06/10/2016 BBC News at Six

The man tipped to be Ukip's next leader is in hospital tonight

after an altercation with a colleague in

Steven Woolfe collapsed shortly after a Ukip meeting, where it's

He has suffered two seizures, one quite major one, which is pretty

serious, and he did lose consciousness for a bit.

Steven Woolfe is now recovering in hospital and says he's feeling

Fields fit for fracking - the Government gives the green

light to a controversial process in Lancashire.

Eastern Aleppo - home to more than a quarter

of a million Syrians - could be wiped out by

Christmas, says the UN, if the fighting doesn't stop.

A former member of Team Sky questions their use of medical

exemptions for riders - saying it looked suspicious and odd.

And why eating farmed salmon might not be as healthy

And coming up in the sport on BBC News:

It's a big night for Wales in Austria, as Chris Coleman's side

look to make it two wins out of two in their World Cup qualifiers.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Ukip was plunged into fresh turmoil today after the man tipped to be

the party's next leader was rushed unconscious to hospital

after an altercation with a colleague at

49-year-old Steven Woolfe suffered two seizures after reportedly

being involved in a fight following a party

Ukip's leader, Nigel Farage, condemned the incident, saying

it was bad for Ukip's image and made them look violent.

Our deputy political editor John Pienaar reports.

Steven Woolfe is no household name, at least until now, but he was

favourite to lead his party, a party torn apart by feuding and faction

fighting, but nothing like this. His far better known and biggest

supporter, Nigel Farage, put out the news in a tweet that they had been a

fight. Steven Woolfe had collapsed after an altercation at a meeting of

Ukip MEPs in Strasbourg, and his condition was described as serious.

Tonight, Mr Farage reported his colleague was over the worst. Steven

Woolfe is in a much better place than a fewer hours ago. As you know,

he collapsed coming out of the chamber during a voting session and

he hit the ground pretty hard. He has suffered two seizures, one

pretty major one, which is obviously pretty serious. And he did lose

consciousness for a bit, so things were pretty bad. As for the events

which led up to it, well, it is two grown men getting involved in an

altercation. It is not very senior behaviour but I am not today going

to get involved in the blame game. Tempers flared after Mr Wolves -- Mr

Woolfe told papers he had been tempted to join the Conservatives

after Theresa May's conference speech and there was an accusation

of betrayal. It spilled outside and punches were thrown. Two hours Mr

Woolfe collapsed. I understand there was an argument between some MEPs

and Stephen, I think, picked a fight with one of them and came off worst.

That is what I have heard second-hand, and it remains to be

seen what the full truth is. A short time ago, Mr Woolfe confirmed he was

on the mend. In a tweet, he said: I am feeling brighter, happier and

smiling as ever. Ukip tasted triumph when Britain voted to leave the EU,

but the party has known nothing but splits and schisms since, divided --

divided both for and against Nigel Farage. Diane James ruled that 18

days before she decided she lacked the authority leave and stepped

down, leaving Mr rusher is the lead again. Now Mr Woolfe may again be

the favourite to lead, but not many will envy him the task. Rusher

leaving Mr Woolfe. Let's speak to Kevin Connolly who's

at the hospital in Strasbourg where Stephen Woolfe

is being treated. What more do we know

about what actually happened? Well, there seems to have been a

fight involving Mr Woolfe and one other Ukip MEP. For much of the day,

the medical bulletins involving Steven Woolfe seemed grave and

Robert Rock bling. There was even talk at one point on social media

that he was in a life-threatening condition. -- grave and troubling.

We are being told now it is possible he may be released from this

hospital as early as tomorrow. Of course, the health problems of Ukip

itself perhaps much graver. The party's lead donor, Aaron Banks, as

described it as being at breaking point, at a time when the party

aspired to being part of a big conversation about Brexit. It is

more often involved in a conversation about itself and how it

does its business. One key point to take away from France tonight is

there is only a criminal complaint in this country if there is a

complaint from somebody who has been attacked. We think there has been no

such complaint so we think there will be no criminal charges arising.

For the first time, a controversial fracking process has been given

the go-ahead in the UK, despite fierce local opposition.

The Government has overturned a decision by the county

council in Lancashire, which means horizontal fracking

for shale gas can begin at a site in north-west England.

Campaigners have reacted angrily, saying the Government has ignored

local people who object on environmental grounds.

Our industry correspondent John Moylan is at the chosen site.

The local parish council had rejected these fracking plans. The

council council and rejected them, too. But today a government which

talks up liberalism and putting power into people's hands allowed

fracking right here in Lancashire to get underway. It's an ordinary field

on Lancashire's coast but, for the past two years, it's been the

fracking front line. Local residents at Kaine have been fighting

Cuadrilla's plans. This is our back garden and the proposed site is just

over there. This woman works 300 metres away and today she was

devastated by the news that fracking had been given the green light. It

will change our lives and there will be noise 24 hours a day. We will be

able to hear it, to smell it, to see it. It will have an affect on the

quality of life. Emotions were running high eight miles away in the

village of Roseacre Wood, where it might also be approved if traffic

concerns can be overcome. It should not go ahead anywhere but

particularly here. The infrastructure can't cope. Theresa

May said that democracy should work for everybody but we just don't feel

like that today. This region is known for agriculture and tourism

but Cuadrilla's plans will transform this particular part of Lancashire.

First, a drilling rig will be installed here of up to 30-40 metres

in height. Then, next April, they will begin drilling the first of

several wells and, by the autumn, fracking will begin. That's sort of

intense industrial activity could continue here for up to two and a

half years. Our plans are to drill four exploration wells... Cuadrilla

believes that Britain will need shale gas in the years to come and

it welcomed the government decision. It's an important milestone for

Cuadrilla and the future shale gas in the country, and it us an

opportunity to test and see whether this gas that we know is in the

ground, that we can get it out at commercial rates and stop importing

the stuff. Fracking involves injecting water, sand and chemicals

at high pressure into shale rock deep underground to release gas. It

has sent energy prices lower in the US but will it work here? You need a

lot of wells, probably hundreds, possibly thousands for this to make

a dramatic change to our present reliance on imports. Opponents will

be scrutinising this decision to see whether it can be challenged but,

after years of debate, fracking has now come a step closer.

In Scotland, there is a moratorium on fracking. The Labour Party say

they will ban it, too, and environmentalists say that fracking

is incompatible with meeting our climate goals, but there are other

firms in England that want to explore for shale gas and this

decision will have given this fledgling industry a big boost.

Part of Syria's second largest city, Aleppo,

faces total destruction by Christmas - that's the warning

He's pleaded with Russia and the Syrian government to end

their bombardment of eastern Aleppo, saying the presence of less

than 1,000 jihadists could not justify the total

More than quarter of a million civilians are trapped there.

Here's our diplomatic correspondent James Landale.

There are 100,000 children trapped in eastern Aleppo and this little

He was pulled from the rubble of a building that killed

Yet another casualty in the rebel-held part of the city,

where the UN says more than 270 people have been killed and 1600

So from the United Nations today, a warning that unless

the bombardment by Russian and Syrian forces stopped,

there would be nothing left by Christmas and they will

A maximum, two months, two and a half months?

The city of eastern Aleppo, at this rate, may be

We are talking about the old city in particular.

And thousands of Syrian civilians, not terrorists, will be killed.

There are believed to be 900 jihadist fighters,

formerly known as Al-Nusra Front left in eastern Aleppo,

seen here training recently alongside other allies.

The UN envoy says they shouldn't risk further civilian casualties

and instead withdraw from the city, offering to guarantee

If you did decide to leave, in dignity and with your weapons

to Idlib or anywhere you wanted to go, I personally am ready,

France today called on President Assad to end,

what its ministers called, the deluge of fire and death

But the Syrian president denied once again, that he was

If we are killing Syrian people and destroying hospitals,

committing all these atrocities, and we've been faced

by all the great power in the world, how can I be president

The conflict in Syria will be a priority for the next

Secretary-General of the United Nations,

Antonio Guterres, confirmed today as the Security Council's nominee.

The former Portuguese Prime Minister will try to succeed,

More than 100 people are now known to have been killed

by Hurricane Matthew, which has swept across

The true scale of the devastation is only now becoming clear

because large parts of the island have been unreachable.

The hurricane is now gaining in strength as it

heads towards Florida, where millions of people have been

This is all that remains of the town of Jeremie in the south of Haiti.

It was home to 30,000 people until it was hit

It is only now, after the hurricane has moved on, that emergency teams

have been able to assess the damage and the needs of those who survived.

I've lost all the food in my house, he says.

We have nothing to cook and we are starving.

Along with the ferocious winds, up to 40 inches of rain has fallen

in several districts of this impoverished island.

At least 350,000 people are in urgent need of food and shelter.

And today, as the hurricane heads north, it's been the turn

of the Bahamas to feel the full force of the winds,

which have now strengthened to more than 140 miles per hour.

So not far away, the people of the southern United States

With many already fleeing inland, before the hurricane reaches

One of Team Sky's former riders has questioned their decision to allow

Sir Bradley Wiggins to take a banned drug to treat his asthma.

In an exclusive interview for the BBC, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke,

who rode for the team until he was sacked for a doping

violation, says the matter "looked suspicious" and "odd".

Sir Bradley, who's always denied any wrongdoing,

was granted a therapeutic use exemption before three major races,

including the 2012 Tour de France, which he won.

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke is riding out of his skin here.

Four years ago, he was the next big thing in British cycling.

Then Jonathan Tiernan-Locke's world fell apart.

Banned for an anti-doping violation, stripped of his titles,

His former employers have recently been involved in another

controversy, having to defend Sir Bradley Wiggins' use,

on medical grounds, of a banned steroid before major races and,

at home in Cornwall, Tiernan-Locke has always

He told me he had been surprised by the revelations.

I don't want to insinuate anything but the timing doesn't look great.

You'd assume, if you had a need for such a thing,

it would be consistent throughout your career.

It would be something you use year-in, year out.

So, from that point of view, it looks suspicious.

Then, from the other perspective, a team like Sky are so thorough,

they don't want to leave anything to chance.

So, why risk these allergies derailing their best laid plans?

Therapeutic Use Exemptions, or TUEs have come under scrutiny

after Russian computer hackers leaked athletes'

Both Wiggins and Team Sky insist he took the drug, triamcinolone,

for asthma-related allergies, and not to gain an unfair advantage.

It was approved by the authorities and there is no suggestion either

Definitely surprised to see some of the TUEs,

and especially the timing of those, from riders from Team Sky.

Yeah, from the outside, it definitely looks...

I do think it's not quite singing from the same transparent hymn sheet

as we were led to believe previously.

There will be some who will have listen to what you have to say

If the shoe was on the other foot, I might think in a similar fashion.

You're absolutely sticking to that, 100%?

Tiernan-Locke also claims that, when competing for his country

rather than Team Sky in 2012, he was offered a legal,

but controversial, super-strength painkiller that some in the sport

There was a time I rode the World Championships.

We were offered a painkiller called tramadol, which,

I wasn't in any pain, so I didn't need to take.

It just didn't sit well with me at the time.

I'm not in any pain, why would I want a painkiller?

The national governing body, British Cycling, says

the doctor concerned denies Tiernan-Locke's name.

He, meanwhile, having served his ban, is now focusing

on trying to get his career back on track.

Fresh turmoil for Ukip as Steven Wolfe is rushed to hospital after an

altercation with a fellow MP. Still to come,

The buildings with grand designs on winning the Stirling

Security is being ramped up ahead of England's first one-day

international against Bangladesh tomorrow, with army commandos

carrying out training drills at the national stadium.

Fish oils have long been promoted for a healthy diet.

Millions of people eat salmon because it's a rich source

But BBC News has learned that the health benefits of farmed

salmon have declined significantly over the past five years.

And it's all because of a change in their diet.

Our Science Correspondent, Pallab Ghosh, has been to a salmon

Thousands of them at a fish farm in Loch Leven,

The Western Highlands and Islands is home to the Scottish

It produces 30 million fish each year.

And the demand worldwide is continuing to grow.

As the industry's been producing more fish, the nutritional value has

Salmon is good for you because of its beneficial Omega 3 fish oils.

These are thought to stave off a range of illnesses,

including heart disease, arthritis, and diabetes.

Five years ago, the amount of beneficial Omega 3

in a portion of about 130 grams, like we have here, would be

Three and a half grams of beneficial Omega 3 which, in actual fact,

However, now, that level has been about halved.

So, instead of having to eat one portion of farmed salmon,

we now have to eat two portions, to get our recommended

The salmon get their Omega 3 oil from smaller oily

fish such as anchovies, which have been ground up

and added to the pellets which are being sprayed

But there's a limited supply of anchovies and a growing

That means that all across the world there is less oily fish to go

Scientists here are working on a solution, but it's

These plants have been genetically modified to produce Omega 3 fish

The production of fish oils is no longer limited by what is available

It's going to be helped by what we can produce

Farmed salmon is still one of the richest sources of Omega

Unless a solution can be found, the problem

In the last few minutes the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has announced

a significant reshuffle to his Shadow Cabinet.

Let's cross to Westminster and speak to our Political

Correspondent Iain Watson, Iain what are the headlines?

the headline so far is that Diane Abbott now becomes Shadow Home

Secretary, replacing Andy Burnham. Jeremy Corbyn had been criticised

not having enough women in top positions. It looks like he is

putting that right. Nonetheless, Diana that is also a very close

political ally of his. So is the woman who carried out the report

into anti-Semitism. She is now shadow Attorney General and Joe

Stephens is Shadow Welsh Secretary. One person departing is Rosie

Winterton. Many Labour MPs felt she stood up to Jeremy Corbyn in the

Shadow Cabinet but many think her departure means he is not attempting

to build bridges to his opponents in the summer.

World trade leaders have been meeting in Washington today

to discuss the effects of globalisation.

They say MORE global trade is necessary for growth but admit

that it has created losers and inequality in many advanced,

As part of a BBC day of looking at the impact of globalisation on

communities, Steph McGovern has been

to Middlesbrough to find out how globalisation has affected

one part of the UK. Middlesbrough is a town

in North Yorkshire, which has seen a lot of change

because of globalisation. For a long time, this place

where I grew up was dominated by heavy industries like iron

and steel making. At its peak, 40,000 people

were employed in the steel sector here on Teesside,

but it struggled as countries like China have been able

to make steel more cheaply. This site was mothballed

after decades in action, It was a town that was built

on the iron and steel industry, and that has been very good to us

in terms of global trade But when you base an economy

on a single industry, if you lose that industry,

the economy does suffer, It's a challenge that the port

here say the area has risen to. Teesport is one of the major ports

in the UK, a vast array of products are handled,

the chemical sector here is the largest in the UK,

it's a big energy hub, oil coming off the North Sea,

and now we have a real thriving container business which employs

thousands of people. It's easy to think that

Middlesbrough is a place that is all about heavy

industry, but in the shadows of the old industrial landscape

is a growing digital sector that is making its mark

as a global player. If you want to pop that

on, close your eyes, This company uses virtual-reality

technology to help businesses We have strived for the last three

and a half years to become We market business to Japan,

Brazil and to Singapore, and we've secured contracts

in those territories. There's a really nice juxtaposition

between the heavy industry of yesteryear, and then you've got

about 15 years' worth of investment So what we've now got is an IT

infrastructure to support The good and the bad

of globalisation are While some businesses thrive,

from their ability to trade from here with the rest

of the world, for others, it's brought hardship

as their industries can't keep up For a place like Middlesbrough,

it means working hard Steph McGovern, BBC

News, Middlesbrough. Now which of these buildings

would get your vote? Later this evening we'll find out

which has won this It's one of the most prestigious

architecture awards in Britain, and it's given to someone who's

"made the greatest contribution Our Arts Editor, Will Gompertz

looks at the six on this year's Six new additions to

the British landscape. Among them is the 2016

Stirling Prize winner. Perhaps this private house,

set deep in the landscape in the Forest of Dean

could take the prize. It's a concrete bunker-like new home

for a couple of artists. Or maybe this seven-building housing

complex in London's Elephant and Castle district will catch

the judge's eye. The design has won friends

but there have been concerns about insufficient social housing

within the scheme. Just down the road is Damien Hirst's

Newport Street Gallery, which sees the transformation

of a building once used for painting theatrical scenery into one to stage

shows of paintings. The City of Glasgow

College Riverside campus. A glassy, new addition to the banks

of the River Clyde with a huge inner It is one of three academic

buildings on the short list. There's a reconfigured

Weston Library, which takes Giles Gilbert Scott's Grade 2

wartime design and updates it to the 21st century,

by providing a space to serve both A short walk away is

the Blavatnik School of Government. A layered design of geometric

forms that reference What do you look for in a piece

of contemporary architecture? So, we're looking for a moment

of transformation, so there's an element of innovation which we're

definitely looking for. We're looking at something which has

a degree of, let's say, timelessness to it, so it's not

obsolete in three or four years. We won't have to wait long to find

out which project he and his fellow Their decision will be

announced later this evening. The first week of October provided

us with plenty of dry and warm weather. Things now feeling cooler

and more autumnal. We have had some sunshine today. Here was a view

taken by one of our weather watchers in East Sussex earlier on in the

afternoon. We will see more in a way of cloud this evening and overnight.

The cloud is drawn in on a cool, easterly breeze which will be

sticking for us for much of the week ahead. The cloud will be thickening

and bringing drizzle bursting in morning. A few drizzly showers in

central and eastern parts of the country. Under the blanket of cloud,

it is looking milder than it has done over recent nights. A touch of

frost in Scotland. Further south, this is eight o'clock in the

morning, across much of southern Scotland, northern England and

Northern Ireland by a fairly grey start. If you spit spot of light

rain here and there. Many of us will avoid those showers. It is in an

inspiring start the day. Call under the cloud. Rather grey with a few

outbreaks of rain. Though be more sunshine breaking through the cloud

later in the day, particularly in the north-west. Central and eastern

areas are likely to see more cloud through the day. Temperature wise,

around 13-17dC and feeling cooler in the breeze was no great change into

the weekend. Lots of dry weather on the cards. By the time we get to

Sunday, temperatures just around 11 - 16. Let's take a quick look the

other side of the Atlantic that this is the latest satellite image

showing Hurricane Matthew. You'll be moving very close to the coast of

Florida. We'll keep you up to date with the latest on the hurricane.

You can find out the latest updates on the website.

That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me.