:00:12. > :00:16.Tonight at 10 o'clock: Hard choices ahead, say ministers, as they
:00:16. > :00:20.struggle with the budget deficit. The Chancellor tells the
:00:20. > :00:26.Conservative conference that more welfare savings must be made to
:00:26. > :00:32.bring down the deficit. We need an effort from each and every one, one
:00:32. > :00:36.nation working hard together. We are still all in this together.
:00:36. > :00:40.Mobbed on arrival. Boris Johnson comes to the conference declaring
:00:40. > :00:43.his loyalty to the party leadership. We will have the latest from
:00:43. > :00:49.Birmingham on the economic challenge for the coalition. Also
:00:49. > :00:56.tonight: In court, the man charged with the murder of five year-old
:00:56. > :01:00.April Jones breaks down in tears. Returned to Aleppo. We have a
:01:00. > :01:04.special report on the rebels' military supplies and continued
:01:04. > :01:08.fighting. The atmosphere on the front line is incredibly tense and
:01:08. > :01:13.almost eerily quiet. Every now and again you can hear the sound of
:01:13. > :01:21.battle going on. The scars of this intense fighting of yes everywhere.
:01:21. > :01:26.And the British Nobel winner who was once dismissed as a no-hoper.
:01:27. > :01:36.Later we will have Sportsday on the BBC News Channel with the latest
:01:37. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :02:00.reports, interviews and features The Government is facing more hard
:02:00. > :02:04.choices this autumn as it tries to tackle the deficit. The Chancellor
:02:04. > :02:07.confirmed plans for further cut in welfare spending of �10 billion
:02:07. > :02:15.early in the next Parliament. George Osborne insisted that the
:02:15. > :02:22.economy was healing but taking longer than hoped.
:02:22. > :02:26.One thing was crystal clear at this Conservative conference today. The
:02:26. > :02:30.Chancellor was not changing his view. When Margaret Thatcher in the
:02:30. > :02:40.1980s, he was keen to convince his party that he would not buckle or
:02:40. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:51.give up. We shall overcome. The at defiant rhetoric made necessary by
:02:52. > :02:58.the fact the Government will not meet its own targets for borrowing.
:02:58. > :03:03.On December 5th, he will publish the official deficit forecast,
:03:03. > :03:08.showing that they are of course. There will be a new round of cuts
:03:08. > :03:18.and tax rises to come in 2015. George Osborne tried to revive an
:03:18. > :03:24.
:03:24. > :03:29.old promise today. We need an effort from each and every one. One
:03:29. > :03:32.nation working hard together. We are still in this together. His it
:03:32. > :03:36.is the claim that many question because of the Government's
:03:36. > :03:40.decision to cut the taxes of the richest in the land. He knows that
:03:41. > :03:44.but today he was not apologising. It is a completely phoney
:03:44. > :03:48.perception of fairness that you stick with a tax rate you know
:03:48. > :03:58.raises no money, that you know weakens the economy, just to say
:03:58. > :03:59.
:03:59. > :04:09.that you are hitting the rich. promised the party there would be
:04:09. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:42.no Lib Dem inspired tax on rich Sun Inn business clone it is too
:04:42. > :04:46.hard to hire and fire. The new deal was offered. You and your employees
:04:46. > :04:50.give new shares in the business. You replace the rights of unfair
:04:50. > :04:55.dismissal and redundancy with new rights of ownership. Get shares and
:04:55. > :05:00.become owners of the company that you work for. Owners and the taxman
:05:00. > :05:06.and the company, all in it together. The Labour leader had not mentioned
:05:06. > :05:11.the word deficit. Their reply was that from beginning to end the
:05:11. > :05:14.Chancellor did not utter the word growth. In just a few weeks, George
:05:14. > :05:18.Osborne will have to stand up in the Commons to say that he is
:05:18. > :05:23.missing his borrowing targets, missing his deficit targets, and
:05:23. > :05:29.maybe missing his debt target, too. His message here was that he was
:05:29. > :05:36.sticking to the course. The speech summed up by a simple message, the
:05:36. > :05:40.Chancellor, just like the lady, is not for turning.
:05:40. > :05:43.Boris Johnson has declared his admiration for David Cameron and
:05:43. > :05:47.insisted the Government is doing exactly what is needed to rebuild
:05:47. > :05:51.the economy. The Mayor of London was addressing the meeting on the
:05:51. > :05:55.fringes of the conference this evening, where he was given a
:05:55. > :05:59.thunderous reception. James Landale has been assessing the attitude of
:05:59. > :06:03.party workers. This report contains flash photography.
:06:03. > :06:07.He is one of the most popular politicians in Britain. One of the
:06:07. > :06:13.few known by his first name alone. As Boris got on the train for his
:06:13. > :06:17.party conference today, there was only one question. Can the Joe
:06:17. > :06:27.Keane chief also be the great white hope for the future of the Tories?
:06:27. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:33.-- joker In Chief. Lisa -- he has got the media's attention but can
:06:33. > :06:37.he get everybody else's? At the conference there is something
:06:37. > :06:40.approaching a personality cult. Some are already fantasising about
:06:40. > :06:45.which cabinet he could choose if he walks through the doors of Number
:06:45. > :06:48.10 one-day. He is a winner, he is amusing, and he reaches the parts
:06:48. > :06:53.of the Conservative Party that no one else, including the Prime
:06:53. > :06:58.Minister, I am afraid, can reach. suspect everyone is in love with
:06:58. > :07:03.him. Are you worried by the arrival of Boris Johnson today? Not up all,
:07:04. > :07:08.I am delighted. He is a huge personality and one of the great
:07:08. > :07:11.entertainers but a very intelligent guy. Undoubtedly ambitious, he is
:07:11. > :07:15.not an MP with no power base in Parliament and not many years left
:07:15. > :07:22.as London Mayor. You cannot do this for another three years. On a
:07:22. > :07:26.certainly cannot walk around like this for another three years! There
:07:26. > :07:29.was no attempt to hide from the cameras today. The Tories do not
:07:29. > :07:33.just like Boris Johnson because he is funny but because he wins the
:07:33. > :07:38.elections. Can this razzmatazz take him all the way to the leadership
:07:38. > :07:43.of his party? Not in the short term. Very few Tories expect that. But
:07:43. > :07:47.his sheer charisma and popularity win over San in Number 10. No
:07:47. > :07:54.surprise that the Prime Minister came to listen, and tonight at
:07:54. > :07:59.least Boris Johnson was in good mood and on good behaviour,
:07:59. > :08:03.admiring David Cameron. He, George Osborne, the rest of the Government,
:08:03. > :08:06.doing exactly what is needed for the rest of the country. Inside
:08:06. > :08:10.they loved him but outside there were some doubts. Would you trust
:08:10. > :08:15.him with his finger on the nuclear trigger? I would not because he is
:08:15. > :08:24.unreliable compared to this gentleman. He is your Mayor. County
:08:24. > :08:31.run the country? Don't be so stupid. Boris Johnson, a court jester today,
:08:31. > :08:36.maybe something more tomorrow. What is your quality? The ability to get
:08:36. > :08:42.through a huge scrum of journalists and out the other side! J Mrs
:08:42. > :08:47.Mandela, BBC News. -- James Landale.
:08:47. > :08:50.Stephanie, let's start with the Chancellor's speech. Did he change
:08:50. > :08:53.our understanding of the nature of the economic change ahead? We did
:08:53. > :08:58.not learn anything fundamentally new but that told us how little
:08:58. > :09:03.room for manoeuvre he has got. This Chancellor has centred his strategy
:09:03. > :09:05.around achieving two things, deficit-reduction and growth. He
:09:05. > :09:10.cannot be completely confident of achieving either of those things
:09:10. > :09:13.this year. The economy will almost certainly have shrunk in 2012 over
:09:13. > :09:19.the course of the year. At the moment borrowing is running ahead
:09:19. > :09:22.of last year. We also know that in the next few weeks, as Nick
:09:22. > :09:26.Robinson was suggesting, the Office for Budget Responsibility will give
:09:26. > :09:29.him a new forecast to help him prepare his Autumn Statement. They
:09:29. > :09:32.are likely to show that not only is borrowing running ahead of the
:09:32. > :09:38.forecast but that he has got a good chance of missing the crucial
:09:38. > :09:42.target that he has got to have the total stock of debt, past borrowing,
:09:42. > :09:46.falling as a national share of income in 2015. He will miss that
:09:46. > :09:51.deadline if he does not announce more tax increases and spending
:09:51. > :09:56.controls. Not just for the next election, one more will be coming,
:09:56. > :10:00.but over the next two years. He did not say whether he will choose the
:10:00. > :10:06.target or having more pain. But he indicated that he would not mind if
:10:06. > :10:09.borrowing was higher if it was just because of a weak economy. Sir
:10:09. > :10:13.Mervyn King has suggested that would be the right thing, to give
:10:13. > :10:17.up on the target. That might give him some cover if he has to make
:10:17. > :10:22.that decision but you can see why he would not want to dwell on it.
:10:22. > :10:25.How do you read the political calculations behind the speech?
:10:25. > :10:29.eight weeks' time, the Chancellor knows that he will either have bad
:10:29. > :10:33.news to unveil or very bad news. I think he is trying to prepare for
:10:33. > :10:38.that, in a sense. Unusually, he does not know the forecast, he does
:10:38. > :10:43.not even know the first cut of what the forecast might be. What he is
:10:43. > :10:46.telling us is that however bad the news, he is not going to cut
:10:46. > :10:52.spending slower, as the Labour Party want him to do, but he is not
:10:52. > :10:55.going to cut it faster as many Conservatives want him to do. He is
:10:55. > :11:00.saying, steady as she goes. He might find 1 billion here or there
:11:00. > :11:05.from current spending to reinvest in current spending that he hopes
:11:05. > :11:10.will we boost growth. He is also telling us that he knows there is a
:11:10. > :11:14.bit negotiation to be had and soon about further spending cuts and tax
:11:14. > :11:18.rises for 2016. He is signalling that his key target his welfare.
:11:18. > :11:22.The reason he is in a rush to do it is not primarily an economic but
:11:22. > :11:27.political. He wants to make cuts that he can turn round to the
:11:27. > :11:31.Labour Party and say, this is our choice, what would you do? Thank
:11:31. > :11:34.you. A man has appeared in court in
:11:34. > :11:37.Aberystwyth charged with the abduction and murder of five year-
:11:37. > :11:42.old April Jones, who disappeared a week ago. Mark Bridger appeared
:11:42. > :11:47.tearful as the charges were put to him. He was remanded in custody.
:11:47. > :11:51.Police are continuing their search in the Machynlleth area.
:11:51. > :11:58.As the police convoy arrived, the van carrying Mark Bridger to his
:11:58. > :12:03.first court appearance met with the full anger of the crowd. Flanked by
:12:03. > :12:08.two guards, the 46 year-old wept as he was asked to confirm his name,
:12:09. > :12:13.age and address. Then he was asked if he understood the charges of
:12:13. > :12:20.murder, child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of
:12:20. > :12:25.justice. To reach, he answered yes. -- to reach one. After a hearing
:12:25. > :12:28.that lasted just four minutes, Mark Bridger has been taken away to be
:12:28. > :12:35.remanded in custody until his next appearance before a Crown Court on
:12:35. > :12:38.Wednesday. Seven days after April's disappearance, the police have
:12:38. > :12:43.refocused the search. They insist for now that there is no end date
:12:43. > :12:46.to the operation. As long as we think there is something out there
:12:46. > :12:50.to search and we are satisfied that we are making good use of the
:12:50. > :12:53.resources, and they are valuable resources, then we will be doing
:12:53. > :12:59.this for the family and we are determined to do what we can for
:12:59. > :13:06.that family. There has also been a clear change in tack. Pure rescue
:13:06. > :13:11.teams have more forensics. Signalling that this is also a
:13:11. > :13:15.murder investigation. -- fewer rescue teams and more forensics.
:13:15. > :13:19.Drivers were asked exactly where they were one week ago today. At
:13:19. > :13:25.the same time, many in Machynlleth prepared lanterns to show that
:13:25. > :13:29.their belief is not don't. We want to show everyone that week have got
:13:29. > :13:34.hope. We want to show everyone that we care and we are supporting the
:13:34. > :13:44.family. After a week which has exhausted many in the community, it
:13:44. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:50.is still united by his refusal to BBC News has uncovered evidence
:13:50. > :13:54.which seems to suggest that Syrian rebels are receiving military
:13:54. > :13:57.supplies from the Gulf region. Three crates from an arms
:13:57. > :14:01.manufacturer addressed to Saudi Arabia have been seen in a base
:14:01. > :14:04.being used by rebel fighters in the city of Aleppo. Our correspondent
:14:04. > :14:07.Ian Pannell and cameraman Darren Conway are among the few Western
:14:07. > :14:14.journalists to have witnessed the start of the battle in Aleppo in
:14:14. > :14:20.July. They have just returned to the city and sent this report.
:14:20. > :14:26.Thousands of years of history have marched through the streets. An
:14:26. > :14:30.ancient city that has been fought over many times before. Today,
:14:31. > :14:37.Aleppo was at war again and the further you go into the old city,
:14:37. > :14:43.so the sound and fury of battle grows. Those who stayed behind must
:14:43. > :14:48.cheat death every day. A simple sign reads "do not cross, sniper to
:14:48. > :14:58.your left". Eight people were killed here last week, he says,
:14:58. > :15:02.
:15:02. > :15:08.The rebels have moved into the heart of the old city. A media
:15:08. > :15:13.activist took us there. A World Heritage Site, where the scars of
:15:13. > :15:20.battle run deep and the devastation is mounting. Aleppo is a city under
:15:20. > :15:25.siege. EXPLOSION. The fighting is now street by street, house by
:15:25. > :15:31.house. GUNFIRE. The fighters have been calling for owls would help
:15:31. > :15:37.for many months. Now for the first time, a strong indication they will
:15:37. > :15:45.get it -- calling for help. A Ukrainian weapons firm made the box
:15:45. > :15:54.and its contents of. Board is in it is unclear but it suggests someone
:15:54. > :16:00.in the Gulf is a leading Assad, and privately, ministers admit they get
:16:00. > :16:04.help from neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The atmosphere on the
:16:04. > :16:08.frontline is incredibly tense and eerily quiet. Every now and again,
:16:08. > :16:13.you can hear the sound of battle still going on and the scars of
:16:13. > :16:18.this intense fighting obvious everywhere. Snipers have been
:16:18. > :16:23.shooting into this position. There is an era that the rebels had been
:16:23. > :16:26.using to try to get a sense of what is going on -- a mirror. The
:16:26. > :16:31.government response: Massive firepower to try to crush the
:16:31. > :16:37.rebellion. Iran is no need to sponsor the Government's side, too,
:16:37. > :16:42.and so this has become a proxy war between Arab nations, Iran, and the
:16:42. > :16:49.West. But it remains a vastly uneven battle, as the fighters try
:16:49. > :16:54.to move unseen towards loyalist forces. Despite its overwhelming
:16:54. > :16:59.strength, government forces have made few inroads. We were shown one
:16:59. > :17:02.of their checkpoints, just 200 metres away. They may be fighting
:17:02. > :17:07.for the future of Syria but both sides are also struggling over
:17:07. > :17:12.small bits of turf. The empty streets are testament to the
:17:12. > :17:19.thousands who have fled Aleppo. But some say they have no way to go,
:17:19. > :17:23.that no where is Safe. Abu Stayf has lost his wife and six children.
:17:23. > :17:33.All of them were killed when a rocket landed on his house.
:17:33. > :17:34.
:17:34. > :17:39.TRANSLATION: To lift is to die. Men, animals, Assad is hounding us. You
:17:39. > :17:45.will diet wherever you go. They say foreign aid is being provided, we
:17:45. > :17:51.have seen nothing. Just let us die and get it over with. Aleppo has
:17:51. > :17:55.become the defining battle in this brutal civil war. Neither side can
:17:55. > :18:02.afford to lose but in truth, neither side is winning. What does
:18:02. > :18:06.seem to be happening is the slow, painful death of Syria.
:18:06. > :18:16.Coming up on tonight's programme: A valuable painting defaced at Tate
:18:16. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :18:21.Modern, but the man responsible A British biologist who was once
:18:21. > :18:25.told as schoolboy that there was no hope of him studying science has
:18:25. > :18:28.been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine. Sir John Gurdon
:18:28. > :18:33.and the Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka have both been recognised
:18:33. > :18:35.for their pioneering work on stem cell research. The Nobel committee
:18:35. > :18:45.said their research had revolutionised understanding of how
:18:45. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:48.cells and organisms develop, as David Shukman explains.
:18:48. > :18:53.50 years ago an investigation into cells reveal something completely
:18:53. > :18:58.unexpected, that they all have the genes needed to make any type of
:18:58. > :19:02.cell. The discovery opened the way to new treatments. Most scientists
:19:02. > :19:09.thought this could never happen but a landmark experiment proved that a
:19:09. > :19:15.cell from one part of the body could become a cell for another one.
:19:15. > :19:22.Today, the scientist behind this work, John Gurdon, said basic
:19:22. > :19:27.research like this brings benefits years later. May be almost 50 years
:19:27. > :19:33.before the venue, the potential value, of that fairly basic
:19:33. > :19:37.scientific work has come to life. The prize was shared with a
:19:37. > :19:42.Japanese scientist, Shinya Yamanaka, who built on the work by finding a
:19:42. > :19:46.way intending any cell into a stem cell. The Nobel committee said the
:19:46. > :19:52.work of both men could revolutionise standstill treatment.
:19:52. > :19:57.This involves taking a cell and adding a few genes, which turns it
:19:57. > :20:01.into eight stem cell, which can then be grown into anything, like a
:20:02. > :20:06.cell for the muscle to repair the heart. Early days but huge
:20:07. > :20:12.potential. Today, at Sir John Gurdon's laboratory in Cambridge,
:20:12. > :20:16.research continues. This is where he sits, his mind on higher things
:20:16. > :20:21.perhaps. His colleagues are delighted. People have been
:20:21. > :20:27.expecting it to happen for a long time but for it to happen while I
:20:27. > :20:30.am here is phenomenal. It is very exciting for all of us. A lot of us
:20:30. > :20:36.have felt this has been a long time coming for John because this has
:20:36. > :20:41.been what he has been working on for decades. Ironically, the school
:20:41. > :20:47.report said John did so badly in biology that any idea of a career
:20:47. > :20:52.in silence -- science was ridiculous. I was bottom in biology
:20:52. > :20:56.out of 250 people, and my teacher heard of talk of John Gurdon
:20:56. > :21:01.wanting to be the scientist and I was told it was completely
:21:01. > :21:05.ridiculous. So, an entire new science offering great hopes for
:21:05. > :21:07.people starting with a boy no good at biology.
:21:07. > :21:11.The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, has been re-elected for a
:21:11. > :21:14.fourth term. Thousands of supporters took to the streets near
:21:14. > :21:17.the presidential palace to celebrate his victory. Mr Chavez,
:21:17. > :21:26.who won 54% of the vote, said Venezuela would continue on its
:21:26. > :21:28.socialist path. The BBC has promised a full
:21:28. > :21:33.investigation into allegations that the late Jimmy Savile sexually
:21:33. > :21:36.abused girls while working for the corporation. But George Entwistle,
:21:36. > :21:39.the director general, said the questions would be addressed after
:21:39. > :21:44.the police had finished their inquiries. Mr Entwistle apologised
:21:44. > :21:49.to all the women involved, as David Sillito reports.
:21:49. > :21:54.I will tell you what we will do, ladies and gentlemen, top groups,
:21:54. > :21:59.Top Records! At that time, his image was that of the eccentric DJ
:22:00. > :22:05.with a heart of gold. 40 years on, the BBC said sorry for what they
:22:05. > :22:09.did not seek in the light of accusations of sexual abuse.
:22:09. > :22:15.would like to apologise on behalf of the organisation...
:22:15. > :22:19.director-general of the BBC told Radio 4's Today programme that the
:22:20. > :22:23.corporation would carry out its own investigations at the right moment.
:22:23. > :22:27.When the police have finished everything they have to do and when
:22:27. > :22:31.they give the assurance that there is no danger of us compromising
:22:31. > :22:36.their investigation, I will ensure that any outstanding question are
:22:36. > :22:41.properly answered. Another question was why Newsnight did not broadcast
:22:41. > :22:46.its report on the allegations last year. He said that when he was in
:22:46. > :22:51.his old job as the head of BBC Television, he was told Newsnight
:22:51. > :22:57.or investigating Jimmy Savile. The director of BBC News said it might
:22:57. > :23:03.have had scheduling implications. George Entwistle insists no
:23:03. > :23:13.pressure was applied to Newsnight, but in December, Newsnight dropped
:23:13. > :23:14.
:23:14. > :23:18.the edition for editorial reasons. Then at the BBC issued a programme
:23:18. > :23:23.affectionate be looking at Jimmy Savile. One former employee he said
:23:23. > :23:27.there were rumours, but only rumours. People have reputations,
:23:27. > :23:32.people speculate about other people's behaviour all the time.
:23:32. > :23:36.You cannot act on every rumour that you hear. You need evidence. The
:23:36. > :23:41.great sadness of this is that nobody felt able to complain, for
:23:41. > :23:45.reasons are perfect the understand. It was only a week ago that
:23:45. > :23:50.Scarborough were erecting a street sign in his honour for the money he
:23:50. > :23:59.raised for charity. He was a local hero, now it is gone. Even his
:23:59. > :24:03.charity is thinking of dropping his name. That reputation is in shreds.
:24:03. > :24:09.The man who vandalised a painting by Mark Rothko at Tate Modern in
:24:09. > :24:16.London has told the BBC he believes he may have increased its value.
:24:16. > :24:19.Vladimir Umanets has been arrested in the past hour. As Will Gompertz
:24:19. > :24:24.reports, the attack has renewed the debate about security at art
:24:24. > :24:30.galleries. This is Mark Rothko's 1958 painting
:24:30. > :24:34.Black On Maroon, a fine example of his sombre and thought for art. Now
:24:34. > :24:37.defaced by Vladimir Umanets, who considers his actions to be neither
:24:37. > :24:43.illegal or destructive. He thinks he has increased the value of the
:24:43. > :24:47.work. In one sense, I am really happy. I really can have a good
:24:47. > :24:52.laugh from it, you know, but from another side I am sad because
:24:53. > :24:58.people still cannot see what it is all about and how beautiful it is.
:24:58. > :25:08.There is a long history of interventions involving art works,
:25:08. > :25:08.
:25:08. > :25:14.including Cornelia Parker wrapping rope around the Kiss. Most of them
:25:14. > :25:19.a temporary or prints or they are done with permission, and so this
:25:20. > :25:24.one wasn't, this was very difficult and quite a destructive act. It is
:25:24. > :25:29.more akin to graffiti in my mind. The trouble facing places like the
:25:29. > :25:32.Tate is that they have an unwritten contract with the public, that they
:25:32. > :25:36.won't put undue security measures in front of the artwork as long as
:25:37. > :25:40.the public do not tamper with the pieces. Incidences such as this
:25:40. > :25:45.book that principle under pressure and make the gallery think twice
:25:45. > :25:51.about being so open with their art. The late American artist who gave
:25:51. > :25:56.the work to the Tate in 1969 is not alone in having a painting attacked.
:25:56. > :26:01.Lastly at the National Gallery, the adoration of the calf was sprayed
:26:01. > :26:08.with red paint. Such acts could lead to works of art been placed
:26:08. > :26:12.behind glass, with alarmed ropes keeping people back. For now, that
:26:12. > :26:18.is not the intention of the Tate. The focus been, to repair the
:26:18. > :26:22.Rothko, which they should be able to do. There is a fantastic team
:26:22. > :26:26.working at Tate who are really knowledgeable about Rothko in
:26:26. > :26:30.particular. They have got to the Tate very quickly and I think there
:26:30. > :26:36.is every hope it will be cleaned with that any problem. It is
:26:36. > :26:38.difficult to clean but that it will be back to how it used to be.
:26:38. > :26:44.Whatever reasons Vladimir Umanets might give to justify his actions,