hello, this is bbc news with me rebecca jones. the headlines... after 39 people died in the back of a refrigerated lorry, a man pleads after 39 people died in the back guilty to conspire to assist illegal of a refrigerated lorry, a man pleads guilty to conspiring immigration. levels of greenhouse to assist illegal immigration. gasesin immigration. levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached another record high and there is no maurice robinson, sign ofa from northern ireland, another record high and there is no sign of a slowdown. two cinema was driving the lorry in essex where the bodies, including those chains pull film about gangs after a of children, were discovered. mass brawl outside one screening and mr robinson is stll facing 39 charges of manslaughter. dozens mass brawl outside one screening and d oze ns of mass brawl outside one screening and dozens of incidents at others. the we'll bring you the latest from the old bailey. also tonight: battle for a nswers dozens of incidents at others. the battle for answers as to why a levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reach another record high. and there is no sign of a slowdown. two cinema chains pull a film about gangs, after a mass brawl outside one screening and dozens of incidents at others. the battle for answers as to why a young autistic man died in agony, starving and dehydrated, in hospital. he looked at me absolutely terrified. and that's the last

time i saw him alive. and the priceless jewels stolen in an overnight heist from a museum in germany. and coming up on bbc news: england fast bowlerjofra archer says he was subjected to racist abuse by a spectator during the final day of the first test defeat by new zealand. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a man from northern ireland has pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to assist illegal immigration, after the bodies of 39 vietnamese people, including children, were discovered in the back of a lorry he was driving in essex. 25—year—old maurice robinson, from county armagh, is still facing

39 charges of manslaughter. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at the old bailey. daniel. yes, fiona, of the three people currently being held after the shocking discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry on a quiet road in an essex industrial estate, mo robinson's case is the most advanced. the young lorry driver was the first person to be arrested and, today, here at the old bailey, he admitted being part ofa old bailey, he admitted being part of a conspiracy to smuggle people into britain. the discovery last month of 39 dead people from vietnam in the back of a lorry in essex led to a huge international investigation into a suspected people smuggling gang. this morning, mo robinson, the 25—year—old lorry driver from northern ireland, arrested at the time, appeared by video link at the old bailey and pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to assist illegal immigration. he's also accused of counts

of manslaughter but, at this stage, he's not been asked to say if he pleads guilty or not guilty to those charges, or a charge of people trafficking, or one of money—laundering. eight of the 39 people found dead in the lorry were female, ten were teenagers. two of them were boys ofjust 15. they all leave behind grieving families in vietnam. sealed inside an unaccompanied lorry trailer, they'd crossed the english channel from zeebrugge on this cargo ferry, the clementine, and arrived at the port of purfleet on the river thames, just east of london. the trailer had been dropped off at zeebrugge some 12 hours earlier by this lorry cab. eamon harrison, also from northern ireland, is accused of being the driver on the belgian side, and is fighting extradition from dublin. and with the wider investigation into the lorry deaths still continuing, a third man

from northern ireland, 23—year—old christopher kennedy, appeared in court in chelmsford today, also charged with people trafficking and assisting illegal immigration. daniel sandford, bbc news. levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another record high. since 1990, there's been an increase of 43% in the warming effect that these gases have on the planet. and most worrying of all, there's no sign the increase in gases is slowing down. our chief environment correspondent justin rollatt is here. this sounds very bad news. it is bad news, we are seeing an this sounds very bad news. it is bad news, we are seeing an increasing trend of an ever increasing amount of these gases that warm the atmosphere. let's put this in a bit of context because it is important to see it over history. look at this graph. this graph shows us the concentration of the most significant gas, common outside. back the beginning of the industrial revolution. look how the increase

goes up gradually at first and then by the mid—part of the century, it really ta kes by the mid—part of the century, it really takes off. think because, industrialisation, mass aviation, driving concentrations up and today, we saw that trend has continued, bringing total concentrations to 407.8 per part per million. so what is going to happen about it? what it tells us is as the concentration increases, of those warming gases, it means we are more prone, we will see more climate change, temperatures will continue to rise. it also tells us what we need to do, we need to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, and drastically and quickly. that is part of an international effort the world has been working out for some time and next weekend, we have a major climate conference in madrid. and the idea there is to encourage nations to redouble their efforts to reduce emissions. of course, the problem is, as these figures tell us today, we are not doing so well at doing that at the moment. clearly not. justin, thank you.

the taxi app uber is not being granted a new licence to operate in london. transport for london said a pattern of failures had put passenger safety at risk. the firm will appeal, and can continue to operate during that process. with election day just over a fortnight away, let's take a brief look at some of today's election news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has fleshed out his party's offer to private tenants. there'll be controls on rent rises in england, as well as protections against unfair evictions, but landlords say it would lead to a serious rental housing crisis. the former prime minister tony blair says that the current state of british politics is "utterly dysfunctional", with both main parties "peddling fantasies". mr blair says he would vote for labour, but that a majority government for either labour or the conservatives would pose a risk. the cross—community alliance party in northern ireland has launched its general election manifesto. the party's leader, naomi long, says they will put brexit at the centre of its campaign,

calling for a fresh eu referendum, with the option to remain in the eu. like the majority of people in northern ireland, we recognise the huge benefits of the eu membership that it has brought to northern ireland. and we also believe that our future lies at the heart of the eu, working together with other european nations to tackle the major challenges which lie ahead. laura kuenssberg is in westminster this evening for us. we have had most, if not all, of the manifesto is now, what can we expect over the course of this campaign? campaigns and policies are slightly strange, they are a bit like pouring concrete. at the beginning, all the politicians are out there clamouring to get their manifestos across and clamouring to be heard, but it takes a while for that to be set and for the public to really start paying attention to exactly what is being promised. but now we are at pretty much the halfway mark with three weeks or so to go until polling day.

important to say the snp has yet to publish its manifesto which of course will be looked at with great interest not just in course will be looked at with great interest notjust in scotland, but also here, because there is the possibility they could end up working with one of the peak political parties, depending on the result. but the two big uk wide parties, the tories and the labour party, have put forward their big offers in their manifestos. 0n the tory side, what they want to do and you will hear it again and again, is talk about the fact they would take us talk about the fact they would take us out of the european union in january if they win a majority. the flip side of that is the labour party, who will use every moment they can to talk about what they wa nt to they can to talk about what they want to do. rewire the economy and spend a significant amount more of taxpayers' money on improving public services. but in a funny way, they are also a mirror of each other because the tories are worried about what has happened with public services in the last ten years or so, that legacy of the squeeze on

public spending and labour, on the other hand, is worried about brexit because they are trying to stitch together a duo, if you like of leave labour voters and remain labour voters. so they are both very, very conscious of what is going on with public services and the public‘s attitude to brexit, but for com pletely attitude to brexit, but for completely different reasons. and in terms of what happens next, well, events, events, events. that is why this election is so unpredictable, pigs -- this election is so unpredictable, pigs —— because no one can really know what the next three weeks will bring. and we live in such extraordinary political times that while the polls seem to suggest the tories have a consistent read, one cabinet minister said to me they are all living in fear of what happened last time when that poll lead was thrown away. and on the labour side, they are not quite sure what numbers they are not quite sure what numbers they can really believe. so, the big picture has been laid out for the public, but the decision, that's still i public, but the decision, that's stilli million miles away. public, but the decision, that's stilll million miles away. laura at westminster, thank you. the decision

may be i westminster, thank you. the decision may bei million miles away. the deadline to register to vote in the election is tomorrow. the electoral commission's report from last year estimated that up to 9.4 million people who are eligible are not signed up to vote. 34% of 18—19 year olds are not on the electoral register. that compares to 6% of people over the age of 65. the electoral commission also estimates that one in four black and ethnic minority voters are not currently correctly on the register. applications have fluctuated over the last few weeks. last friday saw over 300,000 people complete the application — the vast majority, online. and tonight, andrew neil begins his series of interviews with party leaders. he'll be speaking to the snp leader nicola sturgeon at 7:30, here on bbc one. and you can also watch on the bbc iplayer. two cinema chains have pulled blue

story after a number of significant incidents. vue cinemas and showcased at the decision after use were involved using machetes. 0ur arts editor has the details. these were the scenes at star city in birmingham on saturday night. the popular multiplex was locked down, as groups of young people came armed to fight, not relax in front of a movie. where are you from? from deptford... ghetto boy, yeah? one of those showing was the urban drama blue story. if anyone asks, yeah? i've been here the whole time. vue, the cinema owner, believes the film was the root cause of the disturbance, and has therefore stopped showing it. rememberthat! in a statement, the cinema chain said, "the decision to withdraw blue story in its entirety was made on saturday evening, on the grounds of safety alone.

the film opened in 60 of our sites on friday but, during the first 24 hours of the film, over 25 significant incidents were reported and escalated to senior management in 16 separate cinemas." is that why your brother don't like me, then, because i live in this area? the film, about schoolboy friendship ruined by postcode gang wars, has been dropped by vue and showcase cinemas, a move that leaves 120 a move that leaves one blue story actor dismayed. as a black person, i feel like there are racial undertones, because i feel like there are other films that have come out in the past which have had a high level of violence and which incidents have happened around the time films were premiered, and they've not been pulled. so it makes me question, why has blue story been treated differently to the other films that have come out? vue have just sent a release out saying they've had over 20

different incidents. that may be the case, but incidents with young people, i don't see how... again, how blue story is related to that. i don't see how there was any link, i don't see how there was any connection to it. i'm standing in leicester square, in london, which kind of shows graphically the split between the big cinema chains. 0ver there is the 0deon, the biggest of the bunch, which is still showing blue story. 0ver there is cineworld, the second biggest, which is not only showing blue story, but is actively promoting it. and over there is the third biggest, vue, which has pulled blue story from all of its screens. hi, are you going to careen's party? so, how do young cinemagoers feel about blue story been withdrawn? some cinemas are showing it, so what's wrong with every cinema showing it? if people choose, at the end of the day, how they want to act, according to what they see, you can't blame a movie for that. everyone's saying it's promoting violence and gangs, but it's really not. it's all about love. that's what rapman, the director, says about his debut film, which he also describes as a modern parable. of the violence at the weekend, he said, "it's truly unfortunate. a small group of people can ruin

things for everyone." will gompertz, bbc news. the jury in the trial of the match commander during the hillsborough disaster, david duckenfield, has retired to consider its verdict. the retired chief superintendent denies the manslaughter through gross negligence of 95 liverpool supporters at the fa cup semi—final in 1989. 0ur north of england correspondentjudith moritz is at preston crown court, what was said? well, the jury has well, thejury has heard well, the jury has heard seven weeks of evidence. today, thejudge finished his summing up of the case. they were sent out to begin their deliberations and they will have to examine the case of cheap super into and david duckenfield. he was in charge of policing at hillsborough backin charge of policing at hillsborough back in 1989 when liverpool played nottingham forest in an fa cup semifinal. 96 liverpool fans died on the terraces there when they became overcrowded. david duckenfield is charged with the manslaughter of 95 of them, the 96 victim, tony bland, died nearly four years later, it was too late in law to be included in the prosecution. the prosecution say

david duckenfield's failings were extraordinarily bad and substantially contributed to the deaths. they say he bears a personal responsibility for them. but his defence team, in the country, say that he has been unfairly singled out for prosecution, that he has been made a target of blame, and they said in this case that when he arrived to take charge at hillsborough, it was like giving a captaina ship hillsborough, it was like giving a captain a ship that was already singing. so thejury captain a ship that was already singing. so the jury will have to work their way through those arguments, they have gone home for the night now, but they will be back here in the morning tomorrow to continue their deliberations. the time is 1815. our top story this evening: a man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to assist illegal immigration, following the deaths of 39 people in a refrigerated lorry. still to come: england's jofra archer gets an apology from new zealand's cricketing authorities after saying he was racially abused.

0n sportsday, we speak to sam ward, who says he'll do everything he can to return to the sport after losing the sight in his left eye. an investigation into the death of a young, autistic man — left starving and desperately thirsty at the royal blackburn hospital while waiting for an operation — is to be reviewed. mark stuart spent five days in agony and died following a catalogue of failings. his parents say they have been battling for answers for four years. they've been speaking exclusively to our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. come on, then. going to push me in. this was mark stuart, an exuberant teenager, with his brother and father. as a young adult with autism, he became more withdrawn but his passion for swimming continued. that is, until he faced

a series of catastrophic failings in hospital. as they were wheeling him out of the ward, he lifted off the oxygen mask and said, "nothing terrible's going to happen, is it?" "i'm not going to die, am i?" i said, "of course you're not going to die, mark." but mark did die, after being left starving and thirsty in hospital while he waited for a delayed bowel operation. the lift doors were just closing that way and he looked at me, absolutely terrified, and that's the last time i saw him alive. it was 2015 at the royal blackburn hospital. mark needed an urgent operation but he was made to wait five days. he was told not to eat or drink anything but staff failed to give him any nutrition through the drip in his arm or enough fluid. records suggest at one point he went for 20 hours without any fluid.

0n the fourth night, mark, who was autistic, became highly agitated. he said he was in the worst pain of his life but nurses dismissed him as a trouble maker. the next day, staff suddenly gave him a large amount of fluid. he died after being taken to the operating theatre. no one will ever know exactly what caused mark's death because no postmortem was carried out. the hospital sent this certificate to the coroner indicating that he died of a natural cause. it's since apologised and described it as a slip—up. it was appalling, from start to finish. and then, after he died, it carried on, so we've had to ask, push and push, all the time, to get information. in our opinion, they want this brushed under the carpet and gone away. the nhs trust which oversees the royal blackburn hospital has apologised. it said.

but janet and richard say they still haven't been told who made the key decisions about their son's care, and why. that's despite an independent investigation. the government's ordered a review of that. we scattered his ashes in his favourite swimming spot at windermere, and we go there every christmas, and i drop a card in. and i feel so guilty that i didn't raise the roof. i just sit on the end of the jetty and say, "i'm sorry, mark." that was richard stuart speaking there so movingly to our health reporter, sophie hutchinson. new zealand's cricketing authorities

have apologised to the england fast bowlerjofra archer after he said he was racially abused during the final day of the first test. the 24 year old described the abuse, that he said came from one spectator, as disturbing. england lost the first test by an innings and 65 runs. katie gornall reports. this was jofra archer's first overseas test for england. it ended with him being racially abused. as he attempted to bat his side to safety against new zealand, archer made it to 30 and then heard something as he left the field. afterwards, he said on twitter... i think, in 2019, was the way the world climate is at the moment, think players have to stand up, they have to speak and be honest about racial experiences that they've had, and the likes ofjofra archer being courageous and telling everybody that he did face racial abuse,

it was good on him. it's not the first time archer has been the subject of alleged abuse. during the ashes in september, an england fan at old trafford said he heard a group singing a racist song about the barbados—born fast bowler. in response to this latest incident, new zealand cricket said they would be examining cctv footage and making further enquiries in an endeavour to identify the man responsible. they will also contact mr archer to apologise, and promised increased vigilance when the teams next meet in hamilton. england's cricketers will travel there with plenty to ponder after a crushing defeat at the bay 0val — needing to bat through the day to save themselves, it proved beyond them. the wickets tumbled, some were given away cheaply, others snatched in style. as england were bowled out with more than 21 overs to spare. in just three days' time, they face new zealand again in the second test, hoping for change both on and off the pitch. katie gornall, bbc news.

up to 400 jobs are at risk at tsb after the bank unveiled plans to close 82 branches next year. it says it wants to concentrate on its automated services — but will try to find new roles for those at risk ofjob losses. students around the uk are missing out on lectures, as a strike begins over pay, conditions, and pensions by university lecturers. it's the first day of an eight—day walkout by members of the university and college union. hong kong's leader has said she'll listen to public opinion after a landslide victory by pro—democracy candidates — who won almost 90% of seats in local elections. the result is being seen as an outright rejection of carrie lam's leadership, of china's authority and a huge show of support for the anti—beijing protests that have been going on for months. rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest from hong kong. this is not the sort of media attention usually given to the winners

of a local council election. but last night's victory for hong kong's democrats was no ordinary win. it was an unprecedented landslide. these newly—minted young politicians won 85% of all the seats contested. we have five demands. today, they gathered to tell hong kong's government they will not be ignored. government parties, they have no more excuses for saying that rioters don't have popular support. now we see that they have popular support. hong kong people have learned a lesson, that they understand that without democracy, any freedom... any freedom we have is very fragile. it can be gone in one day, by a tyranny. the message here today is that the hong kong opposition is now the most powerful political group in hong kong. it is no longer a protest movement. it now has a proper democratic mandate which means that the chief

executive can no longer ignore their demands. time for the hong kong government to act may be short. in central hong kong today, prominent pro—beijing politician regina ip had to be escorted from her office by riot police, withjeering, hostile crowds. out on a street corner this evening, paul was thanking his supporters. he's one of a handful of pro—government councillors who survived the election. but he says it been a nightmare for the pro—government camp. everything is wrong. i think we have to start with government policy, government strategy, the composition of all kinds of things, the cabinet and what have you. i think this is a very loud voice of the people that they aren't happy with what they've been going through, the last six months. but anyone looking for a hopeful sign from beijing today got nothing. the foreign ministry spokesman again insisting that hong kong is china's internal affair, and everyone else should mind their own business.

applause but without some acknowledgement of what happened here on sunday, the celebrations could soon turn back into violence on the streets. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, hong kong. priceless jewels have been stolen from one of europe's oldest museums in the german city of dresden. three complete collections of jewellery including diamonds, rubys and emeralds belonging to 18th century royalty were ta ken. two men broke in through a window overnight. david sillito reports. dresden castle, the home of one of the world's greatest displays of royal opulence. the room of wonders. created to dazzle, to overwhelm people. it was the collection

augustus the strong, a man of extravagant appetites. it is rumoured he fathered 300 children. this is one of the greatest collections of aristocratic treasure in the world however a significant pa rt in the world however a significant part of it has been stolen. police arrived this morning to find a collection of diamonds, rubies and emeralds described as part of the state treasury of 18th—century saxony had gone. translation: the culprits evidently got in through a window, cutting through the bars and smashing the glass before they went to one cabinet that they destroyed. they left the building and disappeared. how did they do it? one clue is this burnt out electrical box. street lights failed. the museum alarm was silent. police say a camera caught images of two thieves as they broke in. the museum says 100 dual encrusted items were taken. the value, the museum isn't giving a figure but they say it is more than about money. they say that

the collection is a nation's cultural heritage. david sillitoe, bbc news. the weather now with ben rich. brightness was in short supply. some saw some bright sky but for many more, cloudy, with outbreaks of rain and things turning wetter and windier still over the next 24 hours. a potential of heavy rain and gales causing trouble problems and may be localised flooding in england and wales. you can see this beautiful area of cloud approaching oui’ beautiful area of cloud approaching our shores, an beautiful area of cloud approaching oui’ shores, an area beautiful area of cloud approaching our shores, an area of low pressure containing the remnants of what was tropical storm sebastien. a lot of moisture, quite mild, but forsome it will be wet and windy. outbreaks of patchy rain drifting north—east as we go through tonight. then turning dryer, perhaps misty, and by the end of the night, heavy and persistent rain into the far south—west. overnight lows, 8—10 but

very wet in the far south—west, and very wet in the far south—west, and very windy, gusts 40—50 mph, maybe more. rain pushing north over england and wales, turning right in northern ireland. tomorrow the rain moves into southern scotland. the north of scotland, patchy rain but it will be windy. a easterly wind. maybe this guy is brightening to the south. if you see sunshine, 14 degrees. tomorrow evening, we may see really heavy downpours in east anglia and the south—east. low pressure still with us into wednesday. likely to bring gales for some southern counties and certainly for the channel islands. rain focusing on north—east england and south—east scotland, where we have some concern through the middle part of the week in terms of flooding and travel disruption. towards the end of the week, temperatures dropping. feeling colder but we have a fighting chance at last of seeing

some brightness. thank you. a man has pleaded guilty to assisting illegal immigration following the deaths of 39 people in a refrigerated lorry. the cinema chain showcase say they will continue to showcase say they will continue to show the controversial film blue story. that's all from the bbc news at six —— 00:29:27,763 --> 2147483051:51:28,596 so it's goodbye from me —— 2147483051:51:28,596 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s