carl sargeant was suicide. we will bring you more on that as it comes into us. you more on that as it comes into us. the current nursing he wanted to thank everybody, including the media, for their dignified behaviour in court. —— the coroner saying he wa nted in court. —— the coroner saying he wanted to thank everybody. let's return to a story we mentioned in the bbc news at one. the french senate has approved a new tax on the world's biggest internet and technology firms such as google and facebook. the measure, which will initially raise around £360 million a year sets a precedent that's being closely watched by governments around the world. president trump has already ordered an investigation into the french plans. anna isaac is the economics and trade correspondent at the telegraph, she says its a way of creating an even footing between companies. lots of different countries want to be able to have a competitive tax environment because they feel that will attract bigger companies towards them. ire

when the bbc interviewed carl beech, they asked him about that boy and carl beech said that he believed that martin allen was one of the children who was murdered. of course, what the cps helped towed us during this trial is like this gives false hope to the family of martin allen, who thought that may be, from what carl beech people, they might be able to draw some kind of conclusion and understand what happened to him. that is the delight is from here at newcastle crown court. —— that is the latest here from crown court. we expect carl beech to be sentenced on friday. the foreign office minister sir alan duncan has resigned from the government, quitting ahead of an expected borisjohnson victory in the race to be conservative leader and prime minister. and that the last couple of minutes, jeremy hunt has tweeted to sir alan duncan saying: thatis that is the tweet from jeremy hunt to siralan duncan, that is the tweet from jeremy hunt to sir alan duncan, who quit on the basis that the next prime minister is borisjohnson. the chancellor philip hammond and justice secretary david gauke

carl beech will be sentenced here on friday. june kelly, thank you. the uk is seeking to put together a european—led maritime mi55ion to protect 5hips pa55ing through the strait of hormuz, according to the foreign secretary. the statement from jeremy hunt come5 after a british registered tanker was seized there by iran last week. it's the latest development in the growing tension in the region. this is the strait of hormuz. on one side are the arab states, including a number of key allies and oil producers. 0n the other is iran. at its narrowe5t point, it's only 21 miles across, but a fifth of the world's oil export5 pass through this narrow channel. 0ur chief international correspondent, ly5e doucet, has more. fir5t image5 fir5t images of the men seized at 5ea, fir5t images of the men seized at sea, the crew of the stena impero. indians, russians, a latvian and a filipino. image5 released by iran. is this what life is like on board now, or is this just for show? a crew member is heard 5aying, don't look at the camera. and this photograph look5 look

he gave evidence to the which has convicted carl beech. here, a man has done enormous damage to innocent people who have done no harm at all. an evil man. carl beech claimed the former tory mp harry potter has murdered two does. he also accused the former home secretary lord britain who died during a police investigation, the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath, and lord janner. allegations that senior figures in public life sexually abuse children more than 30 years ago. in 2014 bbc news made a police investigation of the story. at this moment carl beech was anonymous and known by the pseudonym, nick, and a senior detective spoke for him and his colleagues. what he said i believed to be credible and true. the police investigation went on for 18 months and ended without any arrests or charges. it was another force, northumbria, which was given the job of investigating carl beech. 0fficers discovered that the hospital last night that he was paedophile himself. as he was claiming to be a victim he was downloading hundreds of se

carl beech showed no emotion as the judge passed sentence. the prosecutor said i am satisfied that you are a resource for, manipulative, devious man. you acted out of motives of personal gain, pleasure, and attention seeking. the sentencing marks the end of a very long chapter for sentencing marks the end of a very long chapterfor all of sentencing marks the end of a very long chapter for all of those people he falsely accused and their families, but today we got a real sense of how his lies will be affecting them for the rest of their lives. we heard from harvey proctor, the former mp, who broke down several times as he gave his witness impact statement, and he told reporters afterwards about how he was critical of the metropolitan police for originally saying that carl beech, claims were credible and true. my my life, as i planned it to be, and my belief in british institutions and fairness have gone. i am frequently tortured by the realisation that had missed a beach been successful in his scheme to pervert the course ofjustice, i would ha

sir hugh, now 96, gave evidence to the jury which has convicted carl beech. he is a man who's done enormous damage to totally innocent people who had done him no harm at all. evil man. beech claimed the ex tory mp harvey proctor had actually murdered two boys. other politicians he accused with the former home secretary lord britain, who died during the police investigation, the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath and lord janner. and then there were the intelligence chief5, sir michael hanley, once head of m15 and sir maurice oldfield, and ex—bo55 of m16. allegations that senior figures in public life sexually abused children more than 30 years ago. in 2014, bbc news made the police investigation and lead story. at this point, beech wa5 anonymous and known only by the pseudonym, nick. he claimed jimmy savile had also abused him. and in the wake of savile scandal, a senior detective spoke for himself and his colleagues. they and i believe what nick is saying to be credible and to be true. the police investigation, codenamed operation midland, w

from carl beech as the sentence has been passed down. the jet beech as the sentence has been passed down. thejet 5et beech as the sentence has been passed down. the jet set him, beech as the sentence has been passed down. thejet set him, you no remorse. “— passed down. thejet set him, you no remorse. —— the judge. passed down. thejet set him, you no remorse. —— thejudge. carl beech who accuse all those people, saying that they were involved in a paedophile ring in the 19705 and 805, has now beenjailed paedophile ring in the 19705 and 805, has now been jailed for 18 years. sport now on afternoon live with adam. let's start with cricket and it was quite a short day's play at lord's today between england and ireland? it has been a short but quite extraordinary day's cricket. yesterday was abandoned due to the thunderstorms remember yesterday was abandoned due to those thunderstorms, thunderstorms today well, there's been a lightening fast finish. england remember had one wicket left at the start of play. that went with the very

sir hugh, now 96, gave evidence to thejury which has convicted carl beech. he's a man who's done enormous damage to totally innocent people who've done him no harm at all. an evil man. beech claimed the ex—tory mp harvey proctor had actually murdered two boys. 0ther politicians he accused were the former home secretary, lord brittan, who died during the police investigation, the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath, and lord janner. police investigating claims of historic child abuse launch a new investigation into historic murder or manslaughter. in 2014, bbc news made the police investigation a lead story. at this point, beech was anonymous and known only by the pseudonym nick. a senior detective spoke for himself and his colleagues. they and i believe what nick is saying is credible and true. a police investigation codenamed 0peration midland went on for 18 months. and ended without any arrests or charges. it was another force, northumbria, which was then given the job of investigating beech. 0fficers discovered that the school governor and

subsequently, since carl sa rg ea nt‘s vulnerabilities. subsequently, since carl sargeant‘s death, vulnerabilities. subsequently, since carl sargea nt‘s death, the vulnerabilities. subsequently, since carl sargeant‘s death, the now first minister has been safeguarding changes so that any ministers that could be dismissed in any further cabinet reshuffle is would be provided with some sort of safeguarding help, but the coroner says that he still has concerns that future first ministers would provide the same level of care so has written to the welsh government asking for actions to be taken to prevent further deaths from happening in the welsh government saying they would consider the report carefully and respond in the field. as you mentioned, following the verdict here, the family gave a scathing attack against the former first minister carwynjones. asafamily as a family during these proceedings we have been subject to underhand tactics, delays and opportunism engineered by the former first minister. we recognise the murkiness, the

carl beech said he did. the prosecution was going over the interview he gave the police in 2012 and was highlighting times when he withheld information from the police. carl beech said that was because of the mindset he was in. the prosecution said, that was lying. in their words, the prosecution said, that was lying. in theirwords, he the prosecution said, that was lying. in their words, he gave the police doff information. the court read a document that carl beech had written in the third person and that detailed a near death experience of an abused child. carl beech told the court it was about this witness called john and asked why he wrote it in that way as if it was him, he said it enabled him to detach himself from it. some parts he could not explain why he had written that way and the prosecution asked him, do you often write things that are deceitful in documents you do not understand? deceitful in documents you do not understand ? red replied deceitful in documents you do not understand? red replied

carl beech — who was today found guilty of falsely accusing vips of being part of a murderous paedophile ring — is called "a fantasist who made a mockery ofjustice" by the express. the telegraph also leads on the story. they say scotland yard faces serious questions about the multi—million pound investigation. and the times says labour deputy leader tom watson has been urged to apologise to the public figures falsely named by carl beech, after he entertained the allegations. soa so a variety of stories on the front pages, but let's start with the man on the front of most of them, boris johnson, on the front of the i. do you agree he is 2a hours from downing street? we are not sure of the timing of this announcement. we expect the result late morning, midday tomorrow, of who has won the tory leadership contest. we've had many political shocks in the cast couple of years and, if boris johnson isn't announced and jeremy hunt were to, i think that would be one of the biggest shocks, so the expectation is borisjohnson and, in terms of weather he gets to go to downing street, that will be

carl beech claimed he had actually murdered two boys. beech listen from the dock as a series of powerful and poignant victim impact statements we re poignant victim impact statements were read to the packed courtroom. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, now in his 90s, right —— wrote: the widow of lord britain, who had died during the investigation, wrote: and the godson of the former prime minister sir edward heath, said: daniel o'donnell, daniel 0'donnell, son of another falsely accused politician, spoke for his family —— danieljanner. falsely accused politician, spoke for his family -- danieljanner. the effect is hard to describe it is the stigma of an allegation as serious as rape against a loving father. harvey proctor later gave a news conference. my life, my repute, my future as i had planned it to be, and my belief in british institutions and fairness, have gone. the metropolitan police assertion that his allegations were credible and true is already part of my obituary. beech wanted to put other people in

today from the witness box, sometimes in tears, carl beech told thejury sometimes in tears, carl beech told the jury harvey proctor was involved. he told them: a one—time head of m15, sir michael hanley, was alleged to have initiated the killing, with lord brittan, former home secretary, watching as the child was beaten to death. carl beech has always accused —— also accused lord brittan of raping him. in his police interview, he described having poppies pinned to his bare chest. he told the jury this happened at military sites, including an army training base on salisbury plain. he claimed the former head of the army, lord bramall, was amongst those present at what he called remembrance day parties. carl beech‘s allegations led to an 18 month enquiry by scotla nd led to an 18 month enquiry by scotland yard which cost £2 million and ended with no arrests. he denies fraud and perverting the course of justice by lying about his claims. you will be back in the witness box tomorrow. june kelly, bbc news, at newcastle crown court. iran has summoned the british ambassador in tehran

today carl beech went into the witness box to repeat his claims before a jury. among those he has accused is lord bramall, former chief of defence staff. he told the court his stepfather first took him to see general bramall, as he called him, in an office at an army barracks. the general asked his stepfather to wait outside. carl beech said, "i wasn't in there for very long." "he touched my head, he touched my body. "i had to undress and then dress again." he told the jury on another occasion his stepfather took him to a disused house and waiting for him were lord bramall and other members of the military. he said, "everyone was asked to leave the room by general bramall." "he undressed me and ended up doing what ray — "his stepfather — had done to me." "raping. "i was just left on the floor and general bramall left." he also described being taken to an army training site on salisbury plain where he said he was undressed and tied to a wall with hooks. he alleged he was then stabbed in the foot and hand and tortured with a cigarette lighter and darts as well

carl beech claimed he'd actually murdered two boys. beech listened from the dock as a series of powerful and poignant impact statements were read to the packed courtroom. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, now in his 90s, wrote... the widow of lord brittan, who died during the investigation wrote... and the godson of the late prime minister sir edward heath said... danieljanner, son of another politician falsely accused by beech, spoke for his family. the effect is hard to describe, but it's the stigma of an allegation as serious as rape against a loving father. harvey proctor later gave a news conference. my life, my future as i had planned it to be and my belief in british institutions and fairness have gone. the metropolitan police assertion that his allegations were credible and true is already part of my obituary. carl beech has been sentenced for lying about his abuse claims, downloading hundreds of sexual images of young boys, and secretly filming a boy indecently. he will serve half of his 18 year sentence in pr

carl beech claimed he'd actually murdered two boys. beech listened from the dock as a series of powerful and poignant impact statements were read to the packed courtroom. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, now in his 90s, wrote... the widow of lord brittan, who died during the investigation wrote... and the godson of the late prime minister sir edward heath said... danieljanner, son of another politician falsely accused by beech, spoke for his family. the effect is hard to describe, but it's the stigma of an allegation as serious as rape against a loving father. harvey proctor later gave a news conference. my life, my future as i had planned it to be and my belief in british institutions and fairness have gone. the metropolitan police assertion that his allegations were credible and true is already part of my obituary. carl beech has been sentenced for lying about his abuse claims, downloading hundreds of sexual images of young boys and secretly filming a boy indecently. he will serve half of his 18 year sentence in pri

when doing so, the police claimed carl beech was a consistent witness. but sir richard said, at the time, beech "had not been consistent". the police watchdog, the ipoc, has cleared the officers of any misconduct and says it won‘t reopen that inquiry. let‘s talk to harvey proctor now. thank you forjoining us on the programme. we really appreciate it. good morning. lets rewind the clock a little bit and take you back to that day. how was it? the 4th of march, 2015, four and a half years ago. a normal day until the dog started barking. i saw a police car near to my home. that‘s not unusual because i worked for the duke of rutland and i had connections with the police because i was in charge of security on the belvoir estate and the castle. what was unusual was that the detective sergeant announced when he came through the door that he was from the homicide squad of the metropolitan police and he had a search warrant to search my home. that was most unusual. of course. how has all of this affected your life? from that point, it must have been incredib

carl sargeant had one of the top jobs in welsh government. the inquest heard he had been left broken by his sacking and subsequent suspension from the labour party, amid allegation of sexual misconduct which he denied. his family have been critical of the way his dismissal was handled by the former welsh first minister carwynjones. today, they had strong words for him again. as a family during these proceedings we have been subject to underhand tactics, delays, and opportunism engineered by the former first minister. it has also been a distressing and dehumanising process that has added to our heartbreak. carwynjones has given evidence twice at this inquest. on monday he revised his earlier testimony about what support had been offered to carl sargeant who had suffered from depression. offering his condolences today to the sargeant family, carwynjones said the nature of these proceedings that meant that there appeared to be two sides of the matter, and while it is right that these arguments are tested he said, the process had driven an unnatu

sargeant, who let's hear from the son of carl sargea nt, who committed let's hear from the son of carl sargeant, who committed suicide after brief investigation. eight months later we have had to sit through a continuing need changing version of events, delivered in a defensive, evasive and argumentative manner. the discrepancies in the form of the first minister evidence are deeply troubling, and remain significant questions over the integrity of this evidence. after eight months, we pause for thought... and we would have expected him to have a clear and unambiguous expiration. we are also deeply offended by the lack of any remorse or regret from the former first minister. and we are astounded to hear him say in evidence that one text message sent by a special adviser was sufficient for someone who claimed to be a friend, adding that he did not even have to do that. as his brother said, the former first minister has been engaged in a damage limitation exercise, ever since ann jones courageously came forward to give her evidence. as a family during these proceedings we have been subjec

the investigation based on the lies of carl beech. a formerjudge claims police may have broken the law in their probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring. borisjohnson visits wales for the first time as prime minister as the government tries to reassure farmers that they won't lose out after brexit. we have clearly committed that we will continue to support farmers. it's an important part of our economy, it's an important part of our environmental protection credentials, and of course it is part of the tourism package that the uk and wales specifically offers too. uncertainty over brexit hits holiday money. the pound dipped against all other major currencies this morning. iain conn, the chief executive of centrica, which owns british gas, announces he's stepping down after a challenging period for the company. poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses, according to new research. coming up in sport, gareth bale pulls out of real madrid's pre—season trip to munich after his big money move to

carl beech, obviously, i suspect, to have this in context. carl beech, obviously, isuspect, i to have this in context. carl beech, obviously, i suspect, i suspect he has been... he has been described as a fantasist and a liar. most people who are fantasists and liars tend to be people who have very severe mental health problems and i hope that for the sake of the taxpayer, because we will be accommodating this guy for the next however many long he is sentenced for, i hope we try and get inside his head as to where his offending came from.|j wa nt to where his offending came from.|j want to bring in cyst at dominica. we have the police view of the view of survivors, —— sister dominica. you are falsely accused of historic sexual abuse, you were. it's a difficult line because no one wants to ta ke difficult line because no one wants to take away any trauma of survivors of abuse. but there equally has to be an acknowledgement at the very least that some people like yourself have had their world turned down. absolutely. and i am heavily repres

that was what carl beech went down for last week. the police watchdog said it looked ata number of the police watchdog said it looked at a number of officers involved in the operation and decided they shouldn't face any misconduct hearings. but sir richard says, never mind misconduct, they should have been looking at potential criminal behaviour. he is very vocal in what he thinks should happen now. the other thing that we are still awaiting is his full report. scotla nd awaiting is his full report. scotland yard said they would publish it at some stage. we thought we might get it last week when the beech trial ended. we are told it will be published sometime in the future. then sir richard will flesh out all his criticisms, of which we have only had a taste today. june, thank you. boris johnson is preparing to meet farmers in wales, in an attempt to build support for his plan for the industry after brexit. the prime minister is expected to say that agriculture can thrive with new trade deals. the farmers union of wales has warned of

the investigation based on the lies of carl beech. a formerjudge claims police may have broken the law in their probe into an alleged vip paedophile ring. borisjohnson visits wales for the first time as prime minister as the government tries to reassure farmers that they won‘t lose out after brexit. we have clearly committed that we will continue to support farmers. it‘s an important part of our economy, it‘s an important part of our environmental protection credentials, and of course it is part of the tourism package that the uk and wales specifically offers too. uncertainty over brexit hits holiday money.

the probe based on the lies of carl beech. a formerjudge — who reviewed the way police investigated claims of a vip paedophile ring — has said officers may have broken the law. the pound has continued to fall on currency markets as the government insists that the uk is prepared to leave the eu without a deal. borisjohnson will visit wales for the first time as prime minister — as the government tries to reassure farmers that they won't lose out after brexit. we have clearly committed that we will continue to support farmers, it's an important part of the economy, our environmental protection credentials and of course it's part of the tourism package that the uk and wales specifically offers. iain conn — the chief executive of centrica — which owns british gas — has announced he's stepping down after a challenging period for the company. attempts to close the gap in performance between poorer students and their classmates in england's secondary schools have stalled for the first time in eight years. as the winners o

last week, carl beech was given an 18—year sentence for the lies he told in police interviews. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. he duped officers with his deceit. lord bramall, a former army chief, was among those beech accused, along with the former home secretary lord brittan, who died during the police investigation, and the ex—tory mp harvey proctor. i was effectively ruined by what happened. i lost my job, i lost my home. i have a civil action against the metropolitan police, which they are resisting. but did police break the law themselves by searching the homes of these accused? this is the question which is now being asked. in february 2015, the met police applied for three search warrants as part of their controversial investigation. it was in march the following year that the inquiry, operation midland, was finally closed, with no—one arrested or charged. in october 2016, a judge's highly critical review of the inquiry was published in part. it was the work of the former high courtjudge sir richard henriques. now in a ne

carl beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. june kelly reports. i heard the car. carl beech in a police interview, claiming he'd witnessed a friend called scott being deliberately hit by a car — one of three boys he says were murdered by a vip paedophile ring. today, from the witness box, with his voice occasionally breaking, he repeated the allegation, telling the jury... i had poppies pinned to my chest. he also described to the police having poppies pinned to his bare chest by the group. he told the jury this happened at imber, an army training base on salisbury place. he claimed the former head of the army, lord bramall, was among those present at what he called these remembrance day parties. carl beech says the paedophile ring operated in london and beyond in the 1970s and ‘80s and also involved christmas parties. today, he said, "we were the presents to unwrap and they would undress us." he also alleged that the former home secretary lord brittan raped him over a bath while holding his head underwater. and he said he went on to the yacht

a court in newcastle has been hearing victim impact statements ahead of the sentencing of carl beech, who made claims of sexual abuse and murder against mps, military chiefs, and senior figures in the intelligence services. june kelly has been in court. what's been said? well, powerful and poignant testimony, we had first of all a statement read, this is not necessarily in this order but i will read you exerts from some read to the court. 0ne read you exerts from some read to the court. one on behalf of a former chief of the defence staff, a distinguished military career and statement read by his solicitor said that lord bramall said he had never been as badly wounded during his army career as he was by carl beech's false allegation, there was a statement read to the court on be laugh of diana brit tan, the widow of lyon brit tan. she described how her husband with was alone in a hospital bed with cancer when he learned of the claims and she said my husband's name has now been cleared. but he will never know this. carl beech will be sentenced at 2.15, 12 counts of perverting the cours

carl beech has also accused lord brittan of raping him. in his police interview, he described having poppies pinned to his bare chest. he told the jury this happened at military sites, including an army training base on salisbury plain. he claimed the former head of the army, lord bramall, was amongst those present at what he called remembrance day parties. carl beech‘s allegations led to an 18—month enquiry by scotland yard, which cost £2 million and ended with no arrests. he denies fraud and perverting the course of justice by lying about his claims. he'll be back in the witness box tomorrow. june kelly, bbc news, at newcastle crown court. patients' lives are being put at risk because of delays in treating them for sepsis. hospitals are meant to put suspected sufferers on an antibiotic drip within an hour, but bbc research shows a quarter of patients in england are waiting longer than that. sepsis is hard to spot and diagnose. it's triggered by infection, and worsens when the immune system goes into overdrive. the uk sepsis trust sa

carl beech was jailed last week for making up the claims. and the best headline of the morning comes from the mirror. "boris hires mirror chicken as advisor". this is a story about the prime minister's new head of communications lee cain. he's not only a former reporter at the paper, but he was the man they used to send out to political events dressed up in a chicken costume to heckle prominent tories. pm's aid under masks feathered heroes. you can't make it up. i genuinely didn't understand the headline. there are chicken, something to do with the mirror chicken? i get it now. now, you might remember a few weeks ago american rapper lil nas x joined us on the sofa to talk about his hit single ‘old town road'. i'm going to take my horse to the old town road. i'm going to ride till i can't know more. i'm going to ta ke till i can't know more. i'm going to take my horse to the old town road. i'm going to ride until i can't know more. head down, across town... the song has now broken the record for spending the longest time at the top of the u

carl sargeant had one of the top jobs in welsh government. the inquest heard he had been left broken by his sacking and subsequent suspension from the labour party, amid allegation of sexual misconduct which he denied. his family have been critical of the way his dismissal was handled by the former welsh first minister carwynjones. today, they had strong words for him again. as a family during these proceedings we have been subject to underhand tactics, delays, and opportunism engineered by the former first minister. it has also been a distressing and dehumanising process that has added to our heartbreak. carwynjones has given evidence twice at this inquest. on monday he revised his earlier testimony about what support had been offered to carl sargeant who had suffered from depression. offering his condolences today to the sargeant family, carwynjones said the nature of these proceedings that meant that there appeared to be two sides of the matter, and while it is right that these arguments are tested he said, the process had driven an unnatu

last week, carl beech was given an 18—year sentence for the lies he told in police interviews. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. he duped officers with his deceit. lord bramall, a former army chief, was among those beech accused, along with the former home secretary lord brittan, who died during the police investigation, and the ex—tory mp harvey proctor. i was effectively ruined by what happened. i lost myjob, i lost my home. i have a civil action against the metropolitan police which they are resisting. but did police break the law themselves by searching the homes of these accused? this is the question which is now being asked. in february 2015, the met police applied for three search warrants as part of their controversial investigation. it was in march the following year that the enquiry, operation midland, was finally closed with no—one arrested or charged. in october 2016, a judge's highly critical review of the enquiry was published in part. it was the work of the former high court judge, sir richard henriques. now in a new

carl beech, who was today found guilty of falsely accusing vips of being part of a murderous paedophile ring, is called a fantasist who made a mockery of justice by the daily express. the telegraph also lead on the story — they say scotland yard faces serious questions about their multi million pound investigation. and the times say labour deputy leader tom watson has been urged to apologise to the public figures fasley named by beech, after he entertained the allegations. a variety of front pages for us to chew over. borisjohnson 2a hours from downing street. i am trying to work out their timing. he doesn't actually moving until wednesday if he has one. whenever you are reading this, it is not 2a hours. he has one. whenever you are reading this, it is not 24 hours. but don't let the facts get in the way of a good headline. unless everyone has got this wrong, he's to be prime minister at the end of wednesday and named as the leader of the conservative party tomorrow morning before noon. the long wait is over, the long wait for him and for the rest of us. although it has been a relativ

carl beech claimed he had actually murdered two boys. beech listened from the dock as a series of powerful and poignant victim impact statements were read to the packed courtroom. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, now in his nineties, wrote: in service of my queen and country, i have suffered both physically and emotionally. i can honestly say, however, i was never as badly wounded in all my time in the military as i have been by the allegations. the widow of lord brittan, who had died during the investigation, wrote: in the last year of his life, he had to face, while desperately ill, a series of entirely false allegations and smears of the very worst kind. my husband's name has now been cleared, but he will never know this. and the godson of the former prime minister, sir edward heath, said: this has done untold damage to sir edward's reputation. sir edward heath was always, as he remains, wholly and categorically innocent of these depraved and wicked accusations. danieljanner, son of another falsely accused politician

in response to what carl is saying and to the processes , to what carl is saying and to the processes, first of all, we need to save this drug is available in over 20 countries in europe, when they make their appraisal of these drugs, economics is not a key factor in that. they look at it, and we look at this, to do research in rare disease, is incredibly risky, it is difficult to get a successful trial. that is why these drugs are so expensive. they cost as much money to make as any other drug, at the end... it is the research and development cost? yes, and they can only sell it to 16 children in england, so, they are selling it, they have offered the nhs less than they have offered the nhs less than the list price of 500,000 but let's assume they sold it at that, that is assume they sold it at that, that is a turnover of £8 million a year. if you look at that, if you look at a drug company selling a rare drug for £10, toi drug company selling a rare drug for £10, to1 million patients a year, they are making a turnover of £10 million. which is the greedy company? basically, carl

last week, carl beech was given an 18—year sentence for the lies he told in police interviews. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. he duped officers with his deceit. lord bramall, a former army chief, was among those beech accused, along with the former home secretary lord brittan who died during the police investigation, and the ex—tory mp harvey proctor. i was effectively ruined by what happened, i lost my job, i lost my home. i have a civil action against the metropolitan police which they are resisting. but did police break the law themselves by searching the homes of those accused? this is the question which is now being asked. in february 2015, the met police applied for three search warrants as part of their controversial investigation. it was in march the following year that the enquiry, 0peration midland, was finally closed with no one arrested or charged. in october 2016, a judge's highly critical review of the enquiry was published in part. it was the work of the former high courtjudge sir richard henriques. now in a newspap

last week, carl beech was given an 18—year sentence for the lies he told in police interviews. i had poppies pinned to my chest while they did whatever they wanted to do. he duped officers with his deceit. lord bramall, a former army chief, was among those beech accused, along with the former home secretary lord brittan who died during the police investigation, and the ex—tory mp harvey proctor. i was effectively ruined by what happened, i lost my job, i lost my home. i have a civil action against the metropolitan police which they are resisting. but did police break the law themselves by searching the homes of those accused? this is the question which is now being asked. in february 2015, the met police applied for three search warrants as part of their controversial investigation. it was in march the following year that the enquiry, 0peration midland, was finally closed with no one arrested or charged. in october 2016, a judge's highly critical review of the enquiry was published in part. it was the work of the former high courtjudge sir richard henriques. now in a newspape

sir richard henriques said there were inconsistencies in the evidence provided by the main witness — carl beech— but that police did not reveal this when applying for search warrants. among those whose homes were searched were the former cabinet minister leon brittan, the former head of the armed forces lord bramall, and the ex mp harvey proctor. beech was jailed last week for inventing the claims. angus crawford reports. carl beech, described in court last week as a manipulative, devious liar, whose false allegations launched operation midland. former high court judge sir richard henriques wrote a damning report about the investigation. and today he said the met may even have broken the law when applying for search warrants. officers told a districtjudge beech's story remained consistent, but he had previously given different accounts to another force. there is no allegation any officer deliberately misled the court but that is little comfort for harvey proctor. it has been very difficult if, for me, my partner, my friends and obviously for others caught up in this mania. i was effecti

i don't think carl beech helps victims either. it doesn't helps victims either. it doesn't help that three police officers who we re help that three police officers who were experienced in talking to child abusers and child abuse victims believed him. some of the people he would have spoken to, and i think the journalist now have question to answer, but they aren't experienced in talking to child abusers and child victims. and the police were and they should have picked him up. it became politicised as well as... four years, there is no excuse. we had some colourful language they are, which is, earlier, when we were talking about, it was the front page of the times, so just a quick apology to our viewers. let's turn to the son. —— to the sun. we have commandments, royal rules, what do you make of this? this is a tripe story i am afraid, as part of the continuing campaign against megan to present her as a diva and presenter as difficult, and we only have three paragraphs on the front page, there has been a resident meeting of people who live near their propert

carl beech, the man who lied about a vip paedophile ring kidnapping and murdering boys, has been jailed for 18 years. his deceit devastated the lives of those he accused and theirfamilies and led to a multi—million pound police inquiry that ended without a single arrest. i am frequently tortured by the realisation that had mr beech been successful in his scheme to prevent the course ofjustice, i would have been imprisoned until my death. the widow of the former home secretary leon brittan, who was also falsely accused, said her husband died with the allegations hanging over him. also on the programme... boris johnson says 20,000 more police will be on duty in three years.

the court has already been told by the prosecution that carl beech is a fantasist, and the jury carl beech is a fantasist, and the jury was also told that he has admitted charges of creating indecent images of children and voyeurism. mr beach is set to continue giving evidence this morning. back to you. thank you very much. the director general of kenyan civil aviation says they suspect the stowaway who fell from a plane over south london on sunday was an airport employee in nairobi. speaking exclusively to the bbc, gilbert kibe told our reporter ferdinand 0mondi they are checking lists of airport employees to see if anyone is missing. i haven't received many fresh updates yet, but i am expecting some use today. as you know that this thing happened in the uk, so the uk police, and other security forces are also dealing with it, but they will be sharing information as they receive it. many people are asking how could this happen? well, it's a very good question. how is it that a person is able to go into the wheel well of an air plane, and therefore it is a bit of a mystery. it is mos

police launched a £2 million investigation after carl beech said he was one of several children sexually abused by a group that included leading figures from the british establishment. he denies 12 charges of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. postal ballot papers will be sent to around 160,000 conservative party members at the end of this week so that they can choose the next prime minister. will it be borisjohnson orjeremy hunt?

the headlines: carl beech, the man alleged to have been abused as a child by a westminster paedophile ring is found guilty of fraud. siralan duncan ring is found guilty of fraud. sir alan duncan quits as the foreign office minister in protest over a possible boris johnson office minister in protest over a possible borisjohnson victory. jo swinson is named as the first female leader of the liberal democrats, beating sir ed davey. you have put your trust in me, not only to lead our party, but also to lead and grow the bigger, open, liberal movements in our country so desperately needs. foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says the uk will form a uk led a maritime mission to counter iran's piracy after the seizure of a british registered tanker. ina in a moment it will be spots stable let's look at what else is coming up on bbc news. as polls close in the tory leadership contest, we will hear what two young party members think of borisjohnson orjeremy hunt as the future prime minister. the liberal democrats have elected their first female leader. we will speak to one former special adviser ab

carl beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. june kelly reports. i heard the car. carl beech in a police interview claiming he'd witnessed a friend called scott being deliberately hit by a car — one of three boys he says were murdered by a vip paedophile ring. today, from the witness box, with his voice occasionally breaking, he repeated the allegation, telling the jury... he went over the front of the car into the road. iran over to him and tried to see if he was all right. his leg was dented in a funny direction. there was blood on his head. i had poppies pinned to my chest. he also described to the police having poppies pinned to his bare chest by the group. he told the jury this happened at imber, an army training base on salisbury place. he claimed the former head of the army, lord bramall, was among those present at what he called these remembrance day parties. carl beech says the paedophile ring operated in london and beyond in the 1970s and ‘80s and also involved christmas parties. today, he said, "we were the presen

last week, carl beech was sentenced for making up claims he was abused by senior politicians. police have apologised after first describing his allegations as credible and true. the journalist david rose has spent 20 years investigating historic abuse. if you look at some of the recent cases, especially in the wake of savile, there is no doubt that the police have taken the view that allegations are going to be true. i mean, they have said it. the commander said during yewtree that you will be believed if you make an allegation aboutjimmy savile. we have had this statement about the vip paedophile ring, that allegations are credible and true before they are even investigated. it later appeared that they were an absolute pack of lies, but at the time, it created a total moral panic. you put all these elements together and you have almost created a perfect storm for miscarriages ofjustice. campaigners for the victims of child abuse would make the point that these cases are incredibly difficult, often no forensic evidence, therefore investigations need to have almost a special st

jailed for 18 years, carl beech the man who lied about a vip paedophile gang, tarnishing the reputation, of several high profile figures. yesterday's heatwave, recording the highest ever temperature in the uk, leads to more disruption,

first minister, carwynjones, has been strongly criticised by the family of the welsh assembly member carl sargeant who took his own life after being sacked as a government minister. mr sargeant had been facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women. today a coroner at the inquest into his death said more support needed to be given to ministers who lost theirjobs. there were jubliant scenes at edgbaston today as england thrashed australia to reach their first cricket world cup finalfor 27 years. they won by eight wickets. england will now meet new zealand in sunday's final at lords. our sports correspondent joe wilson was watching. since the world cup began this message has never quite arrived. delivery is nowjust a game away. the semifinal here was, england say, almost perfect. australia's captain marked his territory for a long stay. aaron finch lasted one ball, lbw, gone. england's dream scenario — get rid of david warner early, so here's what a cricketing dream come true looks like. chris woakes, pride of birmingham. next, too good for peter handscomb. well, try facing

carl beech, who is 51 and from gloucester, denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud. 0ur correspondentjune kelly was in court. what has been said? carl beech denies that he lied to police about what he told them about this vip paedophile ring in which he said he was a victim but today he admitted that he did lie in another criminal investigation. he said initially when he was facing counts of possessing indecent images of children, he denied the charge but then he pleaded guilty. asked why he had the change of plea he said because he was totally ashamed of what he had done and could admit it to himself that he was in denial. this whole case goes to his honesty and he was asked about other issues of honesty including the fact that while he was under investigation he went to sweden and while there he started using different names. he was asked about this and he said what name he chose was because it was another family name and then he was another family name and then he was asked about another name and he said he did not know why he had gone on to use another