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than 80 Afghan nationals for long periods. The Afghan Government has

demanded they be handed over. The Government here, though, denies

running a secret illegal detention centre, but admits prisoners are

being held without charge. Also, the judge is summing up in the April

Jones case. Mark Bridger's accused of killing the five-year-old as she

played near her home. He denies all charges. A week after the killing of

Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, the woman who confronted one of the

suspects returns to the scene as police begin interviewing one of the

men suspected of murdering him. Why the risk of dying, after planned

surgery on the NHS in England, increases towards the end of the

week. After his dramatic rescue from a waste pipe, we have the latest on

this newborn's remarkable recovery. On BBC London, claims from thepm's

former spin doctor that Boris Johnson would like to see David

Cameron fail miserably at the next election. A report looks at the

News at One. Britain's been accused of holding Afghan nationals for long

periods without charge at Camp Bastion. Lawyers representing some

of the 85 to 90 men have taken their cases to court. They say it amounts

to unlawful detention. The Government says many are suspected

of killing British soldiers or taking part in bomb attacks, but at

present British troops are allowed to hold people for 96 hours and in

exceptional circumstances they can hold them for longer to gather

evidence. Camp Bastion is the largest military base in Afghanistan

and within it, a prison where it is claimed as many as 85 Afghans are

being illegally detained. This man, who doesn't want to be identified,

says his cousin has been held for 13 months. TRANSLATION: He told us that

he cannot get any information about the reason for his arrest. He asks

us to find out information in the governor's office. He asked us to

find out the charges against him, as he did not commit any crimes and he

was not in possession of anything illegal. British forces operate as

part of the International Security Assistance Force or ISAF. They can

detain for up to 96 hours and in exceptional circumstances in order

to gather intelligence, to protect the lives of British servicemen or

Afghan nationals, for longer periods. But, according to the MoD

itself, there's no power to intern. The BBC has seen court documents for

eight of the men, who are using the English courts to mount a legal

challenge to their detention. They were picked up in army raids in

villages in Helmand and Kandahar provinces and have been held for

between eight and 14 months. But the Defence Secretary says many of those

being held at Camp Bastion are suspected of killing or bombing

British troops. And that their detentions are lawful. All of these

people are to be handed over to the Afghan authorities for proper

investigation and prosecution through the Afghan judicial system

as soon as we are able to do that. The legal challenge here will take

place in July. The Defence Secretary needs to explain to this court at

the end of July why it is that he says that all of these men are being

held lawfully and if the court is not satisfied that they are being

held lawfully then the court, we will ask, should order their

release. These detentions pose awkward questions for the

Government. It's about the lawfulness about a policy that until

now few seem to have phone very much about. The judge in the April Jones

murder trial's been summing up the evidence in the trial of a man

accused of killing her. Mark Bridger, 47, denies abducting and

murdering April, who went missing near her Machynlleth home in October

last year. He's told Mold Crown Court he accidently ran her over

with his car, but the prosecution says he murdered her and lied to

cover it up. Her body has never been found. More from our reporter, who

is in Mold. What has the judge been saying? He spent nearly three hours

going through almost three weeks of prosecution evidence and the case

against Mark Bridger. Throughout the morning, April's parents have been

listening in the public gallery. The judge discussed their statement, how

they talked about April going swimming on the evening that she

disappeared and how her hair had been wet when she went. He said that

some of their evidence would have struck a chord with many parents

following this case. He talked about the last-known sighting of April as

she was playing out on her bike with a friend and the evidence given by

that seven-year-old friend and the cross-examination. She had been

certain that April was standing and talking to a man before she got into

his vehicle and was driven away from the Bryn estate. -- Bryn-y-Gog

estate. She was happy that April was smiling and happy. The judge also

discussed the blood stains found at Mark Bridger's home and how there

was no contest over the fact that they matched exactly April Jones'

DNA. Now, as the jury was being told this evidence, Mark Bridger sat in

the dock and looked straight ahead and seemed to be listening intently.

The judge described his background, how he had been an experienced

slaughterman and a knife was found at the home and how, on the day that

April Jones disappeared, he had been looking on-line at pictures of girls

and also at one pornographic cartoon image. He denies the three charges

of abduction, murder and intent to pervert the course of justice. The

judge will continue to sum up the defence case this afternoon. Thank

you. Counter-terrorism officers have

begun interviewing one of the men suspected of murdering Drummer Lee

Rigby in Woolwich a week ago. Michael Adebolajo was released from

-- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was released yesterday. -- Wasim Akram was

released yesterday. Tell us where we stand. Of the two who were arrested

following the incidents that happened here, almost a week ago and

in an hour's time it will be a week until -- it will be the week's

anniversary of this happening. Of the two suspects, one has been

released from hospital and the Metropolitan Police had always said

that once that had happened any suspect would be questioned so they

are at a south London police station. We would imagine they are

being questioned as we speak. What is happening here in the next hour,

is as you can see, the microphones are out here. There will be a police

appeal for information following last week's incident. There will be

walk -- they will be walking the area with the leaflets to get

information. They are asking if people have seen the car in the area

or witnessed the attack. This is quite an unusual incident in many

ways, in that much of it was filmed on the phones of passers-by, so they

do already have an awful lot of evidence as to what happened. But

they clearly want to try to find some more. Also, this morning, we

have run into - she came here to see the flowers - who has been heavily

involved with this ever since it happened. Somebody who helped the

victim, Lee Rigby as he lay on the ground. It took me a while to

recognise the place and it's very overwhelming and all the flowers,

it's quite power powerful and quite strong, yeah. Now, as I say, we'll

hear from the police in the next few minutes, so we'll bring you that

later in the day, but as you can see, the number of flowers here has

grown enormously over last week and people are still coming to lay their

tributes, even though this week has passed. French police have arrested

a 22-year-old man, who they believe carried out a knife attack on a

soldier patrolling a shopping centre in Paris. They say the stabbing that

took place after the murder of Lee Rigby was religiously motivated.

There is better news for the Chancellor from a major organisation

today. Hugh Pym is here to explain this. It comes from the OECD, an

important forecaster? Yes, Kate. They represent industrialised

nations, developed economies and it's one of the major international

groups that puts out health checks on the global economy. Let's look at

their latest figures and they are forecasting for global growth this

year, the world in 2013 to grow by 3. 1%. It's down from a previous

forecast andlet main reason is the eurozone. They are forecasting

contraction of 0. 0.6%. It's worse than they had thought. The UK, there

will be growth they say, of 0. 8% this year. More or less in line with

most others. Essentially, though, good news for the Chancellor?

Unlike the IMF last week, they are saying deficit cutting, they support

the Chancellor's policies there. That will be taken as good news by

the Treasury. The OECD does say that youth unemployment in the UK is

still a problem and the Government should do more about that. Thank

you. You are more likely to die if you

have surgery on a Friday rather than a Monday. It's according to a new

report into death rates of patients who have preplanned rations on the

NHS in England. Researchers at Imperial College London studied more

than four million non-life-threatening procedures

carried out between 2008 and 2011. They found the odds of a patient

dying within 30 days of more than 40% higher if the operation's at the

end of the week, rather than the beginning. Dominic Hughes explains.

All surgery carries some risk, even a fairly common procedure like a hip

replacement. While less than one 1% of patients die between 30 days, a

new study of more than four million operations in hospitals in England

suggests a significant difference between those who have an operation

on a Monday, compared to a Friday. This study looked at the relative

risk of planned surgery in hospitals in England normally carried out

during the week. Researchers found the risk of death following an

operation increases throughout the week. By Friday, mortality rates are

44% higher than on a Monday. We know that the first 48 hours, or two

days, following an operation is probably the most critical period.

And we know that as patients are operated on, on a Thursday or

Friday, that this period overlaps with the weekend. And we know that

services at the weekend are not at the same level as they are in many

hospitals offered during the week. The Royal College of Surgeons says

the variation in death rates is unacceptable. I think the most

important thing is to take this seriously, try to understand exactly

what is going on. One must acknowledge that even with the

slightly higher death rate, it is still a very small number and these

are very serious operations that are being discussed. They are not done

for trivial conditions, but if we can understand what is going on,

then I'm sure we would all want to learn from it, so we can improve the

care of the patients. These findings chime with other studies, that

revealed higher death rates among those who had emergency surgery at

the weekend. NHS England says it's looking at how hospitals can provide

more comprehensive services seven days a week and is investigating

staffing levels. The first same-sex marriage in France is due to take

place in Montpellier this afternoon. The marriage between two men comes

24 hours after the Bill was indescribed in law, making the

country the 14th in the world to legalise gay marriage. Extra police

will be on duty for the ceremony and the President has warned he won't

accept any disruption of the event. Christian Fraser sent this report.

In France it ras fomented one of the most contentious confrontations of

recent times, but tonight, 24 hours after it was officially endescribed

in French law, the Bill will be sealed with a case. 40-year-old gay

rights activist, Vincent Aubin and 29-year-old Civil Servant, Bruno

Boileau will become France's first gay couple to marry. TRANSLATION:

Being able to marry is to be like everyone else. We love each other.

You can't judge love between two people. There are 600 guests

invited. 150 accredited media crews. There will be a worldwide audience,

but it's likely the opposition will be in attendance too. Extra police

are drafted in and the Mayor who has joined them has banned all outside

celebrations. ? TRANSLATION: sore moany should be respectful. I

don't want it turned into a circus. It's not about celebrity, but

values. It's now a legal obligation for French mayors to marry same-sex

couples, but some like this right-winger continue to resist.

TRANSLATION: I will find a balance between freedom of conscience and

breaking the law. We will retain our freedom and respect the law. I'll

have to gell gait. -- delegate. modern and decidedly untraditional

Town Hall, the first gay marriage. Judge by the announcements on social

media there are plenty of other couples around the country keen to

take advantage of their new-found rights. Any marriage is daunting,

but this couple also know that not everyone approves of the vows

they'll take. No wonder there's more than the unusual nerves. We'll get

cancelled by the mayor. I have been speaking to her in the last few

hours. She said in recent days she has had two letters, one from the

extreme right that said, we hope you have taken precaution and got

yourself body guards, because one day we will get you. The other came

from a young boy, the son of lesbian parents who said, no longer is he

afraid when he place out in the school yard. It is liberty,

equality, fraternity, she said and that is what applies not in gay

Marge, marriage but in marriage for all. So they will take their vows.

It will be a traditional ceremony she said. Thank you. It is 16

minutes past 1. Our headlines: The Defence Secretary has confirmed that

up to 90 Afghans are being detained without charge in Helmand, but

rejected claims therm being held unlawfully. Still to come: Help for

the high street, but has it been enough to stem the flow of shop

closures Later on BBC London: The festival of food, music and theatre

marking the first anniversary of the London 2012 Games. And, the London

producer Stephen Woolley vamps it up in his latest film offering

Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount

Everest. The pair reached the top on 29th May 1953. News reached the

outside world four days later. Sir Edmund described the peak as a

beautiful snow cone summit. Various celebrations are taking place in

Nepal to mark the anniversary, including a high altitude marathon.

Our correspondent has been to meet Peter Jackson, who took that

photograph after that historic first ascent. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing

Norgay, the first men to reach the roof of the world. The Times had

exclusive access to the expedition and broke the news, but had no

photographs. Days later this was the first picture to be published. The

photographer was Peter Jackson. He remembers a long journey just to

cover the story. Eventually he arrived at a monastery near base

camp, where all he could do was wait. I set out under the sun, look

at Everest and not learning a thing about the climbing, because The

Times insisted that they wouldn't tell anybody. The first picture was

of Hillary and Tenzing and they stood and smiled at each other. My

camera was just ready and I clicked them and obviously that became the

best picture. He followed Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay as they

they were mobbed on their way to Kathmandu. Locals assumed Tenzing

reached the top first. The work made a big splash and the Times

journalist sent him a tell dpram. telegram. They congratulated me and

looked forward to having another game like it. It is a year since

Mary Portas led a review into Britain's struggling high streets,

under a scheme commissioned by the Government 12 towns were given

�100,000 each. Our business correspondent is in one of the pilot

towns, Nelson in Lancashire, and can tell us more. Yes, Nelson has still

to spend most of its money. Of course it was a modest sum, given

the problems. The number of empty shops here remains high and research

commissioned by the BBC suggests that ten out of the 12 initial

Portas pilot towns have seen more businesses close than open in the

last 12 months. Well, I have been speaking to retailers here to see

swinging into action. But they have a fight on their hands. How to stem

the decline when people are shopping elsewhere? The chair of the town

team told me becomes a Portas town was about more than just the money.

This is a new opportunity, it is an exciting opportunity to change the

way we look at our high streets for the future and what we do and how we

do it. It this a re-energising of everybody's ideas to say, you know,

we can make a difference. Here in Nelson they have been trying out

some new ideas. Like outdoor sports activities, a vintage market and a

student discount scheme to try to bring people back into the town.

That is easier said than done. It has gone lunchtime, busy for some,

quiet for others. At Dave's electrical store, it is also slow.

He is barely breaking even and his lease expires in August. One way or

another, I have to make a move. But I'm struggling to find somewhere to

move to. Locally. That is my biggest problem. I want to keep on trading,

I love the town, I have a good customer base and I enjoy what I do.

But I can't find anywhere to get to replace this place in town. And he's

in a town full of empty shops. Our research shows that despite some new

businesses starting up, more of them closed than opened last year. Lisa

Durkin has been drafted in to help Nelson. Other teams are getting

similar support, funded by Government to try to drive change.

Dave would love to have this unit, why can't he? This retailer's moved

out of town about 18 months ago and they're still paying a lease on the

unit. So they're tied into a lease and it means the landlord probably

hasn't even got the keys. This is the major challenge that most towns

are facing. Key vacant units that are a blight on our town centres,

but we can't get our hands on them and do any great stuff with them.

the doors close on another day, it is clear there is no quick fix for

these towns. They have just begun, but they are trying. Now, Mary

Portas told us that there has been enormous activity over the last 12

months and she has been delighted by the community spirit shown and the

Government agrees, but real, lasting change, will take time. Thank you.

There is a warning that the number of young people emgrating from

Ireland could be devastating for the country's economy. 300,000 people

have left in the last four years. Today leaders of several youth

groups are demanding more is done to tackle the problem. This ship is

part of Ireland's history. In the 19th century, people boarded this

ship to escape the potato famine and now many more are leaving.

Technology has made it much easier, to travel and to stay in touch. For

the family get together, it takes place oh the internet. One of

Margaret's daughters is in Australia. Ireland is in so much

debt, that we know we will be repaying the debt for the next how

many years. It is hard to see a future here. Around this table there

is excitement about the prospect of jobs and travel. But the fact that

some feel forced to leave can be upsetting S Family is important and

that is one of the things that we are going to lose in Ireland, by all

these people going. It's sad. don't, don't cry! But it is.

fact that so many people have already left has helped to reduce

the youth unemployment figures. But they're still high and Ireland has a

longer term problem, there is an ageing population. People are living

longer and in towns and villages like this, they need younger workers

to drive forward the economy in the future. The national youth council

of Ireland says in the last four years over 300,000 people have left

the country. More than 40% of those were aged between 15 and 24. This

Britain drain will have devastating -- this brain drain will have

devastating consequences. It is a feeling there is no one responding

to the issue. It is hoped many of those who have gone will return. But

that may well depend on Ireland leaving years of austerity in her

born baby boy from a sewage pipe in China made headlines around the

world yesterday. The boy is now in a stable condition in intensive care.

Residents of an apartment building raised the alarm and hearing the

baby's cries. This report charts his recovery and does contain some

pictures that you might find distressing. He is the baby who got

off to the worst possible start in life. Now recovering in hospital, he

is said to be in a stable condition. Lodged in a sewage pipe better. Need

-- in a sewage pipe, his life was in the balance. Residents heard the

baby's cries. Firefighters cut a section of the pipe and then rushed

it to hospital. It was a painstaking operation, which lasted two hours.

But then when almost free, the baby let out a faint cry to the world.

This doctor said his lips and face were dry and blue. He also suffered

cuts and severe bruising. Police now say they're questioning the baby's

mother. According to a report, she says she was giving birth to the boy

when he accidentally slipped into the toilet. Now the circumstances

surrounding the case are not clear, but what ever the truth, it has

caused shock not only here in China, but around the world. Now sport,

England play Ireland in a friendly at Wembley tonight. It is the first

time that the two teams have met since 1995 when another friendly was

abandoned because of rioting. That is not the only talking point. More

from our couldn't at Wembley for us. It is the choice of captain for the

game isn't it? That's right, actually Cole will be skipper

tonight for this match with Ireland. It is a contentious choice. It marks

his century of England caps. That is a fine achievement, but many people

would say he is not the kind of role mod that will deserves to wear the

skipper's arm band, he has been involved in controversy in his

private life and in his football life. In fact he refuses to talk to

the media and that is why Frank Lampard was sat by the manager

yesterday. In fact Roy Hodgson seemed confumzed as to -- confused

as to who the captain was. It is a sensitive match, the first time in

18 years the teams have played since that night in 95. The fans have been

reminded of their responsibility and the FA don't want any political or

religious chanting. FIFA are also keeping an eye on the behaviour of

the fans. So there is a lot at stake. Thank you. Now time for us to

take you to the weather. Dare we take you to the weather. Dare we

look? Here is Thomas. There is a bit of everything. Ivity is not bad for

some of us. Especially in the east there is some rain, it is very murky

along the North Sea coast. But there is some sunshine as well. This is

the satellite picture, not so bad on the south coast. Notice that the

east is stuck under the cloud. But the Western Isles of Scotland and in

Northern Ireland, it has been a glorious morning and guess what,

more sun to come for you this afternoon. Let's start around 4am,

the temperatures in Belfast getting up to 19 degrees. That is not bad.

For Scotland, particularly eastern areas, a bit more cloud. The

sunshine will come out, but the real cloud, the real grey skies and the

rain will be further south from Yorkshire to Lincolnshire and the

East Midlands and the south-east. So here the weather is not so good. If

it is not raining, you will have that grey and overcast sky. For the

south-west, a lot better, the coasts of Devon and Cornwall and across

western Wales, where the ground has been rumbling as well. So for the

evening, still some rain in eastern and central areas. It will be a

muggy night. It is not cold, but murky, misty and faechlts of around

-- temperatures of around 12 degrees. Even under the clearer

skies in Northern Ireland it is only down to 10. Tomorrow, it starts off

damp for many again in the east. But the rain will fissle away -- fizzle

away and we will be left with that mish-mash of sunny spells, some

rain, maybe the odd heavier burst of rain. But for the north-west areas

around 20 degrees in Glasgow. The hint is that things will be warming

up. Some sunshine and high pressure is building. We will go as far as

the weekend and it is looking mainly dry, with sunny spells. With high

pressure building from the south-west. This is the good

weather. Here it comes, that translates to -a bit of sunshine,

temperatures in the upper teaches and -- teens and up to 20 degrees.

So it is looking good. Thank you. Now before we leave you our main