14/11/2011 BBC News at Six

The full scale of the hacking scandal revealed by a new inquiry

into press standards. Dozens of journalists involved, hundreds of

voicemails intercepted - and the News of the World may not have been

alone The judge in charge of the inquiry will ask whether

journalists can be left to set their own standards. More and more

information is coming out to show that after a period there was what

we might call of Wild West behaviour in which they more-or-

less thought they could get away with virtually anything. The judge

in charge will ask whether journalists can set their own

standards. Also on tonight's programme:

Two men charged with the killing of Stephen Lawrence. The teenager was

stabbed to death 18 years ago - the court was told there'll be new

scientific evidence. Security at the Olympic Games - the

Government says ground to air missiles could be deployed.

Cable thieves are putting lives at risk on Britain's railways - calls

for new laws to deal with rogue In sport, John Terry says it is his

duty to face up to claims he Good evening, welcome to the BBC

News at Six. It's only day one of the new

inquiry into press standards and already it's revealed the scale of

the hacking scandal at the News of the World and, possibly, other

papers. It's emerged that 28 journalists may have been involved

and hundreds of voicemails intercepted. The inquiry, chaired

by Lord Justice Leveson, will be looking at whether the press can be

left to set its own standards. Today he warned editors against

targeting witnesses at the inquiry. Nick Higham has spent the day at

It was the scandal that began with the News of the World, Britain's

biggest selling newspaper and one of its brashest. The revelation

that the paper had hacked into a murdered schoolgirl -- schoolgirl's

voice Mel's prompted outrage, its closure and the Leveson Inquiry.

The parents of Madeleine McCann, politicians like Lord Prescott and

Tessa Jowell, along with celebrities like JK Rowling, Hugh

Grant and Sienna Miller all alleged victims of newspaper intrusion,

among more than 50 core participants who will give evidence.

Today in the measured tones of an appeal court judge, Lord Justice

Leveson issued a warning to newspapers. Concern has been

expressed that those who speak out might be targeted by the press as a

result. I have absolutely no wish to stifle freedom of speech, and

expression, but if it appears that those concerns are made out,

without objective justification, it might be appropriate to draw the

conclusion that these vital rights are being abused. Today the inquiry

heard just how much phone hacking had been done by this man, Glen

Mulcaire. Originally said to have been working for a single rogue

reporter. In his notebooks, police found the names of staff at the

News of the World and the sun and even the Daily Mirror, though the

Mirror today denied any involvement. In all, 28 people at News

International were involved. One use of the World journalist alone

it made over 1,400 requests for information. More and more

information is coming out to show that for a period at one newspaper

at least, there was what we might call a Wild West behaviour in which

they more or less thought they could get away with virtually

anything. Lord Leveson's inquiry is in two parts. The first is looking

at the general culture of the press, its relations with the police and

politicians, had and whether the present system of regulation is

broken and if so how it should be fixed. The second is into the

illegal activities by newspapers which started this. That can't

begin until the police have finished their investigations,

which won't be for many months. The inquiry admitted it is putting the

cart before the horse. The inquiry continues tomorrow. It will begin

hearing evidence from witnesses who say they were victims of press

intrusion next week. We can talk to our home affairs

correspondent, June Kelly, who's at the Royal Courts of Justice. Quite

a lot emerging already. What is the significance of what has emerged?

It has always been claimed that phone hacking at the News of the

World was taking place on an industrial scale and today one

lawyer said there was at the very least a thriving cottage industry.

The key revelation today is this news that the names of 28 News

International employees were found in the notebooks of private

investigator Glen Mulcaire. Other key elements, and I know we all

think we have heard a lot about phone hacking, but other key

elements. His suggestion that Glen Mulcaire might have worked for

other newspapers, notably the Sun, part of the newt -- Murdoch empire,

and the Daily Mirror. But the Mirror are tonight saying they have

no knowledge of Glenn Mulcare ever being used by them. John Yates, the

Assistant Commissioner at the Met, resigned. News emerging about him.

He was one of two senior officers who resigned because of the phone

hacking affair. He was being investigated by the Independent

Police Complaints Commission and that was over his role in

forwarding a CV inside Scotland Yard. That was the CV of the

daughter of a former editor of the News of the World, Neil Wallis. He

himself went on to work for Scotland Yard and he was arrested

in this latest phone hacking investigation. Today the IPCC said

it found no evidence of misconduct which would justify a disciplinary

proceedings against John Yates. Mr Yates said he was pleased with the

outcome. He said he had always acted with complete integrity and

it was a matter of great Rivett -- regret. Thing gee macro. -- thank

you. Europe faces its biggest crisis

since the Second World War according to Angela Merkel, the

German Chancellor. Matthew Price reports from Brussels on the fear

that the problem will continue to grow and spread throughout the

continent. His report contains flash photography.

They have changed the guard in Italy and Greece, out with Silvio

and George, in with the grey men. In Rome today, Mario Monti, the new

prime minister, was being hailed as the man to save Italy and by

extension the euro. He is an Economist, a respected university

President. He knows how Europe works, he was a commissioner for a

decade, and he is a staunch defender of the euro. Today one of

his former students gave this assessment. Given the present

emergency, he is playing end important role and he will be the

right man at the right time. At least for a little while. Financial

markets also seemed relieved. But for how long? In Brussels, Mario

Monti's appointment has been broadly welcomed. He is seen as a

can-do man. During his time at the commission here, he was known as

Super Mario, and yet in the coming -- becoming prime minister, the

fundamentals in Italy have not changed. They still have record

debt and interest repayments on the money they have borrowed. In Greece,

there's a new leader on the block. Lucas Papademos is also referred to

as a technocrat, in economic expert thought to be an influence by

public pressure. And yet in the Greek parliament today, it was

clear that may not be possible. The opposition hinted at political

problems to come. It could derail Greece's next slice of bail out

funding. The important point is the euro is still in crisis. Listen to

Germany's Angela Merkel. TRANSLATION: Europe is in the

middle of what may be its toughest hours since World War to you. We

mustn't be discouraged by that. We must succeed in getting Europe out

of this crisis, stronger than when it went in. But she knows the

problem now is trust. Or lack of it. Germany is the only Euro country

investors see as truly safe. Italy and Greece may have changed the

guard, but they and others remain Today Lynn News survey of business

here in Britain warned we face a slow and painful loss of jobs. The

survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found

that firms were put him off decisions on hiring staff. --

putting off. Carole Walker looks at what is expected to be difficult

figures on growth and youth unemployment.

It was all smiles as David Cameron took his Dutch counterpart to see

Birmingham's new high-tech library, but to date came a new warning that

companies worried about the economic turmoil are not taking on

enough workers to make up for the jobs lost from the public sector.

The prime minister said the government is doing its bit. We are

rolling up our sleeves and doing everything we can to promote growth

and jobs. We have the enterprise zones, including the one in

Birmingham, we have cut corporation tax, we are investing in

apprenticeships, we are focusing on capital spending, including roads

and stations and things that can help boost the economy. That has to

be the plan to keep... He looming in David Cameron's in-tray of the

Bank of England's forecasts of growth and inflation, with almost

one million young people already out of work there are new

unemployment figures and there is the eurozone crisis. These are

difficult times for companies like this. It makes specialist coatings

for the car industry in the West Midlands. It is a prime example of

a company doing well, but is uncertain whether to risk expanding.

We are hoping to extend our factory and we have planning permission,

but it is very difficult to justify going ahead with that because of

the economic situation. government is keen to highlight a

flurry of initiatives to help young people get the skills and jobs they

need, but while the prime minister says it is the crisis in the

eurozone which is hampering our recovery, Labour says it is up to

his government to do more. On a visit to a science park in

Hertfordshire, Ed Miliband says the government is not doing enough to

boost growth. The problem is that under this government, businesses

have no confidence about the future. The government urgently needs to

get a plan for growth and jobs, which will put young people back to

work, and get our economy moving again. David Cameron wants to speed

up building projects like a new library he saw today, but he is

stressing the UK must stick to the plan to cut the deficit if it is to

avoid the problems facing some countries in the eurozone.

With me now is Stephanie Flanders. To what extent are owl problems

down to what is going in -- going on in Europe? We will never know

what would have happened without the eurozone crisis and we will

never know what would have happened if the Government hadn't decided to

cut borrowing more quickly than the previous government plan. But if

you are looking at the numbers and the timing of the slowdown in our

recovery, it is hard to see a big direct impact of the eurozone

crisis. The eurozone economies as a group have growing three times

faster than us over the last year and yet they are even closer to the

crisis than we are. Our exports until August had been growing very

strongly. You can't see it in the numbers, but they don't tell you

about the indirect impact on confidence, people worrying about

the European and global recovery. And they can't tell you about the

future. We are now seeing a sharp slowdown in the European recovery -

- economy, we will get confirmation of that tomorrow. Our economy will

be greatly affected even if the situation in Greece, Italy and

Spain stabilises and I am not sure it will.

Four teenagers have been convicted of murdering a 15-year-old boy near

his school in south London. Zac Olumegbon was stabbed to death in

July last year. The Old Bailey found a fifth teenager guilty of

his manslaughter. Gemma Hayter's death could have

been prevented or predicted, according to serious case review

into the torture and murder of the vulnerable disabled woman. Her body

was found on a disused railway line in August last year. Five people

who the 27-year-old had considered friends were convicted of her death

and jailed in July. Two men, Gary Dobson and David

Norris, have appeared in court charged with the murder of Stephen

Lawrence 18 years after the black teenager's death. The 18-year-old

A-level student was stabbed twice by white youths in south-east

London on 22 April 1993. The court heard that new scientific evidence

will be central to the proceedings in the Old Bailey, from where Tom

Symonds joins us now. The killing of Stephen Lawrence is

one of the most notorious unsolved crimes of recent times, but finally

today 24 potential jurors were chosen to hear this case. They will

hear new scientific evidence and will have to decide if it can be

regarded as safe. The judge also said to them that whatever had

happened in the past was now irrelevant. This case starts with a

clean slate. The Stephen Lawrence was 18 when he died.

He was stabbed while waiting for a bus late one night in south London.

For his mother it was a loss made so much worse by the fact that no

one has ever been convicted of the killing. His father Neville also

came to see this trial begin. The two accused men, David Norris on

the left, 35, Gary Dobson, 36 ft up both deny murder. This is a case

with the tortuous history. Stephen died on 22nd April, 1993. There

were a court hearings in the mid- 90s and an inquest in 1997. Such

was the concern about the case that a full public inquiry was held in

1998. Addressing the 24 potential jurors, the judge, Mr Justice

Treacy, said the case has aroused strong feelings in people.

Accusations, he said, have been made as to who was responsible for

the killing and the competence of the police investigation. But the

two accused heard that new scientific evidence would now be

centre stage. They question the way certain exhibits were handled. So

the trial went just focus on the events here that night, but also in

the years that followed and on Stephen himself. He didn't see any

danger in any way. He wanted to be an architect. All his studies were

focused that way. He was an athlete, he loved sport, he loved music and

clothes. Just like any other young man. The jurors who will consider

who killed Stephen Lawrence have been told to expect the trial that

will stretch into next year. This case is extremely sensitive. The

judge spent some time telling the jurors to only concentrate on what

they hear in the court room and the media to be very careful about what

they report. A lot of the history of this case we can't even report

tonight. But you can be sure we will keep you up-to-date about the

developments from the court in the Our main headline - the full scale

of the hacking scandal is being revealed by a new inquiry. And

coming up... The space shuttle may have been decommissioned, but

Russia has resumed its manned space The theft of metal cable from power

stations and railway lines is costing hundreds of millions of

pounds a year and could put lives at risk. Tomorrow, MPs debate

giving greater powers to regulate the scrap metal industry. Councils

across the UK are also calling for change. Ed Thomas reports on the

huge surge in the theft of metals such as copper, lead and bronze. 24

hours with British Transport Police. This is the front line in the fight

against metal theft. It took just minutes for the first call of the

night to come in. We can see how much cable has been taken from this

location. You can see the various colours here. This patrol is about

taking on a growing problem. After terrorism, this is our number one

priority. We need to get a grip on it because a lot of people are

suffering as a consequence of this. It is down to the rising cost of

metals, mixed with the ease of selling stolen metals to scrapyards.

These are copper plates and copper cable, all from North West

Electricity. It should not be sold to or bought by any dealer. But as

the law stands, I could walk into any scrapyard, give a false name or

address, handed over and get cash in return. This crime is putting

people's lives in danger. In this street in Castleford, thieves

caused a gas leak after stealing copper cable. Luckily, all the

homes had been evacuated. Six people have been killed steel. It

is costing the UK economy more than �700 million every year. Police are

now carrying out spot checks and working with scrap dealers. But

here, they say it is the system that needs to change. The way to

deal with the problem is to make it cashless. It would give greater

traceability. The same calls are being heard from energy companies,

with nearly two incidents every day at sub-stations. We were within

minutes of losing the whole of Wigan, because of metal theft.

Businesses could not operate, Internet down, traffic lights out,

just think of the chaos. But change could come soon. MPs will be

Ground-to-air missiles could be used to protect the skies of London

from attack during the Olympics next year. The Defence Secretary,

Philip Hammond, says they would be deployed if they were deemed

operationally necessary. All necessary measures to ensure

the security and safety of the London Olympic Games will be taken,

including - if the advice of the military is that it is required -

appropriate ground-to-air defences. With me now is our sports editor,

David Bond. It sounds like warfare... The Olympics are a

massive security challenge. What Philip Hammond was saying might

sound alarmist, but it is not unusual. We saw the same thing in

Beijing in 2008, and in Athens in 2004. London has its dreadful

experience with terrorism, the 7/7 bombings happened the day after

London won its Olympic bid. So, the authorities are saying they will do

whatever it takes. Who will pay for all of this? The one sticking point

at the moment is over the number of security personnel to be used

around the venues during the games. Following test events in the summer,

it became clear at that the numbers which were being used were way. So

it is expected that the numbers will more than double. Funds will

be found from the surplus in the Olympic budget. But I think this

issue will continue to come up as Jordan's King Abdullah has called

for Syrian President Bashar al- Assad to step down in the interests

of his country. His comments, in an exclusive BBC interview, follow a

defiant speech by the Syrian Foreign Minister after the

announcement of Syria's suspension from the Arab League because of its

violent suppression of anti- government protests. The UN

estimate that more than 3,500 people have been killed in the

uprising, which began in March. Jon Leyne reports. As the violence in

Syria continues, the world is losing patience. These images

appear to show more brutal attacks on opposition protesters in the

city of Homs. Yet more evidence that Syrian tanks have not yet been

pulled back from the streets, as the government promised to do. So

now, there is growing pressure on President Assad himself. In an

interview with the BBC, King Abdullah of Jordan became the first

Arab leader to encourage him to step down. He would step down, but

he would also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of

Syrian life. Syria's response has been an almost theatrical act of

defiance. Huge numbers of Syrians were encouraged onto the streets

over the weekend to support the government and to protest against

the Arab League's decision to suspend Syria. Angry mobs attacked

the embassies of Qatar, a Saudi Arabia and Turkey, countries which

have taken a very tough line against Syria. It has just led

Syria into more isolation than ever before. In the European Union,

Britain and other countries voted for new sanctions against Damascus.

It is very good that the Arab League are taking a leading role on

this crisis. It is very important in the European Union that we can

do do -- consider additional measures to put pressure on

President as that. There is evidence that sanctions are

continuing to bite. However, these queues for gas maybe the result of

the government trying to starve out opposition supporters. This evening,

the Arab League in Cairo are discussing how to co-ordinate their

fight against the Syrian government. They are proposing sending a

mission to monitor the situation inside Syria. It will be seen as a

last test of the Syrian Government's good faith. But it has

been suggested that the Arab government leaders are already

looking beyond President Assad's Russia has resumed its manned space

flights, with the launch of a Soyuz rocket with two Russians and an

American on board. The launch had been postponed for two months after

a similar rocket carrying cargo crashed shortly after take-off in

August. The three astronauts are going to replace the crew of the

International Space Station. Daniel Sandford sent this report from

Moscow. Generating huge thrust from its four booster engines, the

rocket blasts off this morning, on board, two Russian cosmonauts and

an American astronaut, heading for the International Space Station, on

what is currently the only route into orbit. The launch had been

delayed for two months because of safety fears, but they said they

were not concerned. A lot of difficult and diligent work was

done to verify that everything was good. I'm not nervous about it.

This was why he might have been worried, an almost identical rocket,

carrying cargo, crashed back to Earth in August, leading to all

manned launches being put on hold. Having fired the imagination of a

generation, the space shuttle pulls into port for the last time.

troubled is that since the retirement of the space shuttle in

July, there was no other way of getting people into space. But NASA

insists that the Russian built and operated Soyuz was not rushed back

into operation. Every flight his whisky, there's things we just do

not know about. In this case, we worked with the Russians, and we

has confidence that they had resolved the problems. Amazingly,

the rocket on which everyone is now relying, the Soyuz, dates back to

the 1960s. The Americans do not expect their next man vehicle to be

ready for five years. Now, almost by accident, Russia finds itself

once again leading the world in manned space flight. Back down to

manned space flight. Back down to earth now, with the weather. We

will have a look from Space first of all. The view from up there

looks very different to yesterday. Yesterday, in the sunshine,

temperatures jumped up to 18 degrees. Today, however, under the

cloud, temperatures are just about 9. Some places in the west have had

some sunshine today. But for many, tonight will be a damp autumn night.

Tomorrow, we will start off with more of the same. But I'm

optimistic that it will be turning brighter as we go through the day.

This will be especially so in the west. As a result, temperatures

should be allowed a bit higher than today. Where it stays cloudy, we

will struggle to get much about nine or 10. Today, northern parts

of Northern Ireland saw some sunshine. And it will be similar

tomorrow. And again, like today, western Scotland should get some

sunshine tomorrow. In the east, the cloud making all the difference to

the temperatures. East Anglia and the south-east of England could be

a bit brighter again on Wednesday. A little bit of rain creeping in to

the south-west of England later on. It has been a very mild start to

It has been a very mild start to November. For more information, log