:00:00. > :00:10.One of Britain's greatest novelists, Doris Lessing, has died at the age
:00:11. > :00:14.of 94. A winner of the Nobel Prize for
:00:15. > :00:18.Literature, she wrote more than 60 books over six decades.
:00:19. > :00:23.Aid reaches remote communities in the Philippines, more than a week
:00:24. > :00:29.after the typhoon. So if I give you 300, could you try
:00:30. > :00:31.and get four, is that all right? The former chairman of the Co-op bank
:00:32. > :00:36.apologises after claims he bought illegal drugs.
:00:37. > :00:59.And South Africa overpowers Scotland in a decisive win at Murrayfield.
:01:00. > :01:03.Good evening. The Nobel-Prize winning novelist
:01:04. > :01:08.Doris Lessing has died at her home in London. She was 94. She was one
:01:09. > :01:11.of Britain's most celebrated and prolific authors, producing more
:01:12. > :01:17.than 60 works of fiction and non fiction. One of the few women to win
:01:18. > :01:20.the Nobel Prize for Literature, she was described at the time as a
:01:21. > :01:30.writer of "scepticism, fire and visionary power". Nick Higham looks
:01:31. > :01:34.back at her life. Doris Lessing heard she had won the
:01:35. > :01:38.Nobel Prize from reporters on her doorstep. Reaction was typically
:01:39. > :01:47.forthright. Have you heard that you've won the prize? Oh, Christ.
:01:48. > :01:51.She was never afraid to speak her mind. Her early life on a farm in
:01:52. > :01:59.Africa shaped much of her writing. Her mother felt trapped. The plight
:02:00. > :02:06.of woman was a theme. Her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, was set
:02:07. > :02:12.in what she called the drunken world of white Rhodesians. She married
:02:13. > :02:15.twice, separated twice, escaped to England and became a professional
:02:16. > :02:24.writer. She abandoned her earlier communism but remained politically
:02:25. > :02:28.at -- active. The possible future president of the US only four years
:02:29. > :02:32.ago was talking about the use of an atom bomb just casually, a
:02:33. > :02:36.conventional weapon. What guarantee is there that another slightly
:02:37. > :02:41.off-balance general might take the whole world into war? Her
:02:42. > :02:47.breakthrough novel, The Golden Notebook, appeared in 1962.
:02:48. > :02:52.Complex, it was hailed by feminists, although Doris Lessing
:02:53. > :02:55.was hardly a conventional feminist. I don't think my writing can be
:02:56. > :03:01.described as feminist or not feminist. I think about all kinds of
:03:02. > :03:07.men and women. I have never in my life met a woman who is not a
:03:08. > :03:15.feminist. She published more than 50 works, including short stories,
:03:16. > :03:18.science fiction and space fiction. She wrote because a huge brightly of
:03:19. > :03:23.genres. If there was a theme to her work, I guess it was this
:03:24. > :03:30.exploration, working out how we could be good to ourselves and good
:03:31. > :03:35.for society. These two things don't always go hand-in-hand, of course.
:03:36. > :03:39.She admitted she was often abrasive. Her view of the world was
:03:40. > :03:52.often bleak. But she was also a writer of scepticism, fire and
:03:53. > :03:55.visionary power. More than a week after Typhoon
:03:56. > :03:58.Haiyan struck the Philippines, aid is starting to reach the most remote
:03:59. > :04:00.areas affected. Helicopters from the American aircraft carrier USS George
:04:01. > :04:02.Washington have been helping deliver much-needed supplies. Our
:04:03. > :04:12.correspondent joined one of the flights to the remote town of
:04:13. > :04:19.Guiuan. A glimmer of hope, and a desperate
:04:20. > :04:23.scramble for survival. These villagers living any remote area are
:04:24. > :04:28.finally getting aid, a week after typhoon hit. The US military has
:04:29. > :04:30.been working with the Philippine government to coordinate relief
:04:31. > :04:39.efforts across the devastated islands. We were given access to the
:04:40. > :04:44.USS George Washington, the American Navy's flagship carrier, which
:04:45. > :04:50.serves as a mobile airport. With over 6000 sailors on board, it is
:04:51. > :04:53.working at maximum capacity. We provide a critical element to the
:04:54. > :05:01.support of the government as they support services, food and water
:05:02. > :05:08.delivery to their citizens. It is a good sign of the US partnership with
:05:09. > :05:13.the Philippines. This is just one of 23 helicopters the U.S. Navy is
:05:14. > :05:20.operating. They are making dozens of trips every day, taking aid and
:05:21. > :05:26.supplies to much-needed areas. More than 6000 kg of food, water and
:05:27. > :05:31.medicine has been handed out in the past two days. As soon as it is
:05:32. > :05:36.loaded, it is gone. What is left of this airport has become a hub for
:05:37. > :05:41.American aid efforts. This area was almost completely destroyed. People
:05:42. > :05:45.here are not just in need of food and water, they are also looking for
:05:46. > :05:52.a way out. US planes have been flying people to bigger cities, but
:05:53. > :06:02.it is a long, tiring weight. -- wait. Living here is difficult in
:06:03. > :06:09.this place. So we have to go to Manila, to our relatives that ask
:06:10. > :06:14.for help. I want to go to Manila. My sister is pregnant, I am worried.
:06:15. > :06:24.This idiot landscape lies bruised and battered. The US military says
:06:25. > :06:30.it is here to help. -- idyllic landscape. But this is just the
:06:31. > :06:32.beginning. The former chairman of the Co-op
:06:33. > :06:35.Bank has apologised after a newspaper published a video
:06:36. > :06:39.apparently showing him paying over ?300 for illegal drugs. The Mail on
:06:40. > :06:42.Sunday says Paul Flowers bought and used the drugs - thought to be
:06:43. > :06:45.cocaine - shortly after appearing before a committee of MPs. Mr
:06:46. > :06:48.Flowers - who is also a Methodist minister - said he'd done things
:06:49. > :06:58.that were stupid and wrong. Danny Savage reports. We were the first
:06:59. > :07:04.and are still the only bank to have actually issued an ethical operating
:07:05. > :07:07.plan. He was the high-profile chairman of the co-operative bank.
:07:08. > :07:12.He is also a Methodist church minister, but after being at the
:07:13. > :07:19.helm of an ethical bank, his own ethics are now being questioned. How
:07:20. > :07:27.much? If we give you 300, if you can try and get four, is that all right?
:07:28. > :07:34.A Sunday paper shows this footage, and says it is him trying to buy
:07:35. > :07:37.illegal drugs. It was given in by an acquaintance who met Mr Flowers
:07:38. > :07:44.online and claims to be disgusted by his hypocrisy will stop -- his
:07:45. > :07:48.hypocrisy. It is said to have occurred within days of him being
:07:49. > :07:53.questioned by the Commons select committee. Members of that committee
:07:54. > :07:58.have reacted with shock today. I was absolutely astounded will stop when
:07:59. > :08:04.the Reverend came before us, I would not have guessed that these were the
:08:05. > :08:12.sort of activities he was involved in. He has released a statement
:08:13. > :08:15.saying, at the lowest point in this terrible period, I did things that
:08:16. > :08:24.was stupid and wrong. I am sorry that this and seeking professional
:08:25. > :08:29.help. He has also now been suspended from his job as a Methodist minister
:08:30. > :08:35.at this church in Bradford. The issue which will concern many is
:08:36. > :08:39.this was a man being paid ?132,000 a year to be the chairman of a bank
:08:40. > :08:47.which prides itself on its high ethical standards. Things did go
:08:48. > :08:51.wrong on Paul Flowers's watch. West Yorkshire Police says it has been
:08:52. > :08:58.made of the allegations and is now making further enquiries.
:08:59. > :09:02.Seven men, who were arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was
:09:03. > :09:05.found in a well in Surrey, have been released on bail. Gardeners
:09:06. > :09:07.discovered the body in Warlingham on Friday. A postmortem examination has
:09:08. > :09:10.been taking place and police have appealed for help identifying the
:09:11. > :09:13.victim. One of Britain's most senior public
:09:14. > :09:18.health officials has called for a national debate on whether the age
:09:19. > :09:21.of consent should be lowered. Professor John Ashton, who is
:09:22. > :09:24.president of the Faculty of Public Health which advises ministers, said
:09:25. > :09:27.a change to the current age of 16 could help protect children and
:09:28. > :09:39.reduce teenage pregnancies. Downing Street says there are no plans for
:09:40. > :09:43.any change, as Jon Brain reports. Sex education in this country has
:09:44. > :09:46.come a long way in recent years, but the UK still has the highest rate of
:09:47. > :09:52.teenage pregnancy in Europe. According to the latest survey,
:09:53. > :09:55.nearly one third of children have sex before reaching the age of
:09:56. > :10:02.consent, leaving health experts suggesting lower back that lowering
:10:03. > :10:07.the age to 15 would encourage more to ask for advice and seek
:10:08. > :10:10.contraception. We have significant numbers of pregnancies in under 16
:10:11. > :10:17.'s, significant numbers with chlamydia, but we bury our heads in
:10:18. > :10:22.the sand and live in a fantasy land. If politicians are not going to
:10:23. > :10:24.address the sexualisation of childhood, we need other practical
:10:25. > :10:32.measures in place to pick up the pieces. Figures reveal nearly 6000
:10:33. > :10:36.girls under 16 became pregnant in England and Wales alone in 12 months
:10:37. > :10:42.- double the age in France, where the age of consent is 15, and
:10:43. > :10:45.Germany, where it is just 14. But a random poll in the centre of London
:10:46. > :10:53.this afternoon revealed opposition to lowering the age to 15 here. That
:10:54. > :10:59.is truly young to be thinking about sex. It may put pressure on people.
:11:00. > :11:05.If it was lowered, they wouldn't think twice about it. They probably
:11:06. > :11:10.do at the moment. Would you have felt more pressure rise to have sex
:11:11. > :11:17.if it had been legal at 15? Probably. Yes, I would say that. I
:11:18. > :11:22.know people that have. I think 16 is better. I think changing the age of
:11:23. > :11:26.consent wouldn't stop teenagers from doing what they do now. As a parent,
:11:27. > :11:35.I'm more comfortable with it being 16. Child protection experts also
:11:36. > :11:39.have their doubts. By having the age of 16 as a legal limit, it is one
:11:40. > :11:43.told children have in their pockets to say to those people who are
:11:44. > :11:46.putting them under pressure to have sexual elation ships, actually, this
:11:47. > :11:54.is illegal, we should not be doing that. The proposal has also been
:11:55. > :11:59.given short shrift by the government, which says there is no
:12:00. > :12:02.plans to change the status quo. The Prime Minister has announced an
:12:03. > :12:04.inquiry into the tactics of trade unions following the recent
:12:05. > :12:06.industrial dispute at the Grangemouth oil refinery. David
:12:07. > :12:09.Cameron has accused the Unite union of "industrial intimidation". The
:12:10. > :12:11.union dismissed the inquiry as a political stunt, and said it
:12:12. > :12:20.wouldn't participate. Our political correspondent Chris Mason reports.
:12:21. > :12:24.Amid the bitter dispute about the future of the Grangemouth refinery,
:12:25. > :12:30.on the driveway of the refinery boss, protesters from the union
:12:31. > :12:35.gather, complete with flags and an inflatable rat. The Prime Minister
:12:36. > :12:39.called this industrial intimidation, so the government has ordered a
:12:40. > :12:50.review of tactics used in disputes like the one here. Protesters is
:12:51. > :12:52.fine. It's when it moves over into intimidation and clearly
:12:53. > :12:55.inappropriate activity, particularly in the context of an industrial
:12:56. > :13:00.dispute. Then I think we have a concern about that. Unite weren't
:13:01. > :13:08.talking on camera today, but they've always said attack techs are legal
:13:09. > :13:14.and legitimate. Many have said their party politics at play here. It is a
:13:15. > :13:21.horrendous waste of tax payers money. The debate around Unite is
:13:22. > :13:29.always politically charged. Conservatives want an internal
:13:30. > :13:34.report about the row in Falkirk, where Unite was accused and then
:13:35. > :13:42.cleared of rigging the subprocess to elect a candidate. Tory campaigners
:13:43. > :13:49.are always keen to remind voters that Unite is a major donor to the
:13:50. > :13:53.Labour Party. Government sources insist today's announcement is not
:13:54. > :14:01.politically motivated. Labour have doubts. I need reassurance this is
:14:02. > :14:07.not a political call by Mr Cameron. We will see how this develops. Lib
:14:08. > :14:11.Dems are pushing to make sure employees tactics are part of the
:14:12. > :14:17.review. They point out strike rates are at a historic low. If there are
:14:18. > :14:21.sensible, prudent reforms that can help to improve the landscape
:14:22. > :14:27.further, I would be up for that. I am not up for a bunch of union
:14:28. > :14:31.bashing. So, should protest like this be allowed? A lawyer will
:14:32. > :14:33.decide. But politicians will continue to argue about it in the
:14:34. > :14:36.meantime. Rugby, and Scotland has suffered a
:14:37. > :14:44.bruising defeat to South Africa at Murrayfield, losing 28-0. Patrick
:14:45. > :14:50.Gearey was watching the action. By beating Japan last week, Scotland
:14:51. > :14:53.began the autumn on a high, but that perch looked precarious when South
:14:54. > :15:00.Africa came to town. Within five minutes, the Springboks sprung.
:15:01. > :15:08.Willem Alberts was at the front of a line. They were driven into the
:15:09. > :15:16.disintegrating Murrayfield turf. Willie Le Roux's pounds and paste
:15:17. > :15:28.what the game's second try. -- pounce and pace. He was evidence of
:15:29. > :15:35.their brains as well as their brawn. After the break came their return of
:15:36. > :15:40.heavy industry. Scotland needed a spark, but could only produce hot
:15:41. > :15:43.air. When they did work up a head of steam in the final ten minutes,
:15:44. > :15:48.South Africa insured Abe ran out of track. It epitomises an
:15:49. > :15:53.uncomfortable afternoon for Scotland. South Africa specialise in
:15:54. > :15:55.handing those out.