:00:10. > :00:15.Crisis at the BBC, criticism from MPs about the pay-off of the former
:00:15. > :00:17.Director-General. George Entwistle has been awarded a
:00:17. > :00:20.year's salary, worth nearly half a million pound.
:00:20. > :00:23.Urgent questions in the Commons where there is little support for
:00:23. > :00:28.the payment. It is hard to justify the level of
:00:28. > :00:31.payments that have been talked about, and it is, of course, for Mr
:00:31. > :00:35.Entwistle himself to decide whether it is appropriate for him to accept
:00:36. > :00:39.those payments. The acting head of the BBC, Tim
:00:39. > :00:45.Davie, promises to restore trust in the corporation.
:00:45. > :00:48.I have a job to do. Get a grip of the situation. The BBC deserves
:00:48. > :00:53.strong leadership, that's what I want to bring.
:00:53. > :00:59.Also on tonight's programme: The radical Muslim cleric, Abu Qatada,
:00:59. > :01:02.defies the Government again to win his fight against deportation.
:01:02. > :01:07.Amazon, Starbucks and Google are questioned by MPs about why they
:01:07. > :01:10.pay so little tax in the UK. Send him to the tower, how an
:01:10. > :01:13.intruder snatched the keys and broke into the home of the Crown
:01:13. > :01:17.Jewels. I will be here with Sportsday later
:01:17. > :01:20.in the hour on BBC News channel. Including the latest on Scotland's
:01:20. > :01:30.future, as the players say they were to blame for Craig Levein
:01:30. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:51.Good evening, welcome to BB cl. News at Six.
:01:51. > :01:54.MPs have criticised the pay-off of George Entwistle. He left after
:01:54. > :01:59.failures in Newsnight, he left after two months. Downing Street
:01:59. > :02:03.said the pay-off of a year's salary was hard to justify. But the
:02:03. > :02:06.chairman of the Trust, Lord Patten, has defended it, saying it was
:02:06. > :02:13.justified and necessary. The acting Director-General, Tim Davie, says
:02:13. > :02:18.he will get a grip of the crisis in the corporation.
:02:18. > :02:22.From near be a skewerity, is this the man to save Auntie, Tim Davie,
:02:22. > :02:25.with no programme making background, today set about trying to convince
:02:25. > :02:30.the public, that despite the scandals the BBC can be trusted.
:02:30. > :02:35.have a job to do, get a grip of the situation. The BBC deserves strong
:02:35. > :02:38.leadership, that's what I want to bring.
:02:38. > :02:41.The BBC's director of news and her deputy have stepped aside this
:02:41. > :02:47.morning. Two days into the job and the
:02:47. > :02:51.acting DG has moved quickly to sort out what he calls "fuzzy decision-
:02:51. > :02:56.making", spending a very view into the Jimmy Savile scandal, Helen
:02:57. > :03:01.Boaden and her deputy, have been told to step aside. Today's "get a
:03:01. > :03:06.grip" message was in danger of being overshadowed by a House of
:03:06. > :03:09.Commons row about the �450,000 pay- off given to the outgoing Director-
:03:09. > :03:13.General, George Entwistle. It is difficult to justify the level of
:03:13. > :03:17.pay-off talked about. I hope that the level of concern about this is
:03:18. > :03:22.being noted by the BBC Trust, and by Mr George Entwistle himself.
:03:22. > :03:28.George Entwistle should reflect on this, and only take that to which
:03:28. > :03:34.he is entitled under his contract. With the iterimable introspection
:03:34. > :03:37.that the BBC are going through at the moment, does she agree they
:03:37. > :03:42.need these events into perspective and back to the real issue,
:03:42. > :03:48.uncovering child abuse. Did the acting Director-General think it
:03:48. > :03:51.was fair for his predecessor to get such a large pay-off. I will leave
:03:51. > :03:55.that matter to the BBC Trust. sure you must have a view, did you
:03:55. > :04:00.say to them I don't think it is sensible, I'm trying to rebuild
:04:00. > :04:03.trust and confidence in the BBC and you are giving this guy �450,000?
:04:03. > :04:07.In terms of the organisation and coming into the job, I have to work
:04:07. > :04:10.on what I can control. Details of what prompted George
:04:11. > :04:14.Entwistle's dramatic late-night resignation two days a emerged this
:04:14. > :04:18.afternoon from the BBC Trust chairman. In a letter to the
:04:18. > :04:20.Culture Secretary, Lord Patten has said that the BBC Trust told George
:04:20. > :04:25.Entwistle on Saturday they had serious concerns about his handling
:04:25. > :04:30.of the crisis. And revealed that if he hadn't resigned, they would have
:04:30. > :04:33.considered sacking him. In those circumstances, Lord Patten explains,
:04:34. > :04:38.Mr Entwistle would have been entitled to 12-months compensation,
:04:38. > :04:41.it was agreed he would resign with a year's salary. Another former
:04:41. > :04:46.Director-General, Mark Thompson, was asked about the crisis, as he
:04:46. > :04:50.started work in his job at the New York Times today. Like many people
:04:50. > :04:54.I'm very saddened by recent events at the BBC. But I believe the BBC
:04:54. > :04:58.is the world's greatest broadcaster, and I have no doubt that it will
:04:58. > :05:00.once again regain the public's trust in the UK and around the
:05:00. > :05:04.world. It is a very important institution, I believe it is full
:05:04. > :05:10.of people of real integrity and talent. I have no doubt it will get
:05:10. > :05:13.back on its feet real soon. acting derpblg, and acting Head of
:05:13. > :05:19.News. The radical overhaul promised by the BBC Trust must wait for
:05:19. > :05:24.another day. The job at the moment is simply to steady the ship.
:05:24. > :05:28.We speak to our political editor who is at Westminster this evening.
:05:28. > :05:31.We saw MPs discussing the pay-off of the former Director-General, how
:05:31. > :05:34.much anger is there? In a rare display of parliamentary unity,
:05:34. > :05:40.virtually every MP, from every party, stood up and said, yes, they
:05:40. > :05:44.thought that pay-off was not justified, they were angry about it.
:05:44. > :05:47.Friends of the BBC said it made it much harder for them to support the
:05:47. > :05:50.corporation. Traditional foes of the BBC say it proved what they
:05:50. > :05:54.always feared, that the organisation is wasteful, and that
:05:54. > :05:59.Lord Patten, the chairman of the regulator, the BBC Trust, should
:05:59. > :06:05.now go as well. But what was much more interesting today, Fiona, was
:06:05. > :06:11.what was not saitd, and who didn't say it. -- said, and who didn't say
:06:11. > :06:16.it. David Cameron was out and about in Bristol today, and faced the
:06:16. > :06:20.public in what is called a Cameron Direct Meeting. And he said not a
:06:20. > :06:24.word. Ed Miliband did a series of regional TV interviews, what did he
:06:24. > :06:28.say about the BBC? Not a single word. The reason is, Government and
:06:28. > :06:31.opposition are determined to preserve what they see as the
:06:31. > :06:37.independence of the BBC. People often forget it is not the people
:06:37. > :06:39.in this place, parliament, that actually run the BBC, they are not
:06:39. > :06:44.entitled to a view on editorial appointments or stories either.
:06:44. > :06:47.That is meant to protect the BBC as an organisation. The man who does
:06:47. > :06:52.decide is Lord Patten, the chairman of what was called the BBC Trust,
:06:52. > :07:00.and all his fellow trustees. In theory, ministers could get rid of
:07:00. > :07:03.him or them. But let me tell you this, they are not going to.
:07:03. > :07:07.The radical Muslim cleric, Abu Qatada, has won his legal battle
:07:07. > :07:11.against deportation to Jordan, to face terror charges. Tomorrow he
:07:11. > :07:14.will be released on bail. The Home Secretary, Theresa May, says she
:07:14. > :07:16.will do everything possible to get rid of him, and will appeal against
:07:16. > :07:19.the decision. Successive Governments have been trying to
:07:19. > :07:25.deport the cleric for years, as he's considered a serious threat to
:07:25. > :07:27.national security. But he has fought it every step of the way.
:07:27. > :07:31.Our correspondent is at the Home Office now.
:07:31. > :07:34.Last month the Home Office succeeded in getting another
:07:34. > :07:38.radical cleric, Abu Hamza on a plane out of the UK. They were
:07:38. > :07:44.clearly hoping for a similar outcome in this case. This is one
:07:44. > :07:48.of those marathons, but tonight it is Abu Qatada who is victorious.
:07:48. > :07:54.He has been described as a truly dangerous individual, and a threat
:07:54. > :07:57.to national security. And soon he will be free to walk the streets.
:07:58. > :08:02.Attempts to deport Abu Qatada have been thwarted by the European Court
:08:02. > :08:06.of Human Rights. Today, British judges, have backed Europe.
:08:06. > :08:10.Statement the Home Secretary. afternoon, in the Commons, an angry
:08:10. > :08:15.Home Secretary said the Government would be appealing. Successive
:08:15. > :08:18.Governments have tried to remove him since December 2001, he has a
:08:18. > :08:21.long standing association with Al- Qaeda. British courts have found he
:08:21. > :08:26.provides a religious justification for acts of violence and terror.
:08:26. > :08:30.Labour support the deportation, but believe it's been handled badly by
:08:30. > :08:34.the Government. We cannot afford further confusion and mistakes, the
:08:34. > :08:40.Home Secretary needs to take urgent action now, to keep the public safe,
:08:40. > :08:44.and to get this deportation back on track. The Government was desperate
:08:44. > :08:48.to put Abu Qatada on plane to his native Jordan. And Theresa May
:08:48. > :08:51.herself had gone there as part of the push to cut a deal. The UK said
:08:51. > :08:55.it had received assurances that evidence obtained through torture
:08:55. > :08:58.would not be part of the case against the radical cleric, if he
:08:58. > :09:02.was to stand trial there on terrorist charges. But today's
:09:02. > :09:05.judgment says there is still a real risk of such evidence being used. A
:09:05. > :09:11.Jordanian spokesman said they will continue to work with the UK to
:09:11. > :09:16.have him returned to face justice. Abu Qatada's lawyer said she
:09:16. > :09:20.understood this was a difficult case for the public. It is
:09:20. > :09:25.important in emphasising the fundamental rules of law, that we
:09:25. > :09:30.subscribe to. So, to that extent it is important for other cases and
:09:30. > :09:35.not just for this case. Abu Qatada arrived in Britain nearly 20 years
:09:35. > :09:41.ago, and was granted asylum. He became a preacher of formidable
:09:41. > :09:44.influence, and is said to have advocated killing Jews and
:09:44. > :09:48.attacking westerners. In a BBC interview in the weeks after 9/11,
:09:48. > :09:53.he praised Osama Bin Laden. TRANSLATION: Bin Laden, in the
:09:53. > :09:58.image I have of him, that is the image of a Muslim man who defends
:09:58. > :10:02.the causes of his nation against its enemies, should be supported by
:10:02. > :10:07.every Muslim. In the spring, he was removed from the house where he had
:10:07. > :10:12.been briefly on bail, and sent back to jail. What ministers hoped would
:10:12. > :10:16.be the first step on the road to deportation. But the forced exit
:10:16. > :10:19.strategy, by the Government had planned, has been derailed by
:10:19. > :10:23.today's ruling. Tomorrow Abu Qatada is due to be back with his family,
:10:23. > :10:26.although he will be subject to a 16-hour curfew.
:10:26. > :10:30.Abu Qatada has spent much of the past decade in prison, although he
:10:30. > :10:35.has never been convicted of any offence in this country. Under his
:10:35. > :10:42.bail conditions, he will be able to go out between the hours of 8-4. He
:10:42. > :10:44.will have to wear a tag and be subject to other restrictions.
:10:44. > :10:49.England's largest local authority says it expects to have to spend
:10:49. > :10:52.more than �750 million settling equal pay claims. A ruling last
:10:52. > :10:56.month opened the way for hundreds of women working for Birmingham
:10:56. > :10:59.City council, to seek compensation for missing out on bonuses, the
:10:59. > :11:03.authority says it will have to cut services, but won't put up council
:11:03. > :11:08.tax. The first new law made in Wales,
:11:08. > :11:12.for more than 600 years, has come into force. The law, giving English
:11:12. > :11:16.and Welsh languages equal statuss in the assembly, was introduced
:11:16. > :11:18.after last year's referendum, which gave greater decision-making powers
:11:18. > :11:23.to Wales. A British serviceman has been shot
:11:23. > :11:28.dead by a man dressed in Afghan Army uniform at his base in Helmand
:11:28. > :11:30.Province. The Ministry of Defence said the soldier was from The Royal
:11:30. > :11:36.Scots Borders 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, his
:11:36. > :11:41.family has been told. Our defence correspondent sent this
:11:41. > :11:44.report from Helmand Province. Here in Helmand, the 1st Battalion
:11:44. > :11:47.The Royal Regiment of Scotland, are the one that is work most closely
:11:48. > :11:51.with the Afghan army. They are in charge of mentoring and training
:11:51. > :11:59.Afghan soldiers, out on patrol or in bases.
:11:59. > :12:05.We filmed with them just a few days ago, as the men of 1st Scots played
:12:05. > :12:07.a friendly game of football. The atmosphere was calm, but an armed
:12:07. > :12:11.British soldier stood guard to protect his British comrades. It
:12:11. > :12:15.doesn't always work, the attack on Sunday took place either during or
:12:15. > :12:20.after just such a match. The Afghan soldier opened fire on his British
:12:20. > :12:26.counterpart before trying to flee. It is not yet clear what prompted
:12:26. > :12:32.this attack, the Afghan soldier died of his wounds after being shot.
:12:33. > :12:39.Most senior Afghan Army commander here at Camp Bastion, says he's
:12:39. > :12:43.deeply upset by the latest tragedy. TRANSLATION: I'm heartbroken by the
:12:43. > :12:47.incident, and my troops feel the same. We will make every effort to
:12:47. > :12:51.prevent any more incidents like this so not to have an effect on
:12:51. > :12:54.allies. We want to remain friends for good, and my heart goes out to
:12:54. > :12:58.the family in the UK. British soldiers, like this Scottish medic,
:12:58. > :13:03.are continuing to work closely with the Afghan counterparts, despite
:13:03. > :13:07.the risks. When I'm on a patrol, what I'm concerned about is if we
:13:07. > :13:12.take casualties, what will I do. I have a set of skills and drills I
:13:12. > :13:16.will have to initiate. I have never had any concerns about them, I have
:13:16. > :13:20.known them before I left camp, I might have spoken to some of them,
:13:20. > :13:27.they might have children. They are another part of the patrol. It is
:13:27. > :13:32.not yet clear whether the attacker was a Taliban sympathiser, inside
:13:32. > :13:36.attacks are proving a potent weapon. 12 British soldiers this year have
:13:36. > :13:40.been killed by those they came to help. There are questions about how
:13:40. > :13:47.the force can be better protected and how much longer they need to be
:13:47. > :13:52.here. Time Our top story tonight:
:13:52. > :13:56.MPs criticise a �450,000 pay-off for the BBC's former Director-
:13:56. > :14:03.General, George Entwistle. He left his job after failings at Newsnight.
:14:03. > :14:13.Coming up: From convict to committed communist,
:14:13. > :14:17.the extraordinary tale of British spy, George Blake, in his own words.
:14:17. > :14:20.A concontroversial carbon tax on flights leaving the EU, what will
:14:20. > :14:28.it mean for passengers. A further austerity measure is passed in
:14:28. > :14:33.Greece. They are among the biggest brands
:14:33. > :14:36.on the planet, today Google, Starbucks and Amazon found
:14:36. > :14:43.themselves before a committe of MPs to answer accusations about why
:14:43. > :14:46.they pay so little tax in the UK. It was part of a wider inquiry by
:14:46. > :14:51.the Commons Select Committee into tax avoidance.
:14:51. > :14:54.In the MPs' firing line are three American multinationals, Google,
:14:54. > :15:00.Starbucks and Amazon, with big sales in the UK, who don't seem to
:15:00. > :15:04.pay much tax. Can I start with Starbucks? The chief financial
:15:04. > :15:10.officer of Starbucks was accused of telling investors it was doing well
:15:10. > :15:14.in the UK, but reporting losses, so paying hardly any corporation tax.
:15:14. > :15:18.The two are inconsistent you have run the business for 15 years and
:15:18. > :15:22.you are losing, and you carry on investing, it doesn't ring true.
:15:22. > :15:26.The MPs suggested Starbucks had been transferring profits to its
:15:26. > :15:30.operations in other countries, to avoid paying tax here? We clearly
:15:30. > :15:34.are not aggressively looking to avoid tax, or looking to avoid tax
:15:34. > :15:37.on any structure anywhere, we have had profitability challenges, very
:15:37. > :15:40.sincere ones, unfortunately, we are not pleased with that. It is
:15:40. > :15:47.nothing to do with any tax avoidance.
:15:47. > :15:51.Starbucks had sales of �398 million last year. And paid zero
:15:51. > :15:57.corporation tax. Even though the standard rate is 24%. While
:15:57. > :16:02.Google's UK sales were �395 million, and it paid �6 million in tax, and
:16:02. > :16:07.Amazon, on sales of over �3 billion, is reported to have paid virtually
:16:07. > :16:14.no UK corporation tax last year. Your entire activity is here, yet
:16:14. > :16:17.you pay no tax here. That really riles us. Margaret Hodge complained
:16:17. > :16:23.that Amazon eliminated most of its tax bill, by putting its European
:16:23. > :16:28.headquarters in Luxembourg. We have paid in excess of �100 million in
:16:28. > :16:32.taxes in the last five years, we have paid tens of millions in
:16:32. > :16:36.business rates. Google has based its business in Ireland. First, let
:16:36. > :16:40.me say, we pay the tax we are required to pay in every country in
:16:40. > :16:44.which we operate, including the UK. It depends where you choose to put
:16:44. > :16:49.the business, doesn't it. What Starbucks and other multinationals
:16:49. > :16:53.are doing, to keep down their UK tax bills, may seem unfair, but
:16:53. > :16:56.it's legal. And clamping down on it, could involve difficult
:16:56. > :17:03.negotiations with other countries. Especially those who are collecting
:17:03. > :17:09.at least some of the tax that would otherwise be paid on UK sales.
:17:09. > :17:13.The Chancellor, George Osborne said last week he wanted international
:17:13. > :17:16.action to make sure global companies paid their tax, until the
:17:16. > :17:21.rules change, they are likely to carry on paying as little tax as
:17:21. > :17:25.they have to. MPs will vote later this evening on
:17:25. > :17:30.whether the Government's planned rise in fuel duty should be delayed.
:17:30. > :17:38.A 3p per litre increase is due to come into effect in January. It
:17:38. > :17:42.would mean petrol would rise from 135p to 139p per litre. Labour want
:17:42. > :17:46.the change put off until April, they say it would help struggling
:17:46. > :17:49.households and business. How important is the vote? I don't
:17:49. > :17:52.expect to see the Government defeated tonight, I don't expect to
:17:52. > :17:57.see here at Westminster what happened very recently on a vote in
:17:57. > :18:00.Europe, when Labour and Conservative rebels ganged up to
:18:00. > :18:04.dede feet the Government. This story isn't as straight forward as
:18:04. > :18:08.it would seem. You might reasonably assume that Labour's attempts to
:18:08. > :18:11.get the fuel tax increase delayed until April, is defeated tonight,
:18:11. > :18:14.petrol prices will go up as a result. Think again, a lot of
:18:14. > :18:18.Conservative MPs are pretty peeved at the price of petrol, they have
:18:18. > :18:21.been telling the Treasury this over the past few week, and they are
:18:21. > :18:24.telling me they won't vote with Labour tonight, because they are
:18:24. > :18:28.increasingly hopeful that the Chancellor, who allows a
:18:28. > :18:31.postponement to the fuel increase to later date, probably next month,
:18:31. > :18:35.they will be very annoyed with him indeed if that doesn't happen. The
:18:35. > :18:38.bottom line is this T prices probably won't go up by 3p a litre
:18:38. > :18:41.in January. But the Government won't announce that tonight,
:18:41. > :18:45.because they don't want to be seen to be driven into this by Labour.
:18:45. > :18:48.They would prefer to attack Labour's record in office, saying
:18:48. > :18:52.Labour themselves put up the price of petrol.
:18:52. > :18:56.Heavy rain and strong winds have caused flooding in several parts of
:18:56. > :18:59.Italy, with the problems particularly severe in Venice.
:18:59. > :19:03.Flood waters submerged much of the city, including many of its best-
:19:03. > :19:08.known tourists spots, it is one of the worst floods there in the last
:19:08. > :19:11.150 years. The former British spy turned
:19:11. > :19:18.Soviet agent, George Blake, has given a rare interview to mark his
:19:18. > :19:22.90th birth day. He fled to Moscow in 1966, after a dramatic escape
:19:22. > :19:31.from Wormwood Scrubs. President Putin has congratulated him on his
:19:31. > :19:36.staunch work on Russia's behalf. He has a Russian home, a Russian
:19:36. > :19:38.wife, even a Russian name, but this is George Blake. The British
:19:38. > :19:43.intelligence officer, who for nearly a decade spied for the
:19:43. > :19:48.Soviets. On his 90th birthday, Russian TV
:19:48. > :19:54.has been given rare access to one of the most notorious double agents
:19:54. > :19:59.of the Cold War. He says he's no hero, but he's no
:20:00. > :20:04.traitor either. It was in the early 1950s that Blake became a spy.
:20:04. > :20:09.After three years in captivity in North Korea, he returned home a
:20:09. > :20:14.communist. Posted to Berlin by MI6, he became a KGB mole. He would take
:20:14. > :20:22.the train to the Soviet sector, hand over intelligence, and drink
:20:22. > :20:26.champagne with his KGB handler. TRANSLATION: I didn't change sides
:20:26. > :20:29.because of blackmail or torture or anything like that, I offered my
:20:29. > :20:33.services to Moscow voluntarily. doesn't see himself as a traitor,
:20:33. > :20:37.because he believes in these things. He won't be abare of a betrayal
:20:37. > :20:43.because he was brainwashed into believing them. But from the UK
:20:43. > :20:48.point of view, of course, he's a very significant traitor.
:20:48. > :20:54.Blake was eventually jailed for 42 years. But in 1966, he escaped from
:20:54. > :20:59.prison, and fled to Moscow. He was hailed as a hero.
:20:59. > :21:03.George Blake has claimed that he handed the names of hundreds of
:21:03. > :21:06.western agents to Moscow. Blake has shown no remorse, and Russia
:21:06. > :21:09.continues to show its gratitude, offering his birthday wish,
:21:09. > :21:15.President Putin has said that George Blake's work deserves the
:21:15. > :21:21.highest recognition and respect. Moscow has awarded him rank of
:21:21. > :21:24.Colonel, and plenty of medals. He says he has no regrets. But Blake
:21:24. > :21:34.betrayed his country for communism, a political system which turned out
:21:34. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:44.to be a pipe dream. The governor of the Falkland
:21:44. > :21:47.Islands at the time of the Argentinian invasion has died. He
:21:47. > :21:51.had shown great courage and fortitude in the face of the
:21:51. > :21:54.invasion. Britain sent hundreds of troops to recapture the island in
:21:54. > :21:57.1982. The Tower of London is renowned as
:21:57. > :22:01.an historic fortress, the location of the Crown Jewels and other
:22:01. > :22:06.priceless historic art facts with security to match. Police are
:22:06. > :22:12.expecting how an intruder managed to break in and apparently stole
:22:13. > :22:17.some keys from a century box. A prison, a fortress, a dual house,
:22:17. > :22:23.the walls of the -- Jewel House, the walls of the Tower of London
:22:23. > :22:27.have stood reassuring for over 900 years. Richard II, Sir Walter
:22:27. > :22:32.Raleigh, and Guy Fawkes, joined a long list of those who could bear
:22:32. > :22:35.witness to its security. A few brief minutes in the early hours of
:22:35. > :22:39.the morning have caused hearts to flutter beneath the battlements,
:22:39. > :22:44.when an intruder not only breached security, reaching a century box,
:22:44. > :22:47.close to the tower's outer gates, but went on to steal a bunch of
:22:48. > :22:51.precious keys. A security breach at one of the world's most famous
:22:51. > :22:55.fortresses, clearly an embarrassment for the authorities
:22:55. > :22:58.here, but they are stressing that the intruder was caught within a
:22:58. > :23:02.few minutes, and the missing keys would not have gained him access to
:23:02. > :23:12.the tower. A statement from historic royal
:23:12. > :23:16.
:23:16. > :23:22.palaces concludes that security At no time were the Crown Jewels
:23:22. > :23:26.under threat, in fact, the only man to successfully reach them was
:23:26. > :23:30.Colonel Thomas Blood back in 1671 even he was nabbed before he could
:23:30. > :23:32.make his escape. The way the thief managed to get in, was coming in as
:23:33. > :23:36.a visitor, while he was in the tower he made friends with the man
:23:36. > :23:39.who looked after the Crown Jewels, and coming back on a subsequent
:23:39. > :23:45.occasion, he managed to pull a dagger on him, stab the poor guy,
:23:45. > :23:51.make off with the crown and the September ter and the orb, stuffing
:23:51. > :23:58.them into -- septre, and the orb stuffing them into his britches.
:23:59. > :24:02.The doors will be locked by the chief Yeoman warders, Queen
:24:02. > :24:07.Elizabeth's keys carried over the wet cobbles, her crown safe, as it
:24:07. > :24:11.always has been. Let's return to the main story this
:24:11. > :24:14.evening, the crisis at the BBC and the pay-off to the former Director-
:24:14. > :24:17.General, George Entwistle. We are at New Broadcasting House.
:24:17. > :24:24.There is a new acting Director- General in place, is this going to
:24:24. > :24:27.help the BBC draw a line under all this? It would be nice if it were,
:24:27. > :24:31.wouldn't it, Fiona, not least for those of us who have to work for
:24:31. > :24:34.the organisation, for whom this is an unsettling time. Yesterday, when
:24:34. > :24:39.it agreed to part company with George Entwistle, the BBC believed
:24:39. > :24:43.it was well on the way to drawing a line under this, to taking the
:24:43. > :24:49.initiative, to moving on. Unfortunately that has blown up in
:24:49. > :24:52.its face today, with the revelations �450,000 pay-off he has
:24:52. > :24:58.got. The new acting Director- General arrived this morning,
:24:58. > :25:01.trying to show some leadership, reshuffle ing the News Division,
:25:01. > :25:06.and doing something firm to sort out the problems. What that means
:25:06. > :25:12.is the News Di vision, one of the most important in the BBC is run by
:25:12. > :25:19.an acting head, so too is the radio tell division and the television
:25:19. > :25:23.division. He reports to an acting Director-General, and he reports to
:25:23. > :25:27.Chris Patten, who is under political attack. That is all
:25:27. > :25:30.unquestionably an unstable situation. You have a series of
:25:30. > :25:33.inquiries, internal inquiries due to report in the next hours, days,
:25:33. > :25:37.weeks, all of which could throw up more embarrassing questions for the
:25:37. > :25:42.BBC to answer. We are very far from being out of the woods yet. Why is
:25:42. > :25:46.this important? Two reasons, really, one is it threatens the BBC's
:25:46. > :25:50.reputation, and particularly the reputation of its news and
:25:50. > :25:54.journalism, for trustworthyness and credibility, that is something very
:25:54. > :25:59.important to the BBC, which it is very keen in the past and will
:25:59. > :26:04.always be keen to preserve. The other reason is it keeps the focus
:26:04. > :26:13.on the BBC and away from what is arguably the most important thing,
:26:13. > :26:16.the victims of child sex abuse. the victims of child sex abuse.
:26:16. > :26:26.the weather. It is turning milder, but probably
:26:26. > :26:27.
:26:27. > :26:32.only briefly, I'm afraid. Last night a sharp frost, a lot of
:26:32. > :26:34.cloud in the south west. Low cloud is sitting inbetween the two
:26:34. > :26:37.stripes of whiter cloud, these stripes of whiter cloud are the
:26:37. > :26:41.thicker cloud. Where we are getting the rain, most of it, at least.
:26:41. > :26:45.That rain will be pulling away from East Anglia and the south-east, in
:26:45. > :26:49.the next few hours. It is cloudy, missy hill fog, bits of drizzle.
:26:49. > :26:52.Then the next band of thickening cloud on a strengthening wind into
:26:52. > :26:57.Northern Ireland. Ahead of the rain, northern Scotland could be cold for
:26:57. > :27:01.a while, much milder than last night, 8-10. A generally mild but
:27:01. > :27:04.cloudy start to Tuesday. I'm hoping we will see a little bit of
:27:04. > :27:07.sunshine developing across England and Wales. I think we have more
:27:07. > :27:10.rain to come across Scotland and Northern Ireland. The rain on and
:27:10. > :27:15.off through the day in Northern Ireland. The heavier rain, that
:27:15. > :27:20.will be in western Scotland. Probably north of Glasgow, across
:27:20. > :27:26.Argyll and buet. Not much rain in sheltered eastern parts of Scotland,
:27:26. > :27:34.and England, east of the Pennines may see sunshine. Drizzle from time
:27:34. > :27:39.to time in Cumbria. North Wales may get sunshine again, and see
:27:39. > :27:44.temperature s of 14-15. Even with the cloud, 13 degrees. Colder on
:27:44. > :27:47.Wednesday across the south, more sunshine developing, running
:27:47. > :27:51.northwards into England and Wales. The band of rain in northern parts
:27:51. > :27:54.of Ireland and Scotland. As that moves south on Thursday, the rain
:27:54. > :27:57.eases out, it allows it to be brighter and colder in Scottland
:27:57. > :28:00.Northern Ireland. England and Wales will see the temperatures lower on
:28:00. > :28:03.Thursday, particularly in the south. That is more because there is
:28:03. > :28:12.likely to be a lot of low cloud and fog. That could linger just about
:28:12. > :28:15.all day. All the details can be found on-line.