14/07/2014 BBC News at Six

The Church of England overturns centuries of tradition by voting

overcomes deep divisions and resistance from traditionalists.

We'll be looking at how the vote may affect the Anglican

church and how soon soon the first female bishop could be ordained.

meets the parents of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria.

And a new kit sponsorship deal for Manchester United breaks all

Centuries of tradition have been overturned with a vote by the Church

of England to allow women bishops. It's been an issue that's deeply

divided the church for decades. Just two years ago, a similar vote

failed by the narrowest of margins. Today both the Archbishop of

Canterbury and the prime minister It's 20 years since the

Church of England first ordained One in five within the

Church of Englandare now women. 20 years since the first women

priests, the established church has finally agreed that women can also

be bishops. I think that campaigning for winning in the church, not just

to be ordained but to be respected and valued, and this is such a

wonderful thing that has happened. The crucial vote when it came was

overwhelmingly in favour, no repeat of a shock the motion has been

carried in all three houses. The watchword today, Unity, the Church

of England searching for a way to reconcile traditional religious

beliefs and contemporary liberal values, firmly held but incompatible

views. This woman from Canterbury is among those who feared sin was

rejecting the word of the Bible. Have we said that the Bible does not

matter any more and it is the world that we follow? Many others thought

that the church was broad enough to embrace different viewpoints. The

church now needs the different and special works of women, not because

of justice but because of our needs as Christians and the churches need.

The yes vote is a triumph for the deal-making skills of strategic

thinking of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby is a former

oil industry executive. A compromise was found with the help of

professional mediators and conflict management experts, opponents will

be able to request a male bishop, with an ombudsman to arbitrate any

disputes. The first female bishop could be named by the end of the

year, and consecrated in early 2015. It may seem perfectly unremarkable

nowadays but the idea of a woman Church of England vicar was hugely

controversial just 20 years ago, the Vicar of Diddley, memorably making

the point. Ladies and gentlemen, your new vicar. Hello! It was a

change agreed in 1992 by just one vote, the first women were ordained

in 1994, it was more than a decade before sin not paved the way for a

vote on women bishops, and in 2012, the ruling body voted down a

proposal, supporters missing out by six votes. Then Archbishop of

Canterbury Rowan Williams said a measure of credibility was lost that

day, is famous picture shows the anguish of one supporter, she was

all smiles this afternoon. Tonally, it was difficult, I was angry, it

was angry and hard to experience... The tone this time around was much

more welcoming. One church, one faith, one law, this was an historic

vote to keep the church together, recognising beliefs both ancient and

modern. Given that most people do not

regularly attend the church any longer, why is this vote important

today? Because it is the established church, the Queen is the head of the

Church of England, and I think it is a part of our national life, setting

the rhythm of the year. A lot of people will go to weddings and

christenings and funerals in church, although they may not go regularly.

This tells us something about our national values, not only in terms

of gender inequality, the vote today, I think the vote today tells

us something else, about the importance we put on being able to

respect those who have different views to our own.

After days of speculation about whether she was the right woman for

the job, the former High Court judge appointed to lead a government

enquiry into historic child abuse has stepped down. Baroness Butler

Sloss had come under pressure because her late brother was

Attorney General in the 1980s. She said she had not sufficiently

considered whether her background would cause difficulties with the

enquiry. She seemed the best person for the job, former judge, expert in

child abuse, a safe pair of hands, after less than one week in post,

Lady Butler Sloss is no longer leading the enquiry into how public

bodies handled paedophile allegations. Home Secretary who had

appointed her was summoned to tell MPs why she had not realised that

Lady Butler Sloss had a conflict of interests, a brother who had handled

abuse allegations as a Tory minister in the 1980s. I reject entirely any

suggestion she was not the right person to do the job. I'm

disappointed, I continue to consider her to be of impeccable integrity.

It was said that it was not her integrity that was up the debate,

but the decision-making of Theresa May. How can the public have any

confidence in this process? Do you regret making the appointment? I do

not, I continue to believe that she would have done an excellent job. In

her resignation -- in her resignation statement, she

said: That brother, Michael Havers, now

dead, took decision over which paedophiles were prosecuted and

reportedly warned a Tory MP about making allegations in the Commons.

Others said that Lady Butler Sloss was too much of an establishment

figure, a member of the Lord's investigating the Lord's, although

she had won praise for her enquiry into child abuse in Cleveland in the

1980s, one of abuse claims that in a separate enquiry, she had chosen to

keep allegations against an Anglican bishop Private. I felt she was too

much part of the establishment, I felt that she was too ready to

accept the evidence given to her by the bishops and by the police

without question. And less ready to accept at face value the evidence

given by the survivors. Tonight, she left her office discreetly, the

lawyer for abuse victim said she had made the right decision. The

survivors of abuse I represent have been met down at all times. The way

that this enquiry has been handled will not have filled them with

confidence but hopefully, going forward, they will see

confidence but hopefully, going are concerns have been listened to.

The task the Home Office now, finding a new chair for its abuse

enquiry, not a member of the establishment but with enough

credibility to satisfy MPs and victims. They are open to

The prime ministers in paragon may be.

The prime ministers in Commons tonight beginning his

reshuffle of his ministers. David Cameron is billed to be seeing

ministers who are leaving the government. Political editor Nick

Robinson is in the Houses of Parliament. What more can you tell

us? Process began at Downing Street early in the afternoon, the headline

names to be leaving the government. Dennis Clark went into Downing

Street for a meeting to confirm what both men already knew, news leaving

-- he's leaving the government, is more than 74 years old, news one of

the longest serving ministers in the post-war period, he has said that he

is sick of looking at the ministerial red boxes that contain

documents that you have got to sign, he spent three days at his

beloved Trent Bridge and the cricket in preparation for his ministerial

retirement. Those who think they have seen the back of him, beware,

he is staying here in the House of Commons as they re-elect him, and he

may well be on the opposite side of the argument to David Cameron on

Europe, if and when a referendum comes about. The only other name we

have that is leaving the government: David Jones, Secretary of State for

Wales. He leaves the government. As the evening goes on, we will hear

the names of people, the party, the names and faces of those that the

Conservative part of this coalition wants to put on television, in the

front line, for the general election that we will see. -- in the front

line, the general election names that we will see tomorrow.

17,000 Palestinians from northern Gaza have taken shelter in schools

according to the United Nations after Israel said it would start

targeting the area with air strikes. It follows a week of attacks from

Israel and the Palestine militant group and mass which have left over

170 Palestinians dead. So far there have not been any Israeli

fatalities. -- hammer. -- Hamas CCTV in the street last

Saturday showed a group of men chatting on the front step. One of

them, and two others, without realising, were also under Israeli

surveillance. realising, were also under Israeli

killed them with a missile, the camera cut out.

When we arrived there not long after, the family and neighbours

were shocked and angered. The Israeli military announced it had

killed three hammer as fighters, including a nephew of the former

hammer spry minister. Those men were in the wrong place at

the wrong time, killed alongside the Israeli targets. A Palestinian human

rights campaigner says that Israel's strategy of hitting the

homes of wanted men guarantee that innocent people would die as well.

They know that they have committed crimes against humanity, and they

intend to destroy houses where civilians were living in it, that is

totally illegal. It is in crunch retention of the Geneva Convention.

The Israeli bombardment went on this moment. -- morning stop

-- it is contravention of the Geneva Convention. If Palestinians died,

Israel say that it is the full of Hamas. -- full. We are dealing with

dogs, Hamas is using its own people to hide weapons and missile

launchers, and shoot Israeli citizens. -- fault. -- we are

dealing with thugs. Israel calls them terrorists. Until the

cease-fire comes, it looks as though there will be many more civilian

funerals as well. You can get more information and a

question and answer session on the Middle East crisis on the website.

Ministers say that patients from outside of the European Union are to

be charged up to 150% of the cost of any NHS treatment they receive as

part of a crackdown on so-called health tourism. The Department of

Health is asking the NHS to identify non-EU patients so that costs can be

recovered. The government has not yet explained the details of how the

scheme would work in practice. More than ?1 billion is going to be

invested in high-tech defence equipment to tackle global

terrorism. The Prime Minister who made the announcement at the

Farnborough air said the money will pay for drones, UK special forces

and intelligence gathering. Critics point out that the money is not new

but had been carried over from the 2012 budget underspend of the MoD.

Wrecked Italian The wrecked Italian cruise ship

Costa Concordia is slowly being refloated,

in one of the biggest maritime salvage operations in history.

The cruise liner ran aground and capsized off the Italian island

of Giglio more than two years ago with the loss of 32 lives.

Salvage experts hope they'll be able to tow it away to Genoa where

it will be scrapped by next week. Matthew Price reports.

Looking out from the ferry to Giglio you cannot miss the Costa Concordia.

It is no longer a place of dreams. But a twisted rusting wreck.

The salvage engineers still did not know for sure that their audacious

refloating operation would work. Today we find out

if the calculations were fine or how accurate they were based

on the assumptions. The weather is good.

For two and a half years this cruise ship has lain forlorn.

Its bars and cafes saturated. Lifeless.

With much of the ship only accessible to divers.

No longer. In September they pulled it upright.

Today they pumped air into giant flotation tanks welded on the sides.

Inch by inch the Costa Concordia rose.

By early afternoon the grubby water line stood out.

Two and a half years after the Costa Concordia sank it is now

floating once again. This is the biggest maritime salvage

operation ever conducted and it is no success story.

On-board, 32 people died including a five-year-old girl.

It was winter when the ship capsized.

Passengers scrambled for safety after it hit rocks.

Most of the 4000 on board made it off alive.

The captain is on trial for manslaughter.

This ship is about to embark on its final journey.

Taking with it hundreds of salvage workers who have made this island

home for the last two years. The Costa Concordia put Giglio

on the map, but few here would be sad to see it go.

Our top story this evening: The Church of England breaks with

centuries of tradition and votes for women bishops.

And still to come: Countdown to

the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with one of England?s medal hopes,

Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Police search for human remain is in

a garden in Finsbury Park following allegations dating back 30 years.

Farms, firms in the south-east Iraq for a ?1 billion investment in

defence -- get ready. Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

In April, nearly 300 schoolgirls were abducted

by Islamist militants in Nigeria, sparking international outrage.

Today the Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai,

who was shot and left for dead by the Taliban

in her home country two years ago, has been meeting some of their

parents and pledging her support for the campaign to free the girls.

223 girls remain missing in northern Nigeria.

53 managed to escape from their captors,

the extremist group Boko Haram. It is demanding its fighters be

released from Nigerian jails in return for the remaining girls.

This report from Nigeria, by our world affairs editor, John Simpson,

contains some flash photography. They were an unlikely match.

She a third of his age, physically tiny, he in the hat

which is his political trademark. President Jonathan clearly hadn't

expected that Malala would be so tough and focused.

He promised to do his best to get the missing girls

back and to meet their parents, something he has not yet done.

This whole business has been a profound embarrassment for President

Jonathan, which is why journalists like me weren't allowed into the

meeting in case we might have called out questions to him about why there

doesn't seem to have been any progress on getting the girls free.

Afterwards I pointed out to Malala the President had promised to meet

the parents and to free the girls before.

It has not happened so far. Do you think this is

going to be different? He said that the promise I make

is to make sure that these girls are released as soon as possible.

Before this, she met several of the parents herself.

They are unsophisticated, poor country people but her own suffering

is a powerful link between them, as her father found as he spoke.

She was attacked. His emotion brought to mind

their own experiences. The parents believe the government

simply does not care about them. Suppose our daughters were

the children of someone important, this man asks,

would they still be prisoners in the forest after 90 days?

The government insists it is working hard to free the girls.

Malala says much more needs doing. The president should take it

serious, should think about his own daughters and this country has

called the president their father and the father has a responsibility

to take care of his children and these girls are future generations.

When you ignore these girls you're not thinking about the future

of this country. Even simple things

have not been done. Malala met five girls were kidnapped

with the others but managed to escape.

I asked them afterwards if they had been interviewed by the

authorities for any information they could give about their captors.

They have not had any debriefing by the military.

The depressing fact is that in three long months

The depressing fact is that in three who are free now are the ones who

managed to get away themselves. The South African novelist and

Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer has died at the age of 90.

She became one of the most powerful voices against

apartheid through her 15 novels as well as several volumes of short

stories and works of non-fiction. She was a long standing friend

of Nelson Mandela. Today the ANC said South Africa had

lost an unmatched literary giant. The World Cup might not

have been kind to England. But for one English team there is

a reason to celebrate. Manchester United have secured

a record breaking ?750 million deal over ten years with the German

sportswear company Adidas for shirts and other kit.

At ?75 million a year, that dwarfs what was

until now the biggest club deal for Real Madrid, which amounted to ?31

million a year, again with Adidas. Live now to our

Sports Correspondent, Andy Swiss, who's at Old Trafford.

The World Cup showed that England were not world beaters there, but

world beaters when it comes to making money. These numbers makes

for remarkable reading. ?750 million over ten years. A new world record

deal. More than three times the value of Manchester United was my

current deal. ?750 million is very nearly what the Glazer family paid

to buy Manchester United and here they are getting that for wearing a

particular brand of kit. Last year by United's standards was poor,

failing to qualify for the Champions League and sacking the manager. This

deal shows that for all of their problems on the pitch, offered they

are one of the world's biggest brands and Adidas believe they will

make millions by selling the shirts. who's at Old Trafford.

In just nine days, the eyes of the Commonwealth will be

on Glasgow as the 20th staging of the Games begins.

Among the athletes to watch, we've picked four from around

the United Kingdom with some of the best chances of getting a medal.

Tonight we start with England's great hope, the heptathlete

Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Our reporter went along to Liverpool

to meet her. Full of talent, full of ability,

full of confidence as well, she has a lovely character and I think she

is made for this sort of arena. For many athletes London 2012 was

the pinnacle of their careers. For Katarina Johnson-Thompson

it was just the beginning. Life is now a little more normal

for the Liverpudlian, who spends her time away from the

track with her sausage dog Chorizo. She still looks back

on her senior international debut with a sense of pride.

I do not think I realised how big it was back then.

It was an incredible experience and from that point I was happy to

be there. Very fortunate that I do the

heptathlon and I had seven chances to go out there and experience that.

It was very addictive. The rise from prospect to medal

contender has been rapid. She will arrive in Glasgow as this

year's number one heptathlete and her talent has led to comparisons

with Jessica Ennis-Hill. The Olympic champion is pregnant

and will miss the Games, leaving Johnson-Thompson to take

top billing. Jess had the most pressure

of any athlete. She was the poster girl

of the Olympics. I do not feel pressure

on the same scale as her in a way but I am my own athlete.

I want to achieve my dreams, which happen to be the same dreams

that Jess has already done. To take that title under

my wing is all right as long as I can get an Olympic gold.

Like Ennis-Hill the 21-year-old has refused the chance to relocate

to a high-performance centre. Instead choosing to stay and train

where she grew up in Wavertree. This is home for me.

My house is 15 minutes away. I have been here

since I was a little kid. It has worked for me.

I have got the results I need here. I think you have to stick

with what works for you. This combination of things work

for me. It is 10 years since she was brought

to the track by her mother. So far she has taken everything

in her stride. And leaves

the worrying to her family. She looks fairly calm and relaxed

whereas I get very nervous for her. I take all the nerves and she is

nice and calm and relaxed, but also very dedicated and hard-working and

very competitive in competition. What is the dream for Glasgow?

The dream for Glasgow would be to achieve

my dreams and come away with gold. Hopefully I will do myself justice

and I am not going to give up until the end.

Tomorrow we'll hear from one of Scotland's gold medal hopes,

Jen McIntosh, who'll be defending her Commonwealth

title in the air rifle events. I wish I could promise dry and sunny

weather for everyone, but that is not going to be the case. Increasing

amounts of humidity. Big thunderstorms. The weather looks

pretty quiet. We have a few showers across parts of Scotland which are

moving southwards and eastwards. Many gardens across England and

Wales will get there early a drop of rain through the night and it will

be a mild night. Further north, things are a little bit fresher

particularly in the countryside, but a fine start to Tuesday. A few

isolated showers, a handful, across the north, so for the vast majority

a dry Tuesday in store. For many in the north and west feeling warmer

than today. We will see more cloud, wind and rain returned to the north

and west as we go through the night and into Wednesday and then we start

to get humid air. Whether you have the cloud and rain, there will be

sunny spells at times, and it is going to feel pretty humid. The most

humid conditions will be towards the south-east. Warmer still into

Thursday which could set off one or two showers or thunderstorms. The

vast majority have a dry day with varying amounts of sunshine. In

London we could be heading 30 degrees. Temperatures starting to

climb above average. By this stage is the increasing risk of storms.