06/10/2012

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:00:25. > :00:29.Good afternoon to you. Police have charged a man with the murder of

:00:29. > :00:33.five-year-old April Jones. Mark bridge rer, who is 46, has also

:00:33. > :00:37.been charged with her abduction and attempting to pervert the course of

:00:37. > :00:41.justice. This afternoon, officers said they remained focused on

:00:41. > :00:46.finding April, as Alexandra MacKenzie reports. Mark Bridger has

:00:46. > :00:50.been if police custody since Tuesday., the day after April Jones

:00:50. > :00:54.disappeared. He's now been charged with the murder of the five-year-

:00:54. > :00:58.old girl. My conclusion is that there is

:00:59. > :01:04.sufficient evidence to charge Mark Bridger with the murder of April

:01:04. > :01:08.Jones. It's many the public interest to do

:01:08. > :01:12.so. I have also concluded that there is sufficient evidence to

:01:12. > :01:16.charge the defendant with attempting to pervert the course of

:01:16. > :01:24.justice and child abduction. Today, our thoughts are very much with

:01:24. > :01:28.April's family, friends and those who knew her and the community

:01:28. > :01:32.within Machynlleth. The last few days has seen us deal with one of

:01:32. > :01:35.tf most fast-moving and complex cases. April Jones had been out

:01:35. > :01:41.playing with friends on Monday, a special treat for doing well at

:01:41. > :01:47.school. Since then, a painstaking search has been under way.

:01:47. > :01:50.60 speciallist trained officers from the emergency services and

:01:50. > :01:56.Coastguard Rescue Teams have spent the week doing what they can. They

:01:56. > :02:00.were joined by many from the local community.

:02:00. > :02:06.This morning, that community woke knowing there's little prospect of

:02:06. > :02:11.finding April alive. There is a change in the mood, but at the same

:02:11. > :02:20.time people are still, as I Sam, holding on to that hope that April

:02:20. > :02:25.will be found alive -- as I am. If that is not to be, then it's

:02:25. > :02:32.crucial that April is found for the family and for the community.

:02:32. > :02:36.The pink rib upons remain, a symbol of unity and hope, pink is April's

:02:36. > :02:40.favourite colour. The vigils for the missing girl have been held

:02:40. > :02:47.every night. Tomorrow, the people of this town will come together to

:02:47. > :02:51.remember her at a special church service.

:02:51. > :02:55.The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says he backs the legal limit on

:02:55. > :02:58.abortion being lowered from 24 weeks to 12 adding his voice to

:02:58. > :03:02.whether Cabinet Ministers pressing for a change in the law. David

:03:02. > :03:07.Cameron insusted the government has no plans to reduce the limit and

:03:07. > :03:12.said Mr Hunt was simply expressing a person opinion, as Vicki Young

:03:12. > :03:16.reports -- insisted. Pst an emotive and personal issue, abortion

:03:16. > :03:19.divides political parties and over the years they've brought

:03:19. > :03:29.protestors on to the streets. Jeremy Hunt's told the times that

:03:29. > :03:39.

:03:39. > :03:44.he personally believes the time At the moment, abortion is legal in

:03:44. > :03:47.England, Scotland and Wales up until 24 weeks of pregnancy. The

:03:47. > :03:52.latest figures show there were just under 190,000 abortions for women

:03:52. > :03:55.living in England and Wales last year, but most abortions, 91% of

:03:55. > :03:59.them, are carried out before 13 weeks.

:03:59. > :04:05.Some experts who give advice on unwanted pregnancy point out that

:04:05. > :04:10.it's often very vulnerable women who seek later abortions.

:04:10. > :04:13.They are a small number of women but they are no less deserving of

:04:13. > :04:16.care than women who present earlier. It's important that the Health

:04:16. > :04:19.Secretary recognises the reality and needs of women's lives and that

:04:19. > :04:23.women will need access to later care.

:04:24. > :04:29.David Cameron was out meeting nurses today, keen to highlight his

:04:30. > :04:33.commitment to the NHS and how the Government has protected the Health

:04:33. > :04:38.Service budget. He was forced to respond to the abortion debate and

:04:38. > :04:45.made us clear he disagreed with his Health Secretary. Members of

:04:45. > :04:51.Parliament vote according to their conscience. I've said I would vote

:04:51. > :04:54.for a modest limit. Jeremy Hunt's intervention in this controversial

:04:54. > :04:57.area will be welcomed by many Conservatives gathering here for

:04:57. > :05:01.their Party Conference. Although the government has no plans to

:05:01. > :05:08.change the law, there are many backbenchers who'd like to try and

:05:08. > :05:11.force a vote on the issue. The radical Muslim cleric, Abu

:05:11. > :05:15.Hamza, who was extradited from the UK to the United States overnight

:05:15. > :05:20.is to apear in court in New York later today. He's being held in

:05:20. > :05:24.Manhattan and faces 11 separate terror charges. From there,

:05:24. > :05:29.Alastair Leithead reports. Arriving in the dead of night,

:05:29. > :05:34.after years of legal challenges. After landing on American soil, Abu

:05:34. > :05:39.Hamza was taken directly to a maximum security holding cell.

:05:39. > :05:44.He and two other men also wanted by the US on terrorism charges are now

:05:44. > :05:47.being held here in New York ahead of their first court appearance.

:05:47. > :05:52.Two others also extradited have already pleaded not guilty

:05:52. > :05:57.elsewhere and were jailed until their trial.

:05:58. > :06:02.Just do it... In the 1990, Abu Hamza used

:06:02. > :06:06.London's Finsbury Park Mosque as a platform for his messages of hatred.

:06:06. > :06:11.Dismissed as troublemaker, his angry sermons went on to inspire

:06:11. > :06:15.acts of violence. Abu Hamza's extradition to America is to face

:06:15. > :06:20.11 charges relating to hostage- taking, conspiracy to establish a

:06:20. > :06:24.militant training camp and calling for holy war in Afghanistan.

:06:24. > :06:26.The terms of his extradition mean he cannot be given the death

:06:26. > :06:30.penalty. Abu Hamza is due to appear at this

:06:30. > :06:34.federal court for the start of a long legal process. It's eight

:06:34. > :06:38.years since the US first requested his extradition, four years since

:06:38. > :06:44.the British Government approved it and the question he's left behind

:06:44. > :06:49.is why did the process take so long? This has been a deeply

:06:49. > :06:53.frustrating process. These individuals have been or said to

:06:53. > :06:57.have undertaken some very serious crimes, they're terrorist suspects

:06:57. > :07:02.and we should be able to, most people would say, be able to see

:07:02. > :07:07.them removed from this country in a shorter process. For years, Abu

:07:07. > :07:12.Hamza's been the face of the battle against extremism. Now it's America

:07:12. > :07:16.which seeks to bring him to justice. The back Stany politician, Imran

:07:16. > :07:21.Khan, is leading a convoy of hundreds of supporters from the

:07:21. > :07:24.capital Islamabad to tribal areas near the Afghan border in protest

:07:24. > :07:31.against the American dron attacks. The former cricketer says drone

:07:32. > :07:36.strikes are morally wrong and politically harmful. Mr Khan has

:07:36. > :07:40.been accuse odd trying to capitalise on the widespread anger

:07:40. > :07:46.against drone strikes. A former Butler to the Pope has been

:07:46. > :07:53.sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found to be leaking

:07:53. > :07:58.confidential papers to the press. Alan Johnston reports from Rome.

:07:59. > :08:02.He's seen the -- he seemed the perfect butler, attending the

:08:02. > :08:07.Pope's every need. Paolo Gabriele was always at his master's side and

:08:07. > :08:13.with the Pope, he rode in a world of privilege. All this is over now,

:08:13. > :08:18.because the butler broke the rules. A Vatican judge sentencing Gabriele

:08:18. > :08:22.to 18 months in jail, guilty of stealing the Pope's secrets and

:08:23. > :08:27.revealing them to the world. Gabriele told the court he'd seen

:08:27. > :08:32.evil and corruption in the Vatican. He was worried about unresolved

:08:32. > :08:37.mysteries. He said the Pope was not fully informed and that that made

:08:37. > :08:41.his master easy to manipulate. He said he wanted to help the Pope

:08:42. > :08:47.by revaeling the rot so he leaked documents to the media -- revealing.

:08:47. > :08:51.The Vatican says there was no need for this. There are four or five

:08:51. > :08:55.people in the whorld who have the chance every day to talk o the Pope

:08:55. > :09:01.and get five minutes with him with no distractions. Began Gabriele

:09:01. > :09:06.could have done it that way, instead he went off and caused the

:09:06. > :09:11.scandal that became. Those who watch the Vatican closely still

:09:11. > :09:15.wonder about this affair - did the butler really act alone as he

:09:15. > :09:20.insists he did? There is a widespread sense here that the

:09:20. > :09:24.butler's trial has left unanswered questions. Although the Pope's

:09:24. > :09:28.conducted hids own inquiry into the scandal surrounding the leaks,

:09:28. > :09:34.whatever he's found out, he's keeping secret. The Pope will want

:09:34. > :09:40.to move on and he's expected to pardon Paolo Gabriele to forgive

:09:40. > :09:43.his way ward butler. Football now and in the Barclays

:09:43. > :09:48.Premier League, there have been wins today for West Brom and