:00:09. > :00:13.Plans to give private companies are a far bigger role in policing are
:00:13. > :00:17.being criticised by Labour and the unions. West Midlands and Surrey
:00:17. > :00:21.police insist that frontline operations will not be handed to
:00:21. > :00:26.the private sector. BP agrees to pay almost �5 billion
:00:26. > :00:31.in compensation for the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
:00:31. > :00:40.Dozens of people are killed as a wave of tornadoes batter the
:00:40. > :00:50.And Arsenal consolidate their winning streak with victory against
:00:50. > :00:59.
:00:59. > :01:04.Good evening. Private companies could be given a much bigger role
:01:04. > :01:07.in policing, under plans being drawn up by two of Britain's forces.
:01:07. > :01:11.West Midlands and Surrey police have invited bids from security
:01:11. > :01:15.companies to act as partners, providing a wide range of services
:01:15. > :01:19.including help with patrolling and investigating crime. Labour and the
:01:19. > :01:24.main police union have said the plans could undermine trust in
:01:24. > :01:29.public service policing. Police forces in England and Wales
:01:29. > :01:33.are having to make budget cuts of 20% over four years. At the same
:01:33. > :01:36.time, they are under pressure to protect frontline services, to try
:01:37. > :01:41.to save costs, some are already using the private sector for back
:01:41. > :01:46.off his duties light training, IT and finance. Others to manage
:01:46. > :01:49.custody suites -- back office duties. West Midlands and Surrey
:01:49. > :01:56.police asking private security firms to bid for contracts that
:01:56. > :02:00.could be worth �1.5 billion. It could include work like guarding
:02:00. > :02:04.crime scenes, freeing up uniform officers, or logging CCTV footage.
:02:04. > :02:07.Officers say they are exploring what the private sector could do.
:02:07. > :02:11.You have to make decisions, acknowledging the private sector is
:02:12. > :02:15.changing. That make require us to do things to fully but it will not
:02:15. > :02:19.impact on frontline services. Police officers will still police
:02:19. > :02:23.the streets of Surrey. These proposals involve just two police
:02:23. > :02:27.forces but it means that others could follow suit in future. Police
:02:27. > :02:32.insist this is not about using private security staff to replace
:02:32. > :02:35.neighbourhood patrols, respond to emergencies or carry out arrests.
:02:35. > :02:38.While they say the public will not see a difference in visible
:02:38. > :02:42.policing, the plans could mean private firms being involved in
:02:42. > :02:45.some elements of investigations. The Police Federation called the
:02:45. > :02:51.proposals extremely worrying. Labour says they could cross the
:02:51. > :02:55.line, moving the private sector into core policing duties. We need
:02:55. > :02:58.safeguards from the Home Secretary, and reassurances that the scale of
:02:58. > :03:02.police cuts is not pushing police forces into decisions that really
:03:02. > :03:06.go against the interest of good, effective British policing.
:03:06. > :03:10.government says it supports the police in looking at what private
:03:10. > :03:16.sector partnerships can achieve. This is all about supporting the
:03:16. > :03:19.front line by making sure that the backroom jobs that do that can be
:03:19. > :03:24.done more efficiently. There are huge opportunities to save money
:03:24. > :03:28.here. The tendering process is still in its early stages, so it is
:03:28. > :03:34.not yet clear exactly which areas the private sector will become
:03:34. > :03:38.involved. BP has taken a major step towards
:03:38. > :03:44.finalising the bill it will face for the 2010 sauce bill in the Gulf
:03:44. > :03:54.of Mexico. The company has agreed to pay for �0.9 billion to settle
:03:54. > :03:58.claims for 100,000 people and April 2010, the world's worst
:03:59. > :04:04.offshore oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed 11
:04:04. > :04:14.people and saw 4 million barrels of oil leak into the Gulf of Mexico.
:04:14. > :04:18.
:04:18. > :04:23.Almost two years on and beat bill -- and the bill for BP keeps rising.
:04:23. > :04:27.It is at the top end of what BP hope to pay. It brings to almost �9
:04:27. > :04:30.billion, the sum that BP has agreed to pay in compensation to people
:04:30. > :04:37.and firms whose livelihood and health has been damaged by the
:04:37. > :04:43.spill. It has cost BP a similar amount, around �9 billion, to clean
:04:43. > :04:48.up the mess. It is not the end of the story for Gulf Coast tourism or
:04:48. > :04:52.fishing. Business is off, people are not coming in the numbers that
:04:52. > :04:57.they normally do. Of course, it could be the economy, it could be
:04:57. > :05:01.the perception that this place is tainted. It is hard to say. But
:05:01. > :05:09.numbers are down, definitely. Fishing is good but the people are
:05:09. > :05:14.not here. And some claim the oil hasn't all gone yet. Over there,
:05:14. > :05:19.you would walk into marshes, pull your boot up, see it running off.
:05:19. > :05:23.It is definitely still there. not the end of litigation against
:05:23. > :05:27.BP. It is also being sued in New Orleans by the Gulf Coast states
:05:27. > :05:33.affected by the disaster, and also by the US Federal Department of
:05:33. > :05:38.Justice. BP hotly denies that as a company, it acted criminally, or
:05:38. > :05:43.was guilty of gross negligence. If, however, the court takes a
:05:43. > :05:51.different view, the �24 billion that BP has set aside to cover all
:05:52. > :05:55.the costs of the disaster could More than 30 people have been
:05:55. > :05:59.killed by a series of tornadoes which struck central and southern
:05:59. > :06:09.parts of the United States. Kentucky and Indiana were hardest
:06:09. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:16.hit by the storms, with some One of the most powerful tornadoes
:06:16. > :06:24.swept over Henryville, Indiana. And this is what it left behind. A
:06:24. > :06:33.school bus, torn across the road, shuntered into a house. Devastating.
:06:33. > :06:39.I am sad. Got hopes there wasn't a baby on the school bus. It seems
:06:39. > :06:43.there weren't. A school was ripped apart by the tornado but all the
:06:43. > :06:48.peoples inside were unharmed. This is the nearby town of Marysville,
:06:48. > :06:52.said by the sheriff's department to have gone completely. It had 1900
:06:52. > :06:57.residents. And this amateur video shows another tornado in the
:06:57. > :07:04.distance. You can also hear the sound of the hailstones, some said
:07:04. > :07:08.to be the size of golf balls. The clear up is under way in Harrisburg,
:07:08. > :07:13.Ohio, where another wave of deadly tornadoes hit earlier this week. It
:07:13. > :07:20.is not just the weather that is a danger. Our cell phones are not
:07:20. > :07:24.picking up. We are listening to the radios in our vehicles. Further
:07:24. > :07:34.south in Alabama, residents were well prepared to ride out the storm.
:07:34. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:42.That used to be 52 mobile homes. -- that used to be a mobile home.
:07:42. > :07:52.Last year was one of the deadliest seasons on record. This year, the
:07:52. > :07:55.The Prime Minister has described national health service reform as
:07:55. > :08:01.unavoidable and urgent, saying he doesn't care if the government, in
:08:01. > :08:03.his words, takes a hit over the issue. Speaking at the
:08:03. > :08:07.Conservatives' spring forum, David Cameron said there would be no
:08:07. > :08:11.going back on the reforms. What I care about is that what we are
:08:11. > :08:16.doing works to avert that crisis, to make the NHS strong enough for
:08:16. > :08:20.the future. That is why we are making what at heart are some
:08:20. > :08:24.pretty simple changes. Handing power and choice do patients,
:08:24. > :08:27.cutting bureaucracy, putting doctors and nurses, not bureaucrats,
:08:27. > :08:31.in charge. The Red Cross has been prevented,
:08:31. > :08:35.for the second day running, for -- from entering the Baba Amr district
:08:35. > :08:41.of Homs, by the Syrian authorities to say the area is still too
:08:41. > :08:49.dangerous. The bodies of two foreign journalists killed have
:08:49. > :08:54.been handed to embassy officials in Damascus. Marie Colvin and Remi
:08:54. > :09:03.Ochlik died during the bombardment of the city.
:09:03. > :09:07.The latest word on that age,, stuck outside Homs? -- the aid convoy.
:09:07. > :09:11.second day of disappointment for them. They took that convoy up to
:09:11. > :09:17.Homs, having been told they had the green light to go into Baba Amr,
:09:17. > :09:21.this shattered district why the -- where the humanitarian need is dire.
:09:21. > :09:25.It has been under bombardment for nearly a month, only to find they
:09:25. > :09:29.were prevented by the Syrian authorities from doing so. All day
:09:29. > :09:33.today they have been tried to get another green light, and failed.
:09:34. > :09:39.After nightfall, they called their efforts of ant said they will start
:09:39. > :09:43.again in the morning. They have been told there maybe minds and
:09:43. > :09:51.booby traps and it may be dangerous. Syrian television has been filming
:09:51. > :09:58.scenes of but the devastation and authorities say they want to cover
:09:58. > :10:01.up the crimes -- scenes of utter devastation. Marie Colvin's remains
:10:01. > :10:05.and those of Remi Ochlik have been added to embassy officials in
:10:05. > :10:10.Damascus. They were recovered from Homs on Thursday. My understanding
:10:10. > :10:17.is they will be flown on the same plane to Paris tonight, and Marie
:10:17. > :10:20.Colvin will be flown into the Robin van Persie scored a late
:10:20. > :10:25.winner at Anfield as Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 in the lunchtime
:10:25. > :10:30.Premier League match. Injured Steven Gerrard took the
:10:30. > :10:34.Carling Cup to the Cobb. That was so last week. Here, Liverpool
:10:34. > :10:38.somehow lost a game they should have won from the moment Suarez
:10:38. > :10:43.tumbled. His pain seemed out of context with the contact. But it
:10:43. > :10:46.was a penalty and Dirk Kuyt had the chance to score, twice. Heroics
:10:46. > :10:49.from Szczesny. It is tough, being from Szczesny. It is tough, being
:10:49. > :10:53.an Arsenal goalkeeper. You have to worry about your own players as
:10:53. > :11:01.well. Koscielny arrived just in time to ruin the mood. Indefinable
:11:01. > :11:06.defending. Arsenal's this -- response was credible. Van Persie's
:11:06. > :11:09.header, he carries an invincible air. Henderson collided with Arteta,
:11:09. > :11:13.the Arsenal player headed to hospital with concussion. The
:11:14. > :11:22.knock-on effect was lengthy injury time. This Paul looked hopeful
:11:22. > :11:32.until van Persie appeared Paul easy to draw over his finish,
:11:32. > :11:35.
:11:35. > :11:45.van Persie focused on the class of Families and friends were joint --
:11:45. > :11:49.
:11:49. > :11:53.For 60 years, Frank Carson made people laugh. Today, he made them
:11:54. > :12:00.cry. His family and friends gathered in Belfast to say goodbye
:12:00. > :12:03.to the Irish comic described at his funeral as the prime minister of
:12:03. > :12:13.fun. Politicians, broadcasters, sports stars and fellow comedians
:12:13. > :12:28.
:12:28. > :12:33.came together to celebrate the king A great ambassador. Belfast was
:12:33. > :12:39.infamous for machine gun fire but Frank Carson's jokes were rat-a-tat
:12:39. > :12:46.pad, one after the other. What is the difference between a terrorist
:12:46. > :12:52.and my wife? You can negotiate with a terrorist. And that was a cracker,
:12:52. > :13:00.too, made of flowers, inside the hearse. A final joke on his final
:13:00. > :13:04.journey. The 85-year-old entertainer it died last week after
:13:04. > :13:12.a long battle with stomach cancer. After the Catholic Penal service,
:13:12. > :13:15.there was a prostitute blessing -- the Catholic funeral service. In