07/04/2016 BBC News at Six

Life sentences for the two teenage girls who battered a 39

Angela Wrightson suffered a brutal ordeal over several hours -

those who knew of the girls are shocked.

You don't think anyone of any age is capable of the injuries

that were committed - let alone by a 13 and 14

We'll be looking at how the law deals

No apologies from David Cameron over that ?9 million referendum leaflet.

Leaving the scene of an atrocity - new video footage of the third man

in the Brussels airport terror attack.

What has the flu jab got to do with the biggest increase in deaths in

England and Wales or more than 40 years?

And how you can help save endangered penguins from the comfort

And coming up in the sport on BBC News:

Rory McIlroy goes for a career Grand Slam.

He'll tee off at the Masters at Augusta in the next hour.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Two teenage girls who subjected a 39 year old woman

to a violent ordeal that ended in her murder have been

The girls, who were in care, were 13 and 14 when they attacked

Angela Wrightson in her home in Hartlepool in December 2014.

The whole case and the life sentences raise questions about how

we deal with juvenile murderers in Britain.

More on that in a moment, but first here's Danny

Savage with his report - parts of which you may

In the dock, wiping away the odd tear, two 15-year-old girls,

about to be jailed for as long as they have been alive,

punishment for slowly murdering a vulnerable woman.

Giving the teenagers a minimum of 15 years each,

the judge told them they had carried out a cowardly attack, sustained

over a long period of time, carried out with weapons,

This is the pair on CCTV, just after they had killed,

laughing and sniggering as they called police

There's no need to be swearing, ringing up and swearing,

Listed as vulnerable, they were used to officers

We will get somebody along there as soon as we can, all right?

Their victim, Angela Wrightson, was a 39-year-old alcoholic.

It was a torturous attack on a helpless woman,

using anything in her house they could lay their hands on.

This man's daughters used to occasionally hang

Scared, but it sort of makes me wonder what could have happened,

God forbid, if she had been with them that night.

I'd like to think that she would have run a mile and made

But it is something that when your own kids are near to it,

She was such a happy-go-lucky girl at the time.

Another neighbour, who did not want his face shown,

He used his dog to clear freeloading youngsters out

He believes today's sentences are not long enough.

I've been to jail and I know what it is like.

Our jail sentences should be like America.

If you commit murder, minimum 50 years before you even get out.

In court, the older girl said she did not believe such

She thought people could only die of cancer or if they were shot.

Their life stories, though, are complicated.

They were both in care and came from troubled,

When the older girl was asked in court what her date of birth was,

That same girl did this drawing before the attack.

What does this say about her mindset?

My feeling about their behaviour in this is that they have never been

given any boundaries about what good behaviour is and what

The events in this street are now subject to serious case reviews.

The two selfie-taking girls sentenced today described themselves

They join a short but notorious list of children who kill.

With me now is our Home Editor Mark Easton.

Shocking details, what does it say about the way we deal with these

cases? This was an utterly sickening crime and the sentence and it

reflects the court and public's discussed. They will remain in jail

for at least 15 years, and even then the Home Secretary must agree to

their release, but the UK is very different from how other countries

in Europe treat children involved even in the most grave crimes,

British judges can impose life sentences on juveniles, and when it

comes to murder they are obliged to do so, and yet only 2-mac other EU

countries give life sentences to children, Cyprus and France, and

very rarely, and since 2004, the courts in England and Wales have

sentenced over 200 children to life imprisonment but in the whole of the

rest of the European Union the courts have handed out just two. We

seem to have a different attitude. It is different. Some countries have

upper limits on how long a child can be sentenced, three years in some

countries, but many see juvenile offending as a welfare issue rather

than a criminal issue and in this case the two children who murdered

Angela Wrightson, there will be questions for Hartlepool social

services, there will be an inquiry, the youngsters has an appalling

childhood and they were well known to social services and they had been

in care for two years. On the day of the murder one of the girls went to

see her mother wanting to spend time with her, be mum said, go away, in

the strongest terms, it gave her side and strong painkillers, and

said, why do you go and kill yourself? -- cider. It poses real

questions, about parents, and also about the state. Thanks for joining

us. David Cameron has strongly defended

spending more than ?9 million of taxpayers' money

on a leaflet setting out the Government's case for staying

in the European Union. Fellow Cabinet Minister Michael Gove

- who wants the UK to leave the EU - described it as "one-sided

propaganda". Our Deputy Political Editor

James Landale reports. Coming to a letterbox near you,

a booklet written by the people who work behind this door,

who want you to vote to remain A document that makes the economic

case for staying in, A document that today

the Prime Minister defended, as he appealed to young voters

in the South West to vote in I absolutely make no apology

for the fact that the government has a strong view and wants everyone

to know that strong view. But I don't want anyone to go

to the polls not knowing Those campaigning to leave say

many of the booklet's It says 3 million jobs are linked

to exports to the EU. But the Leave campaign says those

jobs are not dependent It says prices would rise

if Britain left. Those for Leave say it is EU

membership that raises prices. And it says Britain can

control its borders. The pro-Leave camp says EU citizens

can't be denied entry. I want a fair campaign and I want

people to hear from both sides. But what I think is wrong

is spending ?9 million of taxpayers' money on one particular piece

of one-sided propaganda. I think it is wrong that money that

should be spent on priorities like the NHS is being spent

on Euro propaganda. The official Leave and Remain

campaigns will both get some A free mailshot worth millions

of pounds, and a ?600,000 grant They can also spend no more

than ?7 million of their own money. But pro-Leave campaigners claim that

twice as much money will be spent arguing for the Remain side

because it will benefit from the government's ?9 million

leaflet mailshot and spending by pro-EU parties like

Labour and the Lib Dems. The government says

this is no surprise. There was a similar

publicly-funded government booklet during the referendum

on the European Community But some say the rules

should be changed. The government has spent what feels

like a lot of money to most people rushing out the leaflet before

the formal campaign limits I think that probably raises a big

issue for future In sending out this leaflet,

the government has broken no laws. Any restrictions on what it can say

and do begin only in the last But its opponents say that this

breaks the spirit of the rules and the risk is that this ends up

alienating some voters as much James Landale, BBC News

in Downing Street. There is more about the referendum

and the facts about the arguments on our reality check pages, that is on

the BBC website. This week the leaked Panama Papers

have revealed how some of the world's richest people

try to hide their wealth. All of those named in the 11 million

leaked documents used the Panama based law

firm, Mossack Fonseca. Now UK's Financial Conduct Authority

has told banks based here they have till next week to say whether or not

they have links to the firm. Let's talk to our business editor

Simon Jack who's in the City. What is the regulator looking for?

What the City watchdog would like to know is evidence of financial crime,

that could involve tax evasion, money-laundering, busting sanctions,

and while they are not accusing the firms they have written to, they say

you must know who you are doing business with and who you are doing

business with is doing business with. What the Panama papers have

clearly illustrated with the complexity and murky nature is that

is not always straightforward. The banks will know it is being taken

seriously because the penalties for dealing with people they should not

be dealing with will be very severe it can run into billions. The FSA

are looking to display urgency over this, and so potentially millions in

fines and I think there will be late nights over the coming days. Thanks

for joining us. President Putin says the leaked

Panama Papers do not reveal "any element of corruption" and has

dismissed them as nonsense He accused them of trying to display

belies his country. -- trying to display belies his country.

He was speaking for the first time since documents

leaked from the Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonseca,

revealed a number of offshore companies owned by some

of the Russian president's close associates.

Mr Putin said the papers had been scraped together

Prosecutors in Belgium investigating the terror attack on Brussels

airport have released new CCTV footage of the so called

The suspect is thought to have left the terminal building moments before

As James Reynolds reports from Brussels the man has

These are the moments after the airport explosions.

Amid the confusion, the only surviving attacker got away.

The police have now put together this video of his escape.

A security camera picks him up on the outskirts

He is wearing a distinctive hat and pale jacket.

At this point no one has any reason to notice him.

The authorities are desperate to find more footage

We especially appeal to people who might have filmed

or taken a photograph of the suspect or think they can provide

An hour after the explosions a security camera filmed

Later, in town, he crosses a busy road.

At 9:49am, almost two hours after the bombs went off,

he is seen again, possibly talking on the phone.

The cameras lost the third man at about this point just before 10am.

This is a quiet neighbourhood near the centre of town.

He could have gone anywhere from here.

This is the best shot the police have of their suspect's face.

They still do not know his name or where he may be hiding.

The woman who was battered to death by two teenage girls:

And still to come, food for thought: will adding exercise

labels to packaging ease the obesity crisis?

Jurgen Klopp returns to Germany, as Liverpool take on his former

club, Borussia Dortmund, in the quarterfinals

It's just over a year and half since UK troops

pulled out of Afghanistan, after a bloody 13-year campaign.

More than 450 British servicemen and women lost their lives,

The fiercest fighting happened in Helmand where,

since the British withdrawal, the Taliban have been

But now the Afghan army has begun a major new offensive.

Justin Rowlatt has been to the former British

base Camp Bastion, now called Camp Shorabak,

I'm flying to what is left of Camp Bastion.

Bastion was the main British base in Afghanistan.

Very few journalists have been here since the British withdrew.

This what remains of the vast complex.

It is now the headquarters of Afghan national forces.

Helmand is still without question the key front line in the battle

But the record of Afghan forces has not been good.

The series of key towns overrun by the Taliban in recent months

is a roll call of places British troops gave their lives to defend.

So is strategic withdrawal just another way of saying surrender?

All around us is what was formerly known as Bastion.

Brigadier General Rawlings is with Resolute Support,

the current Nato mission in Afghanistan.

You are using terms like "surrender".

I would say we have withdrawn from areas they formerly held.

What I'm trying to say is, after this year, let's look

at the capabilities of the Afghan army, let's look at their best

posture, and let's help them help themselves to get to a place

where they can fight reasonably for the long-term.

This training exercise is part of Resolute Support's mission

to train, advise and assist the Afghan army.

And the big test of whether it is working has just begun,

TRANSLATION: The operation started at two o'clock this afternoon.

We are clearing villages all the way towards Sangin district.

A while ago, we were in a defensive position.

We are now regrouping our forces to get on the offensive again.

The Afghans can expect a tough battle.

Sangin was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting British

This footage from the Taliban shows an assault on army outpost.

This footage from the Taliban shows an assault on an army outpost.

Afghan forces must take the initiative.

If the offensive in Sangin fails, one senior US officer told me

privately, there will need to be a rethink of the entire strategic

New official figures show that last year saw the biggest increase

in deaths in England and Wales for more than 40 years.

Many of those deaths occurred in the first

three months of 2015, in other words, the flu season.

Well, with me is our Health Editor, Hugh Pym.

What do you think? What are the reasons behind the spike in deaths?

George, the figures showed just under 530,000 deaths in England and

Wales last year, the highest since 2003 and the biggest annual

increase, just over 5.5%, since 1968. Statisticians at the ONS who

produced the figures say you can't be very precise about the reasons

but they say the majority of the spike was in the first three months

of the year and a very large majority of the increase was among

the over 75s. Flu was particularly circulating early last year. Elderly

in care homes are particularly vulnerable, in hospitals and so on

and we know the flu vaccine was not very effective compared to what it

should have been because it did not pick up strains of flu that were out

there. Yes, they are going along with the idea that the flu had

something to do with it. We know the vaccine was not that effective. We

also know the death rate has returned to more normal levels in

the first few months of this year and the vaccine seems to have been

better this time around. Craic A Craic brief look at some

of the day's other news stories. The UK Independence Party has

unveiled its campaign for the local The Ukip leader Nigel Farage says

the party stands for more than just Polls will be held in 124 councils

across England, with UKIP Polls will be held in 124 councils

across England, with Ukip Workers at the Port Talbot

steelworks have been assured by the Business Secretary that

Tata Steel will be Sajid Javid has just returned

from India, where he tried to persuade Tata to allow more time

to secure a sale that will keep Academics have discovered

a very rare first edition, in the library of a stately home

on the Scottish Isle of Bute. It's a collected edition

of Shakespeare's plays, Now, when you tuck into your

favourite snack or meal, have you given a thought to how much

exercise you'd have to take If you ate a chicken and bacon

sandwich, you'd have to walk for nearly an hour and half -

or jog for around 40 minutes. The Royal Society of Public Health

says a simple activity icon on food packaging could be more useful

than calorie counts to encourage us Here's our health

correspondent, Dominic Hughes. A classic breakfast, cereal,

tea and a slice of toast. But all food comes with calories,

the energy we need to keep us So how much physical effort

is needed to burn This is pretty much my average

breakfast. I've calculated it is

about 590 calories. When I have finished up,

I'm going to cycle to work and see how many of those calories

I manage to burn off. My journey to work is roughly

11 miles and normally That was my ride into

work this morning. It was actually quite hard

because there was According to this app on my phone,

I burned through just 284 calories. That's not even half

of what I consumed at breakfast. It shows just how hard

you have to work. We all need a certain number

of calories to maintain Women can consume roughly 2000

calories each day, depending On average, men should consume

around 2500 calories. The problems come when we eat

or drink more than we need. Just 100 extra calories per day can

lead to putting on 11lbs That is why health experts

are saying packaging should show how much activity will be needed to burn

off the calories in food and drink. We have a huge rise in the number

of obese and overweight We are now at two thirds

of the adult population. We need to use all sorts

of different techniques and try different things to make people

consider their choices on food. The food and drink industry says

this is an idea worth exploring, but how did shoppers

react to our mock-up of what the new packaging

could look like? Once I start running for five

minutes, it is suddenly hellish. The fact I would have to do that

for a continual 15 minutes would definitely make me think twice

before having the packet. I would think more about what I'm

eating if they had that on there. A lunchtime running club is one way

of burning off those extra calories, but health experts say any

activity will help. Meanwhile, packaging

is governed by EU-wide rules. This idea has a long way to go

before it becomes reality. Now, how would you like to help

conserve penguins in the Antarctic British scientists have set up

a network of cameras so the penguins Viewers are asked to mark penguins

and their eggs in any one scene. The work will help train a computer

to recognise them automatically. In such an icy expanse,

it is hard to believe that the Antarctic Peninsula is one

of the fastest-warming And climate change is just one

of the threats to its That is why this team of scientists

has installed a network of cameras throughout the peninsula

and the surrounding islands. It is the world's most remote CCTV

and a vital tool to discover why two out of the three penguin species

here are in decline. There are now 75 of these cameras

in this penguin monitoring network Some of them are generating

thousands of images. In order to analyse

the data, the researchers And that help is coming from penguin

enthusiasts like these children They are doing the analysis

the researchers so desperately need help with, counting penguins,

chicks and eggs, to monitor each Every picture on the Penguin Watch

website was captured by one With more colonies being monitored

than ever before, the team is today launching a new site to bring

in the citizen scientists they need. We have been very good

at engaging people. We've not been very good

at feeding back. The new part is, we allow them

to see what they are doing. So for a class like this,

they can adopt a colony, follow it and learn

about Antarctica in the process. It's exciting because it is

like you are teleporting It is really useful

for the scientists so they can discover how the penguins

are getting on. It is kind of fun to be looking

at penguins on the screen. With a backlog of hundreds

of thousands of images, the scientists now hope that people

all over the world will adopt and monitor a penguin colony

of their own, helping to measure the impacts of pollution,

climate change and fishing. They are Antarctica's most

charismatic residents but penguins are also a living barometer of how

human activity is shaping the environment in

this vast wilderness. And you can see Victoria Gill's full

report on that story on Our World on the BBC

News Channel this weekend. Time for a look at the weather.

Here's Helen Willets. hello. I love this time of year when

you see the showers but some stunning skyline so I'm going to

start with one of the pictures we had sent in this afternoon over

Reading in Berkshire. There have been some stunning skyline is

elsewhere as well. We have had some potent showers today once again,

some with Hale, thunder and lightning as well. Some better dry

spells further west. As we go through the evening and overnight,

the showers dampened down and the winds become lighter so it will be a

cold night with some frost in the Glens of Scotland and a bit of

ground frost elsewhere and perhaps some patchy fog. Towns and cities

hold above freezing. A much more promising start to the day on Friday

with fewer showers and more sunshine although not for long across

Northern Ireland. In March is the next weather system to hear and the

western side of Scotland so rather soggy second half of the day.

Further east, still mostly dry but fewer showers than today. Not

altogether dry but lengthy dry spells with some sunshine and

importantly, lighter wind. It has been so blustery recently. It should

not feel so chilly out and about tomorrow afternoon. That weather

system clears eventually from the East as we go through Friday night

into Saturday morning but it does not clear the low pressure. That

lingers to the south-west throughout the weekend, which means it will

stay rather unsettled and showery. We pick-up Saturday's weather front,

still to clear and perhaps some wintering is over the Pennines and

Grampians and certainly in the showers following behind, even

across the South West Moors, colder air, quite nippy at eight or nine

for mid-April but some strong sunny spells in between. Sunday looks like

the drier day for most at the moment but we pick-up a Lee easterly wind

and still a weather front towards the north and ever so close to the

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