:00:08. > :00:11.David Cameron defends his controversial plan to help home
:00:11. > :00:14.buyers, as the Conservative Party conference gets underway. The Prime
:00:14. > :00:17.Minister denies it will fuel a housing bubble, and says without the
:00:17. > :00:25.Help to Buy scheme, people's aspirations will be trashed. A
:00:25. > :00:37.tourist boat catches fire on the River Thames. 30 people have been
:00:37. > :00:40.rescued. Gemma holds the trophy! And Liverpool win the Women's Super
:00:40. > :01:01.League title, ending Arsenal's nine year run. Good evening. David
:01:01. > :01:08.Cameron has defended bringing forward a scheme allowing people to
:01:08. > :01:11.take out 95% mortgages. The second phase of the controversial Help to
:01:11. > :01:18.Buy scheme will start next week, three months earlier than planned.
:01:18. > :01:20.Speaking at the start of the Conservative Party conference in
:01:20. > :01:23.Manchester, the Prime Minister denied he was stoking a housing
:01:23. > :01:26.bubble, and as he spoke 50 thousand people were preparing to demonstrate
:01:26. > :01:30.outside the venue against the government's spending plans. James
:01:30. > :01:37.Landale reports. She is no longer with us but here
:01:37. > :01:40.are her memory lives on. The personality cult of Margaret
:01:40. > :01:48.Thatcher has survived her passing and today, the Tories gathered to
:01:48. > :01:53.pay tribute. As they applauded the past, their minds turned to the
:01:53. > :01:59.future and how he and they can win the majorities that Mrs Thatcher
:01:59. > :02:05.enjoyed. David Cameron hopes that homes like these could help. He came
:02:05. > :02:09.to a building site outside of Manchester to say that a scheme
:02:09. > :02:14.would start next week, three months earlier than expected. He rejected
:02:14. > :02:20.claims that it could fuel a house-buying boom. I will not stand
:02:20. > :02:25.back as people's aspirations are being trashed. That is why we need
:02:25. > :02:30.to act. The government will guarantee part of people's mortgages
:02:30. > :02:37.so they only have two pay 5% of the value of the home. It is for
:02:37. > :02:42.properties worth up to £600,000. The Prime Minister said Labour's biggest
:02:42. > :02:49.idea for the cost of living with anti-competitive. What was needed
:02:49. > :02:53.was more competition. The only way to sustainably raise living
:02:53. > :02:57.standards is to keep the recovery going and the economy is now
:02:57. > :03:07.moving. We need to create jobs and we need to cut the deficit, and we
:03:07. > :03:18.need to cut people's taxes. There are clear differences between the
:03:18. > :03:21.parties. The the conference centre is praising Margaret Thatcher but on
:03:21. > :03:27.the streets of Manchester they are shouting Tory scum. It is quite
:03:27. > :03:33.nostalgic. The police estimated 50,000 people took to the street in
:03:33. > :03:37.a union backed rally to protest against spending cuts, particularly
:03:37. > :03:42.to the NHS. As for Blair calls against higher taxes for the rich,
:03:42. > :03:49.the Prime Minister ruled it out. Even in the hall, the Tories could
:03:49. > :03:53.not escape the price of austerity as to retired soldiers heckled the
:03:53. > :03:58.Defence Secretary. At this conference, you cannot escape the
:03:58. > :04:02.people the party says it wants to help. To win their votes, the people
:04:02. > :04:08.at this conference will have to work hard as well. Our Political Editor
:04:08. > :04:11.Nick Robinson is in Manchester now. It is obviously a big week for the
:04:11. > :04:18.Conservatives. What will David Cameron hope to achieve over the
:04:18. > :04:21.next few days? There is an internal goal. He talks of a repair job, a
:04:21. > :04:25.repair job of the relationship goal. He talks of a repair job, a
:04:25. > :04:29.between himself and the party who are frustrated by the compromises of
:04:29. > :04:34.a coalition and fearful of the are frustrated by the compromises of
:04:34. > :04:37.threat that from UKIP. That is why David Cameron has written to its own
:04:37. > :04:41.members and said he does not have a working relationship with them but a
:04:41. > :04:47.friendship which is based on common values. That is why you heard about
:04:47. > :04:52.Margaret Thatcher and curiously, that demonstration that took place
:04:52. > :05:00.helps to line the Tories. They think they know who the enemy is. He is
:05:00. > :05:01.trying to tell the public that there was a deficit problem but we can
:05:01. > :05:08.trying to tell the public that there help you. The housing scheme
:05:08. > :05:12.promoted today. In a sense, there is real symmetry between all of the
:05:12. > :05:19.parties, all of them trying to make offers, whether it is on school
:05:19. > :05:22.meals or house prices. If it had not been for the law that would tell us
:05:23. > :05:31.when the election would be, we would be speculating as to when it will
:05:32. > :05:34.be. We have to wait, though. The British Chamber of Commerce says
:05:34. > :05:37.bringing forward the second phase of the Help to Buy scheme is "less than
:05:38. > :05:40.responsible." And other critics have questioned whether it will make
:05:40. > :05:47.housing more affordable. Our Business Correspondent Joe Lynam has
:05:47. > :05:53.more. The Help to Buy scheme was designed
:05:53. > :05:57.to help borrowers get up the housing ladder but the British Chamber of
:05:57. > :06:04.Commerce has dismissed the scheme and said they are rushing into it.
:06:04. > :06:09.Commentators say it is unwanted meddling in the market. It is clear
:06:09. > :06:19.that government intervening in the markets never ends well. Recent
:06:19. > :06:23.surveys have shown major divide in house price trends. While the
:06:23. > :06:27.north-east has fallen by 2% over the last year, England, the Southeast
:06:27. > :06:33.and London have been booming with prices up 7% in the capital. 20
:06:33. > :06:39.eight-year-old Christine Taylor Place £1400 a month on rent. She
:06:39. > :06:45.would rather own but she does not have the money for a deposit. By
:06:45. > :06:49.addressing affordability without supply, you now have twice as many
:06:49. > :06:52.people looking at the same properties so you have a lot of
:06:52. > :06:58.competition and it makes it harder to get a flat. Nat West, RBS and
:06:58. > :07:01.Halifax, lenders who are state-controlled, will take part in
:07:01. > :07:06.the scheme, but other big lenders are yet to decide. The government's
:07:06. > :07:11.decision to bring forward the Help to Buy scheme will accelerate the
:07:11. > :07:17.application process. Banks like Lloyds will process mortgages sooner
:07:17. > :07:22.but they will not pay out until 2014. I like it here. Even before
:07:22. > :07:26.the controversial scheme gets underway, other banks are looking
:07:26. > :07:35.for new mortgage customers. The market may be curbed.
:07:36. > :07:39.In Pakistan more than 30 people have been killed and 70 others injured in
:07:39. > :07:42.a bomb attack in the city of Peshawar. Two blasts ripped through
:07:42. > :07:44.a busy market, setting shops and vehicles alight. It's the third
:07:45. > :07:57.deadly bombing in Peshawar in the past week. Here's Aleem Maqbool.
:07:57. > :08:03.The historic storytellers reside in the city of Peshawar, burning and
:08:03. > :08:07.bleeding. In mid-morning in the busy marketplace, please say a vehicle
:08:07. > :08:13.packed with 200 kilograms of explosives was detonated.
:08:13. > :08:18.TRANSLATION: I was here when there was a blast. Black smoke spread all
:08:19. > :08:27.over and nothing was visible, and I saw people lying on the road. There
:08:27. > :08:32.was no want to pick them up. The incident happened a few hundred
:08:32. > :08:38.metres from where a suicide bomber killed hundreds a week ago in a
:08:38. > :08:45.church. The main hospital in Peshawar is once again overflowing
:08:45. > :08:50.with the injured. It has seen 140 dead following the attacks in the
:08:50. > :08:55.last week. All this just after the Prime Minister said the government
:08:55. > :09:02.wanted to talk to the militants and he was backed by other prominent
:09:02. > :09:06.leaders. While the militants said they wanted to talk peace as well,
:09:06. > :09:13.the killing has continued. This video appeared, apparently made by
:09:13. > :09:18.the Pakistani Taliban, reportedly showing when an army jeep was blown
:09:18. > :09:24.up. Should talks still go ahead? There are those in Parliament who
:09:24. > :09:30.believe the only way to do ends the bloodshed is to talk to the
:09:30. > :09:45.militants. With every attack, there are many Pakistanis saying there is
:09:45. > :09:48.nothing to discuss. 30 people have been rescued after an
:09:48. > :09:51.amphibious tourist boat caught fire on the River Thames. Some of those
:09:51. > :09:53.on board jumped into the water to escape. As Andy Moore reports, it's
:09:53. > :09:55.the latest in a string of accidents escape. As Andy Moore reports, it's
:09:55. > :09:57.involving similar vessels. A terrifying scene played out in the
:09:57. > :10:00.heart of London, close to the A terrifying scene played out in the
:10:01. > :10:05.of Commons. As the fire took hold, many passengers took to the water.
:10:05. > :10:19.Others tried to pluck up the courage to jump. We saw the tour guide and
:10:19. > :10:25.the captain looked at each other. They encouraged us to put life
:10:25. > :10:30.jackets on and jump off. I was worried the boat might blow up. I
:10:30. > :10:34.wanted to get into the water. I knew I would be fine if I was in the
:10:34. > :10:39.water. The cause of the fire is under investigation. There have been
:10:39. > :10:43.previous incidents with other boats. Two separate incidents in
:10:43. > :10:49.Liverpool and their licence has been revoked. A young child was allowed
:10:49. > :10:53.to go home after medical treatment. Ambulance crews say they dealt with
:10:53. > :10:58.30 people at the scene. Many were cold and wet after ten minutes in
:10:58. > :11:04.the water. Three people were taken to hospital after minor injuries.
:11:04. > :11:07.Seven people breathed in smoke. We mobilised appliances and the fire
:11:08. > :11:12.boat. They work very quickly on scene. This incident happened very
:11:12. > :11:18.close to a fire station on the River Thames. Rescuers were able to get to
:11:18. > :11:24.the scene very quickly. One please source said, the outcome could have
:11:24. > :11:28.been a lot worse. In this case, the boat was in shallow water near the
:11:28. > :11:33.bank and other vessels were near at hand. It could have been very
:11:33. > :11:36.different. One of England's most senior police
:11:36. > :11:39.officers has called for Class A drugs to be decriminalised. Writing
:11:39. > :11:41.in a Sunday newspaper, the Chief Constable of Durham Police Mike
:11:41. > :11:44.Barton, also said drug addicts should be treated and cared for,
:11:44. > :11:54.rather than prosecuted. Here's Luisa Baldini.
:11:54. > :11:58.While the existence and consumption of drugs cannot be eradicated, the
:11:58. > :12:02.war on drugs can, according to Frank Hewetson from London and Anthony
:12:02. > :12:06.Perrett. -- Chief Constable of Durham Police Mike Barton. He
:12:07. > :12:14.compares the situation to prohibition in the USC. Mr Barton
:12:14. > :12:23.says prohibiting hard drugs, only enhances the power hold by gangs.
:12:23. > :12:28.Decriminalisation is the way to wrestle it away from the gangs. He
:12:29. > :12:32.says if an addict was able to access drugs by the NHS or a similar
:12:32. > :12:36.organisation, then they would not have to go out and buy illegal
:12:36. > :12:42.drugs. Drugs should be controlled and they should not be freely
:12:42. > :12:47.available. Mike Barton's views are backed by the local Police and Crime
:12:47. > :12:52.Commissioner. There will always be people who are tempted but what we
:12:52. > :12:56.need to do is have a control mechanism so we can control the
:12:56. > :13:00.quality of the drug and we can care for the individual and seek to
:13:00. > :13:08.remove him from that addiction. Experts warn that the number of
:13:08. > :13:12.users has actually fallen and a former addict is sceptical about the
:13:12. > :13:17.role that the NHS could play. How about functioning Addicks or people
:13:17. > :13:24.that are working? Or people that are not open about their problem? They
:13:24. > :13:27.would not go to hospital to get their drugs. It is aimed at people
:13:27. > :13:35.who are in the Charity services or people in the streets. The Chief
:13:35. > :13:45.Constable's calls follows others around the world who say the war on
:13:45. > :13:50.drugs is being lost. Now for the sport.
:13:50. > :13:55.Thank you. We start with the Premier League when Liverpool beat
:13:55. > :14:02.Sunderland 3-1 at the Stadium of light. Luis Suarez scored, after he
:14:02. > :14:08.was banned for ten matches for biting another player. The second in
:14:08. > :14:13.the table. Jonny Howson's first half strike guided Norwich to the second
:14:13. > :14:17.win of the season as they beat Stoke 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium.
:14:17. > :14:26.Liverpool are the women's league champions as they do beat Bristol
:14:26. > :14:31.Academy 2-0. A title decider and the question of who could hold their
:14:31. > :14:32.nerve. In the blue corner, the Bristol Academy up against the
:14:32. > :14:36.league spenders in red. It was Bristol Academy up against the
:14:36. > :14:40.Liverpool who cashed in on their dominance. With Bristol struggling
:14:40. > :14:48.for possession, their frustration got the better of them. Liverpool
:14:48. > :14:53.have seasoned internationals. Investment from the men's club
:14:53. > :14:57.allowed this player to arrive on Merseyside at the start of the
:14:57. > :15:02.season and her finish put the title beyond Bristol's grasp. Whistle have
:15:02. > :15:11.come back from bigger deficits but not this time. -- Bristol. This
:15:11. > :15:20.sparked a real change in the women's game. To win the title is
:15:20. > :15:23.the big one, really, and people go through their whole career never
:15:23. > :15:28.having this opportunity. It feels unbelievable, it really does. These
:15:28. > :15:40.girls are my best friends and I believe we deserved to win it. The
:15:40. > :15:45.Tour de France winner Chris Frew pulled out of the road race this
:15:45. > :15:49.afternoon after he struggled with the treacherous conditions in Italy.
:15:49. > :16:00.The whole British team abandoned the race as well. It was a close finish.
:16:00. > :16:03.And cycling's world governing body has asked a member of team sky to
:16:03. > :16:07.explain possible discrepancies in the readings. Team sky said they had
:16:07. > :16:10.no doubt about the performance of the readings. Team sky said they had
:16:10. > :16:15.the cyclist who won last year's toured Britain. They say the
:16:15. > :16:18.anomalies showed in readings before he joined the team.
:16:18. > :16:18.Thank you.