:00:12. > :00:17.Radical reform needed at the BBC - Lord Patten tells the corporation
:00:17. > :00:20.to "get a grip." The Director- General will leave with a year
:00:20. > :00:26.salary, as the chairman insists he is staying to restore confidence.
:00:26. > :00:36.If you are saying, does the BBC need a thorough structure ral,
:00:36. > :00:37.
:00:37. > :00:41.radical overhaul, then absolutely, it does. Also on the programme:
:00:41. > :00:44.Britain falls silent on Remembrance Sunday to honour all those lost in
:00:45. > :00:50.battle. Greece votes tonight on another
:00:50. > :00:55.round of austerity to try and ease its spiralling deficit. And
:00:55. > :01:05.Scotland get a rugby lesson, as they are overrun by New Zealand at
:01:05. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:18.Hello. Good evening. The chairman of the BBC Trust has said a radical
:01:19. > :01:22.overhaul of the corporation is needed in the wake of the
:01:22. > :01:30.resignation of the Director-General. Lord Patten said he did not bring
:01:30. > :01:34.pressure to bare on George Entwistle. Lord Patten vowed to
:01:34. > :01:40.restore confidence and trust in the BBC, which he said needed to get a
:01:40. > :01:44.grip. There is not a bloodbath yet, but
:01:44. > :01:50.this morning's newspaper headlines were truly dreadful for the BBC and
:01:50. > :01:54.for the man who held the top job for 52 days. He last night resigned,
:01:54. > :01:58.saying it was the honourable thing to do. The wholly exceptional
:01:58. > :02:05.events of the past few weeks have led me to conclude that the BBC
:02:05. > :02:08.should appoint a new leader. A new crisis for Newsnight... What
:02:08. > :02:11.put pay to George Entwistle, admitting he had not known in
:02:11. > :02:15.advance about the inaccurate Newsnight film and only learnt it
:02:15. > :02:19.was wrong hours after it was reported elsewhere. This morning,
:02:19. > :02:22.the fourth BBC inquiry looking at what has been going wrong, the
:02:22. > :02:27.chair of the BBC Trust was trying to stop the damage spreading.
:02:27. > :02:32.think I have to make sure that, in the interests of the license fee
:02:32. > :02:37.payer and the audience, that the BBC has a grip. I think my job is
:02:37. > :02:41.to make sure that we learn the lessons from those inquiries, that
:02:41. > :02:47.we restore confidence and trust in the BBC. If I don't do that, then I
:02:47. > :02:52.am sure people will let me know. defended the BBC's reputation.
:02:52. > :02:56.Just put this horrendous crisis on one side for a moment. The BBC is,
:02:56. > :03:01.has been one of the most respected national institutions. The last
:03:01. > :03:05.time the BBC faced a crisis this grave was a decade ago when it took
:03:05. > :03:10.on the Government over its reporting of Tony Blair's Iraq war
:03:10. > :03:15.dossier and lost. After the death of Dr Kelly and report by Lord
:03:15. > :03:17.Hutton, highly critical of the BBC's journalism, the then
:03:17. > :03:22.Director-General resigned. So too on that occasion did the BBC's
:03:22. > :03:28.chairman. Some commentators, some old friends
:03:28. > :03:33.say Lord Patten's job may be on the line now. I think it needs someone
:03:33. > :03:37.more energetic and focused. So the BBC needs a new chairman as well?
:03:37. > :03:43.am not going to say to an old friend he should resign. If I was
:03:43. > :03:48.him I would consider I am so tainted by this nonsense. There was
:03:48. > :03:54.backing for Lord Patten from Labour's deep pi leader. He has an
:03:54. > :03:58.-- deputy leader. He has a job to do. It's got, even as you described
:03:58. > :04:01.it as turmoil going on, there are news programmes, there are culture
:04:01. > :04:06.programmes, there are sports programmes, that everybody in this
:04:06. > :04:13.country loves and wants to watch. Meanwhile, the man temporarily in
:04:13. > :04:19.charge is Tim Davie, formally head of radio. Prompted by a failure in
:04:19. > :04:24.the journalism, a man from a marketing, not a journalistic
:04:24. > :04:28.background. So Tim Davie's first task will be to restore trust in
:04:28. > :04:33.the corporation's journalism. What will it take to restore that?
:04:33. > :04:38.One of Britain's most loved and admired institutions - the BBC
:04:38. > :04:41.finds itself engulfed in a firestorm, driven by allegations of
:04:42. > :04:45.management failure and scandal. When the dust settles, what will
:04:45. > :04:50.have changed? The BBC Trust has made it clear they want an overhaul
:04:50. > :04:54.of management structures. The chairman has said he joked there
:04:54. > :05:01.were more senior leaders in the BBC than there were in the Chinese
:05:01. > :05:05.Communist Party. If you are saying, does the BBC need a thorough,
:05:05. > :05:09.structural overhaul, then absolutely, it does. It is expected
:05:09. > :05:13.when the various inquiries report, heads will roll. MPs are asking
:05:13. > :05:17.whether the problem is cultural rather than individual. This is a
:05:17. > :05:21.culture not fit for purpose. It has shown that. It has let down the
:05:21. > :05:25.Director-General, who has lost his job, as a result. The BBC today
:05:25. > :05:28.took delivery of a report into who was responsible for the Newsnight
:05:28. > :05:33.investigation, which wrongly suggested a former senior
:05:33. > :05:37.Conservative was guilty of child sexual abuse. The head of news was
:05:37. > :05:42.not involved, because she had been moved aside after the Savile
:05:42. > :05:46.scandal. In her place, the controller of BBC 5 Live was
:05:47. > :05:50.overseeing the programme. There have been questions too about
:05:50. > :05:56.whether Newsnight itself can survive the scandals. That's all we
:05:56. > :05:59.have for tonight. Newsnight will be back on Monday... Probably.
:05:59. > :06:03.Today, current and former presenters of the 32-year-old
:06:03. > :06:13.programme have been defending the Newsnight brand. Jeremy Paxman
:06:13. > :06:27.
:06:27. > :06:32.The point is it is a brilliant programme. It produces wonderful
:06:32. > :06:36.stuff hand has done so successfully for 32 year -- stuff and has done
:06:36. > :06:40.so successfully for 32 years. To change it would be absurd. Of
:06:40. > :06:44.course people on Newsnight have made mistakes. They will have to
:06:44. > :06:48.suffer for that. Critics have been quick to question whether the
:06:48. > :06:54.scandals prove the publicly-funded broadcaster is too big and powerful,
:06:54. > :06:57.the license fee unsustainable. Public trust in BBC News has fallen.
:06:57. > :07:02.There BBC has been through crisis before. This will be very
:07:02. > :07:07.unpleasant. It has a long way to go. The BBC will survive because the
:07:07. > :07:12.BBC generally is trusted. The BBC is clearly wounded and vulnerable.
:07:12. > :07:16.This is a scandal founded upon wounded and vulnerable people - the
:07:16. > :07:20.victims of child sexual abuse. The corporation's greatest mistake, it
:07:20. > :07:26.is suggested, would be to forget that.
:07:26. > :07:29.Well, we can speak to our political correspondent, who is outside New
:07:29. > :07:32.Broadcasting House. That investigation we were hearing about
:07:32. > :07:37.into the Newsnight programme is reporting back this evening. Any
:07:37. > :07:41.ideas what is in it? That report by the head of BBC Scotland was
:07:41. > :07:44.presented to the BBC Trust tonight, at a meeting around the corner. The
:07:44. > :07:48.details and recommendations will be set out tomorrow. Following that
:07:48. > :07:56.meeting, it has emerged that the outgoing Director-General, George
:07:57. > :08:01.Entwistle, will receive a full 12 months' salary, that is �450,000.
:08:01. > :08:08.He is entitled to a six-month payoff because he voluntarily
:08:08. > :08:13.stepped down. The Trust took that decision to expe dit his departure.
:08:13. > :08:18.It may provide more am munition to the corporation's critics. Easy
:08:18. > :08:20.headlines for many newspapers and surely has the potential to
:08:20. > :08:23.increase public anxiety over the corporation's handling of this
:08:23. > :08:27.affair. On the plus side for the BBC though, there is at the moment
:08:27. > :08:31.no sign of anyone in Government wanting to intervene directly in
:08:31. > :08:35.the BBC over this. I am told Mr Cameron's view is this is a crisis
:08:35. > :08:41.for the BBC and the BBC alone to resolve. Although he thinks it is
:08:41. > :08:47.serious and difficult, he does not believe this is a crisis for the
:08:47. > :08:52.BBC, where its survival is at risk. Thank you. Police investigating the
:08:52. > :08:55.Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal have arrested a former BBC producer
:08:55. > :09:00.in Cambridge. Wilfred De'ath has been bailed after being questioned
:09:00. > :09:04.about alleged sexual offences. He has denied any wrong doing. Israel
:09:04. > :09:10.has warned it will take tougher action against Syria if there is
:09:10. > :09:14.any repeat of an incident today where a stray shell hit the Golan
:09:14. > :09:19.Heights. We can speak to our Middle East
:09:19. > :09:23.correspondent, who is in Jerusalem. Where do today's events leave us?
:09:23. > :09:28.Israel has no desire to get dragged into Syria's civil war. As in
:09:28. > :09:33.Turkey, that civil war is spilling out into Syria's neighbours. In
:09:33. > :09:38.recent days, shells and mortars have landed on the Israeli side of
:09:38. > :09:40.the Golan Heights, not fired directly, but as a consequence of
:09:40. > :09:44.the fighting. Israel warned the Syrian Government it would take
:09:44. > :09:49.action. It did today, firing warning shots. That is the first
:09:49. > :09:56.time it has happened since the two were at war in 1973. There have
:09:56. > :09:59.been developments elsewhere today. A raft of opposition groups have
:09:59. > :10:04.united under one umbrella organisation. That should make them
:10:04. > :10:09.more attractive to foreign investment and help, even perhaps
:10:09. > :10:12.military help, perhaps even from Britain in the future. Thank you.
:10:12. > :10:17.A two-minutes' silence has been held to remember the British and
:10:17. > :10:21.Commonwealth Armed Forces who have died during conflicts T Queen was
:10:21. > :10:30.joined by Prince Philip and other members of the Royal Family. Around
:10:30. > :10:35.the country people fell silent to It is a day which tends to restore
:10:35. > :10:40.a sense of perspective. On this 11th day of the 11th month t
:10:40. > :10:43.anniversary of the arm tis which ended the First World War, we
:10:43. > :10:47.remember the people from Britain and the Commonwealth who gave their
:10:47. > :10:53.lives in the world wars and the many hundreds who have died in
:10:53. > :11:03.conflicts since. At 11am, the Queen led the national
:11:03. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:42.LAST POST At the Cenotaph, after the sounding
:11:42. > :11:46.of the Last Post, the Queen placed her wreath in remembrance of those
:11:46. > :11:52.whose lives have been lost in the service of their country.
:11:52. > :11:56.The Duke of Edinburgh, the only official wreath-layer who saw
:11:56. > :12:06.front-line service himself in World War II, in the Royal Navy, placed
:12:06. > :12:06.
:12:06. > :12:12.back to salute after placing his wreath.
:12:13. > :12:20.After the official wreath-laying, it was time for the veterans to
:12:20. > :12:25.march past the sen -- Cenotaph, remembering those whose lives have
:12:25. > :12:30.been altered forever by injury, a day for reflection for those on
:12:30. > :12:37.parade and for those watching and to paying tribute to lost lives
:12:37. > :12:42.from yesterday's generations and today 's.
:12:42. > :12:49.Remembrance Sunday has been marked by serving personnel in hell hand
:12:49. > :12:55.province, where a special service - - in Helmand province, where a
:12:55. > :13:05.special service was held in Lashkar Under a warm Afghan winter sun the
:13:05. > :13:06.
:13:06. > :13:11.men and women of Taskforce Helmand gathered to remember.
:13:11. > :13:21.Just before 11.00am, a piper from the Royal Dragoon Guards played and
:13:21. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:32.Despite their youth, many have already lost friends and comrades
:13:32. > :13:41.on this and previous operations. Given this -- giving this this day
:13:41. > :13:45.a deeper resonance. The Padre has sought to offer solace to those.
:13:45. > :13:50.Five in this brigade have died since September. Four killed by
:13:50. > :13:52.Afghan allies. We think of what's going on today here in Helmand and
:13:52. > :13:55.sacrifices which unfortunately we are still making and our families
:13:55. > :13:57.and loved ones particularly are standing and waiting for our safe
:13:57. > :14:00.return. For this brigade there's little
:14:00. > :14:04.time to mourn their losses while they're here. They'll have to do
:14:04. > :14:14.that when they return home. But carrying on after losing friends
:14:14. > :14:16.
:14:17. > :14:23.and comrades is always hard. Yes, it is hard. I'd be lying if I
:14:23. > :14:26.said that it wasn't. But in the long-term we have to work with the
:14:26. > :14:30.Afghan national security forces to help make them better so that we
:14:30. > :14:34.can then hand it over in good shape and then hand all our
:14:34. > :14:38.responsibilities over to them by 2014.
:14:38. > :14:42.Today has been a working day for British troops in Helmand in the
:14:42. > :14:51.the 11th year of this campaign, a campaign that's now lasted longer
:14:51. > :14:53.than both world wars combined. Thousands of protesters have
:14:53. > :14:56.gathered outside the Greek Parliament, where a crucial vote is
:14:56. > :15:02.being held on a raft of spending cuts and labour reforms to deal
:15:02. > :15:07.with the country's deficit. Our correspondent Mark Lowen is in
:15:07. > :15:10.Athens. Has the vote been passed yet? The voting has just begun in
:15:10. > :15:13.the parliament building behind me, we will get the results in the next
:15:13. > :15:16.few minutes. It's expected to pass albeit with a small majority, but
:15:16. > :15:22.the budget bill makes for devastating reading. The economy
:15:22. > :15:26.here will shrink next year by 4.5%, the 6th consecutive year in
:15:26. > :15:35.recession, the worst recession of any country in modern history and
:15:35. > :15:39.public debt is set to soar. Of course, that comes on top of swing
:15:39. > :15:43.swinging austerity measures. Pensions will be cut on average by
:15:43. > :15:48.�120, the equivalent of, every month. The salaries of those such
:15:48. > :15:52.as police officers, soldiers and doctors will be slashed by, on
:15:52. > :15:59.average, �400 per month, all of this for Greece to receive more
:15:59. > :16:02.vital rescue funds from the EU and IMF. But still there is plenty of
:16:03. > :16:07.protests stoked by all these austerity measures and a crisis of
:16:07. > :16:11.faith in democracy itself, just 3% of Greeks according to polls now
:16:11. > :16:16.trust their politicians. Plenty of doubts over Greece's future ahead
:16:16. > :16:26.and its future within the euro. Thank you.
:16:26. > :16:27.
:16:27. > :16:29.Sport now. Good evening. Before I give the results of today's Premier
:16:29. > :16:32.League matches in England and Scotland - both MOTD2 and
:16:32. > :16:36.Sportscene follow the news, so if you don't want to know what
:16:36. > :16:39.happened - this is your chance to leave the room.
:16:39. > :16:42.Champions Manchester City came from a goal down to beat Tottenham 2-1
:16:42. > :16:48.at the Etihad. Substitute Edin Dzeko scoring the winner in the
:16:48. > :16:50.88th minute. It means City move up to second after Chelsea drew 1-1
:16:50. > :16:56.with Liverpool. John Terry marked his comeback with
:16:56. > :17:01.a goal but was later carried off injured. And, West Ham are now 6th
:17:01. > :17:05.after beating Newcastle 1-0 away. Celtic have slipped from the top
:17:05. > :17:08.spot in the Scottish Premier League. They were held to a 1-1 draw at
:17:08. > :17:12.home to St Johnstone. Hibernian are now top with a 2-1 victory over
:17:12. > :17:15.Dundee United. The might of Southern Hemisphere
:17:15. > :17:17.Rugby Union continued to dominate on the opening weekend of the
:17:17. > :17:21.Autumn Internationals. Scotland have never beaten New Zealand and
:17:21. > :17:28.they lost again to the world champions - 51-22 at Murrayfield.
:17:28. > :17:31.Olly Foster reports. How the All Blacks must relish a
:17:31. > :17:35.match against Scotland. One day history will be made, but not today.
:17:35. > :17:38.Even though they were spurred on by the country's greatest Olympian,
:17:38. > :17:44.because Scotland's best rugby players were a long way short of
:17:44. > :17:50.the All Blacks, not even this early try could disguise that. Dan Carter
:17:50. > :17:55.was one of the All Blacks stars worth the entrance alone. Nine
:17:55. > :18:02.successful kicks and he ran the show. Three more All Blacks tries
:18:02. > :18:07.before half-time. The Scottish mood wasn't much brighter. The All
:18:07. > :18:11.Blacks weren't perfect. Thompson was sin-binned for his use of the
:18:11. > :18:15.boot. Scotland became the first team to put three tries past the
:18:16. > :18:21.All Blacks this year. A crumb of comfort. Carter dropped a beautiful
:18:21. > :18:25.kick into the path of Suave for the try of the match that summed up the
:18:25. > :18:29.Gulf between the two sides. A side like New Zealand, they've great
:18:30. > :18:35.runners and great control of the ball and we were passive. That's
:18:35. > :18:42.frustrating. Carter says the All Blacks can still improve. Scotland
:18:42. > :18:44.simply must. Next weekend it's South Africa at Murrayfield.
:18:45. > :18:49.In Salford, England's Rugby League side thrashed France 48-4 to win
:18:49. > :18:53.the final of their Autumn International series.
:18:53. > :18:56.And, Andy Murray has been beaten in the last four of the ATP World Tour