26/09/2013 BBC News at Six

Wanted around the world - the British widow of one of the London

7/7 bombers. Interpol issues an international

wanted persons alert for Samantha Lewthwaite at the request of the

Kenyan government. There is speculation that Lewthwaite

may have been involved in the Nairobi shopping mall attack,

although the charge relates to an earlier suspected bomb plot. So

tonight, where is Samantha Lewthwaite and why has this Interpol

alert for her been issued now? Also in the programme: A town in mid

Wales comes together for the funeral of five-year-old April Jones, whose

murder shocked the nation. Iran's new president says he wants

to strike a deal on the country's nuclear programme within months.

ASDA apologises after selling a Halloween costume spattered with

fake blood, labelled "mental patient".

And the 500-year-old clams in the Irish Sea that are helping

scientists investigate the extent of global warming.

I will be reporting on some of the latest research on how scientists

are using the natural world to try to investigate how the planet is

warming. And coming up in the sport on BBC

News, after helping team USA to win the America's Cup, Sir Ben Ainslie

says he would like to win it with a British team in the future.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. Interpol has issued an

international wanted persons alert for the British widow of one of the

London 7/7 bombers, Samantha Lewthwaite. It was issued at the

request of Kenya just two days after the end of the siege of the shopping

mall in Nairobi in which dozens of people were killed. The alert

relates to a suspected bomb plot two years ago, but there has been

speculation that she took part in the shopping mall attack.

From Interpol at Kenya's request, its highest wanted persons alert for

Samantha Lewthwaite. The Briton, widow of one of the 7/7 bombers and

also dubbed the white widow. Speculation has swirled around her

possible link both to the Al-Shabaab movement and the Nairobi attack,

although the alert does not mention that. Still smouldering, the scene

of Saturday's overstating assault and subsequent stand-off. As the

Kenyan military began to pack up and move out and the security operation

starts to wind down, the forensic teams are moving in, including from

abroad. German experts here, but Britain is also trying to find

answers to the questions that remain. There is a need to manage

expectations. This could take some time. We all want to know who is

responsible for this route all, cowardly and unconscionable act. But

we now need to let the professionals do their job. This, the Whitehall --

white hole of destruction that was the shopping centre. Three floors

gave way, bringing the floors crashing down. But was it started

deliberately by the attackers, or caused by this security forces'

efforts to regain control? Meanwhile, more remarkable tales of

survival are emerging. This woman found herself lying next to a

fatally injured teenager as the attack unfolded. I took as much of

his blood and tried to put it on myself. I put it on my arm and

covered my face with my hair, just to pretend that I'm dead or probably

badly injured. As ordinary Kenyans tried to pull together following the

events of the last few days, crowds have formed to donate blood to those

still being treated for their injuries, all part of an effort by a

nation in mourning to overcome the trauma of what has happened. At

Kenya continues to count the cost as well, as the grieving relatives

collect remains of their loved ones, what with the fallout of this the in

the country and beyond? Our home affairs correspondent is

with me here. The Interpol alert for Samantha Lewthwaite has been issued

today, but it relates to a suspected bomb plot two years ago, not the

shopping mall siege. What do you bomb plot two years ago, not the

make of the timing? Yes, Samantha Lewthwaite has been wanted by the

Kenyan authorities since 2011 over her alleged involvement in a bomb

plot which was actually foiled. No ten -- no notice was ever issued for

her, and although this red notice today does not mention the Nairobi

massacre, the timing shows that police are investigating whether she

was involved in some way. Since she went to Kenya in 2011, supposedly on

was involved in some way. Since she a fake passport, she has come to

prominence as a committed jihadi. She is known to associate with

extremists, one of whom is facing terrorism charges in Kenya. So the

feeling is that over the past couple of years, she could have developed

skills which would be useful to a of years, she could have developed

terrorist cell. But at the moment, this is speculation. Today, the head

of Interpol said 190 countries would now be aware of the danger posed by

this woman, not just across the region, but worldwide. This young

woman grew up in Buckinghamshire in a middle-class family and is now one

of the world's most wanted women. A town came together in mourning today

for the funeral of a little girl whose murder a year ago shocked the

nation. As the tiny coffin of five-year-old April Jones was

transported in a white horse-drawn carriage through the town of

Machynlleth in mid-Wales, hundreds of mourners lined the streets.

Through the estate where April used to play, followed by the family she

left behind. Her coffin made its journey with the community of

Machynlleth. Daily life paused so that everyone here had time to

remember. She will never be forgotten. We think about her every

single day. Still struggling with their grief, are's family held onto

each other for a service of music and reflection. She touched us all,

and we think and feel differently because of the difference she made

to us. Today, here in this place, she is linking us all together in

grief. April disappeared on the 1st of October last year. She had been

playing with friends when she was seen getting into a stranger's

vehicle. In May, Mark Bridger was sentenced to life in prison for her

at duction and murder, but he has never told the police what he did

with her body. The largest search in UK police history only found small

fragments of bone, which now, after a trial and inquest, have been

released for burial. Many here had searched for April will stop their

efforts remembered in a poem read by her teacher. So newly emerged from

your cradle, as you sleep the eternal sleep, dream only of your

your cradle, as you sleep the moments of happiness as we cherish

the precious gift of your smile. April's parents asked mourners at

the funeral to wear pink, their daughter's favourite colour and the

colour of the ribbons that symbolised the search for April and

saw this community work together. Once again, that community will need

to support April's family. It is putting something to rest. What can

you do? They have got to bear that for the rest of their lives.

April's parents want donations to support a five-year-old girl in

Uganda. Their hope is that good can come from tragedy and the sorrow

that remains. Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, has told the United

Nations that every effort must be made to rid the world of nuclear

weapons. He was speaking ahead of unprecedented talks on Iran's

controversial nuclear programme. Although Iran has long denied that

it's secretly building atomic weapons, western suspicions that it

is have soured relations for years. His predecessor used to spark mass

walk-outs at the United Nations, but when the new Iranian president

speaks, diplomats dissect his every word. Today they heard Hassan

Rouhani call for a nuclear weapons free world. TRANSLATION: As long as

nuclear weapons exist, the risk of their use, threat of use and

proliferation persist is. The only absolute guarantee is their total

elimination. But his words outside the General assembly Hall had been

more significant, especially the possible time frame he outlined for

a deal over Iran's nuclear programme. In an interview with the

Washington Post, Mr Rouhani said: early this week, William Hague met

Iran's new Foreign Minister. So does he think the charm offensive is for

real? Before Iran asks other countries to do this, of course we

want to see the transparency and concrete steps from Iran that then

allow it to talk to the rest of the world. The Iranian president also

has an audience back home to consider. The country's economy has

been hit hard by years of crippling sanctions. A nuclear deal would lead

to an easing of the sanctions. The economic sanctions are having a

tangible effect on the Iranian economy. Oil exports are plummeting

all the time. The priority of this government is to put the economy

back in order. On the main obstacle to this is the sanctions. At a lunch

earlier this week, the Iranian president turned down the chance of

a historic handshake with Barack Obama, but in the next few hours,

there will be high-level talks between the countries' Foreign

Minister 's, an early test of whether words will be matched by

actions. The British government will be at that meeting, and William

Hague's scepticism is shared by the Americans. Many people ask, if Mr

Rouhani did not feel he could shake the hand of the American president

earlier in the week because of a possible backlash from hardliners at

home, how can he deliver a meaningful nuclear deal? But there

was an alternative view that Iran's over chores may offer the best

chance of a breakthrough in over a decade.

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have been fined almost £9 million for

increasing some customers' mortgage payments because they had

accidentally charged them too little in the past. Around 22,000

account-holders will be paid compensation. The bank has said

apologised and said the situation was "entirely its own fault."

The Metropolitan Police said there is insufficient evidence to

prosecute the Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard on allegations of

sexual harassment. Lord Rennard strenuously denied the allegations,

which dated back to between 2003 and 2007. He was interviewed under

caution by police will stop a spokesman for the Liberal Democrats

said they would now resume their own spokesman for the Liberal Democrats

internal enquiry. The supermarket chain ASDA has

apologised and offered to donate £25,0000 to a mental health charity

after selling a fancy dress costume labelled "mental patient". It has

now removed the outfit from sale. Tesco has also withdrawn a Halloween

costume entitled ""psycho ward"" following widespread criticism.

A scary Halloween outfit. They have thrown in a meat cleaver, too. It

was an ASDA online deal, and they called it a "mental patient" fancy

dress costume. Then there is this, a "psycho ward" outfit sold by Tesco.

It also appeared on Amazon's website. This is a big company

making money. The former Downing Street spin Doctor Alistair

Campbell, who has written about his mental health experiences, told me

he could not believe it. It is not a bit of fun when it reinforces the

stereotypes that make life for the mentally ill worse than it already

is. For example, the constant linking between the mentally ill and

violence, the mad axemen, when the person who is mentally ill is far

more likely to be a big of violence than the perpetrator. The outrage

was driven by Twitter. Some people posted their own everyday pictures

to show that mentally ill people look just like everyone else. ASDA

said this was an unacceptable error, and apologised for the

offence it had caused. It withdrew the product immediately. At by

them, the damage had already been done. I thought it was really

insulting. But it was a missed opportunity, because I don't think

anyone would care, other than the fact that they described it as a

"mental patient" as opposed to a zombie. I was surprised that ASDA

with do something so thought us. Tonight, eBay withdrew this costume

from sale and apologised. Tesco has done the same. So how could this

have happened? Retailers obviously have thousands of about us, and with

that volume, it is inevitable that on one occasion at least, you will

make a mistake. A mistake which ASDA is now trying to put right. It is

donating £25,000 to a mental health charity, the profit it would have

made, had these costumes been sold. But the damage to its reputation

will be more costly. Our top story: Interpol has issued

an international wanted persons alert for the British widow of one

of the 7/7 bombers, Samantha Lewthwaite. Still to come, attacking

the hidden costs of those so-called free gaming apps.

Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, we will keep you up-to-date with

England's women footballers. They take on 30 tonight in their latest

World Cup will fire. Scotland and Wales are also in action. Tonight,

the world's top climate scientists are finalising the details of the

most comprehensive study of global warming published for several years.

Their report tomorrow will draw on the work of thousands of researchers

and will aim to answer these key questions: To what extent is global

warming happening? And then how much of this global

warming is manmade? The last time the UN's climate panel issued an

assessment six years ago, the document contained mistakes. So our

Science Editor David Shukman has been asking if the science can be

trusted, and what it's based on? A research ship in North Wales with

scientist going to extraordinary lengths to get to the facts of

global warming. The project involves divers reaching into the sea bed to

gather clams, clams that live for an astonishingly long time, which makes

them crucial to science. The oldest clamp began life 507 years ago, back

in the time of the Tudors when Henry VII was king, and the shells can

tell us a story about past climates. That is because the lines in the

shells are like the rings in a tree. Each line marks one year of growth,

and close-up, here at Bangor University, thicker lines in the

shells mean warmer conditions. These clams live for centuries and are

like a miniature tape recorders on the sea bed, and they can record all

of the conditions around them in terms of food supply and sea water

temperature, and they show that over the last 100 years sea water

temperatures have been increasing. These clams provide a temperature

record from the past thousand years, warm in the Middle Ages, and even

warmer now. Tree rings can also part -- track the past climate.

Thermometers also give us the most reliable measure of all. The Mac --

the information from the natural world, thermometers and science

convinces us the world is getting warmer. It is also widely agreed

that mankind is causing at least some of this. The difficult question

is how much humanity is responsible. Greenhouse gases are adding to

natural changes that are underway, and some scientists now admit that

the climate is more, -- conjugated than first thought. -- complicated.

We were probably overconfident about the knowledge we thought we were

generating. Certainly what has happened in the last ten or 15 years

has shown greater complexities. A mistake about Lacey is in the

Himalayas in a major UN report raised more questions -- about place

years. -- glaciers. The panel now promises greater care. We have

learned and gain from putting in procedures that are more robust, and

therefore likely to be a strong safeguard against similar errors,

but this is a human undertaking. As research mission gets underway, the

report tomorrow will say there is more evidence than ever about our

role in global warming, but it might be more open about we don't know.

A leading children's charity says that an investigation into the

sexual exploitation of 22 vulnerable young people in care homes in

Northern Ireland is just the 'tip of the iceberg'. Last night, a major

independent inquiry was announced into the issue. But the BBC has

learnt that health bosses drew up an action plan to tackle the problem

more than three years ago and it was never published or put into place.

Here's our Ireland Correspondent, Chris Buckler.

Children are often taken into care to protect them from harm, but could

they have been put at risk? Care workers in Northern Ireland say they

had reported many concerns about men waiting outside residential homes in

order to find and groom vulnerable boys and girls. A person would come

and pick them up, provide them with alcohol, or drugs, or both, and then

they would expect one of the young people to repay that. That would be

by engaging in a sexual act. Two years ago Bernardo's funded a report

from the Department of Health that said almost two thirds of girls in

care homes in Northern Ireland were at risk of sexual abuse but it

wasn't until the middle of the next year that the police launched an

enquiry into previous investigations and discovered shortcomings. 18 of

those cases involve children in care, and they had been reported as

missing a total of 437 times. The charity says it is the tip of the

iceberg and they have dozens of children currently on a waiting list

iceberg and they have dozens of for counselling. It has stayed

static at about 50 waiting for a service. That is 50 children who

have been abused? Or at risk of sexual exploitation. The charity has

been given funding to reduce the list, but should more have been done

to tackle the abuse earlier? Have you seen the document? The BBC has

learned that an action plan to tackle the problem was drawn up more

than three years ago but it was never published or put into place. I

believe it did not happen, and I don't know why it happened. Although

Northern Ireland's health and social care board which drew up the plan

Northern Ireland's health and social said recommendations were adopted,

there are concerns about how much information was being shared between

the police and social services. The police have indicated they were

aware of the cases and they just did not join up the dots. The priority

now is not repeating mistakes. Tracy has been working with children at

risk of abuse and we asked her to ask the teenagers what they thought

should be done. They said they felt very angry, because everybody is

squabbling and arguing about who's blame. What they are saying, while

you are arguing between yourselves, we are still getting raped.

Investigations and enquiries into the feelings that left vulnerable

Investigations and enquiries into children even more exposed are

beginning, but already many accept that too little was done to protect

them. What started a year ago as an

experiment to try and tackle anti-social drinking has been hailed

as a huge success by police. Shops in Ipswich, including several major

chains, stopped selling super-strength beers and ciders. And

now, 12 months on, police say the number of people drinking on the

streets has halved and anti-social behaviour greatly reduced. Our

social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan is in Ipswich.

Michael. Police and residents say it's which has become a more

pleasant and safe town over the last 12 months or so. People are more

willing to go out to socialise knowing they are less likely to be

harassed by street drinkers. Much of the credit for the improvement has

been put on a unique experiment to cut the harm caused by

super-strength beer. This is the alcohol that it's which once read

off. So one year ago, the police encourage shops do voluntarily stop

selling it in an effort to reduce street drinking in the town. 12

months on, and the reduced the strength campaign has been hailed a

huge success. A number of calls the public have made to the police about

problems street drinking has fallen by nearly one third. They congregate

in the open air, they will drink all day, and then they need to use the

toilet. And here is the ready made public passageway for them to use as

your Rhino. -- your renewal. This man's neighbourhood is a popular

place for drinkers to meet, and over the past few years he has noticed

fewer drinkers and problems. You see less of the street drinkers. You see

them occasionally, but not in such numbers and not with such an

intimidating effect. The co-operative were one of the first

stores to clear their strength of super strength alcohol, and now two

thirds of off-licences and it's which have followed extent -- suit,

like Sainsbury's and Tesco. Profits have not been affected and staff and

shoppers are delighted. The social impact has been fantastic. Staff

feel safer in store, and they don't have to face the day-to-day

challenges they did from these people that are street drinking. And

also they don't have to clear up the mess or run the gauntlet to get into

the stores, and that is for the mess or run the gauntlet to get into

customers as well. You can still see street drinkers in Ipswich, but the

number has halved in the past year. Kelly is on to her third can of the

day and says the problem cannot be erased. As far as I am concerned, it

day and says the problem cannot be is not right, because kids walk past

and people walk past, and that is not right, but they are going to do

it, whether a policeman comes up to us or not, we are going to do it.

Dozens of other towns are planning their own voluntary bans as Britain

tries to rid itself of super-strength alcohol. One of those

street drinkers told me they did not even like the taste of those beers

any more. They just needed their fix. While the voluntary ban is

getting some of the credit, there is also help and support available for

the drinkers to with alcoholism. It is a victory for the drinkers and

residents of Ipswich. Many other towns are hoping to copy it.

Michael, thank you. Now, you might think that if your children are

playing a free game on the internet that your money's safe. But apps

that offer so-called "in-game purchasing" can leave you with a

hefty bill. Now the Office for Fair Trading has stepped in to try to

stop the kids paying for "extras" without you realising. This report

from our Technology Correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones.

A free game can end up costing a lot of money, and that is what Nikki

found out. She used her parents pass to download some extras to make a

game more exciting and ended up racking up a bill of more than

£300. The money was refunded, but her father is still concerned. What

I would like to see is perhaps some capping on how much somebody can

purchase with these in game purchases, and warning signs to make

the user aware of what is happening. If you look at one of the big stores

for smart phones and tablets you will find thousands of games which

cost absolutely nothing. But usually you will pay for extras, so-called

in app purchases. It does tell users upfront what they could pay. Once

you are immersed in the game, you can find it only becomes really

interesting and exciting if you do buy the extra stuff. Here is a tip

for parents. Look at the settings on your phone or tablet and you will

find you can switch off those purchases. But the Office of Fair

Trading says it has seen some really bad practice. Games are leading

children on with the promise of some reward, engaging them in the process

of getting the reward, but at the last minute you have to spend money

before you get the reward. The games industry gathered at a big

convention in London and has been told to stop pressurising children

and make cost more clear up front. But the industry say parents must

also play their part. They have to make sure that any child activity

should be supervised and they do not give them open access to their

credit card details. You have to take responsibility. Smart phones

and tablets are now in millions of homes but parents are now finding

out the hard way that they can prove expensive toys.

Time for a look at the weather. Here's Louise Lear.

For many of us are lovely late September day with sunny spells

across the eastern half of the UK, but in the West a bit disappointing

with showers moving through the south-west, and these will drift

further north and west tonight across North Wales, Northern Ireland

and eventually into south-west Scotland. One or two heavy ones as

well. Not as cold with the cloud around in Scotland as the previous

night, but clearer skies in the around in Scotland as the previous

south-east so maybe a chilly night -- morning. Temperatures in rural

spots down to single figures. We start with the rain in central and

southern Scotland which will be a nuisance first thing. Largely fine

across Northern Ireland, but Gray, damp and mystic and the same in the

north-west of England. Despite the chilly start, lovely sunshine across

East Anglia and the south-east corner. Further south than to the

west, more cloud, but I'll start of 15 or 16 degrees. Be patient,

because the cloud will break with sunshine coming through. At the same

time, the rain in Scotland will ease and become drizzly. Even some

brightness perhaps close to the Borders later on. Temperatures in

Scotland at 13 or 14 degrees, but 19 maybe up to 23 in the south-west, a

touch disappointing across Norwich with an easterly flow making it feel

fresher. That is a feature of the weekend with the low pressure moving

through Iberia. It will bring in some showers on Friday night and

into Saturday morning. The line is a bit uncertain, but anywhere from

Cardigan Bay towards Essex, anywhere east with a risk of showers.

Sandwiched in between the two, a good deal of drier, brighter

weather, but still the easterly breeze making it feel just that bit

fresh. More details on the weekend weather on the news channel

throughout the evening.