20 men are found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that abused girls as young as 11 in and around huddersfield. the men plied their victims with alcohol and drugs, and abused them over seven years. on one occasion, she came home and her neck was completely black with bites, from one side to the other. a taxi had just pulled up outside and pushed her out. sometimes victims were driven to the yorkshire moors, and abandoned there at night. police have praised the courage of those who came forward to give evidence. also tonight: the former head of mi6 says he has little doubt that the saudi regime ordered the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the islamist preacher anjem choudary appears outside a probation hostel after being released from prison. he'll be monitored by the security services. are there any lessons to be learned from that? it was the biggest bonus in the country. no? 0k, right. i think that's really unfortunate that you did that. the company boss's silence, about his £75 million bonus. and barefoot on bondi — the duke and duchess of sussex

chill out on the beach on their tour of australia. and coming up on bbc news — wimbledon call time on those marathon matches with all england club bosses introducing a change in the rules from next year. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. 20 men have been found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that raped and abused girls in huddersfield over a seven—year period. the men, mostly of pakistani heritage, were convicted of more than 120 offences against 15 girls, the youngest of whom was just 11. the girls were plied with drink and drugs, and some were abandoned on the yorkshire moors. from leeds crown court, danny savage reports. a bus station, the car park of a diy

store in huddersfield, a lonely moorland, just a few of the places where vulnerable children were groomed and sexually abused by men mainly of pakistani heritage. so many men were involved that three trials were needed. ajudge has now ruled the 20 who were convicted can now be publicly identified. 0ne ruled the 20 who were convicted can now be publicly identified. one of them was mohammed, nicknamed bully, a huge man who used his physical presence to intimidate. 0ne a huge man who used his physical presence to intimidate. one of his victims was thrown out of his car when she refused to give in to his depraved demands. he kept punching me and punching me. it felt like my nose was broken. they kicked me and i got out of the car run started running. ijumped i got out of the car run started running. i jumped over the i got out of the car run started running. ijumped over the fence and started running down the moors. i

ran back up and saw them drive off. i had to ran back up and saw them drive off. ihad tojump ran back up and saw them drive off. i had tojump in front of a car, covered in blood that 4am to get a little actor huddersfield. the ringleader was jailed for life and told he must serve a minimum of 18 yea rs. told he must serve a minimum of 18 years. thejudge said his told he must serve a minimum of 18 years. the judge said his treatment of the girls was inhuman. 0ne scenario which kept cropping up in these cases was that victims were driven up here onto the moors at night. if they didn't do what they are abusers told them to, they were beaten up and dumped. imagine being a child left in the dark, having been physically and sexually assaulted by someone you thought cared for you. it is a very frightening place. there is so much moorland, they could be anywhere. this is are vividly remembers distressed teenage girls knocking on the door of his remote hilltop home. 0ver the door of his remote hilltop home. over the years, he has had to take several to safety. as i looked out,

there were three girls looked roughed up and confused. they didn't know where they were going and asked ifi know where they were going and asked if i could help. know where they were going and asked ifi could help. what know where they were going and asked if i could help. what was the impression you got? they look like they had been knocked about by somebody. something very suspicious. i could tell by their hair, it was everywhere. and uncontrollable crying. she would come home disorientated, scratches, bite. the mother of one schoolgirl victim told us mother of one schoolgirl victim told us what everyday life was like. on one occasion, she came home and her neck was completely black with bites, from one side and the other. a taxi had just pulled up outside and pushed her out. i could see anothergirl in the and pushed her out. i could see another girl in the back, and they just drove off. i changed my hours so just drove off. i changed my hours sol just drove off. i changed my hours so i could pick her up after school. i used to dread bank holidays when i knew she would be at home and i couldn't monitor her. west yorkshire police refused to answer questions

from the prosecution that they were disgraceful for ignoring complaints at the time from the victims. the local council said victims would be listened to now. these crimes took place yea rs listened to now. these crimes took place years ago, at the time when, as we know sadly from other cases in other parts of the country, abuse and child exploitation was not well defined or understood. since then, lessons have been blown. the men so far sentenced for this litany of abuse have collectively been jailed for more than 220 years. another pole men will be sentenced next month. 0ne pole men will be sentenced next month. one obvious —— anotherfour men. 0ne month. one obvious —— anotherfour men. one obvious question is why we are dealing with these crimes now when they date back to 200k. the victims say they were not taken seriously at the time. the prosecution said that in 2000 and 91 victim went to the police with visible injuries and nothing was done. they are getting older, now young adults. in 2013, one went to the police with formal allegations,

which set the ball rolling, and that is why they have had to wait all the way until now to see justice. jane. danny savage, thank you. our home editor mark easton is with me. we've seen a pattern of cases like this in the last five or six years. this is a horrifyingly familiar scandal that has infected dozens of provincial towns up and down in england, and yet it is a crime, as we have been heaving, that only a decade ago was rarely discussed in public. child sexual abuse was ignored or covered up, the protection of institutional reputation or of community cohesion was put before the protection of children. the grooming gangs of provincial england have tended to operate further disinfectant of public scrutiny struggles to reach the poorer neighbourhoods on the edge of town, where immigrant communities are struggling to get a

foothold, the twilight zones of urban life, and child abuse thrives in those kind of dark corners, where people look the other way and don't ask difficult questions. when we look, we find schoolmasters, care workers, priests, tv presenters, taxi drivers and shopkeepers. and the only crumb of comfort from this deeply painful process is that in exposing these men and these gangs, oui’ exposing these men and these gangs, our children may very belatedly be a little bit safer. thank you, mark. the former head of mi6, sirjohn sawers, has said he has little doubt that the order to kill the journalist jamal khashoggi came from the highest part of the saudi regime. the washington post columnist hasn't been seen for more than two weeks since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. the saudi authorities have denied any involvement — but the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned of ‘consequences', if mr khashoggi has been murdered. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. does this forest near istanbul hold appalling evidence of murder?

turkish police have reportedly searched here for the remains of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, who walked into his country's consulate in istanbul over two weeks ago and then disappeared. suspicion has fallen on saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman. on tuesday the 33—year—old told mike pompeo, america's secretary of state, he knew nothing of what happened. but now a former head of m16, britain's secret intelligence service, has dismissed that denial. sirjohn sawers believes the prince had thought the trump administration wouldn't complain about the murder. this appalling killing in istanbul seems to me all the evidence points towards it being ordered and carried out by people close to mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia. i don't think he would have done this if he hadn't thought he had licence from us administration to frankly behave as he wished to do

so. look at these pictures of the crown prince and particularly this man, maher mutreb, seen regularly in the background. the saudi security official is very close to the prince. and cctv footage leaked by turkey also places him outside the consul‘s residence in istanbul the day mr khashoggi disappeared. and what about a much reported but unpublished audio recording allegedly from inside the saudi consulate? the sounds, apparently, of jamal khashoggi's terrifying final minutes. turkey's foreign minister denies sharing it with other governments but does not deny the recording exists. this spring the saudi crown prince was greeted as a reformer by theresa may. britain is a very close ally. but today is much, much trickier. if the stories that we're reading turn out to be true,

will that have an effect on our relationship with saudi arabia? yes, it will, because if the stories are true, and it is still an if, they would be totally against our values and what we stand for as a country. investigations into jamal khashoggi's fate continue. but pressure for answers, however horrible, is building. james robbins, bbc news. the islamist preacher anjem choudary has been been released from prison on licence. he has served half of a five—year sentence handed down to him in 2016, for inviting support for the islamic state group. the bbc understands there will be restrictions on his movements and he'll be closely monitored by the security services. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. within hours of coming out of prison, anjem choudary was back in a familiar place, in front of the cameras. he can be seen but not heard. he's banned from speaking to the media. this probation hostel in north london is where he is initially being housed.

it was before dawn when he was driven across the capital from belmarsh top security prison. during his time inside he hasn't changed his views according to counter extremism specialists. he's become hardened in his own extremism and in his own radicalised opinions. there have been numerous attempts to try to de—radicalise choudary, as part of the pastoral care service with imams in prison services. they've got nowhere. the whole world one day, my dear brothers, will be under the sharia, including hackney and walthamstow and moscow and new york. all of the countries inshallah under the thumb of the muslims. for decades anjem choudary was clear about the world he wanted to see. a master manipulator, he was at the centre of a network of violent extremists. michael adebolajo was one of the pair who murdered fusilier lee rigby. another choudary disciple siddhartha dhar

is suspected of being part of an is killing squad. the former head of counter terrorism at scotland yard believes choudary‘s influence outstripped his character. i think we've got to be careful not to overstate it. he is a pathetic groomer of others and should be seen as such. and i think we all have to be very careful about not over inflating his status and giving him some mythical evil genius type character because that's not what he is. choudary is subject to a long list of conditions and supervising him will cost a lot of public money. as part of the restrictions, he'll have to wear a tag and be under a cu rfew. he's banned from preaching and organising meetings. he can only see people who are approved and he's banned from meeting anyone with a terror connection, and he'll have to get permission to go on the internet. i don't think he should have been released, it sets a bad

precedent, for what he's done, the damage he's done, i think to get two and a half yea rs, not really. i've worked with a lot of families, and one of the families i work with, he has absolutely ruined their lives. as the law stands he was eligible for release now and the restrictions on him will last only a couple of years. june kelly, bbc news. at least 50 people have died near the indian city of amritsar, after a train ran over a group of festival goers. a policeman said people had been sitting on or near the tracks — watching the burning of effigies — and the noise of the approaching train was drowned out by fireworks. the former deputy prime minister nick clegg has a newjob — with the social media company, facebook. he's moving to california to be the firm's communications head. it comes as facebook tries to repair the compa ny‘s reputation amid controversy about transparency and the role of fake news on the platform. a brexit deal may never be reached, according to the european union's chief negotiator. michel barnier says 90% of the deal is done, but that the problems surrounding

the irish border could collapse any agreement. and the prime minister is facing a fierce backlash against the idea of extending the uk's transition period after leaving the european union, as john pienaar reports. still in brussels, still turning on the charm, or trying to. still getting nowhere fast. not many more leaders club photos like this before britain leaves. but now mrs may's been handed a set of politically impossible demands as the price of a deal. she went on her way with eu leaders like donald tusk sympathetic, but still leaving her to face mutinous tories and angry unionists. brussels' chief negotiator took to french radio to say britain was behind its own problems. "brexit has numerous consequences. it was chosen by the british," he said. and at home today the consequences included her scottish secretary openly demanding no extension to eu

fishing rules in scotland. what i want, to be quite clear, is that we are still leaving the common fisheries policy at the end of 2020. so, resistance to brexit compromise on a possible extension has spread to scotland. the scottish tories want scottish fishing fleets free of eu rules and quotas. at westminster tories on all sides hate the idea of extending the brexit transition, with its further delay and further billions to the eu. they want the prime minister to mean it when she says she'd walk away with no deal. it would help if the government started to demonstrate more confidence that we will leave if they can't get a deal. what we cannot possibly countenance is the idea that the european union has to give us permission before we can leave. but mrs may's sticking to the hopes she'll never need to lengthen the brexit transition. her aim's a trade deal without britain having to stay under eu rules longer than planned, and if it does she wants the uk free to pull out. easy to say, hard to negotiate, and harder still to get past her party.

0nce supportive, or at least tolerant tory mps, now say they are impatient that a vote of confidence in theresa may's leadership now looks more likely. and even if she survived that she'd likely emerge damaged, politically weakened. there's also more muttering among tories about the succession. who in the cabinet and who outside is manoeuvring for a future contest, and who tory mps want next. brexit was all was about high principles of sovereignty. it's coming down to the lower politics of power, plotting and political survival. john pienaar, bbc news, downing street. the time is 6:16pm. our top story this evening. 20 men are found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that abused girls as young as 11 in and around huddersfield. and later in the programme, on top of the world down under — prince harry climbs the sydney harbour bridge. coming up on sportsday on bbc news —

threats aimed at england and chelsea midfielder karen carney spark anger and calls for stronger action on social media, while carney describes it as abhorrent and upsetting. mental health therapy is failing more people than it helps, in one in seven areas of england, according to research carried out by the bbc. people with conditions including depression, anxiety and post—traumatic stress disorder are entitled to therapy, but not all are getting what they need. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. lucy had a series of counselling sessions to try to help with her depression but they ended. things got worse and she self harmed. she believes more therapy would have helped but she felt she'd been cast adrift. you tend to feel like you're a burden on people anyway. you tend to feel like you're a bit of a fraud, like its all in your head, definitely not being referred onwards, not being taken seriously,

made me feel more worthless, more like i was causing problems for everybody and more like i should reallyjust be able to pull myself together and get over it. i think it made me feel like the nhs had almost given up on me. the therapy programme in england is known as iapt. scotland and wales have similar schemes. the english target is for half of patients to recover after therapy. that is being met. but there's wide variation. in lutonjust one in four patients were successfully treated at one stage this year. in the wirral area it was one in three. but in nottingham west nearly two in a three recovered and in stoke—on—trent it was just over two in three. some experts say it's a workforce problem. we don't have enough iapt therapists, there are not enough people coming forward to train as iapt therapists. and that affects the number of people that can be treated and how many sessions they might get. leading psychologists say the iapt mental health programme has helped hundreds

of thousands of people overcome anxiety and depression. they acknowledge that more could be done to improve it in some areas. there's always been regional variation in mental health but we haven't known about it before because we haven't been measuring it before. but now that we can measure it, we can learn enormous amounts about how to reduce it and help the less good performing services to move up to the level of the others, and there has been big successes in that already. lucy is now in mental health writer and campaigner. she just wants to see more consistency in what is available through the nhs to help people navigate their mental health challenges. hugh pym, bbc news. and you can check nhs cancer, a&e, operations and mental health targets in your area by going to the bbc website and looking for our nhs tracker. devon and cornwall police has admitted breaking health and safety laws, following the death of a church caretaker. thomas 0rchard, who was 32 and had schizophrenia, died in hospital a week after he suffered a cardiac arrest at an exeter police station in 2012.

0fficers used an emergency restraining belt, but the force hasn't accepted that the belt led directly to mr 0rchard's death. duncan kennedy reports. thomas 0rchard's parents today was the latest hearing in the six years since his death. it was an accident that thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic, was arrested after shouting at passers—by. at the police station a fabric restraining belt was put over his face. a few minutes after it was removed he stopped breathing and later died in hospital. three police staff were put on trialfor hospital. three police staff were put on trial for the manslaughter of thomas but were cleared. today the chief constable admitted his force broke one health and safety law regarding training but not the belt

had caused thomas's death. regarding training but not the belt had caused thomas's deathm regarding training but not the belt had caused thomas's death. it is only right to plead guilty on behalf of devon and cornwall police to this charge. however, legal matters remain outstanding in respect of whether this health and safety breach caused the death of thomas. thomas 0rchard's family welcomed that admission but say it doesn't go far enough. for over six years devon and cornwall police have consistently refused to accept any responsibility for thomas's needless and avoidable death. we will continue to fight for justice for thomas, and we are committed to doing all we can to reduce the shamefulfrequency doing all we can to reduce the shameful frequency with which people with mental health difficulties die in police custody. this is thought to be the first time a police force has admitted a health and safety breach in connection with a death in custody. thomas 0rchard's parents

now hope all forces will review the way they use equipment like restraining belts so others are not put at risk. his family will now return for a separate hearing where a judge will decide if the belt was the cause of thomas's death. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in bristol. the head of one of britain's biggest house—builders, persimmon, has come under public criticism after walking out of an interview in which he was asked about his £75 million bonus. jeff fairburn said it was unfortunate he'd been asked the question. the bonus was one of the biggest ever awarded by a public listed company. our business correspondent emma simpson has the story. there is a lot of buttons. do you wa nt to there is a lot of buttons. do you want to come up here, mark? jeff fairburn was after a good new story with the opening of his company's new brick factory near doncaster but things soon got awkward when he about his £75 million bonus. high...

think... yeah, i'd rather not talk about that. it has been well covered. you don't want to discuss that today? are there any lessons to be learned from that? it's the biggest bonus in the country. no? 0k, right, fine. biggest bonus in the country. no? ok, right, fine. i think that's really u nfortu nate, actually, ok, right, fine. i think that's really unfortunate, actually, that you've done that. are dissatisfied persimmon homeowner in harrow were sold his property leasehold while neighbours later bought their homes with a more valuable freehold. well, i'm not surprised. but i'm angry. i'm not surprised. but i'm angry. i'm absolutely angry about this 75 million. basically this hold of element is his bonus. if he can get a75 element is his bonus. if he can get a 75 million bonus, i don't understand why they can't give us a freehold for free. persimmon built the foundations for this pay controversy five years ago with a new long—term incentive scheme. for

these bosses the higher the share price the higher the bonus and, boy, did the share price soar. it was fuelled by the government's helped to buy scheme which encourages first—time buyers onto the property ladder. it was this which helped push up demand, prices and persimmon's profits. there has been no comment from the company orjeff fairburn today, though he has previously said he would donate some of his bonus to charity. with hindsight, saying so here might have gone down better than walking away. emma simpson, bbc news. yoga has been part of the duke and duchess of sussex's morning routine in australia — as they continue their tour down under. harry and meghan went barefoot on bondi beach, and then there was a climb over sydney harbour bridge, before tomorrow's invictus games. our royal correspondentjonny dymond was watching. the police in sydney don't normally dress like this, but on the city's legendary bondi beach today,

things were far from normal. welcome to fluro friday, where surfing and yoga meets mindfulness. and harry and meghan. harry opened up to the group about his experiences. it's part of his big push to promote mental health. this is called an anti—bad vibes circle. at the end, a group hug. the house of windsor brought the house down. yoga is part of the cure, and the duchess is a big fan. she told the yogis just how keen she is. she did say she does it every day, and she even got up at 4:30 this morning, completely jet—lagged, and she is pregnant, so i understand how exhausting that can be, and she did yoga this morning at 11:30. the duke went from beach to bridge.

up he went, and up. and at the top, a new flag rose. this is the moment that the duke and duchess's trip to australia pivots, away from the walkabouts and the beaches and towards the biggest project of harry's life. this is the start of the countdown to the invictus games, the sporting celebration of wounded warriors. invictus is at the heart of harry's journey. he has walked with the military. now, he will lead the games he created. jonny dymond, bbc news, sydney. time for a look at the weather. here's alina jenkins. hello, we have had cloud and patchy

drizzle and we're left with cloud across northern ireland, north—west england, into southern parts of scotla nd england, into southern parts of scotland and the cloud will continue to feed north and eastwards overnight. further south, some clearer skies, and once again it will some mist and fog to form, another cool, if not chilly night across england and wales, temperatures close to freezing in some spots and philip court in scotla nd some spots and philip court in scotland where we keep cool skies. with mist and fog tomorrow once again it will be slow to clear, some dense patches in places. when it doesin dense patches in places. when it does in central, southern and eastern england, further westmoor cloud, the cloud deck and four patchy drizzle, mist and hill fog for the western side of scotland. some afternoon sunshine east of scotland, further south the wind is much lighter and in the sunshine temperatures up to 17 or 18 celsius. we will still see 16 or 17 in parts of aberdeenshire and murray, still

some warmth in the autumn sunshine. on sunday we have this area of high pressure at the front starting to slide south and eastwards is more active on sunday bringing some more persistent rain into northern and western scotland, parts of northern ireland. as it slides south and east was the rain will become, we will see sunshine developing behind, by the afternoon a band of cloud through the midlands and parts of wales but where we get sunshine temperatures up to 17, 18. we start the new week with mainly dry conditions, there will be good spells of sunshine as we go through tuesday and wednesday away from the far north of scotland, the rest windy. late in the wicked will cold and windy. that is all from the bbc news at six, it is goodbye from the team here, and bbc one we would join the bbc‘s news teens where you are. hello, this is bbc news, with lu kwesa burak. the headlines... 20 men are found guilty of being part of a grooming gang

that abused girls as young as 11 in and around huddersfield. the men who have been convicted of these appalling crimes deliberately targeted their victims because of their vulnerability. they groomed them and exploited them for their own sexual gratification. radical islamist preacher anjem choudary is released from prison on licence and is now at a bail hostel. the former head of mi5 says he has little doubt that the saudi regime ordered the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi.