:00:00. > :00:00.let-up. Thank you. That is all from the BBC News at Six. Goodbye. Now
:00:00. > :00:16.Good evening. Tonight, a former head at a prestigious prep school is
:00:17. > :00:20.convicted of historic child sex offences. Three other teachers are
:00:21. > :00:25.found guilty of abuse. It is not just the victims who
:00:26. > :00:28.suffered here. It is the families. For example, I am married and they
:00:29. > :00:31.have children and it has affected my whole family. Other victims are
:00:32. > :00:38.being urged to come forward. Also tonight, and NHS Trust is put into
:00:39. > :00:44.special measures after safety concerns at two of the capital's
:00:45. > :00:47.A We look at the impact of London housing development is
:00:48. > :00:56.marketed in the Far East. Plus... Are you a tenner? Yes, I am.
:00:57. > :01:14.Here's one to shut up. Jo Brand tells us why doing her first ever
:01:15. > :01:19.panto is harder than stand`up. Good evening. A former Prime
:01:20. > :01:24.Minister `` head Minister `` headteacher at a historic prep
:01:25. > :01:32.school has been convicted to historic sex abuse instances. BBC
:01:33. > :01:37.London has spoken to one former pupil, who says that he was the
:01:38. > :01:40.victim of systematic abuse carried out by another teacher, one of three
:01:41. > :01:48.who have also been found guilty of abusing boys at the school.
:01:49. > :01:53.It is an elite boarding school. Parents pay ?20,000 a year for the
:01:54. > :01:56.very best education and pastoral care at Caldicott Boys' Preparatory
:01:57. > :02:01.School. Instead, over 27 years, 27 boys were subject to sexual abuse.
:02:02. > :02:05.At its heart, Peter Wright or, you should hear a few years after he
:02:06. > :02:11.joined the school in 1952. For the parents, he was a charismatic
:02:12. > :02:16.headteacher. For the pupils, he was a predatory paedophile. Yesterday,
:02:17. > :02:20.aged 83, he was finally convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault against
:02:21. > :02:24.boys in his care. It was the older boys, from 12 to 13, were targeted,
:02:25. > :02:30.particularly those who starred in the first 15 rugby team, a team that
:02:31. > :02:35.Peter Wright coached. His victims have told the court how they were
:02:36. > :02:38.made to feel part of a school elite, but all the time they were
:02:39. > :02:43.being abused here at the school and on field trips. The school is now
:02:44. > :02:47.very different. Recent inspections found it to be outstanding and
:02:48. > :02:51.excellent. But now that Peter Wright has been convicted, reporting
:02:52. > :02:55.restrictions have been lifted, allowing the BBC to reveal that
:02:56. > :03:00.three other teachers, two employed by Peter Wright, have been convicted
:03:01. > :03:06.of abusing boys at the school from 1959 until 1979. They ask you Henry,
:03:07. > :03:12.pleaded guilty to 11 counts of indecent assault. John Addison was
:03:13. > :03:17.guilty of 17 counts. And a science teacher has admitted seven counts of
:03:18. > :03:22.indecent assault and two of buggery. Alistair Rolfe was one of his
:03:23. > :03:25.victims. He has waived his right to anonymity. I thought how was the
:03:26. > :03:29.only one for a long time, until all was taken into a room with my abuser
:03:30. > :03:34.and another boy, and the two of us were allowed to `` asked to strip
:03:35. > :03:37.naked and photographs were taken. Did not know about the others but it
:03:38. > :03:41.is hardly surprising, given the nature of the school. I was aware at
:03:42. > :03:45.the time the tie was not the only one. Another pupil was Nick Clegg.
:03:46. > :03:59.In a statement, the deputy Prime Minister said:
:04:00. > :04:03.For lawyers representing the victims, there is much left
:04:04. > :04:09.unanswered. Peter Wright was the headmaster for many years. The
:04:10. > :04:14.chants of those witnesses who have come forward being the only victims
:04:15. > :04:18.of abuse are very slight. Also, we would like to speak to any of the
:04:19. > :04:20.staff that were there at the time the cars they may well have seen
:04:21. > :04:25.things going on that they found suspicious. It has also emerged that
:04:26. > :04:29.similar charges brought against Peter Wright in 2003 were
:04:30. > :04:33.effectively blocked by a judge as it was considered unfair to put him on
:04:34. > :04:38.trial over historical allegations. Tonight, he has no such legal
:04:39. > :04:42.protection. Convicted for his part in the white and systematic abuse of
:04:43. > :04:49.the boys in his care. `` white scale.
:04:50. > :04:52.20 more to come tonight, including the Christmas card that has not gone
:04:53. > :05:02.down well with housing tenants in West London.
:05:03. > :05:08.The NHS Trust which runs Queens Hospital in Romford and King George
:05:09. > :05:11.is Hospital in Ilford has been put into special measures. It follows
:05:12. > :05:18.recommendations from the chief inspector of hospitals over concerns
:05:19. > :05:21.about patient safety in their accident and emergency departments.
:05:22. > :05:26.A special team will be sent in to help the hospitals improve. Karl
:05:27. > :05:31.Mercer reports. Queens and King George and no
:05:32. > :05:35.strangers to bad helplines. Today, more unwelcome news as they became
:05:36. > :05:38.the first London hospitals put in special measures. The accident and
:05:39. > :05:44.emergency department say that inspectors are not always clear
:05:45. > :05:48.enough. It faces difficult challenges. It has long waiting
:05:49. > :05:53.times in A and it serves a large population. There are good things
:05:54. > :05:57.going on there, but in all honesty, I felt of the best way to help the
:05:58. > :06:01.hospital was to put it into special measures.
:06:02. > :06:06.The hospitals will now have a new team sent in to try and improve
:06:07. > :06:12.their A Top of the agenda, the need for more permanent staff. The
:06:13. > :06:14.biggest challenge in our A department is to recruit
:06:15. > :06:19.consultants. We have 21 posts funded. We have the salaries to pay
:06:20. > :06:25.21 and we have six in post at the moment. Really, we struggle to get
:06:26. > :06:28.the best people. And that is able problem given the number of patients
:06:29. > :06:32.they deal with. Between the hospitals, they see 200 hours on
:06:33. > :06:37.patients in year my rate of around 600 a day. 100 of those patients
:06:38. > :06:40.have to be omitted to the hospitals. 20 ambulances arrive
:06:41. > :06:42.every hour. The problems are not helped by the
:06:43. > :06:45.fact that Queens is paying a hefty The problems are not helped by the
:06:46. > :06:48.fact that Queens bill for its new building, something like ?55 million
:06:49. > :06:53.a year. Two years ago, the government promised to help out,
:06:54. > :06:57.saying they would foot ?16 million a year of the bill. But so far the
:06:58. > :07:02.hospital has not received any of that money. Because the government
:07:03. > :07:10.will not pay it until improvements are seen in A services. And as we
:07:11. > :07:14.know, those services are not improving. It is now down to the NHS
:07:15. > :07:18.and ministers to get into place the right people to provide the right
:07:19. > :07:25.quality of service. And if it needs more money for a period to see it
:07:26. > :07:29.through its crisis and get it onto a stable footing, and hope that this
:07:30. > :07:32.hospital will be properly resourced so that it can stand on its own two
:07:33. > :07:36.feet. That has been the aim for these
:07:37. > :07:42.hospitals before but so far, they have struggled to do so.
:07:43. > :07:45.Next year's fear rises will be delayed by at least a fortnight
:07:46. > :07:49.because of a hitch over Travelcards. The mayor is having to bring down
:07:50. > :07:55.the proposed price of a travel card after the Chancellor capped
:07:56. > :07:59.increases in national rail fares. TfL say the change could cost them
:08:00. > :08:03.around ?40 million in lost revenue. One of the critics of the mayor has
:08:04. > :08:07.described it as a farcical failure of communication wing government and
:08:08. > :08:11.City Hall. `` between government. Newham
:08:12. > :08:13.College has sacked its head of performing arts, Mark Walcott,
:08:14. > :08:20.following a homophobic rant. The outburst triggered an eight`month
:08:21. > :08:24.internal investigation but cleared Mr Walcott. It was later suspended
:08:25. > :08:27.after the recording made its way into the public domain. The college
:08:28. > :08:34.said in a statement that Mr Walcott's views do not represent the
:08:35. > :08:37.values of the college. A former personal assistant of
:08:38. > :08:42.Nigella Lawson and her former husband has denied that she was a
:08:43. > :08:43.fantasist and a shopaholic will stop Francesca Grillo and her sister are
:08:44. > :08:47.accused of spending almost ?700 000 accused of spending almost ?700 000
:08:48. > :08:51.on credit cards belonging to the couple. They deny the charges.
:08:52. > :08:54.Luisa Baldini has been in court. couple. They deny the charges.
:08:55. > :08:57.Luisa Baldini has been in court. The Luisa Baldini has been in court The
:08:58. > :09:01.judge went over all the evidence for the benefit of the jury of seven men
:09:02. > :09:08.and five women. Before that, we heard from the defence barrister of
:09:09. > :09:11.Francesca Grillo, who urged the jury to put aside any publicity
:09:12. > :09:15.surrounding the case. She said that this is not a trial of Nigella
:09:16. > :09:19.Lawson or a question of saying that you like and you like her programmes
:09:20. > :09:26.and she has a nice personality on those programmes. Our evidence is
:09:27. > :09:30.not preferable to that of the defendants because of who she is.
:09:31. > :09:33.She said, that is not the way to proceed. She said it was an
:09:34. > :09:36.undeniable fact of this case that Nigella Lawson did take drugs will
:09:37. > :09:40.stop she said that people are charged and tried everyday increment
:09:41. > :09:44.courts for doing that, and she has gone into the witness box and
:09:45. > :09:47.admitted that. You must not elevate her to a lesser degree of
:09:48. > :09:52.questioning her credibility because she is a famous person, she said.
:09:53. > :09:57.Whether she has indulged more than she has admitted to might aggravate
:09:58. > :10:04.the question of credibility. Before that, we heard from the defence
:10:05. > :10:10.Alistair of Elizabetta Grillo, who asked the jury to consider why
:10:11. > :10:12.Charles Saatchi asked his accountants to investigate only the
:10:13. > :10:17.sisters and not the other personal assistance. `` defence barrister. He
:10:18. > :10:22.told the jury that he believed that his client, Elisabetta Grillo, has
:10:23. > :10:27.been collateral caught in the crossfire and he said that although
:10:28. > :10:30.she is not on trial, the evidence is inevitably going to be of
:10:31. > :10:37.significance to Nigella Lawson and her public image. We expect the jury
:10:38. > :10:41.to be sent out first thing tomorrow. Next, how a row between neighbours
:10:42. > :11:01.over a wheelie bin ended up in the High Court. Wheelie bins outside the
:11:02. > :11:06.Royal Courts of Justice are not normally a subject discussed inside
:11:07. > :11:09.such distinguished premises. But now we have the case of Liaquat Ali.
:11:10. > :11:10.such distinguished premises. But now we have the case of Liaquat Ali. It
:11:11. > :11:12.we have the case of Liaquat Ali It is unbelievable, absurd. He is
:11:13. > :11:18.talking about a bill for ?54,000 in talking about a bill for ?54,00 in
:11:19. > :11:23.legal costs. All top in a three`year battle with his neighbour over the
:11:24. > :11:28.placement of wheelie bins in their shared driveway. It is a 240 metre
:11:29. > :11:32.domestic wheelie bin which people use all over the country. His
:11:33. > :11:36.neighbour won an agreement saying that the bins should not be left
:11:37. > :11:42.there. Liaquat Ali was prepared to agree to that but not to pay the
:11:43. > :11:46.costs. His lawyer argued that there should be no costs in this case
:11:47. > :11:51.about a wheelie bin because no damages have been awarded. But the
:11:52. > :11:56.court disagreed and we then saw no fewer than four lawyers sitting
:11:57. > :12:01.together in a corridor with cartilage is in their hands trying
:12:02. > :12:08.to agree a suitable figure. It ended up at ?15,000. It can be justified,
:12:09. > :12:11.over a wheelie bin which is worth about ?20, particularly when the
:12:12. > :12:18.other party never recovered any damages. Can you afford that kind of
:12:19. > :12:24.money? I would probably looking at remortgaging my property.
:12:25. > :12:38.Liaquat Ali's neighbour did not want to comment, but his solicitor said:
:12:39. > :12:44.It certainly highlights the fact that the law is not working in this
:12:45. > :12:48.case and it is something that all will be taking up with the attorney
:12:49. > :12:56.general. Liaquat Ali says he may yet appeal but he has given his wheelie
:12:57. > :13:00.bin back to Barnet council. Around half of new`build homes in
:13:01. > :13:05.inner London are now sold to foreign investors according to a leading
:13:06. > :13:10.economic research group. But are these cashrich buyers pushing up
:13:11. > :13:16.property prices in the capital? Continuing our Back To Life Reeves,
:13:17. > :13:23.Mark Jordan `` our living in London series, Mark Jordan reports from
:13:24. > :13:29.Hong Kong. Hong Kong is not in love with London. It just thinks it is
:13:30. > :13:36.cheap. Here it is a room in a loom for ?350,000. Prices here have
:13:37. > :13:40.rocketed 60% in two years. Many think it has peaked so they turn to
:13:41. > :13:44.London. Unlike Russian oligarchs and Arab sheiks, they are investing in
:13:45. > :13:50.ordinary homes. What is different is that China's cash rich middle`class
:13:51. > :13:56.is often shopping for exactly the same type of property that Londoners
:13:57. > :14:01.are struggling to buy. Every week, investors flock to international
:14:02. > :14:06.property Expos were London estate agents eagerly await them. Anything
:14:07. > :14:12.on Hong Kong Island is very expensive, ?2 million it could be.
:14:13. > :14:16.London is cheap, ?400,000, people can afford that and they can afford
:14:17. > :14:24.to pay cash. There is a love affair between Hong Kong people and
:14:25. > :14:28.London, the history, the culture. Once it was just Belgravias and
:14:29. > :14:32.Notting Hill being marketed internationally but here, XM and
:14:33. > :14:36.Hackney, Crichton, thousands of miles from home, London is up for
:14:37. > :14:45.sale. There are demands for letting and leasing. It is cheap, very
:14:46. > :14:49.cheap. Do you understand why Londoners are angry about you buying
:14:50. > :14:56.this property? I would B. Personally, I cannot afford the Hong
:14:57. > :15:00.Kong prices. UK rent is expected to rise by 21% over the next five
:15:01. > :15:06.years. Ironically, the government has slammed a 22% tax on foreigners
:15:07. > :15:10.buying in Hong Kong, which has stoked interest in London. A lot of
:15:11. > :15:13.Hong Kong property sits empty. You will look up at high rise buildings
:15:14. > :15:18.at night and all the lights are off because one third of the building
:15:19. > :15:21.will be owned by mainland Chinese and they just keep their shopping
:15:22. > :15:26.bags there when they visit once a quarter. The art in and out and they
:15:27. > :15:30.speculatively. It will be interesting to see what happens in
:15:31. > :15:34.London. It is a thorny subject. 6000 miles east of Hackney, this London
:15:35. > :15:40.agents declined even an interview. Others, like Fraser and Cole have a
:15:41. > :15:45.plush Hong Kong office along way from Stratford. Here, without a
:15:46. > :15:47.single brick laid, they have already sold most of the flats that will
:15:48. > :15:50.eventually stand by the flyover. sold most of the flats that will
:15:51. > :15:52.eventually stand by the flyover It eventually stand by the flyover. It
:15:53. > :15:55.has been one of the fastest sellers this year. In one weekend, over 50.
:15:56. > :16:02.And then in Singapore, another 0. And then in Singapore, another 30.
:16:03. > :16:07.It has been busy. It means many London developments are launched in
:16:08. > :16:11.Asia. Normally, we bring an exhibitor to Asia first because
:16:12. > :16:16.culturally, people expect to buy three years in advance. But on built
:16:17. > :16:20.sites are not much use to someone buying a home. There, some warm the
:16:21. > :16:25.Chinese `` some warm the Chinese percolation risks a bubble. If you
:16:26. > :16:32.are buying in a secondary location where the large majority of owners
:16:33. > :16:35.are foreign, speculative, suddenly the market drops 5% and everyone is
:16:36. > :16:42.looking to sell at the same time, which pushes the price down further.
:16:43. > :16:49.So there could be tears? Yet, yet. `` yet.
:16:50. > :16:57.Time will tell. Still to come: having sacked their
:16:58. > :17:02.manager on Monday, Tottenham are beginning life without Andre
:17:03. > :17:08.Villas`Boas and facing a game at White Hart Lane. Against West Ham.
:17:09. > :17:13.It's a Christmas card that's been sent by one London council to its
:17:14. > :17:18.housing tenants warning them not to "overindulge" but to "pay their
:17:19. > :17:21.rent" over the festive season. Hammersmith and Fulham says it's
:17:22. > :17:26.aimed at helping people in financial hardship. But many of those who've
:17:27. > :17:33.received it say it's offensive and insensitive. Sarah Harris has the
:17:34. > :17:38.story. That's a nice one. 82`year`old Mary
:17:39. > :17:43.loves getting Christmas cards at her home in west London where she lives
:17:44. > :17:47.with her daughter Tina. But the Yuletide greeting she received from
:17:48. > :17:51.her landlord, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, wasn't quite so welcome, as
:17:52. > :17:59.it included the words" don't overindulge this Christmas. Pay your
:18:00. > :18:03.rent! " for a woman who prides herself on paying her rent on time
:18:04. > :18:09.and allows herself one Bailey's a year on Christmas Day, it misses the
:18:10. > :18:16.point. I thought, what a cheek, to send me that. Look at my mum. 60
:18:17. > :18:19.years she has paid the rent, she has bought the house ten times over. It
:18:20. > :18:26.is harassment through the letterbox. How dare they? The council sent out
:18:27. > :18:33.hundreds of what they call flyers, not cards, and they deny that the
:18:34. > :18:38.message is Scrooge like, but simply designed to help people at a
:18:39. > :18:42.challenging time of year. The messages, please contact us if you
:18:43. > :18:48.are having trouble paying your rent. That has got to be contextualise in
:18:49. > :18:53.terms of ?3.7 million the council is owed in terms of unpaid rent. But
:18:54. > :18:55.the local MP says he is appalled, and tenants are owed an apology.
:18:56. > :18:57.the local MP says he is appalled, and tenants are owed an apology And
:18:58. > :19:02.they are then making people pay for this. It adds insult to injury. They
:19:03. > :19:07.are making people pay thousands of pounds. It shows how out of touch
:19:08. > :19:16.these Tory councillors are. It's from my sister Judy. Mary and Tina
:19:17. > :19:21.are determined to enjoy their Christmas despite the upset, and
:19:22. > :19:25.they suggest that next year they receive a card thanking them for
:19:26. > :19:34.paying their rent on time. Let's turn to football now, and
:19:35. > :19:37.tonight it's the first time Tottenham are in action since they
:19:38. > :19:40.sacked their manager Andre Villas`Boas. They meet West Ham in
:19:41. > :19:43.the quarterfinals of the League Cup at White Hart Lane. And our sports
:19:44. > :19:46.reporter Chris Slegg is there. What's the mood like there?
:19:47. > :19:50.Frustration amongst the few fans I have spoken to, frustration that
:19:51. > :19:55.their team is yet again seeking another new manager just four months
:19:56. > :19:57.after spending ?100 million in the transfer market on new players, and
:19:58. > :20:02.just after coming so close to champions league football last
:20:03. > :20:09.season. It is of course a caretaker management team that will take
:20:10. > :20:17.charge tonight, headed up by Tim Sherwood and their former striker
:20:18. > :20:20.Les Ferdinand. There is a growing feeling that perhaps they may stay
:20:21. > :20:26.in charge until the end of the season, and a high profile figure
:20:27. > :20:29.like Fabio Capello, or Glenn Hoddle, names closely linked to the job. And
:20:30. > :20:31.names closely linked to the job And the West Ham manager is also under a
:20:32. > :20:45.bit of Russia. `` pressure? Yes, Sam bit of Russia. `` pressure? Yes, Sam
:20:46. > :20:58.Allardyce, also under pressure because his team are close to the
:20:59. > :21:06.drop zone. You have to be a bit of a minute `` miracle worker to get
:21:07. > :21:13.everybody functioning 100% when they have arrived from different arenas,
:21:14. > :21:22.cultures and countries. And elsewhere, more managerial comings
:21:23. > :21:27.and goings. Yes. Watford have named the replacement for Gianfranco Zola
:21:28. > :21:31.who quit on Monday, and it is a fellow Italian, who has had a 17
:21:32. > :21:36.year career managing Italy. Not many people in this country will have
:21:37. > :21:41.heard of him. So Watford can start their new era. But here at White
:21:42. > :21:50.Hart Lane, we are no closer to knowing who will fill the managerial
:21:51. > :21:54.hot seat at top them. `` Tottenham. Chris, many thanks. Comedian Jo
:21:55. > :21:57.Brand is making her Panto debut this Christmas, which she says is much
:21:58. > :22:00.harder than doing stand`up. She stars in Aladdin at the New
:22:01. > :22:03.Wimbledon Theatre, which is just one of the festive offerings to keep the
:22:04. > :22:05.family entertained over the holidays. Here's our Entertainments
:22:06. > :22:12.Correspondent, Brenda Emmanus, with a look at some of them.
:22:13. > :22:18.This is awkward. It is not for you. I was only going to sell it on eBay.
:22:19. > :22:22.The good old panto has become an important part of our Christmas
:22:23. > :22:23.tradition. No need to fight over the TV remote when there is something
:22:24. > :22:38.for everyone in a good live show. The Theatre Royal Stratford presents
:22:39. > :22:42.Dick Whittington. Very funny, quick, to the point, and it is modern. It
:22:43. > :22:50.is relevant to the kids and the adults.
:22:51. > :22:58.I had kids tell the punch line of one of my jokes the other night, so
:22:59. > :23:03.I brought him up on stage and said, you told the jokes, then. Now, you
:23:04. > :23:08.might want to cover your is for this bit. Dick Whittington is not the
:23:09. > :23:13.only panto in London. Over in Wimbledon, Jo Brand makes her debut
:23:14. > :23:25.with Matthew Kelly in Aladdin. Oh, no she doesn't! Yes, she does. Are
:23:26. > :23:36.you a tenner? Here is one to shut up. Matthew and Joe are by street
:23:37. > :23:44.dancers and energy. The comedy star is taking it in her stride. I am
:23:45. > :23:53.kind of pacing myself. I am not used to shows a day in this period of
:23:54. > :24:00.time. I will let you know at the end. The dancing is brilliant. It is
:24:01. > :24:07.fantastically fast moving. The scenery is gorgeous. My costumes are
:24:08. > :24:21.fabulous. And we would like everybody to come. Tall stories, ``
:24:22. > :24:31.Tore Story's adaptation of the Gruffalo is coming to the West End.
:24:32. > :24:40.And mushy monsters will be on the big screen, released this weekend.
:24:41. > :24:46.The game started online, so children had a relationship with their
:24:47. > :24:50.monster online, and it is a big challenge to take that online. It
:24:51. > :24:56.has not been easy, but we have had an amazing team on it. A host of
:24:57. > :25:01.family festive fun on stage and screen over the Christmas holidays.
:25:02. > :25:07.Don't forget Dick Whittington! We are here into a January 11. Have a
:25:08. > :25:10.Merry Christmas. It's that time of the evening for a
:25:11. > :25:25.look at the weather with Peter. It is not very Merry out there this
:25:26. > :25:32.evening. We have whetted windy weather clearing away to the east.
:25:33. > :25:40.As much as 15 millimetres of rain could fall in the next few hours.
:25:41. > :25:50.The wind could reach 50 mph. The strongest gusts are likely to be the
:25:51. > :25:55.south of the Thames. The rest of the night, we have clear skies, and some
:25:56. > :25:59.scattered cold rain showers. The breeze will still be there, which
:26:00. > :26:05.will help dry out the roads and pavements, and then tomorrow, some
:26:06. > :26:11.sunshine, drive for most of us during daylight hours. A breeze so
:26:12. > :26:14.any showers that do come along will get out of the way quite quickly.
:26:15. > :26:20.And temperatures in the afternoon will get up to around eight Celsius.
:26:21. > :26:23.It is after dark tomorrow that we might have a little bit of a
:26:24. > :26:28.problem, when a spell of wet weather moves in from the west. The rain
:26:29. > :26:31.could turn quite heavy, and there is a possibility during the rush hour
:26:32. > :26:35.that we could find some hail or even some wet snow mixed in with that.
:26:36. > :26:38.Once that clears out of the way with lighter winds and low
:26:39. > :26:42.temperature tomorrow night, we could have some ice to contend with, and I
:26:43. > :26:47.think that is the first time I have mentioned ice this winter. On to
:26:48. > :26:57.Friday, after that I see start, bright and breezy. That will give us
:26:58. > :27:00.a wet and windy start to the day on Saturday. Drier and brighter on
:27:01. > :27:06.Sunday, but of one of these comes along, you will get wet during your
:27:07. > :27:08.last Christmas shopping visit. Peter, thank you very much.
:27:09. > :27:13.The main headlines now: Ian Watkins, former lead singer of the band the
:27:14. > :27:16.Lostprophets, has been sentenced to 35 years in jail for a string of
:27:17. > :27:19.child sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby.
:27:20. > :27:23.There's been a big fall in unemployment. 99,000 fewer people
:27:24. > :27:26.were out of work in the three months to October, and the figures show a
:27:27. > :27:29.record 30 million people in work. New rules to make European Union
:27:30. > :27:32.migrants wait three months before they can apply for out`of`work
:27:33. > :27:37.benefits are to be rushed through Parliament. If passed they'll come
:27:38. > :27:41.into force on the first of January. That's it from us for now. Asad
:27:42. > :27:44.Ahmad will be here with our late news. From me and the team here,
:27:45. > :27:48.thanks for joining us and have a lovely evening.