:00:07. > :00:13.Britain braces itself as more severe weather is forecast and
:00:13. > :00:16.floods and power cuts continue to cause disruption. Warnings of 70
:00:16. > :00:25.mile an hour winds and torrential rain look set to bring more misery
:00:25. > :00:30.to thousands. We are live in Somerset, where
:00:30. > :00:34.council staff working to that night to prepare for what is to come.
:00:34. > :00:37.Confidence not high at the EU budget talks - one Euro MP said it
:00:37. > :00:40.would take a miracle for a deal to be reached.
:00:40. > :00:50.Keeping the lights on and carbon emissions down - but it's customers
:00:50. > :00:51.
:00:51. > :00:53.who'll foot the bill for the government's new energy plans.
:00:53. > :00:55.Feeling the pressure - why some hospitals and residential homes
:00:55. > :00:58.aren't looking after their patients properly.
:00:58. > :01:05.And the perils of a postman - 3,000 were attacked by dogs last year.
:01:05. > :01:10.Now there are calls for more protection.
:01:10. > :01:20.No wins this season, so QPR sacked their manager Mark Hughes. Harry
:01:20. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:34.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC news at 1pm. Flooding has
:01:34. > :01:37.caused chaos to many parts of the UK - there are severe delays on
:01:37. > :01:41.roads and railways and weather forecasters are predicting more
:01:41. > :01:44.torrential rain and gale force winds to come at the weekend. A man
:01:44. > :01:47.died after his car became stuck under a bridge in a village south
:01:47. > :01:52.of Bristol And a pensioner had to be rescued after his car became
:01:52. > :01:55.trapped by rising water. There are currently more than 77 flood
:01:55. > :02:05.warnings for England and Wales and five in Scotland. Our correspondent
:02:05. > :02:08.
:02:08. > :02:13.Robert Hall is in Taunton. Very busy day here. They have failed
:02:13. > :02:17.8000 sandbags are so far at this depot in Taunton. Up in north
:02:17. > :02:21.Somerset, for a while, they actually ran out and have had to
:02:21. > :02:26.replenish stocks. Every available person filling sandbags. The
:02:26. > :02:31.priority is to be ready to help those most in need. With the storm
:02:31. > :02:37.came tragedy. Travellers familiar with the Ford in the village of
:02:37. > :02:41.Chew Stoke could not have expected to a threat to life. But the volume
:02:41. > :02:44.of flood water trapped his four by four against a wooden footbridge.
:02:44. > :02:49.Emergency crews managed to release the driver from the car, but he
:02:49. > :02:52.died before he reached hospital. The water would be just up to my
:02:53. > :02:57.waist, standing in the road, so access was terrible. The water
:02:57. > :03:03.going down there was a raging torrent. The gales and torrential
:03:03. > :03:06.rain lashed England and Wales for much of the night. A resident
:03:07. > :03:10.belong to these scenes in a North Wales. Water from the slopes of
:03:11. > :03:16.Snowdonia combining to create a flash floods, blocking the path of
:03:16. > :03:19.rescuers trying to reach those most in need. Helicopters were called in
:03:19. > :03:25.to aid the rescue of a woman whose car had been swept 100 metres down
:03:25. > :03:29.a swollen river. Back in Somerset, the loss of a retaining wall in
:03:29. > :03:34.Bath allowed a massive boulder and tons of earth to slide across the
:03:34. > :03:38.road below, leaving one property perched precariously above the
:03:38. > :03:41.landslip. Water levels have been falling this morning, but
:03:41. > :03:46.communities at risk of flooding were warned not to drop their guard.
:03:46. > :03:50.You have got to sign up for a Free Environment Agency flood warning.
:03:50. > :03:56.They are essential if you're at risk of flooding. In time a flood,
:03:56. > :04:00.do tune into your local BBC radio station. At a motorway services
:04:00. > :04:04.station, we saw preparations for the next band of bad weather. Heavy
:04:04. > :04:09.Poms and specialist rescued units from by the grades across the
:04:09. > :04:14.south-west will be moved to where they are most needed. Today's race
:04:14. > :04:19.but was given emergency services and local councils time to read
:04:19. > :04:23.group -- today's a respite. They know that all too soon they will
:04:24. > :04:28.watch the blood Waters rising once more. It is not just here that
:04:28. > :04:33.things are busy. The council teams across this county, across all the
:04:33. > :04:37.affected councils -- counties are out there, clearing drains, getting
:04:37. > :04:40.roads reopened. The Cheddar gorge, there is so much rock on the road
:04:40. > :04:45.being carried away by the water that drivers are getting punchers,
:04:45. > :04:50.so they have had to close it and clear it. That is the picture that
:04:50. > :04:56.has been repeated across this area. The skies may be blue, but there is
:04:56. > :05:00.no respite. Let's look at what is to come with our weather presenter.
:05:00. > :05:07.People are very fearful about what happens if this continues in the
:05:07. > :05:11.same vein or get worse. This is the calm before the next storm, if you
:05:11. > :05:14.like. We see the flood warnings decrease over the next 24 hours,
:05:14. > :05:18.but we are going to see more wet and windy weather coming in across
:05:18. > :05:23.southern parts of England and Wales. We will see the rain arriving
:05:23. > :05:28.through the course at Saturday, the Met Office have a weather warning
:05:28. > :05:33.enforce the areas like Devon, Somerset, round about the Bristol
:05:33. > :05:37.area, south and west Wales as well. The accumulation of rain will be
:05:37. > :05:44.around 20 to 40 mm. We have seen a lot of flooding in this area, we
:05:44. > :05:47.have flood warnings in force right now, so any extra rain will
:05:47. > :05:51.exasperate the problems. But it is a two-pronged attack, because the
:05:51. > :05:57.winds would become the main story, across parts of south-east England.
:05:57. > :06:02.Areas like Sussex, Kent, Essex and Suffolk, we will see winds of
:06:02. > :06:08.around 60 miles an hour inland, 70 miles per hour around the coast. I
:06:08. > :06:11.will have before round-up later on. European leaders gathered in
:06:11. > :06:14.Brussels are pessimistic about the prospect of an agreement over the
:06:14. > :06:17.future budget of the EU without another meeting. The leaders of
:06:17. > :06:20.France and Germany have already said they doubt that an agreement
:06:20. > :06:22.can be reached, and David Cameron has admitted not enough progress is
:06:22. > :06:27.being made. Deep divisions remain between countries who want
:06:27. > :06:36.reductions in spending and those who would like to see increases.
:06:36. > :06:40.Mathew Price sent this report. On the horizon at dawn, just a
:06:40. > :06:47.glimmer of sunlight. Just a glimmer of hope, too, that this summit
:06:47. > :06:50.could end well. They call this the family photo. But it is a family
:06:50. > :06:55.tearing itself apart over comparatively small amounts of
:06:56. > :07:04.money. After a full day of one-on- one negotiations, the summit
:07:04. > :07:09.meeting began just before midnight, with a reworked budget plan. The
:07:09. > :07:13.French president of the hardest negotiation has yet to begin. The
:07:13. > :07:19.latest proposal is better for France and others who want to see
:07:19. > :07:23.agricultural subsidies protected. Better, too, for poorer countries
:07:23. > :07:29.that want development spending maintained. But infrastructure
:07:29. > :07:34.projects in transport, energy and broadband will get less funding, so
:07:34. > :07:38.to you development aid and the EU's diplomatic Service. Back to work
:07:38. > :07:42.this morning, Britain still playing hardball. There really is a problem
:07:42. > :07:45.in terms of there hasn't been the progress in cutting back proposals
:07:45. > :07:50.for additional spending. It isn't a time of the tinkering, a time for
:07:50. > :07:54.moving money from one part of the Budget to another. We need an
:07:54. > :07:58.affordable spending cut. This is a tough balancing act for David
:07:58. > :08:02.Cameron. Back home he is under political pressure not to give an
:08:02. > :08:07.inch, yet if he doesn't, he risks a frustrating many of the other EU
:08:07. > :08:12.countries. The UK is already seen as a bit of a problem in Europe,
:08:12. > :08:16.and Britain's influence and its standing could be about to worsen.
:08:16. > :08:21.So where is all this heading? Countries like Spain, whose high-
:08:21. > :08:26.speed trains were partially funded by the EU, are clear. They cannot
:08:26. > :08:30.allow any Budget changes to hit their already struggling economies.
:08:30. > :08:36.But David Cameron and his allies, who met in the last few hours, are
:08:36. > :08:41.equally determined they will freeze spending.
:08:41. > :08:46.Let's speak to our political correspondent Norman Smith. A
:08:46. > :08:52.family tearing itself a part, are they saying that report. Where are
:08:52. > :08:56.the main sticking points now? main sticking points would not seem
:08:56. > :09:00.to be the money. Because the difference between the big spenders
:09:00. > :09:05.and the budget cutters is not insurmountable. This Putin point is
:09:05. > :09:10.the politics, and here we are not just talking about Britain's tough
:09:10. > :09:14.stance -- the sticking point. David Cameron's language has irritated
:09:14. > :09:20.other leaders, but many countries have red lines. France will not
:09:20. > :09:25.accept cuts in farm spending, the European Parliament were not accept
:09:25. > :09:30.cuts to infrastructure project, and it is a bit like a particularly
:09:30. > :09:34.dastardly Rubik's Cube. At the moment, EU negotiations have not
:09:34. > :09:38.managed to align all the different red lines and all the different
:09:38. > :09:42.domestic political considerations to enable a deal to be done, and
:09:42. > :09:46.visit -- German Chancellor is warning through her aides that all
:09:46. > :09:49.27 leaders may have to come back here next year and try again.
:09:49. > :09:53.you. The steel company, Tata, is to cut
:09:53. > :09:56.900 jobs and close 12 of its sites in the UK. Most of the job losses
:09:56. > :10:00.will be at Port Talbot in South Wales. Others will go in Yorkshire,
:10:00. > :10:04.the West Midlands and on Teesside. Tata said the move was designed to
:10:04. > :10:11.increase its competitiveness. Our Wales Correspondent Hywel Griffith
:10:11. > :10:15.is in Port Talbot. Very unwelcome news, particularly for those most
:10:15. > :10:21.affected in South Wales. Yes, although most people here seem to
:10:21. > :10:25.be accepting today is terrible news with a grim sense of inevitability.
:10:25. > :10:29.Back in the summer, Tata had to reduce the number of hours and
:10:29. > :10:33.change shift support workers here, so many will have seen it coming,
:10:33. > :10:40.particularly if they looked at the company's order book. There has
:10:40. > :10:44.been a huge demand in steel -- drop in demand for steel across Europe,
:10:44. > :10:47.the company said the order book is 25% down up. Unions have been
:10:47. > :10:52.speaking to management, they are keen that redundancies will be made
:10:52. > :10:56.on a voluntary basis. However 500 jobs at this plant a loan, it is
:10:56. > :11:01.difficult to see that can be achieved. Is there any silver
:11:01. > :11:05.lining in the company saying it is investing it for the longer term?
:11:05. > :11:12.Yes, they are in the process of rebuilding a blast furnace here at
:11:12. > :11:19.Paul toppled -- report will but, which suggests they are investing,
:11:19. > :11:25.however it is the medium and short Christmas up for workers that they
:11:25. > :11:28.will be worried about. Most workers are added restrictive, managerial,
:11:28. > :11:32.the white-collar workforce. They will be the ones, sadly, looking
:11:32. > :11:35.for new jobs in the new year. Gas and electricity bills are
:11:35. > :11:38.likely to rise in the coming years, after the Conservatives and Liberal
:11:38. > :11:40.Democrats reached a deal on energy policy. The Government's long-
:11:40. > :11:43.awaited energy bill will allow energy companies to charge
:11:43. > :11:46.customers more to create a new, greener, energy infrastructure but
:11:46. > :11:54.ministers say it will mean lower bills in the longer term. Our
:11:54. > :11:59.business correspondent John Moylan reports.
:11:59. > :12:03.How can we keep the lights on, meet our environmental commitments and
:12:03. > :12:08.ensure affordable energy fall? That is what Lib Dem and Tory ministers
:12:08. > :12:11.have been arguing over four weeks, but now they have reached a deal to
:12:11. > :12:16.stop and -- at its heart is an increase in the funding of green
:12:16. > :12:21.energy, to �7.6 billion a year by 2020, three times the current level.
:12:21. > :12:28.But it will be paid for by a levy on how bills, from around �20 today
:12:28. > :12:31.to as much as and �95 by the end of the decade -- on our bills. We are
:12:31. > :12:38.putting investment in to clean energy, that will cost some money.
:12:38. > :12:43.It is about 2% of people's bills, by 2020 it will be about 7%. I'm
:12:43. > :12:49.not going to hide that from you. But we are going to save energy and
:12:49. > :12:53.save money. The reforms I announced will also help people, and the net
:12:53. > :12:55.effect will be built that are lower than they would otherwise have been.
:12:55. > :12:59.The detailed will come in at the station next week. It is designed
:12:59. > :13:06.to kick-start investment in low carbon regeneration Costa the
:13:06. > :13:10.French energy giant EDF will shortly decide on building the
:13:10. > :13:13.first nuclear plant in decades in the UK. There is still work to do.
:13:13. > :13:19.There are still detail to be finalised, but the broad direction
:13:20. > :13:26.is clear. It is very clear that we need affordable, secures a low
:13:26. > :13:30.carbon energy, and we need investment that will generate jobs
:13:30. > :13:37.and to give the UK economy a real boost at a time when we needed.
:13:37. > :13:42.we are not going green at any cost. In America the discovery of the
:13:42. > :13:48.trail that has seen prices plummet. Could the same happen here? The
:13:48. > :13:53.Chancellor has left the door open for the future, but other states
:13:53. > :13:55.the plan to clean up electricity by 2030 is a big mistake. There is a
:13:55. > :14:00.huge amount of uncertainty left, because the big decision over
:14:00. > :14:04.whether or not there is a goal in 2030 to remove carbon from power
:14:04. > :14:07.stations has been kicked into the long grass until after the general
:14:07. > :14:12.election, so that its huge amount of uncertainty for investors about
:14:12. > :14:16.whether or not the government is really serious about green energy.
:14:16. > :14:19.But for many households, the news of higher prices will be a concern.
:14:19. > :14:23.Consumer groups today called for the government to step up measures
:14:23. > :14:28.to tackle rising bills, especially those on low incomes.
:14:28. > :14:34.Let's speak to our political correspondent Vicki Young. Mixed
:14:34. > :14:40.reception on this. Politically it has been a difficult one. It really
:14:40. > :14:45.has been a difficult, a total nightmare for the coalition. There
:14:45. > :14:48.have been difficult discussions and conversations. On the one side you
:14:48. > :14:52.have the Lib Dems are pushing their green agenda, wanting that more
:14:52. > :14:57.specific target of reducing carbon emissions, wanting a big boost for
:14:57. > :15:00.clean energy supplies, and on the other hand, the Treasury and George
:15:00. > :15:05.Osborne, instinctively against subsidies, not wanting to be tied
:15:05. > :15:08.to those targets. It resulted in open water in the energy department,
:15:08. > :15:12.with a Tory minister coming out against windfarms and having to be
:15:13. > :15:17.slapped down in public by his Lib Dem boss. Today the Treasury have
:15:17. > :15:20.held this as a decent compromise, they say it all centres around
:15:20. > :15:26.growth. The industry now has stability, they can now invest,
:15:26. > :15:33.they say it is good for jobs. As ever, all about bills are likely to
:15:33. > :15:36.More than a quarter of hospitals and care homes inspected in England
:15:36. > :15:38.last year failed on at least one essential standard of care,
:15:38. > :15:41.according to an independent health watchdog. The Care Quality
:15:41. > :15:44.Commission found that 10% of hospitals failed to treat older
:15:44. > :15:46.patients with dignity and 15% didn't manage to give people the
:15:46. > :15:56.food and drink they needed. Our health correspondent, Adam Brimelow,
:15:56. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:03.Sandra has so many fond memories of her father Eddie, a loving family
:16:03. > :16:07.man, strong, brave and bright. But she feels this man who gave so much
:16:07. > :16:11.was denied dignity and respect by his local hospital in his final
:16:11. > :16:17.hours. He had been admitted with stomach problems, but she says he
:16:17. > :16:23.was neglected and humiliated by staff as his condition deteriorated.
:16:23. > :16:27.It was a bad dream, a nightmare. I don't understand how the elderly,
:16:27. > :16:34.who have paid their dues all their lives, in their hour of need a let
:16:34. > :16:39.down by the system. If this was happening across the country to
:16:39. > :16:42.children, there would be a national outcry. The trust says Eddie was
:16:42. > :16:46.given active treatment throughout and the family was kept informed,
:16:46. > :16:51.but some of the concerns in this case are reflected in the biggest-
:16:51. > :16:54.ever assessment of health and social care in England. During
:16:54. > :16:56.thousands of inspections, the Care thousands of inspections, the Care
:16:56. > :17:00.Quality Commission found a lot of excellent care, but more than a
:17:00. > :17:05.quarter of services came up short hop on at least one of the 16 basic
:17:05. > :17:09.standards. One in 10 NHS hospitals failed on dignity and respect for
:17:09. > :17:11.older people. Even more missed the older people. Even more missed the
:17:11. > :17:16.mark on support with food and drink. The commission says poor staffing
:17:16. > :17:22.levels were often done early warning sign for wider problems.
:17:22. > :17:27.That can lead to a focus on task and not focusing on the care of
:17:27. > :17:32.each individual and treating people as individuals. The danger is that
:17:32. > :17:35.that leads to a culture where the unacceptable becomes the norm.
:17:35. > :17:40.commission says demand on hospitals and nursing homes are growing. They
:17:40. > :17:45.are serving an older population with ever more complex needs, but
:17:45. > :17:49.the government says there can be no hiding place for poor care.
:17:49. > :17:52.Our top story this lunchtime: Flooding has caused chaos to many
:17:52. > :17:55.parts of the UK - there are severe delays on roads and railways and
:17:55. > :18:01.weather forecasters are predicting more torrential rain and gale force
:18:01. > :18:05.winds to come at the weekend. Coming up:
:18:05. > :18:11.A slice of Monty magic - England's spin bowler returns to the Test
:18:11. > :18:14.Later on BBC London: The England women's rugby union
:18:14. > :18:16.team are gearing up to take on world champions New Zealand in
:18:16. > :18:19.Surrey tonight. And we'll hear from this year's
:18:19. > :18:29.Unsung Hero, who has been recognised for his work to promote
:18:29. > :18:32.
:18:32. > :18:36.Every year, thousands of postmen and women are attacked by dogs
:18:36. > :18:39.while on their rounds and now the Royal Mail says it wants tougher
:18:39. > :18:44.legal action to be taken against owners and the right to stop
:18:44. > :18:47.delivering their post. One postman, who had been doing the job for 17
:18:47. > :18:57.years, was seriously injured by a dog attack and as our correspondent
:18:57. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:01.Judith Moritz has been finding out, Louise Webster has been delivering
:19:01. > :19:05.the post in Sheffield for five years. Meeting dogs is part of the
:19:05. > :19:10.job. It is mostly no problem, although she has been bitten twice.
:19:10. > :19:13.As it stands, if she is injured on public land action can be taken
:19:13. > :19:18.against the dog owner, but on private property, it is a different
:19:18. > :19:22.story. I like dogs, but I always think the owner is partly to blame
:19:22. > :19:30.and they do have the attitude of you on my property, my dog can do
:19:30. > :19:34.what it wants. I have to deliver to these properties. It went to the
:19:34. > :19:40.bone. Paul Coleman knows only too well about dog attacks. Five years
:19:40. > :19:45.ago he was on his rounds when two dogs called him. He was in their
:19:45. > :19:51.grip for 15 minutes and still has the scars. They've left me 27%
:19:51. > :19:59.disabled for life. I have nerve damage to my right leg. Really bad
:19:59. > :20:04.scarring. And mentally, it did cause a lot of upset. Obviously
:20:04. > :20:08.most postal deliveries passed off without any incident, but Royal
:20:08. > :20:12.Mail says there are around 3,000 dog attacks on postmen and women
:20:12. > :20:19.every year. The Communication Workers Union, which represents
:20:19. > :20:22.postal staff, says there are even more tax, around 5,000 a year. In
:20:22. > :20:26.Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the law has already changed
:20:26. > :20:31.or is being changed to cover a tax on private land, but in England
:20:31. > :20:36.there's still a dig -- distinction between public and and private
:20:36. > :20:41.property. I call it the garden fence well. If the attack takes
:20:41. > :20:44.place on the public side, the law is adequate. Step on to private
:20:44. > :20:48.property and the law has no sanction. Royal Mail has said it
:20:49. > :20:54.plans to take a more robust approach in future and will look at
:20:54. > :20:57.suspending deliveries to addresses where dog attacks have happened.
:20:57. > :21:00.Officials in Gaza says the Israeli military has shot and killed a
:21:00. > :21:03.Palestinian man close to the border. He's the first person to die since
:21:03. > :21:06.the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Wednesday.
:21:06. > :21:12.The Israeli army said that it had fired warning shots after seeing a
:21:12. > :21:14.group of men approaching the border. The man widely praised for his part
:21:14. > :21:17.in brokering that ceasefire, the Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi,
:21:17. > :21:22.is now being accused of staging what amounts to a coup in his own
:21:22. > :21:26.country. He's passed a decree giving himself sweeping new powers
:21:26. > :21:36.that can never be revoked. Critics say he's appointed himself Egypt's
:21:36. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:42."new pharaoh." From Cairo, Jon Tahrir Square, where Egyptians
:21:42. > :21:46.gathered to at Bourrust Hosni Mubarak 18 months ago. Today the
:21:46. > :21:49.crowds have already started protesting against any edict they
:21:49. > :21:56.say could turn President Morsi into a new dictator. Every bit as
:21:56. > :22:03.powerful as the man he replaced. is the first dictator in Egypt. He
:22:03. > :22:07.has more power than more -- Mubarak. Nobody can really oppose his
:22:07. > :22:10.decisions any more. Under the decree, President Morsi has
:22:11. > :22:14.announced that none of his decisions can be challenged by the
:22:14. > :22:18.courts and there's no parliament at the moment either. He is sacking
:22:19. > :22:22.the prosecutor-general and calling for new prosecutions against former
:22:22. > :22:26.regime officials accused of being behind the killing of protesters.
:22:26. > :22:31.If this edict is accepted, it would give Egypt new President more
:22:31. > :22:38.powers than even Hosni Mubarak ever claimed. It is a remarkable turn of
:22:38. > :22:42.events. President Morsi is still basking in the kudos he won working
:22:42. > :22:46.with the Americans to negotiate the Gaza's ceasefire. Now he is trying
:22:46. > :22:52.to use that international prestige to stamp his authority on Egyptian
:22:52. > :22:55.domestic politics. But he is also in a lot of trouble at home. For
:22:55. > :23:01.the last week, protesters have been battling on the edge of Tahrir
:23:01. > :23:04.Square with riot police. On his side of the many thousands of
:23:04. > :23:08.Muslim Brotherhood supporters who have come out to demonstrate in his
:23:08. > :23:13.favour. The President will be hoping to overwhelm the opposition
:23:13. > :23:17.that is bound to be both from the Liberals and the judges, furious
:23:17. > :23:20.about this attack on their independence.
:23:20. > :23:24.Every year, hip replacements change the lives of thousands of people -
:23:24. > :23:26.giving them back their mobility and freedom. It's now one of the most
:23:26. > :23:30.commonly performed operations in the UK with success rates that are
:23:30. > :23:33.among the best in the world, but how did the treatment come about?
:23:33. > :23:35.The idea came from a pioneering British surgeon with a love of
:23:35. > :23:38.engineering. Our correspondent Dominic Hughes has been finding out
:23:38. > :23:48.how an annoying squeak helped Sir John Charnley develop an idea which
:23:48. > :23:51.
:23:51. > :23:57.has been improving patients' For the past five years or so,
:23:57. > :24:00.former teacher Harry Hagen has had a troublesome hip. Now he is having
:24:00. > :24:04.a total hip replacement, a procedure first carried out 50
:24:04. > :24:09.years ago to the day in Wrightington Hospital in Lancashire.
:24:09. > :24:14.Before the operation, I ask Parry what he hoped to get out of it.
:24:14. > :24:18.hope to be back to a 35-year-old! Seriously, I want to be able to run
:24:18. > :24:24.a little, take long walks in the countryside, play some tennis, get
:24:24. > :24:31.back to the gym. And take up what I would consider to be a normal
:24:31. > :24:35.lifestyle for someone who is fit and well other than my hip. It was
:24:35. > :24:39.at Wrightington that Sir John Charnley, a surgeon with a love of
:24:39. > :24:43.engineering, if developed a Redruth -- revolutionary artificial hip
:24:43. > :24:48.joint and surgical technique that has stood the test of time. It was
:24:48. > :24:52.a steal implant that sat in a tough plastic cup, replacing the ball and
:24:52. > :24:58.socket in the hip weakened by conditions like arthritis or wear
:24:58. > :25:02.and tear. Sir John died in 1982, but his wife remembers how his idea
:25:02. > :25:06.came after he saw a patient suffering from an unusual problem
:25:06. > :25:12.with an existing hip implant. patient came to John because her
:25:12. > :25:16.squeak upset his wife so much. When they were having breakfast together
:25:16. > :25:21.or a meal together and he leaned forward to get the salt, it's great
:25:21. > :25:30.and it made her feel sick. That started John thinking about what
:25:30. > :25:36.was going on in the joint. Then of course he had this engineering bent
:25:36. > :25:39.and he redesigned nature. That work means surgeons from around the
:25:39. > :25:43.world now come to Wrightington Hospital to study the techniques
:25:43. > :25:48.used here. This is one of around 50,000 total hip replacement
:25:48. > :25:53.operations carried out in the UK each year. There have been some
:25:53. > :25:56.modifications, but essentially it is the same procedure developed by
:25:56. > :26:01.Sir John Charnley 50 years ago in this hospital. The procedure has
:26:01. > :26:04.become the gold standard for this kind of operation and it has spread
:26:04. > :26:11.around the world. How significant is the development of the
:26:11. > :26:14.technique? As an orthopaedic surgeon, I am biased and I will
:26:14. > :26:19.tell you hip replacement of the number one innovation, but I don't
:26:19. > :26:24.think I am wrong. It ranks alongside the delivery of
:26:24. > :26:27.penicillin, coronary neat scenting, but above all it has had a huge
:26:27. > :26:32.impact on its patients' lives around the world, delivering pain
:26:32. > :26:36.rely -- pain relief. For some surgeons, this hospital is almost a
:26:36. > :26:43.place of pilgrimage. Most patients walking around today thanks to a
:26:43. > :26:47.replacement hip have no idea of the debt they owe to Sir John Charnley.
:26:47. > :26:50.Reports from Italy say two men in their 20s have been charged with
:26:50. > :26:53.attempted murder in connection with an attack on Tottenham fans in Rome
:26:53. > :26:56.yesterday. A group of Spurs supporters who'd travelled to see
:26:56. > :27:00.their team play Lazio were attacked in a city centre bar. One remains
:27:00. > :27:04.in hospital with stab wounds. Mark Hughes has become the second
:27:04. > :27:07.Premiership football manager to be sacked in as many days. Queens Park
:27:07. > :27:13.Rangers are currently bottom of the Premier League without a win in 12
:27:13. > :27:16.matches. QPR face a tough game away at Manchester United on Saturday.
:27:16. > :27:20.Monty Panesar marked his return to the England cricket team with a
:27:20. > :27:23.four-wicket haul on the first day of the second Test in Mumbai. But
:27:23. > :27:33.after England's early success, India fought back and at the close
:27:33. > :27:36.
:27:36. > :27:41.were 266-6. Our sports reporter, Defeat can change minds, it has
:27:41. > :27:46.certainly changed the team. England added a spinner in them by, but
:27:46. > :27:51.initially success came from bowling straight and true. Anderson trapped
:27:51. > :27:55.Gambia second ball and after that India settled so England cent for
:27:55. > :28:00.spin. Panesar into the side and into the wickets. Sehwag first and
:28:00. > :28:04.then 10 talker. To do this to the Little Master in his home town is
:28:04. > :28:08.almost disrespectful. The surface was paying no attention to
:28:08. > :28:14.reputation. Panesar tented Virat Kohli after lunch and Graeme Swann
:28:14. > :28:21.did for you Frosch. India 119-5. Even the seemingly under his
:28:21. > :28:23.missable Pujara almost succumbed. An unwise reprieve for a man
:28:23. > :28:29.England hadn't got out all tour. And he wasn't just staying there.
:28:29. > :28:34.As well as occupying the crease, he was adding runs. For a time he was
:28:34. > :28:38.supported by MS Dhoni, India's captain, and even when he became
:28:38. > :28:43.Panesar's fourth victim, Pujara was unfazed. He had grown used to
:28:43. > :28:47.seeing others come and go. His century added to a double century
:28:47. > :28:52.in the last Test. A new Indian sensation. Ashwin was pulled along
:28:52. > :28:57.in his wake, gaining more confident with every trip to the boundary. He
:28:58. > :29:01.passed 50 and India past 250. In this match up on this pitch,
:29:01. > :29:03.batting is unlikely to look so easy again.
:29:03. > :29:10.again. It is time to get a full weather
:29:10. > :29:17.forecast. A lot to go through. Indeed. Today is the calm between
:29:17. > :29:21.two storm systems. Yesterday's rain is now whetting the French. A few
:29:21. > :29:27.showers in the north-west today, but I draw your attention to this
:29:27. > :29:31.cloud north-west of Portugal. Chris is the next area of low pressure.
:29:31. > :29:35.For most of us today it will be a quiet day. Those areas that have
:29:35. > :29:39.been badly affected by flooding will stay largely dry with a fair
:29:39. > :29:44.amount of sunshine. The cloud melting away across South East
:29:44. > :29:48.England so hazy sunshine forecast for Sussex and Kent. A few showers
:29:48. > :29:52.for the north and west of Wales, generally clear. A few showers for
:29:52. > :29:56.north-west England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Co little bit
:29:56. > :30:02.of snow over the tops of the high ground. It will also be pretty
:30:02. > :30:07.windy, but for most of us it is quite a quiet day, or relatively.
:30:08. > :30:12.Overnight, for winds will fall light and we will have clear skies.
:30:12. > :30:16.In rural areas, there will be a widespread frost. Some patches of
:30:16. > :30:21.mist and fog as well. Some icy stretches especially where we have
:30:21. > :30:26.seen showers today and also where we have any water seeping off those
:30:26. > :30:30.saturated fields. For weekend, we have got more stormy conditions on
:30:30. > :30:34.the way. Another area of low pressure heads away. It should be a
:30:34. > :30:39.quiet start with most of us having a frosty but sunny start of the day.
:30:39. > :30:43.But this lump of cloud enveloping southern counties of England,
:30:43. > :30:48.pushing on towards central and southern Wales, the Midlands and
:30:48. > :30:52.East Anglia Evans -- in the afternoon. As we go through
:30:52. > :30:57.Saturday night, the rain will not be as intense as yesterday, but it
:30:57. > :31:04.will fall for a longer period of time. A Met Office amber warning is
:31:04. > :31:09.already in force for western and southern Wales. 20 to 40 mm likely
:31:09. > :31:16.to cause some further flooding issues. As that band of rain clears,
:31:16. > :31:20.the winds will pick up around the south coast. Enough to topple some
:31:20. > :31:24.trees, perhaps, and caused transport disruption. By Sunday,
:31:24. > :31:27.the wet and windy weather will have pushed into Scotland with eastern
:31:27. > :31:31.areas of Scotland bearing the brunt. It will turn drier and brighter
:31:31. > :31:36.elsewhere for a while, but more rain in the south-west on Monday.