:00:10. > :00:16.The plan to unlock �20 billion of lending to business. New details
:00:16. > :00:20.emerge about how the Chancellor hopes to get credit flowing again.
:00:20. > :00:23.No sign of backing down as the Government and unions argue ahead
:00:23. > :00:30.of Wednesday's planned strike. A furious response from Pakistan,
:00:30. > :00:35.after NATO kills 24 of its troops in an attack on the Afghan border.
:00:35. > :00:45.And the 102-year-old pensioner from Kent leaving the UK to start a new
:00:45. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :00:56.Good evening. More details have emerged tonight
:00:56. > :00:59.of the Chancellor's plans to try to stop the economy slipping back into
:00:59. > :01:04.recession. It's understood that George Osborne will announce on
:01:04. > :01:08.Tuesday that the Government will underwrite bank loans to businesses.
:01:08. > :01:13.�20 billion could be made available. Our political correspondent Carole
:01:13. > :01:17.Walker is at Westminster with the latest.
:01:17. > :01:21.Yes, when the Chancellor stands up in parliament on Tuesday to deliver
:01:21. > :01:24.his autumn statement he will be under huge pressure to say what the
:01:24. > :01:28.Government is doing to boost some growth in the economy and tonight
:01:28. > :01:33.we have learned that he is going to announce an ambitious plan that he
:01:33. > :01:38.hopes could provide lending to small and medium-sized companies by
:01:38. > :01:43.up to �20 billion. George Osborne is braced for a new
:01:43. > :01:47.set of gloomy economic statistics to coincide with his autumn
:01:47. > :01:53.statement. The eurozone crisis is adding to his woes and there's real
:01:53. > :01:57.concern that lending from the banks could dry up. So to try to get cash
:01:57. > :02:01.flowing to companies so they can invest and grow, he is setting up
:02:01. > :02:06.ambitious lending programmes with the Government stepping in to give
:02:06. > :02:09.businesses the chance to get loans at low interest rates. The idea is
:02:10. > :02:13.known as credit easing. The Government will provide a guarantee
:02:13. > :02:17.for banks to borrow on the financial markets, they'll then be
:02:17. > :02:20.obliged to pass on the cheap lending rates to small and medium-
:02:21. > :02:24.sized companies. The Government will also take a stake in
:02:24. > :02:28.investment funds which provide credit or loans to medium-sized
:02:28. > :02:34.companies. It's also planning an alternative to bank loans, by
:02:34. > :02:38.allowing firms to sell company IOUs to the market. The Government is
:02:38. > :02:41.also going to curve some rail fare increases. The Treasury says it
:02:41. > :02:46.will mean that peak fares and season tickets which were due to
:02:46. > :02:50.rise by 8% next year, will go up by 6%, instead. The Chancellor knows
:02:50. > :02:55.that may not be cause for celebration, but he hopes it will
:02:55. > :03:00.provide some relief for passengers. Labour have written to the
:03:00. > :03:03.Chancellor tonight with a series of questions, asking exactly how this
:03:03. > :03:07.credit easing plan is going to work and saying they don't think it's
:03:07. > :03:11.going to be enough to get growth really going in the economy.
:03:11. > :03:15.The Treasury are saying interestingly enough that this plan
:03:15. > :03:19.will not add to the country's deficit. They're sticking to that
:03:19. > :03:22.deficit reduction plan. I think the Chancellor does still face a lot of
:03:22. > :03:27.questions about how he is going to pay for things like those lower
:03:27. > :03:30.than expected rail fares, that plan to tackle youth unemployment that
:03:30. > :03:33.we heard about, we are told we are going to have to wait until Tuesday
:03:33. > :03:40.but one thing's for sure, the Chancellor hasn't got any money to
:03:40. > :03:43.give away. And tomorrow morning on BBC1 Andrew
:03:43. > :03:48.Marr will be speaking to the Chancellor, George Osborne, and
:03:48. > :03:51.Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls about this story.
:03:51. > :03:54.The planned walk-out, of more than two million public sector workers
:03:54. > :03:56.on Wednesday, looks set to go ahead, as the Government and unions
:03:56. > :03:59.continue to argue. Today, the Government confirmed that an
:03:59. > :04:03.improved offer on pensions could be withdrawn, if the strike isn't
:04:04. > :04:08.cancelled. But the unions responded, saying that no such offer has been
:04:08. > :04:12.made officially. Our political correspondent Robin Brant has more
:04:12. > :04:15.details. Union members have taken to the
:04:15. > :04:20.streets already this year. If Wednesday's walkout does go ahead
:04:20. > :04:23.it will be the biggest protest in a generation. Two million could stay
:04:23. > :04:27.at home. As that day approaches, the talk from the top of Government
:04:27. > :04:31.has got noticeably tougher. Ministers have repeated warnings
:04:31. > :04:36.they could withdraw their improved offer. There's also talk of tougher
:04:36. > :04:39.laws on future union strikes. days of action are very damaging to
:04:39. > :04:43.the economy. They cost money. We don't want this thing going into
:04:43. > :04:46.2012. We need to get an agreement reached and we are very close to an
:04:46. > :04:49.agreement with the trade unions on the basis of what is a generous
:04:49. > :04:52.offer and that's why we have said it's conditional on this agreement
:04:52. > :04:56.being reached. No deal is close, though, says the leader of one of
:04:56. > :05:03.the biggest unions. And it seems Wednesday's mass strike is now a
:05:03. > :05:05.certainty. We have not had a single offer, not one offer, for our local
:05:06. > :05:09.Government workers and they are in the biggest pension scheme in our
:05:09. > :05:12.public services. So we can't say that we are moving to an agreement,
:05:12. > :05:15.because I can't go to any of our members and say look, this is what
:05:15. > :05:19.you have been offered, would you prefer to take this or take strike
:05:19. > :05:23.action? Thousands of National Health Service non-emergency
:05:23. > :05:28.operations could be postponed. At Heathrow, they're preparing for
:05:28. > :05:32.delays of up to 12 hours. In Northern Ireland, the entire public
:05:32. > :05:35.transport network will shut down. There's going to be widespread
:05:35. > :05:39.disruption, something the Labour leader has come close to condemning
:05:39. > :05:43.outright. Are you supporting the strikers? It's not the job of
:05:43. > :05:48.politicians and we don't support strikes, that's - nobody wants to
:05:48. > :05:51.see the strike happen, in fact. But both sides need to give ground to
:05:51. > :05:55.stop the strike going ahead. Government believes taxpayers can't
:05:55. > :06:00.afford to fund the current deal, people are living longer, it says.
:06:00. > :06:08.But the unions see the proposals as a kind of retrospective robbery.
:06:08. > :06:10.Wednesday's strike will show the scale of their anger.
:06:10. > :06:13.Pakistan has ordered a review of all its operational arrangements
:06:13. > :06:16.with the US and NATO after the alliance attacked two military
:06:16. > :06:19.outposts on Pakistani territory. 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in
:06:19. > :06:29.the incident in Mohmand, near the country's border with Afghanistan.
:06:29. > :06:35.Orla Guerin reports. It was in this harsh and remote
:06:35. > :06:40.terrain that NATO struck. This is Mohmand, part of Pakistan's lawless
:06:40. > :06:46.tribal belt. But the army says there was no militant activity here
:06:46. > :06:51.at the time. No excuse for mistaken identity. Pakistan says NATO
:06:51. > :06:56.helicopters and fighter aircraft opened fire on two border posts.
:06:56. > :07:01.Their location was well known, a senior official told us. NATO had
:07:01. > :07:06.the grid references. NATO commanders have offered condolences,
:07:06. > :07:10.and promised to investigate. have to look into this case as it
:07:10. > :07:13.happened in a very rugged part of the country, a very deserted part
:07:13. > :07:17.of the country and in the middle of the night where it was pitch dark.
:07:17. > :07:22.So we have to look into the incident in detail, come to the
:07:22. > :07:27.conclusion, and then talk to the Pakistani side. Pakistan's leaders
:07:27. > :07:34.have reacted with fury. The Prime Minister, and military chiefs,
:07:34. > :07:39.ordering a review of all links with NATO and the United States. Within
:07:39. > :07:43.hours, Pakistan was drawing new battlelines on the map. Critical
:07:43. > :07:49.NATO supplies are trucked across the country every day. One route
:07:49. > :07:53.leads to the Afghan capital, Kabul. And another to the second largest
:07:53. > :07:59.city, Kandahar. But the border has been closed to NATO traffic. The
:07:59. > :08:03.trucks are at a standstill. And soon all co-operation could grind
:08:03. > :08:08.to a halt, including intelligence- sharing.
:08:08. > :08:12.Exactly what happened at the border is still unclear, but tonight
:08:12. > :08:17.Afghan and NATO sources have provided a different version of
:08:17. > :08:22.events. They say a special forces team was targeting a Taliban
:08:22. > :08:30.training camp. They claim the team came under fire from inside
:08:30. > :08:33.Pakistan. An elderly widow has died after
:08:33. > :08:35.trying to stop a mugger stealing her handbag, in which she'd kept
:08:35. > :08:38.her husband's ashes. 79-year-old Nellie Geraghty was found
:08:38. > :08:43.unconscious with head injuries. Two teenagers have been arrested, as
:08:43. > :08:47.John Andrew reports. Nellie Geraghty was still clutching the
:08:47. > :08:51.strap from her handbag when she was found, suggesting she struggled to
:08:51. > :08:55.hang on to it. The attack took place on Thursday and in broad
:08:55. > :08:58.daylight in this alley near her home in Oldham. She was taken to
:08:58. > :09:03.hospital with serious head injuries and died in the early hours of this
:09:03. > :09:09.morning. Inside her handbag was a smaller bag containing the Ashes of
:09:09. > :09:14.her late husband, Frank, who died 17 years ago. The police are
:09:14. > :09:19.appealing to anyone with information to come forward. It's a
:09:19. > :09:24.drawstring bag, it's got no owe other significant marks I am aware
:09:24. > :09:28.of, that contains the Ashes and has real emotional family to the --
:09:28. > :09:31.value to the family. In a statement Nellie's family said they lost the
:09:31. > :09:34.best mum in the world. Neighbours have also been paying tribute.
:09:34. > :09:41.was very nice, she was a good neighbour. We helped each other.
:09:41. > :09:45.Very, very nice. Very pleasant. Help anybody. Tonight, two boys
:09:45. > :09:53.aged 14 and 17 are in police custody, held on suspicion of
:09:53. > :09:55.murder and robbery. The former TV presenter and
:09:55. > :09:58.comedian Michael Barrymore has been charged with possession of cocaine
:09:58. > :10:01.and being drunk and disorderly following a car crash in Acton,
:10:01. > :10:04.West London. Barrymore was arrested alongside another man in the early
:10:04. > :10:08.hours of Tuesday morning and is is due to appear at Ealing
:10:08. > :10:11.Magistrates' Court on December 7th. Northern Ireland's First Minister,
:10:11. > :10:14.Peter Robinson, says he wants to see an end to segregation between
:10:14. > :10:17.Catholics and Protestants. Speaking at his party's annual conference in
:10:17. > :10:20.Belfast, the leader of the DUP called for a shared education
:10:20. > :10:26.system and an end, to a "them and us" society. Mark Simpson's report
:10:26. > :10:30.contains some flash photography. A Protestant party for Protestant
:10:30. > :10:34.people, that's how many have viewed the DUP, but in recent years it's
:10:34. > :10:39.been reaching out. And now Ian Paisley's successor, Peter Robinson,
:10:39. > :10:44.is trying to go further. He says he wants to end the segregation
:10:44. > :10:49.between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland schools and in
:10:49. > :10:56.society here, in general. conflict of this last 40 years
:10:56. > :11:01.created terrible divisions. It became a case of "them" and "us".
:11:01. > :11:11.And that attitude deepened divisions even further. If we want
:11:11. > :11:13.
:11:13. > :11:17.a better society, it can't be them and us, it can only be all of us.
:11:18. > :11:22.Peter Robinson knows that talking about change in Northern Ireland is
:11:22. > :11:27.easy, delivering it will be much more difficult. The divisions still
:11:27. > :11:31.run deep, especially in parts of Belfast. The city has 49 walls
:11:31. > :11:37.which keep Catholics and Protestants apart. The education
:11:37. > :11:41.system is divided, too, with only around 5% of schools fully
:11:41. > :11:45.integrated. There are even two different transfer tests from
:11:45. > :11:50.primary to secondary school. One taken mainly by by Protestant kids,
:11:50. > :11:54.the other mainly by Catholics. But do people believe that more
:11:54. > :12:00.integration would actually work? think it's a really good idea. It's
:12:00. > :12:06.definitely possible. No, never. Definitely not. People just need to
:12:06. > :12:10.realise how similar we actually are and that when we do work as a team
:12:10. > :12:15.magical things can happen. It will take a decade maybe, but the main
:12:15. > :12:19.thing is to get it started now. Some believe it will take much
:12:19. > :12:28.longer than that, maybe generations. But at least the political debate
:12:28. > :12:31.has begun. An unmanned rocket carrying the
:12:31. > :12:41.Curiosity robot heading for Mars, has blasted off from Cape Canaveral
:12:41. > :12:41.
:12:41. > :12:44.in Florida. And lift-off... It's scheduled to touch down on the red
:12:44. > :12:50.planet in August next year and it'll search for signs of whether
:12:50. > :12:54.Mars has ever been able to sustain life.
:12:54. > :13:01.Now time for all the sport with Amanda Davies.
:13:01. > :13:04.Good evening. It's been a controversial day in the Barclays
:13:04. > :13:08.Premier League. Match of the Day follows the news so now's the time
:13:08. > :13:10.to look away if you want to keep the surprise. Sir Alex Ferguson
:13:10. > :13:12.aimed his frustration at the assistant referee at Old Trafford,
:13:12. > :13:15.after Manchester United's 1-1 draw against Newcastle. Javier Hernandez
:13:15. > :13:22.had given United the lead, before a controversial penalty gave the
:13:22. > :13:25.visitors a share of the points. Chelsea returned to winning ways
:13:25. > :13:27.with a comfortable victory over Wolves to ease the pressure on
:13:27. > :13:32.under-fire manger Andre Villas-Boas. Captain John Terry opened the
:13:32. > :13:36.scoring in a 3-0 win. Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen scored at both
:13:36. > :13:39.ends to produce a 1-1 draw with Fulham.
:13:39. > :13:41.Everton won 2-0 at Bolton. Grant Holt came off the bench to score
:13:41. > :13:44.the winner for Norwich against Queens Park Rangers. Blackburn's
:13:44. > :13:48.poor form continues. They were beaten 3-1 by Stoke, so now sit
:13:48. > :13:58.bottom of the table after Wigan's late win over Sunderland.
:13:58. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:01.And Tottenham's impressive form continues, they beat West Brom 3-1.
:14:01. > :14:04.In Scotland, a Gary Hooper hat- trick helped Celtic to a 5-0
:14:04. > :14:05.drubbing of St Mirren. So they're now four points behind leaders
:14:06. > :14:09.Rangers who don't play until tomorrow.
:14:09. > :14:12.Aberdeen fought back from 3-1 down to earn a draw against Dunfermline.
:14:12. > :14:20.Hearts broke their recent goal drought with a 2-1 win over bottom
:14:20. > :14:23.There was a goalless draw at Fir Park between Motherwell and Dundee
:14:23. > :14:28.United. And Hibernian's new manager Pat Fenlon watched from the stands
:14:28. > :14:31.as his side were beaten by St Johnstone.
:14:31. > :14:34.It's been a tough week for the reputation of Rugby Union in
:14:34. > :14:38.England, but despite that, 51,000 fans turned out at Twickenham to
:14:38. > :14:41.see the Barbarians take on Australia. It ended up being a one-
:14:41. > :14:49.sided victory for the Wallabies, who ran in eight tries en route to
:14:49. > :14:55.a 60-11 win. Joe Wilson reports. Twickenham, home of investigations,
:14:55. > :14:58.resignations and today, a league of nations. The barbarians, invented
:14:58. > :15:01.to celebrate Rugby Union, a rather alien idea in England right now.
:15:01. > :15:05.The other team, Australia, did the fixture the honour of taking it
:15:06. > :15:12.very seriously. Australia led and never looked back.
:15:12. > :15:18.But it was still an opportunity for Danny Cipriani, who made some
:15:18. > :15:28.progress for the Barbarians, but Australia were releaptless. --
:15:28. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:32.relentless. This ill-judged pass gave away one of the many tries.
:15:32. > :15:38.Leaks in defence looked just as ugly as leaks in a newspaper. As
:15:38. > :15:45.Australia got to 60, it all felt a bit pointless. In the final seconds
:15:45. > :15:54.Cipriani saved the ball and Tom kins scored, just room for some
:15:54. > :15:56.romance. It's the final race of the Formula
:15:56. > :15:58.1 season this weekend, and world champion Sebastian Vettel has
:15:58. > :16:01.managed to squeeze in another record-breaking achievement. The
:16:01. > :16:04.24-year-old Red Bull driver took the front spot on the grid for the
:16:04. > :16:07.Brazilian Grand Prix, and with it overtook Nigel Mansell's record of
:16:07. > :16:10.14 pole positions in a season. Vettel became the youngest back-to-
:16:10. > :16:13.back World Champion when he clinched this year's title in Japan
:16:13. > :16:19.last month and goes into tomorrow's race ahead of team-mate Mark Webber
:16:19. > :16:23.in second, with Jenson Button in third. That's it. Thank you.
:16:23. > :16:26.Now, many people leave the UK to start a new life abroad, but not
:16:26. > :16:29.usually at the age of 102. Pensioner Louise Sides has done
:16:29. > :16:35.exactly that, deciding on the move when her nursing home shut down.
:16:35. > :16:39.Alexandra MacKenzie has the story. Arriving in New Zealand, a big
:16:40. > :16:45.adventure for Louise Sides, one reporter asked how many cases she
:16:45. > :16:50.had brought? Only one. And a small one. It's half a world away from
:16:50. > :16:55.her care home in Kent. She took the life-changing decision after being
:16:55. > :17:00.told it was closing down due to budget cuts. Many Brits have been
:17:00. > :17:04.lured to a new life in New Zealand, the surf, the weather, and the
:17:04. > :17:09.scenery. Louise Sides daughter and son-in-law live there. She's been
:17:09. > :17:15.to visit, now she's there to stay. On arrival in Auckland she seemed
:17:15. > :17:22.unphased by all the attention and just requested one thing. I want to
:17:22. > :17:26.just have a cup of tea. The family reunited again, her daughter, Sue,
:17:26. > :17:31.is delighted. It's her birthday on Boxing Day, so it's going to be a
:17:31. > :17:37.special one this year. And before that they're looking forward to