:00:00. > :00:10.Thousands of people are stranded at airports across Britain as hundreds
:00:11. > :00:13.of flights are cancelled or delayed. An air traffic control problem has
:00:14. > :00:18.affected most major airports since this morning and has yet to be
:00:19. > :00:21.fixed. South Africans celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela, as more
:00:22. > :00:27.details are announced of plans to honour the former president. And
:00:28. > :00:30.clean up operation - home and business owners count the cost after
:00:31. > :00:51.the most serious tidal surge in 60 years.
:00:52. > :00:56.Good evening. Thousands of passengers have spent the day
:00:57. > :00:59.stranded on planes and in airports after a fault at an air traffic
:01:00. > :01:02.control centre. More than 200 flights were cancelled at Heathrow,
:01:03. > :01:06.with most of the other major airports in the United Kingdom and
:01:07. > :01:11.Ireland affected as well. Passengers and airlines have expressed anger
:01:12. > :01:14.about the delays. The problem is supposed to be fixed within the
:01:15. > :01:15.hour, but the disruption it's caused will continue throughout the evening
:01:16. > :01:29.and into tomorrow. There has been a restriction on the
:01:30. > :01:36.number of lights that can go to or from the United Kingdom. The age: 30
:01:37. > :01:40.flight from Heathrow to Bill in this morning, going nowhere. Just one of
:01:41. > :01:43.many planes trapped on the ground due to technical problems with air
:01:44. > :01:49.traffic control. This is where it went wrong, the National air traffic
:01:50. > :01:54.control service. A problem switching from night to day operations caused
:01:55. > :01:58.the chaos. Engineers said it was linked to voice communications,
:01:59. > :02:04.including telephones. At fixing it is proving difficult. We are not
:02:05. > :02:08.100% resilient, as today has shown. But every time we have a glitch like
:02:09. > :02:11.this, one of the things that we do with great effort afterwards is to
:02:12. > :02:15.look at exactly what happened and why, and to make sure we don't have
:02:16. > :02:22.it happen again. There is some movement today. Traffic control said
:02:23. > :02:27.80% of flights have been operating. But that still leaves 20% grounded,
:02:28. > :02:33.affecting hundreds of planes and thousands of passengers. We tried to
:02:34. > :02:36.check in, and they wouldn't let us. They said it would take a long time
:02:37. > :02:42.to find out if the flight had been cancelled. Now we have to wait eight
:02:43. > :02:47.hours for the next one. I came in from Trinidad, landed at Gatwick,
:02:48. > :02:53.transferred to Heathrow. It's just chaos, queues everywhere. I've come
:02:54. > :02:58.in to find my flight is cancelled. Travel experts are warning there may
:02:59. > :03:03.be more trouble ahead. Even if the system is fixed right now, there is
:03:04. > :03:07.a terrible backlog of planes waiting to depart, particularly from
:03:08. > :03:11.Heathrow and quick. On top of that, you have pilots and aircraft in the
:03:12. > :03:22.wrong places. I'm afraid it's going to be pretty miserable for the rest
:03:23. > :03:25.of the day. Air-traffic controllers now say they understand what has
:03:26. > :03:26.caused today's chaos and they are hoping to fix the fault sometime
:03:27. > :03:36.this evening. Let's get a few more details with
:03:37. > :03:41.Richard Wescott at Stansted Airport. What confidence that the problem
:03:42. > :03:46.will be fixed soon? I have just got off the phone to the air-traffic
:03:47. > :03:52.controllers. There is still no news. They are still hoping to get it
:03:53. > :03:55.fixed within an hour. Even if they do, expect delays. They are
:03:56. > :03:59.inevitable, not just tonight but tomorrow as well. As ever, if you
:04:00. > :04:03.are travelling, check with your airlines. Don't go thinking this is
:04:04. > :04:08.some kind of high-tech computer that has gone wrong. What has happened is
:04:09. > :04:11.there is an internal phone system. The controllers literally use
:04:12. > :04:15.telephones to swap data about the flights. It's very important stuff.
:04:16. > :04:19.That system has not worked properly today. They literally could not open
:04:20. > :04:23.as many work stations as they needed to cover a normal Saturday. Hence we
:04:24. > :04:28.have had this reduced service. To give you some idea of the scale of
:04:29. > :04:32.this, it has affected 8% of flights across the whole of Europe. 8%
:04:33. > :04:35.delayed. The South African government has
:04:36. > :04:37.given more details of plans to honour the former president, Nelson
:04:38. > :04:40.Mandela. His funeral cortege will travel through the streets of the
:04:41. > :04:48.capital, Pretoria, on three days, before his burial next Sunday.
:04:49. > :04:54.On the rough edges of Johannesburg, a sombre mood today. A young Nelson
:04:55. > :05:00.Mandela once lived on this corner, long before he went to prison.
:05:01. > :05:05.Signing a book of condolence in the courtyard is Clara Letswala. When
:05:06. > :05:10.she was a schoolgirl, she met Mandela here, and again years later,
:05:11. > :05:15.when he returned as an old man. He was a very good man. He was a man of
:05:16. > :05:21.passion. Today, this is still a poor,
:05:22. > :05:28.sometimes violent neighbourhood. But Mandela's name prompts only
:05:29. > :05:32.gratitude and respect here. We are what we are today, even though we
:05:33. > :05:37.don't have good houses and some of the others have houses, and we're
:05:38. > :05:45.still struggling to get houses. But for him, he has done a lot for us.
:05:46. > :05:51.We love that man. So the mood is down. Everyone is just thinking of
:05:52. > :05:54.Mandela. Today, Mandela's grandson Ndaba joined the crowd still
:05:55. > :06:00.gathering outside the family home in Johannesburg.
:06:01. > :06:04.South Africa is gearing up for a momentous week, with vast crowds
:06:05. > :06:11.gathering, thousands lining the roads. Every world leader is heading
:06:12. > :06:12.to town. The mood here for now is wavering between sorrow and
:06:13. > :06:21.celebration. If you look at the crowds that are
:06:22. > :06:27.gathering, this is the South Africa that Nelson Mandela created for us.
:06:28. > :06:30.Even though he is not with us, he continues to unite this country. I
:06:31. > :06:36.believe our leaders and the future leaders must learn from this great
:06:37. > :06:43.man. Do you think they are learning? Not enough, honestly speaking.
:06:44. > :06:46.Tomorrow there will be more singing as the first remembrance services
:06:47. > :06:55.begin. Nearly 160 countries have struck a
:06:56. > :06:59.deal which it's hoped could boost global trade. The World Trade
:07:00. > :07:02.Organisation agreement will cut import barriers and help developing
:07:03. > :07:12.nations subsidise their farmers to safeguard food supplies.
:07:13. > :07:16.Thousands of people are returning to their homes on the east coast of
:07:17. > :07:20.Britain after what the Environment Agency described as the most serious
:07:21. > :07:22.tidal surge in 60 years. 14,000 homes were flooded, including 300 in
:07:23. > :07:26.Boston in Lincolnshire, from where Ed Thomas sent this report.
:07:27. > :07:35.Clearing up and bringing Boston back to life. The floodwaters have gone,
:07:36. > :07:39.but the mess hasn't. The bottom oven was filled with water. Some here
:07:40. > :07:45.have had their lives turned upside down. Only last week, Rebecca Callow
:07:46. > :07:50.won a business award. Now her home, car and cake shop have been ruined
:07:51. > :07:53.by the floods. It feels like my heart has been ripped out, because
:07:54. > :07:59.everything, from the past year, I have put into this business. It was
:08:00. > :08:02.a 48-hour battle for the Environment Agency, police, council and
:08:03. > :08:08.firefighters to hold the waters back here. Today, the Environment
:08:09. > :08:13.Secretary came to Boston to thank them for their efforts. I'd really
:08:14. > :08:15.pay tribute to the Environment Agency, local councils, the
:08:16. > :08:21.emergency services, who have been planning well in advance. That work
:08:22. > :08:25.came to fruition. Also, they moved very quickly. Here in Boston there
:08:26. > :08:27.was a breach of the defences, the Environment Agency moved rapidly
:08:28. > :08:31.during the night and a number of properties were saved. But we have
:08:32. > :08:36.to remember this was really exceptional. It took just minutes
:08:37. > :08:41.for this street to flood. It will take weeks to clear up. This will
:08:42. > :08:45.give you some idea of just how ferocious the tidal surge was. The
:08:46. > :08:48.height of the wet bricks gives you some clues about what the water
:08:49. > :08:52.did. Compare that to the flood defences along this lane. Look at
:08:53. > :08:58.the height of the sandbags. It's clear the homes and businesses here
:08:59. > :09:02.did not stand a chance. Forecasters say the worst is over. But what
:09:03. > :09:04.isn't known is the cost of repairing the homes and businesses battered by
:09:05. > :09:15.the waves and storms. England are heading for a big defeat
:09:16. > :09:18.in the second Ashes Test match at Adelaide. The Australian fast bowler
:09:19. > :09:20.Mitchell Johnson took seven wickets as England's batting collapsed
:09:21. > :09:28.leaving them a difficult task to avoid going 2-0 down in the series.
:09:29. > :09:41.There is a famous tale about the band playing on while the ship
:09:42. > :09:45.sinks. The jaunty Adelaide jars, England disappeared. Joe Root
:09:46. > :09:50.withstood the pace only to throw his wicket away against spin bowling.
:09:51. > :09:54.Self-inflicted woes. Kevin Pietersen's approach to adversity
:09:55. > :09:58.was one of those Pietersen shots. Australia predicted he would play
:09:59. > :10:03.it. Was batting possible? Certainly for Michael Carberry, who helped
:10:04. > :10:08.England to 211-3. 160, he fell. Wonderful catch from Warner which
:10:09. > :10:13.put England's drops into context. Now over to Mitchell Johnson. Matt
:10:14. > :10:20.prior lasted four balls. Broad went to the first he faced. Graeme Swann
:10:21. > :10:24.stood around for seven. Anderson, another first ball duck. Broken
:10:25. > :10:28.stumps me much more than words about open arms. No need to speak. In the
:10:29. > :10:36.midst of this, Ian Bell attacked, knowing he had run out of partners.
:10:37. > :10:40.He finished on 72 not out. Monty Palis are showed courage. No
:10:41. > :10:45.disgrace for him. But seven wickets for Mitchell Johnson. Do in which
:10:46. > :10:54.batsmen have the stomach to face him? Australia already lead by 530.
:10:55. > :10:59.At some point, they will make England bat again and unleash
:11:00. > :11:06.Mitchell Johnson again. And there is no hiding place. Unite I in today's
:11:07. > :11:09.Premier League games there were wins for Crystal Palace, Liverpool, Stoke
:11:10. > :11:13.and Norwich and Newcastle won at Old Trafford for the first time in 41
:11:14. > :11:16.years. The only goal of the game was scored by Yohan Cabaye, who slotted
:11:17. > :11:18.the ball into the net after 61 minutes to add more pressure on
:11:19. > :11:20.United boss David