scotland yard is heavily criticised for its investigation into false allegations of a vip paedophile ring in westminster. carl beech is now serving an 18—year jail sentence for lying after fabricating stories about prominent public figures. false and highly damaging claims were investigated but the independent review uncovered dozens of failings in the way they were dealt with. i am deeply, deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made, and for the ongoing pain that these mistakes have caused. i promise we will do all we can to prevent them happening again in the future. also on the programme tonight. two weeks to strike a deal or the prime minister will send a letter to the eu, asking for a brexit delay, say government papers.

hong kong's transport network is shut down and protesters are banned from wearing face masks as pro—democracy demonstrations continue. controlled by his mind — the revolutionary technology that has allowed a paralysed man to move again. the look of disbelief as britain's katarina johnson—thompson finally becomes the world champion heptathlete in doha. getting this gold medaljust means the absolute world to me. itjust means that, you know, iwasn‘t deluded in thinking that i was able to do these things. and coming up on bbc news, england head coach eddiejones says they will have to be brutal if they want to beat argentina tomorrow in their third rugby world cup group game.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. an independent review has identified more than a0 failings in the way the metropolitan police investigated false claims of a vip paedophile ring at westminster. a former high courtjudge found that police "unlawfully obtained" warrants to search the homes of prominent figures who'd been wrongly accused by carl beech. he's now serving an 18—year prison sentence for lying. the metropolitan police has said "it is deeply, deeply sorry". our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. among the many prominent figures carl beech name towards lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff. also falsely accused we re defence staff. also falsely accused were lord brittan had served as home secretary, the ex conservative mp harvey proctor, the late prime minister sir edward heath and long—time labour politician lord

janner. in police interviews, carl beech claimed that these men, together with other high—profile names, formed a paedophile network in the 1970s and 80s. and that he was just one of the boys they sexually abused and tortured. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered, one hit by a car. it was in october 2012 at carl beech approached the wiltshire force, making limited abuse claims. police examined his allegations but they went no further. injuly 2014, carl beech first met the labour mp tom watson. this was after he had published wider claims online. by december 2014, the met police had launched operation midland to investigate the allegations. they described his claims as credible and true. in fact, they were both incredible and untrue. a senior

retired judge, sir richard henriques, was brought in to review the scotland yard enquiry and now his full findings have been published. he details one of the most damaging episode in the modern history of the metropolitan police. but today, the force refused to do any interviews. instead, there was this statement. when we get it wrong, as we have in the circumstances, with such damaging consequences, we find it genuinely distressing. so finally, let me be very clear. i am deeply, deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made and for the ongoing pain that these mistakes have caused. i promise we will do all we can to prevent them happening again in the future. i think it is helpful that this... steve rod house was the senior officer who headed the inquiry. now in a top policejob outside the met, he is castigated on a number of fronts in the report. and this includes sanctioning the use of the phrase "credible and

true", to describe carl beech‘s allegations, while privately acknowledging that carl beech, then known by the pseudonym nick could have made up his story. sir richard saysin have made up his story. sir richard says in his review:. the police team are described as being under pressure from tom watson, a campaigner on child abuse. one detective described the politician as a priority. the review says:. harvey proctor lost his home and his job because he was under suspicion. today, he said tom watson should resign as deputy labour leader and be expelled from the party. resign as deputy labour leader and be expelled from the partylj resign as deputy labour leader and be expelled from the party. i have icy contempt for mr beech which is

matched with my icy contempt for tom watson, and the labour party should immediately dissociate themselves from mr watson. what has operation midland done to you?” from mr watson. what has operation midland done to you? i have no money. i have no midland done to you? i have no money. i have no resources. midland done to you? i have no money. i have no resources. i cannot plan my future. i'm not sure that i have a future. it eventually emerged that carl beech was himself a paedophile. he one—time supporter, tom watson, says today's report contains multiple inaccuracies, but this case has raised questions about the competence and independence of the competence and independence of the country's largest police force. june kelly, bbc news. our home editor mark easton is here. a damning report, the lessons from it? i think this is a really a reminder of how badly things can go wrong when an institution tries to adjust the principles that underpin its behaviour. afterjimmy savile, and other scandals, the metropolitan police knew that it had to change

the way it dealt with allegations of child sexual abuse. senior officers we re child sexual abuse. senior officers were under significant professional and cultural pressure from victims, from the press, from government, and indeed, from her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, which said in the clearest terms, the presumption that the victims should a lwa ys presumption that the victims should always be believed should be institutionalised. and they did attempt to institutionalise that change, embedding it at every level of the police force and it was not just the met. growing public horror at the sexual abuse of children by those with power created a moral panic that also demanded a response from mps, prosecutors, social workers, journalists, including, of course, the bbc. but institutional change must be conducted with enormous ca re because change must be conducted with enormous care because you risk disturbing the foundational values ofan disturbing the foundational values of an organisation, tweaking in one direction can cause an unanticipated consequences in another. doing more

to protect one kind of victim creates another kind of victim. that is the real lesson of this sorry affair. thank you forjoining us. borisjohnson has just 14 days left to secure a deal with brussels. if he can't, government documents have confirmed that he will send a letter to the eu asking for a brexit delay. the papers were shown to scotland's highest civil court, where campaigners are trying to force the prime minister to comply with the law. the prime minister has again insisted the uk will leave october the 31st with no delay. lorna gordon is in edinburgh. yes, borisjohnson recently said that he would rather die in a ditch than ask for an extension to the brexit deadline. he's also said he will obey the law. and then today, here at the court, we heard the government will write a letter as required by the benn act if no deal is in place by october the 19th and

the prime minister borisjohnson will himself write the letter asking foran will himself write the letter asking for an extension to the brexit deadline. clear? well, clearas mud, really, because as the court case was ongoing, number ten was briefing that in spite of the court case, the country was still not prevented from leaving at the end of october and borisjohnson this evening tweeted on social media," new deal or no deal, but no delay". that is why those who brought this case say that the court needs to compel him to act by the benn act. they say the prime minister is not an honest man. the judgment here is expected on monday. expect another court case to follow shortly thereafter. laura, thank you. hong kong's public transport system has been suspended for the first time tonight, to try to quell the increasingly violent pro—democracy demonstrations that are taking place. thousands are on the streets again tonight. people are also being banned from wearing face masks in public.

masked protesters have been warned they could be jailed for up to a year. rupert wingfield—hayes is in hong kong. sophie, the streets of hong kong are now much calmer than they were earlier this evening. but it has been another very dramatic day here in hong kong. it started this morning with widespread rumours that the government was about to invoke a british colonial era law to ban people from wearing face masks during public protests. then this afternoon, carrie lam, the chief executive, came out and made that announcement and then there was the response and it was fury and perhaps the worst night of violence that we have seen in the four months of protest. i should warn that my report contains flash photography. hong kong's chief executive made her whole cabinet stand with her and face the cameras together, visually declaring their support for the dramatic step she was about to take.

we believe that the new law will create a deterrent effect against masked, violent protesters and rioters and will assist the police in its law enforcement. the objective of this regulation is to end violence and restore order and i believe this is now the broad consensus of hong kong people. chanting. that is certainly not what it looked like on the streets outside. in hong kong's central business district, news of the facemask ban brought angry office workers onto the streets in their hundreds. they tore down a giant banner celebrating communist china's 70th anniversary and rapidly put it to flame. within hours, the numbers on the street had swelled from hundreds to thousands. carrie lam has told the people of hong kong, "if you come out on the streets tomorrow wearing masks, you will be a criminal". well, this is their response. they are furious and they are challenging her and her

government to do their worst. they fired tear gas... this young woman did not want to show her face. butjust listen to her anger. we are not afraid of this unlawful act and we will tell the government that we will not surrender because of their suppression. and also, the authoritarian government, because they are pro—beijing. we are hong kong. we should be given the democracy to rule by the rule of law. attacks on police by masked protesters, like this one on tuesday, is the reason the government says it has been forced to bring in the facemask ban. this is a video of a policeman under attack in the town ofjianlong. the officer has fired his gun. now the protesters respond with petrol bombs. as the midnight deadline passed, and the new facemask law came into effect, tear gas grenades continued to rain down. the streets continued to burn.

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. some breaking news because in the last few minutes, there's been another develop meant in the controversy surrounding newspaper coverage of prince harry. telling us more isjonny coverage of prince harry. telling us more is jonny dymond. coverage of prince harry. telling us more isjonny dymond. it involves more isjonny dymond. it involves more legal action? it does involve more legal action? it does involve more legal action? it does involve more legal action, you will remember on wednesday, we learned that there was a legal action taking place between the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, is suing the mail on sunday for the publication of a letter that she wrote to her father. that was accompanied by a very angry statement from prince harry denouncing the tabloid press for what he said were there intrusions into their private life and in particular the coverage of his wife while she was on maternity leave. we've learned in the last few moments and buckingham palace has confirmed that this time it is harry, the duke himself, who is taking two newspaper groups to

court, mirror group newspapers and news group newspapers which own respectively the daily mirror and the sun. buckingham palace says that is in connection with what they describe as intercepted voice mail messages. the presumption is this goes back to the phone hacking scandal of the early 2000s. we know that prince harry's phone was alleged to have been hacked. we don't know anything more about it apart from the fact that at least one of the newspaper groups has confirmed that it is in receipt of this legal action will still be expected to take some time to go through the courts but it is very clear that prince harry is, if not on the war path, then at least doubling down on his battle with the tabloid press in the courts. jonny dymond, thank you. for the first time, all primary school pupils in england are being offered a free flu vaccine this year, as part of a huge nhs vaccination programme, bringing england in line with the rest of the uk. it means that in total around 30 million people, almost half the uk population, will now be offered the treatment. there were almost 1,700 flu—related deaths in england last year alone.

our health editor, hugh pym, has this report. you can use the tissue if you like... good girl. it's a nasal spray and not a jab, and each year more children have been offered it. this time another 600,000 can have the flu vaccine, so it's available to all primary school pupils, with england following the lead of scotland, wales and northern ireland. public health leaders have stressed the importance of targeting youngsters to limit the potential reach of the virus. children are super spreaders, and they certainly can cause problems for older people and their families and their communities if they get flu. but we know also that the children who have had the vaccine in areas where we've looked at this carefully, much fewer visits to the gp, dramatically fewer hospitalisations. parents we spoke to in rochdale were pleased they had the chance to get their children vaccinated. it is a really good idea.

i feel good about it. because i think they will be protected from flu, and during winter they get lots of flus and all that. they're always coughing and sneezing and picking up bugs, so... it comes with the territory, doesn't it? i have no issue with it. if the research says it's safe, then happy for the kids to do it. everybody should get it, because kids, children, are vulnerable, so they need to have it done. early each year, the world health organisation recommends how that year's flu vaccine should be made up. it is then manufactured over the summer. this time, there was a delay of a few weeks in the process. a few schools have been told that vaccinations have been postponed till december. health experts say this will still be in time for the worst of the flu season. the flu surveillance team here at public health england will spend the winter months analysing the strains of the flu virus which emerge. they'll assess whether the vaccine is as effective as it should be. if not, and it can happen, they'll put the word out to the nhs to be ready with antiviral drugs

for those who most need them. hospitals are under great strain every winter. a bad flu season can push them to the limits, with longer waits for patients and yet more pressure on staff. hugh pym, bbc news. the time isjust the time is just after quarter past six. our top story this evening... scotland yard is heavily criticised over its investigation into carl beech, who lied about a vip paedophile ring in westminster. and the pressure grows on president trump, as his rivals produce new claims in their push to remove him from office. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, andy murray says his comeback from surgery is going better than expected. he's out of the china open but took the world number five dominic thiem to a second set tie—break. a french man has been able to move all four of his paralysed limbs

using an exoskeleton suit controlled by his mind. the 30—year—old was paralysed from the neck down after falling 50 foot in a night club four years ago. he said using the exoskeleton made him he feel like being "the first man on the moon." our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this is mind controlling machine. thibault, who was paralysed in allfourlimbs, is sending instructions to his exoskeleton suit using brain signals. the movements may bejerky, but it is a significant technological achievement. the study in the journal lancet neurology explains how thibault had surgery to place two 5cm implants on the outer membrane of his brain, above the areas which control movement. electrodes read his brain activity then beam messages to a computer which converts them into instructions for the exoskeleton.

thibault practised by learning to control an avatar in a computer game, and then gradually mastered increasingly complex movements. this is a brain—computer interface... scientists at imperial college london are pioneering uk research into implants. they've praised the french exoskeleton study as ground—breaking. this is a very important and significant step. usually it has been demonstrated through a movement ofjust a single limb, and in this case they have demonstrated all four limbs simultaneously — although the complete exoskeleton was still attached to the ceiling, so many other elements are missing, such as balance. any device implanted in the body carries the risk of infection, but the potential benefits are huge. the technology that merges brain, body and machine is moving at a rapid pace.

as well as paralysis, there are potential applications for implants in the fields of epilepsy, even depression. one team here at imperial is even working on a gut implant to suppress appetite to control obesity. the exoskeleton can't yet be used outside the lab, and the technology is so expensive it will be out of reach of most of those with spinal—cord injuries. but as a proof of concept it is an impressive step forward. fergus walsh, bbc news. questions continue to grow over whether president trump abused his power by pressuring ukraine to undermine a political rival.

democrats have released new texts in which several top us diplomats in mr trump's administration discussed withholding security assistance from ukraine, while pressing kiev to investigate his political rivaljoe biden. our north american editorjon sopel is outside the white house. with these, you are always looking for a smoking gun and with an impeachment inquiry these come pretty close. you hear state officials debating whether they could strong—arm ukraine into launching a corruption investigation, in return for giving ukraine military aid, as well as a white house visit. you hear one of the officials, a career long civil servant, saying "i think it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. " another says, "look, help with a political campaign. " another says, " look, no help with a political campaign. " anothersays, "look, no quid pro help with a political campaign. " another says, "look, no quid pro quo was intended in this". donald trump's mantra today is it is about corruption and not politics, but a lot of people are seeing it as

entirely about politics. jon sopel, thank you. a newborn baby has died at britain's largest women's prison. emergency services were called to hmp bronzefield in surrey last friday morning. prison officials have declined to comment on reports that the mother gave birth alone in her cell. the actor robert de niro is being sued for nearly £10 million by a former personal assistant. the woman, called graham chase robinson, claims the actor subjected her to verbal abusive, sexual comments and unwanted physical contact. the case comes just weeks after de niro sued robinson for misuse of funds and bingeing on netflix at work. his lawyer described robinson's claims as "beyond absurd". the leader of plaid cymru says he expects a referendum on welsh independence within a decade, and sees the nation's future as a member of the eu. adam price told his party's annual conference in swansea that they need to look beyond brexit, and offered disillusioned voters a new political home. wales will live and thrive as a european nation, or it will die as a british backwater. that is the choice we face, and

on that choice, our fate depends. meanwhile, the green party have gathered in newport with their co—leader, jonathan bartley, opening the party conference. during his speech, mr bartley stated the green party would abolish the home office, before setting out the party's position on a second brexit referendum. we may disagree with those on the other side of the debate over europe. we may disagree with the corruption of the referendum. but that is not a reason to ignore and sideline those who voted to leave. applause we have always said that the referendum must be the start, not the end, of a democratic process. if we want to stay in europe, we must win the argument on europe. now, there was a wonderful look of disbelief on the face of

britain's katarina johnson—thompson when she became heptathlon world champion in doha last night. after a career scarred by disappointments, it's the first time she's won an outdoor medal at this level — and she achieved four personal bests in the process. our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports from world athletics championships. it's actually felt like a dream, and the lights and everything, it's just been unbelievable, and i can't believe this is the result. there's just been so many attempts at trying to perform on this stage. i'm just so, so happy. it was a night when one woman from liverpool stood on top of the world after the performance of her life. that's an excellent run. 13.08! this morning she barely slept, but told me how it's all beginning to sink in.

this gold medaljust means absolute world to me. itjust means that, you know, i wasn't deluded in thinking i was able to do these things. after winning the world heptathlon youth title in 2009 there was fear her talent wouldn't make the step up to senior level. calamitous moments followed on the world stage. in 2015 it was the long jump. to close. katarina johnson—thompson has had fellows! at the rio olympics, a poor javelin. .. fellows! at the rio olympics, a poor javelin... and then the highjump in 2017 was a particular low point. last attempt at night! but a permanent move to montpellier in france and change in coaching setup delivered an epic turnaround in fortunes. four of her seven events here where lifetime bests. this is high, this is long... that's an enormous throw! look at the smile on her face — she knows!

there were stages where she had that huge disappointment where we all thought, is this going to be her journey? we know that my i knew that she kept battling setback after setback at major championships as well. i know she had troubled times, but to come back and deliver in this way is incredible. yes, that was my first ever senior international experience, the olympics in 2012, when she did get that british record, so it is unbelievable to me, still, that i've stepped up. in breaking jessica ennis—hill's british record, katarina johnson—thompson bet her rival nafi thiam. natalie pirks, bbc news, doha.

time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. behind me, living large, that we can's rainmaker. this looks to give more rain than lorenzo has. some showers out and about this evening is well ahead of that weather system but a relatively quiet spell of weather for the next 12—18 hours. quite chilly under the starry skies in the north and east add more cloud for the south and west. here, relatively mild but there could be a touch of frost in the glens of scotla nd touch of frost in the glens of scotland and there may be mist and fog for central and eastern areas. first thing in the morning, it is october so don't expect it to clear the 49 or ten o'clock. looks a fairly decent day for many parts of england and wales and eastern scotla nd england and wales and eastern scotland as well but for northern ireland rain sets in as that southerly wind picks up and through the afternoon we will see spots of rain coming into western england and wales. but i think heavier rain comes in through the evening. generally speaking, the southerly wind starting to speak up. a relatively mild direction this time of year so it might feel quite pleasa nt of year so it might feel quite pleasant in some sunshine in eastern

areas. 13—16dc in eastern areas, but then overnight turning much wetter, as you can see. met office warnings are out for this rain because it becomes a slow—moving feature across many central and eastern areas. scotland, north—eastern england, central and eastern england as well, we're talking 40—50 millimetres of rain but that is on top of saturated ground from the rain we have had so far. looks like one of the wettest septembers for some. you can see for the east that after —— it keeps raining until the end of the day, relatively grey and damp day. you see the sunshine in between, and there it will be relatively mild. but by the beginning of next week, you would be surprised to hear there is yet more rain and wind heading our way. helen, thank you. a reminder of our top story... since we have been on air buckingham palace that prince harry is taking

the sun and mirror newspapers to court over alleged illegal listening to voice mail messages. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me,

a reminder of the headlines. prince harry begins a legal action against the owners of the sun and daily mirror in relation to alleged phone hacking. scotla nd hacking. scotland yard is strongly criticised over its handling of allegations from carl beech about a paedophile ring which turned out to not exist. uk government documents submitted reveal that the prime minister will send a letter asking brussels for a delay to brexit if no agreement is

reached with the