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