05/01/2017 BBC News at Six

The woman who helped change the way we deal with rape,

She was raped in her father's Ealing vicarage 30 years ago

and became the first survivor to waive her anonymity.

I want people to be able to understand just how much

of a trauma rape is, and just what you do go through.

The press, the police, the courts - they all reassessed the way rape

is handled as a result of Jill's campaigning.

She very strongly and rightly repeated the message that the

survivor, the victim, has nothing to feel ashamed about.

We'll be looking back at her life and achievements.

How one police force is changing the way it deals

with domestic violence - and reducing re-offending rates.

An all-time high for new car sales - the latest sign that the economy

is still defying Brexit predictions - but for how long?

A warning about dementia - why living near major roads

could increase the risk of developing dementia.

Letters from a princess to palace steward -

Diana's handwritten notes are sold at auction.

Coming up in the sport on BBC News, Hull City appoint former

Olympiakos boss Marco Silva as their new manager.

He succeeds Mike Phelan, with Hull bottom of the Premier League.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Jill Saward, the first survivor of rape to waive her right

In 1986 she suffered a violent assault by two men during a burglary

at her father's vicarage in west London.

At the end of the trial of the rapists, the judge

said her trauma had "not been so great".

Jill Saward went on to become a tireless campaigner

and many believe her efforts changed the way we now deal with sex

Our home affairs correspondent June Kelly looks back at her life.

Jill Saward was 21 when, in 1986, she became the victim of a crime

which caused revulsion across the country. There was horror that, in a

suburban vicarage in Ealing, west London, a young woman was dragged

into a bedroom at knife-point and raped repeatedly by two men. It

began to be serious when man 2 took me upstairs and brought me into this

room, the spare room, and told me to undress. Her attackers were part of

a three-man gang who broke into her family home. Her father, and her

boyfriend were badly beaten. Jill Saward's rapists tied her up with a

skipping rope. In the criminal trial that followed, the judge caused

outrage when he said that Jill Saward's trauma had not been so

great. He gave her attackers lighter sentences than the gang member who

did not rape her. Royal My response to what the judge said, that the

trauma suffered was not so great, again, I don't think words can

express how I felt in that situation. I don't think the judge

had a clue what I went through. As a rape victim, Jill Saward's name was

kept secret. But she took the decision to write a book and speak

publicly about what she had injured. I want people to be able to

understand just how much of a trauma rape is, and what you go through

when you have been raped. I hope that what I have done will help

other people. Having been exposed to the realities of the criminal

justice system, Jill Saward became a pivotal advocate for better

treatment for other victims. She was at the vanguard of a successful

campaign to stop defendants in rape cases from cross-examining women

bringing complaints. Tonight, fellow campaigners paid tribute to her. One

of the most important things she did was to try to dispel the stigma and

the taboo around rape and sexual violence. She very strongly and

correctly repeated the message that the victim has nothing to feel

ashamed about. It is always the perpetrator who has the reason to

feel shame. Jill Saward leaves a husband and three sons. The Attorney

General said she had opened the eyes of many politicians and helped to

ensure that victims were placed at the heart of the criminal justice

system. The campaigner Jill Saward,

who's died at the age of 51. The number of new cars sold in

the UK hit an all-time high in 2016. The increase, of more than 2%,

was mainly due to high demand from business customers,

according to the Society But sales are expected

to fall sharply this year, as our industry correspondent

John Moylan reports. Once, new cars were the preserve

the privileged few. These days, we buy cars

like mobile phones. The reason we're all

buying so many new cars is because the industry makes it

so easy for us. In fact, the vast majority

of customers are now effectively leasing new vehicles

for an affordable monthly payment, rather than worrying

about the overall sticker price. Ivan Foreman used to

buy cars second-hand. All of the options now available

with leasing and financing, I can now pay less overall

on a monthly basis but still go home You can probably have a car like

that for ?10 more than your Golf. This shift in how we buy cars

is also changing the type There's a real trend for people

to buy more upmarket cars, because the monthly payments

are usually not that much greater than buying a more mainstream

vehicle and people are very badge conscious and they want the latest

technology and that's what these Last year, total sales hit

almost 2.7 million cars. That was up 2.3% on the previous

year, which was also a record high. But the industry now expects

sales to fall by more That's because consumer

demand has been falling. It could get worse,

amid the economic uncertainty ahead. What's more, higher prices

are coming to forecourts. The pressure that comes

from a lower value pound, to a certain extent does help

exporters but the converse is it Around six out of seven cars

we sell here are imported, so the pressure of that depreciation

in sterling will undoubtedly float The rising price of fuel

won't help either. Petrol and diesel have

hit an 18-month high. After five years of growth,

the car market could be And now to another sign of how

the economy is doing. Britain's service sector grew

at its fastest pace for 17 months in December -

that's according to Services, which cover everything

from retail and transport to banking and accounting,

make up three-quarters Our economic editor

Kamal Ahmed is here with me. On the face of it, this is good

news? It certainly is. As you say, the services sector is the largest

part of the economy. It's very important it performs well. This

seems to be on the back of pretty confident British consumers, who are

still out there, shopping. The chief economist of the Bank of England was

at an event today that I was at. He welcomes these figures. He admitted

the Bank of England, maybe last year, before the referendum, was a

little too pessimistic, that the figures we have had on the services

sector, on construction, on manufacturing, have been more

positive since Britain voted to leave the European Union. But he did

signal a note of caution, and sound a note of warning. He said that this

year, and next year, could be tougher, because of the fall in the

value of Sterling, imports of food and fuel are likely to be more

expensive. Those inflation pressures are pushing into the British

economy. What was interesting about today's figures, they said that

inflation pressures in the services sector on the High Street were at

their highest since 2011. So, those pressures will push through to

higher prices for consumers. That could mean the economy could stutter

in the future. Thank you very much. Two people have been killed and five

wounded in a car bomb explosion The blast took place outside

the city's courthouse, with armed attackers opening fire

before detonating a bomb. Two of the attackers were shot dead

by police and a third People who live near major roads

could be at greater risk That's according to a decade-long

study by scientists in Canada. They say air pollutants caused

by heavy traffic could get But the researchers say

more work is now needed Our medical correspondent

Fergus Walsh has the story. Air pollution and noise, two of the

downsides of living near a major road. But a greater likelihood of

getting dementia? Well, that is the theory behind a new study. This

research shows, for pretty much the first time, there is a link between

living near a busy main road, we are talking like a busy A wrote or dual

carriageway, and having an increased risk of dementia. I think it shows

that it could be a new risk factor we have not considered before. A

study of 2 million Canadians found about 10% of dementia cases in urban

areas could be linked to exposure to heavy traffic. Researchers found

living within 50 metres of a major road increased the risk of dementia

by 7% - 11%. At 100 metres, the increased risk was 4%. Leeds is like

any urban centre, congested and polluted. Keeping the mind active is

one of the benefits of this crossword club. So, are members

worried that city living might be harming them? I try to live a

healthy lifestyle. I eat very well, I exercise regularly. And yet you

can, just by living near a main road, you can do yourself a great

deal of damage. That is concerning. It would not be a great shock to me,

in the same way that when unleaded petrol was introduced, the

connection between lead and brain damage was unproven. I would not be

at all surprised. Around 850,000 people in the UK have dementia. It

gradually robs them of their memories and their brain function.

But the origins of the condition are not well understood. This research

does not prove that heavy traffic causes dementia. It makes a

fascinating link that requires further investigation. But there are

already many reasons to avoid the polluted air in our cities. It can

cause serious breathing difficulties and trigger a heart attack or stroke

in those already at risk. Last year, British scientists found tiny

pollution particles in samples of brain tissue, another hint there may

be a link between traffic and neurodegenerative conditions. For

now, the best advice to reduce your dementia risk is to exercise and eat

healthily. Fergus Walsh, BBC News. The survivor who helped change

the way we deal with rape, Princess Diana's letters

under the hammer - Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,

Sir Andy Murray was an early break down in his Qatar Open

quarterfinal against Find out if the Spaniard could cause

an upset against the world The way domestic violence cases

are dealt with in family courts in England and Wales looks

set to change. The Justice Secretary wants to stop

the growing practice of abusers questioning their own victims -

adding to their ordeal. One woman in four can expect

to experience domestic violence At the moment, two women are killed

every week in England and Wales Now, a Home Office-backed

pilot scheme has brought Northumbria Police and several other

agencies together in a new way of tackling the problem,

and as our UK affairs correspondent Jeremy Cooke reports,

the early signs are encouraging. I'm just going to try

around the back. Northumbria Police,

tracking down those guilty of a crime often unseen

- domestic violence. The lad we're going to see is no

stranger to the police anyway. It's a volatile relationship, erm,

so there's physical violence, The key is intelligence-gathering,

a task that goes well His father believed he may have been

recalled to prison... In this one room are councils

and probation workers, victim support groups,

the NHS and more. Six police events on our system

are all down to domestic abuse. All of it designed

to identify suspects. We wouldn't have a domestic

abuse victim if we didn't Therefore, if we want to stop

domestic abuse, we need The work could hardly

be more urgent. This police force alone has dealt

with almost 30,000 domestic abuse We were standing in the kitchen just

talking, and then next thing, Was biting us, punching us,

grabbed us by the throat. I just thought she was in the wrong,

I was blaming her for everything and I punched her and kicked her

and I physically assaulted her. I don't know what I done it for,

just something flipped, or clicked, Back on the street, the police

are still on the case. And finally, they track

down their man and the woman They've slipped out of the house

into the back alley. This is to inform you that

Northumbria Police have identified you as a domestic

abuse serial perpetrator. What's different here is that these

cops are not making an arrest, they're trying to get him to engage

in a programme to stop the violence. We can offer you these

courses now, and... It's things like, they're looking

at things like anger management, drug and alcohol misuse,

and it's like, you want You recognise the behaviour

before it escalated It's a key element of this

new Home Office-funded pilot scheme. Every man on this course had

admitted domestic abuse, Your body tenses up,

your fists will clench. The numbers are impressive -

for men who complete this course, rates of offending have reduced

by 61% - enough I love him, and we've got

four children together. That to me is enough

to try to make things work. Some people watching this

who will say, you shouldn't be on this course, you should

be in jail? Well, to be honest with you,

I think I should have been in jail. I think anyone who hits anybody

or abuses anybody or anything But obviously, I've

had a second chance. Ultimately, those behind this

programme want one thing - They're doing all they can,

but there are warnings that the process can only be

as strong as its weakest link. We've taken the initiative,

and I want the courts to follow suit and take

the initiative, too. And it is a nasty course of conduct

that's changing vulnerable victims' lives and the courts need

to intervene, understanding that. The police here stress

that whenever possible, perpetrators will still face

arrest and prosecution. It's a zero tolerance

message, and it's all Details of organisations providing

support for victims of domestic violence are available

at bbc.co.uk/actionline, A transgender woman being held

at a male prison while on remand has Jenny Swift had been in custody

at HMP Doncaster in South Yorkshire after a man was stabbed in November

and later died. It's reported Ms Swift,

who was charged under the name Jonathan Swift,

had asked to be put An independent investigation

will now take place. The RMT union has accepted an offer

from Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to discuss the long-running

dispute over operating train Unions argue the extension

of driver-only services, where drivers rather than guards

open and close carriage But the industry regulator

insists it's a safe method. Top intelligence chiefs

in the United States have warned that Russian cyber operations have

become more aggressive and pose They were speaking at the start

of an investigation by US Senators into cyber-attacks

which the intelligence agencies say were designed to interfere

in November's presidential election. Our North America editor, Jon Sopel,

is in Washington for us. Where does this leave Donald Trump's

relationship with the intelligence services? Decidedly rocky, George.

We have got Donald Trump being absolutely disparaging of the

intelligence chiefs and their assertion that Russia tried to

influence the outcome of the presidential election by hacking

into Democratic Party computers. Yesterday, Donald Trump was tweeting

approvingly of the WikiLeaks founder Julia -- Julian Assange. He also

tweeted, saying, why have the intelligence chiefs delayed their

meeting with me? May be they're trying to build a case. So today we

had the intelligence chiefs firing back, saying, only senior officials

in Russia could have authorised the recent data thefts and disclosure

at. They said it was part of a multifaceted campaign, that it was

not just hacking, it was also disinformation, propaganda and fake

news. And they said they had a very high degree of confidence that it

came from the top of the Russian State. But the one thing that Donald

Trump is determined not to accept, and I'm sure he will not, even when

he meets the intelligence chiefs tomorrow, is that his election

victory was down to the Russians. Because of course that would take

away the legitimacy of his position as the President-elect.

A BBC investigation has found that large amounts of illegal drugs

are being delivered unknowingly by postal workers, with few

Over the past few months, Radio 1 Newsbeat has heard concerns

that more now than ever, your local postman or woman

could be at the end of a multi-million pound drug chain.

It's an illegal trade worth millions.

And it means your local postman could unwittingly be delivering

More and more people are buying drugs on the Dark Web,

..are the final point in the drug deal chain.

What was in there, as far as you know?

You tell the managers and all they say is,

If you see the place it's being delivered to,

The Royal Mail told us it doesn't knowingly carry any illegal

But getting drugs online is becoming more popular with people like Steve,

who would only speak to us if we protected his identity.

It was cheaper and it had less chance of getting

Me and my friend have found it incredibly funny how she handed it

over and said thank you very much, I looked at her and said,

She walked off, completely unaware that she was part of a drugs trade.

This part of London used to be home to a lot of shops

where you could buy legal highs, or new psychoactive substances.

The Government say its new law to tackle this has meant

But we managed to get these drugs on the Dark Web,

We asked the Government to come on and speak to us

They say they are spending ?1.9 billion over the next five

So, how easy was it to buy those drugs on the Dark Web?

We've come to meet Chris Monteiro, an independent security

I mean, everything about it is pretty much like eBay,

except it looks, frankly, a little bit more amateurish,

Yes, the technology is not as mature, in many cases.

But you're accessing a highly anonymised website which is very

At the end of the session, we had bought three different drugs,

ecstasy, some marijuana and some synthetic cannabis, known as Spice.

It's taken out of your wallet, and now it's done.

A few days later, all three parcels arrived.

We took them to this government approved testing lab.

These don't particularly look suspicious.

There is no way every single item could be opened,

So, they're trained on things that look suspicious.

It may have only been three samples, but the testing proved that

everything we bought on the Dark Web is as described, raising

the question, what needs to be done to stop the deadly trade?

How will the authorities tackle a global issue,

where every time one online marketplace is shut down,

Six handwritten letters from Princess Diana have sold

They were all written to former Buckingham Palace

steward Cyril Dickman, and include some revealing insights

about the then young Princes William and Harry.

Sarah Campbell is at the auction house in Cambridge.

For years, the items in the collections of Cyril Dickman had

remained unseen in a cupboard. There were letters, Christmas cards, even

a slice of wedding cake from the Queen'swedding. All of them it

turned out today are highly collectable, especially those items

relating to Diana, Princess of Wales.

All done this time, the hammer is up, and it's

Estimated values were quickly exceeded, as the world snapped up

As expected, it was Diana's heartfelt letters to Palace

employee Cyril Dickman, the head steward at Buckingham

She was a mother who obviously cared about her children.

And she was very generous and she wasn't afraid

of putting her thoughts down on paper.

And that was shown in some of the lots we sold today.

September 1984, and Prince William's eagerness to see his new baby

Five days after the birth, Diana wrote, "William

adores his little brother and spends the entire time swamping

Harry with an endless supply of hugs and kisses,

That letter sold for more than five times the guide price.

Bids are coming in online and on the phone from across the world,

I'm told particularly Japan, America and Australia

and all the lots so far have easily exceeded their reserve price.

Alluding perhaps to the troubles in her marriage, which were

She thanks Cyril for thinking of her at this "difficult period"

and writes that the boys are well and enjoying boarding school

a lot - although "Harry is constantly in trouble".

Again, this sold for more than ?3,000.

Today his grandson watched nervously as the family collection

I mean, it's a good thing for my grandfather's name,

And, again, it just raises the profile of what a great

The Royal Family is a source of fascination around the world

and almost 20 years after her death, it appears the interest in Diana

It was very cold this morning, it was the coldest night in England so

far this winter. It was -8 in parts of rural Oxon. All change tomorrow,

it will be a cloudy start, rather dull and for many of us come a wet

as well. But it was beautiful today. Marry early frost under the clear

skies, but cloud will gather from the west. The winds pick up, the

rain arrives into Northern Ireland and western Scotland, and it will be

pretty mild here. Down into the London area, we keep those

temperatures close to freezing, and potentially, freezing fog could be

an issue in your early morning rush hour. Further south, the cloud

gathers. And the rain will be arriving, some of it heavy in

Northern Ireland and west facing coasts of Scotland. It will

gradually drift eastwards. In the far north of Scotland you might

escape the worst of the weather. It will move in from the west. Not too

much in the way of heavy, persistent rain. Perhaps across the Midlands,

East Anglia and the south-east of England, it may well stay dry during

daylight hours. It is the mild air which pushes the cold air back to

the continent by the start of the weekend. All change, staying pretty

cloudy and quite mild into the weekend, but largely dry.

So, it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One, we now join