20/04/2014 BBC Weekend News

A recording has emerged of the panic and indecision of the crew aboard

the South Korea ferry as it sank. Bodies are still being retrieved.

Some relatives of the missing have clashed with the police, saying the

search is too slow. A businessman appointed by David Cameron to manage

loans to local councils has resigned after the revelations he had been

declared bankrupt. One is not amused - Prince George preferred real

anties to the cuddly variety on a visit to a zoo in Australia. And the

sterling per performance from Liverpool edges them closer to the

Premier League title. A very good evening to you. A

recording has emerged of the frantic, final communications of a

crew of a ferry as it began to sink off the coast of South Korea. More

bodies have been recovered from the wreck. 250, mainly teenage children,

are still missing. More than 50 people have been confirmed dead. A

service has been held in the home city of most of the missing

teenagers. Easter services are not meant to be

sombre memorials, but this was. This is a town with little hope and too

many missing children. Some of those missing on board the ferry were

regulars at churches here. This Sunday school teacher read a letter

to them. Beloved students, please hang on a

little longer. I cannot let you go. Only parents were allowed inside the

school today, but on the street outside, students from other high

schools in Seoul, said prayers. Others left flowers and Easter eggs.

The messages read, Stay alive. Please hold on." This is a community

in mourning. A third of the students who were on board the ferry came

from this little community just behind the school. Local residents

say this is a community traumatised and that every building in this

district had two or three children missing.

In Jindo, hope is giving way to anger. Families on a pro-fes march

were -- protest march were stopped before they reached the mainland, as

another boat ferried bodies to the shore.

TRANSLATION: Our children are in the water. I am asking you to get their

bodies back before they decay. They are just leaving them there.

New evidence emerged today of the ferry's final moments. A

conversation with South Korea's shipping traffic control. If this

ferry evacuates, will the passengers be rescued immediately, ask the

crew? The reply is that the captain must make that decision and that

patrol boats are ten minutes away. In the South Korea capital tonight a

vigil - a sharing of grief and anger too. There'll be many more nights

like this and a darkness that no candle can dispel.

A businessman reappointed by David Cameron has chairman of a group

handing out billions of pounds in loans to local councils has resigned

after the revelation he had been declared bankrupt. Tony Caplin was

head of the Public Works Loan Board, but was made insolvent in 2012.

Here is our political correspondent. Tony Caplin's many public roles

have, until now, been largely behind the scenes. The businessman sat on a

number of public bodies. Last year, David Cameron made him chairman of

the Public Works Loan Board, which manages millions of loans to local

councils. Now, it has emerged he previously had been declared

bankrupt. The idea that the Prime Minister appointed a man to run the

Treasury's lending operations, who himself, allegedly, owed hundreds of

thousands of pounds to the Treasury because he had gone bankrupt, it

beggars belief! Number Ten has highlighted the fact Tony Caplin was

first appointed to the Public Works Loan Board under a Labour Government

in 2003 and reappointed by the Prime Minister. Sources say he didn't

declare he had been made bankrupt and should somewhere. -- and should

have. In 2 oh 05 Mr Caplin -- 2005 Mr Caplin worked for the kans. A

spokesman said he has no role in the party. These links have called for

transparency over public appointments by all political

parties. We want to have a clear, honest and transparent political

system. If there are quangos spending large numbers of public

money, we want to know they are properly run. It is upped Mr

Caplin's -- it is understand Mr Caplin's bankruptcy has been

discharged. The repercussions may last longer. Russia says it is

outraged after at least three were killed in a gun battle at a

pro-Russian checkpoint. It happened near Sloviansk. The mayor has asked

Vladimir Putin to sent in peacekeeping of troops.

The leaders of the Anglican Church and Roman Catholic Church in England

and Wales have used their Easter messages to highlight the problems

of the poor. Justin Welby said even with the economy improving, there

were many families living in fear of debt.

Pomp and ceremony in Canterbury Cathedral. Celebrating the

resurrection of Jesus, 2,000 years ago. Justin Welby talked about the

continuing power of that event, in giving Christians around the world

the hope they needed to endure, what he called, the most devastating of

conditions. He said there was sorrow and hardship in Britain too. In this

country, even as the economy improves, there is weeping and

broken families. In people ashamed to seek help from food banks or

frightened by debt. As Roman Catholics celebrated the

light they believe Easter brings, they too were reminded of the

darkness endured in Britain. Behold him that takes away the sins of the

world... At Westminster Cathedral last night, the leader of the Roman

Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols,

recalled out Jesus sought out such people so they could be fed. In

recent months church leaders have used every opportunity to keep the

spotlight on the poor and destitute. Vincent Nichols said they were

Jesus's priority and should remain one today. We keep in mind all who

feel excluded from the fruits of the Earth. The homeless and the poor.

Those in our midst who are destitute.

And the vast numbers of hungry around the world.

In Rome, tens of thousands of pilgrims greeted Pope Francis. The

Pope blessed them and prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria.

Then he too urged help for the needy close to home, the sick and outcast

and those crushed by life's troubles.

Now, you may have been one of the unlucky ones today who turned up at

a garden centre only to find it was closed. Campaigners are urging the

Government to change an nolly in the Sunday trading laws which means

larger outlets must close, while smaller outlets can stay open. April

showers didn't stop the hardiest of gardeners shopping today. Louise's

garden centre is small enough to be allowed to trade on Easter Sunday.

We have had a tough couple of years in this industry. For us to be open

for four days is vital. We hope for a really fantastic Easter. For the

bigger garden centres it has been a different story. They have been

forced to close today and they say they are missing out on millions of

pounds. Although Sunday trading was

legalised 20 years ago, larger shops, including garden centres,

still cannot open on this particular Sunday. There are about ?5, 500 on

Easter Sunday aalone which garden centres are not making. That is an

economic boost up to ?75 million. Campaigners claim many MPs and the

public want the law changed. It is something we would normally do on a

Sunday. So, it is sad if they cannot open over Easter. There are bread

shops open and little Tescos, but no garden centre. There is nowhere else

to go, apart from here. It is nice here. I think the time has gone,

honestly. Sunday is not special any more. Not according to religious

groups. They are adamant the tills should fall silent on their holy

day. The Government says it has no current plans to water down the

rules. Now, with all the sport over to the

BBC Sport Centre. It has been business as usual. Liverpool are

closing in on their first league title since 1990. They are five

points clear after beating Norwich. Arsenal won today to stay fourth.

Everton are behind them after a miserable return to Goodison Park

for David Moyes. After Chelsea's surprise slip up,

the question was, could Liverpool capitalise? Sterling provided the

answer after four minutes with a stunning strike. The league leaders

were embratsing the pressure. -- embracing the pressure.

The Premier League strugglers weathered the storm. Hooper pouncing

on a mistake by the goalkeeper. The Liverpool would not be denied.

Sterling raced away, thanks to a deflection. Fortune was favouring

the brave. Norwich scored another. Liverpool clung on.

Back on Merseyside, David Moyes returned to Goodison Park for the

first time since leaving for Manchester United. It was not the

warmest of welcomes. There was little respite for Moyes. Leighton

Baines put Everton in front from the penalty spot.

Kevin Mirallas sealed victory. Everton's European dreams remain

alive, as do Arsenal's. They saw off Hull City, 3-0, to stay in fourth

place. Lewis Hamilton's flying start to the

Formula One season continues. He has won three races in a row for the

first time in his career. His latest at the Chinese Grand Prix. He led

from start to finish. After the wettest of qualifying, the

crowds came to Shanghai to see if Lewis Hamilton could work the same

sort of magic in the dry. The Brit said this race was his to lose and

he made sure that wouldn't happen right from lights out. There was no

love lost between former team-mates Massa and Alonso.

And things only got worse for Massa. Red Bull got it wrong too, handing

Alonso the advantage over Vettel, after he pitted a lap later. The

world champion didn't have the best of days. Let him through. Tough

luck! Alonso couldn't withstand the pace

of Rosberg, who could not match Hamilton. Three wins in a row, but

Rosberg maintains a four-point championship lead.

It has been Derby day at the millenniumful stadium. Ospreys beat

Dragons. Cardiff Blues got the better of Scarlets. Both sides had a

player sent off. The Blues led early on, thanks from a try from Alex

Cuthbert. They won 17-13. In the English Premiership, there were wins

for Northampton and Saracens. That is all your sport.

The Duke and Duchess Duke and Duchess of cam bridge have had a

trip to the zoo with Prince George. He was less impressed when presented

with a cuddly toy. A visit to the zoo a child's

delight. For George, two days short of being nine months old now, it was

an enclosure at the zoo in Sydney, named in his honour and a small

animal, a bilby, also called George, to get to know. One thing was

apparent, George, the Prince, is very nearly standing by himself now

and not far short of walking. Mum offered a steadying hand and a

helpful wipe of the chin in case of any dribbling as George got the hang

of posing for the cameras. Dad took over and George began a

serious attempt to get closer to the bilby. A ground-level approach

didn't work, neither did going over the top. By now, it was time for

bilby-spotting to stop. Dad and mum seemed pleased. Before they left

bilby-land, George performed his first official unveiling with gusto

and was awarded with a toy bilby, which he promptly threw away. That

lesson in royal protocol will have to come later.

William and Kate toured the zoo. They watched bird life and posed

with a koala. The pictures which will be remembered are George's.

Those images of baby George will be of particular interest to one

person, George's great grandmother, the Queen, whose 88th birthday it is

tomorrow. That's it.