0:00:07 > 0:00:10Hell on Earth - the death toll rises again near Syria's capital
0:00:10 > 0:00:12as government forces continue bombing civilians
0:00:12 > 0:00:15in rebel-held areas.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Around 400 have been killed in just five days -
0:00:17 > 0:00:19and hundreds of thousands remain trapped.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21TRANSLATION:Shame on you.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23This is just a little boy who wants freedom.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Why are you doing this?
0:00:25 > 0:00:31I don't know what to do.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34The United Nations Security Council is meeting tonight to try to bring
0:00:34 > 0:00:37about a ceasefire to get aid to those who need it.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Also on the programme:
0:00:40 > 0:00:45Senior Ministers gather at the Prime Minister's country
0:00:45 > 0:00:47residence to try to iron out the Government's strategy on Brexit.
0:00:47 > 0:00:504,000 jobs are to go at Centrica - Britain's biggest energy supplier -
0:00:50 > 0:00:57it says political interference is partly to blame.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Lecturers walk out at universities across the UK in protest
0:01:00 > 0:01:02at pension changes - more than a million
0:01:02 > 0:01:04students will be affected.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08And a leap into the future for the world's oldest commercial
0:01:08 > 0:01:10satellite station in Cornwall - as Goonhilly turns
0:01:10 > 0:01:12its attention to Mars.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News -
0:01:15 > 0:01:20Can Celtic make it to the last 16 of the Europa League for the first
0:01:20 > 0:01:26time in 14 years as they face Zenit St Petersburg in Russia?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Good evening, welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Around 400 people - many of them children -
0:01:48 > 0:01:52are thought to have died since Sunday on the outskirts
0:01:52 > 0:01:55of Syria's capital as government forces continue their bombardment
0:01:55 > 0:01:59of the rebel-held area.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02"Hell on Earth" is how Eastern Ghouta was described today
0:02:02 > 0:02:04by the Foreign Office as calls intensified for President Assad's
0:02:04 > 0:02:07forces to halt their bombardment of the area, where 400,000 civilians
0:02:07 > 0:02:11are still believed to be trapped.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Tonight the UN Security Council will vote
0:02:15 > 0:02:17on a resolution calling for a 30-day
0:02:17 > 0:02:19ceasefire so that humanitarian aid can be delivered.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Just a warning, our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen's report
0:02:21 > 0:02:29contains some very distressing images.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37More air strikes, more bombs and more casualties, it is not letting
0:02:37 > 0:02:42up. Armed rebels in eastern Ghouta have shelled Damascus. But enormous
0:02:42 > 0:02:46damage is being done by the Syrian Armed Forces and their Russian
0:02:46 > 0:02:50allies, deploying much more firepower in places where civilians
0:02:50 > 0:02:59live and die.
0:02:59 > 0:03:10Two sisters were in their home when it was hit.
0:03:10 > 0:03:19it was hit.Warplanes bombed out building.
0:03:19 > 0:03:29building. Now, look at home.Getting on for 400,000 people terrified by
0:03:29 > 0:03:33the sight and sound of aircraft, are thought to be in eastern Ghouta,
0:03:33 > 0:03:39which is the size of Manchester. The Syrians insist they are
0:03:39 > 0:03:44targeting terrorists but it's clear many children are among the wounded
0:03:44 > 0:03:51and the dead.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53and the dead. Improvised hospitals have been set up in cellars and
0:03:53 > 0:03:59basements during the years of war. Now, though, the medics are at full
0:03:59 > 0:04:06stretch. This doctor wanted to send a message to the people of Britain.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12TRANSLATION:We never wanted the war and we don't want to live under it.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16For the sake of our children who have been blown to pieces, for the
0:04:16 > 0:04:19sake of our children who have died of hunger, war we have seen every
0:04:19 > 0:04:23day has caused us to collapse and affected psychologically. We don't
0:04:23 > 0:04:30have anything more to offer, we are being led out.She was treating
0:04:30 > 0:04:3512-year-old Mohammed who was dying. His mother had been cooking
0:04:35 > 0:04:44breakfast for her family when three air strikes came in. TRANSLATION:I
0:04:44 > 0:04:48am here waiting for my son to die. At least he will be free of pain, I
0:04:48 > 0:04:56prayed to God to end his suffering.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Where are the Arabs?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Where are the Muslims?
0:04:59 > 0:05:07When my boy goes to heaven at least he will be free. I want to go with
0:05:07 > 0:05:12him.So many Syrians have died in the war. The killing is escalating.
0:05:12 > 0:05:19And once again the world is watching from a safe distance.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24Jeremy Bowen is with me. Harrowing scenes. The UN is meeting to agree a
0:05:24 > 0:05:29ceasefire to get aid in to those people. Is there any hope of one?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Let's hope so. The reports out of New York at the moment are not very
0:05:33 > 0:05:37promising. The reports say that the Russians are indicating that there
0:05:37 > 0:05:41is no deal. It's complicated because of course they are trying to do a
0:05:41 > 0:05:45deal for the whole of Syria, not just that particular, albeit rather
0:05:45 > 0:05:52large pocket, just outside Damascus. The thing about the war in Syria is
0:05:52 > 0:05:56that consistently over the years, and we have seen it so many times
0:05:56 > 0:06:01consistently over the last seven years or so, the violence, killing,
0:06:01 > 0:06:09bloodshed, events on the ground have outpaced diplomacy. I've talked to
0:06:09 > 0:06:13many of the diplomats involved in this. Many of them really are trying
0:06:13 > 0:06:20their best, tearing their hair out, trying to make some progress. But in
0:06:20 > 0:06:25a very intractable situation and in a place too where President Assad
0:06:25 > 0:06:27is, I think, from his point of view clearing a bit of unfinished
0:06:27 > 0:06:31business around his capital, you know, I'm not hopeful that the
0:06:31 > 0:06:36pattern is going to change right now tonight will stop Middle East
0:06:36 > 0:06:37editor, Jeremy Bowen, thank you.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Senior ministers are meeting at the Prime Minister's country
0:06:39 > 0:06:42residence to try to reconcile their differences over Brexit.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45They're trying to reach agreement on their vision
0:06:45 > 0:06:47of the UK's future relationship with the EU after Brexit.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50From Chequers - here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01What could break the calm of the country? Birdsong twittering across
0:07:01 > 0:07:09the Home Counties Valley. Spring's plucky early buds bravely making
0:07:09 > 0:07:13their way. The zooming arrival of the cabinet's cars. That's what.
0:07:13 > 0:07:20Darting into Chequers, hoping perhaps the rural piece might
0:07:20 > 0:07:26provide inspiration. For more than a year, this group have been
0:07:26 > 0:07:30attempting to hammer out a compromise. But for decades,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34arguably, the Tory party has been trying and not always succeeding.
0:07:34 > 0:07:40So, can they find one today? They are not just here to enjoy the
0:07:40 > 0:07:43outdoors. But for vital talks. In a week the Prime Minister wants to
0:07:43 > 0:07:48tell the rest of the world more of her plan for Brexit. The committee
0:07:48 > 0:07:52inside disagrees over how closely we should stick to the EU once we have
0:07:52 > 0:07:58left. Some compromise, not a dramatic breakthrough, is what to
0:07:58 > 0:08:01expect.If you look at what happened back before the December European
0:08:01 > 0:08:04summit there was lots of speculation that the Cabinet would not reach
0:08:04 > 0:08:10agreement. We all agreed a position, the prime Minster took to Brussels,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12and got a successful outcome and all of us in the Cabinet are determined
0:08:12 > 0:08:17to get the best possible deal for every part of the United Kingdom.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Every modern Tory who has had the keys to this place has had to deal
0:08:20 > 0:08:24with splits over Europe. Government insiders suggest, though, it's only
0:08:24 > 0:08:29Boris Johnson who is really likely furiously to dig in. One minister
0:08:29 > 0:08:32told me the Brexiteers today will be reminded firmly of the consequences
0:08:32 > 0:08:37of failing to agree. But there are nerves and suspicion on both sides
0:08:37 > 0:08:43in the Tory party and their outside arrivals don't expect much.It won't
0:08:43 > 0:08:47last and what our problem is is that in trying to deal with the
0:08:47 > 0:08:52government and being responsible as an opposition we never know from day
0:08:52 > 0:08:55to day who is in charge and what the policy is.The fact the committee
0:08:55 > 0:08:59has hidden away for hours tells you how sensitive this is and how hard
0:08:59 > 0:09:04it might be to find a deal. One former minister told me if
0:09:04 > 0:09:08everyone's happy at the end it's a fudge. For something genuinely to be
0:09:08 > 0:09:13decided someone will have to be unhappy. But there is a sense at the
0:09:13 > 0:09:18top of government now some political sacrifices needed in order to make
0:09:18 > 0:09:22progress with Brussels, even though Theresa May well knows there are
0:09:22 > 0:09:29some in her party who don't want to tolerate her giving any ground. Yet
0:09:29 > 0:09:33whatever is decided here it is then time to persuade the European Union.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Any negotiation needs compromise. The choice for government to knight
0:09:37 > 0:09:42is who has to give and who will take.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47And, Sophie, if this all feels as remote as this countryside location,
0:09:47 > 0:09:51two very important things to remember. These meetings are about
0:09:51 > 0:09:54whether or not the government can actually stick together when there
0:09:54 > 0:09:58are such divisions inside its own party. It's not likely but it is
0:09:58 > 0:10:01possible that one minister or two might be so cross about the
0:10:01 > 0:10:07decisions that they end up flouncing out. But more importantly than that,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11the decisions that are made or not made in the next few hours and the
0:10:11 > 0:10:16next few weeks on Brexit will shape the future of our economy, our jobs,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19and our livelihood, and our relationship in future with the rest
0:10:19 > 0:10:21of the world. Laura Kuenssberg, thank you.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24The number of EU citizens leaving the UK reached its highest level
0:10:24 > 0:10:27for a decade last year.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29But official figures also estimate that overall,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31there are still more people coming to Britain than leaving.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Our home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford is here.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41Ever since the Brexit vote as Mrs and politicians have been keeping a
0:10:41 > 0:10:44close eye on the number of EU citizens coming to and leaving
0:10:44 > 0:10:49Britain and today's figures did reach something of a milestone. In
0:10:49 > 0:10:55the year to September the number of EU citizens leaving Britain for good
0:10:55 > 0:10:58reached 130,000, that is the highest figure for a decade, the highest
0:10:58 > 0:11:03figure, in fact, since the financial crash. However, it is worth saying
0:11:03 > 0:11:08that at the same time in that same year, 220,000 EU citizens moved to
0:11:08 > 0:11:14Britain to work, and so the figure, the number of people who are moving
0:11:14 > 0:11:18here still out stretches the number of people leaving by around 90,000.
0:11:18 > 0:11:24Although, that 90,000 overall figure is the lowest since September 2012.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Why? The Office For National Statistics warns that the reasons
0:11:28 > 0:11:30people move around the world are quite complicated but Brexit may
0:11:30 > 0:11:34well be a factor and people we have spoken to who are leaving sake they
0:11:34 > 0:11:38are doing so partly because the pounds they are earning are worth
0:11:38 > 0:11:40less on the international market and partly because basically feel less
0:11:40 > 0:11:43welcome here.Daniel, thank you.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Britain's economy grew more slowly than first thought
0:11:45 > 0:11:49between October and December.
0:11:49 > 0:11:57The Office for National Statistics says the economy grew
0:11:57 > 0:11:59by 0.4% rather than nought point 5%.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02And the downward revision was due to slower growth in production.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Britain's biggest energy supplier, Centrica, says it's cutting 4,000
0:12:04 > 0:12:05jobs over the next two years.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09The company - which owns British Gas - saw a big drop
0:12:09 > 0:12:09in profits last year.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11It says political interference in the energy market
0:12:11 > 0:12:12was partly to blame.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17Our business correspondent Emma Simpson reports.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22It's been a difficult year for Centrica. Today, the hard numbers.
0:12:22 > 0:12:32Group profits down 70% to £1.25 billion. British Gas has lost 1.4
0:12:32 > 0:12:34million customer accounts and another round of cost-cutting, or
0:12:34 > 0:12:40thousand jobs to go, which the boss told me is partly down to the
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Government's looming price cap on bills.It is about competition and
0:12:44 > 0:12:49more customers but there is a third reason, there is a link between our
0:12:49 > 0:12:53cost efficiency programme and preparing for any price cap in the
0:12:53 > 0:12:57UK. We have got to be competitive and this measure means that we have
0:12:57 > 0:13:03got to drive more efficiency.And that's on top of 5500 job cuts they
0:13:03 > 0:13:07have already made.We need to have a long and serious look at this
0:13:07 > 0:13:11because we can't carry on losing these sorts of jobs, often in
0:13:11 > 0:13:16economically deprived areas at this rate of knots.The government says
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Britain's energy market isn't working. Customers are being
0:13:20 > 0:13:25overcharged. That's why it wants to cap the most expensive energy bills.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30Millions of British Gas customers are still sat on so-called standard
0:13:30 > 0:13:33tariffs and paying through the nose for their energy bills as a result,
0:13:33 > 0:13:37and so whilst today's results have been bad overall, I think those
0:13:37 > 0:13:42customers will be surprised that British Gas made a profit on their
0:13:42 > 0:13:46domestic supply business.It may not feel like it when you are paying the
0:13:46 > 0:13:51bills but the energy industry is in the midst of change from government
0:13:51 > 0:13:54intervention to new suppliers offering cheaper deals, savvy
0:13:54 > 0:13:58consumers have been switching, all putting pressure on the traditional
0:13:58 > 0:14:04big players. British Gas has already reduced the number of customers on
0:14:04 > 0:14:10its most expensive default deals. But will that be enough to keep its
0:14:10 > 0:14:16core customers happy? Emma Simpson, BBC News. The former boss of Save
0:14:16 > 0:14:19the Children Justin Forsyth has resigned tonight from his current
0:14:19 > 0:14:24role as deputy director of Unicef in New York. He was twice subject to
0:14:24 > 0:14:27investigation at Save the Children after concerns were raised about his
0:14:27 > 0:14:31conduct between 2011 and 2015.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale is with me now.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38Why has he decided to resign?Justin Forsyth was a very senior figure
0:14:38 > 0:14:43within the British aid world, a former adviser to Downing Street, he
0:14:43 > 0:14:46was Chief Executive of Save the Children and now in this senior role
0:14:46 > 0:14:50in Unicef in New York which he has just left. Earlier this week it
0:14:50 > 0:14:53emerged he had been subject to complaints by female member of staff
0:14:53 > 0:15:00when he was at Save the Children for what they called inappropriate
0:15:00 > 0:15:03behaviour and he says those complaints would love with in a
0:15:03 > 0:15:06formal process and he apologised then and apologises now. He says he
0:15:06 > 0:15:09is resigning now because of the coverage around this case which was
0:15:09 > 0:15:14damaging Unicef and Save the Children, and what's more he goes on
0:15:14 > 0:15:16to say, and I quote, there is no doubt in my mind that some of the
0:15:16 > 0:15:21coverage around me is not just to rightly hold me to account, but also
0:15:21 > 0:15:25to attempt to do serious damage to our cause and the case for aid. The
0:15:25 > 0:15:31key question of course is, has he gone before any other action taken
0:15:31 > 0:15:33by Unicef? They have some decent night in a statement, we are
0:15:33 > 0:15:37grateful to Mr Forsyth for his work over the past years and the way he
0:15:37 > 0:15:40has advocated for vulnerable children.James Comey thank you. The
0:15:40 > 0:15:45time is 6:15pm.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Our top story this evening...
0:15:47 > 0:15:49The bombardment near Syria's capital city continues as the death toll
0:15:49 > 0:15:50rises to almost 400.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The UN is meeting now.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55And still to come:
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Anti-depressants do work, that's according to scientists.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59We speak to one man who says they've changed his life.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:16:01 > 0:16:04No medal for Dave Ryding but he makes history with Team GB's
0:16:04 > 0:16:06first top-ten finish in alpine skiing in 30 years at
0:16:06 > 0:16:09the Winter Olympics.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19More than a million students at dozens of universities
0:16:19 > 0:16:21across the UK face massive disruption for the next month
0:16:21 > 0:16:24after their lecturers walked out in a dispute over pensions.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27The university lecturers say changes to their pensions could leave them
0:16:27 > 0:16:31£10,000 worse off every year when they retire.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33But thousands of students, who pay more than £9,000 a year,
0:16:33 > 0:16:39say they will demand compensation if their studies are disrupted.
0:16:39 > 0:16:47Our education correspondent Elaine Dunkley reports from Leeds.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54At Leeds University, lecturers out on the picket lane. Thousands of
0:16:54 > 0:16:59lectures have been cancelled across the UK, the message is gives us the
0:16:59 > 0:17:04pensions we paid into or there will be mass destruction.We are
0:17:04 > 0:17:08expecting things to grind to a halt really. Forms won't be signed,
0:17:08 > 0:17:13classes won't be taught, research deadlines won't be met. We are
0:17:13 > 0:17:20likely to use about -- lose about £10,000 a year. Vice chancellors
0:17:20 > 0:17:25earn up to £280,000 a year so I have questions about why the money
0:17:25 > 0:17:29shouldn't be coming out of their salaries and not out of our
0:17:29 > 0:17:34pensions.The universities say a £6 billion deficit in the scheme means
0:17:34 > 0:17:40it is not sustainable and can only be maintained by making cuts to jobs
0:17:40 > 0:17:45and research. Universities say they have offered a good deal but
0:17:45 > 0:17:49lecturers are not convinced. Currently we have a defined benefit
0:17:49 > 0:17:53scheme which means we put money in and we will definitely get a certain
0:17:53 > 0:17:59amount back when we retire. The defined contribution scheme means
0:17:59 > 0:18:03what we end up with in the pot will depend on the vagaries of the market
0:18:03 > 0:18:07and other things and it means we can't be certain of what we will
0:18:07 > 0:18:12have.Left unresolved, more lectures could be cancelled and exams
0:18:12 > 0:18:19affected. You're paying over £9,000 in fees, do you feel short-changed?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22The students support their lecturers but are also worried about their
0:18:22 > 0:18:27future. More than 80,000 students have signed for petitions calling
0:18:27 > 0:18:31for fees to be reimbursed.When we signed up to university it was
0:18:31 > 0:18:36specified
0:18:43 > 0:18:45in the curriculum we would have a certain number of hours of contact
0:18:45 > 0:18:48time with our lecturers. Anything short of that is a breach of the
0:18:48 > 0:18:50contract, of the £9,000 repaid. I think we should be compensated for
0:18:50 > 0:18:55that.I think it works out at over £1000 lost in contact time.How this
0:18:55 > 0:18:58is resolved will have a significant impact on the retirement of
0:18:58 > 0:19:03thousands of lecturers and the future of millions of students.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05President Trump says he will consider a proposal to allow
0:19:05 > 0:19:08some school teachers in America to carry guns in the wake
0:19:08 > 0:19:11of the school shooting in Florida last week which left 17 people dead.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13The idea is being backed by the head of America's
0:19:13 > 0:19:16National Rifle Association.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18But Wayne LaPierre also accused those calling for tougher gun laws
0:19:18 > 0:19:22of exploiting last week's shooting for political gain.
0:19:22 > 0:19:30Our North America editor Jon Sopel is at the White House.
0:19:31 > 0:19:37Plenty of pressure from both sides over this.Yes, if you are in
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Britain and hearing the idea teachers could be harmed you would
0:19:40 > 0:19:43think that most crazy idea you've ever heard but Donald Trump said if
0:19:43 > 0:19:49the potential sicko shooter knows a school has a large number of very
0:19:49 > 0:19:55weapons talented teachers and others who will be instantly shooting, the
0:19:55 > 0:20:00sicko will never attacked the school. That has received strong
0:20:00 > 0:20:03support from the National Rifle Association and it's been a debate
0:20:03 > 0:20:07going on in the US for some time but of course probably horrifies the
0:20:07 > 0:20:11young students protesting in Florida yesterday because what they want to
0:20:11 > 0:20:17seek is comprehensive gun control measures being taken. Donald Trump
0:20:17 > 0:20:21has also tweeted today that he favours improving background checks
0:20:21 > 0:20:26on those buying weapons, banning bull stocks, the semiautomatic
0:20:26 > 0:20:30rifles that can suddenly be turned into machine guns via this device,
0:20:30 > 0:20:36and also wants to raise to 21 the age at which people can buy a rifle.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41They may seem like baby steps to people who want massive gun control
0:20:41 > 0:20:45but in the context of American politics they are radical measures
0:20:45 > 0:20:50and will run into strong opposition from the National Rifle Association.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54So whichever way Donald Trump moves, he will find opposition on either
0:20:54 > 0:21:00side of him. He has a difficult tightrope to walk.Jon Sopel, thank
0:21:00 > 0:21:01you.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Anti-depressants do work and more people could
0:21:03 > 0:21:05benefit from taking them, that's the verdict of a major study
0:21:05 > 0:21:06led by Oxford University.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Scientists analysed data from more than 500 trials and looked
0:21:09 > 0:21:11at more than 20 drugs, and found they all helped patients
0:21:11 > 0:21:12manage their condition.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Our correspondent Sima Kotecha spoke to one man about his
0:21:15 > 0:21:16struggle with depression.
0:21:16 > 0:21:22There were times, you know, I felt really low, to the point I didn't
0:21:22 > 0:21:27want to be around anyone or anybody or have any interaction
0:21:27 > 0:21:31with family or friends.
0:21:31 > 0:21:39There were times when I didn't understand my position in life.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Jon needed help.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43He was struggling to cope.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46His doctor prescribed antidepressants.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I still think there's a lot of stigma around it, as to,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52you know, are you weak because you take them?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Are you are a nutnut because you take them.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I had an image of Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
0:21:59 > 0:22:02at the end when he's a complete and utter zombie and you lose
0:22:02 > 0:22:06something about yourself, something that makes you you.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09And that's what I was concerned about, you'd turn into zombie
0:22:09 > 0:22:12without any feeling.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15But the only way I can describe it is that it gives you a kind
0:22:15 > 0:22:17of buffer around some of the negative thoughts
0:22:17 > 0:22:19and your mind racing.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Today's report found that 21 of some of the most common antidepressants
0:22:22 > 0:22:24were more effective at treating anxiety and depression
0:22:24 > 0:22:27than dummy pills.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Those behind the report as well as other GPs say the results
0:22:30 > 0:22:36show that these tablets could help more people cope with low moods.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38For too long, healthcare professionals have been denigrated
0:22:38 > 0:22:42and slated for prescribing drugs that they know will work.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44So many patients tell us they work.
0:22:44 > 0:22:52We only want to do this for the best of our patients.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58It is not about fobbing people off, it is genuinely trying to help them.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00In 2016, 65 million prescriptions for antidepressants were issued
0:23:00 > 0:23:01and the numbers are rising.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03But some critics say depression can be solved
0:23:03 > 0:23:04through positive mental attitude.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06You say you've been on them for five years...
0:23:06 > 0:23:09The research also outlines which pills work best.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11However, the authors are urging people not to switch medication
0:23:11 > 0:23:14before getting advice.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Hopefully it made me an easier person to be around for my family.
0:23:18 > 0:23:26Yeah, the plan is, in regular consultation with my GP,
0:23:26 > 0:23:31to wean myself off of them.
0:23:31 > 0:23:39But that's got to be when the time is right.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Jon Crowther ending that report.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48The TV licence fee will rise for the first time in eight years
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall - set up almost 60 years ago -
0:23:53 > 0:23:56it's the oldest commercial satellite station in the world.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59And now plans have been announced to put it firmly on the space map
0:23:59 > 0:24:02by turning it into a space communication base to track missions
0:24:02 > 0:24:04to the moon and Mars.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Jon Kay reports from Cornwall.
0:24:08 > 0:24:15We are hoping it will be a nice clear night for stargazing and until
0:24:15 > 0:24:18now if we wanted to have a communication with a mission out
0:24:18 > 0:24:23there, we had to use communication bases that belonged to Nasa or the
0:24:23 > 0:24:30European Space Agency, but in the future if all goes to plan we will
0:24:30 > 0:24:33be able to use this dish which will connect the UK and Cornwall with
0:24:33 > 0:24:36outer space like never before.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38NEWSREEL: Upon the fantastic dish aerial of Cornwall's
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Goonhilly Downs...
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Since the 1960s, Goonhilly has been making history,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45like receiving the first pictures from the Telstar satellite.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47..Goonhilly marks an impressive step forward in
0:24:47 > 0:24:51international communication.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And now this Earth Station will be the first place in Britain
0:24:54 > 0:24:55which can direct missions into deep space.
0:24:55 > 0:25:01This is Goonhilly dish number six.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04This antenna is 32 metres in diameter...
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Also known as Merlin.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It rotates 360 degrees...
0:25:08 > 0:25:11This one was built in the 1980s.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14It beamed Live Aid around the world, but now an £8 million upgrade means
0:25:14 > 0:25:20it will be able to do much, much more.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23We will be able to send commands to spacecraft around the moon
0:25:23 > 0:25:25and around Mars, and also receive data coming back from
0:25:25 > 0:25:27the moon and Mars.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30So in 2020 when a Mars rover is on the surface
0:25:30 > 0:25:33of Mars and detects life, we could send that data back and be
0:25:33 > 0:25:35received by this antenna here.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Direct to Cornwall? Direct to Cornwall.
0:25:39 > 0:25:45And Cornwall's ambitions to join the space race don't end here.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Newquay airport.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Today passengers were flying to Dublin and Manchester, but soon it
0:25:51 > 0:25:52could be much further.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Because this county, which relies on tourism, wants to take
0:25:55 > 0:26:00things to the next level.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04The airport is bidding to turn its two-mile runway
0:26:04 > 0:26:06into a commercial spaceport, hoping for a share of
0:26:06 > 0:26:10a multi-billion pound industry.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12The millions for Goonhilly are coming from the local enterprise
0:26:12 > 0:26:15partnership, and some ask if it's the best use
0:26:15 > 0:26:19of public money right now.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21One local baker delivering space-themed pasties
0:26:21 > 0:26:27today believes this poor county needs to aim for the stars.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30The perception of Cornwall from a lot of people
0:26:30 > 0:26:31is that it's a beautiful
0:26:31 > 0:26:33place, which it undoubtedly is, but we also need
0:26:33 > 0:26:35a thriving future for people.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37It would be great to see better high-tech jobs being created
0:26:37 > 0:26:39in a very much a long-term project.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40More customers for you.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42That would be nice.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Pasties and a giant dish.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46The new Cornwall.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50John Kay, BBC News, Goonhilly.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Here's Stav Danaos.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Here's Stav Danaos.
0:26:56 > 0:27:03It got really cold again today. You are right and it's set to get
0:27:03 > 0:27:09much colder as we go into next week. This is the map of Europe. The cold
0:27:09 > 0:27:14air pouring out of Siberia will be reaching our shores as we head into
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Monday and Tuesday. It will be bitterly cold, far colder than it
0:27:17 > 0:27:23was today and it will be at the weekend too. We have high pressure
0:27:23 > 0:27:28dominating the scene so it will be largely dry tonight, so some lengthy
0:27:28 > 0:27:33clear spells and temperatures will plummet away, colder than last night
0:27:33 > 0:27:38with a widespread sharp frost. Down to minus five Celsius. We start
0:27:38 > 0:27:44tomorrow morning with a cold, frosty note but there should be areas of
0:27:44 > 0:27:49sunshine, in Northern Ireland, parts of central and eastern England. A
0:27:49 > 0:27:55breeze from the south-east will take the edge off the temperatures. We
0:27:55 > 0:27:58continue with this big area of high pressure which will be importing the
0:27:58 > 0:28:04cold air off the near continent so things colder still at the weekend,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08but this high pressure keeping rain bearing weather fronts at bay in the
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Atlantic. It should be largely dry and the theme for the weekend is
0:28:11 > 0:28:18more in the way of sunshine, and on into the start of next week too. A
0:28:18 > 0:28:23lot of sunshine around, but cold at four Celsius. That is a similar
0:28:23 > 0:28:28picture as we head into Sunday. Temperatures just a couple of
0:28:28 > 0:28:32degrees above freezing, the same on Tuesday, and the chance of some snow
0:28:32 > 0:28:36pushing in from the east as well but uncertainty as to where that will
0:28:36 > 0:28:41fall so stay tuned to the weather forecast. To sum up, bitterly cold,
0:28:41 > 0:28:42widespread frost and the
0:28:42 > 0:28:43forecast. To sum up, bitterly cold, widespread frost and the chance of
0:28:43 > 0:28:45smoke too. And that is all