28/03/2016

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:00:00. > :00:07.Arrests in Pakistan after yesterday's bombing

:00:08. > :00:15.which killed more than 70 - many of them children.

:00:16. > :00:18.As the first funerals are held for the victims there are calls

:00:19. > :00:27.for better co-operation between security agencies.

:00:28. > :00:29.Many Christians and Muslims were gathered there.

:00:30. > :00:32.And when we came to know that the majority was Christian,

:00:33. > :00:34.even the Muslims all are human beings and really, we cried.

:00:35. > :00:38.What Katie did - flights cancelled, trees uprooted and houses damaged

:00:39. > :00:40.as a storm sweeps across southern Britain.

:00:41. > :00:42.The first pictures inside the historic town of Palmyra -

:00:43. > :00:44.hours after Syrian troops recapture it from the so-called

:00:45. > :00:49.And warnings of an education 'crisis' - as unions claim excessive

:00:50. > :00:52.workloads and inadequate pay will leave schools struggling

:00:53. > :01:17.Security forces in Pakistan say they've arrested a number of people

:01:18. > :01:20.and seized weapons in the hunt for those behind yesterday's bomb

:01:21. > :01:25.The death toll has risen to more than 70 -

:01:26. > :01:31.A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed

:01:32. > :01:33.responsibility - saying it was targeting the city's

:01:34. > :01:43.Our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil reports now from Lahore.

:01:44. > :01:45.Eerily quiet this morning, the park where dozens

:01:46. > :01:49.Families had come here to celebrate Easter,

:01:50. > :01:53.but instead, were caught up in carnage.

:01:54. > :02:01.A place where children came to play, now the site of a massacre.

:02:02. > :02:04.16-year-old Sharon had been at the park with his brother.

:02:05. > :02:15.His mother was too distressed to speak.

:02:16. > :02:17.All she could tell us was the last time she saw him,

:02:18. > :02:24.The body of 16-year-old Sharon has just been brought outside his family

:02:25. > :02:31.He's just one victim among the dozens killed in yesterday's

:02:32. > :02:33.blasts and many families across Lahore will be mourning

:02:34. > :02:41.Christians were the target of the bombing by a splinter group

:02:42. > :02:48.Christians and Muslims, men, women and children,

:02:49. > :02:55.When we came to know, our hearts broke.

:02:56. > :02:59.We could not handle ourselves because we knew it was Sunday,

:03:00. > :03:02.many Christians and Muslims would be gathered there.

:03:03. > :03:05.And when we came to know that the majority was Christian,

:03:06. > :03:10.even the Muslims, all are human beings, and really, we cried.

:03:11. > :03:13.Pakistan's Foreign Minister Nawaz Sharif visited survivors today.

:03:14. > :03:16.And vowed to hunt down those responsible.

:03:17. > :03:19.He admitted that Pakistan's different security agencies needed

:03:20. > :03:32.to be better coordinated in the fight against terrorism.

:03:33. > :03:37.This is another attempt by government and security forces to

:03:38. > :03:42.show strength in the face of a national tragedy. For families

:03:43. > :03:43.burying their dead today any security operation will be of little

:03:44. > :03:45.consolation. We can speak to Shaima

:03:46. > :03:53.Khalil in Lahore now. The Prime Minister called for swift

:03:54. > :03:56.action and there have been some arrests. There have been some

:03:57. > :04:00.arrests. The government has announced a special security

:04:01. > :04:06.operation across the Punjab province. As they put it, to go

:04:07. > :04:10.after and crack down on militants. The minute the announcement came out

:04:11. > :04:16.of quiz questions on scepticism arose because people are quite

:04:17. > :04:21.sceptical of how able the government and security forces are in keeping

:04:22. > :04:24.soft target safe especially that the group who carried out the attack

:04:25. > :04:27.have promised more attacks on schools, on universities and also

:04:28. > :04:36.said they will target the government and the army. In 2014 the Taliban

:04:37. > :04:40.carried out an attack in the shower against the Army public school in

:04:41. > :04:44.which 132 children were killed. After that the military stepped up

:04:45. > :04:49.their campaign against the militants and pushed them back near the tribal

:04:50. > :04:54.areas. But today and yesterday these militants were able to infiltrate

:04:55. > :04:58.and plan and carry out an attack at the heart of Lahore. So people will

:04:59. > :05:02.be sceptical at the government and security forces capability to come

:05:03. > :05:05.good at promise of controlling security.

:05:06. > :05:07.Storm Katie has battered large parts of Southern Britain -

:05:08. > :05:09.leaving flights cancelled, property damaged -

:05:10. > :05:11.and thousands of people without power.

:05:12. > :05:14.Gusts of up to 106mph were recorded - as more than 100,000 homes

:05:15. > :05:17.were left without power at the height of the winds,

:05:18. > :05:19.with thousands still awaiting reconnection tonight.

:05:20. > :05:21.The Environment Agency has also issued 27 flood warnings

:05:22. > :05:33.We can go now to Robert Hall who's in Woodley in Berkshire.

:05:34. > :05:40.Storm Katie swept through this part of the Thames Valley at about 7:30am

:05:41. > :05:43.this morning with enough strength to cause the collapse that you can see

:05:44. > :05:47.behind me. Effectively shutting down the Woodley shopping centre. It was

:05:48. > :05:50.a frightening few moments at the end of what had been a wild night.

:05:51. > :05:52.A rude awakening after the Easter weekend.

:05:53. > :05:55.Storm Katie may have arrived while most of us were asleep,

:05:56. > :05:59.but there was no missing its journey east.

:06:00. > :06:11.As the storm dismantled three stories of scaffolding. Some of

:06:12. > :06:15.these businesses will be closed for 12 days until scaffolding is

:06:16. > :06:19.repaired. We also have to make sure electricity lines or anything

:06:20. > :06:21.untoward, making sure all the residents are safe and well

:06:22. > :06:22.informed. In Gosport in Hampshire a series

:06:23. > :06:25.of storm force gusts tore the entire Suddenly we heard this tremendous

:06:26. > :06:31.crash and the whole building shook And that kind of got us out

:06:32. > :06:43.of bed quite quickly. The storm had tracked

:06:44. > :06:45.from Cornwall to the North Sea. Toppling trees, damaging buildings,

:06:46. > :06:49.bringing down power lines. At its peak the gale had enough

:06:50. > :06:52.force to twist this tower crane Along the south coast

:06:53. > :07:00.there were warnings of coastal flooding and ferry

:07:01. > :07:05.sailings were disrupted. More than 80 flights were cancelled

:07:06. > :07:07.at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, some fights that did attempt to make

:07:08. > :07:12.it in were forced to abort. An uncomfortable few minutes

:07:13. > :07:18.for travellers on the way home. Back in Gosport, the sun is shining

:07:19. > :07:22.but the clear up has some way to go. At these flats near the naval base,

:07:23. > :07:25.roofing installation and timbers had dropped three stories

:07:26. > :07:29.and crashed onto cars below. Storm Katie may have moved on,

:07:30. > :07:42.but there are lasting reminders Well all the locations with being

:07:43. > :07:46.too today, we have been impressed by the strength of the storm and the

:07:47. > :07:50.effect it had. Many people are thankful it did happen mostly during

:07:51. > :07:53.the hours of darkness. If there had been more people about with that

:07:54. > :07:54.amount of debris flying around, things could have been a lot more

:07:55. > :07:57.serious. Russia's President Putin has phoned

:07:58. > :07:59.Bashar al-Assad to congratulate him on the Syrian Army's recapture

:08:00. > :08:01.of Palmyra from so-called Islamic The army says it will now use

:08:02. > :08:06.the city as a strategic stronghold Palmyra is a World Heritage Site

:08:07. > :08:12.and there are hopes that IS may not have wreaked as much damage

:08:13. > :08:14.on its historic monuments Our World Affairs Correspondent

:08:15. > :08:27.Richard Galpin reports. Syrian troops relaxing

:08:28. > :08:29.in the streets of Palmyra town after what appears

:08:30. > :08:41.to have been a victory It took them just a few weeks

:08:42. > :08:44.to recapture the area which lies on a vital highway

:08:45. > :08:46.leading from Damascus They had significant support

:08:47. > :08:56.from the Russian air force. The militants took control in May

:08:57. > :09:00.last year and soon began a campaign of destruction. This photograph

:09:01. > :09:07.showing one of several ancient tombs in the area being blown up. This new

:09:08. > :09:11.video seems to show that the expected wholesale destruction of

:09:12. > :09:15.the UNESCO world Heritage site has not happened, to the relief of

:09:16. > :09:28.archaeologists everywhere, especially in Syria. When my son was

:09:29. > :09:33.born it was the most beautiful day in my life. The second most little

:09:34. > :09:44.day was when pub mirror was not destroyed. It was saved partly

:09:45. > :09:49.because the top architect refused to reveal the whereabouts of several

:09:50. > :09:57.valuable artefacts. He was later beheaded. The significance goes

:09:58. > :10:05.beyond the saving of the prized city. It is also a very significant

:10:06. > :10:11.strategic gain. It can be used as a base against jihadist forces. The

:10:12. > :10:19.Syrian army is even vowing to move against Raqqa. Viewed as the Islamic

:10:20. > :10:24.state's headquarters within Syria. The Russian air force would probably

:10:25. > :10:30.be behind all this. It has already been in action in recent months. The

:10:31. > :10:34.combination of air strikes and reenergised Syrian forces on the

:10:35. > :10:40.ground is putting President Assad and the Kremlin at the battle

:10:41. > :10:42.against Islamic State in this country. Western leaders are not

:10:43. > :10:46.come plain in. One of the largest teaching unions -

:10:47. > :10:49.the National Union of Teachers - says the profession is facing

:10:50. > :10:53.a recruitment crisis. Its annual conference in Brighton

:10:54. > :10:55.heard how excessive workloads and poor pay were driving teachers

:10:56. > :10:57.out of the classroom. The government says the vacancy rate

:10:58. > :11:01.in England has not got any worse - and it's spending millions

:11:02. > :11:03.to improve job opportunities Here's our Education

:11:04. > :11:09.Editor Branwen Jeffreys. Years after he left,

:11:10. > :11:13.Peter's back to school. He wants to be a teacher

:11:14. > :11:16.but can't train without GCSE maths. Then he can qualify and they can

:11:17. > :11:23.hire him as their drama teacher. Sitting with students who are 15,

:11:24. > :11:26.16, taking their GCSEs, So you've got to have a lot

:11:27. > :11:31.of belief in yourself and your subject to

:11:32. > :11:35.really want to do it. Recruiting teachers is a challenge

:11:36. > :11:39.in many parts of the UK. In wealthier bits of England,

:11:40. > :11:43.the cost of housing makes it harder. Here, in Oxford,

:11:44. > :11:44.the new business teacher It's no longer enough

:11:45. > :11:51.to put a job advertisement Last term, I was advertising

:11:52. > :11:56.because of promotions, English, geography, business

:11:57. > :11:59.studies, physics, and chemistry. And I got no responses

:12:00. > :12:03.to those five adverts. Since, we've managed to recruit

:12:04. > :12:08.but it's very difficult. Schools are getting busier

:12:09. > :12:11.because the number of pupils That's increasing the pressure

:12:12. > :12:18.to recruit more good teachers. But, already,

:12:19. > :12:21.there aren't enough going There are worries

:12:22. > :12:26.in Scotland, as well, where some teacher training places

:12:27. > :12:31.haven't been filled. And concerns raised

:12:32. > :12:33.across the border by their No teacher goes into

:12:34. > :12:37.teaching for the money. It certainly doesn't

:12:38. > :12:44.help keep you in So, with a starting salary

:12:45. > :13:00.of 22,000 a year, They make the complex understandable

:13:01. > :13:17.about 15-20% of gross salary They make the complex understandable

:13:18. > :13:21.and the mind-boggling at magical. In glossy adverts, teaching gets the

:13:22. > :13:27.hard sell. Big campaigns are underway in England and in Scotland.

:13:28. > :13:29.A shake-up of teacher training is promised in Wales. Ministers know

:13:30. > :13:33.that it is what happens here in the Three more people have been charged

:13:34. > :13:38.with terrorism offences after last was released today -

:13:39. > :13:40.with investigators saying there was not enough

:13:41. > :13:42.evidence to hold him. Police have released new CCTV

:13:43. > :13:46.pictures of the moments before As they're still trying to identify

:13:47. > :13:49.the man in the hat Our Europe correspondent

:13:50. > :14:03.Damian Grammaticas is in Brussels. Yes, those three charges were

:14:04. > :14:08.announced today by prosecutors. Those men were arrested in raids in

:14:09. > :14:14.and around Brussels. It has not been said whether they are tied directly

:14:15. > :14:21.to the attacks. The most significant development was the release of this

:14:22. > :14:34.man, the only figure in custody charged with terrorist murders.

:14:35. > :14:39.Police it was understood were trying to identify him as one of the

:14:40. > :14:44.attackers. That has not been possible. They are still looking for

:14:45. > :14:49.the man in the video who is still on the loose, it would appear. The

:14:50. > :14:56.health minister here has confirmed that four more people died in the

:14:57. > :15:00.attacks. For more people were injured and have since died in

:15:01. > :15:02.hospital, taking the death total now to 35.

:15:03. > :15:05.It's six months since almost 3,000 jobs were lost in Redcar

:15:06. > :15:10.with the closure of the SSI steelworks.

:15:11. > :15:12.Cheaper imports were blamed for its demise -

:15:13. > :15:14.bringing an end to more than a century of steel-making

:15:15. > :15:18.So how have the workers who lost their livelihoods fared since?

:15:19. > :15:23.Steel-making dominated this part of the world for over 150 years.

:15:24. > :15:26.If you had a job here, you had a job for life.

:15:27. > :15:34.There is Teesside steel in the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

:15:35. > :15:37.But last autumn the industry was hit by a drop in prices

:15:38. > :15:42.It meant that here in Redcar, where the site was mothballed once

:15:43. > :15:46.before, production of slab steel finally came to an end.

:15:47. > :15:53.Today some of those workers have rebuilt their lives.

:15:54. > :15:55.Six months ago I just thought my world had ended.

:15:56. > :16:00.We thought the rug had been pulled from under our feet.

:16:01. > :16:03.How can we afford this mortgage, how can we afford to keep things going?

:16:04. > :16:07.Now I have my own company cleaning carpets and doing upholstery.

:16:08. > :16:10.People are starting to use us and work is coming in,

:16:11. > :16:18.Now I work for a company that manufactures excavators.

:16:19. > :16:21.Six months ago it was terrible, applying for a seven or eight jobs

:16:22. > :16:24.a day, very rarely hear anything back after the applications

:16:25. > :16:29.But now I have got this job, I'm working with a really good bunch

:16:30. > :16:33.But what about the hundreds of others hit by SSI's closure?

:16:34. > :16:42.2915 people have lost their jobs from SSI and its supply chain.

:16:43. > :16:45.1212 are no longer claiming benefit because most

:16:46. > :16:53.And 724 jobs have been created or safeguarded.

:16:54. > :16:56.But one steel union is questioning those figures today.

:16:57. > :17:00.The Community Union says many former workers over the age of 50

:17:01. > :17:04.are using their pensions to support themselves,

:17:05. > :17:07.so they don't show up on the claimant count.

:17:08. > :17:10.People in Redcar are also unconvinced.

:17:11. > :17:13.They fear the town is still moving in the wrong direction.

:17:14. > :17:17.To me Redcar is just going down and down.

:17:18. > :17:19.They're saying all these people have found jobs,

:17:20. > :17:22.but the people we know at SSI haven't.

:17:23. > :17:28.We have been down, but we're going to go back up.

:17:29. > :17:31.While there is some optimism here on Teesside, other steel

:17:32. > :17:36.communities in the UK are bracing themselves for more job losses.

:17:37. > :17:39.They will be watching Redcar closely to see if a town built

:17:40. > :17:42.on steel-making can truly turn itself around.

:17:43. > :17:51.Now before we go - after blaming leaves on the line

:17:52. > :17:53.and the wrong kind of snow for previous delays -

:17:54. > :17:56.now comes the koala on the carriageway.

:17:57. > :17:59.The marsupial caused motorists to put on the brakes

:18:00. > :18:02.near Brisbane in Australia when it wandered into the road.

:18:03. > :18:05.A police officer made sure the animal made it to safety

:18:06. > :18:09.and it eventually took shelter in a tree.

:18:10. > :18:13.We're back with the late news at 10.40.

:18:14. > :18:17.Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.