21/04/2012

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:00:09. > :00:13.More violent clashes in Bahrain, on the eve of the Grand Prix, as one

:00:13. > :00:18.protester is killed. Thousands of people take to the streets, as the

:00:18. > :00:21.British government urges Bahrain's leaders to act with restraint.

:00:21. > :00:28.Tributes are paid to the Labour peer, Jack Ashley, who's died aged

:00:28. > :00:38.And in Pakistan, questions over an airline's safety record, after a

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:00:48. > :00:50.Good evening. There have been more violent

:00:50. > :00:53.clashes between protesters and police in Bahrain, where the

:00:53. > :00:57.Formula 1 Grand Prix is scheduled to go ahead tomorrow. A protester

:00:57. > :00:59.has been found dead. Opposition parties say he was killed by riot

:00:59. > :01:04.police. Tonight, the Foreign Secretary William Hague called on

:01:04. > :01:08.Bahrain's government to exercise restraint. Our correspondent Dan

:01:08. > :01:16.Roan is in Bahrain. You may find some of the pictures in his report

:01:16. > :01:20.distressing. The aftermath of another death in

:01:20. > :01:26.Bahrain, in this village where the body of a protester was found this

:01:26. > :01:29.morning. He was 37, it was claimed he was killed by shotgun pellets

:01:29. > :01:36.fired by right police. The investigation into his death is

:01:36. > :01:42.under way. After a man was taken yesterday as he was protesting at

:01:42. > :01:47.7pm, today the government founds -- claims it found his body. The

:01:47. > :01:51.village is surrounded by armoured vehicles, more than 100 youths have

:01:51. > :01:57.been arrested in three days because the government wanted to seem like

:01:57. > :02:07.it is quick -- it is quiet during the Formula One. Tonight, more

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:02:09. > :02:12.unrest, as three days of protest to the continued. This is a fortress

:02:12. > :02:17.in the desert in Bahrain. A heightened so Judy presence in the

:02:17. > :02:21.roads surrounding the motor-racing circuit this morning. The drivers

:02:21. > :02:26.are here simply to drive, their eyes firmly on tomorrow's race,

:02:26. > :02:30.happy to leave those who run this most political of sport to defend

:02:30. > :02:35.the wisdom of returning here. not sure that those protests would

:02:35. > :02:38.have happened if the Grand Prix would not have happened. We know

:02:38. > :02:47.those protests have increased because Formula One has come here,

:02:48. > :02:53.that is a fact. We now know someone has died. It does the possibility

:02:53. > :03:00.of people to have a voice. crown prince is part of the Sunni

:03:00. > :03:04.royalty, struggling to contain the anger of the divided island's Shia

:03:04. > :03:11.population. He has defied calls for the event to be cancelled, despite

:03:11. > :03:18.the inability of the governing body to guarantee a trouble-free race.

:03:18. > :03:27.feel very comfortable, having the race in Bahrain, after a great

:03:27. > :03:31.Grand Prix in China last week, and before, going to Barcelona in three

:03:31. > :03:35.weeks for the first grand prix in Europe.

:03:35. > :03:40.Today's qualifying session took place against a backdrop of

:03:40. > :03:45.virtually empty Grand stands. Sebastian Vettel back on pole

:03:45. > :03:49.position. This is a race weekend like no other. Formula One is a

:03:49. > :03:54.sport in which taking risks is expected. The decision to defy

:03:54. > :03:57.critics and a drive through with his controversial race could be its

:03:57. > :04:03.biggest gamble yet. Dan joins us now from the circuit outside of

:04:03. > :04:07.Manama. Have these latest clashes and the death of a protester

:04:07. > :04:12.changed things from the perspective of those there?

:04:12. > :04:16.There is no doubt that the first death of this grand prix weekend

:04:17. > :04:22.will only serve to heighten the fury, the tension and temperature

:04:22. > :04:26.here in Bahrain. I was with Jean Todt, the FIA President, when he

:04:26. > :04:31.was told the News of the death of that protester. He was visibly

:04:31. > :04:35.shocked, the last thing he wanted to hear given the controversy

:04:35. > :04:42.raging around the wisdom of bringing this event back to this

:04:42. > :04:47.Arab kingdom. It still goes ahead, the race. The BBC has learned the

:04:47. > :04:52.Foreign Secretary has run his counterpart in Bahrain to express

:04:52. > :04:59.his concern at what he is seeing, the violence he has been seen on TV,

:04:59. > :05:04.to urge restraint when it comes to dinner with the protest. And to ask

:05:04. > :05:07.him with the urgency to bring in the reforms the Independent

:05:07. > :05:13.Commission has recommended, including the release of political

:05:13. > :05:18.prisoners. The opposition has called for the abandonment of this

:05:18. > :05:21.race. This strengthening of tone and language can only be seen as

:05:21. > :05:24.significant. The United Nations Security Council has voted to

:05:24. > :05:27.increase, to 300, the number of observers in Syria monitoring the

:05:27. > :05:31.ceasefire between government and rebel forces. The vote came as a

:05:31. > :05:37.small group of UN monitors entered the embattled city of Homs for the

:05:37. > :05:42.first time. Tributes have been paid to the

:05:42. > :05:44.Labour peer Jack Ashley, who's died after a short illness. He was 89. A

:05:44. > :05:48.life-long disability rights campaigner, Lord Ashley, who lost

:05:48. > :05:50.his hearing in his forties, had a long and successful career at

:05:50. > :05:54.Westminster. David Cameron said he'd made a major contribution to

:05:54. > :06:04.public life. While Ed Miliband said he'd be remembered with "deep

:06:04. > :06:04.

:06:04. > :06:08.affection". The Lord Ashley commanded huge

:06:08. > :06:12.respect and affection across political lines, but he was not

:06:12. > :06:16.afraid of confrontation as he fought for the rights of the

:06:16. > :06:20.underprivileged and disabled. is happening today is disabled

:06:20. > :06:24.people are expressing their great anger at the refusal of the

:06:24. > :06:29.government to give them proper legislative rights. He worked for

:06:29. > :06:33.the BBC in the 1960s. This is a documentary he made about life on

:06:33. > :06:40.the dole. Many unemployed people have told me queueing for the doll

:06:40. > :06:43.is humiliating. He is there any way you can... A year went on to

:06:43. > :06:47.campaign for the disadvantaged in Parliament. Jack Ashley was MP for

:06:47. > :06:51.Stoke the 26 years although he almost stood down when he lost his

:06:52. > :06:57.hearing in a routine operation two years after winning his seat.

:06:57. > :07:01.Normally, he used to sit in the front bench because if he asked a

:07:01. > :07:05.question, the Prime Minister's answer would be tight about, and

:07:05. > :07:09.would be on a little screen. Colleagues remember a determined

:07:09. > :07:15.campaigner. He is whole life was devoted to dealing with the problem

:07:15. > :07:21.that he faced, which was disability. He proved that if you really do

:07:21. > :07:27.work at it and campaign, you can make progress. When Jack entered

:07:27. > :07:34.Parliament, there was no provision for disabled people on access to

:07:34. > :07:38.the built environment. There were no environment -- allowances. He

:07:38. > :07:43.leaves a much better legacy than was left to him. Lord Ashley will

:07:43. > :07:48.be remembered as the champion of the rights of disabled people, who

:07:48. > :07:51.changed laws and public attitudes. Lord Ashley, who died today. The

:07:51. > :07:54.authorities in Pakistan have launched a criminal investigation

:07:54. > :07:57.into a plane crash near the capital Islamabad that killed all 127

:07:57. > :08:00.people on board. The owner of the airline has been

:08:00. > :08:03.barred from leaving the country, amid questions over flight safety

:08:03. > :08:13.standards. But the airline says poor weather was to blame. From

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:08:14. > :08:21.Islamabad, Orla Guerin reports. Victims of the crash were taken on

:08:22. > :08:27.their final journey today. There was coffin after coffin. Relatives

:08:27. > :08:34.mourned of for lost loved ones. Among the dead, 11 children, and a

:08:34. > :08:40.pair of newlyweds going on their honeymoon. Mohammed says he lost

:08:40. > :08:45.four young nephews, his sister and brother in law. This was the second

:08:45. > :08:51.major crash in Islamabad in under two years. Renewing concerns about

:08:52. > :08:57.poor oversight, and corruption in aviation in Pakistan. At daybreak,

:08:57. > :09:02.the wreckage of the Boeing 737 are still littered the fields outside

:09:02. > :09:09.the capital. The aeroplane which came down in a storm, was about 30

:09:09. > :09:14.years old. The airline, Bhoja Air, reopened only last month, after 10

:09:14. > :09:18.years of financial problems. Tonight, people are still coming to

:09:18. > :09:22.check the list of the dead. This has been a day of grieving, and

:09:22. > :09:27.burying, and of many questions. People are demanding to know if the

:09:27. > :09:30.airline should have been allowed to reopen, and if the aeroplane was

:09:30. > :09:36.too old. The owner of the airline has been barred from leaving the

:09:36. > :09:40.country. The government has promised a thorough investigation.

:09:40. > :09:43.Gun salutes have taken place across the UK today, to celebrate the

:09:43. > :09:46.Queen's 86th birthday. At Edinburgh Castle, large crowds turned out to

:09:46. > :09:52.watch a 21-gun salute by 105 Regiment Royal Artillery.

:09:52. > :09:55.Buckingham Palace said the Queen herself spent the day "privately".

:09:55. > :09:58.In football, Arsenal and Chelsea played out a goalless draw, as the

:09:58. > :10:04.fight for Champions League qualification intensified. Arsenal

:10:04. > :10:08.came closest hitting the woodwork twice. First, through Robin Van

:10:08. > :10:11.Persie who hit the base of the Chelsea post. And then again when

:10:11. > :10:18.Lauren Koscielny saw his header come back off the bar. Arsenal stay

:10:18. > :10:24.in third place. Tottenham Hotspur are currently in

:10:24. > :10:28.action against relegation threatened Queen's Park Rangers.

:10:28. > :10:32.Just into the second half. 1-0. A pin point free kick gave Rangers