:03:54. > :03:58.Kieran Stapleton will appear before magistrates in Manchester tomorrow,
:03:58. > :04:01.but the police say despite tonight's charge, this is still
:04:01. > :04:04.alive investigation and they still want a hear from members of the
:04:04. > :04:12.community with information. Tomorrow people in that area of
:04:12. > :04:17.Salford where he died will hold a candlelit vigil in his memory.
:04:17. > :04:21.Events have taken place today to mark the start of the Olympic year.
:04:21. > :04:25.The chairman of London 2012, Lord Coe is, said the Games will show
:04:25. > :04:30.Britain is open for business, but the dangers ahead were highlighted
:04:30. > :04:33.by the Olympics Minister. He warned betting syndicates were aiming to
:04:33. > :04:41.fix the outcomes of competitions. This report contains flash
:04:41. > :04:47.photography. The dawn of a New Year over London's Olympic Stadium. 2012,
:04:47. > :04:52.the year for which all of this has been built. In the centre of the
:04:52. > :04:56.city, the annual New year's parade with an Olympic theme as the build-
:04:56. > :05:01.up to the game's intensifies. Economically, the coming months
:05:01. > :05:05.carry uncertainty, but the message from London 2012 there is the party
:05:05. > :05:10.spirit must not be dampened. This is a country that is open for
:05:10. > :05:16.business and we need to use every opportunity we can offer back of
:05:16. > :05:20.the games to showcase the fantastic creativity, our fantastic
:05:20. > :05:26.businesses, our artistic Endeavour, our sporting endeavour, and most
:05:26. > :05:29.crucially, what we are as a nation. But many challenges still remain.
:05:29. > :05:33.In November, three Pakistani cricketers were jailed for their
:05:33. > :05:39.involvement in the betting plot. Today the sports minister warned
:05:39. > :05:43.about the risk of a similar scandal at the Olympics. It absolutely is a
:05:43. > :05:47.possibility and there's a real danger of spot fixing. Consider how
:05:47. > :05:51.easy it is to bet on something like the first short corner in a hockey
:05:51. > :05:55.game. Any team sport, you can bet on an individual action. You look
:05:55. > :06:02.at the number of team sports in the Olympics and the threat becomes
:06:02. > :06:07.obvious. This being London, one of the other great unpredictable as is
:06:07. > :06:11.the weather. Those taking part in today's parade got soaked. Not that
:06:11. > :06:16.that deterred won Olympic champion who is hoping that by August he
:06:16. > :06:21.will have another medal to hold alongside his gold from Beijing.
:06:21. > :06:25.What is most excited about 2012 is not the fact we can win gold medals,
:06:25. > :06:29.but the amount of enthusiasm the country has for the Olympics. We've
:06:29. > :06:34.been competing in the Olympics for years, but it is exciting to see
:06:34. > :06:40.the country wake up and have that moment of revelation to the fact
:06:40. > :06:46.that 2012 is the Olympic year and we will celebrate it. The venues
:06:46. > :06:50.are almost ready. This year is here. The London Olympics suddenly feel
:06:50. > :06:53.very close. The organisers will be hoping the weather is better when
:06:54. > :06:59.this clock finally Killick's down to zero for the opening ceremony.
:06:59. > :07:03.As we begin the year 2012, they can be satisfied at the job done so far,
:07:03. > :07:10.but as the sports minister has highlighted, there are still many
:07:10. > :07:15.issues to be faced before the Games begin. Eurozone leaders have given
:07:15. > :07:20.a gloomy assessment of the year ahead exactly 10 years after euro
:07:20. > :07:23.coins and banknotes first went into circulation. The French President
:07:23. > :07:27.warned that the worst economic crisis since the Second World War
:07:28. > :07:34.would continue to hurt households in 2012. Angela Merkel said that
:07:34. > :07:39.for millions of Germans, this year would be more difficult than last.
:07:40. > :07:43.Nobody is crying for 2011. The year of riots in Greece as belts got
:07:43. > :07:48.tighter and tighter. And friends fell out as you retentions got
:07:48. > :07:58.tougher and tougher. And leaders got shunted out as voters got less
:07:58. > :08:01.
:08:01. > :08:05.So welcome 2012. Fireworks over the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. And the
:08:05. > :08:10.annual message to her people from Chancellor Kohl. She did not
:08:10. > :08:15.promise a Happy New Year. -- Chancellor Merkel. TRANSLATION:
:08:15. > :08:18.Europe is growing together in the crisis. The past -- part of
:08:18. > :08:22.overcoming this remains long and will not be free from setbacks, but
:08:22. > :08:30.at the end of it, Europe will emerge stronger from the crisis
:08:30. > :08:34.than it went in to it. He and in Paris, the fireworks were subdued,
:08:34. > :08:43.but a new year's glow shone over the Eiffel Tower. A blow in the
:08:43. > :08:48.gloom of the message from the We have to be courageous and lucid.
:08:48. > :08:52.What is happening in the world announces that 2012 will be a year
:08:52. > :08:56.full of risks, but also possibilities. For the Pope if we
:08:56. > :09:01.know how to face the challenges, full of dangers if we standstill. -
:09:01. > :09:05.- full of hope. There is a New Year ritual in Germany. Everybody
:09:05. > :09:11.watches a remake of an old British comedy about the Duchess and her
:09:11. > :09:21.partner. This year there was a twist. A spoof with Chancellor
:09:21. > :09:23.
:09:23. > :09:27.Merkel and President Sarkozy. In real life, they are now linked
:09:27. > :09:34.together to save the euro. They meet again in a few days' time to
:09:34. > :09:37.try to agree on greater integration of eurozone policies. Even in
:09:37. > :09:42.Germany, Europe's strongest economy, the forecasts are for growth not
:09:42. > :09:47.much more than zero. Throughout the rest of Europe, it may well be
:09:47. > :09:57.recession. Every eurozone leader is pleased to see the back of 2011.
:09:57. > :10:00.
:10:00. > :10:03.But they don't hold out much hope A soldier killed in an explosion in
:10:03. > :10:07.Afghanistan was named today as Private John King from 1st
:10:07. > :10:15.Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment. He was 19 and from Darlington. He
:10:15. > :10:18.was killed in a blast in the Neilly so much province on Friday. Council
:10:18. > :10:21.tenants who sub-let their homes for money will face prosecution and
:10:21. > :10:26.could be jailed under new government plans for England and
:10:26. > :10:35.Wales. High earners may also be forced to pay the market rate for
:10:35. > :10:39.living in their council property in They are pocketing money at the
:10:39. > :10:44.taxpayers' expense, that is what ministers think of council tenants
:10:44. > :10:48.who sub-let their property. Around 160,000 tenants move out and take
:10:48. > :10:52.up to �1,000 a week in rent from someone else. The government says
:10:52. > :10:55.it is a form of fraud, to profit from accommodation that is no
:10:55. > :11:00.longer needed, and they are promising to change the law to make
:11:01. > :11:04.it a criminal offence. It is not fair and it is not right. Hard-
:11:04. > :11:09.working taxpayers pay billions of pounds to build social housing,
:11:09. > :11:12.they should go to the people that really need it. Many local
:11:12. > :11:16.authorities already tell their tenants not to sub-let, but often
:11:16. > :11:21.the worst penalty they face is losing the property. In future,
:11:21. > :11:24.they could go to jail. Around 8 million people in England and Wales
:11:24. > :11:29.live in a home and don't do it -- either by the council or Housing
:11:29. > :11:32.Association, but there's a lengthy waiting list, with almost 2 million
:11:32. > :11:37.families hoping to be howls. Ministers believe making sub-
:11:37. > :11:41.letting illegal is one way to try to find council homes for those who
:11:41. > :11:47.really need them. The government is also considering allowing councils
:11:47. > :11:50.to raise rents for high earning tenants. Those with an income of
:11:50. > :11:54.over �100,000 may have to pay more, although only 6,000 people are
:11:54. > :11:59.likely to be affected. But Labour say these measures will not do
:11:59. > :12:05.anything to tackle a far deeper problem. The reality is the housing
:12:05. > :12:09.crisis is only going to be solved by building new, affordable houses
:12:09. > :12:12.and Grant Shapps, as housing minister, should stop renouncing
:12:12. > :12:16.things will not make a big difference and get on with building
:12:16. > :12:20.new houses. The Government will consult on its proposals soon, but
:12:20. > :12:26.the housing charity Shelter has called for bigger and bolder at
:12:26. > :12:30.solutions, not more tweaks the current policy. In Afghanistan,
:12:30. > :12:33.President Karzai has vowed to bring to justice members of a family who
:12:33. > :12:37.locked up and tortured a child bride to try to force her to commit
:12:37. > :12:42.crime. The case has highlighted the abuse suffered by many married
:12:42. > :12:46.women in Afghanistan. A report recently suggested almost nine out
:12:46. > :12:55.of 10 Afghan women had experienced physical or psychological violence
:12:55. > :13:00.Lying in her hospital bed, she still bears the scars of her six-
:13:00. > :13:05.month ordeal. The Afghan health minister visited her today, an
:13:05. > :13:09.indication that her story has hit a raw nerve. She's only 15, but was
:13:10. > :13:14.married at 14 to a man twice her age. He and his family locked her
:13:14. > :13:17.in a basement and starved and tortured her. The abuse of women in
:13:17. > :13:22.Afghanistan, especially in poor rural areas, is not uncommon, but
:13:22. > :13:28.cases are rarely made as public as this. It shows the poverty, the
:13:28. > :13:35.extent of the poverty. It also shows the hall issues of women's
:13:35. > :13:41.rights, human rights, access to justice. It is a very tragic and
:13:41. > :13:45.heartbreaking case. The police who rescued her from her as she was
:13:45. > :13:50.taken to hospital a few days ago after her family had raised the
:13:50. > :13:54.alarm. She tells them it was her mother in-law who pulled up her own
:13:54. > :13:58.hair and her nails. The police say she was also burned with cigarettes.
:13:58. > :14:03.No one is sure why the abuse was so horrific, although some say her in-
:14:03. > :14:07.laws were trying to force her into prostitution. The doctors here say
:14:07. > :14:11.she will have to stay in hospital for at least a month while her
:14:11. > :14:17.physical scars heal, although they warned the mental scars made last
:14:17. > :14:23.far longer. A decade since the Taliban fell from power, life for
:14:23. > :14:30.many Afghan women has not improved. But the violence to one young girl
:14:31. > :14:34.is a reminder to others who suffer in silence. The Duke of Edinburgh
:14:34. > :14:37.has joined the rest of the Royal Family for the New Year's Day
:14:37. > :14:40.service at Sandringham. Prince Philip was greeted by hundreds of
:14:40. > :14:47.well-wishers as he walked to church a few days after he was released
:14:47. > :14:51.from hospital following surgery for a blocked artery. After more than a
:14:51. > :14:55.week's rest, the Duke of Edinburgh's New Year message was
:14:55. > :15:00.that he is now firmly back on his feet. Striding, as usual, at the
:15:00. > :15:04.head of the royal party, he made the short walk to the morning
:15:04. > :15:08.Sandringham church service to the sound of spontaneous applause. For
:15:08. > :15:13.hundreds of well-wishers who lined the route, far more than normal,
:15:13. > :15:17.and all visibly pleased that just a few days after leaving hospital,
:15:17. > :15:22.Prince Philip appeared to be in good health. As he came up, people
:15:22. > :15:25.were clapping and were genuinely pleased and excited that he was
:15:25. > :15:31.here. Everybody was pleased to see him. I like to think I will look as
:15:31. > :15:35.good when I am 91! He looked good. A very well that King Prince Philip.
:15:35. > :15:39.He looked really well and it was nice to see him walking. After the
:15:39. > :15:45.service, the Duke of Edinburgh emerged from the church to be
:15:45. > :15:54.greeted once more by applause. It was a show of support he clearly
:15:54. > :15:57.The Queen may have made the journey to and from church by car, but by
:15:58. > :16:04.arriving and leaving under his own steam, Prince Philip was sending a
:16:04. > :16:08.clear message that his Christmas health scare is behind him. And the
:16:08. > :16:18.whole Royal Family can now look ahead to the Queen's diamond
:16:18. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:23.jubilee year. Time for the big sports news. Just who wants to win
:16:23. > :16:27.the Premier League this season? All the main title rivals have dropped
:16:27. > :16:30.points over the past 24 hours. Manchester City could have put
:16:30. > :16:37.daylight between themselves and Manchester United this afternoon,
:16:37. > :16:41.but were left stunned by Sunderland. For Manchester City, tall and Tida
:16:41. > :16:45.were of Proms is the title. Manchester United's defeat at
:16:45. > :16:49.Blackburn was a reminder of the dangers that lurk throughout the
:16:49. > :16:54.league and here, rejuvenated Sunderland should have opened the
:16:54. > :17:02.scoring after two grew minutes. City rested their star forwards,
:17:02. > :17:08.some of them. There was still Edin Dzeko, thwarted by Sunderland's
:17:08. > :17:12.keeper, who had recently fractured nose and eye socket. Mancini added
:17:12. > :17:17.sparkle from David Silva and Sergio Aguero. City dominated possession,
:17:17. > :17:22.but Sunderland kept them out with organisation, bravery and a bit of
:17:22. > :17:28.good luck. A goalless draw seemed well earned until the third minute
:17:28. > :17:33.of injury-time and a young South Korean. Possibly offside, no one
:17:33. > :17:38.cared in Sunderland. Teams managed by Martin O'Neill never give up, as
:17:38. > :17:42.Man City have just discovered. There was also a late winner in the
:17:42. > :17:46.other Premier League game today. Everton got it at West Brom with
:17:46. > :17:51.just three minutes left on the clock. Victor and itchy beak score
:17:51. > :17:54.the only goal of the game to move Everton up to 9th in the table. The
:17:54. > :17:58.English champions Saracens were held to a 15-15 draw by Gloucester,
:17:58. > :18:06.but there were victories for Bath, was there and Leicester. The Tigers
:18:06. > :18:11.are into the Aviva Premiership top four with a 28-23 victory over Sale.
:18:11. > :18:18.To Plan D scored the decisive try. In the Celtic Pro 12 League,