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:00:00. > :00:11.Pro-Russian separatists seize a group of international military

:00:12. > :00:14.observers in Ukraine. As Russia puts on a display of firepower, Ukraine

:00:15. > :00:20.says it fears an imminent invasion and accuses Moscow of wanting to

:00:21. > :00:23.start a new world war. As the tension escalates, Western powers

:00:24. > :00:27.are warning Russia it faces fresh sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

:00:28. > :00:31.Also tonight: The Chancellor, George Osborne, tells the Royal Bank of

:00:32. > :00:36.Scotland to reduce the size of planned bonuses for its staff.

:00:37. > :00:39.An insult to the dead - the Government vows to find out who used

:00:40. > :00:45.Whitehall computers to change the Hillsborough Disaster Wikipedia

:00:46. > :00:51.entry. To me what an utter disgrace that

:00:52. > :00:56.is, for anybody, for anybody to be spoken to about like that.

:00:57. > :00:58.A rose from a refugee - the children fleeing Syria forced to sell flowers

:00:59. > :01:02.on the streets of Lebanon to survive. We have a special report.

:01:03. > :01:06.And, bye bye baby - Prince George and his parents head home at the end

:01:07. > :01:16.of their tour of Australia and New Zealand.

:01:17. > :01:21.In Sportsday: Manchester United's interim manager Ryan Giggs vows to

:01:22. > :01:39.bring passion, excitement and flair back to Old Trafford.

:01:40. > :01:45.Good evening. Russia is being warned that it is facing a new wave of

:01:46. > :01:48.sanctions from America and Europe over the crisis in Ukraine. It comes

:01:49. > :01:51.after pro-Russian separatists detained a group of international

:01:52. > :01:54.military observers in the town of Sloviansk as they were travelling

:01:55. > :01:57.across Eastern Ukraine. Earlier, two Ukrainian military aircraft were

:01:58. > :02:03.destroyed at the Kramatorsk Airport in what Kiev called an act of

:02:04. > :02:05.sabotage. And, as the tension continues to grow, the Ukrainian

:02:06. > :02:11.Prime Minister has claimed that Russia is keen on starting a third

:02:12. > :02:21.world war. Our Correspondent Daniel Sandford is in Eastern Ukraine.

:02:22. > :02:26.Powerful rockets roaring into the sky in southern Russia today as the

:02:27. > :02:30.Kremlin publicly flexed its muscles again. As the Russian Foreign

:02:31. > :02:37.Minister accused Europe and America of making a land-grab for Ukraine.

:02:38. > :02:41.TRANSLATION: The West wants, this is how it all began, to seize control

:02:42. > :02:46.of Ukraine because of their own political ambitions and not for the

:02:47. > :02:50.interests of the Ukrainian people. But on the ground in eastern Ukraine

:02:51. > :02:54.it is the pro-Russian militia that are causing the problems. Here in

:02:55. > :02:58.Sloviansk the most militant town, they took a group of seven

:02:59. > :03:03.international military observers prisoner, claiming they were

:03:04. > :03:09.travelling with the Ukrainian spy. In response, the Government in Kiev

:03:10. > :03:14.has been setting up checkpoints close to Sloviansk in an attempt to

:03:15. > :03:17.restore some order. The Ukrainian army say they're trying to close the

:03:18. > :03:23.net around Sloviansk, to try to prevent the armed revolt spreading.

:03:24. > :03:28.But Russia immediately called on Kiev to halt all military action in

:03:29. > :03:32.eastern Ukraine. At the nearby airport, the armed pro-Russian

:03:33. > :03:36.militia seemed to have scored another success, a helicopter was

:03:37. > :03:40.destroyed on the ground causing troops to fan out across the

:03:41. > :03:45.airfield. America said the unrest was an attempt by Moscow to

:03:46. > :03:50.discredit next month's presidential election in Ukraine. Russia has

:03:51. > :03:54.instead chosen an illegitimate course of armed violence to try and

:03:55. > :03:59.achieve with the barrel of a gun and the force of a mob, what couldn't be

:04:00. > :04:06.achieved any other way. They've tried to create enough chaos in the

:04:07. > :04:10.east to delay or delegitimise the elections. Kiev has a problem in

:04:11. > :04:16.eastern Ukraine beyond the pro-Russian gunmen. Kicking a ball

:04:17. > :04:21.around after work this evening was one 25-year-old who summed up the

:04:22. > :04:27.general disquiet here. TRANSLATION: The people want more

:04:28. > :04:33.lights, no one is listening to us. The Kiev Government isn't listening

:04:34. > :04:38.to us. They're sending in the army. This region has a proud history of

:04:39. > :04:41.coal mining and agriculture. With the Ukrainian Prime Minister

:04:42. > :04:46.accusing Russia of wanting to start world war three, and America

:04:47. > :04:50.threatening Moscow with further sanctions, this beautiful landscape

:04:51. > :04:56.has suddenly become the frontline in the old rivalry between east and

:04:57. > :05:01.west. Although much of this region is

:05:02. > :05:04.separate separating -- operating normally the situation has

:05:05. > :05:08.deteriorated badly the last few days. Not only have those military

:05:09. > :05:12.observers been detained but several other people have been taken

:05:13. > :05:16.prisoner and many journalists were threatened with guns today. All the

:05:17. > :05:21.while, the Ukrainian army is closing in, though it seems unlikely that

:05:22. > :05:25.they'll try to storm the town. Diplomacy seems to have completely

:05:26. > :05:29.stalled. Only over a week ago America and Russia were sitting

:05:30. > :05:34.around the negotiating table in Geneva. Now they're just berating

:05:35. > :05:41.each other from opposite sides of the world.

:05:42. > :05:45.The Government has blocked plans by Royal Bank of Scotland to pay its

:05:46. > :05:48.staff bonuses up to twice the amount of their salary. The bank, which is

:05:49. > :05:51.mostly owned by the taxpayer, made a pre-tax loss of ?8.2 billion last

:05:52. > :05:53.year - the highest since the financial crisis began. The

:05:54. > :05:57.Chancellor, George Osborne, says it's right to restrict bonuses when

:05:58. > :06:03.RBS still has a long way to go. Our business editor Kamal Ahmed has

:06:04. > :06:08.more. It has been a day when big banking

:06:09. > :06:13.and powerful politics clashed and powerful politics came out on top.

:06:14. > :06:17.RBS wanted to be allowed to pay executives bonuses of up to twice

:06:18. > :06:22.their salary. The Government, which owns 80% of RBS, rejected the

:06:23. > :06:26.proposals, demanding a lower cap. At a visit to a new Science Centre in

:06:27. > :06:31.Cambridge the Chancellor told me why it was so important to keep a check

:06:32. > :06:35.on bankers' pay. The new team at RBS have done a huge amount to repay

:06:36. > :06:39.what went badly wrong. But there is still a long way to go. Therefore,

:06:40. > :06:42.we made it clear that in circumstances it was not right to

:06:43. > :06:47.increase the bonus cap. I am glad that RBS have agreed with that. I am

:06:48. > :06:49.also glad that total pay at RBS is coming down.

:06:50. > :06:54.Within the bank, they believe the decision will make it harder for RBS

:06:55. > :06:57.to complete its rescue plan. The bank argues if you cannot pay as

:06:58. > :07:02.well as competition, performance will suffer. Won't RBS be made

:07:03. > :07:07.weaker by the fact it will be less competitive in the market for the

:07:08. > :07:10.top executives? It's clear that RBS can not only keep the key people it

:07:11. > :07:13.needs but hire people it needs and the overall pay approach that the

:07:14. > :07:18.board have set out today is one that I support.

:07:19. > :07:21.This clash has been coming for a while. It was the beginning of the

:07:22. > :07:26.year when the leader of the opposition first raised the issue of

:07:27. > :07:32.RBS's pay. RBS are talking to parts of the Government about the proposal

:07:33. > :07:36.to pay over 100% bonuses. The taxpayer will foot the bill. Will he

:07:37. > :07:41.put a stop to it right now by telling RBS to drop this idea?

:07:42. > :07:45.Leaving the Government with a tricky problem, if it agreed to the

:07:46. > :07:49.increase. It is right this cap is applied on bonuses to RBS. The irony

:07:50. > :07:53.is George Osborne's been forced to do it because of public pressure and

:07:54. > :07:57.pressure from Labour while at the same time he has a legal case in

:07:58. > :08:00.Brussels to stop these rules applying. The Government says there

:08:01. > :08:05.is no contradiction. It doesn't agree with the EU rules to cap

:08:06. > :08:10.bonuses, but it is going to use the powers while they're available. Here

:08:11. > :08:15.in the City tonight, some argue the constant focus on pay is missing the

:08:16. > :08:19.bigger picture, how to make RBS valuable enough so the Government

:08:20. > :08:23.can sell its stake. The share price has risen by 1% in the last year,

:08:24. > :08:27.still below where the taxpayer could get value for money. Many think

:08:28. > :08:32.today's announcement has pushed a sale even further into the future.

:08:33. > :08:36.RBS says the business is getting better but five years on from the

:08:37. > :08:43.financial crisis, it is still a bank in the headlines for all the wrong

:08:44. > :08:47.reasons. New tougher rules are being

:08:48. > :08:56.introduced from midnight which could determine build you -- whether you

:08:57. > :09:00.could get a mortgage. Here is our personal finance

:09:01. > :09:04.correspondent Simon Gompertz. Applying for a mortgage used to be

:09:05. > :09:10.so simple, do little more than fill in your name, age and salary and you

:09:11. > :09:15.would get a loan worth four times that. Not any more. From tomorrow,

:09:16. > :09:20.mortgage applicants will face questions on their spending on

:09:21. > :09:25.everything from childcare and travel, to going out, food bills,

:09:26. > :09:31.even gambling. It will all affect how high your borrowing can go.

:09:32. > :09:38.Lenders have been phasing in the new system so it's already had an impact

:09:39. > :09:42.on borrowers like Clare in London. Tougher questioning resulted in her

:09:43. > :09:50.mortgage offer being cut by thousands of pounds. I had to take

:09:51. > :09:55.out a loan from the bank. The mortgage - the application was going

:09:56. > :10:03.through and they discovered that and it threw a spanner in the works. It

:10:04. > :10:08.resulted in less money and delaying the process even further. Clare's

:10:09. > :10:13.mortgage broker complains questions being asked about haircuts, milk

:10:14. > :10:19.bills and going to the gym are too intrusive. Gym membership is a

:10:20. > :10:24.lifestyle choice. It could be cancelled at any time. Therefore,

:10:25. > :10:29.why should the lender see that as a commitment when really all it is is

:10:30. > :10:33.someone choosing how they spend their surplus funds on themselves?

:10:34. > :10:39.Mortgage interviews will then home in on a big what if. What if the

:10:40. > :10:43.mortgage rate shoots up to 7%, more than double what most people are

:10:44. > :10:49.paying? Will you be able to meet the bill? The man who oversees mortgage

:10:50. > :10:53.lending says he is just making sure buyers don't overstretch themselves.

:10:54. > :10:56.We would all love to live in expensive mansions in Chelsea, I

:10:57. > :11:01.expect, but this is about getting people into homes they can afford.

:11:02. > :11:05.There are already worries about another housing bubble. More careful

:11:06. > :11:15.lending might skim off some of that froth from house prices.

:11:16. > :11:17.The Labour Leader, Ed Miliband, has urged the Scottish people to vote

:11:18. > :11:20.against independence insisting that only Labour can deliver social

:11:21. > :11:23.justice for everyone in the UK. Speaking in Glasgow, where the

:11:24. > :11:26.Shadow Cabinet was meeting, Mr Miliband accused the Scottish

:11:27. > :11:29.National Party of trying to pump up the idea of another Tory Government

:11:30. > :11:36.in order to win votes. Here's our Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon.

:11:37. > :11:43.We have a matter of a referendum... Bringing together its grass roots

:11:44. > :11:47.and big guns. Labour out Canavans to convince supporters that the party

:11:48. > :11:52.and the union are worth sticking with. Ed Miliband brought his Shadow

:11:53. > :11:55.Cabinet here too to announce plans to protect workers on zero hours

:11:56. > :12:00.contracts. It's the sort of policy Labour hopes will install its leader

:12:01. > :12:09.in Number 10, and help keep Scotland within the union. If we win the

:12:10. > :12:11.election next year, on zero hours, energy prices, show how we can

:12:12. > :12:15.create a better life for working people in Scotland. There's been a

:12:16. > :12:20.perception there aren't Labour activists campaigning for the union,

:12:21. > :12:24.would you conceive there's been a perception problem? We care deeply

:12:25. > :12:26.about what happens to Scotland and the decision it makes. I don't have

:12:27. > :12:30.a vote in that referendum. It's a decision for the people of Scotland.

:12:31. > :12:33.I think if we are going to deliver social justice across the United

:12:34. > :12:37.Kingdom, including for the people of Scotland, then we are better off

:12:38. > :12:41.together. Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, thinks differently.

:12:42. > :12:46.That only independence would give the country the power it needs to

:12:47. > :12:51.protect workers' rights. September's referendum on independence could

:12:52. > :12:55.well be won or lost in places like Glasgow which have tradely favoured

:12:56. > :13:01.Labour. Now voters here are being targeted by both sides. --

:13:02. > :13:05.traditionally. There are still a lot of people undecided about which way

:13:06. > :13:09.to vote. Alex Bell has supported Labour since he was 15. He is at

:13:10. > :13:15.odds with the party over Scotland's future. How are you going to vote

:13:16. > :13:20.and why? I am going to vote yes. The reason for me is to get rid of New

:13:21. > :13:25.Labour. The New Labour experiment has failed Scotland. The chance for

:13:26. > :13:29.independence gives the Labour Party a chance to reinvent itself in

:13:30. > :13:33.Scotland, maybe get back to being the party it used to be and still

:13:34. > :13:37.wants to be. The party's leader was given a reminder that not everyone

:13:38. > :13:40.is happy with his approach. You come here and try to tell people we are

:13:41. > :13:44.better together, you should be ashamed. While Labour is a force to

:13:45. > :13:48.be reckoned with in Scotland, this September's vote may be its toughest

:13:49. > :13:55.elect ram test. -- electoral test. Three years of

:13:56. > :13:58.conflict in Syria have had a devastating impact on the lives of

:13:59. > :14:02.many Syrian people. It's estimated that over 2.5 million people have

:14:03. > :14:04.fled the country. Nowhere has been more affected than neighbouring

:14:05. > :14:08.Lebanon, where more than a million people, a quarter of the population,

:14:09. > :14:11.are now Syrian refugees. As our correspondent Paul Wood reports from

:14:12. > :14:17.Beirut, Syrians are sending their children onto the streets to make a

:14:18. > :14:20.living. On a beautiful day like this,

:14:21. > :14:29.families come out to enjoy the Beirut sunshine. But five-year-old

:14:30. > :14:37.Narmine is working. If she doesn't sell her roses, her family won't

:14:38. > :14:44.eat. She pedals them with a cousin, Bilal, who is ten. Their families

:14:45. > :14:49.fled Aleppo, they can get aid but not enough to pay the bills. So, the

:14:50. > :14:57.children work a ten hour day on the streets. TRANSLATION: Am I happy?

:14:58. > :14:59.Does it matter? We are a family of eight. I have to support my brothers

:15:00. > :15:15.and sisters. I accept my fate. TRANSLATION: I used to love going to

:15:16. > :15:22.school. I hope the war ends in Syria. I want to go home. For now,

:15:23. > :15:25.home is a squalid single room. Narmine's father says that on the

:15:26. > :15:34.street is always out of sight, watching the children. He does that

:15:35. > :15:37.much for them. TRANSLATION: This eats me up inside, but we have to

:15:38. > :15:43.find food and rent. When Narmine gets tired, I take over. But I don't

:15:44. > :15:50.sell as much as her. People buy more from a child.

:15:51. > :15:54.Of course, begging and street children didn't arrive in Beirut

:15:55. > :15:59.with Syria's civil war, but there are a lot more of both here now. And

:16:00. > :16:02.the few aid agencies which are working in this area say that the

:16:03. > :16:03.overwhelming majority of families who send their children onto the

:16:04. > :16:14.streets are Syrian refugees. Flowers, flowers, he says. This

:16:15. > :16:22.11-year-old is out until the early hours every night. No family member

:16:23. > :16:29.comes to keep an eye on him. He is alone here. Most people don't buy.

:16:30. > :16:38.The rose sellers get arrested, robbed, preyed upon by pimps. The

:16:39. > :16:41.streets are no place for a child. This boy and thousands like him have

:16:42. > :16:45.little chance of getting back to school. Their stunted lives are

:16:46. > :16:52.casualties, too, of Syria's civil war.

:16:53. > :16:56.The United States says the Israeli Palestinian peace process needs to

:16:57. > :17:01.take a pause while the two sides decide on their next move. But

:17:02. > :17:08.America is refusing to accept it will fail to meet its goal of a

:17:09. > :17:10.peace deal this month. Yesterday, Israel suspended the talks, after

:17:11. > :17:13.Fatah, the Palestinian faction in the West Bank, announced a unity

:17:14. > :17:17.deal with Hamas, its rival which runs Gaza. Our Middle East Editor

:17:18. > :17:25.Jeremy Bowen is in Israel for us. Jeremy, what's America's Plan B?

:17:26. > :17:32.You know, I don't think they have one, particularly. Mr Obama is in

:17:33. > :17:34.his second term and is running out of time to make the big changes

:17:35. > :17:39.which, as a candidate, he really wanted to make in the Middle East.

:17:40. > :17:43.He says he doesn't think they will be able to make the hard choices

:17:44. > :17:46.necessary for a deal within six months. More than six months, they

:17:47. > :17:50.have been talking about this, about trying to build a Palestinian state

:17:51. > :17:53.alongside Israel for more than 20 years and they have not got

:17:54. > :17:57.anywhere. It is a long record of failure. That is one reason I think

:17:58. > :18:01.that Fatah went for the unity deal with Hamas, because they are not

:18:02. > :18:04.getting what they want out of talks and there is a current within the

:18:05. > :18:08.PLO that says they have to try a different strategy. Welding eternal

:18:09. > :18:13.unity and also what they call non-violent resistance, which

:18:14. > :18:20.includes the movement for the boycott, disinvestment and

:18:21. > :18:26.sanctions. In other words, trying to isolate Israel in the way that South

:18:27. > :18:30.Africa was isolated in the 80s. As for the Israelis, Mr Netanyahu seems

:18:31. > :18:33.happy with the status quo, keeping a lid on things, expanding

:18:34. > :18:37.settlements, Israelis are making good money. But he is warned that,

:18:38. > :18:42.long-term, if there is no Palestinian state, he may be forced

:18:43. > :18:48.to... Ultimately Israelis might be forced to give Palestinians who live

:18:49. > :18:52.under their control the vote. Since most likely Palestinians would be in

:18:53. > :18:54.the majority, that would open up a whole new range of electoral

:18:55. > :19:03.possibilities which many Israelis would certainly fear. A 42-year-old

:19:04. > :19:06.woman accused of murdering her three young disabled children broke down

:19:07. > :19:10.in tears at her first court appearance today. The children's

:19:11. > :19:18.father, Gary Clarence, seen here leaving court, also as his wife was

:19:19. > :19:20.remanded in custody. Ben, Max and four-year-old Olivia were found at

:19:21. > :19:26.the family home in south-west London on Tuesday. The Cabinet Office has

:19:27. > :19:29.said it may be a challenge to find out who was responsible for using a

:19:30. > :19:32.computer in Whitehall to make offensive remarks about the

:19:33. > :19:36.Hillsborough disaster. Alterations were made to the Wikipedia entry

:19:37. > :19:40.about the tragedy in which 96 people were killed. The Cabinet Office said

:19:41. > :19:45.it was sickened by the unacceptable comments.

:19:46. > :19:51.The pain of the Hillsborough families continues, as they search

:19:52. > :19:54.for justice for the loved ones who died 25 years ago. Now they have to

:19:55. > :19:59.deal with what the government has described as sickening insults about

:20:00. > :20:04.those foot of funds. The Liverpool Echo revealed that changes had been

:20:05. > :20:12.made to Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia which anybody can

:20:13. > :20:14.edit. A sentence added in 2009 red, blame Liverpool fans. Then the

:20:15. > :20:21.phrase you'll never walk alone was altered, to you'll never walk again.

:20:22. > :20:27.To me, what an utter, utter disgrace that is, for anybody to be spoken

:20:28. > :20:34.to, about like that. The Wikipedia entries were posted from so-called

:20:35. > :20:40.IP addresses used by computers on Whitehall's secure network.

:20:41. > :20:42.Officials have launched an investigation and say they are

:20:43. > :20:46.treating the matter with the utmost seriousness. They admit that

:20:47. > :20:49.identifying the culprits could prove challenging, because hundreds of

:20:50. > :20:54.thousands of civil servants have access to the computer system.

:20:55. > :20:56.Labour MP Andy Burnham has been an avid campaign on behalf of

:20:57. > :20:59.Hillsborough victims. He will be able to view all of the relevant

:21:00. > :21:05.material found during the investigation. It is sickening and

:21:06. > :21:07.appalling to think that this kind of abuse was being aimed at the

:21:08. > :21:12.victims, their families and Liverpool supporters in general from

:21:13. > :21:15.the heart of Government. It actually shows what we were up against when

:21:16. > :21:21.we first confronted the Government and establishment over Hillsborough.

:21:22. > :21:25.The Government has assured Liverpool fans it is exhausting every option

:21:26. > :21:28.to get to the truth. It's been a turbulent week for one

:21:29. > :21:31.of the world's most famous clubs. Now Manchester United's new interim

:21:32. > :21:34.manager Ryan Giggs is preparing to take charge of his first match

:21:35. > :21:38.tomorrow after David Moyes was sacked. Speaking for the first time

:21:39. > :21:42.since he was appointed, Ryan Giggs said it was the proudest moment of

:21:43. > :21:45.his life. Giggs was part of the famed Class of 92, the players who

:21:46. > :21:48.contributed to much of the club's success under Sir Alex Ferguson and

:21:49. > :21:52.who now dominate the team's coaching staff. Here's our Sports Editor

:21:53. > :21:58.David Bond. Meet the new boss. Ryan Giggs. The

:21:59. > :22:03.eternal winger turned temporary manager. For the next couple of

:22:04. > :22:08.weeks, it's his job to try and lift the gloom surrounding Manchester

:22:09. > :22:11.United. Facing the media today for the first time since David Moyes'

:22:12. > :22:16.messy sacking, we were told we could ask no questions on his dismissal.

:22:17. > :22:21.But Giggs knew he had to say something. It has been a difficult

:22:22. > :22:25.week for the club. Obviously it was a shock to me on Tuesday, when I

:22:26. > :22:33.spoke to Ed. He informed me that David was leaving. And then asked me

:22:34. > :22:36.to take over. It's just been a bit of a whirlwind week for me. One of

:22:37. > :22:41.the reasons for Moyes' departure was his sterile brand of football. Giggs

:22:42. > :22:44.has a different vision. Well, it's going to be my philosophy. You know,

:22:45. > :22:48.obviously Manchester United's philosophy because I've been here

:22:49. > :22:55.for all my career. I want the players to play with passion, speed,

:22:56. > :23:01.tempo, be brave, imagination. All the things I expect of a Manchester

:23:02. > :23:05.United player. This has been a dreadful week for Manchester United.

:23:06. > :23:09.While Ryan Giggs has lifted the spirits around the place, that's

:23:10. > :23:13.just a temporary fix. They now have a huge decision to make. They know

:23:14. > :23:19.it's one that they have to get right. So, who could be the next

:23:20. > :23:23.chosen one? The Netherlands coach, Louis van Gaal, has been sounded out

:23:24. > :23:26.and seems to be the favourite. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho

:23:27. > :23:31.appeared to rule himself out today. But could he still be tempted? The

:23:32. > :23:36.Real Madrid boss, Carlo Ancelotti, could offer the best solution. One

:23:37. > :23:40.United legend says the club need a safe pair of hands.

:23:41. > :23:43.I think they'll probably go with an experienced type of coach, who's

:23:44. > :23:53.been at big clubs and done it at big clubs. I would have thought that's

:23:54. > :23:57.the kind of manager they'd go for. For now, it is up to Giggs and the

:23:58. > :24:01.team around him to try and end the season on a high note. But this has

:24:02. > :24:02.been a bruising year. And, for United, there could still be

:24:03. > :24:13.difficult times ahead. It's been a royal tour rich in

:24:14. > :24:16.pictures, Prince George's crawl about in New Zealand, the Duke and

:24:17. > :24:22.Duchess of Cambridge being taught to DJ and a spectacular visit to Ayers

:24:23. > :24:25.Rock. Now it's over and the royal couple are on their way home from

:24:26. > :24:29.Australia. So what impact has their visit had there on feelings about

:24:30. > :24:31.the monarchy? Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell sent

:24:32. > :24:39.this report, which does contain some flash photography.

:24:40. > :24:46.A final, solemn duty in the predawn darkness of Australia's national day

:24:47. > :24:49.of remembrance, Anzac Day. At the end of a three week tour of

:24:50. > :24:52.Australia and New Zealand, which is being described in Australia as the

:24:53. > :24:57.most memorable royal visit for years. There's no question who the

:24:58. > :25:00.star has been. From the moment Baby George was carried off the plane in

:25:01. > :25:03.New Zealand to his appearance at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, his

:25:04. > :25:09.photogenic appeal has eclipsed even that of his mother. But what of

:25:10. > :25:12.Catherine? She has tackled the tour with an ever-changing wardrobe, but

:25:13. > :25:19.also with a willingness to join in, whether it be cricket in

:25:20. > :25:23.Christchurch... Or having her go at being a DJ in Adelaide.

:25:24. > :25:29.Both she and William have dealt with the intense levels of attention with

:25:30. > :25:33.patience and good humour. So, where does this all leave the monarchy

:25:34. > :25:35.down under? Bill Shorten is the leader of Australia's opposition

:25:36. > :25:41.Labour Party, which wants an Australian as head of state. Times

:25:42. > :25:48.have changed, he says. But the monarchy question is ducked. We will

:25:49. > :25:51.continue the relationship, not so much a mother country, but

:25:52. > :25:56.continuous, oldest friend. With a monarchy in 50 years' time, say? Oh,

:25:57. > :25:59.I can't even pick the winner on race five on Saturday, so I won't start

:26:00. > :26:04.throwing my crystal ball about that debate. Insofar as these things can

:26:05. > :26:07.be deciphered, the Australia from which they're departing seems, like

:26:08. > :26:16.New Zealand, to be broadly content to leave constitutional matters like

:26:17. > :26:20.the monarchy unchanged. This trio represent the monarchy's long-term

:26:21. > :26:22.future. After this visit, there is a renewed confidence among monarchists

:26:23. > :26:30.that Australia and New Zealand will wish to be part of that future.

:26:31. > :26:35.That's all from us, don't forget a first look at the papers over on the

:26:36. > :26:37.BBC News Channel. But