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to the family of Ian Tomlinson over his death at the G20 protest in

London four years ago. Today I apologise unreservedly for

Simon Harwood's excessive force which caused Mr Tomlinson's death

and for the suffering caused to his family as a result. His family will

receive an out-of-court settlement. His widow said the apology was as

close as they were going to get to justice.

Also this lunchtime: More than a million UK workers are on zero hours

contract is, that is four times official estimates.

Spain is criticised for suggesting a feet across its border with

Gibraltar. David Cameron says he has serious concerns. Scientists

unveiled the world's first burger created in a test tube.

Sunshine at Old Trafford and now a grim fight for England's cricketers

in the Ashes. The man who led the Falklands task force, Admiral Sir

Sandy Woodward has died at the age of 81.

On BBC London. The Home Office is accused of circumventing the law

following the death of Jimmy Mubenga during his deportation. And, an

apology for those stranded for almost six hours on a London bound

BBC News at One. Scotland Yard has issued a formal apology and agreed

to pay compensation to the family of Ian Tomlinson, who died after being

pushed to the ground by a police officer during the G20 protests in

London four years ago. The officer involved, PC Simon

Harwood, was later sacked for gross misconduct. Mr Tomlinson's widow

said this was the closest the family was going to get to justice.

It became the most notorious image of the G20 protest in London. Ian

Tomlinson was walking away from the police line when Constable Simon

Harwood pushed him from behind. Mr Tomlinson was helped to his feet but

just a short distance up the road he collapsed and died after he suffered

internal bleeding. Simon Harwood was sacked by the Metropolitan force for

what he did that day. Four years on, they have apologised to Ian

Tomlinson's family for mistakes and bad decisions in this case and

crucially for the behaviour of their former officer. Today, I apologise

unreservedly for Simon Harwood's use of excessive force which caused Mr

Tomlinson's death and for the suffering caused to his family as a

result. Why has it taken so long to get to this point? It was in May

2011 that an inquest jury decided Ian Tomlinson had been unlawfully

killed. In July last year he was found not guilty of manslaughter in

a criminal trial. Two months later he was sacked by Scotland Yard after

an internal disciplinary hearing found him guilty of misconduct. Now

the family have got the apology they wanted. This is the final verdict.

It has enabled them to move on. It may be the truth but it is not

justice. On that April evening four years ago, Ian Tomlinson was trying

to get home through the police lines and blocked off streets. He posed no

threat to the police but Simon Harwood first struck him with his

baton and then the push. It was captured on camera by an American

visitor. If it was not for this the ditch, Ian Tomlinson's death would

have been put down to a heart attack. His widow, Julia and

children have received compensation from Scotland Yard. The amount has

not been disclosed. She said the apology was the closest they would

get to justice. June Kelly is with me now. This is a fulsome apology.

It is unusual. The Metropolitan police have apologised for a number

of things like the fact they learn things through the media, the

pathologist gave wrong information and also that Simon Harwood was in

the force at all. What we had learned was he left the met before

this incidents because he was facing disciplinary action over a road rage

incident and he was let back in. Crucially for the family, what they

wanted was this acknowledgement that what the inquest jury said was that

Ian Tomlinson had been unlawfully killed. The Metropolitan Police have

gone along with that. That is what the family wanted to hear. Paul

King, who is Ian Tomlinson's stepson, has thanked people for

their support down the years. Far more workers are employed under

zero hours contracts than official estimates suggest. A study by the

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said a million people

could be on the contracts which offer no guaranteed work or pay. A

number of councils and well-known businesses use them, as well as many

in the voluntary sector. It is a snapshot of work across the UK, but

how many of these workers are on zero hours contract is? Since the

reflection recession, the numbers have been growing. A survey suggests

a million people on these deals. What is a zero hours contract? There

is no legal definition. Conditions can vary between employers. It means

there are no guaranteed minimum hours. It can be being on call when

needed. It can mean no holiday or six pay. For some workers this

flexibility is a good thing but for others it can mean huge financial

uncertainty. Adam Harvey from Norwich used to be employed on a

zero hours contract from a security firm and it was not easy to manage.

You do not know from day to you will get work or not. You have a list of

bills and outgoings and you're hoping by the end of the month that

you have accrued enough hours to get them paid. I host of big names have

been in the spotlight recently for having zero hours contract. A survey

suggests one in five firms use them. They are widely used in the care

industry. Many firms would like to offer them. The way services are

funded does not enable employers to use permanent contracts. Since the

crash in 2008, we have seen them spread across the economy like

wildfire. They are used in situations which make them painfully

uncertain. We are calling on the government to stamp out the

practice. The government says it is looking at the role of zero-hours

contracts to understand how they are being used and to make sure workers

are being treated fairly. There is more information on our

website. The former England footballer Paul

Gascoigne has been fined �1000 after he admitted assaulting a railway

guard and being drunk and disorderly. Gascoigne appeared

before magistrates in Stevenage accused of attacking Jack

Sherrington on the 4th of July. The attack took this weeks after the

former foot all left rehab in the United States. Britain's biggest

bank HSBC has announced profits for the first six months of the year,

10% higher than the same period last year but less than some analysts

have addicted. The chancellor, George Osborne, has

launched a consultation in two providing tax-free childcare

vouchers. The controversial proposals will offer support to

families where both parents work and will be up to �12,000 a year for

each family. Our political correspondent reports.

The Chancellor and the children. Despite appearances, George Osborne

is not volunteering to look after your kids himself. But he does want

to remind you about something he said months ago in a more formal

setting. Tax-free childcare. Today, there is more detail on that.

Parents and carers will receive vouchers worth up to �12,000 for

each child. Parents of under fives will be the first to benefit.

Families will get them if parents were.

This is helping working families with their childcare. It will be

huge boost for women who go out to work. Some newspapers are not happy

and nor are some mums who care for their children full-time.

childcare I provide is not deemed as valuable as that provided in

official childcare. The politics of childcare can get complicated. There

were contradictory reports about this before the budget and then

there was an announcement about the plan to change the regulation of

childcare to make it cheaper. Died here got dropped when coalition

ministers could not agree. -- the idea got dropped. No one can

guarantee it will flee happen. Labour have yet to set out their

childcare policies. Only David Cameron's government could lay out

plans like this for help in 2015 and beyond and expect families to be

grateful when they have taken so much support away. It means more

nurseries will see more politicians and the camera crews that will

inevitably follow. The Foreign Office has confirmed

that the British Embassy in Yemen will remain closed until the end of

the Muslim festival of Eid on Thursday because of continuing

concerns about security. The United States has also said embassies will

remain closed across the Middle East and Africa until the weekend. Our

security correspondent is here. American senators came out and said

this was the most significant threat reporting they have seen in the last

two years. Some have compared it with what happened before September

the 11th. Al-Qaeda leaders have talked about an attack being in the

final stages of planning. The problem is, the report of the attack

is unclear. Other countries are also taking it seriously. Britain has

closed its embassy in Yemen for a number of days because the threat

looks like it is coming out of Yemen. The exact target is unclear.

The authorities will be hoping they can disrupt this. Thank you. The

Prime Minister has said he has serious concerns over Spanish

proposals to charge a fee for crossing the border into Gibraltar.

The chief minister of Gibraltar has accused Spain of sabre rattling and

acting like North Korea in the ongoing dispute over fishing rights.

Bridget Kendall has more. The Rock of Gibraltar, Britain's tiny outpost

on the tip of Spain. After tightened border controls caused traffic chaos

a week ago, the row seems to be hotting up. After Spain's foreign

minister warned his government might impose new restrictions on traffic

and flights in and out of the territory declaring the party is

over. Gibraltar's Chief Minister this

morning was also raising the rhetorical temperature. What we have

seen this weekend is sabre rattling of the sort we have not seen for

some time. The things we have heard are more reminiscent of what you

hear from North Korea. The threat is still just that, a threat but one

proposal could be a border crossing fee of 50 euros. Another could be

tax investigations into property owned by Gibraltarians in Spain and

closing airspace to planes landing at Gibraltar airport. Downing Street

said David Cameron was seriously concerned. And this is what it seems

rocketed Spanish anger, concrete blocks tipped into the Bay last

month for an artificial reef to encourage marine life. But Spain

says the reef is illegal and is ripping the nets of Spanish

fishermen. The row over Gibraltar's sovereignty has rumbled on for

decades. Britain says it wants this latest spat was of politically but

Spain has given no indication that it is prepared to give way. It could

be a long, hot August. Our top story this lunchtime: The Metropolitan

Police apologises to the family of Ian Tomlinson at over his death at

the G20 protests. His widow said it was the closest they would get to

justice. Kevin Pietersen is not amused at

all. Still to come: Anger at Old Trafford. The Aussies fight back in

the third Ashes test. Later on BBC London: The pop-up

stadium making a return for the annual Grand Prix. And the London

theatre scheme offering free tickets first lab-grown burger in London

shortly. It has cost more than �200,000 to grow but the scientists

believe the technology will eventually reduce the cost of meat

production and could be the answer to growing demand. The burger has

been grown from stem cells taken from a dead cow. Our Science

Correspondent, Pallab Ghosh, has had exclusive access to the laboratory

in Holland. This man has a plan to feed the world. He's growing meat in

his laboratory. Here it is. It is beef, but not as we know it. These

pale white circles are strips of muscle and they will be used to make

hamburger. Today we will present the first hamburger made in the

laboratory from cells, and we are doing that because livestock meat

production is not good for the environment, is eventually not going

to meet the demand of the world, and it is not good for the animals.

Layers of stem cells grown from a few cells taken from a cow. These in

turn are grown into pellets of muscle tissue. These in turn will be

assembled to make the world's first laboratory grown hamburger. Food

technologists have added breadcrumbs, caramel and saffron,

and to make it look right colour they have added beetroot juice. It

looks similar to minced beef, and we will know later today if it tastes

like it. The price of meat in shops has been steadily rising. Partly

because more people in developing countries are eating it. Researchers

say that meeting this rising demand by rearing livestock will be bad for

the environment., and their way, they say, is the only sustainable

way to produce meat in the future. An independent study found that

laboratory grown beef uses 45% less energy, produces 96% lower

greenhouse gases, and requires 99% less land. This food writer believes

natural ingredients are healthier and tastier. I think it is something

we need to investigate but my instinct is that we need to modify

how we eat and possibly eat less meat. For the researchers behind the

project, if people want to continue to eat meat and for it to be

affordable, it'll have to be grown in the laboratory.

While we have been on air, the first burger has been cooked and is about

to be tested for the first time by food critics. There it is, the

world's first laboratory grown burger, and that tasting going on

now and we will have the full results later. The panorama

programme has learnt that the suspected Boston bomber who died in

a shoot out with police, had been reading articles promoting white

supremacy. His younger brother is facing

criminal charges in connection with the attack on the Boston Marathon,

in which three people died. Hilary Andersson reports. When these ethnic

brothers were caught, it was soon put down to the work of jihadist.

They had links to this troubled Russian republic but now the BBC has

learned that the older brother was also reading right-wing American

literature, articles about white supremacy and about the minds of

mass killers. Was Tamerlan Tsarnaev the true radical jihadist or just an

angry young man who latched onto Islam? Three years ago he had risen

to become a top heavyweight boxer. His close friend said he began to

change around the time he was barred from contesting at a national level

because he didn't have American citizenship. He vanished, erased his

Facebook page and disconnected himself socially. It was then that

Tamerlan Tsarnaev turned heavily to Islam and began to hate America. At

this mask he turned up to pray occasionally. I would say that as

far as connecting with the Islamic community here, praying, being

involved, doing acts of charity, those were pretty much lacking. I

would say he was just a muslin of convenience. The brothers were on

their way here to New York with more bombs before they were caught.

Anti-terrorist forces are on constant alert and the challenge is

acute because the suspected Boston bombers are new unpredictable kind

of terrorist. Some of our seaside towns are

becoming dumping grounds for vulnerable people, according to the

Centre for Social Justice. The think tank says some councils take

advantage of cheap accommodation and it's warning that coastal towns have

deprivation levels on a par with major cities. Michael Buchanan

reports from Blackpool. Blackpool 's Golden mile is less glittering these

days, struggling to attract tourists, its heyday long gone, but

it is at night it's challenges become most apparent. Among the

young clubbers, Jodie, who moved to Blackpool a few months ago. We sleep

in toilets, the councils don't help. A mile away, and as the clock

strikes midnight a small group gathered to withdraw their

benefits. Unemployment here is roughly 70% higher than the national

average. What will you do with it? First things first, go to Asda, I

usually spend it on weed. None of them come from Blackpool. Holiday

memories are key reason that people come back to seaside towns. Another

attraction is the large amount of cheap accommodation that is

available. Former guesthouses are turned into inexpensive, often poor

quality bedsits. You couldn't go to Bath, Tunbridge Wells, or Oxford,

and access a two-bedroom flat with �100 in your pocket and a bin bag

full of clothes, but you can hear. The properties attract ex-offenders

and people in care to seaside towns, according to the report. These areas

are becoming dumping grounds for people with struggles in life but it

is the easy option to put them out of sight and out of mind. Attracting

businesses to these resort is now the key to reviving them.

Play is under way on the fifth and final day of the Third Test at Old

Trafford despite a forecast of rain. If the match ends in a draw, England

will retain the Ashes. But their captain Alastair Cook is already out

for a duck. Joe Wilson is at Old Trafford for us. We had almost a

full session, England reeling 35 43. Protection was the key at Old

Trafford, rain at 10am, protect the ground, protect yourself, protect

the Ashes. Where droves have been disembarking for the first days,

today was a steady trickle of enthusiasts. What are you hoping for

today? A bit of acting, a bit of play. If they hit one ball, we will

be happy. By 10:35am, the rain had relented, captains and officials in

discussion. At 11:30am the match was on, 332 for England to win.

Australia needed ten victims, it only takes a second to take the

wicket. Australians are wise enough to be optimistic were now basking in

the sunshine. If England batsmen were expecting a morning off, they

were now racing to attention. Jonathan Trott had survived and now

departed with a flick to the wicketkeeper. Suddenly England

seemed gripped by uncertainty, and at the crease, Kevin Pietersen.

Moments later a huge appeal for a catch, given out, and he was certain

he didn't hit it. Review, but the decision was upheld. England three

down. Just to confirm, apparently there was a noise and pictures to

confirm Kevin Pietersen's dismissal. Now it is drizzling.

Admiral Sir John 'Sandy' Woodward, who led Britain's successful

Falkland Islands Task Force against Argentina in 1982, has died after a

long illness. He was 81. Our defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt looks

back at his life. The naval task force that set sail for the

Falklands in 1982 was given a blunt briefing by its front-line commander

as it left to fight a war more than 8000 miles from home. Men will die,

ships will be lost, that is the deal, go to it. John Woodward had

joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13, and eventually took leadership

of the task force. Today the first Sea Lord praised his powerful and

also paid tribute to the admiral, saying he had served his country

with distinction. Those who covered the war remember a plain speaking

man whose leadership qualities were in no doubt. He will be remembered

as the last great leadership commander to lead an operation to

victory almost single-handed. He had to take terrific risks, probably an

acceptable today, and he delivered a mission. Admiral Woodward was

angered by the scrapping of aircraft carriers and Sea Harriers which have

proved so vital in the Falklands, and have described the decision as

appalling. He warned the UK would no longer be able to retake the islands

as it had done before. Sandy Woodward, who's died at the age of

Woodward, who's died at the age of 81. Time for a look It has been a

soggy start to the new week, with more rain to come. Quite a lot of

rain in a short space of time, possibly three inches in some

places. A lot of surface water on the roads, so bear that in mind.

Notice how the rain has opened up here across Lancashire, that has

been giving us headache in terms of the forecast for the cricket and it

could continue to be a headache in the afternoon. There should be some

showers, but at Old Trafford we have already seen more play than some

people anticipated. Failing light could be the next issue with the

cloud piling into the UK in association with that rain. Clearer

skies in the south-east have seen temperatures shooting up into the

mid-20s. It is a pleasantly warm afternoon at Cowes, strengthening

winds. A few showers around along the south coast this afternoon, some

sharper ones possibly across the south-east and East Anglia, but

further west there is that persistent rain, slowly clearing for

Wales, Cumbria and into the boards of Scotland. Elsewhere, some

sunshine through the afternoon, but just slightly fresher feel to the

weather here. It is pretty humid further east, but that will be

flushed away overnight with clearer conditions moving in by the end of

the night. It will be a cooler night than we have had for a little while

on Tuesday with temperatures at the lower end of double figures. This

cloud could bring some showers across the north west of Scotland

and to the north of Northern Ireland, but generally a dry day

with some pleasant spells of sunshine, taking temperatures more

close to average for the time of year. In the south of England,

somewhere close to the mid-20s. Wednesday, a similar story with a

lot of fine weather and some pleasant spells of sunshine.

Thursday and Friday don't look much different, we could see a week where

the front approaching the UK on Friday introducing some more cloud,