02/06/2014 BBC News at One

There are now at least 500 reports of abuse

The youngest alleged victim just 2-years-old.

Leaked memos also reveal the extent of his influence at Broadmoor,

as he took control of the hospital - with Government approval.

The charges and the doctors were dead against it but Jimmy Savile was

Jimmy Savile. dead against it but Jimmy Savile was

Jimmy He could do anything. Police investigating

the disappearance of Madeleine McCann start searching scrubland in

the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz. Qatar's football bosses meet FIFA's

investigator, amid growing calls for them to be

stripped of the 2022 World Cup. King Juan Carlos

of Spain decides to abdicate He'll hand over the Crown to

his son, Felipe. And, remembering Piper Bill,

70 years after D-Day. The sound of the bagpipes that

inspired the soldiers Later on BBC London: With more than

200 gangs in the capital, police around the world meet to tackle the

problem. And the mother of a man missing in

Malaysia insists he will be found alive.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

The number of reports of abuse by Jimmy Savile has gone up to 500,

according to new research commissioned by the BBC.

Most of the victims were aged between 13 and 15, but the

Leaked memos also reveal the extent of Savile's influence

at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital - where he was appointed to lead a

A solicitor representing the victims described it as "a national scandal"

that some in authority put children's welfare below that

The BBC and the Department of Health are due to publish their own

Jimmy Savile! Welcome... Jimmy Savile was one of the most prolific

sex offenders in recent history. It has been 18 months since he was

first and masked as a predatory paedophile. Fresh accounts of his

abuse are still emerging. He would speak to you and put his arm around

you and give you a cuddle and then he would say, come and sit on my

lap. This woman says she was abused by Zabaleta teenager, at both the

BBC and Broadmoor top security psychiatric hospital, where she was

in fighting -- she was abused by Jimmy Savile. He was vile. How did

he keep you coming back? Yellow macro every time he would do a bad

thing, he would do a good thing, you know, I promise to get you an agent

and get you some gigs. Jimmy Savile was the entertainer who groomed a

nation. New information shows 500 reports have been made to the NSPCC

and the Metropolitan Police. It happened across six decades in BBC

dressing rooms, hospitals and children's homes. The access Jimmy

Savile had two well-known institutions was extraordinary, no

more so than at the top security hospital Broadmoor, when in 1988,

the government made him the head of a task force to drive through

reforms. The charges and nurses were against it but Jimmy Savile was

Jimmy Savile. Panorama has obtained confidential documents from the

time. They suggest a senior civil servant pushed for Southall to lead

the task force. The documents referred to him as Doctor Southall.

the task force. The documents referred to him as -- Doctor Savile.

The appointment was approved by Edwina Currie. At the time I was

responsible, we did not have a single complaint. Had we known, we

would have stopped him. It would have been very easy to stop him. I

would have said, Jimmy, the keys. We now know there are 16 reports of

abuse at the hospital. West London mental health NHS trust which now

runs Broadmoor expresses sympathy for any victims but says it cannot

comment while the joint investigation with the Department of

health is ongoing. If there's any complaints involving Jimmy Savile

are part of that investigation. The BBC and the investigation will

report back soon. And you can see more on the latest

revelations on Panorama tonight. The Power To Abuse is on BBC One

at 8.30. British police are in Portugal to

examine a sealed off area of scrubland in the Algarve resort of

Praia da Luz as the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine

McCann enters a new phase. Madeleine was three years old

when she went missing Our correspondent Jon Kay is

in Praia da Luz for us now. Yes, the apartment where the McCann

family were staying seven years ago is about five minutes walk up the

road in that direction. The beach is five minutes down the road in the

other direction. In between is this large area of scrubland and

wasteland. You can see on the top of the hill the police and forensics

teams have been arriving in the last few hours. This looks like the most

significant search we have seen in pride lose several years.

-- Praia da Luz. Praia da Luz woke up this morning to

discover a large area of wasteland in the centre of the village is now

the latest focus in the search for Madeleine McCann. This scrubland,

which is mainly used by dog walkers, is about ten minutes walk from the

apartment where Madeleine was staying with her family in May 2007,

the last time she was seen alive. During the morning, more equipment

and forensic teams have been arriving here, very close to the

Algarve coast. Exactly why this site has been chosen for the search is

unclear, but detectives from Scotland Yard asked the Portuguese

police to investigate here. Although local people turned out to search

this area when Madeleine disappeared seven years ago, this is thought to

be the first significant dig using ground radar equipment. It is

understood there are a couple of other sites around Praia da Luz that

the police would also like to have searched but for now, this is the

only one being investigated. An interesting mix of reactions

among people in this village here today. Some people are saying, if

this is what it takes, it should be taking place, even if it is just to

rule out this site before building work possibly happens here. Other

people are quite angry that this is taking place right at the beginning

of the crucial tourist season, asking why could not be delayed

until later in the year. We have heard reports that some

holiday-makers have cancelled trips here because they do not want this

happening right next to where they are having their holiday. How long

this will go on, we do not know. It is a large site and if they going to

use that ground reading radar detection equipment, it could go one

for some days. Thank you.

King Juan Carlos of Spain is to advocate after 39 years on the

throne. His son, Crown Prince Felipe is to take over. The announcement

was made by the Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a nationwide

broadcast this morning. King Juan Carlos has reigned since 1975. His

early popularity has been overshadowed by numerous scandals in

recent years. Nearly 40 years ago, a young Juan

Carlos ascended to the throne after decades of dictatorship under

General Franco. The new King steered Spain towards a modern parliamentary

system. Today, he announced that he was stepping down. A meeting with

the Prime Minister, the signature at this letter and a message for the

Spanish people. TRANSLATION: I am grateful for the help you gave me in

making my rain which began so young and at such a difficult time, into a

long period of peace, freedom and stability and progress. This was

perhaps the defining moment of Juan Carlos's rain, 1981. Members of the

paramilitary police seized control of the Spanish parliament. But the

king who had led the transition to democracy rejected any return to

military rule. He appealed for the Army and the people to oppose the

coup and it was defeated. His popularity soared. I was not afraid

because I knew what I had to do and I knew what I had to do for Spain.

The majority of the armed forces and people in general wanted and really

needed for me to rule that night. In recent years, things have become

more difficult. A corruption scandal involving his daughter and her

husband has damaged the image of the Royal family. And the king himself

was criticised when it was revealed he had been on a lavish elephant

hunting trip in Botswana at the height of Spain's financial crisis

in 2012. It may all have played a role in his decision to step down.

His son, Prince Felipe, seen here after the birth of his second

daughter in 2007, will succeed him. A new generation King Juan Carlos

said today, must now be at the forefront. But they will not forget

the man who did so much to help create the modern Spanish state.

Chris Morris joins us from Brussels now. You were saying it is easy to

forget just how he did transform Spain's relationship with the rest

of the world. Yes, absolutely. It is easy to forget but for a large

proportion of the 20th century, Spain was run by a military

dictator. When Franco died in 1975, many of his supporters expected the

new King to essentially continue a military friendly, very central

status system. It quickly became apparent that he was not going to do

that and he was going to push for this transition to democracy. I

think that is what he will be remembered for. There is no doubt

that in recent years his popularity has fallen. He has not been in the

best of health either. Both of those may have contributed to what

officials in Madrid have called his personal decision to step down. But

I think going back over history, it is that role in ensuring democracy

in Spain for which he will be remembered. Thank you.

The Chief Executive of FIFA is due to meet officials from the 2022

Qatar World Cup bid today, amid fresh allegations of corruption.

Officials denied all allegations of wrongdoing but say they will

cooperate with the investigation. Calls for a rerun of the bid process

have been growing. And the Swiss reports.

Rarely has one envelope opened such controversy. And after more than

three years of questions, Qatar's right to host the World Cup is under

scrutiny like never before. Why? Fresh allegations about this man,

Mohammed bin Hammam, once one of the most powerful men in the fur. It is

claimed he paid millions of pounds to football officials to help secure

Qatar's triumph. That triumph was already being investigated by one of

FIFA's top officials. If the allegations now printed are proved

to be true, it does seem to me, and I only speak for myself, that the

Qatar World Cup hosting decision has to be rerun. I do not see how it can

stand, if it is proved, that the decision to award the World Cup to

Qatar was actually the cleared by something one can only describe as

bribery and improper influence. The strength of Qatar's bid, a country

of searing temperatures and adults at football traditions was one of

sport's biggest upsets. One of the biggest rivals was Australia. We

will be keenly watching to see the outcome because we will have a right

to feel very aggrieved if any of these accusations are proved

correct. Qatar have denied any wrongdoing is insisting Mohammed bin

Hammam played no role in their bid, but some believe it could yet prove

irrelevant. If the process itself is flawed and it has come to the wrong

conclusions, then to me there is no question that FISA should actually

rerun, however unfortunate for the Qatar people, that they should rerun

the process. Qatar is no stranger to criticism over its heat,

impracticality and treatment of workers.

The jury in the trial of the entertainer Rolf Harris has been

shown footage apparently contradicting one of his claims. He

had denied having been to Cambridge in the 70s. But footage from 1978

showed him appearing there in a television show. Rolf Harris denies

all charges. Sangita Myska has been in court.

Rolf Harris arrived again today supported by his wife to his left

and his daughter to his right. Within half an hour of entering the

court, his cross-examination was to take a dramatic turn as the

prosecution accused him of lying to the jury. Inside court, Mr Harris

was shown recently discovered footage of an ITV programme is

called start games filmed in 1978 in Cambridge. Around the time, one of

his alleged victims says she was assaulted by him. Mr Harris had

previously told the court he had not visited the city until four years

ago. It was here in Cambridge that the

ITV show was filmed and where his alleged victim claims she was

attacked while wait resing a celebrity event in the mid-1970s. Mr

Harris told the court his lapse in memory was down to his diary, which

meant he was not often sure of exact date dates of performances.

Our top story this lunch time: There are at least 500 reports of abuse by

the ex-BBC presenter, Jimmy Savile. The youngest alleged victim just two

years old. Snake!

Where? Still to come - Beckham on Brazil,

England's prospects and the perils of the Amazon. Later on BBC London,

anything that men can do, we can do better. Arsenal ladies win just

weeks after the men. How London's rugby and cricket clubs stepped

forward when their country needed them the most 100 years ago.

70 years ago Allied Forces landed on Normandy. They were heartened by the

sound of bagpipes, played by Bill Millin. The personal piper of Lord

Lovat. Today, more than 50 veterans are in Portsmouth for a

commemoration before they travel to France for the 70th anniversary of

D-Day. Our correspondent joins us now from Portsmouth Docks.

Simon, today marks a start of a week of commemorations and events

recalling the 70th anniversary of D-Day, that amphibious assault in

World War II, that changed the course of the war and history.

Today, on this jetty, veterans gathered, American and British

veterans gathered, to remember one man in particular. That man you

mentioned there - a man called piper Bill Millin. The man who brought

music to the battlefield. Pipes over Portsmouth. A tribute to

one of D-Day's most extraordinary men on the most testing of days. 50

American, British and D-Day veterans, today lining up to pay

homage to Bill Millin. Known as Piper Bill, here in the

middle, he was a bagpipe playing commando, who defied orders and took

his pipes to D-Day. This is him on the right, the moment he stepped out

in Normandy under pyre. His pipes, not his gun in his hands. Any

minnow... Stand by... His courage was so remarkable Hollywood included

his story in this telling of the D-Day landings.

Years later, the real Bill Millin returned to the same Normandy

beaches to relive the moment his commanding officer had given him

this request. Can you give us a tune? I said, would you like me to

march up and down, Sir. What would you like? I said very good. All

sounded ludicrous, stupid. He still did it as the battle raged.

Today n Portsmouth, among the veterans 90-year-old Patrick church

hill, who trained with Bill Millin and recalls his close friend. He was

on the D-Day beaches, completely unarmed, inspiring all the

commanders to go assure. His family say it is humbling to see

so many remember him today. A man who choose sound, not steel, to

fight the enemy. A man in a kilt, playing the

bagpipes, in all that mayhem, when the air was full of ammunition.

There were mortars going off. Machine gunfire. A few turned to him

and smiled and said, "Well, done, that is fine." He was told after the

war that the Germans were told it was bad luck to shoot a piper.

A remarkable man and of course one of 150,000 remarkable men who took

part in those D-Day landings. There'll be events here in Britain

and in France all this week to recall what went on there. Expect to

hear many stories like those of piper Bill Millin. The people who

were there 70 years ago this week. The Independent Police Complaints

Commission has announced it is launching an investigation into a

senior police officer at Scotland Yard, commander Richard Walton as

well address two other officers over the Stephen Lawrence case. Our

correspondent is here with me. What has happened? Well, Richard Walton

is one of the most senior figures in British policing. He's the head of

the count terrorism unit. This relates back to 1998, when he was

helping the Metropolitan Police prepare submissions to the Mcfer son

inquiry into the -- MacPherson Inquiry.

He spoke to an undercover police officer who was spying on the family

campaign. Got information from that officer which may have helped inform

the Met's evidence. The review into police corruption found that was an

improper use of police undercover resources. The two other former

officer, one is a man who was outed in 2011 as a former men of the

Special Demonstration Squad and Colin Black, who used to be in the

intelligence gathering arm of the Met's Special Branch. We have the

next suss of three scandal, the Lawrence murder investigation, and

undercover policing. Whether the Independent Police Complaints

Commission is equipped for this is questioned. It was criticised by the

review for failing to get to the bottom of this in 2006.

So some mental health patients are being sections so they can get care.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists which carried out the study said it

is a lack of money which is forcing doctors into a difficult position.

Our social affairs editor reports. One in four of us will suffer a

mental health illness. For patients with the most severe problems, care

is being strained. Bed and budget cuts are putting pressure on a

system which is struggling to cope with increasing demand. This junior

doctor, who wants to remain anonymous has first-hand experience

of what can go wrong for mental health patients. I've had an

incident where one of my patients has died when they otherwise

wouldn't have because there was not a bed available locally. The patient

presented to us. They needed to be admitted. They were admitted to a

hospital hundreds of miles away. The care they received is not what we

would have done and they died. Such incidents ma I be rare. Today's

survey of -- may be rare. Today's survey highlights many pressures.

18% say their decision to section someone under the Mental Health Act

had been influenced by the fact that do soing would have increased the

patient's likelihood of getting a bed. 24% told them a manager told

them unless the patient was detained they would not get a bed. 28% sent a

critically unwell patient home because no bed could be found. If

you have somebody with an illness, you would make the diagnosis, they

would go into hospital and they would have the operation. You would

not leave them on a trolley for 10 hours while you find a bed for them.

That is the point we have reached. It needs to be looked at. It is a

reflection of the fact we are inadequately resourced.

A patient should only be sections if they are a threat to themselves or

others. Ministers said it was not acceptable to deny someone their

liberty purely because they need a hospital bed.

Britain's longest running and highest profile missing person

inquiry is being re-examined. Genette Tate was 13 when she went

missing on her paper round 40 years ago in Devon.

Detectives have suspected Robert Black of murdering her. They are

hoping that using evidence of his previous crimes could bring a Condon

viktion. The Conservative -- conviction.

So, all parties have now laid out their stall? They are laying out

their stalls. The SNP are offering independence against that. We have

the three main parties supporting the union, the Liberal Democrats,

Labour and now the Conservatives offering more powers to Scotland in

the event of a "no" vote. The Tories are talking of transferring all of

the control of income tax, bands and rates. The Prime Minister has

endorsed this and says there is a clear, coherent and Conservative

blueprint for Scotland's future. That is important. The Tories are

offering to go further than Labour, who are talking about a percentage

of income tax. It gives the Tories two key things. It gives them a

single, transferrable policy in Scotland. They can offer tax cuts

because of that broader tax base on which to play. In England, they can

say in future the Scots, the people in Scotland, are responsible for

raising far more of their own money, far more than is required to fund

Holyrood. The Tories argue that is about responsibility.

Thank you very much. The World Cup is just 10 days away.

David Beckham says he thinks the team can win. We would not expect

him to say anything else. He came to that conclusion after his own trip

to Brazil, where he has tried to find himself in the middle of

nowhere, side-stepping snakes for a new documentary. He has been telling

our entertainment correspondent, Lizo Mzimba, all about it. I am

going on an adventure. Wow! That is a long way. A bit is on bikes...

David Beckham, as you have never seen him before - exploring the

Brazilian rainforest with three close friends. An unusual adventure

for one of the world's busiest celebrities. It was a chance, an

opportunity to do a trip where it is not scheduled. There was a plan, but

you know, for the last 20, 22 years, my kind of life, my career has been

on a schedule. So, obviously let everybody see myself in a situation

that no-one has seen me in. It was a trip that, a boy's trip. Victoria

was happy to let you go? More than happy to let me go. Which was

worrying! David Beckham and his friends travelled deeper and deeper

into the country, so far, in fact, that some of the people he met had

no idea who one of the most famous faces on the planet actually was. We

started obviously in Roy, which was -- in Rio, which was crazy. We ended

in the tribe. That was an experience because no-one had a clue who I was.

This is the first time since 1998 that he's not been directly involved

with the England World Cup team. He is adamant that England can lift the

trophy. I always think that we can go all

the way - always. I might be biassed, but that is me as an

Englishman and as an ex-England captain. I always belief we can go

tall way in this -- believe we can go all the way in these

competitions. We have great players, we have flesh talent, that people

turn around and say, are they ready for a World Cup. Of course they are.

David Beckham says he's had a rewarding time in Brazil. He and

millions of others hope England will do the same this summer.

It has been a mixture to the weather this morning. We've had cloud around

and sunshine too. The satellite shows that nicely. You can see the

gaps, where we've had the best of the sunshine. The white shows where

the cloud has been thick enough for rain. That is how it is looking this

afternoon. Cloud, spits and spots of rain around, but also bright spells

as well. Some warm spots - one of them, the Murray Firth, around

Aberdeenshire. We could see 20 Celsius through this

afternoon. A little bit more cloud, some outbreaks of rain for the

Highlands. Similar for Northern Ireland.

Generally, across England and Wales a full mixture of sunny spells and

cloud, with a few showers. We could see 21 Celsius across the south-east

or eastern England over the next couple of hours. Cooler than that

over the south west. There is a humid feel. It is looking good.

Cloud around. Winds will be light, which is the best news there.

Coverage is all there on Radio 5live. This evening and overnight a

lot of cloud around. With that humid air, we could see some mist and murk

around. With the cloud and the rain around and the drier interludes, it

should be mild. Double figures for most.

Tomorrow morning then, a cloudy note across the country. There'll be some

bright spells through the morning. Like today, some sunshine

developing. The only exception is northern and eastern areas could see

some slow-moving showers around. You will know about it if you catch one.

Not as high as today. A bit of a change as we head into Wednesday. We

will see this weather front move into the Bay of Biscay, move up to

the north and the east of the UK, bringing in persistent rain. Some be

heavy and persistent at times. Towards the west, a mixture of

sunshine and showers. It will take a while for the rain to ease away.

Because of more in the way of cloud and rain, cooler too.

So, to sum up, showers around, but some bright or sunny spells.

Difficult to put detail on the weather this week. As we head into

Thursday and Friday, it looks like we are heading back to sunshine and

showers. Thank you for that. A reminder of our top story: There

are at least 500 reports of abuse by ex-BBC reporter Jimmy Savile. Leaked

memos reveal the extent of his influence at Broadmoor hospital.

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