0:00:00 > 0:00:03Nick Clegg warns the coalition may legislate to limit executive pay.
0:00:03 > 0:00:11He pledges to tackle corporate excess so people feel everyone is
0:00:11 > 0:00:15in the economic crisis together. These are tough times for everybody,
0:00:15 > 0:00:19whether in the private or the public sector, whether you're a
0:00:19 > 0:00:23nurse or a factory worker, whether you're a taxi driver or whether
0:00:23 > 0:00:26you're a civil servant. I think we need to make sure people in the
0:00:26 > 0:00:29public sector don't feel that they're doing all the heavy lifting.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31New proposals for the NHS to share patient records with private
0:00:31 > 0:00:33companies, the Government says it'll drive innovation
0:00:33 > 0:00:41The opposition protestors arrested in Russia as elections take place
0:00:41 > 0:00:51amid accusations of vote rigging. And why bringing a little
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0:01:01 > 0:01:03"Sunshine" to Edinburgh caused Good evening.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has pledged to "get tough"
0:01:06 > 0:01:10on excessive boardroom pay, saying that "if necessary" the coalition
0:01:10 > 0:01:13will legislate to limit salary increases. Mr Clegg said it was
0:01:13 > 0:01:16important the private sector shared some of the economic pain, along
0:01:16 > 0:01:23with public sector employees facing pay caps and increased pension
0:01:23 > 0:01:25contributions. His comments came as the Labour peer Lord Hutton, who
0:01:25 > 0:01:27reviewed public sector pensions for the coalition, said the
0:01:27 > 0:01:34Government's proposals for the sector were "perfectly credible."
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Our political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue reports.
0:01:38 > 0:01:45Is this the moment when economic gloom starts to hit top earners
0:01:45 > 0:01:49too? With company directors' pay at top firms rising by 49% last year,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Ministers are now stressing that pocketing bucket loads of cash for
0:01:52 > 0:01:57failure in difficult times is no longer acceptable, so today the
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Deputy First Minister signalled that the Government would consider
0:02:00 > 0:02:03changing the law to improve transparency on top pay. These are
0:02:03 > 0:02:08tough times for everybody, whether in the private or the public sector,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12whether you're a nurse or a factory worker, whether you're a taxi
0:02:12 > 0:02:14driver or whether you're a civil servant. I think we need to make
0:02:14 > 0:02:18sure that people in the public sector don't feel that they're
0:02:18 > 0:02:26doing all the heavy lifting. Ministers know they can't dictate
0:02:26 > 0:02:30pay rates, but they do know they want to open up community
0:02:30 > 0:02:33remuneration committees. Not everyone believes the
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Government is serious. On the one hand, when it comes to public
0:02:37 > 0:02:41sector pensions, they're willing to legislate. When it comes to public
0:02:41 > 0:02:45sector pay, they're willing to impose draconian pay restraint on
0:02:45 > 0:02:49people. When it comes to pay at theed on the end of the economy,
0:02:49 > 0:02:54which is absolute greed gone mad, Government does nothing at all but
0:02:54 > 0:02:58make a few statements of intent. The Government believes that
0:02:58 > 0:03:01curbing executive pay will go some way to prove its they claim we're
0:03:01 > 0:03:06all in this together and that, equally, reforming public sector
0:03:06 > 0:03:10pensions is fair to everyone. Despite the disruption of last
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Wednesday's strike, the Government knows they have to work hard to
0:03:14 > 0:03:18persuade the public that the lowest paid aren't getting the biggest
0:03:18 > 0:03:23bill for the economic situation, which is why they will welcome the
0:03:23 > 0:03:26intervention of a former Labour Minister who authored a report on
0:03:26 > 0:03:30pensions for the coalition. What the Government have tabled is a
0:03:30 > 0:03:37perfectly credible offer. I think it gives significant protection to
0:03:37 > 0:03:43those close to retirement and very generous accrual rate.
0:03:43 > 0:03:50Government is to publish high pay next month and pension details by
0:03:50 > 0:03:52the end of the year. Both are keen to ensure that everyone shares the
0:03:52 > 0:03:54pain. Patient records and other NHS data
0:03:54 > 0:03:59could be shared with private medical companies under plans being
0:03:59 > 0:04:01considered by the Government. In a speech tomorrow, the Prime Minister
0:04:01 > 0:04:04will say that in return for giving researchers such information, the
0:04:04 > 0:04:09NHS would receive access to new cutting-edge treatments. Our
0:04:09 > 0:04:14correspondent Helen Fawkes has been following the story.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Why would they be going down this route? The NHS has the most
0:04:17 > 0:04:21comprehensive medical records in the world, so some of this
0:04:21 > 0:04:26information would be shared so test results and scans - and it's very
0:04:26 > 0:04:30important to stress that this information would be anonymous.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33It's expected that this proposal would apply to England only. Now,
0:04:33 > 0:04:37the information would be used by companies involved in medical
0:04:37 > 0:04:42research and drug development. This industry is already very big in
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Britain. It's hoped this could lead to it becoming a world leader and
0:04:47 > 0:04:51so boost the economy. Also, as part of the proposals it's hoped this
0:04:51 > 0:04:56would increase the number of clinical trials that are held here,
0:04:56 > 0:05:02held in some of the hospitals here, so that would lead, it's hoped to
0:05:02 > 0:05:06the NHS having faster access to some innovative treatment. Also,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Cancer Research UK, one of the many health charities, say they welcome
0:05:10 > 0:05:12this move. Patients themselves? There is concern about these very
0:05:12 > 0:05:17private records - the possibility they could be made public. One
0:05:17 > 0:05:20patient group called Patient Concern have said this spells the
0:05:20 > 0:05:24end of patient confidentiality. Labour says it's not necessarily
0:05:24 > 0:05:29opposed to this, but that the proper regulation should be in
0:05:29 > 0:05:35place. The Government says that all necessary safeguards will be there
0:05:35 > 0:05:38and the system will be regulated. Thank you very much.
0:05:38 > 0:05:48Police on Merseyside are appealing for man to come forward following
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0:05:49 > 0:05:53the death of two women at a house in Southport. The bodies - one of a
0:05:53 > 0:05:55woman in her 70s, the other in her 50s - were found yesterday
0:05:55 > 0:05:59afternoon. Police are treating the deaths as suspicious. They want to
0:05:59 > 0:06:01speak to a man who was lodging at the property. Barry Morrow is
0:06:01 > 0:06:04thought to have travelled to France or Spain. First indication from
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Russia's parliamentary elections suggest a win for Vladimir Putin's
0:06:08 > 0:06:13party. It has been seen as a popularity test for Mr Putin, who
0:06:14 > 0:06:17plans to run again next year. Today's results are pointing to a
0:06:17 > 0:06:21reduced majority for his United Russia Party. This report contains
0:06:21 > 0:06:25flash photography. Vladimir Putin, President for eight
0:06:26 > 0:06:31years, then Prime Minister for four, and unquestionably the most
0:06:31 > 0:06:35powerful politician in Russia. He was not up for re-election in this
0:06:35 > 0:06:38parliamentary poll, but his popularity and that of the party he
0:06:38 > 0:06:43created were on trial - just three months before he hopes to be
0:06:43 > 0:06:47elected President again. On the streets around the Kremlin,
0:06:47 > 0:06:53hundreds of troops parked up in giant trucks. It appeared to be a
0:06:53 > 0:06:57show of force. Exit polls suggest the ruling party will win, but with
0:06:57 > 0:07:00support dropping just below 50%. The country is unusually tense
0:07:00 > 0:07:07today because there are signs of change in the air. The United
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Russia Party has been in power for a decade, but for the first time,
0:07:12 > 0:07:16its popularity is sliding significantly. Even though parts of
0:07:16 > 0:07:21central Moscow had been sealed off, there were attempts at small
0:07:21 > 0:07:26demonstrations, but they were short lived. As this protestor spoke to
0:07:26 > 0:07:31the BBC, he was dragged away by police. Earlier, one of our
0:07:31 > 0:07:35cameramen was detained for an hour. Opposition parties complain that
0:07:35 > 0:07:39there has been widespread vote rigging today. The leaders of one
0:07:39 > 0:07:43party excluded from the election chose to spoil their ballots. They
0:07:43 > 0:07:48told me it was the only thing they could do. This is not an election.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53This is a special operation. This is manipulation, falsification and
0:07:53 > 0:07:59fraud. That's why of course we are against it. We came here not to
0:07:59 > 0:08:09warn, but to protest. But the opposition have to accept that many
0:08:09 > 0:08:15millions of people still support United Russia Party. This evening
0:08:15 > 0:08:25pro-Kremlin youth groups held this in front of the old headquarters of
0:08:25 > 0:08:34
0:08:34 > 0:08:36A small bomb has blown up a minibus in a public car park outside the
0:08:36 > 0:08:39British Embassy in Bahrain. Officials in the capital Manama
0:08:39 > 0:08:41said no-one was injured and the embassy wasn't damaged. The blast
0:08:41 > 0:08:46is being investigated. Two giant pandas, the first to live
0:08:46 > 0:08:49in the UK for almost 20 years, have arrived in Scotland. Tian Tian and
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Yang Guang - or Sunshine and Sweetie as they'll be known locally
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- arrived at Edinburgh Airport on a specially chartered flight from
0:08:55 > 0:09:01China. For the next ten years their home will be Edinburgh Zoo, and
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Lorna Gordon is there. Lorna. It's good pandas like the cold and
0:09:04 > 0:09:08the snow because that's the kind of conditions that have greeted them
0:09:08 > 0:09:12here today as well as, it has to be said, hundreds of people who are
0:09:12 > 0:09:17hoping for a glimpse of the prized animals. It's not quite been
0:09:17 > 0:09:22pandemonium, but certainly a lot of excitement as Edinburgh has become
0:09:22 > 0:09:29the 13th place outside of China to get pandas. A typically Scottish
0:09:30 > 0:09:34greeting and a VIP reception for two very special guests - two giant
0:09:34 > 0:09:40pandas, long anticipated, finally arriving in Edinburgh, their home
0:09:40 > 0:09:45for the next ten years. The first to emerge, Tien Tien, or Sweetie.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51Her crate slowly manoeuvred on to the ground - the aim to make the
0:09:51 > 0:09:55final part of her journey as gentle as possible. Then came Yang Guang
0:09:55 > 0:09:58or Sunshine, much more active after the non-stop flight from China.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03It's taken five years of negotiations to get Sweetie and
0:10:03 > 0:10:12Sunshine here to Edinburgh. We have had a very warm welcome here
0:10:12 > 0:10:15already, even if the weather has been snowy and bitterly cold. China
0:10:15 > 0:10:20takes its panda diplomacy very seriously. These animals are the
0:10:20 > 0:10:28first to be loaned to Britain in more than 17 years. The panda is a
0:10:28 > 0:10:34national treasure, and the friendship, you know, brought by
0:10:34 > 0:10:42pandas knows no border. The giant panda's habitat is shrinking. It's
0:10:42 > 0:10:46thought there are less than 2,000 left in the wild. They hope the two
0:10:46 > 0:10:50will breed in their special enclosure. They haven't bred
0:10:50 > 0:10:56together, but they have bred separately that gives us a lot of
0:10:56 > 0:11:06hope. They're eight years old, the perfect age for breeding. Pandas
0:11:06 > 0:11:09aren't cheap. They're costing the zoo a lot. It was fun. It was
0:11:09 > 0:11:13awesome. I was hoping we could see them, but they were just in big
0:11:13 > 0:11:18trucks. For now the pandas will remain out of sight until they have
0:11:18 > 0:11:22settled in and recovered from their journey. And they will be monitored
0:11:22 > 0:11:27around the clock for the next few days, but the big question everyone
0:11:27 > 0:11:31has is when will they be able to see them in their new home? The zoo
0:11:31 > 0:11:41is hopeful they'll be open to the public in terms of the panda
0:11:41 > 0:11:42
0:11:42 > 0:11:46enclosure within a couple of weeks. Lorna Gordon at Edinburgh Zoo.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49A giant World War Two bomb which lay unexploded in the waters of the
0:11:49 > 0:11:52River Rhine for more than 60 years has been safely defused. Nearly
0:11:52 > 0:11:55half the population of the German city of Koblenz - more than 45,000
0:11:55 > 0:11:57people - had to be evacuated ahead of the operation, as our
0:11:57 > 0:12:02correspondent Stephen Evans reports. At the centre of a mile-wide circle
0:12:02 > 0:12:06emptied of its usual residents, the two-tonne unexploded bomb which had
0:12:06 > 0:12:12lane there for more than six decades. The task, simply to go up
0:12:12 > 0:12:17to it and make it safe. The bomb disposal expert said it was a
0:12:17 > 0:12:22British detonator which was submerged in water. The explosives,
0:12:22 > 0:12:27he said, react with water over time, so it's a high risk when the
0:12:27 > 0:12:31detonator is removed. The bomb was known as a Blockbuster, designed to
0:12:31 > 0:12:37destroy buildings. It was dropped by the RAF during the Second World
0:12:37 > 0:12:43War, but many failed to detonate and now remain hidden, but deadly.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47For this one, the city of kob own was left deserted. 45,000 people
0:12:47 > 0:12:51were evacuated, including the elderly, those in hospital and in
0:12:51 > 0:12:56prison. People here live with the knowledge that there could be more
0:12:56 > 0:12:59unexploded bombs. TRANSLATION: You know that the
0:12:59 > 0:13:04River Rhine is full of bombs - at least I assume it is. With the
0:13:04 > 0:13:08falling water levels, who knows how many bombs are still in there?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12TRANSLATION: I'm a bit of an anxious person, so I'm glad when
0:13:12 > 0:13:18it's over. You have to try and get through the day. Last year, three
0:13:18 > 0:13:23bomb disposal experts died. It is a job for the brave, not for
0:13:23 > 0:13:28trembling hands or faint hearts. As Koblenz gets back to normal, the
0:13:28 > 0:13:37question is when and where will the next one be found?
0:13:37 > 0:13:42Now to the day's sport with Celina Hinchcliffe. Thank you. Hello. Good
0:13:42 > 0:13:49evening. Sitting in the stands, he was
0:13:50 > 0:13:56enjoying his team's 1-0 lead, then Seb Larsen's penalty didn't go as
0:13:56 > 0:13:59planned and Wolves equalised. They won 2-1, Steve Fletcher with both
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Wolves' goals. And in the day's other Premier
0:14:02 > 0:14:06League match, Stoke beat Everton 1- 0 at Goodison Park. Robert Huth
0:14:06 > 0:14:09scored his first goal of the season. What were the chances of Manchester
0:14:09 > 0:14:12City drawing Manchester United in the third round of the FA Cup? Well,
0:14:12 > 0:14:21it's happened. Both came out of the hat together this afternoon. It's
0:14:21 > 0:14:24the stand-out tie of the round, one Here are a pick of the others.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Everton host non-league Tamworth. Arsenal are at home to Leeds,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Tottenham face Cheltenham. The winner of the Chelmsford
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Macclesfield replay will be rewarded with a visit from Premier
0:14:32 > 0:14:34League Bolton. The games will be played on the weekend of the 7th
0:14:34 > 0:14:37and 8th, January. Celtic have trimmed Rangers' lead
0:14:37 > 0:14:41at the top of the Scottish Premier League to four points once again
0:14:41 > 0:14:44after a 1-0 win at Dundee United. An excellent solo effort from Gary
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Hooper in the 12th minute was enough for Celtic to secure the
0:14:45 > 0:14:48points. The flamboyant former captain of
0:14:48 > 0:14:54the Brazil football team, Socrates, has died in hospital at the age of
0:14:54 > 0:14:5757. He led Brazil at the 1982 World Cup and won 60 caps for his country.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01His laid-back attitude to life and effortless style of play endeared
0:15:01 > 0:15:11him to millions of fans, not just in Brazil but around the world. Tim
0:15:11 > 0:15:18
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Even among Brazil's pantheon of footballing Gods, Socrates stood
0:15:22 > 0:15:27out. He delayed his international career to finish qualifying as a
0:15:27 > 0:15:30doctor. He scored this goal against Italy in 1982 as captain of one of
0:15:30 > 0:15:33the world's greatest teams never to win the World Cup. He described
0:15:33 > 0:15:39himself as an anti-ate leet, as much as anything for his heavy
0:15:39 > 0:15:44drinking and smoking. Tell that to Russia's defence as
0:15:44 > 0:15:49they follow his shoulders rather than his feet.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55He had beautiful technique. He covered an immense amount of ground
0:15:55 > 0:16:00at samba rhythm, and he had a pulverising right-footed shot.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05his beard to his penalties, this in the 1986 World Cup - the key word
0:16:05 > 0:16:13was cool. Football, he insisted, was an art. But it was also a
0:16:13 > 0:16:17powerful political tool. At his Brazil club Corinthians he led
0:16:17 > 0:16:21everyone in the club to have an equal vote. At a time of
0:16:21 > 0:16:25dictatorship in the country, it was a brave move. Once retired from the
0:16:25 > 0:16:32game, he practised medicine and explored the arts, directing a play,
0:16:33 > 0:16:39writing a novel. There was also a bizarre interlude, aged 50, as a
0:16:39 > 0:16:43substitute for Garforth in West Yorkshire. In the end, his alcohol-
0:16:43 > 0:16:49fuel-led lifestyle caught up with him. He was hospitalised several
0:16:49 > 0:16:54times this year. Footballer, intellectual, lecturer and Democrat.