20/04/2017 BBC News at Six

Taking on the elites - Jeremy Corbyn spells

The Labour leader said big business would pay more tax,

It's the Establishment versus the people.

It's our historic duty to make sure the people prevail.

This election is about ensuring that we have strong and stable

leadership in this country in the national interest.

So, as the battle lines become clearer, we'll get

Revving up - why the world's leading financial organisation

is forecasting greater global economic growth.

Hopes of a step forward in tackling dementia.

Researchers are looking at new ways to use existing drugs.

The teenage racing driver who's lost both legs after a crash.

Formula 1 stars help to raise more than ?500,000.

Here, there was the gold very neatly wrapped in its case.

He was tuning up an old piano and discovered a treasure trove.

Coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News...

Andy Murray bows out early at the Monte Carlo Masters

after a 3-set defeat in the third round.

Good evening, and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

In his first major speech of the election campaign,

the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has styled himself as the

anti-Establishment candidate, taking on what he called a system

He told supporters that a Labour government elected on the 8th

of June would not play by the old rules, doffing

With Theresa May promising strong leadership, our

Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg looks at their different messages

No one's going to say they're all the same.

And not the admirers of the Labour leader,

who queued round the block to hear him.

We need something different, not more of the same.

This is about who should be leading the country and should

be our Prime Minister, because he's offering

The left waited a long time for a leader like Jeremy Corbyn.

But will the rest of the country rush towards him?

The Labour Party that is standing up for working people

It's the Establishment versus the people.

It's our historic duty to make sure the people prevail.

In practice, that means hikes to the minimum wage,

bigger benefits for carers, higher taxes for some

of the biggest businesses, who he said, proudly,

If I were Southern Rail, or if I were Philip Green,

I'd be worried about a Labour government, I really would.

If I were Mike Ashley, or the CEO of a tax avoiding

multinational corporation, I'd want to see a Tory

Because those are the people who are monopolising the wealth that

should be shared by each and every one of us

APPLAUSE But it means more borrowing, and spending too.

Ideas that at the last election didn't do Labour many favours.

What is it that you hope to show to voters in the next seven weeks

beyond this room that they haven't seen in the last two years

And social justice. And we're going to get that message out across the

whole country. And I'm very confident of that. This invited

audience of loyalists lapped to their feet. This was a classic

Jeremy Corbyn speech, the kind of speech that won him the Labour

leadership election. He spelt out in sky-high letters how he would pitch

this campaign. The people versus the powerful. He is obviously a man of

principle and integrity, we know that for a fact. Can he stepped up

to the plate at the next level? While Mikey has got 50 days to do

that. I'm really impressed, Jeremy has always said the right thing, he

has just never had the opportunity. He is a decent man, maybe decent

people do not get elected will stop but he has also got an allotment, he

makes his own jam, did you know that? I did know that. Welbeck you

go! Beyond the crowd in seats like gluten, will his campaign cut

through -- in seats like gluten. He is a modern socialist, give him the

chance and he will make changes. I don't think he is a coherent leader,

I voted Labour in the past but I would not vote for him. The Prime

Minister claims he is not up to the job. She was on a low-key visit in

marginal Enfield. This election is about ensuring that we have strong

and stable leadership in this country in the national interest.

It's about strengthening our negotiating hand for Brexit and

sticking to our plan for a stronger Britain, developing a more secure

future for ordinary working people in this country. Jeremy Corbyn's a

happy campaigner, comfortable with his fans. But he needs millions

more, a brutal election beckons. Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News,

Westminster. So Jeremy Corbyn may have

characterised the election as a battle between the people

and the elites, but what are the issues that voters

are actually concerned about? Our Deputy Political Editor,

John Pienaar, has been Pick a place, almost any place. A

street, in market, and you will see why this election is happening now.

Ask around here in Norwich, famous for its churches, but important now

for its many voters who may, just make a switch their loyalties on

polling day. Theresa May wants a big mandate. Whoever wins will need one.

Theresa May likes grammar schools and thinks that is the way to help

the kids get on. What do you think? I think potentially it is a good

idea. But I think it could favour children whose parents could give

them more advantage. To help with entrance exams. Plots so fair after

all? Potentially not. Do you think our hospitals need a lot more money?

Every time there is an election or anything, the only way to do things

is to promise to get the votes, and none of the promises other country

normally. Jeremy Corbyn and Labour want to seek better off people,

better paid people, paying more in tax, whether it is ?70,000 per year

people or whatever it is, do you think it is a good idea or a bad

idea by silly about idea. You will then do what we did in the 1970s,

and drive all of the high taxpayers abroad. We're already looking at the

risk of big companies going over to Europe, that would accelerate that.

I think our level of taxes enough. When you started in 50% or 60% tax,

people will leave. We may end up having to pay a lot more for social

care for the elderly. How do you think that will go down? Well, I

live on a large council estate and people there will be very angry if

they have to pay a lot for care, they really would. They would...

They would go ballistic. Perhaps we need to invite, I don't know, some

of them backed us all to tout for us. So the next government will face

one hard sell after another, on reform, on spending, austerity will

not end overnight and the economy could well slow down before it picks

up again. Forget the polls for a moment, nobody has voted yet. But

when we do, we will hand the next PM a tougher task than any other leader

has faced in modern times in peacetime. The customer may not

always be right, but try telling the customer that. Britain's next Prime

Minister won't just want to win, she or he will need a big one, and not

just for Brexit. John Pienaar, BBC News, zero. -- Dowrich.

Let's get more on our top story then with our Political Editor,

Laura Kuenssberg, who is in Westminster.

As you suggested in your report, Jeremy Corbyn was using the language

that won him the Labour leadership, but this is now a general election.

It is, and it is very different. From the moment he became the Labour

leader about has not been, can journey Corbyn but fire in the

bellies of those on the left, it is can he read out to voters of all

varieties -- can he reach out. His progress along that road has been

bumpy to say the least. But we saw today in a kind of vintage Corbyn

performance, he is going to be thumping the same top. He's not

changing for anyone, his message loud and proud is that in his view

the Tories are the party for the wealthy few and he wants to look

after everybody else. He starts this election as the real underdog. His

team believe they will narrow the gap between the two parties, may be

quite sharply. But with only seven weeks to go this is a short campaign

that has caught everybody by surprise. Time is against them. One

of Jeremy Corbyn's biggest union backers is involved in his own

election fight, and there has been a development today. What has been

happening? Len McCluskey is the boss of the biggest union, United. He is

one of Jeremy Corbyn's most influential backers. Most people

believe that if Len McCluskey was not behind him, Jeremy Corbyn would

not be in his job. A man called Gerard Quinn has been trying to

announce him from the leadership, but today out of the blue he

suspended from his job at the union, Unite. Baby can really work out

exactly what has gone on. It matters -- nobody can work out. The role of

the Unite boss is keyed to the state of the Labour Party in this

election, and in terms of what happens next. The result is

officially not expected until next week, but they may well emerge

tomorrow. Thank you, Laura. The deadline for parties

in Northern Ireland to try and form a government has been extended

to the end of June beyond Several parties at Stormont have

said talks were unsustainable as they'd be campaigning

against each other. Launching the Greens' election

campaign in Bristol, co-leader Caroline Lucas

said her party would stand up for equality and a bigger

role for the state. She appealed to young

people to vote Green, and she said were betrayed over

tuition fees, a lack of affordable housing

and inaction on climate change. The parents who disguised the death

of their baby by pretending she had died on a London bus have been

convicted of causing or allowing her death,

but cleared of her murder. The Old Bailey was told that

four-month-old Imani suffered multiple injuries,

including fractured ribs and a broken wrist, before her death

in September last year. Richard Lister's report contains

distressing details. Rosalind Baker and Jeffrey Wiltshire

- the parents of four-month-old Imani, whose violent death

they tried to cover up. On September 28th last year,

Baker was spotted on CCTV in a shop near her home in East London

carrying Imani in a sling. Imani's face is obscured

by a piece of cloth. Minutes later, we see

Wiltshire pushing their They kiss, and as the doors close,

Wiltshire gives her a thumbs up. But both parents know

Imani is already dead. It's not until half an hour later

that Baker calls out for help, This woman immediately checks

on Imani and alerts other passengers, one of whom rushes

to tell the driver what's going on. Baker is still on the phone,

but she doesn't call 999. What has happened was by the baby is

losing her life. The jury was told that when medical

teams finally examined Imani, they found she'd been dead for some

time, and had a string 40 rib fractures, a broken wrist,

and a fractured skull - Baker and Wiltshire were acquitted

of murder, but found guilty of causing or allowing

Imani's death. And Judge Nicholas Hilliard

said they were facing Richard Lister, BBC News,

at the Old Bailey. Nine years after the global

financial crisis, the head of the world's leading financial

organisation, the International Monetary Fund, has given an upbeat

assessment of the world economy. Christine Lagarde said that strong

growth was returning to America and Europe,

Britain's two largest Our Economics Editor, Kamal Ahmed,

reports from America. Meet Matt Levatich -

the man who runs, and rides, The all-American company that

exports around the world. If things are going well

for businesses like this, then that is a signal

that the global economy is set fair. I asked Mr Levatich if the economy

is indeed looking up. When people feel more confident,

then they're willing to make, if you will, financial risks

of investing in something, improving your home,

buying a motorcycle. When they feel really uncertain,

they pull back and they wait. And so the election and so forth has

helped people feel more optimism. Running more smoothly

at Harley, and for the US. The official IMF forecasts have

certainly made for better reading, although they have

been wrong before. And for the head of the world's

leading financial organisation, We are forecasting

growth in 2017 at 3.5%. And that's a significant

update from 2016. But we need to make sure that this

momentum is sustained. When you come to a company

like Harley-Davidson, you are immediately struck,

not just by the size of the factory, Yes, some of that is down

to the presidential election. But a lot of it is down to the

return of global economic growth. A return so marked, some

are arguing, that ten years after the financial crisis,

the global economy has It is not just the makers

of big American bikes that For Britain, the bounce-back

for our two the exported markets - the US and the rest of the EU -

is likely to mean higher exports. Harley-Davidson will be hoping these

new positive forecasts are right. Our top story this evening:

Jeremy Corbyn spells out his pitch for the election,

saying big business would pay more tax -

and he promised a ?10 minimum wage. And still to come: The mystery

of an old piano and the 900 gold coins hidden in it -

who put them there? Coming up in Sportsday in the next

15 minutes on BBC News... There's a place in the Europa League

semifinal at stake We'll have the latest

from Old Trafford ahead Critics call them the crack cocaine

of the High Street and are asking for fixed odds betting terminals

to be more heavily regulated. The Government is carrying out

a review of the machines, which allow customers to place

bets of ?100 a time. It will publish its findings after

looking at hundreds of responses. The Association of British

Bookmakers, which represents betting shops, denies they have any link

to problem gambling. I have put like 200 quid in,

I've been up to nine grand and back down to nothing within the space

of like six hours. Because I just keep going and going

and going, I don't stop. Sarah Grant is struggling

to stop gambling. She's just moved into a flat after

two years in a homeless hostel. Sarah lost everything,

including her job, You keep putting money in,

and then once it comes to a certain amount of money,

then you start thinking, well, actually let's

just put some more in. I have to win now because I've

put all this money in. It's bound to drop,

it's going to do it, These are the type of machines Sarah

used, fixed odds betting terminals found in bookmakers on high streets

up and down the country. They are the subject

of a Government review. With a maximum stake of ?100,

they offer the chance of a ?500 Critics say the high stakes

and speed of play makes them These machines have been

called the crack cocaine of the high street,

what's your response to that? I think you have to

look at the evidence. These machines have been

available for 15 years. During that time, the levels

of problem gambling in the UK If these machines were specifically

linked to problem gambling, you would have seen the rise

in the levels, and you haven't. Figures from the regulator,

the Gambling Commission, show a slight increase in the number

of people classified as problem The Government believes the total

number could be as many as 600,000. This secret filming shows how some

players have reacted to the scale of their losses,

taking their anger The industry says players

are protected by messages that warn them about how long

they have been playing. Critics say they don't

go far enough. You can put money in these machines

and you can stay there all day and you can lose thousands

and thousands and thousands of pounds because you become

addicted to that machine. So I think that's why we have to do

whatever we can to take legitimacy Sarah is receiving therapy

for her addiction, but wanted to share her experience of fixed

odds betting terminals. Those who represent betting shops

say it's the most regulated The Government review is a chance

for all voices to be heard. Jenson Button has helped to raise

more than half a million pounds to help a 17-year-old racing driver

who had his lower legs amputated Rising star of Formula Four,

Billy Monger, hit a stationary car during the race at Donington Park

in Leicestershire on Sunday. Our Sports Correspondent

Joe Wilson reports. 17 years old and life changed

forever. Billy Monger was competing at Donington Park when he collided

with a stationary car at around 120 mph.

He was airlifted to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham,

He's actually had the lower leg, just below his

knee on his right leg, removed, and then his left leg really

where that has been removed.

It's obviously devastating for us all but the main thing is to keep a

brave face on for Billy. Billy Monger's talent was well known even

when he was at primary school. At the age of nine he was featured on

Blue Peter. You were phenomenal. Right now, Billy's

team is raising money The total is over half

1 million pounds, with One man is offering to help

Billy Monger race again. David Birrell lost his lower legs

in an explosion while He now drives for a

racing team using his It was hard, but now

it's second nature. To get Billy standing next

to me one day with his race gear on in a picture waiting

to get in his car would be for me probably the highest

motivation in my life. Formula Four drivers dream

of the big time, practising Billy Monger's accident

is a reminder of what will also always be part of

their sport, the risk. Scientists have found

a way of halting dementia The drugs used are already given

to patients for other conditions As our medical correspondent

Fergus Walsh reports, the next step is to begin

trials on humans. This research mouse has a

degenerative brain disease which is destroying its coordination. Look

how it drags its rear legs. The second mouse has the same condition

but has been treated with a drug that has kept it healthy. The lead

scientist says patient trials could begin in the year with the aim of

halting Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease in humans. Halting is an

incredibly important goal here because I do dementia clinics and if

I can hold disease when people come to see me, then you could maintain a

meaningful quality of life, independence and freedom from

institutionalisation, which would be an extraordinary achievement. So we

are not talking about a cure for dementia, but drugs that might slow

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. These neurodegenerative conditions

involve the loss of healthy neurons in the brain. That starts with the

build-up of faulty proteins which triggers a natural defence response,

this makes the cells starved and eventually die. The drugs prevent

the defence mechanism kicking in, and so halt brain cell death. These

medical research laboratories in Leicester have found two drugs which

work in mice and they are safe in humans. One of the drugs is already

used as an antidepressant, but joy Watson is not getting her hopes up

because so many other Alzheimer's trials have failed. She was

diagnosed on her 55th birthday and now even a simple tasks like reading

can be a problem. You want to believe that it's going to be, you

know, a fantastic thing that it is reported to be but I don't allow

myself to get that enthusiastic any more. I would rather wait until more

substantial evidence is there for the taking really. This is the

antidepressant which halted neurodegenerative disease in mice,

but what works in rodents may not in humans. The patient trial results

will be eagerly awaited. Fergus Walsh, BBC News.

It wasn't buried in the ground or marked on a map but the largest

hoard of gold coins ever found has now been declared treasure

after it was discovered hidden inside an old piano.

The sovereigns are thought to be worth up to a quarter

of a million pounds, as our Midlands Correspondent

A piano which was donated to a college in Shropshire,

but just before Christmas, this man discovered hundreds

of coins in dusty hand-stitched packages underneath its keyboard.

I'd been called in to tune and repair this piano,

so I took out a couple of the keys and up in the top here,

and hey presto, there were some

So I quickly got my penknife and quickly undid one of the ends.

Experts say it's the largest gold sovereign hoard

It consists of more than 900 coins, most of which were made

Out of all these coins, this one is the oldest.

This one, however, was made in 1915 and that suggests the coins

We know there's 930 gold coins there, and that's more than six

kilos' worth of gold, that's worth a lot of money.

Back in the day when it was hid, in 1915, you could have bought

a four-bed town house with that, which is the equivalent

An inquest ruled it was unclear who the treasure really belonged to.

Now any reward will go to the college and the tuner.

I was actually dancing up and down so I do have emotions sometimes!

Let's get the weather now. A lovely jovial spirit, unfortunately they

haven't had the sunshine we have had. This is St Andrews, 19 Celsius,

no surprise we have had the best temperature is there. We have had a

lot of cloud elsewhere though and that's how it's been. That's how it

will be for many during the day tomorrow. You can see the extent of

the cloud overnight, with some showers in there. We do have another

weather front approaching in the north and that's with its wind will

become the main feature of the weather in the next 36 hours. The

head of that, chilly but mostly frost free. There could be some fog

south of the for tomorrow morning, but a different complexion to the

weather for the east of Scotland tomorrow morning. It will be windy,

damp, patchy rain coming into the north of England and Northern

Ireland through the day. I mentioned the fog, which will clear, then it

will be dry and cloudy with bright and sunny spells developing from

time to time. Where they do develop, 16 degrees, which is average for the

time of year. To the north of the weather front, introducing colder

air. Ten or 11 degrees at best tomorrow. Then that chilly air

gradually moved southwards as we go towards Saturday morning. The

showers are turning wintry on the hills of Scotland. Some bright it

breaks developing to the south and west and we could see 14, but it

will be a cold feeling day. In the Midlands feeling warmer with

sunshine and light winds. Feeling warm in the sunshine and light

winds, but distinctly unsettled for parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland

and northern England later in the day and it gets cold next week.

And that's it, now