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Six schools are placed under special measures as Ofsted publishes a

report into extremism in the classroom. Nothing to hide - one

trust has denounced the decision, saying the Ofsted inspection was

carried out in a climate of suspicion. Our schools do not

promote or tolerate extremism. A face-to-face meeting in Cabinet for

the two ministers whose departments are said to have been briefing

against each other. We'll get reaction live from Birmingham and

Westminster. Also this lunch time, the terrorist

attacks on Pakistan's Karachi airport leaves 28 dead. 10 of them

Taliban militants. 100 days of campaigning to go. The two sides in

the Scottish independence referendum gear up before September's vote.

I am in Rio. In this soccer-mad country they cannot wait until

Thursday and the kick-off of the first match in the World Cup. Later

on BBC London, the mayor criticises developers who installed spikes

outside homes, apparently to stop rough sleeping. Claims in a rise in

the number of Londoners using food banks.

News. Six schools in Birmingham are to be placed under special measures,

following an inquiry of claims of infiltration by hardline Islamists.

Ofsted has spent three months looking into the Trojan Horse

allegations against 21 schools. It found five had not done enough to

protect children from extremist ideas. The education trust at the

centre said it rejects the claims whole-heartedly.

This afternoon, for the first time, we will hear a definitive conclusion

from Ofsted, following this unprecedented inquiry I has caused

concern for many parents. They -- it has caused concern for many parents.

It has provoked anger from some schools who say they have been

wrongly condemned for failing to protect children from of these

views. This is one of the schools at the heart of this contentious

inquiry. This morning a head of its official

publication an Ofsted report into Park View academy was the latest to

be leaked. It found: Parents say they don't recognise

these claims. We are happy with both of the schools and the teachers and

all of the staff. We don't believe what has happened is true. This is

one of the best schools. I don't know why they are doing all this. We

are happy with the children's education. This morning, in a

defiant statement, school leaders said Ofsted tried to find fault

after fears were stokes of a claim of a takeover plot by hardline

Muslims. They came to our schools looking for segregation, for proof

our children have religion forced upon them. The report finds no

evidence of this because it upon them. The report finds no

at our schools. Whether Ofsted shares that view will be made clear

when 21 inspection reports into schools across Birmingham are

published later. It is thought six schools will

published later. It is thought six measures. Some in the community are

convinced there is a problem. It will be quite a

convinced there is a problem. It the way they have carried out,

detracting from the National Curriculum and really for the

education of these children. These are state schools. These are not

religious schools. Therefore, there's a significant issue of how

they manage to divyiate from the national syllabus. In Westminster,

the Prime Minister is assembling national syllabus. In Westminster,

extremism task force to consider the Government's response to today's

findings. The Education Secretary Government's response to today's

has been embroiled in a row with the Home Secretary over the way the

affair has been handled. He'll make a statement to Parliament this

afternoon. It is a very serious matter what's been reported. The

House of Commons deserves to know first and fully what it is that we

intend to do. The politicians say they are

determined to keep children in Birmingham safe. Here some of the

schools are determined to prove students already are.

In the next hour or so, we'll have that statement from the chief

inspector. We'll hear from officials here at the City Council and from

teaching unions. It is thought some of the schools branded inadequate

could have their governors removed. Today will not mark the end. There

are further investigations still to come. For the community here in

Birmingham, it means further scrutiny. For parents and children,

it means further disruption to their education.

Thank you very much. Let's go to our chief political

correspondent who is in Downing Street. So, has this meeting this

morning put an end to the in-fighting? What we can say, Simon,

is there is an urgency in Downing Street to try and draw a line under

this bitter feuding between Mrs May and Michael Gove, which is why the

Prime Minister convened this meeting which both Mrs May and Mr Gove

attended. They left bicep rate entrances. It is why David Cameron

has taken person at charge of the issue. It is why he has slapped down

both of them. It is why Number Ten moves this morning to clear Mrs May

of the most grievance charge, flamely she sanctioned the

publication of that letter attacking Michael Gove. Number Ten saying this

morning they did not believe that was Mrs May's doing. Rather pointing

the finger at her former special adviser. Simon, we may get a much

clearer insight into the state of relations between the two of them

because of an extraordinary and unplanned piece of parliamentary

choreography when we'll have Mrs May and Michael Gove answering questions

from MPs on precisely the issue that has divided them - namely tackling

Islamic extremism. One after the other. Mrs May answering an urgent

question from Labour. Mr Gove making that statement on Birmingham

schools. If there is the smallest policy difference, if there is the

nearest glimpse of a sulen stare, then that risks reigniting the row

over the feud between them. Thank you very much.

And there's much more on that story throughout the day. It is on the BBC

News Channel. Eye witnesses said it looked as

though war had broken out and when it finally ended the attack against

Karachi airport had left 28 people dead. Ten of them militants. The

Taliban says it was behind the attack, which began late last night,

when heavily armed gunmen entered an area used mainly for cargo and

private flights. A brazen night-time invasion. Gunmen

disguised as police guards stormed Pakistan's busiest airport. Local TV

captured the drama as fire engulfed the cargo building.

A Taliban spokesman said their aim was to reach the main terminal and

hijack aircraft. The security forces managed to stop them.

Although the battle for control lasted all night.

Some airport staff were killed. Others emerged shell shocked. The

injured were taken to hospital. No passengers were harmed, as flights

had been diverted. By morning, the police were back in

charge. TRANSLATION: Our forces have done a

tremendous job. You saw how quickly they controlled the situation. Our

army and police tackled the situation nicely and killed all the

terrorists involved in the incident. But this was only a partial victory,

for a Government keen to encourage foreign investment, a half ruined

airport is not the image it wants the world to see.

The militants arsenal of weapons was laid out. The scale and ambition of

The militants arsenal of weapons was the attack. There was food too. The

fighters had planned for a protracted siege. It is thought

three died after detonating suicide vests.

Many people are now asking how the militants were able to penetrate

security at a major International Airport. The Pakistani Taliban, who

have been waging an insurgency for years, said the attack was in

revenge for the death of its leader last November. There seems little

chance of a resumption of peace talks and a negotiated end to the

violence. David Cameron heads to Sweden today

for talks about the European Union. He'll argue against the appoint of

the next President of the European Commission, claiming he would block

change. The Prime Minister said whoever gets the job must have a

pro-reform approach. The Lib Dem leader, Nick Clegg, has

been trying to rally his battered party for the general election fight

by insisting the coalition has not robbed them of their soul. He has

been attempting to hit back at the perception that the party is only

interested in power for power's sake. If there west one criticism

that I -- if there's one criticism that I want to take head on today

because it is the most miss leading and the most p often repeated, it is

this, that by being in Government with the Conservatives we have sold

out. Lost our soul. Become hollowed out and lost our identity as a party

of progressive reform. It is high time we debunk this myth!

Let's get more from our political correspondent. Something of a

rallying call with less than a year to go, of course, until the

election? Yes, absolutely, Simon. It is worth remembering the scale of

the whack that the Lib Demes took from the electorate in the local and

European elections. In the European election it has left them with

councillors feeling they are an enDaninged species. The MEPs, well

they are lm extinct. Just one left cling -- are almost extinct. Just

one left clinging on. Given the councillors and the MEPs have taken

a whack, his MPs at Westminster are not next to be nuced at the general

election. That sense from some that the Lib Demes have tried to chip off

the awkward bits of the Conservatives and they would do the

same in coalition with Labour. He is saying they have their own distinct

platform. He is still speaking now an idea for spending more money on

housing if the Liberal Democrats find themselves in Government after

the general election. He says that the Liberal Democrats would stick to

the coalition's plan for paying down the deficit. How they did that would

be different from the Conservatives. They would not, for instance,

penalise those on welfare to the extent that the Conservatives would,

in the Liberal Democrats' view. He says that Labour has been far too

reckless with spending in the past and they would not do that. It is a

tough ask for Nick Clegg. Thank you very much. There are just

100 days left of campaigning left before Scotland votes on whether or

not to become independent. Today, both sides of the debate have been

stepping up their efforts toment encourage undecided voters. A poll

suggests the "no" campaign is still ahead. Today Alex Salmond said the

credibility of its campaign would lead it to victory.

The pro-European campaign says the nationalists are running out of

time. Let's cross to Edinburgh and join our correspondent who is there.

I'm in Dundee, which is in the heart of Scotland. It claims to be

Scotland's sunniest city, a city of 150,000 people. Politically it has

in the past been a bell weather. They sent two MPs to Westminster,

for example. One is from the Scottish National Party. They a

"yes" vote on independence and the other from the better together

campaign, who want a "no" vote. It whats been a day of very vigorous

campaigning here -- it's been a day of vigorous campaigning here.

A significant day in the debate over Scotland's future. From the "yes"

campaign what they see as a significant number.

Almost 800,000 people have now signed their declaration in favour

of independence. 17-year-old Jo is one of them.

I think that Westminster has failed to create an equal society. The idea

is the fourth most unequal country in the developed world. That is a

gap that is getting bigger T only way for Scotland to stop that is to

make its own decisions. The Scottish Government is focussing on female

voters, highlighting proposals to close the pay gap and provide more

childcare. That vote on September 18th is the greatest opportunity we

will ever have to built a better, more prosperous and fairer country

for ourselves and for generations to come.

From the pro-union parties campaigning as better together, the

100 day mark sees a more, finely tuned message. Supporters are saying

no thanks to independence. I am not saying what is happening is perfect.

I don't understand why anyone would think we are better being smaller.

How can you make better chances being a small country?

How can you make better chances The three main pro-unionist parties

say stick with us and more devolution is guaranteed. I want to

use these 100 days not to see Scotland divided further, but to

bring together most of us in this nation around a common vision of

Scotland leading the United Kingdom after the 18th September, not

Scotland leaving the United Kingdom. Both sides have spent the morning

emphasising their gross root support. They have been sharpening

their arguments over whether this should be the Parliament of an

independent Scotland or whether it should take on some form of

additional powers while remaining part

independent Scotland or whether it should take on some form of of the

I am joined by Brian Taylor. Give us a sense of the campaign so far, as

you see it. The a sense of the campaign so far, as

started only a week ago. a sense of the campaign so far, as

of course, it started when the SNP were elected to Holyrood in 2011. A

majority of Holyrood power. In these final 100 days the messages will be

refined and processed out to the voters. First to convince people and

secondly to get people to turn out N terms of Better Together, they are

reclaiming terms of Better Together, they are

putting out a slogan, "No thanks." Thar were

putting out a slogan, "No thanks." negative. Positively in favour of

the union. They are campaigning for a "no" vote in this referendum. It

is a polite form of no. In terms of the other side they

is a polite form of no. In terms of individually. 100 days, one million

conversations. In terms of the facts of the campaign, we've heard figures

banded around. Incomprehensible to most people. Do you think that will

sway it, or will it be how people feel about their nation? It has been

a campaign from the outset, it will be a campaign to the end. The doubts

will come from those who advocate the union. They doubt whether it is

advantageage. The reassurance offered by the other side supporting

independence. That is all from Dundee for now. Now back to the

studio. placed under special measures.

Coming up, I'm at England's training base, where they'll arrive in the

next couple of hours to begin their buildup to their first game against

Italy. Later on BBC London, taking audiences to new heights. And as

London fans held to the World Cup, some last-minute travel tips from

the British ambassador to Brazil. There are just three days until the

biggest festival of football in the world gets under way. The teams have

begun arriving in Brazil and playing their final warn-up games before the

host nation and favourites take on Croatia in the opening match on

Thursday. Jon Sopel is in Rio for us. Simon, welcome. I'm sure the

authorities, the only strikers they want to concern themselves with is

players, but instead it's workers who are the big headache in Sao

Paulo and tier gas was used just three days before the opening match.

Elsewhere in Brazil, soccer fever is taking over. The Brazilian flag is

everywhere and that phenomenon seems to be repeated across the world.

Andy Moore reports. World Cup fever is spreading around

the globe, even in a country like Bangladesh that doesn't have a team

in the competition, and never has done. Flags and jerseys selling

fast. The South Africa American teams, Brazil and Argentina are

especially popular. Thailand is another country with no World Cup

history, but it game of man against elephant was staged to get everyone

in the mood. It's not easy to score when the opposition decides to block

the goalmouth. South Korea does have a team in the World Cup. This

demonstration of underwater skills watched by thousands of sardines is

designed to show what is required from the national team. No need to

show that again in slow motion. In Brazil, the giants of world football

were on display and they don't come any bigger than Pele. He believes

that England have a chance of winning the Cup. England like

Brazil, Italy, like France, they are all teams who normally do not come

to the final and have reputations then we must be prepared for them.

We have to respect England, because they have the same chance. Some fans

arriving in Sao Paulo will find the streets choked with even worse

traffic than normal. A strike by Metro workers is continuing and at

the moment there seems no prospect of a resolution. Just to give you a

sense of the geography, there is the beach behind us and beyond that is

the world famous beach and three miles up the road is the England

hotel with nashly joins us now. Natalie, first training session due

this afternoon. Is everything as good as it could be at this stage?

Absolutely. It's state-of-the-art. This is a 40-minute to an hour's

drive away from their base. If you look at just beyond me, this is the

local bay and it's beautiful. This is what the players will see when

they arrive here in about an hour's time. This will be their home for

the next couple of weeks as they try to acclimatise to the weather.

They'll have a training session and later on some of the players will

head back to a sports complex on the edge of the city's biggest faff

Vela. -- favela. They'll meet a number of kids and take part in a

mini tournament. They'll have a Brazilian marble arts demonstration.

This to keep them occupied before they head off to Manaus before the

kick-off with Italy. Back to you. Thank you very much. Before we hand

back, I want to show you the fan zones, which is overlooking us.

There's an awful lot of preparation work going on. It is not ready yet.

I'm sure the authorities are hoping it will be there in place, on time,

for Thursday. Simon, back to you. Jon Sopel, thank

you very much. There was a time when the south-west

of England was famous for its tin production, but mining for metal in

the UK virtually disappeared in the years after the Second World War,

but that's about to change. With metal prices soaring, producing it

has become cost effective again. Today, work has begun on a new

tungsten mine near Plymouth. In 1998, the last shift headed down a

tin man in Cornwall, bringing to an end centuries of production, but

metal prices have so risen so much so that mining in south-west England

is viable once more. Hidden away in the hills is the third or fourth

biggest deposit of tungsten anywhere. Production could account

for more than 3% of the global market from one mine in Devon. A man

which has what ever industryised nation wants. -- industrialised

nation wants. What is it used for? It's used for hardening steel and

making drill bits. Is this the rebirth of the mining industry? We

are entering a new phase. The world market is exactly right. A new

demand for tin brought the prospectors back. Like the wheels

that spin above fortunes below go in cycles. Demand for tin and the

emerging industry of the 19 # 0s created a mini boom, but overheads

have sent business to other countries, but now demand is so much

up that mining is viable once more. This is the water wheel that your

great-grandfather made? Generations of the family have worked here and

Tony is a contractor on the new site. Mining won't go back to how it

was when they made this wheel? Surely not, but it's a breath of

fresh air and I really believe it can help to

fresh air and I really believe it villages and

fresh air and I really believe it people to make a career in mining,

which will open people to make a career in mining,

them all over the world. Metal production felt

them all over the world. Metal centres and

them all over the world. Metal showing it can just as easily move

back. There's been a big reduction in the

number of police horse and dog units. Research by the BBC found

that since 2009 the number of dogs has fallen by 200 and five forces

have disbanded their mounted sections altogether.

Here's Danny Shaw. Search, control, patrol. Police dogs and horses have

a variety of different functions. And they're trained for all kinds of

situations. In this exercise, a police officer posing as a gunman is

disarmed with the help of a Dutch herder, but there are far fewer

police dogs than there used to be. A sign that Government cuts to police

budgets are starting to bite. 25 out of 37 forces who gave us figures

have cut the number of police dogs in the last five years. In 2009,

there were nearly 2,000 dogs. Now, there are fewer than 1800. It's

immeasurable the deterrent factor that a police dog has in all aspects

such as public order, searching for vulnerable and missing people,

looking for drugs, explosives. The sheer amount of work they get

through is just incredible. This centre near RAF Arcenbury is the

training base for many police dogs. It's helped the police save money,

but with fewer dogs and handlers across the three forces, there is

sometimes greater distances to travel. The reduction in the number

of dogs and dog handlers is an example of the way the police forces

in England and Wales are being hit by the cuts. And other specialist

units have been hit too, like mounted branches. Five have been

scrapped, leaving just 12 across the UK. And among those that are left,

there are fewer police horses. The work of specialist units like dogs

and horses is being reviewed by senior officers. They want to find

out if the cuts have undermined the police's ability to

out if the cuts have undermined the emergencies and critical incidents.

But the Home Office says police forces still have enough resources

to do their work. Tennis and the Queen's Club championship gets under

way today. Andy Murray's first tournament since he announced his

new coach would be the former world number one, Amelie Mauresmo. She's

the first woman to become the coach of a Grand Slam-winning man in

rerent -- recent years. There of a Grand Slam-winning man in

sign of his new coach as he trained this morning, but Amelie Mauresmo is

en route from France to take up her position as Murray begins the

defence of his title at Queen's Club this week. Andy contacted me a few

weeks ago and we started to talk about this possibility to work

together. We talked again a little bit more about his game, about

different things and we came bit more about his game, about

a shot. Amelie Mauresmo's not the first female

a shot. Amelie Mauresmo's not the player in the men's game, but

there's never been player in the men's game, but

high-profile pairing. She was world number one and won two Grand Slam

titles, including Wimbledon. Murray also has two Grand Slams and an

Olympic gold medal, after a two-year stint with the emotionally immovable

Lendl. Now, he says he's ready for someone who will listen to him. I've

always had a strong female someone who will listen to him. I've

in my career. I've found with my mum, especially, she listened

extremely well and that's something that I felt right now that I needed.

Some have raised eyebrows at hurry's choice. How will -- Murray's choice.

How will she get on in the men's locker room? Others say she could be

just what Murray needs. I think it's a fascinating appointment. He's done

really well with all his appointments in the past. There's no

reason to doubt Andy. He's one of the big thinkers of tennis and sport

in general. Over the next few weeks, he's chasing more success. For now,

the Murray and Amelie Mauresmo partnership is only temporary, but

if she can steer him through the defence of Wimbledon and mastermind

the unthinkable it will surely last longer than just one summer.

We'll look at the weather and Mina Ridge is here. So far it's been warm

and humid, but a change this afternoon. Really quite a mixed

picture across the UK as far as the weather is concerned, because we

have temperatures in the Ruffalo 20s, so they're not doing too badly.

But no everywhere. We have downpours and for the next couple of days

still the risk of showers before high pressure should build into the

south. Satellite picking up cloud. Few showers drifting to the

south-east. The real cluster across parts of northern England. Starting

to moof into southern Scotland. Under -- to move into southern

Scotland. Under that there will be wetter weather. Heavier showers

across north-east England for the next couple of hours. There has been

some fine sunshine for Scotland, but it will tend to cloud over here for

the next couple of hours and we'll see the Narain becoming more

widespread and potentially heavier. The day well continue to be a

mixture of bright spells, but at times some heavy showers for

Northern Ireland, mainly across western areas.

For Wales, again, still the risk of the showers throughout the

afternoon, but no everywhere. Temperatures doing pretty well. Much

of south-west England will finish off on a dry and bright note and as

we move further south-east, the chance of more cloud and still the

potential for the showers to get going, although we are looking at

decent temperatures, but the humanitarian -- humidity is with us.

For cleans club, we can't rule out the threat of showers, but it

shouldn't be railing all of the time. Through the night, the general

trend of the showers will be to push their way northwards and heavier

downpours across parts of northern Scotland. A risk to the south-east

and later on in the night, another area spreading up from south-west

England through Wales and into the Irish Sea. It stays warm through the

night as we start Tuesday morning. Temperatures for many at 13 to 14.

As far as Tuesday's forecast is concerned, still a few showers to

contend with. The greatest risk through parts of south-west

Scotland, Northern Ireland, down through northern England and Wales.

Southern counties should be mostly dry and the south-east, fresher than

it has done. 22 degrees. In the north, when you get some sunshine,

highs of 17 or 18. We are starting to lose the showers on Wednesday as

pressure starts to rise. Most places should be dry and fine. The high

holds on in the south for the end of the week, but further north it does

look like there could be approaching weather fronts which will bring a

little more cloud and the potential for Narain, but temperatures still a

little bit above average. Thank you. A reminder of the top story - six

Birmingham schools are to be placed under special measures, after an

investigation into alleged Islamist extremism in the