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Two men are found guilty of murdering a British soldier on the

streets of London. Lee Rigby died near the Woolwich Barracks in May,

targeted because he was a soldier, run over and then hacked to death.

Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale had denied murder,

claiming they were soldiers of Allah and blaming his death on British

foreign policy. We will have the latest from our correspondent at the

Old Bailey. Also this lunchtime, and enquiry reveals there is evidence

Britain was inappropriately involved in the rendition and ill-treatment

of terror suspects. The Old Bailey told the Duchess of Cambridge was a

victim of phone hacking by staff at the News of the World. Messages from

Prince William to Kate read out in court. Police say they believe a

body found in a grave in Oxfordshire is that of missing teenager Jayden

Parkinson. We had prepared Jayden's family for the worst but I am afraid

nothing can prepare you for the loss of your child. They remain

heartbroken. Hundreds of homes are without power as gale force winds

and heavy rain hit the UK. One man is missing and travel has been

disrupted. And blast off on one of the most ambitious space projects as

the world's most powerful camera is sent almost 100 million miles from

Earth to map our galaxy. Later on BBC London as two men are found

guilty of murdering Lee Rigby we will have the latest reaction from

the local community. We will also have a special report on the

disturbing past of one of the men involved.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News that one. Two men have been

found guilty of the brutal murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby near Woolwich

Barracks in May. Michael Adebowale to and Michael Adebowale had both

denied the charges, claiming they were soldiers of Allah. But in the

last few minutes a jury has found them guilty of his murder. Let's

cross to the Old Bailey and our correspondent, June Kelly.

The barbarity of this crime caused revulsion of -- across the country.

These men described themselves as soldiers of Allah and said Lee

Rigby's killing was an act of war. For his family, they have had to

endure days of terrible evidence. A warning to viewers, this report does

contain some of that distressing material.

The reason we have killed this man today is because Muslims are dying

daily by British soldiers and this British soldier is an eye for an

eye, tooth for a too. He had just butchered a British soldier by

trying to behead him in broad daylight on a London street. Michael

Adebolajo, on the left, and his killer, Michael Adebowale, has now

been convicted of murder. Their victim, Lee Rigby, in a Help for

Heroes top, was on his way back to his barracks when he was killed. The

men targeted him because he was carrying a military rucksack. As he

crossed the road close to the barracks in Woolwich they drove

their car at him. The jury saw footage of him being thrown into the

air. Adebolajo then tried to decapitate Fusilier Rigby, striking

his neck repeatedly with a meat cleaver. While Adebowale used a

knife to cut at his body. And all this being watched by members of the

public. The men dragged the soldier's body into the middle of

the road. Ingrid Loyau-Kennett was among those who tried to help Lee

Rigby. I heard a voice saying, don't touch the body. That is when I

lifted my head and I saw straight at eye level two hands, one carrying

two bloodied hands, one carrying the meat cleaver is on the butcher's

knife and the other one having a revolver. One of the suspects pulled

a handgun out from behind the back of his trousers. As I was on the

phone to the police standing outside my garage a bunch of school kids

came out of that alleyway there and I shouted at them, get the kids in

the school because there is a bloke up there with a handgun. With his

hands soaked in the soldier's blood, Michael Adebolajo began

delivering his message. You people will never be safe. Your government

don't care about you. He and Adebowale then waited for firearms

officers to arrive. The plan was to martyr themselves by dying in a hail

of bullets. The first Michael was walking up and down with the meat

cleaver is and as soon as they heard the police car come around the

corner, they didn't even get chance to come out of the car, he ran at

them with the meat cleaver is and they had to shoot him. They have no

choice. You can see Adebolajo go down as a police marksman opened

fire. Officers then surrounded Adebowale. In one hand his revolver

raised at them, in the other, a knife. He too was shot. After

ensuring the attackers were no longer a threat the police began

giving them both first aid. In police interviews Adebolajo

describes how the men had selected their victim. Baleen is -- between

us we decided that the soldier is the most target because he joins the

army is kind of an understanding that the life is at risk when you

joined the Army -- the most fair target. Since the 77 attacks most

obvious limit spots in the UK five involved a number of people and the

use of explosives. What happened here was far less sophisticated.

Minimal planning, so the authorities were not alerted, and easy to carry

out. Lee Rigby 25 when he was killed, had joined the Army as a

teenager. This was him during a tour of Afghanistan. He returned from

their safely to his family, only to lose his life in his home country.

He was a real character in the second Fusiliers and is missed

greatly. He was a true warrior, having served with distinction in

Afghanistan. His life was ended in this way, a cruel tragedy. He has

left a young son, Jack. One day he will learn how his father was

murdered because he was a British soldier.

Well, obviously for the family this whole trial process has been a

terrible ordeal. They are not making any statement outside the Old Bailey

today, but we have just had a statement on their behalf. They say

they welcome the verdict, they say they are very proud of Lee and they

now want to be left in peace. Now, the jury took less than an hour and

a half to return their verdicts. Guilty obviously of murder of Lee

Rigby but they found both men not guilty of the attempted murder of a

police officer. Now, in terms of sentencing that will not happen

today. That will take place in the New Year.

June Kelly at the Old Bailey, thank you very much. As June was saying it

has been a traumatic trial for Lee Rigby's family, who have often been

seen leaving court in tears. In an exclusive interview with panorama,

Lee Rigby's parents talked to Peter Taylor and paid tribute to their

son. He did numerous things. He went to college on a pre-training

course. Everything leading up to going into the army. Anything he

could do that would give him some clue or inkling over what the army

would be about because it is really something he always had a craving to

do. He was so determined. Were you worried about him when he was in

Afghanistan? Yes, very. It was every time the phone rang or if there was

a knock on the door, you know, that sort was always in your head. --

that thought was always in your head. Lee, whenever anything

happened in Afghanistan, even not killed, just hurt, he would phone

home immediately, he knew anything about it, just to put our mind at

ease. The first thing he always did. It is not me, ma'am, I am safe, you

know. It was afternoon, tea-time, I had gone to work. The tips came on

the telly of it going on. I go into work and are screens that we have in

work and it was on. The TV, in the canteen, yes, I actually sat there

and watched it, watched it all. I was just going up to bed, I had just

put the light out in the hallway was going into the bedroom and obviously

there was a knock on the door. So I go to the window and there was four,

you know, four gentleman stood there and I knew then why they were here.

I would not wish anybody, whoever they are, to go through the same

pain of what they put Lee through, what they have put the family

through, having to sit and watch what they did to hourly. What did

Leeds die for? Lee died serving his country, doing what he believed in,

serving the country to preserve our way of life of freedom of speech and

the opportunity to be able to what -- to be able to walk the streets in

peace and say what you feel, because that is what this whole country is

all about. Lee Rigby's parents talking to Peter

Taylor and you can see more of that interview on panorama on BBC One at

10:35pm tonight. Ben Brown is outside the Royal Artillery Barracks

in Woolwich, where Lee Rigby died. Yes, Sophie, this is the barracks

where Lee Rigby was a 25-year-old drummer, a Fusiliers. He died just

round the corner from here seven months ago. He was deliberately run

down and then attacked with a meat cleaver and knives. Seven months on

floral tributes are still being laid to Lee Rigby, wreaths and flowers in

his memory. There were some reprisals against the Islamic

community here in this part of London after his death and today we

have had some reaction from Muslims in this part of London through the

Greenwich Islamic Centre. They have just put out a statement saying they

are relieved and delighted. They say justice has been served. They also

say that they are against anybody who says that they should kill in

the name of religion and they are urging the government to take

stronger, tough action against those who preach messages of hate. But I

think here in Woolwich there is some relief and pleasure today's

verdict. Ben Brown, thank you very much. You

can see more on that story throughout the afternoon on the BBC

News Channel. The rest of the news now. A report into the UK's

intelligence services says officers may have been an appropriate

edge-macro inappropriately involved in cases of so-called extraordinary

renditions. The findings also found officers were aware of inappropriate

delegation techniques used on prisoners who were taken to a

country where those practices are not illegal. Here is our security

correspondent, Gordon Corera. Four years there have been

allegations that British intelligence knew of or was involved

in the mistreatment and torture of detainees including in their

rendition or transferred to other countries. To find out what really

happened on taking office the government announced an independent

inquiry led by a judge. Today, Sir Peter Gibson released his initial

findings based on examining 20,000 documents. 40 cases were

investigated with serious issues uncovered. It does appear from the

documents that the United Kingdom may have been inappropriately

involved in some renditions, that is a very serious matter. No doubt any

future enquiry would want to look at that. But the enquiry was stopped

before it could talk to witnesses or finish because of what is believed

to have happened in this Libyan prison. Documents were found

suggesting that Britain had been involved in the rendition or

transfer to Libya of this month Abdul Hakim Belhadj, who says he was

tortured. A police investigation into MI6 meant the judge could not

finish his work. Mr Kenneth Clarke. Today, the government announced the

27 issues raised by Sir Peter Gibson's work would now be

investigated by a Parliamentary Committee. The Prime Minister has

discussed and agreed with the Intelligence and Security Committee

of Parliament that they will enquiry into the themes and issues which Sir

Peter has raised. They will take further evidence and they will

report to the government and Parliament on the outcome of their

enquiry. Critics to say this is a U-turn and the Intelligence and

Security Committee will not get to the truth. When the allegations came

out that the intelligence services were involved in rendition and

torture the government promised that there would be an independent judge

Les Munro -- judge led review of the situation. David Cameron promised it

to Parliament, Ken Clarke promised it, Clegg promised it, William Hague

promised it and now it is extremely disappointing because the IOC is not

fit for purpose on this. The committee says it has more powers

and done in the past to investigate but Sir Peter Gibson's work has

raised serious questions for British intelligence and the ministers who

have overseen it answer. It has been claimed for the first

time that the Duchess of Cambridge was a victim of phone hacking. The

Old Bailey has been hearing how staff at the News of the World

hacked into the then Kate Middleton's voice mail and listened

to messages from Prince William. In one he calls her babykins. In

another he tells her how he got lost on a training exercise at Sandhurst

and almost got shot by blank rounds. Let's speak to our correspondent at

the Old Bailey, Clive Coleman. What more can you tell us? This is the

first time the jury of nine Ben -- women and three men have been told

that the mobile telephone of Kate Middleton, that messages left on it

were intercepted. In one Prince William, they were then girlfriend

and boyfriend, calls her by the affectionate pet name of babykins.

In another he says, high, baby, it is me, sorry I have just got off my

night navigation exercises. He says I have been running around the woods

of Aldershot chasing shadows and getting terribly lost. He said, I

walked into some of the regiment's ambush which was slightly

embarrassing because I nearly got shot, not by live rounds but by

blank rounds, which would be very embarrassing though. The jury were

told that when that story was written up by the News of the World

it was written up that Prince William had been shot by blank

rounds. Briefly, we have also heard in court that Prince Harry's phone

was hacked as well? We have. We were told a voice message was left on

Prince Harry's voice mail messages from an unnamed male, who was

impersonating his then girlfriend Chelsy Davy, for a joke. Now, when

that was written up by the News of the World it was claimed that the

unnamed male was in fact his brother, Prince William. And that

Prince Harry had taken an ear-bashing. The jury were told

there were references to the words "ginger" but when it was written up

it was said the News of the World said that the person impersonating

Chelsy Davy had said, I miss you so much, you big ginger. In the article

it was said that Prince Harry have thought the whole thing was

hilarious. Clive Bayley at the Old Bailey, thank you very much. Our top

story. Two men are found guilty of the murder of Fuseli Lee Rigby.

Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale have both denied the

charges that they were soldiers of Allah. Later on BBC London, as two

men are found guilty of murdering Lee Rigby, we will be live in

Woolwich where we hear from local people about the impact on the

area. As a man is jailed for raping two women, the Metropolitan Police

admit it makes -- made mistakes. Police say the family of the missing

teenager Jayden Parkinson are heartbroken and devastated after her

body was found in a churchyard in Oxfordshire last night. A postmortem

will now be carried out to determine how she died. The 17-year-old had

not been seen since the 3rd of December. A 22-year-old ex-boyfriend

appeared in court earlier this week charged with murder. Duncan Kennedy

has this report. Steeling themselves for. Local

people reacted by bringing flowers and their thoughts to the church

where Jade and's body was found -- it was the news everybody here was

steeling themselves for. One after the other they came to give and to

reflect. Some new Jade, some did not. None could believe what had

heard. She was a lovely girl. It is devastating. I just feel for her

family and parents. Jayden Parkinson had been missing for just over two

weeks. This morning police confirmed that their search for her was now

over. We have prepared her family for the worst, but I'm afraid

nothing can prepare you for the loss of your child. They remain

heartbroken. They remain devastated. And our thoughts are with them at

this time. On Monday, Ben Blakeley, her former boyfriend was charged

with her murder and a 17-year-old boy was also charged with

obstructing the enquiry. As the family absorbed news of the tragedy,

the police say the forensic operation in the graveyard will now

be wound down as they put in place their preparations for a trial that

is most likely to take place sometime next year. The church where

Jayden was found will conduct a spiritual service and offer support

to her family. An independent enquiry into how a surgeon was able

to continue using a controversial technique on women with breast

cancer has revealed a catalogue of missed opportunities. Ian Pattison

carried out cleavage baring mastectomies which leave behind

potentially cancerous tissues for cosmetic reasons. Today the hospital

apologised unreservedly and admitted that managers should have acted

earlier to stop him. Dominic Hughes reports.

This is Ian Pattison, or once a respected surgeon, now suspended by

the General Medical Council and under investigation by the police.

He under -- operated on one with suspected breast cancer and used a

procedure known as a cleavage sparing mastectomy, and left behind

some potentially cancerous tissue, exposing women to harm, and its use

is not approved in the UK. Concerns were raised by colleagues in the

heart of England trust in 2003, and in 2007, but he continued to operate

until 2011. At the trust has received a damning report into how

the surgeon was allowed to continue work -- now the trust. An

ineffective board, weak leadership, staff reluctant to speak out. The

priority of patients, not the highest priority. Those sorts of

things. When that happens, patients suffer. Gayle was one of Ian

Pattison's patients. In 1995 he told Gayle she had breast cancer, and

last year she was informed the operation was unnecessary. She had

never had cancer in the first place. He said I've got cancer, and you

believe him. But the children said you have gone with a man who said he

could save your life, and he has let us all down. This report tells a

story that its author says is depressingly familiar, one of the

collapse of culture where managers are more interested in protecting

the reputation of an organisation rather than making sure their

parents are safe from harm. This morning the trust, now under new

management, apologised to patients and to staff, who for years had

tried to raise concerns. I'm angry about what this doctor did. The fact

he never got proper consent from his patients, the fact he did not keep

proper record-keeping. And I am angry that the former leadership of

this trust that had so many opportunities to stop this operation

happening, but they didn't. Meanwhile hundreds of women are

taking legal action and the police investigation into Ian Paterson

continues. The jury in the trial of Nigella Lawson's to former

assistance has been sent out to consider their first pics Elizabeth

and Francesca Grillo are alleged to have spent ?685,000 on credit cards

belonging to Nigella Lawson under husband, the art dealer, Charles

Saatchi. They both deny one count of committing fraud. As the clear up

the stormy weather across the UK continues last night, forecasters

predict more gales across parts of the UK tonight. The search for a

sailor who overboard on the River Trent resumes this morning, and a

19-year-old is still in hospital this morning after a tree fell on

his car. Thousands of homes are without power in Northern Ireland

and north-west England. Cumbria police say they dealt with more than

60 weather-related incidents, a number of roads were closed by

falling trees. Elsewhere in the county, a man was injured when his

truck was blown over. Part of the roof of this disused hotel was blown

off. The nearby road had to be closed. There are weather warnings

of snow, ice and rain the next few days, and the longer-term prospect

is not better. Looking further ahead to the beginning of next week we

have even more stormy weather to come with the run-up to Christmas,

so it looks as though the weather will hamper people 's plans if they

are travelling. An intense hailstorm stopped Stoke City's match against

Manchester United for ten minutes. The referee said he could not see

the players. And Sheffield Wednesday's game against Wigan had

to be abandoned because the pitch was completely waterlogged. The

Irish Republic was the first place to be hit by the storm. This debris

is all that remains of a train station roof in Cork. Three people

were injured. Witnesses say it was like the station had been hit by a

tornado. Elsewhere in Co Limerick, the roof was blown off a house onto

the street below. Several people were injured by falling debris. In

Northern Ireland, high winds brought down chimneys and power lines. At

one point, 7000 homes were left in darkness, although engineers have

now restored power to most people. In Bristol and South West England,

flooding was the problem. In Cardiff it looked much the same, and in

parts of Wales it was an anxious night with sandbags at the doorways

and the Fire Service in the street pumping out standing water. It is

the world's world 's most powerful camera and has just been launched

into space in an ambitious five-year mission to map the stars in our

galaxy. The guy a probe took off from French Guiana on a month-long

journey to reach its destination more than 19 million miles away from

us. Once there it will begin the job of surveying the Milky Way, mapping

precise positions and distances of more than 1 billion stars.

Lighting up the night sky and leaving the Earth towards the stars.

The European Space Agency's latest mission is to find out exactly where

the stars are. At the heart of the Gaia space telescope is a camera

sensitive enough to detect stars that are trillions of miles away.

The company that made the camera have one -- one just like it that

they are keeping on earth. Its senses shine like jewels. Each a

different colour to detect different types of light. This is the most

powerful camera ever built. It's able to take a picture of a human

hair that is 1000 miles away. In space, its job will be to measure

the size, brightness and position of more than 1 billion stars. Each

sensor is shaken to test whether it would withstand the vibration of a

rocket during take-off. It's going to get a much better view of our

Milky Way. It will be able to look at the colour information of the

stars, those elements that are there, where they are moving, and

how the Milky Way evolved. Gaia will chart stars that are similar to our

own sun and find exploding ones called super Novi. It will look for

mysterious stuff called dark matter, Hunt for black holes, and the

spacecraft will no doubt find things in our galaxy that no one had ever

imagined. That is the fun of doing a survey like this, finding things

that you don't expect. You can always learn more about the objects

you know about, but it's the unexpected that I think is really

interesting. And we may even discover that our galaxy is a

completely different shape to what we see here, which is the one in the

textbooks. Back to our main story, two men have

been found guilty of the brutal murder of fusillade Lee Rigby near

Woolwich barracks in May. Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale have

both denied the charges, saying they were soldiers of Allah. At the Old

Bailey in the last few minutes, a family liaison officer has been

reading a statement for the Wrigley family, who said it had been the

toughest time of their lives. -- Rigby family. Lee Rigby's family

have asked me to read the following statement on their behalf. We would

like to thank everybody who has helped us finally get justice for

leak, and the overwhelming support we have received. This has been the

toughest time of our lives. No one should have to go through what we

have been through as a family. We are satisfied that justice has been

done, but unfortunately, no amount of Justice will bring Lee back.

These people have taken him away from us for ever, but his memory

lives on in all of us and we will never forget him. We are very proud

of elite, who served his country, and we will now focus on building a

future for his son Jack, making him as proud of leak as we all are --

Lee. Lee will be sorely missed by his siblings, nieces and nephew and

all of those who love him. We now ask we are left alone to grieve for

our loss. Thank you. That was a detective inspector speaking on

behalf of Lee Rigby's family outside the Old Bailey in the last few

minutes. Let's have a look at the weather with Philip Avery.

Thank you very much. As Helen suggested in the package earlier

on, the run-up to Christmas is no picnic, often wet very windy

conditions across parts of the British Isles. Friday's weather is

lured in on our doorstep, the speckled shower cloud, -- lurking.

Something a bit more organised stretching down from the North of

England and into the south-west. More of that in a second. The

further east you are, the drier and finer prospects in the short-term.

This feature has produced under in the far west of Cornwall in the last

couple of hours or so. Hail across the valley area as well in Anglesey.

And there will be definite wintry traits as it moves through Wales,

not just on the high ground as it could turn nasty with really sharp

hail showers some snow too. Similar prospects in Northern Ireland and

the high grounds of Scotland, and the totals are beginning to mount

up, and the heavier showers will drag the snow to lower levels as

well. In the short-term, central and eastern parts of England, finer

prospects but not with one or two showers, and some of them could be

wintry. Just through the heart of the Midlands we could see something

like squall E and nasty and wintry before it shoots off into the North

Sea -- squirrelly. All the while we have the showers across Northern

Ireland and Scotland. It will be a cold night, and that will lead to a

significant ice problem, not just in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but

also Wales and parts of the Midlands as well. Into Friday, we changed the

script. A chilly start having had the clear skies overnight, but as I

was suggesting, lurking in the Atlantic another spell of wet and

windy weather. Certainly for northern and western parts. You may

start dry but it won't last all day. Where it might stay dry is through

central and eastern parts of the British Isles. With the wind coming

back more towards the south-west, and plenty of it as well across the

north-western part where the low pressure is close by, we will find

the temperatures lifting of today's values after those chilly and RAC

starts. The same weather band will have slumped across the British

Isles but will have not cleared the stars -- IC starts. Wet and windy

fair here, and the temperatures will mount up across the higher ground.

And as Helen was saying, on Monday, we will turn back to something much

wetter, much windy again. Lots going on over the next few days. The BBC

weather website has got all the information you could possibly want.

A reminder of the main story this lunchtime. Two men have been found

guilty of the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich barracks. Michael

Adebolajo Michael Adebowale said they carried out the killing because

of British foreign policy. You can keep up-to-date with all the latest

reaction to the guilty verdict on the BBC News channel throughout the

afternoon. That is all from the News at one this afternoon.