:00:17. > :00:24.Friends and colleagues speak of a pioneer, one of the comic greats,
:00:24. > :00:28.of recent times. Claims of an assault on one of the
:00:28. > :00:31.Woolwich murder suspects - five prison staff are suspended. A new
:00:31. > :00:36.crackdown on tax avoidance - will some big companies, be forced to
:00:36. > :00:46.pay more in the UK. And, can't catch me now - Chris
:00:46. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:04.Froome looks set to win the Tour de Good Evening.
:01:04. > :01:07.Tributes have been paid to the comedian, Mel Smith, who has died
:01:07. > :01:10.suddenly at his home in London after suffering a heart attack. He
:01:10. > :01:13.was 60. Mel Smith rose to fame in the 1970s and 80s, with Not The
:01:13. > :01:17.Nine O'clock News and Alas Smith and Jones, pioneering a new style
:01:17. > :01:20.of comedy. His fellow comedian, Griff Rhys Jones said he'd lost a
:01:21. > :01:30.very dear friend, describing him as a gentleman, a scholar, a gambler
:01:31. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:40.and a wit. Louisa Baldini looks back at his life.
:01:40. > :01:45.It was for his role in the comedy show, Not The Nine O'clock News,
:01:45. > :01:51.that Mel Smith first became a well- known. I read the Financial Times
:01:51. > :01:55.because I have got a pink bathroom. Together with Griff Rhys Jones,
:01:55. > :01:58.Pamela Stephenson and Rowan Atkinson, he pioneered a new style
:01:58. > :02:08.of comedy that continues to influence comedians and writers
:02:08. > :02:14.today. When I caught Gerald in 1968, he was completely wild. Wilde, I
:02:14. > :02:19.was livid. He is repertoire of characters was diverse, and his
:02:19. > :02:28.timing and talons were natural. Come in my old mate, have a cup of
:02:28. > :02:34.tea. He often played a larger-than- life characters. But he could also
:02:34. > :02:39.be understated, as he was in the classic profile scenes in Alas!
:02:39. > :02:47.Smith & Jones, which lasted for 10 series over 16 years. I will do
:02:47. > :02:54.anything, anything, anything! yes. Would you get a job? I can't
:02:54. > :02:59.do that. He was a fantastic man. Very talented, actor, director,
:02:59. > :03:05.producer, business person. But a very good friend and a person, I
:03:05. > :03:09.don't think I have met anyone who did not like him. Other tributes
:03:09. > :03:15.have poured in, including from his own collaborator, Griff Rhys Jones,
:03:15. > :03:25.with whom he set up Talkback Productions, which they sold for a
:03:25. > :03:30.
:03:30. > :03:34.reputed �60 million. Then a Rowan Atkinson, another all-time a
:03:34. > :03:44.from Not The Nine O'clock News, and who Mel Smith directed in the film,
:03:44. > :03:50.
:03:50. > :03:55.A few years ago, for a documentary, Mel Smith reminisced about his time
:03:55. > :03:59.as an actor. I know that looking back now if I watched some old
:03:59. > :04:03.sketches, I know it is a very good programme, which is something one
:04:03. > :04:08.should be very careful about thinking. But I think it was
:04:08. > :04:12.brilliant. We all have our moments in the sun, I think.
:04:12. > :04:14.Mel Smith, who's died at the age of Five prison officers have been
:04:14. > :04:17.suspended following an alleged assault on Michael Adebolajo, who's
:04:17. > :04:20.facing trial for the murder, of soldier, Lee Rigby. The suspect's
:04:20. > :04:23.brother has claimed that staff used excessive force to restrain him and
:04:23. > :04:28.knocked out some of his teeth in the incident at Belmarsh Prison in
:04:28. > :04:31.south London. The Prison Officers Association has denied any
:04:31. > :04:41.wrongdoing by its members and said they always used approved restraint
:04:41. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:47.procedures. Our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds reports.
:04:47. > :04:52.What happened inside of one of Britain's most secure prisons, to
:04:52. > :04:56.one of its most high-profile romance prisoners. During the
:04:57. > :05:00.incident, up to five officers were restraining Michael Adebolajo, when
:05:00. > :05:05.some of his front teeth were knocked out. The suspect has spoken
:05:05. > :05:09.to his sister, his lawyer and his brother, say he fears being
:05:09. > :05:12.attacked. We have hidden his identity. He claimed the
:05:12. > :05:18.confrontation began when his brother was given an instruction by
:05:18. > :05:23.the officers. They decided to take offence by something and serve the
:05:23. > :05:30.best course of action was to twist his arm back. He's was the arm that
:05:30. > :05:33.had been shot. They smashed his head against a window. Michael
:05:33. > :05:39.Adebolajo was brought to Belmarsh amid high security last month. He
:05:39. > :05:43.faces trial later next year. But police are investigating this
:05:43. > :05:48.incidents. Five officers are suspended, which only happens in
:05:48. > :05:52.exceptional cases. But they strenuously deny any wrongdoing.
:05:52. > :05:56.The it is unfortunate a high- profile prisoner has been injured.
:05:57. > :06:04.But we are confident the five members involved will be completely
:06:04. > :06:10.exonerated of any wrong doing. Prison Officers' Association say it
:06:10. > :06:14.was covered by her CCTV, so we will know what happened? I am short they
:06:14. > :06:19.are going to say they were using reasonable restraint. His brother
:06:19. > :06:22.is accused of a crime which resulted in widespread revulsion.
:06:22. > :06:26.The prison officers' union accepted he had a certain amount of
:06:26. > :06:30.notoriety. But it insisted it made no difference to professional
:06:30. > :06:34.officers who do with every prisoner in the same way.
:06:34. > :06:36.One of two men being held by the police in connection with bomb
:06:36. > :06:39.attacks near mosques in the West Midlands has been arrested on
:06:39. > :06:43.suspicion of murder. 75-year-old, Mohammed Saleem, was stabbed in the
:06:43. > :06:46.back three times, in the Small Heath area of Birmingham in April.
:06:46. > :06:48.The 25-year-old suspect, who's Ukranian, has been in custody since
:06:48. > :06:58.Thursday in relation to explosions, close to mosques in Walsall and
:06:58. > :07:01.
:07:01. > :07:04.Tipton. An international plan to crack down
:07:04. > :07:09.on corporate tax avoidance has been given official backing by a meeting
:07:09. > :07:13.of finance ministers. The G20 group of nations is hoping to prevent
:07:13. > :07:18.firms moving profits across borders in order to minimise the amount of
:07:18. > :07:22.tax they pay. In recent months we have learned
:07:22. > :07:26.some of the world's biggest and best-known firms have been paying
:07:26. > :07:31.little or no tax on their profits here, causing public outrage. But
:07:31. > :07:35.now a Road Map to clamp down on aggressive tax avoidance by big-
:07:35. > :07:41.business has been agreed. At the G20 Moscow, the Chancellor, who led
:07:41. > :07:47.the calls for a new global tax deal, welcomed at the news. We have 20
:07:47. > :07:52.nations agreeing to create a tax system that is fair, people pay the
:07:52. > :07:56.taxes that are due, and it is fit for the modern economy. Mr Osborne
:07:56. > :08:01.says he has persuaded the ministers to sign up to automatic
:08:01. > :08:05.information-sharing between tax authorities, in order to monitor a
:08:05. > :08:12.sophisticated tax avoidance scheme. That could affect internet giants
:08:12. > :08:16.like Google. They are building a UK headquarters around King's Cross.
:08:16. > :08:23.They use complex tax treaties to legally avoid paying the full rate
:08:23. > :08:27.of corporation tax. But if the G20 implements the OECD tax plan in
:08:27. > :08:32.full, it could change. The plan is to make tax -- make companies pay
:08:32. > :08:35.tax in the country where most of their income is earned. So
:08:36. > :08:39.companies will have to publish their exact sales and profits for
:08:39. > :08:45.every country they operate in. Maintenance companies will be
:08:45. > :08:50.forced to pay tax in the country where most of their business is
:08:50. > :08:55.taking place. And if companies are using aggressive but legal tax
:08:55. > :08:57.schemes, they will have to publish the details. Hundred so of
:08:57. > :09:02.countries have thousands of tax treaties between them which may
:09:03. > :09:06.need to be honoured. They're looking at having won big treaty
:09:06. > :09:10.which all the countries can come and signed up to, which will
:09:10. > :09:14.automatically adjust all of the individual treaties they have got
:09:14. > :09:18.in place at the moment. The issue of Business not paying its first
:09:18. > :09:22.share of tax has become an important one for the coalition. It
:09:22. > :09:26.knows there are plenty of votes for the party's will appear to be
:09:26. > :09:29.tackling it. They caught in Italy has convicted
:09:29. > :09:34.five men a manslaughter in connection with last year sinking
:09:34. > :09:38.of the Costa Concordia cruise liner. 32 people died when the ship ran
:09:38. > :09:42.aground off the Italian coast. The five employees all received prison
:09:42. > :09:45.sentences. Although it is not clear if any of them will spend time in
:09:45. > :09:49.jail. Israel has agreed to release what
:09:49. > :09:52.it calls a limited number of Palestinian prisoners as the two
:09:52. > :09:58.sides prepare to hold direct peace talks for the first time in three
:09:58. > :10:03.years. The American Secretary of State, John Kerry, said he hoped
:10:04. > :10:08.the negotiations would arrive in Washington next week.
:10:08. > :10:11.John Kerry's diplomatic footwork may be delivering results in the
:10:11. > :10:18.Middle East, after much to-ing and fro-ing there are some signs of
:10:18. > :10:23.progress. The representatives of two proud people today have decided
:10:23. > :10:26.the difficult road ahead is worth travelling. And here is worth the
:10:27. > :10:32.journey begins. Israel will release Palestinian prisoners, including
:10:32. > :10:38.some who have been held for decades. A gesture to help get talks started.
:10:38. > :10:43.But among Palestinian politicians, there is scepticism. We do not want
:10:43. > :10:48.another peace process which is a substitute to peace. Palestinians
:10:48. > :10:52.want real knitters Asians, real outcome, it real peace. Both sides
:10:52. > :10:55.remain far apart on a number of issues. Previous issues were
:10:55. > :10:59.derailed by the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied
:10:59. > :11:03.West Bank. And there is no agreement whether borders between
:11:03. > :11:08.them should lie and the future of Palestinian refugees also remains
:11:08. > :11:13.in dispute. But perhaps one of the most contentious areas lies in
:11:13. > :11:19.Jerusalem. Both claim it as their capital, and it has deep,
:11:19. > :11:23.historical and religious significance. Any talks on its
:11:23. > :11:27.future may have to be put to one side for now so progress can be
:11:27. > :11:32.made in other areas. Time is running out to deliver a solution
:11:32. > :11:37.that sees two states the living together peacefully. But there is
:11:37. > :11:44.no alternative, according to one veteran negotiator. There will be a
:11:44. > :11:49.lot of breakdowns, a lot of finger- pointing and a lot of accusations.
:11:49. > :11:54.But you must be stubborn, be obsessive and know the alternative
:11:54. > :11:59.is war and bloodshed. Jerusalem has suffered both. It is a city divided,
:11:59. > :12:03.but tonight there is a shared feeling of low expectations.
:12:03. > :12:08.Getting the two sides to sit at the same table has not been easy.
:12:08. > :12:12.Keeping them there may prove impossible.
:12:12. > :12:18.With news of an almost certain British victory in the Tour de
:12:18. > :12:23.France, here is the sport. Chris Rule will be sipping
:12:23. > :12:27.champagne on the streets of Paris tomorrow when he becomes the second
:12:27. > :12:31.successive winner of the Tour de France following 12 months ago. He
:12:31. > :12:36.finished third on the penultimate stage to put himself on the brink
:12:36. > :12:41.of victory. Tradition dictates the race leader won't be challenged on
:12:41. > :12:46.the final stage. The hard yards are behind him.
:12:46. > :12:52.Barring calamity, this race was in the bag. The Big Questions was not,
:12:52. > :13:02.could anybody get past him, it was could anybody stay with him?
:13:02. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:07.Alberto concert tour could not. And then the battle was settled. But
:13:07. > :13:14.for Chris Froome, calamity had been avoided and the celebrations could
:13:14. > :13:19.start. He said the tour was not over, and could you lose the yellow
:13:19. > :13:25.jersey. But today it dawned on him, he is the next champion. It was
:13:26. > :13:31.hard to actually think of carrying on racing and tactics to try and
:13:31. > :13:38.sort out the last couple of kilometres. It was so far. This is
:13:38. > :13:42.it now. The British public might not known as much about this winner
:13:42. > :13:49.as the last one. But the evidence of the last week suggests the
:13:49. > :13:54.world's best riders will be following him for years to come.
:13:54. > :13:59.England's Lee Westwood leads the open going into tomorrow's final
:13:59. > :14:03.round. His battle with Tiger Woods was the highlight of the play with
:14:03. > :14:10.the world No. 1 finishing two shots further back.
:14:10. > :14:16.For so long, you has been a nearly a man of golf. Could this finally
:14:16. > :14:21.be Lee Westwood's moment? Roared on by the fans, he went into the lead
:14:21. > :14:26.it with a display of poise, power and pinpoint precision. At one
:14:26. > :14:36.stage he was three shots clear, but briefly he stumbled and Tiger Woods
:14:36. > :14:43.pounced. Suddenly they were tied at the top. From the 17th hole, a
:14:43. > :14:51.pivotal moment. Tiger Woods bogey, Lee Westwood birdied. His reward -
:14:51. > :15:01.a two shot Leeds ahead of Tiger Woods. What a chance for Lee
:15:01. > :15:04.Westwood, that elusive first major title is now in tantalising reach.
:15:04. > :15:11.Joe route has moved to England to the brink of victory in the second
:15:11. > :15:14.Ashes Test. He helped the home side with five second-innings wickets
:15:14. > :15:19.remaining, meaning Australia will need a record-breaking batting
:15:19. > :15:23.performance if they are when in the two days remaining.
:15:23. > :15:27.There is a manicured madness at the heart of Lords, when you look
:15:27. > :15:32.closely you can see this palace of cricket was built on a slope.
:15:32. > :15:36.Saturday for England was as straight and true as this bat.
:15:36. > :15:41.Promoted to the top of the order, proving himself. Everything was
:15:41. > :15:49.against Australia. Steve Smith thought he had caught this ball.
:15:49. > :15:54.The umpire decided his fingers was not under the ball. Joe route came
:15:54. > :16:00.off 247 balls, olfaction diligence. Support provided by his younger
:16:00. > :16:06.brother, who kept teasing him saying he should be batting faster.
:16:06. > :16:12.Ian Bell guided himself to another 50 and all Australia could do was
:16:12. > :16:17.watch the lead extent. England batted on and on. Joe route to 178
:16:17. > :16:24.not out. England were making a point. I want to concentrate and do
:16:24. > :16:29.my bit. I was trying to bat as long as possible. Last night they bowled
:16:29. > :16:34.exceptionally well. This morning we had to battle through that. If you
:16:34. > :16:38.are here as a supporter, and least you can choose to lead. But
:16:38. > :16:44.Australia's players are tied to a cricket match they cannot win. What
:16:44. > :16:49.is left for them is a test of spirit, as much as cricket.
:16:49. > :16:54.Paralympic champion, and a Cockcroft defended her title at the
:16:54. > :16:59.World Championships in Leon's. She won by almost two seconds from
:16:59. > :17:05.Rosemary little from Australia, who was second.
:17:05. > :17:09.That is the sport for now. A reminder of the main use.
:17:09. > :17:14.Tributes being paid to the comedian, Mel Smith who died suddenly at the
:17:14. > :17:24.age of 60. That's it from the BBC newsroom.
:17:24. > :17:31.
:17:31. > :17:39.Hello. We turned the thermostat down for some of you, but it was
:17:39. > :17:44.awful blast in the Highlands. What a different story near the East
:17:44. > :17:49.Coast of England. Breeze off the seat meant temperatures did not get
:17:49. > :17:53.above the mid- to high teens. Most places ending up clouded by the end
:17:53. > :17:59.of the night. A spot of rain possible, perhaps more across the
:17:59. > :18:05.Channel Islands. Temperatures are levelling off generally in the
:18:05. > :18:08.larger towns and cities. The grey start on Sunday. Much of Scotland
:18:08. > :18:12.the exception. Southern parts of England and East Anglia, more
:18:12. > :18:16.chance of the cloud breaking up quickly allowing Sunshine to come
:18:16. > :18:22.through. The eastern part of Scotland still quite cool, but
:18:22. > :18:26.could hit 28, 29 again. Another warm day of the Northern Ireland.
:18:26. > :18:35.Cloud still stubborn across parts of the East Midlands and north-east
:18:35. > :18:40.England, keeping temperatures down. Possibly one or two showers running