:00:08. > :00:10.The former Editors of the Sun and the News of the World are to be
:00:10. > :00:15.charged with conspiracy. Andy Coulson and Rebecca Brooks are
:00:15. > :00:18.accused of making unlawful payments to public officials.
:00:18. > :00:26.Attacks continue on Gaza, but Israel shelves plans for a ground
:00:26. > :00:29.invasion as efforts continue to try to broker a truce.
:00:29. > :00:32.We'll be reporting from southern Israel, where missiles are still
:00:32. > :00:35.being fired across the border from Gaza.
:00:36. > :00:38.A senior trader who lost a bank �1.4 billion is found guilty of
:00:38. > :00:44.fraud. The Church of England votes this
:00:44. > :00:46.afternoon on whether to ordain women bishops.
:00:46. > :00:48.Trimming the number of tariffs - the Government tells energy
:00:48. > :00:51.companies there should be fewer deals.
:00:51. > :00:58.And scientists warn that 95% of Britain's ash woodland could die
:00:58. > :01:02.from the fungal disease which has spread across the North Sea.
:01:02. > :01:12.On BBC London: the mayor is accused of breaking a housing promise as
:01:12. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:33.only 10% of homes at one of the Good afternoon, and welcome to the
:01:33. > :01:37.BBC News at 1.00pm. Four former journalists at the Sun and the News
:01:37. > :01:44.of the World are to be charged over alleged corrupt payments to public
:01:44. > :01:46.officials. They include Andy Coulson, who went on to become
:01:46. > :01:48.David Cameron's head of communications, and Rebekah Brooks,
:01:48. > :01:51.News International's former Chief Executive. An employee from the
:01:51. > :01:54.Ministry of Defence is also facing charges. Mr Coulson and Ms Brooks
:01:54. > :02:03.are due to be tried next year over separate allegations of phone
:02:04. > :02:06.hacking. Here's June Kelly. She was the most high-powered woman in the
:02:06. > :02:10.newspaper business, close to successive Prime Ministers. Now
:02:10. > :02:13.Rebekah Brooks is facing a fresh charge. She's accused of being part
:02:13. > :02:18.of a conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. She's
:02:18. > :02:22.already due to stand trial on two other counts - phone hacking and
:02:22. > :02:27.conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, and another charge today
:02:27. > :02:31.for Andy Coulson, the man who followed her into the editor's seat
:02:31. > :02:36.at the News of the World, already in court over hacking and perjury
:02:36. > :02:40.allegations, he's now accused of conspiring to commit misconduct in
:02:40. > :02:46.public office. Once David Cameron's chief spokesman, these latest
:02:46. > :02:49.charges against him go right to the top of the British establishment.
:02:49. > :02:53.They involve the Royal Family. It is claimed while he was at the News
:02:53. > :02:57.of the World he offered payments to public officials in exchange for
:02:57. > :03:00.information including a Royal phone directory known as "the green book".
:03:00. > :03:03.It has contact details for the Royal Family and members of their
:03:03. > :03:07.household. Today in a statement Andy Coulson denied the new
:03:07. > :03:12.allegation against him and said he would fight them in court. Accused
:03:12. > :03:16.with Andy Coulson is Clive Goodman, once the world woorl's Royal editor.
:03:16. > :03:21.He's already served a jail term for phone hacking. The new count
:03:21. > :03:27.against Rebekah Brooks goes back to her days as editor of the Sun and
:03:27. > :03:30.also involves the tabloid's long- standing chief reporter Jon Kay and
:03:30. > :03:40.administrative defence employee Patina Barber. In a statement, the
:03:40. > :03:54.
:03:54. > :03:58.Since her evidence to the Leveson inquiry, there has been a focus on
:03:58. > :04:02.Rebekah Brooks's friendship with David Cameron and the nature of the
:04:02. > :04:07.charges against Andy Coulson mean more embarrassment for Number Ten.
:04:07. > :04:11.Let's talk to June, who is here now. What happens in all of these
:04:11. > :04:14.investigations? What happens in terms of the mechanics of this is
:04:14. > :04:16.both Rebekah Brooks Jerry Hall and her partner Anton Du Beke and the
:04:16. > :04:19.others who have been named today will have to attend a police
:04:19. > :04:21.station either today or in the coming days where they'll be
:04:21. > :04:25.formally charged. There will then be an appearance at magistrate's
:04:25. > :04:29.court. In terms of Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, as we were hearing
:04:29. > :04:32.there, they're both facing other charges. The phone hacking trial is
:04:32. > :04:35.due to get going next autumn, but because of these other charges
:04:36. > :04:40.they're facing, the authorities were already trying to work out the
:04:40. > :04:43.choreography of all of this. This this morning will only add to their
:04:43. > :04:47.difficulties. We should say Rebekah Brooks has always denied all the
:04:47. > :04:50.charges against her, as has Andy Coulson. Of course, politically,
:04:50. > :04:53.this is difficult for Number Ten, and this morning it was noticeable
:04:53. > :04:56.that the Prime Minister, when he was thrown a question about this,
:04:56. > :05:00.didn't respond. June, thank you, June Kelly.
:05:00. > :05:03.Israel says it has put plans for a ground operation in Gaza on hold as
:05:03. > :05:06.talks continue in Egypt to try to secure a truce. The UN Secretary-
:05:06. > :05:10.General, Ban Ki-Moon, has been in Cairo as part of diplomatic efforts
:05:10. > :05:13.to stop the fighting. Ln the next hour he's expected in Jerusalem for
:05:13. > :05:15.talks with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
:05:16. > :05:18.Overnight, there were further Israeli air strikes on Gaza while
:05:18. > :05:27.Palestinian groups launched a handful of missiles into southern
:05:27. > :05:32.Israel. Katya Adler is in southern Israel now.
:05:32. > :05:37.Well, of course, there is much talk and speculation here in Israel as
:05:37. > :05:40.well as in Gaza. I am right here on the border - about this possible
:05:40. > :05:43.ceasefire. Israeli air strikes into the Gaza Strip, Gaza rockets fired
:05:43. > :05:47.here into Israel. They are continuing, but with less intensity
:05:47. > :05:50.than in the last few day, but getting an actual ceasefire
:05:50. > :05:54.agreement - that's going to be complicated because both sides are
:05:54. > :05:58.demanding guarantees. Just to give you a sense of how exposed to one
:05:58. > :06:04.million Israelis feel who live close to the border, this is the
:06:04. > :06:08.Israeli town of Sterot, when a siren wails warning of attacks,
:06:08. > :06:11.they only have a few seconds to run for shelter as we found earlier
:06:11. > :06:15.today. Of course, mean time in gauze Starks more than a hundred
:06:15. > :06:20.people have been killed since the beginning of this current Israeli
:06:20. > :06:24.military operation. In Gaza today, there is a sense of cautious relief.
:06:24. > :06:27.International efforts to broker a ceasefire have meant fewer Israeli
:06:27. > :06:32.air strikes on and around people's homes here. They're grabbing the
:06:32. > :06:35.chance to claw back some of their possessions and a bit of a sense of
:06:35. > :06:39.normality. The United Nations' Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, is
:06:39. > :06:46.in the region. The United States' Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton
:06:46. > :06:52.is on her way. Their message is clear. Once again, Palestinians and
:06:52. > :06:57.Israelis live in the fear of the next strike, and this must stop.
:06:57. > :07:03.Immediate steps are needed by all to avoid further escalation
:07:03. > :07:07.including a ground operation. on the border between Israel and
:07:07. > :07:10.Gaza, and people on both sides are cynical about a ceasefire. They say
:07:10. > :07:16.they've seen them before, and they never last long. Longer term
:07:16. > :07:19.solutions are needed. In Gaza, for example, if you reduce poverty, if
:07:19. > :07:24.Israel lifts its restrictions on the movement of goods and people,
:07:25. > :07:30.there will be far less support for rocket attacks. Israelis too want
:07:30. > :07:37.long-term guarantees. The town of Sterot is only a couple of miles
:07:37. > :07:45.away from Gaza. This will not give us an answer for the reason this is
:07:45. > :07:48.- this is a possibility not for - this is not for a peace. Sorry.
:07:48. > :07:53.Then our conversation was interrupted by rocket fire from
:07:53. > :07:58.Gaza. The missile landed just a few metres away from us. This close to
:07:58. > :08:03.the border, you have less than 15 seconds to run for cover.
:08:03. > :08:07.For these Israeli soldiers amassed close to Gaza, it's a waiting game
:08:07. > :08:11.for now. Israel and Hamas are giving diplomacy a chance, but
:08:11. > :08:16.there is a keen awareness here that the bloodshed on both sides could
:08:16. > :08:19.escalate within minutes. We heard that this morning - we
:08:19. > :08:23.heard this morning from the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
:08:23. > :08:27.who said they wanted to exhaust all diplomatic effort, but if a
:08:27. > :08:30.ceasefire wasn't arounded there could be an Israeli military
:08:30. > :08:33.incursion into Gaza by the end of the week. In Gaza there have been
:08:33. > :08:37.I'mors this morning Hamas was about to announce a ceasefire. Instead,
:08:37. > :08:41.the new mill Friday leader there said they were ready for war and
:08:41. > :08:45.that it had all just started. International mediators are
:08:46. > :08:50.determined to pursue this ceasefire to the good, they say, of civilians
:08:50. > :08:53.on both sides of the border. Thank you for joining us.
:08:53. > :08:56.There's much more information on the conflict in Gaza and Israel as
:08:56. > :09:03.well as all the latest developments as they happen on the BBC News
:09:03. > :09:09.website at bbc.co.uk/news. A trader who lost the Swiss bank
:09:09. > :09:18.UBS �1.4 billion, has been found guilty of fraud. Kweku Adoboli,
:09:18. > :09:20.who's 32, was convicted by a jury at Southwark Crown Court. They're
:09:20. > :09:25.still deliberating on five other charges. Our correspondent Emma
:09:25. > :09:29.Simpson is at Southwark Crown Court. What happened in court today?
:09:29. > :09:33.were colossal losses. In fact, it was the largest unauthorised
:09:33. > :09:39.trading incident the City of London has ever seen, and in this trial,
:09:40. > :09:46.much of what Kweku Adoboli did was never in dispute. Kweku Adoboli
:09:46. > :09:50.this 32-year-old trader, racked up enormous one-way bets - �1.4
:09:50. > :09:55.billion worth of losses. He booked fake bets to hide the real risks
:09:55. > :10:01.that he was taking. What this jury had to decide was whether he was
:10:01. > :10:05.dishonest in doing so. In his defence throughout the trial, he
:10:05. > :10:09.portrayed himself as a guilty - a guilty person that it was the bank
:10:09. > :10:13.that was - a not guilty person, that it was the bank that was
:10:13. > :10:17.encouraging him to take risks that management knew what he was up to,
:10:17. > :10:21.that his other traders on the desk knew what he was up to. As for the
:10:21. > :10:25.prosecution, they portrayed him as a reckless, out-of-control banker
:10:26. > :10:29.who wanted to improve his profits, his status and his bonus, and today
:10:29. > :10:34.this morning he was found guilty on two counts of fraud, but not guilty
:10:34. > :10:40.on four counts of false accounting, making this the biggest case of
:10:40. > :10:50.fraud in British history. He'll be sentenced later this afternoon.
:10:50. > :10:53.Emma, thank you, Emma Simpson. 20 years ago, the Church of England
:10:53. > :10:56.voted to ordain women priests. Today, it'll decide whether to go
:10:56. > :10:59.one step further and allow women to become bishops. The plans have to
:10:59. > :11:01.be approved by all three sections of the Church's parliament, the
:11:01. > :11:04.General Synod. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and his
:11:04. > :11:07.predecessor, Rowan Williams, both support the move. But lay
:11:07. > :11:10.representatives are divided. Emily Buchanan reports.
:11:10. > :11:14.After decades of discussion, it's crunch time for members of the
:11:14. > :11:16.Church of England's Parliament, the General Synod. Good morning.
:11:16. > :11:24.Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and his successor, Justin
:11:24. > :11:30.Welby, are pinning their hopes on a yes vote to women bishops, so are
:11:30. > :11:33.most of the synod members. It means a tremendous lot. I do want to be
:11:33. > :11:38.still alive when we have women bishops, and I have been fighting
:11:38. > :11:42.this thing for 45 years. It's an important issue. I hope it gives us
:11:42. > :11:46.the space to move on and deal with things that are really important,
:11:46. > :11:52.issues like what's happening in Gaza and world poverty. But there
:11:52. > :11:56.is a minority of evangelicals and Anglo Catholics who are strongly
:11:56. > :12:00.opposed. They include women. Actually, it's not a matter of
:12:00. > :12:04.opinion or what somebody thinks women can or cannot do. It's
:12:04. > :12:08.actually about obedience to your understanding of what the church
:12:08. > :12:13.teaches, what's important about the sacraments and what holy scripture
:12:13. > :12:20.tells us. In 2010 for the first time more women than men were
:12:20. > :12:25.aDaned, 290 against 273. Nearly a third of all priests are women,
:12:25. > :12:31.almost a thousand working alongside just over 8,000 male priests. Many
:12:31. > :12:34.argue those women have a right to be bishops one day. It would be
:12:34. > :12:38.devastating blow to the morale of many, not the least our female
:12:38. > :12:45.clergy. It would be a major deterrent to continuing to attract
:12:45. > :12:50.into the ordained ministry able women and many able men. But others
:12:50. > :12:53.don't trust the safeguards in the code of practise. The code of
:12:53. > :12:57.practise cannot enshrine theological conviction. If this
:12:57. > :13:02.legislation is not clear, then what hope can there be that a code of
:13:02. > :13:06.practise will ever work? Here, it would seem we have reached an
:13:06. > :13:10.impasse. The atmosphere in Church House is electric. At stake, the
:13:10. > :13:14.future role of women in the Church of England. Those in favour of
:13:14. > :13:18.women bishops say the current compromise is workable and must be
:13:18. > :13:23.decided on today. Those against want to go back to the drawing
:13:23. > :13:32.board. Voting is later this afternoon, a two-thirds majority is
:13:32. > :13:37.needed in all houses. The result amongst the laity will be close.
:13:38. > :13:43.The BBC News Channel is going to cover that vote live expected to
:13:43. > :13:46.happen sometime after 5.30pm. In the last few minutes the Foreign
:13:46. > :13:49.Secretary William Hague has officially recognised the new
:13:49. > :13:52.Syrian opposition coalition as the sole representative of the Syrian
:13:52. > :13:56.people. Our diplomatic correspondent has joined us. What
:13:56. > :13:59.does this mean? It amounts to a considerable endorsement of this
:14:00. > :14:04.newly formed opposition coalition after months when Britain and many
:14:04. > :14:10.other countries, frankly, were very wary and suspicious of a deeply
:14:10. > :14:13.divided opposition which appeared felt they couldn't trust. This is
:14:13. > :14:16.an investment of trust in the new opposition coalition. William Hague
:14:16. > :14:20.said it amounted in a sense to major breakthrough, the formation
:14:20. > :14:23.of the coalition, and he said that they should now be regarded
:14:23. > :14:27.therefore as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
:14:27. > :14:29.What does that mean in practise? They'll be invited to send an
:14:29. > :14:33.official political representative to London who won't be an
:14:33. > :14:38.ambassador. He won't be able to use the embassy or have diplomatic
:14:38. > :14:41.status, he or she, but nevertheless will have an "in" to the Government.
:14:41. > :14:43.And William Hague announced today that the opposition would get
:14:43. > :14:50.considerably more funds and practical and political help in
:14:50. > :14:53.their fight against President Assad. James, thank you.
:14:53. > :14:56.Energy companies will be forced to reduce the number of tariffs they
:14:56. > :14:59.offer under plans to be announced by the Government later today. The
:14:59. > :15:02.Energy Secretary Ed Davey is expected to say that firms can only
:15:02. > :15:05.offer a certain number of deals and that they should also switch
:15:05. > :15:07.customers to the cheapest suitable product. Some consumer groups,
:15:07. > :15:17.though, are warning that fewer tariffs might mean some of the
:15:17. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:23.cheapest disappear. Here's our With energy prices moving higher,
:15:23. > :15:28.it is important to be on the right deal and last month the Prime
:15:28. > :15:32.Minister said he was going to make that easier for everyone. We will
:15:32. > :15:36.be legislating so that energy companies have to give the lowest
:15:36. > :15:42.tariff to their customers. Now we know how we will be done - there
:15:42. > :15:46.will be a simple choice from a supplier of four tariffs for each
:15:46. > :15:52.field, including a standard variable and fixed rate option, and
:15:52. > :15:55.people will be moved away from so- called dead on competitive deals.
:15:55. > :15:59.Ms people don't switch between suppliers, they just want to see
:15:59. > :16:03.the lights on and the heating working, and that is why to project
:16:03. > :16:08.the majority of customers, putting them on the cheapest tariff
:16:08. > :16:13.available is good news. But the government has got a long way to go
:16:13. > :16:18.to convince customers this is a properly competitive market.
:16:18. > :16:21.plans mirror those outlined by the industry regulator last month but
:16:21. > :16:24.they are an admission that market forces alone have failed to make
:16:24. > :16:32.sure the big energy suppliers deliver the best deals for
:16:32. > :16:37.consumers. The consumer wants to have a bill which is as cheap as
:16:37. > :16:41.possible, and they want to be able to see what they can get as an
:16:41. > :16:45.alternative, and they want to be able to switch. The industry is
:16:45. > :16:51.entirely committed to that. Labour say the government needs to go
:16:51. > :16:53.further, reforming the wholesale market, revamping regulation, and
:16:53. > :16:59.today the Energy Secretary insisted the plans would give consumers a
:16:59. > :17:06.better deal. We can try to put a cushion between those high global
:17:06. > :17:10.gas prices and the bills people pay, firstly by these types of methods,
:17:10. > :17:14.through competition and switching, but also through energy-efficiency.
:17:14. > :17:18.Whether this will deliver cheaper bills is far from clear, but it
:17:18. > :17:26.should at least mean millions of households are not paying over the
:17:26. > :17:30.odds. Our top stories this lunchtime. The
:17:30. > :17:35.former editors of the Sun and the News of the World are to be charged
:17:35. > :17:45.with conspiring to make unlawful payments to public officials.
:17:45. > :18:03.
:18:03. > :18:09.Coming on - how even chimpanzees Europe's leading expert on the
:18:09. > :18:13.disease that has hit ash trees has warned that it is 95% of British
:18:13. > :18:17.woodland would eventually fall victim to the fungal infection.
:18:17. > :18:22.Scientists in Denmark say there is no known way to stop the spread,
:18:22. > :18:29.but they say the few remaining ash trees which show natural immunity
:18:29. > :18:34.could hold the key to replacing those which will be lost.
:18:34. > :18:39.It is an environmentally disaster, and perhaps a nightmare vision of
:18:39. > :18:44.the future for our Rome woodlands. In Denmark at least 95% of ash
:18:44. > :18:48.trees have become infected with the Chalara fraxinea fungus. Those that
:18:48. > :18:56.are not dead are slowly dying. There is no known way of saving our
:18:56. > :19:01.own trees from the same fate. Already, foresters here are losing
:19:01. > :19:07.valuable timber. The to is a very big problem, I call it a disaster.
:19:07. > :19:11.I am losing a lot of trees and a lot of money. In this forest, it is
:19:11. > :19:17.about �1 million. Here you can get a real sense of the devastating
:19:17. > :19:24.impact which this disease has. Just short time ago this whole area was
:19:24. > :19:29.covered with hundreds of mature ash trees 30 metres high. Now because
:19:29. > :19:36.of the disease they have been chopped down and removed. Amid the
:19:36. > :19:40.despair stands hope. Very few ash trees, about 2%, seemed to be
:19:40. > :19:45.naturally resistant to the killer fungus so they are busy collecting
:19:45. > :19:54.seeds hoping their offspring will also be immune. For Denmark and
:19:54. > :19:58.Britain, this could be the long- term answer. These trees, we call
:19:58. > :20:03.them the hope for the future because a small fraction of trees
:20:03. > :20:10.show no symptoms of the disease and these could be the future for ash
:20:10. > :20:16.trees. It at the University of Copenhagen, the search is on for
:20:16. > :20:24.super trees. The saplings are deliberately infected with the
:20:24. > :20:28.fungus. These trees could replace the millions lost.
:20:28. > :20:32.In the last hour, the computer giant Hewlett-Packard says it has
:20:32. > :20:41.made a loss of more than �5 billion on the value of a British company
:20:41. > :20:46.it bought last year following what it calls serious accounting in
:20:46. > :20:51.proprieties. What can you tell us about this? It is on the face of it
:20:51. > :20:58.a very shocking story. Autonomy was perceived to be one of the great
:20:58. > :21:05.software computer success stories of the UK. It was bought by eight p,
:21:05. > :21:09.the American computer giant, last year for �7 billion. Now today AHP
:21:09. > :21:14.is saying that it is writing down the value of the company by more
:21:14. > :21:21.than �5 billion, in other words saying it overpaid by �5 billion,
:21:22. > :21:30.but the most astonishing aspect of this is that it says �3 billion of
:21:30. > :21:33.those losses relate to what it calls him proprieties and the
:21:33. > :21:41.overstatement by the previous management of the value of the
:21:41. > :21:46.company. This is in theory extremely serious so HP is taking
:21:46. > :21:52.the case to the Serious Fraud Office in the UK and to America's
:21:52. > :21:55.Securities and Investments regulator, and it says that it
:21:55. > :22:03.wants this investigated from the point of view of possible criminal
:22:03. > :22:06.and civil wrongdoing. Thank you. The Office of Fair Trading is
:22:06. > :22:11.investigating several pay-day lending firms which offer short-
:22:11. > :22:13.term high-interest loans following a review of the sector which
:22:13. > :22:20.brought about concerns over aggressive debt collection
:22:20. > :22:25.practices. Pay-day lenders have taken over the
:22:25. > :22:30.high street, pushing short-term high-interest loans, often with few
:22:30. > :22:33.questions asked, and with Christmas coming they are expecting a rush.
:22:33. > :22:39.More than a million a year it is using them, one of them is Megan
:22:39. > :22:45.who has a job as an airline cabin crew, but carrying �7,000 in pay
:22:45. > :22:49.day debt from eight different lenders. When she was 19, two years
:22:49. > :22:53.ago, she got hooked on loans that were granted within the hour. If
:22:53. > :22:57.they had checked her record, they would have seen she was failing to
:22:57. > :23:02.pay bills and now she has to faltered. The stress is quite hard
:23:02. > :23:07.of opening the letters and worrying constantly. Sometimes I would go to
:23:07. > :23:13.sleep but think I have got to pay this one, and borrow money to pay
:23:13. > :23:16.that one. I would lay awake at night. Be Office of Fair Trading is
:23:16. > :23:19.investing eating several firms using aggressive tactics and it is
:23:19. > :23:26.warning them to check customers' more carefully because around a
:23:26. > :23:30.third of them can't pay back the money on time. We expect lenders to
:23:31. > :23:33.behave responsibly, lending responsibly, so I think it is
:23:33. > :23:39.crucial that they carry out sufficiently rigorous test of
:23:39. > :23:42.affordability. Calls it helped to the charity National Debt Line have
:23:42. > :23:46.tripled in the last two years from people trapped with interest rates
:23:46. > :23:51.which can run to thousands of percent a year. We introduced a
:23:51. > :23:55.code of practice in the summer which takes effect next week, were
:23:55. > :23:59.there are proper affordability checks. We don't want to lend to
:23:59. > :24:03.somebody who can't pay back. Office of Fair Trading is concerned
:24:03. > :24:07.to many people are taking out pay- day loans which they can't afford
:24:07. > :24:11.to pay back because the lenders are failing to make the most basic
:24:11. > :24:15.checks and that is the reason for the clampdown. It doesn't yet have
:24:15. > :24:20.the power to close them down instantly so it is relying on
:24:20. > :24:24.warnings to restrain them as some families become desperate for cash
:24:25. > :24:28.this Christmas. The jockey Frankie Dettori is
:24:28. > :24:32.facing a horse racing inquiry in Paris today after failing a drugs
:24:32. > :24:38.test whilst riding in France in September. The three-times champion
:24:38. > :24:48.jockey could get a worldwide ban of seven months if the is found to
:24:48. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:51.have breached the rules. He is racing's ultimate showman.
:24:51. > :24:56.Frankie Dettori, bubbly, charismatic and successful, but
:24:56. > :25:02.today he faced the toughest battle of his career - a hearing at these
:25:02. > :25:06.headquarters in Paris. At stake his reputation and future. In September
:25:06. > :25:13.he competed at Longchamp racecourse a few miles from here. He didn't
:25:13. > :25:23.win any of his former Crone races, but whilst there he tested positive
:25:23. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:30.for a banned substance. Ever since he won all seven races at Ascot in
:25:30. > :25:37.1996, he has been sports biggest celebrity, from it even captain on
:25:37. > :25:42.this TV show to a touch bearer at the Olympics. Did he was banned how
:25:42. > :25:48.racing would miss him. He has also run restaurants, his name is on
:25:48. > :25:52.products, in magazines, he is on TV shows. No other jockey in the
:25:52. > :25:55.country is doing that and that is why he is so important to racing.
:25:55. > :26:00.It has been a tough year for Frankie Dettori, splitting with
:26:00. > :26:05.Sheikh Mohammed, the man who provided so many of his winners.
:26:05. > :26:12.The successes have become sparser and now he could face a lengthy
:26:12. > :26:17.suspension for racing's brightest star, these are dark times.
:26:17. > :26:20.David Beckham is leaving LA Galaxy next month after six years at the
:26:20. > :26:25.club. He said he wanted to experience one last challenge
:26:25. > :26:32.before the end of his career. There is speculation he plans to move to
:26:32. > :26:38.Australia's A-League. The study of great apes has found
:26:38. > :26:42.evidence that like many humans they may suffer a mid-life crisis. The
:26:42. > :26:47.study of chimpanzees and orangutans discovered that their sense of
:26:47. > :26:51.well-being was highest in youth and old age but it dipped in the middle.
:26:51. > :26:57.The authors say it suggests evolutionary and biological factors
:26:57. > :27:03.may play a part in the mid- life dip.
:27:03. > :27:08.In humans, the phenomenon of mid- life crisis is well known. Men
:27:08. > :27:15.might get themselves a new sports car, women might go for a makeover,
:27:15. > :27:22.but no one really knows what triggers this change of behaviour.
:27:22. > :27:27.Now new research shows that apes undergo the same thing. Hundreds of
:27:27. > :27:30.zoo keepers were surveyed about the well-being of animals in their care.
:27:31. > :27:36.The results showed that the eight who were halfway through their
:27:36. > :27:40.lives were the least happy. The observation is important because it
:27:40. > :27:45.shows that mid-life crisis might have evolved and so might even have
:27:45. > :27:51.a positive biological role. If you are dissatisfied with life, you are
:27:51. > :27:55.going to want to do something about it, and at that point in mid-life,
:27:55. > :27:59.you might be at the top of your game in terms of the resources you
:27:59. > :28:05.have, in terms of your status, and that may be a really good time to
:28:05. > :28:13.push yourself and kind of strike out and be a bit older than you
:28:13. > :28:16.normally would be. In the natural world, the mid-life crisis might
:28:16. > :28:21.motivate apes to make improvements to their lives, the question is
:28:21. > :28:28.whether the same might be true in humans.
:28:28. > :28:32.Now let's have a look at the We have got more heavy rain to come
:28:32. > :28:36.this weekend, but today we have found the number of flood warnings
:28:37. > :28:44.in Scotland has been falling, but the river levels in the south-west
:28:44. > :28:49.of England have been rising. Let me show you what has been happening
:28:49. > :28:54.with the rain so far - it has been wettest in the south-west of the UK.
:28:54. > :28:58.Elsewhere, the rain has been hit and miss. The rain is moving away
:28:59. > :29:03.more quickly, heading up towards the north-east, much of Scotland
:29:04. > :29:08.becoming drier later this afternoon. North Wales may see some sunshine,
:29:08. > :29:12.but for the bulk of England and Wales a lot of cloud and some
:29:12. > :29:16.outbreaks of rain. Gradually overnight the wind will ease, but
:29:16. > :29:23.we will be stuck with this rain turning heavier and more persistent.
:29:23. > :29:27.Clearer skies though, and wind turning milder for England and
:29:27. > :29:32.Scotland. Temperatures could get down to four degrees early on
:29:32. > :29:36.Wednesday morning. Heading into the rush-hour, apart from a few showers
:29:36. > :29:40.brushing the north-west of the UK, most of Scotland and Northern
:29:40. > :29:44.Ireland should start with sunshine. For England and Wales, a cloudy
:29:44. > :29:52.start to Wednesday with some showers around the western side of
:29:52. > :29:57.Wales, but for most of Wales, and possibly the far south-west, it
:29:58. > :30:02.will be dry. Further east it is wet with a lot of water on the roads.
:30:02. > :30:08.This rain could be steady and heavy, and not moving away quickly.
:30:08. > :30:11.Eastern parts having a wet morning, and even to the east of the
:30:11. > :30:16.meridians it stays wet. It is much better further west and north, that
:30:16. > :30:19.is where we will see some sunshine. The wind will not be a strong
:30:19. > :30:23.tomorrow and temperatures should be reasonable but we are not finished
:30:23. > :30:32.with the rain just yet - we will all be getting some later in the
:30:32. > :30:37.week, driven on by a strong to gale force winds for some time. This win
:30:37. > :30:42.will be driving the rain into England and Wales. The south-east
:30:42. > :30:47.and East Anglia probably staying dry through the day. Thursday night
:30:47. > :30:54.and into Friday, the rain band still works East words. As the wind
:30:54. > :30:59.drops on Friday, the rain grinds to were hauled over England and Wales.
:30:59. > :31:05.Elsewhere, a brighter day with some sunshine and showers. This rain can
:31:05. > :31:09.lead to some disruption as the day goes on. Now, a reminder of the top