:00:00. > :00:00.Monday. That is all from the BBC's
:00:00. > :00:09.Tonight on BBC London News. Lessons in politics. The Coalition
:00:10. > :00:17.Government is split on how to teach the capital's children. London's
:00:18. > :00:23.Mayor speaks out. We have had a system which has been a little bit
:00:24. > :00:26.rigid, inflexible, and some of the most gifted teachers are being
:00:27. > :00:28.deterred. But will a gamble on unqualified teachers pay off for
:00:29. > :00:32.London's schoolchildren? Also tonight. Leaking pipes and
:00:33. > :00:39.overflowing sewers. Can Thames water justify increasing bills by ?29
:00:40. > :00:50.Bill Bailey and his kazoo orchestra sounding off at plans to licence
:00:51. > :00:57.buskers. It seems very Draconian, unduly harsh, and I think it will
:00:58. > :01:01.put people off from performing. # I am an anarchist... From the Sex
:01:02. > :01:03.Pistols to the Spice Girls, we speak to Sir Richard Branson as Virgin
:01:04. > :01:18.celebrates its 40th birthday. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:19. > :01:21.programme. The Mayor has said the Government should let schools take a
:01:22. > :01:24.gamble on who they employ as teachers, even if they don't have
:01:25. > :01:27.formal qualifications to teach. His comments contradict the Deputy Prime
:01:28. > :01:30.Minister, who speaking today in east London, insisted that all teachers,
:01:31. > :01:33.including those at free schools should be qualified. Marc Ashdown's
:01:34. > :01:46.report contains flash photography. Royal approval for one of London's
:01:47. > :01:51.newest colleges. These people come in technical skills in engineering,
:01:52. > :01:54.construction, alongside core subjects. There's no doubt these
:01:55. > :01:59.places have the latest technology and resources at their fingertips
:02:00. > :02:03.but the question now is can expertise in these subjects really
:02:04. > :02:06.replace qualified experienced teachers? Not according to the
:02:07. > :02:08.Deputy Prime Minister. In a breakaway from coalition policy, he
:02:09. > :02:12.breakaway from coalition policy he said he can't understand how Michael
:02:13. > :02:17.Gove allows new skills to employ teachers no qualifications. That's
:02:18. > :02:22.why I believe we should have qualified teachers in all of our
:02:23. > :02:31.schools. That means free schools and academies, too. The idea of
:02:32. > :02:35.expertise over experience has become a key plank of Conservative thinking
:02:36. > :02:41.and came unstuck alarmingly recently in Westminster. With no
:02:42. > :02:45.qualifications, this woman was handed a headship but walked out for
:02:46. > :02:48.weeks later amid reports she was struggling to cope. The natural
:02:49. > :02:52.course of things, that will emerge in the blue don't have what it takes
:02:53. > :03:00.will of course, you have got to be flexible. Are you willing to take a
:03:01. > :03:03.gamble? Of course. We have had a system which has been a little bit
:03:04. > :03:09.rigid, inflexible, and some of the most able and potential teachers are
:03:10. > :03:13.being deterred. Labour is calling for a vote in the Commons about
:03:14. > :03:17.whether teachers in all schools need to be qualified. The Labour Party
:03:18. > :03:21.has long argued that free schools, along with every other school,
:03:22. > :03:24.should employ qualified teachers and we only wish Lib Dems in the past
:03:25. > :03:30.had voted with us on this point. In had voted with us on this point. In
:03:31. > :03:34.Wallace to, they have a mix of experts and experienced teachers.
:03:35. > :03:38.It's a new method of education but an old method, in the sense is
:03:39. > :03:43.moving backwards in time in terms of tradition but actually looking
:03:44. > :03:47.forward as to what other needs the country is going to have in the
:03:48. > :03:50.years to come? More of these colleges are planned and who should
:03:51. > :03:54.staff them is still very much open to debate. And Marc joins me now.
:03:55. > :04:00.Are we seeing some real ground open up between the parties on this
:04:01. > :04:03.issue? I think so, yes. It's worth pointing out free skills appeared to
:04:04. > :04:07.be a fixture of the education landscape, they are here to stay,
:04:08. > :04:12.but as a policy, frankly, at the moment, it's a bit make it a busy go
:04:13. > :04:15.along. All major parties want to show which direction they would take
:04:16. > :04:20.it in. The Conservatives are pushing hard on this idea of expertise. If
:04:21. > :04:23.you have years of experience in a particular subject, it doesn't
:04:24. > :04:47.matter if the other formal teaching qualification. You can get into a
:04:48. > :04:49.classroom and inspire pupils. Labour couldn't disagree more and believe
:04:50. > :04:52.qualifications are a must. The Lib Dems are starting to come round to
:04:53. > :04:53.that way of thinking as well and putting clear water between
:04:54. > :04:55.themselves and their coalition partners. Why now? The general
:04:56. > :04:58.election is not quite around the corner but certainly on the horizon.
:04:59. > :05:01.Free schools are a key policy battle ground. Lots more to come including.
:05:02. > :05:03.Fighting foreign criminals. The Met Police brings in officers from
:05:04. > :05:07.eastern Europe. Thames Water has faced questions from politicians at
:05:08. > :05:09.City Hall over how it can justify increasing Londoners' bills. The
:05:10. > :05:12.company wants to charge each household an extra ?29 a year. Our
:05:13. > :05:20.Political Correspondent, Karl Mercer, reports. This is what it
:05:21. > :05:25.looks like when it all goes wrong. A street under feet of water back in
:05:26. > :05:28.August after a water main burst Three months on, the clean`up
:05:29. > :05:34.continues. Life isn't really back to normal. The cakes may be on the go
:05:35. > :05:37.at the Bakers, but there's plenty of repair work being done and plenty of
:05:38. > :05:42.signs of water damage. No wonder that people here are not too keen on
:05:43. > :05:47.the idea of paying ?29 extra on their water bills next year. I think
:05:48. > :05:53.it's a bit of a cheat, frankly. They have ruined peoples businesses, and
:05:54. > :05:58.washed everybody out, and then they want to charge people to pay for it.
:05:59. > :06:03.It's a lot to pay out of your savings. I suppose there's not a lot
:06:04. > :06:06.we can do about it. Today Thames Water was questioned by the London
:06:07. > :06:14.assembly about Wyatt wants to raise bills. The questions were pretty
:06:15. > :06:19.direct. You are taking the p out of London is down the sewers and down
:06:20. > :06:25.the bills. That's a nice sound bite but prices are set by what the
:06:26. > :06:29.company needs to do. Customers say they don't want to bills to be any
:06:30. > :06:37.higher, need to be. Everybody says that. Do they agree with you but
:06:38. > :06:42.have they agreed with you they should... May I please answer the
:06:43. > :06:46.question? Customers tell us they don't want to be storing up problems
:06:47. > :06:51.for the future. Thames Water is a need extra water `` many for its
:06:52. > :06:55.planned a super sewer and to make up for bad debt from people who haven't
:06:56. > :06:59.paid their bills. After 20 fixed income at once to add up ?80 to
:07:00. > :07:05.bills to help pay for the building of the super sewer. It's an argument
:07:06. > :07:12.I get some sympathy here. ?29 over the whole year isn't too bad. But,
:07:13. > :07:16.again, other people will think it's ?29 they have got to put onto the
:07:17. > :07:19.water bill rather than put towards something else. The water regulator
:07:20. > :07:22.will announce next month whether it will let them raise their bills next
:07:23. > :07:26.year. A convicted murderer who is still at large after absconding from
:07:27. > :07:29.a mental health unit in East london may have been helped to escape by a
:07:30. > :07:32.member of staff. 27`year`old Lerone Boye who was jailed for the murder
:07:33. > :07:38.of teenager Kelvin Chibueze, escaped from the John Howard Centre in
:07:39. > :07:40.Homerton last wednesday. Staff member Dean Ablakwa has appeared
:07:41. > :07:44.before Thames Magistrates' Court accused of helping him to escape.
:07:45. > :07:53.Ayshea Buksh is at Scotland Yard for us. Ayshea, what do we know about
:07:54. > :07:58.what happened? Lerone Boye escaped last Wednesday afternoon at around
:07:59. > :08:00.2pm. He had been serving a 28 year sentence at a prison in
:08:01. > :08:05.Cambridgeshire but was transferred to the John Howard Centre in
:08:06. > :08:08.Homerton a few weeks ago after psychiatrists said he had been
:08:09. > :08:14.hearing voices and had been self harming. It's a medium secure
:08:15. > :08:18.psychiatric unit in a residential area of Hackney. One of the members
:08:19. > :08:23.of staff, Dean Ablakwa, has been accused of helping to escape and
:08:24. > :08:26.been charged with conspiracy to assist an offender escaped from
:08:27. > :08:29.youth custody and possession of cannabis and if he is convicted, he
:08:30. > :08:37.will serve up to 14 years behind bars. What do we know about Lerone
:08:38. > :08:41.Boye? Lerone Boye was described as a very violent offender with a long
:08:42. > :08:45.record of numerous violent offences and had been convicted of the murder
:08:46. > :08:50.of a Kelvin Chibueze who was stabbed to death outside a nightclub in
:08:51. > :08:54.Ilford. He has been described by police as black, five or ten with
:08:55. > :08:59.shorter, a goatee beard, a scar on his right cheek and a gold tooth in
:09:00. > :09:03.the upper row of his teeth. Scotland Yard are advising people to night,
:09:04. > :09:09.if you do see him, do not approach him. Instead, call 999. As for Dean
:09:10. > :09:12.Ablakwa, he has been described by police as black, five or ten with
:09:13. > :09:15.shorter, a goatee beard, a scar on his right cheek and a gold tooth in
:09:16. > :09:17.the upper row of his teeth. Scotland Yard are advising people to night,
:09:18. > :09:20.if you do see him, do not approach him. Instead, call 999. As for Dean
:09:21. > :09:23.Ablakwa, here's OK, thank you. The Government has confirmed that a key
:09:24. > :09:27.section of the HS2 high`speed rail line in west London will run through
:09:28. > :09:30.a tunnel to be built under Ealing and Northolt. The line was
:09:31. > :09:33.originally going to pass overground, affecting a number of homes, roads
:09:34. > :09:37.and bridges. HS2 says the decision to use a tunnel will mean it can be
:09:38. > :09:40.built more quickly, and with less disruption to residents. Police
:09:41. > :09:42.officers from Eastern Europe have been brought to the capital to help
:09:43. > :09:45.the Met catch foreign criminals In the Met catch foreign criminals. In
:09:46. > :09:48.a new attempt to target organised crime, the eight Romanian and three
:09:49. > :09:52.Polish officers will spend two years working in London. It will cost more
:09:53. > :09:55.than ?1 million which will be paid for by money from the European
:09:56. > :10:00.Union. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Guy Smith, has the
:10:01. > :10:03.details. The badge gives it away. Romanian and Polish police officers
:10:04. > :10:08.are joining the ranks of the Metropolitan Police. For the next
:10:09. > :10:11.two years, they will be succumbed it to specialist teams investigating
:10:12. > :10:17.foreign criminals who commit serious offences here in the capital. This
:10:18. > :10:21.is around getting better at dealing with people who come into custody
:10:22. > :10:25.and will frequently lie, challenge and change their identity, and being
:10:26. > :10:30.able to understand them so we can deal with more effectively. Out of
:10:31. > :10:36.all those arrested in London last year, 28% were foreign nationals.
:10:37. > :10:39.Around 70,000 suspects. The Metropolitan Police is a quarter
:10:40. > :10:44.dangerous gang members are from abroad. And 15% of sex offenders not
:10:45. > :10:47.British. And its cases like this that the new foreign police officers
:10:48. > :10:53.might have been able to help with. 83`year`old evil in was tied up and
:10:54. > :10:59.gagged in her own home in north London. She was found a month
:11:00. > :11:03.later, her killer was this man. A serial burglar from Poland who was
:11:04. > :11:07.on the run. A European arrest warrant had been issued and the Met
:11:08. > :11:11.police, who would previously arrest them for attempted burglary, had
:11:12. > :11:15.failed to check is to identity and he was wanted in another country.
:11:16. > :11:22.Scotland Yard has learned its lessons. Officers like this might
:11:23. > :11:28.hold the key to investigations into organised crime. People trafficking.
:11:29. > :11:32.And prostitution. London is a global city, more languages are spoken and
:11:33. > :11:37.more nationalities live here than probably anywhere else in the
:11:38. > :11:40.world. And that makes it much easier for foreign criminals to hide. So
:11:41. > :11:43.it's not just Poland and Romania not the metabolic and peace wants to
:11:44. > :11:47.work with more closely. There is a plan in the future to have officers
:11:48. > :11:50.from other countries, too. Heathrow should be expanded to ensure Britain
:11:51. > :11:55.has much needed airport capacity, and jobs aren't lost in west London,
:11:56. > :11:57.the Commons has heard today. The Chair of the Transport Select
:11:58. > :12:00.Committee, Louise Ellman, says if Heathrow doesn't get a new runway,
:12:01. > :12:04.airlines will move their businesses from London to the continent. But
:12:05. > :12:08.others say the country's aviation future lies in a new airport east of
:12:09. > :12:17.the capital. Our Political Editor, Tim Donovan, is at Westminster now.
:12:18. > :12:21.Tim. MPs on the Transport Select Committee felt a decision was needed
:12:22. > :12:26.now and the least worst option would be a third runway at Heathrow
:12:27. > :12:30.Airport but, as you will know, there is no consensus and that was
:12:31. > :12:35.certainly no concessions in a special debate held here today. If
:12:36. > :12:41.not Heathrow, where? As he will know, the Mayor and those among his
:12:42. > :12:45.staff say we should start afresh and build in the estuary or east of the
:12:46. > :12:48.capital. You would think if the arguments were overwhelmingly good
:12:49. > :12:53.for that, economically at least, they would be support in Kent, North
:12:54. > :13:01.Kent and Medway towns, but was made clear today that that is the case.
:13:02. > :13:04.The Stalinist command and control economy assumption you can move
:13:05. > :13:10.hundreds of thousands of jobs to the Thames Estuary at the stroke of a
:13:11. > :13:15.Mayor's pen, is preposterous. Many of those jobs will not move, and
:13:16. > :13:18.many of them will move to Europe and many others would no longer be
:13:19. > :13:23.economic because the capital and the investment on which they depend
:13:24. > :13:27.would be destroyed. To give an idea how this divides people in the same
:13:28. > :13:31.party, you go across the Thames Essex. You can find an MP like
:13:32. > :13:38.Bernard Jenkins who believes starting again with an airport in
:13:39. > :13:42.the estuaries was the visionary thing to do. He believes that this
:13:43. > :13:48.would not have catastrophic effects or an impact on Heathrow. The
:13:49. > :13:53.closure at Heathrow is a very, very big decision but it's not a
:13:54. > :13:58.catastrophe, but an opportunity It's an opportunity to create... I'm
:13:59. > :14:03.It's an opportunity to create.. I'm not giving way, 250,000 new homes
:14:04. > :14:08.west of London, a new high`tech city with the infrastructure already in
:14:09. > :14:13.place. MPs hope that what they were saying today may be taken account of
:14:14. > :14:19.by Sir Howard Davies and the commission that is currently looking
:14:20. > :14:25.into the long`term aviation needs, but, of course, those
:14:26. > :14:29.recommendations are not due to come until the summer of 2015. The other
:14:30. > :14:38.side of the next general election. Thank you, Tim. A kazoo orchestra
:14:39. > :14:41.featuring the comedian Bill Bailey serenaded people in Camden today in
:14:42. > :14:44.protest at plans to licence buskers. They say it's a serious threat to
:14:45. > :14:47.street culture in London. But Camden Council says it's a response to an
:14:48. > :14:51.escalation of complaints from residents. Our reporter Wendy
:14:52. > :15:01.Hurrell went to Camden to find out more. It's not everyday you see Bill
:15:02. > :15:08.Bailey in Camden. Doing an impression of Billy Bragg, who was
:15:09. > :15:16.also there today. Accompany me on a song. Leading the citizens kazoo
:15:17. > :15:21.Orchestra. Formed by comedian and activist Mark Thomas. It's a protest
:15:22. > :15:25.against Camden Council's proposal to make musicians buy a license to
:15:26. > :15:30.bask. Something they describe as Draconian. Some people will say a
:15:31. > :15:38.ban of playing recorders in a public place? I'm behind that. That's not a
:15:39. > :15:45.bad thing for kazoos. If the principle of it. It seems very
:15:46. > :15:49.Draconian, unduly harsh, and I think it will put people off from
:15:50. > :15:55.performing. Under the new rules unlicensed buskers could be fined up
:15:56. > :16:02.to ?1000 or have the instruments seized and sold if they can't pay.
:16:03. > :16:08.It would also mean that percussion and amplifiers like this would
:16:09. > :16:13.require a special licence if allowed, at all. Some loud wind
:16:14. > :16:16.instruments come under that bracket, too. I'm delighted to announce
:16:17. > :16:22.exclusively the flute and the recorder have had a reprieve but the
:16:23. > :16:25.rest of the wind instrument family remain banned. We are simply
:16:26. > :16:29.responding to the needs of the residents and when we did the
:16:30. > :16:34.consultation, the vast majority of the residents supported the draft
:16:35. > :16:38.policy, so they are against a total ban and we have no intention of
:16:39. > :16:42.banning busking at all because I personally believe that it adds to
:16:43. > :16:47.the cultural heritage of the borough. They will make a decision
:16:48. > :17:01.on November 11. Still to come. 40 on November 11. Still to come. 40
:17:02. > :17:04.years ago this long`haired hippy launched a record label and shop in
:17:05. > :17:10.Notting Hill. Now Sir Richard Branson celebrates 40 years of
:17:11. > :17:14.Virgin Records. There were queues of people going
:17:15. > :17:25.around two miles down the road wanting to get into this little
:17:26. > :17:27.shop. So it was a good feeling. Next, how so`called shopping
:17:28. > :17:30.villages, usually found outside the M25, are venturing inside London.
:17:31. > :17:33.Hundreds of people queued up today for the opening of London's latest
:17:34. > :17:36.retail outlet. 85 shops, restaurants and cafes opened in Wembley. But as
:17:37. > :17:41.Tarah Welsh reports, their arrival has once again sparked concerns of
:17:42. > :17:49.the impact on London's high streets. Queues like this can only mean one
:17:50. > :17:57.thing ` a bargain behind the ribbon! It is now officially open. How long
:17:58. > :18:03.have you been queueing for? Not long, I live around the corner. I am
:18:04. > :18:09.so excited. I am hope thing to find a bargain. Other areas do well,
:18:10. > :18:13.hopefully it will be good for Wembley. It's called London Designer
:18:14. > :18:20.Outlet. It's aim? To sell higher end brands at low prices. How designer
:18:21. > :18:27.is it? We have some good fashion brands. The developer says it brings
:18:28. > :18:37.1,500 jobs to the area but it's also behind the transformation of the
:18:38. > :18:40.area. The whole look and feel here is changing. The council says it is
:18:41. > :18:46.about more than just a shopping centre. A much longer term
:18:47. > :18:50.regeneration of the area. They say at the end of it, Wembley will be a
:18:51. > :18:56.better place to live, work and to shop. It is good from a commercial
:18:57. > :19:01.point of view for the council, because we get a business rates from
:19:02. > :19:07.the new development. We also get new homes bonus for the housing that has
:19:08. > :19:13.been provided. But, much less optimism from some traders on
:19:14. > :19:15.Wembley High Street. Compared to previously, today is very quiet.
:19:16. > :19:17.Wembley High Street. Compared to previously, today is very quiet It
:19:18. > :19:20.will affect everybody on the high Street. So, is there enough of an
:19:21. > :19:27.appetite for shopping to keep both areas in business? There is very
:19:28. > :19:30.little duplication on what is available on Wembley high Street and
:19:31. > :19:33.what is available in the new outlets centre. And this will only be hailed
:19:34. > :19:47.as a success if the big brands and local independents can both stay
:19:48. > :19:50.afloat. Following Ian Holloway's resignation
:19:51. > :19:53.yesterday, Premier League strugglers Crystal Palace are searching for a
:19:54. > :19:55.new manager. The Eagles face top`of`the`table Arsenal on Saturday
:19:56. > :19:58.with Holloway's assistant Keith Millen taking temporary charge.
:19:59. > :20:01.Chris Slegg reports. In May, Wembley was painted red and
:20:02. > :20:08.blue as Crystal Palace celebrated promotion. Yesterday, five months
:20:09. > :20:12.on, the colour had drained from Ian Holloway's phase as he and the
:20:13. > :20:22.chairman announced the manager's time was up. I am very tired, to be
:20:23. > :20:27.honest with you. It is part of my talking with Steven, am I1 with the
:20:28. > :20:34.energy left? Am I the one who camp believed to beat Arsenal? Arsenal
:20:35. > :20:38.visit on Saturday. At the stadium, the man whose task it is to beat
:20:39. > :20:46.them, Keith Millen, who has been put in temporary charge. Ian said he was
:20:47. > :20:50.annoyed by some of the new players and their attitude, will you be
:20:51. > :20:55.having words with them? I said there are certain standards I expect when
:20:56. > :21:01.I am in charge. You need to set them out early. If they don't follow them
:21:02. > :21:05.rules, they will not be part of what we are trying to achieve. In the
:21:06. > :21:10.Premier League, no club has experienced more ups and downs than
:21:11. > :21:15.Crystal Palace. They have never lasted more than one season at this
:21:16. > :21:21.level. Who ever ends up in the hot state, will have to avoid a fifth
:21:22. > :21:27.relegation. Among the names in the frame, Avram Glazer. Neil Warnock,
:21:28. > :21:34.himself a former manager of Crystal Palace and still the favourite this
:21:35. > :21:38.evening, Tony Pulis. I do know Tony and he has had great success. We
:21:39. > :21:48.will have to see. Crystal Palace awaits its sixth manager in under
:21:49. > :21:52.four years. It's the music label that's signed
:21:53. > :21:55.stars from the Spice Girls to the Sex Pistols and now Virgin Records
:21:56. > :21:59.is celebrating its 40th birthday. It started out in 1973 as a small store
:22:00. > :22:02.on Oxford Street. To mark the anniversary the original shop's been
:22:03. > :22:05.recreated as part of a new exhibition. Warren Nettleford went
:22:06. > :22:07.to meet the man behind it, Sir Richard Branson.
:22:08. > :22:12.Richard Branson started his own mail order company when he was 20. But it
:22:13. > :22:17.was the risk two years later of giving a record deal to a teenage
:22:18. > :22:29.instrumentalist that made his name. Michael Oldfield sold 15 million
:22:30. > :22:35.copies of Tubular Bells. We found this tiny space above a shoe shop in
:22:36. > :22:39.Oxford Street. We opened it up. And then suddenly there were queues of
:22:40. > :22:44.people going about two miles down the road wanting to get into this
:22:45. > :22:46.little shop. Celebrating 40 years, they have laid on a temporary
:22:47. > :22:54.exhibition. You can see artwork, exhibition. You can see artwork
:22:55. > :22:57.costumes from the artist. There are reminders everywhere of all the
:22:58. > :23:04.artists who have made their name with virgin records. The ones with
:23:05. > :23:10.the best success is when the company took the biggest risk, so the Sex
:23:11. > :23:17.Pistols, Mike Oldfield and the Spice Girls. To be too conservative, you
:23:18. > :23:24.don't get anywhere. The Sex Pistols shook the company up. When Richard
:23:25. > :23:28.Branson started the company, he was taking on the big boys and the
:23:29. > :23:32.establishment. Now, Sir Richard Branson is very much part of it.
:23:33. > :23:39.Just announcing he is moving full`time to his tropical islands.
:23:40. > :23:44.Those behind the exhibition said the Virgin Records story has always been
:23:45. > :23:50.about disruption. They have always done things, signed artists who have
:23:51. > :23:54.had an influence or an impact in the wider, cultural sector, not just the
:23:55. > :23:58.music business. The best example is the Sex Pistols who offended
:23:59. > :24:09.everybody on television. And then something like boy George being in
:24:10. > :24:13.address. Richard Branson sold Virgin Records to funds the airline
:24:14. > :24:18.business. Now it's not long to go before we
:24:19. > :24:23.and one certain bear will be asking you to help us once again raise
:24:24. > :24:28.money for BBC Children In Need. We've seen everything from Dancing
:24:29. > :24:32.On Ice to superheroes. So tell us what you're planning to do this
:24:33. > :24:35.year. In fact surprise us. Don't be shy, the wackier and more unusual
:24:36. > :24:46.the better. You might even be invited onto our live show on the
:24:47. > :24:52.night. Just get in touch by email. Now the weather with Peter. Windy
:24:53. > :25:02.weather on the way? Yes, the Met Office has issued a
:25:03. > :25:07.weather warning for stormy weather for the beginning of next week. But
:25:08. > :25:11.I think nature will be letting us know things are getting rough over
:25:12. > :25:17.the next few days. This evening we have clear spells and a freshening
:25:18. > :25:24.breeze. That will close the holes in the clouds. We can expect wet
:25:25. > :25:31.weather before dawn. It will not be cold, minimum temperatures will be
:25:32. > :25:36.around 11 or 12 degrees. Wet commutes and school runs in the
:25:37. > :25:40.morning, but the rain will turn showery. By the afternoon it will be
:25:41. > :25:47.dry, bright and breezy for most of us, and warm! Top temperature
:25:48. > :25:52.tomorrow is 19 Celsius. Not far off five degrees above the average for
:25:53. > :25:56.this time of year. It will dry up completely for a time tomorrow
:25:57. > :26:01.night. But later on we will start to see patchy rain moving down towards
:26:02. > :26:04.us from the Midlands. That is a weakening weather fronts, as it
:26:05. > :26:13.crashes the Home Counties on Saturday I think it will fizzle out.
:26:14. > :26:17.`` crosses. Quite easy and gusty on Sunday. A mixture of sunshine and
:26:18. > :26:22.showers for the second part of the weekend. Things get windy on Sunday
:26:23. > :26:28.night and probably stormy by Monday morning. An amber warning is a be
:26:29. > :26:34.prepared warning. We will have time to get ready for this nasty weather,
:26:35. > :26:38.because it will take a while for the energy to build up in the
:26:39. > :26:44.atmosphere. The numbers I show you inside the arrows are the steady
:26:45. > :26:48.winds. Gusts could be double those values and that means 70 or 80 mph
:26:49. > :26:51.on Monday morning. I will keep you posted.
:26:52. > :26:56.A look at the main headlines now: The parents of Madeleine McCann have
:26:57. > :26:58.welcomed news that Portuguese police are to reopen their enquiry into
:26:59. > :27:01.their daughter's disappearance. Portugal's Attorney General revealed
:27:02. > :27:03.Police have "new elements of evidence".
:27:04. > :27:06.Talks have taken place at the Grangemouth site in central Scotland
:27:07. > :27:09.in an attempt to save the petrochemicals plant facing closure.
:27:10. > :27:13.The owners had threatened to shut the facility in a deadlock with the
:27:14. > :27:22.unions over a range of cost`cutting measures. .
:27:23. > :27:24.And Thames Water has faced questions from politicians at City Hall over
:27:25. > :27:35.how it can That's about it from me. I'm back
:27:36. > :27:37.later during the Ten o'clock News, but for now from everyone on the
:27:38. > :27:55.team have a lovely evening. Goodbye. This is Malcolm, who owns Iceland.
:27:56. > :27:57.He's the one that's going to present us with
:27:58. > :28:00.the ten grand. When we win it. You've just got to make it
:28:01. > :28:05.as bearable Here we are in the PR nerve centre
:28:06. > :28:08.of Iceland