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Where am i going to get the food, where am i going to get gas and leccy . And youre telling me to go to a food bank. A government source has told the bbc around 10 of loans are suspected to be illegal. Also tonight. Workers are sent home, as Deutsche Bank cuts hundreds, possibly thousands, ofjobs in london. Heather mills, the former wife of sir Paul Mccartney, is the latest to win a payout in the phone hacking scandal. How air pollution could be shortening a childs life by up to seven months. It is out. And the fairytale is over for 15 year old cori gauff, but britains joanna but britainsjoanna konta makes it to the quarterfinals at wimbledon. And coming up on bbc news. Its much more straightforward for serena, as williams reaches another quarterfinal, and rafa nadal also books his place in the next round. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The bbc has learnt that tens of millions of pounds of public money is feared to have been lost to fraudsters who are targeting the governments universal credit benefits system. Often pretending to be from the localjob centre, the scammers offer to get money on behalf of claimants in return for a fee. The unsuspecting claimants often realise theyve been duped only when their current benefits stop, theyre left in debt and having to repay the money to the government. 0ne government source has told us that around 100,000 requests for loans are made each month, and 10 are suspected to be fraudulent, with a typical illegal loan totalling around £1,500. It means fraud with universal credit is potentially four times higher than other benefits. With this exclusive report, heres our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. Universal credit is a new service that helps ensure that you are better off in work than you are on benefits. It is the Welfare Benefits that has become the fraudsters friend. And how much did you get . In my bank account was 1005 and a £25. And how much did you have to pay in . £1000. Exploiting an online loophole to leave people in debt. He sold me he told me to put in for universal credit. And that was the first of it . That was the first i knew. Tens of millions of millions of pounds stolen from taxpayers. To see it is happening on this extent is an absolute scandal. Jade thomas is a victim of the fraudsters. She was offered £500 by a man who said he could access government grants and unbeknown to her, the mother of five was signed up online for universal credit. The for she knew was when her other benefits were stopped and she went to a job centre. They told me that they had signed up for five children with different names, children with different names, children and i dont have, with different ages. They told me i had been signed up with a five bedroom house when i am only in three bedroom. House when i am only in threebedroom. The fraudster took two thirds of the £1500 he claimed on her behalf. The money was a loan and she has to pay it all back to the government, but she wasnt the only one. I would say altogether there was one before me, me and my friend and 11 5 others. There was one before me, me and my friend and 45 others. So about seven, eight people. And he was signing you all up fraudulently for universal credit . Yes. In an hour or two, yes. So, over those couple of hours, he made thousands of pounds. Yes. Job Centre Officials say the extent of the fraud is staggering and money is pulling out of the public purse. Messages on an internal government online forum seen by the bbc highlight the extent of the problems. How many more times can claimants. This is absolutely a slap in the face to people who are struggling you are struggling and in poverty that the government are wasting money on fraud that they should be stopping and preventing before this roll out goes any further. Stopping and preventing before this rollout goes any further. Angela parry is now paying the cost of being scammed. She has been investigated for fraud after a man claimed he could offer her a payday loa n claimed he could offer her a payday loan but, instead, signed her up for universal credit. You are going to have to pay £60 a month until you paid the1,500 . Have to pay £60 a month until you paid the 1,500 . Yes. And you have lost the benefit you on . Yes. What have the past few weeks been like . Thinking about my rent and council tax and things, where am i going to get the food, where am i going to get the food, where am i going to get gas and leccy . They told me to go to get gas and leccy . They told me to gotoa get gas and leccy . They told me to go to a food bank. One irony of this problem is universal credit was actually designed to save £1 billion in fraud and error. Michael, clearly a very serious problem, what is the government trying to do to stop these scammers . Ina trying to do to stop these scammers . In a statement this evening, the department for work and pensions say they are aware of it and they have a tea m they are aware of it and they have a team of people trying to identify fraud cases and they tell people not to give their bank details in particular are out to anybody that they dont actually know, but there is deep frustration among front line job Centre Officials about this problem and the length of time it has taken the leadership of the department, the government, to do anything about it. One official in those chat rooms i referred to referred to it as putting the department to shame. Another said, all of us on the shop floor screaming about it and nobody is listening he has any influence. This scam has essentially been going on for many months, but the problem it is trying to solve goes back a number of years. Universal credit was designed to be paid in arrears and people have to wait six weeks for the first payment. That was creating hardship and so they decided to make it a five week weight and to make these advances are available much quicker, sometimes within one hour. An online check, nobody checks the id and the idea is that the hardships would be removed. But it has actually become an opportunity for scammers to make an opportunity for scammers to make a Staggering Amount of money. Michael, thank you. Hundreds, possibly thousands, ofjobs are at risk at Deutsche Bank in london, as part of a company reorganisation. Some workers have been sent home, while others are still waiting to find out whether their jobs are at risk. Up to 18,000 jobs around the world are being cut. Our business editor, simonjack, is outside their offices in london. Any idea of how many jobs are going to go . Well, there is no official breakdown by country, but a bit of simple arithmetic gets to 100 certainly, possibly thousands. They are cutting one fifth of their Global Workforce and they have 8,000 people in the uk and they have 8,000 people in the uk and they have 8,000 people in the uk and the bids of the business they are cutting, the trading in bonds and shares, are most heavily concentrated both here and in new york so it would make sense that the axles is harder here than it does backin axles is harder here than it does back in germany. A lot of people will be asking the question, is this brexit related . Will be asking the question, is this brexit related . It will be asking the question, is this brexit related . It is not. This is a company that has been limping along for many years and major surgery was expected and many would say overdue. Some people will see it as an opportunity. Berkeley spy it as an opportunity. Berkeley spy it as an opportunity to take the business Deutsche Bank is leaving behind. But the city itself is quite resilient, it is like a coral wreath. They have banking, insurance, legal, accountancy, it take centuries to build and it is very hard to damage overnight. But it doesnt mean it is not suspected to erosion and we have seen not suspected to erosion and we have seen people and capital leaking into other financial centres. And you seen people and capital leaking into otherfinancial centres. And you can chipa otherfinancial centres. And you can chip a bit of that off and that feels like that has happened today, just chipped a bit of the ecosystem off today. Simon jack, thank you. The campaigner Heather Mills has settled her legal action for phone hacking against the former newspaper news of the world. Ms mills who was previously married to sir Paul Mccartney received a substantial, but undisclosed, sum. Hers is the latest settlement in the long running scandal that led to the closure of news of the world eight years ago. There are understood to be thousands more cases still pending. Our special correspondent lucy manning has more. Congratulations, both of you. The appearance of Heather Mills in the newspapers after her engagement to sir Paul Mccartney in 2001. She was already campaigning Charity Worker but the stories in the news of the world that came by phone hacking ruined, she said, herfamily and reputation family life. At the high court today, she got an apology and significant pay out from the former publisher of the newspaper. The feeling i have is one ofjoy and vindication. My motivation to win this decade long fight stems from a desire to obtain justice. Not only for my family, my charities and myself, but for the thousands of innocent members of the public who like me have suffered similar ignominious criminal treatment at the hands of one of the wells most powerful media groups. Ms mills was around one of 90 people, including sir eltonjohn, around one of 90 people, including sir elton john, who around one of 90 people, including sir eltonjohn, who agreed to pay out over phone hacking. While the company admitted phone hacking was used at news of the world, they didnt admit it had happened at one of their other newspapers, the sun. A lawyer for News Group Newspapers which published the news of the world said it offered its sincere apologies to Heather Mills and her sisterfor apologies to Heather Mills and her sister for the distress caused by the invasion of privacy, that it shouldnt have happened and it had no right to intrude into her private life in this way. With millions of pounds of pay outs for phone hacking continuing and other publishers like the mirror Group Newspapers also settling cases, there are calls for reinstating the inquiry into the media at which the government cancelled. I am sure there are more settle m e nts cancelled. I am sure there are more settlements to come, this is just one of many that we have already had. But what we really need is part two of the letters and inquiry, which was set up to take place after all the criminal investigations had finished, to uncover the stories. Victims of phone hacking included politicians, celebrities, royalty, the murdered schoolgirl milly dowler and other ordinary people caught up in these events. I am very confident that the newspaper industry has changed its ways and things like this do not happen, certainly not on any significant scale. Heather mills will not be the last phone hacking victim, at least 200 more crimes against newspapers are in the pipeline. The government has described the leaking of diplomatic emails criticising the Trump Administration as absolutely unacceptable. Confidential memos, written by the uks ambassador in washington, sir kim darroch, described Donald Trumps administration as inept and dysfunctional. Theresa may has insisted she has fullfaith in sir kim. An investigation into the leak is under way. Hospital leaders in england say that nhs waiting lists for routine surgery have risen by as much as 50 in some parts of england because of a row about senior doctors pensions. Consultants have been refusing to extra shifts because the introduction of new pension rules means working overtime can leave them worse off, with big tax bills. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has this report. Hospitals are already under pressure and now some say they are struggling to cope with the workload for nonurgent cases because they cant get enough senior doctors to do extra shifts to clear the backlog. 0ne extra shifts to clear the backlog. One of our key challenges this medical director told me what that meant for hospital care. Some of our patients are waiting longer for follow up outpatient appointments. Some of our patients are waiting longer to have some of their diagnostic procedures such as some scans. Tougher rules on pension tax relief for high earners have hit doctors on a salary above £110,000 a year. They have affected extra shifts worked which can now be taxed around 75 or more. This surgeon at chesterfield royal told us he had stopped doing weekend work on top of his normal contract. I love coming to work, but i worked out that it was actually going to cost me money, so was actually going to cost me money, so it became negative pay, to do those extra eight hours, sol so it became negative pay, to do those extra eight hours, so i did make the decision to stop doing them. Ministers say it is not possible to have separate rules just for doctors and they are consulting ona plan for doctors and they are consulting on a plan to allow Senior Health staff and employers to cut pension contributions. But hospitals argue the governmentjust is not moving fast enough to tackle the problem and if it isnt dealt with sooner, there could be more Serious Problems covering rotas and keeping control of waiting times for patients. What we are seeing on of waiting times for patients. What we are seeing on a of waiting times for patients. What we are seeing on a day to day basis, and it has become particularly severe over the last couple of months, is an increase in waiting times, operations being cancelled, not being able to provide the really timely and effective care that hospital trusts would like to provide, meaning patients waiting longerfor provide, meaning patients waiting longer for treatment. Hospitals are having to bring in agency staff to cover the gaps, that is another drain on their finances. With Staff Shortages in many parts of the nhs anyway, the pension tax issue could not have come at a more difficult time. Our top story this evening tens of millions of pounds of benefits loans are feared lost to fraudsters, leaving unsuspecting claimants in debt. Coming up, im here at wimbledon, Johanna Konta is through to the quarterfinals, but the fairy tale run of coco gauff is finally over. Coming up in sportsday, on bbc news, massive week for cricket, we will have the latest from old trafford on the eve of the world cup semifinal between india and new zealand. Air pollution could shorten a childs life by up to seven months, according to new research. The study which looked at the impact of two of the main pollutants on children in birmingham found that a child born in 2011 could die up to 7 months early if exposed over a lifetime to the current levels of toxic air in the city. Birmingham is one of five cities required by the government to set up a clean air zone to reduce pollution. From there, our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. They are the hidden killers, millions of tiny particles from exhaust fumes, brakes, even tires on the road, polluting the air, choking lungs, damaging hearts. The road, polluting the air, choking lungs, damaging heartslj the road, polluting the air, choking lungs, damaging hearts. Ijoined the clea n lungs, damaging hearts. Ijoined the clean air parents network. In birmingham, one of the most polluted cities in the uk, these parents are worried about the effect this is having on children. Its not getting less polluted, its getting more polluted, more people getting vehicles, they think electric cars are fine but it is not, this particulate matter comes from brakes and tyres. It is something you can avoid. I am very concerned, my daughter and i both get asthma, luckily we live close to school but we can see that every day, there is usually somebody, quite a few parents, who sit in car is idling. Parking is difficult but you need to start thinking more about our futures and the future of our children. It is easy to feel depressed about it but obviously, nothing changes by people feeling depressed about things. You need to galvanise ourselves, and we need to do something about it because collectively, if we are all talking about the same thing, we start moving in the same direction. There is little doubt that traffic fumes are bad for our health, while todays report is based on modelling and best estimates, it adds to a growing body of evidence that high pollution levels today could have a serious impact on the future health of children in particular. These pictures, taken outside a school, show how exhaust fumes flow right past children because they are closer to the ground and as the dangers of pollution become better understood, the tension is shifting to those most at risk. Children are really vulnerable to the effects of air pollution lungs are still developing, when they breathe it in, it can stunt growth of their lungs. This can lead to Lasting Health problems. In birmingham, the city council is poised to introduce a clea n council is poised to introduce a clean air zone which will restrict the most polluting vehicles, one of five cities. By the government to ta ke five cities. By the government to take action on what has been described as a Public Health emergency. Im the father of young children, i am cultivable to the children, i am cultivable to the children in our city, i am deeply concerned, there should be no child growing up in any city who does not breathe in good quality air. Tackling pollution will require a huge shift in how we use our cars but there is mounting evidence that the air in our biggest cities is slowly killing us. British airways has been fined a record £183 million after the personal details of nearly half a million customers were accessed by hackers last year. The Information Commissioners Office said poor security meant the hackers were able to harvest information including payment card numbers and travel booking details. Our Technology Correspondent rory cellanjones is here. The size of the fine is presumably a reflection of the seriousness of the data breach, presumably . This is a huge, extraordinary fine for the data breach, it was serious, it affected so Many British Airways passengers. Previously, the record fines imposed by the information commissioner, had been £500,000 for facebook, 385,000 for uber. And 250,000 for yahoo. They are dwarfed by this £183 million the data watchdog is proposing to impose on british airways, 366 times higher than the previous record, i worked it out the law has changed, in a word, the new Data Protection act came in last year, mirroring new Data Protection laws across europe, they allow for fines of up to 4 of global turnover, it could have been even worse for british airways, could have been £500 million almost. Ba says that it is surprised and disappointed by the proposed ruling, it says, nobody actually lost any money from this and it now has 28 days to respond. Voting is now under way for the more than 160,000 conservative members who are choosing the next Prime Minister. But whether its Boris Johnson orjeremy hunt, the next leader will have to try to win over the whole country, not just their own party. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has been in the north west to see what members of the public make of the two men to trafford, a remain voting area with a tory mp and labours warrington where voters chose to leave. Enjoying the spectacle or wishing the tories would just stop their games, trafford is a conservative seat but front runner borisjohnson will not persuade gail. |j seat but front runner borisjohnson will not persuade gail. I dont like borisjohnson. There will not persuade gail. I dont like Boris Johnson. There is will not persuade gail. I dont like borisjohnson. There is something about him. Did you vote in the European Election . I did, ivoted for nigel farage. Not a fan of Boris Johnson, jeremy hunt, his fox hunting comment, i would not be able to vote for him after that. This is remain territory, but laura, who ru ns remain territory, but laura, who runs this business, prefers the chief brexiteer. I think boris is a character, and i think he is strong willed. In that respect i think he would be quite good. Whoever wins, what do families actually want the new Prime Minister to concentrate on . More police, obviously, obviously more budget for the nhs. And, from what you have heard so far, have you heard anything that makes you think, i know who i would like it to be . No idea both men hoping to be Prime Minister have clocked up the miles, talking to tory members, though, not most of us. Tory members, though, not most of us. Remember, in theory, this is a purely conservative contest but in practice, borisjohnson purely conservative contest but in practice, Boris Johnson orjeremy hunt will have to govern for us all, not just stitching together the hunt will have to govern for us all, notjust stitching together the two warring sides of the tory party but leave or remain, north or south, town and country. In labour warrington, a strong vote to leave in 2016. I voted to come out. For many like margaret and frank, it is straightforward. Definitely Boris Johnson. His natural charisma comes across on television. He is definitely the next Prime Minister. I would sack them. I would sack both of them. None of them are worth the money. They shouldnt be where they are. Why do you say that . Theyre disgusting. Why do you think theyre disgusting . They are not fighting for us, they look only after themselves. Boris says, we will be out, generally he is not giving a direct answer on that. Why does that matter to you . Well, weve had that much indecision over the last two, three years we had to get out. I think we should be out. He is a character, maybe he can get what he wants, but, is he reliable . |j character, maybe he can get what he wants, but, is he reliable . I dont know. I cant stand borisjohnson. But, thatsjust me. You know. So, it is the other one, what is his name . Jeremy hunt. Yes. Who will be the chosen one . 0nly name . Jeremy hunt. Yes. Who will be the chosen one . Only two weeks left for the tories to make up their minds. A free climber has scaled londons the shard, one of the tallest buildings in europe. The man made the ascent at about 5 this morning seemingly without ropes or suction cups. Emergency services attended and the man went inside the building afterwards where he was questioned by the police but not arrested. The Charity Action for children is warning of a crisis in childhood, with young people worrying about issues such as brexit, poverty, and the environment. A survey of more than 5,000 children and adults suggests three generations agree bullying, both online and offline, is the biggest problem preventing a happy childhood. Reeta chakra bati reports. Gabby breen is 17 and is now doing well at school. But, months ago, she was in a dark place. Just before the pressure starts yeah. At the start of this academic year, i moved to a new school and i was kind of struggling, because everyone else already knew each other, and it was a difficulty for me to actually find my place. Gabby spent a long time thinking about herself and the life her generation has to leave. We are struggling with societal pressures and to look a certain way and act and feel a certain way. And i feel like sometimes, it is only our generation who understands how difficult it is, because, my parents, my grandparents, arent part of what is going on with us. But they do sympathise. Her mother, joan, says social media has made the pressure for gabby relentless. When i was young, you came home, you had a hard day at school, a hard day at college, you shut your door, it was finished with. Its not now it follows you, everything follows you. Its with them in the bedroom. When they were younger, we did monitor their phones but as they get older it becomes more and more difficult to impose that. Gabbys grandmother, philomena, says global issues were not on her horizon when she was young, and its so different now. You wouldnt have worried about it then, there wasnt any people who even went abroad. I know gabby worries now about if she ever wants to travel in europe, will she be able to do that, will she be able to do that easily . She worries about if she wants to study in europe. The charity which commissioned the research said young people are really suffering. We know that children and young people are facing bullying, more consistently and 21w. We know that they are worrying, they are anxious about pressures from school, physical appearance, about their relationships, we know that we have a burgeoning Mental Health problem among children and young people. And we also know that at a time when children and young people just as in many families, this one has differences of opinion over issues like brexit, they all agree that there is not enough support for young people given the stresses they face. For gabby, overcoming a period of low self confidence has beyond her years. Its ok to talk about how you feel, and Mental Health issues, if you break your leg, youre not going to go and walk on it, youre not going to hurt yourself more because you are afraid of it, its just the same as any other injury. It can be dealt with as long as you get the help you need. Dont bejudgmental of what people are going through. Maybe you are feeling fine mentally, but you have no idea what everyone else is feeling. Wimbledon, Johanna Konta has a place in the quarterfinals but the dream is overfor in the quarterfinals but the dream is over for 15 year old american cori gauff, beaten in straight sets by former number one simona halep. It is the day that wimbledon becomes a whirlwind, the busiest day of the tournament, so many matches, so many stars. The focus was on perhaps its brightest. Good luck kiss from dad, before the latest chapter of coco gauffs remarkable story, in barely one week she has become one of the most famous 15 year olds the planet. But, could she make the leap to a whole new level . Her opponent, simona halep, once world number one, and shes soon once world number one, and shes soon showed why, taking the first set, 6 3. Suddenly, coco was struggling, at one stage needing medical treatment as the fairy tale faded. Simona halep wrapping up a straight sets win with the crowds ovation speaking volumes. Coco gauffs wimbledon might be over but in career terms, this is surelyjust the start. You dont expect this kind of support when you are in another country, not your own country, i really did feel like i was playing in new york, somewhere. Iam was playing in new york, somewhere. I am really happy, i am happy that people believe in me stop Johanna Konta carried britains last hopes in the singles but she also faced the sternest of tests. Against two time champion petra kvitova, and the czech players pedigree was soon plain to see. Im happy people believe in me. Petra kvitova took the first set, 6 4, butJohanna Konta battled back, storming to the second suddenly the home fans had plenty to cheer. Come the decider, it was Johanna Konta that plenty to cheer. Come the decider, it wasJohanna Konta that rose to the occasion, blisteringly, brilliantly, she seemingly seized control. There was a brief wobble, but victory, finally, was hers. Cheering commentator what a way to win it voiceover the commentator what a way to win it v0|ceover the relief ofJohanna Konta was matched by that of the centre court crowd, some tussle, but her wimbledon dream is still very much alive. Terrific win forJohanna Konta, she now faces barbora strycova, in the quarterfinals, now, barbara stood server is unseeded, that is a real opportunity for her. Victories today for serena williams, rafa nadal and Novak Djokovic but we have had one big shock. Barbora strycova. The womens top seed, ashleigh barty, has been knocked out, fiona. Thank you very much. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the weather forecast. Billed as manic monday, wimbledon, marvellous in terms of the weather forecast, 23 degrees, we got some spells after a cloudy start, now we have seen more significant cloud further north and west, bringing cloud into Northern Ireland and into western scotland through the evening and overnight tonight, some of it quite heavy for a time. Cloudy skies, staying relatively mild through the night, double digits across the board. Tomorrow morning, we start with a soqqy tomorrow morning, we start with a soggy rush hour across parts tomorrow morning, we start with a soggy rush hour across parts of Northern Ireland, some of the rain heavy, may not do too badly in the northern isles, parts of aberdeenshire, showery in nature for a time but reinvigorating itself, wetter weather, into Northern Ireland, may be the odd spot or two, but generally, across england and wales, cloudy feel, largely dry story, brightness developing as we go through the day. Favourite spots for that will be the south west, the end of the afternoon, Northern Ireland, north west england, south west scotland could see heavier burst of rain, not quite as warm here, we could see higher spells, 24 degrees, 75 fahrenheit. Through the middle of the week, turning messy, nothing to really get ourfinger into turning messy, nothing to really get our finger into but it does look as though we will have a series of fronts, moving across the country, and they will bring further sharper showers. Particularly to the north and west. Wednesday, some showers crossing eastern england, easing the way, widespread showers developing, we get the sunshine, we get some warmth, 25 degrees, feeling quite humid with it. That unfortunately could then trigger further thundery downpours as we move out of wednesday into thursday. Particularly across scotland and parts of north east england. We need to keep an eye on that but with more sunshine, some warmth to the south, 24 degrees still the mid 705, fingers crossed that the weather keeps behaving itself. A reminder of the top story this evening the bbc has learned tens of millions of pounds are being lost to fraudsters targeting the universal credit benefit system. 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