:00:05. > :00:11.The Australian radio hosts at the centre of the royal hospital hoax
:00:11. > :00:14.say they're heartbroken. The nurse who took the prank call
:00:14. > :00:21.was later found dead. The presenters described their reaction
:00:21. > :00:25.to the news. You know, it was never meant to go that far. It was meant
:00:25. > :00:34.to be a silly little prank that so many people have done before. This
:00:34. > :00:37.wasn't meant to happen. Gutted, you know, shattered, heartbroken.
:00:37. > :00:40.MPs call on the Government to end criminal penalities for those
:00:40. > :00:45.caught with small amounts of drugs. Cracking the genetic code - plans
:00:45. > :00:47.to map the DNA of cancer sufferers to help develop new treatments.
:00:47. > :00:50.The FA says fans' behaviour after the Manchester derby was
:00:50. > :00:52."deplorable" and must be "dealt with severely".
:00:53. > :00:59.We're onboard one of the Royal Navy's most powerful submarines as
:00:59. > :01:03.a contract is awarded to build another.
:01:03. > :01:07.It's been a difficult beginning for HMS Astute five years after she was
:01:07. > :01:11.launched and two years after she was commissioned, and she's still
:01:11. > :01:13.conducting sea trials here off the Scottish coast. Later on BBC
:01:13. > :01:17.London: A new report claims pollution is
:01:17. > :01:23.responsible for nearly one in ten deaths in parts of the capital, and
:01:23. > :01:33.closing the gap - the final stretch of the London overground orbital
:01:33. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:43.Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC News at 1.00pm. The Australian
:01:43. > :01:46.radio presenters at the centre of the hoax call to the hospital where
:01:46. > :01:49.the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated have spoken publicly for
:01:49. > :01:51.the first time. Mel Greig and Michael Christian said their
:01:51. > :01:55.deepest sympathies were with the family and friends of Jacintha
:01:55. > :01:58.Saldanha, the nurse who took the call and who was found dead three
:01:58. > :02:00.days later. In a television interview, they described their
:02:00. > :02:08.actions as "innocent", but said they were "gutted and heartbroken"
:02:09. > :02:13.by her death. Here's our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell.
:02:13. > :02:17.Tonight, the two young radio hosts break their silence... Until Friday,
:02:17. > :02:21.they'd been boasting about a career highlight. Then came the moment
:02:21. > :02:24.when they were told what their prank call had led to.
:02:24. > :02:28.Unfortunately, I remember that moment very well because I haven't
:02:28. > :02:38.stopped thinking about it since it happened, and I remember my first
:02:38. > :02:44.question was, "Was she a mother?" And what about you, Michael?
:02:44. > :02:48.gutted, you know, shattered, heartbroken. The presenters'
:02:48. > :02:53.defence is that they never intended to cause any harm. You know, it was
:02:54. > :02:57.never meant to go that far. It was meant to be a silly little prank
:02:57. > :03:03.that so many people have done before. This wasn't meant to happen.
:03:03. > :03:07.Yet it seems little or no thought had been given to the ethics of
:03:07. > :03:11.making a prank call. Do you get any coaching, any training at all as to
:03:11. > :03:15.what you're allowed to put to whai, you're allowed to tell people
:03:15. > :03:20.they're being recorded and put to air? Have you been told that during
:03:20. > :03:24.your tenure here? This phone call was the same as with any phone call,
:03:25. > :03:29.any prerecorded segment that goes to air. There's processes in place
:03:29. > :03:33.and people that make those decisions. Have you been told that?
:03:33. > :03:38.Have you been taught that set down in a legal class? There are people
:03:38. > :03:41.who make those decision for us. Our responsibility... Did someone
:03:42. > :03:45.listen to that call? It went through the process as everything
:03:45. > :03:50.we do. It all gets recorded and passed on to the appropriate people.
:03:50. > :03:53.Now they're struggling to cope with the unintended consequences of
:03:53. > :03:59.their actions. There is nothing that can make me feel worse than
:03:59. > :04:04.what I feel right now and for what I feel for the family. We're so
:04:04. > :04:09.sorry that this has happened to them. In India, Jacintha Saldhana's
:04:09. > :04:12.family are struggling with their grief. They have said the nurse was
:04:12. > :04:17.a devout woman who would have felt shame in her unwitting mistake in
:04:17. > :04:20.accepting the call. In London, the hospital has repeated that Mrs
:04:20. > :04:24.Saldhana was not facing any reprimand over the hoax call, but
:04:24. > :04:28.an MP who has been in touch with her family here in Britain wants
:04:28. > :04:32.the hospital to disclose anything that might be relevant. This is
:04:32. > :04:35.obviously a most unusual and distressing state of affairs, and
:04:35. > :04:38.I'm sure that they will want to share that information with the
:04:38. > :04:42.family because the family would be interested in the facts and what
:04:42. > :04:46.exactly happened over the last few days. It will now be for an inquest
:04:47. > :04:51.to examine precisely what issues were weighing on Jacintha
:04:51. > :04:55.Saldhana's mind at the time of her death.
:04:55. > :05:00.Let's talk now to our correspondent Duncan Kennedy who joins us from
:05:00. > :05:03.Sydney. So the DJs have spoken of their heartbreak and their deep
:05:03. > :05:08.regret, Duncan. What happens to them now? Well, both presenters
:05:08. > :05:12.said that they want to get in touch with the family of Mrs Saldhana to
:05:12. > :05:16.offer their apologies either directly or indirectly, although
:05:16. > :05:20.both said that that was up likely to happen in the near future. As to
:05:20. > :05:24.their own futures, that's unclear. They're both on indefinite leave at
:05:24. > :05:28.the moment and whether they can or would want to return to that radio
:05:28. > :05:32.station or even the radio industry is simply not known. On the wider
:05:32. > :05:35.front, an inquiry is about to get under way by the Australian media
:05:35. > :05:39.regulator. It will be wanting to ask questions about who authorised
:05:39. > :05:42.the prank call to be made in the first place and who authorised it
:05:42. > :05:45.to be broadcast, and then of course there could be further questions
:05:45. > :05:48.from British police. They've already been in touch with
:05:49. > :05:53.Australian police. It may be they'll want to talk to those two
:05:53. > :05:59.presenters and other members of staff at some point in the future.
:05:59. > :06:02.Duncan, thank you. Duncan Kennedy joining us from Sydney.
:06:02. > :06:05.A group of MPs says people caught with a small amount of drugs
:06:05. > :06:07.shouldn't be prosecuted, but should be given treatment instead. The MPs
:06:07. > :06:10.on the Commons Home Affairs Committee point to Portugal as an
:06:10. > :06:14.example of where the policy works. The Government here says drug use
:06:14. > :06:23.is falling and it has no intention of changing the law on cannabis.
:06:23. > :06:26.Our home editor Mark Easton reports. The so-called global war on drugs
:06:26. > :06:31.based on international prohibition has been raging for half a century.
:06:31. > :06:37.We must wage what I have called total war against public enemy
:06:37. > :06:40.number one in the United States, the problem of dangerous drugs.
:06:40. > :06:43.today the influential Home Affairs Committee of MPs urged the British
:06:43. > :06:48.Government to order a complete rethink of the strategy. There is
:06:49. > :06:58.now more than ever a case for a fundamental review of all UK drugs
:06:59. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:07.policy in the international context, The victims are the people who at
:07:07. > :07:09.the end of the day suffer as a result of what's going on. This
:07:09. > :07:13.approach is what's required to deal with this problem.
:07:13. > :07:17.The committee has urged Ministers to look at countries like Portugal
:07:17. > :07:19.where drug use has been de- penalised with the focus on
:07:20. > :07:24.treatment rather than punishment. Following the legalisation of
:07:24. > :07:29.marijuana in the American states of Washington and Colorado, the MPs
:07:29. > :07:33.recommend the Government assesss the costs of cannabis legalisation.
:07:33. > :07:36.While overall drug use has been falling in recent years, Home
:07:36. > :07:39.Affairs figures suggest at least half a million people in England
:07:39. > :07:44.and Wales have taken a class A drug in the previous month. Three
:07:44. > :07:47.million have used illicit drugs in the previous year mostly cannabis.
:07:47. > :07:51.The Drugs Minister says it will look closely at today's report.
:07:51. > :07:54.There are interesting new ideas. The report says that we should look
:07:54. > :07:58.more carefully at the model that's happened in Portugal, and I'm
:07:58. > :08:01.certainly happy to go there, as the report recommends, and see what
:08:01. > :08:03.they're doing there, so we should be open to new ideas and fresh
:08:03. > :08:08.thinking, but I think we should also acknowledge that we've
:08:08. > :08:13.actually made a lot of progress. think drug laws are bonkers, so I
:08:13. > :08:17.am breaking the taboo. There is, however, an international campaign
:08:17. > :08:22.involving senior politicians and public figures. A lot of people die,
:08:22. > :08:25.and it doesn't solve the problem. This new documentary is designed to
:08:25. > :08:27.put further pressure on governments around the world to rethink drugs
:08:27. > :08:31.policy. The Labour Party has published
:08:31. > :08:33.plans for legislating the press. The so-called Leveson Bill will be
:08:33. > :08:35.considered at cross-party talks later in the week, but the
:08:35. > :08:44.Conservatives have already dismissed it as lacking in detail.
:08:44. > :08:48.Our political correspondent Norman Smith joins us from Westminster.
:08:48. > :08:57.What exactly, Norman, is Labour proposing? This is the Labour bill,
:08:57. > :09:01.just six clauses long, so a relatively small pan Ella of a bill.
:09:01. > :09:07.To underscore their argument that this doesn't have to be fiendishly
:09:07. > :09:11.complex and difficult, you can do it in an easy way, at the heart of
:09:11. > :09:14.their idea is that the body supervising the press shouldn't be
:09:14. > :09:18.Ofcom but the judiciary. The way the Labour plan would work is you'd
:09:18. > :09:21.have the press, above them a regulatory body which would oversee
:09:21. > :09:25.the day-to-day running of the press and investigating the complaints
:09:25. > :09:28.and ordering apologies, then above that you would have the Lord Chief
:09:28. > :09:32.Justice sitting with panel of judges who once every three years
:09:32. > :09:35.would decide whether the system was working. Labour say the beauty of
:09:35. > :09:38.that system is because the judiciary is involved it is
:09:38. > :09:42.independent of Parliament and politicians. The Conservatives say
:09:42. > :09:45.the problem is this is too simple. It amounts to no more than a
:09:45. > :09:49.glorified press release, so they're going to produce their own draft
:09:49. > :09:53.bill on Thursday which they say will show just how difficult it is
:09:53. > :09:57.to frame legislation to implement the Leveson proposals, and in
:09:57. > :10:01.contrast to this relatively slim document, I expect the Conservative
:10:01. > :10:06.document would probably end up looking like the parliamentary
:10:06. > :10:08.equivalent of the Yellow Pages Thank you, Norman Smith in
:10:08. > :10:10.Westminster. Detectives investigating
:10:10. > :10:13.allegations of sex abuse surrounding Jimmy Savile and others
:10:13. > :10:16.have arrested a man in his 60s. Scotland Yard say he was detained
:10:16. > :10:20.on suspicion of sexual offences and is being held at a police station
:10:20. > :10:24.in south London. Up to 100,000 patients with cancer
:10:24. > :10:27.and rare diseases in England are to have their DNA fully mapped.
:10:27. > :10:30.Downing Street says a database of genetic sequences and profiles will
:10:30. > :10:40.be built so that doctors can better understand patients' illnesses and
:10:40. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:45.develop new treatments. Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh reports.
:10:45. > :10:49.Cancer cells have their own genetic blueprint or genetic code, and
:10:50. > :10:54.mapping this DNA can be done faster and cheaper than ever before. When
:10:54. > :11:00.this programme will start, who will do the genetic code sequencing and
:11:00. > :11:05.analysis hasn't been worked out. But the Prime Minister on a visit
:11:05. > :11:09.to labs in Cambridge said it had the potential to transform cancer
:11:09. > :11:15.treatment. We want to crack cancer and the DNA database can help us to
:11:15. > :11:17.do that, but we also want to keep Britain at the absolute forefront
:11:17. > :11:22.of biotechnology, of the pharmaceutical industry. We can be
:11:22. > :11:26.a real world leader in this. hope is that by comparing genetic
:11:26. > :11:29.profiles of huge numbers of patients, it will allow scientists
:11:29. > :11:34.to understand why some do far better than others and help in the
:11:34. > :11:37.new quest for treatments. For existing patients, DNA mapping may
:11:37. > :11:42.lead to better targeting of medicines. Being able to save the
:11:42. > :11:45.lady in front of us in the clinic, we know from the car code in your
:11:45. > :11:48.cancer that you'll respond to this treatment, but not to this
:11:48. > :11:51.treatment - and that is a very important aim because we have
:11:52. > :11:54.treatments that work for some of our patient, but we really need to
:11:54. > :12:00.have tests that really can choose the right person for the right
:12:00. > :12:03.treatment at the right time. scheme will be voluntary and the
:12:03. > :12:08.data anonymous to protect patient confidentiality, but critics fear
:12:08. > :12:12.it could be misused. That information can be used to track
:12:12. > :12:16.individuals and their relatives, so there are real privacy concerns,
:12:16. > :12:21.but it's also open to commercial exploitation. There are more than
:12:21. > :12:26.200 types of cancer. It's a complex and highly resistent disease. The
:12:26. > :12:30.talk amongst specialists is less of cures and more of improved long-
:12:30. > :12:34.term outcomes, so most of the benefits from this ambitious
:12:34. > :12:37.project are likely to be among the next generation of cancer patients.
:12:37. > :12:41.The former South African President, Nelson Mandela has spent a second
:12:41. > :12:45.night in hospital in Pretoria. Mr Mandela, who's 94, has been having
:12:45. > :12:48.tests for an unspecified medical condition. A Minister who visited
:12:48. > :12:56.him today says he was doing "very, very well". Our Africa
:12:56. > :13:01.correspondent Andrew Harding joins us from Johannesburg now. What else
:13:01. > :13:05.is being said about Mr Mandela's health, Andrew? Interestingly,
:13:05. > :13:09.almost nothing. Since he went in on Saturday, he was brought up from
:13:09. > :13:12.his rural home and put into a hospital in prait prait. We've
:13:13. > :13:16.heard nothing but generally very positive mood music from the
:13:16. > :13:20.presidency here. As you say, he's apparently had a restful night. We
:13:20. > :13:24.know he's in good hands. He's being looked after, and the Defence
:13:24. > :13:27.Minister went in to see him herself this morning. Outside she told
:13:27. > :13:32.journalists that he was very, very well and that the country should
:13:32. > :13:36.pray for him, but also not go into a panic. Beyond that, though, in
:13:36. > :13:40.terms of the specifics of what's actually wrong with Mr Mandela, why
:13:40. > :13:44.he needs tests, what sort of tests he might be understood going, we
:13:44. > :13:47.simply know nothing. That's a big contrast from the last couple of
:13:47. > :13:53.times when he has been hospitalised in the last two years. Then pretty
:13:53. > :13:55.early on we started getting rumours and unofficial reports of what
:13:55. > :13:59.might be troubling him. This time the presidency here is controlling
:13:59. > :14:02.the information very carefully. Right now I think the South African
:14:02. > :14:07.public is broadly buying into this line that there is no reason to
:14:07. > :14:10.panic. They're going to wait patiently for more news. There is
:14:10. > :14:13.an enormous amount of affection and concern for Nelson Mandela, but
:14:13. > :14:17.people here are slowly acknowledging that at the age of 94
:14:17. > :14:22.he's not going to live forever, and people are simply waiting to be
:14:22. > :14:24.told more and wishing him all the best. Thank you, Andrew Harding in
:14:24. > :14:27.Johannesburg. The Ministry of Defence has awarded
:14:27. > :14:30.a contract of o�1.2 billion to BAE Systems to build the Royal Navy's
:14:30. > :14:35.latest submarine, Audacious. The move will secure at least 3,500
:14:35. > :14:38.jobs. Audacious will be the fourth of seven attack submarines. But the
:14:38. > :14:40.first one to be built, HMS Astute, suffered a series of problems,
:14:40. > :14:42.including a shooting incident, flooding and running aground. Our
:14:42. > :14:52.defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has been given exclusive
:14:52. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:05.We joined HMS Astute off the west coast of Scotland. Costing more
:15:05. > :15:10.than �1 billion, it is supposed to be one of the most advanced
:15:10. > :15:17.military machines, but so far it has hit the headlines for mostly
:15:17. > :15:22.the wrong reasons. Keep 20 metres... On one of her
:15:22. > :15:32.first voyages she ran aground. Last year, one officer was shot dead by
:15:32. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:36.a junior rating, a simple momential marks the spot. Technical problems,
:15:36. > :15:41.including corrosion and a leak, but the Admiral in charge shows that
:15:41. > :15:47.they are working for perfection. It is as complex as a space shuttle.
:15:47. > :15:51.It is like a 7,000 tonne Swiss watch. It works and it is safe.
:15:51. > :15:55.That is paramount for the 100 crew who work in the cramped conditions.
:15:56. > :16:03.They rely on sophisticated censors to list no-one the water.
:16:03. > :16:07.To see above, there is no periscope, but an array of cameras.
:16:07. > :16:11.The submarine can hover to gather intelligence or laufrpbl attack wut
:16:11. > :16:16.being seen or heard. It has been a difficult beginning for HMS Astute,
:16:16. > :16:20.five years after she was launched and two years after she was
:16:20. > :16:24.commissioned, she is still conducting sea trials here.
:16:24. > :16:29.But she will be ready for operations next year. Today's order
:16:29. > :16:35.of a fourth submarine is a sign of confidence in a brighter future.
:16:35. > :16:39.Now, let's have a look at time after a quarter past one and the
:16:39. > :16:42.top story: The Australian radio hosts at the centre of the Royal
:16:42. > :16:48.Hospital hoax say that they are heartbroken.
:16:48. > :16:53.Coming up: Spicing up the West End, a musical based around the songs of
:16:53. > :16:58.the UK's most successful girl band. On BBC London: Signs that the West
:16:58. > :17:04.End could see record sales on the run-up to Christmas. Nearly 40
:17:04. > :17:08.years after Lord Lucan disappeared, we hear the evidence that prompted
:17:08. > :17:13.his brother to give his first television interview.
:17:13. > :17:17.It's been nearly two years since the Arab Spring, the uprisings that
:17:17. > :17:21.began around the Middle East, from Tunisia, spreading across the
:17:21. > :17:26.Mediterranean, transforming the political landscape. All this week,
:17:26. > :17:30.BBC News is assessing the impact of the uprisings, we begin in Egypt,
:17:30. > :17:37.where for many people, the revolution that toppled Hosni
:17:37. > :17:39.Mubarak is far from over. George Alagiah joins us now from
:17:39. > :17:43.Tahrir Square. Thank you very much. As you say,
:17:43. > :17:47.this was, if I can call it that, the crucible of opposition nearly
:17:47. > :17:51.two years ago. This is the place where they toppled a man, a
:17:51. > :17:54.dictator who had been in power for some 30 years, but the perhaps
:17:54. > :18:00.surprising thing is that there are activists back in Tahrir Square
:18:00. > :18:03.again. This time, of course, they are directing their anger at an
:18:03. > :18:08.elected leader, Mohammed Morsi of this country. What they say is that
:18:08. > :18:12.the President is trying to push through a constitution, which they
:18:12. > :18:17.think is flawed and he is trying to do it through a referendum, which
:18:17. > :18:21.they say, is going to come too soon it caused anger on both sides.
:18:21. > :18:26.There were been protests for a number of weeks here. There are
:18:26. > :18:30.more protests planned tomorrow. For the latest let's get a report from
:18:30. > :18:36.Jon Leyne. It does have flash photography.
:18:36. > :18:39.Through the weekend, the protesters have been continuing to stream up
:18:39. > :18:44.to the Presidential Palace in Cairo. Nothing that the President has done
:18:44. > :18:49.has been enough to satisfy them. This is now the main focus of their
:18:49. > :18:52.demonstration. Just Astra trartrar was in the revolution against Hosni
:18:52. > :18:56.Mubarak last year -- just Astra trartrar was.
:18:57. > :19:01.The army are playing -- Tahrir Square. The army are playing a
:19:01. > :19:06.important role in protecting the Government.
:19:07. > :19:11.Mohammed Morsi has given the army the power of arrest. Many Egyptians
:19:11. > :19:14.will see this as a step back after the hand overto civilian rule.
:19:14. > :19:19.Mohammed Morsi held talks with several political factions, but the
:19:19. > :19:23.main opposition forces boycotted the meeting, saying he presented
:19:23. > :19:27.them with a fait acompli, leaving little to talk about. The
:19:27. > :19:31.opposition are demanding the postponement of the referendum on a
:19:31. > :19:35.new constitution, but it is still going ahead. The government did
:19:35. > :19:40.announce one concession, the lifting of the decree, granting
:19:40. > :19:46.Mohammed Morsi sweeping powers. The opposition rejected that as not
:19:46. > :19:50.enough to break the deadlock. Nearly two years after the original
:19:50. > :19:54.protests in Tahrir Square, each side accusing the other of being
:19:54. > :19:59.too close to the old regime. Mohammed Morsi says that the
:19:59. > :20:06.opposition are in the pay of former regime loyalistists. The opposition
:20:06. > :20:11.say that Mohammed Morsi is acting like the dictator that he replaced.
:20:12. > :20:17.Mohammed Morsi's supporters have been holding a sit-in on the
:20:17. > :20:22.outskirts of Cairo, home to several independent TV channels, they blame
:20:22. > :20:26.the liberal media for stirring up a campaign against the President and
:20:26. > :20:30.the Islamist movement, including the Muslim Brotherhood. Clashes
:20:30. > :20:36.have continued to flare up. Both sides plan big new demonstrations
:20:36. > :20:40.tomorrow, raising fears of a major new confrontation. So the army have
:20:40. > :20:43.been strengthening their defences. The Egyptians are resigned to the
:20:43. > :20:52.crisis continuing with the ever- present danger of even more
:20:52. > :21:02.violence. Well let's discuss some of this
:21:02. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:08.with He ba Mo oira w. What do you think is wrong with
:21:08. > :21:13.this? I am concerned about the substance of the rights of pro text.
:21:13. > :21:17.What we have in the draft is less protection rights. The way that the
:21:17. > :21:21.constitution is designed to give the state to basically limit every
:21:21. > :21:24.right in the constitution on the grounds of public morality or
:21:24. > :21:28.preserving the true nature of the Egyptian family it is broad
:21:28. > :21:31.language that can be used to undermine the essence of the
:21:31. > :21:35.protections. You say there was a line there to
:21:35. > :21:40.preserve the true nature of the Egyptian family, I would be
:21:40. > :21:44.surprised if anyone opposed that. It sounds innoccuous? I think that
:21:44. > :21:48.people care about human rights. That was part of the uprising.
:21:48. > :21:53.But they care about the family? They do, but we don't want to see
:21:53. > :21:57.as a government, given the discretion to define what the true
:21:57. > :22:02.nature of the family is, to be allowed to use that to limit every
:22:02. > :22:07.right. So for example, the freedom of religious it does not protect
:22:07. > :22:14.people to religious practise, those who are not either Muslim,
:22:14. > :22:23.Christian or Jewish. Prohibition of expression it prohibts insulting
:22:23. > :22:30.anyone, the pro-ets, but I care about this. There has been a spike
:22:30. > :22:35.in blasphemous of pro-ets. There is an athiest man from prison, he
:22:35. > :22:41.could be sentenced because of this. This is what we do not need to see.
:22:41. > :22:45.It must be said that the freedom and Justice Party, the party of the
:22:45. > :22:49.President says it is open to discussion on many issues. They
:22:49. > :22:54.accuse the activists of pulling out of negotiations of the drafting
:22:54. > :23:00.Committee on the constitution. They -- there are, as ever, two sides to
:23:00. > :23:04.the argument raging in Egypt. George, thank you.
:23:04. > :23:11.To let you know, there is more on the second anniversary of the Arab
:23:11. > :23:14.Spring online. Here is the address: The President of The European
:23:14. > :23:18.Commission has indicated that Scotland would have to re-apply to
:23:18. > :23:22.join the EU if it became an independent country. The warning
:23:22. > :23:25.will come as a blow to the First Minister, Alex Salmond, who says
:23:25. > :23:28.that Scotland's membership would not be thrown into doubt by
:23:28. > :23:34.independence. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso told
:23:34. > :23:41.BBC's hard talk, that a new state would have to apply to join the EU.
:23:41. > :23:44.If one part of a country, I am not referring to anyone specific, but
:23:44. > :23:48.they want to become an independent state, of course, as an independent
:23:48. > :23:51.state it has to apply to the European membership, according to
:23:51. > :23:57.the rules. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso there.
:23:57. > :24:02.Well, let's talk to Lorna Gordon who joins us from Glasgow. How big
:24:02. > :24:05.a blow is this? Well, it will be an important issue for voters deciding
:24:05. > :24:10.on whether or not they want Scotland to become independent in a
:24:10. > :24:13.little less than two years' time. I think that is unlikely. I think
:24:13. > :24:17.that the issue for voters is whether they feel that Scotland,
:24:17. > :24:23.that they will feel better or worse off if Scotland were to become
:24:23. > :24:28.independent, but it is true to say that the SNP are having to art late
:24:28. > :24:34.their arguments on the subject again, again and again. Their view
:24:34. > :24:38.is that Scotland would remain within the European union as it
:24:38. > :24:42.negotiated its terms to continue within the European Union. What
:24:42. > :24:45.they are saying, is if you woke up and Scotland were independent,
:24:45. > :24:50.people voted in that direction, and people woke up to find themselves
:24:50. > :24:54.in that position, that they would not have to find themselves out of
:24:54. > :24:57.the United Kingdom, but remaining in it for a couple of years and
:24:57. > :25:01.when they were in the United Kingdom that they would continue to
:25:01. > :25:06.negotiate in the EU at the same time. These are political arguments,
:25:06. > :25:11.they will continue to run and run. Lorna, thank you.
:25:11. > :25:17.Nine people have been charged after the Manchester football Derby over
:25:17. > :25:23.the weekend at which a coin was thrown at and hit Rio Ferdinand.
:25:23. > :25:26.Manchester City apologised saying it condemned the incident
:25:26. > :25:30.unreservedly.$$NEWLINE It was the tensest of Derbys with the most
:25:30. > :25:35.dramatic of finishes. COMMENTATOR: They get there! United
:25:35. > :25:39.have won it. But as they celebrated the late win,
:25:39. > :25:43.this happened. Rio Ferdinand struck by a missile, just inches above the
:25:43. > :25:48.eye. As the blood started to trickle he was confront bid a City
:25:48. > :25:52.fan who had to be restrained by the keeper Joe Hart. Finally, Rio
:25:52. > :25:57.Ferdinand got treatment, but it was an ugly scene. He was not badly
:25:57. > :26:01.hurt. A few hours later, he was a guest on X Factor with no lasting
:26:01. > :26:06.damage, but for United and for football, yet more concern.
:26:06. > :26:12.There was the same thing at Chelsea it is masked by the carry on, seats
:26:12. > :26:16.thrown, coins, lighters and nothing is said or done about it. It is a
:26:16. > :26:20.problem. Manchester City ab publicly
:26:20. > :26:24.apologised to Rio Ferdinand. They are reviewing footage, but the
:26:24. > :26:27.events raised questions about the safety and the security inside
:26:27. > :26:31.football grounds. Wayne Rooney had missiles thrown at him. There are
:26:31. > :26:34.now suggestions that a protective netting behind the goals could be
:26:34. > :26:38.required. You look at other sports where it
:26:38. > :26:43.does not affect the view, but at the same time it can be protective
:26:43. > :26:48.against missiles thrown. I feel it is sad when we are talking about
:26:48. > :26:51.very few people out of literally hundreds of thousands who go to the
:26:52. > :26:55.games, but still, it is something that we cannot ignore.
:26:55. > :26:58.The police are still trying it identify who threw the object at
:26:58. > :27:04.Rio Ferdinand, but once again, football has been scarred by
:27:04. > :27:08.controversy. They were the most successful girl
:27:08. > :27:13.band of all time, selling more than 08 million records. Now the Spice
:27:13. > :27:16.Girls, or their songs are taking to the stage. The new musical, called
:27:16. > :27:23.Viva Forever written by Jennifer Saunders premieres tomorrow night
:27:23. > :27:28.in London's West End. # Welcome to the world. #
:27:28. > :27:34.Friendship never ends. The Spice Girls once sang it. Neither for the
:27:34. > :27:38.foreseeable future, will their music end.
:27:39. > :27:43.This is not a musical about the Spice Girls. There are no
:27:43. > :27:49.characters called Sporty, Mel or Posh. It takes their music and uses
:27:49. > :27:53.it to tell a new story. Which as theatrical concepts go, may sound
:27:53. > :28:00.familiar. # Just one look... # Mamma Mia! Did
:28:00. > :28:04.the same with the songs of ABBA. It has been seen by more than 15
:28:04. > :28:08.million theatre goers across the world. The brainchild of Judy
:28:08. > :28:14.Kraymer, this time, she has teamed up with Jennifer Saunders.
:28:14. > :28:21.I was nervous about it. I had never done a musical before. It is quite
:28:21. > :28:26.different a kettle of fish, within my oueve. You have to work the
:28:26. > :28:31.songs into a narrative. The songs that don't necessarily contain a
:28:31. > :28:37.narrative. That was the biggest challenge. We spent months
:28:37. > :28:39.listening to songs, trying to work out the lyrics where a story would
:28:39. > :28:45.happen. Viva Forever tells the story of a
:28:45. > :28:49.group of girls seeking stardom and its impact on friends and family.
:28:49. > :28:56.So pretty familiar territory for those whose songs I spired it.
:28:56. > :29:02.When I watch the show I feel incredibly proud and excited. It
:29:02. > :29:07.really touches my heart. I love us... It does bring up a lot
:29:07. > :29:14.of feelings. I felt a little tearful, definitely.
:29:14. > :29:22.They are songs that shaped 1990 pop and brought girl power to the world.
:29:22. > :29:27.Time to see if Theatreland Willem brace the music of the Spice Girls.
:29:27. > :29:30.-- women embrace the music of the Spice Girls.
:29:30. > :29:35.Spice Girls. Now the weather.
:29:35. > :29:40.It will get colder over the next few days, but there are changes
:29:40. > :29:43.coming up later in the week. For today, we are looking at a fine
:29:43. > :29:46.afternoon with clear skies. Chilly winds coming down from the North
:29:46. > :29:50.Sea. Feeding in cloud over the eastern areas of Scotland.
:29:50. > :29:55.Otherwise lots of sunshine, especially over the central and the
:29:55. > :29:58.western areas. The sunshine it is not doing a great deal for the
:29:59. > :30:04.temperatures, still cold at 1 Celsius.
:30:04. > :30:10.-- at one Celsius. In the south there are patches of
:30:10. > :30:14.cloud, pushing down from Lincolnshire to Essex. It will turn
:30:14. > :30:19.cloudy and possibly a few showers there. The west of England and
:30:19. > :30:24.Wales, not a cloud in the sky. Overnight, with the clear skies in
:30:24. > :30:28.place, the temperatures dropping like a stone in. The east patches
:30:28. > :30:32.of cloud drifting in from the North Sea, possibly bringing a dusting of
:30:32. > :30:39.snow to Norfolk. In the towns and the cities, there
:30:39. > :30:45.is a touch of frost. In the countryside a really cold night alt
:30:45. > :30:52.minus five Celsius. Possibly minus nine Celsius in
:30:52. > :30:57.Grampian and patches of snow in the north. Some dense patches of
:30:57. > :31:02.freezing fog may linger all day. Where it happens temperatures will
:31:02. > :31:06.not get above freezing, it will feel cold and temperatures down on
:31:06. > :31:09.this afternoon. Highs this afternoon of about three
:31:09. > :31:14.Celsius. Wednesday, a quiet day with sunshine and fog patchs to
:31:14. > :31:20.start off the day. A south-westerly breeze blowing in milder air in the
:31:20. > :31:25.south-west of England. That is a hint of the change to come. We lose
:31:25. > :31:29.the area of high pressure. Towards the end of the week we see the low
:31:29. > :31:34.pressure swinging off the Atlantic bringing wet and windy conditions
:31:34. > :31:38.by the time we get to Friday. For Thursday's weather, a quiet picture.
:31:38. > :31:44.Bright with sunny spells. The temperatures on the cold side with
:31:44. > :31:49.highs of one to four Celsius. To the south and to the west, milder
:31:49. > :31:54.air pushing in with cloud and rain. By Friday, the weather could be