Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Six 20240713

Tv programme. Clive james, writer and broadcaster, famed for his wit and humour, has died. The snp launch their manifesto top of the list, a referendum on Scottish Independence next year. And fears that social Care Services wont be able to meet demand through the winter from those who need it most. And coming up on bbc news. More Champions League action for liverpool and chelsea tonght, both knowing victory would take them into the knockout stages. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The labour party says its obtained documents that show the nhs has formed part of talks with the United States about a trade agreement after brexit. Jeremy corbyn said the papers were proof that the conservatives would put the nhs at risk. The Prime Minister has dismissed labours claims as absolute nonsense. Heres our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg her report contains flashing images. A quiet entrance was the last thing he wanted. After a tough 2a hours, the labour leader hoped as dramatically as he could to change the subject. A51 pages. Brandishing what he claimed was new hard evidence that the tories secretly wanted to sell off the Health Service. Now we know the truth, whenjohnson says, get brexit done, it is a fraud on the british people. This is the reality. Years of bgged down negotiations, and our nhs is up for sale. The documents were then handed out by nhs staff, including labour members wearing their scrubs. The papers do show thereve been talks between the uk and the us about a future trade deal. They do show the us wants easier access to uk markets in all sorts of areas, including medicine, but they do not prove there has been agreement between the white house and the tories about privatising the nhs. In these piles and piles of documents, do you have evidence that uk ministers agreed that the Health Service should be part of trade talks . If you want to know whether ministers were involved in these talks or not, then they sanctioned the talks, they are obviously fully aware of the talks, and they are the ones that were declining to make the documents published and public. The government has said again and again the nhs would never be part of any trade deal, and the talks cover theresa mays time in office, not borisjohnson. But labour is determined to make this an issue, and tetchy about the other issue that has confronted them. It was just an opportune moment to get digging about something else. Whetherjeremy corbyn ought to say sorry to thejewish community about anti semitism, having refused to do so last night. Our party did make it clear when i was elected leader, and after that, that anti semitism was unacceptable in any form in our party or our society, and did, indeed, for its sympathies offer its sympathies and apologies to those that had suffered. A different tone, though, from his closest ally, john mcdonnell. I am really sorry, the way we handled it initially, because we have learnt lessons from that, and we have also invited people to say, if that still more lessons to be learned, come see us, and help us. Jeremy corbyn tried today to grab hold of this race for westminster, and, in a sense, that has been much of the essence of this campaign so far. Labour broadly behind, trying always to navigate to safer territory for them. The conservatives broadly ahead, but with their own problems, and nervous on the ground. We are under a lot of pressure. He is fighting an election after nine years of a squeeze on public services. Although the tories have promised more nurses, in cornwall. Do you have a nurses tree, too . They wanted to know if there was a nurse tree, as well as a magic money one. The nhs is in no way on the table, in the last but whatever, and this, as they say, is continually brought up by the labour party as diversionary tactic. The tories suspended one of the candidates after allegations of anti muslim language. So. Do you apologise for the islamophobia that has taken place in your party . Look, of course, and for all the hurt and offence that has been caused, of course we do. But even the subjects of an election are a Battle Ground as the votes begin to be cast. Lets speak to laura in westminster. This document that labour has been brandishing today, what does it actually prove . It shows america wants to have access to all sorts of different parts of the british economy, whether that is pharmaceutical or agricultural, all sorts of things, and they have been talking to british officials about that for some time. The document do show that drug pricing is one of the things america wants to discuss as part of a future trade deal that could happen after brexit. What they do not prove is the nhs itself as an organisation is somehow up for sale, and it does not prove there is some kind of plot secretly between the white house and downing street to make that happen. That said, it is clear the labour party is going to continue pressing on this issue because they believe the tories are vulnerable on public services, particularly on the nhs, after nine yea rs of particularly on the nhs, after nine years of a squeeze on public spending. The tories have repeatedly denied this again and again, they have ruled out the nhs being part of any trade talks in future. Explicitly they ruled out talking about drug pricing as part of a deal they want to do with america after brexit. This is exactly the kind of battle we are going to see and the rest of this campaign because the fight is intense and the clock is starting to take them seriously. Laura at westminster, thank you. Nicola sturgeon has launched the Scottish National partys manifesto in glasgow with a pledge to escape brexit and put scotlands future in scotlands hands. She says a second independence referendum next year will be a condition of her partys support if theres a Hung Parliament after the election. Among the key pledges in the manifesto are the eventual removal of the Nuclear Deterrent trident, powers over drug policy to be handed to the scottish parliament, and control over Employment Law to be handed over too. With more, heres our scotland editor, sarah smith. Nicola sturgeon is not a candidate in this election, but her party could significantly influence the outcome. If she ends up able to make demands, she has plenty stop brexit, a vote on independence, and much, much more. Vote snp to escape brexit. Vote snp to lock borisjohnsons tories out of office. Vote snp to take power into your own hands. Snp mps will never support a tory government, so to have any real influence, they need to do some kind of deal with labour. But labour say they would not allow an independence referendum within the first eu years of government. Referendum within the first two years of government. The snp want a vote next year. You want to be allowed to have a second referendum on Scottish Independence, youve said in the past that that should be in 2020 is that an absolute red line . Yes. He has to agree to that referendum being in 2020 . Ive made that pretty clear, and if i can explain why thats so important, obviously the timescale is important, to give scotland the chance to escape the mess that we will be in if we allow westminster to decide our future and be taken out of europe, possibly on a no deal basis. But theres also a really important issue of principle at stake here. Is it possible to see a deal wherejeremy corbyn concedes the principle that scotland can decide to have when their referendum and then you decide not to do it in 2020 . Well, thats not what im going to do, because i think it is really important for practical reasons that scotland has the ability to escape brexit and the westminster mess. If you did have an independence referendum in 2020, do you think youd win it . Yes. But you thought youd win in 2014. Look, of course, thats a guess, a gotcha question, i did think wed win, we didnt win, but im confident that we would win an independence referendum. But im not complacent about that. You say in any deal with jeremy corbyn, you want to scrap trident. What does that mean, does it mean removing it from scotland, getting rid of it completely within the first term of a labour government, orjust promising not to renew it . Well, firstly, the first step on that is not to renew trident at the cost of £200 billion that the estimate has been put out, but ultimately, yes, it is about removing it. Now, i want that to be as quickly as possible. On the question of timescale, and i want to be very frank and candid about this, i want that to be as quickly as possible. We are talking about Nuclear Weapons here, weapons of mass destruction, and safety is absolutely paramount, and that would obviously be a key consideration. The snp manifesto is full of ideas on public spending to climate change. For all the pledges that are in here about increased nhs spending or ending austerity, the snp know it doesnt matter how many votes they get in scotland, it doesnt matter how many seats they win in scotland they cant do any of this unless they hold the balance of power in westminster. Sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. One of the key seats that the snp is targetting in this election is ayr, carrick and cumnock in south west scotland. The conservatives took it from the snp in the last election in 2017. Thats after coming third in 2015 behind the snp and labour. But before the snps landslide victory 2015, it had been consistently in labour hands. Could the snp be victorious here again . 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been gauging opinion in ayr. This is a seat which has changed hands three times in three general elections, a small swing could see a change again. So in an area where voters allegiances have switched over the last few years, will the s ps over the last few years, will the s ps big pitch cut through . Over the last few years, will the s ps big pitch cut through . over the last few years, will the s ps big pitch cut through . I used to be loyal to one party. Can i ask who . It was labour and i switched to snp. Are you Pro Independence . No. Gas is also a former labour voter and he has switched in a different direction. I am probrexit, iwant brexit, i want out, i dont want independence either. How will you vote . The independence either. How will you vote . The conservatives, independence either. How will you vote . The conservatives, i dont like them, but if it is to get at the snp, i will vote for them. This constituency is exactly the kind of seats won by the conservatives at the last general election which the snp hope to take back this time around. They say they are the main challengers in every scottish seat which turned tory blue in 2017. Like this area and scotland as a whole this area and scotland as a whole this area and scotland as a whole this area voted to remain. Did you but remain or leave . Remain. Would you like another european referendum . Yes. Would you like another referendum on Scottish Independence . No. Because my son is in business i feel strongly about the european union. Stay done. I hope it is done and he will keep Nicola Sturgeon in check. This is an area with wealth but with its industrial and mining path there are pockets of deprivation. While stopping brexit and pushing for independence may be the most eye catching manifesto pledges, it is other issues for those at this social enterprise cafe at the centre there. We need to see some change, especially for people who are at the margins, people who are struggling to feed their families, because the Social Security system does not work. Who will you vote for . I will be voting snp. For many in scotland brexit and independence are the big issues dominating this election. If marginal seats like this one go back to the snp, it may strengthen their argument that scotlands future should be in scottish hands. Lord heseltine has again urged people to vote liberal democrat despite, in his words, being a proud conservative. But speaking at a Lib Dem Campaign event, the former conservative deputy Prime Minister did criticise the partys flagship policy of revoking article 50 thats cancelling brexit as naive. 0ur chief Political Correspondent vicki young has more. No prizes for guessing what the liberal democrats want this election to be about. They are banking everything on an anti brexit message. It started as a promise to cancel brexit without some of the vote if they won the election, a position described as extreme, even by some lib dem candidates. Today, former conservative deputy Prime Minister lord heseltine urged people to vote liberal democrat. We are talking, in the election, not just about our prosperity and living standards, we are talking about the sort of people we want to be. Even this ardent pro european is critical if their policy to revoke article 50. I think that was naive, because there was no way they were going to do it. The lib dem leader is feeling the heat after a poll suggesting a drop in support, and jo swinsons no longer talking about becoming Prime Minister. Obviously, many people look at the polls now and they are worried about a Boris Johnson majority, and that is why the liberal democrats ability to win seats from the conservatives is so important. In former lib dem strongholds like cornwall, the idea of stopping brexit without the referendum is getting a mixed reception. Im happy if it was cancelled outright, but i think, really, there should be another referendum. You would have to be very hardcore, i think, to vote that way. Because its not giving anybody a choice. Im a remainer, but i think people voted to leave, so we have got to get on with it. In the past, i have either swung lib dem or the conservatives, but knowing that they are going to cancel brexit, no way would i vote for them now. Lib dem strategists stated that their cancel brexit policy was an obvious next step given the partys strong remain position, and they insist it is going down well in the areas in lib dems think they can win, london and other towns and cities that voted heavily to remain. As one senior lib dems said to me, there could be 65 of people who hate what the party is saying, but they were never trying to attract them in the first place. Lib dems are still predicting some spectacular individual victories, even in places where they are thousands of votes behind, but veterans of previous elections are expecting modest progress, not a seismic breakthrough. Vicki young, bbc news, westminster. It has just vicki young, bbc news, westminster. It hasjust gone vicki young, bbc news, westminster. It has just gone a quarter past six, oui it has just gone a quarter past six, our top story this evening. A row has broken out over labours claim it has proof the nhs is at risk under a conservative government. And still to come, we look back on the life of writer and broadcaster clive james, whos died. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, ahead of tomorrow nights Europa League trip to astana, Manchester Uniteds max taylor speaks to us about his battle with testicular cancer one year on from his diagnosis. Nearly a hundred heads of Council Social Care Services for adults in england say they fear they wont be able to cope with demand this winter. Two thirds of social care directors responded to a survey from the organisation that represents them. 90 said they are worried they dont have the capacity to manage winter related pressures over the coming months, and 93 are concerned that if a care Company Fails in theirarea, they wont have the capacity to step in. Our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt has been to meet a woman in her 40s for whom the care system is a lifeline. Have you got my water bottle there . Thank you. Nina is 47 and has multiple sclerosis. She knows all too well the pressures care system in england that are reflected in todays survey. Shes onlyjust moved into this specially adapted flat, where she gets the help she needs. Thanks, tracy. But in the summer, she was living in a small room in a nursing home for elderly people. She spent ten months there because there was nowhere else for her to go. It was amazing how quickly i became sort of institutionalised, really, and used to the care. The person i should be in this bed is an elderly person with alzheimers or dementia, and i should be out in the community, living an independent and much more normal life. Now trying to live that more independent life, shes using her pension and money from selling her old flat to pay for the care she needs. It will run out within weeks, and nina worries her council wont be able to provide her with enough support. Ridiculously, i feel guilty for needing that much help, i feel guilty for asking the council for the level of help that i want, because i know that they havent got the funds. But it is help that you need. It is, its absolutely help i need. You know, me and everybody else with disabilities and illnesses in need of care want to live as full a life as possible, and i cant do it on my own. Demand from an ageing population, Staff Shortages and Financial Difficulties for councils lie behind the problems. Even with some extra government money, the people Running Services say the level of concern is unprecedented. I dont think ive seen it this bad, and i think this is a result of continued short term action, so rolling over of money or little bits of money for winter or here and there, and i think the cumulative effect of that over four or five years has led to this position where there is almost unanimity now about the worry and concern. Those worries are about a care crisis in england, but many of the pressures are felt across the uk, and for nina, the need to fix the problems facing her and many others is now urgent. Alison holt, bbc news. Tata steel has announced this evening that around a thousand jobs will go in the uk as part of their restructuring plans. Most of tatas workforce are based in wales. Tomos morgan is in cardiff tonight. Tatas future has been hanging in the balance for some time. But it is very worrying news for the workforce there. As you say, it has been a turbulent few years since 2016 win over 1000 jobs were to be cut in port talbot, thousands cut in 2016, a merger has recently been called off, and now these latest cuts here, so we know that last week 3000 jobs were going to be cut from its european workforce, and now we understand a third will be in the uk. As you mention, the majority of the uk workforce is based here in port talbot in south wales. Now they say that the majority of the jobs will be management and administrativejobs, but will be management and administrative jobs, but we will be management and administrativejobs, but we know that there will be some cuts to engineering and some of the skilled workforce, and what we dont know is how many of those will be based on its uk workforce, so no doubt some of those skilled jobs will be going here across the uk. There was a memorandum of agreement signed with tata, with the unions, that no skilled workers would be lost. Now, tata side doesnt preach that memorandum, but one union leader has said they will be fighting to make sure that they will robustly defend that agreement, making sure that the jobs would be secured in the uk for the future. Tomos morgan in cardiff, thank you. Three men who have all in their different ways made a huge contribution to british life have died. Gary rhodes, the celebrity chef known for his spiky hair and passion for british cuisine, has died aged 59. His tv work included appearances on masterchef, by by the way, if you are worried about the egg whites, why not make some meringues . His tv work included appearances on masterchef, Hells Kitchen and his own series rhodes around britain. Awarded five michelin stars during his career, he was known for reviving british cuisine. The director, writer and broadcaster sirJonathan Miller has died at the age of 85. He was suffering from alzheimers. A qualified doctor, Jonathan Miller first found fame in the 1960s comedy revue beyond the fringe. He was a giant of opera and the theatre, directing both, and presented a series of landmark bbc programmes. In 2012, he talked about his philosophy of life. The point of life is mainly connected with ones family, with ones work, and what is going to happen tomorrow, and perhaps three weeks time, sometimes six months ahead. And the writer, broadcaster and critic clive james has died. He was 80 and had been diagnosed with leukaemia and kidney failure ten years ago. He was known for his humour, erudition and wit in both his writings and his television programmes. David sillito looks back at his life. Hello, clive. Welcome once again to the bbcs first deregulated, lead free, self financing, fully sponsored tv programme. For your protection, the entire show has been pre boiled for one minute. Clive james, the tv critic who became a tv star talking about tv. If youve yet to see a welsh soap opera, then you must catch the bbcs pobol y cwm. The action in pobol y cwm is nonstop. British broadcasting corps, night training, sunday. But there was so much to him. He was a comic performer, a journalist, essayist, poet and a lyricist. I would classify me as a writer, because everything i do is based on writing, even when im improvising on tv, like now, im writing it in my head just before i say it. If its any good at all and thats what i do. His tv shows jumped between prime time entertainment. Hi, girls . And highbrow brain food. Born in sydney, his childhood became a bestselling memoir. When sydney was all there was to see, i couldnt see it. But now i can. He arrived in britain in the 60s and, as a student, joined the cambridge footlights. The giant toad having joined the water dwelling worms aboard the plastic pants, coffin number three is uncovered. In the 80s, we laughed with him at shows that British Television would then go on to copy. In our time, fame is everywhere you cant get away from it. By the end of the 90s, his tv career was coming to an end, but the words kept flowing. He rekindled his songwriting partnership with pete atkin. Touch has a memory. And then he was diagnosed with leukaemia. In 2010, and again a year later, he thought he was about to die. He was saved by a new drug. I was in serious medical trouble, and i got saved, and so this is spare time. And its very important to me, because i wasnt expecting to have it, and itsjust good manners to try and use it well. He could write about anything from commentaries on proust to an appreciation of eddie waring to this, his words on facing the end, hoping that he would live long enough to see the leaves emerge on a newly planted maple tree. Filling the double doors to bathe my eyes, a final flood of colours will live on. As my mind dies, burned by my vision of a world that shone so brightly at the last, and then was gone. Clive james, who has died aged 80. And as a tribute to clive james, there is a chance to see him again in conversation with mary beard. Thats at 7 30 over on bbc two. Time for a look at the weather. Heres ben rich. Good evening. If you have been with us good evening. If you have been with us for the last couple of evenings, we have been promising brighter weather ahead, it is on its way, but weather ahead, it is on its way, but we have got a bit more rain to contend with first. This is the radar picture from an earlier, heavy downpours in the south, persistent downpours in the south, persistent downpours in the south, persistent downpours in scotland, but the sum of wet weather across south east scotla nd of wet weather across south east scotland and north east england gives some cause for concern through this evening and tonight, potentially enough rain to give localised flooding, certainly some very travelling conditions. Away from these areas, northern scotland will dry from these areas, northern scotland willdry upa from these areas, northern scotland will dry up a bit, for some areas a fairamount of dry will dry up a bit, for some areas a fair amount of dry weather, the odd shower through the night, relatively mild, not as mild as the last few, but generally 5 9 degrees. So rain across eastern and southern parts of scotland, northern ireland, Northern England through tomorrow morning, sinking down into the midlands, wales and east anglia. To the south of that, holding onto sunshine and a few showers, sunshine re emerging across scotland, brightening up through the afternoon, but with a brisk northerly wind, with a few showers, and with an increasingly chilly feel, just 6 degrees in aberdeen is your top temperature, a sign of things to come, all of us getting into the speed of northerly winds and cold air to take us into friday morning. Quite a widespread frost, may down to minus three, minus four, not is called down to the south, where we will start the day with some extra cloud, may be a splash of rain. Generally for friday, things brighten up, we see some sunshine, showers for northern and eastern parts, wintry of a high ground, there was a high ground, those at the top temperatures, 4 8 degrees. We keep the chilly weather into the weekend, but mostly bright, a small chance of rain in the south for a while. Thats all from the bbc news at six, so its goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. This is bbc news, the headlines. Labour says it has proved that the nhs is at risk under a conservative government with documents dc shoes that nhs drug prices could rise. We know have evidence that under Boris Johnson the nhs is on the table and will be up for sale. We are absolutely resolved that there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation, the nhs is not on the table in any form. The snp launches its manifesto saying it is time to put scotlands future in its hands and calls for a second independence referendum. Tata steel and answers that will cut 1000 uk jobs. Referendum. Tata steel and answers that will cut 1000 ukjobs. Once again, there bbc self regulating, self financed programme. Clive james, the brighter and droid castor has died. The brighter and broadcasterJonathan Miller has died. The brighter and broadcaster Jonathan Miller has has died. The brighter and broadcasterJonathan Miller has died at the age of 85. Clive james the brighter and broadcaster has died. Now time for sports day. Hello and welcome to sportsday im holly hamilton. Coming up on tonights programme. Can the champions of europe make it through to the last 16 as liverpool welcome napoli while chelsea are at valencia. One year on from his diagnosis