16/08/2011 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten: New allegations about knowledge of phone hacking

inside the News of the World. Clive Goodman, the paper's former

Royal editor claims the practice was regularly discussed by senior

figures. More questions for former editor

Andy Coulson who became an adviser to David Cameron as MPs demand

answers. I can only assume this has been a

cover-up. This letter it is devastating.

And James Murdoch is among the executives who might be recalled to

give evidence to Parliament. We'll be asking how significant the

latest evidence could turn out to Also tonight: France and Germany

want much closer economic co- operation across the Eurozone to

fight the debt crisis. For inciting a riot using Facebook

- two men from Cheshire get four years in jail.

Train fares to rise by around 8% next year, boosted by higher

inflation. My salary won't go up by 8%. It will cost me more. My rail

fare is now �4,000 a year. And, a big day for the Olympic Park

as thousands of basketball fans are Good evening.

Phone hacking was a routine activity at the News of the World

and mentioned at daily meetings according to the paper's former

Royal editor. Clive Goodman made the claim in a letter written four

years ago and released today by a Parliamentary committee. It raises

new questions about the awareness of staff, including the former

editor, Andy Coulson, who was later employed by David Cameron. This

report by Robert Peston, contains some flash photography.

Clive Goodman, disgraced former Royal editor of the News of the

World, imprisoned in 2007, for her phone hacking. A letter he wrote in

2007 has returned to haunt the owner of News International.

Obtained by the Culture Select Committee which is investigating

phone hacking, Mr Goodman wrote phone hacking was widely discussed

in the Daily editorial conference until explicit reference to it was

banned by the editor. The letter refers to Tom Crone, the former

legal manager at News International and Andy Coulson, editor of the

and Andy Coulson, editor of the News of the World from 2003, to

I can only assume there has been a cover-up. This letter is

devastating. Clive Goodman's testimony shows he believed others,

every member of the editorial team was aware of phone hacking and the

police were not told about it. it is to Andy Coulson you about

phone hacking, more questions will be asked about why David Cameron

employed him as his communications director and took him into Downing

Street. Andy Coulson's boss, Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch said they

did not prove the extent of phone hacking until recently because of

advice they received in a letter from a law firm, Harbottle & Lewis.

And it was a bit of legal advice from senior council that was

provided to the company that the company rested on. What is

embarrassing for James Murdoch is a long report written by the relevant

firm of solicitors, Harbottle & Lewis for the select committee,

says Mr Murdoch was completely wrong to rely on their 2007 Letter

as being evidence there wasn't widespread wrongdoing at the News

of the World. Harbottle & Lewis said they did not conduct a

detailed, for investigation. They did a very narrow piece of work

relating to an employment dispute. What is equally embarrassing for

James Murdoch is John Chapman, the legal affairs director of News

International at the time, corroborates Harbottle & Lewis's

version of events. The question for the Murdochs is, is in time will

they come to be seen to have told the whole truth to the

Parliamentary committee? News International said tonight it

recognises the seriousness of materials disclose to the police

and Parliament and is working in an open way with the relevant

authorities. The News of the World may no longer be rolling off the

presses, but questions cannot be killed, such as why Clive Goodman's

letter was not immediately passed to the police by News International.

And Robert Peston is here now. Let's talk about the implications

for Andy Coulson? This letter makes a serious allegation against Andy

Coulson. It says on several occasions he attempted to induce

Clive Goodman, who was being tried for illegal phone hacking, to keep

his mouth shut about alleged wrongdoing by others at the News of

the World. And if he kept his mouth shut, says Clive Goodman in his

letter, Andy Coulson said he could have his job back, even if he was

convicted of a serious offence. Andy Coulson is not speaking

tonight, his lawyer say he does not want to make a statement at this

stage. But certainly, this allegation goes to the heart of his

claim that he didn't know about wider wrongdoing and that carried

out by Clive Goodman. And of course, it will again put pressure on the

Prime Minister to explain why he did not dig deeper about precisely

what Andy Coulson you and went about wrongdoing at the News of the

World. Because Andy Coulson ended up working for the Prime Minister.

Let's look at the broader picture. The implications for News

International and to Rupert and Robert Murdoch? Another disclosure

tonight is Clive Goodman, convicted of other serious crime, imprisons

received �244,000 after he was imprisoned from News International.

We have also learned, Les Hinton who ran News International wanted

to give him only a year's salary and he said at the time, which

would have been �90,000 - he said he was lucky to get back because in

his view he was guilty of gross negligence. In those circumstances,

people will wonder why on earth they paid in �244,000. People will

ask if it was to keep his mouth Who recently explained why there

wasn't a thorough row investigation at News Of The World by citing a

letter produced a letter. There was no detailed investigation carried

out by them that led to that letter and people within News

International knew that letter could not be relied upon in any way.

As evidence there was not wider wrongdoing. Tonight, the story has

moved on from the hacking story into big questions about whether

there was an extensive cover up at News International and who knew

about it if there was a cover up. Thank you.

France and Germany have called for much closer economic integration

within the eurozone to deal with the ongoing debt crisis. Chancellor

Merkel and President Sarkozy meeting in Paris today, talked of

creating true economic governance involving the 17 countries which

share the euro. Pressure has increased after the latest figures

show economic growth has more or less stalled across the zone,

including in Germany. Let's join Gavin Hewitt in Paris tonight.

Many people have said of the eurozone, you can't have monetary

union with fiscal union. That's coordination of taxation and

spending. They haven't quite got it yet. Chancellor Merkel and

President Sarkozy today signalled there would be much closer economic

integration of the eurozone. The two key leaders of the eurozone

met in Paris today, knowing they needed to restore confidence in

their ability to fix Europe's debt But the day began with some

discouraging news - Germany, the engine room of the eurozone with a

stellar manufacturing sector, saw its growth sharply reduced.

Everybody was expecting Germany would have a good year. So we are

deeply surprised and concerned about the German figures. In the

past three months Germany any manage growth of 0.1%, and French

growth is currently stagnant. For the eurozone as a whole, growth is

bumping along at just 0.2%. When Chancellor Angela Merkel met it

with President Sarkozy, they agreed far-reaching changes to the

eurozone. There will be much closer economic integration, including

limits on debt. Although many details are missing, the French

President spoke of economic governance, with an elected

President. TRANSLATION: A first proposal is to

create an economic Government for the eurozone. They will meet twice

a year and more often if necessary. It will elect a stable President

that 2.5 years. Some have argued the only way out of the crisis was

for a country debts become Corran European debt with Germany acting

as the main guarantor. But Angela Merkel dismissed what are being

called Euro bombs for the time being.

TRANSLATION: The real question is what is best for overcoming the

crisis. Over and over again people are looking for one fix that will

sort everything and lift us out of the crisis. That is why people are

urging Euro bombs. Despite all of the talk about greater control and

supervision of the eurozone economies, one big question

remained unanswered. What happens if a major economy get into

difficulty? How will it be helped and rescued? And the two leaders

meeting today made it clear there would be no new money for the

current rescue fund. Make no mistake, these proposals are a step

towards a closer union, sovereignty will be surrendered. What was on

offer today was a long-term political plan, not an answer to

Europe's current debt crisis. All of this got a mixed reception, the

consensus was it happens to defuse the crisis. Why? This is because

markets and investors are focused on debt, low growth and a fragile

banking system, and not much was said about any of those today.

Two men from Cheshire have each been jailed for four years for

using the internet to incite people to take part in last week's riots.

The sentencing took place as the Government announced plans to

increase police powers in England and Wales, including the

possibility of curfews, as our correspondent, Chris Buckler,

reports. An invitation to a riot, delivered

on Facebook. An online crime judges are taking seriously. Warrington

man, Perry Sutcliffe Keenan was jailed at Chester Crown Court for

four years for inciting disorder on a social networking sites. He is

not the only one. In a separate case at the same court, Jordan

Blackshaw was sent to prison, again in connection with a riot that

never took place. An event was created on Facebook called smashed

down and gave a date, a time and the place to meet, at the back of

the McDonald's restaurant. His family did not want to talk, other

than saying they were upset. Among neighbours there were shocked at

the length of the sentence. years, just for putting it on

Facebook. If he had gone and done it and rioting in Northwich, he

would have deserved it. But not just for putting it on Facebook.

think they are using it as an example. Concerns about social

networking be used to organise trouble have been of concern. The

Met Police learned of de -- trouble at Oxford Street, and the Olympic

site through blackberry Messenger and considered closing the services

down. A guided contemplate seeking the authority to switch it off. The

legality is very questionable. That question of what more could

have been done to stop this destruction is still being asked

and the Government is considering giving the police new powers,

including the ability to impose a curfew. Should it be possible to

impose a curfew across the geographical area and have extra

powers for curfews for people under 16. The Home Secretary's proposals

did attract a good deal of support in Salford. But there is a divide

in opinion between the generations. Or you see now is young kids on

corners with bottles and drinking. You did not see that years ago.

What do you think about the idea of a curfew? I don't think it should

happen. But if things are being smashed up. You stick up for the

police. I'm not, the police are there to do a job! In these

communities the focus is on repair and retribution. The Government

says it shouldn't the army cadets doing this work in the future, it

should be those responsible for doing the damage.

The cost of living rose again last month, for rent, cloves and

financial services. The CBI was up 4.4% and the persistently higher

rate is to have a significant impact on rail passengers. Most

regulated fares in England, including season tickets are to be

increased by the Government by 3% above inflation by January. Richard

Scott's report on the changes and the reaction.

We take over a billion journeys a year on railways, travelling on

21,000 miles of track across Britain for holidays, business

trips and commuting. Regulated fares light season tickets go up by

July's RPI inflation plus 3%. So the average season ticket next year

will go up by 8%. Train companies can increase some furs by another

5%, for a rise of up to 13% as long as they balance that with

reductions elsewhere. Both those increases are lot more than the

average rise of a wage increase of 2.1%. My salary won't go up by 8%,

so it will cost me more. It is disgraceful. I come from Salisbury

every day and my rail fare is now �4,900 a year. There are exceptions,

passengers on ScotRail and Arriva Trains Wales will see fares go up

by an average of 6%. The overall rise will see a typical season-

ticket of around �2,000 goes up by We're concerned that people be

forced back onto our roads and we could see more emissions, more

congestion as a result of price rises. There could be some evidence

of that. This company says people are switching to coaches because

trains are too expensive. The cost of the railways is split between

taxpayers and fare payers. If one pays more, the other could pay less.

Because rail fares have been going up over the last few years by more

than inflation and because more people are travelling by trains the

fare contribution has gone up to �6.6 billion. That's allowed the

taxpayer contribution to fall from �6.3 billion to �4 billion. The

extra money from the fare rises revealed today is passed on to the

Government. This is a difficult decision, a decision we didn't have

to take, but we simply didn't have a choice. If we were going to

deliver the improvements passengers are calling for, and do that in a

way which doesn't jeopardise our plan for reducing deficit, we had

to ask passengers to pay more. campaigners point out that although

fare rises are happening now, the projects like cross-rail and Thames

link, which those increases pay for, won't be finished until nearly the

end of the decade. Coming up tonight: I'll be

reporting from the very top of one of the largest wind turbines in the

world. It's just been built in the Irish Sea and I'll ask are these

giant structures the right things to give Britain its energy in the

future? Representatives of the Gaddafi

regime and some rebel figures are reported to have take be part --

part in talks in recent days in tuenizya. The reports came as

senior figures in the US Government said Gaddafi's days were numbered

and NATO said the rebels were succeeding in cutting supply lines

to the regime. Our Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, is in Tunisia

tonight with the latest. What do you make of these reports?

Westminster, there's quite a bit of diplomatic -- well, there's quite a

bit of diplomatic activity going on but not a great deal of achievement.

On a holiday island, Venezuelan envoys have been going between a

delegation from Tripoli, including apparently the gas minister, local

sources say and opposition group. As well as that, the UN secretary-

general's envoy has been in town. He's been talking to the Tunisians.

To show how hard this job is, he's been doing it for about three

months. He's been to Tripoli seven times. He's been shuttling between

the two sides and they're no closer together. The sticking point seems

to be the same thing, which is the Libyan Government have been putting

out feelers for a deal. They'd love a deal. But it's one that Colonel

Gaddafi in some guise stays. The starting point for the rebels and

they're NATO backers is that king has to go and then maybe they can

talk about -- king -- Colonel Gaddafi has to go and then they can

talk about deals. So it's pretty clear that the question of who

rules Libya will be decided by the Civil War and not by diplomacy.

Thank you very much. Jeremy Bowen in Tunisia tonight.

NPower is the latest company to announce a sharp rise in

electricity prices by more than 7%, prompting more debate about

sourcing our energy in the years to come. Around a quarter of the UK's

electricity is meant to come from offshore wind power in the next ten

years. But it is a very expensive project, which could mean even

higher bills. David Shukman reports from

Britain's newest windfarm off the coast of Cumbria.

Forest of wind turbines arising off Britain's shores, this is the

Government's great hope for green energy. But building these thing sz

a real challenge. You need a special vessel like this. It can

stand on the sea bed and lift itself up. We watched the process

unfolding. A crane winchs each component into

place. This is a section of the tower. Waiting for it are

construction workers ready with the huge bolts to hold it in place. All

this makes planting wind turbines at sea very expensive. The machines

are more out of the way than on land, but the cost gets passed onto

consumers, already facing rising bills. It's true to say that

offshore wind is relatively expensive right now. It will come

doub in the next ten or 20 years. One of the great benefits is it's

home grown electricity. It's late evening, but the work keeps going

as they enter a critical phase, lifting the giant set of blades off

the deck. They're now angling this huge rotor so that it's in the

right position to be hoisted right up and fitted to the very top of

the tower. Nice and slow. metres up a tiny figure leans out

as the rotor gets close. Down on deck, they cling to the tip of a

blade, the biggest danger, ironically, is a sudden gust of

wind. Then the final approach. This is one of the largest turbines in

the world. Just before midnight the job is done. Off the coast of

Cumbria, this windfarm has 30 turbines, but even when they're

this big, you'd still need 200 of them to match the electricity

produced by a conventional power station and only when the wind

blows. Here goes with one of the longest ladders in history, I'm

sure. Inside it's a very long journey to the top. I'm hooked on

for safety. The technicians who work here have to be specially

trained and they need a head for heights. When you're this high up

and this far out in the ocean, it is generally pretty windy, like

today, ideal when this insulation is complete for shifting these

giant blades and making electricity. But when you look at the sheer size

of this great structure and think about the cost and challenge of

building it, the question is is the Government right to want thousands

more of these things right around our shores?

This is an expensive way of reducing carbon emissions. Let's

get serious about climate change. Let's really do things about global

warming. Let's not pretend that by building lots of windfarms we're

making a major contribution. The Government says pioneering wind

technology at sea will create jobs, cut carbon emissions and take

advantage of being an island nation. But the price will be high and it's

only just starting. Just under a year to go until the

start of the Olympic Games in London, the first test event has

been held at the main site in East London. People have been allowed

into the basketball arena in the Olympic Park in Stratford to watch

a series of match being so that organisers can spot any potential

problems. David Bond was there. Another important milestone for

London 2012, British basketball's first game in their new home and

the first competitive action on the Olympic Park. For those fan who's

paid for the privilege to be here, it was also a chance to get a

better idea of how the London Olympics will feel. So this is what

greets you upon arrival at the Olympic Park, airport-style

security with metal detectors, bag scans and body searches. Security

officials say they don't want to spoil the fan experience, but with

the Olympics such an obvious target for terrorists, security has to be

a priority. It's all new territory for Great Britain's basketball

players too. Team GB haven't entered the Olympics since 1948.

The sport it hoping to capitalise on the interest generated at next

year's Games. The fans will come. Demographic will be there and will

appeal to some of the younger generation who will see a sport

that is fairly unknown to them. They'll be able to tell their

friends, hey I think I want to pick up a different sport. Despite

spending �42 million on this arena it won't provide a lasting physical

legacy, not for London any way. After Games it will be torn down

and sold off. Over the last month, London has hosted a series of Test