31/12/2011 BBC Weekend News

Good afternoon. An urgent review into the risks

associated with breast implants has been announced by the Government.

The Heath Secretary is concerned that the existing evidence about

the potential dangers is not reliable. Around 40,000 women in

Britain are believed to have had silicone implants fitted by a

French company, which has been shut down by authorities in France.

Here's our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh. It's a week week

since the French Government recommended the removal of all PIP

implants. Ministers here maintain that's not necessary, but now

they're reviewing the safety data submitted by all those who fitted

the implants. If there are any safety concerns, we will act in

order to provide them with whatever recommend diis required, I want to

reiterate we don't have evidence which would justify any routine

removal of these breast implants and we don't have evidence of

safety concerns. The PIP implants were banned last

year as they contain non-medical grade silicone. Around 40,000

British women have the implants, 95% of the surgery was done in

private clinics. The French say the implants have a 5% rupture rate,

whereas in the UK it's 1%, similar to other brands. But new

conflicting evidence from a private health firm suggests the rupture

rate here may be higher, too. Jane Parry from Liverpool is

worried. Although she's not had any health problems since having the

PIP implants fitted, she wants them out. I am shocked. Every day you

are reading more stuff, there's more coming out, people are coming

forward. You are bumping into people you didn't know had implants

and they're worried. Christmas has not been Christmas for thus year.

French and British experts stress there is no increased breast cancer

reus Africa the PIP -- reus Africa the implants F the review finds

they are more like throeu rupture it's not clear whether Ministers

here will follow the French lead and offer to pay for their removal.

A soldier from 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, has been killed

in an explosion in Afghanistan. It happened while he was on foot

patrol yesterday in Helmand Province. His family have been told.

Syria's two largest opposition groups have signed an agreement to

work together, if President Assad falls. The agreement comes as

violence within the country continues, despite the presence of

Arab League observers. In Idlib, troops used water cannon and

gunfire to disperse protestors. Police have started using lie

detectors to help them decide which suspects to investigate. A pilot

scheme has been run and the Association of Chief Police

Officers, which represents forces in England, Wales and Northern

Ireland, says the technology could become a useful tool. Sarah

Campbell reports. Are you worried about any of the

questions on this test... Commonly used by police in the US and TV

talk shows the lie detector test is now making its way into the

criminal justice system. It can help investigations because if the

police have six suspects, say and they polygraph them all, they can

hone in on one person and have confidence to think this person is

showing deception and the likelihood is, this is the person

who committed the crime. The way the body reacts through breathing,

heart rate and sweating all indicate whether a sly being told -

- whether a lie is being told. Nothing is 100% but any result I

give I am confident is the right result. The results are currently

inadmissible in court but Hertfordshire Police have been

trialling them on suspected sex Over the past two and a half years

hundreds of convicted sex offenders have been compelled to undergo lie

detector tests as part of a pilot scheme being run by the Ministry of

Justice. Those results are being evaluated. It's up to individual

police forces to decide whether to make use of lie detectors, but the

Association of Chief Police Officers agrees it could be a

useful tool in combating crime. An 18-year-old man has been

remanded in custody charged with murdering a teenage babysitter.

Catherine Wynter had been looking after her nephew and niece in

Borehamwood on Boxing Day, when she was stabbed. Tony Bushby will

appear at St Albans Crown Court on Wednesday.

Leading figures from the world of entertainment and sport are among

those recognised in the Queen's New Year Honours list. This year the

list also includes people who've turned a corner in their lives.

The BAFTA-winning actress Helena Bonham Carter can now add a new

achievement to her accomplishments, after being appointed CBE. She said

she was thrilled, though not sure she deserved it.

Ronnie Corbett has been delighting audiences for half a century. He's

also become a CBE. US Open winning golfer Rory McIlroy

becomes an MBE. And an OBE goes to Darren Clarke, winner of the

British Open. It's sinking in what I managed to

achieve, but the OBE is certainly a massive honour for me and I feel

hugely privileged to be awarded the honour.

Also recognised are people who have taken their lives in a new

direction. Gerald Ronson was jailed in 1990 for his part in the

Guinness share scandal. He's now become a CBE, for his charity work

work since his release. Christopher Preddie is also someone who has

turned his life around. As a teenager he was involved with gangs

and drugs, but for the last eight years he's devoted his time to

youth work and reducing crime. He's become an OBE. I think that from

the background I have come from and a lot of things I had to go through

and struggles, it's an honour to be such a great award and the fact I

now have an OBE is fantastic. And I think any kid can now see from that

hard work does pay off. And he's typical of most of the names on

this year's list. People not in the public eye, who are being honoured

for making a significant contribution to their community.

Football, and in today's early Premier League game bottom club,

Blackburn, pulled off a shock win against Manchester United. Joe

Wilson watched the action. 70 today, Sir Alex Ferguson has

learned to tkppt the -- expect the unexpected. Mascots with birthday

cards, fine. But watch what Blackburn's attack was simply

Yakubu. Seeing him is one thing, stopping him another. 2-0. Old

Trafford was stunned and United were stung into a response. Two

goals followed by Berbatov. United reasserted themselves in classic

fashion. And then folded. The goalkeeper was weak in the presence

of Hapbley. Blackburn were direct and determined. Their manager had

been inspired by Ferguson's support but Steve Kean could not have

managed this generosity. Whose birthday was it?

Andy Murray has appointed the former world tennis number one,

Ivan Lendl, as his new, full-time coach. Czech-born Lendl, who won

eight Grand Slams, will start work with Murray, who hasn't had a coach

since March, immediately. Celebrations to mark the start of

2012, are well under way all around the world. Here, thousands of

people will pack into Edinburgh city centre, for the traditional

Hogmanay street party. In London, up to a quarter of million people,

are expected to watch the fireworks along the Thames. Phil Bodmer

reports. The first big display to welcome in

2012, fireworks lighting up the night sky over Auckland in New

Zealand. In Australia, Sydney's famous bridge was the setting for

events down under. This year's theme being a time to dream, as an

estimated one and a half million people lined the foreshore to watch

a display costing �4 million. And large crowds gathered around

Victoria harbour in Hong Kong to watch fireworks set off from some

of the city's best landmarks. In Edinburgh, final preparations are

being made for the traditional Hogmanay sell wraeugss --

celebrations, up to 80,000 are expected to attend. In London, as

technicians made their final checks on three barges in the Thames,

spectators, some waiting for hours, began taking up their pitches.

wanted to be here to get the best spot. Normally we sit at home and

watch from there, but we wanted to come up and actually be here for

the environment. The area around the embankment has been cordoned

off and a number of road closures will remain in place until Sunday