28/04/2012 BBC Weekend News

Good Afternoon. The company which runs Heathrow, BAA, says a shortage

of Border Agency staff is causing major queues at the airport and has

called on the Government to address the problem urgently. Passengers

have faced long delays again this week, which the chairman of the

Home Affairs Committee says are damaging Britain's reputation ahead

of the London Olympics. Philippa Thomas reports. This was Heathrow's

Terminal 5 last night, where some passengers waited more than two

hours to get through immigration. One MP said scenes like this are

causing huge damage to Britain's reputation. Heathrow's owners say

it's unacceptable, and it needs to be sorted out as a matter of

urgency. BAA says there shouldn't be a trade-off between border

security and a good passenger experience. But that seems to be

exactly what's happening. Normally I queue for about five to ten

minutes, last night the queue was over an hour. A colleague of mine

that was with me said the last time he saw a queue like that was in JFK

after 9/11. For the chief of the Border Force there can be only one

priority. Sometimes disruption will happen but much as regrettable, the

good news is that the border of the United Kingdom is strong and will

remain strong and some disruption, sometimes, will be necessary to

make sure that our country stays safe. At Heathrow today there's

been no reports of any significant delays at immigration. But that's

small comfort for the immigration Minister who has to square the

circle of low staffing and high security demands. Damian Green has

been warned today he will soon be called to give evidence about this

issue at Westminster. It is not acceptable that people

should fly in and wait many, many hours before clearing immigration.

It doesn't happen in any airport in the world, including the United

States of America, which is also rightly concerned about security,

and it shouldn't happen here. pressure on the Home Office is

building ahead of July's Olympics, when Heathrow will be the gateway

to the Games, but the Border Force insists it has a strong plan in

place to ensure Olympics' arrivals flow smoothly.

Detectives hunting James Allen, the man wanted in connection with two

murders in Middlesbrough and Whitby, have appealed to anyone who may be

shielding him to give him up. Police say the 35-year-old may be

trying to change his appearance by growing his hair and have urged the

public to contact them immediately if they see him. Our Correspondent

Danny Savage is in Middlesbrough. What's the latest? Well, this

manshunt about two murders 30 miles apart that police believe were

committed by the same man. Today they've released fresh details

about James Allen, new pictures as well, in the hope that this will

lead them to him. This is double murder suspect James

Allen. CCTV cameras in shops in the Scarborough area filmed him on

Tuesday and Wednesday last week. That was after the body of 81-year-

old Colin Dunford was found in Middlesbrough and around the time

that 50-year-old Julie Davison was found dead in her flat in Whitby.

Both had suffered severe head injuries.

As the manhunt continues, police today had this message for anyone

helping James Allen. determination is 100% to catch

James Allen as soon as possible. And bring him to justice. Someone

will know where he is. This is not a time for loyalty. There can be no

loyalty at a time like this. Now is the time to help the police.

Detectives believe the 35-year-old, who has tattoos on both arms, is

still in the region. They've confirmed that he stayed in this

bed and breakfast in Scarborough last Wednesday night, but where is

he now? West Yorkshire Police are following up possible sightings of

the man they want in Leeds. But they've also been calls from people

living in north Yorkshire anteside, claiming they may have seen him.

Wanted posters are now up across this part of the country, with

detectives stressing that this man needs to be arrested as soon as

possible. Well over 100 officers are now

involved in this investigation. They hope that a combination of

them following up leads and information from the public will

help them catch him. They've also appealed directly to James Allen

again today. The message is this: You need to be in custody.

Downing Street says it won't consider ordering an investigation

into whether the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, broke ministers' rules,

until he's given evidence to the Leveson Inquiry. Mr Hunt is accused

of breaching the Ministerial Code while overseeing News Corporation's

bid for BSkyB. Our political correspondent Ben Geoghegan reports.

Jeremy Hunt insists he's done nothing wrong, but Lord Justice

Leveson says he won't give his verdict into whether or not he

broke the Ministerial Code. Instead, it's the Prime Minister who will

decide the fate of the Culture Secretary. Mr Hunt has been under

growing pressure this week. His critics say he acted as a

cheerleader for News Corp during the company's attempt to take over

the whole of BSkyB. Today, there were renewed calls for

an inquiry into his conduct led by an independent advisor.

The longer the Prime Minister resists this, the more people will

conclude he has something to hide, that he is engaged in a coverup. He

must refer this to Alex Allen and I think the integrity of his

Government depends on this happening. In my view, Jeremy Hunt

shouldn't still be in his post, given the evidence against him.

Labour accuse Mr Hunt of breaching the code Ministers have to follow.

They say he didn't take responsibility for his advisor Adam

Smith who resigned last week. They also accuse him of not giving

parliament accurate and truthful information about the BSkyB bid.

And they claim he gave details of a statement about the bid to news --

News Corp before telling MPs. Jeremy Hunt will be giving toefd

the Leveson inquiry next month. The judge didn't allow him to appear

earlier than planned. His supporters insist he will be

vindicated. He is going to be tested under oath, all his evidence

will be published and there for everybody to see and if there is

any suggestion that at some point he may or may not have breached the

Ministerial Code that can be followed up. We need to avoid the

muddle of two separate inquiries. The Prime Minister will come to his

decision about the fate of Jeremy Hunt once the Culture Secretary

gives his toefd the Leveson Inquiry. But that's not due to happen until

the middle of next month, and the danger is instead of talking about

the Government's policies, the Prime Minister will be forced to

spend the next few weeks defending his Minister instead.

Specialist police divers in County Durham are continuing to search the

River Wear for an eight-year-old boy who fell into the water while

playing with friends. It's thought he fell into the swollen river at

around 7.00pm last night. There's been heavy rainfall in the area

over the past week. Police in Northern Ireland say a

massive van bomb found in Newry, close to the Irish border, could

have caused death and widespread devastation. The device, containing

600lbs of explosives, is thought to have been left by dissident

republicans and was primed and ready to explode. Clare Savage

reports. Explosives weighing 600lbs were

packed into a van left outside Newry City. It happened close to

the border, some eyewitness reports suggest the vehicle was abandoned

with the engine running. So far, no paramilitary group has claimed

responsibility for this latest bomb. But it's thought dissident

Republicans are behind it. It was contained in two blue barrels of

about 125kilo grams each of explosives with a dead Nater. --

detonator. It's about twaoeuz the size of the bomb in the courthouse

here two years ago now. I would -- it would cause devastation to any

town in the Province. To give you an kwrud, anybody -- idea, anybody

within about 15 metres -- 50 metres would be killed. In fact, this

prime device was 100lbs larger than the bomb in Omagh in 1998 which

killed 29 people. Overnight in North Belfast a much

smaller bomb was discovered under a car in a garage in a residential

area. Detectives have now left the scene and haven't said who the

intended victim was but the bomb wasn't under the vehicle of a a

police officer, a loyalist or a member of Sinn Fein. The usual

targets of dissident Republicans. While that alert was taking place,

the police carried out searches near the houses of suspected

dissident Republican terrorists. Guns and ammunition were found.

There are no arrests. Football, and Southampton are

celebrating promotion to the Premier League after an emphatic

win over Coventry on the final day of the Championship season. They

took an easy 4-0 victory at home, which means they now return to the

top flight after a 7-year absence. The club's promotion was greeted