29/03/2012 BBC News at Six

Ministers are accused of presiding over a shambles, as petrol stations

report soaring fuel sales. Long queue,, even though tanker drivers

are yet to announce strike dates. Some stations have run out. It is

ridiculous at this point. The strike has not been officially

declared. Why has everybody panicked now. It's the third

station I have been to. I have been here 20 minutes. Labour blames

mixed messages from the Government over how to deal with the threat of

a strike. I think the Prime Minister and Francis Maude should

apologise for all their chaotic handling of this situation. Let's

calm the situation down and get things back to normal. The reason

high people are concerned about fuel supplies is because we have a

trade union which is threatening a strike that is potentially going to

disrupt those supplies. We will ask whether strike talks next week

could avert Easter weekend disruption. The murder of two

British friends in Florida last year. In court, the teenager found

guilty of shooting them hears tributes from the victims' friends.

Every morning you wake up, I want you to think of my friends who you

murdered. Their images will be imprinted on your conscience until

your very last breath in life. could be heading for grammar school

- Kent gives a controversial go- ahead for more places. Actor,

director, activist - Hollywood star, Robert Redford, tells us what is

wrong with US politics. It's all about winning and it's all about

the egg go attached to winning and what people do and say just to win.

And coming up on the BBC News channel: Stuart Lancaster talks of

his pride after being named England rugby union head coach on a four

Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six. It has been a day of

heavy demand at the pumps, following Government warnings about

a fuel strike. There have been long queues around Britain and there are

reports that prices are up. Figures rose yesterday by more than 80%. Ed

Miliband accused ministers of presiding over a shamens. The

Chancellor, George Osborne, blamed the tanker drivers who threatened a

strike. These are the scenes the Government

was desperate to avoid. Fuel is still being delivered and no-strike

date has been set. Across parts of the country there are signs of

panic buying. In Dorset, police were forced to close some petrol

stations temporarily because the long queues were causing a danger.

These drivers in the West Midlands are frustrated. There's no

announced strike or anything yet. What's the point of kicking off

yet? There are no dates. David Cameron should have kept his trap

shut. This garage owner says telling people to fill up their

tanks was a big mistake by ministers. They have whipped up

this hysteria. They could have worked with us on the quiet.

Chancellor insists the blame for this does not lie at the

Government's door. The Government has a responsibility to everybody

in the country to take sensible contingency plans. The trade union

has a responsibility to call off the threat of strike action. It is

the last thing the British economy needs at a time like this. There

The Labour leader described the Government's response as cas and

chaotic. When you have industrial disputes, the Government has to

play the role of an honest broker. It has to make sure it can get both

sides around the table. That is the right thing to do, not to shout

from the roof tops. At times the message has been confusing, telling

motorists to keep their tanks two- thirds full, but not to queue for

petrol and the advice to fill up jerry cans had to be withdrawn. A

string of bad headlines since the Budget suggest the Government has a

wider problem getting its message across. There's been a backlash on

changes to pensioners' tax allowances, a tax cut for the rich,

a scandal over Conservative donors and even a row on VAT on pasties.

That continued today with a publicity stunt, dishing out free

sausage rolls. Can this be laughed off by ministers, or is there

something more serious for the Government? As every month goes

past and the green shoots seem further away, little silly things

like this can compound an image of lack of confidence. That is what

people vote on. Talks between hauliers and the unions are getting

under way to try and resolve this dispute, with deliverys continuing,

ministers will hope it's enough to calm things down on the forecourts.

Let's talk to our transport correspondent, who is in a North

London station. Give us a sense of what is happening now around the

country. Well, that's easy to do if we pan the camera around. There's a

bit of a queue here at this station. All these cars here are waiting to

get into this petrol station. We have seen a lot of long queues, a

lot of petrol stations closing for periods of time. You heard about

ones in Dorset there. We had someone ring into the BBC this

morning. They run a little petrol station inor set. A family-run

petrol station, they said they had people knocking on the door at 6am.

We know the unions and all the companies involved in theory will

talk on Monday. If they do get together and they do talk, that

guarantees that the Easter weekend will be safe, because the union has

to give a week's notice. We are pretty certain that Easter will be

OK. Thank you very much. Travellers at Stansted Airport face

disruption after baggage handlers voted to strike next week in a row

over pay. The GMB says the strike will begin on good Friday and

continue on Easter SATs and Easter Monday. The union insist shift

changes would lead to wage cuts of up to �1 now thousand.

Friends of the two British tourists who were shot dead while on holiday

in Florida last year have come face-to-face with the killer. Shawn

Tyson was sentenced to life in prison, without patrol, for

murdering James Cooper and James Kouzaris. One of their friends read

out a statement. I sentence you to life imprisonment.

You are ineligible for patrol. years old and Shawn Tyson will

spend the rest of his life behind bars. The convicted murderer of two

young Britons which took a wrong turn on a night out. Shawn Tyson, I

look you in the eyes and speak directly to you today. Every night

you go to sleep, every morning you wake up, I want you to think of my

friends who you murdered. Their images will be imprinted on your

conscience up until your very last breath in life. James Kouzaris and

James Cooper continue to inspire those who knew them, yet they will

haunt your thoughts forever. James Cooper and James Kouzaris were

university friends. On the night of their deaths they

had been out drinking. Security cameras from a bar showed them

chatting to other customers. At closing time, they set out on foot,

ending up 20 blocks away in a low- income housing project. At 3am

The bodies of the two Britons were found lying on either side of this

street. James Kouzaris had been shot twice. James Cooper, four

times. Both men were still carrying their wallets and their mobile

phones. Police believe this had at least started out as an attempted

robbery. That is because the victims' trousers were pulled down,

aparently to stop them running away. Witnesses testified that Shawn

Tyson boasted about the killings. He had been in custody for an

earlier arrest. Just hours earlier he had been freed by a judge.

Outside court, the friends said that was a fatal mistake.. We would

like to express our horror which led to the events that led to the

premature release of Shawn Tyson. The events would not have come to

fruition without his release. Justice is tinged with

recrimination over two young lives, whose end was brutal and perhaps

avoidable. Plans to develop a new generation

of nuclear power plants have been dealt a blow today after two major

companies pulled out of a project to develop sites in Anglesey and

South Gloucestershire. The companies said it was based on

global factors. The Government has described it as "very

disappointing." How serious is this for the industry, Robert? It is

potentially very serious. What you have to remember, George, is that

something like a quarter of Britain's generating capacity is

being closed over the next ten years because it is too old or too

polluting. The Government has warned that unless new generation

capacity is put in place the lights could go off. We could get regular

blackouts towards the end of the decade. Now, it takes years to

build new plants. There are two other consortiums still planning to

build significant new nuclear plants. The most important of those

is EDF of France and Centrica, the owner of British Gas. Those, at the

top of those companies, although they say, no, they are not yet

planning to pull out, they do say that crucial, final talks with

Government are yet to take place on the degree of subsidy that they

will receive for the power they generate and unless they get a

substantial subsidy, well this decision could be followed by

others pulling out. That, frankly, should alarm us all. We may not all

be in favour of nuclear, but I think most of us are of the view

that the lights soo to be kept on. The most significant expansion of

grammar school places for 50 years has been given the go ahead. The

creation of new grammar schools is against the law, but changes allow

Sitting the 11-Plus, the passport to grammar school, is a fact of

life at this primary. A shortage of places meant this year around 17

children who passed the test did not get into a grammar school. The

head says that is unfair. Having studied and worked hard and prove

they are of grammar school ability, to be told there is no place for

you is a slap in the face for those children. It is clearly not fair.

There were many more grammar schools in England in the 1960s.

They were state run and selected the most academic children. Most of

them were phased out by 1976. There are 164 open across England. They

are found in 36 local authorities. Most are concentrated in areas like

Buckinghamshire and Kent. There are currently no grammar schools here

in Sevenoaks. Campaigners are proposing this site for another

Kent grammar to expand. Selecting children at 11 on the basis of how

bright they are is controversial. The previous Government banned new

grammars. The coalition says schools can expand. All the people

who signed the petition have spoken. Jiet is what parents want. We asked

them what they wanted. Amazingly the council have agreed.

At the local non-selective secondary in Sevenoaks the prince

pal questioned what was going on. do think it would be a new grammar

school through the backdoor. I think it would set up more places

for more privileged children and it would have a knock-on effect on the

schools, which are not grammar schools. Kent could see new grammar

school places on a brand new site. It is a decision which could have

major repercussions, not East for other grammars in England with plan

-- not least for other grammars in England with plans to expand. The

police watchdog is calling for a change in the law to call for more

transparency in cases where people are killed by police officers. It

comes after an inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, whose death

sparked the London riots, may never take place, because key evidence,

believed to be tapped phone calls, cannot be disclosed.

Tottenham in North London on a summer evening last year. On the

ground Mark Duggan, surrounded by paramedics. It has just been shot

by police officers. The air ambulance arrives, but Mark

Duggan is beyond medical help. There should be an inquest into his

death, but there may not be because some crucial evidence has to remain

secret. We are in limbo as a family. This

will drag on. We're still no further closer to the thruth. Now

it looks like, if we don't have an inquest we won't get the truth.

Mark Duggan here with his mother Pamela and this is his girlfriend

Semone Wilson. He is said to have realised he was under surveillance

on the day of his death. The key material, which cannot be made

public, centres on decisions the police made prior to the shooting.

It is believed to involve evidence gathered through phone intercepts.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is investigating

the death is now calling for change. While not referring specifically to

the Duggan case n a statement it It is in the interests of the

family of somebody who is killed by the state to know what has happened,

and for the community and the public, but it is also in the

interest of the police. If they acted lawfully, it is important

they are exonerated. If not, it is important they are called to

account. As the family of Mark Duggan wait

to see if they will get their inquest, Scotland Yard have joined

the calls for the law to change. Our top story tonight: Ministers

are accused of presiding over a petrol shambles as retailers report

soaring fuel sales. Coming up: New CCTV footage showing Shrien and

Anni Dewani just hours before she was murdered on their Capetown

Later: Who to believe? One report says the economy is growing,

another predicts recession. It is a tough day for markets across Europe.

Share prices tumble and we will The bodies of three British

servicemen have been flown back home today, two of them were shot

dead by an Afghan soldier on Monday. The Defence Secretary, Philip

Hammond, who is in Afghanistan, led The Defence Secretary flew to

Helmand, to the very same base whether two British servicemen had

been killed by an Afghan soldier earlier this week. Lashkar Gah,

still in mourning. Despite that tragedy, there has been no change

in strategy. Philip Hammond witnessed soldiers from both

nations on a joint patrol. You have to put it in context. There of

thousands of contacts between British troops and Afghan troops

every day and once in a blue moon, something tragic like this happens

but we cannot let that derail the mission. British and Afghan troops

are continuing to work side by side, even if they are more wary, but

this is the only strategy that will eventually allow British troops to

leave. Already this year across the country, 15 international troops

have been killed by men wearing either police or Afghan army

uniform. Overall there has been more than 70 so-called green or

blue killings since the war began, Sue do they trust the men they are

training? For 100%, definitely. is back but it is a job we have to

do and we have to get on with it. The Defence Secretary may have

confidence in the strategy but this is a security force built from

scratch. With thousands of Afghan police -- police and chief been

trained every month, the fledgling government is working with limited

data to check their backgrounds. Such checks did not save the lives

of the men whose bodies were repatriated today. Sergeant Luke

Taylor was 33 and had just become a father, and 25-year-old Lance

Corporal Michael Foley of the Adjutant General's Corps had three

children. Captain Rupert Bowers was killed by a roadside bomb. The pain

of the loss, shared in Afghanistan. Today the Defence Secretary signed

an agreement to set up a British one military academy in Afghanistan,

that will guarantee the UK's long- term commitment to the country --

British-run. There can be no assurances that there will not be

other rogue police. New CCTV footage has been obtained

by the BBC showing Shrien and Anni Dewani just hours before she was

murdered on their honeymoon in Capetown. South African authorities

want to extradite Shrien and claim he organised the killing,

allegations he has always denied. The BBC's Panorama has also

obtained new evidence which could call that theory into question.

Panorama's Jeremy Vine has the story.

A smiling newly-married couple at the start of their honeymoon in

South Africa. By the end of it, the bride would be dead, executed,

allegedly, on the orders of a husband. Shrien Dewani is fighting

a court order to extradite him to South Africa, and he denies any

involvement in the murder of his 28-year-old wife. CCTV footage, and

never shown before, shows Anni Dewani checking into their hotel.

And the moment South African prosecutors claim Shrien Dewani

goes outside to speak to the taxi driver to a range Anni's murder.

These are the last CCTV images of Anni Dewani alive. Within half-an-

hour, their taxi was hijacked in Gugulethu township. Shrien and the

driver were dumped out of the taxi. Anni's body was discovered the next

morning. Two days later, Zola Tongo was caught meeting Shrien Dewani in

the hotel. Shrien said he was paying him for his time as a tour

guide. Zola Tongo has since admitted he hired hitmen to murder

Anni Dewani and make it look like a robbery gone wrong. He agreed to a

reduced sentence in return for testifying against Shrien Dewani,

who he claimed contacted him to arrange the killing. Since her

murder, South African police have stated that Anni Dewani was killed

by a single gunshot to the neck. Combined with the findings that

Anni was not sexually assaulted, it seems clear cut. This was a cold-

blooded execution. But Panorama has seen the post-mortem report and it

reveals that the South African's -- South African police's report of

the fatal injury is incomplete. We have learnt the 9 mm bullet first

past two Anni's left hand before going into her chest. It then went

up her body, before causing fatal injuries to her neck. So it was not

a straightforward execution shot to the next. It raises questions,

could Anni be trying to escape when she was shot? Was it affected the

robbery attempt that went wrong? Shrien Dewani is currently

sectioned under the Mental Health Act in the UK and he is fighting a

British court's decision to extradite him to South Africa. His

family have told the BBC he will go back just as soon as he is well

enough. Anni's family believe he should go back immediately.

And you can see that edition of Panorama at 9pm this evening on BBC

One. In the last few minutes it has been

announced that the solution used to preserve donor organs in the UK

could be contaminated with bacteria. Hundreds of patients have received

organs that were preserved in this solution, although health officials

say there has been no reports of any adverse effects so far.

He is a Hollywood superstar, an outspoken critic of US politics and

the founder of the famous Sundance Festival. Next month Robert Redford

is bringing his festival here, showcasing the best of American

independent film. Will Gompertz went to New York for an exclusive

interview with a man who's not afraid to speak his mind about

America. Unmistakable and in the eyes of millions, beautiful. You

could say the same about him. Robert Redford, movie star,

political activist and the man behind the Sundance long festival,

which he is bringing to London next month. I asked him why when I met

him in New York. It is a different view of our country that I am very

proud of because it is illegitimate view, but it is different from the

one that has been sold with a great deal of money to market. It is a

bit askew but it is real. festival is based around his home

in Utah, a place that gives him space to think about the American

way. It is a country determined on winning, as you can see in our

current politics. It is all about winning and it is all about the ego

attached to winning and what people will do and say, just to win.

1972, at Robert Redford starred in the The Candidate, playing an

idealistic man who lets his standards slip in the pursuit of

power, a fiction that he thinks has now become fact in American

political life. I think our Congress is not the best and

brightest. I think it is obvious to the world that we are a polarised

nation politically. It is very depressing to me to see the quality

of discussion, the quality of intellectual exchange, so damaged

by the behaviour of a lot of people that are running for office. It is

embarrassing. Robert Redford revisited the dark side of American

politics in All The President's Men, when he played a reporter. He had a

high regard for journalism when it was made. Less so now. I did not

know it at the time but I just happened to tie into the moment at

history that was a high point. I think I came in when journalism had

reached an apex of morality and professionalism and so forth and I

was very lucky. I think it is sad to say, it is pretty obvious that

it has declined since then. Robert Redford found fame, starring

alongside Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

next time I say let's go to Bolivia, let's go. Today the Sundance Kid is

a grand old man. I ask him how he thinks life has changed. The Aggis

there is an obsession with youth and now we have all of these

methods of reconstructing yourself to look younger and younger. I

don't buy that. I like to see an older woman who has carried her age

and her experience with her, I find that very attractive. Plenty of

people are attracted to him, and I'm happy to say so. I was in a

restaurant and the table next to me was getting all worked up. They

kept looking over and talking. I thought, I know something is coming

ensure enough, and man gets up from the table. He says, I saw your

movie, it was great. He said, we love your salad dressing. I

thought... Well that was good for me! Robert Redford is an actor who

chose to step onto the world stage in an attempt to play his part. It

is a role that many would say he has performed with integrity and

Subtle changes on the way for the weekend. The sunshine will be

gradually disappearing. One more sunny day tomorrow across most of

the country. Today has not been glorious everywhere. The cloud

across the north-west corner will slowly go south tonight, spilling

in across north-west England, Wales and parts of the Midland. Fog

patches. Temperatures close to freezing tonight in rural spots.

Essentially another sunny day tomorrow. A lot more cloud across

them West Midlands, north-west England and Wales. A cloudy start

across Northern Ireland. We will keep a lot of cloud across western

Scotland. Elsewhere it is sunny and the sunshine makes a lot of

We could reach 20 degrees across parts of eastern England. A colder

feel across parts of the Midlands and north-west England because it

will take a few hours until the sun shines. It will be cloudy yet in

the south-west and Wales, but for most of the South, it is another

day where the temperatures are expected to reach 20 degrees. That

is probably the last day because on Saturday, we will see temperatures

lower, with much more cloud. Most places will be dry up. Temperatures

will still be a few degrees above average, certainly in the south.