16/11/2017 BBC News at Six

The Metropolitan Police have

confirmed the final death toll

from the Grenfell Tower

tragedy as 71.

They include the final two victims

to be formally identified,

a mother and daughter.

A blaze ripped through

the tower in June,

destroying the building

and devastating lives.

Now it's all about getting

justice for the people that

lost their lives that night -

and the long journey

begins now, I guess.

We'll be

looking at how the police have gone

about the difficult task

of identifying those

who lost their lives.

Also tonight:

In Zimbabwe, crisis talks

between President Robert Mugabe,

who remains under house arrest,

and the military

leaders now in charge.

Police searching

for the missing teenager Gaia Pope

arrest a 49-year-old man

on suspicion of murder.

Why MPs

are concerned about the large

numbers of sheep and other livestock

in the UK attacked

and killed by dogs.

$400 million is the bid,

and the piece is sold.

And smashing all previous

records - the Leonardo that sold

for a sensational price.

Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,

is football in danger of losing

the next generation?

A BBC study shows the vast majority

of 18 to 24-year-olds

feel put off by the price.

Good evening.

It's five months since

the Grenfell Tower disaster

and today the Metropolitan Police

confirmed that the final number

of people known to have died

in the tragedy is 71.

That figure includes a baby

who was stillborn in hospital

after his mother escaped.

Detectives began their investigation

in the summer with a list

of 400 missing people.

The final two victims were formally

identified today and have been named

as Victoria King and her

daughter, Alexandra Atala.

Here's our correspondent

Elaine Dunkley.

It was a night of unprecedented

horror as people escaped the flames

of the Grenfell Tower. They were

haunted by the thoughts of those

left behind. Many believed the

initial death toll would be in the

hundreds, but today the police

confirmed that 71 people in total

lost their lives.

A bit of closure

that now everyone has been

identified.

Amongst them, this man's

uncle.

We have to accept it at face

value. People do to question it, but

now it's about getting justice for

the people that lost their lives

that night. The long journey begins

now, I guess.

Identifying those that

died has been a mammoth task,

meticulously carried out by

investigators. Today the final two

victims of Grenfell were named,

71-year-old Victoria King and her

daughter, Alexandra Atala.

The

challenge has been immense. We have

had our specialist teams worked

through 15 and a half tonnes of

debris on each floor of Grenfell

Tower by hand to find every single

fragment that they can of all those

that died. That has been extremely

distressing to the families and

indeed to those involved in the

operation.

Initially in the days

following the fire, there were

thousands of calls. 400 people were

reported missing amongst the

confusion. As the months have gone

by, police have said that number

would be closer to 80, and today,

final confirmation that it is lower.

But this isn't about a number, it's

about the human cost and recognising

every life that has been lost. Anita

Rafael Behr you people who were

killed. As a child, she used to play

in the tower.

It's going to take a

while for us to know the truth. I

don't think it's going to be now, or

by the end of the year. I think it

will take about two years for

everything to come to light. What's

in the dark must come to light,

that's how I see it.

Today perhaps

marks a significant milestone, but

time cannot heal when so many feel

they are so far from the truth. This

community has said it will not rest

until there are answers for those

that survived and justice for the 71

lives lost in this tragedy. Elaine

Dunkley, BBC News.

Crisis talks are being held

in the capital of Zimbabwe,

Harare, after its long-term leader

Robert Mugabe was placed under house

arrest by the country's military.

Officials from South Africa

are meeting the 93-year-old

and also Zimbabwe's generals,

who deny there's been a coup.

Our correspondent Shingai Nyoka

reports now from Harare.

It looks like normal life. The daily

commute to work, children going to

school. But look more closely. Tanks

on street corners, and what you

can't sit behind closed doors,

delicate and intense horse trading

over Zimbabwe's future is taking

place. And here is the evidence -

the first images of Robert Mugabe

since he was placed under house

arrest. It has to be said that the

93-year-old still looks in charge.

One of the people in the shot is an

envoy from South Africa, and here he

is with the general who many believe

ordered the takeover. Loyalty has

been a tradable commodity within

ZANU-PF for many years, and in these

uncertain times, that loyalty is

shifting rapidly. Representatives

from neighbouring African states

have arrived in Zimbabwe to

facilitate a deal that could

determine whether President Mugabe

stays or leaves. Robert Mugabe's

power is ebbing away. There will be

no change unless he resigns or

agrees to a handover plan. Although

the Army has said things going,

ZANU-PF, the party Mugabe created,

might force him out. Mugabe's former

deputy, believed to be behind it,

has several cards he could play. He

has the support of the war veterans,

the influential group who kept

Mugabe in power who now appear to

have turned against him. The other

power groups that will be key in any

negotiations are the party's youth

and women's league. The military

want to ensure that his departure is

done by the book.

Mr Mugabe needs to

be persuaded to resign. That is the

obvious route to take. If one starts

taking the impeachment route, the

ill-health route and trying to get

the Parliamentary vote, this could

be a long and protracted process and

the outcome could be uncertain. That

would mean that the military needs

to remain in control over that

period, and then we have an extended

period of unconstitutionality, which

is obviously highly undesirable.

Zimbabwe is once again at the centre

of regional crisis talks. People I

talked to in Harare want a speedy

resolution.

We don't have many ways

about it. Mugabe must go. That is

the only way. Mugabe should step

down. He is supposed to step down.

As negotiations continue, a nation

waits. Mugabe maybe 93 years old,

but he is still a shrewd, sharp and

some would say cunning negotiator.

The ultimate comeback kid.

And Shingai is in Harare for us.

Bring us up-to-date with those

talks?

We understand that the talks

are now done. After days of no

information, President Mugabe

earlier this afternoon suddenly

emerged from what is believed to be

house arrest. And for the first

time, the public saw photos of

President Mugabe during those talks.

In the meeting was the South African

envoys as well as members of

President Mugabe's Cabinet.

Unsurprisingly too many people, the

generals. And he appeared relaxed,

not as if he was under any kind of

duress, hands in pockets, chatting

to the general, who was smiling. So

right now, people are confused about

what is going on. The Army has said

this is not a clue and that

President Mugabe remains in charge.

-- this is not a coup. The photos

appeared to push the narrative that

President Mugabe is still in charge.

Shingai, thank you.

A 49-year-old man has been arrested

by police in Dorset on suspicion

of the murder of Gaia Pope.

The teenager, who has

severe epilepsy, was last

seen nine days ago.

Earlier, police found

items of women's clothing

in a field near Swanage.

A search is now taking place

in the field and surrounding area -

as our correspondent

Duncan Kennedy reports.

This is the cliff area above Swanage

where the woman's clothes were

found. Police have been joined by

specialist coast teams from the

coastguard and other units. Officers

say the pieces discovered were

similar to clothing worn by Gaia.

The items of clothing were found by

a member of public at 10.30 this

morning. Since then, this patch of

coastline has been sealed off as

police have carried out further

investigations. Gaia, who is 19, has

been missing for nine days and has

severe epilepsy. Tonight, police

said they had made an arrest.

This

afternoon, we have arrested a

49-year-old male on suspicion of

murder. He is believed to be known

to them two and is from the Swanage

area.

Speaking before the police

announcement, Gaia's father Richard

said all her family are finding her

disappearance extremely hard to deal

with.

The family know she will be

found. We don't know that. But we

have every hope with every minute

that goes by. It is... You know, you

can imagine. It's just about the

toughest thing we can go through.

It's tough, but we will hang on in

there. We will hang on in there for

Gaia. For her sisters, for her mum,

for everybody, we will hang on in

there.

Earlier this week, police

released these CCTV images of Gaia

while she was running on a road in

Swanage. And at a petrol station in

the town, buying an ice cream on the

afternoon she disappeared. Police

divers and other search teams have

been operating in a number of

locations around the town. Officers

say those will continue for as long

as necessary. Duncan Kennedy, BBC

News, in Swanage.

20 people have claimed

they experienced "inappropriate

behaviour" by the actor

Kevin Spacey, following

an investigation by the Old Vic

theatre in London.

The Hollywood star was

artistic director there

between 2004 and 2015.

Our Entertainment Correspondent Lizo

Mzimba is at the Old Vic.

Tell us more about what they found.

When allegations first became public

about Kevin Spacey, the Old Vic

launched an independent inquiry.

Dozens of people came forward, many

of them with what are of course

unverified accounts and allegations.

20 of them were all younger men and

they said Kevin Spacey had behaved

inappropriately towards them. None

of the allegations involved rape,

but 14 of the men were encouraged to

contact the police because the

independent investigators said that

the alleged behaviour could

constitute a criminal offence. The

bulk of the allegations took place

between 2004 and 2009, during Kevin

Spacey's tenure as artistic

director. The majority of those

alleged reported incidents took

place here at the Old Vic theatre in

London. The Old Vic has apologised,

saying new procedures are in place

to ensure something like this can

never happen again. There has been

no response to today's allegations

from Kevin Spacey.

Liz oh, thank

you.

The Government has signalled that

tackling housing is likely to be

a key theme of next week's Budget.

Today, ministers announced

a technical change, reclassifying

housing associations as private, not

public bodies, in the hope that it

will lead to the building

of more affordable homes.

But Labour said the Government had

no coherent plan to address

the "housing crisis".

Our Home Editor,

Mark Easton reports.

After building the fewest social

homes since the Second World War,

the Prime Minister have tea with

council house tenants Rita and

Valverde to illustrate how providing

affordable homes is now her personal

mission.

The government is clear. We

want more people to be able to have

the security of a roof over their

own head, their own home, for

themselves and their family.

Meanwhile, the Communities Secretary

in Bristol today was stressing how

united the government is on building

a lot more homes.

I am committed to

building more of the right homes in

the right places at the right

prices. So is the Prime Minister. So

is the Chancellor.

It is the

Chancellor is not as voters who was

the focus of today's choreographed

government activity on housing.

Number Ten and the community

department have been urging the

Treasury to do something big on

housing in next week's Budget. The

signs are that all that lobbying may

have paid off. Today, housing

associations in England, nonprofit

organisations would provide most

sociable and affordable homes, were

officially designated as private

bodies, which means that £63 billion

of borrowing moves off the public

sector balance sheet. And some think

that gives the Chancellor a bit more

flexibility ahead of his Budget next

week. So what would housing

associations like to see him do?

It's great to see that housing is at

the top of the political agenda. We

are hoping to see more help for

social housing. We build a social

rented home, it takes a 30 years

before we get that money back, so we

need help in the form of land which

is affordable for the rents we need

to charge, or in terms of some kind

of money subsidy.

And what does the

Labour Party think of the

Chancellor's challenge?

Homelessness

has gone up 50% since this

government has been in power. Rough

sleeping has doubled. Overcrowding,

we have not seen on a level for

generations now. This is a crisis

that has to be tackled. Some even in

the Conservative Party recognised

that, but Philip Hammond doesn't

seem too.

The government is giving a

big build-up to a Budget on

building. But many in the housing

sector say they have heard it all

before, and even the Chancellor is

warning that there is no silver

bullet to providing the homes that

Britain needs. Mark Easton, BBC

News.

The time is quarter past six.

Our top story this evening:

The Metropolitan Police have

confirmed the final death toll

from the Grenfell Tower

tragedy as 71.

And still to come...

the impacts of social

media and advertising

on young people's body image.

We hear from students

about what they think

about how they look.

And coming up on Sportsday on BBC

News,

playing himself

into Ashes contention -

opener Mark Stoneman hits the first

century of England's tour

as the tourists

find their feet down under.

The millions of sheep,

cattle and other livestock that

roam our countryside are a crucial

part of the rural economy

and landscape.

But in a new report,

MPs say they're increasingly

vulnerable to attacks from dogs.

Last year, it's thought around

15,000 sheep were killed by dogs.

In the same year, 49 dogs

were shot by farmers

for chasing or killing sheep.

Our Rural Affairs Correspondent

Claire Marshall has been looking

at the impact on farmers,

and at some of the ways

to tackle the problem.

And you can see where she has been

bitten on the neck here,

it is quite badly infected.

Ben Jones tends carefully

to the rest of his flock.

Almost 20 of his sheep have been

killed in dog attacks this year.

Dozens more have been injured.

He wanted to expand his farm,

but now he has to spend time

patrolling his fields.

The dog was a black labradoodle dog,

just a normal family pet.

The attacks have cost

him a crippling £3000.

It will be years before

we recover from it.

Does it make you want

to give it all up?

I don't want to give it

all up but we can only

keep going for so long.

We can't just keep

buying replacement ewes.

Today's report by the all-party

Parliamentary group for animal

welfare reveals that farmers

across the UK are facing

the same issues.

Last year dogs killed at least

15,000 sheep and increasing numbers

of horses are being attacked

by dogs, almost 100

cases so far this year.

My dog is not vicious or savage,

but she will not come

back when I call her.

If she were to chase

some of these horses,

she could cause real problems.

So I just can't let

her off the leash.

The report says dog owners should

properly train their animals,

like here at a centre in Bridgend.

At the moment, if a dog

is worrying sheep, it can be

shot dead by a farmer.

If it kills one, the owner could be

fined £1,000 or the dog seized

and potentially put down.

The key thing here is all of these

things can be totally preventable

so if we put the training in early,

if we make sure we put

in preventative messages,

and this is what we would encourage

people to do.

These owners have got the message.

I probably would not let my dog off

because I think all dogs can attack.

They are dogs in the end.

The owners needs to take

more responsibility

because it is not the dog's fault.

They are just following

their natural instincts,

so yeah, the owners need

to take more responsibility.

They should be the ones getting

in trouble, not the dog.

MPs say the current law is not

enough of a deterrent.

They suggest measures including

increased fines for repeat offenders

and, controversially, perhaps

allowing farmers to temporarily

divert footpaths.

Claire Marshall, BBC News.

Retail sales last month

were lower than a year ago,

the first annual fall since 2013.

But today's figures from the Office

for National Statistics were better

than some had expected.

Our business correspondent

Emma Simpson

is at Brent Cross

Shopping Centre in North London.

So Emma, something

of a mixed picture?

Yes, but based on all the evidence

we have now had, I think it is fair

to say October has been a tough

month for retail. On today's

figures, if you compare October to

the same period last year, retail

sales based on the amount of stuff

we buy were down 0.3%, that's the

first time the numbers have turned

negative in four years. Basically we

are spending more and buying less

and the main reason is prices have

been rising and wages have not been

keeping up. Look at average stock

price rises, in October it was 3.1%

up on the year. The mild weather

hasn't helped, it's not easy when

you are trying to sell winter

woollies. The big question now is

what will happen at Christmas. The

next five weeks will be absolutely

crucial for many businesses. Our

shoppers holding back for a big

splurge? Well, in case you need

reminding it is Black Friday next

week and I think that will be the

first real test of festive spending.

Thank you. Emma Simpson.

One of the few women allowed to fly

with the Air Transport Auxiliary

during the Second World War has

died.

Joy Lofthouse, who was 94,

delivered Spitfires and other

aircraft to the front line,

from the factories

where they were built.

She was one of only 164 female

pilots in the service.

How concerned are you about young

people and body image?

A report this week says

the influence of social media,

advertising and education can

all create a lack of confidence that

can lead to poor mental

and physical health.

Our correspondent Adina Campbell has

been talking about body image

with a group of students in west

London.

Because of the way society is,

you have to have a contoured

cheekbone, just have your face

highlighted, certain

eyebrows, no thick eyebrows.

Everything has to be so perfect.

When it comes to body image, like,

I definitely know I could look

better and everyday I look at it

and I think, "Oh, I've got

to get that six-pack."

Say like I see all those models

with thin waists and the big bum

and everything and I'm sort of like,

wow, why can't I look like that?

A frank and open discussion about

body image at Westminster College.

Is social media the main cause

of having such a negative

perception of yourself?

Social media and media in general

should kind of think

about their target audience

and think about who is

looking at these posts.

A lot of young people kind of have

this desire to be like, oh,

I'm famous on Instagram,

and get as many likes as we can,

to make themselves feel better.

The stream of where it

all comes from isn't

actually from other sources,

it's from ourselves.

We need to actually figure out that

it's ourselves who are to blame

for the way we feel.

For years, this girl

was bullied for having a beard

after being diagnosed

with polycystic ovaries,

but rather than hide away,

she wears her facial hair with pride

and says those behind

the brands need to do more.

Here we are on one of the UK's

busiest high streets.

What do you see in

these shop windows?

I only see one type of image

portrayed and that tends to be

a tall white woman that,

you know, abides by the standard set

of beauty right now in society.

And it's very unfortunate that

there's not much diversity out

there that represents all of us.

The youth select committee has just

delivered its report on body

confidence of the Government.

This is something that's been

going on for decades.

Do you really believe we will start

to see a change some time soon?

It's a difficult culture to change,

and it's going to take an entire

society to change to ensure the next

generation doesn't value themselves

in the way they look in the mirror.

Magazines are also facing questions

over faces on their front covers,

and the way pictures are edited.

Last week actress Lupita Nyong'o hit

out at Grazia magazine

after it altered her hair.

Back at the college, talk turns

from looks to self-awareness.

We all have that need to be liked,

to be loved, to be found attractive,

and the problem with most of us

is we fall into that trap.

We want to be that type

of person that everyone

wants to hang out with.

We forget who we actually are.

A painting said to be by Leonardo da

Vinci has smashed all records

after being sold at auction

for a staggering £341 million.

The painting, depicting

Jesus Christ and known

as 'Salvator Mundi' -

or 'Saviour of the World' -

sold in New York last night.

Leonardo Da Vinci died in 1519

and there are fewer than 20

of his paintings in existence,

as our Arts Editor

Will Gompertz reports.

What am I offered here?

Let's open this at 70, 75...

It was always going to fetch

at least $100 million,

but could it go any higher?

200 million is bid.

It could.

I thought so.

300 million?

And did.

320 million, we are still not done.

Until...

At 400 million, Leonardo's Salvator

Mundi, selling here at Christies,

$400 million is the bid

and the piece is sold.

To gasps and applause it

reached an astonishing,

unprecedented figure

for a work of art sold at auction.

Add fees and the price

rises to $450 million,

which is a lot of money to pay

for a painting that is said

to be in poor condition

and has had questions asked

about its authenticity.

Are you absolutely

sure it is not a fake?

We have got all the scientific

examinations and we have done

an enormous amount of research

and it absolutely breathes Leonardo,

not just the kind of assertion

of saying well, it's Leonardo,

but he embeds so much knowledge

in a work of art and in this case

a knowledge of rock crystal

which is what the sphere is made of.

This painting is what you might call

the ultimate trophy.

There is only one in the world,

so if you buy it, you are the only

person who has got the last Leonardo

da Vinci in private hands.

And you have got

the ultimate trophy.

To help put into context just how

extraordinary last night's

£341 million price was,

it is worth noting that the previous

record for an old master at auction

was what was for now what seems

a piffling £49.5 million for Rubens'

Massacre of the Innocents in 2002.

The most any painting has ever

achieved at auction before yesterday

was £150 million paid

for Picasso's Women

of Algiers in 2015.

As to who now owns Salvator Mundi,

we don't yet know.

That is what you might call

the $450 million question.

Time for a look at the weather.

Here's Louise Lear.

I have my own masterpiece behind me,

a glorious autumn scene from this

weather watcher. It was 15 degrees

in parts of southern England, that's

very good indeed. Furthermore across

Cairngorm it was minus four with 90

mile-per-hour winds. The winds will

stay confined to the north of

Scotland but the cold air is heading

further south, as high pressure

builds and allows things to quieten

down overnight tonight. Those

temperatures will fall away. We will

continue to seek strong winds in the

far north so not as cold here, but

in parts of rural Oxfordshire and

Wales we could see minus four

degrees in the morning. At nine

o'clock the temperatures will start

to make a recovery, perhaps a few

degrees above freezing by events

with sparkling skies and lots of

sunshine across England and Wales as

we go through the day tomorrow.

Scattering of isolated showers into

Northern Ireland and some into

Scotland. These will be hit and miss

but when you factor in the gales,

some will be squalling with Hale,

thunder and even snow to higher

ground so it won't be a particularly

pleasant day, especially on exposed

coasts. And a noticeable difference

to the feel of the weather generally

across the country. Top temperatures

likely of around eight to 11

degrees. Into the weekend it looks

like the cold air is desperately

trying to hang on into the far

north-east and that's where we are

likely to see the best of the

sunshine, but this will introduce

more in the way of cloud and some

spots of rain so it looks like it

will be milder and damp in the

south-west but we keep the cold and

sunny with maybe some early morning

frosts the further north and east

you are.