:00:19. > :00:23.Good afternoon. The Olympics Minister has described events
:00:23. > :00:26.fixing by betting syndicates as the biggest threat to the 2012 games.
:00:26. > :00:31.Organisers are setting up a dedicated intelligence unit to
:00:31. > :00:35.monitor those who may try to bribe athletes. The start of the Games is
:00:35. > :00:45.just over 208 days away. A New Year's Day parade is taking place
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:00:49. > :00:53.in London to mark the start of an Olympic year.
:00:53. > :00:58.The year of the London Olympics began this lunchtime, with the
:00:58. > :01:03.capital's annual new year parade. Later this summer, the eyes of the
:01:03. > :01:07.world will be on the UK. The stadia have been built, and everything
:01:07. > :01:10.should be in place in time for what is being billed as the Greatest
:01:10. > :01:15.Show on Earth. But according to the Olympics Minister, the threat of
:01:15. > :01:25.fixing his casting a dark shadow over the Games. In an interview for
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:01:38. > :01:40.the Sunday Times, Hugh Robertson The vigilance is understandable.
:01:40. > :01:44.Handball is one of a number of Olympic sports which have recently
:01:44. > :01:49.been the subject of corruption scandals. Such precautions are
:01:49. > :01:52.being taken. This will be the first Olympics to have a dedicated
:01:52. > :01:56.intelligence unit to crack down on bribery and examine illegal betting
:01:56. > :02:00.patterns. A new law will be introduced to enable intelligence
:02:00. > :02:04.sharing between the gambling commission, Olympic officials and
:02:04. > :02:10.foreign investigating agencies. And athletes will be warned that they
:02:10. > :02:13.may be targeted by fixers. The Olympic year is beginning in a wave
:02:13. > :02:16.of optimism. Organisers are determined that it will not be
:02:16. > :02:19.undermined by corruption. Council tenants who sub-let their
:02:19. > :02:22.homes for money will face prosecution and could be jailed
:02:22. > :02:25.under new government plans. High earners may also be forced to pay
:02:25. > :02:35.the market rate for living in their council property in proposals
:02:35. > :02:37.
:02:37. > :02:41.outlined today. Around 160,000 council tenants sub-
:02:41. > :02:45.let their homes. The Government says it is a form of fraud, people
:02:45. > :02:48.profiting from accommodation they no longer need. So ministers are
:02:48. > :02:54.announcing a crackdown. They want to change the law to make it a
:02:54. > :02:58.criminal offence for people to sub- let their property. It is not fair.
:02:58. > :03:03.Hard-working taxpayers pay billions of pounds to build social housing.
:03:03. > :03:07.It should go to those who need it, not those committing fraud. Many
:03:07. > :03:12.local authorities already tell their tenants not to sub-let, but
:03:12. > :03:16.often the worst penalty they faced is losing their an -- property. In
:03:16. > :03:21.future, they could go to jail. In England and Wales, around 8 million
:03:21. > :03:25.people live in a home owned by the council or a local housing
:03:25. > :03:29.association. But there are still nearly 2 million families who are
:03:29. > :03:32.on a housing waiting list. By making sub-letting illegal,
:03:32. > :03:36.ministers hope to free up more homes for people who really need
:03:36. > :03:41.them. The government is also considering allowing councils to
:03:41. > :03:45.raise rents a high-earning tenants, those with an income over �100,000
:03:45. > :03:49.may have to pay more, although only 6000 people are likely to be
:03:49. > :03:53.affected. The government has promised to act on tenancy fraught
:03:53. > :03:57.this year. It will begin consulting on its proposals soon, but Labour
:03:58. > :04:01.claimed these measures will not tackle what they say is a huge and
:04:01. > :04:04.growing housing crisis. The Duke of Edinburgh has joined
:04:04. > :04:07.the rest of the Royal Family for the New Year's Day church service
:04:07. > :04:15.at Sandringham, days after he was released from hospital following
:04:15. > :04:19.surgery for a blocked artery. Our correspondent is there.
:04:19. > :04:24.Hundreds of people turned out to see the Duke of Edinburgh make that
:04:24. > :04:28.first public engagement? That's right, after a week of rest, the
:04:28. > :04:32.Duke of Edinburgh's new year message was clearly that he is now
:04:32. > :04:36.back on his feet. Striding at the head of the royal party, he made
:04:36. > :04:41.the short walk to this morning's church service to the sound of
:04:41. > :04:44.spontaneous applause. Hundreds of well-wishers turned out, far more
:04:44. > :04:50.than you would usually expect, visibly pleased to see him looking
:04:50. > :04:54.in such good health. The Queen, as usual, arrive by car. Although the
:04:54. > :04:58.Duke of Edinburgh normally walks, that option was available to him.
:04:58. > :05:02.But by arriving and leaving under his own steam and giving a wave, he