:00:00. > :00:10.Tributes are paid to one of Britain's greatest novelists after
:00:11. > :00:13.Doris Lessing dies at the age of 94. Over six decades, she wrote more
:00:14. > :00:19.than 50 books, winning the affection of readers - and the Nobel Prize for
:00:20. > :00:24.Literature. So if I give you 300, could you try
:00:25. > :00:26.and get four? Is that all right? The former Chairman of the Co-op Bank
:00:27. > :00:32.apologises, after claims he bought illegal drugs.
:00:33. > :00:34.As Qatar is accused of "ruthless exploitation" of World Cup
:00:35. > :00:37.construction workers, a special report from Nepal on the desperate
:00:38. > :00:45.demand for the jobs - whatever the conditions.
:00:46. > :01:07.And South Africa overpower Scotland in a decisive win at Murrayfield.
:01:08. > :01:12.Tributes are being paid to one of Britain's most celebrated authors -
:01:13. > :01:17.Doris Lessing, who's died at her home in London at the age of 94.
:01:18. > :01:20.Over a 60-year period, she wrote more than 50 works of fiction and
:01:21. > :01:25.non fiction, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Tonight, the
:01:26. > :01:28.novelist Salman Rushdie remembered the "warmth, sharp mind and
:01:29. > :01:40.ferocity" of a writer who challenged convention. Nick Higham looks back
:01:41. > :01:44.at Doris Lessing's life. Doris Lessing heard she had won the
:01:45. > :01:50.Nobel Prize from reporters camped on her doorstep. Her reaction was
:01:51. > :01:57.typical. Have you heard? You have won the Nobel Prize. Oh, Christ. Her
:01:58. > :02:02.early life on a farm in Africa shaped much of her writing. Her
:02:03. > :02:07.father lost a leg in the First World War and the evils of war became a
:02:08. > :02:11.constant theme. The plight of women was another theme. Her first novel
:02:12. > :02:16.was about a white woman's affair with a black man, set among what she
:02:17. > :02:23.called the drunk and re-route world of white Rhodesians. She married
:02:24. > :02:26.twice, separated twice, escape to England and became a writer. She
:02:27. > :02:36.abandoned her earlier communism but remained political. The possible
:02:37. > :02:39.future resident of the US only four years ago was talking about using an
:02:40. > :02:45.atom bomb quite casually, a conventional weapon. What guarantee
:02:46. > :02:51.is there that another slightly off-balance general might put the
:02:52. > :02:55.whole world into war? Her breakthrough novel, The Golden
:02:56. > :02:59.Notebook, appeared in 1962. Complex, it was hailed by feminists, although
:03:00. > :03:07.Doris Lessing was hardly a conventional feminist. I don't think
:03:08. > :03:11.my writing can be described as feminist or non-feminist. I write
:03:12. > :03:16.about all kinds of men and women. I have never in my life met a woman
:03:17. > :03:19.who was not a feminist. She published over 50 works including
:03:20. > :03:26.short stories, science fiction and what she called in a space fiction.
:03:27. > :03:32.She wrote a cross a huge variety of genres, but if there was a theme in
:03:33. > :03:36.her work, I guess it was this exploration of working out how it is
:03:37. > :03:41.that we can be to ourselves or good, and how we can be good for
:03:42. > :03:47.society. These two things don't always go hand-in-hand. She admitted
:03:48. > :03:52.she was often abrasive and her view of the world was often bleak. But
:03:53. > :04:02.she was also a writer of scepticism, fire and visionary power.
:04:03. > :04:05.Doris Lessing, who has died aged 94. The former chairman of the Co-op
:04:06. > :04:07.Bank has apologised after a newspaper published a video
:04:08. > :04:10.apparently showing him paying over ?300 for illegal drugs. The Mail on
:04:11. > :04:13.Sunday says Paul Flowers bought and used the drugs - thought to be
:04:14. > :04:16.cocaine - shortly after appearing before a committee of MPs. Mr
:04:17. > :04:20.Flowers - who is also a Methodist minister - said he'd done things
:04:21. > :04:27.that were stupid and wrong. Danny Savage reports.
:04:28. > :04:30.We were the first and we are still the only bank to have actually
:04:31. > :04:39.issued an unethical operating plan. He was the hype revile chairman of
:04:40. > :04:43.the Co-op Bank. -- a high-profile chairman. But after being at the
:04:44. > :04:50.helm of a so-called ethical bank, his own ethics are now being
:04:51. > :04:57.questioned. So if we give you 300, if you can try and get for... A
:04:58. > :05:01.paper says this footage shows him handing over money to buy illegal
:05:02. > :05:04.drugs. It was filmed by an acquaintance who said he met Mr
:05:05. > :05:10.Flowers online and claims to be disgusted by his hypocrisy. It said
:05:11. > :05:14.he was behaving like this just days after he was questioned by the
:05:15. > :05:20.Treasury said committee about the poor performance of the Co-op Bank.
:05:21. > :05:26.Members of that committee have reacted with shock today. I was
:05:27. > :05:31.absolutely astounded. When the Reverend came before us, I would not
:05:32. > :05:36.have guessed that these were the sort of activities he was involved
:05:37. > :05:40.in. Paul Flowers, who stood down as chairman of the bank earlier this
:05:41. > :05:54.year, has released a statement, saying:
:05:55. > :05:59.he has also been suspended from his job as a Methodist minister of this
:06:00. > :06:06.church in Bradford. But the issue which will confirm -- concern many
:06:07. > :06:09.is this was a man being paid ?132,000 a year to be chairman of
:06:10. > :06:17.the bank which prides itself on its high ethical standards. Things did
:06:18. > :06:20.go wrong on Paul Flowers's watch. West Yorkshire Police says it has
:06:21. > :06:27.been made aware of the allegations and is now making further enquiries.
:06:28. > :06:30.Large, destructive tornadoes have struck the US states of Illinois and
:06:31. > :06:33.Indiana, as a major storm system crosses America's Midwest. One
:06:34. > :06:37.person has been killed and state officials are warning that hundreds
:06:38. > :06:47.may have been injured. One tornado passed through the city of Peoria in
:06:48. > :06:50.Illinois, flattening homes. More than a week after Typhoon
:06:51. > :06:53.Haiyan struck the Philippines, aid is starting to reach the most remote
:06:54. > :06:55.areas affected. Helicopters from the American aircraft carrier USS George
:06:56. > :07:00.Washington have been helping deliver much-needed supplies. Our
:07:01. > :07:09.correspondent joined one of the flights to the remote town of
:07:10. > :07:15.Guiuan. A glimmer of hope in a desperate
:07:16. > :07:20.scramble for survival. These villagers living in one remit area
:07:21. > :07:26.are finally getting aid, a week after the typhoon hit. The US
:07:27. > :07:28.military has been working with the Philippine government to coordinate
:07:29. > :07:36.relief efforts across this ever stated island. -- this devastated
:07:37. > :07:42.island. We were given access to the American Navy's flagship carrier,
:07:43. > :07:47.which serves as a mobile airport. With over 6000 sailors on board, it
:07:48. > :07:53.is working at maximum capacity. We provide critical support to the
:07:54. > :08:00.Philippine government as they restore infrastructure. I think the
:08:01. > :08:06.carrier is a good sign of our relationship with the Philippines.
:08:07. > :08:13.This is just one of 23 helicopters the U.S. Navy is operating out of
:08:14. > :08:17.the USS George Washington. I making doubles -- they are making dozens of
:08:18. > :08:24.trips every day, taking supplies to much-needed areas. Over 6000 kg of
:08:25. > :08:29.food, water and medicine have been handed out. As soon as it is loaded
:08:30. > :08:35.up, it is gone. What is left of this airport has become a hub for
:08:36. > :08:40.American aid efforts. This area was almost completely destroyed. People
:08:41. > :08:45.here don't just need food and water, they are also looking for a way out.
:08:46. > :08:55.US planes have been flying people to bigger cities, but it is a long,
:08:56. > :09:05.tiring weight. -- wait. Living is difficult, so we have to go to
:09:06. > :09:12.Manila, to our relatives. I want to take my sister, who is pregnant. I
:09:13. > :09:15.want to go because I'm worried. This landscape lies bruised, broken and
:09:16. > :09:21.battered. The US military says it is here to help for as long as it is
:09:22. > :09:26.needed, but this is just the beginning of a relief operation that
:09:27. > :09:29.has no clear end in sight. Trade union leaders have said
:09:30. > :09:31.government plans to hold an inquiry into union tactics during industrial
:09:32. > :09:33.disputes are "politically motivated". The inquiry will examine
:09:34. > :09:36.allegations of intimidation by members of the Unite union during
:09:37. > :09:44.the recent dispute at the Grangemouth oil refinery.
:09:45. > :09:48.Ireland's President Michael Higgins is to visit the UK next year - the
:09:49. > :09:51.first ever official visit by an an Irish head of state. The Queen has
:09:52. > :09:54.formally invited the President and his wife to stay at Windsor Castle.
:09:55. > :10:02.It follows her historic state visit to the Irish Republic in 2011.
:10:03. > :10:05.One of Britain's most senior public health officials has called for a
:10:06. > :10:08.national debate on whether the age of consent should be lowered.
:10:09. > :10:10.Professor John Ashton, who's president of the Faculty of Public
:10:11. > :10:14.Health which advises ministers, said a change to the current age of 16
:10:15. > :10:20.could help protect children and reduce teenage pregnancies. Downing
:10:21. > :10:31.Street says there are no plans for any change, as Jon Brain reports.
:10:32. > :10:34.Sex education in this country has come a long way in recent years, but
:10:35. > :10:41.the UK still has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe.
:10:42. > :10:44.According to the latest survey, nearly one third of children have
:10:45. > :10:49.sex before reaching the age of consent. A leading health expert
:10:50. > :10:53.claims lowering the age to 15 would encourage more task for sexual
:10:54. > :10:59.health advice and contraception. We got significant numbers of
:11:00. > :11:04.pregnancies in the under 16 's, infection with chlamydia and other
:11:05. > :11:12.infections, but we bury our heads in the sand. We live in a fantasy land.
:11:13. > :11:14.If the politicians are not going to address the sexualisation of
:11:15. > :11:18.childhood, we need other practical measures in place to pick up the
:11:19. > :11:22.pieces. Latest figures reveal nearly 6000 girls under 16 became pregnant
:11:23. > :11:29.in England and Wales alone in 12 months - double the age of France,
:11:30. > :11:35.where the age of consent is 15, and Germany, where it is just 14. But a
:11:36. > :11:40.random poll in the centre of London this afternoon revealed opposition
:11:41. > :11:49.to lowering the age to 15 here. That is too young to feel about sex -- to
:11:50. > :11:55.think about sex. If it is lowered to 15, they wouldn't have sex whenever
:11:56. > :12:02.they want, they would have thought twice about it. Would you have an
:12:03. > :12:06.under more pressure to have sex? Probably. I would say that,
:12:07. > :12:13.definitely. I know people that have. I think 16 is better. I think
:12:14. > :12:17.changing the age of consent wouldn't stop teenagers from doing what they
:12:18. > :12:21.do now, but as a parent, I'm more comfortable with it being 16. Child
:12:22. > :12:29.protection experts also have their doubts. By having 16 as the legal
:12:30. > :12:33.limit, that is one tall children have in their pockets to say to
:12:34. > :12:42.people putting them under pressure, actually, this is illegal, we should
:12:43. > :12:47.not be doing that. -- one tool. The government says there are no plans
:12:48. > :12:50.to change the status quo. A new report has accused companies
:12:51. > :12:56.in Qatar of "ruthless exploitation" of migrant workers on construction
:12:57. > :12:58.projects for the 2022 World Cup. Amnesty International says many face
:12:59. > :13:01.dangerous working conditions, squalid accommodation, and go unpaid
:13:02. > :13:04.for months. It follows similar criticism from the United Nations.
:13:05. > :13:09.The Qatari authorities insist they are tackling abuses with a workers
:13:10. > :13:13.charter to protect migrants' rights. Many have travelled to Qatar from
:13:14. > :13:17.Nepal. Our correspondent Andrew North reports from there, on the
:13:18. > :13:29.demand for work - and the sacrifices of migrants and their families.
:13:30. > :13:38.The Himalayas of Nepal. The highest country in the world. But it is also
:13:39. > :13:44.one of the poorest. We're going to a remote mountain village with an ever
:13:45. > :13:52.more common story. Every household depends on someone working abroad to
:13:53. > :13:56.make ends meet. This woman's husband got a job in Qatar helping to build
:13:57. > :14:02.the new World Cup airport. He was earning just ?100 a month. But she
:14:03. > :14:11.hoped it would change their life. Now, she has to care for their
:14:12. > :14:19.daughter and his parents alone. This summer, he died of a heart attack,
:14:20. > :14:23.just 29 years old. TRANSLATION: My husband was healthy when he left.
:14:24. > :14:28.The doctor would have sent him back if he was ill. But he was always
:14:29. > :14:32.complaining about the long working hours in the heat, and the rotten
:14:33. > :14:37.food. I'm sure that is what killed him. Others who work there say they
:14:38. > :14:43.were lucky to survive. Qatar has become a dirty word here.
:14:44. > :14:50.TRANSLATION: I will never go to guitar again. That is what I tell my
:14:51. > :14:57.friends. It is better to die here. Every day, more people leave to work
:14:58. > :15:00.in their oral rich neighbour. They are drawn by a construction boom as
:15:01. > :15:12.it prepares to host the World Cup will stop -- their oil rich
:15:13. > :15:17.neighbour. The Qatari authorities reject that, saying the problem has
:15:18. > :15:25.been exaggerated. This is where the desperate exodus begins. At the
:15:26. > :15:33.government labour agency, where the oven -- potential migrants keep
:15:34. > :15:39.coming. Up to 10,000 Nepal is passed through here every week now. The
:15:40. > :15:54.authorities are struggling to keep control. Tempers fraying as they
:15:55. > :16:06.always do. All Nepal is have to come here to sort out their papers. Most
:16:07. > :16:10.of them are going to Qatar. Their plight may now be more in the
:16:11. > :16:16.spotlight, but that means little to this woman and her daughter. Instead
:16:17. > :16:25.of a new beginning, the World Cup has only brought their misery.
:16:26. > :16:27.Rugby, and Scotland has suffered a bruising defeat to South Africa at
:16:28. > :16:35.Murrayfield, losing 28-0. Patrick Gearey was watching the action.
:16:36. > :16:42.By beating Japan last week, Scotland began the autumn on a high, but that
:16:43. > :16:47.looked the carriers when South Africa arrived. Within five minutes,
:16:48. > :16:51.the Springboks sprung. Willem Alberts was at the front of a drive
:16:52. > :16:56.for the line which granted the Scots. Scotland tried to push
:16:57. > :17:07.forward, but the South Africans ambushed them. Willie Le Roux's case
:17:08. > :17:12.brought a second try. South Africa are known for their brawn, but there
:17:13. > :17:18.was evidence of their brain as well. This time, Willie Le Roux picked out
:17:19. > :17:25.JP Peterson, who in turn picked out the line. After the break, a return
:17:26. > :17:30.of their heavy industry. Scotland needed a spark but could only
:17:31. > :17:34.produce hot air. When they did work up some steam in the last ten
:17:35. > :17:39.minutes, South Africa insured they quickly ran out of track. It if it
:17:40. > :17:42.is an uncomfortable afternoon for Scotland. South Africa specialise in
:17:43. > :17:52.handing those out. You can see more on today's stories
:17:53. > :17:55.on the website. Now, the news where you are.