14/08/2012 BBC News at Six

An angry reaction from rail passengers as they face yet another

steep increase in fares next year. Commuters in England could see

their tickets go up by an average of 6.2% after a surprise rise in

the inflation rate. It fills me with depression because there is

nothing we can do about it. We are prisoners of the railway. We'll

compare fare rises around the UK. Also tonight:

The eurozone crisis just got worse - latest figures show the economies

of the single currency countries shrank.

Round-the-clock production at Jaguar Land Rover - extra demand

creates an extra 1,000 jobs. The Olympic feel-good factor -

eight out of ten tell the BBC London 2012 made them proud to be

British. An instant entry into Britain's

rich list - the EuroMillions windfall a Suffolk couple couldn't

quite believe. I checked on my phone, or on TV, on the internet, I

thought, you could be right. On the BBC News Channel, we will find out

how England planned to retain Test Hello and welcome to the BBC News

at Six. Rail passengers face another steep rise in fares next

year after a surprise jump in the inflation rate. Under a formula set

by the Government, tickets in England will go up by an average of

6.2%, with some fares rising by as much as 11%. In Scotland, the rise

will be just over 4%. Ministers say the extra money is helping to fund

huge investment across the network. Our transport correspondent,

Richard Westcott, is at Waterloo These are the people who will bear

the brunt of these price rises. Commuters, 6.2%, it might not sound

like a big figure but it could add 300 or �400 to your season ticket.

These are big fare rises, due to go on for years. Around one in 10

trains was late last year, but there is one thing passengers can

always rely on. Above-inflation fare rises. It has been happening

every year since 2004. In England, regulated fares, which account for

half of all fares, are calculated at the rate of inflation plus 3%.

That means an average rise of 6.2%, starting next January. A yearly

season ticket from Manchester to Leeds goes up from �2,340, to

nearly �2,500. A commuter travelling from Stowmarket in

Suffolk to London is already playing -- paying �6,500 every year,

they must now find an extra �400. That is exactly what is happening

to Deborah, who says it doesn't even buy a good service. It fills

me with utter depression. I think because there has been very little

investment in the infrastructure on my line, there are often problems

with signalling failure, train breakdowns, at level crossings that

never rise. It is a whole saga of disappointment, I would have to say.

We are now approaching the 10th consecutive year of above-inflation

fare rises. Even the last Transport Secretary admitted the railways

were becoming a rich man's toy. If the Government knows how

cripplingly expensive the fares are, why is it putting the boot fairs

up? The key problem is cost, we need to get the cost of running the

railways down. We have published a reform plan to deliver �3.4 billion

worth of efficiency savings. Once we have delivered those, we believe

we can see an end to above- inflation fare rises. In other

words, the fares will be going up for some years yet. Ultimately, the

government wants to half what it spent on the railways, and that

means making passengers pay a lot more. When the economy is flat

lining, when households are under pressure, not just for the cost of

travel but also from child care, housing and food costs all going up,

we think the government should not be imposing these kinds of above

inflation rises. This is Glasgow this morning. A protest against

rail fares. The Scottish Government has decided on a smaller rise than

in England, but it is still 1% above inflation. There is no

decision yet for Wales and Northern Ireland. Rail passengers will see

prices go up in the new year, just as motorists face a new tax rise on

a litre of fuel. There is a glimmer of hope for these people. If you

remember, last year the government was also due to put these fares up

by inflation plus 3%, at the last minute it changed his mind and put

them up by inflation plus 1%. It also delayed the fuel tax rise. The

Chancellor is under a lot of pressure to change his mind again

and give train users daybreak. -- a break.

As we've heard, that rise in rail fares is linked to a surprise jump

in the inflation rate which was also announced today. So why has

the cost of living gone up? Our business correspondent, John Moylan,

is here. What's behind the latest inflation numbers? Two factors have

caused inflation to move up. On the high Street the discounting

happened earlier so those factors kept inflation higher. If you look

at what happened to inflation over the past year, this is the graph of

CPI. It has fallen from around 5% a year ago, down to 2.6% now. It is

likely to continue falling. If it does do that, that is really good

news for households. Households have been squeezed between higher

prices and incomes. This difficult period that many households have

had could be coming to an end. Now to the eurozone crisis - the

latest figures show that the total economic output of the 17 countries

that use the single currency shrank by 0.2% in the three months to June.

And that follows a stagnant picture in the previous three months.

Although Germany - the eurozone's powerhouse - saw some growth, some

of the smaller economies are still in deep trouble. Here's our

economics editor, Stephanie Flanders.

Crisis or no crisis, Europe's leaders have managed to squeeze in

some holiday. The German Chancellor is just back from hiking in Italy.

President Hollande is sunning himself in the south of France. The

Spanish Prime Minister has snuck away to his native Pelissier. The

economic news will not have helped them to relax. The economy is

shrinking by 0.2% in the second quarter. Within that, if Germany is

still growing, but only just. Its national output rose by 0.3%. No

national output rose by 0.3%. No such luck for Spain, whose economy

shrank again, or Portugal, whose national output has fallen by 1.2%

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They don't have a 0 industry, I don't know who else offers it, so I

believe there is a very strong point for our industry. But Athens

will not be able to afford more traffic lights if the crisis

continues. Surveys say new orders Last August, many in the City were

too nervous to hit the beach, out of fear that the euro would blow up

while they were away. Today the markets seem happy to wait for more

policy action next month. Uncertainty about the single

currency is still casting a long shadow over all of us.

You can find out much more about the eurozone crisis on our website.

Just go to bbc.co.uk/eurocrisis. Merton Council in south London is

to conduct a serious case review into the circumstances surrounding

the death of Tia Sharp. The 12- year-old was reported missing

earlier this month, but her body was found at the grandmother's

house on Friday. Stuart Hazell, her grandmother's partner, has been

charged with her murder. Dozens of people have been killed

in a series of suicide attacks in Afghanistan. Senior police

officials say they are the worst the country has seen this year.

Three bombers blew themselves up in a busy market in the south-western

city of Zaranj. A short time later, at least 12 people were killed in a

separate attack in the north eastern province of Kunduz. Our

Afghanistan correspondent, Aleem Maqbool, joins us now from Kabul. I

imagine the details are still coming in from these provinces,

what can you tell us. That is right. We know that the market place was

packed with people who were shopping for this weekend's Eid

celebrations, marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the

three suicide bombers detonated their explosives. We have her

devastated -- devastating, Arabic accounts from eyewitnesses. Up to

14 suicide bombers had planned to take part in the attack. Some of

those had been arrested before hand. Then we heard of this explosion in

the north, again in a marketplace very close to street vendors and

many were killed in this attack. It follows a deadly week, a series of

attacks by Taliban infiltrators inside the Afghan security forces.

Some of those attacks were against their own colleagues, some against

NATO troops. We have heard from President Karzai, he has condemned

all of those attacks but it will not stop people here worrying about

what the coming days are going to bring. Already security warnings

have been issued. The publishing firm Pearson is to

become the first FTSE 100 company to set up its own college offering

undergraduate degrees. Pearson will provide business courses in London

and Manchester from next month. Tuition fees will be lower than the

average for other universities. But critics have warned of the dangers

of allowing profit making companies into higher education. Our

education correspondent, Reeta Chakrabarti, reports.

Pearson, already the owner of several household names, has a new

business. Teaching undergraduate degrees. But why would a student

go? We are giving students the opportunity to study for their

business degree with in a business, and that makes a lot of sense. We

can bring 150 years of commercial experience, academic heritage

through our head -- Publishing, into benefits for our students.

Classes will be at Pearson's offices, with views over the Thames.

It is starting small, just 40 students. Paying tuition fees of

�6,500 a year, less than the average in England. The company

hopes eventually to make a profit. These teenagers are waiting for

their A-level results on Thursday, to find out if they have got into

the universities of their choice. Would they consider a degree in

business and enterprise from Pearson? It is not well-established

just yet, right now I wouldn't like to launch myself into something

like that. I would prefer to go to university which I know a lot about,

I know is well respected by other companies in the future, when I

want to get a job. It is definitely very appealing. Obviously for the

fees, not because of the work experience that you get out of it.

It is more of a hands-on degree, you are getting proper experience

of business rather than just learning. The government wants many

more private companies providing higher education, saying it would

provide more choice for students, but some are wary of for-profit

companies entering the field. Institutions like Pearson are for-

profit companies, they have a primary obligation to their

shareholders and the to be tightly regulated. At the moment, they are

less tightly regulated than traditional colleges and

universities, and that seems to us a recipe for disaster. Getting a

degree from private institutions could become a more common option

for young people. But ministers recognise the worries about quality

and will consider tightening the rules.

Our top story tonight: Rail passengers face another steep

rise in fares next year after a surprise jump in the inflation rate.

Coming up: Their musical protest in Moscow's

cathedral led to criminal charges - we hear from members of a Russian

Later, we take a closer look at what the latest economic figures

from the eurozone mean, and a shipping company which looks on

Whether it was sight of the Olympic torch bearers around the country or

Jessica Ennis's performance, London 2012 left most of us feeling good

about our country. That's according to a new BBC survey. 80% of people

questioned said the Games had made them proud to be British. But as

James Pearce reports, the Olympic effect may be short lived.

Mo Farah for Great Britain! It is gold! A glorious fortnight in which

vast television audiences followed every move of the British team

which performed even better than expected. The pride of Great

Britain! Jessica Ennis is the Olympic champion! The BBC

commissioned a poll to find out what kind of impact the Olympics

have had on us. 80% thought the game has made people more proud to

be British. 56% said they had had a positive effect on them personally,

but 54% thought the effect would be short-lived. Putting on a seven-day

spectacle is one thing. -- 17 Day spectacle. Making sure it leaves a

lasting impact is another. This opinion poll shows that the British

public is still to be convinced that enough has been done to give

the Games a proper legacy. As summer goes away, the Olympics will

be a distant memory. Right now, a many are still buzzing. It has

inspired me. I will start athletics again. I don't know how long it

will last. Probably until the recession when we hear how much it

has cost us. I give it a good year. I am looking at 2016, that is what

I am looking at now. So or Britain's elite athletes. They have

had their funding secured. It is at grassroots level that the future is

less certain. It is important we captured the enthusiasm for sport

that we have seen in the last couple of weeks and use it to

generate a long term interest. party's over a. While the fireworks

have already turned to ash, the challenge will be to make sure that

the sporting legacy of the Olympics is far longer lasting.

Amid the gloomy economic news, the UK car industry is bucking the

trend. One company, Jaguar Land Rover, has started round the clock

production to meet increased demand for its luxury cars. There are now

4,500 people employed at the Halewood plant, tripling the

workforce there in the last three years. Our correspondent is at the

factory. George, you speak about economic

gloom. Things were certainly bleak for this factory a few years ago.

They were cutting jobs and shifts but things have turned a corner and

this is one of a number of foreign owned companies investing in

British production facilities, and that is because of the skills of

British workers. It means these production lines operating 24 hours.

From now on, every eight hours, staff will come through the gates

at Heywood. For the first time in its history, cars are morning of

the production line, all day every day. -- cars on rolling off. More

work needs more workers. The number of people employed has trebled in

the last three years but over the last decade, they have had to worry

about their jobs. When the recession hit, the factory went

down to one shift and I was made redundant. So you have been out and

back in? Yes and it wasn't nice. I saw there was not much work out

there and it was really good to get my job back. After a rough few

years, Jaguar and Land Rovers have had to expand. In 2009, they

employed 14,500 people in the UK. Since then, it increased to 24,000.

Car production between 2009 and 2011 rose to up-to- two-70,000 cars.

It is really good news. -- rose to 270,000 cars. Driving the recent

success is the Range Rover Evoke, with a worldwide waiting list. Over

75% is exported. Halewood, which once manufactured foughts, has seen

dark days but there are positive signs for car manufacturing in

Britain. In Ellesmere Port, General Motors is creating jobs after a

time where workers feared for them, and Nissan is preparing to build a

new model in Sunderland. The dark clouds on the horizon really are

coming from the eurozone crisis, the European car market is in its

were State for 15 years. companies are starting to look

further afield for opportunities and working day and night to take

advantage of them. Make no mistake, there is economic uncertainty, but

Tata Motors sees real advantages and possibilities for products like

Range Rover Evoke in China and emerging markets and that is very

important for the UK economy. Put that in perspective, here, there

were more than 30,000 applicants for 1,000 jobs advertised here, so

all of this is very important indeed.

He transformed the lives of millions. Just one of the tributes

paid to the disabilities campaigner, Lord Morris of Manchester, who has

died at the age of 84. As a Labour MP, he helped introduce the first

legislation giving rights to people with disabilities and became

Britain's first minister for disabled people in 1974. James

Landale looks back at his life. We take them for granted today, the

Rams and lifts and parking spaces that do so much to ease the lives

of disabled people, but 40 years ago they did not exist, until Alf

Morris spoke up and introduced a Private Member's Bill in 1970 that

transformed the rights of disabled people. I did not think it would

become law, I was simply trying to get it on the parliamentary agenda.

But it did become law, placing new duties on councils to help disabled

people at home and at work, improved access to public buildings

and address the educational needs of disabled children. When you look

at how far the Paralympics has come as a movement in the last 30 years,

it quite closely mirrors the change in attitude towards disabled people

in the rest of society and without people like Alf Morris, fighting

for the rights of disabled people, we would not have the recognition

that we have today. This is exactly where I was born, in 1928.

Manchester, Alf Morris was born into Dickensian poverty. His

passion for Disability Rights driven by the way his father

suffered after losing a leg in the trenches. A passion that led him

through evening classes and national service to Oxford and

Westminster. There are millions of people who have probably never

heard of Alf Morris and do not realise the debt of gratitude they

have got to the M. In 1974, Howard also made him Britain's first

Minister for Disabled. 25 years later, he was still campaigning.

Alf Morris once said that if years cannot be added to the lives of

disabled people, at least life can be added to the years. That, he

hoped, would be his gift to posterity.

Lord Morris of Manchester, who died today.

Their arrest has made the headlines around the world and attracted the

support of pop superstars like Madonna and Sting. A Russian punk

band has vowed to continue its political performances despite the

arrest and trial of three of its singers. Daniel Sandford went to

meet the remaining band members who are in hiding.

The thrash guitar punk-rock that Pussy Riot has signed in Moscow's

cathedral of Christ the saviour. It was a prayer to the Virgin Mary to

read Russia of President Vladimir Putin. -- to which Russia. Three of

the singers have since spent 5 months in prison. Determined to

fight on, those members of Pussy Riot not behind bars agreed to meet

as secretly after midnight, to avoid the police. Some of them were

involved in the cathedral protest that landed their friends in prison.

Not because they did something wrong but just because somebody

decided to show us his power. But it is not real power. It is fake

power. But despite the growing risks to those who openly oppose

Vladimir Putin, the women about their campaign against him will

continue. -- the women have fouled. The government can arrest people

but it cannot address the whole idea. The three members of the

group in detention have been on trial this month. The judge passes

sentence in the controversial case on Friday and they could spend two

more he is in prison. International superstars like Madonna and Sting

had spoken out in their support. -- two years in prison. Madonna had

their name of the band written across her back when she played in

Moscow. The women have apologised for any offence they cause for

singing in the cathedral but their protest against Vladimir Putin and

he's tyres -- his ties to the Russian Orthodox Church appears to

have touched a nerve. Are all the same, their fellow band members

insist that we have not seen the last of Pussy Riot.

A couple from Suffolk have been unveiled as the winners of

Britain's second biggest lottery pay-out. Adrian and Gillian Bayford

from Haverhill scooped �148 million in Friday night's EuroMillions draw.

Mrs Bayford said she thought her husband was joking when he told her

they had won. This report contains flash photography.

They had kept it secret but today, Adrian and Gillian Bayford went

public. Late last Friday night, after watching a film called "the

bank job", Adrian checked his EuroMillions numbers and every

single one had come up. Multi- millionaires in instant. They

celebrated with pizza. I found it difficult to take in the vast

quantity of it. I am so used to go into the bank, taking some money

out, and then watching my bank balance go down and thinking, I

have only got this amount of days till pay-day, that will last us.

And now, we can go and buy something and it will not make any

difference. The couple and their two children live in Sussex.

Gillian will now give up working night shifts on a children's ward

at Addenbrooke's Hospital, but Adrian says he wants to keep his

music shop, although a surprisingly today it was closed. Neighbouring

businesses say Adrian had told them last week to play EuroMillions.

went in for a chap and he said, you must buy a ticket tonight, it is

148 million, like he often did, and he has won! We did get a ticket.

But obviously not the winning one! Their spending ambitions seem

modest. A bigger car, Disneyland, maybe a new house and donations to

children's charities. Adrian and Gillian Bayford insists the money

will not change them, but whatever they say, life will never be the

same for them again. The helicopter was borrowed today but they could

now easily afford one of their own. Although these lottery winners seem

intent on a more understated It doesn't matter how much money

you have got, you can't change the weather. Wet and windy weather on

the way but it will still feel quite humid. We have seen some

lively showers today across Scotland and Northern Ireland. For

most of us, it has been a fine day. More cloud in the far south-west of

You can see what is lined up. A great lump of cloud with our name

on it. Before that, most of us will be dry overnight. The main event

will arrive later on in the night, turning very wet across Cornwall,

wet and windy. Elsewhere, mild and Wet and windy in the south-west

fairly promptly tomorrow morning, and that where there will go

northwards by lunchtime. -- that wet-weather. Scotland will enjoy

some sunshine. But the wet weather will be very nasty indeed. Met

Office warnings are in place, and that extends across the heart of

England. Fund is possible in the east of England. -- a thunder is