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Publicly for the first time about his ordeal. Ijust had one voice in my head saying, dont go down, dont go down, and i wasjust swinging all over the place. And the author michael bond, the man who created paddington bear, has died at the age of 91. Coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News, Johanna Konta powers ahead with a victory over the romanian. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. For 28 years, they have fought for justice for the 96 liverpool fans who died At Hillsborough Stadium in 1989. Today the victims families applauded when they finally heard that six men would Face Criminal Charges for their roles in britains worst sporting tragedy. Among them, the policeman who was match commander on the day former Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield. He faces charges of manslaughter by Gross Negligence. And former South Yorkshire police Chief Constable sir Norman Bettison has been charged with misconduct he said he was disappointed and would defend his innocence. Judith moritz is in warrington. Yes, and you may remember that when the Hillsborough Inquests finished last year the jury concluded that the 96 liverpool fans who died At Hillsborough were unlawfully killed, but of course an inquest is not a criminal trial. No one was convicted then of any offence, and so the announcement of prosecutions today extends the long legaljourney for the bereaved families and survivors. As you say, they have been fighting for nearly three decades. Today came the news that they will see yet more court appearances. The First Defendant is due to appear before the magistrates in august. Theyve had enquiries, inquests and investigations but the Hillsborough Families have never had public criminal prosecutions. They have waited almost 30 years for this moment. We got absolutely everything today we could have asked for. We look forward to the due process to the courts of law. David duckenfield will face prosecution. There is sufficient evidence to charge David Duckenfield with the manslaughter by Gross Negligence of 95 men, women and children. The match commander ordered the opening of an exit gate through which the fans poured onto overcrowded terraces. He is charged with the manslaughter of all but one of the victims. Tony bland died too late to be included in the charges. In the years after hillsborough, Norman Bettison rose through the ra nks Norman Bettison rose through the ranks to become Chief Constable of liverpool. He said he is disappointed to be charged and will vigorously defend his innocence. Andrew brooks was one of those killed At Hillsborough. He was 26. His sister louise has long campaigned for justice, and his sister louise has long campaigned forjustice, and was in warrington today to hear that charges will be brought. Its another event where my parents. They have not been alive to see it oi they have not been alive to see it or do hear it, and its Notjust My Pa rents, or do hear it, and its Notjust My Parents, its other Hillsborough Families who have gone to their graves never seeing today. The families were told the 23 suspects we re families were told the 23 suspects were originally considered for prosecution. In the event, six will face trial. Graham mackrell was the Sheffield Wednesday Company Secretary responsible for safety and is accused of failing to carry out his duties. Peter metcalf was the Solicitor Acting for South Yorkshire police. He is charged with perverting the course ofjustice in relation to amendments made to police statements. At home today, he would not answer questions. No comment. Former Chief Superintendent donald denton, in the middle here, is also charged with perverting the course of justice, said is also charged with perverting the course ofjustice, said to have overseen the process of altering the statements. Former inspector alan foster faces the same charge, accused of being central to the process of changing statements. Nobody from the Ambulance Service is facing charges and no organisation will face corporate charges over hillsborough, which has disappointed some. A mixed bag. A couple of names we didnt expect and a few that we think have been omitted. There will be six people facing criminal charges who might not have done if we hadnt have been resilient and all stuck together and fought this long fight. This professor has spent yea rs long fight. This professor has spent years working to expose what happened At Hillsborough, and says the passage of time must have had an effect on the number of charges. we had had the kind of investigation then that we have had now, and the kind of attention paid to the detail of prosecutable charges then as we have now i think we would see a lot more prosecutions. The youngest to die At Hillsborough was just ten yea rs die At Hillsborough was just ten years old. The oldest was a pensioner. They were all unlawfully killed. There have long been calls forjustice. Now, nearly 30 years after they died, those said to be responsible to face trial, and the prospect of jail. Responsible to face trial, and the prospect ofjail. Judith moritz, bbc news, warrington. Police say they now believe at least 80 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire, but the real figure may not be known until the end of the year. Its been revealed that almost all of the people who died or are missing were injust 23 of the tower blocks i29 flats. And police say that the intense heat of the fire means that tragically some people may never be identified. Heres our special correspondent lucy manning you may find parts of her report distressing. 23 flats where no one has been found. 23 flats in this charred sheu found. 23 flats in this charred shell of a building, for police now presume no one has survived. Sajad rushed home with his sister as the building bird. His mother made it out of the third floor, but the family are still suffering. Is the building burned. My sister, my mum, myself, we need immediate help. He hasjust had bad news about his sister. Is your sister 0k . She is dizzy at the moment. The ambulance should be nearby. I think they will ta ke should be nearby. I think they will take her to hospital. |j should be nearby. I think they will take her to hospital. I am honestly begging for help. I dont think it is really fairfor us begging for help. I dont think it is really fair for us to beg for help. We dont deserve that kind of life. He is gathering his own list of survivors, one of many here who just does not believe the information from the police. |j just does not believe the information from the police. I do not believe the official figures. I really wa nt not believe the official figures. I really want to know what happened to my best friend. I really want to know what happened to my neighbour. The police did get a lot more detail today, much of it hard to contemplate. From the 23 flats were no one has been found, 26 999 calls we re no one has been found, 26 999 calls were made during that night. The residents of the block started to move up to escape the flames, and it is thought many of them did gather in one flat. The police now say it will take them until at least the end of the year to be sure how many people died here. Weve looked at many evidence gathered by the local community and also by other companies, such as fast food delivery companies. We are going everywhere to try and get a true number, andi everywhere to try and get a true number, and i believe that number will rise. For the survivors, there is still too much to feel sad and angry about. The Housing Minister confronted. I want permanent accommodation. If you dont give me permanent accommodation, im not going to accept it. Im notjust going to accept it. Im notjust going to accept it. Im notjust going to take any hows you give me. If you give me a host i dont want, im not going to take it. What we are guaranteeing is that they will have an offer of a home with a three week period. Have an offer of a home with a threeweek period. The inquest today heard about the death of syrian refugee Mohammed Al Haj ali, found the building. Mother and daughter found on the 17th floor. A taxi driver, found outside the tower. The 77 year old who died on the 11th floor. Eight year old malak and her sister, little lina, just a baby. Malak and lina and her parents were buried yesterday. Lina, the youngest victim of this fire. She had lived forjust six months. And she died in her mothers arms. Lucy manning, bbc news, west london. Two Cabinet Ministers have appeared to suggest today that the Public Sector pay cap of i should be reviewed. Labour are forcing a commons vote tonight on the Public Sector pay cap, which has been in place since 2013. Theyre calling on the government to abandon the limit in what will be the first parliamentary test for theresa may since she failed to win an outright majority at the general election. Heres our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg her report contains flashing images. Governing feels a bit like a Work In Progress right now. Almost with each new day in this new era, hints more of the tories plans will simply disappear. Is it time to lift the pay cap . Excuse me, thanks very much. 0ther ministers were willing to say, to hint, that the limit on Public Sector pay will disappear. Well, we have had to take some tough decisions and in the wake of the general election we are going to have to think through what we do come the next budget. This is obviously something we have to consider, not just for the army, but right across the Public Sector as a whole. Chanting what do we want . Fair pay nurses, teachers, most Public Sector workers in england and wales and Northern Ireland have been limited to i pay rises for five years now. Scrap the cap it was meant to save £5 billion by 2020. To help close the gap between what the government takes in from our taxes and it spends. Scrapping the cap was a big part of labours collection campaign. Questions to the Prime Minister with the first Prime Ministers questions since, nearly every Labour Frontbencher had the message pinned to their chest. The Public Sector pay cap is hitting recruitment and retention right across the Public Sector. But one of the architects of the original plan thinks now it is time that the protests were heard. We have seen the Public Sector fall back into the position where many Public Sector workers are now paid less well than comparable people in the private sector. And therefore gradually you have to adapt to that reality by doing something about Public Sector pay. Using their new found forced to get rid of the cap would be a huge win for this gaggle of labour, with all its new mps. The party is forcing a vote tonight to try to do just that. Despite ministers public hints, by Late Afternoon number ten said that nothing had changed. 0ne Cabinet Minister told me theyjust dont know what they are yet going to do. But carry on with the cap, the government looks deaf to concerns they have themselves acknowledged. Ditch it, though, and it costs the taxpayer billions. 0r Make No Decision the alternative is confusion, perhaps for many more months. People up and down this country want an end to austerity, they want an end to Public Sector pay freezes. And it looked as though this morning the government was starting to move on this. That nothing has changed is really worrying and should send out alarm bells to conservative mps that thought they could change something. Numbers 10 and 11 said there is no difference in their positions despite suggestions the treasury was less than impressed. But the problem of Public Sector pay for the main resident of this street added to the list. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. Well, tonights vote comes amid signs that Public Attitudes to pay and taxation are changing. The annual survey of Public Opinion shows that nearly half of us now want higher taxes to pay for more spending on health, education and social benefits. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. Chanting no Public Sector cuts it has been a clash of cultures. Chanting no Public Sector cuts on one anger at Public Sector cuts. Because of our plan, things are getting better. But there is still a long way to go. And on the other a government, past and present, which says we must fix the public finances. I have come to ealing in west london. Before the election this was a marginal seat. With the conservatives just a few hundred votes behind labour. Now it is safe labour. Thousands turned out for the local candidate. Does that mean that voters want more taxes or want more Public Spending . Im here to find out. I earn in the top tax bracket. Do you think you should be paying more tax . I think i should be paying more tax, absolutely. I would pay more tax i do not have children myself, but so that i know that children are going to better schools. Would i want to pay more taxes . No, i would rather see the taxes that we are paying spent more efficiently. I already pay enough tax. This is the big tax and spending debate, and attitudes are certainly changing. In 2010 32 of people questioned supported increasing taxes and spending more. That figure has risen to 48 . At the same time those who support keeping tax and spending at the same level has fallen, from 56 to 44 . That significant shift comes as austerity has bitten. Government spending as a share of Overall Economic wealth has declined. And taxes have also increased. The question now, could they go higher . If you want something that is a game changer, something that is going to result in you having tens of billions of pounds of additional revenue to spend, you cant just do that from the rich or indeed just from companies. You have to have a broader based increase in tax as we see actually in many other competitor countries which have higher levels of spending and higher levels of tax. Today a hint the Public Sector pay cap could be reviewed, but everyone percent pay increase could cost £2 billion. Increasing spending might be popular, but take care. In principle if you increase spending, you will increase growth, at least in the short term. But it is very important to think about what that spending is going on. Because that will influence the longer term Growth Prospects of the economy. Plenty of people might want a change of direction, but the big question to answer, who is going to pay for it . Kamal ahmed, bbc news. Our top story this evening six people are told they Face Criminal Charges for their role in the hillsborough disaster. It left 96 people dead. And still to come we look back at the life of the creator of paddington bear, michael bond, whos died. Coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News british taekwondo historys been made with Bianca Walkden successfully defending her title with victory over american Jackie Galloway at the World Championships in south korea. A Police Officer who was repeatedly stabbed during the London Bridge terror attack has been speaking publicly about his ordeal for the first time. 38 year old pc Wayne Marques is a british transport Police Officer. He was one of the first on the scene as the three men carried out their attack on the bridge on june the 3rd. All he had to protect himself with was a baton. But he launched himself at all three of them to try to protect others, as our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. Clear the area now it wasjust after ten on the 3rd ofjune when three men started their attack on London Bridge. Pc Wayne Marques of the British Transport Police had just come on shift and walked out into the scene of chaos. |j just come on shift and walked out into the scene of chaos. I am about to get my radiohead and i hear a Woman Screaming to get my radiohead and i hear a Woman Screaming and when i look i see a woman, a young lady, and she has been attacked. Then he told me before he had collected his thoughts he saw a man knocked to the ground and an Knife Man Standing behind him. He was on the floor, screaming for his life, and the first attacker stands over him, attacking him. I ta ke stands over him, attacking him. I take my baton with my right hand like a racket and i Take A Deep Breath and i charge him. I try to ta ke breath and i charge him. I try to take the first one out and i swing as hard as i can, with everything behind it, iaimed as hard as i can, with everything behind it, i aimed straight at his head. While i frightened the first one, i got a massive whack to the side of my head. I felt metal, i thought maybe it was a bar at first. Afterwards i realised it was an knife. He was temporarily blinded in one eye. The first attacker was still on the floor, but the second attacker was joined by a third. Still on the floor, but the second attacker was joined by a thirdlj was fighting the two of them and while i am fighting my left leg sta rts while i am fighting my left leg starts wobbling and i am thinking, what is wrong with my leg . And i looked down and i see there is an knife in the side of my leg. He fought all three men off before collapsing and being taken to hospital, but he had bought crucial time, allowing people to escape, reducing the time the attackers had before they were shot by armed officers. I would just like to think that i did what i did to keep the people that i saw being attacked and being hurt, keep them alive, keep them out of danger as best as i could, and that is what i tried to do. I wasjust keeping could, and that is what i tried to do. I was just keeping them alive. Get them away from danger. Pc Wayne Marques speaking for the first time about the London Bridge attack. The Co Operative Bank has secured a £700 million Rescue Package from hedge funds to stop the lender from being wound down. The bank, which has nearly four million customers, said it had also agreed to separate itself from the wider co operative Group Pension scheme which has £8 billion of liabilities. Now, have you ever received a phone call at home from someone telling you theres a problem with your computer and that they can help you fix it for a fee . Well, Tens Of Thousands of people fall for the scam every year, forking out in total around £20 million. Now four people have been arrested on suspicion of committing fraud, following a joint operation between city of London Police and microsoft as our Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan Jones reports. Ever had a call like this . My name is michael from the service and maintenance department. Youre told your computer has a fault, but it often ends with the caller taking large sums from your bank account. We have come to know about some problem in your computer. And the scam is getting more sophisticated. I simply saw this pop up on my Computer Screen when i was looking at facebook. Simon greaves computer then froze. He was instructed to ring a call centre, and after hours on the phone, ended up being robbed of over £1000. So i did, i felt embarrassed, actually, that it had happened to me. I felt the sense that i have been cheated, deeply cheated. It just feels there is Somebody Intruding in your life. Microsoft has been working with the city of London Police to investigate this global scam and this week in the uk there has been four arrests. The Police Officer leading the enquiry says the focus now moves overseas. This is a global issue but focused very much with indian authorities and indian police. I think we have what we need now to work with our partners in india to have a dramatic impact to take out this organised criminality. This has become one of the most common frauds. Over the last year getting up to 35,000 cases were recorded. And Police Suspect they were far more. The average loss was £600 and the typical victim was 62 years old. If people receive a phone call from someone pretending to be from microsoft, they are being scammed. We will not do that. So if they think they have been scammed, they should get in touch with action fraud. Get in touch with the police. Of course if you keep them on the phone for long enough, they mightjust get bored. Goodbye for now. Rory cellanjones, bbc news. The author who created paddington bear, michael bond, has died at the age of 91. He was working as a bbc cameraman in 1958 when he published his first book, a bear called paddington. It was such a success that he turned to full time writing ten years later. David sillito looks back at his life. It was just over 60 years ago on Christmas Eve that a young bbc cameraman, michael bond, Soccer Lonely Toy Bear sitting on a Shelf Ina Lonely Toy Bear sitting on a shelf in a department store. It inspired him to write bear called paddington, applied, accident prone immigrant from peru. He has got a strong sense of right and wrong and he is a very polite bear called based on my father. He was always a very polite man and paddington has got a lot of him in it. Good afternoon, can i help you . So the manners were from his father, but that opening scene, the meeting on the station platform, there was in its an echo of his child in the 30s when he saw there was in its an echo of his child in the 30s when he sanewish child in the 30s when he sanewish child refugees arrived in britain. But the world of paddington was, despite all his many scrapes, a gentle place, rooted in the character of its duffle coat wearing author. It really does feel very sad, particularly because the Publishing Party he always comes to is next week and he will be really missed. He is the most lovely person to chat to. He is very funny. I think it proves that children still do love those quiet books. It is about the character. He wrote the characters so beautifully. There is parsnip. Sometimes mr onion lets him ring the school bell. Michael bond also created the herb garden along with dozens of other books, but nothing came close to paddington. He guided his friendly creation closely and he had doubts about the recent film version, but when he saw that paddingtons Essential Decency was not touched, he even agreed to a little cameo performance, a little wave of welcome to his old friend. Performance, a little wave of welcome to his old friend. The author michael bond, whos died at the age of 91. Time for a look at the weather. Heres tomasz schafernaker. It is very hard to believe it was only a week ago that we were sweltering in 3a degrees. Yes, that is right, a totally different story. It is amazing in our climate what a week can do. In some places the temperature was 20 degrees lower. Last wednesday it was up degrees lower. Last wednesday it was up to 35 celsius. It has not been bad everywhere, but for scotland and Northern England there is more rain tonight and tomorrow. This is the rain we had in the south and central areas. 90 millimetres is more than one months worth in one band of rain. 60 on the south coast and closer to the north sea coast a lot of rain. Quite an angry looking cloud. But the problem is this weather is slowly moving and it will rainfora weather is slowly moving and it will rain for a long time. It is notjust that the rain has been heavy, it has been so slow to move across the country. Eventually it reaches northern parts of england and into Scotla Nd Northern Parts of england and into scotland tonight. It tries to curl around back into itself. We can see how the wind is blowing. We have a better window of weather in south east anglia. In the cloud and the rain in the north that is where we will have the coolest weather, 13, 14, 15 will have the coolest weather, 13, 1a, 15 degrees. Low pressure is dominating a large bit of the continent from poland to germany and back into the uk and even parts of france. Again it is these Western Areas during the course of friday where we have the coolest, wettest weather. In the south east something dry and bright. The weekend is looking better. 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 at 6. 30pm. The headlines six people will be charged in connection with the hillsborough football stadium disaster in 1989. Relatives of some of the 96 people who died, have welcomed the move. Police investigating the Grenfell Tower disaster, say they now believe at least 80 people died in the fire two weeks ago, including those missing, presumed dead. As the labour party forces a commons vote calling for an end to the 1 Public Sector pay cap, Downing Street says the policy remains unchanged. And pc Wayne Marques, who tackled the London Bridge terror attackers armed with only his baton, has been speaking publicly about what happened for the first time. Ijust had one voice in my head saying dont go down, and i was just swinging all over the place. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Labour are forcing a vote in parliament about ending the Public Sector pay cap well bring you the result after 7pm. The creator of paddington bear, michael bond, has