:00:08. > :00:13.A coach carrying British school children back from a ski trip
:00:13. > :00:19.crashes in northern France. Four people are seriously injured, and a
:00:19. > :00:26.teacher is killed. Pupils and friends pay their tributes.
:00:26. > :00:31.He was just amazing. The most popular teacher in the world.
:00:31. > :00:33.Everyone called him a legend, amazing. A man is arrested over the
:00:33. > :00:37.murders of a Gloucestershire vicar and a Worcestershire pensioner.
:00:37. > :00:40.Growing fears that the Syrian army is about to launch a major ground
:00:40. > :00:43.attack on the city of Homs. British boxer Dereck Chisora is
:00:43. > :00:49.released by police in Germany, after a brawl with heavyweight
:00:49. > :00:59.rival David Haye. And, Liverpool thrash Brighton 6-1
:00:59. > :01:09.
:01:10. > :01:13.in the FA Cup, helped by three own Good evening.
:01:13. > :01:16.A British teacher has been killed, and four people seriously injured,
:01:16. > :01:19.after a coach bringing children home from a school trip crashed in
:01:19. > :01:21.Northern France. Peter Rippington, 59, taught at Alvechurch Middle
:01:21. > :01:26.School in Worcestershire. His family said they are "devastated"
:01:26. > :01:29.by his death. One of those seriously injured is a young girl
:01:29. > :01:31.who's been airlifted by helicopter to a specialist children's hospital
:01:31. > :01:41.in Paris. From the scene, our correspondent Hugh Schofield sent
:01:41. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:48.this report. 3am, heading north, through the
:01:48. > :01:57.French countryside, the coach began gearing to the right. It crashed on
:01:57. > :02:00.its side, down a small embankment. Peter Rippington, 59, a teacher at
:02:00. > :02:05.Alvechurch Middle School, was killed. His wife is recovering in
:02:05. > :02:12.hospital. Scores of emergency workers helped through the night.
:02:12. > :02:17.The injured were taken to hospital. One seriously injured girl was
:02:17. > :02:20.airlifted to Paris. Those who survived were looked after by the
:02:20. > :02:25.Red Cross in a day care centre before resuming their journey by
:02:25. > :02:31.train. I am very grateful for what the French authorities have been
:02:31. > :02:36.doing, here since the early hours. The embassy and consular staff have
:02:36. > :02:42.been here early on. We have sadly one gentle man dead, a number of
:02:42. > :02:48.injuries, all of them are being taken care of in hospital.
:02:48. > :02:52.Alvechurch, families gathered at the school, desperate for news. A
:02:52. > :02:58.second bus carrying others was not involved in the accident and a ride
:02:58. > :03:03.back during the afternoon. For many parents, it was an anxious wait.
:03:03. > :03:10.have been into the school to find out and they told me she is OK. A
:03:10. > :03:16.broken arm and a cut head. Minor injuries. Parents and pupils paid
:03:16. > :03:21.tribute to Peter Rippington who had led the school skiing party. He was
:03:21. > :03:27.just amazing. The most popular teacher in the world. Everyone
:03:27. > :03:33.called him a legend. You could tell him anything. They really lovable
:03:33. > :03:37.guy. Meanwhile back in France, an investigation into the cause of the
:03:37. > :03:42.crash is getting under way. Police are holding the 47-year-old driver
:03:42. > :03:46.of the coach. He escaped with minor injuries.
:03:46. > :03:50.Preliminary tests have shown no traces of alcohol or drugs in the
:03:50. > :03:58.bloodstream of the driver. Police are working under the theory he
:03:58. > :04:00.probably does off at the wheel -- dozed off. Police are questioning a
:04:00. > :04:03.47-year-old man tonight, over two murders.
:04:03. > :04:06.Stephen Farrow was arrested this morning in connection with the
:04:06. > :04:08.death of the Gloucestershire vicar, the Reverend John Suddards. This
:04:08. > :04:11.afternoon, detectives also arrested Mr Farrow over last month's murder
:04:11. > :04:19.of a Worcestershire pensioner, Betty Yates. Sangita Myska has the
:04:19. > :04:24.details. 24 hours after an appeal for
:04:24. > :04:29.information by police, 47-year-old Stephen Farrow is under arrest. He
:04:29. > :04:33.was found at this house in Folkestone following a tip-off by a
:04:33. > :04:37.member of the public. He has been arrested in connection with the
:04:37. > :04:41.murder of Reverend John Suddards who was found with multiple stab
:04:41. > :04:47.wounds at his vicarage in Thornbury on Tuesday. He had arrived here
:04:47. > :04:52.from Essex in July of where he had previously been filmed by the BBC.
:04:52. > :04:58.This morning, for the first time since his death, parishioners were
:04:58. > :05:05.allowed to attend a service at a church. Healing will take a long
:05:05. > :05:11.time. And of course, they have still got to face a Funeral, and
:05:11. > :05:17.eventually a trial. But, I wanted to come here this morning, to
:05:17. > :05:20.assure them that they will not need to handle that alone. In a new
:05:20. > :05:26.development, West Mercia Police have also arrested Stephen Farrow
:05:26. > :05:31.in connection with a murder here in Worcestershire. The victim was
:05:31. > :05:36.Betty Yates, 77, stabbed to death in January. At the time, her
:05:37. > :05:41.children made this emotional appeal. To lose your mum is always dreadful.
:05:41. > :05:45.But, to lose your mum like this, when you worry constantly about how
:05:45. > :05:50.frightened she might have been or what she might have felt during
:05:50. > :05:54.such a vicious attack is like a nightmare. The tonight, Stephen
:05:54. > :05:57.Farrow remained under the arrest of two separate police forces who say
:05:57. > :06:00.they are working together to examine similarities between both
:06:00. > :06:05.killings. Police and protesters have clashed
:06:05. > :06:08.in Athens. On the eve of crucial talks about a European Union
:06:08. > :06:11.bailout needed to avoid a Greek default. Police fired tear gas
:06:11. > :06:13.outside the Parliament building, as scuffles broke out with
:06:13. > :06:17.demonstrators opposed to the government's austerity plans. Hopes
:06:17. > :06:22.for a deal on a new package of financial support for Greece have
:06:22. > :06:26.risen, after Athens agreed to new budget cuts.
:06:26. > :06:29.The Iranian government says it has halted sales of oil to Britain and
:06:29. > :06:33.France in retaliation for a pending European Union ban on Iran's oil
:06:33. > :06:36.exports. It says it will sell oil to new customers instead. The EU is
:06:36. > :06:42.stepping up sanctions because of fears that Iran is developing a
:06:42. > :06:46.nuclear bomb. The Foreign Secretary William Hague
:06:46. > :06:48.says he's worried that Syria will "slide into civil war" and that the
:06:48. > :06:52.international community is "constrained" in its attempts to
:06:52. > :06:56.end almost a year of conflict there. Syrian tanks have been seen moving
:06:56. > :06:58.into suburbs of the city of Homs, raising fears that a ground attack
:06:58. > :07:01.against rebel fighters there is imminent. Our Middle East
:07:01. > :07:11.correspondent Wyre Davies has been speaking to refugees who've made
:07:11. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:18.the perilous journey across the Syrian border into Lebanon.
:07:18. > :07:24.An ominous sight for people still trapped inside Homs. Pictures taken
:07:24. > :07:29.in the last couple of days showed tanks advancing menacingly towards
:07:29. > :07:33.areas under opposition control. Dozens of foot soldiers follow.
:07:33. > :07:40.Evidence perhaps the Assad regime is preparing for a final push on
:07:41. > :07:45.the city. Those who have got out of Syria in recent days talk of a
:07:45. > :07:50.worsening humanitarian crisis. A regime determined to crush its
:07:50. > :07:57.opponents. The Syrian government denies targeting civilians but this
:07:57. > :08:01.man from Homs says he was deliberately shot by an army patrol.
:08:01. > :08:04.TRANSLATION: The city's hospital is being used as a base by the Army,
:08:04. > :08:10.people are dying because they cannot get medical help. Their only
:08:10. > :08:17.option is to escape. In the next room, a man who lost his leg to
:08:17. > :08:23.land Vine. Getting out of Homs isn't easy. But still, people take
:08:23. > :08:28.extraordinary risks. Tiny amounts of food and medical aid smuggled
:08:28. > :08:32.across a border fraught with danger. Braving terrible conditions and
:08:32. > :08:36.freshly laid minefields on the Syrian side of this border, dozens
:08:36. > :08:45.of refugees are nonetheless coming across every day it into the
:08:45. > :08:49.relative safety of Lebanon. Sheltering in a run-down told
:08:49. > :08:59.primary school, many refugees have stories of terrible suffering in
:08:59. > :09:03.besieged Tyrian -- Syrian towns. This father cradles his son. But he
:09:03. > :09:13.and his sick wife still mourn their three-year-old boy, murdered, he
:09:13. > :09:13.
:09:13. > :09:18.says, by the Assad regime. TRANSLATION: At I was smuggling
:09:18. > :09:22.food in, he says, when officers came looking for me. They took my
:09:22. > :09:30.son as a hostage, saying they would kill him if I did not give myself
:09:30. > :09:36.up. They killed him anyway. Making the most of things, children
:09:36. > :09:41.find a space to play. Their parents haven't heard from relatives stuck
:09:41. > :09:46.inside Syria for days. A man is critically ill in hospital,
:09:46. > :09:49.after being shot by police in south London. Officers say they were
:09:49. > :09:51.investigating a car break-in, when a man threatened them with a large
:09:51. > :09:55.bladed weapon. The Independent Police Complaints Commission will
:09:56. > :09:59.investigate the incident. The boxer Dereck Chisora has been
:09:59. > :10:01.released without charge by police in Germany, following a brawl with
:10:01. > :10:05.another British heavyweight, David Haye. Blows were exchanged at a
:10:05. > :10:07.news conference after Chisora lost a fight against the reigning WBC
:10:07. > :10:17.champion, Vitali Klitschko, o Ukraine. There is flash photography
:10:17. > :10:18.
:10:18. > :10:25.in this report from Andy Swiss. Why don't you fight me now?
:10:25. > :10:28.wasn't the fight we expected, but it's the one we will remember.
:10:28. > :10:31.David Haye was working as a TV pundit, so when he challenged
:10:31. > :10:37.Dereck Chisora, it seemed the usual pantomime knockabout. But as
:10:37. > :10:43.Chisora came to confront him, what followed was chaos. For several
:10:43. > :10:46.minutes, it was utter pandemonium. Reporters and cameras sent flying,
:10:46. > :10:50.as David Haye and Chisora descended into an ugly bar room brawl.
:10:50. > :10:55.Attempts to break them up proved fruitless. At one point, David Haye
:10:56. > :11:02.brandished a camera tripod. Even boxing has rarely seen anything
:11:02. > :11:10.like it. Eventually David Haye left, with Chisora threatening to shoot
:11:10. > :11:14.him. (BEEP). In the melee, David Hayes' manager was left with a gash
:11:14. > :11:17.to his head. Recriminations had just begun. At Munich Airport,
:11:17. > :11:22.Chisora was arrested and questioned by police. He was released without
:11:22. > :11:26.charge. The sport will want answers. At first hand, that's the worst
:11:26. > :11:36.I've seen. And hopefully I will never see it again. It doesn't do
:11:36. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:41.anybody any favours. It is stupid and terrible behaviour. Outside the
:11:41. > :11:45.ring, Chisora had already disgraced himself, slapping Vitali Klitschko
:11:45. > :11:47.at the weigh-in, and spitting water in his brother's face. Inside the
:11:47. > :11:56.ring, he fought bravely against Klitschko, losing his world title
:11:56. > :11:59.fight on points. But it's for this impromptu bout that he and David
:11:59. > :12:02.Haye may now pay a heavy price The Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls is
:12:02. > :12:07.calling for tax cuts in next month's Budget, to boost economic
:12:07. > :12:11.growth. He says the government should cut
:12:11. > :12:14.VAT, or income tax, for a year, to encourage people to spend. The
:12:14. > :12:24.government says it must stick to its economic plans and cut the
:12:24. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:32.deficit. Here's our political Recently, the economy has been
:12:32. > :12:36.shrinking, not growing. Living standards have been falling. Labour
:12:36. > :12:39.says the way to get more money into the economy and people's pockets is
:12:39. > :12:43.to have significant, short-term tax cuts. We need growth. We would get
:12:43. > :12:46.the economy moving, it's the only way to get the deficit down. A
:12:46. > :12:54.temporary VAT cut is the fairest way. There are other options for
:12:54. > :12:57.families but he needs to act. he set out alternatives to cutting
:12:57. > :12:59.VAT, which are designed to put pressure on the Chancellor, echoing
:12:59. > :13:02.calls for tax cuts from coalition MPs.
:13:02. > :13:12.These include a reduction in the basic rate of income tax for 12
:13:12. > :13:15.months. This should appeal to some Conservatives.
:13:15. > :13:19.Taking people out of tax entirely if they earn less than �10,000 a
:13:19. > :13:21.year, a longer term aim of the government, and popular with Lib
:13:21. > :13:25.Dems. Ed Balls says the �12 billion cost
:13:25. > :13:28.of his tax cuts should be paid for by more borrowing. As the
:13:28. > :13:36.Chancellor writes next month's Budget in Downing Street, he will
:13:36. > :13:41.be aware there are no easy answers. Unless he does more to stimulate a
:13:41. > :13:45.sluggish economy, he could end up with a higher benefits bill. If he
:13:45. > :13:49.takes the advice of Ed Balls, the man who wants to replace him at
:13:49. > :13:54.Number 11, he could find that isn't a cost-free option. Where we can,
:13:55. > :13:58.we have to keep taxes low. In the end, we have to deal with debt. And
:13:58. > :14:02.Ed Balls is the man who racked those debts up in the first place
:14:02. > :14:07.and now wants us to borrow. Chancellor says his ambition is to
:14:07. > :14:10.reduce taxation. But, struggling to bring down borrowing, he believes
:14:10. > :14:14.big tax cuts now would be too costly.
:14:15. > :14:19.Now with news of some surprises in the FA Cup, and all of the day's
:14:19. > :14:23.sport, here's Matt Gooderick. Premier League high-flyers
:14:23. > :14:26.Tottenham face an FA Cup replay with Stevenage, after being held to
:14:26. > :14:29.a goalless draw by the League One side. Elsewhere, there were wins
:14:29. > :14:38.for Stoke, and Liverpool, who hit Brighton for six at Anfield as
:14:38. > :14:43.And dress it up how you want, this was a crushing 4 Brighton.
:14:43. > :14:48.Their day at Anfield began turning sour when Martin Skrttel scored
:14:48. > :14:53.early on. There was to be one sweet moment, this free kick was one to
:14:54. > :15:00.remember. Suddenly, the sea gulls macro will want to forget the rest
:15:00. > :15:06.of what happened. The Reds kept extending their lead. Andy Carroll
:15:07. > :15:14.showed what he can do. Then, Liam Bridcutt. And an unfortunate own
:15:14. > :15:24.goal. Liverpool simply kept coming, they
:15:24. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:28.won a penalty. Kenny Dalglish called for Suarez. He got his goal
:15:28. > :15:35.in the end. Liverpool are now joint favourite for the Cup. They rated
:15:35. > :15:43.level with Tottenham. Louis Saha thought he had grabbed a goal, but
:15:43. > :15:46.it hit the only offside player on the pitch on its way it in.
:15:46. > :15:49.Every plate and place in the quarter-final draw will do them.
:15:49. > :15:54.So vote had 10 men for most of their time with Crawley. It didn't
:15:54. > :15:58.show. This penalty giving them the lead before Peter Crouch nodded
:15:58. > :16:02.them into the last eight. Last year's finalists will have similar
:16:02. > :16:07.lofty ambitions this time. Celtic have moved 17 points clear of
:16:07. > :16:11.Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premier League. Neil Lennon's side
:16:11. > :16:14.beat Hibernian 5-0 at Easter Road. It was Celtic's ninth straight
:16:14. > :16:17.League win. Gary Hooper scored twice either side of half-time. The
:16:17. > :16:20.result edges the Glasgow side ever closer to a first SPL title for
:16:20. > :16:24.four years. In the day's other game, Aberdeen
:16:24. > :16:28.and St Johnstone drew 0-0. Sir Chris Hoy won his second gold
:16:28. > :16:30.medal of cycling's Track World Cup, with victory in the men's sprint at
:16:30. > :16:34.London's Olympic Velodrome. Hoy beat Germany's Maximilian Levi,
:16:34. > :16:44.winning the first two races in the best of three final. So, all going
:16:44. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:48.well, with the Olympics now just over five months away.
:16:48. > :16:52.I was really pleased with the when I rode because I have been making
:16:52. > :16:58.mistakes in the sprint with a lick, and I made only one or two today
:16:58. > :17:01.which is very good for me. It is a learning process. I see this as a
:17:01. > :17:05.really important process towards the Olympics.
:17:05. > :17:08.Team GB also picked up a silver in the men's team pursuit, and a
:17:08. > :17:10.bronze in the women's omnium, on the final day of competition. So
:17:10. > :17:19.another successful week for Britain's cyclists, who finished
:17:19. > :17:23.top of the overall medals table. The main news tonight: A British