14/10/2016 BBC News at Ten

The footballer Ched Evans is found not guilty of rape in a retrial.

Emerging from court with his fiancee, Evans said

The former Welsh international was originally convicted of the rape

But his conviction was quashed, leading to the retrial -

Expect prices in the shops to rise as the pound falls,

warns the Governor of the Bank of England.

You do not have the right to treat women as sexual objects just

A contestant in the American version of The Apprentice is the latest to

A four-month-old baby is killed and his brother has life-changing

injuries after being mauled by a dog.

And on the road with the Iraqi army - preparing to try to recapture

the city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State.

We're not allowed to say when the offensive will begin,

but we have been told it will be soon.

And coming-up in Sportsday on BBC News: Rugby's European Champions Cup

is underway, as Glasgow take on Leicester in a bad-tempered

The footballer Ched Evans has been found not guilty

of raping a teenager - following a retrial.

The Welsh international was originally convicted

of raping her in a hotel in May 2011 and served over two years in prison.

There was then an outcry when he tried to return

His conviction was later quashed at the Court of Appeal.

After today's acquittal, accompanied by his fiancee,

Ched Evans said he was overwhelmed with relief.

Sian Lloyd is at Cardiff Crown Court.

Five years after this all began, the jury reached

Yes, indeed. It took the jury less than three hours to find Ched Evans

innocent. There were cries and shouts of relief from the public

gallery, where his family and friends were watching. They've been

following him every step of the way. Leaving court a free man, his

fiancee Natasha Massey by his side. For five years, Ched Evans has

maintained his innocence. Today, a jury of seven women

and five men acquitted him of rape. Thanks go too to my friends

and family, most notably my fiancee Natasha, who chose,

perhaps incredibly, Whilst my innocence has

now been established, I wish to make it clear that

I wholeheartedly apologise to anyone who might have been

affected by the events Minutes earlier the couple had

hugged and cried after Ched Evans Members of his family shouted "yes"

as the verdict was read out. At the age of 22, Ched Evans

had his career in front of him, when he was charged with raping

a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room. He'd been capped 13 times

for Wales and was playing His career with the club ended

when he was convicted in April 2012. That conviction was quashed

in the Court of Appeal after fresh evidence was produced

and a retrial was ordered. The prosecution took the jury back

to the early hours of the 30th of May 2011, when Ched Evans had let

himself into the hotel room of a fellow footballer,

who had been having consensual sex Simon Medland QC said

that she was so drunk she did not She couldn't have consented to sex

with Ched Evans, he said. But Ched Evans told the jury she had

allowed him to join in. The court heard from two men

who hadn't spoken before. They described occasions when they'd

had sex with the young woman. Evidence of an alleged victim's

sexual behaviour is only put before In this case it was said the events

the two men described were so similar to what Ched Evans

claimed that a jury had to hear them before deciding whether the woman

was capable of giving consent. The prosecution suggested

they were motivated by a ?50,000 reward that had been posted

on a website called chedevans.com, for information that could lead

to his original conviction Both men denied asking

for or being offered any money. Leaving court, Ched Evans was asked

whether the apology in his statement What is the future now,

Ched? Or comment about where

he goes from here. Ched Evans is now free to return to

his club, Chesterfield, where he signed in the summer. Tonight, the

chief executive issued a statement saying that the club welcomed the

news of his acquittal. They said they were delighted for Ched, his

family and friends, and added we can all move forward now and concentrate

on the football. The price of everyday

goods will go up - that's the warning from the Governor

of the Bank of England . He blames the fall in the value

of the pound caused by uncertainty over Britain's decision to leave

the European Union. Mark Carney said life would get

difficult for those on lowest incomes as we move from no

inflation to some inflation. Food is likely to be the first

to experience price rises, as we currently import over

half of what we consume. Our economics editor

Kamal Ahmed reports. He has admitted the Bank has

intervened more often than usual as the UK economy becomes familiar

with a new era of uncertainty. And some of those rather uncertain

members of the public gathered today in the West Midlands to hear

what the governor thought were the key challenges

as Britain plots its way out I am constantly looking

at inflation figures for my job but for the impact on my husband's

job, my son's potential employment. These are massive considerations

and I am concerned. Mr Carney said inflation

was creeping back and could hit We've had a long period of low

inflation, very low, The principal reason will be

the movement in the currency. That will flow through to

the prices on the high This public meeting in Birmingham

is really part of the Bank's Concern today has focused

on inflation, but it's more It's the effective of price rises

on what Theresa May described Those are people who are in work

but are still struggling to get by. Early in the summer the Bank

suggested that another interest rate The governor made it clear today

that that decision was The economy is performing a little

better than expected, albeit it has slowed relative

to the rate it had prior to the referendum, and we have

to take into account inflation considerations,

so we take all that into account. Afterwards, I caught up

with Fiona, a teacher. Do you feel more confident now

you have had time to listen to the governor and other members

of the Bank of England? Absolutely, he clearly said

we will save some jobs at this point if necessary, and we might have

short-term inflation in two years and we will worry about solving

that after that. A lower pound can be a spark

for growth and a little bit For this steel company just down

the road, a falling pound We'll be able to sell cheaper

into foreign markets. We just expect an increase

in turnover as a result of that, Mark Carney is engaged

in a tricky balancing act. Ease any economic slowdown,

but don't allow inflation If prices march upwards,

it won't be long before The chief executive of Nissan says

he's confident Britain will remain His comments follow talks

with the Prime Minister Carlos Ghosn had previously warned

Nissan might stop new investment in its plant in Sunderland

unless a compensation deal could be agreed with the government

after the vote to leave the EU. The New Zealand judge who resigned

as head of the inquiry into child sexual abuse says allegations

about her behaviour The Times newspaper claimed

the Home Office was warned about the conduct of

Justice Lowell Goddard - which included negative remarks

about Asian men and reports that This afternoon she issued

a statement calling The Home Office has denied receiving

any formal complaint A fresh inquest is to be held in two

death of a 20-year-old soldier at the cut barracks in Surrey. Private

Sean Benton was found with shotgun wounds to his chest, the original

enquiry felt he had taken his own life. His family said he was

repeatedly bullied. Two more women have come forward

tonight, alleging inappropriate sexual behaviour from the Republican

presidential candidate Donald Trump. One was a former contestant

on Mr Trump's show The Apprentice. She claims he tried to force himself

on her before a dinner in 2007. Mr Trump has dismissed the recent

accusations against him, Here's our North American editor,

Jon Sopel. Another day, another set of

accusations against Mr Trump. What won Mr Trump the Republican

nomination where his policies on trade, jobs and immigration but that

has been blown away by the slew of sexual abuse allegations. It seems

that it's doing him some harm. Latest polls suggest Hillary Clinton

is widening her lead over him and in some states they've already started

voting. Another day and another series of disturbing allegations

about Donald Trump's behaviour towards women. He asked me to sit

next to him. I complied full stop even grabbed my shoulder and began

kissing me again very aggressively and placed his hand on my breast.

You're fired. Summer Zervos had been a contestant on his reality show,

the The Apprentice. He put me in an embrace and I tried to push away. I

pushed his chest and said come on, get real. He repeated my words back

to me. Get real. As he began thrusting his genitals. And another

woman has come forward to tell her story to the Washington Post. The

person on my right, who unbeknownst to me at that time was Donald Trump,

put their hand up my skirt. He did touch my joiner through my

underwear. It's now a week since that infamous video tape emerged in

which Donald Trump boasted about sexually assaulting a woman. He

apologised for that and said he never actually did those things. He

hoped that would draw a line under it but it hasn't. Since then, 11

women have come forward to a large unwanted sexual advances from him

and that number seems set to rise. But in North Carolina today, he was

making light of the problem. Implying that one of the women was

simply not attractive enough to make advances to. Believe me, she would

not be my first choice come that I can tell you. That would not be my

first choice. And he's not Barack Obama's first choice. The president

mocking the idea that Donald Trump was the champion of the downtrodden.

There's no record that he's supported minimum supported

collective-bargaining, invested in poor communities, and then suddenly

he's going to be the champion of working people? Come on. Come on,

man. The trump campaign has so far denied all the allegations, saying

they are phoney and made by women looking for free publicity. Jon

Sopel, BBC News, Washington. As support begins to ebb

from Donald Trump - for now anyway - his popularity is waning even

in some Republican heartlands. The state of Utah has been

Republican for nearly 50 years. As our North America correspondent

Aleem Maqbool reports, a growing number of the state's

mostly Mormon voters are now considering switching support

from Trump to the little-known independent third-party

candidate Evan McMullin. Beautiful, solidly Republican Utah

never matters in elections. In this staggering year,

one of the most extraordinary races These people have packed their town

hall to see the person they want Not Trump, not Clinton,

but Evan McMullin. This former CIA operative

and lifelong Republican was so disgusted with the candidate

his party chose he decided Those now flocking to him are mainly

other Republicans, I see my family and my little girl

and I want her to grow up So to hear those things,

it was hard for me I can't stand either of the other

two candidates, I don't trust either of them and I'm

tired of the bickering. Polls now show Evan McMullin has got

a real shot at becoming the first third-party candidate to win any

state since 1968. More and more people

are learning about us, people are joining us,

people getting involved with this We'll let you get back

to taking selfies. Colleen knew from the start

she wouldn't vote for Donald Trump. I just can't see how

he would ever unify. She persuaded Deborah to support

McMullin just in the last week. The other night, watching the debate

is what pushed me over the edge. But Mark won't ditch Trump

for the new candidate. I've got a vote where I can do

the most good for my country, and that's get behind

a possible winner. Utah has a unique demographic,

around 60% of people belong Many had already abandoned

Donald Trump over his They themselves know historically

what it was like to be But it is those accusations

about his treatment of women that could hurt him here

more than anywhere else. And Evan McMullin is

reaping the benefits. They're now seeing the truth

about Donald Trump and they are The nation as a whole is not

going to vote in Evan McMullin as the next president,

his tiny operation is no match for big party apparatus but watch

for him and Utah potentially dealing a truly historic blow

on the 8th of November. Aleem Maqbool, BBC News,

in Salt Lake City. The parents of a four-month-old baby

killed yesterday in a dog attack have paid tribute to him

calling him their Archie Joe Darby died

after being mauled by the dog His 22-month-old brother

is in intensive care with what police are describing

as life-changing injuries. They were, said their parents,

such happy little lovable boys. But four-month-old Archie

lost his life in an attack by a dog that also

left his brother, Daniel-Jay, Outside the house, flowers

and messages of sympathy are being left by friends,

neighbours and strangers. As a parent, you can't imagine

how the parents feel So I just wanted to put

some flowers down. Police and paramedics

were called to the house Inside, the dog had

attacked not just the boys, but their mother too,

though she suffered Police say the dog, which has been

put down, was a Staffordshire It's not been confirmed

who it belonged to. An investigation is now under way

to establish the facts as to how I can confirm that nobody

has been arrested. The law on dangerous dogs has

already been tightened, in part because the number

of injuries has been rising, hospital admissions going up

from just over 6,000 in England five years ago to more than 7,300

in the most recent figures. This tragedy has led

to renewed concerns. We've seen two really terrible

attacks in the last few months here in Essex, and questions will be

rightly asked over whether we need to take more action nationally

with regard to legislation around The boys' parents paid

tribute to Archie as their "beautiful little angel"

and referring to Daniel-Jay, they said, "Our other little

soldier is still For several months, Iraqi forces,

with coalition support, have been preparing for a major

attack on the key city of Mosul. It's the last major stronghold

of so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Iraqi officials say a ground

assault could begin this month. Our defence correspondent

Jonathan Beale is with Iraqi Army as they prepare for battle and sent

this report from the Qayyara base At dawn, the Iraqi Army

continued its journey north. We joined one of the last convoys

to leave Baghdad for We passed column after column

of armoured vehicles Leaving behind the devastation

caused by their enemy, so-called Islamic State,

and the bomb damage from US-led air And the hardest fight

is still to come. The 12-hour journey

ended here in Qayyara, just south of Mosul,

the extremists' last TRANSLATION: We have built

up our forces here. We are all in good morale

and ready to liberate Mosul Those who can have already fled

areas still controlled These families now setting up home

in half-built houses. They walked for days to escape

the clutches of IS, many barely old enough to understand

the conflict they've been This 90-year-old just

managed the journey. Under IS, she says, there was hardly

anything to eat, children were dying For some, the scars will

never be erased. This woman and her two daughters

walked into a mine field She blames IS for her

daughter's injuries. And she breaks down when she tells

me her two young sons The UN's warned that up to a million

civilians might be displaced and even if IS can be defeated,

Iraq still has to deal The Iraqi Army's goal of Mosul

is now just 50 miles to the north. They've arrived here

in their thousands in the middle of a dust storm and it's not yet

clear whether that will affect We are not allowed to say

when the offensive will begin, but we have been told it

will be soon. Scotland's First Minister,

Nicola Sturgeon, has insisted she's not bluffing about her intention

to hold a second Scottish In a BBC interview the SNP leader

promised to explore all options short of independence that

would maintain Scotland's place But if that fails, Scots

have a right to consider Our Scotland editor

Sarah Smith reports. Nicola Sturgeon thrilled conference

delegates with the news she is preparing for a second

referendum on Scottish independence. Of course, the message

was aimed not just at them, Ms Sturgeon told me why

she doesn't trust Theresa May will take her concerns

about Brexit seriously. So far, I don't see the signs

of her being serious. I think Theresa May has to prove

that she meant what she said, just as I have to prove

to people that I'm serious The ball, to some extent,

is in her court. She's the one who says

she values the UK. My message to the Prime Minister

is, time to prove it. Why should the Prime Minister take

seriously the ultimatum She reads the same opinion polls

you do and she can see that support for independence has not gone up

since the EU referendum. She might conclude

that you're bluffing. This is not some game of chicken

or dare, this is about the best interests of the country I'm

elected to represent. She is obviously the Prime Minister

and has duties in that regard, but my advice to her would

be, don't play games. This is about the best interests

of Scotland and the UK. But you say if Scotland can't remain

in the single market, you would explore the option

of independence, but an independent Scotland may not be part

of the single market with the rest That would be more

economically damaging. I know that UK Government ministers

don't accept that either, because I can hear and read

what they're saying The Prime Minister, David Davis,

they have both been in Ireland in recent weeks saying to Ireland,

it's not a case of choosing between the EU and the single market

on the one hand and links I think David Davis' direct quote

was that you shouldn't have to choose and you will

not have to choose. What do you think the chances

are that there will be another referendum on Scottish independence

in the next couple of years? That's what I said the morning

after the referendum. Nothing has happened

to change my mind. In many respects, because of this

intransigence and some of the high-handed arrogance

of the comments we heard from the Tory Party conference,

it makes me think more that it's not in the interests of the UK to leave

the single market, in my view. But I can make sure that Scotland

is not forced down a path that it doesn't want to go down

without at least having the opportunity to choose to do

something different. Ms Sturgeon has deliberately not

promised her supporters they will definitely get

another referendum. They know it, and so does

the Prime Minister. Sarah Smith, BBC News,

Glasgow. Finally, for some footage of a truly

terrifying encounter with a shark. It shows the moment when it got

into a supposedly shark-proof cage The shark is attracted to the cages

with a large lump of tuna, After a frantic few seconds,

the animal beats its way With mounting concern for the safety

of the diver, who can't be seen. The experienced divemaster is shaken

but, thankfully, unharmed. He dropped beneath the cage when it

gave way, with two other sharks These cages are professionally

engineered to withstand the force