:00:06. > :00:09.Unemployment is down again. The figure falls to just over 2.5
:00:09. > :00:12.million. It's the lowest level for more than
:00:12. > :00:20.a year, but the Bank of England warns that the road to recovery is
:00:20. > :00:24.still a long one. The immediate outlook remains a
:00:24. > :00:30.challenging one. Growth is likely to remain sluggish and inflation
:00:30. > :00:33.above target. The road to recovery may be long and winding.
:00:33. > :00:35.Out on strike - tens of thousands take to the streets across Europe
:00:35. > :00:37.to protest against rising unemployment and cuts to public
:00:37. > :00:42.spending. Care for sufferers of schizophrenia
:00:42. > :00:45.is branded catastrophic - a charity calls for a radical overhaul.
:00:45. > :00:51.Quids in - after the controversy over Olympic ticket sales, the
:00:51. > :00:54.latest figures show organisers made millions more than they'd planned.
:00:54. > :00:57.The sunshine coast says goodbye to the sun - thousands get the chance
:00:57. > :01:00.to witness a total eclipse Down Under.
:01:00. > :01:03.Later on BBC London: Keeping the Olympic sporting spirit
:01:03. > :01:06.alive in London's schools - Lord Coe speaks out about his
:01:06. > :01:16.frustrations. And more people in work in London,
:01:16. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :01:33.but there's a rise in unemployment, Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:33. > :01:37.BBC News at One. There was mixed news on the economy today, with
:01:37. > :01:40.figures showing another fall in the number of people out of work, but
:01:40. > :01:45.warnings of a slowdown in the economy. Unemployment across the UK
:01:45. > :01:48.is now down to just over 2.5 million. That is despite increases
:01:48. > :01:52.in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Governor of the Bank of England
:01:52. > :01:55.says that Britain faces an unappealing mix of a weak recovery
:01:55. > :02:03.and higher inflation. Sir Mervyn King said inflation will also
:02:03. > :02:07.remain higher for longer, squeezing household income further.
:02:07. > :02:11.Unemployment is down again. The number in work is up. So the
:02:11. > :02:13.headline from the jobs market is positive. But ministers were
:02:13. > :02:23.cautious in their reaction to the list figures.
:02:23. > :02:28.It is a good sign. But I think we all recognise there's challenge is
:02:28. > :02:31.out there. People want to find work, and we have to do what we can to
:02:31. > :02:37.give them opportunities. Youth unemployment was down 49,000
:02:37. > :02:45.over the latest period. But the number of long-term jobless was up
:02:45. > :02:48.12,000. The claimant count was up just over 10,000 last month.
:02:48. > :02:53.Today's headline for his welcome, but what worries me is what is
:02:53. > :03:03.going on beneath the headlines. We have seen another sharp increase in
:03:03. > :03:08.unemployment, to one million. Schemes like this are helping young
:03:08. > :03:13.people searching for jobs. The Prince's Trust is organising
:03:13. > :03:18.training. Many get work here as stewards. For Adam, it is a welcome
:03:18. > :03:28.break after two years of signing on. When you go to sign on the
:03:28. > :03:30.
:03:30. > :03:34.JobCentre, you just feel like you are a dosser. It makes you feel
:03:34. > :03:37.that lack of confidence. Many private sector employers are
:03:37. > :03:41.recruiting, including this engineering business. It makes
:03:41. > :03:46.components for industries like defence and construction. Did his
:03:46. > :03:52.prospects right now are looking good. -- business prospects.
:03:52. > :03:57.We have taken on five people recently. We feel positive. The
:03:57. > :04:00.markets we are entering into have continued to expand. We are
:04:00. > :04:03.concentrating more on global markets as opposed to just European
:04:03. > :04:07.ones. Employment levels have held up
:04:07. > :04:11.better than most experts expected, given the state of the economy in
:04:11. > :04:16.the past year. But those in work have had to make some sacrifices.
:04:16. > :04:21.Many have seen pay rises behind the rate of inflation, or even wage
:04:21. > :04:24.freezes. Like many others, workers at this
:04:24. > :04:28.firm have received pay rises below the rate of inflation for the past
:04:28. > :04:31.couple of years. For a time they were on a four-day week. They are
:04:31. > :04:34.relieved to be still in work but they know their pay packets have
:04:34. > :04:38.been squeezed. The Governor of the Bank of England
:04:38. > :04:41.has warned that next year, inflation will be so good to get
:04:41. > :04:45.the higher than previously expected. It's because of factors light
:04:45. > :04:49.tuition fees and gas and electricity price rises.
:04:49. > :04:54.The immediate economic outlook remains challenging. Growth is
:04:54. > :04:58.likely to remain sluggish, and inflation above target. The road to
:04:58. > :05:02.recovery will be long and winding. But there are good reasons to
:05:02. > :05:08.suppose that we are travelling in the right direction. The committee
:05:08. > :05:12.is ready to do whatever it can to keep us on the right path.
:05:12. > :05:16.Let's speak to our economics editor, Stephanie Flanders. It is a pretty
:05:16. > :05:19.mixed picture today. We had this press conference
:05:19. > :05:24.unveiling the new quarterly forecast from the Bank of England.
:05:24. > :05:28.We had something that I can't remember not hearing in the recent
:05:28. > :05:31.compasses, which is that the forecast has gone up for the next
:05:31. > :05:35.few months and the growth forecast has gone down. I would not say it
:05:35. > :05:39.was a Trans formation in the picture compared to August, but
:05:39. > :05:44.then the outlook and then was not looking great. The message from Sir
:05:44. > :05:48.Mervyn King was that the growth that we saw for the third quarter,
:05:48. > :05:51.to September, that took us out of form of recession, we should not
:05:51. > :05:55.expect anything like that in the next few months, when the figure
:05:56. > :06:00.comes out for the last three months of the year. In fact, we could, he
:06:00. > :06:06.said, see a negative figure. That does not mean we are seeing another
:06:06. > :06:13.double dip, but it underlines that they have got a challenging picture.
:06:13. > :06:17.The next year could still look like a very kind of bumpy path. The good
:06:17. > :06:21.news was what you pay was talking about. We have a situation where
:06:21. > :06:27.employment is growing. People puzzler wages are being squeezed,
:06:27. > :06:33.but it has kept more people in work. -- people's wages.
:06:33. > :06:37.Let's speak to Norman Smith. Ahead of the Autumn Statement, will the
:06:37. > :06:40.government see these figures as good or bad?
:06:40. > :06:44.My sense is that the figures will provide the government with some
:06:44. > :06:49.respite ahead of the crucial economic statement, because it
:06:50. > :06:55.underpins the government's core argument, which is that slowly, the
:06:55. > :06:59.wheels of the economy are starting to turn. It is not a runaway train
:06:59. > :07:03.of recovery. It is more like a sort of one-legged crab scuttling this
:07:03. > :07:09.way and that way. When the borrower into the figures, they are very
:07:09. > :07:14.mixed. We see youth unemployment below one million, but long-term
:07:14. > :07:19.unemployment is up towards one million. We see half the regions in
:07:20. > :07:26.the UK have unemployment falling, but half have it rising. 100,000
:07:26. > :07:30.new jobs are created, but half are full-time, 1/2 part-time.
:07:30. > :07:36.Politically, the government will be relieved. But economically, not
:07:36. > :07:39.much has changed. The economy is still fragile.
:07:39. > :07:43.Across Europe, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to
:07:43. > :07:47.take part in strikes and anti- austerity protests. Walkouts have
:07:47. > :07:52.already started in Spain and Portugal, with action also under
:07:52. > :07:59.way in France, Greece and Italy. The action has led to Thant --
:07:59. > :08:04.hundred off light beam of a cancelled. Al correspondent -- our
:08:04. > :08:07.correspondent is in Madrid. There are chaotic scenes here today
:08:07. > :08:12.as protesters jostled with the police, who are trying to keep part
:08:12. > :08:16.of the city open for business. The government has said a lot of people
:08:17. > :08:19.have not followed the strike. The unions disagree. Today is another
:08:19. > :08:27.day of discontent in the crisis within the eurozone.
:08:27. > :08:33.In Barcelona, the unions were out in force. There were some scuffles
:08:33. > :08:40.at Madrid's main station, but trouble, so far, has been isolated.
:08:40. > :08:43.Pickets did what they could as some buses headed out. However, there's
:08:43. > :08:48.widespread disruption and unions have called on people to stay away
:08:48. > :08:51.from work. They have today this and a message to the government here
:08:51. > :09:01.and abroad. This is not just about Spain, but
:09:01. > :09:05.Europe. European policy should change after this. People can't
:09:05. > :09:12.stand any more. There are 90 austerity protests
:09:12. > :09:17.today. In Portugal, there is also a general strike. Two in Greece, too.
:09:17. > :09:22.Both countries are implementing deep measures to try to manage
:09:22. > :09:27.their debts. Spain has a debt of 76% of its
:09:27. > :09:33.total annual income. That is the highest it has been in 22 years.
:09:33. > :09:43.Last year, Portugal's debt rose to 107 % of what its economy generates
:09:43. > :09:47.in a year. Increase, national debt is at 165 %. -- Kinnock Greece.
:09:47. > :09:53.People in all three countries are now leading the effects of public
:09:53. > :09:57.cuts. They are paying more tax. Amid the confusion of a strike, it
:09:57. > :10:01.is hard to say if the growing anger of the unions and their supporters
:10:01. > :10:05.represent a wider trend in Spanish society. There will be bigger
:10:05. > :10:08.protests tonight, which may give us a better indication of whether
:10:09. > :10:13.people's patience is wearing thin with the government. It was a tough
:10:13. > :10:17.day for those travelling across part of Europe, but most of those
:10:17. > :10:27.living in crisis-hit countries have bigger priorities. A path to
:10:27. > :10:30.economic growth in Spain means so much protest will be hard.
:10:30. > :10:36.There's been an interesting concession from the banks over
:10:36. > :10:42.housing. But I don't think we can expect a policy change from Spain's
:10:42. > :10:45.government. It is committed to deep austerity.
:10:45. > :10:50.Here, a damning report into the care of people with schizophrenia
:10:50. > :10:52.in England says standards are catastrophically short. The report
:10:53. > :10:56.by the Schizophrenia Commission says the NHS are not spending
:10:56. > :11:01.enough on mental health in England and that money is being wasted on
:11:01. > :11:06.keeping people in demoralised hospital wards for too long. Our
:11:06. > :11:10.health correspondent reports. Carly Townsend was just 14 when she
:11:10. > :11:15.started hearing voices. Twice she has been sectioned in a psychiatric
:11:15. > :11:19.hospital. Now, anti-psychotic drugs are helping. But broader attitudes
:11:20. > :11:24.are harder to overcome. If somebody has fallen over and
:11:24. > :11:28.broken their leg, they were sympathise. But when you have got a
:11:28. > :11:33.mental illness, people suddenly don't want to talk about it. They
:11:33. > :11:38.might ask you, how are you, courteously, but they are not
:11:38. > :11:42.interested in the answer. Today's report describes shameful
:11:42. > :11:47.standards of care on some wards. Units that are all too often
:11:47. > :11:50.stressful, chaotic and scary places. And a mental health system that is
:11:50. > :11:53.broken and demoralised. This report says that a significant
:11:53. > :11:59.amount of money is spent on providing secured a cremation for
:11:59. > :12:02.people with mental illness in hospitals. -- secure accommodation.
:12:03. > :12:07.But it says the money would be better spent reaching people in the
:12:07. > :12:11.first place. The at this is on keeping more
:12:11. > :12:19.people on -- the empathy is on keeping people in hospital for too
:12:19. > :12:25.long. We could release people into lower care.
:12:25. > :12:29.Schizophrenia and psychosis affects 22,000 people in England alone. One
:12:29. > :12:33.in six of us will experience it at some stage. Ministers say services
:12:33. > :12:38.for those with severe mental illness must improve.
:12:38. > :12:44.We are letting people down. People with some acute problems could be
:12:44. > :12:48.helped so much more effectively by using the money more sensibly.
:12:48. > :12:52.The report calls for improved services, more research, and better
:12:52. > :12:58.drugs. It also points to a change in attitudes to mental illness
:12:58. > :13:02.across society. Lancashire police have appealed for
:13:02. > :13:08.witnesses to come forward if they were abused by or knew of any abuse
:13:08. > :13:14.by the former MP for Rochdale, sell Smith, who died in 2010. -- Cyril
:13:14. > :13:18.Smith. This follows the naming of him in Parliament.
:13:19. > :13:28.It does. Yesterday afternoon, Rochdale's MP made the allegation
:13:28. > :13:33.that one of his predecessors, the town's MP for 20 years until 1992,
:13:33. > :13:37.had sexually abused young boys who at the time were living at a hostel
:13:38. > :13:43.in Rochdale. It is not the first time that allegations of this
:13:43. > :13:48.nature have been made about Sir Cyril Smith. In 1979, three former
:13:48. > :13:52.residents of that hostel made statements to a solicitor making
:13:52. > :13:55.similar allegations. But then nothing happened over the
:13:55. > :13:58.intervening years. Lancashire police said they believed there was
:13:58. > :14:02.a police investigation, but they can't find the records from it and
:14:02. > :14:08.they don't know whether it was ever referred to the Director of Public
:14:08. > :14:13.Prosecutions. That brings us to the present day. Since the Jimmy Savile
:14:13. > :14:18.affair broke, more Poole have been coming forward. Three people have
:14:18. > :14:21.made similar allegations. These are new allegations of a similar nature.
:14:21. > :14:25.But Lancashire police said they have not been made to them, they
:14:25. > :14:32.have not gone to the police. Today, Lancashire Police said they would
:14:32. > :14:38.like anybody, they say, who has been a victim of sexual abuse by
:14:38. > :14:42.Sir Cyril Smith, to get in touch. His family say that they are very
:14:42. > :14:48.upset by these allegations, and feel that they have been made out
:14:49. > :14:55.of political motivation. How were top story - unemployment
:14:55. > :14:58.is down again. The figure falls to 2.5 million. But the Bank of
:14:58. > :15:03.England warns that the road to recovery is a long one. Coming up,
:15:03. > :15:07.the handover of power - China prepares to announce its new leader.
:15:07. > :15:12.Later on BBC London, as Children in Need approaches, we hear about a
:15:12. > :15:15.mentoring project which is changing the life of a former Young offender.
:15:15. > :15:25.And on the most important Hindu festival of the year, record-
:15:25. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:31.breaking numbers that at Neasden Tomorrow, China's Communist Party
:15:31. > :15:34.will announce its new leadership team. President Hu Jintao has
:15:34. > :15:37.stepped down and his successor is widely expected to be Xi Jinping.
:15:37. > :15:46.More than 2000 delegates have been meeting at a conference in Beijing
:15:46. > :15:51.to finalise the handover of power. John Sudworth sent this report. On
:15:51. > :15:58.fat crisp Beijing morning, the stage is set for the final key
:15:58. > :16:02.moments in China's power transition. Inside the Great Hall of the people,
:16:02. > :16:09.a new generation is being anointed. The incoming senior leaders will
:16:09. > :16:14.not be revealed until tomorrow. But Hu Jintao's decade as unchallenged
:16:14. > :16:18.ruler of 1.3 billion people is at an end. He stays on as president
:16:18. > :16:23.for a few months but it is the party position that matters in
:16:23. > :16:29.China. The delegates vote for a new central committee and that convenes
:16:30. > :16:34.on Thursday morning to approve the new ruling Politburo. There have
:16:34. > :16:42.been more candidates than seats. The thin veneer of democracy but
:16:42. > :16:46.the reality is that this process is highly choreographed. The delegates
:16:46. > :16:52.selected and the top jobs decided long in advance in backroom deals.
:16:52. > :16:57.The old leadership choosing the new one. 59 year-old Xi Jinping is
:16:57. > :17:01.almost certain to become the new general secretary. Little is known
:17:01. > :17:05.about him but China's leadership transition is a process of the
:17:05. > :17:11.party and by the party for the party. And few people expect any
:17:11. > :17:21.surprise change of direction. You can find more information and
:17:21. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:29.analysis on the transfer of power in China on our website. An
:17:29. > :17:35.investigation has begun into a woman in Ireland he was refused
:17:35. > :17:40.abortion. The doctors said they could not terminate her pregnancy
:17:40. > :17:44.because the foetus had a heart beat. She subsequently lost the baby and
:17:44. > :17:48.died of blood poisoning. Mark Simpson joins me. Inquiries
:17:48. > :17:52.underway? That is right and I had spoken to the husband of the women
:17:52. > :17:57.had died and he is adamant that his wife would still be alive today if
:17:57. > :18:01.she had been allowed that abortion when she said she wanted it, before
:18:01. > :18:07.she miscarried her baby. Her husband says it was clear that her
:18:07. > :18:11.life was in danger. The whole investigation will be to try to
:18:11. > :18:16.establish, was he right? Did DRS think that her life was in danger
:18:16. > :18:20.but did not get have -- did not give her an abortion because
:18:20. > :18:23.Ireland is a Catholic country? That is the subject of this
:18:23. > :18:27.investigation and there will be to investigations, such is the
:18:27. > :18:32.seriousness. And it has been raised in the Irish Parliament this
:18:32. > :18:36.morning. Abortion is one of those issues, the most divisive in
:18:36. > :18:44.Ireland, socially, medically and politically and today it is back at
:18:44. > :18:47.the top of the political agenda. Mark Simpson, thank you very much.
:18:47. > :18:50.Toyota is recalling 75,000 cars in the UK. It is because of faults
:18:50. > :18:53.with steering and water pumps in some Avensis, Corolla and Prius
:18:53. > :18:57.models. Toyota says the defects had caused no accidents and could be
:18:57. > :19:03.fixed easily. More than 2.5 million vehicles are being recalled
:19:03. > :19:06.worldwide. The British drinks company Britvic, that makes
:19:06. > :19:10.Robinsons, Tango, R Whites and other brands, is to merge with AG
:19:10. > :19:14.Barr, which produces Irn-Bru and Tizer. The deal will create a
:19:14. > :19:22.corporation with sales worth �1.4 billion. Up to 500 jobs are
:19:22. > :19:25.expected to be cut from the combined workforce of 4000. One of
:19:25. > :19:30.the UK's biggest energy suppliers, SSE, has reported a rise in half-
:19:30. > :19:34.year profits of 38.3%. It said it had benefited from increased demand
:19:34. > :19:37.because of recent cold weather. The company put up its domestic gas and
:19:37. > :19:43.electricity prices by an average of 9% last month along with the other
:19:43. > :19:46.major firms. It's a potentially lethal infection which is resistant
:19:46. > :19:50.to treatment, but now doctors at in Cambridge say they've managed to
:19:50. > :19:53.stop an outbreak of MRSA by cracking its genetic code. They
:19:54. > :19:58.analysed DNA from several cases of the disease and found it came from
:19:58. > :20:01.one source, a member of staff who was carrying it without knowing.
:20:01. > :20:10.Joining me now is Dr Julian Parkhill, who was involved in the
:20:10. > :20:13.research. What exactly have you done? We have been able to use a
:20:13. > :20:18.very high frequency technology that was developed to sequence the human
:20:18. > :20:23.genome. And apply them to bacterial genomes, which are very much
:20:23. > :20:28.smaller and we have been able to do this rapidly, enabling us to build
:20:28. > :20:31.a family tree of the bacteria and work out how closely related they
:20:31. > :20:36.are and how recently they split from each other and how old they
:20:36. > :20:43.are. And we can call it that information with the information we
:20:43. > :20:49.have about the likely outbreak and say very clearly whether at the
:20:49. > :20:55.outbreak has occurred and who has transmitted what. How far can this
:20:55. > :21:00.be rolled out? Does this mean we are on the verge of ridding of --
:21:00. > :21:04.on the verge of ridding us of MRSA? No, because it is very common and
:21:04. > :21:09.is carried frequently by the public. It is frequently brought into
:21:09. > :21:13.hospitals but what we want to do is identify when transmission ochres
:21:13. > :21:19.and hospitals because that is when the danger a curse. We believe that
:21:19. > :21:24.over the next few years, we can Road at this technology into the
:21:24. > :21:28.NHS and build a system that enables hospitals to detect rapidly and
:21:28. > :21:32.accurately when transmissions have occurred and when different strands
:21:32. > :21:38.of MRSA have been brought in separately. Thank you very much and
:21:38. > :21:40.congratulations. NASA scientists, amateur astronomers and visitors
:21:40. > :21:43.from around the world gathered in Queensland last night for
:21:43. > :21:45.Australia's first full solar eclipse for a decade. Onlookers had
:21:45. > :21:51.a magnificent view of the sun completely obscured by the
:21:51. > :21:55.silhouette of the moon. Duncan Kennedy sent this report. People
:21:55. > :21:59.usually travel to the Queensland coast to see the sun. This time,
:21:59. > :22:04.they came to watch it being obscured. Some brought their
:22:04. > :22:08.glasses. And then more glasses. Others went for industrial-strength
:22:08. > :22:13.protection. And some did not quite get that projection through the
:22:13. > :22:21.card thing. Staying awake meant mobile coffee machines. What you
:22:21. > :22:26.might call car bunks. All this has been good for the economy. 50,000
:22:26. > :22:31.tourists converged around the area for an event that lasted no more
:22:31. > :22:40.than 180 seconds. Nice and clear this morning so I managed to get a
:22:40. > :22:44.good spot. Once-in-a-lifetime thing. We welcome and have a good look.
:22:44. > :22:51.precisely 6:38am local time, the total eclipse began its short,
:22:51. > :22:59.mesmerising cycle. It was the cue for temperatures to plunge, dogs to
:22:59. > :23:02.start barking and the cheering... Only the white glow of the San's
:23:02. > :23:08.Corona was visible and all made possible because although the sun
:23:08. > :23:13.is 400 times bigger than the Moon, the moon is 400 times closer.
:23:13. > :23:19.absolutely awesome, a fantastic display. It was great, the first
:23:19. > :23:24.one I have seen. It was just amazing. Absolutely amazing, once
:23:24. > :23:29.in a lifetime. Australian television brought in its own props
:23:29. > :23:35.to help the worse still confused. Now, the moon is passing exactly in
:23:35. > :23:39.front of the Sun. It is about here. And that shall continue and then...
:23:39. > :23:43.Two hours later, it will be gone. It was the real thing that had
:23:43. > :23:48.everybody spellbound for two minutes. If you want to see the
:23:48. > :23:58.next one, head to the North Atlantic in 20th March 15. And
:23:58. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:07.witnessed the greatest celestial show-stopper. # March how to 15. --
:24:07. > :24:09.March 2015. Revenue from the sale of tickets for the Olympic Games
:24:09. > :24:12.and Paralympics were far better than hoped for. Sales exceeded
:24:12. > :24:14.expectations by more than �150 million, but there were still
:24:14. > :24:18.thousands of unsold tickets for many events, including athletics.
:24:18. > :24:21.James Pearce is in Central London. Most of those unsold tickets were
:24:21. > :24:24.for the football but surprisingly there were more than 2000 Olympic
:24:24. > :24:28.athletics tickets which were never bought and several hundred for the
:24:28. > :24:37.opening and closing ceremony. But this was a success story with
:24:37. > :24:39.tickets having been sold in record numbers. The opening ceremony of an
:24:39. > :24:44.Olympics that has seen unprecedented demand for tickets.
:24:44. > :24:49.For more than one year, millions tried and many had failed to find a
:24:49. > :24:53.way to get into the venues to watch what was described as the greatest
:24:53. > :25:00.show on earth. Arguably, the best Olympics ever, they were the most
:25:00. > :25:04.successful in terms of ticket sales. London 2012 announced today that
:25:04. > :25:08.10.9 million tickets were sold for the Olympics and Paralympics. Out
:25:08. > :25:16.of the 11.3 million which were available. Revenue from ticket
:25:16. > :25:20.sales reached �659 million, far ahead of the target. One of the
:25:20. > :25:24.most remarkable statistics is that from well over 1 million tickets
:25:24. > :25:31.available for the Paralympic athletics, only 668 were not sold.
:25:31. > :25:33.It was because of the high demand and the sight of empty seats at the
:25:33. > :25:38.start that caused such anger amongst many of those who had been
:25:38. > :25:43.unable to get to watch. The problem was mainly caused by those in
:25:43. > :25:48.accredited areas not turning up. London 2012 said the public seating
:25:48. > :25:53.was full at nearly every sport, apart from football. This was a
:25:53. > :25:57.world-beating success in terms of powerful and the atmosphere. In the
:25:57. > :26:00.accredited areas there is an issue because they do not always sit
:26:00. > :26:07.there for the whole time but that is part of hosting an international
:26:07. > :26:12.event. Today, for the first time, London 2012 told us how many seats
:26:12. > :26:18.had been sold to the home supporters rather than the sponsors.
:26:18. > :26:23.The total at the men's 100 metres final was only 51% of tickets in
:26:23. > :26:26.the hands of the British public. Overall, the target of three
:26:26. > :26:30.quarters of Olympic tickets being sold to home supporters was reached.
:26:30. > :26:33.It was a summer that one never be forgotten. The athletes enjoyed
:26:33. > :26:38.themselves and so did the spectators lucky enough to be there.
:26:38. > :26:43.With the demand for tickets so high, those spectators will be well aware
:26:43. > :26:49.of just how lucky they were. Stunning figures and far better
:26:49. > :26:53.than expected? Yes, in terms of revenue there is no doubt that this
:26:53. > :26:59.has been a resounding success but there are big issues. It was the
:26:59. > :27:03.biggest problem, ticketing. Next week, Lord Coe and his team go to
:27:03. > :27:08.Rio de Janeiro for the official debriefing of the London Games and
:27:08. > :27:11.ticketing, which is discussed, and lessons will be learnt and the
:27:11. > :27:21.demand was unprecedented but it was frustrating because of the way the
:27:21. > :27:26.website worked and the desire to stop that happening again. And if
:27:26. > :27:28.somebody -- some tickets end up in the wrong hands, there have been
:27:28. > :27:32.investigations and ruthless people from various associations trying to
:27:32. > :27:41.sell tickets for profit. And Rio will determine that should not
:27:41. > :27:44.happen. Thank you very much. Now a very lucky escape for three people
:27:44. > :27:46.whose plane crashed in Brazil. A security camera caught the moment a
:27:46. > :27:50.Cessna aircraft came off the runway at Sao Paulo's airport. After
:27:50. > :27:56.bouncing off the end of a grass verge the plane crashes to a
:27:56. > :27:59.standstill. Seconds later, one of the passengers is seen escaping. No
:27:59. > :28:09.one was seriously hurt. Investigators are trying to
:28:09. > :28:12.
:28:12. > :28:17.establish why it happened. Now a Mild again today, not quite as warm
:28:17. > :28:20.as yesterday, hitting 16 degrees yesterday but temperature is still
:28:20. > :28:24.above average in many areas. Despite the fact that there is a
:28:24. > :28:28.lot of cloud. The latest satellite picture shows the extent of the
:28:28. > :28:31.cloud cover but also whether cloud has been dissolving nicely in
:28:31. > :28:34.recent hours across southern counties and we shall see more
:28:34. > :28:40.practice this afternoon across parts of the Midlands at perhaps
:28:40. > :28:45.the north-east. Further north, more rain for Northern Ireland and
:28:45. > :28:50.southern and central Scotland. By this evening, particularly into the
:28:50. > :28:53.small hours, we will have this weakening weather front sliding
:28:53. > :28:58.into northern England. Behind the weather front, chances of dense fog
:28:58. > :29:02.across southern Scotland but further south, across England and
:29:02. > :29:08.Wales, particularly with clear skies. Some of that this and fog
:29:08. > :29:12.will not clear. Always some favoured spots, like the Viola your,
:29:12. > :29:19.tending to hold on to that murky weather but we could see mist and
:29:19. > :29:24.fog just about anywhere and predicting when a Charles Pic and
:29:24. > :29:27.left is probably going to be our biggest headache for Thursday. The
:29:27. > :29:32.Midlands looking like an area that might struggle with the lingering
:29:32. > :29:35.fog and denser patches. Western Wales could come out nicely.
:29:35. > :29:40.Northern Ireland, Cloudy first thing on Thursday but considerably
:29:40. > :29:44.drier than it has been. Northern Scotland, potentially patchy frost
:29:44. > :29:48.in the north-east and further south, drier. But we could have mist and
:29:48. > :29:52.fog and again, that could stick so it could be bad for rush hour and
:29:52. > :29:59.also through the day if that does linger. It will mean it feels
:29:59. > :30:04.rather chilly with temperatures struggling at single figures. Highs
:30:04. > :30:10.of around him or 11 degrees. Into Friday, potentially as similar
:30:10. > :30:13.start across England and Wales. For Scotland and Northern Ireland,
:30:13. > :30:17.another weather front living in the wings, bringing wet weather for the
:30:17. > :30:21.end of Friday but the rain will affect all parts of the UK as the
:30:21. > :30:25.weekend gets underway. Sunday could be a very different day. England
:30:25. > :30:29.and Wales, wet weather around on Saturday but Sunday is cooler and
:30:29. > :30:32.crisper and clearer with plenty of sunshine on the way. Scotland and
:30:32. > :30:37.Northern Ireland, cloud and rain possible on Saturday but Sunday
:30:37. > :30:43.brighter and cooler. A real mixture of autumnal weather. More details
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