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An investigation into the worst mining accident in a generation is | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
under way in South Wales. Family and friends lay flowers to remember | :00:12. | :00:16. | |
the four men who died in the colliery. Safety experts say it's | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
still too soon to determine the cause of the tragedy. We are | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
punching above our weight. Nick Clegg opened his party's conference | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
by defending the Lib Dem's role in the coalition government. We are | :00:29. | :00:38. | |
not here to make things easier. We are here to put things right. | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
people are killed after a World War Two plane crashes at an airshow in | :00:43. | :00:49. | |
America. In sport, Ireland pull off an historic win over Australia at | :00:49. | :00:59. | |
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Specialist mine inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive are | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
examining the colliery near Swansea where four miners died. The men | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
were trapped 300 ft underground on Thursday, when a mine shaft are | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
flooded. A minute's silence was held at Swansea's football match | :01:21. | :01:26. | |
this afternoon, and a fund set up to support the miners' families has | :01:26. | :01:34. | |
already raised �10,000. This report was sent from the colliery. Laying | :01:34. | :01:40. | |
flowers close to the place where they died. The tributes to husbands, | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
fathers, sons and brothers tell a heartbreaking story of grief and | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
loss. This tragedy has touched the entire community. Even those who | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
didn't know the miners. This is really quite heart-wrenching. We | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
just feel like we've lost friends. That's just basically the reason, | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
just as a mark of respect really. This afternoon fans at Swansea | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
City's match against West Bromwich Albion at the Liberty Stadium | :02:08. | :02:16. | |
observed a minute's silence. At first light South Wales Police and | :02:16. | :02:22. | |
a team from the Health and Safety Executive arrived at the Gleision | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
Mile -- mine to begin their investigation. Their task is to | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
find out how the men died. This is the first fatal accident involving | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
a Welsh mine in more than three decades. The mine's owner spent | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
much of the afternoon with investigators. The owners have told | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
the BBC their hearts go out to the families of the dead miners. The | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
pit had been inspected as recently as May last year. I spoke to a | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
miner who had escaped and to all of the families. None of them reported | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
any safety concerns. But the investigation, which has begun, | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
will establish what has happened. The community has come together to | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
raise money for the families. Events including this car-wash have | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
helped to raise more than �10,000 so far. Tomorrow will offer local | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
people a chance to reflect on the tragedy which has unfolded in their | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
midst. Chapels and churches will hold special services, with prayers | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
dedicated to the miners and their families. The Devitt Debrett's | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
Minister, Nick Clegg, has mounted a robust defence of the Liberal | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
Democrat's performance and the coalition government. In a speech | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
at the opening of the party's conference in Birmingham, Mr Clegg | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
said Liberal Democrat ministers are punching above their weight and | :03:44. | :03:53. | |
fighting tooth and nail for the The question on the mind of many | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
Lib Dems - what have we achieved and at what price? In May they | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
suffered their worst election result and 30 years. One of their | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
biggest dreams - to change the voting system - was rejected. | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
party leader, Nick Clegg. Tonight he said the party was a family and | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
predicted a few rows this week. But his focus was on the fights he has | :04:15. | :04:21. | |
had with the Tories. Sometimes we've got to be a bit awkward, as | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
our coalition partners are finding out on a daily basis. We are not | :04:25. | :04:32. | |
here to make things easy. We are here to put things right. His party | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
likes it when he's awkward with the Tories. Today he set out his | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
opposition to scrapping the 50 pence top rate of tax. But the | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
Liberal Democrats to accept it could happen if it's replaced by | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
other taxes for the rich. We've always made it clear that if there | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
were a good alternative, tax on very high-value property for | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
example, that is something that could be considered. But the | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
Treasury are having to have a look at what the 50 pence taxpayers and | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
decide what to do next. conference is taking place in an | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
area with the highest unemployment in the UK. Tonight, the delegates | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
showed they could be awkward. Because of the impact on disabled | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
people, they voted against part of the Government's plans to reform | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
the benefit system. Disagreement within the coalition are not always | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
so public, but Nick Clegg insists that in government he is delivering. | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
I won't tell you about every debate we have behind closed doors but | :05:29. | :05:36. | |
rest assured, we are fighting for liberal values every single day. | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
Nick Clegg's priority this week will be to persuade his party that | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
they are making a real difference in government. And they haven't | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
become the Tories' patsies. The message is while the last year may | :05:49. | :05:58. | |
have been painful, it has been Let's go live now to our political | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
correspondent, Norman Smith, who is in Birmingham. How much pressure is | :06:03. | :06:10. | |
Nick Clegg and a from the party activists? My sense is there this | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
evening Nick Clegg looked supremely relaxed, and he's clearly not a man | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
fighting for his political life or anything like that, he is | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
nevertheless under real pressure to reassure his party about being in | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
coalition with the Conservatives, which is why we heard him stressing | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
two key themes. Delivery and differentiation. Delivery, in terms | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
of key Lib Dem policies he says he's been able to deliver in | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
government, such as raising the tax threshold for lower income groups. | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
And differentiation, in areas like human rights and Europe, where he | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
says the party has been able to retain its distinctive identity | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
despite being in coalition. But an indication of the pressure he is | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
under could be gleaned from the fact that in two key coalition | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
policy areas - welfare reform and the NHS - a majority of delegates | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
voted for motions criticising and opposing coalition policy. European | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
finance ministers have ended a two- day meeting in Poland with many | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
issues affecting the eurozone crisis still unresolved. The | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
Chancellor, George Osborne, said the crisis was becoming a global | :07:12. | :07:17. | |
problem which required global solutions. The eurozone leaders | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
here know that time is running out, that they need to get a grip and | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
deliver a solution to the uncertainty of the markets. But | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
they make the point, and I think we all understand that, that it's not | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
just the eurozone. We've got to make sure that America gets on top | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
of its debts and that we sort out some of the global tensions over | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
this autumn that have remained after the crisis in 2008 and 2009, | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
and continue to cause us trouble today. Nine people are confirmed | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
dead and at least 50 injured after a vintage fighter plane crashed at | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
an airshow in America. The World War Two P-51 Mustang smashed into | :07:54. | :08:03. | |
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the ground close to the display's This was the moment a tragedy | :08:04. | :08:14. | |
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struck at a Nevada air display. DEC that? He crashed! -- did you | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
see that? Watched by thousands, the plane had been racing other World | :08:18. | :08:28. | |
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War Two fighters when it spiralled OK, folks, please stay where you | :08:29. | :08:35. | |
are. It twisted and turned and it was all brown smoke and debris. | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
started coming down, it looked like he must have been pulling really | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
hard on the stick to try and get as far away from the stands as | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
possible. Seven people were killed instantly, another two died later | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
in hospital. Dozens more were injured. An investigation into the | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
crash has already begun. It's believed the tragedy may have been | :08:54. | :09:02. | |
caused by mechanical failure. appears to be some air flight | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
problem with the aircraft that caused it to go out of control. We | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
all know what the end result was. The pilot has been named as Jimmy | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
Leeward, a former Hollywood stuntman who was in his 70s. He's | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
the 5th pilot killed at the Reno Air race in the past four years. | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
But it's the deaths of those who have simply come to watch which | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
have made this year's event such a tragedy. Forces loyal to Colonel | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
Gaddafi of continuing to hold out in two of their strongholds. In | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
Bani Walid they fired rockets at anti- Gaddafi fighters, forcing a | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
retreat. They've also been fierce clashes around Gaddafi's home town | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
of Sirte. Our correspondent has been following the opposition | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
forces near there. The front lines in a desert war for Sirte are | :09:54. | :10:01. | |
shifting. The heavy guns are moving forward when they can. The National | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
Transitional Council troops advanced many miles in just today. | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
-- just a day. The fighting continues all around Colonel | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
Gaddafi's birthplace. This, the picture to the south. But Sirte is | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
well defended. Taking the city could be very costly for those | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
outside and inside the city walls. Yesterday they were spotting | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
targets for the guns and being tough -- and being fired upon | :10:27. | :10:35. | |
themselves. You can see the Gaddafi forces from here? No. They were in | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
clear view, he told me, but have now been pushed over the horizon. | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
This is what they were aiming at. Just a day ago, this was a pro- | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
Gaddafi position. But not only have they come through here, they are | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
also continuing 10 kilometres of the road on their push towards | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
Sirte. We pushed forward as far as we dare. They had just taken | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
another village and were surging house by house for snipers. It may | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
look chaotic but it's organised, steady progress on a long road to | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
Sirte. In Pakistan, more than 5 million people have been affected | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
by the recent floods in the country. There are growing concerns about | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
the spread of lutz related diseases. The country's Prime Minister | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
visited some flooded areas today, but in the worst-affected province, | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
Sindh province, many are complaining that they are getting | :11:27. | :11:35. | |
no help. Prisoners of the flood. Wading through stagnant water. | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
Homeless, hungry and now threatened by disease. A mother's nightmare. | :11:42. | :11:48. | |
Nearby, a father struggles to put a roof over his children's heads. In | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
this town today we found families who don't even have tents. Poor to | :11:53. | :11:59. | |
begin with, they are now destitute. They live in squalor in a makeshift | :11:59. | :12:05. | |
camp, wondering when it will come. The families here say they've been | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
left to fend for themselves. They say local officials got them out of | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
their village when the flood waters came, but since then there's been | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
little or no help. They've been living like this, exposed to the | :12:16. | :12:22. | |
elements, for the past week. And in the is and how the conditions the | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
children are already getting sick. They suffer needlessly with | :12:28. | :12:33. | |
treatable illnesses that are going untreated. Vomiting and diarrhoea | :12:33. | :12:41. | |
are robbing many of strength. This man and his wife are worried for | :12:41. | :12:51. | |
their only child, their daughter. Her name means saved by God. She | :12:51. | :12:56. | |
has diarrhoea, the woman says, and a temperature. Her ear is infected. | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
How can we afford the doctor? We took mother and child to a local | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
clinic. The woman is seven months pregnant and having stomach pain. | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
She's already lost three babies. Her diagnosis - anaemia. She got | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
medicine for her and her daughter but was sent back to the camp, back | :13:19. | :13:29. | |
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to the hunger and hardship. And the The American ambassador to Pakistan | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
says there's evidence linking one of the main militant groups in | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
Afghanistan, the Haqqani network, to Pakistan's government. The group | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
is suspected of being behind the recent rocket attack on the | :13:42. | :13:45. | |
American embassy in Kabul. Last week, Washington said it would | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
target the group on Pakistani soil if the authorities there failed to | :13:49. | :13:59. | |
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take action against them. Ireland have caused the day's big sporting | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
surprise and thrown the Rugby World Cup wide open - beating one of the | :14:03. | :14:05. | |
favourites to win the tournament. They played brilliantly to beat | :14:05. | :14:08. | |
Australia by 15-6. Both sides will still fancy their chances of making | :14:09. | :14:11. | |
the quarter finals, but Ireland might now have an easier path to | :14:12. | :14:21. | |
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It was Auckland but it felt more like Dublin. Thousands of Irish | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
fans, this lobbyist of knives and a passion to warm the cockles. | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
Australia barely knew what had hit them, envelope by a sea of green | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
they were out muscled and ultimately outwitted. It was 6-6 at | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
the break, Jonny Sexton with Ireland's points. As Australia's | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
pack wilted, three penalties, including two from Ronan O'Gara, | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
took Ireland clear. Australia still have their chances, but time and | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
again they threw them away. As Ireland so nearly finished in style. | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
Only the length of the Pidgeley between Tommy Bowe and rugby | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
folklore. And for a few tantalising moments it seemed he might get | :15:02. | :15:07. | |
there. Fatigue eventually caught up with him, along with a few rather | :15:07. | :15:10. | |
angry Australians for whom it sympathy was in short supply. | :15:10. | :15:17. | |
number of Kiwis, amongst other nations, that would have been in | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
the crowd getting behind Ireland as well, it felt like a home game. | :15:23. | :15:26. | |
Hopefully we can continue with great Irish support and anyone else | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
that wants to jump on the bandwagon. With Ireland now likely to avoid | :15:30. | :15:39. | |
South Africa in the quarter-finals, Match of the Day follows this | :15:39. | :15:42. | |
programme. So if you don't want to know today's results, you know what | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
to do. Look away now and maybe turn the volume down on your TV. Arsenal | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
endured another unhappy awayday - this time as Blackburn came from | :15:49. | :15:51. | |
behind twice to beat the Gunners 4- behind twice to beat the Gunners 4- | :15:51. | :15:59. | |
3. That result eases the pressure on manager Steve Kean. Everton | :15:59. | :16:01. | |
on manager Steve Kean. Everton moved up to seventh in the Premier | :16:01. | :16:03. | |
League table after Apostolos Vellios and Royston Drenter scored | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
their first goals for the club in the 3-1 win over Wigan. Aston Villa | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
and Newcastle extended their unbeaten starts to five games after | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
a 1-1 draw. Norwich beat 10-man Bolton - their first league win of | :16:14. | :16:17. | |
the season. Swansea ended their goal drought with a 3-0 win over | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
West Brom. Wolves will be wishing that the power cut that hit | :16:22. | :16:24. | |
Wolverhampton earlier today had continued, after QPR went on to | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
beat them at Molineux. In Scotland, Motherwell missed the chance to | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
move level on points with the SPL leaders Rangers, who play Celtic | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
tomorrow. They lost 3-0 at home to St Johnstone. Aberdeen and | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
Kilmarnock shared the points in a 2-2 draw at Pittodrie. Dundee | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
United were 3-1 winners over Inverness. Hibs let slip a 2-goal | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
lead to draw at Dunfermline. Hearts move up to fourth with a 2-0 win | :16:49. | :16:57. | |
And finally, Surrey have beaten Somerset by five wickets to secure | :16:57. | :17:07. | |
the Clydesdale Bank 40 trophy at That's all from us tonight. Just | :17:07. | :17:10. |