03/03/2016 BBC News at Six

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The French President, Francois Hollande, has warned

of what he called "consequences" for immigration and the economy

It comes after a French minister suggested a No vote could mean

France would withdraw UK border controls in Calais,

potentially allowing many more migrants to cross the Channel.

But Leave campaigners say it's all just scaremongering.

At the summit in Northern France, David Cameron announced an extra

?17 million to help the French authorities deal with the migrants

Our correspondent, Ben Wright, reports from Amiens.

David Cameron has a political fight on his hands. France seems keen to

help. Now a salesman for Britain ace EU membership David Cameron used

this summit to trumpet areas where the UK benefits. Campaigners for

Britain to leave the EU say on issues from security to Calais you

are scaremongering. Are you? It's hardly surprising, isn't it, France

is prepared to echo your views views on this issue when it wants Britain

to remain in? When it comes to security, when it comes to our

borders I am aconvinced we are better off, stronger inside a

reformed European Union iech will make those arguments, drawing on my

experience. Not making hype thetcle claims, dealing with the reality.

And, could France tear up a deal that keeps British border guards in

Calais if Britain left the EU. The French President did not say yes,

but TRANSLATION: I don't want to scare

you, but I just want to say the truth, there will be consequences if

the UK is to leave the EU. There will be consequences in many areas.

A more guarded answer than this French minister gave in a newspaper

interview. He was mobbed at a show in Paris after suggesting France

could let migrants cross the Channel to Britain if it left the EU. This

is Calais, where around 4,000 migrants are stuck hoping to find a

way to Britain. For 13 years the UK and France have had a deal between

themselves that means the status of migrants is checked by British

officials before they can leave French soil. It is not an EU

agreement and Leave campaigners rubished the idea the deal would be

scrapped if Britain left the EU Look, that was agreed by an

international treaty between Britain and France a few years ago it. Has

nothing to do with the EU. No reason at all why that should be - you have

to wonder about the timing of this particular venture. I think this is

all part of a project to try and care people into wanting to stay in

the EU. When actually all the arguments are in favour of us taking

back control and be big enough to stand on our own two feet. France

and Britain disagreed on a lot during David Cameron's EU

renegotiation, but now Paris has effectively joined the reremain

campaign as will other EU countries that want Britain to stay in. Will

France's warning about consequences cause concern or incredulity among

British voters? Our France correspondent,

Lucy Williamson, is in Paris Lucy, the French Finance Minister

today suggested that should Britain leave the EU, the migrant

camp would be relocated Could that happen? Hard to pinpoint

It's the French government position at the moment from their public

statements. What is true is the mood around Calais is changing. We have

been speaking to those quite close to the Cabinet, to senior ministers,

they say there is discussion going on in government at the moment about

what would happen to the agreement if Britain withdrew from the EU.

There are those who believe that he was given authorisation to issue the

warning he did to the UK and certainly, when you look at France's

prospects over the next year, the next 18 months, it's going into a

presidential election, the two main parties are really worried about the

growing popularity of the far right. France does have a big stake in not

seeing Britain pave the way to leave the EU, having said that. When it

comes down to the nitty-gritty of policy decisions of how to

renegotiate these bilateral agreements and what that would mean,

no-one here is giving any detail yet. Thank you.

In contrast to the French President, the head of the British Chambers

of Commerce today said he believes the UK's long-term economic future

But John Longworth described the EU referendum as a choice

between the "devil and the deep blue sea" and said it would be

Our economics editor, Kamal Ahmed, reports.

What a difference. He remembers the last time Britain voted on

membership of what was then the European Economic Community. The

media entrepreneur from Kent voted Yes40 years ago this time he will be

dancing to a different tune. EU membership in the early years

definitely helped it. Recently, there is so much regulation and

difficulties that's why unfortunately I've come to the

conclusion that it would be in the interests of our business to leave

the EU. When it comes to the question of the European Union Leave

or Remain, business is split. At today's conference of leading

smaller firms the tone was sceptical. Yes, the majority still

believe in is best, but out might not be a disaster. The negotiations

the Prime Minister came out with were inadequate, far short of what

the BCC wanted. On the balance of probabilities now, that Britain

could have a bright future outside of the European Union just as it

would have done had we stayed in with a truly reformed union. Both

sides in this EU referendum debate would love to grab the business vote

for themselves. But although there have been some sceptical voices here

today, for other businesses the tone is very different. Car making inlet

employs 800,000 people. Today, the SMMT trade body said 77% of their

members backed Britain remaining in the EU. We think that being part of

a reformed Europe and playing a role in that is really, really important

for, not only Europe, also the UK in Europe. In London today, the German

Finance Minister. He was asked for his reaction should the UK leave? We

would cry. But I hope we will not. It's a decision of the British

people, of course. Business leaders left tonight after a day dominated

by Europe. They are, of course, also voters and will have their say on

June 23rd, just like the rest of us. Don't come to Europe

in search of a better life. The stark warning to illegal

economic migrants from the President Donald Tusk is visiting Greece

and Turkey to try to secure agreement on reducing the flow

of migrants travelling west. is on the Greek-Macedonia border,

where thousands are stranded. At the border camp where Greece

meets Macedonia, growing number They want to move on, but can't,

so today they protested. Ever since the tear-gassing incident

on Monday it has been fairly quiet when it comes to protests,

but today they have flared up again, the migrants blocking the main

railway track and calling for a greater flow of

people across the border. This could go a couple of ways,

it breaks up peacefully, or the police will move

in and shift them. Because I sleep in

the middle of nowhere. Most here are Syrians and Iraqis,

who say they are refugees fleeing But these mainly Moroccan men I met

at a service station are described by EU leaders as economic migrants

who were told today not to waste their time and money

trying to get to Europe. They agreed, this 26-year-old wanted

to remain anonymous. I said to the people

who would like to come You will lose your money, your job,

your family, your time. Back at the border,

the demonstration ended peacefully, but the primitive

living conditions here Children are falling sick,

about 40% of people here This Syrian family have

a nine-year-old who is diabetic and six-month-old twins they have

been told should not A trickle of people crossing to move

up the migrant trail is just about keeping hopes alive,

but this crush developed when we were at the border this

afternoon, with children caught Discouraging economic

migrants is one thing, but nearly all of these people don't

fall into that category, they are Europe's problem

and current plans to deal with them The South African athlete,

Oscar Pistorius, will not be allowed The ruling, by South Africa's

Constitutional Court, means he will now be

sentenced next month. In February 2013, he killed his

girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, when he fired his gun four times

through a locked toilet door. A prisoner has been convicted

of plotting armed robberies from his cell using

smuggled mobile phones. Ian Ogden was behind bars

when the robberies were carried out Designer watches, worth more

than ?600,000 were snatched in the raids, which

were captured on CCTV. He'll be sentenced along

with eight other men. Former SSI steelworkers have been

awarded a share of ?6,250,000 over a lack of consultation

when their plant in Redcar closed. The Community Union took action

on behalf of more than 1,000 members who lost their jobs

when the site closed last year. Sunderland Football Club is under

pressure to explain why it continued to allow Adam Johnson to play

while he awaited trial Police have told the BBC that bosses

were made fully aware of the allegations

against the England player The 28-year-old midfielder was found

guilty yesterday of one count of sexual activity

with a girl aged 15. But the club says they allowed him

to play because he protested his Mr Johnson, you've never apologised

to this 15-year-old girl. Will you do it now? Pressure is growing. Who

knew Adam Johnson had groomed and kissed a child? In court the

footballer said he told Sunderland everything. The club has denied

this. Today, it was left to Sunderland's manager to answer the

questions. You played Adam yawnson, week after week, specifically, what

were you aware of? Were you aware he had admitted kissing a child? No, I

was aware of his plea for all charges to be not guilty. When the -

or just before the trial started, to hear that he had pleaded guilty was

a massive shock to everybody. Everybody at the football club.

Which, the football took swift and direct action to dismiss him in

immediately. After his arrest, Adam Johnson was suspended by Sunderland

football club. After he was charged with child sex offences, he was

allowed to return to the pitch. The club say they had no idea he would

plead guilty to any of the charges. That was the 2nd March. The day Adam

was actually arrested... Speaking exclusively to BBC News the

detective who led the investigation into Adam Johnson has revealed

details of her first meeting with Sunderland football club. At that

point, he was under arrest for sexual activity with a child. That

was disclosed to the club. They were given more detail in terms that he

had met the girl and there had been sexual activity taken place when

they met. Broadly was it known that Adam Johnson had met the girl and

kissed her? At that point, yes, in the investigation. Broadly speaking

again, was it known at the time that the pair were sending messages to

each other? Yes, that was known. At the centre of this we have a

15-year-old girl who at that time was a Sunderland fan and a massesive

fan of Adam Johnson, describes her as herred ology. Campaigners want

answers? We need to hear from Sunderland they are going to

undertake an inquiry into this matter to get to the bottom of what

happened. No talk of an inquiry yet. Sunderland say if they had known he

was guilty they would have sacked him on-the-spot.

The French President, Francois Hollande, tells

David Cameron there will be consequences for Britain as a result

It's World Book Day, but does dressing up really help

West Brom's Chris Brunt is ruled out for six months with a knee injury.

It mean's he'll miss the chance to be part

of Northern Ireland's Euro 2016 campaign this summer.

They call them internet trolls, the sort of people who go online

to provoke and abuse others on social media.

Now, lawyers in England and Wales are being urged to prosecute

so-called "trolls" who use fake online profiles to harass others.

Cases could also follow if fakers post material online that's

Here's our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds.

This is Kevin, the real Kevin Healy. He lives with the condition awe 'tis

emit made it hard to forget the abuse he had from impostors on

Twitter. People cloning my account, changing the bio description, using

a disability hate speech and sending the most offensive tweets out there.

On that one there, it clearly says that I can't get my words out.

Hashtag, droling vegetable. That user has been suspended. Twitter

says a blue tick would not solve his problem. My identity has been stolen

from me. Somebody is using that. I think, as a human right, we are

entitled to, you know, keep our own identity and not having that stolen

from us. It's a very modern problem. Take Ruth Palmer her impostor stole

her pictures and set up fake Facebook and Instagram accounts and

used the the accounts to attract men online. Not everyone was fooled. Now

the Crown Prosecution Service is advising its lawyers to charge those

who take advantage of fake accounts. Especially when credible threats are

made there is coercive behaviour, stalking or harassment or revenge

porn. Prosecutions should also be considered in lesser offences when

indecent, offensive or simply false information is posted online. The

law has already been tightened. Today's proposals are about ensuring

it's used. We are seeing people being prosecuted. They are pleading

guilty they are going to prison and getting serious sentences. That in

itself should be a deterrent. Sometimes people don't recognise

what they do onis line is an offence because it's so quick, it's so

immediate. You don't have the same thought processes as you do if you

have to do it not online. However, prosecutors are being told they must

always think carefully about their response to what's said online in

case that damages our freedom of speech.

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

The final results from last week's general election in Ireland have

confirmed the uncertainty over who is to form the next government.

Fine Gael, led by Enda Kenny, suffered heavy losses,

There'll now be weeks of inter-party talks to see whether Mr Kenny can

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham has been told it must

send weekly reports showing the results of heart surgery

operations after investigators found death rates were too high.

The Care Quality Commission is monitoring the hospital.

A team from the Royal College of Surgeons is also

A court has heard how a teenager, accused of stabbing a fellow pupil

to death at an school in Aberdeen, sobbed and said, "I did try

A court has heard how a teenager, accused of stabbing a fellow pupil

to death at an school in Aberdeen, sobbed and said, "I did try

A court has heard how a teenager, accused of stabbing a fellow pupil

and save him" as he was charged with murder.

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murder.

Bailey Gwynne, who was also 16, died after being stabbed

The sports carmaker, TVR, says it could build its new model

The company was traditionally based in Blackpool.

TVR says the decision will be made in "the next few weeks."

A man who raped five women he'd met through the online dating agency,

Match.com, has been sentenced to life in prison.

Jason Lawrance was told he was a danger to women

and is a man who would rape again given the chance.

Our correspondent, Sian Lloyd, is at Derby Crown Court.

Tell us what happened in court? Jason Lawrance, a married father of

three, was described in court as a prolific serial rapist. He contacted

thousands of women on the online dating site, match.com. He raped

five of them and subjected two others to a serious sexual assault.

These were women who were vulnerable, lonely and naive. He

subjected them to terrifying other deals. One of the rapes took place

in the back of a van. Another in a bedroom of the victim's home while

her son slept nearby. Sentencing him to life imprisonment with a minimum

term of 12-and-a-half years, the Judge said he'd shown no remorse.

"You clearly enjoyed raping women" he told him, "given the chance you

would rape again." Four of the victims had complained to match.com.

In a statement today the company said that procedures have changed

and they now have a zero tolerance policy towards reports of serious

offences, whether they take place on the site or elsewhere. The Judge did

speak of his concerns about internet safety? Yes. The judge said that

such was the seriousness of this case that it really showed the need

and was an opportunity for all sites to review internet safety to learn

from this and look at how they can better protect women. Match.com said

that they agreed and it was something that all within the

industry should do. The judge did say though these cases mercifully

are rare. Thank you. A man of many words

and many knockouts. Muhammad Ali is arguably

the greatest sportsman of all time. Well, tomorrow an exhibition

celebrating his extraordinary Our arts editor, Will Gompertz,

has been along for a look. He is up to his old tricks. Floating

like a butterfly, stinging like a bee. That was when he was in his

prime. He's still fighting. Might come back. The park kinson's disease

which has rendered him too poorly to travel. But the show goes on in the

shape of an exhibition of memorabilia. His wife gave me a

tour. This is the world. Had an affection for Elvis Presley. Elvis

had an affection for him. . He presented him with this robe in Las

Vegas. He gave it to him. It's bejewelled. It was specially made

for him. There is the famous torn glove from the Henry Cooper fight.

He is a symbol of hope and inspiration, not just to

African-Americans, to all people. It was his special duty, he felt, to

take his celebrity and try to use it for the betterment of those who

could not lift themselves up, regardless of colour. It is as much

for the public' stance has taken and his achievements in the ring that

prompted him to start a campaign for him to be awarded an honorary

knighthood? He is the greatest in his field, as a boxer, a man, as a

sportsman in general, I don't believe there is any other sportsman

who is on his level in anyway shape or form. What he believed in, what

he done inside of his sport and outside of it. The amount of people

he touched around the world, you know, the amount of people he

inspired. And, entertained. I said, when we die do we go to heaven?

Naturally we go to heaven. I said what happened to all the black

angels that took the pictures? What would it mean to him to get a

knighthood? He would being ecstatic. He is a cultural icon. He is a man

who always likes to have the last word.

Finally, it's World Book Day, a delight for some parents,

The idea behind it is for a global push to get more kids reading.

But for many that involves coming up with elaborate costumes of favourite

characters for their children to wear to school.

Some of the many pictures we've been sent.

But worth remembering too the amount of effort that's gone

Nikki MacKay, from Glasgow, told us she spent four hours

While Graeme Haddon, from Surrey, acknowledged "it had

been a bit of a hassle, but if it encourage his kids to get

off their iPads and pick up a book, it was well worth it."

Now a look at the weather. Snow on the way: Cold out there. We are

sliding back down the slippery weather hill. Wintry weather on the

way for tonight and into tomorrow morning. Rain then sleet and then

pockets of quite heavy snow potentially at least in one or two

areas. This is what it looks like through the evening hours. We could

get sleet and snow from southern parts of Scotland through the

Pennines into the north of Wales, the north Midlands too. The south of

the country is going to escape this wintry weather. Here it will be rain

through the course of the night. We are talking about icy stretches in

one or two areas first thing in the morning from northern parts of

England. Southern Scotland, too. Then Wales and into the Midlands.

This is what it looks like across the central swathe of the country

for the rush-hour. For most of us we are talking about a couple of

centimetres of snow really. The most of the snow will fall across the

hills. In one or two areas, around the Peak District, the upland areas

and the Pennines we could see 10-15cm. A lot of snow. There could

be problems with the routes, for example. For most of us it will be a

mix of rain and snow. Not really settling much at all. The south of

the country, a different story, from the morning and afternoon. We will

get sunshine from Portsmouth to London, the north of the UK,

Scotland and Northern Ireland also some sunshine around. I woon be

surprised if here too we get sleet and snow showers as we have had in

the last few days. Here is a look at Saturday. Not a pretty picture. For

a time it could be cold, grey with rain on and off, many western areas

on Saturday actually not looking bad at all. Similar picture on Sunday.

You can see the arrows are coming in from the north. A chilly day on the

way. These temperatures briefly touching six or seven. Most of the

day it will be around five. Thank you. That is all from the BBC News

at Six, Huw Ed wars will be here at 10.00pm. Now on BBC One the BBC's

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