25/06/2014 BBC News at Six

The former editor of the News of the World may face a retrial after

a jury failed to reach verdicts on two further charges against him.

As Andy Coulson, the Prime Minister's former

spokesman, left court today, David Cameron's judgement was called

into question in the Commons. The Prime Minister will always be

remembered as being the first-ever occupant of his office who brought a

criminal into the heart of Downing Street. I take full responsibility

for employing Andy Coulson. I did so on the basis of assurances I and the

select committee received. into question in the Commons.

The sister of Milly Dowler, the murdered schoolgirl whose phone

was hacked, calls on David Cameron to act on press regulation.

Please keep your promise that you will deliver real and permanent

change to make sure what happened to us will never happen again.

to act on press regulation. The judge in the hacking trial also

criticises the Prime Minister for speaking out before all

the verdicts were reached. We'll have the latest from the

Old Bailey and Westminster. Wonga's ordered to pay more than

?2.5 million in compensation to struggling

customers who received fake letters threatening legal action.

Could the World Cup be over for Uruguay's Luis Suarez after this?

FIFA are meeting to decide his fate after

his opponent claims he bit him. And the Queen makes her debut

on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. On BBC London:

More than 200 arrests across London as police crack down on knife crime.

And 14 universities with campuses in London are being investigated

over suspected student visa scams. Good evening and welcome to the

BBC News at Six. The Prime Minister has come under

heavy criticism from a judge, campaigners and political opponents

after his former spin doctor, Andy Coulson, was convicted

of phone hacking yesterday. In a highly unusual move, the judge

has criticised David Cameron for deciding to

apologise for employing Andy Coulson in Downing Street

before the hacking trial was over. Today

the jury was finally discharged after failing to reach verdicts

on two further charges against Andy Coulson and the News of the World's

former royal editor, Clive Goodman. The judge will decide on Monday

if they are to face a retrial. The sister

of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler whose phone was hacked

called David Cameron to make good on promises she says he made to her

family over press regulation. Here's our home editor, Mark Easton.

His report does contain flash photography.

239 days after stepping into the dock at the Old Bailey, convicted

over phone hacking, Andy Coulson left today main he may have to face

another trial. With the jury unable to agree whether he paid police

officers, prosecutors will announce next week if he will face a retrial

on those charges. This marathon trial is finally over. The jury

returning just one guilty verdict on 14 charges. As the jurors were

discharged, the judge issued a withering statement aimed at the

Prime Minister accusing him of acting in a way that was

unsatisfactory so far as justice and the rule of law are concerned. I

take full responsibility... David Cameron issued this apology for

employing Andy Coulson yesterday while the jury was still considering

charges against the Prime Minister's former spin doctor, an

astonishing and highly prejudicial statement according to want to eat

-- according to Andy Coulson's defence team. I would be surprised

if this has happened before with a judge criticising a Prime Minister.

Rupert Murdoch is expected to fly to London tomorrow with a meeting with

Scotland Yard detectives came to interview him under caution. It is

estimated the scandal has so far cost Rupert Murdoch's media empire

more than not 5p. -- more than half ?1 billion. I have not forgotten the

promises... Milly Dowler's sister released a statement walling on

politicians to ensure that newspapers are bound by a tough new

system of regulation. Please keep your promise that you will deliver

real and permanent change to make sure what happened to us will never

happen again. It has emerged Milly Dowler was not the only murder

victim targeted by the News of the World. A woman shot dead in a London

department store had her messages hacked too. Glenn Mulcaire was told

to gather information a day after her death. They had access to my

dead daughter. To me, that was just... The most distressing thing.

With only one guilty verdict at the end of a prosecution costing tens of

millions, Scotland Yard defended itself today. This investigation has

never been about an attack on press freedom, but rather establishing who

may have committed criminal offences and what if any those criminal

offences are. The Crown Prosecution Service will decide on Monday

whether Andy Coulson must face another trial for bribing police

officers. He will return to the Old Bailey on Friday next week for ten

-- sentencing on hacking. photography.

The Prime Minister faced criticism in the House of Commons today

about hiring Andy Coulson as his communications director.

Ed Miliband accused him of wilfully ignoring warnings about the former

News of the World editor. David Cameron apologised again,

but said his actions has been exonerated by the Leveson Inquiry.

Our deputy political editor, James Landale, reports.

For years he was David Cameron's right-hand man, the former tabloid

editor turned adviser, a fixer at the heart of the Conservative team.

Andy Coulson no longer joins the Prime Minister on short trips to

Parliament. Instead he is facing jail and his former boss is facing

questions. The truth is the charge against the Prime Minister is not

one of ignorance, it is wilful negligence. The Prime Minister will

always be remembered as being the first-ever occupant of his office

who brought a criminal into the heart of Downing Street. Mr Cameron

apologised again for appointing Andy Coulson but insisted the Leveson

Inquiry had cleared him of ignoring any warnings. He cannot bear the

fact that an eight-month enquiry that he hoped was going to pin the

blame on me found I had behaved correctly throughout. That is the

case. All of these issues were examined, all of these issues were

examined by the Leveson Inquiry. One question the Labour Party wants

investigated is that when Andy Coulson entered Downing Street, why

was his past life not investigated? He never completed the highest

developed vetting level which would have given him full access to

top-secret material. Mr Cameron said the decision was taken by civil

servants and the Leveson Inquiry confirmed top-level vetting would

not have covered phone hacking. But why, Mr Miliband asked, did the

Prime Minister ignore warnings about Andy Coulson from the papers and his

deputy? Did Gus O'Donnell give his own warning? Three times the Prime

Minister was asked, three times he avoided the question. There is now a

very important question which the whole country wants an answer do

about whether Gus O'Donnell or senior civil servants raise concerns

with him or his office about Andy Coulson. The whole process about the

implement of Andy Coulson, the vetting of Andy Coulson, the

warnings that were given, each and every single one were dealt with by

the investigation. Another set of poor headlines for the Prime

Minister over an issue he long hoped was old news. James Landale joins me

from Downing Street for top how damaging is best for the Prime

Minister? The Prime Minister has been on the wrong side of a judge,

the family of a phone hacking victim and pretty tough questions in

Parliament, you would imagine there would be furrowed brows behind me in

Number 10. That is not the impression I get. On the question of

Andy Coulson's important Ali appointment, they said that

questions were answered by the Leveson Inquiry -- Andy Coulson's

appointment. On the whole question of press regulation, the Government

thinks they have established this new framework, the ball is in the

court of the press to make it happen. Yes, this story is not over.

It will continue to dog the Prime Minister for a little while. We will

have the sentencing to come. Over the next few days, my impression is

people are more worried about negotiations in Europe about who may

or may not get the top job in Brussels rather than what will

happen to Andy Coulson and the political impact that means you. --

that may and see. James Landale, reports.

The UK's biggest payday lender, Wonga, has been ordered to pay more

than ?2.5 million in compensation after they used fake legal letters

to pressurise struggling customers into paying up.

Wonga sent 45,000 people threatening letters from non-existent law firms.

The City regulator has told the BBC it has now sent a file to

the police. Our business editor Kamal Ahmed

reports. You appear to be in a financial

quandary. It all seems rather cuddly. But today a different side

of one that was revealed. Bogus letter sent from bogus law firms --

a different side of Wonga. The regulator told me the behaviour must

stop. They are very often people who have gone to a payday loan company

because they have nowhere else to go for money. They default on the loans

and to deceive people like that with threats of an official letter which

was fake, I think it is pretty serious. Hear the details of

Wonga's fake letters. 45,000 customers were sent warnings from

the dishes law firms with fancy names like Chainey, D'Amato

Shannon will stop customers were then charged administration fees

which totalled ?400,000 -- from fictitious law firms. 200,000

customers have been overpaying on loans. They will be compensated. The

payday lender said it was sorry for the practices which continued from

2008 until 2010. Today is not a proud day for Wonga and we sincerely

apologise to all of our customers who may have been affected and we

want to ensure then they will be properly compensated and these

issues are in the past. At Wonga's HQ, they know today they are the

guilty party but the regulator has told me problems exist across the

payday loans industry. We can expect many more negative findings over the

next few months. The regulator has put Wonga on notice. Sort these

problems out or your licence could be under threat. The regulator has

now passed evidence to the police who will decide whether further

action will be taken. Wonga insists it has changed. Now as its chance to

prove it. FIFA is meeting tonight to decide the fate of Luis Suarez after

he was accused of biting an opponent last night. He is facing a lengthy

ban that would force him to miss the rest of the World Cup if he is found

guilty of biting Giorgio Chiellini. This report from Brazil.

He is no stranger to negative headlines but his latest moment of

madness came on the biggest stage of all. What now should football do?

The Uruguayan prompted outrage when he appeared to sink his teeth into

the shoulder of Italian Giorgio Chiellini during yesterday's World

Cup match. The incident could see the striker banned for up to two

years. There was no sign of Luis Suarez that training today as he was

arrested. His team-mates may have to get used to life without him if FIFA

act. The disciplinary committee understands the urgency of the

matter and is working to get all elements in order to make an elite

Billy Mack early decision. The referee missed the incident but

Chiellini insisted he had been bitten. We were both inside the

area, he said, he hit me in the eye. These are things that happen on the

pitch. You should not attach them as importance to them, you said. Just a

few days ago, Luis Suarez lit up the World Cup. He has been punished for

biting twice before. This on Chelsea's Branislanv Ivanovic last

year. He has got this particular weakness and frustration and it

comes out in this manner. It is very odd and unusual. For it to be

repeated is clearly a situation where he does need help. Luis

Suarez's latest indiscretion comes just as English football's Player of

the Year appeared to have turned a corner. Now once again he finds

himself at the centre of a storm which could see him sent home in

disgrace. FIFA meets in a hotel behind me on Copacabana Beach

tonight to decide how to deal with Luis Suarez. The decision could come

as early as tomorrow. In truth, it goes way beyond this. In sport, such

as the money, an awful lot is forgiven. Liverpool have shown this.

In sport, such as the money, an awful lot is forgiven. Liverpool

have abusing opponent and biting another. There is a limit, even in

sport. Today a commercial backer said it was reviewing their

relationship with him. It will be fascinating to see what FIFA does

and also met -- and also his club. Maybe even Liverpool will run out of

patience. Our top story this evening.

As Andy Coulson, the Prime Minister's former

spokesman, left court today, David Cameron's judgement was called

into question in the Commons. And still to come.

The latest from Wimbledon as Andy Murray continues the defence

of his title. How this small device could save the

lives of thousands of people with heart problems. And the Justice

Secretary says there are too many young men in jail. We look at

whether rehabilitation schemes can help stop reoffending.

of his title. Buying the average house in the UK

nowadays costs up to ten times the average salary with prices

continuing to rise in many areas and plenty of people struggling to

get on to the property ladder. Tomorrow the Bank of England will

announce how it intends to cool down the property market in London

and the south-east which is particularly strong without denting

recovery in the rest of the UK. But what can they do?

Here's our Economics Editor, Robert Peston.

Hot, hot, hot. The London property market.

I'm here to see how an estate agent is whipping up a buying frenzy.

At an open day for a modest property in the East End of the capital.

Young people desperate to get on the housing ladder have been

streaming in all morning. Rachel, you're a first-time buyer.

How do you find the market at the moment?

It really is crazy at the moment. Properties that come on for prices

within your budget tend to go for way over the asking price.

Which is a bit dispiriting that happens time and time again.

It's pretty crazy really, we are really struggling to find

something. We have been written for awhile.

There are some people who think the London property market may be

cooling off of its own accord. Do you see any sign of that?

No, but recently it in the same condition for properties

in a sense there are already too many people looking so even

if the economists says it's cooling down, I haven't seen it myself.

This small one-bedroom flat in east London

which never used to be considered a prime location for properties on

the market for ?380,000 and expected to sell for more than ?400,000.

That's more than twice the national average for

a home according to the Nationwide. What's been going on in the London

property market is quite unbelievable.

The UK's former top regulator says this heating up of the property

market could be economically and financially dangerous.

Is there a serious housing market bubble?

I think the way to think about it is, in London and the

south-east, and some other regions, we are undoubtedly facing the early

stages of a housing bubble which is concerning but we are not facing

that in the north-east and Scotland and the North West. When not facing

it in Northern Ireland for instance, so it's a very regionally different

picture. So the steam in the London

Southeast market has to be removed and the Bank of England without

snuffing out fledgeling recovery in the rest of the country.

What would it do? The Bank of England is expected to

force banks to offer fewer big mortgages that are four times a

household income and impose stricter tests on the affordability of new

mortgages. Far less likely would be compelling banks to hold more

capital to absorb losses on riskier home loans and highly unlikely would

be changes to the help to buy subsidised mortgage scheme.

A complicated gardening exercise for the Bank of England.

How to stop rampant growth in the south while nurturing the

green shoots in the rest of the UK. Greater Manchester police are

investigating reports that a 90 year old woman has been raped as she

walked to a local shop. She says she was dragged off the street just

before seven o'clock yesterday morning in Rochdale. Ed Thomas is in

Rochdale. This is one of the main roads in and

out of the town centre in Rochdale and it can get easy, even now, and

it would've been busy in the early hours of yesterday morning at the

time this woman says she was attacked. She was told officers she

was walking down this street, she was grabbed and dragged off the

pavement and knocked unconscious and raped. Police have said what they

have heard is horrific and file. Detectives say this woman has only

been able to attack -- describe her attacker as a white man which is why

they're appealing to people who live around this area who saw anything at

all yesterday morning to get in contact with them. Forensic

investigators are involved in this. Police are also checking CCTV around

here. As for the 90-year-old woman, she was with specially trained

officers now, and they are hopeful she will make a recovery.

Rochdale. Doctors' leaders have warned that

people in England will have to wait longer

for appointments with their GP. They told the

British Medical Association's conference that increasing demand

from patients and a falling share of the NHS budget was to blame.

But the Department of Health says its scaremongering.

Our health editor Hugh Pym has more. Soaring waiting lists, funding

crisis and the GP system which is imploding. That was today's oblique

warning from the BMA which represents doctors. This woman is a

GP in east London. Her practice is affected by the phasing out the

minimum income guarantee. She says it could be forced to close. We are

on a precipice and we are about to fall over it. I think the public

have a right to know their GPs are leaving in droves because they can't

cope with the workload. Filling vacancies isn't easy. Are there any

future GPs amongst these medical students from Newcastle University?

I'm leaning towards hospital specialty. A lot of GPs are target

driven and that would probably steer me towards a hospital more than a GP

surgery. Where does this leave patients? David, he lives in Norfolk

and has experience matches that of many patients around the country. A

longer wait to see a GP for a non-urgent health matter. When we

first came here, 15 years ago, we could get an appointment within two

or three days. The situation now is such that if I ask for an

appointment with my GP, it is up to ten days if I'm lucky. The

Department of Health said it scaremongering to talk about the

system imploding and says there was new funding available for practices

in England which come up with new ways of working to widen patient

access. Practices like this one in north-west London. They work with

other surgeries to provide appointment seven days a week and

with social services to coordinate local care for the elderly. I

understand there are financial constraints. I understand the demand

is going up, however, we must be positive and look for solutions

which are working together. The government says money is being

reallocated, not withdrawn, but doctors leaders say funding policy

is a disaster and, in some areas, services are under threat.

Our health editor Hugh Pym has more. Andy Murray's through to

the third round at Wimbledon. He breezed through

in the match which lasted less than an hour and a half.

Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson is there.

Andy Murray's second round is also smoke like a day off, reminder of

just how good he is and also an indication that his charming young

opponent was a little out of his depth.

is there. Some players wander through

Wimbledon in a state of wonder. Am I really here?

Blaz Rola arrived from Slovenia, via Ohio State University,

under everyone's radar. Even the dedicated tennis fans were

looking somewhere else, while the great unknown clearly knew

how to hit a ball. But on Number One court against Andy

Murray it all seemed different. Every question Rola raised,

Murray had an answer. The first set whizzed by,

6-1 to Murray. Was he even breaking sweat?

Maybe, just. The match was so one-sided,

by the end of the second set, the crowd were willing Rola to achieve

something and, yes, he won a game. COMMENTATOR:

And he has it. Yay!

There you go. The point which gave Murray

the set 6-1, summed up his mastery of the occasion and the court.

The third set was Murray's, six games to love.

A cold, hard lesson in tennis delivered by the champion.

It was tough for him today. He doesn't have much grass court

experience, but I think he will definitely keep improving

because he's got a good game. I just had to concentrate

on my side of the net today. Energy conserved in the second round

is fuel for real tests to come. The England team have arrived back

in the UK after being knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage

for the first time since 1958. The plane stopped in Manchester

from Brazil to drop off the northern-based players

before landing at Luton airport with the rest of the squad.

England failed to win a single game during their campaign.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are to appear in a special episode

of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow after they allowed the team to

examine items from the collection at Hillsborough Castle, the Queen's

official residence near Belfast. It was the final day of the

Royal Couple's three day visit to Northern Ireland.

And Fiona Bruce was there. May I introduce Fiona Bruce?

Nice to see you. Good morning.

Visitors coming to the Antiques Roadshow love to find out about the

history of their family heirlooms and the Queen is no different.

This morning she met experts from the long-running series to

learn more about the collection at Hillsborough Castle.

Among the items on view was a silver christening cup that once belonged

to a close family relative. What was the relationship?

Lady Granville was my aunt, Queen Elizabeth's sister.

Got left here, did it, by mistake? Other items included in aboriginal

club, a gift to a young Queen at the very beginning of her reign.

You may or may not remember it but on your first tour of Australia in

1954 you were actually given this. It has a direct connection to you.

Where's the evidence? It's on film, actually.

A bronze sculpture of Macaroni, winner of the 1863 Derby,

a race which had 32 false starts. A fact the Queen, a horseracing fan

herself, was quick to comment on. Sounds very incompetent.

When people come along to the Antiques Roadshow,

they have their items valued. That wasn't part

of the conversation with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

But, if it had been, they would have learned that this

piece from the Hillsborough Castle collection is a copy.

The original is worth a staggering ?10,000.

This, ?80. Even the grandest houses

contain surprises. Of this evening for a lot of us,

there is clear whether around. It's not completely true because we have

a little bit of light rain around. I want to show the bigger picture

first of all. You can see a lot of cloud the racing in our direction

which means over the next two or three days the weather is going to

go downhill a little bit. We will season downpours so the forecast for

the here and now, in towns and cities, early on Thursday morning,

temperatures of 10-14. In rural spots, a bit cooler than that. This

is what it will be like five or ten miles out of ten. 5-6. Distinctly

chilly first thing in the morning. The weather for tomorrow, some rain

on the way and it will breach the south-west of England as for the

southern parts of Wales. It is moving towards Glastonbury but for

most of us, the weather is set fair with temperatures around 15-20 for

most of us. That's the forecast for Thursday. Friday, low pressure. That

means across the southern half of the UK, a lot of cloud with some

sunshine but also downpours and the possibility of thunderstorms as

well. The best of the weather will be Northern parts of the country.

Here is the summary for the weekend. Downpours are possible and there

will be some sunshine around and will feel fairly cool. The cooler

weather will last until next week so here is the summer for Saturday and

Sunday. You can see it's not all bad. There's some sunshine around

but the temperature is not all that high, 15-20. It's not all bad. Thank

you very much. That's all from us so it's goodbye from me and now