:00:15. > :00:17.Hello, good afternoon. The nephew of Jimmy Savile has spoken of his
:00:17. > :00:23.family's turmoil over allegations of sexual abuse surrounding the
:00:23. > :00:27.late television presenter and DJ. Roger Foster said the claims had
:00:27. > :00:30.overwhelmed his family and made it difficult for them to reconcile
:00:30. > :00:34.their image of a man who did so much for charity with one who
:00:34. > :00:38.committed what he has called indecent criminal acts. The
:00:38. > :00:42.statement referred to how the family became aware of the
:00:42. > :00:52.programme that was being made, with allegations of a darker side that
:00:52. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:02.Ben Geoghegan is with me now in the studio. What more of a saint in the
:01:02. > :01:05.statement? The statement sets out the family's shock and disbelief
:01:05. > :01:10.and echoes the reaction around the country as these allegations have
:01:10. > :01:13.surfaced about Jimmy Savile. He goes on to say how the allegations
:01:13. > :01:18.have overwhelmed his family and he asked the question, how could
:01:18. > :01:24.anyone live their life doing the most good at and the most evil at
:01:24. > :01:27.the same time? He also talks about Savile's victims, Zane their own
:01:27. > :01:30.despair and sadness does not compare to that felt by the victims,
:01:30. > :01:35.and we offer our deepest sympathy in what must be a terrible time for
:01:35. > :01:40.all of them. He ends with a question, where will this all end?
:01:40. > :01:43.Our feelings are in turmoil as we await each turn of events. And one
:01:43. > :01:47.of those events today, the Catholic Church in England and Wales has
:01:47. > :01:52.written to the Pope to see whether his papal knighthood can be revoked.
:01:52. > :01:56.He was given that by Pope John Paul II in 1994 for his charity work,
:01:56. > :02:00.but the Archbishop of Westminster, the head of the change in England
:02:00. > :02:04.and Wales, has written to the Vatican, asking whether it can be
:02:04. > :02:08.annulled. It is not clear whether there is a procedure for taking his
:02:08. > :02:12.name off that list, but the Church has had to deal with its own sex
:02:12. > :02:16.abuse scandals and clearly wants to make a gesture towards Jimmy
:02:16. > :02:22.Savile's victims, whom the Church has described as being in deep
:02:22. > :02:25.distress because of all of this. Women who quit smoking by the age
:02:25. > :02:29.of 30 will almost completely avoid the risks of dying early from
:02:29. > :02:33.tobacco-related diseases. The study in the Lancet looked at more than
:02:33. > :02:36.one million women in the UK and qualifies for the first time the
:02:36. > :02:40.benefits of stopping smoking at different stages of life. Health
:02:40. > :02:45.correspondent Branwen Jeffreys reports how it also found that
:02:45. > :02:50.lifelong smokers lost around 10 years from their lifespan.
:02:50. > :02:54.Angela took up smoking at the age of 11, so giving up when she was 20
:02:54. > :02:59.it was tough, and she got advice and nicotine substitutes from a
:02:59. > :03:04.local NHS, but it also took a lot of willpower. Today's research
:03:04. > :03:08.shows that by giving up while she is still young, she should live as
:03:08. > :03:13.long as a non-smoker, and she is already feeling healthier. It is
:03:13. > :03:19.amazing, I can feel it already, it is great, being able to breathe
:03:19. > :03:23.again, you know. If I have a night out, I wake up in the morning, I
:03:23. > :03:28.used to be wheezing, but I have got my sense of smell back, which is
:03:28. > :03:32.like a whole new sensory experience for me. I did not realise that I
:03:32. > :03:37.could not really smell anything. was in the 1950s that British women
:03:37. > :03:40.took up smoking in large numbers. Now, by following that generation,
:03:40. > :03:44.researchers have been able to measure the impact. Using
:03:44. > :03:48.information from more than one million women, the study in the
:03:48. > :03:53.Lancet compares smokers and non- smokers. On average, female smokers
:03:53. > :03:59.died 10 years earlier than non- smokers. Stopping smoking by the
:03:59. > :04:03.age of 40 meant they died just one year before non-smokers. And
:04:03. > :04:09.stopping by 30 meant almost all of the extra risk was avoided.
:04:09. > :04:12.found that if women smoked like men, they died like men. Half of the
:04:12. > :04:17.people who keep on smoking will be killed by tobacco, but if you stop
:04:17. > :04:21.early enough, you avoid most of that risk. This study shows that if
:04:21. > :04:24.you give up young, you will live longer, but smoking is so damaging
:04:24. > :04:30.that there are other reasons to quit sooner, not later. It
:04:30. > :04:32.prematurely ages in and makes it harder for women to get pregnant. -
:04:32. > :04:36.- skin. They have been scattered snow
:04:36. > :04:41.showers across the eastern side of Britain with winds gusting up to 50
:04:41. > :04:45.mph. Snow fell on Newcastle overnight, creating difficult
:04:45. > :04:49.driving conditions. More than one million tonnes of salt has been set
:04:49. > :04:52.aside by councils in England and Wales to cope with icy roads this
:04:52. > :04:55.window. Preparations are being made in
:04:55. > :04:59.several states as Tropical Storm Sandy approaches the east coast of
:04:59. > :05:02.America. The US National weather Service downgraded it from a
:05:02. > :05:06.hurricane this morning, but it is still expected to cause major
:05:06. > :05:10.disruption when it hits next week. At least 40 people are reported to
:05:10. > :05:14.have been killed when the storm passed over the Caribbean.
:05:14. > :05:18.The second day of the ceasefire in Syria has been violated by the
:05:18. > :05:23.explosion of a car bomb in the City of their resort. A temporary four-
:05:23. > :05:29.day truce had been called to mark a Muslim holiday. The opposition
:05:29. > :05:32.claimed that these army has been shelling Damascus, Deraa and Aleppo.
:05:32. > :05:39.Activists say more than 150 people had been killed since the ceasefire
:05:39. > :05:45.began. James Reynolds is in Turkey, bordering Syria. What is the latest
:05:45. > :05:48.you are hearing? I think it is very clear now that the holiday
:05:48. > :05:51.ceasefire has not taken hold. We have been getting opposition
:05:51. > :05:56.reports that the government has fired mortars in suburbs of
:05:56. > :06:00.Damascus and also in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, in the north,
:06:00. > :06:05.and there were reports on state television of a car-bomb attack in
:06:05. > :06:10.Deir ez-Zor, an eastern city. It may be that the ceasefire plan was
:06:10. > :06:14.more of a prayer than a potential plan itself, and it may be that the
:06:14. > :06:17.two sides still think that each can win by force alone. Syria because
:06:17. > :06:21.it has warplanes and support from Russia, and the opposition because
:06:21. > :06:25.it gets guns from abroad and because it has popular support
:06:25. > :06:30.inside the country. It may indeed be that this holiday ceasefire ends
:06:30. > :06:33.in nothing. James, thank you. The Environment
:06:33. > :06:40.Secretary has confirmed that a ban on the import of ash trees will
:06:40. > :06:43.come into force on Monday. The deadly disease Charlara fraxinea
:06:43. > :06:46.fungus was found in the natural environment in the East Anglia. It
:06:47. > :06:50.has already come 90% of the species in Denmark in seven years and
:06:50. > :07:00.imports have been blamed for spreading to the UK. The next news
:07:00. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:09.bulletin is at 5:20pm on BBC One. Good afternoon from BBC London News,
:07:09. > :07:12.I'm Louisa Preston. Traders in East London say that parking
:07:12. > :07:14.restrictions are ruining their businesses. They claim the
:07:14. > :07:18.increased number of controlled parking zones across the capital
:07:18. > :07:21.means it is harder for people to shop on their local high streets.
:07:21. > :07:31.But councils say they are necessary and that residents want them.
:07:31. > :07:35.Angela Walker went to Leyton to find out more. Top left is my
:07:35. > :07:39.father, top right is my grandmother... This fishmonger's
:07:39. > :07:45.has been in the family for five generations. Now the owners say its
:07:45. > :07:48.future is under threat because of parking restrictions. We have not
:07:48. > :07:54.controlled parking zones, with all the little side turnings that used
:07:54. > :07:58.to have parking areas. Now you have got to my silly little scratchcard
:07:58. > :08:02.tickets, if you spend five minutes in an area to do a bit of shopping.
:08:02. > :08:07.People won't do it! When the council says, we are doing our best
:08:07. > :08:13.for local businesses, they are not. This has been in his family for
:08:13. > :08:16.eight years. Now it is closing. have survived the Great Depression,
:08:16. > :08:22.world wars, the recession in the 1980s. Unfortunately, we are not
:08:22. > :08:26.good to last any longer. Any time the parking restrictions are
:08:26. > :08:30.increased, food for Fort off. The fees went up 60% earlier this year,
:08:30. > :08:34.and the castles as they tried to help the local community. This will
:08:34. > :08:41.shock has been here for 23 years. This is going to be a very
:08:41. > :08:44.difficult year. I do not know how much longer we can carry on.
:08:44. > :08:48.Federation of Small Businesses says many of its London members say that
:08:48. > :08:53.parking has a negative impact on them. They are asking the leaders
:08:53. > :08:57.of London's councils to rethink their policies, but Waltham Forest
:08:57. > :09:02.insists residents want controlled parking zones. If you ever want to
:09:02. > :09:05.do Controlled Parking, you have to discuss it with people, and local
:09:05. > :09:09.residents wanted that, it is something that was very popular
:09:10. > :09:14.because it is such a dense area. the south end of the high road, it
:09:14. > :09:18.is another story. The council has given shopfronts in a facelift and
:09:18. > :09:22.tidied up the pavements, but there is parking at a nearby superstore.
:09:22. > :09:26.The whole shop looks more attractive and eye-catching. So
:09:26. > :09:29.passing trade has increased dramatically. Waltham Forest
:09:29. > :09:35.council say they are planning to spend �3 million on Leyton High
:09:35. > :09:38.Road, but for shops like this one it is too little, too late.
:09:38. > :09:40.The Conservative MP Richard Ottaway has announced he will stand down
:09:40. > :09:46.from Parliament at the next general election. The 67-year-old has
:09:47. > :09:52.represented Croydon South since 1992. He had a majority of over
:09:52. > :09:56.15,000 votes at the last election. A man has been paid almost �200 by
:09:56. > :09:59.a company for wasting his time with cold calls. Richard Herman from
:09:59. > :10:00.Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey billed the company for his time when they
:10:00. > :10:05.continually called him about claming payment protection
:10:06. > :10:09.compensation. The Olympic rower Alex Partridge,
:10:09. > :10:13.from Henley on Thames, has issued a new plea for the return of his
:10:13. > :10:15.stolen medal after Team GB hockey player Hannah MacLeod got hers back.
:10:15. > :10:19.Both Olympians lost their medals when their Team GB jackets were
:10:19. > :10:24.stolen as they partied at a London nightclub in the early hours of
:10:24. > :10:29.Wednesday. Right, let's take a look at this afternoon's weather, it
:10:29. > :10:33.will remain cold with strong northerly winds and the odd shower.
:10:33. > :10:40.Top temperature of eight degrees celcius. Tonight should remain dry
:10:40. > :10:44.with some cloud developing in the early hours of Sunday morning.
:10:44. > :10:54.That's it, I'll be back at 5.30pm. Until then have a lovely afternoon,
:10:54. > :11:05.
:11:05. > :11:09.Hello. The week that has just gone by, many of us will have seen
:11:09. > :11:11.barely a single ray of sunshine, but a change today as brisk
:11:11. > :11:15.northerly winds have blown away murky weather and given us some
:11:15. > :11:19.sunshine, but with some cold air coming from the Arctic, you will
:11:19. > :11:23.notice that if you are not been outside already, it feels freezing
:11:23. > :11:27.cold, and these northerly winds are also bringing plenty of showers.
:11:27. > :11:31.Overnight we had some snow showers across the north-east of Scotland,
:11:31. > :11:34.north-eastern parts of England, giving a covering of snow in places.
:11:34. > :11:44.Further showers will affect eastern England through the afternoon, and
:11:44. > :11:48.some will fall as Hale, a mixture of rain elsewhere. That is
:11:48. > :11:51.associated with rain in the higher parts of the atmosphere. A spell of
:11:51. > :11:55.snow in the mountains, but to the eastern side of Scotland we will
:11:55. > :12:00.hold on to dry and bright weather, bar some isolated showers in
:12:00. > :12:04.Aberdeenshire. Cloudy weather across the north coast of Northern
:12:04. > :12:09.Ireland, sinking southwards, but staying largely dry and a later.
:12:09. > :12:13.Light showers affecting eastern parts of England, where we already
:12:13. > :12:18.have released on winds up to 50 mph. If you are watching the football,
:12:18. > :12:23.Arsenal versus QPR, it is a case of wrapping up warm, because it will
:12:23. > :12:27.feel colder than the seven degrees on the thermometer. Her overnight,
:12:27. > :12:31.outbreaks of rain will trickle eastwards from Scotland and
:12:31. > :12:35.Northern Ireland, initially the rain falling pretty patchily, but
:12:35. > :12:37.it will turn persistent as the night progresses. Perhaps an early
:12:37. > :12:42.nipper frost the cost eastern England before the milder air
:12:42. > :12:47.begins to arrive. For Sunday, what a contrast in the forecast,
:12:47. > :12:52.generally cloudy, westerly or south-westerly winds blowing in
:12:52. > :12:56.thick cloud and rain for many of us. A few limited bright interludes,
:12:56. > :12:58.temperatures a couple of degrees higher on the thermometer, but not
:12:59. > :13:03.feeling a great deal different because it will still be breezy and
:13:03. > :13:07.there will not be a lot of sunshine. Through Sunday night, the weather
:13:07. > :13:10.system brings rain southwards across England, lingering for the
:13:10. > :13:16.first part of Monday, so a damp start to the day in London, but