:00:21. > :00:25.Good evening. The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has
:00:26. > :00:28.said she and the president are "outraged and heartbroken" over the
:00:29. > :00:34.kidnapping of more than 200 girls from their school in Nigeria. Mrs
:00:35. > :00:36.Obama took the rare step of delivering her husband's weekly
:00:37. > :00:39.radio address to condemn the abduction - calling it an
:00:40. > :00:42."unconscionable act". In Nigeria, local hunters are expected to join
:00:43. > :00:49.the search. From Abuja, Mark Doyle reports.
:00:50. > :00:53.It is several weeks since more than 200 schoolgirls were taken by the
:00:54. > :00:58.militant Islamist group called Boko Haram. It is the latest incident in
:00:59. > :01:08.a bitter war with the Nigerian authorities. For the families of the
:01:09. > :01:11.teenage girls, the agony continues. Michelle Obama, who today presented
:01:12. > :01:18.her husband's weekly address to the nation, used the occasion to
:01:19. > :01:21.highlight the girls' plight. My husband and I are outraged and
:01:22. > :01:24.heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls from
:01:25. > :01:34.their school dormitory in the middle of the night. What happened in
:01:35. > :01:38.Nigeria was not an isolated incident. It is a story we see
:01:39. > :01:44.everyday as girls around the world risk their lives to pursue their
:01:45. > :01:48.ambitions. It is a good thing they are worried about it and have showed
:01:49. > :01:52.concern, and they are sending people to help us out. We are happy about
:01:53. > :01:57.it because all we want is it resolved. The Mac it is the
:01:58. > :02:05.beginning of the end of Boko Haram. This has brought the whole world to
:02:06. > :02:07.Nigeria. Offers of help to find the girls have come from several
:02:08. > :02:11.countries. The United States has a team on the ground, and a small
:02:12. > :02:18.group of British experts have also flown to Nigeria to give assistance
:02:19. > :02:21.in the hunt. It was a combination of the outrage of ordinary Nigerians
:02:22. > :02:26.and pressure from the international community that perhaps goaded them
:02:27. > :02:32.to save more about what they are doing to rescue the girls. Many
:02:33. > :02:37.Nigerians are deeply set goal -- sceptical about the military effort
:02:38. > :02:38.to do that, and still less, to end the vicious insurgency ripping
:02:39. > :02:47.through the north-east of this country. Demonstrations calling for
:02:48. > :02:52.the release of the girls have spread across the world. Protests like this
:02:53. > :02:58.will not bother at the battle hardened Islamist of Boko Haram.
:02:59. > :03:01.They would be worried if the international community began giving
:03:02. > :03:09.effective military support to the Nigerian army. Gary Barlow and two
:03:10. > :03:12.other members of the band Take That face having to repay a reported
:03:13. > :03:15.twenty million pounds in tax. A court judgement ruled that a scheme
:03:16. > :03:17.set up to invest in the music industry was, in fact,
:03:18. > :03:34."predominantly" designed to avoid tax. Andrew Verity reports.
:03:35. > :03:41.After years of musical success and organising the Queen's Diamond
:03:42. > :03:49.Jubilee concert, Gary Barlow has been awarded an OBE had promoted as
:03:50. > :03:52.a national treasure. In 2010, he became the latest among hundreds of
:03:53. > :03:56.wealthy individuals to invest a scheme which purportedly supported
:03:57. > :04:04.up-and-coming musicians. -- invest in a scheme. Gary Barlow and two
:04:05. > :04:07.fellow band members became directors of Larkdale, a partnership arranged
:04:08. > :04:12.with a company called Icebreaker, which had done more than 50 schemes
:04:13. > :04:20.for other wealthy individuals. In the same year, they recorded losses
:04:21. > :04:27.of ?25 million, which could be offset against other income to slash
:04:28. > :04:33.tax billss. Over the course of year they recorded losses of ?300
:04:34. > :04:37.million, which makes them look like a terrible investment, but HMRC
:04:38. > :04:42.argued that the losses were not real but artificial, designed to save
:04:43. > :04:47.their investors on tax. Now the courts have agreed. What we need to
:04:48. > :04:51.see is a radical supplication of the tax system, we need to see those
:04:52. > :04:56.loopholes in radically to so that people can feel entry one --
:04:57. > :05:01.everyone is paying their fair share. When The Times exposed
:05:02. > :05:04.everyone is paying their fair Carter's tax avoidance, David
:05:05. > :05:11.Cameron condemned it as morally unacceptable. So far, no such strong
:05:12. > :05:14.words for Gary Barlow. The boss of the American drug giant Pfizer has
:05:15. > :05:16.said the firm's proposed takeover of British-based AstraZeneca is a
:05:17. > :05:19."win-win for society". Pfizer Chairman Ian Read said the sixty
:05:20. > :05:20.billion takeover would take out overlapping functions to increase
:05:21. > :05:35.productivity and lower costs. I believe that by combining these
:05:36. > :05:40.companies, we strengthen those possibilities, the ability to bring
:05:41. > :05:46.products to patients, the financial aspects of the company, we can
:05:47. > :05:51.invest in science, I see this as a victory for society, shareholders,
:05:52. > :05:56.and stakeholders. Our political correspondent joins us. They make
:05:57. > :06:01.think that but they have a lot of persuading to do. They have not
:06:02. > :06:07.persuaded the politicians yet. I think for Pfizer, the timing is
:06:08. > :06:12.unfortunate. They have to decide whether to launch a hostile bid by
:06:13. > :06:16.May the 26th, that is a few days after important local and European
:06:17. > :06:19.elections. It has become highly political, and the Chancellor told
:06:20. > :06:24.the BBC today that he is prepared to get into the room with Pfizer and
:06:25. > :06:28.have what he called hard-nosed negotiations. In practice, he wants
:06:29. > :06:35.guarantees that go beyond the existing offer. Labour is even more
:06:36. > :06:39.sceptical. The shadow business secretary said he believes these
:06:40. > :06:47.existing guarantees are not worth the paper they are printed on and,
:06:48. > :06:53.in the next few days, the chief executive will be questioned by two
:06:54. > :06:57.committees of MPs. Expect some hard questions and lots of political
:06:58. > :06:59.grandstanding. South Yorkshire police have appealed for a
:07:00. > :07:04.hit-and-run driver to come forward after a teenage girl was killed and
:07:05. > :07:07.another seriously injured. Jasmyn Chan was killed in Sheffield on
:07:08. > :07:16.Friday evening, another girl aged 12 was seriously injured.
:07:17. > :07:21.It's one of the most talked about and successful TV shows in the
:07:22. > :07:24.world. But the fantasy drama series Game of Thrones is also providing an
:07:25. > :07:27.unexpected boost closer to home. Filmed at studios in Belfast, and on
:07:28. > :07:31.locations across Northern Ireland, the show is part of a big growth in
:07:32. > :07:33.the arts and entertainment industry there. From Belfast, our Chief
:07:34. > :07:44.Economics Correspondent Hugh Pym reports. Welcome to Hollywood, near
:07:45. > :07:47.Belfast. On the face of it there is not much in common with the capital
:07:48. > :07:50.of the American film industry, until you walk through a door on this
:07:51. > :08:00.quiet and unassuming suburban street. Much of the editing for Game
:08:01. > :08:06.of Thrones happens right here at a local production company. Thanks to
:08:07. > :08:12.that and other TV dramas, trainees like this person have got their
:08:13. > :08:17.break in the industry. When I had graduated, I apply for positions all
:08:18. > :08:21.over the world in Canada, England, everywhere, and it is kind of
:08:22. > :08:27.surreal but I ended up getting in a job 15 minutes from where I corrupt.
:08:28. > :08:30.With many of the locations in Northern Ireland, a wide range of
:08:31. > :08:36.jobs and opportunities have been created for local industry, one that
:08:37. > :08:40.is growing in stature and confidence. The effect Game of
:08:41. > :08:48.Thrones and all the other drama series have had has been huge. We
:08:49. > :08:52.now have a really talented creative workforce in Northern Ireland. In
:08:53. > :08:59.that building, some of Game of Thrones was filmed. Here in the
:09:00. > :09:03.former yard where Titanic was built, it is a magnet for creative
:09:04. > :09:08.industries and tourism, and that has created jobs. The number of jobs in
:09:09. > :09:13.arts, entertainment and recreation in Northern Ireland was up 12.4%
:09:14. > :09:19.over the six years to 2013. That is faster than the UK total. Experts
:09:20. > :09:23.say these industries have had a wider impact on Northern Ireland's
:09:24. > :09:27.economy. By portraying Northern Ireland in a positive light, that
:09:28. > :09:35.creates to risk benefits. That in turn has created jobs and
:09:36. > :09:39.hospitality. By creative -- creating a positive image, everybody
:09:40. > :09:44.benefits. In the same way that creating a negative image does bad
:09:45. > :09:48.damage. Tours like this for fans wanting to see the scenic backdrops
:09:49. > :09:53.demonstrate the ripple effect from the film industry's growth. The
:09:54. > :10:00.employment rate is below the rest of the UK. There is some catching up to
:10:01. > :10:01.do. Thanks to the show business effect, it is moving in the right