26/04/2012 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten: Rupert Murdoch admits that there

was a cover-up over phone hacking at the News of the World. At the

Leveson Inquiry, he claims that the facts were hidden from him. He says

that his reputation has been damaged.

Someone took charge of a cover-up. Which we were a victim to. I regret

But the paper's former lawyer hits back, accusing Rupert Murdoch of

telling a "shameful lie" shame. Tonight, the Murdoch business is

under more pressure from Ofcom. We will have the details. Also on the

programme: Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia has

been found guilty of war crimes. New evidence relating to the police

shooting of Mark Duggan, whose death sparked rioting last summer.

The growing demand for emergency food parcels. Also the impact on

thousands of families. Inside you are feeling disappointed.

You are embarrassed, worried, you are anxious andup set.

And the latest Royal tribute to injured members of the armed forces.

And I'm here with Sportsday later on in the hour in the BBC News

Channel. We will see if the Spanish sides can have a better night in

Good evening. Rupert Murdoch claims that staff at

the News of the World kept him in the dark by covering up the phone

hacking scandal, but the paper's former lawyer has accused Murdoch

of telling a "shameful lie" shame. Rupert Murdoch's difficulties were

compounded today by the media regulator, Ofcom, that is widening

its investigation into whether BSkyB is a fit and proper owner of

a broadcasting licence. Robert Peston has the latest.

Rupert Murdoch, the media powerman. He was on carhoot route to explain

how phone hacking had become rife at the now closed News of the World.

His papers stalked celebrities and prominent people. Today, the hunter

became the hunted. Under oath he told the Leveson

Inquiry how it was he did not learn of the widespread hacking until the

end of 2010, years after it had happened.

There was no question in my mind that maybe even the editor, but

certainly beyond that, someone took charge of a cover-up.

But at the inquiry's, the barrister did not seem wholly convinced that

the alleged cover h up kept Murdoch in the dark as well as the rest of

Some may say this is consistent with the desire of covering up,

rather than to expose. Well, with minds like yours,

perhaps, yes. Sorry, I take that back. Excuse me.

Rupert Murdoch blamed a clever lawyer. A drinking pal of News of

the World journalist for failing to disclose the wrongdoing. That can

only mean this person, Tom Crone, the formal legal affairs manager of

the Sunday tabloid. Tom Crone said that his assertion that he took

charge of a cover-up in relation to phone hacking was a shameful lie.

No-one disputes that News International was slow to crack

down on hacking. That is why Ofcom is investigating whether its parent,

News Corp, could be unfit to have a huge influence over British Sky

broadcasting, the UK's most profitable broadcaster, it has

asked News International on documents on hacking.

It was the astonishing revelation that the phone of the Murdoch

schoolgirl, Milly Dowler had been hacked that brought home to Murdoch

measure the enormity of what had gone wrong.

You could feel the blast coming in the window.

As I say, I say it succintly, I panicked.

That led him to close the News of the World and all of the hacking

leaves him scarred. It was total wrong. I regret it. I

have said it will be a blot on my reputation for the rest of my life.

Rupert Murdoch's performance felt like the end of an era, he

predicted that newspapers would shrivel and die and with the demise

of newspapers that we see the end of what many describe as the

extraordinary power of the Murdoch dynasty.

Explaining to the judge the offences committed by his

journalists, not perhaps the proudest day for an 81-year-old

mogul. Robert, let's take stock after the memorable events of this

week. Where does this leave the Murdoch business? I have been

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

privileged to have had a ring-side In Scotland, opponents of the First

Minister Alex Salmond have criticised his dealings with Rupert

Murdoch's media business. Mr Salmond was accused by Labour of

being ready to support Mr Murdoch's commercial plans even after the

full extent of the phone hacking scandal had been revealed. As some

say the First Minister has been conniving and double-dealing. Isn't

he just trying to cover up the fact that a rich man has played him for

a full? Humbug, hypocrisy. The job I is to advocate jobs for Scotland.

This First Minister will continue to do it.

During the day, Downing Street says it has no plans to ask for an

independent investigation into the conduct of the Culture Secretary,

Jeremy Hunt. Labour called on Mr Hunt to resign after details

emerged about contact between his office and Rupert Murdoch's

business during a takeover bid. But tonight, the Lib-Dem deputy leader

has backed the calls for an investigation.

Jeremy Hunt can run, but he can't hide from question after question

about the relationship between his office and Rupert Murdoch's

companies. He says his top civil servant agreed that his special

adviser could stay in contact with News Corporation during their bid

for BSkyB. Today, that top civil servant refused ten times to say if

that was the case. Did you know that Adam Smith was acting in the

channel of communication between the Department and the Murdoch

empire? The Secretary of State made a full statement to parliament

yesterday. It seemed to me extremely odd. I can just repeat

what I said before. There was a clear statement from the special

adviser concerned. We are asking about your role. There was a

statement by the special adviser. We made it clear that the nature

and content of those compacts was not authorised by the Secretary of

State. That special adviser at, Adam Smith, resigned yesterday

after hundreds of e-mails and texts revealed that he had been passing

information to a News Corporation official during the BSkyB bid. But

how much did the Culture Secretary know? Tonight a senior Lib Dem

broke ranks and said Mr Hunt should face a separate investigation that

would not getting the way of the Leveson inquiry. I cannot

understand why the matter of the ministerial code of conduct, which

is to do with taking responsibility for your special adviser, is not

something the Prime Minister should not immediately referred to the

person given the job to do it. Downing Street is resisting calls

for Mr Hunt to face a special investigation into whether he broke

the ministerial code of conduct. They say Mr Cameron believes he has

done nothing wrong. But Labour say there are big questions over what

he and his top official really new. We need to know whether he

authorised it, what those conditions were, whether Jeremy

Hunt was aware of them and communicated them to his special

adviser, and we still do not know what the contract was between

Jeremy Hunt and his special adviser. Tonight Mr Hunt's department issued

a statement saying his top official was -- knew about and was content

with the contact with News Corporation, but not how far it

went. Labour said the e-mails and texts between Mr Hunt and his

former special adviser should be published. The Leveson inquiry will

Charles Taylor, the former President of Leerb has been found

guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes. It is the first time a

former Head of State has been convicted by an international

tribunal since the Second World War. Charles Taylor was guilty of 11

charges, including terror, murder, rape, an conscripting child

soldiers. We are sitting in an open setting

for judgment in the case of the prosecutor... It has been a

landmark day in international justice. Charles Taylor came to

court knowing he might well go to prison for the rest of his life.

Charles Taylor was President of Leerb, prosecutors had charged him

with waging war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. No-one disputes that

rebel forces committed terrible atrocities there, the charge sheet

includes murder, rape, abduction, slavery and the recruitment of

child soldiers. Civilian populations were terror iced, many

had limbs hacked off by a machete or an axe, but the question was did

Charles Taylor order the crimes? There is not evidence to find

beyond a reasonable doubt... Charles Taylor was cleared of

orderering the atrocities, but the judges asked him to stand to hear

the claims. You are unanimously guilty of

aiding and abetting... The judge said that Charles Taylor had

supplied the forces with diamonds, in return for arms and ammunitions

in the full knowledge that they would commit crimes against

civilians. Charles Taylor said he should be immune from prosecution

as Head of State but the court rejected that argument. The

prosecutors see today's judgment in the step forward as the fight

against the immunity that the heads of state have often enjoyed.

It is a very important case for the people of Sierra Leone, who

demanded that this court be created so that they could have some mer of

justice. It is a very important day for the victims who now have some

mer of justice for the terrible -- measure of justice for the terrible

suffering. One of those victims was in court.

Edward Konteh said that today's judgment would deter future

atrocities and help secure a lasting peace. It says that by

gaining power and having this violence, you will not ever be able

to have that again in this country. British troops intervened in May

twouds and helped to end the war. The last Labour government said

that should Charles Taylor be convicted that he should be taken

to jail and foot the bill for his imprisonment. Charles Taylor may

appeal. He has nothing much to lose. Otherwise his journey from

presidential palace to British prison cell is nearly over.

New evidence has emerged from an eyewitness to the police shoogt of

Mark Duggan, whose death in north London sparked some of last

summer's riots. The BBC has been shown a video. The Independent

Police Complaints Commission is investigating the shooting. Our

Home Affairs Correspondent, June Kelly has the story. It is nearly

nine months since Mark Duggan was shot dead by the police on an early

summer evening. His death led to a protest that descended into a riot

that showed us the worst scenes of public disorder in England in a

generation. This exclusive footage obtained by a member of the BBC,

made by a member of the public, showed this. The footage begins a

short time after the police open fire in Ferry Lane in Tottenham. On

the ground, surrounded by paramedics, Mark Duggan has been

hit by two police bullets. Close by, officers from Scotland Yard's

xerblist firearm unit, CO19. It was a CO19 officer that fired the fatal

shots. All of this captured by the witness and he talks about what he

saw. The witness wants to remain anonymous. The words are spoken by

an actor. I blocked him in. He jumped out.

Shot him. I heard him shout at him to put it down. Put it down. Mark

Duggan was a passenger in a taxi. That is the grey people carrier,

blocked in by the police. They had been trailing him for some time. He

sent a message from the BlackBerry saying that the Feds were following

him. As Mark Duggan is dead on the pavement, the officers are standing

on the other side of the fence. One firearms officer in a white T-shirt

goes around and bends towards the ground. A police firearm in a sock

was said to be recovered from the scene. This did not have Mark

Duggan's DNA, blood or fingerprints on it. Tonight, the Independent

Police Complaints Commission, investigating the death, said it

wants to see all of the footage obtained by the BBC and urged the

witness to come forward. The IPCC has expressed frustration that it

cannot compell the 31 fers, there when he was shot to be interviewed.

They have given written statements. The IPCC report into the shooting

Coming Up, six years after David Cameron famously promised to lead

the greenest government ever, we look at the evidence.

Neil Heywood, the British businessman found dead in a hotel

room in China, was not working for British intelligence, according to

the Foreign Secretary William Hague. Mr Heywood had established close

links with Bo Xilai, a senior Chinese politician who is now

accused if tapping the phones of Communist Party leaders.

Before his fall, Bo Xilai. His sacking has mired China's Communist

Party in scandal. A facade of unity so prized here has been shattered.

It now seems that Bo was tapping his fellow leaders' phone calls,

even President Hu Jintao. It has left the party looking riven by

mistrust and rivalry. The death of Neil Heywood is what has brought

all this into the open. The British businessman was close to Bo Xilai

and Bo's wife is a suspect in Mr Heywood's murder. In Asia today,

Britain's Foreign Secretary took the unusual step of dismissing

speculation that Mr Heywood may have been a spy, saying that

because of the intense interest in the case, he would confirm that Mr

Heywood had never been employed by the British Government in any

capacity. Instead, Neil Heywood was working with British firms like

Aston Martin and the London Taxi Company, helping provide the

contacts and knowledge to do business in China. Neil did have an

ability to work through contacts and build relationships. The way he

handled his business with us was immaculate and professional. He

went about his business in a thoroughly professional, but very

English way. Thigh and a's new wealth is -- China's love of wealth

and dust are stationed -- ostentation is on display at this

car show. Neil Heywood has shone a light on the vast riches enjoyed by

Communist officials and their families, the links between power

and wealth in China today, and the growing inequalities. The wealth of

Bo Xilai's family is now under scrutiny. The Sun, said to have had

this -- a taste for sports cars, has denied being involved. How and

why Neil Heywood denied in this -- died in this mountaintop hotel

remains a mystery. With every passing day, more murky tells

emerge about corruption, spying and infighting among China's communist

leaders. The number of people requesting

emergency food parcels in centres across the UK has doubled in the

past year, according to one charity. The Trussell Trust says its food

banks handed out food supplies to 128,000 people over the past 12

months, and it warns that the figure is likely to increase as the

economy falters and unemployment rises.

Every can, carton and shopping bag is for those who can't afford to

eat. Two food banks like this are opening every week in the UK. More

and more families say they need them. Chicken? Families like

Michel's. When Ryan's over time at work was stopped, their income fell

to just over �400 a month. Went and rising bills meant there was no

money left. I would not want to go there again and I would not wish it

on anybody. It is the lowest I have ever been. You feel anxious and

upset. But to Hayden, you have to be all smiles. And behind closed

doors, you break down. How many days did you go without food?

days, to make sure there was enough. They are not alone. Last year,

61,000 people were fed by food banks. This year, that number has

doubled to more than 120,000. One charity now has 201 Food banks and

says the rise is linked to what is happening in the economy. It has

meant a change in the type of people who need help. At this food

back in Leeds, new faces arrive daily. Many of the stories here are

familiar. People talk about job losses, being made redundant. They

can't afford fuel or food, and younger people, too. Those who want

to get a job, but who can't find work. But the coalition government

says help is there. 2 million low- paid workers will soon not have to

pay tax. Those on benefits can get crisis loans. People here have

options. So why aren't you are applying for other jobs instead of

coming here? Are have applied for other jobs, but nobody is taking

any one arm. How many jobs? I have applied for about 100 jobs. Not one

has said yeah, you can have a job. The economy will recover, but the

longer it takes, Mall food banks could open.

The growth of renewable energy will be vital for the British economy,

according to David Cameron, who has already promised to lead the

"greenest government ever". But his critics say that meeting this

promise will need consistent support from virtually every

government department. The Chancellor George Osborne has

previously suggested that green policies could put a burden on

business. Drizzle on a solar panel. Uncertain

times for renewable energy. A new array at Norwich City Hall, but the

solar industry says government policy just keeps changing. The

company that fitted these panels has lost most of its staff. We had

a dedicated team of 12 solar installers, and I have had to lay-

off nine of them, two of whom included two family members. It was

devastating. What do you blamed that on? I blame it on no clear

rules in business about the future of the industry. Only a few years

ago, David Cameron promised Green government, but since coming to

power, the Chancellor has put the economy first. We will not save the

planet by putting our country out of business. Today in London, the

prime minister had been expected to give a major policy speech. In fact,

he spoke for just seven minutes. When I became Prime Minister, I

said Britain would aim to have the greenest government ever, and that

is what we have. Today we are one of the best places for green energy,

bring electricity, Green Investment and green jobs anywhere in the

world. A new wind farm in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is a

delicate task building it, a process due to be repeated across

the country. But the industry does not feel come up -- confident.

Several thousand more wind turbines are planned, but how many will get

built? Ministers are thinking of cutting the subsidies. Battles over

local planning are becoming more fierce, and the renewables industry

is frustrated by mixed messages from the top of government about

the green agenda. Britain does lead the world in planting wind turbines

out at sea, but this is relatively expensive and big energy users say

ministers have realised there are costs with going green.

government has recognised that there is a threat to continuing

investment in British manufacturing if we tried our energy prices to

uncompetitive levels. There is also a recognition that this is

unpopular with households at a time when budgets are under strain.

Switching to a low-carbon economy during a recession is difficult