:00:07. > :00:12.Let down by the legal system - after the Savile scandal David
:00:12. > :00:14.Cameron calls for a change in the way abuse victims are dealt with.
:00:14. > :00:17.The cases of four women who complained to the police about
:00:17. > :00:25.Jimmy Savile before he died will be reviewed, but should other agencies
:00:25. > :00:28.have been told? The Government will do everything it can do. Other
:00:28. > :00:30.institutions must do what they can do to make sure we learn the
:00:30. > :00:33.lessons of this and it can never happen again.
:00:33. > :00:39.Charities say their help lines haven't stopped ringing since the
:00:39. > :00:43.Savile scandal went public - hundreds of new claims about abuse.
:00:43. > :00:46.It has only been in the past few weeks that I have really spoken
:00:46. > :00:49.about it. In fact, it's only then that my husband knows exactly what
:00:49. > :00:51.happened. Also in tonight's programme:
:00:51. > :00:54.A police chief embroiled in the Hillsborough controversy resigns.
:00:55. > :00:59.Victims' families claim Sir Norman Bettison took part in a cover-up -
:01:00. > :01:03.a charge he denies. Cutting through the confusion over
:01:03. > :01:07.what's good and not so good in our food - a new labelling system.
:01:07. > :01:14.The funeral for a mother and five children killed in a house fire -
:01:14. > :01:17.hundreds of mourners join her husband who survived alone.
:01:18. > :01:22.An angry Bradley Wiggins hits out at the damage done to cycling by
:01:22. > :01:26.the drugs cheats. We're the ones picking the pieces up now very much
:01:26. > :01:36.so, and - and having to, I suppose, convince people that the sport has
:01:36. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:03.changed, and - it's difficult to Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:02:03. > :02:06.News at 6.00pm. David Cameron has called for a re-think in the way
:02:06. > :02:14.sex abuse cases are dealt with in the wake of the Jimmy Savile
:02:14. > :02:16.scandal. The Director of Public Prosecutions is to look at whether
:02:16. > :02:20.other agencies, such as social services, should be alerted when
:02:20. > :02:22.sex abuse complaints are made but not taken to court. A file covering
:02:22. > :02:26.four women who did take their allegations against Jimmy Savile to
:02:26. > :02:31.the police three years ago is to be reviewed. Our home editor Mark
:02:31. > :02:34.Easton has this report. Three years ago four women found
:02:34. > :02:38.the courage to tell police how Jimmy Savile had sexually abused
:02:38. > :02:43.them in the 1970s. Two had been children at the Duncroft Approved
:02:43. > :02:46.School in Surrey. Another was a young teenage patient at Stoke
:02:46. > :02:49.Mandeville Hospital. Officers in Surrey sent a file to prosecutors.
:02:49. > :02:55.Jimmy Savile was still alive, but because the victim felt unable to
:02:55. > :02:58.talk about their experiences in court, the matter was dropped.
:02:58. > :03:01.think my honourable friend makes a very important point. Today in the
:03:01. > :03:05.Commons, the Prime Minister demanded prosecutors look back at
:03:05. > :03:09.exactly what happened to the victims and why their stories ended
:03:09. > :03:12.up forgotten in a file. Director of Public Prosecutions
:03:12. > :03:15.specifically is going to consider what more can be done to alert
:03:16. > :03:19.relevant authorities where there are concerns that a prosecution is
:03:19. > :03:21.not taken forward. Government will do everything it can do. Other
:03:22. > :03:27.institutions must do what they can do to make sure we learn the
:03:27. > :03:31.lessons of this and it can never happen again. Another of Savile's
:03:31. > :03:34.victims raped as a young girl in 1970 has revealed how she also
:03:34. > :03:39.summoned up the nerve to tell police what happened, but nothing
:03:39. > :03:44.ever came of it. They were not very interested, really. They just
:03:44. > :03:48.thought I was - they didn't call me a nutter exactly because I didn't
:03:48. > :03:53.appear to be, but I didn't feel I was believed. It has sort of
:03:53. > :03:57.haunted me, quite literally. It's depressed me. It's made me feel
:03:57. > :04:00.disgusted with myself. Today the Director of Public Prosecutions,
:04:00. > :04:10.Keir Starmer, confirmed he was ready to look at how his
:04:10. > :04:19.
:04:20. > :04:23.organisation can ensure victims The scandal has encouraged victims
:04:23. > :04:28.of sexual abuse to come forward. This help line has received
:04:28. > :04:30.thousands of calls, and Scotland Yard's own inquiry into Savile has
:04:30. > :04:34.now identified over 200 potential victims.
:04:34. > :04:39.TRANSLATION: It has only been in the past few weeks that I've really
:04:39. > :04:43.spoken about it. In fact, it's only then that my husband actually knows
:04:43. > :04:46.exactly what's happened. The Savile scandal has spawned a whole series
:04:46. > :04:50.of inquiries and investigations - at Scotland Yard, within the NHS
:04:50. > :04:54.and of course here at the BBC, and today despite suggestions that she
:04:54. > :04:58.was questioning the independence of the BBC, the Culture Secretary
:04:58. > :05:03.stood by a statement that there are real public concerns about trust in
:05:03. > :05:06.the corporation. These are very serious allegations, and it's
:05:06. > :05:12.absolutely right that the Government reflects the deep level
:05:12. > :05:15.of public concern. What's important now is that the inquiries that are
:05:15. > :05:21.already working in look at these allegations are able to continue to
:05:21. > :05:24.do so and get to the bottom of these problems. A Savile scandal
:05:24. > :05:28.has forced some British institutions to shine a light on to
:05:28. > :05:32.the dark corners of their past and presence. One consequence may be a
:05:32. > :05:36.change in the way we treat those who say they have been victims of
:05:36. > :05:39.sexual abuse. And mark's with me now. Mark, you
:05:39. > :05:44.talked about forgotten files in your report. How much of a change
:05:44. > :05:47.is David Cameron asking for? course, systems do already exist.
:05:47. > :05:49.Certainly in England and Wales since the Soham tragedy a decade
:05:50. > :05:53.ago police, for instance, are already required to pass on
:05:53. > :05:56.allegation that are made to them even if they don't go to court to
:05:57. > :06:01.social services and to other agencies, but I think what we're
:06:01. > :06:04.seeing now is a determination that where you have an individual who
:06:04. > :06:08.has hundreds of victims - a predatory sex offender with
:06:08. > :06:12.hundreds of victims across the country, crimes over several
:06:12. > :06:17.decades, that that individual cannot slip through the fingers of
:06:17. > :06:20.the system, and I think what we're seeing here is a determination that
:06:20. > :06:23.we must do everything we can to ensure the systems are in place,
:06:23. > :06:26.and if there's one good thing that might come out of this ghastly
:06:26. > :06:30.affair, it is that victims feel they have the confidence to tell
:06:30. > :06:32.their stories. All right, Mark, thank you very much. Thank you.
:06:32. > :06:35.The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Sir Norman Bettison, has
:06:35. > :06:38.resigned. Sir Norman has been under pressure since an independent
:06:38. > :06:42.report accused police of trying to cover-up their failings in the
:06:43. > :06:45.aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster. He was Chief Inspector of
:06:45. > :06:47.South Yorkshire Police at the time and has always denied any
:06:48. > :06:53.wrongdoing. Our correspondent Judith Moritz is at the West
:06:53. > :06:57.Yorkshire Police Authority in Wakefield.
:06:58. > :07:00.Judith? Yes, that's right, and George, the Police Authority here
:07:00. > :07:05.were planning to meet this afternoon too discuss the future of
:07:05. > :07:08.their Chief Constable in the event that meeting was unnecessary
:07:08. > :07:12.because Sir Norman Bettison pre- empted it when he resigned this
:07:12. > :07:15.morning. He's been in the spotlight in recent weeks since the
:07:15. > :07:19.publication of the Hillsborough independent report. Today he said
:07:19. > :07:25.that having resigned, he will continue to cooperate with the
:07:25. > :07:28.investigations which are ongoing into his behaviour. Until today,
:07:28. > :07:32.Sir Norman Bettison was the most senior serving police officer to
:07:32. > :07:36.have been connected with Hillsborough. There's been much
:07:36. > :07:40.recent criticism about his role in the disaster's aftermath. Today he
:07:40. > :07:43.resigned, saying that had become a distraction to policing in West
:07:43. > :07:47.Yorkshire. There was no sign of Sir Norman at his home earlier
:07:47. > :07:52.following news that the county's Police Authority had accepted his
:07:52. > :07:56.decision to go. As an individual, he's led the command team with
:07:56. > :07:59.distinction, so in that sense, he's done everything right. This
:07:59. > :08:02.business of Hillsborough - the problems of Hillsborough - is
:08:02. > :08:08.something which we didn't really know a lot about, but it's come
:08:08. > :08:12.back, and it's come back and bitten him. 96 Liverpool supporters were
:08:12. > :08:16.fatally crushed at the Hillsborough ground in Sheffield in 1989. A
:08:16. > :08:19.recent independent report found that South Yorkshire Police ran a
:08:19. > :08:23.campaign to blame the fans, and it revealed that Sir Norman, who was
:08:23. > :08:25.then a Chief Inspector, was involved in that mission. He's
:08:25. > :08:30.always denied this, but he is now the subject of two investigations
:08:30. > :08:34.by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. This week at
:08:34. > :08:38.a parliamentary debate on Hillsborough, Merseyside MP Maria
:08:38. > :08:43.Eagle alleged that in 1989 Sir Norman had told a night school
:08:43. > :08:47.course mate that he was involved in a smear campaign. "He told me he'd
:08:47. > :08:51.been asked by senior officers to put together the South Yorkshire
:08:51. > :08:55.Police evidence for the forthcoming inquiry." He said that, and I quote,
:08:55. > :08:59."We are trying to concoct a story that all the Liverpool fans were
:08:59. > :09:04.drunk, and we were afraid they were going to break down the gates, so
:09:04. > :09:14.we decided to open them." Today Sir Norman said he refutes that report
:09:14. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:23.of a conversation 23 years ago, The Hillsborough campaign groups
:09:23. > :09:26.have long wanted Sir Norman Bettison to go. In 1998 they
:09:26. > :09:30.protested when he was made Chief Constable of Merseyside. Today they
:09:30. > :09:34.welcomed his decision to resign, but would like to see further
:09:34. > :09:38.sanctions. If the allegations that we have made against him - if they
:09:38. > :09:42.are found to be true, that he loses his knighthood and also his
:09:42. > :09:45.fellowship from Liverpool University. Sir Norman may have
:09:45. > :09:48.left public office, but as several high-profile investigations now get
:09:48. > :09:54.under way, he'll continue to be linked with the Hillsborough
:09:54. > :09:56.disaster. Britain is heading for a
:09:56. > :09:59.confrontation with the European Court of Human Rights tonight over
:09:59. > :10:02.the controversial issue of votes for convicted prisoners. It follows
:10:02. > :10:05.David Cameron's insistence today that he remains opposed to the idea.
:10:05. > :10:07.Earlier, the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, had warned of the
:10:07. > :10:16.potential damage to the UK's international reputation if it
:10:16. > :10:19.defies the court. Here's our deputy political editor James Landale.
:10:19. > :10:22.When you're thrown in here for your crime, you lose your freedom, but
:10:22. > :10:27.should you lose your vote as well? Today the Prime Minister said yes,
:10:27. > :10:30.and it should stay that way. House of Commons has voted against
:10:30. > :10:34.prisoners having the vote. I don't want prisoners to have the vote,
:10:34. > :10:38.and they shouldn't get the vote. I'm very clear about that. No-one
:10:38. > :10:42.should be in any doubt - prisoners are not getting the vote under this
:10:42. > :10:46.Government. His problem is that the European Court of Human Rights
:10:46. > :10:51.thinks otherwise. The judges here in Strasbourg say the UK's blanket
:10:52. > :10:54.ban on prisoner voting breachs the European Convention on Human Rights,
:10:54. > :10:58.and they have given the Government until next month to say how it's
:10:58. > :11:02.going to change the law. The trouble for David Cameron is if he
:11:02. > :11:04.refuses prisoners the vote his chief legal officer says Britain's
:11:04. > :11:09.reputation will be damaged. United Kingdom has always been seen
:11:09. > :11:13.as a role model in years of international law as to how we go
:11:13. > :11:17.about our business. The issue, it seems to me is whether the United
:11:17. > :11:22.Kingdom wishes to be in breach of its international obligations, and
:11:23. > :11:26.what that does reputationly for the United Kingdom. But most MPs here
:11:26. > :11:29.are much less worried about breaking international law. There
:11:29. > :11:32.is overwhelming opposition to giving prisoners the vote on all
:11:32. > :11:35.sides of the Commons, and David Cameron may try to use that
:11:35. > :11:41.opposition in a fresh vote to give himself political cover for defying
:11:41. > :11:45.the court. But that could come at some cost. John Hurst was jailed
:11:45. > :11:49.for 25 years for killing a woman with an axe, but when the European
:11:49. > :11:51.Court ruled he should have had the right to vote, thousands of other
:11:52. > :11:56.prisoners lodged claims for compensation. These measures may
:11:56. > :12:00.well be popular, but in the end, the Prime Minister will be forced
:12:00. > :12:05.to give some prisoners the vote, and in the interim, he'll be forced
:12:05. > :12:07.to pay compensation and get his chequebook out. The bottom line is,
:12:07. > :12:10.who should make policy in this country - the Parliament in
:12:10. > :12:15.Westminster or a court in France? And for now, the Prime Minister
:12:15. > :12:17.appears to have made his choice. The threat of a terror attack on
:12:17. > :12:20.Great Britain from dissident Republican groups in Northern
:12:20. > :12:24.Ireland has been downgraded. The Home Office now says an attack from
:12:24. > :12:27.groups like the Real IRA is possible, but not likely. However,
:12:27. > :12:34.the threat from such groups within Northern Ireland remains severe,
:12:34. > :12:37.meaning an attack there is highly likely.
:12:37. > :12:41.A 17th person has been convicted in connection with the killing of 15-
:12:41. > :12:46.year-old Sofyen Belamouadden at a London station. Junior Bayode, who
:12:46. > :12:51.is 19, was found guilty of manslaughter. Sofyen was stabbed to
:12:51. > :12:55.death during a gang fight in Victoria station in 2010.
:12:55. > :12:59.A ruling by the Supreme Court could pave the way for thousands of women
:12:59. > :13:01.to bring equal pay claims. The court decided that a group of
:13:01. > :13:04.former Birmingham City Council employees, including cooks,
:13:04. > :13:07.cleaners and care staff, could have their cases heard in the civil
:13:07. > :13:09.courts. The council had argued that their case should have been heard
:13:09. > :13:18.at an employment tribunal. Here's our industry correspondent John
:13:18. > :13:23.Moylan. Equal pay for equal work - it's
:13:23. > :13:28.been the law for decades, but too often women's remuneration has been
:13:28. > :13:36.out of step with men. In recent years councils have faced a wave of
:13:36. > :13:41.equal pay claims. Now there could be more to come. These women worked
:13:41. > :13:45.for Birmingham City Council. Today they won the right to challenge its
:13:45. > :13:49.pay regime, despite having retired years ago. One of them, Joan Clulow,
:13:49. > :13:55.spent most of her working life caring for the elderly and the ill
:13:55. > :13:59.as a home help. She believes she was unfairly treated. Upset,
:13:59. > :14:03.obviously, you know, and gutted because, I mean, we worked as hard
:14:03. > :14:07.as they probably did. You can't blame the men. I don't blame the
:14:07. > :14:10.men at all. It's the council at the end of the day how they treat
:14:10. > :14:15.people. It's wrong. You know, we should all be equal. In the Supreme
:14:15. > :14:20.Court, Birmingham City Council argued that equal pay cases should
:14:20. > :14:24.be heard in Employment Tribunals where your right to claim expires
:14:24. > :14:27.six months after leaving your job, but the court disagreed, which
:14:27. > :14:31.means the claims may now be heard in civil courts, which have a six-
:14:31. > :14:33.year time limit. Previously when they have tried to make an equal
:14:33. > :14:37.pay claim they have been told they're out of time because the
:14:37. > :14:41.time limit was six months. This judgment means they can wait six
:14:41. > :14:44.years to bring their claim. If they find out within that period they
:14:44. > :14:48.can get the compensation they're owed. The council already faces a
:14:48. > :14:52.liability of hundreds of millions of pounds linked to pay cases. In a
:14:52. > :14:55.statement, it said that it was reviewing the judgment in detail
:14:55. > :15:00.before considering its options going forward. So this decision by
:15:00. > :15:05.the Supreme Court should mean that thousands more people can take
:15:05. > :15:15.equal pay cases against their former employer. If, of course,
:15:15. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:22.they can prove that they were paid At top story. After the Jimmy
:15:22. > :15:27.Savile scandal, David Cameron calls for a change in the way abuse
:15:27. > :15:32.victims are dealt with. And how we could benefit from a Belgian scheme
:15:32. > :15:38.to low energy bills. In the business news, is it the end
:15:38. > :15:48.of the road for a motoring icon? Ford plans to close a factory. And
:15:48. > :15:51.
:15:51. > :15:56.Argos ditches catalogues to go A new food labelling system is set
:15:56. > :16:01.to be introduced next year to provide shoppers with information
:16:01. > :16:04.on the fat, sugar and salt content of food. The system will be
:16:04. > :16:10.voluntary but the Government says it is confident most supermarkets
:16:10. > :16:14.are wrong board. For shoppers deciphering food
:16:14. > :16:18.labels can be confusing and frustrating, but after years of
:16:18. > :16:23.discussions, the Government has decided to introduce a single
:16:23. > :16:28.standard label for foods across the UK. It is ridiculous it has taken
:16:28. > :16:32.this long to get in place but if it is done right with tough standards,
:16:32. > :16:38.the labels will make it easier for customers to choose the healthier
:16:38. > :16:40.options. It has not been decided how the label will look but the
:16:40. > :16:48.proposal is for it to include information on guideline daily
:16:48. > :16:58.amounts, a colour-coded traffic- light system and the words high,
:16:58. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:04.medium and low in terms of calories. We have seen problems of obesity
:17:04. > :17:10.linked to heart disease. Diet plays an important part in preventing
:17:10. > :17:15.disease and the treatment of those conditions. The fight to have the
:17:15. > :17:19.labels has been won with the supermarket signing up to it for
:17:19. > :17:25.their own brands but convincing manufacturers of foods like this to
:17:25. > :17:29.do the same is where the toughest battle lies. The manufacturers
:17:29. > :17:33.objected and dragged their feet and it is not acceptable. The
:17:33. > :17:37.Government must make sure they fall in line. Why the manufacturers are
:17:37. > :17:42.not going there traffic-light labels may have something to do
:17:42. > :17:49.with the fact they do not want the public to know how unhealthy their
:17:49. > :17:53.products might be. The food and drink association insists members
:17:53. > :17:57.provide clear nutritional information and answer UK-wide
:17:57. > :18:02.scheme might not be suitable for a European and global brands. For
:18:02. > :18:06.many shoppers like David in Scotland, it is not the label that
:18:06. > :18:10.counts but the price. You might want to have something healthy but
:18:10. > :18:15.if it costs more, and you do not have the money to buy it, you eat
:18:15. > :18:19.something that might have something you might not want to put in your
:18:19. > :18:24.body or not eat at all. The Government is determined to push
:18:24. > :18:28.ahead. It says it is confident a new easy to resist and will be
:18:29. > :18:32.brought in by next summer. There are fears that hundreds of
:18:32. > :18:38.workers at the Ford Transit factory in Southampton could lose their
:18:38. > :18:42.jobs. An announcement about the plant's future is likely tomorrow.
:18:42. > :18:52.This form -- this morning, Ford announced a factory in Belgium will
:18:52. > :18:57.close with the loss of 4000 jobs as part of restructuring. This is a
:18:57. > :19:03.difficult few hours for the workers, what can you tell us?
:19:03. > :19:08.Ford made no comment on plans for this factory. It is expected
:19:08. > :19:13.workers will be told there are proposals to close it. Unions will
:19:13. > :19:18.meet the company tomorrow. Ford will tomorrow set out details about
:19:18. > :19:22.restructuring plans for Europe, which lies behind this. We know
:19:22. > :19:28.they want to close a plant in Belgium with the loss of over 4000
:19:28. > :19:34.jobs. This plant is the last in the UK to build complete vehicles. They
:19:34. > :19:40.have made the Transit van since 1972 A. In recent years capacity
:19:40. > :19:44.has been scaled back. There is one shift working and 500 employees and
:19:44. > :19:48.the question now is for how much longer?
:19:48. > :19:52.The funeral of a doctor and her five children who died in a house
:19:52. > :19:57.fire has taken place in Essex. Sabah Usmani and three children
:19:57. > :20:03.were killed in a fire, the other two died in hospital. Their father,
:20:03. > :20:07.Dr Abdul Shakoor, who survived, was joined by hundreds of mourners at
:20:07. > :20:12.the Harlow Islamic Centre. The grief of a husband and father.
:20:12. > :20:17.Dr Abdul Shakoor at the head of a procession to the cemetery to bury
:20:17. > :20:24.his family. Hundreds from the community came to support him. They
:20:24. > :20:31.followed behind six hearses carrying the bodies of his wife and
:20:31. > :20:36.five children. Their mother, Sohaib, 11, and Rayyan, six, and daughter
:20:36. > :20:41.Hira, 13 and Muneeb, nine, and daughter Maheen, three dying as a
:20:41. > :20:45.result of the fire that swept through their home. Members of the
:20:45. > :20:49.emergency services who attended what was described as an horrific
:20:49. > :20:54.scene also came to pay their respects. Among the turnout one
:20:54. > :21:00.many who had not even met the family. It is a demonstration of
:21:00. > :21:05.how moved people have been by this tragedy. Any family, in Harlow,
:21:05. > :21:11.London, where we are, we are touched by this. This could happen
:21:11. > :21:18.to us, and the loss of family members, that is something we can
:21:18. > :21:22.share and understand. Wednesday lunchtime prayers usually attract a
:21:22. > :21:30.handful to the Islamic Centre. Today it was packed for a special
:21:30. > :21:39.service. Muslims and some of those who tried to save the wife and
:21:39. > :21:45.children. It is not known what caused the fire. Investigators are
:21:45. > :21:49.awaiting results of forensic analysis.
:21:49. > :21:54.How would you like to save several hundred pounds here on your energy
:21:54. > :22:04.bill? Consumer groups believe a scheme in Belgium and Netherlands
:22:04. > :22:06.
:22:06. > :22:12.could work for households in the UK. In peace for historic Bruges, there
:22:12. > :22:18.is an uprising going on. -- peaceable. People are challenging
:22:18. > :22:23.energy companies to bring down prices. This mother and her family
:22:23. > :22:31.are leading the charge. A few months ago, their energy bill was
:22:31. > :22:39.400 euros, about �320 a month. Now it is a fraction of that. This is
:22:39. > :22:47.your old Bill? Mike Oldfield, 402 euros, I paid every month -- that
:22:47. > :22:55.is my old Bill. And I went to pay and 79.8 T8 every month. A massive
:22:55. > :22:58.difference. -- 79.88. A out on the streets, groups like this one and
:22:58. > :23:04.local authorities encourage householders to negotiate together.
:23:04. > :23:08.In meetings across Belgium, they have helped thousands signed up to
:23:08. > :23:12.collective switching. This person got together with thousands of
:23:13. > :23:18.others to demand the cheapest rate. And then they switched to the
:23:18. > :23:22.energy company offering the best deal. This energy revolution was
:23:22. > :23:27.first pioneered in Belgium and in neighbouring Netherlands three of
:23:27. > :23:32.four years ago. In that short space of time, the bills for hundreds of
:23:32. > :23:40.thousands of customers have been dramatically cut. And there are
:23:40. > :23:43.signs that it could be on the verge of taking hold in Britain. Indeed,
:23:43. > :23:49.the consumer organisation Which? Held the first collective switch in
:23:49. > :23:53.the UK earlier this year. Now several local authorities as well
:23:53. > :23:57.as consumer organisations are pursuing the idea. A lot of people
:23:57. > :24:03.do not want to switch because it is complicated and they are frightened
:24:03. > :24:08.and this takes that away. With the collective switching we have seen
:24:08. > :24:14.savings. We think it is a positive thing all round. Sun fear it could
:24:14. > :24:21.lead to higher prices for those who do not take part. In Belgium, the
:24:21. > :24:26.energy regulator and many customers can only see benefits.
:24:26. > :24:35.Bradley Wiggins has spoken out about cycling's doping crisis as
:24:36. > :24:41.the route of the Tour de France is -- unveiled. It will be the 100th
:24:41. > :24:47.anniversary. Today's ceremony comes after Lance Armstrong was stripped
:24:48. > :24:52.of his seven Tour victories. Unveiled for the one hundredth time
:24:52. > :24:55.in its history, the route for the most gruelling race in cycling.
:24:55. > :25:01.While the riders know where they will be going, the direction their
:25:01. > :25:05.sport must take is unclear. Lance Armstrong was the greatest champion
:25:05. > :25:11.and until two days ago, when he was stripped of his seven titles and
:25:11. > :25:14.banned for life for doping. But it is the current champion who must
:25:14. > :25:19.face difficult questions. We are the ones picking up the pieces,
:25:19. > :25:27.very much so. And having to convince people the sport has
:25:27. > :25:32.changed. It is difficult to convince some people because of the
:25:32. > :25:37.precedent that has been set and is ingrained. I have no answer how to
:25:37. > :25:42.do that, other than going out and doing what I am doing.
:25:42. > :25:49.disgracing the sport he graced, Lance Armstrong has left the sport
:25:49. > :25:53.in crisis. For the sake of cycling, he is urged to come clean. The few
:25:53. > :25:59.have done something, can best. It is not fair I have to sit and
:25:59. > :26:09.answer questions. It is up to everyone who has been involved with
:26:09. > :26:10.
:26:10. > :26:14.anything that can damage my career, the sport I love, it is frustrating.
:26:14. > :26:19.The effort to repair the tainted image is being led by the British.
:26:19. > :26:28.Team Sky are conducting a review aimed at rooting out anybody who
:26:28. > :26:34.has doped in the past. Departures are anticipated. Staff riders who
:26:34. > :26:39.were writing in that time, so unfortunately, there will be losses
:26:40. > :26:44.the team will have to make in order to go forward. The arduous route
:26:44. > :26:47.announce today ends with a night- time finish on the Champs-Elysees.
:26:47. > :26:53.As the Tour de France attempts to celebrate its history and to look
:26:53. > :26:57.forward, it continues to be haunted by the past.
:26:57. > :27:01.by the past. That brings us to the weather.
:27:01. > :27:04.There is a brief cold snap on the way for the end of the week.
:27:05. > :27:09.Recently, temperatures have been close to the early September
:27:10. > :27:18.average. As we go through Friday and into Saturday, the temperatures
:27:18. > :27:22.will be reminiscent of December and early January. A lot of cloud
:27:22. > :27:29.around tonight across most parts, thick enough to give patchy rain
:27:29. > :27:34.across central and southern parts of England and Wales. A little bit
:27:34. > :27:37.of rain in northern Scotland. Temperatures still in double
:27:37. > :27:41.figures under the cloud further south. Cloud across the southern
:27:41. > :27:47.half of the UK tomorrow, but the further north you go, the better
:27:47. > :27:51.chance of sunny intervals. We can look at the afternoon, not terribly
:27:51. > :27:56.pleasant across the south-west of England and South Wales. Some
:27:56. > :28:03.outbreaks of rain around. It becomes drier as you head east into
:28:03. > :28:07.East Anglia. In the Midlands, some brightness, but more so across
:28:07. > :28:13.northern England and central and southern Scotland. Northern
:28:13. > :28:20.Scotland is beginning to turn colder. Just three degrees in some
:28:21. > :28:25.parts. Chilly wind coming in from the Arctic on Friday. Bringing some
:28:25. > :28:31.snow showers in Scotland. Perhaps as far south as the Lincolnshire
:28:31. > :28:37.coast. Temperatures say around six degrees in the North East, but it
:28:37. > :28:41.will feel closer to freezing. The start of the weekend will be cold,
:28:41. > :28:45.but dry and bright almost everywhere. On Sunday, the cloud
:28:45. > :28:47.thickens up and the wind will pick thickens up and the wind will pick
:28:47. > :28:52.up and we will see rain moving from the north-west.
:28:52. > :28:57.A reminder of the main news. After the Jimmy Savile scandal, David
:28:57. > :29:02.Cameron calls for a change in the way abuse victims are dealt with. A