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Tonight at 10pm: The main political parties in Greece agree to form a | :00:08. | :00:12. | |
government of national unity. After talks this evening the Prime | :00:12. | :00:16. | |
Minister George Papandreou says he intends to stand down. Police begin | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
a criminal investigation into the M5 crash. Witnesses claim thick | :00:19. | :00:24. | |
smoke drifted across the motorway from a firework display. The | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
shocked family of Christopher Alder are told that after his death in | :00:27. | :00:33. | |
custody 13 years ago, they buried the wrong body. And a warning that | :00:33. | :00:43. | |
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the Olympics might see tourists Good evening. The main political | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
parties in Greece say they have agreed in principle on the | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
formation of a coalition government. The current Prime Minister, George | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
Papandreou, will not lead the new administration and the parties will | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
meet again tomorrow to agree the details of the plan. The deal is | :01:11. | :01:13. | |
aimed at ending the country's political crisis and stopping the | :01:13. | :01:22. | |
Government going bankrupt. Mark Lowen is in Athens for us tonight. | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
He has been Prime Minister here since 2009, during one of the most | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
severe crisis this country has ever faced. Tonight we know that George | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
Papandreou it is bowing out. It has been another day of intense | :01:38. | :01:46. | |
activity, negotiating his exit. The coalition government will confront | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
Greece a's financial crisis. Prime Minister and leader of the | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
opposition are brought together by the Greek president to decide on a | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
new national unity government. No one was certain an agreement would | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
be reached. Both sides have played a high-stakes game of political | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
brinkmanship in recent days. This could be the last chance to find | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
consensus. As talks continued, Greeks watched and waited. This | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
country has been in the grip of uncertainty for days - political | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
wrangling to add to its financial woes. In the bars and cafes of | :02:22. | :02:30. | |
Athens, they wanted a leader to Stig Greece to, waters. We need | :02:30. | :02:40. | |
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hope. We need something new. -- calmer waters. He is not a good | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
Prime Minister. That is why. He does not care about our lives. He | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
knows about his profit - only about profit. A frantic rush of activity | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
outside the President's office. The closing statement was clear. The | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
premiership of George Papandreou had come to an end. The Prime | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
Minister had finally agreed to step aside ahead -- in favour of a | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
coalition. More talks tomorrow about who will be appointed Prime | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
Minister. The leadership will have to ratify the bail out package so | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
that Greece can receive the next instalment of its loan and hope to | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
stave off bankruptcy. George Papandreou will leave an immense | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
task to his predecessor. The debt crisis in this country threatens | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
the rest of the eurozone. The population is angry and exhausted. | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
At least a realisation that a step forwards out of this political | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
crisis has now been taken - a small sign of progress on a perilous road | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
ahead. Who could takeover? Evangelos Venizelos could takeover. | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
The former governor of the Bank of Greece is another option. Whoever | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
it is, they will face an unenviable task. The future of the eurozone | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
will depend upon us. Our Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt, is with me | :04:11. | :04:18. | |
now. How do you assess tonight's developments? The most important | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
thing is Greece will not now the fault. There will be no short-term | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
exit from the euro. It was going to run out of money in mid-December. | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
That will not happen. The Greek parliament will approve the latest | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
EU bail out deal, worth 130 billion euros. It is important and it has | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
bought time. We do not know who will be the new leader. We do not | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
know how long the interim government will be in place. It is | :04:47. | :04:53. | |
an important breathing space for Greece. There will be some | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
stability over the next few weeks and months. It has brought | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
breathing space. Is it a long-term solution? I do not think it is. The | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
economy is still shrinking. Unemployment is going up. It is | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
difficult to see where growth is coming from. Banks would take a | :05:12. | :05:21. | |
write-down of 50% and reduced debt. If you look ahead to 2010 -- 2020, | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
the debt to GDP ratio is still 110%. What we have seen today is an | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
important step forward. The longer term, fundamental problems of | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
Greece still have not been resolved. Police have begun a criminal | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
investigation into the crash on the M5 in Somerset on Friday which | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
killed seven people. They now think the pile-up was caused by smoke - | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
and not fog - drifting across the motorway. Investigators are | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
focusing attention on a firework display which was taking place at a | :05:48. | :05:58. | |
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nearby rugby club. Through the ash and the debris, they sifted all day. | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
They were searching for the victims' personal possessions and | :06:05. | :06:12. | |
for clues about what happened here. But now that all the vehicles have | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
been taken from the scorched carriageway, the focus of this | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
investigation has moved to an area a few hundred metres from the crash | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
site - Taunton Rugby Club - where there was a direct splayed on | :06:27. | :06:33. | |
Friday night. At about the same time, 34 vehicles collided on the | :06:33. | :06:39. | |
motorway. Many of them burst into flames. Was poor visibility to | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
blame? There was very significant smoke across the carriageway. It | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
caused a bank - similar to a fog bank - that was very distracting | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
and difficult to drive through. Police say the rugby club is the | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
main focus of their investigation. The field when the firework display | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
took place has been sealed off. From here, you can see how close | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
the rugby pitch is to the motorway behind. There are the posts. | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
Crossing behind it, the razed carriageway of the M5. In a | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
statement tonight, the club said it was working closely with the police | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
and it extended thoughts and prayers to the bereaved families. | :07:25. | :07:31. | |
Like the relatives of Tony and Pam Adams. Both in their 70s, who died | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
as they drove home to South Wales after visiting their daughter. | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
Friends and family have described them as a devoted, church-going | :07:40. | :07:50. | |
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couple, and say they are heartbroken. Some say, why did it | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
have to be them? Tom Hammill knows it could have been him. He returned | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
to the scene today for the first time after escaping from his car. | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
He is convinced some -- stock is to blame and not black smoke. It was | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
relatively clear visibility. It was like someone had thrown emulsion on | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
the front of the car. It seems most of the victims were just passing | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
through Somerset. That fact has not reduced the sense of pain in the | :08:26. | :08:36. | |
villages neighbouring the M5 have. And Jon is at the scene for us now. | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
48 hours after the pile up, up the motorway has reopened in both | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
directions. That will be some comfort to commuters. This is the | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
key route in and out of the south- west of England. Although the | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
carriageway might have been cleared, the investigation is only just | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
beginning. Police want to talk to officials at the rugby club to find | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
out how the event on Friday night was organised. Meanwhile, families | :09:04. | :09:08. | |
are continuing to carry out the formal identification of some of | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
the victims. Expect more harrowing stories from relatives across | :09:12. | :09:18. | |
Britain over the next few days. investigation has begun into how | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
the body of man, who died in police custody and was supposed to have | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
been buried in Hull more than a decade ago, has turned up in a | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
mortuary in the city. It is understood that the body of a woman | :09:29. | :09:37. | |
may have been buried instead of 37- year-old Christopher Alder. The man | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
lying here on the floor of a police station is 37-year-old Christopher | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
Alder. Officers talk to each other as he is of -- is left motionless | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
for 11 minutes with his trousers round his ankles. He is dying. It | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
was minutes before officers realised the seriousness of the | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
situation and went to his aid. He was an ex-paratrooper and Falklands | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
veteran. Five officers were cleared of manslaughter but an Independent | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
Police Complaints Commission report said officers involved with him a | :10:09. | :10:14. | |
guilty of the most serious neglect of duty and unwitting racism. His | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
sister, Janet, and other family members, thought they had buried | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
him more than a decade ago. Today, at a meeting with the police and | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
Hull City Council, she was told they had laid the wrong body to | :10:27. | :10:35. | |
rest. I am in total shock. I cannot believe, after all we have been | :10:35. | :10:41. | |
through, with the mode of death and everything, there can be so much | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
incompetence. It feels like contents. It feels like adding | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
insult to injury when you try to move on with your life. This | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
evening, the local authority involved said they could not yet | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
explain how the body had laid for so long way it was thought a | :10:56. | :11:02. | |
woman's body was being kept. I can confirm that the body of the man | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
has been identified to me as Christopher Alder. I am appalled | :11:07. | :11:13. | |
and distraught at what I have learned. In conjunction with the | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, we will be undertaking a thorough | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
review of the circumstances surrounding these events. | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
family of Christopher Alder thought this tragic episode in their lives | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
was long past. They will now have to have a funeral service and a | :11:31. | :11:37. | |
burial for him for a second time. A year today, voters will be going to | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
the polls in America to elect a new President. Whether Barack Obama is | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
granted a second term could depend largely on his record in dealing | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
with the economic downturn. Our North America editor, Mark Mardell, | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
has been gauging the mood among voters in the key swing state of | :11:50. | :12:00. | |
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North Carolina. Charlotte turns out to see the Panthers player. | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
American football can be brutal but nothing compared to the politics | :12:06. | :12:12. | |
this crucial state will see in the coming year. Views on the President | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
are raw and heated. We need to get him out. He has not got a clue. If | :12:18. | :12:25. | |
it were not for a teleprompter, he would not get through an interview. | :12:25. | :12:32. | |
The last four years have been rough for him. It was the first time this | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
plays had gone Democrat for 30 years. Charlot made its name as | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
headquarters for many big banks. The state has lost 300,000 jobs in | :12:42. | :12:50. | |
the last few years. The woman learning to cat Greens had a steady | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
office job for 11 years. This school retrains those who have lost | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
their jobs. Applications have soared. He is a swing voter who | :13:01. | :13:07. | |
chose a Obama last time and is now disappointed. I am a regular | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
American. I am a United States loving American. I want to make | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
sure we stay on top as a superpower economically. I do not see that | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
happening. I do not know how the future will look. We've vote for | :13:22. | :13:29. | |
him again? I do not believe I will vote for his administration again, | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
unless something dramatic happens. Next year's election will be about | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
getting these people back to work. The Obama wants to spend more money | :13:38. | :13:44. | |
on a new stimulus package. Republicans are stopping him. It is | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
all about enthusiasm. This farmer says it is Conservatives who have | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
the drive. Obama has led the country in the wrong direction. | :13:54. | :14:00. | |
is the opposite to what this country needs. You cannot take | :14:00. | :14:06. | |
Amman, whose life has surrounded himself by a liberal mindset. | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
came here on the eve of the election. We are one day away from | :14:11. | :14:17. | |
changing America. Now the field where he spoke is a building site, | :14:17. | :14:23. | |
a work-in-progress, much like his presidency. The most memorable | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
message from Obama from the last campaign still strikes a chord with | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
the American people. The earnings for hope and change made this time | :14:30. | :14:40. | |
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The number of tourists who won not sports fans coming to London next | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
year could fall by 90%. It is said that fears that the City will be | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
too crowded and expensive could hit London. | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
They are landmarks known all over the world and ones that make London | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
a popular destination for international tourists. London gets | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
30 million visitors every year spending �15 billion and tourism | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
accounts for 17% of the London workforce. But there's a warning | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
that instead of benefiting the economy, the Olympics could damage | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
it. According to the European Tour Operators Association, bookings for | :15:20. | :15:26. | |
August are down by 95% on last summer. What it will not be at the | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
moment is a triumph for tourism, and if you're looking for a pay | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
back their will not occur in 2012. London is one of the most popular | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
cities in the world and July and August are the most popular months. | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
But if the tour operators are right, the average number of weekly | :15:44. | :15:50. | |
visitors could fall from 400,000 to around 20,000 and that could have a | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
dramatic impact on the local economy. Would you come next year? | :15:54. | :16:02. | |
I don't think so, no. For too many crowds. It is not for me. I don't | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
think it will be the cost. It would be the number of people and the | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
Transport. It is a busy place anyway. It would not put the off. | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
But the government aggressors that the shortfall of leisure tourists | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
should be more than covered by her Olympic fans. The traditional | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
traveller may not be so common in London but there will be plenty of | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
others to fill the gap. It could affect tourism outside the capital, | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
however. That is because many start and end their trips in London. The | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
Olympics will have to be a phenomenal success to match the | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
expectations. Now for the sport. | :16:42. | :16:46. | |
Good evening. We start with football and Fabio Capello has | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
confirmed this evening that John Terry will be named in his squad | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
for the friendly matches against Spain and Sweden next week. Terry | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
is currently being investigated by the police and the Football | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
Association over an alleged racist remark made to the QPR defender | :17:02. | :17:09. | |
Anton Ferdinand, which he denies. Fabio Capello insists the captain | :17:09. | :17:16. | |
is innocent until proven guilty. Match Of The Day to his honour at | :17:16. | :17:21. | |
the moment, with the highlights of today's games. -- is on at the | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
moment. Owen Coyle admitted he went to mass | :17:26. | :17:35. | |
last night and his prey and paid off. Poles came from Chris Eagles | :17:35. | :17:45. | |
and Ivan Klasnic. -- goals. Wigan remain bottom after | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
losing to Wolves. It is their 8th defeat in a row. | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
Colin Calderwood has been sacked as manager of Hibernian after just | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
over rien charged. Elsewhere, another manager breathes a sigh of | :17:58. | :18:07. | |
relief. Goals from its Stokes and Gary Hooper means that Celtic move | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
up do it -- up the table. Sir Chris Hoy won gold at the track | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
cycling World Cup in Kazakhstan today. The four-time Olympic | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
champion added the sprint title do this will be picked up yesterday in | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
the keirin. There was more success for the British team after Dani | :18:25. | :18:30. |