:00:16. > :00:21.David Cameron tells EU leaders they can be no question to any further
:00:21. > :00:30.cuts to the budget rebate. He is at a crucial two-day summit in
:00:30. > :00:32.Brussels. We're going to be negotiating very hard for a good
:00:33. > :00:35.deal for Britain's tax payers and for Europe's tax payers, and to
:00:35. > :00:38.keep the British rebate. The BBC appoints a new Director General.
:00:38. > :00:45.Tony Hall, the current head of the Royal Opera House, replaces George
:00:45. > :00:48.Entwistle who stepped down following the Jimmy Savile scandal.
:00:48. > :00:53.A ceasefire in the Middle East appears to be holding after a deal
:00:53. > :01:02.brokered by Egypt and the US came into force last night. And high
:01:02. > :01:04.winds across much of the country along with flood alerts. And Beth
:01:04. > :01:12.Tweddle opens a new centre for wounded servicemen and women in
:01:12. > :01:14.Shropshire. Later on BBC London: Five Spurs fans are injured, one of
:01:14. > :01:17.them seriously, after they're attacked by a gang carrying iron
:01:17. > :01:27.bars in Rome. And the number of affordable homes built by the mayor
:01:27. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:31.has dropped by more than half in the last year.
:01:31. > :01:34.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:34. > :01:38.David Cameron has told EU leaders there can be "no question" of any
:01:39. > :01:41.further cuts to the British budget rebate. He issued his message
:01:41. > :01:50.during face to face talks with the EU leadership ahead of a crucial
:01:50. > :01:52.meeting of all 27 member states. They are in Brussels for two days
:01:52. > :01:55.of negotiations over spending plans for the seven years beginning in
:01:55. > :01:57.2014. Britain wants at least a freeze in spending, arguing that
:01:57. > :02:04.any increase would be unjustified when many countries are having to
:02:04. > :02:08.cut their own spending. Here's our Europe correspondent, Matthew Price.
:02:08. > :02:15.Head south from Brussels to France. You immediately hit tricky
:02:15. > :02:21.territory. The EU spends much of its money on farming subsidies.
:02:21. > :02:25.Farming subsidies that keep businesses like this afloat and
:02:25. > :02:32.filled prices down. What if the French president were to agree to a
:02:32. > :02:37.reduction in NOS subsidies as part of a deal on the EU budget?
:02:37. > :02:41.That would be a great deception for me and I think for most of the
:02:41. > :02:47.farmers in France. You would feel let down by the President?
:02:47. > :02:54.Completely. The French are digging in their heels on agriculture
:02:54. > :02:58.spending and in Poland, there saying there must be increases in
:02:58. > :03:02.regional development funding. The problem for Brussels is that every
:03:02. > :03:06.single country has to agree on the deal otherwise there is no deal.
:03:06. > :03:11.That means every single country has to give up something. Including
:03:12. > :03:17.Britain. I am quite prepared to use the veto if we do not get a deal
:03:17. > :03:20.that is good for Britain. David Cameron has promised to fight for a
:03:20. > :03:25.real-terms freeze in European spending. But some fear there is a
:03:25. > :03:28.cost for Britain as part of any such deal. They could be less
:03:28. > :03:33.European money being spent on development projects like this one
:03:33. > :03:39.in Wales. Wells probably gets the best part of �1 billion per year in
:03:39. > :03:43.EU funding. So that would have a big impact on us. Across Eastern
:03:43. > :03:49.Europe in particular they have the same fear. Infrastructure projects
:03:49. > :03:54.get much of their money from the EU. And also in indebted Spain and
:03:54. > :03:58.Italy there fighting Against cuts to regional funding. The EU budget
:03:58. > :04:03.is in comparison to national spending, tiny. But in Brussels the
:04:03. > :04:09.argument is about both how much money is spent and how it is spent.
:04:09. > :04:14.And it is an argument that may not be resolved at this summit.
:04:14. > :04:20.Let's speak to our political correspondent, Norman Smith. It is
:04:20. > :04:26.fair to say that the Prime Minister has an almighty job on his hands.
:04:26. > :04:30.He is facing an huge tussle. It is a bit like a tug of war with David
:04:30. > :04:34.Cameron at one end of the rope demanding a freeze in spending.
:04:34. > :04:40.Helped by one of two other countries. And if the other end
:04:40. > :04:43.about 20 countries demanding an increase in spending. If anything
:04:44. > :04:48.David Cameron this morning appears to have toughened up his
:04:48. > :04:52.negotiating position. He was first in to see the negotiators and said
:04:52. > :04:57.he would not countenance any increase in spending and would not
:04:57. > :05:03.accept any cut to the British rebate. He also demanded symbolic
:05:03. > :05:05.cuts to European administration, to the Brussels bureaucracy. And just
:05:06. > :05:11.in case other European leaders have not got the message this is what he
:05:11. > :05:16.said on his way into those talks. am not happy at all. These are
:05:16. > :05:20.important negotiations and at a time when we're making difficult
:05:20. > :05:24.decisions at home it is wrong for there to be proposals for this
:05:24. > :05:31.increased extra spending in the EU. So we will be negotiating hard for
:05:31. > :05:36.a good deal for Britain's taxpayers and to keep the British rebate.
:05:36. > :05:41.Taking a tough stance indeed. What reaction has there been? Well Chris
:05:41. > :05:45.Storey this morning seems to be of other European leaders arriving,
:05:45. > :05:49.stepping out of their cars and promptly criticising David Cameron
:05:49. > :05:54.and his stance. We had the Belgian Prime Minister telling him to be
:05:54. > :06:00.more ambitious about the Budget. Lab fee of telling him to be more
:06:00. > :06:05.open-minded. And the Dutch Prime Minister. The Dutch are one of our
:06:05. > :06:08.few friends. Were somewhat bereft of allies. The Dutch Prime Minister
:06:08. > :06:13.got out the car and accused David Cameron of putting a loaded gun on
:06:13. > :06:17.the table with his threat to use the veto. It even your friends are
:06:17. > :06:25.being a bit rude about you in public, you know you're in some
:06:25. > :06:33.trouble. For more on the two-day EU budget
:06:33. > :06:37.talks in Brussels, log on to our website at bbc.co.uk/europe.
:06:37. > :06:42.It has been confirmed that the BBC has appointed a new director
:06:42. > :06:46.general to replace George and Will's will. He is Tony Hall, who
:06:46. > :06:50.used to be director of News of the corporation but is currently chief
:06:50. > :07:00.Executive at the Royal Opera House. The appointment came on the day
:07:00. > :07:02.
:07:02. > :07:06.that MPs criticised the pay-off made to the former director-general.
:07:06. > :07:10.The BBC, mired in crisis over Jimmy Savile and the Newsnight report
:07:10. > :07:17.that made false accusations of paedophilia, has managed in less
:07:17. > :07:21.than two weeks to find a new leader. Tony Hall, a former BBC manager,
:07:21. > :07:26.who has in recent years been running the Royal Opera House, is
:07:26. > :07:30.to be the new director-general. most important heat -- thing he
:07:30. > :07:35.brings his weight and stability and experience. The BBC will feel the
:07:35. > :07:38.effect of that almost instantly. The appointment comes on a day in
:07:38. > :07:42.which the way that previous director-general went came in for
:07:42. > :07:46.some heavy criticism. George Entwistle was raising questions
:07:46. > :07:49.about Jimmy Savile and Newswrap reports, up 1 on Jimmy Savile but
:07:49. > :07:53.perhaps should have been forecast and another claiming incorrectly
:07:53. > :07:59.that a senior Conservative figure was a paedophile and that most
:07:59. > :08:04.certainly should not have gone out. He decided to go but only if he got
:08:04. > :08:08.�450,000, twice what he was owed for resignation. Today the BBC
:08:08. > :08:12.Trust appeared before MPs to defend that payment. Visit the choice was
:08:12. > :08:18.allowing him to go quickly or sacking him which they said would
:08:18. > :08:22.have cost the same or perhaps even more. The Director-General made it
:08:22. > :08:28.clear to trust through his lawyers that the only thing that was on the
:08:28. > :08:31.table if he was prepared to resign was a payment of �450,000.
:08:31. > :08:37.there was more. Payments for private health insurance, legal
:08:37. > :08:42.fees, �10,000 to cope with the press waiting on his doorstep. MPs
:08:42. > :08:46.were aghast and especially about the private health insurance. But
:08:46. > :08:50.now there is a new director-general and the hopes of bringing an end to
:08:50. > :08:57.some of the turmoil. But there are still many difficult questions to
:08:57. > :09:01.be answered. David is with me now. Immediate
:09:02. > :09:06.reaction, there has been some concern raised about the process,
:09:06. > :09:12.perhaps the appointment been too quick. For an organisation like the
:09:12. > :09:15.BBC this has been an extraordinary turn of speed. Consider how long it
:09:15. > :09:19.took Torpoint George Entwistle and the long convoluted process of
:09:19. > :09:25.interviews and strategies. This time they went to one man, Tony
:09:25. > :09:29.Hall. They asked him, he said yes. He will start work in March. It is
:09:29. > :09:33.a sign that the wanted to bring some sense of order to the
:09:33. > :09:40.managerial chaos that has ensued in light of all that has happened in
:09:40. > :09:45.the past six or seven weeks. news has just broken. Lord McAlpine,
:09:45. > :09:49.and not unrelated story, has reached a settlement with ITV over
:09:49. > :09:53.the programme that went out in November. This is the second
:09:53. > :09:59.Newsnight report, one that made allegations of paedophilia against
:09:59. > :10:04.a senior Conservative. And the name of one doubt on Twitter and was
:10:04. > :10:10.also mentioned. He sued the BBC, reached a settlement with them and
:10:10. > :10:14.now we have been told that after that event with Philip Schofield
:10:14. > :10:16.when he handed the reins to David Cameron, that name could be seen on
:10:16. > :10:24.a piece of paper and they today have said there has been a
:10:24. > :10:27.settlement of �125,000. 18 hours in, and the ceasefire
:10:27. > :10:30.agreed last night between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding.
:10:30. > :10:33.Shortly after it came into force, missiles were fired from Gaza. But
:10:33. > :10:38.so far Israel hasn't responded. We'll be getting the views from
:10:38. > :10:46.both sides of the divide. Let's cross to Ben Brown who's in Sderot
:10:46. > :10:50.in southern Israel. We are right on the border. We were
:10:50. > :10:54.here a couple of days ago and we could see and here all day long
:10:54. > :10:58.thunderous explosions on both sides of this border. Today it could not
:10:58. > :11:01.be more different. There is absolute peace and quiet so the
:11:01. > :11:11.ceasefire is holding pretty well. Over there in Das at their
:11:11. > :11:15.celebrating it as a victory. Last night Gaza came out of hiding.
:11:15. > :11:20.As the ceasefire began, people surged onto the streets. After more
:11:20. > :11:25.than a week of being trapped in their homes. Guns fired in
:11:25. > :11:31.celebration, it no longer in anger. This morning for many normality
:11:31. > :11:39.resumed. But Gaza, knocked down again, will once more have to
:11:39. > :11:46.rebuild. And thousands of people has been left grieving. In Gaza
:11:46. > :11:51.there are still funerals taking place today. But despite the huge
:11:51. > :11:59.loss of life, most people think that Hamas showed its strength and
:11:59. > :12:02.one. That is because after years of isolation, this week Hamas asserted
:12:02. > :12:07.itself as the key Palestinian player in a fast-changing region.
:12:07. > :12:12.It has been bolstered by its close ties with new Islamist leadership
:12:12. > :12:15.in Egypt which brokered the deal. But the ceasefire deal is fragile
:12:15. > :12:21.and there is a good chance that neither side will honour it for
:12:21. > :12:27.long. Palestinians want Israel to end all hostilities on the Gaza
:12:27. > :12:31.strip by sea, land and air. They want crossings in Gaza to be opened
:12:31. > :12:37.Bellal and free movement of people and goods. Until these demands are
:12:37. > :12:47.met fully, the status quo remains. Today for people in Gaza it feels
:12:47. > :12:51.like victory but there's no sign that the peace will last.
:12:51. > :12:56.Well this is the Israeli border town of right on the frontline with
:12:56. > :13:01.Gaza. It has been continually intact over the past few days. So
:13:01. > :13:05.there is relief that the ceasefires holding. But across Israel we just
:13:05. > :13:10.had an opinion poll showing 70% of people there are against the
:13:10. > :13:15.ceasefire and wanted to keep on fighting.
:13:15. > :13:22.In southern Israel, day one of the ceasefire. 30 miles from Gaza, this
:13:22. > :13:29.is hardly a border town. Yet 129 Roberts were fired during the
:13:29. > :13:34.recent crisis. Like many, in the country, people here are doubtful
:13:34. > :13:37.about the ceasefire. His role demanded that all armed groups in
:13:37. > :13:41.Gaza or stop hostilities against Israel including rocket and border
:13:41. > :13:46.attacks as part the deal. For its part Israel promised to review its
:13:46. > :13:56.restrictions on the movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza.
:13:56. > :13:59.But that concerns Israelis. There was a direct hit here after the
:13:59. > :14:05.ceasefire was declared last night. People in Israel are worried that
:14:05. > :14:08.militant groups could use the opportunity to replenish their
:14:08. > :14:14.rocket supplies its borders are open. Israel wants international
:14:14. > :14:19.guarantees the that will not happen. It is especially looking to Egypt
:14:19. > :14:23.to clamp down on weapons smuggling. Israel's military has begun its
:14:23. > :14:27.withdrawal from the Gaza border. Israel is keen to give the
:14:28. > :14:37.ceasefire a chance it says. These reservists soldiers are being sent
:14:37. > :14:41.home, aware that they could be The good news this lunch time from
:14:41. > :14:45.the border here is that the ceasefire is holding pretty well.
:14:45. > :14:49.But to get a lasting peace between Israel and Hamas is going to take a
:14:49. > :14:59.lot more talking and negotiating. More details and analysis on our
:14:59. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:04.The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police has announced that
:15:04. > :15:08.he is to leave, less than a week after his new boss was elected as
:15:08. > :15:12.the Police and Crime Commissioner. He says the area's commissioner
:15:12. > :15:17.wants to recruit a new chief constable, and he will not be
:15:17. > :15:21.reapplying for his job. A man has been cleared of killing a teenager
:15:21. > :15:24.in London's Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales last year.
:15:25. > :15:28.Seydou Diarrassouba died from a single stab wound, but a jury at
:15:28. > :15:35.the Old Bailey found Jermaine Joseph not guilty of murder and
:15:35. > :15:41.manslaughter. Domain Joseph had moved from South London to north
:15:41. > :15:45.London to escape his gang past. -- Jermaine Joseph. He'd taken to
:15:45. > :15:50.carrying a knife to defend himself, in case it caught up with him. Last
:15:50. > :15:56.Boxing Day in Oxford Street it did. He ran into Seydou Diarrassouba, a
:15:56. > :16:02.man who was a loose grouping of gangs based in Stockwell, south
:16:02. > :16:05.London. Seydou Diarrassouba chased Joseph into a shoe store, there was
:16:05. > :16:09.a knife fight and it was Seydou Diarrassouba who emerged with a
:16:09. > :16:13.fatal wound. He collapsed on the pavement in front of onlookers. The
:16:13. > :16:20.court heard that Joseph had been defending himself against this man,
:16:20. > :16:24.a man known as the Nuts, his street name, in the gang. The defence said
:16:24. > :16:28.that gave an idea of the sort of man he was. The jury believed it
:16:28. > :16:32.was self-defence. This was a case which showed one thing above all
:16:32. > :16:36.others. The difficulty of escaping a gang life if you have been
:16:36. > :16:41.seriously involved in that sort of life. He had moved away and, as I
:16:41. > :16:45.said, it had caught up with him. It showed one other thing. This jury
:16:45. > :16:48.had a lot of detail about Seydou Diarrassouba's past, about knife
:16:48. > :16:52.and gun incidents he'd been involved in, about the number of
:16:52. > :16:56.times he had been arrested, but the fact he had never been charged for
:16:56. > :16:59.almost all of those incidents. That was because there simply weren't
:16:59. > :17:09.the witnesses to give evidence against them. That is the sort of
:17:09. > :17:14.effect that some of the street Our main story this lunchtime.
:17:14. > :17:20.David Cameron says he will negotiate hard to get a good deal
:17:20. > :17:25.for British taxpayers at the EU We are live from White Hart Lane
:17:25. > :17:28.with reaction from Spurs over the attack on their fans in Italy. And
:17:28. > :17:33.living life online. We challenged our technology correspondent to
:17:33. > :17:42.cope without the internet for 24 hours, as part of our lonely in
:17:42. > :17:47.Strong winds and heavy rain a battering many parts of the UK
:17:47. > :17:50.today. Forecasters are predicting there's worse to come. Jeremy Cook
:17:50. > :17:56.is near Bristol. Those predictions not going to bring much cheer to
:17:56. > :18:02.those people who have already had a very challenging few days. Look at
:18:02. > :18:06.this. This is normally the most placid,
:18:06. > :18:11.travel bit of water you can imagine. But today, but these incredibly
:18:11. > :18:15.high winds, it looks more like the open sea. Look at all the water
:18:15. > :18:19.which has fallen in the last 24 hours also, streaming out of this
:18:19. > :18:22.reservoir into the river beyond. It's that sort of water flow which
:18:22. > :18:29.means that there are worries about flooding across much of the country
:18:29. > :18:32.today in this region, also in Northamptonshire where a holiday
:18:32. > :18:37.home caravan site has been evacuated during the course of the
:18:37. > :18:42.day. We are told up to 1000 people have been taken to shelter there.
:18:42. > :18:48.This is the prediction, for much more rainfall in the next 24 hours
:18:48. > :18:52.or so. In this region where I'm talking to you from, parts of Wales,
:18:52. > :18:57.the West Midlands, too, the ground is already absolutely saturated.
:18:57. > :19:01.That means there are real fears that as more water comes into the
:19:01. > :19:05.system, rivers and lakes and streams which are already at
:19:05. > :19:10.breaking point will finally break their banks. We've already seen
:19:10. > :19:15.localised flooding. More of that to come. There are 77 flood warnings
:19:15. > :19:21.across England this lunchtime. There are warnings of a tidal surge
:19:21. > :19:27.on the Somerset coast. It looks like a pretty grim 24 hours to come.
:19:27. > :19:31.Just to finish up, Bath and North East Somerset Council have asked
:19:31. > :19:34.parish councils to prepare village halls as emergency reception
:19:34. > :19:43.centres. They clearly think this situation is going to get a lot
:19:43. > :19:49.As ever, we will have a full weather forecast for you at the end
:19:49. > :19:53.of the programme. A number of English football fans have been
:19:53. > :19:57.injured, one seriously, during violence in Rome ahead of tonight's
:19:57. > :20:04.match between Tottenham and Lazio. The trouble flared at the Drunken
:20:04. > :20:07.Ship pub in the city's Campo de' Fiori's piazza. It was said the
:20:08. > :20:15.English men were attacked with metal rods. Five Italian men have
:20:15. > :20:21.been arrested. What are the details emerging? All this unfolded in one
:20:21. > :20:25.of the fame this old Piazzas here in the heart of historic Rome.
:20:25. > :20:32.group of Spurs fans had chosen to take a drink the pub that you see
:20:32. > :20:36.just over my shoulder. The police tell us that just after 1am, around
:20:36. > :20:40.30 armed men appeared. They came with their faces covered and
:20:40. > :20:46.carrying iron bars. The owner of this Barr has told us that what
:20:46. > :20:50.followed was nothing less, in his view, than a premeditated attack.
:20:50. > :20:53.But then it smashed the glass in the door, then stormed into the pub.
:20:54. > :20:58.The Spurs fans found themselves hopelessly outnumbered and trapped.
:20:58. > :21:03.They tried to take cover but the violence exploded around them. The
:21:03. > :21:07.bow was trashed, 10 of the Spurs fans injured, one of them seriously.
:21:07. > :21:12.Five arrests made, all of them Italian citizens. The Italian media
:21:12. > :21:16.blaming all this very firmly on a group of supporters from the local
:21:16. > :21:21.club Lazio. This coming just hours before tonight's game between
:21:21. > :21:25.Tottenham and Lazio. The hope here is that that match and the
:21:25. > :21:34.aftermath can pass off peacefully, despite the shocking events of last
:21:34. > :21:38.night. There has been yet another critical report into the work of
:21:38. > :21:41.the UK Border Agency. This one, by the agency's chief inspector,
:21:41. > :21:45.accused it of misleading Parliament over how it was dealing with its
:21:45. > :21:54.huge backlog of cases. MPs published similar findings earlier
:21:54. > :21:57.this month. An operation to remove some who have failed in their
:21:57. > :22:00.attempt to stay in the UK. But today's report save thousands have
:22:00. > :22:04.remained here without proper checks, because immigration staff didn't
:22:05. > :22:09.get a grip on cases. And officials misled Parliament by suggesting a
:22:09. > :22:13.backlog of cases had been cleared, according to the Chief Inspector of
:22:13. > :22:19.immigration. In the cases that have been put into Arkan of, for reasons
:22:19. > :22:23.either because people can't be traced, for example. We have looked
:22:23. > :22:26.at the cheques that have been made and found that assurances they have
:22:26. > :22:34.given to Parliament about regular checks being made haven't actually
:22:34. > :22:39.been made. At its worst, there were a but 100,000 items of unopened
:22:39. > :22:44.post to be dealt with. These included 14,800 recorded delivery
:22:44. > :22:48.letters. And 13.001st and second class letters. The last Labour
:22:48. > :22:51.government struggled with the immigration system and it was one
:22:51. > :22:54.of their home secretarys who famously described it as not fit
:22:54. > :23:03.for purpose. But today they were blaming the current Home Secretary,
:23:03. > :23:07.Theresa May, for the shambles. Since she has been Home Secretary,
:23:07. > :23:10.they have been no routine checks in to people they have been allowing
:23:10. > :23:14.to stay in this country, whether they won on the police records or
:23:14. > :23:22.on the serious warnings index. This is a complete failure by Theresa
:23:22. > :23:26.May personally. They Ho my office acknowledged that the Border Agency
:23:26. > :23:30.had a poor delivery record but said the situation was improving. Too
:23:30. > :23:33.many patients are still being let down by the NHS, that's according
:23:33. > :23:37.to a report out today by the Patients' Association. It
:23:37. > :23:41.highlighted what it called appalling examples of poor care,
:23:41. > :23:45.including patients who had been left, neglected and in pain and
:23:45. > :23:49.sometimes without food and water. It did, though, conclude that they
:23:49. > :23:52.are still a lot to be proud of. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,
:23:52. > :23:58.insisted most patients have excellent care, but he said you
:23:58. > :24:03.wouldn't tolerate any failings. Sit on it, store things in it, sleep on
:24:03. > :24:06.it. Whatever it is, furniture is a crucial part of our lives. Now a
:24:06. > :24:10.new exhibition of British furniture over the past 500 years has just
:24:10. > :24:13.opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Will Gompertz has
:24:13. > :24:18.been to see how our tastes and needs have changed over the
:24:18. > :24:20.centuries, and how our lives have changed with it. At the V&A in
:24:20. > :24:24.London, we are here to look at their new furniture gallery, which
:24:24. > :24:29.they say is the first of its type in the world. It's a collection of
:24:29. > :24:32.Western furniture from 1400 to the present day. It looks at the Arts
:24:32. > :24:37.and Crafts of furniture-making. Someone who knows about this is
:24:37. > :24:41.David, a well-known cabinet maker. What do you think? It's
:24:41. > :24:45.inspirational. It is brilliant they've done this. The V&A have
:24:45. > :24:48.been a great inspiration for me as a maker and designer Paul Stout I
:24:48. > :24:52.often bring designers from around the world here to see the
:24:52. > :25:01.incredible collection. This is another vital strand that we can
:25:01. > :25:05.offer to show people. Not only the pieces, but how they are made.
:25:05. > :25:09.have created sections where they have focused in on specific aspects
:25:09. > :25:18.of the art of furniture-making. Here it is joinery. Tell me about
:25:18. > :25:21.these pieces. The it taken apart his cabinet and chummy the
:25:21. > :25:25.procedures that go into making a piece. Whether it is panelling or
:25:25. > :25:30.dovetailing on the side or the group in the middle. To take it to
:25:30. > :25:34.its very simplistic, an illustration. It gives people the
:25:34. > :25:40.idea that they could make that. You can make this in your garage with
:25:40. > :25:43.skills you can learn at either school... And there are more and
:25:43. > :25:48.more people coming into our shop in Pimlico Road signing, please can
:25:48. > :25:51.you teach us, please can we be an apprentice, please can we examine
:25:51. > :26:01.how you make things are. Making today is something that people can
:26:01. > :26:04.identify with. It's like being an artist but using wood. From the 1st
:26:04. > :26:08.December you can come and make your own mind up, that's when it opens
:26:09. > :26:14.to the public. Every year, school - - scores of service personnel
:26:14. > :26:18.return from conflict with terrible injuries. Today, a new specialist
:26:18. > :26:26.rehabilitation centre opens in Shropshire. It's being funded and
:26:26. > :26:29.run by the Royal British Legion. It may seem strange opening up this
:26:29. > :26:33.recovery centre when we know that the war in Afghanistan is drawing
:26:33. > :26:40.to a close. But the impact of that war and the one in Iraq will be
:26:40. > :26:46.felt for many years to come, not least bobbies injured soldiers who
:26:46. > :26:49.have life-changing injuries. This is no ordinary sports centre and
:26:49. > :26:53.these are no ordinary athletes. They are those in uniform who put
:26:53. > :26:58.their lives in danger serving their country. And to have suffered like
:26:58. > :27:02.changing injuries. Men like Saqba Clive Smith, who lost both his legs
:27:02. > :27:10.in Afghanistan. The sports on offer, like wheelchair basketball, have
:27:10. > :27:15.helped as long road to recovery. They are fact that La Tasca and go
:27:15. > :27:18.out there and try new sports that they wouldn't have tried as able-
:27:18. > :27:21.bodied, that they can come out and come here and try different sports
:27:22. > :27:25.and activities is a massive release all the blokes and can give them a
:27:25. > :27:32.bit of a drive back. They can go on and try new things
:27:32. > :27:35.from there. The Royal British Legion has poured �27 million into
:27:35. > :27:39.the Battle Back centre, as well as the sports on offer there are 24
:27:39. > :27:44.rooms all with wheelchair access. But it's not only for those with
:27:44. > :27:46.obvious physical injuries. It has been a lifeline for warrant Officer
:27:46. > :27:50.Neil Harrison, too, who has suffered from mental stress,
:27:50. > :27:57.dealing with the casualties of war. I felt very depressed about being
:27:57. > :28:02.sent home. This was the turning point for me. I went away from here
:28:03. > :28:06.very confident, feeling a lot better. The centre was officially
:28:06. > :28:12.opened today by one of Britain's Olympic medallists, who trains at
:28:12. > :28:17.the same grounds. She is inspired by those injured personnel as they
:28:17. > :28:19.are of her success. We do a lot of rehabilitation here. It is an
:28:19. > :28:24.inspiration for us to see these people who are giving up their
:28:24. > :28:27.lives for us, to come back here and be able to get back on track.
:28:27. > :28:31.Though the centre is all about helping the recovery of wounded
:28:31. > :28:39.soldiers, could it also produce the next generation of Paralympians,
:28:39. > :28:44.too? This centre is going to be very important. When you look at
:28:44. > :28:49.the statistics, over the last five years in Afghanistan alone, more
:28:49. > :28:52.than 500 personnel have come back seriously injured. This is going to
:28:52. > :28:59.be very important for them. Remember, these are people who are
:28:59. > :29:09.probably in their 20s and early 30s. Let's take you to an all-important
:29:09. > :29:13.weather forecast. That was the Yes, these sort of scenes might
:29:13. > :29:17.become more commonplace over the next couple of days. Some pretty
:29:17. > :29:21.nasty flooding conditions. We are likely to see similar conditions
:29:21. > :29:25.over the next few days, as a succession of areas of heavy rain
:29:25. > :29:28.across the country. Warnings in force across south-west Scotland,
:29:28. > :29:32.Central Scotland, southern Wales and the south-west of England as
:29:32. > :29:36.well. But we can see some heavy areas of brain working into
:29:36. > :29:40.particularly Wales and the south- west. The lime green colours, that
:29:40. > :29:45.rain will be really intense, falling at around 20 mm per hour.
:29:45. > :29:48.That is enough to cause the risk of aquaplaning on the roads to drivers,
:29:48. > :29:52.and accumulations of rain through the rest of today. We could see up
:29:52. > :29:56.to 50 mm of rain, falling particularly over the hills of
:29:56. > :30:03.southern England and across south- west Scotland. The band of rain
:30:03. > :30:06.will be accompanied by gales and severe gales. It will be very blowy.
:30:06. > :30:11.But ahead of the band of wet weather it will also be relatively
:30:11. > :30:15.mild. As the rain pushes through, there will be a sharp drop in
:30:15. > :30:20.temperatures as they fall by around five degrees. We have already seen
:30:20. > :30:27.travel problems on the roads and rail, we are likely to see more of
:30:27. > :30:31.that to come over the next few days. Overnight tonight, and a
:30:31. > :30:36.combination of wet and windy weather will push towards eastern
:30:36. > :30:40.areas of England, East Anglia and the south-east. Behind that, the
:30:40. > :30:44.winds Paul Light and the skies are clear. There will be a touch of
:30:44. > :30:49.frost in rural areas and icy stretches on untreated roads and
:30:49. > :30:53.services. Tomorrow it will be a much quieter day, particularly
:30:53. > :30:57.across Wales and the south-west of England. The weather system
:30:57. > :31:01.clearing away. The cloud probably lingering into the early afternoon.
:31:01. > :31:05.Most of the British Isles will see some sunshine. But there will be
:31:05. > :31:11.some showers packing in across Scotland. That is one area which is
:31:11. > :31:15.quite sensitive to extra rainfall. Friday, relatively quiet. It is
:31:15. > :31:18.good news because what we've got on the way for this weekend looks like
:31:18. > :31:21.it could be quite serious. Low- pressure moving in from the south-
:31:21. > :31:26.west and brings another spell of very windy and wet weather across
:31:26. > :31:31.the country. Again, we are going to see accumulations of rain of
:31:32. > :31:39.probably around 20 to 40 mm in places. That will exasperated the
:31:39. > :31:47.flooding problem. It is a case of hoping for the best bet fearing for
:31:47. > :31:52.the worst. We could see further A reminder of our main story to