:00:05. > :00:10.The News of the World is consigned to history following the phone
:00:10. > :00:16.hacking scandal. Thank you and goodbye - the words chosen for its
:00:16. > :00:18.last front page, 168 years after its creation. As the paper's staff
:00:18. > :00:20.leave their offices for the last time, Rupert Murdoch pledges
:00:20. > :00:30.complete support for News International chief executive
:00:30. > :00:39.
:00:39. > :00:44.Rebekah Brooks. You have been let down by people. We were wondering
:00:44. > :00:47.if Rebekah Brooks still has your support? Total. An official review
:00:47. > :00:49.into the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash 17 years ago concludes the
:00:49. > :00:52.pilots should not have been blamed for gross negligence.
:00:52. > :00:54.Birth of a nation - celebrations as South Sudan formally declares its
:00:54. > :00:57.independence. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:00:58. > :01:01.arrive in California as they continue their royal tour.
:01:01. > :01:11.And heartache for England's women as they crash out of the World Cup
:01:11. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:28.Good evening. 168 years after it was first published, the last ever
:01:28. > :01:31.copies of the News of the World are being printed tonight. The front
:01:31. > :01:35.page of Britain's best selling tabloid reads simply "thank you and
:01:35. > :01:38.goodbye". Speaking to reporters earlier today, Rupert Murdoch said
:01:38. > :01:42.it had been a "collective decision" to close the paper because of the
:01:42. > :01:47.phone hacking scandal. He also said the News International chief
:01:47. > :01:50.executive Rebekah Brooks had his total support. Mr Murdoch is
:01:51. > :01:53.expected to arrive in the UK tomorrow to deal with the crisis.
:01:53. > :02:03.Colette McBeth is at News International headquarters in
:02:03. > :02:03.
:02:03. > :02:09.Wapping tonight. Just about half-an-hour ago, staff
:02:09. > :02:15.left here for the last time. They were led out by their former editor,
:02:16. > :02:19.Colin Myler. As they headed to the pub, Rupert Murdoch is due to fly
:02:19. > :02:25.into the UK, hoping no doubt that by closing this best-selling
:02:25. > :02:31.newspaper he may have taken some heat out of the fire. This report
:02:31. > :02:36.contains a flash photography. This is it, no scoop, no scandal on the
:02:36. > :02:41.front page, just a simple thank you and goodbye. As the final edition
:02:41. > :02:46.of the News of the World was printed, staff left the building
:02:46. > :02:51.following a pep-talk and pizza with the editor. I said to the staff
:02:51. > :02:57.this morning, this is not where we wanted to be and it is not where we
:02:57. > :03:07.deserve to be, but as a final tribute to 7.5 million readers,
:03:07. > :03:08.
:03:08. > :03:14.this is for you, and for the staff. Thank you. As they go, Rupert
:03:14. > :03:19.Murdoch will fly in to take charge of the crisis. Today, still in the
:03:19. > :03:27.United States, he made his feelings clear. We have already apologised.
:03:27. > :03:34.You have been let down by people, the result was the paper let down
:03:34. > :03:40.its readers. He said he still has faith in Rebekah Brooks. I was
:03:40. > :03:44.wondering if Rebekah Brooks still has your support? Total. When he
:03:44. > :03:51.arrives here, Rupert Murdoch will have a lot to wrestle with. The
:03:51. > :03:55.Prime Minister has announced two inquiries. One will be judged lead,
:03:55. > :03:59.investigating why phone hacking spread and why the police failed to
:03:59. > :04:04.uncover it. The other will look into the ethics and regulation of
:04:04. > :04:09.the media, but Labour has demanded a judge should be appointed today
:04:09. > :04:13.in case key evidence is destroyed. We need to have a proper inquiry
:04:13. > :04:16.and it would be immeasurably more difficult for the judge if the
:04:16. > :04:22.staff have all been dispersed and he can't get in touch with them to
:04:22. > :04:26.give evidence to the inquiry, and the computers have disappeared.
:04:26. > :04:31.government have said they are doing all they can. There it is pretty
:04:31. > :04:34.rich coming from Labour, who for five years did nothing about these
:04:34. > :04:39.phone hacking allegations. David Cameron has already arranged to
:04:39. > :04:43.meet Ed Miliband next week to discuss finalising the inquiries.
:04:43. > :04:48.News International has denied allegations that vital e-mails have
:04:48. > :04:51.been destroyed. Rebekah Brooks has written to the Home Affairs Select
:04:51. > :04:58.Committee stressing she knew nothing about the hacking of Milly
:04:58. > :05:06.Dowler's phone or any others. But tonight in Wapping, a chapter in
:05:06. > :05:10.newspaper history is closing, as a tabloid that uncovered many
:05:10. > :05:15.scandals is brought down by its own making.
:05:15. > :05:20.Tonight Ed Miliband said next week he would force a Commons vote on
:05:20. > :05:24.News Corporation's bid to take full control of BSkyB. The Labour leader
:05:24. > :05:28.says that should be put on hold until the police investigation is
:05:28. > :05:30.complete. Well in another development tonight
:05:30. > :05:32.Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner John Yates has said he
:05:32. > :05:36.regrets not having done more when he reviewed the initial
:05:36. > :05:46.investigation into phone hacking. He was speaking to the Sunday
:05:46. > :05:46.
:05:46. > :05:51.Telegraph. Our home affairs correspondent June Kelly is here.
:05:51. > :05:56.An interesting new twist? Yes, he didn't do the initial investigation
:05:56. > :06:05.but he looked at the scope of it and decided there was not
:06:05. > :06:09.sufficient evidence to reopen it in 2009. Now he says it is his
:06:09. > :06:14.greatest regret. He says he would never have reached the conclusion
:06:14. > :06:20.not to reopen the investigation. He says I am accountable, it happened
:06:20. > :06:24.on my watch and I could have done more. I regrettably said the
:06:24. > :06:29.initial inquiry was a success. He said the revelation that Milly
:06:29. > :06:34.Dowler's phone had been hacked was awful for him. It has emerged
:06:34. > :06:38.tonight that Milly Dowler's mother and sister will be meeting Nick
:06:38. > :06:43.Clegg on Monday. They have also requested a meeting with David
:06:43. > :06:46.Cameron and we are told that is likely.
:06:46. > :06:49.The BBC has learned that an official review into an RAF
:06:49. > :06:52.helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre 17 years ago, which killed
:06:52. > :06:55.all 29 people on board, is expected to say that the two pilots should
:06:55. > :07:05.not have been accused of gross negligence. The independent report,
:07:05. > :07:06.
:07:07. > :07:15.chaired by retired Scottish judge Lord Philip, is due out next week.
:07:15. > :07:19.It was the RAF's worst peacetime accident. In 1994, the RAF Chinook
:07:19. > :07:28.Special Forces crew were taking senior intelligence officers from
:07:28. > :07:34.Northern Ireland to Inverness. The helicopter hit a cloud covered Mull
:07:35. > :07:40.of Kintyre. The two pilots flying the to knock helicopter, Jonathan
:07:40. > :07:45.Tapper and Richard Cook. In 1995, an inquiry found no conclusive
:07:45. > :07:50.evidence to determine the cause of the crash but a review by two RAF
:07:50. > :07:55.air marshals found the pilot grossly negligent for flying too
:07:55. > :08:00.fast and low in pick fog. In 1996 a fatal accident inquiry left open
:08:00. > :08:07.the question of blame and in 2000 a report said pilot error could not
:08:07. > :08:11.be proved beyond doubt. Last year, the current inquiry opened and the
:08:11. > :08:18.Defence Secretary Liam Fox asked Lord Philip to conduct a review of
:08:18. > :08:25.the evidence. A to his right to say that gross negligence was the wrong
:08:25. > :08:30.verdict, but I do believe there is some culpability by the aircraft
:08:30. > :08:34.crew. They did after all fly in to help. They campaign for a new
:08:35. > :08:39.inquiry was supported by the families of the pilots, as well as
:08:39. > :08:44.some senior politicians. These pilots were skilful, honourable
:08:44. > :08:50.young men doing their duty. That is what the test pilot on the Squadron
:08:50. > :08:56.things, what most of the experts think, just not what the old air
:08:56. > :09:00.marshals thought. Susan lost her husband Ian in the crash. I am
:09:00. > :09:05.delighted for the families of those pilots that they have had their
:09:05. > :09:10.names cleared today finally, but we all knew this should have happened.
:09:10. > :09:13.But now, maybe other recommendations need to be made.
:09:13. > :09:17.MoD spokesperson said an announcement would be made to
:09:17. > :09:21.Parliament shortly, but until that time it would be inappropriate to
:09:21. > :09:24.comment. Tens of thousands of people have
:09:24. > :09:26.attended a ceremony in South Sudan to mark its formal declaration of
:09:26. > :09:29.independence. The birth of the world's newest nation comes after
:09:29. > :09:34.two decades of civil war, which cost the lives of some 2 million
:09:34. > :09:39.people. A peace deal signed in 2005 paved the way for autonomy, but
:09:39. > :09:46.there are fears of renewed conflict between north and south. From Juba,
:09:46. > :09:50.the new capital of South Sudan, Will Ross reports. The moment that
:09:50. > :09:56.the clocks turned midnight, the party began. Euphoria on the
:09:56. > :10:01.streets of Juba. Then for the official ceremony to mark the birth
:10:01. > :10:07.of this new nation, they came in their tens of thousands. Every
:10:07. > :10:09.vantage point was taken. Even the old enemy was here. Relations are
:10:10. > :10:15.still strained between the north and the south, but President Omar
:10:15. > :10:18.Al-Bashir came with a message of peace. As the President of South
:10:18. > :10:24.Sudan was sworn in, he promised better days ahead for this troubled
:10:25. > :10:32.country. Promote the unity of the people of South Sudan. Today was
:10:32. > :10:35.all about celebrating the end of a long struggle for freedom. Well,
:10:35. > :10:38.this is the moment that so many people have been waiting for, the
:10:38. > :10:46.birth of a new nation. South Sudan has been waiting a long time for
:10:46. > :10:50.this. I feel so happy, really! There are so many people who are
:10:50. > :10:55.really very happy indeed. Dignitaries from around the world
:10:55. > :10:59.were here. They want the aid money spent well. It will be tough love,
:10:59. > :11:02.really, to use that expression. We are giving them a lot of help,
:11:02. > :11:08.support, advice and expertise, but also saying it must be a
:11:08. > :11:17.functioning state. This new nation faces great challenges, but today
:11:17. > :11:20.people here were full of pride. British aid agencies say the public
:11:20. > :11:22.is responding with "overwhelming generosity" to a joint fund-raising
:11:22. > :11:28.appeal launched yesterday to help millions of people affected by
:11:28. > :11:32.severe drought in eastern Africa. �6 million had been donated in the
:11:32. > :11:35.past 24 hours. The crisis has prompted thousands of Somalis a day
:11:35. > :11:39.to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia in search of food and medical
:11:39. > :11:49.treatment. Our correspondent Ben Brown reports from the Dadaab camp
:11:49. > :11:50.
:11:50. > :11:54.on the border between Kenya and Somalia. It is their first sight of
:11:54. > :11:59.real food for weeks. These refugees have just arrived from Somalia, and
:11:59. > :12:05.once they get a yellow wristband they are entitled to immediate
:12:05. > :12:15.rations of food, enough to last them a fortnight. They are there
:12:15. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:21.are the fortunate few. Beyond this camp, swathes of the -- East Africa
:12:21. > :12:26.are suffering from malnutrition. It is expected 10 million others in
:12:26. > :12:33.this corner of Africa will need help in the next few months. Those
:12:33. > :12:38.who have not yet got their rations look on enviously. More people
:12:38. > :12:43.arrive here every day to escape Somalia's drought and civil war.
:12:43. > :12:48.The people are very weak, some of them have walked for days on the
:12:48. > :12:53.road without food. They are arriving severely malnourished,
:12:53. > :12:58.particularly the children. They are arriving in very bad condition.
:12:58. > :13:02.most severely malnourished are brought here to the intensive
:13:02. > :13:07.feeding centre. The world may have woken up to this emergency, and
:13:07. > :13:17.more aid may be on its way, but for now these children are still
:13:17. > :13:18.
:13:18. > :13:25.perilously thin. Some so weak they can barely eat. While some can
:13:25. > :13:28.barely cry. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:13:28. > :13:37.are in California, as they continue their first foreign tour since
:13:37. > :13:40.their marriage in April. Tonight they're at a charity polo match.
:13:40. > :13:43.Later the couple will attend a BAFTA dinner in Los Angeles. Our
:13:43. > :13:51.royal correspondent Peter Hunt is at the Santa Barbara Polo and
:13:51. > :13:55.Racquet Club. They have been called the USA's most famous tourist, they
:13:55. > :14:01.are here for an exclusive polo match which has been made all the
:14:01. > :14:06.more so by their presence. A suitably grand entrance for the
:14:06. > :14:10.future of the British monarchy. It is an opportunity to mix pleasure
:14:10. > :14:14.with serious fund-raising amongst the seriously rich. On a red carpet
:14:14. > :14:21.which would not look out of place in a palace, a self-conscious
:14:21. > :14:26.prince and his wife. This country got rid of the institution
:14:26. > :14:36.centuries ago but remains endlessly fascinated by it. The Duke and the
:14:36. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:41.Duchess are here for Paul -- a game of polo. The prospect of being able
:14:41. > :14:49.to let loose this afternoon is wonderful for me, that is what
:14:49. > :14:54.sport is all about, be it football, polo, or whatever your preferred
:14:54. > :14:58.sport is. In a place awash with champagne and celebrities, William
:14:58. > :15:08.and Kate offer something else to guess paying thousands of dollars
:15:08. > :15:08.
:15:08. > :15:12.for the chance to rub shoulders with them. What is so important for
:15:12. > :15:17.-- about this couple for California? They are young and
:15:17. > :15:25.vital, and they have their great common touch. They are great
:15:25. > :15:30.representatives of your great country. Willian is following in
:15:30. > :15:36.the footsteps of his father and his mother. Diana captivated Americans
:15:36. > :15:42.who treated her as a glamorous star. After lunch and more than 20 years
:15:42. > :15:47.on, there will be a an echo of the past. William will play in the polo
:15:47. > :15:53.competition, Kate will present the trophy. After the Polo, Hollywood
:15:53. > :16:03.and royalty will collide at it after reception. It is being held
:16:03. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:07.to promote young British talent to people working in the film industry.
:16:08. > :16:10.Now, the sport. It's a familiar story. England knocked out of a
:16:11. > :16:13.football World Cup on penalties. This evening it was the turn of
:16:13. > :16:16.England's women to suffer that fate. Beaten by France, after their
:16:16. > :16:20.quarter-final had finished one all at the end of extra time. Keith
:16:20. > :16:22.York has the details. There was more than a hint of deja vu in
:16:22. > :16:25.England's tearful exit from the world cup quarter-final in Germany.
:16:25. > :16:30.A penalty shoot-out had once again scuppered English hopes of a semi-
:16:30. > :16:33.final spot. France are one of women's football's rising powers
:16:33. > :16:37.and looked the part as they dominated for long spells of the
:16:37. > :16:41.game. It was very much against the run of play then when Everton's
:16:41. > :16:44.Jill Scott gave England the lead just shy of the hour mark. But
:16:44. > :16:47.France continued to press and broke English hearts with an equaliser
:16:47. > :16:52.three minutes from time through Elisse Bussaglia, forcing the game
:16:52. > :16:56.into extra-time. Hope Powell's exhausted troops battled to avoid
:16:56. > :17:06.those dreaded penalties. But when captain Faye White needed to find
:17:06. > :17:10.the net, her spot-kick rattled off the crossbar. It was a gallant
:17:10. > :17:14.effort, some really tired legs out there today. They performed
:17:14. > :17:20.tremendously and did their very best to get this far, to take it to
:17:20. > :17:26.the wire. Unfortunately, when it came to penalties, you have to
:17:26. > :17:32.applaud France. France's delight was England's misery. The French
:17:32. > :17:39.head for the semis, England head for the airport.