10/11/2012 BBC Weekend News

Good evening. The BBC has admitted it was wrong to broadcast a report

which alleged child abuse by an un- named former Conservative

politician. The Director-General of the BBC, George Entwistle, said the

Newsnight report, which didn't name the former politician but did lead

to him being wrongly implicated on the internet, should not have aired.

He said he had demanded an urgent inquiry and said staff could face

disciplinary action, but admitted that he himself wasn't aware of the

report until after it was broadcast. The BBC Trust said it was a deeply

troubling episode. Torin Douglas reports. Another day, another BBC

crisis. Once again, its flagship daily news programme is under the

spotlight. A new crisis for Newsnight. Tonight, this programme

apologises, a key allegation in a report about child abuse was wrong.

The abuse victim says he was mistaken. Steven Messham, a former

resident of a care home, claimed he had been assaulted bay politician

from the Thatcher ra. He -- era. He thought that was Lord McAlpine and

although the programme didn't name him many on the internet did. Mr

Messham was mistaken but the BBC Director-General said the programme

should have checked. It was our responsibility, Newsnight's

responsibility to make sure any misidentification did not end up on

television. Therefore, we have to take the blame for that. No

question about that at all. Entwistle said he hbt known about

the Newsnight broadcast in advance, even though he is the BBC's editor-

in-chief. But he said senior news executives had. Nobody even

mentioned in the context that we now understand, nobody mentioned

it? No. Isn't that extraordinary? Well, in the light of what's

happened here, I wish this had been referred to me but it wasn't and I

have - I run the BBC on the basis that the right people are put in

the right positions to make the right decisions. Weeks after the

Jimmy Savile crisis broke, the BBC is now facing more questions, not

just about its journalism, but about the way the organisation is

run. Last month, Mr Entwistle was grilled by MPs over the Jimmy

Savile crisis. He is due to face them again in two weeks. I would

say this is one of the worst crises the BBC has faced in 50 years. The

BBC's reputation rests on the integrity of its journalism,

factual accuracy, that there have been two failures in the space of a

few weeks clearly has done immense damage.

Despite the BBC's apology, a Government inquiry into whether

abuse at the care home in North Wales was investigated properly in

the Waterhouse report will still go ahead. Right at the heart of it the

most horrible and disgusting child abuse, which was investigated in

the Waterhouse report, but as it appears there are more victims

coming forward, of course each of them has to be taken very seriously

and investigated to make sure that there wasn't something missing.

report on how the Newsnight investigation came to be broadcast

is due on the Director-General's desk tomorrow.

Babies in the UK are to be vaccinated against a virus which

causes tens of thousands of cases of vomiting and diarrhoea each year.

The vaccine for rotavirus will be offered from September 2013, with

doses given to babies aged between two and four months old. Ben

Geoghegan reports. Rotavirus spreads easily and can

lead to nasty symptoms, particularly in the very young. So

next year, the Government is to offer a new vaccine in an effort to

reduce the number of children affected. The symptoms for children

are nausea, perhaps for a day, and followed by dramatic diarrhoea and

that's the problem. Because a child can pass a lot of fluid and get

really sick from that. It's the biggest cause of stomach upsets in

children under the age of five and leads to around 14,000 hospital

admissions in the UK each year. The new vaccination programme is

designed to bring down the number of hospital cases by around 70%, it

should also reduce the stress suffered by children and their

parents. The new vaccine will be given to

babies under the age of four months T will be offered to around 840,000

babies each year. But the vaccination programme won't begin

until September 2013. Children can already have as many as a dozen

vaccinations before the age of five. So what do parents think about

adding another one to the list? far as I am concerned, it's fine

with my kids because it's all for their benefit. That's very bad, I

am not keen on vaccination. Definitely not. If it's there for

benefit, so they should have another vaccination. It's no harm.

The Government insists the new vaccine is safe and is widely used

elsewhere. The good news is that this one will be given in drops,

rather than by a painful jab. The director of the CIA, General

David Petraeus, has resigned after admitting to having had an affair.

Mr Petraeus, who had previously led international forces in Iraq and

Afghanistan, said his behaviour had been unacceptable. The relationship

was uncovered during an investigation by the FBI.

Talks to agree a new European Union budget have stalled in Brussels.

Most member governments wanted to limit any increase to less than 3%.

The EU Commission and the European Parliament had asked for almost 7%.

Negotiations will resume on Tuesday. British forces will gather at their

bases in Helmand tomorrow for services to mark Remembrance Sunday.

By the end of the year, 500 British personnel will have returned from

Afghanistan, leaving 9,000 UK troops there as the NATO withdrawal

gathers pace. Our defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt

reports from Helmand with the Royal Marines. On a rocky outpost high in

the hills an Afghan policeman stands guard. Legend has it this

fort was used by Genghis Khan and the British too in centuries past.

Once again, British troops are preparing to leave. This new

checkpoint has been handed over to the local police. They must now

keep their own villages safe. The Royal Marines job of mentoring them

is nearly done. They're as good as we are going to

get them. The rest they'll have to do on their own. I can safely say

that me, the boss, and the rest of our lads, have left our - done our

bit for progression. Both sides are now stripping down their weapons,

only this time blind-folded, that not only takes a lot of skill, but

takes a lot of trust. British soldiers still visit to

work and play with the Afghans they've mentored. But after the

recent insider attacks, is there still trust? You can never 100%

trust anyone. But my guys, here were extremely comfortable with

them. But just in case, an armed British soldier watches over us.

They're known as guardian angels. Outside a few hundred metres away

is a frontline. TRANSLATION: There are two wars here, one for

religion and one for power. When NATO forces go, those fighting for

religious reasons will stop. But those battling for power will carry

The match continues as we leave the base. It's not yet clear who's won.

A little like Afghanistan itself, though many wonder which side it's

now wisest to cheer on. In sport, England and Wales' rugby

union teams have been in action in the first weekend of matches in the

autumn internationals. There was a surprise defeat for Wales against

Argentina, while England were firmly in control of their 54-12

victory over Fiji. Alex South reports..

Paying their respects before trying to earn the respect of the southern

hemisphere. In truth, these games were warm-ups but no one seemed to

tell the visitors. In Cardiff, a much improved Argentina were

dominating the champions, only this accuracy keeping Wales in front.

The two tries in the space of five minutes changed everything.

Finishing at the highest order for Argentina, as they showed everyone

that they are now a force to be reckoned with in international

rugby. A backward step for Wales who have plenty to Ponder.

At Twickenham England survived early indiscipline from Care, sin-

banned -- sin-binned for a dangerous tackle. Sharp's first try

for his country was worth it. Record scores were being talked

about as Johnson ran in try number four. But everyone's favourite