:00:09. > :00:19.The UK's flagging economy needs help to kick start growth, possibly
:00:19. > :00:21.
:00:21. > :00:23.a further cut to interest rates. Under scrutiny. The International
:00:23. > :00:29.Monetary Fund says the Government's made substantial progress towards
:00:29. > :00:35.balancing its books but more could be done. Growth is too slow and
:00:35. > :00:41.youth unemployment too high. Policies to bolster demand before
:00:41. > :00:44.low-growth becomes entrenched are needed. The warning comes as lower
:00:44. > :00:47.food and energy prices lead to the biggest fall in inflation for more
:00:47. > :00:50.than two years. We'll be assessing what this means for the Government.
:00:50. > :00:54.Also tonight: A court has been told the parents of Shafilea Ahmed used
:00:54. > :00:59.a plastic bag to suffocate her in 2003. Allegations of corruption at
:00:59. > :01:01.the heart of Scotland Yard. MPs hear claims that police officers
:01:02. > :01:07.working for an anti-corruption unit received payments from private
:01:07. > :01:13.detectives. Not enough pain killers for tens of thousands of Britain's
:01:13. > :01:17.sickest. The health watchdog says more should be given. And boosting
:01:17. > :01:27.Britain's electricity. Plans for a new generation of nuclear power
:01:27. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:31.plants and giant wind farms. Tonight: The search for hundreds of
:01:31. > :01:41.suspected cancer patients who may have missed urgent treatment
:01:41. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:03.Good evening. A further cut to interest rates and yet more money
:02:03. > :02:06.pumped into the economy by the Bank of England. Those are just some of
:02:06. > :02:08.the measures that should be considered to help get Britain
:02:08. > :02:12.moving. That's the view of the International Monetary Fund which
:02:12. > :02:14.gave its verdict on the UK economy today. The IMF gave its support to
:02:15. > :02:18.the government's policies to cut the budget deficit but said more
:02:18. > :02:21.needed to be done to tackle high unemployment and a lack of growth.
:02:21. > :02:28.It came as inflation fell to 3%, its lowest level for two years.
:02:28. > :02:32.Stephanie Flanders has this assessment. The UK economy has been
:02:32. > :02:37.getting its annual inspection from the International Monetary Fund and
:02:37. > :02:43.the verdict is in. Things are not going well at all. The economic
:02:43. > :02:48.recovery in the UK has not taken hold. The stresses in the euro area
:02:49. > :02:55.affect the UK through many channels. Kriss Akabusi is too slow and
:02:55. > :03:00.unemployment, including youth unemployment, too high. -- growth.
:03:00. > :03:04.Policies to bolster demand are needed. He is still smiling. The
:03:04. > :03:10.fund things the Government is on the right track even if the economy
:03:10. > :03:14.is not. The IMF could not be clearer today. Britain needs to
:03:14. > :03:24.deal with its debts. The fiscal policy is appropriate and an
:03:24. > :03:42.
:03:42. > :03:50.essential part to our road to The IMF wants the Bank of England
:03:50. > :03:55.to cut interest rates even further. The latest news on prices could
:03:55. > :04:02.make it easier for the bank to follow that advice, according to
:04:03. > :04:10.the consumer prices index was up inflation fell from 3.5% to 3%. The
:04:10. > :04:14.broader Retail Prices Index fell by less to 3.5%. Inflation might be
:04:14. > :04:21.falling but these parents in Hertfordshire are no more upbeat
:04:21. > :04:26.about the economy than the IMF. Everything has gone up. Even school
:04:26. > :04:32.clubs like this one. You cut down on everything. If you see the
:04:32. > :04:37.bargains in the supermarkets, things that a cheaper, you buy them.
:04:37. > :04:42.The economy is flat. The Government should be doing more to help. If
:04:42. > :04:47.things get worse, it things it should take the advice of Labour
:04:47. > :04:52.with a temporary cut in VAT. It is important for the Chancellor.
:04:52. > :04:57.Christine Lagarde does not think things are bad enough for that just
:04:57. > :05:02.yet. Mr Osborne has not stuck rigidly to his bold targets. Right
:05:02. > :05:06.now that is enough to reassure the IMF and not Ed Balls. The IMF said
:05:06. > :05:10.last September, if the British economy underperformers, the
:05:10. > :05:18.Government should act on jobs. There should be a tax cut do get
:05:18. > :05:21.the economy moving. Since then her hour economy has gone back into
:05:21. > :05:26.recession. Dark clouds in the eurozone do not give the Chancellor
:05:26. > :05:33.much to feel good about. It seems he still has a friend in the IMF,
:05:33. > :05:37.at least one now. Our political editor is in Downing Street for us.
:05:37. > :05:41.Some praise from the Government on one hand but more needs to be done.
:05:41. > :05:51.There is something for everyone in the IMF report. The Chancellor has
:05:51. > :05:57.every right to feel most pleased. The image of Mrs Lagarde is one at
:05:57. > :06:03.that he will want to evoke. He will want to protect insane there is no
:06:03. > :06:08.choice in austerity and growth. -- insane. He will insist that more
:06:09. > :06:12.spending is not the solution to the problems in Britain and Europe. The
:06:12. > :06:15.IMF were cleared the British economy is not growing enough and
:06:15. > :06:20.the Government should do more and the Bank of England should do more.
:06:20. > :06:24.There was a puzzle at the end of all of theirs. In recent Mansi
:06:24. > :06:32.International Monetary Fund has said, if the British economy does
:06:32. > :06:37.not get moving and moving soon, it should consider a plan be. Why did
:06:37. > :06:43.they not argue for that today? -- Plan B Macro. The reason appears to
:06:43. > :06:47.be this. Last autumn, the Government did take an important
:06:47. > :06:51.decision. Even though the economy was growing slower, it did not
:06:51. > :06:57.announce further cuts - bigger spending cuts - in order to stick
:06:57. > :07:01.to its deficit plans. It said, we will take a couple more years. The
:07:01. > :07:10.Government will not change its approach. If the economy really
:07:10. > :07:14.does not grow, that debate will start in earnest. The sister of
:07:14. > :07:19.Tapani Kalmaru, who was allegedly murdered by her parents in 2003,
:07:19. > :07:25.has been giving evidence against them at Chester Crown Court. --
:07:26. > :07:31.Shafilea Ahmed. Alesha Ahmed said her parents abused Shafilea Ahmed
:07:31. > :07:36.every day. Her parents used a plastic bag to suffocate the 17th
:07:36. > :07:40.year-old, the court was told. Iftikhar Ahmed arrived at court
:07:40. > :07:44.this morning with his wife walking behind him, in the knowledge that
:07:45. > :07:49.one of their daughters alleges they murdered her sister. Tapani Kalmaru
:07:49. > :07:56.was said to have been physically abused by her parents nearly every
:07:56. > :08:00.day. -- Shafilea Ahmed. The jury heard it resulted in them
:08:00. > :08:05.suffocating her, forcing a plastic bag into her mouth and putting
:08:05. > :08:11.their hands over her face. There had been daily conflict at the
:08:11. > :08:15.family home in Warrington. Her sister told the court that, on one
:08:15. > :08:20.occasion, their parents had threatened her with a knife. They
:08:20. > :08:26.said -- she said they were hitting have. It was out of control. She
:08:26. > :08:32.was just taking it. The jury was also told that Shafilea Ahmed had
:08:32. > :08:36.been taken on a trip to Pakistan to stay with family. Was there, have
:08:36. > :08:41.father had threatened her saying, there is a gun back there, and if
:08:41. > :08:48.something were to happen to you, no one would find out. The body was
:08:48. > :08:52.discovered in February, 2004, by a river in Celtic in Cumbria. The
:08:52. > :08:58.prosecution say her parents killed her because they felt she was
:08:58. > :09:02.bringing shame on the family. The parents deny murder. The court has
:09:02. > :09:07.heard that Alesha Ahmed only came forward to give her allegation
:09:07. > :09:10.after being involved in a robbery at the family home. The jury is
:09:10. > :09:13.being asked to consider whether she is lying to somehow help herself
:09:14. > :09:23.when she is sentenced for the rub real issue is telling the truth,
:09:23. > :09:29.having lived with the family's secret Panathenaic Stadium seven
:09:29. > :09:37.years. Scotland Yard to -- for at seven years. Scotland judge is
:09:37. > :09:40.investigating charges of allegations. -- Scotland Yard. The
:09:40. > :09:45.home affairs select committee has heard allegations a private
:09:45. > :09:55.investigation firm paid money for information. The former detective
:09:55. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:00.has denied any wrongdoing. Mark Easton has this exclusive report in
:10:00. > :10:05.August of last year a bundle of documents was received by the IPCC.
:10:05. > :10:09.An identical bundle turned up at the office of the then Commissioner
:10:09. > :10:14.of the Metropolitan Police. Although anonymous, paperwork
:10:14. > :10:18.included detailed invoices and expense ledgers which the picture
:10:18. > :10:22.show a firm of private investigators had handed over
:10:22. > :10:26.thousands of pounds in cash to Metropolitan Police officers in
:10:26. > :10:30.return for confidential information. The officers were members of the
:10:31. > :10:40.proceeds of Corruption Unit, based at Scotland club. The private
:10:40. > :10:44.investigators are working for the man they were pursuing -- pursuing.
:10:44. > :10:48.James Ibori was the former state governor of the oil-rich delta
:10:48. > :10:53.region in Nigeria, a corrupt official who stole hundreds of
:10:53. > :10:58.millions of pounds from his homeland. He used cash to buy
:10:58. > :11:04.luxury cars and property, including homes in the UK. A specially funded
:11:04. > :11:08.unit was set up but Scotland Yard to capture him. Last month he was
:11:08. > :11:11.sentenced to 30 years for money laundering. Protected by the legal
:11:11. > :11:19.privileges of the Houses of Parliament Ramagge the lawyer for
:11:20. > :11:26.another man jailed as part of the clot said they had themselves been
:11:26. > :11:32.corrupted. -- the plot. A private investigations paid the police.
:11:32. > :11:38.Half-a-dozen payments totalling about �20,000 had a pit for over
:11:38. > :11:42.eight or nine months. There is a detailed list of expenses occurred
:11:42. > :11:52.by risk management, including one in April, 2008, just before the
:11:52. > :12:00.
:12:00. > :12:05.London solicitor of James Ibori was Immediate -- below the Leger reads:
:12:05. > :12:09.Risk management denies they had ever paid any police officer.
:12:09. > :12:12.information we received to date we will pursue to give those who are
:12:12. > :12:17.not present the opportunity of responding to the very serious
:12:17. > :12:22.allegations that have been made by this firm of solicitors. The man
:12:22. > :12:26.who led the inquiry, former Detective Inspector Gary Walters,
:12:26. > :12:32.was described as a key culprit to the affair. He denies any
:12:32. > :12:37.wrongdoing. The serving officers also named today where John
:12:37. > :12:41.MacDonald and Peter Clark. They have declined to comment on the
:12:41. > :12:47.allegations. DI Walters appears to have been working with risk
:12:47. > :12:52.management. You see him giving conference speeches. The police
:12:52. > :12:56.officer involved is working for the private investigator? That appears
:12:56. > :13:06.to be the case. Scotland Yard has said that since last October they
:13:06. > :13:11.
:13:11. > :13:16.have been investigating an However, been there seven month
:13:16. > :13:21.since it began, I have learned the inquiry has not spoken to risk
:13:21. > :13:25.management, not to the legal firm whose name appears on the invoices.
:13:25. > :13:29.No police officer has been asked about the allegations. It is not
:13:29. > :13:33.possible to be certain whether the documents are genuine or elaborate
:13:33. > :13:39.fakes or whether any money was received by a police officer - of
:13:39. > :13:48.those who might gain most from the claims are convicted fraudsters.
:13:48. > :13:50.The allegations put extra pressure A series of new measures has been
:13:50. > :13:54.outlined to tackle antisocial behaviour in communities in England
:13:54. > :13:57.and Wales. ASBOs would be replaced with a system of orders giving
:13:57. > :14:00.communities a greater say. Ministers also want to speed up the
:14:00. > :14:04.eviction of the most disruptive tenants. Labour says the overall
:14:04. > :14:06.plans will make matters worse. Tens of thousands of patients with
:14:06. > :14:10.advanced cancer and other chronic illnesses are suffering because
:14:10. > :14:14.they aren't being given adequate pain relief. That's according to
:14:14. > :14:17.the health watchdog NICE. It has issued new guidance in the hope of
:14:17. > :14:24.increasing the use of morphine and other strong painkillers known as
:14:25. > :14:30.opioids. Fergus Walsh reports. A these medicines are so potent, they
:14:30. > :14:35.must be kept under lock and key. Morphine and diamorphine, or
:14:35. > :14:39.heroine, are produced from opium poppies, used to control pain for
:14:39. > :14:44.thousands of years, but they are being overlooked by 21st century
:14:44. > :14:50.medicine. Daniel Hopkins has terminal lung cancer and until he
:14:50. > :14:55.came to St Gemma's Hospice in Leeds was in excruciating pain.
:14:55. > :15:03.Tremendous pain. On the scale of 1- 10, it shot off the top of the
:15:03. > :15:08.scale. Morphine has changed that. After, it just can't see down. I
:15:08. > :15:13.have no pain at all now. At 10 pence a tablet for morphine, cost
:15:13. > :15:21.is not an issue, so why are so many doctors not using opioids to
:15:21. > :15:26.control patients' pain? Doctors share the fears of their patients,
:15:26. > :15:30.that patients may become intolerant or addicted to painkillers. Often
:15:30. > :15:35.these are misplaced fears. Doctors fail to mention side-effects and
:15:35. > :15:39.how to deal with them. There is also the legacy of Dr Harold
:15:39. > :15:47.Shipman, who used diamorphine to murder his victims. It has made
:15:47. > :15:51.many doctors are wary of prescribing strong opioids.
:15:51. > :15:55.Research suggests that one in two patients with advanced cancer do
:15:55. > :16:02.not have adequate pain control and the problem applies to other long-
:16:02. > :16:06.term conditions, such as heart failure and neurological disorders.
:16:06. > :16:11.Natalie's husband, Mark, was diagnosed with motor neurone
:16:11. > :16:14.disease shortly before their wedding. Within months he was
:16:15. > :16:20.totally paralysed and in severe pain. She said the final days
:16:20. > :16:24.before his death or agonising. was awful to watch. He was asking
:16:24. > :16:30.me to help him and I could not help him. He would close his eyes and
:16:30. > :16:34.say, help me, and there was nothing I could do. I was having to beg the
:16:34. > :16:39.nurses to help him. It was the middle of the night and there were
:16:40. > :16:45.no consultants around. Many opioids are now produced synthetically,
:16:45. > :16:49.like this slow release patch. The message to doctors is simple. These
:16:49. > :16:53.medicines work and used responsibly, they can make a dramatic difference
:16:53. > :16:56.to the well-being of patients. Coming up on tonight's programme:
:16:56. > :17:06.With London 2012 just weeks away, an Olympic official at the centre
:17:06. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:13.If you thought your energy bills were already high, they could go up
:17:13. > :17:15.even more under proposals contained in a new energy bill. Power
:17:15. > :17:18.companies would be given guaranteed returns as an incentive to invest
:17:18. > :17:28.in a new generation of nuclear power stations and in renewable
:17:28. > :17:30.energy. -- giant wind farms. It is part of a major overhaul of the
:17:30. > :17:36.power industry, aimed at meeting electricity needs without pushing
:17:36. > :17:42.up greenhouse gas emissions. David Shukman has the details.
:17:42. > :17:46.Britain at night. Bright, but for how much longer? Our power stations
:17:46. > :17:50.are getting older so massive spending is needed. But what to
:17:50. > :17:54.invest in? One option is more conventional power stations,
:17:54. > :18:00.burning gas. They are the cheapest but also the most polluting and
:18:00. > :18:04.they rely on imports. Newt nuclear power stations could generate low
:18:05. > :18:09.carbon electricity but building and is expensive. Wind farms out at sea
:18:09. > :18:14.could generate carbon three power but they are very pricey. Whatever
:18:14. > :18:19.happens, the government says we need major new investment.
:18:19. > :18:24.should not discount any low carbon technology. I think keeping the
:18:24. > :18:30.lights on and making sure we meet our climate change obligations are
:18:30. > :18:35.so important that we need to face up to all the challenges. Here is
:18:35. > :18:38.the dilemma. The government needs new power supplies but its own
:18:38. > :18:43.climate targets means that these should be low carbon, so the
:18:43. > :18:46.investment could cost over �110 billion in the next decade, and
:18:46. > :18:52.because the government does not want nuclear power to receive any
:18:52. > :18:56.public subsidy, consumers will carry the cost. An extra �105 a
:18:56. > :19:01.year on their bills by 2030 according to one government
:19:01. > :19:06.estimate. Ministers say that with the risk of rising gas prices, that
:19:06. > :19:09.investment is worth it. The whole strategy depends upon the energy
:19:09. > :19:15.companies and whether they invest. They are still waiting for key
:19:15. > :19:20.details. If is an important step, it is a wide ranging and complex
:19:20. > :19:25.set of reforms. Ideally it would be simpler. There is a lot of work to
:19:25. > :19:29.do on the detail and we will be working with the government.
:19:29. > :19:35.Exactly how much bills will go up and for how long? Consumer groups
:19:35. > :19:38.are worried. Ultimately, the policies in place are designed to
:19:39. > :19:43.make sure that bills are more affordable in the longer term but
:19:43. > :19:47.we have got to get there and it will probably mean a painful time
:19:47. > :19:51.for lots of consumers. It is built of the transformation of the
:19:51. > :19:55.electricity market, some think everybody agrees is owed and, but
:19:55. > :20:01.what matters now is the small print of the new measures and that is not
:20:01. > :20:04.settled -- everybody agrees is urgent.
:20:04. > :20:07.The prospect of some convicted prisoners getting the right to vote
:20:07. > :20:12.may have moved a step closer after a ruling at the European Court of
:20:12. > :20:15.Human Rights in Strasbourg. In the past, David Cameron has said he
:20:15. > :20:20.feels physically ill at the idea, but the government has been given
:20:20. > :20:23.six months to respond to a test case that has come before the court.
:20:23. > :20:26.Leaders from across Europe will meet in Brussels tomorrow to try to
:20:26. > :20:30.agree measures for economic growth and to find a solution to the debt
:20:30. > :20:34.crisis in Greece. Fresh elections will be held there next month. They
:20:34. > :20:37.are being seen by many as a vote on whether to continue with austerity
:20:37. > :20:41.measures imposed to tackle the deficit. Hugh Pym reports from
:20:41. > :20:45.Athens on the challenge facing Greece.
:20:45. > :20:50.Thousands of years of history and prestige, but where does Greece go
:20:50. > :20:53.from here? You come to the future it is as uncertain as ever. There
:20:53. > :20:58.is the sense of waiting for something to turn up but as for
:20:58. > :21:04.what that something is, nobody is given to guests. Many people in the
:21:04. > :21:06.UK and Europe will be asking a game, how did Greece get into this mess
:21:06. > :21:11.and why are concerns about the Greek economy causing such
:21:11. > :21:16.shockwaves across the world's financial markets? Greek government
:21:16. > :21:20.debt soared so it had to be bailed out. It would have to pay a
:21:20. > :21:27.crippling 30% interest rate if the ballot -- bail-out stopped now and
:21:27. > :21:32.it had to go back to the markets. By comparison, UK costs are below
:21:32. > :21:39.2%. The economy has been shrinking in a lengthy recession. By the end
:21:39. > :21:43.of 2012, output will have fallen by more than 17% in five years. So why
:21:43. > :21:48.is the economy stuck in reverse? I asked the head of the leading Greek
:21:48. > :21:53.business organisation. People prefer to keep whatever Euros they
:21:53. > :21:59.have in a safe and in their wallet and not spend it, and of course,
:21:59. > :22:03.you know, business investment is about taking a calculated risk for
:22:04. > :22:09.the future. It is not possible to calculate any risk at this time, so
:22:09. > :22:14.investment is at a total standstill. Tax rises and spending cuts are not
:22:14. > :22:18.helping growth. Without it and higher tax revenues, Greece will
:22:18. > :22:21.struggle to reduce its borrowing. Its debt problem has become
:22:21. > :22:26.Europe's debt problem because financial markets are so closely
:22:26. > :22:30.interlinked, and leading European banks are still dealing with bad
:22:30. > :22:35.debts caused by the downturn. There are fears that further losses in
:22:35. > :22:39.Greece could damage confidence across the system. There are
:22:39. > :22:44.warnings of severe consequences for European banks, including the UK's,
:22:44. > :22:48.if there is the complete default. If Greece is not in they've
:22:48. > :22:55.situation to continue with the bail-out package and instead it has
:22:55. > :22:59.to officially go bankrupt, then the contagion is going to be very
:22:59. > :23:05.significant. I do not see a way that this can be avoided.
:23:05. > :23:09.Speculation about Greece's ability to repay its debt and membership of
:23:09. > :23:16.the currency will intensify as elections approach. One tourist
:23:16. > :23:22.then dip the selling points of the old currency. -- tourist Sella.
:23:22. > :23:24.Right now it is a souvenir, but what for the future.
:23:24. > :23:26.The first commercial flight carrying supplies to the
:23:26. > :23:34.International Space Station has successfully blasted off from Cape
:23:34. > :23:37.Canaveral in Florida. And launch of the Falcon 9! Falcon 9, an unmanned
:23:37. > :23:41.privately owned rocket, is expected to dock at the space station on
:23:41. > :23:43.Friday. The mission marks a new chapter in the history of space
:23:43. > :23:46.flight. A BBC investigation has discovered
:23:46. > :23:50.that a senior Olympic official from Ukraine was willing to sell
:23:50. > :23:53.thousands of pounds of London 2012 tickets. The General Secretary of
:23:53. > :24:02.Ukraine's National Committee told an undercover reporter posing as a
:24:02. > :24:05.ticket tout that he could provide up to 100 tickets. Under a law
:24:05. > :24:09.introduced for this summer's Games, it is illegal to sell tickets to
:24:09. > :24:15.touts and tonight he has been suspended from his Olympic duties.
:24:15. > :24:20.Adrian Warner reports. Very few tickets are left now for
:24:20. > :24:24.the top events at the Olympics this summer so this is often the moment
:24:24. > :24:28.when touts step into the market, but where do they get their tickets
:24:28. > :24:33.from? It has been suspected him past Games that tickets allocated
:24:33. > :24:38.to Olympic committees around the world have been sold on the black
:24:38. > :24:42.market. In Britain, that is against the law. But a BBC investigation
:24:42. > :24:47.indicates that it is likely to happen again. This is Volodymyr
:24:47. > :24:50.Geraschchenko, general secretary of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee. An
:24:50. > :24:56.undercover BBC reporter arranged a meeting with him in London to
:24:56. > :25:01.discuss buying tickets. He explains that he was in the process of
:25:01. > :25:11.distributing tickets to Ukrainian fans, coaches and officials but
:25:11. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:23.indicated that he should have some Volodymyr Geraschchenko was willing
:25:23. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:29.to discuss how any tickets would be 13 years ago, the International
:25:29. > :25:32.Olympic Committee was hit by a major corruption scandal and vowed
:25:32. > :25:37.to clean up the ranks, so this is particularly embarrassing because
:25:37. > :25:42.it involves one of the big success stories of the Olympics.
:25:42. > :25:45.Unprecedented ticket sales. Do you think it is pie in the sky
:25:45. > :25:54.that you will stop ticket touts? Absolutely not and if I thought
:25:54. > :26:04.that, we would not have increased We ask Volodymyr Geraschchenko
:26:04. > :26:10.
:26:10. > :26:14.London 2012 and the International Olympic Committee say they will
:26:14. > :26:17.investigate the allegations but with 1 million tickets allocated to
:26:17. > :26:24.Olympic Committee's worldwide, any suggestion of them getting into the
:26:24. > :26:27.wrong hands could be damaging for the Games.