23/02/2016 BBC News at Six

A fresh wave of strikes in England. Junior doctors say they will strike

three more times in March and April. As the bitter feud intensifies,

the doctors' union says it's seeking a judicial review into

the Government's plans Junior doctors up and down this

country have told us they are extremely disappointed with how the

government has handled this situation. The government says this

means tens of thousands of patients will have operations cancelled.

Also tonight on the programme tonight, breaking news.

An explosion at Didcot power station in Oxfordshire.

A major incident is declared amid reports of several casualties.

Pauline Cafferkey who contracted Ebola is being treated

A mass recall from Mars around the world after plastic is found

And a new gorilla in our midst after Bristol zoo calls

in a hospital surgeon to carry out a rare emergency c-section

After months of negotiation an agreement is finally reached

between the Scottish and UK governments over future

And a warning that the oil and gas industry is facing a collapse in

investment. Good evening and welcome

to the BBC News at Six. Junior doctors in England have

announced three more strikes as part of their fight against

the Government's decision to impose The strikes are planned

for March and April. But emergency care

will still be provided. The doctors' union,

the British Medical Association, also says it will seek a judicial

review of the Government's plans. Tonight the Department of Health

said strike action was completely unnecessary and will mean tens

of thousands more patients It is the latest stage in a long and

increasingly bitter dispute. Junior doctors in England have already

staged two one day strikes affecting nonurgent care, and they have now

announced another series of walk-outs. The rows over a new

contract and what it means for working hours and pay. After months

of talks negotiations stalled. Jeremy Hunt said he would impose the

new contract from August. I have spent the last week going up and

down this country, talking to thousands of junior doctors. They

have all said that what we want is a negotiated, their contract. The

government refuses to do that, unfortunately. The strike dates

would involve 48 hour walk-outs, rather than 24 as before. The first

will run from 8am on the 9th of March until the 11th of March.

As before, junior doctors will not provide routine care but will still

cover emergencies. The BMA said it would also go to the High Court

seeking a judicial review of the decision by ministers to impose a

new contract. The BMA argues that the government have not conducted a

legally required impact. Jeremy Hunt said it would see higher pay and

reduced hours for many junior doctors. Reacting to the BMA move...

In another development, the health safety expert has advised the

government in the past and says the NHS should find a way out of the

mess and the government should apologise. But he added that junior

doctors should engage with future NHS planning. With the next Reich

just over two weeks away, feelings are running as high as ever. -- with

the next strike. This is just intensifying, isn't it?

It looks like it. The strikes will be longer than the ones before.

Junior doctors will still cover emergencies. The BMA will go to

court to challenge the legality of the imposition of this new contract.

They and their members seem as resolved as ever to carry on.

Equally, the government say they have gone a long way to make

compromises. They are frustrated with the BMA's negotiating tactics,

they say, and they have to get on and introduce this new contract. The

Department of Health have said that the strikes are necessary, there

will be tens of thousands more cancelled operations affecting

patients in England. It looks like the sides are as far apart as ever

with no signs at this stage, of further talks taking place.

Thanks very much. A major incident has been declared

at Didcot power station in Oxfordshire. Six ambulances and two

air ambulances have been sent to the scene. One person has died. There

are understood to be several casualties. This is the latest:

These images appear to show a section of this building has

collapsed. It is part of the power station that was decommissioned in

2013 and is in the process of being demolished. On the ground fire crews

and ambulances, emergency services were called mid-afternoon after

reports of an explosion. It is still not clear what has happened. This

has been described as a major incident. This video posted on

social media shows smoke or dust rising from one side of the

building. Eyewitnesses have described hearing a loud bang. I can

see the power station quite clearly from where I am. At about 4pm, when

I heard the explosion, and a very loud rumbling, by the time I got up

and looked out of the window there was a huge cloud of dust. It came

through over our village. When it had cleared, I noticed that half of

the old power station where they used to keep the generators, half of

that was missing. There are reports one person has been killed, but that

has not been confirmed. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy

is near Didcot power station. We will bring you an update on the

situation in the programme. The Scottish nurse,

Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted ebola in Sierra Leone two years ago,

has been admitted to hospital The 40-year-old was flown

from Glasgow by RAF Hercules this afternoon for treatment at

the Royal Free Hospital in London. She's being treated for a late

complication from the virus. Pauline Cafferkey arrived back at

the Royal free just over half an hour ago. She is in a stable

condition and not a seriously ill as before. -- as seriously ill. But the

effects of the Ebola virus our or having an impact.

Surrounded by a plastic tent, her mouth covered, Pauline Cafferkey

still dealing with the aftermath of the bowler virus. Staff moved her

from Glasgow to the door of a military aircraft at the airport.

She was flown to London, yet again, for specialist treatment. Speaking

to the BBC last year she was well aware of the impact of Ebola

lingering. My hair fell out. It has taken me a while to recover from it.

That is the thing, you just don't know, long-term wise, either.

Hopefully this is it, hopefully this is the end of it, but we just don't

know. The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa was first reported in

March 20 14. Since, more than 11,000 people have died. Pauline Cafferkey

was one of the British team of medics who worked at a save the

children Centre in Sierra Leone, and it is stored she contracted Ebola

virus on a visor on her protective clothing. This is part of a complex

puzzle which is the Ebola virus. Moore has been learned about Ebola

virus from Pauline than any other person on this planet. -- more.

She's probably the most invested -- investigated case of the virus on

the planet. She was taken to read Northolt. She was then transported

to the Royal Free in London. This is the hospital Pauline Cafferkey has

come to know very well. It will provide her with the specialist

treatment she once again needs. Leaving the European Union

would threaten jobs and put the UK's That's the warning from leaders

of some of Britain's biggest companies,

including Marks Spencer, But those campaigning to leave

the EU have pointed out that two-thirds of the 100 largest listed

companies in the UK, including Tesco and Sainsbury,

did not back the letter. Our Deputy Political Editor

James Landale has more. Remember this? Crowds of voters,

jackets off, microphones on, jokes at the ready. It is great to be here

in Slough, where so many... What? Yes, campaigning has begun, but this

year it is not his job on the line, but Britain's membership of the EU.

Something David Cameron thinks makes the UK stronger, safer, and, yes,

better off. We will create more jobs, more livelihoods, we will see

more investment, we will see more success for Britain. Why? Because we

are part, inside the EU, of the biggest free-trade single market

anywhere in the world. Today almost 200 of Britain's biggest firms,

including 36 on the FTSE 100 index, published a letter warning that

leaving you would put the economy at risk. Arguing that business needs

unrestricted access to the European market.

Two thirds of firms on the FTSE 100 unsigned. Many are keeping out of

politics. Others are yet to make up their macrolides. -- up their minds.

Does anybody seriously think the French president is going to say to

his feisty farmers you cannot sell your wine, your cheese, or your

butter to Britain any more? It isn't going to happen. But what we will be

able to do is have trade with China and India. His boss said the risks

were real and firms were right to speak out. Isn't the era of business

leaders telling the British people how to vote over? This is an

business leaders telling people how to vote. This is simply people

running some of the largest businesses in our company, that

employ over 1 million people between them, saying this has real

consequences for our country. One of the key arguments of this referendum

will be the prosperity of workers in or out of the EU. The problem for

both sides is that businesses and economists do not all agree where

the balance of risk lies. For big companies like O2, the EU gives them

access to markets and labour that they claim Brexit would deny them.

We benefit from scale, the standardisation in the technologies,

it helps to reduce our cost base, and allows us to be more competitive

in the UK. But many smaller companies, like this one in Dorset,

say the EU means red tape that makes them less competitive. We are

competing against the Americans, the Chinese, the Indians, the

Australians. We don't have to jump through any of the hoops -- they

don't have to jump through any of the hoops we do to stay in business.

Boris Johnson is, once again, going against the Prime Minister. We had

much the same sort of thing when the decision came whether or not to join

the euro. And indeed 20 years ago whether or not to leave then. On

both occasions, all of those same people were wrong. David Cameron has

placed the economy at the heart of the referendum. How you feel about

it might depend on where you work. An agreement has been reached

between the Scottish Government and the Treasury over

future Scottish spending. The deal covers the fiscal framework

which will accompany the new tax powers due to come to

Scotland from next year. Our Scotland Editor Sarah Smith

is at Holyrood now. Explain what this agreement will

mean. What ministers have been arguing

about four months now is how to adjust the block grant Westminster

pays to the Scottish Government. Once MSPs here get the power to

raise and collect all income taxes here in Scotland. During this

process the SNP have been complaining that proposals from the

Treasury could have cost Scotland as much as ?7 billion. But they have

done a deal today. Just a few minutes ago Nicola Sturgeon was able

to tell MSPs she had managed to get an agreement, she thinks, is fair.

I'm glad that we have got to the point of a deal in principle

It has been much harder work than it should have been to avoid

the Treasury trying to cash grab to the tune of ?7 billion.

Meetings over this have been going on between ministers since June. It

has been getting increasingly acrimonious. I understand it was a

phone call between the First Minister and the Chancellor this

afternoon that meant they were finally able to break that deadlock.

George Osborne says this is a deal which means that the promises made

to Scotland during the referendum in 2014 are now being kept.

We reached an agreement which secures a stronger Scotland in a

stronger United Kingdom. It delivers on the vow we made to the people of

Scotland. It is fair to the taxpayers of all of the UK. And it

gives Scotland one of the most powerful, devolved parliament in the

world. What the Chancellor hopes and Tories

in Scotland hope that the political debate will now move on and how

these tax-raising powers will be used. Whether on not the SNP will

put up income tax. And away from arguments about how much money

Scotland gets from Westminster. Thanks very much.

Junior doctors say they'll walk out on three 48-hour strikes

I've had lots of babies, but this one was quite special.

Why Bristol Zoo had to call in a surgeon

Coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30pm.

Rescuing migrants from the Mediterrainean.

We hear the harrowing experiences of a volunteer from Ayr.

And, Scotland's rugby captain wants fans to keep the faith as the team

heads to Italy, hoping for a change of fortune.

Tens of thousands of deaths in the UK can be linked to air

pollution - both indoors and outside - according to a report by a group

The Royal Colleges of Physicians and Paediatrics say around 40,000

deaths a year in the UK can be linked to outdoor

air pollution, such as diesel emissions from vehicles.

But it also estimates that indoor pollution,

such as tobacco smoke, faulty boilers and open fires,

may have contributed to almost 100,000

Our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, reports.

It's children, like two-year-old Tristan from Cardiff,

susceptible to the hazards of air pollution.

His father was raised in the clean air of the countryside

I've got two young children who've been brought up in a very urban

setting and it does bother me what they're inhaling.

The exhaust emissions and the pollution in the air that

Today's report says air pollution affects every stage of life,

Some damage accumulates over decades.

In pregnancy, air pollution is linked with low birth weight.

Children living in highly polluted areas are four times more likely

to have reduced lung function as adults.

In later life, air pollution is linked to heart attacks.

While among the elderly, the affects include brain decline

We're seeing increases in asthma, in diabetes, affects on obesity,

ageing of the skin and of the cornea and eye.

In fact, we're seeing affects even on intelligence in children that

So what are the pollution hazards in the air we breathe?

Outside, on busy streets, the main threat is from exhaust

fumes from vehicles which emit a toxic mix of sooty

But indoors there is also risks, especially if our homes are poorly

ventilated, such as carbon monoxide from faulty gas boilers

There are pollutants too in kitchen products, air fresheners

and toiletries, but here the evidence of risk is less clear.

The only two things that we know are harmful are environmental

All the other things are suggestions that people are worried about.

The evidence that air fresheners and other chemicals are important

We spend most of our time indoors and there are precautions

to minimise air pollution, such as avoiding tobacco smoke

opening a window can make a difference.

More than 100,000 migrants and refugees have already arrived

That's more than ten times the figure for January

Most of them came ashore on the Greek islands.

The International Organisation for Migration says they've mainly

come from countries affected by conflict -

From Greece here's our correspondent, Danny Savage.

Crammed onto a rubber boat, singing to keep their spirits up,

their first time at sea, no wonder this child looks scared.

These Syrians paid ?500 each for a place on board.

That's cheaper than recent times, perhaps that's why more than 110,000

people have done this over the last six weeks.

A short while later, this boat began to sink.

Luckily for them, the Greek coast guard was there to rescue them.

Are you expecting to go on a bus now?

Those pictures were filmed by Immad Mansour, a 46-year-old

He says Russian bombing forced him out of his country.

They are knocked down to the ground by means

Russian forces, air forces, do air strikes every day.

He and his children arrived at Greece's newest migrant camp.

It's only been open a day and it's already full.

Over the last 24-hours, Greece has said it's prepared

to take 50,000 more migrants, although it's debatable about how

Of course, it wants to move these people on, up the migrant

trail, and further north there are problems.

At the border between Greece and Macedonia today

Syrians and Iraqis can pass, but Afghans are being stopped.

If we go back to Afghanistan, we're going to be killed.

Measures further up the migrant trail to limit numbers passing

through Austria are being blamed for this latest arbitrary decision

The United Nations says it will lead to chaos and confusion along

That's exactly what happened today, when Afghans cut through the border

They are determined to keep moving onwards, undeterred

Now that spring has sprung in south eastern Europe,

the numbers are unlikely to drop off.

A new rush of refugees is anticipated.

The chocolate maker, Mars, is recalling millions of bars

of chocolate from 55 countries around the world -

including the UK - after bits of plastic were found

The recall includes Mars, Milky Ways and Celebrations

with a 'best before' date of between June this year

Our business vorrespondent, Emma Simpson, is here with me now.

Someone found plastic in a Snickers bar. He complained. Because Mars

couldn't guarantee there weren't orbits of plastic in chocolates it

recalled everything being made there during a specific period. As a

precaution, Mars is basically saying to people - don't eat some of its

best-loved products in case it could lead to choking. The recall is much

more limited here in the UK. Unlike elsewhere, it doesn't involve single

Mars Bars or Snickers bars. It does involve the Mars and Milky Way fun

size bags, the Variety fun size bags and boxes of Celebrations chocolate

with best before dates. It has apologised but is taking no chances.

Thank you. When a pregnant gorilla

fell ill at Bristol Zoo, So the zoo drafted in a consultant

from the local maternity hospital, who found himself carrying

out his first emergency Just a warning, Jon Kay's report

contains some footage He's delivered hundreds of babies

but, for Professor David Cahill, Lying on the operating table,

a pregnant 100 kilo gorilla whose It was a little bit

thinking - really? After quickly reading up

on the anatomy of apes he began an emergency Caesarean,

the mother and baby here were rather hairier than the human beings

he normally deals with, This is the tiny newborn,

who hasn't been given a name yet. The Professor Says the three-hour

operation was remarkably similar to his day job at the local

maternity hospital. The tissues are very much the same

and the various layers of muscle and other strong tissues you have

to cut through to get So the whole thing was weirdly

familiar, but very strange. Professor Cahill had been on standby

to help the zoo's vet, What's it like holding a baby

gorilla that you've delivered? I mean, I've held lots of babies,

but this one was quite special because, even though it's quite

small, it was doing all the things you'd expect a gorilla to do,

in terms of holding onto you. It looked at me with those kind

of weird eyes that it's got The young female struggled

to breathe for a while and need emergency resuscitation but,

11 days on, she's feeding well and putting on weight

and her mum is also recovering. It could be months before the baby

gorilla is old enough and strong enough to be introduced

to the rest of the family here. When that happens, the zoo says

it'll have to be done very Tonight, some new pictures

of the baby being hand reared away While she's waiting to go back

to her mother, she has a toy gorilla she will need more hair over the

next few days to keep off the chill. The cold snap will last. Plenty of

sunshine today. One of our photographs from Wales. As the sun

is setting under clear skies, temperatures will drop sharply.

There was cloud that developing through the day. It is melting away.

Now, the temperatures are falling, just watch as the blue hue takes

hold of the map. Showers across Scotland, snow across the north and

one or two for Northern Ireland, too. It could be easy and one or two

fag patches forming across eastern England. It's all about the

temperatures really, down in towns and cities to below freezing. These

are the temperatures in the countryside, minus 10 to the glens

of Scotland. More cloud to Northern Ireland and south-west Scotland.

There will be some scattered snow showers across northern Scotland.

Elsewhere cloud in the afternoon. Overall sparkling sunshine.

Temperatures similar to today. We start frosty, we end at four to

eight Celsius. Colder to north-eastern parts of Scotland. We

do it again on Thursday. Will you scrape the car on Thursday morning.

A widespread frost to start the day. One or two scattered showers here

and there. Most places will be dry and bright and quite sunny with

temperatures again about average for the time of year, or below, four to

seven Celsius. Cold into Friday and the weekend. Complications come.

These weather fronts turning into low pressure systems trying to nudge

in from the west. Uncertainty how far they will get in and what they

will produce is cold winds to the southern half of the UK. The chilly

theme continues into the end of the week. Bitter winds will pick up on

Saturday and a few wintry showers. A little more sunshine as well. One

person is thought to have died, a number of others are injured after

what is thought to be an explosion at Didcot Power Station in

Oxfordshire. Duncan Kennedy is at the scene. What more can you tell

us, Duncan? We still don't know what caused this explosion here at the

Didcot Power Station, which itself was closed down a couple of years

ago and the main cooling ing towers closed. We are are going reports

much one fatality and several other people are injured. A number of

police officers are still arriving here at the scene to deal with what

has been described as a major incident. So too arriving ambulances

here at the scene. Again, it might be the lag in the calls they have

been getting. They are racing to the scene. It's being dealt well by

other ambulances who arrived here earlier. The explosion took place at

Didcot A. The station that was demolished a couple of years ago. It

sounds as though it was, the explosion took place in an building.

More details coming through during the course of the evening. The

latest there. Can you follow that on the BBC News Channel this evening.

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