24/08/2012 BBC News at One

A court in Norway rules that the mass murders Anders Breivik is sane.

Breivik admitted killing 77 people and wounding more than 240 others.

He smirked as the verdict was delivered.

TRANSLATION: He is sentenced to a term of 21 years with a minimum

period of ten years. Not good but not as bad as first

thought. Latest GDP figures shows Britain's economy shrinking by 0.5%.

The Press Complaints Commission deals with complaints after the Sun

publishes photographs of a naked Prince Harry.

Expected to be stripped of seven Tour De France titles and banned

for life. Lance Armstrong says though he's innocent he's fed up

with fighting drugs charges. All fired up - a cauldron is lit in

Trafalgar Square to launch the Later on BBC London - 21 people are

arrested by police overnight, as they target bridges across the

river. As the Paralympics approach, we meet the team members of one of

Good afternoon and welcome to the A court in Norway has ruled that

the mass murderer, Anders Breivik is sane and has sentenced him to 21

years in jail. Breivik admitted killing 77 people and wounding more

than 240 others when he bombed central Oslo and then opened fire

at an island youth camp last year. It was the country's worst atrocity

since the Second World War. James Robbins is outside the court.

sense, Norway has been holding its breath for this moment, the events

of a single day, July 22 last year, were described by Norway's Prime

Minister as a nightmare beyond comprehension. Well this trial has

been trying to make some sense of the FA -- fanatical killings

carried out by one single man acting alone.

13 months after he carried out a massacre by bombing and shooting,

Anders Breivik finally faced the judgment of the court. The

presiding judge frowned as briefly Breivik attempted a Nazi salute.

Before she started to read the unanimous verdict of the panel of

five. TRANSLATION: This is a unanimous

judgment. It has the following conclusion: Anders Behring Breivik

born 13 February 1979 is sentenced for violation of the penal code

section... For a term of 21 years, a minimum period of ten years.

Their finding that Breivik was guilty of mass murder and terrorism

and that he was sane not insane. The atmosphere in court was hushed.

There seemed to be a thin smile on Breivik's face. In the courtroom I

was sitting no more than 12 feet from Breivik. He didn't look at all

shocked as the verdict against him was given. I think he might have

done if he'd been found insane. Instead the judgment that he was

sane was the one that he craved and the one most Norwegians wanted. The

atmosphere in the courtroom became much more highly charged as we

reached the point where the judges were reading individual accounts of

each and every murder that he committed that day.

Breivik's trail of killing started here in Oslo with a huge bomb

explosion outside the Prime Minister's office. Eight people

were killed. Much later this picture of Breivik leaving the

scene was found on CCTV. As Norway's emergency services raced

to defend their capital city, he was saiding for Utoeya.

The sound is haunting GUNSHOTS Sound of Breivik, colding, calmly

killing young people at their annual camp organised by the

governing Labour Party. The legitimate targets, he called them,

being trained as Marxists to promote a multicultural Europe. He

had more than an hour before the police arrived. In all, Breivik

killed 69 people here. He shot all my friends when they were trying to

swim away from him and he shot my friends when they were hiding in

the tents. They shot my friends when they were run ago way in fear.

It was horrible. When armed police finally arrived, Breivik

surrendered without a fight. A few weeks later he was taken back to

the island to talk through his actions. You can just see the

tether the police used to ensure he didn't escape. Anders Breivik will

now begin his 21 years preventive detention at a prison on the

outskirts of Oslo. Most Norwegians believe conditions will never be

right for him to be released. He will be in solitary confinement in

cells specially for him, to protect other prisoners and to protect

Norway's most nor torious criminal from them. I spoke to one or two of

the bereaved families and one of the survivors, after the verdict

and sentencing was given. I think from talking to them there was an

overwhelming sense of relief on two grounds really, a sense of relief

that they'd witnessed Norway's values and in their view, Norway's

justice being upheld in the face of Breivik's murderous activities.

Also, a sense of relief because at least for some of them, they felt a

chapter of the grieving process had been closed. Will Norwegians get

the chance to hear from Breivik himself? They may do, Simon. We're

not certain, but it's possible that he will be given an opportunity to

speak in court at the end of today's proceedings, that's after

this very lengthy judgment has finally been delivered some time

late this afternoon. Now, I think if Anders Breivik tries to use that

as a platform to advance his fanatical views, if he tries a die

tribe, which could amount to incitement to racial or religious

hatred, it's highly likely that the court will attempt to silence him.

It's highly unlikely that portion of today's session will be

broadcast. It simply won't be relayed from the courtroom bit

television cameras inside. I think most Norwegians are frankly,

heartily sick of having to listen to him. I've heard many tell me

they simply want him to go to prison now for a very, very long

time. They don't want to see him, hear from him, they don't even want

to see pictures of him any more. Thank you.

Here, the UK economy shrank by less than originally thought in the

second quarter of this year, according to revised figures from

the Office for National Statistics, which says it contracted by 0.5%.

The original estimate was 0.7%. Our Chief Economics Correspondent Hugh

Pym has more. The economic landscape is hard to read and

here's one reason why - things aren't looking as bad as experts

thought in industries like this. The company makes and sells

building materials in the north of England and southern Scotland.

Business has been tough, but there are a few signs that trading is

getting a bit easier. I've managed to keep going. But we haven't made

any money for four years. We do see very early signs of change. To be

honest, this summer, we've seen something in the industrial sector

particularly, that's manufacturers mainly, they're starting to build

factories and new facilities. We're getting inquiries for next year.

Here are the key reasons why the figures don't look as bad.. It was

estimated that industrial production, including car rig, had

fallen 1.3% between April and June. Now the drop is put at 0.9. For

construction, a fall of 5.2% has been revised to 3.9%. The result of

that, the economy shrank by less than first thought, 0.5% in the

second quarter of this year. What about consumers? The latest figures

show that household spending fell again, with budgets squeezed

because cost of living increases were outstripping average pay rises.

With inflation heading in a downwards direction, that pressure

is beginning to ease. The latest retail sales figures were stronger

than expected and it's possible that if inflation falls further,

shoppers will provide a new boost to the economy. Where else might

growth come from? Big business and finance could be poised to chip in.

They're pretty profitible. They've had year after year of reasonably

strong growth. It's just a question of when they have the confidence to

start spending some of that money and hopefully, investing it in the

UK. That might kickstart some growth and then further employment

and you start to get that virtuous circle. That still looks to be some

way off. The Olympics may have given a kick to the economy in the

current third quarter and there may be a bit of a bounce back, but

that's a temporary factor. The underlying reality is a stagnant

economy. Hugh joins me now. These revised

pictures are not good. We're still in recession, but not as bad as

first thought.. That's right. A fall of minus 0.5 instead of 0.7 is

not a huge different to most people. We are still in recession, the

economy is still falling according to these figures. But it's not as

bad, and the Bank of England estimated that the extra bank

holiday probably contributed to 0.5 being knocked off growth. If you

take that out you have zero, a flat economy. Still not great, still

stagnant. But not lurching downwards as some of the headlines

tugted -- suggested. When the first estimates came out it looks as if

the economy had been shrinking since the coalition took office in

2010. These figures suggest that wasn't happening. The economy has

been stagnant since then, slightly boater news for the Chancellor. But

huge uncertainty about where the economy goes from here, what the

eurozone will mean for the future of UK growth. It's going to be

difficult to call for the months ahead, certainly for the Chancellor

as he starts planning his next set of public finances. Thank you very

much. The Greek Prime Minister, Antonis

Samaras, has been holding talks in Berlin with the German Chancellor,

Angela Merkel. He's hoping to be given more time to to implement the

cuts demanded by the EU. From Berlin, Stephen Evans reports. Mr

Samaras began his charm offensive where it matters, in Germany, the

source of much of the money bailing out his economy. And the country

which could stop the flow of funds. He came with a simple message - we

don't want more money, but we do want more time. Chancellor Merkel

responded by saying she wanted Greece to remain part of the

eurozone. But the euro crisis made people lose trust. Our expectations,

she said, is that Greece fulfils the conditions. Then it can expect

help and thust, she said, will be restored. The Prime Minister of

Greece has come to the offices of the Chancellor of Germany to make a

plea, a desperate plea. He is unlikely to get what he wants. The

main barrier to concessions to Greece is in the Bundestag, the

German Parliament. Even member of Parliament in Chancellor Merkel's

government are telling her that Greece needs to prove it's still on

track with the privatisations and cuts it promised in return for

money. That shouldn't be the problem for us to give a little

more time. But for us, it's very important to see what actions they

have in the past and only what promises he brings to Berlin.

Berlin, the time table is Prime Minister Samaras visits the French

President tomorrow. In September, IMF and European Union inspectors

assess Greek progress on economic reform. Then early October, finance

ministers meet. Prime Minister Samaras wants four years instead of

two to transform Greek finances. Will he eventually get a softening

of the time limit? No, he will not get two more years, as he has

proposed. But maybe something in between. Because I think the

interest is Greece should belong to the eurozone. That's the interest

of all. The big decision is yet to come. If Greece hasn't fulfilled

its obligations, will Chancellor Merkel block the bail out funds and

plunge the whole European economy, including Britain, into uncertainty

and crisis? Nobody knows. Perhaps not even her.

Here, the Press Complaints Commission says it's received 60

complaints from the public after the Sun became the first British

newspaper to publish pictures of a naked Prince Harry. The photographs

were taken in a Las Vegas hotel last Friday. The paper says the

issue surrounding publication was freedom of the press not the

Prince's privacy. Andy Moore reports. In what it called a

souvenir printed edition, the Sun published the picture that no other

British paper has decided to use. Inside there were more images. The

Sun said Prince Harry was a perfect gent trying to protect the modesty

of a naked woman. In a video statement, the Sun justified its

decision. For us, this is about the freedom of the press. This is about

the ludicrous situation where a picture can be seen by hundreds of

millions of people around the world on the internet but can't be seen

in the nation's favourite paper, read by eight million emevery day.

The Press Complaints Commission had previously sent newspapers guidance

from St James's Palace. The publication of the photos might be

a breach of Prince Harry's privacy. Now it says it will formally

investigate if it gets a complaint for someone speaking from Prince

Harry. We have received complaints from the public. We will consider

those now. We have to wait and see if we receive a formal complaint by

representatives of Prince Harry. If we do, then formal process will be

followed, due process will be followed. That formal complaint

hasn't come yet in. A statement, a hasn't come yet in. A statement, a

spokesman said: "We have made our views on Prince Harry's privacy

known. Newspapers regulate themselves so the publication of

the photographs is ultimately a the photographs is ultimately a

decision for editors to make." John Prescott who gave evidence to

the Leveson Inquiry is no friend of the Murdoch empire. He says this is

not an issue of press freedom.. This is all about money. Somebody

gets a photograph. Somebody makes money and the others get to buy the

picture and make money again. It's nothing to do with the public

interest or private interest. It's profit, profit, profit.

So what did people in Chester think about publication of the photos?

Well I think it was a foregone conclusion. I think the other

papers will probably publish them as well. He's a young chappie. They

do these sorts of things. So, no I don't think it should be published.

It's nobody's business. If he's having fun, then he shouldn't be

put all over the internet. But that's the way it is. There may be

more embarrassing photos to come of Prince Harry's holiday in Las Vegas.

The publicist Max Clifford said he was approached by two women who

claimed to have more pictures of Around 30,000 Syrians arrived in

this week, that's according to the UN refugee agency. It brings the

total number of refugees to more than 200,000. Our correspondent is

in Beirut. We were expecting Refugees, obviously, but not

perhaps in these numbers. No, the UN was expecting to get about

185,000 by the end of the year. Now we are only in August and there are

more than 200,000. A lot of that has been this month, there's been

an increase in people fleeing Syria. This week, overnight, 2200 into

Jordan, in 24 hours, 3500 into Turkey. Don't forget that this

200,000 are only those who have registered with the UN. There are

probably many more who fled the country that haven't registered. It

looks as though this number will only get bigger because there's no

resolution of the conflict in sight. Of the fighting in Damascus and

Aleppo, it will probably get worse. Huge numbers, how will the a

Deighton -- aid agencies Cup? are struggling with two different

things. You've got the refugees outside Syria, so they are setting

up camps, giving them food, blankets and so on. There's an

infrastructure to do that. The government side helping, the UN is

helping. More difficult is the humanitarian crisis inside the

country, although you have to 0.5 million in need of aid. It's very

difficult to distribute aid because of the conflict and access issue.

The UN has appealed for money to help with that. Going back to the

issue of the refugees outside the country, it's becoming quite an

urgent political situation. Turkey this week said, we can only deal

with 100,000 refugees. Already they have 70,000 refugees. The foreign

ministers suggested that they create a safe sun just over the

border inside Syria, to absorb any more refugees. It is a prospect

fraught with complications. It is something that is going to become

more and more a political issue internationally. Next week, the UN

is meeting precisely on this point of how to deal with the

humanitarian crisis. Our top story - Acourt in no way declares mass-

murderer Anders Breivik to be sane and sentences him to 21 years for

killing 77 people and wounding 240 others. Coming up, the search for

Richard III's final resting place gets under way in a car-park in

Leicester. Later on BBC London. The dramatic rescue of builders stuck

on an outside lift, 22 floors up. And an unlikely practice court as

Paralympics GB's women's basketballers take over one of

The American cyclist Lance Armstrong has said he will no

longer fight charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs. He

still denies the allegations but says he's grown weary of fighting

them. The cost of his decision is steep. The US anti-doping agency

plans to strip him of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him

from competitive cycling for life. This report contains some flash

photography. The higher you climb of the further you have to fall. If

Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, there

will have been few more spectacular falls from grace. Armstrong has

been tested over and over again throughout his career and had until

earlier this morning to respond to charges from the US anti-doping

agency that he used performance- enhancing drugs. He decided not to

contest them, issuing a statement So there will be no public hearing,

no chance for Armstrong to refute the allegations that have been made

against him. That, in the eyes of the international anti-doping

agency, is an admission of guilt. His failure to rebut that serious

charges mean that he is effectively acknowledging that they had

substance, and that allows under the rules that he always subjected

himself to, to impose sanctions which they will do. Those sanctions

are pretty Beaumaris sanctions, effectively a lifetime ban. Doping

allegations against Lance Armstrong are nothing new. They've dogged him

throughout his career. But the man who overcame life threatening

testicular cancer to dominate his sport has always protested his

innocence. I try not to let it bother me and just keep rolling

along. I know what I know, I know what I do when they know what I did.

That's not going to change. Armstrong won the Tour de France

seven years in a row, from 1999- 2005. The US anti-doping agency

have claimed that 10 of his former team-mates were prepared to testify

against him. By avoiding that hearing, Armstrong will be well

aware that in the eyes of many his reputation has been ruined. If I

personally was Lance Armstrong, I would go for that trial, I couldn't

wait for it to happen, to have an opportunity to have a day in public

to clear the air. A hero to millions, a champion whose fame

spread far beyond the sport of cycling. Lance Armstrong is now in

danger of being remembered as something very different - a cheat.

It's a job that requires great eyesight and a very steady hand.

Scientists investigating the behaviour of the UK's largest ant

species are to tag around 1000 of the insects in the first study of

its kind. They will blue tiny radio tags to the backs of Northern

Hereward ants living on National Trust land in Derbyshire. These ant

a much bigger than the ones we typically see in our gardens,

growing up to half an inch long. Even so, gluing tiny radio tags to

their backs looks like a time- consuming task. Nevertheless,

that's what scientists will spend the next three years doing. They

planted have about 1000. receivers act like a bar code, you

cannot scan it. What it means is you can tie up to 1000 Hands and

see what each individual ant was doing in relation to the behaviour

of the rest of the colony. There are an estimated 50 million of

these ants, custard into around about 1000 nests. Researchers hope

to learn how the nests are linked up and what they each ant lives in

one or many. Sam Ellis will also put blobs of paint on some of the

Adebayors, that's another way that they can be followed from nest to

nest. The researchers also hope to find out more about the ants

feeding habits. One of the species that arms aphids, feeding from the

sweet sap that aphids draw from tree-trunks and in Britain

providing muscular protection from predators. The National Trust have

the findings will help them look after the ants, which are a

protected species in the UK. It's not the most fitting resting place

for a king, but archaeologists looking for the last great Bob Rich

of the third are about to start digging up and 1960s car-park. He

was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in that and buried at the

church in Leicester which has long since disappeared. If Richard III

cared about having a grave at fit for a king, he is now approaching

his 527th Winter of discontent. Things didn't end well for Richard.

He was the last English warrior king, vilified in history for

murdering the princes in the tower were. Slain at the Battle of

Bosworth, his body was paraded naked through the streets. Then it

all gets a bit sketchy. It ends... Well, maybe it ends here in a

council car-park in Leicester. Greyfriars are said to have buried

him in their Friary church, without any great ceremony. We are now

standing within the Greyfriars present. We assume then that the

body may still be in the church. They are using sonar devices to try

and find the walls of the Church, marking out were the trenches will

be dug. Coming up our two weeks of intense of archaeology. All of this

is surrounded by legend and conjecture, but we have very few

firm facts. We know that Richard was slain in battle somewhere in

this area. We know that his body was taken to Greyfriars for burial.

But is this the side of the church and, even if it is, is his body

still here? His bones are found, this Canadian could be crucial. He

is believed to be a blood relative of Richard deferred, and they are

collecting his DNA to compare with any remains they find. -- Richard

III. A positive match would prove the connection. It is startling and

thrilling in equal measure. It's the link is proven, would you be

knocking on the door of Buckingham Palace and suggesting they let you

in? Any spare palaces, I'm hoping to offer. With final preparations

for the dig and the way, the team here know it's all a long shot. But

the prize is the stuff of legend - rediscovering the lost grave of an

English king. They Paralympic cauldron has been let in Trafalgar

Square in London, ahead of the start of the Games next week. It

was lit by Clare Lomas, who became the first person to complete the

London Marathon in a bionic Paralysed from the chest down, it

took Claire Lomas 16 days to complete this year's London

Marathon. This morning it was a shorter journey to bring the

How do you put that into words? Very prowled, I feel very

privileged to be asked to be involved in the event today for the

Paralympics. I've got a lot of respect for them all out there next

week, bringing back the medals for Team GB again. If your symptoms,

the Paralympics could be the antidote. More than 4000 athletes

competing at 20 venues. The Prime Minister pledged another global

triumph. And once again we are going to show the whole world that

when it comes to putting on a show there is no country like Britain

and no city like London. So let the Games begin and come on,

Paralympics GB! This is just one of the four Paralympic lanes. Similar

celebrations will be taking place in Wales, Scotland and Northern

Ireland. The hope is it will engage the public in the same way the

Olympic flame did. It gives people a chance to see and understand a

bit more about what the Paralympics is all about. I think the whole

London 2012, the Olympics, the Paralympics, it's been a phenomenal

event. Are you inspired as much by the Paralympics as the Olympics?

More inspired. These people have followed that determination and

have had to really work hard. the flame now in the heart of the

capital, the countdown for the Paralympics is truly under way. A

Paralympics that organisers hope will be the most high-profile ever

staged. The man in charge believes the legacy could be far-reaching.

We really do have the opportunity to just nudge the agenda here and

particularly some of the broader issues outside of sport -

disability in the workplace, the way that communities actually can

come together around some of the big disability issues. Off to

Trafalgar Square, the flame was taken to the preparations for this

weekend's Notting Hill Carnival. And the Paralympics symbol now

hangs from London's Tower Bridge, replacing the Olympic one. Just

five days and counting before the Unfortunately, it's not looking

good to start the weekend, which is chock full of outdoor events. Wind

and rain around, but hang on in until Sunday because it's looking

an awful lot better, drier and brighter for the best. The rain is

already starting to move in, pushing in across south-west

England. This is what we've seen over the last few hours. Heavy

showers across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. We can see

the way that main area of brain works northwards through the

seething and overnight. Some heavy showers following. The main area of

rain never quite getting into southern Scotland and much of

Northern Ireland as well. Not a cold night. 9am tomorrow, some

sunshine to staff the day across much of western Scotland, showers

in the east, mind you. Thoroughly wet in this band of rain across

northern England. There will be the potential for some very heavy

showers, there from the word go. You will notice a pretty brisk wind

along the south coast. Most southern counties of England will

see a brisk breeze coming in. That won't help with the feel of the

morning. More persistent rain trying to push in on the brisk

breeze. Much lighter winds for the Midlands and across Wales, it means

if you get a shower it will last for quite some time. One Northern

Ireland, this is one of the brighter and drier spots to start

the day, it could hopefully stay that way. Not a great deal of

change for the rest of the day, always potential for some very

heavy downpours across England and Wales. A bit hit and miss.

Scattered showers for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Still those brisk

winds across the south. Temperatures nothing too clever.

Whether winds are like, if you are not getting a shower, it won't feel

too bad. It is a big festival weekend and I think the ground will

be looking like this in most locations, dusty winds rattling the

tents for a while as well. On Sunday the wind dies away, the

sunshine returns. That is the day of the weekend. Temperatures not

much higher but with light winds it will feel like summer. Bank Holiday

Monday, a band of wind and rain sweeping in from the West. Some

eastern areas just about staying dry until the end of the day. It is