0:00:05 > 0:00:08Net migration into the UK falls sharply and it's mainly down
0:00:08 > 0:00:12to fewer people coming from the EU.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15The difference between the number of people coming to the UK
0:00:15 > 0:00:18and leaving has dropped by a third compared to the previous year.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21But the number is still far short of the tens of thousands
0:00:21 > 0:00:22pledged by the government.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Also tonight...
0:00:25 > 0:00:28The special relationship under strain as Theresa May criticises
0:00:28 > 0:00:33Donald Trump after his tweets about the far right and about her.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37I'm very clear that retweeting from Britain First
0:00:37 > 0:00:40was the wrong thing to do.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44One of the six British men wrongly jailed in India for four years tells
0:00:44 > 0:00:46of his joy at his new freedom.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47I'm on cloud nine.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50There's not a word in the English dictionary that can describe how I'm
0:00:50 > 0:00:57feeling at this minute.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02The EU offers a special deal to try to ensure roads and bridges here at
0:01:02 > 0:01:07the Irish border remain completely open but could that threaten the DUP
0:01:07 > 0:01:09deal with the Conservatives at Westminster?
0:01:09 > 0:01:11And what's being hailed as an incredible new treatment that
0:01:11 > 0:01:15could dramatically reduce the agony of migraines.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, we're in Moscow to look ahead
0:01:18 > 0:01:20to the World Cup draw as England consider their best
0:01:20 > 0:01:30and worse case scenarios for next year's tournament.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Net migration in the UK - the difference between the numbers
0:01:49 > 0:01:52of people arriving and leaving - has fallen sharply in the year
0:01:52 > 0:01:55after the Brexit referendum.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57New figures from the Office of National Statistics show
0:01:57 > 0:02:00it was 230,000 in the 12 months to the end of June.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04That's a drop of around a third compared to the previous year.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08And most of that drop is down to fewer people coming from the EU.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Tom Symonds, looks at why
0:02:10 > 0:02:12the numbers are going down and what it could mean
0:02:12 > 0:02:18for the economy.
0:02:18 > 0:02:27Is this the start not of an exodus but of a Brexodus? We are now
0:02:27 > 0:02:33getting some numbers. French business consultant Cyril is
0:02:33 > 0:02:35planning to go, Polish mathematician Dominika Czerniawska had already
0:02:35 > 0:02:40gone back to Warsaw.London still is the best city of the European Union
0:02:40 > 0:02:47but when it is not in the European Union it loses so much appeal that
0:02:47 > 0:02:52the link on Amsterdam, and for some people Warsaw are far more
0:02:52 > 0:02:57attractive.Investment has dried up and I work in financial services and
0:02:57 > 0:03:02my clients have started to move jobs and because I am their consultant,
0:03:02 > 0:03:07the jobs will be elsewhere.They are among thousands who have spent the
0:03:07 > 0:03:12months since that night calculating their future is in a post-Brexit
0:03:12 > 0:03:17Europe. Positions which are reflected in the biggest to date.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22Since the vote, 572,000 people have arrived to live in the UK but
0:03:22 > 0:03:29342,000 have left. The difference is that crucial net migration figure,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33230,000 more people living in the UK than a year ago. But following the
0:03:33 > 0:03:39Brexit vote, that figure has fallen sharply by 106,000, the biggest fall
0:03:39 > 0:03:46since records began. Many employers are deeply worried about the loss of
0:03:46 > 0:03:49potential workers but not Ken Beswick who runs a stationery firm
0:03:49 > 0:03:53in South Wales.This has been a land of milk and honey. The people of
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Great Britain have suffered because of it for far too long and so the
0:03:57 > 0:04:02drop to a quarter of a million we welcome but after having said that,
0:04:02 > 0:04:07Cordoba million extra people is like another city are people being added
0:04:07 > 0:04:11to the country and straining resources -- a quarter of a million.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14So some professional Europeans in office jobs are leaving and there
0:04:14 > 0:04:19has also been a fall in the number of people coming here looking for
0:04:19 > 0:04:24work but a Brexodus, it is still the case that 107,000 more Europeans
0:04:24 > 0:04:29came to Britain in the last year than left.The numbers today are
0:04:29 > 0:04:33quite dramatic but you have to put them in perspective. We are only
0:04:33 > 0:04:38back to levels of net migration we saw in 2014 so it is not a
0:04:38 > 0:04:41historical anomaly and the vast majority of EU citizens in the UK
0:04:41 > 0:04:44are not going anywhere, they have been here for a long time and
0:04:44 > 0:04:47emigration does not qualify as a Brexodus at this point.Some
0:04:47 > 0:04:53businesses like hotels depend on foreign workers. Francesca came from
0:04:53 > 0:04:58Italy after the Brexit vote.I can see that as soon as I came here in
0:04:58 > 0:05:02London I applied for a job and had the chance to start work here and I
0:05:02 > 0:05:08think it is amazing and not all the cities can give you this
0:05:08 > 0:05:13opportunity.As for the government, it wants to cut net migration by
0:05:13 > 0:05:16more than half again. Tom Symons, BBC News.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Our Business Editor, Simon Jack, is here.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21The Conservatives have long said they want to get immigration down
0:05:21 > 0:05:22to the tens of thousands.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24It's not there but it has fallen.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27What's your assessment of the impact of this on the economy?
0:05:27 > 0:05:33The employers by its peak to say that 7% of the workforce is from the
0:05:33 > 0:05:39EU, in the low skilled sectors that goes up to 15% and 75% of all
0:05:39 > 0:05:44waiters in the UK are from the EU. There are some worries for employers
0:05:44 > 0:05:48about getting workers if the flow of labour stops. What businesses are
0:05:48 > 0:05:52saying is that it does not make sense to have hard targets. If the
0:05:52 > 0:05:56economy grows we might need more workers, we have ages to come
0:05:56 > 0:06:01Heathrow, a million homes to build, other people say we can train our
0:06:01 > 0:06:05own and with unemployment at just 4.3% it is not like there are loads
0:06:05 > 0:06:09of spare people around to trade up and do these jobs so businesses are
0:06:09 > 0:06:15concerned but as Tom said in the piece, 107,000 more people from you
0:06:15 > 0:06:21than left so nope Brexodus. If there is a pinch point here, wages. To go
0:06:21 > 0:06:24up, at the moment they are going up less quickly than inflation and the
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Bank of England think that will switch around next year and if there
0:06:27 > 0:06:31is an impact on the labour market, that is where you will see it.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Britain's ambassador to the US has visited the White House to raise
0:06:34 > 0:06:36concerns about President Trump's tweets concerning a British far
0:06:36 > 0:06:39right group and then about the Prime Minister herself.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Earlier today Theresa May said Donald Trump was "wrong" to share
0:06:42 > 0:06:44the videos from an extremist group called Britain First.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46But she rejected calls to cancel his state visit
0:06:46 > 0:06:49to the UK next year.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50More from our Political Correspondent, Alex Forsyth,
0:06:50 > 0:06:56who's been with the Prime Minister on a visit to Jordan.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01This was a trip focused on building relationships around the world,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04but while Theresa May was meeting kings and ministers in Jordan...
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Yes, there are many challenges...
0:07:07 > 0:07:11..A major diplomatic row was brewing elsewhere.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13President Trump had been personally rebuked by Downing Street
0:07:13 > 0:07:17for sharing far right videos online.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21His response to Theresa May - on Twitter, of course -
0:07:21 > 0:07:23"Don't focus on me, focus on the destructive radical
0:07:23 > 0:07:30Islamic terrorism that's taking place in the UK."
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Her tour of the Middle East suddenly required diplomacy
0:07:33 > 0:07:37of a different kind.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40The fact that we work together does not mean that we are afraid to say
0:07:40 > 0:07:43when we think the United States has got it wrong, and be
0:07:43 > 0:07:45very clear with them.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47And I'm very clear that retweeting from Britain First
0:07:47 > 0:07:50was the wrong thing to do.
0:07:50 > 0:07:56He tweeted, effectively telling you to stay out of his business.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Is that acceptable behaviour from a supposed ally?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01It's an enduring relationship that's there because it's
0:08:01 > 0:08:04in both our national interests.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06So what of the much anticipated state visit to the UK
0:08:06 > 0:08:09by President Trump?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12An invitation for a state visit has been extended and has been accepted.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14We have yet to set a date.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Thank you.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20In her speech here, Theresa May had little choice
0:08:20 > 0:08:21but to respond to this tweet.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27It was aimed directly at her.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29This, another test of her leadership, how
0:08:29 > 0:08:31to maintain authority, yet de-escalate a potential row
0:08:31 > 0:08:33with a friend.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35The US president forging friendships of his own...
0:08:35 > 0:08:39You have been a great friend and we appreciate it very much...
0:08:39 > 0:08:42..Has so far shown little regret for his original tweet sharing
0:08:42 > 0:08:44videos from the far right group Britain First.
0:08:44 > 0:08:52Thank you very much, everybody, thank you.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54The Communities Secretary said he'd endorsed the view of a vile,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57racist organisation and he'd refused to let it go and say nothing.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00And he wasn't the only politician to express a view.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02She should never have invited him within a few weeks
0:09:02 > 0:09:03of him being elected.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08Every other American president has had to wait for years.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11They have to settle down and we've had to be sure about who it is
0:09:11 > 0:09:13that we are inviting.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15It's very difficult to see how you can continue to rely
0:09:15 > 0:09:18on the goodwill of somebody who is fundamentally evil,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20racist, completely contrary to our own set of values.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25So while the Prime Minister practised diplomacy
0:09:25 > 0:09:28in the Middle East, relations elsewhere were tested.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Theresa May, once again under scrutiny, not just at home
0:09:30 > 0:09:32but around the globe.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Alex Forsyth, BBC News, Jordan.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39One of the so-called Chennai Six who was released from an Indian
0:09:39 > 0:09:41prison on Monday has spoken of his relief and delight
0:09:41 > 0:09:43at regaining his freedom after four years.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Nick Dunn, a former soldier, was among six Britons
0:09:45 > 0:09:49acquitted of weapons charges by an Indian court.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52He said his family would now have the best Christmas ever.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54He's been speaking to our India Correspondent, Sanjoy Majumder.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Taking an innocent man's freedom away is the worst crime I believe
0:10:00 > 0:10:02that can be committed.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Former paratrooper Nick Dunn has just been released
0:10:05 > 0:10:07from an Indian prison, one of six Britons arrested
0:10:07 > 0:10:12four years ago and charged with smuggling weapons.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16You have got to do a proper investigation.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19You have got to know that person is guilty.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21This wasn't like that.
0:10:21 > 0:10:28It was, "we don't care, you're guilty."
0:10:28 > 0:10:32He's now traded his cramped, squalid prison cell for a plush hotel room.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35His sister, Lisa, has come out to India to take him back home.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40And he just can't wait.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42It's going to be like four Christmases that I've
0:10:42 > 0:10:43missed rolled into one.
0:10:43 > 0:10:50It's going to be the best Christmas my family could ever wish for.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55It's been a long, desperate wait for justice inside this Chennai prison.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Nick and his mates were part of a crew of 35 on board an American
0:10:59 > 0:11:00ship seized off the Indian coast.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04On Monday, an Indian court threw out all the charges.
0:11:04 > 0:11:10The men were finally free.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I was out training, one of the guys shouted us over.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15I could hear it in his voice, it was excitement.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19And he went, "full acquittal."
0:11:19 > 0:11:23And I... Stopped in my tracks and it was like someone just slapped us,
0:11:23 > 0:11:30because it was like a shock, you know, and it was an amazing feeling.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33While they were in prison waiting to learn their fate,
0:11:33 > 0:11:35the men's families led a massive campaign back home
0:11:35 > 0:11:39to press for their release.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Knowing there are lovely people out there, lovely,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47amazing, supportive people, and I will never be able
0:11:47 > 0:11:51to thank them as much as what I'm trying to do now.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55His nightmare finally over, it's now time to go home.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01Sanjoy Majumder, BBC News, Chennai.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03The care home market in the UK is not sustainable unless more
0:12:03 > 0:12:05money is put into it.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07That's the conclusion of the Competition and Markets
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Authority which says there is a billion pound a year
0:12:10 > 0:12:13funding gap, and that care homes are being propped up by charging
0:12:13 > 0:12:16higher prices for people who fund themselves,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18while local authorities fail to pay enough.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Alison Holt, has more.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Would you like some popcorn?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Would you like a cookie?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27At the Home of Comfort in Southsea in Hampshire,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30they are settling down for an afternoon of old films.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33For more than 100 years, they have provided nursing
0:12:33 > 0:12:36care for older people, but that is no protection
0:12:36 > 0:12:42from the financial pressures outlined in today's report.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Gwen is 90 and moved in a few months ago with the help of her daughters.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51The girls felt I couldn't cope on my own.
0:12:51 > 0:12:57And I bowed to the inevitable.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02She's self-funded, because she had her own home and some savings,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04but it also means she pays more than someone
0:13:04 > 0:13:06eligible for council care.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08It doesn't seem fair that some people pay more
0:13:08 > 0:13:10than others for the same care.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13But unfortunately, that's the way, that's the rules at the moment.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15As a charity, they don't have the same overheads
0:13:15 > 0:13:18as a commercial organisation.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21It helps them keep their fees down, but their administrator says
0:13:21 > 0:13:23there is still a big gap between actual costs
0:13:23 > 0:13:28and what councils pay.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30We are asking them for £725 week to provide nursing care
0:13:30 > 0:13:32and we don't get it.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35We get about £560.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39So the difference in those figures is quite astonishing, I think.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44There is a cross subsidy happening from people
0:13:44 > 0:13:47paying for their own care, to people who are supposed
0:13:47 > 0:13:48to be publicly funded.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Today's Competitions and Markets Authority report says
0:13:51 > 0:13:53on average a care home place in the UK costs self-funders
0:13:53 > 0:13:59£44,000 a year.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03That is about £12,000 or 40% more than someone paid for by a council.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05This year-long study by the Competition and Markets Authority
0:14:05 > 0:14:10paints a picture of a system under huge financial pressure.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14And one which is often confusing, and unfair for people who need it
0:14:14 > 0:14:16at a stressful time in their lives.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21We think it's urgent, we think the system is not
0:14:21 > 0:14:24in a great place and we think the pressure is mounting
0:14:24 > 0:14:29because you have both increasing demand because of demographic
0:14:29 > 0:14:31changes, but also we know that labour costs are responsible
0:14:31 > 0:14:34for a significant portion of the cost and those costs
0:14:34 > 0:14:35are increasing as well.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37As more people live longer, the CMA warns investment
0:14:37 > 0:14:39in providing support for the future is essential, and without it,
0:14:39 > 0:14:44care homes will close.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48The Government says it has put extra money into care and will publish
0:14:48 > 0:14:49a green paper on funding in the summer.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Alison Holt, BBC News.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Pressures on social care have a direct impact
0:14:53 > 0:14:55on the health service.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Next year, health care will be rationed and waiting times
0:14:58 > 0:15:01will increase unless the NHS in England gets more money.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03That's the warning from health service leaders who have been
0:15:03 > 0:15:06meeting to discuss what level of service they can deliver.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Our Health Editor, Hugh Pym, is here.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10We keep being told the NHS is under enormous strain.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Now a new stark warning that some treatments are not
0:15:12 > 0:15:14going to be available either at all or without
0:15:14 > 0:15:20a considerable wait.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24That is the case. The head of NHS England Simon Stevenson warned
0:15:24 > 0:15:27before the budget that without a significant increase in funding
0:15:27 > 0:15:32waiting lists for routine operations would rise rapidly. A week
0:15:32 > 0:15:35afterwards, the board of NHS England have set them to review the
0:15:35 > 0:15:38invocations of the money awarded by the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, and
0:15:38 > 0:15:42they are saying that without significant cuts it is not enough to
0:15:42 > 0:15:48meet the waiting time targets for routine surgery, 18 weeks, or the
0:15:48 > 0:15:5395% of patients being treated or assessed in A&E within four hours.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56The Department of Health says enough money has been given to allow the
0:15:56 > 0:16:02NHS to bring down waiting lists but stand by for a set of pretty fraught
0:16:02 > 0:16:04negotiations now between NHS England and the Department of Health over
0:16:04 > 0:16:09what can be delivered next year. If these waiting time targets are not
0:16:09 > 0:16:13diluted in some way, many will save the key legal guarantees of care for
0:16:13 > 0:16:23patients are being fiercely undermined.Thank you.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26The time has just gone a quarter past six.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Our top story this evening:
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Net migration into the UK falls sharply and it's mainly down
0:16:31 > 0:16:33to fewer people coming from the EU.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35And still to come...
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Howard chance meeting in a churchyard reunited these long-lost
0:16:39 > 0:16:40brothers.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Ben Stokes returns to cricket
0:16:42 > 0:16:44down under, but not for the Ashes.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45The England's all-rounder arrives in
0:16:45 > 0:16:46New Zealand after signing to play for Canterbury.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57The Democratic Unionist party has threatened to withdraw its support
0:16:57 > 0:16:59for Theresa May's minority government if there is any
0:16:59 > 0:17:02kind of special deal between Northern Ireland and the EU.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05It's in response to efforts to try to break the deadlock over
0:17:05 > 0:17:07how to continue free movement between Northern Ireland
0:17:07 > 0:17:09and the Republic of Ireland.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12At present thousands of people and millions of pounds of goods
0:17:12 > 0:17:14cross the border every day.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16With 16 months to go until Brexit, our Ireland
0:17:16 > 0:17:24correspondent Chris Buckler is at Aughnacloy on the Irish
0:17:24 > 0:17:26border, and so far this has been proving
0:17:26 > 0:17:27an intractable problem and time
0:17:27 > 0:17:31is running out to resolve it.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Yes, in the first phase of Brexit negotiations, the Irish border is
0:17:36 > 0:17:39proving the most difficult problem to solve and that is partly because
0:17:39 > 0:17:44of the scale of it. This is one of the 300 crossing points between the
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Bridges and roads that
0:17:48 > 0:17:53connect them together, but what do you do when all of a sudden one part
0:17:53 > 0:17:59is in the EU and the other is outside? The EU says Northern
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Ireland could stick to its trading rules even if the rest of the UK
0:18:02 > 0:18:06doesn't, perhaps even stay inside the customs union and the single
0:18:06 > 0:18:11market. Some say that would offer real opportunity for the economy
0:18:11 > 0:18:14here, but unionists are angry and say they will withdraw their support
0:18:14 > 0:18:18for the Conservative government at Westminster if they even consider
0:18:18 > 0:18:21it.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23On the island of Ireland, culture does not recognise borders,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27and neither do people.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Uilleann pipes are one of the traditional sounds of this
0:18:31 > 0:18:33land, and in his workshop that sits just a mile
0:18:33 > 0:18:35from where Northern Ireland meets the Republic, Martin
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Gallen makes the pipes.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43He's closely watching the slow negotiations to try to carve out
0:18:43 > 0:18:50a deal that will see the UK leave the EU,
0:18:50 > 0:18:54and he fears it will mean a return of checks on the Irish border.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55They're promising that there would be no
0:18:55 > 0:18:58hardening of the border, but I honestly can't see how they're
0:18:58 > 0:19:03going to stand by that promise.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05The European Union doesn't want a return of customs
0:19:05 > 0:19:07posts on the border, bridges and roads that connect
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Northern Ireland and the Republic.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14It's been offering the chance for Northern Ireland to stay
0:19:14 > 0:19:16inside the customs union and single market, even if the rest
0:19:16 > 0:19:21of the UK leaves.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23That's to the fury of unionists, whose support the Conservatives
0:19:23 > 0:19:27rely on Westminster.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30If there is any hint that, in order to placate Dublin and the EU,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32they're prepared to have Northern Ireland treated differently
0:19:32 > 0:19:38than the rest of the United Kingdom, then they can't rely on our vote
0:19:38 > 0:19:40because they have undertaken an agreement with us -
0:19:40 > 0:19:47our votes for their support for the union.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50That's a fear of a move towards a united Ireland,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52and it would probably mean new checks for ships
0:19:52 > 0:19:54crossing the Irish Sea, effectively creating a border
0:19:54 > 0:19:58between two parts of the UK.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01But there could be benefits for Northern Ireland's troubled economy.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03This border business park was opened in 2013
0:20:03 > 0:20:09using £6 million of public money.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14Four years on, all 22 acres lie largely empty.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Last month, one firm did finally sign up to take a site here.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20And others might be more likely to follow after Brexit,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23if being based here means you can trade either within the EU
0:20:23 > 0:20:27or as part of the UK.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Just as we have for our people, we can choose identity,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32whether it be British or Irish, our products can be
0:20:32 > 0:20:33exactly the same.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36And if we take this opportunity, we become probably one of the most
0:20:36 > 0:20:46attractive and best locations anywhere in the world.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47attractive investment locations anywhere in the world.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50No-one wants new barriers in the cities and towns that sit
0:20:50 > 0:20:51all along this border,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53and the Irish government are still prepared to stand
0:20:53 > 0:20:55in the path of trade talks to ensure that.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58This is an historic moment and we are not going to allow
0:20:58 > 0:21:00the re-emergence of a physical border on this island.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03And the European Union will support us on that,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05so there's going to be no need to use a veto.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08That does sound, though, that if you had to use a veto,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10you would be prepared to use it.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12The EU side, in my view, will not progress phase two
0:21:12 > 0:21:17unless we make sufficient progress in all three areas.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19And it's the border that's the sticking point?
0:21:19 > 0:21:24The border's the sticking point.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Ireland's uilleann pipes were once known as the union pipes, but no one
0:21:28 > 0:21:32is sure of the consequences once this island is at the edge of two
0:21:32 > 0:21:37unions, both the EU and the UK.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Chris Buckler, BBC News, at the Irish border.
0:21:44 > 0:21:51Migraines affect one in seven people across the world,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53they can cause agonising symptoms for sufferers, sometimes
0:21:53 > 0:21:54lasting several days.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Now a new approach in treatment has shown the number and severity
0:21:57 > 0:22:00of attacks can be significantly cut and is being hailed as an incredibly
0:22:00 > 0:22:01important step forward.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05It's estimated 190,000 people get migraine attacks
0:22:05 > 0:22:07every day in the UK, with women more susceptible than men.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11And it's thought 25 million days a year are taken off school or work
0:22:11 > 0:22:13by people who get them.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15In two clinical trials, injections of antibodies have been used
0:22:15 > 0:22:18to neutralise the chemical in the brain which causes the pain
0:22:18 > 0:22:20associated with a migraine.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Our Health Correspondent James Gallagher has the story.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Tania Dutton was just 11 when she started having
0:22:27 > 0:22:29devastating migraines.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32They interfere with her passion for music, causing immense pain
0:22:32 > 0:22:36for days, speech problems and blackouts.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Tania has to wear special glasses even indoors, as bright light
0:22:39 > 0:22:42can trigger an attack.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44They can be debilitating.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47For me, it feels like someone is taking a knife and stabbing
0:22:47 > 0:22:51my head repeatedly.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54The pain is so bad that you can't open your eyes,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56you can't move, you can't speak.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Migraines are complex and poorly understood.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02But discovering what is changing in the brain
0:23:02 > 0:23:06is leading to new treatments.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Scientists at Kings College London have been investigating
0:23:07 > 0:23:10one chemical in the brain.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12It's been implicated in both the pain and sensitivity
0:23:12 > 0:23:15to light in migraine.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Now antibodies have been developed that neutralises that chemical
0:23:18 > 0:23:22to prevent an attack.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Trials on two new antibodies have been published.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28The first was on nearly 1,000 people.
0:23:28 > 0:23:3350% of patients given the therapy had their migraines cut in half.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37A second antibody was tested on more than 1100 people.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41It helped 41% of people halve their migraines.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47It is hoped the drugs could give some patients their lives back.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53These treatments are the first migraine-specific preventive ever.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55For the most substantial neurological cause of disability
0:23:55 > 0:23:59on the planet, that is a huge advance for all of us.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02For Tania, that could mean freedom from the constant worry
0:24:02 > 0:24:06of a migraine attack.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08To have a medication or a treatment that's specifically designed
0:24:08 > 0:24:15to help migraine is going to help a lot of people.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18The drugs could be available next year if they are approved.
0:24:18 > 0:24:24James Gallagher, BBC News.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26When Roy Aspinall spotted a man who looked down on his luck
0:24:26 > 0:24:29as he walked through a churchyard in Wigan, he decided
0:24:29 > 0:24:33to stop and chat to him.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35After a few minutes, he realised - to his astonishment -
0:24:35 > 0:24:38that the stranger was in fact his brother who he had last seen
0:24:38 > 0:24:40as a child over 20 years ago.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Judith Moritz has the story.
0:24:43 > 0:24:50This is warm and Mac, or, former infantryman with the Queen's
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Regiment and this is Billy White, until recently sleeping rough on the
0:24:54 > 0:24:58streets of Wigan. They were strangers until on Remembrance Day
0:24:58 > 0:25:02they found themselves in the same churchyard. Billy was sitting
0:25:02 > 0:25:07outside on the wall when Roy approached him.I saw a gentleman
0:25:07 > 0:25:13over there in the corner. He seemed like he was on the streets.I was
0:25:13 > 0:25:16hanging about here in the churchyard because this is where I slept
0:25:16 > 0:25:21sometimes.He looked very familiar, the facial features were similar to
0:25:21 > 0:25:31mine.When he got over to me, he started asking loads of questions,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34what's my name, who is my sister. He turned round and said I am Roy
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Aspinall, and I am your brother.Roy grew up without knowing his
0:25:37 > 0:25:40siblings, Billy knew he had a brother but didn't know where to
0:25:40 > 0:25:47find him. After they met, they compared birth certificates. Roy
0:25:47 > 0:25:52says knowing his brother has made him feel complete.Like a massive
0:25:52 > 0:25:58jigsaw, best to put it, but I couldn't find that one piece to make
0:25:58 > 0:26:04a pretty picture. And it feels like I have found that peace again.Life
0:26:04 > 0:26:10changing?Life changing completely, yes.Billy is no longer homeless,
0:26:10 > 0:26:15just in time for Christmas he's moved in with his big brother.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Parts of England have been blanketed in snow as forecasters warned
0:26:17 > 0:26:19of possible disruption and plunging temperatures.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21This was the scene earlier today in Bridlington
0:26:21 > 0:26:24on the East Yorkshire coast.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28And the snow kept falling just a few miles away in Garton on the Wolds.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Heavy snow has also fallen in the north east of Scotland,
0:26:30 > 0:26:32which has led to some school closures.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44I know we get snow most years but it's unusual to get so much in so
0:26:44 > 0:26:50many parts of the country this early in the year, isn't it?
0:26:50 > 0:26:54This is pretty good and the snow has fallen right down to the beach as
0:26:54 > 0:26:58well so it shows how cold the air has been. There are years when we
0:26:58 > 0:27:03don't get any snow right until January really in major built-up
0:27:03 > 0:27:07areas. So pretty good for the time of year. Tonight there is more snow
0:27:07 > 0:27:12on the way across eastern parts of the country. You can see some snow
0:27:12 > 0:27:17showers there moving into Yorkshire, parts of the east Midlands, into
0:27:17 > 0:27:24East Anglia as well and there could be snow falling across parts of the
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Chilterns, possibly in London as well but the price is the major risk
0:27:26 > 0:27:29from eastern Scotland all the way down to the south-east. The
0:27:29 > 0:27:33temperatures dipping down to well below freezing outside of city
0:27:33 > 0:27:37centres so watch out for those slippery surfaces. Some of the snow
0:27:37 > 0:27:41that fell during the day will have melted during the course of the
0:27:41 > 0:27:47afternoon and then it could refreeze overnight. Tomorrow we have a lot of
0:27:47 > 0:27:50fine weather around, some of these snow showers could still be wintry
0:27:50 > 0:27:54in the morning but there will be a tendency for those to die away as we
0:27:54 > 0:27:58go through the course of the afternoon and temperatures will
0:27:58 > 0:28:02reach 5 degrees for most of us. Through the course of the weekend,
0:28:02 > 0:28:09things will turn a little bit less cold. This high pressure will be
0:28:09 > 0:28:13rolling in some mild air in our direction, and I save my older, not
0:28:13 > 0:28:16necessarily that my old because there's a lot of cloud streaming in
0:28:16 > 0:28:26the Atlantic with a bit of drizzle as well -- I say milder, not
0:28:26 > 0:28:34necessarily mild. Double figures in the south-west won't feel my old at
0:28:34 > 0:28:38all but the thinking is, as we head towards the end of next week, it
0:28:38 > 0:28:38looks