:00:09. > :00:12.Liberal Democrats make a push against tax cuts for the buffet,
:00:12. > :00:14.insisting that their policies are making a difference in the
:00:14. > :00:18.coalition. At their annual conference, Nick Clegg describes
:00:19. > :00:24.the Lib Dems as a party of the head and the heart.
:00:24. > :00:27.The African migrants accused of supporting Gaddafi - a BBC
:00:27. > :00:31.investigation into racist attacks and abuse in Libya.
:00:31. > :00:40.Travellers resisting eviction from a site in Essex go into lockdown as
:00:40. > :00:45.they wait for bailiffs to arrive. We will be looking that gate.
:00:45. > :00:49.will be looking yourselves in? Locking ourselves to the property.
:00:50. > :00:59.And in sport, and goals, gaffes, the game that had it all as
:01:00. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:13.Manchester United entertain Chelsea Good evening. Tax cuts are still
:01:13. > :01:17.dominating the Liberal Democrats' conference in Birmingham, with
:01:17. > :01:20.senior figures insisting that the 50 pence rate must not be scrapped
:01:20. > :01:23.without an alternative tax on the wealthy. The deputy prime minister
:01:23. > :01:27.Nick Clegg also made a renewed appeal to Middle England, saying
:01:27. > :01:37.his was the party of those who worked hard, paid their taxes and
:01:37. > :01:40.followed the rules. This report contains flash photography.
:01:40. > :01:45.His party is scoring low in the opinion polls, but Nick Clegg's
:01:45. > :01:49.target is clear. He wants the Liberal Democrats at the centre
:01:50. > :01:54.ground of British politics, a party, he says, of the head as well as the
:01:54. > :01:58.heart, that offers voters not just a fair society, but also a strong
:01:58. > :02:03.economy. It is a pitch he hopes will resonate not just with party
:02:03. > :02:07.members, but with voters outside as well. My focus is on what happens
:02:07. > :02:12.to those millions on low and middle incomes. They are often overlooked
:02:13. > :02:16.in this debate. He said the wealthiest should continue to pay
:02:16. > :02:20.the 50 pence top rate of tax unless it were replaced by another tax on
:02:20. > :02:23.the rich that raised the same amount of cash, a figure of the
:02:23. > :02:27.Treasury estimated of more than �2 billion. We should look at other
:02:27. > :02:32.ways in which the wealthiest pay the amount we expected through the
:02:32. > :02:37.50 pence rate. But Mr Clegg's price of fairness, alongside a new
:02:37. > :02:39.crackdown on tax evasion and a �500 million Growth Fund, cut little ice
:02:39. > :02:44.with public sector workers demonstrating in Birmingham against
:02:44. > :02:48.the spending cuts. At do not trust him. He made so many promises
:02:48. > :02:53.before he was voted in, and he has gone back on them. I am judging
:02:53. > :02:56.them on what they are doing, not what Nick Clegg is saying. But the
:02:56. > :02:59.Lib Dem President insisted that the party was making a difference.
:02:59. > :03:02.Liberal Democrat ministers are the guarantors of fairness in a
:03:02. > :03:05.government that would be a nightmare without them. So support
:03:05. > :03:09.from his party President and tonight, support from his wife, who
:03:09. > :03:13.joined him as he prepared for the week ahead.
:03:13. > :03:17.Let's go live now to our political editor Nick Robinson, who is also
:03:17. > :03:21.in Birmingham. How important is it to the Lib Dems to emphasise these
:03:21. > :03:25.distinctive areas that make them different from the Conservatives?
:03:25. > :03:30.They are desperate to do it. They are at half the rating in the polls
:03:30. > :03:32.that they once were. It is a curious sight in many ways. You
:03:32. > :03:35.just had departed President claiming this Government would be a
:03:36. > :03:40.nightmare if it were not for the presence of Liberal Democrats in it.
:03:40. > :03:45.Here are some other things he said. He compared the coalition to a
:03:45. > :03:48.marriage. Imagine you said this about your marriage or anyone
:03:48. > :03:52.else's. He said they only got involved in this unpleasant
:03:52. > :03:56.marriage because the alternative was utterly appalling. He said the
:03:56. > :04:00.Tories were whipless as well as it been a nightmare if they had not
:04:00. > :04:04.been there. He said divorce was inevitable in three or four years.
:04:04. > :04:08.You would not be chuffed if your partner said that about you, but it
:04:08. > :04:12.is all part of the Liberal Democrats saying "we are not Tories,
:04:12. > :04:16.we are different". That is why there is this slightly synthetic
:04:16. > :04:20.row about cutting the 50 pence rate, because it does not seem to be on
:04:20. > :04:23.the government agenda at the moment. Tomorrow, Business Secretary Vince
:04:23. > :04:28.Cable will insist that he is determined to curb pay at the top,
:04:28. > :04:34.not just in the public sector, but the private sector as well. So the
:04:34. > :04:36.emphasis remains on the economy? The curiosity is that there is no
:04:36. > :04:45.division on that, the most contentious issue between the
:04:45. > :04:48.government and opposition. They are all still committed to the deficit
:04:48. > :04:51.reduction strategy, despite the anxiety about the state of the
:04:51. > :04:55.global economy. There is an effort to find other things to get the
:04:55. > :05:00.economy growing which will not involve spending more money. The
:05:00. > :05:03.chief secretary of the Treasury today spoke of speeding up into a
:05:03. > :05:07.structure projects and spending more on housing and the like.
:05:08. > :05:10.Tomorrow, we will see the deputy prime minister and the Business
:05:10. > :05:14.Secretary hoping to hail new jobs being created here in the West
:05:14. > :05:20.Midlands by Jaguar and Land Rover. But the odd thing about this
:05:20. > :05:25.conference is that despite all that economic anxiety, it is not the
:05:26. > :05:29.central question in debate here. A suspected burglar has been killed
:05:29. > :05:32.following an incident in Greater Manchester. Police were called to
:05:32. > :05:36.their house in Bramhall near Stockport last night and discovered
:05:36. > :05:39.a man with a knife injuries. A 39- year-old man was arrested on
:05:39. > :05:42.suspicion of murder. A second suspected intruder has been
:05:42. > :05:47.arrested. Church services across South Wales
:05:47. > :05:51.have remembered the four miners who died in last week's accident in the
:05:51. > :05:54.Swansea Valley. All four died in the flooded Gleision Colliery near
:05:54. > :06:00.Pontardawe. Their bodies were discovered after a massive search
:06:00. > :06:03.and rescue effort. In Libya, a BBC investigation has
:06:03. > :06:06.uncovered allegations that African migrant workers have been abused by
:06:06. > :06:10.fighters allied to the new government. Hundreds of African men
:06:10. > :06:13.have been imprisoned, accused of being mercenaries for Colonel
:06:13. > :06:22.Gaddafi. There are also allegations that women and girls have been
:06:22. > :06:26.beaten and raped. This is a story of abuse, detention
:06:26. > :06:34.and intimidation. Of what happened when the rebels swept into Tripoli
:06:34. > :06:38.and the hunt for their enemies began. We met an African migrant
:06:38. > :06:43.worker who has lived in Libya for nearly 20 years. Like everyone we
:06:43. > :06:53.spoke to, he was too afraid to show his face, but so angry at what has
:06:53. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:16.happened that he feels compelled to Two weeks ago, a gang of rebel
:07:16. > :07:21.fighters burst into another house, looking for mercenaries. They
:07:21. > :07:24.ransacked and looted the place, Holden the couple who live here at
:07:24. > :07:34.gunpoint. Imagine the terror as the men then turned on their 16-year-
:07:34. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:41.old daughter. Six of them, they raped me. They hit my father with a
:07:41. > :07:49.gun and carried him away. Since that day, I have not heard from my
:07:49. > :07:52.father. He is nowhere to be found. Hundreds of black Africans have
:07:53. > :08:02.been rounded up. We watched one group being made to count anti-
:08:03. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:07.Gaddafi slogans before being put to work. The transitional council has
:08:07. > :08:12.told its fighters to avoid revenge attacks, and there has been less
:08:12. > :08:15.violence than many feared. But the city's jails are still full of men
:08:15. > :08:20.detained with little or no evidence, no access to lawyers or their
:08:20. > :08:27.families. There is no communication. We spoke to a woman whose husband
:08:27. > :08:34.was dragged off last month. She has not seen him since. I am scared of
:08:34. > :08:44.everything that is happening in this country. My husband is
:08:44. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :08:59.innocent. He did not join the Army. Libya's new leaders must
:08:59. > :09:02.distinguish themselves in many ways, not least how they treat the
:09:02. > :09:07.poorest and most vulnerable. The last six months has been a battle
:09:07. > :09:15.for freedom, dignity and justice. If it is to mean anything, it must
:09:15. > :09:17.apply to all. Fighting has resumed in one of the
:09:17. > :09:21.last remaining parts of Libya still loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.
:09:21. > :09:26.Opposition forces have reached the East Gate of Sirte and are
:09:26. > :09:29.continuing to advance on the former leader's birthplace. Our
:09:30. > :09:36.correspondent joined them in the newly captured town of Herawa, the
:09:36. > :09:41.last main settlement on the road to Sirte.
:09:41. > :09:51.Sorry, Gaddafi, they mock. The advance on Sirte is gathering pace
:09:51. > :09:53.
:09:53. > :09:56.and energy. This is the forces of the National Transitional Council
:09:56. > :10:00.moving forward again. You can hear the celebratory gunfire as they go
:10:01. > :10:09.through another village they have taken on the way to Sirte, which is
:10:09. > :10:13.getting increasingly closer, just up the road. When in Herawa did not
:10:13. > :10:19.come easily or cheaply, but they have now taken every village on
:10:19. > :10:24.this long road to Sirte. The town's elders now have new military
:10:24. > :10:29.masters to manoeuvre in order to keep their people safe. Some took
:10:29. > :10:35.the chance to flee back east and away from the fighting. Do you
:10:35. > :10:41.agree with what the rebels are doing? Yeah, because it is the
:10:41. > :10:45.future for all the people in Libya. Then suddenly, a reminder of how
:10:45. > :10:49.costly this drawn-out war has been. Every day, dead and injured have
:10:49. > :10:57.been brought back from the front. Gaddafi loyalists are retreating,
:10:57. > :11:05.but still fighting. The troops in front of us are shattered and very
:11:05. > :11:11.weakened. But we are taking steps one by one to try to safeguard our
:11:11. > :11:19.people. Still, the guns move forward. For now, they have
:11:19. > :11:23.momentum, but no there will be more battles to come.
:11:23. > :11:27.Here, travellers facing eviction from a site in Essex are making
:11:27. > :11:31.last-minute preparations tonight, with bailiffs due to arrive in the
:11:31. > :11:34.morning. Around 80 families living on their farm are due to be evicted
:11:34. > :11:37.following a decade long row with Basildon council over a number of
:11:37. > :11:44.unauthorised plots. They say they will lock themselves on to their
:11:44. > :11:49.property and stay there for as long as it takes.
:11:49. > :11:53.Final preparations for a last stand. After months, years of legal
:11:53. > :11:58.wrangling, this is the eleventh hour for the travellers' community
:11:58. > :12:05.in Dale Farm. There is anger and defiance. Tomorrow morning, we are
:12:06. > :12:12.going to resist. We will be locking that gate. You are lucky yourselves
:12:12. > :12:15.in? Yes, locking ourselves to the property. It is the only way out.
:12:15. > :12:21.We have nowhere else to go. Do you think we would humiliate ourselves
:12:21. > :12:25.if we had somewhere to go? We have some dignity. Also gathering here,
:12:25. > :12:29.protesters and activists, who say they will oppose the evictions by
:12:29. > :12:33.peaceful means. We have exhausted almost all legal channels and we
:12:33. > :12:37.are still looking at an unjust and resist eviction which will make 500
:12:37. > :12:42.people homeless. So we will engage in non-violence to stop the
:12:42. > :12:46.eviction. Some people have left today, but for the bailiffs and
:12:46. > :12:50.police, this is looking like a complicated, difficult and possibly
:12:50. > :12:56.dangerous task. Still, the council insists that this is an illegal
:12:56. > :13:00.site which will be closed down. operation will commence on schedule.
:13:00. > :13:05.We said 68 o'clock tomorrow morning will be the first steps we take. We
:13:05. > :13:09.are optimistic that things are moving away. We have seen a number
:13:09. > :13:13.of additional caravans move off the side today. We hope that trend will
:13:14. > :13:16.speed up and continue through the evening. Tonight, the residents of
:13:16. > :13:21.Belfast are settling down, knowing that the bailiffs will be at these
:13:21. > :13:29.gates in a few hours' time. There is a spirit of defiance in the air.
:13:29. > :13:32.It is hard to see how some level of conflict can be avoided.
:13:32. > :13:35.Doctors at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital confirmed today
:13:35. > :13:39.that they have successfully separated twins who were born
:13:39. > :13:44.joined at the head. The Sudanese baby girls Rital and Ritag Gaboura,
:13:44. > :13:51.who are 11 months old, were separated on 15th August after four
:13:51. > :13:55.operations. Time now for the sport.
:13:55. > :13:59.For viewers everywhere except Scotland, Match Of The Day 2 is on
:13:59. > :14:04.BBC Two now, with highlights of today's premiership games. At the
:14:04. > :14:08.top of the table, Manchester United have moved two points clear after
:14:08. > :14:11.an event for 3-1 win over Chelsea. It was a game that had a bit of
:14:11. > :14:15.everything. Manchester United have proved to be
:14:15. > :14:19.devastating when given the chance this season, and to date Chelsea
:14:19. > :14:22.too often let them have their way. Chris Morley was the first to
:14:23. > :14:28.capitalise, giving United the lead in eight minutes and showing why he
:14:28. > :14:33.is fast becoming a fixture in the England squad. Nani added the
:14:33. > :14:38.second, blasting an incredible shot from 25 yards out, marking his
:14:38. > :14:41.100th League game for United to bridge. Approaching half-time,
:14:41. > :14:46.United got their third. John Terry's attempted clearance bounced
:14:46. > :14:50.into the path of Wayne Rooney. Chelsea made changes at 3-0 down
:14:50. > :14:54.and it seemed to work. Fernando Torres scored his first goal of the
:14:54. > :14:59.season, the sort of thing Chelsea had been expected from him. By now,
:14:59. > :15:02.they had hope. United were awarded a penalty. Rooney's confidence gave
:15:02. > :15:07.way to mild embarrassment as he slipped and missed the target
:15:07. > :15:11.entirely. But there was a bigger howler to come. Torres missed a
:15:11. > :15:15.great chance for Chelsea, to the delight of the home crowd.
:15:15. > :15:25.Elsewhere, there were 12 other goals in three high-scoring matches.
:15:25. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :15:39.Manchester City let a two goal lead For viewers in Scotland, Sportscene
:15:39. > :15:46.is on BBC Two now with highlights of today's called Firm game, which
:15:46. > :15:51.was an enthralling encounter. Rangers moved four points clear
:15:51. > :16:00.after a 2-0 win over Celtic. Steven Naismith opened the scoring, only
:16:00. > :16:05.for Celtic to level. The visitors took a 2-1 lead through Des shot. -
:16:05. > :16:10.- throughout this shot. From then, the game belonged to Rangers with
:16:10. > :16:15.goals from Kyle Lafferty and Steven Naismith again, giving an in-built
:16:15. > :16:19.hoist his first Old Firm win since taking over as manager.
:16:19. > :16:21.Floyd Mayweather has retained his welterweight title after a
:16:22. > :16:26.controversial fight against Victor Ortiz last night. He returned to
:16:27. > :16:31.the ring after taking more than a year off. In the 4th round, may
:16:31. > :16:35.weather was head-butted by his opponent. When the referee stepped
:16:35. > :16:40.10, Victor Ortiz appeared to be apologising and was not on his
:16:40. > :16:45.guard when Mayweather landed two decisive punches. It stretches as
:16:45. > :16:48.unbeaten record to 42 fights, with Amir Khan -- with Amir Khan
:16:48. > :16:54.declaring he wants to fight Mayweather next year.
:16:54. > :16:57.England put the tabloid headlines behind them with a win over Georgia
:16:57. > :17:01.at the Rugby World Cup. But Martin Johnson warned they would be
:17:01. > :17:04.knocked out of the tournament unless they improve. Wales are also
:17:04. > :17:13.on course for the quarter-finals, but only after a late comeback as
:17:13. > :17:18.they beat Samoa 17-10 per. Another big night out for England's
:17:18. > :17:22.players, one which will leave a few headaches. After last week's bar
:17:22. > :17:27.room shenanigans, the entertainment this week was torture, a country
:17:27. > :17:32.with just 700 rugby players. None could lay a finger on Shontayne
:17:32. > :17:39.Hape as he surged to a England into the lead. But then that familiar
:17:39. > :17:45.thing... Dylan Hartley was sin- binned and Jordan got the try they
:17:45. > :17:51.deserved. Seven points adrift at the break and still very much in it.
:17:51. > :17:56.Belatedly, England found that cutting edge. Four second half
:17:56. > :18:02.tries included two for Chris Ashton. Comfortable, but far from
:18:02. > :18:05.convincing. Wales, meanwhile, were up against
:18:05. > :18:09.some other, something they rarely enjoyed. Humbled by them twice
:18:09. > :18:14.before, Wales were heading for a World Cup exit as summer were
:18:14. > :18:17.thundered into a half-time lead. But after the break, the boot of
:18:17. > :18:22.Rhys Priestland edged Wales ahead before a timely flash of
:18:22. > :18:27.inspiration. Leigh Halfpenny found a gap, and the defence was suddenly
:18:27. > :18:31.attack. Jonathan Davies did not quite make it bore for the 55th
:18:31. > :18:35.time in internationals, Shane Williams did -- but for the 55th
:18:35. > :18:39.time. Wales got out of jail and should now get into the quarter-