11/01/2013 BBC News at Ten

The official verdict on Jimmy Savile. For over 50 years, I

predict a sex offender who carry out abuse on a national scale. A

report concludes he committed 34 rapes and many indecent acts from

1955 until as recently as four years ago. It could be said he

groomed an nation. He was hiding in plain sight and yet none of us were

able to do anything about it. among his Ben -- many young victims,

one speaks of her relief that the truth has finally come out. It's

helped me and I'm sure it's helped a lot of others, too. Just to be

able to finally be believed. Crown Prosecution Service has

apologised to Savile's victims, admitting he could have been

brought to justice while he was still alive. Also, a double blow on

jobs. 800 to go at Honda and Jessops has closed all its shops to

date with at least 1300 job losses. Violence in Northern Ireland.

Petrol bombs and bricks are thrown at the police on the 40th day of

protests over the Belfast City Hall flag. A warning from the Chancellor

that Britain could lead the European Union unless there's

reform in Brussels. And an official like this. The first portrait of

the Duchess of Cambridge. She says it's amazing. The critics' response

is mixed. England impress with the bat and the ball to beat India by

nine runs in their one-day series A report investigating more than 50

years of allegations against Jimmy Savile has detailed 34 crimes of

rape and 126 indecent act. The youngest victim, a boy of just

eight. The NSPCC, who produced the report together with the police, is

calling Savile one of the most prolific sex offenders it's ever

come across. He targeted his victims mostly in the 19 60s and

70s. At the BBC, schools, hospitals and even a hospice. But the sexual

abuse took place as recently as four years ago as well. The CPS

admitted Savile could have been brought to justice why he was alive

and apologised to his many victims. Jimmy Savile, a predatory sex

offender. His first recorded assault was in 1955. The last, 2009.

The police have received accounts from hundreds of people to give us

the clearest picture yet of Savile's crimes. It's clear that

their testimony, when taken together, presents a compelling

case of a predatory sex offender across the whole of the UK. It

could be said he groomed an nation. He was hiding in plain sight and

yet none of us were able to do anything about it. If you think

it's right to make love before you get married, put your hands in the

air. I see. A few hands creeping up. Indeed, in the 70s, Savile was the

obvious choice to host a teenage debate on teenagers and sex. On his

days off he was visiting places such as this, done Croft, an

approved school for girls Margaret. One of the girls he met was a 14-

year-old, Deborah Cogger. At the moment she's trying to forget.

forced me down backwards and pushed his weight on top of me. He pushed

his tongue into my mouth and down my throat. You just had to endure

it. Now, 40 years on, she is one of many to have finally spoken to the

police. The numbers are bewildering. 450 people have come forward. 328

with children at the time. 214 crimes have been reported, 34 rapes.

The youngest victim was eight. Hundreds must have known something.

You have to be quite Braebach at point to say, I suspect something,

I'm worried, and then tell somebody. You were worried about the

consequences. That is pretty much what happened for nearly six

decades. Of course there were suspicions. Louis Theroux tackled

that topic. Is he or isn't he a paedophile? Yes, yes, how do they

know whether I am or not? But when women from done Croft went to the

police in 2007, no prosecution was brought. Today, the Crown

Prosecution Service apologised. But what did change things was when

those women spoke on a TV documentary. What they triggered

was an avalanche. Hundreds upon hundreds have come forward with

their stories about the dark side of Jimmy Savile. This isn't justice,

but at least they have been heard. Do you think this brings something

to an end, does it help? I hope so up. It has helped me and I'm sure

it's helped a lot of others, took. Just to be able to finally be

believed. It's not even telling the story, it is being believed.

offences were in schools. Some of them chosen from letters to Jim'll

Fix It. You can't prosecute a dead man, but this is perhaps the

closest they will ever get to the truth. At the heart of today's

report were victims who weren't listened to, institutions have

failed to protect them and law- enforcement that didn't work. The

CPS has said this should serve as a watershed moment. But will anything

be different from now on? The fact that Savile could sexually abuse,

assault or rape hundreds of people over six decades inside public

institutions without the police or prosecutors doing anything seems

almost incredible. And for his victims it is indeed -- credibility

which is the issue at the heart of this scandal. Today's report says

the vast majority of Savile's victims did not feel they could

speak out. And the small number who did had their accounts dismissed by

those in authority. Most victims simply didn't think people would

believe them. There was a moment in the midst of Savile's offended when

an opportunity was missed. In the late 70s, a policeman was

approached by a nurse from Stoke Mandeville who said Savile was

touching little girls. The policeman told his superiors.

think purely because at that stage, and for many, many years, of course,

Savile was an icon. A few years later, another missed opportunity.

Police apparently told Jimmy Savile had assaulted a girl in his camper

van at BBC Television Centre. Then in 2003, a woman told police Savile

had groped her on top of the Pops, 30 years earlier. And then between

2007-2009, police in Surrey were told of four sexual assaults from

the 70s. Victims say they wouldn't have been bullied at the time and

went believed all those years later it. I'm very, very angry that he

got away with it. They were told what he was doing but it just got

swept under the carpet. Today, police and prosecutors apologised

for their mistakes. An inquiry for the Crown Prosecution Service said

victims and their accounts had been treated with caution, which was

never justified nor required. The CPS says the approach to

credibility in sexual assault cases now has to change. But some lawyers

warned old thinking runs deep. People still have an attitude

towards how they depict a certain victims of abuse, in a way that

isn't necessarily a responsible approach. I would be wary of saying

that the Savile inquiry represents a watershed. Today's report lists

13 hospitals where Savile is alleged to have knitted sexual

offences, including Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and a

number of psychiatric units. big question we have asked is why

no one spoke up. Was it because NHS procedures were to Robey to stop

this kind of thing happening? Did we in fact have the right

procedures in place but people turned a blind eye to them because

of Jimmy Savile's celebrity status or his role in fund-raising? We

have to get to the bottom of this. They can be no criminal

prosecutions against Jimmy Savile. But today's police report says it

is the lack of criminal proceedings and the lack of justice for victims

that convinced them to put this whole, dreadful story into the

public domain. Is this a watershed moment as the CPS says it should

be? The CPS and the police want to draw a line. They want to say, look,

mistakes were made, we should have done better, we are going to change

our practices in the future. Hopefully in the future, victims of

sexual abuse of this kind will be treated well, will feel can tell

their stories and will be believed. It is a great deal of difference

between being believed by a police officer or prosecute and actually

having credibility in a court of law. I don't think there's that

much that can be done when you're dealing with something that has to

be none emotional like a courtroom. I think real challenges for the

criminal justice system and for institutions. It's worth

remembering that the final allegations of offences by Jimmy

Savile, 2009, one in this very building, an allegation of an

offence in the last episode of top of the Pops in 2006. We like to

think we have much more modern attitudes about that kind of

behaviour. This is an historical issue. In fact, it would appear

that even right up to the present day, institutions and organisations

have a lot of challenges left. There are more job losses on the

High Street, this time with the camera retailer Jessops. Just two

days after it went into administration, a buyer hasn't been

found and its 187 stores across the UK opened for the last time today.

Around 1370 jobs will go. Further job losses are likely at the head

office in Leicester. Other job losses have been announced at the

car manufacturer, Honda. 800 jobs are to go at its plant in Swindon.

The firm has blamed a slump in demand in Europe, particularly

countries hit hard by the eurozone crisis. The Swindon plant employs

3500 people. At lunch time workers emerged shocked and concerned.

Honda has never launched a formal redundancy programme in Britain

before. Now, almost one in four jobs here will go by April. It's

kicked the life out of everybody. Everybody is disappointed and

scared. It's very numbing. Honda has been building cars in the UK

since the late 80s. Just last year, around 165,000 vehicles rolled off

its production lines. Half of those are exported to Europe, most of the

rest are sold here. But European car sales slumped by 7.6 % in 2012,

according to the latest figures. Europe, 1 million less cars were

sold of all makes. That was in 2012 for over 2011. That impact on

everybody's businesses. Just four months ago, the Business Secretary

was here, welcoming a �267 million investment. In fact, 2012 was a

good year for the industry. Exports are thought to have hit record

levels. But there have been winners and losers. With some volume

carmakers struggling, while high end brands, such as Jaguar Landreau

and Bentley, enjoyed growing sales around the world. Those companies

that are able to sell in Asia growth markets, especially China

and places like that, lots of North America has been growing. If you

sell their, you are fine. But if you're riding the European market,

you Wahid. Staff left the plant this evening aware that their jobs

may well be on the line. Workers here are expected to receive

redundancy notices within a matter of weeks. And tonight the main

union is warning they could well be hundreds more jobs lost at local

firms which rely upon Honda for business. A man has been arrested

after two fatal stabbings in Birmingham this evening. The

victims, two men believed to be in their 40s, were attacked in the

busy city centre just before 6pm. Police say there are potentially

hundreds of witnesses and had urged There have been violent clashes

between police and loyalists in Northern Ireland this evening.

Petrol bombs have been thrown at police in County Antrim. There have

now been the elite 40 days of protests over the decision to limit

the amount of time the Union flag flies over the council building.

After a deep breath, some loyal to us -- loyalist protesters plunged

back into violists tonight. -- into violence tonight. This trouble was

in a large housing estate to the north of Belfast. It began after a

bus was set on fire. Even here, some are speaking out against the

violence. One man came out to tell the protesters they were a disgrace.

There were peaceful protests tonight as well. The core issue for

these loyalists remains the decision to restrict the flying of

the Union flag on Belfast City Hall. There is a lot of anger, and

rightly so. But at the same time, people want to demonstrate that

they are not willing to sit back and watch any of their identity

getting washed away. This is how they expressed that anger in the

centre of Belfast, to the dismay of shopkeepers. This is the image of

Belfast which traders here hoped to have put behind them. But it is

causing problems for them throughout the world. It is a bad

signal to send, and they are worried it could cost them millions

in lost trade. And the images keep coming. In Carrickfergus, a crowd

of 100 attacked police, using bricks, bottles and fireworks.

Officers fired a round of plastic bullets in response. After five

weeks of trouble, there is no end in sight. Coming up tonight - the

official portrait of the Duchess, and the critics are not amused.

Duchess looks older than she is, which is surely a cardinal sin in

any portrait. American troops in Afghanistan will end "most" combat

operations this spring, earlier than originally scheduled. US

forces are expected to switch to a support role. Following talks in

Washington with Hamid karzai, President Barack Obama said the

handover would be an historic moment, and a further step towards

full Afghan sovereignty. This report from Ian Pannell. It is

America's longest war, forged in the attacks on New York and

Washington and launched across the deserts and mountains of

Afghanistan. A fight against Al- Qaeda that soon became a war

against a violent insurgency. Now, more than 10 years since it began,

the mission is about to end. It is the job of these two men to chart

how that happens, and what comes next in Afghanistan. Let me say

this as plainly as I can - starting this spring, our troops will have a

different mission - training, advising and assisting Afghan

forces. Afghans will have full responsibility for their security,

and these war will come to a responsible and. I will be going

back to earth canister and this evening to bring to the Afghan

people -- back to Afghan -- back to Afghanistan this evening -- the

news of America's standing shoulder to shoulder with Afghanistan, as a

sovereign, independent country. UN mandate in Afghanistan runs out

in two years' time. Thousands of troops have already been brought

home. But both countries know there is lots of work to be done beyond

2014. America has said it might pull all of its troops out, but

that is unlikely. Anything between 3,000 and 9,000 are expected to

stay on. The Afghan government is looking for military supplies as

well as control over operations. America wants to continue the hunt

against Al-Qaeda, and it wants a well trained, capable Afghan army.

Despite the billions spent and with thousands of lives lost, the

Taliban have not been defeated. Some fear that if America pulls out

too quickly, it will betray promises made and leave Afghanistan

vulnerable.. It will be difficult to engage down the road if there is

a large return of Al-Qaeda, if the Taliban take over the country, to

ask the Afghans to trust us once again. America describes these as

the final chapter in Afghanistan, but President Obama downsized

America's ambitions there, because of a war which had become

increasingly unpopular at home. In truth, it is not the final chapter

for Afghanistan, it is just that Americans have grown weary about

spending the money and spilling the blood in fighting wars overseas.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has warned that United Kingdom could

leave the European Union unless there is reform in Brussels. In an

interview with a German newspaper, he said he hoped Britain would

remain in the EU, but for that to happen, the European Union needed

to change. Our political correspondent Ross Hawkins is in

Downing Street tonight. It sounded rather like a threat? And it may

well we'd like that too many readers of the German newspaper.

For example, the German MP whom yesterday warned Britain against

leaving the EU, or like the Austrian Chancellor, also quoted

this evening, saying that he has difficulties with his personal

relationship, and with trust, with David Cameron. It is all seen

differently in Downing Street, where they regard this as

consistent with what the Government has said before about the need to

change the European Union. It is of course the government of different

parts, with the Liberal Democrats on the whole more enthusiastic

about the EU. Vince Cable gave a speech today in which he said the

raising of this whole issue of Britain and its place in the

European Union was a debate which was now a truly international,

ahead of a speech which David Cameron is yet to give up. This has

proved to be a massive disruption which has proved deeply unhelpful.

French troops are fighting in the West African state of Mali tonight.

They have been sent there by Francois Hollande to help

government forces take on Islamist rebels linked to Al-Qaeda. There

have been warnings that if Mali were to fall to the rebels, it

could pose a threat to the Horn of Africa, even to Europe. -- to the

whole of Africa. Andrew Harding reports. These are the Islamist

rebels who have today prompted France to wade in to another

African war. The rebels emerged from the Sahara last year to seize

the northern half of Mali. This week, they began a new, surprise

offensive, and Paris decided to send in troops.

TRANSLATION: The country is being confronted by terrorist elements

coming from the north, the fanaticism of whom the entire world

is aware of. The French have form here, intervening two years ago to

end a civil war in Ivory Coast, another former colony. But Mali

will be a tougher challenge. For a start, Islamist fighters are

holding these French citizens hostage somewhere in the vast

northern desert. Then, there is the Malian Army and government, both

close to collapse. Today, a senior general welcomed French help,

saying Nigeria and other African countries were also sending troops.

But it could take months before any of them are ready for a full-scale

offensive against the rebels. In the meantime, this warning from one

Al-Qaeda-link Islamist leader in Mali...

TRANSLATION: I tell them, if you want peace and security in your

countries, you welcome. If you want more, we will execute your vows,

and the Great Sahara will be transformed into a cemetery for

your soldiers and your money - the will of God. In reality, the rebels

Auret fractious coalition, which could soon splintered, giving

negotiations another chance. But there was also a real danger of a

new Afghanistan taking shape on the harsh fringes of the Sahara. A man

who threw a bottle at Usain Bolt just before a crucial race at the

Olympic Stadium has been found guilty of public disorder. He used

an old ticket to get into the Olympic Park and then into the

stadium. He threw the plastic beer bottle as the athletes were lining

up for the 100m final. Cricket, and England have been victorious in the

first one-day international, by nine runs. Ian Bell was top scorer,

while James Tredwell took four wickets for 44 runs. It is

England's first one-day win in India for nearly 70 years. She has

been photographed, filmed, described in every detail, but

never before has the Duchess of Cambridge been seen in an official

portrait - that is, before today. The Duchess said she thought the

painting was amazing. The response of the critics was more mixed. This

report from Nicholas Witchell contains flash photography. It was,

we are told, Kate's wish to be portrayed naturally, as the person

that she is, rather than in the royal role which will increasingly

shaped her life. And this is the result, a portrait in oil showing a

smiling figure, gazing straight out at -- straight out of the canvas.

This morning, the royal couple arrived to view the picture. Kate

was shown it in private and she apparently said it was "amazing".

Prince William, as you might expect, said it was absolutely beautiful.

The portrait is the result of six months' work by the artist Paul

Emsley. After just two sittings with the duchess, he worked from

photographs, this one in particular. Initially, the picture was going to

show an unsmiling figure, but then the artist thought again, to

produce the portrait which went on public display today. It is

technically difficult because of who she is, and so there is a great

sense of satisfaction about at least having got it done. There

were times when I thought it was not going to work, to be honest.

But eventually, persistence pays off, and you get there in the end.

However, some art critics say the portrait is uninspiring and

unflattering to Kate. There is something which does not quite

match about the face. The top seems to be stolen, and then you get to

the mouth, with an attempt at some kind of half-smile, and there is a

kind of mismatch. I have to say, almost the worst thing about it is

that when you get very, very close, the Duchess looks older than she is.

That is surely a cardinal sin in any portrait, to make a young woman

look as if she is already on the way to middle-age. For Kate, who is

approximately three months pregnant now, this will be the first of many