:00:00. > :00:00.Four decades after the Birmingham pub bombings killed 21 people,
:00:07. > :00:10.a coroner reopens the inquests into their deaths.
:00:11. > :00:13.The bombing caused devastation in the heart of the city.
:00:14. > :00:19.Families of the victims were today overcome by the news.
:00:20. > :00:35.We'll look at the fresh evidence that's led the coroner to act.
:00:36. > :00:39.Take back our immigration policy by exiting the EU,
:00:40. > :00:44.The Remain camp say their plans would wreck the economy.
:00:45. > :00:46.One of the country's most prolific paedophiles admits 71 charges
:00:47. > :00:54.After finding debris, investigators detect signals from a black box in
:00:55. > :01:00.the Mediterranean from the EgyptAir plane which crashed last month.
:01:01. > :01:03.And the oldest hand-written document ever found in Britain
:01:04. > :01:09.is among hundreds of Roman artefacts discovered in London.
:01:10. > :01:11.And coming up in the sport on BBC News:
:01:12. > :01:13.Into the last four at the French Open.
:01:14. > :01:16.Andy Murray reaches the semi-finals after coming from a set down
:01:17. > :01:44.In 1974, bombs in two Birmingham pubs left 21 people dead
:01:45. > :01:49.one of the worst terror attacks on the British mainland.
:01:50. > :01:55.a coroner has ruled that inquests into the deaths are to be reopened.
:01:56. > :01:57.The double bombing, in November of that year,
:01:58. > :02:00.is widely thought to have been the work of the IRA.
:02:01. > :02:04.The inquests were suspended when six men were jailed for the attacks.
:02:05. > :02:06.Their convictions were later quashed.
:02:07. > :02:10.Today, the coroner Louise Hunt said there was now new evidence that
:02:11. > :02:13.advance warnings of the bombings may have been missed.
:02:14. > :02:22.Our correspondent Sian Lloyd is in Birmingham.
:02:23. > :02:29.This is the memorial to the victims of the pub bombings, set here in the
:02:30. > :02:34.grounds of Birmingham Cathedral. Their families embarked on a long
:02:35. > :02:38.journey to get to today's point. We don't know exactly how or when these
:02:39. > :02:42.inquests will take place, but the families will hear in public
:02:43. > :02:43.evidence about what happened that night.
:02:44. > :02:55.Julie Hambleton has campaigned for almost 42 years in memory
:02:56. > :02:58.of her 18-year-old sister, Maxine.
:02:59. > :03:02.Flanked by relatives of some of the 21 who died,
:03:03. > :03:06.this is what the coroner's decision meant to them.
:03:07. > :03:10.Our fathers, brothers, sisters, mothers...
:03:11. > :03:29.On 21st November 1974, two bombs exploded at
:03:30. > :03:33.and Tavern in the Town pubs in Birmingham City centre.
:03:34. > :03:34.21 people died and more than 200 were injured.
:03:35. > :03:36.A year later, six men were convicted.
:03:37. > :03:38.The Birmingham Six, as they became known,
:03:39. > :03:44.their convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal.
:03:45. > :03:47.Paddy Hill was one of those men who were wrongly jailed.
:03:48. > :03:56.It's the first step that has ever been taken to finding out the real
:03:57. > :04:02.There are too many skeletons in the cupboard.
:04:03. > :04:07.They knew and they had advance warning before the bomb went off.
:04:08. > :04:13.Four decades have passed since the original
:04:14. > :04:15.inquests were adjourned, pending the criminal trial and later
:04:16. > :04:18.The West Midlands force had argued that the power
:04:19. > :04:22.But the Birmingham coroner, Louise Hunt, rejected that argument.
:04:23. > :04:52.West Midlands police in 2016 has nothing to hide.
:04:53. > :04:54.The failings in 1975 of the botched investigation are
:04:55. > :05:01.The pub bombings were widely acknowledged to have been
:05:02. > :05:05.This former senior member of the terror group says the men
:05:06. > :05:06.responsible are unlikely to face trial.
:05:07. > :05:09.The only way there could be convictions would be if the men
:05:10. > :05:13.walked into police stations in the UK and confessed
:05:14. > :05:22.to their parts in the bombing, and that ain't going to happen.
:05:23. > :05:25.You could hear the ambulances coming, but it seemed a lifetime.
:05:26. > :05:26.Maureen Mitchell survived the attack.
:05:27. > :05:29.Aged 21, she was so badly injured that she was given the last rites.
:05:30. > :05:33.You sort of put it behind you and then something else
:05:34. > :05:38.will come up, like all this that's happening now.
:05:39. > :05:41.So it would be a closure, because there would be
:05:42. > :05:44.There will now be the opportunity for victims and their
:05:45. > :05:46.families to get some of their questions answered.
:05:47. > :05:50.The UK could have a fairer, more humane immigration system
:05:51. > :05:53.that would work better for the economy if it left the EU.
:05:54. > :05:55.That's the latest claim from the Leave campaigners.
:05:56. > :05:58.They want to end the automatic right for EU citizens to live and work
:05:59. > :06:01.here and to accept only those of value to the economy.
:06:02. > :06:04.But those campaigning to Remain said such a system
:06:05. > :06:06.would wreck the economy and could drive up immigration.
:06:07. > :06:17.Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
:06:18. > :06:24.Their biggest names, their biggest promise so far. Is it not time we
:06:25. > :06:27.took back control of our immigration policies? Being in the EU means
:06:28. > :06:33.people from 27 other countries can come here, and we can go there as
:06:34. > :06:43.well. But they want Exit, and an end to all that. You are stitching
:06:44. > :06:48.things up, are you? Along with the gags, Leave campaigners are offering
:06:49. > :06:53.a points system where all immigrants are judged on what they can offer.
:06:54. > :06:55.Have a system whereby the UK Government has to take
:06:56. > :06:58.responsibility and agree the numbers. But can you guarantee that
:06:59. > :07:03.immigration would actually fall under your plans? I think that is
:07:04. > :07:08.very likely, but it is up to the government. They would have to
:07:09. > :07:14.decide what the needs of UK business and industry were. Those who are the
:07:15. > :07:18.brightest and best with the right skills for our economy would be
:07:19. > :07:22.welcome here. Your rivals say that if we give up EU people being able
:07:23. > :07:26.to move around the UK, that would have a huge effect on the economy.
:07:27. > :07:31.They say it would wreck the economy. I think that is obvious nonsense.
:07:32. > :07:35.Looks like they are starting to enjoy this campaign. They are sure
:07:36. > :07:40.their promise of more controls on immigration is one that voters will
:07:41. > :07:43.like. But maybe this referendum will come down to a choice, a trade off
:07:44. > :07:48.between tighter rules on immigration and what their opponents claim would
:07:49. > :07:52.be serious damage to the economy that every worker would feel. The
:07:53. > :07:56.most senior union leader in the country said the idea was a con, and
:07:57. > :08:02.warned that leaving could hit pay packets by nearly ?40 a week. The
:08:03. > :08:06.big threat to wages is a Brexit, because that would really hit our
:08:07. > :08:11.economy more productivity and ultimately, people'spaperclips. If
:08:12. > :08:20.we want to avoid another recession, -- it would affect people'sa
:08:21. > :08:23.packets. The OECD warned that if we leave the table, economic shock
:08:24. > :08:31.waves might be have felt around the world. It would be unavoidable,
:08:32. > :08:37.inevitable, for us and many others in Europe, to follow the same
:08:38. > :08:42.proposals, to implement a points system. You would get a race to the
:08:43. > :08:45.bottom. We want our country back. Most politicians used to be
:08:46. > :08:51.squeamish about talking immigration, but it's part of this campaign, and
:08:52. > :08:55.his long term game. Australia looks at what it thinks it needs to expand
:08:56. > :08:59.its country. It is growing its country, so it takes more people pro
:09:00. > :09:03.rata than we would, but the point is that they can choose. Two of all
:09:04. > :09:07.stripes think there is mileage in it, but as they take more and more
:09:08. > :09:12.messages around the country, it doesn't feel like this is just about
:09:13. > :09:16.the referendum any more -- Outers of all stripes. It feels like you are
:09:17. > :09:20.setting out an alternative Tory vision for after the referendum.
:09:21. > :09:24.What are you really up to? After we Vote Leave on June the 23rd, it will
:09:25. > :09:28.be up to the government to take control not just of immigration
:09:29. > :09:32.policy, but also of huge sums of money, of our ability to set our
:09:33. > :09:35.political and economic priorities. So you are setting out an
:09:36. > :09:42.alternative vision for a different sounding government. The answer to
:09:43. > :09:47.that is no. Just about sticking to the script, at least for now.
:09:48. > :09:50.Depending on what you decide in three weeks, that might all change.
:09:51. > :09:53.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Preston. So what impact might the Leave
:09:54. > :09:55.campaigners' plans Latest figures show
:09:56. > :09:57.that net migration - that's the difference
:09:58. > :09:59.between the number of those arriving and those leaving -
:10:00. > :10:05.was 330,000 for last year. That includes 184,000 people from EU
:10:06. > :10:12.They already come in under the points-based system
:10:13. > :10:15.that Leave campaigners want applied to EU migrants too.
:10:16. > :10:18.But what effect would that have on employers and their workers?
:10:19. > :10:26.Here's our Chief Correspondent Gavin Hewitt.
:10:27. > :10:29.For those coming to our shores, these proposed plans would mark
:10:30. > :10:31.a fundamental change to how the migration rules work.
:10:32. > :10:34.EU citizens would no longer just travel here for work,
:10:35. > :10:43.they would have to pass a series of tests.
:10:44. > :10:45.Some businesses, like this Bangladeshi restaurant in Kent,
:10:46. > :10:51.They say they cannot get the skilled chefs they want from Bangladesh,
:10:52. > :11:02.They want a system of migration that does not favour Europeans.
:11:03. > :11:05.I welcome any fairer immigration policy, but I believe the British
:11:06. > :11:12.immigration policy is unfair and a double standard policy.
:11:13. > :11:15.One for the European Union and one for the British citizens,
:11:16. > :11:17.Currently, EU citizens have the automatic right
:11:18. > :11:21.Non-EU citizens face a series of hurdles.
:11:22. > :11:25.They have to be high-value workers with job offers, or students
:11:26. > :11:31.Under the proposed system, EU citizens would lose their automatic
:11:32. > :11:35.right to come here, they would need points,
:11:36. > :11:40.awarded for needed skills, an available job, and English.
:11:41. > :11:45.But some businesses are fiercely opposed to the plans.
:11:46. > :11:47.This is a large lettuce farm in Kent.
:11:48. > :11:51.It depends on unskilled workers from the EU,
:11:52. > :12:02.Without them, the business would struggle.
:12:03. > :12:04.I believe in patrolling the borders and policing the borders,
:12:05. > :12:06.but the horticultural sector in particular and our business
:12:07. > :12:08.requires a high percentage of unskilled workers.
:12:09. > :12:10.So what would happen if the unskilled workers could not
:12:11. > :12:15.We have tried in the past to recruit from the local
:12:16. > :12:19.I would seriously worry for the future of my business.
:12:20. > :12:21.This proposed points system would signify a break
:12:22. > :12:27.with the principle of free movement within the EU.
:12:28. > :12:29.It would also raise doubts about continued access
:12:30. > :12:41.It's also far from clear whether a points system would reduce or
:12:42. > :12:47.increase the number of migrants coming here. Point -based systems
:12:48. > :12:51.have traditionally been used to reduce rather than increased
:12:52. > :12:55.migration. That said, any system that imposes new restrictions on EU
:12:56. > :12:57.citizens would be expected to reduce the numbers compared to the status
:12:58. > :13:00.quo. Some say a points system
:13:01. > :13:02.actually promotes migration. But the Leave campaign argues
:13:03. > :13:04.the system would restore Gavin Hewitt, BBC News,
:13:05. > :13:24.Kent. French investigators say a ship
:13:25. > :13:26.has picked up signals from one of the black boxes of the EgyptAir
:13:27. > :13:29.flight that crashed last month. 66 people were on board
:13:30. > :13:32.the plane when it went down in the Mediterranean while flying
:13:33. > :13:34.from Paris to Cairo. Our Middle East Correspondent
:13:35. > :13:49.Orla Guerin is in Cairo. How significant is this development?
:13:50. > :13:52.This is potentially a very significant development. It is the
:13:53. > :13:56.first time a signal has been detected from one of the black
:13:57. > :14:00.boxes, either the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice
:14:01. > :14:06.recorder. It was picked up by a French naval vessel using an
:14:07. > :14:10.acoustic underwater probe. They only began searching the crash site
:14:11. > :14:16.yesterday, and they found a signal in less than 24 hours. Gooding to an
:14:17. > :14:20.official from the French aviation safety agency, this is the first
:14:21. > :14:24.step. The next step, of course, is to try to pinpoint the exact
:14:25. > :14:29.location of the data recorders to see if they are intact and to try to
:14:30. > :14:34.retrieve them from the sea bed. That of course would be very complicated.
:14:35. > :14:37.Another specialist vessel is on its way. It is bringing underwater
:14:38. > :14:43.equipment, and underwater robot which can adapt to a depth of 3000
:14:44. > :14:47.metres below sea level. Experts are warning that the black boxes, even
:14:48. > :14:50.if they come up, may not provide all of the answers, but they may allow
:14:51. > :14:55.authorities to rule out whether or not there was a bomb on board and
:14:56. > :14:58.whether there was an attempt to storm the cockpit. One relative we
:14:59. > :15:03.spoke to this afternoon said he hoped this would be the beginning of
:15:04. > :15:07.an attempt to find the truth to establish why this flight plunged
:15:08. > :15:12.from 37,000 feet without a distress signal being said. All we know is
:15:13. > :15:17.that there were indications of smoke on board and possibly a fire. We
:15:18. > :15:19.don't know what started that. Officials here are saying all
:15:20. > :15:22.theories remain under investigation. Four decades after the Birmingham
:15:23. > :15:27.pub bombings killed 21 people, a coroner reopens the inquests
:15:28. > :15:31.into their deaths. And still to come, how the great
:15:32. > :15:34.British fry-up could be affected Coming up in Sportsday
:15:35. > :15:40.on BBC News... England captain Wayne Rooney
:15:41. > :15:43.calls his Manchester United teammate Marcus Rashford incredible and hopes
:15:44. > :15:47.the teenager can make an impact after being selected in the squad
:15:48. > :16:01.for Euro 2016. One of Britain's worst paedophiles
:16:02. > :16:04.could be facing life in prison after admitting 71 charges
:16:05. > :16:07.of child sex abuse. 30-year-old Richard Huckle,
:16:08. > :16:10.who's from Kent, abused children aged between
:16:11. > :16:12.six months and 12 years while travelling in Malaysia
:16:13. > :16:15.and Cambodia. Huckle has already been told
:16:16. > :16:18.he could face multiple life terms. 30-year-old Richard Huckle,
:16:19. > :16:23.who's from Kent, Richard Huckle sought out
:16:24. > :16:38.children in the poorest But it is also the way
:16:39. > :16:54.he got close to this girl, and I told him I wanted to go home
:16:55. > :17:03.to my mum. I didn't realise what he was doing
:17:04. > :17:07.because I was only three years old. I don't want him to
:17:08. > :17:13.come back to Malaysia. Getting to know them, staying in the
:17:14. > :17:25.slums for days on end. Huckle was often
:17:26. > :17:28.at this woman's home. She suspected nothing, but she says
:17:29. > :17:50.when her granddaughter was just 12, He trained to be an English teacher.
:17:51. > :17:55.Here he is in a promotional video for the British Council. He went to
:17:56. > :17:58.charities and orphanages where he helped out and targeted children.
:17:59. > :18:05.That day he brought one of his victims.
:18:06. > :18:14.but all too often it was a prelude to rape and abuse.
:18:15. > :18:20.Tens of thousands of images and videos.
:18:21. > :18:25.He then posted them in secret forums on the so-called Dark Web.
:18:26. > :18:31.Huckle also wrote a self-help guide for other would-be abusers
:18:32. > :18:40.It's not often that you get intimate access inside a police sting...
:18:41. > :18:45.He was identified by police in Australia in one of the biggest
:18:46. > :18:51.ever investigations into sex offenders on the so-called Dark Web.
:18:52. > :18:56.Paul Griffiths is a former British detective now working in Queensland.
:18:57. > :18:59.How great a danger did he pose to children?
:19:00. > :19:02.If he hadn't been arrested, and he hadn't been taken out
:19:03. > :19:07.of circulation, he would still be offending now, I'm quite sure.
:19:08. > :19:10.And he struck me as the kind of person who would make the most
:19:11. > :19:15.So if he had the opportunity to offend against a child
:19:16. > :19:20.Huckle's victims are left traumatised.
:19:21. > :19:24.Abused by a man who said he had come to help them.
:19:25. > :19:30.He used his faith to seek them out and then betrayed them.
:19:31. > :19:35.Angus Crawford, BBC News, Kuala Lumpur.
:19:36. > :19:38.Patrick Rock, a former Downing Street advisor to David Cameron,
:19:39. > :19:42.has been found guilty of five counts of downloading indecent photographs
:19:43. > :19:48.some of girls who were ten years old, were not indecent.
:19:49. > :19:50.He was acquitted of three other charges.
:19:51. > :19:53.A further 12 counts will remain on police file
:19:54. > :19:56.after jurors failed to reach a decision on them.
:19:57. > :20:00.The name of British Steel has been revived today by Greybull Capital,
:20:01. > :20:04.the company which has bought part of Tata Steel's operation in the UK.
:20:05. > :20:08.The sale has secured thousands of jobs at its giant Scunthorpe plant,
:20:09. > :20:11.although workers have had to take pay cuts and reductions
:20:12. > :20:16.Donald Trump, the US presidential hopeful,
:20:17. > :20:19.has said he will visit Scotland later this month
:20:20. > :20:22.for the official reopening of his Trump Turnberry golf course,
:20:23. > :20:27.The man expected to become the Republican nominee
:20:28. > :20:30.will attend a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on June 24th -
:20:31. > :20:37.All this week, we'll be looking at what voting In or Out in the EU
:20:38. > :20:42.The British Retail Consortium suggests leaving the EU could have a
:20:43. > :20:46.greater impact on food than on any other part of the retail industry.
:20:47. > :20:48.Our Business correspondent Emma Simpson has been finding out
:20:49. > :21:00.We import nearly half of what we eat.
:21:01. > :21:07.Take bacon, three quarters of what we buy comes from the EU.
:21:08. > :21:11.Let's stick with the bacon and food imports.
:21:12. > :21:14.There are no trade barriers in the EU.
:21:15. > :21:17.So this stuff comes in free of any tariffs.
:21:18. > :21:26.Catherine Barnard, trade expert, is here to explain.
:21:27. > :21:34.We stay in the single market and that's the position Norway's in.
:21:35. > :21:37.Second possibility, we enter a trade agreement.
:21:38. > :21:42.That means probably no border controls and also no tariffs.
:21:43. > :21:44.So the goods will not be more expensive.
:21:45. > :21:47.Third possibility is a default position.
:21:48. > :21:52.That means there will be tariffs imposed on goods like food
:21:53. > :21:58.If that happens, we've been told this pack of bacon could cost
:21:59. > :22:04.But there's another scenario - tariffs could be cut?
:22:05. > :22:09.Yes, but it would weaken the UK's hand in any future
:22:10. > :22:21.Sir Terry Leahy led Tesco to worldwide success
:22:22. > :22:28.The pound would collapse as a result of leaving the EU.
:22:29. > :22:36.Tariffs would come in on top of that.
:22:37. > :22:39.Finally, and most importantly, the supply chain around Europe
:22:40. > :22:46.We'd have to negotiate through a new customs border.
:22:47. > :22:49.We are the oldest producer of smoked salmon in the word.
:22:50. > :22:58.This is a business that's been around far longer than the EU
:22:59. > :23:01.and this exporter believes we'll be better off without it.
:23:02. > :23:03.I think the whole tariff argument is complete nonsense.
:23:04. > :23:08.Whether it's Italian wine or French cheese,
:23:09. > :23:12.They're not going to want to put their prices up so high
:23:13. > :23:19.These fears over price rises are nonsense, they're
:23:20. > :23:22.Many different views, but nothing's certain in this debate.
:23:23. > :23:30.It's the world's longest and deepest rail tunnel
:23:31. > :23:32.and cuts right through the Swiss Alps.
:23:33. > :23:35.Today, after almost two decades of construction work,
:23:36. > :23:37.the Gotthard tunnel was officially opened.
:23:38. > :23:47.by taking a million lorries off the roads each year.
:23:48. > :23:53.in Britain have been discovered in the heart of the City of London.
:23:54. > :23:55.The earliest-known handwritten documents ever to be found
:23:56. > :23:58.in Britain have been discovered in the heart of the City of London.
:23:59. > :24:01.More than 400 Roman tablets, which were used for correspondence
:24:02. > :24:03.and as legal documents, were unearthed in an archaeological dig,
:24:04. > :24:14.It is a little window into the ups and downs of business life,
:24:15. > :24:20.These little bits of wood and tiny scratches of Latin handwriting, have
:24:21. > :24:26.These are the first written documents, the first handwritten
:24:27. > :24:34.And they were found deep in the ground just down the road
:24:35. > :24:37.from what is now the Bank of England.
:24:38. > :24:41.The Romans wrote by scratching words into wax on wooden tablets.
:24:42. > :24:45.Occasionally they scratched too deeply, leaving marks in the wood.
:24:46. > :24:49.Almost all have long since rotted away, but these have survived
:24:50. > :24:53.in the damp banks of one of London's lost rivers.
:24:54. > :24:56.Have a look at this, and you can just make out
:24:57. > :24:59.the letters L O N D - it is an address.
:25:00. > :25:02.The first ever mention of a new city...
:25:03. > :25:08.This is the earliest ever financial document.
:25:09. > :25:13.This is a sign that this is the heart of business
:25:14. > :25:16.Britain just a few years after the Romans arrived.
:25:17. > :25:19.This is one of the earliest tablets, the archaeological context
:25:20. > :25:22.is within ten years of the Romans coming to Britain.
:25:23. > :25:26.Deciphering the scratchy handwriting has not been easy but what has
:25:27. > :25:29.emerged is a little window into day-to-day life
:25:30. > :25:41.Time for a look at the weather. Here's Louise Lear.
:25:42. > :25:48.It may not have escaped your attention and everyone out there,
:25:49. > :25:51.it's half term this week. If you've friends and family on holiday in the
:25:52. > :25:54.north-west, they've found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
:25:55. > :25:58.Hardly a cloud in the sky for the third day in a row. But it's been a
:25:59. > :26:03.completely different story further south and east. Cloud spilling in
:26:04. > :26:08.off the North Sea. A nagging northerly wind. The cloud thick
:26:09. > :26:13.enough for the odd spot of rain. Look at the North Norfolk coast a
:26:14. > :26:18.few hours ago. Dismal. Further north and West, not a cloud in the sky.
:26:19. > :26:23.Temperatures in the low 20s. Clear skies here through the night. Same
:26:24. > :26:28.old with the cloud still pushing in off the North Sea. Low enough cloud
:26:29. > :26:32.for the odd spot of drizzle. Some coastal fog first thing in the
:26:33. > :26:36.morning. Another dismal, grey start. The best of the sunshine out to the
:26:37. > :26:39.west. The difference tomorrow, hopefully the sunshine will break
:26:40. > :26:43.through a little further inland. A bit more optimistic. With a little
:26:44. > :26:47.more sunshine, it won't feel too bad. Down to the south-west in the
:26:48. > :26:51.sun Hyne, in a little more shelter from that breeze, 18 or 19 is
:26:52. > :26:56.pleasant enough. We might see temperatures in the London area 15
:26:57. > :27:02.or 16. If we get more sun, it will feel better. Along that east cold,
:27:03. > :27:07.cold and overcast. Cloud thick enough for some drizzle. Further
:27:08. > :27:12.north and West, the lion's share of the sunshine. By the end of
:27:13. > :27:16.afternoon, we'll see some rain pushing into the Northern Isles.
:27:17. > :27:19.That will linger during Friday and drift its way across the far north
:27:20. > :27:22.of Scotland during the day on Friday. Again, the cloud thick
:27:23. > :27:27.enough for some showers to push further west. On Friday, more cloud
:27:28. > :27:32.around generally across the country. Only western fringes seeing the best
:27:33. > :27:36.of the sunshine. 17 or 18 degrees along that east coast again rather
:27:37. > :27:40.cool. But, for the weekend, I can offer you something a little more
:27:41. > :27:41.optimistic. A good deal of dry weather. A little warmer with more
:27:42. > :27:44.sun. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:27:45. > :27:48.so it's goodbye from me