:00:05. > :00:11.A lone gunman goes on the attack in the heart of the Belgian city of
:00:11. > :00:16.Liege - he kills three people. Christmas shoppers run for their
:00:16. > :00:24.lives as the man opened fire with a gun and threw grenades. More than
:00:24. > :00:27.75 are injured. Then I saw in the markets all the people lying down
:00:27. > :00:31.bleeding between the glass. I stopped my car to see if I could
:00:31. > :00:34.help some people. Also on tonight's programme: The
:00:34. > :00:38.Stephen Lawrence murder trial - the jury is shown "shocking" video
:00:38. > :00:42.footage of the accused using extreme and racist language.
:00:42. > :00:51.It's the countdown to Christmas and the rate of inflation falls to 4.8%,
:00:51. > :00:55.but families are still feeling the squeeze. I do go to the supermarket
:00:55. > :00:58.and if something has suddenly jumped by 20p I don't buy it.
:00:58. > :01:04.The answer to the biggest question of all - scientists say they may
:01:04. > :01:08.have glimpsed the first building block of the universe. What I
:01:08. > :01:12.really want are solutions... And can Mary Queen of Shops work
:01:12. > :01:22.her magic on Britain's failing high streets? She's got a bag full of
:01:22. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:48.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six O'Clock.
:01:48. > :01:51.A lone gunman has gone on the rampage in the Belgian city of
:01:51. > :01:58.Liege. Officials say three people were killed and more than 70
:01:58. > :02:02.wounded, including an 18-month-old baby, whose condition is critical.
:02:02. > :02:05.-- more than 65 wounded. The man, armed with guns and grenades,
:02:05. > :02:08.opened fire in a city centre square that was full of Christmas shoppers,
:02:08. > :02:15.before killing himself. Our Europe correspondent, Matthew Price, is
:02:15. > :02:19.close to the scene at Place Saint Lambert. Matthew, any sense of the
:02:19. > :02:24.motive behind this attack? George. The police and if
:02:24. > :02:27.prosecutors here are not giving any sense of that. They say they simply
:02:27. > :02:31.don't know what led this 33-year- old man to carry this out. Think
:02:31. > :02:35.have ruled out terrorism. I'm not sure what you can see behind me,
:02:35. > :02:38.but I can tell you lights of the Christmas markets are still shining,
:02:39. > :02:42.although the market itself has been sealed off, obviously, as the
:02:42. > :02:48.police pick through the area looking for clues as to indeed what
:02:48. > :02:53.did lead this man to apparently climb on to a low roof and then
:02:53. > :02:57.start firing into the crowd and throwing hand grenades.
:02:57. > :03:04.They ran for their live this is afternoon. 12.30 in a European city
:03:04. > :03:10.centre. As rumours swirled of one, possibly two, or even three gunmen
:03:10. > :03:15.on the loose. Shots were fired in the main square next to Liege's
:03:15. > :03:22.Christmas market. Hand grenades were thrown. There were at least
:03:22. > :03:29.two large explosions. It was very terrible, so I'm a little bit, I'm
:03:29. > :03:34.still shocked. I saw just one man shooting people. Some explosions,
:03:34. > :03:38.two or three. All the people running from there to here. Some
:03:38. > :03:44.people going to the shopping centre. Special Forces swarmed the city
:03:44. > :03:48.centre, cutting it off and sealing office and shop workers indoors.
:03:48. > :03:55.The attack happened just outside the main courthouse here. Many of
:03:55. > :03:59.the wounded were taken there, as ambulances struggled to get to them
:03:59. > :04:05.in time. I saw in the market all the people lying down bleeding,
:04:05. > :04:10.between the glass. I stopped my car to see if I could help some people.
:04:10. > :04:14.Everybody, all the people must go inside. By this time it was
:04:14. > :04:20.becoming clear there was just one gunman, and now he lay dead just
:04:20. > :04:24.off the main square. He killed himself, the police said. A 33-
:04:24. > :04:28.year-old, he had previous conviction force gun and drug
:04:28. > :04:33.offences, according toe local media. This evening, the Belgian King and
:04:33. > :04:37.Queen arrived in Liege to see the misery for themselves. Prosecutors
:04:37. > :04:42.say they don't yet know why this happened. What everyone here does
:04:42. > :04:47.know is that this was a day of panic, of death, that few will
:04:47. > :04:51.forget. A frightening day here in Liege. We
:04:51. > :04:59.do have now an update from medical sources on the number of people
:04:59. > :05:04.killed. We know believe the number killed in addition to the gunman
:05:04. > :05:08.has risen to five. Two teenagers, a 75-year-old, and the baby mentioned
:05:08. > :05:13.at the beginning of the programme, it is our understanding that that
:05:13. > :05:15.little girl has now also died. Matthew, thank you.
:05:15. > :05:18.The Stephen Lawrence murder trial has been shown secretly filmed
:05:18. > :05:28.police video of the two accused, Gary Dobson and David Norris,
:05:28. > :05:28.
:05:28. > :08:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 191 seconds
:08:40. > :08:44.The trial continues with more examination of Gary Dobson as the
:08:44. > :08:50.defence gets under way. At this stage it's not clear whether David
:08:50. > :08:54.Norris will give evidence. Inflation has come down and stand
:08:54. > :09:02.at 4.8%, some food prices have fallen including bread and
:09:02. > :09:06.vegetables. But families are still feeling the pinch, as Hugh Pym
:09:06. > :09:08.reports on the consumer and business reaction in Sheffield.
:09:09. > :09:14.For hard-pressed households in the countdown to Christmas, it's the
:09:14. > :09:19.key question, the cost of living. It was 4.8% increased over the year
:09:19. > :09:23.to November. What is happening at this Sheffield cutlery maker
:09:23. > :09:27.illustrates the problems caused by inflation. The boss has seen his
:09:27. > :09:31.costs soaring and feels he can't pass them on to customers so as had
:09:31. > :09:36.to hold back on staff wages. It's been a very tough year for us this
:09:36. > :09:41.year because our metals have gone sky-high, all over the place,
:09:41. > :09:47.increases in gas, electricity, and that has reduced our proper doubles
:09:47. > :09:51.so, unfortunate, we can't give the staff pay increases we would like.
:09:51. > :09:58.That means workers at the factory have suffered, no pay rise but the
:09:58. > :10:02.cost of living rising at 5% annually. Back at home, he and his
:10:02. > :10:06.wife have been finding it hard to make things add up for the family
:10:06. > :10:12.budget. I do go to the supermarket and if something has suddenly
:10:12. > :10:17.jumped, by 20p, I don't buy it, simple as that. I then look for an
:10:17. > :10:24.alternative a or I cut it out, basically. We don't seem to have a
:10:24. > :10:29.pot of savings, so if there is a problem, such as reduced hours at
:10:29. > :10:34.work or Aigner made redundant, I would be concerned about how we
:10:34. > :10:38.would cover the costs -- I was made redundant. The annual rate of
:10:38. > :10:43.inflation has fallen a bit partly because bread prices were down 1%
:10:43. > :10:50.over the month, though other food prices increased, meet for example
:10:50. > :10:53.was 1.6% higher, petrol, Lola, 0.4% over the month. There's no doubt
:10:53. > :10:56.shoppers will experience a continuing squeeze on the spending
:10:56. > :11:00.power up to Christmas and the latest drop in inflation is not
:11:00. > :11:03.much consolation but looking beyond the new year, the trend is likely
:11:03. > :11:13.to continue and in fact most economists expect inflation will
:11:13. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:20.This year's VAT increase pushed the cost of living up. That will not be
:11:20. > :11:24.repeated next year. But people out Christmas shopping will not be
:11:24. > :11:28.thinking about that. For them, price rises still seem much too
:11:28. > :11:33.high. If you want to find out how inflation is effecting your
:11:33. > :11:43.finances, you can, by logging on to the BBC website and accessing the
:11:43. > :11:47.personal inflation calculator. Police have confirmed that a mother
:11:47. > :11:56.and two sons who were found dead at her home on Sunday were stabbed.
:11:56. > :12:02.Clair Smith, Ben, who was nine, and Aaron, who was one, were found at
:12:02. > :12:08.their home in Pudsey, near Leeds. And happy portrait of a young
:12:08. > :12:11.family. But there would appear to be no answers about why a rigid,
:12:11. > :12:16.Aaron, Ben and Clair Smith were found dead in their home. It
:12:16. > :12:21.appears that 37-year-old Richard Smith set a fire in the main
:12:21. > :12:26.bedroom of the detached house after killing his wife and two children.
:12:26. > :12:32.All four bodies were found lying together on a bed here. No note was
:12:32. > :12:37.left. Detectives say the last Sime -- the last time the family were
:12:37. > :12:41.seen together was on Friday evening at a social event at a cricket club
:12:41. > :12:45.here in Pudsey. It is thought they died later that night, one clue
:12:45. > :12:49.being that nine-year-old Ben's Advent calendar was not opened on
:12:49. > :12:53.Saturday morning. But police refused to be drawn on what
:12:53. > :12:57.triggered the killings. We do not want to go into motives or anything
:12:57. > :13:02.like that, that will be the toast of the ongoing investigation which
:13:02. > :13:05.will take place in the coming days and weeks. What the state of mind
:13:05. > :13:10.of any of them was will be something we will be trying to
:13:10. > :13:15.investigate. Relatives have described them as a perfect family.
:13:15. > :13:25.Today, Clair's parents said she was a devoted mother, and her children
:13:25. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:32.were her life. Our top stories tonight... A lone gunman goes on
:13:32. > :13:36.the attack in the heart of a Belgian city. Six people have been
:13:36. > :13:46.killed, including the gunmen. And the rate of inflation has fallen
:13:46. > :13:46.
:13:46. > :16:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 191 seconds
:16:22. > :16:26.slightly, to 4.8%, with the price It is perhaps the biggest question
:16:26. > :16:30.in physics - how did the universe begin? Today scientists at the CERN
:16:30. > :16:33.Laboratory in Switzerland say they may be close to an answer. They
:16:33. > :16:36.believe they have found evidence of the mysterious particle known as
:16:36. > :16:39.the Higgs boson. It's been nicknamed the God particle because
:16:39. > :16:41.it's thought to be the original building block of the universe. Our
:16:41. > :16:44.science correspondent, David Shukman, reports on what would - if
:16:44. > :16:53.confirmed - be one of the most important scientific breakthroughs
:16:53. > :16:56.of all time. In an underground laboratory near Geneva, the world's
:16:56. > :17:01.largest experiment is homing in on one of the greatest mysteries of
:17:01. > :17:03.the universe. It is firing particles to a circular tunnel, and
:17:03. > :17:08.scientists are getting closer to understanding the basic building
:17:08. > :17:15.blocks of matter, by causing collisions which reveal what is
:17:15. > :17:21.inside. And this afternoon, a long awaited announcement... We're here
:17:21. > :17:26.today to hear the latest results on this search. Some of the brightest
:17:26. > :17:30.minds in physics were gathered in one room, comparing findings on two
:17:30. > :17:35.different experiments, which both pointed to the existence of a
:17:35. > :17:39.fundamentally important particle, hidden until now. We still need
:17:39. > :17:45.many more collisions next year, to get a definite answer on this one,
:17:45. > :17:50.to be, or not to be? We saw some tantalising hints today. Scientists
:17:50. > :17:55.have been delving ever deeper into atoms, and the strange world inside
:17:55. > :18:00.them. First, you have the nucleus, with electrons orbiting around it,
:18:00. > :18:06.which has been known about for more than a century. Inside the nucleus
:18:06. > :18:12.there are protons and neutrons. Inside them are quarks, but what
:18:12. > :18:16.gives these tiny things substance almost? The theory is that they
:18:16. > :18:21.travel through a force called the Higgs field, and they get slowed
:18:21. > :18:25.down by it. This is how the Higgs boson works, you cannot see it, but
:18:25. > :18:30.it gives particles substance, the creation of matter. That's why this
:18:30. > :18:34.could be so momentous. Every particle in your body at every
:18:34. > :18:38.moment is interacting with this field, it is almost like a cosmic
:18:38. > :18:41.treacle which permeates the universe. That's what gives
:18:41. > :18:48.particles matter, that's what ultimately gives you and me
:18:48. > :18:52.structure. The key results come from two different channels.
:18:52. > :18:58.results are being studied by physicists all over the world. Here
:18:58. > :19:01.at Imperial College in London, the students watch the events unfold.
:19:01. > :19:05.People have been waiting their entire lives for this, so I feel
:19:05. > :19:10.like I am in a special moment. will remember that we were all here,
:19:10. > :19:14.it is nice to have been part of the group which has been a part of this.
:19:14. > :19:19.This machine is so vast, they lent me a bike to get round when I last
:19:19. > :19:22.visited. It has not given as a definitive answer - that may come
:19:22. > :19:32.next year. But vital clues have been revealed about how the
:19:32. > :19:32.
:19:32. > :19:35.After yesterday's claims and counter-claims here about David
:19:35. > :19:38.Cameron's veto at the EU summit last week, the argument has now
:19:38. > :19:40.shifted to the European Parliament. A number of MEPs criticised the
:19:40. > :19:43.Prime Minister's action. The President of the European
:19:43. > :19:45.Commission said the UK's demand for its financial services be protected
:19:45. > :19:55.would have harmed the EU's internal market. Our Europe editor, Gavin
:19:55. > :19:57.
:19:57. > :20:01.Hewitt, reports. Today at the European Parliament, David Cameron
:20:01. > :20:04.was the man everybody seem to want to talk about. Comment has come
:20:05. > :20:08.from the French President and the German Chancellor already. Today,
:20:08. > :20:13.it was the turn of the President of the European Commission to
:20:13. > :20:18.criticise the British for demanding safeguards. The United Kingdom, in
:20:18. > :20:22.exchange for leaving its agreement, asked for a specific protocol on
:20:22. > :20:26.financial services, which, as presented, was a risk to the
:20:26. > :20:29.integrity of the internal market. This made compromise impossible.
:20:29. > :20:33.Downing Street denied the Prime Minister had any intention to
:20:33. > :20:39.undermine the single market. But the prevailing view here was that
:20:39. > :20:43.Britain was now on its own. politics, there is 1 golden rule -
:20:43. > :20:47.you only walk away if you're sure that the others will come after you
:20:47. > :20:50.to win you back. One French member of the European Parliament went
:20:50. > :20:56.further, and demanded Britain should be punished for acting
:20:56. > :21:01.selfishly. TRANSLATION: I think the British
:21:01. > :21:07.rebate is now up the question. Citizens' tax money should be spent
:21:07. > :21:11.on something other than compensating he was referring to
:21:11. > :21:18.the rebate negotiated by Margaret Thatcher, which is worth about 3
:21:18. > :21:21.billion euros a year to Britain. Britain is going to make the great
:21:21. > :21:26.escape. We're going to get out of this union. We will be the first
:21:26. > :21:30.European country to get our freedom back. There is no question that
:21:30. > :21:35.David Cameron's use of the veto last week has irritated many people
:21:35. > :21:38.in Europe. But increasingly, as time has worn on, other national
:21:38. > :21:44.politicians and parliaments have raised concerns about the deal to
:21:44. > :21:48.enforce budgetary discipline struck here last week. Back in London, the
:21:48. > :21:52.Cabinet held its first meeting since the divisions emerged within
:21:52. > :21:58.the coalition over Europe. Although the differences remain, David
:21:58. > :22:02.Cameron insisted the coalition had not been damaged. The coalition is
:22:02. > :22:07.very strong, it came together for a good reason, which was to put aside
:22:07. > :22:11.party interests and to act in the national interest, particularly
:22:11. > :22:14.while there are so many challenges facing our economy. Even though the
:22:14. > :22:18.focus has been on the Prime Minister and the use of the British
:22:18. > :22:27.veto, there are increasing doubts as to whether last week's summit
:22:27. > :22:30.An e-mail chain has been released which shows James Murdoch was
:22:30. > :22:33.copied into messages back in 2008, suggesting that phone hacking was
:22:33. > :22:36.not confined to a single reporter at the News of the World. Mr
:22:36. > :22:39.Murdoch insists that although he was copied into the e-mail chain,
:22:39. > :22:41.he did not review its full contents and so was unaware of its
:22:41. > :22:51.significance. Our Home Affairs correspondent, June Kelly, joins me
:22:51. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :22:59.now. June - where does this leave James Murdoch has always maintained
:22:59. > :23:05.he was not told by senior staff that potentially phone hacking
:23:05. > :23:09.could go beyond one rogue reporter. Now we have this emaim chain. The
:23:09. > :23:14.first is from Tom Crone, a company lawyer, to Colin Myler, the editor
:23:14. > :23:18.of News of the World. He describes what he call as further nightmare
:23:18. > :23:23.scenario, acknowledging that other reporters could be involved. Colin
:23:23. > :23:29.Myler then sends this e-mail to James Murdoch and adds an e-mail of
:23:29. > :23:37.his own. He section suful, it is as bad as -- he said, is unfortunately
:23:37. > :23:43.it is as bad as we feared. James Murdoch's reply said, "No worries,
:23:43. > :23:47.I am in in the afternoon." James Murdoch said he had not read the
:23:47. > :23:50.bottom of the chain so was not aware of this nightmare chain
:23:50. > :23:54.developing. Thank you. If you have been out
:23:54. > :23:58.Christmas shopping this afternoon, where did you spend your money? The
:23:58. > :24:03.chances are you opted for a shopping centre, and you are not
:24:03. > :24:06.alone. The retail expert Mary Portas, the so-called Queen Of
:24:06. > :24:15.Shops, has been asked by the Government to come up with new
:24:15. > :24:24.ideas to bring back the bust toll the high streets. Empty shops, an
:24:24. > :24:28.all too familiar sight on high streets fighting for survival.
:24:28. > :24:35.PROBLEM WITH SOUND Well, I'm really sorry about that.
:24:35. > :24:40.We seem to have lost that report. In a minute we'll talk to John
:24:40. > :24:45.Hammond, who has the weather. Just a reminder though of our main story
:24:45. > :24:53.today. A lone gunman has gone on the attack in the heart of the
:24:53. > :24:57.Belgian city of Liege. Six people were killed. One of them was a baby,
:24:57. > :25:02.as we heard from our correspondent Matthew Price. These are the
:25:02. > :25:07.pictures we saw earlier. Christmas- time shoppers running in panic
:25:07. > :25:12.through the streets of Liege after that attack.
:25:12. > :25:15.As I was saying, John Hammond is As I was saying, John Hammond is
:25:16. > :25:20.here with the weather now. A pretty wintry week. At the moment, it is
:25:20. > :25:23.really the strength of the wind which is most concerning, and
:25:23. > :25:27.potentially some snow. It is a messy mixture of rain and snow
:25:27. > :25:32.across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland. The winds gusting up
:25:32. > :25:37.to 60-80 miles per hour in exposed coastal areas. Nasty conditions.
:25:37. > :25:42.This band of rain and snow will check southwards. The trans-Pennine
:25:42. > :25:49.routes could be badly affected by snow later, hence the amber warning.
:25:49. > :25:53.For the latest updates on routes new year, check out your BBC local
:25:53. > :25:57.radio station. Elsewhere, heavy squally showers rattling up the
:25:57. > :26:03.English Channel, with hail and thunder. Tomorrow morning we could
:26:03. > :26:06.see wintry showers pushing up the Bristol Channel into parts of the
:26:06. > :26:11.south Midlands for example. It might give snow over the high
:26:11. > :26:17.ground. A cold start. The breeze will have a chill in it. Some of
:26:17. > :26:21.that rain and snow will be across the southern uplands in the morning.
:26:21. > :26:28.It could cause local disruption. It is never going to get warm tomorrow.
:26:28. > :26:34.A stiff old westerly wind. One clump of showers moves east. More
:26:34. > :26:42.follow in exposed coastal areas. Some will drift inland. Sleet and
:26:42. > :26:47.snow in some parts of Scotland. A cold day. 5-7. A big question mark
:26:47. > :26:54.about the end of the week. There is the potential for severe weather.
:26:54. > :26:59.We will firm up on the details over the next 24- 48 hours. We could see
:26:59. > :27:09.damage winds and heavy rain and the damage winds and heavy rain and the
:27:09. > :27:10.