:00:07. > :00:13.The Prime Minister says more lives could have been saved in the
:00:13. > :00:17.Hillsborough disaster but safety was compromised at every level. 96
:00:17. > :00:20.people lost their lives in the tragedy 23 years ago. Official
:00:20. > :00:24.documents show the authorities tried to deflect the blame onto
:00:24. > :00:27.fans. In the last half hour, the Prime
:00:27. > :00:31.Minister issued a profound apology to the families and revealed the
:00:31. > :00:36.full extent of the failings of the authorities. It was wrong that the
:00:36. > :00:40.families have had to wait for so long and fight so hard just to get
:00:40. > :00:43.to the truth. It was wrong quite profoundly wrong, that the police
:00:43. > :00:49.changed the records of what happened and tried to blame the
:00:49. > :00:51.fans. The American Ambassador to Libya,
:00:51. > :00:54.Christopher Stevens, has been killed in disturbances linked to an
:00:54. > :00:57.anti-Islamic video. Nearly 250 people are killed in a
:00:57. > :01:01.fire at a clothing factory in Pakistan, which had no emergency
:01:01. > :01:06.exits. The number of people in work sees
:01:06. > :01:10.its biggest increase in two years. Was a drop in unemployment partly
:01:10. > :01:14.down to the Olympics? And not in the "deep bosom of the
:01:14. > :01:19.ocean buried" after all - is this car park the last resting place of
:01:19. > :01:21.King Richard III? Later on BBC London: Unemployment is down in
:01:21. > :01:31.London, we will be talking to the people setting up their own
:01:31. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:35.businesses. And the former detective who
:01:35. > :01:45.fallsified crime records relating to 13 cases of rape and sexual
:01:45. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:53.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. A report into the
:01:53. > :01:56.Hillsborough disaster 23 years ago, has criticised the authorities for
:01:56. > :02:00.compromising safety at every level and said lives could have been
:02:00. > :02:05.saved. 96 football fans died following a crush on the terraces
:02:05. > :02:07.of Sheffield Wednesday, in April 1989. The Hillsborough Independent
:02:07. > :02:14.Panel scrutinised nearly half a million pages of official documents
:02:14. > :02:18.which had not been disclosed to the public. In the past half hour, the
:02:18. > :02:21.Prime Minister described its findings as deeply distressing. He
:02:21. > :02:25.said he was profoundly sorry for what he described as a double
:02:25. > :02:28.injustice - both in the way the disaster was handled and the way it
:02:28. > :02:36.was subsequently reported in some parts of the media, where blame was
:02:36. > :02:40.put on Liverpool fans. From Liverpool, here's Ed Thomas.
:02:40. > :02:44.There were cheers inside the cathedral from the families of the
:02:44. > :02:50.96 people who died at Hillsborough when they heard this independent
:02:50. > :02:53.report. They were told police tried to blame fans, police altered 164
:02:53. > :02:57.statements, the inquests were flawed, the ambulance service could
:02:57. > :03:01.have done more and the source of the Sun's the truth article was the
:03:01. > :03:05.police and a local MP, all words from an independent panel. But
:03:05. > :03:15.words that people here on Merseyside have been saying for 23
:03:15. > :03:16.
:03:16. > :03:22.years. It's the days of families of fans
:03:22. > :03:25.who died at Hillsborough will finally see a report... Many in
:03:25. > :03:31.Liverpool have long waited for this. The day the families of those who
:03:31. > :03:36.died at Hillsborough hope the truth will be heard.
:03:36. > :03:42.23 years after 96 fans died, their families came here and told us they
:03:42. > :03:46.wanted answers. A long journey. A long and painful journey. Obviously,
:03:46. > :03:52.child bereavement is something that's very difficult to deal with
:03:52. > :03:56.and effectively we lost both, all our children. What do you want from
:03:56. > :04:00.today? Very simple, we want the truth, not the truth as written in
:04:00. > :04:04.the Sun newspaper but the real truth. Today that search for truth
:04:04. > :04:07.has taken the Hillsborough families to Liverpool's Anglican cathedral.
:04:07. > :04:12.Inside, they were given an independent report written from
:04:12. > :04:15.thousands of unseen documents. It found police tried to cover up
:04:15. > :04:19.their mistakes. The inquests were flawed. And the ambulance service
:04:19. > :04:24.could have done more. In parliament, the Prime Minister
:04:24. > :04:28.said sorry. It is right for me today as Prime Minister to make a
:04:28. > :04:33.proper apology to the families of the 96 for all they have suffered
:04:33. > :04:37.over the past 23 years. Indeed, the new evidence that we are presented
:04:37. > :04:40.with today makes clear in my view that these families have suffered a
:04:40. > :04:44.double injustice. The injustice of the appalling events, the failure
:04:44. > :04:50.of the state to protect their loved ones and the indefensible wait to
:04:50. > :04:54.get to the truth and then the injustice of the denigration of the
:04:54. > :04:58.deceased that they were somehow at fault for their own deaths. On
:04:58. > :05:02.behalf of the Government and our own country I am profoundly sorry
:05:02. > :05:07.this double injustice has been left uncorrected for so long.
:05:07. > :05:11.96 Liverpool fans died because of what happened here. These pictures
:05:11. > :05:16.showed the chaos after police opened an exit gate to allow people
:05:16. > :05:20.into the ground. Days later, some newspapers blamed fans. The
:05:20. > :05:24.official inquiry showed a lack of police control was to blame. Some
:05:24. > :05:30.who represent the families believe those responsible now need to be
:05:30. > :05:34.held to account. Accountability is absolutely vital. And it applies as
:05:34. > :05:38.I say, to every single occupation, whatever decisions you take, the
:05:38. > :05:42.BBC takes, I take, I have to be accountable. I can't say I am sorry,
:05:42. > :05:49.I can't do my job if I have to explain what I have done. They
:05:49. > :05:53.absolutely do. Every year Liverpool supporters
:05:53. > :05:59.remember Hillsborough. At Anfield they call for justice for the 96.
:05:59. > :06:05.The families of those who died now need to decide if they are closer
:06:05. > :06:10.to that call than ever before. Families have been fighting for
:06:10. > :06:17.justice for 23 years, do they feel they're finally getting the full
:06:17. > :06:19.extent of the truth? Well, this apology from the Prime Minister is
:06:19. > :06:24.significant. For so long the families of those who died at
:06:24. > :06:28.Hillsborough have been calling for the wider establishment, to open up
:06:28. > :06:32.and admit what went wrong at Hillsborough. The next issue now is
:06:32. > :06:35.accountability. Many of the families here want these original
:06:35. > :06:41.inquest verdicts of accidental deaths to be wiped, a new inquest
:06:41. > :06:44.to go ahead. If those inquests find that some of the fans were
:06:45. > :06:48.unlawfully killed, then many families want someone to be held
:06:48. > :06:53.responsible for what happened at Hillsborough. But for now there is
:06:53. > :06:57.a certain sense of relief around the cathedral coming from some
:06:57. > :07:03.people here, that the sense that the true story of Hillsborough
:07:03. > :07:06.after so long, after 23 years, is finally being heard.
:07:06. > :07:10.Thank you. Let's cross to Westminster and talk
:07:10. > :07:14.to our political correspondent Norman Smith. We heard the gasps in
:07:14. > :07:18.the Commons as the Prime Minister revealed the extent of this report.
:07:18. > :07:21.And the coverup which was widespread, wasn't it? Yes, this
:07:21. > :07:26.was I think a deeply significant moment of parliament. It wasn't
:07:26. > :07:29.just an apology from the Prime Minister, it was really a moment of
:07:29. > :07:33.contrition, perhaps Atonement on behalf of the entire British
:07:33. > :07:37.establishment, those who are most trusted, most accountable, those
:07:37. > :07:42.who are meant to protect people, meant to provide vehicles for
:07:42. > :07:46.addressing grievances, namely the police, the media, the judiciary
:07:46. > :07:50.and politicians. The police, who Mr Cameron said had falsified
:07:50. > :07:54.statements, the media who ran with stories about supporters stealing
:07:54. > :07:58.from the dead, the judiciary who tried to draw too close a link
:07:58. > :08:01.between the dead and their blood alcohol levels, including those of
:08:01. > :08:04.young children and the politicians who failed to sufficiently
:08:04. > :08:08.challenge the police version of events. Mr Cameron said Mrs
:08:08. > :08:13.Thatcher was told that the police version of events was defensive,
:08:13. > :08:16.bordering on deceitful and the hope will be that national apology, the
:08:16. > :08:22.apology on behalf of the establishment will go some way to
:08:22. > :08:30.offer the families closure. Thank you.
:08:30. > :08:32.We will be getting reaction from Sheffield later. And you can see
:08:32. > :08:38.the report by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which includes
:08:38. > :08:41.the documents, in full on the bbc website at bbc.co.uk//news.
:08:41. > :08:43.The American Ambassador to Libya has been killed in an attack on the
:08:43. > :08:46.country's consulate in Benghazi. Three other officials were killed.
:08:46. > :08:48.It's thought gunmen stormed the building as part of protests
:08:48. > :08:51.against a film about the prophet Mohammed. In the last hour,
:08:51. > :08:58.President Obama called the attack outrageous. Our diplomatic
:08:58. > :09:03.correspondent James Robbins reports. Armed attackers overwhelmed those
:09:03. > :09:06.guarding the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya's second city.
:09:06. > :09:10.Throwing grenades and with powerful weapons they set fire to large
:09:10. > :09:14.parts of the compound and killed American officials. The United
:09:14. > :09:20.States ambassador, Christopher Stevens, is wrong the dead. Some
:09:20. > :09:24.reports suggest they may have been killed by a rocket-propelled
:09:24. > :09:28.grenade. Christopher Stevens was promoted to the role of American
:09:28. > :09:34.ambassador four months ago but had spent much of the last two years in
:09:34. > :09:38.the country, first as envoy to the anti-Colonel Gaddafi rebels.
:09:38. > :09:43.Outside the burning consulate a local resident said the attack was
:09:43. > :09:47.in response to an anti-Islam video posted on the internet from the
:09:47. > :09:54.United States which attacks the prophet Mohammed. He is our prophet.
:09:54. > :09:59.So, we have to have to stop this film, stopping film is our hope, is
:09:59. > :10:03.our relationship with the Americans. After extracts of the video were
:10:03. > :10:08.shown on TV in Egypt, thousands of people protested outside the
:10:08. > :10:13.American Embassy in Cairo. Protesters were angered by the
:10:13. > :10:17.video's crude denouncation of the prophet Mohammed, some tore down
:10:17. > :10:22.the stars and stripes and replaced it with an Islamist banner.
:10:22. > :10:25.There is a collision here of cultures and value systems with
:10:25. > :10:29.echoes of similar protests in much of the Muslim world five years ago
:10:29. > :10:37.after cartoons of the prophet Mohammed were published in Denmark.
:10:37. > :10:41.As well as the death threats against the author Salmam Rushdie.
:10:41. > :10:44.In Benghazi, the consulate was still burning this morning. Hillary
:10:44. > :10:48.Clinton said there was never any justification for such a vicious
:10:48. > :10:52.and violent attack. She praised the four who died and said the
:10:52. > :10:59.ambassador was committed to advancing America's values and
:10:59. > :11:01.interests, even when that meant putting himself in danger.
:11:01. > :11:04.Let's speak to our Washington correspondent Adam Brookes.
:11:04. > :11:08.We heard that President Obama within the past hour has called
:11:08. > :11:12.this attack outrageous. What other reaction has there been in America?
:11:12. > :11:16.Well, America's just waking up as I am speaking to you, to this awful
:11:16. > :11:19.news, the death of the ambassador Christopher Stevens. President
:11:19. > :11:23.Obama issued a statement, he said, yes, indeed this attack was
:11:23. > :11:28.outrageous, that he's taking all necessary steps to support security
:11:28. > :11:37.at American Embassies all over the world. He said that the United
:11:37. > :11:42.States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs to others.
:11:42. > :11:45.And he said that we must unequiffibly oppose the kind of
:11:45. > :11:48.senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants.
:11:48. > :11:52.America will be waiting for a much clearer notion of what actually
:11:52. > :11:56.took place in Benghazi, until it considers any further response. We
:11:56. > :12:00.don't know yet exactly what the ambassador was doing, what the
:12:00. > :12:03.circumstances of this attack were. Crucially, we don't know if this
:12:03. > :12:06.was an organised, planned and targeted attack against the
:12:06. > :12:11.ambassador, or whether it was just something that took place on the
:12:11. > :12:14.spur of the moment in the middle of a chaotic situation. Until those
:12:14. > :12:21.details come clear, I think America will be waiting to consider its
:12:21. > :12:25.options. Thank you.
:12:25. > :12:28.There's been a small drop in the number of people out of work in the
:12:28. > :12:31.UK. Unemployment fell by 7,000 in the three months to July and now
:12:31. > :12:34.stands at 2.59 million. It's thought some of the fall could be
:12:34. > :12:38.attributed to the Olympics. Hugh Pym has been examining the new
:12:38. > :12:41.figures. It's more positive news from the
:12:41. > :12:45.jobs market, the number of people in work is up, the highest in four
:12:45. > :12:48.years, and the total of those looking for work fell between May
:12:48. > :12:57.and July. What's happening? Here in Kent a
:12:57. > :13:03.scheme run partly by the Medway kwrous trust -- youth trust helps
:13:04. > :13:08.people find jobs. Kim Kim now works as a waitress, her break came after
:13:08. > :13:12.she impressed bosses during work experience. Having been signed on
:13:12. > :13:15.at the Jobcentre and not really getting anywhere with the job
:13:15. > :13:19.applications I was doing since I left school at 18, two years I have
:13:19. > :13:21.a been searching and not getting anywhere and to get a phone call
:13:21. > :13:25.saying I have made a good impression on my work experience
:13:25. > :13:30.and that they were willing to offer me a job, it just - I was over the
:13:30. > :13:34.moon really. The public sector is still cutting back, employment fell
:13:34. > :13:39.by 39,000 between April and June. But private sector growth more than
:13:39. > :13:42.covered that with a 275,000 employment increase.
:13:42. > :13:46.Total unemployment has fallen in England, it was up in Scotland,
:13:46. > :13:50.Wales and Northern Ireland. Looking at the overall economic
:13:50. > :13:53.landscape there's one thing that's really puzzling for policy-makers,
:13:53. > :13:58.even though the economy is in recession with output contracting,
:13:58. > :14:01.jobs have been created with total employment numbers rising and that
:14:01. > :14:04.doesn't there appear to be a simple explanation.
:14:04. > :14:07.Some experts think the growth picture is brighter than the
:14:07. > :14:10.official figures suggest and that the economy wasn't really
:14:10. > :14:16.contracting in the second quarter of this year. If I strip out what I
:14:17. > :14:23.think is noise, I think actual underlining economic growth was
:14:23. > :14:28.positive. Even so, these employment gains are still too good to be true.
:14:28. > :14:33.At some point I think we will have bit of payback. Now we are doing
:14:33. > :14:37.well. Caitlin doesn't see it that way. She graduated with first class
:14:37. > :14:41.honours this year but even after 100 applications she hasn't landed
:14:41. > :14:46.a job. After being encouraged to work hard for her degree, she feels
:14:46. > :14:49.let down. I feel quite lied to almost, I mean from when I was at
:14:49. > :14:54.school you are constantly being told, if you do a degree you will
:14:54. > :14:57.be able to walk - almost like a middle management job and get get
:14:57. > :15:01.paid loads of money and you come out of university to find you are
:15:01. > :15:06.having to apply for jobs right at the bottom with a rubbish pay like
:15:06. > :15:09.everyone else. Youth unemployment is up slightly as is the number of
:15:09. > :15:19.jobless out of work for more than a year. For some the jobs market
:15:19. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:24.Germany's highest court has decided that the country's constitution
:15:24. > :15:28.does allow it to contribute to a bail-out fund for struggling
:15:28. > :15:33.Eurozone countries. Members of the public had called for a referendum
:15:33. > :15:37.and a block on the fund. Many people said the judges dressed
:15:37. > :15:41.in red held the fate of the Eurozone in their hands. The German
:15:41. > :15:46.constitutional court had to decide whether it was legal for Germany to
:15:46. > :15:51.take part in the single currency's new permanent bail-out fund. In the
:15:51. > :15:57.end, they said it was, as long as German taxpayers faced no unlimited
:15:57. > :16:01.financial liability. In the name of the People, said the court's
:16:01. > :16:06.President, the complaints against the European stability mechanism
:16:06. > :16:10.and the fiscal pact are rejected. He went on to say that nothing in
:16:10. > :16:16.the treaty should be interpreted to mean higher payment obligations by
:16:16. > :16:20.Germany without German consent. Opponents will be dismayed, but
:16:20. > :16:25.there will have been sighs of relief in many capitals across the
:16:25. > :16:28.Continent. Among many here of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
:16:28. > :16:32.The president of the European Commission, due Jose Manuel Barroso,
:16:32. > :16:37.giving his annual State of the Union speech, spoke of the deep
:16:37. > :16:45.sense of crisis, and unashamedly federalist in tone, he said it was
:16:45. > :16:49.time for new thinking. In Europe, we need now more walls dividing us.
:16:49. > :16:55.The European Union is stronger as a whole in keeping the integrity of
:16:55. > :17:01.its single market, its membership and its interests. No one will be
:17:01. > :17:05.forced to come along, and no one will be forced to stay out. But the
:17:05. > :17:10.speed will not be detected by the - - it will not be dictated by the
:17:10. > :17:13.slowest. He unveiled plans for a banking supervisor for the Eurozone
:17:14. > :17:17.and other countries which want to join, for the first step towards
:17:17. > :17:21.banking union. He called for further economic and political
:17:21. > :17:25.union, a federation of nation states, and said that before the
:17:25. > :17:29.next European elections in 2014, the commission would put forward
:17:29. > :17:32.ideas for changing the EU treaties. Just because the president of the
:17:32. > :17:35.European Commission suggests something, it doesn't mean it will
:17:35. > :17:39.happen. There are huge disagreements among Eurozone
:17:39. > :17:43.countries about the best way forward. But there is an
:17:43. > :17:46.understanding that if the currency is to survive, they do need to pool
:17:46. > :17:51.more sovereignty. The countries that don't want to be involved,
:17:51. > :17:54.like the UK, need to work out how to protect their interests as well.
:17:54. > :17:58.European politicians still need to persuade their people that they are
:17:58. > :18:04.heading in the right direction. The Netherlands is going to the polls
:18:04. > :18:07.today in unease about a decisions made in Europe has been a dominant
:18:07. > :18:17.theme in the campaign there. Pushing through radical change from
:18:17. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:23.the top down will not work any more. Our top story this lunchtime: The
:18:23. > :18:27.Prime Minister says more lives could have been saved in the
:18:27. > :18:31.Hillsborough disaster, but safety was compromised at every level.
:18:31. > :18:38.Coming up: the Royal site beneath a Leicester car park which could be
:18:38. > :18:40.the last resting place of King Richard III.
:18:40. > :18:44.On BBC London: The biggest change in policing for
:18:44. > :18:47.50 years - how the Home Counties will vote for a police commissioner.
:18:47. > :18:52.And up for sale - memorabilia from the Olympic opening ceremony is up
:18:52. > :18:57.for auction. Nearly 250 people have died in a
:18:57. > :18:59.huge fire at a clothing factory in Pakistan. Officials in Karachi say
:18:59. > :19:09.the building's windows had metal grilles fitted and there were no
:19:09. > :19:10.
:19:10. > :19:15.alarms, sprinklers or emergency exits.
:19:15. > :19:21.For the hundreds of people trapped inside this building became a thing
:19:21. > :19:27.of nightmares. For hour upon hour, bodies have been pulled from its
:19:27. > :19:31.burnt-out shell. Some relatives are still waiting for news.
:19:31. > :19:36.TRANSLATION: they are finding bodies all the time. They are all
:19:36. > :19:42.lying there. But they still haven't found the body of my son. Where is
:19:42. > :19:46.he? Where Is My Boy? He was my youngest son. The fire broke out in
:19:46. > :19:51.the evening and quickly engulfed the entire building. Large
:19:51. > :19:54.quantities of cotton and chemical dyes fuelled the flames. There are
:19:54. > :20:02.reports of factory workers calling relatives to say they couldn't get
:20:02. > :20:06.out. For a staggering number of people, there was simply no escape.
:20:06. > :20:10.No safety measures were taken in the design of the building. There
:20:10. > :20:18.were no safety exits, and all the people got trapped. There was only
:20:18. > :20:22.one way out, which they could not reach. That is why they tried to
:20:22. > :20:27.jump from the windows, but the windows were also blocked by a
:20:27. > :20:31.grill. Many women and children got trapped inside. In terms of the
:20:31. > :20:35.number of dead, this the worst fire in Pakistan for many years. There
:20:35. > :20:40.are renewed calls for the authorities to finally do what they
:20:40. > :20:47.have promised and make sure factory owners abide by safety regulations,
:20:47. > :20:49.before more people lose their lives in such horrific circumstances.
:20:49. > :20:52.The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has strongly criticised the
:20:52. > :20:57.decision of the Welsh Government to order the re-marking of some GCSE
:20:57. > :20:59.English exams. It follows the admission by the regulator Ofqual
:20:59. > :21:05.that papers marked in January were marked more leniently than those
:21:05. > :21:07.taken in June. But Mr Gove said the Welsh Education Secretary, Leighton
:21:07. > :21:17.Andrews, had made a "regrettable political intervention" that will
:21:17. > :21:19.
:21:19. > :21:23.disadvantage children in Wales. Our education correspondent is with me.
:21:23. > :21:27.How has this row intensified? Michael Gove was giving evidence to
:21:27. > :21:30.a committee of MPs today, and he used the occasion to launch this
:21:30. > :21:35.outspoken attack on Leighton Andrews. We have been reporting for
:21:35. > :21:39.weeks about the anger that head teachers have felt over the grades
:21:39. > :21:42.that some pupils have got in the June exams. They were furious
:21:43. > :21:47.because they have said many pupils have missed out on college places
:21:47. > :21:51.or sixth-form places. Despite that, the exams watchdog in England,
:21:51. > :21:56.Ofqual, has said it will not reach grade for those exams, in contrast
:21:56. > :22:01.to Wales, where the Welsh Education Minister is himself the regulator.
:22:01. > :22:05.Yesterday, he ordered the Welsh exam board to reach grade papers.
:22:05. > :22:07.That true this stinging response today from Michael Gove.
:22:07. > :22:12.decision by the Welsh Education Minister is irresponsible and
:22:12. > :22:17.mistaken. I think he has undermined confidence in Welsh children's
:22:17. > :22:21.GCSEs, and he should think again after having made what I regard to
:22:21. > :22:24.be a regrettable political intervention.
:22:24. > :22:28.In the past few minutes, there has been a response from the Welsh
:22:28. > :22:32.Education Minister? Yes, Leighton Andrews was angry enough to defend
:22:32. > :22:36.himself promptly. He said Michael Gove has been talking down GCSEs
:22:36. > :22:40.for the past 18 months, and accused him of trying to turn a deepening
:22:40. > :22:45.crisis in England into a political spat with Labour in Wales. In
:22:45. > :22:49.response to the accusation from Mr Gove that he should not have
:22:50. > :22:54.regraded or ordered to regrading of these exams in Wales, he said this.
:22:54. > :22:57.Michael Gove got a number of things wrong today. This is about fairness
:22:58. > :23:01.to students. Michael Gove has said these results are unfair. My
:23:01. > :23:05.officials produced a report demonstrating that the results are
:23:05. > :23:09.unfair. The difference between Michael Gove and is that he will
:23:09. > :23:13.not act. I have. So we are still in this strange situation of having
:23:13. > :23:17.pupils in Wales who will be regraded, and pupils in England who
:23:17. > :23:20.did exactly the same exam who will not be regraded. And we had an
:23:20. > :23:23.almighty row going on between the education ministers in Westminster
:23:23. > :23:27.and Cardiff. He famously promised his kingdom
:23:27. > :23:30.for a horse, but what happened to the body of King Richard III after
:23:30. > :23:32.his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth has remained a mystery for
:23:32. > :23:36.more than 500 years. Until now, maybe. Archaeologists in Leicester
:23:36. > :23:38.have been digging in a car park in the city centre, and this morning
:23:39. > :23:48.announced that they had made a discovery that could solve the
:23:49. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:54.mystery. In a quiet Leicester Street, crowds
:23:54. > :24:01.gather to hear a word of the King. The search for Richard III's final
:24:01. > :24:03.resting place appears to be on firmer foundations today. Beneath a
:24:03. > :24:08.city-centre car park, these trenches have revealed the medieval
:24:08. > :24:16.Grey Friars church, and from there, more evidence has led them to human
:24:16. > :24:21.remains. We have a man with what appear to be battle injuries, who
:24:21. > :24:25.suffered from severe scoliosis, curvature of the spine.
:24:25. > :24:28.Respectfully, but modestly buried in a place of honour in the church.
:24:28. > :24:33.The team behind this did say it has been mind-blowing. In just three
:24:33. > :24:38.weeks, they have uncovered part of the nation's history, which has
:24:38. > :24:42.been parked here for centuries. So far, the pieces fit with some
:24:42. > :24:47.historical accounts of Richard's death and burial. After his defeat
:24:47. > :24:53.at the Battle of Bosworth, and they could we write some of our history
:24:53. > :24:58.books. It does potentially change everything in terms of study of the
:24:58. > :25:03.real Richard III, not the Tudor myth. A 17thth generation
:25:03. > :25:09.descendant of the king's sister has given DNA samples to experts, and
:25:10. > :25:13.they hope to match them with the remains. 527 years after Richard's
:25:13. > :25:21.death, we must now wait at least another three months to answer the
:25:21. > :25:24.big question. Now we return to our top story. The
:25:24. > :25:27.Prime Minister has apologised to relatives of the 96 victims of the
:25:27. > :25:31.Hillsborough stadium disaster for their suffering of the past 23
:25:31. > :25:38.years. Mr Cameron said the safety of the crowds had been compromised
:25:38. > :25:41.at every level, and lives could have been saved. Let's talk to our
:25:41. > :25:46.correspondent outside the headquarters of South Yorkshire
:25:46. > :25:52.police. The authorities were severely criticised in Sheffield
:25:52. > :25:56.for their cover up. Remind us what was said? It would have made very
:25:56. > :25:59.uncomfortable hearing for various public organisations here,
:25:59. > :26:02.particularly the ambulance service, the coroner at the time and above
:26:02. > :26:07.all, south you go police. The Prime Minister said today that South
:26:07. > :26:11.Yorkshire police gave briefings to the media in an attempt by the
:26:11. > :26:14.police to change the account of events that day. He said the source
:26:14. > :26:19.of those despicable untruths was a news agency in Sheffield that was
:26:19. > :26:24.talking to the police as well. Hundreds of statements were changed
:26:24. > :26:29.to put the police in a more favourable light and to push the
:26:29. > :26:33.blame on to the Liverpool fans. Various documents relating to South
:26:33. > :26:36.Yorkshire's Ambulance organisation were also changed. And the
:26:36. > :26:42.coroner's inquest was criticised. There is now considerable doubt
:26:42. > :26:47.over the adequacy of those inquests. There were accidental deaths which
:26:47. > :26:50.were ruled at the time, and there is now about over that.
:26:50. > :26:54.families will be expecting justice and will expect the authorities to
:26:54. > :26:59.come up with a reaction to what has been said. Have we had any response
:26:59. > :27:02.so far? South Yorkshire police will give a statement at 3pm this
:27:02. > :27:06.afternoon, although the Prime Minister has said this is a very
:27:06. > :27:09.different organisation to what it was 23 years ago. These documents
:27:09. > :27:13.will now be passed on to the Attorney-General, who will decide
:27:13. > :27:19.whether there are to be new inquests and maybe criminal charges
:27:19. > :27:22.against those involved. For example, for perverting the course of
:27:22. > :27:26.justice. Let's see what the Attorney-General says, but there
:27:26. > :27:36.could well be inquests happening again into the deaths of the 96
:27:36. > :27:43.
:27:43. > :27:48.We have our first autumnal gales of the season on their way, courtesy
:27:48. > :27:52.of this area of low pressure. There are some trouble cold air mixed in,
:27:52. > :27:58.hence the risk of severe gales. Ahead of that, we have this lump of
:27:58. > :28:01.cloud across the country, giving us some potent rain. We have had a wet
:28:01. > :28:04.morning in Northern Ireland. It is currently raining heavily in parts
:28:04. > :28:07.of north-west England, and that rain is expected to drift eastwards
:28:07. > :28:13.in the next few hours. There is a lot of cloud moving further south
:28:13. > :28:19.as well. There are overcast skies in southern areas. Not raining for
:28:19. > :28:23.everyone, but it is a lot cooler, with cloudier conditions due in the
:28:23. > :28:30.afternoon compared with recent days. We will see a few showers across
:28:30. > :28:33.the south-west of England and Wales. In contrast, after a wet morning in
:28:33. > :28:38.Northern Ireland, it brightens up, with good spells of sunshine. It
:28:38. > :28:43.should be a lovely and to the day for most. A similar scenario for
:28:43. > :28:46.Scotland. The showers will ease off dramatically as we head through the
:28:47. > :28:50.afternoon. Eventually, the drier and brighter weather in the north
:28:50. > :28:55.will filter southwards for some evening sunshine in northern
:28:55. > :28:59.England and North Wales. It was chilly first thing this morning in
:28:59. > :29:06.a few localities. It will be chilly in many more localities overnight,
:29:06. > :29:11.except the far north. Temperatures recover here. Out in the suburbs
:29:11. > :29:15.and the countryside, temperatures will mean potential ice gripping
:29:15. > :29:20.first thing tomorrow morning, even possibly the odd pocket of foggy
:29:20. > :29:25.lingering into the rush-hour. There will be increased cloud around
:29:25. > :29:34.western coasts, but the cloud and rain piles in. It will not be a day
:29:34. > :29:39.for the mountains. A bit warmer in the South, with more sunshine than
:29:39. > :29:44.today. Tomorrow night, the winds escalate further. We are talking 50
:29:44. > :29:51.mph gusts through the day and severe gale territory overnight
:29:51. > :29:56.across Scotland. The winds will gradually ease on Friday. It is
:29:56. > :30:00.looking quieter. More cloud has introduced to the south, but it