:00:08. > :00:12.Americans brace themselves for a credible terrorist threat ahead of
:00:12. > :00:17.the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. It comes 10 years after the Twin
:00:17. > :00:21.Towers were destroyed on a day that changed the world. Police launched
:00:21. > :00:29.a major security operation to prevent what intelligence suggests
:00:29. > :00:35.could be a car bomb plot. Al-Qaeda, again, is seeking to harm Americans.
:00:35. > :00:40.And in particular to target new York and Washington. We will be
:00:40. > :00:45.live at Ground Zero as Americans prepared to remember the thousands
:00:45. > :00:48.that died. Also tonight: A fresh warning from the IMF on the global
:00:48. > :00:52.outlook. The Prime Minister insists we are on the right track. These
:00:52. > :00:55.are difficult times. The Government is absolutely focused on taking the
:00:55. > :01:00.right long-term decisions so we emerge from this with a strong
:01:00. > :01:04.economy and jobs for our people. And in an exclusive interview,
:01:04. > :01:08.David Cameron says some of the state schools are closing --
:01:08. > :01:11.coasting at he wants Eton to set up a new one. The inquest into the
:01:11. > :01:15.death of Raoul Moat hears a dramatic account of his last
:01:15. > :01:19.moments in his stand-off with police. And will car insurance
:01:19. > :01:22.costs come down after a ban on the sale of personal details to so-
:01:22. > :01:27.called ambulance-chasing lawyers? had not been injured. They wanted
:01:27. > :01:33.me to say I had been injured so I would make a claim. It was going to
:01:34. > :01:37.be worth about �3,500. Coming later in Sportsday on BBC News, big
:01:37. > :01:41.changes afoot at Manchester City. Chief-executive Garry Cook has
:01:41. > :01:51.resigned his post following the leak of a controversial e-mail
:01:51. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:03.concerning the murder of a player. Good evening, welcome to the BBC
:02:03. > :02:07.News at Six o'clock. Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11
:02:07. > :02:11.attacks, New York City and Washington DC are facing a credible,
:02:11. > :02:15.but unconfirmed terrorist threat according to US officials.
:02:15. > :02:19.President Barack Obama has ordered a redoubling of counter-terrorism
:02:19. > :02:22.measures. A major security operation is under way in both
:02:22. > :02:26.cities to prevent what intelligence suggests could be a car bomb plot
:02:26. > :02:33.in tunnels or bridges. Here, the Foreign Office has warned British
:02:34. > :02:38.travellers in the US to be vigilant. Laura Trevelyan is at Ground Zero.
:02:38. > :02:42.Well, as the city prepares to mourn its dead 10 years on, cross-town
:02:42. > :02:46.the police have set up checkpoints in response to this latest
:02:46. > :02:51.intelligence. Good morning, America. Breaking news, terror plot revealed.
:02:51. > :02:54.His Al-Qaeda planning to set off car bombs in New York and
:02:54. > :02:57.Washington DC? This is what America woke up to this morning. Police
:02:57. > :03:02.officers in Manhattan have already started searching trucks in
:03:02. > :03:06.response to what officials say is a specific, credible but unconfirmed
:03:06. > :03:12.threat. The measures in place suggest that officers are trying to
:03:12. > :03:16.guard against the possibility of a vehicle bomb. The US administration
:03:16. > :03:19.justified its decision to make the details of the plot public. We are
:03:19. > :03:24.taking this threat seriously. Federal, state and local
:03:24. > :03:32.authorities are taking all steps to address it. Of course, making it
:03:32. > :03:35.public, as was done yesterday, is intended to enlist the millions and
:03:35. > :03:41.millions of New Yorkers and Americans to beat he eyes and ears
:03:41. > :03:45.of vigilance. For New Yorkers going to work, the increased security was
:03:45. > :03:50.yet another reminder of how much life has changed since the 9/11
:03:50. > :03:54.attacks. Fatly, I don't think Al- Qaeda has the resources to launch a
:03:54. > :04:00.co-ordinated attack. I'm not worried. I think we are all worried,
:04:00. > :04:04.but we have to move on, let our lives the way we have always done.
:04:04. > :04:09.In this country can come and go as you please, people have to worry
:04:09. > :04:13.about those looking to disrupt our way of life. The ten-year
:04:13. > :04:18.anniversary of monumental lost is approaching and it is an emotional
:04:18. > :04:23.time for relatives of the death -- dead. Charles Wolf's wife Catherine
:04:23. > :04:26.was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. I miss my best
:04:26. > :04:32.friend. After 10 years, you continually move on. I said, they
:04:32. > :04:36.may have gotten my wife, but they are not getting the rest of my life.
:04:36. > :04:39.I said that shortly afterwards. I refused to let these terrorists
:04:39. > :04:43.take over my life in a negative way. New Yorkers are on their guard.
:04:43. > :04:49.Against what, it is not clear. The exact nature of the threat is still
:04:49. > :04:53.unconfirmed. And the police are watching bridges and tunnels that
:04:53. > :05:03.lead into Manhattan very closely, as counter-terrorism officials try
:05:03. > :05:07.to assess how real or otherwise Well, amid the scenes of terror on
:05:07. > :05:11.that day 10 years ago, White House officials struggled to comprehend
:05:11. > :05:14.the magnitude of what was happening. President George Bush was visiting
:05:14. > :05:19.a school in Florida when he was given the news by an aide
:05:19. > :05:25.whispering in his ear. Mark Mardell has been to the school to talk to
:05:25. > :05:30.those that were there. This looks like it is some sort of
:05:30. > :05:34.a concerted effort to attack the World Trade Center... Oh, my God!
:05:34. > :05:39.Another plane has hit. I think we have a terrorist act on proportions
:05:39. > :05:44.that we cannot imagine. We watched the plane fly into the World Trade
:05:44. > :05:48.Center. The day when a murderous assault killed 2753 people. A day
:05:48. > :05:54.when history pivoted and the President looked at the world to
:05:54. > :05:58.weigh different lens. George W Bush was at a Florida school, listening
:05:58. > :06:03.to seven-year-olds reading. His chief of staff told him what
:06:03. > :06:06.happened. It could not have been an accident. I made a decision to pass
:06:06. > :06:13.on two facts, and make one relatively obvious editorial
:06:13. > :06:20.comment. I whispered into his right ear, a second plane hit the second
:06:20. > :06:23.tower. America is under attack. George Bush stayed put. A range of
:06:23. > :06:27.emotions passed across his face. Some said it was odd that he didn't
:06:27. > :06:31.leave at once. I thought it was right. Number one, he did nothing
:06:31. > :06:35.to introduce fear to those very young students. They were second
:06:35. > :06:38.grade As. He did nothing to demonstrate fear to the media, that
:06:38. > :06:42.would have translated into the satisfaction of terrorists around
:06:42. > :06:47.the world. This is the school where President Bush was when he heard
:06:47. > :06:49.that fateful news that changed his presidency and changed America. It
:06:49. > :06:55.also shape the lives of those seven-year-old that he was visiting
:06:55. > :06:59.that day. Here I am, right there. One of them, Lazaro de Broc, is now
:07:00. > :07:05.17. I remember looking up and seeing the President's face, his
:07:05. > :07:10.expression, changed completely. It was almost downtrodden. It was a
:07:10. > :07:14.look of dismay. His school sport is wrestling. 9/11 didn't make him
:07:14. > :07:17.want to take revenge, but to study and international calls to
:07:18. > :07:21.understand America's enemies. think it caused me to become open-
:07:21. > :07:25.minded. It didn't change me immediately. But over time, as I
:07:25. > :07:28.began to understand why they attacked us, I gained new
:07:28. > :07:35.perspective about the world and all of those points of view in the
:07:35. > :07:40.world. One of the teachers that was their, Dwana Washington, showed me
:07:40. > :07:44.a corner of the school devoted to that date. These kids now have a
:07:44. > :07:47.lot of innocence. We were under attack. Basically, you took on a
:07:48. > :07:52.war mode. I didn't have to grow up with that, I thought, why should
:07:52. > :07:56.they have to grow up with that? President left the classroom, spoke
:07:56. > :07:59.to the head of the FBI on the phone. His team boarded Air Force One
:07:59. > :08:03.without knowing their destination. Bush wanted to head back to
:08:03. > :08:07.Washington. His chief of staff and others told him it was too
:08:07. > :08:11.dangerous. After an uncomfortable argument, the President gave in. He
:08:11. > :08:15.phoned world leaders, even telling President Vladimir Putin that he
:08:15. > :08:19.was not blaming Russia, it was not a target. The day gave shape to a
:08:19. > :08:22.presidency with a new purpose. was going to be about how he
:08:22. > :08:27.responded to an attack on our homeland. It was a very significant
:08:27. > :08:31.date. It changed my life, change the President's life, it changed
:08:31. > :08:37.America's life and the world. was the day the President was
:08:37. > :08:43.seized by a new sense of mission that allowed few doubts. He led in
:08:43. > :08:46.America, more patriotic and fearful, into two walls that has still
:08:46. > :08:49.unfinished today. -- wars that are still unfinished
:08:49. > :08:53.today. David Cameron says Britain's
:08:53. > :08:57.economy is facing difficult times. In an exclusive interview he said
:08:57. > :09:00.the Government was focused on making the right long-term
:09:00. > :09:04.decisions. It comes as the financial leaders of the seven
:09:04. > :09:08.wealthiest leaders -- countries have been meeting to try to secure
:09:08. > :09:12.agreement on the way forward. We keep being told that the global
:09:12. > :09:17.economy is in trouble. The last time we heard that, this lot came
:09:17. > :09:22.to London to fix it. Today, the head of the International Monetary
:09:22. > :09:27.Fund came to say that it was time for leaders to act again. Given the
:09:27. > :09:31.economic circumstances that we are facing, countries and policy makers
:09:32. > :09:36.in those countries around the world must act now. They must act boldly
:09:36. > :09:40.and they must act together. She was sharing a stage with her friend,
:09:40. > :09:46.the Chancellor, who thinks his budget cuts are bold enough. So
:09:46. > :09:50.does his boss. These are difficult times. The Government is absolutely
:09:50. > :09:54.focused on taking the right long- term decisions. So that we emerge
:09:54. > :09:59.from this with a strong economy and jobs for our people. So, what
:09:59. > :10:02.exactly is the IMF plan to save the world? In the UK, she says that the
:10:02. > :10:06.Chancellor should let borrowing go up naturally as a result of slower
:10:06. > :10:09.growth. But she is not yet calling for a plan B. She does think that
:10:09. > :10:14.the Bank of England could inject more cash into the economy. In
:10:14. > :10:18.Europe, the central bank may also need to act. The key, she said, is
:10:18. > :10:23.for Europe's politicians to finally resolve the problems with the euro
:10:23. > :10:29.and shore up their banks. In America, well, the head of the IMF
:10:29. > :10:33.there said that President Obama was right to spend money now to create
:10:33. > :10:36.jobs, that America needed to cut spending long term. It will provide
:10:36. > :10:44.a jolt to win the economy that has stalled and give companies
:10:44. > :10:47.confidence that they invest and higher, then there will be
:10:47. > :10:52.customers for their products and services. You should pass this jobs
:10:52. > :10:59.plan right away. The President's $450 billion stimulus plan seemed
:10:59. > :11:03.to go down last night well. But the market fell again today, on fears
:11:03. > :11:07.that the Republicans would never actually pass it. The value of the
:11:07. > :11:12.euro also fell sharply on the news that a key figure at the European
:11:12. > :11:16.Central Bank had resigned. All of which gives the G7 finance
:11:16. > :11:19.ministers plenty to talk about in Marseilles tonight. The last time
:11:19. > :11:24.everyone was worried about the global economy, policy makers
:11:24. > :11:32.pulled out all the stops to say that. Now, they all have much less
:11:32. > :11:36.As well as warning about the state of the economy, the prime minister
:11:36. > :11:40.has accused a number of state schools in England of coasting. To
:11:40. > :11:45.drive up results, he revealed that he wants Eton, where he was a pupil,
:11:45. > :11:49.and other top public schools to set up their own public academies and
:11:49. > :11:55.Free Schools. Nick Robinson spent the day with the Prime Minister.
:11:55. > :11:59.How are you finding this one? at a full six-year-old John, who is
:11:59. > :12:02.settling into his new school. This isn't just his new school, though.
:12:02. > :12:07.It's a brand new Free School, of the sort David Cameron wants to
:12:07. > :12:10.spread around the country. Choice and competition can committee says,
:12:10. > :12:15.increase standards in all 20,000 English schools. Even though they
:12:15. > :12:20.awry only 24 Free Schools. And that is needed in the prosperous suburbs,
:12:20. > :12:28.just as much as the poor inner cities. The truth is this. It is
:12:28. > :12:31.not just failing schools we need to tackle. It is coasting schools, too.
:12:31. > :12:36.Once results have plot line or haven't improved as much as they
:12:36. > :12:44.could have done. -- have flat lined. David Cameron sees himself as
:12:44. > :12:47.battling and educational establishment that has complacently
:12:47. > :12:53.accepted poor results. Critics have accused him of pitting one school
:12:53. > :12:57.against another. If you can get 70% of children to get five good GCSEs,
:12:57. > :13:00.including English and maths, in parts of inner London, we should be
:13:00. > :13:04.asking why we are not doing that everywhere in parts of the country
:13:04. > :13:08.that are wealthy, like Oxfordshire, where I represent. You're saying
:13:08. > :13:11.that your own constituents are sometimes getting a worse education,
:13:11. > :13:15.more complacent schools, and the Academy's the Government is setting
:13:15. > :13:17.up? The figures speak for themselves. To raise the bar we
:13:17. > :13:21.increase competition and we make sure that schools that are not
:13:21. > :13:24.doing as well as they should are turned around. In simple schools, -
:13:25. > :13:29.- simple terms, are you saying that the school system can operate like
:13:29. > :13:33.a supermarket? That if yours is rubbish, the other one is good, it
:13:33. > :13:36.is going to improve standards? Schools are not supermarkets. They
:13:37. > :13:39.are places of learning, vitally important for the future of our
:13:39. > :13:45.country. But I do believe that choice and competition should not
:13:45. > :13:47.be dirty words in education. They can help drive up standards. I can
:13:47. > :13:50.reveal that yesterday representatives of some of
:13:50. > :13:54.Britain's most exclusive and best known public schools came to
:13:54. > :13:59.Downing Street to hear the Prime Minister age them to set up new
:13:59. > :14:02.state schools. I've had the excellent, the best head teachers
:14:02. > :14:05.of state schools into Number Ten. I've had private schools and
:14:05. > :14:11.universities into Number Ten to talk about university technical
:14:11. > :14:14.colleges. The truth is, a problem in our country has been not enough
:14:14. > :14:18.good school places. Anyone that can play a role in that, private
:14:18. > :14:23.schools included, is welcome to my daughter talk about how we drive up
:14:23. > :14:26.standards fall. Eton College was among those schools represented in
:14:26. > :14:29.Downing Street yesterday. It already has links with local state
:14:29. > :14:34.schools. But the Prime Minister wants his old school to go much
:14:34. > :14:39.further. Do you want at school, with all of its history and
:14:39. > :14:43.privileges, to actually set up a state school? Yes, I think I want
:14:43. > :14:45.all private schools to engage in this agenda. Today, all private
:14:45. > :14:50.schools have always had a charitable foundation and purpose.
:14:50. > :14:54.This is a great way to help deliver that. David Cameron knows he will
:14:54. > :15:04.be accused of helping the few at the expense of the many. His reply
:15:04. > :15:06.
:15:06. > :15:10.is that the many have been net down Hundreds of mourners have turned
:15:10. > :15:16.out for the funeral of Mark Duggan, who was shot by police in London
:15:16. > :15:21.last month. The 29-year-old's death sparked four days of riots yoos
:15:21. > :15:27.England. There'll be an independent inquiry. His brother has accused
:15:27. > :15:31.officers of presiding over a shoot- to-kill policy. An inquest will be
:15:31. > :15:36.held in December. Police are investigating the deaths
:15:36. > :15:41.of a number of babies at Furness General Hospital. It follows the
:15:41. > :15:45.death of Joshua Titcombe, who was just nine days old when he died. An
:15:46. > :15:49.inquest found midwives had missed an opportunity to spot a serious
:15:49. > :15:57.infection. A former Taliban fighter has given
:15:57. > :16:04.four life sentences after being found guilty of inciting to start a
:16:04. > :16:09.jihad. His co-defendants Matthew Newton and Israr Malik were also
:16:09. > :16:12.jailed. An inquest into the death of
:16:12. > :16:16.fugitive Raoul Moat has heard a dramatic account of the last
:16:16. > :16:24.moments of his live. He was wanted for killing one person and shooting
:16:24. > :16:28.two others. Danny Savage was at the inquest. You heard some compelling
:16:28. > :16:31.evidence then? This is the first time we've heard from snb that
:16:31. > :16:34.tight cluster of people around Raoul Moat that night. He was
:16:34. > :16:38.referred to in court as A3, a police negotiator. He gave his
:16:38. > :16:42.evidence from behind a screen. His job that night was to try and
:16:42. > :16:46.persuade Moat to give himself up. He did this for six hours but he
:16:46. > :16:50.told the court, of all the suicides I have ever attended, Raoul Moat
:16:50. > :16:55.was the most determined to get to the goal, to commit suicide. He
:16:55. > :16:58.said as the evening wore on Moat became less communicative. He
:16:58. > :17:03.started talking in single words instead of sentences. The witness
:17:03. > :17:09.talks of a massive change in intensity as Moat started taking
:17:09. > :17:18.deep breaths. The negotiator shouted, "Raol, this isn't the way
:17:18. > :17:21.to end it." Shortly after he heard two pops of a gun going off. He
:17:21. > :17:25.concluded Raoul Moat had shot himself in the head. He award some
:17:25. > :17:29.of the emotion as well. The witness said it's the first time I've ever
:17:29. > :17:34.lost somebody like this in this sort of negotiation. I'm devastated.
:17:34. > :17:37.I thought he failed. Danny, thank you.
:17:37. > :17:40.Our top story tonight: A major security operation is under way in
:17:40. > :17:44.New York, after a terror threat ahead of the anniversary of the
:17:44. > :17:54.9/11 attacks. Coming up: A firework welcome from
:17:54. > :17:56.
:17:56. > :18:06.the rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Join me live from Monza for inside
:18:06. > :18:10.
:18:10. > :18:13.F1 as Ferrari red looks to outshine Insurance companies in England and
:18:13. > :18:15.Wales are to be banned from selling their customers' personal details
:18:15. > :18:18.to so-called "ambulance-chasing" lawyers. It's thought the practice
:18:18. > :18:23.has helped push up motor insurance premiums by more than 30% in the
:18:23. > :18:33.last year alone. The question for drivers now is, will premiums come
:18:33. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:39.down as a result? Chris Buckler has the details. Everyone who has had
:18:39. > :18:46.an accident while driving is well that were it costs to have a crash.
:18:46. > :18:50.But for many companies there is cash in claimants. This solicitor's
:18:50. > :18:54.firm pays �650 for people who give them information about accident
:18:54. > :18:57.victims. But many insurance companies also trade those details.
:18:57. > :19:04.Some say they are encouraging a compensation culture that's leading
:19:04. > :19:09.to higher premiums. I did pay �2,000 and now I pay �2240 800. It
:19:09. > :19:19.is quite annoying. It is more or less double and I've never had a
:19:19. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:26.-- in years. The average premium in England and
:19:26. > :19:34.Wales is now about �920. However, in Scotland, with the law
:19:34. > :19:39.on referral fees much tighter, it is much lower, about �550. And
:19:39. > :19:43.here's how referral fees work. When you have an accident you will
:19:43. > :19:49.contact your insurance company, maybe a car hire firm and a local
:19:49. > :19:52.garage. They sell your details to personal injury lawyers for a
:19:52. > :19:56.substantial fee. The lawyers contact you, encouraging you to
:19:57. > :20:01.claim compensation. Phil Riley's car was damaged in a minor accident.
:20:01. > :20:05.He wasn't injured but he said after he contacted his insurance company
:20:05. > :20:09.he was bomb barded with texts and calls. I hadn't been injured. They
:20:09. > :20:15.wanted me to say I had been injury sod I would make a claim. It was
:20:15. > :20:19.going to be worth about �3,500. That was fairly clearly understood.
:20:19. > :20:23.There are many legitimate companies involved in helping people to make
:20:23. > :20:27.claims. Acting legally and in their clients' interests. But even among
:20:27. > :20:33.accident management companies, you will find people who believe it is
:20:33. > :20:38.long overdue that the insurance industry dealt with the issue of
:20:38. > :20:41.referrals. You can't ITV both ways. They want to cut out referral fees
:20:41. > :20:45.and at the same time they are selling that information for vast
:20:46. > :20:52.amounts of money. The ban on insurers selling details aren't
:20:52. > :20:54.likely to come into effect until next year.
:20:54. > :20:57.In Libya, there's been heavy fighting outside one of the
:20:57. > :20:59.regime's last strongholds. Anti- Gaddafi forces have been preparing
:20:59. > :21:01.for an attack on Sirte, Colonel Gaddafi's birthplace, and they've
:21:01. > :21:04.given regime loyalists there until tomorrow to surrender. Our
:21:04. > :21:14.correspondent, Paul Wood, was caught up in the fighting close to
:21:14. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:31.the front line, about 40 miles east In a rebel-held town they bury the
:21:31. > :21:32.
:21:32. > :21:37.dead. But this ceremony is for a Gaddafi loyalist. The mourners all
:21:37. > :21:46.support the revolution. He was still a Muslim and a Libyan, they
:21:46. > :21:50.say. They want no bitterness. A fresh start for the country. There
:21:50. > :21:57.is unfinished business first. A loyalist prisoner is interrogated.
:21:57. > :22:02.He gives up the names of those handing out weapons, the leaders.
:22:02. > :22:09.So the rebels decide to let him go. They hope that if loyalist foot
:22:09. > :22:16.soldiers have nothing to fear, they will surrender. No sign of that in
:22:16. > :22:21.Sirte. Tribal talks haven't worked. So the rebels are sending forward
:22:21. > :22:31.heavy weapons. The deadline for surrender is tomorrow. But the
:22:31. > :22:32.
:22:33. > :22:40.rebels are still a long way from Sirte. 50 miles from here. And, as
:22:40. > :22:48.they get closer, the casualties mount. We move up to the place the
:22:48. > :22:53.injured came from. We are at the rebels' most forward position and
:22:54. > :22:58.all the shouting is because they've just taking quite a bit of incoming
:22:58. > :23:06.fire. These were positions they thought they had secured, but they
:23:06. > :23:14.are having to fight for every mile of territory. They are shelling us
:23:14. > :23:20.so heavily because they are retreating, he says. There is heavy
:23:20. > :23:30.fighting, he goes on. But he confidently declares, tomorrow we
:23:30. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:39.shall reach Sirte. That is doubtful. But while Sirte may not fall on
:23:39. > :23:43.their leader's timetable, the rebels are confident it will fall.
:23:43. > :23:46.Ieuan Wyn Jones has given his last speech as leader of Plaid Cymru at
:23:46. > :23:49.the party's annual conference. His party fell to third place in May's
:23:49. > :23:51.election. He told delegates in Llandudno that the Welsh
:23:51. > :23:59.nationalists could get a better deal for Wales than the Labour
:23:59. > :24:04.Government. Labour will try to take us down some sidings, but they'll
:24:04. > :24:08.hit the buffers. Plaid Cymru has to lead to get Wales back on track. It
:24:08. > :24:13.won't always be an easy journey. At times it will be a bumpy ride.
:24:13. > :24:17.We'll have to stop, sometimes as now, for refuelling. But getting
:24:17. > :24:20.back into the driver's seat we must. The UK Independence Party says
:24:20. > :24:23.Conservative voters have been let down on issues like immigration and
:24:23. > :24:26.cuts to the armed forces. Speaking at UKIP's annual conference, party
:24:26. > :24:34.leader Nigel Farage also criticised the Prime Minister for not holding
:24:34. > :24:39.a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.
:24:39. > :24:42.Our political class are now so hide bound by the European Union and
:24:42. > :24:47.political correctness that they simply refuse to stand up for the
:24:47. > :24:51.nation. Their broken promises and failure to deal with real issues
:24:51. > :24:54.has led to an almost total breakdown in faith and trust in
:24:54. > :24:57.politics in this country. The leader of the Green Party has
:24:57. > :24:59.accused the Government of launching a "repressive crackdown" on those
:24:59. > :25:01.responsible for last month's rioting in England. In Sheffield at
:25:01. > :25:08.the party's annual conference, Caroline Lucas blamed "unrestrained
:25:08. > :25:11.capitalism" and a failure to address unemployment and inequality.
:25:11. > :25:15.The rugby World Cup has kicked off in New Zealand, with an opening
:25:15. > :25:18.ceremony celebrating the country's Maori heritage. The hosts faced
:25:18. > :25:21.Tonga in the opening match, with Scotland the first of the home
:25:21. > :25:30.nations due to play in the early hours of the morning. This report
:25:31. > :25:35.is from our sports correspondent, Tim Franks. Few countries approach
:25:36. > :25:40.their rugby quite so passionately, but New Zealand's is an ardor
:25:40. > :25:49.unrequited for 24 years, the last time they won a World Cup.
:25:49. > :25:56.Expectation is climbing skyward. After the anthems the hakas. First
:25:56. > :26:00.Tonga then the hosts. Never mind the words. Feel the eye contact.
:26:00. > :26:05.And then the all back tide duly battered the South Pacific
:26:05. > :26:09.islanders, the new boys in the New Zealand back line slicing over the
:26:10. > :26:18.Tongans for tries one, two and three. The second half proved
:26:18. > :26:22.harder work, but in the end New Zealand through Ma'a Nonu ran out 2
:26:22. > :26:25.winners. The All Blacks are the top-rated team, followed by
:26:25. > :26:30.Australia and South Africa. The home nations fill rankings five to
:26:30. > :26:34.eight. But for one veteran what they lack in style they make up in
:26:34. > :26:39.grit. In a World Cup competition when all bets are off it is not
:26:39. > :26:43.about scoring four tries and through the ball about, it is about
:26:43. > :26:48.winning games of rug bit. In World Cup time it is atraditional. That's
:26:48. > :26:51.when the northern hemisphere teams come into their own. After New
:26:51. > :26:53.Zealand Scotland and England have their opening games tomorrow.
:26:53. > :27:03.History suggest this tournament doesn't always follow such an
:27:03. > :27:04.
:27:04. > :27:08.Typical spring weather at the moment in New Zealand. Some intense
:27:08. > :27:11.autumn weather is heading our way. The winds are going to whip up over
:27:11. > :27:14.the next couple of days. Strong winds through the weekend. Some of
:27:14. > :27:17.the strongest are expected on Monday.
:27:17. > :27:21.There'll be sunny spells around this weekend. It won't rain all
:27:21. > :27:27.weekend. But there'll be a fair bit of the wet stuff about. It is
:27:27. > :27:32.turning damp in most places overnight. Maybe not so much rain
:27:32. > :27:36.over the south-east. A really warm night. Lows of 15-16 for most
:27:36. > :27:41.places, 18 in the capital. Balmy to start Saturday. The weekend is
:27:41. > :27:44.going to start pretty grey. Eastern England may brighten up with spells
:27:44. > :27:47.of sunshine. There'll be rain elsewhere. This band crossing
:27:47. > :27:51.through England and Wales moves through the Midlands and eventually
:27:51. > :27:55.arrives across parts of the south- east. Ahead of it in East Anglia we
:27:56. > :27:59.could see temperatures like today in the low to mid 20s. It will turn
:27:59. > :28:02.grey here. The outbreaks of rain pushing across the East Midlands.
:28:02. > :28:06.The East Midlands and north-west England should brighten nicely in
:28:06. > :28:09.the afternoon. Much of Scotland after a grey, damp start turns
:28:09. > :28:13.brighter later. There'll be some showers, particularly across the
:28:13. > :28:17.west. The winds will be a feature here. Picking up in the north-west
:28:17. > :28:21.later. Getting blustery too in Northern Ireland. Sunny spells but
:28:21. > :28:26.the wind will bring showers. Across Wales, a few showers in the
:28:26. > :28:31.afternoon. After a grey start the wind will chase the rain away and
:28:31. > :28:35.we should see skies brighten. In south-west England, sunny spells
:28:35. > :28:39.and showers. There'll be showers across the country. Maybe drier
:28:39. > :28:44.across more central areas. The strongest winds are expected on
:28:44. > :28:48.Monday. The Met Office have issued an amber alert. We could see big
:28:48. > :28:55.problems on Monday. It's a few days away. There are some uncertaintys,