:00:09. > :00:11.Nick Clegg defends the Liberal Democrats' record in Government,
:00:11. > :00:14.but says there are further difficulties ahead. He told the
:00:14. > :00:17.party conference that they will only support further cuts in
:00:17. > :00:25.exchange for a wealth tax. Britain will be a fairer, greener better
:00:25. > :00:28.place because of what we have done and what we will do.
:00:28. > :00:33.Outrage from teaching unions as the chief inspector of schools in
:00:33. > :00:36.England says teachers should work harder to get a pay rise.
:00:36. > :00:46.And what was it that lit up the night skies? A natural wonder or
:00:46. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.Good evening. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has warned the Liberal
:01:08. > :01:11.Democrats of further scars ahead in Government, but has insisted that
:01:11. > :01:13.Coalition is the only way forward for the party. Mr Clegg said the
:01:13. > :01:16.Liberal Democrats would agree to extend joint spending plans with
:01:16. > :01:19.the Conservatives for an extra year after the next election, but
:01:19. > :01:25.insisted the wealthy must pay more tax in return. Our political
:01:25. > :01:30.correspondent Vicki Young reports from Brighton.
:01:30. > :01:33.Nick Clegg's a man with a dilemma. He's come to Brighton to tell
:01:33. > :01:36.Liberal Democrats to fight their corner, but he knows they'll also
:01:36. > :01:41.have to show that coalition Government is working. His message
:01:41. > :01:45.couldn't be clearer: he has no intention of walking away before
:01:45. > :01:49.the next election. Nick Clegg, shame on you! That's a tough
:01:49. > :01:53.message for a party that's on the receiving end of voters' anger over
:01:53. > :01:57.cuts, and now Mr Clegg signed up for an extra year of joint spending
:01:57. > :02:06.plans with the Tories, but when he took to the stage tonight, he made
:02:07. > :02:12.it clear what his priority would be. Lower taxes on work and more tax on
:02:12. > :02:16.our earned wealth. I want to reward people who put in a proper shift,
:02:16. > :02:19.not those who sit on a fortune. Nick Clegg said it was no secret
:02:20. > :02:22.that the Lib Dems had different priorities to their coalition
:02:22. > :02:28.partners and Le Warneed disgruntled Conservative MPs that they couldn't
:02:28. > :02:33.call the shots. My message to those Conservative backbench MPs who
:02:33. > :02:38.seemed to think that they've got the right to force a turbo-charged
:02:38. > :02:42.right-wing agenda on our country is this: you didn't win the election.
:02:42. > :02:46.APPLAUSE You don't have a majority. And the
:02:46. > :02:50.British people have not given you the right to act like you do.
:02:50. > :02:54.Clegg urged activists to shout about their achievements - extra
:02:54. > :02:58.money for disadvantaged pupils, income tax cuts for low and middle
:02:58. > :03:01.earners, but after his recent apology over tuition fees, he
:03:01. > :03:04.conceded not everything had gone to plan. So it's half-time in this
:03:05. > :03:08.Parliament. There were times in the first half when we as a party made
:03:08. > :03:15.errors. We've learned some hard lessons, when the second half is
:03:15. > :03:19.over, we'll no doubt emerge with a few more scars, but we'll be able
:03:19. > :03:24.to tell people about the things we've achieved. In the week ahead,
:03:24. > :03:27.Nick Clegg has a tricky task - he wants to project the Lib Dems'
:03:27. > :03:33.distinct identity, but after friction with the Tories over the
:03:33. > :03:36.summer, he needs to make it plain that the coalition is stable. And
:03:36. > :03:40.Vicki is in Brighton now. Obviously Nick Clegg looking ahead to what
:03:40. > :03:44.could be a pretty tricky week. lot of this week for Nick Clegg
:03:44. > :03:47.will be about reassuring his party who are pretty nervous about where
:03:47. > :03:51.all of this is going. I think they do believe that if they can turn
:03:51. > :03:55.the economy around then things could all go OK for them in the end.
:03:55. > :03:58.On that note there has been an unwelcome intervention by Richard
:03:58. > :04:01.Reeves, who until the summer was one of Nick Clegg's closest
:04:01. > :04:04.advisors. He's going to be issuing a pamphlet tomorrow where he talks
:04:05. > :04:08.about some of the mistakes he thinks they have made in the early
:04:08. > :04:11.months over the economy. He says he thinks the coalition tightened more
:04:12. > :04:15.than necessary in the first two years, relied a bit too much on
:04:15. > :04:18.spending cuts rather than tax rises and he thinks they could have
:04:18. > :04:24.borrowed more to invest. Of course you won't be surprised to hear that
:04:24. > :04:29.Labour have seized on this as a vindication of the views they have.
:04:29. > :04:32.They're waking up in Brighton with not great reading with opinion
:04:32. > :04:37.polls putting them close to UKIP in system of those polls. The Liberal
:04:37. > :04:41.Democrats point out in those are a lot of undecided voters. They say
:04:41. > :04:45.there are still two-and-a-half years to go where they can change
:04:45. > :04:49.people's minds. Thank you very much. The Tory Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell
:04:49. > :04:53.is resisting calls to stand down after claims he swore at Downing
:04:53. > :04:58.Street police officers and called them plebs. Mr Minuteel has denied
:04:58. > :05:01.using the alleged word, but has apologised for his behaviour.
:05:01. > :05:05.Carole Walker joins me in the studio. Opposition, again, calling
:05:05. > :05:08.on him to clarify what he said. He's still under pressure, isn't
:05:08. > :05:12.he? That's right. Labour are saying Downing Street should review all
:05:12. > :05:16.the evidence - the closed-circuit television, the accounts from the
:05:16. > :05:20.police officers' own notebooks to see exactly what has happened.
:05:20. > :05:23.Andrew Mitchell, of course, has denied he swore. He's denied he
:05:23. > :05:27.used the word "pleb", but the Police Federation say the accounts
:05:28. > :05:31.from the police officers themselves show that he did. Now, today, Tim
:05:31. > :05:36.Farron, the Lib Dem president, didn't help his case by saying if
:05:36. > :05:38.it was true he'd used these words, then that would be beyond
:05:39. > :05:41.unacceptable, but the Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke, a very
:05:41. > :05:45.senior politician, has said that he believes Andrew Mitchell is a
:05:45. > :05:48.reasonable and courteous man and that matters should be simply left
:05:48. > :05:55.to rest. Well, I think tonight Andrew Mitchell will certainly be
:05:55. > :06:05.hoping that he's right anding he -- he can hang on to his job. Thank
:06:05. > :06:07.you. The Chief Inspector of Schools in
:06:07. > :06:10.England, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has infuriated teaching unions by
:06:10. > :06:13.suggesting that teachers should work harder to get a pay rise. His
:06:13. > :06:16.comments come as around half a million teaching staff in England
:06:16. > :06:18.and Wales prepare to stage a work to rule this week in protest over
:06:18. > :06:21.pay and conditions. This report from Sophie Hutchinson.
:06:21. > :06:25.Schools are being told to do better. Overall, 40% of lessons were not
:06:25. > :06:28.good enough according to Ofsted's last full report. Now the Chief
:06:28. > :06:31.Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has warned teachers they'll be marked
:06:31. > :06:36.down if they're not seen to be going the extra mile and that
:06:36. > :06:46.schools will be marked down if they reward staff who underperform. In a
:06:46. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :06:55.statement, the school watchdog I think what we have to look at
:06:55. > :06:58.with Mr Wilshaw's comments today, he's talking about teachers working
:06:58. > :07:02.longer to get extra pay when teachers, all the surveys show, are
:07:02. > :07:05.working more than 50 hours a week. Do you know that 50% of newly
:07:05. > :07:10.qualified teachers leave the job within the first five years because
:07:10. > :07:14.of the long working hours and the stress? Ofsted says going the extra
:07:14. > :07:19.mile isn't just about working longer hours by undertaking
:07:19. > :07:23.breakfast and after-school clubs, but also about improving lessons.
:07:23. > :07:27.The Chief Inspector's comments have come at a particularly sensitive
:07:27. > :07:31.time. Teachers have had their pay frozen, and in the past year,
:07:31. > :07:36.they've taken part in walk-outs and protests here in Westminster about
:07:36. > :07:41.changes to their pensions. Now, being told that they have to work
:07:41. > :07:46.harder is not going down well. The NUT says more than 80% of its
:07:46. > :07:49.members have voted in favour of walk-outs like this one in May.
:07:49. > :07:53.Next week, thousands of teachers will begin a programme of
:07:53. > :07:59.industrial action which is just short of a strike. Today's row
:07:59. > :08:03.certainly won't be the last clash over the future of our schools.
:08:03. > :08:06.An Islamist militia which was accused of killing the American
:08:06. > :08:10.ambassador to Libya earlier this month has been driven out of the
:08:10. > :08:14.city of Benghazi. At least ten people were killed when protesters
:08:14. > :08:18.and police stormed the headquarters of the group following mass
:08:18. > :08:21.demonstrations against militias. A Pakistani government Minister has
:08:21. > :08:24.offered a reward of $100,000, over �60,000, for the death of the maker
:08:24. > :08:27.of an anti-Islam film produced in America. The Railways Minister
:08:27. > :08:30.called on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to take part in what he called "a
:08:30. > :08:40.noble deed". A government spokesman has condemned the remarks. This
:08:40. > :08:49.
:08:49. > :08:53.report from our correspondent Orla Funeral prayers today for one of
:08:53. > :08:59.those killed in Friday's demonstrations. The Government had
:08:59. > :09:03.sanctioned a day of protest, but called for it to be peaceful.
:09:03. > :09:11.Instead, there was rage on the streets against the film and
:09:11. > :09:16.against the United States, which is seen by many here as the enemy. And
:09:16. > :09:22.after the mayhem and destruction, now an extraordinary statement from
:09:22. > :09:29.a Government Minister soliciting the murder of the film-maker. -- to
:09:29. > :09:34.applause from local journalists in the city of Peshawar.
:09:34. > :09:41.TRANSLATION: I invite Taliban and Al-Qaeda to take part in this noble
:09:41. > :09:46.cause. I will give $100,000 to whoever succeeds. The fee is handed
:09:46. > :09:51.over to me - I will do it myself. The Minister may have been playing
:09:51. > :09:53.to the gallery, but he was speaking for himself, not the government of
:09:53. > :09:57.Pakistan. Tonight, it has completely disassociated itself
:09:57. > :10:04.from his remarks. A spokesman didn't rule out action against him,
:10:04. > :10:07.but said for now, he would remain in his post.
:10:07. > :10:09.The Free Syrian Army, the main rebel group fighting the forces of
:10:09. > :10:12.President Bashar al Assad,- claim to have moved their command
:10:12. > :10:15.headquarters from neighbouring Turkey into Syria itself. They say
:10:15. > :10:17.the move is in preparation for an eventual assault on the capital
:10:17. > :10:27.Damascus. Today rebels claimed to have brought down a government
:10:27. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:31.fighter jet near the northern city of Idlib.
:10:31. > :10:34.The Ministry of Defence has named a soldier who died yesterday in
:10:34. > :10:36.Afghanistan. Sergeant Jonathan Eric Kups served with the Royal
:10:36. > :10:46.Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and died while at Camp Bastion in
:10:46. > :10:54.
:10:54. > :10:59.Helmand province. Now to sport and for a full roundup of all of
:10:59. > :11:04.today's action, here's Karthi at the BBC Sports Centre.
:11:04. > :11:08.Good evening. Thank you very much. We start with the Premier League.
:11:08. > :11:10.Match of the Day follows the news, so if you don't want to know what
:11:10. > :11:13.happened yet, please leave the room for a moment.
:11:13. > :11:16.Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea remain top of the table following their 1-
:11:16. > :11:19.0 win against Stoke at Stamford Bridge. Ashley Cole scoring his
:11:19. > :11:21.first goal in over two years to secure the win for Chelsea in the
:11:21. > :11:24.85th minute. Everton are in second place just
:11:24. > :11:29.three points behind Chelsea after continuing their promising start to
:11:29. > :11:38.the season with an emphatic 3-0 win over ten man Swansea.
:11:38. > :11:40.Elsewhere, Southampton came from West Brom are in third place after
:11:40. > :11:46.beating bottom-of-the-table Reading 1-0. Sunderland drew one all at
:11:46. > :11:49.West Ham and Fulham beat Wigan 2-1. In the Scottish Premier League,
:11:49. > :11:52.Celtic recorded their first victory this month by beating Dundee 2-0.
:11:52. > :11:54.Hibernian could have gone top of the table, but they squandered a
:11:54. > :12:02.two-goal lead to share the points with Inverness Calley Thistle.
:12:02. > :12:05.League leaders Motherwell face 18-year-old Laura Robson was
:12:05. > :12:08.bidding to become the first British woman since 1988 to win a tour
:12:08. > :12:11.singles title today. She faced Hsieh Su-wei, ranked 21 places
:12:11. > :12:14.higher at 53 in the world. Although Robson took her to a deciding set,
:12:14. > :12:17.the youngest player in the top 100 couldn't quite complete the victory
:12:17. > :12:20.with Shay taking the third set 6-4 and the Guangzhou Open title
:12:20. > :12:22.England's men's cricket team continue the defence of their world
:12:22. > :12:24.Twenty/20 title against India tomorrow, but their female
:12:24. > :12:27.counterparts are also in action in Sri Lanka. Charlotte Edwards' side
:12:27. > :12:33.begin their World Twenty/20 campaign later this week and warmed
:12:33. > :12:37.up for it by thrashing South Africa. Joe Wilson reports.
:12:37. > :12:45.In Columbo on Saturday, one of the outstanding sporting teams in
:12:45. > :12:49.Britain had come to practise, England's female Tbenty20
:12:49. > :12:52.cricketers. They have lost just two match, but they warmed up here by
:12:53. > :12:57.making 180 against South Africa, impressing anyone who happened to
:12:57. > :13:00.be passing. The captain got past 50 then retired to let someone else
:13:00. > :13:08.have aba. It won't be straight forward in the tournament. Amongst
:13:09. > :13:13.Asian women cricket is catching on. When things go to plan, England
:13:13. > :13:17.will be back in Colombo for the final next month. That match will
:13:17. > :13:21.be played just before the final in the men's competition, but whilst
:13:22. > :13:26.the male winners will collect $1 million, first prize in the women's
:13:26. > :13:31.tournament, $60,000. If we could get more, I am not complaining - if
:13:31. > :13:35.someone wants to give me a million pounds to win it. You deserve more,
:13:35. > :13:38.don't you? That's for other people to talk about outside our group.
:13:38. > :13:44.Our group is fully focused on doing well, and money doesn't play a part
:13:44. > :13:48.of us. For the record, chasing 180, South Africa were all out for 59 -
:13:48. > :13:51.a good day, even by England's standards.
:13:51. > :13:54.Lewis Hamilton produced a stunning drive in qualifying today to take
:13:54. > :13:57.pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix. The McLaren driver has
:13:57. > :14:00.won two of the last three Formula One races and has now secured a
:14:00. > :14:06.24th career pole position. World champion Sebastian Vettel starts on
:14:06. > :14:09.the second row. Olympic Champion Marion Vos has won
:14:10. > :14:12.the road race world title to become only the second woman to complete
:14:12. > :14:15.cycling's double in the same year. Vos won after avoiding a
:14:15. > :14:22.spectacular pile-up that took out half of the field. The crash held
:14:22. > :14:29.up Britain's Emma Pooley, who finished in 15th place.
:14:29. > :14:32.That's all from the BBC Sport Centre. Thanks, Karthi.
:14:33. > :14:35.Now, if you happened to look up at the stars last night, you may have
:14:36. > :14:39.witnessed a bright object racing across the sky. It was spotted by
:14:39. > :14:42.thousands of people across the UK. Many assumed it was a meteor shower,
:14:42. > :14:49.but astronomers say it may have had more earthly origins, as Simon
:14:49. > :14:56.Cleminson reports. Scorching the night sky, not a view
:14:56. > :15:00.from a telescope, just a close reminder that we sit on a planet in
:15:00. > :15:05.a universe. Suddenly, we have bright colours - initially you
:15:05. > :15:08.think it's very blanch fireworks, and it became self-evident it was
:15:08. > :15:11.something large breaking up in the atmosphere. There was hardly a
:15:11. > :15:16.corner of the country where someone didn't look up and catch a glimpse.
:15:16. > :15:20.It was like Independence Day. There must have been 10 or 15 huge pieces.
:15:20. > :15:25.I thought it was a plane at first. It was low on the horizon and
:15:26. > :15:29.moving much slower than exld expect to see a shooting star. It was
:15:29. > :15:34.amazing. Space walk, though the speed suggests a different
:15:34. > :15:37.explannatesation. It may have started its life here on earth, a
:15:37. > :15:41.piece of manmade space debris making a return journey. A chunk of
:15:41. > :15:45.this size comes in at 18,000mph. There is a luge amount of energy,
:15:45. > :15:50.that sort of thing, crashes into the atmosphere, starts to fall
:15:50. > :15:55.apart, starts to burn up and leaves this spectacular trail. Small
:15:55. > :15:58.fragments disintegrating are not going to keep anyone awake at night
:15:58. > :16:02.to worry, but the spectacle they create has been well worth staying
:16:02. > :16:07.up for. That's all from the newsroom