18/08/2012 BBC Weekend News

Good afternoon. Winnie Johnson, the mother of one of the victims of the

Moors murderer, Ian Brady, has died. Her son, Keith Bennett, was 12 when

he was abducted in Manchester in 1964. She fought tirelessly to get

Ian Brady to reveal the location of her son's brave -- her son's grave.

She was 78 and had cancer. It is nearly 50 years since Keith

Bennett was murdered and ever since then, his mother has made it her

life's work to find his body up on Saddleworth moor. Ian Brady and his

accomplice, Myra Hindley, murdered five children in the 1960s but the

bodies of just four have been found. Keith Bennett's is the only one

still missing. Winnie Johnson has always said she wanted to find her

son before he'd it -- before she died but recently, she has suffered

from cancer. He got away with the other ones, they found the others.

But they have not found him, and I want him found. I want him found

before anything happens. This morning it was confirmed that

Winnie Johnson had died peacefully overnight. Her son, Alan Bennett,

I am delighted to hear that to her family are going to carry on with

the quest. Particularly in her memory, and let's hope now, and I

am optimistic that information will come into the hands of the police,

which may lead to the discovery of the body. Yesterday, it was

reported that Ian Brady had written a letter to Winnie Johnson,

revealing the location of Keith's body. Police are looking for the

letter but even if it exists, it will have come too late to give

Winnie Johnson her wish. An influential group of MPs says

the former Chief Executive of Barclays Bank, Bob Diamond, gave

highly selective evidence to their inquiry into the light or scandal.

The Treasury Select Committee blames the boss of Barclays for the

way their staff tried to manipulate the rate at which they lend to each

other. Bob Diamond says he disagrees with the claims that he

gave selective evidence. This is wrong and I am not happy about it.

Former Barclays boss, Bob Diamond, giving evidence last month. He was

called before the Treasury Select Committee to explain his bank's

role in the global rate rigging scandal but today's report calls

that evidence into question. It says that his submissions were at

times highly selective. It was such hard work getting evidence out of

Mr Diamond, quite frankly. The committee has made clear their

committee has made clear their discontent about it. It goes on to

criticise the Bank itself, saying the board presided over a deeply

flawed culture, with management flawed culture, with management

turning a blind eye. But why didn't regulators act sooner? The report

suggests the manipulation was spotted neither by the financial

services authority nor the Bank of England. They were too focused, it

says, on ticking boxes. They must devote more thought to where the

rest really lies. Mr Diamond and Marcus Agius quit following the

scandal. A criminal investigation has now been launched but the

report makes recommendations for report makes recommendations for

reforms. It says there should be bigger fines to deter wrongdoing, a

new criminal laws to prosecute those found guilty, Better

Regulation to spot fraud as it Regulation to spot fraud as it

happens. That, the report suggests, could help restore public trust in

banks, a trust currently at an all- time low.

What has been the reaction to the report? It is pretty damning. It

points the finger of blame at Barclays and also at the Bank of

England and the Financial Services Authority, the regulators. It says

that they did not spot this wrongdoing and even when they did,

they were too slow to act. This will reinforce calls for reform,

not only for the way that the rate is calculated but also for a reform

of the financial services industry. There is currently a Bill before

Parliament that will actually scrap the Financial Services Authority

and replace it with three other watchdogs designed to prevent a

repeat of this happening in future. Of course, this is the first

investigation but not the only one. The Serious Fraud Office has

launched an investigation and that has the power to bring criminal

proceedings against those found guilty, and in the United States,

just this week, the authorities that issued a subpoena to seven

banks to provide evidence in its investigation into the crisis.

Whilst we have some clarity from this report, it is unlikely that

the full scale of the problems in the rate rigging scandal will

really become known for many weeks, months or years. Thank you. It has

been announced that a soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards has

been killed in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence said that the

soldier was killed by enemy action in Nahr-e Saraj. Next of kin has

been informed. The South African President, Jacob

Zuma has awarded an inquiry -- has ordered an inquiry after police

shot dead 34 platinum mine as on Thursday. This was the scene at the

mine this morning. On Thursday, police officers opened fire on

several strikers, some of whom were armed. Mr Zuma said the country

would get through the crisis. have gone through painful moments

before. And we are able to overcome such challenges. Through coming-

together resignation, regardless of race, colour, creed or political

affiliation. We must use this national trait again during this

difficult period. The Duke of Edinburgh is spending his 4th day

in hospital in Aberdeen where he is experiencing treatment for a

bladder infection. He is expected to remain in hospital for the next

few days and is said to be responding well to treatment. He