:00:11. > :00:15.200,000 parents opt out of receiving child benefit ahead of
:00:16. > :00:18.major changes to the system. Those who haven't, an estimated one
:00:18. > :00:22.million high earners, will continue to receive the money but have to
:00:22. > :00:26.pay it back later in tax. Labour says confusion over the reforms
:00:26. > :00:31.render them a shambles. More unrest in Northern Ireland
:00:31. > :00:35.with police coming under sustained attack. One man's arrested on
:00:35. > :00:38.suspicion of attempted murder after reports of shots fired at officers.
:00:39. > :00:43.Thousands are forced to flee their homes in Australia as bushfires
:00:43. > :00:47.sweep through the south-east of the country.
:00:47. > :00:57.And, dramatic day in the FA Cup third round, including this last-
:00:57. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.minute goal by Manchester United's Good evening. The deadline for high
:01:08. > :01:11.earning parents to opt out of the child benefit system will come into
:01:11. > :01:16.force on Monday but new figures show fewer than a fifth of them
:01:16. > :01:19.have registered to stop payments. It means around a million people
:01:19. > :01:23.will continue to receive the benefits but then face having to
:01:23. > :01:27.pay money back in tax. Ministers deny the new system is overly
:01:27. > :01:32.complicated but Labour has accused them of presiding over a shambles.
:01:32. > :01:36.Our political correspondent Chris Mason reports.
:01:36. > :01:39.For years it's been a benefit for all families, regardless of wealth.
:01:39. > :01:44.Now more than a million higher earning families will find at least
:01:44. > :01:47.some of their child benefit payments disappearing.
:01:47. > :01:52.The changes will affect any family which has at least one parent
:01:52. > :01:56.earning over �50,000 a year. There will and sliding scale for those
:01:56. > :02:01.with one income between �50,000 and �60,000, meaning those families
:02:01. > :02:08.will lose just some of the payments. But those with a salary over
:02:08. > :02:12.�60,000 will lose all of their child benefit.
:02:13. > :02:17.For this family from Chingford on the outskirts of London, there will
:02:17. > :02:21.soon be more pressure on their budget because the dad earns more
:02:21. > :02:29.than �60,000. They will lose all of their child benefit, even though
:02:29. > :02:34.mum doesn't work. It should be household income and not looking at
:02:34. > :02:38.one partner, one salary. Whereas there are couples who earn just a
:02:38. > :02:42.touch under �50,000 each and will continue to get the full child
:02:42. > :02:46.benefit. Ministers say it would be too
:02:46. > :02:51.complex to use total household income to calculate the changes.
:02:51. > :02:55.And are defending their plan. a tough decision, we don't make any
:02:55. > :02:59.bones about this. This is going to have an impact on people's living
:02:59. > :03:05.standards. But at a time when we are making difficult decisions on
:03:05. > :03:09.the welfare bill, where we are borrowing more money than we can
:03:09. > :03:14.reasonably do, it is right that we take those difficult decisions.
:03:14. > :03:18.The Government is in a race to save money and be seen to do so fairly
:03:18. > :03:23.but critics say the practicalities of these changes are complicated.
:03:23. > :03:28.Those affected must either give up their child benefit now, or have it
:03:28. > :03:32.clawed back through the tax system. It's also drawing a lot of people
:03:32. > :03:36.into the very complicated self- assessment tax return process. It's
:03:36. > :03:39.possibly one of the greatest administrative shambles that we are
:03:39. > :03:43.going to be seeing from the Treasury.
:03:43. > :03:47.The changes were originally announced in the Budget by the
:03:47. > :03:52.Chancellor. They'll save the Treasury up to �2 billion a year.
:03:53. > :03:57.But ministers insisted then and now only the better off would be hit.
:03:57. > :04:02.85% of families will remain completely unaffected.
:04:02. > :04:06.Chris is in Westminster now. How is this going to play out ahead of
:04:06. > :04:09.what will be a challenging week for Government over benefits policy?
:04:09. > :04:13.The political calculation the coalition has made here is that
:04:13. > :04:16.these changes to child benefit are actually quite hard to oppose.
:04:16. > :04:21.George Osborne has written a piece in tomorrow's Mail on Sunday in
:04:21. > :04:24.which he says yes, tpeups with an earner making more than �50,000
:04:24. > :04:27.won't necessarily think of themselves as rich, won't think of
:04:27. > :04:31.themselves as having money to spare. But there's a crucial political
:04:31. > :04:36.challenge here, it's a challenge to be seen to be economically credible
:04:36. > :04:39.and fair. Remember that soundbite - we are all in this together. Those
:04:39. > :04:42.in Government say this is an illustration of that. On Tuesday is
:04:42. > :04:46.sa broader debate about benefits and the suggestion from the
:04:46. > :04:50.Government that there should be a 1% rise in working age benefits
:04:50. > :04:53.such as jobseeker's allowance, effectively a real terms cut. The
:04:53. > :04:57.Government says that's fair because in the past benefits have been
:04:58. > :05:02.rising faster than wages. Labour say no, look plenty of these
:05:02. > :05:07.benefits go to working-age people. The debate is going to get noisy T
:05:07. > :05:14.will get noisy because it matters. It matters, because being seen to
:05:14. > :05:17.be economically credible and fair is so, so important. Thank you.
:05:17. > :05:20.There've been more clashes between police and loyalist protestors in
:05:20. > :05:23.Belfast tonight, with reports of shots being fired and one man
:05:23. > :05:27.arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Cars have been set on fire
:05:27. > :05:30.and stones and fireworks thrown at police. The demonstrations are the
:05:30. > :05:36.latest against a decision to limit the number of days the Union flag
:05:36. > :05:42.is flown over the City Hall. From Belfast, Andy Martin reports.
:05:42. > :05:46.As the dispute enters a second month, nights like these gradually
:05:46. > :05:51.create new, deeper tensions and grievances, not necessarily
:05:51. > :05:55.connected to what flag flies over Belfast's City Hall.
:05:55. > :05:58.The trouble started this afternoon. The police moved early to clear
:05:58. > :06:02.rioters from the streets. They've been dealing with flag protests and
:06:02. > :06:06.road blocks for a month now and patience is wearing thin. They were
:06:06. > :06:10.hit with bricks, stones and smoke cannisters as one group of
:06:10. > :06:13.loyalists made their way home from a protest at City Hall which has
:06:13. > :06:17.been taking place every Saturday since councillors voted to limit
:06:17. > :06:20.the number of days on which the Union flag can be flown above the
:06:20. > :06:25.building. Loyalists claim that the trouble started when they were
:06:25. > :06:29.attacked by nationalists en route and the police moved to contain the
:06:29. > :06:33.reaction. Skwraus few streets away a car is burning on the Newtownards
:06:34. > :06:41.Road, the the scene now of three nights of trouble. Loyalists say
:06:41. > :06:45.the police have been heavy-manneded -- heavy-manneded in their approach.
:06:45. > :06:48.Instead of the police going to the aggressors, they went the easy
:06:48. > :06:53.route and towards the protesters. Instead of trying to push the
:06:53. > :06:57.Republicans back to the Short Strand they wept for the unionist -
:06:57. > :07:00.- went for the unionist community. Dozens of police officers have been
:07:00. > :07:04.injured during the trouble and the police are investigating reports
:07:04. > :07:08.that shots were fired. A man has been arrested on suspicion of
:07:08. > :07:11.attempted mur. -- murder. Loyalists say they will
:07:12. > :07:16.continue protests until the flag is over the city hall every day of the
:07:16. > :07:21.year. In the meantime, relations between loyalists and nationalists
:07:21. > :07:27.and loyalists and the police are being soarly tested.
:07:27. > :07:30.-- sorely tested. A Nepalese army officer has
:07:30. > :07:33.appeared in court in London charged with torture. Colonel Kumar Lama,
:07:33. > :07:35.who's 46 and lives in Hastings, in East Sussex, was remanded in
:07:35. > :07:41.custody by Westminster magistrates. The alleged offences took place in
:07:42. > :07:44.2005, during Nepal's civil war. The Girl Guides are considering
:07:44. > :07:47.dropping their oath to God and the Queen. The organisation has
:07:47. > :07:50.launched a consultation looking at the promise new Guides make when
:07:50. > :07:53.they join. Girlguiding UK said it was because an increasing number of
:07:53. > :08:00.girls and volunteers don't identify with the century old pledge to
:08:00. > :08:03."love my God" and "serve the Queen and country".
:08:03. > :08:06.There are calls for tougher restrictions on the food industry
:08:06. > :08:09.to try to curb obesity. The Labour Party's urging the Government to
:08:09. > :08:11.consider introducing legal limits on sugar, fat and salt content. But
:08:11. > :08:13.the Department of Health in England says there are already voluntary
:08:13. > :08:21.agreements in place with manufacturers to produce healthier
:08:21. > :08:28.foods. Richard Slee reports. This is an argument about how best
:08:28. > :08:31.to reduce levels of fat, sugar and salt in our food through regulation
:08:31. > :08:34.or collaboration. While in Government, Labour preferred a
:08:34. > :08:38.voluntary approach. But with Britain now having the second
:08:38. > :08:43.highest obesity rates in the world it says it's time for legal limits
:08:43. > :08:47.for food like cereals aimed at children. Three in ten children
:08:47. > :08:50.leave primary school in Britain either overweight or obese. It
:08:50. > :08:55.isn't working. We need to do something different. I don't think
:08:55. > :08:59.any parent is comfortable with the idea of their child sitting down to
:08:59. > :09:03.a meal that's 40% sugar. Government says it has made
:09:03. > :09:07.progress in reducing sugar, fat and salt in many foods and legislation
:09:07. > :09:11.would only be considered after the failure of a voluntary agreement
:09:11. > :09:15.with the food industry. If we had started by saying that we are going
:09:15. > :09:19.to legislate when we came to power two years ago, that legislation
:09:19. > :09:23.takes time to have impact. Also, the facts change, the situations
:09:23. > :09:27.change. What we have been able to deliver is much faster results by
:09:27. > :09:33.going for voluntary agreements. the past six years, the amount of
:09:33. > :09:38.salt in convenience foods has been reduced by 9%. With many sugary
:09:38. > :09:42.cereals also containing important fibre, vitamins and minerals,
:09:42. > :09:45.nutritionists say it's eating habits that need to change. People
:09:45. > :09:50.who are overweight tend to have overweight children and overweight
:09:50. > :09:54.children tend to become overweight teenagers and the sighle goes --
:09:54. > :09:58.cycle goes on. The Royal College of Physicians
:09:58. > :10:08.says it supports legislation when backed by evidence. And says legal
:10:08. > :10:11.limits are already effective in some other European countries.
:10:11. > :10:13.Thousands of people have fled their homes in south-east Australia as a
:10:13. > :10:16.heatwave, accompanied by high winds and drought, triggered a number of
:10:16. > :10:19.bushfires. Tasmania's the worst hit, with up to 40 fires sweeping across
:10:19. > :10:26.the island forcing many people to take refuge on beaches and await
:10:26. > :10:30.rescue by boat. Nick Bryant reports from Sydney.
:10:30. > :10:35.It's on Australia's island state of Tasmania that the bushfires have
:10:35. > :10:39.been at their fiercest. The heatwave affecting much of the
:10:39. > :10:42.south-east of the country, produced temperatures of 40 degrees, and the
:10:42. > :10:48.hottest day since the late 19th century.
:10:48. > :10:51.By daylight parts of this small community Dunalley had become
:10:51. > :10:54.virtually unrecognisable. At least 65 properties have been razed to
:10:54. > :11:01.the ground, including the local school. Did you think you were
:11:01. > :11:05.going to die? Yeah, maybe. Small rural businesses that have
:11:05. > :11:14.taken generations to build were reduced to rubble and cinders in a
:11:14. > :11:20.matter of minutes. Yeah, two nephews. They've lost both their
:11:20. > :11:24.houses, my brother lost the mill up there. Millions of dollars.
:11:24. > :11:29.Some residents fought to save their homes, others simply fled. The
:11:29. > :11:34.advice now is to get out early because the fires can rapidly close
:11:34. > :11:38.off the means of escape. With roads cut off by fast advancing
:11:38. > :11:41.firefronts, thousands of people have been stranded on the Tasman
:11:41. > :11:46.peninsula. So a massive sea operation has been launched to
:11:46. > :11:51.ferry them to the safety of the state capital, Hobart. It was very
:11:51. > :11:57.unpleasant because it was really hot. Then the smoke came over very
:11:57. > :12:02.thickly. Four big fires are still burning out of control, though the
:12:02. > :12:07.temperatures and high winds have now eased. These are the worst fire
:12:07. > :12:11.conditions since the Black Saturday disaster in 2009. People seem to be
:12:11. > :12:20.applying a key lesson from that day - to have a detailed escape plan,
:12:20. > :12:24.and to execute it early. In Japan, a record-breaking million
:12:24. > :12:27.pounds has been paid at a Tokyo auction for a fish. The winning bid
:12:27. > :12:31.for the 200 kilogram bluefin tuna was more than three times the
:12:31. > :12:34.previous record. Overfishing has pushed up prices but the million
:12:34. > :12:44.pound figure has more to do with publicity for the sushi chain of
:12:44. > :12:49.
:12:49. > :12:54.the winning bidder. Sport now. Thank you very much.
:12:54. > :12:57.Good evening. It's been a dramatic day of FA Cup 3rd round action, no
:12:57. > :12:59.real giant killings but plenty of upsets and great escapes. Newcastle
:12:59. > :13:02.were knocked out by the Championship side Brighton while
:13:02. > :13:05.Manchester United scraped a 2-2 draw against West Ham with an
:13:05. > :13:10.injury time equalizer. Patrick Gearey reports.
:13:10. > :13:14.Like the traditional pre-match Upton Park bubble s Manchester
:13:14. > :13:20.United are often pretty but fragile N attack they soar, floating past
:13:20. > :13:24.West Ham skilfully and cleverly. Tom Cleverley's composure
:13:24. > :13:28.appreciated by the Beckhams. They had barely sat down before the lead
:13:28. > :13:31.was gone. United's delicate defence couldn't handle James Collins. A
:13:31. > :13:35.goal that owed much to the cross by Joe Cole, returning to the club
:13:35. > :13:40.where it all started. He clearly enjoyed the familiar
:13:40. > :13:44.surroundings so in the second half he tried the same trick again.
:13:44. > :13:48.Collins popped up just where he left him. They didn't settle on
:13:48. > :13:51.that. The Hammers kept control. They just needed that third goal.
:13:51. > :13:55.Cole couldn't get it and with Manchester United that's dangerous.
:13:55. > :13:59.They brought on Ryan Giggs and Robin van Persie. One found the
:13:59. > :14:04.other. And the favourites stay in the Cup.
:14:04. > :14:08.In Sussex, a riddle, when is an upset not an upset? Brighton are a
:14:08. > :14:13.league below Newcastle yet were fancied to beat them. They didn't
:14:13. > :14:17.disappoint. Orlandi executed them into a lead they would never lose.
:14:17. > :14:21.Newcastle didn't seem keen on staying in the Cup. Amoebi didn't
:14:22. > :14:27.even last the game. Before the end, Brighton got a second goal. Well
:14:27. > :14:37.taken by Hoskins. He will fancy a trip to the South Downs in the next
:14:37. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:47.Southampton were the only other Premier League side knocked out
:14:47. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :15:05.Wolves defeat to Luton was enough to prompt the sacking of their
:15:05. > :15:07.manager. A horse owned by a trio of top
:15:07. > :15:10.rugby players won the Welsh National today. The 10-1 outsider
:15:10. > :15:13.Monbeg Dude is co-owned by Mike Tindall, James Simpson-Daniel and
:15:13. > :15:16.Nicky Robinson. And it showed it has plenty of class, coming from
:15:16. > :15:22.the back of the field to beat off the favourite Teaforthree in
:15:22. > :15:25.Chepstow's big race. The BDO World Darts Championship started today
:15:25. > :15:28.with Richie George making history by becoming the first son of a
:15:28. > :15:33.former finalist to compete in the tournament. His father Bobby was
:15:33. > :15:39.twice runner-up. George junior is the 15th seed and beat Dave Prins
:15:39. > :15:43.by 3 sets to 2 to make it into the second round. Toby Flood could miss
:15:43. > :15:45.the start of England's Six Nations campaign next month. The Leicester
:15:45. > :15:53.fly-half has been cited for a dangerous tackle during their