:00:00. > :00:00.is clear, is bonuses and incentives paid to its workers have risen by
:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight on BBC London News: A 10%
:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight on BBC London News: A planned two`day Tube strike has been
:00:09. > :00:19.called off after a last minute deal between unions and transport bosses.
:00:20. > :00:21.The strike action was effective and that's the reason why London
:00:22. > :00:28.Underground took this very seriously over the last two days. Our position
:00:29. > :00:32.remains unchanged. We've tabled our proposals for what I think were very
:00:33. > :00:34.good reforms of the ticket offices and common sense appears to have
:00:35. > :00:38.prevailed. We'll have more details on what helped to seal the deal
:00:39. > :00:40.Also tonight: We're with the flood`hit residents
:00:41. > :00:48.of Berkshire who say they're marooned and unable to leave their
:00:49. > :00:52.homes. It's about time someone does something. Come out and don't leave
:00:53. > :00:55.us stranded. Plus, how surgeons changed the life
:00:56. > :01:04.of this six`year`old who couldn t smile or even eat because of a rare
:01:05. > :01:08.illness. There are certain pieces that you look at and you think, that
:01:09. > :01:11.is probably the right thing to do. And we hear from George Clooney on
:01:12. > :01:13.why London should give one of its greatest ancient treasures back to
:01:14. > :01:26.Greece. Good evening. A planned 48`hour Tube
:01:27. > :01:31.strike by London Underground workers which was due to start tonight has
:01:32. > :01:33.been called off. It comes after a last`minute agreement was reached
:01:34. > :01:38.between union officials and Transport for London. Bob Crow, the
:01:39. > :01:41.leader of the RMT, says it means the threat of industrial action was
:01:42. > :01:48.justified. Meanwhile, Mayor Boris Johnson has welcomed the deal. He
:01:49. > :01:50.said unnecessary disruption to Londoners had been averted. Here's
:01:51. > :01:57.our transport correspondent Tom Edwards.
:01:58. > :02:03.This morning, the strike was on But this afternoon, it was off. Some
:02:04. > :02:09.welcome news for commuters. That's a really good news. A sensible
:02:10. > :02:13.decision. The union and the management have to sit together I
:02:14. > :02:17.think it's really good that they've called it off and I think they need
:02:18. > :02:20.to open their communication channels a bit more and get it sorted out
:02:21. > :02:26.once and for all. They can't hold the country to ransom like this The
:02:27. > :02:30.unions. Of course it's good news. Tomorrow I was expecting to be
:02:31. > :02:38.trapped in the Chew or trying to get home and spending two or three
:02:39. > :02:41.hours. `` trapped in the Tube. Last week, the strike caused huge
:02:42. > :02:48.disruption. Transport unions walked out of proposals to close all to
:02:49. > :02:51.good offices and cut 950 jobs. London Underground said ticket
:02:52. > :02:58.offices were only used in 3% of journeys. This morning, a new deal
:02:59. > :03:03.was put forward. A station review means busier ticket offices could be
:03:04. > :03:06.kept open and a trawl for voluntary redundancies has been suspended
:03:07. > :03:12.That was enough to call off the strike. Do you regret taking up a
:03:13. > :03:14.48`hour strike? Do you think was an overreaction and you could have got
:03:15. > :03:20.to this position through negotiation? No, because they
:03:21. > :03:24.wouldn't have taken us seriously until we called the strike action.
:03:25. > :03:28.We got more done over that period of time when the strike action took
:03:29. > :03:33.place. It concentrated their minds, that they wanted to sit down and
:03:34. > :03:36.talk to us. What I want to do is look at every individual station,
:03:37. > :03:39.look at specific issues that may emerge for those individual
:03:40. > :03:44.stations, and respond accordingly to what the proposals are. You need to
:03:45. > :03:49.have that level of detailed dialogue and I'm really pleased that we've
:03:50. > :03:53.got the time and space to do that. The mayor, visiting a water
:03:54. > :03:57.treatment plant in Croydon, said the modernisation of the tube is still
:03:58. > :04:03.essential. We haven't changed our position but what will happen now is
:04:04. > :04:08.that there will be a detailed negotiation about, I think, a
:04:09. > :04:13.programme which is fantastic for the Tube. It offers huge opportunities
:04:14. > :04:17.to modernise the system. It will be good for commuters and good for
:04:18. > :04:21.London Underground staff as well. It won't be the last we hear of this
:04:22. > :04:24.modernisation plan. There will probably be other serious
:04:25. > :04:28.disagreements and many staff have concerns about what the future
:04:29. > :04:35.holds. But tonight at least, good news for commuters.
:04:36. > :04:39.So, Tom, relief for commuters but as you alluded to, a lot of talking to
:04:40. > :04:44.be done. Could that be a long road ahead? Very much so. We're just at
:04:45. > :04:50.the start of this long, drawn`out process. Now, though, the unions are
:04:51. > :04:54.going to be involved. I've been told talks could start as early as
:04:55. > :05:00.tomorrow. As for who has won, I think it was a draw. Both sides got
:05:01. > :05:06.a bit out of it. Labour and the Greens on the London assembly
:05:07. > :05:12.calling for a consultation on the closure of ticket offices so it is
:05:13. > :05:18.not the end at all. Thank you Tom. Stay with us. Coming up later:
:05:19. > :05:21.Tomorrow, it's not just about the rain. We're very concerned about
:05:22. > :05:25.strong wind gusts through the afternoon. I'll have the full
:05:26. > :05:31.weather forecast for you later on in the programme.
:05:32. > :05:33.As we've been hearing, hundreds of people have been evacuated from
:05:34. > :05:36.their homes in towns and villages along the River Thames ` and
:05:37. > :05:40.thousands more are at risk from rising water levels. 14 flood
:05:41. > :05:44.warnings remain in place in Berkshire and Surrey. That's where
:05:45. > :05:47.we can join our reporters, who have been speaking to residents and
:05:48. > :05:51.businesses who've spent another day trying to protect their properties.
:05:52. > :05:54.We'll talk to Tarah Welsh in Datchet in a moment. First let's cross to
:05:55. > :06:04.Nick Beake in Chertsey for the latest there.
:06:05. > :06:08.Good evening. This is a crucial location in the response to this
:06:09. > :06:13.major incident. All day long, the emergency services have been coming
:06:14. > :06:16.here, regrouping. They've been allocated tasks and going out and
:06:17. > :06:20.helping people in need in this county, so that means it isn't just
:06:21. > :06:25.the Fire and rescue service who have been based here but also the police.
:06:26. > :06:29.They have a police boat here, which has been one of the best ways of
:06:30. > :06:34.getting about today. The nature of this emergency means the military
:06:35. > :06:39.are on hand. You can see the distinctive green of the military
:06:40. > :06:43.trucks and also soldiers, some of whom are from the Royal Artillery.
:06:44. > :06:47.Just two months ago, they were patrolling under the heat of the
:06:48. > :06:51.Afghan son. Today they have been helping people get out of their
:06:52. > :06:56.homes in North Surrey. The latest we hear is that some of the soldiers
:06:57. > :07:01.have been at an old people's home where they have been sandbagging the
:07:02. > :07:05.area because people can't leave Bartra is affected, too, and we can
:07:06. > :07:12.get this report from Reyes me from my colleague. `` Wraysbury.
:07:13. > :07:16.We're on a journey into the heart of the floods after dark. We're here to
:07:17. > :07:22.find people who don't want to leave their homes. They are willing to
:07:23. > :07:28.stay put in a house that's flooded, cold and could lose power at any
:07:29. > :07:34.moment. Hello. This man invited us in. He built this house and even
:07:35. > :07:38.though the water was inside and rising, he wasn't going anywhere. We
:07:39. > :07:45.lost the heating here but, fortunately, I've got a log burner.
:07:46. > :07:51.You stay in your home as long as you can. We'll take it day by day. We're
:07:52. > :07:56.quite happy year. Across the road, we found Derek, who has even more
:07:57. > :08:01.reason to cherish his home. He shared it with his wife, who died
:08:02. > :08:06.from breast cancer six years ago. It's desperate. What can you do
:08:07. > :08:11.When the house is fine and the weather is fine, there is nowhere
:08:12. > :08:15.nicer. It's beautiful. In some lights, there was some beauty in
:08:16. > :08:20.this flooded village. But later we found another emotion ` fear. This
:08:21. > :08:36.was a patrol. Volunteers worried about possible looting. It is
:08:37. > :08:43.getting dark and the possibility of people coming in is high. There were
:08:44. > :08:47.stories, as well, in the morning, of people marooned in their homes. But
:08:48. > :08:54.the volunteers rallied in the primary school and were determined
:08:55. > :08:59.to help. We joined Mark Jones and his colleagues Sam as they were
:09:00. > :09:05.joined to a family trying to arrange evacuation for a woman in her 7 s.
:09:06. > :09:12.My mum is 71 years old. She has mobility restrictions and can't get
:09:13. > :09:16.out. Is everybody OK at the moment? I understand, when I say OK, you're
:09:17. > :09:23.not OK, but nobody is in immediate danger? I understand it's very
:09:24. > :09:26.distressing. If you need us to come back with anything or to pick
:09:27. > :09:31.anything up for you ` prescription medication, anything like that ` we
:09:32. > :09:35.can do that. But the job of evacuation was too big and she was
:09:36. > :09:43.staying put for now. Why do you want to leave? Because of danger. We ve
:09:44. > :09:47.had nobody come round here. No police, no Environment Agency,
:09:48. > :09:51.nobody. The family say they will call 999 if she deteriorates. The
:09:52. > :10:02.volunteers say they will continue to work 20 47 `` 24 hours a day.
:10:03. > :10:05.We're hearing tonight that 1000 residents not far from here face the
:10:06. > :10:10.prospect of their power being switched off because of the flood
:10:11. > :10:14.water. The likes of these guys may be assisting them tonight. This
:10:15. > :10:17.search and rescue unit has just got a call and they find it at the exact
:10:18. > :10:23.location where they going to be deployed to. Guys from Norfolk have
:10:24. > :10:32.arrived here tonight to help them. Thank you, Nick. That was Chertsey
:10:33. > :10:36.in Surrey. Now let's join Tarah in Datchet in Berkshire. What's the
:10:37. > :10:41.latest? This is a village almost completely
:10:42. > :10:46.underwater. The only way to get around is by really high waders or
:10:47. > :10:50.by boat, as you can see. The emergency services have been here
:10:51. > :10:55.today, helping people get out of their homes and businesses are
:10:56. > :11:00.mainly closed but the ones that are open have been serving the emergency
:11:01. > :11:05.services and journalists. I've been finding out how the businesses are
:11:06. > :11:10.coping. We opened the doors and we found
:11:11. > :11:15.water everywhere. It was supposed to be the busiest week of the year but,
:11:16. > :11:19.rather than serving couples, staff here will spend Valentine's Day
:11:20. > :11:23.clearing floodwater from the rest. It's financially devastating because
:11:24. > :11:28.we still have to pay wages and we're not going to be open, so how are we
:11:29. > :11:33.going to get the money in? We were trying to think of ideas, to bring a
:11:34. > :11:38.gondola to Datchet, or just something! All the owner can do is
:11:39. > :11:42.try to stop more water getting in. It's been a disaster. We've recently
:11:43. > :11:46.bought this building and trying to help all the shops. We've had
:11:47. > :11:50.sporadic deliveries of bags but the trouble is, everyone was dealing
:11:51. > :11:55.with it themselves. There was no central coordination. Many of the
:11:56. > :11:58.shops on the bridge are now only accessible by boat. Even the
:11:59. > :12:02.businesses that haven't been affected by the floodwater yet have
:12:03. > :12:06.closed because customers can't get in, deliveries can't get through and
:12:07. > :12:13.even the rail line is completely underwater. This hotel and
:12:14. > :12:18.restaurant is tried but the rest is `` the seller is flooded so all
:12:19. > :12:22.bookings have been cancelled. We have lost about two weeks so that is
:12:23. > :12:26.about 100,000 we will have lost in those two weeks. Plus any future
:12:27. > :12:32.business from people that are cancelling with us now. Offices
:12:33. > :12:37.haven't escaped. The staff who have made it in have had to keep water at
:12:38. > :12:41.bay. It has been a struggle over the last couple of weeks. We knew it was
:12:42. > :12:45.going to end up getting worse but we've been prepared and moved
:12:46. > :12:51.everything we had downstairs upstairs but, as you can see, we're
:12:52. > :12:55.really trying to save what we can. And for many companies across the
:12:56. > :13:02.south`east, it will be some time before it's business as usual. This
:13:03. > :13:06.business here is a hotel and restaurant and tells me the Army has
:13:07. > :13:10.just arrived to help them move all the furniture upstairs. Nothing is
:13:11. > :13:13.normal in this village at the moment. I spoke to a traffic warden
:13:14. > :13:19.earlier to ask if he would be ticketing cars. He said there were
:13:20. > :13:22.much more important things to do so they will be helping volunteers give
:13:23. > :13:31.out sandbags to businesses and homes that need them a lot.
:13:32. > :13:35.Thank you, Tarah. Let's go back to Chertsey in Surrey
:13:36. > :13:40.where we are joined by a chief superintendent from Surrey police.
:13:41. > :13:46.An extremely busy day for all the emergency services involved. What
:13:47. > :13:50.has been the priority for you today? The priority today has been very
:13:51. > :13:56.much about warning and informing people. So far today we have visited
:13:57. > :14:02.2800 homes on about 470 roads where there is the highest risk of
:14:03. > :14:07.flooding in Surrey. We have about 350 evacuation is today. Very much
:14:08. > :14:12.the priority is to keep people safe. We heard earlier in the programme,
:14:13. > :14:16.people in Wraysbury getting volunteers to help prevent looting,
:14:17. > :14:21.is that something you are aware of? How would you reassure people about
:14:22. > :14:27.this fear of looting? It is not something I am aware of in Surrey.
:14:28. > :14:31.Certainly, at the moment, we have a hundred dedicated officers and staff
:14:32. > :14:36.responding to this incident. They are working around the clock. We
:14:37. > :14:40.have also got our partners from the other emergency services, the army,
:14:41. > :14:46.the Environment Agency, all of whom are acting as our eyes and ears on
:14:47. > :14:50.the ground. In terms of the coverage and the information we are getting,
:14:51. > :14:54.it is good at the moment. You are working around the clock, with
:14:55. > :14:59.rising water levels and more rain on the way, this could go on for
:15:00. > :15:05.weeks, hopefully not months, how resource are you to cope with the
:15:06. > :15:10.situation? I think that is something we have started to focus on today,
:15:11. > :15:14.the resilience of the operation We are taking steps now to ensure we
:15:15. > :15:19.can keep up the state of preparing nests and this level of resources
:15:20. > :15:24.dedicated to it. People have been telling us over the past week that
:15:25. > :15:31.they feel stranded and abandoned. From your point of view, who is in
:15:32. > :15:39.charge of helping people? Is it the Environment Agency, councils, is it
:15:40. > :15:43.the police or military? This is very much a multi`agency response.
:15:44. > :15:48.Because it has been declared a major incident, we share a strategic group
:15:49. > :15:53.twice a day where all the partners are represented and we do that so we
:15:54. > :15:59.can share information and make sure we get the best response is possible
:16:00. > :16:06.and target the areas where they have the greatest need. Many thanks. We
:16:07. > :16:12.know it is a busy day, thank you for your time. Staying with the
:16:13. > :16:15.flooding, we can cross now to Paddington Station where we are
:16:16. > :16:19.joined by Emma North with news on how the flooding is causing
:16:20. > :16:23.disruption to train services west of London.
:16:24. > :16:27.Services in and out of Paddington Station seem to have borne the brunt
:16:28. > :16:32.of all the problems associated with these floods. At one point last
:16:33. > :16:35.night, all but two services out of the station were cancelled and the
:16:36. > :16:39.problem seems to be getting worse not better.
:16:40. > :16:46.At Maidenhead, at quarter to seven this morning, there was a train But
:16:47. > :16:59.nobody was getting on it. Instead, everyone waited. And waited. And
:17:00. > :17:05.waited a little more. For buses that did not seem to arrive. Rubbish
:17:06. > :17:09.Absolute rubbish. I have to laugh about it otherwise you get wound up
:17:10. > :17:15.and stressed about it. I have been standing here for about an hour and
:17:16. > :17:20.35 minutes now. I am freezing. I think they could have communicated a
:17:21. > :17:26.lot better with us. We have to get to work, we do not want to put our
:17:27. > :17:29.jobs at stake. This is what the problem seems to be, ground water
:17:30. > :17:34.bubbling onto the railway at Maidenhead. The operators are facing
:17:35. > :17:40.scenes like this along dozens of root. This is Reading. We have water
:17:41. > :17:46.which has got into signalling and safety equipment which means we have
:17:47. > :17:51.no signal safety equipment into or out of Paddington. The cost of the
:17:52. > :17:54.damage so far has been put at ? 00 million but only once the levels
:17:55. > :17:59.drop will be full extent become clear. We have already been warned
:18:00. > :18:03.the repairs could take months. In the light of all this disruption,
:18:04. > :18:08.many rail operators are advising if you are trying to use those
:18:09. > :18:21.services, please do not unless absolutely necessary. For those of
:18:22. > :18:24.us compelled to use the trains, this is what we believe to be the latest.
:18:25. > :18:33.On first Great Western there is a reduced service, a maximum of four
:18:34. > :18:40.trains in our instead of 25. On South West Trains, the service
:18:41. > :18:45.between Staines and Eton Riverside is suspended. There is a partial bus
:18:46. > :18:52.services but that is disrupted as well because those roads flooded.
:18:53. > :18:58.And on Southern, services between East Croydon and is Grinstead are
:18:59. > :19:14.disrupted but tickets are accepted on buses. There are roads affected
:19:15. > :19:18.in Shepparton, Hurley and `` Purley and many other areas. The picture
:19:19. > :19:22.does seem to be getting clearer It is not a good one. This situation is
:19:23. > :19:28.with us for several days to come. Thank you.
:19:29. > :19:34.Don't forget, you can keep across all the latest on the floods and
:19:35. > :19:39.travel situation by tuning into our BBC stations.
:19:40. > :19:46.To some of the day's other news now: The funeral of a 16`year`old boy who
:19:47. > :19:50.died from a suspected drugs overdose has taken place this afternoon.
:19:51. > :19:54.Daniel Spargo`Mabbs died in hospital last month, two days after he'd been
:19:55. > :19:57.to a rave in west London. His cortege passed Archbishop Tenison
:19:58. > :20:01.School in Croydon so that pupils who knew him could pay their respects
:20:02. > :20:04.along with teachers and staff. Two men have been charged in connection
:20:05. > :20:08.with his death. The widow of a former KGB spy has
:20:09. > :20:12.won a High Court victory, raising her hopes of obtaining a public
:20:13. > :20:14.inquiry into her husband's death. Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned
:20:15. > :20:18.with radioactive polonium in London in 2006. His wife, Marina,
:20:19. > :20:24.challenged the Government's decision last July to refuse an immediate
:20:25. > :20:30.inquiry. The Home Office says it is carefully considering the judgment.
:20:31. > :20:32.This is six`year`old Liliana Cernecca, who's smiling now, thanks
:20:33. > :20:37.to surgeons at Kings College Hospital. She was diagnosed with a
:20:38. > :20:41.rare condition that meant her jaw bone fused together, so struggled to
:20:42. > :20:54.talk or eat, let alone smile. Alex Bushill reports on the pioneering
:20:55. > :21:00.surgery that changed her life. Liliana Cernecca had and closes The
:21:01. > :21:05.right side of her drawer was used but the left was growing normally.
:21:06. > :21:12.It meant her face became more skewed to the right as she got older. I
:21:13. > :21:17.felt like I would never be fixed. She remembers when she could not
:21:18. > :21:22.yawn or eat properly, when she could not smile. Now that is pretty much
:21:23. > :21:28.all she does. It was very worrying at the time and it is very rare We
:21:29. > :21:31.did not have anything to go by how it had happened before and how
:21:32. > :21:36.successful the operations are. It was all very up in the air. Very
:21:37. > :21:45.nerve wracking. But it turned out to be good. She got her smile back She
:21:46. > :21:51.got her smile back, yes. This is who they have to thank, leading dental
:21:52. > :21:57.surgeon Shaun Matthews. He had never seen a case in one so young. As her
:21:58. > :22:03.jawbone was used, you had to cut through it. It should grow back
:22:04. > :22:09.normally. We removed the head of the jaw joint, to allow her to open her
:22:10. > :22:12.mouth fully, in the hope in the long`term but not only will her
:22:13. > :22:17.function be restored but more importantly the growth of her jaw
:22:18. > :22:24.will assume a more normal pattern as she grows older. And for Liliana,
:22:25. > :22:30.that is all she wanted to be, normal again, making the most of her new
:22:31. > :22:33.palette. Amazing story. George Clooney has stood by his
:22:34. > :22:38.claim that the British Museum should give back the Elgin Marbles to
:22:39. > :22:41.Greece. The Hollywood star was in the capital to promote his new film
:22:42. > :22:43.about a group of soldiers who recover art stolen by the Nazis Our
:22:44. > :22:54.entertainment correspondent, Brenda Emmanus, reports.
:22:55. > :23:01.They say with this many people dying, who cares about art? They are
:23:02. > :23:08.wrong. In The Monuments Men, George Clooney returns to the directors'
:23:09. > :23:12.chair and also stars as part of a team who risk their life to restore
:23:13. > :23:17.art stolen by the Nazis. Today, at a press conference in the National
:23:18. > :23:20.Gallery, he was drawn into the contentious debate about whether the
:23:21. > :23:25.British Museum should return the Elgin marbles taken from the
:23:26. > :23:29.Parthenon in Athens. The Vatican returned part of it. It is a
:23:30. > :23:35.question that case of breaking up one piece of art and whether or not
:23:36. > :23:42.one piece of art should be as best as possible but put back together.
:23:43. > :23:51.It is an argument to say, eight you will never say the bust of Nefertiti
:23:52. > :23:56.should be given back. It is probably the right thing to do. Greece has
:23:57. > :24:00.been campaigning for their return but the British Museum has argued
:24:01. > :24:07.the marbles are an important part of their collection. Bill Murray had a
:24:08. > :24:13.suggestion. It has had a very nice stay here! But London has become
:24:14. > :24:17.crowded. There is plenty of room back there in Greece, plenty of
:24:18. > :24:25.room. England could take the lead on this kind of thing of letting art go
:24:26. > :24:31.back where it came from. So on screen and off, it appears the stars
:24:32. > :24:37.are in favour of the return of art to their original home.
:24:38. > :24:43.We will have the weather forecast in just a moment. But first, you have
:24:44. > :24:48.been sending in your pictures and comments of how the rising water
:24:49. > :24:52.levels have affected where you live. This one from Kaushal Trivedi says
:24:53. > :24:54.it all, the remains of a car park in Staines. Moving on to this early
:24:55. > :24:58.morning picture of Datchet High Street from Ben Avery. Richard Brown
:24:59. > :25:01.sent this in from West Molesley you can just make out the park bench
:25:02. > :25:03.there. And this stoic one from Kerry showing her grandparents being
:25:04. > :25:06.evacuated from their home in Chertsey, but still managing to
:25:07. > :25:13.raise a smile despite the circumstances. Paul Bennett got in
:25:14. > :25:16.touch saying, the water outside his 78`year`old mum's house in Egham is
:25:17. > :25:20.around three feet deep, with other houses in her street flooded. Aaron
:25:21. > :25:23.Singh in Wraysbury says they've worked all day and into the night
:25:24. > :25:27.trying to make flood defences with sheets of wood and plastic. Time for
:25:28. > :25:30.one more from Alice Paice from Lower Sunbury who says her family is
:25:31. > :25:41.relying on friends and the local sports centre to keep clean. Thank
:25:42. > :25:44.you for sending them all in. We feel for you all.
:25:45. > :25:50.Time now to get the latest on the weather with Elizabeth.
:25:51. > :26:00.There is more rain on the way for the rest of this week and no real
:26:01. > :26:04.lengthy time for it to drain away. We could be looking at another 0
:26:05. > :26:10.millimetres by the time get to Saturday, that is another two inches
:26:11. > :26:15.for many areas. There is a new hazard on the block in the form of
:26:16. > :26:18.strong winds. It is a double whammy weather warning tomorrow. Not just
:26:19. > :26:25.the rain but some pretty strong winds as well. For tonight, we have
:26:26. > :26:30.some showers waiting in the wings. The risk that some of these could
:26:31. > :26:33.turn a bit wind tree over the tops of the Chilterns tonight. A nice dry
:26:34. > :26:43.spell by the middle part of the night. It will feel cold tonight.
:26:44. > :26:49.Temperatures dipping down to freezing. Into tomorrow morning s
:26:50. > :26:54.rush hour, we have more showers around. There will be longer spells
:26:55. > :26:59.of rain in the afternoon. The wind picking up all the time. We could be
:27:00. > :27:07.looking at gusts of 50 to 60 mph. It will not be nice at all. Thursday, a
:27:08. > :27:11.bit of a chance to mop up but then we have this storm system waiting in
:27:12. > :27:16.the wings for Friday. That will push up from the south. A lot of wet
:27:17. > :27:20.weather on Friday. The legacy of that at the weekend will be plenty
:27:21. > :27:27.of showers. Plenty more rain on the way. We have severe flood warnings
:27:28. > :27:32.out down the Thames. This means a risk for life. This is the flood
:27:33. > :27:36.line number. Check out the warnings on the website. Thank you for
:27:37. > :27:41.joining us. I will be back later during the ten
:27:42. > :27:43.o'clock news. Until then, from all of us on the team, have a lovely
:27:44. > :28:32.evening, goodbye. It was only for
:28:33. > :28:40.a second or two but I know - You're dragging up the past and
:28:41. > :28:45.into our house. She's my family