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:00:00. > :00:00.rain from the east. That's all from the BBC News At Six.

:00:00. > :00:00.fearing a disastrous year. The meadows 8

:00:00. > :00:11.Tonight, on BBC London News. Security measures are to be lifted

:00:12. > :00:17.on six terror suspects. Labour say the men could pose a considerable

:00:18. > :00:20.threat. Can she put her hand on her heart today and tell us she is

:00:21. > :00:25.confident she is doing the right thing for the British people?

:00:26. > :00:29.Tonight, the Home Secretary insists security will not be jeopardised.

:00:30. > :00:33.Also tonight: Treating the growing number of cancer patients in the

:00:34. > :00:38.capital. NHS bosses reveal a plan to save 1,000 more lives every year.

:00:39. > :00:47.Plus, the UK's first motorway services pub opens on the M40. We

:00:48. > :00:53.will ask, is this pub a relaxing break for drivers, or a dangerous

:00:54. > :00:56.temptation? And, behind the mask, BAFTA winners and nominees past and

:00:57. > :01:12.present as seen through the lens of one London photographer.

:01:13. > :01:17.Hello and good evening. Security measures on six terror suspects are

:01:18. > :01:23.to be lifted this week, one of whom had plans to launch a major attack

:01:24. > :01:28.on the capital. They are to be let free because of a two`year limit on

:01:29. > :01:33.the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures which

:01:34. > :01:36.restrict their movements. Labour say the men still pose a considerable

:01:37. > :01:40.threat and have accused the Government of putting Londoners in

:01:41. > :01:45.danger. Today, Theresa May says the sex suspects will remain under

:01:46. > :01:50.surveillance. This is Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed, trying to evade attempts

:01:51. > :01:56.to keep him under surveillance. Ever since the bomb beings on the London

:01:57. > :02:01.Tube in 2005, keeping a watchful eye on those expected of serious

:02:02. > :02:06.terrorist activity before they cause harm has been a top priority for

:02:07. > :02:16.government. Control orders were used on suspects like Abu Qatada.

:02:17. > :02:23.They could be rehoused away from their hometown and subjected to

:02:24. > :02:27.16`hour curfews. These were replaced by terrorism and prevention and

:02:28. > :02:30.investigation measures. Today the opposition challenged the Home

:02:31. > :02:35.Secretary on their effectiveness. Can she get up and tell us she's not

:02:36. > :02:40.doing exactly that? Can she put her hand on her heart today and tell us

:02:41. > :02:49.she's confident she's doing the right thing for the British people

:02:50. > :02:54.by removing these TPims from the six individuals this month? TPims were

:02:55. > :02:59.less restrictive and lasted for two years. Suspects can be tagged and

:03:00. > :03:03.report regularly to the police am they are allowed to mobile phone and

:03:04. > :03:08.access to the internet and can apply to the courts to stay away from

:03:09. > :03:11.home. Theresa May today defended the Government's position. I completely

:03:12. > :03:14.reject the suggestion, which the opposition is ut ping about, that

:03:15. > :03:17.the police and security service have not carried out proper risk

:03:18. > :03:23.assessments of these individuals. They have done so because that is

:03:24. > :03:31.their job. The they have put in place specific, tailored plans to

:03:32. > :03:38.deal with each individual. Human rights rights organise Liberty say

:03:39. > :03:44.that neither set of terms work effectively. We let them stay in our

:03:45. > :03:51.communities and tip them off about the fact they might cause trouble.

:03:52. > :03:54.That in itself prevents us gathering evidence to prosecute them. It has

:03:55. > :04:01.been a fail you usual of public policy. Kurt joins me now. What else

:04:02. > :04:08.is the Government doing about any terror threats? What they won't do

:04:09. > :04:13.is take their eye of these six people. This started in 2005. An

:04:14. > :04:17.attempt to prevent recurrence of terrorism atrocities. You will have

:04:18. > :04:20.to remember with suicide bombing`type atrocities there is no

:04:21. > :04:24.warning. Therefore, the Government, and the agencies of the Government,

:04:25. > :04:29.have to intervene earlier on in the chain. Control orders came first.

:04:30. > :04:34.Replaced by TPims. What I'd say, this Government has gone actually

:04:35. > :04:38.one stage further than that even, with certain suspects, particularly

:04:39. > :04:42.those who have been overseas fighting, for example in Syria, if

:04:43. > :04:46.they have dual nationality they will actually withdraw their citizenship.

:04:47. > :04:50.The Government's prepared to go a long way to make sure it keeps the

:04:51. > :04:54.public safe. Of course the thing that will keep us all safe is to

:04:55. > :05:00.make sure that there's proper debate and that parliament scrunitises

:05:01. > :05:08.every single detail. Kurt, thank you very much. Many flood victims living

:05:09. > :05:12.along the Thames are still unable to return to their homes almost a month

:05:13. > :05:15.after their properties were damaged by heavy rainfall. There is a

:05:16. > :05:21.flagged warning in place for the Henley stretch of the River.

:05:22. > :05:25.Residents are facing repairs bills running into tens of thousands of

:05:26. > :05:30.pounds. Feels like a never`ending job, according to staff, cleaning up

:05:31. > :05:35.after the worst floods here anyone can remember. This activity centre

:05:36. > :05:39.in Marlow is a charity and relies on volunteers, but without the help of

:05:40. > :05:43.local people, they say, they simply won't get on their feet again before

:05:44. > :05:51.their first visitors come next month. We expected it to flood, not

:05:52. > :05:55.as high as we did flood. Fridges, freezers, ovens, all the office

:05:56. > :05:59.furniture, filing cabinets, everything you can think of that

:06:00. > :06:03.would be in an office and environment like this is now wet and

:06:04. > :06:07.is in the skip. Further upstream, in the village of Wargrave and many

:06:08. > :06:12.residents still haven't been able to move back to their homes. Those who

:06:13. > :06:16.have, are being told to boil their tap water. Their clean`up is still

:06:17. > :06:21.some way off. Every time there's a dry day like this, it's a blessing

:06:22. > :06:25.for people living around here. Although the water is it still deep

:06:26. > :06:29.it's starting to go down. You have to remember that the heavy rains

:06:30. > :06:33.came around Christmas time. People have been living like this for

:06:34. > :06:39.almost a month. All they want is to come out of their front door and to

:06:40. > :06:43.step on to dry land. With many roads still closed and drives flooded,

:06:44. > :06:47.it's been especially challenging for those families who need medical

:06:48. > :06:55.supplies. Jeff's wife is diabetic. It's a bit of a worry, but I'm sure

:06:56. > :07:02.the services would be there if we need. You try not to panic too much

:07:03. > :07:09.or else you wouldn't sleep. Back in Marlow, things are beginning to dry

:07:10. > :07:17.out. With ?100,000 worth of damage to contend with, for the charity the

:07:18. > :07:23.crisis certainly isn't over. A 16`year`old boy has died after it's

:07:24. > :07:27.believed he took ecstasy at a West London rave. Daniel was taken to

:07:28. > :07:32.hospital on Saturday morning after going to the party at an industrial

:07:33. > :07:35.estate in Haze. He died in hospital yesterday. Two men have been

:07:36. > :07:41.arrested for supplying controlled drugs. Three Tottenham Hotspur fans

:07:42. > :07:47.have been charged for using racially abusive language. The incidents

:07:48. > :07:52.happened in games against FC Sheriff in the Europa league and West Ham

:07:53. > :07:57.United in the Premier League. The trust are saddened by the decision.

:07:58. > :08:20.The men are due to appear at Hendon Magistrates' Court in February. Tube

:08:21. > :08:23.bosses and union representatives have begun talks aimed at averting

:08:24. > :08:26.strikes by London Underground workers next month. Members of the

:08:27. > :08:29.RMT Union are due to stage two 48`hour walkouts over plans to close

:08:30. > :08:32.ticket offices and cut hundreds of jobs. Transport for London says

:08:33. > :08:37.there won't be any compulsory redundancies and customer service

:08:38. > :08:40.will not be affected. A thousand lives could be saved in the capital

:08:41. > :08:43.every year, if cancer services are improved. That's the claim made by

:08:44. > :08:46.the NHS in London, which today launched its five`year strategy for

:08:47. > :08:49.tackling the disease. Doctors say survival rates are increasing, but

:08:50. > :08:51.could be improved with a better take`up of screening programmes and

:08:52. > :08:53.if more GPs recognised the symptoms. Katharine Carpenter reports.

:08:54. > :08:56.Diagnosed in November November, Peter Smith says the fact he has

:08:57. > :08:58.cancer hasn't really sunk in. In London, around three people an hour

:08:59. > :09:00.get similar news, but the speed of diagnosis and the treatment they

:09:01. > :09:04.receive varies across the capital, with many unhappy with their

:09:05. > :09:09.experience in hospital. Here at the University College Hospital

:09:10. > :09:16.Macmillan Cancer Centre, they are at the forefront of changing that. The

:09:17. > :09:21.care I've had has been brilliant. I didn't know much about chemothearpy

:09:22. > :09:33.before hand. It's been a lot easier than what I thought it was going to

:09:34. > :09:37.be, mainly due to the nurses. They want to raise awareness of cancer

:09:38. > :09:42.prevention schemes and make sure people across London go for

:09:43. > :09:44.screening as well as having access to these services. They have brought

:09:45. > :09:48.together doctors, patients and charities who sl have set out a

:09:49. > :09:53.series of recommendations including how to improve early detection

:09:54. > :09:58.rates. Unfortunately, over a quarter of cancers get diagnosed in A If

:09:59. > :10:02.we change the way we treat cancer, the way we detect it early, work

:10:03. > :10:07.with the public, help people change their life styles, we could achieve

:10:08. > :10:14.so much more in terms of outcomes. We think we could save over 1,000

:10:15. > :10:19.flooifs London per per annum. Rates are increasing. Many people will

:10:20. > :10:23.live with cancer on its side effects long`term, presenting new

:10:24. > :10:26.challenges. Rather than see cancer as dominating their lives. Their

:10:27. > :10:30.lives can be increasingly to the forefront. Centres like this allow

:10:31. > :10:34.people to come in, have their care and go home. Come in, stay in our

:10:35. > :10:38.hotel, and come here and then go home. Improving cancer prevention,

:10:39. > :10:43.detection and treatment in the capital all at once won't be easy,

:10:44. > :10:57.until now many services have fallen short. The NHS knows the need for

:10:58. > :11:00.change is urgent. Meanwhile, a leading health charity says the NHS

:11:01. > :11:03.isn't doing enough to tackle an equally fatal illness. Only 15% of

:11:04. > :11:06.those diagnosed with a brain tumour survive. The Brain Tumour Charity

:11:07. > :11:09.says GPs should be better trained to diagnose the symptoms. One patient

:11:10. > :11:11.from Croydon, who had a brain tumour that almost killed her, was

:11:12. > :11:22.mis`diagnosed five times. Alex Bushill has the story.

:11:23. > :11:30.They have endured two or deals, having to convince doctors to take

:11:31. > :11:34.them seriously as well as having a brain tumour. They will not taking

:11:35. > :11:38.notice of her. Despite me telling them there was something wrong, they

:11:39. > :11:42.told me there is nothing wrong. They said to me, they are the doctors,

:11:43. > :11:47.not us. Yet, you were right? Yes. Maybe my time had come because

:11:48. > :11:53.nobody wanted to know. Nobody wanted to help. He had to fight all the

:11:54. > :11:57.way. You know to get me where I am. He's my hero. He saved my life. Over

:11:58. > :12:02.eight months, three separate doctors at this practice dismissed their

:12:03. > :12:11.fears that she had a brain tumour. . Refused to give her an M R scan.

:12:12. > :12:14.They test her for everything else, all the time her condition was

:12:15. > :12:21.deteriorating. Within a few weeks she was enable to walk a few yards

:12:22. > :12:26.without falling over. They paid for a private MRI scan. The day after

:12:27. > :12:31.Sheila collapsed and was brought to Croydon's University Hospital A

:12:32. > :12:35.she had a 5cm tumour by her brain stem. She was operated on two`days

:12:36. > :12:40.later. Any longer and she would have died. Their experience isn't unique.

:12:41. > :12:44.For the Brain Tumour Charity there is concern that GPs are not better

:12:45. > :12:49.trained to recognise the symptoms. We did a survey, 38% of those people

:12:50. > :12:54.who responded had to visit their GP five or more times before they got

:12:55. > :12:57.referred. As we know, to diagnose a brain tumour you need a scan. For a

:12:58. > :13:01.GP, they can't do that particularly when they have so many other

:13:02. > :13:08.priorities. Referring somebody on when they have signs and symptoms is

:13:09. > :13:14.vital. For the doctors, the GHandi's said failed them they refused to

:13:15. > :13:19.comment citing patient confidentiality. Sheila says it's

:13:20. > :13:30.too short to blame anyone she just praises God she's alive to tell her

:13:31. > :13:33.story. 56`year`old windel Baker was found guilty last year of subjecting

:13:34. > :13:39.his victim to what the judge described as "extreme violence and

:13:40. > :13:47.exceptional depravity." Our reporter is outside the Court of Appeal with

:13:48. > :13:53.more details. Mr Baker was by all accounts a dangerous man. In 1997

:13:54. > :13:57.#4e beat and raped his victim 66`year`old Hazel Blackwell and

:13:58. > :14:00.locked her in a cupboard in her own home where she would have died were

:14:01. > :14:04.it not for a neighbour who happened to be passing by. Now, after the

:14:05. > :14:09.attack Hazel was left too scared to continue living on her own, too

:14:10. > :14:15.afraid to go outside on her own. Her family said when she died in 2002

:14:16. > :14:21.she had a broken heart. She wasn't around to see Mr Baker be sentenced

:14:22. > :14:25.last year for his crime. A sentence of 10 years and six months. A

:14:26. > :14:31.punishment which her family said fit the crime. Today, three Appeal Court

:14:32. > :14:37.judges disagreed on basically what is a technicality. They reduced that

:14:38. > :14:41.minimum sentence by two years. The sentence he will have to serve

:14:42. > :14:47.before being eligible for parole. Wasn't a clear`cut case in the first

:14:48. > :14:52.place, was it? No. That's right. You should be seeing pictures now of

:14:53. > :14:58.when a BBC crew tried to approach him back in 2009. By that time, he'd

:14:59. > :15:03.already been arrested and tried in connection with the rape, but the

:15:04. > :15:08.case had fallen through. It was eventually re`opened. As we know, he

:15:09. > :15:12.was found guilty and sentenced. Appeal Court judges here today were

:15:13. > :15:18.keen to stress that although they reduced the sentence by two years,

:15:19. > :15:20.Wendell Baker will only be released when it is safe to do so. Back to

:15:21. > :15:32.you. Stay with us.

:15:33. > :15:35.Still to come: The plan to turn one of the west End's oldest cinemas

:15:36. > :15:47.into a hotel, and why campaigners are fighting the move.

:15:48. > :15:51.And as we approach the awards, I will be speaking to the photographer

:15:52. > :15:56.who spent over 20 years shooting BAFTA winners and nominees. His work

:15:57. > :16:07.is on show here at Somerset House in an exhibition. The UK's first

:16:08. > :16:12.motorway service station pub has opened in Buckinghamshire. The venue

:16:13. > :16:17.on the M40, which is open 24 hours a day, hasn't been welcomed by road

:16:18. > :16:25.safety campaigners, who say it sends out the wrong message. Like all

:16:26. > :16:31.service areas, this one off junction two of the M40, can offer drivers a

:16:32. > :16:36.lifeline. They can buy a coffee or a newspaper, or do food shopping. For

:16:37. > :16:42.the first time in the UK, now you can go to the pub. The Hope and

:16:43. > :16:50.Champion opened this morning. It will be serving alcohol from 9am

:16:51. > :16:55.until 1am. Not everyone is happy. Lunchtime at Britain's first

:16:56. > :17:04.motorway pub. Is this a relaxing break for drivers, or a temptation

:17:05. > :17:09.to drink and drive dangerously? If it's within the legal limit, I don't

:17:10. > :17:14.think it makes any difference. It's just another pub. It's going to be

:17:15. > :17:20.open people `` to people drinking too much and driving. If you are

:17:21. > :17:26.going to drink and drive, you will do it anyway. It doesn't matter if

:17:27. > :17:30.there's a bar there or not. The owners say drivers can already buy

:17:31. > :17:36.alcohol at service area shops, and can consume it anywhere en route.

:17:37. > :17:39.They say they are taking steps to stop their customers drinking

:17:40. > :17:44.irresponsibly. We're not going to ask people if they are driving or

:17:45. > :17:49.not. We put soft drinks at the lowest prices we can possibly

:17:50. > :17:53.offer. We don't have any drinks promotions. The staff are being

:17:54. > :17:56.trained to look at people they don't think should drink any more. The

:17:57. > :18:02.drinks or a bit more expensive than in other pubs. Health and is a

:18:03. > :18:08.campaigners are outraged. They say any alcohol can impair judgement,

:18:09. > :18:14.especially at high speeds. These areas are designed to be rest areas

:18:15. > :18:18.for tired, stressed drivers, and the idea of a tired, stressed driver

:18:19. > :18:27.having a drink... He may not go above the limit, but any alcohol

:18:28. > :18:31.does impair motor function. The pub owners say is this bar is a

:18:32. > :18:35.success, they will consider opening more on other motorways across the

:18:36. > :18:41.UK. As you can see, the pub is filling

:18:42. > :18:46.up. The bar is getting very busy, but drivers have told us it's not

:18:47. > :18:49.going to in courage them to drive irresponsibly. Apparently neither

:18:50. > :18:53.the police nor the licensing authorities have objected to this

:18:54. > :18:57.pub, but critics say they will continue to stop any more like this

:18:58. > :19:07.opening on any other motorways in the UK. Thank you. The former Spurs

:19:08. > :19:13.player and manager Ozzie Ardiles is in hospital following a car accident

:19:14. > :19:19.which left him needing several stitches to his head. It happened on

:19:20. > :19:23.the Falkland islands, where he was filming a documentary.

:19:24. > :19:26.The future of one of London's oldest cinemas is to be decided tonight.

:19:27. > :19:29.Westminster Council is voting on a proposal to knock down the Odeon

:19:30. > :19:33.West End in Leicester Square, which opened in 1930, and turn it into a

:19:34. > :19:42.hotel. It's a plan opposed by a number of campaign groups. Ayshea

:19:43. > :19:46.Buksh has more. It's one of the oldest cinema in

:19:47. > :19:55.London, and behind its modern billboards lie years of history.

:19:56. > :20:02.Built in 1930, the Odeon West End was originally called the Leicester

:20:03. > :20:06.Square Theatre, where music Hall, variety and cabaret were performed.

:20:07. > :20:13.It's feared that heritage and its art Eco architecture could be lost

:20:14. > :20:18.if it is pulled down. Our concern is the actual material lost, the fabric

:20:19. > :20:24.of the cinema, which we think makes a contribution to Leicester Square.

:20:25. > :20:28.There's an enormous range of building types and dates here, many

:20:29. > :20:35.of which are special, and we feel this cinema contributes to that.

:20:36. > :20:40.Odeon sold the site eight years ago, and many of the surrounding sites

:20:41. > :20:46.are now derelict. This is what the News scheme is meant to look like.

:20:47. > :20:51.It includes a new hotel and spa. Developers say there will still be a

:20:52. > :20:56.cinema on site that will be able to host events and premiers. The cinema

:20:57. > :21:02.chain Odeon says they are supportive of the plans. Locals and visitors to

:21:03. > :21:10.the square had mixed feelings about the plans. I don't like it. I like

:21:11. > :21:14.old stuff. These are not very good 1930s buildings. There are better

:21:15. > :21:19.ones to be saved elsewhere. The whole square is a bit of a mess. I

:21:20. > :21:24.can't see it doing too much damage. I think it's a dreadful idea. You

:21:25. > :21:30.should keep London as intact as possible as it is. There's been too

:21:31. > :21:35.much renovation, too much listed buildings being brought down.

:21:36. > :21:39.English Heritage say if the scheme gets the go`ahead, they hope the

:21:40. > :21:43.developers will incorporate the facade into the design.

:21:44. > :21:46.They're images of film stars who have one thing in common ` they're

:21:47. > :21:48.all BAFTA winners or nominees. The portraits are part of a new

:21:49. > :21:52.exhibition by London photographer Andy Gotts, who's been taking photos

:21:53. > :21:55.of celebrities for 20 years. Our arts correspondent, Brenda Emmanus,

:21:56. > :22:03.has been to Somerset House to take a look.

:22:04. > :22:09.A portrait of the young Johnny Depp sits alongside Lauren Bacall and

:22:10. > :22:13.Helena Bonham`Carter, all shot by photographer Andy Gotts, and

:22:14. > :22:17.featured in a new exhibition of his work, showcasing some of the most

:22:18. > :22:27.famous faces shown on the Biggs Green. `` on the big screen. When I

:22:28. > :22:31.go to see the actors, I don't have anything with me. When it is just

:22:32. > :22:37.you and the other person, a friendship starts. I hear stories

:22:38. > :22:40.you wouldn't read in any magazine. Although he's been shooting

:22:41. > :22:44.celebrities for over two decades, this project came together in the

:22:45. > :22:49.last three years, with Andy travelling the globe to shoot his

:22:50. > :22:58.subjects. Taking over the entire West Wing of Somerset House, Behind

:22:59. > :23:01.The Mask is a photographic census of over 100 international actors who

:23:02. > :23:08.have either won or been nominated for BAFTAs. I was so lucky that my

:23:09. > :23:14.first ever famous person was Stephen Fry. He's the reason why I do what I

:23:15. > :23:19.do. If it wasn't for him being so lovely, I wouldn't have done this

:23:20. > :23:27.style of photography. He made it so easy and so natural. I wanted to

:23:28. > :23:32.photograph people just like him. But it was Tony Curtis who left Andy

:23:33. > :23:38.with his most poignant memories, and inspired what he considered to be

:23:39. > :23:43.one of his favourite portraits. In the morning, Tony saw the picture.

:23:44. > :23:48.It is quite startling picture. He said to his wife, this is the best

:23:49. > :23:54.picture I've ever seen of myself. Then he died in the afternoon. To

:23:55. > :23:58.me, I don't think I will ever take another picture that will touch me

:23:59. > :24:02.as much as that picture, because I know that's the last ever picture

:24:03. > :24:11.taken of him, and I know he loved it. The exhibition is free and runs

:24:12. > :24:16.until February the 7th. How's this for a different kind of

:24:17. > :24:22.picture. The Trotters, Del boy and Robbie, have reunited for Sport

:24:23. > :24:28.Relief, and they are bringing them to Peckham. He is joining the only

:24:29. > :24:32.full sun horses cast in a special sketch for Sport Relief, which you

:24:33. > :24:33.can see on Friday the 1st of March on BBC One.

:24:34. > :24:45.Time for the weather. It was a foggy start to the day. We

:24:46. > :24:49.have had some high pressure over the past few days, so things have been

:24:50. > :24:54.relatively settled. The spinning globe shows a few rain globes

:24:55. > :25:01.overnight, which means things are going to be a bit unsettled. You can

:25:02. > :25:06.see the extent of the fog right across East Anglia today, right into

:25:07. > :25:10.Kent and the Home Counties, and how that melted away through the morning

:25:11. > :25:17.to give us an afternoon sunshine. Behind me is a mass of cloud which

:25:18. > :25:21.is coming through tonight. Therefore it does so, we will have a fair

:25:22. > :25:27.amount of clear sky in the next few hours. Parts of Kent and Essex just

:25:28. > :25:32.about cold enough for a touch of frost in places. Not as cold as last

:25:33. > :25:38.night. After midnight, it will cloud over. Haq ship and Surrey starting

:25:39. > :25:44.to see the rain around midnight. It won't be late until `` it won't be

:25:45. > :25:49.long until it gets elsewhere. The wind is going to be increasing as

:25:50. > :25:56.well, Schurrle bit of a damp start tomorrow. That clears away, and

:25:57. > :26:02.there will be a bit of damp cloud behind it. Temperatures might not

:26:03. > :26:06.feel quite as mild as it looks, as we have cloud following through. We

:26:07. > :26:14.also have the risk of some heavy showers into the afternoon. Not for

:26:15. > :26:17.everyone, but some heavy ones going through tomorrow afternoon and

:26:18. > :26:22.evening. Thursday, a mixed bag again. There will be some heavy

:26:23. > :26:28.showers, particularly the further east you go. I suspect many places

:26:29. > :26:33.will have a fairly dry day with some sunshine. Friday, largely

:26:34. > :26:39.drive`through daylight hours. Overnight into Saturday, another

:26:40. > :26:41.spell of rain through. Back to those on settled conditions at the

:26:42. > :26:44.weekend. Thank you.

:26:45. > :26:47.The main headlines: The Syrian Government has been accused of

:26:48. > :26:51.systematically killing and torturing around 11,000 prisoners.

:26:52. > :26:53.The claims in a report by three former war crimes prosecutors have

:26:54. > :26:57.been denied by the Syrian authorities.

:26:58. > :27:00.Energy companies have been accused of utter complacency by MPs over

:27:01. > :27:04.their response to power cuts during storms over Christmas. Around

:27:05. > :27:08.750,000 homes and businesses were affected.

:27:09. > :27:11.The west Bromwich Albion striker, Nicolas Anelka, has been charged by

:27:12. > :27:17.the FA over allegedly making an inverted Nazi salute at a match last

:27:18. > :27:21.year. Anelka says the gesture was anti`establishment, not

:27:22. > :27:23.anti`Semitic. And London health bosses have

:27:24. > :27:27.announced plans to deal with the growing number of people developing

:27:28. > :27:33.cancer. Over thirty thousand Londoners are currently diagnosed

:27:34. > :27:37.with the disease every year. More on the day's stories on our

:27:38. > :27:40.website. I'll be back with our late news. Thanks for watching and have a

:27:41. > :27:46.lovely evening.