04/11/2013 BBC News at One

A terrorism suspect escaped surveillance by disguising himself

as a woman. He was dressed in a burka. Labour demand answers. We

will hear the latest on the police search for the man thought to have

links to Al-Shabab. A rescue plan for the Co-operative Bank, it hands

control to investors after ?1.5 billion black hole is revealed in

its finances. The jury in the phone hacking trial

have heard the notebooks of Rebekah Brooks went missing as she came

under investigation. Professionals who fail to report

suspected child abuse should face court, according to the outgoing

director of public prosecutions. And possibly the largest haul of

looted art ever as paintings worth over 800 million are found in

Germany, the search begins for their rightful owners.

On BBC London, the mayor increases the London living wage and urges

more employers to adopt it. And cat food gets its first pop-up

restaurant aimed at revitalising the town centre. -- Catford.

Hello, good afternoon, welcome to the BBC News At One. Theresa May is

under greater explain how a terrorism suspect who was

electronically tagged was able to escape surveillance by leaving a

mosque in West London disguised in a burka. Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, 27

and from Somalia, was subject to what is known as a TPIM order, which

restricts his movements. Scotland Yard say he is not considered a

direct threat to the public but age anyone is easy to call 999

immediately. Home affairs correspondent June Kelly reports.

This is how Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed arrived for Friday prayers at his

local mosque, and this is how we appeared when he left in the

afternoon. Caught on CCTV, he was dressed as a woman in a burka. He

vanished and is now on the run. He was allowed to regularly attend the

mosque in Acton in West London, although because he was under what

is known as the TPIM regime, he was certain to certain restrictions. So

how did he manage to escape? Well, we need some answers from the Home

Secretary about this case. We do not know yet what the nature of the

controls were that were imposed, while he was able to abscond so soon

after somebody else was able to do the same just ten months ago. That

suspect is Ibrahim Magag, who disappeared on Boxing Day and has

still not been found. He has links to the latest escapee, Mohammed

Ahmed Mohamed. Both are on Somali origin and both are said to have

links to the terrorist organisation Al-Shabab. It is claimed that

Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed fought with Al-Shabab on the frontline in

Somalia. He is said to be part of a UK based network supporting

terrorism there and has been involved in attack planning against

Western interests in East Africa. In a statement, the Home Office

Minister James Brokenshire said: He has now been missing for 72

hours. Ports and borders are on the alert for him.

June Kelly joins us now, I know we are expecting shortly, but to

revisit the points raised in your report, how serious is this for the

government? Very serious, he is one of a small number of men, about

eight, we believe, who are on these TPIMs, and they replaced the old

control order system. Labour have been very critical of the decision

to replace control orders, because TPIMs are not as rigorous as control

orders, and as we heard in the report, the Shadow Home Secretary,

Yvette Cooper, is lining up questions for the Home Secretary in

the Commons this afternoon, and she will be making a statement. In terms

of this man, as part of the restrictions that he was under, his

passport was confiscated, and if he is trying to get out of the country,

the only way to do that would be on a false passport. I should say that

he's not the first terror suspects to disappear using the burka

disguise, others have done it before him, but clearly this is very

worrying for the Government and obviously this is the party which

wants to appear and be seen as being tough on law and order, so this is

embarrassing for them. The Home Secretary is speaking this

afternoon. Now, the Co-operative Bank is to

close 50 of its branches as part of a rescue deal after a ?1.5 billion

hole was found in its balance sheet. 70% of the bank will be

handed to a group of investors comprising largely of hedge funds

is. The loss of control of the bank has allowed customers, but the

management say its values and ethics will still be upheld. Personal

finance correspondent Simon Gompertz reports.

It is another bank rescue, but not as we know them, because the Co-op

is being bailed out without the taxpayer having to come up with the

money. Instead, several hard-nosed American investment funds have taken

stakes in the business, insurance Co-op Is being sold, and a

significant proportion of the 9000 staff will lose their jobs as 50

branches are shut. It will impact on all areas of the bank, and my

commitment is that we will go to every colleague first, and we will

work that through individually with them. What toppled the Co-operative

Bank was a ?1.5 billion black hole in its finances from bad loans. The

parent Co-operative Group next group will be left with just 30% of the

bank as a result of the deal, 70% will be in the hands of outside

investors. It will no longer be a customer owned mutual. So it looks

as though the bank is being rescued, but is this a rescue for its much

advertised ethical policies? It has taken out advertisements in

newspapers today promising customers that its ethical standards on the

environment, human rights, will be set in stone in the bank's

constitution. But in Manchester, near where the co-operative movement

started, concerns still that the bank will change. Very disappointed

that the Co-op has really been pushed to overstretch itself and

move away from its core values. I think it's did fundamentally

change, and people might leave. I am sorry that branches have got too

close, and I think a lot of people believe because it is losing its

mutual principles. There is a reprieve for thousands of pensioners

and other small savers relying on income from investment bonds the

bank, threatened with a total loss, they will now get a proportion of

what they were promised. It has been a consensual deal, everyone had to

sacrifice somewhat, but the stakeholders have come forward with

something that is going to work. The car races is not quite over. The

deal has to be passed by major creditors in a vote.

The jury in the trial of the former News International staff accused of

charges later to phone hacking have heard that notebooks and e-mails

belonging to Rebekah Brooks went missing as she came under

investigation. She, along with Andy Coulson and others, denied all

charges. Home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds has been in court and

has more. Well, Kate, we are approaching the

end of this long prosecution, and in the final stages the emphasis is

slightly changed. Andrew Edis Judy said at the case against Rebekah

Brooks and some of those closest to her that they had worked together to

hide evidence from the police. -- QC.

It is claimed that as well as authorising phone hacking and

illegal payments to public appraisals, Rebekah Brooks tried to

conceal her actions from the investigation. The jury were asked

to consider the part played by her personal assistant and another of

the defendants. They were told that in the week before the last edition

of the News of the World, there were fast-moving developments

behind-the-scenes at News International. The jury heard that

Rebekah Brooks' notebooks were removed from the company archives

but were not taken to News International. They went to the home

of Cheryl Carter. The prosecution claims this was to allow potential

evidence to be removed. Cheryl Carter says she was removing her own

material. Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC said that hiding evidence was not

acceptable at any time that year, because there was an active police

investigation, but he said the atmosphere became even more fevered

as time went on. You can imagine the extremely anxious if not panic

stricken approach to these developments that must have been

going on at the News of the World. With Rupert Murdoch in London, there

was now a media firestorm, so News International set up a security team

to protect Rebekah Brooks. It was called Operation Blackhawk. It was

in place the next weekend at her Oxfordshire home. She was preparing

to be arrested, the police would carry out searches, and the

prosecution says members of the security team removed computers, I

pads and other items that they did not want the police to find. --

iPads. Later the jury were told they were hidden behind bins in this part

of Chelsea where they were discovered by a cleaner and handed

into the police, who began a new investigation into the allegation a

cover-up. Just before the lunch break there was laughter in court

when the jury were told that the security man who was handling those

items sent a message to his boss, in which she said, broadsword calling

Danny Boyle, pizza delivered and chicken in the pot, a reference to

the film Where Eagles Dare. The prosecution says the operation was

designed to conceal evidence. All of those charged, Rebekah Brooks,

Charlie Brooks, his secretary, Gerald Carter, and Mark Hanna, the

head of security at News International, they all denied being

involved in this. -- Cheryl Carter. Failing to report child sexual abuse

should be made a criminal offence, according to the outgoing director

of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer. Currently, reporting abuse

to the police is not required by British law, unlike in the US,

Australia and Canada. Sanchia Berg reports.

Nearly 20 years ago, Rob Hastings was abused by a month here at

downside School near Bath. Last year, is abuse, Richard White, was

prosecuted and sentenced to five years in jail. At the trial Rob

discovered that he had confessed to abusing another boy one year before

him. The school had also written to lawyers asking them to confirm that

they had no legal responsibility to report the abuse to the police. I

was shocked, I was shocked to my court that the school had gone and

got legal advice on whether they needed to report a paedophile. I

personally could have been saved. These cool says it would not now

follow the steps taken more than 20 years ago and would report the abuse

to the authorities. -- the school. Since the revelations about Jimmy

Savile, Panorama has unearthed files at the National Archives covering

child abuse in many children's homes and boarding schools. Now the former

chief prosecutor believes the law should change so that professionals

like teachers and doctors should face prosecution if they fail to

report abuse. I think it is time for a change in the law. I think there

should be a mandatory reporting provision. My own view is that it

should be a provision that requires certain categories of individual to

report if they have reasonable cause to suspect. There needs to be a

penalty, a criminal penalty, because that would really focus people's

mind. But some experts in child protection disagree. I don't see any

evidence that having mandatory reporting would make a difference,

because taking the Catholic Church as an example that has occurred in

countries with mandatory reporting, I know of no criminal prosecution of

a bishop for failing to act upon information that a priest was being

abusive. The Department for Education says mandatory reporting

is not the answer but says that professionals should immediately

referred to social care when they are concerned about a child and says

that the number of referrals has increased in recent years.

You can watch Panorama tonight at 8:30pm on BBC One.

Police have been granted permission to question a man in Gosport

arrested on suspicion of murdering two teenage girls who died when they

were hit by a car early yesterday morning. The two were walking home

from a party when the green Honda Civic hit them. Police are appealing

for information. Duncan Kennedy has more.

School friends, best friends, Olivia Lewry and Jasmine Allsop, the

teenagers who died together at the end of a night out. They were both

hit by the same car on this road in Gosport. Closed by the police for

hours yesterday as they worked out what happened. Kieran Scott was a

lifelong friend of 16-year-old Olivia Lewry, and he spoke of the

loss. Nice, beautiful gold, she had lots of friends, she will be greatly

missed, when she? Olivia and Jasmine had both gone to a community school

in Gosport. This morning the head teacher, Richard Kelly, wrote and

released a statement. He said they were both independent, strong minded

individuals who lived their life to the full with confidence and a sense

of humour and a sense of fun. He said, we will miss them both

immensely and their unique talents which they displayed. There were

other messages, some left at the scene with flowers, others on social

media sites, like Facebook. At the same time, police say they are

continuing to question the 20-year-old man who is being held on

suspicion of murder. Police are still looking for witnesses to the

incident as Olivia and Jasmine's family and community expressed their

sympathies over the deaths of two young friends.

Well, the time now is 15 minutes past one, and our main story this

lunchtime: Police are searching for a terrorism suspect to escape

surveillance by disguising himself as a woman. And still to come, was

the Tottenham manager irresponsible to let his goalie play on after

being knocked out cold during a match?

Later on BBC London, written in stone, how recipients of the

Victoria Cross will now be given a paving stone in their honour. And

criticism of Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas after his goalkeeper

plays on after the need in the head. The trial of the former Egyptian

President Mohamed Morsi opened in Cairo today. He is accused of

inciting the killing of protesters during clashes outside the

presidential palace last year. Mr Morsi was ousted by the army in July

and does not been seen in public since then. He has refused to wear

the court uniform and says he is still the legitimate president of

Egypt. The trial has been adjourned until January. Cairo correspondent

Yolande Knell reports. There was high security for the

start of this trial, riot police keeping onlookers well away from the

heavily fortified police academy courtroom. Supporters of the ousted

president, Mohamed Morsi, soon arrived, and there were

confrontations. This man told the security forces that eventually they

too would be put on trial to face the death penalty. Egyptian

journalists also felt the brunt of the Islamist anger, and the rowdy

scenes continued. These protesters say that this court case is

politically motivated, and they still believe that Mohamed Morsi is

the litmus president of Egypt. -- the legitimate president of Egypt.

But the numbers here are tiny, and the authorities will be satisfied

they have not managed to disrupt proceedings at all. There are not

yet pictures from inside the court. This unverified footage appeared to

show Mr Morsi for the first time since he was removed from office

four months ago by the military. He called recent events illegal. These

are the scenes that led to charges against them and 14 other leading

members of the Muslim Brotherhood. They are accused of inciting

violence last December that led to the President's opponents being

killed. The court says they refuse -- the case started and was

adjourned until January. For Mr Morsi and his allies, this is

a dramatic reversal in Fortune, from the winners of successive elections

and the presidential palace, they now remain behind bars.

The trial of nine men charged with more than 60 sexual offences against

five victims has got under way at the Old Bailey. The alleged crimes

took place in Peterborough, and the victims were aged from 13 to 15. Jon

Brain has been in court. It was in this park in Peterborough

that a 13-year-old girl with severe learning difficulties claimed she

was raped. Over the next few months, she says, her alleged assailant made

her have sex with other men at various locations. It was only when

she was taken into care last year that she told her story and a wider

picture emerged. Other underage girls in the city, also allegedly

being sexually abused. At the Old Bailey this morning, four Menard

four teenaged boys appeared charged with a total of 57 sexual offences

against five victims. -- four men and. Most are from a Czech-Slovak

background. The prosecution described the

13-year-old's ordeal in the park. The members of the jury have been

warned they will be hearing some very graphic descriptions during

this trial of what allegedly happened to the girls and they will

have to put their emotions and send these to one side. All of the

defendants deny the charges. The case continues.

David Cameron has told the business leaders grip the CBI that he wants

to give people a proper choice over Europe and not just an in outfit on

the status quo. The Confederation of British industry are holding their

annual conference today and they argue the benefits of membership

outweigh the cost. The Prime Minister said he was passionate

about HS2 and the boss of the high-speed rail link would be

looking at ways to cut the cost of the scheme.

David Cameron says Britain's often rocky relationship with the rest of

the EU has to change if he is still Prime Minister in 2017, he will let

the British people decide whether to continue it at all by holding an

in-out referendum. Today, the CBI, the organisation which calls itself

the voice of British business came out in favour. We have looked at

Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. We have looked at a free trade

agreement between the rest of the EU and little old Britain. All of them

could work but it would deliver less than a fit, less influence and our

voice in the world would be smaller. In any report, the CBI claims the EU

membership is worth ?3000 a year to each house in Britain. 80% of firms

would want to stay in if a referendum was held now. While they

want reforms, they think the current benefits outweigh costs. David

Cameron reactive robust League Two the issue that he was playing

politics with the issue. -- he reacted robustly. Be in no doubt,

you cannot stay in these organisations unless you take the

British people with you. At the European commission's offices in

London, he said David Cameron has not told them how he wants to see

the relationship change ahead of any referendum and there are some

business leaders who are far more sceptical than the CBI about staying

in the EU without some very big changes. British business wants a

radical change in the relationship, not just a little reform here and

there. Labour say now is the wrong time to question a relationship with

the rest of the EU. There is no future in Britain from walking away

from our biggest market or threatening to do so. Any referendum

is years away but it feels the campaign has already got started.

We can and pick a little more of what has been said today with our

chief political correspondent Norman Smith. Let's start with this

intervention on Europe. My sense is what we have seen today is

Britain's bosses metaphorically grabbing the lapels of politicians

and saying, stop playing games with issues which are critical to our

economy. The CBI is saying there is no credible alternative to the EU.

Interestingly, although no one here are blackly criticised the Prime

Minister's offer of a referendum, there is clearly deep nervousness

that that referendum could pave the way potentially for Britain leaving

the EU. Also over energy bills, the president of the CBI is accusing

politicians of playing a blame game, describing Ed Miliband's idea

of a freeze on prices as overly simplistic. Similarly, over

long-term in the structure projects such as HS2 and Heathrow, appealing

to politicians to get their act together and get the go-ahead for

these crucial infrastructure projects. What I think we're hearing

from Britain's bosses is a growing nervousness that when money is tight

and when there is an election just over the horizon, politicians are

under increased pressure to strike populist positions which may damage

growth. Thank you. The Tottenham manager has accused of being

dangerous and irresponsible after allowing his goalkeeper to continue

playing after being knocked unconscious during the match with

Everton. The goalkeeper wanted to play on but

admits he cannot remember what happened.

It was the incident which left a goalkeeper dazed and football

confused over how it should handle head injuries. Tottenham Hotspur's

Hugo Loris knocked out after coming off second best following this

sickening collision with an Everton striker. Having gained

consciousness, the Frenchman appeared to be urged to come off by

team-mates and medical staff. But after a lengthy delay, and with the

substitute goalkeeper ready to replace him, he was allowed to stay

on by his manager Andre Villas-Boas. A decision he defended after the

game. He does not remember the incident. He obviously lost

consciousness there. A different difficult moment for us to take but

he shows great character and personality. I think we decided to

keep him on based on his determination and I think that was

the right decision. Rugby allows players who have suffered a head

injury to return to the field after a five-minute assessment, despite

mounting medical evidence that repeated concussion can lead to

neurological problems later in life. Spurs said the goalkeeper was

allowed to continue playing after an examination by the medics. But some

say for his own safety he should not have been on the pitch. When a

player has concussion or suspected concussion, it is vital that they

are removed from the field of play and given appropriate medical

treatment. To allow Hugo Lloris to continue playing was irresponsible

and dangerous. An Arsenal player was forced to sit out for five days

after this recent concussion. But other players have been allowed to

play on. It is the case of Hugo Lloris which has really brought this

to a head. Nearly 1500 priceless paintings

including pieces by Picasso and Matisse have been discovered at a

house in Germany. Many are thought to have been stolen from Jewish

families by Nazis in the 1930s. The collection was discovered by tax

inspectors hidden among junk in a house of a prominent art dealer who

had worked for Hitler. This was the painting which alerted investigators

to the trove of pictures once thought destroyed but now refound.

It was auctioned two years ago for 800,000 euros. The son of a wartime

German art dealer sold it because he needed the money. In the flat in

Munich were 1500 masterpieces, works taken from Jews and given to the

dealer to be sold. Now there is the task of finding out exactly which

works are there and who owns them. The provenance is going to be one of

the most important issues in this affair. It is necessary to know if

they have been sold or these sales were done legally, which I doubt. In

1938, the Nazis had work by Jewish artists taken from public view and

works they thought degenerative. Some, like this painting, were

thought destroyed, but then resurfaced. This painting is from a

previous trove of looted, lost and then rediscovered Art. The Nazis

hated this kind of thing. It was done by a Jewish artist and it

depicts a strong woman on her own. The Nazis also thought they could

raise money by selling works of art they stole when they invaded France.

Some of these pictures may be in the new find in Munich. Priceless art

treasures stolen by the Germans... Germany has sometimes been accused

of not doing enough to rediscover and return looted works. It is very

important that the Bavarian government now takes recent steps to

say when they are going to publish and return works to their rightful

owners. The art experts will now study the rediscovered paintings and

so will the lawyers. The descendants of the previous owners will want

their stolen property back. It was this time last week that we

were surveying the damage from the storm. The contrast with conditions

today could not be greater. There is plenty of sunshine around as you can

see from the satellite picture. Many areas will keep the sunshine. It

could turn cloudy over the far south-west of England. The odd

shower pushing across the Midlands. The bulk of the showers will be in

the Cheshire region. The Northern Ireland, plenty of dry weather here.

Lots of sunshine in the offing as well. A fresh feel to the weather.

For me, it feels like autumn has finally arrived. Overnight it will

turn cold quite quickly with a frost setting in over northern and western

areas. By the end of the night, 13 or 14 degrees in the south-west, but

a huge contrast in temperatures. Heading into Tuesday, as that

weather system bumps into the cold air in Scotland, we will see the

rain turning to stay for a time. As the wet weather continues to work

out into the North Sea it will be followed by a raft of blustery

showers. On bonfire night the wind will make things feel cool. There

will be showers to the north and west of the British Isles but drier

and brighter weather across eastern parts. Heading on from Tuesday night

into Wednesday, we will see low-pressure coming in off the

Atlantic bringing a renewed surge of heavy rain across England and Wales.

Given that the ground is pretty saturated at the moment, this poses

the threat of some localised flooding. Quite a temperature

contrast. The longer range outlook for the rest of this week, perhaps

for the rest of November is it stays pretty blustery and on the unsubtle

side. There will be plenty of heavy showers around. You can find out

more about that on the BBC weather website. Thank you. A reminder of

our main story: Police are searching for a terrorism suspect escaped

surveillance by disguising himself as a woman.

That is all from the News at One team this lunchtime. It is