0:00:20 > 0:00:22Good evening.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24The South African president Jacob Zuma has warned
0:00:24 > 0:00:34that the ruling ANC party's very survival is under threat.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38At a conference to choose a new leader he said voters believe it is
0:00:38 > 0:00:41arrogant and soft on corruption.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Mr Zuma has been beset by allegations of corruption.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49His successor is widely expected to become the new president in 2019.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Our Africa editor Fergal Keane is in Johannesburg.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Clive, we are told that by tomorrow we will know who the next leader of
0:00:57 > 0:01:02the African National Congress will be. But a movement which came to
0:01:02 > 0:01:06power more than two decades ago promising a new moral nation finds
0:01:06 > 0:01:13itself in crisis.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18Not since the ANC came to power 23 years ago has so much depended on
0:01:18 > 0:01:22the votes of its party members. An organisation that held together
0:01:22 > 0:01:28through more than eight decades of white rule is now bitterly divided.
0:01:28 > 0:01:34They sing the same song, but support very different visions. This
0:01:34 > 0:01:39conference is not just about the future of a liberation movement, a
0:01:39 > 0:01:43political party. It is about the future of this country. Will the ANC
0:01:43 > 0:01:48and elect a new leader who has promised to sweep away corruption?
0:01:48 > 0:01:52The ANC has always been good at shows of unity, like the clasped
0:01:52 > 0:02:02hands of the two contenders. They are both vying for delegates' votes.
0:02:02 > 0:02:14Who would you like to see?Zuma. She will become the president. You will
0:02:14 > 0:02:28see, you will see.Who do you think will be the next leader?Cyril
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Ramaphosa, no doubt.Cyril Ramaphosa to be the next president of the ANC
0:02:32 > 0:02:43and the Republic of South Africa. Dr Diamini-Zuma is a politician in her
0:02:43 > 0:02:47own right but also the ex-wife of Jacob Zuma. Cyril Ramaphosa could do
0:02:47 > 0:02:51well if he makes good on his anti-corruption rhetoric. Cyril
0:02:51 > 0:02:57Ramaphosa has been portrayed as the puppet of greedy white business.
0:02:57 > 0:03:03Hence this swipe in his speech.We need to find ways of protecting the
0:03:03 > 0:03:10ANC from corporate greed and ensure that the decisions we take our
0:03:10 > 0:03:19informed by the policies of the ANC and not dictated... Not dictated to
0:03:19 > 0:03:26by business interests. Africa plasma 's Goldust liberation
0:03:26 > 0:03:32movement is fraying. Even in the face of poignant pleas for unity.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Whoever is elected leader tomorrow will inherit a party in crisis.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Fergal Keane, BBC News, Johannesburg.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Retailers are expected to make big discounts in the final week before
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Christmas to convince shoppers to keep spending throughout
0:03:43 > 0:03:45the festive period.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47There's fear among some on the High Street that with rising
0:03:47 > 0:03:49inflation and stagnant wages, consumers may be more willing
0:03:49 > 0:03:52to shop in the period after Black Friday in late November,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55rather than in the run up to December 25th.
0:03:55 > 0:04:02Our business correspondent Joe Lynam reports.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05What could be more Christmassy than the Salvation Army
0:04:05 > 0:04:08warming our hearts, and the hustle and bustle of shoppers
0:04:08 > 0:04:13hunting for bargains?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15But with money tight and competition intense,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17some big retailers are starting to offer big discounts well ahead
0:04:17 > 0:04:18of the Boxing Day sales.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Will it work?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I do believe that retailers are trying to get the money
0:04:22 > 0:04:24in before Christmas than after.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Quite a few shops have got reduced prices, bargains on offer.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Obviously if you can wait until the sales...
0:04:30 > 0:04:33But I think a lot of sales, looking around, have started early.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I come to Leeds every Saturday and stuff that I looked at last week
0:04:36 > 0:04:38is on sale this week.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43The consultants PwC have found evidence of pre-Christmas
0:04:43 > 0:04:45discounting and expect it to intensify next week.
0:04:45 > 0:04:52Promotional levels are ticking up, both online and offline.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54So if you've not done your shopping yet, we're expecting
0:04:54 > 0:04:56a lot more promotions, particularly online,
0:04:56 > 0:04:57in the final week before Christmas.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00The bad weather earlier this week may have kept some shoppers at home,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03but experts feel that they'll be back in numbers.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Retail spending was surprisingly up by 1.1% last month.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I say surprising because average prices in the shops were rising
0:05:10 > 0:05:13faster than wages and ordinarily consumers rein in their spending,
0:05:13 > 0:05:19but they haven't - yet.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23And retailers want every penny of that spare money.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25And to do that, they are slashing some prices.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27But in doing so they're merely bringing forward the discounts
0:05:27 > 0:05:33that they would have offered in winter sales.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37It's all part of the annual face-off between retailers and consumers.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Joe Lynam, BBC News.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44More than 10,000 homes and businesses in Tewkesbury
0:05:44 > 0:05:48in Gloucestershire are without water for a second day.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Their supply has been off since a main burst yesterday morning.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Severn Trent says repairs are proving extremely
0:05:53 > 0:05:58difficult because the pipe is in a flooded field.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Bottled water is being made available for people
0:06:00 > 0:06:03in the area to pick up.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05The scientist and broadcaster Professor Heinz Wolff -
0:06:05 > 0:06:07best known for presenting the BBC science programme The Great
0:06:07 > 0:06:12Egg Race - has died.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13He was 89.
0:06:13 > 0:06:23Richard Galpin looks back at his life.
0:06:25 > 0:06:32Hello, and welcome to the murky depths of The Great Egg Race.Heinz
0:06:32 > 0:06:39Wolff became a television star in the 1970s and 80s. Good god you have
0:06:39 > 0:06:43already got full marks of eccentricity and having made a five
0:06:43 > 0:06:48foot bridge to bridge an eight foot gap. His programme The Great Egg
0:06:48 > 0:06:56Race, testing the scientific skills of teams to solve a problem he had
0:06:56 > 0:07:00set them. Always the performer, he later showed them how he had done
0:07:00 > 0:07:09it. Now, this is the most critical
0:07:09 > 0:07:12point, probably. But this distinguished academic was
0:07:12 > 0:07:19also an inventor in his own right, making a counting patients' blood
0:07:19 > 0:07:24cells and other important medical devices. -- making a machine for
0:07:24 > 0:07:29counting patients' blood cells. And he was scientific director of the
0:07:29 > 0:07:33programme which sent the first British astronaut into space in
0:07:33 > 0:07:351991. Both the technical innovations, the
0:07:35 > 0:07:42big programmes, the mission is to space, they were important, but I
0:07:42 > 0:07:46think everyday human interactions, giving people advice, and teasing
0:07:46 > 0:07:52them about science and technology, he felt those who are equally
0:07:52 > 0:07:56important. The man who arrived in Britain as a
0:07:56 > 0:08:01refugee from Nazi Germany at the start of World War II leaves and
0:08:01 > 0:08:10ensuring scientific legacy. -- and ensuring scientific legacy.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Professor Heinz Wolff, who's died at the age of 89.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14A brilliant batting display by Australia's captain Steve Smith
0:08:14 > 0:08:17has put his side in a commanding position in the third
0:08:17 > 0:08:18cricket Test in Perth.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20They lead England by 146 runs with six wickets left,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and victory would give them the Ashes.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23From Perth, here's our sports correspondent Andy Swiss.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28For two Australians, a day to remember.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31For 11 Englishmen, one to forget.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34But if this was when their Ashes dream finally ended,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36it was at the hands of batting brilliance.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39First Steve Smith - resuming on 92, he soon
0:08:39 > 0:08:41reached his century.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43As it turned out, he'd barely started.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46At the other end, a flicker of English hope.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Moeen Ali removing Shaun Marsh.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Little did they know it would be their only
0:08:50 > 0:08:53wicket of the entire day.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Enter Shaun's little brother Mitchell Marsh,
0:08:55 > 0:08:58who set about showing his sibling precisely how it's done.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Deflection from Marsh.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Australia were ruthless, England's bowling more toothless.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Flail to all corners of the Waca.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09For captain Joe Root, it was hard to watch.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11And Marsh's aggression soon reaped its reward -
0:09:11 > 0:09:13a first Test hundred, to the delight of his
0:09:13 > 0:09:20fans and his family.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22And as the runs kept coming, so did the milestones.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Smith completing his double century, the world's number one batsman
0:09:25 > 0:09:28with yet another masterclass as Australia piled on the misery.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Smith still there on 229, Marsh on 181 on a day
0:09:30 > 0:09:38when England's bowling limitations were painfully exposed.