:00:15. > :00:18.The chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland gives up his �1.4 million
:00:18. > :00:24.bonus. Sir Philip Hampton's decision places new pressure on the
:00:24. > :00:28.company's chief executive, Stephen Hester to follow suit.
:00:28. > :00:31.Four Sun journalists and a serving police officer are arrested over
:00:31. > :00:36.allegations of illegal payments to the police.
:00:36. > :00:42.COMMENTATOR: Kuyt! A shock for Manchester United as Liverpool
:00:42. > :00:48.knock them out of the FA Cup. COMMENTATOR: It is getting
:00:48. > :00:58.underneath that one. He has taken And a humiliating collapse for
:00:58. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:07.England as Pakistan bowl them out for 72 runs.
:01:07. > :01:11.Good evening. The chairman of Royal Bank of
:01:11. > :01:15.Scotland, Sir Philip Hampton, has given up a bonus amounting to �1.4
:01:15. > :01:18.million in shares which he was due to receive this year. The BBC has
:01:18. > :01:22.been told that he decided it would not be appropriate to receive the
:01:22. > :01:27.award and took the decision before the recent controversy over the
:01:27. > :01:31.bonus of more than �900,000, awarded to the company's chief
:01:31. > :01:37.executive, Hester he. Robert Peston, our Business Editor has this
:01:37. > :01:41.exclusive report. The Royal Bank of Scotland, it's
:01:41. > :01:44.been 24 hours here of different messages about rewards for bankers.
:01:44. > :01:50.First, Stephen Hester, Royal Bank of Scotland' chief executive, was
:01:50. > :01:55.awarded a bonus payable in shares of just over �963,000, sparking a
:01:55. > :01:57.massive political row. Then today, the BBC has learned that Stephen
:01:57. > :02:03.Hester's boss, Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of the Royal Bank of
:02:03. > :02:07.Scotland, has asked the bank's remuneration Committee not to award
:02:07. > :02:10.him Royal Bank of Scotland shares worth �1.4 million to which he is
:02:10. > :02:13.entitled. What does the biggest share holder
:02:13. > :02:16.in Royal Bank of Scotland, the Government, make of this contrast?
:02:16. > :02:21.Does the Prime Minister think that Stephen Hester should follow Sir
:02:21. > :02:26.Philip Hampton's example and now refuse his bonus or give it away?
:02:26. > :02:29.That is obviously his decision. My decision is to ensure that the team
:02:29. > :02:33.of Royal Bank of Scotland get on with the job of turning the bank
:02:33. > :02:37.around. We made the views clear about the bonus. Which is why it
:02:37. > :02:42.was cut in half compared to last year.
:02:42. > :02:48.Sir Philip Hampton's decision to the to take the bonus is consistent
:02:48. > :02:53.with views that the bankers are overpaid. In an interview he
:02:53. > :02:58.explained that last year. This means that thousands of people
:02:58. > :03:02.over bonuses are extraordinarily highly paid. The most peculiar
:03:02. > :03:07.thing about it, looking at the last ten years of massive increase in
:03:07. > :03:10.pay is that the performance for share holders has been disastrous,
:03:10. > :03:14.really. George Osbourne reiterated today that Royal Bank of Scotland
:03:14. > :03:17.had listened to his submissions that Stephen Hester's bonus should
:03:17. > :03:20.be reduced from last year's �2 million.
:03:20. > :03:25.Now we know that the chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland Think it is
:03:25. > :03:28.is inappropriate to get a �1 million bonus. The only people left
:03:28. > :03:32.to think it is appropriate are the Chancellor and the Prime Minister,
:03:32. > :03:35.but they have a chance to listen to the public. They can block the
:03:35. > :03:40.bonus at the share holder meeting in April. That is what they should
:03:40. > :03:44.Ministers would love it if Stephen Hester was on the same pay as them,
:03:44. > :03:47.but that was not the basis on which he took the job of rescuing Royal
:03:47. > :03:52.Bank of Scotland three years ago and as the Prime Minister said
:03:52. > :03:59.today, replacing him now could be much more expensive than paying his
:03:59. > :04:03.�1 million bonus. Detectives investigating suspected payments to
:04:03. > :04:07.police for information have arrested five people. Four of them
:04:07. > :04:12.are understood to be journalists or former journalists of the Sun
:04:12. > :04:20.newspaper. A serving police officer has been arrested too.
:04:20. > :04:26.We have Tom Symonds me now. Tell us more about the arrests? They
:04:26. > :04:31.happened this morning. The police went to two homes in Essex and to a
:04:31. > :04:37.home in north London. Four journalists, either past or present
:04:37. > :04:43.senior members at the Sun and a serving member of the Metropolitan
:04:43. > :04:47.Police. They had been picked up as part of Operation Elveden looking
:04:48. > :04:52.at corrupt payments to journalists on stories.
:04:52. > :04:58.What is the significance of this now? These are senior people. The
:04:58. > :05:04.police had arrested one person from the Sun. This is four. One of those
:05:04. > :05:08.arrested, Chris Pharo is the head of news at the Sun. One is a editor
:05:08. > :05:12.at the paper. It has had a big effect at News International. They
:05:12. > :05:16.sent an e-mail to staff saying that this was very difficult news but
:05:16. > :05:20.that they were confronting past mistakes, making changes to their
:05:20. > :05:24.practises. Why say that? It seems that they gave the information as
:05:24. > :05:28.part of an investigation internally to the police that led to today's
:05:28. > :05:32.arrests. So in effect the company gave up its own skaf staff. Now
:05:32. > :05:36.they are being questioned, there are no charges yet. There are no
:05:36. > :05:41.suggestions of guilt. Bur there is one other fact that is interesting,
:05:41. > :05:45.that is that some of piece people date back to the days of Rebekah
:05:45. > :05:48.Brookes editing the Sun newspaper. She was once the chief executive of
:05:48. > :05:51.News International. She resigned. So I think that this whole
:05:51. > :05:57.operation has gotten a lot bigger today.
:05:57. > :06:04.Tom, thank you. The rab league has said it is
:06:04. > :06:08.suspending its on -- observation mission in Syria. They are to stop
:06:08. > :06:12.its work for the time being. Opponents of President Bashar al-
:06:12. > :06:16.Assad say about 150 people have been killed in the last three days.
:06:16. > :06:25.Liverpool have knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup, beating
:06:25. > :06:28.them 2-1 at Anfield. The match was the first since Saurez was given an
:06:28. > :06:34.eight-match ban for racial abuse against Patrice Evra.
:06:34. > :06:38.John Terry made his first return to Loftus Road since being charged
:06:38. > :06:46.with racially abusing Rangers Anton Ferdinand. He was not playing, but
:06:46. > :06:52.he was impossible to ignore. Scarfs, shirts, you could even by a Suar
:06:52. > :06:59.efrbgs z mask, a reminder of what happened last time. He was
:06:59. > :07:05.suspended but looked on as the opponent he was accused of abusing,
:07:05. > :07:12.Patrice Evra returned. There were a plead for passion, rather than
:07:12. > :07:18.poison, but the touch of Patrice Evra, was roundly booed. The match
:07:18. > :07:26.was grier, prompting jubilation in the stands. United responded in
:07:26. > :07:29.style, with Parks in a great style and finish. With three minutes left,
:07:29. > :07:32.Kuyt struck and Liverpool were through.
:07:32. > :07:37.Contrasting emotions at Liverpool fans celebrated for them, the
:07:37. > :07:41.sweetest of wins. But for all of the drama, this
:07:41. > :07:46.fixture has been a headache for the authorities it was not the only one
:07:46. > :07:50.on a day when the conduct of fans and players came under the sternest
:07:50. > :07:53.scrutiny. At Queens Park Rangers there was
:07:53. > :07:57.tightened security as Chelsea returned for the first time since
:07:57. > :08:03.their captain John Terry was charged with racially abusing Anton
:08:03. > :08:08.Ferdinand. Both played, and the FA agreed to scrap the usual pre-match
:08:08. > :08:14.hand-shakes to diffuse the tension. The game seemed overshadowed, a
:08:14. > :08:21.penalty for Chelsea and that was pretty much it. During and after
:08:21. > :08:24.the match, John Terry was booed by QPR fans an uncomfortable end to
:08:24. > :08:30.what for football has been an uncomfortable day.
:08:30. > :08:35.Pakistan have beaten England in the second test in Abu Dhabi. It gives
:08:35. > :08:40.them an unassailable 2-0 win lead in the series.
:08:40. > :08:45.Here is Joe Wilson. In truth, there was little mystery
:08:45. > :08:55.to the victory. Pakistan knew how to embarrass England, spin.
:08:55. > :09:02.They got rid of Cook, but Ian Bell seemed bemused by the tackle.
:09:02. > :09:09.There was there from Ajmal. Kevin Pietersen lasted eight balls. LBW
:09:09. > :09:15.to Raymond's left arm spin. Now there was panic. Morgan was
:09:15. > :09:20.powerless. England 37-4. The victory target may have been 1,000,
:09:20. > :09:24.when Andrew Strauss fell for 32.Erson was last out. All of the
:09:24. > :09:29.significance was in the celebrations. Pakistan had just
:09:29. > :09:34.humbled the world's best team again. Well, tentative, fearful, all of