:00:08. > :00:12.Tributes tonight to the singer Whitney Houston, who has died in
:00:12. > :00:21.Los Angeles. She was 48. Her body was found in a deadly Hills hotel
:00:21. > :00:25.room. Attempts to resuscitate her failed. -- Beverly Hills.
:00:25. > :00:28.She was one of the best-selling female artists of all time, but
:00:28. > :00:35.later struggled with drug and alcohol dependency.
:00:35. > :00:38.Also tonight: Violence in Athens as the Greek parliament prepares to
:00:38. > :00:43.vote on a crucial new European Union bail out.
:00:43. > :00:53.And swan has says sorry. The Liverpool striker apologises for
:00:53. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:04.refusing to shake hands with Good evening. Tributes have been
:01:04. > :01:08.paid to the singer Whitney Houston, who has died in Los Angeles. She
:01:09. > :01:12.was 48. Her body was found in a hotel room, where she was preparing
:01:12. > :01:17.to attend a party. She was one of the most highly acclaimed singers
:01:17. > :01:22.of her generation, but her career had been blighted by drug addiction.
:01:22. > :01:27.This report contains Flash photography.
:01:27. > :01:37.A small tribute left in memory of Whitney Houston outside the hotel
:01:37. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:44.She inspired a generation, was one of the world's best-selling artists.
:01:44. > :01:48.But her career was unravelled by her addiction to drugs and alcohol.
:01:48. > :01:54.At the church in her home town, where she sang as a child, there
:01:54. > :01:58.were prayers of remembrance. family shared Whitney Houston with
:01:58. > :02:04.the world. But she was a mother, daughter, sister. That is the focus
:02:04. > :02:10.that we want to keep in front of everybody today, to continue to
:02:10. > :02:14.lift the family up and respect this time of grief and their privacy at
:02:14. > :02:18.this time. Whitney Houston was found in her hotel room, on the 4th
:02:18. > :02:21.floor at the Beverly Hills Hilton. Paramedics were there within
:02:22. > :02:25.minutes of the alarm being raised, but could not revive her. It is
:02:25. > :02:29.still not known what caused her death. Some reports speculate she
:02:29. > :02:33.was found in the bath. As yet there have been no details from the
:02:33. > :02:38.coroner or her family. It was midnight when her body was taken
:02:38. > :02:45.from the hotel. A last image, eerily reminiscent of another icon
:02:45. > :02:51.of her era, Michael Jackson. She had been due to attend a big Grammy
:02:51. > :02:55.Award party here last night, hosted by Clive Davis, the man who made
:02:55. > :03:05.her name. She was expected to sing. There were tributes from far and
:03:05. > :03:07.
:03:07. > :03:17.wide for one of the biggest-selling female singers of all time.
:03:17. > :03:23.always had that incredible energy. She gave you that hug. It shut your
:03:23. > :03:33.body. This is the Grammy Award weekend, the biggest party for the
:03:33. > :03:40.
:03:40. > :03:50.This was her last appearance, a What happened in the hours before
:03:50. > :03:50.
:03:50. > :03:58.she died is still a mystery. There will be many tributes to an
:03:59. > :04:04.extraordinary life and incredible Over a 30 year career, Whitney
:04:04. > :04:08.Houston sold 170 million albums, singles and videos and won 6 Grammy
:04:08. > :04:11.awards. The soundtrack for The Bodyguard, in which she starred,
:04:11. > :04:21.was among the biggest selling in cinema history. David Sillitoe
:04:21. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:38.If anyone was born to sing, it was Whitney Houston. Her mother was a
:04:39. > :04:43.singer, Aretha Franklin was a The image in the beginning was
:04:43. > :04:51.innocent, clean-cut pop music that had grown from her strict Baptist
:04:51. > :04:55.upbringing. I started in church, singing their. At about 13 I
:04:55. > :05:05.decided that I wanted to professional leasing. My mum took
:05:05. > :05:13.me by the hand and we went to the # I want to dance with somebody...
:05:13. > :05:17.She had a run of seven number-one singles. Last night she had been
:05:17. > :05:22.preparing to attend a party and honour of the man who launched that
:05:22. > :05:28.career. I am personally devastated by the loss of somebody who meant
:05:28. > :05:33.so much to me for so many years. But the clean-cut, church-going
:05:33. > :05:40.image soon slid after a marriage to Bobby Brown. There were years of
:05:40. > :05:47.drug abuse. Her demeanour changed. Is it alcohol? Is it marijuana? Is
:05:47. > :05:54.it cocaine? Is it pills? It has been, at times. All of them?
:05:54. > :05:59.Sometimes it was all too obvious that something was very wrong. But
:05:59. > :06:09.what you cannot forget is that she had been blessed with one of pop's
:06:09. > :06:21.
:06:21. > :06:25.Let's go back to Alastair Leithead in Los Angeles. Any more word on
:06:25. > :06:29.the circumstances of Whitney Houston's death? No, that is the
:06:29. > :06:34.focus now, what happened in the hours before she was found in her
:06:34. > :06:39.hotel room here at the Beverly Hilton. There has been speculation,
:06:39. > :06:43.because she had such a public battle with drug addiction and
:06:43. > :06:47.alcohol addiction that people have jumped to conclusions. Some of the
:06:47. > :06:51.entertainment journalists here are suggesting she was found in the
:06:51. > :06:56.bath. At this stage, no statement from the family or coroner on
:06:56. > :06:59.exactly what happened. There have been fierce clashes in
:06:59. > :07:02.Athens between police and demonstrators opposed to new
:07:02. > :07:07.austerity measures being debated by the Greek parliament. The
:07:07. > :07:12.legislation, aimed at securing a new European Union bail out, is due
:07:12. > :07:18.to be voted on this evening. A rejection could precipitate a
:07:18. > :07:22.cricketer fault. As the sun came out in Athens, the
:07:22. > :07:26.mood began to darken. Riot police lined up outside Parliament.
:07:26. > :07:31.Everyone knew what was likely to happen next. Among the crowds of
:07:31. > :07:35.protesters, even middle-class teachers that had enough of the
:07:35. > :07:40.politics of austerity. All of the people in Greece do not want those
:07:40. > :07:47.measures. We are here to protest against this crime that is about to
:07:47. > :07:53.take place in parliament today. a 5th year of deep recession, anger
:07:53. > :07:57.boils over quickly here. And with grim inevitability, as night falls,
:07:57. > :08:01.more violence on the streets outside Parliament. It seems the
:08:01. > :08:06.only way to get these controversial measures past is behind a ring of
:08:06. > :08:11.steel around this building. It's hardly normal democracy. But these
:08:11. > :08:16.are not normal times in Greece. And many here wonder if the price is
:08:16. > :08:21.worth paying. To get another bail out from the eurozone worth 130
:08:21. > :08:25.billion euros, the Greek parliament was told it had to pass another
:08:25. > :08:30.austerity package containing 3.3 billion euros worth of big cuts in
:08:30. > :08:36.public sector jobs, pensions and the minimum wage. Greece needs
:08:36. > :08:41.money before March 20th to meet debt repayments of 14.5 billion
:08:41. > :08:45.euros or it will go bankrupt. Europe has given Greece an
:08:45. > :08:51.ultimatum. Here is the deal, take- it-or-leave-it. Parliament will
:08:51. > :08:53.probably say yes, because the alternative could be worse. But it
:08:53. > :08:58.hurts. The Arab League has issued a
:08:58. > :09:02.statement agreeing for the first time to begin contact with Syria's
:09:02. > :09:05.opposition movement. The organisation has also suggested the
:09:05. > :09:10.setting up of a joint peacekeeping mission with the UN Security
:09:10. > :09:17.Council to stop the ongoing bloodshed. The statement was issued
:09:17. > :09:21.in Cairo. Jeremy Bowen is there. A significant move? Well, this was
:09:21. > :09:28.the toughest action so far about the Syrian crisis used by the Arab
:09:28. > :09:33.League. It was not very long on specifics. There were no details
:09:33. > :09:37.about what kind of peacekeeping force, what specific context they
:09:37. > :09:42.have in mind. Arms shipments, perhaps? They also called for
:09:42. > :09:45.diplomatic isolation of Syria and a strengthening of sanctions. Now,
:09:45. > :09:51.the question is, how much of this will be translated into concrete
:09:51. > :09:55.action? It seems much more certain now that this whole matter will go
:09:55. > :09:59.back to the UN Security Council, despite the fact there has already
:09:59. > :10:02.been a veto by the Russians. If it goes there, the question is if the
:10:02. > :10:05.Russians will use that to veto again.
:10:05. > :10:10.The Liverpool footballer Luis Suarez has apologised for not
:10:10. > :10:14.shaking hands yesterday with Patrice Evra. The Manchester United
:10:14. > :10:19.player he was banned for racially abusing. He said he realised he had
:10:20. > :10:23.got things wrong. Liverpool's managing director said that the
:10:23. > :10:27.club were extremely disappointed with his actions.
:10:27. > :10:37.It was supposed to be the moment of reconciliation. It was anything but.
:10:37. > :10:47.Luis Suarez's snap of Patrice Evra prompted shock, air anger and then,
:10:47. > :10:51.
:10:51. > :10:54.Just as significant is a statement from Liverpool. The club have
:10:54. > :10:58.always defended Luis Suarez. Today they said they were extremely
:10:58. > :11:02.disappointed in him, that he had misled them by telling them
:11:02. > :11:06.beforehand he would shake hands. He has not only let himself down, they
:11:06. > :11:11.say, but also Kenny Dalglish, his team-mates and the club. His
:11:11. > :11:16.behaviour was not acceptable. Kenny Dalglish also apologised for his
:11:16. > :11:20.brisk post-match interview. I think you are banned out of order to
:11:20. > :11:25.blame Luis Suarez for anything that happened today. A new spirit of
:11:25. > :11:31.attrition at Anfield. Suarez's in particular was welcomed by the fans.
:11:31. > :11:35.to Liverpool and all of the fans. don't think it should have happened
:11:35. > :11:41.in the first place. They should have just shaken hands. Called it a
:11:41. > :11:44.day, end of story. Liverpool's image has been dented. After four
:11:44. > :11:49.months of acrimony, the sport hopes that lessons have been learned.
:11:49. > :11:54.This is not just Liverpool. We have to make sure that all senior people,
:11:55. > :11:58.senior players, owners of clubs, they really by Ian to what we are
:11:58. > :12:06.trying to do. Manchester United said they accepted the apology and
:12:06. > :12:10.now wanted to move on. So, so will football, after one of the Sport's
:12:10. > :12:13.ugliest sagas. The Prime Minister has backed the
:12:13. > :12:16.Health Secretary Andrew Lansley over his controversial plans to
:12:16. > :12:20.reform the National Health Service. David Cameron said he was at one
:12:20. > :12:24.with Mr Lansley over the Government's Health and Social Care
:12:24. > :12:30.Bill. However, a senior Liberal Democrat has said it would be
:12:30. > :12:33.better if Mr Lansley was moved on from his post.
:12:33. > :12:37.The Prime Minister is making it plain there is no question of him
:12:37. > :12:42.walking away from his beleaguered Health Secretary. For the
:12:42. > :12:45.grassroots Conservative Home website claimed three Cabinet
:12:45. > :12:50.ministers had raised concerns about the controversial changes to the
:12:50. > :13:00.NHS. Far from washing his hands of it all, David Cameron told the
:13:00. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:06.Other ministers voiced their support as well. I am not aware of
:13:06. > :13:11.any Cabinet minister that has expressed reservations about it.
:13:11. > :13:16.You just said the Cabinet was totally united, that is not what
:13:16. > :13:18.Conservative Home says. I'm not aware of the internal workings of
:13:18. > :13:22.Conservative Home. I am aware of our discussions around the Cabinet
:13:22. > :13:25.table, which have been very supportive of the reforms.
:13:26. > :13:29.Lansley was heckled in Scotland last week. Some Conservatives say
:13:29. > :13:34.he has failed to explain his plans. A senior Liberal Democrat said he
:13:35. > :13:39.should be moved from his post. political judgement is that in the
:13:39. > :13:44.second half of the parliament it would be better to move on from...
:13:44. > :13:48.For him to move on, you mean? different health secretary, yes.
:13:48. > :13:52.Plans to introduce more competition into the NHS and give GPs more
:13:52. > :13:57.control over health care are opposed by many help bodies. The
:13:57. > :14:01.opposition say legislation should be dropped altogether.
:14:01. > :14:05.overwhelming consensus of opinion amongst doctors, nurses, NHS staff
:14:05. > :14:09.and also, it would seem, the sensible members of Mr Cameron's
:14:09. > :14:13.cabinet is that it is better for the NHS to abandon the organisation
:14:13. > :14:16.and work back through the original structures of the National Health
:14:16. > :14:19.Service. The Government faces further battles to get its bill
:14:19. > :14:23.through the House of Lords. Downing Street said the Prime Minister is
:14:23. > :14:29.ready to take on his critics and challenge them to say how they
:14:29. > :14:35.would secure the future of the NHS. Some of the biggest stars at the
:14:35. > :14:39.silver screen are in London for the BAFTAs this evening. Director
:14:39. > :14:44.Martin Scorsese will pick up an award for his outstanding
:14:44. > :14:54.contribution to cinema. The film's The Artist and Tinker, Tailor,
:14:54. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:02.Soldier, Spy are in line for awards. Well, I am very sorry about that.
:15:02. > :15:06.We are having difficulty talking to Will Gompertz. Let's have a report
:15:06. > :15:14.that he produced earlier. As evening falls, the stars come
:15:14. > :15:20.out. Brightening up a London's The British film industry is all
:15:20. > :15:28.dressed up for its big night out. He would have thought that all of
:15:28. > :15:36.the talk would be about a silent film? The Artist, a French movie
:15:36. > :15:39.set in Hollywood before the advent of the Torquays, is up for awards
:15:39. > :15:46.including Best Film. It will be up against Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,
:15:46. > :15:51.Spy, shortlisted in 11 categories. Gary Oldman plays George Smiley.
:15:51. > :15:57.It's a performance that has won him a leading actor nomination. He will
:15:57. > :16:02.be slugging it out with heart- throbs Brad Pitt and George Clooney,
:16:02. > :16:07.who got the nod for his role in the do descendants. Meryl Streep's Iron
:16:07. > :16:14.Lady goes hand back to hand back with Marilyn Monroe. It looks to be
:16:14. > :16:18.a battle of the bonds for leading actress award. Hugo, a family film
:16:18. > :16:24.set in the 1930s, has been nominated for nine awards including
:16:24. > :16:27.Best Director for Martin Scorsese. He already knows he will not be