01/04/2016 BBC News at Six

A delivery driver from Luton is found guilty of planning to kill

Junead Khan was planning an attack similar to the murder

of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in 2013.

RAF Lakenheath was one of his possible targets.

He discussed staging a car crash and then attacking a soldier

He decided he would form an attack plan here in the UK.

And what we think he was going to do was to

carry out this attack on the US soldier first,

and then potentially travel out to Syria later on.

We'll examine the links that Khan had with British militants in Syria.

The Business Secretary tries to reassure steel workers

in Port Talbot, but he's under pressure over the Government's

Millions of low-paid workers get a rise due to the new national

living wage, but there are warnings of the effect on businesses.

And "selfie-defence" from the British man who posed

I want, if the worst does come to the worst,

I want my family and my friends to know that I died how I lived.

And coming up on Sporstday on BBC News:

The latest from Kolkata, as England's cricketers prepare

for the World Twenty20 finals against the West Indies.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

An Islamist extremist has been found guilty of planning an attack

against American forces based in Britain.

Junead Khan was a delivery driver whose route took him past RAF

Police said he'd planned to stage a car crash and to attack a soldier

Khan had discussed his plans with a British member of so-called

Both Khan and his uncle, Shazib Khan, were convicted

of preparing to join the militants there.

Daniel Sandford is at Kingston Crown Court.

Before he was arrested last summer, IS supporter, Junead Khan, was a

delivery driver dropping off medicine to chemists in East Anglia.

It was while driving past American airbases there that he first had the

idea of killing a US service man, before being egged on by his IS

contact inside Syria. The black flag of so-called

Islamic State hanging on the wall behind him in his bedroom in Luton,

this is Junead Khan, who was planning the first attack

on US servicemen in the UK, and was being helped and advised

by an IS recruiter in Syria. His intended targets,

American airbases in East Anglia, His plan, to slaughter a US airman

in an attack similar to the one His weapon, this knife

he was trying to buy, His intention was to target a US

military officer by staging He was then going to use

a knife to attack that He had also researched quite

extensively and got instructions As Junead Khan made his plans

last summer, his friend from Luton, Abdulaziz, seen here on the left,

was killed by the Americans in An IS leader and planner

of attacks on the West, he was in a vehicle

destroyed by a drone. This seems to have increased

Junead Khan's determination. When police arrested him last July,

his iPhone contained key evidence of his planned attack,

including an online conversation with Junaid Hussain,

an infamous IS recruiter Junaid Hussain advised Junead Khan:

When Junead Khan announced his intention to target US servicemen

at airbases in Britain, Junaid Hussain, in Syria,

Just over a week later, Junead Khan was arrested,

and six weeks after that, Junaid Hussain was killed

by an American drone strike, their plot abruptly terminated.

Junaid Hussain, who came from Birmingham, had been one

of IS's most prolific propagandists, which is why the Americans

He wasn't like a single fighter with an AK-47

He had the potential, through his cyber efforts,

to reach across the sea and to motivate, radicalise

and inspire violence in foreign countries around the world.

With two of his IS contacts dead from American drone strikes,

Junead Khan now faces a long prison sentence for his part in plotting

to kill US servicemen based in Britain.

Daniel Sandford, BBC News, at Kingston Crown Court.

Steel is absolutely vital to the future of UK industry -

the words today of the Business Secretary, Sajid Javid,

who visited workers in Port Talbot, one of the plants to be sold

Mr Javid has been under fire for being in Australia at the time

He said the Government had been "engaged with Tata for weeks"

Hywel Griffith is in Port Talbot for us tonight.

So much has been said and written about the future of Britain's steel

industry in the last week. Meanwhile, all the workers have

wanted is for someone to take control of the crisis. Today, the

Business Secretary arrived and came straight from the airport to south

Wales, determined to show he has a grip on what -- and that what the

Government can do will not be too little, too late.

Not far from the blast furnaces, Sajid Javid arrived in the heat of a

crisis, three days in. You are not going to let us go to the wall? We

will do everything we can. He was on the other side of the world when

Tarter announced the sale of its UK business on Tuesday. No one was sent

to speak to these workers in his place. He insists he had been

speaking to the complete months but he was still surprised. One thing

that was new was the talk afterwards about the time frame of the sale,

which I got concerned about and that is why I have rushed back, because

torque of three or four weeks was not what I had in mind. The workers

had hoped for some detail. They got little. Were they impressed? I don't

know how much we trust them, really. Not at the moment. But it seems

positive. The government has a ready said no to full nationalisation so

what options are left? A private sale will be the answer to its

prayers but there are no obvious buyers. Some form of supported sale

with incentives to keep the business going in the meantime might appeal.

The alternative would be to allow it to fail. Financially much cheaper

but will it clear it could come at a huge cost. It's hard to overestimate

what's at stake. Jobs here come with a ?30,000 starting salary, and

nothing in this area can compete on the same scale. And yet people's

horizons here are broad, especially when it comes to looking at what is

happening in other countries. Britain is not the only country that

has seen its steel industry in meltdown. This plant in France was

largely mothballed when its owners decided to sell. Efforts to impose

tariffs on imported steel are supported by some European

governments but not the UK. The French are in favour of lifting this

rule. And yet here we are, the UK standing in the way of a method to

actually solve the problems facing. Scott is the third generation of his

family to work here. His father is nearing retirement but worries about

his pension. He feels the family has been let down. I don't think there

will be a future here. For you or your dad. Even for my little boy. I

don't think there is a future here for anyone. As he left Port Talbot,

the Business Secretary will have known that all eyes are on what he

does next and if he can make up for lost time.

A teenager who stabbed 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne to death at his school

in Aberdeen has been detained for nine years.

The boy, who can't be named for legal reasons,

was convicted of culpable homicide last month.

Lorna Gordon joins us from the High Court in Edinburgh.

What was said in court? Well, Bailey Gwynne died after a school lunch

break argument over a biscuit escalated into a fight and ended

with him being stabbed through the heart. He was a popular fifth-year

pupil at Cults Academy in Aberdeen. His friends said he was gentle and

quiet, and there was considerable outpouring of grief in the community

at his death. Today here at the High Court in Edinburgh both Bailey

Gwynne's family and the family of the 16-year-old who killed him were

in court to hear the judge, Lady Stacey, hands down her sentence. She

said the youth had shown significant regret and understanding of the loss

he had caused but added, if he had not carried a knife the insults

would at worst have led to a fist fight. The teenager's lawyer said

his client was profoundly sorry and recognised there was nothing he

could do to reverse the events of the day which led to Bailey Gwynne's

death. The 16-year-old will serve at least part of his sentence in a

young offenders institution and will be eligible to apply for parole once

half his sentence has been served. Sainsbury's is to take over Argos,

after the parent company, Home Retail Group, agreed

a sale for ?1.4 billion. The move will create a business

larger than that of Marks Spencer Sainsbury's will relocate

a number of Argos stores It's a good day for millions

of low-paid workers. They've been given a pay

rise by the Government, All workers over the age of 25

will be paid at least ?7.20 an hour. But there are warnings today that

thousands of jobs could be at risk If you work in a job like this,

on the minimum wage, you might well have a reason

to smile to yourself today, if you are 25 or over,

you just got a pay rise, of more than 10% -

that is four times as much I am trying to start saving

for a house at the moment. I have some savings,

but that extra money means I will be able to put a bit more away,

hopefully get there sooner You will now will be collecting less

cash than your colleagues because you were born

a little later. It does get a bit frustrating

at the fact that people over 25 get this pay rise,

but people under don't. The living wage should cause

a ripple effect where employers lift the pay of worker on the next rung

of the pay ladder So 1.8 million people earning less

than 7.20 will get an instant pay rise, but over the coming years,

two million full-time workers can While 2.4 million part-time workers

will bank an average gain of 380. Now when the hourly rate rises to ?9

an hour by 2020, it will cost employers 3 billion a year,

companies could try to absorb that cost, and accept lower profits,

but others will be forced Every business can't afford a 7

or 8% every year increase on wage. That is the pressure it

will put people under. We are a large organisation,

so we can absorb bits of cost but when it becomes the size

that it is, where does that Many of the lowest paid workers have

partners who also work, and may earn more than average,

so the benefits dished out by the Chancellor's living wage

policy aren't at all concentrated Of the extra billions,

the biggest portion goes to those Still to come.

guilty of planning to kill US Blondie does Bowie, Debbie Harry

and a string of stars pay tribute on BBC News, which way will the

Premier League title race swing? Every household should have a smart

meter installed by 2020, according to Government plans,

allowing us to measure our gas and electricity

consumption digitally. It will mean consumers and energy

companies can see exactly how much is being used, putting an end

to estimates and home visits. It could also encourage

households to use energy Our industry correspondent

John Moylan has been to a town in Cornwall taking part in a smart

meter trial to find out more. But the family that built

it are still worried Today, they are getting a new smart

meter and a new sunshine tariff linked to locally

generated solar power. We have had a bit of a shock

to find, like most families, we have quite high electricity bills

and it's a matter of trying to find sure we are making the most

of the cheap tariff, and also, I think with the smart

meter it will help us to see Their supplier can read their meter

remotely and charge different prices for energy, at different

times of the day. Here in the south-west of England

they get a lot more sunshine than many other parts of the UK,

and that is why there But we can't yet store

all of the electricity meters means a lot more of this

electricity can be used close Roger signed up to a British Gas

smart meter tariff that offered free 9.00 on a Saturday morning, bang,

on goes the washing machine. An hour-and-a-half later out

in the tumble drier, Also, instead of using gas,

put a couple of fan heaters on, I am in almost total control

of what I am using and I have knowledge of what my bills

are going to be. The Government wants every household

to have smart meters by 2020. We will pay for the multi-billion

pounds roll-out through our energy bills, but there are concerns

that the big suppliers stand to make This programme is for the suppliers

who will get most of the benefit. The consumers are coming second

in this, so what I want to see is a review that actually works very

hard to make that sure those benefits that are accrued

to the suppliers are actually Smart meters could revolutionise how

families use energy in the future. The national roll-out by the big

suppliers is due to gather momentum The British man who posed

for a photo next to a plane hijacker who was wearing a suspected suicide

belt has been explaining why he did Ben Innes was one of the passengers

onboard an Egypt Air flight He told the BBC he wanted to take

a closer look at the belt, to see if it was fake or real,

and that he had no regrets. This is the image that shocked Ben

Innes to fame as the picture he hashtaged best selfie ever went

viral on social media. Ben is on the right, beside his the man wearing

what at the time was believed to be a suicide belt. Ben dozed off at the

begin of the flight and didn't believe the colleague he was

travelling with when he woke and was told they had been hijacked. I felt

totally nonchalant. Colleague he was travelling with when he woke and was

told they had been hijacked. I felt totally nonchalant. I was "No we

haven't, whatever." You didn't believe him I didn't. It hadn't soon

any evidence of it happening mice, I didn't, we hadn't been blown up, we

were still going through it, so, as, it was well until I see something,

you know, that looks like a hijacker, I am not about to sort of

start worrying about the situation. The majority of those onboard had

been allowed to leave by the time Ben approached the hijacker. Six

others though, were still being held hostage. Prompting criticism from

national newspapers. Ben says asking for a picture was his attempt to

influence a tense situation. I wanted to interact with this guy, I

wanted him to understand I wasn't a threat, I also wanted to get a

closer look at this bomb, see if I could see, I have no expertise in

that field, but you know, there might have been a tell-tale sign it

was fake or real. I also just thought, I want, if the worst does

come to the worst, I want my family and my friend to know, you know, I

died how I lived, you know, having as much fun as I can. What would you

say to some security specialists who say this wasn't a sensible thing to

do and you were putting other passengers who were still being held

hostage on that plane at risk? I would say all the experts and

specialists, I would say to all the keyboard warriors out there who have

an opinion on the matter, that was the situation I was in, and those

were the actions I took, and you know, I know way regret them. Have

no blemishes on my conscience about any of the actions I took that day,

and you know I would do the same thing, exactly the same way, in

exactly the same situation. After what was a terrifying ordeal,

Ben and even else on board the fright emerged safely, to tell the

tale. He says it hasn't changed his attitude to flying or asking for

pictures. You know, it is a great selfie.

There are now more adults in the world classified as obese

than underweight, according to a major new study.

The research looked at almost 20 million adults from 1975 to 2014.

It found obesity in men has tripled to nearly 11% overall,

and more than doubled in women to nearly 15%.

And as our health editor Hugh Pym reports, the problem in the UK

This could be one part of the battle of the bulge and the struggle

to control weight and improve health.

Loretta is a personal trainer working with those who might feel

She had her own weight challenges and knows all about the obstacles

I'm big now but I was much bigger and I went to a variety of classes

I was singled out and I felt uncomfortable.

But my classes are hopefully for everyone.

The report illustrates the dramatic increase in global obesity.

By 2014, that had more than tripled to 10.8%.

As for the UK, by 2025, it's predicted to have the highest

obesity levels in Europe for women and the highest in Europe for men

Exercise and personal responsibility clearly have an important part

to play in tackling the weight issue, but there's an increasing

focus now on the role of food and drink companies

and whether they should be doing more to help consumers

The Chancellor announced a sugar tax on fizzy drinks in the budget

and Government action to curb supermarket price

Some experts say manufacturers need to be pushed in the right direction.

It's the food industry doing the easiest thing to make money.

The industry needs to be made to work harder.

We need regulations, policies and programmes that level

But some out enjoying the sunshine today said it was down to all of us.

It's really difficult but people have to make a change themselves.

You can't always blame the Government for everything.

If you grow up eating crisps and all the rest of it,

it's going to be difficult to get out of that particular circle.

But while many are working to control their weight,

there's clearly a lot more heavy lifting needed to avoid

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

A man charged with murdering the Clydebank teenager Paige Doherty

has made his second appearance in court.

31-year-old John Leathem made no plea or declaration and has been

Denise Robertson, the agony aunt for ITV's This Morning programme,

She had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.

Philip Schofield has said he is "heartbroken",

adding that she was "kind, thoughtful, caring and wonderful".

One of two British women who were arrested and jailed in Peru

for drug smuggling three years ago has been released on parole.

Michaela McCollum, who's 23 and from County Tyrone,

admitted trying to smuggle cocaine worth ?1.5 million.

It's unclear whether another woman imprisoned with her -

Melissa Reid - is also being released.

Some of the biggest names in rock music have paid tribute

to David Bowie at a concert in New York, his adopted home.

Blondie, REM's Michael Stipe and Cyndi Lauper were among

Our New York correspondent, Nick Bryant, was watching.

America has no more prestigious stage than Carnegie Hall,

and last night the fans of David Bowie

transformed it into something nearing a shrine.

I am really bummed about his death but so incredibly happy I got

a ticket and I'm going to see the show and it is going

I know he's watching from wherever he is,

I can't wait to see what they are going to do.

In the very hall where the singer made his New York debut back

in 1972, stars like Cyndi Lauper performed a musical memorial.

But the irony of this tribute concert,

it was planned months before his death.

The organisers hoped originally that he would appear himself.

# There's a star man waiting in the sky

You know, just knowing him, his sense of humour

and the wonderful songs that he wrote.

And one of those is Heroes, the anthem he performed at the 9/11

memorial concert in New York and dedicated to local firefighters.

They could have packed this auditorium many times over.

Such was the demand for tickets that there will be an encore

David Bowie lived in Manhattan for 20 years

and was proud to call himself a New Yorker.

And tonight this city returned that love.

It's a place that moves on quickly, but David Bowie has left

Let us look at the weather. Wild is the wind in the north and west but

big contrasts further south and east. It has been a cracking day, it

I is is sunny in East Anglia, the temperatures in the sunshine up to

13 C. But a different picture across western Scotland and Northern

Ireland. A weather watchers been sending in photos of the dismal

day, temperatures six or seven. Here is the cloud providing the rain.

It's a weather front as you imagine, it is trickling away, from western

Scotland and Northern Ireland, it is going to linger through the night in

south-west Scotland, north-west England, parts of Wales, so a wet

night through the central slice. Either side we have clear skies. It

will be a chilly one with the potential for temperatures to get

down to freezing, that band of rain hasn't given up. It is going to

provide a soggy start in northern England and Wales tomorrow. It moves

back further north, back across southern Scotland, into parts of

Northern Ireland, eventually may southern Scotland, into parts of

Scotland too. Across the far north it will be a chilly start.

Scotland too. Across the far north here and bar the odd shower a fine

day, there is that rain creeping back to

day, there is that rain creeping Temperatures seven or eight. After a

day, there is that rain creeping wet start, north and West Wales

should turn drier. The rain is never too far away from the Isles of

Scilly and Cornwall. For the Midlands and eastern England it will

be a fine day. However, some showers are likely to arrive in eastern

England tomorrow, continuing to push north, the rain continues to head

north across Scotland. More showers follow from the south-west. It's a

messy old picture for Sunday, there will be showers round, don't expect

glorious blue skies but there will be some sunshine, and notice

everything is coming up from the south. When the winds come up from

the south, the temperatures rise, so for manyous it will feel warmer by