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government's posters telling illegal immigrants to go home. The

Advertising Standards Authority says it has received complaints that the

message on these fans is offensive. It is a fantastic idea, we need to

clean up the mess. I do not think it is appropriate. It

is rude. There are other ways to deal with it. People look at where

this leaves plans for a possible national roll-out.

Also, a crackdown on tax evaders, but the revenue's list of the most

wanted is branded a failure. The teenage victims of an acid

assault in Zander Diamond arrived back in the UK as a reward is

offered for information about their attackers.

And, is she or isn't she? Hopes are high that Kemptown is

finally pregnant. And, coming up, English wickets fall

as Australia have the better of the opening day of the fourth Ashes test

Good evening, welcome. A government pilot scheme to clamp

down on illegal in and is being investigated by the advertising

watchdog after posters encouraging people to go home or face arrest

sparked complaints. The Home Office is accused of using irresponsible

and offensive language in the adverts, which are also claimed to

have been misleading, but the government has defended the scheme.

Advertisers like to keep the slogan is simple. Ministers hope illegal

immigrants would get the message and go. But now the campaign itself is

under investigation by the advertising watchdog. Shortly before

this was announced, Eric Pickles had been suggesting these fans could go

nationwide. It will be rolled out nationally if it is proved to be

effective. I do not see anything offensive, suggesting to illegal

immigrants that their stay in this country might be shorter than they

thought. Wembley is part of the Borough of Brent. Brent is one of

the six London boroughs where the vans were tried out. The pilot

lasted just a week. Amongst the people we spoke to today, only one

person had seen one of the vans, some would not go on camera on an

immigration issue, but others would. It is a fantastic idea, we need to

clean up the mess, because there are a lot of problems here. The people

that are legally entitled are being deprived of jobs, a lot of

facilities. It is a massive problem, but that is not how you deal with

it. You could not ask a criminal to go to prison. Maybe that is not the

way to do it, but everybody has to abide by the law. We have to abide

by the law, so should everybody else. Anyone who saw one of the vans

here would have read the message, an hundred and six people were arrested

in your area last week. In fact, that figure related to all six

bearers involved in the pilot. The campaign has been denounced as

reminiscent of slogans used by racist groups in the past by some of

those complaining about it. The politicians today no immigration and

specifically illegal immigration is still a vital issue for voters. If

you are going to use a van, you have got to make sure that the message

you are putting out is not intimidating, that it is tasteful

and appropriate, and most importantly, that it is honest.

message is, go home voluntarily, we will help you go home, he will not

be arrested. If a few families hear that message and go home, that is

good for everyone. Tonight, the advertising watchdog said it had

been flooded with calls in support What has been reaction been like at

the Home Office and has the credibility of the scheme being

affected? Some are concerned within the Conservative party, but there is

no signal that they are stepping back from this campaign. There was a

robust defence from the immigration Minister. He rejected the

characterisation of the language as racist, he said the government was

doing its job, fulfilling its obligation to tell people that they

should not be here. But there has been criticism from many sides, the

Labour Party have called it offensive and stupid, some civil

liberties groups have said it was racist. We have a Conservative Party

that wants to live up to a pledge made at the last election, to get

net migration down to the tens of thousands by the time of the next

election. They have to make progress if they are to live up to that. At

the same time, UKIP is nipping away at their support.

Last year, the taxman published for the first time in most wanted list,

20 people sought for alleged fraud and evasion that had cost them

hundreds of millions of pounds. Today, only one of those on the list

has been arrested, it has emerged. Something of a rogues gallery.

These are the latest basis to join the online gallery of the UK's most

wanted fugitives, 29 people who have been on the run for a total of 135

years, and allegedly owe more than 700 alien pounds. One of them is

Emma Elizabeth Tazey, alleged to have smuggled cigarettes and alcohol

and evaded �15 million in tax. She is thought to be in America. That is

modest compared with this man, Hussain Asad Chowan, a convicted

fraudster and tobacco smuggler, estimated to owe the Treasury 200

alien pounds and is believed to be in Dubai.

Today, a training session for front-line tax investigators, the

Chancellor was keen to show they are taking a tough approach. This

government is not going to tolerate people who evade their taxes. We are

publishing the names of ten of the most wanted tax evaders who are

costing the country millions. An interactive map of the possible

locations of the alleged offenders is also available online to

encourage people to come forward with information. In the past year,

only two out of the 21 on the list have been captured. The Labour Party

has called the arrest rate a huge failure and a tax expert said the

scheme had not yet proved itself. The question is whether or not this

is significantly better than has been the case in the past. To some

extent, the jury is out. investigators deny the gallery is a

publicity stunt. They insist it is also providing important leads on 15

others on the list. Two British teenagers have arrived

back in Britain after suffering an acid attack in Zanzibar. Katie Gee

and Kirstie Trup were attacked right to men on a notepad. The lease have

offered a board for any information. There is a distressing image in this

report. Back in Britain, the two young women

who went to Zanzibar to help teach primary school children and who came

back badly burned by acid. They were transferred from the emergency

medical plane into an ambulance and onto a London hospital, two days

after the attack. Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup are now being treated

after the strong acid burned through their clothes. This picture was

released by a family member, showing the extent of the injuries caused in

this unprovoked and cowardly attack. They were walking through one of the

narrow alleyways in Stone Town when two men on a motor through the acid

over them. I noticed two girls screaming, locals flooding towards a

certain spot. This man saw the chaos that followed. They stripped off

their clothes, the local guys helped, they went into the ocean to

get the acid off. Any idea what caused it? There had been rumours,

but there is nothing concrete. is an unprovoked attack on tourists,

tourists will be scared. Police have been questioning many people, but

have made no arrests as yet and have no prime suspect. A very cruel

incident, on cultural, unhuman, uncivilised for the foreigners to be

attacked like that. I do not know what the motive was. Tourists mix

well here with locals. The economy depends on them, and there is a

friendly and open hakuna matata attitude to life. But there are

complex undercurrents. Rumblings of separatism from Tanzania and there

has been tension and violence between Muslims and Christians. One

Muslim cleric was attacked with acid, a Christian bishop was killed,

but it has never affected visitors. This is the Christian school where

the young women were working. It is in the grounds of the angle can

cathedral, and in a majority Muslim country, they were given advice

before they arrived about dressing conservatively. When they were

attacked, they were dressed appropriately. This afternoon, they

arrived at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, shaken, traumatised and

with a long recovery ahead. The website linked to the suicide of

Hannah Smith has launched an investigation into its policies and

says it is committed to a safe environment for all users. Ask.fm

allows anonymous posts, cyber bullies have been blamed for her

death a week ago. Website's founders so they are prepared to reveal the

names of the bullies to the police. The story of Hannah Smith is

beginning to make ripples in Latvia. More people here learn of the tragic

circumstances of the teenager's death. Today, staff at ask.fm Web

working normally. Once again, there was no sign of the brothers who

founded it. But they did issue a statement. They announced they could

use technology to reveal the people who had taunted her online and

ensure the information is accessible to the appropriate legal

authorities. The death of Hannah Smith in Leicestershire on Friday is

not the first time the website has been associated with a teenager

taking their own life. A journalist who interviewed the owners on the

previous occasion says she was surprised at their reaction. To be

honest, at first, I was shocked. they could say anything like this,

all of those tragedies, they are so cold. 30 million questions and

anthers are posted there every day. 50 million users worldwide. It is

still only the 79th most popular social network. Many people here

believe that it has been criticised unfairly. They say that it is only

those who posted the abusive messages about Hannah who are to

blame for her death. But this case has raised the whole issue of how

much responsibility these companies have for the welfare of their users.

Here, they believe ask.fm could have done more. You can work with the

owner of the website, with the reporting issues, to make them more

visible, to make users more aware of the safety features on the website,

because they are doing it now, but maybe they have -- they should have

done it more proactively AQ months ago. It cost less than five minutes

to find teenagers who have had problems on the website. Some people

have said that I am stupid or something like that. I had it one

time, but I have seen it with my friends. Anonymous profiles. Social

networking sites are a way of life for teenagers the world over.

debate over how tightly they should be controlled has a long way to run.

More payoffs to top ABC executives will be investigated by auditors a

month after a report uncovered hundreds of thousands of pounds

would paid to senior managers who were not entitled to the money. The

director-general admitted severance payments made in the three-year

period to 2012 were now being looked at. Hopes are rising that one of the

pandas brought over from China two years ago may be pregnant. Her

keepers say she is showing signs of expecting. How is it looking?

No sign of Tian Tian here this evening, she spent much of the day

sleeping, perhaps conserving her energy. That can't be said for

everyone else at the zoo, who have spent the day in a scene of great

excitement, or pond when one big question. Is this panda pregnant?

Tian Tian is not giving much away, but the signs are very promising.

Come on. For a start, she's become moody, not so keen on her Daly trip

to be weighed. She's also off her food, and that's not all. She is

becoming more restless as well. She can be quite difficult. We haven't

been able to do any kind of observations on her. They are doing

the key tests in Germany. One shows a rise in hormones, the other

promising mix of proteins. It Tian Tian does give birth, any club would

be tiny. 150 grams. It would be born between August the 24th and

September the 12th. And cubs are badly needed. The giant panda's

habitat in China has been eaten up. There may be as few as 1500 left in

the wild. Back at the bamboo store, they know how much this means.

think there's going to be a very big buzz about it within the staff that

work here and the visitors that come. It's such an exciting thing.

It will go off the scale. pandas, including this one, were

used for the artificial insemination, but he seems pretty

relaxed about the whole affair. This is Yang Guang, who may be the father

of a cub, we will have to wait and see for sure. Even if he is, he will

have no role at all in the rearing of that baby panda. Yang Guang has

proved his prowess in the past. He's already a father. And Tian Tian has

weird her own cub before. Within weeks, she could have the first ever

British panda. The advertising watchdog is to investigate

controversial government posters telling illegal immigrants to go

home. And this handbag shop in Switzerland that is at the centre of

a race row with Oprah Winfrey. In Sportsday, double Olympic champion

Mo Farah goes for gold in the 10,000 metres tomorrow on the opening day

of the world athletics international spotlight for the

world athletics Championships, but the competition is already being

overshadowed by controversy both on and off the track. They have been

protests over anti-gay laws passed by the Russian parliament, which

have sparked international condemnation and calls for Russia to

be stripped of next year's Winter Olympics. The event has also been

hit by a series of doping scandals. There is a depressingly familiar

feeling hanging over these World Championships. Instead of hosting a

celebration of athletics, all the talk here in Moscow is of drugs and

cheating. The Russians are ready, but with dozens of their own

athletes serving bands, some are asking if these championships should

even be here. Those in charge say Russia shouldn't be singled out.

problem is not only in Russia. It's a problem in different countries.

But you clearly have a very big problem. We go to the country, we

choose Moscow, we choose Russia. We see now it is ready for great,

successful Championships. These steps will be a positive change.

has been called track and field's biggest doping crisis for more than

a decade. Russia currently have 44 athletes banned for doping

offences. In the last few weeks, Turkish athletes have been served

with bans, in a pre-Championships crackdown. And a number of leading

sprinters, including America's Tyson Gay and Jamaica's Asafa Powell, have

also tested positive. It's pretty bad, isn't it? Yes, because this

really makes us disappointed. But as I said before, look to it this way.

Before... For me, it is clearly a system that is much better. With

these championships, the Sochi Winter Olympics on the 2018 football

World Cup, Russia is using sport to project a more open image of itself

to the rest of the world. But some say that sport is turning a blind

eye to concerns that go far beyond doping. Sochi is the latest focal

point for Russia's increasingly frosty relationship with the West.

Activists want to boycott the games in response to a new law they say is

an attack on gay rights. Today the IOC said it was seeking further

assurances from Russia. So can the debate bring about wider reform?

do think we need to use the momentum that we can to come to countries

like this, hopefully put an excellent Championships. But it can

be a catalyst to change, by the athletes asking for change, but then

the wider public as for change, too. Nearly everywhere you go here you

are reminded of how much Russia has already changed. Many are hoping

that sport's global power can help this country go even further. A

fugitive Mafia boss caught hiding in a London suburb has been remanded in

custody. Domenico Rancadore, who is 64, is wanted in Italy to serve a

seven-year jail term. Until his arrest on Wednesday, he'd been

living under a false name and Oxbridge for 20 years. In court and

facing extradition. Convicted Mafia boss Domenico Rancadore. Tanned and

casually dressed, he has evaded justice for years and been living

quietly in this house in suburban West London under the name Mark

Skinner. Neighbours say he was a quiet man, but security conscious.

He always seemed very friendly. Thinking about him now, of course,

when he did move in he did build up the conifers and for the big gate on

the front. But we always thought he was Spanish. But his normal life

ended abruptly when police arrived here on Wednesday. Domenico

Rancadore, a former teacher, was reputedly known as the professor. He

is accused of being the head of the calls Nostra in Trabia, on the

island of Sicily. He was cleared of Mafia allegations at the end of a

three-year trial in 1993. He came to the UK. But he was convicted in his

absence of Mafia involvement at a second trial in 1999. He has been

wanted by the Italian authorities ever since. Mafia conspiracy... It

doesn't exist, the crime in England. That's why it was hard for the

Italian authorities to get extradition from England will stop

Italian prosecutors say the Cosa Nostra is one of the most powerful

Mafia organisations in Sicily, spreading terror and systematically

murdering opponents. An initial arrest warrant contained defects. So

today a fresh one was delivered and put to Rancadore. With his wife and

daughter looking on anxiously from the back of the court, he refused to

give his consent to being extradited. So now, in November,

there will be a full extradition hearing. Despite being told that

Rancadore had no travel documents and was prepared to be put under a

strict curfew at the family home, bail was denied and he was remanded

in custody. The Italian authorities are now a step closer to bringing

one of their most wanted to justice. It should have been a routine

shopping trip for one of the world 's richest women, Oprah Winfrey,

while she was in Switzerland for Tina Turner's wedding. In a Zurich

boutique she expressed interest in �25,000 handbag, only to be told by

the shop assistant it was too expensive for her. She says she is

the victim of racism. The shop says it was all a misunderstanding.

Zurich's most exclusive street, its most exclusive shops and the perfect

customer. The TV presenter Oprah Winfrey was in town for her friend,

Tina Turner's wedding. She wanted to buy a handbag to take to her big

day. She refused to get it. She started to show me the other little

banks. I said, but I really do want to see that one. She said, I don't

want to hurt your feelings. I said, OK, thank you so much, you are

probably right, I can't afford it. I walked out of the store. Why did she

do that? Today the shop owner told the BBC this wasn't racism, and

she's got a message for Oprah Winfrey. I would take you in my arms

and kiss you and apologise and tell you it really was a

misunderstanding. Please forgive me and give Switzerland the chance.

Oprah Winfrey is influential and very rich. The estimated personal

wealth is almost $3 million. Although her Daly talk show ended in

2011, her TV network earned her $77 million last year alone. She could

have bought the entire shop, not just the �25,000 bag she had her eye

on. But her story is already being dubbed handbag gate in the Swiss

media and it comes at a very awkward time. Immigration is a hot political

issue here. New rules are being introduced for asylum seekers, rules

human rights groups claim verge on apartheid. In this town close to zoo

Rick, asylum seekers are now banned from using the public swimming pool

and sports fields. Switzerland is a small country and has a tradition of

welcoming immigrants and refugees. But 25% of its 8 million people are

now foreign and discrimination is becoming a problem. The debate over

immigration and discrimination in Switzerland will continue.

Meanwhile, one embarrassed shop owner in Zurich is hoping Oprah

Winfrey might just pop by for a hug. Cricket, and England may have

retained the Ashes but Australia are not heading home without a fight.

They are on top of day one of the fourth test at Chester Lee Street,

after a fine performance with the ball. This is as far north as the

Ashes have ever travelled, but the best way to get to the cricket in

Durham is along side the River Wear. You might ponder the north-east's

hidden depths. A new stadium for this oldest of cricket contests. So

let's talk edges. Given not out, Australia reviewed Hot Spot. A speck

of light glimmering on the edge of the bat so Joe Root went. It was a

battle. 153 balls to get there for Alastair Cook. Kevin Pietersen

always place to dominate and sometimes it doesn't work. Just 26

for him. He just walked. Alastair Cook's mistake was glaring. LBW and

a first Ashes with good for Jackson Bird. Durham's big match was not

going as planned, unless you were Australian. Nathan Lyons spin

bowling may seem harmless but treat it without caution and you risk

this. Ian Bell on and Matt Prior followed. And LBW turned down by the

on field umpire, overruled on review. A virtual dismissal. England

in real trouble. Seven down when Bairstow departed LBW. The scoring

has basically stopped. But the wickets have continued to fall.

England now 230 349. England have retained the Ashes but over the

course of the last test and this one, it is Australia who are

starting to look like the better team. The weather was looking rather

Fairly similar to what we've had over the past few days. Dry and

sunny weather around. There is the threat of some showers. On Sunday in

particular, you will notice a bit of a cool breeze. Tonight it will be a

little on the chilly side. The showers from the date town have

cleared away. Clear skies, temperatures in rural areas down to

single digits. In the towns and cities we start the weekend around

11 to 15 degrees. Most of you starting on a dry and fairly sunny

note. A few showers will get going in Northern Ireland, Scotland and

northern England in particular. A couple into the south-west later

on. The showers will be fairly fleeting, most of us stick with dry

weather. A predominantly try and bright day with Lynne -- winds

more in the way of cloud with outbreaks of rain. Some of you will

be waking up to a few showers or some damp ground. A few more showers

around on Sunday, particularly through Scotland, Northern Ireland

and northern England. In the south-east, temperatures still

getting into the low 20s. The cool breeze further north limits the rise

somewhat. With it being a Friday, some of you tomorrow are heading off

towards the Mediterranean. The real heat can be found across Siberia