0:00:04 > 0:00:07Tonight at ten - a national service of remembrance for the victims
0:00:07 > 0:00:16of the Grenfell Tower disaster, six months on.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18More than 1500 people attended the multi-faith service
0:00:18 > 0:00:20at St Paul's Cathedral, including members
0:00:20 > 0:00:23of the Royal family.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Among those who took part were relatives of those who died,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27as others questioned whether the deaths could
0:00:27 > 0:00:30have been prevented.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Today, we ask why warnings were not heeded, why a community
0:00:34 > 0:00:42was left feeling neglected, uncared for, not listened to.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44And tonight, in the streets of West London, a silent march
0:00:44 > 0:00:49to involve more of the local community in today's remembrance.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52We'll be reporting on the service at St Paul's and we'll be talking to
0:00:52 > 0:00:55some of the families who attended.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Also tonight.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Theresa May is attending the EU summit in Brussels,
0:00:59 > 0:01:03insisting the government is on course to deliver Brexit.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06In one of the biggest media deals for years,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Disney buys most of Rupert Murdoch's business for £40 billion.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12The Christmas spirit in Edinburgh, as the Scottish Government
0:01:12 > 0:01:18uses its powers to change income tax for the first time.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And the plans for deep-ocean mining off Papua New Guinea are condemned
0:01:21 > 0:01:25by the world's leading conservationists.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27That humanity should just plough on with no regard
0:01:27 > 0:01:31for the consequences, because they don't
0:01:31 > 0:01:36know what they are.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, in a few hours England
0:01:39 > 0:01:41resume their quest to keep the Ashes Series alive
0:01:41 > 0:01:49on 305-4, thanks to a century from Dawid Malan.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Good evening.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Six months to the day since the devastating
0:02:09 > 0:02:11fire at Grenfell Tower, a service of remembrance has been
0:02:11 > 0:02:16held at St Paul's Cathedral for the bereaved families and survivors.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18For the first time since the tragedy, those affected came
0:02:18 > 0:02:22together to remember the 71 people who lost their lives.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23The congregation reflected the multi-cultural community
0:02:23 > 0:02:28in West London where the disaster happened.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30The Bishop of Kensington told the congregation -
0:02:30 > 0:02:33which included the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal
0:02:33 > 0:02:36family - that there were still many unresolved questions after the fire.
0:02:36 > 0:02:45Our home editor Mark Easton reports from St Paul's.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49They came to St Paul's to mourn those who were lost,
0:02:49 > 0:02:53to comfort those who still suffer.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59And to thank those who've worked to heal.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02This is the family we lost - five people.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03On the 21st floor.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05On the 21st floor.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06So...
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Yeah.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09That's why we're here.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11And how important is this event to you?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Very important. Very important.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Anything to remember them is important to us.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Yeah.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Every strand of British cultural life was woven
0:03:20 > 0:03:25into a service of remembrance, community and hope.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31Grenfell survivors, families and friends, politicians...
0:03:31 > 0:03:35And royalty.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38The Grenfell fire exposed deep social divides in modern Britain.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41This morning, here at the cathedral, those destined to inherit
0:03:41 > 0:03:46a kingdom stand beside those who have lost everything.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51From highness to homeless, together beneath the dome of St Paul's.
0:03:51 > 0:04:00So, now, together, we remember and reflect...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Some politicians from the area around Grenfell were
0:04:02 > 0:04:06asked not to come today.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10The emotions are still too raw.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Don't come and look at taking selfies.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13No, no, no, no.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14This is not respectful.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16We want people to know what's happened.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Using voices from the time, the lingering agony of the Grenfell
0:04:18 > 0:04:23community was dropped into the calm of the cathedral.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26You need to feel what we felt...
0:04:26 > 0:04:29They've let us down, this borough, it's let us down, honest to God.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Look, this is my borough.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35There's so many questions and no answers.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Today, we ask why warnings were not heeded, why a community
0:04:40 > 0:04:50was left feeling neglected, uncared for, not listened to.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54In a service rich with imagery, a commitment was made to turn
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Grenfell from a symbol of sorrow to a symbol of the time we learned
0:04:58 > 0:05:04to listen and to love.
0:05:04 > 0:05:14Schoolchildren scattered green hearts at the feet of faith leaders.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Six months after that fateful day, the powerful were once again forced
0:05:21 > 0:05:29to look directly into the eyes of those whose trust was betrayed.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32It's like yesterday.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37The pain's deep, and...
0:05:37 > 0:05:45We shall not forget.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49For three centuries and more, St Paul's has marked the highs
0:05:49 > 0:05:51and the lows of the capital.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Today, to that list was added Grenfell -
0:05:55 > 0:05:57a tragedy that awoke London to the injustice
0:05:57 > 0:06:00hidden in plain sight.
0:06:00 > 0:06:09Mark Easton, BBC News, St Paul's Cathedral.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Among those who died in the Grenfell fire was Khadija Saye,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17a promising young artist, whose mother, Mary Mendy,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20also lost her life in the disaster.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Today, members of their family were among those who went
0:06:23 > 0:06:25to St Paul's Cathedral to take part in the memorial service.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Later they joined a silent march by Grenfell Tower.
0:06:29 > 0:06:36Our special correspondent Lucy Manning spent the day with them.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42They walked silently.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46It's hard to speak of just how much has been lost here.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49The firefighters, who were the first to Grenfell that night,
0:06:49 > 0:06:51stood to honour those they rescued and those whose relatives
0:06:51 > 0:06:54they could not save.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59They comforted each other.
0:06:59 > 0:07:05So many families, the Mendys just one of thousands walking.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07The family had gathered this morning.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12While the months have passed, their sadness hasn't.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16They lost Mary Mendy and her daughter Khadija Saye.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Some people wanted her to be a doctor, but she didn't
0:07:18 > 0:07:21want to be a doctor, she wanted to be an artist.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I cry every day, every day.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26It was the only thing I have, I don't have nothing.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Nothing.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30They took out the best members of our family.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31They did, yeah.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34The best people in our families.
0:07:34 > 0:07:40Especially Khadija.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44From the youngest, just three months old, they all came to St Paul's,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47to stand with other families, to remember with them,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50to cry with them.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54They talked to Prince William about the art Khadija had produced,
0:07:54 > 0:07:58the prolific artist she would have become.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00This was Khadija last year, talking about a future
0:08:00 > 0:08:04that was never hers.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06I can't be struggling, I need to, you know,
0:08:06 > 0:08:07actually progress and see how...
0:08:07 > 0:08:10How to make a career.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Because that is the dream, isn't it?
0:08:14 > 0:08:18What was lost at Grenfell, not just the talented artist
0:08:18 > 0:08:22but the architecture graduate, the engineering student,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26the taxi driver, the teaching assistant, the bride-to-be,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30the girl taking her GCSEs, and, of course, all the young children
0:08:30 > 0:08:34with their lives in front of them.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35It was very emotional.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Emotional.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Yes, very emotional.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43And we felt that it was something that she would have loved,
0:08:43 > 0:08:52because she's very religious.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54How would you like people to think of Khadija?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55I want people to remember Khadija's smile.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Mmm.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58The soft, kind-hearted, brave young woman who would
0:08:58 > 0:08:59have become somebody.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01For now, we just want to know why.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06Because they died needlessly - they didn't have to die.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Marion lived with them in Grenfell for a few years before the fire.
0:09:10 > 0:09:18But her aunt, cousin and 69 others weren't safe in their own homes.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22They took the flowers from the memorial to Mary Mendy's grave.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25For one day, everyone remembered Grenfell -
0:09:25 > 0:09:27her family will never forget.
0:09:27 > 0:09:37Lucy Manning, BBC News.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Some of the Grenfell families today talking to my colleague, Lucy
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Manning there.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45The Prime Minister is in Brussels attending an EU Summit
0:09:45 > 0:09:48where she hopes fellow leaders will give permission for the Brexit
0:09:48 > 0:09:49negotiations to move on to the next phase,
0:09:49 > 0:09:51defining the relationship between the UK and the
0:09:51 > 0:09:53European Union after Brexit.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Mrs May insisted the Brexit process was still on course,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58despite her defeat in a parliamentary vote last night
0:09:58 > 0:10:02when MPs insisted on a legal guarantee that they'd get a final
0:10:02 > 0:10:05vote on the Brexit deal.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10From Brussels, our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15Her job tonight - to get 27 countries of all political
0:10:15 > 0:10:17colours onside, a day after failing to line up
0:10:17 > 0:10:20everyone in her own party.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Will Theresa May bend to her rebels' will?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27I'm disappointed with the amendment, but, actually, the EU withdrawal
0:10:27 > 0:10:29bill is making good progress through the House of Commons,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33and we are on course to deliver on Brexit.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35And remember last week, President Juncker
0:10:35 > 0:10:38said that significant progress had been made to move on to phase two
0:10:38 > 0:10:40of our negotiation.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Do you accept that as Prime Minister, you are going to have
0:10:42 > 0:10:45to make more compromises, not just with the opposition parties,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47but with your own side?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Well, let's look at the passage of the EU Withdrawal Bill so far.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52As I say, it has been making good progress
0:10:52 > 0:10:54through the House of Commons.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56We've actually had 36 votes on the EU Withdrawal Bill,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58and we've won 35 of those votes.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Will you compromise more?
0:11:00 > 0:11:06We have won 35 out of our 36 votes on the EU Withdrawal Bill.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Good morning.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Give and take at home?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Not quite.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13But abroad, where she HAS had to compromise,
0:11:13 > 0:11:19her cheery counterparts sent a mixture of sympathy and demand.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22This makes it even shorter for Theresa May's government
0:11:22 > 0:11:24to make proposals, because if, after it, she needs to get
0:11:24 > 0:11:29an agreement in London, that doesn't help a lot.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I've absolute faith and confidence in her,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35that she speaks for the government of the UK, and that as long as that
0:11:35 > 0:11:37is the case, as long as she is Prime Minister,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40we will deal with her, and treat her as though she had
0:11:40 > 0:11:41an overall majority.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44She's holding her cards close to her heart at the moment,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46which I understand, on the next phase.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48And this is probably a wise negotiating tactic.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52It is now for the UK to make up its mind, and then together,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54to collectively to see where we can get to.
0:11:54 > 0:12:00The closest friends may be not quite convinced.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03"We've made progress with Great Britain,"
0:12:03 > 0:12:08said the German leader, "but some questions are still open."
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Where Brexit is being brokered, May's promises of "strong
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and stable" seem long ago, some Tories furious their colleagues
0:12:15 > 0:12:19sent the Prime Minister to her seat after defeat.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21But for the rebels and their newfound friends in the opposition,
0:12:21 > 0:12:23listening would add authority.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27She's caused this problem for herself.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Actually
0:12:29 > 0:12:32what she should now do is embrace what happened last night and say,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35"Yes, I will involve Parliament, and then it would be obvious
0:12:35 > 0:12:37in the negotiations that I have the support of Parliament
0:12:37 > 0:12:38in what I am doing."
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Barring last-minute disaster, the rest of the EU is to agree that
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Britain can move onto the next phase of our long goodbye, but Theresa May
0:12:44 > 0:12:47will enter that knowing that the other
0:12:47 > 0:12:50countries provide 27 items on her list of problems,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52but parliament is perhaps the 28th,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54and the trickiest of all.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Remember, tomorrow's expected agreement is
0:12:57 > 0:13:00only a promise to move onto talks about the long-term relationship.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02At home, and here, there is still an awful
0:13:02 > 0:13:04lot to be worked out.
0:13:04 > 0:13:12Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Brussels.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16It might seem very surprising to hear this at home, but in the last
0:13:16 > 0:13:20hour Theresa May was applauded over dinner by her EU counterparts, a
0:13:20 > 0:13:27reminder of the profound highs and lows of this whole process. Defeat
0:13:27 > 0:13:31in the Commons last night, disaster last Monday, when the DUP blocked
0:13:31 > 0:13:36the deal, triumph on Friday, then suddenly it was all back on. That
0:13:36 > 0:13:40sends this Brexit process will be without question a roller-coaster,
0:13:40 > 0:13:45but tonight it seems Theresa May may leave in the small hours with a
0:13:45 > 0:13:51sense at least she has come this far and nothing in this 24 hours has
0:13:51 > 0:13:54gone wrong. Now that doesn't for one second mean the contradictions of
0:13:54 > 0:13:58all this have been solved. It doesn't for one moment mean that the
0:13:58 > 0:14:02next phase will be easy. But in the last few months at moments it has
0:14:02 > 0:14:08seemed almost impossible that the Prime Minister would be able to make
0:14:08 > 0:14:12it at this stage and four Number Ten at least she will go home with a
0:14:12 > 0:14:16profound sigh of relief. Laura Kuenssberg with the latest at
0:14:16 > 0:14:19the summit in Brussels.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21In one of the biggest media deals in history.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Disney is to buy 21st Century Fox from Rupert Murdoch for £39 billion.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The deal means in effect that Rupert Murdoch is dismantling his
0:14:27 > 0:14:30media empire by selling the company that owns Sky and one
0:14:30 > 0:14:32of Hollywood's biggest studios.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36But Mr Murdoch will keep control of the Fox News channel in the US
0:14:36 > 0:14:39and The Times and Sun newspapers in Britain.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42For Disney, the deal brings an opportunity to break
0:14:42 > 0:14:44into the entertainment streaming industry, as media editor
0:14:44 > 0:14:53Amol Rajan reports.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55When Rupert Murdoch bought the News of the World in 1968,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58he was an outsider.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01But this canny Australian with news in his veins made his way
0:15:01 > 0:15:04to the heart of the establishment in both Britain and America,
0:15:04 > 0:15:05wielding extraordinary influence.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07From his base in tabloid newspapers, he moved aggressively
0:15:07 > 0:15:12into film and television, only studios and networks that
0:15:12 > 0:15:14into film and television, owning studios and networks that
0:15:14 > 0:15:16entertained hundreds of millions of people.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Well, I'll always have my crank calls.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20But now, in a move foreseen in The Simpsons, another Murdoch
0:15:20 > 0:15:23product, Fox has become a division of Disney.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28For Murdoch, this is a chance to get back to what he knows best.
0:15:28 > 0:15:34I think this is returning to our roots, which is news
0:15:34 > 0:15:37and sports, and that's the chain in which people watch
0:15:37 > 0:15:39television these days.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Andrew Neil was at Murdoch's side as an editor and executive for years.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47For him, this is the end of a dynasty.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50He's been trying to do that for 35, 40 years.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52I used to sit with him in restaurants in London
0:15:52 > 0:15:56in the mid-1980s and he talked about a Murdoch dynasty.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59About putting his children into key positions, letting them fight
0:15:59 > 0:16:02for the top position and whoever wins would take over and the Murdoch
0:16:02 > 0:16:05name would go on for ever.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07And here in a stroke, he's unbundling the empire
0:16:07 > 0:16:10and the dynastic ambitions are gone.
0:16:10 > 0:16:17But what does this mean for British viewers?
0:16:17 > 0:16:21The implications for British broadcasting are enormous
0:16:21 > 0:16:24and largely unrealised by the people who run British broadcasting.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29If an $80 billion company like Fox is not big enough to survive
0:16:29 > 0:16:33in the new age of digital disrupters like Netflix, then what chance does
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Channel 4, Channel 5, even ITV, even the BBC itself?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39The deal still needs regulatory approval,
0:16:39 > 0:16:44but if it goes through, it'll create a new media.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47but if it goes through, it'll create a new media superpower.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Mr Murdoch is selling his world-famous film studio,
0:16:49 > 0:16:5121st Century Fox, international TV businesses like Sky
0:16:51 > 0:16:54in Europe and Star in India.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Cable networks such as FX and National Geographic.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59And perhaps most strikingly, a stake in Hulu, a streaming service
0:16:59 > 0:17:04with access to millions of customers which could rival Netflix.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06And that's the key for Disney.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Streaming has changed broadcasting for ever,
0:17:10 > 0:17:14allowing you at home to watch a seemingly infinite number
0:17:14 > 0:17:17of shows how you want, where you want and when you want.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19OnDemand services like Hulu, in which Disney will now
0:17:19 > 0:17:21have a controlling stake, cut out the middleman of domestic
0:17:21 > 0:17:22television stations, broadcasting directly
0:17:22 > 0:17:27into millions of homes.
0:17:27 > 0:17:35The Fox International footprint has some extremely high-end technology
0:17:35 > 0:17:37to deliver all this content to consumers in more modern ways.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Sky in Europe is a good example of that, Star in India, another one.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43And so to the consumer, not only will they be
0:17:43 > 0:17:46getting more great content, high-quality content,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49but they will be getting it in ways that they demand.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51There are still many unanswered questions about this deal.
0:17:51 > 0:17:57But Sky News and Sky Sports look set to continue,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00while Fox says that its own bid for full control of Sky, still
0:18:00 > 0:18:01with regulators, remains in place.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Even with this acquisition, Disney is playing catch-up with tech
0:18:03 > 0:18:07giants like Facebook, Amazon and Apple, who,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10if they aren't there already, are coming to a small
0:18:10 > 0:18:12screen near you.
0:18:12 > 0:18:18Amol is here with me.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21What does this deal tell us about the rapidly changing media world
0:18:21 > 0:18:27that we are in?If you had said this time last year that Rupert Murdoch
0:18:27 > 0:18:30was going to sell most of his company, nobody would have believed
0:18:30 > 0:18:34you, they would have said you are mad. But it has happened because
0:18:34 > 0:18:36there is a revolution going on in the world of media which is
0:18:36 > 0:18:42dominated I a few key players. Gone are the days when you had to watch
0:18:42 > 0:18:45scheduled TV and scheduled programmes on television sets.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Nowadays you can watch what you want, when you want, on a mobile
0:18:48 > 0:18:53phone. So this is a golden age, an amazing age in terms of choice. But
0:18:53 > 0:18:58here is the rub - it is dominated by a few big American companies -
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Google, Apple, Amazon, and now Disney, they want to be part of that
0:19:03 > 0:19:07club. There has never been a better time for people who love great shows
0:19:07 > 0:19:10and content, but there has never been a harder time for the media
0:19:10 > 0:19:15industry. If even Rupert Murdoch can't keep up with the big boys from
0:19:15 > 0:19:21Silicon Valley, what hope, frankly, for anyone else?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Four children have died after a train crashed into a school
0:19:24 > 0:19:26bus at a level crossing in southern France.
0:19:26 > 0:19:2819 others were injured, seven seriously, in the accident
0:19:28 > 0:19:30which happened near the city of Perpignan.
0:19:30 > 0:19:36The bus was carrying students from the local secondary school,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38aged between 11 and 15, when it was struck.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Images from the scene show how the bus was destroyed
0:19:41 > 0:19:43by the force of the crash.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47For the first time the Scottish Government has
0:19:47 > 0:19:49used its new tax-raising powers to propose changes to rates
0:19:49 > 0:19:50of income tax in Scotland.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Low earners would pay less tax than they would in the rest
0:19:54 > 0:19:56of the UK, but higher earners would pay more.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Scotland's Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said his budget would protect
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Scotland from spending cuts being imposed by the
0:20:00 > 0:20:05government at Westminster.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Let's join our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, at
0:20:07 > 0:20:13the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16This is a really significant moment in the history of devolution,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20because it is the first time the Scottish Government have used their
0:20:20 > 0:20:23powers to vary income tax rates, and they've created a tax regime quite
0:20:23 > 0:20:27different from that in the rest of the UK. Here in Scotland we now have
0:20:27 > 0:20:31five income tax bands with a starting rate that's lower than in
0:20:31 > 0:20:37the rest of the UK and a top rate that's higher. The SNP hope that by
0:20:37 > 0:20:40cutting taxes for more than half of Scottish workers, they can increase
0:20:40 > 0:20:48the revenues they bring in without losing too much public support.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51An early Christmas present was delivered to many
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Scottish taxpayers today, as more than two thirds will pay
0:20:53 > 0:20:56less income tax next year.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59All of these MSPs posing in their festive jumpers, though,
0:20:59 > 0:21:00will have to pay higher taxes.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02The Scottish Government will increase NHS spending and give
0:21:02 > 0:21:04public sector workers a 3% pay rise.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07It overturns the Tory cuts to our block grant,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09it delivers an additional £400 million to the health
0:21:09 > 0:21:13service without damaging other vital services.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17It protects the vast majority of taxpayers.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22It is a budget for fairness and a budget for growth.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25A new starter rate of 19% mean those earning less than £24,000 will be
0:21:25 > 0:21:30£20 a year better off than taxpayers in the rest of the UK.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33A new intermediate rate of 21% means somebody earning £33,000
0:21:33 > 0:21:37will be £70 worse off.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Increasing the higher rate to 41% means anybody earning £60,000
0:21:40 > 0:21:46will be £755 worse off.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52Putting the additional rate up to 46% will see those earning over
0:21:52 > 0:21:55£150,000 paying £1,774 more than those outside Scotland.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Raising an extra £164 million for the Scottish Government.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01The new Scottish tax rates create winners and losers.
0:22:01 > 0:22:09As a public sector worker, John will get a tax cut, and a pay rise.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14We definitely do need to address the crisis in public sector pay.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Wages in the civil service have gone down by about 20%,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19in terms of buying power.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Business owner Sharon wants to know that higher taxes
0:22:21 > 0:22:25will be spent wisely.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28I think if we're confident and trust that it will be used
0:22:28 > 0:22:37for the purposes that the public want, we need more money,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40but there are so many needs that it needs to go to,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42and I'm not confident it's all going to the right needs.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45A lawyer, Alan is one who will now be paying more.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Are you personally happy to be paying higher tax rates?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Yes, I am.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I think that it's entirely reasonable that I should
0:22:52 > 0:22:53pay higher rates,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55it is a question of how much of a reasonable balance
0:22:55 > 0:22:58for it, but yes, I would certainly pay more tax.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01While some people will pay much more, the tax cut for lower earners
0:23:01 > 0:23:02is worth just £20 a year.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Behind all the smoke and mirrors, nearly half of Scotland's workers
0:23:05 > 0:23:08are paying more than they would do in the rest of UK and we've had
0:23:08 > 0:23:10all of Scotland's business organisations coming out saying
0:23:10 > 0:23:13that raising taxes would damage Scotland's economy and our growth.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Figures released today show the Scottish economy is forecast
0:23:15 > 0:23:18to grow more slowly than the rest of the UK, but public
0:23:18 > 0:23:20spending in Scotland will be significantly higher.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Sarah Smith, BBC News, Edinburgh.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29The High Court has ruled that the removal of EU citizens
0:23:29 > 0:23:33sleeping rough in the UK is unlawful and must stop.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35The case was brought on behalf of three men facing removal under
0:23:35 > 0:23:37the government policy, which was introduced last year.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40A judge said the measure was discriminatory.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45Campaigners say the decision will affect hundreds of people.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49A third person has appeared in court charged with the murder of four
0:23:49 > 0:23:51children in a house fire in Greater Manchester on Monday.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53David Worrall, who's 25, was remanded in custody.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56He'll appear at Manchester Crown Court tomorrow,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58alongside two other people, who've also been charged with
0:23:58 > 0:24:03murder, attempted murder and arson.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06The leader of the far-right group Britain First has been
0:24:06 > 0:24:08arrested in Belfast.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Paul Golding was with his deputy Jayda Fransen
0:24:10 > 0:24:12as she appeared in court.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Ms Fransen has been charged with using threatening and abusive
0:24:14 > 0:24:17language at a rally in the city in the summer.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Detectives are now questioning Mr Golding about the same event.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23The Ministry of Defence has been ordered to pay damages of up
0:24:23 > 0:24:27to £30,000 to four Iraqi citizens.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29The High Court has awarded the compensation for their
0:24:29 > 0:24:33ill-treatment and unlawful detention by British Armed Forces
0:24:33 > 0:24:35during the Iraq war.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Lawyers for the men say the judgment could determine the outcome
0:24:38 > 0:24:45of hundreds of other claims.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47A mile underwater off the coast of Papua New Guinea, preparations
0:24:47 > 0:24:50are under way for the world's first deep-ocean mine.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Rocks found on the ocean floor are exceptionally rich in copper
0:24:53 > 0:24:56and gold and could be worth billions of pounds.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59But scientists are warning that mining the rock
0:24:59 > 0:25:02will devastate marine life, and Sir David Attenborough has
0:25:02 > 0:25:08condemned the plans.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Our science editor, David Shukman, has been given exclusive
0:25:10 > 0:25:14access to the project.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18In the brilliant tropical waters of Papua New Guinea, a controversial
0:25:18 > 0:25:20project is taking shape that could have a huge
0:25:20 > 0:25:24impact on the oceans.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29A vast, lumbering machine is going through final testing.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31It looks like a cross between something military and an invention
0:25:31 > 0:25:36from science fiction.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Its whirling steel teeth are designed to break up
0:25:38 > 0:25:42the rocks of the sea bed.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46This will be part of the world's first deep sea mine.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50This is the first time that anything like this has ever been tried,
0:25:50 > 0:25:56sending these massive machines a mile down to the ocean
0:25:56 > 0:25:58floor and there, well, tearing it up to send valuable
0:25:58 > 0:26:03metals up to the surface.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06And because this is all so new, no one really knows exactly
0:26:06 > 0:26:09what the impact is going to be.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13The company behind the mine portrays it as a neat and efficient way
0:26:13 > 0:26:16to get at rich deposits of gold and copper, and it claims
0:26:16 > 0:26:21there will be less disruption than there is in mines on land.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25The offshore alternative is in fact from an environmental perspective
0:26:25 > 0:26:28a far better way to provide the world with the minerals
0:26:28 > 0:26:31that it requires.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Offshore, there will be no clearing of rainforests,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36there will be no relocation of communities, there will be
0:26:36 > 0:26:39no large waste dumps.
0:26:39 > 0:26:45But not everyone believes all that.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Fishing supports thousands of jobs in Papua New Guinea, and some
0:26:48 > 0:26:50here worry that important tuna stocks will be at risk.
0:26:50 > 0:26:58The UN development programme wants the mining project stopped.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01One sixth of the tuna in the whole world comes from this, the Pacific,
0:27:01 > 0:27:06and from this one country.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Huge numbers of people's lives depend on fisheries,
0:27:08 > 0:27:08and this project
0:27:08 > 0:27:13potentially will jeopardise all of that.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15So, there's a difficult balance for Papua New Guinea.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Millions here live below the poverty line.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21This is one of the poorest countries on earth.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26But mining projects on land have often failed to improve conditions.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31As a developing country, Papua New Guinea is obviously
0:27:31 > 0:27:34looking for new sources of income, and deep sea mining may help provide
0:27:34 > 0:27:37that, and if it works - and it is a gamble -
0:27:37 > 0:27:40there are dozens of other mining projects around the world that
0:27:40 > 0:27:42are likely to follow.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45So, what happens here could really usher in a whole new era
0:27:45 > 0:27:47of what we do to the oceans.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50The first project will target deep hot springs known
0:27:50 > 0:27:54as hydrothermal vents.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56They're packed with minerals, needed for electronics
0:27:56 > 0:27:57and renewable energy, so some scientists say
0:27:57 > 0:28:02we'll have to mine them.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05But others warn that teaming communities of rare forms
0:28:05 > 0:28:06of life could be wiped out.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10It's heartbreaking.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13We showed David Attenborough our video of the ocean mining machines.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16He's horrified at the idea of the destruction
0:28:16 > 0:28:17of hydrothermal vents.
0:28:17 > 0:28:25That's where life began.
0:28:25 > 0:28:31And that we should be destroying these things is so deeply tragic,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34that humanity should just plough on with no regard
0:28:34 > 0:28:36for the consequences - because they don't know
0:28:36 > 0:28:40what they are.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Back in Papua New Guinea, testing continues.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49One major concern among critics is that the government
0:28:49 > 0:28:52here is a shareholder in the mine, raising doubts about its ability
0:28:52 > 0:28:54to step in if things go wrong.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58But staff here say they'll try to minimise the impact.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01We're not in an environment that we can just do whatever we want.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05People are watching, there are regulations that we need
0:29:05 > 0:29:07to abide by and modify to suit, so that the environment
0:29:07 > 0:29:09is the winner in the end.
0:29:09 > 0:29:15One of the giant machines is tested under water.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18In the next two years, it will be lowered to the sea
0:29:18 > 0:29:19bed and put to work.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22The start of a new gold rush in the deep ocean.
0:29:22 > 0:29:29David Shukman, BBC News, in Papua New Guinea.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Cricket, and in Perth, England have made a strong
0:29:31 > 0:29:32start in the first day
0:29:32 > 0:29:34of the crucial third Test of the Ashes Series.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37of the crucial third Test of the Ashes series.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40A century from Dawid Malan - the first English batsman to score
0:29:40 > 0:29:43a hundred this series - left the visitors in the driving
0:29:43 > 0:29:45seat, as our correspondent Andy Swiss reports.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48They've been waiting a long time for this.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51After watching collapses, calamities and controversies,
0:29:51 > 0:29:55at last, for England fans, a bit of cricketing cheer.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Not that it necessarily seemed that way at first -
0:29:58 > 0:30:00England opted to bat, but in Alastair Cook's
0:30:00 > 0:30:02case, not for long.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Out for just seven, as Australia's bowlers set about making life
0:30:05 > 0:30:07decidedly uncomfortable.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10They broke Mark Stoneman's helmet, and soon, it
0:30:10 > 0:30:12seemed, England's hopes.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Stoneman gone controversially for 56, the video umpire deciding it
0:30:14 > 0:30:19HAD just brushed his glove, to England's frustration.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23At 131-4, it seemed another tale of what if.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27But in the nick of time, a centurion emerged from the ranks -
0:30:27 > 0:30:29the unheralded Dawid Malan.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Yes, he rode his luck, dropped on 92, but together
0:30:32 > 0:30:36with Jonny Bairstow, he made Australia pay.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40What a time to score your first Test hundred.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43If the day belonged to England, the moment was all his.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Magnificent effort!
0:30:45 > 0:30:47It was so emotional.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51You know, I didn't really know what to do, when I got the hundred,
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I was just so emotional, I almost started crying,
0:30:53 > 0:30:55to be honest, when it happened.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00Just when they needed it, England's best day of the series so far.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03There's still a long way to go in this match, but they've given
0:31:03 > 0:31:04themselves a chance.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08In a series so far defined by disappointment, England will hope
0:31:08 > 0:31:10this just might be a turning point.
0:31:10 > 0:31:20Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth.
0:31:21 > 0:31:27Newsnight is on BBC Two. Tonight we report from the primary school in