16/11/2011 BBC News at Six

A record number of young people are out of work. Fears of a lost

generation. More than a million are jobless - that is a record one in

five facing a difficult start in life. You just get stuck in a rut,

really, sitting in all day doing nothing. Sitting around being bored

has made me want to get a job. And more tough times ahead - the

Bank of England slashes its growth forecast. Also tonight, doctors

call for an outright ban on smoking in your own car. Critics say it

would be an invasion of privacy. I think the government - I think we

are penalised everywhere we go. Caring for the elderly - ministers

plan a new code of conduct and training for workers in England.

And the brilliant captain but I failed manager - Martin Johnson

Good evening. Shocking, brutal and devastating - just some of the

reaction from unions and business leaders to the latest figures on

youth unemployment. More than a million people aged between 16 and

24 are now jobless - the highest it has been since records began in

1992. Total unemployment now stands at 2.2 million. Just today, it was

announced that nearly 2000 more jobs are at risk. We report from

Gloucester. There is not much light in the

gloom of the jobs market. Some areas have higher levels of

joblessness, but the south-west of England has seen an increase. For

young people, finding a job seems to get tougher by the month. There

are now more than 1,000,016 to 25 year-olds unemployed, including

students looking for work. Sam, 17, has done a two week course at

Gloucestershire College to helping hand for a job. He wants to work in

catering, but after several months, he has had no luck. You just get

stuck in a rut, really, sitting in all day, doing nothing. Sitting

around been board has made me want to get a job, because if you have

got a job you have got an income, and you can live a life more than

if you haven't. He believes that eventually he will find something.

I believe that I can work hard, I am a strong worker, so hopefully,

yeah. What is your message to employers about there? In Paul

Amey! To worry is that with slow growth, it will be hard to bring

down unemployment and provide enough opportunities for young

people in full-time education. The Labour leader said it was time for

ministers to act. Instead of blaming everybody else and making

excuses, the government should listen to stop it should change

course, take action to get our economy moving, and most of all,

but our young people back to work. The business secretary hosted an

apprenticeship summit to highlight initiatives to help young people.

There is no silver bullet, and we are concentrating on this

apprenticeship initiative, giving small companies an incentive to

take on young people into apprenticeships on a bigger scale.

Some older workers like Martin are finding life just as tough as their

younger counterparts. He is learning plumbing. He left the RAF

after 22 years believing he was well placed to find a new job, but

his hopes have been dashed. Theories no interest whatsoever in

employing me. That was very shocking. I thought there would be

something out there. There are still unfilled vacancies, and it is

not all bad news, with Northern Ireland seen a slight fall in

unemployment. With announcements today that many more jobs are at

risk because of employers making cuts, there could be troubled

waters ahead. The bleak news on jobs comes as the

Bank of England's governor Sir Mervyn King warned that Britain's

economy could stagnate until the middle of next year. The bank has

now cut its growth forecast for this year and next to about 1%,

saying the global economic outlook had worsened. Sir Mervyn did so

that inflation is likely to have reached its peak. There is some

flash photography in this report. Anyone looking for good news about

the economy from the Bank of England today would have been

sorely disappointed. The difficult economic environment, flat, long

and arduous. The details were even gloomier than the Governor. Three

months ago, the Bank of England was expected the economy to grow by

more than 2% next year. In this new report, the forecast is for growth

of just 1%. They are not expecting much growth at all over the next

few months. The only good news is that for once, they have lowered

their inflation forecast as well. Inflation has climbed relentlessly

over the last two years to more than 5%. But from now on, the bank

expected to drop like a stone, to barely 2% by the end of next year.

So there is light at the end of the tunnel, even if the tunnel is a lot

longer than the Bank originally thought. We would expect that next

year, real take-home pay will start to recover slowly. The

extraordinary squeeze on real take- home pay that we have seen it

should now begin to come to an end. Bank watchers drew a clear lesson

to stop the Bank of England is going to be printing more money to

support the economy. Maybe a lot more. These forecasts are so weak

that you wouldn't put it past them to maybe do some more quantitative

easing, they could do more of this to wrap the hold of could be 12. --

throughout the whole of 2012. sought its new Prime Minister at

sworn in today. So far, he has not convinced that financial markets

that Italy can manage its massive debt. If Europe's government cannot

get on top of the crisis over the next few months, Sir Mervyn things

we are all in for a bumpy ride. Gradually, we will be able to put

things right, but in the short run, they road developments in the world

economy about which we can do little. In the long run, the

Governor likes to say that we are masters of our fate. The bank and

government have a plan for recovery, and eventually we will get there.

But the long run is turning out to be much longer than anyone hoped,

or the Bank expected. Let's go live to Downing Street and

our political editor. These latest figures from the bank and on jobs

are going to put extra pressure on the Chancellor. Pressure, head of

an important statement been made a week on Tuesday. Not a Budget, but

the nearest thing we get to it. I understand it there will be a

package of measures in that designed to deal with some of these

problems, some sort of initiative on a youth unemployment, although I

am told he is not convinced that a tax break for small companies to

hire the young and unemployed is the way forward. Some sort of

rebate for companies that use enormous amounts of energy, like

Rio Tinto, which lost so many jobs in Northumberland today. Most

intriguing of all, a new scheme to underwrite the mortgages of people

who struggle to find a deposit large enough to actually buy a new

home. There is a gap between people who want to buy, and lenders who

dare not risk direct. The government believes it can make up

some of that shortfall by underwriting an insurance scheme

for that. Ministers say to me they know that will not be enough. They

continued to blame the euro-zone for the troubles they are in. They

will not be helped politically by Lord Oakeshott, a leading Lib Dem,

who said they needed a lesson in economics if they blame the current

unemployment figures on the euro- zone, because these figures rated

two policies six months ago. One other thing that is more about feel

than policy, this is when we are seeing more and more images of

Margaret Thatcher. It is to promote a new film, but it is an unhelpful

reminder of the past for this government.

Doctors are calling for all smoking in cars to be banned across the UK,

even if it is your own car and you are driving alone. The British

Medical Association says there is compelling scientific evidence that

people in smoky cars are exposed to very high levels of harmful poisons.

It is something a lot of smokers enjoy - lighting up once they have

started driving. But after the smoking ban in public places, could

the private car be the next no- smoking zone? I think the

government... I think they have penalised us everywhere we go.

is good to stop passive smoking in another area where you generally

get a lot of people. This woman smoked throughout her son's

childhood, with no idea of the harm she could be doing him. Ben is now

14 and has as much. She is worried she is responsible. I could blame

the government for not smoking -- stopping me, all the tobacco

companies, but it has got to be down to me. I am a grown-up and I

chose to do that, I am not proud of it. How much potential damage our

drivers doing to their health when they light up? The average car

journey in the UK is 23 minutes long, and on their journey, a

smoker is likely to have one cigarette. A single cigarette it

estimated to produce 12 times the level of toxins you get in the car

of a non-smoker. This test is measuring how many cancer-causing

particles a cigarette create in a car. Experts say children in

smokers cars are especially vulnerable. So many children are

admitted to hospital every year with chronic asthma, glue ear, and

it is always associated with sudden infant deaths as well. In the

longer term, exposure to second- hand smoke will greatly increase

your chances of developing emphysema and lung cancer.

charities have been campaigning on the issue for years, and

politicians are now looking more closely. But how likely is a ban?

In Wales and Northern Ireland, they are considering it in a car-

carrying children. There are no such plans in Scotland and England.

This marks the first move into people's private territory. If they

were to introduce a ban on smoking, they would then introduced one on

smoking in the home, which is something we would resist very

strongly. There are bans on smoking with children it in the cart in

parts of North America, Australia and South Africa. -- in the car.

A British soldier has been killed by an explosion in Afghanistan. The

soldier from 2nd Battalion The Rifles was serving with the 1st

Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment in the Nahr-e Saraj district. His

family has been told. Eyewitnesses to stalk -- saw

Stephen Lawrence being attacked in the street 18 years ago have been

giving evidence to a jury at the Old Bailey. One said the attack

looked like it was completely unprovoked. Gary Dobson, who is 36,

and 35-year-old David Norris, both from south London, both deny murder.

The court heard was a cold, clear, still might. Stephen and his friend

Duwayne Brooks were struggling to get home, chatting about football.

But there were problems with the buses. They went further down the

road to take a look when a group of white youths attacked. Also at the

bus-stop was an eyewitness. Joseph Shepherd told the court began a all

but sprinted across the road. -- of the gang are all but sprinted

But another eyewitness, Alexandra Marie, told the court, I didn't

have the impression it was very violent aggression, because there

was not a lot of shouting. In fact, none of those watching this fatal

attack realised that Stephen had been so badly injured. He managed

to run off, but died yards away. Stephen Lawrence had actually

suffered a two deep knife wounds, yet none of today's witnesses

described a scene and knife, and another that were able to describe

the attackers in any detail, which is why today's evidence is a

starting point, and why the prosecution intends to introduce

new scientific evidence that is relatively recently been discovered.

Applying up-to-date forensic methods to this 80-year-old case

has resulted in the discovery of clothing fibres and hair from

Stephen that the prosecution say link the defendant to the killing.

David Norris and Gary Dobson, both in court, denied murdering Stephen

Lawrence. More witnesses will appear tomorrow in a case expected

A lawyer representing victims of phone hacking has told the Leveson

Inquiry into press standards that the whole tabloid press was in the

dock of public opinion, not just the News of the World. The inquiry

was set up in July after revelations that the paper hacked

the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. Nick Higham has been

following the events. How would you sum up today's proceedings? What we

got today was a frankly devastating critique of the tabloid press as a

whole. The lawyer started with the News of the World and the hacking.

He called it despicable, hacking Milly Dowler's voicemail. He went

on to talk about Max Moseley, sitting in court behind him, just

on their right. The former boss of Formula One thinks that his son

committed suicide partly as a result of a News of the World

expose of his father's sex life. But he said the whole British press

was in the dock. He accused it of blagging, blackmail, hounding well

known people just to sell newspapers. 20 victims will give

evidence in person next week, among them Christopher Jefferies, wrongly

suspected of murdering Joanna Yeates in Bristol. He said that he

had been the subject of a frenzied campaign to blacken his name.

Our top story: A record 1 million young people are out of work. That

is one in five under the age of 24. Coming up: England's rugby manager

pays the price for the team's poor performance of the World Cup.

didn't come to this decision lightly. I think it is in the best

interests of myself and the England team that I do not carry on into

next year. In business on the news channel:

Youth unemployment is at a record high, topping 1 million. And the

Bank of England says the UK economy will stagnate until the middle of

The now, on many occasions this programme has reported on failings

in caring for the elderly. Today, the Government is considering a

code of conduct and minimum training standards for care workers

in England. It follows mounting concern over the way the elderly

and vulnerable are being looked after, both at home and in

My father is downstairs now. She has just stressed him and put him

downstairs. Watch carefully. This care worker is meant to be giving

an elderly man with dementia a full wash. Instead, she wets a flannel...

Wets his toothbrush... Wipes the basin with a towel, so it is wet...

And then sprinkles of talcum powder on the floor. He is nowhere in

sight. My sister, Karen, she always cleans the bathroom. She always

wondered why there was so much talcum powder everywhere.

camera was there because Carol-Anne Norman and his sister were worried

about their 85-year-old father's care. It is one of the cases that

has undermined the problems in the system. This worker has since been

suspended. They had concerns about other workers as well. This person

is praying deodorant over his It is certainly not care. At times,

I would call it abuse. They have done it because my father cannot

protect himself or speak for himself. Caring for someone that is

vulnerable is a difficult, usually low-paid job. Cases like this are

why the Government has just announced they will be a code of

conduct and minimum training for care workers. There are many who do

a good job. But the local government ombudsman is seeing a

steady stream of cases that cause concern. Dr Jane Martin, along with

regulators, can hold organisations to account. She believes there is a

gap in the system when it comes to care workers. It seems to me that

if there were more safeguards around, the qualification or

perhaps registration of care assistants, that would give me

greater assurance that they were being properly vetted and employed

to do a job that we had more confidence in. Hello, nice to meet

you. If Linthia Doren's case is one that caused the ombudsman concerned.

Her mother had a bruised arm. The care worker denied doing anything.

But the family believe police evidence would mean she was sacked.

Liverpool City Council decided that there was no case to answer.

could not understand why the disciplinary panel could possibly

have thought she was safe to go back to work with vulnerable people.

The council is now reinvestigating the case. But her daughter thinks

there are wider issues at stake. is not a very high-status job.

People are being paid low wages and a lot of them are not trained to do

the job that we are expecting them to do. Linthia Doren had to find a

new home for her mother, away from the care worker. The Norman family

say they will continue to monitor their father's care very closely.

The President of the International Football Bobby FIFA has said any

racism between players on the pitch should be settled with a handshake.

Sepp Blatter's comments come as the police here continue their

investigation into whether England captain John Terry racially abused

another player during a Premier League match. Let's get more with

James Pearce. Sepp Blatter has been a controversial figure. How serious

do you think these latest comments are? He has a history of putting

his foot in it. But this will still real anger in the sport,

particularly because they come at such a sensitive time. You

mentioned as John Terry, within the last hour the football's position

has charged Liverpool player Luis Suarez with making racist remarks

to the Manchester United player Patrice Evra during a match in

October. Sepp Blatter said he believed there was no racism on the

pitch in football. He said, if there was, it should be settled

with a handshake. This is a short extract. You might make a movement

to somebody, you may say something to somebody that is not exactly

looking like you. But at the end of the match it is forgotten. Well, in

the last few minutes he has been on to Twitter to try to clarify some

of his remarks. He says that racism and discrimination of any kind have

no place in football. Many within the sport think that the damage has

probably already been done. An inquiry into the death of a

woman trapped in a mineshaft in Ayrshire says that she might have

survived if it hadn't been for a series of failings by Strathclyde

Fire Service. Alison Hume fell 40 foot down a disused mineshaft in

Galston in 2008. Health and safety rules delayed a rescue for six

Alison Hume was walking home in a thick fog when the earth opened up

beneath her. As she strayed off the path, an old coal mine suddenly

gave way. She had just been made a partner in a law firm. She had two

teenage daughters. Her family think she should still be here today.

think we are angry to the attitude of certain members of the fire

service. It makes it worse for me. I mean, it is proved that Alison

should not have died. After a search, her daughter raised the

alarm at 2am when she heard her mother's screens. After the 999

call, firefighters were actually here pretty quickly. Then the

problems began. A fireman was sent down the hole, but without any

rescue equipment. Senior officers overruled a paramedic and other

firefighters who wanted to go down to rescue her. When she was finally

brought out, it was 7.4 tea in the morning, and too late. The judge

and criticises Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, suggesting senior officers

were more concerned with health and safety policy than saving lives.

Every person at their incident, the overall goal was to rescue Alison

Hume. We could see all the options available to us and we selected

what we thought was the best option at the time to rescue her

successfully. Unfortunately, it didn't happen. You will not

apologise to her family? There are a number of emergency services that

attended this incident. It was not just the fire service. But Alison

Hume's family say that their confidence in the fire service has

been shaken. They say health and safety has been used as an excuse

for the failure to save their daughter.

Martin Johnson, the England rugby union manager, has resigned. It

follows that side's disappointing World Cup in New Zealand, which

ended in a quarter-final defeat by France and featured a series of

controversies on and off the field. Dan Roan joins us now from

Twickenham. Well, Martin Johnson's decision to walk away from England

was really no surprise. From the moment that England crashed out of

the World Cup, his position was in some peril. Today, he explained why

he felt he had to go. This report contains flash photography.

colossus for both club and country, Martin Johnson remains arguably the

most successful player in England rugby history. The only man to lead

his nation to World Cup glory in 2003, he secured his place in

sporting folklore. The hope was that his unique status would make

up for a lack of managerial experience. Winning this year's Six

Nations hinted at progress. But a shattering quarter-final defeat to

France last month brought England's dismal World Cup campaign to a

premature end. Today, he decided to bring the uncertainty over his

position to an abrupt end. I didn't come to this decision lightly. I

think it is in the best interests of myself and the England team that

I do not carry on into next year. England's World Cup was docked by a

series of controversies. A Queen's town drinking session spiralled out

of control, eventually costing Mike Tindall his international career.

The sense was that Johnson had been undermined by his players and

employers, who remained silent. would like to have seen him with a

little bit more backing from the RFU, a bit more support from the PR

of the whole World Cup, giving them a bit more support them and using

his strength. Whoever replaces him will have to contend with a

governing body going to drew unprecedented upheaval. REPORTER:

Do you not have to take some responsibility as well? Surely you

are accountable to some extent? Absolutely, in terms of the

department and the structure of the professional game. That is the

understanding of my role in this, and... Of REPORTER: So you will not

go? You're not considering resigning? Absolutely not.

Johnson has rarely tasted defeat like this. His reputation as one of

rugby's icons remains intact. But, ultimately, playing greatness did

not translate into coaching success. It may well be that the RFU decide

to replace him with England's first ever foreign coach. It is a big

decision. A host the World Cup in four years time and they have

little time to get it right, just two and-a-half months until the

A cloudy night tonight and something we haven't seen too much

of recently. A soggy evening, that rain becoming more extensive across

Northern Ireland and overnight. That will spread northwards across

parts of north-west England and central Scotland. Not much of it

gets to eastern England, where it has been a very dry year.

Temperatures should stay well above freezing by about five or six

degrees. Later in Northern Ireland it may turn up at chilly. Some

sunshine in Belfast early on. Elsewhere it will take a while but

most places will see some sunshine on Thursday. The rain does

eventually pull away in Scotland. The cloud may linger in the south-

east. More cloud and rain pushes into Northern Ireland and maybe

south-west Scotland. For a good part of the day, Scotland will see

some brighter spells. For Northern Ireland it will brighten up quite

nicely across the north-east, sunshine coming across here.

Eventually, perhaps in the London area, some sunshine as well. Parts

of the south-east will stay cloudy until late on. Semi across the

south-west, but the breeze starts to pick up and more cloud spills

into war squabble. The same goes for western fringes of Wales. We

should have some sunshine for most of the day in Cardiff and

temperatures could reach 13. Temperatures could reach a level 12

in Cardiff. But it turns increasingly wet and windy. The

wind becomes more of a feature to Thursday night and Friday,

particularly blustery across western coasts. Most of Wales

should be dry, because the wind is coming from the south. It will be

mild, with that of sunshine. Much of England and Wales look dry and