:00:07. > :00:13.following America's lead and says he's not yet ready to arm the rebels
:00:13. > :00:19.in Syria. But he backs the US claim that there is credible evidence of
:00:19. > :00:23.chemical weapons being used by the Syrian government on its own people.
:00:23. > :00:27.I welcome the candid assessment from the Americans. It is consistent with
:00:27. > :00:29.what we have already said. There is credible evidence of multiple
:00:29. > :00:33.attacks using chemical weapons in Syria.
:00:33. > :00:36.We'll be looking at the difficulties of arming the rebels in Syria and
:00:36. > :00:38.the dangers of introducing more weapons into the war there.
:00:38. > :00:41.Also tonight: The Government says it wants to name and
:00:41. > :00:47.shame surgeons if they don't allow their results to be published in new
:00:47. > :00:50.league tables. The future of long haul air travel.
:00:50. > :00:54.Flying the flag for the new leaner, greener Airbus.
:00:54. > :01:04.And can Manchester City get back to winning ways with their new man in
:01:04. > :01:14.Coyle becomes the second big managerial signing of the day as he
:01:14. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:33.The Prime Minister says he shares America's view that chemical weapons
:01:33. > :01:37.have been used by the Syrian government, but has stopped short of
:01:37. > :01:42.echoing America's pledge to send military aid to rebel groups. The
:01:42. > :01:45.Syrian government insists it hasn't used chemical weapons. Russia, which
:01:45. > :01:48.supplies arms to the Syrian government, says it remains
:01:48. > :01:58.unconvinced by America's evidence. Our first report is from Washington
:01:58. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:04.chemical attack? Activist and eyewitnesses claim he
:02:04. > :02:10.was. That many people have been injured or killed in similar
:02:10. > :02:16.incidents across the country. We investigated one of these cases last
:02:16. > :02:21.month. And establishing proof beyond doubt is extremely difficult. But
:02:21. > :02:25.now, America claims that evidence from sites like this proves the
:02:25. > :02:30.Syrian Government has used chemical weapons on a small-scale and many
:02:30. > :02:34.times. I welcome the candid assessment from the Americans. It is
:02:34. > :02:42.consistent with what we've already said. There is credible evidence of
:02:42. > :02:46.multiple attacks using chem weapons in Syria including the use of the
:02:46. > :02:50.agents sarin. Washington says President Obama's red line has been
:02:50. > :02:54.crossed and now he has decided to send military aid to the rebels.
:02:54. > :02:58.There is those are decisions he made over the course of the last several
:02:58. > :03:01.weeks particularly as our assessment of chemical weapons use firmed up
:03:01. > :03:05.and as we saw a deteriorating situation in general.
:03:06. > :03:09.Now America must decide what military options it wants to pursue.
:03:09. > :03:14.Many expect that light arms and ammunition will be sent to the
:03:14. > :03:18.rebels. There could be sophisticated antitank weapons. Less likely, but
:03:18. > :03:22.still possible, are shoulder launched antiaircraft missiles.
:03:22. > :03:25.Finally, some want a no-fly zone, shooting down Syrian jets, but for
:03:25. > :03:28.now, Washington seems to think that would be too difficult and
:03:28. > :03:32.dangerous. President Obama has been criticised
:03:32. > :03:39.for failing to act sooner, not least by the man who led the call for
:03:39. > :03:47.America to arm the rebels. Right now, the conflict is spread
:03:47. > :03:51.spreading. Hezbollah is all in and the Russians are send sending
:03:51. > :03:56.sophisticated equipment. It is an unfair fight.
:03:56. > :04:00.More than 90,000 people have been killed in Syria. Many more injured.
:04:00. > :04:03.And millions of families have been made homeless. The Russians have
:04:03. > :04:10.dismissed America's claim that chemical weapons have been used
:04:10. > :04:18.here. Others fear that sending more weapons won't stop the fighting or
:04:18. > :04:24.the bloodshed, it will make it worse. Providing arms to either side
:04:24. > :04:30.would not address this current situation. There is no such military
:04:30. > :04:33.solution. Only political solution can address this issue sustainably.
:04:33. > :04:36.Tonight, President Obama has been speaking to David Cameron as well as
:04:36. > :04:40.the leaders of the Germany, France and Italy and we're told that Syria
:04:40. > :04:46.was at the top of their agenda. Next week, they will all gather in
:04:46. > :04:49.Northern Ireland for the G8 summit as they attempt to put some form of
:04:49. > :04:52.diplomatic cover over what's called military support for the armed
:04:52. > :04:55.opposition in Syria. Yet in all those countries there will be
:04:55. > :05:05.reservations about what looks like an open-ended commitment in a war
:05:05. > :05:12.
:05:12. > :05:17.that doesn't seem to have an end. to act. Syrian troops have been
:05:17. > :05:27.making gains against the opposition, cap turl a -- capturing a key rebel
:05:27. > :05:31.stronghold. Jeremy Bowen reports. It was not just the fall of what had
:05:31. > :05:35.been the rebel stronghold that brought a new urgency, to the West's
:05:35. > :05:41.approach to the Syrian war, it was the way it fell. To an assault spear
:05:41. > :05:44.headed by these fighters, from the Lebanese militia, Hezbollah. The
:05:44. > :05:51.Syrian regime denies the allegations about the use of chemical weapons,
:05:51. > :05:56.but the success of its offensive is clear. In Beirut, Hezbollah
:05:56. > :06:01.supporters watch the latest TV address by their leader. A key ally
:06:01. > :06:11.of Shia Muslim Iran, self declared enemy of the US, Israel and Sunni
:06:11. > :06:17.Muslim extremists and now a major force in the Syrian war.
:06:17. > :06:22.He said Hezbollah would keep fighting in Syria.
:06:22. > :06:29.The strategic ramifications are big and huge, you know. It gave the
:06:29. > :06:32.regime this momentum and it gave the regime the psychological, you know,
:06:32. > :06:38.push. That's why the Americans want to
:06:38. > :06:41.change the game to end the era of home-made weapons for the rebels
:06:41. > :06:46.they judge it safe to support. Swales what they have made
:06:46. > :06:53.themselves, this factory is in a suburb of Damascus, the rebels had
:06:53. > :06:57.weapons from Saudi Arabia and Qatar and they are desperate for more fire
:06:57. > :07:00.power to break the regime's momentum.
:07:00. > :07:05.TRANSLATION: The credibility of the US is at stake for two-and-a-half
:07:05. > :07:11.years, all we got from the West and the US was words. So if this is just
:07:11. > :07:14.the same, it won't change anything. The Syrian people will continue the
:07:14. > :07:17.revolution even if they have to fight with their bare hands, but if
:07:17. > :07:22.the Americans do as they say, I believe it will change the balance
:07:22. > :07:28.of power in the region. The Americans believe they can keep
:07:28. > :07:31.their weapons away from these rebels, allies of Al-Qaeda and the
:07:31. > :07:36.most effective rebel fighters in Syria. Instead, the US wants to
:07:36. > :07:40.build up the West's allies in the free Syria army.
:07:40. > :07:46.Here in Beirut, and across the border in Syria, supporters of the
:07:46. > :07:51.rebel fear the West is still not ready to help them overthrow the
:07:51. > :07:56.Assad regime. It looks peaceful enough here, but the war in Syria is
:07:56. > :08:00.spreading danger right across the region.
:08:00. > :08:05.And there seems to be incost cystancies in the West's political
:08:05. > :08:08.strategy. Britain says the threat of ashling the rebels could have enough
:08:08. > :08:11.to persuade the Assad regime to negotiate a transition of power, but
:08:11. > :08:16.it is hard to see how that would be enough to persuade the president to
:08:16. > :08:21.sack ra heifies himself and his regime at a time when his forces
:08:21. > :08:30.right now are doing well on the battlefield. Backed by Iran, Russia
:08:30. > :08:34.Our political correspondent, Vicki Young, is in Downing Street. David
:08:34. > :08:39.Cameron spoke to President Obama and other international leaders this
:08:39. > :08:44.evening about Syria, but the Prime Minister also needs to win over his
:08:44. > :08:48.backbenchers? President Obama maybe getting closer to David Cameron's
:08:48. > :08:52.way of thinking. The conference involved the leaders of Italy and
:08:52. > :08:55.Germany and Downing Street said they agreed to work together on a
:08:55. > :09:02.political transition to end the conflict. They clearly all want to
:09:02. > :09:05.put as much diplomatic pressure as they can on President Assad to come
:09:05. > :09:09.to the negotiating table. In the House of Commons as well, with
:09:09. > :09:13.Labour, some of the Liberal Democrats, and dozens of
:09:13. > :09:17.Conservative MPs uneasy about the idea of further involvement for
:09:17. > :09:21.Britain in Syria. One Tory backbencher saying today it could be
:09:21. > :09:26.a mistake of historic proportions. David Cameron is under a lot of
:09:26. > :09:30.pressure to give MPs a vote before Britain makes any decision about
:09:30. > :09:33.arming the Syrian rebels and that's not a vote that he is guaranteed to
:09:33. > :09:38.win, but he is clear, he says, if the international community walks
:09:38. > :09:44.away from the situation in Syria, it will only make things worse there.
:09:44. > :09:47.Thank you. Pm Surgeons who refuse to allow the
:09:47. > :09:50.results of their operations to be published online will be named and
:09:50. > :09:53.shamed, the Government is warning. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,
:09:53. > :09:55.wants new league tables that will compare the performance of
:09:55. > :09:58.consultants. But under data protection laws, surgeons will be
:09:58. > :10:06.able to opt out as our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes,
:10:06. > :10:09.carried out by individual consultants is meant to raise
:10:09. > :10:15.standards and give patients more information and choice before an
:10:15. > :10:19.operation. But it can be complicated. Those carrying out
:10:19. > :10:26.complex procedures on the very sick will have different results to
:10:26. > :10:30.surgeons performing more straightforward operations. At this
:10:30. > :10:34.hospital they are making results public, but they acknowledge the
:10:34. > :10:38.process is not without its problems. It is about us focussing on the
:10:38. > :10:41.importance of this. So it is not an easy thing to do. It has not been
:10:41. > :10:45.done before, but we think now is the time to do it.
:10:45. > :10:50.The result of individual cardiac surgeons have been made public since
:10:50. > :10:54.2008 and the feeling is that led to an improvement in standards. But the
:10:54. > :11:00.Royal College of Surgeons points out it took time for that system to work
:11:00. > :11:07.properly, for the data to be accurate and they say that rack rasy
:11:07. > :11:11.is vital -- and arc rasy is vital. The data will be available online
:11:11. > :11:15.and translated on to graphs. The figures are adjusted so the risk of
:11:15. > :11:19.every operation istain into account. The further below the red dotted
:11:19. > :11:22.line, the lower the mortality rate for individual surgeons. The graphs
:11:22. > :11:27.can be used to see how each doctor is performing in comparison to
:11:27. > :11:29.others, but data protection law means surgeons must give their
:11:29. > :11:36.consent before figures are published and some are delaying until they
:11:36. > :11:40.know the data is roe gust. Ust. want a situation where surgeons can
:11:40. > :11:44.have confidence that the data is valid and reliable and confident in
:11:44. > :11:48.the way it is presented give a good picture too patients.
:11:48. > :11:53.The Health Secretary says he is prepared to name surgeons who
:11:53. > :11:57.worthwhile hold consent. Jeremy Hunt said as long as the data properly
:11:57. > :12:01.reflects what the doctors are doing, there should be no valid reason why
:12:01. > :12:05.it can not be published. For patients facing surgery, the
:12:05. > :12:10.scheme could offer more choice, but that's not as simple as it seems.
:12:10. > :12:14.depends how ill you are and what's wrong with you really? Whether you
:12:14. > :12:17.have the time to look into it and not everybody is capable of looking
:12:17. > :12:22.into those things. You take precautions and if
:12:22. > :12:27.something came up and it was showing bad, you would be considering I'm
:12:27. > :12:30.not going in there. How does that effect you? How are
:12:30. > :12:34.you feeling. NHS England says only 4% of surgeons
:12:35. > :12:38.opted out of publishing their results, the Royal College of
:12:38. > :12:48.Surgeons says it supports publication, but warns complicated
:12:48. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:02.data needs careful handling. a woman on the BBC yesterday
:13:02. > :13:05.Yesterday, the BBC broadcast material showing numerous failings
:13:05. > :13:07.in the care of an 83-year-old women in Blackpool by Mosaic Community
:13:07. > :13:09.Care. . The company says it is working to
:13:09. > :13:11.remedy the situation. Millions of voters across Iran are
:13:11. > :13:13.casting their ballots in the country's presidential elections.
:13:13. > :13:17.With long queues outside polling stations, the interior ministry
:13:17. > :13:20.extended voting four times during the day. Although all six candidates
:13:20. > :13:24.are seen as conservatives, one of them, cleric Hassan Rouhani, has
:13:24. > :13:29.been reaching out to the reformists in recent days. Outgoing leader
:13:29. > :13:31.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad already cast his vote today. His eight years in power
:13:31. > :13:40.have been characterised by economic turmoil and Western sanctions
:13:40. > :13:47.against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme.
:13:47. > :13:53.Next week, Afghan government forces will, for the first time, take the
:13:53. > :13:56.lead in combat operations across the country. It is a significant
:13:56. > :14:03.milestone. The Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is in Afghanistan as
:14:03. > :14:05.British troops repaired to leave the HQ in Helmand they have occupied
:14:06. > :14:09.since 2006. Our world affairs correspondent David Loyn has been
:14:09. > :14:16.travelling with them. A familiar sight in Helmand but not
:14:16. > :14:22.for much longer. The arrival of a British defence secretary to Lashkar
:14:22. > :14:28.Gar. The military headquarters set-up to run the war here seven
:14:28. > :14:32.years ago is close down. It is age mentally significant moment and
:14:32. > :14:35.significant for the Afghans as well. They are a very proud people
:14:35. > :14:40.and this is the moment where they formally take responsibility for
:14:40. > :14:44.their own security throughout the country and here in Helmand a
:14:44. > :14:48.significant further step with the brigade headquarters drawing down
:14:48. > :14:53.into Camp Bastion. Some helicopters are already being packed up to go
:14:53. > :14:58.home, not needed as there are fewer troops to fly around. By the end of
:14:58. > :15:05.this year, there will be only four British bases in Helmand, down from
:15:05. > :15:11.130 at the peak. Afghanistan is hoping that as foreign armies pack
:15:11. > :15:14.up and go home, the fighting will reduce, since so much of the
:15:14. > :15:22.insurgency was directed against a foreign invasion. It may turn out to
:15:23. > :15:26.be a forlorn hope. There will be more ceremony next week, as Afghan
:15:26. > :15:32.forces take a combat lead across the country, shouldering the burden for
:15:32. > :15:36.themselves. This war may be winding down for the British Army, but
:15:37. > :15:44.Afghan losses are rising fast, now rising at ten times the
:15:44. > :15:50.international casualty rate. This is the new face of the Afghan war.
:15:50. > :15:57.Afghan soldiers leading the fight and bearing the cost. The wounded
:15:57. > :16:03.pack hospital is. Nazir Ahmad lost both his legs when he stepped on a
:16:03. > :16:12.mine in Kandahar. He is engaged. He says his fiancee still wants to get
:16:12. > :16:15.married, proud of his sacrifice for his country. Shah Isul has had ten
:16:15. > :16:24.operations to save his leg, after being shot by the Taliban in
:16:24. > :16:31.Helmand. He said 30 of his Afghan comrades died on his tour, and two
:16:31. > :16:38.British soldiers, the new balance of casualties. A sad, steady stream of
:16:38. > :16:42.coffins carried away by the families of the dead. Some leave draped only
:16:42. > :16:49.in funeral black, for fear of the Taliban. Connection with the
:16:49. > :16:53.military could be fatal for the families of the fallen. And the dead
:16:54. > :17:02.leaves behind young lives altered forever in Afghanistan's war without
:17:02. > :17:06.end. David Cameron has promised not to
:17:06. > :17:09.make further cuts to the number of military personnel beyond those
:17:09. > :17:14.already announced. Today, six government departments agreed to
:17:14. > :17:18.reductions in their budget ahead of this month's Comprehensive Spending
:17:18. > :17:22.Review. The Ministry of Defence still has to agree its next round of
:17:22. > :17:27.savings with the Treasury. With me is our defence correspondent
:17:27. > :17:30.Caroline Wyatt. There has been a debate about cuts with the chief of
:17:30. > :17:35.the General staff? That is right. It is the latest in a long-running
:17:35. > :17:41.battle between the MoD and the Treasury. It began with unusually
:17:41. > :17:46.public concerns being expressed by the man in charge of the Army. He
:17:46. > :17:51.said more cuts could be quite dangerous quite quickly that the
:17:51. > :17:54.army which is already reducing numbers. He said it could affect
:17:54. > :17:59.UK's chance of success in future wars. Then the prime minister said
:17:59. > :18:03.there would be no cut in the number of military personnel. Danny
:18:03. > :18:10.Alexander said the department like the MOD which still had more horses
:18:10. > :18:14.than tanks could make efficiency savings. The MOD agrees. It knows it
:18:14. > :18:18.can take its share of the pain but it cannot cut much more, nothing
:18:18. > :18:23.like the 8% cuts that some other departments are seeing. While the
:18:23. > :18:28.battle is going on in public, in private they know they have to agree
:18:28. > :18:33.that budget. The MOD hopes that will come soon. Thank you.
:18:33. > :18:37.We hear a lot about the power of the grey pound. Research out today shows
:18:37. > :18:41.pensioners have seen their incomes rise faster than any other age group
:18:41. > :18:46.in the last 30 years. Spending power, how far your money will go
:18:46. > :18:52.once inflation is taken into account for the over 60s has increased at
:18:52. > :18:58.double the rate of working people since the 1970s. A charity has
:18:58. > :19:03.warned that millions of pensioners are still living in poverty.
:19:03. > :19:07.Has the age of pensioner poverty being knocked sideways with the real
:19:07. > :19:12.risk that it is the young who need financial help. At this retirement
:19:12. > :19:18.village in the Midlands, this looks like eight Golden generation,
:19:18. > :19:23.healthier, living longer and better. I would say I am comfortably off,
:19:23. > :19:28.yes. I have got grandchildren and 32 downwards to 17 and I do know that
:19:28. > :19:33.they are struggling. I suppose we were better off than my father and
:19:33. > :19:38.mother's generation. I suppose, like everybody, I would like a little bit
:19:38. > :19:43.more but we keep our head above water. For Valerie, who is 72, the
:19:43. > :19:50.state pension goes up every year. But for those in their 20s like
:19:50. > :19:54.Natalie have suffered most from the squeeze on wages, the cut in
:19:54. > :19:58.benefits and the lack of jobs. work here and some are else because
:19:58. > :20:02.I do not then just working here would cover all the bills. I have
:20:02. > :20:06.two working two places to men try can make ends meet at the end of the
:20:06. > :20:13.month. The austerity years have been tough but campaigners insist it has
:20:13. > :20:18.been right to protect pensioners. 1.6 million older people are still
:20:18. > :20:24.living in poverty, that shows there is no room for complacency. Most
:20:24. > :20:29.pensioners are living on modest incomes. 40 years ago, in the 1970s,
:20:29. > :20:34.the picture was much worse. Two out of every five pensioners living in
:20:34. > :20:39.poverty. It is nothing like that now. The pattern of poverty has now
:20:39. > :20:42.changed. If the government wants to focus on reducing poverty, they may
:20:42. > :20:47.have to focus resources on younger people who offer higher priority
:20:47. > :20:52.than those over the state pension age. There are still many pensioners
:20:52. > :20:57.on low incomes, but nowadays they are no more likely than anyone else
:20:57. > :20:59.to be in poverty. That will increase calls the trends to benefits, such
:20:59. > :21:06.as winter fuel payments which Labour says it will axe for wealthier
:21:06. > :21:10.pensioners. It raises the question as to whether generous guaranteed
:21:10. > :21:14.increases in the state pension should continue. So should the young
:21:14. > :21:18.be squeezed and not the old? The Prime Minister has promised not to
:21:18. > :21:25.cut the winter fuel payment for pensioners, but the message today is
:21:25. > :21:30.that it is those in their 20s, even in work, who are against it.
:21:30. > :21:36.The Airbus 350, the newest aircraft from the European train
:21:36. > :21:42.manufacturer, has taken off on its maiden flight. It will compete with
:21:42. > :21:46.the Boeing 787's Dreamliner. The A350 has cost �10 billion to develop
:21:46. > :21:54.and is designed to be more fuel-efficient. 100,000 British jobs
:21:54. > :22:00.are said to be dependent on Airbus. A critical moment in a battle for
:22:00. > :22:06.the skies. This is your's aid to dominate the next generation of
:22:06. > :22:14.European aircraft. A brand-new design and its very first test.
:22:14. > :22:19.Delight and relief in Toulouse. And also at Filton near Bristol.
:22:19. > :22:23.Thousands of jobs depend on this project. A lot of work, arduous
:22:23. > :22:29.hours, but it is worthwhile when you see something like this today take
:22:29. > :22:33.days. Fantastic. So surreal. A lot of people have put time and energy
:22:33. > :22:39.into this aircraft so to finally see it flies something really special.
:22:39. > :22:43.The key selling point is fuel consumption. The distinctively
:22:43. > :22:47.curved wingtips reduce friction as the plane pushes through the air.
:22:47. > :22:52.The engines, made by Rolls-Royce, are built of the world's most
:22:52. > :22:56.efficient. Designed and built in Derby. Like every new engine, this
:22:56. > :23:00.one is all about squeezing as much power out of every last opera fuel.
:23:00. > :23:04.These are the largest ever fan blades made from titanium. They are
:23:04. > :23:09.incredibly light. The clearance between the edge of the blade and
:23:09. > :23:13.the casing has never been so narrow. It is all about maximising
:23:13. > :23:18.efficiency. Inside the engine itself, the temperature reaches half
:23:18. > :23:23.that of the surface of the sun. Hot enough to melt many components which
:23:23. > :23:27.have to be kept cool by a specially designed flow of air. This is all
:23:27. > :23:31.about increasing the power and reducing the amount of fuel used.
:23:31. > :23:36.The engines will run at greater pressure than ever before, so to
:23:36. > :23:42.handle this, the turbine blades are made from a special alloy and each
:23:42. > :23:47.one is created from a single crystal. We pull around 18,000
:23:47. > :23:53.individual components together to make one jet engine. And then that
:23:53. > :23:59.jet engine is capable, it takes in 1.3 tonnes of air every three
:23:59. > :24:03.seconds. It would empty a squash court in a second. A test for heavy
:24:03. > :24:06.rain. Each generation of engines is slightly more efficient than the
:24:06. > :24:11.last. But there may be physical limits to what current designs can
:24:11. > :24:19.deliver. You can do the one or 2% per year average which is what
:24:19. > :24:24.Rolls-Royce is getting silly -- over a number of years you get 20%. But
:24:24. > :24:30.it is a real challenge. Some radical ideas are on the cards to make
:24:30. > :24:35.aviation generally greener but they are decades away. Today, with its
:24:35. > :24:40.distinctive wings, the Airbus was back from its test flight. New
:24:40. > :24:44.designs are always challenging. Boeing learned that to its cost.
:24:44. > :24:47.Airbus has a lot of work ahead. Prince Charles has said the Duke of
:24:48. > :24:52.Edinburgh is much better after visiting his father at a private
:24:52. > :24:56.London clinic where he had abdominal surgery. He spoke after he left the
:24:56. > :25:00.hospital with the Duchess of Cornwall. 92-year-old Prince Philip
:25:00. > :25:07.had an exploratory operation last Friday. Prince William and Prince
:25:07. > :25:11.Harry were also among the visitors. It has taken a while, but Manchester
:25:11. > :25:17.City have finally confirmed Manuel Pellegrini are their new boss. City
:25:17. > :25:21.had been chasing the former Malaga manager for months.
:25:21. > :25:31.He is nicknamed the engineer. Can he fix Manchester City? This season
:25:31. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :25:36.Manuel Mallard -- Manuel Pellegrini took Malaga to the top. After
:25:36. > :25:42.Roberto Mancini paid the price for domestic and European
:25:42. > :25:49.disappointment, his successor knows there will be no hiding place.
:25:49. > :25:55.think, I am sure we have got the best squad of the Premier League. We
:25:55. > :26:01.have wonderful players and we can reach important titles in the next
:26:01. > :26:05.three or four seasons here in Manchester. City say they were
:26:05. > :26:10.impressed by Manuel Pellegrini's philosophy and attitude. He has a
:26:10. > :26:15.reputation for stylish football and calm man management. All that will
:26:15. > :26:20.count for little if he does not win trophies. It is only a year since
:26:20. > :26:26.Manchester City won the Premier League, but won silverware free
:26:26. > :26:31.season later and Roberto Mancini was out. The club's billionaire owners
:26:31. > :26:35.want sustained success. Some fans may need more convincing. We are
:26:35. > :26:39.still a bit sore about Mancini because of the great job he has done
:26:40. > :26:44.but onwards and upwards. We are not strangers to controversy so we will
:26:44. > :26:53.give the man a chance. Why get rid of a decent manager to bring in
:26:53. > :26:58.someone got knows? At 59, and after briefly managing Real Madrid,