0:00:04 > 0:00:06The crisis in Zimbabwe continues as the deposed
0:00:06 > 0:00:13President Robert Mugabe ignores today's deadline for him to resign.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15More protests on the streets, as moves begin to impeach
0:00:15 > 0:00:19the President, who's led the country for nearly four decades.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21We'll have the latest from our correspondents in Zimbabwe.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Also this lunchtime: The EU's chief Brexit negotiator says an ambitious
0:00:24 > 0:00:28free trade deal with Britain is on the table but only if the UK
0:00:28 > 0:00:33meets its conditions.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Angela Merkel holds crisis talks with Germany's President
0:00:36 > 0:00:40after the collapse of negotiations to form a coalition government.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Jana Novotna, the winner of the 1998 Wimbledon
0:00:44 > 0:00:46women's singles title, has died at the age
0:00:46 > 0:00:49of 49 from cancer.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58The scene live at Westminster Abbey where the bells are ringing to mark
0:00:58 > 0:01:03a royal platinum wedding anniversary...
0:01:03 > 0:01:07as the Queen and Prince Philip celebrate 70 years of married life.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And coming up in the sport, West Brom sack manager Tony Pulis
0:01:10 > 0:01:12with the club just one point above the Premier League relegation
0:01:12 > 0:01:15zone and without a win since August.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41The deadline set by Zimbabwe's ruling party for President Robert
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Mugabe to resign passed this morning with no response from
0:01:44 > 0:01:47the head of state.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49His party, Zanu-PF, has now begun discussing the impeachment
0:01:49 > 0:01:52of the embattled leader, calling him a "source
0:01:52 > 0:01:58of instability", and blaming him for the country's economic problems.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01In a speech to the nation last night, Mr Mugabe defied expectations
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and made it clear he had no intention of stepping down,
0:02:04 > 0:02:05despite intervention from the military last week.
0:02:05 > 0:02:11Ben Brown is in the capital, Harare.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20When Robert Mugabe went on television last night with that
0:02:20 > 0:02:23address, there was a real expectation across the country that
0:02:23 > 0:02:28he was going to resign and when he didn't there was shock and
0:02:28 > 0:02:32disbelief, and real anger as well. Today Zanu-PF, his party which has
0:02:32 > 0:02:37already sacked him as leader, is launching impeachment proceedings
0:02:37 > 0:02:42against him. They will need a two thirds majority in both houses of
0:02:42 > 0:02:48the parliament behind me, but one MP has said that will take weeks or
0:02:48 > 0:02:53months and even then it might not be successful.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59The next age of the battle is set, Robert Mugabe is on one side and his
0:02:59 > 0:03:06party on the other.I will preside over...Last night he didn't step
0:03:06 > 0:03:12down as expected. Party leaders had given him until today to do so. The
0:03:12 > 0:03:17midday deadline to resign has come and gone. The Zanu-PF party is
0:03:17 > 0:03:22planning to put the final wheels in motion, it has summoned its
0:03:22 > 0:03:26lawmakers to the Zanu-PF headquarters behind me to discuss a
0:03:26 > 0:03:32possible impeachment. The process will then move to Parliament with --
0:03:32 > 0:03:36where the constitution says a two thirds majority will be needed to
0:03:36 > 0:03:41remove the leader. Lawmakers can cite misconduct, violating the
0:03:41 > 0:03:45constitution or mental or physical incapacity as grounds for dismissal.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49But it's not clear how long the process will take and this president
0:03:49 > 0:03:56doesn't appear to be in the mood to play ball.It depends how fast it
0:03:56 > 0:04:02moves, it could take days or months, but the beauty is it's a process
0:04:02 > 0:04:05that has provided the constitution in section 97 so I think it is now
0:04:05 > 0:04:10the only hope for the country that the president is removed in terms of
0:04:10 > 0:04:16that section of the constitution. Unprecedented waves of protest
0:04:16 > 0:04:20across the country have failed to persuade the only leader of this
0:04:20 > 0:04:28country has known to go. And they continue to spread. Students at the
0:04:28 > 0:04:39main university are now boycotting their exams.
0:04:41 > 0:04:47We are sick and tired, we want him to resign.We want change. The
0:04:47 > 0:04:52constitution should change, the parliament should change.And the
0:04:52 > 0:04:59war veterans say they will escalate their protests this week.Mugabe, go
0:04:59 > 0:05:05now, go now. Your time is up, please leave the house and let the country
0:05:05 > 0:05:09start on a new page.It's been a long week of events never witnessed
0:05:09 > 0:05:14here before and the desire to at least give the appearance of
0:05:14 > 0:05:18removing him by the book is slowing the process down, but finding the
0:05:18 > 0:05:27quick resolution to this impasse may prove very hard to find.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Over the weekend we saw a massive demonstration against Robert Mugabe
0:05:31 > 0:05:37here on the streets of Harare, tens of thousands of people taking to the
0:05:37 > 0:05:41streets, another huge demonstration has been called for tomorrow. But Mr
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Mugabe has shown he doesn't care about pressure from his own party,
0:05:45 > 0:05:50the army, and he doesn't care about people Power either.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Ben Brown, thank you.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has warned Britain
0:05:55 > 0:05:57that it can't cherry pick parts of the single market
0:05:57 > 0:05:58it wants to keep.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01But he said that Brussels was ready to offer the UK the most
0:06:01 > 0:06:04ambitious free trade deal if its terms are met.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Theresa May is chairing a meeting of senior Cabinet ministers
0:06:06 > 0:06:09to discuss the size of the so-called divorce bill - the money the UK
0:06:09 > 0:06:11needs to pay to start trade talks.
0:06:11 > 0:06:19Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports from Westminster.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Busy ahead of the budget on Wednesday, highlighting the
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Government's plans for investing in technology and engineering but the
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Prime Minister and the Chancellor too know that Brexit is the backdrop
0:06:31 > 0:06:37to everything. And it is the money, the so-called Brexit bill that is
0:06:37 > 0:06:40the sticking point in the negotiations.We have been very
0:06:40 > 0:06:43clear we will honour our commitments but I want to see developing that
0:06:43 > 0:06:48deep and special partnerships with the European Union for the future
0:06:48 > 0:06:52and I want to see us moving together because a deal that is good for the
0:06:52 > 0:06:58UK is a deal that's good for the rest of the EU.The EU's chief
0:06:58 > 0:07:03negotiator said the preference was for an ambitious trade deal but only
0:07:03 > 0:07:09if divorce issues get sorted.I'm settling the accounts accurately, we
0:07:09 > 0:07:15owe this to taxpayers as well as to all those benefiting from EU funding
0:07:15 > 0:07:19projects.But there was also a clear message on sticking to the rules and
0:07:19 > 0:07:26the free movement of goods, capital, services and people.Those who claim
0:07:26 > 0:07:33that the UK should cherry pick part of the single market must stop this
0:07:33 > 0:07:38contradiction.The two sides have been sitting down to negotiations
0:07:38 > 0:07:41for months with no major breakthroughs. There's increasing
0:07:41 > 0:07:45pressure from Brussels for the UK to come up with solutions, and back
0:07:45 > 0:07:50here calls on the Chancellor to watch how he spends taxpayers'
0:07:50 > 0:07:56money.He cannot afford play Santa Claus to Jean-Claude Juncker and
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Donald Tusk, a needs to make sure we are paying for what we are
0:08:01 > 0:08:05absolutely contracted for, and for every pound he unnecessarily gives
0:08:05 > 0:08:10away to the European Union is a pound not being spent on British
0:08:10 > 0:08:14public services.When Theresa May and senior ministers meet later to
0:08:14 > 0:08:19discuss the size of the Brexit bill, they will know agreeing to pay more
0:08:19 > 0:08:25will quicken the talks but also caused anger amongst some. Getting
0:08:25 > 0:08:29agreement within cabinet is crucial and as EU leaders keep pointing out,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32the clock is ticking.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34In a moment, we'll speak to our Assistant Political Editor
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Norman Smith in Westminster, but first, to Brussels
0:08:36 > 0:08:42and our Europe Correspondent Damian Grammaticas.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Damian, what is the message the EU negotiator Michel Barnier is trying
0:08:47 > 0:08:51to send?I think it's very interesting, the speech this morning
0:08:51 > 0:08:55clearly comes within the context of the things you are hearing in the
0:08:55 > 0:09:00debate in the UK. The highlight at the top, Michel Barnier saying the
0:09:00 > 0:09:04EU wants the most ambitious free trade agreement with the UK but to
0:09:04 > 0:09:08achieve that his speech went on to lay out conditions, and of course we
0:09:08 > 0:09:14all know about the exit agreement, dealing with things like money. He
0:09:14 > 0:09:20moved on quickly from that, the speech was all about Michel Barnier
0:09:20 > 0:09:24point in the UK towards difficult choices that the EU believes the UK
0:09:24 > 0:09:30has to make to move things forward. Ireland, he pointed to that, he said
0:09:30 > 0:09:36the UK has said it would apply some EU rules in Ireland but what rules?
0:09:36 > 0:09:42What is the UK willing to commit to prevent a hard border? They want the
0:09:42 > 0:09:48UK to focus on the question of Ireland. And participation or access
0:09:48 > 0:09:52to the single market, he said that would depend on how much the UK
0:09:52 > 0:09:56sought to divert in the future because he said the legal
0:09:56 > 0:10:01consequence of Brexit is that the UK is quitting the single market, and
0:10:01 > 0:10:06UK banks will lose their access. He said the further the UK diverges,
0:10:06 > 0:10:10the harder it will be to get a deal that gives the UK good access to the
0:10:10 > 0:10:18single market in the future.Norman, all of this as Theresa May appears
0:10:18 > 0:10:24poised to pay a bigger divorce Bill, how likely is that to happen?All of
0:10:24 > 0:10:29the signs are that Theresa May will agree to a bigger bill, certainly
0:10:29 > 0:10:33than the £18 billion floated by Mrs May in Florence and that's because
0:10:33 > 0:10:39they know they have to put more cash on the table if the EU will move
0:10:39 > 0:10:42onto crucial trade talks. The extra cash will come with strings, so
0:10:42 > 0:10:48there's likely to be an insistence this money is only for past bills
0:10:48 > 0:10:52signed up for, not ongoing EU commitments, but they will also want
0:10:52 > 0:10:56an assurance the EU will move onto trade talks. In other words they
0:10:56 > 0:11:01will not take the cash, put it in their back pockets and say how about
0:11:01 > 0:11:06more money. But the risk is of a significant backlash from a public
0:11:06 > 0:11:11who were told during the referendum campaign that we were going to get
0:11:11 > 0:11:16£350 million per week for the NHS. Instead we are having to hand over
0:11:16 > 0:11:21billions as part of a divorce Bill. Already we have heard from Tory MPs
0:11:21 > 0:11:24saying we have got to have an itemised list of why we are having
0:11:24 > 0:11:31to spend all of this money, and this in the week of the Budget when the
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Chancellor is under massive pressure to ease off on austerity. I doubt we
0:11:35 > 0:11:41will get a fixed figure of how much we are prepared to pay today or any
0:11:41 > 0:11:45time soon, more likely though a nod and a wink to Brussels that down the
0:11:45 > 0:11:51line, yes, we are ready to pay more and maybe a lot more.Norman, thank
0:11:51 > 0:11:53you.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Meanwhile, the European Union will decide this evening
0:11:55 > 0:11:57where two major EU agencies, currently based in London,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59will be relocated after Brexit.
0:11:59 > 0:12:0219 cities are bidding for the European Medicines Agency,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05while eight want to host the European Banking Authority.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08More than 1,000 people work for the two agencies.
0:12:08 > 0:12:17Our Business Correspondent Theo Leggett has the details.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22London's Canary Wharf is home to some of the worlds biggest banks and
0:12:22 > 0:12:27two prestigious EU agencies, the UK banking authority which monitors the
0:12:27 > 0:12:31health of the region 's biggest banks and the European Medicines
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Agency which supervises drugs used on humans and animals. But now we
0:12:35 > 0:12:39are leaving the EU, both organisations will have to move and
0:12:39 > 0:12:44today they will find out where they are going. Two dozen cities are
0:12:44 > 0:12:47scrambling to host them. The European Commission says the
0:12:47 > 0:12:52agencies employ about 1100 people, many well-paid, but they also
0:12:52 > 0:12:57attract many business visitors for meetings, conferences and expert
0:12:57 > 0:13:02panels. Between them they book about 40,000 hotel rooms per year. The UK
0:13:02 > 0:13:06will lose 1100 good jobs of regulators who spend money in the
0:13:06 > 0:13:11capital but there is more to it than that. Having a regulator creates a
0:13:11 > 0:13:15halo effect because lots of American and Japanese businesses set up shop
0:13:15 > 0:13:18in London because they want their staff to be close to the regulator
0:13:18 > 0:13:25so they can help its decisions. It is a similar story in the banking
0:13:25 > 0:13:28sector, the European Banking Authority may be a relatively small
0:13:28 > 0:13:34agency but it wields a lot of influence.It tells us a lot about
0:13:34 > 0:13:39where the Europeans once their financial centre to be, and secondly
0:13:39 > 0:13:42there is a whole ecosystem that's built up around the banking
0:13:42 > 0:13:47authority here in London. Will that move as well? Quite possibly there
0:13:47 > 0:13:51are more jobs that will move with retail banks moving to follow the
0:13:51 > 0:13:55regulator.The result has been a kind of beauty parade with cities
0:13:55 > 0:14:00across Europe setting out their stalls. They have to provide
0:14:00 > 0:14:08offices, good transport links and hundreds of school places.Bucharest
0:14:08 > 0:14:13is...And they have been offering extra perks such as subsidised rent,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17language lessons and free visits to the zoo. Even heads of government
0:14:17 > 0:14:23have been helping with the hard sell. Other EU members may not
0:14:23 > 0:14:26necessarily be keen on Britain's departure but they are happy to pick
0:14:26 > 0:14:29up benefits where they can.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31The German Chancellor Angela Merkel's attempts to form
0:14:31 > 0:14:33a coalition government have collapsed, raising the prospect
0:14:33 > 0:14:40of the country facing another general election.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42After weeks of negotiations, the centrist Free Democrats -
0:14:42 > 0:14:45the FDP - pulled out of talks, with its leader saying there was no
0:14:45 > 0:14:46basis of trust between the parties.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Mrs Merkel has been meeting the German President this morning.
0:14:49 > 0:14:55Damien McGuinness is in Berlin.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59What does this now mean for Angela Merkel and for Germany?
0:14:59 > 0:15:05It is certainly a blow for Angela Merkel because she was responsible
0:15:05 > 0:15:09really as the potential Chancellor of making these coalition talks
0:15:09 > 0:15:13work. Some people say it will be hard for her to survive politically
0:15:13 > 0:15:18which means this will be the end of the Merkel era, unexpectedly sooner
0:15:18 > 0:15:23than thought, but it depends how the public reacts to this breakdown in
0:15:23 > 0:15:26the coalition talks because the recriminations are already starting
0:15:26 > 0:15:30and this morning most German commentators seem to be blaming the
0:15:30 > 0:15:35liberal SDP party, the ones who walked out of the talks, for the
0:15:35 > 0:15:42breakdown -- FDP. If there is a backlash, Angela Merkel could be
0:15:42 > 0:15:47strengthened because often when things get rocky, either abroad or
0:15:47 > 0:15:51domestically, she is often seen as an anchor of stability so she could
0:15:51 > 0:15:56even emerge stronger from this. What is clear is that we will see a
0:15:56 > 0:15:59period of political instability in Germany because none of the options
0:15:59 > 0:16:07going forward for the new government are good. We either have a minority
0:16:07 > 0:16:09government, fresh elections, and they would mean months before the
0:16:09 > 0:16:13next elections take place and this would lead her effectively in
0:16:13 > 0:16:17political limbo which could have a big impact on the German economy.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Damien, thank you.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21The former Wimbledon singles champion Jana Novotna has died
0:16:21 > 0:16:23of cancer at the age of 49.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25The Czech tennis player won the Championship in 1998,
0:16:25 > 0:16:29after losing five years earlier to Steffi Graf in a memorable match.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Ms Novotna, who also had an outstanding doubles
0:16:31 > 0:16:33career, has been described by the Women's Tennis Association
0:16:33 > 0:16:36as an inspiration.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Our sports correspondent David Ornstein looks back at her life.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48It is one of Wimbledon's most enduring images. Jana Novotna may
0:16:48 > 0:16:57have lost the final at she got a shoulder to cry on from the Duchess
0:16:57 > 0:17:03of Kent and the hearts of the British public.She just told me,
0:17:03 > 0:17:08you will do it. I believe one day you will do it. And I just became
0:17:08 > 0:17:17very emotional. It was very nice. I appreciated it.Novotna finished
0:17:17 > 0:17:25runner-up again but a year later she finally won the trophy. News of her
0:17:25 > 0:17:33death has been met with a mixture of shock and an outpouring of tributes.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38I can only describe her as a ruthless competitor on the court but
0:17:38 > 0:17:42utterly sweet and charming of it. She was such a warm person, always
0:17:42 > 0:17:49very friendly. She would come up and give you kisses and smile, she was
0:17:49 > 0:17:54really loved by everyone.She rose to prominence in the early 90s and
0:17:54 > 0:18:00went on to become one of the most exciting, popular and successful
0:18:00 > 0:18:04players of regeneration. Wimbledon was her only grand slam singles
0:18:04 > 0:18:09title but she collected 16 in doubles and 100 tournament wins
0:18:09 > 0:18:13across a glittering career, laying her way into the International
0:18:13 > 0:18:20tennis Hall of Fame. She was back on the lawns of Wimbledon as recently
0:18:20 > 0:18:25as 2016, rolling back the years in the invitational mixed doubles. But
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Jana Novotna will always be remembered for the tears and then
0:18:28 > 0:18:32the triumph, refusing to let the setbacks keep her down, eventually
0:18:32 > 0:18:36coming back on top and writing her name into history with a smile.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Jana Novotna, who has died at the age of 49.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Our top story this lunchtime:
0:18:45 > 0:18:48The crisis in Zimbabwe continues as its deposed
0:18:48 > 0:18:52President Robert Mugabe ignores today's deadline for him to resign.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56And coming up, a change in culture - the new head of UK Sport calls
0:18:56 > 0:19:05for more to be done to improve the welfare of top-level athletes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:13In sport, the cricketers relax ahead of the Ashes Test. Jake Ball
0:19:13 > 0:19:17confirms he has recovered from his ankle injury and is fully fit.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22The notorious cult leader Charles Manson, who directed his
0:19:22 > 0:19:27followers to commit a string of brutal murders, has died aged 83.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32He'd been in prison in California for more than four decades.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35In 1969, his followers, known as the Manson family,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37killed seven people.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Among them was the heavily pregnant Hollywood actress Sharon Tate,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41the wife of Roman Polanski.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44James Cook reports from Los Angeles.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Charles Manson.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48The name itself is synonymous with evil.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50A killer who did no killing but whose crimes
0:19:50 > 0:19:54shocked the world.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59In August 1969, followers of his cult broke into the
0:19:59 > 0:20:01home of Sharon Tate.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03The pregnant actress, who was married to the director
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Roman Polanski, was brutally murdered along with four of her
0:20:05 > 0:20:06friends.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08The next night, the so-called Manson family killed
0:20:08 > 0:20:13again, tying up and murdering a wealthy couple.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15This was the ramshackle ranch in Death Valley
0:20:15 > 0:20:22where Manson lived in a commune with his runaway fans.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24They apparently used LSD and saw the guitar playing
0:20:24 > 0:20:26ex-convict as a kind of saint.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Or perhaps a devil.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Charles Manson was charged, not with wielding a knife
0:20:32 > 0:20:34or firing a gun, but with controlling and directing the
0:20:34 > 0:20:39killers.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I don't accept the court, I don't accept the whole situation.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43I was in the desert minding my business.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47This confusion belongs to you.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48It is your confusion.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I don't have any guilt, I know what I've
0:20:50 > 0:20:51done.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53No man can judge me.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54I can judge me.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55What have you done, Charlie?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Why had he done it?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Apparently to spark a race war, it would be
0:20:58 > 0:20:59called Helter Skelter, and
0:20:59 > 0:21:04he would use it to seize power.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07In 1971, he was sentenced to death on
0:21:07 > 0:21:14seven counts of murder, later commuted to life in prison.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Over the years, Charles Manson applied for
0:21:16 > 0:21:19parole time and time again, but he died a prisoner, having shattered
0:21:19 > 0:21:29the peace and love of the 1960s with diabolical violence.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36The owner of British Gas, Centrica, has announced it will scrap standard
0:21:36 > 0:21:38gas and electricity tariffs for new customers.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41It claims this is part of a series of measures which will be
0:21:41 > 0:21:43significantly more effective than the government's proposed
0:21:43 > 0:21:44cap on energy bills.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50Our Business Correspondent Simon Gompertz is here.
0:21:50 > 0:21:56What difference is this likely to make?Two thirds of gas and
0:21:56 > 0:22:02electricity customers are on what we call standard variable tariffs.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05These are the tariffs the Prime Minister last month condemned as
0:22:05 > 0:22:10rip-off prices and promised that there would be a price coming in.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15What British Gas and Centrica are seeing is there's a better way, but
0:22:15 > 0:22:24they will start phasing it out from next spring. If they come to the end
0:22:24 > 0:22:28of a fixed-rate deal but will not be put on the expensive one as they
0:22:28 > 0:22:36have up until now. They say there is not a catch. Some people might be
0:22:36 > 0:22:44suspicious. It will be difficult to negotiate this. They will need to be
0:22:44 > 0:22:50more wary. The other thing they've said is £200 should be taken off the
0:22:50 > 0:22:56average bill. How do they get that number? Adding together the cost of
0:22:56 > 0:23:02subsidising renewable energy, putting high-tech smart meters in,
0:23:02 > 0:23:09subsidising the bills of people on low incomes. People say that should
0:23:09 > 0:23:14come out of taxation because it is government policy. The company is
0:23:14 > 0:23:19trying to put out it is not them responsible for all of the expensive
0:23:19 > 0:23:22bills.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25A BBC investigation has uncovered claims of child abuse
0:23:25 > 0:23:27within the Jehovah's Witness organisation, and there are fears
0:23:27 > 0:23:29the Church's own rules could be protecting alleged perpetrators.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Some experts believe the problem could be widespread,
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and the Charity Commission has now launched an inquiry.
0:23:33 > 0:23:40Felicity Kvesic reports.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Louise Palmer from Halesowen was just four years old when her
0:23:42 > 0:23:44brother started sexually assaulting and raping her.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48She's waived her right to anonymity to tell her story.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49It just felt normal.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Growing up I thought that's what you did with your brother,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56that's what happened.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58They had been born into the Jehovah's Witness faith,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00an organisation that preaches kindness and unity.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03She feels let down by them after they told her not to go
0:24:03 > 0:24:05to the police when she revealed the years of abuse.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I asked them, "What should I do?
0:24:07 > 0:24:14Do you report it to the police? Do I report it to the police?"
0:24:14 > 0:24:17And their words were that they strongly advised me
0:24:17 > 0:24:20not to go to the police because it would bring reproach on Jehovah.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Louise's brother Richard Davenport was found guilty in 2015
0:24:22 > 0:24:25and is serving a 10-year sentence for rape and abuse.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30She wants the Jehovah's Witnesses to rethink their protection policies.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I believe children aren't safe.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37Safeguarding policies need to be updated.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40No child is ever going to feel like they can come forward,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and they're not going to be supported if they come
0:24:43 > 0:24:46forward either.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48In 2013 the Charity Commission started a statutory inquiry
0:24:48 > 0:24:50into the organisation known as the Watchtower Bible
0:24:50 > 0:24:52and Tract Society after safeguarding issues.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54The inquiry is still ongoing and an MP says he wants reassurances
0:24:54 > 0:25:01that safeguarding is top of the agenda.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04People must be free to practise their religion and we don't
0:25:04 > 0:25:07want to intrude upon that but if it is established
0:25:07 > 0:25:10on the basis of a rigorous inquiry that something is going badly wrong,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13that is going to have to be ripped out root and branch.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I tried to speak to some elders at several Kingdom Halls
0:25:15 > 0:25:17across the West Midlands.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Their phones either rang out or they referred me
0:25:19 > 0:25:21to the Watchtower in London, which is their headquarters.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23The Watchtower refused to put anybody up for interview.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Instead they've given me a statement...
0:25:34 > 0:25:38For Louise, a survivor of years of abuse, the message is simple -
0:25:38 > 0:25:44don't stay silent, tell the police.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Three people arrested in connection with the disappearance of Gaia Pope
0:25:53 > 0:25:55have been released from the police investigation without
0:25:55 > 0:25:56any further action.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59The 19-year-old's body was found on Saturday in a field near Swanage,
0:25:59 > 0:26:0011 days after she was last seen.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Dorset Police are treating her death as "unexplained" pending
0:26:03 > 0:26:09toxicology results.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11The new chair of UK Sport Dame Katherine Grainger,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14has called for "a lot more" to be done to improve the
0:26:14 > 0:26:15welfare of athletes.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Several governing bodies are embroiled in bullying
0:26:18 > 0:26:22allegations, and Dame Katherine, an Olympic rowing gold medallist,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25says they must "rise to the challenge" of improving
0:26:25 > 0:26:26the culture in top level sport.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29UK Sport is issuing new guidance to coaches on how to treat
0:26:29 > 0:26:35athletes with respect, as Richard Conway reports.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41It has been an era of unprecedented success for British sport but with
0:26:41 > 0:26:47complaints and enquiries under way within a number the UK's leading
0:26:47 > 0:26:49sports federations, many are asking if winning has been prioritised over
0:26:49 > 0:27:00welfare. In response, Dame Katherine Grainger, who cheers UK sport, the
0:27:00 > 0:27:06funding authority for elite athletes, is urging them to improve.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11Nobody believes it should be medals at any cost. There is an
0:27:11 > 0:27:16understanding that the healthiest atmosphere you can have, to keep
0:27:16 > 0:27:20people in the system, you want them succeeding and being pushed hard but
0:27:20 > 0:27:26also, you need to enjoy it, you need to be passionate about it.British
0:27:26 > 0:27:31gymnastics is the latest body to be dragged into the crisis after care
0:27:31 > 0:27:41standards were questions at other organisations. Change cannot come
0:27:41 > 0:27:43soon enough for those who say they've experienced a culture of
0:27:43 > 0:27:54bullying.For us there was no one to talk to. You fear that if you speak
0:27:54 > 0:28:00up you're going to be kicked off the team. There needs to be something or
0:28:00 > 0:28:04someone we can speak to, with no repercussions, who will have her
0:28:04 > 0:28:10back.UK sport has now released new guidance to help sports such as
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Britain's hugely successful cycling team. It includes advice to coaches
0:28:14 > 0:28:20on how to treat athletes with more respect. The hope is that a greater
0:28:20 > 0:28:25focus on welfare can forge a new winning combination.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are today celebrating their 70th
0:28:28 > 0:28:30wedding anniversary - the longest in the royal
0:28:30 > 0:28:31family's history.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33They are marking the occasion privately with family
0:28:33 > 0:28:34and friends at Windsor Castle.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36The church bells are ringing out this lunchtime
0:28:36 > 0:28:38at Westminster Abbey, where the Queen and Prince
0:28:38 > 0:28:39Philip were married.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46ARCHIVE NEWSREADER:For any girl, wedding day is the day of her life.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48As the 21-year-old princess arrived at Westminster Abbey,
0:28:48 > 0:28:52it was her moment too.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55A November day two years after the end of the Second World War.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58At Westminster Abbey a wedding of the then Princess Elizabeth
0:28:58 > 0:29:01and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04And now the solemn service begins.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11I, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary...
0:29:11 > 0:29:12Take thee, Philip...
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Take thee, Philip...
0:29:14 > 0:29:15To my wedded husband.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18To my wedded husband.
0:29:18 > 0:29:25BAND PLAYS THE WEDDING MARCH.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28It was the start of a marriage which has endured for 70 years
0:29:28 > 0:29:31and which from the moment Elizabeth came to the throne in 1952 has
0:29:31 > 0:29:35underpinned the success and stability of her reign as Queen.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Those who know them have no doubt that the bride and groom who signed
0:29:39 > 0:29:41the marriage register that day at the Abbey were deeply
0:29:41 > 0:29:44committed to each other.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Obviously they were very much in love.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51It's early love, as far as I can understand,
0:29:51 > 0:29:53so it's a love match, essentially, it's
0:29:53 > 0:29:54a great love story.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59Deeply loyal sense of duty, which is bolstered and encouraged
0:29:59 > 0:30:02and uplifted, as it were, by their faith.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04The early years of the Queen's reign were not without
0:30:04 > 0:30:06difficulty for the Duke.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10He felt he had no clear purpose, but he adapted to the role
0:30:10 > 0:30:15of consort to the monarch and for decade after decade
0:30:15 > 0:30:17they toured the world and fulfilled official duties together,
0:30:17 > 0:30:19a couple so much of whose lives have been public,
0:30:19 > 0:30:23sustained by the private bond between them which remains strong
0:30:23 > 0:30:27and deep, as the latest photographs, issued to mark their platinum
0:30:27 > 0:30:33wedding anniversary, make clear.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35At Westminster Abbey bells are being rung
0:30:35 > 0:30:35to mark the anniversary.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38As for the couple themselves, they are spending the day
0:30:38 > 0:30:41quietly at Westminster, where there will be a quiet family
0:30:41 > 0:30:45party in their honour tonight.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Time for a
0:30:50 > 0:30:56Time for a look at the weather. I'm sure you will have noticed a change
0:30:56 > 0:31:00in the feel of the weather. Rewind to yesterday morning and many of us
0:31:00 > 0:31:04started the day like this, with a touch of frost and temperatures
0:31:04 > 0:31:08below freezing. This morning was completely different. If you dressed
0:31:08 > 0:31:11for cold weather you probably regretted it because some of us were
0:31:11 > 0:31:16in single digits by the rush hour, but with that, some cloud and
0:31:16 > 0:31:19outbreaks of rain. There are conveyor belts of clothes streaming
0:31:19 > 0:31:22in from the Atlantic which will continue to bring outbreaks of rain
0:31:22 > 0:31:27at times throughout this week. It is all about this mild air wafting up
0:31:27 > 0:31:34from the south-west. Something colder is holding on. Most of us
0:31:34 > 0:31:39cloudy with patchy rain, some brightness for Wales and the
0:31:39 > 0:31:43Midlands but most places will not see any of that. Still a little bit
0:31:43 > 0:31:48colder across Scotland, in fact three degrees is the afternoon high.
0:31:48 > 0:31:54As we grow through the ceiling and tonight it will stay cloudy. Some
0:31:54 > 0:31:58heavy rain for Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern
0:31:58 > 0:32:11Scotland. Everywhere else, mild. Very mild across southern areas.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Elsewhere, wet start. Heavy bursts of rain. Northern Ireland, largely
0:32:15 > 0:32:20dry at this stage. Cloudy and damp and murky for parts of northern
0:32:20 > 0:32:28England. Look at these temperatures, 11, 12 degrees as we start off the
0:32:28 > 0:32:35day. As we go on, we keep the feed of mild south-westerly wind. The
0:32:35 > 0:32:40rain is slowly trudging north. We will see a batch of rain pushing in.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44For central and eastern areas it should stay dry for much of the day.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46There's a chance of seeing some glimmers brightness through the
0:32:46 > 0:32:53cloud. It will be that bit colder further north. Through Tuesday into
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Wednesday we tried to lose this area of low pressure but there's another
0:32:56 > 0:32:59one hot on its heels and this weather front threatens to bring
0:32:59 > 0:33:04some heavy rain in places on Wednesday. There could be some
0:33:04 > 0:33:10issues. In the south-east, very mild, quite windy. Further north and
0:33:10 > 0:33:13west, single digit temperatures across Scotland. As we head towards
0:33:13 > 0:33:17the end of the week it looks like the cold weather will stage a
0:33:17 > 0:33:23comeback. There will be some jurors at times but particularly across the
0:33:23 > 0:33:25northern half it will turn colder again by the end of the