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Liberal Democrats make a push against tax cuts for the wealthy, | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
insisting that their policies are making a difference in the | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
coalition. Nick Clegg describes the Lib Dems as a party of the head and | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
a harp. A un appeal for flood victims in | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
Pakistan - 7 million people are now affected. | :00:26. | :00:31. | |
Church services remember the four miners killed in a South Wales | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
colliery. And England make it two wins out of | :00:35. | :00:45. | |
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Good evening. Tax cuts are still dominating the Liberal Democrats' | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
conference in Birmingham, with senior figures insisting that the | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
50 pence rate must not be scrapped without an alternative tax on the | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
wealthy. The deputy prime minister Nick Clegg also made a renewed | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
appeal to Middle England, saying his was the party of those who | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
worked hard, paid their taxes and followed the rules. This report | :01:14. | :01:21. | |
contains flash photography. His party is scoring low in the | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
opinion polls, but Nick Clegg's target is clear. He wants the | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
Liberal Democrats at the centre ground of British politics, a party, | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
he says, of the head as well as the heart, but offers voters not just a | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
fair society, but also a strong economy. It is a pitch he hopes | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
will resonate job and -- not just with the party members, but with | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
voters as well. My concern is what happens to those millions of | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
ordinary low and middle incomes. They are often overlooked in this | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
debate. He insisted that the wealthiest should continue to pay | :01:56. | :02:01. | |
the 50 pence top rate of tax. not think it is morally or | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
economically right to unilaterally lower the tax burden on the very | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
wealthiest, when we have not made much more progress on lowering | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
taxes for millions of people on lower incomes. He said the 50 pence | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
rate should be scrapped only if it were replaced by another tax on the | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
ridge that raised the same amount of cash, a figure the Treasury | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
estimated at more than �2 billion. We should look at other ways in | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
which the rich pay the amount we expected through the 50 pence rate. | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
Mr Clegg's promise of fairness, alongside a new crackdown on tax | :02:32. | :02:39. | |
evasion and a �500 million fund, cut little ice with those | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
demonstrating against the spending cuts. I do not trust him at all. He | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
made so many promises before he was voted in, and he has gone back on | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
them. I am judging them on what they are doing, not what Mr Clegg | :02:51. | :02:58. | |
is saying. Liberal Democrat ministers are the guarantors of | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
fairness in a government that would be an absolute nightmare without | :03:00. | :03:05. | |
them. So Nick Clegg's aim is to show that his party is competent | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
and compassionate. That is the first step, with a long way to go. | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
James Landale joins us now from the conference. How would you sum up | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
the tone the Lib Dem leadership are striking today? Are they sounding | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
more assertive? Yes, more assertive on tax and in bringing their own | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
drum and in criticising the Conservatives. We just had a bit of | :03:26. | :03:32. | |
the party's President, Tim Farron, he also referred to witness knee- | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
jerk populism from the tourism and reactionary Tory drivel. They are | :03:38. | :03:43. | |
allowed to do that. Tim Farron and Mr Clegg and the others basically | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
support the central policy that holds this coalition together, | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
namely cutting government spending so that you can bring down the | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
deficit. What Mr Farren referred to as horrible decisions to avoid a | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
catastrophic alternative. So you have the Liberal Democrats letting | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
off steam and being more assertive, but you are also seeing the | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
beginnings of a strategy for the next election, saying they are more | :04:06. | :04:13. | |
competent than Labour and fairer than the Conservatives. | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
Opposition forces have again encountered intense resistance from | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
royalist fighters in Libya as they try to take control of two of | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
Colonel Gaddafi's last strongholds, Sirte and Bani Walid. Almost a | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
month after opposition forces swept into Tripoli, ousting the former | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
dictator, pro-Gaddafi fighters remain firmly dug in. | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
Advancing on Sirte, the former rebels have been met with stiff | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
resistance. There has been fierce fighting on the outskirts of the | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
city, birthplace of Muammar Gaddafi. Fighters loyal to him remain, it | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
seems, well-armed and determined. And the rebels have been taking | :04:51. | :04:57. | |
casualties. TRANSLATION: Gaddafi's soldiers are | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
wearing civilian clothes. They are not in army uniforms. | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
Meanwhile, there are lots of civilians as well. We are now in | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
control of half of the city, and we are securing Sirte from all sides. | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
Fee in all, 900 armoured vehicles have been involved in the assault, | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
and this is only one of the front lines in Libya's continuing | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
conflict. At the edge of Bani Walid this morning, mortar fire. Again, | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
forces loyal to Libya's fugitive leader are fighting back. Outside | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
the town, the former rebels have had to regroup. But they are still | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
confident that victory is not far away. | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
TRANSLATION: I can tell you now that in the next few days, things | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
will change. The picture will be completely | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
different in Bani Walid and insert. I can assure you that the full | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
liberation of Libya will not take long. It has taken longer than they | :05:54. | :06:00. | |
had hoped, but despite the setbacks, spirits remained generally high. | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
They no success may take a few tries. | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
Doctors at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital confirmed today | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
that they have successfully separated twins who were born | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
joined at the head. The Sudanese baby girls Rital and Ritag Gaboura, | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
who are 11 months old, were separated on 15th August after four | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
operations. The girls' condition is so rare that doctors are saying | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
only one in 10 million sufferers survives. | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
A suspected burglar has been killed following an incident in Greater | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
Manchester. Police were called to a house in Bramhall near Stockport | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
last night and discovered a man with a knife injuries. A 39-year- | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
old man was arrested on suspicion of murder. A second suspected | :06:42. | :06:48. | |
intruder has been arrested. It was just before 8pm yesterday evening. | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
We were called to Midland Road in the Bramhall area of Stockport to | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
reports of two intruders forcing their way into a premises. When | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
officers arrived, they found a man in his late '30s, injured at the | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
location, with a knife injuries. The officers rendered first aid and | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
paramedics attended. But the man died a short time later. | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
Judge services have been held across South Wales for the four | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
miners who died in last week's accident in the Swansea Valley. All | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
four died in the flooded elation colliery near Pontardawe. Their | :07:24. | :07:32. | |
bodies were discovered after a massive search and rescue effort. | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
We pray for each home that is touched by this tragedy. A time of | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
prayer and reflection for a valley community in mourning. Lord, in | :07:41. | :07:47. | |
Your mercy, hear our prayer. Seven candles, remembering the four | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
miners killed in Thursday's accident at the Gleision Colliery | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
and the three men who survived. One is in hospital. Everyone here knows | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
someone involved in the mining industry. The mood was very sombre. | :08:02. | :08:08. | |
People in the community here wanted to express how they were feeling. | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
People were holding back some tears and trying to be strong at a | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
difficult time. The congregation included family and friends of one | :08:16. | :08:25. | |
of the miners who died, 45-year-old Phillip Hill. Everybody is so sad. | :08:25. | :08:34. | |
There was so much love around. The family have had a lot of tragedy. | :08:34. | :08:41. | |
Beyond belief to think of the blackness and the water. I just | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
hope it was quick for them at the end and they had some strength. | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
this is have been held at chapels and churches across the South Wales | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
valleys as communities come together to remember all those | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
affected by this tragedy. The police and the Health and Safety | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
Executive are continuing their investigation into the cause of the | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
accident. As this community waits for answers, it draws strength from | :09:07. | :09:13. | |
one another. The United Nations is making an | :09:13. | :09:19. | |
urgent appeal for over �200 million to help flood victims in Pakistan. | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
342 people have been killed and more than 7 million affected by | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
this year's monsoon rains in the southern provinces of Sindh and | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
Baluchistan. Our correspondent has spent the day touring the region | :09:31. | :09:39. | |
with Pakistan's Prime Minister. From the air, the magnitude of | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
Pakistan's new crisis is revealed. For mile after mile in Sindh, there | :09:45. | :09:51. | |
was nothing but water. We flew over devastated crops and destroyed | :09:51. | :09:59. | |
villages. On the ground, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani had a | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
camera complaints. We aren't getting food, these women said, and | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
our children are sleeping in the open. Among those waiting to see | :10:10. | :10:17. | |
him, familiar claims of corruption. Ali told us aid was going to ruling | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
party supporters. We have been starving for the past 15 days, he | :10:22. | :10:30. | |
said. The Prime Minister promised each family almost �150. A popular | :10:30. | :10:38. | |
move, but a fraction of what is needed. The prime minister has come | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
here to show solidarity, to send a message that the Government is | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
trying to tackle this crisis. Last year, it was castigated for its | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
response to the floods. This year, with million suffering, it is | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
facing the same complaints. Nearby, this man told us they had to drink | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
the same contaminated water as the animals. I asked the Prime Minister | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
why. Prime minister, is the Government not in a position to | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
provide clean drinking water to the people here? We are doing it. But | :11:10. | :11:18. | |
there are more than 7.1 million people who are suffering. Therefore, | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
it is beyond the capacity of only one government. That is true. Any | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
government might be overwhelmed. But as the Prime Minister paid | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
farewell, a lingering question that many here are asking - why were | :11:32. | :11:40. | |
more lessons not learnt from last year? | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
Now the sport. England put this week's tabloid | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
headlines behind them with a 41-10 win over Georgia at the Rugby World | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
Cup. But afterwards, their manager warned that they would be knocked | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
out of the tournament unless they improved. Wales are also on course | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
for the quarter-finals, but only after a late comeback, as they beat | :12:01. | :12:08. | |
Samoa 17-10. Another big night out for England's | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
players, and one which will certainly leave a few headaches. | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
After last week's bar room shenanigans, this week's | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
entertainment was Georgia, a country with just 700 rugby players. | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
None of them could lay a finger and Shontayne Hape, as England surged | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
into an early lead. But then that familiar theme. Discipline. Dylan | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
Hartley was sin-binned and Georgia got the try they deserved. Just | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
seven points adrift at the break and still very much in it. But | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
belatedly, England found their cutting-edge, especially Manu | :12:42. | :12:49. | |
Tuilagi. His second half -- there were two second half tries for | :12:49. | :12:56. | |
Chris Ashton. It was comfortable, but far from convincing. Wales, | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
meanwhile, were up against Samoa, something they rarely enjoy. | :12:59. | :13:04. | |
Humbled by them twice before, Wales were heading for the World Cup exit | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
at Samoa thundered into a half-time lead. But after the break, the boot | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
of Rhys Priestland edged Wales ahead before a timely flash of | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
inspiration. Leigh Halfpenny found a gap and defence was suddenly | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
attack. Plymouth and Davies did not quite naked, but for the 55th time | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
in internationals, Shane Williams did. | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
Wales had got out of jail, and should now get into the quarter- | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
finals. Rangers are four points clear at | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
the top of the Scottish Premier League after an enthralling 4-2 win | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
over Celtic. The result gives Ally McCoist his first Old Firm derby | :13:42. | :13:48. | |
victory as manager. As usual in this fixture, the pre- | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
match niceties were brief and formal. It did not take long for | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
battle to commence. Charlie Mulgrew would regret this challenge on | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
Steven Naismith later, but Naysmith dusted himself down to deliver a | :14:01. | :14:11. | |
deadly response. The champions took the lead. But it did not last. The | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
Stockport striker Gary Cooper squeezed the ball past Alan | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
McGregor to level. McGregor played his part in Celtic's second, but it | :14:20. | :14:29. | |
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was a part he would rather forget. Nikica Jelavic got a home side | :14:31. | :14:39. | |
level just after the break. Car Lafferty pounds to make it 3-2. -- | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
Kyle Lafferty. Then Mulgrew was sent packing. The referee had no | :14:45. | :14:52. | |
hesitation. Just as he was settling into his early bath... The man who | :14:52. | :15:00. | |
scored first popped up with the last. So as the Celtic fans file | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
home, it is the Rangers supporters who celebrate their side victorious | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
and now four points clear of the rivals in the title race. But more | :15:09. | :15:19. | |
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importantly, they have the bragging In England, Manchester United are | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
set to stay on top of the Premier League. They are currently playing | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
Chelsea. United dominated a thrilling first half at Old | :15:29. | :15:36. | |
Trafford. This stunning effort from Nani helped to put them 3-0 ahead | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
at the break. Chelsea did pull a goal back thanks to Fernando Torres, | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
only his second for the club, but with a few minutes left, United | :15:45. | :15:50. | |
still lead 3-1. At White Hart Lane, Spurs beat | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
Liverpool 4-0, Luka Modric scoring the pick of the goals. It was a | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
miserable afternoon for Liverpool, Iraq two men sent off. Manchester | :15:59. | :16:06. | |
City were held to a 2-2 draw by Fulham. | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
Floyd Mayweather has retained his to BBC welterweight title overnight. | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
He returned to the ring after taking more than a year off. May | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
whether, on the roads in the 4th round, was head-butted by his -- by | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
his opponent. As the referee stepped in to deduct a point from | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
Victor Ortiz, who appear to be apologising and therefore was not | :16:28. | :16:34. | |
on his guard when florid Mayweather landed two decisive punches. -- | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
Floyd Mayweather. Amir Khan has since declared he wants to fight | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
Mayweather next year. From the world's best athletes to | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
amateurs dressed as superheroes, more than 50,000 runners have been | :16:44. | :16:50. | |
taking part in Britain's biggest mast partition -- mass | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
participation road race, the Great North Run. | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
The Red Arrows! With the Red Arrows overhead and more than 50,000 | :16:58. | :17:06. | |
people limbering up, the 31st Great North Run was started by Dr M | :17:06. | :17:09. | |
egging, whose husband Jon Egging was killed flying with the display | :17:09. | :17:15. | |
team last month -- By Emma egging. Runners from around the world took | :17:15. | :17:19. | |
part, each with a story to tell. have been running for the hospice | :17:19. | :17:24. | |
since they opened, 25 years this year. My father died there and I | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
have continued to support them ever since. This is the third one I have | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
done in three years and I am running for Help For Heroes. It is | :17:32. | :17:36. | |
great friend, a great race, we always look forward to it. People | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
take part for all sorts of reasons but the biggest winner in this | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
event is charity. 270 causes will benefit and more than �200 million | :17:45. | :17:52. | |
has been raised so far. Sprinting to the line... The men's race was | :17:52. | :18:01. | |
won by a Kenyan martinet tatty, who set a new course record -- Martin | :18:01. | :18:10. | |
matter Taffy. The wheelchair title went to Canadian Josh Cassidy and | :18:10. | :18:16. | |
Britain's Shelly Woods, who won for the third time. Some of those | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
running the 30 miles from Newcastle to South Shields were well known, | :18:21. | :18:25. |