0:00:06 > 0:00:09Tonight at Six - Theresa May is about to face a show-down
0:00:09 > 0:00:11with her own MPs over what role Parliament will play
0:00:11 > 0:00:14in the Brexit process.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17We will put the final withdrawal agreement,
0:00:17 > 0:00:19betweent the UK and EU, to a vote in both
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Houses of Parliament.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25But that's not enough for Tory rebels - they want a guarantee
0:00:25 > 0:00:28that they will have the power to send ministers back
0:00:28 > 0:00:31to the negotiating table.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33It's not for Parliament to simply roll over and accept something
0:00:33 > 0:00:36because the Government says that's what we should do.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39The debate is taking place right now - we'll have the latest.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Also tonight.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Chris Froome - fighting for his reputation after he fails a drugs
0:00:44 > 0:00:46test taken during his victorious run in Spain's La Vuelta.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48A fourth child, just three years old, dies
0:00:48 > 0:00:51after the Manchester house fire - two people have been
0:00:51 > 0:00:53charged with murder.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Jailed - the gang that used drones to smuggle everything from mobiles
0:00:56 > 0:01:01to cannabis into prisons in Scotland and England.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07Official figures on the pay squeeze.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Your wages will buy you no more today than they did 11 years ago.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And coming up on Sportsday.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15England's Ashes defence hangs in the balance
0:01:15 > 0:01:18going into Third Test in Perth - captain Joe Root calls on big
0:01:18 > 0:01:29performances from his players.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46In the next hour or so Theresa May faces a crunch vote
0:01:46 > 0:01:49on her Brexit plans.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Several of her own MPs have joined Labour in demanding parliament has
0:01:52 > 0:01:55the power to send ministers back to the negotiating table if it
0:01:55 > 0:02:00doesn't like the final deal between the UK and the EU.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02So far the Prime Minister has offered what she's called
0:02:02 > 0:02:05a "meaningful vote" - but is that enough or will she have
0:02:05 > 0:02:07to make a concession in order to avoid a defeat.
0:02:07 > 0:02:07Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg is in Westminster.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17Thank you. There has been a lot of fuss, froth, but this is really
0:02:17 > 0:02:22about is how much power is the Government willing to give MPs over
0:02:22 > 0:02:25the final Brexit deal? For a long time ministers have said of course
0:02:25 > 0:02:29you will have a vote, of course it will be meaningful, of course you
0:02:29 > 0:02:33will have a say, but the Labour Party, the SNP, the Liberal
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Democrats and a crucial group of Tory potential rebels want a legal
0:02:37 > 0:02:42promise now, they will not just have a vote, but they will have a vote
0:02:42 > 0:02:46before the deal is signed. Now the numbers look extremely tight but it
0:02:46 > 0:02:51is possible that the Government will tonight be forced to do so. But it's
0:02:51 > 0:02:53the determination of the Tory rebels that will really make the
0:02:53 > 0:02:58difference.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Look at the Chancellor's little list. At the top of a sheaf of paper
0:03:01 > 0:03:07the names of the Tory rebels who might beat their party bosses tone.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Nicky, Anna, Dominic and the rest. Only their first names, those former
0:03:11 > 0:03:19ministers who have been trying for weeks to have their say. .Would she
0:03:19 > 0:03:23be so good as to help the Right Honourable and learned gentleman's
0:03:23 > 0:03:27amended seven in the spirit of unity for everybody here and in the
0:03:27 > 0:03:32country. We will ensure there is a meaningful
0:03:32 > 0:03:35vote on this, in this House, there will be be an opportunity for
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Parliament to look at the withdrawal agreement and implementation bill.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46What does that all mean? About 20 Tory MPs, the opposition parties and
0:03:46 > 0:03:50these hardy campaigners. Are demanding so-called amendment seven.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55That is a legal promise from the Government today, that MPs will have
0:03:55 > 0:03:59the chance to vote and debate the deal between Britain and the rest of
0:03:59 > 0:04:07the EU. And crucially, before it's signed.Stop Brexit.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12The Government says there will be a vote but there isn't much trust they
0:04:12 > 0:04:15will stick to it. The former Attorney General who is leading the
0:04:15 > 0:04:19charge says it has got rough.Large number of people telling one is a
0:04:19 > 0:04:25traitor, some I have to say with regret of one's honourable and right
0:04:25 > 0:04:30honourable friend saying things I fight startling.He is engage in
0:04:30 > 0:04:34this seriously but there is no getting around the timing issue we
0:04:34 > 0:04:40have gotThe debate is whether honourable members are content that
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Parliament be a spectator, a passive observer into one of the most
0:04:44 > 0:04:49important decisions that has faced or country in generations.They are
0:04:49 > 0:04:54adamant they shouldn't bundle but it is bad-tempered look at this row
0:04:54 > 0:05:00inside the same political party. This article, clause nine, is not
0:05:00 > 0:05:05about implementing leaving the European Union.It is.No, no.Read
0:05:05 > 0:05:10it. Read it. Sit down.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14I am not capable of hearing what my honourable friend is saying, because
0:05:14 > 0:05:20there seems to be an inordinate racquet being made behind me.There
0:05:20 > 0:05:24is deep suspicion, those who wanted to stay in the EU are trying to
0:05:24 > 0:05:29rerun the referendum.If people in in House use that amendment for
0:05:29 > 0:05:34those purposes, the backlash from the British public will be like none
0:05:34 > 0:05:40seen before, he should be beware/that.The idea this
0:05:40 > 0:05:43undermines the referendum decision is rubbish and he knows it. If he
0:05:43 > 0:05:47had any better arguments he would put them rather than using something
0:05:47 > 0:05:52that is so ridiculous.But it's a stand-off so far. The Downing Street
0:05:52 > 0:05:56machine, determined not to move. Instead, an offensive, maybe with
0:05:56 > 0:06:02charm, to talk the rebels round. What it is going to take?Not much
0:06:02 > 0:06:06sign they are in any mood to back downIt is unpleasant. I never hope
0:06:06 > 0:06:10to be in the situation, but I, you know I think that a number of us
0:06:10 > 0:06:14have made the point for the last probably three months, that this is
0:06:14 > 0:06:18the amendment we think is incredibly important.This clash has been
0:06:18 > 0:06:22brewing for weeks. If Number Ten lose, it would be the first time
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Theresa May has been beaten this way.Has the Government done enough
0:06:26 > 0:06:29to beat the rebels?At the moment for arm twisting and arguments is
0:06:29 > 0:06:33nearly gone. The vote is expected at round 7.00,
0:06:33 > 0:06:39and I hear in the last couple of minutes just along there, three of
0:06:39 > 0:06:43the key rebels have just left the Commons chamber apparently after
0:06:43 > 0:06:48they were passed a note from one of Theresa May's most important aides,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51so there is a chance some last minute skullduggery could mean a
0:06:51 > 0:06:55concession from the Government or a compromise on behalf of the rebel,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58but it may well be George, in the last hour, that Theresa May is
0:06:58 > 0:07:02beaten in the House of Commons, on her own plans, that would be the
0:07:02 > 0:07:06first time this has happened since she has been in power, and on the
0:07:06 > 0:07:10eve of that vital EU summit in Brussels, Frank lit would be a blow
0:07:10 > 0:07:14to her authority, that she could well do without.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Chris Froome, Britain's most successful road cyclist, is tonight
0:07:17 > 0:07:19fighting to clear his name after it emerged that he's
0:07:19 > 0:07:20failed a drug test.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23The four time Tour de France winner is being investigated by cycling's
0:07:23 > 0:07:26world governing body after a urine sample taken in Spain earlier this
0:07:26 > 0:07:28year showed he had twice the permitted amount of an asthma
0:07:28 > 0:07:29medication in his system.
0:07:29 > 0:07:39Our sports editor Dan Roan reports.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Having come to dominate cycling's biggest race Chris Froome's
0:07:43 > 0:07:46established himself as the pre-eminent force in his sport but
0:07:46 > 0:07:51the British star faces a fight to save his reputation. It was here
0:07:51 > 0:07:55during his historic victory at Spain's grand tour the Vuelta that
0:07:55 > 0:08:00he was found to have exceeded the permitted legal level of the asthma
0:08:00 > 0:08:05drug salbutamol. He says on doctors advice he increased his dosage due
0:08:05 > 0:08:09asthma, in a statement he said I took the greatest care to ensure I
0:08:09 > 0:08:13did not use more than the permissible dose. I take my
0:08:13 > 0:08:16leadership position very seriously.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25Team Sky say that Froome, who has had asthma since childhood was
0:08:25 > 0:08:28suffering from acute symptoms in the final week of the Vuelta and he was
0:08:28 > 0:08:32asked about his health immediately after the 18th stage of the race on
0:08:32 > 0:08:35the day he provided the irregular sample.Speculation about whether
0:08:35 > 0:08:41you are ill. You said no yesterday. 100% fit and healthy todayI felt
0:08:41 > 0:08:47fine today, yes.Riders can take salbutamol up to a certain limit but
0:08:47 > 0:08:52Froome's sample showed traces twice the permitted amount. In a statement
0:08:52 > 0:09:04Team Sky boss said: If you are dehydrated your level
0:09:04 > 0:09:08will be higher, the speed he can metabolise through his system, if he
0:09:08 > 0:09:12does that fast, it will increase the level in his urine, so it is
0:09:12 > 0:09:16difficult to sort of say if I take four puffs I know my level will be
0:09:16 > 0:09:22this, it is difficult to say that on daily basis.Scrutiny on Team Sky
0:09:22 > 0:09:26has intensified with management grilled at a Parliamentary zitty
0:09:26 > 0:09:30hearing and a UK anti-doping investigation into allegations all
0:09:30 > 0:09:35denied and not proven surrounding a mystery medical delivery to Bradley
0:09:35 > 0:09:42Wigans in 2011. Froome has taken a strong moral stance on the use of
0:09:42 > 0:09:47TUEs for usually banned substances. I think it does enormous damage,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50people will listen to everything we are saying about hearings and they
0:09:50 > 0:09:54won't care, as far as they are concerned it is another thing that
0:09:54 > 0:09:58has happened to Team Sky and cycling as far as the reputation of cycling
0:09:58 > 0:10:03is concerned it is damaging.2018 was meant to be the year Froome
0:10:03 > 0:10:06would attempt a fifth tour the France triumph. Instead with the
0:10:06 > 0:10:10threat of a ban and the potential loss of his Spanish title hanging
0:10:10 > 0:10:15over him he is riding into an uncertain future.
0:10:15 > 0:10:21In cycling terms he is simply as big as it gets. He is British sport's
0:10:21 > 0:10:27most successful current star, ehis name will be among the lists of
0:10:27 > 0:10:32favourites in the Sports Personality of the Year award. He faces an
0:10:32 > 0:10:36anxious wait as does Team Sky. They are busy trying to recover their
0:10:36 > 0:10:40reputation, after a series of controversy, they built their brand
0:10:40 > 0:10:43round Froome and their stated zero tolerance policy towards doping but
0:10:43 > 0:10:48they will by a wear in the past riders have faced bans of up to a
0:10:48 > 0:10:53year for having that substance in their systems at excess levels.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57After such a deeply troubled past with cheatling, Chris Froome was
0:10:57 > 0:11:02symbolic of a brave new clean era for cycling, so there is a huge
0:11:02 > 0:11:05amount at stake here, for the man and his team, but also for the sport
0:11:05 > 0:11:07at large.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11A fourth child has died after a fire at a house in the Walkden area
0:11:11 > 0:11:13of Greater Manchester.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Lia Pearson was just three years old.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Two people have appeared in court, charged with murder.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Zac Bolland, who is 23, and 20-year old Courtney Brierley
0:11:20 > 0:11:22were were remanded in custody until their case moves
0:11:22 > 0:11:25to the Crown Court on Thursday - as our correspondent Danny Savage
0:11:25 > 0:11:32reports.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34The sad remains of this house are still the subject
0:11:34 > 0:11:35of detailed examination.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38And now a fourth child from the Pearson family has died
0:11:38 > 0:11:39after Monday's fire.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41The death of three-year-old Lia Pearson this afternoon comes
0:11:41 > 0:11:43as two people were charged with murder, in relation
0:11:43 > 0:11:46to what happened here.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50They both appeared before magistrates in Manchester today.
0:11:50 > 0:11:5623-year-old Zac Bolland and 20-year-old Courtney Brierley
0:11:56 > 0:11:58are charged with the murders of three children,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01and the attempted murder of their mother, Michelle Pearson,
0:12:01 > 0:12:02and three other children.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04But those charges are likely to change now that
0:12:04 > 0:12:09Lia Pearson has also died.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Her eight-year-old brother Brandon and seven-year-old sister
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Lacie died in hospital, following the blaze.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Their sister, 15-year-old Demi Pearson, died at the scene.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Today, the head teacher of her school talked
0:12:18 > 0:12:26about what had happened.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Demi was a great kid, great student, fun-loving, extremely popular,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31popular with all the kids in school and very popular outside
0:12:31 > 0:12:32of school as well.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38Obviously, it's a tragic, tragic life has the been cut short.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Michelle Pearson is still seriously ill in hospital, unaware that four
0:12:41 > 0:12:43of her children are now dead.
0:12:43 > 0:12:49Police say their investigation has moved quickly since
0:12:49 > 0:12:53the fire on Monday.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55No details of what happened here then were heard in court today,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59but now people will have to try and come to terms with the death
0:12:59 > 0:13:01of another child in this tragedy.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06Danny Savage, BBC News, Walkden in Greater Manchester.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08The comedian Peter Kay has cancelled all work commitments
0:13:08 > 0:13:12because of what he's called "unforeseen family circumstances."
0:13:12 > 0:13:15He's said the decision had not been taken lightly, but his family
0:13:15 > 0:13:16must always come first.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19He was due to do his first live stand up tour
0:13:19 > 0:13:23in eight years in April.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25The ringleader of a gang that used drones to smuggle drugs,
0:13:25 > 0:13:30phones and weapons into prisons, has been sentenced to more
0:13:30 > 0:13:31than seven years in jail.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Craig Hickinbottom ran the operation from inside prison where he's
0:13:34 > 0:13:37serving a separate sentence for armed robbery.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40The 11-strong gang organised at least 49 drone flights,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42smuggling goods worth more than a million pounds.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Our home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford has
0:13:43 > 0:13:53this exclusive report.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Cameras originally set up to take pictures of wildlife,
0:13:55 > 0:14:00catching instead Britain's most prolific drone smuggling gang.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Recording the pilot Mervyn Foster time and again flying the drone
0:14:03 > 0:14:07from a field outside Hewell prison in Worcestershire.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Its illegal cargo hanging underneath on fishing line.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12From the field, the smugglers had a view directly into the jail
0:14:12 > 0:14:16and the prison block where the drone's cargo was pulled
0:14:16 > 0:14:19in through the windows.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Over the months the gang grew in confidence and sophistication.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26They had started by simply throwing the drugs over the prison wall.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31But then they started using drones and they added to the contraband.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36Mobile phones, weapons, screwdrivers, and even a Freeview
0:14:36 > 0:14:38box with a remote control.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43Cameras inside Hewell prison caught one of the ringleaders,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47John Hickinbottom, with an improvised hook used
0:14:47 > 0:14:50to catch the fishing line and recover the contraband.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52The gang, led by armed robber Craig Hickinbottom,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55is thought to have smuggled in over a million pounds worth
0:14:55 > 0:14:58of drugs and phones, continuing even after they had been
0:14:58 > 0:14:59arrested and charged.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02The contents of the loads on at least 49 flights
0:15:02 > 0:15:04were specifically ordered by individual inmates
0:15:04 > 0:15:09from the Midlands to Scotland.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12The recent epidemic of drones being used to airlift contraband
0:15:12 > 0:15:16into prison grew from nothing in just four years.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17We didn't see this one coming.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20So the drones literally came from nowhere.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24They were flown in and it actually just was a game changer for us.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26So we had to really relook at our systems,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28our procedures and methods of gathering intelligence.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30And it gave the gangs of opportunity to actually breach the secure
0:15:30 > 0:15:32perimeters almost effortlessly.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34To crack this case, officers downloaded the memories
0:15:34 > 0:15:37of the drones they seized and linked that to mobile phone calls
0:15:37 > 0:15:37the smugglers were making.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41The prisons ministers had to invest millions of pounds in a new national
0:15:41 > 0:15:44network of police and prison officers, working together,
0:15:44 > 0:15:54which helped catch this gang.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57What we have shown here is that this is the most prolific
0:15:57 > 0:15:58gang we've come across.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00And we've been able to deal with them.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03They're going to be serving jail time and that is a huge success.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06But with huge profits being made by the smuggling gangs,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08keeping drones away from prisons is going to be a lengthy battle.
0:16:08 > 0:16:19Daniel Sandford, BBC News, at HMP Hewell in Worcestershire.
0:16:19 > 0:16:25Our top story this evening...
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Theresa May faces a showdown with her own MPs over what role
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Parliament will play in the Brexit process.
0:16:29 > 0:16:35And still to come...
0:16:35 > 0:16:38An election upset in America. The Democrats win Alabama for the first
0:16:38 > 0:16:47time in 25 years. Coming up on Sportsday, we look ahead to seven
0:16:47 > 0:16:50games in the Premier League tonight, with Manchester United and
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Manchester City in action.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Tomorrow, survivors and families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower
0:17:03 > 0:17:05fire will gather to mark six months since the fire, in
0:17:05 > 0:17:08which 71 people died.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09A special remembrance service will be held
0:17:09 > 0:17:12at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15This week on the News at Six, we've featured some of those
0:17:15 > 0:17:17affected by the fire.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Tonight we hear from Nabil Choucair, who lost his mother, sister,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22brother-in-law and three nieces in the fire.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25I should warn you that you may find some images
0:17:25 > 0:17:27in this report distressing.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30I'm Nabil Choucair, and I lost six members
0:17:30 > 0:17:33of my family at Grenfell Tower.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37I got a call from my sister, and I switched on the TV to see
0:17:37 > 0:17:43the tower my sister lived in, and my family, was on fire.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46When I got there they had cordoned off the whole
0:17:46 > 0:17:47area and they were not allowing anyone in.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51I could see the whole building on fire.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56And I was fighting to try and get in, to try and rescue them.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59We were hoping that they were still alive, that they had made
0:17:59 > 0:18:07it out to a shelter, a hospital, they had got out.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I only heard from my sister, she gave me a missed call
0:18:10 > 0:18:14in the early hours of the morning.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17She sent a voice message saying hi, it's Nabil, and we're in the tower.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24And it just kept going through my mind, that I was hoping she had made
0:18:24 > 0:18:27it out and we were still trying to look for them, hoping that they
0:18:27 > 0:18:32weren't still in the tower.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Someone took a picture and we were quite certain
0:18:36 > 0:18:41that was my sister waving, trying to get attention
0:18:41 > 0:18:46from the rescue team or someone, with her husband right beside her.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49We just hoped that they had made it.
0:18:49 > 0:18:55When I see that tower, I remember my family.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58And I remember the night and I remember the good times
0:18:58 > 0:19:04that we had together.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06It was half our life there and they were really enjoyable,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08they loved everybody, they wouldn't hurt anyone.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12The kids were fantastic.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17They really enjoyed playing with my kids so much.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21I have to keep fighting, I will keep fighting for them.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Because I need the answers and I need the justice for everybody
0:19:24 > 0:19:26that lost their lives.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31Their lives will not go in vain.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33That was Nabil Choucair - who lost six members
0:19:33 > 0:19:37of his family at Grenfell Tower.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40The latest figures on employment and pay are out today.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43There's been a slight pick-up in average pay rises for British
0:19:43 > 0:19:46workers, but not enough to keep up with inflation.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49In fact wages don't go any further today than they did 11 years ago.
0:19:49 > 0:19:59Our economics correspondent, Andy Verity, can explain it all.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04This is quite surprising, given what is happening in the labour market?
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Employers have a problem, they can't find the staff. If you look at the
0:20:08 > 0:20:13number of vacancies out there, 798,000 jobs on offer. Before the
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Brexit vote, you might have expected migrant workers to fill a lot of
0:20:17 > 0:20:21those roles. We know that immigration is coming down, the
0:20:21 > 0:20:26workforce was expanding, now it is shrinking. That should put workers
0:20:26 > 0:20:32in a good bargaining position to demand higher pay rises, because the
0:20:32 > 0:20:35employers who need to employ people are going to have to pay more to
0:20:35 > 0:20:38attract and keep them. You look at what has happened to average pay and
0:20:38 > 0:20:42it has edged up by 2.3%, slightly more than expected, more than last
0:20:42 > 0:20:49time. Nowhere near enough to keep up with price rises, which are 3.1%,
0:20:49 > 0:20:55the average pay packet is £478 a week. In real terms, taking into
0:20:55 > 0:20:58account inflation, what pattern by you, the slightly depressing and
0:20:58 > 0:21:03says that it is no more than it could buy you back in February 2006.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06The average pay package would buy you the same. The jobs market may be
0:21:06 > 0:21:12tight, but hasn't yet resulted in inflation beating pay rises.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14A 15-year-old boy has admitted causing the deaths of five people
0:21:14 > 0:21:18who were killed when the stolen car they were in hit a tree in Leeds.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23appeared via video link at Leeds Crown Court.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26He was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing next month.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Five people, including three children, died
0:21:27 > 0:21:37in the crash in November.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39The Democratic party is celebrating an unexpected victory,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42after taking the US Senate seat in the state of Alabama
0:21:42 > 0:21:43for the first time in 25 years.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Doug Jones beat the controversial Republican Roy Moore
0:21:45 > 0:21:47in a special election.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Mr Moore - who's been accused of assaulting teenage girls,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52but denies the allegations - was publicly backed
0:21:52 > 0:21:53by President Trump.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55The result means the Republican majority in the senate
0:21:55 > 0:21:57now stands at 51-49 - as our North America correspondent
0:21:57 > 0:22:07Nick Bryant reports.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Modern-day Democrats aren't supposed to win staunchly conservative
0:22:13 > 0:22:14states like Alabama.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16It's 25 years since that happened.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18So no wonder this blizzard of confetti to mark the shock
0:22:18 > 0:22:22victory of Doug Jones.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Alabama has been at a crossroads.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26We have been at a crossroads in the past.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28And unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fork.
0:22:28 > 0:22:38Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road!
0:22:40 > 0:22:41The losing Republican candidate, Roy Moore, thought
0:22:41 > 0:22:43he was on his way to Washington.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46But he was hit by allegations, which he denies, of sexual
0:22:46 > 0:22:47misconduct against teenage girls.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49And shunned by senior figures in the Republican establishment.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52That is where the anger of his dejected supporters was directed.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55It is really sad for the people of Alabama, what took place
0:22:55 > 0:23:04in this state tonight.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07You think you have been betrayed by the Republican establishment?
0:23:07 > 0:23:07Absolutely.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09No doubt about that.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12You know, there was a lot of dirty politics going on.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I have never seen such ugly slander, what I believe were blatant lies.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16I have never seen such despicable behaviour.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22# You can't always get what you want...
0:23:22 > 0:23:23It's true.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25You can't always get what you want.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27A lesson for Donald Trump, who has strongly backed Roy Moore.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33So get out and vote for Roy Moore...
0:23:33 > 0:23:36So this is a big black eye for the president and also a failure
0:23:36 > 0:23:38of the Trump political playbook.
0:23:38 > 0:23:44To deny accusations of wrongdoing as fake news and to attack accusers.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47In Washington this reduces the Republican majority in the US
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Senate to a single seat, making it even harder
0:23:49 > 0:23:54for Donald Trump to get legislation through Congress.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56It also boosts Democratic hopes of winning back control
0:23:56 > 0:24:00of Capitol Hill in congressional elections next year.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02A key battleground will be the suburbs, and this
0:24:02 > 0:24:04election revealed a weakness there for Donald Trump amongst
0:24:04 > 0:24:10moderate Republicans.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13On his Twitter feed this morning the president was blaming a flawed
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Republican candidate for this humiliating defeat.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19But Donald Trump was also a big loser.
0:24:19 > 0:24:25Nick Bryant, BBC News, Alabama.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27England's cricketers will be fighting to keep their ashes
0:24:27 > 0:24:29hopes alive tomorrow, as they take on Australia
0:24:29 > 0:24:31in the third test in Perth.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33England lost the first two tests and need at least a draw
0:24:33 > 0:24:35to avoid a series defeat.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38But it'll be a tough task - they've not won at the Waca
0:24:38 > 0:24:43since 1978, as Andy Swiss reports.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48In one of the most isolated cities in the world,
0:24:48 > 0:24:53one of the loneliest places for English cricket.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58The Waca is where so many Ashes dreams have died.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00So many decades of disappointment for England's
0:25:00 > 0:25:03players and their fans.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06But here, a team trailing on the pitch and in turmoil off it
0:25:06 > 0:25:09know they need something extraordinary.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12It's an opportunity to create history.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15It's a real chance to flip the dynamic of this series
0:25:15 > 0:25:18on its head and, if we do come away 2-1 from this game, it does blow
0:25:18 > 0:25:23the series wide open.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Well, for England over the years the Waca has normally
0:25:25 > 0:25:29lived up to its name.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31They've lost their last seven tests here and they've arrived for this
0:25:31 > 0:25:34one with not just their cricket, but their conduct
0:25:34 > 0:25:39under the spotlight.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The latest barroom incident, in which bowler Jimmy Anderson had
0:25:42 > 0:25:44a drink poured over him, has given Australia's headline
0:25:44 > 0:25:46writers another field day.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50And some believe the culture of the team needs to change.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52They do behave like students.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55You know, when they go out, they think they're students.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56They're not, they're England cricketers.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59The perception is that they drink too much.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01In terms of everything that's happened to the team,
0:26:01 > 0:26:02their performance levels, the off-field antics,
0:26:02 > 0:26:08I would be staggered if England got a victory this week.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12This will be the last Ashes Test at this
0:26:12 > 0:26:13atmospheric ground - for so long, Australia's
0:26:13 > 0:26:14western stronghold.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17But, for one final time, they could watch the sunset
0:26:17 > 0:26:21on England's hopes.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Slightly different weather over here!
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Here's Louise Lear
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Here's Louise Lear
0:26:35 > 0:26:39We started with scenes like this, sunshine and lying snow. The snow is
0:26:39 > 0:26:43thawing. This has been the scene today. I know which I prefer. It has
0:26:43 > 0:26:46been wet at times, a real mess out there. That is how it will stay for
0:26:46 > 0:26:49the evening rush hour. As showers push in and the temperatures fall
0:26:49 > 0:26:54away, we can see a mix of rain, sleet, snow and even hail and
0:26:54 > 0:26:58thunder. Tricky driving conditions. Showers continue to drive eastwards,
0:26:58 > 0:27:03accompanied by gale force gusts of wind, particularly down towards the
0:27:03 > 0:27:10south, and temperatures towards freezing. Icy stretches in the
0:27:10 > 0:27:13morning. In the south-west, gales slowly easing but a rational
0:27:13 > 0:27:17showers. Yes, we could see icy stretches across East Anglia and
0:27:17 > 0:27:20into the north of England and North Wales, particularly on rural
0:27:20 > 0:27:24untreated roads. Still some showers and a wintry flavour to higher
0:27:24 > 0:27:27ground across Northern Ireland and Scotland. Ice again could be an
0:27:27 > 0:27:30issue. As we go through the day, fingers crossed the wind should
0:27:30 > 0:27:35start to ease a little. That will prevent the showers from pushing too
0:27:35 > 0:27:39far inland tomorrow. Central and eastern areas will see the best of
0:27:39 > 0:27:44the dry and sunny weather. Showers confining themselves to the coast.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Not particularly warm, but a degree or so upon what we have seen, two or
0:27:48 > 0:27:517 degrees. Wind coming round to a northerly on Friday. That could
0:27:51 > 0:27:56drive in a fume showers in East. Friday is a quiet day, a good day of
0:27:56 > 0:27:59sunny weather in the story and a similar feel to tomorrow. The cold
0:27:59 > 0:28:06air is set to with us, but there is a change in the theme, milder air
0:28:06 > 0:28:10and when swinging back to the south-west, that will drive in some
0:28:10 > 0:28:13rain. Saturday will be the better of the two through the weekend. More
0:28:13 > 0:28:16cloud and some rain gushing from the West. But it will be a little bit
0:28:16 > 0:28:19milder with a return to double digits.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24A reminder of our main story...
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Theresa May faces a showdown with her own MPs over what role