10/03/2016 BBC News at Six

Energy bills could come down for millions of households -

The competition watchdog wants a price cap for customers,

paying the highest rates often on the lowest incomes.

It's all the poorer people who are paying it.

We'll be hearing from critics who say the proposals don't

The Shoreham air show disaster - an interim report says there wasn't

David Cameron's starkest warning yet on jobs and leaving the EU.

His opponents insist it's Brussels that's holding us back.

A roll call of terror - thousands of leaked documents list

The sound no teenager wants to hear in the morning -

the science of sleep investigated by pupils for the BBC's

And coming up in the sport on BBC News, a first meeting in European

Manchester United and Liverpool play in the last 16 of the Europa League

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Some of the poorest people in the country are paying the most

That's the stark conclusion of the long awaited report

Today it's calling for a temporary price cap for the four million homes

It also says there should be a database of customers who have

stayed on standard rates for three years or more.

Those customers could then be targeted by other suppliers,

to try to persuade them to switch to cheaper tariffs.

Our correspondent John Moylan has more details.

From lighting our homes to keeping us warm, energy can be expensive.

Today saw a raft of proposals aimed at making sure customers get a

better deal. Georgina Engels from Kent got into debt. Her energy

company forced her to take it prepayment meter. She is angry that

these with less choice to find cheaper prices. There is no reason

for me to pay extra. I am using the same electricity of everyone else

down the street, people in the big houses. Why should I be paying more

they are? Soon she will not have to pay as much. Customers like Georgina

will have their gas and electricity prices capped. That will help around

4 million households and result in savings of ?90 a year. The other big

idea in today's port is we could all be receiving a lot more of this. If

you have been on a standard energy tariff for three years or more, that

has tend to be more costly, your details could be placed on a

database allowing rival energy companies to directly contact you

with better deals. If I want to change my fuel, I will go seeking to

change it. I do not like people cold calling, I do not like it. I think

it will probably be a good thing. I would be in it. I might well read

it and consider it. There are dozens of other proposals, including

allowing suppliers to offer more than four tariff. One firm described

the report as a waste of time and money but the industry says this is

a landmark moment. The report has taken two years we had to be faster

but it illustrates the complexity of the market. Let's stop the fights,

move forward and see how we can make this market work for consumers. Many

consumers will think it is a damp squib until a can see an effect on

competition, downward pressure on household bills. The Government says

it will take forward these changes but whether this huge investigation

gets more of us to save money by switching will only become clear in

the years ahead. In August last year,

11 people were killed when a plane crashed

during the Shoreham air show. Today an interim report from the Air

Accidents Investigation Branch says a proper risk assessment had not

been done before the Hawker Hunter Our transport correspondent

Richard Westcott is in Shoreham That is the A27 behind me. This is

the piece of road where the aircraft came down. We still do not know why

the jet crashed. That report should come in a few weeks. Today's port

did highlight problems in the way the show was packaged.

The day the vintage jet came down on a packed road killing 11 people.

Could tighter safety rules have stop this happening? The report describes

weaknesses in the airshow's planning. The man in charge of

safety did not know the pilot's display routine. He is not required

to but it meant he could not judge how dangerous it was. The risk

assessments, described as having deficiencies, despite being approved

by the regulators. For the victim's families, another blow. Giovanni

lost her partner, Mark. For it to be in black-and-white that his

manoeuvre he was going to do was never discussed or planned, was

never set in stone that this is what he would do when he got into that

plane, it has stumped me quite a bit. Investigators also found

aircraft breaking flying rules. This is the same plane at sure a year

before. It is not permitted to stray over busy areas, but it did. This is

lancing town centre. You can see the train going past, plenty of cars and

people. In that display in 2014, the report said the hunt appalled a

tight turn over this town. That was against the rules then investigators

checked other aircraft at Shaw and other airshows and found there were

plenty who were straying over areas they were not meant to. The Civil

Aviation Authority write the rules for airshow is, and it said:

everybody involved in this business are hugely experienced aviators.

Nobody I know would ever wish to compromise safety at all, least of

all the pilot. More than 6 million people visit and airshow in Britain

every year. Many are charity events run by volunteers. Only football

gets more spectators. The sure crash could have a big impact on dozens of

other airshows. Extra rules and a doubling of charges from the CAA

could force them to quit. If the increases are implemented the way

the CAA would like them to be, I would see no option but to cancel

the show. We're not going to make the money we would like. If that is

the case, I do not see a future for this airshow. Back in Shaw, families

are still waiting for the final report which would tell them how the

jet crashed. -- Shoreham. The European Central Bank has again

cut its main interest rate to zero. It's the latest attempt to boost

growth in the Euroszone countries. Our Economics Editor

Kamal Ahmed is here. I guess this does tell us quite a

lot about what is going on in those Eurozone economies. It does.

Certainly a dramatic day. The European Central Bank which looks

after monetary policy for the main euro zone countries, those countries

that use a single currency, he certainly came out today all guns

blazing. He cut three interest rates the ECB controls, one into negative

territory, so it actually costs banks to deposit money with the

central bank, hoping to bring courage them to lend. It also said

the European Central Bank would increase loans to banks, hopefully

again, so that banks would pass the money onto the real economy. The big

problem is the Eurozone economies are looking sickly. This matters to

us because 45% of everything that Britain exports goes to the European

Union and the majority of that to the Eurozone economies like Germany

and France. How they perform matters to us. The warriors that whatever

the governor of the European Central Bank does, it uses all the

ammunition to try to encourage the economies to grow, unless the

economies are formed, the European economies are still looking sickly

and he is running out of ammunition. David Cameron today said jobs would

be lost and mortgage costs might rise if we left the EU. Chris

Grayling has dismissed the claims, saying it is EU membership that

costs jobs. Here is our political editor.

No-one wants to finish the day on the

line worrying their job might disappear.

But the Prime Minister had strong warnings for the factory

floor in Ellesmere Port on what we must guard

A British businesswoman can sell her goods in Berlin as easily

A lorry that sets off from Sunderland does not have

to deal with layers of bureaucracy in every country as it heads

Industries that were once struggling to survive

And what could go wrong if we walked away?

It means mortgage rates might rise, it means businesses closing.

It means hard-working people losing their livelihoods.

You are telling the public jobs would

How can you be so sure when you are listing hypothetical

When you have Leave campaigners saying we don't

know what the risk would be, there might or might not be job

losses, there might be pain, there might be dislocation.

Don't swap the certainty and success for the

But should we really be that rattled?

Down the road, dozens of businessmen and

My view is we should absolutely staying.

I would like to see the UK controlled by the Westminster

The Prime Minister is saying you would have to get rid of people,

In the economy, there will be some winners and losers.

Every year, the Chancellor is about to get up and

If we are in or out of the EU, there will be change

and we will just have to deal with that.

There will be massive uncertainty, I think.

I don't think it therefore means people lose their jobs.

But, for example, we very closely border Wales,

and we attract lots of businesses that trade in Wales,

and have benefited hugely from the investment back

I built my business from a back bedroom 20 years ago

The Prime Minister's fortune depends on the choice.

He wants you to believe, whether you live in Chester,

Chelmsford or Chatham, that yours and the country's does too.

David Cameron is adamant that if we choose

to leave the EU, jobs in towns and cities around the country

It is true, there are big questions about how exactly it would work,

the kind of trade deals we'd be able to do if we left.

It is true too that the economy does not like any whiff of uncertainty.

But his opponents in this campaign, even in his own party,

are furious and believe he is just going too far.

Leavers reject the accusation they think British job losses

would be worth the pain and we're plenty

strong enough, they say, to keep trading with the EU

I think we need a bit more courage, a bit more confidence

in our position as the world's fifth biggest economy.

Look at the fact, we are really important customer to them and start

saying, it is not about, can we please do a deal with you?

It is about, so, right, you want to deal with us!

Both sides claim the deal they are offering is the best way

For your job, your family, the referendum is your

Some of Britain's leading scientists - including

Professor Stephen Hawking - have called for a vote to remain

in the European Union at the coming referendum.

They say leaving the EU would be a "disaster for UK science".

But as David Shukman reports, their views are not held by everyone

Science is one of the great success stories of the United Kingdom. Much

of the research here leads the world. It means a relatively small

countries punching well above its weight. Is this helped or hindered

by being in the European Union? For Stephen Hawking, the case is clear.

He is among 150 scientists who warned in the Times this morning

that leaving would be a disaster for UK science and universities. We

would be handicapping ourselves and handicapping Europe if we were to

backtrack on the positive developers of the past 30 years which have led

to a more interactive and stronger European community in science and

high technology. British researchers have become good at winning European

Union backing. The new material grapheme has huge industrial

potential and now has more than ?20 million of EU money. These

genetically modified tomatoes, designed to be healthier, faced EU

restrictions on GM science and the project is now being developed in

Canada. What are the facts behind the claims for how leaving the EU

would affect British science? One measure is financial. Between 2007

and 2013, the UK gave ?4.14 billion to the EU science budget. But three

UK scientists then got more out of it, winning about ?6.75 billion in

grants for their research. Another measure is the scientists

themselves. Freedom of movement within the EU means the very best

European researchers can come here and then attract even more funding.

Campaigners for Britain to leave say stronger connections with America

and rising powers like China and South Korea are far more important

for British science. The argument is the country that produced Isaac

Newton and the technology of steam engines and then cracked the code of

life DNA would thrive outside of the EU. The whole point of doing side is

to go through innovation, industry, the economy, to provide jobs. I

think we could do that much better outside the European Union. The

directives put so much red tape on small companies that could get

science going into the economy. Most big research projects these days are

international, like the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. Countries can

join without being in the EU. The question is whether Bridges science

is made more easy and productive by staying in.

There is more about the EU referendum and the FAQs on both

sides of our reality check pages on our BBC website.

A shake-up for the energy industry is on the cards,

as the competition watchdog wants a price cap for

Last night, I did not get any sleep until half past 11 and I did not

wake up until half past 11, which is really late.

Just how much sleep does a teenager need?

Pupils in Northumberland have been finding out for the BBC's

In the sport, Scotland or out of the world Twenty20 in India after being

beaten by Zimbabwe by 11 runs. The personal details of more

than 20,000 so-called Islamic State The documents were stored

on a memory stick handed It's said to include home addresses

and phone numbers of fighters Here's our Security

Correspondent, Gordon Corera. The group calling itself

Islamic State has drawn in thousands of recruits from around the world,

including many from Britain. And now a unique insight has emerged

into who joined and how. It comes in these documents,

smuggled out by a former member and obtained by some

media organisations. The BBC has seen only

a few of them, but they look Effectively, application forms

for those who arrived The questions to fill out

range from the standard - name, date of birth and blood type -

through to - who recommended you? Have you done jihad

before and where? And, do you want to be a fighter

or a suicide bomber? The German government today

confirmed it had received a copy TRANSLATION: In the opinion

of the security services, these documents are,

in all probability, authentic. They show how conscientious this

criminal organisation is and, in part

at least, how effective it is. The documents are reported

to include details of 16 Britons, including Junaid Hussain

and Reyaad Khan, both killed Hundreds more Britons have gone out,

and these documents are only thought to cover a period

from late 2013 into early 2014. The security service MI5

here are not making any comment on these documents, but the British

authorities are thought to have been passed a copy and if they do

prove to be authentic, they could be a source

of valuable intelligence. A former intelligence officer says

the documents could help find those who have tried to evade

the authorities. investigations, particularly

into people who've come back home and who may deny that they have ever

been members of the Islamic Now, I mean, it's much harder to do

that because clearly, although these records may not have

been authenticated completely, IS may aspire to act like a state,

even having its own personnel department, but in

this case, the desire for record-keeping could prove

to be its weakness. And you can see more on this story

and a special report on IS in Syria Within the last hour,

it's been reported in the US that Barack Obama warned David Cameron

that Britain would have to pay its "fair share" on defence

if it was to keep its special The President's comments

came in an interview It's claimed that Mr Obama

explained his frustration with "free riders" in the international

community who call for action in humanitarian and security crises,

but fail to make their own The NHS in England has

recorded its worst ever waiting times performance since records

began, as services struggled to cope with unprecedented demand for A

services and hospital beds. Hundreds of thousands of patients

were forced to wait longer Our Health Editor,

Hugh Pym, is here. How significant are these figures?

Some doctors in A units talk about overcrowded and congested

departments and remote as pressure, illustrated by these figures today.

They show in England in January, 88.7% of patients going into A

units were treated or assessed within four hours, the lowest

monthly performance since records began in 2004 and well short of the

95% benchmark. NHS England does say, look at the backdrop. The number of

people going in is up 10%, year on year. That could reflect problems

elsewhere in the NHS, maybe people not able to get to see GPs feeling

they need to go to A What about the rest of the UK? In Scotland, in

January, the performance figure was better than England, 91.8% of

patients treated or assessed within four hours. Wales, not so good,

78.5%, the Welsh governance saying it is measured in a different way.

Northern Ireland, we only have a figure for December, 71.5%. They all

face the same pressures, one is delayed transfers. Any elderly

patients finding it a problem getting back into the community

because of a lack of social care arrangements, beds are occupied so

less beds for those new people coming in through the front door to

A Thank you. A brief look at some

of the day's other news stories: Scotland's largest council has

confirmed 1,500 job cuts over The decision was made this afternoon

by Glasgow City Council The council says it hopes to avoid

compulsory redundancies, and maintains it can

protect frontline services. The Irish Parliament is currently

voting for a new Prime Minister, as the current leader - Enda Kenny -

failed to get enough votes. Four politicians have been

nominated for the role, Now, how much sleep do children

really need each night? Well, as part of the BBC's

School Report, some budding journalists at a school

in Northumberland have been helping Oxford University monitor

teenagers' sleeping habits. Our school reporters decided

to investigate the science of sleep and see if their fellow pupils

are getting enough of it. # So wake me up

when it's all over #. Waking up in the morning isn't

easy for most teenagers. We usually stay up late,

so are we really getting enough sleep, and how does that

affect us in school? I'm Chris and I'm

a student in Year Ten. I'm Katie, and we're taking part

in a special teen sleep experiment. Our school is the first of many

involved in the neuroscience One monitors light between night

and day and monitors screen light. The second one monitors your heart

rate, how well or how Last night, I didn't get to sleep

until about half past 11. And then in the morning,

I didn't wake up until eight o'clock, which is really late,

so I had to get ready in the car Last night, I fell asleep

at about half past ten and I put the lights out to go to bed

at eight, ten o'clock. But I was on my phone for about half

an hour and it affected my sleep. The problem is going to bed early

enough, with so many distractions How do you know when it's time

to sleep or time to wake More powerful than

any alarm clock... The scientists say they want to find

out if more sleep will help us What does lack of sleep do

to our body? The brain's ability to process

information begins to fall apart People of your age, on average,

need about nine hours every night. But after the age of about nine,

ten, there's a tendency to want to go to bed later

and later and later. Asking a teenager to get up at seven

o'clock in the morning is a bit like asking a 55-year-old

or 60-year-old to get up at five Some teachers think students are too

tired in school. So should classes start later,

to fit in with the If we did start a little bit later

during the day to give people a little less time to be

tired during the morning, then the potential is that we're

finishing rather later than we do currently, and I would be concerned

about how much time students would then get in an evening to do

all the other things that The teen sleep experiment will last

a few months. We're learning that technology

can affect sleep. It will be hard to put

down our laptops and our tablets and switch off our phones

to become better sleepers. But like the experts say,

that should make us better This is Katie in Year Ten Sleep Team

for BBC News School Report. And you can see stories by other

young reporters from around the UK on the BBC News School Report

website - bbc.co.uk/schoolreport. To be in the Highlands in spring!

This was the stunning picture sent in today by one of our weather

watchers. He can see the snow range of Ben Nevis. Snow because we have

had very cold nights recently and minus eight degrees. Things warmed

up to 10 degrees in the spring sunshine this afternoon. You can see

snow on the peaks but most of the white stuff is cloud. We saw Cloud

persisting through the spine of England during the day, keeping it

cool. Under the clear skies with the best of the temperatures, we will

see the lowest temperatures tonight. Touches of frost across England and

Wales and fog patches as well. The Northern Ireland and Western

Scotland, we start the day cloudy with dampness from the West.

Dampness in the East. For England and Wales, a mixture first thing.

Some areas start sunny, parts of Wales and south-west England, with

touches of frost. These numbers a little too high, some places close

to freezing and some areas of fog around. That should soon then away

but some cloud will persist, so disappointing for some but hopefully

you will see some brightness across England and Wales. And eastern

Scotland. Further West, Western Scotland, Northern Ireland, damp and

outbreaks of rain from the West. Temperature is dependent on the

sunshine. Hopefully close to double figures, especially in the best

brightness. A lot of dry weather over the weekend. Some sunshine for

most, starting dump across the North but even here, it dries up. Some

more prospects. That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from me.