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Libya post-Gaddafi, the country's interim government will meet world | :00:08. | :00:12. | |
leaders at a conference hosted by the French President. The Libyan | :00:12. | :00:17. | |
leadership will call for help for rebuilding and preparing for | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
democracy. Nearly 2,000 RAF and Army personnel | :00:20. | :00:28. | |
are to be told they are to be made redundant. | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
Raising the flag at RAF Brize Norton - a special ceremony is held | :00:31. | :00:36. | |
to mark the transfer of military repatriations. To the people of | :00:36. | :00:43. | |
Wootton Bassett, for years one small town did this whole country a | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
great service. A tobacco giant tries to access | :00:47. | :00:57. | |
research about teenagers' smoking habits. | :00:57. | :01:04. | |
Attempts to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS are condemned as | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
woefully inadequate. Coming up: Mo Farah is safely | :01:07. | :01:17. | |
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through to the 5,000 metres final Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
News at One. Libya's new leaders will join representatives of 60 | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
nations and organisations in Paris this afternoon to discuss the | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
future of their country. The Foreign Secretary says the meeting | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
is an opportunity for the international community to discuss | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
how it can support a free, democratic and inclusive Libya. | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
Overnight, the RAF flew millions of pounds worth of Libyan banknotes | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
into Benghazi, money that was frozen under United Nations | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
sanctions at the start of the crisis. Let's cross to Ben Brown | :02:05. | :02:14. | |
who is in Tripoli. Today is a hugely important day for | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
Libya. Not only that very important summit in Paris, but this is the | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
42nd anniversary of Colonel Gaddafi coming to power. He is no longer in | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
power. In fact, he is on the run, a fugitive in his own country. The | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
latest information from rebel commanders here in Tripoli is that | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
they believe he may be in the town of Bani Walid, down the road, about | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
100 miles south-east of Tripoli. Although there is no confirmation | :02:38. | :02:46. | |
of that at the moment. Meanwhile, that unfrozen cash has arrived from | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
the UK into the Libyan city of Benghazi. | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
After six months of protests, battles and revolution, this is the | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
moment the Libyan opposition take to the world stage. But to complete | :03:00. | :03:07. | |
their success, the opposition, the revolutionaries, need hard cash. In | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
the opposition stronghold of Benghazi last night, a scene | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
straight out of a Hollywood movie. Under heavily-armed guard, the | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
Royal Air Force flew in the first instalment of nearly �1 billion | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
worth of Libyan banknotes, printed in Britain but until now frozen | :03:23. | :03:31. | |
under UN sanctions. So this is what 280 million Libyan dinars looks | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
like, all urgently needed here and, says the British Government, the | :03:36. | :03:43. | |
first instalment of future help. The Libyans are checking every note, | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
determined to never again have their money stolen by their leader. | :03:48. | :03:58. | |
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So excited tonight. We are celebrating our eighth day. | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
convoy speeds the money to the Central Bank. It is desperately | :04:04. | :04:10. | |
needed. Shortages of cash mean there have been long queues and | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
lively scenes at Libyan banks. The country also needs some of the | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
billions of dollars of foreign currency frozen in foreign accounts | :04:17. | :04:25. | |
in order to buy essential petrol and other supplies. This is Abdul- | :04:25. | :04:29. | |
Alti al-Obeidi - now the latest Gaddafi loyalist to be captured by | :04:29. | :04:36. | |
the opposition. But as the opposing armies square up outside the city | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
of Sirte, Colonel Gaddafi's son is still in hiding issuing more | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
threats. TRANSLATION: You are welcome to | :04:46. | :04:53. | |
come to Sirte. There are 20,000 of our loyalists there, fully armed, | :04:53. | :05:01. | |
ready and itching to fight. contradictory message from his | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
brother Saadi. Clearly the Gaddafi family are not united. The focus | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
here in Libya is already on building for the future after the | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
end of the conflict and on rewarding allies. In Benghazi's | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
main square, David Cameron shares in the grateful thanks addressed to | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
world leaders from the Libyan people. Whoever would have dreamt | :05:20. | :05:28. | |
of that a few short months ago. Well, in a moment, we will hear | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
from James Robbins with the latest from that Paris conference. Let's | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
go live to Jon Leyne in Benghazi. You saw that cash arrive, crucial | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
in the short-term, but in the longer term this is a very wealthy | :05:41. | :05:48. | |
country, isn't it, with 2% of the world's Oil Resources here? Yes. I | :05:48. | :05:58. | |
have seen lots of different figures putting it at well over �100 | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
billion in foreign bank accounts. As soon as the world is happy that | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
there is a proper government in place here and they have taken over, | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
that money will be released. The Libyan opposition, soon to be | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
government, are pressing as hard as possible to get as much of that as | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
possible because there are shortages here causing great | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
problems, shortages of petrol here in Benghazi as well as in Tripoli, | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
shortages of food, shortages of fuel for the generators. They | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
really want cash in the bank to provide for the people and to | :06:25. | :06:34. | |
reward their support. Thank you very much. James Robbins in Paris, | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
it's a huge number of countries represented. Is this mainly a | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
symbolic meeting, do you think? think the symbolism is hugely | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
important. You are looking at behind me one of the great | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
ceremonial political stages of the world, the steps of the Elysee | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
Palace. In a couple of hours' time, it will be decked out with the | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
ceremonial honour guard with the French Republic - they are taking | :06:58. | :07:07. | |
shade from the sun at the moment. Of course, it will be the imagery | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
which will be so important of President Sarkozy and David Cameron | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
welcoming as the emerging government of the new Libya what | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
was the rebel leadership. It will mark a really important transition, | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
I think, in world perceptions and I am sure it will be very important | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
to Libyan people, the imagery. Beyond it, there is some substance | :07:25. | :07:33. | |
to this meeting. It is a chance to hear from the rebel leadership | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
their plans, how they intend to carry Libya forward and to try and | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
press them, to ensure they have the means to do it, to provide security | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
for the people of Libya, to provide them with essential services and to | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
set them on an undeviating path towards democracy. Some people have | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
fears that perhaps this leadership is only united in the idea of | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
getting rid of Colonel Gaddafi. Indeed. James Robbins, thank you, | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
and also to Jon Leyne in Benghazi. Well, while they talk about the | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
transition to a Libyan democracy in Paris, there is still possibly | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
fighting ahead here in Libya. The rebels have set an ultimatum of | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
Saturday for Gaddafi loyalists in Sirte, the Colonel Gaddafi's | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
stronghold, his hometown, to surrender or face an attack by | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
rebels who have converged on that city from east and west. It may | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
well be that that is the final battle here in this conflict. That | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
is it from me here in Tripoli. Back to you in London. | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
Thank you. Ben Brown in Tripoli. Here, nearly 2,000 Army and RAF | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
personnel are being told today that they are being made redundant as | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
part of the cuts announced in last year's Strategic Defence Review. | :08:44. | :08:51. | |
About 75 0 of them are being made compulsory redundant including 150 | :08:51. | :08:58. | |
Gurkhas. Britain may be fighting wars on two | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
fronts wits long-term commitment in Afghanistan and its continuing | :09:03. | :09:11. | |
mission over Libya, but today's -- with its long-term commitment in | :09:12. | :09:18. | |
Afghanistan and its continuing mission over Libya, but today's | :09:18. | :09:26. | |
announcement means the size of its force is decreasing. | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
In this first wave of redundancies, the Army is losing 920 posts, most | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
will be volunteers with 660 soldiers successfully applying for | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
redundancy. But 260 who did not volunteer will be forced to leave. | :09:41. | :09:49. | |
The RAF's losing 930 posts. Of those, 440 have volunteered for | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
redundancy. Another 490 RAF personnel will be facing compulsory | :09:55. | :10:02. | |
redundancy. We will treat our people with as great a dignity as | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
we can. Our people will be available to help those people | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
transition from the military life to civilian life. Some units have | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
been hit hard. The Gurkhas, who the MoD say are overmanned, account for | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
more than half of those in the Army being forced to take redundancy. | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
This is just the start of what is likely to be a very painful process, | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
not just for the Gurkhas. The Royal Navy will announce details of their | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
first wave of redundancies at the end of this month. Over the next | :10:31. | :10:38. | |
few years, thousands more service personnel will be losing their jobs. | :10:38. | :10:40. | |
Those Armed Forces personnel affected have been ordered not to | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
talk to the media. But organisations that speak on their | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
behalf say these are worrying times. This is a very difficult time for | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
families. When the first tranche was announced the number of | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
redundancies needed was lower than we now know. All Army families will | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
be concerned about whether or not their soldier will be made | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
redundant. Those serving in Afghanistan, or involved in | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
operations over Libya, have been protected from this round of | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
redundancies. But Labour warns that the cuts will have an impact on the | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
nation's ability to fight the next war. | :11:18. | :11:21. | |
Let's talk about all of this with General Sir Mike Jackson, the | :11:21. | :11:25. | |
former head of the British Army. Thank you for your time this lunch | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
time. The Government would argue that cuts here and now mean that | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
later in the decade the Armed Forces can regenerate, they will be | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
able to continue fighting as we would expect, partly because of | :11:37. | :11:43. | |
spending on equipment as well. Does it all stack up, do you think? | :11:43. | :11:49. | |
hope it does. The Strategic Defence and Security Review looked forward | :11:49. | :11:56. | |
to 2020 and beyond and that is the structure that is being designed. | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
We are, whatever it is, nine years away from 2020 and in the | :12:01. | :12:07. | |
intervening period I think it does carry risk without doubt. The risks | :12:07. | :12:16. | |
being what in your opinion? Well, for example, we will not have | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
carrier strike, aircraft on aircraft carriers until the end of | :12:19. | :12:25. | |
the decade. That is clearly a gap in our capability. And so could we | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
reach a point as a country where a politician of any colour goes to | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
the head of the Armed Forces, says, "We are interested in such and such | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
a fresh campaign" would the military ever feel able to say, "We | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
are overstretched, we can't do that"? I think that is a very | :12:46. | :12:52. | |
hypothetical question. We have Afghanistan at the moment and the | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
Prime Minister has made it clear that that will be done by 2015 in a | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
combat role. Of course, we have the air action over Libya, which | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
hopefully will be coming to a rapid end. But the point I would like to | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
make here is, of course, uncertainty is the name of the | :13:10. | :13:15. | |
world we live in and we have seen that time and time again. It may | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
well be that come 2015 we have no operations, but it would not | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
surprise me at all if circumstances came along where the Government | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
would have to again decide whether to take part in some intervention | :13:30. | :13:36. | |
or whatever between now and the end of the decade. It will very much | :13:36. | :13:41. | |
depend on what such an operation would require in terms of military | :13:41. | :13:46. | |
capability as to the Armed Forces' ability to discharge what is asked | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
of them. That is the point. You said yourself it is an uncertain | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
world. Do we - are we entering an era where we have to be more | :13:54. | :13:59. | |
realistic and future operations simply might not be possible? | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
the day, it is for the Government to decide its spending priorities, | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
that is the political process and I'm not going to comment, other | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
than just to note that despite all the difficulties, the Government's | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
spending programme this fiscal year is some �700 billion of which | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
defence takes �35 billion, that gives a sense of the proportion | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
which defence is taking up in terms of Government spending. General Sir | :14:29. | :14:38. | |
Mike Jackson, we must leave it A ceremony was held this morning to | :14:38. | :14:40. | |
mark the transfer of military repatriations from RAF Lyneham, to | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Yesterday the people of Wootton | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
Bassett marked the end of their town's role in honouring British | :14:48. | :14:57. | |
service men and women killed overseas with a special service. | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
From now on the coffins will travel through the town of Carterton. Our | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
correspondent, Jon Kay, is there. After four years, Wootton Bassett | :15:06. | :15:13. | |
can stand at ease. It is Carter sent that sees itself as being on | :15:13. | :15:21. | |
duty. -- Carterton. The ceremonial handover has taken place. Every | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
time there is a repatriation through the base, it will be | :15:24. | :15:34. | |
lowered to half-mast. A community prepares to enter the spotlight. | :15:34. | :15:39. | |
Carterton, taking over where Britain Bassett left off. Just | :15:39. | :15:44. | |
outside RAF Brize Norton, they gathered on the new memorial garden. | :15:44. | :15:50. | |
This will now be the focus of military repatriations. In a | :15:50. | :15:55. | |
symbolic handover, the flag that has flown over Wootton Bassett was | :15:55. | :16:01. | |
given to this new community. behalf of the communities of | :16:01. | :16:05. | |
Carterton and Brize Norton, I pledge our support to the families | :16:05. | :16:10. | |
of the fallen. At this Memorial Garden and beneath this Union flag | :16:10. | :16:15. | |
from Wootton Bassett, we will come together to pay our some respects | :16:15. | :16:22. | |
to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. -- solemn. Overhead a | :16:22. | :16:31. | |
reminder of this area's links to the armed forces. On A day when the | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
Government is under pressure for making cuts to the military, the | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
Prime Minister was here but in his capacity as local MP. The ceremony | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
has been important to mark the change from RAF Lyneham to RAF | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
Brize Norton and the handover from the people of Wootton Bassett to | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
the people of Carterton and Brize Norton so they can show their | :16:53. | :16:59. | |
respects in the same way. Some say this garden is to set up -- sterile | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
and it is not appropriate to have it by an industrial estate, the | :17:03. | :17:10. | |
whole thing is to organise. Wootton Bassett evolved over time. Local | :17:10. | :17:15. | |
people working to take part. It is the people that will make it feel | :17:15. | :17:19. | |
like Wootton Bassett so give it time. You think the same spirit | :17:19. | :17:25. | |
will be here? Definitely. Her all Carterton can do is to show the | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
world and make Britain proud. I think we can manage it. In a week's | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
time they will gather here for the first repatriation. They hope it | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
will also be the last one. As somebody who has reported from | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
Wootton Bassett sadly on so many occasions over the last four years, | :17:44. | :17:51. | |
I cannot tell you have different this place is. It is unrecognisable. | :17:51. | :17:56. | |
There has been criticism within this community. They want to put | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
all that behind them and move on and do what they see is the right- | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
thinking and start showing respect whenever they are called on - | :18:03. | :18:10. | |
whenever they are needed. Our top story this lunchtime: Libya's | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
interim government is meeting world leaders this afternoon. At a | :18:15. | :18:17. | |
conference hosted by the French President, security, rebuilding and | :18:17. | :18:27. | |
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preparing for democracy are on the agenda. Coming up: We will be | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
broadcasting to you from the top of the Blackpool Tower which has just | :18:34. | :18:40. | |
undergone a multi-million-pound refit. Later in the sport, Alan | :18:40. | :18:47. | |
Pardew has been charged with improper conduct for comments he | :18:47. | :18:51. | |
made in the derby against Sunderland. He has until Monday to | :18:51. | :19:01. | |
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Efforts to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS in this country have | :19:02. | :19:05. | |
been described as woefully inadequate, by a House of Lords | :19:05. | :19:09. | |
committee. It's calling for a national campaign to raise | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
awareness of the condition 25 years after the Don't Die of Ignorance | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
campaign of the 1980s, and more screening. The HIV virus attacks | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
the body's immune system, reducing its ability to fight infection and | :19:18. | :19:28. | |
there is still no cure. Here's our health correspondent. There is now | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
a danger that has become a threat to us all. 25 years ago today, a | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
start advertising and leaflet campaign began to warn every | :19:38. | :19:44. | |
household in the UK about the virus behind AIDS. So far it has been | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
confined to small groups but it is spreading. The Conservative | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
politician who launched a campaign when he was Health Secretary has | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
led today's report. He wants to see a new drive to raise awareness of | :19:56. | :20:01. | |
HIV once again. We are spending absolutely next to nothing on | :20:01. | :20:05. | |
prevention. That is really the scandal. We should be spending much | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
more money on trying to prevent HIV. It is obviously good for the | :20:10. | :20:15. | |
individual and good for the economy, good for the Treasury. HIV used to | :20:15. | :20:20. | |
mean an early death. Now drugs contain this virus and stop the | :20:20. | :20:26. | |
onset of AIDS. The report warns a vaccine is still many years away. | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
The number of people who are HIV positive is predicted to pass | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
100,000 by next year. It means the annual bill for drug treatment in | :20:34. | :20:40. | |
the UK has now reached almost �1 billion. It is estimated just over | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
a quarter of those with HIV do not realise they have it. People think | :20:44. | :20:50. | |
it is no longer a problem and it has gone away. Over the years, | :20:50. | :20:54. | |
awareness and concern about HIV has dropped off. It is the fastest | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
growing serious health condition in the UK. We must wake up to that. | :20:59. | :21:04. | |
The report says HIV testing should be a routine part of medical care | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
by GPs. The Department of Health agrees messages on safe sex are as | :21:08. | :21:17. | |
vital now as they were 25 years ago. The number of households in the UK | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
where no adult works has fallen to 3.88 million. That's a drop of | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
38,000 on last year. The figures, from the Office for National | :21:25. | :21:28. | |
Statistics, suggest that about a fifth of households have no adult | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
in work. A British military cadet has died after being critically | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
injured in a skydiving accident. The officer cadet, who has not been | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
named, was seriously injured along with another cadet at the Lake | :21:39. | :21:43. | |
Elsinore Parachute Centre in southern California. The cause of | :21:43. | :21:48. | |
the accident is being investigated by the Ministry of Defence. | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
Stirling University is fighting an attempt by a tobacco company to | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
gain access to its research into the smoking habits of teenagers. | :21:56. | :21:58. | |
Philip Morris International, which makes Marlboro cigarettes, has | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
submitted Freedom of Information requests to the university. | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
Academics say revealing their findings would be a major breach of | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
confidence, and could jeopardise future research. Our Scotland | :22:09. | :22:19. | |
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correspondent, James Cook, is in Why do teenagers start smoking? | :22:20. | :22:26. | |
That is the question a team at Stirling University has been asking. | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
They had into the thousands of youngsters between the ages of 13 | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
and 24. Some of their findings have been published. I think you would | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
have to ask Philip Morris were they are interested. As a researcher, I | :22:40. | :22:46. | |
have spoken and my colleagues had spoken, two young people, in | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
confidence, on the strict reassurance that week and bona fide | :22:49. | :22:55. | |
researchers will be the only people to look at the data. I think it is | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
absolutely essential that we stand by that. Around the UK, plain | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
packaging call cigarettes is being considered. Philip Morris says this | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
research can shed light on the impact of such a move. At Stirling | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
University they are painting there's as David against Goliath, a | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
small group of researchers against a giant corporation. Philip Morris | :23:18. | :23:28. | |
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does not see it like that. In a Scotland's Information Commissioner | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
says a request for information about smoking is legitimate but | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
researchers can still argue they should not hand it over. The | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
university intends to fight this all the way. When you switch the | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
lights on at home tonight, the chances are you're using a 60 watt | :23:49. | :23:52. | |
bulb. But we won't be able to buy them for much longer. The UK's most | :23:52. | :23:55. | |
popular lightbulb is being phased out in favour of energy efficient | :23:55. | :24:05. | |
:24:05. | :24:07. | ||
versions. It is part of the big switch-off. First 100 watt | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
lightbulbs disappeared and now 60 watt versions are being consigned | :24:12. | :24:18. | |
to history. It has prompted some customers to bulk buy. They are | :24:18. | :24:21. | |
buying bulk quantities. They are stocking up for their lifetime for | :24:21. | :24:26. | |
the lifetime of what they think is their fitting. The Government | :24:26. | :24:30. | |
believes switching to energy efficient lighting will reduce | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
carbon dioxide emissions. These efficient lightbulbs are more | :24:35. | :24:41. | |
expensive. Energy-saving experts say they use up to 80% less | :24:41. | :24:48. | |
electricity than traditional baths and last 10 times as long. Shoppers | :24:48. | :24:50. | |
appreciate the new light bulbs are better for the environment but some | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
say they are not sure they do the job as well. To be honest, I do not | :24:55. | :25:04. | |
like them. I would rather an ordinary bulb. The newer light | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
bulbs give very poor light. They have to accept that. The Government | :25:09. | :25:14. | |
says you have to do this, people should be given a choice. | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
Environmentally friendly box last longer but throwing them away | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
requires more thought. -- light bulbs. You cannot chuck them in the | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
bin. You need to take them somewhere where they can be | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
disposed of because they contain mercury. A lot of shops will have | :25:33. | :25:38. | |
the old lightbulbs in stop for months to come. Displays like this | :25:38. | :25:44. | |
show efficient lightbulbs Thembi just as illuminating as the iconic | :25:44. | :25:49. | |
original's. -- can be just. One of the UK's most famous seaside | :25:49. | :25:51. | |
attractions, the Blackpool Tower, has re-opened, after a multi- | :25:52. | :25:56. | |
million pound refurbishment. The tower now boasts a new 4D cinema | :25:56. | :25:59. | |
and the town council is hoping to double the number of visitors to | :25:59. | :26:09. | |
:26:09. | :26:15. | ||
800,000 a year. Our correspondent, Here I am, right at the very top, | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
the very busiest of heights at the top of the Blackpool Tower. It is | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
one of the best loved landmarks on the Blackpool seafront. Those who | :26:25. | :26:31. | |
have known and loved it over the years, it has become tatty. It has | :26:31. | :26:37. | |
been given a new lick of paint outside and in. From the bottom up | :26:37. | :26:43. | |
to the top it has been renovated. It has cost many millions of pounds. | :26:43. | :26:48. | |
The whole idea is to attract as many families as possible to the | :26:48. | :26:55. | |
area. If you have a head for heights, come on a journey. 158 | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
metres up and on a day like today the top of Blackpool Tower gives | :27:00. | :27:04. | |
you unrivalled views. You have always been able to see for miles | :27:04. | :27:09. | |
but the tower has been given a makeover or with a new glass | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
walkway. It is ingenious. It gets your emotions going in a really | :27:14. | :27:23. | |
strange way. It is spectacular. Blackpool Tower has been a fixture | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
on the skyline since 1893. It is seen here in film from the 19 | :27:28. | :27:34. | |
hundreds. It is not the first time the town has been given a makeover. | :27:34. | :27:40. | |
Or they have to do now is change the name. They have taken the black | :27:40. | :27:44. | |
out of Blackpool. There are those he considered the resort to have | :27:44. | :27:51. | |
seen better days. Now �250 million has been spent regenerating the | :27:51. | :27:57. | |
town. Suffering from vertigo, I confess it is not my ideal | :27:57. | :28:00. | |
assignment. Tourism bosses are hoping there will be enough | :28:00. | :28:05. | |
visitors who are game enough to come up here of their own accord. | :28:05. | :28:15. | |
:28:15. | :28:15. | ||
Blackpool council bought the Tower of their own accord. Five people go | :28:15. | :28:21. | |
out of the UK for every two foreign visitors that come in. One way to | :28:21. | :28:25. | |
address that is to make world-class attractions and world-class resorts | :28:25. | :28:30. | |
and destinations will be able to come to. Blackpool has long been a | :28:30. | :28:34. | |
fixture on the stag and hen party circuit. With the prospect of a | :28:34. | :28:38. | |
super casino now gone, the new hope is that families will flock to the | :28:38. | :28:44. | |
resort instead, bringing a much- needed boost to its economy. As I | :28:44. | :28:50. | |
mentioned in that report, this is not my idea of fun. This is eight- | :28:50. | :28:58. | |
year-old Clary. She is perfectly happy to do the splits this high up. | :28:58. | :29:02. | |
When I had finished speaking to you, I will be getting out of here as | :29:02. | :29:12. | |
:29:12. | :29:16. | ||
For the first time in a long time we are seeing the sunshine. Lately | :29:16. | :29:22. | |
it has been cloudy. It is feeling much warmer than it has done lately. | :29:22. | :29:29. | |
In the coming days it is set to get even warmer. Temperatures peaking | :29:29. | :29:34. | |
in the mid- twenties. It will not last as we head into next week. | :29:34. | :29:40. | |
High pressure has kept the weather dry but it has been cloudy. Clear | :29:41. | :29:44. | |
skies have meant we started with sunshine this morning. The | :29:44. | :29:49. | |
satellite picture reveals the cloud nibbling away across Scotland and | :29:49. | :29:55. | |
Northern Ireland to reveal much needed blue-sky. This afternoon the | :29:55. | :30:04. | |
weather is set fair. Temperatures climbing up to 21 degrees in London. | :30:04. | :30:11. | |
The sunshine extends in the seven seaside counties. It will feel like | :30:11. | :30:16. | |
summer. Dry weather and sunshine extends across Wales. Even in | :30:16. | :30:21. | |
Northern Ireland, there are sunny spells around. There is a weather | :30:21. | :30:27. | |
front lurking in the West. A fine afternoon for much of Scotland. The | :30:27. | :30:30. | |
clouds will break to reveal bright skies through the afternoon and | :30:31. | :30:36. | |
temperatures climbing up to 18 degrees. In the North of England | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
that sunshine has been revealing itself. We just saw blue skies in | :30:41. | :30:46. | |
Blackpool. This evening the weather front will be making progress | :30:46. | :30:51. | |
across Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the north it will be a | :30:51. | :30:59. | |
mild night. Under clear skies it will turn pretty chilly in the | :30:59. | :31:05. | |
south. The north-west will be cloudy, wet and pretty breezy. | :31:05. | :31:10. | |
Further south tomorrow, temperatures climbing up to 26 | :31:10. | :31:16. | |
degrees in London. Even 22 degrees as far north as Manchester. Into | :31:16. | :31:21. | |
the weekend we have high pressure in the South East keeping it there. | :31:21. | :31:28. | |
In the north-west there will be wet and windy weather. On Saturday and | :31:28. | :31:32. | |
Sunday in the north it is looking pretty cloudy and wet. In the south | :31:32. | :31:37. | |
it will be a beautiful day on Saturday. There could be the risk | :31:37. | :31:43. | |
of showers. A bit of a divide in the weather but feeling like summer | :31:43. | :31:50. |