22/04/2014 BBC News at One

Manchester United manager David Moyes has been sacked -

just 10 months after succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson.

A string of bad results, and missing out

on the Champions League for the first time in 18 years,

Ryan Giggs will take temporary charge at the club,

until a permanent replacement is named.

We'll be getting reaction from Old Trafford and asking,

The US Vice President says Washington stands firm

with the Government in Ukraine - and has a warning for Russia.

No nation has a right to simply grab land from another nation.

Divers on the sunken South Korean ferry recover more bodies -

but more than 200 people, mostly children, are still missing.

Taking in the sights Down Under - tourists William and Kate

visit Uluru, Australia's most famous natural landmark.

with burglary at its lowest in four decades.

And the east London company using its local workforce

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC's News At One.

Manchester United's defeat at Everton on Sunday was

their 11th in the Premier League this season -

and, it turns out, their manager David Moyes' last.

Today the club announced that the 50-year-old has been sacked -

less than a year after succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson -

with Ryan Giggs named as interim boss.

Manchester United - one of the biggest brands in world sport -

have not qualified for the Champions League for the first time

in almost two decades, losing out on millions of pounds in revenue.

And that seems to have been the last straw for their American owners.

Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss is at Old Trafford.

Yes, Simon, it's a grey day here at Old Trafford and a pretty grim one

for David Moyes. Just ten months ago, he was seen as the natural

successor to Sir Alex Ferguson but with his team languishing in seventh

place in the table, the club's worst season in premiership history, his

time at Old Trafford is already over.

Just ten months ago, he was the chosen one, the hand-picked Ayr to

the Manchester United throne. But for David Moyes, the Theatre of

dreams has become the stuff of nightmares. And Saturday's defeat to

Everton was to prove the final whistle. This morning, as his

players arrived at the club's training ground, David Moyes was

sacked. Manchester United has announced that David Moyes has left

the club, they said on Twitter. For the fans, though, it is still

sinking in. I think it's a shameful stop I think you could have done

with a bit more time. He didn't do as well as everyone expected for a

club like Manchester United. We should have finished at least in the

top four. After Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement, this was always going to

be the toughest of acts to follow but David Moyes was his choice,

arriving with a plea for patients. I've had bad times here. The club

stood by me. All my staff stood by me, the players stood by me. Your

job now is to stand by your new manager. But David Moyes could never

escape the shadow of his predecessor. He began badly with the

signing of marijuana filet me, and was soon struggling on the pitch.

There were defeats to Liverpool and Manchester city, even prompting an

aerial protest last month. Now the club's American owners, the Glazer

family, have acted. The failure to qualify for the riches of the

Champions League perhaps the biggest concern. I think it's largely driven

by the finances of not being driven by -- in the Champions League, and

also when they do enter the transfer market this summer, they want to be

able to spend to money and trust the person spending the money. Among the

favourites to take over the Holland coach, also a former manager at

another club. And Jurgen Klopp. In the short-term, they've asked Ryan

Giggs to take temporary charge. He already helps Manchester United with

coaching, so could he be the permanent solution? He's won more

than any other player in the Premier League and played for the club for

25 years. Is there anyone more suitable for the job who knows more

than him? But for just a united who, just a year ago, were celebrating

winning the title, they are in turmoil. Following this man was

described as the impossible job and for David Moyes, that is how it has

proved. Sir Alex Ferguson was here for 26

years, David Moyes for just ten months. It has been a pretty

sobering season for fans and it's now to Ryan Giggs to try to instil

some sort of confidence into the team ahead of their final few metres

of the season, starting against Norwich this weekend.

Our sports correspondent Ben Smith is at Manchester United's training

ground in Carrington. Ryan Giggs arrived there some hours ago. Lots

of meetings will be going on, official and unofficial.

Yes, Ryan Giggs drove past me at about 8:15am this morning. He was in

early to discover that he was going to be taking charge at Manchester

United for the rest of the season. We've just heard that David Moyes

has left Carrington via the back exit. He didn't want to come through

past the huge amount of photographers and camera crews that

are waiting for him. We've just heard that David Moyes has left

Carrington after that meeting with the chief executive to tell him that

he's no longer the manager of Manchester United. In terms of the

future, Ryan Giggs takes temporary charge and he will figure when it

comes to appointing a long-term manager, too. Luis Van Howell has

all the experience with his time at Barcelona and the national team in

Holland. But Ryan Giggs has his admirers in Old Trafford. In the

short-term, his job will be to lift spirits. Things have gone from bad

to worse for the team since the turn of the year, with 11 defeats in 22

matches. Ryan Giggs will take charge of his first match against Norwich

on Saturday. He's been taking training this morning with Phil

Neville and Nicky but, of the class of 1992 who are now in charge. The

hope will be that he can bring a bit of optimism back to Old Trafford.

And there is much more on this story on our website of course.

Go to bbc.co.uk/sport for all the latest.

The United States says it is standing by Ukraine, as the country

prepares to hold its crucial presidential election next month.

On a visit to Kiev, the US Vice President Joe Biden said the country

was facing "humiliating threats" but must remain one country.

He called on Russia to withdraw its forces from the Ukrainian border.

Earlier, the Russian Prime Minister told parliament that he was

confident that it could minimise the consequences of any new

In troubled times, a show of support. Joe Biden travelled to Kiev

to back the country's leadership in a very public way. With Ukraine's

Prime Minister standing alongside Mr Biden, he sent a tough message to

Russia. No nation has the right to simply grab land from another

nation. No nation has that right. And we will never recognise

Russia's illegal occupation of Crimea, and neither will the world.

US officials say they have arrived with an aid package but top

Ukrainian authorities say they are counting on much more from the US

and its allies, including military cooperation. TRANSLATION: We are

counting on assistance that would help to modernise and make more

effective our National Guard and the army. We are asking for US ships to

be stationed in the Black Sea and for joint military exercises. Here

is also asking for additional economic sanctions against Russia.

The question is if anything at this point can convince the Kremlin to

change course. In the country's east, the situation is becoming

critical. Locals mourn the victims from a weekend shoot out which left

three dead. Moscow blames Kiev for the incident. Kiev has said Moscow

is behind the unrest there. For their part, the pro-Russian

militants are calling for Moscow's intervention. Russian officials say

they're undecided but for how long remains to be seen.

Bridget Kendall is with me now. Joe Biden's language is getting tougher

but will it make any difference? I think you'd expect of language from

the US vice president. The reason he's in Kiev is to show support for

the interim government in its confrontation with Russia. But there

is another reason to show strong language, too, and that is this a

deal that was done in Geneva last week between the Russian Foreign

Minister, the Americans, the EU and the Ukrainians, where both sides are

supposed to pull their supporters back from buildings they're

occupying and disarm them. It's not clear that going to happen. Russia

yesterday claimed that the government in Kiev is dragging its

heels and that the national Ukrainian militia is not disarming.

Now we have Joe Biden saying that the same thing is not happening in

eastern Ukraine, either. But there is a deeper problem, which is in

eastern Ukraine. We've heard from some of the pro-Russian separatists

that talked to the BBC and others and some of them are saying they are

not going to disarm or leave their buildings until the illegal

government in Kiev goes. That wasn't part of the deal in Geneva last week

so the question is, what is Russia going to do about it? Is going to

put pressure on the separatists to leave or continue to blame Kiev? We

heard from Joe Biden today that time is short and if there isn't any

progress, there will be consequences, in other words,

sanctions. We heard from Dmitry Medvedev today telling parliament

that he knew that would be tough but he sounded as though the country was

bracing itself for what he called unfriendly acts and possible

sanctions so Russia is leaving open the possibility that there could be

sanctions. Thank you very much. Crew members detained

after the sinking of a South Korean ferry say they were unable to launch

life rafts because More than a hundred bodies have now

been recovered from the vessel, Divers have found many

of the bodies in their cabins or Nearly 200 people - most of them

children - are still missing, as From far out at sea comes a steady

procession of boats carrying victims from this disaster. Divers have now

secured lines into the sunken vessel and are working through the cabin to

recover yet more bodies. From a slow start, the recovery operation has

now gathered pace but it's still not quick enough for the families.

TRANSLATION: It's not true that we were too slow. The divers have been

risking their lives in this operation. We are doing our best.

The ship is upside down, the underwater pressure is high and it's

very dark down there. Questions are still being asked about how so many

school students could have drowned. New details are now emerging about

the final moments of the vessel. One survivor has told the BBC how he

desperately tried to rescue teenagers as the ferry was listing

on its side. TRANSLATION: There were students below deck I could not

save. We tried to pull them up with a fire hose but it was very

difficult to rescue them. They're now sending this underwater robot

onto the search site. Its purpose is to help lift the stricken ferry from

the sea bed. Officials say this next step will begin at the end of the

week but one father tells me the recovery of bodies should remain the

priority. TRANSLATION: Ideally, we'd won the recovery efforts to continue

until the very last body is found but that may be unrealistic. All of

the family members are exhausted but I feel that the recovery should go

on for at least a month. For seven days now, families have been living

in this giant gymnasium. There is grave and desperation here and, at

times, anger towards rescue officials. But nobody wishes to

leave without their children. Every day there are fewer parents in the

hall. But many are still waiting for their sons and daughters.

Martin joins me now live from Jane Doe. That's the problem for all the

families - they just want the bodies of the dead back.

That's right. What we are seeing, though, particularly over the last

24 hours, is this operation picking up pace. Small coastguard boats are

bringing more bodies to shore and they're heading the ten or 15 miles

to the scene of the stricken ferry. When you speak to divers, they will

say this is an incredibly difficult and dangerous task. They've told me

they can barely see in front of their own faces and as you move into

the ferry, the operation, the rescue, becomes even more complex.

But of course, at some stage, we are going to come to a point where the

divers are simply can't recover all of the bodies. They're too hard to

reach. At that time, the authorities say they will bring in a huge crane

in order to lift up the ferry. But this is an incredibly sensitive

issue for the families and authorities are going to have to

handle it with care. Thank you very much.

A seven-year-old boy who was seriously burned in Aberdeen

Preston Flores was found by neighbours with his clothes

on fire after an incident which is thought to have involved petrol.

Police said there was "no evidence of a deliberate act", but it's not

of The Co-op bank will blame poor governance and say that the

ill-fated takeover of the Britannia Building Society sowed the seeds of

the difficulties that the bank. Another report, barely a week goes

by without one, it seems. Yes, the background to all of this is the

discovery of 1.5 billion pounds black hole in its finances and its

attempts to deal with that, eventually meanie outside investors

had to take it on. Part of the process of learning what happened

there, we are gathering from this report commissioned by Sigrist to

the Kelly, what went on at the bank. -- Sir Christopher Kelly. Part of it

concerns the takeover of the Britannia Building Society in 2009,

during a recession, paying too much for it and inheriting a lot of

problems. We understand directors were culpable for problems with the

takeover and so-called due diligence was extremely cursory in terms of

what went on before the takeover. We do understand former directors of

Britannia are contesting aspects of Sir Christopher Kelly's findings, as

are members of the bank board. The report is due next week.

David Moyes is sacked as manager of Manchester United

after less than a year in the job, following a string of bad results

and failure to qualify for the lucrative Champions League.

More Royal sightseeing down under, as the Duke and Duchess of

Cambridge visit one of Australia's biggest tourist attractions.

We're in Madrid ahead of Chelsea's Champion's League

And how this Croydon actor got the chance to star alongside one

The leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, has defended

posters promoting his party against accusations that they're racist.

The posters - which feature messages including a warning that UK workers

are 'hit hard by foreign labour' - are part of the party's European

and local election campaign, which is being launched in Sheffield

Our political correspondent Chris Mason is there.

Nigel Farage has already been speaking but is already under fire.

Yes, in just the last ten minutes he's unveiled this poster, a poster

widely trialed in newspapers this morning. It gives you a sense of the

themes that they are tapping into in the European and local elections. In

essence, perceptions of job insecurity and perceptions that

Brussels is something of a gravy train. Nigel Farage is now in

something of a media scum just outside the department store there,

taking questions. His essential message is that he hopes this poster

campaign will get the chattering classes chattering, as he puts it.

He said it had been successful, because some people regard the

message as unsavoury, even racist. Something of a distraction at this

launch, a BNP turning up and blasting out some music. A couple of

police community support officers shuffled off in the direction of

that ban. So quite a colourful couple of minutes as the election

run-up begins. Changes to family justice in England

and Wales - described as the "largest in a

generation" - have come into force. Ministers say they put

the welfare of children Under the new measures,

cases where children are taken into care will have to be dealt

with within six months. And couples who are separating

will be required to attend mediation awareness sessions before

they can take disputes to court. Here's our legal correspondent

Clive Coleman. As a result of a troubled

relationship between her parents, this 14-year-old girl spent two

years waiting for care proceedings in respect of her and his siblings

to drag through the courts. It was quite insecure going through five

different Oster placements, mixing with lots of different solicitors,

social workers. It is not what a child once. A child needs to be

happy. Removing a child from its parents and placing it in local

authority care is one of the most Draconian things the state can do.

It happens in court rooms like this. In recent times, it has been a long

process with delays, but from now that process has to be quicker,

completed within six months. The reforms to family Justice also

include the creation of a single family court. Couples must attend a

mediation of awareness session before going to court. Expert

evidence will be limited. In 2011, an independent review found there

was no real system of family Justice at all, and that vulnerable children

were having their future is undermined. Family courts deal with

the most difficult cases of any court. With people who are under

great emotional and other kinds of stress, children who have not got

off to a good start in life. I hope and believe these changes will help

them to achieve quicker and better outcomes. Family rights campaigners

welcome some of the reforms, but do have concerns. It is a hodgepodge

and we are concerned there are not enough state guards or flexibility

in the system. As a consequence, some children will be separated from

their wider family unnecessarily. The government says the reforms

placed children's welfare at the heart of the family justice system.

People who say they were abused by Jimmy Savile are being advised

to apply for compensation in the next few weeks.

Advertisements in some of today's papers tell victims how

They were ordered by the High Court, which has sanctioned

a compensation scheme, with payments capped at ?60,000.

Around 140 people have so far come forward to say they were abused by

2.5 years after his death, the full extent of Jimmy Savile's serious

child abuse remains unclear. Scotland Yard said it has recorded

over 200 allegations of sexual assault that took place at NHS

hospitals and BBC studios as well as other locations. In an effort to

ensure all victims are compensated, into national newspapers this

morning an advertisement has been published. Because it is a civil

action, lawyers say victims do not need to prove an attack took place,

just better was likely. Is there any documentation to support that you

were way you say you are and that Jimmy Savile may have had an

opportunity to abuse you? Are there others who can back up what you say?

Did you go to the police or AGP? Is there anything to support what you

are saying? If it is one person's word, that is not to say they do not

have a case, but it makes it harder to prove. The advertisement is also

appearing in local papers and explains the deal struck between his

estate and the courts will stop it says claimants must contact the

NatWest bank or they will lose every chance of compensation. It wants

them to get in touch in six weeks, although the scheme will be open for

a year. Victims can also claim from the NHS or the BBC, but pay-outs

will be clapped -- capped at ?60,000. These were published after

a ruling at the High Court in February. There have been numerous

investigations by the police, by numerous hospitals and the BBC. Some

campaigners say it is time for an all encompassing public enquiry. The

government has not ruled that out. Jimmy Savile's estate is valued at

just over ?3 million. So far, around 140 allegedly victims have come

forward. The former editor of the News

of the World, Andy Coulson, has denied he was played

a recording of a voicemail the actress Sienna Miller left on James

Bond star, Daniel Craig's phone. Mr Coulson is beginning

his second week on the stand at the phone hacking trial -

he denies conspiracy to hack phones and conspiracy to commit misconduct

in a public office. Here's our home affairs

correspondent, Tom Symonds. It is the 100th day of this mammoth

trial. Almost all the evidence has been heard, but the former editor

Andy Coulson remains in the witness box, facing questions about what he

knew about phone hacking and when. On day 50, a former reporter told

the jury Mr Colson was fully aware of the practice and claimed the

paper hired him to hack phones. A key allegation centres on the period

when the news room was focusing on the love lives of actors Jude Law

and sienna Miller, whose phone was hacked, and former Bond star Daniel

Craig. Dan Evans told the court that in 2005 he played a tape of sienna

Miller leaving a voice mail. He said Mr Colson said it was brilliant. But

Mr Colson today told the court that did not happen. At that time, he

said he was at the Labour conference in Brighton although he did return

to London on September 28, 2005. Mr Evans previously told the court it

happened in late September. He was unable to remember each day. Andy

Coulson was unable to remember details of another important

incident, a 2004 meeting at this hotel, in which Mr Evans claims he

was interviewed for a job at News of the World and offered to do stuff

with bones to get exclusives. Sherpas in Nepal who act as guides

on Mount Everest are to boycott for They've taken the action

following an avalanche on the mountain last Friday,

which killed at least 13 guides. The Sherpas want

the government to provide more insurance money, further financial

aid for the families of the victims and new regulations

ensuring climbers? rights. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

have visited Australia's most famous natural landmark, as their tour

of the country continues. The royal couple travelled to Uluru,

also known as Ayers Rock, which is a sacred site

for the area's Aboriginal people. Our royal correspondent Nicholas

Witchell is following the tour. It is the must do experience of

pretty much everyone to the so-called red centre of Australia.

Sunset at Uluru. They post the photos in the evening light as their

trip to Australia starts to wind down. Earlier, they had received a

traditional welcome from aboriginal people. There's is said to be the

world's oldest surviving culture. Their lands have been returned to

them but there are still difficult problems reconciling the culture of

its oldest living inhabitants with modern Australia. The couple were

presented with handmade gifts. And in temperatures in the low 30s they

headed off to Uluru. Ayers Rock is a place of great spiritual

significance and is treated to it -- treated with respect. Walking on the

rock is frowned upon, so they walked for a short distance around its

remit. By now, the sun was sinking and it was time for the couple to

view the sunset. What about baby George? Well, he is home alone, or

rather with his nanny in Canberra while his parents go off for a night

of themselves. For them, sunset Rock followed by a night of what is

called glamping, glamorous camping. It is a lot cooler here than it is

in Australia. We don't have as much sunshine as we did yesterday. Wet

weather is never too far away. Last night, we had a lot of rain. That

has petered out and we are seeing wetter weather developed across

northern England, particularly into Scotland. You can see the extent of

the cloud. There is some sunshine in the far north of Scotland. As it

brightens across England and Wales, we could trigger some boundary

showers. Again, the far North West of Scotland hangs onto some

sunshine, but rain across many other areas, and feeling cold and eastern

parts of Scotland. We could trigger some heavy showers in northern

England and possibly the North Midlands. Further south, those

showers are more hit and miss then there is drier weather in the

south-east. Not as warm in the south-west, always a chance of some

showers which could be heavy, possibly with some thunder. A

similar story across the western side of Wales. Chances are some

showers will develop in Northern Ireland later in the day. Cooler

than yesterday with a few showers into this evening. Those will tend

to fairer way. A lot of low cloud in the north-east of Scotland. The next

belt of Shari Reine heads into Northern Ireland and the south-west

of England. Tomorrow, a bit of a great start. Some sunshine. A band

of rain sneaking into Wales and the south-west moving eastwards later in

the day. It will be warmer where it is brighter in the eastern England,

possibly up to 19 in London, but much cooler in Scotland under low

cloud. Rain is coming tomorrow, it doesn't arrive in eastern areas

until early hours of Thursday morning. Lingers in the north-east

of Scotland and after that it brightens up again. Some sunshine,

but temperatures pretty good for the time of year. So rather mixed for

the rest of the week. Some spells of heavy rain but some warm sunshine

and mild nights. Over the weekend, pressure will be low and the chance

of rain hide. Our top story: David Moyes is sacked

as manager of Manchester United after less than one