The course of the weekend. And why 500 trees in one the most famous gardens in britain could be under threat by major road widening plans. Good morning. Its friday 25th august. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. A police force has been severely criticised for its failure over a four year period to investigate allegations about ian watkins, the former lead singer of the band lost prophets, who was convicted in 2013 of 13 child sex offences. An investigation by the independent Police Complaints commission has found that South Wales Police failed to act on eight reports and three intelligence logs from six different people about watkins. The ipcc said the force had dismissed allegations made by watkins ex girlfriend and had failed to look at incriminating texts from watkins on her phone, because officers believed she lacked credibility. The Commission Says the investigation raised the most disturbing concerns about the way the case was handled. Our reporter Mark Hutchings has the details. The public face of ian watkins was that of a global star. Privately, he was a child abuser whose behaviour, in the words of the judge who sentenced him, plumbed the depths of the depravity. His eventual arrest in 2012, initially for drug offences, came after years of missed opportunities. The Police Watchdog and the ipcc found disturbing failures in the way South Wales Police responded to tip offs. The main complainant was his former partner, Joanne Mjadzelics. The ipcc says a lack of open mindedness meant she wasnt taken seriously. She was not a lone voice. Between december 2008 and june 2012, six people raised concerns. It led to eight reports and three intelligence logs, but during that time, watkins was not arrested, questioned, or required to respond to allegations. South wales police admit they failed to listen or investigate properly and say they are truly sorry. The disciplinary hearing has cleared a detective sergeant with the force, of grossness conduct. Last week, the ipcc also accused the South Yorkshire force of inaction in investigating watkins. He is now four years into a 29 yearjail sentence. Todays report highlights major shortcomings that allowed him to lead a sickening double life for so long. Lets talk to Mark Hutchins now in cardiff. It is almost beyond belief are force would miss so many opportunities to investigate accusations of this nature. What has the ipcc had to say in this report . South wales police cant say they werent warned, they were on numerous occasions. This report highlights repeated failings by the force. Looking at the summary of the report. It says the consequences was arguably that a predatory paedophile offended over an extended period of time. There were a litany of reports and in some instances, the force didnt carry out rudimentary investigations. The main complainant asi investigations. The main complainant as i mentioned in my report was Joanne Mjadzelics, former partner of ian watkins. It was a case, according to the ipcc, but she wasnt believed. She had messages on her phone from ian watkins saying how he wanted to abuse children. Yet South Wales Police didnt look at the phone and they wrote her off as a credible witness, as if they were waiting for the perfect witness to come along. Six people came along to raise concerns, but it took nearly four years for South Wales Police to do anything about it. Lets hear now from the commissioner who compiled this report. Bias, whether unconscious or conscious, has no place in modern policing. When someone comes forward with such a serious allegation or indeed any allegation or report, it really shouldnt matter what they look like, who they are, what their lifestyle is, what they do. Whats really important is what they are saying and its really important that is taken seriously and that some investigative work is done to see if there is any independent evidence to corroborate what they are saying. This morning, we had a statement from Joanne Mjadzelics who say she finally feels vindicated by this ipcc report. She says it has been a long and difficult road. She was taken to court herself and was cleared of possession of indecent images and she explained what she was doing was compiling a case against ian watkins, which was more than what South Wales Police were doing. She says she is considering legal action against the force. South wales police say they are truly sorry. Thank you very much for taking us through that. A court in south korea has found the heir to the samsung empire guilty of bribery, embezzlement and perjury. Lee jae yong, the de facto head of the 300 billion Business Empire and grandson of the founder, has been sentenced to five years in jail. His lawyers say he will appeal. So what exactly did he do . It started with this, donations worth 36 million us dollars, thats £29 million, by samsung to organisations linked to the former president. She was removed from office and is also facing corruption charges. Back in 2015 samsung was trying to merge two of its businesses. Prosecutors say the aim was to boost mr lees personal power over the company, which hes been running since his father became ill in 2014. Prosecutors argued that the donations were bribes to win support from the government for the compa nys restructuring. The affair has once again raised concerns about south koreas Business Culture and the huge family owned conglomerates known as chaebols. Theyve long been seen as too cosily linked to government and not sufficiently transparent in their dealings. They are also very powerful. To give you an idea, sales by samsung Companies Account for around a fifth of south koreas entire economy. 0ur correspondent in the south korean capital seoul, yogita limaye, has more. Many people were anticipating he would be found guilty on some of those charges. He has been found guilty on all of those charges against him, which includes bribery. Perjury, embezzlement and hiding assets overseas. But the five year jail sentence has been seen as a significant one. That is because it is not the first time in south korea the Top Executive of big conglomerate has been convicted for corruption. Many have been in the past, but their sentences have either been suspended, they have been lesser sentences of about three yea rs or less, been lesser sentences of about three years or less, or they have been given a president ial pardon because the government said it would economically heard the country if these people were sent to jail. Now there is a new government in power which promised they would clean up in the country, they would take on the big conglomerates. The new president has already said there will be no more president ial pardons. So, ifJoanne Mjadzelicss appeal is not granted by the higher court lee jae yong. If he ends up spending a significant amount of time in the present, it would be a significant departure from what we have seen in south korea. So far whats samsung has put forward is the statement from Lee Jae Yongs lawyers and they cannot access the sentence and they will appeal in the higher courts. I have been speaking to many people who track the company, they say it is a big conglomerate and lee jae yong wasnt involved in the running of the day to day business. An indicator of thatis day to day business. An indicator of that is the Company Profits havent suffered since he has been detained, it has seen record profits. But this isafamily it has seen record profits. But this is a family run enterprise, it has been founded by Lee Jae Yongs grandfather and then run by his father until he suffered a heart attack in 2014. If he goes to jail for a long time, who will be the boss of this company . That is the question shareholders and people employed by samsung and here in south korea, they are asking the question. He does have two sisters in management roles in different parts of the company, but it is unclear about what the path ahead will be for the top leadership of this company now. There is delays expected between delays, london and north west as rail delays are cancelled. Travelling by train this Bank Holiday Weekend will be difficult for many, and somejourneys will be impossible. Engineering work is taking place at five of londons main stations. Waterloo, london bridge, Liverpool Street and paddington will have greatly reduced services. Euston will be closed completely on saturday and sunday. Work on hs2 means there will be no trains from scotland and the north of england to london on the west coast main line on saturday and sunday. Services from the midlands will only run as far south as northampton. Great western services out of paddington to wales will be disrupted until next month with no services between newport and cardiff this weekend. Kings cross station in london is expected to be very busy. And it wontjust be the stations. Road traffic is expected to be 20 greater compared to last years summer bank holiday. 5 Million People are predicted to take to the roads on monday alone. Travel trade organisation abta says nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use heathrow today, and over 300,000 will use gatwick over the weekend. So whether its planes, trains or automobiles, its going to be a busy few days. 0ur reporter Adina Campbell is at euston station in central london. Clearly there is never a perfect time to do this sort of work, but what can you tell us about the disruption that is expected and what the advice is for travellers . disruption that is expected and what the advice is for travellers . I am here in houston, which is one of the capitals busiest train stations. Euston. It has got busier here because from tomorrow, this engineering project will be taking place. It is huge, costing £130 million, £133 million. 17,000 engineers will be taking part in the work. They will be extending platforms and preparing hs2 and preparing tracks and signalling as well. But this will have a huge impact on passengers, particularly on the west coast main line. There will be no trains into london from those areas. But the work is just going on in london, other Engineering Work is happening across parts of the uk including wales, the midlands and in Northern England as well. I am joined midlands and in Northern England as well. Iam joined by midlands and in Northern England as well. I am joined by stephenjoseph from the campaign for better transport. A massive investment but a Long Time Coming, you believe . This is about putting right under investment in the rail network. That is welcome, it is notjust about investment in the rail network. That is welcome, it is not just about the railway, it is about making the railway, it is about making the railway fit to take more passenger and freight traffic off the roads, giving people a choice in how they get about. We welcome that and we just want to see the work done. Its never the right time to do it, we wa nt never the right time to do it, we want to see it done on time and in ways that the passengers informed and up to speed about what is happening. The work isntjust happening. The work isntjust happening in london, there are improvements in other parts of the country as well. What impact will they see, what benefits will they bring . We hope it will bring real upgrades in amount of services, and the quality of services. However, we still want to see the government reinstate some of the work they have talked about dropping, particularly outside london, in the midlands and the north of england, which have had historically very little investment in their railways. We need to see that investment put back on, we are hearing different messages from the government, theresa may saying she wants the upgrades in the north to happen. We really need to see more of this work happening to give people a real choice in how they get about and passengers a better service. Thank you very much. Network rail has said there is never a good time to do this work, but august is quieter, 50 fewer passengers use the services. So this short term pain will be worth the long term gain. Airports and the roads will also be very busy. The advice, check before you travel. Back to you, and neater. Thank you very much. Good luck if you are travelling this weekend. The headlines on bbc newsroom live the Police Watchdog says paedophile ian watkins could have been arrested four years earlier if South Wales Police had not ignored the past. The boss of samsung has been sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement and bribery. And wi fi controlled convoys of lorries could be on motorways next year to cut congestion and reduce emissions. In the sport, joe root won the toss and chose to bat first in the second test against west indies at headingley. Mark stone and is opening for england. They lead the series 1 0. Mo farah won his final race on the track at the Diamond League in zurich. He was chased down the final 100 and the. And good news for great britains cj uj who won the 100 and the getting a seasons best at 9. 9 seconds. Justin gatlin came fourth. More on those stories just after 11 30 a m. Wifi controlled convoys of trucks could be on major british roads by the the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce congestion. The department for transport says up to three wirelessly connected hgvs will travel together, with drivers in each to steer but the speed controlled by the lead vehicle. The aa, says it has major safety concerns about the idea as our correspondent andy gill reports. They call it platooning, trucks travelling in wi fi connected convoy with much less space between them than normal. This dutch project is with two vehicles. A trial Just Announced here will be with three. It would be more efficient, take up less space on the network, improve fuel efficiency and hopefully help improve costs and savings to the consumer. Each lorry has a driver, but the lead cab has control. To think about how three trucks can travel down a road in a platoon, imagine that the lead truck is a giant wi fi hub, sending out signals on the precise distances and speeds the two need to travel at. And the wi fi on the trailing two trucks can react much more quickly to signals than a human being can. The funding announcement was made at a lancashire truck factory. Researchers say because vehicles in platoon are in each others slipstream, fuel consumption and pollution fall. But one road users body is sceptical. Uk motorways are the most congested in europe. We have more entrances and exits. And if you have a platoon of driverless lorries, its very difficult to see road signs. It will be difficult to exit the motorway. There will be rigorous safety checks before any platoons are allowed on the road. They will compare real delivery journeys made by platoon trucks with ones made in the traditional way. Andy gill, bbc news, lancashire. With me now is rod mckenzie, director of policy at the road haulage association. Thank you forjoining us. What is the associations take on this . Very cautious about this. Motorways are britains safest roads and we want to keep them that way. The danger with this, it could be the opposite. They are setting out to say it will reduce congestion and it will make the air cleaner. But actually, it could create worse trafficjams, more congestion and therefore create more congestion and therefore create more pollutants. So that is one of many reservations we have. From what you have read into this, what do you think the evidence is for the claim it will reduce congestion and make the air cleaner . They have looked at what happens in scandinavia and america and thought it is a great idea. But the big difference between motorways there and here, motorways there are more or less empty and you can put together huge convoys of lorries and move them very efficiently with no disruption to traffic. 0ur motorways are very, very busy and what effectively we could have as a convoy going past a motorwayjunction, blocking could have as a convoy going past a motorway junction, blocking the traffic from getting onto and off the motorway and creating a traffic jam. Also, how other road users interact is problematic because they will try and get in between the convoy to exit the motorway or change lanes. You can educate the extent, lorry drivers about this and the haulage industry, but can you educate all the other road users who will interact with this system . Are your concerns based mainly around the fact you dont believe it will be as environmentally friendly as some of the claims suggest, but are your concerns around safety issues ora your concerns around safety issues or a combination . A bit of both, safety always comes first. We wouldnt want to see britains roads turned into something different. Because you think the technology and the roads are unsuitable . Both, the roads are too congested to work where we are now. Also, what about the danger of hacking and hijack. If these vehicles are controlled by wi fi signals, they could be hacked. You could even map out a situation where terrorists could disrupt this with great concern to us the safety. What have lorry drivers said to you . It is brand new news to laurie lorry drivers. They will say it is people who dont know much about the haulage industry, the government, having too much say about the haulage industry. I am sure we will be following this one closely. Thank you very much, roddy mckenzie. Lets look at some of todays other developing stories the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has said a us president ial visit to britain is more likely in 2018 than this year. Previously he has said he sees no reason to rescind the invitation to donald trump for a state visit although no date had been fixed and all mention of the trip was left out of the queens speech. Mrjohnson has been sp