15/11/2012 BBC News at Six

The former Radio 1DJ Dave Lee Travis is arrested on suspicion of

sexual offences. He is the fourth man to be arrested as part of

Operation Yewtree, the investigation set up following the

Jimmy Savile scandal. Also tonight: The Conservative peer Lord McAlpine

speaks out about finding himself at the centre of false child abuse

allegations and says the experience left him shattered. There is

nothing as bad as this that you can do to people. Israel vows to

protect its people as three Israelis are killed by a rocket

fired from Gaza in the escalating violence.

And I am in Beijing, a new leader for a new era. China unveils the

President who will run this superpower for the next ten years.

Xi Jinping takes centre stage. He will govern more than a billion

people and is the man the west will have to deal with.

And we meet China's richest person, worth up to $20 billion. But how he

is warning about the gap between rich and poor.

Later in sport on the BBC News channel: Graeme Swann becomes

England's most successful off spinner in Test history despite his

side struggling against Indian on Good evening and welcome to the BBC

News. The former Radio 1DJ Dave Lee Travis has been arrested on

suspicion of sexual offences. The 67-year-old was detained at his

home this morning by detectives from a Scotland Yard unit set up in

the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. But police say the

allegations don't relate directly to Savile. Dave Lee Travis was a

regular presenter on Top of the Pops in the 1970s and 1980s and is

best known for his 25-year stint on Radio 1. Luisa Baldini reports.

That's The Rolling Stones... nearly three decades, Dave Lee

Travis was a star of BBC Radio 1. He worked across the station's

output, including the Breakfast show and hosted a programme on the

World Service. I am glad to have been a part of the... Last year,

Burmese pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi asked to meet him,

saying the show had given her a lifeline.

The 67-year-old was arrested here at his home in Buckinghamshire at

7.45am this morning. The allegations do not directly involve

Jimmy Savile, but come under the wider scope of their investigation

involving adults. We have not heard from Mr Travis today, but he has

previously denied newspaper allegations against him. Police

launched an investigation when alleged victims started contacting

them after Jimmy Savile's crimes were exposed by an ITV documentary.

Dave Lee Travis is the fourth arrest prompted by Operation

Yewtree which is looking into offences relating to children and

adults. Gary Glitter, Freddie Starr, and Jimmy Savile's former producer

have all been questioned. Today, detectives revealed they have

identified 450 victims an increase of 150 in the past three weeks.

A regular host on Top of the Pops, tonight a repeat of the programme

from 1977 featuring Mr Travis was due to have been broadcast on BBC4.

The Corporation has decided to postpone it in the light of today's

arrest. Lord McAlpine, the former

Conservative Treasurer, wrongly accused of child abuse has told of

his shock and hurt over the false allegations which emerged following

a report on BBC News night. He said it was terrifying to find himself a

figure of public hatred. Lord McAlpine's lawyer says he expects a

compensation deal to be reached. He says he plans to sue other

broadcasters, including ITV, as well as many individuals who named

Lord McAlpine online and on Twitter and in blogs, adding it will cost

them lots of money. Newsnight never named Lord McAlpine

but that didn't stop a swirl of false accusations emerging on the

social network Twitter, even before the programme aired its allegations

about a former senior Conservative involved with child sex abuse. He's

now talked to the BBC about the damage that's been done. It gets

into your bones. It gets - it makes you angry. That's extremely bad for

to you be angry. It gets into your soul.

A week after its broadcast about abuse at this North Wales care home,

Newsnight issued a public apology, an internal report said it had

failed to carry out basic checks, like putting the claim to Lord

McAlpine. Of course they should have called me. I would have told

them exactly what they learned later on. What was that? That it

was complete rubbish. Now, after the allegations, the apology, and

the resignation of the BBC's Director-General, come the

inquiries and the legal actions. It's expected that the BBC will

reach a settlement with Lord McAlpine. Lord McAlpine's lawyers

are also looking beyond the BBC to those they believe spread the slur

on social media, in particular on Twitter. They've asked experts to

identify every tweet, every re- tweet, even every deleted tweet

that put their client's name in the frame. Look, we know, in inverted

commas, who you are, we know the extent of what you have done. It's

easier to come forward and see us and apologise and arrange to settle

with us. He's referred to two public figures who drew attention

to Lord McAlpine saying he he has heard from George Monbiot

apologising but not from Sally Bercow. He is not alone against

arguing against trial by Twitter. The speed with which these

allegations can go sreurl is mass - - viral is accelerated compared

with where we were before the days of Twitter and social media. Some

people have likened it to pub banter but I think that's taking it

too far. These are allegations that are published in writing. They are

in some cases Twitter account users have many thousands of followers.

The media regulator, Ofcom, is also looking at Newsnight as well as

ITV's This Morning, where Philip Schofield waved at the Prime

Minister a list of alleged paedophiles, he said he found

online. A move that drew hundreds of complaints from viewers.

Our home editor is here now. This could be quite a wake-up call for

people who use social media, particularly Twitter?

relationship with mainstream media and social media has changed. We

have had a mainstream media that has, by and large, been affected by

the sort of legal situation, social, institutional conventions. It

doesn't always behave brilliantly but for the most part it's a

civilised sort of place. Then you have the online world, in

particular social media, where parts of it are like the wild west.

People don't behave to normal conventions. What we are seeing now

is it's like the railway has arrived in the wild west from the

big city. With that, the relationship has changed. People

are moving back and forward between these two worlds all the time. I

think it does change the relationship. For mainstream media,

it means they're going to have to think hard about everything they

say and do. I think for social media that's going to change,

because it's like the sheriff from the big city has arrived in the

wild west and is going to start to maintain law and order. That

relationship has changed. I think it will go further from that, what

this event today is, it's going to be held up as a moment when we

changed mainstream media, and we changed social media. Thank you.

Three people have died in southern Israel after rockets fired from

Gaza hit their apartment block this morning. They were the first

Israeli deaths since Israel killed Hamas' military chief in Gaza

yesterday. 15 Palestinians, mainly militants, but also children, have

been killed. Today, the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said

Hamas bears principal responsibility for the current

crisis. Wyre Davies reports on the escalating violence on both sides

of the border. This report contains distressing images from the start.

The body of a man held responsible by Israel for launching hundreds of

rockets from Gaza. Israel had tried to kill him many times before, and

yesterday they succeeded. At his funeral in Gaza Gaza today, the

body of Hamas' military commander was carried through the streets by

a passionate, vengeful crowd. These men are angry, determined to avenge

the assassination of Ahmed al- Jabari. Israel has already

threatened all Hamas operatives, junior and senior, to keep their

heads down in the coming days. The senior men are nowhere to be seen.

But already today the militants have fired hundreds of rockets into

Israel. Renewed attacks which Hamas today

sought to justify. TRANSLATION: It is the occupation that is fully

responsible for this open war it has started. It doesn't have the

will or the decision to end it. It will pay the price. This is

Israel's iron defence system but it couldn't cope with the sheer number

of rockets, dozens got through. Two women and a man were killed when

their house took a direct hit. This, just a few miles north of Gaza, but

tonight rockets were also being fired towards Tel Aviv, Israel's

biggest city. The Prime Minister accused Hamas of committing war

crimes. This is why my Government Government has instructed the

Israeli Defence Force to conduct surgical strikes against the

terrorist infrastructure in Gaza. And this is why Israel will

continue to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people.

There are indeed so-called surgical strikes. This underground Hamas

launching site, taken out with pinpoint accuracy. But Israel's

been accused of killing innocents, too. This 11-month-old died from

horrific burns when what his father says was an Israeli shell came

through the home. The father insists there were no militants or

missile sites in the area. We are civilians. Around our house, all of

them, is civilians. We don't know anyone is fighting, is in anything,

don't do anything. No one is firing. No one is resistance. All of them

is just civil civilians. Egypt is tonight reported to be trying to

arrange a truce. If that comes to nought, there are concerns that the

conflict will escalate and more civilians on both sides will suffer.

Tonight missiles have been fired from Gaza towards Tel Aviv. Katya

Adler is in Jerusalem now. How significant is this development?

Well, there were no reported casualties but it is hugely

significant. Israel's Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu,

launched his current offensive in Gaza saying he wanted to make

Israelis safer. Israel's military's been at pains to emphasise that it

has been targeting a med medium- range missiles owned by Hamas and

yet tonight these rockets reaching deeper into Israel, almost than any

other missile before launched from Gaza. So already Israelis were

feeling worried about their future, about a nuclear Iran, worries about

insecurities in the peninsula and Syria in the north. Now they're

hearing calls for a massive - Israel will feel forced to take

strong actions now that its economic and tourist heart, Tel

Aviv, has been so threatened. you.

The eurozone has gone back into recession for the first time since

2009. The countries facing the biggest protests against austerity

cuts - Greece, Spain, and Cyprus - saw the sharpest declines in

economic output. Across the 17 member states, output fell by 0.1%

in the third quarter of the year. But the economies of Germany and

France did manage to grow. The oil company BP is to pay a

record fine of nearly �3 billion to the US government to settle

criminal charges over the Deepwater Horizon disaster two years ago.

Eleven people died when the rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico,

resulting in the biggest ever offshore oil spill. Pregnant women

who drink as little as one glass of wine a week could run the risk of

lowering their child's IQ. A new study has once again stirred the

debate about a safe alcohol limit for expectant mothers, as our

health correspondent Dominic Hughes reports.

The advice on drinking during pregnancy has shifted, a few years

ago it was no more than a small glass of wine a day. Then it

changed to no more than one or two drinks a week. Now a new report

says even that might pose risks. have good evidence that moderate

drinking can be harmful during pregnancy and it's best avoided.

Giving women the right advice on drinking during pregnancy has

proved difficult. Most people would accept drinking heavily is not good

for the developing baby. But evidence on the effects of moderate

drinking has been patchy. What are the details of this report? The

study looked at more than 4,000 mothers and children and some of

those mothers were found to be genetically less able to process

alcohol in their bodies. The children of mothers in this group

who drank as little as say one or two glasses of wine per week,

scored slightly lower on IQ tests than the children of mothers who

didn't drink anything at all. surprised at the level of damage

that you can do just by drinking a small amount, certainly throughout

the pregnancy. If you take such a responsibility to have a child, I

think it's very important to not to drink at least nine months.

Department of Health in England says it will always take note of

new evidence, so this report means the current advice to women could

change again. But some doctors say women shouldn't worry too much over

Be a bit careful about how much alcohol you take but if you have

had a drink, please do not worry that you have harmed your child.

This research seems to show that in some families, moderate alcohol

consumption can make a small difference in intelligence tests in

children but lots of different factors influence a child's

development. What mums want and need is some clear advice. Our top

story tonight: The former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis is arrested on

suspicion of sexual offences. Coming up: The man behind London's

triumphant Olympic opening ceremony warns that Britain's creative

Later: At least one retailer is still smiling, so what is Ted Baker

doing right? And Heathrow's boss tells us where the airport is still

After a week of secret talk and closed door meetings, China finally

has its new leader who will run the huge country for the next ten years.

George Alagiah is in the Chinese capital for us now.

Hello from Beijing, where the man who will run this global superpower

was finally unveiled today. Xi Jinping will rule the country which

has a fifth of the world's population and could become the

biggest economy while he is in charge, but he faces huge

challenges, too. In his first speech today, Mr Xi admitted the

Communist Party is in danger of losing touch with its own people.

Welcome to the door of a new Chinese era, the Xi Jinping era,

the team and lead in charge of the world's rising superpower. Led by

Xi Jinping, the seven men will now rule over one fifth of humanity.

Incredibly, neither we nor China's 1.3 billion people know much about

them, what they will do for China's future. Immediately it felt

different. The Communist Party's new general secretary, more relaxed,

confident and plain speaking. TRANSLATION: The problems among our

party members of corruption, taking bribes, being out of touch with the

people, undue emphasis on formalities and bureaucratism must

be addressed with great efforts. Xi, on the left, has been groomed

for power. His father helped lead the Communist revolution and

observing it close up for decades, the American Sidney Rittenberg.

is not going to be a dominant leader like Chairman Mao. He would

have to create a consensus in the leading body and that will not be

easy to do. Mr Xi will have to share power with the other six men

elevated to the apex of the party today. Some are hardliners. Major

reforms seem unlikely. But change is exactly what many believe China

needs. This town was when Xi Jinping had his first important job

as a young official. Now economic growth is slowing and people's

demands of the new leader of rising. Zu Xin Schezuan is 69. He survives

by selling soap he makes at home. He wants Mr Xi to spend more on

health care and education, but it will require enormous investment.

Zong Qinghou remembers the young are Mr Xi and hope he makes use of

China's growing military. He should be prepared to fight our enemies

abroad. People may die but we should beat our enemies down.

Avoiding conflict with a rise in China is one of America's

priorities. Xi Jinping now controls the world's biggest army and a

nuclear arsenal. He is very candid. He is not somebody threw sticks to

talking points. He engages. He will be somebody that we will be able to

deal with in a future. China's new leader on his very first day is

already bringing a change of style. The unknown is whether he will be

able to bring a change of substance, too.

China has seen a remarkable economic transformation over the

last 30 years. Hundreds of millions have been lifted out of poverty.

But there are real fears that this miracle may not last. I have been

speaking to China's richest man who grew up in poverty. He told me the

gap between rich and poor is a huge problem and something the new

leadership will have to tackle. Guangzhou, a retreat for centuries

and home to a new kind of empire. This is the headquarters of the

Wahaha soft-drinks company. Communism and capitalism sit side

by side. Zong Qinghou is worth up to $20 billion. This delegation is

from the faraway it Sichuan province. On both sides of the

table, they know that too many are missing out on China's economic

Miller -- economic miracle. TRANSLATION: Lots are still poor,

only a small number are rich. The wealth gap is a huge problem

and has triggered social dissatisfaction. He grew up in

poverty, a rags-to-riches story if ever there was one. His first

business was selling ice lollies from a bicycle 25 years ago. Even

now, he eats in the staff canteen and lives on $20 a day.

TRANSLATION: Or I spend less than my workers. I believe in a simple

life. We give money to charity, so even though I am rich, I will not

be hated for it. The rich must earn respect. But as it turns out, the

frugality gene does not run in the family. We were told the

Lamborghini outside belongs to his daughter. The company has 66

factories across the country. This line alone produces 30,000 bottles

of tea every hour. Successful as Zong Qinghou is, his business

empire he epitomises China's mass- production model of economic growth

but there are limits to that. There will always be someone trying to

compete on cost, so now there are calls for China to get creative.

Vega Wang is starting from scratch, relying on her parents and a rich

patron. There was no question of borrowing from a bank. She set up a

designer label after three years training at St Martin's College in

London. The government -- the government that is good at spotting

large investment product is less good at nurturing emerging talent

like hers. I think it takes time for the government to understand

and maybe to find the people who really work on this part, the

emerging market, because this country is too big. It is just

possible that the likes of Vega Wang represent a new generation and

a new meaning to the "made in China" brand.

I would be back at 10pm. Thank you.

Elections for the first Police and Crime Commissioners are being held

in 41 areas across England and Wales today. The new commissioners

will be able to agree police budgets, set priorities and have

the power to hire and fire chief constables. There are also three

Westminster by-elections in Cardiff South, Corby and Manchester Central.

And voters in Bristol are choosing their first directly elected mayor.

Cricket, and England have had a tough time at the hands of India's

batsman on the opening day of the first test in Ahmedabad. Virender

Sehwag made light work of the bowlers and smashed a century off

just 90 balls before he was eventually dismissed for 117 runs.

The hosts closed on 323 for four, with off-spinner Graeme Swann

single-handedly keeping England in contention, claiming all four

wickets. Danny Boyle, the man behind

London's triumphant Olympic opening ceremony, is warning that the

future of the theatre is at risk because of funding cuts across

England. The film director and producer says he worries about

where the next generation of actors, set designers and producers will

come from if the cuts continue. Will Gompertz reports.

The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, made in London,

forged in the regions. Danny Boyle was in London today to express his

concerns about the future of theatre in the regions. The theatre

is so quiet and gentle in the corner and it deserves to be heard

much more because it sustains local communities in an immediate sense,

which is very positive for local economies, but it also gives a

sense of belonging that can result in big expressions, like the Open

in ceremony. This is the main stage of the West Yorkshire Playhouse,

but not only had they had central government cuts but they have also

had local government cuts. Add to that the fact it is much harder to

raise philanthropic guests outside of London and you have something

approaching a perfect storm. The theatre's boss thinks Arts Council

England is partly to blame for investing too much in London.

should be more invested in the regions because the regions are

where the artistic practice is developing, and we can then pass

those creative people and those managers into London and the

commercial sector and the film industry. Her next production is

wind In the Willows. It needs to bring in some much needed cash

because the Arts Council says it will not be able to help. We do not

have spare money that we can either start filling in for local

authority funding or start moving money around the country, we are

just not in a position to do that. Pitman Painters is an example how

investment in local talent can pay dividends. It was originally

produced in Newcastle before going on to be a hit in Broadway and the

West End. The challenge now for local theatre is how does it repeat

this with less money? Time for a look at the weather

forecast. Nothing too dramatic but it has

A lot of cloud around tonight with thick fog across parts of the

Midlands. Some of the cloud will go down to the hills of southern and

south-west England later on. Rain will head into western part of

Scotland. Otherwise, mostly dry and not desperately cold. Frost

possible. Tomorrow starts with some cloud and will probably stay that

way. Rain will turn heavy and more persistent across Northern Ireland

and western Scotland. Some rain will turn up further south as well.

Mid-afternoon, it will turn increasingly wet. Cloudy and quite

misty across parts of northern England and the Midlands. That will

keep the temperatures down. A little bit milder further south.

Out west, it will state rather dull with some rain knocking on the door

of west Wales. That will turn more persistent. Two weather fronts

converging on each other, producing quite a lot of rain tomorrow

evening, and that will move to the South East on Saturday morning,

followed by something much brighter. The weather front is a dividing

line. Some of the showers across Scotland will turn wintry. Saturday

is the process of clearing the rain away. After a frosty start on