27/05/2016 BBC News at Six

Lurid and misleading - an influential group of MPs

slams the claims being made by politicians

on both sides of the EU referendum debate.

The Treasury Select Committee says the public is rightly fed up

of bogus and confusing arguments made by the Leave

What we've got is an arms race of claim and counterclaim.

It's not just confusing the public,

it's impoverishing the political debate.

It calls for an amnesty on misleading claims by politicians.

Barack Obama embraces a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb

as he becomes the first sitting US President to visit the city.

Jailed - the driver who swerved across another car,

The "special one" is confirmed at Manchester United

and says he's ready to be the best manager.

And marking 250 years at Britain's oldest theatre.

How a new generation of performers is being inspired.

Ivo Karlovic proves not such a tall task for Andy Murray

Murray is through to the last 16 in straight sets.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

That's how the claims being made by politicians on both sides

of the EU referendum campaign have been described by an

The Treasury Select Committee says the public are thoroughly fed up

of what they call an "arms race" of lurid claims and counter claims

about everything from jobs, to family incomes, spending

The home you live in, your weekly shop, your monthly bills. These

things are all at risk. Why are we sending ?10 billion each year net to

Brussels, some of which is spent on Spanish bull-fighting? In this

campaign, both sides have made claims about EU membership which

could be called extreme. Today, both were criticised by MPs for using

statistics which are not always true and misrepresenting some facts and

figures. What we have in this campaign is lurid claim and

counterclaim by both sides. This is confusing the public. We really need

an amnesty on this arms race. Many people want to know the true price

of staying in or leaving the EU, but some figures don't seem to add up. A

claim by Brexit campaigners got the strongest criticism. They say we are

giving the EU ?350 million a week which could be spent on the NHS if

we left, but the report said that is highly misleading because it does

not consider the UK's rebate, a discount on what we paid to Europe,

all the money that comes back for things like farming subsidies. On

the other side, the claim that leaving would cost families ?4300 a

year has, according to the report, been misconstrued. That figure is

based on the potential impact on the whole economy, which is not the same

as each household. For some people, it is denting trust in both camps.

They are supposed to know about finance and how the country is run

but they are conflicting in their viewpoints. Some of it you can

believe, some of it you can't. It comes down to gut feelings. We all

know that politicians lie, it is part of the job description. People

are told this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,

which matters more than a general election, but this poll showed the

public is fed up with the lack of facts, and the danger for both

campaigns is that if people are turned off by the debate they may

not turn out to vote. Despite being told they are misleading, Leave

campaigners are standing by the figures front and centre of their

campaign. We have been clear that we hand ?350 million each week across

to Brussels. Some of it comes back, but we don't have control of that

money. The Remain figures, based on Treasury analysis, should withstand

more scrutiny. Campaigners say they are not wrong, just misinterpreted.

The figures are right, and these estimates have been coming out. The

Remain campaign must communicate the detail of the figures so they can be

justified. With neither side backing down, despite criticism, there is no

sign yet of an end to this claim and counterclaim.

Our Economics Editor, Kamal Ahmed, is with me here.

It does not look like anything is going to change, so where does it

leave voters trying to make sense of it? Alex is right. I have spoken to

figures in both campaigns, and there is not a lot of contrition, not a

lot of, golly, it has gone wrong, we will change how we do it. For the

Leave campaign, they think that ?350 million each week figure is a

winner. In focus groups, that cuts through to people about the supposed

costs of remaining in the European Union. Remain say the criticisms are

far harsher for the Leave campaign, but as in that report, they said

they will look at how they word claims around 4300 per household

cost. Are all of the facts misinterpreted and twisted? Probably

not. I went through the committee report and it says four things which

appear to be more reliable. They are that there would be, the committee

says, a short-term economic impact of leading the European Union. Trade

with the European Union would be likely to fall. On the other side,

more supportive of Brexit, the EU regulatory burden would fall, which

could be good for the economy and there could be new trade deals. The

committee says there are grains of truth in there. If you focus on

those four areas, voters can probably find them.

If you want more information on the referendum, or to check the facts

behind the claims, there is a special section on our website.

Barack Obama has become the first sitting American President

to visit Hiroshima, where a US atomic bomb killed

at least 140,000 people at the end of World War II.

but said the memory of what happened there must never fade.

After he laid a wreath at the city's memorial,

he hugged one of the few remaining survivors.

From Hiroshima, John Sudworth sent this report.

71 years ago a US President sent a single bomb to destroy

Today, a holder of that same office came here

for the first time, standing next to the Japanese Prime Minister

It's impossible to deny, of course, the deep

The huge media presence are here to see the leader

of the only country ever to have used an atomic weapon

paying his respects in Hiroshima, a city that has come to symbolise

On a bright, cloudless morning, death fell from the sky

A flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city,

and demonstrated that mankind possessed the means

From the instant of the first blast...

President Obama has made it clear, though, that he is not

here to offer an apology for an act his predecessors have

I said to my friend, look, beautiful, aeroplane

As she pointed, the bomb exploded in the sky above her.

She still suffers the effects of the serious burns today.

What do you think about the visit by President Obama to Hiroshima?

I was very happy to hear that, because that is one

But, as always, a short distance from the President stands

an officer carrying America's nuclear launch codes.

It's a reminder of the reality, on a day strong on symbolism

A driving instructor who crashed his car in a road rage incident,

leaving two young girls paralysed, has been jailed for

Andrew Nay was seen laughing and smiling just moments before

he swerved his car into an oncoming vehicle carrying the two girls,

and our correspondent Sangita Myska is there for us now.

This is a desperately upsetting story.

Very much so. Angry and arrogant, Andrew Nay's Road rage led him to

pull off this very busy road onto this notorious junction, headlong

into traffic. That crash was so loud that people I have been speaking to

say they could hear it inside their own homes. Andrew Nay was a man who

should have known better, but his snap decision tonight means that two

little girls may never walk again. Last October, Andrew Nay was a lead

off-road driving instructor Tonight, Nay is behind bars

because his dangerous driving has Five-year-old Katrina

and eight-year-old Karlina Raiba were in their parent's car

when it was hit by Nay. Their father today described

the girls' condition. They are quite smiley, quite happy,

asking lots of questions It's hard to tell them

how long does it takes. This is the footage from a camera

mounted on the dashboard It captures them driving along

the A509 in Northamptonshire. Nay, in his company

Land Rover Discovery, swings out at speed

into the Raibas' path. The reason Andrew Nay swerved out

of that junction at such high speed is because he was chasing down

and bullying another driver who had crossed his path

earlier in his journey. Witnesses at Nay's trial say

that they saw him laughing and joking just seconds

before he smashed into This is probably one of the most

tragic cases I have had to deal This will go on for years

and will affect them for years. The girls' parents have been

repeatedly described by those involved in the case as "utterly

devoted to them". At this stage, it remains unclear

whether the girls will be able Sangita Myska, BBC News,

Northamptonshire. 23 athletes from the 2012

London Olympics have The International Olympic Committee

retested samples from the Games in an effort to prevent "drug

cheats" from competing It said the 23 athletes came

from five different sports David Cameron says Britain will send

another warship to bolster Libyan attempts to staunch

the flow of migrants Once its mission is approved

by the UN, the Royal Navy ship

will also target boats smuggling arms to so-called Islamic

State fighters in Libya to support the new national unity

government there. Last week we brought

you extraordinary pictures from inside Wandsworth Prison

revealing the level of drug abuse and allegations of corruption that

goes on behind bars. Today, a prison officer who worked

in Wandsworth has been jailed for six years after smuggling heroin

and mobile phones into the prison. How common is it that prison staff

themselves should be involved? Well, it is more common than you

might imagine and is one of the issues the Ministry of Justice is

grappling with at the moment. In pictures broadcast last week, filmed

at Wandsworth prison, you saw prisoners openly smoking drugs on

the wing, prisoners talking about the easy availability of drugs in

prison. The problem became so bad in London eight years ago that the

police set up a special prison 's anti-corruption team. Since they

have been operating, they have got 40 staff convicted and 40 other

people convicted of smuggling offences and other corruption

offences. The man sentenced today was quite a bad example. He had

smuggled in heroin, cannabis, 18 mobile phones and 17 Sim cards. He

was doing it on the half of the girlfriend of one of the prisoners

he was supposed to be guarding. Today, he was sent to prison for six

years. The Ministry of Justice said it welcomed the sentences but that

the majority of prison staff are honest and hard-working

professionals. An influential group of MPs slams

politicians on both sides of the EU referendum debate for making bogus,

misleading and confusing claims. And still to come -

rehearsals for a unique production of King Lear to mark

the Old Vic's big birthday. Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

A steady day's work for England on the first day of the second Test

against Sri Lanka, but Alastair Cook fell five short of his

landmark 10,000 runs. Now, four weeks from today,

we'll know the answer. Will the UK be staying in or leaving

the European Union? So all this week we've been

hearing the voters' views from around the country,

and tonight our Home Editor, Mark Easton, is in

Knowsley on Merseyside. Is Knowsley a particularly

English place, Mark? Well, I don't know if you remember

when you filled out your census form, there was a question that

asked you what you thought your national identity was. Here in

Knowsley, a higher proportion of people ticked English rather than

British than almost anywhere in the country. Indeed, there is one ward

here - 82% of people said that they were English and I can't find

anywhere in the country with a higher figure than that. Researchers

say people who described themselves as English are far more likely also

to say that they want to leave the EU. So I have been trying to find

out what is going on. There's nowhere in Britain as white,

English and Christian as Knowsley. Immigration has barely

touched this area. Only 2% of residents were born

outside the British Isles. But it's also the second most

deprived neighbourhood in England, Experts have looked at all

the numbers and concluded that this area should be among

the most Eurosceptic I personally think we should

stay in. The country is getting

a bit too overpopulated. Pull up the drawbridge?

Yeah, 100%, that's the word. I'm going to vote

stay in. Really? Yes.

Purely for security reasons. You will get a vote in a few weeks,

which way do you think Out!

The sooner the bloody better! It's only a snapshot,

but it does seem opinions are more nuanced than simple analysis

of the polls suggests. The referendum issues

are complicated and disputed, far removed from the realities

of people struggling to get by in one of the poorest

and least-educated communities How do you feel about

the European Union referendum? Really?

I don't know what that means. The polls suggest that places

like this are more likely to want to leave the EU

and there is clear anxiety about the perceived

threat from outsiders. My opinion is, get all the English

in here and get all the Polish out. We can't even get a house,

the Polish get everything There's more foreigners coming

in to our country and it's hard enough for us to get jobs,

but they seem to be getting jobs thrown at them,

where we can't get a job, I wouldn't like to leave the EU,

but what I'm saying is, The fear of change from being

in the EU against the fear of change English nationalism tends to mean

support for the Leave campaign. It is easier to love

England than the EU. But in The Bulldog pub down

the road, again it's not I think we're a small unit

in the world. I'm not sure that being alone

we could fight anything. A small country, maybe

in size of square footage We used to have a strong air force

and a strong navy. I'm not sure going out and staying

in there is going to be that Because it makes me feel

comfortable. What the people of Knowsley

seem to be telling us, is that if they vote

in the referendum, it won't be based on class or party allegiance,

but on what makes them feel more secure and the reason it is so hard

to call is they know The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

and former leader Ed Miliband have been out campaigning today -

it's the first time the two men have appeared together since Mr Miliband

lost the General Election last year. They were in Doncaster pushing

the case for remaining in the EU and our deputy political editor,

John Pienaar, has been Does this look like a winning

combination to you? Well, Ed Miliband's back

and Jeremy Corbyn obviously loves having a big name alongside

who is loyal. Even a leader he never

obeyed during long years while he was voting against Labour

policy more often Jeremy Corbyn wants you back

in his team, has he any hope? I'm not going to speculate

on Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle. You want him back in your

Shadow Cabinet, don't you? For now, they were trying to swing

Labour support behind an EU In vote. Labour's past and present may become

Labour's future if Ed Miliband follows up by accepting the offer

of a big job in Team Corbyn. Here is a sight to gladden

the hearts of Jeremy Corbyn's most dedicated supporters -

the idea of Ed Miliband joining Jeremy Corbyn's team as a member

of the Shadow Cabinet. That is as pleasing to them

as it is horrifying to so many of Ed Miliband's

former senior colleagues. One former Labour Cabinet Minister

told me, if Ed joins Jeremy's team, Wherever the campaign goes,

Labour supporters are worried Their past and present leaders

are just as convinced I want the people to understand

we live in one world. And recognise the benefits that have

come from people working abroad You lost an argument last May,

the General Election, Where does that leave you in trying

to win this argument? I think that is true we lost

the General Election, but, as I say, for the nine

people who voted Labour, they want guidance,

they want to know where Labour stands and that is why the Labour

voice is important. Well, you will have

to ask them that. For Labour EU Outers,

the answer is no. They are worried about where the EU

is going, and the high levels They are worried about democracy

and control, and they have real concerns about all these things and,

not surprisingly, maybe a third or 40% of Labour voters

are in inclined to vote for Brexit. They think they are

right, in lockstep. Where this partnership is heading,

if anywhere, much less centre. Many motorists in France are still

having trouble finding fuel, as a result of strikes and blockades

by French trade unions. All but one of the union

blockades at fuel depots have But shortages have caused long

queues at petrol stations. The RAC says people heading

across the Channel for the half term holiday should fill

their tanks before leaving. After much rumour -

and some rancour - Jose Mourhino - the self-styled "special one" -

is on his way to Manchester United. He's signed a three-year

contract as manager, worth ?12 million a year,

replacing Louis van Gaal. The Portuguese coach,

who was sacked by Chelsea last year, said he was prepared

for the scale of the job. Manchester United is one of these

clubs where you need really to be prepared for it because it's

what I used to call a giant club and giant clubs must be for the best

managers and I think I'm Our sports news correspondent,

Katie Gornall, is at Old Trafford Well, Jose Mourinho will be

Manchester United's third manager since the departure of Sir Alex

Ferguson, less than three years ago. They have spent the money and turned

to him because of his record for instant success. He has won the

league title in four countries, he's won the Champions League twice.

There will be reservations about this appointment. Manchester chester

United are built on dynasties. Mourinho's record doesn't suggest

that kind of longevity. He faced questions over his behaviour, over

his style of play. United feel that he is the man to take them back to

the top and his appointment here, coupled with the arrival of Pep

Guardiola at Manchester City next season and Conte at Chelsea, means

the Premier League can lay claim to be home to the superstar manager and

the superstar players may well follow this summer.

It's Britain's oldest working theatre, where audiences

have been enthralled, exhilarated and

The Bristol Old Vic marks its 250th birthday this weekend.

And, as Jon Kay reports, one of its most successful stars has

gone back to inspire a new generation of performers.

Two-and-a-half centuries of drama, at Britain's oldest working theatre.

O, wind up, Of this child-changed father!

To celebrate, rehearsals for a unique production of King Lear,

My boon I make it that you know me not...

Students from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School,

with Sir Timothy West as Lear, and also as their mentor.

He's already made some sort of agreement with Cordelia, hasn't he?

When you start out as a student in a play, you think oh

this is the character, this is my character,

I think we can help them a bit in that and they can help us

Sir Tim is now 81, but he's performed here regularly

The students, who are a quarter of his age, say this four-week run

with professionals will be an inspiring start to their careers.

I feel like I'm being mentored and kept, like, under their wings

and being sort of cared for as well as having this

opportunity to perform with such great people.

We are obviously at such different stages of life and our careers,

but it's funny how many things link you.

NEWSREEL: 'Miming, that is acting without words...'

We showed the cast some footage from the 1940s.

This is how they used to study at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

It doesn't really add up to salad days, does it?!

Britain's oldest working theatre is about to undergo

Looking to its future, whilst celebrating its past.

Time for a weekend weather now. Here's Alex Deakin.

Bank holiday weekends are never straightforward. There will be quite

a lot of fine weather around, like there was today. 20 degrees in the

Highlands. There will also be a sprinkling of downpours like today.

We have still got storms across parts of Wales and South West

England tonight. A lot of spray and surface water on the roads. A lot of

traffic on the roads, too. We will continue to feed up some heavy

showers from the Channel tonight. It stays quite warm in the South.

Generally dry further north. Quite a bit of sunshine tomorrow in the far

north. It should be a brighter day through Central Scotland. Some

showers across England and Wales. As we go through the day, the skies

should brighten. That may spark further thunderstorms, particularly

over Wales. One or two for Northern Ireland, western Scotland. Many

place also be dry and bright. -- many places will be dry and bright.

Still those heavy showers churning around through the evening if you

have plans for Saturday night. They will fade by Sunday. Again, it could

be quite cloudy and cool on the east coast. Many places dry and bright.

The greatest risk of showers on Sunday will be the Highlands of

Scotland. For many, it is dry and bright, over 20 Celsius. Look over

the Continent, there is some rain gathering. That area of low pressure

is spinning its way in from the east. It could be a bit of a soggy

one, particularly across eastern England.

For many, at the moment, Monday looks half decent.

It is a bit of a mishmash through the course of the weekend. There

will be some warm sunshine for many of us. A few heavy showers, but

watch out for that rain in the east on Monday.

An influential group of MPs has criticised politicians on both sides

of the EU Referendum debate for making misleading and confusing

claims. That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from me - and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

news teams where you are.