0:00:04 > 0:00:06The Finsbury Park terror attack - a man's found guilty of murder
0:00:06 > 0:00:11and attempted murder after ploughing a van into a group of Muslims.
0:00:11 > 0:00:1448-year-old Darren Osborne deliberately killed one man
0:00:14 > 0:00:16and injured several others near a north London mosque
0:00:16 > 0:00:19in an act of terrorism.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Radicalised online within weeks, he wanted to kill as many
0:00:22 > 0:00:27Muslims as possible, and waved as he was arrested.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30The online material played a significant role in relation
0:00:30 > 0:00:35to his mindset and how he was radicalised.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Darren Osborne will be sentenced tomorrow.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Also on the programme tonight:
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Taking tea in China - the Prime Minister holds talks
0:00:40 > 0:00:45with the Chinese President as Brexit troubles continue to brew at home.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47A warning from England's chief inspector of schools -
0:00:47 > 0:00:50some parents and religious leaders are trying to "actively
0:00:50 > 0:00:53pervert" education.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Calls for more home visits to help the elderly and vulnerable
0:00:56 > 0:01:00trapped in an endless cycle of avoidable hospital readmissions.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And making history - Nigeria's bobsleigh team become
0:01:03 > 0:01:06the country's first athletes to qualify for the Winter Olympics.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Here in the East Midlands. to qualify for the Winter Olympics.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09A £10,000 reward's on offer to catch those
0:01:09 > 0:01:14responsible for the death of a Leicester jeweller.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And fears for hundreds of jobs at one of Loughborough's biggest
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42A man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder
0:01:42 > 0:01:44after deliberately driving a van into a crowd of Muslim
0:01:44 > 0:01:47worshippers near a north London mosque last June
0:01:47 > 0:01:49in an act of terrorism.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54He killed Makram Ali, who was 51, and injured nine others.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Darren Osborne from Cardiff was described as a loner who'd
0:01:56 > 0:02:00become obsessed with Muslims after watching a TV drama and
0:02:00 > 0:02:03looking at far-right groups online.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06The 48-year-old told the court he was not mad but angry.
0:02:06 > 0:02:13Daniel Sandford reports.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14It was an act of terror.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17A large van, its engine revving, smashing into a group of Muslims
0:02:17 > 0:02:21on a summer night during Ramadan.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Those he injured, terrified the driver
0:02:23 > 0:02:25was going to attack again.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28There's a few people who were really badly hurt and couldn't move.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I thought he was going to kill us.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33What did you think he was going to kill you with?
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Maybe guns, maybe a knife.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41This, a 999 call made at the time.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50The driver was brought to the ground by the angry crowd.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55The local imam urging them not to hurt him.
0:02:55 > 0:03:03When police arrested Darren Osborne, he waved as he was taken away.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Part and parcel of living in a big city.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Later at the police station, he ranted about previous
0:03:10 > 0:03:12terror attacks on Muslims, saying, "Have some of that,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14have some of your own.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16At least I had a proper go."
0:03:16 > 0:03:19At almost exactly that time, 51-year-old Makram Ali
0:03:19 > 0:03:22was declared dead at the scene.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27He had been crushed by the van.
0:03:27 > 0:03:34Darren Osborne's route to murderous hate seems to have begun
0:03:34 > 0:03:36with a BBC drama last May about a Pakistani grooming
0:03:36 > 0:03:37gang in Rochdale.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41I buy you things and you give me things.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43His rage was further fuelled by last year's attacks
0:03:43 > 0:03:44in London and Manchester.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46In the fortnight before his attack, he started following this man,
0:03:46 > 0:03:52Tommy Robinson, and other anti-Islam activists on social media.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Osborne received a group e-mail in Robinson's name saying "There's
0:03:54 > 0:03:59a nation within a nation forming beneath the surface of the UK.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Its a nation built on hatred, on violence and on Islam."
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Detectives believe material like this had had a powerful
0:04:04 > 0:04:06effect on Osborne.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09The people around him described it as having
0:04:09 > 0:04:16a major impact on him, brainwashing him, and as a result
0:04:16 > 0:04:20we believe that was, if you like, part of the main driver for why
0:04:20 > 0:04:21he carried out this attack.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22But Tommy Robinson accepts no responsibility.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25You don't think that there's a chance that somehow
0:04:25 > 0:04:27the way you were talking about that was inflaming
0:04:27 > 0:04:30hatred and driving people like Darren Osborne to violence?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33No, no.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38Zero chance.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42On Saturday, June 17th, Darren Osborne decided to act
0:04:42 > 0:04:44and went to hire a large box van.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47And that evening he was recorded in a pub in Cardiff,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50writing a hate-filled note later found by police in the van.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52It caught my attention when he shouted...
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Callum Spence was in the pub that night and remembers
0:04:54 > 0:04:57what Osborne said to him.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Terrorists are all bad, you know, I want to
0:04:59 > 0:05:02kill terrorists and Muslims.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I'm going to take things into my own hands.
0:05:05 > 0:05:11The next day, Osborne drove to London.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16His original target, this pro-Palestinian
0:05:16 > 0:05:19march, where he says he hoped to kill as many Muslims
0:05:19 > 0:05:20as possible and Jeremy Corbyn.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22But road closures meant he couldn't get near
0:05:22 > 0:05:27so he ended up in Finsbury Park looking for a mosque.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Just after midnight he came down the Seven Sisters Rd,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32swerving across the bus lane at speed and impacting the group
0:05:32 > 0:05:34of worshippers just here.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36His foot hard down on the accelerator.
0:05:36 > 0:05:42He ran three people down, knocking several more to the side,
0:05:42 > 0:05:47and then smashed into the bollards at the end of the street.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52His radicalisation complete, he has achieved his aim, to kill.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Mohammed Mahmoud, the imam who saved Osborne that night, says his
0:05:54 > 0:05:56congregation were left fearful.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59It left people wondering, would there be more, what next?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02If a car can be turned into a weapon and cause
0:06:02 > 0:06:08multiple casualties in one go, in an instant, then could this be
0:06:08 > 0:06:11expected again in the future?
0:06:11 > 0:06:16The jury rejected Darren Osborne's bizarre
0:06:16 > 0:06:20excuse that a mysterious man called Dave was driving at the time
0:06:20 > 0:06:23of the attacks and vanished, and he now joins the growing list of white,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26far-right terrorists in Britain's prisons.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Darren Osborne never really looked worried throughout this trial. At
0:06:35 > 0:06:39one point, he was asked if he understood how serious the situation
0:06:39 > 0:06:43was, and he said he did but he wasn't really concerned, and he let
0:06:43 > 0:06:46the court notes that he was quite determined to kill as many Muslims
0:06:46 > 0:06:52as possible. The judge said she will pass sentence tomorrow. Because he's
0:06:52 > 0:06:57been found guilty of murder, a life sentence is inevitable. The only
0:06:57 > 0:07:00question remaining, what the minimum term will be and whether he will
0:07:00 > 0:07:01ever be released.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03The Prime Minister has held talks with China's President,
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Xi Jinping, in Beijing.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07On the second day of her trade mission, Theresa May said
0:07:07 > 0:07:09she hoped her visit would strengthen the "global strategic partnership"
0:07:09 > 0:07:11between the UK and China.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Downing Street says the issues of North Korea, protecting
0:07:14 > 0:07:17the environment and human rights were also discussed.
0:07:17 > 0:07:24From Beijing, here's our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Watch what I do, not what others say.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32Theresa May wants you to judge her actions, not her critics words.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Taking tea with her husband and one of the most
0:07:35 > 0:07:38powerful men in the world.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Lapsang Souchong, no less.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45Maybe that's what they drink in Number Ten.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50Her journey of thousands of miles has been for more than a cup of tea,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52but a shake on billions' worth of business deals.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Despite frank talk on Hong Kong and North Korea too.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58I've been pleased to bring a very large business delegation here.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02We've had a very successful visit.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05The convoy held up the traffic, a big charm offensive to help
0:08:05 > 0:08:10business sign on the dotted line.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14A Brexit-friendly diplomatic visit, complete with bags.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15There's a real success story here.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19We've signed agreements on financial services,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21BP have signed a £750 million deal.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24One of the biggest Chinese e-commerce sellers has signed a deal
0:08:24 > 0:08:27to sell £2 billion worth of UK goods over the next two years.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28All of this adds up.
0:08:28 > 0:08:35We've got to get away in Britain from our obsession with Europe
0:08:35 > 0:08:38in terms of its relation to the global economy.
0:08:38 > 0:08:46Is that enough to make our economy roar after we leave the EU?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49There's menace at home from those who believe are too timid,
0:08:49 > 0:08:50too slow to decide.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53What do you say to colleagues who are frustrated either
0:08:53 > 0:08:55because they think Theresa May is backsliding on Brexit
0:08:55 > 0:08:58or they think because she's somehow a hostage to people
0:08:58 > 0:08:59on the other side?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Well, I heard some of these arguments back in December.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04"We'll never get a deal on how we move forward".
0:09:04 > 0:09:07We did get a deal and now I hear people saying, well,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10we will not get an agreement on our trading relationship.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Yes, we will get an agreement on that and we've got to see that
0:09:13 > 0:09:15against the Government's wider programme of Britain's relationship
0:09:15 > 0:09:17with the rest of the world.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19People have doubts about her ability to though, don't they?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21What do you say to those people?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23When I've been talking to Chinese leaders here,
0:09:23 > 0:09:24they're looking at performance.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26They're looking to see what the UK is doing,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29and they look at the Prime Minister in a different way than some of,
0:09:29 > 0:09:33let's say, the internal tea room discussions in the UK do.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Some of your colleagues are too obsessed with
0:09:35 > 0:09:36themselves, do you think?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Too obsessed with Westminster?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43I think in Britain there is always a tendency to focus on Britain.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Inside Europe there's a tendency to focus on Europe.
0:09:46 > 0:09:53Both should be focusing on the big world that's outside.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56But while Mr and Mrs May were roaming Beijing's Forbidden City
0:09:56 > 0:09:59someone who was a crucial part of the Tory empire was urging those
0:09:59 > 0:10:00MPs to make her listen.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02The Conservative Party must offer to the country a big
0:10:02 > 0:10:04plan for the future.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Big ideas, big vision.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Whether it's transforming schools in the north of England or a plan
0:10:10 > 0:10:17to engage with the rest of the world, like China, or a
0:10:17 > 0:10:20form of Brexit which is not as economically damaging as some
0:10:20 > 0:10:22of the forms being proposed, I would suggest that's
0:10:22 > 0:10:23what's required.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25It suits the Prime Minister's allies to
0:10:25 > 0:10:28present the ructions at home as parochial difficulties or a few
0:10:28 > 0:10:31petty disputes, but the divisions matter because before too long she
0:10:31 > 0:10:34has to make big decisions that will shape all our futures and Britain's
0:10:34 > 0:10:37place in the world.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40With plenty of others competing to drive, the back
0:10:40 > 0:10:43seat is getting pretty crowded.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Beijing.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50The Prime Minister has signalled that she will fight a demand
0:10:50 > 0:10:53by the European Union that EU citizens who move to the UK
0:10:53 > 0:10:55during the transition period after Brexit in March 2019
0:10:55 > 0:11:00will still be given full residency rights.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Theresa May argues that there has to be a difference between those
0:11:03 > 0:11:07arriving after the UK leaves and those who came before.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Here's our home editor, Mark Easton.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13EU migrants arriving in the UK today enjoy
0:11:13 > 0:11:16all the rights of free movement, but what will happen
0:11:16 > 0:11:19after Brexit in March next year?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22The Prime Minister says that moment should mark a real change,
0:11:22 > 0:11:26and new EU migrants should no longer be guaranteed their right
0:11:26 > 0:11:28to live in Britain.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31We'll have left the European Union and the EU can't expect the same
0:11:31 > 0:11:35provisions to prevail after we've gone.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37The UK proposal applies to the hundreds of thousands of EU
0:11:37 > 0:11:40migrants expected to arrive during the so-called
0:11:40 > 0:11:46transition phase that follows Brexit in March 2019.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49During that period, they will have to register with the Home Office
0:11:49 > 0:11:52but they won't necessarily know what rights they'll have at the end
0:11:52 > 0:11:57of transition, sometime in 2021.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Today in Brussels, EU citizens living in the UK were telling
0:12:00 > 0:12:03the European Parliament they didn't want to be bargaining chips
0:12:03 > 0:12:06in the negotiations, and were alarmed that future
0:12:06 > 0:12:11migrants were having their rights traded away in Brexit talks.
0:12:11 > 0:12:22If I was still living in the Netherlands, where I am from,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25and I wanted to move to the UK, I'd wait until everything is clear
0:12:25 > 0:12:27because, at the moment, there is still nothing agreed.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Time is ticking and we are in the front line,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32as EU nationals of this Brexit saga.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34After transition, EU migrants will have to apply to stay
0:12:34 > 0:12:38in the UK, but the details of how that will work are not finalised.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40There is uncertainty about what that means for those
0:12:40 > 0:12:42who no longer qualify.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Will they be deported?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47There's also uncertainty around what the rights will be for those
0:12:47 > 0:12:48that are successful.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Will they go to bed on the last day of transition with a certain set
0:12:52 > 0:12:55of rights and wake up in the morning with something very different?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58For employers, like the NHS, the prospect of EU migration falling
0:12:58 > 0:13:01further has led to concerns about their ability
0:13:01 > 0:13:04to recruit skilled nurses.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08I think, if you are a nurse in an EU country, in France or Germany,
0:13:08 > 0:13:12you're not going to want to come to this country and put down roots,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14because it's uncertain.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17And therefore we won't have the workforce with our current
0:13:17 > 0:13:20vacancy rate of 40,000 to look after the needs of our people.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25Let's decide to have more people from the European Union to come
0:13:25 > 0:13:29and work in the National Health Service, by all means.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32But let us decide that for ourselves, don't let's be
0:13:32 > 0:13:35dictated to by the European Union after we've left.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38The politics of Brexit means the Prime Minister is looking
0:13:38 > 0:13:40for ways to demonstrate her determination to take control
0:13:40 > 0:13:43of our borders at the point we leave the EU.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48The practicalities make it harder to avoid unintended consequences.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Mark Easton, BBC News.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54England's Chief Inspector of Schools, Amanda Spielman,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57has warned that some parents and religious leaders are trying
0:13:57 > 0:13:59to "actively pervert" education.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01She says inspectors are worried about some people using faith
0:14:01 > 0:14:04to try to narrow children's horizons and they mustn't be allowed
0:14:04 > 0:14:06to dictate school policy on dress or behaviour.
0:14:06 > 0:14:13Sima Kotecha reports from Birmingham.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16You just wrap it around like a long, long scarf.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18These teenage Muslim girls have been wearing a headscarf
0:14:18 > 0:14:20for a few years now.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Their reasons are varied.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26This is one way I feel modest because I'm not showing
0:14:26 > 0:14:29off my hair or worrying about my makeup or whatever.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32People who see me, they instantly recognise me as a Muslim and also
0:14:32 > 0:14:37if I see other people then I know that they're Muslim
0:14:37 > 0:14:39if they're wearing a hijab.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43But in recent weeks there's been a row over whether schools should be
0:14:43 > 0:14:45allowed to ban the hijab.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47In London the head teacher of St Stephen's Primary School
0:14:47 > 0:14:50was heavily criticised for banning girls under the age
0:14:50 > 0:14:53of eight from wearing it.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56She then reversed her decision because of the uproar.
0:14:56 > 0:15:02Now Ofsted has intervened.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Today, its Chief Inspector called on head teachers not
0:15:04 > 0:15:06to give into pressure from religious conservatives.
0:15:06 > 0:15:12There is a difficult line between respecting religious
0:15:12 > 0:15:14requirements, and for some wearing hijab post-puberty is seen
0:15:14 > 0:15:16as a religious requirement.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19There's a difference between that and cultural preferences and wearing
0:15:19 > 0:15:24lipstick and high heels might be one of those.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26The Koran, the holy book of Islam, says women should
0:15:26 > 0:15:29guard their modesty.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34The text is open to interpretation.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Some Muslim women choose to wear it, others don't, but there are strong
0:15:37 > 0:15:39feelings around whether young girls should be allowed to
0:15:39 > 0:15:40cover up in schools.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Here in Birmingham it's not uncommon to see girls who are four
0:15:43 > 0:15:49and five wearing the hijab with their uniform.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Critics say that, if its purpose is to guard modesty, it should only
0:15:52 > 0:15:53be worn after puberty.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56If not, Ofsted says that it could be interpreted
0:15:56 > 0:16:00as the sexualisation of young girls.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03All of our lives and all of our cultures...
0:16:03 > 0:16:06At one school here the head teacher is calling for more debate.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09It's not an equal practice.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Girls wear a headscarf or are expected to or they can when
0:16:12 > 0:16:15they hit puberty, but boys are not.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18So it's not an equal practice and you can't say that it is.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22So you have to be able to expect to have a
0:16:22 > 0:16:24really clear and open debate about these kind of things.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Some here argue that banning the hijab could
0:16:26 > 0:16:29itself undermine the right to religious freedom.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38One mother says sometimes daughters want to imitate their elders.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43Children can be quite stubborn and fixed in their ways. What can you
0:16:43 > 0:16:47do? Rather than have tantrums, you have to give in sometimes. If they
0:16:47 > 0:16:51want to do it, you know, and the school doesn't have any objections,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53I don't have a problem with them wearing it.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55In cosmopolitan Britain, where different faiths come
0:16:55 > 0:16:58into contact with western views, rules in schools can provoke
0:16:58 > 0:17:00controversy, anger and resentment.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Sima Kotecha, BBC News.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Our top story this evening:
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The Finsbury Park terror attack - a man's found guilty of murder
0:17:10 > 0:17:13and attempted murder after ploughing a van into a group of Muslims.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18And still to come:
0:17:18 > 0:17:20We're the Nigerian women's bobsleigh team.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23We'll meet the so-called Ice Blazers - Nigeria -
0:17:23 > 0:17:25and Africa's first bobsleigh team to compete in the Winter Olympics.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28And here on East Midlands Today at 6.30pm.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30The Nottingham woman who plotted to kill a king.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34A dramatic re-enactment of the sufragette era.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And if you think the police are looking younger these
0:17:36 > 0:17:37days, well, they are!
0:17:37 > 0:17:39We'll meet Nottinghamshire's newest recruits.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Why do so many older and vulnerable people find themselves
0:17:53 > 0:17:55going in and out of hospital several times a year, sometimes
0:17:55 > 0:17:57returning within just days of being discharged?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00A new report by the British Red Cross says one reason is that
0:18:00 > 0:18:03many of them don't feel safe in their own homes when they return.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05It's thought that over the past five years,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09hospital readmissions in England have risen by nearly 23%
0:18:09 > 0:18:14to more than 457,000.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16And the number readmitted within 48 hours
0:18:16 > 0:18:19now accounts for one in five of all emergency admissions.
0:18:19 > 0:18:26Our Social Affair Correspondent, Alison Holt, reports.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I'm a lot more pain today than it was yesterday.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Cheryl McNulty has chronic lung disease.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34In the last few months she's been taken to her local Ipswich Hospital
0:18:34 > 0:18:37as an emergency five times.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40She's then returned to a home where she clearly isn't coping.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44I get so frustrated because I can see what needs
0:18:44 > 0:18:50doing and I can't do it.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52You, like, have panic attacks because you think that you're
0:18:52 > 0:18:55going to stop breathing, you see.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Over the months, dust and dirt have built up,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59aggravating her condition.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03She also spent three years sleeping upright on her sofa
0:19:03 > 0:19:08because she couldn't get up the stairs.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10I was stopping halfway, with my inhaler.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15I just couldn't do it any more.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Hi, Cheryl.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Hello, love. How are you.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Today's report by the Red Cross calls for automatic home checks
0:19:22 > 0:19:26for patients who regularly end up in hospital.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Their visit to Cheryl picked up the difficulties she was having,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31and as a result work is about to start to make this
0:19:31 > 0:19:36a healthier home for her.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37She will have a dust-free environment.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41She will be able to keep on top of it all.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42We could help her get
0:19:42 > 0:19:45somebody in to do the cleaning and stuff like that.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Then it will brighten up her life and make her feel valued.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51With accident and emergency departments such as this one
0:19:51 > 0:19:54here at Ipswich Hospital under huge pressure, it's become increasingly
0:19:54 > 0:19:57important to tackle the underlying issues that mean some people
0:19:57 > 0:20:03are admitted as emergencies time and again.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06This was where Cheryl was turning up regularly.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Now a special team works with frail older people
0:20:08 > 0:20:10are soon as they arrive.
0:20:10 > 0:20:17I started looking into the history of why they are here,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21what's at home and what we might need in making sure they can go home
0:20:21 > 0:20:24if they are not acutely unwell, and what measures we need to put
0:20:24 > 0:20:25in place so they stay home safely.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27It's five months that we've had the community
0:20:27 > 0:20:28division within the trust...
0:20:28 > 0:20:30In the busiest winter the hospital has seen,
0:20:30 > 0:20:31the medical director says
0:20:31 > 0:20:33they have managed to reduce the number of people
0:20:33 > 0:20:34being readmitted to hospital.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37If anybody becomes unwell in the community, we can react
0:20:37 > 0:20:39and respond in that community setting, using the emergency
0:20:39 > 0:20:43department when it's needed but only when it's needed.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46And as such, it's a much more efficient setting.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Over ten days, Cheryl's home is redecorated, de-cluttered,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52and she has a bed downstairs.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57My breathing was so bad, when I go, and I'm hoping it's now
0:20:57 > 0:21:04going to be a lot better.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Councils who provide people who are eligible with care say
0:21:06 > 0:21:10support like this is vital, but the increasing squeeze
0:21:10 > 0:21:13on their budgets is making it harder to meet the demand for help.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Alison Holt, BBC News, Ipswich.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21The former Chancellor, George Osborne, is calling
0:21:21 > 0:21:23on the government to spend more money on education
0:21:23 > 0:21:25in the north of England to boost British growth.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Mr Osborne, who launched the Northern Powerhouse project
0:21:27 > 0:21:31while he was in government, says it's vital for the economy.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34His comments come as a new report says that northern pupils
0:21:34 > 0:21:36are on average one GCSE grade behind their southern counterparts.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Nina Warhurst reports.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Can you find whereabouts we live in England?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45See if you can point to it.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Six years old and a future mapped out.
0:21:48 > 0:21:54Children in Darlington do well at primary level,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56but come GCSEs and getting jobs, their life chances
0:21:56 > 0:21:58slide dramatically.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01If building a powerhouse means making the north a global,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05economic force, something isn't quite adding up.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Today, this former Chancellor was hitting out at the current one,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12asking him for new money and saying every northern business should be
0:22:12 > 0:22:14stepping into schools.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17What we're trying to do here is tackle a problem that has
0:22:17 > 0:22:19bedevilled this country for 100 years.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Which is, the South has done better than the North.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Now I would say there's nothing inevitable about that.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Let's talk about today's report because you're asking
0:22:28 > 0:22:30for £300 million of new money for early years.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33People will say that's pretty rich coming from the man who decided
0:22:33 > 0:22:37to close down hundreds of Sure Start centres.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40When I was Chancellor, we turned this country around to a place
0:22:40 > 0:22:42where lots of people in the North got jobs who previously
0:22:42 > 0:22:45were unemployed and we generated the money that is required to pay
0:22:45 > 0:22:53for your investment in your schools.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Can you see why people will say, "Isn't it ironic coming from the man
0:22:56 > 0:22:59who slashed public services"?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02You can see we turned around the economy, improvement in schools
0:23:02 > 0:23:04happened across the north of the England and the
0:23:04 > 0:23:05rest of the country.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06But is that job done?
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Of course not.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09That's because almost 21% of schools in the north-east
0:23:09 > 0:23:10are under-performing.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12That's three times the proportion of London.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Children from poorer backgrounds in the north on average score
0:23:15 > 0:23:23a grade lower in every GCSE than children who are better off.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25How are you finding the communications time on a Wednesday?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Businesses were today asked to follow the lead
0:23:27 > 0:23:29of Barclays who have more than 500 northern apprentices.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Why?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32To retain talent in places like Teesside.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37I think it was an opportunity that I was quite surprised to find that
0:23:37 > 0:23:40I didn't have to move away for because I think my kind
0:23:40 > 0:23:42of preconception was - you would probably have to move
0:23:42 > 0:23:44to have a really good career.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46The Government says it has stepped up by increasing
0:23:46 > 0:23:47investment, but they're also pleading for patience.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52This has to be a long-term project.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55It's about creating a strategic plan for the north of England, which over
0:23:55 > 0:23:57a long period will close all of those health,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59wealth and productivity gaps.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00We're going to do more division.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02George Osborne says the equation is simple -
0:24:02 > 0:24:05more government cash, plus more business investment,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08equals £100 billion of new money by 2050 and for families
0:24:08 > 0:24:10in the north it matters that the maths adds up.
0:24:10 > 0:24:18Nina Warhurst, BBC News, Darlington.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Nigeria has never competed in the Winter Olympics.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24But next week the country will make history by entering a female
0:24:24 > 0:24:26bobsleigh team for the Games in South Korea.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29They are the first Nigerian athletes to qualify for the Winter Olympics
0:24:29 > 0:24:35and they've had to raise their own money to get there.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Alex Capstick reports.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40We are the Nigerian women's bobsleigh team.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44We are the first team from the country of Nigeria...
0:24:44 > 0:24:46The first team from the continent of Africa...
0:24:46 > 0:24:49And the first team to be represented in the Winter Olympics
0:24:49 > 0:24:52in the sport of bobsleigh...
0:24:52 > 0:24:57..In Pyeongchang.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59They're known as the Ice Blazers, going where no
0:24:59 > 0:25:01African has gone before.
0:25:01 > 0:25:07Heading to a bobsleigh track at the Olympics.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11The opening ceremony, that would be really cool.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14We were just like, gosh, we are carrying the Nigerian flag
0:25:14 > 0:25:15in a Winter Olympics.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Gosh!
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Born in America, like her team-mates, Seun Adigun qualifies
0:25:21 > 0:25:24for Nigeria through her parents, and it all began in her
0:25:24 > 0:25:32garage in Houston with a home-made wooden sled.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Cool running!
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The exploits of the Jamaican men's team at the Calgary Olympics in 1988
0:25:42 > 0:25:43inspired a Hollywood movie.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48Comparisons are inevitable.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50It's really honourable, to say the least, that
0:25:50 > 0:25:5230 years later people are still singing their praises,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54and to say that we are along that
0:25:54 > 0:25:56same path of what people consider to be legendary.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58It's really humbling and it's an honour to receive.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Just over a year ago, Seun recruited two team-mates
0:26:00 > 0:26:03who take it in turns to sit behind the driver.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06They knew nothing about the sport and its risks.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09After going to Whistler, that's the fastest track
0:26:09 > 0:26:11in the world, it was like, OK, this sport is actually
0:26:11 > 0:26:12pretty dangerous.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14You know, like people can get seriously hurt.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Behind all the excitement, the fun, the global exposure,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19is a group of women who have no desire to be considered
0:26:19 > 0:26:20a novelty act.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Rank outsiders, yes, but they also want to be taken
0:26:23 > 0:26:26seriously in their bid to set a new benchmark for Africa
0:26:26 > 0:26:28at the Winter Olympics.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32People didn't think we had a chance to make it into the Olympics
0:26:32 > 0:26:35so I think when you talk about things like that, anything can
0:26:35 > 0:26:38happen and we are here to compete.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43The team know they are unlikely to become the first Africans
0:26:43 > 0:26:46to stand on the podium at a Winter games but they also know
0:26:46 > 0:26:48the Olympics is about more than just medals.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Alex Capstick, BBC News, Lake Placid.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Time for a look at the weather...
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Here's Chris Fawkes.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57And
0:26:57 > 0:27:03And that the moon last night. Yes, this was an amazing picture scent of
0:27:03 > 0:27:07a super blue moon in a shade of burnt orange. This taken from the
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Richmond Park area, you can see the London skyline hiding beneath the
0:27:12 > 0:27:17supermoon. Today our weather has been a mixture of sunny spells and
0:27:17 > 0:27:22showers and it's been a cold day. A clump of rain has been working in
0:27:22 > 0:27:26from Lincolnshire, further into East Anglia, close to the London area and
0:27:26 > 0:27:30will be clipping into Kent before long as well. Showers will continue
0:27:30 > 0:27:35broadly speaking in the same kind of areas where we have seen them by
0:27:35 > 0:27:39day. There the risk of icy stretches developing on on treated roads where
0:27:39 > 0:27:47we see in the frost developing but in towns and cities temperatures
0:27:47 > 0:27:50typically overnight between one and four degrees. Showers for eastern
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Scotland and England, but they will ease off as the day goes by. Some
0:27:54 > 0:27:58showers clipping western Wales and running into Cornwall, but for most
0:27:58 > 0:28:04it is a dry day with sunshine. With the winds light it won't be quite as
0:28:04 > 0:28:09chilly. Looking ahead to the weekend prospects, we have rain and snow
0:28:09 > 0:28:14coming our way for Saturday. It will often be cloudy with a bitter wind
0:28:14 > 0:28:18developing across south-east England. Saturday's forecast,
0:28:18 > 0:28:23outbreaks of rain moving in. Snow across the high ground of Scotland
0:28:23 > 0:28:28and Wales and the Peak District. What starts off as cold rain could
0:28:28 > 0:28:32switch to sleep, maybe some flakes of snow coming down as well but it
0:28:32 > 0:28:43is going to be one of those cold and dank days with temperatures
0:28:43 > 0:28:46struggling. Into Sunday, the weather becomes drier with cloud for England
0:28:46 > 0:28:47and Wales, bitter
0:28:47 > 0:28:47becomes drier with cloud for England and Wales, bitter winds in the
0:28:47 > 0:28:49south-east and the best of the sunshine across Scotland and