:00:08. > :00:18.Hundreds of homes are affected as bad weather continues to batter
:00:18. > :00:18.
:00:18. > :00:21.Britain. Roads are still impassable across the south-west of England.
:00:21. > :00:24.Emergency services worked round the clock to rescue those trapped. In
:00:24. > :00:28.North Yorkshire, fire trucks are called to a hospital to save the
:00:28. > :00:31.operating theatre from being flooded. Insurance companies are
:00:31. > :00:34.warning that thousands of homes affected this year could be left
:00:34. > :00:41.without cover. Budget cuts and tax rises could continue until 2018 -
:00:41. > :00:45.according to an independent think- tank.
:00:45. > :00:48.Here in Jordan this new science project is trying something
:00:48. > :00:53.extraordinary, bringing together researchers from countries that are
:00:53. > :00:58.openly hostile to each other, under one roof you have Iranians and
:00:58. > :01:05.Israelis. And, England level the Test series
:01:05. > :01:11.against India - winning by ten wickets in Mumbai.
:01:11. > :01:15.Later on BBC London: The FA will investigate alleged
:01:15. > :01:19.anti-Semitic abuse at Tottenham Hotspur during their match with
:01:19. > :01:29.West Ham. A man is arrested over the brutal rape of an 11-year-old
:01:29. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:42.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at 1.00pm. Many parts of
:01:42. > :01:47.Britain are braced for further flooding as heavy rain continues to
:01:47. > :01:50.fall on ground that's already saturated. The Environment Agency
:01:50. > :01:56.says the north-east of England and North Wales are at greatest risk
:01:56. > :02:00.today. More than 200 flood warnings and nearly 300 flood alerts are
:02:00. > :02:03.currently in place in England and Wales. We have the latest from
:02:03. > :02:06.Exeter in the south-west of England and Worcester in the Midlands,
:02:06. > :02:09.which were particularly badly hit over the weekend. And we're in
:02:09. > :02:18.Llanberis in Snowdonia, to see how people are coping there. But first,
:02:18. > :02:20.from Northallerton in North Yorkshire, Danny Savage reports.
:02:20. > :02:21.Yet again, river levels in Yorkshire and north-east England
:02:22. > :02:25.are reaching critical levels. Rainfall on saturated land is
:02:25. > :02:30.running straight off into water courses and the number of flood
:02:30. > :02:36.alerts is rising. Thousands of acres of farmland are disappearing
:02:36. > :02:40.under water. These were conditions this morning in the Vale of York
:02:40. > :02:44.near Thirsk. Roads are becoming difficult to negotiate. It's a
:02:44. > :02:49.risky business getting through in ordinary cars.
:02:49. > :02:52.In Northallerton a major operation is under way to try and stop the
:02:52. > :02:57.hospital in the town being flooded. A stream which runs under the
:02:57. > :03:01.buildings here is threatening to seep into the operating theatres.
:03:01. > :03:04.The situation here is getting worse by the minute. You can see senior
:03:04. > :03:08.firefighters having a meeting here now to discuss what they're going
:03:08. > :03:12.to do to try and improve the plan they're working on. They're already
:03:12. > :03:15.pumping thousands and thousands of gallons of water out at the moment.
:03:15. > :03:20.But they now need to get another high volume pump in because the
:03:20. > :03:24.situation is getting so bad. Firefighters say they must give
:03:24. > :03:29.this job priority, rather than rescuing cars stranded in water.
:03:29. > :03:35.have been busy over this weekend, getting people out of flood water,
:03:35. > :03:37.people are still driving into it. I would say to people - it's the case
:03:38. > :03:43.that we are talking to local people this morning that this particular
:03:43. > :03:46.area, this is unprecedented for the last 20 years. Elsewhere in
:03:46. > :03:50.Northallerton town centre, businesses are having to do their
:03:50. > :03:56.best to hold back the ever rising water. As the Environment Agency
:03:56. > :04:00.monitors the situation. Up here as you can see, we have rain falling
:04:00. > :04:03.at the moment on to wet wet ground and we have nowhere to store that
:04:03. > :04:06.rain so it's going into water courses and tsdz come -- it's
:04:06. > :04:10.coming down the rivers and we can see the result of that, which is
:04:10. > :04:13.the water levels are higher than normal.
:04:13. > :04:18.It's not just in the countryside where the road conditions are
:04:18. > :04:22.difficult. Let's talk to Danny now in the
:04:22. > :04:27.hospital grounds. What's the situation there at the moment?
:04:27. > :04:30.Within the last few minutes the authorities here have said they've
:04:30. > :04:33.cancelled all surgery for today, that's not really surprising
:04:33. > :04:37.because of all this pumping that's been going on here, moving the
:04:37. > :04:40.water out of this beck that was flowing under the building, it was
:04:40. > :04:43.threatening to flood the operating theatres here. That water was
:04:43. > :04:47.running into the town and flooding roads surrounding the hospital, so
:04:47. > :04:52.a new phase of this plan is coming in. What the firefighters have been
:04:52. > :04:54.doing is laying a new line of hosing all the way along here and
:04:54. > :04:58.they're trying to pump the water out in a different direction to
:04:59. > :05:02.stop it flooding parts of the town centre. The rain is still falling.
:05:02. > :05:06.It's going to be a problem here, I suspect, for several hours. But
:05:06. > :05:09.it's a big job here for the the fire and rescuers as they try and
:05:09. > :05:12.keep the water out of the hospital. It's an operation that's working at
:05:13. > :05:15.the moment but they'll have to stay at it for quite a while longer if
:05:15. > :05:19.they're going to continue to succeed in the long run because the
:05:19. > :05:28.rain is still falling and river levels are still rising and many
:05:28. > :05:31.more problems are cropping up all the time. Thank you.
:05:31. > :05:34.The Association of British Insurers says people with homes at risk of
:05:34. > :05:36.flooding could find it impossible to get cover next year. It says
:05:36. > :05:40.that's because talks between the industry and the Government over a
:05:40. > :05:47.special fund for the riskiest homes have reached crisis point. Let's
:05:47. > :05:50.cross to Kennford, near Exeter, and Jon Kay.
:05:50. > :05:54.Insurance is very much on people's minds as they gather and work out
:05:54. > :05:59.what they're going to do next. The river here burst its banks the
:05:59. > :06:02.early hours of yesterday morning. It flooded all these cottages here.
:06:02. > :06:06.A vivid example of how high it got. Look at that front door, it came
:06:06. > :06:10.almost up to the letterbox and it's black because it had oil in it,
:06:10. > :06:14.they're trying to work out why that is. A mess here, but there is sa
:06:14. > :06:17.mess of a different kind, at top level a row going on between
:06:17. > :06:23.Government and insurance companies about who pays for this kind of
:06:23. > :06:30.thing into the future. That's the level of the water which
:06:30. > :06:38.came in. A line running through the ground floor ever this cottage --
:06:38. > :06:42.of this cottage. Everything was floating around. This is my study.
:06:42. > :06:47.The water might have drained away, but repairing the damage will take
:06:48. > :06:52.much, much longer. That's my little job today, trying to wash that.
:06:52. > :06:57.They hope their insurance will cover all the damage this time. But
:06:57. > :07:06.it's the future that concerns them. It's a worry, isn't it? It is a
:07:06. > :07:12.worry. You know, one does need insurance. But I can understand
:07:13. > :07:17.them being tricky about it, because they're going to have big pay outs.
:07:17. > :07:22.The scale of those payouts is clear to see in this village and in many
:07:22. > :07:27.more. Not just homes to be repaired, but personal possessions to be
:07:27. > :07:32.replaced and vehicles, too. These new pictures from a BBC viewer show
:07:32. > :07:35.a motorist being rescued from his flooded car in Somerset.
:07:35. > :07:40.The insurance industry and the Government have been trying to
:07:40. > :07:46.strike a deal for sometime, to make sure that people in flood-hit areas
:07:46. > :07:50.can get affordable insurance in future. People like Wendy. You have
:07:50. > :07:56.lost a lot here. Everything downstairs, kitchen and lounge is
:07:56. > :07:59.all gone. It's got to be replaced. The insurance companies claim they
:07:59. > :08:05.have come up with a solution and they say if the Government doesn't
:08:05. > :08:09.accept it soon, 200,000 homes will be left without cover when the
:08:09. > :08:13.current deal runs out next summer. There is no other proposition on
:08:13. > :08:17.the table which we think is workable or achievable and we very
:08:17. > :08:25.much hope that the Government will continue to discuss our proposal,
:08:25. > :08:28.which is very carefully worked out. Visiting definite con-- Devon, the
:08:28. > :08:32.Environment Secretary. He insists he wants a deal with the insurance
:08:32. > :08:38.industry but he says it must be fair for policy-holders and for the
:08:38. > :08:42.wider public. We would like to see an arrangement which is affordable,
:08:42. > :08:47.as comprehensive as possible and does not put any great burden on
:08:47. > :08:53.the taxpayer. But in Kennford the priority is dealing with this flood
:08:53. > :08:58.and hoping they won't need to go through this ever again.
:08:58. > :09:01.Another cottage here, another sofa waiting to be picked up. This
:09:01. > :09:05.gentleman is chucking away the contents of his freezer, as well.
:09:05. > :09:09.That will be part of another insurance claim. The Government
:09:09. > :09:12.clearly frustrated by the fact that the insurance companies have come
:09:12. > :09:15.out and argued about this in public today. The Government say they
:09:15. > :09:20.don't want to do it in public but clearly both sides urgently need to
:09:20. > :09:30.come up with some kind of agreement and people here are definitely
:09:30. > :09:32.urgently wanting to hear what that Thank you.
:09:32. > :09:35.While hundreds of homes and business might have suffered the
:09:35. > :09:38.misery of being flooded, others have escaped damage thanks to
:09:38. > :09:41.defences built because they'd been hit by floods in the past. Our
:09:41. > :09:44.correspondent Jeremy Cooke joins us now from Worcester.
:09:44. > :09:49.Well it's not as though there aren't problems here, look at the
:09:49. > :09:53.river, it has broken its banks. If you look beyond the river you can
:09:53. > :09:57.see the racecourse which lies beyond, well under water now.
:09:57. > :10:03.That's the bad news here. There's good news, too. If you look down
:10:03. > :10:07.here you can see the flood defences, these earth banks. They are at the
:10:07. > :10:11.moment successfully holding back the flood water. It means that many
:10:11. > :10:15.houses which previously would have been flooded, are this lunchtime,
:10:15. > :10:21.high and dry. The rain has stopped, but the
:10:21. > :10:25.waters are still rising. Days of torrential downpours, many miles up
:10:25. > :10:31.stream mean communities like Worcester are still on high alert.
:10:31. > :10:34.It looks like there's water everywhere. But, in fact, new
:10:34. > :10:38.tphrod defences are -- flood defences are doing their job. The
:10:38. > :10:42.barriers are holding back most of the floods. It is a considerable
:10:42. > :10:47.improvement and many smaller communities have benefited from
:10:47. > :10:51.flood defences schemes, I have been happy to attend all the openings of
:10:51. > :10:55.the flood schemes and the residents, the relief on their faces that
:10:55. > :11:00.they're not going to be flooded is tremendous.
:11:00. > :11:06.It was a very different story back in 2007. Then, Worcester's previous
:11:06. > :11:12.flood defences failed, with sodden, miserable results. The cost of the
:11:12. > :11:16.new system has been high. But for many it is money well spent.
:11:17. > :11:20.There's a few places it will still pop up but anything is worth save
:11:20. > :11:24.ago bit of misery for people, it's worth doing. It has improved
:11:24. > :11:28.although it's not solved the problem. It's not half as bad as it
:11:28. > :11:34.used to be. It's well spent. But, of course, any flood defence is
:11:34. > :11:39.only as good as its weakst link. In In -- in Worcestershire this
:11:39. > :11:43.weekend the pumps failed to switch on. The The project failed. 30
:11:43. > :11:47.homes were evacuated as the waters rose. The Government says new flood
:11:47. > :11:54.defences have saved tens of thousands of homes from flooding.
:11:54. > :11:56.That's not much comfort here. Perhaps some comfort here is we
:11:56. > :11:59.don't have heavy rain. We have drizzle at the moment. That's
:11:59. > :12:03.really not the point, though, because the issue is what's
:12:03. > :12:07.happening further up stream and there's such heavy rain still
:12:07. > :12:11.falling that communities like this downstream are waiting for the high
:12:11. > :12:16.water to come. It could take hours, perhaps even days for to us find
:12:16. > :12:23.out how bad the situation is. But as I was saying, so far, the flood
:12:23. > :12:26.defences here in Worcester, are holding firm.
:12:26. > :12:31.There is going to be a full weather forecast at the end of the
:12:31. > :12:35.programme. There is a live page on the BBC News website, two. You can
:12:35. > :12:41.also catch up with the latest in your area by tuning in to local
:12:41. > :12:44.radio. The current squeeze on public
:12:44. > :12:46.spending may have to continue for a least another five years, if the
:12:46. > :12:49.economy doesn't pick up. According to the independent Institute for
:12:49. > :12:53.Fiscal Studies, the Government may need to find an extra �11 billion
:12:53. > :13:00.through tax rises or spending cuts. Our chief economics correspondent
:13:00. > :13:05.Hugh Pym is with me. What else did the IFS say? Well
:13:05. > :13:08.they're looking to the Autumn Statement and whether the
:13:08. > :13:12.Chancellor - growth has not turned out as expected and tax revenues
:13:12. > :13:15.haven't been growing as rapidly as he hoped. It says the Chancellor,
:13:15. > :13:21.they think, is going to have to borrow more this financial year
:13:21. > :13:25.than his target, a figure of around about �13 billion in terms of an
:13:25. > :13:29.overshoot on what he had expected. In other words, a higher deficit
:13:29. > :13:34.than the previous year. Longer ahead, they say the austerity
:13:34. > :13:37.programme might have to run longer than everyone thought. At the time
:13:37. > :13:41.of the election when the coalition took office after that, they were
:13:41. > :13:46.talking about five years of a public spending squeeze. Now the
:13:46. > :13:50.IFS say if things don't work out it could be an eight-year squeeze on
:13:50. > :13:55.public spending, looking further into the future. Here's the IFS
:13:55. > :13:59.view in more detail. Over the last few months we have
:13:59. > :14:03.seen weakening of - the outlook for the economy and the UK's public
:14:03. > :14:06.finances. If some of this reflects a permanent problem rather than a
:14:06. > :14:11.temporary problem, the Chancellor may have to announce further fiscal
:14:11. > :14:14.austerity in the Autumn Statement, if he is to stay on course to meet
:14:14. > :14:19.his fiscal mandate that revenues should be at least sufficient to
:14:19. > :14:24.cover spending by the end of the forecast horizon. What has the
:14:24. > :14:34.Government's reaction been? Treasury is saying we need to wait
:14:34. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:41.for the office of the -- Office of Budget Responsibility comes out.
:14:41. > :14:46.Labour says it's because of Government's decision recovery has
:14:46. > :14:49.been choked off and that's why it's missing targets.
:14:49. > :14:52.The new governor of the Bank of England is going to be named this
:14:52. > :14:57.afternoon. He is going to take over to Sir Mervyn King. Let's speak to
:14:57. > :15:01.our business editor. Well, we are going to get the announcement at
:15:01. > :15:07.3.30pm this afternoon. The interviews of the four shortlisted
:15:07. > :15:12.candidates went went on in the past few days. The widespread
:15:12. > :15:16.expectation is that the new governor will be Paul Tucker, the
:15:16. > :15:22.current deputy but I don't think one can be 100% of that. The other
:15:22. > :15:28.field of candidates, including Lord Burns, Adair Turner, and Sir John
:15:29. > :15:33.Vickers very strong, many people think Sir John Vickers is a good
:15:33. > :15:37.outset bet. The new governor of the Bank of England will be the most
:15:37. > :15:40.important figure in terms of the stewardship of the British economy.
:15:40. > :15:43.With a possible exception of the Chancellor. This is the chap who
:15:43. > :15:48.will have a big influence on the level of interest rates, mortgage
:15:48. > :15:52.rates and the rest that we all pay, and he is getting huge new powers
:15:52. > :15:57.over the supervision and regulation of banks and finance to try and
:15:57. > :16:02.avoid a repetition of the kind of busts we saw in 2008, which is
:16:02. > :16:05.still haunting us and still damaging us. An incredibly
:16:05. > :16:09.important appointment and the other thing that's changed is that the
:16:09. > :16:15.new Governor of the Bank of England will have a fixed term of eight
:16:15. > :16:18.years. So the new incumbent terribly important and will go
:16:18. > :16:21.through this parliament, the next parliament, into the one after next.
:16:21. > :16:31.It's hard to overstate the significance of this announcement
:16:31. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:40.Thank you very much, Robert Peston. Now the top story: Heavy rain moves
:16:40. > :16:46.north. Hundreds of flood warnings and alert are in force. Coming up:
:16:46. > :16:51.# Get out of my cloud. # It is only rock and roll, but they still seem
:16:51. > :16:57.to like it. 50 years of the Rolling Stones. Later on BBC London: The
:16:57. > :16:59.tens of millions of pounds of legal aid that could be given to
:16:59. > :17:08.superrich criminals due to a legal loophole.
:17:08. > :17:12.That and more including a full weather forecast.
:17:12. > :17:17.It may seem like news from the Middle East is nearly always bad,
:17:17. > :17:23.today, though, good news. Arab and Israeli scientists have come
:17:23. > :17:27.together to build a multi-million pound scientific installation. It
:17:27. > :17:32.is a particle accelerator, called sis ses, similar to that in
:17:32. > :17:36.Switzerland. It is hoped that it will break down barriers between
:17:36. > :17:40.the often hostile neighbours. In the hills of Jordan this new
:17:40. > :17:46.research centre is the scene for a bold venture.
:17:46. > :17:51.Here you can see two openings... project to bring together
:17:51. > :17:53.scientists from across the Middle East. This is a highly
:17:53. > :17:59.sophisticated device that can transform the work of researchers
:17:59. > :18:04.in the region. It is why so many are behind it. This installation
:18:04. > :18:09.gives researchers the chance to see in incredible detail, objects like
:18:09. > :18:14.viruses and molecules, leading to a whole host of benefits, including
:18:14. > :18:17.new medical treatments. It is the first of its kind in the Middle
:18:17. > :18:22.East and attracting support from countries normally openly hostile
:18:22. > :18:26.to each other. The project, known as Sesame, is backed by Arab
:18:26. > :18:33.countries, the Palestinians, Iran and, surprisingly, Israel as well.
:18:33. > :18:37.It was always my dream to show that Arabs and Israelis can work
:18:37. > :18:42.together for the benefit of humanity and for the benefit of
:18:42. > :18:47.their own people. Both sides having an interest in that.
:18:47. > :18:52.For me, Sesame, in a way, it is part of that dream.
:18:52. > :18:55.As tensions rise in the region, the researchers say that what matters
:18:55. > :18:59.is the science that they can do, not the politician dividing their
:18:59. > :19:06.governments. What we hope is that science will
:19:06. > :19:12.open the doors to other or further understanding concerning other
:19:12. > :19:17.issues, OK? This is what we hope. We begin with science, somehow we
:19:17. > :19:22.will open the doors that are closed for years or centuries.
:19:22. > :19:26.Much of the equipment installed is second-hand, from Germany and
:19:26. > :19:32.Britain. About enough money has been raised for the next phase of
:19:32. > :19:40.construction. Amazingly, despite Gaza, the project is still going
:19:40. > :19:44.ahead. You can find more about that
:19:44. > :19:54.project tonight on BBC Radio 4 at 8.00pm and there is coverage on the
:19:54. > :19:54.
:19:54. > :20:00.BBC website at: The Swiss bank, UBS has been fined
:20:00. > :20:05.nearly �30 million for failing to stop one of its traders losing more
:20:05. > :20:09.than �1 billion in unauthorised trieding. Kweku Adoboli was jailed
:20:09. > :20:14.for seven years. The Financial Services Authority said they had
:20:14. > :20:19.not taken care to organise its affairs responsibly.
:20:19. > :20:23.A man has been accused of the rape of an 11-year-old girl. The 26-
:20:23. > :20:26.year-old is being held in Edmonton in north London. The incident
:20:26. > :20:31.happened on Friday. The UK Independence Party should be
:20:31. > :20:39.offered a deal with the conservative countries, according
:20:39. > :20:44.to the Tories campaign chief. But the idea from the MP, Michael
:20:44. > :20:48.Fabricant has been given short shrift by UKIP's leader, Nigel
:20:48. > :20:53.Farage. He said no deals with the Tories, that it was war. We have
:20:53. > :20:57.more. Should David Cameron form a pact
:20:57. > :21:00.with UKIP's leader, Nigel Farage, to help the Conservatives in key
:21:00. > :21:04.seats at the next election? That is the suggestion from a Vice-Chairman
:21:04. > :21:11.of his party. This is not a coalition, don't
:21:11. > :21:16.forget. I am talking about a electoral tact that says if UKIP
:21:16. > :21:19.don't stand against us at the next election we have a firm
:21:20. > :21:23.understanding to have an inout referendum after that election.
:21:23. > :21:27.The Prime Minister making a statement after the EU summit, and
:21:27. > :21:32.playing down the idea of a pact. Number Ten said, Michael Fabricant,
:21:32. > :21:36.does not speak for the party on the issue. A source said that David
:21:36. > :21:40.Cameron does not believe that all UKIP members are racist. UKIP did
:21:40. > :21:47.well in the Corby by-election, and Michael Fabricant claims that the
:21:47. > :21:51.party cost the Conservatives about 20 to 40 seats at the last election.
:21:51. > :21:56.UKIP's leader is in no mood mood to do a deal.
:21:56. > :22:00.The Michael Fabricant plan is to buy off Nigel. It is not going to
:22:00. > :22:03.happen. UKIP is a different party. We are not about to be bought off
:22:03. > :22:07.by anybody. So, the prospect of the pact
:22:07. > :22:10.happening looks remote. Especially as the Conservatives are currently
:22:10. > :22:14.in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.
:22:14. > :22:18.But the suggestion does show how worried some Conservatives are
:22:18. > :22:21.about the threat from UKIP. It adds to the pressure on the Prime
:22:21. > :22:26.Minister to promise a referendum on Europe.
:22:26. > :22:31.The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who is in India, offered unexpected
:22:31. > :22:34.support for the Prime Minister, making it plain he does not want an
:22:34. > :22:40.in-out referendum on Europe soon it is a difficult issue for David
:22:40. > :22:44.Cameron, but he can't expect much help from Nigel Farage.
:22:44. > :22:48.Rotherham Borough Council say it is will be as open and as transparent
:22:48. > :22:53.as possible with an inquiry ordered by the Education Secretary, Michael
:22:53. > :22:58.Gove. It will look into why three foster children were removed from a
:22:58. > :23:03.couple because of their mip with the UK Independence Party.
:23:03. > :23:08.-- membership. What have the council said this
:23:08. > :23:12.morning? Well, the council leader demanded a report this morning at
:23:12. > :23:17.9.00am to get to the bottom of what happened here in Rotherham. He got
:23:17. > :23:21.that report today. He spent about four hours considering it, but when
:23:21. > :23:26.Roger Stone left the building he did not make comments. That came in
:23:26. > :23:30.the form of a full statement. In it he repeated the council's position,
:23:30. > :23:34.that said that being a member of UKIP should not prevent anyone from
:23:34. > :23:37.becoming a foster parent. He said that the council will work with the
:23:37. > :23:41.Department for Education as it investigates what happened here.
:23:41. > :23:43.Importantly, he said that the children were in safe and wereing -
:23:43. > :23:48.- were being provided with good care.
:23:48. > :23:52.What happens next? Well, from reading this statement it is clear
:23:52. > :23:57.that at the moment, Rotherham Council are not holding anyone
:23:57. > :24:04.responsible for what happened here. For what happened to the three
:24:04. > :24:06.children it sees that the accountability is to go to the
:24:06. > :24:11.Education Secretary, Michael Gove. His department is investigating
:24:11. > :24:15.what happened and why the three children were removed At the
:24:15. > :24:21.weekend he said that the decision to take them away was the wrong
:24:21. > :24:24.decision, made for the wrong reasons. I have a chat with someone
:24:24. > :24:28.representing the foster parents at the centre of. This they said that
:24:28. > :24:32.after the statement, it does not tell the full story as to what
:24:32. > :24:36.happened here. Also they said that it did not include one word, an
:24:36. > :24:40.apology. Thank you very much.
:24:40. > :24:44.The Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak has announced he is leaving
:24:44. > :24:48.politics weeks before the country's general elections. He says he will
:24:48. > :24:54.step down after a new government is formed in January, in order to
:24:54. > :24:59.spend more time with his family. Parties which are drawn to
:24:59. > :25:02.independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia have won a majority
:25:02. > :25:07.there. The leader of the biggest party is to consultant the people
:25:07. > :25:11.on independence in the next four years. The Spanish government is
:25:11. > :25:16.opposed to a referendum which it believes would be unconcity
:25:16. > :25:22.tuitional. England's cricketers have completed
:25:22. > :25:26.a ten-wicket victory in a second Test Match against India. It took
:25:26. > :25:29.Alastair Cook and Nick Compton less than an hour-and-a-half to rattle
:25:29. > :25:37.off the 57 runs they needed for victory.
:25:37. > :25:42.It is tough enough for India to be outdone, but shocking to be outspun.
:25:42. > :25:47.England polished off India's second innings. The conditions prepared to
:25:47. > :25:53.suit the Indian spin bowlers, played noolt hand of England.
:25:53. > :25:57.Graeme Swann and the persevering Monty Panesar. Then the ball was
:25:57. > :26:03.smashed and Matt Prior caught it. Monty Panesar had his sixth wicket
:26:03. > :26:10.of the innings. India were 142 all out.
:26:10. > :26:15.Gautam Gambhir last to go. He did not like the lbw decision. Of the
:26:15. > :26:20.20 Indian wickets to fall, 19 were taken by England. They have beaten
:26:20. > :26:24.India at their own game in a way that few sides have ever managed.
:26:24. > :26:29.Now England have to score 57. It should have been easy, actually it
:26:29. > :26:34.was. Earlier this year, England were bowled out for 72 by Pakistan,
:26:34. > :26:40.losing a match it seemed certain that they would win. This time, a
:26:40. > :26:44.man in just his second Test Match that seized the initiative, Nick
:26:44. > :26:49.Compton. Any victory in India is memorable, but to win
:26:49. > :26:54.overwhelmingly is like discovering a magic formula. There are two more
:26:54. > :27:00.Tests for Alastair Cook's England, to use it again. He can hardly wait.
:27:00. > :27:05.Now, to four men for whom the idea of retirement at 65 just does not
:27:05. > :27:10.apply. The Rolling Stones were the -- with a combined age of 273 have
:27:10. > :27:18.celebrated their 50th anniversary in the rock business with a concert
:27:18. > :27:22.in front of 20,000 fans from London. As Mick Jagger pointed out last
:27:22. > :27:27.night it had taken the Rolling Stones 50 years to get from
:27:27. > :27:31.Dartford to Greenwich, a distance of ten miles. The fans had
:27:31. > :27:35.travelled further. I came from Australia, Midnight
:27:35. > :27:42.Rambler was the best. The Rolling Stones opened with the
:27:42. > :27:48.second ever singing from 1963. The two-and-a-half hour 23-song set
:27:48. > :27:53.spanned the whole career. # I said, hey, you, get off my
:27:53. > :27:57.cloud. # And former band members, Bill
:27:57. > :28:00.Wyman and Mick Taylor returned. Much was made of the ticket prices.
:28:01. > :28:06.Mick Jagger joked about it asking how they were in the cheap seats,
:28:06. > :28:11.before adding that they were not any, but the crowd seemed to think
:28:11. > :28:17.it was worth ever penny. It is pretty special. It is not
:28:17. > :28:22.often you get to see that. The guys put on it -- put on a form. It was
:28:22. > :28:28.incredible. Incredible. One thing they didn't get was any
:28:28. > :28:35.satisfaction. Scheduled to the -- to be the last song the night, the
:28:35. > :28:39.strict curfew meant it had to be dropped.
:28:39. > :28:44.Now let's get the very latest on the rain, where it has been and
:28:44. > :28:49.where it is going. Nina Ridge is here.
:28:49. > :28:54.here. What is it like, Nina? It is still
:28:54. > :28:58.falling. This morning's focus, where the heaviest downpours have
:28:58. > :29:02.been have been the north of England. That is moving to north wells.
:29:02. > :29:08.It is the North East England and North Wales where the amber
:29:08. > :29:12.warnings are in force. The rain totals are mounting up with a
:29:12. > :29:17.potential for yet further flooding. On the rest of the afternoon, there
:29:17. > :29:24.are showers in the south, but they will come and go with dry spells
:29:24. > :29:29.between. Showers in northern Scotland, but sunshine in the high
:29:29. > :29:34.north, but the rain is stit sitting with us in parts of northern
:29:34. > :29:39.England and North Wales as well. As we head to midnight, that is when
:29:39. > :29:46.the warning is in force. It is moving to the south through this
:29:46. > :29:48.evening, easing off later on in the night. Showers in the north fr
:29:48. > :29:53.Scotland. Clearer Customs and Excise in the south-west of
:29:53. > :29:58.Scotland, meaning a risk of frost. Outbreaks of rain continuing in the
:29:58. > :30:04.south-west. Temperatures here holding up to
:30:04. > :30:09.seven Celsius, but in Glasgow, lose of three Celsius.
:30:09. > :30:14.We are starting to see changes in the weather for tomorrow. Although
:30:14. > :30:17.it is cloudy and damp in the south. It clears to the east. By 3.00pm,
:30:17. > :30:22.there are showers peppering the coast of North East Scotland, but
:30:22. > :30:25.to the west it is drier. Western Scotland with some brightness.
:30:25. > :30:29.Parts of Northern Ireland, bright with sunny spells. There are
:30:29. > :30:34.showers in the north and the east of England, down to East Anglia and
:30:34. > :30:40.the south-east corner, but a rest from the rain. There is drier
:30:40. > :30:44.weather and sunshine across the south-east England and Wales, but
:30:44. > :30:49.feeling colder. That theme taking us through the rest of the week but
:30:49. > :30:53.the drier weather to continue. The rain that we have been having has
:30:53. > :30:57.been down to low pressure and the weather front. That is clearing to
:30:57. > :31:01.the east Tuesday and into Wednesday. High pressure is building in behind
:31:01. > :31:05.with the best of sunshine out to the west. Chilly in the mornings,
:31:05. > :31:09.there is a night time frost. A cold northerly wind and still showers
:31:09. > :31:13.that can be wintry over the high ground of northern England and
:31:13. > :31:17.parts of Scotland. Temperatures at best up to nine Celsius. Still a
:31:17. > :31:20.risk of disruption due to the flooding and heavy rain.
:31:20. > :31:25.flooding and heavy rain. Thank you very much.