:00:00. > :00:07.Doctors treating Michael Schumacher say he's fighting for his life
:00:08. > :00:13.following his ski-ing accident in France. The most successful driver
:00:14. > :00:18.in Formula )ne history is in a medically induced coma after brain
:00:19. > :00:31.surgery. Doctors say they're taking an hour-by-hour approach.
:00:32. > :00:37.TRANSLATION: He is in a critical condition and we cannot predict the
:00:38. > :00:41.future for Michael Schumacher. They also added that without wearing a
:00:42. > :00:43.helmet he wouldn't be alive now. Also in tonight's programme: A
:00:44. > :00:47.second suicide bombing in Russia in as many days - 31 people have now
:00:48. > :00:49.lost their lives. And the deadline approaches - crucial talks on the
:00:50. > :01:11.political future of Northern Ireland are going down to the wire.
:01:12. > :01:15.Good evening. Michael Schumacher - the most successful driver in
:01:16. > :01:18.Formula One history - remains critically ill tonight after
:01:19. > :01:21.suffering severe brain injuries when he fell and hit his head while
:01:22. > :01:24.skiing in the French Alps. Doctors said he's had an emergency operation
:01:25. > :01:27.to relieve pressure on the brain and is now in a medically induced coma.
:01:28. > :01:39.His family are at his hospital bedside. Our Sports Editor David
:01:40. > :01:43.Bond reports. During two decades at the summit of Formula One, Michael
:01:44. > :01:48.Schumacher earned the reputation as a fearless fighter. Tonight,
:01:49. > :01:56.following a skiing accident in France, he is facing the biggest
:01:57. > :02:00.battle of his life. Medics treating him in hospital said they were
:02:01. > :02:06.taking things hour-by-hour. But the initial reports have left many
:02:07. > :02:10.fearing the worst. TRANSLATION: He is in a critical condition and we
:02:11. > :02:15.can say that he is fighting for his life. We cannot tell you what the
:02:16. > :02:20.outcome can be yet. We are working hour-by-hour, but it is too early to
:02:21. > :02:25.say what is going to happen. Michael Schumacher was skiing with his son
:02:26. > :02:29.in Meribel when the accident happened just after 11 local time.
:02:30. > :02:36.He was taken by helicopter to hospital in Moutiers, before being
:02:37. > :02:40.admitted to the larger University Hospital in Grenoble. It was here
:02:41. > :02:45.that he underwent immediate surgery to relieve pressure on his brain.
:02:46. > :02:57.With fears growing, leading figures from Formula One united in sending
:02:58. > :03:11.Schumacher messages of support. Jenson Button
:03:12. > :03:24.For the best part of a decade, Michael Schumacher Dom named Formula
:03:25. > :03:28.One. -- dominated Formula One. Today the man who comment tapted on so
:03:29. > :03:33.many -- comment tapted on many of his triumphs said his fans shouldn't
:03:34. > :03:37.give up hope. Well, he is tremendously determined and fought
:03:38. > :03:42.his way to the top of his profession from humble beginnings and
:03:43. > :03:47.significantly and I hope encouragingly, he is a fighter.
:03:48. > :03:51.Michael Schumacher's achievements in Formula One mark him out as one of
:03:52. > :03:57.modern sport's greatest figures. Tonight all his family, friends and
:03:58. > :04:03.fans can do is wait and hope that he can come through the biggest fight
:04:04. > :04:07.he has ever faced. Michael Schumacher's medical team say he
:04:08. > :04:10.would not be alive now if he had not been wearing a helmet. They added
:04:11. > :04:13.that the driver's relative youth and the fact that he was operated on
:04:14. > :04:17.without delay do count in his favour. But added all they can do
:04:18. > :04:26.now is wait. Our Science Editor David Shukman assesses the type of
:04:27. > :04:30.injury he sustained. Packed inside the skull, the the brain is delicate
:04:31. > :04:34.and injuries cannot just been difficult to diagnose, but hard to
:04:35. > :04:42.treat. It is a challenge trying to understand which areas have been
:04:43. > :04:48.damaged and how badly. The surgeons in France say there is a lot they
:04:49. > :04:58.don't know about his condition and they're keeping him in a coma.
:04:59. > :05:04.TRANSLATION: This is an important point, he was overwhelmed and showed
:05:05. > :05:09.spontaneous movements of his limbs, but was not in a normal state.
:05:10. > :05:17.Injuries to the brain are worrying, because they're unpredictable. The
:05:18. > :05:20.brain is like a soft jelly inside the skull. Michael Schumacher was
:05:21. > :05:26.hit on the right side of the head. Surgeons say it caused internal
:05:27. > :05:30.bleeding within the brain. There are also contusions, or bruising of the
:05:31. > :05:34.delicate tissue, adding to pressure inside the skull which can cause
:05:35. > :05:38.further damage. The first step was an operation to relieve the
:05:39. > :05:45.pressure. Beyond that, no one can be sure how things will go. Patients
:05:46. > :05:50.who have been victims of major trauma can take weeks to months
:05:51. > :05:54.sometimes years of rehabilitation to try and regain function and to
:05:55. > :06:01.regain some normal life. It is almost impossible to say. Nearly
:06:02. > :06:07.five years ago at this resort in Canada the actress Natasha
:06:08. > :06:13.Richardson hit her Ed head and -- hit her head and at first said she
:06:14. > :06:19.was all right. But she died. The damage to her brain was worse than
:06:20. > :06:25.thought. With the ski season at its height, this will reinforce the
:06:26. > :06:29.campaign for skiers to wear safety helmets. Michael Schumacher was
:06:30. > :06:36.wearing one and the surgeons say without it he would be dead already.
:06:37. > :06:41.Let's go live now to the hospital in France and our correspondent there,
:06:42. > :06:47.Imogen Foulkes. Michael Schumacher remains here at the University
:06:48. > :06:51.Hospital in Grenoble. He is still in that induced coma and his condition
:06:52. > :06:57.is serious. The doctors have confirmed he suffered severe head
:06:58. > :07:02.injury and they're maintaining him in that coma to make sure that the
:07:03. > :07:08.swelling of the brain for which he was operated on yesterday does not
:07:09. > :07:12.reoccur. So the next hours, days possibly, will be crucial. But there
:07:13. > :07:19.are precedents for people recovering from this type of injury. Some of
:07:20. > :07:23.your viewers who watch skiing that one Swiss star suffered something
:07:24. > :07:29.similar four years ago. He too was operated on and he too was in an
:07:30. > :07:34.induced coma and he has recovered and he is back skiing. All the
:07:35. > :07:38.people and some are fans of Michael Schumacher, gathered here outside
:07:39. > :07:45.the hospital, they will be hoping that the prognosis for him is
:07:46. > :07:49.similar. But it is too early to say. Thank you. 14 people have been
:07:50. > :07:51.killed after an explosion on a bus during this morning's rush hour in
:07:52. > :07:54.the southern Russian city of Volgograd. It's the second suicide
:07:55. > :07:58.bomb attack there in two days and takes the number of dead to 31. A
:07:59. > :08:02.state of emergency's been declared there ahead of the start of the
:08:03. > :08:06.Winter Olympics in Sochi. The attacks have been condemned by the
:08:07. > :08:10.United States. Our Moscow Correspondent Daniel Sandford
:08:11. > :08:15.reports. The burnt, twisted bomb-shattered remains of a rush
:08:16. > :08:18.hour bus in Volgograd. Many of the passengers died almost instantly,
:08:19. > :08:23.when a suicide bomber blew himself up as the people around him headed
:08:24. > :08:36.to work. A state of emergency has been declared in the city after what
:08:37. > :08:42.was the second bombing in two days. TRANSLATION: Today for all of us in
:08:43. > :08:45.Volgograd and all Russians, this is a serious test - the second
:08:46. > :08:47.terrorism act in 24 hours. We have dead people and we have injured
:08:48. > :08:53.people and if necessary the seriously injured people will be
:08:54. > :08:56.flown to hospital in Moscow. Yesterday, at least one other
:08:57. > :09:03.suicide bomber attacked the city's main railway station, killing 17
:09:04. > :09:05.people. The explosions are most likely linked to the Islamist
:09:06. > :09:09.insurgent against Russian rule in the near by Caucasus republics and
:09:10. > :09:16.timed to coincide with the build up to February's Winter Olympics. Two
:09:17. > :09:23.suicide bombs in two days mean that the Kremlin now has a problem.
:09:24. > :09:26.President Putin is going to have to move fast to reassure the Russian
:09:27. > :09:29.public that he can keep them safe and to reassure the international
:09:30. > :09:36.community that he can secure the Sochi Winter Olympics, which begin
:09:37. > :09:39.in less than six weeks time. President Putin has insisted that
:09:40. > :09:42.the Winter Olympics will be safe and today the international Olympic
:09:43. > :09:58.committee said it has no doubt that the Russian authorities will be up
:09:59. > :10:02.to the task. But for the Islamists who are probably responsible for the
:10:03. > :10:14.bombs, the Olympics were a perfect platform to use violence to
:10:15. > :10:17.undermine the Russian government and president Putin. And Daniel is live
:10:18. > :10:21.in Moscow for us now. Daniel, what can President Putin actually do to
:10:22. > :10:27.stop such attacks? Well he has not been seen in public since the bombs
:10:28. > :10:30.started, other than on television in meetings with advisors. And there
:10:31. > :10:36.isn't a great deal they can do, other than what they are doing now,
:10:37. > :10:40.which is so secure Sochi as much as possible and make it a hard target
:10:41. > :10:45.and encourage the investigators to get on with their investigation as
:10:46. > :10:55.fast as they can. The seeds of this were sewed a long time ago when the
:10:56. > :11:01.Russian Government rather than negotiating in the Caucasus. Then
:11:02. > :11:07.president Putin bid for the Winter Olympics and won, although many
:11:08. > :11:14.people warned Sochi wasn't the safest place to stage the Olympics
:11:15. > :11:18.and here we are with less than six weeks to go and everyone hoping the
:11:19. > :11:27.plan to secure Sochi works and that the bombers either run out of
:11:28. > :11:30.explosives or man power, or luck. Thank you. The political parties in
:11:31. > :11:33.Northern Ireland are meeting in a final attempt to reach agreement on
:11:34. > :11:37.issues left outstanding from the peace process. Talks, chaired by the
:11:38. > :11:41.former US diplomat, Richard Haass, have been going on since July. The
:11:42. > :11:45.main issues have been the flying of contentious flags, a code of conduct
:11:46. > :11:47.for parades on both sides, plus a mechanism for dealing with the
:11:48. > :11:57.Troubles. From Belfast, Andy Martin reports. Dr Haass is preparing to
:11:58. > :12:02.deliver good news, but after months the deal he had hoped to deliver is
:12:03. > :12:08.still not sealed. As politicians arrived at the talks today, there
:12:09. > :12:15.were prayers for a break through. Compromise is the key. Let's get the
:12:16. > :12:19.job finished and get the society built and get jobs and tourism here
:12:20. > :12:23.and lift Northern Ireland up in the world. Dr Haass is adamant that he
:12:24. > :12:30.will return to America tomorrow, whether or not a deal is struck. His
:12:31. > :12:35.task has been tall to develop mechanisms to prevent scenes like
:12:36. > :12:39.this. Riots often caused by disagreements between loyalists and
:12:40. > :12:47.Republicans about what flags can fly where and when. What parades can
:12:48. > :12:53.take place in what areas. And how to deal with thousands of unsolved
:12:54. > :12:58.murders from 30 years of conflict. These issues will not go away. So
:12:59. > :13:03.now is the time to deal with it. We have created an opportunity in
:13:04. > :13:08.inviting the team here and let's hope we can do it today. And I'm
:13:09. > :13:15.fairly confident that we should be able to do that. Unionists too are
:13:16. > :13:20.surprisingly upbeat. Are you optimistic Yes. Will you do it
:13:21. > :13:25.today? Is no don't see why not. Among the proposals is the creation
:13:26. > :13:29.of two new commissions. One to re-examine murders from the troubles
:13:30. > :13:33.and the second to establish the truth and anyone giving information
:13:34. > :13:38.to it would receive immunity from having the information they give
:13:39. > :13:43.used against them. If a deal is struck tonight it will be a tough
:13:44. > :13:46.job to sell it to those on the streets. It is too early for the
:13:47. > :13:54.team to celebrate, but for the first time in this process, the glass
:13:55. > :13:56.appears to be half full. Homes have been evacuated and roads closed
:13:57. > :14:07.after heavy rain caused flooding across parts of Scotland. In
:14:08. > :14:11.Dumfries and Galloway, around 40 homes were evacuated in the village
:14:12. > :14:14.of Kirkconnel. East Ayrshire was also badly affected, with 14 people
:14:15. > :14:17.rescued from properties in New Cumnock. The heavy rain also led to
:14:18. > :14:21.some disruption on the rail network. More than 30 flood warnings are
:14:22. > :14:23.currently in place across Scotland. 90 senior Conservative activists are
:14:24. > :14:26.urging David Cameron not to lift border controls on Romanian and
:14:27. > :14:31.Bulgarian migrants on the 1st of January. They've written to the
:14:32. > :14:33.Prime Minister pressing him to use a clause in EU law - allowing
:14:34. > :14:36.countries to continue with border controls if they have serious labour
:14:37. > :14:39.market disturbances. Let's explore this further with our Political
:14:40. > :14:41.Correspondent Vicki Young is in Downing Street. Vicky - this could
:14:42. > :14:52.extend restrictions until 2018 - but is it likely to happen? No, in a
:14:53. > :14:56.short answer, it is not not. This letter says the current situation is
:14:57. > :15:02.unfair and could lead to social unrest. They say there is the clause
:15:03. > :15:06.in the EU law which can be used in an emergency. Brussels have
:15:07. > :15:14.contradicted that, but it is a sign of how much pressure Tory activists
:15:15. > :15:18.feel from the UKIP party and they have elections in May. As for
:15:19. > :15:22.Conservative ministers, they say they have to act within the law and
:15:23. > :15:26.they have done everything they can and they point to new restrictions
:15:27. > :15:30.on the kind of benefits that immigrants can claim. In the longer
:15:31. > :15:34.term, David Cameron does want to bring in more sweeping changes to
:15:35. > :15:37.the freedom of movement between EU countries, but that is years down
:15:38. > :15:44.the line and I think these Conservatives have their eyes more
:15:45. > :15:50.on the European elections. Thank you.
:15:51. > :15:57.Ed Miliband is urging Scotland to reject independence. He said his
:15:58. > :16:02.party would continue to focus on people's concerns about the cost of
:16:03. > :16:06.living in 2014. The president of South Sudan has
:16:07. > :16:13.told us that if his side has committed a piece in recent clashes,
:16:14. > :16:17.they will be punished. The UN is sending additional troops to try to
:16:18. > :16:20.protect civilians. He said his government did not stop the conflict
:16:21. > :16:28.and it could not be resolved militarily. More than 100 -- 1000
:16:29. > :16:30.people are feared dead. -- he said his government did not start the
:16:31. > :16:35.conflict. Able with many victims. These people
:16:36. > :16:38.fled the first bullets and are now living in a precarious life,
:16:39. > :16:44.hand-outs replacing the comforts of home. In this camp and in others,
:16:45. > :16:52.everyone you meet has a horrifying story to tell. They kill everyone,
:16:53. > :16:59.they brought people from their homes, they kill youths. The
:17:00. > :17:03.president said it started as an attempted coup. His rivals insist he
:17:04. > :17:09.was trying to silence them. Now, it is civil war. Rebels seized control
:17:10. > :17:14.of towns and oilfields to the north of the capital. Juba is calm now,
:17:15. > :17:18.but the rebels are still fighting the government elsewhere. Thousands
:17:19. > :17:21.have been killed so far in this conflict. As Beach charger gees
:17:22. > :17:30.piled up, so do the calls for restraint. The warring parties and
:17:31. > :17:34.those who have differed must come back to restore the broken
:17:35. > :17:42.relationship through a peaceful solution. If please don't work,
:17:43. > :17:54.force might. Uganda's president has threatened to intervene militarily
:17:55. > :18:04.if the rebels will not negotiate. You try military solutions and
:18:05. > :18:08.political solutions. I believe that a peaceful solution is still an
:18:09. > :18:12.alternative. A chuckle of hope, though they continue to suffer and
:18:13. > :18:18.wait until the politicians decide whether to fight or talk -- a
:18:19. > :18:22.trickle of hope. Police forces in England and Wales
:18:23. > :18:24.are changing the way they record offences to try to give a clearer
:18:25. > :18:32.picture about why crimes are not solved. At present, 70% of crimes do
:18:33. > :18:35.not result in a charge or caution. They will now be replaced by
:18:36. > :18:44.categories indicating why no action was taken.
:18:45. > :18:48.At North Point Shopping Centre in Hull, the problem is shoplifting,
:18:49. > :18:54.but 98% of those caught our first time offenders. The centre manager
:18:55. > :19:00.often banned them rather than pushing for charges. Because we are
:19:01. > :19:06.looking at first-time offenders, we will store them attending a game,
:19:07. > :19:09.and it will decrease crime locally. But for the police, no crime is
:19:10. > :19:14.detected, which just look good on the figures. The new outcomes
:19:15. > :19:18.framework is designed to change that. Police will still record its
:19:19. > :19:23.body is charged or cautioned, but the third category of undetected
:19:24. > :19:28.will disappear, replaced by more than a dozen new ones, including
:19:29. > :19:34.community resolution, where the crime is resolved without charge,
:19:35. > :19:38.for example by banning shoplifters. Prosecution prevented, perhaps if
:19:39. > :19:43.they witness is too ill to give evidence. Interested and complete,
:19:44. > :19:47.where a case is closed. Crime is falling in all measures that we
:19:48. > :19:52.have, but there have been problems with the measurement, so we need to
:19:53. > :19:55.restore public confidence. Even more importantly, the police need
:19:56. > :20:00.information that enables them to cut crime. The government says changing
:20:01. > :20:05.the recording of crime gives the police a wider range of outcomes and
:20:06. > :20:10.more discretion. At some police forces say the system could be more
:20:11. > :20:14.bureaucratic. The Duke of Cambridge will become a
:20:15. > :20:19.student again, reading agricultural management at Cambridge. Prince
:20:20. > :20:23.William will start a ten week course in January, tailor-made for him
:20:24. > :20:27.personally. He will learn about the issues facing the UK's ruble
:20:28. > :20:28.communities and the farming industry.
:20:29. > :20:29.We are back with North Wales and Northern Ireland.
:20:30. > :20:45.Perhaps try and brighter m Good evening.
:20:46. > :20:49.Detectives investigating the death of a young mother who was found on
:20:50. > :20:52.fire in a South London street are speaking to two people who tried to
:20:53. > :20:55.save her. Police aren't treating her death as suspicious, but say they're
:20:56. > :21:00.still trying to find out what happened.