02/09/2017 BBC Weekend News

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it's paid compensation,

to the former Chief of the Defence Staff,

Field Marshal Lord Bramall, and the family of the late

Both men had been falsely accused of child sexual

abuse by an informant, who's now being investigated

for allegedly perverting the course of justice.

They were claims which seemed to go right to the heart

After a 14 month investigation which went nowhere, a review

But not before police had raided the homes of Lord Bramall,

one of Britain's most senior former military figures.

Lord Brittan, the former Home Secretary, who had died.

And Harvey Proctor, once a Conservative MP.

Names among those offered by this man, known as Nick,

who still can't be named for legal reasons.

A retired judge found police had failed to properly

Applications for search warrants contained inaccuracies.

And the investigation went on too long.

It's thought Lord Bramall and Lord Brittan's family have

received around ?100,000 each in compensation from the police.

I've never complained about being investigated.

It was only the heavy-handed and very unintelligent way

I mean, I think they could have said...

If they'd taken any trouble to put their effort onto questioning

the so-called victim, I think they would have found

He lost his job and his home when he became embroiled

Negotiations between Mr Proctor's lawyers and the police continue.

The man who made the original allegations is himself

being investigated, to see whether he deliberately

Tom Symonds, BBC News, Scotland Yard.

The UN now says as many as 41 million people have been affected

by heavy monsoon rains across South Asia,

leading to the worst flooding in the region for several years.

Whole communities have been uprooted across India,

Bangladesh and Nepal, and at least 1400 people

Our correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, has just sent us this report

from the city of Katihar, in one of the worst affected

regions, Bihar state, in north east India,

Where we're going can only be reached by boat.

The only dry place for miles around is on top of this great embankment,

but the embankment that now protects the villagers is the reason

the floods had such a catastrophic impact.

The torrential rains transformed the normally placid river,

So what happened, the embankment holding back the river breached

and the water came crashing in here, sweeping away half the village,

devastating their homes, devastating their lives.

TRANSLATION: It felt like we were hit by an ocean

of water, I just ran for my life, taking my children with me.

This man showed me what the floods had done to his home.

So, he said the whole place was flooded with water.

The water was above his head and came rushing through here.

You can see, it's just left absolutely terrible mud behind.

So, he says for three days they had no food

at all and then some people came, bringing food.

He said there wasn't enough room to stay on the embankment so he had

to bring his family down here, including his three-year-old child.

It is Eid today, one of the great festivals of Islam.

Like most of the village, this family is Muslim.

For the first time since the catastrophe they are having

meat, but there was little appetite for celebration.

Tens of thousands of communities across South Asia have

similar stories of horror and destruction to tell.

The only good news here, is that everyone in this village survived.

Nearly 60,000 refugees from Myanmar's Rohinga Muslim

minority, have fled the country, to neighbouring Bangladesh.

The exodus follows weeks of violence, involving Rohinga

militants, and a counter-offensive launched by the Myanmar military,

President Trump has flown into Texas today for his second visit this week

to areas affected by Hurricane Harvey.

He's meeting survivors of the storm, and those helping

The President has asked Congress for an initial payment of ?6 billion

Our North America Correspondent James Cook is in Houston.

What help is the president offering? The president is offering this

initial package of ?6 billion worth of help and he is asking Congress to

approve that, that should be approved pretty speedily by

Congress. It is only the start of the funds the city will need, the

mayor of Houston said more than 15 times that amount will eventually be

required to help this city recover and all eyes will be on President

Trump to see how he is coping with this disaster in presidential terms.

He is credited with having done pretty well so far, along with his

Federal emergency management agency, the response is said to have been

pretty quick, in contrast to the response to hurricane Katrina in

2005 which was disastrous. He is visiting this place, Texas and

neighbouring Louisiana, where the flooding is continued, chemical

plant explosions to the north of the city and also 120,000 people without

drinking water further east. James Cook, thanks for joining us.

A man has been arrested after a crossbow bolt was fired

into the Oval Cricket ground during a match.

It happened on Thursday when Surrey were playing Middlesex.

Armed police carried out an evacuation of the south london

The 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted GBH

The first pedestrians have walked across the Queensferry crossing,

the new bridge over the Firth of Forth.

By the end of the weekend 50,000 people are expected

to have made the journey, taking in magnificent views.

The bridge, will officially open to traffic next week.

Our correspondent Catrina Renton has more.

This is something we won't see again, for two days only, 50,000

people are getting the chance to walk over the new Queensferry

Crossing, chosen in a ballot from almost a quarter of a million people

who put their names forward for this moment in history. This is something

I sick until his family about. -- Isaac. Yes we have taken lots of

photos, if he doesn't remember himself. The Forth road bridge

opened in 1964. This is a new crossing for the 21st-century, a

chance to sample this feat of engineering, 1.7 miles long and the

tallest in the UK. These are the people who have been lucky enough to

walk over the bridge, they are taking every opportunity to relish

this, this road will soon become a motorway so this is a

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these people to experience the

bridge up close and personal. Nine-year-old Woody's family watched

the bridge being built as they drove over the old one. There was a

massive gap in the middle. And soon we will be seeing so many cars over

it. I thought it was done, I was so excited, my heart was pounding. The

First Minister joined walkers, taking pictures and soaking up the

atmosphere. Such a feeling of pride on the part of everyone I have

spoken to, this is a Scottish icon and it will become one of the most

recognisable bridges anywhere in the world. Today's memories will be

passed down the generations. Motor racing, and Britain's Lewis

Hamilton set a new record this afternoon Italy -

by securing his 69th pole position, surpassing that

of Michael Schumacher. Qualifying was hit by

heavy rain at Monza - but the Mercedes driver snatched

pole at the last minute. The teenage rookie Lance Stroll -

driving for Williams - will start tomorrow's

race alongside Hamilton. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel

starts sixth for Ferrari, We are back with the

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