27/09/2012 BBC News at Six

John Terry gets a four match ban and a massive fine from the FA for

racial abuse. The former England captain found guilty of swearing at

QPR's Anton Ferdinand. He's told to pay over �200,000.

John Terry can still appeal. The case has already lasted for nearly

a year. It has not been good because of

what it has been about. It has not helped that it was extended.

Also on tonight's programme: Rochdale social workers said the

victims of a child sex ring had made a lifestyle choice - a new

report into the girls' harrowing ordeal.

We get there and there could be up to five men there. We go in and

would be told to go into the bedroom and they would come in, one

after the other. Victims of the flood waters - the

bodies of young couple found in a swollen river near Wrexham.

An emotional appeal from the father of Jeremy Forres, the maths teacher

who disappeared with Megan Stammers. We are all here for you both. We

just need to hear from you. Please, please, get in contact.

High alert for health care in England - the boss of the new style

NHS issues a warning about the latest reforms.

And the literal translation is what? Again, you're testing may.

would be good if you knew this. And Prime Minister's Questions with

a difference - the American chat show appearance that left David

Cameron without an answer. And in sports day on the BBC News

Channel, England's defence of their well 2020 ground continues. The

West Indies provide the sternest of Hello and welcome to the BBC News

at Six. The former England captain John

Terry has been fined more than �200,000 and banned for four games

for racially abusing the QPR defender Anton Ferdinand. The

Football Association's disciplinary panel found him guilty despite a

Magistrates' Court clearing him of a similar offence in July. Our

sports correspondent Dan Roan is at Wembley.

This was always about much more than simply what one man said to

another on a football pitch last year. At stake was not just the

reputation and career of one of the most prominent and controversial

figures in the English game. The controversy also shone a spotlight

on the national game and the way it deals with issues of discipline and

behaviour. Today, finally, an issue, a dispute which cast a shadow over

the sport has finally reached a conclusion.

It had taken 11 months, but today, John Terry arrived at Wembley to

learn his footballing fate. He had already been cleared in a court of

law but today he would be punished by the sport's authorities. The FA

had charged him with using racially abusive language towards QPR

defender Anton Ferdinand in this game last season. Terry admitted

using the word black and a series of expletives, but insisted he was

repeating what he thought his opponent had said to him. Tonight,

he said he was disappointed to have been found guilty but that he would

wait for the more detailed written reasons for the verdict before

deciding whether to appeal. It has not been good because of

what it has been about. I don't think it has helped that it was

extended. I think this would have been far better if it had been

taken on board before the European Championships.

It was in October last year that the controversy began. After a

police investigation, Terry was charged with a racially aggravated

public order offence and was sacked as England captain. Fabio Capello

resigned. Terry was acquitted by a magistrate

in July, but the FA then charged him over the same is didn't -- the

incident. On Sunday, he announced his international retirement.

The dispute had already spilled into this season. Ferdinand refused

his offer of a handshake 10 days ago. Many believe football now

needs to learn a lesson. It is a stark contrast to the way

the Olympians behave in the summer. Using this kind of language,

whatever the reason, the way the players behave towards each other,

the way they behave towards officials, it is completely wrong.

Chelsea say they respect the decision to punish their captain

and will wait to see whether he appeals before commenting further.

The club's fans had this to say. Because he has been freed by the

courts, the FA should not find him. If he did it, he has paid for it. I

hope they can both get on with it now and get on with their careers.

Football has come a long way since the days when racist abuse was a

feature at grounds up and down the country. This saga has forced the

sport to ask yourself some uncomfortable questions and perhaps

proved there's still work to do. Today's verdict was not entirely

unexpected. John Terry believed this decision was in the offing.

But it raises questions. Will he appeal? Why did he receive half the

amount of banned games that Luis Suarez received? One horse -- why

was he hit with a massive fine? That is just a week's salary, of

course. The answer will come out when the FA publishes the written

reasons. Whatever the answers to the questions, it is hard not to

conclude that the English game, and indeed John Terry's reputation, has

been permanently damaged. A young couple have been swept to

their deaths in a swollen river near Wrexham. Police in North Wales

believe they may have been trying to rescue a dog which had got into

trouble. Flooding has continued to cause problems in Yorkshire and the

north-east of England. More on that from our correspondent Ed Thomas in

a month, but first, let's go to Sian Lloyd in Wrexham.

The river index and is still swollen after days of torrential

rain. Yesterday, the spot where I'm standing now was under water. It

was near here that the bodies were found.

A young couple who loved animals. 25 year olds Ali Sher and her

partner David. They were seen walking their five dogs along the

banks of this swollen river. Police say it was known as before the

tragedy happened. -- moments before.

This was the river yesterday. The pictures show the force of the

water. A fellow dog walker raised the

alarm. The Lady's body was found in the water early yesterday evening.

Later, they found her partner a short distance away. It is thought

they went into the water to rescue one of their dogs.

Just feel sick, numb. A good lad, no harm to anybody. Their family

brought him up brilliantly. Ask anybody, they will do anything for

anybody. Hearts of gold. This National Trust park is a

popular spot for locals. This couple were walking their dogs here

yesterday. The river was over the banks. The

banks have collapsed on different occasions. You do worry about

balking here, particularly with dogs. But it was extremely high

yesterday. For hours have been left near the

water's age to remember the young The River Ouse Peter and the flood

defences held, but that is not even half the story. Many are now

dealing with the mess it left behind.

For two days, the plays Jackie and David but recall home has been more

like a prisoner. -- David Buttery. Have you ever seen it is bad?

How do you feel? Emotionally drained.

Firefighters had to use bodes so that carers could reach the people

they help. Back and forth all day, really.

You can see the water levels are going down and the river has peaked.

But it is clear, standing here, that the floods came within inches

of thousands of people's homes. Here just outside Newcastle two

more apartment blocks have been evacuated as one balances on

concrete stilts. After dinner the close, the A1 has now reopened. --

after being closed. The water is receding. But the misery left

behind will take a lot longer to clear.

Social workers, police and prosecutors have been criticised

for missing opportunities to stop the abuse of young boys and girls

in Rochdale. The review by the Rochdale Safeguarding Children

Board says council workers described the guilt as making a

lifestyle choice. In May, eight men of Pakistani descent and one man

from Afghanistan were jailed for repeatedly abusing five white girls.

Our UK affairs correspondent is in Rochdale and sent this report.

Years of failing their children vulnerable to abuse in Rochdale.

Even after victims called the police and social workers what was

happening. In 2010, a team identified that 79 children and

young people were being exploited sexually or were at risk of it. But

multiple failures meant little or no action was taken. Today but a

report reveals that children were making their own choices and

engaged in consensual sexual activity. In reality, they were

being abused by a grinning down. One Afghan and eight British

Pakistani men were jailed for offences against white girls. The

issues are not addressed in today's reports, but many mistakes are.

One child was not listened to. Quite a few people, school, the

police, even my own dad, they all ran social services to get help.

Social services told my mum and dad that I was a prostitute and it was

a lifestyle choice. The abuse started in 2008, and

months later, in January 2009, she made a detailed complaint to police.

But initially the CPS decided not to proceed with a prosecution.

Three-and-a-half years later, the accused were convicted.

In the aftermath of the Baby P scandal, social workers were more

concerned about younger children rather than teenagers. What -- one

of the victims'' fathers said that care workers would think of the

deals as prostitutes. I think the world -- word child

prostitute should be struck from the English language. You can have

a vulnerable child and an abuse of adults.

Do you think people still now need to be held to account?

If somebody has been held to account, it is because they should

be negligent. They should be named and shamed.

I need to make sure that this is rooted out and that this is

effective. If there are staff working in any department,

particularly social care, but are unable to recognise and respond to

Bobocel done, then clearly they would have to be disciplined.

At least one victim is threatening to sue social services, and while

steps have been taken to improve child protection, there are still

reports being compiled by try to uncover the failings that allowed

the abuse to continue. The British economy shrank by less

than had been thought in the second quarter of this year, with

construction and manufacturing performing better than expected.

The revised figures show that between April and June, a GDP fell

by 0.4 % rather than a 0.7 %. The father of the school teacher

Jeremy Forrest, who disappeared with 15-year-old Megan Stammers

last week, has pleaded with the pair to get in touch.

The only confirmed sighting since they went missing was on a ferry to

France last Thursday night. A Europe-wide arrest warrant has been

issued for Mr Forrest. This was a brave step for Jeremy

Forrest's parents to take, facing the media in the Norwich --

knowledge that their son is wanted for child abduction. Julie Forrest

was clearly distraught as her husband made this emotional appeal

directly to Megan and his son. All I am asking is for one of you

to make a call or send an e-mail to let us know that you are safe. We

are all... We are all here for you both. We just need to hear from you.

Please, please, get in contact. The pair have not been seen since

last Thursday evening. This is when they were pictured on a cross-

Channel ferry to France. A European a West warrant now means that where

there Jeremy Frost is found, he can be detained by the local

authorities and Maginn can be taken into custody.

These orders enable us to work with European authorities and are in

relation to an offence of child abduction. This means taking Megan

without the consent of her parents. It took five days for the European

arrest warrant to be issued. Sussex police explained today that they

had been working on the hypothesis that the pair might come home on

Sunday night as they had a return ferry ticket, and that until the

pair failed to return, it was unlikely that they would have been

able to secure a warrant. Police investigations were already

ongoing here in the UK over the weekend, though. Now the priority

is for the wider public across Europe to be made aware of the

A hospital in Staffordshire has revealed that two premature babies

died at its neonatal intensive care unit in July after contracting a

rare infection. The unit at the University Hospital of North

Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent was closed to new admissions after the

deaths, while it was cleaned and disinfected.

The Spanish Government has announced a new round of austerity

measures in the latest attempt to tackle the country's spiralling

debts. It wants to save a further 40 billion euros. The proposals

come on top of existing austerity measures which have already brought

tens of thousands of Spaniards on to the streets in recent days. Our

Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt, is in Madrid. As we've just seen, a

hugely unpopular, these measures. What's the Prime Minister there

trying to achieve? Well, George, I think the big headline is that

Spain is going to try and make savings of 40 billion euros over

the next year. Every ministry will have to find cuts of about 9% in

order to to bring down the deficit. This is a budget aimed at different

people. Firstly it is aimed at the protesters gathering here on the

streets in recent days. There are thousands elsewhere out on the

streets in the city tonight. Some of them had expected that pensions

might be frozen. In fact they are going to go up slightly. But by the

end of the year the retirement age will have also gone up. This is

also about getting tough now rather than getting tough later in the

event of Spain requiring a general bail-out. And that big question is

to whether this country will need an outside rescue has not been

resolved today George. Gavin, thank you.

Our top story tonight: John Terry gets a four-match ban and a fine of

more than �200,000 from the FA for racial abuse.

Coming up: You've found me out! Magna Carta literally means the

great charter. David Cameron gets a late night history lesson on a US

The NHS in England is on "high alert" to avoid a major failing in

patient care during its massive reorganisation, so says the man

responsible for implementing the reforms. David Nicholson said it

was a "significant challenge" because of the scale of the changes

that are under way. He was speaking to BBC News on a day of special

coverage of the NHS. Here's our health correspondent, Branwen

Jeffreys. Changing from top to bottom. The biggest upheaval nfr

the NHS in England. And this man should know. He's got to make sure

it is ready by next April. Make sure while the NHS is in turmoil

and facing big financial pressures that no-one forgets about patients

or allows a major failure of care. We are absolutely alert to this. I

would say the NHS is on high alert in relation to the potential for

quality problems as we go through the transition. And he told me

they'll step in if the new GP-led groups get into trouble. We will

intervene if we believe things are going off track. Obviously to

protect local populations and patients, so we can do anything

from putting other people into the group to run it on our behalf. We

have those powers of intervention and we will use them if necessary.

When Gow to see your GP they decide if you need extra treatment. That

might be a hospital operation or some tests. At the moment, local

NHS managers decide if it is something they will pay for. From

next April, some GPs in every area will take on that job as well as

seeing patients. They'll manage the budget and plan healthcare in every

community. A new NHS commissioning board is being set up to make sure

that the health service in England sticks to its budget overall and

delivers all the care that patients need. The NHS will face greater

competition to provide treatment from private companies and

charities. A regulator is meant to make sure that competition is fair.

In Dorset the GPs know there are big challenges ahead. They are

taking over as the NHS faces up to the future. People over 08 are the

fastest growing group in the population here. That means more

elderly people living with long- term health problems. The biggest

challenge for the NHS. The question is whether the changes

being made by the coalition to the health system will leave it better

or worse equipped to deal with that. Doctor and are you Rutland is

spending a day a week as a manager. One of the GPs who will plan what

the NHS needs locally. The rest of the time he sees patients. Some

doctors are worried that that creates a conflict. He believes it

will lead to better decisions. it is something that's good for the

patients it is probably the right thing to be thinking of. We are the

people who know the patients best. The new Health Secretary is likely

to signal a change in style but not any major shift in policy. One

challenge will be dealing with NHS staff angry about pay and pensions.

Some also deeply oppose these changes. He may hope to take the

NHS out of the headlines, but that's going to be hard, say health

experts. This could be a bumpy couple of years for the NHS. As it

tries to find major savings. It is going to be a very risky time with

the reorganisation and the money cut back. The key thing there is to

scrutinise quality and make sure there are no parties of the country

that seem to be going off, with respect to offering quality of care.

So patients may not see much visible change now. The real test

will be the quality of their care after this upheaval.

So that's the picture for the NHS in England, but what about in other

areas of the UK? In a moment we'll hear from Hywel Griffith on

developments in Wales and Mark Simpson on what is going on in

Northern Ireland. But first, here's Lorna Gordon on changes to the NHS

in Scotland. �1 billion and more than 1,000 beds. Glasgow's newest

hospital paid for entirely from the public purse. Scotland has

regeneraled the greater use of the private sector that Westminster has

pursued. The focus here encouraging collaboration. Integrating health

and social care to deal with the complex challenges of an ageing

population. It could lead to more centres like this, with doctors,

nurses and social workers working under one roof and sharing a budget.

The aim. To. Keep people out of hospital and in their homes. It is

going to be cheaper than keeping people inappropriately in acute

fair. It is better for that visit. It is not good place to be. With

Scotland's population growing older, pressure on budgets and services

set to increase. Doing nothing is not an option.

Patients with placards. They've become a familiar sight across

Wales. As the NHS here tries to centralise its services. Small

cottage hospitals have been earmarked for closure. Some

patients may need to travel further for treatment. The health budget

here hasn't been protected against inflation, which means that a cut

in spending is deeper than any other part of the UK. While the

role of doctors isn't changing in Wales, they are under unprecedented

pressure to save money. Up to �1 billion over four years across the

Welsh NHS. The Welsh Assembly Government has focused its

attention on trying to secure quality and using the financial

squeeze as a catalyst for recon fishing. The Welsh Government

insists that its reforms stick to the founding principles of the NHS,

but it faces a battle to persuade its public.

The most modern hospital in Europe, recently opened in County Fermanagh.

Complete with en suite rooms for every patient, but big changes are

coming in Northern Ireland. A push towards health centres and

community care. The population may be growing, but the budget is

limited. An independent review has recommended cutting the number of

acute hospitals in half. Politicians in particular are being

asked to educate the public, set aside short-term electoral gains

for the long term needs of the population here. Health and social

care is integrated in Northern Ireland. One of the most popular

new policies here was the introduction two years ago of free

prescriptions, but now there's a rethink. Some charge may be

reintroduced. Like everywhere else in the UK, priorities are changing

and budgets are tightening. For more details on the challenges

facing the health services and the Government reforms, you can go to

bbc.co.uk/nhs. David Cameron has become the first

sitting British Prime Minister to appear on the Late Show with David

Letterman in New York. The show is an American cultural institution. A

series of questions on British history revealed a few gaps in his

knowledge. Ladies and gentlemen, the British Prime Minister, David

Cameron. APPLAUSE When you appear on a humorous chat

show you do your homework. David Cameron had prepared for questions

about Andrew Mitchell, Boris Johnson and the state of the

coalition. What he had not expected was this. So what's the deal on

Wales? How many people you do represent then this total? When was

the Magna Carta signed? By and large he aquilted himself quite

well and then it went rather wrong. Rule Britannia, written by whom?

Um... Elgar, I will go for. literal translation is what, you

have Magna... Again you were testing me, um... Boy, it would be

good if you knew this. LAUGHTER You've found me out. No, good

heavens! Magna Carta literally means great charter. Rule Britannia,

which is a beautiful refrain based on a poem by James Thomson. Are you

familiar with James Thomson? I am now. Quite what the 3 million

watching Americans made of it is not known, but those in the

audience were impressed.? I thought he was very well-spoken and relaxed

and entertaining. He did a great job. I really like him. This guy's

cool. This guy's aim on the show was to bang the drum on British

business, just as it is in Brazil, where the Prime Minister was on

saver ground. How did he think he had done. I'm a history obsessive

so I'm sorry I didn't do better. I think when I get home and do my

children's homework I will have to sit down and do some extra myself.

David Cameron returns home from Brazil tomorrow. He is probably

hoping the border staff don't ask him to do a citizenship test at the

airport. airport.

Time for the weather now with Helen wellets. The weather's been a

little kinder to us today. We do have this weather front bringing

rain tonight and tomorrow, but it does look as if it will be a fairly

patchy affair. For many of us a decent day through the course of

tomorrow. There's still a few showers to

contend with this evening in England. We've got patchy rain in

eastern Scotland. But the main player, this weather front, will

bring patchy rain across Scotland, By the end of the Even the north-

west of England and Wales. Hopefully the graphics will be

moving for you swiftly. Tonight, Milder than last What about the

prospects for tomorrow? It will be a milder night for most of us.

Tomorrow as we start with the rain in the north of England, a grey

start for some of us compared with this morning. It should be

brightening up. The big player tomorrow will be the wind in the

north. We are forecasting autumnal gales for the high lainds and

islands of Scotland. With potent showers. There'll be showers into

the afternoon across the south. It will tend to cloud over in southern

areas after a dry start. One or two showers. An improving picture in

the south-west of England in the afternoon, and Wales. More showers

than today but improving in the afternoon. A breezier picture as

well. The breezes will carry the showers into the north of Wales,

and into parts of the north-west of England. More showers than today in

Northern Ireland as well. It won't feel so pleasant here. Given the

strength of the wind, a blustery old day in Scotland. Heavier

showers will filter across Scotland through the day, there could be

hail and thunder as well. By Saturday, we've got brisk winds and

showers in the north and a cold start. Otherwise a really nice day.