27/10/2012 BBC Weekend News

Hello, good afternoon. The nephew of Jimmy Savile has spoken of his

family's turmoil over allegations of sexual abuse surrounding the

late television presenter and DJ. Roger Foster said the claims had

overwhelmed his family and made it difficult for them to reconcile

their image of a man who did so much for charity with one who

committed what he has called indecent criminal acts. The

statement referred to how the family became aware of the

programme that was being made, with allegations of a darker side that

Ben Geoghegan is with me now in the studio. What more of a saint in the

statement? The statement sets out the family's shock and disbelief

and echoes the reaction around the country as these allegations have

surfaced about Jimmy Savile. He goes on to say how the allegations

have overwhelmed his family and he asked the question, how could

anyone live their life doing the most good at and the most evil at

the same time? He also talks about Savile's victims, Zane their own

despair and sadness does not compare to that felt by the victims,

and we offer our deepest sympathy in what must be a terrible time for

all of them. He ends with a question, where will this all end?

Our feelings are in turmoil as we await each turn of events. And one

of those events today, the Catholic Church in England and Wales has

written to the Pope to see whether his papal knighthood can be revoked.

He was given that by Pope John Paul II in 1994 for his charity work,

but the Archbishop of Westminster, the head of the change in England

and Wales, has written to the Vatican, asking whether it can be

annulled. It is not clear whether there is a procedure for taking his

name off that list, but the Church has had to deal with its own sex

abuse scandals and clearly wants to make a gesture towards Jimmy

Savile's victims, whom the Church has described as being in deep

distress because of all of this. Women who quit smoking by the age

of 30 will almost completely avoid the risks of dying early from

tobacco-related diseases. The study in the Lancet looked at more than

one million women in the UK and qualifies for the first time the

benefits of stopping smoking at different stages of life. Health

correspondent Branwen Jeffreys reports how it also found that

lifelong smokers lost around 10 years from their lifespan.

Angela took up smoking at the age of 11, so giving up when she was 20

it was tough, and she got advice and nicotine substitutes from a

local NHS, but it also took a lot of willpower. Today's research

shows that by giving up while she is still young, she should live as

long as a non-smoker, and she is already feeling healthier. It is

amazing, I can feel it already, it is great, being able to breathe

again, you know. If I have a night out, I wake up in the morning, I

used to be wheezing, but I have got my sense of smell back, which is

like a whole new sensory experience for me. I did not realise that I

could not really smell anything. was in the 1950s that British women

took up smoking in large numbers. Now, by following that generation,

researchers have been able to measure the impact. Using

information from more than one million women, the study in the

Lancet compares smokers and non- smokers. On average, female smokers

died 10 years earlier than non- smokers. Stopping smoking by the

age of 40 meant they died just one year before non-smokers. And

stopping by 30 meant almost all of the extra risk was avoided.

found that if women smoked like men, they died like men. Half of the

people who keep on smoking will be killed by tobacco, but if you stop

early enough, you avoid most of that risk. This study shows that if

you give up young, you will live longer, but smoking is so damaging

that there are other reasons to quit sooner, not later. It

prematurely ages in and makes it harder for women to get pregnant. -

- skin. They have been scattered snow

showers across the eastern side of Britain with winds gusting up to 50

mph. Snow fell on Newcastle overnight, creating difficult

driving conditions. More than one million tonnes of salt has been set

aside by councils in England and Wales to cope with icy roads this

window. Preparations are being made in

several states as Tropical Storm Sandy approaches the east coast of

America. The US National weather Service downgraded it from a

hurricane this morning, but it is still expected to cause major

disruption when it hits next week. At least 40 people are reported to

have been killed when the storm passed over the Caribbean.

The second day of the ceasefire in Syria has been violated by the

explosion of a car bomb in the City of their resort. A temporary four-

day truce had been called to mark a Muslim holiday. The opposition

claimed that these army has been shelling Damascus, Deraa and Aleppo.

Activists say more than 150 people had been killed since the ceasefire

began. James Reynolds is in Turkey, bordering Syria. What is the latest

you are hearing? I think it is very clear now that the holiday

ceasefire has not taken hold. We have been getting opposition

reports that the government has fired mortars in suburbs of

Damascus and also in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, in the north,

and there were reports on state television of a car-bomb attack in

Deir ez-Zor, an eastern city. It may be that the ceasefire plan was

more of a prayer than a potential plan itself, and it may be that the

two sides still think that each can win by force alone. Syria because

it has warplanes and support from Russia, and the opposition because

it gets guns from abroad and because it has popular support

inside the country. It may indeed be that this holiday ceasefire ends

in nothing. James, thank you. The Environment

Secretary has confirmed that a ban on the import of ash trees will

come into force on Monday. The deadly disease Charlara fraxinea

fungus was found in the natural environment in the East Anglia. It

has already come 90% of the species in Denmark in seven years and

imports have been blamed for spreading to the UK. The next news

bulletin is at 5:20pm on BBC One. Good afternoon from BBC London News,

I'm Louisa Preston. Traders in East London say that parking

restrictions are ruining their businesses. They claim the

increased number of controlled parking zones across the capital

means it is harder for people to shop on their local high streets.

But councils say they are necessary and that residents want them.

Angela Walker went to Leyton to find out more. Top left is my

father, top right is my grandmother... This fishmonger's

has been in the family for five generations. Now the owners say its

future is under threat because of parking restrictions. We have not

controlled parking zones, with all the little side turnings that used

to have parking areas. Now you have got to my silly little scratchcard

tickets, if you spend five minutes in an area to do a bit of shopping.

People won't do it! When the council says, we are doing our best

for local businesses, they are not. This has been in his family for

eight years. Now it is closing. have survived the Great Depression,

world wars, the recession in the 1980s. Unfortunately, we are not

good to last any longer. Any time the parking restrictions are

increased, food for Fort off. The fees went up 60% earlier this year,

and the castles as they tried to help the local community. This will

shock has been here for 23 years. This is going to be a very

difficult year. I do not know how much longer we can carry on.

Federation of Small Businesses says many of its London members say that

parking has a negative impact on them. They are asking the leaders

of London's councils to rethink their policies, but Waltham Forest

insists residents want controlled parking zones. If you ever want to

do Controlled Parking, you have to discuss it with people, and local

residents wanted that, it is something that was very popular

because it is such a dense area. the south end of the high road, it

is another story. The council has given shopfronts in a facelift and

tidied up the pavements, but there is parking at a nearby superstore.

The whole shop looks more attractive and eye-catching. So

passing trade has increased dramatically. Waltham Forest

council say they are planning to spend �3 million on Leyton High

Road, but for shops like this one it is too little, too late.

The Conservative MP Richard Ottaway has announced he will stand down

from Parliament at the next general election. The 67-year-old has

represented Croydon South since 1992. He had a majority of over

15,000 votes at the last election. A man has been paid almost �200 by

a company for wasting his time with cold calls. Richard Herman from

Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey billed the company for his time when they

continually called him about claming payment protection

compensation. The Olympic rower Alex Partridge,

from Henley on Thames, has issued a new plea for the return of his

stolen medal after Team GB hockey player Hannah MacLeod got hers back.

Both Olympians lost their medals when their Team GB jackets were

stolen as they partied at a London nightclub in the early hours of

Wednesday. Right, let's take a look at this afternoon's weather, it

will remain cold with strong northerly winds and the odd shower.

Top temperature of eight degrees celcius. Tonight should remain dry

with some cloud developing in the early hours of Sunday morning.

That's it, I'll be back at 5.30pm. Until then have a lovely afternoon,

Hello. The week that has just gone by, many of us will have seen

barely a single ray of sunshine, but a change today as brisk

northerly winds have blown away murky weather and given us some

sunshine, but with some cold air coming from the Arctic, you will

notice that if you are not been outside already, it feels freezing

cold, and these northerly winds are also bringing plenty of showers.

Overnight we had some snow showers across the north-east of Scotland,

north-eastern parts of England, giving a covering of snow in places.

Further showers will affect eastern England through the afternoon, and

some will fall as Hale, a mixture of rain elsewhere. That is

associated with rain in the higher parts of the atmosphere. A spell of

snow in the mountains, but to the eastern side of Scotland we will

hold on to dry and bright weather, bar some isolated showers in

Aberdeenshire. Cloudy weather across the north coast of Northern

Ireland, sinking southwards, but staying largely dry and a later.

Light showers affecting eastern parts of England, where we already

have released on winds up to 50 mph. If you are watching the football,

Arsenal versus QPR, it is a case of wrapping up warm, because it will

feel colder than the seven degrees on the thermometer. Her overnight,

outbreaks of rain will trickle eastwards from Scotland and

Northern Ireland, initially the rain falling pretty patchily, but

it will turn persistent as the night progresses. Perhaps an early

nipper frost the cost eastern England before the milder air

begins to arrive. For Sunday, what a contrast in the forecast,

generally cloudy, westerly or south-westerly winds blowing in

thick cloud and rain for many of us. A few limited bright interludes,

temperatures a couple of degrees higher on the thermometer, but not

feeling a great deal different because it will still be breezy and

there will not be a lot of sunshine. Through Sunday night, the weather

system brings rain southwards across England, lingering for the

first part of Monday, so a damp start to the day in London, but