27/07/2011 BBC News at Six

Britain officially recognises the Libyan rebels - and expels

Gaddafi's remaining diplomats: In Tripoli the Colonel still looms

large - but William Hague joins the international push to force him out

of the diplomatic picture. The Libyan people can be assured

that we will remain on their side for as long as it takes.

Also on tonight's programme: The 72-year-old shop keeper

arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed during a

robbery. Finished on time - the Aquatic

Centre is ready with one year to go before the Olympic opening ceremony.

Imagine what it is going to be like here in a year's time. The stands

go up for miles. It will be incredible.

We're live in Trafalgar Square - in the next hour, the design for the

Olympic medals will be revealed. An independent report says one in

ten experiments on monkeys serves no clear medical or scientific

purpose. She's Hollywood's Pretty Woman - so

why did they air-brush Julia Roberts' photo? The advertising

And we have a report from glorious Hello and welcome to the BBC News

at Six. Britain today officially recognised

the Libyan rebels as the country's government and announced the

expulsion of Colonel Gaddafi's diplomats in London. William Hague

said the rebels represented a more open and direct Libya in contrast

to the brutality of Colonel Gaddafi. But as our world affairs

correspondent reports, questions are being asked about what

difference the decision will make on the ground.

The green flag of Colonel Gaddafi's Libya. Today's moved to treat the

rebels as the government is now a significant boost for them. Britain

is following the US and France in intensifying the pressure on the

Libyan regime. We no longer represent -- recognise them as the

representatives of the Libyan government and we are inviting the

National Transitional Council to appoint a new envoy to takeover the

Libyan embassy in London. Libya's embassy in London is in

Knightsbridge. The ambassador was expelled in May. The other

diplomats must now leave. Britain will unlock �91 million of frozen

assets from a Libyan oil company, now controlled by opponents of the

Gaddafi regime. This is an important symbolic moment,

especially for a small group of Libyan rebels, hoping to replace

the flag of Colonel Gaddafi's regime will Berrow. The question is,

what difference it will really make on the ground. Joining the

demonstrators today, a former financial adviser at the embassy,

who was sacked when he showed his support for the rebels.

TRANSLATION: This is very positive. It is a psychological boost and the

transitional council will be able to use the UN frozen funds to help

the Libyan people and hopefully this is the beginning. The Colonel

Gaddafi does still commands support in Libya, particularly in the

capital, Tripoli. In a regime like his, it is difficult to gauge

exactly how much. But increasingly, the Benghazi based National

Transitional Council is being recognised internationally as a

government and the political battle is heating up amid a military

stalemate. There are several different front lines. But there

has been no decisive shift to give the rebels the momentum they need.

There have now -- are they have now been four months of NATO bombing,

much more than Britain had hoped. It is turning up the diplomatic

pressure. The government under pressure itself over the Libyan

campaign. With me now is our world affairs

editor, John Simpson. Not so long ago Mr Hague was saying that the

rebels could not be recognised. What has changed now? Britain has

never liked recognising rebel groups as a government. They have

an in-built dislike of the whole thing. They prefer things to be

clear cut and they like to support governments, or at least they like

to support States and the government usually of a company

represents the state. Obviously now, that is impossible. The Americans

have recently recognised the National Transitional Council. The

French did it right at the very start. There is a long list of

countries who have already recognised, why not the British

take obviously a big part in the bombing? It started to look a bit

weird. It is the next step. It is difficult to think of extra steps

which could be taken but that was one of them. Why has it taken so

long to topple Colonel Gaddafi? have to remember it is a pretty

savage climate at this time of year. If you touch a piece of metal, it

burns you. If you touch a rifle, it can really hurt your hands quite

badly. The soldiers are not able to fight much above -- much beyond 10

o'clock in the morning. They start at 7 o'clock so there is three

hours' fighting a day. That is a practical reason. Ramadan is coming

up. It begins on Monday for a month for four weeks. But, there is

another reason. I do not think NATO, particularly the British, are

enthusiastic about having rebel forces fighting their way into

Tripoli. They do not want to see the civilian casualties that would

cause. They want things to collapse in Tripoli itself and then they can

move in. Thank you. A 72-year-old shopkeeper

has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died from stab

wounds during a failed robbery. Cecil Coley, who ran the shop, also

suffered during the raid and is being treated in hospital. Our

correspondent Danny Savage joins us now. Will this be one of those

self-defence cases? We will not know the answer to that question

until the police investigation here has concluded and it is in its

early stages after the events here yesterday evening. The street

behind me is criss-crossed with police tape and officers are

looking for clues. Let me remind you of the words of the Justice

Secretary Kenneth Clarke last month after what appeared to be a similar

incident. He said people were entitled to use whatever force

necessary to protect themselves and their homes. But ultimately,

whether any charges are brought after this incident is down to the

police and a decision by the Crown Prosecution Service.

It was just after 9:30pm last night when police say a group of men

burst into a florist's shop in the street. It is believed to have been

a robbery. Some sort of fight followed and moments later, one of

the raiders was lying on the street outside dying from a stab wound.

came round the corner out of Whitechurch Drive, went to get some

credit and I saw someone shouting on the phone and a guy on the floor

with a few people crowded around. I look at him, I could see he was in

a lot of trouble. I called an ambulance and a guided me through

to do CPR until the ambulance got here. The injured man died in

hospital. Afterwards, the shopkeeper was arrested on

suspicion of murder. He is 72-year- old Cecil Coley who ran the

florists with some of his relatives. Today, his nephew told me more

about him. He is an elderly man who keeps himself to himself. If you

have any problems, he tries to help you. Is he a well man? No, he is

not. He has heart problems and is on medication at the moment so not

for a healthy. The events are similar to a robbery a few miles

away last month when a burglar was fatally stabbed by a householder.

But homeowner was told last week he would not face any charges because

he acted in self-defence. At the scene of last night's killing, such

an attitude is understood. They have got every right to, definitely.

You should protect yourself. until what happened here last night

is established, police will continue to treat this as a murder

inquiry has once again the issue of how much force to use in defence of

your property is raised. This evening, the shopkeeper, Cecil

Coley, is still being treated in hospital for minor injuries he

sustained during this incident as the investigation continues. Also,

the Justice Secretary Ken Clarke made clear last month that legal

protection would not be extended to anybody shooting a burglar in the

back or getting a group of friends together to beat them up. Every one

of these cases is examined individually in great detail before

any decision is made. Thank you.

Officials in Norway say they have found no evidence linking Anders

Behring Breivik, who has confessed to killing 76 people last week, to

British extremist groups. The country's Prime Minister has set up

an independent commission to set up -- to investigate the twin attacks.

He has also announced plans for a national memorial for the victims.

Norway's bomb squad this morning at Oslo's Central Station. The city

and country is on edge. An abandoned suitcase has been spotted,

a bus and did. It was harmless but Norwegians are haunted by what

happened five days ago. This was the moment last Friday when a huge

car bomb launched a massacre. Anders Behring Breivik went on to

shoot scores of young people on the island of Utoeya. They were

supporters of the governing Labour party at a summer camp. Today, more

survivors started telling their stories.

Was there a time when you thought you would not survive? Yes. He came

close to you? Yes. You through the worst or is the worst still to

come? I think the worst of it will be to know all the names of the

people who were dead and I think it will be hard to go to the funerals,

meet the families and I think it will be hard to one day wake up and

realise we have to get back to life and back to work. Trying to

function as normal. This woman was lucky. She left the

island two hours before the shootings. As a young Muslim MP,

she wants to stress her pride in Norway's multiculturalism and the

tolerance Anders Behring Breivik wanted to destroy. My story says a

lot about the opportunities that Norway gives to all youngsters.

Including Muslim youngsters? Including Muslims. In how many

countries can you be the daughter of immigrants and become a

parliamentarian at the age of 28. Norway is the land of opportunities

for people of all sorts of backgrounds. In Oslo, the buildings

scarred by the bombing is starting to be packed up but Norway's

collective sense of shock is still profound. The physical damage will

take months to repair. The government has warned some

buildings will have to be demolished but it is the

psychological damage which has a far greater concern.

But most Norwegians seem certain it is precisely their strong shared

values which will get them through the next difficult days and weeks.

Two German men in their twenties accused of terrorism offences have

been remanded in custody by magistrates in London. Christian

Emde and Robert Baum, who are both Muslim converts refused to stand up

in the dock because they said it would be an act of worship which

went against Islam. They charge of possessing information which might

be useful in an attack. British Gas has been fined �2.5

million for failing to handle customer complaints properly. The

regulator, of gem, said the company had not given people enough help.

British Gas said the find was totally disproportionate.

Detectives investigating the murder of the Roman Catholic policemen

Ronan Kerr in County Tyrone nearly four months ago have made a 6th

arrest. A 23-year-old woman was detained in Omagh earlier today.

Five men arrested yesterday remaining custody.

It is now exactly one year until the opening ceremony of the London

Olympics. The day is being marked by the unveiling of the aquatic

centre and a party in Trafalgar Square, at which the design of the

Olympic medals will be revealed. Our sports correspondent James

Pearce is there. It is already noisy. In less than

an hour's time, Jack Rock, the President of the International

Olympic Committee will be here. Suddenly, the game's feel very

close indeed. Thousands have already gathered here in Trafalgar

Square to mark the moment. For the next 366 days, the Olympic

rings are the responsibility of London. At least we know there will

be no last-minute rush to get everything ready. This afternoon,

Britain's synchronised swimmers were able to use the pool, the last

of the major venues to be completed, with yes, one year still to go.

This evening, Tom Daley will become the first person to dive here. This

is it, it is all completed, you finally get to have a look at the

finished version, what do you think? I think this pool looks

absolutely incredible. I cannot wait to get up and try it out. The

stands go up for miles. It is going to be absolutely incredible. I

can't wait to get up there. Other parts of London are also being

transformed. This is Horse Guards Parade, currently a large sand pit.

Eventually, it will be the beach volleyball venue although the Prime

Minister was overdressed for a particular sport. All the major

stadia have been built and completed and I think that is a

fantastic advert for British construction and Britain. We have a

year to go before the Greatest Show on Earth comes to the greatest city

on earth in the greatest country on earth and it could not be more

exciting. But do other people in the country, those not living in

London agree? We had applied for tickets and we got them so we feel

involved. It is great that the Olympics are coming to Britain, but

after all, Northern Ireland is part of Britain and it is a shame that

we are not getting any part of it. Today has been the first time, the

countdown started so maybe now we will start getting more involved.

The man guiding dignitaries around the venue today was the same man

who promised a limpet voters six years ago that London would deliver

on its promises. Very proud about the professionalism of all the

teams that have got us this far. Very proud for a personal reason

because so much of what you see and hear, everything you see here and

so much else in the Olympic Park Clear Olympics have got one year to

go today! -- the Olympics. God Save the Queen. Her just 366 days until

the Greatest Show on Earth comes to London.

The building programme is almost complete, but the job is far from

done. Security is bound to be a big issue over the next deer and

London's transport infrastructure will never have been but under

greater pressure. -- next year. The Olympic Park is almost finished.

Record numbers of tickets have been sold and it might even cost less

than we thought. Few would have been brave enough to fit -- predict

London's preparations would be this well-advanced one year out. So as

he took a closer look at the newly finished aquatic Centre today, how

did the head of the International Olympic Committee assess London's

performance so far? London is extremely well prepared. Still one

year to go, one year in which we will have the test events from

which we will learn a lot and also the operational readiness will be

polished and reversed. I am optimistic and happy. That serious

business of testing London's shiny new venues starts now, but no

amount of testing can ensure the capital's creaking transport system

runs on time. And that 7th July bombings are a constant reminder of

the threat terrorists pose. We will be up at a high level an-hour job

is to make sure it is safe and secured so the focus will be on the

athletes and spectators. Ultimately it will be the number of medals won

which will determine whether London's gains are considered a

success and that is far harder to guarantee. Britain has plumbed

record levels of public money into its quest for success. -- pumped.

In Athens in 2004, �70 million was invested in Team GB to deliver 30

medals. By Beijing, the team's budget grew dramatically to 200

Eddie 5 million, but that was repaid with 47 medals. In London,

British sport will spend �264 million. The question now is

whether that cash will be turned into gold. So how are the athletes

are coping with the expectation? I travel to Sheffield to see one of

the country's brightest hopes. of the British athletes will feel

pressure next deer because it is at home. -- next year. I do feel

pressure but it is a night sky and of pressure and I am hoping it will

bring out be a good response had the message was so far so good for

London, but organisers promise these games would deliver a genuine

legacy. Judging that it could take And the size of the ground -- crowd

that has gathered already at Trafalgar Square illustrates the

enthusiasm in London for this project. But we knew that anyway

after the extraordinary demand for tickets. As for the medals that

will be unveiled later, I can give you one clue. They are larger than

normal. The what an amazing scene. You can

see all of the celebrations in Trafalgar Square in a special

programme this evening. It is on BBC One at 7pm. Our top story

tonight: Britain expels Libya's diplomats

from London and officially recognises the rebels.

Coming up: Why have these make-up ads with

Pretty Woman Julia Roberts and In business, a record fine for

British Gas of �2.5 million for poor customer service.

And the rise in underlying profits An independent inquiry has found

that one in ten experiments on monkeys serves no useful scientific

purpose. The inquiry, led by the president of the London Zoological

Society, says experiments on monkeys should continue but with

greater checks. Animal welfare groups say the inquiry's findings

are chilling. Our science correspondent, Pallab Ghosh, has

more. Monkeys are used in research

because their brains and bodies are more like ours than, say, mice and

rats. And medical researchers say that the studies have led to many

important medical benefits such as the development of a polio vaccine

and treatments for stroke and Parkinson's disease. Those that

fund medical research say that monkeys are only used if there's

likely to be a real benefit. It is done in cases where we

believe it will yield scientific results that may either now or

sometime in the future be important for human health. But is all the

research carried out really necessary? And does it always lead

to scientific and medical benefits? According to a review of research

on monkeys, on the whole the work is of high quality and worth

continuing, if but there were some concerns. We found that some

research didn't seem to be justified in terms of its medical

benefit or its practical benefit. Some of it seemed a bit pedestrian.

In particular, the review found that one in 10 medical research

projects involving monkeys had no clear benefits. The report also

recommends there should be better screening of research projects so

there is more likely had they will lead to medical breakthroughs.

Scientists should also publish or of their results even if they are

negative so that the experiments are not repeated, have resulted --

resulting in monkeys being unnecessarily used, and that

overseas research project should only be funded if they meet the

same strict welfare standards of UK labs. But critics say that is not

enough. They are not finding medical benefit, they are not

finding societal benefit from a lot of this research. I think what this

research does is provide a chilling insight into this rare -- research.

The fund -- funders say procedures have improved over the years to

ensure only the very best science is improved, but they have

acknowledged they haven't always got it right in the past.

A teenager has been found guilty today of luring his ex-girlfriend

to a secluded wood in south Wales, where he beat her to death with a

rock. The body of Rebecca Aylward, who was 15, was found in woodland

last October. Our correspondent Colette Hume is at Swansea

Guildhall Crown Court. What more can you tell us? Joshua

Davies, the 16-year-old at the centre of this trial, wept as he

was led down to the cells. The court was told he lured his former

girlfriend to her death in those woods near Aberkenfig in South

Wales last October. He hit her over the head repeatedly with a rock.

Her body was found face down in the woods later. In the days before her

death, he repeatedly told friends of his plans to kill her. They

thought he was joking. They also thought he was joking when they

made a bet of a free cooked breakfast if he carried out the

threat to kill her and in a chilling text message sent after

her death he wrote, don't say anything yet but I think you might

only that breakfast. Police described him as cold and

emotionless in interviews. He took one friend to see Rebecca's body

lying face down in the woods and he tried to brain -- playing his best

friend for the killings. In court as the guilty verdict was read out

there was clapping and cheering from Rebecca's family. They say

Rebecca was killed in a senseless and barbaric act. She died at the

hands of someone she loved and trusted. We will never forget what

he did to her or forgive him for destroying our family. The judge

said the 16-year-old will spend a long time in detention. He will be

sentenced in September. Thank you. An Afghan suicide bomber who

concealed explosives in his turban has killed the mayor of the

southern city of Kandahar. Ghulam Haidar Hameedi was meeting tribal

elders at his offices. A spokesman for the Taliban said they carried

out the attack. Mr Hameedi had a reputation for tackling corruption

and was close to President Karzai. A former police officer who weighs

22 stone has lost the latest stage of his legal battle to get a

gastric bypass on the NHS. Thomas Condliff, who is 62 and from

Staffordshire, says he will die if he does not get the operation. But

the Court of Appeal backed his local Primary Care Trust's decision

to refuse to fund the treatment. The UK's longest trunk road tunnel,

designed to relieve congestion at one of the country's worst traffic

bottlenecks, has been officially opened today. The 1.2 mile long

tunnel on the A3 at Hindhead in Surrey is part of a �370 million

road improvement scheme that has taken four years to build.

Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington are famous for their

looks, yet their photos in make-up adverts were so air-brushed that

the advertising watchdog said they broke its code of conduct. The

cosmetics company L'Oreal admitted retouching the pictures, but denied

that the adverts were misleading. Our business correspondent Emma

She is beautiful already, but here is how Julia Roberts looks as she

stars in an at campaign to promote a foundation. Airbrushed to

perfection. So was Christy Turlington. The cosmetic giant

L'Oreal insists these images reflect what can be achieved, but

the advertising watchdog did not agree. The MP who complain says it

is OK for magazines to use pictures of beautiful women as long as the

adverts are honest. One in four people say they are depressed about

their bodies and eating disorders have more than doubled in the last

15 years. In that context the amount of pressure placed on people

to live up to some kind of perfect body ideal by these images are just

adding to those problems. Changing the way we look, these days you

would be hard-pushed to find a magazine picture that hasn't been

touched up in some way. When it comes to the beauty business, there

has a lot of money at stake. Cosmetics alone are worth more than

�1 billion a year in the UK. And glossy adverts are key to those

sales. The advertising industry says they don't aim to mislead.

huge amount of in -- research would have gone into the product and the

consumer, we will have shot the advert and then we will test it

with the consumers to see what they think and that is before we have

even looked at the legal restraints. When those products are finally on

the shelves, it is all about getting people to part with their

cash. The woman we spoke to in Bristol were not easily fooled.

know that is not necessarily going to do that. That is airbrushed and

she has probably had about an hour spent on her face. People buy it

anyway. Everybody has spots and wrinkles. I certainly have! It is

easy to take the make-up off, but advertisers may now have to be more

careful about the claims they make when persuading us to put it on in

when persuading us to put it on in the first place.

Time for the weather forecast. I spent hours in make-up just

before this show! If you need cosmetics over the next few days it

is probably suncream because some sunshine is on its way to many. It

will feel warmth this week regardless of how much sunshine you

see. The Loch Ness monster would have been sweaty this afternoon! It

has been present in many places, although eastern parts of England

were cloudy. In the West now we have thickening cloud and some rain

pushing into Belfast. Heavy bursts the western Scotland later. Dribs

and drabs down the Irish Sea and western fringes of England and

Wales. But not a cold night, temperatures in double figures.

Thursday it will be a three-way split with a band of rain in the

middle, but a stringy band. Very little reaching Wales and the

south-west of England. The rain will push up to Scotland in the

afternoon. Things will brighten up nicely for Northern Ireland. Some

sunshine for Northern Ireland, but not as warm as it was today. Still

pleasant in sunny spells. What is left of the weather front crossing

the border into North western fringes of England and Wales. But

very little reaching Wales and the south-west. Maybe more cloud for a

time. The mist should gradually clear. Temperatures getting up into

the low to mid- twenties and in the pride of parts of eastern England

in particular we will have more sunshine than we saw today and

consequently it will be warmer. 25 degrees in London. Pleasant at

Glorious Goodwood. Any rain will clear away from the south-east of

England as we go through Friday and then it is set fair for the weekend.

Plenty of sunshine around and feeling warm. After the Olympics

feeling warm. After the Olympics show we have the great British

weather Show at 7:30pm. A reminder of the top story.

Britain officially recognises the Libyan rebels and expels Colonel