0:00:12 > 0:00:16Theresa May wins new trade deals in China, but is forced to defend
0:00:16 > 0:00:17herself from attacks on her leadership back home.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20At the start of her three-day visit, she insists she is not a quitter
0:00:20 > 0:00:23and still has work do back in the UK.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27I think there are many people in the UK who want to ensure
0:00:27 > 0:00:30that they and their families can achieve the British dream,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33of ensuring that each generation has a better future than the past.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35We'll be looking at the pressure the prime minister is under to
0:00:35 > 0:00:37deliver abroad as well as back home.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Also tonight...
0:00:38 > 0:00:40The woman freed having given birth in prison -
0:00:40 > 0:00:42police and prosecutors are criticised after vital evidence
0:00:42 > 0:00:45wasn't shown in court.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46After Carillion, now another outsourcing company, Capita,
0:00:46 > 0:00:51issues a profits warning and its shares fall by 40%.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54The BBC's former China editor tells MPs the BBC needs to start telling
0:00:54 > 0:01:01the truth about how it pays some of it women staff unequally.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04A public inquiry into the deaths of five children in Northern Ireland
0:01:04 > 0:01:05criticises doctors for covering up failures.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08And the world sees a super blue blood moon -
0:01:08 > 0:01:16there hasn't been one for 150 years.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And coming up on a special transfer deadline day Sportsday on BBC News -
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Arsenal get their man, as Gabon striker
0:01:23 > 0:01:31Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signs on the dotted line.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48The prime minister, on her visit to China,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52has forecast a golden era in trade relations - while being dogged
0:01:52 > 0:01:56by rows over Brexit and personal attacks back home.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Theresa May says she has won assurance that Beijing will further
0:01:59 > 0:02:02open up its markets to the UK, but has also been forced to insist
0:02:02 > 0:02:04that she's not a quitter, following days of criticism
0:02:04 > 0:02:06of her leadership from her own party.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, is travelling
0:02:08 > 0:02:12with the prime minister.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17Even the most carefully-planned entrance can go a touch awry.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19A bit of pushing and shoving - not the political kind this time.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Asia's red carpets, though, hardly provide a rest -
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Theresa May is here to do business.
0:02:26 > 0:02:33But the Tories are trading in her future at home.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35She, envious perhaps of that kind of discipline, is trying,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39well, as she might say, to get on with the job.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Although I may be visiting in winter, I have had
0:02:41 > 0:02:45the warmest of welcomes, for which I am very grateful.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48But to get things done, leaders have to be able to lead.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51The Prime Minister says she will fight on, but concedes
0:02:51 > 0:02:54something has to shift.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Prime Minister, on the journey here you acknowledged that
0:02:57 > 0:03:00you and your government have to do more to be convincing -
0:03:00 > 0:03:03what is it that you plan to do differently, and will you stand up
0:03:03 > 0:03:07to your critics?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I think that there are many people in the United Kingdom who want to
0:03:10 > 0:03:13ensure that they and their families can achieve the British dream,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16of ensuring that each generation has a better future than the past.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19And yes, we do need to do more, and we do need to ensure
0:03:19 > 0:03:26that we are talking about what we have already achieved.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32But her Chinese counterpart provided cheer...
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Dangling the prospect of a future trade deal after Brexit,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40with the start of formal conversations to scope it out.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44She isn't a natural fan of Chinese opera, perhaps,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47or the diplomatic schmooze.
0:03:47 > 0:03:54There were some tricky moments today.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Conversations turned to human rights, North Korea and the brute
0:03:56 > 0:03:57force of China's steel industry.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00But these very excited students could be joined by many others.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Deals for universities, exchange programmes
0:04:01 > 0:04:02and others were announced.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Have a nice day in China.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Thank you. Well done to you!
0:04:07 > 0:04:08Nice to see you!
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Thank you, hello!
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And this group used their hi-tech skills to make a model of No 10,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16helpfully pointing out it had an emergency button, if ever
0:04:16 > 0:04:20there was a need for a swift escape.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23And there is an emergency button.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25It even has an emergency...
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Look there!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Very good!
0:04:28 > 0:04:32The Prime Minister made very deliberate stops here, though.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35One to the banks of the Yangtze river to share her party's new-found
0:04:35 > 0:04:40focus on all things green.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43And she hopes by the end of the week to have guaranteed British beef
0:04:43 > 0:04:47is on its way back to China's table after 20 years.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51And there will have been handshakes on at least £9 billion of deals.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53China and Britain, not best friends perhaps,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56but serious colleagues.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01This place reeks of power - a commodity Theresa May has
0:05:01 > 0:05:05been grappling to hold onto in recent days.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07It's clear the Prime Minister is in no mood to quit.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11But she does seem to acknowledge she has to up her game at home
0:05:11 > 0:05:16and abroad to be sure of staying on.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19The historic bling, the flags, the ceremony -
0:05:19 > 0:05:23delicately choreographed but easily dismantled.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26The Prime Minister travels with the trappings of office,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28but she's vulnerable - not accompanied by reliable,
0:05:28 > 0:05:29long-term support from her own side.
0:05:29 > 0:05:37Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Beijing.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41The Government has agreed to release leaked documents which suggest that
0:05:41 > 0:05:42leaving the European Union would result in slower
0:05:42 > 0:05:44economic growth.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Ministers had previously refused to disclose the findings, insisting
0:05:46 > 0:05:50that the research was incomplete.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52But they've now made a U-turn following pressure
0:05:52 > 0:05:55from the Labour Party.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57A judge has strongly criticised the police
0:05:57 > 0:06:00and the Crown Prosecution Service for "wholesale failures"
0:06:00 > 0:06:03after a human trafficking trial collapsed last week when material
0:06:03 > 0:06:05from mobile phones that was disclosed late
0:06:05 > 0:06:08cast doubt on the case.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Until its collapse, one of the accused had been locked up
0:06:11 > 0:06:14on remand for over a year and even gave birth in prison.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17The case is to be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20It comes in the wake of a number of rape cases that were abandoned
0:06:20 > 0:06:21due to disclosure issues.
0:06:21 > 0:06:29Clive Coleman reports.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37I was scared, I was in shock... Cristina Bosoanca's story shows the
0:06:37 > 0:06:42devastating effect that failure to disclose evidence can have. After 13
0:06:42 > 0:06:45tough months in prison she can finally relax with the son she bore
0:06:45 > 0:06:53there.It was
0:06:53 > 0:06:57there.It was difficult when I saw them going to the visits of...The
0:06:57 > 0:07:00prosecution case was based on the evidence of a woman who claimed
0:07:00 > 0:07:06Cristina Bosoanca trafficked her into the country to work as a
0:07:06 > 0:07:09prostitute. She also alleged she was raped by a client and became
0:07:09 > 0:07:13pregnant as a result of. Christina's lawyers repeatedly told the police
0:07:13 > 0:07:22that there were phoned visages which undermined the woman's story.At the
0:07:22 > 0:07:27beginning, I asked for the phone, I asked for the pictures, I asked for
0:07:27 > 0:07:32everything. But they were like, they don't care.It was only on the
0:07:32 > 0:07:37second day of the trial that 65,000 phone messages were disclosed to
0:07:37 > 0:07:43Cristina Bosoanca's team. They fundamentally undermined the woman's
0:07:43 > 0:07:46account and medical evidence also proved the woman was pregnant before
0:07:46 > 0:07:52coming to the UK. The case collapsed on Friday, the judge demanding
0:07:52 > 0:07:57police and prosecutors should come to court today to explain. In court
0:07:57 > 0:08:00the judge said there had been a wholesale failure of disclosure, and
0:08:00 > 0:08:06serious and repeated errors
0:08:07 > 0:08:08serious and repeated errors by both the police and the Crown Prosecution
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Service. The senior crown it apologised and said a full review
0:08:12 > 0:08:17was taking place and a report would been sent to the Director of Public
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Prosecutions.This is not an isolated case and whatever the
0:08:20 > 0:08:24findings are in this case they are symptomatic of a problem that has
0:08:24 > 0:08:28been developing over the last 6-8 years. Government brought in a
0:08:28 > 0:08:32series of cuts which have resulted in underfunding and under resourcing
0:08:32 > 0:08:36of the Metropolitan Police, the CPS, the criminal justice system as a
0:08:36 > 0:08:41whole.What do you think of British justice, having been through the
0:08:41 > 0:08:49process that you've been through?I really don't know. I don't want to
0:08:49 > 0:08:58say something rude. If they think someone needs to be punished for
0:08:58 > 0:09:04something, they need to be sure. Cristina Bosoanca's experience shows
0:09:04 > 0:09:08disclosure failures go beyond recent highly publicised rape cases and
0:09:08 > 0:09:11there are likely to be more examples, each one affecting the
0:09:11 > 0:09:16lives of those charged, and their families.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Shares in the outsourcing company Capita have fallen by more than 40%
0:09:20 > 0:09:23after it warned that profits for the coming year will be much
0:09:23 > 0:09:24lower than previously forecast.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27It comes just over two weeks after the collapse of Carillion,
0:09:27 > 0:09:28another major outsourcing company.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Our business editor, Simon Jack, is here -
0:09:30 > 0:09:34are we looking at another Carillion here?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37There are some similarities in, but there are some really important
0:09:37 > 0:09:43differences. Big outsourcing company, lots of public service
0:09:43 > 0:09:49contracts, also issuing a massive profit warning today, so everybody
0:09:49 > 0:09:53is super nervous after Carillion and we saw the shares react today. They
0:09:53 > 0:09:56also got nervous in the markets because they said they were going to
0:09:56 > 0:10:00cancel their dividend to try and preserve cash, and they were going
0:10:00 > 0:10:05to try to raise £700 million in new equity money. But some people will
0:10:05 > 0:10:09say this company is doing precisely what Carillion should have done a
0:10:09 > 0:10:15couple of years ago, try to bolster its finances and restructure. And
0:10:15 > 0:10:18both of those things would have made the share price fall anyway but now
0:10:18 > 0:10:21doing it while they've still got £1 billion in the bank, so people are
0:10:21 > 0:10:23saying this is not another Carillion, and the government
0:10:23 > 0:10:28certainly does not think it is. Having said that given the flak the
0:10:28 > 0:10:32government got forgiving contracts to Carillion after it issued a
0:10:32 > 0:10:39profit warning, what will happen with Capita?
0:10:39 > 0:10:44The man accused of crashing a van into Muslim worshippers outside
0:10:44 > 0:10:48a mosque in north London has said the driver was not caught on CCTV
0:10:48 > 0:10:49because he is an illusionist.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Darren Osborne, who is 48, denies murder and attempted murder,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53saying a man called Dave was driving.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55He told Woolwich Crown Court he could not explain why
0:10:55 > 0:10:57that man was never seen, arguing that perhaps
0:10:57 > 0:10:58he could make himself vanish.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01The BBC's former China editor Carrie Gracie has accused
0:11:01 > 0:11:03the BBC of acting illegally by paying its women staff unequally
0:11:03 > 0:11:06and says the BBC must start telling the truth about it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08She was giving evidence to MPs following the row at
0:11:08 > 0:11:11the corporation about unequal pay.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15The BBC admitted it had "inadvertently" underpaid her
0:11:15 > 0:11:18for years, and insists that it is committed to equal pay
0:11:18 > 0:11:19for all its women employees.
0:11:19 > 0:11:26Vicky Young reports.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30BBC News, making the news, with a row about the payoff some of its
0:11:30 > 0:11:34best-known stars. Carrie Gracie has accused BBC bosses of unfairness and
0:11:34 > 0:11:40inequality - they insist there is no evidence of gender bias. But female
0:11:40 > 0:11:43journalists have gone public with their complaints. Today, someone
0:11:43 > 0:11:48turned up at the Commons to support Carrie Gracie. She says she was
0:11:48 > 0:11:53promised equal pay when she accepted the post of China editor.We knew
0:11:53 > 0:11:57there was inequality, we didn't know the details, because the BBC is
0:11:57 > 0:12:01extremely secretive on page, but we knew we were underpaid, and I was
0:12:01 > 0:12:06determined at this point, I knew I would give the China job every last
0:12:06 > 0:12:10ounce of my stamina and I knew I could do that job at least as well
0:12:10 > 0:12:15as any man.She described her shock at discovering that two male
0:12:15 > 0:12:18international editors were being paid at least 50% more than her. She
0:12:18 > 0:12:24said the BBC was now offering backpay of around £100,000.I don't
0:12:24 > 0:12:29want that money, that's not what it's about for me. I feel my salary
0:12:29 > 0:12:34is a good salary, it is public, that is not what it is about, they're
0:12:34 > 0:12:38still not giving me a quality.As part of a grievance procedure, she
0:12:38 > 0:12:43said the BBC explain her lower paid. They basically said that in those
0:12:43 > 0:12:50three previous years, I was in development.And she spoke of the
0:12:50 > 0:12:56strain of being in conflict with her employer.The obfuscation, the
0:12:56 > 0:13:01belittling of your work, that's what has to happen, if they're not going
0:13:01 > 0:13:07to concede, they're going to have to crush your self-esteem about your
0:13:07 > 0:13:12work.Then it was the turn of the BBC's top management team to explain
0:13:12 > 0:13:19their decisions - first, did they want to apologise?I am sorry it
0:13:19 > 0:13:22went to agreements and I said from the beginning I would very much like
0:13:22 > 0:13:26to resolve the case of Carrie Gracie, and I sorry this has taken
0:13:26 > 0:13:32so long and I am sorry we are in this position, yes.Lord Hall
0:13:32 > 0:13:34insisted he valued Carrie Gracie's work equally to that of her male
0:13:34 > 0:13:40peers, but...The idea that every single editor should be paid exactly
0:13:40 > 0:13:44the same I don't agree with. It should not be a matter of gender, I
0:13:44 > 0:13:54completely agree. You have balances between different editors, and it is
0:13:54 > 0:13:58a pecking order as it were.The BBC has promised greater transparency
0:13:58 > 0:14:05and admits that in the past pay has not been consistent. As a large,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08publicly funded organisation, staff and managers agree, the corporation
0:14:08 > 0:14:12has to set an example when it comes to equal pay. That means winning
0:14:12 > 0:14:19back the trust of staff and resolving past grievances.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Our top story this evening:
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Theresa May wins new trade deals in China but insists she's no
0:14:24 > 0:14:26quitter as she's forced to defend herself from attacks
0:14:26 > 0:14:31on her leadership back home.
0:14:31 > 0:14:39And still to come... I am in the darkness of the university of
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Hertfordshire's Observatory to witness a very special lunar event.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Coming up in a special Transfer Deadline Day Sportsday
0:14:45 > 0:14:47on BBC News: Who's gone where, who's stayed put and who'll make
0:14:47 > 0:14:50a last minute deadline day dash as the clock ticks
0:14:50 > 0:14:53on the January transfer window.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The head of Europol fears the UK's departure from it after Brexit
0:14:58 > 0:15:01will see a loss of valuable British influence in the fight
0:15:01 > 0:15:03against cross-border crime and international terrorism.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Rob Wainwright has issued his warning as UK negotiators prepare
0:15:06 > 0:15:09to start talks with the EU on how British law enforcement agencies
0:15:09 > 0:15:11will work with their European counterparts after Brexit.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14The government says it is optimistic an ambitious new security
0:15:14 > 0:15:17treaty can be agreed.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18With 14 months to go until Brexit,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21our Mark Easton takes a closer look at the potential
0:15:21 > 0:15:29impact on security.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35After the Manchester Arena bombing last year hundreds of messages
0:15:35 > 0:15:38were sent to Europol HQ in The Hague.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Britain's liaison team there contacted counterparts
0:15:40 > 0:15:43across Europe, trawling EU databases, tracking
0:15:43 > 0:15:45possible accomplices.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47As a trusted Europol member the information
0:15:47 > 0:15:51was available immediately.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54For almost nine years Europol has been headed by a Brit,
0:15:54 > 0:15:59but he leaves in a few weeks, warning that a Brexit Europol
0:15:59 > 0:16:01will be less concerned about UK's security priorities.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05There will be a loss of British influence and I think
0:16:05 > 0:16:06it's a shame for the UK.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09I think it's actually a shame for our European partners as well.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12We will find other ways of influencing it perhaps
0:16:12 > 0:16:15in more informal ways, but they will be less
0:16:15 > 0:16:18direct, less pronounced and probably less successful
0:16:18 > 0:16:21than they are now of course.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Officers at the UK's National Crime Agency are accessing
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Europol databases every day and fear moving from member status now
0:16:28 > 0:16:31to what is called operational status will make it harder to keep
0:16:31 > 0:16:35British citizens safe.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38At the minute we have got a really good relationship
0:16:38 > 0:16:40with our EU partners, everyone works on the same
0:16:40 > 0:16:44platforms, everyone works to the same rules.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Any lessening of the relationship which would effect operational
0:16:46 > 0:16:49impact and responsiveness and our ability to protect
0:16:49 > 0:16:53the public is concerning.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Operation Captura has tracked down dozens of British criminal fugitives
0:16:57 > 0:17:00on the continent and brought them to justice.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03It has relied on access to EU QuickTime information
0:17:03 > 0:17:07and the European arrest warrant.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The government says such operations should be no less
0:17:10 > 0:17:11effective after Brexit.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16We can make this simple by simply saying let's go straight
0:17:16 > 0:17:19to the security treaty that allows us to preserve these capabilities
0:17:19 > 0:17:22because we value them, because they work, and a large part
0:17:22 > 0:17:26of why they work is because of the British contribution.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30In leaving the EU, Britain will give up its place in the Europol
0:17:30 > 0:17:34boardroom where representatives from EU states discuss how
0:17:34 > 0:17:37to protect their citizens from the growing threats
0:17:37 > 0:17:41of cross-border crime and international terrorism.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44We don't just lose our seat in Europol, deciding on the priorities
0:17:44 > 0:17:47of this organisation.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51The union flag will be removed from boardroom tables at a whole
0:17:51 > 0:17:55range of EU bodies which decide on the data rules and the protocols
0:17:55 > 0:17:58which must be met to be involved in intelligence sharing.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02UK law enforcement officers are able to exchange information...
0:18:02 > 0:18:04The government, however, is optimistic that it is in
0:18:04 > 0:18:10everyone's interest to agree a deal that preserve the status quo.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12everyone's interest to agree a deal that preserveS the status quo.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15I don't necessarily accept that assumption that we will not be able
0:18:15 > 0:18:18to influence the rules, we influence rules at the moment.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20We are going into this negotiation saying what we have got works,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23and part of why it works is because of the British influence
0:18:23 > 0:18:25and our contribution.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The shared threat from terrorism and cross-border crime means
0:18:28 > 0:18:31it is likely a key player like the UK will be able
0:18:31 > 0:18:34to negotiate some sort of special deal with the EU after Brexit,
0:18:34 > 0:18:36but it will be hard for British law enforcement officials
0:18:36 > 0:18:43to maintain their agility and their influence.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46President Trump has used his first State of the Union address to call
0:18:46 > 0:18:48on Republicans and Democrats to work together to rebuild American
0:18:48 > 0:18:51industries and to fix the country's immigration system.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54He said he had advanced his mission to "make America great again"
0:18:54 > 0:18:58with a booming stock market, record tax cuts and a
0:18:58 > 0:19:00fall in unemployment.
0:19:00 > 0:19:08But Democrats say he has left the nation fractured.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13A prisoner has been stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs in west London.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Officers were called to reports that the mail had stab injuries just
0:19:17 > 0:19:21after three o'clock this afternoon. Police are waiting for a formal
0:19:21 > 0:19:24identification. No arrests have yet been made.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26No arrests have yet been made.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28A public inquiry into the deaths of five children at hospitals
0:19:28 > 0:19:31in Northern Ireland between 1996 and 2003 has found that four
0:19:31 > 0:19:32of them were avoidable.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35The inquiry was set up 14 years ago to examine whether fatal errors
0:19:35 > 0:19:37were made in the giving of intravenous fluids.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Today its chair was scathing about how doctors covered
0:19:40 > 0:19:42up their failures and how apologies had to be dragged out
0:19:42 > 0:19:45of the health authorities.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Chris Page reports.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Claire Roberts was nine when she died 22 years ago.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Her family were told at the time her death
0:19:54 > 0:19:57was caused by a virus.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Since then Claire's parents, Jennifer and Alan, have been trying
0:19:59 > 0:20:02to find out what really happened.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04The grief is still overwhelming.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Even standing at the sink looking out at the back garden
0:20:07 > 0:20:10come summertime you can still see her on her
0:20:10 > 0:20:12slide and her swing.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15She was at school on the Monday and we essentially had lost Claire
0:20:15 > 0:20:17by the Tuesday evening, the early hours
0:20:17 > 0:20:18of Wednesday morning.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23So they have robbed me of everything.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26The public enquiry heard Claire was given a fatal overdose
0:20:26 > 0:20:28of drugs and fluids.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31She is one of five children whose deaths were investigated.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33The oldest was Conor Mitchell who was 15, Raychel Ferguson
0:20:33 > 0:20:37was nine, Adam Strain died aged four and the youngest was
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Lucy Crawford who was 17 months.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Today the inquiry chairman made devastating criticisms that doctors
0:20:46 > 0:20:51and their managers had been negligent and dishonest.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56It is time that the medical profession and health
0:20:56 > 0:21:01service managers stopped putting their own reputations
0:21:01 > 0:21:05and interests first and put the public interest first.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08And this was what he said about the death of Claire Roberts.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11In effect there was a cover-up by the consultant who Mr
0:21:11 > 0:21:19and Mrs Roberts spoke to on the 23rd of October 1996 when she died.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Her family are now hoping people will be held to account
0:21:22 > 0:21:24as a result of the inquiry.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29It has identified a cover-up and deceit, so far us
0:21:29 > 0:21:33really this is the start.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37The 14-year long enquiry has been held up by a police investigation
0:21:37 > 0:21:39and by legal delays.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42The final report runs to three volumes.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45The health authorities have apologised for
0:21:45 > 0:21:47the failings revealed in it.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50There were elements and statements in that report that
0:21:50 > 0:21:54made me feel ashamed.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57After a distressing campaign the relatives of these children feel
0:21:57 > 0:22:00they finally have answers.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Chris Page, BBC News, Belfast.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06So-called walk-on "grid girls" are no longer to be used
0:22:06 > 0:22:08at Formula One races starting this coming season.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13The sport's organisers say the practice is no longer in tune
0:22:13 > 0:22:15with their vision of the sport.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17The move mirrors a similar decision by the Professional
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Darts Corporation.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Football now, the January transfer window closes
0:22:21 > 0:22:23in England at 11pm tonight.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Spending has been record breaking.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29The most expensive signing so far today is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
0:22:29 > 0:22:33who is moving from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal for £56 million.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35The club described him as "one of the world's most
0:22:35 > 0:22:40highly-rated strikers".
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Now, if you're ever stuck for words think about this -
0:22:42 > 0:22:44a killer whale has been taught to speak.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47The captive Orca at a French marine theme park mimics human speech
0:22:47 > 0:22:49through her blowhole.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Here's Wikie doing her thing.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Hello!
0:22:52 > 0:22:55WHALE SQUEAKS.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Hello!
0:22:57 > 0:22:59WHALE SQUEAKS ALMOST LIKE HELLO.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00One, two.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02WHALE SQUEAKS: on, ooh.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05One, two.
0:23:05 > 0:23:12WHALE SQUEAKS TWO DIFFERENT SOUNDS.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Now, you'll have heard of supermoons and eclipses,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17but tonight an even more rare lunar event is taking place across the UK.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19it's called a "super blue moon".
0:23:19 > 0:23:23It's when there's a second full moon in the same month and when the moon
0:23:23 > 0:23:25is closest to Earth in orbit, making it look much
0:23:25 > 0:23:27brighter and bigger.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29And that has co-incided with a lunar eclipse taking place across other
0:23:29 > 0:23:32parts of the world turning the moon a deep reddish
0:23:32 > 0:23:35colour and that's being called a "super blue blood moon".
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Our science correspondent Victoria Gill is at Bayfordbury
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Observatory in Hertfordshire, hoping for a good view of what's
0:23:41 > 0:23:48taking place across UK skies.
0:23:48 > 0:23:56I can see it there behind you.You can indeed and it is so bright and
0:23:56 > 0:24:00beautiful, about 7% brighter than the average moon. We get a really
0:24:00 > 0:24:04clear view of it here tonight. The International Space Station has just
0:24:04 > 0:24:10gone over my head, so we have got a celestial treat going on around us.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15But in the rest of the world in the other half of the planet they have
0:24:15 > 0:24:18already had the night-time view of this triple lunar show and we have
0:24:18 > 0:24:19been looking at spectacular pictures.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22pictures.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Earth's most familiar satellite is putting on a very special show.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28This rare triple lunar event that some are calling
0:24:28 > 0:24:29the super blue blood Moon.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32What is it that is giving us this triple lunar show?
0:24:32 > 0:24:40There are three things that are happening at once.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43One is that the moon is in an elliptical orbit around
0:24:43 > 0:24:45the earth, so sometimes it is closer than at other times
0:24:45 > 0:24:46and looks larger.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49That has come to be known as a super moon.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Another is that it is also a lunar eclipse, so that is when the moon
0:24:52 > 0:24:54passes into the shadow of the Earth.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59The third thing is it is a blue moon and that is a term that has come
0:24:59 > 0:25:00to mean two full moons in the same calendar month.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Across Australia, Asia and parts of the US the Eclipse Moon glowed
0:25:03 > 0:25:06red as sunlight filtered through Earth's atmosphere.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11Right now, on this side of the world, UK skies
0:25:11 > 0:25:15are being lit by a moon that is about 10% bigger
0:25:15 > 0:25:17and glowing 15% more brightly.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22At moonrise when it was closest to the horizon Londoners were treated
0:25:22 > 0:25:27were treated to a spectacular view.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Sites like this depend on the weather, but now there is a renewed
0:25:30 > 0:25:37focus on returning astronauts to the Moon. This year, India and China
0:25:37 > 0:25:43will send their own robotic landowners. Those back on Earth will
0:25:43 > 0:25:50have to be satisfied with a particularly good view.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55What will the skies be like tonight?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58What will the skies be like tonight?
0:25:58 > 0:26:04Some of us will get a glimpse of the moon, but there are some showers
0:26:04 > 0:26:08around today. In Scotland it has been cold and the radar is picking
0:26:08 > 0:26:11up on the mixture of rain and snow working in across Scotland and
0:26:11 > 0:26:17Northern Ireland. Overnight that wintry mix will continue to work its
0:26:17 > 0:26:23way southwards and eastwards. You could see snow even across East
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Anglia and south-east England. The main issue is the roads will turn
0:26:27 > 0:26:33cold, even freezing with a risk of icy stretches. Thursday will be a
0:26:33 > 0:26:39cold day and we will have brisk, North, north-westerly winds, making
0:26:39 > 0:26:43it feel chilly and dragging in plenty of showers. Those showers
0:26:43 > 0:26:48will have a wintry flavour. Further accumulation of snow on the hills in
0:26:48 > 0:26:53Scotland. In eastern parts of England and eastern Scotland this is
0:26:53 > 0:26:59where the driest parts of the date will be. As we end the week the area
0:26:59 > 0:27:03of low pressure drifts away to the continent. We see this ridge of high
0:27:03 > 0:27:08pressure just building in and that means it will be cold and frosty on
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Friday, but most of us will see sunshine and there will be a few
0:27:12 > 0:27:16showers on the east coast of Scotland. Heading into the weekend
0:27:16 > 0:27:23it is a bit of a headache with this. A little sliver of mild air is mixed
0:27:23 > 0:27:28in with these Atlantic France. What we will probably see is a spell of
0:27:28 > 0:27:36cold rain, but if that front brings us heavy precipitation and the front
0:27:36 > 0:27:39moves slower or the atmosphere cools down quicker than expected, we could
0:27:39 > 0:27:45be looking at some snow as we head into Saturday. Stay in touch with
0:27:45 > 0:27:48the forecast if you have got to travel plans.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49travel plans.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51A reminder of our main story:
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Theresa May wins new trade deals in China but insists she's no
0:27:54 > 0:27:56quitter as she's forced to defend herself from attacks
0:27:56 > 0:27:58on her leadership back home.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me