08/04/2016 BBC News at Six

The toddler killed by her mother despite being known to social

Ayeeshia Smith was 21 months old when she was murdered,

with injuries so severe she was compared to

Her mother, Kathryn Smith, made a 999 call after she killed her

daughter at their home in Staffordshire.

There were a number of chances to save Ayeeshia Smith

Reports tonight that a key suspect in the Paris terror attacks,

and possibly those in Brussels too, is arrested.

Labour keeps up the pressure on David Cameron over offshore

investments and his father's offshore fund.

Family values - the Pope encourages Catholic priests to recognise

And from no-hopers to table-topping trailblazers.

Can Leicester City pull off one of the all-time great

Overnight leader Jordan Spieth continues his march

The American would be only the fourth player

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

A mother has been found guilty of murdering her 21-month-old

daughter, just weeks after after social services had

discussed taking the little girl back into care.

Kathryn Smith was also convicted of cruelty

whose injuries were so severe they were compared to those

Her stepfather, Matthew Rigby, has been convicted of causing

Ayeeshia had been known to social services all her life but chances

to stop the abuse that killed her were repeatedly missed.

Viewers may find some of the details in Dan Johnson's report distressing.

A normal, happy, smiling toddler, known as AJ. But before her second

birthday, Ayeeshia Smith was killed by her own mother. This is the 999

call Kathryn Smith made that day. My daughter is not breathing. How old

is she? She is nearly two. Can you see no breathing at all? She is

breathing -- not breathing, she's floppy. Where is she at the moment?

On the floor. Can you hear any air coming from her mouth? No, there is

nothing, she's gone. Any hope of saving her had gone, her heart torn

by an impact as forceful as a car crash, but Kathryn Smith's concern

was for herself and concealing what she had done. In court, she blamed

her partner, Mathew Reed B, who blamed her. He was cleared of murder

but convicted of allowing Ayeeshia's death. Which you have gone on to be,

we will never know. What would she have become. Where would she get to

in life? But was there a chance she could have been saved? Smith and

Rigby had a stormy relationship. She was a cannabis user who kept the

drug in her daughter's beaker. He had previous convictions for

assault. Mabil is often heard them Rowling and social services had been

involved throughout Ayeeshia's short life. She was taken into foster care

and then returned to live with her mother, Bush soon showed signs of

neglect. In January 2014 she was taken to hospital with cuts to her

lip and chin. She was back months later having discussed a is easier

described as life threatening. Social services discussed an

intervention but within months, she was dead. Do you think this could

have been stopped? If there are lessons to be learned, hopefully

they will be teased out and learn from. This was another emergency

call from the flat. He is going to cut himself and try and blame it on

me. Put it down. That was made just weeks before Ayeeshia's death. There

will now be a review involving all of the agencies who had contact with

Ayeeshia, to see if more could have been done to save her young life.

And Dan Johnson's at Birmingham Crown Court for us this evening.

She came to the attention of social services even in the womb, and yet

chances were missed to save her. Yes, that is another peculiar aspect

of this case has been deeply disturbing. Ayeeshia's mother was

described in court as being a vulnerable person herself, as a

young, single mother in a string of difficult relationships with

different men. A statement was read to the court on behalf of Ayeeshia's

natural father, who said he felt guilty that he had not been around,

had not been there to protect his daughter from the people he said she

should have been able to trust. But he also said he felt let down by a

system that should have been there to protect his daughter. There will

now be that safeguarding review and Kathryn Smith and her partner,

Mathew Reed B, we'll be back here on Monday to find out what their

sentence will be. -- Matthew Rigby. In the last hour it's been reported

that a key suspect in last year's terror attacks in Paris,

and possibly the more recent attacks in Brussels,

has been arrested. He's one of a number of people

who've been seized by Belgian police Let's find out more from our Europe

correspondent Damian Grammaticas Just a couple of hours ago, news

started coming through more arrests being made in Brussels by armed

police in connection with their terrorist enquiries. Somewhere in

the Anderlecht district on the other side of the city centre. Prosecutors

have not confirmed who they have in custody but the state broadcaster

and French police sources are saying that Mohamed Abrini is in custody,

one of the most significant men still sought in connection with the

Paris attacks. He has been hunted since last November, Mohamed Abrini.

Belgian police say he is dangerous and believe he was linked to the

Paris attacks. This is why. He was seen at a service station two days

before the attacks in Paris. The car he was driving was one of those used

to attack Paris. The man he was with at the time was Sally Abdeslam, one

of the team that carried out the carnage in Paris. Abdeslam, Europe's

most wanted man was finally detained three weeks ago in the Molenbeek

district of Brussels, after being on the run for months. Today's arrest

is thought to have taken place in nearby Anderlecht. Yesterday

investigators released this footage of the Brussels airport bombing,

showing the third attacker, the man in the Hat, who left a suitcase bomb

and escaped from the terminal, then travelled six miles on foot into

Brussels before he vanished. It has been reported the new footage and

the appeal to help identify the man in the Hat lead to new teapots from

the public which came just before today's new arrests. Belgian

prosecutors have said they will give more information. We are waiting for

that. If it is confirmed it is Abrini, that would be a significant

step forward in their investigations. Some suggestions

that they may confirm that Abrini was the third figure, the man in the

hat in the airport enquiries, which would link the attacks closely. We

wait for that. Labour is keeping up the pressure

on David Cameron after he revealed he has profited from his father's

offshore investment fund. The Prime Minister and Downing

Street have between them issued four statements this week on Mr Cameron's

links with his father's firm, Blairmore Holdings, before

he finally clarified last night that he'd

held shares until 2010. Labour is now demanding to know

whether the Prime Minister has benefited from other offshore

investments. David Cameron has admitted it has

been a difficult few days. He said he has nothing to hide but he is

facing accusations of hypocrisy and questions over why it took him so

long to admit he had shares in his late father's offshore fund. There

is a matter of trust. You need to trust your Prime Minister and the

fact that he could not answer a straightforward question

straightaway has undermined trust in him. He has big questions to answer.

It seems this information had to be dragged out of him over the past few

days. What he said a few days ago appeared to suggest there was no

benefit he had ever derived from offshore funds like this. At first,

Downing Street was reluctant to say anything about the details in the

Panama Papers of the offshore fund run by the Prime Minister's father.

On Monday they said it was a private matter but on Tuesday he said this.

I have no shares, no offshore trust, no funds, nothing like that, so that

is a clear description. On Wednesday, a further statement,

saying there are no offshore funds or trusts which the Prime Minister,

Mr Cameron, or his wife or children will benefit from in future. And

then last night he admitted he had owned the shares. We had a joint

account and owned 5000 units in Blairmore investment trust which we

sold in January 2010, worth something like ?30,000. The offshore

fund, Blairmore Holdings, was founded in Panama by David Cameron's

late father, Ian. The Prime Minister has said it was not set up to avoid

paying tax in the UK, and that when he sold his shares, he paid all the

tax that was due. His admission he had shares in the business as seized

the headlines, but there is no suggestion he has done anything

illegal, and Tory MPs have defended his handling of around. It is a

natural human instinct, when the media are piling in on your father's

reputation and record, and he is dead and cannot defend himself, when

he knew he had paid all of the tax he had to pay, it is natural to

feel, I want to protect my father and my family. David Cameron did not

declare the shares in the registers member of interest, which lists

outside financial affairs. The rules did not require him to do so. David

Cameron has said he will publish his tax returns soon, to be clear and

open about his financial affairs, which will put pressure on other

senior ministers to do so as well. For Number Ten, this row has

provided an unwelcome reminder of the Prime Minister's wealthy and

privileged background and a distraction from their bigger

political battles. David Cameron will hope he has done enough to end

the focus on his personal finances, but he remains under pressure to do

more to insure the wealthy pay their fair share of tax.

Pope Francis has called for the Catholic Church to recognise

He says bishops and priests should be free to interpret doctrine

in ways that suit their own cultures in their own countries,

particularly in relation to marriage and divorce.

Let's speak to Caroline Wyatt who's in Rome.

Caroline, how significant a shift is this?

Well, it is less of a change than reform- minded Catholics wanted, but

it sends a clear signal from the top of the Vatican that Pope Francis

once the direction of travel for his priests and for his 1 billion

Catholics around the world to be one of mercy and compassion. So he has

not changed the kind of ideals that the Catholic church wants to uphold

for family life but he is asking priests to interpret those with more

understanding for human frailty, when people fail to uphold them.

The Catholic Church has often closed its door

on those living less than perfect lives.

Today in France, Pope Francis sought open it a little,

on how the Vatican should treat the modern family.

At a press conference here this week, two of the Pope's leading

cardinals revealed the contents of this keenly awaited document.

It came after much debate and some very

In the Pope's document on the family,

the biggest change is the idea of greater

devolution, with Pope Francis suggesting priests seek solutions

that are best suited to their own culture.

He also wants more openness and a greater understanding of what

the Church terms irregular situations, such as divorce and

But there is no change to the Church's doctrine, nor its

views on homosexuality or ban on contraception.

So does this mean that those who are divorced and

civilly remarried will now be welcomed back to take communion?

Those who want to be included in the life

of the Church, the life of faith in the Church, they are welcome.

let the doors of the Church be open, do not close them.

And he says the same to everybody who is in a difficult

This document, over 250 pages long, is one of the most

significant to emerge from the Vatican in many years.

Entitled On Love and the Family, is written in

the distinctive voice of Pope Francis and will set the course of

the way the Catholic Church deals with family

We first spoke to this couple and their children in 2014.

They had high hopes this Pope would change

the Church's teaching, but no longer.

In the end, though, this popular Pope has shown

There is no radical reform here, as some had hoped, more a

gentle signal that all families, however

fractured, are welcome in

his Church, and that the doors are now open.

Caroline Wyatt, BBC News, Rome.

The mother of 21-month-old Ayeeshia Smith is convicted

of her murder just months after taking her home

Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: We'll be at Aintree ahead

of tomorrow's Grand National, with favourite Many Clouds aiming

to become the first horse since Red Rum to claim successive

The education system in the UK is letting down around half

That's the claim of a House of Lords Committee.

It says the 53% of school leavers who get into work without going

to university risk being trapped in low paid jobs with little

Our Education Editor reports from Sheffield.

20 years old and looking for work, look did not want to take A-levels

or go to university but so many employers want one of the other he

cannot get a permanent job or plan for the future. I do not know where

I will be, if I will have money or a job, if I will be able to start

settling down for myself. I am 20 and it is time you move out from

your parents' codes. Use not all -- he is not alone. 53% do not go to

university and 30% follow a vocational route, less than other

countries, and last year only 6% of 16-19 -year-olds stickup an

apprenticeship. These teenagers started technical learning before

their GCSEs. It has challenged ideas about the additional route. Kids who

may be wrong not good enough to go to university took an

apprenticeship, but it is about learning in a different way. I feel

I have lots of opportunities to do different things that I have never

had the opportunity to do before so I can do the mini factory here

whereas I have never done any technology in my old school.

Learning technical skills will make a real difference to their chances

of getting a well-paid job at that matters for all of us as well

because employers are worried that the UK is not as good at this as

other countries and that puts our economy at a disadvantage. Here

there might get mentoring from employers. Because of that,

Barbara's son is at this college and she agrees some practical kids slip

through the system. Some of the kids go under the radar. Where do they

go? There is a gap. The parents will be really worried. It can feel like

a jungle to young people. There's games company boss hires graduates

and backs the call for early technical education for more kids.

They are much more excited and enthuse about the work where are

doing rather than just listening to a lesson, they are getting involved.

More money is getting into apprenticeships in England and more

money in Scotland. This report makes clear there is a long way to go.

Detectives have found the remains of the missing police officer

Gordon Semple at a flat in south London, and have arrested a

Gordon Semple was last seen near London Bridge a week ago.

Police were called to the address in Southwark yesterday

Our correspondent Tom Symonds has more.

Gordon Semple was a dedicated beat bobby.

His family and colleagues are devastated.

He had been missing for a week when police arrived in large numbers

at a flat on the Peabody Estate in Southwark yesterday lunchtime.

They had been called by this man, who had knocked on the door

of the flat and complained to the occupant about a strong smell.

He said I know that, I am cooking for my mate.

I said, OK, the police are on their way anyway.

Police cordoned off the entire estate.

Searches and interviews are under way but they say they have

found human remains, suspected to be those of Gordon Semple.

Last Friday he had been to a lunchtime meeting at this hotel

at the Shard skyscraper near London Bridge.

The Shard is about half a mile that way but by 2:30pm Gordon Semple

was picked up again coming from the opposite direction

Five foot six, wearing dark trousers and a lilac shirt,

It is a crucial sighting because he appears to be

heading towards the estate, which is just yards away.

The investigation is likely to focus on what he was doing that day.

Was there a connection between his death and his private life?

Gordon Semple's partner Gary and other members of his family said

today the week of his disappearance had been dreadful,

and these were the words of a senior police officer.

This is a very sad day for Gordon's colleagues.

There are many officers who have served with Gordon in London

during his 30 year career who will acutely feel his loss.

A 49-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of murder.

People have been told it could take days.

Nine men of Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage have been

jailed for up to 25 years for sexual offences against a teenage

The girl told police she'd been groomed by a large number of men

Two steel mills in Lanarkshire that were mothballed several months ago

could be up and running again by August.

The mills, which process the metal, were closed by Tata Steel,

but today Liberty House, the firm which has expressed

an interest in buying the Port Talbot steelworks,

The fairy tale is coming closer for Leicester City.

If they win again this weekend and other results go

in their favour, they could be just one more victory away from winning

the Premier League title for the first time.

If they lift the trophy it will be ranked as one of the greatest ever

Andy Swiss is in Leicester for us this evening.

Andy , I don't want to jinx it but it's still looking

Yes. If you had come here 12 months ago and told Leicester fans they

would win the Premier League they would probably have laughed and yet

a win over Sunderland could take them within touching distance of a

quite extraordinary feat. A year ago they were

staring at relegation. Not much joy for those Leicester

fans on their travels this season. Now they are on the brink

of a footballing fairy tale. Leicester's story is as unlikely

as it is unforgettable. This last weekend put them

seven points clear. Even for the manager it is hard

not to be. That is normal.

Me too. I am very curious.

But we have to wait. We have to wait and play

match by match. Also it is important

to maintain the right way Keeping feet grounded has rarely

been a problem here. Leicester have never won the league,

despite this man's best efforts. Gary Lineker used to help his

parents on their stall at Leicester market, but he told me his home

club's journey is unprecedented. It is like watching a movie

that is perhaps a little bit over the top, a bit

ridiculous, a bit far-fetched. But the impossible dream

is getting very close. Seven points with six games to go

is certainly the most spectacular Indeed this might be the biggest

sporting shock of all time. Remember Goran Ivanisevic

winning Wimbledon? The unheralded golfer Ben Curtis won

the Open as a 300-1 outsider but at the start of the season

Leicester's odds of winning That is the same odds as the Loch

Ness Monster being found. Should Leicester do it,

armchair supporters I foolishly tweeted in December that

I would present the opening Match Knowing obviously at that point

categorically that there was no chance Leicester were going to go

on to win the title. But I hope it is a problem I have,

even if I would have to apologise. Leicester fans will not mind that

if their remarkable story has Tottenham and Arsenal fans will

still have hopes but if they blues and Leicester win they will be ten

points clear and will be very hard to see stopping them. That is for

sure. It is a mixed bag, typical of April,

lots of showers around. It is a little cloudy but dry. Very pretty

scenes. In the east we see the best of the sunshine. Beautiful skyline.

I love this because of the tulips. It has not been plain sailing for

everyone. Further west that has been raining and the rain is crossing

into the mainland stall all of us will have some rain tonight or

tomorrow morning. Behind this band of rain is called air so we could

have snow for the Highlands and Grampians. Eyes is a risk to unite

particularly in Northern Ireland and possibly elsewhere under clear skies

-- ice. We could see wintry showers across the Brecon Beacons and Wales.

There will be drier weather. There's rain taking time to clear away

tomorrow morning in the east. It should be drier across Northern

Ireland. For the north-east of Scotland the rain lingers. Not just

for much of tomorrow but potentially for much of Sunday as well on and

off. I would not be surprised if we have a shower at Aintree. We are

talking about wintry weather. When is our light. The sun is getting

stronger. Sunday looks better for getting out and about. Still the

rain in the north and east and windy weather in the south-west with rain,

combined high tides, not particularly pleasant, but for the

bulk of the country it looks drier on the whole. A mixed bag.

The mother of 20-month-old Ayeeshia Smith is convicted

of her murder just months after taking her home

There are reports a key suspect in the Paris terror attacks and

possibly the attacks in Brussels has been arrested.