:00:10. > :00:25.Good afternoon. A nurse accused of murdering three patients at Stepping
:00:26. > :00:29.Hill Hospital in Stockport has appeared before magistrates in
:00:30. > :00:32.Manchester. Victorino Chua, who's 48, is also accused of 31 other
:00:33. > :00:43.offences, including attempted poisoning. Our correspondent Ed
:00:44. > :00:49.Thomas has sent this report. After two years on bail, the moment
:00:50. > :00:52.Victorino Chua was rearrested by police. The former nurses suspected
:00:53. > :01:00.of poisoning patients at Stepping Hill Hospital. Today the 40 age old
:01:01. > :01:06.arrived at Manchester magistrates court to face more than 30 charges.
:01:07. > :01:10.-- 48-year-old. They included three counts of murder, 22 counts of
:01:11. > :01:16.grievous bodily harm with intent, and seven counts of attempting to
:01:17. > :01:20.poison. Standing in the dock, Victorino Chua listened intently as
:01:21. > :01:24.the names of alleged victims were read out. The 48-year-old only spoke
:01:25. > :01:32.to confirm his name, age and address, and string each --
:01:33. > :01:36.answering each question with the word yes. It is nearly three years
:01:37. > :01:41.since police were called to Stepping Hill in July 2011 after the deaths
:01:42. > :01:46.of 44-year-old Tracy Arden, Arnold Lancaster, who was 71, and 83 rolled
:01:47. > :01:55.Derek Weaver. Detectives believe they were given saline contaminated
:01:56. > :01:59.with insulin. Today Victorino Chua was remanded in custody. There was
:02:00. > :02:04.no application for bail and he will appear next week at a Crown Court.
:02:05. > :02:07.The first same-sex weddings are taking place in England and Wales
:02:08. > :02:11.after the law enabling them to go ahead came into force at midnight.
:02:12. > :02:14.David Cameron said gay marriage sent a powerful message about equality in
:02:15. > :02:24.Britain, but some religious groups remain opposed. Reeta Chakrabarti
:02:25. > :02:27.reports. This report contains flash photography.
:02:28. > :02:34.I am now very happy to announce that you are now legally husband... Just
:02:35. > :02:37.after midnight they were pronounced husband and husband, although the
:02:38. > :02:42.squeals of delight drowned out the words. In London and in Brighton,
:02:43. > :02:47.men were marrying men, same-sex marriage had legally arrived, and
:02:48. > :02:51.today there was more to come. Same-sex couples have been waiting
:02:52. > :02:55.for this day for years all across the country. It marks a moment of
:02:56. > :03:01.major social change and also of intense personal joy. I am so happy,
:03:02. > :03:05.we will celebrate the rest of the day. It means so much to us that we
:03:06. > :03:10.have our friends and loved ones here, brilliant, unbelievable. They
:03:11. > :03:13.could have had a civil partnership, which would have given them almost
:03:14. > :03:17.identical legal rights, but they held out for today. The Government
:03:18. > :03:21.brought same-sex marriage into law last year. This morning David
:03:22. > :03:24.Cameron tweeted this message, congratulations to the gay couples
:03:25. > :03:34.who have already been married, and my best wishes to those about to be
:03:35. > :03:36.Mrs toric day. Some, like this Huddersfield couple, are having a
:03:37. > :03:40.humanist ceremony, but they could not have a church wedding even if
:03:41. > :03:43.they wanted one, as the law prevents the Church of England from
:03:44. > :03:51.conducting them and allows other religious groups to refused to
:03:52. > :03:54.perform them. We cannot just redefine an institution that always
:03:55. > :03:58.has been because we say it is something that we want. This is very
:03:59. > :04:02.self-centred, this is not about rights, it is about seeking cultural
:04:03. > :04:08.dominance and seeking to redefine marriage for all of us. There is a
:04:09. > :04:13.deep vein of dissent, but overall this is a big moment in society's
:04:14. > :04:17.concept of what marriage is - a ritual that millions of heterosexual
:04:18. > :04:21.couples have for centuries taken for granted has been opened up to any
:04:22. > :04:22.couple, regardless of which gender they love.
:04:23. > :04:25.In Afghanistan, Taliban militants have attacked the headquarters of
:04:26. > :04:39.the country's election commission, launching rocket-propelled grenades
:04:40. > :04:43.and firing heavy machine guns. The assault is the latest in a series
:04:44. > :04:48.designed to disrupt next week's presidential elections.
:04:49. > :04:51.George Osborne has once again dismissed a currency union with
:04:52. > :04:53.Scotland in the event of Scotland becoming independent. The Chancellor
:04:54. > :04:56.was reacting to a newspaper report today in which an anonymous minister
:04:57. > :05:00.at Westminster was quoted as saying that a separate Scotland would be
:05:01. > :05:06.able to keep the pound. Live now to our Scotland political editor, Brian
:05:07. > :05:12.Taylor, who's in Aberdeen. How is this playing out of there,
:05:13. > :05:16.Brian? You know, it possibly, potentially tilt the balance just a
:05:17. > :05:20.bit in is quite remarkable referendum debate and contest. Why
:05:21. > :05:25.so? Because up until now it has been a case of the pro-union side casting
:05:26. > :05:28.doubts upon the independence of and requiring those who support
:05:29. > :05:31.independence to offer reassurance on all of these points. This now allows
:05:32. > :05:36.those supporting independence to cast a doubt the other way, to cast
:05:37. > :05:39.a doubt over whether the assertions by the Treasury and others regarding
:05:40. > :05:44.a currency union are to be trusted, or whether in fact they could be a
:05:45. > :05:47.sterling union between Scotland and the remainder of the UK. That is why
:05:48. > :05:50.it is difficult for those who support the Union to face this
:05:51. > :05:54.potential doubt. It has to be stressed, though, that the
:05:55. > :05:58.Chancellor, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and others who advocate
:05:59. > :06:01.the Union say that no-one was proximity to the reigns of power
:06:02. > :06:03.with regards to economic decisions believes that a sterling currency
:06:04. > :06:16.union is likely. A Chinese plane has spotted more
:06:17. > :06:18.objects in the sea as the hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner
:06:19. > :06:21.continues in a new search zone. Two Chinese ships are investigating
:06:22. > :06:24.aerial sightings of debris in a part of the Indian Ocean identified by
:06:25. > :06:26.Australian officials yesterday. It has just been revealed a number of
:06:27. > :06:34.objects have been retrieved by two ships, but so far none has been
:06:35. > :06:37.confirmed as being from the flight. A memorial service has been held to
:06:38. > :06:40.remember those killed and injured when a police helicopter crashed
:06:41. > :06:43.into a pub in Glasgow last November. Ten candles were lit at the ceremony
:06:44. > :06:47.at St Andrew's Cathedral, one for each of the people who died. A
:06:48. > :06:49.report into the crash said both the helicopter's engines had failed but
:06:50. > :06:53.did not identify the cause. That's it for now. Our next bulletin
:06:54. > :06:58.on BBC One will be at the later than usual time of 6:40 this evening.
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