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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: six people are to be charged in connection with the hillsborough football stadium disaster, 28 years ago. be noes to the left, 323. so, the noes have it. —— the noes. a labour party amendment to the queen's speech calling for an end to the public sector pay cap, has been defeated in the commons, mps vote on the full speech tomorrow. as police say some victims will never be identified, the bbc understands a judge has been appointed to lead an inquiry into the grenfell tower fire. and coming up in newsnight, theresa may won the first vote of the parliament today. but there was confusion over the parliament and there are over 200 days left of parliament to go. we ask, how long can theresa may last?
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. nearly 30 years after the hillsborough disaster, six people, including former police officers, are to face criminal charges. 96 liverpool fans died in a crush at the football ground in april 1989. new inquests last year concluded the fans had been unlawfully killed. today it was announced that former chief superintendent david duckenfield is to face charges of manslaughter by gross negligence and five other figures will also be prosecuted. campaigners say the charges send a message about accountability, as our correspondent judith moritz reports. they have had enquiries, investigations and inquest, but the hillsborough families have never had public prosecutions. they have
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fought for nearly 30 years for this moment. i am absolutely delighted. we got today everything we could have asked for. the decision, in my opinion, was correct. we look forward to the due process in the court of law. in 1989, the police officer in charge at hillsborough was david duckenfield. he will now face prosecution. there is sufficient evidence to charge former chief superintendent david duckenfield with the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 men women and children. —— men, women and children. —— men, women and children. he ordered the opening of an exit gate, through which fans poured. he is charged with the manslaughter of all but one of the victims. 0ne manslaughter of all but one of the victims. one man died four years later, too late to be included in the charges. in the years after, this man rose through the ranks to become chief constable of west
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yorkshire. he is charged with misconduct in a public office, accused of lying about fans being to blame. he says he is disappointed to be charged and will vigorously defend his innocence. andrew brooks was killed at hillsborough. he was 26. his sister has long campaigned forjustice. she was in warrington today to hear that charges will be brought. it is an event where my pa rents brought. it is an event where my parents have brought. it is an event where my pa rents have not brought. it is an event where my parents have not been alive to... to see it or to hear it. it's notjust my parents, it is other families who have gone to their graves not seeing today. the families were told that 23 suspects were originally considered for sedition. in the event, six will face trial. this was the company secretary of sheffield wednesday, he is accused of failing to carry out his duties. peter
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metcalfe was the solicitor acting for south yorkshire police. he is charged with perverting the course of justice. at charged with perverting the course ofjustice. at home today, he would not answer questions. no comment. the former chief superintendent is also charged with perverting the course of justice, said also charged with perverting the course ofjustice, said to have altered statements. the former detective inspector faces the same charge, accused of being central to the process of changing statements. although individual people face trial, organisations such as sheffield wednesday in the former metropolitan ambulance service won't be charged. prosecutors say that is because over the decades, they have been completely restructured. it is no longer legally possible. 0r been completely restructured. it is no longer legally possible. or the families, there was a range of emotion, including some disappointment about those who won't face action —— among the families.
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some names we didn't expect, and a few that we think have been omitted. six people facing criminal charges who may not have done if we had not been resilient and stuck together and fought this long fight. this professor has spent years working to expose what happened. he says the passage of time must have had an effect on the number of charges.“ we had had the kinds of investigation then that we have now, and the kind of attention paid to the detail of prosecutable charges, i think we would have seen a lot more prosecutions. the best to die was just ten years old. the oldest, a pensioner. they were all unlawfully killed. they have long received calls forjustice. now, nearly 30 years after they died, those said to be responsible will face trial, and the prospect ofjail.
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judith moritz, bbc news, warrington. police say the latest estimate of the number killed in the disaster is now eighty, and that the number of people who died will not be known until the end of the year. police say the latest estimate is that 80 people lost their lives in the fire on the 14th ofjune. survivors and relatives of those who died have expressed frustration at the progress of the investigation so far. many families affected by the disaster say they still haven't found suitable accommodation — as our special correspondent lucy manning reports. 23 flats, no one has been found. 23 flats in this child shell of the building. police now presume no one has survived —— charred. this man rushed home with his sister as the fire burned. his mother made it out from the third floor, but the family
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are still suffering. everyone in my family, my mum, my sister, myself, we need immediate help. he hasjust had bad news. his sister has taken an overdose, but luckily is not in danger. is she 0k? she is busy at the moment. and the ambulance should be nearby. i think they will take her to hospital. i am honestly begging for help, and i don't think it's really fair for us to beg for help. we don't deserve that kind of life. sajad is gathering his own list of survivors and missing, one of many here who don't accept the numbers. i do 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 give a lot more detail today, much of it hard to contemplate.
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from the 23 flats where 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's thought that many of them did gather in one flat. we've looked at many lists given to us by government, by local communities, and also from other companies such as fast—food delivery companies. we're going everywhere to try and get a true number, and i believe that number will rise. for the survivors, there is still too much sadness and anger that the housing minister confronted. i want permanent accommodation. i'm not moving my child from here to here. if you don't give me permanent accommodation,
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i'm not going to accept it. if you give me a house i don't want, i'm not going to take it. what we're guaranteeing them is that they will have an offer of a home within a three week period. the inquest today heard about the death of syrian refugee mohammed alhajali, found outside the building. mother and daughter rabiya and husna begum, found on the 17th floor. mohammed neda, a taxi driver, found outside the tower. 77—year—old abdulsalam sedha, 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 died in her mother's arms. lucy manning, bbc news, west london. some senior conservatives have suggested that the cap on pay rises in the public sector could be
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reviewed and that the 1% limit imposed in 2013 could change in the budget later this year. but downing street says there's been no change in the policy as it stands. earlier this evening, labour's attempt to end the cap by amending the queen's speech was defeated. the government won the vote with the support of the democratic unionists. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has more details. 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 weren't so guarded — willing to say the limit on public sector pay might go. 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, notjust for the army,
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but right across the public sector as a whole. chanting: what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! nurses, teachers, most public sector workers in england, wales and northern ireland have been limited to 1% 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 labour's election campaign. questions to the prime minister! at the first prime minister's questions since, nearly every labour frontbencher had the message pinned to their chest. the public sector pay cap is hitting recruitment and retention. but one of the architects of the original plan thinks now it is time that the protests were heard. 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. # 0h, jeremy corbyn... using their new—found force to get
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rid of the cap would have been a huge win for this new gaggle of labour mp, with their extra members. but the attempt to make the government change policy in a vote tonight fell short. jeremy hunt! this was all ministers were willing to promise. we will not make our decision on public sector pay until the pay review body has reported, and we will listen to what they say and we will listen to what people in this house has said before making a final decision. the labour attempt failed. the ayes to the right, 309, the noes to the left, 323. despite ministers‘ public hints, by late afternoon number 10 said that nothing had changed. 0ne cabinet minister told me theyjust don't know
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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. 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 ten 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 — add it to the list. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. passengers flying to the united states are to face tighter security measures in response to what officials describe as a spider web of terrorist threats. commercial flights into the us from 105 countries will have to comply with the new department of homeland security rules.
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they include enhanced checks on electronic devices, as well as increased passenger screening. the changes will cover more than 300,000 air passengers entering the country each day. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight — now on bbc news it's time for newsnight with evan davies. she thinks she can remain pm for two years. some senior tories think she should be gone in two days. what future is there for theresa may? the government is not exactly falling apart, but it is looking worn at the edges, with disparate views openly expressed. bad news for the pm — the tories will make party survival their priority. we need to have a new leader in place by the time that the conservative party goes into the next election. it's possible to imagine theresa may being prime minister for the next two years. i think it's very difficult. what we need at the moment is somebody who is resolute and carries on, has an element of stubbornness within her. that seems to me to be the leader that we've got. we'll ask the brexit minister, who was dropped from government two
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weeks ago, how long it limps on. also tonight, 28 years on, there are criminal charges in relation to hillsborough. in the aftermath of grenfell, have we now tested enough insulation and cladding to know we need to rip it all off? we ask the chairman of the national housing federation if waiting for test results is now just an obstacle to making people safe. and this. "you're a very small bear," said mrs brown. "where are you from?" "darkest peru," said the bear. "i'm not really supposed to be here at all. i'm a bearfrom a more elegant era. we bid farewell to the creator of paddington, michael bond.

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