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of Britain's most wanted evaders. But there is criticism of the

policies, it emerges only one of those named and shamed a year ago

has been caught. We will be examining the prospects of further

arrests. Also, they go home or face arrest billboards are to be

investigated by the advertising standards authority.

Police intends a bar are questioning a number of people in connection

with the acid attack on two girls on the island -- in Zanzibar. You won't

be able to afford that -- but the Swiss shop assistant told perhaps

the world 's most famous black woman. Plenty to play for here in

Durham. The Ashes retained, or 4-0, or 2-2. I will have the latest.

Later, a boom in buy to let mortgages, will it make it harder

for Londoners to get in the property ladder can smack in the sisters from

new hoping for success at the World BBC News. It has emerged that only

one of Britain's 's most wanted fraudsters and tax evaders has been

arrested since HM Revenue and Customs published their names and

photographs a year ago. Click the group are said to owe more than �700

million. -- collectively. A man put on the revised list has also been

detained. Labour said the arrest rate suggested the project had been

a huge failure. They are accused of serious

organised crime, which in total has cost the Treasury more than �27

million. These ten people, wanted for money-laundering, goods

smuggling and fraud, are the latest to be added to a website of the UK

's most wanted tax evaders. The Chancellor, seen here with

investigators brushing up on arrest skills, said it is part of the

government 's plan to be tough on tax dodgers. This government will

not tolerate people who evade their taxes. We are publishing the names

of ten of our most wanted tax evaders who are costing the country

millions of pounds, and this comes on top of the support and investment

we are giving to the men and women here who go out there on the streets

now there has two raise the money due to pay for our public services.

Fugitives are scattered across the globe. It is hoped that revealing

this identity will lead to information that helps track them

down. The scheme was first launched a year ago, since then 21 names have

been publicised, and to have been arrested. John Nugent was caught in

America and jailed for a �22 million tax fraud. Anthony Judge, a late

addition to the original list, was caught at Heathrow Airport last

month. Labour says just to macro arrests are not enough. It has never

been more important to ensure that everybody pays their fair share of

tax and the government clearly had to do better. The Treasury says its

website has led to intelligent number of other fugitives it

wouldn't otherwise have had, and it is confident its efforts are paying

off. But tax experts say there is some way to go. There is scope for

smugglers and tax fraudsters to effectively steal money from the

Exchequer, it is still so lighter despite HM C 's significant efforts

they have not been able to really clamp down on the problem.

government hopes today 's additions to the rogues gallery will provide

results, but these are just a snapshot of those still evading tax.

A high profile campaign, only to macro arrests, how do the Treasury

explain it? This is deliberate, often organised criminal behaviour.

Some of these individuals are British, others from the Middle East

or Europe. They committed their crimes here but now could be

anywhere in the world, even in countries that don't have

extradition treaties with the UK. Finding them is one thing but

bringing them back here is another. That is the government trying to

show it is being tough on tax evasion and it says in the past two

years, the number of prosecutions has increased, perhaps for

self-employed plumbers or dentists, but when it comes to the most

serious offenders, whether this website is making a difference. The

Treasury says yes, others say this is just publicising work they were

already doing because they know hard-working people want to see

those who are not paying their tax are being caught. Thanks.

The advertising standards authority has begun an investigation into the

government 's use of fans with billboards telling illegal

immigrants to go home and stop it said it had received 60 complaints.

Last month the vans were driven into London boroughs, carrying the

message, go home or face arrest. Our political correspondent is at

Westminster. Tell us about the complaints that have been received.

They have been from people who describe these adverts as offensive

and irresponsible. They were banners on the side of the vans, driven

around London as part of a week-long pilot scheme, and they read, go home

or face arrest. People have campaigned and said they potentially

inside racial hatred and are reminiscent of the kind of slogans

used by racist groups towards immigrants. On that basis, the

advertising standards authority said it would investigate. In terms of

political reaction, what are people said? Immigration is one of the key

issues all the parties want to be seen to be tough on, and the Home

Office, the scheme, said it was a way to crack down on illegal

immigrant. Since the announcement, the Home Office has said it is in

touch with the ASA and would respond in due course although Eric pickles

has said that if it was effective, the scheme could be rolled out

nationally. But Labour has seized on this. Chris Bryant has said this is

embarrassing for the government, and also said what is needed is

effective action on immigration not offensive stunts. Thank you.

Police on the East African island of Zanzibar say they are questioning a

number of people about an acid attack on to British teenagers.

Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18, had a sick -- acid thrown on the

money Wednesday. They are expected back in the UK later today. There is

a reason thousands of British tourists come to Zanzibar every

year. Its Indian Ocean beaches and laid-back, no problem approach to

life. Tourists mix well here with the locals. The olives 's economy

depends on them, and there is a friendly and open attitude. People

here are genuinely shocked that the girls were attacked in such a

vicious way on the streets of the capital. It is the first time this

has happened to tourists and the government of Zanzibar has offered a

ransom of 10 million shillings for information leading to their

attackers 's arrest. �4000 is a lot of money here. This was the spot

where the girls were walking when they were attacked by two men on a

motorcycle who threw acid in their faces. One British tourist who was

walking past said they did everything they could to help the

girls as quickly as possible. He didn't want to be identified.

were separated immediately, one started running to get water and the

other one just dropped down, screaming. The one that was just on

the floor, she was quickly picked up by three local guys and they threw

her in the sea. They knew she had been attacked with something.

Gee and Kirstie Trup work travelling back to the UK overnight after

medical evacuation took them from Dar es Salaam. Zanzibar 's

Commissioner of police told the BBC that a large number of people are

being questioned but as yet, nobody has been arrested and there are

still no prime suspect. They have been tensions on the Islamic island

in the past. Some concerns about tourists not dressing conservatively

enough and some Christian Muslim tensions. But on the whole it is a

safe, welcoming place for visitors. This attack has made some visitors

here very nervous. Local authorities in England are

being urged to take swift and effective action against illegal

traveller sites. The government has issued guidance recommending

councils intervene at the earliest point to avoid drawn-out disputes

with sites like Dale Farm, which was finally cleared by Basildon Council

in 2011. Most travellers 's caravans are on

legal sites, but a minority are living in unauthorised locations.

Councils say they are providing new plots but there is often resistance.

This man is trying to stop and authorised being site. Auroral area

can only support so much itinerant work of the sort that they tend to

do. When there is not enough of that go around, that is another spot of

the problem, because they are all trying to get a little bit of work

there is and it spills over. Ministers say the public should act

quickly if unauthorised encampments appear. The community secretary did

that earlier this year. The Cabinet minister spotted caravans on this

cricket pitch and phoned the police. Now he wants councils to

deploy the powers they have. police say that 86% of the traveller

population is happily within a legal sites, so we are only dealing with

minority but of that minority can cause enormous problems, bring

disrespect and dislike to the travelling community. Local

authorities are trying to avoid another situation like Dale Farm,

where the removal of dozens of travellers took years and cost the

council millions. Two years after the eviction here, caravans are

still parked on the approach road. The people here say they have

nowhere yet to go. The experience of Dale Farm shows how hard it can be

to remove an unauthorised site. The travellers here didn't want to speak

on camera today, but rapid and tips in London said the government was

inflaming Priddis. The measures do not address the issue of

unauthorised sites, which is on the provision over the country, there is

a chronic shortage as a result of under provisioned by local

authorities. Ministers say they are putting money into legal sites for

the travellers here are still waiting.

She is properly the most instantaneously recognisable black

woman in the world but that didn't stop on the -- Oprah Winfrey being

subjected a can of casual racism thousands face on a daily basis. She

had gone into a handbag shop in the Swiss city of Zurich.

She has one of the most recognisable faces in the world. Oprah Winfrey,

Queen of TV talk shows and a self-made billionaire. But here in

Switzerland, she said she may have been the victim of racism when an

assistant in an upmarket shop told her repeatedly that a handbag she

liked was too extensive for her. refused to get it. She started to

show the these are the little bags, and I said, one more time, could I

see that by? -- these are the little bags. She said, I don't want to hurt

your feelings. And I said, OK, you will be right, I can't afford it and

walked out of the store. Why did she do that? She counts the Obamas as

friends, and didn't report the incident last month but says she

shows that racism still exists. Today the owner of the boutique in

Zurich said that the cell assistant did not mean to insult her. I am

sure she felt like this, but my salesgirl, she really promised me

that she took care of Oprah Winfrey as best as she could, and this

salesgirl normally spoils the customer from bottom to the top. It

must have been a misunderstanding. Race rations are hot topic in

Switzerland right now. Recently but is there a proved bands of -- on

asylum seekers from faces like swimming pools and to house them in

special centres like these. Human rights groups have condemned the

move. As for Oprah Winfrey, her fame means she generates headlines but

this is the kind of news no one wants to make.

Out of story: The tax authorities issue a new list of Britain 's most

wanted evaders but it has emerged that only one of those named and

shamed a year ago has been caught. Still to come, is she or isn't she?

It is not black or white whether the pound at Edinburgh zoo is pregnant.

-- the panda. Later, new warnings over the dangers of swimming out

doors in hot weather. And art at the Roundhouse as the Camden venue is

many farmers are now facing one of the worst wheat harvests in Britain

for more than a decade. They say planting last autumn was wrecked by

heavy rain and flooding. But some crops, particularly fruit, have

benefited from the wet weather followed by the long spell of warm

sunshine. Our correspondent Sian Lloyd is in the village of

Bobbington, in South Staffordshire. And this field is due to be

harvested this afternoon. It is later than usual and that is due to

the changeable weather we have been having. It has been a huge

challenge, again, for wheat farmers this year.

Bringing home the harvest. The Farrington family have been farming

wheat for generations. But over the past two years, the harvest has been

poor and planting last autumn was wrecked by rain. The soil is now

dry, thanks to the recent hot spell, but the ground here was waterlogged

in October. Duncan Farrington was only able to plant half his usual

wheat crop. The weather has been the main challenge. From start to

finish, with wet in the winter through to cold in this bring, it

did not combine to make good foundations for a good crop. The

light at the end of the tunnel, though, was the early summer and as

a rule, if we have sunshine during Wimbledon fortnight, we get quality

wheat. The grain may be of higher quality but across the country, the

wheat harvest is expected to be the smallest in more than a decade.

Although experts say it doesn't necessarily mean higher prices in

the shops. When the general public looking at the UK farming industry

and they see a big weather issue for instance, the concern could well be

for food prices, but it is important to remember we operate in a global

marketplace and that is where a lot of our Price direction comes from.

For free growers, it is looking like a bumper year. It was due to the

heat wave we had at the start of July... This vineyard is looking at

one of its best crops. Last year with very tough on all crops but we

are going to have a high yield, good quality and plenty of wine to sell

this year. The wave has also helped the blueberry harvest. Growers say

the fruits are bigger and sweeter than ever before. -- the heat wave.

And the weather watching continues because farmers are at an early

stage of gathering the harvest here and they really need to hold.

Police are investigating the death of a man killed last night after he

got out of his car on the hard shoulder of the M3 and was hit while

another vehicle. While the circumstances of this accident are

still being looked at, the Highways Agency today released details of

what it says are over 8,000 incidents in England where drivers

have stopped in the emergency lane for no good reason.

If you need convincing that the hard shoulder of a motorway is a

dangerous place to be, then just take a look at this. The car has

broken down, and, sensibly, the family are behind the safety barrier

when their vehicle is hit at high speed. But later, unbelievably, they

return to their car to retrieve their possessions as vehicles

continue to career past at high speeds. 70 miles an hour and more.

We're on patrol in Birmingham with the Central Motorway Police Group,

who are all too familiar with people using the hard shoulder when they

shouldn't. Whether it be a small child who needs feeding, they are

using the side of the carriageway to take comfort break, for example.

There is a whole host of examples and more ludicrous ones of people

taking -- picking flowers and taking photos. Just last night a driver was

killed on the M3 in Surrey. It is believed he got out of his car and

was hit by a lorry. It is a sobering reminder of the dangers of hard

shoulder. It's illegal to use the hard shoulder unless for an

emergency or, of course, a break-down. Last year, in England

alone there were 8,655 incidents where drivers were caught stopping

when they shouldn't have. And of the break-downs, more than 8,000 were

caused by people running out of fuel. Increasingly, the hard

shoulder is being used as an extra lane. You will notice vehicles are

using the hard shoulder, and in this instance, quite rightly so. We have

assigned there saying 60 miles an hour, a mandatory speed limit. -- we

have a sign. That is saying to road users they can now use the hard

shoulder. So with traffic levels rising - the hard shoulder -

designed to allow access for emergency vehicles may - in certain

areas - be used for all our vehicles. And woe betide anyone

caught blocking it. The president of the IOC, Jacques

Rogge, has ignited controversy over legislation in Russia. He wants

clarification on the new law with the winter Olympic team going

through their preparations for next year's event.

Training this morning and Bath, the British bobsleigh team cannot afford

to be distracted by politics. Little more than five months before the

games, they need to focus on their performance but the debate around

Russia's new laws has intensified in recent days, with calls for the

Winter Olympics to move to another country growing louder. If you look

at the seven principles that the very beginning of the charter, what

Russia is doing violates four of those principles. There is no other

scenario I can think of where you can buy a lot for -- violate four of

the seven principles and still be seen as appropriate. In Sochi,

preparations are continuing as normal and the prospects of the

Games being moved are close to zero. There are questions as to whether

Team GB should go to Russia. This is not the first time where a country

with very different values to our own is hosting. It will be better

for us to go and it would be better to compete than not. Once the Games

begin, attention will return to the competition. Shelley Rudman is one

of a number of British athletes set to do well. When you see the

facilities here it is remarkable that Britain has such a great track

record at a Winter Olympics. No snow and ice, and yet it is more than 20

years since Britain came away without an Olympic medal. At the

last Games in Vancouver, Amy Williams won a gold for Britain. She

is now retired and will be in Sochi as an ambassador for Team GB.

have a grain chart -- great chances of bringing home a medal. They have

the great last season and we have got many athletes who, hopefully,

can bring home a medal like why did. The organisers will, no doubt, be

relieved when the first medals are handed out. Until then, the

questions about politics are unlikely to go away.

England won the toss this morning and decided to bat at the fourth

Ashes Test. At lunch, they were 57 for one. England have already retain

the Ashes but looking for outright victory. -- but are looking.

Yes, you will recall that Australia left soggy Manchester with a sense

of injustice after the draw there meant England retain the Ashes.

There is still a lot to play for in Durham, as the Ashes enters new

territory. This is as far north as the Ashes

have ever travelled but the best way to get to the cricket in Durham is a

cross or alongside the River Wear. You might ponder the north-east's

hidden depths. Australia through in a new bowler close to the edge of

the England captain's bat. Alastair Cook searching for a big score and

the Australia skipper looking for some luck. There was almost an hour

of play before we saw the first four from Joe Root. No need to rush on

the first day of a Test match! At Alastair Cook would dearly love a

century before the series ends. England can normally rely on the

sheer weight of his scoring. Signs of normal service resuming here.

Australia were convinced they had got him out but the umpire wasn't.

Here came the review and the Hot Spot technology recently revealed to

be imperfect. But a speck of light glimmered on the edge of the bat.

Enough for the decision to be overruled. Joe Root went 34 for one

and an early victory for technology. Jonathan Trott, another batsmen who

has not looked himself in the Ashes. Concentration, his most usual

expression. They will resume shortly with

England 57 for one. Graham Onions wasn't selected for this match and

England are sticking with the same side. A day certainly here to cash

Now, it's been nearly two years since these two giant pandas arrived

in Scotland. They were taken to Edinburgh Zoo, accompanied by the

obligatory bagpipes. And ever since then, hopes have been high that Tian

Tian and Yang Guang would mate. Well, when it didn't happen

naturally, Tian Tian was artificially inseminated, and now it

seems she's pregnant. Keepers say they won't know for sure until just

before she gives birth, which could be later this month. James Cook is

at the zoo now. Yes, that is right. All eyes on Tian Tian today but she

doesn't seem too interested. She is inside at the moment and spent much

of the morning sleeping while everybody else ponders the same big

question. Is this panda pregnant? There is no

simple test and Tian Tian is not giving much away but the signs are

very promising. For a start, she has become moody and not so keen on her

daily trip to be weighed. She is also off her food and that is not

all. She is becoming more restless as well. Less tolerant of noise.

Tian Tian is a tropical panda but very particular and can be quite

difficult and so we haven't been able to do any kinds of testing.

this laboratory in Germany they are looking at more signs that she is

expecting. A year and is being analysed and it shows a spike in the

warming progesterone. -- her you ring. Another promising sign.

spoken, a spike would tell me if she is pregnant or not pregnant. Back at

the zoo, keepers are more excited. Another test on her proteins

suggests Tian Tian really is with copper. So what would that do for

the interest in Edinburgh's bears? think there will be a very big buzz

about it within the staff working here and the visitors that come. It

is such an exciting thing. Off the scale! Two pandas, including this

one, we used for the artificial insemination but he seems pretty

relaxed about the whole affair. So this is Yang Guang, you could be the

father of a cub. We will have to wait and see for sure. -- who could.

But he will have no role at all in the rearing of that a beep and. Yang

Guang has proved his prowess in the past. He is already a father and

Tian Tian has reared her own cub fall. The zoo is hopeful that within

a month, she will have the first ever British born panda. -- she has

reared her own cub before. So, the signs are good and they are

promising, but we just don't know for sure. And it seems like the

black and White Bear will keep us guessing until the last possible

moment. It looks rather gorgeous there in

Edinburgh. What about the prospects some decent weather around for us

with some sunshine over the weekend but there will be some showers.

Chester-le-Street will see similar conditions. A bit more cloud this

afternoon at by Sunday, the breeze will be picking up, so any showers

fairly short lived. -see plenty of play in the fourth Test. A couple of

whether features outing in the Al -- out in the Atlantic to keep an eye

on. -- weather features. We will see showers across eastern Scotland and

parts of eastern England over the next few hours. Possibly a rumble of

thunder over East Anglia and the south-east but those showers tending

to scoot away by the time we get to late afternoon, with temperatures

peaking at 23, 24. Dry and bright for much of the Southwest, Wales and

the Midlands. Maybe a few showers for north-east England and some

heavier ones getting into north-eastern parts of Scotland and

they could, again, be a rumble of thunder. Isolated showers over

Northern Ireland with one or two showers developing over the

north-west corner tonight. The wet weather fades away so for most of

us, a dry night with clear spells. Quite a bit cooler with temperatures

in rural areas getting down to single figures. These values, of

course, our values in towns and cities. A dry start for many to the

weekend but we will see showers developing. The showers on Saturday

chiefly across north-west Scotland and Northern Ireland. Many southern

areas will be dry. The prospect of wet weather pushing into South

Eastern England later in the day. Possibly feeling a touch cooler than

today. Why the time we get to Saturday and Sunday, those weather

fronts are pushing in. -- by the time. This in the South could bring

wet weather for a time on Sunday morning across the south-east but

should tend to clear away, and then again, we are left with sunny

intervals and showers. Feeling cooler on Sunday because the breeze

will be picking up and that is a feature of the weather through the