0:00:08 > 0:00:10Time's running out for Carillion, the Government's biggest contractor
0:00:10 > 0:00:14as talks continue over the future of the troubled company.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17It comes as the Government's warned by Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable
0:00:17 > 0:00:23that it should not bail the company out.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26The government can't just do a financial bail out.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31The shareholders and big banks have got to take a hit,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33they can't just offload all the losses onto the taxpayer.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36"This is not a drill" - panic in Hawaii as people
0:00:36 > 0:00:42are mistakenly told they face an imminent missile strike.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45No more extra charges to be levied on anyone using credit or debit
0:00:45 > 0:00:47cards to pay for goods.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50And Exeter Chiefs score six tries against Montpellier,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52to keep alive their hopes of reaching the quarter finals
0:00:52 > 0:01:00of the European Champions Cup.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Good evening.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Vince Cable, has warned
0:01:19 > 0:01:22the government not to agree to bailout the construction company
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Carillion with tax payers money.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30There are fears the firm, which has debts of £1.5 billion,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33could collapse.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Carillion employs about 20,000 people in the UK and is one of
0:01:36 > 0:01:37the government's main contractors.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Our business correspondent Joe Lynam reports.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40This is Liverpool's newest hospital under construction.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43It will be the biggest single bed hospital in the UK,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45and it's being built by Carillion.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Now there's concern that projects like these could be affected
0:01:48 > 0:01:51if the company collapses.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54From prisons to hospitals, to schools and rail, Carillion
0:01:54 > 0:01:56is responsible for some of the UK's largest infrastructure
0:01:56 > 0:01:59and maintenance projects.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02So, should the Government bail the debt-laden company out?
0:02:02 > 0:02:06I think what has to happen in this case -
0:02:06 > 0:02:09the contracts have to be kept going and supporting the supply
0:02:09 > 0:02:12chain and the tens of thousands of workers.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15That can be done by the Government taking lots of this in-house,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17or re-tendering in other cases.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21The Government can't just do a financial bailout.
0:02:21 > 0:02:28The shareholders and creditors - the big banks - have to take a hit.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30They can't just off-load all the losses onto the taxpayer.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Carillion is a major British company with hundreds
0:02:32 > 0:02:37of contracts running prisons, maintaining hospitals and MoD
0:02:37 > 0:02:39facilities, with almost 20,000 employees here and tens of thousands
0:02:39 > 0:02:44more dependent on the company.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47But it has run up debts of £1.5 billion, including almost
0:02:47 > 0:02:50£1 billion to its banks, whose patience has run out.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Britain's biggest ever rail infrastructure project,
0:02:53 > 0:02:54High Speed 2, starts major construction this year.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58And here at Euston station.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Carillion is meant to build it.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05But given its mountain of debts there's a very real chance
0:03:05 > 0:03:08that the Government might have to step in and give those contracts
0:03:08 > 0:03:11to other companies, or simply bail the company out -
0:03:11 > 0:03:15with all the moral hazard that comes with.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18The RMT union has called on the Government to provide
0:03:18 > 0:03:20reassurances to thousands of workers who could be affected.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Also caught in the crossfire are hundreds of smaller companies
0:03:23 > 0:03:25who carry out subcontracted work on behalf of Carillion.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Potentially, it could be devastating.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33Because many of them are owed millions by Carillion.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35And if they don't get those monies, of course they are at
0:03:35 > 0:03:37risk as a business.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39The other thing is there will be thousands of jobs,
0:03:39 > 0:03:41potentially, lost as a result.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44If Carillion cannot be saved or restructured,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46the consultants EY have been put on notice to take over
0:03:46 > 0:03:48as administrators.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51It's a precautionary measure which the Government and thousands
0:03:51 > 0:03:52of staff hope won't be needed.
0:03:52 > 0:03:58Joe Lynam, BBC News.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00It's emerged tonight that the Justice Secretary David Gauke
0:04:00 > 0:04:03is considering a judicial review over the decision to grant
0:04:03 > 0:04:05parole to the serial sex attacker Jon Worboys.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10That decision - announced earlier this month - caused outrage.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth is here.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14So what more can you tell us?
0:04:14 > 0:04:19There was a huge backlash from the parole board's decision to release
0:04:19 > 0:04:23John Worboys from those who thought it was the wrong decision and those
0:04:23 > 0:04:26who were critical about the way victims had been informed about it.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30The Sunday Times newspaper has discovered and is reporting that the
0:04:30 > 0:04:34justice sector it David Gauke has commissioned advice about people's
0:04:34 > 0:04:39ability and potential success of a judicial review of that decision by
0:04:39 > 0:04:44the parole board that Justice Secretary. He won't proceed unless
0:04:44 > 0:04:49he thinks there are grounds to do so, but this is very significant. It
0:04:49 > 0:04:53is highly unusual, even unprecedented, for a Justice
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Secretary to intervene in the decisions of a parole board and that
0:04:56 > 0:05:01is because the parole board has very deliberately -- is very deliberately
0:05:01 > 0:05:07independent of government. David Gauke takes the independents very
0:05:07 > 0:05:12city and wants to maintain it so at the moment he's just looking at the
0:05:12 > 0:05:16possibility -- very seriously. The parole board said that the
0:05:16 > 0:05:20procedures had been followed in this case.Thanks for joining us.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22An investigation is under way in Hawaii, after an alert
0:05:22 > 0:05:25was mistakenly sent to residents' phones, warning them of an imminent
0:05:25 > 0:05:28ballistic missile attack.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30The text message urged people to take shelter due -
0:05:30 > 0:05:32and added "this is not a drill".
0:05:32 > 0:05:35It was 30 minutes later revealed to be a false alarm.
0:05:35 > 0:05:41Richard Galpin reports.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44It's just after eight o'clock in the morning local time
0:05:44 > 0:05:50and suddenly the broadcast of this basketball match is interrupted.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51HOOTER
0:05:51 > 0:05:54The US Pacific command has detected a missile threat to Hawaii.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56A missile may impact on land or sea within minutes.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58This is not a drill.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01If you are indoors, stay indoors.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06If you are outdoors, seek immediate shelter in a building.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10The chilling alert of what was apparently an imminent missile
0:06:10 > 0:06:14strike on Hawaii was also sent out to everyone's mobile phones.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17When we got the alarm we were actually terrified,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20we were on the 36th floor of our hotel.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22And we didn't know what to do.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I was just sleeping, my friend just woke me up.
0:06:25 > 0:06:33He says, hey, let's go, there's a bomb coming in Hawaii.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I didn't take it serious, but you know, I started running,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39eventually saw a place, a concrete building.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40People were just running on the street.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43But it turns out it was all a mistake.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44The US-Pacific command confirming in a tweet
0:06:44 > 0:06:46there was no missile threat.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47This should not have happened.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52We are investigating the sequence of events that occurred.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55An error was made in emergency management, which allowed this
0:06:55 > 0:07:02false alarm to be sent.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Just last month, the Hawaiian authorities decided to resume
0:07:04 > 0:07:07testing of the nuclear warning system for the first
0:07:07 > 0:07:12time since the Cold War.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18These islands are the closest part of the United States to North Korea.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21And over the past year, North Korea has carried
0:07:21 > 0:07:23out a series of tests, proving it does now
0:07:23 > 0:07:27have nuclear weapons.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29So, no wonder people in Hawaii were panicking today.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34Richard Galpin, BBC News.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37In South Africa, the new leader of the ruling ANC party has
0:07:37 > 0:07:43given his first speech since being elected last month.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Cyril Ramaphosa gave a damning assessment of the party,
0:07:46 > 0:07:47saying it's been beset by infighting and corruption.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Our Africa Editor, Fergal Keane, was at the rally.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54If you want to know how the wind has changed in South Africa,
0:07:54 > 0:07:55then listen to this.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Jacob Zuma...
0:07:56 > 0:08:04BOOING
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Booed by his own party, Jacob Zuma is increasingly isolated.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Even supporters acknowledge his days as the country's
0:08:11 > 0:08:14president are numbered.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16The crowds have a different hero now, the new ANC
0:08:16 > 0:08:19leader Cyril Ramaphosa.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Businessman, skilled negotiator, who's promised to end the capture
0:08:21 > 0:08:27of the state by a corrupt elite.
0:08:27 > 0:08:34We are going to confront corruption and state capture in all its forms.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37The investigation and prosecution of those who are responsible
0:08:37 > 0:08:43will be given top priority.
0:08:43 > 0:08:50We are resolute in our commitment to make this the year
0:08:50 > 0:08:52in which we build our movement and turnaround the economy
0:08:52 > 0:08:58of South Africa.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Not since the end of apartheid in 1994 have I seen such a hunger
0:09:02 > 0:09:03for change in South Africa.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06We've heard a lot of promises from politicians, do you believe him?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Yeah, we have to believe him, he's our president, our new president.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Hopefully they can fix, everything is broken.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15That's a big, big hope.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Yeah, it's my hope, and the hope of all South Africans.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Hope springs in part from desperation.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24The corruption of the Zuma era dragged the economy
0:09:24 > 0:09:28into junk status.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Not far from the stadium, this woman washes cars to earn cash.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35She's ten years out of school and unemployed.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40We have voted for ANC but we don't see any changes.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44We want Cyril Ramaphosa, we want jobs.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47If Cyril Ramaphosa can root out corruption and rescue
0:09:47 > 0:09:51this country's economy, he will be seen
0:09:51 > 0:09:53as a worthy inheritor of Nelson Mandela's legacy.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57But more than that, given the importance
0:09:57 > 0:10:00of South Africa on this continent, he could emerge as one of the most
0:10:00 > 0:10:01important political figures in the history
0:10:01 > 0:10:04of post-colonial Africa.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06That is the prize.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11The challenges are immense.
0:10:11 > 0:10:19Fergal Keane, BBC News, East London.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Consumers here will no longer be charged extra simply
0:10:21 > 0:10:24because they're paying for something using a card.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Some retailers have already said they will raise overall prices
0:10:26 > 0:10:28in response to the change.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Adina Campbell reports.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32They are the small fees added at the very end
0:10:32 > 0:10:33of the buying process.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36In percentage terms it may not be that much,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38but these card surcharges add up.
0:10:38 > 0:10:46Not any more.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Under new EU rules, retailers, on or offline, can no longer charge
0:10:49 > 0:10:51customers for paying with a credit or debit card.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53The Treasury says these surcharges cost consumers
0:10:53 > 0:10:57£166 million every year.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59But some companies such as concert venues can still charge
0:10:59 > 0:11:01a booking or service fee.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03No longer will they be penalised just for paying
0:11:03 > 0:11:08by credit or debit card.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Now with the end of surcharges you're comparing like for like.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13The price you see is the price you pay.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15You don't get a nasty sting at the end.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16But some shoppers are not convinced.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20They can do it very sneakily, can't they, and just hide that 2%
0:11:20 > 0:11:22or whatever it's going to be, in the cost of what you're
0:11:22 > 0:11:24going to purchase.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I don't see why we should have to pay that for actually
0:11:26 > 0:11:29using a means of payment that's kind of, you know,
0:11:29 > 0:11:30universally acknowledged.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32At the end of the day, they'll end up passing
0:11:32 > 0:11:35it onto the consumer, so it doesn't make that much
0:11:35 > 0:11:36difference, to be quite honest.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Traders could feel the effects, too, because card companies will still
0:11:38 > 0:11:42charge for their services, but can no longer pass
0:11:42 > 0:11:43that fee onto customers.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Vin Vara runs a group of small businesses
0:11:46 > 0:11:48and is also president of the British Independent
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Retailers' Association.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Nearly 63% of our sales are by credit card and debit card,
0:11:55 > 0:11:57so it will affect us in the long-term if rates
0:11:57 > 0:11:59and increased rates do go up.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01For retailers like this hardware store, today's ban
0:12:01 > 0:12:04throws up several options.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06They may decide to suck up the cost of processing
0:12:06 > 0:12:09a debit or credit card.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Alternatively, they could simply put up their prices or they may decide
0:12:13 > 0:12:17to re-brand these fees as a service charge.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20One business that's already been criticised is the delivery company
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Just Eat, which has said it will impose a new service
0:12:22 > 0:12:25charge for card payments.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28There are now calls for the new changes to be closely
0:12:28 > 0:12:30monitored to ensure consumers are not punished for
0:12:30 > 0:12:33paying by plastic.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Adina Campbell, BBC News.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Four British men have set new a world record for rowing
0:12:39 > 0:12:42unaided across the Atlantic - in 29 days.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46The amateur crew beat the previous record by six days,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48completing the 3,000 mile crossing from the Canary Islands
0:12:48 > 0:12:53to Antigua this morning.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55With all the sport - here's Karthi Gnanasegaram
0:12:55 > 0:12:58at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Good evening.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04It was a record breaking day in the Premier League but it is time
0:13:04 > 0:13:07to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's results
0:13:07 > 0:13:10before Match of the Day which is at 1030 on BBC One.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Harry Kane has become the highest scorer in
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Tottenham's Premier League history.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Kane's two goals in Spurs's 4-0 win over Everton means he has now scored
0:13:18 > 0:13:2298 goals for the club, breaking Teddy Sherringham's record.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Champions Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by the champions
0:13:25 > 0:13:29before them, Leicester City.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31David Moyes's 200th game as a Premier League manager,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33ended with a 4-1 victory over Huddersfield.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36While West Brom had their first win in 21 league games
0:13:36 > 0:13:41beating Brighton 2-0.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46English rugby union champions, Exeter Chiefs, have boosted
0:13:46 > 0:13:48their chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals
0:13:48 > 0:13:50of the European Champions Cup with a dominant display against
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Montpellier.
0:13:51 > 0:13:59There were also wins for Ulster, Harlequins and Northampton.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01While European champions Saracens are currently leading Ospreys 15-12.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Adam Wild reports.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Sandy Park is where you find the Chiefs, and this was certainly
0:14:05 > 0:14:06an occasion for leaders.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Top of the English league Exeter against Montpellier -
0:14:09 > 0:14:10top of the French.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14A cross-Channel challenge with plenty at stake.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Defeat for Exeter would end their European hopes.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Dave Ewers' first half try keeping them alive.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Tense, tight, not much space, but with Olly Woodburn on the wing,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25you don't always need it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28This secured the bonus point which might yet prove crucial.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30In the fight for second in their group, the Chiefs
0:14:30 > 0:14:38are back in charge.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42In Ulster, a battle to lead Pool 1, that is where La Rochelle have
0:14:42 > 0:14:43been for most of the competition.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45The French side once appearing unbeatable,
0:14:45 > 0:14:46now seemingly breachable.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Tries either side of half-time enough for Ulster, who now go top
0:14:49 > 0:14:50with just one game to go.
0:14:50 > 0:14:58That is against Wasps who had harboured hopes of their own,
0:14:58 > 0:15:05against harlequins, and this fixture was once a daddy, and while Wasps
0:15:05 > 0:15:11have moved, the rivalry remains. This red-carpet James Haskell, and
0:15:11 > 0:15:16with the game's final breath, Harlequins let out a war and a huge
0:15:16 > 0:15:21blow to their former neighbours, an extraordinary victory which leaves
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Wasps needing something extraordinary if they are to
0:15:23 > 0:15:24progress.
0:15:24 > 0:15:31Adam Wild, BBC News.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35England's Lisa Ashton has won her fourth BDO World Darts title.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Ashton beat Russia's Anastasia 3-1 in the final.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41It puts her second on the all time list,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43behind Trina Gulliver.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45The day's sports stories are on the BBC Sport website,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49including the England Test captain Joe Root is fit to play in the first
0:15:49 > 0:15:50One Day International against Australia later tonight.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52That's all from me.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
0:15:55 > 0:16:03Goodnight.