12/12/2012 BBC News at One

The Prime Minister condemns shocking levels of State col

luetion in the murder of a Belfast solicitor. Pat Finucane was shot 14

times in 1989. David Cameron said State employees and agents played

key roles. Sir Desmond says he's left in significant doubt as to

whether Pat Finucane would have been murder by the Ulster defence

association in February 1989 had it not been for the difference strands

of involvement by elements of the State. The number of people without

work drops by 82,000 - the biggest fall in unemployment for more than

a decade. Surprise and alarm as North Korea successfully launches a

long-range rocket, defying international warnings. Tens of

thousands of foreign students and migrants will be subjected to face-

to-face interviews before they're allowed into the UK. Ravi Shankar -

the man who helped bring Indian music to the world - has died in

America at the age of 92. Later on BBC London - calls for an

investigation into the Deputy Mayor over claims of inappropriate

behaviour from a female colleague. And why nearly 500,00 Londoners

will rely on short-term loans this Christmas. Good afternoon and

welcome to the BBC News at One. A review of one of the most notorious

killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland - the murder of

the Catholic lawyer, Pat Finucane, in front of his family in 1989 -

has just been published. It reveals what it calls shocking levels of

State collusion, including leaks of security information to loyalist

paramilitaries by British security services. Pat Finucane was shot

dead in 1989. David Cameron called this an appalling crime and

apologised to the family. Pat Finucane was a high-profile Belfast

solicitor whose clients included supporters and members of the IRA.

In 1989 he was shot dead in front of his wife and three children as

they sat having dinner at their home. The State colluded in his

death. Ken Barrett, a member of the Ulster Freedom Fighters, a loyalist

par military group. He was secretly filmed by Panorama and told the

programme a police officer had suggested Pat Finucane should be

targeted. Barrett was convicted in 2004. What the Finucane family want

to know is who else was involved. For 23 years, Geraldine Finucane

has been trying to find out who was behind her husband's murder. Today,

she was in London to read a 500- page report by a judge, who has

reviewed the case. It amounts to the biggest criminal investigation

in British history. David Cameron told the Commons that the report

into the murder has set out the truth about what happened.

collusion demonstrated beyond any doubt by Sir Desmond, which

included the involvement of State agencies in murder, is totally

unacceptable. We do not defend our security forces, or the many who

have served in them with great distinction by trying to claim

otherwise. Collusion should never, ever happen. On behalf of the

Government and the whole country, let me say again to the Finucane

family, I am deeply sorry. This report provides disturbing and

uncomfortable reading for all, because it makes clear there was

collusion in murder and a cover-up and further and I quote, "That

agents of the State were involved in caric out violations of human

rights up to and including murder." The Prime Minister apologised to

the family last year. The Government has accepted there was

State collusion. The family are angry at the decision not to set up

a full public inquiry. Pat Finucane's family have spent much

of the morning reading the report, but they've always said that a

review of the evidence would not be far-reaching enough and they fear

that the most damaging material will be left out. Finucane is still

remembered by nationalists in Northern Ireland as the innocent

victim of a dirty war. Today's report is an attempt to get to the

truth about one of the most controversial killings of the

Northern Ireland Troubles. Our Ireland Correspondent, Mark Simpson,

is in Belfast. You've been allowed to read the report this morning.

Tell us some more of the key findings. It's pretty clear that

this report confirms a lot of what we knew already, but shocking facts

- namely that there seems no doubt, according to this report, that Pat

Finucane's murder could have been prevented. Why, because two of the

loyalists actually involved in the murder plot were working for the

State at the time as agents, including the man who supplied the

gun for the murder. Was there this overarching conspiracy from the

top? Maybe even a Government minister, "Pat Finucane must die."?

According to this report, no. This intelligence information, it seems

was mishandled and there was no legal framework and there were no

real rules and what happens in the end, well, according to this report,

an innocent man lost his life. One of the big reasons was State

collusion. What are the family likely to say? It's dangerous to

second guess, but my hunch is, as Ben reported there, that they've

always said they wanted a full, public inquiry, like the Bloody

Sunday Inquiry. I will suspect that they will come out later and say

this report isn't good enough, that they need a full, independent

public inquiry. Thank you. The number of people out of work has

seen its biggest fall for 11 years. Unemployment dropped by 82,000

between August and October and now stands at 2.51 million. The figures

also show the number of young people without jobs went down by

70,000. This report, from our Chief Economics Correspondent, Hugh Pym.

It's a key indicator of the state of the economy, the jobs market and

today we learnt there's been an improvement, with you more jobs

created and fewer people out of work. We are seeing signs of a

strong labour market. The private sector continues to create jobs,

but we should recognise the fact we are in a global race and we need to

work hard to get people into employment and while there are good

signs today, there is more than we need to do to help people meet

their aspirations of getting into work. Meeting aspirations is this

what this jobs club is all about in south Northamptonshire. Lee

struggled to find work for several years, because of a long-term

sports injury. Thanks to help he got here, he's now landed a full-

time job and he's quite emotional about it. Being hurt for so many

years it took it out of me a bit, my confidence. This has slowly let

me build it back up. I'm finding it invaluable. Others are still

looking. Mark lost his specialist technology job four years ago. He's

worked on and off since then and is now considering self-employment. He

can't get a break with a big company. Getting through those

doors to find the right people in the business is very difficult for

people like me with experience. There must be people who are saying

if they can't get into the companies, they can't get back into

work and how do they set up their own business and capitalise on

knowledge and experience? Both measures of unemployment have

fallen, including the narrower claimant count, covering those who

sign on regularly. Broadly speaking, the labour market's been improving

for some months now. Defying earlier predictions that would get

weaker because of public sector cutbacks. In June and September it

fell gi 24,000. -- by 24,000. That was outweighed by the private

sector. Youth unemployment fell by 72,000 and Labour welcomed the news,

but said there was no cause for celebration. It's absolutely not OK

that there are nearly one million people in our country out of work

for over a year. It's not OK that there are nearly one million young

people still out of work. It's not OK for the Government's work

programme, that was set up with such fanfare, to bring down long-

term unemployment that is doing absolutely nothing. The employers'

organisation the CBI, said while jobs were being created, there was

still big challenges ahead. And Hugh is with me now. Will it

continue? Almost every measure has improved, apart from long-term

unemployment, which was flat. One very interesting aspect of these

figures, people have said in the past all the job creation is part-

time, but all is full-time jobs. Part-time actually fell. Looking

ahead, though, there are uncertainties and one thing that

has been highlighted by experts is that the rate of job creation was

actually slower than in previous quarters. Could it be tailing off?

Of course, to a certain extent the market is backward-looking, talking

about the third quarter. The current fourth quarter, there are a

lot of negative signals, so whether it reacts early in the new year,

we'll have to wait and see. Thank you. The Foreign Secretary, William

Hague, has condemned North Korea's decision to carry out a long-range

rocket launch, in defiance of international warnings. The

government in Pyongyang insists the launch was a peaceful mission to

put a satellite into orbit and not part of a nuclear missile programme.

Our Diplomatic Correspondent, James Robbins, reports. North Korean

television was jubilant, with news this most seek receipt state had

launched a long-range rocket in defiance of international warnings.

A Japanese TV station carried pictures apparently showing the

rocket moments after the launch. Experts confirmed it carried a

satellite into space. Japan is especially worried it could be a

future target for missiles, even nuclear arms if the North Koreans

eventually are able to combine their technologies. For Kim Jong Un,

the new leader of the bizarre Communist family dynasty, it's a

triumph. After previously launch failures, but to North Korea's

neighbours and the wider world it's really alarming. Even China, the

regime's only major ally, expressed regret. The US called it a highly

provocative act that threatens regional security. Ban Ki-Moon said

it was a clear violation of the Security Council resolutions.

is a key country in imposing pressure on the country to behave

in a more responsible way. The UK don't have much direct leverage on

our own, so we'll have to work through the Security Council, but

at this stage we are encouraging other countries to give the same

very strong reaction to this, that we have already issued. Debris from

the lauth vehicles seems to have fallen into the seas, but to some

that's only a reminder of the regime's future potential to target

a range of countries. It seems that the ability of the North Koreans to

maintain their isolation, it seems an unlikely prospect that the

current regime will open up their society and economy and any of

their structures to the outside world. As north cee's -- Korea's

population celebrate, some believe that Iran co-operates, with each

country helping the other. Whatever the truth, the world undoubtedly

feels a bit less safe. We can get the reaction from the South Korean

capital, Seoul. Our correspondent, Lucy Williamson, is there. How much

of a surprise was this launch today? This was a big surprise, one

that the launch happened. North Korea had said over the past couple

of days it was facing technical problems with the rocket and had

talked about extending the window for the launch in order to fix them.

It was unannounced, unlike last time, when they invited the foreign

press. No word at all. Very much kept under wraps. That was the

first surprise. The second was that it worked. This is the fifth time

North Korea has tried to launch a satellite and this time not only

Pyongyang, but also analysts in the US confirmed that the satellite had

actually entered orbit. That's a huge triumph for North Korea and a

big problem for everyone else. Thank you. The United States has

followed Britain and the European Union in recognising the Syrian

opposition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

In a television interview last night, President Obama said the US

has decided that the coalition trying to bring down the regime of

President Assad, is now sufficiently inclusive to represent

all Syrians. Around 100,000 foreign students and other migrants will be

subjected to interviews from next April, before they're allowed to

enter the UK. The Home Secretary has set out the new plans to root

out abuse of the British visa system. The Government's fighting

to cut the number of people entering Britain and universities

have become the front line. This protest earlier this year, outside

Downing Street, was triggered by a decision to ban some foreign

students from London Metropolitan University. Officials says it

wasn't doing proper checks, but the Home Secretary said that efforts

would be made abroad to stop those exploiting the student visa system.

Starting with the high-risk countries and focusing on the route

to Britain that is widely abused, we will increase the number of

interviews to considerably more than 100,000, starting next

Some are saying that the system unfairly assumed they were abusing

the system. They have not even met me and they assume I am a fake

student, so that is how I am treated automatically, no matter

who I am. The process of interviewing is probably a good way

of actually getting to know the people who are going to enter the

country before and. universities need foreign students

and their fees. The students' union is worried. I think it will put off

more students. I mean, applications to the UK are plummeting. The

messages, do not study here, go to other countries, because the UK is

unwelcoming. To tackle at impression, the government will be

allowing PhD students from abroad to stay for one year to find a job,

and it will not be introducing an overall cap on the number of

Our top story this lunchtime: The Prime Minister has condemned

shocking levels of state collusion which led to the murder of Catholic

solicitor Pat Finucane in Belfast Spot on for Bradford as the penalty

kings dump Arsenal out of the League Cup.

Later on BBC London, unemployment continues to rise in the capital,

despite a drop across the UK. And more questions over Wenger's

future after Arsenal's League Cup More than a third of children in

their last year of primary school in England are overweight or obese,

according to the latest figures. More than one million children were

assessed in the study, showing the number of overweight 10 and 11-

year-old has risen slightly since last year. Dominic Hughes reports

It is Rise and Shine Time at St Cuthbert's primary school en

Liverpool, part of a council-funded scheme to try to tackle child and

obesity. Staff and people seem to love it, and there is serious

intent behind the fund. When they are younger, if you can train them

to do this every time they come to school, every time they have 20

minutes, if they can get active, then they are used to doing that.

The reasons schools like this are keen to get children running around

at playtime can be seen in these depressingly familiar figures. One-

in-five of all reception children are classed as being overweight or

obese. For older children in the year is six, 10 and 11 year olds,

it is even worse, one in three overweight or obese. Most

concerning is that now, leaving primary school, our children are

twice as obese as they were when they entered. One year ago, this

ten-year-old was dangerously close to becoming obese, in other words

very overweight. With help, she started watching what she ate and

exercising more, and there has been a real change in how she feels

about herself. I am glad because I have lost weight, and I think I

will be able to lose more weight, and I will have more confidence and

hopefully I will have a better future. The Department of Health

says there are a number of initiatives to encourage families

to eat healthily and get more exercise, but judging by today's

figures the problem of child murder but -- childhood obesity is proving

A Royal Navy submariner is being sentenced today after he admitted

meeting two people he thought were Russian secret agents to discuss

the movements of British nuclear submarines. Petty Officer Edward

Devenney pleaded guilty last month to gathering details of encryption

programmes and to Miss conducted a public office. Gordon Corera is at

the Old Bailey. What was said in court this morning? Yes, Petty

Officer Edward Devenney on HMS Vigilant appeared in court to hear

the outline of the case against him, to which he pleaded guilty to two

charges, as you said. We heard that he was a man who had become

disillusioned in the Royal Navy, who because of his behaviour, have

left a course which might have led to his promotion. He decided to

basically hurt the Royal Navy. How did he do this? Well, in November

last year he made a number of calls to the Russian embassy. A couple of

days later, he took a series of photographs of a secret code

material which was held in a secure safe in a secure room on board the

nuclear submarine. He later received a call from a man who said

he worked for Russian intelligence, although Edward Devenney had some

doubts about that and said, your accent sounds remarkably fake and

like British intelligence. None the less, he continued with the

conversations, eventually leading to a meeting in January this year

at a hotel, where he talked about providing information. He said he

was just annoyed and wanted to add the Royal Navy. He talked about

Operation Ore movements of nuclear submarines. What he did not realise

was that the people he was meeting were not Russian intelligence

officers but undercover MI5 operatives and that the meeting was

being recorded. He was then arrested by police in March. How

much damage did he do? Well, he did not do any because he did not pass

any secrets to the Russians, but we heard the potential damage was

great, he could have given away secret code material, details of

the movements of submarines, and that could have been very serious

indeed. The sentencing will take place this afternoon.

Women who have a miscarriage should be given far more help and support,

according to the health watchdog, NICE. They say advice and

specialist services should be available seven days a week. New

guidelines for the NHS in England and Wales also include advice to

doctors on how to spot life- threatening ectopic pregnancies.

Branwen Jeffreys reports. The first few months of life, sadly

all too fragile, and many women will experience the loss of a

pregnancy at this stage. It is a loss which for some will feel

traumatic. In Bristol, that is helped by access to specialist

services. The hospitals make sure between them that one unit is

always open, even at weekends. This report says that does not happen

everywhere but it should. It means women can get seen quickly by staff

will understand and can offer the cheques they need. The loss of a

pregnancy through miscarriage is very common. One in five

pregnancies end in miscarriage, that is 168,000 in England each

year. And 11 in 1,000 are ectopic, where a fertilised egg get stuck

and start growing outside the womb. Julie has that two miscarriages.

She has helped write new advice for the NHS. The first time, bleeding,

frightened and upset, she went to A&E. When I was taken to the

gynaecology ward, due to the placement of the building, the

labour ward was directly below, and because the windows were open, I

could hear the ladies in Labour downstairs. I found it distressing

that I was in the process of losing my baby when people were having

theirs. Even with ultrasound images, the picture is not always clear in

a bog -- early pregnancy. That is why today's report says women need

sympathy and clear information. she knows what to expect and when

she can return to work and try for another baby and all those factors

that are so important to have at the time, then hopefully she will

recover emotionally and physically from the miscarriage much more

quickly. Doctors and midwives have welcomed the new guidelines. Their

aim is to make sure that every area Ravi Shankar, the man who helped

bring Indian music to the world, has died in California at the age

of 92. The world famous sitar player performed with international

stars such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. He also composed

scores on musicals and films. Lizo He was one of the first Indian

musicians to become a household name in the West. His skill with

the sitars struck a chord with Among those who became fascinated

with his music were the Beatles, especially George Harrison, who was

eager to learn as much as he could about the sitar. They spent weeks

Their musical relationship helped propel Ravi Shankar to global

I was immediately charmed and attracted to him, George. Because

of his sincerity, and he really wanted to know so much about our

music. He also worked with some of the biggest figures in other styles

of music, the violinist Yehudi Menuhin was a frequent collaborator,

often visiting India to see Ravi Shankar, a friendship that

Born in India in 1920, he originally worked as a dancer in

his brother's troupe but gave up dancing at the age of 18 to study

It really was an exponent of the spirituality of the sitar, and how

important it was, and Ravi Shankar brought Indian classical music into

the homes of people who were not Asian. It is pure and simple, and I

can count on one and the amount of people who have really pushed Asian

music, in all its forms, out to so many different people. He will be

remembered as an artist who, by transcending musical boundaries,

influenced and brought joy to millions.

Ravi Shankar, who has died at the age of 92.

Football, and Bradford are being hailed as England's penalty shoot-

out Keynes after their extraordinary triumph last night

over Arsenal. They caused one of the great is the League Cup shocks

by beating Arsenal 3-2 on penalties. It was their 9th consecutive

penalty shoot-out win, a record for an English team. Andy Swiss is in

Bradford for us now. Yes, football always loves a giant-

killing, and they do not get much more gigantic than the one here

last night. Bradford City, some 64 League places below Arsenal, began

here as huge underdogs, but once again they proved they have a

secret weapon. The penalty shoot-out, every

English footballers worst nightmare. Except, that is, if you are

Bradford City. When last night's game against Arsenal came down to

spot kicks, there was only going to be one winner. Bradford have won

their last eight shoot-outs, an English record, and very soon it

was nine. Arsenal had buckled to the penalty perfectionists, one of

the biggest upsets in Cup history. They might only be in English

football's 4th gear, but for sheer nerve Bradford are unbeatable.

has been hard to be a Bradford fan, they have gone through thin and

thinner, but what a moment to savour last night, and I am proud

to be a fan, proud to be involved with the club, and I am so pleased

for everybody involved. Traditionally, English footballers

simply cannot take penalties. From Chris Waddle to Gareth Southgate,

the history has been littered with And this year's European

Championship was an all-too- familiar story. So what is

Bradford's secret? The fans here now long for penalty shoot-outs,

from T-shirts to fanzines, it has become their selling point. Perhaps

England could learn a thing of two. When it comes to the next World Cup,

maybe we should just play Bradford City side for the penalties.

Arsenal should always win on penalties, think of the class of

the players, the national caps, but the pressure of the League Cup,

they could not handle it and we obviously cannot. For Arsenal and

their manager, this was a new low in what has already been a

difficult season. Like others before them, they have paid the

ultimate penalty. The biggest scalp yet for English football's spot-

kick specialist. Yes, a terrible night for Arsenal,

but what a night for Bradford City, now through to the semi-finals of

the League Cup, and whoever they face, the message is pretty clear,

do not let it go to penalties! The latest weather now with Chris

Yes, a foggy start to the morning, but if you went up into the

skyscrapers at Canary Wharf, they had clear skies above and some

sunshine. We will have some sunshine today along the south

coast of England, but inland there will be cloud moving into western

areas of Cornwall and western fringes of Wales. It is true to say

that the weather varies significantly from place to place

today. Take Northern Ireland, for example, a freshening southerly

wind will bring increasing amounts of cloud and rain for the afternoon.

In Scotland, some wintry showers, no real accumulations here. Further

south, brighter spells, but some of his fog through the day, through

the North East Midlands will linger, with temperatures getting up to

minus two Celsius. Overnight, that bumps into the cold air, and we

will start to see a little bit of snow around western areas. The fog

will thicken across north-east England through the Vale of York,

with things turning very murky and another widespread frost on the

cards with temperatures well below freezing. Another freezing cold

start to Thursday morning, most of us will Brighton, but the fog could

linger in the Vale of York. For most of us, another freezing cold

day, but in the south-west of England, mild air drifting in from

the English Channel, some spots of rain. Things turn a milder towards

the end of the week, an area of low pressure bringing wet and windy

weather from the West. A few spots of rain falling in England, leaving

icy stretches across a swathe of England. Further west, as the

weather front works in, 15-30 mm of rain across high ground. That could

pose a threat of further flooding is used. It will also be very windy

with gale-force winds, and that combination will drive northwards

through Friday, but in producing milder conditions. Look at these

temperatures, 12 in Plymouth, but still some cold air in northern

England bringing snow across the northern Pennines, a miserable

rush-hour across Scotland through Friday evening, and then as rain

moves into Scotland, it barns into the cold air, and we will see

significant snowfall across the Scottish ski resorts. It looks like

conditions could be great for an early-season ski as we head into

this weekend across some of the A reminder of our top story: The