:00:05. > :00:11.As America pauses to remember the Connecticut shootings, the US gun
:00:11. > :00:15.lobby calls for armed guards in all schools.
:00:15. > :00:25.The bells toll 26 times, as across the nation, Americans remember each
:00:25. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:30.of those killed in the local primary school a week ago today.
:00:30. > :00:33.NRA, stop killing our children. Despite interruptions by protestors,
:00:33. > :00:41.the head of the National Rifle Association insists guns are not
:00:41. > :00:46.the problem, they're the solution. The only thing that stops a bad guy
:00:46. > :00:48.with a gun is a good guy with a gun. We'll be looking at how the
:00:48. > :00:50.powerful gun lobby's intervention will affect the debate on
:00:50. > :00:53.tightening gun controls. Also tonight:
:00:53. > :00:55.The High Court rules a seven-year- old boy with brain cancer should
:00:55. > :00:58.have radiotherapy against his mother's wishes.
:00:58. > :01:04.The MoD says it's paid out �14 million to Iraqis who claim they've
:01:04. > :01:08.been abused or wrongfully detained by British troops.
:01:08. > :01:18.Riot police back out in force in Belfast as loyalists take to the
:01:18. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:21.streets to protest. Here I am again with the picture book.
:01:21. > :01:25.And 50 years of children's programmes on BBC One are brought
:01:25. > :01:28.to a close. And coming up in Sportsday:
:01:28. > :01:38.All the football scores, including news from Wolves' away trip to
:01:38. > :01:53.
:01:53. > :01:56.Good evening. The US gun lobby has called for an
:01:56. > :01:59.armed guard in every school, following the massacre at a primary
:01:59. > :02:03.school in Connecticut. As America observed a minute's silence to
:02:03. > :02:06.remember the 26 people, mostly young children, who were shot dead
:02:06. > :02:09.a week ago today, the National Rifle Association broke its silence
:02:09. > :02:15.to go on the offensive, arguing that what is needed is more guns,
:02:15. > :02:18.not fewer. Just as armed guards are used to protect banks, airports and
:02:18. > :02:28.presidents, the NRA insisted, so too they should be employed to
:02:28. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:36.protect children. Mark Mardell In Newtown, the church bells tolled
:02:36. > :02:41.out at the exact time when a week ago a young man with an assault
:02:41. > :02:46.rifle began his massacre of children. They stood in prayer and
:02:46. > :02:51.in silence in the rain, up passers- by and the overworked staff of a
:02:51. > :02:57.funeral home. In a town still numb, the bells tolled 26 times, once for
:02:57. > :03:01.each of the victims at the school. In the White House, President Obama
:03:01. > :03:05.and his staff stood silent for a minute. Beyond the grief,
:03:05. > :03:09.resolution and a new video in which she has vowed to push for a ban on
:03:09. > :03:12.assault rifles. I will do everything I can to advance these
:03:12. > :03:16.efforts. If there is even one thing we can do as a country to protect
:03:16. > :03:22.our children, we have a responsibility to drive. There are
:03:22. > :03:24.those who blame the National Rifle Association, for consistently and
:03:24. > :03:29.powerfully lobbying against gun control. They have been silent
:03:29. > :03:35.until now and some expected they would seek compromise. Not a bit of
:03:35. > :03:38.it. Instead, raw fury, blaming the media, video games, the culture.
:03:39. > :03:46.have blood-soaked films out there like American Psycho, Natural born
:03:46. > :03:49.Killers, that are aired like propaganda loops on splatter days.
:03:49. > :03:55.Isn't fantasising about killing people as a way to get your kicks
:03:55. > :03:58.really the filthiest form of pornography? The NRA's leader
:03:59. > :04:04.lectured for half an hour, taking no questions, but unable to avoid
:04:04. > :04:10.the interruptions of first one protester and then another. The NRA
:04:10. > :04:14.has blood on its hands. The NRA has blood on its hands. He argued
:04:14. > :04:19.passionately that guns were not a problem but the solution, calling
:04:19. > :04:28.for armed police in all of America's 100,000 schools. The only
:04:28. > :04:36.thing that stops the bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Would
:04:36. > :04:42.you rather have your 911 call bring a good guy with a gun, from a mile
:04:42. > :04:47.away, or from a minute away? politician introducing the bill to
:04:47. > :04:51.ban assault rifles is not impressed. Is this the answer, that America
:04:51. > :04:57.should become an armed camp? I don't think so, and I don't think
:04:57. > :05:02.that is the American Dream. If but 20 minutes away from Newtown,
:05:02. > :05:05.opinions on arm to school guards are divided. I do not think
:05:05. > :05:11.taxpayers should be paying for police officers in the school.
:05:11. > :05:15.However, I think an armed guard is not a bad idea. For the few times
:05:15. > :05:19.it happens, to have a guard in every school, I don't know how
:05:19. > :05:24.effective it would be. Americans seemed to unite in grief this week
:05:24. > :05:28.over the massacre of innocents, but agreeing to -- over how to prevent
:05:28. > :05:31.such killings in future is bound to divide the country for months to
:05:31. > :05:34.come. And Mark is in Washington now.
:05:35. > :05:42.Given this broadside from the NRA, how difficult is it going to be for
:05:42. > :05:47.Barack Obama to make any change to gun law? Very difficult. There is
:05:47. > :05:51.not the majority in Congress for it. This underlines something. I
:05:51. > :05:55.expected the NRA to make a tough stand on what they believe in, but
:05:55. > :05:59.to be more emollient, to say, we will sit down and listen. Perhaps
:05:59. > :06:04.there should be more checks on people when they buy guns. But that
:06:04. > :06:09.did not happen at all. This was very stark. Their message, the gun
:06:09. > :06:12.is the protector of liberty and security. This really strengthens
:06:12. > :06:16.the feeling that President Obama has chosen a fight that is not
:06:16. > :06:21.about practicalities, what works, or technicalities of details about
:06:21. > :06:25.guns, but about culture, about what sort of country Americans want to
:06:25. > :06:28.live in, indeed, how they see their country.
:06:28. > :06:31.A High Court judge has ruled that a seven-year-old boy should have
:06:31. > :06:34.radiotherapy for a brain tumour, against his mother's wishes. Sally
:06:34. > :06:38.Roberts went into hiding with her son, Neon, earlier this month to
:06:38. > :06:40.stop him having the treatment, because she was so worried about
:06:40. > :06:44.the possible side effects. But, while acknowledging her concerns,
:06:44. > :06:46.the judge said her son couldn't enjoy any quality of life if he
:06:46. > :06:56.wasn't alive. This report from Fergus Walsh contains flash
:06:56. > :06:59.
:06:59. > :07:03.REPORTER: What is your reaction? This was not the outcome Sally
:07:03. > :07:06.Roberts wanted but the result of the case was never in doubt. For
:07:06. > :07:10.four days earlier this month, she disappeared with her seven-year-old
:07:10. > :07:15.son, delaying treatment which doctors agree is essential to save
:07:15. > :07:19.his life. Neon Roberts has had two lots of surgery to remove a brain
:07:19. > :07:29.tumours, but she opposes radiotherapy because of the risk of
:07:29. > :07:32.
:07:32. > :07:34.But Mr Justice Bodey said, I find it difficult to see that doctors
:07:34. > :07:38.would withhold alternative treatment that would improve
:07:38. > :07:42.survival. He added, the mother has produced nothing to support her
:07:42. > :07:45.assertion that thousands of children have survived cancer
:07:45. > :07:50.without radiotherapy. Mr Justice Bodey said Sally Roberts had been
:07:50. > :07:54.through a very stressful time, every parent's nightmare. But he
:07:54. > :07:58.feared her judgment had gone awry. He said he hopes the parents would
:07:58. > :08:03.pull together, as Neon needed the support of both of them throughout
:08:04. > :08:09.his treatment. Neon's parents are separated. His father, who supports
:08:09. > :08:14.the doctors, has been given custody for the remainder of his treatment.
:08:14. > :08:17.Neon's health and recovery has always been his priority. Whilst he
:08:18. > :08:22.has always respected the mother's views, his own opinion has always
:08:23. > :08:26.been that Neon should have the treatment the medical team wanted.
:08:26. > :08:31.Charities that help parents of children facing a cancer diagnosis
:08:31. > :08:35.say that they face a huge range of emotions when dealing with the news.
:08:35. > :08:38.The decision making is enormously complex. To them, I suppose it
:08:39. > :08:43.feels they are playing God sometimes with their trial's life.
:08:43. > :08:47.And particularly when they are traumatised, soon after diagnosis,
:08:47. > :08:51.that can be incredibly difficult to make decisions. The court heard
:08:51. > :08:55.that radiotherapy does carry risks of slightly lowering IQ and of
:08:55. > :09:00.damaging fertility, but the judge said most children coped well and
:09:00. > :09:06.there would be no quality of life at all if you were dead. The things
:09:06. > :09:10.that cure cancer, surgery, 50% of patients, radiotherapy, ported cent
:09:10. > :09:15.of patients, chemotherapy about 10% of patients. The alternative
:09:15. > :09:18.treatments, there is no evidence of cures from those at all. Sally
:09:19. > :09:23.Roberts has refused to talk to the media. She has a tie-up with a
:09:23. > :09:26.national newspaper, but her legal team said that she plans to appeal.
:09:26. > :09:30.The Ministry of Defence has said it's paid out �14 million to settle
:09:30. > :09:33.claims from Iraqis who allege they were abused by British troops. The
:09:33. > :09:36.admission, which involves hundreds of cases, came as a former Army
:09:36. > :09:39.doctor was struck off over the death in British custody of the
:09:39. > :09:43.Iraqi detainee Baha Mousa. Dr Derek Keilloh denied he'd seen anything
:09:43. > :09:46.more than blood around Mr Mousa's nose, even though he'd suffered 93
:09:46. > :09:56.separate injuries. Caroline Hawley's report contains disturbing
:09:56. > :10:01.
:10:01. > :10:09.Emerging from the tribunal, the family GP who had been an army
:10:09. > :10:12.medic back in 2003. Now, no longer allowed to practise. Baha Mousa was
:10:12. > :10:16.the 26-year-old hotel worker who had recently lost his wife to
:10:16. > :10:22.cancer, wrongly suspected of being an insurgent and battered to death
:10:22. > :10:27.in British custody. This was just the start of his ordeal. What was
:10:27. > :10:31.to follow off-camera was described by a public inquiry as gratuitous
:10:31. > :10:35.violence involving several soldiers, although only one has ever been
:10:35. > :10:39.punished for what happened. Derek Keilloh did try to revive Baha
:10:39. > :10:44.Mousa, but he later lied repeatedly under oath about the extent of his
:10:44. > :10:48.injuries. And other detainees had been badly beaten, too. Dr Chela
:10:48. > :10:54.was found guilty of serious misconduct for failing to protect
:10:54. > :10:57.them. -- Derek Keilloh. British troops, the tribunal found, were
:10:57. > :11:00.working in chaotic and stressful conditions. There was a growing
:11:00. > :11:03.insurgency and how they dealt with it is coming under increasing legal
:11:03. > :11:07.scrutiny. It has been revealed there were hundreds of other
:11:07. > :11:14.allegations of abuse, many of which have been settled out of court. It
:11:14. > :11:17.has emerged that between 2008-11, the Ministry of Defence paid
:11:17. > :11:21.compensation in 43 claims of unlawful detention and mistreatment,
:11:21. > :11:27.including the case of Baha Mousa and the detainees held with him.
:11:27. > :11:34.This year, it has had to settle 162 claims. The total cost has been �14
:11:34. > :11:37.million. Many of these were kept in solitary confinement and
:11:37. > :11:42.interrogated night and day. They were stripped naked, kept naked,
:11:42. > :11:45.sexually humiliated in front of women. The Ministry of Defence
:11:45. > :11:49.insists most soldiers in Iraq behave with integrity but it has
:11:49. > :11:53.acknowledged that nearly 200 further claims are being negotiated,
:11:53. > :11:57.and lawyers for the Iraqis continue to push for a public inquiry into
:11:57. > :12:01.British detention practices. Government plans to reform the
:12:01. > :12:04.banks "fall well short of what's required". That's the verdict of an
:12:04. > :12:08.influential commission of MPs and peers examining banking standards.
:12:08. > :12:10.It's welcomed plans to fence off the riskier parts of banks but says
:12:10. > :12:20.new legislation should include powers to break them up altogether
:12:20. > :12:21.
:12:21. > :12:25.if they don't implement reforms, as Hugh Pym reports.
:12:25. > :12:29.How to avoid a repeat of this, a financial crisis, resulting in
:12:29. > :12:33.taxpayer bail out. That is what this debate is all about, and
:12:33. > :12:37.whether it would be best to divide up big banks. Chancellor, there is
:12:37. > :12:40.quite a lot to get through. parliamentary commission including
:12:40. > :12:45.the future Archbishop of Canterbury has examined Government plans for
:12:45. > :12:50.reform of banking and said that they fall short of what is required.
:12:50. > :12:53.It welcomed the idea of ring- fencing, separating high street
:12:53. > :12:56.operations from riskier investment banking, putting a wall between
:12:56. > :13:01.them, so the money of sabres can be secured if the bank runs into
:13:01. > :13:07.trouble. But it says the plan needs to be strengthened. Full separation
:13:07. > :13:11.might be needed. We are suggesting that if the banks poke around on
:13:11. > :13:16.this ring-fenced too much and tried to get through it, find ways round
:13:16. > :13:20.it, they run the risk of false separation. The commission wants
:13:20. > :13:24.regulators, if they think new rules are not working, to have powers to
:13:24. > :13:28.make big banks split themselves up. This is a major challenge to the
:13:28. > :13:32.Treasury. It will have to come up with a detailed response to the
:13:32. > :13:36.proposals, as it starts to steer legislation through Parliament next
:13:36. > :13:41.year. That will implement crucial reforms which will shape the future
:13:41. > :13:44.of British banking for decades to come. I welcome the fact that they
:13:44. > :13:49.agree that ring-fencing is the right model for reforming the
:13:49. > :13:53.banking system. They have made some new suggestions about how we could
:13:53. > :13:57.strengthen the legislation. We will be looking at that carefully.
:13:57. > :14:00.Getting the detail right on reforming major banks will be a key
:14:00. > :14:04.priority for the Government. Labour says that today's report is a wake-
:14:04. > :14:08.up call for ministers. They say we should legislate now in case we
:14:08. > :14:12.need to break up the banks and put that irresponsibility behind us. It
:14:13. > :14:15.is a radical, challenging and difficult report for the Government.
:14:15. > :14:20.But the banking industry says uncertainty over what will be
:14:20. > :14:23.implemented can only hurt the wider economy. It makes it difficult for
:14:23. > :14:27.them to raise money from investors which they used to lend to small
:14:27. > :14:31.businesses and homeowners. While that uncertainty hangs over banks,
:14:31. > :14:36.we will carry on having a frank -- is fragile banking system that
:14:36. > :14:39.cannot play a role in promoting economic growth. The banking system
:14:39. > :14:49.nearly collapsed four years ago. People say it must never happen
:14:49. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:54.again and that is why the plans are There are more loyalist protests in
:14:54. > :15:01.Belfast over plans to limit the days in which the no-fly flies over
:15:01. > :15:07.City Hall. -- in which the flag flies over City Hall.
:15:07. > :15:11.Belfast, 2012. Four days before Christmas. Riot police on the main
:15:11. > :15:16.route through east Belfast. Loyalist protesters, blocking the
:15:16. > :15:21.road. Police warned that they would have to use force to move them.
:15:21. > :15:25.There were 38 protests across the city, only some of them involve
:15:25. > :15:29.road blocks but there was widespread travel disruption. Many
:15:29. > :15:33.rugby supporters attending an all- star match in East Belfast were
:15:33. > :15:39.delayed. I think it's absolutely crazy. I think it is absolute
:15:39. > :15:43.nonsense. There is nothing like inconveniencing your own community.
:15:43. > :15:46.It's kind of boring, isn't it? It's predictable. At this time of year
:15:46. > :15:49.you would think people would rise above it and get on with their
:15:49. > :15:53.normal lives. The protests have been happening for almost three
:15:53. > :15:59.weeks, since Belfast City Council decided to stop flying the Union of
:15:59. > :16:03.flag every day. No surrender! of them have turned violent. More
:16:03. > :16:07.than 30 police officers have been injured. Political leaders have
:16:07. > :16:14.made repeated calls for an end to the demonstrations. But those
:16:14. > :16:17.involved have ignored them. For 30 years we listened to Unionist
:16:17. > :16:23.politicians and this is where we are now. They are stopping our
:16:23. > :16:27.parades, taking our flag down. Anything British, they don't want
:16:27. > :16:31.it. We have just about had enough. If the politicians want to talk,
:16:31. > :16:35.they can come to us. We are not going to them. That is the bottom
:16:35. > :16:39.line. The problem for the police is not the size of the protests but
:16:39. > :16:42.the number of them, spread around different parts of Northern Ireland.
:16:42. > :16:47.Most of them are peaceful. But there is never a guarantee they are
:16:47. > :16:50.going to stay that way. There is also an economic impact. It is
:16:50. > :17:00.normally one of the busiest nights of the year in Belfast. But not
:17:00. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:12.tonight. The City cannot afford Coming up: Closing the insurance
:17:12. > :17:13.
:17:13. > :17:19.gender gap. Why some women drivers The great Christmas getaway got off
:17:19. > :17:23.to a bad start today with rain, flooding, trains cancelled or
:17:23. > :17:33.delayed and large tailbacks on some major roads. There is widespread
:17:33. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:37.disruption and there are more 12 million people are expected to
:17:37. > :17:44.travel over the Christmas break. Does that aim to start early on the
:17:44. > :17:48.busy rail routes through Reading scan departure board dotted with
:17:48. > :17:51.delays and cancellations. It was down to a fire yesterday. But the
:17:51. > :17:56.damage to signalling equipment meant that two of the main lines
:17:56. > :17:59.from Paddington to the West Country and Wales were out of action.
:17:59. > :18:03.lucky at the signs and it looks like all of the Heathrow trains are
:18:03. > :18:07.cancelled, unfortunately. Now I have to take a taxi. I arrived at
:18:07. > :18:11.the station to find my trains have been cancelled. I have to go
:18:11. > :18:15.through Taunton and make a connection from there. A second
:18:15. > :18:18.fire disrupted rail services from Brighton. Every available in Judaea
:18:18. > :18:21.was brought in to deal with the damage at Preston Park. But rail
:18:21. > :18:26.travellers heading along the south coast and northwards to Gatwick
:18:26. > :18:30.airport also faced lengthy delays, although things improved this
:18:30. > :18:34.afternoon. It's the busiest day of the year for airports and
:18:34. > :18:37.difficulty with connections has brought greater stress for
:18:37. > :18:40.holidaymakers with flight deadlines to meet. This is what they are
:18:40. > :18:47.leaving behind. In Scotland, council teams were preparing for
:18:47. > :18:50.the next band of bad weather. They were also mopping up after the last
:18:50. > :18:54.one. Motoring organisations say there was packing for a few days
:18:54. > :19:01.with friends or family should expect problems. Traditional areas
:19:01. > :19:04.like the M 6, the M25, they will be very busy, no doubt. I would say
:19:04. > :19:09.people should take advice before setting off. It will take longer
:19:09. > :19:13.than usual, so it's important that people plan their journeys properly.
:19:13. > :19:19.In Sussex, this pub landlord found the only way possible of topping up
:19:19. > :19:23.his beer supplies. There has been a brief respite. But river levels are
:19:23. > :19:28.still rising, flooded routes are still closed. Those who have
:19:28. > :19:31.persevered with their journeys to date may be glad that they did. The
:19:31. > :19:35.Environment Agency warned that two more bands of heavy rain are
:19:35. > :19:38.heading for us, 20 mm of which will fall tonight and Inter tomorrow in
:19:38. > :19:42.an area stretching from the south of England through South Wales and
:19:42. > :19:46.on into north-west England, increasing the flood risk once
:19:46. > :19:54.again. It may not be a white Christmas for many of us, but it
:19:54. > :19:58.Lady Thatcher is recovering in hospital tonight after a minor
:19:58. > :20:03.operation. A spokesman said the former prime minister, who is 87,
:20:03. > :20:07.is absolutely fine. Chris Mason is at Westminster. What more can you
:20:07. > :20:11.tell us? We don't know when Lady Thatcher was admitted to hospital
:20:11. > :20:15.where she is receiving treatment. A spokeswoman has confirmed this
:20:15. > :20:19.evening that she was admitted to undergo a minor surgical procedure
:20:19. > :20:23.on her bladder in order to remove a growth and she is doing absolutely
:20:23. > :20:26.fine. There is the expectation that she could remain in hospital for a
:20:26. > :20:31.couple of days. There is the prospect she could be away from
:20:31. > :20:34.home for Christmas. Her daughter, Carol, is at her bedside. Lady
:20:34. > :20:38.Thatcher has been in declining health for a number of years. She
:20:38. > :20:41.is rarely seen in public. She wasn't able to attend a lunch with
:20:41. > :20:45.the Queen in the summer with former and serving Prime Ministers to
:20:45. > :20:49.celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. A long-standing friend of hers, Lord
:20:49. > :20:52.Bell, has told the BBC it was a minor operation. It lasted less
:20:52. > :20:59.than an hour and didn't require heavy anaesthetic. He said it was
:20:59. > :21:03.very straightforward, very minor From today, insurance companies can
:21:03. > :21:08.no longer set prices according to whether you why a man or a woman.
:21:08. > :21:11.New European laws mean that some women drivers who have been charge
:21:11. > :21:21.lower premiums because they have fewer accidents may have to pay up
:21:21. > :21:24.
:21:24. > :21:27.to 40% more. Some men stand to gain It's always been a key factor in
:21:27. > :21:36.deciding the price of insurance, whether it is a man or woman at the
:21:36. > :21:40.wheel. Now that is having to stop and young drivers are affected most.
:21:40. > :21:45.Abbey has just started her lessons. Terry has just passed his test.
:21:45. > :21:48.They are both 17, both at college, with the same instructor. Under the
:21:48. > :21:55.old system, he would have to pay �1,000 a year more because young
:21:55. > :21:59.men have more accidents. After a European Court ruling on a
:21:59. > :22:02.complaint from a Belgian consumer group, different male and female
:22:02. > :22:08.prices for cover have been banned, which has heated up the old debate
:22:08. > :22:12.over who drives best. Boy is are the ones that are more reckless on
:22:12. > :22:15.the roads. They think they are invincible. It backfires on them
:22:15. > :22:19.and they lose control of the car. Women are naturally more cautious,
:22:19. > :22:24.especially when in control a vehicle. I don't necessarily agree.
:22:24. > :22:28.I have friends that are less confident and they are all female.
:22:28. > :22:34.I am more confident on the road, so I feel like I am a better driver
:22:34. > :22:38.than they are. How big is the change? Young women are faced with
:22:38. > :22:43.increases of as much as 38% in the cost of insurance. It is not all
:22:43. > :22:46.bad. Some young men get a reduction, but only of around 8%. This is in
:22:46. > :22:52.spite of the fact that young men are twice as likely to have a
:22:52. > :22:56.serious accident than women of a similar age. The impact could be on
:22:56. > :23:03.anyone buying insurance who have to answer that question, are you male
:23:03. > :23:08.or female, before getting a prize. So, it is not just young women
:23:08. > :23:12.drivers that will lose out. -- price. The fact that women live
:23:12. > :23:15.longer will have to be ignored, so they will not get a discount on
:23:15. > :23:19.life assurance, even though they are less likely to claim. Some men
:23:19. > :23:23.will get a smaller pension because the likelihood that they will not
:23:23. > :23:27.live so long cannot be taken into account. Insurers do not deny it
:23:27. > :23:31.could be more income this Christmas for them. The more that things like
:23:31. > :23:35.gender get taken out of insurers ability to use to price risk, the
:23:35. > :23:40.more uncertain that will be. There may be an impact on premiums
:23:40. > :23:44.overall as they try to deal with that uncertainty. With cars,
:23:44. > :23:53.insurers will have to rely more heavily on your job, age and the
:23:53. > :23:58.It was the end of an era today as Blue Peter and other children's
:23:58. > :24:01.favourites were broadcast on BBC One for the last time. From now on,
:24:01. > :24:07.children's programming will only be available on the CBeebies and CBBC
:24:07. > :24:13.channels. Lizo Mzimba has been looking back 50 years of children's
:24:13. > :24:18.television. Hello, children. Here I am again, with the picture book.
:24:18. > :24:20.Even before BBC One, when there was only one channel, the BBC
:24:21. > :24:30.television service, children's programmes were one of the
:24:30. > :24:36.cornerstones. Muffin waved his tail... When BBC One began in the
:24:36. > :24:40.1960s, informing... The 4th big crisis involved train drivers...
:24:40. > :24:45.And entertaining a young audience remained one of its priorities. And,
:24:45. > :24:50.of course, many of those shows were filmed here at Television Centre,
:24:50. > :24:53.where a huge range of programmes were filmed over the decades. In
:24:53. > :25:03.one studio a comedy-drama with actors getting involved in comic
:25:03. > :25:08.
:25:08. > :25:11.accidents. In another studio, may be an accident of a different kind?
:25:12. > :25:16.Lulu the Elephant's messy mishap on the studio floor became one of
:25:16. > :25:20.television's iconic moments. Blue Peter, now filled in Manchester,
:25:20. > :25:24.was one of the final programmes transmitted earlier today. It and
:25:24. > :25:30.others will continue, just not on BBC One. All children now live in
:25:30. > :25:32.digital homes. They go to digital channels to watch their programmes.
:25:32. > :25:36.Audiences on BBC One and BBC Two for the children's programmes were
:25:36. > :25:40.getting very small. There were huge audiences on the digital channels.
:25:40. > :25:43.It seems sad to old people like me that they are not going to be there
:25:43. > :25:47.any more, but two children it does not matter at all. Although the
:25:47. > :25:51.move has a lot of support, some children's TV figures, like former
:25:51. > :25:56.Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, believe there are some
:25:56. > :26:00.disadvantages. To shift programmes on to a channel that says for
:26:00. > :26:03.children means that some kids of 11 or 12 will stay away from it
:26:03. > :26:05.because they will want to be perceived and they will think that
:26:05. > :26:09.they ought to be perceived, they will think they are going to be
:26:09. > :26:13.judged if they are not perceived, has grown up. Whatever the future
:26:14. > :26:18.holds, today it does mark a farewell to BBC One. And, for