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:00:11. > :00:19.The South Yorkshire Police chief is suspended over his role. His apology

:00:20. > :00:28.wasn't enough. He's been accused of dragging the families through hell.

:00:29. > :00:33.In Parliament, mounting anger about the police. Now those responsible

:00:34. > :00:39.must be held to account for 96 unlawful deaths and year cover-up.

:00:40. > :00:41.We'll be hearing from the families of the

:00:42. > :00:45.Labour's Bradford MP accused of anti-Semitism over

:00:46. > :00:55.comments on social media - she's been suspended.

:00:56. > :00:59.New figures show the UK economy's growth slowed down in the last three

:01:00. > :01:02.months. Just a hundred days to Rio

:01:03. > :01:04.and British cycling's top coach resigns over

:01:05. > :01:05.allegations of discrimination. And in sport on BBC news,

:01:06. > :01:08.the rugby league legend Currently with union side

:01:09. > :01:11.Yorkshire Carnegie, he's going to Good evening and welcome

:01:12. > :01:37.to the BBC News at Six. The Chief Constable

:01:38. > :01:40.of South Yorkshire Police, David Crompton, has been suspended

:01:41. > :01:42.over his force's behaviour It follows a day of mounting anger

:01:43. > :01:51.over what the inquests revealed about the role of the police

:01:52. > :01:54.throughout the 27 years In Parliament, Labour accused

:01:55. > :01:57.the police of a cover-up. Tonight in Liverpool this

:01:58. > :02:00.is the scene as thousands gather Our Home Editor Mark Easton

:02:01. > :02:12.is there now. Another extraordinary day for the

:02:13. > :02:17.Hillsborough families. Emotional tributes paid to them by the Home

:02:18. > :02:21.Secretary and others in the Houses of Parliament today. But also

:02:22. > :02:27.there's been tributes paid right across the country to the people

:02:28. > :02:29.here. And of course we've heard today that the Chief Constable of

:02:30. > :02:34.South Yorkshire has been suspended from office. It really does feel as

:02:35. > :02:36.though power has shifted, and it's shifted here to the people of

:02:37. > :02:39.Liverpool. A city pauses to reflect

:02:40. > :02:41.and to remember. After yesterday's dramatic inquest

:02:42. > :02:45.decision, this evening Liverpool is preparing to give thanks

:02:46. > :02:47.for the progress the Hillsborough Campaign has made in

:02:48. > :02:51.its search for justice. There is satisfaction

:02:52. > :02:53.that the record now states the 96 But there's also still deep anger

:02:54. > :03:04.here among campaigners who say that South Yorkshire Police

:03:05. > :03:14.dragged out their agony It was extremely upsetting,

:03:15. > :03:19.distressing. Frustration doesn't really cover it. I can't explain how

:03:20. > :03:21.angry at makes you feel because you know it is not the truth. You know

:03:22. > :03:24.it is a pack of absolute lies. I would wish to profoundly

:03:25. > :03:27.apologise. South Yorkshire Police made this

:03:28. > :03:35.public apology in 2012 after the government's independent

:03:36. > :03:40.enquiry into Hillsborough exonerated the fans and said the main cause

:03:41. > :03:43.was the force's failures. Today, as I have said before,

:03:44. > :03:45.I want to apologise unreservedly. Yesterday South Yorkshire's Chief

:03:46. > :03:52.Constable repeated the apology, but in between, throughout

:03:53. > :03:56.the two-year-long inquest, the force's lawyers repeatedly

:03:57. > :03:58.suggested drunk and noncompliant Liverpool fans were partly

:03:59. > :04:00.responsible. Millions of pounds of public money

:04:01. > :04:02.were spent retelling discredited Lawyers for retired officers threw

:04:03. > :04:10.disgusting slurs around. In the Commons today

:04:11. > :04:12.the Shadow Home Secretary said South Yorkshire Police had gone

:04:13. > :04:15.back on their apology. If the police had chosen

:04:16. > :04:19.to maintain its apology this inquest would have been much shorter,

:04:20. > :04:21.but they didn't, and they put the families

:04:22. > :04:25.through hell once again. Those who died in the disaster

:04:26. > :04:34.were unlawfully killed, yes. Earlier the Home Secretary,

:04:35. > :04:36.her voice cracking with emotion, paid tribute

:04:37. > :04:39.to the Hillsborough campaigners. No one should have to

:04:40. > :04:41.endure what the families No one should have to suffer

:04:42. > :04:47.the loss of their loved ones through And no one should have

:04:48. > :04:52.to fight year after year, decade after decade,

:04:53. > :04:56.in search of the truth. South Yorkshire Police today issued

:04:57. > :04:58.yet another apology, We've never sought at any stage

:04:59. > :05:08.to defend the failures of South Yorkshire Police

:05:09. > :05:11.or its officers. Nevertheless these failures had

:05:12. > :05:14.to be put in the context of other In other words where do the failings

:05:15. > :05:18.of South Yorkshire Police stand We are sorry if our approach has

:05:19. > :05:22.been perceived as at odds This was certainly

:05:23. > :05:25.not our intention." Shortly afterwards Chief Constable

:05:26. > :05:40.David Crompton was suspended. Decrying commissioner is standing

:05:41. > :05:44.for election himself next week. Our decision is based on the erosion of

:05:45. > :05:48.public confidence referenced in statements in the House of Commons

:05:49. > :05:51.this lunchtime as well with public cause for the Chief Constable's

:05:52. > :05:54.resignation from a number of quarters including local MPs.

:05:55. > :05:58.After yesterday's unlawful killing decision at the Hillsborough

:05:59. > :06:04.inquest, pressure is mounting on prosecutors to pursue

:06:05. > :06:06.criminal charges against police officers and others.

:06:07. > :06:10.Ongoing criminal investigations have already gathered huge amounts

:06:11. > :06:11.of evidence amid allegations South Yorkshire officers

:06:12. > :06:23.We know that a number of statements were altered.

:06:24. > :06:25.What we are looking at is, why were they altered?

:06:26. > :06:30.There is a way to go before prosecutions.

:06:31. > :06:31.And despite the unlawful killing decision yesterday,

:06:32. > :06:35.But this is a fight that's never been easy.

:06:36. > :06:37.And after 27 years you can be sure the Hillsborough campaigners

:06:38. > :06:49.Ed Thomas is outside South Yorkshire Police Headquarters -

:06:50. > :06:57.Ed, there's been mounting pressure all day, what tipped it?

:06:58. > :07:05.In the past 24 hours this force has been accused all over again of

:07:06. > :07:11.deceit and lies, and those calls for David Crompton to go have been

:07:12. > :07:16.getting louder by the minute. All led by the family of the 96 who

:07:17. > :07:19.died. They accused him directly of using these Hillsborough inquests to

:07:20. > :07:25.once again blame the fans for what happened inside the stadium. This is

:07:26. > :07:30.because David Compton, the Chief Constable, had a direct line to the

:07:31. > :07:33.South Yorkshire Police, his barrister, at those inquests. She

:07:34. > :07:38.talked about fans rushing the gates, causing the crash. She talked about

:07:39. > :07:42.fans being drunk. She talked about fans assaulting police officers.

:07:43. > :07:46.Then there was this devastating attack in the Commons by Andy

:07:47. > :07:50.Burnham MP. He accused David Crompton of putting those

:07:51. > :07:54.Hillsborough families through hell. Within hours of that statement David

:07:55. > :07:58.Crompton had been suspended with immediate effect. The Police and

:07:59. > :07:59.Crime Panel is here said he no longer commanded public trust in

:08:00. > :08:06.South Yorkshire. As we heard earlier, the focus

:08:07. > :08:09.is now turning to whether criminal prosecutions should follow

:08:10. > :08:11.in the wake of yesterday's Two inquiries into the disaster and

:08:12. > :08:15.its aftermath are already underway - and could finish by the end

:08:16. > :08:17.of this year. Our Correspondent Judith Moritz has

:08:18. > :08:29.been looking at what's next It's so important because that was

:08:30. > :08:33.what Chris was wearing. That's what he was sadly wearing when he lost

:08:34. > :08:39.his life. Barry Devon side has little left to remind him of his

:08:40. > :08:43.son. They went together but Harry returned without 18-year-old

:08:44. > :08:48.Christopher, who died in the crash. His last moments alive were caught

:08:49. > :08:53.on video. We filmed Barry as he watched it with his lawyer for the

:08:54. > :08:57.first time. Footage like this has been painstakingly gathered as

:08:58. > :09:01.evidence. But Barry says he has little faith in the criminal

:09:02. > :09:06.investigators working towards prosecution. When we've asked

:09:07. > :09:08.specific questions like how many people do you consider to be

:09:09. > :09:14.suspects, for example, no information whatsoever. So then you

:09:15. > :09:17.try other questions, and gained no information whatsoever. You can ask

:09:18. > :09:21.me anything you want to and I'll answer. We were allowed behind the

:09:22. > :09:27.scenes to see Barry and other families meeting with the former

:09:28. > :09:31.Bishop of Liverpool, James Jones. Did people just want to come to this

:09:32. > :09:34.end? He helped them during the inquests and will continue to

:09:35. > :09:40.support them now. It's never been done before but I think the families

:09:41. > :09:46.expectation is that the state will learn from this experience, because

:09:47. > :09:50.very often when there's an enquiry the aggrieved, the families, the

:09:51. > :09:56.victims, however you want to describe them, can feel pushed out.

:09:57. > :09:59.I think the expectation is that people will learn from this

:10:00. > :10:05.experience, and this might change things for the future. Although the

:10:06. > :10:09.huge amount of evidence about Hillsborough emerged for the

:10:10. > :10:13.inquests, investigators considering possible criminal charges like

:10:14. > :10:19.manslaughter say there is still much more work to do. We can't afford to

:10:20. > :10:23.make mistakes here. We cannot afford to rush this. The last thing in the

:10:24. > :10:26.world I want to do is fall at the last hurdle. We will do this

:10:27. > :10:32.absolutely properly, as quickly as we can, but making sure we don't cut

:10:33. > :10:37.any unsafe corners and. The secrets of Hillsborough are contained in

:10:38. > :10:40.this room which holds thousands of artefacts from long defined floppy

:10:41. > :10:45.disks like this one to more than 5000 police notebooks. They've been

:10:46. > :10:50.on Earth for the first time from sheds, lofts and garages. They were

:10:51. > :10:55.looked at for the inquests. They could also provide evidence for any

:10:56. > :10:59.future prosecutions. Our back gate is just a little bit further down.

:11:00. > :11:03.The car turned the corner and parked here. Julie Fallon, whose brother

:11:04. > :11:07.Andrew died at Hillsborough, says her family was put under police

:11:08. > :11:12.surveillance after the disaster. Officers and sitting outside their

:11:13. > :11:15.house. Her complaint is one of those which is now under criminal

:11:16. > :11:21.investigation. We used to joke within the family about it, but it

:11:22. > :11:25.never entered our heads to report it, because who would you report to?

:11:26. > :11:29.You would reported to the police, and it had been the police sat

:11:30. > :11:33.outside the house, so there didn't seem an awful lot of point in that.

:11:34. > :11:37.It wasn't until BIP sees he started their extended investigations and

:11:38. > :11:42.there had been rumblings of surveillance with other people, and

:11:43. > :11:46.they said we could complaint -- the IPCC started extended investigation.

:11:47. > :11:49.Today Liverpool feels like a different place. The families may

:11:50. > :11:54.have a long time to wait for criminal prosecutions but perhaps,

:11:55. > :11:55.at last, the city is starting to heal after Hillsborough.

:11:56. > :11:58.A Labour MP at the centre of an anti-semitism row has been

:11:59. > :12:03.Naz Shah has apologised for remarks she made about Israel on social

:12:04. > :12:15.David Cameron said the Bradford West MP's comments amounted to "racism".

:12:16. > :12:18.Our deputy political editor John Pienaar reports.

:12:19. > :12:23.Has anti-Jewish bigotry taken root in the Labour Party?

:12:24. > :12:27.For Naz Shah, beating George Galloway was tough.

:12:28. > :12:30.Doing it as a Muslim woman in a Muslim area fighting

:12:31. > :12:34.old attitudes to a woman's proper place, maybe toughest of all.

:12:35. > :12:37.And some old prejudices, like hostility toward Israel, run deep.

:12:38. > :12:42.And Naz Shah crossed the line into anti-Semitism

:12:43. > :12:45.a year before on social media, saying Israel should be relocated

:12:46. > :12:47.to America, and even comparing Israel's treatment

:12:48. > :12:49.of the Palestinians with Hitler's treatment of the Jews.

:12:50. > :12:56.I accept and understand that the words I used caused upset

:12:57. > :12:59.and hurt to the Jewish community, and I deeply regret that.

:13:00. > :13:05.Too late - her offending remarks had already been condemned,

:13:06. > :13:11.We've got a Labour Member of Parliament with the Labour whip

:13:12. > :13:14.who made remarks about the transportation of the people

:13:15. > :13:17.from Israel to America and talked about a solution

:13:18. > :13:20.and is still in receipt of the Labour whip,

:13:21. > :13:26.The Labour leader was the true target, he's now

:13:27. > :13:28.dogged by the charge he's done too little

:13:29. > :13:31.Colleagues want more action, and today one said so.

:13:32. > :13:33.There has to be a suspension and an investigation

:13:34. > :13:36.when something like this occurs, because it is so serious,

:13:37. > :13:38.and it does have such a knock-on effect on people outside

:13:39. > :13:44.Labour may pride itself on being a party of tolerance,

:13:45. > :13:46.but accusations of anti-Semitism have clung to sections,

:13:47. > :13:48.including on the hard left, who help provide

:13:49. > :13:55.I know of lifelong Jewish members, including some prominent names,

:13:56. > :13:58.who say they won't vote Labour again while he's in charge.

:13:59. > :14:00.For Jeremy Corbyn, turning that around won't be easy.

:14:01. > :14:06.The UK economy's growth slowed down in the first three

:14:07. > :14:08.months of this year, hit by a drop in manufacturing

:14:09. > :14:15.The value of goods and services produced, known as GDP,

:14:16. > :14:17.grew by 0.4% between January and March this year,

:14:18. > :14:22.according to the Office for National Statistics.

:14:23. > :14:24.That's 0.2% less than the last three months of 2015.

:14:25. > :14:30.has been looking at what the numbers mean.

:14:31. > :14:33.Building up a picture of our nation's economic performance.

:14:34. > :14:39.Today's GDP figures show that growth has slowed,

:14:40. > :14:44.as manufacturers delayed investment decisions and construction slumped.

:14:45. > :14:46.For the Chancellor, visiting a communications firm,

:14:47. > :14:50.fixing the economy has become a little harder.

:14:51. > :14:52.He linked the weaker figures to uncertainty over

:14:53. > :14:59.It's good news that the British economy continues to grow,

:15:00. > :15:01.but there are warnings today that the threat of leaving the EU

:15:02. > :15:06.Buildings and investments are being delayed.

:15:07. > :15:08.Isn't this just diversionary tactics from the real

:15:09. > :15:11.problems in the UK economy, which are around productivity,

:15:12. > :15:14.around our lack of manufacturing, around poor exports?

:15:15. > :15:18.Well, I'm the first to say there are some big issues we need

:15:19. > :15:20.to fix in the British economy, but the biggest economic

:15:21. > :15:22.decision facing the country, and facing everyone watching

:15:23. > :15:24.this programme, is the decision about whether we remain

:15:25. > :15:35.Manufacturing in Birmingham, Brandaeur is so good at what it

:15:36. > :15:37.does, its components are found in 85% of all the

:15:38. > :15:42.Its chief executive told me that referendum risk

:15:43. > :15:45.was affecting his business and he's looking outside the EU

:15:46. > :15:50.For the first time in the last month, I've had a customer ask me,

:15:51. > :15:54.what do I think is going to happen on Brexit, and what do you think

:15:55. > :15:57.And they're making a big decision over more business

:15:58. > :16:02.Uncertainty is real, and it's being driven by Brexit.

:16:03. > :16:07.George Osborne wants one message to come through loud and clear

:16:08. > :16:09.about these growth figures, and that's that fears

:16:10. > :16:13.about the European Union referendum are having a negative effect

:16:14. > :16:16.on the performance of the UK economy.

:16:17. > :16:20.He wants to repeat that message time and again, repeat the warnings

:16:21. > :16:23.of the International Monetary Fund, repeat the warnings of the Bank

:16:24. > :16:26.of England, really turning the screw on those who believe that leaving

:16:27. > :16:28.the European Union would be good for the economy.

:16:29. > :16:33.For Mr Osborne's critics, such dire warnings were

:16:34. > :16:41.Are they then saying that the fact that world growth forecasts

:16:42. > :16:43.have been downgraded are also due to fears of Brexit?

:16:44. > :16:45.I mean, it's nonsense, you can say everything,

:16:46. > :16:50.the weather is down to fears of Brexit - it doesn't make it true.

:16:51. > :16:53.What is true is that Mr Osborne knows he is in the political battle

:16:54. > :16:56.of his career and any evidence that might encourage voters

:16:57. > :17:00.to back remaining in the EU is worth communicating loud and clear.

:17:01. > :17:10.The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police

:17:11. > :17:15.is suspended over his force's role during the Hillsborough inquests.

:17:16. > :17:18.And still to come, they went that way -

:17:19. > :17:21.praise for the children who found a novel way to help the police

:17:22. > :17:26.Fury mocks Klitschko ahead of the world-title rematch.

:17:27. > :17:29.He says he could turn up as a 30 stone fat pig

:17:30. > :17:47.British cycling, one of our most successful sports, is in turmoil.

:17:48. > :17:49.With just 100 days to go before the Rio Olympics,

:17:50. > :17:52.Shane Sutton, the cycling team's technical director,

:17:53. > :17:56.has resigned after allegations of discrimination.

:17:57. > :17:58.Sutton is alleged to have used offensive language

:17:59. > :18:02.when referring to members of the para-cycling team.

:18:03. > :18:05.These claims follow allegations made by sprint cyclist Jess Varnish

:18:06. > :18:08.after she was dropped from the Olympic squad.

:18:09. > :18:12.Our sports editor, Dan Roan, has more.

:18:13. > :18:15.It's known as Britain's medal factory.

:18:16. > :18:19.For almost a decade, cycling has been Team GB's

:18:20. > :18:21.most successful Olympic sport, winning gold after gold

:18:22. > :18:25.and producing a host of household names.

:18:26. > :18:27.But the coach credited with much of that glory has now

:18:28. > :18:29.thrown preparations for Rio 2016 into disarray,

:18:30. > :18:32.technical director Shane Sutton resigning over allegations

:18:33. > :18:34.he made discriminatory comments about a female rider

:18:35. > :18:41.In a statement, the Australian said, the developments over the past

:18:42. > :18:42.few days have clearly become a distraction.

:18:43. > :18:46.It's in the best interests of British Cycling for me to step down.

:18:47. > :18:48.I reject the specific claims that have been made against me,

:18:49. > :18:52.and I look forward to taking a full part in the review process.

:18:53. > :18:55.This afternoon, the man who runs the sport told me there would be

:18:56. > :19:03.Did he jump before he was pushed? Not at all.

:19:04. > :19:05.Shane wanted the athletes to succeed,

:19:06. > :19:08.so it's the right decision for him to kind of step back, and

:19:09. > :19:11.he's made that decision in the best interests of the team, really.

:19:12. > :19:14.And the important thing for us now is to really focus on Rio.

:19:15. > :19:17.We've got a great team of coaches, we've got a great team of athletes,

:19:18. > :19:20.we are 100 days away, and we really need to make sure

:19:21. > :19:23.that we continue that British Cycling success.

:19:24. > :19:26.The controversy started when sprint cyclist Jess Varnish alleged

:19:27. > :19:29.that Sutton had told her to go and have a baby

:19:30. > :19:43.But it got worse. One of Britain's most decorated Paralympians claimed

:19:44. > :19:48.that Sutton referred to Paralympic cyclist as gimps. And today more

:19:49. > :19:52.allegations, this time from a former BMX world champion. There was one

:19:53. > :19:56.point when I felt like stepping out into the road and ending it all,

:19:57. > :20:01.because that is how bad it got me. It is something that will live with

:20:02. > :20:07.me for the rest of my life. It is something that will always be in the

:20:08. > :20:12.back of my mind. Yeah, that man has got a lot to answer for, I am sure I

:20:13. > :20:16.am not the only person he has affected. In the high pressure world

:20:17. > :20:21.of elite sport, with athletes being pushed to their limits, emotions can

:20:22. > :20:25.run high. But what beats to be decided now is whether there needs

:20:26. > :20:27.to be a change in culture at British Cycling, an organisation that

:20:28. > :20:30.receives more public funding than any other Olympic sport.

:20:31. > :20:33.Today marked 100 days to go until the start of the Rio Games,

:20:34. > :20:35.Team GB's unveiling of their official kit

:20:36. > :20:39.Sutton has received the support of current team members,

:20:40. > :20:41.like double Olympic champion Laura Trott.

:20:42. > :20:43.The question now, whether the departure of British Cycling's

:20:44. > :20:45.top coach costs the country success in Rio.

:20:46. > :20:56.In the latest in our series looking at elections across the UK,

:20:57. > :21:00.where parties are campaigning to win seats at the Stormont Assembly.

:21:01. > :21:03.The Democratic Unionists have warned that if Sinn Fein was to overtake

:21:04. > :21:06.it would lead to a former IRA man, Martin McGuinness,

:21:07. > :21:12.Here's our Ireland correspondent, Chris Buckler.

:21:13. > :21:16.The battle lines of elections in Northern Ireland were drawn

:21:17. > :21:18.a long time ago, yet power-sharing relies on traditional enemies

:21:19. > :21:25.World-renowned artist Colin Davidson painted this portrait

:21:26. > :21:34.It's to be a pair with a painting of Martin McGuinness to commemorate

:21:35. > :21:37.the time they spent as First and Deputy First Minister.

:21:38. > :21:40.But the potential of a former IRA leader taking the top job

:21:41. > :21:44.is worrying the party that Dr Paisley founded.

:21:45. > :21:48.The choice is between myself or Martin McGuinness.

:21:49. > :21:51.What I'm saying to people is you should make the right choice

:21:52. > :21:52.and make sure that I'm the First Minister,

:21:53. > :21:56.But by throwing out that question, you put out the possibility

:21:57. > :21:58.of Martin McGuinness being First Minister.

:21:59. > :22:02.That is a possibility that I haven't put across my mind yet,

:22:03. > :22:04.because I'm going to win this election.

:22:05. > :22:08.that the political landscape here hasn't changed.

:22:09. > :22:11.Even though they worked together in government, Republicans

:22:12. > :22:15.and Unionists couldn't be called faithful friends.

:22:16. > :22:18.There are some very positive and reasonable and constructive

:22:19. > :22:21.politicians within the DUP, but there are also others

:22:22. > :22:26.within the DUP who are sectarian, who are anti-Irish.

:22:27. > :22:28.But only months after it looked like Stormont was melting down,

:22:29. > :22:34.from the other nationalist party, the SDLP.

:22:35. > :22:40.there is any uncertainty at Stormont.

:22:41. > :22:42.If it survived last year and all the messing about,

:22:43. > :22:46.People have now accepted that were going to have

:22:47. > :22:50.What I want is one that actually works.

:22:51. > :22:52.This isn't an election where the focus has been

:22:53. > :22:54.on questions of national identity, and perhaps it's a sign

:22:55. > :22:58.that Northern Ireland's politics is maturing that the debate

:22:59. > :23:05.has instead been about education, the economy, and the health service.

:23:06. > :23:08.The divides between the parties have been most obvious

:23:09. > :23:10.on what are sometimes called the moral issues.

:23:11. > :23:12.The Ulster Unionists are aiming to take votes from the DUP

:23:13. > :23:20.by appearing more liberal on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.

:23:21. > :23:23.I've used previously the phrase, if you are against

:23:24. > :23:25.same-sex marriage, you are on the wrong side of history.

:23:26. > :23:27.That doesn't mean you are wrong to hold that belief,

:23:28. > :23:32.that same-sex marriage will come to Northern Ireland.

:23:33. > :23:34.The challenge for the Alliance, the only cross-community party

:23:35. > :23:38.in the Stormont Executive, is to get households

:23:39. > :23:42.to break the pattern of voting for unionists or nationalists.

:23:43. > :23:44.There is a consistent 10 or 11% of the population

:23:45. > :23:47.vote for parties other than unionism or nationalism.

:23:48. > :23:51.When you look at the divisions that this society has had

:23:52. > :23:54.and compare it with other societies in the world,

:23:55. > :24:00.that's actually relatively significant.

:24:01. > :24:02.But the colours of orange and green that represent

:24:03. > :24:04.unionism and nationalism still dominate politics here.

:24:05. > :24:07.And that means power-sharing requires some unlikely alliances.

:24:08. > :24:14.It was like something from an Enid Blyton story.

:24:15. > :24:16.A group of quick-thinking children helped a police helicopter

:24:17. > :24:23.pointing to where they thought two suspected burglars had gone.

:24:24. > :24:25.In the past hour the children, who are from Surrey,

:24:26. > :24:27.have been thanked by the police at Redhill Aerodrome,

:24:28. > :24:41.For information, we have two persons hiding beneath a tree... It began

:24:42. > :24:46.with police hunting two suspected burglars near Redhill, but the men

:24:47. > :24:52.split up, so who to follow? It was then that police saw this, a group

:24:53. > :24:59.of children on an Easter egg Hunt pointing the way with a human arrow.

:25:00. > :25:04.The Chaplow follows their directions, they then lead officers

:25:05. > :25:13.on the ground to the first suspect, and not far away the second. The

:25:14. > :25:18.second one is in custody, good work. Today, all the children involved

:25:19. > :25:25.recreated their amazing police pointer. Whose idea was it? I said,

:25:26. > :25:30.come on, let's get in an arrow so they can see us, Phoebe got

:25:31. > :25:35.everybody together, she got us all on the floor. It was everyone,

:25:36. > :25:40.wasn't it? You got everyone together. The police say they had

:25:41. > :25:46.never seen anything like it. Some people have likened it to an Enid

:25:47. > :25:51.Blyton story, Famous Five. It was very, very clever, and it served the

:25:52. > :25:55.purpose in the end. Made the difference? Certainly did. Denied,

:25:56. > :26:01.they all received a special award from the police. -- tonight. Two men

:26:02. > :26:06.arrested on suspicion of burglary have since been released on bail.

:26:07. > :26:08.The children are just happy there arrow was of assistance. Duncan

:26:09. > :26:17.Kennedy, BBC News, in Surrey. Back to our main story, have a look

:26:18. > :26:21.at this, this is the scene in Liverpool this evening, where

:26:22. > :26:25.thousands of people have gathered to remember the Hillsborough victims.

:26:26. > :26:30.Remember, there were 96 of them, Liverpool fans, and there they are,

:26:31. > :26:36.gathered outside St George's hall, and there were banners earlier which

:26:37. > :26:40.we saw that said truth and justice. The people of Liverpool now, after

:26:41. > :26:46.the conclusions of the inquests, they have got the truth. Now, they

:26:47. > :26:51.say, they are just waiting for justice. Judith Moritz, our

:26:52. > :26:54.correspondent, was telling us how, really, today, if you walk around

:26:55. > :26:59.Liverpool, if you were standing in that crowd, you would be witnessing

:27:00. > :27:04.a very different city, a changed city. That is Liverpool this

:27:05. > :27:11.evening. Time for a look at the weather now with Jay Wynne.

:27:12. > :27:18.Another chilly day with sunshine and some pretty big showers, this

:27:19. > :27:22.picture sums it up, a really wintry mix, and that will rumble on any

:27:23. > :27:28.next few hours over the eastern side of England, for many places it is

:27:29. > :27:32.dry with clear skies overnight, and there it will turn cold. Major towns

:27:33. > :27:36.and cities just above freezing, in rural spots a couple of degrees

:27:37. > :27:40.below freezing. So another late-season sharp frost. Some rain

:27:41. > :27:46.lurking to the west of Northern Ireland, but dry and bright weather

:27:47. > :27:50.after that, wintry showers over the north-west of England and Wales,

:27:51. > :27:55.some sunshine as well, showers in the south-west. Ahead of that, a

:27:56. > :28:00.good deal of sunshine, cold, patchy cloud, so mist and fog as well.

:28:01. > :28:04.Tomorrow, showers across England and Wales, mostly rain, but the wetter

:28:05. > :28:07.and windier weather pushing across Northern Ireland, eventually

:28:08. > :28:13.crossing the Irish Sea, the South and west of Scotland, turning to

:28:14. > :28:17.snow over the hills. As we get onto Thursday evening, there will be

:28:18. > :28:21.wintry weather for Northern Ireland, northern England, southern Scotland,

:28:22. > :28:25.but this area of snow in the north-east of Scotland is of some

:28:26. > :28:28.concern. 20 centimetres of high ground blowing around in strong

:28:29. > :28:33.winds, transport disruption, it looks like that is more than likely.

:28:34. > :28:35.Elsewhere, there will be wintry showers in the north-west of

:28:36. > :28:37.England, wetter weather along the south coast. George.

:28:38. > :28:40.That's all from the BBC News At Six, so it's goodbye from me,

:28:41. > :28:42.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.