:00:08. > :00:14.The Government questions the size of the pay-off to the outgoing BBC
:00:14. > :00:17.Director General, George Enwistle, of nearly �500,000. The Prime
:00:17. > :00:21.Minister says the payment is hard to justify but says he has full
:00:21. > :00:25.confidence in Lord Patten as chairman of the BBC Trust. The
:00:25. > :00:33.Acting Director General, Tim Davie, changes the structure of BBC News.
:00:33. > :00:37.Its head and deputy temporarily step aside. If the public are going
:00:37. > :00:42.to get journalism they trust from the BBC, as director general, I
:00:42. > :00:47.have to be clear on who is running the operation and ensuring that
:00:47. > :00:50.journalism we put out passes muster. Muslim cleric Abu Qatada wins his
:00:50. > :00:53.appeal against deportation to Jordan, where he is accused of
:00:53. > :00:59.terror attacks. A British serviceman is shot dead by a man in
:00:59. > :01:07.Afghan Army uniform, at his base in Helmand. And High Street names are
:01:07. > :01:11.under attack for not paying enough tax in the UK. On BBC London:
:01:11. > :01:16.Police are appealing for witnesses after a pensioner was stabbed to
:01:16. > :01:26.death during a burglary in Fulham. Where you live could decide if the
:01:26. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:39.NHS will pay for specialist cancer Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:39. > :01:41.BBC News at One. The Prime Minister has intervened in the row over a
:01:41. > :01:45.pay-off of nearly �500,000, to the outgoing BBC Director General,
:01:45. > :01:55.George Entwistle. Mr Entwistle left at the weekend because of failures
:01:55. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :01:58.at Newsnight. He had been in the job less than two months. A
:01:58. > :02:08.spokesman for David Cameron said the pay-off of �450,000 was hard to
:02:08. > :02:11.justify. Lord Patten has defended the size of the payment. Meanwhile,
:02:11. > :02:17.the Acting Director General, Tim Davie, says there needs to be a
:02:17. > :02:20.clear line of command in BBC News. He has asked the head of BBC News
:02:20. > :02:30.and her deputy to step aside. Simon McCoy is outside New Broadcasting
:02:30. > :02:35.House now. A busy day here. The reorganisation within the
:02:35. > :02:44.corporation, particularly the news department and the pay-off to
:02:44. > :02:48.George Entwistle. The smart new London headquarters of the BBC. The
:02:48. > :02:52.self-confident architectural statement by a proud, a national
:02:52. > :02:58.institution, now reeling from a crisis of its own making. There is
:02:58. > :03:04.growing anger at the pay-off given to George Entwistle. �450,000,
:03:04. > :03:09.twice what he was due under the terms of his contract. It is very
:03:09. > :03:12.difficult to justify the decision that has been taken. The BBC must
:03:12. > :03:17.justify to the licence-fee payer value for money. This is going to
:03:17. > :03:26.have to happen. The acting director-general arrive for work
:03:26. > :03:32.this morning, determined to show he has taken grips of the chaotic
:03:32. > :03:39.situation. His first move, a reshuffle. Helen Boaden has stepped
:03:39. > :03:43.aside, leaving Fran and I have to fill her role for the time being.
:03:43. > :03:51.Stephen Mitchell has also stepped aside leaving Ceri Thomas to stand
:03:51. > :03:55.in for him. Karen O'Connor at is to be acting editor of Newsnight.
:03:55. > :04:02.Helen Boaden and Stephen Mitchell were involved indeed cancelled
:04:02. > :04:12.Newsnight into the allegations of Jimmy Savile. Other senior figures
:04:12. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:17.took responsibility for the floor at Newsnight. If the public is to
:04:17. > :04:20.get journalism it can trust, I have to be very clear on who is running
:04:20. > :04:25.the news operation and ensuring that journalism that we put out
:04:25. > :04:32.passes muster. The first decision I have made is to get a grip of that
:04:32. > :04:35.would take action and build trust a putting in a clear line of command.
:04:35. > :04:42.The risk in all of this is that the victims of child abuse could be
:04:42. > :04:47.forgotten. I have once led, sadly, an inquiry into a paedophile ring.
:04:47. > :04:50.It is important that victims have confidence. When they give their
:04:50. > :04:55.statements, they will be properly investigated and those who have
:04:55. > :05:01.abused them will be brought to justice. That has to be conducted
:05:01. > :05:04.and I'm sure it will be conducted as effectively as possible. The BBC
:05:04. > :05:10.says disciplinary action against some of those involved in the
:05:10. > :05:16.recent Newsnight film is likely as it tries to preserve its reputation
:05:16. > :05:21.as most trusted organisation. Let's go to Norman Smith, who is at
:05:21. > :05:28.Westminster. This payout, how much poor lad has there been? Not so
:05:28. > :05:36.much a backlash as a collective howl of outrage. -- fall-out has
:05:36. > :05:43.there been. Not just the size of it but that what is seen as the PR
:05:43. > :05:51.crassness of the mood, at a time when the BBC is struggling to
:05:51. > :05:56.regain trust from the electorate. Lord Patten has been demanded to
:05:56. > :06:00.explain this. Harriet Harman has demanded that George Entwistle
:06:00. > :06:05.forgoes the extra six months. We have had a letter to Lord Patten to
:06:06. > :06:09.the chairman of the Culture Select Committee, setting out his reasons.
:06:09. > :06:14.If George Entwistle had not taken the honourable decision to stand
:06:14. > :06:19.down, then he would have had to have been sacked. The BBC Trust
:06:19. > :06:27.would have had to pay him 12 months. That decision was to expedite
:06:27. > :06:30.matters. How much more pressure does this put on Lord Patten?
:06:30. > :06:36.the backbenches, There is a growing view that Lord Patten is not the
:06:36. > :06:42.man to lead the BBC through this crisis. He is a very experienced
:06:42. > :06:49.politician but there is a view that this pay-off saga has demonstrated
:06:49. > :06:53.his political and 10 I have gone a bit wobbly. That is not the view of
:06:53. > :07:01.Downing Street. If Lord Patten were to stand aside, that would compound
:07:01. > :07:08.the prices -- at the crisis in the BBC. At the moment, Downing Street
:07:08. > :07:13.is standing by Lord Patten but they expect change to be delivered
:07:13. > :07:16.quickly. Let's speak to Nick Higham. Looking at the announcement this
:07:16. > :07:23.morning, more reorganisation within the corporation. What about the
:07:23. > :07:27.timing? Some people inside BBC News our surprise that Helen Boaden and
:07:27. > :07:32.Stephen Mitchell have stepped aside, just at this moment. They are among
:07:32. > :07:36.the people being investigated by an inquiry, which is looking at why
:07:36. > :07:41.this time last year Newsnight dropped an investigation of Jimmy
:07:41. > :07:47.Savile. And asking men to Stepaside at this moment does look, slightly,
:07:47. > :07:51.as if it is prejudging that. They were trying to do their day jobs,
:07:51. > :07:55.where the majority of BBC News coverage was concerned, but
:07:55. > :08:04.standing back from all coverage of Jimmy Savile and child abuse and
:08:04. > :08:09.that did produce a muddle to chain of command. The priority is to
:08:09. > :08:14.react to the report into the real problem - most recent problems - of
:08:14. > :08:18.the Newsnight report. The head of BBC Scotland did a quick report
:08:18. > :08:22.which George Entwistle asked for. That was delivered over the weekend.
:08:22. > :08:26.What is said today is that disciplinary action may follow. A
:08:26. > :08:30.number of people were involved, including people working for the
:08:30. > :08:37.Newsnight programme. As a result of this business about editorial
:08:37. > :08:43.oversight being different, the Controller of 5live and their heads
:08:43. > :08:48.of BBC in Northern Ireland, they were the people who had line
:08:48. > :08:53.management responsibility. It is as a result of that situation that we
:08:53. > :09:03.have now arrived at the position where we have two separate news
:09:03. > :09:04.
:09:04. > :09:08.executives responsible for all news coverage, whatever the subject.
:09:08. > :09:13.British serviceman has been shot dead by a man dressed in Afghan
:09:13. > :09:18.Army uniform at his base in Helmand province. The Ministry of Defence
:09:18. > :09:27.said the soldier was from The Royal Regiment of Scotland. His family
:09:27. > :09:30.have been told. Caroline Wyatt sent this report. Here, in Helmand, the
:09:30. > :09:35.1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scott and other troops that work
:09:35. > :09:43.most closely with the Afghan Army. They are charged with mentoring and
:09:43. > :09:48.training Afghan soldiers. We filmed with than just a few days ago as
:09:48. > :09:53.they played a friendly football match at an Afghan Army base. The
:09:53. > :09:59.atmosphere was calm though an armed British soldier still stood watch,
:09:59. > :10:02.to protect his comrades. It does not always work. The attack on
:10:03. > :10:07.Sunday took place during or after just such a match. An Afghan
:10:07. > :10:12.soldier opened fire on his British counterpart before trying to flee.
:10:12. > :10:16.It is not clear what prompted this attack. The Afghan soldier died of
:10:16. > :10:22.his wounds, after being shot. The most senior Afghan Army commander
:10:22. > :10:26.said he is deeply upset by this latest tragedy.
:10:26. > :10:30.TRANSLATION: I am heartbroken by this incident there might troops
:10:30. > :10:37.feel the same pain. They will take every effort to prevent incidents
:10:37. > :10:41.like this, so they do not have an effect on our relationship with
:10:41. > :10:46.allies. Where heart goes out to families in the UK. British
:10:46. > :10:51.soldiers, like this Scottish medic, are continuing to work closely with
:10:51. > :10:57.Afghan counterparts. When I am on patrol, all I am concerned that is
:10:57. > :11:06.correct if we take casualties, what will I do? I have never had any
:11:06. > :11:11.concerns. I have known member for I have left camp. -- I have known
:11:11. > :11:18.them before I have left camp. not yet known whether the attacker
:11:18. > :11:27.was a Taliban sympathiser. Five from this Brigade, 12 British
:11:27. > :11:33.troops if Derbyshire, have been killed by those they came to help.
:11:33. > :11:36.-- 12 British troops this year. The radical Muslim cleric, Abu Qatada,
:11:36. > :11:40.has won his battle against deportation to Jordan to face
:11:40. > :11:43.terror charges. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission
:11:43. > :11:51.upheld his appeal after his lawyers claimed he would not get a fair
:11:51. > :11:59.trial there. The Government strongly disagrees with the
:11:59. > :12:03.decision and will appeal against it. Having got one radical cleric on a
:12:03. > :12:10.plane out of the UK last month, the Government was hoping to do the
:12:10. > :12:15.same with Abu Qatada. This is a serious defeat for Theresa May.
:12:15. > :12:19.is described as a truly dangerous individual and a threat to national
:12:19. > :12:24.security. Attempts to deport him have been thwarted by the European
:12:24. > :12:28.Court of Human Rights. British judges have backed Abu Qatada in
:12:28. > :12:33.his battle to stay in the UK. The Government has been desperate to
:12:33. > :12:39.get him on a plane to Jordan. Theresa May on one of a clutch of
:12:39. > :12:42.ministerial visits their earlier this year. The British said they
:12:42. > :12:46.had got key assurances from the Jordanians, including a guarantee
:12:46. > :12:51.that evidence obtained to torture would not be used against Abu
:12:51. > :12:55.Qatada if you were to return to stand trial. Today's judgment said
:12:55. > :13:05.There is a real risk of such a judgment being presented. The Home
:13:05. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:17.Countries with poor human rights records, with regard to torture and
:13:17. > :13:22.lack of fair trial, will not change those records just because they
:13:22. > :13:28.write it down on a piece of paper. Abu Qatada arrived in Britain 22
:13:28. > :13:31.years ago and was granted asylum. He became a preacher a formidable
:13:31. > :13:38.influence and is said to have advocated killing Jews and
:13:38. > :13:44.attacking Westerners. In a BBC interview after 9/11, he praised
:13:44. > :13:49.Osama Bin Laden. TRANSLATION: In the image I have of
:13:49. > :13:54.him - a Muslim man who defends the causes of his nation against his
:13:54. > :13:58.enemies - should be supported by every Muslim. He has never been
:13:58. > :14:04.convicted of any offence in this country. The Jordanians want him
:14:04. > :14:08.over his alleged involvement in two terrorist plots. In the spring, Abu
:14:08. > :14:14.Qatada was removed from the house and where he had been briefly on
:14:14. > :14:20.bail. He was sent back to gel on what ministers hope was the first
:14:20. > :14:26.step on the road to deportation. The forced exit strategy has been
:14:26. > :14:32.derailed by today's ruling. At present, Abu Qatada remains in the
:14:32. > :14:37.UK. The senior judge has refused the Government permission to appeal
:14:38. > :14:41.against his ruling. The Government could try another avenue of appeal.
:14:41. > :14:48.Theresa May is due to make a statement on all of this in the
:14:48. > :14:55.House of Commons this afternoon. AJP believes he should be released
:14:55. > :15:01.The top story: The Government questions the size
:15:01. > :15:06.of the pay-off to the outgoing BBC Director-General, George Entwistle,
:15:06. > :15:11.of nearly half a million pounds, but the chairman of the BBC Trust
:15:11. > :15:18.defended the settlement. Coming up: Are some of the big High
:15:18. > :15:26.Street names paying enough UK tax? On BBC London. The judge is soming
:15:26. > :15:32.up the trial of the former MP for charges of admitting false expense
:15:32. > :15:38.claims. A call for England? More to come in 15 minutes.
:15:38. > :15:43.The Greek Parliament has narrowly voted to approve big spending cuts
:15:43. > :15:46.despite the public protests. The cuts were agreed last light as
:15:46. > :15:51.thousands demonstrated outside of Parliament it means that Greece
:15:51. > :15:56.will get further EU bail out funds. Eurozone finances ministers are due
:15:56. > :16:00.to discuss the crisis later in Brussels. Let's go there now to
:16:00. > :16:03.speak to our correspondent. Matthew, how crucial is the meeting? It is
:16:03. > :16:08.very important. The decision has not yet been taken to hand over the
:16:08. > :16:13.money to Greece. Greece needs some 31 billion euros in extra funding.
:16:13. > :16:17.That has been on hold since May when the Greek elections were being
:16:17. > :16:22.held. That is when they were being run. It needs some 5 billion euros
:16:22. > :16:29.by the end of the week to pay off debts that mature. So this is a
:16:29. > :16:33.CrossRail part of the crisis, if u -- if you like.
:16:33. > :16:38.The head of the euro group has been saying that he has received the
:16:38. > :16:42.report from Greece's international creditors, which he described as
:16:43. > :16:47.being positive. That will raise eyebrows, but he says that is a
:16:47. > :16:52.positive report. You pensioned -- mentioned the fact that the Greek
:16:52. > :16:55.have passed austerity measures. There is a lot of dissatisfaction
:16:56. > :16:59.in some capitals, noticeably in Berlin and in some of the other
:16:59. > :17:03.countries in Europe, worried about being seen to throw more money
:17:03. > :17:08.after bad money into some sort of bottomless pit, but the reason that
:17:08. > :17:12.the money, it is assumed, it will be handed over is because of all of
:17:12. > :17:17.the countries of the eurozone, and the International Monetary Fund and
:17:17. > :17:21.to the European Union are locked in this. They have already made a
:17:21. > :17:26.lending, if they don't give it more, it will go brunt.
:17:26. > :17:31.So, when do we think now that the crisis in Greece will end? Well, I
:17:31. > :17:40.think, if you are Greek, not for a generation. The cuts have been
:17:40. > :17:43.ep.ic. That country is on its knees. could be talking about -- eurozone,
:17:43. > :17:46.we could be talking about several years on. This it depends on how
:17:46. > :17:51.long the eurozone and others decide to stick with the commitment that
:17:51. > :17:55.Greece will not leave the single currency of the euro. There are a
:17:55. > :17:59.number of potential problems in the way, firstly, the Greek economy is
:17:59. > :18:03.getting worse, not better. Some talk of a need for a third bail out.
:18:03. > :18:07.The International Monetary Fund, how long will its rules allow it to
:18:07. > :18:12.keep giving Greece money in order to help it out of its situation? A
:18:12. > :18:15.lot of questions to be answered, but I'm convinced I will be here
:18:15. > :18:19.for many months to come talking to you about this.
:18:19. > :18:23.Thank you very much. Executives from Google Starbucks
:18:23. > :18:26.and Amazon are to be questioned later on this afternoon by MPs on
:18:26. > :18:29.the Public Accounts Committee. It is part of an inquiry into tax
:18:29. > :18:35.avoidance. All three companies have been accused of paying little or no
:18:35. > :18:39.tax on the UK income. Let's talk to our business
:18:39. > :18:43.correspondent. What do MPs want to get from the
:18:43. > :18:47.executives? Well it is basically to justify what appears to be the
:18:47. > :18:51.situation that they pay so little Corporation Tax on the UK
:18:51. > :18:55.businesses. With Starbucks, for instance, they sold nearly �400
:18:55. > :19:00.million worth of coffee and cake last year but paid no Corporation
:19:00. > :19:04.Tax. It is a similar story with Google and Amazon. It appears that
:19:04. > :19:07.as they are international, they can arrange international affairs to
:19:07. > :19:11.make the money in countries where the tax rates are low. This is not
:19:11. > :19:17.something that is open to a corner shop or a smaller business
:19:17. > :19:20.competing with them here. Can anything be done about it?
:19:20. > :19:25.can be brought here for a roasting. That is likely to happen this
:19:26. > :19:29.afternoon. The law could be changed to link the taxs to sales, but that
:19:29. > :19:33.could put off businesses from operating in the UK. Or pain-
:19:33. > :19:39.staking negotiations with other countries to make it is -- make it
:19:39. > :19:45.a more level playing field, but the companies say that they pay some
:19:45. > :19:48.taxes, business rates, and national insurance on employees and VAT to
:19:48. > :19:51.the Government. Thank you very much. On Thursday,
:19:51. > :19:57.China's communist party are to unveil the new leaders to take over
:19:57. > :20:00.the running of the country, but what about the other 82 million
:20:00. > :20:10.party members. What is life like at the grass roots of the world's
:20:10. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:16.biggest political party? The people are foremost, says the slogan.
:20:16. > :20:22.Inside the flame of party loyalty burns strong. You don't have to
:20:22. > :20:26.search hard for a reason. Haunghaunghaung has been a
:20:26. > :20:30.Communist Party -- this man has been a Communist Party member for
:20:30. > :20:34.six years. In a boom of economic growth during which the
:20:34. > :20:38.organisation has added another 7 million members to its ranks.
:20:38. > :20:41.TRANSLATION: The people's lives are getting better. China is moving in
:20:41. > :20:47.the right direction to become a developed country. We should
:20:47. > :20:51.support the party. This week, it is all about a
:20:51. > :20:55.transition of power at the very top, but the grass roots are changing
:20:55. > :20:59.too. While farmers and peasants still
:20:59. > :21:06.account for a third of the party, that proportion is now matched by a
:21:06. > :21:11.new class of member. This golden cow, a tonne in weight
:21:11. > :21:14.is testament to the money made in just one village. For the
:21:15. > :21:17.professionals and the businessmen hoping to get rich, a party card is
:21:17. > :21:22.not compulsory, but it definitely helps.
:21:22. > :21:27.The party chief here keeps an eye on the stock market and see no, sir
:21:27. > :21:33.contradiction with the party's founding principles.
:21:33. > :21:39.TRANSLATION: Our goal is to realise communism. It could be in ten, 100,
:21:39. > :21:44.even 500 years, but the primary aim is to make everyone rich.
:21:44. > :21:51.In one important sense, little has changed since the days of Chairman
:21:51. > :21:56.Mao. The monopoly on power is unyielding. There is still no
:21:56. > :22:01.political freedom. Personal freedom is on the rise and the party does
:22:01. > :22:06.not boss people around as much as it once did, but the bar for
:22:06. > :22:11.joining is still set high. TRANSLATION: Not smoking, getting
:22:11. > :22:14.good grades, helping school friends. These are qualities that have
:22:14. > :22:18.helped me to become one of the lucky few.
:22:18. > :22:23.Of course, the Communist Party of China faces real challenges at this
:22:23. > :22:26.moment of transition, but with 82 million members and growing, no-one
:22:26. > :22:32.should underestimate the firm hold that it retains over the people's
:22:32. > :22:38.lives. Environmental groups have
:22:38. > :22:43.criticised a scheme designed to help the UK to meet EU targets for
:22:43. > :22:48.renewable power. Power stations are to get subsidies to burn wood
:22:48. > :22:52.instead of coal on the ground that trees absorb carbon dioxide while
:22:52. > :22:59.growing, but campaigners argue that there are not enough trees to
:22:59. > :23:05.sustain the project. It is cold outside, but trust a dog
:23:05. > :23:09.to nab the warmest spot in house. At their home in Yorkshire, the
:23:10. > :23:16.Goulder family get the wood burner going when the nights draw in. It
:23:16. > :23:21.is an effort, but it is worth it. . It is lovely to look at... But if
:23:21. > :23:28.it takes this to help to heat a room for a few hours, what does it
:23:28. > :23:33.need to run a power station burning wood? Drax Power Station in
:23:34. > :23:39.Yorkshire is the biggest in the UK. Coal is what generates the heat to
:23:39. > :23:45.make the power, but coal produces too much of the CO2 helping to
:23:45. > :23:51.disrupt the climate. So the use of coal is to be halved.
:23:51. > :23:57.And here is what will be burned instead, wood and other materials
:23:57. > :24:01.together known as biomass. Lengths of birch branches are shredded for
:24:02. > :24:05.the furnace. Plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere while growing, so
:24:05. > :24:10.the Government says that this system helps the environment. It is
:24:10. > :24:16.hard to grasp.the scale of this. Just imagine how much wood this
:24:16. > :24:22.place will need to burn? Nearly 7 million tonnes of it a year, the
:24:22. > :24:25.great majority is imported from the USA and Canada.
:24:25. > :24:28.Environmentalists fear that the impact on the world's forests of
:24:29. > :24:33.burning more and more wood. They say it will not help the climate in
:24:33. > :24:39.time. When you burn wood, the CO2 comes
:24:39. > :24:44.from the chimney just as when you burn coal. While the tree will re-
:24:44. > :24:49.grow and recapture the carbon from the atmosphere, it can take decades,
:24:49. > :24:54.if not centuries for that to happen. To stop dangerous climate change we
:24:54. > :24:59.have to cut emissions now, not in 100 years' time.
:24:59. > :25:03.The truck delivering the wood produces CO2 emissions. So does
:25:03. > :25:08.turning the wood into pellets for the furnace, but Drax Power Station
:25:08. > :25:14.say it is still worthwhile. We are confident we are delivering
:25:14. > :25:18.savings. There is ample sustainable biomass, but we burn the stuff that
:25:19. > :25:23.people do not want. Either way, burning wood for power is on the
:25:23. > :25:31.increase. It will push up people's power bills. Subsidies will stretch
:25:31. > :25:40.to more than �1 billion. The former British spy, George
:25:40. > :25:46.Blake has given a rare interview to Russian television to mark his 90th
:25:46. > :25:48.birthday. George Blake fled to the USSR in 1996. Vladimir Putin
:25:48. > :25:53.congratulated him on his staunch work.
:25:54. > :25:58.We have this report from Moscow. Today he has a Russian home a
:25:58. > :26:03.Russian wife, even a Russian name, Georgy Ivanovich, but this is
:26:03. > :26:09.George Blake, the former British intelligence officer, who for
:26:09. > :26:15.nearly a decade, spied for the Soviets. To mark his 90th birthday,
:26:15. > :26:20.Russian TV has been given rare access to one of the most notorious
:26:20. > :26:24.double agents of the Cold War. He said he didn't see himself as a
:26:24. > :26:34.hero or a traitor. George Blake spent three years in cap nift North
:26:34. > :26:35.
:26:35. > :26:42.Korea. By the time he returned to Britain in 1993 he was a communist.
:26:42. > :26:48.He became a KGB mole, taking the train to the Soviet sector, landing
:26:48. > :26:51.over data, and drinking champagne with his KGB handler. He convinced
:26:51. > :26:57.himself he was doing something that was right.
:26:57. > :27:01.I did not change sides because of Blakemail or torture. I offered the
:27:01. > :27:06.services voluntarily. He proiblg does not see himself as a traitor
:27:06. > :27:11.as he believes in these things. He is not aware of a betrayal as he
:27:11. > :27:17.was brainwashed into believing them, but from a UK point of view, of
:27:17. > :27:22.course, he is a significant traitor. George Blake was jailed for 42
:27:22. > :27:26.years, but in 1966 he escaped from prison and fled to Moscow where he
:27:26. > :27:31.was hailed as a hero. George Blake claimed that he handed
:27:31. > :27:36.the names of hundreds of Western agents to Moscow. George Blake
:27:36. > :27:41.showed no remorse and Russia continues to show its gratitude,
:27:41. > :27:46.offering his birthday wishes, Vladimir Putin it is said, that
:27:46. > :27:51.George Blake's work deserved the highest recognition and respect.
:27:51. > :27:55.Over the year Moscow has given him many medals and the rank of Colonel,
:27:55. > :28:02.but the one thing he is missing is communism. He betrayed his country
:28:02. > :28:08.for a political system that turned out to be a pipe dream.
:28:08. > :28:13.Heavy rains and strong winds have caused flooding in several areas in
:28:14. > :28:18.Italy with the problem most severe in Venice. The people have been
:28:18. > :28:22.forced to wade through knee-high water, one of the worst floods in
:28:22. > :28:26.150 years. .Well, it is not so bad here, we
:28:26. > :28:31.hope. Let's get the latest weather. hope. Let's get the latest weather.
:28:31. > :28:36.Is it coming our way? No, a change of week and weather type.
:28:36. > :28:40.After a lovely sunny weekend. There is now a blanket of cloud and from
:28:41. > :28:47.that there are weather fronts invading bringing some rain. You
:28:47. > :28:50.can see there, a few holes in the cloud. Fingers crossed we may get
:28:50. > :28:55.some brightness for the east of Wales and the east of Devon.
:28:55. > :28:59.Generally, the story is a cloudy one. It is a damp and breezy day to
:29:00. > :29:06.come. That is the story tonight. So we lose the rain into the south-
:29:06. > :29:11.east. The winds are a future. It is a south-westerly. Is little milder
:29:11. > :29:16.than lately. Rains clinging to Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. After a
:29:16. > :29:20.cold morning in the north-east of Scotland, the temperatures there
:29:20. > :29:24.are struggling at four Celsius. Bursts of rain into the west of
:29:24. > :29:30.Scotland. There is more rain for Northern
:29:30. > :29:35.Ireland overnight and tomorrow. Mainly in Wales, a cloudy afternoon
:29:35. > :29:38.with drizzle, but remember the satellite picture, a finger --
:29:38. > :29:44.fingers crossed for a few holes there.
:29:44. > :29:48.Despite the cloudy conditions, it is milder. There are outbreaks of
:29:49. > :29:53.light patchy rain to clear from the south-east and East Anglia. Then it
:29:53. > :29:58.will leave a legacy of cloud a misty night with hill fog. By
:29:58. > :30:01.contrast, the breeze is there and the winds becoming more persistent
:30:01. > :30:07.in Northern Ireland and Scotland, but the temperatures are not as
:30:07. > :30:13.cold as the night that has passed. They are 10 to 11 Celsius.
:30:13. > :30:17.The weather front is to stay in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It
:30:17. > :30:26.means rain for Tuesday and Wednesday. The winds are still a
:30:26. > :30:30.feature too. Away from the west- facesing -- west-facing coasts.
:30:30. > :30:34.Still a milder feel to things. There could be significant totals
:30:34. > :30:39.in temperatures before the frontal system clears. It is there to the
:30:39. > :30:42.far north and the west on Wednesday. The best of the sunshine in the
:30:42. > :30:52.south. Then a little question mark for the end of the week. There
:30:52. > :30:54.
:30:54. > :30:58.could be a problem with low cloud Ending on a positive being a little
:30:58. > :31:02.milder than lately. .$$RAISE Before we go, a reminder
:31:02. > :31:06.of the top story: The Government questions the size of the pay-off