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A jury has failed to reach a verdict on the remaining charges

against the former News of the World editor, Andy Coulson.

The judge in the trial said the country owes

the jury a debt of gratitude - and is entitled to know who was behind

hacking at the News of the World. It comes as the sister of the

murdered teenager, Milly Dowler, calls on the government to keep its

promises about reform of the press. Please keep your promise that you

will deliver permanent change to make sure that what happened to us

will never happen again. promises about reform of the press.

And Labour has renewed its attacks on David Cameron

for employing Andy Coulson. We'll have the latest

from Westminster. Also this lunchtime.

Wonga is to pay millions of pounds in compensation -

for sending borrowers letters from fake law firms.

Zero hours contracts which stop employees from working

elsewhere are to be banned. Will FIFA have the teeth to

deal with Suarez after another allegation that the Uruguayan

striker bit another player? And at Wimbledon Andy Murray is

about to take on Blaz Rola in the second round.

striker bit another player? Later on BBC London.

The Met's crackdown on knifecrime, police make 140 arrests

across the capital this morning. The new housing project aimed

at rehabilitating Muslim offenders once they leave prison.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. In the last few

minutes the jury in the phone hacking trial have been discharged

after failing to reach verdicts on two charges against the former

editor of the News of the World Andy Coulson and and ex-News of the World

royal editor Clive Goodman. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Tom Symonds is

at the Old Bailey. The outstanding counts relate to

allegations that they paid police officers for Royal phone

directories. This long courtroom drama is finally

over. The jury came back in the past half an hour and told the judge they

had not been able to reach a verdict on the outstanding charges relating

to illegal payments to public officials as alleged in the

prosecution. They were told yesterday they could reach a

majority verdict but they were not able to do so. In total six people

have been the big red as a result of this criminal process. Five pleading

guilty before the trial, one found guilty at the end of it, the editor.

Andy Coulson already convicted of being involved in the hacking

conspiracy, was back in court charged alongside his former royal

editor Clive Goodman with making illegal payments to public

officials. The prosecution says they paid police officers at the Royal

palaces for these confidential Royal phone directories. They list the

numbers of staff in the royal household. Mr Goodman denies they

came from police officers and Mr Coulson also denies being involved.

The verdicts yesterday including the acquittal of Rebekah Brooks have

been headline news for 24 hours. This morning the judge took this up

with the jury. He said I told you last night you would be hit by a

wave of publicity. I regret that. You must ignore it entirely.

Anything that you saw or read. He said I trust you implicitly to do

that. But the failure to reach a verdict will now mean prosecutors

must decide whether to ask for a retrial. The outcome of this trial

had been keenly awaited at Scotland Yard. The BBC understands Rupert

Murdoch will be questions when he returns to the UK. He is due to

arrive tomorrow. The Met is considering whether to ramp up a

corporate criminal investigation into News Corporation and news UK,

the renamed News International. This morning in court judge made a

comment about the Foreign Minister's statement following

yesterday. He said he had received a response from Mr Cameron's private

secretary who said the prime Minster had made his comments in the light

of the intense media coverage and understandable public interest. He

said the Prime Minister was careful to make no further comment about any

matters that might still be in front of the court. And also the judge has

banked the jury for its service today. He said this was a case that

needed to be heard. The public were entitled to know who was criminally

responsible at the News of the World. They had seemed a wonderful

example of the jury working together and he said the country owed them a

debt of gratitude. Next week we expect those six convicted

journalists come up a private investigator, to be sentenced. They

are expected to face custodial sentences, to go to prison.

at the Old Bailey. Meanwhile the sister of the murdered

schoolgirl Milly Dowler has called for better regulation of the press

following yesterday's verdicts. Speaking publicly for the first

time, Gemma Dowler urged the Prime Minister to keep his promise

to make sure what happened to the victims of the News of the World

scandal will never happen again. David Cameron has been facing

questions in the commons too as our Political Correspondent

Eleanor Garnier reports. The hacking scandal ignited when it

was revealed that private messages on the phone of missing schoolgirl

Milly Dowler had been listened to. When in News of the World

photographer captured her parents privately tracing their daughter's

last steps along this road, they ask themselves how did the paper know

where they were. No parent should ever have to be

told that there murdered daughter's phone was hacked. Speaking for the

first time today, Milly Dowler's sister Gemma put pressure on party

leaders in Westminster. Please keep your promise to the victims that you

will deliver real and permanent change so what happened to us will

never happen again. But we already know they were just some of many

victims. At the Old Bailey today Andy Coulson, the man who ran the

paper, awaited the verdict on further charges. Yesterday the court

found the Prime Minister's former adviser guilty of conspiring to hack

phones. The jury decided he did not just know about hacking but had

sanctioned it. And he was the press adviser that David Cameron took with

him into government. After his apology yesterday before a minister

repeated his regrets at Prime Minister's questions. I take full

responsibility for employing Andy Coulson. I did so on the basis of

assurances that I received but I always said of those turned out to

be wrong I would apologise fully and frankly to this House of Commons and

I do so today. But Labour asked why Andy Coulson had not had top-level

security vetting. Amidst all the warnings the very least he should

have done is insisted immediately on coming to office that Andy Coulson

should have the highest level of security vetting as his six

predecessors have had. Why did he not insist on that. Leveson and his

enquiry looks directly into this issue. The level of security

clearance was not the decision of either Mr Cameron or Mr Coulson, it

was the decision of the civil servants. It is three and a half

years since Andy Coulson resigned from Number Ten. It is eight-month

since this trial started. And the Prime Minister is still under

pressure from the victims of phone hacking and about why he hired Andy

Coulson. Well Kyle Walker is there now. Do

you have the sense that they would Cameron is still under pressure

about employing Andy Coulson. It could hardly have been more

difficult morning for the Prime Minister. Victims of hacking calling

on him to keep the promises he made on press regulation and Ed Miliband

on the floor of the House of Commons accusing him of bringing the

criminal into Downing Street. Now the Prime Minister was pressed on

whether he should have done more to heed the warnings that there were

already there when he decided to employ Andy Coulson. He did not give

a detailed explanation but what he did say was all of this had been

looked into closely as part of the Leveson Inquiry. And that that

enquiry had not criticised his own conduct. He also of course had to

respond to the judge over that apology yesterday but simply making

the point that he was responding to a verdict given in "and there was a

lot of media speculation. And simply that he had sought legal advice

before he issued his apology yesterday. An apology which it has

to be said has not halted the political fallout from this trial.

Eleanor Garnier reports. The country's largest payday lender

has agreed to pay more than ?2.6 million in compensation

for what the City regulator called unfair and misleading debt

collection practices. About 45,000 Wonga customers

who were in arrears were sent letters from non-existent law

firms threatening legal action. Simon Jack has more.

You appear to be in financial quandary. At longer you choose how

much to borrow. Longer is the one in the quandary today. It is the

biggest payday lender in Britain and has come under fire for the high

level of interested charges. Now it is under fire for its debt

collection tactics. One guy said it would contact 45,000 customers who

will share a pay-out of ?2.6 million. That will mean compensation

of around ?50 each although it could be more in some cases. -- Wonga

said. Wonga sent letters from fake law firms. The regulator says these

unfair and misleading practices and piled pressure on customers who were

already struggling. In some cases they even charged customers for the

bogus letters. This is a new don't -- a new low from the payday loan

industry. It is right that the regulator throws the book at Wonga

and gets tougher, clamping down on these unacceptable practices. After

a barrage of criticism, not least from the Archbishop of Canterbury

who tried to drive them out of business, Wonga promised last year

to try to clean up its act but this latest episode comes soon after it

emerged that tens of thousands of people overpaid the company and will

not do anything to repair the image of the industry.

Simon Jack has more. Campaigners who want severely

disabled people to have Campaigners who want severely

disabled people to have the right to is a "positive step".

Although the Supreme Court today ruled against a paralysed former

builder, and the widow of man who had locked in syndrome,

they urged parliament to examine the law on assisted suicide.

Clive Coleman explains.

Paul Lamb at the severe -- the Supreme Court in London has argued

that he has a right to private and family life because of the law which

prevents the most severely disabled from getting assistance to end their

minds when they choose. Paul Lamb has taken up the legal challenge

brought by the late Tony Nicklinson who suffered from Locked-in

Syndrome. The interferences with their rights as grave. Today the

court provided some encouragement but ruled against them. I think it

is a step in the right direction. It is now I believe for Parliament to

take on board. So it is a victory wrapped in defeat. Yes. Whatever way

you look at it, the one thing I said last night to my carers, I feel

proud of myself for what I have done. The ruling today is hugely

significant because in effect this is the highest court in the land.

Flexing its constitutional muscles and saying to Parliament, you have

to legislate to change the law because the current law on assisted

suicide is inadequate for the needs of people like Tony Nicklinson and

Paul Lamb. But many people fear any change to the law on assisted

suicide. The issue were dealing is people who

feel vulnerable, who feel they are a burden and have no choice and are

encouraged to save this is a way out.

For those like Paul Lamb who want a doctor to assist them to die, the

ruling today is mixed. They will have to wait and see if Parliament

was what five senior judges wanted to and changes the law on assisted

suicide. explains.

Football's world governing body FIFA, has begun disciplinary

proceedings against the Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, after he

appeared to bite an Italian player during a World Cup match last night.

No action was taken during the game, but FIFA could ban him

from international football for two years.

Suarez has been banned twice before for biting, whilst playing for Ajax

and his current club Liverpool. Ben Brown is in Rio de Janeiro.

Luis Suarez is the man who broke English hearts with those two goals

for Uruguay in Sao Paulo. Now it looks as though his tournament is

over as well. And here in Brazil we have seen the very best and very

worst of Luis Suarez. It could be one of the most shocking moments of

the World Cup. Luis Suarez bides Giorgio Chiellini. TRANSLATION:

Suarez is a cheat and he gets away with it because FIFA once their

stars to play in the World Cup. I would love to see if they have the

courage to use video evidence against them. The referee saw it but

did nothing about it. My own feeling is that he needs some help. Let's

say medical help, psychiatric help. This is a human being first of all

and he has got a problem that needs dealing with. Forget about the

football side of things. This fella needs looking after. Suarez's

manager has backed him. But he has form. He bit a player while playing

for Ajax. And he was banned for ten games for biting Chelsea's Ivanovic.

It was his two Goldsack knocked England out of the World Cup. After

that game, Suarez said that was a response to the criticism he

received in England. Last night he played down the controversy.

TRANSLATION: These situations happen in the pitch. We were both inside

the area. These things happen on the pitch and you should not attach so

much importance to them. Minutes after the incident, Uruguay

won a corner and Diego Golding's goal banished Italy from the World

Cup. -- Diego Golding's goal. With me now Richard Conway. What kind of

band could he faced? FIFA executives I have spoken to say this is a very

serious issue. They want this investigation to be thorough. The

band he could be facing, there could be indications from previous cases.

FIFA have a six-game minimum tariff in place for spitting. FIFA have

already banned a player in 1984 for eight games for using an elbow. The

FA band Suarez for ten games for biting a Chelsea player. Given the

seriousness of this incident, and given the worldwide state -- stage,

FIFA will want to mitigate the risk to their reputation and they will be

looking to take some serious action against Luis Suarez as soon as

possible, so the intention can return -- attention can return back

to the tournament. We hear that one of Luis Suarez's main sponsors could

be dropping him. They are reviewing their relationship with him. They

will not tolerate unsporting behaviour.

The top story this lunchtime: The jury in the phone hacking trial is

discharged after failing to reach a verdict on remaining charges against

Andy Coulson. I am live at Wimbledon where Andy Murray is off to the best

possible start in his second. The defibrillators which will cut

cardiac deaths. Later on BBC London:

And we meet the Tourmakers as the world?s greatest cycle race

comes to the capital. Muslim families have been urged to

approach the authorities early if they think their children are

being radicalised. The head of the West Midlands

counter terrorism unit, Sue Southern,

made the call at a meeting with imams at Birmingham Central Mosque.

She said groups inspired by Al Qaeda are the biggest threat to Britain's

security. Alex Forsyth reports.

This mosque in central Birmingham is far from Iraq or Syria but the

potential dangers of those conflicts are being felt here. This morning,

imams and community leaders from across the region gathered to

discuss how they can stop young British Muslims travelling abroad to

fight. This is not something we should be engaged in. It is thought

more than 400 British jihadists are in Iraq and Syria. Tracking them is

a priority for MI5, not least because of the security threat they

pose to Britain. A few days ago to men from Cardiff and one from

Aberdeen appeared in this recruitment video. It further stoked

fears. Speakers here say the Syrian conflict has touched people's hearts

but they describe those who have gone there to fight as misguided.

They say help should be through humanitarian aid not further

conflicts, and it is up to the Muslim community to make that

message is clear. The Muslim community should be united against

this kind of extremism and radicalism. Always they should make

sure that no clerics should enter into the mosque who has this kind of

radicalism. The complex reasons prompting young Britons to take up

arms are not fully understood. Exposure to radical ideology online

may play a part. Police want concerned families to intervene. We

cannot ignore it. It is here, it is real. The concern is, what is the

attraction for young people? What are they leaving behind? The trauma

for families. And what more can families do to come forward earlier

and alert the authorities? County terror police know the message must

come from the community if it is to make a difference to the mindset of

those risking their lives and possibly endangering Britain.

Alex Forsyth reports. Companies are to be banned

from preventing staff on zero hours contracts from working

elsewhere, under new legislation. The Government estimates that

125,000 people are restricted by an exclusivity clause.

John Moylan reports. Two people with starkly different

experiences of life on zero hours contracts. For one, the contracts

provided opportunities to fit work around studying. They are very

flexible. They allow businesses to adjust their costs so so they can

keep profits up, which means more growth for the company and they can

take on more people. But this man says he had no idea from week to

week how much he would work for my crime. I found it increasingly

difficult to feel joy about my existence because at every waking

moment the store was opened, I was there with my phone thinking, will I

get a call? Zero hours contracts are particularly prevalent in retail. It

is thought there are 6000 people employed in this way. The numbers

could be higher. The government accepts someone scrupulous employers

have been abusing the flexibility of these contracts. If they have been

open to abuse, and particularly around this exclusivity clause where

people sign up for a 0-hours contract, they may not get any work

but they cannot go to anybody else, that is what we want to stop. This

proposal does not go far enough. Workers need to know they have got

minimum numbers of hours that they can build a life on and decent pay

levels to go with it. The government estimates around 125,000 people are

currently prevented from working for other firms. That will now end. But

a 0-hours contract are here to stay. -- zero hours contracts.

John Moylan reports. Doctors' leaders are warning that

general practice in England is imploding under the

pressure of increasing demand and a falling share of the NHS budget.

The British Medical Association's conference will be told this

afternoon that people are going to have to wait longer for GP

appointments, as a result. The Department of Health says

the accusation is scaremongering. Here's Adam Brimelow.

The BMA says longer waits to see a GP are becoming the norm and the

situation is set to get worse, a crisis, it says, that threatens the

future of the NHS. The BMA says it is driven by relentless rise in

demand, with 40 million more patients seen annually than five

years ago, and a falling share for general practice funding. The

result, it says, is conveyor belt care at breakneck speed. Up to 60

consultations a day. GPs say they are struggling to cope. General

practice is massively under resourced. I know the general public

may find that difficult to believe. But we have seen such a huge

increase in demand year on year, without the increased resources. The

resources have effectively been cut year-on-year. It is increasingly

impossible to keep up with demand. The government says a ?50 million

fun in England will improve access to GPs out of working hours and

encourage more use of telephone, e-mail and video consultations.

Here's Adam Brimelow. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

have been hearing the stories behind several pieces in the

Royal Collection. They met with experts from the

BBC's Antiques Roadshow at Hillsborough Castle on the final

day of their Northern Ireland tour. Fiona Bruce is there now.

I hope they were fans of the show? Well, I hear they are both fans of

the show. When they heard the road show was coming here to Hillsborough

Castle, the royal residence for many years, she apparently expressed an

interest in taking part. Together with our experts we discussed a

number of items from the Hillsborough collection. In

particular, there was a christening, which had a direct relationship to

the Queen, in that it was a gift to her aunt. Lady Granville was on

board a ship crossing from the United States. The chief engineer's

wife gave birth to a daughter. Lady Granville was taken with it. She

asked that the child be named after her and gave her this christening

cup. It was gifted back to Hillsborough Castle. This was a

night in the Queen had a personal connection with. The one thing we

did not discuss was value. I did notice there were some items that

were reproductions. The originals would have been extremely valuable.

These were later copies and not worth a fraction of the original

value. Even in the grandest of houses they can be some surprises.

Fiona Bruce is there now. Andy Murray's second round match

at Wimbledon is underway. The defending champion is playing

the world number 92, Blaz Rola, of Slovenia.

Later, the British wild card Naomi Broady will hope to cause

an upset as she faces former world number one Caroline Wozniacki.

Katherine Downes is at Wimbledon. Yes, as you would expect, the crowds

out in support of Andy Murray. They will be surprised and won over by

his opponent. He has got a big personality and he says it is a

dream come true for an upcoming player like him to take on the

reigning champion at Wimbledon. And other early start for Andy Murray,

the defending champion opening play again today. He was on the practice

court this morning. Leaving it later, the intriguing Blaz Rola,

Murray's opponent, making his Wimbledon debut. He is an unknown

force. I come from the small country of Slovenia. Only 2 million people.

Very relaxed, very outgoing guy. Lefty. As far as my tennis tactics,

I don't want to give them away! I would keep it to myself. -- I will

keep them to myself. Britain's Naomi Broady is the challenge facing

Caroline Wozniacki in the second round. Does the former world number

one know what she is taking on? No, not really. I will have my team

doing some scouting and seeing how she plays. I just have to focus on

myself and go for it, play aggressively, get her moving. If

forewarned is for armed, there could be an upset before the day is done,

with two of Wimbledon's biggest names heading into uncharted

territory. Usually those top players have the game to see off the

newcomers. But Caroline Wozniacki has been caught out before. She has

never gone beyond the fourth round. Andy Murray is already a break up in

the first set. Katherine Downes is at Wimbledon.

Time for a look at the weather with Susan Powell.

The weather will not give the players any excuses this afternoon

at Wimbledon. Plenty of sunshine today. The sum will continue to

shine. More cloud building up towards the evening. Temperatures

slowly tapering off. They will be in the high teens as they comes to a

close. Not a bad outlook for the rest of us. A lot of sunny spells.

Across the southern half of the British Isles, a fresher feel than

recently. Today we will probably hit 19 or 20 degrees. You can see it is

not a case of sunshine everywhere. More cloud across western Scotland

and Northern Ireland. And there would be some patchy rain lingering

here into the afternoon. -- and there will be. The rain probably

steering clear mostly of the Western Isles but we will see some getting

into the Highlands, Dumfries and Galloway. Patchy outbreaks for

Northern Ireland. The odd shower in Cumbria, Lancashire and North Wales.

To the east of the Pennines, lots of sunshine. Across Wales and the

south-west of England, the slim chance of a shower. Central and

eastern areas plenty more sunshine. A little fresher than recent days. A

very pleasant looking evening. Look at what happens to the rain in

western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Peters out in the evening

and returns in the small hours. It is on its way out tomorrow. In much

drier day for Scotland and Northern Ireland. This little lot down here

is not to be underestimated. These showers will move into Cornwall and

Devon by the afternoon. We could see some heavy rain in a short time.

Pretty messy picture. Elsewhere, sunny spells and temperatures in the

high teens to the low 20s. The showers coming in on Thursday

afternoon. Some of the heaviest rain may come in overnight on Thursday.

Pretty soggy campsite first thing on Friday. Here is the reason why. This

area of low pressure. It will not just affect Glastonbury. It will

spread across the southern half of the British Isles through the

weekend. A different theme to the weather on Saturday and Sunday. The

chance of thunderstorms anywhere. We will tighten up on those details as

we get closer to the time. at the weather with Susan Powell.

Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime.

The jury in the phone hacking trial has been discharged after failing to

reach a verdict on the outstanding charges faced by the Coulson. --

Andy Coulson. of our top story this lunchtime.

That's all from us - now