:00:13. > :00:19.went on in Welsh children's homes for nearly 30 years. An enquiry
:00:19. > :00:25.finds evidence of systemic abuse at 18 homes, with nearly 150
:00:25. > :00:30.allegations. Police say they are on the hunt. We will always examine new
:00:30. > :00:35.information and evidence, and sick to bring them to justice for their
:00:35. > :00:39.crimes. Offenders should rightly have to look over their shoulder for
:00:39. > :00:42.the rest of their lives. We will ask how difficult it will be for the
:00:42. > :00:45.police to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice. Also
:00:45. > :00:51.tonight, three British men jailed in Dubai for drugs offences.
:00:51. > :00:55.David Cameron is to raise concerns over torture allegations. They won
:00:55. > :00:58.for the universal credit. A single payout for welfare
:00:58. > :01:02.claimants in parts of Greater Manchester. The rest of the country
:01:02. > :01:10.will follow. The collapse of Europe's words macro population.
:01:10. > :01:14.Now the EU steps in with a ban on some pesticides -- Euro -- Europe's
:01:14. > :01:24.bee population. Bradley Wiggins hopes to be the first Briton to win
:01:24. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:42.the next event before attempted to Welcome to the BBC News at six.
:01:42. > :01:48.Police investigating allegations of child abuse in care homes in North
:01:48. > :01:51.Wales say it was serious and systemic. The allegations, which
:01:51. > :01:55.cover three decades between 1962 and 1993, come from boys and girls who
:01:55. > :01:58.were as young as seven at the time. The chief constable of North Wales
:01:58. > :02:08.said the offenders would have to look back over their shoulders for
:02:08. > :02:09.
:02:09. > :02:13.the rest of their lives. It is a scandal of that refuses to
:02:13. > :02:17.subside. Despite a police investigation, an independent
:02:17. > :02:22.enquiry and a full public enquiry led by a judge, today we learnt that
:02:22. > :02:26.child abuse in North Wales children's homes was far more
:02:26. > :02:30.widespread than previously thought. The investigation is being given
:02:30. > :02:34.what it calls significant evidence of systemic and serious physical and
:02:34. > :02:43.sexual abuse of children at 18 different care homes across North
:02:43. > :02:47.Wales in a period from 1963 through June 1992. Today at North Wales
:02:47. > :02:51.police HQ in Colwyn Bay, the media gathered to hear what happens next
:02:51. > :02:56.in this long-running saga. The local chief constable told reporters that
:02:56. > :02:59.the passage of time did not reduce his resolve for achieving justice.
:02:59. > :03:03.People who commit serious sexual offences should live with the
:03:03. > :03:06.knowledge that we will always examine new information and evidence
:03:06. > :03:10.and seek to bring them to justice for their crimes. Offenders, quite
:03:10. > :03:16.rightly, will have to look over their shoulder for the rest of their
:03:16. > :03:21.lives. Watching today's events was Keith Gregory, one of those who says
:03:21. > :03:26.he was abused as a young boy while in care in North Wales. For him, it
:03:26. > :03:30.has been a day of hope and regret. There are 13 people I know of who
:03:30. > :03:36.have committed suicide. If this had been done earlier, we could have
:03:36. > :03:40.stopped some of them. For everybody's sake, I hope everything
:03:40. > :03:43.is done properly. The new investigation was ordered by the
:03:44. > :03:47.Home Secretary Theresa May after a BBC Newsnight report last November
:03:47. > :03:51.led to a Tory peer being falsely accused of paedophilia. But the
:03:51. > :03:55.report also alleged that the North Wales child abuse scandal involved
:03:55. > :03:59.far more people than had been acknowledged since allegations were
:03:59. > :04:04.first made of activities in this former home in Wrexham. Since the
:04:04. > :04:08.new enquiry was lodged, 140 new allegations of abuse have been made
:04:08. > :04:11.to police. 76 of the alleged victims have never spoken out before.
:04:11. > :04:17.Detectives have been given 84 names of people said to have abused
:04:17. > :04:25.children as young as seven. Regardless of the passage of time,
:04:25. > :04:30.people will be held to account. 40, 50 years after the fact, can you
:04:30. > :04:35.really get a case? We need to investigate those allegations are
:04:35. > :04:39.rarely. We will go where the evidence takes us. Turning
:04:39. > :04:42.allegations into convictions today often hinges on DNA evidence, but in
:04:42. > :04:48.cases stretching back half a century, such forensic evidence will
:04:48. > :04:52.be thin or non-existent. For 20 years, North Wales has been battered
:04:52. > :04:57.by allegations of appalling historic child abuse, official complacency
:04:57. > :05:01.and cover-up. The hope is that finally, justice can now be done. We
:05:01. > :05:07.can talk to Mark now. You raised this question yourself -
:05:07. > :05:11.realistically, what are the chances of getting convictions?
:05:11. > :05:15.authorities are stressing that victims will be believed. They are
:05:15. > :05:20.encouraging new victims to come forward. They say perpetrators will
:05:20. > :05:23.be taken to court. But the Crown Prosecution Service will only take
:05:23. > :05:28.on a case if they think there was sufficient evidence to achieve a
:05:28. > :05:34.conviction. They will also look at whether these cases are in the
:05:34. > :05:38.public interest. We are talking about cases that stretch back up to
:05:38. > :05:42.50 years. Hard evidence will be hard to come by, and witnesses will be
:05:42. > :05:49.questioned on the reliability of their testimony. Achieving justice
:05:49. > :05:52.for accusers and the accused will be far from straightforward.
:05:52. > :05:54.Three British men have been found guilty of drug offences in Dubai and
:05:54. > :06:00.jailed for four years each. Grant Cameron, Karl Williams and Suneet
:06:00. > :06:04.Jeerh claim they were tortured by police. David Cameron says he will
:06:04. > :06:07.raise the issue with the president of the United Arab Emirates, which
:06:07. > :06:13.includes Dubai, during his state visit to Britain, which starts
:06:13. > :06:19.tomorrow. More than nine months after arriving
:06:19. > :06:25.on holiday here in Dubai, Grant Cameron, along with his two
:06:25. > :06:29.friends, finally found out what their fate would be. Inside this
:06:29. > :06:35.court, they were convicted for taking illegal drugs and were
:06:35. > :06:40.sentenced to four years in prison. Grant's mother Tracey had little
:06:40. > :06:43.hope that they would be released, despite the allegations that they
:06:43. > :06:49.had been tortured by the Dubai police. She told me how Carl
:06:49. > :06:53.Williams had allegedly been singled out for the worst treatment. He was
:06:53. > :06:59.laid out on the bed. His trousers were stripped down and electric
:06:59. > :07:04.shocks were administered to his testicles while he was blindfolded.
:07:04. > :07:09.I believe all boys had guns helped to their head. They were told they
:07:09. > :07:13.were going to die. The dream holiday last July went wrong within a few
:07:13. > :07:20.days, when the police arrested the three men, accusing them of having
:07:20. > :07:23.more than a chilly gram of synthetic cannabis inside their car. Here at
:07:24. > :07:29.the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, they are making final
:07:29. > :07:34.preparations for the visit of their president to Britain, which starts
:07:34. > :07:40.tomorrow. The torture allegations could cast a shadow over the state
:07:40. > :07:44.visit of what is an important trade partner for Britain. While the
:07:44. > :07:49.authorities in the United Arab Emirates deny the allegations, the
:07:49. > :07:55.prime minister seems determined to get to the bottom of what happened.
:07:55. > :07:58.We want to see an independent enquiry into this. We will raise it
:07:58. > :08:06.during the visit. That could lift the hopes of these three men that
:08:06. > :08:10.they could soon be pardoned instead of spending years in prison.
:08:10. > :08:14.The Syrian prime minister has survived a bomb attack on his car in
:08:14. > :08:20.the capital, Damascus. State TV says Wael al-Halqi was not hurt in the
:08:20. > :08:24.blast. Unconfirmed reports say his bodyguard was killed.
:08:24. > :08:29.One of the biggest changes to Britain's welfare system became a
:08:29. > :08:32.reality today. The universal credit, a single monthly payment which
:08:32. > :08:35.replaces six separate benefits, is being rolled out in
:08:35. > :08:41.Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester. Eventually, 8 million
:08:41. > :08:46.people across the country are likely to claim the new benefit.
:08:46. > :08:56.A benefit system that encourages work, not dependency. That is the
:08:56. > :08:56.
:08:56. > :10:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 74 seconds
:10:11. > :10:16.stated aim of universal credit. Most claims will have to be made
:10:16. > :10:21.online. That is a worry for unemployed father Alan Daly.
:10:21. > :10:25.everyone is online. I have only just managed to go online. It is
:10:25. > :10:28.not something I have been interested in. Concerns have been
:10:28. > :10:32.raised about whether the Government's computer system will
:10:32. > :10:40.be able to handle the enormous complexity of Universal Credit.
:10:40. > :10:47.Labour says the scheme is late, over budget and not as radical as
:10:47. > :10:52.claimed. What we have is a small scheme, starting in the north-west.
:10:52. > :10:56.The social security budget is up �20 million more than forecast.
:10:56. > :11:01.Paying households all their money in one monthly instalment has led
:11:01. > :11:06.to concerns about budgeting. The Government thinks Universal Credit
:11:06. > :11:11.should be paid in the same way as salaries - preparing those on
:11:11. > :11:15.benefits for a life in work. And you can find out more about the
:11:15. > :11:24.new universal credit and how the changes must affect you on the BBC
:11:24. > :11:34.Two men have been found guilty of raping a 14-year-old boy, who was
:11:34. > :11:34.
:11:34. > :11:44.attacked in the toilets of a debenham's store. -- den ben hams
:11:44. > :11:45.
:11:46. > :11:53.store. They tried to hide their faces
:11:53. > :11:57.outside court. 42-year-old Alex Wilson Fletcher and this man, could
:11:57. > :12:01.not hide from the cameras the day they raped a schoolboy. Their faces
:12:01. > :12:06.were captured the moments before and after the assault. Both men
:12:06. > :12:11.cornered the teenager in the toilets of the Arndale Shopping
:12:11. > :12:17.Centre. They threatened him before forcing him out of the shopping
:12:17. > :12:21.centre into Debenhans N a toilet he was attacked and warned not to run
:12:21. > :12:28.or they could come after him. fact two grown men can go into a
:12:28. > :12:32.city centre, identify, pick out from a crowd and prey upon a 14-
:12:32. > :12:36.year-old boy and coerce him into going with them to another location,
:12:36. > :12:41.in order to attack him in the way they have attacked him, it just
:12:41. > :12:48.beggars belief to be honest. The attack happened last June,
:12:48. > :12:53.during a busy shopping day, and near to one of the busiest streets
:12:53. > :12:59.in Manchester. Market Street is packed with shoppers and packed can
:12:59. > :13:03.CCTV. Police used as many as they could to try and track down the
:13:03. > :13:08.attackers. Within 24 hours of these pictures being released, both men
:13:08. > :13:12.were arrested. You cannot move in our city centre without being on
:13:12. > :13:16.our cameras. If you are up to no good we will track you. The police
:13:16. > :13:20.will have the evidence and if need be you will be before the court.
:13:20. > :13:25.The teenager is said to be left devastated after what happened here.
:13:25. > :13:35.The two men will be sentenced in June. The judge told both men to
:13:35. > :13:43.
:13:43. > :13:46.A police enquiry finds evidence of systemic abuse at 18 care homes in
:13:47. > :13:52.Wales. Officers pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice. Still to
:13:52. > :14:01.come, what next for Sir Bradley? The country's knight in lycra plans
:14:01. > :14:04.his own Italian job. Coming up in Sportsday on the BBC News Channel, a
:14:04. > :14:08.second trainer faces an enquiry for giving racehorses banned steroids.
:14:08. > :14:18.Gerard Butler says he had been assured the substance did not breach
:14:18. > :14:20.
:14:20. > :14:25.rules. Their populations have been
:14:25. > :14:30.declining rapidly. These account for 18% of crop pollination is, so the
:14:30. > :14:33.fall in their numbers has alarmed some farmers and scientists. Today
:14:34. > :14:38.the European Union decided to ban free pesticides thought to harm
:14:38. > :14:45.bees, but some experts say the ban is not the answer. The UK was not in
:14:45. > :14:52.favour, but 15 countries voted to go ahead.
:14:52. > :14:56.Tough times for Britain's last summer's washout killed off huge
:14:56. > :15:03.numbers. Years of attack by a deadly parasite have also taken a heavy
:15:03. > :15:10.toll. These are the survivors. This is a very small colony, and that is
:15:10. > :15:15.what we have been finding. They are weak. They have not come through the
:15:15. > :15:19.winter well. Some believe pesticides are also a threat, in particular a
:15:19. > :15:25.threat # a group called neonicotinoids. You might think the
:15:25. > :15:28.National beekeepers Association would be delighted, but think again.
:15:28. > :15:33.For every action, there is a reaction. So if we banned the
:15:33. > :15:36.neonicotinoids, what is the effect of that? Farmers, in their search to
:15:36. > :15:42.provide the food that everybody wants, will have to use other
:15:42. > :15:47.pesticides. And that is older, dirtier chemistry. The pesticides
:15:47. > :15:52.which would be subject to the EU ban all belong to the neonicotinoids
:15:53. > :15:58.group. We will be restricted under a two-year moratorium. Neonicotinoids
:15:58. > :16:05.are toxic to pests like aphids. They are supposed to be less harmful to
:16:05. > :16:08.word-macro and other pesticides. The challenge is to strike a balance
:16:08. > :16:11.between getting our bee populations and protecting food production. It
:16:11. > :16:14.is an issue which has split opinion across Europe and is splitting
:16:14. > :16:19.opinion among some British beekeepers. The Soil Association is
:16:19. > :16:28.among the groups which support the ban. Many scientists are showing
:16:28. > :16:34.that there is a huge problem in terms of the impact on honeybees and
:16:34. > :16:38.world pollinators. Today's ban is a triumph for those who have
:16:38. > :16:44.campaigned for it. But the UK government, arable farmers and many
:16:44. > :16:48.beekeepers believe it may still do what harm than good all sides say
:16:48. > :16:58.there should be more research in how damaging his Cabinet -- chemicals
:16:58. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:13.Elections will decide 35 local authorities. There'll be two
:17:13. > :17:18.contests for mayor. 2,300 seats are being contested. Meeting the main
:17:19. > :17:22.Westminster party leaders ahead of the vote, our political editor has
:17:22. > :17:27.been asking Nick Clegg how his party, the Liberal Democrats,
:17:27. > :17:32.intends to wet the voters' appetite. So, a slice of cake for the Prime
:17:32. > :17:37.Minister. OK, thank you very much. Do not adjust your set - Whitehall
:17:37. > :17:41.has not created a new ministry. It is instead election time and the
:17:41. > :17:46.real Deputy Prime Minister has come to talk to factory workers in
:17:46. > :17:54.Taunton about how to slice up the national cake. Would this be an
:17:54. > :18:00.opportunity for the Lib Dems to differentiate themselves slightly
:18:00. > :18:03.from the Osborne austerity. thought there is a plan B, and only
:18:04. > :18:09.if we did, it is not like. That other words, public spending cuts
:18:09. > :18:13.are here to stay. But here in Somerset, Nick Clegg's party are
:18:13. > :18:20.fighting for vote by fighting against cuts to the local Fire
:18:20. > :18:24.Service. The Fire Authority here have lost �5.5 billion. 10% of
:18:24. > :18:29.their budget thanks to the decisions of your Government, not a
:18:29. > :18:33.Tory Government, your Government. You cannot then oppose cuts?
:18:33. > :18:37.course you can. I think it is a source of great pride to the
:18:37. > :18:42.Liberal Democrats that we are -- that where we are in charge we will
:18:42. > :18:48.not be closing a single public library, in councils where they are
:18:48. > :18:52.in charge this year. Your opponents say something - typical Liberal
:18:52. > :18:57.Democrats, impose cuts nationally, locally make hay by opposing them.
:18:57. > :19:02.It is hypocrisy, isn't it? No, it is not. This is a big question in
:19:02. > :19:05.British politics now. We all know that whoever is in charge, locally
:19:06. > :19:09.and nationally, needs to continue to take difficult, tough decisions
:19:10. > :19:14.to repair the economy and to make it strong again. The question is,
:19:14. > :19:18.who can do both in making the economy strong again, but doing so
:19:18. > :19:24.as fairly as possible? Nick Clegg is fighting these elections not
:19:24. > :19:29.just to hold on to councils the Lib Dems control, but to hold on to
:19:29. > :19:34.third place nationally. UKIP or what its critics see as none of the
:19:34. > :19:43.above party, is ahead of the Lib Dems in many polls. They are, he
:19:43. > :19:46.says, prove very seductive. People will be struck chen people discover
:19:46. > :19:50.UKIP want to cut money for schools and hospitals. They want poor
:19:50. > :19:54.people to pay the same taxes as rich people. They want to
:19:54. > :20:01.jeopardise up to three million jobs in this country by turning our
:20:01. > :20:05.backs on the markets on our European dor step. Nick Clegg
:20:05. > :20:13.believe -- doorstep. Nick Clegg believes his party may hold the
:20:13. > :20:17.balance of power after the next general election. When pushed, just
:20:18. > :20:22.listen to what he said. Absolutely, if the public say that the only way
:20:22. > :20:27.in which this country can be governed in a sensible, centre-
:20:27. > :20:29.ground, stable way, would be a coalition of a different
:20:29. > :20:33.combination, but still involving the Liberal Democrats, I would,
:20:33. > :20:40.just as last time, and the Liberal Democrats just as last time, will
:20:40. > :20:43.do our duty to the country. Whether decorating cakes or brick laying or
:20:43. > :20:48.standing on a soapbox, it is clear our political leaders have their
:20:48. > :20:52.eyes firmly set on the next general election - just two years' time.
:20:52. > :21:01.For Nick Clegg, another slice of power really would be the cherry on
:21:01. > :21:05.top. Primark has said it is providing
:21:05. > :21:09.emergency and long-term aid to the families of those affected by the
:21:09. > :21:14.collapsed building in Bangladesh last week. At least 380 people are
:21:14. > :21:18.known to have died when the factory complex came down on the outskirts
:21:18. > :21:23.of Dhaka. The company's supplier was based in the factory. Primark
:21:23. > :21:30.says it will pay financial compensation to the victims.
:21:30. > :21:34.Michael Jackson's family is back in court in Los Angeles to sue his
:21:34. > :21:38.last concert provider, AEG Live. They say the company failed to
:21:39. > :21:45.properly investigate the doctor convicted of causing his death. The
:21:45. > :21:50.pop star died four years ago, aged 50. Another second Newmarket horse
:21:50. > :21:55.trainer has admitted to the British Horseracing Authority that he used
:21:55. > :21:59.banned anabolic steroids. Last week Mahmood Al Zarooni was banned for
:21:59. > :22:05.eight years for doping. Our correspondent is in Windsor for us.
:22:05. > :22:09.Dan, so this is a second stable. I suppose it might lead to fears of
:22:09. > :22:15.more wide-spread abuse. Absolutely, George, yes. Gerard Butler, the
:22:15. > :22:19.trainer at the centre of this latest news has a horse running in
:22:19. > :22:25.the 8.10pm here at Windsor racecourse this evening. Surely the
:22:25. > :22:28.only topic on racegoers' minds will be this latest twist in the biggest
:22:28. > :22:36.doping scandal in the history of British Horseracing Boarbroodd.
:22:36. > :22:40.Zarooni, the trainer banned for eight years last week was found
:22:40. > :22:47.guilty by the British Horseracing Authority of using banned anabolic
:22:47. > :22:52.steroids. He was seen as a rogue element in another wise clean sport.
:22:52. > :22:59.The latest news here today is that Butler has admitted using it, but
:22:59. > :23:04.in good faith, this treatment. He says he was advised by a vet to do
:23:04. > :23:08.so. It was licensed in the EU, but it will not stop this growing
:23:08. > :23:13.scandal and the danger, of course, is with the classics this weekend,
:23:13. > :23:17.the first, the 1,000 and 2000 Guineas, people will not be talking
:23:17. > :23:23.about who wins, but who is next in this damaging development. Thank
:23:23. > :23:28.you. Last year, he pulled off a remarkable double the Tour de
:23:28. > :23:36.France and Olympic gold. Now Sir Bradley Wiggins says he is ready to
:23:36. > :23:41.win both the Giro d'Italia and the tour de France.
:23:41. > :23:47.Here comes Wiggins now... He is Britain's knight in shining Lycra.
:23:47. > :23:52.Sir Bradley Wiggins, for many the man who defined 2012 - Tour de
:23:52. > :23:57.France, Olympic gold, an unstoppable blend of speed,
:23:57. > :24:03.sideburns and rock star swagger. How on earth do you follow that?
:24:03. > :24:08.Answer - well you go for road cycling's other big prize - the
:24:08. > :24:13.Giro d'Italia or the Tour of Italy and one of the most reluctant
:24:13. > :24:17.celebrities can hardly wait. saving grace is I have not gone out
:24:17. > :24:21.and tried to cash in on the Olympics and got my face everywhere,
:24:21. > :24:24.gone on game shows and most like they have done, on dancing
:24:24. > :24:31.programmes. I have gone back to now trying to do what we do best really
:24:31. > :24:34.and that is trying to win bike racing. Once again all eyes are on
:24:34. > :24:38.Sir Bradley Wiggins. In Italy he will be the man to beat. This could
:24:38. > :24:44.be the start of what could be an intriguing summer, because then of
:24:44. > :24:48.course there's the Tour de France. Wiggins, we thought, would play a
:24:48. > :24:53.supporting role to Chris Froome, for whom the course is perhaps
:24:53. > :24:58.better suited. Wiggins now says he still wants to win it again himself.
:24:58. > :25:03.Two team-mates battling for one ambition. My goal is to be in the
:25:03. > :25:07.condition to win the Tour and then obviously a decision will be made
:25:07. > :25:11.on the leadership of that. Can you say in your heart of hearts that
:25:11. > :25:15.will not cause any friction? don't think so. We have been there
:25:15. > :25:19.before. We know where, you know, as we are in the same team, at the end
:25:19. > :25:24.of the day, we are both professionals and know what needs
:25:24. > :25:31.to be done. He is no understudy then. For Wiggins it is all about
:25:31. > :25:39.winning. The king of the road, determined to keep his crown. Let's
:25:39. > :25:46.We have had sunshine and some showers. They are starting to clear.
:25:46. > :25:51.Tonight, a lot of places will end up being dry. Temperatures tumbling
:25:51. > :25:57.away. A touch on the chilly side. Showers across Scotland for a while
:25:57. > :26:01.longer N the cold air the risk they may turn wintry. The strong winds
:26:01. > :26:05.will ease through the night. Clearing skies, just a little bit
:26:05. > :26:10.of patchy cloud at times. Drifting down over northern England.
:26:10. > :26:14.Temperatures will tumble. Our towns and cities seeing three to five
:26:15. > :26:18.Celsius. Of course colder than that in the countryside. We could see
:26:18. > :26:22.temperatures down to freezing in rural England.
:26:22. > :26:25.It is a chilly start to the day tomorrow morning. Again, some
:26:25. > :26:31.sunshine around. The cloud will increase and bubble up. There'll be
:26:31. > :26:35.a few showers. Not so many showers as tonight, and not as intense. For
:26:35. > :26:39.many, it should be dry, fine and bright. Certainly the case across
:26:39. > :26:46.south-west England, where with brighter winds it should feel
:26:46. > :26:49.warmer than it has today. Still 14 Celsius in the south. Cloud in East
:26:49. > :26:53.Anglia and the Midlands. Here we cannot rule out the odd shower. One
:26:53. > :26:57.or two showers for Northern Ireland and things clouding over here and
:26:57. > :27:04.for western Scotland. Not as many showers for Scotland. A better
:27:04. > :27:08.chance of staying dry. Highs of 10 Celsius. In the north-west on
:27:08. > :27:14.Wednesday night, rain tied in with this weather front. It is weakening