:00:19. > :00:22.Good afternoon. The Chancellor, George Osborne, has promised to
:00:22. > :00:30.change planning rules to speed up development and deliver a boost to
:00:30. > :00:35.the economy. He told the BBC that the country had to take decisions
:00:35. > :00:44.now on building projects that would decide whether Britain sank or swam.
:00:44. > :00:48.Chris Mason reports. Smiles, sunshine and gold medals.
:00:48. > :00:53.It's been a summer of being upbeat about the Olympics, but many are
:00:53. > :00:57.downbeat about the economy. MPs are back at Westminster tomorrow and
:00:57. > :01:00.sorting out the economy is the Government's big job and one that's
:01:00. > :01:05.proving rather tricky. The Chancellor, George Osborne, in an
:01:05. > :01:08.interview this morning said there was no easy ride to a magical
:01:08. > :01:12.recovery. We have to do more and we have to do it faster. In the next
:01:12. > :01:15.couple of weeks you will see us introducing to parliament
:01:15. > :01:18.legislation to speed up planning decisions, to speed up the
:01:18. > :01:23.processes that mean we can actually build roads more quickly than it
:01:23. > :01:27.takes to fight a world war. Ministers want to make it easier to
:01:28. > :01:30.bring in the diggers and build more houses and more roads, there's
:01:30. > :01:34.frustration in Government that people grumbling about new homes
:01:34. > :01:38.being built in their own backyard stands in the way of new projects
:01:38. > :01:41.being given planning permission. So expect it to get easier for the
:01:41. > :01:47.builders. But Labour says the coalition introduced new planning
:01:47. > :01:50.rules six months ago and this latest idea's confusing. What you
:01:50. > :01:53.want is certainty in your policy- making. I am not saying don't do
:01:54. > :01:59.something about planning. But I am saying for God's sake make your
:01:59. > :02:03.mind up and stick to it. Meanwhile, for the Deputy Prime
:02:03. > :02:07.Minister and and Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, yet more
:02:07. > :02:11.sounding-off from those on his own side. Another Lib Dem in the House
:02:11. > :02:17.of Lords has suggested the party would be better off without him.
:02:17. > :02:20.Those close to Mr Clegg are dismissing the criticism. But it's
:02:21. > :02:29.yet another reminder of just how difficult the whole business of
:02:29. > :02:33.coalition Government can be for these two men.
:02:33. > :02:36.The Foreign Office has confirmed that a British man and a boy have
:02:36. > :02:40.drowned off the coast of Majorca. It's thought the man was the boy's
:02:40. > :02:43.father, and that he had jumped into the sea to help his son when a wave
:02:43. > :02:45.swept the boy into the water. The training of local police
:02:45. > :02:48.recruits in Afghanistan by US special forces has been suspended
:02:48. > :02:51.for at least a month. It follows an increase in attacks on NATO-led
:02:51. > :02:59.forces by their Afghan colleagues. Quentin Sommerville is in the
:02:59. > :03:03.Afghan capital, Kabul. How significant is this? Well, they've
:03:04. > :03:08.been scratching their heads here, NATO commanders as to what they
:03:08. > :03:12.should do about these attacks when Afghan security forces turn their
:03:12. > :03:15.guns on foreigners they're serving alongside. They've decided with the
:03:15. > :03:19.police, one of the smallest security forces here in Afghanistan,
:03:19. > :03:24.about 16,000 people, that all new recruits, the training of new
:03:24. > :03:27.recruits will be suspended, about 1,000, and the other 15,000 will be
:03:27. > :03:31.revetted. The big question in all of this what about the rest of the
:03:31. > :03:35.Afghan security forces? They number something like 350,000. The army
:03:35. > :03:44.and regular police. They also have to go through a revetting. If they
:03:44. > :03:46.do, that could upset the mission here in Afghanistan. Thank you.
:03:46. > :03:49.Britain's medal tally continues to grow at the Paralympics. On the
:03:49. > :03:52.fourth morning of action, long jumper Stef Reid won a silver medal,
:03:52. > :03:57.while in the equestrian at Greenwich, Sophie Wells also
:03:57. > :04:02.secured silver. Andy Swiss reports. Another bumper crowd in the stadium
:04:02. > :04:09.and the home fans soon had plenty to cheer. Britain's Stef Reid in
:04:09. > :04:14.the long jump, a lower leg amputee, competed for Canada at the last
:04:14. > :04:20.Games but with British parents she's switched allegiances, and
:04:20. > :04:25.tphouf win silver. On the track, there were high hopes for Shelley
:04:25. > :04:30.Woods in the 5,000 metres. She won bronze four years ago but despite a
:04:31. > :04:35.promising start she was outsprinted on the home strait. Finishing back
:04:35. > :04:38.in 8th, a rare disappointment for paralimp Paralympics GB. The
:04:38. > :04:44.records were tumbling in the Velodrome. After winning gold
:04:44. > :04:50.yesterday, Neil Fachie set a new world best in the individual sprint.
:04:50. > :04:54.It lasted a couple of minutes, as it was bettered almost immediately,
:04:54. > :04:59.both through to this afternoon's semis in convincing style.
:04:59. > :05:09.In the last few minutes there's been another medal for the
:05:09. > :05:10.
:05:10. > :05:13.equestrian team. Sophie Wells securing silver.
:05:13. > :05:18.And in the last few minutes Britain has won gold in the mixed coxed
:05:18. > :05:21.four at Eton Dorney. One of the most celebrated
:05:21. > :05:24.lyricists in popular music - Hal David - has died in Los Angeles at
:05:24. > :05:27.the age of 91. He was best known for his long-standing musical
:05:27. > :05:29.partnership with Burt Bacharach. They created some of the most often
:05:29. > :05:33.performed songs in modern history, including Raindrops Keep Falling on
:05:33. > :05:38.My Head and Say a Little Prayer. Peter Bowes looks back at his
:05:38. > :05:41.career. # What do you get when you fall in
:05:42. > :05:45.love... They are quite simply, some of the most popular and familiar
:05:45. > :05:51.songs of the 20th century. # I just don't know what to do with
:05:51. > :05:55.myself... Hal David's prolific collaboration
:05:55. > :06:00.with Burt Bacharach produced hit after hit. They started writing
:06:00. > :06:10.together in 1956 and worked with some of the biggest names in the
:06:10. > :06:17.business. Tom Jones, Perry Combe and The Carpenters.
:06:17. > :06:21.The partnership was unique. Living in different cities, New York and
:06:21. > :06:26.Los Angeles, they would sometimes collaborate over the phone. Hal
:06:26. > :06:30.David had a simple approach to his work, he once said songs should be
:06:30. > :06:35.like little films, told in three or four minutes. He was in much demand
:06:35. > :06:42.in Hollywood, with Burt Bacharach he won an Oscar for Raindrops Keep
:06:42. > :06:49.Fallin' On My Head. From time to time, I found myself star-gazing on
:06:49. > :06:57.the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. Never dreaming that one day one of
:06:57. > :07:02.the stars would be mine. For the stars who recorded his