03/11/2013 BBC Weekend News

The police watchdog opens a fresh investigation into the "Plebgate"

affair. It comes as two of the three Police Federation officers who met

Andrew Mitchell to discuss the incident are recalled to face MPs.

Two teenage girls have been killed by a car in Hampshire. A man is

arrested on suspicion of murder. Pledging to help low-paid workers.

Ed Milliband says a Labour Government would give tax breaks to

employers who pay the living wage. And going head to head, Cardiff and

Swansea meet in the first ever Premier League Welsh derby.

Good evening. The three Police Federation officers who met the MP,

Andrew Mitchell, to discuss exactly what was said in the so-called

"Plebgate" affair will face another inquiry into their conduct by the

police watchdog. The Independent Police Complaints Commission will

examine what happened when the men spoke with Mr Mitchell at his

constituency office. Two of the three officers have also been

recalled to appear in front of the Home Affairs Select Committee this

week. Our political correspondent, Ben Wright, reports. A Conservative

Cabinet Minister keen to get home. A row with police at the gate. An

accusation he called them plebs, an emphatic denial by Andrew Mitchell

that he. It's the fallout from this Downing Street altercation last

autumn that leaves three serving police officers facing a new

investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission into

their conduct during a meeting held days later with Mr Mitchell. It took

place here at his constituency office. Afterwards, the three

members of the Police Federation union said Mitchell hospital

explained himself fully, but a secret recording showed he had. Last

month the officers were quizzed bay committee of MPs, after they had

been cleared by an internal police inquiry of giving a deliberately

misleading account. Today the committee's chair was scathing about

their evidence. We were appalled at the evidence that we received from

three of these officers, which was inconsistent, looked clarity, and

looked credibility. Two of the officers, Chris Jones, and Stuart

Hinton, on the right, are accused of misleading the committee on specific

parts of their evidence and have been told to return to Parliament on

Tuesday to apologise. This is the fiercest report I've seen in 25

years and I've been a chair for 25 years. It hinges on the not telling

of the truth. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth is

central to our judicial system and therefore is the core of policing.

The committee of MPs said it had uncovered an investigation process

into a case involving a Cabinet Minister that obstructed the truth.

If it could happen to him, they asked, what about everybody else?

When we were younger they were gods. The policeman on the beat was the

one you looked up to. That I feel has been lost. I can't find any

fault in the police, none whatsoever. They've always treated

me in an honourable way. It has been more than a year since Andrew

Mitchell wheeled his bike out of Downing Street, triggering a chain

of events that cost him his Yorkshire brought the police

officers' union and politicians into fierce conflicts and raised serious

questions about the way police conduct inquiries into allegations

of misconduct within their own forces. As to what actually happened

here the Crown Prosecution Service will decide soon whether any charges

should be brought. West Mercia Police said the qualities of its

original inquiry remains unquestioned, but now a new,

independent investigation will be held by the police watchdog. The

IPCC, to see if there are cases of miscutting to answer, and to try and

shore up confidence in the police. Police in Hampshire have arrested a

man on suspicion of murder after two teenage girls were killed by a car

in the early hours of the morning. They were aged 14 and 16 and were

struck as they walked along a road in Gosport. Let's go live to the

scene and join Ben Ando, who's there. Ben, what more details do you

have? Well, the community here in Gosport has spent the day coming to

terms with this tragedy. It happened at around 4. 4.15am, two girls aged

16 and 14 were run over and killed in a street behind me. One dying at

the scene, the other later in hospital. Forensics police officers

have spent the day here looking for clues. Friends have described the

two who died, 14-year-old Jasmine Allsop, and 16-year-old olivia Lewry

as best friends. They said they were easy to get along with, they were

loved by everyone. A 20-year-old man was arrested at the scene. He's

being questioned by police today. A green Honda Civic has been

recovered. Earlier the police said they were treating this

investigation as a murder inquiry, and they are particularly appealing

for anyone who saw what happened before the tragic events to get in

touch. Thank you Ben. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, says

the "central mission" of a future Labour Government would be to extend

the so called living wage to as many low-paid workers as possible. It's

already paid by hundreds of employers and is significantly

higher than the minimum wage. Supporters say it better reflects

the true costs of living, but there's a warning that some firms

would find it unaffordable. With the details, here's Ben Geoghegan.

Wynette works as a carer on the minimum wage, a little over ?6 an

hour. It has to provide for her and her two grandchildren, she's been

looking after since their own mother diempcketsd sometimes I have to go

without to maintain them, to keep them going. I'm the bread winner for

them. So it is really difficult with the wages that I'm getting. To help

the less well-off some employers pay what's called the living wage. It is

8. .55 an hour in London, 7. .45 outside the capital. Politicians are

fighting it out to persuade us they can improve our living standards.

Today Ed Miliband said he wanted more people to get the living wage

and offered a tax rebate to employers who pay it. There is an

incentive in the first year, and if it works it can well be extended,

but let's do it in the first year, let's make it work. Ed Miliband is

promising a tax break in 2016. Employers could claim back almost a

third, that's 32p per ?1, of the pay rise. Millions of people are in jobs

where they earn less than the living wage. Labour claim higher pay would

bring down social security costs and increase tax revenues. But the

Tories say today's announcement is an unworkable gimmick. Lacy Green is

already on the living wage. She works in a bar and says the extra

money is good for her and her employer. I think they get an

advantage in a way where their staff are more happier and more like

willing to work harder because they know they are not just getting a

minimum wage and they feel appreciated. The living wage might

make staff happier and give them an incentive to work harder. That's

good for employers, perhaps, but what about the effects on the wider

economy? If you increase wages in a specific sector by 20-25%, what

happens to the products in that industry? If they rise for everybody

you will see a negative impact. From cafes to companies many businesses

say they can't afford to pay more, but campaigners insist that a wage

should allow workers to live and not just survive.

The coalition Government has dropped plans to make visitors from certain

African and Asian countries pay a ?3,000 deposit to deter them from

overstaying their visas in the UK. A Home Office pilot scheme was due to

start next month and affected a number of countries, including

India, Pakistan and Nigeria. The US Secretary of State, John

Kerry, has been in Egypt, the highest-level visit since America

stopped aid to the country because of the toppling of the

democratically elected President, Mohamed Morsi, four months ago. The

former leader will go on trial tomorrow, with other members of the

outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, charged with inciting the murder of

protesters against his rule in December last year. A deposed

President, now a prisoner in a track suit. These images of Mohamed Morsi

were published by an Egyptian newspaper. Allegedly they show him

in military detention. If, so it's the first glimpse of the former

President sips he was ousted on July 3rd. On the eve of his trial, the

most high-level US visitor since his removal, the US says the timing is

coincidental but Secretary of State John Kerry called for all accused to

get justice. We agreed on the need to ensure that Egyptians are

afforded due process with fair and transparent trials, civilians tried

in civilian court and we discussed the need for all violence to end.

The charges stem from running street battles at the presidential Palace

last December. Mohamed Morsi is accused oiven citing his supporters

to kill his opponents. Critics say his trial is unfair before it

begins, because he's been denied proper access to a lawyer.

In a rare interview, his nephew told us the Morsi family has been kept in

the dark. TRANSLATION: You don't know if he's

OK, psychologically, if his health is OK, if he is being treated well.

We are worried because he is being held in an unknown location and

anything could happen. That's what his supporters are

concerned about. They say the trial will be a farce and they have been

showing their anger on the streets. The demonstrators are demanding the

reinstatement of Mohamed Morsi. For them, he remains legitimate

President of Egypt. They are promising even bigger protests on

Monday, when he goes on trial. Security forces here are on high

alert. Officials say the trial will be free and fair. But many fear it

will spark more conflict in this divided nation.

Football, and it's only taken a hundred years, but for the first

time two Welsh teams have met in the top flight of English football.

Cardiff City took on Swansea in the Premier League. Tim Hague watched

the action. It is just 42 miles from Swansea's Liberty Stadium to the

capital, Cardiff. Yet this was no ordinary journey, as a convoy of

coaches given their own special police escort made the trip for the

first ever top flight match between the Coal and copper cities. If you

weren't sure how much it means to Welsh supporters, there's your

answer. One Welshman on the field tried his best to get Cardiff going

but Craig Bellamy's free kick went wide. Yet he turned professor for --

yet he turned provider for his side, a header to Stephen Caulker. Cue

scene office wild celebration but not for everyone. The next question,

could Cardiff hand ong to their historic lead? They were certainly

committed in their efforts to do so. Even if some went a little over the

top. But that was nothing in comparison with what came next.

Fraizer Campbell clean through and then taken out. A red card was

inevitable. But it didn't matter to Cardiff. They held on to the lead on

the day an Englishman became a Welsh hero.

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