0:00:04 > 0:00:05Tonight at Ten.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07South Africa's ruling ANC party prepares
0:00:07 > 0:00:12to pick a new leader, who's expected to become President.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15The reign of Jacob Zuma, tainted by scandal draws to a close,
0:00:15 > 0:00:20at a special meeting of party activists in Johannesburg.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23This conference isn't just about the future
0:00:23 > 0:00:26of a liberation movement, of a physical party, it is about
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the future of this country.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30As the ANC loses support across South Africa,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33what can the new leader do to reverse the decline?
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Also on tonight's programme...
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Thousands of homes and businesses in Gloucestershire have been without
0:00:39 > 0:00:44water after a mains pipe bursts.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Retailers tempt shoppers in the run up to Christmas with big discounts,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50to keep the tills ringing...
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And Australia take control of the Third Ashes Test,
0:00:52 > 0:00:58with a double century from their captain Steve Smith.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Good evening.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19South Africa's President, Jacob Zuma, says the future
0:01:19 > 0:01:21of the governing ANC party is under threat.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24At a conference to choose a new leader, he said voters
0:01:24 > 0:01:26believed it was arrogant and soft on corruption.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Mr Zuma himself has faced allegations of
0:01:27 > 0:01:30fraud and racketeering.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33His successor is widely expected to become the next President in 2019.
0:01:33 > 0:01:43Our Africa editor, Fergal Keane, reports from Johannesburg.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Not since the ANC came to power 23 years ago has so much depended
0:01:49 > 0:01:53on the votes of its party members.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56An organisation that held together through more than eight
0:01:56 > 0:02:01decades of white rule is now bitterly divided.
0:02:01 > 0:02:07They sing the same song but support very different visions.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08This conference isn't just about the future
0:02:08 > 0:02:10of a liberation movement, a political party.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12It's about the future of this country.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Will the ANC elect a new leader who has promised
0:02:15 > 0:02:20to sweep away corruption?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The ANC has always been good at shows of unity,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25like the clasped hands of the two contenders, Dr Dlamini-Zuma
0:02:25 > 0:02:27and the man targeting corruption, Cyril Ramaphosa,
0:02:27 > 0:02:34both vying for delegates' votes.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Who would you like to see as your next president?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, she's going to be the president.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Definitely?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Yeah, definitely.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46You'll see, you'll see.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50You can see, look at the numbers.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Who do you think will be the next leader?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Cyril Ramaphosa with be the president, no doubt.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58The mandate is for Cyril Ramaphosa to be the next president
0:02:58 > 0:03:01of the African National Congress and to be the next president
0:03:01 > 0:03:05the Republic of South Africa.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Dr Dlamini-Zuma is a senior politician in her own right
0:03:08 > 0:03:12but is also the ex-wife of Jacob Zuma.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Cyril Ramaphosa could prove his nemesis if he makes good
0:03:14 > 0:03:20on his anti-corruption rhetoric.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23The president's allies have sought to portray Ramaphosa as the puppet
0:03:23 > 0:03:27of greedy white business, hence this swipe in his speech.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30We need to find ways of protecting the ANC from corporate greed
0:03:30 > 0:03:33and ensure that the decisions we take are informed
0:03:33 > 0:03:35by the policies of the ANC and are not dictated by...
0:03:35 > 0:03:45are not dictated to by business interests.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Africa's oldest liberation movement is fraying,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59even in the face of poignant pleas for unity.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Whoever is elected leader tomorrow will inherit a party in crisis.
0:04:01 > 0:04:11Fergal Keane, BBC News, Johannesburg.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Water supplies to thousands of homes and businesses in Gloucestershire
0:04:14 > 0:04:16have only just been restored, after two days.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18It follows a mains pipe burst in Tewkesbury,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21that left many having to rely on bottled water, as
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Jon Donnison reports.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Water, water everywhere.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Nor any drop to drink.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33A ruptured pipe has left these fields flooded and in Tewkesbury,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35thousands of people without water for a second day.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Many businesses have been forced to close.
0:04:39 > 0:04:49Severn Trent has already had to hand out 300,000 litres of bottled water.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I'm surprised that Severn Trent have not got it all back together
0:04:54 > 0:04:55again within 24 hours.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I had to drive nearly ten miles here.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58It just can't be helped.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00It is one of those things.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03David Luckett runs an emergency committee set up to deal with water
0:05:03 > 0:05:07problems in the nearby village of Twining.
0:05:07 > 0:05:16He says more remote areas have been the worst affected.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I feel that the villages have been left almost to their own devices
0:05:19 > 0:05:20to a certain extent.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22We have had no forward delivery of any supplies.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24By late afternoon, Severn Trent Water said that supply
0:05:24 > 0:05:26had returned to some areas, but not all.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I can't say at this moment how long it will take
0:05:29 > 0:05:31to get back to normal, but I can assure all of our
0:05:31 > 0:05:35customers that we are working as hard as we can to get the network
0:05:35 > 0:05:37back to normal and to restore the water supplies.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39This evening, Severn Trent said that the majority of people
0:05:39 > 0:05:42in Tewkesbury now have their supply back, but for a second night,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45some will go to bed wondering if they will wake up with water.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50Jon Donnison, BBC News.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51New evacuation orders have been issued in California
0:05:51 > 0:05:56as huge wildfires continue to cause havoc.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Fresh winds are driving flames deeper into Santa Barbara's
0:05:58 > 0:05:59eastern neighbourhoods, towards the Pacific coast.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02The blaze is the third-largest in California, since reliable
0:06:02 > 0:06:11records began, and now covers almost 400 square miles.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14A draft resolution is being circulated at the UN
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Security Council which would declare that any unilateral decision
0:06:16 > 0:06:21on the status of Jerusalem would have no legal effect.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23The measure from Egypt comes after President Trump's
0:06:23 > 0:06:24announcement that the United States recognises Jerusalem
0:06:24 > 0:06:31as the capital of Israel.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Retailers are expected to make big discounts in the final
0:06:34 > 0:06:35week before Christmas to convince shoppers
0:06:35 > 0:06:37to keep spending throughout the festive period.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39There's fear among some on the High Street that, with rising
0:06:39 > 0:06:42inflation and stagnant wages, consumers may be more willing
0:06:42 > 0:06:44to spend big in the period after Black Friday in late November
0:06:44 > 0:06:47rather than in the run up to December 25th.
0:06:47 > 0:06:57Our business correspondent, Joe Lynam, reports.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01What could be more Christmassy than the Salvation Army
0:07:01 > 0:07:04warming our hearts and the hustle and bustle of shoppers
0:07:04 > 0:07:05hunting for bargains?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06But with money tight and competition intense,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08some big retailers are starting to offer big discounts,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10well ahead of the Boxing Day sales.
0:07:10 > 0:07:16Will it work?
0:07:16 > 0:07:20I do believe that retailers are trying to get the money
0:07:20 > 0:07:22in before Christmas rather than after.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Quite a few of the shops that have got reduced prices
0:07:25 > 0:07:27and bargains and obviously, if you were going to wait
0:07:27 > 0:07:29to the sales, but I think, from looking around,
0:07:29 > 0:07:30they have started early.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I come to Leeds every Saturday and stuff that I looked at last week
0:07:34 > 0:07:35is on sale this week.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37The consultants PwC have found evidence of pre-Christmas
0:07:37 > 0:07:42discounting that is expected to intensify next week.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Promotional levels are stacking up, both online and off-line,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48so in the run-up to Christmas, if you have not done your shopping
0:07:48 > 0:07:49yet, we are expecting a lot more promotions,
0:07:49 > 0:07:54particularly online in the final week before Christmas.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57The bad weather earlier this week may have kept some shoppers at home,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59but experts feel that they will be back in bigger numbers.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Retail spending was surprisingly up by 1.1% last month.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04I say surprising, because average prices in the shops
0:08:04 > 0:08:09were rising faster than wages.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Ordinarily, consumers rein in their spending,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13but they haven't, yet.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17And retailers want every penny of that spare money.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20And to do that, they are slashing some prices, but in doing so,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23they are merely bringing forward the discounts that they would have
0:08:23 > 0:08:24offered in the winter sales.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29Thank you.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31It is all part of the annual face-off between
0:08:31 > 0:08:32retailers and consumers.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37Joe Lynam, BBC News.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38The scientist and broadcaster, Professor Heinz Wolff,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41perhaps best known for presenting the BBC science programme,
0:08:41 > 0:08:42The Great Egg Race, has died.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43He was 89.
0:08:43 > 0:08:53Richard Galpin looks back at his life.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Hello, and welcome to the murky depths of The Great Egg Race.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Relishing his role as the eccentric scientist, Heinz Wolff
0:09:00 > 0:09:06became a television star in the 1970s and '80s.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09In my book, you've already got full marks for eccentricity and having
0:09:09 > 0:09:14made a five foot bridge to bridge an eight foot gap.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17His programme The Great Egg Race, testing the scientific and inventive
0:09:17 > 0:09:20skills of teams to solve a problem he had set them.
0:09:20 > 0:09:27Always the performer, he'd later show them how he had done it.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28It's all right!
0:09:28 > 0:09:38Now, this is the most critical poin, probably here.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42He also knew how to make science fun for children,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45as Professor Ian Sutherland, a close friend and colleague
0:09:45 > 0:09:52at Brunel University, remembers only too well.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54One time I remember him saying, "Kids, you shouldn't
0:09:54 > 0:09:57bite your nails, because if you do, you may accidentally
0:09:57 > 0:09:58bite off your finger."
0:09:58 > 0:10:01And what he'd done, he'd stuck with superglue a frankfurter
0:10:01 > 0:10:03sausage on his hand, and he bit it off,
0:10:03 > 0:10:04and they all went, "Ah!"
0:10:04 > 0:10:06It was really amazing, he would really capture
0:10:06 > 0:10:16the imagination of children.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19As a distinguished, pioneering academic,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Professor Wolff invented important medical devices, including a machine
0:10:21 > 0:10:24for counting patients' blood cells.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26And he was scientific director of the Juno programme,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28sending Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut,
0:10:28 > 0:10:37into space in 1991.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40The technical innovations, the big programmes like
0:10:40 > 0:10:42the Juno missions to space, they were important, but I think
0:10:42 > 0:10:44just everyday human interactions, giving people advice,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46enthusing them about science and technology, he felt those
0:10:46 > 0:10:56who were equally important, I think.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59The man who arrived in Britain as a refugee from Nazi Germany
0:10:59 > 0:11:09at the start of World War II leaves an enduring scientific legacy.
0:11:11 > 0:11:17Professor Heinz Wolff, who's died at the age of 89.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19With all the sport, here's Lizzie Greenwood Hughes
0:11:19 > 0:11:21at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Thanks very much.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Good evening.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26England's cricketers have been told by their coaches they need to show
0:11:26 > 0:11:29"guts and determination" to keep their Ashes hopes alive.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Australia already have one hand on the famous urn and now lead
0:11:32 > 0:11:34the crucial Third Test in Perth by 146 runs after a punishing
0:11:34 > 0:11:36day three at the Waca.
0:11:36 > 0:11:45Our correspondent, Andy Swiss, reports.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51For two Australians, a day to remember, for 11 Englishmen want to
0:11:51 > 0:11:56forget. But if this is when their Ashes dream finally ended, it was at
0:11:56 > 0:12:01the end of batting brilliance. First Steve Smith resuming on 92 he soon
0:12:01 > 0:12:06reached his century, as it turned out, he had barely started. At the
0:12:06 > 0:12:10other end, a flicker of English oak, Moeen Ali removing Shaun Marsh,
0:12:10 > 0:12:15little would be no would be their only wicket of the entire day. Enter
0:12:15 > 0:12:28Mitchell Marsh you set about showing his sibling precisely
0:12:38 > 0:12:40how it done. Perfection from Marsh. Australia were ruthless, Inglot's
0:12:40 > 0:12:43bowling more to this. Flailed to all corners, for dual route it was hard
0:12:43 > 0:12:45to watch and the aggression of Marsh reaped its reward, first test
0:12:45 > 0:12:48hundred to the delight of his fans and his family. And as the runs kept
0:12:48 > 0:12:51coming, so did the milestones. Smith completed his double century, the
0:12:51 > 0:12:52world number one batsman with another masterclass as Australia
0:12:52 > 0:12:56piled on the misery. Smith is still there on 229, Marsh on 181 on a day
0:12:56 > 0:13:00when England's bowling limitations were painfully exposed.We don't
0:13:00 > 0:13:08have that extra pace. And we haven't got perhaps the highest quality of
0:13:08 > 0:13:12magical spin, we have got what we have got and we have had to work
0:13:12 > 0:13:17exceptionally hard today.England have seen some dark days in the
0:13:17 > 0:13:21series but none quite as grim as theirs. They will now need something
0:13:21 > 0:13:25very special in they are to save this match and save their Ashes
0:13:25 > 0:13:29hopes. Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31There were eight games in the Premier League today.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Match of the Day follows the news, so if you don't want to know
0:13:35 > 0:13:36what happened, please avert your attention.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Manchester City's lead at the top of the table is now 14 points
0:13:39 > 0:13:41after they stunned Tottenham 4-1 at home.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Kevin De Bruyne was Man of the Match as City extended their winning
0:13:44 > 0:13:45streak to 16 games.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Elsewhere there were wins for Arsenal, who moved
0:13:47 > 0:13:51back into the top four.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Champions Chelsea beat Southampton.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Crystal Palace moved to safety with a big win at Leicester.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Huddersfield put four past Watford, their first away goals
0:13:58 > 0:13:59since the opening day of the season.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02And West Ham's resurgence continued at the expense of Stoke,
0:14:02 > 0:14:04who are now just a point above the drop zone.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Aberdeen are up to second in the Scottish Premiership,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09closing the gap on leaders Celtic to just two points.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Gary Mackay-Steven scored a hat-trick in their 4-1 victory
0:14:11 > 0:14:13over Hibs, who hadn't lost at home since March.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Elsewhere there were wins for Dundee, Hamilton,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Kilmarnock and St Johnstone, who won at Ibrox for
0:14:17 > 0:14:18the first time since 1971.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It's an important weekend in Rugby Union's European
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Champions Cup as teams jostle for the quarter-final places.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Bath are on their way to qualifying automatically,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26avenging last week's late defeat to holders Toulon by beating
0:14:26 > 0:14:33them 26-21 at the Rec to top their Pool.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Scarlets are back in contention with victory over Benetton in Italy,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38but Exeter will struggle to go through after Leinster did the
0:14:38 > 0:14:44double, and Glasgow can't progress.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46The world's fastest swimmer, Adam Peaty, won his first major
0:14:46 > 0:14:48short-course medal today - then gave it away!
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Racing in a 25 metre pool, Britain's Olympic champion took
0:14:51 > 0:14:53the 100 metres breaststroke gold at the European Championships,
0:14:53 > 0:15:03then delighted the Copenhagen crowds by handing his medal to a young fan.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06That's it, but as always there's plenty more on the BBC Sport
0:15:06 > 0:15:08website, including the build up to February's Winter Olympics
0:15:08 > 0:15:10where British cross-country skier, Andrew Musgrave, took his first
0:15:10 > 0:15:12medal at a World Cup event.
0:15:12 > 0:15:20Back to you Clive.
0:15:20 > 0:15:26And there's a new Strictly champion...
0:15:26 > 0:15:27It's Joe and Katya!
0:15:27 > 0:15:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Soap star Joe McFadden lifted the Glitterball Trophy,
0:15:31 > 0:15:37along with his dancing partner Katya Jones.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Joe had a near perfect score from the judges all night,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41beating fellow finalists Debbie McGee, Alexandra Burke
0:15:41 > 0:15:42and Gemma Atkinson.
0:15:42 > 0:15:49At 42, he's the oldest winner in the show's history.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50That's it.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57But from me and the rest of the team, have a very good night.