:00:10. > :00:13.A review of the summer riots suggests police could hrus live
:00:13. > :00:17.bullets in future. It also recommends the use of plastic
:00:17. > :00:23.bullets and water cannons. The proposals have met with some strong
:00:23. > :00:29.criticism. I think it's absolutely crazy. History will show you that
:00:29. > :00:32.violence against violence doesn't work. Also tonight: Former
:00:32. > :00:36.newspaper editor Piers Morgan says he had no knowledge of phone
:00:36. > :00:42.hacking at his paper. My evidence is that I have no reason or
:00:42. > :00:47.knowledge to believe it was going Rail fares are set to rise by
:00:47. > :00:50.nearly 6%, some will go up even more.
:00:51. > :00:57.MPs accuse the Inland Revenue of letting big companies off up to �25
:00:57. > :01:00.billion worth of tax. And not quite 101 Dalmations but 15
:01:00. > :01:03.puppies makes for a surprise early Christmas present.
:01:04. > :01:13.Coming later in sport: We preview a crucial game this evening at the
:01:14. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:30.bottom of the table. Blackburn Good evening and welcome to the BBC
:01:30. > :01:35.News at Six. Police could use live ammunition when dealing with riots
:01:35. > :01:38.in the future, though only in very limited circumstances. That's the
:01:38. > :01:42.suggestion of a police review of tactics during this summer's riots
:01:42. > :01:45.in England. It also recommends that plastic bullets and water cannons
:01:45. > :01:48.could be deployed though police would need to be better trained to
:01:48. > :01:51.use them. But the suggestions have been criticised by local community
:01:51. > :01:56.groups and even by the head of the Chief Police Officers' Association.
:01:56. > :01:59.Here's our home affairs correspondent, June Kelly.
:01:59. > :02:04.The burning buildings were among the most powerful and poignant
:02:04. > :02:07.images of the summer's disorder. The arsonists destroyed homes,
:02:07. > :02:12.shops and livelihoods and terrorised communities. Today's
:02:12. > :02:15.report says that in the future if arsonists are putting lives at
:02:15. > :02:19.stake, then the police could consider opening fire. If that
:02:19. > :02:25.involves the use of firearms against a member of the public or
:02:25. > :02:28.themselves, or other lethal force then they can consider using, may
:02:28. > :02:32.consider using, lethal force in those circumstances. But that would
:02:32. > :02:36.put the emphasis on may be considered. Tottenham in north
:02:36. > :02:41.London, where the trouble began. A carpet shop gutted by fire. People
:02:41. > :02:45.in the flats above were trapped. Four months on, the site is still
:02:45. > :02:48.boarded up. This is a neighbourhood with reminders everywhere of what
:02:48. > :02:52.was lost. But this community leader believes that while the police have
:02:52. > :02:57.lessons to learn, lethal force should not be part of the solution.
:02:57. > :03:04.No, I mean, it's crazy. It's crazy to even suggest it. History will
:03:04. > :03:06.show you that around the world, in America, in the 60s, in Egypt now,
:03:06. > :03:11.in Northern Ireland, that that has not worked, it hasn't solved the
:03:11. > :03:14.problem. In Tottenham post-riots there's been a focus on police
:03:14. > :03:19.community community relations. The rules state for the police to open
:03:19. > :03:23.fire they have to believe there is an emment threat to life --
:03:23. > :03:31.imminent threat to life. It was a police shooting which sparked the
:03:31. > :03:34.disturbances here, of course. Mark Duggan, the man shot dead, his
:03:34. > :03:36.death is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints
:03:36. > :03:41.Commission. When it comes to future disorder,
:03:41. > :03:44.today's report also calls for water cannon and plastic bullets to be
:03:44. > :03:50.considered. Up to now they've been used only during riots in Northern
:03:50. > :03:54.Ireland. The latest plastic bullets are designed to reduce the risk of
:03:54. > :03:59.injury. But one police chief who used to be in charge in Northern
:03:59. > :04:04.Ireland is sceptical about these possible changes. A baton round
:04:04. > :04:07.buys you distance t keeps crowds apart. What you saw in London were
:04:07. > :04:10.fast-moving crowds running around, which means they would have been
:04:10. > :04:15.totally useless as a tactic and when we use these things the public
:04:15. > :04:19.have very long memories. This is the latest in a series of reports
:04:19. > :04:23.into the riots and is set to be among the most controversial.
:04:23. > :04:27.We can talk to June in Tottenham now. As you say, this idea of using
:04:27. > :04:37.live ammunition is attracting a lot of attention, bound to be
:04:37. > :04:38.
:04:38. > :04:42.controversial. Is it likely to happen? June Kelly, - sorry about
:04:42. > :04:49.that, we couldn't make contact with June there. We will try to go back
:04:49. > :04:52.to her later. The former editor of the News of
:04:52. > :04:54.the World and Daily Mirror, Piers Morgan, has been giving evidence at
:04:54. > :04:57.the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics. Despite being pressed
:04:57. > :05:00.repeatedly, he said he didn't believe that he'd ever listened to
:05:00. > :05:03.illegally obtained voice messages. He also said no phone hacking had
:05:03. > :05:06.taken place at the Daily Mirror, to the best of his recollection. Nick
:05:06. > :05:10.Witchell reports. He is the former showbiz reporter
:05:10. > :05:15.who has become a celebrity himself. The career of Piers Morgan has had
:05:15. > :05:19.some notable ups and downs since his days as a tabloid journalist.
:05:19. > :05:24.In 1994 he became at 28 the youngest ever editor of the News of
:05:24. > :05:28.the World. In 2004 he was sacked as editor of the Mirror, amid
:05:28. > :05:33.allegations of faked photographs. By 2006 he had established a new
:05:33. > :05:39.career as a television talent show judge. Then earlier this year he
:05:39. > :05:43.was appointed host of a high profile US TV chat show. Piers
:05:43. > :05:46.Morgan makes no secret of the fact that he relishes his celebrity
:05:46. > :05:51.status as interrogater of the stars. Today, by satellite from the west
:05:51. > :05:55.coast of America, he was placed under oath. Nothing but the truth.
:05:55. > :06:00.To answer questions. He started jauntily but then when they came to
:06:00. > :06:04.phone hacking the the answers became noticeably shorter. Come on,
:06:04. > :06:07.Mr Morgan, your newspaper was near the top of the list, wasn't it?
:06:07. > :06:12.of the list of what? Of the perpetrators, those carrying out
:06:12. > :06:16.this sort of practice? You well know that. Well, you also well know
:06:16. > :06:21.that not a single person has made any formal or legal complaint
:06:21. > :06:29.against the Daily Mirror for phone hacking, not one. He was asked how
:06:29. > :06:32.it was he heard a private message which was left. You listened to a
:06:32. > :06:38.tape of a message, is that correct? I listened to a tape of a message,
:06:38. > :06:42.yes. It was a voicemail message, wasn't it? I believed it was, yes.
:06:42. > :06:51.But Mr Morgan said he had to protect his source, so he couldn't
:06:51. > :06:55.say any more about it. Lord Justice Leveson was becoming exas
:06:55. > :07:01.exaserated. I am perfectly happy to call lady McCartney give evidence
:07:01. > :07:05.as to whether she authorised to you listen to her voicemails. Mr Morgan
:07:05. > :07:10.remained coy, so Lord Justice Leveson said he might call Lady
:07:10. > :07:15.McCartney. On to another celebrity's voicemails. Did you
:07:15. > :07:20.listen to Ulrika Jonsson's Joycemail messages -- voicemail
:07:20. > :07:24.messages in relation to Sven-Goran Eriksson? No, I did not. Mr Morgan
:07:24. > :07:31.was categoric, he did not know any phone hacking was taking place.
:07:31. > :07:36.you see this sort of thing going on, Mr Morgan? No. Are you sure about
:07:36. > :07:40.that? 100%. At the end of an hour and a half of evidence Mr Morgan
:07:40. > :07:50.said he felt like a badly treated rock star whose low points were
:07:50. > :07:53.
:07:53. > :07:55.constantly replayed, but whose successes were ignored.
:07:56. > :07:58.News International has paid out what it describes as appropriate
:07:59. > :08:02.sums to seven prominent figures in the wake of the phone hacking
:08:02. > :08:04.scandal at the now closed News of the World. The company confirmed in
:08:05. > :08:07.a statement that it had settled claims brought by Princess Diana's
:08:07. > :08:13.former lover James Hewitt, TV presenter Ukrika Jonsson, and five
:08:13. > :08:16.others. Rail fares are to go up by an
:08:16. > :08:19.average of nearly 6% in the New Year, though some will rise by more.
:08:19. > :08:21.Train operators have defended the above-inflation rise as good value
:08:21. > :08:23.for travellers and for taxpayers, but passenger groups have
:08:23. > :08:27.criticised the increase. Our correspondent Jon Kay is at Bristol
:08:27. > :08:32.Templemeads station. These rises will hit a lot of people pretty
:08:32. > :08:34.hard. Certainly, we heard from people coming through here today
:08:34. > :08:38.beginning their Christmas holiday journeys who told us they're
:08:38. > :08:41.outraged that prices are going up so much at this difficult economic
:08:41. > :08:46.time. However, we have also spoken to people here today who say
:08:46. > :08:50.they're prepared to pay extra if it means they're more likely to get a
:08:50. > :08:55.seat on a train and the trains run on time.
:08:55. > :09:04.Heading home for Christmas. But coming back may cost you more.
:09:04. > :09:07.Fares will go up in the new year by an average of 5.9%. And at Bristol
:09:07. > :09:14.Temple Meads today some passengers found that hard to accept. Think
:09:14. > :09:20.it's really awful. I don't think you get a good enough service.
:09:20. > :09:24.will probably make me not go on the train. It's to be expected, they do
:09:24. > :09:30.it every year. The new fares come into effect on 2nd January across
:09:30. > :09:37.England, Wales and Scotland. And 5.9% is just the average increase.
:09:37. > :09:40.Some tickets will go up by less, but others by more. Take a peak day
:09:41. > :09:48.return from Bristol Temple Meads to Manchester Piccadilly. At the
:09:48. > :09:53.moment that costs �138. But from next month it will go up to �149,
:09:53. > :09:58.that's an increase of 8%. The train operating companies
:09:58. > :10:01.insist they need that money to invest in the railways.
:10:01. > :10:05.recognises the tough times for people financially, but the money
:10:05. > :10:09.raised from fares will go towards new trains, faster services, better
:10:09. > :10:13.stations. At the end of the day, the decision to increase fares
:10:13. > :10:18.results from Government policy. number of people using the railways
:10:18. > :10:22.has increased again this year, up by 5%. Commuter groups say
:10:22. > :10:27.overcrowding must be tackled, especially if passengers are
:10:27. > :10:31.expected to pay more. Labour has attacked the Government
:10:31. > :10:35.today for allowing these price rises to go ahead. Ministers on the
:10:35. > :10:45.other hand, say it would have been much bigger increase if the
:10:45. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:48.Chancellor hadn't capped fares in the Autumn Statement last month.
:10:48. > :10:51.A man's been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence after
:10:51. > :10:54.arriving at Birmingham Airport on a flight from Dubai. Police said the
:10:54. > :10:57.22-yearold man, who is studying in the UK, was suspected of having a
:10:57. > :11:03.document which could be of use to someone planning an act of
:11:03. > :11:05.terrorism. The prosecution in the trial of two
:11:05. > :11:10.men accused of murdering the black teenager Stephen Lawrence 18 years
:11:10. > :11:13.ago has been summing up at the Old Bailey. It claims Gary Dobson and
:11:13. > :11:16.David Norris were part of a gang of young white men which shared a
:11:16. > :11:18.racial animosity towards black people. The court was told that
:11:18. > :11:24.forensic evidence linked them to the murder. Both men deny the
:11:24. > :11:26.charges. David Cameron has been visiting
:11:26. > :11:29.Afghanistan to meet British troops and NATO Generals. The Prime
:11:29. > :11:32.Minister had intended to visit Camp Bastion in Helmand province, but
:11:32. > :11:36.bad weather meant his flight was diverted to Kandahar airfield. Our
:11:37. > :11:42.political correspondent Carole Walker has travelled with him.
:11:42. > :11:47.The Prime Minister met some of the RAF tornado crews at the NATO base
:11:47. > :11:51.in Kandahar, 100 miles from the main British base Camp Bastion. A
:11:51. > :11:56.dust storm swirling over southern Afghanistan made it impossible for
:11:56. > :11:59.his RAF C-17 to land there, his schedule was hastily rearranged.
:11:59. > :12:04.David Cameron said this was the sort of thing the troops have to
:12:04. > :12:07.deal with all the time. This trip may not have gone according to plan,
:12:07. > :12:11.but the Prime Minister is still keen to set out his personal
:12:11. > :12:15.commitment to improving the welfare of British troops, but that's not
:12:15. > :12:24.an easy message to put across when the armed forces are facing job
:12:24. > :12:27.cuts, redundancies, and a cap on their pay. A report on the military
:12:27. > :12:32.covenant out today said pay and conditions was still a cause for
:12:32. > :12:36.concern amongst the armed forces. David Cameron has set up a new
:12:36. > :12:39.cabinet committee to look at ways of providing better healthcare,
:12:39. > :12:44.education, and support for those who serve their country. Isn't
:12:44. > :12:49.there a wider problem here when so many troops are facing job cuts and
:12:49. > :12:52.changes to their pensions and a cap on their pay? We have had to make
:12:52. > :12:55.difficult decisions right across public spending, in terms of the
:12:55. > :12:59.defence budget actually it's the same in cash terms at the end of
:12:59. > :13:06.this parliament as it was at the beginning. I think we are trying to
:13:06. > :13:09.do much more more for our armed services and their families.
:13:09. > :13:13.The key question for many of these troops is when the British mission
:13:13. > :13:18.here will be completed. The Prime Minister has repeated his
:13:18. > :13:23.commitment that their combat role will be over by the end of 2014. He
:13:23. > :13:26.told us he did not want to see a cliffedge withdrawal in that final
:13:26. > :13:30.year but said there would be further discussions with NATO
:13:30. > :13:38.allies before any further decisions on when to bring more British
:13:38. > :13:40.troops home. Tax officials have been accused of
:13:41. > :13:44.failing to collect more than �25 billion from big business in
:13:44. > :13:46.Britain and then hiding the details from MPs. A report by the Public
:13:46. > :13:48.accounts Committee criticises Revenue and Customs for having an
:13:49. > :13:53.unduly cosy relationship with major companies and treating them more
:13:53. > :14:00.leniently than individuals and small firms. Here's our chief
:14:00. > :14:03.economics correspondent, Hugh Pym. The nation's tax collectors, HM
:14:04. > :14:08.Revenue and Customs are accused of not doing enough to bring in tax
:14:08. > :14:15.from business. There's �25 billion worth of unresolved tax bills,
:14:15. > :14:19.according to today's report. Vodafone is one major company which
:14:19. > :14:24.has been targeted by protesters, alleging that business isn't paying
:14:24. > :14:28.its fair share, though Vodafone denies claims it owes �6 billion.
:14:28. > :14:32.Top Shop is another which has been the focus of these campaigners. Now
:14:32. > :14:37.a Commons committee is strongly critical of the tax short HMRC,
:14:37. > :14:41.suggesting it's been cosying up to big business. If everything was
:14:42. > :14:45.more transparent, we could then be certain that there would be
:14:45. > :14:49.fairness in the way big corporations are treated, that
:14:49. > :14:53.they're treated equally before the law, in the same way as corner
:14:53. > :14:59.shops or lone parent families on tax credit are treated. One case
:14:59. > :15:03.involves the investment bank Goldman Sachs. HMRC admits it made
:15:03. > :15:06.an �8 billion mistake. A whistleblower claimed the bill was
:15:06. > :15:10.more like �20 million. The tax authority denies that figure. Some
:15:10. > :15:13.small business owners, like Julie, are worried they may be getting
:15:13. > :15:20.tougher treatment from the tax collectors than the big
:15:20. > :15:24.corporations. If they're going to treat larger businesses with kid
:15:24. > :15:28.gloves in some respects, then I would like to see them treating
:15:28. > :15:31.small businesses and freelancers the same way. Working out the UK
:15:31. > :15:37.tax liabilities of multinational companies, including those based
:15:37. > :15:40.hereby in the City of London s far from straightforward. Tax law is
:15:40. > :15:44.highly complex, and businesses acting on behalf of shareholders
:15:44. > :15:49.will want to do whatever they can to reduce their tax bills.
:15:49. > :15:52.With all the reliefs and exemptions for legitimate reasons it's
:15:52. > :15:55.difficult sometimes to determine what the right amount of tax is.
:15:55. > :16:00.That can either be done because you test it through the courts and that
:16:00. > :16:03.is a long, expensive process, or the encouragement is on a
:16:03. > :16:08.collaborative basis. Downing Street has defended the tax authorities
:16:08. > :16:17.and denied there is an unduly cosy relationship with business. All
:16:17. > :16:20.taxpayers, said a spokesman, are Our top story tonight: A review of
:16:20. > :16:24.the summer riots suggests police could in the future use live
:16:24. > :16:30.bullets in certain circumstances. Coming up: America's new homeless -
:16:30. > :16:37.a record number of families are falling into poverty. I don't think
:16:37. > :16:42.we deserve this. At the same time, that's life.
:16:42. > :16:46.Later: We will have more on how it is going to be cheaper to get your
:16:47. > :16:56.trouble money in 2012. And good news from the eurozone, as
:16:57. > :16:58.
:16:58. > :17:02.the German business survey shows A day after the announcement of his
:17:02. > :17:05.death, the body of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is lying in
:17:05. > :17:10.state in the country's capital, Pyongyang. Among those who have
:17:10. > :17:13.paid their respects is his son, Kim Jong Un. Nominated as the country's
:17:13. > :17:16.new leader, he is the man other countries will need to negotiate
:17:16. > :17:22.with on issues such as North Korea's nuclear programme. Lucy
:17:22. > :17:27.Williamson reports from the country's border with South Korea.
:17:27. > :17:33.Kim Jong Il, a faces familiar to the outside world, revealed,
:17:33. > :17:39.reviled, even caricatured. Now he is mourned. And this is the new
:17:39. > :17:45.guardian of North Korea's nuclear weapons: His son, Kim Jong-Un. Not
:17:45. > :17:49.yet 30 and every bit as enigmatic as his famous father. With just
:17:49. > :17:54.over one year's experience of his country's top councils, he is the
:17:54. > :17:58.man China and America will be negotiating with. And these are the
:17:58. > :18:03.people he will be ruling. Many of them, poorer and hungrier than when
:18:03. > :18:07.his father to power, more self- reliant, and according to some,
:18:07. > :18:12.more critical of those who lead them. There are tears appeared just
:18:12. > :18:16.as real but those who were there the last time North Korea mourned
:18:16. > :18:21.its leader sake don't believe everything you see.
:18:21. > :18:26.TRANSLATION: You could not not cry in public so people used to pinch
:18:26. > :18:31.themselves to make themselves cry. Others were just laughing. When I
:18:31. > :18:34.look at what is happening, I think it is even more fake. But the great
:18:34. > :18:40.fear is not insincerity on the streets of Pyongyang but
:18:40. > :18:44.instability. TRANSLATION: How well the funeral
:18:44. > :18:48.is managed will be a test of Kim Jong-Un's ability to manage the
:18:48. > :18:52.country and people will be watching for signs of inexperience. From
:18:52. > :18:56.outside the country, governments are straining to get a clear
:18:56. > :19:00.picture of how this transition is unfolding and the tensions it might
:19:00. > :19:07.produce. This is now a regime facing pressures from both above
:19:07. > :19:12.and below. North Korean leaders have never been toppled by hardship.
:19:12. > :19:16.Not political repression, nor even famine. But the slow creep of
:19:16. > :19:21.capitalism into their country may be an even bigger threat. This
:19:21. > :19:25.communist state has already had to loosen its strict controls on the
:19:25. > :19:31.economy. Will the new leader choose more reform or more repression to
:19:31. > :19:33.hold it together? In the last hour, three local
:19:33. > :19:36.government unions, the GMB, Unison and Unite, have suspended an
:19:36. > :19:38.agreement with the government over changes to public sector pensions
:19:38. > :19:45.announced earlier today after the Government appeared to change what
:19:45. > :19:51.was on offer. Let's speak to our political correspondent at
:19:51. > :19:54.Westminster. What is going on? Just a few hours ago, we had a
:19:54. > :19:57.government minister welcoming a broad outline of a deal they had
:19:58. > :20:04.done with most of the unions, saying most of the main issues have
:20:04. > :20:08.been resolved, but no. Eric Pickles, the Cabinet minister in charge of
:20:08. > :20:13.local government, wrote a letter to the local government unions and in
:20:13. > :20:18.it he included a cap on employers' contributions. Crucially, something
:20:18. > :20:20.that was not included in the deal they had. This prompted one union
:20:20. > :20:25.leader to say that Eric Pickles had undermined the process completely
:20:25. > :20:28.and that they would be withdrawing their support while they waited for
:20:28. > :20:33.clarification. Even though the government said it was a mistake,
:20:33. > :20:36.one union leader said, this is all about trust, and they are now
:20:36. > :20:39.demanding an urgent meeting to get this resolved.
:20:39. > :20:43.What are the chances of a speedy resolution?
:20:43. > :20:47.I think it is pretty certain they will be able to sort this one out,
:20:47. > :20:51.but I think it shows just how sensitive the process has been.
:20:51. > :20:55.These negotiations have been going on for 10 months and particularly
:20:55. > :20:59.for unions, who still have to convince many of them members they
:20:59. > :21:01.have a good deal, and the government are pretty pleased that
:21:01. > :21:07.the immediate threat of co- ordinated strike action has been
:21:07. > :21:13.withdrawn, even though the biggest civil service union, the PCS, have
:21:13. > :21:16.walked away from the negotiations. In the United States, the economic
:21:16. > :21:19.downturn has meant that record numbers of Americans, nearly one in
:21:19. > :21:24.two, have either fallen into poverty or are struggling on low
:21:24. > :21:28.incomes. The state of the economy is likely to be the dominant issue
:21:28. > :21:30.in next year's Presidential election. In the first of two
:21:30. > :21:33.special reports, our North America correspondent has been to Denver in
:21:33. > :21:38.Colorado where there has been a steep rise in the numbers of
:21:38. > :21:43.families being made homeless. Winter in America. And the children
:21:43. > :21:48.and economic crisis that began three years ago has set in. -- the
:21:48. > :21:52.chill. Denver is a brash, can-do place, that grew rich on energy and
:21:53. > :21:59.mining, but when night falls, the other America emerges from the
:21:59. > :22:03.shadows. Grim streets where drug dealers and prostitutes tout for
:22:03. > :22:07.business around strip joints and seedy motels. And this is also
:22:07. > :22:13.where you will find America's new homeless. Entire families who have
:22:13. > :22:19.lost everything. Hunting for a room for the night. Like Angela and his
:22:19. > :22:23.family. Moving into a motel run by a charity. He is the single father
:22:23. > :22:29.with three children who has lost his job and earlier today, he was
:22:29. > :22:36.kicked out of his house, too. rough, it is unforgiving. Nobody is
:22:36. > :22:43.given to help you except yourself. -- nobody is going to help you.
:22:43. > :22:47.really shocking thing about this story is how common it is. It is
:22:47. > :22:51.thought as many as 3.5 million Americans need shelter like this at
:22:51. > :22:57.some point in the year and increasingly, it is families who
:22:57. > :23:00.are being made homeless. It doesn't get much harder than this. Robert
:23:00. > :23:04.and Victoria and their six children have been living in this motel for
:23:04. > :23:10.weeks. Robert lost his job this autumn and there is not enough cash
:23:10. > :23:16.to pay the rent. We had a home, we had a yard for the kids to play in,
:23:16. > :23:23.we had dogs. I used to make dinner every night. And now I can't even
:23:23. > :23:29.cook for my family. That his heart. I just miss our life, you know.
:23:29. > :23:37.that's hard. I don't think we deserved this. But at the same time,
:23:37. > :23:42.it is like, that's life. You know? What marks these families out is
:23:42. > :23:46.that they have never been homeless before. There may be signs that the
:23:46. > :23:50.economy is improving but the story on the ground is so very different.
:23:50. > :23:56.My kids know we are not going to have much of the Christmas this
:23:56. > :24:01.year and they are OK with that. As long as we have each other and this
:24:01. > :24:06.one told me, she said, even if we do get presence, can we just wrap
:24:07. > :24:10.them and give them to the other kids that need them? -- presents.
:24:10. > :24:14.The family are victims of the slowdown that nobody seems able to
:24:14. > :24:22.control, and for growing numbers of people, this is where their
:24:23. > :24:25.American dream ends. A famous sculpture by Barbara
:24:25. > :24:30.Hepworth has been stolen by suspected scrap metal thieves from
:24:30. > :24:33.a park in south London. The large bronze sculpture, called Two Forms
:24:33. > :24:37.Divided Circle, had been on public display in Dulwich Park for more
:24:37. > :24:40.than 40 years. Staff discovered this morning that it had been cut
:24:40. > :24:47.from its plinth overnight. A reward is being offered for the thieves'
:24:47. > :24:50.arrest and conviction. There may not be 101 of them, but a
:24:50. > :24:55.family in Wales have their hands full caring for 15 dalmatian
:24:55. > :24:58.puppies. The extra big litter born to their mum Pebbles was an early
:24:58. > :25:04.and unexpectedly large Christmas present. Colette Hume has been to
:25:04. > :25:08.see them. It is not quite 101 but for a
:25:08. > :25:18.little girl in west Wales, 15 Dalmatian poppies is the dream come
:25:18. > :25:22.true. And she has already got a favourite. Patch! Carys wants to
:25:22. > :25:28.keep the entire litter. The Sullivan family say they thought
:25:28. > :25:32.Pebbles might give birth to seven or 8 dogs, but they just kept on
:25:32. > :25:36.coming. In the early days, that meant bottle-feeding some of them
:25:36. > :25:42.to help their exhausted mum. Looking after them has become a
:25:42. > :25:47.full-time job for Pebbles and her own a. Once they are all awake,
:25:47. > :25:52.there is no stopping them. By the time we have fed the last one, the
:25:52. > :25:57.first one is ready to be fed again, so we were having an hour's sleep
:25:57. > :26:03.and then starting all over again. Two of them have already been sold.
:26:03. > :26:07.One of them is given to a new owner in Italy. The family say they have
:26:07. > :26:12.had lots of inquiries about this gigantic letters. They think all of
:26:12. > :26:18.the dogs could have new homes by every January but they have decided
:26:18. > :26:24.not to sell Patch. Instead, they are going to give him to Paris for
:26:24. > :26:33.Christmas. How cute are they! Let's take a
:26:33. > :26:37.Temperatures will start to rise over the next few days. For some,
:26:37. > :26:42.tonight temperatures will actually get higher through the night, but
:26:42. > :26:46.it will also turn pretty wet. We have rain across Wales and Northern
:26:46. > :26:52.Ireland and that rain will spread across most of England and much of
:26:52. > :26:59.Scotland overnight. There is the risk of things turning I see it
:26:59. > :27:07.later in the night across northern Scotland. -- turning icy later in
:27:07. > :27:11.the night. Most of us will notice a milder feel to tomorrow but it will
:27:11. > :27:17.start pretty wet and chilly across eastern England. The rain will take
:27:17. > :27:22.most of the day to clear a way but generally, it will turn brighter.
:27:22. > :27:28.You will notice the fact that it feels more mild. The risk of
:27:28. > :27:32.further outbreaks of rain across western Scotland. To the east of
:27:32. > :27:38.Northern Ireland, we could see a little bit of sunshine, and also to
:27:38. > :27:47.the east of the Pennines, but most of England and Wales will be quite
:27:47. > :27:54.cloudy. Even without the sunshine, we could reach 12 or 13 degrees.
:27:54. > :27:58.Thursday is a similar story. Rain in eastern Scotland but elsewhere
:27:58. > :28:06.will be quite dry. A bit of a change on Friday because of this
:28:06. > :28:15.band of rain sweeping south and east. It. To turn a little bit cold
:28:15. > :28:19.-- it will start to turn a little bit colder. At the moment, most of
:28:19. > :28:23.us look to be dry and bright for Christmas weekend, so no
:28:23. > :28:33.significant hazards for travelling at the weekend, but not a lot of
:28:33. > :28:33.
:28:33. > :28:35.A review of the summer riots suggest police could use live
:28:35. > :28:39.bullets in the future in certain circumstances.
:28:39. > :28:43.Coming up on the 10 o'clock News: Astronomers celebrate the discovery