:00:00. > :00:00.A discredited Government investigation into alleged abuses
:00:07. > :00:11.committed by British soldiers in Iraq is being shut down.
:00:12. > :00:19.A report by MPs called it "an unmitigated
:00:20. > :00:21.failure that had cost tens of millions of pounds."
:00:22. > :00:28.This will be a huge relief to hundreds of British troops
:00:29. > :00:30.who've had these quite unfair allegations hanging over them,
:00:31. > :00:34.Me and my fellow soldiers and my regiment, going
:00:35. > :00:38.through a ten-year, you know, tarnish, and it's just not on.
:00:39. > :00:47.The Government's announced that most of the investigations into abuse
:00:48. > :00:48.allegations from Afghanistan will also be dropped.
:00:49. > :00:53.The Health Secretary admits waiting times in A in hospitals
:00:54. > :01:00.Donald Trump vows to fight on, despite a court refusing
:01:01. > :01:04.to reinstate his controversial travel ban.
:01:05. > :01:07.Over 400 whales beach themselves on the coast of New Zealand -
:01:08. > :01:11.And England get ready for the clash in Cardiff,
:01:12. > :01:17.in their crucial Six Nations game against Wales.
:01:18. > :01:19.And coming up in Sportsday in BBC News:
:01:20. > :01:21.Tom Varndell becomes the Premiership's all-time leading try
:01:22. > :01:46.scorer as he beats Mark Cueto's record with his 91st try.
:01:47. > :01:53.A controversial investigation costing tens of millions of pounds,
:01:54. > :01:56.into claims of the abuse of Iraqi civilians by British troops is to be
:01:57. > :02:02.It follows a scathing report by MPs into the Iraq Historic Allegations
:02:03. > :02:07.Team, which it described as "an unmitigated failure",
:02:08. > :02:10.investigating thousands of claims unsupported by "credible evidence"
:02:11. > :02:13.and that soldiers under investigation, had suffered
:02:14. > :02:18.90% of investigations into abuse allegations from
:02:19. > :02:24.Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Caroline Hawley, has the story.
:02:25. > :02:30.It's almost 14 years since British troops invaded Iraq and the legacy
:02:31. > :02:34.of the war is still causing controversy. In the aftermath of the
:02:35. > :02:39.occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against British
:02:40. > :02:43.soldiers. And a special team called IHAT was set up to investigate them.
:02:44. > :02:46.The human rights' lawyer, Phil Shiner brought most of the claims
:02:47. > :02:50.but last week he was struck off after he'd been found to be
:02:51. > :02:54.dishonest and to have' paiding agents to drum up business. And to
:02:55. > :02:57.have paid agents. Now the Ministry of Defence is wrapping up the
:02:58. > :03:04.investigation early This will be a huge relief to hundreds of British
:03:05. > :03:07.troops who've had those quite unfair allegations whacking over them. They
:03:08. > :03:12.are now being -- hanging over them. They are now being freed of them and
:03:13. > :03:18.we'll put new measures in place to make sure this never happens again,
:03:19. > :03:20.there will be safeguards to prevent unfounded and malicious allegations
:03:21. > :03:24.being made by our brave servicemen and women. The most serious
:03:25. > :03:28.allegations to be made were of furtherer and mutilation after this
:03:29. > :03:33.battle in 2004. The claims were false. The soldier who was there,
:03:34. > :03:38.decorated for his bravely, told using of the pain he'd been put
:03:39. > :03:42.through. You are under so much pressure on operations as it is, and
:03:43. > :03:46.when you hold your values and standards in the highest regard, to
:03:47. > :03:51.then come back and have that questioned for your actions you did
:03:52. > :03:58.on the ground, which you thought were right, under extreme pressure,
:03:59. > :04:01.in extreme circumstances, to come home is damaging for individuals and
:04:02. > :04:05.also for the regiment, and the British Army as a whole. There's no
:04:06. > :04:11.doubt that some abuses did happen in Iraq. These were detainees being
:04:12. > :04:14.beaten in Basra in 2003. And over the past few years, the Ministry of
:04:15. > :04:20.Defence has paid out millions in compensation. But the Iraq Historic
:04:21. > :04:25.Allegations Team team has been criticised for getting out of hand T
:04:26. > :04:29.set up seven years ago and has had to plough through more than 3,000
:04:30. > :04:35.claims. It cost more than #3ds 34 million but no soldiers have been
:04:36. > :04:40.prosecuted as a result. -- ?34,000. IHAT and its work has been
:04:41. > :04:44.controversial in the military but the downfall of Phil Shiner and
:04:45. > :04:49.concern for the toll it was taking over soldiers and their families has
:04:50. > :04:54.led the MoT to act It is something that is very important. It will make
:04:55. > :05:00.a big statement to the Army and it'll show the Government is full
:05:01. > :05:04.square in supporting the Army and providing it with a framework where
:05:05. > :05:09.soldiers can deal with the difficult situations they have to deal with.
:05:10. > :05:12.Over the course of Britain's long involvement in Iraq, the Ministry of
:05:13. > :05:17.Defence says over the summer only 20 cases will be left to be
:05:18. > :05:20.investigated. There has been growing controversy
:05:21. > :05:24.over Iraq Historic Allegations Team for sometime but it was presumably
:05:25. > :05:28.today's report by MPs that finished it off The MoD has been under
:05:29. > :05:31.pressure over the investigation which has been running forself seven
:05:32. > :05:34.years, with 130 staff and no prosecutions. Most of the cases in
:05:35. > :05:39.front of it had been dismissed due to lack of evidence. Last week you
:05:40. > :05:42.had Phil Shiner being struck off. He had brought most of the claims in
:05:43. > :05:46.front of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team. Then this
:05:47. > :05:48.blistering attack by MPs on the investigation, calling it an
:05:49. > :05:53.unmitigated failure and it was just after their report was issued that
:05:54. > :05:58.the MoD announced it was wrapping up the investigation early, wrapping it
:05:59. > :06:02.up by the summer, saying that there will only be about 20 cases left and
:06:03. > :06:08.the Royal Navy Police will now take those on. And it has also announced,
:06:09. > :06:11.as you said, that 90% of the allegations of abuse made in
:06:12. > :06:17.Afghanistan will now be discontinued as well. Thank you Caroline.
:06:18. > :06:19.The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says it's "completely unacceptable"
:06:20. > :06:27.that some patients in England are waiting up to 13 hours in A
:06:28. > :06:29.Figures show that waiting times in casualty are worse
:06:30. > :06:34.and the number of operations cancelled at the last minute hit
:06:35. > :06:38.Mr Hunt insists he does have an improvement plan -
:06:39. > :06:40.though didn't reveal it - and he admits it will take time.
:06:41. > :06:42.He was talking to our Health Editor Hugh Pym.
:06:43. > :06:45.The worst monthly A figures in more than a decade.
:06:46. > :06:47.We actually have corridor nurses now as well.
:06:48. > :06:56.No-one would want it for members of their own family.
:06:57. > :06:58.It's been a difficult few days for the Health Secretary.
:06:59. > :07:03.Now he's come out and acknowledged that what's happening in England's
:07:04. > :07:08.The BBC has shown images from Royal Blackburn
:07:09. > :07:10.of people waiting 13 hours, mothers and babies
:07:11. > :07:24.I'm doing this job because I want NHS care to be the safest and best
:07:25. > :07:26.in the world and that kind of care is completely unacceptable.
:07:27. > :07:39.No-one would want it for members of their own family.
:07:40. > :07:42.We futured Iris Sibley's story this week.
:07:43. > :07:44.She had to wait six months in hospital before a care home
:07:45. > :07:48.What did Mr Hunt have to say to her family?
:07:49. > :07:51.Well, I don't want to make any kind of excuses for that.
:07:52. > :07:55.It is terrible for Mrs Sibley but it is also very bad for the NHS
:07:56. > :07:59.But it is not the only case of its kind.
:08:00. > :08:01.No, and as I say, there are no excuses,
:08:02. > :08:04.Iris's son, John, said he was pleased Mr Hunt had
:08:05. > :08:07.recognised that his mother had been let down but he had this message
:08:08. > :08:11.What I would like to say to Jeremy Hunt
:08:12. > :08:13.is to admit, to have the guts to admit that the system
:08:14. > :08:20.If we have to pay more, I'd say to Jeremy Hunt -
:08:21. > :08:23.I'm prepared to pay more tax and I'm sure most of the country
:08:24. > :08:26.would be too because our old people are worth it.
:08:27. > :08:29.And the state of social care was something I raised with Mr Hunt.
:08:30. > :08:31.The Prime Minister's been very clear.
:08:32. > :08:38.We recognise there is a problem about the sustainability of the
:08:39. > :08:42.social care system and that has to be addressed and we are going to do
:08:43. > :08:46.There have been calls for more funding for the NHS in England,
:08:47. > :08:48.including from an American health expert who advised David
:08:49. > :08:52.He thinks the Government's current spending plans are set too low.
:08:53. > :08:56.I have serious doubts as to whether you can have a health
:08:57. > :08:58.care that's universal, not rationed and responsive to needs
:08:59. > :09:10.But others say it's not just about money and getting the NHS
:09:11. > :09:12.to be more efficient is important, with new ways of working
:09:13. > :09:18.Mr Hunt says change is needed on many fronts.
:09:19. > :09:23.I think it's wrong to suggest to people that these
:09:24. > :09:26.profound challenges, such as we face with an ageing population,
:09:27. > :09:28.are ones where there is a silver bullet that you can solve
:09:29. > :09:34.We also need the public's help because we know that a number
:09:35. > :09:37.of people who are seen in A could actually have their needs
:09:38. > :09:39.dealt with in another part of the NHS.
:09:40. > :09:41.New figures show cancelled operations in England
:09:42. > :09:47.Further evidence that whether it's routine surgery,
:09:48. > :09:49.A or community care, there's pressure
:09:50. > :09:59.President Trump has hit back after a US court refused
:10:00. > :10:01.to reinstate his temporary ban on travellers from seven
:10:02. > :10:06.This evening, Mr Trump said there was "no doubt" he would win
:10:07. > :10:09.in the courts and pledged additional security measures next week.
:10:10. > :10:12.Our North America Editor, Jon Sopel, has the latest on the President's
:10:13. > :10:16.confrontation with the legal system.
:10:17. > :10:19.At the White House this morning, a full ceremonial welcome being laid
:10:20. > :10:28.Even an awkward bear hug for the man he has only met once before.
:10:29. > :10:31.The focus of the conversation was meant to be about trade,
:10:32. > :10:34.not the subject journalists wanted to talk about.
:10:35. > :10:37.I'm curious about yesterday's ruling in the ninth circuit court.
:10:38. > :10:40.Has it caused you to rethink your use of executive power?
:10:41. > :10:42.Your question was unrelated to what we're here for today
:10:43. > :10:46.He steered clear of attacking the judges and promised
:10:47. > :10:54.We'll be doing something very rapidly, having
:10:55. > :10:59.You'll be seeing that sometime next week.
:11:00. > :11:02.In addition, we will continue to go to the court process,
:11:03. > :11:05.and ultimately I have no doubt that we'll win the particular case.
:11:06. > :11:07.Last night, there was a furious reaction to the judgment,
:11:08. > :11:10.with the President tweeting, in block capitals, a sure sign
:11:11. > :11:15.THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE".
:11:16. > :11:17.In Washington State, which brought the original case,
:11:18. > :11:21.a mixture of defiance and "bring it on".
:11:22. > :11:26.We have seen him in court twice and we are two for two.
:11:27. > :11:28.We respect that the President has broad authority when it comes
:11:29. > :11:30.to issuing executive orders, but they still have
:11:31. > :11:37.The sudden implementation of the executive order brought chaos
:11:38. > :11:55.Travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries were banned
:11:56. > :11:58.from entering the US for 90 days, the entire refugee programme
:11:59. > :12:00.suspended for 120 days, except when it comes to Syria,
:12:01. > :12:02.and there, the suspension is indefinite.
:12:03. > :12:04.The three Federal Appeal Court judges ruled that there is no
:12:05. > :12:07.evidence that any alien from any country named in the order has
:12:08. > :12:09.perpetrated a terrorist attack in the United States.
:12:10. > :12:12.The safety valve for the most vulnerable people offered no
:12:13. > :12:13.explanation for how these waiver provisions would
:12:14. > :12:17.And in conclusion, the judges say, competing public interests
:12:18. > :12:20.In other words, the decision of the lower court
:12:21. > :12:30.The next and last legal stop is the Supreme Court.
:12:31. > :12:33.With one vacancy still to be filled, it's split evenly
:12:34. > :12:34.between four liberal and four conservative judges.
:12:35. > :12:37.If they were to tie, then the judgment of the lower
:12:38. > :12:40.The President and his advisors have a tough decision to make.
:12:41. > :12:43.Do they press on, take this to the Supreme Court
:12:44. > :12:45.and risk another defeat, or rip up the existing executive
:12:46. > :12:48.order, redraft it and admit that they got it wrong
:12:49. > :12:56.The President promised during the campaign
:12:57. > :12:58.that he would "win so much, Americans would get
:12:59. > :13:03.This is not the story so far on his migrant ban.
:13:04. > :13:15.Meanwhile, President Trump and his Chinese counterpart,
:13:16. > :13:16.Xi Jinping, have held their first telephone conversation.
:13:17. > :13:18.During the call, described as "cordial", Mr Trump agreed
:13:19. > :13:21.to honour the so-called "One China" policy, which he'd previously
:13:22. > :13:24.It relates to the status of the island of Taiwan,
:13:25. > :13:26.which has its own government but which Beijing sees
:13:27. > :13:30.The One China policy acknowledges there is only one
:13:31. > :13:33.Chinese government and that diplomatic relations must
:13:34. > :13:37.Our China Editor, Carrie Gracie, reports
:13:38. > :13:49.People in Taiwan have more freedom of expression than people in China.
:13:50. > :13:52.After 70 years of governing itself, this noisy democracy
:13:53. > :14:05.In this animation studio, they are not just mocking
:14:06. > :14:15.their own President but Mr Xi and Mr Trump as well.
:14:16. > :14:18.We have 1800 missiles pointed our way but at the same time
:14:19. > :14:20.in Taiwan we have absolute freedom to do anything we want,
:14:21. > :14:24.so satire is one of the good things we need to push because it helps
:14:25. > :14:31.It's threatened to retake Taiwan by force, and it sailed its aircraft
:14:32. > :14:34.carrier past the island last month to show that it means business.
:14:35. > :14:39.For Beijing this, the island of Taiwan,
:14:40. > :14:47.It's the piece they say will finally reunite a nation broken up
:14:48. > :14:53.and humiliated by colonial powers two centuries ago.
:14:54. > :14:58.To let Taiwan float off towards independence, or even worse,
:14:59. > :15:01.to let it become part of an American-led alliance
:15:02. > :15:03.against China in these waters, well, that, to Beijing,
:15:04. > :15:14.The Taiwanese navy is no match for China's.
:15:15. > :15:19.It's the American fleet which protects Taiwan.
:15:20. > :15:24.Back in December, it looked as if Donald Trump would go further.
:15:25. > :15:28.He took a call from the Taiwanese President and hinted
:15:29. > :15:36.Now, President Trump has backed down.
:15:37. > :15:39.In his phone call with President Xi, he returned to the so-called
:15:40. > :15:44.one China policy that Beijing insists on.
:15:45. > :15:51.And many Taiwanese reluctantly accept the status quo.
:15:52. > :15:53.TRANSLATION: Ideally, I would choose independence
:15:54. > :15:56.but in the real world independence is impossible.
:15:57. > :16:05.Messages of peace for the year ahead at Taipei's Lantern Festival.
:16:06. > :16:14.Caught between an unpredictable America and an implacable China.
:16:15. > :16:17.Their hopes and fears are low priority to both.
:16:18. > :16:27.The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is continuing his reshuffle,
:16:28. > :16:29.following the resignation of several Shadow Cabinet ministers
:16:30. > :16:33.and a rebellion by Labour MPs over the Brexit bill.
:16:34. > :16:35.One of the big tests of his leadership will be
:16:36. > :16:38.the by-elections on the 23rd February in the Labour-held
:16:39. > :16:41.seats of Stoke-on-Trent Central and Copeland.
:16:42. > :16:42.Our Deputy Political Editor, John Pienaar,
:16:43. > :16:59.John Pienaar is in Hanley and he wants to know how people feel
:17:00. > :17:02.about the by-election in Stoke-on-Trent Central.
:17:03. > :17:04.Is Stoke going to stay a Labour city?
:17:05. > :17:10.I think for far too long we've been taken for granted by Labour.
:17:11. > :17:13.I'd like to think it was going to stay Labour.
:17:14. > :17:15.They sort of work for everybody, don't they?
:17:16. > :17:18.Whereas I don't know, the guys who are potentially going to get in,
:17:19. > :17:21.are quite bigoted in a couple of their views.
:17:22. > :17:23.By all accounts, the Labour candidate is pro-European.
:17:24. > :17:25.So how does that square with 70% plus anti-European
:17:26. > :17:36.You have been Labour, but you're switching?
:17:37. > :17:41.You're still agonising a bit about it?
:17:42. > :17:45.This is a really big deal in national politics, isn't it?
:17:46. > :17:49.Is Labour's traditional support in industrial towns
:17:50. > :17:52.like this one in Stoke, away from London and the big cities,
:17:53. > :17:57.Well look, most people here voted to leave the European Union.
:17:58. > :18:00.Most of the MPs here, the Labour MPs here,
:18:01. > :18:03.voted and campaigned to stay in the European Union.
:18:04. > :18:06.And Jeremy Corbyn, he is popular with his party members.
:18:07. > :18:09.When it comes to the wider public, not so much.
:18:10. > :18:12.A senior Labour MP has said that Labour here is hanging
:18:13. > :18:14.on by its fingernails against the challenge
:18:15. > :18:22.Messages, thousands, came in on our BBC Facebook live page.
:18:23. > :18:25."Jeremy Corbyn was a big election issue for Labour."
:18:26. > :18:29."Full of honesty, respect and integrity," says Stephen.
:18:30. > :18:34."Corbynites are enthusiastic, but he costs votes."
:18:35. > :18:46.Labour is under siege in two by-elections on the same night.
:18:47. > :18:48.Voters who never wanted Brexit are being targeted
:18:49. > :18:53.by the Liberal Democrats and the Greens.
:18:54. > :18:56.Will Ukip's campaigners see their leader become Stoke's new MP?
:18:57. > :19:03.That would strike fear into Labour's Brexit-supporting heartland.
:19:04. > :19:06.Tory campaigners are daring to dream of an historic triumph.
:19:07. > :19:09.They ran Ukip close in Stoke, but in Copeland they feel
:19:10. > :19:11.they can beat Labour, the first government gain
:19:12. > :19:18.over its main opponents in a by-election in 35 years.
:19:19. > :19:22.So Labour is fighting door to door, street to street, here in Stoke.
:19:23. > :19:25.And far to the north, where Labour is facing
:19:26. > :19:30.a hard slog to survive in a very different setting.
:19:31. > :19:32.In Copeland's coastal town of Whitehaven,
:19:33. > :19:38.Ask almost anyone, Jeremy Corbyn's past opposition to nuclear power
:19:39. > :19:43.Though voting Labour here is an old habit.
:19:44. > :19:46.Well, I'm going to stay with Labour, because I just think it's
:19:47. > :19:51.And all my family has always voted Labour.
:19:52. > :19:53.Because of the workforce at Sellafield, and what it creates
:19:54. > :19:56.in the wider community, and what Mr Corbyn said
:19:57. > :19:59.about nuclear power, they've got to think of themselves.
:20:00. > :20:02.And for the long-term future of Sellafield,
:20:03. > :20:11.Losing here or in Stoke means talk of existential crisis for Labour.
:20:12. > :20:14.Rejected by once loyal voters who now feel left
:20:15. > :20:25.And to see a full list of candidates for both the Stoke-on-Trent Central
:20:26. > :20:35.and Copeland by elections, visit our website at bbc.co.uk/politics.
:20:36. > :20:38.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
:20:39. > :20:39.The UK's biggest domestic energy supplier, British Gas,
:20:40. > :20:42.has said it will freeze its prices until the summer.
:20:43. > :20:44.However, Scottish Power has announced that its customers
:20:45. > :20:46.will see their bills go up, following similar moves
:20:47. > :20:51.Concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of Britain's
:20:52. > :20:54.naval fleet after it emerged that none of the seven attack submarines
:20:55. > :20:59.The newer submarines, which carry cruise missiles, cost
:21:00. > :21:06.The MOD insists some are "operationally capable".
:21:07. > :21:09.Cocaine worth up to ?50 million has washed up on beaches
:21:10. > :21:13.Holdalls containing over 300 kilos of the drug were found.
:21:14. > :21:16.Detectives said it would be a "major blow to the organised
:21:17. > :21:23.A London-based plumbing firm has lost a legal battle over whether it
:21:24. > :21:26.should give freelance workers basic employment rights such as pensions,
:21:27. > :21:31.Pimlico Plumbers went to the Court of Appeal after plumber Gary Smith,
:21:32. > :21:39.who was on a self-employed contract, won a tribunal case against them.
:21:40. > :21:42.More than 400 whales have beached on the coast of New Zealand,
:21:43. > :21:45.one of the worst whale strandings ever seen in the country.
:21:46. > :21:50.Volunteers in the community of Farewell Spit are racing
:21:51. > :21:53.to save and refloat them but around 300 have
:21:54. > :21:57.already died and time is running out for the rest.
:21:58. > :22:04.Stranded, distressed and barely alive.
:22:05. > :22:07.Volunteers have come from far and wide to save the whales beached
:22:08. > :22:16.This is the third-largest mass stranding that we've recorded
:22:17. > :22:18.in our history and so it's a very large one.
:22:19. > :22:19.Logistically it's a massive undertaking.
:22:20. > :22:22.The whales started stranding last night, round about ten
:22:23. > :22:26.We were notified of that, and then this morning when they went
:22:27. > :22:28.out and checked on them, most of the whales
:22:29. > :22:32.I've never experienced death like this before.
:22:33. > :22:37.For such a majestic animal it's really strange
:22:38. > :22:44.There's a lot of death here, eh, which is a sad, sad thing, but, hey,
:22:45. > :22:48.if we can get some of them out it's got to be a good thing.
:22:49. > :22:50.Scientists don't know exactly why whales beach themselves.
:22:51. > :22:56.Anybody that doesn't have a sheet over the whale,
:22:57. > :22:59.make sure those sheets are really nice and wet, not
:23:00. > :23:04.Rescuers tried to re-float some of the whales at high tide,
:23:05. > :23:08.but some just turned straight back to shore.
:23:09. > :23:10.Whale strandings in New Zealand are common.
:23:11. > :23:11.Just two years earlier 200 whales beached here.
:23:12. > :23:19.But this is one of the country's worst mass strandings.
:23:20. > :23:21.It's another weekend of fierce rivalry, intense pressure
:23:22. > :23:24.and big expectations in the Six Nations tournament.
:23:25. > :23:28.England take on Wales tomorrow and if England win,
:23:29. > :23:31.they will be just three games away from breaking the world record
:23:32. > :23:33.for the most unbeaten Test matches, a title currently held
:23:34. > :23:43.Italy take on Ireland, and Scotland play France on Sunday.
:23:44. > :23:44.Here's our sports correspondent Joe Wilson.
:23:45. > :23:46.Long before the bridge, there was rugby.
:23:47. > :23:47.The journey to Wales has petrified England,
:23:48. > :23:59.In 2013 Wales scored 30 points in Cardiff, England humbled.
:24:00. > :24:02.The coach says it's just another city.
:24:03. > :24:07.Yes, but in Cardiff it's named after the Welsh captain,
:24:08. > :24:15.I think the game does mean a lot to a lot of people.
:24:16. > :24:18.We are able to share that, hopefully we can share it
:24:19. > :24:22.I think we're very fortunate to have a stadium that is suitable
:24:23. > :24:28.We've experienced lights, fire, music.
:24:29. > :24:33.England's Jones, Eddie, now expects what he calls "shenanigans".
:24:34. > :24:36.What are the shenanigans you're prepared for?
:24:37. > :24:39.Oh, I don't know, but, you know, they're a cunning lot,
:24:40. > :24:45.You know, they've got goats, they've got daffodils,
:24:46. > :24:52.Well, mischievous friendly rivalry, that's what the
:24:53. > :24:56.It is an outlet for passion and that's exactly why England have
:24:57. > :25:00.decided that here in Cardiff the roof should be open
:25:01. > :25:06.for the game, allowing all that Welsh noise to escape into the sky.
:25:07. > :25:09.Well, everyone in professional sport is trying to find an edge.
:25:10. > :25:13.Gareth Southgate - yes, the England football manager -
:25:14. > :25:16.was at rugby training this week, seeking a different perspective.
:25:17. > :25:22.Well, England fly-half George Ford finished the session
:25:23. > :25:27.and then told me he won't be in Wales in fear.
:25:28. > :25:31.I think, as a player, if you learn to embrace it and learn
:25:32. > :25:35.to be excited about it, I think that's the best
:25:36. > :25:39.If you look back and you feel like you didn't enjoy it,
:25:40. > :25:45.After their scintillating victory over Ireland last weekend,
:25:46. > :25:48.Scotland suddenly look like the team to beat in the Six Nations.
:25:49. > :26:05.Now it's time for the news where you are.