16/04/2012 BBC News at Six

Justice for the victims and survivors of the Oslo massacre.

Anders Breivik goes on trial. No apology, no remorse. He admits

killing 77 people but pleads he was acting in self-defence. Dozens of

teenagers were killed at a summer camp when Breivik went on the

rampage last July. It is good to see him now when he is surrounded

by police and in a safe place. Also on tonight's programme: The

drought zone spreads across England. The most severe water shortage for

more than 30 years. Plans to cap tax free donations.

The government says it will consult charities after a barrage of

criticism. A crackdown on school truants in

England. A top government adviser says families should lose some

child benefit. Taking away parents' benefits is bad. They are sending

their chart to school and is going to work, they don't know if they

are attending school or not! The goal that never was. After the

Chelsea-Spurs match, more calls for the use of technology. Coming up.

Fabrice Muamba leaves hospital a month after collapsing on the pitch

after a cardiac arrest. The Good evening. Welcome to the BBC

News at Six. Anders Breivik, the man accused of Norway's worst

atrocity of modern times, has gone on trial today. The 33-year-old

showed no remorse in court, saying he killed 77 people as an act of

self-defence. Last July, Breivik first planted a car bomb in the

centre Oslo, before shooting 69 young people at a youth camp. As

Matthew Price reports, survivors and families of the victims were in

court as the prosecution showed in detail how Breivik planned and

carried out his massacre. The mastermind of Norway's

suffering was late in, his hands cuffed. He seemed relaxed. Eager.

He always wanted this. The chance to present his views in public. He

started with a salute to the far- right. No remorse. And for the

first time in court, we heard the voice of the killer.

TRANSLATION: Acknowledged the acts but I do not plead guilty. -- I

acknowledge. I was doing it in self-defence. For the first time,

Breivik shed a tear but not it seems for his victims. The court

was shown a video he had made. The emotion most likely for his own

warped beliefs. He says the bomb in Oslo that killed eight people, and

his killing of 69 on a nearby island of Utoeya, with the opening

shots in a war against multiculturalism, against political

parties that support immigration. Each of those murdered was named.

Two shot to the head, another in the back for many. Others hit as

they tried to escape. If ten-week trial inside a courtroom 250 he's

been very carefully managed. The most disturbing and sensitive

evidence will be given only once the television cameras have been

switched off. Anders Breivik's appearances on camera will

themselves be limited so as not to give him a platform for his views.

He says that his courtroom propaganda. The prosecution shows

us the room he lived in in Oslo, the car he drove to get to the

island, the uniform he was wearing there, his steady progress across

the summer camp, each red dot another death. And this phone call

he made to the police. Then, for just a few minutes,

Breivik's lawyer spoke and defended his claim to's right to have his

say in court. TRANSLATION: It will be hard for

the victims to hear him but it is his right and it will be the most

important evidence in deciding whether he is legally sane. Among

the survivors in court was this woman. It is good to see him now

when he is surrounded by police and in a safe place because it gets a

little closer... Are you still afraid of him? No, because he is

going to be locked up no matter what for the rest of his life.

it will be a long and drawn-out process. Breivik takes the stand

tomorrow. And Matthew Price is in Oslo now.

He has admitted the killings. Why should there be such a drawn-out

trial? It does seem strange, doesn't it,

George, but the point is he will be found guilty at the end of this, it

is just whether they pronounce him criminally insane or not. To

summarise Breivik, he believes he was acting in self defence, he says

he needed to act to stop as he sees it be increasing Islamification off

Norway and Europe, and therefore he had to act against political

parties that Foster multiculturalism and that is why he

attacked the Labour Party summer camp and killed so many teenagers.

If that sounds like the thought of a mad man then that is exactly what

in essence this trial is trying to determine. Was he criminally insane

or fame when he carried out these facts? That will determine whether

he goes to prison for the rest of his life or a psychiatric

institution. Half of Britain is now officially

in drought. The Environment Agency has added another 17 counties in

the Midlands and South West to areas already affected by a

shortage of rainfall. Experts say we are seeing the worst national

water shortage since 1976. Daniel Boettcher is in the Gordano valley

in Somerset. This is a reserve run by the Avon

Wildlife Trust and one it looks like there is a lot of water, this

drainage ditch has stopped flowing, the water table is far too low,

because the area behind we should be wetlands but it is almost

completely dry. But at the moment there are no prospect of

restrictions for water customers in these new drought areas. Wetlands

running short of water. Even recent rain has not helped much. More

rivers running low. This is the River Stour in Dorset, important

for salmon and trout. In Gloucestershire, stretches of the

River Leadon are at the lowest levels recorded for this time of

year. The Environment Agency 17 more counties in England are in

drought and it could last until the end of the year. We are heading

towards one of the worst in record, and certainly if it continues to be

warm and dry in the summer we got in that situation, and it worries

us if this drought continues beyond the worst we have seen historically.

Agriculture is suffering. On this farm, there is not enough grazing

for some of the sheep and in the valley, the river that should

provide water for the livestock has dried up and has to be pumped from

a borehole. We are still very short of water and the table levels are

extremely low, so we are getting towards been close to a desperate

situation and again, it is not just the water, it is the crops and the

amount the grass will grow to keep the animals going. The drought

In March, areas of the south-east of England were added, then

Yorkshire, and now wall of the Midlands and the south-west. But

water companies in the new drought areas say they have enough in their

reservoirs and do not plan to impose restrictions, like the

hosepipe ban brought in for 20 Our customers will not see any

restrictions over the summer and we have sufficient water for drinking

water purposes. Earlier this month, Severn Trent offered to sell water

to a neighbouring supplier. Regulated and the industry believe

that maybe one way to prepare for the possibility of a more prolonged

drought but there will be a cost. We do not have the level of

infrastructure that would be sufficient to overcome the drought

conditions we have got, so we will need to invest in more Pipelines

and in more pumping. As the drug spreads, plans are already being

made for coping with the effects of the third consecutive dry winter,

if that happens, later this year. That may be a long time off but

they are having to make plans already because even if there is

significant rainfall over the summer, that may not be enough to

replenish groundwater resources, so these concerns are growing all the

time. The government's charity packs

proposal has led to continued criticism from all parties. The

Treasury says it is unfair that people are able to avoid paying tax

but it is willing to look at a number of options.

Who would have thought it could be so controversial to write a cheque

for millions for a good cause? Charities say a treasurer proposal

to cap tax relief on donations is already hurting. They have already

done a huge amount of damage to charities. People are holding back

on gifts and we need this to stop now. What is the problem? Currently,

if you earn �4 million, you can give it all to charity and pay no

income tax at all. The plan from next year is to cap tax reliefs. So

only a million pounds and a quarter of your income could go to charity

tax free. More money for the Treasury, but potentially the best

for charity. But listen: That plan may be about to change. This was

never given to be introduced until next year. Plenty of time to get it

right, to consult and to listen but the key principle is, more a

philanthropic giving yes, allowing people to drive their tax rates

down to 10%, no. This is what the wealthy can pay for. The Sainsbury

Wing of the National Gallery was funded by the figure market family,

the Royal Opera House's Floral Hall was paid for by wealthy donors and

cancer research is often funded this way as well. Why should the

very wealthy be taxed on the money they want to give to charity? Why,

comes the reply, should they not be taxed on money they can give to an

opera house or a donkey sanctuary and not paid to the Treasury to pay

for schools and hospitals? For Labour, normally in favour of

raising taxes on the rich, the government's confusion is a free

political gift. What we know is that this was a Budget that raised

taxes on charity, raised taxes on pensions, raise taxes on working

families and cut taxes for millionaires and frankly, the way

the government has gone about this shows that they are unfair, out of

touch and incompetent. government say they want more rich

people to give away more of their money but to put it charitably,

their policy is currently in a bit of a mess.

It has emerged that a convicted terrorist from Gloucester, who

plotted to blow up a plane over the United States in a suicide attack,

was freed from prison early as part of a deal with prosecutors. In the

first such arrangement, Saajid Badat had his 13-year sentence

reduced by two years, and was released two years ago. He has

agreed to testify at the trial in America of a man accused of being

involved in a plot to bomb the New York subway.

Flights in and out of Gatwick were suspended for more than an hour

today after an aircraft travelling to the United States was forced to

make an emergency landing. The Virgin airliner had left Gatwick

bound for Orlando in Florida, when it had to return due to a technical

issue. Firefighters said they had received reports of a small fire on

board. Four passengers suffered minor injuries during the

evacuation. Parents of children who repeatedly

stay away from the classroom should lose some of their child benefit.

That is the view of a senior government adviser on school

behaviour in England. Charlie Taylor was asked to look at the

problem of truancy in the wake of last summer's riots and says the

current system of fining parents isn't working.

Last summer's riots in England were the trigger for today's report on

truancy. Looting and destruction were, according to Michael Gove,

the work of an educational underclass which included

persistent truants. The report says the system of fines needs to be

toughened up. My recommendation was that parents are fined for

persistently not sending their child to school �60, and that that

is doubled after 28 days, and the money is then recovered to child

benefit. Truancy figures have remained fairly constant in recent

years but ministers are worried by a hard core or 400,000 children who

are persistently absent. When it comes to fines, 127,000 penalty

notices have been issued since 2004 but of those, 50% were withdrawn or

unpaid. Not all Truman's are out on the streets, some are taken out of

school knowingly by parents to go on holiday -- trim ands. It is not

the parents thought always. Sometimes but not always. I know

that from my own experience. might be a bit harsh, but if they

try went all the time something needs to be done. Taking away

parents' benefits is bad. They are sending their child to school, they

don't know whether they are governing. It will make people go

deeper into poverty. Ministers think there are too many people on

the street who should be in school but they also know that docking

child benefit to deal with it would be hugely controversial and it is

not something to which they are committing yet. Ten years ago, Tony

Blair's government considered and then abandoned the same idea.

Tackling truancy has long been a political priority but there seems

to be no simple solution. Our top story tonight: Anders

Breivik goes on trial over the Oslo massacre. He admits killing 77

people but says he was acting in self-defence.

Coming up: The controversial goal. If cricket and tennis use

The stakes grow ever higher, calls for a means of distinguishing

between goals that should and should not stand are intensifying.

It is getting tough for Spain, can its economy cope with the growing

cost of debt? And the World Bank is For over a year, we have reported

on the violence in Syria, the protests, the crackdown and the

international response. Now a shaky truce is in place, but there is

still some of violence and at big question. Well the truce hold or

will the country's slide into an even bigger conflict? Syria

restricts access for journalists, but Ian Pannell and cameraman

Darren Conway sent this report from Idlib province.

There is supposed to be a truce in Syria. In parts it does not sound

like it. At best the calm here feels uneasy and the ground remains

highly dangerous. We moved with rebel fighters into a northern town

firmly under the grip of President al-Assad's men. The Free Syrian

Army relies on stealth and cunning, they know these routes well. Down

below you can clearly see not all Government forces have withdrawn.

Every few minutes there is a short bursts of gunfire. We do not know

which side his shooting, but whoever is responsible, it leaves

the peace plan looking shaky. We are just overlooking the town,

which is pretty much a ghost city. The Government is in control of

this area and they have set up checkpoints and over the last hour,

you can hear now, the sound of gunfire. This is a few days after

the ceasefire. We saw Government road blocks on

the road into town, stopping and checking vehicles, looking for the

men they called terrorists. This struggle is about the future of the

people. The girls and Lady Young, but they already know the language

of the Syrian revolution. Last week, this area was under attack, but

today women and girls dared to leave their homes once again,

coming back onto the streets with a call for change that is perhaps a

louder than ever. It is a mistake to think all Syrians share their

due. Some see these people as an Islamic threat. But if there is to

be peace, it must be made in places like this, and after so much death,

positions have only hardened. Fear is not far away, even for 19 year-

old Abdul. President Assad's army is slaughtering us, he says. When

Kofi Annan left last time, they attacked us, says this woman, she

has no faith the UN monitors will make a difference. After the

bloodshed of the last few weeks the truth is that these people have

come too far and lost too much to give up now. In the words of one,

we will carry on protesting until the last man standing.

David Cameron has launched the Conservative campaign for the local

elections in England with a speech in Derbyshire. He praised the

record of Tory councils in providing good value for money and

accused Labour authorities often being trapped in old, wasteful ways.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have launched their campaign, saying

they are more committed than any of the other parties to local

decision-making. It plays a role in 13 of Scotland's 32 councils, which

are elected under a PR system. The Green Party says it is a party

of hope and radical challenge and his having more than 900 candidates

in England and Wales. Later this week we will get the

latest unemployment figures. The North East of England has some of

the most deep-seated challenges, with the highest jobless rate in

the UK are running at 11%. Despite some recent good use, like the

return of steelmaking to the region, there are still places where people

feel they have little prospect of finding a job. Anna Adams sent this

special report from Newcastle. On the banks of the River Tyne,

this is a neighbourhood that has struggled to survive since the

shipyards closed. Now more than a quarter of jobs are in the public

sector and the Government cuts are being felt. I met Maria and her son

Colin who both worked in the public sector. She was a pensions

administrator and he was a cleaner. A few years ago they were both made

redundant. You are applying for jobs, jobs that you have done for

so long, and they reply saying you are not successful and you think,

why? It is so depressing. There are times when I have wished I was and

Allied. Her son has been working for free in McDonald's as part of

the Government's workfare scheme and he has not been kept on.

makes you really down. I am on the verge of depression, it is really

bad, really horrible. In another of Newcastle's blackspots I met Jeff.

His challenge is to get people who may never have had a job in their

lives ready for work. There are areas where parents have not worked

and their parents have not worked and the kids do not have the

support. This community centre is where the unemployed spend their

time. Almost one in five young people in this part of Newcastle

are not in unemployment, education or training. It is one of the

highest figures in the country. This group think they are better

off on benefits. You pay rent, gas, electricity and foot and by the

time you have finished there is nothing left. Where do you see

yourself in five years? Probably locked up, in jail. Why? I have to

do something else to make money. But that is not the majority view,

most people say it is not just about money, it is about self-

respect and having a reason to get out of bed. Scott is one of them.

His grandmother bought him his scooter to get to job interviews,

but the opportunities are scarce. There is no work for me to go for.

What have you gone for? Nothing, really, there are no jobs, so you

can't do anything. This area has the highest levels of unemployment

in the country, so unless something changes, there is a real danger

that people are going to completely lose hope of ever getting back to

work. Now, the Bolton Wanderers

footballer Fabrice Muamba has been discharged from hospital almost a

month after he suffered a cardiac arrest while playing against

Tottenham in the FA Cup quarter- final.

He paid tribute to staff at the London Chest Hospital, describing

their dedication as simply amazing. Now the goal that never was in

yesterday's FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Tottenham

Hotspur. It has piled more pressure on the footballing authorities to

allow goal-line technology to be used. The head of the Professional

Footballers' Association said FIFA's refusal to use video

technology is perverse. It is the goal that may finally

forced football to act. When Chelsea's Juan Mata was adjudged to

have scored, Spurs were furious. This is why. Replays clearly showed

the ball had not crossed the line, yet another contentious call and

some believe now is the time to help match officials get it right.

It is not an infrequent occurrence and it is critical to the overall

outcome, that we say that help for the referee to make the decision is

inevitable. Frank Lampard! issue of goal-line technology in

football to avoid injustice is nothing new. The debate over Sir

Geoff Hurst's legendary goal in the 1966 World Cup final continues to

this day. Technology has been alive football has not wanted to cross,

with those involved in the sport reluctant to meddle with the

traditions of the game. But as the stakes grow ever higher, calls for

distinguishing between goals but should and shouldn't stand are

intensifying. It is looking very strange that football is so

perverse to not introduce what other sports have introduced.

Hawk-Eye system is one of two solutions that football's world

governing body FIFA is looking to try. It gives a clear indication of

goal or no goal. Every referee could have that opportunity at his

arm. In football it seems the tension between technology and

tradition has reached a crucial point.

It will be -- it will not be as cold tonight as it was last night.

The cloud and wind and rain is spreading into Northern Ireland. It

will reach of much of western Scotland and eventually get to the

east coast during the early hours. Heavy snow across the hills and

mountains in the central belt of Scotland. Most temperatures will

stay a few degrees above freezing. It will be a fairly miserable

affair across eastern areas. For Wales and the south-west it should

be moving away by 8 o'clock. Further east it is pretty miserable,

heavy rain and strong winds all the way across most of northern England

and still wet across much of Scotland, with further snow. But

for Northern Ireland the rain has cleared, but the showers will be

starting to spread in. Those strong winds chase the rain away across

the eastern areas. Then there showers develop quite widely. It is

a question of sunshine and scattered showers for all of us by

the afternoon. They moved quite quickly because of the breeze, and

the temperatures lift up to 14, cooler in northern Scotland. More

rain overnight tomorrow night and it could get very lively with the

winds on Wednesday morning. Wednesday is a cloudy day for