15/08/2011 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at 10pm: After the riots, the Prime Minster blames the

country's moral collapse. The latest evidence of looting is

studied by police as politicians argue about the response. David

Cameron wants action against gangs and troubled families. Ed Miliband

says it's a superficial approach. The security fightback must be

matched by a social fight back. We must fight back... Of course the

public says we want quick action but a new policy a day, knee-jerk

gimmicks, not thought through. They won't solve the problem. And we

talk to the mother of one 13-year- old boy accused of taking part in

the riots. He wasn't rioting. did have a how much strapped to his

legs. Fair enough but he is a child. He knew what he was doing but it

was for his own protection. We'll be asking how the Government's new

approach is meant to work. Also tonight: In Jersey police are

waiting to question a man about the murders of six people, including

his wife and two children. In Libya, rebel forces say they are

cutting off supply lines to Gaddafi in Tripoli.

And a childhood dream come true as Fabregas signs for Barcelona.

And later in sport, Manchester City open their new season at home to

newly-promoted Swansea, the First World side ever in the Premier

Good evening. As more people appeared in court today charged

with rioting, David Cameron announced a detailed review of

government policy in the wake of last week's unrest. He called for

stronger discipline, help for the most troubled families and a war on

gang culture but Ed Miliband accused the Prime Minister of

opting for superficial answers. News footage tonight of the moment

when a swarm of local youngsters broke into a convenience store.

This was close to Hackney's Pembury Estate one week ago. The owner was

a much loved community figure. But that did not stop the looters.

Today, friends and volunteers were trying to put the shop back

together again. In this impoverished neighbourhood, people

still gave what they could. I think if the police was carrying guns,

people would have more fear and they would not have done so much.

These guys that done these things, they should not put them in prison,

they should put them in an orange suit, tie chains on the lakes and

let them rebuild the neighbourhood. The -- tie chains on their legs.

The Prime Minister promised no- nonsense policing, tougher

sentences and the sweeping review of welfare and parenting. Can we

confront the slow-motion moral collapse that has taken place in

parts of the country these past few generations? Behaving as if your

choices have no consequences. Children without fathers, schools

without discipline, reward without effort, crime without punishment,

rights without responsibilities, communities without control. With

the government also saying it would consider cutting the benefits of

the rioters, the opposition leader returned to his inner city school

today to accuse the Prime Minister of playing to the newspapers.

course the public say they want quick action but a new policy a day,

a knee-jerk gimmicks, not thought through. They won't solve the

problem. At a youth club on Hackney's Pembury Estate, there was

also anxiety about cutting welfare. What these children need is rescue,

not abandonment, they say. It might be that we are running specialist

programmes for them, that we work hard... The public does not wanted

to vent money for these people. Yeah, they don't. -- the public

doesn't want to spend money on these people. But I would not want

to give up on them. This community is cowering behind bars. No one was

prepared to talk publicly, too frightened of reprisals. Who runs

the estate, I asked? The whispered reply came: They gangs. Type the

name of the Hackney estate into YouTube and dozens of gangster rap

videos pop up, filmed on the Pembury Estate. Today David Cameron

said it was time government confronted exactly this.

concerted all-out war on gangs and gang culture. This isn't a side

issue. It is a major criminal disease that is infecting streets

and estates across the country. Stamping out these gangs should be

a new national priority. This evening Scotland Yard issued these

pictures of a gang of looters being pursued by police, and as the

thieves are chased down the street in east London, a green Citroen

careers into two police officers. Both were lucky not sustain serious

injury and the incident is now being treated as attempted murder.

It is seven days since Hackney turned on itself. For all the party

jibes, there does seem to be a broad consensus. These pictures are

a metaphor for something rotten about Britain. When the richest and

most powerful, to the poorest and most excluded, there is greed,

selfishness and immorality. Let's consider how some of the

government's planned initiatives might come into effect. How

practical is if? It is interesting. The Prime

Minister's advisers say he is on familiar territory. He has been

speaking about mending a broken society for years and now they

think he will have a more receptive audience. When he speaks about a

lack of responsibility in society, people now understand what he's

talking about but translating his ideas into practical policies is

much harder. Today we heard about taking away benefits for those who

have had a custodial sentence. Some are questioning whether that will

help a family turn up their lives around. Another thing was the

National Citizens' Service, something that brings together 16-

year-olds from all backgrounds to work together. It will be expanded

but it is not compulsory so some say, will it help the people it is

designed to help? The Prime Minister has come out publicly to

say this is his priority. Number 10 hopes government departments and

other ministers will make it their priority, to.

Three people have appeared in court charged with the murder of three

men in a hit-and-run incident during the riots in Birmingham.

Adam King, who is 23, was in the dock. Joshua Donald, who is 26, and

a 17-year-old who can't be named for legal reasons, appeared by a

video-link. They were all remanded in custody until December. A total

of seven people have been arrested over the deaths.

And in south London, a man has appeared in court charged with

starting the fire that destroyed the Reeves furniture store in

Croydon. Gordon Thompson, who is 33, was remanded in custody to appear

in court next week. The total number of arrests in

England now stand at over 2500. Many of those being processed by

the courts face prison sentences even for first offences and some

families think the punishments are too harsh. Our correspondent has

been to Manchester. Another day at court for

troublemakers and their parents. This mother handed her son into the

police. They can't be identified because he is only 12. It is wrong

and I am ashamed of him if I am honest but you can't keep blaming

the parents. Her son was given a referral lauder but many who

appeared to have faced more severe sentences. This woman is the mother

of two who slept through the rioting. Her housemate gave her a

pair of stolen shirts. She was sentenced to five months. It is a

farce, it is a joke. Ain't no justice system. If it was the

justice system, she would not have got sent to jail, she has got two

kids, where is the justice in that? The Ministry of Justice says two-

thirds of those charged in connection with the rioting have

been remanded in custody. Last year just 10% of people charged with

serious offences were remanded. People convicted of relatively

minor offences, for example burglary of a doughnut from a shop

that was open, is treated as harshly as people committing more

serious offences. In Manchester, there is little sympathy for those

caught up in the insanity. They are still repairing buildings after the

looting and the government knows its message of delivering harsh and

swift justice and being tough on crime is popular with the public.

The UK is way too soft! They shouldn't have got away with London

and then they came to Manchester and Liverpool. They came for a

reason, to see what they could get. But good old CCTV has caught a lot

of them out. Hundreds of suspects have been identified from the pit

is gathered and the Crown Prosecution Service says the ban on

naming children convicted of crimes could be lifted in serious cases.

On Friday, this 13-year-old admitted giving to the riots with a

hammer. His mother said the family have suffered for his mistake.

People look at us like we are scum but he was not rioting and that is

why I am annoyed. He was caught up in it? Yeah. He did have a Hamas

strapped to his legs. Fair enough but he is a child. It was for his

protection. Manchester councils say they will ban the guilty from city-

centre shops, they are not welcome in the place they tried to destroy.

The BBC understands that the man suspected of murdering six people

in Jersey yesterday was related to four of them. The 30-year-old man

is thought to be the father of two of the three dead children and

husband of one of the women killed. The man has had surgery and is in

police custody at Jersey General Hospital.

One by one, the people of Jersey have climbed the hill above St

Helier to express their horror and sympathy. Police tapes still

flatter a rather suburban terrace where forensic teams will be

working for several more days. Tonight local sources named their

de-year-old Bamiyan as the man arrested over the death of his wife,

Isabella, whose two children, his father in-law and another woman

visiting with her child. This woman wants a school of the Polish

children and she knew the family. She is finding it hard to accept

what has happened. We have known them for nearly two years. I find

out this morning it was that couple, that family, and I burst into tears.

You know, children are innocent. Does little angels. They bring

shine to your home. It is just... I am just horrified. The police, who

have not formally identified those who lost their lives, stressed that

they were well aware of the shock spreading throughout the island.

are working closely with the leaders from both the local St

Hellier and Polish communities to support the investigation and the

local people affected by this very tragic incident. A Home Office

pathologist has arrived in Jersey this morning and a post mortem

examination will be carried out on all the victims. Due to the scale

of this incident, it is unlikely... This will take a few days to

complete. We are unlucky to be -- unlikely to be in a position to

confirm the identities of the victims until much later in the

week. The Jersey government has spoken of the pain felt in every

one of the 12 parishes. The Polish community, several thousand strong,

is represented in every walk of island life. Special masses have

been held and a book of condolence opened. As Josie praise for victims

and families and the investigation continues, the suspect remains

under police guard in hospital. Only when he is well enough what

detectives be able to piece together a sequence of events which

led to one of the worst crimes in Jersey's history.

A British soldier who died in an explosion in Afghanistan on Friday

has been named. Lieutenant Daniel Clack, who was 24 and serving with

1st Battalion The Rifles, was on foot patrol near his base in

Helmand Province when a roadside Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has urged

Libyans to free the country from what he called traitors as the

rebel forces Mae made progress in surrounding Tripoli. The rebels

advanced into two strategic towns that control access to Tripoli,

Zawiya, 30 miles to the west and Gharyan to the south. The rebels

are hoping to control the main supply route from Tunisia to

Tripoli. We have this report. Tripoli is starting to feel like a

city under siege. The power cuts are taking their toll. The family

here have brought out the candles. Then they have their certificates,

weapons training provided by the government to loyal men and women.

TRANSLATION: I'm ready to take up a gun, ready to defend my country and

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who has done so much good for us. Outside,

Colonel Gaddafi's agents were on alert. As we left, we and our

government minders were stopped. They took our Libyan permits as

armed loyalists checked every vehicle. This checkpoint that we

have been stopped at is manned by local people and we are told that

there are similar checkpoints right the way across Tripoli during the

night at the moment. It is not normal, it is here because of the

war, it is a sign of the tensions in the Libyan capital right now.

This has only increased the tension. 30 miles to the west, rebel forces

are celebrating an advance on Zawiya. The opposition feels the

momentum is finally, firmly with them. But how much they hold and

how long they can hold it for is unclear. Libyan state television

showed crowds cheering as Colonel Gaddafi addressed them. In audio

only, on a crackley telephone line. He called on his supporters to

prepare for the fight, to cleanse the country, he said, that the

blood of martyrs will few the battle. Out of the desolate housing

estates of eastern Tripoli, the mood was different. They were

worried about the camera, so we have blurred the pictures. This man

told me that Colonel Gaddafi must go. And now listen to this man's

anger. TRANSLATION: We are here to keep Colonel Gaddafi here.

Everyone? Everyone. It is hard to gauge how many agree. The repbls

are now closer to Tripoli an -- the rebels are now closer to Tripoli

than ever, the army, we assume, will fight back. This war may have

entered a decisive phase. Coming up: Some of the world's biggest

wind turbines built by British engineers, we have a special report

on the challenge. Hoisting this huge structure up off the quayside

and on to a ship is an incredibly pain-staking and difficult part. In

Cairo, a judge has adjourned the trial of the former President,

Hosni Mubarak, and ordered that no further court sessions can be seen

on television. Hosni Mubarak was in court facing charges of corruption

and ordering the killing of protesters earlier in the year.

Outside there were clashes between his opponents -- supporters and

opponents. This was on the edge of Cairo, the trial of Hosni Mubarak.

The police were expecting trouble. So have Hosni has's supporters,

bringing their rocks. TRANSLATION: We don't want Hosni Mubarak

humiliated, that human illiates all Egyptians. He was wheeled in, old

and ill, this has been compulsive TV across the Arab world. One of

his sons now in prison whites. The judges are struggling to bring

order to the chaos. More than 100 unruly and noisy lawyers and Hosni

Mubarak's two sons, trying to shield his bed from the cameras.

They identified themselves, the sons and Hosni Mubarak, the sons

denied corruption charges, Hosni Mubarak denied the murder charges

that carries the death penalty. Outside more people waited.

TRANSLATION: You have to know that Hosni Mubarak tried to kill us. Now

we want to kill Hosni Mubarak. He wanted to take our lives. He wanted

to take our lives. Then, the riot started. The Egyptian police waded

in, but that could not stop the pro and the anti-Hosni Mubarak people

trading rocks and fists. A lot of hatred was stored up in the Hosni

Mubarak years. This is a big test for the new event. Dealing with the

legacy of Hosni Mubarak is to shape the society that emerges in this

country. At the moment, the Egyptians are divided and very

uncertain about the way that things should go. The police are widely

disliked here as for decades, they were the regime's enforcers. It

will anger many Egyptians to see them using their old skills on

anti-Hosni Mubarak protesters again. TRANSLATION: All the of -- all of

the police are criminals. After today, cameras are to be banned

from the Courtroom. Some may smell a cover up. The trial, though, is

still a solid achievement for Egypt's rev luegs. -- revolution.

Some of the largest wind turbines in the world are being stalled off

the coast of Cumbria. Britain has a dozen wind farms offshore, part of

the Government's drive for green energy. It is a huge engineering

challenge, David Shukman has been to see some of the advanced

exponents being built in Northern Ireland. In Belfast in the shipyard

where they built the tie tatin, a giant project. -- the Titanic, a

giant project. The task now to manoeuvre the massive wind turbines,

carefully and slowly and load them on to the ship. Most wind farms are

built on land. These will be stuck out at sea, the hope is that there

will be fewer objections. This is just one blade of one of the

largest wind turbines in the world. It is made of fibreglass. When you

get this close, you get a sense of the incredible neerninging

challenge involved in building these -- the incredible engineering

challenge to be involved in building these things. This is the

next one to be lifted. Hoisting this huge structure up on to the

quayside and on to the ship is a difficult task, it must be repeated

thousands of times if the Government's energy targets are to

be fulfilled. It is one reason why getting ing in out of these things

at sea is so expensive. Speeded up, this is how they are loaded on

board. Building wind farms on sea is a new industry. There is a lot

to learn. Here, a cabin perched at the top of a crane. They do

normally heavy lifts for shifts, but now it is more delicate

turbines. What is it like picking it up? It is nerve wracking. They

are not something that you want to bounce about off structures or even

off the crane. A dozen wind farms have sprung up offshore, the latest

near barrow, for the power company Vattenfall cost � -- cost half a

billion pounds. Each turbine taller than Big Ben, the blades stretching

60 metres, longer than a Boeing 747 and difficult to build. If the wind

is picking up, the operations are delayed. Offshore, the sea

conditions impact on the time it takes for a vessel to get from one

place to another. Two more turbines are ready for the journey to sea.

Offshore wind is the most expensive form of power. The Government's

plans could cost more than �100 billion, a massive controversial

investment getting under way. Tomorrow, David is reporting on how

wind farms are built at sea and whether the costs are indeed worth

it. That is tomorrow night. Now, the internet giant Google is to buy

Motorola Mobility, it will be Google's biggest acquisition,

costing nearly �billion. Motorola Mobility holds thousands of patents

that Google hopes will strengthen its operating system called Android.

Barcelona have their man after a three-er campaign to win over one

of Arsenal's biggest stars. Cesc Fabregas signed a five-year deal

worth a reported 35 million. -- �35 million. Cesc Fabregas said that

playing for Barcelona was a childhood dream. Back together

again, Cesc Fabregas had made no secret of his desire to be reunited

with his home town club, today Barcelona's fans made clear that

the feeling was mutual. The midfielder back where his career

had begun, but not without a look over his shoulder. Not to be able

to lift the trophy as an Arsenal captain is one the biggest regrets

that I will have, but I'm sure that they will be a strong team. They

are one of the best teams in the world.

COMMENTATOR: Cesc Fabregas has finished it, he has! COMMENTATOR:

What a beautifully worked goal. is moments like these that

establish Cesc Fabregas as one of the most gifted plairs in Arsenal's

history. In London, the teem mates were getting used to life without

their former captain. Arsene Wenger having lost his best player. It is

an important period for the club. I am confidence we will get over it

in a successful way, but we have to be united and not get the media to

manipulate our fans in a way that they should not do so. It could get

worse for Arsenal with other star player Samir Nasri on the verge of

a move to Manchester City. In Wenger waengs 15 years at Arsenal,

he has become -- in Arsene Wenger's 15 years at Arsenal, he has become

their most popular manager, but it has been a while since they have

won a trophy. Arsenal have to look again at their financial model, at

the set up to ensure that we can compete with the best. Great

players have come and gone here over the years, but the departure

of Cesc Fabregas will have hurt Arsenal like few before. In the