29/10/2011 BBC Weekend News


29/10/2011

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The veteran broadcaster and disc jockey Sir Jimmy Savile has died at

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the age of 84. He was best known for his show Jim'll Fix It and

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being the first and last presenter of Top of the Pops. As a charity

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campaigner he also ran over 200 marathons, raising more than 40

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million pounds. Tributes are being paid tonight - Prince Charles said

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he was saddened by the news. Nick Higham looks back at his life. He

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loved the limelight and crowd lovesed him, but he was a profound

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enigma. He became a disc jockey, one of the very first, after a

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stint as a wrestler. He became known for his died hair,

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catchphrases and eccentric clothes, but there was much more to him than

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spinning disks. On his travel, he broadcast live from location all

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around the country. Listen. How about on the radio

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we'll play you a niece piece of music. What sort of music would you

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like? # Jim'll Fix It #

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He ran Jim'll Fix It, fulfilling ordinary people's dreams like the

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boy who got to visit a train factory. He became a rich man and

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wasn't ashamed of showing it. But he also put his money to use. He

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ran marathons, raised �20 money for the infirmary at stoke mandible and

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worked as a porter. I was a single fella, every day is

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Christmas, New Year's Eve. It was fun. It was fun when I started.

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It's fun today. He was always in a track suit. He was always Jimmy

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Savile. I don't think anybody got to know him well because he was

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Alzheimer's this larger-than-life character who was always running

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marathons. He was difficult to fathom. Louis Theroux made a

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documentary in which the two travelled to Scarborough to his

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childhood home. He was man who was shy of commitments and

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relationships. Why was it said in an interview you don't have

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emotions? Because it's easier. The truth is I am good at masking them.

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In the end he was a puzzle, perhaps a lonely man who craved attention,

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but found consolation in doing good. Sir Jimmy Savile, who has died at

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the age of 84. At least 17 people - including 13

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American soldiers - have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on

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a military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul. It's one of the

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deadliest attacks on foreign forces in ten years of warfare in

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Afghanistan. Quentin Sommerville sent us this report from Kabul.

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The bus the troops were travelling in was heavily armoured. It had

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bullet proof windows and armoured plating, but the force of the

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explosion was so great it blew it on its side. At the scene, fire

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cruise worked to put out the flames. The area was cordoned off by Afghan

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and international forces. Helicopters rushed the injured to

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hospital. This is one of the deadliest aincome tax this ten-year

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war. All the soldiers were American. It's unusual for so many troops to

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die in a single incident. Afghan civilians, including two students,

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were also killed. Most of the assaults in Kabul are carried out

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by a Taliban faction. This was last month when they fired on the US

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embassy and the international mission's headquarters. That attack

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lasted 20 hours. It's usually Afghan civilians who bear the brunt

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of these attacks, but today it was American forces who suffered. The

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actual number of assaults here has fallen over the past year, but time

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and time again the Afghan Taliban and the Hakani network are able to

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penetrate the city's defences. In the coming months American troops

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will begin to leave, with Afghan troops stepping into their place.

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They're already in control in the capital, but they're still far from

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able to keep this city safe. Thousands of passengers have been

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left stranded after the Australian airline Qantas grounded all its

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domestic and international flights in an industrial dispute. The

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airline says it will lock out its employees until they agree a deal.

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The Australian government has referred the matter to an

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industrial tribunal, as our correspondent Duncan Kennedy

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reports. The impact was immediate, global and painful. Thousands of

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passengers left with no planes to fly on. Qantas shutting down its

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entire fleet without warning. just sort of said, "Unfortunately,

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all flights, internal and domestic and international, have been

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cancelled," so sort yourselves out. Bye. It just leaves a really bad

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taste in your mouth. I have heard so many people say I am never going

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to play Qantas again. The decision to stop all planes was made by its

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Irish-born Chief Executive Allen Joyce. He said striking unions were

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destabilising the company and they were left with no option. We're

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lock ought the unions until they reach agreement with us.

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national carrier immediately made this the country's most serious

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political issue. That may have been their intention. The Government was

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given just three hours' notice, and the company has called in the

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nation's arbitration service to end the strikes. What we're seeing is a

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circumstance with this industrial dispute that could have

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implications for our national economy. Several Qantas unions have

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been staging strikes in the past few months angry about Qantas plans

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to cut jobs and move some operations to bases in Asia, which

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Qantas says is the only way for it to compete. Although relations

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between management and union have been at breaking point at Qantas

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for months, no-one was expecting this. The staff have been told

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they'll be locked out from tomorrow afternoon, and passengers have been

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told to stay away until further notice. More than 13,000 passengers

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had been booked to travel with Grounding aircraft will cost the

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That is preconceived, preplanned attempt to hoodwink the

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shareholders, the Australian community and destroy the brand.

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The passengers arriving on this Qantas flight at Heathrow were

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among those caught in midair and mid-dispute. Qantas is trying to

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oorg alternative airline, but for now, its own jets have been cleared

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from the world's skies. Joe is at Heathrow Airport for us

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tonight. Are alternative arrangements being made for

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travellers? Yeah, Qantas had hoped to operate four flights out of here

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to Australia today. That's around 1,500 people that won't be flying.

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The airline said they're going to rebook, rehouse and refund a lot of

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people. A lot of people will be looking for hotels around the

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airport. BA runs a code share with Qantas. They too will be refunded

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and rebooked, and British Airways- operated flights will proceed as

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normal. Unfortunately, this is likely to drag on for at least 24

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hours until the Industrial Tribunal rules on the issue in the next 24

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hours. That could force Qantas to start taking off and landing again.

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Joe, thank you very much indeed. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

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are on their way home after an 11- day tour of Australia. Tens of

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thousands of people turned out to say goodbye to the Royal couple at

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a traditional Australian barbecue in Perth.

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Once again, the crowds could be counted in their tens of thousands,

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turning out in the centre of Perth to see the Queen on her final day

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here. It was billed as the big Aussie barbecue, but when the

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moment came, the sausages and the steaks were left to sizzle as

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people tried to catch a glimpse of the guest of honour. And talking to

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that guest, who has been to many cities through her reign, a sense

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that the warmth she has received in Australia has meant a lot.

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I can think of no more fitting way to end my visit here than in this

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idyllic river setting which I have enjoyed on so many occasions. We

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will return to the United Kingdom with fond memories of our time here

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and the warm Australian welcome we have received on our 16th visit to

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this beautiful country. APPLAUSE

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An amazing send-off at the end of an amazing trip - that's how one

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palace official has put it. In a sense this visit to Australia has

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been an unexpected bonus in a year which hasn't been short of

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highlights. Yes, 2011 will be remembered. There was the historic

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visit to Ireland and a Royal wedding to look back on, a Diamond

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