:00:00. > :00:08.The Chancellor says he's standing firm
:00:09. > :00:13.despite growing criticism of yesterday's Budget.
:00:14. > :00:15.The figures in Mr Osborne's red box have "worrying" implications
:00:16. > :00:17.for the wider economy and the public finances
:00:18. > :00:20.according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
:00:21. > :00:26.The Chancellor is running out of room for manouevre.
:00:27. > :00:29.Any further downgrades to the economic forecast
:00:30. > :00:32.and to meet his own target he's going to have to announce some
:00:33. > :00:36.serious tax rises or additional spending cuts.
:00:37. > :00:38.But the Chancellor insists he's planning for the next generation
:00:39. > :00:40.and says he will balance the books as promised.
:00:41. > :00:47.What I am saying in this Budget is we have got to hold to the course
:00:48. > :00:51.we have set out, we have got to take action on public finances now
:00:52. > :00:54.so that we are stable and secure and we don't pay
:00:55. > :00:58.But he's also facing criticism over plans to change benefit payments
:00:59. > :01:02.We'll have more on that and we'll be looking in more detail at the state
:01:03. > :01:07.Also tonight: The plight of thousands of migrants stranded
:01:08. > :01:10.at the border between Greece and Macedonia as EU leaders search
:01:11. > :01:17.Ministers announce that schools in England will no longer be
:01:18. > :01:23.Tackling the obesity crisis among children and young people -
:01:24. > :01:30.experts say taxing fizzy drinks will not be enough.
:01:31. > :01:33.And Paul Daniels, the magician who entertained
:01:34. > :01:42.A letter I had yesterday from a lady said you had a marriage that
:01:43. > :02:01.And we have all the reaction of an Europa League clash between
:02:02. > :02:03.Manchester United and Liverpool as they fight for a place in the
:02:04. > :02:16.quarterfinals. George Osborne says he will stand
:02:17. > :02:22.firm and hold the course despite some bleak assessments
:02:23. > :02:24.of yesterday's Budget. The figures he announced
:02:25. > :02:28.based on a worsening economic outlook will
:02:29. > :02:30.result in a period of falling wages and
:02:31. > :02:32.lower living standards according to the Institute
:02:33. > :02:34.for Fiscal Studies. It also warns that austerity will be
:02:35. > :02:38.extended into the next parliament. He's also facing criticism
:02:39. > :02:41.from a growing number of Conservative colleagues
:02:42. > :02:42.over plans to change Our political editor
:02:43. > :02:49.Laura Kuenssberg has more details. The day after his budget,
:02:50. > :02:55.George Osborne's mathematics and his motivations
:02:56. > :03:00.are being questioned. Some of the claims branded
:03:01. > :03:02.disingenuous, And real cuts - hardly
:03:03. > :03:10.something to celebrate. We make sure that in
:03:11. > :03:12.uncertain times we are fit for the future, by taking action
:03:13. > :03:14.on our public finances And we back small businesses,
:03:15. > :03:26.the self-employed, above all working people, by reducing their taxes
:03:27. > :03:29.so they can help us grow Reality has arrived along
:03:30. > :03:40.with the budget on MPs' desks. Warnings on wages and living
:03:41. > :03:44.standards. I really admire George Osborne's
:03:45. > :03:47.love of a five year plan, because it is always
:03:48. > :03:49.five years away. He missed every single target he set
:03:50. > :03:52.for himself in 2010. And in the Tory ranks,
:03:53. > :04:01.there is also unhappiness, Sarah Stuart from Surrey is one
:04:02. > :04:05.of more than 600,000 people with disabilities
:04:06. > :04:07.who might be affected by changes to the personal
:04:08. > :04:11.independence payments. When cases are reviewed
:04:12. > :04:13.in future, the benefits will be calculated
:04:14. > :04:14.differently for some. People like me that used to work
:04:15. > :04:29.all the time and are now needing help from the system they paid into,
:04:30. > :04:32.it is an awful-time. Some Tories are ready to campaign
:04:33. > :04:35.to fight the change. This change is wrong-headed and it
:04:36. > :04:37.really hits the wrong people. They are always tinkering
:04:38. > :04:39.around the edges - that needs to happen so that you
:04:40. > :04:42.have a slightly fairer system. But I think the package
:04:43. > :04:44.which has been offered up to now, which is still
:04:45. > :04:47.a consultation, does go too far. The minister in charge admitted many
:04:48. > :05:10.thousands of people might lose out, A significant number of people may
:05:11. > :05:14.see a loss. The overall numbers of people will continue to increase and
:05:15. > :05:15.the amount of people being paid out in disability benefit will increase
:05:16. > :05:18.every year in this Parliament. What do you say to a disabled person
:05:19. > :05:21.who might lose a vital share of their income, and the person next
:05:22. > :05:24.door might get a tax cut? It is providing a fair,
:05:25. > :05:40.sustainable benefit which provides support to those with genuine,
:05:41. > :05:46.ongoing extra costs. Like with any budget, it is a test
:05:47. > :05:49.of the Chancellor's reputation. George Osborne has got bigger
:05:50. > :05:51.ambitions than being in charge So he was trying to impress is own
:05:52. > :05:56.MPs as well as the public. His team insist he has made
:05:57. > :05:59.the right big and bold decisions, but the budget has not
:06:00. > :06:01.gone entirely to plan. That was such a big
:06:02. > :06:03.occasion, wasn't it? Events which change his
:06:04. > :06:10.and all of our lives. As we mentioned the Institute
:06:11. > :06:12.for Fiscal Studies has produced a rather bleak assessment
:06:13. > :06:15.of the Budget figures. It says there are worrying
:06:16. > :06:17.implications for the wider economy It's also questioned
:06:18. > :06:20.whether Mr Osborne will be able to meet his target of a ?10
:06:21. > :06:23.billion budget surplus Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed
:06:24. > :06:29.is here with his analysis. Day two of the analysis
:06:30. > :06:51.of the Budget. We could be facing law wages and
:06:52. > :06:56.living standards according to the Institute of Financial Studies.
:06:57. > :07:02.There are also likely to be more public sector cuts ahead. The most
:07:03. > :07:05.important piece of news we got yesterday was that we are going to
:07:06. > :07:13.be worse off than we thought we were going to be. Downgraded news on
:07:14. > :07:17.productivity and growth has had a knock-on effect on the Chancellor
:07:18. > :07:21.who is finding it harder to meet his own fiscal targets.
:07:22. > :07:24.The IFS says that if the Chancellor is to achieve his fabled budget
:07:25. > :07:27.surplus, he will need to find a further ?10 billion of cuts
:07:28. > :07:29.to planned spending on public services by 2021.
:07:30. > :07:34.Those cuts could fall most heavily on non-protected departments such
:07:35. > :07:37.as the Home Office and Justice - they may have to find a further 13%
:07:38. > :07:47.The Chancellor also announced income tax cuts - increasing the personal
:07:48. > :07:55.allowance and taking 585,000 people out of the higher 40p rate of tax.
:07:56. > :07:58.But according to one analysis, that cut tends to be more
:07:59. > :08:02.It will boost the incomes of the richest 20% of households
:08:03. > :08:07.That figure for the poorest 20% of households?
:08:08. > :08:15.There was some better news for the Chancellor today.
:08:16. > :08:19.The Bank of England said wage increases were stronger and that
:08:20. > :08:21.productivity was rising - and after the bad news
:08:22. > :08:23.on productivity yesterday, that will come as a welcome
:08:24. > :08:29.For this manufacturing firm, Mr Osborne's pledge to support
:08:30. > :08:38.The Treasury made productivity improvements - crucial
:08:39. > :08:42.for maintaining growth - a central part of the Budget.
:08:43. > :08:45.If you put your efforts into your staff and machinery
:08:46. > :08:47.and invest back into the company, you are getting
:08:48. > :08:49.more work, you are widening your capabilities
:08:50. > :09:00.One final thought. Never underestimate Mr Osborne's ability
:09:01. > :09:07.to find a little extra something behind the fabled treasury sofa. As
:09:08. > :09:10.one Government source pointed out to me, yesterday's figures
:09:11. > :09:28.poor, that things can only get better.
:09:29. > :09:35.A day after the budget what do you make of the most controversial
:09:36. > :09:39.aspects? Budget sometimes turn into horror
:09:40. > :09:43.films. This is more like an action movie. We are not sure what the
:09:44. > :09:47.ending will be. The plot is beckoning. The Government is pleased
:09:48. > :09:52.to see that EU leaders have agreed to get rid of what is known as the
:09:53. > :09:58.tampon tax, a 5% VAT charge on Saturday products. They were looking
:09:59. > :10:01.at a hefty rebellion, possibly defeat in Westminster next week,
:10:02. > :10:05.that EU leaders said the governor and can go ahead and get rid of it.
:10:06. > :10:10.They are claiming that as a win over rest of the EU. In terms of things
:10:11. > :10:15.that are going to be more troublesome there is a lot of
:10:16. > :10:17.trouble brewing over those changes to disability payments. Many
:10:18. > :10:21.Conservative MPs including some of those who have organised the
:10:22. > :10:26.rebellion and defeat over tax credits are not happy about these
:10:27. > :10:30.changes, worried about the impact on thousands of people potentially
:10:31. > :10:33.around the country, and also worried about the political message that
:10:34. > :10:37.sense. The leadership is under pressure already to relent and they
:10:38. > :10:42.are at a minimum going to have to do a lot more explaining of that
:10:43. > :10:46.policy. But there is a new question on defence spending tonight. The
:10:47. > :10:50.small print of the budget reveals that the Ministry of Defence is
:10:51. > :10:54.spending ?800 million less than they had been forecast to do in this
:10:55. > :10:59.financial year. That is a lot of money in a department that is
:11:00. > :11:04.stretched. Labour tonight is demanding answers over that, writing
:11:05. > :11:07.to the Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon. Treasury
:11:08. > :11:11.sources said it might be simple as an underspend but there is not
:11:12. > :11:16.clarity yet on what has happened to defence spending. Despite the big
:11:17. > :11:22.bleaker economic picture this budget all and all is far from a disaster.
:11:23. > :11:24.But there is plenty of unfinished business that could catch George
:11:25. > :11:25.Osborne out in the weeks and months to come.
:11:26. > :11:28.Thank you. In Brussels tonight European Union
:11:29. > :11:30.leaders are meeting on stopping the flow
:11:31. > :11:38.of migrants into Europe. Since January last year more
:11:39. > :11:40.than one million migrants and refugees arrived
:11:41. > :11:43.in Greece by boat Chancellor Merkel of Germany says
:11:44. > :11:46.she's cautiously optimistic Thousands of people are currently
:11:47. > :11:54.stranded at the border between Greece and Macedonia
:11:55. > :11:56.at Idomeni where the crossing point is closed and many have
:11:57. > :11:59.been trying to cross illegally as our international
:12:00. > :12:13.correspondent Ian Pannell reports. The resilience of youth. Still able
:12:14. > :12:17.to laugh and smile when this is where you live. Imagine the either
:12:18. > :12:27.need of being trapped at a railway station with departures to nowhere.
:12:28. > :12:32.Where mothers cling to their children to stop them running onto
:12:33. > :12:34.the line. Where thousands not so much live as
:12:35. > :12:56.Billy exist. -- barely exist. Many have lost
:12:57. > :13:01.there possessions and now they lose their dignity as they stand begging
:13:02. > :13:05.for hand-outs. We thought this silly in refugee had
:13:06. > :13:21.crossed into Macedonia earlier this week. Bat this Syrian refugee.
:13:22. > :13:31.This is how much they want to get further into Europe.
:13:32. > :13:37.He was wheeled across a field and further into Macedonia. But like all
:13:38. > :13:40.the others he was rounded up and eventually sent back to Greece. What
:13:41. > :13:48.is your message to the leaders of Europe? TRANSLATION: We want
:13:49. > :13:53.humanity. Look at who they are treating as. There is no humanity
:13:54. > :14:00.left. We are being used as bargaining chips. They are making
:14:01. > :14:04.money off our backs. If a deal is reached in Brussels everybody here
:14:05. > :14:09.could be deported to Turkey, which would not just be difficult but
:14:10. > :14:16.perhaps illegal. We met three families from three cities whose
:14:17. > :14:22.people know all about war and persecution. One said he left home
:14:23. > :14:28.after thugs from Islamic State cut him. Another said he was beaten this
:14:29. > :14:32.week by the police and Macedonia. It is not the protection they are
:14:33. > :14:37.guaranteed by law or the welcome they expected. What will you do if
:14:38. > :14:42.the Borders to closed? TRANSLATION: I cannot go back home. I do not have
:14:43. > :14:47.one. I came here asking for European protection because they said they
:14:48. > :14:54.would open the borders. Why are we sat here? Everyone here knows about
:14:55. > :15:00.the meeting in Brussels and everyone is waiting for the outcome. If they
:15:01. > :15:05.are not allowed through some will go back, perhaps to Turkey. But do not
:15:06. > :15:07.expect all of them to just disappear.
:15:08. > :15:13.It is incredible to think that more than 1 million people have come this
:15:14. > :15:17.way over the last year. European leaders have repeatedly met,
:15:18. > :15:20.debated, discussed how to deal with this crisis. Groups may be closing
:15:21. > :15:25.down. We should not forget that many of these people have run away from
:15:26. > :15:29.the prospect of death and the able do whatever it takes to get across
:15:30. > :15:33.that border. For now the line is holding. This
:15:34. > :15:41.week the breakthrough feels but that will not be the last. Thousands more
:15:42. > :15:44.landed on the shores of Greece this week and Babel head here putting
:15:45. > :15:49.even more pressure on Greece and Europe. The dream of a new life may
:15:50. > :15:57.have stalled but it is far from over.
:15:58. > :16:00.The way schools in England are governed as more of them
:16:01. > :16:03.in plans announced by the Education Secretary Nicky
:16:04. > :16:07.Schools would no longer be legally required to have parents
:16:08. > :16:09.as governors but there would be a greater obligation
:16:10. > :16:15.Failing schools would also be given a longer period without official
:16:16. > :16:16.inspections to encourage successful head teachers
:16:17. > :16:30.Our education editor Branwen Jeffreys has the details.
:16:31. > :16:32.Schools across England are facing a massive shake-up.
:16:33. > :16:35.Teachers will have to prove their classroom skills to qualify,
:16:36. > :16:38.and all schools will become academies within years.
:16:39. > :16:40.Rebecca Jones is a parent governor at this primary
:16:41. > :16:46.Under these plans, elected parent governors will go when it
:16:47. > :16:53.Parents give immediate feedback if there is an issue,
:16:54. > :16:56.and if you don't have the parent governors there, I don't think
:16:57. > :17:06.the parents would feel able to approach the school about issues.
:17:07. > :17:09.Like most primary schools, it is still run by the council,
:17:10. > :17:12.but that will have to change within the next six years.
:17:13. > :17:19.She resisted pressure to become an academy before.
:17:20. > :17:24.But what about other Government plans?
:17:25. > :17:27.Head teachers who moved to a struggling school will get more
:17:28. > :17:29.time, at least two years to turn things around before
:17:30. > :17:42.I feel at the moment head teachers are a bit like football managers.
:17:43. > :17:45.You make one mistake or you have only been in the school for a year
:17:46. > :17:49.What difference will it make to their education?
:17:50. > :18:03.These changes, taken together, aim to give headteachers
:18:04. > :18:05.at schools much more freedom to shape what they teach.
:18:06. > :18:08.It will also create huge chains of schools, competing with each
:18:09. > :18:11.The question is, who holds them to account?
:18:12. > :18:13.Steve Lancashire is the chief executive of two primary school
:18:14. > :18:20.They are held to account, he says, through their results.
:18:21. > :18:23.All of our children will go to a capital city in a foreign
:18:24. > :18:25.country to make sure they experience a different culture.
:18:26. > :18:28.It is about what we can provide as an academy rather
:18:29. > :18:36.The Education Secretary told me she wants parents to
:18:37. > :18:39.have a bigger say so why get rid of parent governors?
:18:40. > :18:44.We want governors to be there because of the skills they bring.
:18:45. > :18:47.I think there are more effective ways to have parents involved,
:18:48. > :18:50.rather than having a couple of parents on a body.
:18:51. > :18:55.We want to set up a parent portal and a better complaints system.
:18:56. > :19:00.Schools still have to try and impress parents but there is no
:19:01. > :19:09.guarantee there will be a graceful transition to the new system.
:19:10. > :19:11.The magician Paul Daniels, for many years one of the most
:19:12. > :19:14.popular entertainers on television, has died at the age of 77.
:19:15. > :19:16.He announced last month that he'd been diagnosed
:19:17. > :19:25.His wife Debbie McGee told the BBC that they'd lived a fairy tale life
:19:26. > :19:31.If the ball's in my left hand, it's in my left hand,
:19:32. > :19:33.if it's not in my hand, it's under the cup.
:19:34. > :19:35.He was fast, funny, and very skilful.
:19:36. > :19:36.He took old-fashioned magic and refashioned it
:19:37. > :19:44.He became a fixture of the Saturday night schedules.
:19:45. > :19:47.He had started in northern clubs, combining magic
:19:48. > :19:51.He devised a catchphrase to deal with hecklers.
:19:52. > :20:23.What first, Debbie, attracted you to the millionaire
:20:24. > :20:26.I really got the giggles because when I first worked
:20:27. > :20:30.But the things that attracted me to him,
:20:31. > :20:37.I had a letter yesterday from a lady who had met us and she said,
:20:38. > :20:39."The thing is, Debbie, you had a marriage that
:20:40. > :20:54.He was not to everyone's taste but his versatility inspired many.
:20:55. > :20:56.Everyone I know had a Paul Daniels magic kit -
:20:57. > :21:09.that was the first time people would learn how to do magic.
:21:10. > :21:18.In his autobiography he admitted he had slept with many women and could
:21:19. > :21:20.not have been sure they were all over 16.
:21:21. > :21:36.Paul Daniels who has died at the age of 77.
:21:37. > :21:38.In South Africa President Zuma is facing calls
:21:39. > :21:41.to resign over his links with a wealthy family
:21:42. > :21:42.and claims that he's allowed the Guptas to
:21:43. > :21:46.One of the president's party colleagues has warned that
:21:47. > :21:48.South Africa is in danger of turning into a mafia state
:21:49. > :21:50.and the country's former president FW De Klerk
:21:51. > :21:52.says that democracy in South Africa is under threat.
:21:53. > :21:56.Our world editor John Simpson is in Cape Town and he sent this
:21:57. > :22:10.This country which has been a beacon to the world now seems in growing
:22:11. > :22:18.trouble. Political, economic, even racial. In Parliament to D attention
:22:19. > :22:25.centred on the President over alleged corruption. There is no
:22:26. > :22:32.minister here who was ever appointed. You and your family are
:22:33. > :22:38.getting richer while South Africans are getting less well off. He is
:22:39. > :22:44.accused of allowing a family who only came to South Africa one year
:22:45. > :22:51.before apartheid ended to dictate cabinets for the financial gain.
:22:52. > :23:01.Should the President resign? And deny a bully. He is not fit to lead
:23:02. > :23:08.South Africa. The last white President is celebrating his 80th
:23:09. > :23:12.birthday. He is usually guarded in history to systems. Not now. There
:23:13. > :23:21.is too much nepotism. There is too much corruption. There is too much
:23:22. > :23:27.favouritism. A black elite has grown. The loyalist of the President
:23:28. > :23:31.says she is disheartened by corruption. We must intensify
:23:32. > :23:37.efforts to take fast action as decisions on any of our members who
:23:38. > :23:42.are found to be engaged in the bad practices. Even the President? Any
:23:43. > :23:48.person who would fall foul of established norms and public conduct
:23:49. > :23:51.should appear before that Commission. Corruption is not the
:23:52. > :23:59.only serious problem this country faces. Much worse, the ideal of the
:24:00. > :24:07.non-racial rainbow nation, is mired across the world, is being
:24:08. > :24:12.threatened before our eyes. Recently a university rugby match, a largely
:24:13. > :24:16.white affair, was interrupted by radical Black demonstrators. Among
:24:17. > :24:20.the young in particular the non-racial idea could be feeding.
:24:21. > :24:24.Right from the top politicians are worried.
:24:25. > :24:31.I went to a township outside Cape Town to meet some of those born
:24:32. > :24:38.after apartheid. From this humble background this
:24:39. > :24:50.person is going to interested Jess University. -- going to a
:24:51. > :24:57.prestigious university. He was not demanding enough. There was not
:24:58. > :25:13.enough loyalty to the demands of his people. He should have been tougher
:25:14. > :25:17.on the fights? Definitely. It shocks her mother who still review as
:25:18. > :25:24.Nelson Mandela. Now all people seem to hear about is corruption and
:25:25. > :25:33.views of racial trouble. South Africa is in post-Mandela territory.
:25:34. > :25:35.Health professionals have welcomed the new tax on sugary drinks
:25:36. > :25:37.announced by George Osborne in his budget yesterday
:25:38. > :25:40.but they've warned that it will not be a panacea
:25:41. > :25:42.for the obesity crisis especially among children and young
:25:43. > :25:44.people which remains one of the biggest public health
:25:45. > :25:47.Our correspondent Jeremy Cooke has this report.
:25:48. > :25:49.It is a global epidemic, fuelled by fast food,
:25:50. > :25:57.Modern-day snack food is not love, it's a killer.
:25:58. > :26:00.One in three of our ten-year-olds is now obese, their futures
:26:01. > :26:09.Katie is 15, loves singing and drama and going to the movies.
:26:10. > :26:13.Her battle against weight has been a lifelong challenge.
:26:14. > :26:17.14-year-old Becky likes R music and Justin Bieber.
:26:18. > :26:21.She too is working hard to shed the pounds.
:26:22. > :26:24.When it comes to calories, for both girls, the problem has been
:26:25. > :26:36.It was like a pot of Pringles, an iced coffee, a croissant.
:26:37. > :26:39.Chocolate cereal and I would have in my lunch, rolls and crisps.
:26:40. > :26:42.I would have, like, chicken nuggets or just something out
:26:43. > :26:45.And then your mum would give you your supper?
:26:46. > :26:50.Yeah, and I would have lunch and I would have breakfast.
:26:51. > :26:52.Why didn't you, as a mum, simply feed her less food?
:26:53. > :27:01.We hid bread in places like the laundry basket
:27:02. > :27:08.Now Katie is fighting back, has found the strength to lose two
:27:09. > :27:12.stone and is determined to lose more.
:27:13. > :27:16.I'm around 16 right now and so, like, obviously I will see
:27:17. > :27:19.when I get to where I want to be but roughly like ten stone
:27:20. > :27:25.Katie is on the right road, using exercise and diet.
:27:26. > :27:29.For others, though, the challenge is still daunting.
:27:30. > :27:33.Four out of five obese children will become obese adults.
:27:34. > :27:36.Overweight young people look relatively healthy,
:27:37. > :27:39.they get up and about, they move around, they do things
:27:40. > :27:44.But when they are in their 40s and 50s, you find that the body
:27:45. > :27:56.Becky is doing well, going to the gym, choosing healthy food.
:27:57. > :27:58.But being overweight can also bring psychological problems and for her,
:27:59. > :28:02.the bullying started at primary school.
:28:03. > :28:05.I would feel like I was always being talked about so I would walk
:28:06. > :28:08.round a corner and there would be a group of people.
:28:09. > :28:11.Even if I didn't know them and they were laughing,
:28:12. > :28:12.I would think they were laughing at me.
:28:13. > :28:16.It's hard to see your child sort of feel that way.
:28:17. > :28:20.I don't think there's anything quite as heartbreaking
:28:21. > :28:22.than when your child tells you that they hate themselves
:28:23. > :28:27.and they don't want to look at themselves in the mirror.
:28:28. > :28:30.Health professionals have welcomed news of the sugar tax but say
:28:31. > :28:32.it is only a first step towards tackling the childhood
:28:33. > :28:41.Liverpool are through to the quarterfinals
:28:42. > :28:43.of the Europa League, after drawing 1-1 this evening
:28:44. > :28:48.Philip Coutinho scored the visitors' only goal.
:28:49. > :28:50.The result means they win the tie on aggregate and go
:28:51. > :28:58.Tottenham are out after losing to the German side Borussia Dortmund.
:28:59. > :29:00.The broadcaster Cliff Michelmore whose long and distinguished career
:29:01. > :29:05.spanned five decades has died at the age of 96.
:29:06. > :29:08.He joined the BBC after the Second World War
:29:09. > :29:10.and demonstrated a remarkable range on radio and television
:29:11. > :29:15.from current affairs to light entertainment.
:29:16. > :29:34.He was the face of BBC television in the 1960s. Presenter of the first
:29:35. > :29:39.daily current affairs show. Typical was an interview with the young
:29:40. > :29:47.David Bowie about cruelty to long-haired men. Who is being cruel?
:29:48. > :29:57.They are mostly tolerant but we have had comments. Tonight was both
:29:58. > :30:03.breathless and serious. There was even a daily topical song.
:30:04. > :30:15.It was part of our lives. His humour, the way he looked at issues,
:30:16. > :30:18.it was such a different form of broadcasting and now it seems more
:30:19. > :30:23.commonplace but back then it was not. That was down to his character
:30:24. > :30:30.and what he did. He was an outstanding broadcaster.
:30:31. > :30:42.The Welsh mining village devastated by a disaster. I hope I never see
:30:43. > :30:46.this again. We are expecting 150 results to come in one way or
:30:47. > :30:49.another. Yourself anchored three general election programmes and
:30:50. > :30:54.fronted the coverage of the Apollo missions. Including the heart
:30:55. > :31:01.stopping return of Apollo 13 which was damaged. The last moments of
:31:02. > :31:07.Apollo 13 as it begins its re-entry. The best thing we can do now is
:31:08. > :31:11.listen and hope. And I'm off. He was a survivor of a golden age, a man
:31:12. > :31:19.whose nightly payoff was 90 million of listeners. The next night will be
:31:20. > :31:20.tomorrow night, good night. The broadcaster Cliff Michelmore viewers
:31:21. > :31:32.died at the age of 96. Here is James O'Brien. Tonight a
:31:33. > :31:35.Labour MP calls into enquiry within bullying inner party and we grow the
:31:36. > :31:41.schools minister on the government 's grand scheme for education is
:31:42. > :31:45.laid out today. Join me now on BBC Two. 11pm in Scotland.