26/01/2018 BBC News at Six

It's America first for trade,

Donald Trump tells global

finance leaders, but the US

is still open for business.

The high-flying audience queued

for over an hour to hear

the President declare a booming US

would benefit everyone.

America first does not

mean America alone.

When the United States

grows, so does the world.

We'll be asking how

the President's speech went down.

Also tonight:

Charting a new course,

the Brexit Secretary

outlines his vision for the years

immediately after Britain's

departure from the EU.

The fatal crash in a stolen car

that left five dead.

The 15-year-old driver is detained

for four and a half years.

Six male BBC presenters

agree a salary cut after

a row over unequal pay.

The company whose

meat is off the menu.

The Food Standards Agency says

it's recalled products

because of hygiene issues.

And we reveal the winner

of a British Academy Film Award

for Outstanding Contribution.

And later in the hour on BBC News

we are at Huish Park

for FA Cup Sportsday.

It's the fourth round,

and will history repeat itself

between Yeovil Town and Manchester

United?

Good evening and welcome

to the BBC News at Six.

Donald Trump has told an audience

of business and political leaders

that his mantra of "America first"

does not mean "America alone".

Speaking at the World Economic Forum

in Davos in Switzerland,

Mr Trump said the US was doing

"fantastically well"

and was "open for business".

But he hit out at what he called

other countries' "predatory"

trading practices.

Earlier, the President said

he was prepared to apologise

for sharing social media

posts by the far right

group Britain First.

Our North America editor, Jon Sopel,

is in Davos this evening.

It is a very rare thing for the US

President to come to Davos, and a

year ago would have been unthinkable

for Donald Trump to have turned up

here, the home of the 1%, the elite,

the globalists, the very people he

railed against during his

presidential campaign. But something

funny has happened over the past

couple of days. He seemed to quite

like them, and they seemed to quite

like him.

Wherever Donald Trump has gone

in Davos, the crowds

have gone with him.

And wherever the cameras have

been, the President has

been pleased to oblige.

I hope we're going to bring

back many billions of

dollars into the US.

I think that will happen.

It's already happening.

But billions of dollars is coming

back into the US and I think

that will just continue.

How much today?

How much?

Probably a lot.

And that was the theme

of his speech.

America first, yes, but an America

welcoming the world.

I will always put America first,

just like the leaders

of other countries should

put their country first also.

But America first does

not mean America alone.

When the United States

grows, so does the world.

But at the end of a week

in which the US imposed extra

charges on some imported goods

from China, he played down

talk of a trade war.

Nevertheless, there was a warning.

We cannot have free and open trade

if some countries exploit the system

at the expense of others.

We support free trade,

but it needs to be fair,

and it needs to be reciprocal.

Because in the end, unfair

trade undermines us all.

Some stood to applaud,

but it wasn't the ovation given

to President Xi of China last year.

This hasn't been a complete meeting

of minds, but then again

it was never going to be.

That said, Donald Trump has been

more conciliatory than many

would have expected,

and the audience have

reacted more warmly.

It may be that Davos 2018 turns

out to be a win-win.

And the President was in

conciliatory, almost repentant mood

over those Britain First anti-Muslim

retweets from last year that

brought him to blows with the Prime

Minister.

Here's what's fair.

If you're telling me those

are horrible people,

horrible, racist people,

I would certainly apologise,

if you'd like me to do that.

I know nothing about them.

So, yes, he would apologise,

he just didn't actually say sorry.

The President has now

left the Swiss Alps,

and if not yet a fully paid-up

member of the Davos set,

he will probably be invited back.

There's a lot they liked

about what Donald Trump said,

and who would disagree

with his central message,

that a booming US economy is good

for the global economy?

Jon Sopel, BBC News, Davos.

The Brexit Secretary, David Davis,

has outlined the government's plan

for the transition period

after Britain leaves the

European Union in March next year.

He said that during the time-limited

transition period,

the UK would be free to sign

new trade agreements.

But Mr Davis tried to play down

rifts within the Conservative Party

over Europe, insisting there is "no

difference" between himself,

the Chancellor and the Prime

Minister over Brexit.

Our political correspondent

Alex Forsyth reports.

In Teesside today the Brexit

secretary was trying

to calm troubled waters.

Surrounded by businesses

dependent on EU trade,

he promised certainty and continuity

when we leave.

David Davis set out the Government's

plans for a transition period of up

to two years after Brexit.

This is a bridge to a new future

partnership, where crucially

the United Kingdom is outside

the single market and outside

of the customs union.

He said for business

there would be no dramatic change,

but the UK would start to talk trade

with other countries,

all to be negotiated with the EU,

but for now it's comments

by his Cabinet colleague

that is causing problems.

The Chancellor said there could be

very modest changes in EU relations.

If the Cabinet can't

agree on its position,

how can you possibly

negotiate with Brussels?

Look, I'm in politics,

and people debate,

and they have different views.

There's a diversity of views on this

subject, in all parties.

That doesn't mean that we don't have

or can't have a coherent

and forceful view, in the interests

of the United Kingdom.

Ministers don't always

want their divisions laid bare.

Today the Chancellor insisted

he backed the Government's view.

I was speaking about our trade

relationship with the EU, and it is

the Government's policy

that we want to maintain the maximum

possible access to markets,

and the minimum

friction at our borders.

Nonetheless, his comments angered

some Tory MPs, although they

insisted they are still

behind Theresa May.

Downing Street has made it clear

that the Chancellor did not

represent Government policy,

and Government policy remains as set

out by the Prime Minister.

But the businesses Brexit

will affect say the political

discord is damaging.

This car parts manufacturer

in Redcar relies on being able

to import from and export to the EU,

and its boss wants far

more clarity from the Government

about its long-term Brexit plan.

I think it's been pretty

shambolic, and I just want

them to get on with it.

From the contrary statements

coming out and infighting

that is happening, I don't know

what they're expecting to achieve,

I don't know what their targets are,

because it's just wishy-washy.

Businesses like those

here which rely heavily on trade

with the EU crave certainty.

The Government says that's what

the transition phase will offer.

The trouble is the Conservative

Party simply cannot agree

on what should come beyond.

And as talks slowly approach

future trade relations,

what has so far been a fragile truce

among the Tories looks rocky.

Alex Forsyth, BBC News, Teesside.

The UK economy grew faster

than expected in the last

three months of 2017,

according to new figures.

The Office for National Statistics

said it grew by 0.5% instead

of the expected 0.4%.

But economic growth

for the whole of last year

was the slowest since 2012.

Our economics editor

Kamal Ahmed reports.

Building a stronger economy.

Global growth in China lifting

businesses like this one

in oxfordshire, making health

equipment for export.

It's been a challenge.

It took about three or four years

for us to gain approval for us

to sell into in China,

but with a bit of patience

and dedication we've now

got those approvals,

and we are seeing that uplift

in business now that were able

to expand into the market

the size of China.

Speeding around the World Economic

Forum in Davos, the Chancellor,

selling Britain abroad.

Our export markets are growing,

we've seen strong growth

in services in this quarter.

The economy is just resilient -

it has been much more resilient

than people expected.

Also here, the governor

of the Bank of England.

Yes, the UK economy is growing,

but it is slower than

many of our competitors.

The world economy's accelerating,

and we haven't seen that yet,

but there's prospect,

and I think this is

the important point.

There's the prospect this year,

as there is greater clarity

about the relationship with Europe

and subsequently with the rest

of the world, for re-coupling,

if I can use that term,

borrowed from Gwyneth Paltrow.

A conscious re-coupling

of the economy, with the UK economy

with the global economy.

Gwyneth Paltrow to one side,

let's look at the positives first.

The UK has certainly had

a better end to the year

than many people expected.

Employment is high and growth

is picking up, but just

as the governor warned,

there is this drag on the economy,

and that at least in part is down

to Brexit uncertainty.

We talk to businesses who tell us

they're waiting for greater clarity

about the future before they invest.

What I'm very clear about is that

as we move forward, and we made very

good progress in December,

as we move forward in this

negotiation, we will be able

to start to deliver that clarity.

It's not all about

Brexit, of course.

Economies are complicated

things, and we haven't

reached full velocity.

That productivity problem,

that income squeeze,

all way down on our performance.

I think we've still got

the same problem -

austerity is rolling on,

the Government hasn't listened,

that's impacting upon people's wages

as well as the demand overall.

A lack of investment.

We've been seeing it for years now.

We need to scale up investment

in our economy to grow our economy

and make it more productive.

The economy is being

fixed, to an extent.

Manufacturers are doing well.

Will that optimism now spread

to the rest of Britain?

Kamal Ahmed, BBC News, Davos.

NHS England has decided

that its guidance to hospitals

to postpone all non-urgent surgery

will not be extended

beyond the end of this month.

Hospitals had been advised

to defer non-emergency

operations until mid-January,

which was then extended in a bid

to free up hospital staff and beds.

The Defence Secretary's suggestion

that Russia could kill "thousands

and thousands and thousands"

of people in the UK,

with an attack on key

infrastructure, has been

ridiculed in Moscow.

The Russian Defence Ministry said

Gavin Williamson had "lost his grasp

on reason" and his comments

were worthy of a

Monty Python sketch.

The BBC says it is "grateful" to six

male presenters who have agreed

to a pay cut after revelations

of pay inequality at

the corporation emerged.

The details are still being worked

out but the six are Huw Edwards,

Nicky Campbell, John Humphrys,

Jon Sopel, Nick Robinson,

and Jeremy Vine.

Our media editor, Amol

Rajan is with me now.

Will this go some way to sorting out

the row over unequal pay?

Frankly, not so much. The move is

significant, probably inevitable and

driven by short and long-term

factors. Short-term factors, next

week the most senior people at the

BBC and Carrie Gracie, who resigned

as China editor of equal pay, will

be in front of a select committee

and this was an attempt to get ahead

of that story. The longer term, the

economics of television. Many of the

people signed their salaries in an

earlier era when there was more

money washing around and the market

was more bubbly and people were able

to get the deals. That era has

vanished and the big money is now in

entertainment rather than news, and

people getting jobs in News know

they will not get the same sort of

salaries as previously. Does it

equal eyes pay much? I don't think

it does. For lots of the ball equal

pay is not about big disparities

right now but about historic

injustices, accumulated disadvantage

over the course of a career.

Reducing a fuel high-profile

salaries might be a loud and

effective gesture but I don't think

it will address those underlying

issues. -- a few high-profile

salaries.

A 15-year-old boy who

crashed a stolen car,

killing five people,

has been jailed for

four-and-a-half years.

The three children and two adults

were passengers in the car when it

crashed into a tree.

The family of one of the children

expressed their anger,

saying the sentence was too short,

as Phil Bodmer reports

from Leeds Crown Court.

The faces of three children killed

in a car crash in Leeds last

November. Ellis was just 12, his

brother was 14, and Darnell was 15.

They were killed in a stolen car

alongside friends who were both 24.

The vehicle hit a tree near houses

in Leeds, after the 15-year-old

driver, who cannot be named, lost

control. The impact split the car in

two. Today, he was sentenced to four

and a half years in prison.

No words

can ever describe the pain that we

feel.

Relatives of one of the

victims said it wasn't enough.

He

will serve two years in prison. It

will never be long enough, ever.

That is a couple of years for each

person's life. We have lost one of

our siblings. She has lost both of

her children.

When police arrived

they say it was a scene of total

carnage. Today, Leeds Crown Court

heard how witnesses saw the car

driving erratically on the wrong

side of the road, running red lights

and travelling up to 88 mph in a 40

mph zone.

It was a truly horrendous

incident, to lose three children and

two adults in such a significant

incident. Absolutely horrendous.

Many people affected by it, and no

sentence will ever compensate for

the loss the families and

communities of Leeds have felt.

The

court heard that the boy had shown

remorse, with the judge telling him

that his actions that night will

shape his life every day from now

on.

The time is 6:15.

Our top story this evening:

Donald Trump has told global finance

leaders that his "America First"

trade policy does not mean

"America alone".

And still to come, behind-the-scenes

at the film school where students

have received ten of this

year's Bafta nominations.

Coming up on FA Cup

Sportsday on BBC News:

We're live from Yeovil Town,

where Manchester United

will be playing tonight.

And in the rest of the sport,

it was Australia's day

on Australia Day in Adelaide,

as England's cricketers lost

the fourth one-day international.

The number of tower blocks

with the same cladding

as Grenfell Tower that have now had

it fully replaced is just three.

That's despite official figures

showing that nearly 300 towers have

failed fire safety tests

since the disaster in June.

Some of the replacement delays

are due to disputes over

who should cover the costs.

Our North of England

correspondent, Judith Moritz,

reports from Manchester.

Matthew Crisp had high expectations

for high-rise living.

A first-time buyer, he chose this

trendy city centre flat.

It's just about affordable,

but his monthly bills

have suddenly trebled.

His building is clad in the same

material as the Grenfell Tower.

Residents here have been asked

to pay to make it fire safe,

but they are refusing.

It could cost each of them many

thousands of pounds.

It's not so much about being

prepared to pay it or not,

it's about being able to afford

paying it or not.

That increase is huge for me,

and has a huge impact

on my life, and it's just

for the interim measures.

If I'm stung with a bill

which is potentially

tens of thousands of pounds

for the actual re-cladding,

I really don't know what I will do.

What's the worst case scenario?

I may not be able to afford

to carry on living here.

New figures show that in England,

nearly 300 high-rise buildings

with the same cladding

as Grenfell Tower

have failed safety tests.

98 of those are private

apartment blocks.

Only three towers, all

council owned, have been

through the whole process of having

the cladding replaced.

In some cases, the delay

is because of arguments

between property managers and flat

owners over who should cover

the costs, which could run

into millions per building.

The main issue here is time.

People are living in unsafe flats.

And what we do not want

to see is long, long,

drawn-out legal battles,

which have already started,

between leaseholders and landlords,

saying who should pay

and who shouldn't pay, then it

will go to appeal, and so forth.

We could easily be sitting

here in two to three years' time

still arguing about this.

This apartment block in Manchester

has different cladding to the kind

used at Grenfell Tower,

but since the disaster,

it too has failed safety tests,

and residents here are also

being asked to foot the bill.

The developer has offered short-term

funding so that work to install

new fire alarms can begin.

I always said if I was going to buy

a flat, I would buy it here...

But residents, including

Fay Northcott, are still facing

the prospect of the costs

being passed to them down the line.

Fay saved hard to buy a property

in her 20s and says this just

makes things much harder.

The incentive to live

in a flat in the city centre

is diminishing rapidly.

There is no incentive for you to

live in the city centre any more.

How would we know that once

this has blown over,

in April, May, June,

we're going to get another massive

bill landed on the doorstep?

There are similar cases

around the country.

The Government says it wants private

landlords to follow the lead

of the public sector and not

charge residents to make

their homes safe from fire.

Judith Moritz, BBC News, Manchester.

The pub chain Wetherspoons has

apologised to customers and found

anoher supplier after it had to take

steaks off the menu.

The Food Standards Agency

is investigating the Derby-based

company Russell Hume,

which supplies pub chains

and hotels, as well as

schools and care homes.

Our business correspondent

Emma Simpson is here.

What is the FSC looking at? Galle we

have had a bit more detail today.

Pressure has steadily been growing

for some answers. This all started

on Tuesday with Wetherspoons

suspending its popular steak night.

Its drivers tried to pick up

supplies from Russell Hume and fund

the gates locked. The country said

there had been mislabelling issues.

Wetherspoons did not like the sound

of it and immediately with Judy

steaks. On Wednesday it emerged that

the Food Standards Agency had been

investigating Russell Hume what it

calls serious noncompliance with

food hygiene regulations. The

company was forced to halt

production at its six sites and/or

deliveries were suspended. It was

also asked to make sure its

customers withdrew unused meat. It

turns out those customers included a

host of household names, to Jamie --

from Jamie Oliver to Butlins, pub

chains, Morrisons and Burger King.

Tonight the FSA said they were

looking at use by dates and whether

the company had the right food

safety procedures in place. So far

the company had not been able to

demonstrate this and that is why

they took this action. But they also

stress there is no indication that

anyone has become ill from eating

meat supplied by this company.

Russell Hume said in a statement it

was shocked by the action, it has

had an unblemished reputation for

over 50 years. It was complying with

the investigation, which still

continues.

A court has ruled that a coroner

was wrong to exclude the names

of the alleged suspects

in a new inquest into

the Birmingham pub bombings.

21 people were killed

when two IRA bombs exploded

more than 40 years ago.

Sima Kotecha reports.

1974 - two bombs exploded

in Birmingham city centre,

killing 21 people.

Six men were falsely imprisoned

for carrying out the attacks.

They were later acquitted.

Those responsible have

never been prosecuted.

In 2016, it was announced

there would be a new inquest

into the bombings, but the coroner

ruled out naming the alleged

suspects in evidence.

Now a judicial review has ruled

the coroner must think again.

In court, the Honourable

Mrs Justice Carr said...

Julie Hambleton's sister, Maxine,

was killed in the attack.

It is illogical to not

have the perpetrators in scope.

As such, it is extremely good news.

However, we now have to wait to see

what the coroner's next decision is.

This judgment handed down today

is a significant step

forward for the families.

However, their fight

is not over yet.

The coroner will have 21 days

to appeal if he chooses to do so.

The coroner had argued

it was not his job to point

the finger of blame.

Today, a court chose

to disagree with him.

For those who lost

loved ones in the bombings,

the fight for justice continues.

Sima Kotecha, BBC News, Birmingham.

In just under a month's time,

the winners of this year's

British Academy Film Awards

will be announced.

But tonight we can reveal

the recipient of the Award

for Outstanding Contribution

to British Film.

And the winner is...

the National Film

and Television School.

This year, the school's former

students have received ten

individual Bafta nominations,

for films including Darkest Hour,

Star Wars and Blade Runner 2049.

Just last year, its graduates

were involved in films

that took £9.1 billion

at the box office worldwide.

Chi Chi Izundu went to the school

to meet some of the nominees

and the current students.

The 1979 release of Alien,

the first film a graduate

from the National Film

and Television School

won a BAFTA for.

Skip forward to 2018 -

studying their craft

is very hands-on.

The courses here are so practical

93% of graduates get

a job in their specialism

within the industry,

just like Jessica Jones,

who graduated in 2016,

and is now nominated for a BAFTA

that's part of the music composition

team for Darkest Hour.

Lots of people don't know about it,

and it's sort of tucked away

in the middle of the country and,

yeah, but I think it used to be

studios so it is definitely the kind

of place where you meet

lots of different people

and you learn your trade

and you meet people learning

their craft, so you'll

meet cinematographers

and producers and editors,

and I'm still really close

with all those people now.

Our island,

whatever the cost may be...

Then there's the alumni.

The school maintains links

with those working in the industry

who regularly come back to teach,

like Oscar-winning

composer Dario Marianelli.

But I think the uniqueness

of the film school is

that the composition students

will work alongside the production

students and the director

students, and the writers.

Think of every big

British blockbuster,

from the Harry Potter franchise

right through to the Wallace

and Gromit animation series.

This school and its students

have had a hand in it.

The students even get to learn how

to build a set like this.

So far, graduates have managed

to scoop ten Oscars and 129 BAFTAs,

but for the first time the school

itself will be acknowledged

for its contribution.

It's not just

film and TV production.

Gaming, animation and model-making

are also points of pride

for staff and students.

To win the Outstanding Contribution

to Cinema Award, it's unbelievable,

and it's such a vote of confidence

in the school.

You know, for 47 years we've really

worked hard to provide the people

of the future of the film,

television and now games industries.

Britain still attracts

foreign film investment,

which is largely thanks to the broad

skill base of British movie-makers

which this school plays

a crucial role in providing.

Chi Chi Izundu, BBC News,

at the National Film

and Television School.

Time for a look at the weather,

here's Lucy Martin.

Time for a look at the weather,

here's Lucy Martin.

A lovely day today, how is the

weekend? It certainly was, but

change this began. We could see --

we did see plenty of blue skies

today. The West was certainly best.

This one sent in from Morecambe

babe. But moving into the weekend,

change on the cards, weather France

working in from the West. They will

bring some milder air, but also some

outbreaks of rain. Quite windy as

well. As we go through this evening

and overnight, we will start to see

cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing

into Scotland, part of western and

north-western England, South West

England and Wales. In the east with

clearer skies, temperatures falling

away, 12 pages of mist and fog could

develop. As we go into tomorrow, a

bright but chilly start in the South

East, any patches of mist and fog

lifting. The rain fairly heavy in

the North but it will move

eastwards, behind that, something a

bit brighter feeding in four parts

of Scotland, Northern Ireland and

northern England. Perhaps thundery

showers for parts of Scotland. There

will be gales or severe gales in the

North of Scotland. But temperatures

in the double figures, maximum of 12

Celsius tomorrow. We will continue

to get milder air from the South

west. Apart from the far North,

which will be cooler, but with some

brightness will stop some rain on

Sunday sitting across Scotland and

Northern Ireland into northern

England. Further South, more cloudy

but were brighter intervals at time.

Some showers in the West. But we

could see highs of 14 Celsius by the

time we get to Sunday. So the

weekend, a change on the way, it

will be mild temperatures mostly in

double figures. Windy at times,

particularly later on Saturday in

the far North. There will also be

some rain, particularly on Saturday.

A reminder of our main story:

Donald Trump has told global finance

leaders that his "America First"

trade policy does not mean

"America alone".

That's all from the BBC News at Six,

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