:00:00. > :00:10.The terror threat level in the UK is raised from substantial to severe.
:00:11. > :00:18.This means a terrorist attack is highly likely. But there is no
:00:19. > :00:22.intelligence to suggest that an attack is imminent.
:00:23. > :00:25.The Prime Minister says extremists fighting in the Middle East present
:00:26. > :00:27.a greater threat to our security than ever before.
:00:28. > :00:34.The ambition to create an extremist caliphate in the heart of Iraq and
:00:35. > :00:39.Syria is a threat to our own security here in the UK.
:00:40. > :00:42.We'll be reporting from Syria and the frontline against
:00:43. > :00:48.Police warn time is running out for the seriously ill five-year-old,
:00:49. > :00:51.who's been taken from hospital by his parents and is now missing.
:00:52. > :00:55.The campaign trail in Scotland turns nasty, as tempers rise ahead
:00:56. > :01:03.And unseen chapters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory reveal
:01:04. > :01:06.how Roal Dahl intended to include more children winning that lucky
:01:07. > :01:19.Later on BBC London, the police raids to clamp down on Roma gypsies
:01:20. > :01:22.begging and sleeping rough. And Heathrow bosses ask the mayor to
:01:23. > :01:38.back expansion, if Boris Island is scrapped.
:01:39. > :01:51.The UK's terror threat level has been raised today in response to
:01:52. > :02:06.It means an attack is considered highly likely, but the Government
:02:07. > :02:08.says there is no intelligence to suggest an attack is imminent.
:02:09. > :02:11.The Prime Minister said Islamic State represents
:02:12. > :02:15.a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before.
:02:16. > :02:19.He promised new legislation to make it easier to take passports away
:02:20. > :02:25.Our Political Editor, Nick Robinson, reports.
:02:26. > :02:30.Standing guard against the threat of terrorism, a threat we were told
:02:31. > :02:33.today got bigger, a threat which could see more armed police on the
:02:34. > :02:39.streets of Britain. This afternoon, a sombre Home Secretary read out the
:02:40. > :02:47.recommendations of the joint terrorism analysis centre. They have
:02:48. > :02:51.today raised the threat level for the UK from international terrorism
:02:52. > :02:58.from substantial to severe. That means that a terrorist attack is
:02:59. > :03:04.highly likely. But there is no intelligence to suggest that an
:03:05. > :03:09.attack is imminent. What's led to the change is the increased threat
:03:10. > :03:13.posed by extremist jihadis, many home-grown, who claim to be fighting
:03:14. > :03:17.to build what they call an Islamic state. It was they who beheaded the
:03:18. > :03:22.American journalist James Foley last week before warning they'd go on to
:03:23. > :03:27.kill other hostages. The Prime Minister said today they also pose a
:03:28. > :03:32.threat to us here at home. It was clear evidence, not that any more
:03:33. > :03:36.was needed, that this is not some foreign conflict, thousands of miles
:03:37. > :03:39.from home, we can hope to ignore. The ambition to create an extremist
:03:40. > :03:45.caliphate in the heart of Iraq and Syria is a threat to our own
:03:46. > :03:53.security here in the UK. A week ago, David Cameron saided there be no --
:03:54. > :03:57.said there would be no knee-jerk reaction to Foley's death. But it is
:03:58. > :04:00.clear that there are gaps in our armoury and we need to strengthen
:04:01. > :04:05.them. We need to do more to stop people travelling, to stop those who
:04:06. > :04:09.do go from returning and to deal decisively with those who are
:04:10. > :04:13.already here. Ministers do have the power to remove passports from those
:04:14. > :04:17.who fight abroad, but the Home Office say it can only be used
:04:18. > :04:23.sparingly. The courts can reverse their decision, as a result just 23
:04:24. > :04:25.have been removed in the past year. There were lots of strong words
:04:26. > :04:29.today but precious few details of what the Government is proposing to
:04:30. > :04:34.do. Downing Street say the Prime Minister will explain that to MPs on
:04:35. > :04:37.Monday. Before then, though, he needs to get Nick Clegg's agreement.
:04:38. > :04:41.The Liberal Democrats say they will only agree to things that are
:04:42. > :04:45.considered calmly, based on the evidence and don't undermine civil
:04:46. > :04:50.liberties. In the past, the Commons has been split by proposals to limit
:04:51. > :04:54.the movement of those who might pose a threat to the country or to
:04:55. > :04:59.control where they can live. Labour say they want to help. We've said
:05:00. > :05:02.that the prevent programme should be strengthened, but also they should
:05:03. > :05:05.look again at issues like control orders. We have to have the strong
:05:06. > :05:09.powers and the strong safeguards that we need in place to make sure
:05:10. > :05:13.that we can keep the country safe. This is not the first time the
:05:14. > :05:17.threat level's been raised to severe, one step behind critical. It
:05:18. > :05:21.was raised to that level after a Jeep loaded with pro pain was driven
:05:22. > :05:27.into Glasgow airport in 2007 and again four years ago, when there was
:05:28. > :05:31.an attempt to blow up a transatlantic airliner. Today we're
:05:32. > :05:33.told that the current fighting in Iraq and Syria will change our
:05:34. > :05:42.lives. , whether we like it or not. So what exactly is the threat to
:05:43. > :05:45.the UK Here's our Security Correspondent,
:05:46. > :05:57.Frank Gardner. Just some of the estimated 500 plus
:05:58. > :06:03.Britons who have gone to Syria many joining ISIS, now renamed Islamic
:06:04. > :06:08.State. It's the job of MI5, here in London, to detect any plans to carry
:06:09. > :06:14.out an attack in Britain. They're helped by communications intercepts
:06:15. > :06:19.from GCHQ, the Government's listening centre. Their input is
:06:20. > :06:25.assessed in this building by the joint terrorism Nanness centre. It
:06:26. > :06:30.brings -- joint terrorist analysis centre. They advise the Government
:06:31. > :06:34.then on what is the level of threat facing the public. There are five
:06:35. > :06:39.threat levels in all. They used to be kept secret. Critical is the
:06:40. > :06:45.highest, it last went to that in 2007. Today it was raised from
:06:46. > :06:48.substantial to severe. The newly raised terror threat level is partly
:06:49. > :06:53.a response to what you could call easy jihad. Because to join an
:06:54. > :06:58.extremist group like Islamic State, British passport holders have just
:06:59. > :07:02.hopped on a flight to Turkey, got a bus to the border and walking across
:07:03. > :07:07.into Syria. Well over 200 of them have now returned to Britain. Some
:07:08. > :07:11.are stopped and arrested, but many have witnessed extreme brutality.
:07:12. > :07:15.This is also the age of social media jihad, with tweets and postings on
:07:16. > :07:19.Facebook attracting a constant stream of recruits. And then there
:07:20. > :07:24.are the gaps in the Government's response, despite some new measures,
:07:25. > :07:27.put bluntly, there just aren't enough police and spies to watch
:07:28. > :07:30.everybody around-the-clock who comes back from the Syrian battlefield.
:07:31. > :07:34.You're dealing with a situation where you have groups fighting in
:07:35. > :07:37.Syria and Iraq who have expressed a rhetoric of wanting to launch
:07:38. > :07:40.attacks against the West. You have a body of foreigners in Britain in
:07:41. > :07:45.particular who have been there to fight, some of whom have come back.
:07:46. > :07:48.In Brussels this summer, a returning jihadist shot dead four people at
:07:49. > :07:54.the Jewish museum. Here, the Government fears there'll be more
:07:55. > :07:59.opportunistic attacks like this and last year's murder of Lee Rigby,
:08:00. > :08:03.attacked by jihadists in Woolwich. The police and MI5 now work so
:08:04. > :08:06.closely across the country, that it's difficult for terrorists to
:08:07. > :08:10.plan a large-scale attack like the London bombings. Butt longer the
:08:11. > :08:13.Syrian conflict continues, the greater the risk that some of those
:08:14. > :08:15.who have taken part in it may be tempted to use their violent skills
:08:16. > :08:22.over here. Our North America Editor, Jon Sopel,
:08:23. > :08:25.is in Washington. When it comes to military action
:08:26. > :08:29.to deal directly with the threat posed by Islamic State, there's
:08:30. > :08:33.been no word today here from the government and President Obama took
:08:34. > :08:44.some observers by surprise, when he Of all the phrases you don't expect
:08:45. > :08:47.from a president or Prime Minister the admission that you don't have a
:08:48. > :08:52.strategy yet, but that's exactly what President Obama has said when
:08:53. > :08:56.it comes to attacking Islamic State in Syria. Perhaps that underscores
:08:57. > :09:00.the division that's exist within the US administration over just how
:09:01. > :09:04.hawkish to be. The statement shows that there are profound difficulties
:09:05. > :09:09.in launching a military strategy. We had a Pentagon briefing, a few hours
:09:10. > :09:13.back, where senior spokesmen said there were scepticism about whether
:09:14. > :09:17.there woos a simple -- there was a simple military solution to the
:09:18. > :09:24.problem of Islamic State in Iraq. Most importantly, it shows the
:09:25. > :09:27.president's deep, deep wariness and scepticism about launching
:09:28. > :09:31.unilateral military action. That's what he campaigned against doing
:09:32. > :09:35.when he ran for office and he's been consistent to that to date. Perhaps
:09:36. > :09:39.he was sending out another message. Perhaps he was saying to European
:09:40. > :09:43.leaders like David Cameron, look, the United States can't be expected
:09:44. > :09:46.to do all the heavy lifting by itself. It was interesting in David
:09:47. > :09:51.Cameron's news conference today that he didn't rule that out and perhaps,
:09:52. > :09:58.David Cameron was sending a signal back. When it comes to Islamic State
:09:59. > :10:01.in Iraq, it seems that everyone recognises that they are dealing
:10:02. > :10:05.with an imminent threat, it's just not the case that there's going to
:10:06. > :10:11.be an imminent response. Thank you.
:10:12. > :10:15.Police have warned that time may be running our
:10:16. > :10:19.for a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour, who was taken from a
:10:20. > :10:22.Southampton hospital by his parents, against the wishes of doctors.
:10:23. > :10:25.Ashya King is now believed to be in France with his family.
:10:26. > :10:29.Police say a device, which had been feeding him through a tube, has now
:10:30. > :10:32.probably run out of batteries, putting his life in danger.
:10:33. > :10:35.Our correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is in Southampton.
:10:36. > :10:39.Now police are searching on both sides of the Channel.
:10:40. > :10:44.They are, Interpol, the British police and Belgian police are
:10:45. > :10:49.coordinating. It's been more than 30 hours now since Asha was seen here
:10:50. > :10:52.at the hospital. Tonight there's simply no word on where he is. As
:10:53. > :10:58.you mention there, the police mentioned early this evening that
:10:59. > :11:02.the machine he uses to drip feed him may now run out of batteries. That's
:11:03. > :11:06.critical because he won't be able to get food from that machine. They've
:11:07. > :11:12.appealed again tonight to his family to bring this little boy home.
:11:13. > :11:16.Sitting in his buggy, this is the moment yesterday he was led from the
:11:17. > :11:20.hospital by his father. The five-year-old has a brain tumour and
:11:21. > :11:25.requires constant medical attention. His parents, including his mother,
:11:26. > :11:31.have been constantly at his bedside. So too has his brother, who went on
:11:32. > :11:35.YouTube to speak of the family's distress at his medical condition.
:11:36. > :11:39.Haven't slept anything really. I've been awake all night worrying. So I
:11:40. > :11:45.just want to say we love you so much. We are all here for you.
:11:46. > :11:50.That's all I wanted to say reelly. It's confirmed both of his parents
:11:51. > :11:53.are Jehovah's Witnesses. A spoke man for the organisation says there's no
:11:54. > :11:59.indication their religious beliefs are behind their decision to remove
:12:00. > :12:03.Ashya and travel to France. Events started around 2pm yesterday, when
:12:04. > :12:08.he was taken from the hospital by his parents. At 4pm, his whole
:12:09. > :12:13.family travelled to Portsmouth where they boarded a ferry. At 8pm, six
:12:14. > :12:19.hours after they left hospital, the police were alerted. It's impossible
:12:20. > :12:23.for us to know Ashya's parents motivation in taking him at this
:12:24. > :12:26.time. It won't help us solve his whereabouts and that's what we need
:12:27. > :12:30.to do. We need to get him the care he There's no needs. Indication that
:12:31. > :12:34.his parents have broken any law. The hospital says they had the right to
:12:35. > :12:39.escort him off the ward. And it says the alarm was raised as soon as it
:12:40. > :12:40.was realised that Ashya was missing. Even though that was
:12:41. > :12:45.was realised that Ashya was missing. Even though that some six hours
:12:46. > :12:49.after he left. At Southampton he was being fed from a tube by a special
:12:50. > :12:52.machine that's battery operated. Experts say the machine can't simply
:12:53. > :13:01.be taken apart to change the batteries when they run out. If it
:13:02. > :13:07.runs out you'll be running on either no fluid or nutrition going through
:13:08. > :13:14.the pump or it may go wrong in terms of having a wrong setting. So, the
:13:15. > :13:19.battery life is used for a temporary period when a child is transferring
:13:20. > :13:22.from one place to another. The King family posted this video showing a
:13:23. > :13:25.recent trip to Spain. It's believed they know people. There's no
:13:26. > :13:31.indication tonight that's where they're heading. He's a very sick
:13:32. > :13:32.little boy and the unexplained events of the past two days will
:13:33. > :13:44.only be answered once he's found. The Chief Constable of South
:13:45. > :13:49.Yorkshire Police has acknowledged that his force was heavily
:13:50. > :13:52.criticised in a report published this week that revealed how fourteen
:13:53. > :13:54.hundred children in Rotherham were sexually exploited over 16 years.
:13:55. > :13:57.He said that any information that had been disregarded by
:13:58. > :14:03.the police would now be acted on. Ed Thomas reports.
:14:04. > :14:11.16 years of abuse. At least 1400 victims. So why weren't children
:14:12. > :14:15.listened to? I have 100 men involved. There was physical abuse.
:14:16. > :14:19.Rain. She were sold. This man approached the BBC to tell
:14:20. > :14:23.his story. His granddaughter was groomed when she was 12. How do you
:14:24. > :14:31.see the treatment by the police? Horrible. Found in a house with four
:14:32. > :14:36.men. Arrested, charged with drunk and disorderly.
:14:37. > :14:39.How old was she? 13. These were all adults.
:14:40. > :14:43.Like so many others, the abusers have never been jailed.
:14:44. > :14:48.The police and Social Services let us down. I will fight to get justice
:14:49. > :14:52.for my granddaughter and others in Rotherham.
:14:53. > :14:55.One facing allegations is the Chief Constable. Confirming they will
:14:56. > :14:59.investigate any officer that failed victims.
:15:00. > :15:05.It is clearly my duty to take forward arrangements to look into
:15:06. > :15:08.the issues raised. That may well mean people being disciplined.
:15:09. > :15:14.And questions for Rotherham Borough Council. Accused of ignoring
:15:15. > :15:20.exploited children. They put the bed sheets tote and
:15:21. > :15:24.went out the window. This care home worker revealed the
:15:25. > :15:28.scale of the abuse. Phone calls from midnight. Coming
:15:29. > :15:32.back returned by the police. Sometimes back by a taxi sanctioned
:15:33. > :15:38.by ourselves. Then they were back out again in half an hour. An
:15:39. > :15:43.inquiry said that most of the men that exploited the children were of
:15:44. > :15:51.a Pakistani heritage. But this is the only grooming gang jailed in
:15:52. > :15:56.Rotherham and Jahangir Akthar Rotherham's former Deputy Leader,
:15:57. > :16:01.described the gang as a one-off. Why did you say it was a one off? It was
:16:02. > :16:04.the first time that we had the report.
:16:05. > :16:08.Do you accept that a wrong? Absolutely.
:16:09. > :16:12.Do you think that the Pakistani community in this town has done
:16:13. > :16:16.enough? No. It is imperative. Parents, they bear responsibility to
:16:17. > :16:21.make sure that they know where their children are... You are talking
:16:22. > :16:25.about the parents? Absolutely. And the call to do more is being
:16:26. > :16:30.heard. Friday prayers here was used to send out a message. That all
:16:31. > :16:31.parts of this community have to confront what went so wrong in this
:16:32. > :16:39.town. Ed Thomas reports.
:16:40. > :16:41.NATO has accused Russia of blatantly violating Ukraine's
:16:42. > :16:44.sovereignty by sending troops and weapons over the border.
:16:45. > :16:46.Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, denied it and blamed Ukraine
:16:47. > :16:49.for the crisis, comparing its actions to those of
:16:50. > :16:53.Nazi Germany during World War Two. Since fighting began in April -
:16:54. > :16:54.more than 2,500 people have been Here's our Diplomatic Correspondent
:16:55. > :17:07.Bridget Kendall. Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels are
:17:08. > :17:11.staging a comeback. They are seizing back territory. The
:17:12. > :17:16.rebels say that they are fighting on their own but the Ukraine says that
:17:17. > :17:21.they are being reinforced by Russian troops and hardware. Ukraine now
:17:22. > :17:31.needs NATO's help. It is clear that Naoto Kan not
:17:32. > :17:38.support Ukraine's troops. We do not expect NATO Member States to do so.
:17:39. > :17:43.We can protect ourselves but we need help to stop aggression.
:17:44. > :17:49.Until a few days ago, the rebels in the eastern Ukraine seemed on the
:17:50. > :17:55.back foot. Forced from their base in Sloviansk, the strongholds of
:17:56. > :17:59.Donetsk and then reports of columns of Russian tanks and troops coming
:18:00. > :18:08.over the border. Now the fighting has spread to the up south.
:18:09. > :18:13.Novoazovsk under Russian control and Mariupol. But to involve NATO is
:18:14. > :18:20.dangerous. Look at the Ukraine's border with Russia. If NATO helped
:18:21. > :18:26.to agree to protect it, it could start an all-out war with Russia. A
:18:27. > :18:32.nightmare scenario. As the EU foreign ministers
:18:33. > :18:38.gathered, the tensions were rising. These are apples that Vladimir Putin
:18:39. > :18:42.says are polish. And tonight, a Defence Minister
:18:43. > :18:46.plane was barred from using Polish air space. The Germans warn that the
:18:47. > :18:53.crisis is slipping out of control. There is talk of tougher sanctions.
:18:54. > :18:59.It has not been ruled out Ukraine being allowed to join the alliance.
:19:00. > :19:05.Ukraine has decided to pursue a so-called non-alliance policy. We
:19:06. > :19:15.fully respect if the Ukrainian Parliament decides to change that
:19:16. > :19:19.policy. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin still denies Russian troops are
:19:20. > :19:24.involved. Telling a Russian youth forum that the Ukraine was the
:19:25. > :19:30.aggressor and reminded them of the Nazis. Saying it was unclear that
:19:31. > :19:34.the sanctions do nothing, other than making him feel that they have
:19:35. > :19:39.nothing to lose. More on the top story story and the
:19:40. > :19:45.raising of the terror threat in the UK.
:19:46. > :19:51.The fighting and the methods that have driven people from their homes
:19:52. > :19:56.by the Islamache state. More than 3 million people have left the area.
:19:57. > :20:00.Gabriel Gatehouse has sent this report.
:20:01. > :20:05.At the now meaningless border between Syria and Iraq, we met the
:20:06. > :20:11.Syrian Kurds Manning the new front line. They have been battling the
:20:12. > :20:17.Islamic State for more than two years but are not intimidated by the
:20:18. > :20:22.group's gruesome tactics or fearsome reputation. I am not happy that they
:20:23. > :20:28.are beheading people. But it makes us want to fight back harder.
:20:29. > :20:33.The fighters say that the ISIS have the more powerful weapons but at
:20:34. > :20:37.close quarters, the Kurds beat them on the tactics.
:20:38. > :20:43.You can see buildings a few honour dread metres from here where, the
:20:44. > :20:46.ISIS fighters are based. These two sides are literally eyebrow to
:20:47. > :20:52.eyebrow here. As we with watch the fighters spot
:20:53. > :20:57.IS vehicles on the move through the mid-day heat. They fire off a few
:20:58. > :21:04.shots to remind them that we are here. This man chuckles. The Islamic
:21:05. > :21:09.State has released pictures showing men that they say are captured Iraqi
:21:10. > :21:15.soldiers. The propaganda says that one man has been beheaded and warns
:21:16. > :21:18.that others will meet the same fate. An hour's drive from the front line,
:21:19. > :21:26.thousands of refugees have gathered in a camp.
:21:27. > :21:34.These children are from the minority Uzive sect.
:21:35. > :21:38.They fled Iraq, whether the Islamic state fighters came to their area,
:21:39. > :21:42.killing their families. But now they are here alive and happy about that.
:21:43. > :21:50.But for some self-preservation came at a huge cost. This policeman was
:21:51. > :21:56.forced to make an almost impossible decision. With three infant children
:21:57. > :22:02.to carry, he decided to leave his four-year-old disabled son, Aziz and
:22:03. > :22:07.save the others. There was a hut by the side of the
:22:08. > :22:12.road. We put him in there and left him. We could not carry him anymore.
:22:13. > :22:15.He was too heavy. It must have been a very difficult decision to make.
:22:16. > :22:30.To leave one of your children behind as you fled? Of course it was
:22:31. > :22:35.difficult. We just could not cope. But Kurdish fighters later found
:22:36. > :22:40.Aziz and brought him to a hospital inside Kurdish-controlled Syria.
:22:41. > :22:47.Here the BBC found him, badly dehydrated and with his corneas
:22:48. > :22:52.burnt by the punishing son. No-one knew his name. But the father was
:22:53. > :22:58.found and made the journey to Syria, hoping to be reunited with his son.
:22:59. > :23:02.But he arrived too late. Aziz died earlier that morning. One victim of
:23:03. > :23:09.a violent group that now threatens the whole region and beyond.
:23:10. > :23:13.Bridget Kendall. A senior Labour MP has suspended
:23:14. > :23:15.his campaign for a NO vote in the Scottish referendum, because of what
:23:16. > :23:18.he described as co-ordinated abuse by supporters of independence.
:23:19. > :23:20.Jim Murphy had eggs thrown at him in Fife.
:23:21. > :23:22.He said his recent meetings had been disrupted by what he called
:23:23. > :23:24."noisy nationalist mobs". Scotland's first minister Alex
:23:25. > :23:25.Salmond condemned the incident. Our Scotland Correspondent,
:23:26. > :23:39.Lorna Gordon, reports from Glasgow. Out on the stump, talking directly
:23:40. > :23:46.to Scotland's voters. And the debate seems to be getting nasty. With the
:23:47. > :23:51.Labour MP, Jim Murphy claiming in recent days he has been subjected to
:23:52. > :23:56.increasing levels of sustained abuse. This he claims organised by
:23:57. > :24:00.some local groups claiming independence.
:24:01. > :24:05.I shall not be silent. He sites comments on social media as
:24:06. > :24:09.evidence of what they are doing. This is no about the throwing eggs
:24:10. > :24:14.at me. I am big enough to be hit by half a dozen eggs but it is
:24:15. > :24:18.something more serious and sinister it is the "yes" Scotland tolerating
:24:19. > :24:20.a degree of mob mentality and thinking.
:24:21. > :24:26.Most of those campaigning in favour of a "yes" or a "no" vote have been
:24:27. > :24:30.polite, even when passionate when making their case.
:24:31. > :24:35.But there is a darker side to the referendum debate. It is obvious
:24:36. > :24:41.online. A small minority of people from both sides are loudly,
:24:42. > :24:48.sometimes aggressively, trying to drown out their opponents' points of
:24:49. > :24:53.view. Today this man, Christopher Stevenson from Glasgow was convicted
:24:54. > :24:58.of behaving in a threatening manner towards Alex Salmond.
:24:59. > :25:01.There are mindless idiots on both sides not conducting themselves
:25:02. > :25:07.appropriately. We call on them to stop that behaviour and let us have
:25:08. > :25:11.the debate about Scotland's future. In three weeks' time Scotland's
:25:12. > :25:16.fault will have been decided. Work then will begin on deciding what
:25:17. > :25:18.increasingly feels loo I can a divided nation.
:25:19. > :25:22.It's 50 years since Roald Dahl wrote the children's classic, Charlie
:25:23. > :25:24.and the Chocolate Factory. The book's characters have
:25:25. > :25:27.become household names. But it turns out they were only
:25:28. > :25:29.part of the original story. The discovery of unpublished
:25:30. > :25:32.chapters reveals Dahl had intended to include more children lucky
:25:33. > :25:35.enough to win the Golden Ticket and meet Willy Wonka but dropped
:25:36. > :25:36.them from the final version. Our Arts Editor Will
:25:37. > :25:47.Gompertz has the story. Not sure I would do that.
:25:48. > :25:53.Augustus Gloop, coming to a sticky end.
:25:54. > :26:00.In Roald Dahl's 50-year-old story that continues to work its magic.
:26:01. > :26:04.It is very imaginative. You see lots of things that happen in life that
:26:05. > :26:09.happen in the books. He always manages to add a few surprises.
:26:10. > :26:14.But they don't know the half of it. When Roald Dahl wrote the story
:26:15. > :26:20.there were ten, not five children winning the golden tickets. I am
:26:21. > :26:25.sitting in a recreation of Roald Dahl's writing hut and in front of
:26:26. > :26:28.me is an early draft of what would become Charlie And The Chocolate
:26:29. > :26:33.Factory. Full of edits and corrections. Even being called
:26:34. > :26:40.Charlie's Chocolate Boy. Chapter five was cut by the author and we
:26:41. > :26:47.saw the demise of Wimbledon Wimbledon Wimbledon and Tommy
:26:48. > :26:51.Troutbeck. Both spoiled. They were discovered in the archive, impressed
:26:52. > :26:56.by what she found. I admired him. You see the
:26:57. > :27:00.invention, it is even more fertile. And you can see him learning his
:27:01. > :27:05.craft. Charlie is only the second children's book he ever wrote.
:27:06. > :27:09.The illustrator, Quentin Blake, worked with Roald Dahl and produced
:27:10. > :27:14.many drawings for Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
:27:15. > :27:18.I knew that he re-wrote many times. For the last chapter about the
:27:19. > :27:23.vanilla fudge mountain, he is leading a group of people not in the
:27:24. > :27:26.final book. It is interesting to see something that at an earlier stage
:27:27. > :27:32.knew what was happening in the cooking. That is fascinating.
:27:33. > :27:36.So how does a writer feel when it comes to leaving a character on the
:27:37. > :27:40.literary cutting room floor? It is sad but sometimes they don't do
:27:41. > :27:44.anything to further the plot or bring as much as they should. You
:27:45. > :27:48.feel that you are placing that on them a little bit.
:27:49. > :27:53.The extra characters had to go because of the overcomplicated
:27:54. > :27:58.story. But half a century later, they give a fascinating insight into
:27:59. > :28:02.the creative process of one of the world's most imaginative authors.
:28:03. > :28:04.Gompertz has the story. That's all from us tonight. Don't
:28:05. > :28:05.forget Newsnight's