22/10/2012 BBC News at One

The editor of Newsnight has stepped aside as the BBC admits there were

errors in his response to dropping the Jimmy Savile sex abuse

investigation. The corporation expresses regret that some of the

reasons given for shelving the item were inaccurate and incomplete.

Ever since the decision was taken to shelve our story, I've not been

happy with public statements made by the BBC. I think they are

misleading about the nature of the investigation we were doing.

motorist accused of deliberately driving into pedestrians in a

series of hit and run incidence appears in court in Cardiff. Three

men go on trial accused of planning a bombing campaign on a scale

bigger than the London 2005 terror attacks. Rehabilitating prisoners.

The Prime Minister calls for charities and private firms to have

a greater role. And it is the end of the road for Lance Armstrong, as

Cycling's governing body confirms it is stripping him of his seven

Tour de France title over doping allegations. Later on BBC London.

An inquest opens into a fire which killed six members of the same

family. And residents call for a rethink on plans to close four A&E

Good afternoon. The editor of BBC's Newsnight is stepping aside with

immediate effect, while an independent review is conducted

into why an investigation into allegations of sex abuse by Jimmy

Savile was dropped by the programme. The BBC says Peter Ripon's

explanation of why the item was pulled was inaccurate and

incomplete, and it regretted the errors. The Panorama programme says

the fresh evidence will be revealed into why the second on Jimmy Savile

was not aired. Tonight's Panorama special is unprecedented. A

detailed investigation by one BBC current affairs programme into

editorial decisions taken by another. The central question - why

did Newsnight last year dropped its investigation into Jimmy Savile

when, according to Panorama, it had evidence of abuse? Some of the

Newsnight team weren't happy with their editor's decision or what the

BBC then said about it. Ever since the decision was taken to shelve

our story, I've not been happy with public statements made by the BBC.

I think they are very misleading about the nature of the

investigation we were doing. Shortly after Newsnight's proposed

transition date, the BBC had scheduled this Christmas tribute to

Jimmy Savile. Panorama says there's no evidence the Newsnight item was

dropped because of it, but the Newsnight team wore their editor

that the decision could damage the BBC's reputation. I wish it the

story would come out and if it did, the BBC would have to cover up.

Peter Ripon is stepping aside until an independent enquiry into the

decision to pull the Savell -- Jimmy Savile investigation has been

explained. The key factor was that police and prosecutors had decided

to take no action against Jimmy Savile because of lack of evidence.

Today the BBC posted a new block, correcting some crucial details in

The BBC's new director general, George Entwhistle, only appointed

to the top job in July, gives evidence to MPs tomorrow. They will

want to know why he didn't, in his old job as head of television,

cancel the Christmas tribute when he heard about Newsnight's

investigation. The trouble was that George was at the scene of the

crime and has therefore been compromised from the start. It

looks as if he and the chairman and others have been out in public with

statements that a partial and misleading. As he left home this

morning, George Entwistle was giving little away. I will be

taking questions that the Culture Select Committee tomorrow. Then

there are the two independent reviews. One looking at Jimmy

Savile's activities over the past decades and the Pollard review,

looking at exactly what happened on Newsnight. Jimmy Savile was

sometimes challenged during his lifetime, not least in this

documentary by Louis Theroux, who asked him about allegations he was

a paedophile. For how do they know whether I am on not? How does

anybody know? I know I'm not. add to the BBC's embarrassment that

he was allowed to get away with decades of abuse, there are now

further questions about the BBC's journalism and its management. The

BBC expressing regret for these inaccuracies. Can you go into that

in more detail? There are three that they've spelt out. One example,

Peter Ripon's blog at the start of this month said all the women who'd

been spoken to by Newsnight had contacted the police independently

already, and that Newsnight therefore had no new evidence

against any other person which might have helped the police. The

BBC now say that in some cases the women had in fact not spoken to the

police, so Newsnight might have had new evidence that the police were

not aware of. This is very embarrassing for the BBC

corporately, for George Entwhistle, for the BBC's chairman - all of

whom have relied on Peter Ripon's account of affairs in putting

forward the case. The General Trust, Chris Patten said this morning he

is deeply concerned that this proves not now to have been the

case, that it was not wholly accurate. He is very much hoping

the internal inquiry will get to the bottom of it. The Panorama

programme says it's got fresh evidence on the whole story. The

director general ghost before MPs tomorrow. What will the MPs be

asking him? As I said in that piece, they will want to know generally

where we now stand with this but specific questions but jawed

Entwistle, why, when he was told at some awards function that Newsnight

was investigating Jimmy Savile, he didn't ask for further details,

knowing, as he must have done, that he had this Christmas special

tribute lined up. Why he didn't think, maybe I need to pull that a

bit, maybe it Lord look inappropriate. The Prime Minister

has given his reaction. I think these investigations are important

and they are independent. They need absolutely to be seen to be

independent. The nation is appalled, we are all appalled by the

allegations of what Jimmy Savile did. They seem to get worse by the

date. Every organisation who is involved with him, whether the NHS

or whether the BBC, needs to get to the bottom of what happened. The

development today are concerning because the BBC it has effectively

changed its story about why he dropped the Newsnight programme

about Jimmy Savile. These are serious questions which need to be

answered, answered by these independent reviews that the BBC

has established. I'm sure they will be. Let's talk to our political

correspondent now. The Prime Minister very keen to say Downing

Street are keeping a close eye on what happens next. Despite the

Prime Minister's evident concern, he is willing to give the BBC some

line under this crisis. To that extent it is difficult -- different

to the Hatton at Saga under the last Labour government into the

death of Dr David Kelly, when there was this steel jawed determination

to inflict pain and retribution on the BBC. Today, it was said the BBC

are taking the allegations seriously. But it is a breathing

space, not a lifeline. Number 10 have not ruled out an independent

enquiry. The Prime Minister's spokesman declined to give any

public backing to the Director General. When the director general

appears before the Select Committee tomorrow, it seems to me that if in

any way it adds to the ambiguity and confusion surrounding the BBC's

response, then that breathing space they become just a fleeting breath

Other news now, a motorist who is accused of deliberately driving

into pedestrians in Cardiff has appeared in court. Eight people,

including four children are being treated in hospital for their

injuries. Two of the adults are in a critical condition.

Our correspondent reports. Accused of murder - 13 counts of attempted

murder, four charges of assault and a count of dangerous driving.

Matthew Turviden was brought to court. He stood in court to confirm

his age and name and that he was of no fixed abode. He listened as the

19 counts were read out. On Friday afternoon, emergency services were

called to multiple hit-and-run incidents on streets in Ely and

Leckwith to the west of the Welsh capital. Reports centred on a white

van, captured here on CCTV. 32- year-old Karina Menzies died and 13

people were taken to the University Hospital of Wales. Two adults and

four children are still being treated. He was remanded in custody

and will appear before Newport Crown Court tomorrow via video link.

Let's talk to our correspondent in Cardiff now. You mentioned eight

people were still in hospital, take us through their conditions. I have

spoke on the the University Hospital of Wales in the past half

an hour. They told me the condition is largely as it has been

throughout the morning. There are eight people being treated at the

University Hospital of Wales here. Four adults and four children. The

condition of two of the adults is described as critical, but stable.

Thank you. Five Royal Marines are in court

this lunch time accused of murdering an insurgent in

Afghanistan. The incident is understood to have happened in 2011,

after an engagement with an insurgent. The case is being held

at the Colchester military court centre.

Three men have gone on trial at Woolwich Crown Court accused of

planning a bombing campaign which could have been on a scale greater

than the 2005 London bombings. They are accused of planning a campaign

which could have left eight rucksacks in eight targets across

the UK. Our correspondent was in court. The court was told this was

a plan to commit mass murder in the UK. Two men in the dock had

recorded so-called martyrdom videos, justifying the carnage they

intended to cause. The plan, the jury was told, was for these to be

released after their deaths. They stand accused of plotting to become

the country's next suicide bombers. All British-born and from

Birmingham. Today, the court was told that if they succeeded their

attack would have been on a scale greater than the London bombings of

2005. The men were detained in September last year when officers

from the West Midlands counter- terrorism unit moved in with a

series of raids and arrests. Today, the prosecuting counsel told the

One of them described their plan as another 9/11.

This man is 15 to have been a key influence on the defendants. Until

his death, last year, he was a pivotal figure. Two of the men had

travelled to Pakistan, where it is alleged they learnt to make bombs

and poisons and handle weapons. Back in Birmingham, it is claimed

they funded their plot through street collections, in which they

were described as stealing with their own community. They pretended

to be fund-raising for Muslim Aid. They kept most of the cash and

handed over only a fraction to the charity. The flat 06 one of the men

was said to have been turned into a safe house, where they began to

experiment with chemicals for their homemade bombs. All are described

as Jihadists who decided to become terrorists. It is said they decided

to send others to Pakistan for training. Six other associates have

pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. Two others have pleaded not guilty.

These three in the dock are denying all the charges against them.

Thank you. The British firm BP has agreed to

sell its half stake in the Russian ven cure TNK-BP to Rosneft. It

would make BP the second biggest shareholder in Rosneft after the

Russian state. There have been clashes in Lebanon following the

funeral of the internal security chief. The most serious

confrontations took place in Tripoli, where at least three

people were killed. Brig Wissam al- hassan was killed on Friday. In

Jordan 11 militants have been arrested who planned to bomb

attacks. The men, all Jordanian had brought in weapons for neighbouring

Syria and McQuaid operations in Iraq helped them make the

explosives. David Cameron is calling for private firms and

charities to have a greater role in the rehabilitation of prisoners N a

speech this lunch time, Mr Cameron said the Government must think hard

about dealing the causes of crime. He insisted long prison sentences

were the only real punishment for serious offenders in England and

Wales. Keeping prisoners inside is one

thing. Stopping theming back after the gates are opened and released

is another. The Prime Minister thinks charities and companies who

take on the job of making sure prisoners don't offend again should

only be paid in full if they are successful. By payment my results,

it should only be paid for what works. Crime going down, our

country getting safer. I want to put rocket boosters under it. Today,

I have an announcement to make. By the end of 2015 I want to see

payment by results spread across rehabilitation. They are testing

that idea here in Peterborough, as one of a handful of pilot schemes,

Labour says they are expanding it so quickly David Cameron could be

risking public safety. You are in danger of making a hasty

announcement without seeing the evidence. Is this based ond

evidence? Is it based on the self- interest of the Prime Minister?

It is a great... The idea is not new, when he became Justice

Secretary, Ken Clarke promised a rehabilitation revelation. 90% of

serious offenders sentenced last year had committed previous

offences. Some have doubts about the whole approach. People may feel,

OK, we'll help the people who are easiest to help. We will park on

one side the people who are more difficult, who have more complex

needs. Announcements in this area often meet with a cautious response

from campaigners. There is potentially big change here with no

extra money. On law and order, tone matters as well as the policy.

Conservatives used to sound like this. Prison works.

That was then. The current Tory leader wants to be characterised as

something who -- once characterised as someone who hugged hoodies

talked about rehabilitation. Politicians have got used to the

trick of sounding thoughtful and tough on crime. They know they will

be judged on their results. Now, a quick look at the time. The

editor of Newsnight is stepping aside as the BBC admits there were

errors in his response to dropping the Jimmy Savile sex abuse

allegation. Coming up - the National Lottery's millionaires -

what do they do once they win all that money? Later on London - the

increase in people who rely on benefits to pay their race. The

last remaining cycle speedway club in London calls for new members to

keep the sport going in the capital. Cycling's world Governing body has

said there's no place in the sport for Lance Armstrong, as it

confirmed it will strip him of his seven Tour de France titdles. It

comes after a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency which produced

evidence to show that Lance Armstrong had cheated for much of

his career. He's the cancer survivor who became a cycling

superstar. Today, Lance Armstrong's spectacular fall from grace was

finally complete. The rulers of the sport he shamed confirming he would

be punished and that his past had finally caught up with him.

The UCI will ban Lance Armstrong from cycling and the UCI will strip

him of his seven Tour de France titles. Lance Armstrong has no

place in cycling. The UCI will recognise the

sanctions imposed upon the riders who testified against Lance

Armstrong. The UCI indeed thanks them for telling their stories.

had been Lorded as one of sport's greatest champions. Very different

language is now being described to describe Lance Armstrong. These are

all words taken from a report, which alleged his success had been

fuelled by performance-enhancing drugs. The 1,000 pages of

overwhelming evidence that Armstrong and his team had been at

the centre of the biggest doping programme in sporting history.

A fund-raising event for his Livestrong foundation in Austin

Texas this weekend showed he retained support. Despite his

sponsors deserting him there was still no confession. It's been a

difficult couple of weeks for me, for my family, for my friends, for

this foundation. I get asked a lot - people say, "how you doing?" I

say this every time. I say, "I have been better, but I have also been

worse." The UCI has been asked how much it knew about the cheating.

Today, came an apology. If I have to apologise now on behalf of the

UCI,ly say I am sorry that we could not catch every single one of them

red-handed and throw them out of the sport. This is the mopltd

cycling finally accepted what so many have suspected. It marks the

end of the road for Lance Armstrong, but could be the start of a

recovery for the sport from the Officers have told the BBC's

inside-out programme that statements were at least partially

dictated come after the fierce clashes between miners and police

at a coke works in Sheffield. It was the most violent confrontation

of the miners' strike. 10,000 pickets against 5000 police. 93

minors were arrested. Many were put on trial for riot, which at the

time carried potentially life in prison. But the case collapsed when

it became clear police evidence wasn't reliable. Now one former

officer has revealed to us at least part of his statement was dictated.

I recall this policeman in plain clothes. He was reading from some

paper, a paragraph or so. He asked the people to use that as their

starting paragraph. We are got hold of around 100 police statements

from Orgreave. And officer after officer from forces across the

country use the same phrases over and over again. We showed them to

an independent Sheffield barrister. When you put their statements

literally side-by-side, you can see that their statements begin in an

absolutely identical fashion. officers from four different forces

used the phrase, as we stood there in the line a continuous stream of

missiles came from the pickets into the police line. You can't get

statements written in the way they have been done here and find such a

degree of similarity between the statements without there being some

degree of collusion. The miners were all acquitted but the actions

of the police went unchallenged and there were echoes of that behaviour

again five years later. There's a much bigger miscarriage of justice

here at Orgreave. It is not isolated because we see the same

thing at Hillsborough. Not a single police officer was prosecuted.

Hillsborough and the cover-up that followed are being investigated by

the Independent Police Complaints Commission. There are now growing

calls for a re-examination of police conduct over Orgreave. South

Yorkshire police wouldn't give us an interview but they say they are

not aware of any concerns being raised by the judge at the original

trial. They say they will now consider whether any review is

necessary. Viewers in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire can see the full story

tonight. It is on Inside Out at 7:30pm on BBC One. It will be

available everywhere else on the BBC iPlayer. It has been described

as the biggest change to policing in a generation. Today, booklets

are being sent out to 20 million households in England and Wales

with information about next month's elections for police and crime

commissioners. The new commissioners will be able to set

the budget for the local force and hire and fire chief constables. It

is the biggest change to police governance in decades. But are the

voters hearing had field ready to elect a police and crime

commissioners? You can vote for someone who will tell the police

which kind of crimes to prioritise. Sounds good, good idea. Do you

think you will be voting? Definitely. I've never voted.

for anyone? Never will do. So you won't vote for a police

commissioner? No. Those voters in England and Wales outside London

who do want to take part get their chance in less than four weeks. At

the moment, a force like hard picture is overseen by an authority

with 17 members. In its place, a single elected commissioner will

take charge. There will be 41 of these individuals in total and they

will be paid 65-�100,000 a year. These commissioners won't be able

to tell officers which Grimes to investigate on a given day, but

they will set the strategic priorities for the force. Some say

the police areas covered by each commission are far too big, making

it impossible for them to represent local people. And yesterday, a

former head of Scotland Yard caused a storm with these remarks. This is

just a very strange issue to come forward with in such difficult

times for the country. I've never said this before but I actually

hope people don't Bolt. But some victims of serious crime, like

Marcel, think people should vote, as long as the candidates are good

enough. Make sure the people you put in control of people who have

some knowledge, not just been to college and learnt psychology. We

need people out there who have some form of experience with victims.

Ministers say commissioners will give it frustrated community

somewhere to turn. But in one opinion poll out today, just 15 %

they were certain to vote. There is more information on the BBC website

about the police commissioner Less than two-thirds of

millionaires who won the National Lottery gave up work straight away,

that's according to research which looks at 3000 winners since 1994.

The study of the millionaire's suggested a fifth of them are still

working, despite winning life changing amounts of money. The

lottery has no create a -- has now created 3000 millionaires. Research

reveals exactly how they've spent their money. They've bought almost

8000 homes, more than 17,000 cars and, surprisingly, one in 10

lottery millionaires splashes out on a caravan. And one winner of

�5.1 million has started a business encouraging others to send their

money up in smoke. The set up a firework and fancy dress shop.

Basically, we set it up because we wanted to be grounded, to have

normality in our lives. My son was only 20 at the time when I won and

I wanted to make sure that he had a future ahead of him, so we set the

shop up. And most people have an idea of what they'd do with a

seven-figure sum. Live on an island, by an island and stay there happily

ever after. Go on holiday, but I'd have to give a lot of it away.

think it creates more trouble than it's worth. I don't need money.

Today's figures have focused on the positive, but far from every

lottery winner has gone on to live a fairy-tale. Michael Carroll was

billed as the ultimate Lotto yob. He blew his �9.7 million win, ended

up in jail and issued a warning to future lottery millionaires. Flee

the country before the leeches get hold of you. As for Debbie,

Halloween means it's her busiest week of the year and she won't

finish her shift today until 8pm. So no sign of her lottery bubble

bursting. Now let's have a quick It has been very grey and misty so

far today and we will have more of that over the next couple of days.

We will keep a lot of cloud through the afternoon, it will be damp with

light rain. But if you look at the satellite picture, there are some

exceptions. Hold in the cloud across the north-west corner of

Scotland and the north coast of Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, it's

the cloud which will continue to dominate. Although it is cloudy,

we've got temperatures not doing too badly in the south. They will

hold up underneath that blanket of cloud. But where we keep clearer

skies to the north-west corner, it may stay a bit chilly but the touch

of frost. That misty weather, quite mild in the south and some

extensive fog. Very poor visibility first thing tomorrow morning. It

will be widespread, that mist and fog, particularly across any higher

ground as well. Like winds, but the temperature is really quite high to

begin the morning. All of that mist and fog really sitting across much

of Yorkshire, the hills of the Pennines, very poor visibility

first thing. A little bit of fog forming across the north-west

corner but that should lift to give brighter skies first thing. It's a

similar story across parts of Northern Ireland. We've got all of

the cloud, mist and fog for much of Wales and south-west England.

Because it is quite extensive, there is the chance of is causing

some disruption to travel. The Met Office have got a number of

warnings in force. Just allow a bit more time for your journey first

thing tomorrow morning. And only very slowly Bill that lift and

clear through the day. It lifts in towards low cloud, so you can

expect another grey day with patchy outbreaks of rain. Just the north-

west corner of Scotland will see the best of the sunshine. It's a

case of spot the difference on Wednesday. We do it all over again.

We do keep a lot of cloud. It is all this moist, mild air we've got

with us through much of this week. Not a huge amount of change day-by-

day but for the end of the wicket looks like there will be a change

as the cold air moves down from the north. It is colder air but clear

air. So hopefully by Friday we will see a bit more sunshine, but we

could see one or two showers around. We will keep you posted through the

The editor of Newsnight is stepping aside as the BBC admits there were

errors in his response to dropping the Jimmy Savile sex abuse

investigation. The Prime Minister says the nation is appalled by the

revelations about the presenter. Developments today are concerning

because the BBC has effectively changed its story about why it

dropped the Newsnight programme about Jimmy Savile. These are