:00:08. > :00:12.A public apology from Rupert Murdoch for the phone hacking
:00:12. > :00:16.scandal. The media mogul uses full page newspaper adverts to say he is
:00:16. > :00:21.sorry. Heightened security at a hospital
:00:21. > :00:26.in Stockport where three people died and can tamnated saline is
:00:26. > :00:30.found. The family of one of the victims express their disbelief.
:00:30. > :00:36.This came as a complete shock to us. I think the most difficult thing
:00:36. > :00:40.that we have had to deal with is the real uncertainty as to what
:00:40. > :00:45.happens next. International development minister
:00:45. > :00:48.minister visits drought hit East Africa as Britain pledges over �52
:00:48. > :00:53.million in aid. Army faces further Government cuts
:00:53. > :00:57.to help pay for reserve forces like the Territorial Army.
:00:57. > :01:07.Struggling in the rain, the world's top golfers battle the elements at
:01:07. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:20.Good evening. Rupert Murdoch has made a public
:01:20. > :01:23.apology for the phone hacking scandal taking out prominent
:01:23. > :01:26.advertisements in today's newspapers. More are to be
:01:26. > :01:30.published tomorrow detailing how News International will try to
:01:30. > :01:37.repair its reputation and and regain public trust. Sophie
:01:37. > :01:43.Hutchinson's report does contain The sorry state of Rupert Murdoch
:01:43. > :01:46.today. The media magnet sought to apologising in full page adverts in
:01:46. > :01:52.his and rival newspapers. He said the News of the World was in the
:01:52. > :01:56.business of holding others to account. It failed when it came to
:01:56. > :02:00.itself. In tomorrow's editions another advert will appear setting
:02:00. > :02:04.out how the Murdoch empire will put things right.
:02:04. > :02:07.Although he expressed his regret over what happened previously, this
:02:07. > :02:11.is fulsome. But you know, there is no question, this is a major turn
:02:11. > :02:15.around. Even Rupert Murdoch admits simply
:02:15. > :02:21.saying sorry won't be enough. The apologies are part of a wider
:02:21. > :02:25.strategy to shut down the crisis engulfing News International and
:02:26. > :02:30.it's clear at least for now, there will be no let-up to the ongoing
:02:30. > :02:34.questions about this scandal. Such as just how much did News
:02:34. > :02:38.International executives like, Rebekah Brooks know. She resigned
:02:38. > :02:43.yesterday alongside Les Hinton who had been Chief Executive in the UK
:02:43. > :02:47.at the time of the hacking. Both deny knowledge of any wrongdoing.
:02:47. > :02:50.Yesterday the parents of murdered schoolgirl, Milly Dowler received a
:02:50. > :02:54.personal apology from Rupert Murdoch for the alleged hacking of
:02:54. > :03:00.their daughter's phone. They want those responsible punished.
:03:00. > :03:06.It is like a House of Cards that started to tumble, but anybody who
:03:06. > :03:11.is at newspapers and involved at the time these things were
:03:11. > :03:15.happening, quite a long period of time should go. That even includes
:03:15. > :03:20.people hose surnames might be Murdoch. Could this mean the
:03:20. > :03:25.position of Rupert Murdoch's son, James is in danger. Some say the
:03:25. > :03:28.waves of the scandal are lapping at the family's door. Reverberations
:03:28. > :03:34.continue to be felt in Westminster about just how close the Prime
:03:34. > :03:37.Minister got to the Murdoch empire. Records show 26 visits by News
:03:37. > :03:42.International executives to David Cameron since he took office.
:03:42. > :03:45.Rebekah Brooks is the only guest to have been invited to Chequers twice
:03:45. > :03:49.and Andy Coulson, former News of the World editor, who became head
:03:49. > :03:53.of communications at Number Ten was invited to Chequers in March, two
:03:53. > :03:57.months after he resigned from Downing Street.
:03:57. > :04:01.The Government insists it is not embarrassed by the contact with
:04:01. > :04:04.News International, but all lies will be -- eyes will be on
:04:04. > :04:14.Westminster next Tuesday when Murdoch, father and son and Rebekah
:04:14. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:18.Tom Symonds joins me now. How damaging are the latest revelations
:04:18. > :04:23.about Andy Coulson visiting David Cameron? Well, it is a phrase we
:04:23. > :04:27.have heard many times this week. It doesn't look good now, does it? The
:04:27. > :04:31.important word there is "now." The events of the last two weeks mean
:04:31. > :04:35.it is dangerous for anybody, politician, police to have a close
:04:35. > :04:41.relationship with News International. Back in March it was
:04:41. > :04:44.less risque. Then the phone hacking scandal was regarded as a row
:04:44. > :04:48.between the Press and celebrities. If you go back further, the years
:04:48. > :04:51.between now and 2006 when all these dinners and lunches were happening
:04:51. > :04:55.between senior police officers and News International, well the police
:04:55. > :04:58.just didn't regard it as a big deal. The former commissioner said this
:04:58. > :05:02.week it was regarded as something that was tiny. It is all about
:05:02. > :05:05.perception, but everybody is now being judged by the perceptions we
:05:05. > :05:07.have now. Another letter from News
:05:07. > :05:13.International in the the papers tomorrow.
:05:13. > :05:16.Yes, and what it says is that News International have ununreservedly
:05:16. > :05:18.apologised. They will act on evidence that comes to light. They
:05:18. > :05:24.will co-operate with the police. They have a management and
:05:24. > :05:29.Standards Committee overseen by two US Attorney generals. News
:05:29. > :05:35.International is trying to sut this crisis -- shut this crisis down. In
:05:35. > :05:40.the past they paid large amounts of money to people who had been phone
:05:40. > :05:44.hacked, but now it is going to take Security has been increase add at
:05:44. > :05:52.hospital in Stockport where three patients died after medication was
:05:52. > :05:59.tampered with. Police say insulin was added to saline at Stepping
:05:59. > :06:03.It is a place where people should feel cared for, but tonight,
:06:03. > :06:07.Stepping Hill Hospital is under close scrutiny. Police say somebody
:06:07. > :06:11.here contaminated some saline solution and until they are caught,
:06:11. > :06:17.security is being increased to prevent any further harm to
:06:17. > :06:22.patients. 44-year-old Tracey Arden is one of three people whose deaths
:06:22. > :06:28.are being investigated. She had multiple sclerosis and had been in
:06:28. > :06:31.in and out of hospital for over a decade. But her brother Gary says
:06:32. > :06:35.hours before she died, she was making a good recovery. Now,
:06:35. > :06:38.instead of planning for a funeral, they are facing days, maybe weeks
:06:38. > :06:47.of uncertainty. The police came round in person to
:06:47. > :06:51.visit my mum and dad in the evening to tell them that there was a
:06:51. > :06:55.serious investigation ongoing and that because of that we wouldn't be
:06:55. > :07:01.able to go ahead with the funeral as planned. It was planned for this
:07:01. > :07:04.Monday. To be told this came as a complete shock to us.
:07:04. > :07:07.This teaching hospital is at the centre of a major police
:07:07. > :07:11.investigation. Detectives have been meeting with senior managers
:07:11. > :07:16.throughout the day. The Health Protection Agency is involved. The
:07:16. > :07:21.coroner is involved. And visiting relatives are anxious.
:07:21. > :07:26.You put it to the back of your mind. It has got to be up forefront. You
:07:26. > :07:28.have got to wonder what is going on. There is always a concern when
:07:28. > :07:32.things do happen in hospitals and you don't know, do you, whether it
:07:32. > :07:37.is going to affect the person you know?
:07:38. > :07:47.Answers to what may have happened here rest with the results of
:07:47. > :07:53.postmortem examinations. Police say The International Development
:07:53. > :07:59.Secretary, Andrew Mitchell has urged the world to do more to avert
:07:59. > :08:05.a a catastrophe in East Africa. The UK pledged �52 million in emergency
:08:05. > :08:10.aid. Mr Mitchell has been visiting the Dadaab Camp in Kenya.
:08:10. > :08:17.From there Clive Myrie sent this report which does contain flash
:08:17. > :08:23.As he came into land, Andrew Mitchell would have seen the
:08:23. > :08:29.enormous site of the refugee camp here in da Dadaab. Before long, he
:08:29. > :08:33.was in the thick of it. How many of these holding areas are there for
:08:33. > :08:38.different foods? This, one of the food distribution areas, feeding
:08:38. > :08:44.thousands of people every day. Life-saving aid and the camp needs
:08:44. > :08:48.much more of it. He listened to some of the personal
:08:48. > :08:53.stories the refugees recounted of escaping the drought in Somalia.
:08:53. > :08:57.This woman told him she was part of a group of 20 others who walked for
:08:57. > :09:02.30 days to get here. And the road they were attacked by
:09:02. > :09:07.bandits and robbed. Others say women have been raped, while
:09:07. > :09:17.malnourished children have died along the way.
:09:17. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:22.She is safe here now, he tells her. Then it was off along a long dusty
:09:22. > :09:25.road to the outer reaches of the camp where some of the new package
:09:25. > :09:31.of British aid announced today will provide better healthcare
:09:31. > :09:37.facilities and more clean water. Andrew Mitchell's visit here isn't
:09:37. > :09:41.designed to publicise what Britain wants to do to help the victims, it
:09:41. > :09:44.is hoped this this trip will galvanise other governments into
:09:44. > :09:46.doing more. There is no question, this is a
:09:46. > :09:53.grave crisis, the real question is whether the international community
:09:53. > :09:57.can stop it it turning into a catastrophe. The levels of
:09:57. > :09:59.malnutrition that we are seeing particularly among mothers with
:09:59. > :10:04.young children are almost unprecedented.
:10:04. > :10:14.This woman knows all about malnutrition. Last week, she buried
:10:14. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:22.her 20 day old son. TRANSLATION: Four of my children
:10:22. > :10:26.have died of malnutrition. I have three children left. Will they be
:10:26. > :10:33.taken from me too? There have been severe droughts
:10:33. > :10:37.here before, but this region is now on the edge of a precipice. Without
:10:38. > :10:47.more international help, this severe emergency could indeed
:10:48. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:52.A number of families have fled their homes in Portadown in County
:10:52. > :10:56.Armagh after violence. Police and their vehicles were pelted with
:10:57. > :10:59.petrol bombs, bricks and fireworks. Officers responded by firing
:10:59. > :11:01.plastic baton rounds. Three people were arrested.
:11:01. > :11:05.The BBC has learned that the Ministry of Defence is considering
:11:05. > :11:08.whether to fund better trained reserve forces by cutting the size
:11:08. > :11:13.of the regular forces. A report to be published on Monday will
:11:13. > :11:14.recommend that the Army, navy and Air Force should have up to 5,000
:11:14. > :11:24.reservists ready for front-line duties.
:11:24. > :11:26.Britain relies much less on volunteers to fight along regular
:11:26. > :11:30.soldiers than countries like America or Australia. The
:11:30. > :11:35.Territorial Army has been in decline for several years.
:11:35. > :11:39.Now, ministers are considering boosting the ranks of Britain's
:11:39. > :11:44.36,000 strong part-time soldiers. A report into the future of the TA
:11:44. > :11:46.has expected to call for a major recruitment drive, offering better
:11:47. > :11:51.pay, training and and responsibility.
:11:51. > :11:54.It is understood this will be paid for by further cuts in the size of
:11:54. > :11:58.the regular Army. Once British combat troops withdraw from
:11:58. > :12:02.Afghanistan. An expansion of the role of the
:12:02. > :12:07.territorials and it would have to be at the expense of the regulars
:12:07. > :12:11.because where else is the money to come from? I do not feel a great
:12:11. > :12:14.concern at that. This will be on top of the
:12:14. > :12:19.reduction already announced by the Government with the Army due to
:12:19. > :12:23.lose around 7,000 soldiers. Labour says the defence community will
:12:23. > :12:26.want clear reassurances that is not cover for more cuts to come. The
:12:26. > :12:33.details of the plans are expected to be unveiled in Parliament next
:12:33. > :12:37.Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke will take a one shot lead into
:12:37. > :12:42.tomorrow's final round at the Open Championship at Royal St George in
:12:42. > :12:47.sandwich. The 42-year-old overcame rain and wind and all the pressures
:12:47. > :12:52.of setting the pace. Tim Franks For much of the day it was less
:12:52. > :13:00.golf, more Glastonbury. Yesterday's T-shirts and shorts felt a year
:13:00. > :13:10.away. It was a time to beat the the good humour out of the most chipper
:13:10. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:15.of golfers. Rickie Fowler's wet weather gear came from the
:13:16. > :13:22.Department of Infectious diseases and Miguel Angel Jimenez managed to
:13:22. > :13:25.keep his cigar alight. The scene resembled a water colour by an old
:13:25. > :13:31.master. Which made it appropriate that the best round of the day in
:13:31. > :13:36.the worst weather came from the the oldest master of them all.
:13:36. > :13:46.The 61-year-old Tom Watson finishing two over par. Rory
:13:46. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:51.McIlroy, the US Open champion, found the going particularly rough.
:13:51. > :13:59.His Northern Ireland compatriot, Darren Clarke was last to stride
:13:59. > :14:02.out. That's the privilege of being top of the of the leaderboard.
:14:02. > :14:08.His excellent spirits were to rise further as he became the only man
:14:08. > :14:13.to birdie the first. And then as blue sky began to poke
:14:13. > :14:18.through the grey blanket, Clarke took advantage of one of the
:14:18. > :14:23.friendlier holes, the seventh. His lead was was back to two.
:14:23. > :14:26.But it stayed stayed tight at top. The American Dustin Johnson birdied
:14:27. > :14:31.his way to the back nine to enup one shot behind the man from
:14:31. > :14:34.Northern Ireland. There is no doubt Darren Clarke has
:14:34. > :14:40.been fortunate not to have the rain lashing that the earlier golfers
:14:40. > :14:44.got, but he profited from it. He seems to have rel relished rather
:14:44. > :14:47.than worried about staying at the top of the leaderboard.
:14:47. > :14:51.I think most of the crowd, they identify with a guy who is maybe
:14:51. > :14:55.not quite an athlete like the rest of them. Somebody who is a normal
:14:55. > :14:59.guy that likes a pint like the rest of them. It is fantastic to have
:14:59. > :15:03.that amount of support and people roaring and shouting for me.
:15:03. > :15:13.More rain is forecast for tomorrow, but with an exciting finish, with
:15:13. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:18.the possibility of another home- It has been billed as Carmageddon
:15:18. > :15:26.when a ten mile stretch of one of America's busiest motorways was
:15:26. > :15:31.shut down for over 48 hours. A key route route running across Los
:15:31. > :15:35.Angeles has been closed for maintenance. Gridlock appears to
:15:35. > :15:40.have been averted. It is something that people in Los Angeles has
:15:40. > :15:45.never seen before, an empty highway. They claim it is the busiest
:15:45. > :15:52.stretch of road in the world. 500,000 people here every weekend.
:15:52. > :15:57.But it is closed. Shut, blocked for a weekend. Yes, a hole 53 hours.
:15:57. > :16:04.A bridge is being demolished and it doesn't sound like the end of the
:16:04. > :16:07.world, does it? But in LA people take their driving seriously.
:16:07. > :16:10.Carmageddon. Carmageddon gets underway.
:16:10. > :16:15.The radio and TV shows had been full of nothing else. Everyone in
:16:15. > :16:18.the city seems to have affected. This might be one of the biggest
:16:18. > :16:21.stories I covered since being in Southern California. We have been
:16:21. > :16:28.talking about it for months, warning people, I guess our station
:16:28. > :16:33.coined the phrase "Carmageddon." Carmageddon. Carmageddon.
:16:33. > :16:35.You would think the end of the world is coming and in LA it might
:16:35. > :16:39.as well be. This is the nerve centre. The name
:16:39. > :16:44.Carmageddon is hype, of course, but they like it that people are scared
:16:44. > :16:50.to stay off the roads. It is a road that has six lanes
:16:50. > :16:55.across and it is the backbone of Los Angeles. So you break the Los
:16:55. > :16:58.Angeles and you paralyse it. REPORTER: It is not the end of the
:16:58. > :17:02.world is it? You know Los Angeles, it is Hollywood.
:17:02. > :17:11.They love sequels here, the other half of the bridge will be
:17:11. > :17:21.demolished in a year's time. And that's it. You can see more on
:17:21. > :17:22.
:17:22. > :17:26.the day's stories on the BBC News Good evening.
:17:26. > :17:29.Over the next few days you might be tempted to check your calendar. It
:17:29. > :17:33.really is the middle of July, but it hasn't been a great start to the
:17:33. > :17:38.weekend, has it? Earlier, we saw heavy rain sweeping across the
:17:38. > :17:41.country. This afternoon, some very heavy, slow moving thundery
:17:41. > :17:45.downpours across the heart of Scotland, it caused flash flooding
:17:45. > :17:50.in parts of Perthshire. More fun and games tomorrow. Some further
:17:50. > :17:54.heavy rain in some placesment feeling cool with the blustery wind.
:17:54. > :17:57.Hopefully where you live, you will see something of the sun. The main
:17:57. > :18:02.focus of the wet weather remains across Scotland. There are warnings
:18:02. > :18:08.issued here. Go online for details of those.
:18:08. > :18:11.A a cool night. Temperatures down to 11 to 14 Celsius. Sunday sees
:18:11. > :18:15.further wet weather across the West of Scotland and spitting down
:18:15. > :18:18.across the Irish Sea into parts of northern England, North Wales some
:18:18. > :18:22.wet weather here. There will be dry and bright spells to the south and
:18:22. > :18:26.to the north, but that said, still showers around and again slow
:18:26. > :18:30.moving heavy downpours across the party of Scotland. A breezy day
:18:30. > :18:35.particularly across the West and the south and it will feel cool
:18:35. > :18:41.again. Temperatures generally mid to high teens.
:18:41. > :18:45.The final day, of of course, at Sandwich promises to be a showery