21/01/2016 BBC News at Six

The murder of a former Russian spy in London -

an official report says the Russian president probably ordered it.

Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with a radioactive substance -

I am, of course, pleased that the words my husband spoke

on his deathbed when he accused Mr Putin of his murder

The murder suspects - one of them left traces

Ministers condemn any Kremlin involvement.

This was a blatant and unacceptable breach of the most fundamental

tenets of international law and civilised behaviour.

Labour wants Russia to be punished further.

David Cameron's warning over EU reform - he says a deal may not

Jimmy Savile committed four rapes while at the BBC -

a leaked report says corporation staff saw him as untouchable.

An easy win for Andy Murray at the Aussie Open, but he'd rush

home if pregnant Kim went into labour.

Families of victims in both these crashes launch private prosecutions

And the death of Fife grandmother Mary Logie.

A neighbour appears in court charged with her murder.

Good evening, and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

The murder of a former Russian spy in London was probably carried out

under orders from President Vladimir Putin himself.

That's the conclusion of an official report into the death

of Alexander Litvinenko, after he was poisoned

with a radioactive substance in 2006.

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, described the finding as a "blatant"

Labour said it was an "act of state sponsored terrorism".

Here's our security correspondent, Gordon Corera.

Alexander Litvinenko met a slow, painful death. Poisoned by

radioactive polonium. Today a judge concluded he was killed in an

operation by the Russian security service, the FSB, likely authorised

at the highest level. The FSB operation to kill Mr Litvinenko was

probably approved by Mr Patrushev, then head of the FSB, and also by

President Putin. Litvinenko was a former Russian

intelligence officer, who had spoken out about corruption, and then fled

with his family to Britain. In 2006 he came to this Central

London hotel to meet two Russians. Former FSB officer Andrei Lugovoi

and Dmitry Kovtun both caught here on CCTV. In the Pine Bar Litvinenko

was served a drink from this teapot which was laced with radioactive

polonium. Police would be able to follow a trail of radioactivity

across London, from restaurants to football stadium, all leaving the

public at risk. It took Litvinenko himself three weeks to die. But why

was he killed? There were audible gasps here in court when the judge

said responsibility probably lay at the highest levels of the Kremlin.

And this report argues the motive was that Litvinenko was viewed in

Russia as a traitor. Litvinenko was so hated that

Russians special forces used his image for target practise. Today's

report says his accusations that the FSB was behind these bombings of

apartments in Moscow to justify a war as well as his disclosure about

corruption and a personal animosity with Vladimir Putin all made him a

target. And then there was also the fact that the Russians learned he

had begun working with Britain's intelligence service MI6.

Today, his widow who fought for years for this inquiry told me the

British Government should now expel all Russian spies in their London

embassy, and impose travel bans and sanctions on top officials.

What I did is not against Russia. It is not against Russian people. I

believe only these things might help Russian people one day to receive

brighter future. Today in the Commons the Government said it would

consider the implications of the report. The conclusion that the

Russian state was probably involved in the murder of Mr Litvinenko is

deeply disturbing. It goes without saying, that this

was a blatant and unacceptable breach of the most fundamental

tenets of international law, and of civilised behaviour.

But the opposition criticised the Government's response. I am not sure

it goes anywhere near enough in answering the seriousness of the

findings in this report. Indeed it could send a dangerous signal to

Russia that our response is too weak.

Today, two of the most powerful men in Russia were named as likely

responsible for what has been described as an act of nuclear

terrorism on the streets of London. A murder which a decade on remains a

defining issue between the two countries.

Now there's mounting pressure on the Government here to take

The Russian Foreign Ministry has once again denied any involvement

in the assassination, and said the inquiry

Our Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, looks

at where today's report leaves relations between

You wouldn't know Russia's President has just been implicated in a

murder. People here are more worried about and economic crisis, even the

cold than a killing abroad. That is partly down to the message

they are getting from state television. It is reporting the

inquiry into Alexander Litvinenko's murder, as a farce, biassed against

Moscow from the start. Reporters are playing down the conclusion, that

President Putin probably approved the killing.

And in public at least, Russian officials are unflustered. At the

foreign ministry the spokeswoman deflected my question over the trail

of deadly polonium, dismissing the whole inquiry as politicised. We

take it as a step towards to discredit Russia, and Russian

official, Russian leaders, as we understand it was not a legal

process, it was an imitation of a legal process. Russia has become the

master of denial. Of painting the most serious accusations as part of

an international political campaign against Moscow. That may work with

the audience here at home, but the conclusions of the Litvinenko

inquiry have the potential to plunge relations with the west to a new

low. Despite calls to extradite the chief

suspects to the UK, they are still here in Russia, today Andrei Lugovoi

was protesting his innocence again. He has become a minor celebrity

here. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko

had major repercussions for relations with Moscow. Diplomats

were expelled. Contacts between security services cut. But five

years on, David Cameron was in Russia, encouraging trade as if

nothing had happened. Then came the conflict in Ukraine and the annex

casing of Crimea and the mood changed. The inquiry into

Litvinenko's killing was announced. Now it its damning conclusion is out

Russia's ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office. But

some argue Russia's role in Syria makes it risky to rip up relations.

Since it began air strikes there, Moscow has become central to any

peace process. I personally do not think we should

be concerned about deepening the row as such, the Russians themselves

ought to have some consideration for that, and whether it is the, there

is any sense in having a bigger bus up the one we are having already.

Tonight the Kremlin was sounding defiant. President Putin's spokesman

call the murder inquiry a joke, and insisted that Moscow will not accept

its findings. David Cameron is now warning that

a deal on EU reform may not happen His latest comments -

speaking at the World Economic Forum - is in contrast to the more upbeat

assessment of the chancellor The Prime Minister said it was more

important to get it right Here's our economics editor,

Kamal Ahmed, who's in Davos For a man who claimed not to be in a

hurry, there was certainly a gear change over Europe today of the as

the Prime Minister came to the Alps to sell to political and business

leaders what he sees as the best deal for the European Union.

It reforms, Britain can then stay in. I am not in a hurry, I can hold

my referendum at any time up until the end of 2017. It would be good

for Europe and good for Britain if we demonstrated that we can turn the

good will there is into the actions that are necessary to put this

question beyond doubt. The Prime Minister admitted there was still

some way to go, and he made it clear that curbs on EU citizens coming to

Britain were an essential part of the renegotiation package. If there

is no deal on welfare curbs, for immigrants from the EU into Britain,

is there no deal at all? This migration welfare question is

absolutely crucial. You should have to wait four years before you get

full access to our inwork welfare system. As I have said, that

proposal remains on the table, I know that some other countries have

difficulties with it. David Cameron's here in Davos with a big

message for these business leaders. Back my efforts, he says, to keep

Britain inside a reformed European Union, but actually it is not the

big public stages that really matter here, it is those private

negotiations with other European leaders and global leader, and those

are happening today, outside that door.

One of those meetings was with Mark Rutter the Dutch Prime Minister and

Mr Cameron's ally, on the issue of curbing migration it wasn't all

plain sailing It is a concrete idea on table has this notion of

discrimination, what we have to do is find a solution for all the 28,

in which you would up hold the principle of removement, up hold the

principle of none discrimination and I think that is doable. Business

leaders I spoke to here said June was the best date for a referendum.

For others, though, it is simply not the case that Britain needs to be in

the EU. I am not sure that David Cameron is representing our

interests in Davos any way. I mean I think it is very disappointing that

the changes that he is trying to push through are so small. The skies

were clear over the Alps today but Mr Cameron knows there could be a

few more icy moments before any deal is put to the British public in that

long-awaited EU referendum. Our political editor,

Laura Kuenssberg, is in Westminster. Laura it seems difficult to gauge

progress on this from week-to-week. It is, George, but before David

Cameron left a freezing Downing Street for a more freezing Davos,

there was a sense building here that a February deal was not quite in the

bag, but certainly very likely. But today, he is saying hold your horse,

it just might not work out that way. Now that is not just because he

doesn't want to be trapped by that expectation, but also because as I

understand it, the negotiations are still a long way off from

concluding, no texts of any proposals have been put forward, no

final bargains have been struck in any of the Prime Minister's four

areas where he once change -- wants change to happen. EU leaders want to

help, they want to help Number Ten get this done and as quickly as

possible, but as that summit deadline in less than four weeks

approach, it is looming larger and larger, and it feels tighter by the

day. A deferential culture

and a failure to ask questions - that's how Jimmy Savile managed

to get away with some sixty sexual assaults - including four rapes -

while on BBC premises. But according to a leaked draft

report of Dame Janet Smith's review into Savile and the BBC,

the top managers at the corporation Our media correspondent

David Sillito has been speaking to one executive who did

speak to Savile. Jimmy Savile, more than 60 assaults

on BBC premises. This is a draft report by it ist stinging. At Top Of

The Pops I its says girls were in moral danger. The star untouchable.

But the key question is what did people know at the time? What was

the culture like? And most importantly, what did the people at

the top know? Jimmy Savile, he tended to take over things when he

was there. Derek ran Radio 1 in the late 70, he died last year.

Savile was at his leaving party but we were here to discuss another

meeting. He heard rumours about what Savile had been up to and would I

have a word with him S Savile had been summoned to a meeting. What did

the bosses suspect. Derek remembered very little but hes wasn't alone in

the room Jimmy Savile came in, doing that, you know, touching his

forelock, too many, all too many. Doreen was the official observer,

she has never spoken before. She remembers everything. Most

crucially, what he was accused of. Taking 14-year-old girls home, from

Top Of The Pops. He said I believe that one of the stories was that you

had girls, in your flat, in London. Girls home, from Top Of The Pops. He

said I believe that one of the stories was that you had girls, in

your flat, in London. So Jimmy Savile said, "Yes, yes, that's

right." Savile said he was keeping the girls safe. You believed him?

No, no reason to not believe him. And so did Derek. Would you have

believed him? In this leaked report Dame Janet Smith spoke nor than 100

people who heard rumours. These two senior figures from Radio 1 had

heard nothing. No-one was whispering or gossiping? No. No-one said a word

to you? Not a word. This is the conclusion of the draft report.

No-one at the top knew. But the victims have their doubts. I met, we

will call her Jane who was a 15-year-old and was assaulted by

Savile in a Top Of The Pops dressing room. What she remembers are the

people watching, when she was led into his room.

I am certain people were aware of why Jimmy Saville took me to his

jutting room. And you were aware of people watching you do that? Yes. In

the 1970s, the lifestyle was different. Just morally it is so

wrong. A draft report, some things are out of date. It is widely the

BBC are not commenting yet. It does echo other enquiries into Jimmy

Saville in the NHS. an official report says

the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko in London

was probably approved The number of cars rolling off

UK productions lines I'll be looking at how record car

exports is driving that success. And coming up on Reporting

Scotland at 6.30. Jubilation, as semi-professional

team East Kilbride triumph in the Scottish Cup and prepare

to face Celtic in the next round. And could gin challenge whisky

as our favourite spirit? How is it possible for a child

in modern day Britain to grow up Dylan Seabridge was eight years

old when he died of scurvy in 2011 and yet his inquest heard he saw

no doctors, dentists or teachers from when he was a baby

- just 13 months old - Now BBC News has seen a report

that raises serious questions Our Social Affairs Correspondent

Alison Holt has this special report. Rural Pembrokeshire with the farms

and occasional farm started on the hill sides. It is where Dylan C

bridge lived. His house in visible from a track. The authorities knew

so little about him it was impossible to draw a pen picture of

him. No record was found of him seeing a doctor or dentist from 13

months old until he died of scurvy aged eight. It is a disease that

develops from not having enough vitamin see in your diet. This

doctor is an expert in children's nutrition. He says scurvy is easily

identifiable. This was the final stage of scurvy. This child would

have been very miserable and uncomfortable. He would have had

pain in his limbs and joints and was able to do very little for himself

at the end. Dylan's parents were charged with neglect at the end of

2011. The charges were dropped in November 2014, deciding it wasn't in

the public interest to continue. At the inquest, his parents disputed

that he had scurvy and said he wasn't invisible to the outside

world. It is a complicated story. His parents were in a lengthy

dispute with neighbouring Ceredigion council after his mother, a teacher,

injured herself at one of their schools. The authorities were

alerted about a child being taught at home a year before Dylan's death.

He was not known to them broke she educational officials and they did

not have any power to see him. The report concludes that the laws and

education surrounding home education in Wales need strengthening as a

matter of urgency. It says existing regulations are inadequate to ensure

a child's safety. Mark Thiessen is the former Ceredigion council lawyer

who wanted checks made. He can't understand why no official report

has been published. Nobody seems to care that the system just doesn't

work. No lessons have been learned. Nobody knows what has gone on here.

It seems clear that nobody is interested in anybody being told

what has gone on here. The Welsh government is soon to publish new

guidance on home education and Professor Sally Holland, the

children's commissioner for Wales wants a wider debate. We know the

vast majority of children who are home educated are doing very well.

But I feel concerned that it is completely possible for children in

Wales and the rest of the UK to slip under the radar. Ceredigion council

says it provided information promptly for the unpublished serious

case review. The review process was said to have been suspended because

of the lengthy criminal investigation and a different type

of review should be completed soon. Murders and killings in England

and Wales have risen to their highest

level for five years. The Office

for National Statistics says there were 574 homicides

in the year to September - There was also a rise in attempted

murders, sexual offences The Crown Prosecution Service

is to review its file on the death of Poppi Worthington,

following the findings of a High Court family

judge this week. The judge ruled that

the 13-month-old had been sexually assaulted by her father

before her death at home in Cumbria Her father Paul Worthington

was never charged with any crime , new factoring in the UK has

reached a 10-year high with more vehicles exported than ever before

despite an economic slowdown in China and Russia. New figures out

today show nearly 1.6 million cars were built last year. Four out of

five were sold abroad. Our industry correspondent is at the Jaguar Land

Rover factory insoluble. For the first time at Jaguar Land Rover has

become the country's biggest car manufacturer. If you look inside

these cars, the vast majority are left-hand drive because they are

heading abroad. Built in the Midlands

but destined for the world. Here in Solihull, thousands

of premium cars are loaded up each week to be

transported abroad. We have actually got two

of the brands people They have a strong

emotional connection. It starts with the brand,

they are fantastically On top of that, we have some

of the best engineered cars 10,000 people now

work at this plant. The numbers have

doubled in five years. Keeley and Ian joined 18 months ago

and haven't looked back. I've been offered a job as a group

leader after doing a number Hopefully, it don't stop

here and I keep going forward. Both myself and my

partner work here. We're saving to get a mortgage,

obviously, to move closer to Jaguar You're tying your

future to the company? The record exports of British cars,

came despite problems Exports to China,

a key market, fell by But as the European

economy picked up, And demand in the US soared

by more than a quarter. What's really remarkable is that

in 2015, despite the high level of sterling, despite the slowdown

in China, you've still got this So, hugely important

for the regional and UK carmaking peeked

back in the 1970s. If our car exports continue to grow,

we could eclipse those levels Andy Murray has eased

his way into the third round of the Australian Open -

with a straight sets win His wife - Kim - is due to give

birth to their first child next month and the British

number one has said he would hop on the first plane home

if he gets the call. Any day now he could be swapping

volleys for nappies but if Andy Murray is feeling any first-time dad

nurse, he's not exactly showing them. He has said that he will race

home from Melbourne if his wife Kim goes into labour but today the only

man rushing for the exit was his opponent. Sam Groth has the fastest

serve in tennis but they kept coming back as Marie charged to the first

set 6-0. When Sam Groth finally won a game at the 10th attempt, his home

crowd celebrated as if he had just won the title. It only postponed the

inevitable as Murray eased through. But he says preparing to be a dad is

a little harder. If I get the call to go home, I am going to be up the

whole flight reading books to try and get as many tips as I can so I

am prepared when I land. I will go on instinct with that and I'm sure

my wife will give me a lot of tips as well. And a fuel is full stars

well. It was also a good day for the British women's morn. The most

emotional result of the day was a defeat. Australian hero Leyton

Hewitt, in his last match before retirement. Accompanied by his

children and the cheers of home fans, the fondest of farewells.

We had some brightness in the sky today as you can see from this

picture in Lincolnshire. We have had outbreaks of rain as well. That will

work its way eastwards through the course of this evening and

overnight. Followed by a band of heavy rain through western areas on

the early hours of Friday morning. It will be a fast free night.

Different feel to the last few days. If we look at many central areas,

Apache outbreaks of rain. Heavier further west, affecting Devon,

Cornwall and Wales combine with dusty southerly winds. For Northern

England, a wet start with a blustery conditions and some lying surface

water on roads is possible. Scotland has wet weather through most of the

morning but in Northern Ireland it should clear up quickly. With that

wet weather working its way eastwards, affecting all points at

some stage in the day. Drier conditions rolling in from the West.

Quite a lot milder than we have seen recently. Saturday is probably the

better of the weekend days. Sunny spells and mild. Sunday, a little

more in the way of cloud and a little rain around as well. It looks

like the winter weather for now is a bit of a thing of the