:00:02. > :00:07.Fresh questions about why the Lockerbie bomber was released as he
:00:07. > :00:17.nears the end of his life. His family choose to show him close to
:00:17. > :00:18.
:00:18. > :00:22.death to end speculation about his health. He is so sick. I see in the
:00:22. > :00:25.news that some people say he is not sick. Others say he is not at homes.
:00:25. > :00:31.But a senior ex-member of the Libyan government suggests that Mr
:00:31. > :00:36.Megrahi's release was linked to a BP oil deal. So without an exchange
:00:36. > :00:40.of prisoners deal, there would be no BP deal? This is what I think.
:00:40. > :00:41.So there was a connection? Yes. will be live in Tripoli with the
:00:41. > :00:44.latest on these allegations. Also tonight:
:00:44. > :00:53.Claims that News International's James Murdoch did know about an e-
:00:53. > :00:57.mail that showed that phone hacking went beyond one rogue reporter.
:00:57. > :01:00.conversation lasted for quite a short period, probably less than 15
:01:00. > :01:03.minutes or about 15 minutes. It was discussed.
:01:03. > :01:05.The riots - nearly three out of four adults charged had previous
:01:05. > :01:09.criminal convictions. Britain's economy - the Chancellor
:01:09. > :01:13.signals lower growth, but insists that he will stick to his plan to
:01:13. > :01:23.cut the deficit. And England strike first in a Euro
:01:23. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:27.2012 battle against Wales. I will be here with Sportsday later
:01:27. > :01:37.on the BBC News Channel, including all the goals involving the home
:01:37. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:49.nations in tonight's Euro Good evening. There have been fresh
:01:49. > :01:53.allegations tonight about the circumstances surrounding the
:01:53. > :01:55.release of the Lockerbie bomber. The former Libyan foreign minister
:01:55. > :01:58.has claimed that the release of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi two
:01:58. > :02:04.years ago was discussed with the British government and linked to a
:02:04. > :02:06.big contract for the oil company BP. The Scottish government has always
:02:06. > :02:11.claimed that the decision to release Mr al-Megrahi was theirs
:02:11. > :02:14.alone and that he was freed solely because he was terminally ill. His
:02:14. > :02:17.family have asked the BBC to film Mr Megrahi, who is clearly now
:02:17. > :02:27.close to death at his home in Tripoli, to end speculation about
:02:27. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:36.the state of his health. Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi seems
:02:36. > :02:43.to be reaching the end of his life, dying from cancer. His mother is
:02:43. > :02:47.apparently with him most of the time. Mr al-Megrahi's release from
:02:47. > :02:51.prison on compassionate grounds outraged some families bereaved by
:02:51. > :02:56.the Lockerbie bombing. That feeling has deepened the longer he has
:02:56. > :03:03.survived. His family insist that he is innocent and ill, which was why
:03:03. > :03:10.they say they asked the BBC to see him. I want everybody, especially
:03:10. > :03:13.in the UK and specifically in Scotland, to see my dad. He is so
:03:14. > :03:20.sick. I have seen in the news that some say he is not sick and some
:03:20. > :03:23.say he is not at home. Two years ago, Mr al-Megrahi was given a
:03:23. > :03:28.hero's welcome by Saif al-Islam, then Colonel Gaddafi's heir
:03:28. > :03:32.apparent, now on the run like his father. There have been allegations,
:03:33. > :03:38.denied by Britain, that his release was linked to a massive deal for
:03:38. > :03:43.the oil company BP. But Colonel Gaddafi's last foreign minister,
:03:43. > :03:51.now himself a prisoner, says it is his impression that for Libya, the
:03:51. > :04:01.two matters were connected. There was a hint that releasing him would
:04:01. > :04:05.
:04:05. > :04:10.help. So there was a hint from the So without an exchange of prisoners
:04:10. > :04:17.deal, there would be no prisoner deal? There was a connection?
:04:17. > :04:22.Yes. BP's offices in Tripoli are guarded by armed men from the
:04:22. > :04:28.National Transitional Council. They are suspicious of unannounced
:04:28. > :04:34.visitors. The NTC has said that countries which helped overthrow
:04:34. > :04:44.the old regime can expect to have their contracts honoured. The al-
:04:44. > :04:48.Megrahi family live in a bigger Guilty or innocent, it is hard to
:04:48. > :04:51.believe that this is anything other than the sickroom of a dying man.
:04:52. > :04:56.We have been invited to his home because Mr Megrahi's family believe
:04:56. > :05:00.he does not have a great deal of time left. For people who think he
:05:00. > :05:04.is guilty, his death, when it comes, may end the Lockerbie story. But
:05:04. > :05:09.for those who believe he is innocent and was convicted on thin
:05:09. > :05:16.evidence, there will still be big questions about who really did
:05:16. > :05:19.bring down Pan Am flight 103. Still in Libya, a large and highly
:05:19. > :05:21.armed convoy of vehicles believed to be carrying cash and gold has
:05:21. > :05:24.crossed the country's southern border and into neighbouring Niger.
:05:24. > :05:27.It's thought key figures close to Colonel Gaddafi may be trying to
:05:27. > :05:37.flee the country, although this has been denied by the authorities in
:05:37. > :05:38.
:05:38. > :05:41.Niger. So what do we know about this dash across the desert?
:05:41. > :05:46.long as Colonel Gaddafi is at large, he and those close to him are a
:05:46. > :05:50.real threat to Libya's future stability. So rumours that he, his
:05:50. > :05:55.family or leading supporters might have escaped into the desert of
:05:55. > :06:00.neighbouring Niger are being watched closely.
:06:00. > :06:04.These are nomadic tribes men in the vastness of Niger. In return for
:06:04. > :06:10.past favours from Colonel Gaddafi, some fought with him against
:06:10. > :06:15.Libya's uprising. Now reliable reports from a town in northern
:06:15. > :06:19.Niger describe a convoy of pick-up trucks carrying both tribesmen and
:06:19. > :06:24.Gaddafi fighters. It was apparently heading south, deeper into the
:06:24. > :06:28.country. Britain now has an envoy back in Tripoli. He is not at the
:06:28. > :06:32.British Embassy, ransacked by Gaddafi loyalists in May, but but
:06:32. > :06:37.is already assessing events, including the convoy story.
:06:37. > :06:41.points, I hope, to an underlying fact, which is that many of the
:06:41. > :06:47.pro-Gaddafi forces are realising the game is up. Very little about
:06:47. > :06:51.his apparent escape from Libya is clear, but the mysterious convoy
:06:51. > :06:56.reached a remote town. Then it headed towards the capital, some
:06:56. > :07:00.600 miles further on. It is not clear if that is journey's end, or
:07:00. > :07:05.if the intended destination is still further, perhaps in Burkina
:07:05. > :07:09.Faso and its capital. In Niger, the president won elections in March.
:07:09. > :07:13.He is trying to stabilise the country, sheltering Gaddafi or
:07:13. > :07:17.close allies has few obvious attractions. It is true Colonel
:07:17. > :07:21.Gaddafi was close to the previous leader, but that era is supposed to
:07:21. > :07:25.be over. It is unlikely that Niger will want to take on the Colonel,
:07:25. > :07:28.given that he is clearly on the losing side. There may have been
:07:28. > :07:32.links in the past between Niger and some of the other countries and
:07:32. > :07:36.Libya, but there has been no real warmth in terms of personal
:07:37. > :07:40.relationships. That is now history. Tonight the US State Department in
:07:40. > :07:44.Washington has said that some senior members of the Gaddafi
:07:44. > :07:48.regime were in the fleeing convoy, but not Colonel Gaddafi or members
:07:48. > :07:52.of his family. So the hunt goes on, because Colonel Gaddafi at large
:07:52. > :08:02.and able to keep urging his loyalists on remains a major threat
:08:02. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:06.to Libya's chances of peaceful transition towards democracy.
:08:06. > :08:16.Let's go live now to Jeremy Bowen in Tripoli. How significant are
:08:16. > :08:17.
:08:17. > :08:21.these new allegations surrounding the release of al-Megrahi?
:08:21. > :08:24.Well, we have run excerpts over the last two nights from that interview
:08:24. > :08:28.I did with the last foreign minister of Colonel Gaddafi. They
:08:28. > :08:32.have laid out some of the connections between the business
:08:32. > :08:37.and security sides of what was happening. It seems clear that
:08:37. > :08:42.Britain, after 2003, when Gaddafi was coming out of the cold, had an
:08:42. > :08:46.ambitious and multi-faceted agenda for its relations with this country.
:08:46. > :08:51.Security co-operation on one hand, business co-operation on the other.
:08:51. > :08:58.It seems to be taken as a whole by both sides, as far as we can tell.
:08:58. > :09:02.So at the very least, the atmosphere seemed to be that
:09:02. > :09:05.progress in one department would help progress in the other. And now
:09:05. > :09:09.we have news of this extraordinary convoy that has left Libya and is
:09:09. > :09:12.now making his way across Niger. It does not appear to have Colonel
:09:12. > :09:16.Gaddafi as part of it, although senior members of his government
:09:16. > :09:22.appeared to be in it. So we are still no clear to knowing where
:09:22. > :09:27.Colonel Gaddafi is? Yes, and one of the things Gaddafi's side have
:09:27. > :09:31.talked about in the vastness of the desert in Libya. Down to the Sahara,
:09:31. > :09:36.who knows quite what is going on down there? But what is coming out
:09:36. > :09:41.of his side is continuing defiance. His spokesman, Mr Ibrahim, whom we
:09:41. > :09:48.have heard a lot from him the last few months, is still talking about
:09:48. > :09:53.NATO dispensing promises that are honey filled with poison. Also
:09:53. > :09:57.tonight, the try but who are the biggest tried in Libya, a spokesman
:09:57. > :10:02.supposedly from them has been speaking on pro-Gaddafi TV and
:10:02. > :10:05.talking about the town of Bani Walid, not far from here, where
:10:05. > :10:10.negotiations have been going on between the two sides to avert
:10:10. > :10:13.further fighting. In his statement, he said there have been no
:10:13. > :10:20.negotiations like that and that the jihadist people there will continue
:10:20. > :10:24.to fight against the colonialists and crusader aggressors. So
:10:24. > :10:27.defiance is coming out very loudly still from that camp. But still
:10:27. > :10:31.quite a bit of ignorance as to where Colonel Gaddafi is and what
:10:31. > :10:33.exactly he is doing. Two former executives at News
:10:33. > :10:36.International have publicly insisted that its chairman, James
:10:36. > :10:43.Murdoch, was informed as far back as 2008 that phone hacking at the
:10:43. > :10:46.News Of The World went beyond just one rogue reporter. Mr Murdoch
:10:46. > :10:49.previously told MPs that he didn't know that the phone hacking was
:10:49. > :10:59.more widespread. It all hinges on the contents of one particular e-
:10:59. > :10:59.
:10:59. > :11:02.mail. The former top brass of the News Of
:11:02. > :11:07.The World, called in from the rain this morning for yet another
:11:07. > :11:11.grilling by MPs. Colin Myler was the last editor. Tom crone was an
:11:11. > :11:16.influential lawyer. The Inquisition was wide-ranging, but it boiled
:11:16. > :11:19.down to two big questions. Was there a cover-up within News
:11:19. > :11:24.International of the possibility that phone hacking was widespread,
:11:24. > :11:28.and what did the company's European boss James Murdoch know? Was he
:11:28. > :11:34.told at a meeting with executives about a troubling e-mail that had
:11:34. > :11:40.come to light? The conversation lasted for quite a short period,
:11:40. > :11:44.probably less than 15 minutes or about 15 minutes. It was discussed.
:11:44. > :11:49.The e-mail contained transcripts of private voicemails belonging to
:11:49. > :11:53.Gordon Taylor, a leading figure in football. And these words -
:11:53. > :11:57.transcript for Neville, which appeared to show that other staff,
:11:57. > :12:05.such as Neville Thurlbeck, the chief reporter, may have been
:12:05. > :12:10.involved. It meant that illegal activity in accessing Gordon
:12:10. > :12:16.Taylor's messages, evidence of that had passed through our office.
:12:16. > :12:20.there for others knew about it? of the world was implicated in the
:12:20. > :12:26.knowledge that they had done that. Rewind to the July appearance of
:12:26. > :12:32.James Murdoch in front of the same MPs. Did you see or were you made
:12:32. > :12:36.aware of the "for Neville" e-mail? No. I was not aware of that at the
:12:36. > :12:44.time. If I knew then what we know now, we would have taken more
:12:44. > :12:50.action. Today's evidence? He did know. I would take it that he
:12:51. > :13:00.understood. He realised the News Of The World was involved. James
:13:01. > :13:09.
:13:09. > :13:16.Today's hearing made clear News International felt it had to settle
:13:16. > :13:19.with Gordon Taylor at a cost of �4 25,000 plus legal fees. The deal
:13:19. > :13:23.included a confidentiality clause to prevent four more hacking
:13:23. > :13:27.victims from knowing they might have a case themselves.
:13:27. > :13:30.The MPs were also told the editor at the time, Andy Coulson, was
:13:30. > :13:34.prepared to give the disgraced News of the World reporter Clive Goodman,
:13:34. > :13:38.another job at the paper, once he'd served his sentence for phone
:13:38. > :13:42.hacking. Today, the Prime Minister, who gave
:13:42. > :13:47.Mr Coulson himself a second chance, has also been facing the questions.
:13:47. > :13:51.Do you feel that you personally became too close to leading
:13:51. > :13:58.executives of News International? Yes, I think everybody... Look, I
:13:58. > :14:02.think that in terms of spending a lot of time trying to win over, but
:14:02. > :14:05.not just as I say News International, I've met with
:14:05. > :14:08.editors of the Guardian, the Independent, the BBC, you know, as
:14:08. > :14:12.Leader of the Opposition and as Prime Minister, you do want to get
:14:12. > :14:20.your message across. But he said the relationship between the media
:14:20. > :14:23.and politicians needed resetting. The Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke,
:14:23. > :14:27.has revealed for the first time that nearly three out of four
:14:27. > :14:31.adults charged after the riots in parts of England already had a
:14:31. > :14:35.criminal conviction. He says the figures show how the penal system
:14:35. > :14:39.is failing to prevent reoffending and he's calling for widespread
:14:39. > :14:43.changes to the way criminals are treated, including making them work
:14:43. > :14:47.harder when behind bars. Mark Easton reports from Manchester.
:14:47. > :14:52.The hard core behind last month's English riot, according to Justice
:14:52. > :14:56.Secretary Ken Clarke, was a feral underclass cut off from mainstream
:14:56. > :14:59.society. Among the adults involved in the disorder, close to three
:14:59. > :15:05.quarters already had a criminal record, it's emerged, evidence he
:15:05. > :15:08.suggests of a broken penal system incapable of preventing reoffending.
:15:08. > :15:11.When you see all these people have been punished before, three
:15:11. > :15:15.quarters, it's no good just punishing them, we are failing to
:15:15. > :15:19.make sure that those that are capable of being reformed aren't
:15:19. > :15:24.reformed and aren't actually sorted out their drugs, their drink, given
:15:24. > :15:28.a slightly more sensible approach to the values of society.
:15:28. > :15:32.The criminal past of rioters has been seized upon by the Justice
:15:32. > :15:36.Secretary to press his case that the system should focus on what he
:15:36. > :15:39.calls intelligent sentencing. Mr Clarke also suggests Government
:15:39. > :15:43.should consider the appalling social deficit, highlighted by the
:15:43. > :15:47.riots. Evidence of a link between the
:15:47. > :15:50.riots and poverty emerges from analysis of the offenders who've
:15:50. > :15:54.appeared here at Manchester City Magistrates Court. The BBC's
:15:54. > :15:59.obtained the postcodes of the vast majority of those charged and a
:15:59. > :16:03.clear picture emerges when you plot those home addresses against
:16:03. > :16:06.neighbourhood depravation. Manchester's riots have seen around
:16:06. > :16:10.200 people charged. If one looks at the most deprived neighbourhoods in
:16:10. > :16:13.the region marked in red, and then picks out the plays the rioters
:16:14. > :16:21.came from, the correlation is clear. They came from all areas, but the
:16:21. > :16:23.poorer the community, the more likely local people were involved.
:16:24. > :16:26.Cheetham Hill is revealed as a Manchester district with a high
:16:26. > :16:33.concentration of people charged in connection with the disorder. The
:16:33. > :16:35.local vicar explained how his parish also has high levels of
:16:36. > :16:39.joblessness and welfare dependency. The riots, he believes, were a
:16:39. > :16:42.sense of people's Powerlessness. think there was a feeling that the
:16:42. > :16:45.normal laws were suspended just for one evening and people would take
:16:45. > :16:49.advantage and get whatever they could. Because the people in this
:16:49. > :16:53.area don't feel that they have Power normally, is that right?
:16:53. > :16:57.Absolutely. This is an area that has very few facilities. It's a
:16:57. > :17:01.difficult area in which to live and work. Tonight in the centre of
:17:01. > :17:05.Manchester where the rioters struck, there was little sympathy for the
:17:05. > :17:11.idea that depravation helps explain the lawlessness. It's ruined my
:17:11. > :17:18.business, as such. So poverty's not an excuse? No. Not by far. There's
:17:18. > :17:21.no excuse for it. There's no need for it. Anybody saying the cuts are
:17:21. > :17:25.affecting our lives, it was a chance for people to gang up
:17:25. > :17:28.together and loot. A month on from the riots and the dust has settled
:17:28. > :17:32.enough for people to analyse what's happened. It's also an opportunity
:17:32. > :17:39.for politicians and others to look for evidence that can be used to
:17:39. > :17:44.support their favoured policies. Coming Upton programme:
:17:44. > :17:53.Still in contention for the Euro 2012 finals, Scotland earn a
:17:53. > :17:56.The NATO-led mission in Afghanistan's suspended the
:17:56. > :17:59.transfer of detainees to some Afghan jails following allegations
:17:59. > :18:02.of widespread torture and mistreatment of prisoners. The BBC
:18:02. > :18:07.has learned that the accusations were made in a UN report which is
:18:07. > :18:12.yet to be finalised. It describes how prisoners were beaten and, in
:18:12. > :18:16.some cases, given electric shocks. From Kabul, Quentin Somerville
:18:16. > :18:21.reports. With a firm hand shake and a deep
:18:21. > :18:24.breath, British troops hand over Lashkar Gah in Helmand to Afghan
:18:24. > :18:29.control. It should mean these foreign soldiers are now a step
:18:29. > :18:32.closer to going home. But only if the Afghans are ready. And that's
:18:32. > :18:36.in doubt. In some Afghan prisons, detainees
:18:36. > :18:42.had been tortured and horribly mistreated. A number were handed
:18:42. > :18:45.over by international troops. The torture has been commonplace and
:18:45. > :18:51.systemattic. Prisoners were beaten with rubber hoses, some threatened
:18:51. > :18:55.with sexual assault and others given electric shocks. Most of
:18:55. > :18:59.those suspected of being insurgents were held without charge. The
:18:59. > :19:04.international commission ISAF has suspended transfers in these areas,
:19:04. > :19:09.five are run by the Afghan Intelligence Service, the NDS,
:19:09. > :19:12.another by the Counter-Terrorism Unit 124, two by the Afghan police
:19:12. > :19:15.and transfers in Kandahar have been suspended for a couple of months.
:19:15. > :19:19.think in order for the Afghan government to be serious about the
:19:20. > :19:26.issue, there's going to need to be a lot of pressure from outside and
:19:26. > :19:29.NATO needs to create that pressure because NATO's absolutely obligated
:19:29. > :19:31.under the Convention Against Torture to never transfer anyone
:19:31. > :19:34.when there are substantial grounds to believe that person will be
:19:34. > :19:37.tortured. Security officials have still to
:19:37. > :19:41.comment. Billions have been spent training police and soldiers here,
:19:41. > :19:45.but even before the torture allegations, the police had a
:19:45. > :19:51.terrible reputation among Afghans, some say the Taliban were fairer.
:19:51. > :19:54.The UN report is one of the most comprehensive ever produced. United
:19:54. > :19:58.Nations says the Afghan government takes its claim seriously and that
:19:58. > :20:04.it wants to torture to end. This report has left the international
:20:04. > :20:07.mission here rattled. One official described it as a major setback,
:20:07. > :20:11.the NATO was to hand control to Afghan forces sothat foreign troops
:20:11. > :20:15.could leave, but in many parts of the the country, those Afghan
:20:15. > :20:20.forces can no longer be trusted. The Intelligence Service likes to
:20:20. > :20:24.show off its successes. These men are said to be captured suicide
:20:24. > :20:32.bombers. But it's secretive and powerful and has always been shy of
:20:32. > :20:36.revealing it methods. Tonight, it's never been more exposed.
:20:36. > :20:41.A former MP has been charged with fraudulently claiming more than
:20:41. > :20:46.�60,000 in expenses. Margaret Moran, a Labour MP for Luton until early
:20:46. > :20:50.last year, will face 21 charges, including six for submitting forged
:20:50. > :20:54.invoices and she'll appear before magistrates later this month.
:20:54. > :20:57.The Chancellor, George Osborne, has given a strong signal tonight he
:20:57. > :21:01.expects official growth forecast force the UK to be lowered. At a
:21:01. > :21:05.speech in the City of London, he warned the recovery would be choppy.
:21:05. > :21:07.He insisted the Government will stick to its plans to reduce the
:21:07. > :21:10.deficit. Our Deputy political Editor James Landale is in Downing
:21:10. > :21:14.Street. What do you make of the Chancellor's remarks?
:21:14. > :21:17.This is the first big speech the Chancellor's made in a while and
:21:17. > :21:20.he's acknowledging that over the summer things have changed.
:21:20. > :21:24.Economies around the world are struggling, the eurozone crisis has
:21:24. > :21:28.deepened and the British economy is not going to be immune from that,
:21:28. > :21:31.hence the gloomy language tonight and the very clear signal that the
:21:31. > :21:35.official growth figures in November will be revised down. But he's also
:21:35. > :21:39.using the speech to say that, in his view, these worsening
:21:39. > :21:44.conditions are not a reason to change his plans to cut the deficit.
:21:44. > :21:49.We warned repeatedly that the recovery would be choppy. We set in
:21:49. > :21:52.train a plan that was comprehensive and clear in its vision, but also
:21:53. > :21:56.flexible enough to withstand shocks along the way. But the Chancellor
:21:56. > :22:00.is also under fresh pressure to do more to encourage economic growth.
:22:00. > :22:03.Tonight, a group of 20 leading economists have write tonne the
:22:03. > :22:07.Financial Times saying he should scrap the 50p top rate of tax which
:22:07. > :22:10.they claim makes the economy uncompetitive. On one level, this
:22:10. > :22:13.is unhelpful, it's a remind they're the Government has more to do to
:22:13. > :22:17.encourage growth, it's a potentially devisive issue within
:22:17. > :22:21.the coalition. But on another level it's helpful because it roots the
:22:21. > :22:24.debate about the 50p top rate of tax in economics, not politics, in
:22:24. > :22:30.other words about growth and not about this Government's
:22:30. > :22:34.relationship with the wealthy. Thank you very much. The first so-
:22:34. > :22:39.called Supergrass trial for 25 years has begun in Belfast amid
:22:39. > :22:46.high security. 14 defendants face a total of 97 charges in connection
:22:46. > :22:50.with a murder of a loyalist leader Tom Tommy English 11 years ago. Two
:22:50. > :22:53.inmates are giving evidence in return for a reduced sentence.
:22:53. > :22:56.Television cameras could soon be allowed into criminal courts in
:22:56. > :23:01.England and Wales for the first time. The Justice Secretary, Ken
:23:01. > :23:04.Clarke, announced that the ban on televising sentences will be lifted,
:23:04. > :23:07.though broadcasters will not be allowed to film the trials
:23:07. > :23:13.themselves. The Supreme Court has allowed fildmenting since its
:23:14. > :23:17.creation two years ago. -- filming. A busy night in the qualifiers with
:23:17. > :23:20.England playing Wales at Wembley, the first time the two sides met at
:23:20. > :23:28.the stadium for 34 years. Scotland and Northern Ireland have been in
:23:28. > :23:31.action too. Dan Roan is at Wembley. With this, their penultimate game
:23:31. > :23:35.of the qualifying campaign and after a victory away against
:23:35. > :23:40.Bulgaria on Friday night, England knew they could take an important
:23:40. > :23:45.step towards qualification for the euro 2012 finals with victory over
:23:45. > :23:50.Wales. They expected to do so but faced opponents that were better of
:23:50. > :23:54.their ranking of 117th in the world. The latest installment in the
:23:54. > :23:58.ancient rivalry was always likely to set pulses racing. Here at
:23:58. > :24:02.Wembley, both sets of fans were urged to show restraint. Fabio
:24:02. > :24:09.Capello requested more respect after the cat calls of Cardiff when
:24:09. > :24:14.these two met in March. Alas, his appeal fell on deaf ears. England
:24:14. > :24:19.identified the pace of Gareth Bale as a genuine threat. Milner's
:24:19. > :24:22.method of dealing with him was uncomplicated. When England posed a
:24:22. > :24:26.threat, it came via width and it was no surprise that two winners
:24:26. > :24:30.were responsible for the breakthrough. Downing found Young,
:24:31. > :24:34.England were one up. Having been recalled, Lampard then
:24:34. > :24:38.had the perfect opportunity to prove critics wrong. It was a
:24:38. > :24:44.chance he failed to take. Wales were still in it and soon
:24:44. > :24:49.created what looked to be a certain equaliser. Earnshaw couldn't miss
:24:49. > :24:53.surely, but he did. It was too much for player and manager to bear.
:24:53. > :24:58.Having escaped, England held on for an unconvincing victory, the doubts
:24:58. > :25:04.remain, but Capello at least has his first Wembley win in a year.
:25:04. > :25:07.England now then six points clear at the top of Group G and certainly
:25:07. > :25:11.with one foot in the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and the Ukraine,
:25:11. > :25:14.but they face a tricky final match away against Montenegro, a game in
:25:14. > :25:19.which they'll have to secure at least a point to be guaranteed
:25:20. > :25:23.first place and avoid the play-offs. After tonight, Fabio Capello has
:25:23. > :25:26.ever rif right to be worried. England and Wales weren't the only
:25:26. > :25:30.two teams involved in matches, viewers in Scotland can see
:25:30. > :25:34.highlights later on, so if you don't want to know the result of
:25:34. > :25:37.Scotland's game against Lithuania, look away. Scotland had to win
:25:37. > :25:44.after the 2-2 draw against the Czech Republic at the weekend and
:25:44. > :25:49.win they did thanks to this goal by Steven Naismith. 1-0 the final
:25:49. > :25:54.score. Scotland are in a straight fight with the Czech Republic for
:25:54. > :26:04.snecked their group. Their qualification hopes are still alive
:26:04. > :26:10.
:26:10. > :26:14.-- for their group. Lee Camp's howler led to the second
:26:14. > :26:17.of Estonia's goals in a 4-1 defeat, their hopes for qualification now
:26:17. > :26:20.sadly over. So a good night for England and Scotland, a bad one for