:00:11. > :00:15.The first police commissioners for England and Wales are elected. In
:00:15. > :00:19.the first vote of its kind, 41 commissioners have been chosen.
:00:19. > :00:23.They'll be in charge of police spending plans with powers to hire
:00:23. > :00:28.and fire Chief Constables. But with some counts already over, there are
:00:28. > :00:31.real concerns over what could be a record low voter opportunout.
:00:31. > :00:40.Another night of heavy bombing over Gaza amid calls for an end to the
:00:40. > :00:43.violence. This was a Hamas interior ministry building. It was deserted
:00:44. > :00:47.overnight, nobody was hurt here. Locals are saying these air raids
:00:48. > :00:52.were designed to spread fear and panic. There's a lot of residential
:00:52. > :00:56.buildings in this neighbourhood and next door, a United Nations school.
:00:56. > :01:00.A Christian man, demoted for his posting his opposition to gay
:01:00. > :01:03.marriage in church on Facebook, wins a breach of contract case
:01:03. > :01:13.against his employers. And a warning to patients not to ask for
:01:13. > :01:13.
:01:14. > :01:17.antibiotics, over fears bacteria On BBC London: Plans to create two
:01:17. > :01:22.new Catholic schools in Richmond are chalepgd in the High Court.
:01:22. > :01:32.Just one in ten thousand journeys on the cable car are by regular
:01:32. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:45.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The results of the
:01:45. > :01:49.first elections for Police and Crime Commissioners are coming in
:01:49. > :01:53.as counting continues in many areas. The new positions have been created
:01:53. > :01:56.to oversee police forces in England and Wales, except for the
:01:56. > :02:00.Metropolitan Police in London. Police commissioners will have key
:02:00. > :02:04.powers such as the ability to hire and fire chief constables, but the
:02:04. > :02:10.number of people who turned out to vote for them was very low. Let's
:02:10. > :02:16.join Matthew Amroliwala who's in Manchester. Kate, good afternoon.
:02:16. > :02:20.Well turnout here in Greater Manchester is as low as 13.5%. In
:02:20. > :02:24.some parts of the West Midlands, as low as 12%. Elsewhere, it's been
:02:24. > :02:30.slightly higher, but not by a great deal. The police minister Miranda
:02:30. > :02:32.Green dismissed the suggestion the Government had mishandled -- Damian
:02:32. > :02:38.Green dismissed suggestions that the Government had miss handled the
:02:38. > :02:41.elections. He said millions had voted that -- and that the
:02:41. > :02:45.commissioners would have a political mandate that they have
:02:45. > :02:53.never had before. We will see what this means for your area, first
:02:53. > :02:56.Mike Sergeant reports. I therefore give notice that Angus Macpherson
:02:56. > :02:59.is duly elected as Police and Crime Commissioner for the Wiltshire
:02:59. > :03:05.Police area. APPLAUSE
:03:05. > :03:08.A small handful of supporters cheered the first ever commissioner.
:03:09. > :03:13.Angus Macpherson was elected in the early hours this morning. Some of
:03:13. > :03:17.those brought in to count ballots had rather a quiet night, just 15%
:03:17. > :03:20.voted in this area. The winning candidate says the low turnout
:03:20. > :03:24.would not undermine his position as the new Police Commissioner.
:03:24. > :03:29.have a pot of money. We are going to commission services, using that
:03:29. > :03:35.pot of money, from the police, from voluntary sector, working with
:03:35. > :03:38.local authorities, working with other agencies to reduce crime.
:03:38. > :03:43.Police and Crime Commissioners are today being sworn in, governing 41
:03:43. > :03:46.forces in England and Wales. They'll set the police budget in
:03:46. > :03:50.their area and hold the Chief Constable to account. The
:03:50. > :03:53.commissioners will themselves be overseen by a new police and crime
:03:53. > :03:57.panel. The Government says the real test is what these commissioners
:03:57. > :04:01.can achieve rather than the turnout. But there'll be many questions at
:04:01. > :04:06.the Home Office about the policy, about the timing of these elections
:04:06. > :04:09.and whether much more should have been done to explain it all to the
:04:09. > :04:13.public. Because all the counts taking place today seem to tell a
:04:13. > :04:17.similar story - whether a case of apathy or confusion, only a
:04:17. > :04:20.minority thought this a worthwhile election. Does that affect the
:04:20. > :04:25.legitimacy of those elected? Millions of people voted yesterday.
:04:25. > :04:28.Nobody ever voted for the chair of a Police Authority, there's clearly
:04:29. > :04:31.a democratic mandate that wasn't there before. I think these Police
:04:31. > :04:34.and Crime Commissioner elections have proved a complete shambles as
:04:34. > :04:39.a result of the Government's decisions. We warned them that this
:04:39. > :04:43.was the wrong policy at the wrong time. Yet they chose to spend �100
:04:43. > :04:47.million on these elections rather than spend it on 3,000 police
:04:48. > :04:52.officers instead. Now it's up to the new commissioners to show they
:04:52. > :04:56.can have a significant effect on policing and the way each force
:04:56. > :05:00.prioritises its resources. Ultimately the test will be whether
:05:00. > :05:05.crime falls and people feel safer. But there won't be another November
:05:05. > :05:11.poll. Future contests will be held in May, at the same time as other,
:05:11. > :05:17.for familiar elections. Let's look more closely at the
:05:17. > :05:23.picture in one area. Jon Kay is in Swindon. What are people saying to
:05:23. > :05:27.you, why didn't people engage in these elections? Well, there's a
:05:27. > :05:31.mixture of reasons, some say they couldn't be bothered, there was
:05:31. > :05:34.apathy. Also a lack of information about the candidates, many have
:05:34. > :05:38.said. Others told us they didn't understand what the commissioner
:05:38. > :05:41.job was about, what the role was. That's why they didn't really
:05:41. > :05:46.bother this time. Though they say they might in the future. Wiltshire,
:05:46. > :05:50.the turnout here was 15%. One of the biggest changes in policing in
:05:50. > :05:55.this county over the 200 years it's had a police force, but when we
:05:55. > :06:01.took to the streets this morning, not a huge amount of interest.
:06:01. > :06:05.So, this morning, Wiltshire made history, but in Swindon, we found a
:06:05. > :06:09.distinct lack of electoral buzz. didn't vote. I didn't vote either
:06:09. > :06:13.I'm afraid. We're no good to you. Why not? I don't know anything
:06:13. > :06:17.about it. I haven't heard anything about it. Nothing at all? Nothing
:06:17. > :06:25.at all. Do you know who the candidates were? No clue. Do you
:06:25. > :06:29.know who won? No. Someone good, hopefully. Do you care? Not overly.
:06:29. > :06:33.I'm ambiflent. Didn't know it was happening. It was yesterday.
:06:33. > :06:43.wasn't aware. Too busy watching I'm a celebrity. Do you know who won?
:06:43. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:48.No. Do you care? No. No. Pankhur is it s think they might be
:06:48. > :06:51.related to Emily. As you might expect they normally vote but not
:06:51. > :06:56.this time. Did you know enough about the candidates?
:06:56. > :07:01.definitely not. Probably not. I don't think there's been, nothing's
:07:01. > :07:05.been advertised that much. I didn't vote because there wasn't any
:07:05. > :07:09.information through. The turn out was higher in rural areas of this
:07:09. > :07:13.county, but there was still confusion about what the job of
:07:13. > :07:17.commissioner involves. I have voted because I feel it's a shame to
:07:17. > :07:23.waste your vote. But no, there wasn't very much information at all.
:07:23. > :07:29.I had to work quite hard to find any information really. I think the
:07:29. > :07:32.candidates themselves are a little short in putting themselves about.
:07:32. > :07:37.In Swindon I finally found someone. You're the first person I've found
:07:37. > :07:44.who voted. Can you tell me who you voted for? No, I don't remember to
:07:44. > :07:48.be honest. The small turnout means only 7% of Wiltshire's electorate
:07:48. > :07:52.actually voted for the winning candidate.
:07:52. > :07:56.Standing here this lunch time just about sums it up, people asking
:07:56. > :08:00.what are you doing? What's the live broadcast? Is it Children In Need,
:08:00. > :08:03.most ask or is it about the Christmas lights being switched on.
:08:03. > :08:07.The Police and Crime Commissioners elections are far from their minds.
:08:07. > :08:16.It's not just Wiltshire, it appears to be similar across England and
:08:16. > :08:19.Wales. We can speak to Norman Smith now.
:08:19. > :08:23.Is there a question mark over legitimacy now given this low
:08:23. > :08:26.turnout, do you think? Downing Street insists there is not a
:08:26. > :08:30.legitimacy question surrounding these commissioners because they
:08:30. > :08:34.argue any election is better than no election. Indeed they are
:08:34. > :08:38.blaming we in the national media to some extent. They say we failed to
:08:38. > :08:41.provide sufficient coverage to these elections. If in the a
:08:41. > :08:46.legitimacy question, there is sefrpbl a question mark surrounding
:08:46. > :08:50.the political authority of these commissioners. Because their
:08:50. > :08:53.political self-confidence, their ambition surely has to be
:08:53. > :08:58.circumscribed to some extent by the low turnout. It is very hard to
:08:58. > :09:01.conceive of a commissioner going down the road potentially of firing
:09:01. > :09:07.a Chief Constable when they know what limited public support they
:09:07. > :09:13.appear to have. How awkward, embarrassing is it for Government,
:09:13. > :09:19.though? This was the big flagship idea on law and order. I think it
:09:19. > :09:23.is embarrassing. It was the brand, new spanking idea. Private live
:09:23. > :09:27.many Tories are aghast it wasn't given more oomph by the Government
:09:27. > :09:30.in promoting the elections. It makes it harder for ministers to go
:09:30. > :09:34.around beating trade unions about the head when they have low
:09:34. > :09:38.turnouts and bring members out on strike. It's also awkward because
:09:38. > :09:43.it adds to the long list of constitutional reforms pursued by
:09:43. > :09:48.this Government which have left the public decidedly underwhelmed.
:09:48. > :09:54.Thanks very much. There is plenty more on these elections for Police
:09:54. > :10:04.and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales on our website:
:10:04. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:10.Labour has held two seats in by- elections in Manchester Central and
:10:10. > :10:13.Cardiff South and Penarth. Lucy Powell was elected to replace Tony
:10:13. > :10:18.Lloyd in Manchester, where the turnout of just over 18% is
:10:18. > :10:21.believed to be the lowest in a by- election since World War II. In
:10:21. > :10:26.Cardiff, Stephen Doughty retained the seat, which has been held by
:10:26. > :10:31.Labour since it was created in 1983. The turnout there was just under
:10:31. > :10:35.26%, down from more than 60% at the 2010 general election.
:10:35. > :10:39.In what's seen as a mid-term test of the David Cameron's leadership,
:10:39. > :10:44.Labour is hoping to win the seat of Corby where a result is expected in
:10:44. > :10:47.the next couple of hours. If Labour wins the seat, it will be the
:10:47. > :10:52.party's first gain from the Conservatives in a by-election
:10:52. > :10:58.since 1997. The second round of vote counting
:10:58. > :11:06.in the election for Bristol's first directly elected mayor is under way.
:11:06. > :11:10.Independent George fergson and Marvin can be reeves are the top
:11:10. > :11:17.two candidates. Earlier today people in Hartlepool voted to
:11:17. > :11:20.abolish the role of mayor. The Israeli attacks on Gaza have
:11:20. > :11:26.been condemned as a disaster, by the Egyptian Prime Minister, who
:11:26. > :11:30.made a brief visit to the territory. Israel suspended its bombardment
:11:30. > :11:35.for three hours during the visit. It said militants continued to fire
:11:35. > :11:39.into Israel. In the past hour, sirens have wailed to warn of
:11:39. > :11:44.rockets in Tel Aviv, sending people scurrying for cover. Ben Brown is
:11:45. > :11:50.in Ashkelon in southern Israel. Thanks very much. We're close to
:11:50. > :11:55.the border with Gaza here. Actually, Ashkelon has had lots of rockets
:11:55. > :11:59.being fired into it from Gaza this morning, several times today we've
:11:59. > :12:03.heard the air raid sirens go. People run for the shelters to take
:12:03. > :12:07.cover. Shops are closed. Schools are closed. Very few people out on
:12:07. > :12:12.the streets. They really are living on their nerves, full of fear, as
:12:12. > :12:18.they are, of course, in Gaza, as well. It's from Gaza that this
:12:18. > :12:22.report comes from. It does contain flash photography.
:12:22. > :12:26.Soon after sun rise, Gazans came out to assess the damage. After a
:12:26. > :12:31.long night of air strikes, that Israel says hit up to 150 targets,
:12:31. > :12:35.across the Palestinian territory. Remarkably, there appeared to have
:12:35. > :12:39.been few casualties. This was a Hamas interior ministry building.
:12:39. > :12:43.Like a lot of targets hit overnight, it was deserted. Nobody was hurt
:12:43. > :12:47.here. What locals are saying is that these air raids were designed
:12:47. > :12:52.to spread fear and panic. There's a lot of residential buildings in
:12:52. > :12:56.this neighbourhood and right next door, a United Nations school.
:12:56. > :13:05.Families spent the night huddled in their homes. My children are afraid.
:13:05. > :13:12.And crying. Too much. And all this as Egypt's Prime Minister, on the
:13:12. > :13:16.left, was welcomed by his Hamas counterpart. Hisham Qandil's visit
:13:16. > :13:20.was fleeting, less than three hours. It still lasted longer than the
:13:20. > :13:27.supposed ceasefire. Even as he visited a hospital, two more dead
:13:27. > :13:33.bodies came in. He said, Israel's operation was a disaster, calling
:13:33. > :13:37.it an aggression and said that Egypt could not remain sielt. --
:13:37. > :13:43.silent. Israeli air strikes are ongoing. Israel says in response to
:13:43. > :13:51.continued Palestinian rocket fire. There is no end to the violence in
:13:51. > :13:56.sight. So how long will the Israeli
:13:56. > :14:00.operation in Gaza continue? Pillar of defence is the code name. There
:14:00. > :14:05.is speculation that there could be an all-out ground offensive. We
:14:05. > :14:11.know thousands of Israeli reservists have now been drafted in.
:14:11. > :14:14.Let's hear this report now from Richard Galpin in Jerusalem.
:14:14. > :14:22.Israeli military forces gathering along the border with the Gaza
:14:22. > :14:26.Strip. Preparation for a possible ground offensive. This movement of
:14:26. > :14:31.heavy armour, earlier today, coming as the army said it had begun the
:14:31. > :14:36.recruitment of 16,000 reserve soldiers. As far as we understand,
:14:36. > :14:43.the Israeli government here has not made a decision about whether to go
:14:43. > :14:47.for a ground offensive. It has to weigh concern about casualties
:14:47. > :14:55.amongst the troops and also the possibility of far more civilian
:14:55. > :15:00.casualties in Gaza. But today, more homes in southern Israel have been
:15:00. > :15:03.hit by rockets, fired from the Gaza Strip. The owners of this house say
:15:03. > :15:09.the rockets came through the kitchen window. Luckily no-one was
:15:09. > :15:13.there. One hospital in the region has even
:15:13. > :15:17.been transferring premature babies and other patients to safer places,
:15:17. > :15:20.because of the persistent threat of rocket attacks.
:15:21. > :15:25.TRANSLATION: We're transferring several groups of patients to safer
:15:25. > :15:31.places. Our units are usually not secured. We've transferred
:15:31. > :15:36.premature babies, children and old people. Israel's missile defence
:15:36. > :15:41.system is being used extensively. Knocking out a significant number
:15:41. > :15:46.of rockets, but not all. And the government is increasingly worried
:15:46. > :15:51.about threats to major cities, like Tel Aviv. With more and more
:15:51. > :16:01.Israelis, like these, forced to hide in shelters, the question is
:16:01. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:07.whether the government will feel Here in Ashkelon, you can see the
:16:07. > :16:12.beach behind me. Normally on a Friday, it would be full of people.
:16:12. > :16:15.Right now, it is deserted, because the rockets have been coming in
:16:15. > :16:20.throughout the day. People fear that will continue for many more
:16:20. > :16:27.days to come. The people we have spoken to are fully behind their
:16:27. > :16:30.government. Many of them want a ground offensive into Gaza. Our top
:16:30. > :16:32.story this lunchtime: Counting is underway in the first
:16:32. > :16:37.elections for police commissioners in England and Wales, but there are
:16:37. > :16:47.concerns that turnout is very low. Coming up:
:16:47. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:55.Another difficult day for England's cricketers in India.
:16:55. > :16:59.Later on BBC London News: with Children In Need just a few hours
:16:59. > :17:06.away, we meet the London schoolchildren singing their way to
:17:06. > :17:09.The manager of a housing trust who was demoted for writing on Facebook
:17:09. > :17:12.about his opposition to gay marriage in church has won a legal
:17:12. > :17:15.case against his employers. Trafford Housing Trust said Adrian
:17:15. > :17:19.Smith broke its code of conduct by expressing religious views which
:17:19. > :17:27.might upset colleagues. The High Court ruled that the Trust's
:17:27. > :17:30.actions amounted to breach of contract.
:17:31. > :17:35.Social networking sites, where the distinction between what is public
:17:36. > :17:39.and what is private, can be difficult to define. Today's case
:17:39. > :17:43.centres on comments which were on a private page and meant only to be
:17:43. > :17:47.read by certain people. But when Adrian Smith described gay marriage
:17:47. > :17:52.as an equality too far, his employers heard about it and he was
:17:52. > :17:56.demoted. Today, the courts ruled that they had breached their
:17:56. > :18:00.contract. Outside court, the Christian Institute, who have
:18:00. > :18:04.supported Adrian Smith, spoke for him. Something has poisoned the
:18:04. > :18:10.atmosphere in Britain, where an honest man like me can be punished
:18:10. > :18:15.for making perfectly polite remarks about the importance of marriage. I
:18:16. > :18:19.have won today, but what will tomorrow bring? Age in Smith's
:18:19. > :18:23.employers at Trafford Housing Trust, after nearly 20 years in the job,
:18:23. > :18:33.he was demoted from manager to rent collector and his salary was cut by
:18:33. > :18:44.
:18:44. > :18:47.So once again, the law is being tested in relation to social
:18:47. > :18:50.networking sites. Sites like Facebook and twitterers are
:18:50. > :18:56.becoming an integral part of the modern legal landscape. This case
:18:56. > :19:01.is highly significant. This case also focuses on the issue of
:19:01. > :19:05.freedom and gay rights. Last month, one gay couple, Michael Black and
:19:05. > :19:09.John Morgan, one their discrimination case when they were
:19:09. > :19:14.refused a double room in a B&B. As for Adrian Smith, he wants his old
:19:14. > :19:16.job back. At the moment, there is no word on this from his employers.
:19:16. > :19:19.The foreign secretary, William Hague, has hailed a potential
:19:19. > :19:24.turning point for Syria as he held talks with leaders of a coalition
:19:24. > :19:26.of parties opposed to President Assad. Mr Hague said he had been
:19:26. > :19:29.encouraged by what he heard and would make a decision about
:19:29. > :19:33.recognising the group as the official Syrian opposition within
:19:33. > :19:43.days. Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins is at the Foreign
:19:43. > :19:48.Office. Tell us about the coalition. How cohesive a group does it appear
:19:48. > :19:53.to be? This is a very big moment for the Syrian opposition, both
:19:53. > :19:57.political and rebel leaders. After months of bitter division, they
:19:57. > :20:03.have managed to come together, most of the key groups, representing
:20:03. > :20:07.perhaps as much as 90%, they say, of the Syrian people. They have put
:20:07. > :20:11.a lot of differences behind them and form a coalition. They have
:20:11. > :20:15.succeeded this week in persuading France to recognise them officially
:20:15. > :20:18.as the sole legitimate voice of the Syrian people. Today they are
:20:18. > :20:22.trying to persuade the British to do the same. It seems that the
:20:22. > :20:26.Government is moving towards that position. But first, William Hague
:20:26. > :20:30.wanted assurances from the new coalition about guarantees he
:20:30. > :20:36.requires before Britain comes in squarely behind them. The Foreign
:20:36. > :20:40.Secretary saw the three key leaders this morning. This was what he said
:20:40. > :20:45.in response. Our welcomed the commitment that he has made to
:20:45. > :20:49.reach out to all opposition groups and communities in Syria and to
:20:49. > :20:56.respect human rights, to finalise a clear plan for political transition
:20:56. > :21:03.in Syria and of course, to demonstrate that the coalition can
:21:03. > :21:08.be a credible political alternative to the Assad regime. So what should
:21:08. > :21:12.we be reading into what Mr Hague had to say? The message was clear.
:21:12. > :21:17.He is itching, frankly, to recognise this new opposition
:21:17. > :21:21.coalition. Recognition my Britain may come very early next week, when
:21:21. > :21:25.William Hague goes to a European foreign ministers' meeting. He will
:21:25. > :21:30.be discussing this particularly with the French, who were the first
:21:30. > :21:34.in with their recognition. That will be seen by many as a big step
:21:34. > :21:38.forward for this opposition coalition. They will have greater
:21:38. > :21:41.moral legitimacy among the international community, and they
:21:41. > :21:44.believe that will help in their fight to bring down President Assad.
:21:44. > :21:48.A court in The Hague has acquitted two Croatian former generals of all
:21:48. > :21:50.war crime convictions and ordered for them to be freed. The men, Ante
:21:50. > :21:52.Gotovina and his co-accused, Mladen Markac, were appealing against
:21:52. > :21:58.their convictions for atrocities against Serbs during the break-up
:21:58. > :22:03.of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Crowds of supporters in Zagreb celebrated
:22:03. > :22:05.following the decision. Doncaster council has been severely
:22:05. > :22:10.criticised by Ofsted inspectors for failing to protect vulnerable
:22:10. > :22:15.children. Their report coincides with a separate investigation into
:22:15. > :22:24.the torture of two boys in 2009. The council has admitted "features
:22:24. > :22:29.of systemic failure of that time remain today".
:22:29. > :22:34.Three years ago, two boys, 10 and 11, were taken from this park. In
:22:34. > :22:38.these woods, they were beaten and tortured. Their abusers were all so
:22:38. > :22:43.young boys, known to social services, who missed chance after
:22:43. > :22:46.chance to stop the attack. Today, the same council, Doncaster, has
:22:46. > :22:50.been told its services are inadequate, and once again,
:22:50. > :22:56.children are at risk. We spoke to the family of one of the victims.
:22:56. > :23:00.We can't identify them, but they told us their verdict on children's
:23:00. > :23:04.services in Doncaster. I feel like we have been failed. I want the
:23:04. > :23:11.world to know that Doncaster has failed not just with us, but with
:23:11. > :23:15.everybody. Today's Ofsted report found that when it comes to
:23:15. > :23:19.children, families, carers and management, at every level,
:23:19. > :23:24.Doncaster is failing. For the team who are supposed to have improved
:23:24. > :23:32.services, there is a long way to go. The main answers to the issues we
:23:32. > :23:35.have got are to recruit good staff and create stable teams. That is
:23:35. > :23:39.not helped by poor publicity. failures in Doncaster were known
:23:39. > :23:43.about three years ago, when a serious case review was published
:23:43. > :23:47.into what went wrong. The government's view was that lessons
:23:47. > :23:51.were not being learnt. Today's Ofsted report shows that those
:23:52. > :23:56.fears were correct. Now the Government is demanding change to
:23:56. > :24:02.prevent more stories like Edlington and children like Baby P and Khyra
:24:02. > :24:07.Ishaq are dying because of system failures. If we don't learn
:24:07. > :24:11.properly from what went wrong, we don't support the profession
:24:11. > :24:15.properly. Nor have we modernised its ways of working. When children
:24:15. > :24:19.are taken into care, we take too long to find them a secure and
:24:19. > :24:23.loving home. There was also a call for more children to be taken into
:24:23. > :24:27.care more quickly. There is a lot at stake, and if councils don't get
:24:27. > :24:30.it right, children's lives could be left devastated.
:24:30. > :24:33.Patients are being urged to stop asking doctors for antibiotics for
:24:33. > :24:37.coughs and colds because of the rate at which bacteria are becoming
:24:37. > :24:39.resistant to them. Health officials have warned that unless people
:24:39. > :24:49.change the way they react to common illnesses, some infections could
:24:49. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :24:57.become impossible to cure. Every winter, of Drs' waiting rooms
:24:57. > :25:01.fill up with coughs and colds, fevers and flu. Many patients
:25:01. > :25:06.expect their GP to give them antibiotics, not realising that
:25:06. > :25:10.they do not help with these common illnesses. Doctors say it is hard
:25:10. > :25:15.to get the message across, to explain that sometimes, simple
:25:16. > :25:21.remedies and rest are best. 40 million prescriptions for
:25:21. > :25:25.antibiotics are issued each year in England. Experts warn that this is
:25:25. > :25:31.creating your bacterial infections, resistant to treatment. We are
:25:31. > :25:35.increasingly seeing cases of TB where they are drug resistant and
:25:35. > :25:41.difficult to treat. In my old age, it could be that I go for a hip
:25:41. > :25:45.replacement and get some infection, and I can't be treated. Antibiotics
:25:45. > :25:49.only became widely available after the Second World War, giving
:25:49. > :25:53.doctors a new weapon against deadly infections, one of the wonders of
:25:53. > :25:58.modern medicine. But now there is concern that they are being over-
:25:58. > :26:02.used, taken from minor illnesses or not taken properly. The message to
:26:02. > :26:07.patients this winter is clear. However bad it is, antibiotics will
:26:07. > :26:10.not get rid of your cold. In the long term, it is better for all of
:26:10. > :26:13.us if they are only used when needed.
:26:13. > :26:17.The BBC is holding its "biggest ever" Children in Need appeal this
:26:17. > :26:20.evening. The show will be presented, as ever, by Sir Terry Wogan. This
:26:20. > :26:22.year's entertainment will include a live performance from Girls Aloud
:26:22. > :26:24.and the official single for the fundraiser, Something New.
:26:24. > :26:28.Britain's Olympic and Paralympic heroes will be getting involved
:26:28. > :26:33.with the likes of Tom Daley and Ellie Simmonds dancing in a music
:26:33. > :26:37.video. England's cricketers suffered
:26:37. > :26:40.another punishing day in the First Test against India. A double
:26:40. > :26:45.hundred from Cheteshwar Pujara helped the home side set a huge
:26:45. > :26:48.total of 521 for 8 before they declared. England's luck didn't
:26:48. > :26:51.change when their batsmen took to the crease. They finished the day
:26:51. > :27:01.on 41 for the loss of three quick wickets. Joe Wilson reports from
:27:01. > :27:05.Ahmedabad. Friday morning, and England needed
:27:05. > :27:09.acceleration in Ahmedabad, wickets, quick. But things go at their own
:27:09. > :27:13.pace here. You can't always move something that doesn't want to be
:27:13. > :27:19.moved. Meanwhile at the Test match, India's batsmen were making their
:27:19. > :27:23.own progress, completely untroubled. It was all going very well. First
:27:23. > :27:27.the local lad Cheteshwar Pujara made his 100 on his way up. He
:27:27. > :27:31.could be doing this for another decade for India. Not long ago, we
:27:31. > :27:38.wondered if Yuvraj Singh would ever play cricket again. His first match
:27:38. > :27:48.since recovering from cancer was a triumph. He only Graeme Swann posed
:27:48. > :27:48.
:27:48. > :27:56.India possible problems. The only question for India was when they
:27:56. > :28:03.would become bored of batting. 521 was enough. England's turn at last.
:28:03. > :28:10.England's bowling tactic was obvious, trial by spin. Jimmy
:28:10. > :28:15.Anderson was sent in to occupy the crease. India would happily pick a
:28:15. > :28:20.team of spinners against England. Suddenly, every ball prompted panic,
:28:20. > :28:30.England's preparation undone in minutes. Suddenly, this Test has
:28:30. > :28:33.
:28:33. > :28:41.accelerated. England are lurching Now the weather. It does not look
:28:41. > :28:47.inspiring. It is not inspiring. It is pretty mucky. There is a lot of
:28:47. > :28:53.low cloud. It is dull, dreary and damp in places. And there is a bit
:28:53. > :28:57.of light and patchy rain. There are some breaks in the cloud around
:28:57. > :29:02.North Wales and northern England. A few breaks are cropping up in the
:29:02. > :29:06.south-east as well. We have two weatherfronts, one in the West and
:29:06. > :29:10.one in the south-west. They will meander closer together during the
:29:10. > :29:15.afternoon and overnight. What you have at the moment is what you will
:29:15. > :29:18.keep for the rest of the afternoon. There is the potential for a few
:29:18. > :29:27.showers in the south-east corner. We could see some damp and drizzly
:29:27. > :29:30.weather from that cloud. Overnight, our weatherfronts gradually come
:29:30. > :29:35.together for a brief hug. They will probably finish the night across
:29:35. > :29:40.northern England. Some of the rain will turn heavy for a time across
:29:40. > :29:45.Wales. Across England, it will be cloudy, dull and damp again.
:29:45. > :29:48.Further north, the temperatures will be fallen away. We start off
:29:48. > :29:54.with the rain across northern England and through Wales on
:29:54. > :29:57.Saturday. A few showers continue up to the extreme north and west, but
:29:57. > :30:01.there will be a considerable difference in the weather by the
:30:01. > :30:06.middle of the afternoon for some. Cornwall and Devon have sunny
:30:06. > :30:11.spells. Cloudy and damp through the Midlands. In the south-east corner,
:30:11. > :30:15.the rain may take most of the day to clear away. Better in the north
:30:15. > :30:20.of England. A few showers in Northern Ireland and western
:30:20. > :30:26.Scotland. Some winteriness over the tops of the hills. But in eastern
:30:26. > :30:31.Scotland, you should see fewer showers. Those showers continue
:30:31. > :30:36.overnight on Saturday and fall on cold surfaces, so there could be
:30:36. > :30:40.icy stretches first thing. The weatherfront gradually clears away
:30:40. > :30:45.from the south-east, to leave a noticeable drop in temperature on
:30:45. > :30:53.Sunday morning. A widespread frost is likely in rural spots. It will
:30:53. > :30:57.be a chilly, but sparkling start to Sunday. But cloud and rain gather
:30:57. > :31:05.in the West. This is an indication of what is to come on Monday. It
:31:05. > :31:08.A reminder of our top story: Counting is underway in the first
:31:08. > :31:13.elections for police commissioners in England and Wales, but there are
:31:13. > :31:16.concerns that turnout is very low. Still to come on the BBC News
:31:16. > :31:19.Channel in the next half hour, we'll bring you those election