:00:00. > :00:00.firepower in military exercises That is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:12.six. It is goodbye from me. Now it is time to join the BBC news teams
:00:13. > :00:15.where you are. Tonight on BBC London News. The tube strike is set to go
:00:16. > :00:17.ahead after London Undergrotnd is accused of breaking a deal over
:00:18. > :00:20.ticket officer closures. To begin with, TfL said thex will
:00:21. > :00:24.willing to take a station`bx`station review and were going to be
:00:25. > :00:29.open`minded. Now they seem to have reneged on that.
:00:30. > :00:32.We'll be speaking to London Underground on the programmd for the
:00:33. > :00:36.latest reaction. Also tonight: Suspended by UKIP but still standing
:00:37. > :00:40.for election ` the Merton council candidate who made racist rdmarks.
:00:41. > :00:47.Another landmark in building London's east to west rail link
:00:48. > :00:50.Join me in east London 35 mdtres underground to take a look hnside
:00:51. > :01:10.the tunnel being built for Crossrail.
:01:11. > :01:18.Good evening and welcome to the programme.
:01:19. > :01:20.London underground has been accused of breaking a deal over plans to
:01:21. > :01:24.close ticket offices. It coles just days before the latest in a series
:01:25. > :01:26.of strikes set to begin on Londay evening. In dispute, are thd
:01:27. > :01:29.proposed job losses if tickdt offices close. This programle has
:01:30. > :01:32.seen a document which shows that transport bosses agreed earlier this
:01:33. > :01:35.year to review ticket officd closures. But Unions say London
:01:36. > :01:37.Underground has reneged on that offer. Our Transport Correspondent
:01:38. > :01:42.Tom Edwards reports. More strike disruption looms on the
:01:43. > :01:45.Tube. At the centre of the dispute, the closure of all ticket offices.
:01:46. > :01:48.The strike starts Monday night. I think people who work on thd Tubes
:01:49. > :01:52.provide a pretty good service. I think they are treated very badly
:01:53. > :01:56.and I would thoroughly support it. You've got to have sympathy for the
:01:57. > :01:59.Tube workers, but by the sale token I think I'm on the side really of
:02:00. > :02:02.the commuter who have got to get to their place of work. This ldtter
:02:03. > :02:10.sent to the late Bob Crow. Ht halted February's strike over the same
:02:11. > :02:14.issue. It says London Underground will discuss a review including
:02:15. > :02:16.ticket offices which could result in some ticket offices remaining open.
:02:17. > :02:18.Speaking to BBC London 94.9, London Underground say all ticket offices
:02:19. > :02:22.will be closed. Are you elilinating the idea that the best servhce at a
:02:23. > :02:28.particular station should bd to keep that office open? Ticket offices
:02:29. > :02:31.will close across the network, there is no question. Will you be
:02:32. > :02:34.reviewing that? What we will review is how many ticket sellers we have
:02:35. > :02:40.available in the concourse `reas, how many supporting people we have
:02:41. > :02:43.around to help. The breakdown of relations over the review is a big
:02:44. > :02:46.part of this dispute. LU saxs the timetable for the closures hs up for
:02:47. > :02:51.discussion and it's frustrated at a lack of imput from the RMT. Union
:02:52. > :02:56.insiders have told me they think the chances of the strike on Monday
:02:57. > :03:00.being called off are close to zero. They think London Underground now
:03:01. > :03:09.has little interest in compromise and feel the company is now out to
:03:10. > :03:12.crush the RMT. London Underground claim new technology means ticket it
:03:13. > :03:16.offices aren't needed, staff will be moved into the ticket halls. 95
:03:17. > :03:21.jobs will go but there will be no compulsory redundancies. However,
:03:22. > :03:24.unions have concerns over s`fety. There will be some of what will be
:03:25. > :03:28.called Visitor Information Centres which could be added to, but Labour
:03:29. > :03:33.says politics is being put `bove passengers. I think it's a really
:03:34. > :03:40.dramatic change to London's underground to close all of the
:03:41. > :03:42.ticket offices. And to begin with, TfL said they were willing to
:03:43. > :03:47.undertake a station`by`stathon review and they were going to be
:03:48. > :03:51.open`minded. But now they sdem to have reneged on that and ard going
:03:52. > :03:56.back to what is a very rigid and uncompromising view. I cert`inly
:03:57. > :03:59.think London's passengers otght to be in this debate and ought to have
:04:00. > :04:05.a chance to comment on what's going to be provided at their loc`l
:04:06. > :04:09.stations. Business groups h`ve said they are baffled as to why this deal
:04:10. > :04:14.has unravelled. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister has condemned the strike.
:04:15. > :04:20.The RMT has written to London Underground requesting further
:04:21. > :04:24.talks. Well, we can speak now to the
:04:25. > :04:26.Managing Director of London Underground, Mike Brown. Thhs is
:04:27. > :04:30.pretty simple isn't it? In February you offered to review the closure of
:04:31. > :04:39.some ticket offices and now you re insisting they'll all close. You've
:04:40. > :04:47.gone back on your word. Absolutely not. That is not the case. We have
:04:48. > :04:52.said we will take any proposals the RMT put forward and we would
:04:53. > :04:58.consider our response. Not `n alternative proposal has bedn put to
:04:59. > :05:05.us other than us taking everything off the table. Let me quote your
:05:06. > :05:14.letter. Your letter says sole ticket offices could remain open. Xou don't
:05:15. > :05:21.want to listen to us. Let md put your letter to you. I said, if they
:05:22. > :05:28.were able to come up with constructed ideas and we will come
:05:29. > :05:33.up with a possibility of looking at a review of ticket offices. But that
:05:34. > :05:38.has not been a constructive proposal put forward. We have reviewdd how we
:05:39. > :05:45.treat our employees in this. Nobody will lose their job, not a single
:05:46. > :05:54.employee will be forced out of the organisation. I'd don't know
:05:55. > :06:00.anywhere else in the world... When you made that offer in this letter
:06:01. > :06:05.they suspended strike action and they say they have written to you to
:06:06. > :06:12.ask for talks? We have been talking to them for 40 days. The other union
:06:13. > :06:16.who was involved in previous disputes is not involved at this
:06:17. > :06:20.time. I want to continue with those talks. I am open throughout this
:06:21. > :06:26.process is that if there ard constructive ideas that how we can
:06:27. > :06:30.respond to modern technologx and provide a decent face`to`face
:06:31. > :06:41.service for our passengers `nd help them out keep the fares low. For
:06:42. > :06:47.commuters watching this, we have had five months of no agreement between
:06:48. > :06:50.either parties and yet it sdems your position is hardening and you are
:06:51. > :06:56.moving further away from thd agreement? Absolutely not, H have
:06:57. > :07:02.never had a hard position in this. We have listened to our employees.
:07:03. > :07:07.Our proposals through these transitional arrangements, no other
:07:08. > :07:17.lawyer in the Private of public sector is being as decent. ``
:07:18. > :07:22.employer. We have changed otr position. But what we have not had
:07:23. > :07:27.from the RMT is any construct a dialogue or ideas from them. I do
:07:28. > :07:34.regret that. I hope they can come up with some proposals and if they do,
:07:35. > :07:36.I promise to listen to them. The RMT refute that, but thanks for joining
:07:37. > :07:45.me. Lots more to come including: The
:07:46. > :07:48.Heineken Cup, the greatest prize in European club rugby and tomorrow
:07:49. > :07:50.Saracens will try to get to their first`ever final again as they take
:07:51. > :07:59.on French giants Clermont Atvergne in semis here at Twickenham.
:08:00. > :08:03.A UKIP council candidate who made racist and anti islamic rem`rks is
:08:04. > :08:06.still to stand for the partx in next month's local elections. Th`t's
:08:07. > :08:09.despite being suspended by his party leadership. Andre Lampitt wrote his
:08:10. > :08:12.offensive messages on social media. UKIP is now conducting an
:08:13. > :08:14.investigation into how he w`s selected to stand in Merton. Here's
:08:15. > :08:21.our Political Correspondent, Karl Mercer. On Wednesday, Andre Lampitt
:08:22. > :08:23.was one of the faces of UKIP's party political broadcast ahead of next
:08:24. > :08:27.month 's local elections. A builder in Merton, he was also one of the
:08:28. > :08:32.party's candidates hoping to be elected to the local council. Since
:08:33. > :08:36.the lads from Eastern Europd are prepared to work for a lot less than
:08:37. > :08:40.anybody else, I found it a real struggle. It's getting hard to
:08:41. > :08:44.provide for my family. But ht's his views on social media that have got
:08:45. > :08:47.Mr Lampitt into trouble. Wrhting on Twitter, he's described Isl`m as a
:08:48. > :08:49.pathetic, Satanic religion. He said Nigerians were generally bad and
:08:50. > :08:58.said about Africans, let thdm kill themselves. We live in such a
:08:59. > :09:00.multicultural world and sochety to have someone with those views and
:09:01. > :09:11.opinions actually being allowed to stand for what is bigotry and
:09:12. > :09:14.racism, it shouldn't be allowed As a voter, no he should not bd
:09:15. > :09:17.permitted to have such racist comments and be allowed to stand,
:09:18. > :09:20.unless he wants to stand as a racist candidate. He's also critichsed the
:09:21. > :09:24.Labour leader, Ed Miliband. Saying he wasn't really British but was
:09:25. > :09:28.Polish. Andre Lampitt has not been answering calls from the BBC but his
:09:29. > :09:35.party leader has acted. He has suspended him from the partx.
:09:36. > :09:38.Someone's made a mistake, so I'm going to have an investigathon into
:09:39. > :09:42.this and somebody must be disciplined for this. We haven't got
:09:43. > :09:46.a monopoly on stupidity or on people saying repellent things. But
:09:47. > :09:49.obviously given the criticism we faced last year, we have put
:09:50. > :09:56.measures in place and mistakes have happened. I am sorry about ht. Nigel
:09:57. > :10:00.Farage may have suspended hhs candidate, but this is the list that
:10:01. > :10:05.voters in St Helier 's ward in Merton will face when they go to the
:10:06. > :10:08.polls on May the 22nd. Finalised this morning after yesterdax 's
:10:09. > :10:11.deadline to candidates, it clearly shows Mr Lampitt is standing and
:10:12. > :10:14.shows his name is against that of the United Kingdom Independdnce
:10:15. > :10:21.Party. The row over his comlents, it seems may have come too latd to stop
:10:22. > :10:23.him going before voters. Thd 42`year`old mother accused of
:10:24. > :10:28.murdering three of her children has broken down in tears at her first
:10:29. > :10:31.court appearance. Tania Clarence was remanded in custody over thd deaths
:10:32. > :10:36.of her three`year`old twins, Ben and Max and four`year`old Olivi`.
:10:37. > :10:40.Tributes left outside the f`mily home.
:10:41. > :10:43.This is where tension has bden focused since Tuesday evening when
:10:44. > :10:50.the children were found dead in their bedrooms. This morning the
:10:51. > :10:53.focus shifted a few miles away to Wimbledon Magistrates' Court where
:10:54. > :10:56.their mother made her first appearance, having been charged with
:10:57. > :10:58.their murder. Just before T`nia Clarence was led into the dock, the
:10:59. > :11:01.public gallery in court number seven was filled with friends and family
:11:02. > :11:04.members, including a clearlx emotional Gary Clarence. He listened
:11:05. > :11:06.as his 42`year`old wife, who was dressed in black and sobbing
:11:07. > :11:12.throughout, stated her name, her address and her date of birth. Then
:11:13. > :11:17.it was put to her she had mtrdered her children, Olivia, Ben and Max.
:11:18. > :11:20.Gary Clarence, seen here le`ving court on the left, had been in South
:11:21. > :11:23.Africa with the couple's eight`year`old daughter when he was
:11:24. > :11:26.told of the death of his chhldren. He flew back yesterday, along with
:11:27. > :11:30.members of his family, who were also in court. They released a statement
:11:31. > :11:35.saying they had suffered an extreme tragedy and were under tremdndous
:11:36. > :11:39.pressure and strain. The postmortem on Olivia and her twin brothers Ben
:11:40. > :11:45.and Max, seen here with thehr father, is ongoing. All thrde
:11:46. > :11:48.children suffered from spin`l muscular atrophy, a condition which
:11:49. > :11:52.can be life limiting. Tania Clarence has been remanded in custodx and
:11:53. > :12:01.will appear at the Old Baildy on the 29th April.
:12:02. > :12:04.A former met police officer will appear in court accused of hndecent
:12:05. > :12:07.assault of a minor. Gurpal Virdi is alleged to have indecently `ssaulted
:12:08. > :12:16.a boy under the age of 16 in 19 6. He will appear at Westminstdr
:12:17. > :12:19.Magistrates' Court next month. A judge in the United States has
:12:20. > :12:24.ordered a hearing to considdr new evidence in the case of a British
:12:25. > :12:30.businessman in Miami for a double murder in 1987. The 75`year`old
:12:31. > :12:36.spent a decade on death row before his punishment was reduced to two
:12:37. > :12:40.life sentences. He says the evidence shows Colombian drug traffickers
:12:41. > :12:45.were responsible for the killings. It is the biggest infrastructure
:12:46. > :12:48.project in Europe with a budget of an early ?15 billion. The l`test
:12:49. > :12:54.work on the Crossrail project is involved digging deep beneath
:12:55. > :12:58.Stepney. This is a stones throw away from the
:12:59. > :13:01.Olympic Park and in five ye`rs' time will be the entrance to the
:13:02. > :13:07.Crossrail tunnel. Every building site needs good luck, espechally a
:13:08. > :13:12.project of this scale. 10,000 people working over 40 building sites
:13:13. > :13:15.across the capital to link the far West in Berkshire to the far east in
:13:16. > :13:23.Essex. Excavation work is still taking place, but when it is
:13:24. > :13:26.complete, this is the point I which trains from Shenfield and Essex will
:13:27. > :13:30.go into the tunnel straight into central London. For passengdrs at
:13:31. > :13:37.Ilford, the current journey time between Ilford and on street is
:13:38. > :13:41.around 40 minutes with one change onto the Central line. Crossrail
:13:42. > :13:46.will change that. Not only will there be a train every five minutes,
:13:47. > :13:51.at the journey time will be 24 minutes with no changes. In Stepney
:13:52. > :13:56.Green, this and will be a kdy point on the route. This is where trains
:13:57. > :14:01.heading east bound from Whitechapel will fork into two branches. That
:14:02. > :14:09.way to Stratford and Essex `nd then that way to Canary Wharf. Wd will be
:14:10. > :14:13.able to offer those passengdrs walk through trains, quieter and
:14:14. > :14:19.smoother. They will be able to take up to 1500 people, compared to a
:14:20. > :14:25.London underground train th`t takes 700 people. Three quarters of the
:14:26. > :14:30.tunnelling has been completdd. The Crossrail teams say they ard on time
:14:31. > :14:39.and on budget with passengers able to use the service by 2019.
:14:40. > :14:48.Still to come: We visit London's sewers to see the problems caused by
:14:49. > :14:56.cooking fat thrown down the drain. Time now to get all eyes on Chelsea
:14:57. > :15:03.and Liverpool this weekend. Not just for fans in the capital? It could be
:15:04. > :15:06.a decisive weekend for teams in the Premier League at the top and the
:15:07. > :15:13.bottom. Chelsea could raise their thtle
:15:14. > :15:21.hopes a winning away at Livdrpool. They may have to prioritise again
:15:22. > :15:29.because of the champions le`gue How are you doing? I would like to
:15:30. > :15:37.talk to the Queen, please. There hasn't been another managerhal
:15:38. > :15:40.change at White Hart Lane. @merican comedian was the face for an
:15:41. > :15:47.advertising campaign for a coverage of the Premier League. And ht wasn't
:15:48. > :15:52.just TV adverts, inside and outside of subway trains in New York got a
:15:53. > :15:57.Premier League treatment. Even London cabs and the gamble `ppears
:15:58. > :16:01.to have paid off. What happdns in our country is people like to watch
:16:02. > :16:06.the best of everything, whether it is the best hockey, basket `ll or
:16:07. > :16:16.you know, they want to watch the best soccer. The Premier Le`gue
:16:17. > :16:23.offers the best soccer. NBC played ?150 million to show The Gales in
:16:24. > :16:26.the US. 28 million Americans have tuned in at least once, double to
:16:27. > :16:31.the number of viewers compared to last year. The big block buster or
:16:32. > :16:37.product for Americans to watch this weekend comes from Anfield where
:16:38. > :16:41.Chelsea, hoping to keep thehr slim title dreams alive, take on
:16:42. > :16:50.Liverpool. Do you want me to laugh or to cry. Jose Mourinho wasn't keen
:16:51. > :16:52.on giving away the plot, as in Will he play a weakened team and rest his
:16:53. > :16:58.players for their champions league semifinal? Chelsea fans think
:16:59. > :17:03.Chelsea deserves more respect than what Chelsea is getting. Thd second
:17:04. > :17:08.thing they want is Chelsea to go to Liverpool and play as always, at the
:17:09. > :17:20.maximum, giving everything they have. Which players is our
:17:21. > :17:26.decision. Liverpool haven't won a title in a long time. With lore fans
:17:27. > :17:30.watching than ever, they will be hoping for a Chelsea victorx, if
:17:31. > :17:37.only to make the final few games even more exciting.
:17:38. > :17:41.Away from Chelsea, Crystal Palace play Manchester City knowing they
:17:42. > :17:46.could also have a big impact on the winner of the Premier Leagud. At the
:17:47. > :17:49.city they take on Liverpool and go into this weekend on the back of
:17:50. > :17:57.this vibe straight wins. Manager, Tony Pulis have guided them to
:17:58. > :18:03.safety but wanted to praise the whole team for their efforts. It is
:18:04. > :18:07.not about individuals, it is about everybody around the football club.
:18:08. > :18:12.You galvanise people, you ptll people together and you get them to
:18:13. > :18:17.work together. That is not just the 11 on the pitch, it is everxbody.
:18:18. > :18:22.That is what we have done as a football club.
:18:23. > :18:25.Tomorrow netball fans will be hoping that it's third time lucky for
:18:26. > :18:27.Surrey Storm who play Manchdster Thunder in the Superleague Grand
:18:28. > :18:31.Final. Netball's club show`piece is being played at the Worcestdr Arena
:18:32. > :18:34.tomorrow night and the final is a repeat of the 2012 final. Strrey
:18:35. > :18:36.Storm have never won the Super League title despite two prdvious
:18:37. > :18:39.final appearances. Onto rugby union and tomorrow Saracens will lake
:18:40. > :18:42.another attempt to reach thd biggest stage in European club rugbx ` the
:18:43. > :18:45.Heienken Cup final. They pl`y their semi at Twickenham against French
:18:46. > :18:48.side Clermont Auvergne. But pressure is starting to mount on the London
:18:49. > :18:56.club to start filling their trophy cabinet. Last week it was another
:18:57. > :19:00.win for Saracens in the Aviva Premiership. They have clocked 8
:19:01. > :19:05.out of 20 wins in the leagud this season. But this weekend thdy bid to
:19:06. > :19:09.make their first ever Europdan Heineken Cup final. Taking on French
:19:10. > :19:13.side, Clerment Auvergne, thd SARSis know that they fell at the
:19:14. > :19:17.semi`final stage last season, also to a French club.
:19:18. > :19:23.You have two class teams at the top of their game with wonderful players
:19:24. > :19:26.on both sides. They will go hammer and tongs at each other. It will be
:19:27. > :19:31.a brutal match. To get to the semi`final is a clear
:19:32. > :19:36.achievement but clearly we want to go further.
:19:37. > :19:41.Alarm bells rang out when Owen Farrell picked up a foot injury but
:19:42. > :19:45.he pulled through in time to face Clermont's star`studded lind`up
:19:46. > :19:49.They have left me alone with the trophy, so who would not be doing a
:19:50. > :19:55.little armwork there. Yes, ht is heavy! But when it comes to Saracens
:19:56. > :20:00.and trophies like this, last season they reached the semi`finals of
:20:01. > :20:03.league, Europe and the L B Cup but came away with nothing. This season,
:20:04. > :20:09.it is the league and the European double. But the pressure is starting
:20:10. > :20:12.to build for the on`pitch stccess to breed silverware.
:20:13. > :20:17.We are determined to go further than last year. To go as far as we can in
:20:18. > :20:22.the competition. We want to ensure that we perform to the level that we
:20:23. > :20:25.think we are capable of. I would rather be criticised for losing a
:20:26. > :20:30.semi`final than not being there at all. And consistently we ard getting
:20:31. > :20:36.there. We know if we are in enough of them we will win one of them
:20:37. > :20:40.With three weeks for the cup organisers to fill Twickenh`m with
:20:41. > :20:45.the clash, hopes are that the supporters turn out for the Saracens
:20:46. > :20:48.tomorrow and cheer them on to the first ever European final and the
:20:49. > :20:53.first trophy in three years. Well, a pretty massive weekdnd for
:20:54. > :21:00.all of the London clubs. If you want to keep abreast of it don't forget
:21:01. > :21:03.the radio station, BBC London 9 . 9. That is all the sport.
:21:04. > :21:08.Good luck to everyone taking part tomorrow. How do you get rid of used
:21:09. > :21:13.cooking fat when you have fhnished with it? Too many of us are throwing
:21:14. > :21:19.it down the drain it is causing many unpleasant problems in the sewers.
:21:20. > :21:25.We are going under ground, hnto a system that has served bene`th us in
:21:26. > :21:30.one of the world's greatest cities for more than 150 years. But modern
:21:31. > :21:36.life is testing London's sewers like never before. The main problem is
:21:37. > :21:38.hot cooking oil, poured down the sink which cools and soldifhes down
:21:39. > :21:43.here. What we have done so far is to climb
:21:44. > :21:48.down the ladder into the sewer. Look, already, my gloves ard caked
:21:49. > :21:55.in fat. There is fat absolutely everywhere down here! Then ht
:21:56. > :22:01.creates what is known as a fatberg, and unlike icebergs, these `re
:22:02. > :22:08.man`made. This one in Kingston on Thames was the biggest discovered.
:22:09. > :22:13.Today's is about 150m long. What we have here is a layer of fat
:22:14. > :22:18.about that thick, the water is going down the stairs and is going under
:22:19. > :22:23.the fat that is floating on the top. The fat sets hard, and when I say
:22:24. > :22:28.hard, I mean solid. Then we come back with the lachines
:22:29. > :22:35.and suck it all out. It is really like clay. Amazing. It is lhke a
:22:36. > :22:40.chalk. Solid and dry. Combined fat, oil or grease, known
:22:41. > :22:46.in the trade as fog, with whpes cotton buds and other unsuitable
:22:47. > :22:51.items thrown down the toilets, in drains and sewers, blocks and can
:22:52. > :22:55.flood. The advice is to put the oil into the containers and then into
:22:56. > :22:59.the bin. But it is not the greenest solution. If we collect it `t
:23:00. > :23:02.source, like we are doing, collecting it directly from the
:23:03. > :23:06.restaurants before it becomds a problems in the sewers, we can take
:23:07. > :23:11.it to a power station that can create green energy for London. But
:23:12. > :23:16.still, a huge amount is getting through.
:23:17. > :23:23.It is solid stuff. It takes a bit of breaking! Oh, fresh air! Th`t was
:23:24. > :23:28.quite an experience. An intrepid John Maguire reporting
:23:29. > :23:34.there. Let's have a look at the weather this even evening and at the
:23:35. > :23:39.weather with Jay Wynne. It was preter uninspiring today A
:23:40. > :23:42.lot of cloud. But not just the London areas what covered in cloud.
:23:43. > :23:47.Much of the rest of the United Kingdom was swamped by the blanket
:23:48. > :23:53.of cloud. It was low cloud `nd under that it was grey with mist `nd haze.
:23:54. > :23:56.Also a bit of rain. We missdd on the heaviest rain, that passed to the
:23:57. > :24:00.south and to the west. But there are further showers to come over the
:24:01. > :24:05.next few hours. But once thd showers have moved away it should ttrn drier
:24:06. > :24:09.for a time. By the end of the night I suspect to see the next b`tch of
:24:10. > :24:15.rain. In the next few hours there are showers. They are moving to the
:24:16. > :24:19.north. Then it drys up for ` while. Then the winds freshening up, the
:24:20. > :24:23.cloud thickening again and the rain showing its hand in the south and
:24:24. > :24:28.the west. A windy start to the day. Mild as well. But also wet. But hang
:24:29. > :24:31.in there. Give it a few hours and the rain moves to the north. Then it
:24:32. > :24:35.will brighten up. A little bit of sunshine and the
:24:36. > :24:39.chance of a few sharp showers into the afternoon. But with sunshine, we
:24:40. > :24:46.should get the temperatures up to 15 or 16 Celsius.
:24:47. > :24:50.There is a big game taking place at dicken ham tomorrow. The we`ther
:24:51. > :24:57.should improve but always a chance of showers `` twingenham.
:24:58. > :25:00.There are further showers to come on Saturday evening.
:25:01. > :25:04.Bear that in mind if you have plans to get out and about. The breeze
:25:05. > :25:08.will ease through the weekend. On Sunday it will be a day of sunny
:25:09. > :25:12.spells and a scattering of showers. The showers can be on the sharp
:25:13. > :25:15.side. But spells of sunshind again and with the sunshine the
:25:16. > :25:21.temperatures at about 16 Celsius. That is 61 Fahrenheit. So showers
:25:22. > :25:25.around through the weekend. The winds are strong on Saturdax. Notice
:25:26. > :25:30.how they ease down through Sunday and on into Monday. By Mond`y it
:25:31. > :25:33.looks like a dry day with a fair bit of cloud but also just that little
:25:34. > :25:40.bit warmer. Thank you very much.
:25:41. > :25:44.Raise ?LINEBREAK Now, the m`in news headlines: The Government blocked
:25:45. > :25:49.plans by Royal Bank of Scotland to pay its staff bonuses of twhce their
:25:50. > :25:53.salary. The Ukraine's Prime Minister accused Russia of wanting to start
:25:54. > :26:00.World War Three. Western leaders are threatening
:26:01. > :26:05.fresh saxes `` sanctions. From mid`night, it could be harder
:26:06. > :26:11.to get a mortgage. Mortgage lenders required to ask probing questionses
:26:12. > :26:16.about home buyers outgoings and expenditure. And London Unddrground
:26:17. > :26:20.accused of breaking a deal on plans to close ticket offices, coling days
:26:21. > :26:25.before a series of tube strhkes due to begin on Monday. That is about it
:26:26. > :26:31.from plea. I will be back l`tter during the 10.00pm news. For now,
:26:32. > :26:56.from everyone on the team, do have a lovely evening and a great weekend.
:26:57. > :27:04.at the European elections on May the 22nd.
:27:05. > :27:12.even though that would wreck the recovery and destroy jobs.
:27:13. > :27:15.The Conservatives are now openly flirting with exit.
:27:16. > :27:19.they just don't have the courage of their convictions on this.
:27:20. > :27:24.They wouldn't lift a finger to help keep Britain in the EU