:00:28. > :00:31.Good afternoon. The United Nations has sent international monitors to
:00:31. > :00:34.a town in Syria, to investigate claims that at least 90 people have
:00:34. > :00:36.been massacred by government forces. Pictures have been released showing
:00:36. > :00:46.dozens of bodies, including those of children, apparently filmed in
:00:46. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:55.the town of Houla. Huge distress and trauma after what activist of
:00:55. > :01:00.calling a massacre by a regime forces. They posted videos on the
:01:00. > :01:06.internet. We cannot verify them or corroborate the numbers killed. All
:01:06. > :01:11.this, despite a ceasefire that has supposedly been in place since the
:01:12. > :01:16.middle of April. Cities like Homs have had little respite. Despite
:01:16. > :01:24.the presence of UN observers, some shelling of -- with heavy weapons
:01:24. > :01:30.has gone on. It is all bad news for Kofi Annan, whose six. Police plan
:01:30. > :01:34.is in tatters. He is expected to go to Damascus next week to try to get
:01:34. > :01:39.a dialogue going between government and opposition to try to find a
:01:39. > :01:45.political way out of the crisis. With so much blood spilled, many in
:01:45. > :01:51.the uprising do not want to talk to the regime of President Bashar al-
:01:51. > :01:59.Assad. They wanted to go. It has been 14 minutes with 10,000 or more
:01:59. > :02:03.dead. The uprising clearly is not going away. -- 14 months. The
:02:03. > :02:07.rebels have turned to armed action. There are reports that more arms
:02:07. > :02:13.are making their way through to the rebels, as the country slides
:02:13. > :02:23.closer to the brink of civil war. The visit of Kofi Annan to Damascus,
:02:23. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:26.if it happens, maybe the last chance of pulling it back. The
:02:26. > :02:36.Government is drawing up contingency plans to deal with a
:02:36. > :02:39.possible surge in immigration if the euro collapses. Theresa May has
:02:39. > :02:46.said emergency border controls could be put in place to contain
:02:46. > :02:50.the crisis. Police have begun a murder inquiry after a 23-year-old
:02:50. > :02:53.man was shot dead in a crowded pub in Greater Manchester last night.
:02:53. > :02:55.The attacker, wearing a balaclava, fired a series of shots in the
:02:55. > :02:58.Cotton Tree Inn in Droylsden, before escaping in a car. Three
:02:58. > :03:01.other men were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds. 12 towns in
:03:01. > :03:04.England have been named as winners of a competition to help revitalise
:03:04. > :03:09.high streets. The group includes Dartford, Stockport and Liskeard in
:03:09. > :03:19.Cornwall. They will receive funding to help implement proposals by the
:03:19. > :03:24.Government's retail adviser, Mary Portas. The Roman market town of
:03:25. > :03:30.bolster declares itself ready for battle - a battle for survival.
:03:30. > :03:35.competition has generated huge interest. Dartford and Kent -- in
:03:35. > :03:42.Kent is a winner. Its high street has been hit hard by having one of
:03:42. > :03:46.Europe's biggest shopping malls on its doorstep. Now this town centre
:03:46. > :03:52.manager has the chance to try out some new ideas. He wants to find
:03:52. > :04:00.new uses for empty shops, involving the community. With a going to do
:04:00. > :04:04.things differently. We cannot rely solely on retail animal. -- we are
:04:04. > :04:11.going. We would love to get start- up spy on our markets,