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:00:00. > :00:08.The mother of the missing three-year-old boy Mikaeel Kular

:00:09. > :00:12.will appear in court tomorrow after being charged in connection with his

:00:13. > :00:17.death. Police are continuing to examine the woodland in Fife where

:00:18. > :00:21.the boy's body was found. Two men are questioned over the murder of a

:00:22. > :00:25.British man in the Caribbean. His wife is in hospital. And after the

:00:26. > :00:44.agony of the Ashes, England lose to Australia in the One Day series.

:00:45. > :00:49.Good afternoon. The mother of the missing three-year-old boy Mikaael

:00:50. > :00:53.Kular will appear in court in Edinburgh tomorrow to face charges

:00:54. > :00:56.in connection with his death. Rosdeep Kular was questioned after

:00:57. > :01:07.Mikaeel body's was found nearly 30 miles away, in woods, in the town of

:01:08. > :01:11.Kirkcaldy. Lorna Gordon is there. Yes, the little boy's body was found

:01:12. > :01:16.in woods just behind that house which belongs to a relative late on

:01:17. > :01:20.Friday night. Today, the number of tributes and flowers being laid

:01:21. > :01:26.outside that has continued to grow in number and the police's search of

:01:27. > :01:33.this area of Kirkcaldy continues. A quiet residential area, Kirkcaldy,

:01:34. > :01:37.shocked by the discovery of Mikaeel Kular's body behind their houses and

:01:38. > :01:41.united in their grief at his death. This is been a fast moving

:01:42. > :01:43.investigation. The search for the three road began on Thursday

:01:44. > :01:49.morning. Late last night, came the announcement his mother Rosdeep

:01:50. > :01:53.Kular been charged in connection with his death. Following formal

:01:54. > :02:00.identification, I can now confirm that a 33-year-old woman has been

:02:01. > :02:04.arrested and charged in connection with Mikaeel's death. The family

:02:05. > :02:08.moved from Fife to Edinburgh less than two years ago. The community

:02:09. > :02:12.they galvanised to help in the surge coming together once again yesterday

:02:13. > :02:17.evening to pay tribute to the little boy. Forensic experts continued to

:02:18. > :02:21.surge of both the Edinburgh home where Mikaeel lived and the area in

:02:22. > :02:24.Kirkcaldy where his body was discovered, trying to find more

:02:25. > :02:27.clues to explain how and when he died. These are among the many

:02:28. > :02:32.questions people mourning his death are hoping will be answered.

:02:33. > :02:35.Everybody is just distraught and devastated that this kind of thing

:02:36. > :02:43.could have happened. Why did it happen? I don't think anybody can

:02:44. > :02:47.understand and never will understand it. The frantic search to find

:02:48. > :02:51.Mikaeel alive and his death, touched many. His mother Rosdeep makes her

:02:52. > :02:57.first appearance in court in Edinburgh tomorrow. And it is up at

:02:58. > :03:01.court appearance in Edinburgh that the charges Rosdeep Kular will phase

:03:02. > :03:05.in connection with her son's death will become known. Lorna, thank you

:03:06. > :03:08.very much. Police on the Caribbean island of St Lucia say a 62-year-old

:03:09. > :03:12.man from Warwickshire died protecting his wife from a gang who

:03:13. > :03:15.had boarded their yacht. They are questioning two men about the attack

:03:16. > :03:18.on Roger and Margaret Pratt. The couple were on a trip sailing round

:03:19. > :03:26.the world. Sophie Hutchinson reports. Roger and Margaret Pratt

:03:27. > :03:30.photographed on their round the world adventure, it was, she wrote

:03:31. > :03:35.in his online blog, all a bit of a leap into the unknown. The couple

:03:36. > :03:39.had sailed out of Lowestoft in June and were in the Caribbean in time to

:03:40. > :03:47.celebrate her 60th birthday this month. But on Friday, while they

:03:48. > :03:50.were moored in Vieux Fort, the adventure ended. Reports suggesting

:03:51. > :03:56.three armed men boarded their yacht and attacked them. It is believed

:03:57. > :04:01.62-year-old Roger Pratt was murdered trying to defend his wife. After the

:04:02. > :04:02.attack, she found him floating in nearby waters. The Minister for

:04:03. > :04:19.tourism on the island said: she is being treated in hospital for

:04:20. > :04:22.her injuries. A postmortem examination of a husband will be

:04:23. > :04:28.carried out here on St Lucia tomorrow. The Chief Secretary to the

:04:29. > :04:31.Treasury, Danny Alexander, has joined the Liberal Democrat leader

:04:32. > :04:36.Nick Clegg in calling on Lord Rennard to apologise to women who

:04:37. > :04:38.claim he sexually harassed them. An internal investigation concluded

:04:39. > :04:44.that claims against the Lib Dem peer were credible but could not be

:04:45. > :04:46.proved beyond doubt. He denies the allegations. Our Political

:04:47. > :04:54.Correspondent, Alex Forsyth, reports. Lord Rennard is at the

:04:55. > :04:57.centre of a growing divide within the Liberal Democrats. An enquiry

:04:58. > :05:02.found allegations that he sexually harassed female activists were

:05:03. > :05:05.broadly credible, but could not be proved, so no action should be

:05:06. > :05:12.taken. But there is growing pressure for him to apologise. The failure to

:05:13. > :05:19.follow up a simple human demand for an apology for the distress which

:05:20. > :05:22.has been caused here, is totally unacceptable. Nick Clegg has said if

:05:23. > :05:27.Lord Rennard doesn't say sorry, he shouldn't be allowed to rejoin Lib

:05:28. > :05:30.Dem peers in the House of Lords. But Lord Rennard's supporters say that

:05:31. > :05:35.could break party rules and are threatening legal action. Here we

:05:36. > :05:39.have a situation in which there has been no case against Lord Rennard,

:05:40. > :05:43.but he is being lined up against the wall by people who are trying to

:05:44. > :05:47.force him to apologise in a way no law you would advise and with which

:05:48. > :05:53.you should not apologise for all kinds of reasons. So why can't Nick

:05:54. > :05:56.Clegg, as party leader, decide what happens to Lord Rennard? And the

:05:57. > :06:02.party rules, the Chief Whip in the House of Lords control Parliamentary

:06:03. > :06:06.membership. They may decide to let Lord Rennard back into the party.

:06:07. > :06:11.But, if not, you can challenge that position. If he does, party rules

:06:12. > :06:16.state peers can stage a vote over whether an individual regains the

:06:17. > :06:19.Lib Dem Whip. Those who made the allegations against Lord Rennard say

:06:20. > :06:25.they are increasingly frustrated with the process. What is at fault

:06:26. > :06:27.here is not the interpretation of the evidence but the fact that the

:06:28. > :06:32.Lib Dem membership rules state that you need to have a criminal burden

:06:33. > :06:35.of proof before you can be rejected out of party, so the question is has

:06:36. > :06:41.Lord Rennard wrote the party into disrepute? I think everybody accepts

:06:42. > :06:44.the Lib Dems are in an absolute mess about this and, what ever the

:06:45. > :06:49.acceptable definition of disrepute is, I think we achieved it. Tomorrow

:06:50. > :06:54.Lord Rennard will return to his seat in the Lords. Whether he will is not

:06:55. > :06:58.yet clear. But what is becoming increasingly apparent, is that some

:06:59. > :07:02.see this as a test of Nick Clegg's and leadership. Ed Miliband says a

:07:03. > :07:05.future Labour Government will work with consumer groups to ensure

:07:06. > :07:09.there's competition in the energy and banking sectors. The Labour

:07:10. > :07:12.leader said he would legislate so that groups such as Which and

:07:13. > :07:21.Citizens Advice would be given a say in setting the agenda of the

:07:22. > :07:25.competition authorities. We will work with these bodies on the agenda

:07:26. > :07:27.for the future. Unless you bring the consumer into the heart of these

:07:28. > :07:35.things, we won't get the change we need. Labour leader Ed Miliband. The

:07:36. > :07:38.press offices of the Queen and the Prince of Wales are being merged.

:07:39. > :07:41.The new operation will be run by Prince Charles's spokeswoman, but

:07:42. > :07:45.will be based at Buckingham Palace. The move is being seen as a further

:07:46. > :07:48.sign of the work being done to prepare for the day when the Prince

:07:49. > :07:51.of Wales becomes King. Western powers have welcomed a vote by

:07:52. > :07:55.Syria's main opposition group in exile to attend peace talks in

:07:56. > :07:57.Geneva, due to start on Wednesday. Officials from President Assad's

:07:58. > :08:00.regime will be attending the summit. The Foreign Secretary, William

:08:01. > :08:06.Hague, said the Syrian National Coalition had taken a difficult but

:08:07. > :08:09.welcome decision. Cricket, and Alastair Cook has indicated he may

:08:10. > :08:12.step down as England's one-day captain after admitting English

:08:13. > :08:15.cricket may need a change. It comes after England lost the one-day

:08:16. > :08:18.series against Australia with a seven-wicket defeat in Sydney,

:08:19. > :08:28.adding to a 5-0 whitewash in the Ashes. Patrick Gearey reports. Murky

:08:29. > :08:33.in Sydney but the clouds gathering over the SEG stadium seemed to have

:08:34. > :08:37.been following England for weeks. The fog extends to their minds, gain

:08:38. > :08:42.a positive start wasn't built upon. Ian Bell was run out. David Warner,

:08:43. > :08:46.the 15th man to do it to him in one-day international cricket. While

:08:47. > :08:53.England have been thinking for some time, Owen Morgan has been paddling

:08:54. > :08:56.with distinction, making 54. Christian caught and bowled. Morgan

:08:57. > :09:03.didn't feel it had carried. Australia told him where to go. A

:09:04. > :09:07.target of 244 never looked like it would test the Australians. Warner

:09:08. > :09:12.seemed to want to get the runs alone. They can hardly have been

:09:13. > :09:15.further away this time. The last of Marsh's 71 runs consigned England a

:09:16. > :09:19.tour one-day series defeat to go with a test one. Eight games of

:09:20. > :09:25.cricket on this tour. Eight Australian wins, five matches to

:09:26. > :09:30.come. When will this end? The middle distance runner Sir Christopher

:09:31. > :09:34.Chataway has died at the age of 82. He ran in two Olympics and set the

:09:35. > :09:37.pace for Roger Bannister to break the four-minute mile for the first

:09:38. > :09:41.time. Sir Christopher worked as a journalist for ITN and the BBC, and

:09:42. > :09:46.later became a Conservative MP and minister.

:09:47. > :09:54.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. The

:09:55. > :10:05.next news on BBC One is at 5.30pm. Goodbye.

:10:06. > :10:11.Good afternoon. For once this winters the weather for the week

:10:12. > :10:17.ahead isn't dominated by wind and heavy rain. Other weather elements

:10:18. > :10:21.are getting a look-in. Tonight and tomorrow morning fog and frost.

:10:22. > :10:25.There'll be rain around midweek. It will feel cold this week and ITMA

:10:26. > :10:29.get colder still come the end of the week.

:10:30. > :10:30.Let's concentrate on what's