:00:00. > :00:09.severe flood warnings are still in place
:00:10. > :00:13.for northern England, after record levels of rainfall left homes
:00:14. > :00:22.flooded, bridges washed away and tens of thousands without power.
:00:23. > :00:23.Streets underwater and cars submerged in Carlisle,
:00:24. > :00:27.Hundreds have been rescued from their homes and
:00:28. > :00:41.We are told that it was going to be after these defences, it was a once
:00:42. > :00:43.in a 250-year event. And here we are, ten years later.
:00:44. > :00:46.Workers are battling to restore electricity to
:00:47. > :00:54.around 40,000 homes, after some flood defences failed.
:00:55. > :01:00.Questions will be asked about whether everybody has got ready, the
:01:01. > :01:02.authorities are ready for the sheer scale of the kind of rainstorms we
:01:03. > :01:04.are seeing now. We'll have the very latest tonight
:01:05. > :01:07.from the worst-affected areas. Counter-terrorism police are
:01:08. > :01:11.investigating the knife attack at a London tube station, which left
:01:12. > :01:16.one man seriously injured. France's far right Front Nationale
:01:17. > :01:20.party, is on course to win 30% of And what's behind the doors
:01:21. > :01:28.of this living advent "Extreme and unprecedented" is how
:01:29. > :01:55.the Government has described the torrential rainfall that's caused
:01:56. > :02:01.severe flooding, leaving hundreds of homes submerged, across northern
:02:02. > :02:04.England and parts of Scotland. The Army's been called
:02:05. > :02:06.in to evacuate people in Cumbria and the Scottish Borders,
:02:07. > :02:08.where some flood defences were Tonight, around 40,000 homes are
:02:09. > :02:18.without power, after flooding A second
:02:19. > :02:21.in Carlisle is also under threat. There are no trains running
:02:22. > :02:23.between England and Scotland through Preston,
:02:24. > :02:26.while road restrictions are in place And dozens of severe flood warnings
:02:27. > :02:33.are still in place in northern England, indicating
:02:34. > :02:36.a risk to life, though there are The city of Carlisle is one
:02:37. > :02:39.of worst-affected areas. From there,
:02:40. > :02:51.Danny Savage has the latest. On the flooded streets of Carlisle
:02:52. > :02:58.tonight, rescue boats are busy. It's dangerous work. They have to dodge
:02:59. > :03:02.hazards like submerged cars. This crew, from Greater Manchester Fire
:03:03. > :03:10.Rescue, are out looking for those desperate to escape their freezing,
:03:11. > :03:15.dark homes. Is that your tights. One woman throws a key down for the
:03:16. > :03:19.rescuers to let themselves N but there is no escaping getting wet. A
:03:20. > :03:23.few doors away, another family have had enough. So after three-quarters
:03:24. > :03:27.of an hour out in the flooded streets of Carlisle tonight, we have
:03:28. > :03:32.a full boat. We have three ladies from the same address. Another lady,
:03:33. > :03:36.Kay and two dogs. Too. This is what is happening tonight. Many hours
:03:37. > :03:39.after it flooded, people are still being rescued. It is pretty scary.
:03:40. > :03:43.You have no electricity, no light, no nothing. We didn't have enough
:03:44. > :03:47.food. We started to worry. We didn't have a toilet. Our toilet is
:03:48. > :03:52.downstairs. It was pretty frightening. Earlier today you could
:03:53. > :03:56.see the full extent of the damage to this city. Hundreds of homes have
:03:57. > :04:00.been washed out. Houses, which have all been repaired in the past, after
:04:01. > :04:04.flooding, are ruined again. This is the A69 heading out of the city,
:04:05. > :04:09.passable only by boat. It flooded so quickly last night, that they didn't
:04:10. > :04:15.have time to move their cars and fled upstairs. We will come in and
:04:16. > :04:21.have a chat. Ron and Denise Wood were flooded ten years ago. They're
:04:22. > :04:27.cold, wet and angry. We were told that it was going to be, after these
:04:28. > :04:31.defences, it was a once in a 250-year event and here we are, ten
:04:32. > :04:37.years later. Are you angry or... Angry, very angry. I feel like we've
:04:38. > :04:41.been fed a bit of false information, I think. At the top of the road
:04:42. > :04:45.another resident watched the water creeping ever-nearer. The sun may
:04:46. > :04:49.have been shining, but the water was still rising. I think it would be
:04:50. > :04:53.unfair to blame the Environment Agency, really for this. It is one
:04:54. > :04:57.of those things that happens. I think maybe the flood defences held
:04:58. > :05:01.it back for a while but it was probably just too much. Just too
:05:02. > :05:05.much. I mean, I don't know - how high can you build the wall, really?
:05:06. > :05:08.Power to many of these houses has been lost and power cuts are
:05:09. > :05:16.widespread across the affected region tonight. In Scotland, Hoik
:05:17. > :05:20.was badly-hit, too, roads were washed away and sandbags brought out
:05:21. > :05:25.N more remote areas, rescue helicopters were deployed this.
:05:26. > :05:29.Family was rescued off a roof in Cumbria. The water levels are
:05:30. > :05:32.dropping in Keswick but not before homes and businesses were ruined.
:05:33. > :05:37.Most people have given up on the idea of trying to stay in their
:05:38. > :05:41.homes and abandoned ship. Many have needed basic first aid treatment,
:05:42. > :05:43.too, another part of a huge recovery effort to deal with multiple
:05:44. > :05:58.locations, destroyed by floods. The Environment Agency has
:05:59. > :06:00.acknowleged some flood Almost 14 inches, 340mm, is believed
:06:01. > :06:05.to have fallen in the Lake District in just 24 hours and that would be
:06:06. > :06:08.a new British record. Millions of pounds has been spent
:06:09. > :06:10.on Carlisle's defences, Our Science Editor, David Shukman,
:06:11. > :06:13.took to the sky, The skies above Cumbria have cleared
:06:14. > :06:24.but the legacy of Storm Desmond I'm above the city of
:06:25. > :06:27.Carlisle and the sheer scale and depth of the floods is
:06:28. > :06:33.extraordinary. Most striking the depths on residential streets.
:06:34. > :06:40.He floodwaters not only rising above Slnchts We can see people working
:06:41. > :06:44.here, in the substations, on the edge of Carlisle, trying to make
:06:45. > :06:47.sure this substantial isn't put out of action.
:06:48. > :06:52.This isn't only affecting the people who live here. It is having a huge
:06:53. > :06:57.impact on transport, the major rail link through here has been UK and
:06:58. > :07:03.this is a place, bear in mind, that was just given five years ago, a new
:07:04. > :07:08.?38 million flood defence scheme. The violence, and the volume of the
:07:09. > :07:15.floodwater have taken everyone by surprise. This was Northumberland.
:07:16. > :07:23.Hillsides have been scoured by the torrents. And at uswater, one of
:07:24. > :07:28.Three Bridges in the county washed away -- Ullswatre. In Cockermouth,
:07:29. > :07:31.water has poured into the streets. We filmed these scenes this
:07:32. > :07:36.afternoon and as in Carlisle, this was a place that was meant to be
:07:37. > :07:41.made safer. With flood defences upgraded after a devastating flood
:07:42. > :07:46.six years ago. Now the nightmare was returning. It's devastating. It is
:07:47. > :07:52.the third time in a very short period of time that it has happened.
:07:53. > :07:59.It's really dreadful. Dreadfully upsetting. It is heart-wrenching,
:08:00. > :08:05.heartbreaking to see hour town be destroyed again in this way. They
:08:06. > :08:09.just got going again nicely and got set back. It is dreadful. New
:08:10. > :08:13.barriers along the river here did hold back some of the water. But a
:08:14. > :08:16.lot spilled over the top and ministers are once again under
:08:17. > :08:21.pressure it give more communities better protection. Unfortunately
:08:22. > :08:25.there are unpredictable weather events. It isn't going to be
:08:26. > :08:30.possible to protect everybody everywhere, but that's why we are
:08:31. > :08:32.investing billions in improving flood defences everywhere, listening
:08:33. > :08:36.to communities. A lot of this is about getting the right response in
:08:37. > :08:41.place. A major road through the heart of the Lake District, wrecked
:08:42. > :08:45.by rainfall that might have set a new record. And this disaster
:08:46. > :08:49.reopens a long-running dispute over which areas should be protected and
:08:50. > :08:55.how much the taxpayer should spend to keep people safe. So, on the
:08:56. > :08:58.approach to Christmas, there are many places reeling from the floods
:08:59. > :09:02.and now wondering when the next storm will come.
:09:03. > :09:07.Let's join Danny Savage in Carlisle tonight.
:09:08. > :09:15.Given the huge scale of the flooding, how are the authorities
:09:16. > :09:19.coping? Clive, they have been doing quite well, really but they have
:09:20. > :09:23.pulled in resources and help from a much bigger area than Cumbria and
:09:24. > :09:27.North West England. The lifeboat crew I was out with during daylight
:09:28. > :09:32.hours today were from Weston-Super-Mare, some of them,
:09:33. > :09:36.others from South Wales. There are rescue boat crews here from York and
:09:37. > :09:41.Lincolnshire. They have been brought in from a very big area to help with
:09:42. > :09:43.this relief operation. That doesn't mean that Cumbria's emergency
:09:44. > :09:47.services and authorities can't cope with this, they can and they have
:09:48. > :09:52.done in the past but the problem is you have had all the elements of the
:09:53. > :09:55.worst floods here in the last decade, rolled into one incident
:09:56. > :09:58.which has stretched services and it means that hospitals n Lancashire,
:09:59. > :10:02.for example, are still running on generator power, because of power
:10:03. > :10:03.cuts but they are seeming fairly resilient at the moment, Clive. Many
:10:04. > :10:06.thanks. And you can get more detail
:10:07. > :10:09.on the flooding, and advice Counter-terrorism police are
:10:10. > :10:18.investigating a knife attack on the London Underground,
:10:19. > :10:22.in which the suspect is said to have It happened at Leytonstone
:10:23. > :10:26.tube station last night. One man suffered serious stab
:10:27. > :10:28.wounds but is The suspect, who's 29,
:10:29. > :10:33.was later tasered and arrested. Our Home Affairs Correspondent June
:10:34. > :10:40.Kelly has more. 7.00pm and dozens of travellers stop
:10:41. > :10:49.their Saturday night facing After reportedly shouting,
:10:50. > :10:51."This is for Syria", he used it on Captured on mobile phone footage,
:10:52. > :10:57.people shouting to The police dealing with
:10:58. > :11:07.this were local officers. They used a taser stun gun
:11:08. > :11:12.on the suspect. It took more than one
:11:13. > :11:26.attempt to overpower him. From one onlooker there was
:11:27. > :11:29.a strong, simple message to the And nearby, from the local mosque
:11:30. > :11:34.today, there was a statement. We are extremely saddened
:11:35. > :11:36.by the events that occurred at Leytonstone underground station
:11:37. > :11:40.yesterday evening. This was
:11:41. > :11:42.an individual that we do not know. He is not a member of the
:11:43. > :11:47.congregation of Leytonstone mosque. We strongly condemn any sort
:11:48. > :11:49.of violent acts and terrorism. Islam does not allow
:11:50. > :11:52.and does not have any place During the day, Leytonstone tube
:11:53. > :11:55.station reopened and details emerged of how one victim,
:11:56. > :11:58.said to be stabbed in the neck, There was no way anybody would go
:11:59. > :12:10.near him because he was a very strong man
:12:11. > :12:21.and he was punching like a boxer. Within hours Scotland
:12:22. > :12:23.Yard said it was being treated as a terrorist incident and appealed
:12:24. > :12:25.for any mobile phone footage. We are pursuing a number of lines of
:12:26. > :12:29.inquiry at the moment but at this particular stage and this time,
:12:30. > :12:32.motive is not that clear, so we want We want to know exactly what
:12:33. > :12:35.happened, precisely, So, 24 hours after the mayhem here,
:12:36. > :12:42.detectives will be working to establish the background
:12:43. > :12:44.of their suspect. His beliefs, his associates,
:12:45. > :12:49.his mental state. And underlying all this will be
:12:50. > :12:53.the fundamental question of whether they knew about him before
:12:54. > :13:05.the attack and if so, how much. There has been a large police prens
:13:06. > :13:10.a the this flat in Leytonstone. Forensic officers have been at the
:13:11. > :13:15.scene. Meanwhile a 29-year-old man remains in custody.
:13:16. > :13:18.President Obama is to make a rare televised address from the Oval
:13:19. > :13:28.Office in the next few hours, to try to reassure Americans about the
:13:29. > :13:30.Today, church services were held in California, to
:13:31. > :13:34.remember the 14 people shot dead in San Bernadino, in an attack that's
:13:35. > :13:36.being treated as "an act of terrorism". From there, Laura Bicker
:13:37. > :13:46.We are here to stand by the families. This service is not just
:13:47. > :13:51.about remembering those killed. It's to try to deal with division and
:13:52. > :13:54.develop trust. The local Islamic centre opened its doors to all
:13:55. > :13:59.faiths, to remind this city that Muslims stand with them in
:14:00. > :14:05.condemnation of the attack. But emotions are still raw here, along
:14:06. > :14:09.with disbelief. To see it so close, this is something that really can
:14:10. > :14:13.happen and is happening anywhere and everywhere. What is going on in the
:14:14. > :14:21.world, in Paris and other places, amean to allow it on our doorsteps
:14:22. > :14:27.is negligent from our Government, I feel. The FBI has raided another
:14:28. > :14:31.home in San Bernadino. The house is thought to be belonged to the friend
:14:32. > :14:38.of the couple who bought the assault rifles. Investigators now believe
:14:39. > :14:42.that Syed Farrook and his wife were planning another attack. Barack
:14:43. > :14:46.Obama is preparing to address the nation from the Oval Office for only
:14:47. > :14:51.the third time in his presidency. He says he will use every single aspect
:14:52. > :14:57.of power to destroy the Islamic State. His critics, including a
:14:58. > :15:02.frontrunner for the republic Presidential nomination say he has
:15:03. > :15:08.been slow to act and understand the terror threat We are having this
:15:09. > :15:12.radical terrorism. A lot of people don't want to say T not a lot. We
:15:13. > :15:15.have one person, President Obama.ed until he admits it is a problem
:15:16. > :15:21.we'll never solve it. But others believe we need to do more to work
:15:22. > :15:25.with America's 3 million Muslims. If you are a law-Ayerza biding,
:15:26. > :15:29.peace-loving Muslim, you need to be with us against those distorting
:15:30. > :15:33.Islam. For most in San Bernadino, the wider political debate is
:15:34. > :15:39.passing them by. They are still grieving and their thoughts are with
:15:40. > :15:43.the 14 lives lost. Well, they are still gathering here to pray after a
:15:44. > :15:47.the shooing which has hit at the heart of America's worst fears and
:15:48. > :15:51.that is why, in just a few hours' time, the President will make this
:15:52. > :15:55.very rare address from the Oval Office. He will say he will do
:15:56. > :16:02.everything within his power to defeat Isis and he'll hope to
:16:03. > :16:05.reassure critics, who say has underestimated a threat which they
:16:06. > :16:12.now see on their doorsteps. Many thanks, lawyeria.
:16:13. > :16:14.Exit polls tonight suggest France's far right Front Nationale party
:16:15. > :16:18.could take as much as a third of the vote in the first round of
:16:19. > :16:21.It's the first major test of public opinion since gunmen from the
:16:22. > :16:24.so-called Islamic State group killed 130 people in Paris last month.
:16:25. > :16:27.The leader of the Front Nationale, Marine Le Pen, has called the
:16:28. > :16:30.result "magnificent" and said it proved the FN was "without contest,
:16:31. > :16:40.Our Paris Correspondent, Lucy Williamson, joins us now.
:16:41. > :16:48.Snr Lucy, looking at the results tonight, does that bold claim from
:16:49. > :16:53.marine will he pen ring true? Well, I think if there was any remaining
:16:54. > :17:00.doubt that there was now a third force nor French politics that died
:17:01. > :17:04.tonight. -- Marine Le Pen. The Front Nationale seems to have got one in
:17:05. > :17:09.three votes today, in some areas more than 40% A little bit will be a
:17:10. > :17:13.boost from last month's attacks in Paris and the fears that surrounded
:17:14. > :17:16.it but this is a result that has been building for sometime now. The
:17:17. > :17:20.Front Nationale has been expanding its share of the national vote for
:17:21. > :17:23.two years or so and even though it has problems in the second round of
:17:24. > :17:27.elections, turning that into power, the mainstream parties tend to come
:17:28. > :17:31.together and work together to keep it from power, that's the real
:17:32. > :17:34.question we are looking at in this election as well - what will happen
:17:35. > :17:38.on snubbed will the mainstream parties again come together? Even if
:17:39. > :17:42.the Front Nationale wins just one region, it is very important for
:17:43. > :17:45.them, because their eyes and all eyes here are starting to turn
:17:46. > :17:50.towards the presidential elections in France in less than 18 months'
:17:51. > :17:52.time. #12k3w4r Lucy, thank you. Lucy Williamson in Paris. -- Lucy thank
:17:53. > :17:58.you. Sepp Blatter, the President
:17:59. > :18:00.of world football's governing body FIFA, is being investigated by the
:18:01. > :18:03.FBI, concerning his alleged role in a bribes scandal which saw sports
:18:04. > :18:05.officials paid $100 million. Mr Blatter had denied knowing
:18:06. > :18:07.about the bribes, but the BBC's Panorama programme has
:18:08. > :18:11.seen a document which suggests the FIFA boss knew about the payments
:18:12. > :18:13.all along, and did nothing. The net is closing in on
:18:14. > :18:22.Sepp Blatter. The suspended Fifa President is
:18:23. > :18:24.already under investigation by the Swiss authorities, following
:18:25. > :18:28.allegations of corruption. Now, the BBC can reveal,
:18:29. > :18:31.that Blatter is also being investigated by the FBI for his role
:18:32. > :18:35.in a bribe scandal from the 1990s. A sports marketing company
:18:36. > :18:40.called ISL, paid a total of $100 million to sports
:18:41. > :18:45.officials, including former Fifa President, Joao Havelange and former
:18:46. > :18:51.Fifa executive, Riccardo Teixeira. In return, ISL was repeatedly
:18:52. > :18:54.awarded the contract to market the World Cup to advertisers
:18:55. > :18:56.and broadcasters around the world. Sepp Blatter denied knowing about
:18:57. > :19:05.the bribes and took no action. He even allowed Mr Teixeiri to take
:19:06. > :19:10.part in the notorious vote You have to ask yourself why did he
:19:11. > :19:17.seek to protect these people and not just protect them
:19:18. > :19:20.but allow them to continue to play an active role in some of Fifa's
:19:21. > :19:23.most important decisions. Now the Panorama programme has seen
:19:24. > :19:29.a letter, obtained by the FBI, which suggests Sepp Blatter knew
:19:30. > :19:32.about the bribe payments all along. The letter,
:19:33. > :19:35.apparently written by Joao Havelange,
:19:36. > :19:37.talks about the payments he received It says,
:19:38. > :19:40."I emphasise that Mr Blatter had full knowledge of all activities
:19:41. > :19:44.and was always apprised of them." Blatter declined to comment
:19:45. > :19:48.on the letter. The Panorama programme has also been
:19:49. > :19:53.told about how much money the Qataris spent winning the right
:19:54. > :19:56.to host the 2022 World Cup. Former FA Chairman, Lord Treisman,
:19:57. > :20:00.was given a figure of ?117 million, by sources close to British
:20:01. > :20:04.intelligence. That's almost six times what England
:20:05. > :20:10.spent trying to win 2018. I just take
:20:11. > :20:13.the straightforward view that it should be possible, when you look at
:20:14. > :20:18.the money that people have spent, to know exactly how it was spent and
:20:19. > :20:22.whether it was legitimate or not. In a way, the problem is that
:20:23. > :20:25.goodness knows, it's not transparent The FBI has already charged 39 Fifa
:20:26. > :20:31.officials with corruption And you can see the full Panorama
:20:32. > :20:45.investigation, 'FIFA, Sepp Blatter and Me', that's tomorrow night at
:20:46. > :20:49.8.30, here on BBC One. Millions of advent calendars
:20:50. > :20:51.of course mark You can make your own,
:20:52. > :20:55.or buy them filled with chocolate, But now a new type of calendar,
:20:56. > :21:00.pioneered in Sweden, is gaining It's a living advent calendar,
:21:01. > :21:07.with the goodies behind real doors, as Duncan Kennedy explains
:21:08. > :21:11.from Winchester. And a new one when it comes
:21:12. > :21:20.to celebrating Christmas. Real Advent doors are being
:21:21. > :21:28.swung open everywhere. But inside, instead of chocolate,
:21:29. > :21:33.it's Christmas performances. Every kind of door across the city
:21:34. > :21:40.is being used, with everything from sugarplum fairies in front rooms to
:21:41. > :21:45.memories of Christmas underground The live Advent calendar concert is
:21:46. > :21:54.a way of the city coming together to share in collective activity over
:21:55. > :21:59.this really special time of year. Advent calendars first appeared
:22:00. > :22:04.in Germany around 1850. They were made of wood and usually
:22:05. > :22:08.depicted scenes from the Bible. The first live Advent calendar is
:22:09. > :22:14.using real wood doors seems to have started in Sweden
:22:15. > :22:15.about ten years ago. Now
:22:16. > :22:17.the idea has come here with places from Cornwall to Cumbria joining
:22:18. > :22:29.in this new festive phenomenon. It is different because you actually
:22:30. > :22:42.go into the door, It's not often Christmas gets
:22:43. > :22:55.a noncommercial new twist. Here, behind
:22:56. > :23:02.the city's doors, they are really I'm closing the door on our
:23:03. > :23:06.programme tonight. You can see more on all of today's stories, including
:23:07. > :23:07.the latest on the flooding on