0:00:07 > 0:00:09Showing the strain - the frontline NHS staff struggling
0:00:09 > 0:00:13to cope, as the winter keeps piling on the pressure.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16We've spent four days filming in A&E at a hospital
0:00:16 > 0:00:19in the north east of England - one that has some of
0:00:19 > 0:00:24the best waiting times.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26But even there, patients like 83-year-old Blanche are left
0:00:26 > 0:00:29in pain on trolleys in the corridor because there aren't enough beds.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34They're marvellous these two men, they've never left me.
0:00:34 > 0:00:43I'm in agony.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46The staff at North Tees Hospital say they are doing the best they can,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49but they just can't cope with the numbers coming for help.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Worked for the trust for 19 years.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Never known it be as bad as it is now.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55There's not the capacity, we don't have the capacity to safely
0:00:55 > 0:00:58look after the amount of patients coming through the door.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00We'll be asking how much more the NHS can take?
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Also tonight.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06On trial for murder and attempted murder -
0:01:06 > 0:01:09a court hears Darren Osborne drove into a crowd near a North London
0:01:09 > 0:01:12mosque because he wanted to kill Muslims.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14The 8-year-old girl stabbed to death in her home.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18A man - understood to be her father - has been arrested on suspicion
0:01:18 > 0:01:19of attempted murder.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22The head of the Army warns that Britain's military may struggle
0:01:22 > 0:01:26to respond to future threats without more money.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28And another Royal wedding at Windsor this year.
0:01:28 > 0:01:35Princess Eugenie is engaged to her long term boyfriend Jack Brooksbank.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill turns down
0:01:39 > 0:01:42the chance to become the new manager of Scotland - saying it's not
0:01:42 > 0:01:50the right opportunity at this moment.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08There's fresh evidence tonight of the intense strain hospitals
0:02:08 > 0:02:11across the UK are under, as the NHS struggles to deal
0:02:11 > 0:02:14with winter pressures.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16We've spent four days the University Hospital
0:02:16 > 0:02:19of North Tees in the North East of England.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23The A&E department there has some of the best
0:02:23 > 0:02:26waiting times in England, even though the Trust is rated
0:02:26 > 0:02:27as "requiring improvement".
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Our team witnessed patients waiting for hours to be treated,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33trolleys in corridors and ambulances backed up.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Medical staff at the hospital say it doesn't have the capacity to look
0:02:37 > 0:02:40after safely all the patients coming through the door.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43The Trust says pressures are "immense".
0:02:43 > 0:02:44From Stockton, our special correspondent Ed Thomas
0:02:44 > 0:02:52has this report.
0:02:54 > 0:03:01Inside the NHS. For the first time this winter, we have within given
0:03:01 > 0:03:06full access to a hospital.I have worked for the trust for 19 year, I
0:03:06 > 0:03:10have never known it to be as bad as it is now.Over a weekend, we spoke
0:03:10 > 0:03:15to patients.Supposed to be the best country in the world. We are nowhere
0:03:15 > 0:03:18near the best country in the world. Progressively getting worse.
0:03:18 > 0:03:25Definitely.Met staff, facing unprecedented pressureWe have no
0:03:25 > 0:03:29rooms in the A&E department so these patients are waiting here for the
0:03:29 > 0:03:35next available bed. How do you describe the NHS?It
0:03:35 > 0:03:39feels like it is lost. It is completely under strain, bursting at
0:03:39 > 0:03:44the seams. What it is like being on the
0:03:44 > 0:03:53corridor?I think it's a disgrace. The University Hospital of North
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Tees. It has some of the best A&E waiting
0:03:57 > 0:04:01times in England. But with was so full at one point
0:04:01 > 0:04:10many month had to close its doors. It's Friday and we are in the rapid
0:04:10 > 0:04:14assessment unit.I'll do this one. It used to be the hospital's gym.It
0:04:14 > 0:04:19is hot, it is because the windows are at the top. It is like stepping
0:04:19 > 0:04:24off a plane abroad. That is what it's like, the heat hits you. Are
0:04:24 > 0:04:30you comfortable therePatients with less severe symptoms can be sent
0:04:30 > 0:04:36here instead of A&E.Dawn has worked here for nearly 20 years, this has
0:04:36 > 0:04:39been her busiest winter yet.It is exhausting mentally and physically,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43trying to keep up with everything we need to do in the short space of
0:04:43 > 0:04:47time we have to do it in. It can be hard and tiring, but I do love my
0:04:47 > 0:04:51job. We'll get you there.Some patients
0:04:51 > 0:04:58spent up to six hours here. Average waiting times are not
0:04:58 > 0:05:01included in the hospital's A&E figures. How many trolleys have you
0:05:01 > 0:05:10got in here?12.How many patients? 18.How many more to come in?Nine.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Another nine to come in. About to two hours before you get your
0:05:14 > 0:05:18results.They don't have the time to look after patients and do their own
0:05:18 > 0:05:22jobs and everything everything. It is terrible.The nurses get upset,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26don't they. They really do get upset.I think the nurses deserve
0:05:26 > 0:05:32better. The nurses couldn't do any more.We
0:05:32 > 0:05:36need a proper area for rapid assessment.If the patients weren't
0:05:36 > 0:05:44here, where would they be?In A&E. On Saturday, A&E is filling up.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48The rapid assessment unit in the gym is closed.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54Lady out of 12 is going into nine. And Leanne, the nurse in charge must
0:05:54 > 0:05:59find space.More coming through the door, more elderly patients, more
0:05:59 > 0:06:05poorly patients. What are your concerns?There is not
0:06:05 > 0:06:08the capacity, we don't have the capacity to safely look after the
0:06:08 > 0:06:17patients coming through the door. By 4.00, ambulances are backing up
0:06:17 > 0:06:23outside A&E.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29outside A&E. Inside... Paramedics wait with their patients.
0:06:29 > 0:06:38She's looking after me lovely. I'm doing well. I'm in pain but coping.
0:06:38 > 0:06:51Blanche is 83. And she is struggling to breathe.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56They're marvellous these two men. They've never left me.I know.I'm
0:06:56 > 0:07:05in agony. She is in discomfort and pain. Being
0:07:05 > 0:07:09here is not where she needs to be. We have given her what we can in
0:07:09 > 0:07:14terms of pain leaf.What does she need?She needs to be seen by a
0:07:14 > 0:07:24doctor. That's it.Paramedics told us they
0:07:24 > 0:07:32wanted with her for an hour. When you see that lady down there for an
0:07:32 > 0:07:37hour...It's awful. We don't like it. Nobody likes the patients to be
0:07:37 > 0:07:42in the corridor, but I physically have no room to put this lady in, I
0:07:42 > 0:07:49have been down and apologised, but, there is no physical bed to transfer
0:07:49 > 0:07:56this lady into. Across the NHS, emergency admissions
0:07:56 > 0:08:03are at record levels. You are doing fantastic.
0:08:03 > 0:08:09What do these...They are amazing. Tenfold, they are amazing.Many
0:08:09 > 0:08:13hospitals are also facing a major flu outbreak.
0:08:13 > 0:08:19What has this place meant to you? She wouldn't be here. She said
0:08:19 > 0:08:22herself she thinks she would be dead if itted hadn't been for the
0:08:22 > 0:08:27doctors.Here, it means by Sunday, every bed on every medical ward is
0:08:27 > 0:08:33full.We are trying to move patients from orthopaedics to create
0:08:33 > 0:08:41capacity.It is Denise job to find beds.Hello.To keep patients moving
0:08:41 > 0:08:45through the hospital.We can always want more beds and more staff, but
0:08:45 > 0:08:50you can't go on forever just using more beds and staff, we have to look
0:08:50 > 0:08:55at the other reasons they come in hospital.Patients that are in
0:08:55 > 0:09:01trolleys on corridors are rare within the trust. My concern is that
0:09:01 > 0:09:05the year on year increase in the patients and number coming to A&E is
0:09:05 > 0:09:11not sustainable. We need to transform our care. From Friday to
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Sunday, the hospital failed to meet its A&E four hour waiting targetI
0:09:15 > 0:09:20am going to check the floor.The avenue -- averaged 85%, well below
0:09:20 > 0:09:26the 95% target.We are losing a lot of experienced staff, because they
0:09:26 > 0:09:30are becoming burned out. They are realising they can't keep going like
0:09:30 > 0:09:38this. Just discharging but when you discharge...It has been nonstop. We
0:09:38 > 0:09:43haven't been able to give them a drink.How does that make you feel?
0:09:43 > 0:09:50Frustrated and sad I would say fwlsm can you go on doing this? No. Not
0:09:50 > 0:09:56just me personally.You have had a few more years than me and I don't
0:09:56 > 0:10:01think I can.How long do you think you can stick it out for?At this
0:10:01 > 0:10:05moment in time I have probably got about five years left, tops. So far
0:10:05 > 0:10:09my career has been four years long. I wouldn't say I would do a long
0:10:09 > 0:10:16career in the NHS. Step back before you sit down.
0:10:16 > 0:10:22With our ageing population, more patients with complex acute
0:10:22 > 0:10:25conditions, more nurses, leaving the joining in England last year, many
0:10:25 > 0:10:31want to know how the NHS can continue to cope.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Come this time next year this will happen again and again and again and
0:10:35 > 0:10:42again. And we will see all this pictures in the news, and the
0:10:42 > 0:10:45horrendous trolley waits, and it doesn't seem to change.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47horrendous trolley waits, and it doesn't seem to change.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Our health editor Hugh Pym is here.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Distressing scenes there.
0:10:51 > 0:10:5383-year-old Blanche on a trolley in pain for example -
0:10:53 > 0:10:54thankfully she's back home now.
0:10:54 > 0:11:01But how representative is that of UK hospitals as a whole?
0:11:01 > 0:11:06Well, I think it is Sophie. Particularly the fact under great
0:11:06 > 0:11:10pressure the NHS can deliver safe quality care, thanks to dedicated
0:11:10 > 0:11:14staff and patients like Blanche can get home. It illustrates that staff
0:11:14 > 0:11:18are feeling under huge strain, they have never seen anything like it,
0:11:18 > 0:11:22previous winters haven't been as bad as this. As we heard some are
0:11:22 > 0:11:25considering leaving their careers early, if this continues. That is a
0:11:25 > 0:11:29real workforce charge, we learned last week that more nurses are
0:11:29 > 0:11:33leaving than joining the NHS in England, the Government says it has
0:11:33 > 0:11:38put more money into creating more places for more nurse, it has put
0:11:38 > 0:11:42more money into English A&E units to help with the pressures this winter.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46What we also learned is there is confusion over the stats, so
0:11:46 > 0:11:52important to try to work out how well or not the NHS is doing. We
0:11:52 > 0:11:54learned there that the rapid assessment unit with patients
0:11:54 > 0:11:58waiting up to six hours isn't included in that hospital statistic,
0:11:58 > 0:12:03we have also learned other hospitals are including different minor injury
0:12:03 > 0:12:08centres often run by other provide ires which is very confusing.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12The UK stats Watchdog said it wants to look into this, because it thinks
0:12:12 > 0:12:15it is all seriously misleading for patients.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17it is all seriously misleading for patients.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20A court has heard that a man who drove a van into a crowd
0:12:20 > 0:12:23of people near two mosques in North London last year wanted
0:12:23 > 0:12:25to kill as many Muslims as possible.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27The jury was told that 48-year-old Darren Osborne,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29who's accused of killing one man and attempting to murder others
0:12:29 > 0:12:32in an act of terrorism, had decided to take matters
0:12:32 > 0:12:34into his own hands after growing angry following the Manchester
0:12:34 > 0:12:35and London attacks.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37He denies murder and attempted murder.
0:12:37 > 0:12:45Daniel Sandford reports.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54The pandemonium on a summer night in north London after a large box van
0:12:54 > 0:12:59smashed into a crowd of worshippers at speed, leaving them strewn across
0:12:59 > 0:13:03the pavement, some with life-changing injuries.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08And leaving 51-year-old Makram Ali dead. Today his family were at
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Woolwich Crown Court to watch as 48-year-old Darren Osborne from
0:13:12 > 0:13:17Cardiff went trial. Jonathan Rees QC for the prosecution said Osbourne
0:13:17 > 0:13:19deliberately drove into a group of Muslims trying to kill as many as
0:13:19 > 0:13:24possible. The prosecution say Darren Osborne
0:13:24 > 0:13:29became enraged after a BBC drama about sexual abuse by Pakistani men
0:13:29 > 0:13:33in Rochdale, and by the attacks on London and Manchester. His partner
0:13:33 > 0:13:38said he was a ticking time bomb who followed will on twitter Tommy
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Robinson the founder of the far right group the EDL. The day before
0:13:41 > 0:13:46the attack he hired a large van. That Saturday evening Darren Osborne
0:13:46 > 0:13:51came here to his local pub, and the prosecution say that witnesses
0:13:51 > 0:13:56remember him writing on a piece of paper, and then becoming
0:13:56 > 0:13:59increasingly loud and abusive about Muslims.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Prosecution say that after the attack a misspelled note was found
0:14:03 > 0:14:18in the cab of the van Osbourne hired. Part of it reads:
0:14:25 > 0:14:29The prosecution say that this pro-Palestinian march may have been
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Darren Osborne's original target, but when that didn't prove viable he
0:14:34 > 0:14:39instead started looking for mosques. Their case is it was an act of
0:14:39 > 0:14:45terrorism designed to intimidate the Muslim community.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Police have arrested a man who's thought to be the father
0:14:48 > 0:14:50of an 8-year-old girl who died after being
0:14:50 > 0:14:51stabbed on Saturday night.
0:14:51 > 0:14:5354-year-old Bill Billingham is in a critical condition
0:14:53 > 0:14:57after he was found with a stab wound in his stomach.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Sima Kotecha reports.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Eight-year-old Mylee Billingham, described as a little angel.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07She was stabbed to death at the weekend.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Tributes lay outside the bungalow in the area
0:15:08 > 0:15:10of Brownhills, near Walsall.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14It's where police were called to, just after 9.00pm on Saturday.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Mylee was found inside with serious injuries.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21She was rushed to hospital, but police say medics
0:15:21 > 0:15:23were unable to save her.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26She died a short time later.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Some of those living nearby are distraught.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I only live round the corner and I heard the sirens,
0:15:31 > 0:15:32and I couldn't believe it.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37It was such a shock to everyone.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39A 54-year-old man was arrested yesterday on suspicion
0:15:39 > 0:15:40of attempted murder.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43The BBC understand he is Bill Billingham, Mylee's father.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46He was taken to hospital with a serious stab wound
0:15:46 > 0:15:49to his stomach, and is said to be in a critical condition.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53At Mylee's school, the head teacher had this to say.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Everyone at the school is completely devastated.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Mylee was dearly loved by us all.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Her smile lit up the room - in fact it never left her face.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06She was a fun-loving, happy, eight-year-old,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09who had her whole life in front of her.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12She took a full part in school life, particularly enjoying
0:16:12 > 0:16:13singing and performing.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15She was just a lovely girl.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Our hearts go out to her family at this difficult time.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Police are treating what happened as a domestic incident,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26and say they are not looking for anybody else.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28In this community, it's been traumatic as they've had to come
0:16:28 > 0:16:31to terms with losing their little angel, taken too soon
0:16:31 > 0:16:32in a tragic way.
0:16:32 > 0:16:39Sima Kotecha, BBC News, Brownhills.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Our top story this evening.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44On the front line NHS staff are under intense
0:16:44 > 0:16:46strain across the UK, as hospitals struggles to deal
0:16:46 > 0:16:52with winter pressures.
0:16:52 > 0:16:58Also tonight...A perfect interception.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Tributes to
0:16:59 > 0:17:00the footballer, Jimmy Armfield,
0:17:00 > 0:17:01who's died aged 82.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Dreams do come true for the world number 58 from Korea,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Heung Chung, as he shocks the six time winner Novak Djokovic to reach
0:17:09 > 0:17:15the Australian Open quarter-finals.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22One in three young women in the UK are avoiding smear tests
0:17:22 > 0:17:23for cervical cancer, because they're too embarrassed
0:17:23 > 0:17:28to show their bodies to doctors according to a charity.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30It also says cervical cancer screening rates have
0:17:30 > 0:17:31fallen to a 20-year low.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Two thousand women took part in the survey -
0:17:33 > 0:17:37it found that more than a third of women are failing to get tested
0:17:37 > 0:17:38because of their body shape.
0:17:38 > 0:17:4034 per cent were worried about getting undressed in front
0:17:40 > 0:17:43of a doctor or nurse. And the majority of those questioned
0:17:43 > 0:17:45weren't aware that cervical cancer is the most common cancer
0:17:45 > 0:17:46in women under 35.
0:17:46 > 0:17:54Here's our correspondent, Lorna Gordon.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02The abnormal cells that indicate the presence of cervical cancer. It is a
0:18:02 > 0:18:08disease that can be caught early by a smear test. But for most of her
0:18:08 > 0:18:1220s, Lauren Bene avoided having it done even though she was getting
0:18:12 > 0:18:16constant reminders from her GP. There were quite a few reasons that
0:18:16 > 0:18:21prevented me from doing it. I was nervous about what the medical
0:18:21 > 0:18:27professionals might think it just by looking at me, I thought about the
0:18:27 > 0:18:35underwear I would wear, were I would put it when I took it off.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Picked up severely abnormal precancerous cells, she has had
0:19:02 > 0:19:06treatment and been given the all clear. The aim of the smear test is
0:19:06 > 0:19:08to pick up any changes in a cervix, the cells at the neck of the womb.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11It takes a few minutes and in most instances it is carried out by a
0:19:11 > 0:19:15nurse in a space like this. And yet some women do not turn up for the
0:19:15 > 0:19:17cheque. Virtually all of my patients feel the need to apologise to me, I
0:19:17 > 0:19:21am sorry I did not shave, or had a shower yesterday and my answer is, I
0:19:21 > 0:19:24do not think about that, I am here to do a job. And that is that.This
0:19:24 > 0:19:26survey suggests there is a particular reluctance among younger
0:19:26 > 0:19:31women, those under 35 to get the test done.If women are being put
0:19:31 > 0:19:34off attending screening, there will be a risk of more women being
0:19:34 > 0:19:38diagnosed and potentially losing their lives, it is imperative we
0:19:38 > 0:19:42find ways that make it more accessible for women to attend
0:19:42 > 0:19:46screening when invited and also that they understand what the testers
0:19:46 > 0:19:52for.Cervical cancer is largely preventable and the message to women
0:19:52 > 0:19:55is not to let embarrassment stop them from getting a simple test
0:19:55 > 0:20:00which could end up saving their lives. Laura Gordon, BBC News,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Glasgow.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05The Ukip leader Henry Bolton says he won't quit despite several
0:20:05 > 0:20:07members of the party's ruling body resigning in protest
0:20:07 > 0:20:09over his relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11She has apologised after being accused of sending
0:20:11 > 0:20:12racist text messages.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo is in Folkestone
0:20:14 > 0:20:16where Mr Bolton was speaking a short time ago.
0:20:16 > 0:20:23And he was adamant he wasn't quitting?
0:20:23 > 0:20:27That is right. Henry Bolton was bullish when he emerged earlier in
0:20:27 > 0:20:32defiance of those in his party who are calling for him to stand down
0:20:32 > 0:20:37over this episode concerning his now ex-girlfriend. The ruling body has
0:20:37 > 0:20:41decided in a boat of no confidence in him and now a dozen members of
0:20:41 > 0:20:44his top team have resigned, but today he insisted he was going
0:20:44 > 0:20:51nowhere saying it was time to end the infighting, time to drain the
0:20:51 > 0:20:54swamp, using the Donald Trump phrase. He wants to reform party
0:20:54 > 0:21:02structures and he
0:21:02 > 0:21:04structures and he is banking on the support of another party members to
0:21:04 > 0:21:07keep him in place when they meet in a few weeks' time to decide his
0:21:07 > 0:21:10fate. In the meantime, a statement has instead risked deepening
0:21:10 > 0:21:12divisions.Thank you.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14The head of the Army says the government must invest more
0:21:14 > 0:21:17in the Armed Forces or risk falling behind 'potential enemies.'
0:21:17 > 0:21:20In a speech in the last hour, General Sir Nick Carter said Britain
0:21:20 > 0:21:22would struggle to match Russian capabilities on the battlefield.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24His comments have been approved by the Defence
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Secretary Gavin Williamson - and come amid speculation that
0:21:26 > 0:21:28the military is to face more cuts.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Our Defence Correspondent, Jonathan Beale reports.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Russia is building an increasingly modern and aggressive military.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Already tested in battle in Syria, using weapons Britain
0:21:34 > 0:21:37would struggle to match, like long-range missiles.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39In Ukraine they have been using unconventional
0:21:39 > 0:21:42warfare, electronics, cyber and misinformation.
0:21:42 > 0:21:48And they are even on manoeuvre on Europe's doorstep.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51With large-scale exercises near to the borders.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Enough to worry the head of the British Army,
0:21:53 > 0:21:57who tonight gave this rare public warning.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00I believe our ability to pre-empt or respond to these threats will be
0:22:00 > 0:22:02eroded if we do not match up to them now.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04They represent a clear and present danger.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07They are not thousands of miles away, they are now
0:22:07 > 0:22:15on Europe's doorstep.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17The UK is already seriously outnumbered, Russia has
0:22:17 > 0:22:19more than 2500 tanks, among them the most
0:22:19 > 0:22:26advanced in the world.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29In contrast, Britain has fewer than 300 and the UK's Challenger
0:22:29 > 0:22:34tank, here on an exercise, is now over 20 years old.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37This intervention by the head of the Army is as much an appeal
0:22:37 > 0:22:40for more money for defence as it is a warning about
0:22:40 > 0:22:43the threat posed by Russia.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Over the next ten years, the Ministry of Defence needs
0:22:45 > 0:22:48an extra £20 billion to modernise the Armed Forces and without that
0:22:48 > 0:22:55money, they could face another round of brutal cuts.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58So how does Britain's defence spending compare?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Last year its budget was £35 billion.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03While Russia's was £44 billion.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06But the UK is still part of the Nato alliance
0:23:06 > 0:23:10who together spent £657 billion, including a US defence
0:23:10 > 0:23:15budget of 443 billion.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18This is not only about Russia, it is also about our European allies
0:23:18 > 0:23:20and the United States.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24We need to show to our Nato allies that we are taking Russia seriously
0:23:24 > 0:23:26and that we intend to maintain ourselves as a serious
0:23:26 > 0:23:29military power.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31The Defence Secretary has sent his top brass into battle
0:23:31 > 0:23:33to persuade the Chancellor to give him more money,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36but they are competing with other demands and other departments
0:23:36 > 0:23:38and defence may not be the top of the list.
0:23:38 > 0:23:46Jonathan Beale, BBC News.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Two men have been sentenced to at least 34 years each
0:23:49 > 0:23:51after being found guilty of murdering a businessman
0:23:51 > 0:23:54in an attempted burglary at his home in Dorset.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Guy Hedger was shot dead last April by Kevin Downton and Jason Baccus,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59who committed burglaries to fund their drug habits.
0:23:59 > 0:24:07A third man, Scott Keeping, was acquitted.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10The manufacturer of an ejector seat which caused the death
0:24:10 > 0:24:13of a Red Arrows pilot has admitted breaking health and safety laws.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Flight Leftenant Sean Cunningham died in 2011
0:24:15 > 0:24:17when he was ejected - without warning -
0:24:17 > 0:24:22from his jet while it was parked on the ground at RAF Scampton.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24The Queen's granddaughter, Princess Eugenie, is engaged
0:24:24 > 0:24:28to her longterm boyfriend, Jack Brooksbank.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31The second Royal wedding of the year - will take place in the autumn
0:24:31 > 0:24:32at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35The 27-year-old, who got engaged on holiday in Nicaragua this month,
0:24:35 > 0:24:42told the BBC of the moment her fiance proposed.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44The lake was so beautiful, the light was such a special
0:24:44 > 0:24:46light I have never seen.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I actually said, this is an incredible moment.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50And then he popped the question.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Which was really surprising, even though we have been
0:24:52 > 0:24:54together for seven years.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55So...
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Right.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01I was over the moon.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03The happy couple.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05He played more than 600 matches for Blackpool,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07he captained England and was even part of the victorious
0:25:07 > 0:25:101966 World Cup squad - today tributes have been pouring
0:25:10 > 0:25:13in for Jimmy Armfield who has died at the age of 82.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16After he retired from the game - the former Blackpool captain spent
0:25:16 > 0:25:18more than 30 years working as a BBC pundit.
0:25:18 > 0:25:26Our sports correspondent, David Ornstein, looks back at his life.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Jimmy Armfield was as likeable on the football pitch as he was in the
0:25:32 > 0:25:37commentary box and beyond, starting out in 1954 with Blackpool, he
0:25:37 > 0:25:42played there until retirement, 627 games, many of them as captain, over
0:25:42 > 0:25:4817 years. Armfield would later turn to management succeeding Brian
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Clough at Leeds United and guiding them to the 1975 European Cup final,
0:25:53 > 0:25:59but it was his loyalty to one club which set him apart. Jimmy Armfield
0:25:59 > 0:26:04became known as Mr Blackpool with this statue erected Stevan years ago
0:26:04 > 0:26:07in his honour, a permanent reminder of a man who contributed so much for
0:26:07 > 0:26:14his town and his country -- seven years ago. Armfield represented
0:26:14 > 0:26:18England 43 times... A perfect interception. 15 as skipper and was
0:26:18 > 0:26:22a member of the 1966 World Cup winning squad, only for injury to
0:26:22 > 0:26:28deny him any time on the pitch.When you tell someone you're not playing,
0:26:28 > 0:26:34you have to be fit for the World Cup start and I never played again. It
0:26:34 > 0:26:39is better that we won but is today people look back and say, that they
0:26:39 > 0:26:43remember the World Cup squad. It is not the same as being in the 11 who
0:26:43 > 0:26:50played in the point was, it was better that they won.It wasn't
0:26:50 > 0:26:54until 2009 at Armfield received his medal and by then he had taken up
0:26:54 > 0:26:57summarising for BBC Radio and did so for the best part of 40 years,
0:26:57 > 0:27:02referred to by many as the voice of football.I don't think he ever
0:27:02 > 0:27:07properly got the credit as a player or manager that he deserved. But do
0:27:07 > 0:27:13you know what I loved about him? As much as anything else, that he
0:27:13 > 0:27:17maintained his loyalty to Blackpool. In a statement, his family confirmed
0:27:17 > 0:27:22that he passed away peacefully after a decade-long battle against cancer.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26The outpouring of tributes reflect the regard in which he was held.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Jimmy Armfield made his mark like few others, he was as popular as
0:27:30 > 0:27:37they come and will be sorely missed but so fondly remembered.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Jimmy Armfield, who's died at the age of 82.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Time for a look at the weather..
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Here's Alina Jenkins.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Here's Alina Jenkins.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50It will be all change. The trend for something milder is underway. We
0:27:50 > 0:27:53have the lying snow, it will be starting to thaw and we have lost
0:27:53 > 0:27:58that feed of cold air, the winds have switched around pushing much
0:27:58 > 0:28:03milder air across the country and we noticed that today, some spells of
0:28:03 > 0:28:09sunshine in Central and eastern parts of England. It looks almost
0:28:09 > 0:28:14springlike outside Worthing. It is a fairly quiet evening, mainly dry, a
0:28:14 > 0:28:18few showers, icy stretches in the north of England and later we look
0:28:18 > 0:28:21to the west, are neck bowl of wet and windy weather arriving in the
0:28:21 > 0:28:26West through the night. Some strong winds and heavy and persistent rain
0:28:26 > 0:28:32but a much milder night, at temperatures between 5-9. We have a
0:28:32 > 0:28:36much more unsettled day tomorrow, strong winds, outbreaks of rain,
0:28:36 > 0:28:48pushing into these, one way or another we
0:28:51 > 0:28:54will see rain at some stage. The first belt should clear to leave
0:28:54 > 0:28:56some sunshine but more showers are never too far away in the afternoon.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Look at the temperatures, between 9-13. Parts of Wales and England
0:28:58 > 0:29:01seeing 14 or 15. There is another Atlantic system heading our way
0:29:01 > 0:29:06tomorrow evening, a squeeze in the ice of Boris, strong winds, gales,
0:29:06 > 0:29:11if not severe ones and heavy rain pushing east and then we start to
0:29:11 > 0:29:16see some brighter conditions and colder conditions, though showers
0:29:16 > 0:29:22perhaps wintry again in Scotland but still quite mild. By Thursday and
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Friday, it stays quite windy, and mixture of sunshine and showers and
0:29:26 > 0:29:30while not as cold as recently, it will turn colder again.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me -