:00:11. > :00:15.Victims of press intrusion unite to urge David Cameron to adopt the
:00:15. > :00:18.Leveson recommendations on press regulation. A national petition is
:00:18. > :00:24.launched calling for politicians and newspapers to accept a system
:00:24. > :00:28.backed by law. I think it's reasonable as a minimum that it's
:00:28. > :00:31.implemented. That's obviously what we're asking to happen. I think
:00:31. > :00:37.what the British public will expect. We'll look at whether they're
:00:37. > :00:43.likely to get it. Also tonight: The head of the UN says the violence in
:00:43. > :00:46.Syria has reached new and appalling heights of brutality.
:00:46. > :00:51.Labour celebrates clean sweep in three by-elections and UKIP makes
:00:51. > :00:58.significant gains. 13 deaths so far this year in the
:00:58. > :01:03.worst outbreak of whooping cough in 20 years. It's cough after cough
:01:03. > :01:06.after cough. When she's coughing, she takes an intake of breath when
:01:06. > :01:09.she's like, it's really bad. It takes her breath away. A rare
:01:09. > :01:19.interview from Julian Assange, after 164 days in the Ecuadorean
:01:19. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:27.And running to stay ahead, how the traditional games industry is under
:01:27. > :01:32.threat from a new generation of phone apps and tablets.
:01:32. > :01:36.Coming up in Sportsday, Middlesbrough aim for the automatic
:01:36. > :01:46.promotion places in the champion, taking on Birmingham at St Andrews
:01:46. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:03.Good evening. The father of Madeleine McCann has launch aid
:02:03. > :02:06.national petition calling on Parliament to accept in full the
:02:06. > :02:10.recommendations of Lord Justice Leveson on press regulation. Gerry
:02:10. > :02:15.McCann urged politicians to support a system with a legal backing and
:02:15. > :02:18.tonight, the author JK Rowling said she felt duped and angry by the
:02:18. > :02:22.Prime Minister's opposition to the idea. The Government says a draft
:02:22. > :02:25.bill on rel lating the newspaper industry will be published in a
:02:25. > :02:28.fortnight. But the Conservatives are broadly against legal backing
:02:28. > :02:33.for a new press watchdog. The Liberal Democrats support it.
:02:33. > :02:36.Here's our Home Editor Mark Easton. Victims of newspaper abuse
:02:36. > :02:40.assembled on the green opposite Parliament today urging MPs to
:02:40. > :02:45.implement the Leveson report in full. An online petition is
:02:45. > :02:49.designed to keep the pressure on as ministers argue whether press
:02:49. > :02:52.regulation needs legal teeth. an opportunity for a politician --
:02:52. > :02:56.for our politicians to redeem themselves a bit. Clearly the
:02:56. > :03:01.public want it. There's been a public inquiry, a judicial review.
:03:01. > :03:05.I think the recommendations should be implemented. Lord Leveson wants
:03:05. > :03:09.a system of independent regulation but backed by the law. There would
:03:09. > :03:12.be a regulatory body chaired by someone with no press or political
:03:12. > :03:16.background. Members wouldn't include any serving newspaper or
:03:16. > :03:20.magazine editor, nor any MP or member of the Government. Its job
:03:21. > :03:24.would be to set down and ensure press standards with the power to
:03:24. > :03:29.demand apologies or fine publications. The regulatory body
:03:29. > :03:32.would be set up by an appointment panel. Only one serving newspaper
:03:32. > :03:37.or magazine editor would be on the panel at any one time and again,
:03:37. > :03:40.the majority would have no press background. Behind that, though,
:03:40. > :03:46.comeles the controversy. Do you need a legal back stop in the form
:03:46. > :03:49.of legislation? According to Lord Leveson the reason you need to have
:03:49. > :03:54.Parliament involved and the courts comes down to this: What happens if
:03:54. > :03:58.a paper says, well we've signed up to the regulation, but I'm not
:03:58. > :04:01.going to pay for the fine or apologise. What if they say I won't
:04:01. > :04:06.be part of the regulation process at all. It's a free press, can I do
:04:06. > :04:09.what I like. This morning's papers provided David Cameron with some of
:04:09. > :04:13.the friendliest headlines of his Premiership. The Sun backs the
:04:13. > :04:17.Prime Minister in opposition to legislation arguing the public
:04:17. > :04:21.don't really care about regulation. There are various polls showing
:04:21. > :04:25.disinterest in the subject and one for the Guardian which might have
:04:25. > :04:28.an agenda in this, which shows a huge majority in favour. There's
:04:28. > :04:34.something wrong there. Somewhere in the people, people aren't
:04:34. > :04:38.interested in this and few people want to see and don't understand
:04:38. > :04:42.the regulation of the media. It's exposed divisions in the coalition
:04:42. > :04:45.with Conservatives saying attempts to write a law will reveal why Lord
:04:45. > :04:51.Leveson's ideas won't work and Liberal Democrats saying consensus
:04:51. > :04:54.on legislation is vital. The public wouldn't forgive us if it
:04:54. > :04:58.degenerated into party political point scoring. The public want to
:04:58. > :05:02.see action. All the parties have to work together and persuade the
:05:02. > :05:06.Prime Minister to go along with this approach. We believe that the
:05:06. > :05:11.same objectives, which is all about having a tough and independent
:05:11. > :05:14.regulatory body, that is going to provide justice for victims can be
:05:14. > :05:18.established without that underpinning. That's important.
:05:18. > :05:24.With the coalition arguing amongst themselves, Labour is turning the
:05:24. > :05:27.spotlight on the Prime Minister. Many of the victims of sections of
:05:27. > :05:31.the press will be feeling utterly betrayed by David Cameron. Here's
:05:31. > :05:34.somebody who commissioned the Leveson report, said that the test
:05:34. > :05:38.would be whether the victims thought that it would make a
:05:38. > :05:42.difference to them and within a few hours of receiving the report, he's
:05:42. > :05:46.rubbished its central recommendation. Plenty of party
:05:46. > :05:51.points scoring today, but even if Parliament backed new press
:05:51. > :05:53.regulation it would be unlike to get on the statute book for years,
:05:53. > :05:56.by which time, priorities may lie elsewhere.
:05:56. > :06:01.Our Political Correspondent Ross Hawkins is at Westminster for us
:06:02. > :06:04.tonight. Ross, what can you tell us about negotiations going on behind-
:06:04. > :06:09.the-scenes? I'm told newspaper editors were talking to each other
:06:09. > :06:13.late into the night last night trying to work out what to do. Next
:06:13. > :06:17.Tuesday they will be summoned in to see the Culture Secretary who will
:06:17. > :06:21.tell them for a better plan for self-regulation than the one they
:06:21. > :06:24.propolesed to the Leveson Inquiry which was criticised for not being
:06:24. > :06:30.independent enough. One of the words passed around in Government
:06:30. > :06:33.is they need to be more "Levesonian" in their approach. The
:06:33. > :06:39.editor of the Daily Mail will chair a committee, a powerful committee
:06:39. > :06:43.of editors to decide what to do next. He has said they will address
:06:43. > :06:48.the concerns of the judge. None of this deals with the essential
:06:48. > :06:52.political point as to whether there should be a law to back up
:06:52. > :06:56.independent regulation. Not of it will reassure some of the victims
:06:56. > :07:02.of press intrusion, like JK Rowling, who said she was dismayed by David
:07:03. > :07:07.Cameron's response to the inquiry. Thank you. The head of the United
:07:07. > :07:09.Nations Ban Ki-Moon has described the conflict in Syria as reaching
:07:10. > :07:13.new and appalling heights of brutality and violence. He was
:07:13. > :07:17.speaking as government forces continued to clash with rebldz in
:07:17. > :07:20.and around Damascus. Many flights in and out of the Syrian capital
:07:20. > :07:23.have been cancelled because of fighting near the airport.
:07:23. > :07:29.Telephone and internet services have been cut off. Our diplomatic
:07:29. > :07:36.correspondent James Robbins reports. For months, the internet has been
:07:36. > :07:41.the world's big window into Syria. Thousands of videos have supplied a
:07:41. > :07:45.compelling version of mounting rebel pressure on President Assad's
:07:45. > :07:50.regime. Can you see the volume here. This is one of several global
:07:50. > :07:54.trackers of activities. -- activity. Watch what happened yesterday. The
:07:54. > :07:58.internet shut down. Most experts say only the Syrian government has
:07:58. > :08:04.the means to do this. The United States is clear who is responsible.
:08:04. > :08:09.The regime does appear to be resorting to cut off all kinds of
:08:09. > :08:13.communication, cellular networks, land lines and internet services.
:08:13. > :08:17.It again speaks to the kind of desperation of the regime as it
:08:17. > :08:21.tries to cling o to power. Why the internet shut down now, at this
:08:21. > :08:25.point in Syria's conflict, is it because the regime feels under
:08:25. > :08:28.greater threat than ever before? There's evidence of that in recent
:08:28. > :08:33.days rebel fighters have been attacking Damascus International
:08:33. > :08:38.Airport. If any government loses control of its principal airport
:08:38. > :08:41.it's in trouble. Add in other successes, overrunning military
:08:41. > :08:46.bases seizing weapons and turning them on the regime and a picture
:08:46. > :08:49.builds of the balance of this Civil War shifting. The regime does still
:08:49. > :08:55.have superior fire power, especially from the air. But look
:08:55. > :08:59.at these pictures, apparently showing rebels shooting down a
:08:59. > :09:06.Syrian helicopter. If genuine, it suggests greater rebel capability,
:09:06. > :09:10.but still, all this may not amount to a decisive tipping point.
:09:10. > :09:15.Contrary to the received wisdom in Western capitals the Al-Assad
:09:15. > :09:20.regime, even though it's weakened, it has adequate internal and
:09:20. > :09:26.regional support to fight for many months, if not a year or two. So,
:09:26. > :09:31.no, we are not at a tipping points yet in Syria. But these rebel
:09:31. > :09:35.fighters certainly believe they are gaining ground, apparently
:09:35. > :09:39.overrunning an air base outside Damascus in the past few days. This
:09:39. > :09:43.is the bloodiest of the Arab uprisings. Ban Ki-Moon says up to
:09:43. > :09:51.four million people will be in need this winter, as a consequence of
:09:51. > :09:55.ever more brutal violence. Britain is to withhold �21 million
:09:55. > :09:58.of direct aid to the Rwandan government because of claims it's
:09:58. > :10:03.helping rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebel group
:10:03. > :10:06.M23 last week seized the Congolese city of Goma and is continuing to
:10:06. > :10:09.defy Western and African governments to leave. Hundreds of
:10:09. > :10:12.thousands of people in the city have been forced from their homes.
:10:12. > :10:15.The Rwandan government has repeatedly denied backing the
:10:15. > :10:18.rebels. Labour has held to three of its
:10:18. > :10:21.safe seats in Parliamentary by- elections, Rotherham, Middlesbrough
:10:21. > :10:25.and Croydon north. There were mixed results for the Conservatives and
:10:25. > :10:28.Liberal Democrats, but UKIP made significant gains coming second in
:10:28. > :10:38.two constituencies and third in another. Our Political
:10:38. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:43.Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue reports from Rotherham. Andrew
:10:43. > :10:46.Joseph McDonald is duly elected. great night for Labour in
:10:46. > :10:54.Middlesbrough. It's a safe seat, now six out of ten voters support
:10:54. > :10:59.the party. The Tories were pushed into fourth place with a delighted
:10:59. > :11:03.UKIP in second. In Croydon north, almost half of all voters backing
:11:03. > :11:08.Labour, improving their performance compared to the general election.
:11:08. > :11:13.Did you vote for me? I did. Perhaps their best result came with the
:11:13. > :11:17.election of Sarah Champion, here in Rotherham. The first woman ever to
:11:17. > :11:21.represent the town. She won despite the former Labour MP resigning over
:11:21. > :11:26.his expenses. For me, and for the people that I'm meeting on the
:11:26. > :11:30.doorstep, the cost of living is going through the roof. They feel
:11:30. > :11:33.there's a big gap occurring between the south and the north. That's why
:11:33. > :11:38.people have voted UKIP in second because they want the Tories to
:11:38. > :11:43.wake up to this. UKIP's second place turned out to be their best
:11:43. > :11:46.ever by-election result. The Lib Dems ended up eighth. Their worst
:11:46. > :11:52.by-election in more than 20 years. The Conservatives were down in
:11:52. > :11:56.fifth, behind the BNP and Respect. Do the Tories still exist in the
:11:56. > :12:00.north of England? It seems to me they're almost disappearing ah,
:12:00. > :12:03.part from a few rural pockets. What's happening is in the towns
:12:03. > :12:08.and cities we're seeing the emergence of UKIP as the second
:12:08. > :12:11.party in the north of England. admits it benefited from a council
:12:11. > :12:15.decision to remove three children from Foster parents because they
:12:15. > :12:21.were members of the party. But they insist their appeal is really
:12:21. > :12:25.coming from mixed areas such as Britons worth south of the town
:12:25. > :12:29.centre. We meet Rebecca and Lisa, childhood friends, flat mates and
:12:29. > :12:33.now UKIP supporters, the first time either of these women has voted
:12:33. > :12:38.despite being in their late 20s. mum voted Labour nearly all her
:12:39. > :12:45.life. Then she changed to UKIP. Lisa, UKIP make her believe they're
:12:45. > :12:49.on her side. Helping UK citizens, keeping money for UK citizens,
:12:49. > :12:53.helping provide better life for the future. Rotherham has had its fair
:12:53. > :12:57.share of difficulties recently. There's high unemployment, more job
:12:57. > :13:02.losses in recent weeks. There was the row over the sexual grooming of
:13:02. > :13:07.teenage girls and that scandal over the Foster children. But here, like
:13:07. > :13:16.elsewhere, UKIP was way off winning the Westminster seat. Though nearer
:13:16. > :13:25.Britain is in the grip of the worst whooping cough outbreak for 20
:13:25. > :13:28.years. Research today has revealed that in all 13 newborns have died
:13:28. > :13:32.this year in England and Wales. A pregnant women are being encouraged
:13:32. > :13:39.to get vaccinated to protect their children. For organ -- Fergus Walsh
:13:39. > :13:44.reports. The sound of a child with whooping
:13:44. > :13:48.cough is distressing and unmistakable. You have to go back
:13:48. > :13:55.to 1982, when his public information film was made, to match
:13:56. > :14:00.the current death toll. It is babies who are most at risk.
:14:00. > :14:04.Jessica is six months old and is on the mend but her uncontrolled
:14:05. > :14:07.lengthy coughing fits were terrifying. It is very worrying
:14:07. > :14:17.because she is coughing and she cannot get her breath, it is very
:14:17. > :14:19.scary. There is nothing I could do for her. I felt so helpless.
:14:19. > :14:26.for her. I felt so helpless. increase in cases in England and
:14:26. > :14:30.Wales has been dramatic. This year, there have been more than 7700. 13
:14:30. > :14:34.deaths. Scotland and Northern Ireland have also seen a surge in
:14:34. > :14:38.cases. So why now? The vaccine is cases. So why now? The vaccine is
:14:38. > :14:41.effective but its protection is not permanent and has -- there has been
:14:41. > :14:47.so little infection around recently that there has been no boosting of
:14:47. > :14:52.natural immunity. Pregnant women have been offered the vaccine at GP
:14:52. > :14:55.surgeries and health centres across the UK for the last two months. It
:14:55. > :14:59.will boost their maternal antibodies, which will be passed on
:14:59. > :15:03.to the unborn child, protecting them in the vulnerable first weeks
:15:03. > :15:07.of life. Pregnant women ought to make sure they get the vaccine has
:15:07. > :15:12.recommended. Then if you have young children, they should start the
:15:12. > :15:19.vaccine programme at eight weeks, and have the next dose four weeks
:15:19. > :15:22.later. The proportion of pregnant women with the vaccine -- having
:15:22. > :15:28.the vaccine is not yet known but doctors hope publicity will
:15:28. > :15:33.encourage more to have the injection.
:15:33. > :15:40.Coming up tonight, thousands take to the streets in Jordan. Could the
:15:40. > :15:44.Arab uprising topple another Middle East government?
:15:44. > :15:50.The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange has given the BBC a rare
:15:50. > :15:53.and defiant TV interview. 164 days since seeking asylum in the
:15:54. > :15:59.Ecuadorian embassy. He is wanted for questioning in Sweden over
:15:59. > :16:05.allegations of sexual assault. So far, it has cost the taxpayer over
:16:05. > :16:11.�2 million in policing costs during his time in the embassy.
:16:11. > :16:14.He is the man Who Shot -- shot to fame for her spilling state secrets
:16:14. > :16:19.on his website released hundreds of thousands of confidential American
:16:19. > :16:25.cables. In 2010, two Swedish woman accused Julian Assange of sex
:16:25. > :16:28.crimes. Faced with extradition, he fled to the Ecuadorian embassy in
:16:29. > :16:33.June, saying, he says, because the Swedish authorities will not
:16:33. > :16:37.guarantee not to send him on to the US. Agreeing to be interviewed to
:16:37. > :16:43.promote a new book he has written during his confinement, he hit out
:16:43. > :16:48.at them. The Swedish government refuses to behave in a way that is
:16:48. > :16:54.at all normal, rational or reasonable, and that is why I have
:16:54. > :16:59.been granted political asylum. Sweden and Britain see -- say that
:16:59. > :17:03.Mr Assange must face questioning. Police are outside the embassy 24
:17:03. > :17:08.hours a day, poised to arrest him the moment he walks out. It has
:17:09. > :17:12.already cost �2.1 million and counting. We have not been allowed
:17:12. > :17:16.to film his living conditions here, but he is reported to be eating a
:17:16. > :17:23.lot of takeaway food, running on a treadmill and using a special lamp
:17:23. > :17:26.to get his vitamin D. He appeared in robust health, despite
:17:26. > :17:30.suggestions from the Ecuadorian is that he is suffering from a chronic
:17:30. > :17:35.lung condition. The WikiLeaks founder did not like being asked
:17:35. > :17:39.about it. The BBC has never cared about myself when I was in prison
:17:39. > :17:42.or when I was under two years of house arrest. Now it cares about
:17:42. > :17:46.our health because this building is surrounded by police. Apparently,
:17:46. > :17:50.it hopes, I will be forced out to be arrested in a coughing fit
:17:50. > :17:55.outside. She thought of that, it is hard to see how this long-running
:17:55. > :18:00.stand-off will end. -- short of that.
:18:00. > :18:02.Next week, the Chancellor will deliver his Autumn Statement for,
:18:02. > :18:06.outlining the measures he hopes will boost the economy and giving
:18:06. > :18:09.an update on the collision's attempt to cut the deficit. Since
:18:09. > :18:14.coming to power, he has tried to reduce spending by cutting public
:18:14. > :18:18.sector jobs and pay. While the number of public service workers
:18:18. > :18:22.has fallen by 6%, the public sector pay bill has gone up despite pay
:18:23. > :18:26.freezes. Stephanie Flanders has more.
:18:26. > :18:30.George Osborne and the public sector unions were never going to
:18:30. > :18:34.be the best of friends. One of his first acts as Chancellor was to
:18:34. > :18:38.announce a two-year pay freeze for most public sector workers. He also
:18:38. > :18:42.made clear that he expected the number of people working for the
:18:42. > :18:46.Government to shrink. So how was he doing? Well, we know he has not cut
:18:46. > :18:50.public borrowing as fast as he had hoped, but he has achieved a
:18:50. > :18:56.massive cut in the number of public sector jobs. When he announced his
:18:56. > :19:00.first Budget in 20th June 10, he thought it would mean a loss of
:19:00. > :19:04.around 66,000 jobs across government in the first two years.
:19:04. > :19:11.In fact, the number of people working in the public sector has
:19:11. > :19:15.fallen by more than 370,000 since 20th April 10. We have the jobs
:19:15. > :19:18.been lost? About a quarter have gone from central government, but
:19:18. > :19:24.it is local authorities that have shed jobs a lot faster than
:19:24. > :19:27.expected. This accounts for nearly three-quarters of the lost posts.
:19:27. > :19:32.Newcastle City Council, Labour- controlled, has seen its budget cut
:19:32. > :19:37.by 12%. They have lost 1000 staff already and another 1300 will have
:19:37. > :19:42.to go between now and 2015. You might wonder how all of this had
:19:42. > :19:46.affected the front line of public services? After all, local
:19:46. > :19:50.authorities pay a lot of nurses and teachers and police. The man in
:19:50. > :19:56.charge of the city's budget says the services here that voters care
:19:56. > :20:01.about have stood up very well. So far. They have worked extremely
:20:01. > :20:05.well, protecting services. The uncertainty is where we are going
:20:05. > :20:10.to be in 12 months' time or 24 months' time or 36 months' time, as
:20:10. > :20:14.more and more staff with experience will have to leave the organisation.
:20:14. > :20:17.The big fall in the number of public sector jobs is obviously bad
:20:17. > :20:21.news for the people affected, but you would think it would be good
:20:21. > :20:25.news for the Chancellor, that he would have seen an equally rapid
:20:25. > :20:28.fall in the overall government pay bill. But that is not have things
:20:28. > :20:31.bill. But that is not have things have worked out. Although the
:20:31. > :20:39.number of people working for the Government has fallen by more than
:20:39. > :20:43.6%, the public sector pay bill has actually gone up by 2% since 2010.
:20:43. > :20:47.Redundancy payments are part of that, but many public servants are
:20:47. > :20:49.also getting annual increments or pay rises for building up
:20:49. > :20:53.pay rises for building up expedience. That is despite the pay
:20:54. > :21:00.freeze. The pay bill has not fallen as much as the head count. That is
:21:00. > :21:04.partly because the pay freeze to not affect the lower paid and it is
:21:04. > :21:08.probable that more people who were made redundant were lower paid.
:21:08. > :21:12.Also, the people on annual increments got their increments for
:21:12. > :21:18.some in next week's statement, George Osborne may have to go back
:21:18. > :21:21.on some of the promises he made in 2010. But he has managed a sharp
:21:22. > :21:29.cut in the number of public sector workers, cutting the pay bill has
:21:29. > :21:33.turned out to be more difficult. In Jordan, thousands have taken to
:21:33. > :21:36.the streets in the latest of a series of protests against the
:21:36. > :21:39.Government. The country has largely avoided the violent unrest that has
:21:39. > :21:44.swept the region but the demonstrations were sparked by
:21:44. > :21:47.rising fuel prices and are being seen as the most serious challenge
:21:47. > :21:51.to King Abdullah in his reign. There is an elected parliament in
:21:51. > :21:54.Jordan but the king holds ultimate power. Jordan has been considered
:21:54. > :22:02.an oasis of stability in the Middle East during a period of turbulence
:22:02. > :22:11.for its neighbours. This report from a man. As it has
:22:11. > :22:19.across the Middle East, Friday prayer is a spiritual summons that
:22:19. > :22:24.becomes a political protest. And here a chant against Jordan's ing
:22:24. > :22:30.that would have been unthinkable before the Arab Spring. -- Jordan's
:22:30. > :22:35.cane. The anti- Royal rhetoric is limited
:22:35. > :22:38.to a minority but there is no mistaking a wider desire for full
:22:38. > :22:43.democracy and anger over corruption. As in other parts of the Middle
:22:43. > :22:49.East, Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood are highly influential.
:22:49. > :22:55.Our purpose is to have freedom for the people of Jordan and to have
:22:55. > :22:59.reforms which will enable the Jordanian people to rule themselves.
:22:59. > :23:03.Anger over the endemic corruption has grown because of an economic
:23:03. > :23:10.crisis. With a huge budget deficit, the Government has been forced to
:23:10. > :23:16.cut fuel subsidies. The result, a rise in prices that is hurting many.
:23:17. > :23:20.TRANSLATION: Everything is very expensive. What shall we do? Some
:23:20. > :23:27.perspective is important. Jordanians have seen the trauma of
:23:27. > :23:34.Iraq and Syria. They do not want chaos here. We are just looking for
:23:34. > :23:40.peace and looking for eight peace settlement. We do not want to make
:23:40. > :23:44.a crisis or make problems with the Government. We cannot afford
:23:44. > :23:51.problems here. The state has called parliamentary elections for January
:23:51. > :23:54.but Islamists promise by court. -- promise a bike -- promise a boycott.
:23:54. > :23:58.Whoever wants to distance themselves from this political
:23:58. > :24:01.process will not be included. We believe there is political reform
:24:01. > :24:07.and with everybody's participation we will broaden the leadership in
:24:07. > :24:11.government and parliament. Faced with powerful security, today's
:24:11. > :24:16.protest was pragmatically peaceful. These people know they are in for a
:24:16. > :24:24.long struggle. The demonstrations will not stop and so for the King
:24:24. > :24:27.the months ahead are a challenge. Consider reform or run the risk of
:24:27. > :24:32.the Royal Family itself becoming the target of more widespread
:24:32. > :24:38.opposition? Nintendo have launched their
:24:38. > :24:41.eagerly anticipated Wii U in the UK, the first major home console launch
:24:41. > :24:45.since 2007. Industry experts see the release as something of a last
:24:45. > :24:51.chance for Nintendo to stay at the forefront of gaming. They posted
:24:51. > :24:56.their first ever lost last year. -- their first ever loss. The
:24:56. > :25:00.traditional games industry is struggling to compete with the
:25:00. > :25:06.application market. The control unit is a battery-powered
:25:06. > :25:10.transmitter... They first appeared in the '70s. For the screen, two
:25:10. > :25:14.squares represent the players. Games consoles went on to become
:25:14. > :25:21.high-tech machines at heart of an entertainment industry. Since the
:25:21. > :25:25.launch of the PlayStation 35 years ago, there has been nothing new. --
:25:25. > :25:30.PlayStation 35 years ago. Nintendo hopes that Wii U will show that the
:25:30. > :25:35.console is key to gaining. And there is a whole industry watching
:25:35. > :25:38.with some anxiety to see how it fares. Since the last release of a
:25:38. > :25:42.major console, there have been radical changes in the way that
:25:42. > :25:45.people play games. The fact that Nintendo has decided to include
:25:45. > :25:53.this touch-screen Remote Controller with its latest console says a lot
:25:53. > :25:59.about the nature of those changes. Oh! You got me! One of the problems
:25:59. > :26:03.Nintendo is facing is that so much has changed since 2006 when the
:26:03. > :26:08.Nintendo Wii came out. We play more on tablets and smartphones. Wii U
:26:08. > :26:14.is competing in a different field. Nintendo needs Wii U to be a hit to
:26:14. > :26:21.repair its finances. Three years ago, it made a profit of over �2
:26:21. > :26:26.billion. This year, it made a loss of over �300 billion. But could
:26:26. > :26:31.this be the new shape of the games industry? AJ and colleagues
:26:31. > :26:35.developed this game for tablet computers in just a few weeks.
:26:35. > :26:38.have had literally no money. In nine weeks, we have come up with an
:26:38. > :26:45.idea and we now have it published worldwide. I mean, you can do that
:26:45. > :26:50.with nothing as long as you have the drive and the talent. Giants