21/09/2012 BBC News at Ten

In court, the man charged with the murders of the two police officers

killed this week. Dale Cregan was taken to court in a

police convoy amid high security. Armed officers stood guard inside

the building and in the streets around.

Cregan stood in the dock flanked by more police, charged with four

murders and four attempted murders. Another man arrested on suspicion

of conspiracy to commit murder has been released.

Also tonight: The Government Minister accused of

calling a police officer a "pleb". He denies it, but is forced to

apologise. What he did was not appropriate. He

was wrong and it is right that he has apologised. He has apologised

to me, but he has apologised to the police.

Violence across Pakistan as thousands protest against an anti-

Islam film made in America. The trouble has just broken out

here. The police have opened fire in this direction towards

protesters who managed to come through the barricades.

China's one-child policy and the shocking impact on women forced to

Laura Robson becomes the first British player in 22 years through

Good evening. The man charged with the murder of

two police officers in Greater Manchester appeared in court today

amid a huge security operation. Dale Cregan was taken to Manchester

City Magistrates' in a convoy of police vehicles and there were

armed officers both inside and outside the building. As well as

the murders of PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes, Cregan has been

charged with the murders of father and son, David and Mark Short and

with four attempted murders. Tonight, a 15-year-old boy has been

arrested in connection with the murders of the two police officers.

But has been released on bail. Our correspondent, Danny Savage

reports. It was just before 8am when a police convoy carrying Dale

Cregan swept through the streets of Manchester. This was a high

security operation involving many armed officers. Rarely seen on the

streets of Britain. Once the convoy was in the Underground car park of

the Magistrates' Court, they stood guard outside. The pedestrian

entrance to the court was watched by armed response vehicles. The

family and friends of some of those ceeg Cregan is accused of killing

had a police escort to the door. At 10am, Dale Cregan, who only has one

eye and has grown a beard was brought into court 16. He was

flanked by policemen who kept their hands tucked into the top of their

body armour. When asked to confirm his name and age he replied "yep"

before being told to sit down. Cregan is accused of murdering four

people. In May Mark Short was found dead at a pub. Three months later

he is accused of killing Mark Short's father, David, who died in

a gun and grenade attack. Cregan is accused of killing Fiona Bone and

Nicola Hughes. They died of gunshot wounds. Additionally, Dale Cregan

faces four other counts of attempted murder in the Manchester

area. As the court hearing took place,

forensics work continued at the scene of Tuesday's killings. The

Prime Minister was in Manchester today for a private meeting with

the policewomen's families and talked about what happened here.

It is right that we praise the work they did and remember all that they

have done. I think it is also important that the Government makes

sure that it is doing everything it can to help the Greater Manchester

Police force tackle organised crime and gang related violence.

Greater Manchester Police say a man arrested earlier in this

investigation on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder has

been released without charge. While at the scene, many people are still

coming here this evening to leave their tributes and read those left

by others. Friends and family of Fiona Bone

and Nicola Hughes have posted pictures online in memory of them.

The man accused of killing them will appear at at Manchester Crown

Court on Monday and in the last hour Greater Manchester Police

announce that had as part of the inquiry a 15-year-old boy was

arrested at school today on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Tonight, he has been released on The Conservative Chief Whip, Andrew

Mitchell is under pressure tonight after reportedly swearing at a

police officer in Downing Street and calling him "a pleb". The

altercation happened after Mr Mitchell was barred from cycling

out the main gate. He denies using the words, but has admitted not

treating the officer with respect. David Cameron condemned the

behaviour as "wrong" and "inappropriate". Our political

correspondent, Carole Walker, is in Downing Street tonight. This is all

rather embarrassing particularly given the timing? Yes, Fiona and

tonight we have conflicting accounts of the confrontation at

these gates between Andrew Mitchell, the minister in charge of

discipline, and the police protection officers. Labour

described his behaviour as disgraceful and are demanding a

full explanation of what happened. Andrew Mitchell is used to wheeling

his way around Westminster and the man newly promoted to take charge

of party discipline did not take kindly when he was told to toe the

line by police in Downing Street. On Wednesday night, his attempt to

take his bicycle outside the vehicle gate was thwarted when

police insisted he use a pedestrian gate. What happened next is dispute.

The Sun described an outburst where Mr Mitchell called the police plebs.

The Downing Street CCTV cameras have no audio recording, but the

police are said to have written an account of the incident in their

notebooks. The Prime Minister in Manchester to pay tribute to the

police after the deaths of two women officers, did not hide his

anger. What Andrew Mitchell said and what he did was not appropriate.

It was wrong and it is right that he has apologised. He has

apologised to me, but more importantly, he apologised to the

police and that needs to be done. Andrew Mitchell did much to shed

his old image as a forceful right- winger. The millionaire, former

investment banker, had a tough reputation. In Opposition, he was

Shadow Police Minister, but representatives of the force say he

has shown a lack of sensitivity after the two deaths in Manchester

this week. I think Mr Mitchell should resign

from office. It is clear to me from the reports that we have seen in

The Sun newspaper today and from speaking to officers that I

represent that his comments were inappropriate.

Today Mr Mitchell was nowhere to be seen in his constituency, local

people were not impressed. You can't just swear at people like

that. They were only doing their job, weren't they they they? He has

a lot of influence and he shouldn't be acting in that way.

Try to be polite. He should have known better. Andrew Mitchell has

apologised to the police officer concerned and to the Prime Minister,

but some in his party fear his behaviour will make it harder for

them to shake off the accusation that they are arrogant and out-of-

Well, to add to to that pressure from within the Conservative Party,

Boris Johnson, who said that anyone who swears at a police officer

should be arrested, has said that he is unimpressed at what he heard.

Well, for the time being, Andrew Mitchell remains in his job, but

the Prime Minister may have to choose whether to accept the word

of one of his senior ministers or that of the police protection

At least 15 people have been killed in Pakistan as violence erupted in

parts of the country during protests against an anti-Islamic

amateur film made in America. Thousands of people took to the

streets. Buildings were burnt down in the city of Peshawar including

cinemas and an Anglican Church. There were more protests following

Friday Prayers in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lebanon and Iraq. Orla

Guerin sent this report from Pakistan. In the city of Lahore,

anger that could not be contained. What was billed as a day of love

for the Prophet Mohammed quickly became a day of rage. Pakistan's

commercial capital, Karachi was closed for businesslike the rest of

the country. TRANSLATION: We want to show the world that all Muslims

are united on this. We are ready to die for the prophet.

The deadliest unrest was in Karachi and there were policemen among the

victims. President Obama had hoped to prevent all this with an ad

broadcast on Pakistani TV. He condemned the video and emphasised

America's commitment to religious tolerance.

We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.

On the streets of Islamabad, this was the response.

American dogs, they chanted. And then they tried to push forward

towards the high security, diplomatic quarter.

Well, trouble has just broken out here here within the last few

minutes. The police have opened fire in this direction towards

protesters who managed to come through the barricades. For the

second day running they have gathered in this area, attempt to

go reach the US Embassy up the road. For hours, a battle raged. For many

here, the attack on their prophet is an intolerable personal affront.

They were ready to risk life and limb to make their point.

Up ahead, keeping watch, we found Pakistan's de facto Interior

Minister. He defended the Government's decision to make today

a public holiday saying it reduced the numbers on the streets. Imagine

if I had not done the holiday and the schools were open and shops

were open, the transport was on the road, who could have handled it? At

least the police has got only one confrontation to handle the

protesters. Many may say that decision

backfired badly. Fuelling the unrest. By evening, riot police

were hurling stones at the protesters and still blocking the

Two soldiers have died in separate incidents in Afghanistan. One was

from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and the other

was from 28 Engineer Regiment. Both were in Helmand province in the

south of the country. Neither of the deaths is thought thought to be

the result of enemy action. Their families have been informed.

The Government borrowed more money in August than it did at the same

time last year, according to new figures released today. It'll add

to the pressure on the Chancellor George Osborne over his target to

bring the Government's debt down within three years. Our chief

economics correspondent, Hugh Pym, has more details. It is the latest

snapshot of the nation's finances, the bill which comes in every month

showing what the Government has run up on its credit card and it shows

nearly �14.5 billion was borrowed in August. That was in line with

what analysts expected, but the Treasury wasn't denying the scale

of the of the problem. We have limited room for manoeuvre. The

idea that we can choose to borrow a lot more is demonstrated to be a

false view because borrowing is already higher than we would like

it to be. We have made progress, but we have got further to go.

The Government's financial statement reveals the impact of

recession. Corporation tax paid by companies on profits is down nearly

10% in the financial year to date, but that's down to North Sea

production problems. Spending on benefits is up 6.5% on the same

time last year. Labour says George Osborne is to

blame by pursuing policies which prevented the economy recovering

and adding to the UK's borrowing It shows the deficit is actually

rising, as a result of the Government's economic plan failing.

It is the worst figures for August on record. This is not what the

Chancellor promised. One of the Treasury's key targets is reducing

debt by the 2015 financial year. It has debt rising to a peak of just

over 76% of national income and falling slightly in 2015. Achieving

that is looking harder. Now, you might have thought the idea of

dropping the debt target would not go down well in the City. In fact

the Bank of England has given its blessing to the idea. The governor

said it would be acceptable for the Chancellor to push back on the

target if growth does not materialise as expected because of

factors beyond his control. And the City view is veering towards giving

Mr Osborne the benefit of the doubt if the debt plans are changed.

market understands that. I think the markets will give the

Chancellor some leeway, but however, if the fiscal position does not

improve over the next two to three years, I think at that point

investors will be running out of patience. So, the Chancellor has to

work out how much more he can afford on the nation's credit card

and how he'll present his next big financial statement in December.

Coming up on tonight's programme: Home to some of the world's biggest

performers, EMI at the centre of a major music industry shake-up.

China's Communist Party is preparing to install a new

generation of leaders to run the country for the next decade. One of

the most difficult questions is whether to end the controversial

one-child policy, originally introduced to curb population

growth. Latest figures show the Chinese birth rate is way below the

level necessary to keep the population stable. Our

correspondent, Damian Grammacticas, travelled to Anhuay province for

this special report, beginning his journey in Shanghai. You may find

some of his report distressing. She is just four days' old.

In her mother's eyes - a little angel. She'll have no brother or

sister. She's the one child this family can

have. TRANSLATION: One child is too few. We should be allowed at least

two. They should change the rules. Pressure for change is growing.

China may have the world's biggest population, but it needs more

babies. The one-child policy has been too successful.

Shanghai now has one of the lowest birth rates in the world - 0.7

children per family. So low it may never recover fully. Not acting to

face the policy would be one of the long-lasting legacies, a negative

one, for the outgoing leadership. They've missed the opportunity to

sort this. The rules are complex - many couples are exempted. If you

live in the city you can have one child only, unless both parents are

single children, then crow can have two. One n the countryside, one

child if it is a boy. If the first is a girl, then you can have

another. Enforcement of the policy can be brutal. At an unmarked grave

a father mourns his baby - a boy, the family say murdered by

officials. They already have a child. She is allowed a second

under the exemptions. When she was six months' pregnant, officials

dragged her to hospital and injected her to force an abortion.

TRANSLATION: My baby didn't die immediately. It kept on struggling

inside me. It broke my heart. The next day, it was born still alive.

It cried. The doctor said, "Don't look at it. You'll have

nightmares." This is where the abortion happened. Many in China

now want this harsh policy to end. This is another reason to scrap it

- a back street ultrasound clinic. We filmed secretly. Can you see the

sex of my baby, the woman asks. It is illegal to tell her, because if

parents know they prefer their one child to be a boy. It is probably a

girl, is the reply. It is here, in the heart of rural Anhuay province,

where the gender imbalance is at its worse. This is Two Rivers

Primary School, aborting huge numbers of baby girls is storing up

serious problems for the future, which China's incoming generation

of Communist leaders about to take power are going to have to face.

Year one is the worst. 10 boys and just two girls. In the school as a

whole boys outnumber girls by 50%. Multiply that by millions across

China and who will all the boys marry? China's Communist rulers are

reluctant to relax their controls, fearing a new population explosion.

But they'll have to choose - take a risk, or soldier on with the policy

that is increasingly unpopular and And there's more on how China's

population is changing on our website, with the projections for

the decades ahead and what it could mean for China and the wider world.

The address is on the screen there: South African authorities have

issued an arrest warrant for the controversial politician Julius

Malema, the former ANC youth leader is expected to appear in court on

charges of money laundering and fraud. Mr Malema, once one of

President Zuma's closest supporters was expelled from the ruling party

in April for indiscipline. The leader of the UK Independence Party

has set out his terms for a possible electoral deal with the

Conservatives. Nigel Farage said a deal could be reached in return for

a guarantee written in blood, that there would be a referendum on

Britain's membership of the EU. Europe is in crisis and because of

it Nigel Farage believes UKIP's fortunes are blooming. They want to

be seen as Britain's fourth national political party. But a big

break through, a Member of Parliament, has not happened so far.

You have not persuaded me? You will not, I am afraid. They have been

labelled extremists and racists in the past. They believe they are in

the ascendancy. An alternative for those who hanker after a stronger

view on Europe. Conservatives in particular.

Now, there's talk of some kind of deal with the Tories at the next

election, to spare David Cameron from the UKIP threat. The price

though will be high. The only way we would even consider

a negotiation of any kind at all would be a first if an absolute

promise was made to give this country a full, free and fair

referendum, so that we could decide whether we remain members of the EU

or not. That would have to be on the table before we even considered

any proposal. The UKIP leader went further. He said he wants any

promise written in blood before there's the chance of formal talks.

He knows here, in the party's Midland heartlands, their numbers

may be small, but it is big enough to scupper the chances of the

Conservatives winning the next general election outright. Europe

is moving says the Prime Minister towards an ever-closer political

union. He has ruled out a referendum on Britain leaving the

EU completely. I don't believe leaving the EU would be best for

Britain, but nor do I believe that voting to preserve the exact status

quo would be right either. To UKIP that is enough, enough they hope to

fuel a political earthquake, they say n the next Euro-elections in

two years' time. People vote differently at European elections

than at general elections. The next are in 2014. We could see UKIP

becoming the largest party. Last time they were second behind the

Conservatives. UKIP has been dismissed as a campaign group, so

it is talking about wind farms, prisons, a radical new flat-tax for

all. Europe's economies are now the inescapable issue. UKIP's issue is

an in-out referendum. David Cameron might have to consider whether that

is a price worth paying. Just 12 years after taking up the

sport the Afghan cricket team has played against England, who are

defending their Twenty20 title. Things got off to a great start for

Afghanistan. Craig Kieswetter out for a duck. England came away with

a convincing 116-run victory with Luke Wright scoring 99, not out.

It has been home to some of the biggest music acts to top the

British charts, including the Beatles, queen and Kylie Minogue.

They all came under the EMI umbrella. Now it is being taken

over by Universal music. There are fears it would be too dominant in

the music industry. It has been given the go ahead by regulators,

only on the condition that some of the biggest bands, such as Coldplay,

It is one of the world's biggest record companies. Kylie Minogue is

an EMI artist. The Sex Pistols were briefly on EMI.

It didn't work out. And so were the Beatles. It is that

near priceless back catalogue that most attracted Universal.

The most exciting aspect of this deal for Universal will be they own

the Beatles, the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones catalogue, the holly

trinity. EMI is a company with a long history. It was founded in

1897. The famous recording studios opened in 1931. This is where the

Beatles made their records in the 1970s and 1960s. In an age where

there are sales from the back catalogue are overtaking sales of

new music, it is that heritage, that history that one of EMI's

greatest assets. The fans still gather outside the studios and on

the pedestrian crossing made famous by the cover of the Beatle's album.

They are buying fewer CDs and the ones they tend to buy are old

recordings, not new ones. The deal comes at a price. EMI's stake in

Mute records must be sold and Parlophone, home to star acts like

Coldplay. They have to go, regulators decided, so the merged

company is not too powerful. Some say it will be any way.

Everybody involved in music Universal have a huge market share

now. There is a fear in all modern culture that big corporations are

taking everything over and making our culture souless. It is a fear

to anybody who likes music that this could be the case.