08/09/2014 BBC News at One

A second baby is on the way for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Fourteen months after the birth of Prince George,

the Queen says she's 'delighted' by the news but once again

the Duchess is said to be suffering from severe morning sickness.

We'll be live outside Kensington Palace as the Duchess is

forced to cancel an engagement this afternoon because of her illness.

Ten days to go and both sides in the Scottish referendum debate

A second man is arrested over the disappearance

Five-year-old Ashya King has arrived in the Czech Republic

this flight went missing, we'll look where the search operation is now.

The mother of a schoolgirl, murdered by an ex-boyfriend,

And 13 call-outs a day for London Fire Brigade -

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

The Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child.

A statement said the Queen and members of both families were

As with her first pregnancy with Prince George, the duchess is

suffering from very acute morning sickness and is being treated

Our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, is there.

The implication she is being treated for this sickness here at Kensington

Palace, rather than in hospital, which was the case when she was sick

at an earlier stage of her pregnancy with Prince George, the implication

is not as serious this time. It has forced Kensington Palace to confirm

this pregnancy at an earlier stage than they would have wished to.

She hasn't been seen at any public engagement since early August. On

that occasion, planting poppies at the Tower of London, there was no

hint of a pregnancy. It must be said speculation about her second baby

has never been far away. She was due today to appear in public at an

engagement with William at Oxford University. Her illness, a repeated

of the acute sickness she suffered during her first pregnancy, forced

the hand of Kensington Palacios lace to announce she was -- palace to

announce she was pregnant with her second baby.

In the 14 months since the birth of Prince George, William and Catherine

have appeared to relish their new roles as parents. It's no surprise

they have decided to have a second child so quickly. In their position,

of course, there is an obligation to ensure the line of succession to the

throne is secure. They have George, who is third in line. Once again

Catherine is suffer from the acute sickness which affected the early

stages of her pregnancy with George. On that occasion, she had to be

hospitalised for a couple of days. This time, she's being treated by

doctors at Kensington Palace. George was a summer birth, in July last

year. The chances are that his younger brother or sister will be

due in the spring, April or May next year, perhaps. Then George will have

to adjust to sharing the limelight and the new baby will have to begin

what royal biographers say will be the challenging role of being the

younger sip bling to an older monarch. Their life will be a

secondary role. Rather like Prince Harry he or she will have to find

their own role. They will have to find their own charities, their own

causes. Maybe, who knows, they might decide to take a completely

different path in life all together. The second royal baby on the way...

News of the royal pregnancy has started to make headlines around the

world. I hope everyone in England is

excited about it, as everybody in the United States is. I am very

happy for them both. Interest in the Royal Family appears to be as great

as ever. Today's news will do nothing to diminish it.

Now, as things stand at the moment, she is due in less than two weeks to

go to Malta on what will be her first solo overseas engagement,

representing the Queen. I am told they are not ruling that out at this

stage. Things are being monitored on a day-to-day basis. It may be

possible for her to fulfil that engagement. The impression is that

all is well. As we have heard she was due to

visit Oxford this afternoon. Our understanding is that has been

cancelled. Let's go to our correspondent who is there for us

this afternoon. The Duke and Duchess were due here

to open a new centre The Duke and Duchess were due here

of China, which is opening here at the University of Oxford. The

university was told this morning that the Prince would be alone, that

the Duchess wouldn't be with him. No explanation given at the time. Then,

a couple of minutes later t official announcement came from London that

she was pregnant. The baby is due and she was also suffering from

morning sickness. Then the university thought, all of a sudden

all this makes sense. More attention perhaps to this royal visit, albeit

the Duke alone, than there might have been otherwise. There is a lot

of media hear to see whether he says anything and whether he mentions it.

A lot of a cloud outside. 50-60 people have gathered outside. Some

who have only come because they have heard the news about their second

baby being due and they wanted to pass on congratulations. One lady

has a couple of children she brought along. She said she would be happy

to pass on any tips about having two children when the Duke turns up.

With ten days left in the Scottish referendum campaign both sides are

The Labour leader Ed Miliband and Deputy Prime Minister Nick

Clegg have joined the Chancellor in calling for more powers to be

handed over to the Scottish Parliament if there is a "no" vote.

Independence campaigners have dismissed the offer as bribery.

This morning sterling fell by more than two cents against the

dollar after one weekend opinion poll suggested that supporters

Tthe share price of major companies based in Scotland has also fallen.

Good afternoon. Hello. The site, 700 years ago of a battle. Today it is

the yes side who believe they are capable of making history, just ten

days to go, as you say, before the independence vote and both sides are

aware that the future of the United Kingdom is now in the balance.

If anyone doubted how close this referendum might be, they only had

to look at the papers. There is ten days left before Scotland decides on

its future and the decision could affect us all.

This weekend, a poll put the "yes" campaign slightly ahead for the

first time. A commanding lead on the no side

does seem to have disappeared. The leader of the campaign to save

the union denied they are losing the argument. We will win this

referendum next week. I think as people

referendum next week. I think as they will see the stakes couldn't be

higher. And we don't have they will see the stakes couldn't be

up the country to make Scotland a better and a stronger country in

which to live. The pro union parties have promised to transfer more

powers from Westminster to Holyrood. Labour wants to give Scotland the

power to vary income tax rates by 15%. The Conservatives go further,

offering to give it full control over personal income tax. The Lib

Demes say they would allow the Scottish Parliament to raise its own

taxes. Westminster will this week set out a timetable, give details on

the mechanics of how it will happen if people here in Scotland vote no.

The debate over the future may now be causing jitters. The pound

falling slightly against the dollar this morning, amid growing concern

in the financial markets about the prospect of Scotland voting for

independence. "Yes" campaigners accused Westminster of being

responsible for any uncertainty. If there is uncertainty here, then

the blame for the uncertainty has to lie with the UK Government, which

refuses point blank to have sensible discussions with the Scottish

Government about a currency union and the kind of things which would

help give reassurance to those markets. Joining Nicola Sturgeon on

the campaign trail today, the star of X Men. There's been star dust on

both sides, but it will be the voters who decide the final act of

this campaign. There have been some jitters on the

market. Let's go over to our business correspondent for more on

that. What is going on? If you think about a currency like a country's

share price, the value of the pound reflects the market's concerns for

the UK. Of course markets were pretty sure that voters would vote

to stay in the union. Recent polls, particularly the one over the

weekend have thrown that into doubt, which mean big questions like who

owns what, who owes what. What currency might an independent use.

It has dented confidence in the pound. Big companies, particularly

the Scottish banks like Lloyd and RBS, which have headquarters in

Scotland, they may lose the safety net of the Bank of England if they

were to go into an independent Scotland. Their share prices are

down 3% this morning. What is fair to say, over the next ten days, this

volatility will continue in the ten days before Scotland decides. Thank

you very much. There have been jitters too in Westminster. Let's go

over there now and to our assistant political editor. This has seemed to

be the story of the past month. The polls have been tightening. Are

politicians panicking in Westminster? It is tempting to

conclude that either Mr Cameron and his team have iron nerves or they

are guilty of the most monumental complacency. As I understand it,

there'll not be any change in Mr Cameron's campaign. He is going to

stick to his core strategy, which is to keep banging on about the economy

and the economic damage to Scot and of going it alone, warnings that

Scots will not be able to keep the pound if they vote to go it alone,

coupled with an offer of powers to Scotland if they vote no. There are

wrinkles and concerns. The first one is there will not be any specifics

in the offer of new powers. As I understand it, the parties are

discussing the details of this announcement. Number two, many here

at Westminster believe Mr Cameron has not shown enough passion, enough

emotional engagement. It has been able pounds and pence, not enough

about values, about family. So, Mr Cameron may not be panicking, but

there are plenty here at Westminster who are.

Norman, thank you. Scotland's decision is being watched very

closely all around the world. No Morris so than in Canada. I will

explain why in a while. The BBC News Channel has continuing

coverage of the campaign and a special programme each night

on the main developments - that's Referendum Today

at 7.30pm and 9.30pm. And there's live coverage

of every development on the BBC's Scotland Decides website

at bbc.co.uk/scotlanddecides. Ashya King, the five-year-old cancer

patient, has arrived in the Czech Republic to receive the form of

treatment favoured by his parents. This morning,

the family left the Spanish city of Malaga where Ashya's been

since his mother and father took him Our correspondent Jenny Hill is

in Prague. Ashya King left hospital this

morning, followed by his father. This is the private clinic in

Prague, where Ashya King will have the proton B therapy his family have

sought. Doctor will inject a pro-tone beam several times across.

Medical opinion is divided over it. It targets cancer cells and splois

less healthy tissue. We will target the whole brain in the first phase

and the spinal cord. The second will be to the tumour.

And this is what is behind the treatment - this vast machine. It

focuses the protons into that very precise beam. First, he must be

admitted here. He'll stay at Prague's hospital and travel daily

to the clinic as an outpatient. At a hospital press conference this

morning, doctors said they will assess his condition on arrival. The

proton therapy, you know, of course that's the treatment of choice and

according to current knowledge, it should spare some of the side

effects of treatment. We will see. A small child who needs our help.

That's all. It has been a long journey - the child whose case has

attracted global attention, is expected to begin treatment next

week. Our top story this lunch time: A

second baby on the way for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

And still to come, we'll have a special report from cue bek on the

pros and cons on a battle for independence. Homeowners who brought

property under the right to buy scheme, claim they are being forced

out of the capital. The work of Abram Games, an official artist

during the Second World War, goes on display at London's Jewish Museum.

It's six months since flight MH370 vanished on its journey from

Despite a search involving 26 countries, there's still no sign

There were 239 passengers and crew on board.

Its disappearance has left families unable to move on with

their lives until they find out what happened to their loved ones.

Our Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott has the latest

It still seems incredible that a modern airliner full

The last contact with air traffic control was routine.

For the families, the lack of information was torture.

After two weeks, they hadn't given up hope.

The Malaysians said new evidence suggested the aircraft had crashed.

According to this new data, flight MH370 ended

This man had been saving up to open a dental clinic and is still

missing. Now his wife, like so many others, has put her life on hold. It

is very difficult. I just hope they can find the passengers. I cannot

stand this any more. We miss him. When I see my son calling other

people daddy, I feel very sad. An unprecedented sea search drew

a blank. They thought they had heard

the black boxes, they were wrong. So what has been happening

and what comes next? The old search area was fruitless so

now there is a new search area based This arc shows where the plane could

have been and they think this yellow To get an idea of scale, look how it

compares to the UK. For months now,

they have been mapping the unknown seafloor and they have discovered

two new volcanoes and five cliffs. In a few weeks they will lower some

of these into the water and begin It is attached to ship by a ten

kilometre-long umbilical chord, with sonars which can pick out odd lumps

and cameras that can detect whether It also has an electronic nose that

can smell jet fuel in the water even if it is heavily

diluted, but moving at walking pace We still don't track airliners all

over the globe and the cost of the equipment means it will be

many years before that changes. If they are lucky, they may stumble

across flight MH370 in a couple of months, or they may never find it.

Police in West London searching for the missing teenager,

Alice Grosse, have arrested a second man on suspicion of murder.

The 51-year-old was detained by officers

Police are continuing to question a 25-year-old man who was arrested

Alice, who's 14, was last seen 11 days ago.

Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds reports.

The search for a list goes on. Under the water, police divers have been

working here for days in parkland and on the Internet. Her friends and

family are spearheading a massive social media campaign to make sure

family are spearheading a massive her name is known not just in London

but across Britain. This investigation has grown steadily but

it continues to be focused on the river here. On the day she

disappeared, Alice walked down this path, she was spotted on the CCTV

camera here but it seems she turned around. She was same camera walking

back in that direction but she hasn't been seen since. That last

sighting was on August the 28th. She told her parents she was going for a

walk, she took a packed lunch. By September the 4th, police divers

were scouring the area. Two days later, as the search continued, a

man was arrested. The following day, police asked to speak to

cyclists on the towpath that day and there was another arrest. Both men

are being questioned on suspicion of murder. Detectives are being more

time to question the first man arrested. Alice was not well when

she went missing, she has recently been diagnosed with anorexia. Her

parents wait in hope. It is hard because I missed her and I hope she

knows that we really love her and we need her back. Alice is an amazing

daughter, she is smart, kind, funny, incredibly creative and talented.

She is just an amazing daughter. I miss the sound of her voice. She is

a really big part of our family and there is a massive hole now. We

really need her back as soon as possible. Police are also looking at

the many messages she posted online in the days before her

disappearance. On the site she used, her friends have put their own words

up, including come home, we miss you.

"Britain needs a pay rise" - that's the theme of this year's TUC

conference which has got under way in Liverpool this morning.

The Trades Union Congress says there's been a big increase

in lower paid jobs, and claims that is hurting families

The TUC is also calling for an end to what it says are

"attacks on the wages and pensions of public sector workers".

Our business correspondent John Moylan reports.

Today union leaders lined up to criticise the cap on public sector

pay, and warned of strikes ahead. We won't just be the 800,000 that came

out on the 10th of July, this week we are balloting 350,000 health

workers to take co-ordinated action. The head of the TUC that

said that while economic growth was back, there was little sign of it in

pay packets, leading to growing inequality. Are we going to settle

for a nastier and poorer Britain? Down to settle for a nastier and

poorer Britain? Downton vast majority are sacrificed to pay for

the high living of the world? Frances O'Grady's message here on

growing inequality has gone down well because union leaders insist

that after years of this, million workers -- millions of workers are

struggling. During the downturn, pay settlements were falling but have

since picked up to around 2.5%. Pay deals in the public sector fell much

lower and they are now capped at 1%, that has kept them below inflation

for years despite the fact that many more people are in work. Some who

work in the private sector like Michelle have not fared so well, she

is a part-time shop worker but her pay has not kept up with the cost of

living. We have had a pay rise this year which a lot of people didn't

get, it turned out it was 11p per hour for me, less than ?10 per

month, which when the cost of the bills have gone up I don't even

notice it. The Government insists it has taken tough decisions to address

the budget deficit and that pay restraint has protected public

sector jobs. The union is hearsay that will not prevent strikes being

planned for October. A shocking video of a fatal

motorbike crash recorded on the victim's helmet cam

has been viewed more than 8 million uploaded last week. David Holmes was

riding his motorbike home at almost 100 miles per hour when he was hit

by a car which pulled into his path. The video has been released

by David's family and Norfolk Police to try to help educate bikers

and drivers. Our correspondent Jordan Davies

reports. This video recorded last summer

shows David returning home from a motor sporting event from King 's

Lynn, travelling at high speed along rural roads. In minutes he would be

dead. Losing a child is the worst possible thing that you could

imagine could happen to you because it is so unexpected. David

approached a junction at nearly 100 mph, travelling down a slight hill.

The driver didn't see him. The video has now been viewed nearly 9 million

Times online. David 's mother made the difficult decision to release it

in a bid to save lives. The police asked us very early on if we would

consider donating the camera and the footage, and if it can save one

person 's life it will have been worth it. The driver of the car

admitted causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to

community service and banned from driving for 18 months. David Holmes

was 38 when he died and had just returned from working in the

Antarctic. His family now hope the video of his death will prevent

others losing their lives on the road.

More now on the Scottish referendum and back to Gavin in Stirling.

Welcome back. The independence debate is being watched closely all

around the world, nowhere more so than in Canada and in particular

Quebec which has twice had the chance to vote on independence and

has twice decided to stay within Canada. This report is from Quebec

city. A pageant through the streets of old Quebec city, retelling the

proud story of the settlement of what was then called new France. The

British conquest in the mid 18th century meant that Quebec became

part of Canada, but the province has retained its French character even

though it has never achieved independence. Festival organiser

Stephane sees himself as a person from Quebec first and a Canadian

second but fears economic consequences of independence. Are we

still going to use the dollar? Will we still trade with our neighbours?

Will it be that easy to trade with the other Canadian provinces or will

the Americans consider us, if we decide to split? They are big

concern is for a big part of the population. In their struggle over

decades, Quebec separatists have lost two referendums, adding to the

agony they came within 1% of securing a yes vote in 1995. The

lesson in Scotland is that independence is a multiphase affair,

according to politicians who have advised the SNP. It is unbelievable.

They just had a new parliament in 1997 and now they are already having

a referendum to be a free country. To me, if it won't work this time,

it might next time. Quebec has achieved a great deal of autonomy

but another great lesson for Scotland that is thought to have

dampened the separatist' spirit. Despite the fact the last poll was

almost 20 years ago, the question of independence hasn't really been

settled and it hasn't gone away. In Canada they even have a phrase to

describe this long, protracted constitutional struggle - they call

it the neverendum referendum. There is no great appetite now for a third

referendum. Many feel the history of this province has not yet reached

its denouement. The view from Quebec, and we will

have further updates throughout the day on the BBC News Channel. Let's

have a look at the weather prospects now. It is looking good through much

of the week ahead. If we take a look at the satellite image from the past

hour or so, there has been some cloud in northern areas but

generally lots of clear conditions across the UK and that means there

will be some chilly nights on the way. We could see temperatures in

the early mornings at around three or four Celsius, but by the

afternoon, 21 Celsius so a big contrast in the weather by day and

night in the coming week and that is because of this large area of high

pressure in charge of our weather. As you can see, decent spells of

sunshine through many areas in the remainder of the afternoon. At

around four o'clock this afternoon, cloudy across the northern part of

Scotland, but some sunny spells to be enjoyed around the central belt.

Slightly cloudy in the west. Patchy cloud across northern England, but

for central and southern England and across Wales it is a story of

sunshine, dominating light winds and temperatures at around 21 Celsius.

We have sea breezes developing keeping it cloud free for many

coastal areas. In the evening, not a lot of change. Clear skies for many

and overnight that means temperatures dipping down and also

missed and fog forming through the overnight period. By the time we get

a Tuesday morning, temperatures in cities not too far below 10

degrees. A chill in the air, but any mist and fog will clear away quickly

on Tuesday morning. Similar to today, sunny spells, perhaps a bit

more cloud through central and eastern areas, but still

temperatures in the sunshine will be a very pleasant 22 degrees.

Wednesday looks like another dry and fine day once again. Perhaps a

little warm and sunny especially across Northern Ireland, but

temperatures will be once again in the 20s. High pressure holds on into

Friday, so for the end of the week there will be very little change

with sunny spells and patchy cloud. We have high pressure dominating,

keeping things dry with some sunshine. There will be some

brightness but also some patchy cloud, some fine mid September

weather. Our top story this lunch time: A second baby is on the way

for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. That is all