:00:00. > 3:59:59forces and protestors. That is all from BBC News. It is goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:00.attacks are a medical emergency. me. Time now to get the news, travel
:00:00. > :00:11.and weather where you are. Tonight on BBC London News. The
:00:12. > :00:14.Mayor is accused of giving Barclays a free ride after failing to secure
:00:15. > :00:22.millions in sponsorship for the extension of his bike hire scheme.
:00:23. > :00:25.Barclays were expected for ?10 million in cash for the third phase
:00:26. > :00:28.of expansion, they actually provided nothing. Transport bosses say there
:00:29. > :00:32.was little they could do when the bank pulled out. Also tonight... The
:00:33. > :00:42.Mafia boss living in London for 20 years. Now a court decides if he
:00:43. > :00:46.should be extradited. Millions of pounds of public money could be
:00:47. > :00:48.about to vanish into thin air, as London continues its battle with air
:00:49. > :00:52.pollution. And disbelief at this death defying stunt. Police condemn
:00:53. > :01:04.the youngsters who risked their lives.
:01:05. > :01:09.Good evening and welcome to the programme. The Mayor is being asked
:01:10. > :01:12.to explain why the extension of his bike hire scheme to South West
:01:13. > :01:16.London is being done at taxpayers' expense. It's emerged that no money
:01:17. > :01:20.is coming from the sponsors, Barclays, even though they get
:01:21. > :01:24.exclusive naming rights. Opposition groups claim the bank is, in effect,
:01:25. > :01:33.getting at least ?10 million worth of free advertising. Our political
:01:34. > :01:38.editor, Tim Donovan, has the story. This was just before Christmas,
:01:39. > :01:42.another milestone. Extending the bikes to south`west London. But if
:01:43. > :01:47.you'd assume the sponsors, Barclays, were helping to pay for this, think
:01:48. > :01:50.again. Thanks to a document unearthed under the Freedom of
:01:51. > :01:54.information act by one City Hall blogger, we could see that the
:01:55. > :01:57.mayor's original intention was to get an extra ?10 million from
:01:58. > :02:01.Barclays to pay for this, phase three of the scheme. With the bank
:02:02. > :02:06.pulling out of the sponsorship deal, that money has not and will not be
:02:07. > :02:22.paid. The documents were clear that Barclays were expected to provide
:02:23. > :02:23.?10 million in cash for the third phase expansion for south`west
:02:24. > :02:26.London. They've provided, according to TfL's press office, nothing. It's
:02:27. > :02:28.a bad bill for taxpayers. Local councillors have paid more than ?4
:02:29. > :02:31.million for it and yet their logos are nowhere on the bikes. The
:02:32. > :02:33.company that has paid nothing is benefiting from the publicity. Under
:02:34. > :02:37.the original cycle hire deal, Barclays agreed to pay up to 25
:02:38. > :02:42.million over five years, to help fund stage one in central London and
:02:43. > :02:46.stage two, extended to East London. The Mair later claimed he had
:02:47. > :02:49.secured ?25 million more from Barclays for the following three
:02:50. > :02:53.years to fund further expansion. But in fact he hadn't secured that
:02:54. > :03:00.money, meaning the south`west extension has gone ahead without ?10
:03:01. > :03:04.million from Barclays. It shows what a Poor contract this was from start
:03:05. > :03:08.to finish, poorly negotiated, poorly written. The fact that a big,
:03:09. > :03:14.multinational company like Barclays bank can get out of paying money
:03:15. > :03:19.that was due on the sponsorship deal whilst their advertising soul goes
:03:20. > :03:22.ahead, absolutely shocking. London's council tax payers in the
:03:23. > :03:26.local boroughs have actually ended up funding the expansion. Lo and
:03:27. > :03:29.behold, Barclays have still got their branding all over these bikes,
:03:30. > :03:33.even though they haven't paid for them. Transport for London said
:03:34. > :03:37.there wasn't extra money from Barclays because they had made a
:03:38. > :03:40.commercial decision not to extend sponsorship. But, as the statement
:03:41. > :03:46.added, they do however remain the sponsor of the cycle hire scheme
:03:47. > :03:50.until 2015. We expect to receive a contribution from them for the phase
:03:51. > :03:54.three extension. The mayor's office had nothing to add today. There's a
:03:55. > :04:04.little under 18 months to find a new sponsor. Later in the programme...
:04:05. > :04:10.Anger at the negative portrayal of their estate on TV. The residents
:04:11. > :04:13.taking on Channel 4. They put in load of washing lines and satellite
:04:14. > :04:24.dishes and upturned shopping trolleys and rubbish bags. You can
:04:25. > :04:28.see this isn't a reality. A Mafia boss who's been on the run in London
:04:29. > :04:30.for 20 years has begun his fight against extradition. Domenico
:04:31. > :04:34.Rancadore had been living with his family in Uxbridge, under the
:04:35. > :04:38.assumed name Marc Skinner. He was arrested last August and faces a
:04:39. > :04:48.seven year prison sentence in Italy. Our home affairs correspondent, Guy
:04:49. > :04:52.Smith, reports. A quiet suburban Axbridge in a very normal looking
:04:53. > :04:59.house. It's the last place you would expect to find a member of the
:05:00. > :05:02.Mafia. Italian police say the crime family of Domenico Rancadore are
:05:03. > :05:06.involved in extortion, racketeering and drug trafficking. He lived a
:05:07. > :05:11.double life here in West London for nearly 20 years, going under the
:05:12. > :05:16.name of Marc Skinner. Neighbours say he was easy`going but security
:05:17. > :05:20.conscious. He always seemed very friendly. Thinking about it now,
:05:21. > :05:25.when he did move in he did build up the conifers and put the big gate at
:05:26. > :05:30.the front. We always thought he was Spanish. But his quiet suburban life
:05:31. > :05:33.ended here last August when Met Police officers arrested him. His
:05:34. > :05:39.past had finally caught up with him, a past that was rooted here in
:05:40. > :05:46.the birthplace of the Mafia, in Sicily. As a former teacher, he was
:05:47. > :05:50.known as The Professor. He was acquitted twice in the Italian
:05:51. > :05:54.courts but in 1999 was convicted in his absence of being a Mafia
:05:55. > :06:00.associate and was sentenced to seven years. Now he faces extradition and
:06:01. > :06:04.being separated from his wife. But his British lawyer says he's been
:06:05. > :06:08.misrepresented will stop He deliberately left Italy because he
:06:09. > :06:12.did not want to be a member of the Mafia, he did not want to be
:06:13. > :06:16.associated in any way with them. NEETs since his return to the UK,
:06:17. > :06:21.he's lived a completely blame free life. By back row Domenico Rancadore
:06:22. > :06:24.is fighting extradition, partly because of poor conditions in
:06:25. > :06:30.Italy's prisons, where he now faces seven years. Three men have been
:06:31. > :06:35.arrested following the murder of a man from London on the south coast.
:06:36. > :06:37.The victim, who was 20 and has so far not been named, was fatally
:06:38. > :06:40.stabbed yesterday evening in Folkestone. Kent police are
:06:41. > :06:44.appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Investigators from the
:06:45. > :06:46.Independent Police Complaints Commission will carry out
:06:47. > :06:52.house`to`house enquiries this evening a week after the deaths of
:06:53. > :06:57.two cyclists in Berkshire. They died following a collision with a black
:06:58. > :07:00.BMW on the A329 in Pangbourne. The police watchdog is examining whether
:07:01. > :07:04.the actions of two officers in a police car influenced events. The
:07:05. > :07:07.Chancellor says 50 schools in London will teach Mandarin alongside other
:07:08. > :07:12.European languages in a move which is expected to affect 3000 pupils.
:07:13. > :07:15.George Osborne made the comments to businessmen in Hong Kong during a
:07:16. > :07:25.trip to China, where he is building on the UK's trade links. I want
:07:26. > :07:29.students in Britain to understand Asia better as well. Which is why
:07:30. > :07:34.today I'm announcing a new grant for Chinese language teaching, teacher
:07:35. > :07:38.training for 50 London schools. My ten`year`old daughter is already
:07:39. > :07:44.learning Mandarin. I want thousands more children in Britain to learn
:07:45. > :07:46.this language of the future world. Air pollution is recognised by the
:07:47. > :07:51.Government as the second`biggest public health threat after smoking.
:07:52. > :07:53.And London has the worst air quality of any European capital. The
:07:54. > :07:56.European Commission has launched legal proceedings over the UK's
:07:57. > :08:01.failure to cut excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide. Let's join
:08:02. > :08:09.Victoria Graham, who's in central London.
:08:10. > :08:14.I've been standing here for about half an hour and you can smell the
:08:15. > :08:19.fumes coming up from the vehicles. That includes toxic gases from
:08:20. > :08:23.nitrogen dioxide. In fairness, London isn't the only city in the UK
:08:24. > :08:26.battling air`pollution problems and it is trying to do something about
:08:27. > :08:32.it, by introducing low emissions zones and clearer `` Vina vehicles.
:08:33. > :08:39.But if air quality doesn't improve dramatically there could be a very
:08:40. > :08:44.high price to pay. Cars, motorbikes, lorries and buses. Part of everyday
:08:45. > :08:48.life in a busy city, not least here in London where battling pollution
:08:49. > :08:52.levels is a headache. Although you can't see it, it's all around us,
:08:53. > :08:57.particularly on a busy high street like this one. Although they are by
:08:58. > :09:01.no means the only culprit, Wandsworth Council found that buses
:09:02. > :09:04.significantly contributed to harmful nitrogen dioxide. So the Mayor of
:09:05. > :09:10.London replaced some of the older buses with cleaner ones, but has
:09:11. > :09:13.that help? They were part of the answer for Putney, as they will be
:09:14. > :09:17.for the rest of London. It's the rest of London as well we've got to
:09:18. > :09:21.worry about. Three quarters of London's Maine roads are well above
:09:22. > :09:25.the EU limits. That means there are premature deaths, over 4000
:09:26. > :09:29.premature deaths in London every year. There's all sorts of health
:09:30. > :09:33.problems associated with these pollutants. We've got to get moving
:09:34. > :09:37.and find a solution quickly. The Government is facing fines running
:09:38. > :09:41.into millions by not reaching their target is to lower levels. And that
:09:42. > :09:45.could be passed on to local councils where levels of pollution remain
:09:46. > :09:52.high. The price is also high for people like Andrea. The fumes from
:09:53. > :09:57.cars and exhaust pipes, the amount of traffic you have in London is
:09:58. > :10:02.unbelievable. That is something I do notice when I'm in a polluted area
:10:03. > :10:07.where there's lots of cars. I do notice I get a tight chest and get
:10:08. > :10:10.breathless. Government says it's investing heavily in transport
:10:11. > :10:14.measures to improve air quality around busy roads, and are working
:10:15. > :10:17.with the European Commission to ensure this happens as soon as
:10:18. > :10:22.possible. The first deadline to lower this toxic gas has been and
:10:23. > :10:26.gone. Current plans estimate that for London, compliance with EU
:10:27. > :10:34.standards will only be achieved by 2025. Just a footnote to this
:10:35. > :10:37.ruling, that it could affect the Heathrow airport expansion plans, if
:10:38. > :10:41.that is seen to add to pollution problems. The Liberal Democrats have
:10:42. > :10:47.said to us tonight at Boris Johnson should be implementing ultralow
:10:48. > :10:51.emissions zones by 2020 least. But before then, because that's when
:10:52. > :10:55.Boris Johnson intends to implement them. The Government is keen to
:10:56. > :10:59.stress that air`pollution levels have improved significantly over the
:11:00. > :11:01.past few decades. But for people like Andrea, further improvements
:11:02. > :11:08.can't come soon enough. Back to you. More than 20 people have come
:11:09. > :11:16.forward to complain of poor care at a north London hospital. It comes
:11:17. > :11:18.after we featured the case of one elderly patient who was left in
:11:19. > :11:26.unsanitary conditions and without a bed at Barnet Hospital. Now his
:11:27. > :11:29.daughter is leading a social media campaign to highlight the case and
:11:30. > :11:32.wants to hear from others with similar experiences. Marc Ashdown
:11:33. > :11:40.reports. He wasn't being looked after, he was in dirty ropes all the
:11:41. > :11:43.time. He looked unkempt, miserable. Sam Berman speaking last month after
:11:44. > :11:48.her father died in Barnet Hospital. She called the care inhumane. Lots
:11:49. > :11:54.more stories have emerged since then. We're talking about basic
:11:55. > :11:59.human kindness. Julia got in touch with Sam, her mother died in similar
:12:00. > :12:02.circumstances. The care was a disgrace, she says. It seems to me
:12:03. > :12:22.incredible that you can have somebody lying on a hospital ward
:12:23. > :12:25.where we are saying, how she had a stroke? And they are saying, no, she
:12:26. > :12:28.hasn't. She had had a stroke, she was there for seven hours having her
:12:29. > :12:31.stroke. She would have had more chance of a quick reaction if she'd
:12:32. > :12:33.have that stroke at a bus stop. Sam has had messages from more than 20
:12:34. > :12:36.people. We can't verify them, but all seemed to paint a picture of
:12:37. > :12:39.poor care. The hospital did ask for people to complain directly to them.
:12:40. > :12:42.People are too scared to get in touch. A lot of people are getting
:12:43. > :12:44.in touch with me because they know I've got my campaign. I think the
:12:45. > :12:47.general consensus is that people want to remain anonymous at the
:12:48. > :12:52.moment. Why? They are scared of anything happening if their
:12:53. > :12:55.relatives go back in. Julia did complain and was assured her case
:12:56. > :13:00.would be used to make sure nothing like that happened again. Three
:13:01. > :13:07.years on, she saw Sam on TV. That made me cry. Then I felt angry
:13:08. > :13:10.because my remote hope that something might have changed as a
:13:11. > :13:18.result of the experience we had with my mother just evaporated. Barnett
:13:19. > :13:22.wouldn't be interviewed but told us they have apologised again to Sam
:13:23. > :13:27.and take complaints seriously. Every time someone else comes forward and
:13:28. > :13:32.I chat to them, it fuels me and the memories of my dad and how he was in
:13:33. > :13:38.hospital. The images flashed back to me. It just spurs me on. So`called
:13:39. > :13:41.free`runners, who filmed themselves hanging from a crane in South
:13:42. > :13:44.London, have been branded irresponsible by police. The
:13:45. > :13:48.youngsters posted their death defying stunt on YouTube. The video
:13:49. > :13:53.emerged as a specialist centre for the sport opened its doors today in
:13:54. > :14:04.Poplar. Warren Nettleford is there for us now and can tell us more.
:14:05. > :14:08.As you can see in the background, there are people who are jumping,
:14:09. > :14:14.leaping, making the best use of the space, all to enjoy free running.
:14:15. > :14:19.There has been a video posted online in recent days where it seems young
:14:20. > :14:23.people have taken things too far. I would advise you not to try any of
:14:24. > :14:29.this at home as it is extremely dangerous. They are more than 200
:14:30. > :14:34.feet above ground and are taking the biggest of risks. For a moment, he
:14:35. > :14:39.dangles from the crane with just one hand without safety equipment. The
:14:40. > :14:42.teenagers who filmed themselves perhaps wanted notoriety. Instead
:14:43. > :14:48.they have caught the attention of the police. This was filmed in south
:14:49. > :14:54.London. Those who posted the video describe themselves as free`runners,
:14:55. > :15:01.those who practice the art of Park core. Here at the academy, they see
:15:02. > :15:07.it differently. It is just hanging off a crane. It is based on dealer
:15:08. > :15:15.to get some sort of validation or whatever, but it is not part of what
:15:16. > :15:18.we do. The academy opened its doors today in East London for the first
:15:19. > :15:25.time. It is the first indoor training centre for the urban sport
:15:26. > :15:30.of free running. Those who want to learn can learn from experts. I've
:15:31. > :15:38.been doing it for a couple of years. I have always loved climbing. There
:15:39. > :15:41.are no rules. There is no conflict. There can be competition but we
:15:42. > :15:47.don't like to play it that way. We want to push each other to the
:15:48. > :15:50.limit. I think it is absolutely brilliant, just for the pure
:15:51. > :15:56.fitness. It appeals to such a wide range of people as well. Like most
:15:57. > :16:05.sports, free running requires dedication, perseverance and
:16:06. > :16:10.motivation. People who saw this video described as dangerous and
:16:11. > :16:15.stupid. They may describe the video as death`defying, but people here
:16:16. > :16:19.felt it was extremely stupid indeed. Police have asked anybody who can
:16:20. > :16:27.identify those people to come forward. I am joined by Naomi,
:16:28. > :16:32.identify those people to come Why is this sport becoming so
:16:33. > :16:38.popular? It is available now more than it used to be. It is a
:16:39. > :16:42.relatively young sport. There were fantastic teachers and practitioners
:16:43. > :16:44.learning from each other. It is a really satisfying sport. You are
:16:45. > :16:51.moving in a way that your body is designed to move. If anybody is keen
:16:52. > :16:55.to try this out for themselves, it costs about ?7 per session and you
:16:56. > :17:04.can get excellent coaching. People here already enjoying themselves.
:17:05. > :17:07.Still to come: not in a million years did we ever imagine we will be
:17:08. > :17:10.nominated for a BAFTA. A director from north London, more
:17:11. > :17:17.used to making TV commercials, wins a BAFTA. And the Met Office has
:17:18. > :17:20.confirmed we have had the wettest winter on record in the south`east.
:17:21. > :17:24.There is some respite in the forecast. I will tell you all about
:17:25. > :17:38.it in a few minutes. It's supposed to look like a genuine
:17:39. > :17:41.London estate, but this Channel four promo video has angered the
:17:42. > :17:43.residents who live on the Aylesbury estate. They claim it was
:17:44. > :17:47.deliberately made to look dirty and unkempt. So much so, that some of
:17:48. > :17:50.them got together and made their own film which they hope the broadcaster
:17:51. > :17:59.will run instead, as Jean Mackenzie reports.
:18:00. > :18:03.A familiar scene Frannie macro TV viewer. This promotional video for
:18:04. > :18:06.Channel four shows an estate littered with bin liners and
:18:07. > :18:12.washing. The reality looks different. They put in loads of
:18:13. > :18:19.washing lines and satellite dishes, upturned shopping trolley sees ``
:18:20. > :18:23.trolleys, rubbish bags. This is not the reality. Residents say when it
:18:24. > :18:28.was filmed ten years ago producers brought along props and effects were
:18:29. > :18:32.added later. As I got older and seen it over and over again, I was not
:18:33. > :18:37.really happy with it. I was thinking, that is not home, that is
:18:38. > :18:41.not where I live. Built in the 1960s, the Aylesbury is the largest
:18:42. > :18:46.estate in Europe. Blighted by crime and deprivation in the past, Tony
:18:47. > :18:49.Blair made his first speech is premised. Even with its
:18:50. > :18:55.difficulties, some feel this portrayal is not fair. 7500 live
:18:56. > :19:05.here. It will have its problems. But we think things like the idea and
:19:06. > :19:09.re`the negatives. Those living along the corridor teamed up with a local
:19:10. > :19:12.film`maker to create their own version, replacing props with
:19:13. > :19:17.people. We want to feature the residents who live here. And give
:19:18. > :19:21.them a chance to be seen on the estate. The estate is about the
:19:22. > :19:28.people and the community and not sodden brutalist architecture. ``
:19:29. > :19:32.not brutalist architecture. The people you want Channel four to
:19:33. > :19:42.start running this instead. `` Channel 4. That is what Channel four
:19:43. > :19:51.needs to put up. `` Channel 4. It is a good estate. Clean and friendly.
:19:52. > :19:56.It is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Channel 4 says that since
:19:57. > :20:01.been contacted by BBC London, it has watched the version produced by the
:20:02. > :20:08.residents and was impressed. It has promised to run the new one at least
:20:09. > :20:12.once. We will watch with interest. When
:20:13. > :20:14.one of the richest men in Belgium bought struggling Championship club
:20:15. > :20:18.Charlton Athletic last month, there were a few raised eyebrows as to
:20:19. > :20:21.why. Today we got a few more answers. Roland Duchatelet, who's
:20:22. > :20:33.worth an estimated ?420 million, has been speaking to our sports
:20:34. > :20:39.reporter, Chris Slegg. Last summer, protests outside the
:20:40. > :20:47.stadium at Standard Liege as some fans protested against Roman do
:20:48. > :20:53.chatelaine. He has since won many of them over. He is still on the club
:20:54. > :20:59.and he owns Charlton Athletic. I think throughout the history of this
:21:00. > :21:06.club, it is a very attractive club. Of course, there is still a lot of
:21:07. > :21:12.work. But again, we are going to try to help to bring this club again to
:21:13. > :21:18.a more stable level than it has been recently. He bought Standard Liege
:21:19. > :21:24.three years ago. This winter he went on a spending spree, buying a German
:21:25. > :21:31.team come at Charlton and a Spanish team. We'll Charlton lose their
:21:32. > :21:39.identity as part of this network? The benefit you Charlton is that it
:21:40. > :21:43.has... They can exchange players. It is an opportunity for younger
:21:44. > :21:48.players. How have you found it working with Chris Powell? Is he a
:21:49. > :21:52.manager for the long`term? Absolutely. We think he has all of
:21:53. > :21:57.the qualities to be for the long`term. In the short term, the
:21:58. > :22:02.priority is for the club to move of the relegation zone. Stay up and
:22:03. > :22:08.then we can see if the network works for Charlton.
:22:09. > :22:11.He's wanted to win awards for his film`making since he was ten. James
:22:12. > :22:18.Griffiths from Highgate is more used to making 30`second TV adverts. But
:22:19. > :22:21.last weekend he realised his dream when he won a BAFTA for his short
:22:22. > :22:24.film, Room eight. Now, as he told our Entertainment Correspondent
:22:25. > :22:37.Brenda Emmanus, he'd love to try his hand at making a feature film.
:22:38. > :22:44.Don't open it. Why not? Because you may regret it. Room 8, a short film
:22:45. > :22:52.about a British prison attempting a surreal escape from a Russian
:22:53. > :23:04.prison. Last weekend this happened. James Griffiths... Room 8 won Best
:23:05. > :23:08.Short film at the BAFTAs. Thank you very much. Not in a million years
:23:09. > :23:14.did we ever imagine we would be nominated for a BAFTA.
:23:15. > :23:18.It was incredible. Going up on that stage to win a BAFTA, I have been
:23:19. > :23:22.thinking about that since I was ten years old. Just going up there and
:23:23. > :23:33.picking up a BAFTA was amazing. Last year, the film won competition in
:23:34. > :23:39.Bombay, which afforded him the ?40,000 needed to complete the film.
:23:40. > :23:44.His work sees him working with major brands and tourist boards. How does
:23:45. > :23:51.the day job compare? The good thing about commercials is that you are
:23:52. > :24:00.constantly practising directing, and constantly kind of working to refine
:24:01. > :24:06.your skills, and your talent. Prior to Room 8, James won another
:24:07. > :24:11.competition for a film shot entirely on mobile phone. Has this inflated
:24:12. > :24:18.your ambition? Blue No, I have always had ambition. My next
:24:19. > :24:23.ambition is to make a feature. I don't think it has changed my
:24:24. > :24:28.ambitions. It has definitely spurred me along. With three awards
:24:29. > :24:34.definitely in the can, a feature film may add another gong to
:24:35. > :24:40.James's collection. Congratulations to him. Now the
:24:41. > :24:43.weather. It probably comes as no surprise that it is official, we
:24:44. > :24:48.have had the wettest winter on record. Yes. Of course, we have seen
:24:49. > :24:54.significant rainfall. It has been mild as well. It is all about the
:24:55. > :25:00.rainfall. Across the UK has been the wettest winter on record. And for
:25:01. > :25:06.the South of England, the wettest on record. More than 19 inches of
:25:07. > :25:14.rain. 225% of average. That is until yesterday. Still a week to go. We
:25:15. > :25:18.have had more rain today. Then it shaped up to be a lovely day. A few
:25:19. > :25:24.showers drifting towards us in the last few hours. They will continue
:25:25. > :25:28.to move towards us this evening. It will be a chilly night. In terms of
:25:29. > :25:31.significant rainfall, nothing to talk about tonight. A few showers to
:25:32. > :25:36.think through. That is the best we will see. They will clear away quite
:25:37. > :25:43.quickly. Klopp `` the skies clearing behind. It will be a chilly night
:25:44. > :25:48.and a chilly start tomorrow. Some good spells of sunshine. For the
:25:49. > :25:52.bulk of the day, it will be dry. Later in the afternoon, more showers
:25:53. > :25:55.make their way towards us from the West. It is not until the end of the
:25:56. > :26:01.afternoon we see them coming in. Nine or 10 Celsius. Still feeling
:26:02. > :26:05.quite pleasant. Those showers get going tomorrow evening. They start
:26:06. > :26:09.to clear away in the early hours of Saturday. Watching this area of
:26:10. > :26:18.rain. At the moment it does not look like it will us. Saturday looks like
:26:19. > :26:24.a lovely day. Plenty of sunshine. Cloud towards the West. It is a
:26:25. > :26:29.weekend of two halves. Saturday really pleasant to start with. Dry
:26:30. > :26:40.and sunny. Later, cloud advancing. Isobars gathering together. Brighton
:26:41. > :26:41.on Saturday, grey and damp at times on Sunday. Quite breezy, too. For
:26:42. > :26:50.Saturday, a lot of good weather with The main headlines: At least 21
:26:51. > :26:52.people are reported to have been killed in fresh clashes between
:26:53. > :26:55.anti`government protestors and police in the Ukrainian capital,
:26:56. > :27:03.Kiev. The country's interior ministry says the demonstrators are
:27:04. > :27:06.holding 67 policemen hostage. Rebekah Brooks has told a jury she
:27:07. > :27:09.had no knowledge of phone hacking while she was editor of the News of
:27:10. > :27:20.the World. She was giving evidence on the opening day of her defence at
:27:21. > :27:23.the phone`hacking trial. There are questions over the funding of the
:27:24. > :27:26.extension of the Mayor's bike hire scheme to South West London. It's
:27:27. > :27:29.emerged the sponsor Barclays isn't paying for it, even though they get
:27:30. > :27:32.the advertising said to be worth ?10 million. More on the day's stories
:27:33. > :27:36.on our website, and Sonja Jessup will be back with our late news.
:27:37. > :27:42.From me and the team here, have a lovely evening.