance to Downing Street. On

Saturday Eurosceptic ministers did not leave through the famous front

door, they snuck out instead. Tory divisions are out in the wide open.

David Cameron hopes it can stay polite. That seems rather

optimistic. These are strange times. Some of David Cameron's loudest

cheers came from the Labour side. They will criticise him but support

staying in the EU. Labour believes the EU is a vital framework for

European trade and co-operation in the 21st-century. A vote to remain

as in the interests of people not only in what it delivers today but

as a framework for what we can achieve much more in the future. I

want Scotland and the rest of the UK to remain within the European Union.

However if we are forced out of the EU I am certain that public in

Scotland will demand a referendum on Scottish independence and we will

protect our place in Europe. The importance of this debate brought

out old faces. Does he believe we have more influence in the European

Union or outside? Surely the answer is inside the European Union. This

referendum is actually about the future of our country not the future

of a divided Conservative Party. The six of us who stand here today are

committed to campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union. They

seemed too shy to speak in the Commons but you will hear plenty

from these ministers want to defy the Prime Minister in the days to

come. It is your voice that will really count.

Britain would be more vulnerable to terror attacks and counter

terrorism would be harder if the UK leaves the European Union.

That's the warning today from the director of Europe's

But many campaigning for an exit say it's "laughable" to suggest

Europe won't cooperate and share intelligence.

Our security correspondent Frank Gardner takes a closer look.

Britain is a top target for terrorists. In recent years it has

stopped a large number of attacks and plot through a combination of

factors. A key question is whether that would change of Britain left

the EU. Britain's border already differ from its neighbours. That is

partly because we are an Island and partly because we do not belong to

the borderless zone. That means it is hard but not impossible to

smuggle guns and explosives into the UK than to move them around Europe.

But when it comes to checks on people, even cabinet members

disagree. We do not have an open border with the European Union. We

have our own border. You have to have a passport or Visa to get into

Britain and you have to be checked. We do not have the right to stop

people entering this country from other countries within the EU and

if we are to control the numbers coming into this country it is very

difficult to see how you can do that unless we take back control over our

borders. Last year's Paris attacks were a shocking reminder of what

could happen here. Intelligence is the key to stopping such attacks.

Intelligence failed last year. Britain's intelligence agencies have

their closes relationships not with Europe but with the United States.

They share information and tip-offs with European partners but tend to

do this bilaterally on a country by country basis and not through any EU

wide reckon is. Intelligence agencies are often reluctant to

share what they know with their own police forces. The head of Europol

says that European intelligence helps Britain. The UK gets thousands

of cases, British police are getting operational benefits to target

criminals and terrorists seeking to penetrate the United Kingdom. With

diplomacy the EU plays a big role in collective security. It has imposed

sanctions on research and Russia. Some say leave deterrents to Nato

and not the EU. Nato brings in the United States and Canada and Norway

and Turkey who are not members of the European Union. The Nato

population is over 900 million. That is the bedrock of our security.

There are valid arguments on both sides. Much of Britain's existing

security arrangements are likely to remain unchanged whether we stay in

or out. The pound has suffered its biggest

drop against the dollar for almost six years, falling by just under 2%

amid uncertainty about a possible But the FTSE 100 lifted sharply,

seemingly ignoring fears of an exit. Our Economics Editor

Kamal Ahmed is here. They are measuring two different

things. The FTSE is up because oil prices are up and it is made up of

big oil companies and commodity companies that are pleased about

that. Sterling is a different matter. It is reacting to a lot of

news about the referendum over the weekend. When the markets closed on

Friday night they did not know that David Cameron definitely had an EU

deal or that the referendum would be on June 23 or that two headers,

Boris Johnson at Michael Gove, would be arguing to leave. That has

increased short-term economic risk and lead to sterling falling in

value. Those who argue for Britain leaving the EU say it would be a

good thing for the economy. In the longer term sterling would rebound

in value. A lower currency is good for some parts of the economy such

as exporters saw a falling currency is a good thing and not a bad thing,

they said. Thank you. The UK as a whole pays more

in contributions to the EU than it gets back, but that's not the case

for every part of Britain. West Wales is one of the areas

which receives more from the European Union

per head than it pays in, and our Wales correspondent

Hywel Griffith has been gauging What factors are going to decide how

people will vote? For many people I have spoken to decisions made in

Europe have a direct impact on their lives and livelihoods but there

might have to decide if they want to be in order out. Many have strong

opinions on issues like immigration and trade but are finding it

difficult to see how that adds up when it comes to deciding on June

23. What would leaving be you in tale? An end to being penned in or a

leap into the unknown? Funerals are European rule book like farmers.

Quarters and caps. What will decide how these people vote in June? The

single market is the lifeline of every farmer in this country. You

want to keep that. Yes. It is all paperwork and tags and regulations.

All decided by Europe? If you complain they said his European

rules. The relationship is interesting because it qualifies as

one of the poorest parts in Europe and every year millions of pounds of

extra funding is spent. That does not mean everyone is persuaded it is

spent well or making a real difference. Much of the money is

meant to help businesses grow but at this market it is a very different

referendum issue weighing on people's minds. Immigration. It is

the subject that has injected a bit of heat into the debate from

Westminster to west Wales. There are so many people coming into this

country but they have to have sold more to go. Why you are they coming

all the way across Europe to Britain? There must be something

wrong there sent. Many I met said they war-torn. The arguments do not

fit together easily. Is it cost-effective? It is whether we are

getting enough to improve things in the UK. Stay or go there four months

left to choose and what is being billed as a once-in-a-lifetime

decision. Just a reminder that

you can find detail, background and analysis

about the referendum The footballer Adam Johnson has

begun giving evidence at his trial The former Sunderland and England

player has admitted grooming He denies two charges

of sexual activity. Our correspondent, Ed Thomas,

is outside Bradford Crown Court. What has he been saying today? In

court, Adam Johnson admitted he was sexually attracted to the

schoolgirl. He said he knew kissing her was wrong, but that he enjoyed

it. Today, I hear on, in front of the jury, he said he was ashamed and

embarrassed and that he wished he had walked away. -- one year on.

For the first time, Adam Johnson arrived at court to defend himself

He has already admitted to grooming and kissing a 15-year-old girl

but today he said it went no further.

In the witness box, the 28-year-old told jurors he was ashamed.

As he kissed the teenager, the footballer said he thought:

That kiss happened here in a car park outside a Chinese takeaway.

But the prosecution say that much more serious sexual activity

The jury has been told the footballer took advantage

She was a Sunderland season ticket holder and had a massive crush

The police statement, written by Adam Johnson,

In it, he said he had behaved stupidly.

Adam Johnson told jurors he was now

embarrassed and that he had not been a good person to his partner

He will continue his evidence tomorrow.

He denies two counts of sexual activity with a child.

The Prime Minister makes his argument for staying within the EU

And still to come, protests over caste in India leave more

than 10 million people in the capital without water.

And coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30pm:

Remembering the extraordinary life of our most decorated pilot.

And Scotland's rugby side go in search of their first win

of the campaign away to Italy on Saturday.

London Fashion Week is in full swing with dozens of designers

displaying their latest look on the catwalk.

But fashion is also an industry in the midst of a shake up.

The British luxury fashion house, Burberry, showed its latest

collection today but says come September it is radically changing

the way it sells its wares - as our Business Correspondent,

For decades, these catwalk shows were just for industry insiders.

Now anyone with an internet connection can see a runway

This, a glimpse of the styles we could be wearing this winter.

Burberry was the first to stream its shows live

And it will soon be reorganising the way it sells its fashion.

The show has just ended, the last of its kind for Burberry.

Next time round, it is making its clothes immediately

available to buy the minute the event ends.

It no longer wants its customers to wait many months to get

The boss told me that they had to move with

The world and consumers are changing.

Behaviours are changing so dramatically since we have got

these, and they have allowed so much creativity and different ways

of communicating that it just feels like a natural step.

Some other designers are doing the same.

This is an industry that is undergoing huge change.

By closing the gap between the communication of a collection

and the availability of a collection and preventing copycats

from taking those ideas and getting them out to the consumer faster,

it could potentially change the way the whole fashion system works.

It may not be so easy, though, for small,

emerging designers like Tamriko Keburia from Kiev.

She much prefers showing her clothes first to

gauge interest before getting them made.

Young designers would need to predict the right colours,

stock, sizes, amount, and at the end of the day,

Because I would end up with all this stock and I just cannot sell it.

For Burberry, 'show now, sell now' is the logical

Instead of waiting many months, long after the excitement

A 21-year-old man and a 17-year-old And

of murdering a muslim religious leader in Rochdale.

who was 64, was attacked in a children's play area last

It's believed he was walking home from a friend's house.

Police are continuing to appeal for more information.

More than ten million people in the India are without water -

after a protest which has revealed as much about India's labyrinthine

caste system as much as the security of its water supply.

Members of the Jat community - who want additional rights

for their particular caste - seized a canal which provides water

Our South Asia Correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, sent

For 10 million people in Delhi, this is how they now

More than half of the population of Delhi now has no

They depend on bottled water and the supply of water

It is an extraordinary situation for any capital city to be in,

and certainly a city on the scale of Delhi.

And it has been caused by a battle over caste privilege.

These people are part of an upper caste group.

They have taken to the streets to demand it be reclassified

as lower caste - that way they will get automatic rights

The protestors badly damaged this canal, which supplies more than half

The military has now taken control, but repairs are needed before

That means millions in Delhi will have to continue to get

Myself, my two sons, my daughter-in-law, my grandson.

The head of Delhi's water board told the BBC today it will take three

or maybe four days before a supply is fully restored.

Like millions in the city, Mr Kumar's taps are likely to be

A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.

A key rail service between Scotland and England has fully re-opened

after the completion of repairs to the flood-damaged line.

West Coast Mainline services had been disrupted since Storm Frank

left the Lamington viaduct in Dumfries and Galloway close

Two swimmers have been rescued by helicopter after they were swept

out to sea off the north Cornwall coast.

They were winched to safety as they struggled against the heavy

A UK Coastguard spokesman has warned beach users not to be fooled

BBC News has learned that almost 4,000 people in England and Wales

were referred to the Government's anti-radicalisation programme last

year, more than twice as many as the year before.

Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show that more

That number too has risen sharply after schools were legally required

It was the fulfilment of a lifelong dream -

to meet President Obama and his wife at the White House.

Virginia McLaurin had to wait until she was 106

to do it - but she didn't let age slow her down.

Her lively visit has now been viewed more than 31 million times online.

what a gal. Tremendous. It really warms the heart.

By day, plenty of sparkling sunshine this month, but by night, hard frost

and there will be a feud wintry showers to contend with. A bleak

Monday morning through southern counties. Still some rain clinging

to the south coast, gradually petering out across the Channel

Isles. Further north, we will increasingly see snow showers across

northern Scotland and it could be icy as temperatures drop. Most towns

and cities staying above freezing but there will be a frost in the

countryside. A cold start to Tuesday morning, with sunshine likely. A

brighter day across southern areas. Some showers across the Midlands,

snow showers across northern Scotland and showers drifting down

the eastern side of England, egged on by a cold wind. Much of southern

England, brighter than today with more sunshine around. With lighter

winds, not feeling too bad. But there will be a cold wind across

North Sea coasts, and will be more snow showers coming in. But much of

the central belt, dry sunny. Maybe some showers along the north coast.

Look at how the blue ticks the match tomorrow night. Extensive, hard

frost. Snow lying on the ground across northern Scotland, it could

be -10. But more Muntari showers -- wintry showers across northern

Scotland, but dry and bright for many. Temperatures recovering

somewhat. Thursday, a similar story with a frosty start. Things trying

to change out west as a weather front bums its way in. That is

towards the end of the week. Before we get there, quite a bit of sunny

but cold weather. A reminder of our main stories this

evening. The Prime Minister has been making his argument for staying in

the EU to MPs in a packed House of Commons. And that the trial of the

footballer, Adam Johnson, he has acknowledged his messages to a

15-year-old girl were flirty and inappropriate. And that