20/12/2011

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:00:13. > :00:19.Tonight, live ammunition and water cannon, the weapons available to

:00:19. > :00:26.police in any future riots. A review of the police response to

:00:26. > :00:30.the unrest in the summer calls for a new set of rules. Where arsonists

:00:30. > :00:36.put people's lives at risk, police would be justified in using live

:00:36. > :00:41.bullets. The report has divided opinion. The risks to civil order

:00:41. > :00:47.have changed, we have seen that. And we think police need new rules

:00:47. > :00:54.of engagement. We will be asking how likely police forces are to

:00:55. > :01:01.embrace these new tactics. Also tonight... I have no reason or

:01:01. > :01:06.knowledge to believe it was going on. Piers Morgan claims he had no

:01:06. > :01:13.knowledge of phone hacking at the Daily Mirror. In North Korea, 11

:01:13. > :01:18.days of official mourning for the dictator. Banned for eight matches,

:01:19. > :01:23.Luis Suarez is heavily punished for racially abusing another player.

:01:23. > :01:33.And a glimpse of the most significant Planets ever discovered

:01:33. > :02:00.

:02:00. > :02:04.Good evening. Water cannon, plastic bullets and even live ammunition

:02:04. > :02:09.could be used by police in the event of another outbreak of civil

:02:10. > :02:14.unrest. A review of police tactics during the summer says new rules of

:02:14. > :02:16.engagement are needed to protect the public. But the findings of Her

:02:16. > :02:22.Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary have been questioned

:02:22. > :02:27.by senior police officers, as well as by some MPs. June Kelly explains.

:02:27. > :02:33.Burning buildings were among the most powerful and poignant images

:02:33. > :02:38.of the summer. Arsonists destroyed homes, shops and livelihoods and

:02:38. > :02:42.terrorised communities. This famous photograph showed a young woman

:02:42. > :02:47.leaping to safety. It is an example of why a new rules of engagement

:02:47. > :02:54.need to be drawn up for officers, according to the Inspectorate of

:02:54. > :03:01.Constabulary. If there are not enough police to restrain the sheer

:03:01. > :03:05.numbers, and all the evidence suggests that it will take some

:03:05. > :03:12.hours to muster enough numbers, then they have to have some options

:03:12. > :03:17.to protect our citizens. They may consider using lethal force in some

:03:17. > :03:21.circumstances. The big lesson from the summer is that in any similar

:03:22. > :03:26.unrest in future, we must have more officers on the streets. The police

:03:27. > :03:33.estimate that they need to outnumber the rioters Blair at

:03:33. > :03:36.least three to one in order to make arrests. But it also says the

:03:36. > :03:40.police need to look at the possibility of bringing in water-

:03:40. > :03:43.cannon and plastic bullets, up until now only used in riots in

:03:43. > :03:48.Northern Ireland. The latest plastic bullets are designed to

:03:48. > :03:50.reduce the risk of injury. But one police chief, who used to be in

:03:50. > :03:57.charge in Northern Ireland, thinks the Inspectorate of Constabulary

:03:57. > :04:02.has got it wrong. Baton rounds and water cannon buy you distance. What

:04:02. > :04:07.you saw in London were fast moving crowds, not standing still, in

:04:07. > :04:14.which case these measures would have been totally useless. And

:04:14. > :04:18.sadly, on occasions, people have died from baton rounds, and they

:04:18. > :04:23.remembered ever after by their families. Tottenham, where the

:04:23. > :04:26.trouble began. This neighbourhood is a reminder of what was lost. But

:04:26. > :04:31.one community leader believes that while the police have to learn

:04:31. > :04:39.lessons, lethal force should not be part of the solution. No, it is

:04:39. > :04:43.crazy to even suggest it. History shows you that a round-the-world,

:04:43. > :04:47.in Northern Ireland, it has not worked, it has not solved the

:04:47. > :04:52.problem. After the riots in Tottenham, there has been a big

:04:52. > :04:56.focus on police-community relations. The rules state that for the police

:04:56. > :04:59.to open fire, they have to believe there is an imminent threat to life.

:04:59. > :05:04.This is generally the case when there is someone with a weapon. And

:05:04. > :05:08.of course, it was a police shooting which sparked the disturbances here.

:05:08. > :05:15.This was the man who was shot dead, Mark Duggan. A firearm was

:05:15. > :05:18.recovered from the scene, and his death is still being investigated.

:05:18. > :05:22.Four months after the events of the summer, the big question is, if

:05:22. > :05:28.there is a repeat, should the police make greater use of their

:05:28. > :05:31.firepower? Let's pick up on the point you made at the end there,

:05:31. > :05:35.how likely is it, do you think, that British police forces will

:05:35. > :05:40.embrace some of these more extreme tactics? When it comes to using

:05:40. > :05:43.live rounds on arsonists, the Inspectorate of Constabulary is

:05:43. > :05:47.stressing this would be absolutely a last resort. The challenge for

:05:47. > :05:51.police when they open fire is that they have to make decisions in a

:05:51. > :05:55.split-second. During a riot, that would be very difficult to do. Also

:05:55. > :05:58.there is the fact that this summer just gone, many of the people on

:05:58. > :06:05.the streets were very young. When it comes to water cannon and

:06:05. > :06:11.plastic bullets, we were hearing from Sir Hugh ward, one of the few

:06:11. > :06:15.officers who has employed both, giving an emphatic no. It would

:06:15. > :06:19.mark a significant change in British policing if those things

:06:19. > :06:29.were to be employed. Only yesterday, a parliamentary committee was

:06:29. > :06:31.

:06:31. > :06:35.saying no to water cannon and Piers Morgan, the former editor of

:06:35. > :06:38.the News of world and of the Daily Mirror has been giving evidence to

:06:38. > :06:43.the Leveson inquiry into press standards. He denied the suggestion

:06:43. > :06:47.that phone hacking had been endemic at the Daily Mirror, and claimed

:06:47. > :06:54.that his journalists all knew they had to operate within the law. He

:06:54. > :06:58.did admit to listening to a voice message which had been left by Sir

:06:58. > :07:03.Paul McCartney for his former wife, but refused to say who played it to

:07:03. > :07:08.him. He was 28 when he was editor at the News of the World. He then

:07:08. > :07:12.went to the Daily Mirror, and on to television. Now, he is the high-

:07:12. > :07:16.profile post of an American chat show. Piers Morgan relishes his

:07:16. > :07:21.status as interrogator of the stars. But today, by satellite link from

:07:21. > :07:25.Los Angeles, he was placed under an oath to answer questions. He

:07:25. > :07:30.started jauntily, but when it came to phone hacking, his answers

:07:30. > :07:35.became noticeably more terse. Your newspaper was near the top of the

:07:35. > :07:45.list, wasn't it? Top of the list of what. Of those who were carrying

:07:45. > :07:48.out this sort of practice. And you well know that. You also well know

:07:48. > :07:53.that not one single person has made a formal complaint against the

:07:53. > :07:59.Daily Mirror. He was asked about a private voicemail message left by

:07:59. > :08:04.Paul McCartney for his then girlfriend, Heather Mills.

:08:04. > :08:09.listened to a tape of a message, yes. It was a voicemail message,

:08:09. > :08:14.wasn't it? I believed it was, yes. Mr Morgan said he had to protect

:08:14. > :08:21.his sources so could not say more. Lord Justice Leveson was becoming

:08:21. > :08:24.exasperated. I am perfectly happy to call Lady McCartney to give

:08:24. > :08:30.evidence as to whether she authorised you to listen to her

:08:30. > :08:35.voice mails. Mr Morgan remained rural on that subject, and denied

:08:35. > :08:40.he had heard other celebrity voice mails, and insisted he had not even

:08:40. > :08:46.known phone hacking took place. have no reason or knowledge to

:08:46. > :08:49.believe it was going on. But what did you yourself know from your own

:08:50. > :08:59.perception of what was going on? Did you see this sort of thing

:09:00. > :09:00.

:09:00. > :09:04.going on, Mr Morgan? No. Are you sure about that? 100%. In one

:09:04. > :09:07.tantalising moment, he was quoting from his diaries about Rupert

:09:07. > :09:13.Murdoch's dismissive attitude towards the Press Complaints

:09:13. > :09:18.Commission. That may not be his recollection of events. I'm not

:09:18. > :09:22.asking you for his book collection. I can ask him that. And that would

:09:22. > :09:26.appear to mean that Rupert Murdoch himself is to be called to give

:09:26. > :09:32.evidence. But today, it was Piers Morgan, who, before he hurried off

:09:32. > :09:36.to do his chat show, signed off from the inquiry with a complaint.

:09:36. > :09:40.After 1.5 hours of evidence, he said he felt like a badly treated

:09:40. > :09:47.rock-star, whose low points were constantly being played, but whose

:09:47. > :09:51.successes were ignored. During the day, News International

:09:51. > :09:54.agreed settlements with several high-profile people affected by the

:09:54. > :09:59.phone hacking scandal at the News of the World. The company confirmed

:09:59. > :10:08.that it had settled claims brought by Princess Diana's former lover,

:10:08. > :10:12.James Hewitt, television presenter Ulrika Jonsson and five others. A

:10:12. > :10:16.man has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence after

:10:16. > :10:20.arriving at Birmingham airport on a flight from Dubai. He was suspected

:10:20. > :10:25.of having a document which could be of use to someone planning an act

:10:25. > :10:29.of terrorism. In North Korea, the country's new leader, Kim Jong Un,

:10:29. > :10:34.has led mourners as they pay their last respects to his father, Kim

:10:34. > :10:39.Jong Il, whose body is now lying in state. He died on Saturday at the

:10:39. > :10:42.age of 69. The country has entered an 11 day period of mourning.

:10:42. > :10:46.Foreign governments concerned about the transition of power have been

:10:46. > :10:53.monitoring events, as our correspondent reports from

:10:53. > :11:01.neighbouring South Korea. Kim Jong Il, a face so familiar to the

:11:01. > :11:05.outside world, revered, reviled, even caricatured, now mourned. And

:11:05. > :11:11.this is the new guardian of North Korea's nuclear weapons, his son,

:11:11. > :11:16.Kim Jong Un. He is not yet 30 years old, but he is every bit as

:11:16. > :11:26.enigmatic as his father. He's the man China and America will be

:11:26. > :11:33.negotiating with. And these are the people he will be ruling. Many of

:11:33. > :11:39.them are poorer and hungrier than when his father took power. The

:11:39. > :11:46.tears appear to be just as real, but those who were there the last

:11:46. > :11:51.time North Korea changed its rules say, do not believe everything.

:11:51. > :11:56.TRANSLATION: You could not not cry in public, so people used to pinch

:11:56. > :12:01.themselves to make themselves cry. Others were just laughing. When I

:12:01. > :12:06.look at it now, I think it is even more fake. But the biggest concern

:12:06. > :12:10.around the world is not insincerity on the streets of Pyongyang, but

:12:10. > :12:15.instability. TRANSLATION: People will be

:12:15. > :12:20.watching for signs of his inexperience. From outside the

:12:20. > :12:25.country, governments are straining to get a clear picture of how this

:12:25. > :12:29.transition is unfolding, and the tensions it might produce. North

:12:29. > :12:34.Korean leaders have never been toppled by hardship, not political

:12:34. > :12:39.repression or even famine. But the slow creep of capitalism into their

:12:39. > :12:46.country may be an even bigger threat. This communist state has

:12:46. > :12:49.already had to loosen its strict controls on the economy, but when

:12:49. > :12:56.its new leader choose more reform or more repression to hold it

:12:56. > :13:00.Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs enjoys an unduly cosy relationship

:13:00. > :13:04.with some of Britain's biggest firms, according to a parliamentary

:13:04. > :13:07.committee. The MPs drew attention to �25 billion worth of unsettled

:13:07. > :13:12.tax bills, alleging that big companies are treated more

:13:12. > :13:17.favourably than individuals and small businesses. Downing Street

:13:17. > :13:20.into the end -- intervened to defend the new collection system.

:13:20. > :13:26.The nation's tax collectors, HM Revenue & Customs, are accused of

:13:26. > :13:34.not doing enough to bring in tax from business. There is �25 billion

:13:35. > :13:39.of unresolved tax bills according Vodafone is one major company which

:13:39. > :13:44.has been targeted by protesters, alleging that business is not

:13:44. > :13:48.paying its fair share. Vodafone denies those claims. Top Shop is

:13:48. > :13:52.another which has been the focus of these campaigners. Now a Commons

:13:53. > :14:02.committee is to Lee Cook -- critical of HMRC, suggesting it has

:14:03. > :14:04.

:14:04. > :14:08.been cosying up to big business. -- strongly critical. They hide behind

:14:08. > :14:13.this cloak of secrecy, claiming confidentiality of taxpayers'

:14:13. > :14:18.affairs. In a case involving the investment bank, Goldman Sachs,

:14:18. > :14:21.HMRC admitted to an �8 million mistake over what was owed. A

:14:21. > :14:25.whistleblower claim to the unpaid bill was more like �20 million,

:14:25. > :14:32.though the tax authority denied that. It provoked fierce exchanges

:14:32. > :14:36.at the hearings. Was the taxpayer ripped off? Absolutely not. Did we

:14:36. > :14:43.lose �10 million that we should have had? It was smaller than that.

:14:43. > :14:47.What was it? I am sorry, I am in grievous difficulty of taxpayer

:14:47. > :14:53.confidentiality. Some small business owners are worried they

:14:53. > :14:56.will be getting tougher treatment than the big corporations. If they

:14:56. > :15:01.are going to treat larger businesses with kid gloves, in some

:15:01. > :15:06.respects, I would like to see them treating small businesses and

:15:06. > :15:09.freelancers the same way. Working out the UK tax liabilities of

:15:09. > :15:14.multinational companies, including those based in the City of London,

:15:14. > :15:17.is far from straightforward. Tax law is highly complex and

:15:17. > :15:23.businesses acting on behalf of shareholders will want to do

:15:23. > :15:26.whatever they can to reduce their tax bills. With all the reliefs and

:15:26. > :15:30.exemptions that exist for legitimate reasons, it is difficult

:15:30. > :15:34.to determine what the right amount of tax is. That can either be done

:15:34. > :15:37.because you test it through the courts, and that is a long,

:15:37. > :15:42.expensive process, all the encouragement is to do it

:15:42. > :15:47.collaboratively. Downing Street has defended the tax authorities and

:15:47. > :15:53.has denied there is an unduly cosy relationship with big business. All

:15:53. > :15:58.taxpayers are treated evenly, it Coming up, America's new ball, how

:15:58. > :16:05.many families have lost their homes as the economy stagnates --

:16:05. > :16:15.American's new poor. I don't think we deserve this, but at the same

:16:15. > :16:15.

:16:15. > :16:19.The Liverpool striker, Luis Suarez, has been banned for eight matches

:16:19. > :16:23.and fined �40,000 for racially abusing another player. Suarez was

:16:23. > :16:28.found guilty of misconduct by the Football Association for comments

:16:28. > :16:32.he made to Manchester United's Patrice Evra. The report said they

:16:32. > :16:37.are very surprised and disappointed by the outcome.

:16:37. > :16:39.It was the confrontation that led to Luis Suarez becoming the

:16:39. > :16:44.highest-profile player in Premier League history to be found guilty

:16:44. > :16:47.of racial abuse. Liverpool's Uruguayan striker was accused by

:16:47. > :16:52.Manchester United's Frenchman, Patrice Evra, of repeatedly

:16:52. > :16:57.insulting him. Suarez said he used a span age variation of the word,

:16:57. > :17:02.Negro, -- a Spanish variation. Denying it was an insult in his

:17:02. > :17:12.native country. But the FA decided it was racial abuse, handing the

:17:12. > :17:20.

:17:20. > :17:24.Goals like this means Suarez will be sorely missed by Liverpool. The

:17:24. > :17:29.striker expressed his dismay at the length of his suspension. The stain

:17:29. > :17:39.of his reputation may linger longer. The case centred around the use of

:17:39. > :17:40.

:17:40. > :17:46.the world -- the words nigrito, which is acceptable apparently, for

:17:46. > :17:51.Luis Suarez. But for us in the UK, it is not acceptable, it is wrong,

:17:51. > :17:54.it is racially offensive. England FA it is still waiting to

:17:54. > :18:00.discover whether John Terry will face a criminal prosecution for an

:18:00. > :18:04.alleged separate incident of racism towards another opponent. Two

:18:04. > :18:08.incidents which have raised the issue of racism like never before.

:18:08. > :18:12.With Liverpool considering an appeal, a case complicated by

:18:12. > :18:15.cultural nuances may not yet be over.

:18:15. > :18:19.An outline agreement for big changes by public sector pensions

:18:19. > :18:24.has been achieved according to the government, a book called -- after

:18:24. > :18:34.months of negotiations and a national strike, ministers believe

:18:34. > :18:39.

:18:39. > :18:43.most trade unions have agreed in To is this deal in danger of

:18:43. > :18:49.falling apart? It was supposed to be a singer but a moment for

:18:49. > :18:55.ministers, saying they have this outline agreement -- it was

:18:55. > :18:59.supposed to be a significant moment for ministers. As you say, there

:18:59. > :19:03.has been this last-minute hitch, it involves the Communities Secretary,

:19:03. > :19:06.Eric Pickles. He wrote a letter to the local government unions and in

:19:06. > :19:11.it, he talked about a cap on employer contributions. The problem

:19:11. > :19:15.is, that had not been agreed with the unions in advance. It has led

:19:15. > :19:19.the GMB to accuse Mr Pickles of complete the undermining the

:19:19. > :19:24.process and they have withdrawn their support while they wait for

:19:24. > :19:28.clarification. The government said it was a mistake but they want a --

:19:28. > :19:32.the unions want a meeting with ministers. Behind the scenes, some

:19:32. > :19:35.ministers are pretty furious that this has taken the shine off what

:19:35. > :19:39.they think should have been a very good day for the Government.

:19:39. > :19:43.Thank you. The Prime Minister has spent the

:19:43. > :19:48.day visiting British forces in Afghanistan. The visit was badly

:19:48. > :19:51.disrupted by bad weather, but Mr Cameron let RAF crews stationed in

:19:51. > :19:54.Kandahar, and later was asked whether the government should be

:19:54. > :19:59.doing more to improve the welfare of troops and their families.

:19:59. > :20:09.have taken a range of steps, like doubling the operational allowance,

:20:09. > :20:14.cutting council tax, making sure There is more that needs to be done

:20:14. > :20:18.not just by government but by the whole country to recognise the

:20:18. > :20:21.forces, but I think we have made good progress this year.

:20:21. > :20:26.The latest census of the US population suggests that nearly

:20:27. > :20:33.half of all American citizens are now classed as Paul on a low income.

:20:33. > :20:43.The state of the economy and the impact on many a recurrence our as

:20:43. > :20:47.

:20:47. > :20:52.Rising numbers of families in Colorado are losing their homes.

:20:52. > :20:57.Winter in America, and the chill from an economic crisis that began

:20:57. > :21:02.three years ago has set in. Denver, Colorado was a brash, can-do place

:21:02. > :21:07.that grew rich on energy and mining. When night falls, the Other America

:21:07. > :21:11.emerges from the shadows. Grim streets where drug dealers and

:21:11. > :21:16.prostitutes tout for business around strip joints and seedy

:21:16. > :21:19.motels. And this is also where you will find America's new homes.

:21:19. > :21:26.Entire families to have lost everything, hunting for a room for

:21:26. > :21:34.the night. Like Angela Rowe and his family. Moving into a motel, run by

:21:34. > :21:38.a charity -- Angelo and his family. He is a single father with three

:21:38. > :21:43.kids. Earlier today, they were evicted from their house. It is

:21:44. > :21:47.hard, rough, unforgiving. Nobody is going to help you, except yourself

:21:47. > :21:52.full but that is the only hope that is there for you, that is what I

:21:52. > :21:56.believe. -- that is the only help there is. Accurate figures are hard

:21:56. > :21:59.to come by, but it is thought as many as 3.5 million Americans need

:21:59. > :22:06.shelter like this at some point in the year. Increasingly, it is

:22:06. > :22:10.families that are the made homeless. -- being made homeless. It doesn't

:22:10. > :22:14.get much harder than this. Robert and Victoria and their six children

:22:14. > :22:17.have been living in the motel for weeks. He lost his job in

:22:17. > :22:23.construction this autumn and he doesn't have enough money to pay

:22:23. > :22:27.the rent. We had a home, a yard for our kids to play in, two dogs. I

:22:27. > :22:37.used to make dinner every night. Now I can't even cook for my family.

:22:37. > :22:38.

:22:38. > :22:48.That's hard. I just miss our life. I don't think we deserve this. But

:22:48. > :22:53.

:22:53. > :22:57.at the same time, I am like, that's What there may be signs that the

:22:57. > :23:00.economy is improving, but the stories on the ground are so

:23:00. > :23:06.different. My kids know we're not going do have much of a Christmas

:23:06. > :23:11.this year. They are OK with that. As long as we have each other.

:23:11. > :23:17.Actually, this one, she told me, even if we do get presents, can we

:23:17. > :23:21.just wrap them and give them to the other kids that need them?

:23:21. > :23:25.The family are victims of a slowdown and no one seems able to

:23:25. > :23:35.control. For growing numbers of people, this is where their

:23:35. > :23:36.

:23:36. > :23:41.A famous sculpture by Barbara Hepworth has been stolen by

:23:41. > :23:44.suspected metal thieves from a park in south London. The large bronze,

:23:44. > :23:48.called Two Forms (Divided Circle), had been on display in Derek --

:23:48. > :23:52.Dulwich Park for over 40 years. Staff discovered the theft this

:23:52. > :23:56.morning. A reward has been offered for information leading to the

:23:56. > :24:00.thieves arrest and conviction. Astronomers in the United States,

:24:00. > :24:04.who have been studying a distant star similar to our own son, have

:24:05. > :24:14.found what they say are the most important Planets ever discovered

:24:15. > :24:20.

:24:20. > :24:24.outside the solar system -- our own Planets orbit many of the stars we

:24:24. > :24:29.see in the night sky. The big question is, could one of them be

:24:29. > :24:35.like our own? Scientists believe they have found one that once was.

:24:35. > :24:39.Orbiting a star 1,000 light years away, this is the first planet as

:24:39. > :24:45.scientists have discovered that is almost exactly the same size as our

:24:45. > :24:49.turf. It is too hot to support life now -- as our earth. Millions of

:24:49. > :24:54.years ago it was further from its sun, so temperatures were much

:24:54. > :24:58.lower. In the past, if it was further from its sun, it may have

:24:58. > :25:03.been cooler, it may have perhaps had oceans of water, possibly even

:25:03. > :25:07.have been suitable for life. Researchers worked -- writing in

:25:07. > :25:13.the journal, Major, have discovered a second planet around the start

:25:13. > :25:19.that is slightly smaller than the Earth -- the journal, Nature. It is

:25:19. > :25:25.also too hot to support life. The discovery was made with NASA's

:25:25. > :25:29.Kepler Telescope. It looks all planets twinkling. Up until now,

:25:29. > :25:37.researchers have only done planets much larger being -- larger than

:25:37. > :25:41.the Earth, the most recent being Today they have announced a

:25:41. > :25:46.discovery of a planet that is the same size, Kepler-20f, and one that

:25:46. > :25:51.is a little smaller, Kepler-20e. Scientists believe that planets at

:25:51. > :25:54.a similar size to ours are more likely to support life. I think we

:25:54. > :26:00.will find many more planets that I'll have like. I think we will

:26:00. > :26:04.find life out there. -- that are earth like. We may not find

:26:04. > :26:09.intelligent life, it may be green slime, but we may be there.

:26:09. > :26:12.Scientists may not have long to wait. With the telescope scanning