12/07/2012 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten: Ministers under pressure over Olympic security. It

is confirmed, 3 ,500 soldiers more drafted in to secure the venues.

G4S, the private company paid millions cowed not guarantee the

staff. Labour say it is a shambles. G4S has let the country down. We

have literally had to send in the troops.

We were receiving reassurances from G4S until recently, and the gap in

the numbers what crystallised yesterday.

Now, fresh worries about transport links for the Games. Also:

TeleBritons are among nine people killed by an avalanche in the

French Alps, buried by a wall of snow and ice.

Kane Gorny died in hospital after pleading for a glass of water. An

inquest says neglect was to blame partly.

Police in Belfast use water canons. The turbulent end to a day of

Orange Order marches. And London calling, after more than

07 years, the BBC World Service, leaves the iconic Bush House.

On Sportsday: Another day in the yellow jersey for Bradley Wiggins.

He extends his lead after stage 11 Good evening.

Ministers have been defending their handling of security arrangements

for the Olympics after it emerged that they became fully aware

yesterday that the firm, G4S, could not guarantee enough trained staff.

Labour has called it a shambles, but the Home Secretary, Theresa May

insisted that the overall security of London 2012 could not be com

priced and confirmed that thousands more military personnel would be

deployed to help. Here is our Security Correspondent,

Gordon Corera. In uniform, on duty and at the

Games. The British military called on it fill a crucial security gap

because a private contractor cannot deliver.

G4S has let the country down. We have literally had to send in

the troops. When the Government identified that

a need was there, we acted to ensure that we covered that

requirement, so that we can assure that we have the venue security and

the general security for the Games that we want.

The extent of the problem became clear in the last two weeks, when

venues like the Aquatics Centre were locked down. Meaning that

anyone entering had to be checked. G4S failed to deploy the staff to

support that process. Last December, organisers realised

that they had underestimated the number of guards that they needed.

More than doubling the total to 23,000.

G4S took on a contract to supply more than 10,000 of those. While

the military agreed to provide 7,500 personnel.

Yesterday, G4S told the Government it could no longer guarantee its

numbers, meaning that the military's contribution is rising

to 11,000. Here G4S is till recruiting and training thousands

of staff on a tight timeline. Critics have questioned whether it

tried to do too much, too late in the day based on a business model

designed to keep the costs down. Recruits may be arriving here, but

the chief executive of G4S has been summoned to appear before MPs next

week to explain what went wrong with the �284 million contract.

Applicants have described a chaotic process, telling the BBC that after

being trained over months, he was not being used.

I was told so many time, yes, I have a job. I'm at the Olympics.

Then I call them up, two or three days later to ask what is happening,

they don't know. No-one does. They can't get a manager.

In a statement, G4S, whose contract includes financial penalties said

that they encountered delays in getting applicants in the final

stages, but they are working hard to process them as swiftly as

possible. Some of the troops deployed have returned from

Afghanistan, others will have to cancel holidays. Some come from

battalions due to be cut. You could argue rather not do it,

but not everyone takes that attitude. I was there a week ago,

they see it as a great national event. They want to do the right

thing in order to ensure the security.

Today, missiles arrived in London, another sign of a security

operation unprecedented in peacetime. Officials are adamant

that this will not compromise security, but it will not prevent

questions being asked about the last-minute call-up.

As well as the security concerns, there are fresh worries about the

transport for the Games. The independent Chief Inspector of

borders, John Vine said that the staff brought into to ease

congestion at Heathrow Airport had only basic training and the M4 into

London is closed for repair. We look at how the organisers are

responding to the challenges. It is hardly the welcome that

London wants to extend to Olympic visitors. This is passport control

at Terminal 5 early this morning. More queues and apparently empty

desks. Ministers say that they are drafting in staff to deal with the

rush, but the author of a report on Britain's border controls had this

warning: The agency has to ensure it has enough staff on the duty at

the times that matter most in the Olympic period. What I have said is

that they should have staff trained to ensure that they can do that,

but also, importantly, to ensure that proper checks are carried out

on all passengers arrive flooing the UK.

Even if you can get through the airports, smoothly, the M4 into the

London is closed. It will be shut until Monday while the engineers

race to fix the overpass. Don't mention the weather. Today's day in

way moth was almost wiped out by the great British summer. The

forecast for the Games are not good. With the venues exposed to the

elements, the fans are told to prepare.

This is what we deal with. People should be ready to get wet?

I hope not, but the chances are that they will do. It has been a

tricky British summer. I don't have a hotline.

Organisers say that the successful delivery of the Olympic Park is

evidence that the preparation for the Games is going well, but with

over a fortnight to go until the opening ceremony, the terror is

starting to build. Even the smallest problem is certain to take

on huge significance. Today touring the park, the Lord

Mayor dismissed talk of an Olympic crisis.

Well, it is always in the final furlong where the horses change

places. It makes the difference between a good Olympic Games games

and a great one. What you are seeing now is the last-minute final

work that you would expect in any huge operation like this.

Belt and braces stuff. Put the final nails in place.

The Olympics brings with it a level of international attention which is

without comparison. After the last few days, organisers will be

desperate for the sport to take the focus away from some of London's

problems. David is with me now. David,

security, Heathrow, the M4? A lot of worries with a couple of weeks

to go. It does not look good. This is a

whole coming together of issues. When you add what one official

described as the Olympic amply if Ication effect, it takes on a whole

different complex. B and that will increase in the days before the

Games, but on the big ticket items, the ministers and the organisers

are confident that the park, the venues, even the team are doing

well. If you look at past hosts, going back to ath insurance 2004,

they were scrambling to get the parks ready, Beijing, the talk was

of pollution and human rights problems, some of the problems that

London are experiencing are not that significant, but over the next

11 days, expect to see more tests for the organisers.

Thank you. Three British climbers have died after they were hit by an

avalanche in the French Alps. One of the victims is Roger Payne.

The six other climbers were also killed in the accident. They were

caught by a huge slab of ice, on a mountain near the resort of

Chamonix. The French authorities say it may have been dislodged by

another climber. We have this report.

High in the mountains in the early hours of the morning. This is where

a large slab of ice broke, sending it wall of snow and debris hurtling

suddenly down the steep Alpine slopes.

Alarge group of climbers were trapped in its path. Unlucky to be

caught in the wrong place. Nine climbers were killed, three of them

were British. These pictures were taken shortly

after the avalanche struck. The next group of climbers helping in

any way that they could as rescue teams began to arrive to evacuate

the injured and search for the missing.

We saw the air launch and the injured climbers, those that

managed to escape. They were walking up.

In my group there were two doctors. I went there with them. I tried the

best as we could. It happened in the French Alps Alps,

close to the popular skiing resort of Chamonix. The climbers were

trying to ascend Europe's highest peak, Mont Blanc on the second most

popular route by Mont Maudit. The name in French means cursed. It has

been confirmed that one of the dead was Roger Payne. The former head of

the British Mountaineering Council. This footage was taken two weeks

ago, close to where the avalanche took place. Treacherous conditions

after heavy rains and high winds. Two British climbers, originally

thought to be missing had turned back and arrived safely in Chamonix.

Others had had second thoughts before deciding to tackle the

mountain, fearing that an avalanche could happen.

You could see where there had been an avalanche on the Saturday.

Literally, the conditions were not great due to the high temperatures

in the daytime and heavy rainfall in the evening with the storms at

night it looked like it was going to happen at any time.

This beautiful area around Mont Blanc is popular with casual

tourists and serious climbers alike. High up on the slopes it is

dangerous, but this is the deadliest avalanche in the French

Alps Alps in more than ten years. The climbers who died today knew

the risks that they were taking. And the rescue teams knew how hard

it is for to survive for long, buried beneath the snow on one of

Europe's highest peaks. A husband and wife who were

convicted of exploiting and abusing men at a caravan site in

Bedfordshire and using them as forced labour have been jailed for

11 and four years respectively. The judge said that James John Connors

and his wife, were violent, cold- hearted exploitives whose crimes

were evil. Two former hotel workers have been

found not guilty for murdering a woman from Northern Ireland while

on honeymoon. Michaela McAreavey was murdered at a luxury resort in

January of last year. A corner in has ruled that neglect

by medical staff at a London hospital, partly contributed to the

death and the dehydration of a 22- year-old man as he recovered from

surgery. Kane Gorny called the police from his bed at St George's

Hospital in tooting. When the officers arrived he claimed he was

refused water. He had been the picture of health,

but Kane Gorny died desperate for a drink of water N of all places, a

hospital. The 22-year-old had suffered a

brain tumour in 2008. He recovered but after, his body had problems

retaining fluid and his bones were weak.

He returned to St George's Hospital the following year for a hip

replacement. Today his mother was in court to hear a coroner say that

the neglect her son suffered at St George's Hospital contributed to

We as a family have been devastated to hear of the number of missed

opportunities to avert our son's tragic death. Mr Gorny underwent

with a was a routine operation on May 26th. The following afternoon,

because of his symptoms, he became aggressive and called 99. He told

police officers he was being denied water. He was later sedated. The

alarm was raised at 9.00 am the following morning when he was found

in a critical condition. He died at 11.20. The coroner said there had

been a cascade of individual errors which had led to a tragic outcome.

There lpbt been any reckless conduct, she said, it was simply

incompetence. The inquest was told the hospital's failings included

some of the nurses being out of their depth. Mr Gorny's vital signs

weren't checked for 24-hours. Observation charts weren't fit for

purpose. It is clear that in this occasion our services fell short of

expectation in a number of respects and, for this, we are profoundly

sorry. The Crown Prosecution Service say it is will wait to hear

from the police before deciding whether to review his case. Coming

# Pleased to meet you... # They have been doing it for 50

years, the Rolling Stones mark half a century of rocking, pouting and

making money. I'm lucky to be here, man. It's amazing. The mobile phone

provider, O2, ahas apologised for a systems failure which left a third

of its customers, up to 7 million people, unable to make calls, text

or access the internet. O2 says all services have now been restored.

Here is Rory Cellan-Jones. It was 24-hours in which millions of O2

customers found out what life was like without a functioning mobile

phone. They didn't like it. Verity Price, who we reached via an

internet call, was out of contact with her husband and other members

of the family, who were all on O2 phones. Frightening that I can't

contact anybody. Frightening that I haven't been able to contact my

family. I don't know if they are OK. I don't know if my husband is OK.

It has been quite worrying. This small business found out that

losing a mobile phone connection also meant losing customers. It was

really bad for us yesterday. We didn't have any orders. Deliveries

weren't getting to where they were meant to go because they didn't

have our phone number. This sort much issue affects a particular

location. What was different this time was that someone on one O2

phone could find it working well, but someone sitting next to them on

the same network couldn't do anything with their phone. The

problem was the network was unable to recognise certain customers.

After repairing a fault, which inconvenienced up to a third of it

is customers, O2 has to mend fences quickly. I completely understand

why people are frustrated. The service of your mobile phone is

essential to customers. We completely get. That I get that as

an O2 customer. It wasn't good enough yesterday, I'm very sorry. I

will redouble my efforts to make sure it can't happen again. O2's

customers can connect again, but with the Olympics expected to put a

strain on all phone networks, the company's next test is around the

corner. The most senior diplomat to defect from Syria has said that

only force will drive President Assad from power. Nawaf Fares, who

was the country's ambassador to Iraq, is the second prominent

figure to leave the regime in a week. He said President Assad had

turned into a "criminal killing the Syrian people". Four police

officers have been injured tonight in Belfast during disturbances

following a disputed Orange Order parade. Petrol bombs have been

thrown in Londonderry and there has been some disorder in Craigavon.

Police say the situation is under control and political leaders have

appealled for calm. It had been peaceful in Belfast, but the longer

the day went on, in this part of the city, the more violent it

became. The trouble broke out after a march by the Orange Order. The

parade went past the Ardoyne district. Local residents protested

peacefully, then the trouble broke out. The MP for North Belfast

blamed dissident republicans. want to attack the police and their

Protestant neighbours to bring about violence and derail the peace

process. That is what they are about, nothing else. All roads in

and out of the area were closed. The majority of the people here are,

basically, sick to the stomach of this. I mean, they have seen it

down through the years. They don't want it. Most of the parades across

Northern Ireland passed off peacefully. The marching season so

far this year has been relatively calm. The recent handshake between

the Queen and Sinn Fein's mart anyone mg Guinness demonstrated how

Northern Ireland is changing. The trouble in North Belfast tonight

showed there is a long way to go. It is a very difficult night for

the police in Northern Ireland. There is a large loyalist crowd on

one side of the road, and a large republican crowd behind the

buildings on the other side. They do have extra resources. As often

happens in Northern Ireland, the police are stuck in the middle.

Thousands of officers are still on duty. It has been a long day for

them, and it's not over yet. 50 years ago, when they walked on

stage at the Marquee Club in London, they were complete unnons. Today,

the Rolling Stones are one of the world's biggest rock-and-roll bans.

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been talking about the good times,

and the bad, with our Arts Editor, Will Gompertz. Here is the report

that we were unable to bring you last night because of a technical

problem. The Rolling Stones, back in the '60s, young and rebellious,

naughty boys sticking it to the man. Now, they're very grown up with a

combined age of over 270. They are still rolling, 50 years after their

first gig. It was here at 165 Oxford Street on 12th July 1962,

when this place was the Marquee Club, and not a bank, when they

took the stage for the first time under the band name the rolling

stones. They were the hit group that became a global business with

its own logo and senior management team. These are photographs from a

new book and exhibition celebrating their half century. A chance for us

and them to look back. How does it feel? Wonderful, darling. How does

he see himself? Happy-go-lucky, I think. Despite the kind of all the

years that have passed and everything, I think, I have come

through it pretty unscathed. Not sure about everybody else. Take

Keith Richards, Jagger's old school friend and co-founder of the Stones,

he has been in a scrape or to. lucky to be here, man. It's amazing.

Nobody ever expected anything like this. I mean, it was... Especially

in those days. A band, it was lucky to live two or three years. You

hoped for a good time, and that was that. When will you next perform

again, do you think? We're playing around with the idea. We've had a

couple of rehearsals. We got together lately. It feels so good.

I think soon. What can I say? everybody liked the Rolling Stones.

Some of those that did don't think they are quite what they were in

their heyday. Few can deny the significance of their work or fail

to recognise that their longevity is remarkable. Happy birthday,

chaps! The cyclist, Bradley Wiggins, has made history today at the Tour

de France. He is the first British cyclist to wear the yellow jersey

for four days in one Tour. Wig wig says he deserves to win the race.

He has put his success in holding on to the lead position down to

hard work. It could even be a British one-two, wig wig' team-mate,

Chris Froome, has moved up into second place. More than 70 years of

broadcasting history came to an end today with the last ever radio

broadcast from Bush House. The BBC World Service has moved to a more

modern home and the microphones, which brought the voices of

Churchill, de Gaulle, HG Wells and many others to millions, have

fallen silent. Nick Higham's report For over 70 years, Bush House was

an imposing home for a service that stood for reliable and impartial

news, around the clock, around the world and in many languages.

NEWSREEL: Here is the news... Bush House was a a united nations of the

airwaves. There was a warn of corridors, pokey offices and

windowless studios. The BBC World Service has an audience of more

than 160 million. For John McCarthy, held hostage in Lebanon nor for

years, it proved a life line. Later, he made programmes at Bush. It was

so special to be able to walk around. It's a great building. All

the different floors. Hearing different accents and conversations

in what I couldn't... Languages I couldn't recognise, was very

exciting. To know I want to do a story about something, there will

be somebody in the building that will know that. It's a special

place. Today, the last programme from Bush House went out just

afternoon, London time. Soldiers have been deployed in the South

West of Japan where unprecedented amounts of rain have caused...

BBC's Director-General paid tribute to what he called a beacon of truth

and objecttivity. This benign A Bigger Bang, the home of so many

great broadcasters over the years is now silent. It's corridors

desserted. Its studios empty. studios may be desserted, but the

broadcasts go on elsewhere. The World Service is Wapping Bush House

for a new home across London, alongside other BBC channels and a