21/12/2011 BBC News at Six

The England and Chelsea captain John Terry is to be charged with

racial abuse. He will be in court by February. He is accused of

making a racist remark to another player during his match in October.

His club manager says he will stand by him. We know exactly his

personality. For me, they are never in doubt. Also tonight: Yesterday,

Piers Morgan denied he knew about phone hacking at his paper. Today,

a former reporter says he almost certainly did. Given his standard

of editorship, I would say that it is very unlikely that he did not

know it was going on. Health fears over tens of thousands of breast

implants found to have a risk of rupturing.

The women who stole hundreds of pounds worth of supermarket booze,

but their car ran out of petrol in the car-park.

And Prince William takes his new wife to visit a homeless charity

close to his heart and that of his mother.

Later in the hour on the BBC News Channel, I will be here with

Sportsday on a massive night in the Premier League with both City and

United are playing. We will find Good evening. Welcome to the

programme. The England and Chelsea football captain John Terry is to

be charged with racially abusing a fellow player. The 31-year-old will

be prosecuted air Criminal Court after being filmed during a match

appearing to shout a racist remark that Anton Ferdinand of Queens Park

Rangers in October. It is the first time a criminal charge of this type

has been brought against a Premier League footballer. John Terry

denies he was racist and his club, Chelsea, say they are standing by

him. John Terry. One of the most

prominent footballers in the country and the man fiercely proud

of his status as England and Chelsea captain. But all of that

now hinges on what he said to QPR player Anton Ferdinand back in

October. Today, the CPS took the extraordinary step of announcing

they will charge him with a racially aggravated public-order

offence. Police went to his house to issue a summons to him in person,

to appear at West London magistrates on February 1st. In a

statement, Terry denied the claims, The Chelsea manager said that he

would stand by his captain. We know exactly his human values and his

personality. For me, they are never in doubt. So I will fully support

him, whatever the outcome. With a busy Christmas period coming up,

John Terry is trying to focus on his role as Chelsea captain. The

last few months have been dominated by these allegations of racism,

claims which could yet have big implications for England's Euro

2012 campaign. The England manager, Fabio Capello, stripped him of the

captaincy before, following allegations he had an affair with

the ex-girlfriend of a Chelsea team-mate. Today's charge is far

more serious. But one former England captain says he can handle

it. It's not going to be easy for him, but he has sought not been

there before, in different matters. Obviously they are not related to

this one. But there are other circumstances where he has had to

concentrate on matters on the field. He tends to do that remarkably well,

under trying circumstances. But the John Terry case raises issues much

more significant than his career or England's chances next summer.

Whatever the outcome, it will once again test English football's

attitude towards racism. David Bond joins us now. What does

this mean for John Terry and the England team? More by had lines --

bad headlines. This issue will now dominate the start of 2012 and

beyond. We at the start of the process, not the end. John Terry

may be found innocent of all charges. More significant is what

the FA decide to do. They have issued a short statement saying

they cannot comment. They have to wait until the CPS has run its

course before they do anything. Whatever the outcome, they have to

investigate this. They have their own disciplinary process and they

have to ask if they can have an England captain involved in these

sort of allegations leading a team with many, many black players in it.

Yesterday we saw Luis Suarez banned for eight matches for racially

abusing an opponent. The FA cannot afford to be seen to be weak on

this issue. It was very unlikely that the

former editor of the Daily Mirror, Piers Morgan, didn't know that

phone hacking was going on at his paper. That is what a former

reporter at the paper has told the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics.

He did say he could not prove it. Yesterday, Piers Morgan told the

inquiry he knew nothing about it. James Hipwell said it was a

standard journalistic tour at the paper. James Hipwell was jailed in

2006 for insider trading when he worked at the Daily Mirror.

The Daily Mirror in the late 1990s, under editor Piers Morgan. It had a

column called City slickers. One of its writers was a financial

journalist, James Hipwell. He made a big mistake. He bought shares in

companies he wrote about. In 2005 he was tried and convicted of

insider dealing. Today, he gave evidence about his time at the

Daily Mirror and the influence of its editor, Piers Morgan. He was

the Dear Leader. The newspaper was edited and produced with the cult

of his personality. According to James Hipwell, one of the things

that happened on Piers Morgan's Merapi was phone hacking. Council

quoted a sentence from James Hipwell's written statement.

openness and frequency of hacking activity gave me the activity --

impression that it was considered a bog-standard journalistic tool for

gathering information. It seemed to me that what they were doing was

entirely accepted by the senior editors of the newspaper. Yet in

evidence by video link yesterday, Piers Morgan insisted that he had

known nothing about phone hacking. Did you see this sort of thing

going on? No. Are you sure about that? 100%. That, to James Hipwell,

seemed inconceivable. Looking at his style of editorship, I would

say that it was very unlikely that he did not know what was going on

because, as I have said, there was not very much he did not know about.

As I think he said yesterday in his testimony, he took a very keen

interest in the work of his journalists. After five weeks, this

part of Lord Leveson's inquiry is at the halfway point. Five weeks,

during which witnesses, ordinary citizens and celebrities, have

given voice to their grievances. There have been memorable moments.

It just felt like such an intrusion into a really, really private

moment. There is also Oakleigh spend being put on a lot of this

stuff because it sells papers better. -- ugly Spain. I felt such

a sense of invasion. I desperately wanted to shout out, it's not true.

But when it is your voice against powerful media... At that powerful

media, the editors and possibly some proprietors, will be summoned

here in the new year to put their arguments that tighter restrictions

A serving officer with the Metropolitan Police has been

arrested as part of an investigation into alleged illegal

payments from journalists. The 52- year-old woman is the first police

officer arrested as a result of Operation Elveden, running

alongside the criminal investigation into phone hacking.

The UK's medicine watchdog has moved to reassure around 40,000

women in Britain who have had French breast implants that they do

not have an increased -- increased risk of cancer. It says its own

tests on implants by manufacturer PIP have not shown any problems.

The French government will announce on Friday whether Rick will pave of

30,000 women are there to have the This is one of the French PIP

silicone implants intact. Here is what it looks like when it is

ruptured. They were banned last year. By then, 40,000 British women

had then implanted. Among them, Rachel Jack Campbell on the left

and her twin sister. One of Rachel's implants split and she

ended up needing part of her right breast removed, as well as the

implants. It had a huge effect. Holidays, swimming, the children

found it hard to look at me, with my top off. It has affected my life

majorly. I've just had a little girl, four week today. Breast-

feeding has been a nightmare. I can't breast-feed on my right

breast probably. It had an impact in all aspects of life. The French

PIP in plants differ from its conventional product in two key

respects. The gel fellow was not medical grade, but cheaper

industrial silicone, used in products like mattresses. They may

have been missing a protective coating, meaning they are more

likely to split. In Paris, the issue led to street demonstrations.

There was also the claim that a woman's death from cancer was lent

to faulty implants. A review by cancer experts will be published on

Friday. There are hints that the French government may offer to pay

for the implants to be removed, on a purely precautionary basis. Here,

the medicines watchdog the MHRA has sought to reassure women, saying

that it has found no safety issues whatsoever with implants. British

women do not need to be worried. We have looked extensively, with

experts, at an association with cancer, at the toxicity and breast

feeding and we can find no safety issues. This surgeon says he never

used the French in plants and he had this advice for women. I would

suggest that in India they make an appointment to revisit their

plastic surgeon. They need to be examined and they need to have any

appropriate investigations. Then they need to discuss with their

surgeon whether there is a reason for them to have a surgical

procedure. They must not be hustled into doing something urgently.

than 250 British women, many of whom suffered ruptured implants,

are launching legal action. The company PIP has shut down, so it is

not clear who might pay compensation.

The jury in the Stephen Lawrence murder trial has heard that traces

of blood and textile fibres found on one of the defendant's jacket

and cardigan do not prove that he killed the teenager. Gary Dobson's

defence counsel told the court, from a very few fibres the

prosecution has done a long yarn. Both defendants deny murder.

Four teenagers have been sentenced for the murder of a 15-year-old boy.

Zac Olumegbon was stabbed four times as part of a revenge attack

by a rival gang in July last year. Teenagers were handed a life

sentence, a 5th was given a life sentence for manslaughter.

Propose changes to the planning system in England have been

criticised by a group of MPs. They say there is a danger that too much

emphasis can be given to economic growth at the expense of

environmental and social concerns in the streamlined proposals. The

Government wants new buildings to be built as long as they are

sustainable. Hundreds of eurozone banks have

taken advantage of cheap loans being offered by the European

Central Bank worth hundreds of billions of pounds. The take-up was

far higher than expected, but it is uncertain how it will affect the

eurozone economy. With me is Robert Peston. With the banks having all

of this money, are they on a more Secure food in question are it is

certainly the case that in the past few weeks there has been a very

major banking crisis in the eurozone. Eurozone banks are

finding it very hard to borrow up. When I cannot borrow, they cannot

lend. There is the spectre of a renewed credit crunch. When banks

cannot borrow, they cannot repay their own debt. They could go bust.

The European Central Bank to ride to the rescue. It has provided 489

billion euros of emergency loans. That takes to one trillion Euros

the amount of emergency support that the European Central Bank is

providing to banks in general. What that means is that the risk of a

bank going bust has receded. We should be grateful for that. If a

eurozone bank goes bust, that would cause great damage to British banks.

The fundamental cause of the euro- zone crisis has not yet been solved.

That fundamental cause is the perception that a number of

countries, of governments, have borrowed far too much. Greece,

Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Until the solvency of those

governments is restored, I am afraid we cannot breathe a sigh of

relief and say that the eurozone crisis is over.

New figures show that the Government borrowed less in

November and the City had expected, partly because tax receipts were

higher. Public sector borrowing stood at 18.1 billion last month,

down from more than 20 billion in November last year. The Treasury

said it showed good progress was being made in reducing the deficit.

Now, it was probably not the best plant of robberies. Two women from

Manchester stole hundreds of pounds worth of alcohol from a supermarket,

only to breakdown in the car-park because they ran out of petrol.

They were caught on CCTV, pushing the car with alcohol limit to a

nearby petrol station to refuel. Today, one woman was given a

suspended jail sentence. The other had already pleaded guilty and had

What to buy and how much to spend? The weekly shop can be a pain. No

such worries, though, for Rose Devlin and Denise Egan. They know

exactly what they are after and fill their trolley with all the

alcohol they want to steal. Without paying they walk out of the store.

But they have taken so much the boot won't shut. The next problem -

no petrol. So they get out of the car and push. All the way to the

station. At least in here they decide to pay for their fuel. The

women weren't arrested here, but running out of petrol was their

downfall, because security became so suspicious about what was going

on that they decided to go back inside the store and check the CCTV

again. It was then that they realised what the two women had

been doing. They stole �400 worth of alcohol. Denise Egan admitted

theft and was fined. Today Rose Devlin was given a suspend jail

sentence after she also aet stealing. This was her reaction.

I'm just a shoplifter. Did you regret what you've done? Not really

no. I've done it all my life. you think you should have gone to

jail? Yeah, but the judge gave me a chance. Will you take this chance

and stay out of jail? I can't say that. I never know what's around

the corner, do I? So you might steal again? I don't know. No

comment on that one. Asda said no- one was available for interview

today because their staff was too busy serving the customers who

actually pay. Our top story tonight. The England

Captain, John Terry, is charged with racially abusing an another.

He will be in court by February. Coming up: Jean Genie... It was

thought lost but this rare footage of one of the David Bowie's

greatest hits has resurfaced after 40 years. The European central bank

boosts lending but investors say it is not enough. And why the

Government is cutting subsidies for People living homeless on the

streets can expect to die 30 years earlier than those who have a roof

over their heads. New research by the charity, Crisis, shows that

homeless men are dying at an average of 47 and women at 43. The

national average for deaths is aged 77. Family disputes, drug or

alcohol addiction and unemployment are among the reasons that people

are on the streets. Mike Sergeant reports. For whatever reason,

Tracey keeps finding herself back on the streets. I met her today

pushing bags and blankets around central London. She says she

doesn't drink or take drugs but has suffered from cancer. What's the

biggest problem being on the streets? People stealing off each

other. Food-wise. And people just being nasty. And the cold. And the

cold. Very, very cold. But I've got plenty of blankets and stuff to

keep me warm at night. So where did you sleep? Anywhere I can get my

head down. 20 years ago many more people were sleeping rough in our

cities. Now most find somewhere to stay, however temporary.

Homelessness is a less visible problem than it used to be but that

doesn't mean it has gone away. Today at the Crisis warehouse

volunteers were preparing for Christmas. Loading up food and

other supplies to keep people warm and safe. As the charity issued its

dire warning about the health of the homeless. They are dying 30

years young you are than the average. This highlights that

homeless people are not getting the healthcare they need and we need to

do more to prevent homelessness in the first place. So that when

people get into trouble they get help from their councils so they

don't have to be suffering from these leaf-threatening conditions.

It is quiet now because it is the end of the eating time... Those who

manage to get away from that chaotic world may see a dramatic

improvement in their prospects. In a hostel I met a former alcoholic,

now sober. She may soon have somewhere permanent to live, a

chance to escape. Very seen quite a few friends in here die through

alcohol-related problems, drug addiction. But you remain upbeat

with hope that you are going to move on to your own accommodation.

Every night outreach teams look for rough sleepers. Are from abroad and

usually have specific issues - drink, drugs, mental illness. Is it

because of drugs that you are here? Yes. An extra �20 million has been

promised today to help individuals. The Government says homelessness

protection is a strong here as anywhere in the world, but it's a

safety net that doesn't catch everyone.

In the last half-hour the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at the

homeless charity Centrepoint. He and his brother were introduced to

it by their late mother princess dine na. William has been patron of

Centrepoint for the last six years. What are the Duke and Duchess of

Cambridge going to be doing there? At the moment they are taking part

in a healthy living cookery class, one of the life skills that the

young people here are introduced to as they try get back on their feet

after a spell of homelessness. They will also be sitting in on an

employment work shop and a Centrepoint's Got Talent contest.

It was the first charity he was patron of, following in the

footsteps of his mother, princess dine na. A couple of years ago he

spent a night sleeping rough himself to publicise the cause. And

now he is introducing his wife to the project. The Duchess herself is

looking for charities will to get involved in. So this is another

part of her research. It's been a momentous year for William and Kate.

They will be spending their first Christmas as a married couple in

the comfort of Sandringham but the message they are putting across is

they are well aware that many people will be spending this

Christmas without a roof over their heads. More than 10,000 people have

lined the streets of Prague to mourn the former Czech President,

Vaclav Havel. He became the symbol of the fight for democracy in the

former Czechoslovakia. His body will lie in state at Prague Castle

until his funeral tomorrow. The Education Secretary, Michael

Gove, has said he is contemplating large-scale reform of the exam

system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It's in response

to errors in exam papers and recent allegations that exam boards have

been discussing the contents of future exams with teachers during

special seminars. As a result, a GCSE computing paper due to be sat

in January has been withdrawn. Our education correspondent, Reeta

Chakrabarti, reports. The integrity of the exam system is under

question as never before. Today one board, WJEC, has admitted an

examiner revealed details of questions on a GCSE paper. That

paper's been pulled. It happened because of these secret recording s

by the Daily Telegraph. It was claimed these examiners gave much

more detail about possible questions than the guidelines

allowed. Today the board cleared these two but discovered problems

in another exam. The exams watchdog compiling an urgent report to

Ministers says examiners shared inappropriate information about

that particular paper. We found one examination compromised and we are

focused very much on the January 2012 examination series. So far no

other exam has been put at risk. We will know by the end of the week

and expect to make an announcement in the new year. As Ofqual makes

clear, its report today isn't the end of the story. It is still to

finish viewing 54 hours of secret filming passed to it by the Daily

Telegraph. As we know, that's led to one January exam being pulled.

Ofqual says of the 13 seminars filmed by the paper, 11 relate to

exams to be taken next month. But it won't give all January exam as

clean bill of health until the new year, meaning uncertainty for

thousands of pupils. It has led Michael Gove so say large-scale

reform may be needed. One expert thinks the problem is competition

and there should be fewer exam boards. We are now teetering on the

edge of saying that there should be a single Examination Board. To hear

what the Secretary of State says and what Ofqual is continuing

investigation say, but it is a major question that's going to have

to be answered in the near future. In a separate report in errors in

exam papers in the summer, Ofqual said exam boards had been too lax

and threatened to fine them if they did it again.

A rediscovered TV performance by David Bowie singing his classic

song, Jean Genie live on Top Of The Pops is being shown tonight for the

first time in nearly 40 years. It was thought the broadcast had been

lost for good, until a cameraman who was filming on the day revealed

he'd kept a copy of the show. Will This is vintage David Bowie, when

the pop star was putting the glam into rock. He looks fantastic. And

sounds even better. That performance by Bowie of his hit,

Jean Genie, was filmed here in Studio 8 of BBC Television Centre.

There was no miming or backing tracks. It it was real thing. They

recorded it on 3rd January 1973 and it was broadcast a day later on Top

Of The Pops. That was the last time it was seen on television. Until

today. The recording was lost, presumed deleted, until a few weeks

ago when the cameraman you can see here mentioned that he had a copy

at home. It was never lost. I always knew I had it. I just didn't

know that other people wanted it, because it had been wiped by the

BBC, and nobody realised it was an iconic performance which would be

wonderful to have all those years on. John Henshall had made a

special camera lens to create this visual effect, which is why he kept

a copy, so he could demonstrate his work to other potential customers.

And thank goodness he did, because what we see here is something very

rare and very special. I think as a cultural artefact it really does

show a lot of young bands up for really quite flat performances.

When you see this, it is utterly thrilling. This performance will

delight Bowie fans the world over, and there may be more musical

treasures to come. The man who kept the tape says he has another 100

recordings from the same era. And if you want to watch David

Bowie's performance of Jean Genie in full, it's on the Top Of The

Pops Christmas special on BBC Two at 7.30pm.

Let's take a look at the weather now with Alex Deakin. It seems to

now with Alex Deakin. It seems to be getting warmer. Yes, I have some

changes for you on the way. Overnight tonight not a whiff of

frost. It will be a mild night, thanks to a lot of cloud and a

brisk breeze. Not completely dry everywhere. There'll be wet weather

in western Scotland. Drizzle in western England and the West Coast

of Wales. A few breaks in the cloud here and there. It will turn misty

in some spots, but not turning cold. 6-9 degrees. Another mild day on

nurse. There'll be more rain across the Highlands of Scotland, at times

through parts of Cumbria. England and Wales, always the threat of

drizzle. We could get sunshine on the South Coast of didn't. Overall

Devon and Cornwall will be quite gloomy. West Wales, cloudy at times

but central England it should clear up. Temperatures reaching double

figures. Parts of Cumbria - it will feel milder in north-east Scotland.

In the west of Scotland we keep the cloud and some rain, which will

turn heavier in the evening. That will continue south on Thursday

night across Scotland and Northern Ireland. On Friday it works its way

across England and Wales. Some of that rain could be heavy. To the

north it brightens up on Friday. But it starts chilly. A cold start

to the weekend. A frost on Christmas Eve morning but by

Christmas Day temperatures have risen. In northern parts of the UK