Detecting language using up to the first 30 seconds. Use `--language` to specify the language Detected language: English [00:00.000 --> 00:08.880] Tonight Live at Five, shredding his pension, disgraced bankers to Fred Goodwin finally agrees [00:08.880 --> 00:14.000] to hand back almost £350,000 a year. [00:14.000 --> 00:17.980] It was right that he paid back some of that money. [00:17.980 --> 00:23.320] This was the discretionary element that was agreed by the Royal Bank of Scotland before [00:23.320 --> 00:24.820] he left. [00:24.820 --> 00:29.160] Also tonight, Westminster blackout Angra's MP's expenses are published, but with crucial [00:29.160 --> 00:31.960] details covered up. [00:31.960 --> 00:36.440] Hot and bothered, the bleakest forecast yet on how climate change will affect every aspect [00:36.440 --> 00:39.160] of our daily lives. [00:39.160 --> 00:43.040] Mooseve leads the morning in Iran as tens of thousands of his supporters continued to [00:43.040 --> 00:45.840] defy the president. [00:45.840 --> 00:50.000] Brotherly banter the royal princes on living and flying with each other. [00:50.000 --> 00:54.440] It is still hard work, but I'm better than William so it's fine. [00:54.440 --> 00:59.840] Very well I cook him and feed him basically every day, I think he's done well in the world. [00:59.840 --> 01:02.560] First and last time we'd be living together. [01:02.560 --> 01:10.800] And so proud, hundreds lined the streets as the Gurkhas are awarded the freedom of Folkestone. [01:10.800 --> 01:18.200] Live from the Sky News Centre, this is Live at Five with Colin Brasio. [01:18.200 --> 01:24.120] A very good evening to you, our top story Live at Five, payback time for Fred the Shred [01:24.120 --> 01:26.840] after months of public and political pressure. [01:26.840 --> 01:30.560] So Fred Goodwin is to hand back a huge part of his pension. [01:30.560 --> 01:36.600] As revealed on Sky News, the disgraced banker will now take home £340,000 a year but keeps [01:36.600 --> 01:38.720] a multi-million pound lump sum. [01:38.720 --> 01:42.600] The Prime Minister welcomed his decision saying he'd done the right thing. [01:42.600 --> 01:47.680] Our business correspondent Ursula Errington reports. [01:47.680 --> 01:49.680] He never gave an inch in the banking world. [01:49.680 --> 01:53.480] A tough negotiator, he earned the name Fred the Shred. [01:53.480 --> 01:59.200] But with negotiations now over, Sir Fred Goodwin's lost more than half of his RBS pension. [01:59.200 --> 02:03.440] The city's reeling at the news after months of wrangling between the bank, Sir Fred and [02:03.440 --> 02:04.680] the government. [02:04.680 --> 02:09.600] I think it was right that he paid back this sum of money. [02:09.600 --> 02:14.920] This was the discretionary element that was agreed by the Royal Bank of Scotland before [02:14.920 --> 02:16.240] he left. [02:16.240 --> 02:21.680] I think for the future it is really important now that we have proper systems of bonus and [02:21.680 --> 02:27.880] reward that reflect not short-term deals but reflect long-term success. [02:27.880 --> 02:32.560] In a statement, the bank stressed the former Chief Executive handed back the money voluntarily, [02:32.560 --> 02:37.480] adding this pension arrangement became a symbolic issue and the focus of unprecedented media [02:37.480 --> 02:39.080] and political attention. [02:39.080 --> 02:43.840] It had to be fixed to allow everyone to focus our energies where they should be on getting [02:43.840 --> 02:46.200] the company back to health. [02:46.200 --> 02:52.080] When this scandal first emerged in February, it was thought Sir Fred's pension was £693,000 [02:52.080 --> 02:58.160] a year, but that figure was soon revised upwards to £703,000. [02:58.160 --> 03:04.560] RBS says Sir Fred took a lump sum payment of £2.7 million in February, shrinking his [03:04.560 --> 03:08.360] annual pension to £550,000. [03:08.360 --> 03:15.080] Now it's been revealed Goodwin is to take a further reduced pension of £342,500. [03:15.080 --> 03:17.040] But it's still a big cost to the bank. [03:17.040 --> 03:21.120] The pension pot to fund that is around £11.9 million. [03:21.120 --> 03:23.320] He's not going to starve, is he? [03:23.320 --> 03:28.560] He's on a rather lucrative pension by anyone's standards, you know, a football-style pension [03:28.560 --> 03:34.520] anyway, so I don't imagine he's going to miss the money, but it allows him at least [03:34.520 --> 03:40.840] to rehabilitate himself somewhat in this country, you know, to walk around and not be shunned. [03:40.840 --> 03:45.920] But pressure for a pension payback was growing even before Sir Fred had to answer to the Treasury [03:45.920 --> 03:50.720] Select Committee to take responsibility for his part in bringing a British bank to the [03:50.720 --> 03:51.720] brink. [03:51.720 --> 03:57.280] There's a profound and unqualified apology for all of the distress that has been caused, [03:57.280 --> 03:59.880] and I would not wish there to be any doubt about that. [03:59.880 --> 04:04.120] Days later, the Prime Minister said his lawyers were going after the bankers' pension. [04:04.120 --> 04:09.040] I still think it would be better if Sir Fred waved the pension entitlement himself, but [04:09.040 --> 04:12.760] if that's not to be done, we will continue to seek the legal advice that is necessary. [04:12.760 --> 04:17.560] An angry Sir Fred hit back in the Telegraph newspaper, saying City Minister Lord Miners [04:17.560 --> 04:22.080] was well aware of his pension arrangements and had okayed them. [04:22.080 --> 04:26.440] Public fury over the whole financial meltdown focused on Sir Fred. [04:26.440 --> 04:31.400] Castigated as a bad banker, his children bullied, he'd already gone to ground somewhere in [04:31.400 --> 04:34.840] Europe when his Edinburgh home was vandalised. [04:34.840 --> 04:40.320] An internal inquiry at RBS has found Sir Fred didn't behave illegally or immorally as chief [04:40.320 --> 04:42.120] executive of the bank. [04:42.120 --> 04:46.680] That vindication will be important if he's to return to public life. [04:46.680 --> 04:52.920] The question now is whether conceding £4.7 million can buy the public's forgiveness. [04:52.920 --> 04:56.240] Well Ursula joins us now live from RBS headquarters in central London. [04:56.240 --> 04:59.120] Ursula, he still won't be short of ready cash. [04:59.120 --> 05:03.840] He won't be short of any money, no, but it would seem that this is something of a win-win [05:03.840 --> 05:05.040] solution all round. [05:05.040 --> 05:06.960] RBS gets some of their money back. [05:06.960 --> 05:10.680] The government can now say that they said they were going to go after part of this pension [05:10.680 --> 05:15.920] pot and they have delivered on that, avoiding a very costly court case, no doubt. [05:15.920 --> 05:20.160] And Sir Fred himself may now have done enough to be able to re-enter public life. [05:20.160 --> 05:22.280] And I think that's the crucial factor here. [05:22.280 --> 05:26.560] Whatever the extent to which you may blame Sir Fred Goodwin for the woes of RBS, he does [05:26.560 --> 05:31.120] have a young family who has said to have been very traumatised by the extent of the public [05:31.120 --> 05:32.960] anger that's been vented towards them. [05:32.960 --> 05:36.200] And it's said that that is perhaps one of the most important factors that brought him [05:36.200 --> 05:38.360] to the negotiating table to do this deal. [05:38.360 --> 05:40.120] He's made the deal. [05:40.120 --> 05:44.040] Why do you think though this gesture has come now at this time? [05:44.040 --> 05:49.560] Well they were very clear today that Sir Fred Goodwin was only really willing to push forward [05:49.560 --> 05:55.040] these negotiations once RBS had concluded their own internal investigation into his [05:55.040 --> 05:56.040] conduct. [05:56.040 --> 06:00.320] They have finished that investigation, they said he did nothing illegal, nothing immoral [06:00.320 --> 06:04.160] and so then he was very willing to sort out some kind of settlement. [06:04.160 --> 06:08.880] But he wouldn't going to do it before that just in case he was ever accused of trying [06:08.880 --> 06:11.480] to buy his way out of being investigated. [06:11.480 --> 06:15.800] So it was important for him to get his name cleared, he'll be hoping with this gesture [06:15.800 --> 06:16.800] that now he can move on. [06:16.800 --> 06:18.600] Ursula, thanks very much. [06:18.600 --> 06:21.800] And later this hour I'll be speaking to our business presenter, Geoff Randall, he was [06:21.800 --> 06:26.280] who broke that story that's coming up live at half past five. [06:26.280 --> 06:31.480] David Cameron has agreed to pay back nearly £1,000 in wrongly claimed expenses. [06:31.480 --> 06:36.080] The Conservative leader's decision comes on the day details of all MP's expenses were [06:36.080 --> 06:39.600] made public but with key information missing. [06:39.600 --> 06:44.000] Our political correspondent Glen O'Glazer reports. [06:44.000 --> 06:49.920] Publishing MP's expenses in full for the last four years was supposed to restore our trust [06:49.920 --> 06:52.400] in politics and politicians. [06:52.400 --> 06:58.040] But now we've seen the official paperwork, huge sections blacked out, information kept [06:58.040 --> 07:01.520] secret, hardly transparent is it? [07:01.520 --> 07:06.400] Without the Daily Telegraph's disclosures we would have had a lot of small items about [07:06.400 --> 07:12.720] individual items and expenditure but no information about the main scandal which is the flipping [07:12.720 --> 07:14.720] of second homes. [07:14.720 --> 07:18.560] But apparently there are very good reasons why we can't see the information we'd like [07:18.560 --> 07:19.560] to. [07:19.560 --> 07:23.840] The blacked out piece and we anticipated this would be the story. [07:23.840 --> 07:29.840] Covers data protection, covers security, covers bank account numbers, covers credit card numbers, [07:29.840 --> 07:35.080] covers personal addresses, covers patterns of behaviour, covers suppliers who are covered [07:35.080 --> 07:39.360] by the Data Protection Act and if we were to publish their information we would be in [07:39.360 --> 07:42.800] breach of that and they could sue the House of Commons. [07:42.800 --> 07:47.320] So far 20 MP's have said they're going to stand down because of expenses but they may [07:47.320 --> 07:51.320] not have had to if all we knew was from the claims published today. [07:51.320 --> 07:54.360] Take the latest resignation of Treasury Minister Kitty Usher. [07:54.360 --> 07:59.680] She avoided paying up to £17,000 in capital gains tax but the change of address has been [07:59.680 --> 08:01.960] blocked out in the Commons receipt. [08:01.960 --> 08:07.520] Margaret Moran spent £22,500 to treat dry rot at a property a hundred miles from her [08:07.520 --> 08:13.080] constituency but the address she was making claims on was completely blacked out. [08:13.080 --> 08:18.400] The £2,000 that Douglas Hogg claimed for cleaning out his moat wasn't even included [08:18.400 --> 08:23.480] and as the published Commons receipts only show what was approved we would be none the [08:23.480 --> 08:31.080] wiser that Gosforth MP Sir Peter Viggers tried to claim £1,600 for a duckhouse. [08:31.080 --> 08:36.960] Nor would we have known about Hazel Blears who stumped up £13,000 in capital gains tax [08:36.960 --> 08:38.720] before resigning from the Government. [08:38.720 --> 08:43.160] It's a strong case if not for the whole address being published for I understand the reasons [08:43.160 --> 08:47.080] for that at least the postcode being published so people can see their MP for Luton's living [08:47.080 --> 08:48.720] in Southampton. [08:48.720 --> 08:52.680] The Government maintains the system is being cleaned up. [08:52.680 --> 08:59.360] We're going to introduce legislation very, very shortly that will completely make the [08:59.360 --> 09:04.000] whole question of expenses run independently of the House of Commons with independent scrutiny, [09:04.000 --> 09:05.560] independent setting of the rules. [09:05.560 --> 09:10.160] I think that will lead to much more openness and will be far, far better in the future. [09:10.160 --> 09:15.080] From the Prime Minister down MPs may feel they need their hard hats right now. [09:15.080 --> 09:19.840] If all details of MP's expenses were revealed, few doubt that even more of them would be [09:19.840 --> 09:22.320] forced to stand down. [09:22.320 --> 09:26.280] The fees office operates out of this innocuous rather anonymous building across the road [09:26.280 --> 09:27.720] from the House of Commons. [09:27.720 --> 09:31.840] It's here if you were allowed in that you'd find those officials who approved all those [09:31.840 --> 09:37.200] MP's expenses and even according to some MP's encouraged them to over claim. [09:37.200 --> 09:42.640] And yet they appear to operate in a culture of secrecy revealing as little information [09:42.640 --> 09:44.280] as possible. [09:44.280 --> 09:49.040] More MP's are paying back money including Conservative leader David Cameron not only [09:49.040 --> 09:54.800] for that notorious wisteria but also for mortgage interest payments and gas, electricity and [09:54.800 --> 09:56.240] phone bills. [09:56.240 --> 10:03.360] One thing we have learnt is that shadow Chancellor George Osborne claimed £47 for two DVDs of [10:03.360 --> 10:04.840] one of his own speeches. [10:04.840 --> 10:09.120] The subject of the speech, value for taxpayers' money. [10:09.120 --> 10:12.040] Glenn O'Glaeser, Sky News, Westminster. [10:12.040 --> 10:15.960] Well I'm in Westminster, our chief political correspondent John Craig and John, Mr Cameron [10:15.960 --> 10:19.400] says this was an inadvertent error. [10:19.400 --> 10:24.720] Well it's small change of course compared with Fred the Shreds gesture but it is a gesture. [10:24.720 --> 10:29.320] Earlier this week Mr Cameron told a meeting at Tory MP's he was going to pay some money [10:29.320 --> 10:31.760] back now we know exactly what. [10:31.760 --> 10:36.960] He is trying to lead by example though at that meeting he had with his MP's there were [10:36.960 --> 10:43.000] grumbles and there's talk of a letter circulating accusing him of a Stalinist tactics of getting [10:43.000 --> 10:48.520] tough on his back benches and not so tough on some of his own shadow cabinet members. [10:48.520 --> 11:01.960] This is what Mr Cameron told us just a very short time ago about what he's going to do. [11:01.960 --> 11:04.080] John apologies to our viewers, we've got some sound problems there we'll try and get that [11:04.080 --> 11:08.640] fixed and replay it later this hour but the expenses with details blacked out that's really [11:08.640 --> 11:13.160] grist of the mill for those who think MP's really had something to hide. [11:13.160 --> 11:17.600] Well the telegraph will say and in fact they are saying that if it hadn't been for them [11:17.600 --> 11:22.000] that they knew the addresses we wouldn't have known about all these flippers we wouldn't [11:22.000 --> 11:26.640] have known for example about Kitayasha who quit last night she might have got away with [11:26.640 --> 11:28.960] it so the claim goes. [11:28.960 --> 11:33.280] What we've learned today really is a lot of rather colourful and rather interesting [11:33.280 --> 11:38.560] fun claims if you like besides George Osborne and these DVD's I mean we've got some quite [11:38.560 --> 11:45.040] interesting ones from Labour ministers latex gloves Douglas Alexander a wine rack Jim Knight [11:45.040 --> 11:49.280] corkscrew and glasses also Christmas cards all that sort of stuff. [11:49.280 --> 11:55.320] On the Tory side a massive mobile phone bill from Liam Fox Chris Grayling three televisions [11:55.320 --> 11:59.520] and three shredders so you might say they're all a bit trivial. [11:59.520 --> 12:03.600] The serious point is that there's been a big battle here to try and keep this secret and [12:03.600 --> 12:05.720] there are still allegations of a cover up. [12:05.720 --> 12:12.480] Mr Osborne besides being lampooned over his DVD's is facing a complaint by Labour, the [12:12.480 --> 12:18.400] Labour constituency chairman in Tatton his constituency to the Parliamentary Commissioner [12:18.400 --> 12:22.560] for Standards he's told us tonight that he has received a complaint he's looking at [12:22.560 --> 12:27.680] it deciding what to do talking to Mr Osborne first so a lot of allegations flying around [12:27.680 --> 12:33.280] between one party and another here serious allegations of sleaze in some cases some pretty [12:33.280 --> 12:38.000] trivial stuff we learned today and perhaps some of the more serious stuff has been covered [12:38.000 --> 12:39.000] up. [12:39.000 --> 12:43.240] Thanks very much. Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has described the government's [12:43.240 --> 12:49.000] decision to keep an inquiry on the Iraq war private as inexplicable he said the findings [12:49.000 --> 12:53.240] risk being denounced as a whitewash well after a day of heavy criticism Gordon Brown has [12:53.240 --> 12:58.000] been forced into a U-turn and some hearings will now be made public. [12:58.000 --> 13:01.560] Well the former Cabinet Minister Lord Butler said the Prime Minister had not been acting [13:01.560 --> 13:06.640] in the interests of the public at least not initially he's in our Westminster studio as [13:06.640 --> 13:10.280] you see Lord Butler thank you very much indeed for joining us this evening you say the government [13:10.280 --> 13:14.440] has effectively been acting in the political rather than national interest it's a serious [13:14.440 --> 13:16.400] accusation why do you make it? [13:16.400 --> 13:22.440] Well you can see that it's in the government's political interest that as little should be [13:22.440 --> 13:29.280] come out in public about the war in Iraq between now and the general election and one can't [13:29.280 --> 13:34.120] help feeling that the form of the inquiry has been dictated more by that consideration [13:34.120 --> 13:40.040] than the national consideration of purging the mistrust that people feel about the decisions [13:40.040 --> 13:41.540] to go to war. [13:41.540 --> 13:45.920] What do you say to those who argue and point to the template of the Franks committee that [13:45.920 --> 13:51.880] looked into the Falklands war which said look when you've got sensitive intelligence evidence [13:51.880 --> 13:54.800] some of that has to be in camera it has to be confidential. [13:54.800 --> 14:01.120] Well some of it I think does have to be in camera but of course my review published all [14:01.120 --> 14:07.200] the intelligence all the intelligence assessments that the ministers received I think there are [14:07.200 --> 14:12.040] aspects of discussions with the Americans that ought to be heard in camera and I think [14:12.040 --> 14:16.280] that there may be some people who will only be willing to give evidence in camera but [14:16.280 --> 14:21.360] I think the presumption ought to be that the hearings are as much in public as they can [14:21.360 --> 14:27.480] be to try and show the public that the government is not trying to conceal things. [14:27.480 --> 14:33.040] This is a suggestion perhaps that what's cathartic for the relatives of those who died in fighting [14:33.040 --> 14:35.280] ought to be a guiding principle. [14:35.280 --> 14:38.880] Some might say that's not really the way that we ought to be looking at this we ought not [14:38.880 --> 14:43.280] to be looking at it as a cathartic exercise for those who are perhaps still grieving. [14:43.280 --> 14:47.840] Well I think there are two functions of the inquiry one is to draw policy conclusions [14:47.840 --> 14:52.160] the policy lessons and there are certain a lot to be learnt from the Iraq experience [14:52.160 --> 14:57.080] and that I think that the bodies that's been set up is well qualified to do but I think [14:57.080 --> 15:01.200] that it's not just the relatives it certainly includes the relatives there are very many [15:01.200 --> 15:07.880] people who feel that they were misled maybe even deceived by the government about decisions [15:07.880 --> 15:14.640] for going to war and that is a feeling I think that again the government has got to deal [15:14.640 --> 15:18.920] with it's in the public interest that that boil should be launched. [15:18.920 --> 15:23.960] The more public the inquiry becomes the more grandstanding some say there will be is that [15:23.960 --> 15:28.360] a danger we think perhaps maybe about the Bloody Sunday Inquiry and think how long that's [15:28.360 --> 15:30.240] taken how much it's cost. [15:30.240 --> 15:34.440] Well I think the Bloody Sunday is a little bit of a bogie man if I may say so I don't [15:34.440 --> 15:39.840] think all inquiries have to be like Bloody Sunday and I think that you know as far as [15:39.840 --> 15:49.080] the evidence of the military of the intelligence chiefs indeed of the diplomats I don't think [15:49.080 --> 15:54.400] there's much ground for grandstanding there and I don't think if you look at previous [15:54.400 --> 15:57.200] inquiries one sees much evidence of grandstanding. [15:57.200 --> 16:00.400] Well maybe not grandstanding but certainly a lawyer's paradise. [16:00.400 --> 16:07.520] Well yes but you know if people need to be protected by lawyers advice they need to be [16:07.520 --> 16:12.360] protected in a private inquiry as much as they do in a public inquiry so I think that [16:12.360 --> 16:16.040] that's not an essential difference between a public and a private inquiry. [16:16.040 --> 16:20.640] World Butler thanks very much. I'll be speaking to the former prime minister Sir John Major [16:20.640 --> 16:23.840] later this hour that is coming up at around about five thirty. [16:23.840 --> 16:29.640] Now scientists have made the bleakest assessment yet of the effect climate change will have [16:29.640 --> 16:30.640] on the UK. [16:30.640 --> 16:35.600] They warn that rising temperatures and more extreme weather events will change all our [16:35.600 --> 16:36.600] daily lives. [16:36.600 --> 16:39.920] Well Skye's Holly Williams has more Holly. [16:39.920 --> 16:41.320] Thanks Colin. [16:41.320 --> 16:47.040] Scientists used a super supercomputer to model different outcomes and it's bad news much [16:47.040 --> 16:49.680] more serious than we previously thought. [16:49.680 --> 16:54.760] If we don't cut carbon emissions the worst case scenario is an average summer temperature [16:54.760 --> 16:58.160] rise of six degrees by twenty eighty. [16:58.160 --> 17:00.000] So what would that feel like. [17:00.000 --> 17:05.480] Well in London summer temperatures would soar to forty degrees to put that in perspective [17:05.480 --> 17:11.240] the two thousand and three heat waves or temperatures of two degrees above average killing two thousand [17:11.240 --> 17:17.520] people here and seventy thousand across Europe with the heat could come more skin cancers [17:17.520 --> 17:24.280] infectious diseases like malaria and respiratory problems like bronchitis and emphysema. [17:24.280 --> 17:29.080] Sea levels could also rise by thirty six centimeters putting hundreds of thousands of homes at [17:29.080 --> 17:35.160] risk in the north winters will be wetter and will see more storms but with twenty percent [17:35.160 --> 17:40.320] less rain in some areas farmers could face crop failures and drought. [17:40.320 --> 17:42.280] Those are the predictions for the future. [17:42.280 --> 17:46.320] So what's Britain doing to face the heat. [17:46.320 --> 17:51.800] If we don't cut carbon emissions even the best case scenarios will bring more killer [17:51.800 --> 17:59.840] summers more disastrous floods and creeping sea levels. [17:59.840 --> 18:04.760] Today the prime minister visited the Thames barrier built to protect London from floods [18:04.760 --> 18:10.080] in the nineteen fifties the message is that climate change is inevitable and we have to [18:10.080 --> 18:11.720] get ready for it. [18:11.720 --> 18:17.240] We're surrounded by the sea we've got a lot of experience of dealing with it we've invested [18:17.240 --> 18:21.560] over the last twelve years a lot of money in flood defense we've doubled the spending [18:21.560 --> 18:26.720] so more homes are protected now than was the case a decade ago but we've got to prepare [18:26.720 --> 18:28.760] for the future that's coming as well. [18:28.760 --> 18:34.120] At Plumpton College near Lewis they're making the best of rising temperatures growing grapes [18:34.120 --> 18:37.520] and retraining local farmers to do the same. [18:37.520 --> 18:42.320] Two degrees hotter than I think we're really in the champagne sort of climate and I think [18:42.320 --> 18:48.120] there'll be some really big plantations on the chalky slopes in Kent and Surrey and Hampshire [18:48.120 --> 18:54.640] even Dorset and they'll be producing some wonderful some wonderful wines. [18:54.640 --> 19:00.600] But for most of Britain there's nothing to celebrate in today's report. [19:00.600 --> 19:05.440] To cope the environment secretaries announced lots of new measures there are contingency [19:05.440 --> 19:09.840] plans in hospitals to deal with heatwaves and changes in farming practices. [19:09.840 --> 19:15.160] In fact all government departments have been ordered to come up with adaptation plans but [19:15.160 --> 19:20.120] what really needs to change is carbon emissions the government's aiming to cut them by a third [19:20.120 --> 19:26.000] by twenty twenty if we can't do that it's going to get a lot warmer a lot sooner than [19:26.000 --> 19:27.000] we'd thought. [19:27.000 --> 19:31.280] Holly thanks very much now a journalist has won the right to withhold material about the [19:31.280 --> 19:34.120] real IRA from police in Northern Ireland. [19:34.120 --> 19:38.560] A judge ruled that Suzanne Breen's life would be endangered if she gave the authorities [19:38.560 --> 19:44.040] information on the killings of two British soldiers in March. [19:44.040 --> 19:48.320] Criminal trials to be heard without a jury for the first time the Court of Appeal made [19:48.320 --> 19:53.920] the ruling saying there was a significant danger of jury tampering for people are facing charges [19:53.920 --> 19:59.520] after an armed attempt to steal 10 million pounds from a warehouse at Heathrow Airport. [19:59.520 --> 20:05.120] Baroness Thatcher's to have a routine operation tomorrow to insert a pin into her broken arm [20:05.120 --> 20:11.440] the 83 year old has been recovering in hospital for a week after falling over at home. [20:11.440 --> 20:16.400] Now Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hussain Musavi has appeared on the sixth [20:16.400 --> 20:21.400] day of protests in Tehran demonstrators wore black to mourn those killed in clashes with [20:21.400 --> 20:22.400] police. [20:22.400 --> 20:26.600] The Sky News report is in Iran were asked to leave by the authorities after the election. [20:26.600 --> 20:32.240] This report is being compiled in London by our foreign affairs correspondent Lisa Holland. [20:32.240 --> 20:38.440] A man from any square in downtown Tehran the Iranian state television allowed to show President [20:38.440 --> 20:45.880] Amadina Jant's nemesis grainy pictures but still it is a highly provocative image. [20:45.880 --> 20:51.160] The opposition leader who claims he was cheated from power calling on his supporters to stay [20:51.160 --> 20:53.040] calm. [20:53.040 --> 20:58.160] They had come because Mir Hussain Musavi had asked them to such as the following he has [20:58.160 --> 21:01.080] garnered over recent weeks. [21:01.080 --> 21:06.920] Now his face symbolizes a movement demanding more than just a recount of the election but [21:06.920 --> 21:12.000] for today he told them to wear black as a sign of mourning for those killed in the violence [21:12.000 --> 21:16.040] since voting day. [21:16.040 --> 21:21.480] This picture was taken yesterday of one family burying its dead. [21:21.480 --> 21:26.760] The government puts the number killed at eight the opposition claims it's as many as a hundred [21:26.760 --> 21:33.120] across the country but there's absolutely no way of knowing if that's true. [21:33.120 --> 21:38.920] And the list of those detained by the authorities is growing including Ibrahim Yadzi a former [21:38.920 --> 21:45.400] aide to the father of the revolution the Ayatollah Khomeini and Mohammed Tavassali close to the [21:45.400 --> 21:51.520] former president Rafsanjani the opposition says hundreds of people have been detained [21:51.520 --> 21:56.160] foreign journalists are still banned from attending the rallies and communication with [21:56.160 --> 22:00.000] the outside world is being stifled. [22:00.000 --> 22:05.560] The next move will come from the Ayatollah Khomeini Iran's supreme leader he will address [22:05.560 --> 22:11.840] the nation from Friday prayers in Tehran it is his moment to really assert his authority [22:11.840 --> 22:19.240] in a place where the constitution decrees his word is final. [22:19.240 --> 22:23.840] After the violence in the universities and on the streets it will be a moment to attempt [22:23.840 --> 22:29.880] to mould national unity where for days now there has been violent division if he fails [22:29.880 --> 22:33.400] all bets are off in predicting Iran's future. [22:33.400 --> 22:35.080] Lisa Holland Sky News. [22:35.080 --> 22:40.560] Well now Britain's royal princes have revealed their royal rivalry William and Harrier both [22:40.560 --> 22:45.720] undergoing training to be pilots but neither is willing to admit who's best Sky's Jeff [22:45.720 --> 22:49.520] Mead reports. [22:49.520 --> 22:54.960] Brothers in arms as the two princes military careers coincide for the first time as well [22:54.960 --> 22:59.360] as getting to grips with rigorous classroom and flying tests they're sharing a house [22:59.360 --> 23:00.800] and a good deal of banter. [23:00.800 --> 23:04.640] He's definitely got more brains than me I think we've established that from school but [23:04.640 --> 23:11.200] when it comes to all that I'm much better at hands on boldness. [23:11.200 --> 23:19.840] He's pretty rich coming from a ginger so I'm quite happy as to what I'm trying to do. [23:19.840 --> 23:24.320] Well very in one I cook him and feed him basically every day I think he's done well the world. [23:24.320 --> 23:26.640] He told us the other week that he did all the washing up. [23:26.640 --> 23:29.000] He does do a bit of the washing up then he leaves most of it in the sink and then it comes [23:29.000 --> 23:30.640] back in the morning and I have to wash it up. [23:30.640 --> 23:31.640] Oh the lies. [23:31.640 --> 23:35.640] Do you end up trying to find yourself tidying up after him? [23:35.640 --> 23:36.640] Yeah I've had a lot of tidying. [23:36.640 --> 23:37.640] He snores a lot as well. [23:37.640 --> 23:38.640] He keeps me out all night long. [23:38.640 --> 23:39.640] Not good for me. [23:39.640 --> 23:40.640] I don't think we're showing a bed tonight. [23:40.640 --> 23:41.640] No I don't. [23:41.640 --> 23:43.120] I think that's very important we say that. [23:43.120 --> 23:48.240] William has been learning since January how to fly RAF search and rescue missions. [23:48.240 --> 23:52.960] Harry who served on the front line in Helmand last year is desperate to return to combat [23:52.960 --> 23:53.960] duty. [23:53.960 --> 23:59.080] The anonymity of a cockpit seen as the safest way for a royal to return to action. [23:59.080 --> 24:05.080] To get out to Afghanistan again would be fantastic and my best chance is to do it from a helicopter. [24:05.080 --> 24:06.080] You've got off the ground yet? [24:06.080 --> 24:07.080] Sorry? [24:07.080 --> 24:08.080] You've got off the ground yet? [24:08.080 --> 24:09.080] I've just got off the ground. [24:09.080 --> 24:10.080] Thank you. [24:10.080 --> 24:11.080] Thanks for asking. [24:11.080 --> 24:15.960] And behind the royal chuckle brothers routine it's clear William longs for his own chance [24:15.960 --> 24:17.480] to serve in Helmand. [24:17.480 --> 24:21.800] I didn't join the forces to be like I said a long time before molly cuddled or treated [24:21.800 --> 24:26.760] any different and as far as I'm concerned in my eyes if Harry can do it then I can do [24:26.760 --> 24:31.080] it. I don't really separate us in that much difference and I think as a future head of [24:31.080 --> 24:36.160] the armed forces it's really important that I at least get the opportunity to be credible [24:36.160 --> 24:39.440] and to do the job that I signed up for and to do the best I can. [24:39.440 --> 24:42.880] It's actually out of the question that the second in line would be put at risk on the [24:42.880 --> 24:47.920] front line and William will lose no respect inside or outside of the military for being [24:47.920 --> 24:50.240] forbidden combat duty. [24:50.240 --> 24:55.040] Whether his brother grabs more glory depends on how he progresses here in the full knowledge [24:55.040 --> 24:58.760] that one in six army pilots failed to make the grade. [24:58.760 --> 25:02.600] Jeff Meade Sky News are if sure. [25:02.600 --> 25:06.800] This is Sky News on our website Sky News dot com the Afghan immigrant who got access to [25:06.800 --> 25:10.920] Sandhurst after staying away on a coach. [25:10.920 --> 25:15.960] Fast coming up loyalists in Northern Ireland make a breakthrough on decommissioning their [25:15.960 --> 25:28.240] weapons and more freedom for the Gurkhas this time in a southern seaside town. [25:28.240 --> 25:32.560] I do watch Sky News a lot. 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It's believed loyalist groups [28:16.560 --> 28:20.480] of Northern Ireland have started decommissioning their weapons. They've been under pressure [28:20.480 --> 28:25.280] to give up their guns after being set an August deadline by the government. Well, Sky's Vicky [28:25.280 --> 28:31.680] Hawthorn is at Hillsborough Castle for us tonight. A major breakthrough it seems Vicky. Yes indeed [28:31.680 --> 28:37.560] all the indications are that indeed loyalist paramilitary groups have begun decommissioning. [28:37.560 --> 28:42.800] I understand that the Ulster volunteer force has made the biggest move in decommissioning [28:42.800 --> 28:49.320] and the Ulster Defence Association the UDA isn't far behind making similar moves. This [28:49.320 --> 28:54.720] all came out earlier today and the government nor the decommissioning body which was set [28:54.720 --> 29:00.600] up to monitor the decommissioning of weapons have been able to confirm any of this. But [29:00.600 --> 29:04.800] the Secretary of State, Sean Woodward, felt that it was obviously significant enough. [29:04.800 --> 29:08.960] He was prepared to give a press conference here at Hillsborough Castle his official residence [29:08.960 --> 29:15.920] earlier this afternoon and this is what he had to say. If these reports were to be confirmed [29:15.920 --> 29:24.160] they would demonstrate a major act of decommissioning by loyalism and secondly what they demonstrate [29:24.160 --> 29:31.600] if they are confirmed is that politics in Northern Ireland is working. All of the armed [29:31.600 --> 29:37.440] organisations should follow suit and I hope that we are into a circumstance where all [29:37.440 --> 29:42.640] that is happening. I think it shows that most people as can be seen in the number of elections [29:42.640 --> 29:50.120] which have occurred have faith in the process. As I say, while this has not been officially [29:50.120 --> 29:54.760] confirmed, the general feeling is that there is definitely something afoot with loyalist [29:54.760 --> 30:00.720] decommissioning. I put some background to this, the IRA completed decommissioning in 2005 [30:00.720 --> 30:05.240] and ever since then the loyalists have been under serious pressure to follow that and [30:05.240 --> 30:10.000] to make their significant steps towards decommissioning. It all looks like this is exactly what is [30:10.000 --> 30:14.440] happening and we may have official confirmation of this within the next few days. [30:14.440 --> 30:19.640] Vicki, thanks very much indeed. Top stories for you live at five. Fred Goodwin is to hand [30:19.640 --> 30:24.520] back a large part of his pension. As revealed on Sky News, the disgraced banker will now [30:24.520 --> 30:33.400] take home £340,000 a year but he keeps a multi-million pound lump sum. Servitive leader Dave Cameron [30:33.400 --> 30:37.560] is to pay back almost £1,000 in wrongly claimed expenses. [30:37.560 --> 30:42.280] Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mia Hussain Moussavi has appeared on a sixth [30:42.280 --> 30:48.960] day of protests in Tehran. [30:48.960 --> 30:58.800] This afternoon over Hong Kong, we expect to see a downpour of vintage champagne. [30:58.800 --> 31:02.120] Well our weather currently is still a little bit changeable but it's getting better by [31:02.120 --> 31:07.160] the day and certainly as we go into next week, how pressure should be taking over and temperatures [31:07.160 --> 31:11.960] will be lifting nicely as well. These showers, they're all down to an area of low pressure [31:11.960 --> 31:15.400] close to Scotland there. Some of those showers have been quite heavy through the course of [31:15.400 --> 31:19.640] the day and indeed thundery. We've seen one or two down towards the south as well but [31:19.640 --> 31:22.800] in fact this is where we've got the thicker cloud. You can see elsewhere, better breaks [31:22.800 --> 31:27.320] in that cloud but temperatures have still reached around 20, 21 degrees Celsius, that's [31:27.320 --> 31:32.000] 70 degrees Fahrenheit. There's our low centre at the moment and the rather brisk winds that [31:32.000 --> 31:36.280] go with it and that's going to track its way slowly eastwards overnight so those showers [31:36.280 --> 31:41.680] really tending to make their way across to eastern parts of Scotland to be followed by [31:41.680 --> 31:46.120] a few more showers into the north and west first thing on Friday morning but generally [31:46.120 --> 31:50.320] we should see a lot of that cloud disappear from southern parts, so brighter skies to start [31:50.320 --> 31:53.800] the day and of course temperatures will respond to that and we're looking at temperatures [31:53.800 --> 31:59.440] at around 20, 21 degrees Celsius on the day, that's 70 degrees Fahrenheit. [31:59.440 --> 32:07.320] Qatar Airways, world's five star airline. Well more now on the government's apparent [32:07.320 --> 32:12.800] uterine plans to hold an inquiry into the Iraq war in private. Some hearings now will [32:12.800 --> 32:17.640] be held publicly after Gordon Brown came under heavy criticism today, not least from former [32:17.640 --> 32:22.560] Prime Minister Sir John Major who described the initial plans as inexplicable and Sir [32:22.560 --> 32:27.080] John joins me now live from Westminster. Sir John Major, why do you think that plan was [32:27.080 --> 32:33.680] inexplicable? Well you have here with the Iraq war something that was very controversial. [32:33.680 --> 32:38.160] There are some elements of it that are still not clear to people. Was the war legal? What [32:38.160 --> 32:42.440] advice was given to the government? How did they deal with it? They're crucial questions. [32:42.440 --> 32:47.160] There are further questions as well. Did we actually go to war on a false premise? What [32:47.160 --> 32:53.160] will be told about the weapons of mass destruction? Now those are issues that are very controversial [32:53.160 --> 32:58.040] and in the government's own interests we need to make sure that those are settled and put [32:58.040 --> 33:04.280] to rest and holding an inquiry largely behind closed doors which was what was originally [33:04.280 --> 33:08.800] anticipated would certainly have just given rise to more and more rumours and more and [33:08.800 --> 33:13.320] more discontent in the government's own interests. I thought that was a very silly decision. [33:13.320 --> 33:18.400] Who ought to decide then which elements remain confidential? Which bits remain in camera? [33:18.400 --> 33:22.680] Because inevitably there will be evidence coming from for instance senior intelligence sources [33:22.680 --> 33:27.480] which in the national interest ought to stay private. I entirely agree with that. I don't [33:27.480 --> 33:31.520] think anyone disagrees with that. Of course there are. But I think the general presumption [33:31.520 --> 33:36.080] should be public, that the hearings should be in public, with the hearings closed when [33:36.080 --> 33:40.120] the chairman and the committee judge that it's in the national interest for them to be so. [33:40.120 --> 33:43.800] I think they're best placed. They know what questions they're going to ask. They know [33:43.800 --> 33:47.680] the responsibilities of the witness, they're cross-examining. So I think they're the people [33:47.680 --> 33:52.800] to make the decision. But overall essentially the presumption must be that the inquiry is [33:52.800 --> 33:58.360] in public. If it is to carry the force with the public, that everyone hopes that it will [33:58.360 --> 34:03.760] have. Let us get this matter solved. What we don't want is a legacy of suspicion hanging [34:03.760 --> 34:08.240] over for years. So that next time a future government may be in a position of having [34:08.240 --> 34:13.640] to send troops into conflict, everyone knows that what is being done is entirely aboveboard [34:13.640 --> 34:18.280] and the government's word is instinctively and unquestioningly trusted. That's what we [34:18.280 --> 34:24.480] must hope will come out of this inquiry. But to ensure that, we first need the inquiry. [34:24.480 --> 34:29.800] Is there a danger that if this inquiry is fully public, we effectively offer a licence [34:29.800 --> 34:35.640] for grandstanding, for posturing, it becomes more political? Well, I'm not quite sure, [34:35.640 --> 34:38.680] the sort of witnesses they're going to have, who is actually going to do the posturing [34:38.680 --> 34:43.480] and being political? Well, for instance, some of the relatives of those combatants, I don't [34:43.480 --> 34:47.080] think the sort of people they're going to be interviewing are going to take that view. [34:47.080 --> 34:50.320] If they are, I think the experience of the chairman and the committee will soon cut them [34:50.320 --> 34:56.640] down to size. But you have a choice. Even if one or two people postured, is that worse [34:56.640 --> 35:01.320] than a large part of the public not being satisfied with the outcome of this inquiry? [35:01.320 --> 35:07.560] I would argue not. What is necessary at the end of this inquiry is to put to rest the [35:07.560 --> 35:13.840] suspicions and uncertainties that have lingered about how this war began from the very outset [35:13.840 --> 35:19.200] of it. Is there a sense in which the inquiry in becoming public becomes a cathartic exercise [35:19.200 --> 35:23.600] for the relatives of those combatants who lost their lives? Well, I think you touch on an [35:23.600 --> 35:28.680] extremely important point. I think it is very important for the families and friends of [35:28.680 --> 35:35.080] those servicemen who were killed or wounded, in many cases, very seriously maimed. I think [35:35.080 --> 35:40.160] they need some form of closure. And I think the form of closure, you used the word cathartic, [35:40.160 --> 35:44.560] and I think I would refer to it as closure. It can best be done by an inquiry that examines [35:44.560 --> 35:49.760] the veracities of the war, how it came about, how it was conducted, and finally puts the [35:49.760 --> 35:55.200] whole matter to rest. So I think, yes, you are right, it will be cathartic, and I think [35:55.200 --> 35:59.960] it will offer closure. And that, I think, is a very important part of the reason for having [35:59.960 --> 36:04.560] this inquiry. That closure could come at a tremendous price, couldn't it? I mean, in [36:04.560 --> 36:08.280] cost terms, we think of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, we look at something that has become a very [36:08.280 --> 36:13.160] protracted process. It has gone on for an awful long time, and it has cost the taxpayer an [36:13.160 --> 36:17.640] enormous amount of money. Well, I don't think we are likely to see a replication of the [36:17.640 --> 36:22.960] Bloody Sunday fiasco, which, as you say, went on a very long time. I think the general presumption [36:22.960 --> 36:26.320] from the Prime Minister downwards is that this is an inquiry that will proceed quite [36:26.320 --> 36:32.280] speedily and report quite speedily. Personally, I regret it didn't begin two years ago when [36:32.280 --> 36:36.600] I first advocated that it should. But nonetheless, I don't think it is going to replicate that. [36:36.600 --> 36:40.520] The lessons of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, I think, have been well learned. [36:40.520 --> 36:44.600] And how would you characterise, finally, the Prime Minister's handling of this announcement? [36:44.600 --> 36:51.520] Well, I am baffled, to be frank. I am baffled that it was so unclear to him that it would [36:51.520 --> 36:56.160] not meet the Government's own purpose if they had this in private. The Government's [36:56.160 --> 37:01.920] purpose is to settle this and push it to one side for once and all. Having it in private [37:01.920 --> 37:06.360] simply wouldn't have done that, and I simply can't begin to imagine how they thought that [37:06.360 --> 37:10.080] it would. So, John Major, thank you. Thank you. [37:10.080 --> 37:14.040] This is Sky News, coming up for your payback time. Geoff Randall, a wife, Fred the Shred, [37:14.040 --> 37:23.280] is giving up part of his pension. That's next on Live at Five. [37:23.280 --> 37:28.520] Get great results all around your home when you try Sillit Bang Multi-Power. 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[39:24.760 --> 39:33.600] Many are considered, but few are chosen. You have an awesome responsibility. To win for [39:33.600 --> 39:41.280] the Lions in South Africa is the ultimate. The moment's arriving for the greatest game [39:41.280 --> 39:45.840] of your lives. This is your Everest Orange. [39:45.840 --> 39:53.200] The Lions be South Africa with HSBC, Saturday at 1, Sky Sports 1 and HD 1. [39:53.200 --> 39:58.400] So as revealed today on Sky News, so Fred Goodwin will now take home a £340,000 a year pension [39:58.400 --> 40:02.680] but keeps a multi-million pound lump sum, the story broken by our business presenter Geoff [40:02.680 --> 40:07.680] Randall who's here to talk about it. Why has he done this, Geoff? [40:07.680 --> 40:14.480] Look at it from Fred Goodwin's point of view. He had a massive pension, £703,000 but his [40:14.480 --> 40:20.720] life and that of his family had become intolerable. He had become the demon figure for financial [40:20.720 --> 40:27.800] greed. He had become the personification of the banking collapse. His house had been pelted, [40:27.800 --> 40:32.120] his kids had been taken out of school. He had become a pariah. You cannot go on like [40:32.120 --> 40:36.680] that. I think he had taken advice from lots of people, some professionals, some personal, [40:36.680 --> 40:41.600] saying a gesture is required and it can't just be a few grand in the Salvation Army [40:41.600 --> 40:46.920] kitty. You've got to do something proper. And I think the voices that we're talking [40:46.920 --> 40:53.200] to Fred always thought that about half would be right and in the wash here it's a slightly [40:53.200 --> 40:58.760] complicated deal but it is about half. He was going to get £703,000, now just over [40:58.760 --> 41:02.920] £340,000 but he does have the lump sum which he's taken out up front. [41:02.920 --> 41:07.160] We've talked before about how he'd become a bogeyman for politicians and the full weight [41:07.160 --> 41:11.040] of the state in a sense was bearing down on him as he became this bogeyman figure but [41:11.040 --> 41:14.120] it wasn't just him that was suffering. Our correspondent in Edinburgh today was talking [41:14.120 --> 41:18.160] about his two boys in a private school, some of their colleagues at the school and their [41:18.160 --> 41:22.800] parents had suffered at RBS and it was affecting, as you say, his entire family. [41:22.800 --> 41:28.280] Completely and Fred was obsessed with work but he does have a family life, he does have [41:28.280 --> 41:33.040] a conscience and this was just intolerable. You cannot go on like this unless you are so [41:33.040 --> 41:37.400] hard hearted, so flinty that you say stuff them all and clearly he wasn't going to do [41:37.400 --> 41:41.360] that. I think the other thing is also that Fred, he's only 50, you know, I think he [41:41.360 --> 41:46.520] believes that he still has a role to play somewhere in business life. He did not have [41:46.520 --> 41:50.880] an opening while this was hanging over him. He had to have closure as we heard in the [41:50.880 --> 41:55.480] previous interview. Closure is very important to problems of this scale. Now I think there [41:55.480 --> 41:59.720] will be closure. The unions will kick up a fuss and you can see why. I'm not saying that [41:59.720 --> 42:04.080] their complaints are unjustified but I think that they will dribble away. The key players [42:04.080 --> 42:09.560] in all this, the government, the UKFI which looks after our investments, the bank itself [42:09.560 --> 42:13.000] and so Fred I think have done a deal and they will say will move on. [42:13.000 --> 42:17.000] It's one thing for protesters to stop putting his front window through. It's quite another [42:17.000 --> 42:21.960] for serious business people to welcome him onto the board of a big company. This is after [42:21.960 --> 42:26.320] all a man whose pariah status was such that he was effectively blackballed from membership [42:26.320 --> 42:31.880] at a well known golf club. Yes he was. Well there is a precedent, Andy Hornby who ran [42:31.880 --> 42:38.520] H Boss, another bank that all collapsed. He has now been welcomed back as the chief executive [42:38.520 --> 42:45.440] of Boots. Not to universal acclaim but he's got away with it and I don't think he wasn't [42:45.440 --> 42:50.760] shredded to use that phrase in the press. Some people said that he was a very good retailer [42:50.760 --> 42:55.040] who played at banking and now has gone back to retail. I think there is a big difference. [42:55.040 --> 43:00.560] H Boss was never Andy Hornby's bank. He was someone who got out of his debt and was running [43:00.560 --> 43:06.080] H Boss. He wasn't inextricably linked with the personality of that bank. Unfortunately [43:06.080 --> 43:11.880] for Fred Goodwin he was linked with RBS. It was Fred's bank. It was his deal and in that [43:11.880 --> 43:16.200] sense it's going to be harder to find a way back. Jeff thanks very much indeed. More from [43:16.200 --> 43:20.440] Jeff on that story of course on his program tonight 7.30. After forcing the government [43:20.440 --> 43:24.960] to change the rules on settling in the UK last month the Gurkhas have had further cause [43:24.960 --> 43:29.960] to celebrate. They were given the freedom of Folkestone in Kent in front of a 10,000 strong [43:29.960 --> 43:38.160] crowd. Skye's David Bowden was there. The sun shone brightly and the crowds turned out [43:38.160 --> 43:43.920] in droves as the Gurkhas were given the freedom of Folkestone. More than 600 men from the [43:43.920 --> 43:49.240] 2nd battalion just back from a gruelling tour of Afghanistan proudly marched through the [43:49.240 --> 43:57.040] seaside town. Fantastic. All children, all everything for Folkestone, whatever, all the [43:57.040 --> 44:03.240] peoples here. It's absolutely fantastic. Must make you feel immensely proud. Oh yes really [44:03.240 --> 44:09.880] really proud. Yes really proud. Also their Gurkhas who can no longer march. Their legs [44:09.880 --> 44:17.880] blown off by Taliban mines but their spirits still strong. I feel very happy and proud that [44:17.880 --> 44:26.320] the public supports us so much. I loved it. For the crowd a chance to say a personal thanks [44:26.320 --> 44:31.720] to this unique band of brothers who put their lives on the line not for their own country [44:31.720 --> 44:55.040] but for ours. For these Gurkhas this is a day of celebration and pride but also one of sadness. [44:55.040 --> 44:59.120] They like many other units who have served in Afghanistan have lost comrades in the fight [44:59.120 --> 45:06.000] against the Taliban. There will be no homecoming parade for them. No Gurkha event these days [45:06.000 --> 45:11.000] it seems is complete without an appearance by Joanna Lumley who has brought the bravery [45:11.000 --> 45:15.880] of these Nepalese fighting men to the fore. I think it's just such a sign of respect from [45:15.880 --> 45:20.600] our country and I think it's absolutely thrilling. I'm so proud of Folkestone for doing this [45:20.600 --> 45:25.760] grand thing both for the serving soldiers and for the retired soldiers. I think it means [45:25.760 --> 45:29.880] so much and it's really part of it's a sort of microcosm of what our country wants to [45:29.880 --> 45:35.200] say to these Gurkhas. You are so welcome we're so honoured to have you amongst us. It took [45:35.200 --> 45:39.640] just quarter of an hour for the quick-stepping Gurkhas to complete the mile and a quarter [45:39.640 --> 45:44.040] march through Folkestone before returning to their barracks to be presented with their [45:44.040 --> 45:50.440] campaign medals. For each and every one of them an unforgettable day. Though for the [45:50.440 --> 45:56.480] wives of Corporal Kumar Pawn and Colour Sergeant Krishna Dura the Gurkhas who were killed [45:56.480 --> 46:03.120] in Afghanistan the memories will be altogether different. David Bowden Sky News with the Gurkhas [46:03.120 --> 46:07.720] in Folkestone. Top stories on Live at Five for you Sir Fred Goodwin is to hand back a [46:07.720 --> 46:11.920] huge part of his pension that's revealed on Sky News. The disgraced banker will now take [46:11.920 --> 46:19.360] home £340,000 a year but he keeps a multi-million pound lump sum. The Conservative leader David [46:19.360 --> 46:25.480] Cameron is to pay back almost £1,000 in wrongly claimed expenses and Iran's defeated presidential [46:25.480 --> 46:32.320] candidate Mir Hussain Musavi has appeared on a sixth day of protests in Tehran. This [46:32.320 --> 46:38.240] is Sky News coming up at six we're live in Salford where Hazel Blears could be deselected [46:38.240 --> 46:44.320] as an MP tonight who's rocking the boat and up next who's in who's out of the Lions [46:44.320 --> 46:51.920] team to play South Africa. Jeff Hoon is just a night city he's going to step down. There [46:51.920 --> 46:54.280] isn't the unity that you're talking about. No the new cabinet has not actually I mean [46:54.280 --> 46:59.480] I know Sky is always at all times very ahead of the games but actually it's not been fully [46:59.480 --> 47:06.520] announced yet I think that it's about to be announced from number two. 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The toughest decision [50:28.680 --> 50:33.520] made by coach Ima Geek and he had to make was who to choose in the back row. He went [50:33.520 --> 50:39.400] for Tom Croft, David Wallace and Jamie Heslip. Well the team consists of six Welshmen, five [50:39.400 --> 50:46.560] Irishmen, four Englishmen. No Scots in the 22. This is the first of three tests. Lions [50:46.560 --> 50:51.360] hoping to emulate what they achieved under Ima Geek and back in 1997. After the announcement [50:51.360 --> 50:59.280] the coach explained his selections. When you're playing a test match I know you'll tell me [50:59.280 --> 51:04.600] I've done it in the past but I think where we could we wanted to be having players playing [51:04.600 --> 51:12.320] in their number one positions and you know that's what we've tried to do. I think under [51:12.320 --> 51:18.360] we know we'll be playing at a different level on Saturday and I think you know it's important [51:18.360 --> 51:25.800] we try and give them that opportunity. Those warm-up games they've been a fabulous form [51:25.800 --> 51:29.440] and they've taken quite a lot of physical stick particularly the last game didn't they? [51:29.440 --> 51:32.560] They're shaping up well. Absolutely against the Kings. I mean there were some doubts over [51:32.560 --> 51:36.760] a couple of players. They were always expecting a tough encounter and you would do that going [51:36.760 --> 51:39.960] to South Africa and playing those provincial sides but they've come through magnificently [51:39.960 --> 51:45.960] well. Six out of six but I think it's a step up now isn't it? Yeah it really is. It's [51:45.960 --> 51:51.400] a three test. Now this first test really set the tone for the rest of the tour but fingers [51:51.400 --> 51:55.000] crossed for a good performance from the Lions on Saturday. Let's move on to the golf show. [51:55.000 --> 52:00.760] It's day one at the US Open. Weather has already intervened at the Bethpage Black Course in [52:00.760 --> 52:05.440] upstate New York. Players have been suspended because the course is waterlogged. Tiger Woods [52:05.440 --> 52:11.000] completed six holes before rain stopped playing and had an eventful time defending champion [52:11.000 --> 52:18.000] hit this wayward tee shot at the par four fifth which led to a double bogey in the end but [52:19.800 --> 52:26.200] he hit straight back at the next a birdie three leading him one over two shots off the [52:26.200 --> 52:33.200] leads. History was made on ladies day at Royal Ascot in the feature race the gold cup the [52:33.200 --> 52:37.960] six to four favourite Yates became the first horse to win the race for a fourth year in [52:37.960 --> 52:42.440] a row. The eight year old ridden by Johnny Murta came home three and a half lengths clear [52:42.440 --> 52:49.440] of Pat Guy at nine to two. Jordy Land at eleven to four was third. A further fifteen lengths [52:49.920 --> 52:56.920] adrift. South Africa playing Pakistan in the first semi-final of the world 2020 this one [52:57.760 --> 53:03.000] being played at Trent Bridge. This was the first wicket Pakistan won the toss and elected [53:03.000 --> 53:10.000] to bat. Shazab Hassan caught wonderfully well by Vanda Murr off the bonny of Wayne Parnell [53:10.440 --> 53:16.000] for a duck. Cameron Ackmel has also fallen. Ackmal making a quick five twenty three of [53:16.000 --> 53:20.720] just twelve balls. He was caught by Morkle off the bonny of Dale Stain. The latest scorer [53:20.720 --> 53:27.800] continued four overs bold. Pakistan are thirty two for two. Got to talk football in just [53:27.800 --> 53:30.360] a moment but it's worth mentioning actually while we're still on the cricket down that [53:30.360 --> 53:35.720] the former England paceman Simon Jones of course had such a wonderful ashes 2005 part [53:35.720 --> 53:40.480] of that four very strong bowler attack. He's been ruled out the rest of the domestic season [53:40.480 --> 53:44.760] because of this knee injury. I'm guessing it's the recurring knee injury that is frankly [53:44.760 --> 53:49.320] blighted such a promising career. Absolutely he's been played with injury in that particular [53:49.320 --> 53:54.840] knee injury for the majority of his career. It's sad actually because I think age wise [53:54.840 --> 54:01.000] times against him and yes it's a hard life for him in the old cricket world at the moment. [54:01.000 --> 54:06.320] That's a shame. Somebody for whom life has not always been hard Kevin Keegan the comeback [54:06.320 --> 54:11.240] kid. Could be yes on the cards. He might be going back to one of his former clubs as a [54:11.240 --> 54:15.560] player Southampton. He was there back in the early eighties. Saints have had an awful time [54:15.560 --> 54:22.080] of late. They've been relegated down to league one and so there are reports that Kevin Keegan [54:22.080 --> 54:27.440] is linked with the consortium being led by Southampton legend Matt Letitia which some [54:27.440 --> 54:32.320] suggest will definitely be taken the club over and suggestions would point the finger [54:32.320 --> 54:36.000] at Kevin Keegan as becoming the next manager. We'll have to wait and see but that would [54:36.000 --> 54:40.480] be a Keegan return to football perhaps. Watch this space. Thanks very much indeed. This [54:40.480 --> 54:44.920] is Sky News coming up at six. Take it back. 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No portalos. And a dream lineup. [57:44.040 --> 57:55.040] The Who. Neil Young. Johnny Cash. Elvis. The Rolling Stones. Hendrix. Bob Marley. And many [57:55.040 --> 58:02.040] more. A weekend of awe-inspiring back-to-back performances. Soap of Fest starts Friday 26th [58:02.040 --> 58:08.080] of June on Sky Arts One and Sky Arts One HD. Coming up on Sky News at 6 all the big stories [58:08.080 --> 58:13.040] tonight including Goodwin gives in. The former boss of RBS changes his mind on his pension [58:13.040 --> 58:19.080] payout. Payback for Cameron as the Conservative leader fails to escape the expenses scandal. [58:19.080 --> 58:28.000] And royal competition as the Princes William and Harry take on pilot training together. [58:28.000 --> 58:35.000] This afternoon over Hong Kong we expect to see a downpour of vintage champagne. Hello [58:35.000 --> 58:40.120] though. We're going to see a gradual improvement in the weather over the weekend. And once [58:40.120 --> 58:43.840] the high pressure builds it should stay with us through much of next week. But certainly [58:43.840 --> 58:47.840] today we've seen showers. Some of those showers really have been quite sharp. Particularly [58:47.840 --> 58:51.920] up towards the north and the west. Some rumbles of thunder. Some more prolonged periods of [58:51.920 --> 58:55.960] rain. And down towards the south it's been rather disappointingly cloudy. While certainly [58:55.960 --> 58:59.680] as we go through the rest of this evening and overnight expect some further heavy showers. [58:59.680 --> 59:03.920] These mainly from parts of north Wales north Midlands northwards. It's that area of low [59:03.920 --> 59:08.680] pressure towards the north west which is going to pass eastwards across parts of Scotland. [59:08.680 --> 59:10.960] And that's going to take the worst of the showers with it. But that's going to happen [59:10.960 --> 59:14.680] overnight elsewhere. We should lose some of the cloud from the south. And certainly Friday [59:14.680 --> 59:19.320] morning looks like being a fairly bright affair. Eventually temperatures reaching around 21 [59:19.320 --> 59:23.320] degrees Celsius. That's 70 degrees Fahrenheit. But the general feel on the day is going to [59:23.320 --> 59:28.160] be quite breezy. We're going to keep those winds quite brisk. One or two isolated showers [59:28.160 --> 59:32.440] around. But the majority following on in the wake of that low pressure area into northern [59:32.440 --> 59:36.880] and western areas. And eventually those will most likely go down towards central parts [59:36.880 --> 59:41.440] and eventually out towards the southeast. So as far as Saturday's concerned temperatures [59:41.440 --> 59:45.320] lifting that little bit down in the south a little more sunshine and much much fewer [59:45.320 --> 59:54.400] showers. Cutter Airways. World's five star airline.