03/11/2013

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:00:00. > :00:12.The police watchdog opens a fresh investigation into the "Plebgate"

:00:13. > :00:14.affair. It comes as two of the three Police Federation officers who met

:00:15. > :00:20.Andrew Mitchell to discuss the incident are recalled to face MPs.

:00:21. > :00:25.Two teenage girls have been killed by a car in Hampshire. A man is

:00:26. > :00:28.arrested on suspicion of murder. Pledging to help low-paid workers.

:00:29. > :00:35.Ed Milliband says a Labour Government would give tax breaks to

:00:36. > :00:39.employers who pay the living wage. And going head to head, Cardiff and

:00:40. > :01:01.Swansea meet in the first ever Premier League Welsh derby.

:01:02. > :01:07.Good evening. The three Police Federation officers who met the MP,

:01:08. > :01:10.Andrew Mitchell, to discuss exactly what was said in the so-called

:01:11. > :01:15."Plebgate" affair will face another inquiry into their conduct by the

:01:16. > :01:18.police watchdog. The Independent Police Complaints Commission will

:01:19. > :01:23.examine what happened when the men spoke with Mr Mitchell at his

:01:24. > :01:26.constituency office. Two of the three officers have also been

:01:27. > :01:28.recalled to appear in front of the Home Affairs Select Committee this

:01:29. > :01:37.week. Our political correspondent, Ben Wright, reports. A Conservative

:01:38. > :01:43.Cabinet Minister keen to get home. A row with police at the gate. An

:01:44. > :01:49.accusation he called them plebs, an emphatic denial by Andrew Mitchell

:01:50. > :01:52.that he. It's the fallout from this Downing Street altercation last

:01:53. > :01:54.autumn that leaves three serving police officers facing a new

:01:55. > :01:58.investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission into

:01:59. > :02:03.their conduct during a meeting held days later with Mr Mitchell. It took

:02:04. > :02:07.place here at his constituency office. Afterwards, the three

:02:08. > :02:11.members of the Police Federation union said Mitchell hospital

:02:12. > :02:15.explained himself fully, but a secret recording showed he had. Last

:02:16. > :02:18.month the officers were quizzed bay committee of MPs, after they had

:02:19. > :02:23.been cleared by an internal police inquiry of giving a deliberately

:02:24. > :02:27.misleading account. Today the committee's chair was scathing about

:02:28. > :02:32.their evidence. We were appalled at the evidence that we received from

:02:33. > :02:39.three of these officers, which was inconsistent, looked clarity, and

:02:40. > :02:45.looked credibility. Two of the officers, Chris Jones, and Stuart

:02:46. > :02:47.Hinton, on the right, are accused of misleading the committee on specific

:02:48. > :02:53.parts of their evidence and have been told to return to Parliament on

:02:54. > :02:58.Tuesday to apologise. This is the fiercest report I've seen in 25

:02:59. > :03:02.years and I've been a chair for 25 years. It hinges on the not telling

:03:03. > :03:06.of the truth. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth is

:03:07. > :03:11.central to our judicial system and therefore is the core of policing.

:03:12. > :03:15.The committee of MPs said it had uncovered an investigation process

:03:16. > :03:19.into a case involving a Cabinet Minister that obstructed the truth.

:03:20. > :03:24.If it could happen to him, they asked, what about everybody else?

:03:25. > :03:28.When we were younger they were gods. The policeman on the beat was the

:03:29. > :03:33.one you looked up to. That I feel has been lost. I can't find any

:03:34. > :03:37.fault in the police, none whatsoever. They've always treated

:03:38. > :03:41.me in an honourable way. It has been more than a year since Andrew

:03:42. > :03:45.Mitchell wheeled his bike out of Downing Street, triggering a chain

:03:46. > :03:48.of events that cost him his Yorkshire brought the police

:03:49. > :03:52.officers' union and politicians into fierce conflicts and raised serious

:03:53. > :03:55.questions about the way police conduct inquiries into allegations

:03:56. > :03:59.of misconduct within their own forces. As to what actually happened

:04:00. > :04:03.here the Crown Prosecution Service will decide soon whether any charges

:04:04. > :04:06.should be brought. West Mercia Police said the qualities of its

:04:07. > :04:09.original inquiry remains unquestioned, but now a new,

:04:10. > :04:14.independent investigation will be held by the police watchdog. The

:04:15. > :04:22.IPCC, to see if there are cases of miscutting to answer, and to try and

:04:23. > :04:25.shore up confidence in the police. Police in Hampshire have arrested a

:04:26. > :04:28.man on suspicion of murder after two teenage girls were killed by a car

:04:29. > :04:32.in the early hours of the morning. They were aged 14 and 16 and were

:04:33. > :04:35.struck as they walked along a road in Gosport. Let's go live to the

:04:36. > :04:43.scene and join Ben Ando, who's there. Ben, what more details do you

:04:44. > :04:47.have? Well, the community here in Gosport has spent the day coming to

:04:48. > :04:52.terms with this tragedy. It happened at around 4. 4.15am, two girls aged

:04:53. > :04:56.16 and 14 were run over and killed in a street behind me. One dying at

:04:57. > :05:01.the scene, the other later in hospital. Forensics police officers

:05:02. > :05:05.have spent the day here looking for clues. Friends have described the

:05:06. > :05:12.two who died, 14-year-old Jasmine Allsop, and 16-year-old olivia Lewry

:05:13. > :05:16.as best friends. They said they were easy to get along with, they were

:05:17. > :05:21.loved by everyone. A 20-year-old man was arrested at the scene. He's

:05:22. > :05:23.being questioned by police today. A green Honda Civic has been

:05:24. > :05:27.recovered. Earlier the police said they were treating this

:05:28. > :05:31.investigation as a murder inquiry, and they are particularly appealing

:05:32. > :05:37.for anyone who saw what happened before the tragic events to get in

:05:38. > :05:40.touch. Thank you Ben. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, says

:05:41. > :05:43.the "central mission" of a future Labour Government would be to extend

:05:44. > :05:46.the so called living wage to as many low-paid workers as possible. It's

:05:47. > :05:50.already paid by hundreds of employers and is significantly

:05:51. > :05:53.higher than the minimum wage. Supporters say it better reflects

:05:54. > :05:56.the true costs of living, but there's a warning that some firms

:05:57. > :06:10.would find it unaffordable. With the details, here's Ben Geoghegan.

:06:11. > :06:15.Wynette works as a carer on the minimum wage, a little over ?6 an

:06:16. > :06:20.hour. It has to provide for her and her two grandchildren, she's been

:06:21. > :06:24.looking after since their own mother diempcketsd sometimes I have to go

:06:25. > :06:30.without to maintain them, to keep them going. I'm the bread winner for

:06:31. > :06:35.them. So it is really difficult with the wages that I'm getting. To help

:06:36. > :06:42.the less well-off some employers pay what's called the living wage. It is

:06:43. > :06:48.8. .55 an hour in London, 7. .45 outside the capital. Politicians are

:06:49. > :06:52.fighting it out to persuade us they can improve our living standards.

:06:53. > :06:56.Today Ed Miliband said he wanted more people to get the living wage

:06:57. > :07:00.and offered a tax rebate to employers who pay it. There is an

:07:01. > :07:05.incentive in the first year, and if it works it can well be extended,

:07:06. > :07:10.but let's do it in the first year, let's make it work. Ed Miliband is

:07:11. > :07:16.promising a tax break in 2016. Employers could claim back almost a

:07:17. > :07:19.third, that's 32p per ?1, of the pay rise. Millions of people are in jobs

:07:20. > :07:25.where they earn less than the living wage. Labour claim higher pay would

:07:26. > :07:29.bring down social security costs and increase tax revenues. But the

:07:30. > :07:33.Tories say today's announcement is an unworkable gimmick. Lacy Green is

:07:34. > :07:37.already on the living wage. She works in a bar and says the extra

:07:38. > :07:41.money is good for her and her employer. I think they get an

:07:42. > :07:44.advantage in a way where their staff are more happier and more like

:07:45. > :07:48.willing to work harder because they know they are not just getting a

:07:49. > :07:54.minimum wage and they feel appreciated. The living wage might

:07:55. > :07:57.make staff happier and give them an incentive to work harder. That's

:07:58. > :08:05.good for employers, perhaps, but what about the effects on the wider

:08:06. > :08:10.economy? If you increase wages in a specific sector by 20-25%, what

:08:11. > :08:15.happens to the products in that industry? If they rise for everybody

:08:16. > :08:18.you will see a negative impact. From cafes to companies many businesses

:08:19. > :08:22.say they can't afford to pay more, but campaigners insist that a wage

:08:23. > :08:36.should allow workers to live and not just survive.

:08:37. > :08:39.The coalition Government has dropped plans to make visitors from certain

:08:40. > :08:42.African and Asian countries pay a ?3,000 deposit to deter them from

:08:43. > :08:46.overstaying their visas in the UK. A Home Office pilot scheme was due to

:08:47. > :08:49.start next month and affected a number of countries, including

:08:50. > :08:52.India, Pakistan and Nigeria. The US Secretary of State, John

:08:53. > :08:55.Kerry, has been in Egypt, the highest-level visit since America

:08:56. > :08:57.stopped aid to the country because of the toppling of the

:08:58. > :09:01.democratically elected President, Mohamed Morsi, four months ago. The

:09:02. > :09:03.former leader will go on trial tomorrow, with other members of the

:09:04. > :09:05.outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, charged with inciting the murder of

:09:06. > :09:10.protesters against his rule in December last year. A deposed

:09:11. > :09:15.President, now a prisoner in a track suit. These images of Mohamed Morsi

:09:16. > :09:22.were published by an Egyptian newspaper. Allegedly they show him

:09:23. > :09:26.in military detention. If, so it's the first glimpse of the former

:09:27. > :09:32.President sips he was ousted on July 3rd. On the eve of his trial, the

:09:33. > :09:38.most high-level US visitor since his removal, the US says the timing is

:09:39. > :09:43.coincidental but Secretary of State John Kerry called for all accused to

:09:44. > :09:48.get justice. We agreed on the need to ensure that Egyptians are

:09:49. > :09:52.afforded due process with fair and transparent trials, civilians tried

:09:53. > :10:01.in civilian court and we discussed the need for all violence to end.

:10:02. > :10:04.The charges stem from running street battles at the presidential Palace

:10:05. > :10:09.last December. Mohamed Morsi is accused oiven citing his supporters

:10:10. > :10:14.to kill his opponents. Critics say his trial is unfair before it

:10:15. > :10:19.begins, because he's been denied proper access to a lawyer.

:10:20. > :10:25.In a rare interview, his nephew told us the Morsi family has been kept in

:10:26. > :10:29.the dark. TRANSLATION: You don't know if he's

:10:30. > :10:33.OK, psychologically, if his health is OK, if he is being treated well.

:10:34. > :10:40.We are worried because he is being held in an unknown location and

:10:41. > :10:43.anything could happen. That's what his supporters are

:10:44. > :10:52.concerned about. They say the trial will be a farce and they have been

:10:53. > :10:56.showing their anger on the streets. The demonstrators are demanding the

:10:57. > :11:00.reinstatement of Mohamed Morsi. For them, he remains legitimate

:11:01. > :11:07.President of Egypt. They are promising even bigger protests on

:11:08. > :11:11.Monday, when he goes on trial. Security forces here are on high

:11:12. > :11:16.alert. Officials say the trial will be free and fair. But many fear it

:11:17. > :11:29.will spark more conflict in this divided nation.

:11:30. > :11:33.Football, and it's only taken a hundred years, but for the first

:11:34. > :11:36.time two Welsh teams have met in the top flight of English football.

:11:37. > :11:39.Cardiff City took on Swansea in the Premier League. Tim Hague watched

:11:40. > :11:42.the action. It is just 42 miles from Swansea's Liberty Stadium to the

:11:43. > :11:46.capital, Cardiff. Yet this was no ordinary journey, as a convoy of

:11:47. > :11:51.coaches given their own special police escort made the trip for the

:11:52. > :11:56.first ever top flight match between the Coal and copper cities. If you

:11:57. > :11:59.weren't sure how much it means to Welsh supporters, there's your

:12:00. > :12:04.answer. One Welshman on the field tried his best to get Cardiff going

:12:05. > :12:12.but Craig Bellamy's free kick went wide. Yet he turned professor for --

:12:13. > :12:16.yet he turned provider for his side, a header to Stephen Caulker. Cue

:12:17. > :12:20.scene office wild celebration but not for everyone. The next question,

:12:21. > :12:24.could Cardiff hand ong to their historic lead? They were certainly

:12:25. > :12:28.committed in their efforts to do so. Even if some went a little over the

:12:29. > :12:32.top. But that was nothing in comparison with what came next.

:12:33. > :12:36.Fraizer Campbell clean through and then taken out. A red card was

:12:37. > :12:42.inevitable. But it didn't matter to Cardiff. They held on to the lead on

:12:43. > :12:45.the day an Englishman became a Welsh hero.

:12:46. > :12:51.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel. We're back

:12:52. > :12:52.with the late news at 10.00pm. Now on BBC One, it's time for the