0:00:04 > 0:00:08The Brexit Secretary says the UK is making compromises but EU leaders
0:00:08 > 0:00:11aren't being flexible in return.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13As the Prime Minister meets her European counterparts,
0:00:13 > 0:00:17a call for them to take a different approach.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19We have been, actually, offering some quite creative compromises.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22We haven't always got that back.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Criticism from Ireland, which demands a written guarantee
0:00:24 > 0:00:31there won't be a physical border with Northern Ireland.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33It's 18 months since the referendum, it's ten years since people
0:00:33 > 0:00:35who wanted a referendum started agitating for one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:41Sometimes it doesn't seem like they thought all this through.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44What chance now that the Northern Ireland border plus the other key
0:00:44 > 0:00:47issues will be resolved in time for trade talks to start next month?
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Also tonight:
0:00:48 > 0:00:51A number of people are feared dead after a light aircraft
0:00:51 > 0:00:54and a helicopter collide in midair.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57In Zimbabwe, President Mugabe is seen in public for the first time
0:00:57 > 0:01:01since the military takeover.
0:01:01 > 0:01:0319-year-old Gaia Pope - police release the man
0:01:03 > 0:01:04they were questioning about her disappearance
0:01:04 > 0:01:08ten days ago.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And a dog so brave, he's been given a medal.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12The story of Mali, who fought through bullets, explosives
0:01:12 > 0:01:14and injuries to save British troops.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Australia retain the women's Ashes, as England slip to a six-wicket
0:01:22 > 0:01:26defeat in the first Twenty20 match of the series in Sydney.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, says the UK has made compromises
0:01:53 > 0:01:56in the Brexit negotiations and hasn't seen the same
0:01:56 > 0:01:58level of compromise back.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01He's urged the other EU countries to be more flexible.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04But at a summit of EU Leaders in Sweden, the President of the EU
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Council, Donald Tusk, has insisted the UK has much more
0:02:07 > 0:02:12work to do if talks on trade are to start next month.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And the Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, says without
0:02:15 > 0:02:17a guarantee of no physical border with Northern Ireland,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19discussions on trade cannot begin.
0:02:19 > 0:02:29Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports from Berlin.
0:02:29 > 0:02:37Here in Berlin, where the decisions matter so much, there are in Dublin,
0:02:37 > 0:02:43this morning, and almost everywhere, the government mission to persuade
0:02:43 > 0:02:48the rest of the EU to please move on. The Prime Minister in Sweden had
0:02:48 > 0:02:53met there is more to do.We are agreed that progress has been made
0:02:53 > 0:02:57but there is more to be done. We should move forward together towards
0:02:57 > 0:03:02the point where sufficient progress can be declared.But someone has to
0:03:02 > 0:03:07barge to get there. In the European capital that speaks with the loudest
0:03:07 > 0:03:12void, the view is that Britain must shift. The Brexit secretary does not
0:03:12 > 0:03:20think it is down to him.We have made quite a lot of compromises. One
0:03:20 > 0:03:28citizens' rights, we have made all the running. We have not always got
0:03:28 > 0:03:32that back.You have come to the powerhouse of the European Union
0:03:32 > 0:03:35without an offer on what pretty much everybody on the other side agrees
0:03:35 > 0:03:40is the biggest problem. EU politician after EU politician has
0:03:40 > 0:03:43been crystal clear that they are not going to move on in the way that you
0:03:43 > 0:03:47want to until the UK is willing to make a promise, not to give a fig
0:03:47 > 0:03:53but to give a promise that you are prepared to write a big cheque. --
0:03:53 > 0:04:03not to give a figure.What is also clear is that many of them do want
0:04:03 > 0:04:09to move on. They see it is very important to them. Countries like
0:04:09 > 0:04:14Denmark, Holland, Italy and Spain, countries like Poland can see the
0:04:14 > 0:04:18benefits in the future deal that we are talking about, the deep and
0:04:18 > 0:04:23special relationship Prime Minister refers to, a strong trading and
0:04:23 > 0:04:27security relationship. They all have things to benefit from that. This is
0:04:27 > 0:04:31not a one-way street, not something for nothing. This benefits
0:04:31 > 0:04:37everybody.So who is holding out? Germany and France holding things
0:04:37 > 0:04:42up?To be clear, Germany and France, the open secret of Europe, are the
0:04:42 > 0:04:47most powerful players on the European continent, of course. And
0:04:47 > 0:04:50so what they believe is very influential, sometimes decisively
0:04:50 > 0:04:58so. But it's the whole of Europe decision, 27 countries.Why not add
0:04:58 > 0:05:03me that at some point in the next ten days, two weeks, you are going
0:05:03 > 0:05:08to have to say that the UK will put a more generous financial offer on
0:05:08 > 0:05:14the table?Nothing comes for nothing in this world.With David Davis
0:05:14 > 0:05:18playing bad cop in Germany, he left Theresa May looking like an awkward
0:05:18 > 0:05:23Chief Constable in Sweden. Ireland, clearly not satisfied over the issue
0:05:23 > 0:05:29of the cash or the border after Brexit.18 months since the
0:05:29 > 0:05:32referendum, ten years since people started agitating for a referendum.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Sometimes it does not seem they thought all of this through.Welcome
0:05:37 > 0:05:42to this press conference.For now, the EU is publicly and resolutely
0:05:42 > 0:05:45sticking together, demanding more progress, with just a couple of
0:05:45 > 0:05:49weeks to make it, and suggesting that Mr Davies' idea that they
0:05:49 > 0:05:55should come eyes was a joke.I made it very clear to the Prime Minister,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Theresa May, that this progress needs to happen at the beginning of
0:05:59 > 0:06:08December at the latest. I appreciate David Davis' English sense of
0:06:08 > 0:06:14humour.He probably does not like his ideas being called a joke but he
0:06:14 > 0:06:18has to compete with Tory demands at home, too. Ministers might have to
0:06:18 > 0:06:23back down over their hope of putting the date of Brexit into law.It is a
0:06:23 > 0:06:28good idea, because it is stating something which is clear government
0:06:28 > 0:06:33policy, that we will leave on the 29th of March, 2019. How it is done
0:06:33 > 0:06:37and what form it is will be debated in the house.So you might have to
0:06:37 > 0:06:46budge?No.It sounds rather like it. No. The whole bill will be debated
0:06:46 > 0:06:49through the house, the whole of it, and parts of it will change as we go
0:06:49 > 0:06:55through. We will see where we go. Which is harder, dealing with the
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Tory party or 27 other countries? You only described about two thirds
0:07:00 > 0:07:07of my job. Look, this is the most important negotiation and transition
0:07:07 > 0:07:10in our modern history, in peace time, anyway. Of course it is
0:07:10 > 0:07:18difficult. People have passionate views.And which is harder?I don't
0:07:18 > 0:07:24know the answer to that, it varies day by day.At home and away, this
0:07:24 > 0:07:29is no longer about pressing the flesh, as the deadline looms. The
0:07:29 > 0:07:33talks are getting tougher. The journey to the next phase of Brexit,
0:07:33 > 0:07:40a charm offensive haps a little short on charm. -- perhaps short on
0:07:40 > 0:07:42charm.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Our Europe Correspondent Adam Fleming is in Brussels.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47This is first and foremost a negotiation, but behind the tough
0:07:47 > 0:07:49talk and taking of positions, what's your assessment
0:07:49 > 0:07:51of whether meaningful progress is being made towards those
0:07:51 > 0:07:56potential trade talks next month?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Well, you listen to Donald Tusk, President of the European Council,
0:07:59 > 0:08:03who will chair the summit of EU leaders in Brussels in December, and
0:08:03 > 0:08:08his answer is a little bit yes but quite a lot know. He says on the one
0:08:08 > 0:08:14hand that the EU is prepared to move to trade talks before Christmas.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Behind-the-scenes, they have started to prepare and brainstorm for those
0:08:17 > 0:08:23trade talks, the second phase, about the future and a transition deal,
0:08:23 > 0:08:27the stuff the UK Government really wants. But on the other hand he says
0:08:27 > 0:08:31he wants a lot more detail from the UK on the issues they are discussing
0:08:31 > 0:08:36in this first phase, calculating a way of working out the UK's
0:08:36 > 0:08:41financial obligations to the EU, which they want detail of in writing
0:08:41 > 0:08:47from written. How does Britain hoped to avoid that physical border on the
0:08:47 > 0:08:51island of Ireland. They want those details in writing by the first week
0:08:51 > 0:08:56of December. It sounds like a deadline, doesn't it?Thank you.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59A number of people are feared dead following a midair collision
0:08:59 > 0:09:01between a light aircraft and a helicopter.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Emergency services are attending the scene near the village
0:09:03 > 0:09:04of Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Ben Ando reports.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Just visible through the trees, the unmistakable outline
0:09:10 > 0:09:12of a light aircraft's tail - it's completely detached
0:09:12 > 0:09:14from the plane.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Nearby, a wing.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18From their position, investigators should be able to tell
0:09:18 > 0:09:21whether they came off in the midair collision or in the impact
0:09:21 > 0:09:23with the ground.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Scattered around, smaller items of wreckage, and elsewhere,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29in the small clearing, the blackened marks of what appeared
0:09:29 > 0:09:32to be the burned-out remains of the helicopter.
0:09:32 > 0:09:41The crash happened just after midday.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43The aircraft involved in the crash had both taken off
0:09:43 > 0:09:45from Wycombe Air Park, about 20 miles away.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48They appear to have collided in the skies above Waddesdon Manor
0:09:48 > 0:09:51in Buckinghamshire, which is owned by the National Trust.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54As darkness fell, the job of identifying the pilots and any
0:09:54 > 0:09:57passengers is continuing, while air accident investigators
0:09:57 > 0:10:00are preparing to begin their work to establish what caused
0:10:00 > 0:10:10this tragic accident.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13The BBC thinks it knows the registrations of the aircraft
0:10:13 > 0:10:17involved but we are not broadcasting them until next of kin have been
0:10:17 > 0:10:22informed. In terms of exactly how this happened, air accident
0:10:22 > 0:10:25investigators will be looking at possible mechanical failure, or
0:10:25 > 0:10:29pilot error. We know that the skies were bright and clear at around
0:10:29 > 0:10:34midday. Waddesdon Manor is said to be spectacular from the air, but
0:10:34 > 0:10:38pilots are taught almost in their first lesson that the ideas are
0:10:38 > 0:10:40their most important instrument and they should use them for keeping an
0:10:40 > 0:10:46eye on out to check they are not close to any other aircraft.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48The Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has been seen
0:10:48 > 0:10:50in public for the first time since the military
0:10:50 > 0:10:51takeover on Wednesday.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53He's reportedly been under house arrest but today he attended
0:10:53 > 0:10:56a university graduation ceremony in the capital, Harare.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Earlier, the military said talks with Mr Mugabe were continuing
0:10:58 > 0:11:00and there had been significant progress in the operation
0:11:00 > 0:11:03targeting what it called the criminals surrounding him.
0:11:03 > 0:11:11Shingai Nyoka reports from Zimbabwe.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15The report contains flash photography.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19President Mugabe shuffled down the red carpet towards his first
0:11:19 > 0:11:22public engagement in over a week.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24The 93-year-old leader remains defiant, despite facing the biggest
0:11:24 > 0:11:25challenge to his decades-long rule.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Many hadn't expected him to show up to a relatively
0:11:28 > 0:11:31insignificant engagement.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35By virtue of the authority vested in me, I declare this congregation
0:11:35 > 0:11:45of the university duly constituted as a graduation ceremony.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Nothing on the surface suggests that this is a crisis,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52and there is no heightened military presence here.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54And President Mugabe, in his first public appearance,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57is looking relaxed.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01But then again, this is no ordinary takeover.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Following guns and explosions on Tuesday night, many thought
0:12:03 > 0:12:06it was the end for the long-time leader, but the violence
0:12:06 > 0:12:10has been replaced by an almost surreal normal.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Zimbabweans are new to this and don't know how to react.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17There are negotiations over whether he should step down,
0:12:17 > 0:12:22but President Mugabe doesn't seem to be losing any sleep.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24There is no deal yet, no exit package that
0:12:24 > 0:12:28President Mugabe and the military could agree on.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Sources suggest that he wants to continue as a figurehead
0:12:31 > 0:12:34until the party's congress in December.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36The catalyst of this crisis, Grace Mugabe,
0:12:36 > 0:12:41has not been seen for days.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Many suggest that she's confined to their private
0:12:43 > 0:12:47residence in the capital.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50It's her ambitions to take over as Vice President that set off these
0:12:50 > 0:12:53events and led to the sacking of the Vice President
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Emmerson Mnangagwa.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58The Army is there to protect the constitution
0:12:58 > 0:12:59and the republic and everything.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03We, the war veterans, are there to change things.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation war say a mass rally will be held
0:13:05 > 0:13:08on Saturday to pressure the leader to go.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11The tables that Mugabe turned on so many of his wartime comrades
0:13:11 > 0:13:15are now being turned against him.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17The party have already put in motion a series of meetings
0:13:17 > 0:13:21to consider his expulsion.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24It's been suggested that the military offered
0:13:24 > 0:13:29to sweeten the deal - "leave now and face no retribution".
0:13:29 > 0:13:32It's not clear how long he will hold out before the curtain
0:13:32 > 0:13:33closes on his career.
0:13:33 > 0:13:40Shingai Nyoka, BBC News, Harare.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46Police in Dorset are questioning a man about the disappearance
0:13:46 > 0:13:48of 19-year-old Gaia Pope, who was last seen in
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Swanage ten days ago.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57The 49-year-old was arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00The man has now been released.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Jon Donnison reports.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04The beautiful Dorset coast - now the focus of an ugly search.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06More than 50 officers from the police, Fire Service
0:14:06 > 0:14:08and coastguard combing the area above and below the cliffs,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11just outside Swanage.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15But it's ten days since Gaia Pope was last seen.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18The search moved to this clifftop area after police
0:14:18 > 0:14:21found women's clothes - similar, they say, to what Gaia
0:14:21 > 0:14:25was wearing when she was last seen.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27It was shortly after that discovery that officers arrested
0:14:27 > 0:14:3149-year-old Paul Elsey.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35This evening, he's been released under investigation.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Paul Elsey lives in one of these flats in this complex
0:14:38 > 0:14:41of Morrison Road in Swanage.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45His 71-year-old mother and 19-year-old nephew were arrested
0:14:45 > 0:14:47earlier this week but have also been released
0:14:47 > 0:14:50while the investigation continues.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52This CCTV footage shows Gaia running up Morrison Road
0:14:52 > 0:14:55just before she disappeared.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Earlier, she'd bought an ice cream at a petrol station outside Swanage.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03And her family want the search to intensify.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Whatever you're doing, if you're planning on being
0:15:05 > 0:15:07in this area over the weekend, please do get in touch
0:15:07 > 0:15:10via the Find Gaia Facebook group, come and pick up some flyers,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12and get out there looking for her.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15A week and a half on,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17police now at least have a focus for that search.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20But after a day scouring these hills, no further breakthrough.
0:15:20 > 0:15:29Jon Donnison, BBC News, Swanage.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32BBC News has learned that thousands of people who claim
0:15:32 > 0:15:35the main sickness benefit, employment and support allowance,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38have had their benefits wrongly calculated and have not been paid
0:15:38 > 0:15:40the full amount they are entitled to.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42It's understood the Department for Work and Pensions owes up
0:15:42 > 0:15:44to £500 million in back payments.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Ministers say they are aware of the problem and have already
0:15:46 > 0:15:47started making the repayments.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan has the story.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55In many of Britain's former mining communities,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58welfare has replaced work.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Horden in County Durham has high levels of benefit dependency,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04much of it triggered by ill health.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Old manufacturing jobs maim the body -
0:16:07 > 0:16:12lack of opportunities maim the mind.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Peter Cartwright has any number of health problems,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17from osteoarthritis to depression.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19He used to get incapacity benefit
0:16:19 > 0:16:23but is now on employment and support allowance.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26He's astonished the Government have been underpaying the benefit.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It's not as if you can go and get loads of luxuries
0:16:28 > 0:16:30when you're on this benefit.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33You have enough to get through, and if people are getting
0:16:33 > 0:16:35underpaid for it, I mean, that means they're not
0:16:35 > 0:16:38getting through, they're having to make the choice
0:16:38 > 0:16:42of either food or heating.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45A disproportionately high number of people here get ESA,
0:16:45 > 0:16:49and some are now in for a windfall after an extraordinary error.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Between 2012 and 2015, the Government miscalculated.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57They underpaid the benefits due to people moving off
0:16:57 > 0:17:00incapacity benefit and onto ESA.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03We've been told officials estimate that claimants
0:17:03 > 0:17:05are owed £500 million.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09The error could affect around 75,000 people.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Based on those figures, the average repayment
0:17:11 > 0:17:18will be close to £7,000 per person.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20There will be people who will be angry about it,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24but I think a lot of people will just see it as a bit
0:17:24 > 0:17:26of a windfall and be grateful that they're getting that.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29I think they would just see it as a welcome break
0:17:29 > 0:17:31from the austerity that we go through on a daily basis.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34The benefits system is absolutely crucial in communities like this.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38It is, in many ways, a backbone of the local economy.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42And in recent years it has become harder to get a benefit
0:17:42 > 0:17:45and harder to live on benefits.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49And so the least that people expect is that when they do qualify,
0:17:49 > 0:17:54the Government pays them everything they're actually due.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Backwards and forwards...
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Employment support allowance, which tests fitness for work,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03is paid to about 2.5 million people.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Brought into cut the benefits bill, it hasn't - but has created
0:18:06 > 0:18:08stress for many claimants.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11The Labour MP Frank Field has charted the benefit's many problems.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15This latest failure, he says, is of historic proportions.
0:18:15 > 0:18:21I am gobsmacked at the size and the nature and the extent of people
0:18:21 > 0:18:30that are being wrongly impoverished.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Horden's Welfare Park affectionately commemorates
0:18:33 > 0:18:37the village's old mining heritage.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39But the present matters more than the past,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41and for many that means adequate benefit payments.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Ministerial promises to correct this error,
0:18:43 > 0:18:45to repay everyone in full, must be kept.
0:18:45 > 0:18:54Michael Buchanan, BBC News, County Durham.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56The time is nearly 20 past six.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Our top story this evening.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00As Theresa May meets the other EU leaders,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02the Brexit Secretary insists the UK is making compromises.
0:19:02 > 0:19:08And still to come...
0:19:08 > 0:19:10# Who will buy this wonderful morning? #
0:19:10 > 0:19:14The cast of EastEnders break into song for Children in Need.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20England head coach Eddie Jones turns up the heat on his Australian
0:19:20 > 0:19:22counterpart, Michael Cheika, as the two sides meet in tomorrow's
0:19:22 > 0:19:32Autumn International at Twickenham.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37A military dog who helped save the lives of British and Afghan troops
0:19:37 > 0:19:40in Afghanistan is to receive the animal equivalent
0:19:40 > 0:19:45of the Victoria Cross - the Dickin Medal.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Mali was seriously wounded in 2012 when he entered a building in Kabul
0:19:48 > 0:19:50under fire to sniff out explosives and insurgents.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Despite his injuries, he carried on,
0:19:53 > 0:19:54helping to secure the enemy stronghold.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56His new handler, Corporal Daniel Hatley,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59says his dog is exceptionally brave.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Chi Chi Izundu reports.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04It's the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07and this year's Dickin Medal is being awarded to Mali,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11the eight-year-old Belgian Malinois.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14In 2012, he was helping British troops in Afghanistan
0:20:14 > 0:20:16when they came under attack.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19In searching for insurgents, Mali came under direct fire.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23His job was to sniff out explosives, and he was even hoisted up outside
0:20:23 > 0:20:27the building several times to help find a safe exit.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31His handler during the operation is anonymous for security reasons.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36From operations that we'd been on previously, he had shown his...
0:20:36 > 0:20:39he'd really sort of shown his mettle
0:20:39 > 0:20:45and built a reputation amongst all the guys.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47By the time we'd launched onto this operation,
0:20:47 > 0:20:54we really felt that we had a guardian angel amongst us.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56The mission lasted seven and a half hours,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58and Mali's contribution to its success is undeniable.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00The amount of noise, the dust, the smoke, you know,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02it must have overloaded his senses.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05He received blast injuries from two grenades that were
0:21:05 > 0:21:06thrown down the stairs at him, but again,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08he still carried on after that.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11The military uses around 500 dogs in a variety of roles
0:21:11 > 0:21:16from sniffing out explosives to hunting down insurgents.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18As for that medal, his current handler says Mali thought
0:21:18 > 0:21:22it was an edible treat at first.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25But having made a full recovery, Mali is now passing on his skills
0:21:25 > 0:21:27at the Canine Training Squadron, which teaches dogs
0:21:27 > 0:21:37and their handlers about their roles in the military.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Now, Mali has had quite the day today, with lots of press, showing
0:21:42 > 0:21:46off his medal, which will be presented to him later in the
0:21:46 > 0:21:50ceremony, which is due to start at seven. It will not be this specific
0:21:50 > 0:21:54one, and it will go to is home in Leicester, where it will sit on
0:21:54 > 0:21:59display. It is quite special, it comes on the 100th birthday of the
0:21:59 > 0:22:04PDSA pet charity, which presents the medal to dogs like Mali. He will get
0:22:04 > 0:22:10a miniature replica to sit on his collar, which he will get to proudly
0:22:10 > 0:22:14display when he goes back to training, which is training other
0:22:14 > 0:22:19animals to be as brave as him.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22More than a million credit-card users who are struggling
0:22:22 > 0:22:25to repay their debts have had their credit limit
0:22:25 > 0:22:27increased in the last year without being asked,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29according to the charity Citizens Advice.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32It's calling on the Chancellor to ban unsolicited increases
0:22:32 > 0:22:33in the Budget next week.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Simon Gompertz has more.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40We're paying by credit card more, which means borrowing more.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42And it's partly because of credit limits
0:22:42 > 0:22:47going up without us asking.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Plenty of these Manchester shoppers say
0:22:48 > 0:22:49it's happened to them.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51By at least another couple of thousand.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55And it's quite dangerous, I just had the limit raised
0:22:55 > 0:22:58without any reference to me whatsoever.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01It's too tempting to spend the money, and then you pay
0:23:01 > 0:23:02back stupid money each month.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05So I've lowered the limit now.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I think we did spend the money, though, didn't we?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Yeah, well, we did, that's the problem.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Citizens Advice estimate of 6 million people who have had credit
0:23:14 > 0:23:16limits put up in the last without their consent
0:23:16 > 0:23:19includes 1.4 million who are struggling financially.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23On average, the limit's gone up by nearly £1500.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26But for one in ten, it is by £3000 or more.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27There is change on the way.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Under a new voluntary code, you will be able to opt
0:23:30 > 0:23:31out of the increases.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34And if interest or charges swallow up most of your repayments
0:23:34 > 0:23:38for more than a year, you won't get them anyway.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41The worry is that that won't be enough to stop some people racking
0:23:41 > 0:23:44up too much debt, too quickly.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Any voluntary agreement is a step in the right direction.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49But we see such damage caused by credit card debt,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51particularly to those who can least afford to pay,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54that we'd like to see the Chancellor bring in an outright
0:23:54 > 0:23:57ban on unsolicited credit card limit increases.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Banks say they are committed to responsible lending -
0:23:59 > 0:24:02to live up to that they will need to make sure higher credit limits
0:24:02 > 0:24:04don't lead people into more expensive debt.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Simon Gompertz, BBC News.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Cricket, and Australia have retained the women's Ashes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12They beat England by six wickets in
0:24:12 > 0:24:15the first Twenty20 match in Sydney.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Even if England win the final two matches, they can only draw
0:24:18 > 0:24:24the series, meaning the hosts retain the trophy.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27And finally, Pudsey's back - in case you hadn't noticed.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29He'll be joined tonight by stars from across the BBC
0:24:29 > 0:24:32for tonight's Children in Need appeal.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Celebrities will be joining members of the public to raise money
0:24:34 > 0:24:38for the 2,400 projects the charity supports across the UK.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41They'll be hoping to beat last year's record of £60 million.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba is outside
0:24:43 > 0:24:51the BBC's Elstree Studios.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55I am actually inside the studio, this is where it is all going to be
0:24:55 > 0:24:59happening in just over an hour's time, tonight's fundraising
0:24:59 > 0:25:03spectacular. All week, people across the UK have been raising money,
0:25:03 > 0:25:07tonight it will be the turn of some of the nation's favourite
0:25:07 > 0:25:12celebrities to show how they are supporting Children in Need.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13# Who will buy... #
0:25:13 > 0:25:15The West End comes to the East End.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17# Who will buy this wonderful morning? #
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Walford's finest will be performing songs from Oliver
0:25:18 > 0:25:21and other classic musicals.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24# And put it in a box for me? #
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Who is the celebrity Weakest Link?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Anne Robinson will help viewers find out
0:25:30 > 0:25:34as she hosts a special edition of the famous quiz show.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I thought you'd advertised yourself as a genius millionaire playboy.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Yeah, in the past, yes.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45A group of charity workers get a once-in-a-lifetime offer -
0:25:45 > 0:25:49to work with Poldark star Aidan Turner.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53While there'll be a live performance of the official
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Children in Need single from Katie Melua - Fields Of Gold,
0:25:56 > 0:26:00chosen because it was one of Sir Terry Wogan's favourite songs.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06# Among the fields of barley... #
0:26:06 > 0:26:08It's not just celebrities - people across the country
0:26:08 > 0:26:12have also been doing their bit to help raise cash.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18In Colchester, cheered on by Pudsey,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21this team was trying to set a pump-trolley world record.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26It was a step challenge for this group from the Midlands.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27And in Wakefield,
0:26:27 > 0:26:33schoolteachers volunteered to be doused with ice-cold water.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36As always, the millions raised tonight
0:26:36 > 0:26:39will go to helping children and young people across the country.
0:26:39 > 0:26:47Lizo Mzimba, BBC News.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Good for them, why can't I made Poldark, that is what I want to
0:26:50 > 0:26:56know! I will fight you for it!
0:26:57 > 0:27:02I would not like to have been and collecting for charity this morning,
0:27:02 > 0:27:06it was cold, minus four degrees, but lifting the frost to some sunshine,
0:27:06 > 0:27:11a beautiful afternoon across England and Wales, but some sharp showers,
0:27:11 > 0:27:17some heavy, with thunder across much of Scotland. A beautiful picture,
0:27:17 > 0:27:22but a miserable affair, widespread showers accompanied by 50 mph winds.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Those showers will continue through the evening, in actual fact, and
0:27:25 > 0:27:29then further south some clearer skies to the south-east,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33temperatures falling away, but then more cloud nudges into the
0:27:33 > 0:27:37south-west, not as cold tomorrow as of this morning, and that is because
0:27:37 > 0:27:42we will see some nuisance cloud and the light patchy rain moving through
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Wales, the south-west, masking the sunshine into the afternoon across
0:27:46 > 0:27:49southern England. It could be a pretty drab day, and that could make
0:27:49 > 0:27:55it feel much colder, nine or 10 degrees, but with a spot of rain not
0:27:55 > 0:27:59very pleasant, really. Northern England, but Jock Northern Ireland
0:27:59 > 0:28:04and Scotland, a better day, more in the way of sunshine. A blustery
0:28:04 > 0:28:08wind, excuse me, into the Northern Isles and the far north of Scotland.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11That is where we are going to save those to Bridge is falling away as
0:28:11 > 0:28:16well through the night time period, so clear skies in Scotland and much
0:28:16 > 0:28:21of the eastern half of the country generally, quite a chilly nights to
0:28:21 > 0:28:25come. At the same time, we keep the cloud to the south-west, so it looks
0:28:25 > 0:28:30like a slightly milder start to Sunday, but a cold start on Sunday
0:28:30 > 0:28:34morning, frost is likely, that is where the best of the sunshine will
0:28:34 > 0:28:38be on Monday, central and eastern areas will be cold and sunny, in the
0:28:38 > 0:28:43far south-west we keep the cloud, spots of rain.