09/09/2012

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:00:19. > :00:22.Good afternoon. 70 organisations have told MPs they're concerned

:00:22. > :00:27.that millions of people could miss out because of the Government's

:00:27. > :00:30.plans for a a universal credit system for state benefits. Many

:00:30. > :00:32.charities and local councils think the plan to put the benefits system

:00:32. > :00:35.online will disadvantage people without internet access and lacking

:00:35. > :00:45.computer skills. Let's speak to our political correspondent, Susana

:00:45. > :00:46.

:00:46. > :00:50.Mendonca, at Westminster. Concerns too about the Government's track

:00:50. > :00:56.record on implementing these IT schemes as well I suppose? Indeed.

:00:56. > :00:58.And the charities and councils that have spoken to the Work and

:00:58. > :01:04.Pensions Select Committee are worried about whether or not people

:01:04. > :01:11.will be able to access the system. 8.5 million people don't have

:01:11. > :01:15.access to the system. This replaces six work-related benefit with just

:01:15. > :01:19.one. They are concerned that the IT system will not work. The

:01:19. > :01:22.Government has a poor track record on IT systems in the past. And

:01:22. > :01:26.there are worries that people will find it difficult if they are only

:01:26. > :01:31.receiving their benefit once a month. The Government says the IT

:01:31. > :01:35.system has been rigorously tested and there are contingency plans in

:01:35. > :01:40.place and anyone who has trouble will be able to access someone via

:01:40. > :01:44.the phone or face to face. And a possible return to Parliament by

:01:44. > :01:48.Boris Johnson over the Heathrow expansion. What has he will to say

:01:48. > :01:51.about that? We hear this time and again about Boris Johnson. The

:01:51. > :01:56.Mayor of London has made clear he intends to carry out the duties he

:01:56. > :01:59.was asked to do by Londoners by being Mayor of this city, so he is

:01:59. > :02:02.putting that aside. But there've been rumours over the last week

:02:02. > :02:06.following the reshuffle last week, where people were thinking that

:02:06. > :02:09.perhaps that could indicate some kind of move towards a third runway

:02:09. > :02:12.at Heathrow, which Boris Johnson opposes. The Government has put

:02:12. > :02:16.that to bed in terms of commissioning a new commission

:02:16. > :02:20.which will look at whether or not there are alternatives. And Vince

:02:21. > :02:23.Cable, the Business Secretary, has reinforced that today. Thank you.

:02:23. > :02:26.Activist groups in Syria say more than 160 people died in fighting

:02:26. > :02:28.yesterday, with Government air attacks killing many in the

:02:28. > :02:35.northern city of Aleppo. Troops are also reported to have overrun

:02:35. > :02:38.rebel-held areas in the south of the capital, Damascus.

:02:38. > :02:42.A series of bomb attacks in Iraq over the weekend have killed at

:02:42. > :02:46.least 50 people and wounded more than 250. An attack near the shrine

:02:46. > :02:50.of a Shi'ite Imam in the south of Iraq this morning killed at least

:02:50. > :02:53.16 people when two car bombs exploded.

:02:53. > :02:56.Police are continuing their search of the al-Hilli family home in

:02:56. > :02:59.Surrey looking for any clues as to why they were victims of a gunman

:02:59. > :03:06.while on holiday in France. Let's speak to our Correspondent,

:03:06. > :03:11.Jonathan Blake, in Claygate. Jonathan, so the search resuming

:03:11. > :03:16.just after dawn today? Yes, that's right. It was just before 7 o'clock

:03:16. > :03:19.this morning when search teams from Surrey Police arrived here at the

:03:19. > :03:23.al-Hilli family home. After yesterday's forensic sweep of the

:03:23. > :03:26.property officers have been going room to room looking for any clues

:03:26. > :03:31.that may provide them with any evidence that they can pass on to

:03:31. > :03:34.the French authorities, who are leading this investigation. We saw

:03:34. > :03:39.firearms officers going into the property at one point. They arrived

:03:39. > :03:43.and spent around ten minutes in the house before leaving. We are not

:03:43. > :03:48.sure exactly why they were here but we are told their presence in a

:03:48. > :03:51.search operation of this kind may well be routine. Family liaison

:03:51. > :03:55.officers from Surrey Police have travelled to France to be with the

:03:55. > :03:58.family members there and help care for the two sisters who survived

:03:58. > :04:03.the attack and are still in hospital. We've seen more evidence

:04:03. > :04:08.this morning of the effect this has had on the local community, with

:04:08. > :04:11.silences held between two football matches and a special church

:04:11. > :04:15.service which the local vicar said was an opportunity for the local

:04:16. > :04:18.people to share in the shock of the tragedy of what has happened.

:04:18. > :04:21.you. Police in Durham have said they've

:04:21. > :04:23.found the body of 16-year-old Colin Dodds. The teenager went missing

:04:23. > :04:26.while playing with friends yesterday afternoon. It's thought

:04:27. > :04:29.he was swept away by the River Wear. His body was discovered in the

:04:29. > :04:31.early hours of this morning. Union members are gathering in

:04:32. > :04:34.Brighton for the TUC's annual congress, amid warnings from union

:04:34. > :04:37.leaders that more strikes are inevitable because of the public

:04:37. > :04:40.sector pay freeze and job cuts. TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber is

:04:40. > :04:43.stepping down, to be replaced by the TUC's first female leader,

:04:43. > :04:45.Frances O'Grady. Britain's biggest union, Unite is calling for a �1 an

:04:45. > :04:55.hour increase in the minimum wage, arguing the increased spending

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:04:55. > :04:58.power of low-paid workers would help stimulate the economy.

:04:58. > :05:01.There are more medal hopes for British athletes on the final day

:05:01. > :05:05.of competition at the Paralympics. David Weir is among those hoping

:05:05. > :05:08.for victory. He'll try to secure his fourth gold in the T54

:05:08. > :05:11.wheelchair marathon, which has got under way in the last half hour.

:05:11. > :05:17.Tonight's closing ceremony, called the Festival of the Flame, will