:00:00. > :00:00.Environment Agency, of the im I Environment Agency, of the impact on
:00:00. > :00:00.Environment Agency, of the im I That's all from the BBC News at Six.
:00:00. > :00:09.We can now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:10. > :00:11.Tonight on BBC London News: Thousands of commuters are left
:00:12. > :00:19.stranded after huge problems with power lines at St Pancras station.
:00:20. > :00:22.There is no information, apart from when you get here. I have to find
:00:23. > :00:24.another route. The disruption is expected to
:00:25. > :00:26.continue for the rest of the evening.
:00:27. > :00:29.Also tonight, the legal row which has seen the government blocked from
:00:30. > :00:32.turning a London school into an Academy.
:00:33. > :00:45.Two rivers in Surrey burst their banks, causing more flooding misery
:00:46. > :00:48.for homeowners. Houston, this is a mission specialist Ryan Stone. I am
:00:49. > :00:50.off structure and drifting. Do you copy?
:00:51. > :00:53.The Hollywood blockbuster made in London. We speak to the man behind
:00:54. > :01:01.the film's Oscar`nominated special effects.
:01:02. > :01:05.Good evening and welcome to the programme.
:01:06. > :01:07.Thousands of commuters have had their journeys cancelled or
:01:08. > :01:12.disrupted because of major problems at St Pancras Station. Tonight many
:01:13. > :01:17.passengers have been left stranded because of limited services due to
:01:18. > :01:20.problems with overhead power lines. Elsewhere, there's been disruption
:01:21. > :01:24.on lines to and from Gatwick because of flooding in the Surrey area. More
:01:25. > :01:35.on this from Sarah Harris who joins us from St Pancras Station.
:01:36. > :01:40.Yes, the shutters behind me tell the story of what has happened at St
:01:41. > :01:45.Pancras today. I overheard one of the staff asking if it was Friday
:01:46. > :01:48.the 13th. It has been that kind of day, with everything that could go
:01:49. > :01:55.wrong going wrong. It all started going pear shaped early this
:01:56. > :02:01.morning. A record of one commuter's difficult journey into work, taken
:02:02. > :02:05.on their phone. 1700 people in total had to complete their commute on
:02:06. > :02:12.foot after overhead power cables came down near Hendon just after
:02:13. > :02:15.7am. It has left First Capital Connect services north of St Pancras
:02:16. > :02:20.suspended all day and tonight, a delay to the start of many a
:02:21. > :02:27.weekend. There is no information until you get here. I have to find
:02:28. > :02:31.another route. It is a disaster. I have to get the Victoria line now
:02:32. > :02:36.and get the bus. It is going to take me much longer. It will be three
:02:37. > :02:44.hours longer than it should be. Not very good when you want to get home.
:02:45. > :02:46.It has been here really quiet, with no First Capital Connect trains
:02:47. > :02:53.running until tomorrow morning at the earliest. This overhead cable
:02:54. > :02:59.came down at 7am. Why, at 7pm, is it not fixed? There is significant
:03:00. > :03:04.damage to the overhead lines, damage to all four lines of track coming
:03:05. > :03:07.out of Hendon. Network Rail have engineers on`site but the damage is
:03:08. > :03:12.significant and we will be working through the night to get it fixed.
:03:13. > :03:15.It was not just routes to the north of the station that were hit.
:03:16. > :03:20.Flooding meant trains between Haywards Heath and Gatwick were
:03:21. > :03:24.delayed up to 45 minutes tonight, with more disruption expected.
:03:25. > :03:29.Unfortunately, with the rain we have had, all of the previous rain has
:03:30. > :03:35.been gathering in arable land and above the tunnel and it loaded and
:03:36. > :03:41.overpowered the pumps this morning. With the train is not running this
:03:42. > :03:46.morning, a disastrous day for St Pancras businesses. No one in the
:03:47. > :03:52.mood for flowers. We will throw them in the bin. I don't know why it
:03:53. > :03:56.takes so long to fix the trains. We don't know when they will come back
:03:57. > :04:02.and it could be dangerous for our business. Go to King's Cross. That
:04:03. > :04:06.will be the best option for most tonight and it will certainly be a
:04:07. > :04:10.longer journey home. Another option would be to take one
:04:11. > :04:15.of the limited services out towards Nottingham or Sheffield, stopping at
:04:16. > :04:19.Luton, and then working back south. I should tell you, in the last few
:04:20. > :04:23.minutes Network Rail have told me they believe the damage to the
:04:24. > :04:30.overhead cables was vandalism, so the police are now investigating.
:04:31. > :04:35.Thanks for that. You can get regular travel updates on our radio station.
:04:36. > :04:38.Lots more to come, including the missing tourist who disappeared on
:04:39. > :04:49.the Tube and hasn't been seen for three days.
:04:50. > :04:54.The government's to appeal a High Court ruling which has stopped it
:04:55. > :04:58.from turning a troubled school into an academy. It comes after Barking
:04:59. > :05:01.and Dagenham Council successfully challenged a move to give Warren
:05:02. > :05:14.Comprehensive in Romford academy status. Here's Karl Mercer.
:05:15. > :05:21.Stereotypical characteristics, key arguments. This year nine media
:05:22. > :05:24.class at Warren School this morning, having a discussion on heroes and
:05:25. > :05:29.villains, appropriate in a week when the school took on the government in
:05:30. > :05:35.the High Court. Everybody remember, the evidence is the key thing. The
:05:36. > :05:38.evidence is the key thing. The school is in special measures after
:05:39. > :05:43.inspectors labelled it inadequate. The government wants to force it to
:05:44. > :05:47.become an academy. The local council challenged that in court, and it
:05:48. > :05:49.won. It says staff should be allowed to carry on working with a
:05:50. > :05:56.neighbouring school to raise standards. Our argument is that this
:05:57. > :05:59.is a particular instance. I absolutely understand the Secretary
:06:00. > :06:03.of State needs to have powers to intervene where schools are not
:06:04. > :06:07.progressing, but it is our view that this school is progressing. It is
:06:08. > :06:10.our view that the other school is helping the school progress because
:06:11. > :06:15.it has the same make up. The school says things are improving and points
:06:16. > :06:22.to GCSE results and the number of pupils getting five a star to C
:06:23. > :06:30.grades as evidence. In 2012, 39% of pupils were getting those grades. In
:06:31. > :06:34.2013, that had risen to 55%. Warren School is not the only one to
:06:35. > :06:38.have run into controversy over being forced to become an academy. These
:06:39. > :06:41.were pupils at Downhills Primary in Haringey last year, protesting
:06:42. > :06:46.before their school was changed over. There have been similar
:06:47. > :06:49.protests at Roker Park in Croydon and Camden Junior School in Sutton
:06:50. > :06:52.in the last year. The government told us it wanted to make Warren
:06:53. > :06:57.School an academy because it had been failing pupils for ten years.
:06:58. > :07:01.In that last decade, it said, the school had been in special measures
:07:02. > :07:04.twice. It said it will appeal the High Court judgement and said the
:07:05. > :07:08.government was determined that pupils at Warren School finally get
:07:09. > :07:13.the education it says they deserve. That appeal has gone in. The
:07:14. > :07:16.politics around Warren School continues, as does the work of
:07:17. > :07:19.pupils, for whom today was just another Friday in class.
:07:20. > :07:21.Thames Valley Police has been criticised by the human rights
:07:22. > :07:25.charity Amnesty International after the force revealed it had almost
:07:26. > :07:28.doubled its use of Tasers last year. Figures show its officers deployed
:07:29. > :07:34.the electric stun guns nearly 120 times, compared with just over 60
:07:35. > :07:40.times in 2012. Amnesty says Tasers should be used sparingly.
:07:41. > :07:43.Passengers who were caught up in the disruption at Gatwick Airport on
:07:44. > :07:47.Christmas Eve are being encouraged to get in touch with a committee of
:07:48. > :07:50.MPs. The Transport Select Committee wants to hear from those who'd been
:07:51. > :07:56.due to travel from the airport's North Terminal, which was affected
:07:57. > :08:00.by a power cut. The police watchdog says it wants to
:08:01. > :08:05.hear from some of the key witnesses in the shooting of Mark Duggan
:08:06. > :08:08.who've so far declined to speak. The IPCC also wants to stop police
:08:09. > :08:13.officers from conferring in the aftermath of fatal shootings. Our
:08:14. > :08:23.special correspondent Kurt Barling joins me.
:08:24. > :08:27.Key witnesses. Are we talking about police officers? In a situation with
:08:28. > :08:31.a fatal incident involving police officers, they will be among the
:08:32. > :08:36.important key witnesses. The point of an IPCC investigation is to get
:08:37. > :08:41.the broadest pic are possible, without police having their witness
:08:42. > :08:46.statements tested, it is difficult to do that. There are also concerns
:08:47. > :08:50.about how the police responded to intelligence which led them to stop
:08:51. > :08:54.Mark Duggan in the way they did, and the delay to the inquest was up to a
:08:55. > :08:59.year, says the IPCC, because the police did not want to be
:09:00. > :09:02.interviewed by them. The IPCC are apparently calling for changes to
:09:03. > :09:08.the rules about how officers record evidence. This is a controversial
:09:09. > :09:13.practice. There is a fear that the ability of officers to confer with
:09:14. > :09:17.each other masks transparency, contaminates, potentially, evidence.
:09:18. > :09:23.The IPCC also says they want to change the way in which they secure
:09:24. > :09:27.the scene of an incident straight after it happens. Remember, this is
:09:28. > :09:33.geared towards increasing public confidence of the accountability of
:09:34. > :09:36.the officers concerned, and the transparency of the investigation.
:09:37. > :09:41.This has to run in parallel with what the police are doing to try and
:09:42. > :09:44.restore public confidence through new engagement measures, as they
:09:45. > :09:54.suggested last week, with a new senior police officer. Thank you.
:09:55. > :09:56.A charity claims that a growing number of Tube stations have been
:09:57. > :09:59.inaccessible to disabled passengers because of staff shortages.
:10:00. > :10:02.Transport For All says last year, lifts were unavailable at least 150
:10:03. > :10:04.times because of a lack of staff. Meanwhile London Underground says
:10:05. > :10:08.it's investing millions of pounds to improve access. Tom Edwards,
:10:09. > :10:20.reports. Carolyn Lucas uses her scooter to
:10:21. > :10:24.get around, and lifts in Tube stations are absolutely vital.
:10:25. > :10:28.Sometimes, though, they are closed when staff aren't available to
:10:29. > :10:33.supervise them. That leaves her stranded and extremely frustrated.
:10:34. > :10:39.Your day is wrecked if there is no lift. It's OK if occasionally the
:10:40. > :10:44.lift breaks down. That happens all the time. But to actually put the
:10:45. > :10:51.lift out of action because there is no staff to supervise it is pretty
:10:52. > :10:55.Killiney aggravating. In fact, a Freedom of information request found
:10:56. > :11:00.that last year lifts were closed 162 times due to staff shortages. That
:11:01. > :11:06.has troubled in four years. In total they were shot for 500 hours. West
:11:07. > :11:10.Compton closed its lift the most, 40 times, due to staff shortages. Then
:11:11. > :11:16.would Lane, where they were closed 27 times. The publication of these
:11:17. > :11:20.figures is timely. London Underground wants to cut 950 station
:11:21. > :11:26.staff, and to close all ticket offices. That is opposed by
:11:27. > :11:31.pensioner and disability groups. And now transport unions are planning a
:11:32. > :11:38.strike on the 4th of February. Disability groups say they want more
:11:39. > :11:41.staff, not fewer. This is a cut of staffing levels and it will have a
:11:42. > :11:45.disproportionate effect on disabled and older people, mainly because it
:11:46. > :11:51.is disabled and older Londoners in particular who need staff
:11:52. > :11:53.assistance. London Underground says millions is being invested in
:11:54. > :11:58.accessibility and the changes will help. We will have more visible
:11:59. > :12:03.staff on stations, platforms and ticket areas. Of course, sometimes
:12:04. > :12:08.we do have issues where we have a problem with our lifts, whether we
:12:09. > :12:11.have an incident and staff have to go and manage the incident, but we
:12:12. > :12:16.quickly resolve that and get stations up and running as quickly
:12:17. > :12:20.as possible. Nonetheless, the fear is that further staff cuts will mean
:12:21. > :12:26.more restrictions on where disabled travellers can go.
:12:27. > :12:31.Flooding has brought misery to homeowners in Surrey today after two
:12:32. > :12:35.rivers burst their banks. Juliette Parkin spent the day in Hawley near
:12:36. > :12:42.Gatwick am aware residents have been hit by a series of floods.
:12:43. > :12:47.The front drive, flooded again. With water seeping into this home for the
:12:48. > :12:52.second time in a matter of weeks. We feel absolutely gutted. This is just
:12:53. > :12:58.over three weeks since the last time that it happened, so it really is
:12:59. > :13:03.upsetting everybody. You really don't know what to say. You get no
:13:04. > :13:08.help from anybody again. This was the start of the clear up operation
:13:09. > :13:13.just after that Christmas floods. You are getting back to square one,
:13:14. > :13:16.and then you are back to this again. The problem is, are we going to keep
:13:17. > :13:23.getting this through the course of the year? Today, they called an
:13:24. > :13:28.emergency meeting with the Environment Agency and council, who
:13:29. > :13:31.failed to turn up. Residents field drainage here is inadequate, are
:13:32. > :13:39.worried about new housing plans, and feel they have had little help.
:13:40. > :13:42.There are issues because it is not unadopted road, which may help you
:13:43. > :13:48.in trying to come up with a solution as well. Today, the council told us
:13:49. > :13:51.that the flooding is on a private road, and although it is not their
:13:52. > :13:56.responsibility, they say they have helped with sandbags and pumps. It
:13:57. > :14:01.has been frustrating. The Environment Agency came this morning
:14:02. > :14:05.and we asked if they had any pumps. They said, we have just come to have
:14:06. > :14:10.a look, and that was it. So it has been up to us. For now, it is the
:14:11. > :14:20.case of pumping water into already swollen ditches, and hoping it stays
:14:21. > :14:24.at a Still to come: We speak to the man
:14:25. > :14:33.behind the special effects for a Hollywood blockbuster made in
:14:34. > :14:37.London. And I'm in Barnet visiting Saracens
:14:38. > :14:41.ahead of a weekend where they bid to become the only London Rugby club to
:14:42. > :14:49.make it through to the quarterfinals of the Heineken Cup.
:14:50. > :14:56.The family of an elderly tourist has made an appeal to find him after he
:14:57. > :15:02.disappeared whilst travelling on the tube. 63`year`old Vasile Belea from
:15:03. > :15:06.Romania was separated from his son at Stockwell station and hasn't been
:15:07. > :15:12.seen for three days. Emma North joins us from Stockwell now. Vasile
:15:13. > :15:17.Belea came over from Romania to spend Christmas with his son and his
:15:18. > :15:23.son's new wife. This is what he looks like. He is about six foot
:15:24. > :15:30.tall. He's in his 60s. He has grey hair. He told his that he was in
:15:31. > :15:34.paradise during his stay in London. On Tuesday afternoon, Mr belay and
:15:35. > :15:41.his son travelled into the centre of town. They went to Stockwell
:15:42. > :15:47.station, when they went to the northbound platform of the Victoria
:15:48. > :15:53.line. Vasile Belea's son got on the tube, the door closed, and he did
:15:54. > :15:57.not get on. By the time his son came back, the filly belay himself had
:15:58. > :16:05.disappeared. We have a picture of what he looked like at Stockwell. ``
:16:06. > :16:11.Vasile Belea had disappeared. He had ?30 in cash on him. He speaks no
:16:12. > :16:16.English. His family say there is no reason why he wanted to disappear.
:16:17. > :16:22.He is perfectly happy, and mentally, he is bright as a button. They are
:16:23. > :16:31.astonished at his disappearance. To him, I would tell him in
:16:32. > :16:37.Romanian... That means, just talk with someone, with the police, with
:16:38. > :16:42.anyone, and for anyone who sees him, help him to get in touch with us.
:16:43. > :16:49.Just call the police or everyone. Everyone is aware. In him back to
:16:50. > :16:55.us. What you police have to say? It is a very simple message from the
:16:56. > :16:59.police. Called 999 if you seek the filly belay. The cause has been
:17:00. > :17:05.taken up across the social media as well. Twitter and Facebook are
:17:06. > :17:08.covered with pictures of him. There is a message that stood out early
:17:09. > :17:16.on. It says, London, please find this man now. Thank you.
:17:17. > :17:19.It is a busy weekend of sport. Sara is here with something a little bit
:17:20. > :17:22.special. That's right, it is the Special One.
:17:23. > :17:24.Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been speaking to the BBC's Football
:17:25. > :17:27.Focus programme ahead of this Sunday's Premier League match with
:17:28. > :17:29.Manchester United. The Portuguese boss told presenter Dan Walker that
:17:30. > :17:31.he thought sports broadcasters employed too many
:17:32. > :17:41.Liverpool`supporting pundits, and there is a lack of Chelsea voices. I
:17:42. > :17:49.think they are honest. I think they do a professional job. When I listen
:17:50. > :17:53.or watch some of them, I think they teach people, they teach ordinary
:17:54. > :17:57.people how to read the game, how to understand the game. I think they
:17:58. > :18:02.are doing a fantastic job. In the middle of that, when your heart is
:18:03. > :18:10.red when your heart is blue, or when your heart is black`and`white
:18:11. > :18:15.striped, you cannot hide it. And they don't hide it. When it becomes
:18:16. > :18:22.a doubtful situation, they cannot hide their heart calling. But I
:18:23. > :18:24.think that's normal. I just think a couple of Chelsea pundits in the
:18:25. > :18:27.middle! And you can hear that full interview
:18:28. > :18:29.with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho on Football Focus tomorrow on BBC
:18:30. > :18:33.One at midday. Now some cricket. Despite England
:18:34. > :18:35.losing again to Australia in the second one`day international by just
:18:36. > :18:38.one wicket, there was one English performance to smile about.
:18:39. > :18:41.Middlesex batsman Eoin Morgan reached 106, only the second century
:18:42. > :18:46.by England since they arrived in Australia. Despite the left`handers'
:18:47. > :18:49.efforts, Australia's lower order rallied to take the win, with Morgan
:18:50. > :18:56.eventually retiring with a tight calf.
:18:57. > :18:58.Now onto Rugby Union, and earlier today, the Harlequins captain Chris
:18:59. > :19:04.Robshaw was reappointed England skipper for the Six Nations. The
:19:05. > :19:07.27`year`old flanker first led his country in the same tournament two
:19:08. > :19:13.years ago, and has captained England in 19 of their last 22 Tests.
:19:14. > :19:16.Meanwhile, this weekend, Saracens are the only London club who can
:19:17. > :19:21.qualify for the quarter finals of the Heineken Cup ` club rugby's top
:19:22. > :19:24.European tournament. They face Irish side Connacht. But as the
:19:25. > :19:27.competition approaches the so`called business`end of the season, the very
:19:28. > :19:36.future of the tournament remains in doubt. I went to Sarries' training
:19:37. > :19:43.in Barnet to find out more. There are Rugby club on a mission.
:19:44. > :19:46.Currently top of the table in the Aviva Premiership, Saracens have
:19:47. > :19:53.some impressive European business tomorrow. They welcome Irish club
:19:54. > :19:59.Connacht, needing a passage to this year's quarterfinals. It was great
:20:00. > :20:03.to get to the semifinals last year, but we want to get there again this
:20:04. > :20:09.year. We want to will `` we want to move forward every year. Connacht
:20:10. > :20:15.did fantastically well earlier in the season, so we know we have a
:20:16. > :20:20.huge game. All to play for. Despite all the excitement and anticipation
:20:21. > :20:26.surrounding this weekend's fixtures, there's still a cloud hanging over
:20:27. > :20:30.this competition, with the very future of England clubs playing in
:20:31. > :20:35.the European fixture next season in. The Heineken cup is made up of
:20:36. > :20:40.clubs from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy. The
:20:41. > :20:46.English clubs haven't signed up to next season because they are adamant
:20:47. > :20:50.they will not sign up to a competition organised by the
:20:51. > :20:55.European rug cup. This should have been sorted out ages ago. It's a
:20:56. > :21:00.great competition and people want to play in it. Is it about money,
:21:01. > :21:06.power, or just a level playing field? I think it is about power.
:21:07. > :21:12.Money was sorted out. You can sort everything out with common sense,
:21:13. > :21:17.but it's lacking here. Only this week the chairman of European Rugby
:21:18. > :21:21.cup appealed for conciliation for the tournament to continue next
:21:22. > :21:25.season. It might be the most sought`after trophy in European club
:21:26. > :21:27.rugby, but underneath lies uncertainty.
:21:28. > :21:29.This weekend, Wembley Arena hosts the start of netball's International
:21:30. > :21:32.Tri`Series tournament. Two sisters from London, Sasha and Kadeen
:21:33. > :21:34.Corbin, have both been selected for the England squad. The series of
:21:35. > :21:42.matches are part of England's preparations for this summer's
:21:43. > :21:48.Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. We definitely would like to be
:21:49. > :21:52.there. If we could do the same thing in 2015, when we play in the world
:21:53. > :21:56.Championships, that would be a perfect end.
:21:57. > :21:59.And you can hear more from the Corbin sisters tomorrow on Saturday
:22:00. > :22:06.Sports Day, BBC One at 12:45. That's all the sport. Back to you Alice.
:22:07. > :22:09.Thank you. Now, it's been described as the best
:22:10. > :22:13.space film ever made. Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock, has been
:22:14. > :22:16.nominated for a whopping ten Oscars. And it's the result of some
:22:17. > :22:19.pioneering work by a special effects team based here in the capital, who
:22:20. > :22:30.boldly went where none had gone before to produce its breathtaking
:22:31. > :22:34.scenes. Wendy Hurrell explains. It's the highest grossing Best
:22:35. > :22:41.picture nominee at this year's Academy Awards, having made $256.3
:22:42. > :22:46.million at the box office. Shot at Shepperton, with sound effects from
:22:47. > :22:56.Pinewood, and then postproduction in Soho. Gravity is a very London
:22:57. > :23:01.blockbuster. Neal called Bald is the special effects supervisor. He knows
:23:02. > :23:08.a thing or two about winning Oscars. He got one for Gladiator. For this
:23:09. > :23:12.film, he rewrote the special effects rule book. You were responsible for
:23:13. > :23:19.hanging Sandra Bullock from lots of wires. That was our brainwave. It
:23:20. > :23:24.seems to work. When I spoke to her on the red carpet at the UK
:23:25. > :23:29.premiere, this is what she thought of it. People would leave and go to
:23:30. > :23:33.lunch and forget they'd left me hanging! I was by myself, but you
:23:34. > :23:39.never felt that everyone would abandon you. They will always
:23:40. > :23:44.concerned about you. It led to the amazing sense of floating in space.
:23:45. > :23:50.There is no up and down. You are everywhere. The camera had to be
:23:51. > :23:56.able to go everywhere, or appear to. Neal designed, for director Alfonso
:23:57. > :24:02.Cuaron, a special light box. Amidst all the glitz, there's great
:24:03. > :24:06.humility from this Londoner. We were in front of the Who's Who from
:24:07. > :24:10.Hollywood and the British film industry. Everyone was coming up and
:24:11. > :24:17.shaking hands that you would never meet in your wildest dreams. So you
:24:18. > :24:22.are there at the Academy Awards! What a contrast. That's right.
:24:23. > :24:27.Record`breaking at the box office, now up for ten industry awards,
:24:28. > :24:33.including Best visual effects for Framestore based here in Soho.
:24:34. > :24:40.Gravity has been a weighty success, and we will find out just how much
:24:41. > :24:42.at the Oscars on March the 2nd. Let's take a look at the weekend
:24:43. > :24:52.weather. Yes, all eyes to the heavens to see
:24:53. > :24:57.if there is any more rain in prospect. It has been an improving
:24:58. > :25:03.cross crept as we've gone through this afternoon. From the satellite,
:25:04. > :25:06.you can see that we have rain ringing the United Kingdom, and that
:25:07. > :25:11.is the story for much of the weekend. It gives us some mixed
:25:12. > :25:15.fortunes, but there are good reasons to be optimistic for the forecast in
:25:16. > :25:19.the London area. This rain is pushing towards us throughout the
:25:20. > :25:24.night tonight. This evening, we start dry, then the rain were coming
:25:25. > :25:29.in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Patchy at first, heavier by
:25:30. > :25:32.tomorrow morning. Temperatures holding up as we go through
:25:33. > :25:39.overnight tonight. First thing tomorrow morning we will start with
:25:40. > :25:43.it, but it is always tracking north. As it clears away, things are set to
:25:44. > :25:48.improve through the rest of the day. Largely dry for the rest of the day
:25:49. > :25:54.tomorrow, always hanging onto a bit of cloud, but we could see some
:25:55. > :25:59.brightness, although there will be cloud to the west. For most of us,
:26:00. > :26:03.dry with a bit of brightness coming through. Temperatures around nine or
:26:04. > :26:08.10 Celsius. Tomorrow night, that rain comes back from the west,
:26:09. > :26:13.clearing to the north and the east as we go through to the early hours
:26:14. > :26:18.of Sunday morning. Again, an improving picture as we start
:26:19. > :26:22.Sunday. Cold out to the west because the skies are trying to clear
:26:23. > :26:26.there. We could see a bit of mist and fog, which could be slow to
:26:27. > :26:31.clear out to the west. The remnants of the cloud and rain clearing to
:26:32. > :26:35.the east for the first half of Sunday morning, but then things
:26:36. > :26:40.start to improve in the afternoon again. Some brightness coming
:26:41. > :26:45.through by the end of the day. Is it cooler on Sunday, but through
:26:46. > :26:47.daylight hours this weekend, quite a bit of dry weather.
:26:48. > :26:50.Thank you. The main headlines. Police in
:26:51. > :26:52.Edinburgh say they're investigating a potential sighting of the missing
:26:53. > :26:55.three`year`old, Mikaeel Kular. Hundreds of volunteers have helped
:26:56. > :27:00.to look for Mikaeel, who hasn't been seen since Wednesday night.
:27:01. > :27:03.Labour leader Ed Miliband says high street banks face a day of reckoning
:27:04. > :27:08.if he winds the General Election next year. He's outlined plans to
:27:09. > :27:11.limit their share of the market, and to force them to sell branches to
:27:12. > :27:13.two new banks. President Obama's announced changes
:27:14. > :27:17.to the way the US gathers intelligence. In a speech he said US
:27:18. > :27:23.agents should no longer be able to store details of millions of calls,
:27:24. > :27:25.texts and emails. Thousands of commuters have had
:27:26. > :27:30.their journeys cancelled after problems with overhead power lines
:27:31. > :27:32.north of London. Tonight there's a limited service operating out of St
:27:33. > :27:44.Pancras, leaving many passengers stranded. That's it. RB back later.
:27:45. > :27:47.From everyone on the team, good night.