:00:06. > :00:09.Ministers promise legislation to tackle high energy bills, but
:00:09. > :00:16.refuse to repeat David Cameron's promise that companies will be
:00:16. > :00:18.forced to give customers their cheapest tariff. Labour said the
:00:18. > :00:25.Prime Minister had thrown Government plans into chaos, saying
:00:25. > :00:28.his proposals were unworkable. he confirm today whether or not the
:00:28. > :00:32.Government will be ledge lating to force the energy companies to put
:00:32. > :00:35.all their customers on the cheapest tariff?
:00:35. > :00:39.As another crucial EU meeting takes place to try to resolve the
:00:39. > :00:42.eurozone crisis, there's another general strike in Greece. Petrol
:00:42. > :00:48.bombs and tear gas are used. Even the world's second biggest
:00:48. > :00:51.economy is affected - China reports a 7th quarterly drop in a row.
:00:51. > :00:57.Human trafficking is on the rise to the UK. Police say criminal gangs
:00:57. > :00:59.are luring people into modern day slavery.
:00:59. > :01:02.And, joy for the parents of conjoined twins Rosie and Ruby
:01:02. > :01:12.Formosa who've survived an operation to separate them. Their
:01:12. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:26.On BBC London: The B&B owners fined. And there are claims promises have
:01:26. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:39.been broken to restore public land Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:39. > :01:42.BBC News at One. Energy Ministers say the Government
:01:42. > :01:44.is considering legislation to help customers to get the best energy
:01:44. > :01:47.prices, but they've stopped short of confirming David Cameron's
:01:47. > :01:54.promise that companies will be forced to put customers on their
:01:54. > :01:56.cheapest tariff. Labour has said government policy is in chaos,
:01:56. > :02:04.while the industry described the position as, confusing, to say the
:02:04. > :02:08.least. Our industry correspondent John Moylan reports. For years,
:02:08. > :02:13.millions of households have struggled in the face of hundreds
:02:13. > :02:17.of complex energy deals. A prime Minister's plan to force companies
:02:17. > :02:21.to give the lowest tariff would amount to a major shake-up but how
:02:21. > :02:24.would it work? Today his Energy Secretary wasn't providing much
:02:24. > :02:27.detail. We have a range of other ideas we have been working on with
:02:27. > :02:30.the Deputy Prime Minister, with the Prime Minister, and others to try
:02:30. > :02:32.to help consumers and businesses with their energy bills and the
:02:33. > :02:37.Prime Minister's referring to those and we will be delivering the
:02:37. > :02:40.details over the next few weeks. In the Commons today, Labour wanted
:02:40. > :02:44.answers. The shadow Energy Secretary said the Prime Minister
:02:44. > :02:48.had caused chaos in the energy industry, was there a policy or
:02:48. > :02:52.not? Can he confirm today whether or not the Government will be ledge
:02:52. > :02:56.lating to force -- legislating to force the energy companies to put
:02:56. > :02:59.customers on cheapest tariff, not a voluntary agreement, not sending a
:02:59. > :03:05.letter once a year but in the words of the Prime Minister, legislating
:03:05. > :03:09.to make companies put all their customers on the lowest tariff?
:03:10. > :03:13.The energy Minister said Labour had done little in 13 years on energy
:03:13. > :03:19.policy but he stopped short of confirming the pledge of forcing
:03:19. > :03:23.firms to offer the best deal. will use the energy bill to get
:03:23. > :03:28.people lower tariffs and, of course, there are different options to be
:03:28. > :03:32.considered in that process. will all this help customers like
:03:32. > :03:37.Bob Allen? He is a retired engineer. He regularly switches his supplier
:03:37. > :03:44.but he wishes it was easier. They could make it far, far simpler. You
:03:44. > :03:49.don't have this with water. You have one tariff, end of story. They
:03:49. > :03:53.should make it transparent to all customers what prices are.
:03:53. > :03:57.The firms insist they're doing a lot already. They're bracing
:03:57. > :04:01.themselves for new proposals due tomorrow to radically simplify
:04:01. > :04:05.offers but they say the Government's plan came completely
:04:05. > :04:09.out of the blue. What we were waiting for was the announcements
:04:09. > :04:13.by Ofgem, that's the regulator, because they've been undertaking a
:04:13. > :04:17.retail market review and the energy companies have all been very much
:04:17. > :04:21.engaged with that. We were not expecting the announcements made by
:04:22. > :04:25.the Prime Minister and then again today. This political row looks set
:04:25. > :04:30.to run and run. But with energy prices soaring, there's little sign
:04:30. > :04:34.of relief for households any time soon.
:04:34. > :04:38.Our political correspondent Norman Smith is in Westminster. Picking up
:04:38. > :04:42.on that final point, really this row if it does run just threatens
:04:42. > :04:46.to undermine the whole policy? this is already has been attacked
:04:46. > :04:55.by Labour as another another omnishambles and perhaps more
:04:55. > :04:59.cruelly on Twitter by combishambles. The pledge yesterday that the
:04:59. > :05:01.Government was going to introduce legislation to ensure energy
:05:01. > :05:06.companies gave the best deals. In other words, they would force big
:05:06. > :05:09.companies to give people to put people on the lowest tariffs. The
:05:09. > :05:12.trouble is no Minister when asked today has repeated that assertion.
:05:12. > :05:17.Indeed the energy Minister suggested they would look at
:05:17. > :05:21.existing voluntary arrangements and then evaluate if, if, legislation
:05:21. > :05:24.was needed. While Downing Street in the last hour have said they wanted
:05:24. > :05:29.to put an obligation on companies to offer the best deals. That fuels
:05:29. > :05:32.the suspicion that this might amount merely to trying to ensure
:05:32. > :05:36.companies send out letters once a year telling customers what might
:05:36. > :05:40.be the most appropriate deal for them. The problem it seems is that
:05:40. > :05:44.falls a long way short of being able to say to people, we will cut
:05:45. > :05:50.your electricity bills. The danger is it creates a false expectation.
:05:50. > :05:54.The only thing that is clear is there is clearly an aspiration on
:05:54. > :06:01.the Government's part to drive down energy prices but in terms of the
:06:01. > :06:04.detail, there's little of that. Thank you.
:06:04. > :06:07.EU leaders are meeting in Brussels today for a crucial summit to
:06:07. > :06:10.discuss how to tackle the eurozone crisis. It's the fourth time
:06:10. > :06:13.they've met this year, and although no substantial decisions are
:06:13. > :06:16.expected, they will try to agree on plans for a banking union. In
:06:16. > :06:19.Greece, thousands of people have taken to the streets in protest
:06:19. > :06:27.over the next round of Government spending cuts. Matthew Price
:06:27. > :06:31.reports. In Athens this lunchtime, the
:06:31. > :06:37.eurozone crisis was back on the streets.
:06:37. > :06:42.Jobs, money, cuts, it's the people of Europe who are suffering. As the
:06:42. > :06:46.leaders of Europe gather here in Brussels. The main topic today, not
:06:46. > :06:50.the demos and protests, but how to fix the single currency. One step
:06:51. > :06:58.on the road is a banking union that would cover the eurozone. It would
:06:58. > :07:03.have a single supervisor, a common bank deposit scheme and common
:07:03. > :07:08.rescue scheme. Opposite, in the European Commission, top floor, the
:07:08. > :07:13.President believes the first of those can happen soon. What I still
:07:13. > :07:18.expect is possible to do is to have an agreement until the end of this
:07:18. > :07:21.year on one very important element of the banking union, single
:07:21. > :07:24.supervisary mechanism. The European Commission put forward a proposal
:07:25. > :07:31.and I expect the next European Council to agree on the main
:07:31. > :07:35.elements of this proposal. But the view from Berlin is very different.
:07:35. > :07:41.Today, Angela Merkel spoke to parliament. She doesn't want
:07:41. > :07:46.banking union any time soon. First, she wants all euro countries to
:07:46. > :07:49.have their Government budgets strictly controlled by Brussels.
:07:49. > :07:55.TRANSLATION: We believe, and I speak for the
:07:55. > :07:58.whole German Government on this, that we could go a step further by
:07:58. > :08:03.giving Europe reel rates of intervention -- real rights of
:08:03. > :08:07.intervention. There will be real differences of opinion. The Germans
:08:07. > :08:11.and the French in particular have competing visions on how to fix the
:08:11. > :08:15.eurozone. Now that could, of course, provide room for some fruitful
:08:15. > :08:18.negotiations, while we have -- what would be more dangerous is if there
:08:18. > :08:24.were to be a political standoff, just at the moment when it was
:08:24. > :08:29.beginning to look as if Europe could sort out its problems.
:08:29. > :08:37.Back in Athens, few will follow the summit closely. For them, there's
:08:37. > :08:41.little sign of progress, just a life more difficult by the day.
:08:41. > :08:47.Let's turn to our correspondent in Athens. What is the situation there
:08:47. > :08:51.now? It's another huge show of strength today by the unions, tens
:08:51. > :08:55.of thousands out on the streets here in Athens and other big cities.
:08:55. > :09:00.Some scuffles towards the end of the demonstrations, tear gas and
:09:00. > :09:04.grenades and petrol bombs thrown here. And the general strike also
:09:04. > :09:09.under way across the public and private sectors. All the while, the
:09:09. > :09:13.Greek Prime Minister is in Brussels to negotiate another wave of
:09:14. > :09:17.spending cuts, 13.5 billion euros in return for more rescue funds.
:09:17. > :09:21.There is still after three years of the debt crisis, immense anger here
:09:21. > :09:26.on the streets of Athens and that anger has translated into more and
:09:27. > :09:30.more Greeks turning to political extremes. The neo-Nazi, anti-
:09:30. > :09:34.immigrant golden dawn party has shot up into third place in the
:09:34. > :09:44.opinion polls. That is sa very good indication of just how dark the
:09:44. > :09:46.public mood is here on the streets of aten. -- Athens. Thank you.
:09:46. > :09:50.Even the world's second biggest economy is affected by the economic
:09:50. > :09:54.slowdown - China has reported a 7th quarterly drop in GDP in a row. It
:09:54. > :09:57.was up by 7.4% in the three months to September but that missed the
:09:57. > :10:00.government's target for the first time since the depths of the global
:10:00. > :10:02.financial crisis in early 2009. It has been hit by falling demand for
:10:02. > :10:10.exports meaning it's often relying on consumers from within the
:10:10. > :10:17.country, as Martin Patience reports. They've just got married and are
:10:17. > :10:23.now big spenders. They have splurged on a sofa, computers and a
:10:23. > :10:27.TV for their new home. In total, they've spent �10,000. This couple
:10:27. > :10:31.-- it's couples like these that are swelling the growth in China's
:10:31. > :10:37.consumer spending. TRANSLATION: We usually spend a lot of money. We
:10:37. > :10:42.want to have a good quality of life but it's very expensive here.
:10:42. > :10:48.With demand for exports dropping in Europe and the US, Chinese
:10:49. > :10:53.businesses, big and small, are looking to home for opportunities.
:10:53. > :10:58.In this town the orders are piling up. These goods would have once
:10:58. > :11:06.been shipped overseas. But this town is a major centre for online
:11:06. > :11:10.shopping, catering to millions of Chinese consumers. Li ourbgs sells
:11:10. > :11:17.10,000 pounds of underwear every single day. She says that by
:11:17. > :11:21.targeting the domestic market her business has boomed. We currently
:11:21. > :11:26.have ten staff in the office. But I am looking to take on new people. I
:11:26. > :11:31.think this business has very good future. But despite the growth,
:11:31. > :11:36.China's domestic consumption is just half that of the UK. That will
:11:36. > :11:40.be one of the biggest challenges facing China's next generation of
:11:40. > :11:44.leaders, boosting domestic consumption won't be easy. It will
:11:44. > :11:49.involve carrying out painful economic reforms. But it's a
:11:49. > :11:59.process that China must go through in order to ensure more sustainable
:11:59. > :12:01.
:12:01. > :12:06.economic growth. Zhao likes the comforts of life,
:12:06. > :12:16.she spends what she earns. China will need more like her if its
:12:16. > :12:18.economy is to change. More than 400 former members of the
:12:18. > :12:22.Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have marched to Parliament to protest at
:12:22. > :12:24.cuts to their regiment. An MP who served in the regiment, said the
:12:25. > :12:27.decision to axe one of its battalions had been taken for
:12:27. > :12:30.political, rather than military reasons. An MoD source said the
:12:30. > :12:38.cuts had been decided by military commanders as part of the plan to
:12:38. > :12:41.reduce the size of the army. A gay couple have been awarded
:12:41. > :12:46.�3,600 in damages after they weren't allowed to share a double
:12:46. > :12:51.bed in a B&B. The owner said allowing them to spend the night in
:12:51. > :13:01.a double room was Gibbs her -- against her beliefs. The couple are
:13:01. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:06.considering appealing the ruling. Human trafficking to Britain is on
:13:06. > :13:09.the increase according to new Government estimates. The study
:13:09. > :13:12.says organised criminal gangs are behind the illegal trade in people
:13:12. > :13:15.for sex, labour and domestic slavery. Most of the victims come
:13:15. > :13:18.from China, Vietnam, Nigeria and Eastern Europe. The first cases of
:13:18. > :13:20.people being brought to the UK to have organs removed have also been
:13:20. > :13:24.recorded. Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds reports.
:13:24. > :13:31.Twice a week on average police fighting modern day slavery in
:13:31. > :13:36.London make their early morning call.
:13:36. > :13:39.Sometimes they find children, sometimes women forced into
:13:39. > :13:45.prostitution. This morning, the trail leads to another house.
:13:45. > :13:48.They're looking for Eastern Europeans, promised a job,
:13:48. > :13:52.threatened with violence should they leave. These are different
:13:52. > :13:58.names and addresses... There's evidence that dozens of
:13:58. > :14:01.people have stayed in this property. Inside the officers are questioning
:14:01. > :14:04.five Lithuanian people. One of the problems with this sort of
:14:04. > :14:07.operation is that victims of trafficking often don't want to
:14:08. > :14:13.admit that they are here under duress. But these people are living
:14:13. > :14:16.in a house where the entrance is monitored by a CCTV camera.
:14:16. > :14:23.There were no arrests this morning, but there's still plenty of
:14:23. > :14:28.intelligence. We know there are multiple victims and it's organised
:14:28. > :14:33.network bringing people in from European. Some of the people have
:14:33. > :14:38.been subject to serious violence, had bones broken and been stabbed.
:14:38. > :14:43.According to today's figures, 946 victims were identified last year,
:14:43. > :14:50.compared to 710 the year before. It may be that monitoring has improved
:14:50. > :14:54.but many cases go undetected. Sophie is a British victim. --
:14:54. > :15:00.she's still hiding from her trafficking who took her to Italy
:15:00. > :15:03.for a holiday before turning hopb her -- on her. He told me I was
:15:03. > :15:09.going to have to become a prostitute and that night he pinned
:15:09. > :15:14.me up against the wall. And almost strangled me. Just enough for me to
:15:14. > :15:20.get frightened of him. It just got worse and worse from then on. He
:15:20. > :15:30.took over my whole head. I couldn't think any more. I couldn't do
:15:30. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:45.anything because he controlled The chemical -- $:/STARTFEED. They
:15:45. > :15:48.are going to ensure co-operation with law enforcers across the world.
:15:48. > :15:50.A mother of conjoined twins has spoken of her joy after they were
:15:50. > :15:53.successfully separated during an emergency operation the day after
:15:53. > :15:56.they were born. Rosie and Ruby Formosa, now 12 weeks old, were
:15:56. > :16:06.joined at the abdomen and shared part of the intestine. Doctors said
:16:06. > :16:10.
:16:10. > :16:14.the girls should be able to lead happy and normal lives. The two
:16:14. > :16:19.little girls are now flourishing at home with their relieved and happy
:16:19. > :16:25.parents. Having a baby is an anxious time for any set of parents,
:16:25. > :16:30.but particularly for conjoined twins. I am joined by the man who
:16:30. > :16:35.led the surgical team separating the little girls. Relatively, was
:16:35. > :16:42.this a straightforward case for conjoined twins? It was more simple
:16:42. > :16:45.than the other cases. Separation of conjoined twins is never easy but
:16:45. > :16:51.it was successful in this case. What did you have to do to give
:16:51. > :16:55.them their own separate healthy bodies? They were joined by the
:16:55. > :16:59.stomach and they were sharing some of the intestines. We had to
:16:59. > :17:05.separate them because there was a blockage in the intestine. We
:17:05. > :17:11.separated them on the second day of life, separated the intestine and
:17:11. > :17:18.then we created everything as normal as could be. For the two
:17:18. > :17:22.little girls, what a their prospects for a healthy life? --
:17:22. > :17:30.what are their prospects? expectations are that they will
:17:30. > :17:35.have a normal life in the future. They will need normal -- future
:17:35. > :17:40.surgery. A very successful outcome in this complicated case for the
:17:40. > :17:46.two little girls who, with a bit of extra help from Great Ormond Street,
:17:46. > :17:49.can now look forward to a normal life. Our top story this lunchtime:
:17:49. > :17:52.Ministers promise legislation to tackle high energy bills but refuse
:17:52. > :17:56.to repeat David Cameron's promise that companies will be forced to
:17:56. > :18:00.give customers their cheapest tariff. Coming up: The cost of
:18:00. > :18:10.going to a football match. Which ground has the cheapest pies, or
:18:10. > :18:14.the most expensive tickets? Later on BBC London: Allegations of
:18:14. > :18:18.double standards from the family of a man with Asperger's syndrome,
:18:18. > :18:27.extradited to the United States. A special meeting at London Zoo which
:18:27. > :18:30.could help to save an endangered Retail sales in September have
:18:30. > :18:36.grown by 2.5%, compared with last year, a much higher increase than
:18:36. > :18:40.expected. It means spending is now at a record level. But new research
:18:40. > :18:50.suggests that big retailers closed more than 30 stores a day in July
:18:50. > :18:52.
:18:52. > :18:58.and August. With the Olympics are over, we finally hit the shops -
:18:58. > :19:02.splashing out on school uniforms, a new winter clothing and footwear.
:19:02. > :19:08.Retail sales were up nearly 3% in September, compared with the
:19:08. > :19:13.previous year. Welcome news after a poor summer. It was an absolute
:19:13. > :19:17.washout. People did not spend and retailers had a lot of excess stock
:19:17. > :19:22.which they were forced to discount. In September, the weather turned
:19:22. > :19:27.cold air, and that ignited demand for warmer clothes, which helped to
:19:27. > :19:32.get shoppers out and spending. These are encouraging figures for
:19:32. > :19:38.retailers in the run-up to Christmas. We have hard evidence
:19:38. > :19:43.about the rapid increase in the closure of chain stores across the
:19:43. > :19:47.UK. From Peacocks and Game to Clinton Cards, just some of the
:19:47. > :19:53.household names that have collapsed this year. Other retailers have
:19:53. > :19:57.also been shedding stores. It all adds up to almost 1000 fewer chain
:19:57. > :20:04.stores in the first six months of the sheer, according to new
:20:04. > :20:10.research. Compared with the 170 foreclosures for the whole of 2011.
:20:10. > :20:18.These guys have been the anchors of the High Street. There will be more
:20:18. > :20:25.to come. You probably only need 100 to 200 stores instead of the 500,
:20:25. > :20:31.600 now. We will see more stores shutting up shop. Fastest growth is
:20:31. > :20:34.in online sales, especially on smartphones and tablets. For
:20:35. > :20:41.pawnbrokers, charity shops and convenience stores are filling
:20:41. > :20:44.empty spaces. Yet more proof of how fast our high streets are changing.
:20:44. > :20:47.A 21-year-old Bangladeshi man has been arrested in New York on
:20:47. > :20:51.suspicion of plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve building. Quazi
:20:51. > :21:01.Nafis had travelled to the US on a student visa and was arrested after
:21:01. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:07.an under-cover FBI agent supplied It was a very ambitious plot. The
:21:07. > :21:15.building with the red truth is the Federal Reserve Bank, a heavily
:21:15. > :21:22.fortified structure at the heart of New York's financial district.
:21:22. > :21:26.Quazi Mohammed Nafis focused on the bank. He was said to be expired by
:21:27. > :21:32.Al-Qaeda, although there are doubts he was connected to it. From his
:21:32. > :21:38.home in Queens, he is reported to have sought at recruits to help him.
:21:38. > :21:43.He tipped off an FBI informer. The police and an F -- ate the FBI let
:21:43. > :21:48.him carry on with the plot. He was arrested as he tried to detonate
:21:48. > :21:55.what he thought was a bomb, in a van parked outside the building.
:21:55. > :21:59.Police said the public was never in danger. He has already been brought
:21:59. > :22:04.to court to face charges of terrorism. The latest suspect
:22:04. > :22:09.picked up in a sting operation. Some criticise the role of the
:22:09. > :22:14.Government in nurturing such plots. They say these men could do real
:22:14. > :22:18.damage. This is his court-appointed lawyer leading after the hearing.
:22:18. > :22:23.Her client did not succeed in carrying out his planned attack but
:22:23. > :22:25.it is a reminder that New York continues to be a target. Up to 50
:22:25. > :22:28.people are protesting outside the first private clinic to offer
:22:28. > :22:32.abortions in Northern Ireland. The service, run by Marie Stopes,
:22:32. > :22:36.opened in Belfast today. It has said it will provide terminations
:22:36. > :22:39.within NI's current legal framework. Abortions are not illegal but are
:22:39. > :22:44.very strictly controlled. The protesters are from a range of
:22:44. > :22:48.religious denominations. Research suggests that weight loss surgery,
:22:48. > :22:50.such as fitting gastric bands, is too often being seen as a quick fix
:22:50. > :22:53.to tackling obesity and that people are undergoing surgery without
:22:53. > :22:56.having sufficient information. The independent study says some
:22:56. > :22:59.patients in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are also not given
:22:59. > :23:09.enough time before they consent to surgery, and are not being offered
:23:09. > :23:13.
:23:13. > :23:18.enough support after their A weight loss operation, known as
:23:18. > :23:24.bariatric surgery, can be a life- changing event. It is a relatively
:23:24. > :23:30.new way of tackling obesity. A report says too often it is seen as
:23:30. > :23:33.the quick fix. After reviewing more than 300 operations, nearly half of
:23:33. > :23:37.which are carried out in private hospitals, doctors say some
:23:37. > :23:41.patients are not getting the right support. It is important to
:23:41. > :23:45.understand this is part of a package of care which involves
:23:45. > :23:51.lifestyle changes. Those changes need to be supported by
:23:51. > :23:54.professionals such as dieticians and that his lifelong. There are a
:23:54. > :24:01.significant number of patients who are just having a procedure and not
:24:01. > :24:05.getting adequate follow-up. inquiry into this surgery looked at
:24:05. > :24:11.cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Nearly a third of
:24:11. > :24:16.patients were not properly followed up after surgery. Only 29% were
:24:16. > :24:20.seated psychological counselling and nearly a 5th of patients were
:24:20. > :24:26.readmitted within six months of having surgery. There has been a
:24:26. > :24:31.huge increase in the amount of bury hatchet surgery being carried out.
:24:31. > :24:33.It is still a very effective tool in the fight against obesity. Some
:24:33. > :24:40.patients are entering into the surgery without being fully
:24:40. > :24:47.informed about the consequences. will be going into theatre but I
:24:47. > :24:53.want the operation very much. It is me he wanted to take a small risk
:24:53. > :24:57.for a lot more happiness. Having struggled for years with her weight,
:24:57. > :25:02.Deborah had surgery despite her daughter's misgivings but she died
:25:02. > :25:06.from complications. Louise says too many people are undergoing the
:25:06. > :25:14.operations without appreciating the wrists. People say they want to
:25:14. > :25:19.lose weight for their family and children. My mother has not got a
:25:20. > :25:26.life now. If she had gone on a diet she would still be here. I can only
:25:26. > :25:32.say, do not do it because it is not a quick fix. It is a long-term life
:25:32. > :25:37.decision if it goes well. If it does not go well, then maybe their
:25:37. > :25:42.families will be sitting here with this interview, sadly. There are
:25:42. > :25:47.many examples of excellent care. Standards across both the NHS and
:25:47. > :25:49.private sector need to improve. The Chelsea, and former England captain,
:25:49. > :25:52.John Terry, has decided not to challenge a four-match ban and
:25:52. > :25:58.�220,000 fine, for racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand during a
:25:58. > :26:02.match last year. The sanction was issued by an independent Football
:26:02. > :26:07.Association Commission. Chelsea also announced this morning they
:26:07. > :26:12.would take disciplinary action against the player. Are you, and
:26:12. > :26:16.your family, being priced out of football? The average cost of a
:26:16. > :26:20.match day ticket has jumped by nearly 12% in the past year, around
:26:20. > :26:23.five times the rate of inflation. That's one of the findings from the
:26:23. > :26:25.BBC Sport Price of Football survey, which shows the average price of
:26:25. > :26:34.the cheapest ticket in English league football now stands at over
:26:34. > :26:40.�21. Dan Roan has the details. It is the same at football grounds up
:26:40. > :26:45.and down the country, loyalty comes at an ever-increasing cost. These
:26:45. > :26:49.fans arriving for a match against Carlisle this week. Like most clubs,
:26:49. > :26:55.the price of the match-day experience has risen. How will the
:26:55. > :27:02.fans feel? A lot of people are saying they cannot justify the cost.
:27:02. > :27:07.�18 to come tonight. Is it good value? I would say it is affordable.
:27:07. > :27:12.What do you think about the cost of coming to the football? In this
:27:12. > :27:18.division, I do not think it is too bad. The BBC found the price of the
:27:18. > :27:25.cheapest ticket in the top four divisions has risen more than 12%.
:27:25. > :27:29.In the Premier League, that figure is more than �28, up 14%. This may
:27:29. > :27:33.only be League One but remarkably it cost more to come here then some
:27:33. > :27:38.of the biggest clubs in European football. Barcelona offer tickets
:27:38. > :27:42.that are cheaper here. At a time when fans are feeling the pinch,
:27:42. > :27:46.many believe this is simply unsustainable. The football
:27:46. > :27:50.industry should not be putting up ticket prices more than the rate of
:27:50. > :27:54.inflation in the economic the difficult times we have got. This
:27:54. > :27:58.industry has huge amounts of money going into red at the top of the
:27:58. > :28:02.game because of media rights. We ought to see some of the benefits
:28:02. > :28:08.of that money going to match going supporters. The most expensive
:28:08. > :28:13.ticket is at the Emirates were Arsenal charge �126 for some seats.
:28:13. > :28:18.We have not seen a weakening in demand. More generally, if we and
:28:18. > :28:23.other clubs are not conscious of the economic environment, there is
:28:23. > :28:27.nothing to be complacent about. Maximising ticket revenue is
:28:27. > :28:37.essential for the club's survival. The fans are having to dig deeper
:28:37. > :28:44.
:28:44. > :28:49.Time for the weather. Some reasonable weather over the next
:28:49. > :28:54.few days. Some of milder weather heading our way. There is some
:28:54. > :28:59.sunshine but there are still some showers around. Still a chance to
:28:59. > :29:04.get wet for some of us. On the radar picture come up we are most
:29:04. > :29:10.likely to get wet in South West Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some
:29:10. > :29:14.sharp showers in the south-west of England and Wales. They are tending
:29:14. > :29:22.to fade. The showers will be confined to the more western parts
:29:22. > :29:26.of Wales. There will be some sunshine across Northern Ireland.
:29:26. > :29:32.Across northern Scotland, feeling a bit milder than it did yesterday.
:29:32. > :29:37.Rain pushing up towards the central belt. Through the late afternoon,
:29:37. > :29:41.it could turn wet and miserable. In northern England and much of the
:29:41. > :29:46.Midlands, we could see some reasonable spells of sunshine. The
:29:46. > :29:51.winds will be lighter than yesterday. Cloud is gathering in
:29:51. > :29:55.the South East and threatening further rain. One or two showers in
:29:55. > :30:01.Wiltshire and Hampshire but clearing away from Cornwall as the
:30:01. > :30:08.afternoon goes on. This evening and overnight the rain waxes and wanes.
:30:08. > :30:13.The rain in Scotland still remains. Clearer spells in the central parts
:30:13. > :30:18.of the UK. Temperatures down into single figures and quite a high
:30:18. > :30:24.risk of patchy fog turning up. It could take a bit of time to clear
:30:24. > :30:29.away during tomorrow. Tomorrow, apart from the rain in the south-
:30:29. > :30:34.east and showery outbreaks in Scotland, most places will end up
:30:34. > :30:44.with a dry day. Temperatures ranging from 10 in and not to 14,
:30:44. > :30:45.
:30:45. > :30:53.at 15 in the south. That is about right for this time of year. -- 10
:30:53. > :30:58.in the north. The fog may take a bit of time to clear. Winds will be
:30:58. > :31:03.light. It will feel quite pleasant. Rain pushing in from the south-east
:31:03. > :31:12.once again which will spread north and west on Sunday. The further
:31:12. > :31:19.north and west to rub the better chance to stay dry. -- you are, the