26/06/2017 BBC News at Six

Tonight at six, at last the deal is done -

Theresa May gets backing for her minority government.

The DUP will back the Government on crucial votes.

In return, they get an extra ?1 billion for Northern Ireland.

Today, we have reached an outcome that is good for the United Kingdom,

good for Northern Ireland, and allows our nation

to move forward to tackle the challenges ahead.

We'll hear from critics who accuse the Government of bribing the DUP.

Also tonight, the Grenfell Tower aftermath.

every high-rise that's been checked

has failed its fire safety test - 75 and counting.

Three nights after they evacuated their high-rise flats, residents of

falls to move again - and they are angry.

We have been evacuated, we are homeless, we are on the street.

This is my anger towards those who are responsible.

Their home from home - Theresa May's assurance

for over three million EU nationals in Britain.

No EU citizen currently in the UK lawfully will be asked to leave

at the point the UK leaves the EU - we want you to stay.

The deaths of five men who drowned at Camber Sands -

the inquest hears of the hidden dangers of the beach.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.

Finally, after more than two weeks of talking, Theresa May has a deal

with the Democratic Unionist Party that will allow her to govern

even though she did not win an outright majority

But the deal comes with a cost - in return for their support

in Parliament, the DUP has extracted an extra ?1 billion

of public spending in Northern Ireland.

The deal has been heavily criticised,

with both governments arguing they should also receive extra cash.

This report from our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg,

18 days since the election, nearly three weeks of waiting, a political

lifetime for the Prime Minister. Deal or no deal, Mrs faster? But the

DUP, power on their side, have been taking their time. Not just friends,

but this is a snap of a political family now. A deal agreed at the

Cabinet table, no less. We share the desire to have a strong government

able to put through... A strong government? Well, less wobbly

perhaps. The Northern Ireland party promising their votes in parliament

to prop up Theresa May - that gives, just, a majority. This is what they

get in return. Following our discussions, the Conservative Party

has recognised the case for higher funding in Northern Ireland, given

our unique and indeed circumstances over recent decades. Today we have

reached an outcome that is good for the United Kingdom. The Tories have

promised the DUP an extra ?1 billion of taxpayers' cash over the next two

years to spend on infrastructure, health or education projects, and

the Tories have had to drop their idea of means testing Winter Fuel

Payments for the elderly and making changes to pensions. But in return,

the ten DUP MPs will back the Tories on big votes, like the Queen's

Speech or the Budget. The election through the Tory majority away. As

you see on her face, Theresa May would never have chosen this

scenario. But they've signed on the dotted line, so they have something

to count on, knowing full well at other parts of the UK will be angry

- and how. This is cash for votes, this is a bung at the end of the

day, in two years' time, the DUP will ask for more money. Taxpayers

in England, Wales in Scotland will continue to suffer austerity, and

Northern Ireland won't. This is not Northern Ireland control of

parliament. It is about being able to make Westminster work at all.

Ministers knew this criticism would come, are they prepared? I am not

against investment in Northern Ireland, I welcome investment in

public services, but there ought to be fairness. Scotland should be

getting its fair share. You're paying ?100 million to the DUP for

every single one of their votes, you have paid them off, haven't you?

People in all parts of the country are benefiting from the fact that we

have a strong enough economy to spend more money on health, 8

billion on health around the country. If you are cancelling

austerity in Northern Ireland, you are not cancelling it anywhere else

- people in Scotland, Wales, north of England have every right to be a

cross about this. People in other parts of the country are getting

money, but this is separate from that. This has already existed, so

it is not unprecedented. The extra cash might help resurrect joint rule

in Northern Ireland, but it just wouldn't have happened if they

hadn't agreed to back Theresa May. This small group might not be

familiar faces yet, but they are now part of the power behind a shaky

throne. In a moment, we can speak

to Laura in Westminster, but first let's go to Belfast,

and our correspondent Chris Page. Chris, what are the implications

of the deal for Northern Ireland, especially as negotiations

are under way to re-establish How has this gone down with the

other parties in Northern Ireland? Well, the DUP leader, Arlene Foster,

went from one negotiation to another, straight from Downing

Street into talks here at Stormont with the other parties, trying to

strike a deal to restore devolved government here. There has been no

power-sharing executive at Stormont since January, and things for the

negotiators were on hold until people saw what was in the deal

between the DUP and the Tories in London, and as so often in Northern

Ireland, you have two ways of looking at it. On the one hand,

annexed ?4 million for interest -- infrastructure, also for health and

education, what politician wouldn't want to get their hands on that? On

the other hand, could the fact that the DUP and the Tories are now

working so closely together at Westminster bring a sense of unease

for nationalist, could they think that, for example, the DUP could get

pavers, put them at an unfair advantage? Supple and you're talking

still to be done, Sinn Fein not wildly enthusiastic about the deal

but not pouring cold water on it either. So plenty of talking still

to be done. Laura Kuenssberg, Theresa May has got deal, but how

much stronger is her politically? It is like she has been flying around

in a limbo experiencing turbulence in the disappointing election

results. She has now come into land, if you like, budget has landed on

very shaky ground. There is concern inside the Conservative Party about

the image of this deal being tied to the DUP in this kind of way, there

is also real anger from some of the other parties, and in Cardiff,

Edinburgh and probably the North of England too, if the DUP has managed

to get this extra cash for Northern Ireland, what about the rest of the

country? But I think it comes down to the brute force of the numbers -

without this deal, Theresa May did not have a majority in the House of

Commons, without this deal, therefore there was absolutely no

guarantee that she would be able to get anything done, and without this

deal, she was very vulnerable to any kind of confidence vote and simply

not being able to get her Queen's Speech through the Commons later

this week. So what this does is give her a layer of political protection,

but does it mean she is suddenly massively reinforced and

strengthened? Not tonight. Laura, thank you.

Now, in the last hour, the Government has announced

that 75 high-rise residential buildings in 26 council

areas around the country have failed fire tests.

That amounts to every single building that's been checked so far.

Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid says that

1,000 fire doors were missing from the Camden tower blocks

Meanwhile, the company which makes the cladding that's thought to have

been used on Grenfell Tower has withdrawn the product.

Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds has the latest.

Aluminium cladding - for smarter and cosier Council flats. Well, that was

the promise. Around the country, this was billing on Deeside,

councils have been reduced to this - taking it off and sending it for

testing, leaving residents concerned and confused. They are not very

happy about it, are they? They felt it should have been put right in the

first place. When the shiny stuff is gone, this is what is left behind,

along with a cladding crisis as councils try to understand if their

residents are at risk. Many are having to introduce additional fire

inspections and government guidance sent out last week, not least for

reassurance. It is frightening, really frightening, it makes you

feel sick, really, just to think how it could happen like that. But this

is the legacy of the housing catastrophe two weeks ago. The tests

are happening in secret - so far - at this research centre. Samples

from 75 towers have been sent. The combustibility test has three

categories, rated one to three, and it is judged that cladding material

in category two or three macro does not meet the requirements for

limited combustibility in building regulations. I can also confirm to

the House that, so far, on that basis, all samples are cladding

tested have failed. But, as far as anyone currently knows, this was

cladding past as safe by building inspectors. The building regulations

are complex, but they start from a basic principle - the external walls

of the building shall adequately resist the spread of fire. The

question is, how to meet that requirement. Well, there is another

document, something called approved document B, which in a section which

doesn't even mention cladding, says materials used should be of limited

combustible Ndidi, meaning they burn slowly. But even that is not

straightforward - designers can instead turn two two more documents,

these two, which set out other ways that components such as fire

barriers can be used, including using a desktop study to prove it is

safe. It may well be that the recommendations and guidance need to

be updated to take account of changing technology in the building

industry. Secondly, we are concerned that the current regulations and

guidance are not being applied and enforced strictly enough. Indeed,

the Communities Secretary told the Commons today that 1000 fire doors

were missing from the towers evacuated in Camden following safety

concerns. The inquest into four more of the victims opened today. The

coroner will consider what contributed to their deaths, as will

the police. The planned public inquiry will look at possible much

wider failings in public safety. Because the pain of the Grenfell

tragedy goes deep, the family of 52-year-old Khadijah Killeavy held a

funeral blessing for her today. She is just one of at least 79 victims.

Tom Symonds, BBC News. Three days after hundreds

of residents from four tower blocks in Camden in north London were asked

to evacuate their homes, there's confusion about how

and where they will be re-housed. Sophie Hutchinson has been

speaking to some of them. People continued packing up their

flats today and moving out of the tower blocks on the estate in North

London. Some families have been found temporary accommodation, but

at others say they feel abandoned by the council with nowhere to go. This

resident has spent the last two nights in a hotel with his wife and

four children, but they can't stay there tonight. Yesterday I called

the council that my stay in the hotel is running out tomorrow. Find

us, you know, a solution, what are you going to do? And all I hear, we

are looking at your case, we will find you something, hopefully. What

hope is this? I don't understand what the hope is? This is the hotel

room the family of six leptin last night, filmed by their daughter.

Today staff told them to leave. He is hoping he may have found a flat

for tonight, but when we left him, it still wasn't confirmed. Now we

feel as victims, we are victims, because we have been evacuated, we

are homeless, we are on the street. This is my anger towards those who

are responsible. The Swiss Cottage leisure centre is where those

families with nowhere to go have been sleeping - one of the residents

captured the conditions inside on his mobile phone. People from four

of the five tower blocks on the estate have been told to leave

because of safety fears over gas pipes, fire doors, and cladding.

Those are the two panels they have taken away? Yes. I eat has refused

to leave the flat where he lives with his wife and disabled mother

because he says he has not been offered a realistic alternative.

Offering us a one-bedroom disabled access facility about three males

away, NW10, a bedroom with two beds, we would have to share a room with

my mum for one month. Safety checks were under way at the blocks today,

with the numbers refusing to leave increasing, and Camden Council is

appealing for cooperation. Sophie Hutchinson, BBC News.

It is very nearly quarter past six, our top story this evening. The deal

with the DUP is done, Theresa May get backing for her minority

government. And still to come, how many hours'

sleep do you get a night, Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News -

Heather Watson makes an excellent start to the week at Eastbourne -

the British No 3 beat the fourth seed, Dominika Cibulkova,

in straight sets to reach Theresa May has reassured the more

than three million EU nationals living in Britain that they will not

be forced to leave The Prime Minister said EU citizens

legally in the UK would have what she called "settled status" -

enjoying all the rights of UK citizens except the right to vote

in general elections. But as our political correspondent

Vicki Young reports - the offer depends on British

citizens living in the EU Theresa May says she is giving

reassurance and certainty. Is your offer to EU nationals good enough?

Allaying the anxieties is a priority according to the Prime Minister and

she told MPs she had a serious and fair offer to make. Under these

plans, no EU citizen currently in the UK lawfully will be asked to

leave at the point the UK leave the EU. EU citizens will be able to

apply for something called settled status. The right to live in the UK

permanently, accessing public services and other benefits.

Applicants will have to have lived in Britain for at least five

continuous years. They will have needed to come here before a certain

cut-off date which is yet to be agreed. In Brussels last week,

Theresa May said that could be as early as March March this year. EU

leaders say the deadline should be the date the UK leave is expected in

2019. The Labour leader says all of this should have been sorted out a

year ago. The Prime Minister has dragged the issue of citizens and

families into the complex and delicate negotiations of our future

trade relations with the European Union, which she herself has been

willing to say, may result in failure. This isn't a generous

offer, this is confirmation the government is prepared to use people

as bargaining chips. And another row brewing over who sort out any legal

disputes about these citizens' rights. Would you give assurance

that any pressures will allow the European Court of Justice any role

in immigration status of EU citizens within this country, be flatly

opposed? I believe that in terms of assuring the rights of EU citizens

living in the United Kingdom, we believe that should be done through

our courts and not the European Court of Justice. Theresa May

promising a smooth and streamline the process to make it easy for EU

citizens to secure the rights after Brexit. The Home Office will have to

set up a new system, potentially dealing with millions of

applications. A huge challenge and officials hope it will be up and

running by next year. Before that, there will be tough talks. The EU's

Brexit negotiator has already called for more ambition, clarity and

guarantees from the UK. So how have Theresa May's words gone

down with EU nationals living here Our correspondent Jeremy Cooke

has been finding out. SINGING

In a quiet corner of London, German voices raised in song. Many of the

singers have been here for decades, and the government announcement

today is meant to offer them reassurance. It could just change

any time, that is my feeling. So much insecurity. It is certainly the

fact we are a bargaining chip. I am still the eternal optimist and I

hope ultimately the politicians will put people first. The choirmaster is

Barbara, a professional singer. She shaken by the Brexit vote and its

consequences. I just don't see why suddenly, because of issues of the

NHS, we want money for the NHS, or issues of, we don't like foreigners,

suddenly we're treated like second-class citizens. Does it feel

like that to you? Very much so. The reader may would say the evidence

today is that they want you to stay, you will be given settled citizen

status. It is not how it feels. SINGING

Over in Berlin, it is the Brits in full voice. Most here are confident

they can stay after the UK leads the EU. As someone who personifies free

movement, having come here 20 years ago and reaped all of the benefits,

I am concerned a whole generation and other generations will miss out.

At the moment, I don't have to choose between the two countries and

I think that would be hard. Since the Brexit vote, actually, it would

make it easier for me to become a German and give up my British

citizenship. The choirmaster here is Andrew Symonds, he moved to Berlin

in 1988. Maybe when people see the real costs of Brexit, of leaving

what I believe is the greatest peace project in the history of humanity,

it has given us peace in Europe for the last 70 years. I hope the people

will reflect. Theresa May is determined to deliver on the Brexit

vote. And also to reassure those most directly impacted. It is

proving a difficult balance to strike.

A minute's silence has been observed around the UK in memory

of the victims of the Finsbury Park mosque terror attack

People gathered in public places and government buildings at midday

One man died and nine others were injured when a van was driven

into a crowd of Muslim worshippers in Finsbury Park.

A 47-year-old man has been charged with terrorism-related murder

An inquest has heard how five friends who drowned during a day

trip to Camber Sands in East Sussex last year were all fit

The men - who were aged between 18 and 27 -

lived in the London area and were of Sri Lankan origin.

The lawyer acting for the victims' families described Camber Sands

This was Camber Sands this afternoon, its stunning beach

No sign of what one lawyer today called its "hidden dangers".

But last summer, this was the same beach shortly

after five men drowned here. All friends on a day trip.

Today, the men's families came to the inquest and spoke

We're just happy to learn that at least they will be

more secure and safer, lifeguards and the beach

That is our only thought, this is what we wanted.

Nitharsan Ravi was one of the five men to drown.

The others were Kobi Saththiyanathan, his

The inquest heard they were all fit and all of them could swim.

But one month earlier, Mohit Dupar and Gustavo Silva Da Cruz also

The fact that seven men drowned here in the space of one month has

made this double inquest not just about personal tragedy

but also about beach safety. The coroner in this case said today

that he wanted to make sure that it never happened again.

At the time of both incidents, there were no permanent

lifeguards on the beach. This summer, there are.

The families of the men who died say they want lessons learned so no

one else has to suffer this appalling tragedy.

Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, on Camber Sands.

Scientists in Canada are launching what's set to become the world's

largest study into the effects of sleep deprivation on the brain.

They want hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to do tests

online, to see how much the amount of sleep we get affects our

Here's our Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh.

We spend nearly a third of our lives asleep.

It is vital for our physical and mental health,

but we are getting less sleep than ever.

British neuroscientist Adrian Owen, based in Ontario, believes this may

be having a serious effect on our brainpower.

Every day, we make hundreds of decisions, we remember

hundreds of things. We make difficult decisions like,

should I buy a house? Should I get married?

But we also have to remember many, many simple things,

like where I parked the car or what I intended to buy

All of these things can be affected by lack of sleep.

You are going to sleep for four hours and then I am going to come

I joined volunteers at Western University, Ontario,

trying out his online test, designed to assess reasoning,

memory and decision-making, to demonstrate how tiredness

We stayed up until 4am and then had just four hours' sleep.

Good morning, Fergus, time to get up.

We were about to repeat the brain tests we had

How are you feeling? So, I'm feeling...

Most of our scores went down compared to the night before.

How did you do this morning? The worst.

This was the worst you ever did? This was the worst ever, yeah.

Kisses for your sister, that's really nice.

But Sylvie, whose daughters wake her several times a night,

Maybe I've just gotten used to functioning on very little sleep.

I have to be on as soon as my kids wake up.

I've finished and I've done quite badly.

I also did the test while having my brain scanned.

After a normal night's sleep, my brain was functioning well -

the bright orange blobs are areas of increased activity.

And this is the scan done after four hours' sleep.

It's pretty clear there is much less activity in these areas of the brain

that we know are crucial for things like decision-making,

So, our 24-hour culture could be having a serious impact on society.

This study should reveal how much sleep we need for our brains

Fergus Walsh, BBC News, Ontario, Canada.

Time for a look at the weather now. Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.

Rain on the way in short and a fair bit particularly for north-west

areas. I think all of us will have at least a bit of rain. Beautiful

pictures coming in. This one from Scarborough. Beautiful seaside huts.

The weather is changing across many western areas. Clouds pushed in by

the jet stream which means rain. Across the rest of the country, not

so bad, still some sunny weather across many eastern and central

areas. Out west, the cloud increasing, already starting to rain

across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland, a couple of showers. The

early evening looking dry here. Raining pretty hard across parts of

Northern Ireland tonight through the course of the night. That will

eventually move into south-western Scotland, Lake District, northern

Wales as well. The weather in the south will be dry but warm.

Tomorrow, low pressure right over us. Three loans circling us as we go

through the course of the day. The wettest of the weather will be

across the north. In the size, we might find some thunderstorms

developing. Wherever you are tomorrow, be prepared for some rain.

Tuesday night into Wednesday, those low-pressure area is still with us

and some unpleasant pictures, different to last week. Look at

those temperatures. Not feeling very summary at all.