:00:00. > :00:00.South Yorkshire's Police Commissioner refuses to resign,
:00:07. > :00:10.despite calls for him to stand down over "appalling" child abuse
:00:11. > :00:16.Shaun Wright, who was formally in charge of
:00:17. > :00:18.children's services in Rotherham, admits that the scale of the abuse
:00:19. > :00:24.I do not think any of this was my direct fault.
:00:25. > :00:28.What I take is collective responsibility.
:00:29. > :00:31.When you are a member of a 63 member council you take collective
:00:32. > :00:33.responsibility for the actions of that organisation.
:00:34. > :00:36.We'll have the latest from Westminster.
:00:37. > :00:43.The UN says crimes against humanity are spreading
:00:44. > :00:45.in Syria, with civilians attacked by both President Assad's forces
:00:46. > :00:52.Royal Bank of Scotland is fined more than
:00:53. > :00:54.?14 million for serious failings over mortgage advice to customers.
:00:55. > :01:03.Warnings that the rising birth rate means council budgets can't cope.
:01:04. > :01:05.The couple celebrating 80 years of marriage, so what's
:01:06. > :01:19.We love each other. The most useful thing is, as long as I agree with
:01:20. > :01:22.her... The Metropolitan Police Commissioner
:01:23. > :01:24.calls for stricter controls over The family of a 16-year-old who died
:01:25. > :01:31.after a hit and run in Hertfordshire Good afternoon
:01:32. > :01:53.and welcome to the BBC News at One. South Yorkshire's Police and Crime
:01:54. > :01:55.Commissioner says he will not resign following a damning report on
:01:56. > :01:59.widespread child abuse in Rotherham. Shaun Wright, who was responsible
:02:00. > :02:04.for children's services in the town between 2005 and 2010,
:02:05. > :02:07.admits that the scale of the abuse More than 1,400 children were
:02:08. > :02:12.sexually exploited by criminal But a short time ago,
:02:13. > :02:31.Labour said he should step down. Yesterday the full extent of child
:02:32. > :02:36.sexual exploitation in Rotherham was revealed and today there are many
:02:37. > :02:40.questions for the Pakistani and Muslim community. Why was this
:02:41. > :02:46.behaviour not challenged? For the police, why were there so few
:02:47. > :02:50.convictions? The leader of the council resigned yesterday, but why
:02:51. > :02:56.were those directly involved in child protection have been -- been
:02:57. > :03:03.disciplined yet? The contents of this report may be distressing.
:03:04. > :03:08.1400 victims of sexual exploitation in one town. Today the people of
:03:09. > :03:13.Rotherham are trying to understand how such crimes could have been
:03:14. > :03:18.committed and why those in authority ignored all the warnings. It is
:03:19. > :03:26.shocking it has been going on for so many years. I see all my friends on
:03:27. > :03:32.the streets at ten o'clock at night and I would be terrified if that was
:03:33. > :03:43.me. It is a thing that has always been going on. Like it is normal
:03:44. > :03:47.from when I was growing up. Emma says she was groomed by men in
:03:48. > :03:54.Rotherham from the age of 12. Sexual exploitation began a year later. She
:03:55. > :03:59.told police she had been raped several times. These perpetrators
:04:00. > :04:02.make you think it is just life and that is what it is and you are
:04:03. > :04:10.worthless and the police response back that up. You feel like you are
:04:11. > :04:17.overreacting and maybe that is how life is hard what you are worth.
:04:18. > :04:22.Most of the perpetrators were men of Pakistani origin but some staff at
:04:23. > :04:28.the council feared speaking up, afraid of being called racist. That
:04:29. > :04:34.anger is this man who feels that abusers should be treated like any
:04:35. > :04:39.other criminals. It is like a bomb has been dropped. The community of
:04:40. > :04:46.Rotherham is broken and will break from if we do not deal with that in
:04:47. > :04:50.a proper manner. -- further. It has been allowed to happen because of
:04:51. > :04:57.political correctness. It is ridiculous. Pressure is increasing
:04:58. > :04:59.on the elected police and crime commission for South Yorkshire who
:05:00. > :05:03.was the cabinet member for children's services in Rotherham. I
:05:04. > :05:11.do not think any of this was my direct fault. I take collective
:05:12. > :05:14.responsibility. I take collective responsibility for the actions of
:05:15. > :05:19.the organisation. Some of the council such a detailed independent
:05:20. > :05:26.report would clear the air, but for the victims, all of the many
:05:27. > :05:31.apologies so far will not be enough. This was a report commissioned by
:05:32. > :05:36.Rotherham Council which says it has accepted all of its recommendations.
:05:37. > :05:40.It believes child protection in this town has increased dramatically in
:05:41. > :05:47.the last five years, but many here are saying that those in charge at
:05:48. > :05:51.the time, Shaun Wright and others, must be held accountable, given that
:05:52. > :06:01.so many lives were ruined over so many years by such terrible abuse.
:06:02. > :06:05.Our political correspondent is in Westminster. Labour have said that
:06:06. > :06:12.Shaun Wright should step down. Can he survive? His position has become
:06:13. > :06:21.more tenuous because he has lost the confidence of labour. They have said
:06:22. > :06:26.that he should step down. Ed Balls has said that he should consider his
:06:27. > :06:30.position and Yvette Cooper is going to call for his resignation
:06:31. > :06:45.publicly. If he is determined to stay on, there's very little can do
:06:46. > :06:55.to host him as the police and crime Commissioner -- oust. Labour would
:06:56. > :07:02.like to see him step down of his own accord but difficult to force him
:07:03. > :07:05.out. How embarrassing is this? It is hugely embarrassing because
:07:06. > :07:11.Rotherham is a Labour stronghold and has a Labour MP. Labour were in
:07:12. > :07:15.government when some of these allegations were being made so I
:07:16. > :07:22.think questions will be asked what ministers knew about this in the
:07:23. > :07:27.past as well. Labour are saying, is it not time that the Home Office got
:07:28. > :07:29.under way this overarching inquiry into historic child abuse
:07:30. > :07:35.nationally? That is what is needed and they set sadly it is likely that
:07:36. > :07:40.other incidents will come to light, not just Rotherham.
:07:41. > :07:43.Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined ?14.5 million for failing to
:07:44. > :07:45.ensure customers were given proper advice about their mortgages.
:07:46. > :07:48.The City watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority, says the bank,
:07:49. > :07:51.which is largely owned by the taxpayer, did not fully consider
:07:52. > :07:54.people's budgets, and did not advise them on a suitable mortgage term.
:07:55. > :08:04.Our Business Correspondent Emma Simpson reports.
:08:05. > :08:11.This is how Royal Bank of Scotland sells its services when it comes to
:08:12. > :08:15.buying a home. It is one of the most important financial decisions you
:08:16. > :08:21.can make, but the bank has been fined for the way it sold mortgages
:08:22. > :08:24.to those in customers. The Financial Conduct Authority says RBS and its
:08:25. > :08:29.retail division NatWest failed to give suitable advice, for instance
:08:30. > :08:38.failing to take full account of the customer's budget. Only two out of
:08:39. > :08:45.164 sales reviewed were considered to have met the required standards.
:08:46. > :08:49.RBS has agreed to contact the 30,000 customers given advice. It is
:08:50. > :08:55.another blow to this bank's reputation. It took place after the
:08:56. > :09:02.financial crisis. After RBS was bailed out by the taxpayer. The bank
:09:03. > :09:08.says lessons have been learned. We did not do enough job of designing
:09:09. > :09:17.the process correctly so that our staff could help our customers. That
:09:18. > :09:20.is at the heart of this. We have redesigned our sales process, the
:09:21. > :09:23.steps we ensure our advice is go through to help our customers, we
:09:24. > :09:29.have retrained all other advisers. The bank thinks that only 1200
:09:30. > :09:32.customers have lost out financially and says it is prepared to pay
:09:33. > :09:43.compensation to put things right. United Nations investigators have
:09:44. > :09:45.published graphic details of atrocities they say are being
:09:46. > :09:47.carried out by the Islamic State The report says
:09:48. > :09:50.the jihadists have carried out frequent public executions, forcing
:09:51. > :09:52.adults and children to watch. The UN also says Syrian government
:09:53. > :10:01.forces drop barrel bombs The mag years of intense fighting
:10:02. > :10:10.has laid waste to many of Syria's men cities and towns -- three.
:10:11. > :10:17.Thousands of people have died. The conflict goes on. United Nations
:10:18. > :10:22.investigators say with all sides committing war crimes what is
:10:23. > :10:26.happening in Syria should be referred to the international
:10:27. > :10:29.criminal court. In their latest report, the UN investigators
:10:30. > :10:36.highlight the deteriorating situation. Saying that government
:10:37. > :10:41.forces have dropped barrel bombs containing chemical agents on at
:10:42. > :10:44.least eight occasions this year. There has been systematic torture
:10:45. > :10:53.and deaths in Syrian jails. On the other side, Islamic State is forcing
:10:54. > :10:56.boys to join training camps. Public executions by Islamic State are
:10:57. > :11:02.commonplace in the area under its control. According to the UN
:11:03. > :11:09.investigators, those responsible for all these atrocities must ultimately
:11:10. > :11:14.be held to account. Our work is based upon the pursuit of justice.
:11:15. > :11:22.One important element is to document the violations with well check
:11:23. > :11:27.evidence -- checked. We have computerised thousands of victim
:11:28. > :11:30.interviews. It is the particular brutality of the Islamic State
:11:31. > :11:35.militants which is singled out in this report. The group is growing in
:11:36. > :11:42.strength, having already seized control of parts of Syria and Iraq.
:11:43. > :11:46.There have been celebrations in Gaza after a long-term ceasefire
:11:47. > :11:49.between Israel and the Palestinian group, Hamas, came into effect.
:11:50. > :11:53.The truce, brokered by Egypt, aims to end weeks of fighting
:11:54. > :11:57.that's claimed more than 2,000 lives, most of them Palestinians.
:11:58. > :12:00.Israel has said it will now ease its blockade of Gaza to allow
:12:01. > :12:08.More than 130 senior business leaders have signed a letter saying
:12:09. > :12:11.the case for Scotland's independence from the UK has not been made.
:12:12. > :12:13.They argue that "uncertainty is bad for business".
:12:14. > :12:16.Today, the campaign for a Yes vote has moved to the
:12:17. > :12:18.Northern Isles, where there have been calls for more independence
:12:19. > :12:29.Our Scotland correspondent James Cook is on Shetland.
:12:30. > :12:39.Good afternoon. We are closer to Oslo than London. Proof that the
:12:40. > :12:45.campaign is touching every part of Scotland. We are three weeks away
:12:46. > :13:01.and the campaign here as elsewhere is getting under way.
:13:02. > :13:06.Setting sail for Shetland, 12 hours across the North Sea to a land which
:13:07. > :13:08.was once part of Norway. Over the next three weeks politicians will
:13:09. > :13:13.cross the country trying to win over every floating voter. I am not
:13:14. > :13:15.entirely sure how good my sea legs are. It seems no opportunity is
:13:16. > :13:23.wasted. This was on the overnight ferry. How would the islands
:13:24. > :13:35.benefit? Nicola Sturgeon said a yes Ford would mean more powers for the
:13:36. > :13:44.islands. -- Yes vote. We want powers to move closer to the people they
:13:45. > :13:49.match the mag affect. Many voters are as sceptical about rule from
:13:50. > :13:52.Edinburgh as from London. The Liberal Democrat represents the
:13:53. > :13:59.islands as this gorgeous parliament says the SNP are all talk. -- at the
:14:00. > :14:05.Scottish Parliament. We have had seven years of nationalism and they
:14:06. > :14:09.have removed powers from our responsibility to I do not think
:14:10. > :14:16.anyone will believe the campaigners promising something which may happen
:14:17. > :14:24.with independence. The main demand here is more say over island
:14:25. > :14:28.affairs. We want our own powers. Whether it comes from Edinburgh or
:14:29. > :14:35.London, we want to be able to do our own thing. It does make you wonder
:14:36. > :14:40.why so many politicians are coming up, because they are worried about
:14:41. > :14:47.the Shetland vote, and I think we should get more independence. It is
:14:48. > :14:51.uncharted waters, sailing towards a vote which could change the face of
:14:52. > :14:59.these islands and this nation. What about this letter, business
:15:00. > :15:04.leaders saying uncertainty is bad for business? How much impact is
:15:05. > :15:10.that likely to have? It is certainly interesting. It is published in the
:15:11. > :15:17.Scotsman newspaper. It has just arrived here. Most of the people who
:15:18. > :15:22.have signed this letter, the most prominent figures, it is not a
:15:23. > :15:28.surprise they are signing against independence, but they reflect a
:15:29. > :15:38.variety of sectors in Scotland including oil and gas and whiskey,
:15:39. > :15:42.so they said there are problems ahead and the other side say they
:15:43. > :15:48.will come up with answers, particularly on currency.
:15:49. > :15:50.A nine-year-old girl in America has accidentally killed
:15:51. > :15:52.her shooting instructor while he was showing her how to use
:15:53. > :15:57.The child's parents were filming the lesson as the 39-year-old man
:15:58. > :16:00.showed her how to use the submachine gun at a firing range in Arizona.
:16:01. > :16:02.But when she pulled the trigger she lost
:16:03. > :16:33.Just nine years old with a loaded machine gun in her hands.
:16:34. > :16:40.The little girl is shown how to fire the lethal weapon.
:16:41. > :16:44.Moments later, unable to control the gun's recoil, she accidentally
:16:45. > :16:46.Charles Vacca, a 39-year-old former soldier,
:16:47. > :16:49.who was married with a young family, was airlifted to hospital
:16:50. > :16:53.The shooting range is known as Bullets and Burgers and is marketed
:16:54. > :16:57.as a family day out to include lunch and the choice of more than 20
:16:58. > :17:04.It has been defending the policy of allowing children to handle guns.
:17:05. > :17:08.When a nine-year-old gets an Uzi in her hand...it is within the criteria
:17:09. > :17:09.of eight-years-old to shoot firearms.
:17:10. > :17:13.They are under the supervision of their parents
:17:14. > :17:18.The tragedy has reignited controversy over gun control
:17:19. > :17:23.Many Americans cherish their right to bear arms
:17:24. > :17:26.but the debate over whether that right should be shared by the
:17:27. > :17:42.South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, Shaun Wright,
:17:43. > :17:45.insists he will not resign - despite mounting pressure
:17:46. > :17:56.following a report into widespread child abuse in Rotherham.
:17:57. > :18:01.and what it means for the future of the sheepdog.
:18:02. > :18:04.calls for greater care - as a quarter of blind
:18:05. > :18:07.and partially sighted people say they've been hit by bikes.
:18:08. > :18:09.And Hackney launches the UK's first food assembly -
:18:10. > :18:19.allowing local suppliers to offer the convenience of online shopping.
:18:20. > :18:22.The rising birth rate is creating so much demand for school places
:18:23. > :18:24.that council budgets cannot cope - that's according to the
:18:25. > :18:29.It says councils in England have had to meet
:18:30. > :18:32.a ?1 billion shortfall, and are cutting back on school repairs
:18:33. > :18:35.That's despite what the Department for Education is calling
:18:36. > :19:19.Four-year-old Elliott is so excited about starting school next week he
:19:20. > :19:46.is trying on his uniform. But it has been a struggle to find him a
:19:47. > :20:13.suitable place. His mum's first choice was full and she felt class
:20:14. > :20:29.sizes in the second option were too large for Elliott, who has The
:20:30. > :20:34.government says it has poured billions into helping local
:20:35. > :20:39.authorities creates school places. We have provided ?5 billion of
:20:40. > :20:46.capital, double what was spent by the last government, and that has
:20:47. > :20:52.created 260,000 places already with 300,000 in the pipeline, so we are
:20:53. > :20:56.tackling a problem we inherited. The government says it is working hard
:20:57. > :21:00.to ensure pupils like Elliott are not in large classes. It claims
:21:01. > :21:06.fewer pupils are in overcrowded schools. As these children grow up
:21:07. > :21:12.and go on to secondary school the pressure on places will grow with
:21:13. > :21:16.them. California has been hit by its worst
:21:17. > :21:20.drought in a century. Authorities are drilling deeper and more often
:21:21. > :21:29.in search of ground water but with little success and it looks as if
:21:30. > :21:33.the problem is going to get worse. Two months ago, this woman's taps
:21:34. > :21:41.run dry. The ground water level dropped beyond the reach of her
:21:42. > :21:45.well. Only air comes out. She is one of hundreds of households affected.
:21:46. > :21:51.Depending on neighbours to sheer if they cannot afford to dig deeper
:21:52. > :21:58.wells -- share. It is hard for farmers. This rate is digging a well
:21:59. > :22:06.400 metres deep. It costs nearly $0.5 billion. Without rain, tapping
:22:07. > :22:12.ground water is the only way to keep crops alive. With unregulated
:22:13. > :22:19.drilling, nobody knows how long it will last and a lot of farmers want
:22:20. > :22:23.wells. California's Central Valley is one of the most productive
:22:24. > :22:36.agricultural areas on the planet. Around 80% of the world's Hollands
:22:37. > :22:40.grow year. -- almonds. They have done a great job of increasing the
:22:41. > :22:45.population but have paid no heed to the infrastructure that it takes to
:22:46. > :22:52.support doubling the population. I cannot tell you if there is climate
:22:53. > :22:56.change or if this is a new normal. I cannot predict it. I do not think it
:22:57. > :23:02.is. I will not make any decisions based on guessing what the weather
:23:03. > :23:08.is going to be. Satellites tracking ground water reserves, data shows
:23:09. > :23:13.that California is in trouble. It is really bad because we are having a
:23:14. > :23:21.tremendous loss of ground water in the Central Valley. I expected will
:23:22. > :23:28.accelerate over the next year -- expect it will. I expect this will
:23:29. > :23:32.become the new normal. Where I am standing should be underwater. This
:23:33. > :23:37.reservoir is a fraction of its capacity. It is a third lower than
:23:38. > :23:44.it would normally be at this time of year. Until these reservoirs fill up
:23:45. > :23:47.again, the farmers of California's Central Valley will continue to rely
:23:48. > :23:57.on precious ground water to feed their crops until there is nothing
:23:58. > :24:00.left. Sheepdogs, farmers have used them
:24:01. > :24:06.for centuries, and scientists have been looking at whether robots could
:24:07. > :24:10.do the job just as well. Scientists have said they have solved the
:24:11. > :24:16.mystery of how sheepdogs get sheep to move in the same direction, and
:24:17. > :24:21.it comes down to two basic mathematical rules. This report
:24:22. > :24:26.contains flashing images. How does a ship with a whistle and one dog
:24:27. > :24:31.control a flock of unruly sheep? Scientists believe they have
:24:32. > :24:38.unravelled the mystery. This collect data every second, it tells me where
:24:39. > :24:44.the sheep are located. They use this to form a mathematical model. It
:24:45. > :24:47.says there are two rules. The dog must gather the sheep together and
:24:48. > :24:52.keep the flock tightly packed in order to move forward. It is a
:24:53. > :24:58.simple algorithm that could have far-reaching uses. If we can take
:24:59. > :25:04.what's the dog is doing and apply it in a broader sense, maybe we could
:25:05. > :25:11.use it for the environment. Maybe you want to get robots to come back
:25:12. > :25:21.to a certain location. Or people in a smoky room and cannot use other
:25:22. > :25:26.cues, you could use able but. -- a robot. The power of the Shepherd has
:25:27. > :25:37.fascinated scientists and the public for years. 8 million people used to
:25:38. > :25:45.watch one man and his dog. It takes two years to do basic training.
:25:46. > :25:47.These are just nine weeks old. It is their curiosity and intelligence
:25:48. > :26:03.that could help scientists to develop robots. To stop him, I say
:26:04. > :26:15.stand. Some shepherds are sceptical. This blog is four. -- dog. It is
:26:16. > :26:21.done through my contact. Sometimes the sheep will challenge the dog, if
:26:22. > :26:29.they think there is weakness, they will get someone else to come along.
:26:30. > :26:44.Many will still wonder whether man-made machines could replicate
:26:45. > :26:56.such instincts. A couple are celebrating their 80th wedding
:26:57. > :27:02.anniversary today. A lifetime spent having the time of their lives.
:27:03. > :27:05.Boris and Helen knew they had been dealt the luckiest of hands,
:27:06. > :27:11.celebrating eight decades of marriage. Did you think this could
:27:12. > :27:23.last 80 years? I did not think it would last a week. Helen, 101,
:27:24. > :27:28.Morris, 102, first met in 1929. After about three hours my mother
:27:29. > :27:34.said to me, who is going to throw him out, you or me? That was the
:27:35. > :27:46.beginning. It was love at first sight. They married on this day in
:27:47. > :27:51.1934. What is the secret? We do not know. We are very tolerant of each
:27:52. > :28:06.other and we do love each other. The most useful thing is that as long as
:28:07. > :28:12.I agree with her... 80 years ago, bread was tuppence, wages ?3 per
:28:13. > :28:18.week. They never once forgot their anniversary and shared everything.
:28:19. > :28:23.You must not be hard on each other and if you have to give in a little
:28:24. > :28:32.bit, you get then a little bit. -- give in. Four generations of family
:28:33. > :28:38.have come from 80 years of marriage, known as an oak wedding
:28:39. > :28:41.anniversary. They have the longest of roots in the deepest of
:28:42. > :29:14.affection. Do you still love each other? Yes. Do you? Watch it!
:29:15. > :29:26.The cloud is closing in and we have some rain across Devon as court --
:29:27. > :29:33.and Cornwall. Let us look at the sunshine, which is likely to be a
:29:34. > :29:42.cross Scotland. Northern Ireland clothing over a little. Sunny spells
:29:43. > :29:46.for northern England. The cloud tending to thicken over the
:29:47. > :29:48.south-east of England and we will continue with outbreaks of rain on
:29:49. > :29:53.and off through this afternoon but it will be this evening when the
:29:54. > :30:01.weather front brings heavy rain for a time. It is keen to get across the
:30:02. > :30:04.British Isles. Some of the heaviest of the rain towards the end of the
:30:05. > :30:14.night towards Scotland and northern England. It will be a grey and wet
:30:15. > :30:22.start but the front is off into the North Sea. Many areas becoming drier
:30:23. > :30:26.and brighter. Look out for sharper showers across northern Scotland and
:30:27. > :30:32.the south west through the second half of the day. In the sunshine a
:30:33. > :30:39.pretty pleasant story. Friday sees an area of low pressure. Tightly
:30:40. > :30:46.packed isobars are the first clue to the fact it will be a pretty windy
:30:47. > :30:49.day especially in the north-west. Some showers possible for Northern
:30:50. > :30:54.Ireland and Scotland. England and Wales should CDs and sunshine.
:30:55. > :31:02.Saturday we will tend to see showers in eastern areas. More persistent
:31:03. > :31:05.rain in the far north-west, but of the two days this weekend I think
:31:06. > :31:13.Sunday will be better. It should feel pleasantly warm. If it is the
:31:14. > :31:19.warmth you are missing, next week could turn out to be promising.
:31:20. > :31:21.Settling down midweek on words and then it looks as if we could see
:31:22. > :31:28.some warmth returning for the start of September. Temperatures into the
:31:29. > :31:35.low 20s. Hopefully we're not done with some.
:31:36. > :31:40.South Yorkshire's police and crime commission says he will not quit
:31:41. > :31:42.despite calls from the Labour Party for him to resign.