03/07/2017 BBC News at One

A teenage girl pleads guilty to killing a seven-year-old

Katie Rough was found with severe injuries

Her mother was one of the first on the scene.

We found her at the same time as a police officer found her.

I saw her injuries, I knew she was gone.

Her attacker - who's now 16 - admitted manslaughter

She can't be named for legal reasons.

Downing Street insists there's no change in the Government's policy

on the public sector pay cap, amid continuing pressure to lift it.

It comes as new figures reveal that for the first time in a decade,

more nurses and midwives are leaving the profession than joining it.

A long awaited report into child abuse spanning decades

One victim says she's waited a long time.

I want them to say that Jersey failed catastrophically in looking

A tourist bus crashes in Germany and bursts into flames.

Warming up for his opening match at Wimbledon -

Andy Murray begins the defence of his title

Also coming up in sport later in the hour on BBC News...

from the Blues to the Claret and Blue of Aston Villa -

John Terry's career will continue in the Championship.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

A 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter

The little girl died in January, after being found seriously injured

Our correspondent Danny Savage is at Leeds Crown court.

The killing of Katie Rough is something many people will recall

from earlier this year. It horrified people in New York and way beyond.

It left those people who tried to treat her at the scene very

traumatised. Today the teenager who killed her appeared via video link

at Leeds Crown Court where she formally denied a charge of murder

but pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter by diminished

responsibility. Katie Rough, an innocent, sweet,

much-loved schoolgirl, killed in an attack close

to her home. It was a school day afternoon

and just getting dark when Katie Rough was found fatally

injured at the end of an alleyway on the edge of a playing

field here in York. The seven-year-old died a short

time later in hospital. It then emerged that a 15-year-old

girl had attacked her with a knife. Katie's parents were quickly

told what had happened We found her at the same time

as a police officer found her. I saw her injuries,

I knew she was gone. I don't know, it's

impossible to describe. Today the teenage girl

who killed Katie admitted She's too young to be publicly

identified and has been What happened to Katie shocked

so many people in this city. Things like that

don't happen in York. Such a safe city, such a safe place,

such a lovely, beautiful place. People come from all

round the world to see York. For this to happen here

was just unbelievable. The full reasons why this

seven-year-old was killed cannot be Katie Rough will be remembered

as a kind and thoughtful child whose life was taken away

in the most dreadful circumstances. Katie's killer was 15 years old at

the time of the attack, she is now 16. In this case manslaughter by

diminished responsibility was down to the mental state of the killer.

That has gone into in great detail in court this morning and that will

obviously influence what happens next with this teenager and where

she goes on to. That was discussed in court, it has been adjourned but

will reconvene at 2pm this afternoon. She said nothing in court

this morning through video link. She made a statement to admit her guilt

but did not say anything and had her solicitor sat next to her during the

hearing this morning, which will continue later.

Downing Street insists that the Government's position

on the public sector pay cap hasn't changed, despite calls

from several Cabinet ministers for it to be scrapped.

Number 10 says some pay review bodies will be reporting later this

year and the Government will respond to them in due course.

Theresa May is under pressure to end the public sector pay cap which has

meant that public sector workers like nurses, teachers and police

officers have had their pay rises limited to 1%,

even though the cost of living has risen by more than that.

Here's our Political Correspondent Chris Mason.

Has the government being underpaying nurses and teachers, Foreign

Secretary? No response from Boris Johnson this morning but we do know

what he thinks. His team told us... The Foreign Secretary supports the

idea of public sector workers getting a better pay deal and

believes that pay review recommendations are right for stop

Mr Johnson is just the latest cabinet minister to say something

similar. I think we should listen to the pay review bodies who govern

each individual area of public sector pay. This is something we

have to consider, not just for the Army but right across the public

sector as a whole. We will not make our decision on public sector pay

until the pay review body has reported and we will listen to what

they say and we will listen to what people in this house have said

before making a final decision. So how do these pay review bodies work?

Professor Alistair Smith has sat on several of them. You look at

evidence, especially if there is difficulty recruiting people into

the job, or if there are people leaving. You listen to what the

government says, and balancing factors and they come up with an

overall judgment as to what is the right level of pay increase.

Crucially, while the government can ignore the recommendations of a pay

review body, there is clearly pressure now to make sure they

don't. But pushing up public sector pay comes up with a big bill for the

Treasury. And it is yet to say explicitly that its policy has

changed. I think the Chancellor is being placed in a very awkward

position by everybody ganging up on him and saying, you've got to loosen

the purse strings. He is the person who has to make the judgment. He

needs to have the backing of the Prime Minister, which I'm sure he

will get. Public sector workers will hope that with the cost of living

rising, their pay cap will now be ditched. It's over to Theresa May to

decide what to do and how to pay for it. Chris Mason, BBC News,

Our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.

How much pressure is the Prime Minister under over this? Downing

Street saying nothing has changed and the pay policy remains in place.

No new guidance has been issued to the pay review bodies and they will

respond to their recommendations as and when they are made. Which means,

incidentally, nurses are unlikely to see any further increases in their

pay beyond 1% until next April, nine months away, when their pay review

body reports. What has undoubtedly changed is the politics within the

Conservative Party, with many Tory MPs blaming their grim election

result on a failure to listen to the electorate on austerity and public

sector pay. What has also changed is the seeming lack of grip in Downing

Street with now Cabinet ministers openly elbowing their way to the

front to make the case for more public spending. What has also

changed is the sums. The Chancellor, if he is forced to end the public

sector pay cap, will have to find another up to ?6 billion of money.

At the moment nobody seems very clear on where that money will come

from. Norman Smith, thank you. Well, as ministers discuss public

sector pay, it's emerged that for the first time in nearly

a decade that more nurses and midwives are leaving

the profession in the UK The Nursing and Midwifery Council

says working conditions, workload and poor pay are among

the reasons given by Recruitment and retention of nurses

and other NHS staff has been Today's figures show it's

as difficult as ever. For the first time in nearly

a decade, more nurses and midwives left the profession than joined

in the latest year. Attention has focused recently

on nurses from other EU countries But the figures show the trend

was more marked among British staff. There was a fall of nearly 1800

nurses and midwives on the official The total of above 692,000 in March

2016 had fallen below 688,000 Quite what the answer is,

I don't know, but it's Government needs to respond to that,

employers need to respond to it, because what we do know

is that we need nurses and midwives to care

for us in GP practices, care homes, hospitals,

maternity units, whereever, The Nursing and Midwifery Council

also carried out a survey asking why Reasons given apart from retirement

include working conditions and staffing levels,

personal circumstances and disillusion with quality

of care for patients. Demand is going through the roof

and we have to find a way to tackle demand and then we can make

jobs more manageable. It's not just an isolated

focus on the workforce, we need to look at all the pressures

facing the NHS system. A Department of Health spokesperson

said, "We are making sure we have the nurses we need

to continue delivering Last week we launched a national

programme to ensure nurses have the support they need

to continue their vital work." But health unions argued that

patients were paying the price for the government's failure to plan

for the future and that introducing tuition fees for student nurses

in England would make matters worse. A long-awaited report into alleged

child abuse in Jersey's care system It follows a three-year public

inquiry, which has heard A police investigation recorded more

than 500 alleged offences, most of which were said to have been

committed at the Haut de la I used to be woken up some nights

with screaming from the boys. Their cries of anguish were stifled,

ignored or dismissed. But for the past two years,

the story of Jersey's abuse victims In 2007, a worrying pattern of abuse

claims led to a secret police investigation involving a number

of care homes and But within a few months

the secret was out. A series of witnesses had

reported decades of abuse here at Haut de la Garenne,

a former children's home. Alarmed by claims of deaths here,

forensic teams took the home apart. They recovered fragments of bone

and dozens of children's teeth. None could be linked to a specific

crime or time frame, but these images prompted accounts

of abuse at homes across the island. Complaints of abuse had come

to light, real complaints. Yet, decisions were made not to deal

with those complaints in a way Neil McMurray runs a blog that has

carried out its own investigations and which acts as a forum

for care leavers. A lot of us talk about colloquially,

victims or survivors, but every single one of them

is an individual. That's one thing that it has

taught me, they have been to hell and back,

tortured, abused, raped, by people who are supposed

to love and care for them. When the inquiry chair

Frances Oldham reveals their findings today,

victims will be looking I want them to say that Jersey

failed catastrophically in looking And that the government

are going to promise it's never Our correspondent Dan Johnson

is in St Helier in Jersey. They have waited a very long time

for this public enquiry. It's going to be a big moment for them this

afternoon. Indeed, yes. This public enquiry has been going on for three

years, two years of evidence and then one year of writing the report.

The key question is, how many children suffered and how widespread

was the abuse, and crucially what did the authorities know about it?

Why wasn't more done to protect children? Was there a cover-up

either to protect individuals or the wider reputation and image of the

island? And the report will also make recommendations about ensuring

children's services here in Jersey are better facilitated now to

protect vulnerable children in the future. This report has been a long

time coming. There have been murmurs of child abuse being carried out on

this island for decades. Vulnerable children being taken advantage of by

the rich, powerful and people in authority and that warnings were not

heeded. Lots of people who suffered at the hands of abuses here this

afternoon to try to get answers. The Northern Ireland Secretary James

Brokenshire will make a statement in Parliament later about talks

to restore a devolved The latest deadline for

the negotiations passed on Thursday, after the DUP and Sinn Fein failed

to reach a deal to restore Our Ireland Correspondent

Chris Buckler is at What is expected this afternoon? You

will remember that last first day was the final, final deadline for

negotiations. The parties are back here, talking again inside Stormont

Castle. None of it seems to be making much difference. We heard

from Sinn Fein a short time ago and they said there hadn't been much

progress. I asked about one of the crucial issues in this, the language

Irish act, they said they hadn't got into the detail of it yet. It gives

you an idea of how far apart the DUP and Sinn Fein are. Sinn Fein went so

far as to say there might be no point in continuing the negotiations

with the marching season starting and reaching its height and the

holiday season starts to approach as well. It makes it very difficult for

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire, who has to balance

these things up with a limited number of options. You could call

fresh elections, he could have direct rule where Westminster would

take over the reins for a time. Or he could fudge it, trying to set a

new deadline, yet another one, some kind of talks extension to see if

they can come to an agreement in the longer term. Some parties already

talking about the autumn here. I think there is a growing recognition

that the problems and difficulties with power-sharing are a lot more

corrugated than everyone realised. Up to 18 people are feared dead,

after a coach crashed The vehicle collided

with a lorry on a motorway close to the Bavarian town of Stammbach,

in the south of the country. Police say 30 passengers have

been taken to hospital, The terrible scene of the crash

on the A9 motorway near Firefighters fought a desperate

battle to put out the blaze that It is believed the tour bus

was heading to Nuremberg when it hit a lorry in a traffic jam

on the motorway. It caught fire immediately

and was ablaze by the time On board were a tour group

from Saxony, a state As well as those still unaccounted

for, rescue helicopters have taken A spokesman for the German

Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was great dismay

about the crash and said her thoughts go to the victims

and family members as well The top story this lunchtime, a

teenage girl pleads guilty to killing seven-year-old Katie Rough

during an attack in York. And defending his title, Andy Murray is

on Wimbledon Centre Court. We will be live on day one of the

championships. Coming up in sport, we will round up the best of the

action so far. Plenty of British players

involved on the first day As ministers from Italy,

France and Germany meet As ministers from Italy,

France and Germany meet to discuss the migrant crisis,

the head of the Red Cross in Italy has accused the European Union

of failing to help the country to cope with a major influx

of migrants into the country. Last weekend alone, almost

thirteen thousand migrants and refugees arrived -

according to the United Nations. And it's estimated

that so far this year, more than two thousand people have

died in perilous sea crossings. Our correspondent

Richard Galpin reports. Relief as yet another group

of migrants is rescued in the Mediterranean after setting sail

in a small, overcrowded boat from Large numbers are on the move again,

heading for Italy, thanks to They are mainly from Africa

and the Middle East. Some fleeing conflict,

others escaping poverty. More than 80,000 have

arrived in ports in A big increase

compared with the same Those trying to help them

like the Italian Red Cross say The Red Cross says it's

because the European Union has totally failed to implement

the plan to relocate thousands of people

to It is not working,

only a few hundred have been relocated in other

EU countries so far. We were expecting 30,000,

a different number, you can imagine, if we had relocated 30,000, we could

have 30,000 more posted here. Such is the frustration of the

Italian government that it has even hinted at stopping boats carrying

rescued migrants from entering its The European Commission

has already responded. We will increase our

support to Italy including substantial financial

support if needed. All member states need to deliver

solidarity towards Italy. As the number of migrants in Italy

rapidly grows, the government and aid agencies are likely to be

sceptical of these promises of help They've heard them

many times before. Two men have been charged

after Border Force officers based in The weapons had been hidden

in engine blocks on a trailer which was about to be taken

through the Channel Two men from Poland

and the Czech Republic were arrested The French energy supplier EDF says

the cost of building the nuclear power station at Hinkley Point

in Somerset could go up EDF - which is the project's main

backer - says the total nearly ten per cent

more than expected. Our business correspondent is here.

Why the big rise? It is a big rise. Just a few months after contracts

were signed. What EDF are saying is part of it is requirements from

British nuclear regulators, so they are taking in a design that is being

built in France, another is being built in Finland, some more in

China, and regulators have asked for modifications and that costs money.

There have also been costs associated with delays on both sides

of the channel to giving the project the go-ahead which happened last

year, so equipment has been standing by ready to start work but it was

delayed and that costs money as well. An important point to make

here is although the costs have risen by 10%, it is not going to

cost UK bill payers any extra because EDF is guaranteed a certain

price for the electricity it produces, that is what bill payers

pay for, but any increase in construction costs is borne by the

contractors, Sorbonne by EDF. A price cap on gas and electricity

bills could be extended to more people on low incomes,

under plans being considered A limit is already in place for

people who use pre-payment meters - and Ofgem says this could be

extended to households The Conservatives had promised

a much wider price cap Here's our Personal Finance

Correspondent, Simon Gompertz. There is likely to be more capping

of gas and electricity prices but what is not clear is how many will

benefit. This woman, who had a soaring bill, says plenty of people

need help. She is saving hundreds of pounds every year but only after

Citizens Advice told her how to switch out of her tariff.

Yellowknife Bay should explain properly and the price should go

down. Two or three months, the bill was OK, then it went higher. At the

end of the day it was ?800. That bill, if you blame me or not, I

needed it to go down. I was panicking, I was very sick. There is

an energy price restriction. Ofgem are thinking of extending it. It

does not go to all the customers on expensive standard tariffs, 17

million of them, who were told that they would get a. A message from the

Conservatives before the election was people on standard rates for gas

and electricity could get up to ?100 off their bills because of a imposed

price. That seems to be off the agenda now. The government says

because Ofgem already has powers of the suppliers it can move more

quickly to get costs down without a lengthy process of bringing in new

laws. We want to work with consumer groups, identified a set of

customers, Putin measures that we think will protect them in a very

important public service. The problem is most big suppliers have

increased their standard rates despite Ofgem saying they did not

need to, prompting a senior Tory MP to complain that households would be

unprotected. It is great that they want to help people who are in the

less well off end of the spectrum but there are 40 million others who

they are not helping, and all the political parties said we would help

them. Are you the suppliers being let off? Absolutely not. The type of

rice limit that Ofgem were talking about will require a tremendous

amount of work and ultimately, to make this market work for everybody.

The government called on energy companies to get people off bad

value tariffs but the heated debate over who deserves to have their

bills limited will go on. Andy Murray starts the defence

of his Wimbledon title this lunchtime as he plays

on centre court. It's not been an ideal

build-up to the tournament for the World Number One -

and two time Wimbledon champion. He's been struggling

with a hip injury. Six other Brits are in

action on day one - including British number one

and sixth seed Johanna Konta. Our Sports Correspondent David

Ornstein is at Wimbledon. What makes this year particularly

interesting is in both the men's and women's sides, the drawers are

genuinely wide open and that is partially why people spent 48-hours

queueing to get in. We expect half a million through the gates on what is

always an incredibly special time in the sporting calendar. It is the day

when months of preparation come to fruition. The excitement, the

anticipation, with many dressing for the occasion. It would not be a

British sporting event without worry about the home hope. A sore casting

doubt over Andy Murray's title defence. Thankfully he was fit to

open. From Andy's point of view it has not been ideal, moving on grass

is one of the great attributes he has. This was not the perfect

preparation. Having said that, I feel if he's going to put himself on

Centre Court he believes he has a chance of winning the tournament.

Not just the match but the tournament. Andy Murray is not the

only one troubled by injury. Konta suffered a heavy fall at Eastbourne

but she is also fit. Serena Williams is absent because she is pregnant.

Her sister, Venus, is here, despite facing a lawsuit in America over a

car accident. Wimbledon were enhancing their security operation

in light of recent events. Security is very high on the agenda, and the

only visible change are the vehicle blockers protecting people in the

queue. That is for obvious reasons following recent terror attacks. The

other measures are behind the scenes, below the radar, Wimbledon

has always had a strong security system and it is no different this

year. It is about reassurance. Wimbledon is always a royal

engagement, especially today, with the Duchess of Cambridge meeting

those who help make the tournament success. That is what the next

fortnight promises to be. To the action, and Andy Murray is leading

in the first set against Alexander Bublik. Joining us is Jamie Baker.

There have been injury concerns but he is fit and playing and seems to

be doing OK. How do you think it will go? It has not been the easiest

preparation and he normally likes to practice a lot. He has some

unbelievable memories, he's won so many matches. He has a good draw.

Hopefully he can get a couple of good matches as we enter the

tournament. When that happens, he's one of the favourites, but it's a

very open tournament. One of his potential opponents is already out,

Nick Kyrgios of Australia. Also two British players. Let's have a look

at the latest weather. The clouds are looking threatening. There is a

30% chance of rain. There are a few showers around but also a lot of dry

and sunny weather. Here is the scene in East Lothian. As we head through

this week the weather is set fair for many of us. There will be some

sunshine around, equally the chance of heavy showers. Most of us will

see dry weather, just a few passing showers in southern and eastern

England and Scotland as well. The cloud increasing from the West. Much

of Scotland will be dry with some sunshine and a few showers for the

likes of Aberdeenshire. Heading south through the Midlands, Wales

and the South of England, some cloud moving in across parts of Cornwall.

Moving eastward, you can see light showers in East Anglia. At Wimbledon

there is a small chance of a passing shower. Predominantly dry over the

next couple of days with those temperatures really on the rise.

Back to this evening, most of us dry, some rain across Northern

Ireland, it will then shift eastwards into southern Scotland and

northern England. Most other places dry, quite muddy in the south. That

will continue for much of this week. We've got this slow-moving front

bringing rain. To the north of that, fresher conditions. Further south,

we've got that warm air, so we will see temperatures up into the

mid-20s. Through the middle of the week, this slow-moving warm front

heading north. We will see some light showers on that front, in two

parts of Scotland as well. Northern Scotland will be a bit fresher.

Further south we've got that warmth kicking in. We are likely to see 28

degrees, even a little bit higher than that. With that heat and

humidity we could see some heavy showers and thunderstorms. The warm

weather will last through the week for many of us. A reminder of the

main story. A 16-year-old girl pleads guilty to killing a

seven-year-old in an attack in New York. Katie Rough was found with

severe injuries on a playing field in January. Her mother was one of

the first on the scene. We found her at the same time as a police officer

found her. I cradled her. I saw her injuries. I knew she was gone. That

is all from the