26/06/2014 BBC News at One

Former BBC DJ, Jimmy Savile, sexually assaulted victims from five

to 75. An official investigation finds he abused patients in their

beds, corridors and offices, in hospitals across the country,

including Leeds general infirmary and Broadmoor. Investigators say

Savile used his celebrity status to gain access to all areas of

hospitals, including mortuaries, at all times of day. The organisation

was star-struck about Jimmy Savile and failed over a period of 50 years

to ever question why he was there. The Health Secretary apologises to

Savile's victims on behalf of the Government and the NHS.

We let them down badly. And however long ago it may have been, many of

them are still reliving the pain they went through. We will get

reaction from Leeds general infirmary, where much of the abuse

took place. Also this lunch time, making it tougher to get a mortgage.

The Bank of England acts to cool the housing market.

Radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada is found not guilty of terrorism

officials by a court in Jordan. Ditch the fizzy drinks and fruit

juices. Experts say we need to half the amount of sugar we consume. One

penny a week - what Buckingham Palace says it costs every person in

the country to keep the Royal Family. Nothing elementary for

Watson as the women's British number one faces a tough challenge at

Wimbledon. The mayor's office signs on the

dotted line for three water cannon. Freeing up public land for free

schools, to battle a shortage of places.

Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC News at One.

Jimmy Savile was revealed today as a serial sex offender who subjected

men and women, boys and girls to truly awful abuse at hospitals

across the UK for half a century. His victims, both patients and

staff, ranged from age from just five to 75.

A series of reports into his activities at 28 hospitals also

found that Savile managed to conceal his activities by threatening staff.

In the last hour, the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has told MPs

the victims were let down badly by the Government and the NHS. An

inquiry into abuse by Savile on BBC premises is due to report later this

year. Let's cross to Leeds and to our health correspondent.

Well, this report lays bear the shocking extent to by Savile was

able to gain access to dozens of patients here at Leeds, at Broadmoor

psychiatric hospital and 26 other institutions through his

long-running involvement with the health service. Over a period of

decades he had unrestricted access to patients, vulnerable patients,

with devastating consequences. Now my report does contain some details

you may find disturbing. I felt like I was the chosen one. Absolutely the

chosen one and even to the point where I was take on the the room, I

felt like the chosen one. Jean is one of those assaulted by Jimmy

Savile. In the 1970s she was a young girl being treated at Leeds. Savile

attacked her in a basement room in the hospital. You try and analyse it

and think, could I have done anything differently to have stopped

it? To this day, all these years later, I don't think I could have

done. I was like part of a process, I think. After an investigation into

allegations of abuse at 28 NHS Trusts it has become clear that like

Jane, dozens of staff, men and women fell victim to one of the most

prolific predators. There were 11 investigations here,

six involving patients. Today's report said this is likely to be an

underestimate. At Leeds General Infirmary, 60 people came forward to

say they had been abused, including three allegations of rape. His

victims ranged in age from five to 75. There is a disturbing account of

Savile having a conversation with a student nurse, in which it is

claimed he interfered with bodies in the hospital mortuary. Today's

report said there's no evidence that senior managers in either

institution were aware of the abuse, but the level of organisational

failure and naivety in dealing with Savile is now painfully clear. The

organisation was star-struck about Jimmy Savile and failed over a

period of 50 years to ever question why he was there, or find out his

motivation or understand him better. For Savile's victims, there have

been a flurry of apologies for past failings from the current management

at Leeds and Broadmoor and from Jeremy Hunt. We let them down badly.

However long ago it may have been, many are reliving the pain they went

through. If we cannot undo the past, I hope that honesty and transparency

about what happened can at least alleviate some of the suffering.

But for those campaigning on behalf of Savile's victims, there are

concerns that today's report doesn't go far enough in holding the NHS to

account. He was absolutely shameless and I

cannot accept that not one person could have challenged him and

brought him to task and many victims spared.

Savile carried out his assaults over secretary dayeds -- over decades and

yet no-one spoke up for his victims. The real test of this latest inquiry

will be to make sure such abuse can never happen again.

And this is not the end of it. An inquiry into Savile's activities at

stock Mandeville hospital, with which he had a long association, has

been delayed because of information which has only come to light

recently. We expect that report to be published later this year. Thank

you. Our health editor, Hugh Pym, is with me now. A lot of people saying

"sorry." Apart from Savile himself, of course, is there any

accountability? Well, Simon, listening to the House of Commons

debate, it was very obvious the scale of revulsion among MPs at what

they were reading in these reports. Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State,

apologising to victims on behalf of the Government and the NHS. Andy

Burnham, for Labour, saying the reports were truly disturbing and as

sickening as any ever presented to this House. Jeremy Hunt has said

he's calling on all health leaders to review safeguarding practises

now. There have obviously been a lot of changes in the past decade. But

to review everything now, to check they are in line with best practise.

There's been a debate about accountability back to the late

1980s. The fact is that Jimmy Savile was given the keys to Broadmoornd a

was asked to carry out a -- Broadmoor and was asked to carry out

a review there. She said to the inquiry, that she

thought this is what went on and let it go by. We have learnt that

Kenneth Clarke, who was Secretary of State, at the time, felt this was

indefensible and Hunt repeated this, that this contact with the minister

was indefensible. This is not the only report. Lanl Lampard will do

her full report in the autumn. The Department for Education has an

on-going inquiry into what happened in children's homes. The BBC has a

review continuing into its child safeguarding practises. That will

not report until after various criminal proceedings have

terminated. And stock Mandeville, one hospital which has not yet

presented findings will come one a report. For more details of the

investigation into Savile's abuse, go to our website, at:

The Bank of England has laid out its plans to put the brakes on Britain's

surging housing market. This morning Mark Carney announced a cap on the

amount people can borrow and tougher tests to see that borrowers can

repay their mortgages if interest rates go up.

An overheated housing market is the number one threat to the UK economy,

that is according to the Bank of England. Is it overheating? House

prices went up 10% last year. That is an average. This woman lives in

Lancashire. When I bought the property three-and-a-half years ago

and the renovation costs I have put into the property I am back to an

even kel, with the value of the property, which is fraus traiting,

when you hear of other house -- frustrating when you hear other

houses going up. Where Ruth lives and where prices have risen 19% in

the last year. The number of people coming to viewings is a much more

normal level than we have seen over the past year, which has been

frankly quite hor len douse at times. -- horrendous at times. 70

people turned up at this viewing. How do you cool one and not the

other? The Government has given the Bank of England new powers to curb

lending. Today the governor delivered this warning. The FBC does

not believe it threatens an imminent threat to stability. The standards

are more responsible than they were in the past. However, as we have

seen time and again how quickly responsible can turn to reckless,

creating risks that ultimately derail the UK economy. So, there are

new rules. Lenders must test whether borrowers could afford repayments if

interest rates were 3% higher on an average new mortgage that means an

extra ?230 a month. And a rule for lenders, only one in six of their

loans can be to people borrowing more than four-and-a-half times

their income. It will There will be few banks lending 15%. That measure

is irrelevant. Recently, house prices have cooled a little. Today's

measures seem more an insurance policy against future overheating

than a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. The radical Muslim

cleric Abu Qatada has been found nt guilty of terrorism officials by a

court in Jordan. He will stay in custody until the court delivers

verdicts on other terror charges. It follows a decade-long campaign to

deport him. Simon, a dramatic scene at the state

security court here in Jordan this morning. Appearing in person, Abu

Qatada. A man who the British Government spent years tries to send

back here to face justice and this morning he learnt something of his

fate. Abu Qatada walked into the iron cage

that holds prisoners in Jordan's state security court with a wave and

a smile to his family and supporters. Perhaps sensing that the

day was going his way. As the lengthy verdict on the

terrorist case against him was read out, he listened intently.

When news came of his acquittal on one charge, there were chaotic

scenes and Abu Qatada himself broke down in tears. After nearly a decade

of legal battles, first in Britain and now in Jordan, the controversial

preacher, Abu Qatada, behind me here is now one step closer to becoming a

free man. He was accused of links to a 18998 plot, allegedly -- 1998

plot, alleging making phone calls and providing spiritual support. For

the family and friends it shows today's evidence was never strong.

He is one of the main mentors for the jihadis and others. That does

not mean he supports violence or terror.

Abu Qatada fled Jordan and received asylum in Britain in the early

1990s. He developed a reputation as a radical preacher. That led to an

eight-year legal battle to send him back to Jordan, ending with his

deportation last July. Abu Qatada's family today said they

were disappointed he remained in detention. That is because one

further terrorism case against him remains. The verdict is due in

September. So, for now this influential

preacher remains in cuss di. Within months he could be -- custody.

Within months he could be free. Officials say he will not be allowed

to return to Britain. One more hearing to come in

September here in aman, Jordan. Then Abu Qatada, after that long legal

battle, could be free, free to preach once again.

But one thing that officials in Britain are stressing is that he

will not be free to go back to the UK. They say the deportation order

against him remains in force. Thank you.

The UK's energy market is to be formally investigated because of

concerns over the lack of competition between the big six

companies. The regulator, Ofgem, said it wanted to rebuild the trust

of consumers. Our business correspondent is with me.

So, this is now official. What exactly are they investigating? Yes,

this confirms findings they came up with three months ago. They say

Ofgem, the industry regulator, that competition is not working as well

as it should for consumers, that there is distrust of the big six

firls. They point -- firm. They point to things like not being

engaged in the market, the fact the market share of these big six have

hardly changed over the years. Consumers do not know if they are

getting a good deal or being ripped off. Now it is time to move on.

Consumers do not know if they are getting a They hand it over to the

competition and markets authority. They have 18 months to investigate

this market. We'll get a terms of reference, an idea of the scope of

this investigation within a month or so. I think, by this time next year,

we'll have a good idea of how or if this market is going to change. What

consumers want to know, is will they bills change as a result? Think I

what could change is there could be a big structural change in the

energy industry. And the biggest will be around vertical integration.

The fact these big companies own power plants, so they generate the

power and they have retail arms and they sell us the power. There is a

peg between the prices we see. That could be the biggest area of

shake-up. The bottom line is that consumers have lost trust in this

market. They have lost trust in the firms. They do not know if they are

getting a good deal and this investigation could be the beginning

of trying to turn that situation around. Thank you.

Three year old Sam Morrish fell ill in December, 2010.

At first it was thought he had flu - but two days later, the toddler

died from severe blood poisoning. Today a report

into his death blamed a catalogue of mistakes and misdiagnoses by four

separate health service groups. Richard Lister has more.

Sam Morrish would be alive today the proper treatment. By the time he did

eventually receive antibiotics, it was too late. He died at five

o'clock. Sam's parents have spent more than three years trying to find

out what went wrong. We had every reason to believe that they would

want to understand what happened and they would need to understand, it

didn't cross our mind that wouldn't be happening, or that they wouldn't

be able to answer our questions. In fact, to previous enquiries by the

NHS in South Devon failed to establish clear answers. The

ombudsman says there was a catalogue of errors, with poor assessment of

Sam by GPs and NHS Direct, a failure to spot key symptoms and a fatal

delay in giving him antibiotics. All the organisations involved recognise

that opportunities to alter the tragic outcome here were missed. We

accept we are accountable for that. For this, we, the local NHS, have

apologised unreservedly to Sam's family, quite simply, we should have

done better. There are questions as to why this in quarry has taken so

long. I recognise that has prolonged the distress for the family and we

have apologised for that. Their feedback on our investigation has

been incredibly valuable, and I will be meeting them in few weeks time to

take them through our own learning from the case. Sepsis kills 7000

people in Britain each year. Sam's family hopes the NHS is now trying

harder to spot it. I don't want any parent to see their children die in

the way I did. Our top story: A series of reports finds the former

BBC DJ Jimmy Sable subjected patients and staff in NHS was

Beatles to truly awful abuse over five decades. -- Jimmy Savile. I am

alive at Wimbledon where Rafale Nadal confronts his ghost of

Wimbledon passed. Lloyds and liberties but the government to

change the law on drugs. And after 90 years, one of the first

purpose-built charges for deaf people is to hold its last service.

-- churches. Richard Lister has more.

Buckingham Palace has put a price on the Royal Family -

it says it costs each one of us just over a penny a week.

In its annual account, the Palace says the Monarchy cost

more than ?35 million in the year to April - or about 56 pence a year

for each person in the country. About a third of the Queen's income

from the Sovereign Grant, which doesn't cover security, was spent

on maintaining the royal palaces. Critics have said that

the real cost of paying for the Monarchy is nearly ten times as much

as the Buckingham Palace figure. Here's our Royal Correspondent,

Nicholas Witchell. The Queen, we are told, keeps sharp

eye on the palace finances. The money she receives to pay for the

monarchy is now called the submarine grant. It comprises 15% of the

surplus made each year are the Crown estate, one of the country's biggest

landowners. In the last financial year, according to be Pellissier,

the monarchy cost ?35.7 million, though the figure does not include

security costs. The palace says it has an excellent programme of

property refurbishment. At Buckingham Palace, nearly ?1 million

is spent on removing asbestos from the basement. But the biggest single

refurbishment project has been at Kensington Palace, where more than

?4 million of public money has been spent preparing a new home of Prince

William and the Duchess of Cambridge. Fittings, a new kitchen,

have been paid for by the new couple. The home is comfortable and

ordinary, but with large rooms. A Palace calculation is that the

monarchy costs the equivalent of 56p per person per year. It is a neat

headline grabbing figure, but does the monarchy represent value for

money? That rather depends on whether you are for or against the

monarchy. Graeme Smith heads a Republican pressure group. He says

if security and other costs were included, the total would be very

different. The total cost of the monarchy would be more like ?300

million. That is the covenant of 13,000 nurses or police officers, a

large amount of money. -- the equipment. Simon Walker is the

Palace's former director of communications. He believes the

monarchy is good value. It costs less than half of Channel four in

Wales, about a fifth of the Food Standards Agency, which is an

important institution, but not quite on a par with the monarchy, which

gives such a lot of real pleasure and does draw together the people of

the United Kingdom in a way that nothing else does. Next year the

submarine grant will rise to just over ?40 million. -- sovereign

grant. Nicholas Witchell.

People need to halve their intake of added sugar to tackle

the obesity crisis, according to scientific advice

for the government in England. A draft report by an independent

panel says sugar added to food or naturally present in fruit juice

and honey should account for just 5% of energy intake.

Here's our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh.

Pure, white and full of empty calories. These proposals mark a

dramatic shift in advice on trigger. Breakfast time in this cant home. --

Kent home. This morning, Laila has had some cereal and a brioche with

chocolate spread. That is the equivalent of around eight teaspoons

of sugar, around half was the sugar naturally present in her glass of

apple juice. In that one meal alone, she has gone well in excess, nearly

double the new daily recommended limit of calories from added sugar.

It's a shock when you see it like that. You don't consider, when you

are putting together their breakfast in the morning, that it's the amount

of sugar in it. The current advice is we should get no more than 10% of

calories from added sugar or fruit juice. But teenagers consume 15%, so

getting it down to just 5% won't be easy. The recommendations in this

report would require a dramatic shift in the nation's dietary

habits. Just one can of sugar sweetened drink will take an adult

to their recommended limits of calories from free sugars. One

practical solution is that water should be served at mealtimes, and

cutting sugar intake could dramatically improve the nation's

health. We would reduce the risk of diabetes, overeating and BCT, and

tooth decay. It is a worry because about 20% of five-year-olds have got

tooth decay. The sugar industry says demonising one ingredient would not

solve the obesity bid to make and people should balance their overall

calorie intake against how much they exercise.

Fergus Walsh. The world number one, Rafael Nadal,

opens play at Wimbledon today. Meanwhile there's a tough test

in store for the British number one Heather Watson.

Rafa Nadal battles his Demons here at Wimbledon. He really struggles,

switching from clay courts to grass, and has only one one match here in

the last two years. Today he takes on the man who shot him with defeat

here in 2012, but as the saying goes, it's better the devil you

know. Hardly a quite pre-match practice, Rafa Nadal meeting in

private. -- public. Less of a buzz around this man although he may look

familiar to those who watched him warm up. Two years ago, Rosol

knocked out Rafa Nadal. I hope that he is enough good for trying to beat

Rosol. We try, I don't know what happened later, but I hope he is in

good form. With Andy Murray safely through, British hopes lie with

Heather Watson today, a centre court clash with angelic Kerber awaits.

She will need help from the home support. She's playing a top player,

but I think it is a test that is doable for Heather Watson, she loves

Centre Court and the crowd will be behind her. More importantly, it is

great seeing her back playing so well, she had a tough year with

glandular fever and she is back now. While Rafa Nadal will try and

suppress the memories of 2012, this man is out to relive them, starting

his doubles campaign, Johnny Marr A, the other British Wimbledon champion

of recent times. The good news for British fans is that they are

currently serving for the match in the doubles match. Meanwhile, Rafa

Nadal and Lukas Rosol have resumed their battle of two years ago, I

understand that Lukas Rosol has even requested the same locker he had

then. It is currently all square in the first set.

Heather Watson. Solar panels may be one

of the ways people can be greener and cut carbon emissions.

But how can they be made more affordable?

Well the answer could be through the use of a substance found

in bath salts. Scientists say using magnesium

chloride - which is extracted from sea water - works just

as efficiently as the chemicals currently used to make solar panels,

but at a fraction of the cost. Here's our Science Correspondent,

Pallab Ghosh. The sun is the most powerful energy

source in our solar system. And for decades, researchers have tried to

find better ways of tapping into it. Here, scientists are making solar

cells. This block turned sunshine into lecturer city. It needs to be

coated with a toxic chemical. Recently, though, the team has

developed a process that uses a much safer chemical, so no need for a gas

mask. Magnesium chloride is used in Bath salts and is found in sea

water, and so is much cheaper. You could reduce the cost of making

these solar cells overnight. We think this progress could cause a

step change in the cost of solar energy and that could make a

difference in the cost of solar energy and that could make a

difference into making the researchers say that the use of

solar energy has been growing for some time. It has been growing at

about 40% a year for many years now. So there is an increasing fraction

generated in European countries especially. It is no longer niche.

You are right, the reduction of costs in the future must carry on

and every year, the cost of solar electricity gets cheaper. The

researchers here say it is a matter of time before solar electricity

becomes cheaper than coal, gas and oil and one day, will replace fossil

fuels entirely. Pallab Ghosh.

The sun is the most powerful energy source in our

A little bit more cloud around but some of us will get some good

glimpses of sunshine. Some cloud still across Northern Ireland,

stretching down into the Midlands, this area is the one we are watching

because it is not just cloud here, it's also rain and it is and

thundery. It is getting ever closer to Glastonbury. Through the late

afternoon, around 5pm into the early evening, some heavy downpours to

come, getting pretty soggy underfoot. That rain will also

spread into South Wales and hang around through the evening rush

hour. Elsewhere, plenty of selling, bright spells across the North-West

of England, Northern Ireland will brighten all the while, and western

Scotland, the best of today's sunshine. For Wimbledon, no problems

this afternoon, a bit more cloud this evening but we shouldn't see

any disruption. For the rest of us, the showers start to push further

north of this evening, they will fill out a little bit, they will be

heavier downpours as it starts to push its way northwards.

Temperatures are a lot closer than they were last night. With the humid

air, we are set to spark of some thunderstorms through the early

morning rush hour and then heavier rain will move into East Anglia and

the Midlands and parts of Wales by the afternoon. A bit brighter to the

south, through the afternoon. Hopefully for Glastonbury, some

improving prospects come Friday evening after what could be a very

showery morning. Some showers still in the forecast on Saturday. The

risk of some thunderstorms around for the first part of the weekend.

Scotland and Northern Ireland getting the driest and brightest

weather. Hopefully for England and Wales, and improving day as well,

some showers but the heaviest ones clearing off towards the continent.

Sunshine for most of us, and unseasonably chilly night.

At story: A series of reports has found the form of BBC DJ Jimmy

Savile subjected patient and staff in NHS hospitals over or from abuse

over five decades.