:00:05. > :00:12.A hero's welcome for the French President in Mali but he warns the
:00:12. > :00:16.fight against Islamist militants is not yet over. Francois Hollande
:00:16. > :00:22.tells cheering crowds French troops will stay in the country as long as
:00:22. > :00:25.they're needed. Ahead of a vote on same-sex
:00:25. > :00:30.marriage, the Prime Minister comes under fire from his own MPs for
:00:30. > :00:33.ruling out immediate tax breaks for married couples.
:00:33. > :00:37.The college student stabbed to death and set on fire in an
:00:37. > :00:40.alleyway in Blackpool - a man's being questioned by police.
:00:40. > :00:50.And, in rugby England overpower Scotland to get their Six Nations
:00:50. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:06.Good evening. The French President, Francois Hollande, has received a
:01:06. > :01:12.rapturous welcome in Timbuktu - six days after French troops helped
:01:12. > :01:15.recapture the northern Mali town from Islamist militants. But Mr
:01:15. > :01:17.Hollande warned that the battle was far from won and said French troops
:01:17. > :01:24.would remain until the West African country's sovereignty could be
:01:24. > :01:32.assured. Our Africa correspondent Andrew Harding has sent this report
:01:32. > :01:38.from Timbuktu. Quite a convoy for the French
:01:38. > :01:42.President arriving here in Timbuktu this morning. First stop, the
:01:42. > :01:46.ancient mosque. Local dignitaries lining up to thank the man whose
:01:46. > :01:54.army liberated their town from months of brutal occupation. Then
:01:54. > :01:59.it's the public's turn. Hollande, they shout, President
:01:59. > :02:03.Hollande is our hero. Just one week ago, no dancing was allowed here,
:02:03. > :02:11.no music. Islamist militants forced women to cover all but their eyes
:02:11. > :02:15.in black. Look at them now. Aren't I beautiful, asks this woman,
:02:15. > :02:23.before we had to do this, we are free, we are we are proud of France,
:02:23. > :02:26.she says. It's been an emotional day in this desert town. Mr
:02:26. > :02:30.Hollande plunging into the crowds. The war has been good for his
:02:30. > :02:35.ratings back home, but there are risks ahead, here in Mali. The
:02:35. > :02:39.French campaign here has been quick, successful and wildly popular but
:02:39. > :02:45.for President Hollande this could be as good as it gets. He now needs
:02:45. > :02:50.an exit strategy but if he moves too quick, misapbls it --
:02:50. > :02:53.mishandles it, Mali could be plunged back into chaos. Today, Mr
:02:53. > :02:56.Hollande tried to strike a balance. He told his troops their job was
:02:56. > :03:02.not yet done here, but he also urged Mali and its neighbours to
:03:03. > :03:06.step up and take a much bigger role. The Islamist militants have
:03:06. > :03:13.withdrawn, for now, but this remains a dangerously fragile
:03:13. > :03:17.nation. David Cameron's been criticised by
:03:17. > :03:20.some of his own MPs for ruling out tax breaks for married couples in
:03:20. > :03:22.the Budget next month. There were reports that the measure would be
:03:22. > :03:24.brought forward to placate backbenchers opposed to the
:03:24. > :03:27.introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales - which will
:03:27. > :03:31.be voted on next week. Our political correspondent Carole
:03:31. > :03:35.Walker has more. The Prime Minister believes
:03:35. > :03:40.marriage helps to bind families and communities together. But his plan
:03:40. > :03:44.to extend it to gay couples is proving hugely divisive for his
:03:44. > :03:48.party. Many opponents of the idea want him to do more to support
:03:48. > :03:51.traditional marriages and are disappointed a commitment in the
:03:51. > :03:55.coalition agreement to introduce tax breaks for married couples
:03:55. > :03:58.won't be delivered in the coming Budget. On Tuesday, when the vote
:03:58. > :04:03.comes forward for the redefinition of marriage, I would much rather be
:04:03. > :04:09.voting for a tax measure that put extra money in the pockets of those
:04:09. > :04:12.who need it most, rather than voting for something that wasn't in
:04:12. > :04:17.the manifesto, which is a redefinition of marriage. It's not
:04:17. > :04:21.the priority. The economy's the priority. Edmond Costello resigned
:04:21. > :04:25.as chairman of Somerset and Frome Conservatives over the gay marriage
:04:25. > :04:28.proposals last month and has warned others will follow suit. What, to
:04:28. > :04:34.me, has been proposed is something that the Conservative Party would
:04:34. > :04:39.never, ever have even considered in years gone by. And indeed, the
:04:39. > :04:44.feeling within the party at grass roots and amongst many MPs and
:04:44. > :04:48.officers, has not changed that opinion. They are very, very upset.
:04:48. > :04:52.Some in his party believe David Cameron's being swayed by another
:04:52. > :04:56.relationship, with his coalition partner. Nick Clegg opposes the
:04:56. > :05:00.idea of tax breaks for marriage, sources say the Prime Minister will
:05:00. > :05:03.deliver that pledge later in this parliament whilst this Budget will
:05:03. > :05:08.focus on promoting growth. The Prime Minister believes gay people
:05:08. > :05:11.should have the same rights as others to get married. If we can
:05:11. > :05:14.deliver a Bill which allows people who love each other of the same sex
:05:14. > :05:17.to get married, whilst protecting the freedoms of religious
:05:17. > :05:21.organisations, then that's a good thing to do and there's room in the
:05:21. > :05:25.timetable for it. When the legislation to allow gay couples to
:05:25. > :05:29.marry comes before parliament on Tuesday, David Cameron's likely to
:05:29. > :05:33.win the day with the support of most Labour and Liberal Democrat
:05:33. > :05:40.MPs. But dozens in his own party are poised to vote against the
:05:40. > :05:42.proposals or abstain. It is a free vote. So technically it won't be a
:05:43. > :05:49.rebellion but could further undermine David Cameron's authority
:05:49. > :05:51.over his party. Major food retailers and suppliers
:05:51. > :05:55.are being summoned to an urgent meeting this week after recent
:05:55. > :05:57.incidents of mislabelled or contaminated meat products. In the
:05:58. > :06:03.latest case, the Ministry of Justice said it was suspending a
:06:03. > :06:05.supplier after tests showed pork was found in halal prison food. As
:06:05. > :06:07.Richard Lister reports, the food standards watchdog is now
:06:07. > :06:16.investigating whether any of these products have been distributed
:06:16. > :06:20.elsewhere in the UK. It may not be haute cuisine but
:06:20. > :06:24.prison food is required to meet religious and cultural needs. About
:06:24. > :06:28.12% of prisoners are Muslims who don't eat pork for religious
:06:28. > :06:33.reasons. But tests revealed some halal products supplied to jails
:06:33. > :06:36.did, in fact, contain traces of meat meat from pigs. All prisons in
:06:36. > :06:41.England and Wales have now been told to destroy food stocks from
:06:41. > :06:51.the supplier involved. In a statement, the Justice Minister
:06:51. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :06:58.Some prisons as well as schools, hospitals and care homes, are
:06:58. > :07:02.supplied by the 3666 Distribution Company which said it had withdrawn
:07:02. > :07:07.five halal products. The latest discovery comes less than three
:07:07. > :07:10.weeks after tests revealed horse meat in some supermarket
:07:10. > :07:14.beefburgers. The Food Standards Agency says it's up to meat
:07:14. > :07:17.retailers and suppliers to restore faith in their industry. Er consume
:07:17. > :07:21.confidence is at risk and we want the food industries together to
:07:21. > :07:24.step up to the mark on this and to make sure that they can take action,
:07:24. > :07:27.including some of the major retailers have already announced,
:07:27. > :07:31.further testing and routine testing of their products to make sure
:07:32. > :07:38.people can trust that what it says on the label is actually what's in
:07:38. > :07:42.the food. It's not clear whether any of the contaminated halal meat
:07:42. > :07:49.was sold in the high street. The FSA has promised a full report on
:07:49. > :07:52.where it came from and where it ended up.
:07:52. > :07:55.A postmortem examination on a 16- year-old girl who was murdered in
:07:55. > :07:58.Blackpool has found she died as a result of significant stab wounds.
:07:58. > :08:04.Sasha Marsden was found in an alleyway in the South Shore area on
:08:04. > :08:10.Thursday. Police are questioning a 22-year-old man. Ben Ando reports.
:08:10. > :08:15.The alarm was raised when flames were spotted in an allyway behind a
:08:15. > :08:20.row of hotels and guesthouses off the seafront. When residents put
:08:20. > :08:24.out the fire they realised they found a body and called the police.
:08:24. > :08:30.The victim was identified as 16- year-old Sasha Marsden, who was
:08:30. > :08:33.studying childcare at a local college. A specialist crime scene
:08:33. > :08:37.investigators continued their work at the scene, a postmortem
:08:37. > :08:41.investigation has revealed Sasha died of serious stab wounds to her
:08:41. > :08:45.head and face. Police said today that attempts were made to set the
:08:45. > :08:48.body on fire and this was after Sasha died. The results have been
:08:49. > :08:53.shared with the family. And specially trained officers are
:08:53. > :08:58.continuing to support them. Shortly after the body was found, a
:08:58. > :09:01.man aged 22 and a woman of 20 were arrested nearby. The woman has now
:09:02. > :09:10.been released without charge. Detectives have been given more
:09:10. > :09:13.time to question the man. Russia - a long-time ally of the
:09:13. > :09:16.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - has, for the first time, held talks
:09:16. > :09:18.with the main Syrian opposition group. The meeting between Russia's
:09:18. > :09:21.Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moaz al-Khatib, head of the
:09:21. > :09:27.National Coalition, took place on the sidelines of an international
:09:27. > :09:32.security conference in Munich. Russia says it now wants to stay in
:09:32. > :09:35.regular contact. 23 people - including ten civilians
:09:35. > :09:38.- have been killed in an attack on an army checkpoint in north-west
:09:38. > :09:41.Pakistan. The Pakistan Taliban have claimed responsibility for the
:09:42. > :09:50.attack, saying it was in response to a drone strike last month.
:09:50. > :09:53.Twelve attackers also died. A quarter of a million Twitter
:09:53. > :09:55.users have had their accounts hacked in the latest high-profile
:09:55. > :09:57.internet security breach. The social networking site is warning
:09:57. > :10:04.users that e-mail addresses and other information may have been
:10:05. > :10:08.accessed too. Here's our technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones.
:10:08. > :10:12.Under cyber attack, some of the biggest names in the American media
:10:12. > :10:16.have been targeted by hackers and now Twitter, with a bigger audience
:10:16. > :10:21.than any of them, says it spotted attempts to breach its defences and
:10:21. > :10:26.get access to its users' personal information. Overnight, a quarter
:10:26. > :10:31.of a million users of the service were sent an e-mail selling --
:10:31. > :10:34.telling them their passwords needed to be changed. In a blog post
:10:34. > :10:39.Twitter said the hackers were sophisticated. This attack was not
:10:39. > :10:43.the work of amateurs, and we do not believe it is an isolated incident.
:10:43. > :10:49.This is what happened when I tried sign into my account this morning,
:10:49. > :10:52.an instruction to reset my password. Now this is only affected a tiny
:10:52. > :10:57.minority of 200 million active users. But the response of the
:10:57. > :11:00.company shows that it sees this as a very serious attack and part of a
:11:00. > :11:05.wider pattern. While the identity of the hackers
:11:05. > :11:08.behind the latest attacks is unclear there's been speculation
:11:08. > :11:13.that the New York Times was singled out because its journalists
:11:13. > :11:18.reported on corruption in China. With governments now engaged in
:11:18. > :11:21.cyber warfare it's far from an amateur affair. Hackers are really
:11:21. > :11:24.up in -- upping their game and companies need to step up to
:11:24. > :11:29.protect themselves because it's not just kids, it's not just people
:11:29. > :11:32.interested in making some money out of you, we are also seeing state-
:11:32. > :11:35.sponsored cyber crime, where other countries are interested in hacking
:11:35. > :11:38.in, maybe even to your business because of the information they
:11:38. > :11:43.might be able to steal. Twitter is emphasising that there's no
:11:43. > :11:48.evidence that the hackers have done real damage, but it's advising
:11:48. > :11:54.users to think about what it calls password hygiene, choosing
:11:54. > :12:04.carefully the codes that keep your online life life secure.
:12:04. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:12.Time for sport now. Here is Olly Foster at the Sports Centre. U. The
:12:12. > :12:15.Six Nations Championship is up and running. England have retained the
:12:15. > :12:18.Calcutta Cup. They ran in four tries against Scotland, winning 38-
:12:18. > :12:21.18 at Twickenham. But there'll be no Grand Slam for Wales this year
:12:21. > :12:24.after they were beaten by Ireland 30-22 in Cardiff. Here's Joe Wilson.
:12:24. > :12:31.From champions in 2012, to where for Wales? The journey can be rapid
:12:31. > :12:36.from hero to zero. All it took for for Isle was -- Ireland was to get
:12:36. > :12:41.the ball to Zebe. He is already famous for fancy footwork. This was
:12:41. > :12:45.his crucial part in the build-up to Ireland's second try. By half-time
:12:45. > :12:49.they were ahead by 20 points. This may be the last Six Nations for
:12:49. > :12:51.Brian O'Driscoll. He remains of being the King in the right place
:12:51. > :12:56.at the right time. It meant Wales needed something extraordinary.
:12:56. > :13:03.There was a glimmer when they burst through in the second half. Nothing
:13:04. > :13:09.for it but to go for it. Throw the dice, throw the ball. Suddenly it
:13:09. > :13:13.was all Wales. Short-range lunge and try given. The lead down to
:13:13. > :13:18.just eight and that's where it finished. Wales took some pride in
:13:18. > :13:23.the fight but earned nothing in another defeat. We will never give
:13:23. > :13:27.up. A tough match, but we have to pick ourselves up and target some
:13:28. > :13:33.wins now. So to Twickenham where Scotland were trying to defy
:13:33. > :13:39.England and to defy history. Decades past between Scottish wins
:13:39. > :13:48.here and in the current era Scotland recently lost to Tonga but
:13:48. > :13:51.there is a new coach and new talent. England kept their flewency. Ashton
:13:51. > :14:01.squeezed over. England ahead by eight at half-time.
:14:01. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:08.Here came an England debut, a man named Twelvetrees. England won by
:14:08. > :14:16.20 points in the end. They've enhanced their reputation by a
:14:16. > :14:20.considerable margin. The Women's Six Nations is also
:14:20. > :14:21.under way and England ran in 12 tries to beat Scotland 76-0 in
:14:21. > :14:26.Esher. Italy beat France 13-12 in the
:14:26. > :14:29.other match today. From tries to goals. Lots of late winners and
:14:29. > :14:32.equalisers on Match of the Day after the news tonight, but I've
:14:32. > :14:34.got the results coming up right now if you want to find out what
:14:34. > :14:37.happened in the eight Premier League games today.
:14:37. > :14:40.Manchester United are ten points clear at the top of the table after
:14:40. > :14:42.beating Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage. Wayne Rooney scored the
:14:42. > :14:48.only goal in the second half. Second-placed Manchester City play
:14:48. > :14:51.tomorrow. Bottom side QPR missed a penalty and drew 0-0 at home to
:14:51. > :14:53.Norwich. Arsenal beat Stoke 1-0. Marouane Fellaini scored an
:14:53. > :14:55.equaliser in the 90th minute for Everton against Aston Villa. Moosa
:14:55. > :14:58.Sissoko scored an injury-time winner for Newcastle against
:14:58. > :15:00.Chelsea. Jimmy Kebe scored both goals for Reading as they beat
:15:00. > :15:05.Sunderland. West Ham beat Swansea and Wigan got
:15:05. > :15:08.a last-minute equaliser against Southampton.
:15:08. > :15:11.Dundee United are into the quarter- finals of the Scottish Cup after
:15:11. > :15:14.beating Rangers 3-0 at Tannadice. Hundreds of Rangers fans boycotted
:15:14. > :15:16.the match in protest after Dundee United voted in favour of Rangers
:15:16. > :15:20.relegation to the Third Division following their liquidation last
:15:20. > :15:26.summer. This was their first trip to a Premier League side this
:15:26. > :15:29.season. Johnny Russell scored two of Dundee United's goals as they
:15:29. > :15:32.made it into the last eight. Rangers had two men sent off.
:15:32. > :15:37.Hamilton, Falkirk, Kilmarnock and St Mirren also made it through.
:15:37. > :15:40.That's all the sport tonight. Thank you very much.
:15:40. > :15:44.Finally, if you are looking for a beachfront property with great
:15:44. > :15:47.views and plenty of space you could still have time to put in a bid for
:15:47. > :15:49.Cleethorpes Pier. It went up for auction today, promising a
:15:49. > :15:57.nostalgic buyer the chance to purchase their own piece of seaside
:15:57. > :16:02.history. Andy Gill reports. This is not your crumbling pile of rusting
:16:02. > :16:07.Victorian ironwork. It is a rare chance to own a genuine slice of
:16:07. > :16:12.English seaside history. It's a good location. I would make it into
:16:12. > :16:16.a better restaurant, use it as a view and could attract weddings to
:16:16. > :16:23.it or make it more upper class, rather than a nightclub. It's part
:16:23. > :16:28.of the seaside. You know, like Blackpool. Perhaps the council
:16:28. > :16:37.might buy it, you never know. do what? Leave it as it is.
:16:37. > :16:40.pier opened on August bank holiday in 173, shall -- 1873. The
:16:40. > :16:45.auctioneer says three piers have come up for sale in the past couple
:16:45. > :16:49.of decades. The previous two piers that have been offered on the south
:16:49. > :16:53.coast have been derelict shells. combination of rich history and
:16:53. > :16:58.lots of modern publicity failed to produce a sale tonight. Generations
:16:59. > :17:02.of families who have walked on the pier hold their memories dear but
:17:02. > :17:09.the price of this pier proved too expensive for this generation of