08/12/2012 BBC Weekend News


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Good afternoon. The Australian media regulator, is

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investigating the broadcast of a prank phone call, which was made by

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a radio station in Sydney, to a hospital treating the Duchess of

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Cambridge for acute morning sickness. Jacintha Saldanha, a

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nurse who answered the call was found dead yesterday. The two DJs

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have been taken off air. There has been a tragic turn in the

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radio hoax on the British hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was

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being treated. As the news broke in Australia, the

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radio station responsible said it was shocked and saddened by

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Jacintha Saldanha's death. Mel Greig and Michael Christian,

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the presenters who made the call have been taken off air. The man in

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charge of the company that owns the radio station, 2Day FM, said that

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the DJs were shattered, but he said he did not think that laws had been

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broken. No-one could reasonably foresee

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what actually happened in this case it is incredibly tragic.

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Everyone of us are deeply saddened. We are incredibly sad for the

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family. The Australian media regulator has

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been inundated with the complaints about the call, made on Tuesday. It

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is now investigating. There has been pressure from politicians too.

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As long as there has been radios, there have been prank phone calls.

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I am not endorsing them, but this has led to a real tragedy.

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I am sure that it will send a message to the industry.

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In a statement, the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge said that they

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were also deeply saddened by what had happened and praised the

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wonderful care that they received. At no stage had they complained

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about the hoax call. The staff had the heart felt support of the Royal

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couple. 46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha was a

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mother of two who worked as a duty nurse at the King Edward VII

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Hospital in Central London. Described by her family as beloved,

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the hospital said she was a dedicated nurse.

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The police inquiry is to look at what happened when Jacintha

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Saldanha took the hoax call and what happened after that. It is

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understood that no disciplinary action was taken against the nurse.

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The hospital say it is was trying to support her through a difficult

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time. The police in Northern Ireland are

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appealing for calm after more violent protests last knight

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against the decision to stop flying the Union flag every day at Belfast

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City Hall. They say that loyalist par mill tearis are orchestrating

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some of the trouble. Eight police officers were injured last night.

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12 people have been arrested. We have this report.

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A festive Friday night in Northern Ireland. This was Newton Abbey, to

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the north of Belfast, a Christmas party, marred by the violence

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outside. The trouble was confined to pockets like this one, not

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widespread, but dangerous, still. It was an utterly pointless

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exercise in mindless violence. It does nothing for whatever cause

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people claim to be supporting. It just undermines the integrity of

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our economy. This, in the heart of Belfast, the

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trouble flared when this van car eared into the loyalists protesting

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about restrictions on flying the Union flag at City Hall. The

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results felt grimly inevitable. The violence here happened a short

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distance from busy shops and restaurants. The police are now

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concern bad what may happen today, one of the busiest shopping days of

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the year. Beneath the flag pole, with no flag, there is unease, but

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the traders at the Christmas market are defind.

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Regardless of the events that take place on the perimeters of the

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market, we will continue to run with the market. We have spoken to

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the market traders, they are supportive of the action.

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police have accused loyalist particles of orchestrating some of

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the violence. Senior -- particularlys, senior officers are

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urging for calm. The next few hours will be a test of peace in Northern

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Ireland. The Foreign Secretary, William

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Hague, says that there is credible evidence that Syria may be

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preparing to use its chemical weapons against the rebels fighting

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Bashar al-Assad. William Hague repeated the warning given this

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week by President Obama, that any use of chemical weapons would

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provoke a serious response. A High Court judge has postponed a

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decision on whether or not a mother should be allowed to prevent her

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son being given radiotherapy treatment for brain cancer.

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Jacintha Saldanha told the hearing she feared that the treatment would

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cause her son, Neon, long-term brain damage, but the doctors say

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that Neon could die without the treatment.

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Let's go live to our correspondent Ben Ando. Ben, what happened this

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morning? It was a year ago that an operation was carried out and a

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tumour removed from the brain of Neon. After that, the doctors

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wanted him to undergo a process of radio they werey, but Sally did not

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agree with that. Wishing him to have chemotherapy, but not radio

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they werey. That could harm him and possibly render him infertile, but

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the hospital have obtained a court order forcing him to undergo the

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treatment. Last week Jacintha Saldanha went into hiding with her

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son. They were located after reporting restrictions were lifted.

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The judge said he had intended to make a ruling on whether the child

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should receive the treatment, but that changes now make that no

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longer necessary. That nature is no respecter of court timings. It is

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not clear what has changed. There were suggests that ongoing scans on

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Neon may have something to do with that, but now there will be a

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