:00:00. > :00:00.The day after the night before - Leicester fans just can't stop
:00:07. > :00:13.celebrating their Premier League title.
:00:14. > :00:15.The players have gone from the relegation
:00:16. > :00:20.zone to champions - how did they do it?
:00:21. > :00:24.I think the secret is the harmony, the love, the passion of the players
:00:25. > :00:36.their first title in more than 100 years
:00:37. > :00:38.We'll be looking at what Leicester's title campaign says
:00:39. > :00:45.Also tonight, toddler Keegan Downer died at the hands
:00:46. > :00:47.of her legal guardian - questions for Birmingham
:00:48. > :00:52.The parents keeping their children away from class in a protest
:00:53. > :00:58.against too much testing in English schools.
:00:59. > :01:00.At seven years old you've got your whole life to be tested,
:01:01. > :01:03.to be checked and to be analysed when school,
:01:04. > :01:08.Banking on Mum and Dad - new figures show that parents have
:01:09. > :01:14.helped to finance a quarter of all mortgages.
:01:15. > :01:17.Coming up in sport, on BBC News, the game that brought Leicester
:01:18. > :01:20.the title could also bring a series of fines and maybe even
:01:21. > :01:43.bans, after an ugly end to Chelsea against Spurs.
:01:44. > :01:46.Good evening and welcome to the BBC's News at Six.
:01:47. > :01:50.It's been described as the greatest fairytale in sporting history.
:01:51. > :01:53.Leicester City have gone from relegation candidates
:01:54. > :01:55.to league champions, with a team costing only
:01:56. > :02:00.The head of the Premier League, Richard Scudamore, said Leicester
:02:01. > :02:04.Leicester's title follows Tottenham's failure to beat
:02:05. > :02:06.Chelsea last night - handing the Foxes their
:02:07. > :02:18.Our sports editor Dan Roan is in Leicester for us now.
:02:19. > :02:24.Thanks, George. As you can see and hear behind me, the party that began
:02:25. > :02:29.late last night outside Leicester City's Stadium is still going on.
:02:30. > :02:34.And it's no surprise. Let's remember that Leicester City, 5000-1 rank
:02:35. > :02:39.outsiders to win the Premier League title before the season began, have
:02:40. > :02:44.confounded us all. They are the champions and they breathe new life
:02:45. > :02:48.into sport. Champions like never before.
:02:49. > :02:51.Leicester City, players, coaches and the club's owners, together for the
:02:52. > :02:56.first time since they were crowned the latest and least likely winners
:02:57. > :03:02.the Premier League has ever seen. I feel good. I feel good, it was an
:03:03. > :03:09.amazing achievement for me, for the lads, for the chairman, for our
:03:10. > :03:12.fans. Something special. Unbelievable. Last night, the squad
:03:13. > :03:18.fans. Something special. watched as Spurs's draw against
:03:19. > :03:21.Chelsea handed them the title. Today, the fans continued
:03:22. > :03:25.Chelsea handed them the title. celebration, the like of which this
:03:26. > :03:29.city has never seen. For the city itself, it is enormous. It's going
:03:30. > :03:37.to make such a difference. People have been saying about Richard III,
:03:38. > :03:41.do you think it is luck on the team, but he doesn't play football, does
:03:42. > :03:47.he? It's the boys that have done it. We were here until 3am, partying all
:03:48. > :03:53.night. We are here again today. I have just renewed my season ticket.
:03:54. > :03:58.If ever there was a David against Goliath story in sport... This is
:03:59. > :04:00.If ever there was a David against story that translates to all,
:04:01. > :04:06.Leicester, capturing the global's imagination and making headlines
:04:07. > :04:09.everywhere, from the United States to Thailand, where Buddhists
:04:10. > :04:12.worshipped to Thailand, where Buddhists
:04:13. > :04:16.owners flew into the humble training ground earlier to congratulate a
:04:17. > :04:18.team that has turned the football world upside down. Back in
:04:19. > :04:25.team that has turned the football we used to sell out half a stadium.
:04:26. > :04:31.They have stuck through the team, thick and thin, it is good that they
:04:32. > :04:33.enjoy it like the players do. The city
:04:34. > :04:42.was brought to a standstill as the players arrived at a restaurant for
:04:43. > :04:45.a celebratory lunch. It is a fairy tale, if it ever gets topped, I
:04:46. > :04:53.would love to be there and see that. I can't see anybody getting over
:04:54. > :04:57.this. Despite being written off, and with a squad with a fraction of
:04:58. > :04:59.their richer rivals, they have confounded all expectations and can
:05:00. > :05:05.look forward to playing Champions League football next season. There
:05:06. > :05:09.is a victory for sound recruitment and team spirit, proof that there is
:05:10. > :05:13.hope for the underdog, even in the Premier League, where money always
:05:14. > :05:16.talked until now. I think it alters the dynamic for everybody, those
:05:17. > :05:19.clubs that maybe feel they have underachieved this season, it will
:05:20. > :05:24.give them renewed energy and determination. Come back and be even
:05:25. > :05:27.stronger. For those that consider themselves like Leicester, and there
:05:28. > :05:31.must be a broad range of those clubs, probably 15 or 20 clubs
:05:32. > :05:35.either side of Leicester's size that consider themselves to be similar.
:05:36. > :05:37.It gives them hope and it gives everybody hope that it can be
:05:38. > :05:44.achieved. Leicester's everybody hope that it can be
:05:45. > :05:48.put a smile back on the face of football. Even if, in time, it
:05:49. > :05:52.proves to be a glorious one-off, it is a club that will forever be
:05:53. > :06:00.synonymous with sport's enduring ability to surprise.
:06:01. > :06:03.These fans can look forward to the trophy presentation when a play
:06:04. > :06:07.Everton at the weekend. This team cost just ?23 million, a fraction of
:06:08. > :06:12.some of Leicester City's wealthier rivals. This was not meant to happen
:06:13. > :06:16.in the modern game. Money was meant to rule in the Premier League. But
:06:17. > :06:17.Leicester City have confounded everybody and the sport feels
:06:18. > :06:27.somewhat different today. A mother of four has been found
:06:28. > :06:31.guilty of murdering an 18-month-old girl in her care.
:06:32. > :06:33.Birmingham Crown Court heard that the toddler's body had over 150
:06:34. > :06:37.Earlier in the year, Downer had been appointed
:06:38. > :06:38.the child's legal guardian with the backing of
:06:39. > :06:44.Keegan Downer - a bright and happy baby, filmed by the foster
:06:45. > :06:50.family just weeks before she left their care.
:06:51. > :06:52.But seven months later, the toddler had died.
:06:53. > :06:54.The court heard she had suffered excutiating pain, murdered
:06:55. > :07:00.by the woman who'd been appointed as her legal guardian.
:07:01. > :07:05.34-year-old Kandyce Downer was a full-time student,
:07:06. > :07:07.who already had four children of her own.
:07:08. > :07:09.Her private life was described as complex - separated
:07:10. > :07:13.from their fathers, her new partner was still married.
:07:14. > :07:19.Darren Mahon and his family got to know Keegan while she was living
:07:20. > :07:21.with her foster carers, before she was handed
:07:22. > :07:24.over to Kandyce Downer at nine months old.
:07:25. > :07:38.I hate her for what she's done to that beautiful, amazing,
:07:39. > :07:46.When Keegan came to live here, it should have been a new beginning
:07:47. > :07:48.for a baby whose mother was unable to look after her.
:07:49. > :07:52.Kandyce Downer's own children showed no signs of abuse.
:07:53. > :07:54.But forensic officers soon found evidence of how Keegan
:07:55. > :08:02.Her cot and the walls surrounding it were splattered with blood.
:08:03. > :08:05.I personally haven't come to terms with the level of brutality
:08:06. > :08:09.and violence inflicted on such a beautiful child.
:08:10. > :08:11.I don't think I ever will, and I don't understand
:08:12. > :08:19.There were 153 scars and marks across Keegan's face and body.
:08:20. > :08:23.Both her right and left thigh bones had been fractured.
:08:24. > :08:25.She had seven broken ribs and there was evidence of a serious
:08:26. > :08:37.head and spinal injury, thought to be caused by shaking.
:08:38. > :08:39.Keegan was taken to hospital after emergency services
:08:40. > :08:45.received that 999 call, but it was too late.
:08:46. > :08:47.Just minutes before phoning for an ambulance, Kandyce Downer had
:08:48. > :08:54.They contained the toddler's bloodstained bedding.
:08:55. > :08:58.Kandyce Downer said her 17-year-old son and her other children may have
:08:59. > :09:03.caused Keegan's injuries, but she alone had been responsible
:09:04. > :09:05.for the toddler's suffering and will be sentenced
:09:06. > :09:14.An investigation into the decision by Birmingham Social Services
:09:15. > :09:16.to place Keegan in her care is underway.
:09:17. > :09:21.Sian Lloyd, BBC News, Birmingham Crown Court.
:09:22. > :09:22.Some parents in England kept their children away
:09:23. > :09:25.from the classroom this morning in a protest against tests for six
:09:26. > :09:29.They claim the tests are stressful and crowd out creativity.
:09:30. > :09:32.Ministers say the tests are vital to make sure children
:09:33. > :09:34.have the literacy and numeracy skills to make the best
:09:35. > :09:42.Here's our education editor Branwen Jeffreys.
:09:43. > :09:51.Heading out, not to school, but a day in the Bluebell woods. A red
:09:52. > :09:57.Kite has moved into the area. Parents in Wiltshire, voting with
:09:58. > :10:02.their feet. Gathering for story telling and games, in protest at the
:10:03. > :10:05.tests their children are facing. There are children at the moment and
:10:06. > :10:09.we are pushing them and pushing them to get better results, not for them,
:10:10. > :10:13.not for what is going to benefit them and us at a country as they get
:10:14. > :10:18.older, but what is going to benefit the country now and its standing in
:10:19. > :10:20.the world. At seven-year's old, I think you have the rest of your life
:10:21. > :10:28.to be tested and think you have the rest of your life
:10:29. > :10:31.for me, this age, is about fun. 43 children were taken out of the local
:10:32. > :10:36.village school today. It was one of hundreds of protests across England.
:10:37. > :10:39.The number of parents taking part in today's protests is relatively
:10:40. > :10:44.small, not least because many people are working. But it does tap into a
:10:45. > :10:47.wider unease about these tests and how hard they are this year. In
:10:48. > :10:59.English, a six or seven-year-old might be asked to write the words I
:11:00. > :11:04.am as one word, using an' apostrophe. The questions for
:11:05. > :11:09.11-year-olds are much harder. The schools Minister Nick Gibb struggled
:11:10. > :11:14.with one bastion. I went to the cinema after I had eaten my dinner.
:11:15. > :11:19.Is the word after being used as a subordinating conjunction or
:11:20. > :11:27.preposition. It's a preposition. I don't think it is! It can be used in
:11:28. > :11:33.some contexts as a... Were it... He went on to explain why ministers
:11:34. > :11:36.think tests matter. It's about ensuring that future generations of
:11:37. > :11:40.children, unlike me, who was not taught grammar at primary school, we
:11:41. > :11:45.need to make sure future generations are taught it properly. What happens
:11:46. > :11:52.if they don't learn the basics by seven? He -- the chief inspector of
:11:53. > :11:58.schools backed ministers, warning they could fall behind for the rest
:11:59. > :12:03.of their lives, a view shared by some parent campaigners. Then need
:12:04. > :12:06.the basics of grammar, mastery of their language and the basics of
:12:07. > :12:09.maths. To ensure they are taught that way, they need to be tested.
:12:10. > :12:13.This gives the evidence of whether the teachers have taught these
:12:14. > :12:18.things. A day of freedom, but testing is probably here to stay.
:12:19. > :12:25.Scotland got rid of tests, but plans to bring them back.
:12:26. > :12:27.The BBC has learnt that more than 60 companies have expressed
:12:28. > :12:29.an interest in taking over Tata Steel's UK assets.
:12:30. > :12:31.Two groups have already made formal bids.
:12:32. > :12:34.The business was put up for sale in March, leaving
:12:35. > :12:38.Our Wales Correspondent, Hywel Griffith, sent this
:12:39. > :12:45.report from the company's plant at Port Talbot.
:12:46. > :12:51.It is a nerve rattling journey. But Tata's search for a buyer does,
:12:52. > :12:55.slowly, seem to be heading in the Tata's search for a buyer does,
:12:56. > :12:59.right direction. The blast furnaces at Port Talbot keep making metal
:13:00. > :13:04.around the clock. This is the part of the business that has been losing
:13:05. > :13:10.money. But, we are told, losses are no longer at ?1 million per day.
:13:11. > :13:14.Things might be turning around. We are optimistic. Obviously there is a
:13:15. > :13:17.lot of speculation, this, that and the other. We try to block that out,
:13:18. > :13:23.come to work and do what we can do to the best of our ability. Our
:13:24. > :13:28.customers, product range and what we can do is world-class. We have the
:13:29. > :13:34.capability, we just need a buyer. It is understood that more than 65
:13:35. > :13:39.buyers have made their interest known to Tata, but only two have put
:13:40. > :13:45.in public, formal bids, Liberty and Excalibur comedy management buyout
:13:46. > :13:50.team. Only Excalibur would keep the blast furnaces, making their future
:13:51. > :13:55.uncertain. What plans the buyers might have for this place, and the
:13:56. > :14:03.ten other UK sites, is also unclear. Some of the bidders will be
:14:04. > :14:05.individuals or groups looking to exploit government subsidy, asset
:14:06. > :14:08.strip and exploit government subsidy, asset
:14:09. > :14:10.not what is likely to come forward as the final buyer for the company.
:14:11. > :14:17.not what is likely to come forward Today, the Welsh government
:14:18. > :14:17.not what is likely to come forward comedy management buyout team. It
:14:18. > :14:21.pressed the comedy management buyout team. It
:14:22. > :14:22.same. This is a calculated political decision by
:14:23. > :14:24.same. This is a calculated political government. They know with two
:14:25. > :14:26.same. This is a calculated political to go before an election, being seen
:14:27. > :14:31.to do everything they can to to go before an election, being seen
:14:32. > :14:37.these works is a vote winner. But the responded by saying very to
:14:38. > :14:41.would support the buyout. -- other parties responded. How the sale ends
:14:42. > :14:43.is far beyond the control of any politician. Only Tata will decide
:14:44. > :14:48.who takes the business on. Where would first time buyers be
:14:49. > :15:05.without the bank of mum and dad? Coming up in sports day, after
:15:06. > :15:15.lifting his own trophy, Mark Selby Coming up in sports day, after
:15:16. > :15:18.Saturday to watch his team Coming up in sports day, after
:15:19. > :15:29.title at the Crucible. It's been called "the bank of mum
:15:30. > :15:36.and dad" - parents dipping New figures show that parents
:15:37. > :15:39.will help finance around a quarter That's likely to be
:15:40. > :15:44.worth ?5 billion. And much of that is
:15:45. > :15:46.unlikely to be repaid. Our Economics Editor,
:15:47. > :15:59.Kamal Ahmed, reports Meet one of Britain's most important
:16:00. > :16:03.mortgage lenders. Gillian Grant has spent a family inheritance
:16:04. > :16:09.supporting her six children and stepchildren clamber on the evermore
:16:10. > :16:12.difficult housing ladder. A good parent would not allow their
:16:13. > :16:16.children to be exploited in the housing market if there was any
:16:17. > :16:19.possible way of avoiding it. We were in the fortunate position of having
:16:20. > :16:24.inherited a little bit of money ourselves and did not need it so we
:16:25. > :16:29.were able to pass it on. How important is the bank of mum and
:16:30. > :16:34.dad? More than 300,000 people will be helped by their parents or
:16:35. > :16:42.grandparents in 2016. The average contribution is ?17,000 towards the
:16:43. > :16:47.cost of a new home. 50% and percent of the money is given as a gift and
:16:48. > :16:50.18% as interest-free loans. The problem is the increasing housing
:16:51. > :16:55.inequality gap for those with no access to the family bank. Many
:16:56. > :16:59.parents simply cannot afford to help their children and this comes down
:17:00. > :17:03.to one thing, that housing is simply too unaffordable at the moment. That
:17:04. > :17:07.will only change when we start building homes which people on low
:17:08. > :17:13.and ordinary incomes can afford to buy or rent. Political leaders now
:17:14. > :17:18.this is their problem. We need a national crusade to get home is
:17:19. > :17:26.built. Evidence of that crusade is shaky. The number of houses it
:17:27. > :17:32.needs. Britain has had the housing supply problem for decades but there
:17:33. > :17:36.are solutions, this is Bracknell just outside London, a multi-million
:17:37. > :17:41.pound development. On the side these will be affordable homes and on this
:17:42. > :17:44.side they will be shops. It's a mixed use development in the centre
:17:45. > :17:50.of the town. Private developers think this could fix the problem of
:17:51. > :17:55.the bank of mum and dad. Similar schemes are springing up around the
:17:56. > :17:58.country but it's taken a while. The major reason has been such a problem
:17:59. > :18:03.is political will at the national level and a local level. We have
:18:04. > :18:06.never managed to get political leadership and long-term money
:18:07. > :18:12.working together. For the first time we are seeing that in the UK. There
:18:13. > :18:15.is a lot more hard work to be done. The latest figures for new
:18:16. > :18:18.house-building in the UK are down by 9%.
:18:19. > :18:21.A court has heard how a pensioner was stabbed 39
:18:22. > :18:24.times by another driver following a minor road accident.
:18:25. > :18:26.Mathew Daley denies murdering Don Lock but has admitted
:18:27. > :18:28.attacking the 79-year old after their cars
:18:29. > :18:33.Lewes Crown Court was told that Daley's family had warned doctors
:18:34. > :18:39.about his mental health and that he risked harming someone.
:18:40. > :18:41.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has insisted his party
:18:42. > :18:43.will not lose any seats in Thursday's English
:18:44. > :18:48.He says he's "going on" with the job despite talk
:18:49. > :18:53.Meanwhile, the Conservative minister Amber Rudd has denied divisions
:18:54. > :18:57.in her party over the EU referendum would harm its chances.
:18:58. > :18:59.Here's our deputy political editor, John Pienaar, with the latest
:19:00. > :19:09.But he should be. elections around the UK.
:19:10. > :19:12.The smiles and show of unity hide the fact that Jeremy Corbyn
:19:13. > :19:16.Bad results in Thursday's elections, and the trouble starts.
:19:17. > :19:19.Especially if this prediction goes badly wrong.
:19:20. > :19:22.We are looking to gain seats where we can.
:19:23. > :19:29.Team Corbyn is ready to put a gloss on what may be poor results
:19:30. > :19:31.and fight for their boss against those determined to kick
:19:32. > :19:36.I'm here, I'm going on, of course I am.
:19:37. > :19:39.Out campaigning earlier, Jeremy Corbyn turned on those MPs
:19:40. > :19:41.saying anything but hundreds more council seats would add up
:19:42. > :19:49.Stop speculating and get out campaigning is what I say to them.
:19:50. > :19:52.People in this country have suffered enormous cuts in local government
:19:53. > :19:55.services because of what central government has done to them.
:19:56. > :19:58.We have just had a budget put through that increases inequality
:19:59. > :20:03.I was elected leader of this party with a very large mandate.
:20:04. > :20:07.I'm doing my best to carry out that mandate and I will carry
:20:08. > :20:10.And you will see off your critics and your enemies?
:20:11. > :20:13.I will carry out that mandate, that is why I was elected.
:20:14. > :20:16.Jeremy Corbyn's supporters will blame disloyalty
:20:17. > :20:21.His enemies will lay the blame squarely on him.
:20:22. > :20:24.A lot depends on whether ordinary members are persuaded or not
:20:25. > :20:29.And in the Shadow Cabinet they tell me they are split.
:20:30. > :20:31.Some want to stage a leadership challenge, but only
:20:32. > :20:35.Others are so disillusioned and unhappy with life under
:20:36. > :20:39.the present management, they want to stage a mutiny anyway.
:20:40. > :20:41.And they have raised large sums of donations ahead
:20:42. > :20:48.So we are talking about potholes, buses, in or out, we are trying
:20:49. > :20:53.Of course the Conservatives want to avoid talking in or out
:20:54. > :20:55.when they are campaigning, they are so badly split over Europe.
:20:56. > :20:58.And local issues count in local elections.
:20:59. > :21:01.Surely not good, though, that they are seen as pushing
:21:02. > :21:03.councils around on school academies, say, or more elected mayors.
:21:04. > :21:06.I don't accept that we are trying to push them around.
:21:07. > :21:09.There are some who have got issues with them,
:21:10. > :21:13.But the overall story here is about wanting
:21:14. > :21:15.to promote a strong economy, supporting businesses, making sure
:21:16. > :21:19.That is what really matters on the doors.
:21:20. > :21:22.Voters do not like divided parties, and your party
:21:23. > :21:28.The fact is, over this particular election,
:21:29. > :21:30.the local government election, we are absolutely united.
:21:31. > :21:34.We all want to make progress, deliver strong local councils.
:21:35. > :21:45.All the parties want to show progress.
:21:46. > :21:49.You have got to be a bit of a mug to predict how many gains
:21:50. > :21:54.But I do think there are councils out there in which we already
:21:55. > :21:56.have people elected, on which we are going to build.
:21:57. > :21:58.The Liberal Democrats may gain ground, more council seats.
:21:59. > :22:01.They are almost bound to do better than the last
:22:02. > :22:03.Britain needs a fresh, vibrant, Liberal Democrat
:22:04. > :22:05.opposition which stands against the Conservatives' attempts
:22:06. > :22:07.to cut services, whether police, schools or hospitals.
:22:08. > :22:11.It is a hard slog, but could they hold their ground,
:22:12. > :22:14.especially after Labour's push to the left?
:22:15. > :22:16.Once people get one Green councillor, they usually
:22:17. > :22:24.While the campaign goes on, no one is talking a leadership
:22:25. > :22:28.But uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, they say.
:22:29. > :22:31.And I know of two senior MPs who have told friends
:22:32. > :22:35.they are considering starting a contest by running against him.
:22:36. > :22:37.Among his hostile shadow ministers, one has told me a resignation
:22:38. > :22:43.If Jeremy Corbyn is enjoying this, he is maybe tougher than he seems.
:22:44. > :22:48.And for a full list of candidates in your area you can go
:22:49. > :22:58.More now on our top story this evening.
:22:59. > :23:00.Leicester City's historic win - their first league title
:23:01. > :23:06.They defied the 5000-1 odds at the start of the season,
:23:07. > :23:10.winning all but three league games to claim their spot at the top
:23:11. > :23:13.Elaine Dunkley has been speaking to the fans celebrating one
:23:14. > :23:23.of the most unlikely triumphs in sporting history.
:23:24. > :23:29.There is no stopping the excitement at Shaftesbury junior school.
:23:30. > :23:34.Fantasy football has become a dream come true for Leicester 's young
:23:35. > :23:38.fans. It was amazing because I have been a Leicester fan for so long and
:23:39. > :23:44.nothing like this has ever happened and it was just so, like, emotional,
:23:45. > :23:50.the fact we could achieve this. It is cool that we were at the bottom
:23:51. > :23:56.of the league last year and now we are at the top. It's just a miracle.
:23:57. > :24:00.Believing in miracles might just be the thing in Leicester. This is a
:24:01. > :24:05.city which recently reburied a king whose remains were found in a car
:24:06. > :24:10.park. It started just over a year ago with King Richard III. That came
:24:11. > :24:16.with lots of global spotlight on the city and it couldn't get any better
:24:17. > :24:19.than that, but 5000-1, it is here! I am proud of this city
:24:20. > :24:26.than that, but 5000-1, it is here! I players and my children. I am proud
:24:27. > :24:29.of being a teacher. This is when I signed for Leicester, 1977. The
:24:30. > :24:35.feel-good factor in one of Britain's most diverse city has reached fever
:24:36. > :24:41.pitch. Duan Morton first signed for Leicester City in 1977 at the age of
:24:42. > :24:45.14. I am proud to say I used to play for Leicester City. Before I never
:24:46. > :24:49.used to tell nobody now I am telling everybody I played for Leicester
:24:50. > :24:56.City. Around the city many want to share their own surprising stories
:24:57. > :25:01.of success. At 5000-1, Leigh Herbert placed a ?5 bet on Leicester winning
:25:02. > :25:12.the Premier League. The bulk of the money will be used towards a deposit
:25:13. > :25:19.on my first house. Why thank you Leicester, thank you Claudio
:25:20. > :25:23.Ranieri, thank you my football club. As the party continues for a
:25:24. > :27:26.Here's Matt Taylor. into believing.
:27:27. > :27:31.That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me -