0:00:01 > 0:00:02International pressure mounts on Facebook over allegations
0:00:02 > 0:00:07about the use of millions of people's data.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Founder Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned to parliament
0:00:09 > 0:00:11to answer questions.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15It follows allegations that a British firm,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Cambridge Analytica, used data from 50 million
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Facebook members.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Of course individuals should be careful.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Of course they should think twice about who they're
0:00:23 > 0:00:26sharing their information with, but on the other hand it's really up
0:00:26 > 0:00:32to the companies to get this right and comply with the law.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34We'll be asking what impact the claims could have
0:00:34 > 0:00:36on the giant tech firm.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Also tonight.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42A Red Arrows Hawk has crashed at an RAF base in North Wales.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47Two people were on board - it's not yet known if they survived.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Expelled after the nerve agent attack - a plane carrying 23 Russian
0:00:49 > 0:00:51diplomats leaves Britain on its way to Moscow.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Cheaper fuel and food lead to a bigger than expected
0:00:54 > 0:00:56fall for inflation - it drops to its lowest
0:00:56 > 0:00:59level since last summer.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02And on the brink of extinction - the last male northern white rhino
0:01:02 > 0:01:07in the world has died in Kenya.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15England scrum half Danny Care admits they let the fans
0:01:15 > 0:01:17down after their worst Six Nations finish.
0:01:17 > 0:01:25But they're still aiming to win the World Cup.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41There's growing international pressure on the social media
0:01:41 > 0:01:44company Facebook tonight, over measures it's taking to ensure
0:01:44 > 0:01:47the security of the personal data of the two billion people who use it
0:01:47 > 0:01:50around the world.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52It follows allegations from a whistleblower that
0:01:52 > 0:01:57information about 50 million of its users has been harvested
0:01:57 > 0:02:00from the site by the British firm Cambridge Analytica and used
0:02:00 > 0:02:01for political purposes.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Facebook's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, was today ordered to appear before
0:02:04 > 0:02:05MPs to answer allegations.
0:02:05 > 0:02:11Here's our business editor, Simon Jack.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15In the information age personal data is the new currency s and we spend
0:02:15 > 0:02:18it liberally on social media platforms, how old we are, whether
0:02:18 > 0:02:22we are in a relationship, what our political leanings, this could be
0:02:22 > 0:02:26gathered an used. Cambridge Analytica is a company which does
0:02:26 > 0:02:30exactly that and it is at the centre of a storm that has rocked some of
0:02:30 > 0:02:35the biggest companies in the world. It starred with an app which invited
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Facebook users to do a personality test, 270,000 downloaded it. It
0:02:40 > 0:02:44collected personal information on them, their friends, their friends,
0:02:44 > 0:02:49friends and so on until it had info on 50 million user, but that data
0:02:49 > 0:02:52was passed to Cambridge Analytica, which allegedly used it to influence
0:02:52 > 0:02:57the Presidential election in the US, using targeted messages, a charge
0:02:57 > 0:03:02denied by the company. The UK's data Watchdog said she had
0:03:02 > 0:03:06concerns about the company for some time.These allegations are very
0:03:06 > 0:03:13serious, they came to the attention of our office some months ago and on
0:03:13 > 0:03:17the 7th March I issued a demand for information to Cambridge, they did
0:03:17 > 0:03:23not comply with that, so now I am moving ahead to seek a warrant so I
0:03:23 > 0:03:34can search premises and data. Separately Cambridge Analytica
0:03:34 > 0:03:37executives were veeblingtly filmed by Channel 4 on advice on how to
0:03:37 > 0:03:45influence politicians. -- secretly.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51Cambridge Analytica said it has been grossly misrespected.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Whether this tiny consultancy was involved in inflews the election
0:03:55 > 0:04:00there is an old adage which says that if the services you are getting
0:04:00 > 0:04:05are free, then you are the product, served up to advertisers who are
0:04:05 > 0:04:09convinced that highly targeted messages constructed round detailed
0:04:09 > 0:04:14personal information really work. Since the scandal broke, Facebook
0:04:14 > 0:04:18has seen £50 billion wiped off its value and the pressure on the
0:04:18 > 0:04:21company was cranked up today, when the federal trade commission
0:04:21 > 0:04:25announced it will investigate its handling of customer data. It has
0:04:25 > 0:04:30the power to Levy enormous fines. Facebook denied any wrongdoing,
0:04:30 > 0:04:35could this be a moment of reck cob for the way our data is used?For
0:04:35 > 0:04:41the first time things that people suspected have surfaced, thanks to
0:04:41 > 0:04:46the testimony of whistle-blowers, now we are finally seeing the
0:04:46 > 0:04:50leaders of these companies are being called to testify in front of
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Parliament. Analysts are dumping their stock as a vote of no
0:04:54 > 0:05:00confidence. This is a moment it will incentivise change.The facts of our
0:05:00 > 0:05:04lives have value. Mark Zuckerberg will have the chance to tell MPs how
0:05:04 > 0:05:08safely the information is kept. Simon Jack, BBC
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Simon Jack, BBC News.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Our North America technology correspondent Dave Lee
0:05:11 > 0:05:14is in San Francisco.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Facebook, a huge global company now, the pressure is mowning, how
0:05:17 > 0:05:23significant a moment is this for them?I think this could be a hugely
0:05:23 > 0:05:27significant moment for them, indeed for Silicon Valley in general. The
0:05:27 > 0:05:33mood here is that the era of tech self regulation may be reaching an
0:05:33 > 0:05:39end, we nuns the last hour, there has been a meeting at face book with
0:05:39 > 0:05:42employees but it wasn't chaired by Mark Zuckerberg or his deputy, we
0:05:42 > 0:05:48haven't here from either of them since this news broke on Friday.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Internally and externally as we have been hearing they are facing
0:05:52 > 0:05:56investigations on both sides of the Atlantic and the impact on the
0:05:56 > 0:06:02company's value has been to the tune of round $50 billion, so in the
0:06:02 > 0:06:05short-term, hugely significant and also as we are learning in the
0:06:05 > 0:06:08long-term it will have real impact on how this company does its
0:06:08 > 0:06:11business. Thank
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Thank you.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15A Red Arrows jet has crashed at RAF Valley airbase in Anglesey.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Two members of crew were onboard the Hawk aircraft -
0:06:17 > 0:06:18their condition is unknown.
0:06:18 > 0:06:26Our correspondent Sian Lloyd is at RAF Valley.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Yes, the Red Arrows Hawk crashed round 1.30 this afternoon shortly
0:06:34 > 0:06:39after take off. It was on its way back to RAF Scampton which is where
0:06:39 > 0:06:43the Red Arrows were based. Two people were onboard, currently we
0:06:43 > 0:06:48don't know anything about their condition. An investigation has
0:06:48 > 0:06:51already begun here, and this afternoon we have seen a great deal
0:06:51 > 0:06:58of activity, both in the skies and also on the ground. The air
0:06:58 > 0:07:00ambulance was called, an emergency ambulance was called to the scene
0:07:00 > 0:07:04and we have seen a number of police vehicles which have secured the
0:07:04 > 0:07:09perimeter here of the base. Now, later on this evening, we are
0:07:09 > 0:07:13expecting a statement, but the Ministry of Defence have said that
0:07:13 > 0:07:17they would not be speculating about any of the details, or the possible
0:07:17 > 0:07:22cause. It is far too early days for that.
0:07:22 > 0:07:29When we get that information we will bring it to
0:07:29 > 0:07:3123 Russian diplomats and their families have now left
0:07:31 > 0:07:34the UK after being expelled by the British government over
0:07:34 > 0:07:36the Salisbury nerve agent attack on a former spy.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38They left on a plane bound for Moscow this afternoon
0:07:38 > 0:07:41as the Prime Minister Theresa May chaired a meeting with
0:07:41 > 0:07:43the National Security Council to decide if further sanctions
0:07:43 > 0:07:44should be imposed on Russia.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Our diplomatic coreespondent, James Landale reports.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51It was dubbed 'expulsion day' - the moment Russian diplomats
0:07:51 > 0:07:54and their families began the long journey home from their embassy
0:07:54 > 0:07:56in London, sent packing after their government was blamed
0:07:56 > 0:08:03by Britain for the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Those staying behind gathered outside to hug their colleagues,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08wave goodbye and, yes, shed the odd tear, as the long
0:08:08 > 0:08:10cavalcade of coaches and cars left for the airport.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13The embassy released pictures of a reception last Friday,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15in honour of the 23 departing officials accused by Britain
0:08:15 > 0:08:17of being undeclared intelligence officers, forced to swap
0:08:17 > 0:08:19the attractions of London diplomacy for a new and perhaps
0:08:19 > 0:08:27different life in Moscow.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32At sunset, the Russian Ambassador shook the hands of the departing
0:08:32 > 0:08:35officials, spouses and children, as they boarded the aircraft home.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37His embassy said in all, about 80 people were leaving,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39in what is the biggest expulsion of Russian diplomats
0:08:39 > 0:08:47from Britain since the Cold War.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57In a tweet, he bade farewell to his colleagues,
0:08:57 > 0:09:02after what he called 'the hostile move of the UK Government'.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Morning!
0:09:03 > 0:09:04What's our next move against the Russians?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Today, ministers gathered to decide what Britain should do next.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Russia's already announced that 23 British diplomats must leave
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Moscow by the weekend.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12And the decision was to impose no further
0:09:12 > 0:09:18sanctions on Russia - at least, for now.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21The Government clearly wants to keep up international pressure and not
0:09:21 > 0:09:23get sucked into a bilateral tit-for-tat row with Moscow.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Today, the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, confirmed
0:09:25 > 0:09:27that the former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal
0:09:27 > 0:09:30and his daughter, Yulia, have been in a coma since they were poisoned
0:09:30 > 0:09:38two weeks ago.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42This afternoon, the Russian plane carrying its diplomatic cargo
0:09:42 > 0:09:43finally took off from Moscow.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44This weekend, British diplomats will travel
0:09:44 > 0:09:45in the opposite direction.
0:09:45 > 0:09:53James Landale, BBC News.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58The rate of inflation dropped sharply last month, from3 to 2.7 %.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01The price of petrol and food played a key part in the fall.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Economists believe the fall will ease the pressure on the Bank
0:10:03 > 0:10:05of England to raise interest rates.
0:10:05 > 0:10:12Here's our economics editor, Kamal Ahmed.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Mixing in a new ingredient, after over a year of rising
0:10:15 > 0:10:17inflation, today better news, a fall, as food costs ease
0:10:17 > 0:10:21and fuel costs drop.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Inflation can often start here, firms that make the stuff we buy.
0:10:24 > 0:10:31If their costs are cut, then prices for us often go the same way.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33There's not many costs that are coming down Down,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36but the two things we have identified are distribution
0:10:36 > 0:10:37costs for us.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39We've definitely seen those ease off, but also
0:10:39 > 0:10:40in digital and technology.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43A bit more upbeat maybe.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Were people in East London though feeling the effects quite yet?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48All the necessities you need to live, nothing's
0:10:48 > 0:10:51cheap - gas, electric.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54You spend more day-to-day on things that are going up than what you go
0:10:54 > 0:11:02to buy that's going down.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06For millions of people today's fall in inflation brings into sharp focus
0:11:06 > 0:11:09one of the most important issues facing the UK economy.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11That income squeeze, prices rising faster than wages,
0:11:11 > 0:11:12leaving people worse off month by month.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Today, a glimmer of hope.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15With inflation easing and wage rises strengthening,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18could that income squeeze be coming to an end this year?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Before 2017 wages were rising faster than prices, meaning that people
0:11:20 > 0:11:29were slightly better off each month.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Then last year that reversed, inflation rose quickly
0:11:38 > 0:11:41following the Brexit referendum, which saw a fall in the value
0:11:41 > 0:11:43of the pound and an increase in the price of imports.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Now the pound is stronger, inflation is falling
0:11:45 > 0:11:47and wages are catching up.
0:11:47 > 0:11:54Could those lines cross in 2018.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57The impact of the fall in the pound of course meant that imported
0:11:57 > 0:11:58inflation was quite high.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Thatle effect is fading.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Increasingly now we're seeing inflation coming
0:12:01 > 0:12:02from domestic sources.
0:12:02 > 0:12:10So higher wage growth in particular is driving up costs.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Inflation risk has not drained away and wage growth will keep mind
0:12:15 > 0:12:16focused at the bank.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Its signalled that it will raise interest rates in the next few
0:12:19 > 0:12:20months to control any future price rises.
0:12:20 > 0:12:26Kamal Ahmed, BBC News.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31Our top story this evening:
0:12:31 > 0:12:33International pressure mounts on Facebook over allegations
0:12:33 > 0:12:39about the use of millions of people's data.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Why this air ambulance team is heading to the is a haarwhere for
0:12:42 > 0:12:44the toughest foot race on earth.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45the toughest foot race on earth.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Coming up on Sportsday, on BBC News:
0:12:47 > 0:12:49We meet the man trying to take Anthony Joshua's
0:12:49 > 0:12:50heavyweight titles away.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53WBO champion Joseph Parker takes on the British fighter in just under
0:12:53 > 0:13:01two weeks in Cardiff.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Now, if there's one thing that can really unite motorists and cyclists,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07it is potholes and the state of Britain's roads.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10One in five roads is in a poor condition, according to new figures,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12and local authorities are struggling to fund improvements.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18The recent snow and cold has certainly not helped.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21The BBC's looked at data for roads - it doesn't include motorways -
0:13:21 > 0:13:24in England, Scotland and Wales and found that in England just 5%
0:13:24 > 0:13:27of them were deemed to be in a poor condition.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Meanwhile, 10% of the roads in Wales are in a bad way.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33In Scotland, more than a third of the roads are of poor quality
0:13:33 > 0:13:34or in need of inspection.
0:13:34 > 0:13:42Lorna Gordon reports from Glasgow.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Cracking, crumbling and potholes.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Look familiar?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49You don't have to go far to come across them.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52As you travel on our roads.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Well, dreadful, aren't they?
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Potholes everywhere.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Do you find yourself dodging them much?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Very much so, especially in the wet.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07My car and my van we've had broken springs due to potholes.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08They're just everywhere, you can't avoid
0:14:08 > 0:14:09them really.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12You just keep going over them and hoping you're not
0:14:12 > 0:14:13doing major damage to your car.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Hitting potholes could hit you in the pocket as well.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Can do suspension damage.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Damage to the tyres, which is the most common,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22where you will get weather bulge on a tyre or a nick or a cut.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23On this back one here.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Generally you will find it's on one side if it goes
0:14:26 > 0:14:29through a pothole on the near side.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Costly?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Costly.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Very costly as well.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35On average, about £100 is the damage damage per customer because this
0:14:35 > 0:14:37one's a bit more exes Spencive.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Expensive.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Going to be looking probably about £1,000 for the four
0:14:40 > 0:14:41tyres.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Many of us, whether in a car or on a bike, will have found
0:14:45 > 0:14:46ourselves dodging potholes.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Motor organisations say the recent cold
0:14:47 > 0:14:50snap will have led to some roads deteriorating further still to the
0:14:50 > 0:14:53point where the potholes are not just annoying and potentially
0:14:53 > 0:14:54costly, but increasingly dangerous too.
0:14:54 > 0:15:02Keith Ralph has cycled all his life.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06In January, while commuting through south London, he went over a
0:15:06 > 0:15:08pothole, was knocked unconscious and left with several injuries,
0:15:08 > 0:15:13including a bleed on the brain.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15When I came to a guy got me to the side
0:15:15 > 0:15:18of the road and apparently I was unable to remember my name, where I
0:15:18 > 0:15:21lived or anything.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Then I got popped into an ambulance and taken to
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Lewisham Hospital where I was dealt with quite swiftly.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Put on painkillers and had the CT scans on
0:15:28 > 0:15:29my brain, etc.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33I was there for two-days.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34From Silverstone to Suffolk, motorists have been
0:15:34 > 0:15:42recording the state of the roads and the damage caused to their cars.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Oh.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Across the country, from the centre of
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Leeds to leafy lanes on the
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Norfolk borders, there are now thousands of miles of roads that
0:15:51 > 0:15:58need fixing.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Those responsible say they are going as fast as they can,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03but warn it will cost billions to get them all back
0:16:03 > 0:16:05into a good state of repair.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Glasgow.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12A two-year-old girl has died after the car she was in plunged
0:16:12 > 0:16:13into a river in Wales.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Kiara Moore was pulled from the vehicle in
0:16:17 > 0:16:19the River Teifi in Cardigan.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Police officers say they're investigating the incident and have
0:16:21 > 0:16:22appealed for witnesses.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24From Cardigan, Tomos Morgan reports.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Kara Moore, just two years old, had it not been for the tragic events of
0:16:28 > 0:16:32yesterday afternoon, she would have been celebrating her third birthday
0:16:32 > 0:16:38a week today. It's understood that two-year-old Kiara was left in the
0:16:38 > 0:16:42silver mini while a family member went into offices nearby. By the
0:16:42 > 0:16:46time the family member returned the car car had disappeared. The police
0:16:46 > 0:16:50were contact and a search was under way. They believed the car to be
0:16:50 > 0:16:55stolen. It transpired that the car was in the River Teifl just yards
0:16:55 > 0:17:00away. The toddler was airlifted to the university hospital of Wales in
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Cardiff, but doctors were unable to revive her. Young families in the
0:17:03 > 0:17:07town today have been paying their own tributes by laying flowers by
0:17:07 > 0:17:12the river.She was a very lively little girl. Very smiley. Cheeky
0:17:12 > 0:17:18little smile she had all the time. She... Her and her mum were always
0:17:18 > 0:17:23together, always fun days out. And... She had a happy little life.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Short life, but a happy little life. Commenting on Facebook, Kiara's
0:17:28 > 0:17:33father thanked the work of the emergency services whilst also
0:17:33 > 0:17:39paying tribute to his daughter saying she had an "amazing but short
0:17:39 > 0:17:46life." It's unclear as to how the Mini came to be in the River Teifl
0:17:46 > 0:17:50as family and friends mourn the loss of young Kiara the investigation
0:17:50 > 0:17:55into exactly what happened continues. Tomos Morgan, BBC News,
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Cardigan.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Hundreds of disabled people are to benefit from an increase
0:18:01 > 0:18:04in funding for a scheme designed to help them into work.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06From next month, the maximum grant will rise to £57,000,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09money designed to pay for support workers and transport costs.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Our disability news correspondent, Nikki Fox, has more details.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Ben has worked at this large accountancy firm
0:18:14 > 0:18:17for more than 17 years.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Work is hugely important to me.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24I always had the goal of having a career, to have a job,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27to be able to support myself.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30He has cerebral palsy and needs this specialist wheelchair
0:18:30 > 0:18:32and his support worker, Mohamed, to help him do
0:18:32 > 0:18:33the things he can't.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Thank you very much.
0:18:35 > 0:18:43Ben relies on funding through access to work,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46a government scheme set up to help with extra costs like this.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49But in 2015 a cap was implemented and because of this Ben was denied
0:18:49 > 0:18:51the funding he needs to replace his ageing wheelchair.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55You feel that you battle so hard to be able to come to work and work
0:18:55 > 0:19:03full-time and hold down a job for the length of time that I have
0:19:04 > 0:19:07done and, in order to be able to do that, you do need support,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09and there seems to be a complete lack of support
0:19:09 > 0:19:12through the imposition of the funding cap and the way
0:19:12 > 0:19:13that it's managed.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Could problems like Ben's be a thing of the past?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Today the Government has announced an increase to the cap from just
0:19:18 > 0:19:20over £42,000 to £57,200, twice the average salary.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23But campaigners say any limit on the amount of money available
0:19:23 > 0:19:30will have a negative impact, particularly for deaf people.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Many need multiple interpreters, and that comes at a cost.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36The best way is to remove the cap altogether.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40What's most important is that people have access to the employment market
0:19:40 > 0:19:48regardless of how much that costs.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I think a slight raise in the cap, we'll still be facing and dealing
0:19:52 > 0:19:54with the same situation.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55There are lots of disabled people and campaigners that feel
0:19:55 > 0:19:57there shouldn't be a cap at all.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Would that not be something that you would consider?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01We've really carefully worked with our stakeholders and I'm
0:20:01 > 0:20:04confident that this level of support will meet the vast majority
0:20:04 > 0:20:07of needs of disabled people, enabling them to get into work,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11stay in work and make progress in work.
0:20:11 > 0:20:19So while I am sat at my desk during the day, I can move my feet.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Without this chair, Ben would be unable to work and he's spent
0:20:22 > 0:20:25thousands of pounds of his own money keeping it going.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27But the Government says it's confident he and many
0:20:27 > 0:20:29others will now be benefit from the increase.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Nikki Fox, BBC News.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37A 45-year-old male northern white rhino has died in Kenya,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40he was the last of his kind in the world.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Sudan was in poor health and was put down on Monday after his condition
0:20:43 > 0:20:46worsened significantly.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48His daughter and granddaughter are the only female northern white
0:20:48 > 0:20:51rhinos left, which means that species is now on the
0:20:51 > 0:20:52brink of extinction.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56From Kenya, Alistair Leithead reports.
0:20:56 > 0:21:02And then there were two - the last remaining northern
0:21:02 > 0:21:05white rhinos on earth, now that the last male, Sudan,
0:21:05 > 0:21:13has died of old age.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15A subspecies of rhino ever closer to extension.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18One is Najin, 27 years old, Sudan's daughter, the other is Fatu,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20his teenage granddaughter.
0:21:20 > 0:21:28The last of what was once a great species that roamed central Africa.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32This was Sudan and for the last few years scientists
0:21:32 > 0:21:34and conservationists have been trying to get him to mate.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37They even put the 45-year-old on Tinder as part of
0:21:37 > 0:21:39a publicity campaign.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42There was no other animal quite like him.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46It highlights first and foremost the fact that human greed
0:21:46 > 0:21:49and sometimes human activities that are not controlled can drive
0:21:49 > 0:21:52species to extinction.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56The last wild northern white rhinos were seen
0:21:56 > 0:21:58here in Garamba National Park, in the Northern Democratic
0:21:58 > 0:22:03Republic of Congo, but that was many years ago.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07They became extinct in the wild in 2008.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Well, Fatu and Najin are now the last two remaining
0:22:10 > 0:22:17northern white rhinos, and obviously they're both females.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19They are here under armed guard 24-hours a day,
0:22:19 > 0:22:21such is the continuing threat to these animals from poachers.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25They are now incredibly rare.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28There are only 30,000 rhinos left on the planet and Sudan
0:22:28 > 0:22:33was unusual for his kind, in that he died of old age.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Now it's up to the scientists and a never before tried fertility
0:22:37 > 0:22:39treatment in a last gasp effort to save these animals
0:22:39 > 0:22:41from extinction.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Alastair Leithead, BBC News, in northern Kenya.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51The television and radio personality Katie Boyle has died aged 91.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Now our first model is Reg, and he's wearing a navy blue
0:22:54 > 0:22:55suit and a peaked cap.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Well, no.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02She appeared in a number of TV shows, but was perhaps best
0:23:02 > 0:23:03known for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest
0:23:03 > 0:23:10for the UK during the '60s and '70s.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11Its paramedics, pilots and doctors save lives
0:23:11 > 0:23:15across the capital every day.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Next month a big team from the London Air Ambulance
0:23:19 > 0:23:22are taking on the toughest foot race on earth - the Marathon des Sables.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25They'll be running 150 miles across the Sahara desert,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28six marathons in six days, carrying all their own kit, to raise
0:23:28 > 0:23:31money for the air ambulance charity.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34And running with them will be former patients and families
0:23:34 > 0:23:36who owe them their lives.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40I went to meet them, and a warning, there are some flashing images.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44I remember wheels turning across me, and then I don't remember the impact
0:23:44 > 0:23:51as such, but I remember being on the floor, and really
0:23:51 > 0:23:54panicking because I tried to get up and I couldn't move my legs.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56She was deathly white.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01She had lost a lot of blood, she looked like she was dying.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Can you hear me?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Three years ago, Vicky Labrecque was cycling to work
0:24:04 > 0:24:12when she was knocked off her bike by a lorry.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Vicky, what we're going to do now, is we're going to give
0:24:18 > 0:24:19you an anaesthetic.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Her life was saved thanks to a pioneering medical technique
0:24:21 > 0:24:22carried out at the roadside.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26So we really need to then crack on and get her into the ambulance
0:24:26 > 0:24:28and get her to the Royal London as quick as we can.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I mean, if it hadn't been for the air ambulance then
0:24:31 > 0:24:34I wouldn't be here because they're the only people that do this
0:24:34 > 0:24:36procedure, and if that hadn't happened then
0:24:36 > 0:24:37I would definitely be dead.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40They managed to save her life, but the surgeon Tom Koenig wasn't
0:24:40 > 0:24:41able to save her leg.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Now, three years later, he will be part a team of medics
0:24:44 > 0:24:46and patients heading to the Sahara to raise money for
0:24:46 > 0:24:47the air ambulance.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Joining them is Vicky's sister, Marie.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50I'm forever in debt to this charity.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53What they did for me, Vicky and my family is incredible
0:24:53 > 0:24:54and they do it every day.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57It's going to be an incredibly emotional experience to be doing
0:24:57 > 0:25:00this big challenge with a team of people who saved my
0:25:00 > 0:25:01sister's life, ultimately.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Running alongside Marie and Tom will be another cyclist
0:25:03 > 0:25:05who also owes her life to London Air Ambulance.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06I remember it happening.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I remember going under the wheel, trying to get the wheel off,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11trying to speak to the driver afterwards to say sorry,
0:25:11 > 0:25:15because I thought I was going to die and he would have to live with that.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Chloe Baker, now a doctor, was a medical student
0:25:17 > 0:25:20when she was knocked off her bike 11 years ago.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23The pilot who came to rescue her remembers that day vividly.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28This patient was self-diagnosing herself and she, being a medic
0:25:28 > 0:25:36of some sort, knew what she thought she'd done, which is is really
0:25:36 > 0:25:38rare, and we'd never really heard of before.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40For Chloe, just over 15 minutes to get a trauma team
0:25:40 > 0:25:43service right next to her, I think that makes a massive
0:25:43 > 0:25:45difference to any patient in that situation.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Chloe now works alongside the team who saved her,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50and in three weeks' time they'll all be swapping the London chill
0:25:50 > 0:25:51for the Saharan sun.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54We will suffer in those seven days, but I think our suffering pales
0:25:54 > 0:25:56into insignificance when you think about the suffering that
0:25:56 > 0:25:58our patients suffer.
0:25:58 > 0:26:06I think from the first step to that very finish line, which we hope,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I hope that we will all pass together, it's
0:26:09 > 0:26:10going to be emotional.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11It will be great.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14It will be great to bring everybody home, and I'm thoroughly
0:26:14 > 0:26:15looking forward to it.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17The trauma surgeon Tom Konig, who's about to set off
0:26:17 > 0:26:18on a gruelling challenge.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Time for a look at the weather. Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:26:22 > 0:26:29Different in The Sahara.Certainly not 45 degrees.Today is the first
0:26:29 > 0:26:33day of astronomical spring. The weather has changed in time wem have
0:26:33 > 0:26:39milder, I want to emphasise the word "milder" weather for the next few
0:26:39 > 0:26:43days. Tonight it will be pretty chilly. The jetstream is broken up
0:26:43 > 0:26:46here. That means that things are starting to change in the
0:26:46 > 0:26:52atmosphere. This side of the Atlantic we are starting to see this
0:26:52 > 0:26:55strong winds putting in weather systems in our direction. That is a
0:26:55 > 0:27:00clear side sign that the atmosphere is reversing rather than weather
0:27:00 > 0:27:03systems from the east, they will come out of the west. The
0:27:03 > 0:27:09temperatures will start to rise. Relatively compared to what we've
0:27:09 > 0:27:14had. Tonight, lots of clear weather across the country. Good touch of
0:27:14 > 0:27:18frost around, even in city centres first thing in the morning on
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Wednesday. The weather going down hill, the jetstream pushing in
0:27:22 > 0:27:26weather fronts. From the word go for Scotland, Northern Ireland, pretty
0:27:26 > 0:27:32cloudy here. Rain to the Western Isles during the course of
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Wednesday. To the south the skies will clear over a little bit.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Temperatures up to 10 degrees. Despite the cloud in Belfast it is
0:27:39 > 0:27:45still up to around 10 Celsius I think on Wednesday. Wednesday into
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Thursday we see this plume of milder air coming in our direction. We
0:27:49 > 0:27:54could get into the low teens depending on how much sunshine we
0:27:54 > 0:27:58will get. Thursday the mildest day out of the lot, not necessarily
0:27:58 > 0:28:02sunny. We have a weather front bringing rain to Belfast, cloudy
0:28:02 > 0:28:07skies here. In the east and south it will be dry and brighter. Despite
0:28:07 > 0:28:12the rain in Belfast temperatures up to around about 10 degrees. Spring
0:28:12 > 0:28:16has kind of sprung. Kind of. Thank you.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19A reminder of our main story:
0:28:22 > 0:28:28Two people were on board. The RAF has said an engineer died in the
0:28:28 > 0:28:30crash. The pilot survived and is currently receiving medical care.
0:28:30 > 0:28:37That is the latest from the RAF in the last few moments.
0:28:37 > 0:28:57That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me