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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Five 20170307

Taken a dramatic turn, with poachers slaughtering a rhino for its horn at a Wildlife Park in paris. A coroner has ruled that the singer George Michael died of Natural Causes, including heart and liver disease. Its 5. 00pm. A very good afternoon to you. Our top story is that the government is facing another defeat in the House Of Lords over its plans for britain to leave the european union. Peers are due to vote this evening on an amendment to the brexit bill, calling for parliament to be given A Meaningful Vote on any final deal. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is at westminster. The lords and ladies have been debating this throughout the day. How was it looking as far as they are concerned and the government is concerned . Remember that have already inflicted a defeat on the government over the rights of the eu citizens and this has been debated already House Of Commons and their was heated debate but there was no damage, no defeat inflicted on the government. That is not the case in the House Of Lords and it looks again this evening as if they could be another defeat for the government. This time on the idea of parliament having A Meaningful Vote at the end of the process. Once theresa may gets the best deal that she can from the eu and she comes back, they want there to be a vote in both houses of parliament. They dont wantjust in both houses of parliament. They dont want just be in both houses of parliament. They dont wantjust be rubber stamping what she has got, the being dropping out without any deal at all. For many peers, thats not a choice. They say its all about democracy and its perfectly right that parliament should have a say on the deal she comes back with. This is what lord heseltine had to say. Everyone in this house knows that we how everyone in this house knows that we now face the most momentous peace Time Division of our time and this amendment, as the noble lord has so clearly set up, sick yours in law the governments commitment to another place to ensure that parliament is the ultimate custodian of our National Sovereignty sick yours. It ensures that parliament has a Critical Role in the determining the future that we will bequeath to generations of young people and id urge your lordships to support the amendment. Secures. To support the amendment. Secures. He said there would need to be regulations passed in order to disentangle the uk from the eu. He said the 48 of voters in the referendum who voted to remain in the eu deserved to be heard to that there are many others who feel that this is just there are many others who feel that this isjust a there are many others who feel that this is just a wheeze to try to block the result of that referendum and there with former tory Cabinet Ministers arguing amongst each other today in the House Of Lords. This was lord forsyth. I appreciate that lama was lord forsyth. I appreciate that i am a minority in this has notjust because i am a scottish tory, but because i am a scottish tory, but because i am a scottish tory, but because i support the views of the majority of people in this country. This house is absolutely full of people who still have not come to terms with the results of the referendum and this is a clever lawyers confection in order to reverse the result of the referendum. Thats what this is about. His argument is that the vote at the end of the process will effectively tie the hands of ministers because our eu partners would say, those ministers dont have any authority because, in the end, it can all be rejected by the british parliament, so after tonight, this bill will go back to the House Of Commons, where they will have to look again at what the lords has changed so that is the eu citizens idea first of all that their rights should be guaranteed now and possibly if there is another defeat tonight, this idea of A Meaningful Vote. We will have to see whether any tory mps are willing to change their minds and abstain or vote against the government. 0k, many thanks for that. If that vote is in the next hour or so, we will bring it to you here. Mps have rejected a move which would have required councils in england to identify whether they have Spare Capacity to house unaccompanied child refugees. An amendment, defeated by 20 votes in the commons, would have forced the government to rethink its plans to limit the so called dubs scheme to 350 children on top of those already accepted under other resettlement and asylum programmes. £320 million will be set aside in tomorrows budget for new School Places in england. The money will help meet the costs of setting up more than a 100 schools, some of which could be grammars if theresa may succeeds in overturning the current ban on new selective schools. Labour says the government is failing to address the current Funding Pressures faced by schools. The bbcs education correspondent Gillian Hargreaves is in our Central London newsroom. Some people would say the labour party has a point and this money will go to free schools tomorrow but the fact is, there are billions of pounds worth of cuts that schools have to face of the moment. Yes, let me give you a few figures, so Philip Hammond has announced £320 million to go to new free schools and within those new Grammar Schools, but the National Audit Office Points at a £3 billion deficit, Savings Schools are going to have to make by 2020 across england. Labours point is that this looks like a nice little plump cherry on top of a cake that is ever dwindling and it simply wont do. They are against free schools and they say there are Capacity Problems in other schools that need hard cash and that hard cash is not forthcoming. Y i think this announcement is important is not so much the size of the money offered, but theresa may is obviously sticking to their guns about more free schools and more Grammar Schools. For that they would have to overturn current legislation because labour introduced a law which said no new Grammar Schools could be created from 1997 onwards but when theresa may became Prime Minister she said she wanted to see more Grammar Schools tailored to the 21st ce ntu ry Grammar Schools tailored to the 21st century so much more emphasis on helping clever, bright children. There could be a new test which would stop middle class families paying for private tuition so their children would do well in the test and its hoped the most able from the poorest homes would do better in a Grammar School system than perhaps they would have done in comprehensive education but we will have to wait and see exactly what the fine detail about Grammar School policy is. We have been promised a white paper which is the outline of legislation in the next few weeks but they have not given as a firm date yet. Gillian, many thanks for that. With me is roger leighton, chief executive of partnership learning, an Education Trust that currently runs eight schools. Is good to see you. Thanks for coming in. Eight schools four academies and four free schools so what do you make of tomorrows possible announcement . what do you make of tomorrows possible announcement . I have a foot in both camps so its a mixed bag im a great supporter of the free school movement, we were one of the first trusts to open them, we have two skills in Bidding Phase and whilst some free schools got bad press in the early years, nowadays the government are absolutely clear free schools are about replacing the need for School Places so they are a really important part in the mix. But the impression the announcement tomorrow is giving for some people is that there is not enough emphasis on local authorities and the Education System that already exists. That there is an overemphasis perhaps moving towards Grammar Schools and selective education. One is being prioritised over the other. Surely both should be equal . I think the question of what should be done to create new School Places quickly. We need thousands of School Places, in most big urban areas in the country and free schools are a very quick simple way of doing it. Whether you like it or not, local authorities have lost a lot of resources over the last few yea rs a lot of resources over the last few years and havent got many of the skill sets they need to set up new skills quickly any more. That academies need funding as well. We heard from gillian there. We know that a lot of cuts have got to be made as far as local education authorities are concerned. Arent you worried about being able to cater to the four academies you have as one of the free schools . When it comes to revenue its exactly the same whether you are a free skill, an academy or a local Education Authority school, the Funding Mechanism is the same and thats the problem. We are all facing significant real term cuts, over the next few years and most independent observers say we are talking about 7 in real terms, and thats going to impact on quality in the classroom. 7 real terms cut at a time when we know that so many pa rents time when we know that so many parents across the country havent been able to get their first choice of school for their child. This is revenue, remember, so keep it separate from the capture. Theres plenty of money in the capital. You should argue whether its by local authorities or free schools but thousands of new places are needed and the problem remains, though, that we are still facing real term cuts across all schools on the day to day running costs. Cuts across all schools on the daytoday running costs. Its a real problem. Should these cuts be coming in . Should the government be reversing those cuts . Look, the public purse is limited, we all know, and every part of the Public Sector is suffering, the nhs, social ca re etc. However, sector is suffering, the nhs, social care etc. However, we are in this new global world, post brexit, we need to really, really complete and if we dont have high quality education we wont so we do need to think about that. , peter. Education we wont so we do need to think about that. , peter. So your view , peter. Complete. Im notanti grammar im not anti Grammar School. Im notanti grammarschool. Im in favour of students who are academically inclined to get a Higher Quality academic education. But what the knock on effects of those children who dont get into Higher Education . All of our secondary schools have a Grammar School within the comprehensive school, for not against grouping stu d e nts school, for not against grouping students according to their attitude and ability. It works very well for us. And ability. It works very well for us. I think a mix and ability. It works very well for us. Ithinka mix is and ability. It works very well for us. I think a mix is what is needed. Theyre awakes of dealing with high capable students in the school s. Thanks forjoining us. Facebook has been strongly criticised after a bbc investigation found it is still failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. After a series of Sexually Suggestive pictures and comments were reported to the social networking site, more than 80 of them still remained online. The nspcc described facebooks response as appalling. Facebook says it takes the matter extremely seriously and is continuing to improve its system of removing such content. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. The rules are simple. Facebook says it removes nudity or Sexually Suggestive content. But our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene images of children. We informed the police, and this man was sent to prison forfour years. Facebook told us it had improved its systems, so we put that to the test. But we still found sexualised pictures of children and obscene comments from men. In every single one of these images, there is a real child who is out there today at school probably, and they dont know that the image is being used in this way, and every time it is used and clicked on by a paedophile, that child is re victimised. We reported 100 posts that we felt broke facebooks own guidelines. Only 18 were taken down. 82 images stayed up. They didnt breach facebooks community standards. I find it very disturbing. I find that content unacceptable. Im concerned that thats been brought to facebooks attention, and some of those images have not been dealt with and addressed. And this report, this investigation, it casts grave doubt on the effectiveness of the measures that facebook has in place. One former insider says moderation is a huge task. The biggest challenge is one of scale. No one has policed a site as large as facebook. 1. 8 billion people use facebook every month, meaning the company is effectively running the Largest Police force the world has seen. Facebook asked us to send them examples of what we had reported, so we did. The company then reported us to the police. Facebook issued a statement saying. So where does this leave concerned parents . It sends a message that you cant trust facebooks methods. Parents have told us they tried to raise an issue and got nowhere. It will reinforce their experience. But even now groups with inappropriate images and comments about children remain on facebook. Questions about how the company moderates content wont go away. Angus crawford, bbc news. This is bbc news at 5. 00. The headlines. Theresa may faces another defeat in the lords, over her plans for brexit. Peers are debating whether to give parliament a vote on any deal. Tomorrows budget will provide extra money for new free schools in england, including grammars. But critics warn Education Funding is in deep crisis. Criticism of facebook, after a bbc investigation finds it is failing to remove sexualised images of children. Manchester uniteds top scorer flatten ibrahim and which has been banned for three matches after accepting a charge of violent conduct against a Bournemouth Player at the weekend. Craig shakespeare will stay in charge of Leicester City until it leaves the end of the season. Hes won both his matches since taking over from the sacked Claudio Ranieri and Kevin Pietersen has signed for surrey to play in the t20 has signed for surrey to play in the t 20 blast this summer. His first matches on july the 19th. I t 20 blast this summer. His first matches onjuly the 19th. I will be back with an update in 15 minutes. Poachers have broken into a Zoo Near Paris and shot dead a rhinoceros. They then used a chainsaw to steal one of his horns. The four year old white rhino called vince was killed at the thoiry zoo. Its believed to be the first time poachers have broken into a european zoo to kill a rhino for its horn. The african rhinos horn commands high prices on the black market, with about 100 killed every month in the wild. Joining me now from amsterdam is David Williams mitchell from the European Association of zoos and aquaria. Its good to see you. Thanks for being with us. Where you as shocked as many people i suspect were when they hit the news of this happening . Of course, everybody working in the European Association of zoos was very shocked by this news, yes. Highly unusual in europe . Unprecedented, in fact, as far as we know, theres never been an attack like this in europe. 0k, we know that the numbers of animals killed in the wild for their ivory and their horns is over 100, every year. This is something that, clearly, is commanding a high price on the world market . Absolutely, in fact the information that we have is that in south africa alone over 1000 animals we re south africa alone over 1000 animals were killed in the last year for the last two years, in the wild, for their horns. The information that we haveis their horns. The information that we have is that rino worden makes roughly 50,000 per kilo on the black market rhinoceros horn. Roughly 50,000 per kilo on the black market rhinoceros horn. Where does it actually go . We know its an important part of traditional East Asian Medicine and so we are assuming that the majority of it goes to vietnam and china particularly. 0k. Basically, these criminals have got away with it so far. Do you see this kind of thing happening again . Our Security Measures are ver

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