:00:00. > :00:07.Lifting the lid on the BHS collapse - MPs are told the former
:00:08. > :00:13.owner threatened to kill the company's chief executive.
:00:14. > :00:15.The retail chain went into liquidation last month,
:00:16. > :00:20.Owner Dominic Chappell claims the business was viable -
:00:21. > :00:24.but colleagues say he wasn't up to the job:
:00:25. > :00:27.He was a Premier League liar and a Sunday pub
:00:28. > :00:36.The EU referendum - the voter registration deadline
:00:37. > :00:40.is extended after the website crashes.
:00:41. > :00:42.Guilty of attempted murder - the knife attacker who went
:00:43. > :00:46.on the rampage on the London Underground.
:00:47. > :00:52.Maria Sharapova gets a two-year ban for failing a drugs test.
:00:53. > :00:55.I think that's probably because I haven't had
:00:56. > :01:01.And Tim Peake makes his last public appearance as he prepares
:01:02. > :01:39.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:40. > :01:42.Dominic Chappell, the man who bought BHS for one pound,
:01:43. > :01:45.has faced a barrage of criticism from former colleagues.
:01:46. > :01:48.Speaking to MPs, the company's chief executive said Mr Chappell had
:01:49. > :01:54.The retail chain went into liquidation last month
:01:55. > :02:00.Mr Chappell, who also appeared before MPs, accused the former
:02:01. > :02:03.owner, Sir Philip Green, of undermining a rescue deal
:02:04. > :02:15.Here's our Business Editor Simon Jack.
:02:16. > :02:22.The postmortem into BHS's rapid eye so it's most Matic episode. Key
:02:23. > :02:30.players in the drama came to face MPs. The former finance director was
:02:31. > :02:36.followed by the Chief Executive when the company collapse. And the
:02:37. > :02:41.usually elusive, former bankrupt, former racing driver, former owner,
:02:42. > :02:43.Dominic Chappell. It was soon clear why he was keeping his head down.
:02:44. > :02:46.He was a Premier League liar and a Sunday pub
:02:47. > :03:11.It just did not smell right. Promised money never arrived. He got
:03:12. > :03:15.his fingers in the till. When he challenged a last-minute ?1.5
:03:16. > :03:21.million withdrawal, he got an extraordinary response. I said, that
:03:22. > :03:27.is theft. If I take out all of the expletive, he basically said, do not
:03:28. > :03:31.kick off about this, Darren. I've had enough of you telling me what to
:03:32. > :03:35.do over the last few months. It's my business, I can do what I want. And
:03:36. > :03:41.if you kick off about it, I will come down there and kill you. With
:03:42. > :03:46.the seat warmed up, Dominic Chappell took his turn, and five he denied
:03:47. > :03:49.threatening to kill his own Chief Executive, he admitted to profiting
:03:50. > :03:55.from his doomed venture. Is it fair to say you have made a proper? Yet
:03:56. > :03:59.it is, I had made a profit, but I have worked in the business
:04:00. > :04:06.continuously over the last 13 months. I racked up considerable
:04:07. > :04:10.fees on the way through. And I personally gave millions in
:04:11. > :04:20.guarantees. What do you think about the 11,000 people who are in danger
:04:21. > :04:23.of losing their jobs? Ever stating. It is said the former owner
:04:24. > :04:30.frustrated attempts to save the company at every turn. Another
:04:31. > :04:35.employee blamed Sir Philip for the Company's fate. The responsibility
:04:36. > :04:42.lies with circular because they milked BHS as a cash cow and then
:04:43. > :04:53.threw it away for ?1. Sir Philipp Wollscheid have to defend his role.
:04:54. > :04:58.Simon is with me now. You could not -- Sir Philip will have to defend
:04:59. > :05:03.his role. You could not make this up.
:05:04. > :05:07.Dominic Chappell said the management wasn't focused on getting the retail
:05:08. > :05:12.bit right, and then he trained his fire on Sir Philip Green. He made
:05:13. > :05:15.serious allegations, including that Sir Philip triggered the
:05:16. > :05:19.administration, that he hand-picked the administrators. Both of those
:05:20. > :05:24.things Sir Philip Green will deny next week, I understand. Although
:05:25. > :05:27.Dominic Chappell comes across as the pantomime villain, there are
:05:28. > :05:31.questions to be asked about whether Sir Philip Green in fact help them
:05:32. > :05:35.through the process and financially supported him so that he could find
:05:36. > :05:38.a credible buyer to off load a business he no longer wanted. Those
:05:39. > :05:42.are the questions that come next Wednesday. I am sure people will
:05:43. > :05:45.tune in for what has been an incredible drama so far.
:05:46. > :05:47.Voters now have until midnight tomorrow to register to vote
:05:48. > :05:51.The deadline has been extended after the website crashed last night
:05:52. > :05:53.as tens of thousands of people tried to register before
:05:54. > :06:01.Our deputy political editor, John Pienaar, has more details.
:06:02. > :06:11.Were you one of those who try to register to vote online since last
:06:12. > :06:14.night? The chances are you failed. After 500,000 clicks, the website
:06:15. > :06:22.crashed. Thousands were denied the right to join the EU referendum, so
:06:23. > :06:26.today, an extension. David Cameron, who believes the bigger the vote the
:06:27. > :06:31.better, broke the news. It is welcome that so many people want to
:06:32. > :06:34.take part in this massive democratic exercise, in this vital decision.
:06:35. > :06:40.The new deadline will be midnight tomorrow. Gordon and Vicky from
:06:41. > :06:46.Worcestershire tried to register last night. He could, she couldn't.
:06:47. > :06:50.Are they happy now? I think it is great that the Government are being
:06:51. > :06:54.flexible and responsive so quickly to make sure that people get the
:06:55. > :06:57.vote. I hope a lot of young people are online at this very moment,
:06:58. > :07:08.because it is their future more than ours. This about 's beside Britain's
:07:09. > :07:14.placing a lot of decades. The Remainers are happy about it. Every
:07:15. > :07:23.vote will count, they know, and that is why the campaign has become
:07:24. > :07:29.frantic, with the Believers -- with those wanting... If Britain leaves
:07:30. > :07:36.the EU, there is a fear that many more Scots will want to leave
:07:37. > :07:41.Britain. Not everyone is happy about the decision to extend the deadline.
:07:42. > :07:43.Rewriting the rules in any substantial way would be madness and
:07:44. > :07:48.make the country look like a shambles in the run-up to this
:07:49. > :07:51.referendum. If they left it till the last minute and all tried to
:07:52. > :07:57.register yesterday, that is their fault and we should not change our
:07:58. > :08:02.regulations in the middle of a very important referendum campaign simply
:08:03. > :08:05.to suit those who have not organise themselves well enough to secure
:08:06. > :08:11.their registration in good time. But thousands more will be able to
:08:12. > :08:18.about. Will more young voters swing it for Remain? There is not much
:08:19. > :08:22.cheer from either side so far. There are competing visions of gloom. On
:08:23. > :08:27.the 23rd of June, voters will decide once and for all how the country is
:08:28. > :08:32.run, and the sky is already darkening for the political fallout.
:08:33. > :08:34.Well, with the referendum just over two weeks away,
:08:35. > :08:36.some opinion polls suggest the result could be close.
:08:37. > :08:39.But after failing to predict the outcome of the last
:08:40. > :08:40.general election, should we believe them?
:08:41. > :08:42.Christian Fraser has been having a look.
:08:43. > :08:45.Let me take you back to the day before the general
:08:46. > :08:53.This was the poll of polls - the Conservatives had a narrow lead
:08:54. > :08:59.- but nowhere in this was there any clue of what was to come next.
:09:00. > :09:03.And we are saying the Conservatives are the
:09:04. > :09:09.The exit poll took everyone by surprise.
:09:10. > :09:12.David Cameron was on track for an absolute
:09:13. > :09:15.A huge embarrassment for the polling agencies.
:09:16. > :09:18.It was quickly followed by an industrywide
:09:19. > :09:25.There have been changes since, but in a referendum
:09:26. > :09:35.On Europe, we've not had a vote since 1975.
:09:36. > :09:45.Please, I'm trying to work. Could you go away? The polling results are
:09:46. > :09:50.appearing on the front pages of newspapers as the voting day gets
:09:51. > :09:54.closer. The BBC does not do voting intention polls, but I can show you
:09:55. > :09:58.this, which comes from written's larger social research Centre. Every
:09:59. > :10:01.marquee is the average of the six most recent polls. You can see that
:10:02. > :10:11.the gap between Remain and Leave has been narrowing. They have Remain on
:10:12. > :10:18.top by two points. No two polls say the same thing. This tracks polls
:10:19. > :10:23.from the last 30 days. Remain are ahead by one point. The gap has been
:10:24. > :10:29.harrowing. They were 13 points in front. Look at ICM, you can see that
:10:30. > :10:34.two weeks ago, they had the two sides neck and neck, and now they
:10:35. > :10:40.have Leave in front and pulling away by four points. This is why the
:10:41. > :10:48.president of the polling Council John Curtis says we need to remain
:10:49. > :10:51.sceptical. The pollsters are faced with the task of estimating
:10:52. > :10:56.something that they had not previously had to estimate. In
:10:57. > :10:58.contrast, in the general election, they can always point to past
:10:59. > :11:05.experience to try to ensure that their polls are as accurate as
:11:06. > :11:08.possible. That uncertainty is reflected in the shape of the
:11:09. > :11:15.currency market. Up and down it goes, Starling at its most volatile
:11:16. > :11:20.since 2012. There were five polls on Monday, three for Leave, two for
:11:21. > :11:26.Remain. And tomorrow - we'll be getting
:11:27. > :11:28.experts to answer your questions Send us your questions
:11:29. > :11:31.using #BBCAskThis, text us on 61124 or email
:11:32. > :11:33.askthis@bbc.co.uk That's the BBC
:11:34. > :11:41.Referendum Question day tomorrow. The former Wimbledon champion,
:11:42. > :11:45.Maria Sharapova, has been after she failed a doping test
:11:46. > :11:51.at this year's Australian Open. The former world number one says
:11:52. > :11:53.she will appeal. Let's talk to our sports
:11:54. > :12:05.correspondent Richard Conway She has wasted no time at all in
:12:06. > :12:10.appealing. Absolutely, and within minutes of
:12:11. > :12:13.that decision being known, she issued a statement saying she would
:12:14. > :12:17.appeal and she wanted to be back playing tennis. Of course, she will
:12:18. > :12:21.not be at Wimbledon this summer, it seems. It was here in 2004 that
:12:22. > :12:27.Maria Sharapova was launched to fame by winning the ladies singles title
:12:28. > :12:32.at the age of 17. She's now at the peak of her career but is facing
:12:33. > :12:38.that two-year ban. It stretches back to January this year, to the
:12:39. > :12:42.Australian open, when she tested positive for a banned substance. She
:12:43. > :12:46.said she took it for legitimate health reasons and was not aware
:12:47. > :12:49.that it had joined the list of prohibited substances on the 1st of
:12:50. > :12:53.January. She offer that as a defence, but an end to -- an
:12:54. > :12:59.independent tribunal said that was not good enough and that she should
:13:00. > :13:03.have known about the rule change. It could be some time before we see
:13:04. > :13:12.Maryanne Sharapova back here at Wimbledon -- Maria Sharapova. It
:13:13. > :13:14.could be 2018 before we see her in competitive action again. Thank you,
:13:15. > :13:16.Richard. A man who attacked passengers with
:13:17. > :13:19.a knife on the London Underground has been found guilty
:13:20. > :13:20.of attempted murder. Muhuddin Mire stabbed
:13:21. > :13:24.a man in the throat in the incident last December,
:13:25. > :13:26.claiming he was inspired Tom Symonds reports
:13:27. > :13:43.from the Old Bailey. Muhuddin Mire, knife in hand. He has
:13:44. > :13:48.already attacked one man, a musician, a guitar on his back.
:13:49. > :13:58.Muhuddin Mire has cut his throat. He then digs out his Oyster card and
:13:59. > :14:09.leaves. To confront other bystanders outside. A clue to his motivation...
:14:10. > :14:15.It doesn't matter. He goes back into Leytonstone station. These people
:14:16. > :14:30.don't run - they try to distract and contain him. They keep filming, the
:14:31. > :14:36.footage shown to the jury. It takes police three attempts to bring him
:14:37. > :14:50.down with Tasers. And a bystander shouted this. You are no Muslim,
:14:51. > :14:53.bruv. During the attack, Muhuddin Mire shouted, this is why my Muslim
:14:54. > :14:59.brothers. I am going to spill your blood. He had no contact with any
:15:00. > :15:04.jihadists, and his family are convinced there was another reason
:15:05. > :15:08.for what happened here. He had a history of psychotic delusions.
:15:09. > :15:12.Police are increasingly worried that mentally ill people can become
:15:13. > :15:19.motivated by jihadists propaganda. Terrorist organisations in Syria
:15:20. > :15:22.prey on individuals such as him. He had downloaded our vast amount of
:15:23. > :15:23.extremist material which we think certainly inspired him to conduct an
:15:24. > :15:34.attack. The man in charge when BHS
:15:35. > :15:51.collapsed is accused Still to come, 58 years of pain that
:15:52. > :15:54.Wales will finally end as they prepare to play in their first major
:15:55. > :15:56.football tournament since the 1950s. Coming up in Sportsday
:15:57. > :15:59.on BBC News England wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor speaks to us
:16:00. > :16:01.exclusively about her anxiety and panic attacks which led
:16:02. > :16:04.to her decision to take It's a space mission
:16:05. > :16:19.that's gripped the nation. Six months after he blasted off
:16:20. > :16:23.to the International Space Station Tim Peake is preparing
:16:24. > :16:26.for his return to planet Earth. Speaking publicly for the final time
:16:27. > :16:33.he appealed for the UK to stay at the forefront
:16:34. > :16:34.of space exploration. Here's our science
:16:35. > :16:48.editor David Shukman. Tim Peake showing how strange life
:16:49. > :16:51.can be in space. The first British astronaut on the International Space
:16:52. > :16:56.Station always wanted to inspire children to get into science and
:16:57. > :17:04.exploration. Today, speaking from the station by satellite, he said he
:17:05. > :17:09.missed something rather surprising. This is going to sound remarkable
:17:10. > :17:15.but I most miss the rain, probably because I haven't had a shower for
:17:16. > :17:20.six months. When his mission began last September it tugged at the
:17:21. > :17:26.heartstrings. His two sons watched, amazed. The soya used rocket blasted
:17:27. > :17:32.into orbit. For the man on board, everything was going smoothly. This
:17:33. > :17:38.has been home for six months. Much of the life there has been quite
:17:39. > :17:46.mundane. Keeping the place clean. Making scrambled eggs. And getting
:17:47. > :17:50.used to the facilities. Take the cap off, turn on the fan and the airflow
:17:51. > :17:57.keeps everything going down the pipe. Tim had the time to run the
:17:58. > :18:05.increment of the London Marathon. And to take part in the Brit awards.
:18:06. > :18:11.By far the best thing of being in space is the view of planet Earth.
:18:12. > :18:16.He has downloaded images that millions of people have enjoyed on
:18:17. > :18:23.social media. The main point of his mission has been research, making
:18:24. > :18:28.experiments and developing new materials. His biggest challenge was
:18:29. > :18:36.a trip outside to fix part of the solar power system. No Briton had
:18:37. > :18:43.done this before. It is great to be wearing this. He caught this
:18:44. > :18:50.night-time shot of Britain and hopes that others will follow him into
:18:51. > :18:54.space. This is about the UK being involved in human space flight,
:18:55. > :19:00.hopefully, for the future. Not just for science and our industry but for
:19:01. > :19:03.kids and education and outreach. Tim returns to Earth in ten days' time
:19:04. > :19:07.but the excitement about his mission may last for years.
:19:08. > :19:10.One of the world's most wanted people smugglers -
:19:11. > :19:12.accused of trafficking thousands of migrants from Africa to Europe -
:19:13. > :19:14.has been caught and extradited to Italy.
:19:15. > :19:16.Merred Medhanie - who's nicknamed the General -
:19:17. > :19:19.was tracked down in Sudan after UK intelligence intercepted
:19:20. > :19:25.Our correspondent James Reynolds is in Rome for us.
:19:26. > :19:33.In the last few years, Europe has picked up hundreds of thousands of
:19:34. > :19:39.migrants from the Mediterranean and now officials have finally got one
:19:40. > :19:44.of the men accused of organising many of those desperate missions. He
:19:45. > :19:45.is the first people smuggler to be sent from Africa to face trial here
:19:46. > :19:47.in Italy. Mered Medhanie was
:19:48. > :19:53.brought to Italy by jet. His journey to Europe was easier
:19:54. > :19:56.and safer than those made by the migrants who paid to go
:19:57. > :19:59.on overcrowded boats. TRANSLATION: It is a particularly
:20:00. > :20:01.important arrest. He is the head of one of the most
:20:02. > :20:04.advanced criminal organisations dedicated to the trafficking of
:20:05. > :20:07.migrants and the new path has been opened thanks to international
:20:08. > :20:13.cooperation between agencies. Mered Medhanie, who is 35,
:20:14. > :20:15.is accused of smuggling migrants, bribing officials and extorting
:20:16. > :20:19.money from families. Prosecutors believe
:20:20. > :20:22.he smuggled up to 8000 people He and an accomplice may have
:20:23. > :20:29.taken in up to ?700,000 In 2013, one of his suspected boats
:20:30. > :20:38.went down near an Italian island. Investigators say Mered Medhanie
:20:39. > :20:44.was heard on the phone His phone conversations
:20:45. > :20:49.may have cost him. British intelligence agencies
:20:50. > :20:51.were listening in and helped We would consider this to be a major
:20:52. > :20:58.disruption of an organised However, we still have
:20:59. > :21:02.other investigations and lines of inquiry,
:21:03. > :21:06.particularly where we focus our attention on high priority,
:21:07. > :21:08.iconic individuals who certainly feel they are out of reach of law
:21:09. > :21:14.enforcement and of the courts. And those smugglers are still able
:21:15. > :21:19.to dispatch vessels towards Italy. These migrants were
:21:20. > :21:22.rescued this week. An new IVF technique -
:21:23. > :21:36.that uses DNA from three people to create a baby -
:21:37. > :21:38.has moved a step Scientists at Newcastle
:21:39. > :21:41.University say the method - which prevents serious genetic
:21:42. > :21:43.disorders from being passed on to children -
:21:44. > :21:46.is safe and will lead Last year the UK became the first
:21:47. > :21:50.country to pass laws Now, it's been a long
:21:51. > :21:56.wait for Wales fans - 58 years since their team made it
:21:57. > :21:59.to a major football tournament. But now, they're three days away
:22:00. > :22:02.from their opening Euro Our Wales Correspondent Hywel
:22:03. > :22:20.Griffith has been with the team George. Decades of despair and
:22:21. > :22:26.footballing frustration are almost at an end. On Saturday Wales take on
:22:27. > :22:30.Slovakia in their first game in this tournament. Later, they will take on
:22:31. > :22:34.England and the media frenzy that will involve. They have been getting
:22:35. > :22:39.ready and trying to save a moment they feared would never arrive.
:22:40. > :22:42.Generations of Welshmen have wanted to make this journey.
:22:43. > :22:49.Now, with their talisman Gareth Bale,
:22:50. > :22:52.Wales are finally flying the flag of a major football tournament.
:22:53. > :22:54.Having the world's most expensive player on your side helps.
:22:55. > :22:57.But the manager wants the team to remember all the other greats
:22:58. > :23:00.Ryan Giggs, Mark Hughes, Dean Saunders.
:23:01. > :23:02.Unbelievable team that, you know.
:23:03. > :23:05.This team, they've gone one more step,
:23:06. > :23:08.one step further and they have proved that they are a golden
:23:09. > :23:11.generation, so now we're here and we have to do a little more.
:23:12. > :23:14.The last time Wales played in a major tournament
:23:15. > :23:17.was in the 1958 World Cup when they made it through
:23:18. > :23:21.to the quarterfinals here in Gothenberg, Sweden.
:23:22. > :23:24.They came up against Brazil and a young striker
:23:25. > :23:27.who was about to announce himself to the footballing world.
:23:28. > :23:36.It's remembered by Welsh fans as the year Pele broke our hearts.
:23:37. > :23:40.It was his first ever World Cup goal and enough to send Wales phone.
:23:41. > :23:47.He remembers returning to find few people knew
:23:48. > :23:50.Wales had been at a World Cup, but things will be very different
:23:51. > :23:53.Especially as Wales face England next week.
:23:54. > :23:56.It's the biggest game Wales has ever played since we
:23:57. > :24:04.The biggest games they were playing. I'll be there.
:24:05. > :24:16.Welsh fans will make themselves heard in France and seen, as well.
:24:17. > :24:20.Tim Williams is responsible for the hats that many fans wear.
:24:21. > :24:24.The first game will be a moment no one wants to miss.
:24:25. > :24:31.They've ordered up to 20,000, which will be a fantastic
:24:32. > :24:35.I've been to some Wales away games and we've had
:24:36. > :24:41.So, for me, to see, it's fantastic to see.
:24:42. > :24:49.But this is a team that wants to write its own history.
:24:50. > :25:03.Time for a look at the weather. Here's Darren Bett.
:25:04. > :25:17.More heat and more humility. There has been some flooding. In
:25:18. > :25:22.Ambleside, through Manchester to the West Midlands through to London. The
:25:23. > :25:26.worst weather at the moment is around Birmingham. Poor conditions
:25:27. > :25:32.for the evening rush hour. These thunderstorms will fade away quicker
:25:33. > :25:39.than the ones yesterday. A lot of low cloud coming in off the North
:25:40. > :25:44.Sea from the east. That cloud will take most of the morning to burn
:25:45. > :25:49.back towards the coast. When the sunshine comes through, it warms up
:25:50. > :25:53.again, a few showers but not many and most places will have a lovely
:25:54. > :26:00.day. For the whole of southern England it should be a dry day.
:26:01. > :26:06.Temperatures maybe not as high as today but around the low 20s.
:26:07. > :26:10.Showers in North Wales, Northern England, possibly Scotland and
:26:11. > :26:15.Northern Ireland. Fewer and lighter than today. We are not really
:26:16. > :26:18.expecting any thundery downpours but those showers will probably linger
:26:19. > :26:27.through tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. We will see some
:26:28. > :26:31.hazy sunshine on Friday but more showers, some of them heavy and
:26:32. > :26:36.coming in from the West. Temperatures not quite as high
:26:37. > :26:41.because of the cloud. Still a very humid feel to the day. As we head
:26:42. > :26:47.into the weekend, fresh air that there will be some rain at times.
:26:48. > :26:58.A reminder of our main story. The former owner of BHS threatened to
:26:59. > :27:00.kill the company's chief executive. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:27:01. > :27:02.so it's goodbye from me.