:00:00. > :00:00.Peter, thank you. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:00.will create over 550 more. Our transport correspondent,
:00:00. > :00:00.will create over 550 more. Our so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC
:00:00. > :00:09.One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:10. > :00:13.Tonight on BBC London News date two of the tube strike. More trains have
:00:14. > :00:18.been running but no sign of an agreement. Going to have to have
:00:19. > :00:22.changes to the ticket offices. They are an antiquated way of doing
:00:23. > :00:27.things. If there is progress, we will take it seriously. Nothing has
:00:28. > :00:31.been said at the moment. We will have the detail on how
:00:32. > :00:36.London's transport ran and ask what is at stake for both Boris Johnson
:00:37. > :00:39.and Bob Crow. Also tonight, eight years in jail for abusing boys. Nick
:00:40. > :00:44.Clegg's former headteacher is sentenced.
:00:45. > :00:48.Plus, teaches walk`out at a North London secondary in the first ever
:00:49. > :00:57.industrial action at every school. And... I try not to push others. We
:00:58. > :01:07.are famous for forming a queue, but can we still do it in a choose dry?
:01:08. > :01:10.`` Tube strike. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:11. > :01:14.programme. Tonight, millions of Londoners are struggling home in the
:01:15. > :01:17.rain in the last rush hour of the Tube strike. Transport for London
:01:18. > :01:21.admit there has been a lot of disruption again today, but say they
:01:22. > :01:25.are managing to run a few more services. 73 stations were closed
:01:26. > :01:28.today, compared to 80 yesterday. And there were 57,000 more journeys on
:01:29. > :01:33.the Tube this morning than yesterday's early rush. The two
:01:34. > :01:37.sides are due to meet tomorrow, but there doesn't seem to be any sign of
:01:38. > :01:48.a real break in the deadlock. Our political correspondent Karl Mercer
:01:49. > :01:52.is at Great Portland Street. Karl. There are another few hours before
:01:53. > :01:55.the official end of the strike, but it will be a long journey home for
:01:56. > :02:02.many commuters. People are queueing for buses. Many Tubes are not
:02:03. > :02:06.running. Transport for London tell us that many more stations were
:02:07. > :02:10.open, but a lot of them do remain closed throughout the day. And there
:02:11. > :02:13.is the added bonus for commuters tonight. Mother nature has decided
:02:14. > :02:19.to play her part. If the weary trudge home wasn't
:02:20. > :02:23.miserable enough on strike day, the weather decided to lend a hand. But
:02:24. > :02:29.commuters can put their feet up at home tonight knowing the strikes
:02:30. > :02:34.will be over for this week at least. Do you think they should just sit
:02:35. > :02:43.down and talk? Yes, they should sit and talk. And work things out. But
:02:44. > :02:47.we will feel it more than them. I think it will happen again next
:02:48. > :02:52.week. I have just got a feeling, I think they will stick it out this
:02:53. > :02:59.time. If no agreement can be found, we will be doing this again next
:03:00. > :03:06.week. Just try to stand quietly on a station platform. This was the mayor
:03:07. > :03:08.heading out on a visit at Embankment Tube just after rush hour this
:03:09. > :03:12.morning. This was Clapham Junction in the middle of rush hour, with
:03:13. > :03:14.commuters heading in. On day two of this week's strike, Londoners once
:03:15. > :03:16.again faced difficult journeys to work.
:03:17. > :03:20.Many stations still shut. Many buses taking the strain. Transport for
:03:21. > :03:22.London says around three quarters of stations opened today, up on
:03:23. > :03:32.yesterday. But services remained patchy. At least the station is
:03:33. > :03:35.open, so we might get a train! Are they running?
:03:36. > :03:38.The mayor was thanking volunteers this morning, and tomorrow the two
:03:39. > :03:44.sides in the dispute will meet for talks. The mayor says he wants talks
:03:45. > :03:51.today. Let's get on with it, get into the negotiating room and do a
:03:52. > :03:56.deal. What deal you offering? That is for our negotiators and TEFL to
:03:57. > :04:01.spell out. It is their job to sit down and go through the package, and
:04:02. > :04:03.I am sure it will be very reasonable.
:04:04. > :04:06.What it seems is not negotiable is the fact the Transport for London
:04:07. > :04:09.wants to close more than 250 ticket offices on the Tube, and that will
:04:10. > :04:13.make tomorrow's talks pretty difficult. We are going to those
:04:14. > :04:18.talks tomorrow, and we are going there to try to reach an agreement,
:04:19. > :04:22.going in on a positive note to try to reach an agreement. It is not
:04:23. > :04:25.about getting everything you want, but getting a compromise that is
:04:26. > :04:30.satisfactory to the majority of our members. But if we don't get that,
:04:31. > :04:36.the strike will commence again next Tuesday night. I do apologise to
:04:37. > :04:41.people for the destruction they are experiencing. `` the disruption. As
:04:42. > :04:45.Londoners struggled to work this morning, MPs were discussing the
:04:46. > :04:52.strike and the lack of talks. Isn't it a fact that it takes two
:04:53. > :04:57.sides to create industrial action, and the problem is with the Tory
:04:58. > :05:05.front bench, that they dared attack Boris Johnson for not conducting
:05:06. > :05:09.talks because half of the Tory MPs want Boris Johnson to be their next
:05:10. > :05:14.leader. The honourable gentleman says it takes two to talk, but if
:05:15. > :05:18.one of the main leaders is out of the country the week before, then it
:05:19. > :05:19.is very difficult to have those conversations.
:05:20. > :05:23.There will, though, be conversations tomorrow. The unions and Transport
:05:24. > :05:27.for London will sit down and talk. Discussions that could decide if
:05:28. > :05:31.there are more strikes next week. So, no imminent end to this dispute
:05:32. > :05:34.yet. And it's been another very trying day for many Londoners trying
:05:35. > :05:38.to get around the capital. Tarah Welsh has spent the day finding out
:05:39. > :05:48.how the systems have been coping. She's at Oxford Circus now. Tarah.
:05:49. > :05:53.It certainly feels different today, slightly calmer. Look at this
:05:54. > :05:57.platform, for example. It is almost deserted, and yesterday they had to
:05:58. > :06:02.close the gate at Oxford Circus because of crowds. The next train is
:06:03. > :06:07.coming in about nine minutes. It could be quieter because people are
:06:08. > :06:10.staying home. Transport for London say that 25% of stations have been
:06:11. > :06:16.opened today, and services on nine of the 11 lines have been running.
:06:17. > :06:20.Traffic was bad this morning, but taxi drivers tell me it wasn't as
:06:21. > :06:24.bad as yesterday. And people have been asking me, why don't they scrap
:06:25. > :06:28.the congestion charge when there is is tricorn. Transport for London say
:06:29. > :06:33.they want to keep the traffic flowing, and that is why they don't.
:06:34. > :06:36.I asked Londoners how they were coping with their journey today.
:06:37. > :06:42.Another difficult journey to work for many. Today there was a train,
:06:43. > :06:47.it was very crowded but it was well organised, and there were people
:06:48. > :06:51.there. It was OK. If people want to go on strike to better their lives,
:06:52. > :06:55.then obviously that is a little bit inconvenient, but there should be a
:06:56. > :07:00.mechanism so that people can do that. I think a lot of people stayed
:07:01. > :07:04.at home today, and that can't be good for the economy.
:07:05. > :07:10.On the roads, it has been just as frustrating. There is a car behind
:07:11. > :07:16.me that the truck weren't letting, said he has ended up in the bus
:07:17. > :07:20.lane. You have people that aren't used to driving in rush hour, they
:07:21. > :07:23.are used to getting the Tube. For this minicab company, the
:07:24. > :07:27.bookings haven't stopped, but the traffic has. It has been pretty much
:07:28. > :07:32.constant, all of the major routes into central London have been
:07:33. > :07:36.gridlocked. Transport for London the 75% of stations were open, despite
:07:37. > :07:42.the strike. Cycle hire has been up 50%, and some people were using it
:07:43. > :07:47.for the first time. But that brings its own problems. Trying to find a
:07:48. > :07:54.docking station getting around London, it has been a nightmare. No
:07:55. > :08:03.spaces on the Strand, in Holburn, in Soho, or almost anywhere in the West
:08:04. > :08:08.End. The vans that move the bikes around a stuck in traffic. We have a
:08:09. > :08:12.lot of people around London, and our oyster card data shows that about
:08:13. > :08:18.40% of people who normally use the Tube have used it today. So we are
:08:19. > :08:22.moving quite a lot of people. We regret the disruption that still
:08:23. > :08:24.exist. The question is, can they stop this from happening all over
:08:25. > :08:29.again next week. What about tomorrow? Transport for
:08:30. > :08:33.London say they intend to run services as normal. Any Londoners
:08:34. > :08:38.will hope so. From Oxford Circus, thank you very
:08:39. > :08:41.much. Yesterday we heard from London Underground. Tonight let's hear from
:08:42. > :08:49.the RMT union. John Leach is at Highbury and Islington station. We
:08:50. > :08:53.heard Bob Crow saying earlier that the strikes are still on next week
:08:54. > :09:00.unless there is a compromise. What is the compromise that will break
:09:01. > :09:03.this deadlock? Well, the compromise will be the management can come to
:09:04. > :09:05.ACAS tomorrow, suspend the limitation of these cuts, suspend
:09:06. > :09:12.the booking office closure programme, lift the threat of 953
:09:13. > :09:17.redundancies, go back to the beginning, take as long as it takes,
:09:18. > :09:22.take the pressure of the negotiations by removing the form HR
:09:23. > :09:27.one, which is the document lays down redundancies in front of the union.
:09:28. > :09:29.But what you prepared to compromise on? Whatever London Underground goes
:09:30. > :09:36.through the proposals of these ticket office closures station by
:09:37. > :09:39.station? We will do the same, we will go through it line by line,
:09:40. > :09:46.page by page, word by word, whatever it takes. Today, our members have
:09:47. > :09:54.taken industrial action against these cuts. These cuts result in a
:09:55. > :10:03.reduction in headcount by 1000, and many booking offices closing. But
:10:04. > :10:09.after losing two days' pay, is there any appetite from your members to
:10:10. > :10:14.lose another two days next week? Yes, not any appetite, but we are
:10:15. > :10:18.prepared to do it. We are prepared to stay here for as long as it
:10:19. > :10:21.takes. This is an incredibly important dispute in relation to the
:10:22. > :10:26.number is concerned. ?4.2 billion worth of cuts, every single ticket
:10:27. > :10:30.office to close, reduction in front`line staff by just under 1000.
:10:31. > :10:34.The face of the Tube will be unrecognisable. There will be no
:10:35. > :10:38.staff for emergencies, a lost child, fire and emergency. And we are
:10:39. > :10:43.prepared to stick it out, we will look through every document line by
:10:44. > :10:48.line. This is a safety dispute. Let me ask you this. If there is no
:10:49. > :10:51.movement on Friday, the strike goes ahead next week. If there is no
:10:52. > :10:56.movement after that, what are you going to do? Is London going to see
:10:57. > :11:01.a series of strikes? We can't rule that out, actually.
:11:02. > :11:07.This is a seven`year savings programme which is going to save
:11:08. > :11:10.them for 2p. We have got seven years of relentless cuts, driverless
:11:11. > :11:18.trains, attacks on staff, pensions, station staff, so we might end up in
:11:19. > :11:23.that position, but let's hope not. Let's hope we can have a successful
:11:24. > :11:26.day's talks tomorrow at ACAS. We must leave it there. Thank you
:11:27. > :11:32.very much indeed. Coming up later in the programme:
:11:33. > :11:35.give each other time, please don't push.
:11:36. > :11:36.And caught in the crush to get to work, can we maintain our British
:11:37. > :11:45.cool in the queue? A former headteacher at a
:11:46. > :11:50.prestigious prep school in Buckinghamshire has been sentenced
:11:51. > :11:52.to eight years for abusing pupils. Roland Wright who taught at
:11:53. > :11:55.Caldicott Boys, the school attended by the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick
:11:56. > :12:07.Clegg, assaulted five pupils aged between eight and thirteen between
:12:08. > :12:12.1959 and 1970. Ben Ando reports. Frail and using two walking sticks,
:12:13. > :12:14.83`year`old former headteacher Roland Peter Wright arrived at court
:12:15. > :12:22.to be sentenced after being found guilty before Christmas of abusing
:12:23. > :12:24.boys on a dozen occasions. The abuse took place here, at Caldicott
:12:25. > :12:29.Preparatory School in Buckinghamshire, which takes boys
:12:30. > :12:32.aged six to 13. He had a room in the school near the dormitories, which
:12:33. > :12:40.the judge said he seemed to regard as his own private fiefdom. Mr
:12:41. > :12:45.Wright, who still lives opposite the school, was also said to have abused
:12:46. > :12:48.boys on trips to Scotland. One victim told the BBC it had been a
:12:49. > :12:55.long wait for justice, but it was worth it. Only ever do a proportion
:12:56. > :13:00.of victims come forward, it is difficult for them to speak. So we
:13:01. > :13:03.have small percentage of the people we suspect he has abused, but
:13:04. > :13:09.pleasingly, he has been found guilty of that abuse, and we have today
:13:10. > :13:12.sentenced. So that is a step in the right direction. The officer who led
:13:13. > :13:14.the investigation paid tribute to the victims who had come forward to
:13:15. > :13:18.give evidence. He has a last been held to account
:13:19. > :13:21.for his actions, and I hope he has time to reflect now on the lasting
:13:22. > :13:26.effect that he has had on the many victims of his abuse. I hope that
:13:27. > :13:30.the victims who have suffered at his hands feel that they have got some
:13:31. > :13:34.degree of justice. One former pupil is debited by Mr
:13:35. > :13:40.Nick Clegg, who was head boy in the early 1980s. He said he was shocked
:13:41. > :13:46.and appalled by the case. The judge said that while Wright had been to
:13:47. > :13:50.many pupils and inspirational French teacher or a brilliant games master,
:13:51. > :13:56.the impact of what he did on those he abused had in some cases lasted
:13:57. > :13:59.throughout their lives. Roland Peter Wright was sentenced to eight years.
:14:00. > :14:02.He will serve at least four in prison, where he will require
:14:03. > :14:04.specialist care due to his age, and will be eligible for release on
:14:05. > :14:12.licence in 2018. It's not just Tube workers striking
:14:13. > :14:14.today. Teachers have walked out at a sixth form college in North London.
:14:15. > :14:18.It's the first ever industrial action at a free school, and the
:14:19. > :14:27.dispute is over so`called zero hours contracts. Marc Ashdown reports.
:14:28. > :14:33.Cleaners, restaurant workers, and supermarket staff. Hundreds of
:14:34. > :14:38.thousands of UK workers are on zero hours contracts, giving books
:14:39. > :14:42.ability but no guarantee of work. Teachers in Islington feel they
:14:43. > :14:45.could be added to the list come on strike today after spotting a clause
:14:46. > :14:51.in their contract which could see them sacked over every holiday
:14:52. > :14:54.break. It could be in the middle of the school year or change our hours
:14:55. > :15:01.depending on what suits the school. It feels like you have no security.
:15:02. > :15:03.The clause told the staff the school could lay you off from work without
:15:04. > :15:14.normal pay. We regret that the students are
:15:15. > :15:20.losing education. We would rather be at the negotiating table. But we're
:15:21. > :15:23.not prepared to be played with and will pair for members to be
:15:24. > :15:27.intimidated and bullied. The principal says it is not the case.
:15:28. > :15:31.He has now removed the clause and blamed the union for giving him the
:15:32. > :15:37.wrong paperwork. It is incredibly easy. We are committed to this
:15:38. > :15:44.process, verbally and in writing. But they have chosen to still go out
:15:45. > :15:50.on strike. We have said we will do this but we have asked for
:15:51. > :15:57.documents. The Academy is small, just 140 students and 11 teachers.
:15:58. > :16:00.Margins can affect finances hugely. The Department for Education say
:16:01. > :16:05.they are aware of the situation but it is up to the school to sort it
:16:06. > :16:09.out. Part of the school's appeal is greater freedom of Inquirer `` the
:16:10. > :16:13.curriculum and hiring and firing staff. At the moment, the teachers
:16:14. > :16:22.will be out again next week. Other schools are watching closely.
:16:23. > :16:25.There are growing health concerns about the smoking of shisha among
:16:26. > :16:28.Londoners. Four local councils and Customs Officers have joined forces
:16:29. > :16:30.in cracking down on illegal imports of shisha in an effort to regulate
:16:31. > :16:34.the market. Our special correspondent, Kurt Barling,
:16:35. > :16:37.reports. The growing use of shisha, are
:16:38. > :16:42.largely unregulated product, is causing growing concern because it
:16:43. > :16:49.is not clear exactly what people might be smoking. It is not illegal
:16:50. > :16:53.but the harm caused is unknown. Now combination of crackdown and public
:16:54. > :16:58.education is underway as four south London boroughs have joined forces
:16:59. > :17:02.with customs and excise to regulate the market. They are not certain
:17:03. > :17:04.what it is they are smoking. It can have serious health impacts which
:17:05. > :17:10.could have consequences for them years down the line. Again, we don't
:17:11. > :17:15.know where the money is going to and some of this stuff could be linked
:17:16. > :17:19.to some unpleasant activity. We are worried about it. It is a hit and
:17:20. > :17:23.miss affair, calling in on a restaurant that serves shisha
:17:24. > :17:29.showing no evidence of wrongdoing, and so that teams move on. Since the
:17:30. > :17:33.1st of January, Judy hasn't been paid on shisha. But many of those
:17:34. > :17:40.people supplying shisha, without tobacco in it, don't realise it.
:17:41. > :17:45.Today's effort, above all else, is to educate people who are selling it
:17:46. > :17:50.that they must pay duty or they will be breaking the law. Finally, after
:17:51. > :17:54.several visits, the teams find significant amount of shisha that
:17:55. > :18:01.have been imported are unlabelled and duty unpaid. They seize it and
:18:02. > :18:07.give the trader warning. There is certainly a lot of it. We think
:18:08. > :18:11.there is increasing use of shisha. As for the people understanding the
:18:12. > :18:16.position in relation to the herbal shisha, we are engaged with other
:18:17. > :18:21.partners, Trading Standards, the Department of Health, to provide
:18:22. > :18:28.education to those shisha bars so they understand the change in law.
:18:29. > :18:32.The loss of tax is thought to be in the millions and the health risks
:18:33. > :18:35.are uncharted. It is now in priority to bring it into line with other
:18:36. > :18:45.production that the Exchequer and the user get the information they
:18:46. > :18:49.need. It's the first day of competition in
:18:50. > :18:52.the Winter Olympics in Sochi, and Londoner Aimee Fuller has made it
:18:53. > :18:54.through to the semi finals of the women's Snowboard Slopestyle this
:18:55. > :18:59.Sunday. She finished 10th in her heat and remains optimistic that
:19:00. > :19:02.she'll be able to reach the final. West Ham are to take legal action
:19:03. > :19:05.against the Football Association after an appeal failed to overturn a
:19:06. > :19:08.red card show to striker Andy Carroll. He was shown the card last
:19:09. > :19:12.weekend in the win against Swansea, and that decision means he'll now be
:19:13. > :19:14.banned for three games. The club are currently battling against
:19:15. > :19:24.relegation and think the decision is unfair.
:19:25. > :19:27.Back now to the tube. As we get close to the end of this first
:19:28. > :19:31.48`hour strike, how do the two public faces of this dispute come
:19:32. > :19:35.out of it so far? The stakes are high for both Boris Johnson and Bob
:19:36. > :19:37.Crow, and they both need to prove they can deliver for their
:19:38. > :19:39.supporters. Here's our political editor, Tim Donovan.
:19:40. > :19:43.Forget for a minute is the nitty`gritty of this dispute, the
:19:44. > :19:47.issues at the heart of it. What it has done is bring to the forefront
:19:48. > :19:51.clash of will, of style and tactics between the union leader and
:19:52. > :19:57.London's mayor. At least now they have talked of sorts, if only via
:19:58. > :20:02.the media. Could their relationship with an obstacle? With the personal
:20:03. > :20:10.polarise? Londoners are caught in the middle. You have got these two
:20:11. > :20:14.big Sur sees playing to their own constituencies. `` personalities.
:20:15. > :20:17.Taunted by the tabloids and even in the street, cursed by commuters, and
:20:18. > :20:23.those who know him say that would deflect him one bit. He has the
:20:24. > :20:26.intellectual capacity and the ability to recognise that what he is
:20:27. > :20:32.doing is normally for good, for the people he represents. He is aware,
:20:33. > :20:36.content, even, that are fundamentally local dispute has been
:20:37. > :20:41.getting national exposure. Can he cope? Important signals are being
:20:42. > :20:45.sent. Underneath the charm, there's a lot of steel there. You don't
:20:46. > :20:49.become a Conservative mayor of London in a left`leaning city unless
:20:50. > :20:54.you have some ability to get the confidence of the public. That,
:20:55. > :21:02.nation of charm and steel can still see a result in this. Asthma drug
:21:03. > :21:09.combination. It is a case of having to exaggerate the other's stance. He
:21:10. > :21:14.has modernised his own organisation full stop they have adopted the
:21:15. > :21:17.medication strategies, they have adopted we would expect a
:21:18. > :21:23.21st`century organisation to have. What Bob Crow does is vocally and
:21:24. > :21:32.proudly stand up for the people he represents. Cry had `` Crow has the
:21:33. > :21:36.mayor down as wanting to destroy the unions. This is not Boris Johnson
:21:37. > :21:40.picking a fight for broader purposes. It is not his style. He is
:21:41. > :21:45.actually not one of your more confrontational politicians. So
:21:46. > :21:50.far, both are reverting to type. All now wait to see how either will
:21:51. > :21:53.finesse their way out of this. The British have a worldwide
:21:54. > :21:57.reputation for queuing, but the tube strike has been putting that to the
:21:58. > :22:06.test. So have we lost the ability to form an orderly queue? Gareth Furby
:22:07. > :22:13.has been finding out. Welcome to a London bus queue during a tube
:22:14. > :22:20.strike. I don't think there is a system. Everybody is here for an
:22:21. > :22:24.hour or more. Trying to stand back! This is for the 94 in Shepherd's
:22:25. > :22:29.Bush. You will notice there is no queue. Just the line of people
:22:30. > :22:36.waiting, along the curb, hoping the bus will stop near to them. We don't
:22:37. > :22:43.have her technique. Just go for it. I wait and try not to push others.
:22:44. > :22:50.Wish me luck. It is different during the 1960s. Today, in Shepherd's
:22:51. > :23:00.Bush, people were giving up on the bus queue. We have done this one,
:23:01. > :23:05.ladies and gentlemen. I am going, walking to Oxford Circus. The
:23:06. > :23:11.problem for those left behind is that the next bus could stop at
:23:12. > :23:16.another part of the curb. But then somebody arrives to bring some
:23:17. > :23:22.order. The bus would stop exactly where the last one left. Some have
:23:23. > :23:27.stopped further back and it has not worked out so well. People then
:23:28. > :23:35.surge. Keep the bus in one place and people don't rush. You must be
:23:36. > :23:41.proud. Not proud, fed up. Today it was hard to cope with London's bus
:23:42. > :23:44.queues. Back to our political correspondent,
:23:45. > :23:58.Karl Mercer. What can we expect from tomorrow's talks? I think it is a
:23:59. > :24:02.fair guess to say we can expect some blunt talking. At least the size
:24:03. > :24:05.will be talking to each other. Over the last few days they have been
:24:06. > :24:09.talking at each other through the media. Both sides are saying they do
:24:10. > :24:13.hope some kind of agreement can be reached in those talks at ACAS,
:24:14. > :24:17.which starts tomorrow. We heard earlier that the unions were telling
:24:18. > :24:21.us there is a compromise to be had. Compromise comes with some kind of
:24:22. > :24:25.clauses. They say it can only be had of transport for London withdraw the
:24:26. > :24:30.ticket office closure plans. That is unlikely. TEFL may come up with a
:24:31. > :24:34.compromise where they talk more to the unions. If we look around at
:24:35. > :24:39.these cues, most of the commuters awaiting here and will hope the
:24:40. > :24:50.compromise can be reached. The executive will decide on Monday if
:24:51. > :24:52.next week's strikes go ahead. Let's get a check on the weather
:24:53. > :24:57.with Sara Thornton. Let's get a check on the
:24:58. > :25:01.There is better news tomorrow. It is going to be better. Before that, we
:25:02. > :25:04.still have something to get through. From the Met Office, and amber
:25:05. > :25:13.warning towards the south and west of London for the rest of us. It is
:25:14. > :25:20.the next 48 hours. More spells of heavy rain. Another 40 millimetres
:25:21. > :25:26.by tomorrow night. There will be edge wry interlude before we start
:25:27. > :25:31.all again tomorrow night. `` age wry interlude.
:25:32. > :25:37.We have had some heavy bursts this afternoon. They bit of a break in
:25:38. > :25:42.the rain at the moment. But we will have more through the night. That,
:25:43. > :25:46.combined with gusty winds, means more windy conditions as we head
:25:47. > :25:50.towards breakfast tomorrow. Temperatures, though, not close to
:25:51. > :25:54.freezing. Tomorrow starts with the last few showers around. It doesn't
:25:55. > :25:58.take long before the start to dry out and the wind will change of
:25:59. > :26:04.action, too. Still blustery through the day but a good day in prospect,
:26:05. > :26:09.dry with sunshine. Look at that, 10 Celsius. In the shelter, it could
:26:10. > :26:12.feel like spring. But of course, as is the pattern, it is make the most
:26:13. > :26:16.of that. We have more showers heading towards us late tomorrow
:26:17. > :26:23.evening. Then the net alt of rain. Again, we still have the warning in
:26:24. > :26:27.place. A yellow warning as moving to the start of things on Saturday.
:26:28. > :26:33.Saturday will start with a few showers and then there will be this
:26:34. > :26:37.reef drier interlude before showers pack in. The showers will be heavy,
:26:38. > :26:42.they will be scored Lee, and there will be gassed the wins as well.
:26:43. > :26:48.Along the south coast, again we have got a weather warning in place
:26:49. > :26:52.because of those wins. The flood warning is to the west, longer
:26:53. > :27:01.attends. For tomorrow, some dry weather for a time.
:27:02. > :27:03.I heard you say sunshine! The main headlines now.
:27:04. > :27:06.The Coronation Street actor, Bill Roache, has been cleared of sex
:27:07. > :27:09.offences against five women. The jury at Preston Crown Court cleared
:27:10. > :27:16.the actor of two counts of rape and four counts of indecent assault.
:27:17. > :27:19.A Met police officer has been jailed for 12 months over his role in the
:27:20. > :27:23.so`called plebgate affair. PC Keith Wallis had admitted falsely claiming
:27:24. > :27:25.to have seen the row at the gates of Downing Street.
:27:26. > :27:28.Fresh talks will be held tomorrow to try to bring an end to London's tube
:27:29. > :27:31.strikes. Millions of commuters faced more misery today because of the
:27:32. > :27:38.48`hour walk`out, which ends at 9pm. A second strike is planned for next
:27:39. > :27:42.week. That's it for now. Thanks for
:27:43. > :27:44.joining us. Assad Ahmad will be back with our late news. From me and the
:27:45. > :27:47.team here, have a lovely evening.