29/11/2013 BBC News at Ten

A jury is shown the last moments of Fusilier Lee Rigby, captured on

security cameras. Rigby was run over by a car in

Woolwich last year and killed before horrified onlookers.

The two accused arrived at court amid high security. Michael

Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo both deny murder.

The relatives of Lee Rigby left court in tears. We'll bring you the

latest from Woolwich. Also tonight: The BBC learns of

government plans to reduce the number of homes that energy

companies have to insulate. Charles Saatchi in court says he has

no proof his ex-wife Nigella Lawson ever took drugs.

And Arsenal's major investor says foreign investment is good for

football. In Sportsday, Gary Ballance helps

his chances of a place in the Ashes Test team with a half century in

Alice Springs. Good evening.

The horrific last moments of Fusilier Lee Rigby have been

described at the Old Bailey, as the trial opened of the two men accused

of his murder. There were gasps in court as video footage was shown of

the 25-year-old soldier being hit by a car before being attacked with a

meat cleaver and a knife. His relatives left the court in tears

moments before. Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale are accused of

killing him in a street in Woolwich, south east London, before horrified

onlookers in May last year. They deny the charges. June Kelly is in

Woolwich. The details of this court case are

so distressing. That's right. It's now six months since the's life was

taken at this spot in Woolwich. His barracks is just up the road. --

be's life. Just a warning, this report contains some distressing

evidence. B, a soldier who had served in

Afghanistan, caught on CCTV shortly before he lost his life on a street

in London. With other family members, his mother alive -- arrived

at the Old Bailey for the opening of the trial. The family were in court

as the prosecution described how he was repeatedly stabbed and almost

decapitated by the men on trial. One witness said the actions were like a

butcher attacking a joint of me. Michael Adebowale and Michael

Adebolajo are both pleading not guilty to the soldier's murder. The

court heard that Adebolajo told witnesses at the scene, these

soldiers go to our land and kill and, our people, so an eye for an

eye, a tooth for a tooth. The men were brought to London in a high

security convoy. Traffic was stopped as the vans carrying them made their

way into the old daily. In court, footage was shown of Lyrica be

crossing the road close to the barracks when the defendants drove

their car at him. He was thrown into the air and knocked unconscious. The

men then dragged the soldier's body into the middle-of-the-road. The

prosecuting barrister said they had committed, you may think, eight

cowardly and callous murder by deliberately attacking an unarmed

man in plain clothes from behind, using a vehicle as a weapon. And

then they murdered him and mutilated his body with the meat cleaver and

knives. Adebolajo spoke to witnesses. The jury saw this

recording, as the men waited for police to arrive. The defendants

also deny conspiring to murder a police officer and the attempted

murder of a police officer. They will be back in court on Monday. The

jury was shown a lot of visual evidence today, some of it released

to the media, some of it to graphic to be put into the public domain.

Fusilier Lee Rigby's mother left the court before the footage showing the

end of her son's life here. As the political battle over energy

bills continues, the BBC has seen a letter sent to energy firms by the

government last night. It sets out how a scheme that forces the

companies to give free insulation to low income households will be

reduced by 30%. Building groups say this will severely damage the green

energy industry and lead to thousands of job losses. It also

means much less free insulation for poorer households. John Moylan has

more. Energy prices have shot up the

political agenda, leading to questions over how much green

policies are adding to our bills. The government's answer is to roll

back the green levies. In Lithuania today, at a summit on immigration,

the Prime Minister was facing questions over what the government

plans to do. I want to help households and families by getting

sustainably lower energy prices. The only way to do that is by increasing

competition and rolling back the costs of some of the levies on

bills. I said that is what we are going to do and that is what we are

going to do. Tonight, the BBC has learned how, from a letter the

government sent to the green industry. It says the biggest scheme

will be scaled back, a key energy efficiency target reduced by 30%.

That means only 25,000 homes will receive solid wall insulation each

year, compared with 80,000 homes treated in 2012, and companies will

have an extra two years to meet the target. The plans have infuriated

many in the energy efficiency industry. In open letters to the

Prime Minister this week, firms warned that the move would hit

vulnerable households and lead to thousands of job cuts. The industry

has geared up to deliver the government ambition of retrofitting

14 million of our hardest to heat homes in the UK. A step back will

have a huge impact on jobs, and hundreds of millions of contracts

have been signed. But the worst hit will be the people living in those

homes. The only way to protect against future will -- future bill

rises is to incinerate homes. The review of the green levies is due to

be set out in the autumn statement next week, and it could result in a

cut to energy bills of around ?50. Industry sources have told the BBC

that the government also asked energy companies to commit to not

raising prices on the back of government policies until the middle

of 2015. The government denied it had asked the companies to hold down

prices. But Labour seized on the row. Ed Miliband was unveiling a

green paper that set out details of Labour's plan to freeze energy

prices and reform what he calls a broker market. We now know that

while David Cameron has publicly been opposing an energy price

freeze, in private he has been pleading with energy companies to

get him off the hook. If the big six suppliers are to reduce prices in

return for a cut to green levies, we should find out in coming days.

Whatever happens, it is unlikely to take the heat out of the energy row.

With me is Carole Walker. The issue of energy bills is becoming

increasingly contentious. It really is a burning issue at the moment.

With talks still going on between energy companies and the government,

and a very complexes issue to be resolved, it is no surprise we are

getting some contradict re-briefings. The Prime Minister has

been stressing that he wants more competition, but he also wants to

roll back the levies and charges that make up a small but significant

part of our energy bills. Also, the government wants commitment from the

energy companies that if they bring down charges it will be passed on to

customers. They do not want energy companies pocketing the cash. We

have learned details of one of the changes, the changes to the ECO

scheme, but that is just one of a package of measures that the

Chancellor is going to unveil in his Autumn Statement on Thursday.

Although ministers have been striving to convince us that

Labour's offer of a price freeze is a con that will not work, there is

no doubt that the government is under real pressure to show that it

has got a coherent plan to bring down our energy bills.

The art dealer Charles Saatchi has told a court he did not know whether

his ex-wife Nigella Lawson ever took drugs. He said he was "utterly

bereft" that a private email he sent to the television chef, referring to

her being "off her head" on drugs, had been made public. Mr Saatchi was

giving evidence in the trial of two sisters accused of defrauding the

family. Sangita Myska's report contains flash photography.

Met by a huge media scrum, Charles Saatchi arrived at court to face

tough questions about intimate details of his marriage to Nigella

Lawson. In court, he sat and listened intently as an e-mail he

had written to Miss Lawson a month ago was read to the court. It said,

of course, now the Grillos will get off on the basis that you were so

off your heads on drugs that you allowed the sisters to spend

whatever they liked. I believe every word the Grillos have said.

Following the publication of these photos, Nigella Lawson divorced

Charles Saatchi. He holds her by the throat and appears to pinch her nose

outside a restaurant. When asked about the photos in court, he said,

I was not gripping, strangling or threatening her. I was holding her

head by the neck to make her focus. Can we be clear? Asked if the row

was about drugs, he said, no. Until they separated, Nigella Lawson and

Charles Saatchi appeared to lead a charmed life. She was a celebrated

TV cook and he had founded a leading advertising agency. He was asked

about his allegation that she had taken class a and class B drugs. If

you ask me whether I knew that Nigella ever took drugs, the answer

is no. He later added, not for one second did he believe his ex-wife

was truly off her head. The home life of Nigella Lawson, Charles

Saatchi and the Grillos was also detailed in court. It was in

Belgravia at their home that the Grillos sisters moved in and forged

the relationship with the family. According to Charles Saatchi, they

did the laundry, organised the household and took the children on

holidays. The defence team claims that one of them was so integral to

the family that she was even given a bedroom very close to Nigella

Lawson's. Elisabetta Grillo and Francesca Grillo are on trial for

allegedly differ ordering the couple by over ?500,000 by using a company

credit card. Both deny the charges against them. Charles Saatchi

tonight returns to his London home. Before leaving court, told the jury

he was utterly heartbroken at having lost his wife, and that he still

adored her. The Government is committed to introducing shared

parental leave for new parents by 2015. The new rights would encourage

men to play a more hands-on role when they become fathers and stop

women from feeling they have to choose between having a career or a

baby. Currently, mothers are entitled to 52 weeks maternity,

while fathers are allowed to take two weeks. Under the proposals, 50

weeks of leave could be shared between the couple. Both parents

would be entitled to up to 18 weeks of unpaid leave for every child

under the age of 18. In a concession to employers, workers could be asked

to take the leave in one continuous block. We have spent the day in

Liverpool, talking to parents and employers. Edwardian. That is how

Nick Clegg described our childcare system. It may not be quite like

this today, but he thinks the current rules aren't suited to the

21st century. There are lots of mums and dads were maybe the mum, having

taken some time off, wants to get back to work more quickly and the

dad wants to take longer time off to look after the new baby. At the

moment, the rules stop mums and dads taking those decisions for

themselves. But changes could make a splash. At this pool on the Wirral

today, no dads but the mums were pleased at the prospect of sharing

the fun and the responsibilities. I think it's really good. It will give

a chance for the fathers to bond with the baby. Myself, I've got a

career, so it gives me a chance to get back in the workplace. There's

lots of implications financially, and breast-feeding as well is an

issue. Obviously men can't take on that role. It will be something we

discuss. Most parents will welcome more flexibility when it comes to

grappling with childcare and all the difficult choices it involves. But

what do employers think? Most business groups broadly support

them, having scored concessions. John Bolton runs a sports coaching

company. He can see it from both sides. As a new dad, I can see the

benefits to the child, both parents of potentially sharing

responsibility. From a professional point of view, as a business owner,

yes, I can see at causing headaches, administrative issues, replacing

staff, particularly in a company like ours that relies on the

consistency of staff. The government studied Sweden's childcare system

before coming up with today's measures. Fathers there take a more

active role in childcare. For some, our plans don't go far enough. But

if then -- for the next generation, dads will at least have the option

to play a bigger role, that if they can afford it. A further 19

hospitals across England are to have their links with Jimmy Savile

investigated. Enquiries are already under way at 13 hospitals and one

hospice. Jimmy Savile has been accused of the using his voluntary

work at many of them as a cover to abuse patients. The troubled Co-op

Bank has cleared the last major hurdle in its rescue deal. Retail

bond holders, including some pensioners, have backed the terms of

the deal by a large majority. The plan is designed to fill a ?1.5

billion hole in the bank's finances. The pay of Britain's highest earning

bankers rose by more than a third last year, because they received

bonuses almost four times their basic salary. A report published by

the European banking authority shows that average total pay, including

salaries, bonuses and pensions, rose by 35% to ?1.6 billion. It's not

exactly going to endear bankers to people. The figures do look

staggering at face value. Here is another one for you. Last year,

there were more than 2700 bankers in London earning more than 1 million

euros, about ?800,000. That was up 11%. The next highest in the EU was

Germany, with just 212. London is by far the biggest financial centre in

the EU, so you would expect more bankers to be there. As one source

put it, these figures do include French bankers, German bankers,

American bankers who are working in London. It's a bit of a complicated

picture. This is presumably going to change with the bonus cap being

introduced next year. Guess, it starts in January. George Osborne is

challenging it in the courts, but that cap limits bonuses to twice

salary, as long as it's approved by shareholders. These figures showed

London bonuses were nearly four times, so something has to change

quickly because the London banks will have to apply this from

January, until the court case result is heard. What seems to be happening

is banks are simply going to move from bonuses to other types of page,

perfectly legally. So the ov erall pay bill will be the same but

actually, while that the cap won't make a great deal of difference,

London within the cap. People have been saying for a while that the cap

won't make a great deal of difference needs to keep competitive

and keep paying these kind of levels of remuneration. EU by the end of

2017 has been approved by the House of Commons. The legislation passed

its final stage in the Commons, despite efforts to delay by some

Labour MPs. The bill will now move to the House of Lords for scrutiny

early a bill calling for a referendum on the UK's membership of

the EU by the end of 2017 has been approved by the House of Commons.

The legislation passed its final stage in the Commons, despite

efforts to delay by some Labour MPs. The bill will now move to the House

of Lords for scrutiny early next and America have ignored that warning

and sent surveillance planes over the he's one of the richest men in

the world and a major he is one of the richest men in the world and a

major investigation... Made a passionate defence of the foreign

ownership of English clubs. He said takeovers by controversial figures

like Roman Abramovich are a good thing, and benefit the British

economy. He's been speaking to our sports he has a fortune he has a

fortune worth more than. He is close to power in the Kremlin and has a

vast global but it is Guzman's investment in English football which

has brought in most attention but it is Guzman's investment in English

football which has brought him most attention. The a third of Premier

League leaders owns a third Premier League control. In the past he has

criticised the club's lack of spending. But the arrival of

message, but would like full control. In the past he has

criticised the club's lack of spending. But the arrival of has

sparked a revival for Arsene Wenger's team. What does he think of

their direction now? Where we win trophy. This is most important for

football. Are you not happy with the way things are going at Arsenal? If

I am a shareholder in my team, the position number one, I'm very happy.

His change of tone suggests the boardroom Cold War here at Arsenal

could be at an end. But the wider ideological debate about how our

great football clubs are owned and run, well, that's far from over.

More than half of the Premier League's clubs are now owned by

foreign investors like Roman Abramovich at Chelsea and the

Glazers at Manchester United. He believes that those who say foreign

owners should be barred have got it wrong. If you have a legal right to

buy something. You don't think it's bad for English football? No. I am

sure it is good. Everything in the economy when investors, and invest

in the economy, in British football, it is a big part of

entertainment economy. The glory and glamour of lifting the Premier

League trophy is not the only thing that attracts foreign investors. It

is the English game's vast commercial potential. And with no

sign of the money drying up, we should expect the foreign invasion

to continue for some time yet. Potential treatments for cancer,

heart disease and other common conditions rightly get a lot of

attention. But rare diseases are also a major problem in the UK.

There's better diagnosis, yet it can be hard to find funding to develop a

cure. At some time in their lives, one in 17 people will be affected.

There are over 5000 recognised rare diseases. Among them is a painful

and incurable skin condition. Now a trial has begun with a new cell

therapy. We followed one girl through the treatment. You might

find the pictures at the start of the report upsetting. For

11-year-old Sirhan, this is a daily routine, having her dressings

changed. She's one of around 8000 people in the UK with EB, a genetic

condition which means the skin blisters and tears at the slightest

friction. It affects not just her outer skin but her throat and even

the surface of her eyes. There is no moment of any minute of any day that

she is not in some pain somewhere on her body. I don't think any of us

can really appreciate what that is like. Her severe form of EB is

getting progressively worse. Most patients develop malignant skin

cancer before their mid-30s. Now she is one of ten children testing this

new treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It involves an infusion of

donated bone marrow cells. The hope being these will migrate to her

injured skin and encourage healing. Three months later, and although her

skin is still very damaged, it is for the first time showing some

improvement. Doctors say it's not so inflamed and she is in less pain. I

think that things have got a lot better and that my skin is a lot

less bread and salt. It feels a lot less salt and less itchy as well.

But it's still pretty tough? Yes. For the team at Kings College London

who developed the treatment it is highly encouraging. But it's not a

cure. We expect the anti-inflammatory and better wound

healing effects of these cells will last for several months, perhaps

six, nine months, maybe even a year. At that stage we can think, maybe we

can do this treatment again, or maybe we will be moving on to do an

even effective treatment. There's a long way to go with this research,

but if this and future trials succeed then the potential benefits

for patients with this rare skin disease are enormous. But it can

also have far wider medical applications for the treatment of

damaged skin, such as wounds, burns and ulcers. Rare diseases often

struggle to get research funds. Sohana's parents have raised more

than ?2 million for trials to help find treatments for this

debilitating treatment -- sees. It's more than 40 years since man last

stepped foot on the moon. But now the Chinese look set to introduce a

new era of space exploration with their first manned mission of the

Moon's surface. As we've been finding out, this time they could be

doing much more than simply taking one small step. China is going to

the moon. And here am an exhibition captures the growing excitement.

This rising nation is reaching beyond Earth. This animation shows

how Chinese spacecraft will descend to the lunar surface. This hasn't

been tried for more than 40 years. A rover will emerge. This is all

robotic, but it paves the way for Chinese astronauts to follow.

America did all this 40 years ago, but now China is catching up, very

enthusiastically and very methodically and with greater

ambition. The plan is not only to visit the moon but also to exploit

it. Where are you going to land? In this area. The man behind the

mission has never spoken to the Western media before. The Chinese

space programme is normally highly secret. Professor Ouyang says there

are opportunities on the moon, it has valuable minerals and potential

sources of energy. He wants China to make use of them. With Chinese

astronauts gaining experience in orbit, the idea of a Chinese base on

the moon or even a minor there is starting to look feasible. Perfectly

plausible from the technical point of view, absolutely plausible from a

finance point of view because they have a lot of buying power. Yes,

there's nothing at all to stop them doing that, probably within

something like ten years. The last people to walk, or skip, on the moon

were American. The astronauts of Apollo 17 back in 1972. The next

footprints look set to be Chinese, and children at the space exhibition

are loving it. I really like it here, this boy says, I want to come

again. And this one says, I want to be an astronaut to go to the moon. A

computer game about the Chinese mine on the moon. It's a great way to

fire the imagination about the new frontier in this country's constant

search for precious resources. And this generation may actually see it

happen. That's all from us.