:00:15. > :00:23.Scotland would have to give up some powers. A durable, successful
:00:24. > :00:26.currency union requires some ceding of national sovereignty. We will
:00:27. > :00:30.look at how both sides in the independence debate have reacted.
:00:31. > :00:34.Also tonight: The stars of Coronation Street turn up to defend
:00:35. > :00:41.actor William Roache. He's a perfect gentleman, one of them says. Red
:00:42. > :00:48.Arrows pilot, Sean Cunningham, died after his ejector seat misfired. The
:00:49. > :00:52.coralononer says the mechanism was "useless." Teaching under a tree in
:00:53. > :00:58.Pakistan. Why aren't there enough classrooms when Britain gives
:00:59. > :01:01.millions for education. Tonight, on BBC London. The Mayor explains why
:01:02. > :01:04.he thinks the Met should have water cannon. And, how tens of thousands
:01:05. > :01:23.of part-time workers could be helped by changes to travelcards.
:01:24. > :01:30.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. The Bank of England
:01:31. > :01:33.governor says an independent Scotland would have to give up some
:01:34. > :01:36.powers if it wanted to keep the pound. Mark Carney used a speech in
:01:37. > :01:41.Edinburgh to issue a warning about some of the challenges, citing the
:01:42. > :01:44.eurozone crisis as an example of what could happen if the proper
:01:45. > :01:48.arrangements are not in place first. Mr Carney said the bank would
:01:49. > :01:52.implement whatever decision politicians reached if voters in
:01:53. > :01:55.Scotland opted for independence. Here's our chief economic
:01:56. > :02:00.correspondent, Hugh Pym. This report does have some flash photography.
:02:01. > :02:04.Just another day for Scotland's voters, but this was a major
:02:05. > :02:07.landmark in the fast moving debate over whether Scotland should become
:02:08. > :02:14.an independent nation. At the heart of that debate is the economy. Into
:02:15. > :02:17.it stepped the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney. This
:02:18. > :02:21.morning, he met First Minister Alex Salmond, who said an independent
:02:22. > :02:26.Scotland would keep the pound. How would it work? Over to the governor.
:02:27. > :02:29.In a speech, he said a currency union between Scotland and the rest
:02:30. > :02:33.of the UK would need joint supervision of banks and a sharing
:02:34. > :02:38.of budget responsibilities and there were lessons from the eurozone. A
:02:39. > :02:43.durable, successful currency union requires some ceding of nation nal
:02:44. > :02:47.vereignty. It's likely that similar institutional arrangements will be
:02:48. > :02:51.necessary to support a monetary union between an independent
:02:52. > :02:56.Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom. Scotland would have to give
:02:57. > :03:00.up some sovereignty. He said late per a currency union was what
:03:01. > :03:06.governments wanted, he would make it work. The Bank of England, which is
:03:07. > :03:09.an im artial technocratic institution would implement whatever
:03:10. > :03:13.monetary arrangements were decided to the best of our ability. There is
:03:14. > :03:17.no doubting the significance of the governor's visit to the heart of
:03:18. > :03:22.Edinburgh's financial district to give his views on how a currency
:03:23. > :03:26.union might work and how banks might be regulated in an independent
:03:27. > :03:30.Scotland, including RBS which has its official headquarters right
:03:31. > :03:36.here. The Scottish Government said there had been constructive talks
:03:37. > :03:40.with Mr Carney. We had a splendid discussion we continued the
:03:41. > :03:44.technical discussions that the Bank of England has been having with the
:03:45. > :03:50.Scottish Government. Our proposals are soundly based on technical
:03:51. > :03:54.terms. The pro-union campaign said the governor had undermined the
:03:55. > :03:58.argument for leaving the UK. The nationalists say they want to get
:03:59. > :04:02.rid of that, at the same time, reenter a currency union where they
:04:03. > :04:06.will be told what to do in terms of tax and spending. That is a funny
:04:07. > :04:10.form of independence if you end up with a situation where a a country
:04:11. > :04:15.you have broken away from has the final say over what you can do.
:04:16. > :04:19.Scottish businesses like this barber have to plan ahead. It has branchs
:04:20. > :04:24.in Edinburgh and London and feels the uncertainty over the currency
:04:25. > :04:28.isn't helpful. For us it's important we can concentrate where our
:04:29. > :04:32.businesses is going and not worry about what is happening in either
:04:33. > :04:36.down at Holyrood or Westminster that might affect us. There will be a lot
:04:37. > :04:43.to negotiate if Scotland votes "yes", for that to happen, is in the
:04:44. > :04:48.hands of the voters. Well, Brian Taylor, our Scotland political
:04:49. > :04:51.editor, is at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Brian,
:04:52. > :04:55.listening to that report, both sides seems to suggest that the governor
:04:56. > :05:00.supports their arrangement in the debate. The governor was stressing
:05:01. > :05:06.he would work with whatever rises he was given a technocratic argument,
:05:07. > :05:13.because of that both can find some meat in the speech. They say they
:05:14. > :05:16.were ready for it with ideas, for example, on a common agreement, a
:05:17. > :05:19.fiscal pact, they call it, to control debt, to control spending
:05:20. > :05:24.and agree that between Edinburgh and London. It was intriguing that the
:05:25. > :05:28.governor was at pains to stress that the best currency unions were those
:05:29. > :05:36.that had strong control of tax and spending at the core and also
:05:37. > :05:41.efficient banking union. He described the current banking unions
:05:42. > :05:45.as working well. He contrasted it with the eurozone. It led the
:05:46. > :05:48.critics of independence to say there will be upheaval of independence
:05:49. > :05:53.without perhaps a measurable gain in freedom for Scotland and with risks.
:05:54. > :05:57.As for the governor of the Bank of England Bank of England he stresses
:05:58. > :06:00.the technical discussions will go on between the Scottish Government and
:06:01. > :06:03.the bank and that they will deal with whatever rise, whatever the
:06:04. > :06:08.politicians and the people decide. Brian, thank you very much. Some of
:06:09. > :06:12.the stars of Coronation Street appeared at Preston court today as
:06:13. > :06:20.defence witnesses for their fellow actor, William Roache, who plays Ken
:06:21. > :06:29.Barlow. Anne Kirkbride, who plays his onscreen wife, Deirdre described
:06:30. > :06:35.him as being "always a perfect gentleman." Mr Roache, who is
:06:36. > :06:42.accused of rape and indecent assault denies all the charges. Judith
:06:43. > :06:45.Moritz reports. They came to support their co-star William Roache, who is
:06:46. > :06:49.on trial charged with two counts of rape and four of indecent assault.
:06:50. > :06:58.He arrived, as he has every day, flanked by his family. I'll come to.
:06:59. > :07:04.Did you say 1.00pm. Anne Kirkbride has been in Coronation Street since
:07:05. > :07:06.1972. She plays William Roache's screen wife, Deirdre Barlow. Today
:07:07. > :07:10.she stood in the witness box and said that if she could choose one
:07:11. > :07:15.word to describe the actor it would be "lovely." She was asked, "you're
:07:16. > :07:21.contact with him, in terms of a man and woman together, how did he
:07:22. > :07:30.behave? ?" Impeccably, perfectly, he was always a perfect gentleman."
:07:31. > :07:34.William Roache's onscreen son is Peter Barlow played by Chris
:07:35. > :07:39.Gascoyne. He was asked how the rest of the cast saw the 81-year-old
:07:40. > :07:43.actor. He said, "Bill sets the pris dent for everybody. He is decent to
:07:44. > :07:56.everybody, kind to everybody and not a star." Is Helen Worth has played
:07:57. > :08:00.ail for 4 o years. He was asked about his status. We looked up to
:08:01. > :08:06.him. He was a father figure, an elder statesman. The court room was
:08:07. > :08:12.packed as members of Coronation Street came to give their evidence.
:08:13. > :08:16.Sitting in the dock William Roache seemed pleased to see them. William
:08:17. > :08:21.Roache denies twos counts of rape and four of indecent assault. His
:08:22. > :08:26.trial continues. Judith Moritz, BBC News, Preston. Hundreds of the most
:08:27. > :08:29.vulnerable Syrian refugees are to be allowed to settle in the UK
:08:30. > :08:33.temporarily, the Government has decided. This comes after criticism
:08:34. > :08:36.from MPses of all parties who were disappointed when the Government
:08:37. > :08:41.failed to join a UN-led scheme to help Syrians. At least
:08:42. > :08:44.six-and-a-half million Syrians are homeless inside the country. There
:08:45. > :08:48.are nearly two-and-a-half million registered refugees outside the
:08:49. > :08:52.country, but officials believe many more are living, undocumented, in
:08:53. > :08:56.communities throughout the region. Our deputy political editor, James
:08:57. > :09:02.Landale, reports on the announcement and the reaction of Syrians already
:09:03. > :09:06.living in Britain. This is the price of civil war. Millions of Syrians
:09:07. > :09:11.fleeing to neighbouring countries in search of safety. While many have
:09:12. > :09:15.received shelter, food and water, paid for by Britain, hundreds of the
:09:16. > :09:19.most vulnerable will now also be able to seek refuge in Britain too.
:09:20. > :09:23.The programme will focus on individual cases where evacuation
:09:24. > :09:28.from the region is the only option. In particular, we will prioritise
:09:29. > :09:33.help for survivors of torture and violence and women and children at
:09:34. > :09:37.risk or in need of medical care. Britain has committed ?600 million
:09:38. > :09:42.to help refugees in the region, more than any other country, except the
:09:43. > :09:47.United States. It will work with the UN to identify several hundred of
:09:48. > :09:55.the most traumatised refugees who will get temporary Visas. Germany
:09:56. > :10:00.will take in 10,000 more and pledged ?300 million in aid. France has
:10:01. > :10:05.committed ?75 million to help those on the ground. Theresa May acted in
:10:06. > :10:15.part because of pressure from the Lib Dems and Labour. The Labour said
:10:16. > :10:20.it was glad the Government was doing something. We can come together with
:10:21. > :10:25.cross-party support for helping the most vulnerable Syrian refugees too.
:10:26. > :10:29.Compassion and common sense has rerailed over the Government's
:10:30. > :10:34.resistance last week. I met up with Syrians in London who said they
:10:35. > :10:37.welcome the refugee announcement but... If the international
:10:38. > :10:43.community don't take action now, I mean they will face millions of
:10:44. > :10:47.refugees. It's better than nothing. But it is not enough. They should
:10:48. > :10:53.support the people in Syria. The we can do is hope these actual promises
:10:54. > :10:56.get implemented. The Government still believes it can do most
:10:57. > :11:00.goodbye helping refugees on the ground. Ministers felt they were
:11:01. > :11:04.getting on the wrong side of an argument, this he have acted. That
:11:05. > :11:07.doesn't mean there are aren't some concerns in Whitehall and
:11:08. > :11:11.Westminster about the potential impact on migration numbers. We
:11:12. > :11:16.should limit this to hundreds and not thousands. Secondly, I wonder if
:11:17. > :11:20.she would agree with me that we, as a Christian country, should be
:11:21. > :11:25.prioritising those Christians beings persecuted in Syria? Some Syrian
:11:26. > :11:31.refugees will come to Britain. But only some. Most will stay exactly
:11:32. > :11:36.where they are. James Landale, BBC News, Westminster. The jury in the
:11:37. > :11:41.Dave Lee Travis trial has been shown a video of the former Radio One DJ
:11:42. > :11:44.visiting a hospital where he's alleged to have indecently assaulted
:11:45. > :11:48.a woman. In the video, he's seen with his wife and a group of other
:11:49. > :11:53.people during the visit to Hertford County Hospital in 1973. The DJ
:11:54. > :11:57.claimed it proved he'd never been alone with the alleged victim. He
:11:58. > :12:06.denies 13 counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault. An
:12:07. > :12:09.inquest into the death of a Red Arrows pilot, who was killed after
:12:10. > :12:13.being ejected from a stationary plane, has criticised the RAF and
:12:14. > :12:16.the company that made the ejector seat. Flight Lieutenant Sean
:12:17. > :12:21.Cunningham, who was 35, was propelled several hundred feet into
:12:22. > :12:25.the air at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire in November 2011. Danny
:12:26. > :12:28.Savage reports. In Lincolnshire today the Red Arrows were training
:12:29. > :12:32.as usual. The team are now said to be stronger, safer and better. It
:12:33. > :12:37.took the death of one of their own to get to this point. Sean
:12:38. > :12:41.Cunningham died because he was failed by the RAF, the Ministry of
:12:42. > :12:46.Defence and the company which made the ejector seat in his plane. It
:12:47. > :12:51.has left his family bereft. We welcome the conclusion of the
:12:52. > :13:04.coroner, which confirmed what we knew all along, which is that Sean
:13:05. > :13:09.was blameless and his tragic death, excuse me, was preventible. The
:13:10. > :13:13.34-year-old, who had flown combat missions in Iraq, was ejected from
:13:14. > :13:17.his aircraft as he prepared for takeoff. This is a similar seat. The
:13:18. > :13:22.coroner said a succession of personnel had missed 19chances to
:13:23. > :13:26.spot that the firing handle was in an unsafe position. When Sean
:13:27. > :13:31.Cunningham touched it, the seat went off. Even being ejected
:13:32. > :13:37.unintentionally from his Red Arrows jet shouldn't have resulted in his
:13:38. > :13:41.death. Cunningham died because of multiple injuries he received as he
:13:42. > :13:45.crashed back into the ground with horrendous force. That was because
:13:46. > :13:50.the parachute, built into his ejection seat, failed to open. The
:13:51. > :13:58.seat is made by a company called Martin-Baker. They'd known for 20
:13:59. > :14:01.years that a single nut and bolt could cause problems with the
:14:02. > :14:06.parachute, but didn't tell the Ralph. In light of this incident.
:14:07. > :14:09.Lessons have been learnt we have taken steps to alert all our
:14:10. > :14:14.customers worldwide who still use this type of seat. Such a warning is
:14:15. > :14:18.far too late for what happened here. The coroner accused the company, who
:14:19. > :14:22.make the seats for these jets, of a very serious failure of
:14:23. > :14:25.communication. Not sending information that could have
:14:26. > :14:34.prevented the death of one of these world-famous pilots. Danny Savage,
:14:35. > :14:39.BBC News, Lincoln. The time is almost a quarter past six. Our top
:14:40. > :14:42.story this evening. The governor of the Bank of England intervenes in
:14:43. > :14:48.the debate on Scottish independence. Still to come: at last, an England
:14:49. > :14:55.team celebrating their Ashes success Down Under. Later on BBC London.
:14:56. > :14:59.City Hall's war of words with the Government over plans to make
:15:00. > :15:03.lorries safer for cyclists. And, a pint of Essex best asses Prince
:15:04. > :15:15.Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall raise a glass to the locals.
:15:16. > :15:22.On the news at six we have often reported on classroom challenges in
:15:23. > :15:28.the UK, but that is nothing compared to what some children around the
:15:29. > :15:32.world face. The UN calls it a global education crisis. It says a quarter
:15:33. > :15:37.of a billion children do not have basic skills in new Morrissey or
:15:38. > :15:41.literacy. In Pakistan less than half the children can do maths or read,
:15:42. > :15:47.despite millions of pounds of British aid for schools. As Aleem
:15:48. > :15:50.Maqbool reports from Sindh province, some of those schools do not even
:15:51. > :15:56.exist. Coming to the end of a hard day's
:15:57. > :16:03.work. Devo should be at primary school. Instead he and his friends
:16:04. > :16:12.have been up since dawn, harvesting sugar cane and carrying it to store.
:16:13. > :16:17.Devo is not sure exactly how old he is and from what he told us he
:16:18. > :16:24.barely understands the concept of what a school is. He is not the only
:16:25. > :16:28.one. It appeared that farming around here was being done entirely by
:16:29. > :16:33.young children. Everyone of them we spoke to said they knew no one who
:16:34. > :16:39.was getting an education. Rashid at least knew what a school was. It is
:16:40. > :16:56.my dream to go to school, he said, but since there is not one in this
:16:57. > :16:58.area I will never be able to. In a province which has been given huge
:16:59. > :17:01.sums of foreign aid for education, including tens of millions of pounds
:17:02. > :17:03.from the British Government, why are so many children missing out from
:17:04. > :17:05.schooling? This is the Government Girls Primary School, or at least it
:17:06. > :17:11.would be if it was not for corruption. This is what is known
:17:12. > :17:14.around here as a ghost school. Someone somewhere is getting
:17:15. > :17:18.government funds for teachers and facilities, but it is not being
:17:19. > :17:25.spent here and no children are benefiting. This is just one such
:17:26. > :17:30.post-school among 22 in this area alone, one which unsurprisingly has
:17:31. > :17:39.one of the lowest literacy rates in all of Pakistan. I know there are
:17:40. > :17:44.certain lapses on the part of the officials, certain lapses on the
:17:45. > :17:50.part of the teachers. The monitoring has to be improved. But many donors
:17:51. > :17:55.like the UK's Department for International Development do now
:17:56. > :18:01.fund projects directly. It is clear many Pakistanis have had enough of
:18:02. > :18:07.their politicians' promises. Gul Mohammed, a teacher, set up class
:18:08. > :18:10.under a tree offering free lessons. He has decided the only way to avoid
:18:11. > :18:19.corruption is to do things in entirely by himself. But there are
:18:20. > :18:22.not nearly enough people like him to help the millions of Pakistani
:18:23. > :18:30.children who are currently being denied their futures. Aleem Maqbool,
:18:31. > :18:34.BBC News in Sindh province. In the phone hacking trial a former
:18:35. > :18:38.News of the World journalist has denied making false allegations
:18:39. > :18:43.about the involvement of his former editor Andy Coulson. Dan Evans, who
:18:44. > :18:49.has pleaded guilty to hacking voice mails, was being cross examined by
:18:50. > :18:54.Mr Coulton's barrister at the Old Bailey. Mr Coulson and six other
:18:55. > :18:59.defendants deny all the charges against them. This report contains
:19:00. > :19:04.flash photography. The major police investigation that led to this trial
:19:05. > :19:08.began in 2011, police raiding the homes of News International staff,
:19:09. > :19:11.looking for evidence of phone hacking.
:19:12. > :19:18.One of those arrested was reported Dan Evans, recruited he said to have
:19:19. > :19:22.telephones, which left him carrying around an enormous secret, that he
:19:23. > :19:27.was delving illegally into the lives of people who did not deserve it.
:19:28. > :19:31.News International has admitted phone hacking, but was it done
:19:32. > :19:38.secretly? Did Andy Coulson the editor know it was going on? Dan
:19:39. > :19:43.Evans told the jury he tried to hide his activities. He said it was an
:19:44. > :19:48.illegal activity. I did not necessarily want it to be an open
:19:49. > :19:59.secret, but that is the way it became. A newspaper is a leaky
:20:00. > :20:02.place. Timothy Langdale on behalf of Andy Coulson questioned him closely.
:20:03. > :20:05.Why hide what he was doing if it was an open secret? The reporter said he
:20:06. > :20:10.was embarrassed, conscious that what he was doing was wrong. But at one
:20:11. > :20:16.point Dan Evans said Andy Coulson absolutely knows exactly what went
:20:17. > :20:21.on on his watch. In fact, he said, the office cat knew. He said hacking
:20:22. > :20:26.was discussed at the daily editorial conferences. Evans admitted he did
:20:27. > :20:32.not attend these, but had been told by a colleague after he had been to
:20:33. > :20:37.one. Timothy Langdale said, you are prone to making sweeping assertion
:20:38. > :20:42.is not based on fact. Evans replied, that is not correct, though I
:20:43. > :20:46.understand why you want people to believe that. Dan Evans pleaded
:20:47. > :20:51.guilty to four offences including phone hacking and offered to help
:20:52. > :20:56.police in the hope of a reduced sentence. Andy Coulson has always
:20:57. > :21:01.denied the charges. It is expected the defence portion of the trial
:21:02. > :21:05.will begin next week. The government's emergency committee
:21:06. > :21:10.Cobra have been at a meeting to discuss the flooding crisis. David
:21:11. > :21:15.Cameron called the situation unacceptable earlier today and said
:21:16. > :21:19.rapid action is required. He has promised the rivers in Somerset will
:21:20. > :21:24.be dredged when the current high level of water drops. An area of
:21:25. > :21:29.about 40 square miles has been flooded since the storms began at
:21:30. > :21:34.Christmas. Meanwhile, a helicopter has been ferrying in tonnes of stone
:21:35. > :21:40.to plug a hole in a storm damaged coast in Gwynedd. Around 1000 acres
:21:41. > :21:44.of farmland is flooded twice a day after the sea defences were breached
:21:45. > :21:51.at the New Year. The banks are being dropped to create a temporary dam
:21:52. > :21:55.before fears of a possible new storm surge this weekend.
:21:56. > :21:59.At last England has some cricket news to celebrate. The women's team
:22:00. > :22:04.have retained the Ashes by winning their latest match down under and
:22:05. > :22:09.giving them an unbeatable lead in the series. From Hobart Katy Gornall
:22:10. > :22:15.reports. Sun, sand and cricket. The setting
:22:16. > :22:20.could not be more Australian, but in Hobart it was England's women
:22:21. > :22:24.looking to bring the Ashes home. With two wins in the last two
:22:25. > :22:32.matches, the momentum was with Australia. England needed a good
:22:33. > :22:36.start to settle the nerves. One winner soon became too. But
:22:37. > :22:42.Australia are the world champions in this format and when Aussie grid was
:22:43. > :22:47.needed, up stepped their captain Meg Lanning. Next it was England's turn
:22:48. > :22:53.to flex their muscle. They got off to a flying start, only interrupted
:22:54. > :22:57.by some acrobatics of Australia's own. England have already let two
:22:58. > :23:04.opportunities to clinch the series slip through their grasp and
:23:05. > :23:12.Charlotte Edwards could not wait any longer. With Sarah Taylor beside the
:23:13. > :23:17.she smashed an unbeaten 132. England made it look easy thanks to
:23:18. > :23:20.Charlotte Edwards whose defiant innings saw England hauled
:23:21. > :23:25.themselves over the line with two games left to play. To hit the
:23:26. > :23:30.winning runs and to lead the team out here is a special feeling for me
:23:31. > :23:36.as an individual, but most importantly for the players who have
:23:37. > :23:40.worked so hard. Now English cricket can finally celebrate and Ashes win
:23:41. > :23:44.down under. I wish we had some of those skies.
:23:45. > :23:49.It is time for a look at the weather.
:23:50. > :23:57.There was some sunshine on the Isle of sky and it was three degrees in
:23:58. > :24:01.Hampstead in London. The easterly wind came in today and it brought
:24:02. > :24:08.the chill. Tonight will be colder than it was last night and it will
:24:09. > :24:14.not be dry. It was a dismal day across the South East and there will
:24:15. > :24:18.be more rain in the and Wales. For the North might be some icy patches
:24:19. > :24:23.and a touch of frost with wintry showers coming into eastern parts of
:24:24. > :24:29.Scotland. Temperatures will not change a lot in the South East. The
:24:30. > :24:34.rain will continue on and off tomorrow. In East Anglia it turns
:24:35. > :24:39.wetter in the afternoon and also in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The best
:24:40. > :24:44.of the sunshine will be in western Scotland, but it will feel colder.
:24:45. > :24:49.Wintry showers in the East of Scotland where we have a number of
:24:50. > :24:54.flood warnings in Tayside in particular. It turns wetter across
:24:55. > :25:02.Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and it is a dismal, gloomy day. It will be a
:25:03. > :25:08.bit drier across Wales and in the South West. But it changes at the
:25:09. > :25:13.end of the week. Another big area of low pressure is dragging in more
:25:14. > :25:20.rain and wind. More gales on the western coast. There will be snow in
:25:21. > :25:24.the hills of Scotland and briefly over the Pennines as well. The
:25:25. > :25:30.temperatures will be on the rise. The rain will have the biggest
:25:31. > :25:36.impact. An inch or possibly more. The weekend will be more of a windy
:25:37. > :25:40.one, particularly on Saturday. There is a risk of coastal flooding in
:25:41. > :25:45.Wales and the South West with some high tides. All the warnings are
:25:46. > :25:51.online. A reminder of our main story: The
:25:52. > :25:59.Bank of England Governor gives his views on sharing the pound with an
:26:00. > :26:00.independent Scotland. That is all from the News at six, so it is