:00:00. > :00:11.The SNP leader says a "yes" vote for Scottish independence would be a
:00:12. > :00:14.mark of national self-confidence. Alex Salmond tries to reach out
:00:15. > :00:19.beyond his party's traditional supporters with less than a year to
:00:20. > :00:26.go to the referendum. If not us, then who? If not now, then when?
:00:27. > :00:31.Friends, we are Scotland's independent generation and our time
:00:32. > :00:35.is now. Also in the programme:
:00:36. > :00:39.Tensions in the Cabinet emerge tonight as Nick Clegg criticises the
:00:40. > :00:42.Government's free schools policy. The hunt for the parents of a
:00:43. > :00:47.four-year-girl discovered in a Roma camp in Greece.
:00:48. > :00:52.Ten skydivers and their pilot are killed in a plane crash in Belgium.
:00:53. > :00:54.And a world record price for the violin that was played as the
:00:55. > :01:19.Titanic went down. Good evening. The leader of the
:01:20. > :01:22.Scottish National Party has said a vote for independence would be an
:01:23. > :01:26.act of national self-confidence and self-belief. Alex Salmond was
:01:27. > :01:30.speaking at the SNP's Conference in Perth, with less than a year to go
:01:31. > :01:33.until the independence referendum. He also revealed that the Scottish
:01:34. > :01:38.Government's blueprint for independence would be published next
:01:39. > :01:43.month. 11 months to go and the independence
:01:44. > :01:47.debate is hotting up. In the cake shop next to the conference, they
:01:48. > :01:51.are turning over the issues, pondering which way to vote. Will
:01:52. > :01:59.Scotland say "yes" or "no" next September? It turns out Alex Salmond
:02:00. > :02:02.is off the cakes, apparently he is on a health kick. My diet is a bit
:02:03. > :02:06.like the cause of Scottish independence. We have travelled a
:02:07. > :02:10.substantial way but we have still got a job to do! No, his mind is on
:02:11. > :02:15.the main course, a White Paper setting out the vision for
:02:16. > :02:18.independence. It would be published on 26th November and it comes with a
:02:19. > :02:23.challenge. So here is the deal, Prime Minister. We'll publish the
:02:24. > :02:34.White Paper, then you and I must debate, Prime Minister to First
:02:35. > :02:40.Minister. Mr Salmond said bread-and-butter issues will win the
:02:41. > :02:44.referendum. Let us pledge that never again will wages of the lowest-paid
:02:45. > :02:48.in Scotland fail to keep up with the cost-of-living. Alex Salmond knows
:02:49. > :02:53.the "yes" campaign is struggling in the polls so he made this appeal to
:02:54. > :02:57.voters outside the hall. Independence is not at its heart
:02:58. > :03:01.about this party, or this administration, or this First
:03:02. > :03:05.Minister, but about fundamental democratic choice for Scotland, the
:03:06. > :03:12.people's right to choose Government of their own. They were delighted,
:03:13. > :03:16.but they don't need convincing. Alex Salmond hopes that the debate about
:03:17. > :03:21.independence is about to enter a new phase. He knows the White Paper
:03:22. > :03:29.could be crucial and he hopes, he hopes that it could turn the tide.
:03:30. > :03:32.It's emerged tonight there are serious tensions in the Cabinet over
:03:33. > :03:35.the issue of free schools in England. The Deputy Prime Minister,
:03:36. > :03:38.Nick Clegg, has expressed what's been described as "strong
:03:39. > :03:41.differences of opinion" with his Conservative coalition partners.
:03:42. > :03:46.With me now is our political correspondent, Iain Watson.
:03:47. > :03:50.What more can you tell us? Nick Clegg is giving a big speech on
:03:51. > :03:56.education policy later this week. We have seen extracts from that speech.
:03:57. > :04:00.He will commit the Lib Dems to imposing the National Curriculum to
:04:01. > :04:04.free schools. At the moment, they have discretion over what to teach.
:04:05. > :04:08.Beyond that, he will say that these schools must employ qualified
:04:09. > :04:12.teachers, teachers that are in the process of being qualified and they
:04:13. > :04:17.should adhere to certain standards on school meals. He's argued for
:04:18. > :04:22.these changes in Cabinet but he's been backed by Michael Gove. His
:04:23. > :04:25.allies say that Nick Clegg doesn't understand the nature of free
:04:26. > :04:30.schools. The Liberal Democrat Leader's intervention comes after a
:04:31. > :04:36.week of bad publicity for free schools. The resignation of an
:04:37. > :04:38.unqualified teacher in a school in Westminster. The Government would
:04:39. > :04:41.say the free schools policy is helping parents choose schools
:04:42. > :04:45.rather than the other way around. They are committed to continuing
:04:46. > :04:51.that policy. We will see a divergence of Lib Dem and
:04:52. > :04:54.Conservative policy in 2015. Police in Greece are trying to
:04:55. > :04:58.identify a four-year-old girl with blond hair, who they believe may
:04:59. > :05:03.have been snatched from her parents. They found her in a Roma settlement
:05:04. > :05:06.last Wednesday. DNA tests show she's not related to the couple she was
:05:07. > :05:09.living with, at the camp near Farsala. Police believe the child
:05:10. > :05:17.may be a victim of abduction or child trafficking.
:05:18. > :05:23.Four-year-old and possibly a victim of international trafficking. It was
:05:24. > :05:27.her blond hair and pale complexion that alerted police to Maria. She
:05:28. > :05:31.stood out in the Roma camp in central Greece where she was found
:05:32. > :05:35.during a routine police sweep. The couple claiming to be her parents
:05:36. > :05:40.changed their story several times and produced papers that said they
:05:41. > :05:45.had six children in the space of ten months. After DNA analysis showed no
:05:46. > :05:49.link with Maria, they were arrested, charged with abduction. The
:05:50. > :05:55.four-year-old is now being cared for by a charity whose director fears
:05:56. > :06:06.that she may have been trafficked. She was either taken in maternity or
:06:07. > :06:10.abducted for begging, or later for prostitution, or even worse, for
:06:11. > :06:13.selling for other purposes. You must have been shocked when you heard
:06:14. > :06:28.what was happening? Shocked when you see a child being exposed like this.
:06:29. > :06:32.Around 300,000 Roma live in Greece, often in poor conditions.
:06:33. > :06:36.Authorities say several other cases of unusual-looking children in
:06:37. > :06:41.settlements have been reported now. There have long been allegations of
:06:42. > :06:46.children sold into Roma communities here. But the lawyer for this couple
:06:47. > :06:51.has told me that Maria was given to them by a woman who could not care
:06:52. > :06:56.for her, that she was not abducted and they are distraught from their
:06:57. > :07:00.legitimately adopted child. Kate and Gerry McCann say this case has given
:07:01. > :07:04.them hope that their daughter, Madeleine, may be found alive six
:07:05. > :07:11.years after she disappeared in Portugal. And the sister of another
:07:12. > :07:18.British toddler, Ben Needham, says this shows they shouldn't give up.
:07:19. > :07:22.It is a big step for us. Cases like this prove that it can happen and
:07:23. > :07:28.they can be found and there can be positive outcomes. It gives us great
:07:29. > :07:32.hope that one day this will be Ben. An international appeal about Maria
:07:33. > :07:37.has prompted over 5,000 calls here. But for now, exactly what happened
:07:38. > :07:43.to this little girl remains a mystery.
:07:44. > :07:46.Ten skydivers and their pilot have been killed in a plane crash in
:07:47. > :07:50.southern Belgium. Witnesses say the aircraft suddenly lost height just
:07:51. > :07:58.after take-off and came down in a field.
:07:59. > :08:03.These are the first images that show the torn and twisted wreckage of a
:08:04. > :08:07.light aircraft lying in a field just 200 metres from a residential
:08:08. > :08:14.neighbourhood. It had crashed minutes after taking off, 40 miles
:08:15. > :08:17.south-east of Brussels. Ten civilian parachutists and a pilot were killed
:08:18. > :08:21.instantly. They must have known for some minutes they were in trouble.
:08:22. > :08:24.One eyewitness described seeing the plane fly over him with pieces
:08:25. > :08:28.falling off it. The wing was found almost a mile from the scene of the
:08:29. > :08:31.accident. There are reports four of those on board were spotted
:08:32. > :08:40.desperately trying to escape the plane as it began losing height. It
:08:41. > :08:45.felt so -- fell so quickly they had no time to open their parachutes.
:08:46. > :08:50.The aircraft was similar to this one. Usually, the perfect platform
:08:51. > :08:55.from which to skydive. No names or nationalities of the dead have been
:08:56. > :09:02.released. The Belgian Prime Minister has sent his sincere condolences to
:09:03. > :09:05.the families of the victims. The Government has defended its
:09:06. > :09:08.high-speed rail project after claims that it could lead to huge financial
:09:09. > :09:11.losses for parts of the United Kingdom. The BBC has obtained
:09:12. > :09:13.figures from a Government-commissioned report
:09:14. > :09:23.suggesting areas away from the planned line could lose hundreds of
:09:24. > :09:28.millions of pounds every year. It's the railway line which the
:09:29. > :09:33.Government boasts will boost Britain's economy by ?15 billion a
:09:34. > :09:38.year. But the report in which that claim was made is facing accusations
:09:39. > :09:43.of playing down the economic impact of the line on some areas. So, while
:09:44. > :09:47.the report told us the prize for the winners, like Greater Manchester,
:09:48. > :09:52.West Yorkshire and Greater London, it didn't tell us the cost to the
:09:53. > :09:58.losers, in places like Aberdeen, Cambridge and Bristol. Campaigners
:09:59. > :10:02.say that omission shows the report overstated the benefits of HS2. We
:10:03. > :10:06.are not surprised that the Government has tried to downplay the
:10:07. > :10:10.negatives on HS2. They have done it time and time again. We think now is
:10:11. > :10:15.the time for them to stop, look at the reality of the situation and
:10:16. > :10:21.cancel HS2. The report's author, KPMG, say the negative impact HS2
:10:22. > :10:25.might have on some areas was reflected in maps included in the
:10:26. > :10:30.report. Although without the detail revealed by these figures. Ministers
:10:31. > :10:34.point out that HS2 will account for just a quarter of transport
:10:35. > :10:42.investment over the five years from 2015. All of this investment that we
:10:43. > :10:46.are looking at is to serve the whole of the United Kingdom, to make the
:10:47. > :10:50.United Kingdom a place where we attract investment so we get jobs
:10:51. > :10:58.from other countries into this country. The campaign against HS2
:10:59. > :11:01.has so far been concentrated around the areas affected by its
:11:02. > :11:05.construction. But these figures could widen the opposition to parts
:11:06. > :11:10.of the country that the line won't go anywhere near.
:11:11. > :11:14.The violin played to calm passengers as the Titanic was sinking has been
:11:15. > :11:20.sold at auction in Wiltshire for ?900,000, a world record. It was
:11:21. > :11:24.reported to have been found at sea a week after the disaster in 1912,
:11:25. > :11:34.strapped to the body of the ship's bandmaster.
:11:35. > :11:41.At ?80,000... The violin that's as much about myths as music. Said to
:11:42. > :11:45.be the Holy Grail of Titanic memorabilia. As one of the
:11:46. > :11:50.instruments that played on as the Titanic floundered, it became part
:11:51. > :11:54.of its legend. Its owner was Wallace Hartley, who inspired his fellow
:11:55. > :12:01.band-members to carry on their music to calm the passengers. As the
:12:02. > :12:06.Titanic went down, his courage ensured he and his violin would
:12:07. > :12:13.become integral players in the ship's legacy. ?250,000... That is
:12:14. > :12:18.why whilst some have questioned the violin's authenticity, it didn't
:12:19. > :12:21.take long for the numbers to start climbing. Bidders in the room were
:12:22. > :12:30.soon left trailing by the serious money on the phones. Up-and-up it
:12:31. > :12:38.went... For the second time... Until this? At ?900,000, going... A new
:12:39. > :12:45.world record from an anonymous buyer believed to be British. It is the
:12:46. > :12:52.iconic instrument everyone knows that the band went down playing.
:12:53. > :12:56.?900,000 is a world record for any Titanic item.
:12:57. > :13:05.When you add in buyer's premium and VAT the price paid for this will be
:13:06. > :13:14.over ?1 million. This is an instrument of history.
:13:15. > :13:20.With all the sport, here's Ollie Foster at the BBC Sport Centre. Many
:13:21. > :13:24.thanks. There were 27 goals in the eight
:13:25. > :13:28.Premier League matches today. You can see them all on Match of the Day
:13:29. > :13:31.straight after the news, but if you want to know the results, then keep
:13:32. > :13:35.on watching and listening for the next minute or so. Arsenal are now
:13:36. > :13:39.two points clear at the top of the table after a 4-1 win over Norwich,
:13:40. > :13:42.Mesut Ozil got two goals. Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey also
:13:43. > :13:44.scored. Norwich remain in the bottom three.
:13:45. > :13:48.Here are all today's results, Chelsea are up to second in the
:13:49. > :13:52.table after they beat Cardiff 4-1. Everton beat Hull 2-1. Manchester
:13:53. > :13:55.United let in a late goal at home to Southampton for a 1-1 draw.
:13:56. > :13:58.Liverpool drop to third in the table after a draw at ten-man Newcastle.
:13:59. > :14:01.Stoke-West Brom was goalless. Gus Poyet's first game in charge of
:14:02. > :14:05.bottom club Sunderland finished with a 4-0 defeat at Swansea and Sergio
:14:06. > :14:09.Aguero scored twice as Manchester City saw off West Ham 3-1 to go
:14:10. > :14:12.fourth. Celtic are four points clear at the
:14:13. > :14:16.top of the Scottish Premiership but they had to settle for a draw
:14:17. > :14:19.against Hibernian at Easter Road. They were 1-0 down and heading for
:14:20. > :14:21.their first league defeat of the season until substitute James
:14:22. > :14:25.Forrest scored a sensational equaliser with about 15 minutes left
:14:26. > :14:32.to play. There were also wins for Aberdeen, Motherwell, Kilmarnoock
:14:33. > :14:35.and St Mirren. To Rugby Union's Heineken Cup. The
:14:36. > :14:38.pick of European matches was in Wales where Cardiff Blues stunned
:14:39. > :14:44.Jonny Wilkinson's European champions Toulon.
:14:45. > :14:49.A rock star welcome but Cardiff Blues were only ever expected to be
:14:50. > :14:55.the support act. Toulon are a rugby super group after all, setting the
:14:56. > :14:58.rhythm, Jonny Wilkinson. Two penalties put the French club in
:14:59. > :15:02.front. All the while, conditions were become less hospitable for the
:15:03. > :15:07.European Champions. Leigh Halfpenny is used to the rain. He kicked
:15:08. > :15:11.Cardiff level. The Welsh club had lost their first match in this
:15:12. > :15:16.competition and put bodies on the line to prevent a repeat. Toulon
:15:17. > :15:21.emerged from the storm with a slender lead, all of it provided by
:15:22. > :15:26.Wilkinson. The Blues were three behind with three minutes remaining
:15:27. > :15:32.when Gareth Davis received the ball. He got Cardiff over the line to a
:15:33. > :15:44.famous and crucial win 19-15. The Munster red used to be a warning,
:15:45. > :15:48.abandon hope all ye enter here. Having built the lead on steel, they
:15:49. > :15:57.found time and space for something more ornate. Conor Murray picked out
:15:58. > :16:03.Murphy and there was no way back. Munster finished 26-10 winners.
:16:04. > :16:06.The British-trained Farhh won the Champion Stakes at Ascot today and
:16:07. > :16:09.has now been retired with the five-year-old going straight to
:16:10. > :16:14.stud. The Godolphin stallion won by a neck landing ?1.2 million. Today's
:16:15. > :16:18.meeting was Britain's richest race day - with over ?3 million in prize
:16:19. > :16:21.money. Defending world champion Jorge
:16:22. > :16:23.Lorenzo will start on pole for tomorrow's Australian MotoGP, with
:16:24. > :16:26.fellow Spainard and Championship leader Marc Marquez second and
:16:27. > :16:30.Valentino Rossi third. Many thanks. That is it from us.
:16:31. > :16:35.Before we go, a reminder that Alex Salmond will be one of Andrew Marr's
:16:36. > :16:37.guests at 9.00am tomorrow morning on BBC One. From all of us for now,
:16:38. > :16:51.good night. Good evening. If you were dodging
:16:52. > :16:54.the showers today, you will have to do the same tomorrow. Some thundery
:16:55. > :16:55.downpours