15/02/2012 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at 10, on the rise again, the rate of unemployment is the

highest for 16 years. It rose by 48,000 at the end of last year to

reach 2.67 million, affecting people right across the UK. I feel

humiliated. I feel like it is... I feel like it's my fault. Amid the

gloom, the Bank of England insists there are glimmers of hope. With

falling inflation and the prospect of an end to the squeeze in real

incomes, leading to a recovery in growth, we are moving in the right

direction. We will be looking at the latest prospects for the

British economy. Also tonight: Blaming the Germans,

anger in Greece at the latest delay any bail-out deal.

In rural Gloucestershire, a man is arrested after a vicar is found

The Iranians delight in the latest advances in their nuclear programme.

And directing her first film, set in the Bosnian conflict, we talk to

Angelina Jolie. Some people want to deny that it even happened. And

those people will be angry. And coming up in Sportsday at

10:30pm on the BBC News Channel, or the latest sports news, including a

tough night for Arsenal in Milan in Good evening. The number of people

out of work has risen again to the highest rate for 16 years as a

record number of young people is out of work and there has been a

big increase in the number of people working part-time. But the

Governor of the Bank of England says the economy is moving in the

right direction in his view, with falling inflation and the prospect

of stronger growth. Economics editor Stephanie Flanders has more

details. Britain's road to economic recovery

is going to be slow and difficult, that much we already knew, but the

latest signs are that it is not getting a lot worse. Take

unemployment. Today's figures show the broadest measure of joblessness

rising to 2.67 million, or 8.4%. That is nearly 180,000 higher than

a year ago, but the smallest increase since June. The number in

work was also up by 60,000. The figures raised hopes that

unemployment might be levelling out, but youth unemployment back row is

still heading up, and the bulk of the new jobs being created work

part-time. Before we move on to another contributor... At a special

debate for Radio 5 Live in Salford, Maik Taylor had this to say about

the experience of being out of work. I feel humiliated. I feel... Like

it is... I feel like it's my fault. Getting emotional, sorry! Speaking

on a hospital visit, the Prime Minister was suitably cautious.

course, it is disappointing that unemployment has risen again in the

last quarter, but the number of people in work, the number of

people in employment has increased, too, and the number of vacancies in

our economy is up as well. What we need to do is to get the economy

growing faster so that we create more jobs and therefore get on top

of unemployment. For the Labour leader, that was not cautious, it

was complacent. I think it is a tragedy that so many young people

are out of work in this country. We should be offering them real hope.

We say tax the bankers' bonuses and use that money to create real jobs

for young people. The Bank of England offered his view on the

future today in its latest quarterly report. The bank still

expects inflation to tumble this year, and for the first time in a

while it did not slashed its growth forecast for the next year or so.

The Governor does not want anyone to think this is don't you be easy.

There is a limit to what monetary policy can achieve when real

adjustments are required. But with falling inflation and the prospect

of an end to the squeeze in real incomes, leading to a recovery of

growth, we are moving in the right direction. The bank is actually

more upbeat about growth next year than many in the City and also

thinks we have more room to grow without triggering inflation than

the Office for Budget Responsibility has been telling the

Chancellor. Everyone agrees that the longer it takes for us to

recover from the crisis, the more costly it is likely to be. Simon

Kearney finished a three-year apprenticeship as a bricklayer in

2008, but he never got the chance to turn those skills into a full-

time job. He is on the dole now and feels like all the training has

gone to waste. There is not as much work going on, you do not see it

happening. I have sort of given up on it now until it blows over. And

not applying for anything. Anything and everything. The road to

recovery looks a bit clearer than it did a few weeks ago, but there

are still plenty of bums that could take as of course, the eurozone,

say, or a spike in the price of oil. What we cannot see that are any

short cuts. As we have heard, the threat to the

economy posed by the crisis in the eurozone has again been underlined

by the Bank of England. Those tensions are still evident tonight

as Greece struggles to convince the EU and the IMF that it has met all

the conditions to qualify for a new bail-out fund. A decision is now

set for Monday, but the Greek President said this evening that

the persistent doubts were an insult to his country. Matthew

Price reports. Above the streets of Athens today,

a gesture of desperation from a woman threatening to jump. She

cannot repay her debts, she cannot afford to care for her child. They

pulled her back from the edge, but Greece is on the brink. Next, a

gesture of empathy from a man who can afford it, the President gave

up his salary. Even he is feeling the pressure, lashing out at

Germany's finance minister, who has accused Greece of becoming a

bottomless pit. TRANSLATION: We all have an obligation to put our backs

into it to overcome the crisis. I cannot accept that as a Greek. Been

busy that he can insult Greece? the street, too, the Germans are

figures of eight. In Berlin, many feel support and Hutton's may no

longer be the best course of action. -- support in Athens. Greece will

still be heavily in debt after the restructuring. They will have a

debt ratio of more than 120% in the year 2020, so this is not really

sustainable. Brussels, and not a euro finance minister inside. Their

meeting to discuss the crisis was downgraded to a Tanni conference.

The finance ministers should have been here this evening, finalising

the terms of the second bail-out for Greece. Instead, following

their phone conversation, they have said that they hope to do it next

week. This is now a question of trusts, and many of Europe's

countries simply do not believe that Athens can implement the

needed reforms. The growing sense is of European this union. -- this

union. Italy's Prime Minister today warned that the debt crisis is

dividing Europe. It is certainly shattering Greece. 150,000 public

sector workers will lose their jobs, the minimum wage is being slashed,

there is endless austerity. For now, Europe's leaders will pay the bills,

but only for as long as having Greece in the euro is less painful

than booting it out. With me here is economics editor

Stephanie Flanders. Again tonight we are talking about the impact of

this crisis on our economy, and there is more uncertainty tonight.

Yes, we have had a contrast, really. In the last few weeks we had been

feeling a little bit optimistic about the eurozone crisis as a

whole, and a bit more upbeat about the European economy, but these

mounting doubts and the mounting stand-off over the second bailout

for Greece, and I think you have heard tonight and in the last few

days, this battle of words between the European negotiators and the

Greeks. The Europeans have lost patience with the crease. They are

imposing tough conditions and using nasty red tricks', which is making

harder for the Greek politician to come onside. -- nasty rhetoric. I

think it has the whiff, Huw, of a bit of an endgame, and things may

change, but it has the feel to many that it is heading to something

messy for Greece, a messy divorce. A lot of European ministers and

officials think that it would not necessarily be the catastrophe for

the system and would not produce the contagion that we might have

feared a year or two ago. The system is now stronger. If they are

right, we should feel worried about the implications for Greece but not

worried about the implications for us. If they are wrong, and some

people think they are, they are understating the costs, we could be

in for a bumpy time. Thank you very much, Stephanie Flanders.

Police have been giving more time to question a 43-year-old man

arrested on suspicion of murder after a clergyman was found dead at

a vicarage in Gloucestershire. The Reverend John Suddards suffered

multiple stab wounds at his home in Thornbury. The alarm was raised by

workmen who arrived at the building yesterday morning and found it

locked. Jon Kay reports. The Reverend John Suddards moved to

this rural parish last summer in search of a quiet life. His death

has been anything but. His body was found inside the vicarage by

builders who were due to start work. He had suffered multiple stab

wounds. This is now a murder investigation... The police,

flanked by senior members of the clergy, this afternoon revealed

that a three-year-old man had been arrested. They asked for

information about the vicars were and about his personal life.

visited him? Who were the people that the associated with? In

particular, I am keen to speak to anybody who saw the Reverend after

12:30pm on Monday. The police say they do not know much about the

reverent because he only moved here a few months ago. Until then, he

had worked in Essex, where he was filmed by the BBC. His career was

unusual. Originally a barrister, he decided to join the clergy after a

Today, members of his new congregation gathered to express

their sadness. Cornbury is a small Gloucestershire market town with

very little crime. -- Thornbury. Parishioners were clearly shocked

by what has happened to a man they said was a much-loved member of

their community. Very, very sad. Lots of prayers. Such a nice man, I

shook his hand on Sunday morning. The Bishop of Gloucester came here

tonight to reassure the community. He said this case was a reminder of

just how vulnerable members of the A woman has been charged tonight

with the murder of a 13-year-old girl was found with stab wounds in

a park in Doncaster. Casey-Lyanne Kearney managed to call 999 after

being attacked but died later in hospital. A 26-year-old woman will

appear in court tomorrow. An extensive fire swept through a

prison in the Central American country of Honduras and the

authorities say that more than 300 prisoners may have died, many more

injured. It started late last night at the jail in Comayagua. Officials

have blamed an electrical fault, but press reports say there had

Iran has announced new developments in its nuclear weapons programme.

State television reported that for the first time, Iranian-made

nuclear fuel rods have been loaded into a research reactor in Tehran.

The event was attended by President Ahmadinejad. But the Americans

claim the announcement had more to do with distracting attention from

the damage being done by international sanctions, as James

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a PhD in traffic management. But he often

likes to play the part of a nuclear physicist. This afternoon Iran's

President inspected new home-made fuel rods for a research reactor in

Tehran. All made without any help from the West. TRANSLATION: They

restricted scientific achievement to themselves. They have used it to

fight humanity. Science should be invested in people's well-being and

to organise international relations based on friendship, respect and

justice. The most important of the President's announcements on state

TV may be the installation of 3,000 new centrifuges for uranium

enrichment. In itself, this move does not prove that Iran is

pursuing nuclear weapons, but it puts the country in a better

position to do so if it chooses. it's true that Iran is introducing

3,000 more centrifuges and they are more efficient, that is significant.

It means the timeline for Iran being able to produce a nuclear

weapon, if they decided to do so, is significantly shorter. Exactly

how much shorter is some think that negotiators will try to work out.

The last time that world powers and around sat down for nuclear talks a

year ago, they achieved nothing. But Iran has now told the West that

it is ready to have another go. And this is what makes things all the

more urgent. Only this week, Israel accused Iran of carrying out

assassination attempts against Israeli diplomats in India, George

and Thailand. It is a charge denied by Iran, adding to the sense that

Iran must be stopped. Coming up on tonight's programme:

As police crack down on illegal moneylenders, we hear about the

These things have happened. You always get your money in the end.

Give them a slap and you get your With just two months to go to the

first round of the French presidential elections, President

Sarkozy has formally declared his intention to run for a second term.

He described himself as a "ship's captain in a storm" and promised to

protect voters from the effects of the world's economic problems. But

as our Europe editor Gavin Hewitt reports from Paris, Mr Sarkozy is

trailing behind his Socialist opponent in the polls. There's some

Nicolas Sarkozy, impulsive, hyperactive, the President still

bubbling with ambition. Yet facing an immense challenge if he is to

win a second term. Tonight he chose a TV programme to announce his bid

for re-election. His pitch to the French people was that he was a

tough realist in a period of unprecedented crisis. TRANSLATION:

Can you imagine a captain leaving his boat in the heart of the storm,

saying I'm tired, I'm quitting? no candidate has been so far behind

in the polls so close to an election and won, and many of those

who voted for him last time are disillusioned. In France it is

shocking to see him in a luxury boat, to see him in a fancy

restaurant on the night of his election. For people in France it

is shocking. I am quite OK with his view of the function of the economy.

He is creating so much division between people. To get to the

Elysee, President Sarkozy sold himself as an outsider, a leader

determined to modernise the French economy, open it up and make it

more like that of Britain and the United States. But the reforms have

turned out to be modest. Yes, pensions were reformed, but the

economy stalled, businesses closed, unemployment rose and France lost

its treasured AAA credit rating. And then there was image. He

married a supermodel, Carla Bruni, but the French people saw a leader

who they thought enjoyed too much the lifestyle of the rich and

famous. He doesn't behave in the classical wave. He is way too

flashy, two bling-bling. Some people would say too vulgar.

the moment, the Socialist candidate, Francois Hollande, is significantly

ahead in the polls and the President faces a strong challenge

from Marine Le Pen from the far right. President Sarkozy has

acknowledged that in 10 weeks, he could be out of power.

The Crown Prosecution Service and the Met Police have paid a family

half-a-million pounds in compensation after a child witness

was identified to a gang. The details only came to light after

the BBC appealed to the information commissioner. The 16-year-old boy

had been promised anonymity to give evidence about a violent gang

attack, but his name and address were inadvertently passed to gang

members. As the economy falters and

households face more pressure on their finances, there is growing

evidence that more people are turning to loan sharks. The numbers

affected have more than doubled over the past five years, but

taking money from illegal money lenders is usually the start of a

much more serious and more dangerous problem.

Life is getting harder on Britain's estates. It is the cost of the

basic things, food and fuel, tipping many families into poverty.

And with so little room for manoeuvre, more people than ever

before are turning to illegal loan sharks. This victim would only

speak anonymously. She had to borrow �200 after her husband lost

his job. She ended up paying more than �3,000 back. On one particular

day, he found me coming through the front door and he followed me in to

my house. He started threatening me. He had another big guy with him.

This big guy got hold of my hand and took my wedding ring. And my

engagement ring. That is payment for today. I will be back on

Wednesday for some cash. He got me by the throat and told me if I

wasn't in on Wednesday, he was going to kill my dogs. He was

jailed for four years. We persuaded another loan shark in south-east

London to talk to us. He loaned out more than �80,000 last year and

says he has more than doubled his money. These loans are a legal so

he has insisted on a hiding his face. Most times it doesn't come to

violence, they know to pay up. if it has to resort to violence?

Well, these things have happened. You always get your money in the

end. A little slap and they come up with the money. People here say

these are desperate times, their daily life is getting harder and

harder. And almost everybody knows someone who has had to use a loan

shark. If you live on an estate like this, it might be your only

option. More than 300,000 families in England are in debt to illegal

lenders. Police are now taking a hard line. This is one of four,

ordinated raids across Salford. have seen examples where loan

sharks have appeared with children, they have walked them home from

school. That must be so frightening for young single mum to see the

loan shark walking young children back from school. Other instances

where people have been kidnapped off the street and then tortured.

This raid resulted in three arrests in Salford, but where legal credit

is so hard to come by, the loan sharks will continue to fill the

void. Football now, and Arsenal have lost

heavily in the Champions League. They were beaten 4-0 by AC Milan in

Italy in the first leg of their last-16 match. The first goal was

this special strike by Kevin-Prince Boateng. Robinho scored two goals

more before Zlatan Ibrahimovic finished the scoring with a penalty.

The atrocities committed in the Bosnian war must not be forgotten,

says Angelina Jolie, who has directed her first film based on

the conflict in the 1990s. It is called In The Land Of Blood And

Honey. It was unveiled in Sarajevo last night. Alan Little returned to

the city to talk to Angelina Jolie about her work.

For 14 months the streets were deceived -- besieged and bombarded.

The memory is ever present. 20 years on, Sarajevo's still wants it

story told. It has found an unlikely champion. The demand for

tickets was enormous so they moved the screening to a former Olympic

sports stadium. The warmth of the welcome was spontaneous,

momentarily overpowering. But this is not been easy film. It depicts

in bleak and chilling detail the brutal forced removals of non-Serbs

for ethnic cleansing. At its heart there is a doomed love story across

the ethnic divide. Many left feeling the Bosnian story had been

told at last in unsparing honesty. Everybody who was here in Sarajevo

knows what happened. I was here during this war. I feel this movie

went deep. It was very good. I am very glad that she made it.

Angelina Jolie and wrote the script herself. She had been nervous about

how Bosnians would react. You know these people sitting here will be

reminded of the most painful time of their lives. Will they feel

comfortable will this? Will they be upset? I don't know. I was

terrified. When they stood up, I just wanted to cry. But the

divisions impose remain. Go to the Serb half of the country and you

enter a parallel universe. Angelina Jolie is not welcome here.

TRANSLATION: Serves have never denied crimes were committed. But

by individuals, not by the whole Serb nation. This film yet again

demonises the Serbs. Yet again the Serbs are the bad guys. She rejects

the charge that the film is not balanced. The war was not balanced,

she says. People that are looking to save it should be fifty-fifty, I

don't understand that the wall wasn't that way. They are looking

for balance that did not exist. They don't want to see these

atrocities, they don't want to be reminded of these atrocities. Some

people want to deny it even happened. Those people will be

angry. Outside the stadium, there's a starkly poignant place. 20 years

ago it was a playing field. In 1992 it became a cemetery. We came to a

lot of funerals here during the war. They happened every day. But the

cemetery itself was exposed to shell and sniper fire from the

hills around so families would come and bury their dead quickly and say

a prayer and then hurry off to find safety. By the time the war ended,

this place was full on -- and 12,500 Sarajevans were dead.

Bosnia's wombs have not healed. This film, for all its searing

honesty, reveals a country still divided, and reconciled to its own