:00:10. > :00:13.A public apology from Rupert Murdoch for the phone-hacking
:00:13. > :00:21.scandal. The media mogul uses full- page newspaper adverts to say he's
:00:21. > :00:24.sorry. Heightened security at a hospital
:00:24. > :00:26.in Stockport where three people died and contaminated saline is
:00:26. > :00:36.found. A relative of one of the victims
:00:36. > :00:36.
:00:36. > :00:40.expresses his disbelief. This came as a complete shock to us, and I
:00:40. > :00:49.think the most difficult thing we have had to deal with is the real
:00:49. > :00:52.uncertainty as exactly what happens next.
:00:52. > :00:54.The Army faces further Government cuts to help pay for reserve forces
:00:54. > :01:04.like the Territorial Army. And struggling in the rain - the
:01:04. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:18.world's top golfers battle the elements at the Open.
:01:18. > :01:20.Good afternoon. Rupert Murdoch has made a public apology for the
:01:20. > :01:25.phone-hacking scandal, taking out prominent advertisements in today's
:01:25. > :01:27.newspapers. It comes after a second of his most senior executives
:01:27. > :01:30.resigned last night. Les Hinton, Chief Executive of the media
:01:30. > :01:40.group's Dow Jones, was chairman of News International at the time
:01:40. > :01:42.Milly Dowler's phone was hacked. Sophie Hutchinson has the story.
:01:42. > :01:48.The report contain some flash photography.
:01:48. > :01:58.The sorry state of Rupert Murdoch today - the media magnate sought to
:01:58. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:06.make amends by publishing full Although he's expressed his regret
:02:06. > :02:10.over what's happened previously. This is, by any standards, pretty
:02:10. > :02:14.fulsome, some night say abject. There is no question this is a
:02:14. > :02:19.major turnaround. Even Rupert Murdoch admits simply saying sorry
:02:19. > :02:22.won't be enough. The apology is part of a wider strategy to shut
:02:22. > :02:27.down the crisis engulfing News International. It's clear, at least
:02:27. > :02:31.for now, there will be no let-up to the ongoing questions about this
:02:31. > :02:36.scandal, such as just how much did News International executives like
:02:36. > :02:40.Rebekah Brooks know? She resigned yesterday alongside Les Hinton, who
:02:40. > :02:45.had been Chief Executive in the UK at the time of the hacking. Both
:02:45. > :02:48.deny knowledge of any wrongdoing. Yesterday, the parents of murdered
:02:48. > :02:53.schoolgirl Milly Dowler received a personal apology from Rupert
:02:53. > :02:56.Murdoch for the alleged hacking of their daughter's phone. They want
:02:56. > :03:02.those responsible published. It's like a house of cards that's
:03:02. > :03:06.started to tumble, but ultimately, anybody that was at news group
:03:06. > :03:09.newspapers - News of the World, and in any way involved in any way at
:03:09. > :03:13.the time these things were happening probably should go. I
:03:13. > :03:17.suppose it includes anybody whose surnames might be Murdoch. Could
:03:17. > :03:20.this now be that the position of Rupert Murdoch's son James is in
:03:20. > :03:27.danger? Some say the waves of the scandal are now lapping at the
:03:27. > :03:31.family's door. And reverberations continue to be felt in Westminster
:03:31. > :03:34.about just how close the Prime Minister got to the Murdoch empire.
:03:34. > :03:38.Records show 26 visits by News International executives to David
:03:38. > :03:43.Cameron since he took office. Rebekah Brooks is the only guest to
:03:43. > :03:48.have been invited to Chequers twice, and Andy Coulson, former News of
:03:48. > :03:51.the World editor, who became head of communications at Number Ten,
:03:51. > :03:56.was invited to Chequers in March two months after he resigned from
:03:56. > :04:00.Downing Street. The Government insists it's not embarrassed by the
:04:00. > :04:04.contact with News International, but all eyes will be on Westminster
:04:04. > :04:11.next Tuesday when Murdoch - father and son - and Rebekah Brooks are
:04:11. > :04:14.Our political correspondent Norman Smith is in Downing Street. And how
:04:14. > :04:20.damaging are the latest revelations of Andy Coulson visiting the Prime
:04:20. > :04:23.Minister? Well, the Coulson question remains
:04:23. > :04:26.the critical question for the Prime Minister because it is the one
:04:26. > :04:31.thing that links the Prime Minister directly with the hacking
:04:31. > :04:38.allegations and his reluctance to disown Andy Coulson could prove his
:04:38. > :04:46.achilles heel because we learned he invited him back to Chequers two
:04:46. > :04:49.months after he resigned. People say this is indicative of his
:04:49. > :04:51.decency. You can draw a relationship between Rebekah Brooks
:04:51. > :04:56.and Rupert Murdoch and David Cameron and Andy Coulson because
:04:56. > :04:59.here you have two very astute political operators who have left
:04:59. > :05:04.themselves open to being politically damaged because of
:05:04. > :05:06.their reluctance to immediately get rid of and discard friends who have
:05:06. > :05:09.become liabilities. Norman, from Downing Street, thank you.
:05:09. > :05:11.Police investigating the deaths of three patients at a hospital in
:05:11. > :05:13.Stockport, where saline solution was deliberately contaminated, say
:05:13. > :05:16.anyone entering the site could now be searched. They're planning to
:05:16. > :05:20.interview all staff and patients at Stepping Hill Hospital, including
:05:20. > :05:29.11 people whose treatments were tampered with. Fiona Trott reports
:05:29. > :05:33.from Stockport. It's place where people should feel
:05:33. > :05:38.cared for, but tonight, Stepping Hill Hospital is under close
:05:38. > :05:42.scrutiny. Police say somebody here contaminated some saline solution,
:05:42. > :05:48.and until they're caught, security is being increased to prevent any
:05:48. > :05:55.further harm to patients. 44-year- old Tracey Arden is one of three
:05:55. > :05:58.people whose deaths are being investigated. She had multiple
:05:58. > :06:02.sclerosis and had been in and out of hospital for over a decade, but
:06:02. > :06:06.her brother Gary says hours before she died, she was making a good
:06:06. > :06:12.recovery. Now, instead of planning for a funeral, they're facing days
:06:12. > :06:18.- maybe weeks - of uncertainty. police came around in person to
:06:19. > :06:21.visit my mum and dad in the evening to tell them that there was an
:06:21. > :06:25.investigation - a serious investigation ongoing and that
:06:25. > :06:30.because of that, we wouldn't be able to go ahead with the funeral
:06:30. > :06:35.as planned. It was planned for this Monday. To be told this came as a
:06:35. > :06:38.complete shock to us. This teaching hospital is at the centre of a
:06:38. > :06:43.major police investigation. Detectives have been meeting with
:06:43. > :06:47.senior managers throughout the day. The Health Protection Agency is
:06:47. > :06:52.involved. The coroner is involved, and visiting relatives are anxious.
:06:52. > :06:56.You can't push it to the back of your mind. It's got to be sort of
:06:56. > :07:00.up forefront. You've got to wonder what's going on. There is always a
:07:00. > :07:05.concern when things do happen in hospitals, and you don't know, do
:07:05. > :07:09.you, whether it's going to affect the person you know. To answer what
:07:09. > :07:15.may have happened here rest with the results of postmortem
:07:15. > :07:17.examinations. Police say they may not be known for days.
:07:17. > :07:20.The International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, has
:07:20. > :07:23.urged other countries to do more to help the victims of the drought in
:07:23. > :07:26.east Africa. The UK has pledged �52 million in emergency aid. Mr
:07:26. > :07:29.Mitchell has been visiting the Dadaab camp in Kenya, which is
:07:29. > :07:39.overflowing with tens of thousands of refugees. From there, Clive
:07:39. > :07:43.
:07:43. > :07:47.Myrie reports. S. He came in to land, Andrew Mitchell would have
:07:48. > :07:53.seen the enormous size of the refugee camp here in the Dadaab,
:07:53. > :07:58.which spreads for miles. Before long, he was in the thick of
:07:58. > :08:02.it. How many of these holding areas are there for different foods?
:08:03. > :08:08.one of the food distribution areas, feeding thousands of people every
:08:08. > :08:13.day, life-saving aid, and the camp needs much more of it. Two years
:08:13. > :08:17.old. He listened to some of the personal stories the refugees
:08:17. > :08:22.recounted of escaping the drought in Somalia. This woman told him she
:08:22. > :08:27.was part of a group of 20 others who walked for 30 days to get here,
:08:27. > :08:30.and on the road, they were attacked by bandits and robbed. Others say
:08:30. > :08:40.women have been raped, while malnourished children have died
:08:40. > :08:41.
:08:41. > :08:47.along the way. She is safe here. She is safe here now, he tells her.
:08:47. > :08:52.Then it was off along a long, dusty road to the fetid outer reaches of
:08:52. > :08:56.the camp where some of the new package of British aid announced
:08:56. > :09:00.today will provide better health care facilities and more clean
:09:00. > :09:04.water. Andrew Mitchell's visit here isn't just designed to publish what
:09:04. > :09:06.Britain wants to do, help the victims of the drought. It's also
:09:06. > :09:09.helped this trip will galvanise other governments into doing more.
:09:09. > :09:12.There is no question this is an extremely grave crisis. The real
:09:12. > :09:16.question is whether the international community by putting
:09:16. > :09:21.its shoulder to the wheel can stop it turning into a catastrophe.
:09:21. > :09:24.These levels of malnutrition that we're seeing - particularly amongst
:09:24. > :09:30.children and mothers with very young children - almost
:09:30. > :09:40.unprecedented. This woman knows all about
:09:40. > :09:46.
:09:46. > :09:51.malnutrition. Last week she buried "Four of my children have died of
:09:51. > :09:55.malnutrition," she told me. "I have three children left. Will they be
:09:55. > :10:00.taken from me too?" There have been severe droughts
:10:00. > :10:04.here before, but this region is now on the edge of a precipice. Without
:10:04. > :10:10.more international help, this severe emergency could indeed
:10:10. > :10:12.become a catastrophe. A crowd of about 100 loyalists were
:10:13. > :10:15.involved in disturbances in Portadown in County Armagh last
:10:15. > :10:17.night. Police and their vehicles were pelted with petrol bombs,
:10:17. > :10:26.bricks and fireworks. Officers responded by firing plastic baton
:10:26. > :10:29.rounds. Three people were arrested. The BBC has learned that the
:10:29. > :10:32.Government is preparing to make further cuts to the size of the
:10:32. > :10:34.army to help pay for greater investment in reserve forces such
:10:34. > :10:42.as the Territorial Army. The army is already losing thousands of
:10:42. > :10:46.posts over the next four years. Helen Fawkes reports.
:10:46. > :10:50.Britain relies much less on volunteer reservists to fight
:10:50. > :10:54.alongside regular soldiers than countries like America or Australia,
:10:54. > :11:00.and the Territorial Army has been in decline for several years. Now,
:11:00. > :11:03.Ministers are considering boosting the ranks of Britain's 37,000-
:11:03. > :11:08.strong part-time soldiers. An independent report into the future
:11:08. > :11:11.of the TA is expected to call for a major recruitment drive, offering
:11:11. > :11:16.better pay, training and responsibility. It's understood
:11:16. > :11:20.this will be paid for by further cuts in the size of the regular
:11:20. > :11:23.Army, once British combat troops withdraw from Afghanistan.
:11:23. > :11:28.expansion of the role of the Territorial, and it would have to
:11:28. > :11:34.be at the expense of the regulars because where else is the money to
:11:34. > :11:38.come from? I - I do not feel a great concern at that. This will be
:11:38. > :11:43.on top of the reduction already announced by the Government, with
:11:43. > :11:46.the Army due to lose around 7,000 soldiers. Labour says the defence
:11:46. > :11:51.community will want clear reassurances that this is not cover
:11:51. > :11:55.for more cuts to come. The details of the plans are expected to be
:11:55. > :11:58.unveiled in Parliament next week. Strong winds and heavy rain have
:11:58. > :12:00.made it tough going for most of the competitors during the third round
:12:00. > :12:03.of the Open Championship, with many posting high scores.
:12:03. > :12:05.The leaders, though, are currently out on the course and are
:12:05. > :12:15.benefiting from improving conditions. Our correspondent Tim
:12:15. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:19.Franks is at the Royal St George in Sandwich. Yeah, looking at it now,
:12:19. > :12:24.you may not believe me, but it has been absolutely filthy here by the
:12:24. > :12:28.Kent seaside for much of the day. In fact, so nasty was it that the
:12:28. > :12:32.experts were couping when the early golfers were managing to keep their
:12:32. > :12:37.scores down to 5 over par by the end of their rounds, but as the
:12:37. > :12:41.weather is clearing up, so perhaps a clearer picture is beginning to
:12:41. > :12:46.emerge. It was less golf, more Glastonbury. Yesterday's T-shirts
:12:46. > :12:53.and shorts felt a year away. It was a time to beat the good humour out
:12:53. > :12:57.of the most chipper of golfers. There were attempts, it seemed, to
:12:57. > :13:03.lighten the mood. Ricky Fowler's wet weather gear came from the
:13:03. > :13:07.Department of Infectious Diseases, and Jiminez, just one shot off the
:13:07. > :13:13.lead, managed to keep his cigar alight all the way through his
:13:13. > :13:17.warm-up. Even through a high-deaf niv TV camera, the scene resembled
:13:17. > :13:23.a water colour by an old master, which made it even more appropriate
:13:23. > :13:31.that one of the best rounds of the day came from the oldest of them
:13:31. > :13:37.all. Tom Watson carted a two over 62. Rory McIlroy, the US Open
:13:37. > :13:41.champion, found the going particularly rough.
:13:41. > :13:46.His Northern Ireland compatriot, Darren Clarke, was last to stride
:13:46. > :13:49.out. That's the privilege of being top of the leader board. It was
:13:49. > :13:53.teeming down when you were on the practise round. His excellent
:13:53. > :14:03.spirits were to rise even further as he became the only man to birdie
:14:03. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:08.And then as blue sky began to poke through the blanket, Clarke took
:14:08. > :14:16.advantage of one of the friendlier holes, the seventh. His lead was
:14:16. > :14:20.back to two. But it's tight at the top - all the more so when Ricky
:14:20. > :14:27.Fowler confounded the stereotypes of Americans not having the stomach
:14:27. > :14:30.for rain. On the 16th, he was 2 under overall. And the latest is