19/08/2016 BBC News at Six

Less than three weeks to go and the Paralympic Games in Rio are scaled

back due to a financial crisis. One venue will be closed as part

of major budget cuts, and ten countries may not be able

to afford to attend at all. Never before in the 56 year history

of the Paralympic Games have The Paralympic budget has been

cannibalised to backfill gaps in the Olympic budget and that can

only have a negative affect Usain Bolt running away

from everybody. 19.79 - it's a gold,

his eighth gold. As Usain Bolt wins his eighth gold

medal, he sets his sight on the treble treble tonight -

three golds at three Olympic Games. To cheers from fans back home,

Jade Jones wins her second We'll be looking at all the action

from Rio and talking to Dame Tanni Grey Thompson,

Britain's greatest Paralympian, about the crisis in

the Paralympic Games in Rio. A three-year-old boy has died after

he was attacked by a dog in Essex. After the deaths of nearly 10,000

people in Haiti from cholera, the UN admits it was involved

in the outbreak of the disease. And rare access to one of the UK's

high security psychiatric hospitals, home to some of the most violent

and disturbed offenders And coming in Olympic Sportsday

at half past 6 on BBC News. All the latest action from Rio,

including a strong start from Great Britain's Nick Skelton

in the showjumping final. Good evening, and welcome

to the BBC news at six. "Never before in the 56 year history

of the Paralympic Games have The words of the head

of the International Paralympic Committee,

as a financial crisis and lack of ticket sales have placed

the Games in jeopardy, The IPC has this afternoon been

forced to announce major budget cuts, the closure of one venue

and ten nations may not be able to afford to come

to the Games at all. The Beijing and London Paralympics

were game-changer, generating not only unprecedented levels of

interest but a shift in attitudes. The hope was that Rio 2016 could

would continue the momentum buzz a financial crisis meant major cuts

have had to be made weeks before the action gets under way Never before

in the 56 year history of the Paralympic Games have we faced

circumstances like this. Clearly Brazil is in a far different

fogs the one it was in October 2009, when it won the right to stage both

games. The Paralympics and the Olympics.

A raft of cuts were today announced, including the closure of one park,

the second largest of the four zone used for the Olympics, there will be

a downsizing of the workforce, the closure of media centres and cuts to

transport services. Funds meant for the Paralympics have

had to be diverted to resolve issues affecting the ongoing Olympics,

repairs at the Athletes' Village, security and the treatment of the

green water at the Aquatic Centre, crucial travel grants almost three

weeks overdue meaning as many as 50 countries may not be able to afford

to send athletes. It is clear that the Paralympic budget has been

cannibalised to back fill gaps and that can only have a negative effect

on the blame, desperate disappointment for the athlete,

desperate disappointment for the people of Brazil this is the second

largest sporting event on the planet. This is no way to go about

organising it. This is no way to go about delivering it. Only 12% of

tickets for the Rio Paralympics have so far been sold and some who have

travelled here are disappointed. So sad to see the stadium not full.

This is one time in the life, and I think Brazil must be generous, and

open the doors. Today, at Rio 2016's main ticket

office Paralympic tickets could only be bought at one of these booths.

Olympics is much more popular than the Paralympic, but they should

come. They should support the athletes. Brazilians are left to do

in the day before, yes. They leave it late. Yes, leaving it late.

Exactly. The Olympics took as by risk coming here for the first time,

for the second great sporting event of the summer the stakes are hiring

still and the fear is lasting damage could be done to the Paralympic

movement. With me now is Dame Tanni

Grey-Thompson, one of Britain's greatest Paralympic athletes,

with 11 gold medals, They are saying this is no way to

run a Paralympic Games. You must agree He is right. We had high

expectations for Rio, they have strong teams, you know, they get the

Paralympic game, we thought this was going to be a step up from London,

and I think we had the indication when the IPC said the travel money

hadn't been made available. They said there was three budget cut,

today we found out what they are and they are significant. These are

budget cuts on top of budget cuts that have taken place, what message

does this send, do you think about blame, given that Beijing and

London, you er, they were a high point. ? It sends out the message

the Paralympic Games doesn't mean as much to the organising committee.

But the British public care about it equally, the athletes care about it

equally. The competition will by a amazing but what they won't have is

the added extras we were able to put on in London, and the crowd numbers

are really disappointing. They are low. You do step up your performance

when you are if front of big crowds. But the British team, where, we are

lucky, we have amazing support. The athletes are resilient. They don't

stay in five-star hotels, they are used to it. They will deal with what

is in front of them. In terms of the medal hopes I don't think they will

be diminished. But they may deal with what is in front of then but it

won't necessarily be the contender, ten country may not be able to

attend That is better than we expected two or three days ago, this

is where the richer nations need to step up, maybe the IOC, there can be

a way to make sure they get there and I think that is what we need to

look to do now. Well, thank you very much.

The fastest man in the world, Jamaica's Usain Bolt,

has his sights set on the treble treble tonight - three gold medals

It's a feat never achieved in athletics before.

Earlier, he easily won his second gold medal in Rio in

Later this evening, he has the 4 x 100 metres relay, which could seal

From Rio, our sports correspondent Natalie Pirks reports.

As his competitors gathered their composure, Bolt looked

Playing to the Brazilian resilient crowd with a smile-fuelled Samba,

no man commands an audience quite like him.

What history is written, what more does he have for us?

The world record was his for the taking, never has a man

Quiet please, Mr Bolt is about to start.

At six foot five, he is a freak of nature in a sport suited

for shorter, more explosive athletes.

As he has been throughout his career!

But still, no-one could touch him as the fastest legs

in the sport carried him to a golden goodbye.

But in his last 200 metre Olympic final, he couldn't hide his anguish

I ran hard out of the turn, but when I came into the straight,

my body would not respond to me, know what I mean?

It's just I'm getting older, I'm not as young and fresh.

I'm excited to get the gold medal and that's the key thing.

Age catches up with usall, but he still knows

It doesn't matter that type of camera, they all love him.

In a sport so tainted by drug cheats, Bolt proved it can

If this is it, what on earth are we going to do without him?

He's taken our sport to different levels.

There has been some great athletes who have been

known across the world, but none bigger than Usain Bolt.

For Britain's Adam Gemili, the race was one of profound disappointment.

The 22-year-old was beaten to bronze by just three thousandths

of a second, the finish line photo showing just how agonisingly

I lost my form at the end, to get so close, it's heartbreaking.

Bolt turns 30 on Sunday and his mum has been

Tonight, one last race could provide the fondest of farewells for

He has talk about retiring after the World Champions in London but before

that tonight, there is a the small matter of Olympic business to deal

with. He will run in the 4 x 100 metre relay, he is going for the

treble treble. If Jamaica win he will become the first man in history

to have defended three Olympic titles at three game, what an

amazing achievement and what a way to say goodbye.

Jade Jones won in Taekwondo, she is a double Olympic champion and there

are further medal hopes adds the women's hockey take on the final

women's hockey take on the final this evening.

The broadest of smiles, the bravest of talents.

Jade Jones, nicknamed The Headhunter, and this is why.

Those high-scoring head kicks are crucial in taekwondo

and they fired Jones to another gold.

She celebrated in unusual style, a waltz with her coach.

Today, she told me her achievement was still sinking in.

When the bell actually went, I was, like, "Oh, my God."

It was just undescribable, the feeling.

When it all goes perfect on that one day, that's why I do it,

It was pretty good for her fans, too.

Back in her Welsh hometown of Flint, the roars could

And after Jones's taekwondo glory, could there be more to come?

Lutalo Muhammad, bronze medallist in London,

In the show-jumping, proof that there's no

58-year-old Nick Skelton, at his seventh games, into the final

He's jumped it, he's inside the time!

And, later on, a potentially historic day for the women's hockey

After their thrilling semifinal win, could it be a first Olympic title

But if there are celebrations, they'll do well to top this.

After wrestling gold, Japan's Risako Kawai

A partnership clearly head and shoulders above the rest.

Those medals have cemented Team GB's position in second

22 gold medals - two ahead of China in third.

Now Team GB are hoping to try to match the achievements

of the London 2012 team, who won a record 65 medals

The American swimmer Ryan Lochte has apologised for the first time

for his role in a row about an alleged robbery

Brazilian police say Lochte and three of his team mates

lied about being mugged to cover up their vandalism

One member of the team has agreed to pay almost $11,0000 to charity.

The Mayor of Rio says he accepts their apology.

A three-year-old boy has died, after he was attacked

Dexter Neal was playing at a property near his home

A 29-year-old woman has been arrested for allowing a dog to be

dangerously out of control and is in police custody.

Our correspondent Ellie Price reports.

At 5:40pm last night, the little boy, who lived

just round the corner from

here, was viciously attacked by a dog.

Neighbours described hearing lots of screaming.

Emergency services were called and Dexter

taken in an air ambulance to hospital, but he later died.

Just had this terrible, terrible scream

and I just saw a man pulling out this very big, white dog, with its

I thought, OK, I need to call the police on this.

police and describing what I'm seeing, I just see the mother coming

I only saw it for a moment, holding this very bloody child in

We understand she is still in custody.

She's been accused of allowing a dog to be dangerously out

This afternoon, police have confirmed it was an American

Bulldog, not on the list of breeds banned here in the UK.

The Government introduced the Dangerous Dogs Act almost

It banned four breeds, including the pit bull terrier,

and made it an offence for owners to not control a dog

But latest figures suggest hospital admissions for dog bites or attacks

last year were up by 6.5% on the previous 12 months,

with children under ten more likely to be admitted.

The local MP here says the legislation should

I think the last thing we should do now is any kind of

But we do need to look at the rules around dog ownership and also

about how dogs are looked after, particularly when there

This is the second time someone has been killed in a dog

As neighbours mourn the death of a little boy, police

will investigate exactly how a family pet cost the life

Ellie Price, BBC News, Halsted.

With less than three weeks to go and the Paralympic games in Rio

are scaled back due to major budget problems.

They're one of our most endangered species -

now water voles are released into the wild in the Yorkshire Dales

Coming up in Olympic Sportsday on BBC News in the next 15 minutes.

Can Team GB stay second in the medal table?

The womens hockey team play tonight and are guaranteed gold or silver.

They're home to some of the most violent

High security psychiatric hospitals, including Berkshire

and Ashworth on Merseyside, have housed prisoners including

the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and the Moors murderer Ian Brady.

Both of them will never be released, but many others who commit lesser

Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan joined one of them

for a rare look inside Ashworth and he sent this report.

You hear the bad things about the place and the perception

about here is that people are never going to get out.

Ashley Power spent nearly four years at Ashworth.

Convicted of robbery and burglary, 26 prisons failed to control his

It was like if someone was kicking off on the wing,

in the prison, they would be like, "You do that again,

Ashworth offered to save him, to stop him self-harming.

It warranted me coming into a high secure hospital, so that

Ashworth is home to some of the most dangerous people in Britain.

Moors Murderer Ian Brady has spent decades here, but despite

the obvious security it is a hospital, albeit

And this is the seclusion room.

I had a fight in the day area, and when the alarms had gone off,

I was only here for an hour that time, just until -

it gave me a bit of time to calm down.

Drugs, intensive support, and personalised care all helped,

but the attitude of staff was most important.

To see Ashley when he first got admitted and the crisis he was in,

and to sit there and have a laugh with him today, and talk to him

and see him playing pool, and stuff like that, that's like,

What do they do to make you trust them?

Treat me like a human being, which wasn't done before,

So what might be the thought you have about feeling paranoid?

At one point, eight nurses were dedicated solely to Ashley's

Such treatment is expensive. Each patient here costs on average

?175,000 a year, money that other overstretch mental health services

would dearly love. The reason it costs so much money

at Ashworth is because people are very complex who come here,

and so what they need is very Gone through the gate as patient

in a secure vehicle in handcuffs, and I've gone through one now,

where I say hello to people Think of where I was all them years

ago, you know, I've come out the hole, I've built a little

mountain on top of it and I am standing on top waving

down at everyone. Michael Buchanan, BBC News, at

Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside. The UN has finally admitted

it was involved in the outbreak of cholera in Haiti six years ago

that's killed nearly 10,000 people. Researchers say the disease,

which came just months after a devastating earthquake,

was introduced to Haiti's biggest river by inadequately treated

sewage from a base of UN But the United Nations has denied

responsibility for years and insists it has diplomatic

immunity from prosecution. So far, 800,000 have fallen ill

from the water borne And it's still killing

37 people a month. Our correspondent Nick Bryant

reports from New York. Haiti had been free

of cholera for 100 years. But the outbreak that has ripped

through the Caribbean country since 2010 has killed some 10,000

people and infected 800,000 more, Scientific studies have repeatedly

indicated the disease was brought to the country by UN

peacekeepers from Nepal, whose human waste contaminated

local water supplies. But despite the overwhelming weight

of evidence, the UN has refused In partnership with the Haitian

government, the UN has been heavily engaged in cholera eradication

since the 2010 outbreak. But, over the past year,

the UN has become convinced that it needs to do much more

regarding its own involvement in the initial outbreak

and the suffering of those The change of heart at UN

headquarters follows a confidential report that found that cholera

would not have broken out but for the actions

of the United Nations. The report also called its response

morally unconscionable, legally indefensible

and politically self-defeating. Last night, a court in New York

rejected a compensation claim brought by Haitian victims,

upholding the UN's long-held position that it enjoys

diplomatic community. So while the organisation has

acknowledged its involvement in the outbreak, it still refuses

to accept any legal responsibility. For those on the ground in Haiti

still battling this disease, This has a huge impact

on the Haitian people. It's something that is not

indigenous to them, this is not It is a new threat

to their livelihoods, a new threat to their health

and a new threat to their economic And the UN is responsible for that,

they need to take action. The United Nations has worked

to eradicate the disease in Haiti But, to many, its refusal to pay

compensation is morally offensive, showing heartlessness

in a time of cholera. Nick Bryant, BBC News,

New York. Russia has denied that one

of its air raids was responsible for the dazed and bloodied Syrian

boy whose photograph has drawn Four-year-old Omran was rescued

from a destroyed building in Aleppo. The Russian Defence Ministry

said its planes operating in Syria never bombed settled areas

and suggested that the attack could have been carried

out by rebel forces. Pregnancy termination services

carried out at Marie Stopes have been suspended. An undercover

investigation found serious concerns with patient safety procedures. It

will mean 250 women a week will be diverted to other providers.

Postal workers have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike.

The walk out is because of a row over post office closures,

The Communication Workers Union say the Post Office

is on the path to extinction, with many large town and city centre

post offices being moved into nearby retailers.

Around 100 water voles are being released into the wild

in the Yorkshire Dales, it will be the first time they have

Best known as the inspiration for Ratty in the Wind

in the Willows, they were once commonly found in the British

countryside, but are now one of our most endangered species.

Judith Moritz went to Malham Tarn, England's highest freshwater lake

If you were born after the 1960s, chances are you won't have seen

Water voles were nearly wiped out, numbers plummeting

But now they are being reintroduced to North Yorkshire.

They are not actually southern voles, though,

That's very important, because they are more able to cope

with the temperatures, the lower temperatures

More than 200 water voles will be brought here over

They have a lot more growing to do, and it is hoped they will start

to reproduce by next spring, playing an important part

They are being transferred in small batches, back into the tarn

Water voles disappeared from here in the 1960s.

As The National Trust have been managing this area,

we felt that it was humans who were the reason why

And so it should perhaps be humans to fix that.

The water voles will swim off next week, after getting used

to their surroundings at the waterside first.

Inside this pen are the first of the species to be retained

here to Malham Tarn, the hope of being that one day

they will spread all across this area.

Judith Mortiz, BBC News, Malham Tarn.

Time for a look at the weekend weather. It has been dry for so long

for so many parts of the country, now a day of rain?

The gardeners will be happy, travel is probably not so. The rain has

been moving steadily northwards, tied in with this deep area of low

pressure to the west of Ireland. That will be crossing the north of

the UK over the next day or so. So, gradually, through the second part

of the weekend, things will improve. The rain moves north overnight, lots

of showers coming in from the West. Not cold, by any stretch, 14 or 15

degrees by dawn. A very windy start, particularly on the southern flank

of this low pressure. Gales around the coast, large waves and high

tides. Gusts getting up to 50 or 60 mph. Quite nasty around some of the

coast and even inland, gusts of 40 mph. Not ideal. To go with a strong

wind in Northern Ireland and northern England, heavy rain through

the morning. Not such a bad start in central Scotland. In the Northern

Isles, particularly Orkney, it will be windy and wet. That windy and wet

weather will move towards Shetland. We are going to see the heavy rain

across Northern Ireland moving across northern England, southern

Scotland by the afternoon. A rush of rain in Wales. Temperatures

struggling, 7418 degrees. Through the evening, it stays very windy.

Still lots of showers around. You can see the low, drifting into the

North Sea. By Sunday morning, temperatures around 14 or 15 degrees

for major towns and cities. Some improvements into Sunday has the

main low goes into the North Sea. Still a blustery day, not as windy

Saturday. Still showers around, but not as many as Saturday. Some

improvements, and you might see the temperatures creeping up.

A reminder of the main stories: major budget problems with the

Paralympics means that one venue will close and ten countries may not

even be able to travel to the games. And the fastest man on earth, Usain

Bolt, is hoping to make an historic travel -- treble treble. That is all

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