:00:00. > :00:00.into Friday morning and enhance the risk of flooding. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:09.us, news teams where you are.
:00:10. > :00:14.Tonight on BBC London News. I'm sorry, Bob, there is a table to be
:00:15. > :00:20.sat round, by you and your team We can't do it while you put a guno
:00:21. > :00:26.your head. Bob and Boris finally talk, but only on the radio. With no
:00:27. > :00:30.compromise, tonight's strike is on. We'll gauge opinions of the dispute
:00:31. > :00:36.from across the capital. The strikers are defending their jobs,
:00:37. > :00:45.but they're also defending the service that they're giving. Being
:00:46. > :00:50.able to hold London to ransom. We talk to the Mayor and the RMT leader
:00:51. > :00:56.plus give you the travel information you need. Also tonight: Police
:00:57. > :01:03.release CCTV images of a suspected murderer who they fear could kill
:01:04. > :01:04.again. And, behind`the`scenes of the most unusual play you're ever likely
:01:05. > :01:21.to see. Good evening. Welcome to the
:01:22. > :01:25.programme. Tube workers go on strike from 9.00pm tonight and two`days of
:01:26. > :01:29.disruption for millions of Londoners will begin. The dispute is over
:01:30. > :01:34.planses to close all ticket offices on the network and cut jobs. London
:01:35. > :01:38.Underground says it's a vital part of its modernisation plan. The RMT
:01:39. > :01:41.union says the changes will make travelling on the Tube more
:01:42. > :01:45.dangerous. We start our coverage this evening with our transport
:01:46. > :01:49.correspondent, Tom Edwards. Tom over to you. In the last hour,
:01:50. > :01:55.Transport for London for said to the unions that it's not too the late to
:01:56. > :02:03.call off this strike. This was the day when talking failed. Just hours
:02:04. > :02:08.before a Tube strike, union bosses were at City Hall in an extremely
:02:09. > :02:14.unusual move, they wanted to talk to the Mayor direct about the dispute.
:02:15. > :02:19.Do you think it will work? The ball is in his court. He said he wants to
:02:20. > :02:24.meet us. We will wait for them. Turning up here shows our resolve to
:02:25. > :02:28.try and get a resolution to this longstanding dispute. The Mayor was
:02:29. > :02:35.hosting a radio phone`in, for the first time in years, Bob Crow and
:02:36. > :02:39.the Mayor talked. There have been massive improvements in technology.
:02:40. > :02:45.OK. Fewer and fewer people actually use... Sit round the table, explain
:02:46. > :02:50.about all this new technology? I'm sorry, Bob, there is a table to be
:02:51. > :02:56.sat round by you and your team. We can't do it while you put a gun to
:02:57. > :03:00.your head? I'm not... You served the notice on our union to say the jobs
:03:01. > :03:05.were going. If you didn't serve the notice there wouldn't be a strike
:03:06. > :03:10.tonight. The simple round it, withdraw that notice, suspend the
:03:11. > :03:14.notice, we will suspend the action and get round the table, out of the
:03:15. > :03:17.pressure cooker and look at the future of London Underground. Why
:03:18. > :03:22.can't the document be withdrawn I don't know what he is talking about.
:03:23. > :03:28.It's complete nonsense. The strike is over: LU says technology means
:03:29. > :03:32.ticket offices aren't needed. It says it will seek to avoid
:03:33. > :03:37.compulsory redundancies. With no joy over the phone, union bosses entered
:03:38. > :03:41.City Hall and waited and waited The Mayor's office said they'd only talk
:03:42. > :03:46.if the strikes were called off. The union would only do that if job
:03:47. > :03:51.losses were suspended. Are you going to call the strike off? No, I'm not
:03:52. > :03:58.calling the strike off. The Mayor had this to say. He can talk to me
:03:59. > :04:08.any time. My office is open. He can have a coffee a pinacalda if he
:04:09. > :04:16.calls off the pointless strike. Looms for commuters. Of course,
:04:17. > :04:19.caught in the middle of the row are the many people whose journeys will
:04:20. > :04:24.be made more difficult by the strike. Tara Welsh has been hearing
:04:25. > :04:28.the views of people across London. Been months in the making, the fist
:04:29. > :04:34.edition of their new running magazine is ready. All the publicity
:04:35. > :04:39.has arrived for the lunch party near the city tomorrow. 160 guests were
:04:40. > :04:44.supposed to be going, then came news of the Tube strike. I think it could
:04:45. > :04:50.really blow a Noel our plans. We could end up with half the people
:04:51. > :04:54.that we thought were coming, coming. It's little things like the caterers
:04:55. > :04:57.are asking how much food we want. I have no idea. I don't know how many
:04:58. > :05:00.people will be able to get there. Minutes from their office, a
:05:01. > :05:06.different type of leaflet. One in support of the strike. The strikers
:05:07. > :05:09.are defending their jobs. They are also defending the service that they
:05:10. > :05:12.are giving. They get job satisfaction from giving a good
:05:13. > :05:16.service. If there's not enough of them there, if they are not Manning
:05:17. > :05:25.the station, they know that safety is at risk. They are fighting for
:05:26. > :05:30.one thing or another. They may have a reason why. The affect it will
:05:31. > :05:36.have on members of the public I can't begin to contemplate. I don't
:05:37. > :05:41.want to think about it until I have to tomorrow. People should have the
:05:42. > :05:45.right to strike and stick up for themselves without the media picking
:05:46. > :05:49.on them. Nearly all the staff here rely on the Tube. They say the
:05:50. > :05:52.strike means cancelled meetings and loss productivity. It doesn't seem
:05:53. > :05:57.right that such a small number of people can vote in favour of strike
:05:58. > :06:01.action, that doesn't just cause harm to London, but to the wider UK
:06:02. > :06:04.economy in general. These strikes aren't good for Londoners. Not good
:06:05. > :06:11.for business. Not good fort economy. I can't see any reason why they they
:06:12. > :06:14.should be happening. And the unions claim public opinion is on their
:06:15. > :06:19.side. What seems to be undisputed though is that this strike will
:06:20. > :06:27.cause problems for thousands across the capital. Earlier, I spoke to the
:06:28. > :06:32.Mayor and asked him about whether today's events highlighted just how
:06:33. > :06:37.bad industrial relations had become. My door is open to Bob Crow, as I've
:06:38. > :06:41.said before, to come in and talk about the long`term future of the
:06:42. > :06:45.Tube. If he calls off what I think is a completely pointless strike,
:06:46. > :06:50.that will do no good for his members, for Londoners, and for the
:06:51. > :06:56.long`term future of the Tube. Can't deny that this stalemate is
:06:57. > :07:01.embarrassing. Embarrassing for you and Londoners. One of you has to be
:07:02. > :07:06.the bigger man, will it be? The RMT and the TSSA need to call off what
:07:07. > :07:12.is a completely pointless strike and what they need to do is to get into
:07:13. > :07:18.the negotiations and sort it out. Will you compromise? I'm always
:07:19. > :07:23.happy to talk to the leadership of the RMT, to the leader of the TSSA
:07:24. > :07:27.about the long`term future of the Tube and our vision for London. What
:07:28. > :07:30.I won't do is second guess our negotiators and do their job for
:07:31. > :07:36.them. They clearly want to talk to you, don't they? I... Of course they
:07:37. > :07:41.do. Of course, they do. They, let me tell you why. Let me finish my
:07:42. > :07:44.question. Please. Why let it get to this stage? Shouldn't the leader of
:07:45. > :07:49.the city be prepared to sit down and talk to people even if you don't
:07:50. > :07:53.agree with them? No. Of course they want to get me into the conversation
:07:54. > :07:59.because they want to escalate it politically. They know I'm a tender
:08:00. > :08:04.hearted old so`and`so and they hope there by to get round TFL
:08:05. > :08:08.negotiators. That is completely the wrong approach. A personal
:08:09. > :08:13.relationship with you be exactly the kind of thing that would help break
:08:14. > :08:17.deadlock on occasions like this No. Do you think you failed in that
:08:18. > :08:23.sense? On the contrary, I think that what needs to happen now is that the
:08:24. > :08:26.union representatives need to stop playing politics. They need to stop
:08:27. > :08:30.trying to dodge the question. Look at the offer that is on the table.
:08:31. > :08:34.Of course, they want to try and drag the politicians into it. This is
:08:35. > :08:40.essentially a political gesture by them. It will make absolutely no
:08:41. > :08:43.difference to the long`term future of their members. It certainly won't
:08:44. > :08:46.do anything for London Underground. It's completely the wrong way
:08:47. > :08:50.forward. What they need to do is get to the table, call off the strike,
:08:51. > :08:54.and begin negotiating. With the loss of around 700 station staff, can you
:08:55. > :08:58.guarantee that safety won't be compromise? Yes. Etc specially in
:08:59. > :09:01.outer stations where you will see one person on the platform complete
:09:02. > :09:08.with an iPad? This is the right thing to do. Once we explained to
:09:09. > :09:13.Londoners what the programme would involve. 82% support this. What we
:09:14. > :09:18.are doing is getting staff out from behind the glass, where they can't
:09:19. > :09:23.be use to passengers and customers, getting them on to the concourses
:09:24. > :09:27.and platforms where they can be genuinely of assistance. Crime has
:09:28. > :09:32.come down on the Tube by 20% on the six years. It's the safest tube
:09:33. > :09:35.system anywhere in Europe. We are absolutely confident these reforms
:09:36. > :09:39.will enable us to continue making it ever safer. That was the Mayor,
:09:40. > :09:45.Boris Johnson, speaking to me earlier. What about the unions? Our
:09:46. > :09:50.political editor, Tim Donovan, asked the RMT's Bob Crow if he'd done
:09:51. > :09:53.enough to avoid the strike. Our local negotiators have been in
:09:54. > :09:58.there, day in, day out, trying to talk to them. The reason to shut
:09:59. > :10:02.every booking office. They haven't explained why every booking office
:10:03. > :10:06.should be shut down, purely on finance. They will say they will
:10:07. > :10:11.extend the consultation period, call off the strike? It's not as simple
:10:12. > :10:15.as that. They said there will be 400 people who applied for redundancies
:10:16. > :10:21.they will press ahead. On top of that as well, they are saying to
:10:22. > :10:25.people, retrain to do new jobs. We haven't agreed what the new jobs
:10:26. > :10:29.will be. How they get the new jobs. We want an understanding from the
:10:30. > :10:34.Mayor of London. When he stood or election said he would keep bookings
:10:35. > :10:39.offices open, why he wants to shut them down. Can change and how you
:10:40. > :10:43.will end, or you appear to be on the wrong side of the argument. When you
:10:44. > :10:46.use fewer tickets you need fewer ticket offices? It's not just the
:10:47. > :10:51.issue. The issue is not just using the tickets. These people don't
:10:52. > :10:54.serve behind the ticket office. The other supervisors who work on the
:10:55. > :10:59.stations those people have to reapply for their own jobs. All
:11:00. > :11:03.these people are safety critical people. When the vicious terrorist
:11:04. > :11:06.attacks took place in London they came to the help and support of the
:11:07. > :11:10.travelling public. You have an opportunity to put that through in
:11:11. > :11:13.terms of the consultation. Raise safety issues they can be addressed?
:11:14. > :11:18.They haven't consulted properly at all. They haven't changed since last
:11:19. > :11:21.November, throughout all the negotiations, our negotiators have
:11:22. > :11:24.been in ACAS all last week, and yesterday, they haven't changed
:11:25. > :11:30.nothing. London Underground keep saying there is an open door. It's'
:11:31. > :11:35.revolving door. We go out the same day we come in. They gave you the
:11:36. > :11:42.commitment there will be more staff visible to the public. The public
:11:43. > :11:47.want more staff available not just in ticket offices. Our members work
:11:48. > :11:53.Friday and Saturday night. It's not a b pro. Our members walking home at
:11:54. > :11:56.2.00 am and 3.00 am around London if they will be safe. If more people
:11:57. > :12:00.will use London Underground, it s not an industrying that is
:12:01. > :12:04.collapsing. It's a growing industry. Hundreds of thousands of people will
:12:05. > :12:08.use London Underground. The last thing you want to do is take out
:12:09. > :12:13.1,000 jobs when you want to use the services more. On now. There is
:12:14. > :12:17.nothing anyone can do about it? The form they sent over saying 758 jobs
:12:18. > :12:21.were going to go is withdraw it we start the process of talks. We are
:12:22. > :12:27.quite committed to give... It will not happen. Mayor will not budge?
:12:28. > :12:30.The strike goes ahead. The interests of 2,000 workers who voted here
:12:31. > :12:34.causing all this disruption to Londoners? That is not the issue
:12:35. > :12:41.about 2,000 workers. The fact of the matter is, all of our members got a
:12:42. > :12:47.ballot paper we respect their wishes whether they vote yes or no.
:12:48. > :12:50.Therefore, what else will we do to be in a trade union. We turn around
:12:51. > :12:54.#57bd say employers can do what they want for us bed or stand up and
:12:55. > :13:01.fight. Our members decided to stand up and fight. Was Bob Crow leader of
:13:02. > :13:05.the RMT. We will have more on the Tube strike later. I will tell you
:13:06. > :13:06.what you need to know if you are travelling tomorrow and how best to
:13:07. > :13:20.get around. The other news now. Detectives
:13:21. > :13:24.investigating the murder of a sex worker at a flat in Earl's Court
:13:25. > :13:29.have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to about her
:13:30. > :13:33.death. The body of Maria Duque`Tunjano was discovered last
:13:34. > :13:36.Friday. Police say they believed Robert Richard Fraser is still in
:13:37. > :13:42.the capital and are warning other sex workers could be at risk. Robert
:13:43. > :13:46.Richard Fraser in central London on Sunday. Detectives believe that days
:13:47. > :13:51.earlier he was involved in the violent murder of a prostitute in
:13:52. > :13:54.Earl's Court. Fraser was the last person seen with Maria
:13:55. > :13:58.Duque`Tunjano, a week ago today They also think he robbed and
:13:59. > :14:01.attacked another sex workers in Paddington last month. He is known
:14:02. > :14:05.to the police and today the detective leading the hunt appealed
:14:06. > :14:11.to him directly. I'm just looking for him. I want him, I'm saying to
:14:12. > :14:14.Robert, please hand yourself in to the nearest police station or you
:14:15. > :14:23.can contact the number that is published, a detective is waiting to
:14:24. > :14:27.talk to you. Dieudonne Maria Duque`Tunjano brought her clients
:14:28. > :14:32.here. Police were called here on Friday afternoon. They say her body
:14:33. > :14:37.could have been here for up to three days. They warn other sex workers to
:14:38. > :14:41.be on the alert. Contact the support workers. If you don't know their
:14:42. > :14:47.numbers, contact our incident room. If you feel you are in danger,
:14:48. > :14:52.contact 999. Fraser who goes by the names Robert Aleem and Shia Robert
:14:53. > :14:59.Jackson is known to have connections to the edge where and Golders Green
:15:00. > :15:00.areas. Detectives say he has mental health issues and shouldn't be
:15:01. > :15:14.approached. The family and friends of a man who
:15:15. > :15:19.died after being detained in custody are welcoming and enquiry. The case
:15:20. > :15:23.of Leon Briggs has prompted the Home Secretary Theresa
:15:24. > :15:31.painful memories of Leon Briggs His best friend goes to the spot in
:15:32. > :15:38.Luton where he was detained by police and never seen again.
:15:39. > :15:47.He was one of the most loving people you could ever know. A lovely guy.
:15:48. > :15:51.Leon Briggs was brought here to Luton police station by officers who
:15:52. > :15:56.say they were concerned about his behaviour and detained him under the
:15:57. > :16:00.Mental Health Act. They say he became ill and later died in
:16:01. > :16:05.hospital. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is carrying
:16:06. > :16:10.out an investigation into what happened. Investigators have studied
:16:11. > :16:15.CCTV from the police custody suites and they say suspected offences
:16:16. > :16:20.include gross negligence, misconduct and manslaughter. Five police
:16:21. > :16:26.officers and two civilian staff have been suspended. The case of the
:16:27. > :16:31.32`year`old father of two is the latest to be investigated by the
:16:32. > :16:35.IPCC. The Home Secretary has ordered an urgent enquiry into the treatment
:16:36. > :16:42.of vulnerable people in custody a move welcomed by Leon's MP who wants
:16:43. > :16:47.his body camera is compulsory. They would not be governed just by an
:16:48. > :16:51.individual officer on the beat or a local management decision, but there
:16:52. > :16:56.is a national rule about how they are used. Every incident which is
:16:57. > :17:05.properly recorded would help both sides. Tonight Leon Briggs' family
:17:06. > :17:08.and friends are holding a vigil in Luton to remember him and to
:17:09. > :17:13.reiterate their call for answers. A woman from London has lost her
:17:14. > :17:17.legal challenge at the Court of Appeal over the legality of random
:17:18. > :17:21.please stop and search powers. Ann Juliette Roberts had accused the Met
:17:22. > :17:26.of using the tactic disproportionately against black
:17:27. > :17:29.Londoners. The High Court ruled the police had acted lawfully and three
:17:30. > :17:35.Court of Appeal judges rejected her claim that the original decision had
:17:36. > :17:40.been wrong. Two cancer patients have died after NHS rules were broken by
:17:41. > :17:46.Watford General Hospital. West Herts NHS Trust has carried out a review
:17:47. > :18:00.into how it monitored patients' appointments. An external
:18:01. > :18:02.investigation has been launched It says the care of three patients
:18:03. > :18:04.was compromised and two have since died. 13 incredibly rare iguanas
:18:05. > :18:06.have been seized by customs at Heathrow. The San Salvador rock
:18:07. > :18:11.iguanas were found stuffed into socks. Officers stopped two Romanian
:18:12. > :18:17.women at terminal five on Monday and made the discovery before they
:18:18. > :18:20.boarded a plane to Dusseldorf. A multi`million pound redevelopment
:18:21. > :18:26.of a south London hospital may not go ahead after some local doctors
:18:27. > :18:32.said it was not necessary. St Helier Hospital in Carshalton is at the
:18:33. > :18:37.centre of a row over whether its maternity and A services should be
:18:38. > :18:39.downgraded. The Chancellor earmarked millions of pounds for the
:18:40. > :18:45.development in his Autumn statement, but now there are
:18:46. > :18:52.concerns it will not happen. It is not in a great state of repair, but
:18:53. > :18:57.it supplies a fantastic service It needs to be refurbished. We need new
:18:58. > :19:03.ward blocks and the money is there and it exists and the plans are
:19:04. > :19:08.there. The local NHS is saying no. Who would pay good money to go to a
:19:09. > :19:16.play when the only part of the actor you can see is they're moving lips?
:19:17. > :19:21.Quite a few. Not I by Samuel Beckett is proving an unlikely hit in the
:19:22. > :19:27.west end despite its obvious challenges for the audience and
:19:28. > :19:34.actor. Brenda Emmanus reports. Out into this world, this world, a tiny
:19:35. > :19:41.little thing... A mouth, a pitch black space and the rantings of a
:19:42. > :19:47.troubled, 70`year`old woman. This is Not I, Samuel Beckett's dramatic
:19:48. > :19:52.monologue. Both mesmerising and disturbing, it is also one of the
:19:53. > :19:57.most challenging roles in theatre. Even when I am rehearsing, the piece
:19:58. > :20:08.produces terror. No matter how well you know it, it never gets any
:20:09. > :20:19.easier. I am blackened out and blindfolded. I cannot see or hear. I
:20:20. > :20:24.am strapped by my lovely stage manager into this device. What I
:20:25. > :20:31.love about Samuel Beckett is he asks so much of a performer. I have never
:20:32. > :20:38.been asked to offer so much and that is such a privilege. Billie Whitelaw
:20:39. > :20:43.performed Not I in 1973 and was personally coached by Samuel
:20:44. > :20:49.Beckett. He was so demanding in the fact that he was so meticulous. If
:20:50. > :20:55.you mispronounced something, he would say, oh, Lord and his head
:20:56. > :21:00.would go down to his hands. But because I knew he was radiating love
:21:01. > :21:07.and he cared and he wanted due to be perfect, which was not possible it
:21:08. > :21:11.did not upset me. Samuel Beckett's work is not easy and not for
:21:12. > :21:17.everyone, but this trilogy of plays has put bums on seats. It sold out
:21:18. > :21:23.everywhere you have performed it. How do you feel about bringing it to
:21:24. > :21:28.the West End? One of the big appeals is that Samuel Beckett does not
:21:29. > :21:37.patronise an audience and he asks a lot of them. I think people really
:21:38. > :21:42.respond to that. Not I is at the Duchess Theatre until the 15th of
:21:43. > :21:49.February. Returning to the Tube strike, the walk`out starts tonight
:21:50. > :21:53.at 9pm and continues for 48 hours. Alice Bhandhakravi has been looking
:21:54. > :21:55.into how the dispute will affect services.
:21:56. > :22:03.Heading home tonight and planning how they will get around for the
:22:04. > :22:07.next two days. It is likely to be a challenging 48 hours. Everybody will
:22:08. > :22:15.be on the road on bikes, on the buses and that will slow everything
:22:16. > :22:21.down. It has a huge impact on me. I work long days, so I have to find a
:22:22. > :22:26.way of getting a bus at about 5 0 in the morning. We do not know exactly
:22:27. > :22:32.how badly services will be affected, but he is what we do know. There
:22:33. > :22:42.will be disruption on all lines Trains running will operate between
:22:43. > :22:44.every six and 20 minutes and the services will start later than
:22:45. > :22:47.normal at 7am and finish at 11pm. The picture is copperplated, but to
:22:48. > :22:52.give you an idea of how it will run, let's take a couple of examples On
:22:53. > :22:57.the Central Line there will be no trains in the middle section, but
:22:58. > :23:03.there will be some services at either end. It is similar on the
:23:04. > :23:09.Piccadilly line. There is no service in central London, but outer edges
:23:10. > :23:13.will have a limited service. One of the difficulties you have with some
:23:14. > :23:18.of the stations is you have to have a minimum number of staff for safety
:23:19. > :23:23.reasons. Safety is our number one priority. When you have got a number
:23:24. > :23:30.of people to support the service, you have to distribute them around
:23:31. > :23:37.the service. How else can you get around? The DLR, the overground and
:23:38. > :23:42.tram services will be operating as normal. There will be extra buses
:23:43. > :23:46.and Londoners are being advised to consider cycling and walking. It is
:23:47. > :23:54.a changing picture and you can keep up to date on the website, or follow
:23:55. > :23:59.our travel team on Twitter. Let's get a final thought on the
:24:00. > :24:03.Tube strike from our transport correspondent Tom Edwards. I gather
:24:04. > :24:08.there has been more political reaction. Tonight the Prime Minister
:24:09. > :24:13.and the leader of the opposition Ed Miliband have both condemned the
:24:14. > :24:17.strike. David Cameron has called it shameful and Ed Miliband said it
:24:18. > :24:22.should not go ahead. I leave you with words from Harriet Harman, she
:24:23. > :24:28.says all sides need their heads knocking together. Commuters are
:24:29. > :24:34.going to sympathise with that tonight. Our transport correspondent
:24:35. > :24:39.Tom Edwards. Let's get a check on the weather. The weather will play a
:24:40. > :24:40.part if you are standing in a bus queue or cycling or walking
:24:41. > :24:52.tomorrow. The part it will play will be a bad
:24:53. > :24:57.one. The next 24 hours is going to bring as stormy weather and it is
:24:58. > :25:05.whipping its way across the Atlantic as we speak. There are two separate
:25:06. > :25:08.warnings. 50 mph gusts are possible overnight and we could have 50
:25:09. > :25:14.millimetres of rain, which is what we do not need. This evening the
:25:15. > :25:18.clouds thicken up and the rain will be knocking on our door very
:25:19. > :25:23.shortly. The heaviest will come through tonight at around midnight
:25:24. > :25:29.across parts of Berkshire and Surrey and in the North East. They will be
:25:30. > :25:34.intense downpours and that is when we will have those gusty, squally
:25:35. > :25:39.winds. That will clear and there will be some showers and the
:25:40. > :25:45.temperatures will be down to four or five degrees. When you are standing
:25:46. > :25:51.in that bus queue tomorrow it will be a blustery start to the day. As
:25:52. > :25:56.we go into the lunchtime period and band of heavy rain will go through
:25:57. > :26:03.and again the wind has the chance of blowing up to 50 mph. That will be
:26:04. > :26:06.particularly unpleasant. There will still be some heavy showers around
:26:07. > :26:13.as we finished the day and get into this evening was mad rush hour. For
:26:14. > :26:19.much of Thursday it will be drier and brighter for a time. This area
:26:20. > :26:22.of low pressure has looked uncertain during the week, but the current
:26:23. > :26:28.thinking is there will be more persistent, heavy rain overnight on
:26:29. > :26:36.Thursday into Friday, which is just what we do not need. On Friday there
:26:37. > :26:40.is a respite, but that is ahead of the weekend when yet more Atlantic
:26:41. > :26:45.storms look like they are going to head our way. I wish I could give
:26:46. > :26:51.you some good news, but I am the harbinger of doom at the moment
:26:52. > :26:55.The headlines: Prince Charles has visited flood hit areas of Somerset
:26:56. > :27:01.and better farmers and residents, some of whom have been cut off for
:27:02. > :27:05.more than a month. The chief executive of BP has expressed his
:27:06. > :27:09.concerns about the possibility of Scotland becoming independent saying
:27:10. > :27:14.there was a question over which currency would be adopted.
:27:15. > :27:19.Cuadrilla has announced two new site in Lancashire where it plans to try
:27:20. > :27:25.fracking for shale gas. Tube workers walk out tonight at 9pm
:27:26. > :27:30.as a 48 hour strike on the cheap begins bringing disruption to
:27:31. > :27:36.millions of Londoners. The row is over plans to close ticket offices
:27:37. > :27:41.and job losses. You can see the latest on the travel disruption on
:27:42. > :27:43.our website. I will be back later during the ten o'clock news. Have a
:27:44. > :27:48.lovely evening, goodbye.