:00:11. > :00:14.Labour and the EU referendum, Jeremy Corbyn officially backs the Remain
:00:15. > :00:18.He says EU membership is best for workers' rights but admits
:00:19. > :00:22.It's perfectly possible to be critical and still be convinced
:00:23. > :00:27.We'll be looking at how important Labour voters
:00:28. > :00:36.Does BP's boss really deserve a ?14 million pay package?
:00:37. > :00:40.The Lancashire hospital that plans to close its A
:00:41. > :00:43.department temporarily because of a shortage of doctors.
:00:44. > :00:49.The migrants who used this dinghy to cross the Channel.
:00:50. > :00:53.Kate gets the giggles after trying her hand
:00:54. > :01:02.And coming up in spot on BBC News: Liverpool look to make it through to
:01:03. > :01:05.the Europa League semifinals, but they will have to get past
:01:06. > :01:26.tournament favourites Borussia Dortmund first.
:01:27. > :01:30.Hello and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:31. > :01:34.In his first major speech on the EU referendum Jeremy Corbyn has said
:01:35. > :01:37.that the Labour Party will be backing the Remain Campaign.
:01:38. > :01:40.Despite his own past record of opposing the EU, Mr Corbyn said
:01:41. > :01:44.there would be nothing half-hearted about Labour's support.
:01:45. > :01:47.He warned that a referendum vote to leave the EU would lead
:01:48. > :01:50.to what he called a bonfire of workers' rights.
:01:51. > :01:59.Here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
:02:00. > :02:09.Jeremy Corbyn has taken a while to work out exactly where he is going
:02:10. > :02:15.in the European Union. But now he is officially in the in crowd and
:02:16. > :02:18.taking his place on its platform. The Labour Party is overwhelmingly
:02:19. > :02:22.for staying in because we believe the European Union has brought
:02:23. > :02:27.investment, jobs and protection for workers, consumers and the
:02:28. > :02:31.environment. The European Union, many warts and all, has proved
:02:32. > :02:35.itself to be a crucial international framework to do that. If it does not
:02:36. > :02:42.sound that enthusiastic it is because he is not. For years he has
:02:43. > :02:45.had public doubts about the EU. We have a European bureaucracy totally
:02:46. > :02:50.unaccountable to anybody, powers have gone to the commission and the
:02:51. > :02:56.Council of Ministers and these are serious matters. Before today you
:02:57. > :03:01.branded some of its policy is crazy and immoral, would you now describe
:03:02. > :03:05.yourself as a pro-European? This is a decision about whether we stay in
:03:06. > :03:11.and argue for the kind of socially just Europe that I want, that our
:03:12. > :03:15.party once, that the vast majority of trade unions and ordinary people
:03:16. > :03:20.of this country want, or we walk away from it. Does it mean I recant
:03:21. > :03:26.on everything I have ever said or done, absolutely not, I am sorry.
:03:27. > :03:30.But what about EU immigration that tops so many people's concerns? Do
:03:31. > :03:35.you think too many other people from other parts of the EU have come to
:03:36. > :03:41.live and work in the UK? I do not think too many have come, the issue
:03:42. > :03:44.has to be wages and regulations. There is nothing wrong about people
:03:45. > :03:49.migrating to work, but there has to be a level playing field on pay and
:03:50. > :03:53.conditions and we have unscrupulous employers doing that. Jeremy Corbyn
:03:54. > :03:59.says there is nothing half-hearted about Labour's decision to stay in
:04:00. > :04:05.the European Union, but it sounds somewhat grudging. We will have to
:04:06. > :04:10.see how he tries to persuade the Labour voters to back the Remain
:04:11. > :04:15.Campaign. 9 million people voted Labour last May. In Middleton the
:04:16. > :04:20.seat stayed that way as it has done for decades, but Ukip has nibbled
:04:21. > :04:26.away at the party's support. Can Jeremy Corbyn bring vital votes for
:04:27. > :04:31.the EU? I am a fan of Corbin, his opinions and policies, so I think
:04:32. > :04:34.so. I looked at the lad we had before and I voted for the common
:04:35. > :04:39.market. I have no problems with being friendly with Europe, but I do
:04:40. > :04:43.not see what another country says we have to live a certain way. But
:04:44. > :04:49.there is a lot of trading sides in this referendum. Jeremy Corbyn is on
:04:50. > :04:54.the same side as him and him, the Lib Dems, the SNP and others trying
:04:55. > :04:59.to persuade you to vote to stay in. Only a clutch of Labour MPs will
:05:00. > :05:05.argue against all these politicians. But one of them says Mr Corbett is
:05:06. > :05:08.going through the motions. I feel Jeromy was trying to look like he
:05:09. > :05:12.really meant it and he did well at that, but deep down I know that
:05:13. > :05:17.Germany does not believe that the EU can be reformed. In the country
:05:18. > :05:23.there are millions of Labour supporters and voters who just
:05:24. > :05:27.cannot wait to vote to leave. At midnight this whole campaign
:05:28. > :05:31.officially begins. Jeremy Corbyn's EU journey might have taken some
:05:32. > :05:37.time, but his position and the date is now set.
:05:38. > :05:40.Can we assume this is a good day for the Remain Campaign? It has been a
:05:41. > :05:45.decent day at the office for those who are trying to persuade all of us
:05:46. > :05:49.to stay in the European Union. Jeremy Corbyn has been at their
:05:50. > :05:54.trying to urge his supporters to come on board and Unison one of the
:05:55. > :05:57.biggest unions in the country say they will campaign to stay. Lloyds
:05:58. > :06:03.bank, the biggest high-street back in the country, has been warning of
:06:04. > :06:08.the economic risks if we decide to leave. One of the interesting things
:06:09. > :06:12.is although Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised for his support be a bit
:06:13. > :06:16.lukewarm and being in the room it really did feel like that, there are
:06:17. > :06:23.not very many high profile figures arguing to stay in the EU who do so
:06:24. > :06:26.with very much affection for the institution itself. Nobody in the
:06:27. > :06:31.course of the next couple of months, or certainly very few people, will
:06:32. > :06:35.say to the public I love the European Union and you should as
:06:36. > :06:40.well. In what will probably be a brutal campaign, it is based much
:06:41. > :06:43.more on the pragmatic decision in front of us. That might be something
:06:44. > :06:47.they will find quite challenging in the next ten weeks.
:06:48. > :06:51.Shareholders in the oil company BP have voted against a ?14 million pay
:06:52. > :06:52.deal for it's chief executive, Bob Dudley.
:06:53. > :06:55.Almost 60% rejected the package, but it doesn't mean Mr Dudley
:06:56. > :07:00.The Institute of Directors said the pay rise, at a time
:07:01. > :07:03.when the company is in the red, could send the wrong message.
:07:04. > :07:06.Here's our Business Editor Simon Jack.
:07:07. > :07:11.The chief executive of BP, Bob Dudley, was awarded pay
:07:12. > :07:14.and bonuses of ?14 million for his work last year.
:07:15. > :07:17.And today, the shareholders arrived at their annual meeting to mount one
:07:18. > :07:22.of the biggest revolts in UK corporate history.
:07:23. > :07:25.I think our friend's salary is just a bit over the top.
:07:26. > :07:31.I think he probably earns it and deserves it.
:07:32. > :07:38.It is easy to see why the majority are upset.
:07:39. > :07:40.Over the last year, the value of the company fell
:07:41. > :07:46.It reported losses of ?3.6 billion, and yet Bob Dudley's pay went
:07:47. > :07:53.A falling oil price has seen profits slump at all oil companies,
:07:54. > :07:56.and BP have the additional cost of settling claims resulting
:07:57. > :08:01.from the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010.
:08:02. > :08:18.The chairman of the board said this today:
:08:19. > :08:25.Bob Dudley's pay today by saying that the oil price crash
:08:26. > :08:27.wasn't his fault, the Deepwater Horizon explosion wasn't his fault,
:08:28. > :08:30.these were cards he was dealt and under the circumstances,
:08:31. > :08:33.he played them pretty well and deserved the big bucks.
:08:34. > :08:37.Today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected that rationale.
:08:38. > :08:41.That 20% increase gives the wrong message to the market,
:08:42. > :08:44.the country as a whole and the employees, some of whom have
:08:45. > :08:50.Remember, today's vote is just a protest.
:08:51. > :08:52.Like this environmental one outside the AGM, it has no power
:08:53. > :09:00.That doesn't mean it won't be noticed in other boardrooms.
:09:01. > :09:03.I think this is a watershed moment for British business,
:09:04. > :09:06.and I am sure other companies will be looking very closely, will be
:09:07. > :09:15.What will investors make of Sir Martin Sorrell's pay cheque
:09:16. > :09:21.Shareholders last rose up in 2012, costing several bosses their job.
:09:22. > :09:25.Is this the beginning of another shareholder spring?
:09:26. > :09:33.The union Unite says the Royal Bank of Scotland is to cut another 600
:09:34. > :09:37.RBS has not confirmed the numbers, but in a statement said
:09:38. > :09:40.banking had changed significantly in the last few years.
:09:41. > :09:43.The redundancies mean RBS has cut around 1500 UK jobs
:09:44. > :09:51.The entertainer Rolf Harris has pleaded not guilty to seven charges
:09:52. > :09:54.of indecent assault and one of sexual assault
:09:55. > :09:59.The allegations date from 1971 to 2004 and relate to girls and
:10:00. > :10:04.women who were aged between 12 and 27.
:10:05. > :10:12.A hospital in Lancashire is to temporarily shut its Accident
:10:13. > :10:14.and Emergency department because it says it can't find enough
:10:15. > :10:19.Chorley Hospital will instead run an urgent care unit between 8
:10:20. > :10:25.Emergency patients will be taken to Preston, 14 miles away.
:10:26. > :10:30.Here's our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes.
:10:31. > :10:33.Chorley's small district general hospital is finding it
:10:34. > :10:39.Too many gaps in rotas means the hospital can't
:10:40. > :10:45.We cannot safely staff our rotas, and that's because we have
:10:46. > :10:48.a shortage of doctors who are able to lead an emergency
:10:49. > :10:53.department overnight without the backing of consultants.
:10:54. > :10:56.This hospital is not alone in struggling to recruit doctors,
:10:57. > :11:00.particularly junior doctors, to come and work in its A
:11:01. > :11:03.Those gaps in the rota were being filled by locums,
:11:04. > :11:08.but now those locums are choosing to work elsewhere.
:11:09. > :11:11.Between April and December last year, the NHS in England spent
:11:12. > :11:14.more than ?2.7 billion on locum and agency staff,
:11:15. > :11:20.A new cap on fees for hiring locums was introduced in November,
:11:21. > :11:24.so a registrar should cost ?43.17 an hour at most.
:11:25. > :11:29.While a consultant should cost no more than ?101.46.
:11:30. > :11:31.The shortage of doctors willing to work in A
:11:32. > :11:34.is being felt across England, hence the heavy reliance
:11:35. > :11:40.Anecdotal evidence suggests many are now moving to Scotland or Wales,
:11:41. > :11:46.And the body that represents the agencies that supply locum
:11:47. > :11:49.doctors, says many hospitals are ignoring the cap anyway.
:11:50. > :11:52.The caps are being broken, we think 50% of NHS trusts
:11:53. > :11:56.are paying more, and that's because they are recognising
:11:57. > :12:00.that they need staff to cover shifts in A and across the wards.
:12:01. > :12:03.And they are quite rightly making the decision that it's better to pay
:12:04. > :12:07.staff a little bit more than they should be in relation
:12:08. > :12:11.to the caps, so they can protect patients' safety.
:12:12. > :12:15.I've had to go here myself quite a few times recently,
:12:16. > :12:19.And back in Chorley, patients like Riley Gretton
:12:20. > :12:22.are concerned about the implications of losing their local A
:12:23. > :12:24.The nearest one other than this would be Preston.
:12:25. > :12:28.In practical terms it could mean the difference
:12:29. > :12:34.A statement from the NHS said patient safety was the priority
:12:35. > :12:38.and it would support efforts to recruit more staff at Chorley.
:12:39. > :12:41.But other hospitals across England are also under extreme pressure,
:12:42. > :12:44.and this may not be the last town where NHS services are curtailed.
:12:45. > :12:49.Dominic Hughes, BBC News, Chorley.
:12:50. > :12:52.Well, those problems in Lancashire appear to be part of a much wider
:12:53. > :12:56.Delays at accident and emergency departments in England
:12:57. > :12:59.are at their worst levels since targets were
:13:00. > :13:04.Figures for February show fewer than 88% of patients
:13:05. > :13:13.With me now is our Health Editor Hugh Pymn.
:13:14. > :13:21.Just how serious that these problems got? Certainly the February figure
:13:22. > :13:25.that you reported was worse than January with no obvious reason. The
:13:26. > :13:29.weather did not suddenly get worse and the percentage of patients seen
:13:30. > :13:36.or treated within A units in England in terms of the four ours
:13:37. > :13:39.was the worst since 2004. England was behind Scotland although
:13:40. > :13:44.slightly ahead of Wales and Northern Ireland. Another key missed target,
:13:45. > :13:50.response times for less urgent calls, the worst since records began
:13:51. > :13:53.in 2012. A key cancer targets from GP referral to treatment was missed
:13:54. > :13:58.yet again. If you look at the numbers coming through the front
:13:59. > :14:02.door into A comic you see the pressure. They were up 13% year on
:14:03. > :14:08.year and that is a huge interest increase. The government says
:14:09. > :14:12.hospitals are coping reasonably well given that pressure, but Labour are
:14:13. > :14:17.quick to say there are huge financial pressures on NHS hospitals
:14:18. > :14:22.and the NHS in his view is in a real sense of crisis.
:14:23. > :14:26.Jeremy Corbyn gives Labour's backing for the Remain campaign
:14:27. > :14:29.in the EU referendum - though he admits he's critical
:14:30. > :14:36.And still to come, all present and correct -
:14:37. > :14:38.from an estate in Tottenham, to the highest accolade
:14:39. > :14:54.Coming up on Sportsday, West Ham will pay just ?2.5 million a year to
:14:55. > :14:59.read the Olympic Stadium from next season. It cost ?272 million to be
:15:00. > :15:06.converted to a football ground. It's two years since more than 200
:15:07. > :15:09.girls were kidnapped by the Islamist rebels,
:15:10. > :15:12.Boko Haram, in NIgeria. Their abduction sparked a worldwide
:15:13. > :15:14.campaign with the slogan Now video footage has emerged
:15:15. > :15:19.which appears to show some of the schoolgirls who were captured
:15:20. > :15:21.in Chibok, in the North Despite a big military search,
:15:22. > :15:27.219 girls are still missing. And it doesn't end there -
:15:28. > :15:30.at least 300 students were abducted Today, families of the Chibok girls
:15:31. > :15:37.have been marching in the capital Abuja to demand the government
:15:38. > :15:39.does more to find them. From there, our Nigeria
:15:40. > :15:41.correspondent Martin This is the first time any
:15:42. > :15:55.of the kidnapped Chibok girls have Shown in a proof of life video sent
:15:56. > :15:59.to the Nigerian government, it's likely negotiations were
:16:00. > :16:05.underway to secure their release. The girls state their
:16:06. > :16:07.names for the camera. And despite captivity,
:16:08. > :16:10.they appear healthy. For the relatives of the girls,
:16:11. > :16:13.stunned disbelief and renewed hope To bring some hope to people,
:16:14. > :16:30.this case is truly still alive. Today in the capital,
:16:31. > :16:33.the young and old protested on behalf
:16:34. > :16:37.of those who could not. We are marching towards
:16:38. > :16:40.the presidential villas. They want answers
:16:41. > :16:43.from their government. In two years, not a single one
:16:44. > :16:55.of the girls has been rescued. But they were stonewalled,
:16:56. > :16:57.a ring of security stopping them Not two weeks, not two months,
:16:58. > :17:04.but two years. It's unfair, if they put in more
:17:05. > :17:07.effort the girls would be This is the school where the girls
:17:08. > :17:23.were kidnapped two years ago. A month later they appeared in a
:17:24. > :17:32.Boko Haram propaganda video. It sparked a social media campaign
:17:33. > :17:34.supported by high profile figures. Despite international military
:17:35. > :17:42.assistance, including from the UK, the Nigerian army has failed to find
:17:43. > :17:45.the girls. The Chibok kidnapping might have captured worldwide
:17:46. > :17:51.attention, but for every girl shown here, there are many more who have
:17:52. > :17:57.been killed, rates, or even forced to be a suicide bomber by Boko
:17:58. > :18:01.Haram. Martin Patience, BBC News, Abuja.
:18:02. > :18:04.A powerful earthquake has hit southern Japan, causing several
:18:05. > :18:08.Around 40 people were injured when the quake -
:18:09. > :18:11.with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 - struck near the city of Kumamoto.
:18:12. > :18:13.The quake also caused a fire in a neighbouring town,
:18:14. > :18:21.but does not appear to have harmed the region's nuclear power plants.
:18:22. > :18:24.Two migrants have been rescued from a small inflatable dinghy
:18:25. > :18:26.a mile off the Kent coast attempting to reach the UK.
:18:27. > :18:30.The men - who are from Iran - had been at sea for about eight
:18:31. > :18:33.hours in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
:18:34. > :18:35.With increased security around Calais there are fears that
:18:36. > :18:38.smugglers are now trying to reach quieter ports on the English coast.
:18:39. > :18:50.If it wasn't for this lifeboat and the light of a mobile phone, we
:18:51. > :18:56.could have been looking at a double tragedy in the channel today. As it
:18:57. > :19:00.was, this lifeboat got to the two men just in time. But these migrants
:19:01. > :19:05.are not alone. The National Crime Agency this week said that hundreds
:19:06. > :19:06.of people smugglers were working to try to bring migrants into British
:19:07. > :19:09.ports around our coast. Yet two men risked their lives
:19:10. > :19:13.in this tiny dinghy to cross one of the world's
:19:14. > :19:17.busiest shipping lanes. The two Iranians had dialled 999,
:19:18. > :19:20.but were only spotted when the captain of a passing ferry
:19:21. > :19:23.saw the light from Very cold, fully soaking wet,
:19:24. > :19:32.all their clothes, and the boat We took them onboard
:19:33. > :19:38.and administered first-aid. 400 commercial vessels use
:19:39. > :19:42.the Dover Straits every day, yet the two men made it
:19:43. > :19:44.to within a mile No-one knows exactly how many
:19:45. > :19:50.migrants are using small vessels like these to try
:19:51. > :19:52.to get into Britain. But just this week,
:19:53. > :19:55.the National Crime Agency warned of smugglers operating right around
:19:56. > :19:59.Britain's coast. Two years ago, this Frenchman
:20:00. > :20:01.was arrested on suspicion of people smuggling,
:20:02. > :20:05.after he broke down Here, two migrants were picked up
:20:06. > :20:13.in this child's dinghy near Dover. In this case, the fisherman who took
:20:14. > :20:17.these pictures sped after the yacht that dropped off the dinghy,
:20:18. > :20:19.and found the skipper We know it happens,
:20:20. > :20:26.we have examples of that, and we are the shortest point
:20:27. > :20:29.from here to France, on most place, just from here and up to ten milesle
:20:30. > :20:32.up the shore is the closest point. The authorities say with fencing
:20:33. > :20:37.in Calais now so strong, migrants are looking for other ways
:20:38. > :20:39.to cross the Channel. The Home Office said today
:20:40. > :20:41.the security of Britain's borders was paramount,
:20:42. > :20:45.but recent incidents show the resourcefulness
:20:46. > :20:47.of the smugglers and the risk A brief look at some of the day's
:20:48. > :20:57.other other news stories. A drunk lorry driver has been jailed
:20:58. > :21:01.for six months after CCTV cameras showed him trying to reverse
:21:02. > :21:04.the wrong way up the M6 The driver, from the Czech republic,
:21:05. > :21:09.was nearly three times over Some of the 17 schools closed
:21:10. > :21:14.on safety grounds in Edinburgh could be shut in the "longer term"
:21:15. > :21:16.according to the leader Hundreds more pupils returned
:21:17. > :21:23.to classes today, and thousands more will have to attend different
:21:24. > :21:27.schools The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:21:28. > :21:31.have arrived in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan
:21:32. > :21:34.for a two day visit. They've met the country's
:21:35. > :21:36.young King and Queen and tried their hand at archery,
:21:37. > :21:38.the national sport. Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas
:21:39. > :21:45.Witchell is travelling with them. This is a country that
:21:46. > :21:47.proudly proclaims that it It is Bhutan, until quite recently
:21:48. > :21:53.it was known as the hermit A small nation, strongly influenced
:21:54. > :21:57.by its Buddhist faith, They even have a national
:21:58. > :22:03.happiness index here. So a place with a difference
:22:04. > :22:06.for William and Catherine to visit. But a destination that's hardly
:22:07. > :22:09.a priority when it comes They normally have to
:22:10. > :22:14.have a very clear purpose. So you might ask, why,
:22:15. > :22:18.other than to imbibe some happiness and contentment,
:22:19. > :22:20.why have William and Catherine come to this small country
:22:21. > :22:23.in the Himalayas? King Jigme, with his wife
:22:24. > :22:30.Queen Jetsun, two royals of a similar age to William
:22:31. > :22:33.and Catherine, and here's He's Bhutan's first constitutional
:22:34. > :22:39.as opposed to absolute monarch, presiding over a democratic nation
:22:40. > :22:42.which happens to be sandwiched It's also, of course,
:22:43. > :22:52.a pretty amazing experience for the visitor, of
:22:53. > :22:54.whom there still aren't that many. The king and queen escorted
:22:55. > :22:57.their guests to a Buddhist temple, And here's another part
:22:58. > :23:02.of the experience. Which, as Kate discovered,
:23:03. > :23:11.is not as easy as it looks. Bhutan has some of the best
:23:12. > :23:14.archers in the world. Come to think of it,
:23:15. > :23:22.not a lot of people know Bhutan. Nicholas Witchell, BBC
:23:23. > :23:28.News, Thimpu, Bhutan. Tomorrow at Sandhurst -
:23:29. > :23:30.the elite academy where British Army officers are trained -
:23:31. > :23:33.a black cadet who's worked his way up through the ranks will be awarded
:23:34. > :23:35.the Sword of Honour, Kidane Cousland's family and friends
:23:36. > :23:41.told him not sign up, saying the army was just
:23:42. > :23:43.for white people. Our defence correspondent
:23:44. > :23:46.Jonathan Beale has met Kidane, who's been talking about how
:23:47. > :23:48.different life at Sandhurst Brought up in Tottenham,
:23:49. > :23:56.I didn't know my dad. Single mum, lot of conflict racially
:23:57. > :24:00.- there is always is in those kind of areas where there is a low level
:24:01. > :24:05.of, kind of opportunity, and personally a really poor level
:24:06. > :24:11.of schooling when I was there. I was illiterate till
:24:12. > :24:15.roughly the age of 11, is when I can actually remember
:24:16. > :24:18.being able to read a book The grand surroundings of Sandhurst,
:24:19. > :24:25.where the British Army A place where old, sometimes curious
:24:26. > :24:34.traditions continue. But also where Kidani Cousland,
:24:35. > :24:38.Danny to his friends, is fulfilling Danny joined the army seven years
:24:39. > :24:47.ago as a private, against the advice of friends and family,
:24:48. > :24:51.who said it was for white people. He served in Afghanistan,
:24:52. > :24:57.and the army spotted his potential. Now he is preparing for his passing
:24:58. > :25:02.out parade, in which he will receive the Sword of Honour,
:25:03. > :25:04.a first for someone like him. I have had racism
:25:05. > :25:07.everywhere the world. I come to the army, and I've had it
:25:08. > :25:09.from individuals, but as an institution,
:25:10. > :25:12.it is not about that, and as an institution
:25:13. > :25:16.it isn't racist. For me, with my few GCSEs at a C
:25:17. > :25:20.grade, you know, to rub together, I didn't expect to be
:25:21. > :25:28.where I was, to be honest. But when people speak
:25:29. > :25:31.to you about how well you did academic schools and all that stuff,
:25:32. > :25:39.you realise, I am probably saying to myself, sure I'm a little bit
:25:40. > :25:42.better than I think I am. Watching him tomorrow
:25:43. > :25:46.receive the sword of honour He too has broken down barriers
:25:47. > :25:51.as the first British black male It is something, for getting
:25:52. > :25:56.something so huge, it is amazing, something to be proud of,
:25:57. > :25:58.but seeing his being there, seeing his journey as well,
:25:59. > :26:01.it is just inspiring to see him kind The British army is still
:26:02. > :26:06.overwhelmingly white - just over 4% of its soldiers come
:26:07. > :26:11.from Britain's ethnic minorities. But the army insists Danny's award
:26:12. > :26:14.is not about tokenism, Time for a look at the weather with
:26:15. > :26:36.Sarah. It's been a day of sun sign and
:26:37. > :26:38.showers. Some pictures from our weather watchers today, including
:26:39. > :26:44.this from Berkshire. You can see blue skies but showers around, and
:26:45. > :26:48.we have had showers and thunderstorms. Stretching from East
:26:49. > :26:51.Wales, through the Midlands towards East Anglia, still seeing heavy
:26:52. > :26:56.downpours with the rumble of thunder and hail over the next few hours.
:26:57. > :27:02.Then our attention will turn to more persistent rain moving to the south.
:27:03. > :27:06.Through the north, a of the weather front heading to the north of
:27:07. > :27:11.Scotland to bring outbreaks of rain and snow, even through fairly
:27:12. > :27:14.moderate hills. Across the North of Scotland we have colder air
:27:15. > :27:18.filtering in from the north, wintry showers and sunny spells across the
:27:19. > :27:23.North of Scotland. Further south the band of rain until snow will work
:27:24. > :27:26.its way south across southern Scotland and Northern Ireland, a
:27:27. > :27:30.cloudy start in Northern Ireland with a few spots of light rain.
:27:31. > :27:33.Further south there will be more outbreaks of rain across southern
:27:34. > :27:36.England, south Wales and heavy bursts of shower rerating moving up
:27:37. > :27:42.from being this channel as we had through the morning. A lot going on
:27:43. > :27:45.with the weather, a messy picture. Rain, heavy and sundry at times
:27:46. > :27:49.across the south and east of England. Further north the band of
:27:50. > :27:52.rain and hills know will work south across Northern Ireland and
:27:53. > :27:56.Scotland. Temperatures of only six or seven across Scotland, but more
:27:57. > :28:01.like 14 of 15 further south. Looking ahead through Saturday and Sunday,
:28:02. > :28:03.for the capital cities, a lot of dry weather over the course of the
:28:04. > :28:09.weekend but temperatures will be down on what to expect at the time
:28:10. > :28:13.of year. Through the weekend, turning dry with showers easing.
:28:14. > :28:14.Some sunshine, but for all of us it will turn colder through the
:28:15. > :28:19.weekend. Jeremy Corbyn gives Labour's backing
:28:20. > :28:21.for the remain campaign in the EU referendum -
:28:22. > :28:24.though he admits he's critical That's all from the BBC News at Six
:28:25. > :28:32.- so it's goodbye from me - and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:28:33. > :28:35.news teams where you are.