:00:07. > :00:12.Ministers propose a minimum price of 45p per unit of alcohol in
:00:12. > :00:15.England and Wales. It's part of a drive to tackle problem drinking
:00:15. > :00:17.and to bing an end to heavily discounted drinks sold in shops and
:00:17. > :00:21.supermarkets. As unemployment continues to fall,
:00:21. > :00:31.new figures reveal more than three million people are under-employed.
:00:31. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:35.That's one in ten of the workforce. As he receives his copy of the
:00:35. > :00:37.Leveson Report, the Prime Minister repeats his call for a press
:00:37. > :00:42.regulatory system that works. A most miserable task as hundreds
:00:42. > :00:45.of people return to their homes to clean up after the floods.
:00:46. > :00:55.And something of a homecoming as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:00:55. > :00:59.visit their name-sake city for the first time. Later on BBC London:
:00:59. > :01:09.The out-of-town season ticket holders hit with a 6% new rail fare
:01:09. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:26.Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC News at One. The latest
:01:26. > :01:29.proposal to tackle binge drinking and anti-social behaviour in
:01:29. > :01:32.England and Wales is a minimum charge of 45p for each unit of
:01:32. > :01:34.alcohol. Ministers are also considering a ban on some
:01:34. > :01:37.supermarket deals. Health campaigners had wanted the minimum
:01:37. > :01:47.unit price fixed at 50p, the same as in Scotland. Our health
:01:47. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:54.correspondent Dominic Hughes has The days of cheap supermarket booze
:01:54. > :01:58.could be numbered. The Government is consulting on a minimum price in
:01:58. > :02:04.England and Wales for each unit in alcohol and a ban on multi-buy
:02:04. > :02:12.deals. It can cost as little as 63p for a can of 4% strength own lager
:02:12. > :02:20.but that would rise to 81p under minimum pricing, a two litre brand
:02:20. > :02:24.- and a bottle of own brand vodka at �9.29 could cost �11.81. The aim
:02:24. > :02:27.is to curb dangerous binge drinking particularly among younger people,
:02:27. > :02:32.but some supermarkets say ordinary shoppers will pay the price. This
:02:32. > :02:36.is all about customers for us, and this really - the idea of putting a
:02:36. > :02:40.minimum unit price on alcohol is going to punish the majority of our
:02:40. > :02:45.customers that drink responsibly just to try and affect the
:02:45. > :02:48.behaviour of a small amount of people who misuse alcohol. Muched
:02:49. > :02:52.of evidence for minimum pricing is based on detailed research carried
:02:52. > :02:56.out at the University of Sheffield where they found raising the price
:02:56. > :02:59.of alcohol can reduce the harm done by dangerous drinking. What we've
:02:59. > :03:03.found is that the most harmful drinkers tend to buy the cheapest
:03:03. > :03:08.alcohol. It's this alcohol which is affected by minimum pricing, so we
:03:08. > :03:11.see that harmful drinkers' consumption gails a much greater
:03:11. > :03:16.extent than moderate drinkers under a minimum pricing policy.
:03:16. > :03:19.Government in Scotland is pushing ahead with proposals for a 50p
:03:19. > :03:23.money price despite legal challenges. Ministers in London say
:03:23. > :03:28.they're confident their measures will go through too. The public
:03:28. > :03:32.reaction is mixed. Why take people like that do binnible drinking out
:03:32. > :03:41.on people who have a drink of wine at home? Unfortunately, the pubs
:03:41. > :03:45.get the backlash, so we need to put a stop to it. People are always
:03:45. > :03:48.going to get cheap alcohol from some place. It's only going to
:03:48. > :03:52.penalise people like me that have a glass of wine in the evening.
:03:52. > :03:56.Generally people do seem to be drinking less. Alcohol consumption
:03:56. > :04:00.has fallen in recent years but there are some people who drink at
:04:00. > :04:04.dangerous levels - older, wealthier people, for example, and they seem
:04:04. > :04:07.to be drinking more than ever, so the real test of the Government's
:04:07. > :04:09.policy will be whether it can reduce dangerous drinking even in
:04:09. > :04:15.these groups. Our health correspondent Branwen
:04:15. > :04:18.Jeffreys is here. How radical a proposal is this? In many ways this
:04:18. > :04:22.is an extraordinary step with England and Wales now saying
:04:22. > :04:25.clearly they're going to follow Scotland to introduce a minimum
:04:25. > :04:32.price per unit of alcohol. What that does is it links how strong
:04:32. > :04:35.at its most basic level, so it's going to be the stronger, cheaper
:04:35. > :04:41.alcohols where people will really notice the difference, but this
:04:41. > :04:46.will affect everyone who buys a drink in a supermarket or goes into
:04:46. > :04:49.a local off-licence to buy a bottle of wine on their way home from work.
:04:49. > :04:52.It's going to have a radical effect on the population, and so is going
:04:53. > :04:57.to divide opinion. This is likely to be deeply controversial. It's
:04:57. > :05:01.already split the industry. We have seen some retailers like Tesco's
:05:01. > :05:06.have said they're not against the principle. Others like Morrisons,
:05:06. > :05:09.as we heard, are adamantly against. Similarly, some alcohol producers
:05:09. > :05:12.are against and will plan to challenge this legally as they're
:05:12. > :05:16.planning to do in Scotland, but some people producing a premium
:05:16. > :05:20.product or running pubs and bars say, actually, we have had enough
:05:20. > :05:23.of some of the retailers undercutting our prices. It's right
:05:23. > :05:28.that alcohol should be properly priced. Health experts will welcome
:05:28. > :05:30.it, but this is something that's going to be debated over many a
:05:30. > :05:33.drink this evening probably. Thank you very much.
:05:33. > :05:36.New figures show that one in ten workers in the UK are under-
:05:36. > :05:39.employed, which is defined as being in a job, but wanting to work
:05:39. > :05:42.longer hours. The calculation has been made by the Office for
:05:42. > :05:44.National Statistics, which says the figure has increased by almost 50%
:05:45. > :05:51.since the current economic crisis began four years ago. Our chief
:05:51. > :05:56.economics correspondent Hugh Pym reports.
:05:56. > :06:00.The world of work has changed a lot since recession began. Today a
:06:00. > :06:04.light's been shone on one group, underemployed workers. There's been
:06:04. > :06:09.an increase of one million since 2008 to a total of just over three
:06:09. > :06:14.million, about one in ten of the workforce. As many as 24% of part-
:06:14. > :06:20.timers want more work. This is the diary that I keep with all the jobs
:06:20. > :06:23.that I've applied for. Penny Cook is one of them. She graduted this
:06:23. > :06:27.year with a first-class degree. She's applied for hundreds of full-
:06:27. > :06:31.time job, but not had any luck. She's currently working about 14
:06:31. > :06:35.hours a week with a retailer. hope just keeps declining really
:06:35. > :06:39.with every rejection or just not hearing back. You do get really
:06:39. > :06:42.down about your job search because you wonder how long it's going to
:06:42. > :06:46.take, and you just hope that someone can see the potential and
:06:46. > :06:50.give you a chance. Today's figures include full-time workers who
:06:50. > :06:56.consider themselves underemployed, the proportion who want more hours
:06:57. > :07:01.has gone up from 4.2 to 5.5% over four years.
:07:01. > :07:05.Last year this company in Somerset, which makes herbal supplements for
:07:05. > :07:09.animals had, to cut the staff's working hours because trading was
:07:09. > :07:12.tough, though things are back to normal now. We took the staff's
:07:12. > :07:17.side. We asked them if they'd consider this to save their job,
:07:17. > :07:21.and yes, they agreed to do it, which allowed us to go out and then
:07:21. > :07:25.expand our export business, which is where we knew we could get the
:07:25. > :07:29.new markets. Cleaners and bar staff are said to be among workers who
:07:30. > :07:33.most want to do more hours. Experts say it highlights problems in the
:07:33. > :07:39.jobs market. These figures show that the weakness in the UK labour
:07:39. > :07:43.market is a lot greater than the headline unemployment figures show.
:07:43. > :07:46.A lot of people without work at all, but clearly there are a lot of
:07:46. > :07:51.people in work who would like to work more to get more income.
:07:51. > :07:55.Unemployment has been falling, and today's figures cover just one
:07:55. > :08:02.section of the workforce, but they do illustrate how the economy is
:08:02. > :08:12.not working to its full potential. The Leveson Report into media
:08:12. > :08:12.
:08:12. > :08:19.standards has been handed to the Prime Minister ahead of its
:08:19. > :08:23.official publication tomorrow. There is a split among MPs. Ross
:08:23. > :08:28.Hawkins, who followed the Leveson Inquiry for us, has this report.
:08:29. > :08:32.Hundreds of witnesses came here for months of hearings, and now Lord
:08:32. > :08:36.Justice Leveson's report is complete. It's decision time for
:08:36. > :08:41.the politicians. It's right to meet with other party leaders with this
:08:41. > :08:43.issue, I will do so. What matters most, Mr Speaker, I believe is we
:08:44. > :08:48.end up with an independent regulatory system that can deliver
:08:48. > :08:51.and in which the public will have confidence. I hope we can work on
:08:51. > :08:56.an all-party base. This is a once- in-a-generation opportunity for
:08:56. > :08:59.real change, and I hope this House can make it happen. So MPs will
:08:59. > :09:05.talk, but what will be the conclusions for those witnesses,
:09:05. > :09:10.for Bob and Sally Dowler, their daughter Milly was murdered and
:09:10. > :09:14.their phone hacked by the less? For Kate and Jerry McCann whose
:09:14. > :09:17.innocence was wrongly questioned by the papers after their daughter
:09:17. > :09:22.went missing. I desperately wanted to shout out,
:09:22. > :09:25.it's not true. It's not true. But when it's your voice against the
:09:25. > :09:29.powerful media, it just doesn't have a weight. We're desperately
:09:29. > :09:34.shouting out internally, please stop what you're doing. So now can
:09:34. > :09:36.this judge's report really stop the worst behaviour of the press?
:09:36. > :09:41.Campaigners say a new regulator must be backed up with the powers
:09:41. > :09:45.of a new law, while newspapers have a plan to continue regulating
:09:46. > :09:50.themself, but under a system that could run investigations and levy
:09:50. > :09:52.Fiennes of up to �1 million. Anybody in any situation will
:09:52. > :09:59.always prefer to regulate themselves instead of being
:09:59. > :10:01.regulated. The problem is we have had this three times before - Royal
:10:01. > :10:05.Commissions, judicial inquiries. Each time they say everything's
:10:05. > :10:09.going to be fine, and each time they fail to do it. They haven't
:10:09. > :10:14.kept their word. I don't want to start calling up somebody and
:10:14. > :10:17.checking whether this is OK, that's OK. Then I have to wait for their
:10:17. > :10:20.decision. I might not like their decision. The Prime Minister will
:10:20. > :10:24.have to decide who he thinks is right. He's got a head start over
:10:24. > :10:27.the rest of us - half a dozen copies of the Leveson Report were
:10:27. > :10:31.handed into Downing Street this morning, and he'll have seen over
:10:31. > :10:35.80 MPs and peers backing the idea of a new system of self-regulation
:10:35. > :10:41.for the press and over 40 Conservatives who said that such a
:10:41. > :10:45.system would be destined to fail. He'll hold talks with the Deputy
:10:45. > :10:49.Prime Minister this evening. They could end up disagreeing and making
:10:49. > :10:53.separate statements, both knowing that if they back a new law they'll
:10:53. > :11:00.infuriate powerful newspapers that oppose it, and that if they don't,
:11:00. > :11:03.they'll disappoint victims of the press who will hope for more.
:11:03. > :11:07.Our political correspondent Norman Smith is in Westminster. Why is
:11:07. > :11:11.this so difficult politically? Simon, the paradox of Leveson is
:11:11. > :11:15.that it was set up by the Prime Minister in the wake of the hacking
:11:15. > :11:19.saga as a solution to a political problem and to create political
:11:19. > :11:24.consensus. Instead, it has had precisely the opposite effect. It
:11:24. > :11:28.has become the political problem, and it has undermined political
:11:28. > :11:32.consensus because the idea of a statutory regulator is one that
:11:32. > :11:35.divides not just the coalition, but the Cabinet. It divides the
:11:35. > :11:38.Conservative Party. It faces the Prime Minister with the invidious
:11:38. > :11:43.choice of either alienating the press and this lunch time, one
:11:43. > :11:47.magazine, The Spectator, has already said it won't sign up to
:11:47. > :11:51.any regulator underpinned by the law, or the Prime Minister risks
:11:51. > :11:54.alienating public opinion, which appears to back statutory
:11:54. > :11:59.regulation, so David Cameron finds himself in a hole, but a hole which
:11:59. > :12:01.many of his critics would argue is one he's largely excavated for
:12:01. > :12:05.himself. He said at Prime Minister's Questions that the
:12:05. > :12:11.status quo is not acceptable, but what are the changes on the table
:12:11. > :12:17.that might work? The key issue - PROBLEM WITH SOUND
:12:17. > :12:23.Translated into English whra, that means - whether there is legal
:12:23. > :12:26.force to a - to regulate, supporters of the move say that is
:12:26. > :12:31.necessary because regulators, voluntary bodies - the press has
:12:31. > :12:34.flouted, not signed up to. Critics say if you have statutory
:12:34. > :12:38.regulation that amounts to state licensing of the press, in other
:12:38. > :12:45.words, if newspapers want to push lish, they'll first have to accept
:12:45. > :12:50.the authority of this new regulator. Norman, thank you. You can get all
:12:50. > :12:56.the background of the Leveson Inquiry on our website. Just go to
:12:56. > :12:59.bbc.co.uk/leveson. 34 people are reported to have been
:12:59. > :13:01.killed and dozens wounded by two car bombs in the Syrian capital,
:13:01. > :13:04.Damascus. State television there has described the explosions as
:13:04. > :13:06."terrorist" attacks. The bombs went off in the main square in the
:13:06. > :13:14.south-west suburb of Jaramana. The area had earlier seen intense
:13:14. > :13:19.fighting between rebels and forces loyal to President Assad. The
:13:20. > :13:23.prices of season rail tickets are going up by as much as 6%.
:13:23. > :13:27.Passenger Focus says the companies are exercising restraint but added
:13:27. > :13:31.the price rises will feel steep in some places. The fares go up by
:13:31. > :13:37.just 4% on average. A man has admitted killing a toddler after
:13:37. > :13:41.causing a massive explosion when he cut the gas pipes in his house.
:13:41. > :13:46.Andrew Partington let his house in Oldham fill with gas overnight.
:13:46. > :13:51.Two-year-old Jamie Heaton was watching TV next door. The
:13:51. > :13:59.explosion destroyed terraced house and several other homes were partly
:13:59. > :14:03.damaged. Yes, Andrew Partington appeared via
:14:03. > :14:07.video link in court 12. On the video link you can still see the
:14:07. > :14:11.cars on his face from the explosion he admitted causing. It didn't just
:14:11. > :14:16.destroy eight homes. It also, as you say, took the life of two-year-
:14:16. > :14:19.old Jamie Heaton. He was at home watching TV at the time of this gas
:14:19. > :14:22.blast. His mother was outside hanging out the washing. It was
:14:22. > :14:28.that that saved her life. She, Michelle Heaton, and her husband
:14:28. > :14:33.Kenny were in court today. There were tears inside when Andrew
:14:33. > :14:43.Partington admitted manslaughter. The judge told him he will face a
:14:43. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:47.custodial sentence. He'll be It's coming up to 1.156789 our top
:14:47. > :14:49.story this lunch time. Ministers propose a minimum price of 45p per
:14:49. > :14:54.unit of alcohol in England and Wales to tackle problem drinking
:14:54. > :14:59.and bring an end to heavily discounted drinks in the shops.
:14:59. > :15:09.Coming up - buried in Burma. The Spitfires left behind by the RAF in
:15:09. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:26.1945 have been located and may soon On the road to recovery but still a
:15:26. > :15:29.0-0 result for Harry Redknapp. For hundreds of people in North
:15:29. > :15:32.Wales, the real misery of the recent flooding is just about to
:15:32. > :15:35.hit home. They are waiting to hear when they can return to their
:15:35. > :15:37.properties to start the clean-up and it won't be easy. Many are
:15:37. > :15:42.still without power and temperatures are falling.
:15:42. > :15:48.More than 400 homes were flooded yesterday and the body of an
:15:48. > :15:51.elderly woman was found in her home in St Asaph at the river burst its
:15:51. > :15:55.banks. There are still 150 flood warnings in place throughout
:15:55. > :16:00.England and Wales. Hywel Griffith is in St Asaph.
:16:00. > :16:04.Thank you. These are some of those 400 homes in St Asaph that were
:16:04. > :16:08.flooded yesterday. The fire crews are still working down there now to
:16:08. > :16:12.try and pump away the water. The police are also here. They will be
:16:12. > :16:16.investigating that death of an elderly woman at a home just across
:16:16. > :16:20.the river. Now, we know that many people are awaiting to hear when
:16:20. > :16:25.they can go back to their homes. It's been a difficult day and a
:16:25. > :16:30.time to reflect on the full effect of the flood.
:16:30. > :16:33.Nearly everyone in St Asaph has a story of what they lost in the
:16:33. > :16:38.flood. I'm looking here now, looks like
:16:38. > :16:41.it's wet underneath so it's possibly contaminated. For David
:16:41. > :16:46.Richards, it was thousands of pounds worth of specialist
:16:46. > :16:51.equipment for his disabled son. It took years for them to buy it. In
:16:51. > :16:56.minutes, it was destroyed by raging water.
:16:56. > :17:00.What can you saw? Just years and years of work just gone. A few
:17:00. > :17:05.doors down, they are checking the basement. Michelle has to wait for
:17:05. > :17:09.the water to drain before she can work out what, if anything, can be
:17:09. > :17:13.salvaged. All my Christmas decorations, all
:17:13. > :17:16.my photographs. Everything that I'd put in the cellar really. For many
:17:16. > :17:20.people living in those houses, it was the speed of the rising water
:17:20. > :17:25.that made it impossible to defend their homes. Here, it rose to four
:17:25. > :17:27.feet within 30 minutes. From the sky, the full-scale of the
:17:27. > :17:32.clean-up becomes clear. The Environment Agency described
:17:32. > :17:36.yesterday as a once in a century flood, but they will have to review
:17:36. > :17:41.their defences for the wet winter months ahead.
:17:41. > :17:44.But many can't even get home yet. John and lily have had to come to
:17:44. > :17:50.the refuge centre as hey wait for news of what happened to their flat.
:17:50. > :17:54.I don't know until I go back and see what's what. They are some
:17:54. > :17:58.valuables there, of course, there'll be clothes gone, there'll
:17:58. > :18:01.be probably toys we bought for the grandchildren for Christmas, we
:18:01. > :18:05.don't know whether they're safe. The worst circumstances have
:18:05. > :18:08.brought out the best in people. Every few minutes, someone arrives
:18:08. > :18:12.to donate food, clothes or bedding. They've obviously seen the pictures
:18:12. > :18:16.on the news and the local radio and they think to themselves, that
:18:17. > :18:20.could be me, what can I do to help and the response has been, we have
:18:20. > :18:24.had people coming 60, 70 miles to offer help of support. The aid will
:18:24. > :18:28.help people here get through the next few days, but it will take
:18:28. > :18:32.months before normal life can be restored.
:18:32. > :18:36.The First Minister of Wales is due to arrive in St Asaph this lunch
:18:36. > :18:39.time. He will be talking about what the Welsh Government can do to
:18:39. > :18:42.support people here, but what people really want to know now is
:18:42. > :18:47.when they can go back home. Thank you very much.
:18:47. > :18:49.Now, chances are you've received them on your mobile phone. Text
:18:49. > :18:53.messages trying to persuade you to make compensation claim force
:18:53. > :18:58.personal injury or misselling of PPI. Today, two men who sent
:18:58. > :19:02.millions of spam text messages have been fined �4 40,000 as part of an
:19:02. > :19:05.attempt to step up the fight against the illegal trade in
:19:05. > :19:08.personal information. Here is our Home Affairs correspondent, Tom
:19:08. > :19:11.Symonds. A warrant to execute the premises...
:19:11. > :19:17.The law catches up with the spammers.
:19:17. > :19:19.A dawn raid by police and investigators from the Information
:19:19. > :19:24.Commissioner's office, the Guardians of our private
:19:24. > :19:29.information. I don't send texts from here... You are wasting
:19:29. > :19:32.everybody's time. The investigators say Tetris Telecoms was among a
:19:32. > :19:37.growing number of companies sending thousands of unwanted messages
:19:37. > :19:41.offering claims for accidents and payment protection misselling.
:19:41. > :19:45.It's spreading alarm and distress, making people relive their
:19:45. > :19:49.experiences of accidents that really did happen, it's costing
:19:49. > :19:53.people if the mess annals come in when you're abroad, you have to pay
:19:53. > :19:58.roaming charges to collect them. It's an absolute pest. Here is how
:19:58. > :20:03.it works: This is a typical message sent by text spammers.
:20:03. > :20:08.If you respond, even to stay "Stop texting me" this at least tells
:20:08. > :20:11.them your number's working and can be sold on for around �5. But if
:20:11. > :20:16.you're interested, your number can be passed on to what's called a
:20:16. > :20:20.claims management company. They can sell your case to a solicitor for
:20:20. > :20:25.around �500. The best advice is to delete the messages.
:20:25. > :20:29.But where do the spammers get your number from in the first place?
:20:29. > :20:31.Sometimes they dial randomly or they might pie your number from a
:20:31. > :20:36.list available on the Internet black market.
:20:36. > :20:41.If you've had an accident, a car accident for example, someone you
:20:41. > :20:45.deal with may sell your number to a claims management company. After
:20:45. > :20:48.all, you're worth something. We have got a warrant to search the
:20:48. > :20:52.premises... Another raid by the Information Commissioner's office.
:20:52. > :20:56.It's now investigating claims the private information of those who'd
:20:56. > :21:01.had crashes was passed from a firm providing courtesy cars to this
:21:01. > :21:07.claims management company, one of three ongoing cases. Meanwhile,
:21:07. > :21:11.Tetris Telecoms plans to appeal against the fine it's been given.
:21:11. > :21:14.There's a by-election in Rotherham in South Yorkshire tomorrow after
:21:14. > :21:17.the Labour MP, Denis MacShane, was forced to resign for fiddling
:21:17. > :21:21.thousands worth of expenses. Labour are defending a large majority. The
:21:21. > :21:25.town hit the headlines at the weekend when it emerged that foster
:21:25. > :21:27.children were taken away from a couple because they were members of
:21:27. > :21:32.UKIP. Our Political Correspondent, Robin Brandt, has been assessing
:21:32. > :21:36.the mood in Rotherham. This is the new face of an old town.
:21:36. > :21:42.A brand-new stadium in New York. Before you get confused, that's the
:21:42. > :21:44.New York area of Rotherham. This is the new face of Labour in
:21:44. > :21:48.Rotherham, they're so desperate to move on they've chosen someone
:21:48. > :21:53.who's only been a member for two years.
:21:53. > :21:56.I've always supported Labour but haven't been a Labour member.
:21:56. > :21:59.you not feel committed enough to join? I was working for the
:21:59. > :22:04.voluntary sector so I needed to keep my politics out of my
:22:04. > :22:07.professional life. The cloud of the man now known as Denis Macshame
:22:07. > :22:13.hangs over Rotherham. He took thousands in fake expenses claims,
:22:13. > :22:17.but this steel town is a Labour heartland, surely a one-horse race?
:22:17. > :22:21.People of Rotherham have been let down for many, in year, not only by
:22:22. > :22:24.MacShane but by previous Labour MPs, by the Labour Council and by 13
:22:24. > :22:29.years of a Labour Government. Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg,
:22:29. > :22:32.is an MP in neighbouring Sheffield. But that doesn't count for much in
:22:32. > :22:34.this election. Rotherham is very much focused on what it needs for
:22:34. > :22:38.the future and the Liberal Democrats have provided that by
:22:38. > :22:42.helping people with things like raising the income tax threshold so
:22:42. > :22:46.people can be better off working. It's been said that you could put a
:22:46. > :22:50.red Labour Rosette on someone frankly anyone in Rotherham and the
:22:50. > :22:54.people of this town would vote for them. Labour's dominated here for
:22:54. > :22:59.almost 80 years. Now controversy over a decision from the council on
:22:59. > :23:04.Foster care is on the front of the national nueps and people are
:23:04. > :23:08.wondering is that dominant -- newspapers and people are wondering
:23:08. > :23:12.is that dominance about to end? UKIP is pushing hard in Rotherham,
:23:12. > :23:16.immigration is a key issue. We are not anti-immigration, there's good
:23:16. > :23:20.immigration and there's bad immigration and we want to stop the
:23:20. > :23:23.open-door policy. Respect is looking to repeat its
:23:23. > :23:27.stunning gain in nearby Bradford earlier this year. Others are
:23:28. > :23:31.focusing on job cuts. At the hospital, the steelworks and the
:23:31. > :23:35.nearby coal mine. Employment in this town is a massive problem, yet
:23:35. > :23:37.we are getting thousands of people coming for jobs and we haven't got
:23:37. > :23:42.any. The people vote tomorrow. This time
:23:42. > :23:46.it looks like Labour has a tough fight on its hands.
:23:46. > :23:52.And for a full list of the 11 candidates standing in Rotherham
:23:52. > :23:56.tomorrow, you can go to the website at www.bbc.co.uk/politics.
:23:56. > :23:59.They were the fighter planes that captured the imagination of their
:23:59. > :24:03.role in the Battle of Britain. And now, aviation experts believe they
:24:03. > :24:07.are on the verge of discovering dozens of Spitfires neatly packed
:24:07. > :24:10.in crates in as good condition as if day they were built and buried
:24:10. > :24:15.by the RAF in a Burmese field at the end of the war. Our Defence
:24:15. > :24:18.Correspondent, Jonathan Beale, has the story.
:24:18. > :24:23.They're the plane that helped win the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire
:24:23. > :24:26.that fought over the skies of Europe in the Second World War. The
:24:26. > :24:31.iconic aircraft was also shipped to Burma in the war with Japan. And
:24:31. > :24:36.this is the start of the story to find out what happened to them.
:24:36. > :24:41.I would like to fly one... David, a Lincolnshire farmer, spent the last
:24:41. > :24:44.16 years trying to track them down. His belief that more than 30 in
:24:44. > :24:49.near pristine condition may still be buried in the ground. I knew the
:24:50. > :24:55.aeroplanes were there, I tracked down eight eyewitnesses, they all
:24:55. > :25:00.told me the same story. I've had professional surveys been done by
:25:00. > :25:04.the University of Leeds, I've got ground radar images. Everything is
:25:04. > :25:09.pointing to the fact that we have found them.
:25:09. > :25:13.This is where he thinks they are buried, an old RAF airbase outside
:25:13. > :25:18.the capital Rangoon. Geophysicists have already spotted metal objects
:25:18. > :25:24.lying under the mud, but no-one's yet certain as to whether they are
:25:24. > :25:31.the lost Spitfires of Burma. What I can say, as well as the geophysics,
:25:31. > :25:36.we have photographs, witness statements, information from a
:25:36. > :25:39.range of experts and opinions from a range of experts. But in the end,
:25:39. > :25:43.I can't emphasise this enough we are going into this without
:25:43. > :25:46.assumptions. The dig which begins early next year has been made
:25:46. > :25:50.possible by a thaw in relations with Burma, David Cameron paving
:25:50. > :25:55.the way for the work to begin. It's being funded by a wealthy
:25:55. > :25:59.businessman from Belarus. This is once in a lifetime
:25:59. > :26:04.opportunity to participate in this, probably one of the last great
:26:04. > :26:09.adventures of the century. It's Indiana Jones, if you look at it
:26:09. > :26:12.closely, so we just jumped in. than 20,000 Spitfires were built
:26:12. > :26:19.during the Second World War. Some have ended up in museums, but just
:26:19. > :26:26.35 are still flying, each worth more than �1 million. So this dig
:26:26. > :26:31.could unearth buried treasure or turn out to be an expensive wild
:26:31. > :26:34.goose chase. They are confident of finding more to join the few still
:26:34. > :26:36.flying. The city of Cambridge gave its Duke
:26:36. > :26:39.and Duchess a warm welcome this morning as the Royal couple toured
:26:39. > :26:42.the city for the first time. Hundreds of people lined the
:26:42. > :26:48.streets around the Guildhall to greet William and Kate who're
:26:48. > :26:50.spending the day celebrating Cambridge's university at schools
:26:50. > :26:55.and charities. Luisa Baldini reports.
:26:55. > :27:00.Stepping off a commuter train at Countryside Agency station, this
:27:00. > :27:03.was the Duke and Duchess's first viz to it the famous university
:27:03. > :27:07.city from which their title comes. In spite of the bitter cold, there
:27:07. > :27:11.was a warm welcome for them at the city's Guildhall where hundreds of
:27:12. > :27:15.people had been patiently waiting. After meeting dignitaries inside,
:27:15. > :27:21.they made an appearance on the balcony, an opportunity for
:27:21. > :27:27.everyone to see them. People here in Cambridge have been
:27:27. > :27:31.waiting for this moment for a long time, ever since William and
:27:31. > :27:35.Catherine's new title was announced. There's been an expectation that
:27:35. > :27:40.they should come here, more recently a sense of anticipation.
:27:40. > :27:45.Now finally, kinl's Duke and Duchess have arrived -- Cambridge's.
:27:45. > :27:51.They took their time to meet as many in the crowd as possible.
:27:51. > :27:55.you freezing cold... One Royal fan gave William a baby
:27:55. > :28:00.grow for any future heir. She'd designed it with a picture of a
:28:00. > :28:05.helicopter and the caption "Daddy's little co-pilot".
:28:05. > :28:09.Why did you give them that? So when their little one comes along, they
:28:09. > :28:12.can be very proud of their daddy because he does a very good job
:28:12. > :28:17.being a helicopter pilot, as well as all this. At the senate House,
:28:17. > :28:20.the Duke and Duchess attended a reception with 400 guests. The
:28:20. > :28:24.Royal Family have a close connection with the university,
:28:24. > :28:29.William's father Prince Charles and uncle Edward attended, his
:28:29. > :28:33.grandfather Prince Philip served as Chancellor. We both feel immense
:28:33. > :28:36.pride at being associated with Cambridge, a place renowned the
:28:36. > :28:40.world over for its dynamism, beauty and learning. And it's lovely for
:28:40. > :28:45.us to be here together today. The couple went on to visit a
:28:45. > :28:49.homeless shelter and will later visit a school before heading to
:28:49. > :28:56.Peterborough to open a hospital, a busy first official visit to
:28:56. > :29:00.busy first official visit to Cambridgeshire for the Cambridges.
:29:00. > :29:05.Let's get our weather update. A cold day for all of us but it's
:29:05. > :29:09.drier. That said, there is still over 100 flood warnings out at the
:29:09. > :29:13.moment. There is the floodline number for you because sum rivers
:29:13. > :29:18.still haven't peaked. It's looking a lot drier, not just today but for
:29:18. > :29:22.the next few days. It's colder and you will have noticed that if you
:29:22. > :29:27.have been outside so a frost and ice risk over the next few nights.
:29:27. > :29:30.It hasn't been dry all together everywhere. Nor the north York
:29:30. > :29:35.moors, still showers rattling in. The ground is still saturated and
:29:36. > :29:40.very little sunshine to be found between the showers. It feels
:29:40. > :29:43.colder than yesterday with the keen wind. Further south, more sunshine
:29:43. > :29:47.around. Temperatures still struggling at below average and it
:29:47. > :29:52.will get colder over the coming days. Showers knocking on the door
:29:52. > :29:56.of Cornwall and Pembrokeshire. They are likely to come in tonight and
:29:56. > :30:00.impose an increased ice risk. It's a dry picture with good spells of
:30:00. > :30:04.sunshine around for the next hour or two, meaning clear skies and a
:30:04. > :30:07.very cold night. A few showers pestering the north and Western
:30:07. > :30:12.Isles of Scotland. It's cold enough for some of the showers to be
:30:12. > :30:16.wintry, giving a light dusting where they hit the hills. Overnight,
:30:16. > :30:19.the easing in the winds a little and also the showers. You can see
:30:19. > :30:23.the main story tonight is a widespread frost, much colder than
:30:23. > :30:26.last night. In towns and cities where temperatures are above
:30:26. > :30:30.freezing, on the ground there it's cold enough for frost and ice which
:30:30. > :30:33.could wash off the salt with the showers continuing. The potential
:30:33. > :30:36.tomorrow morning across Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, for
:30:36. > :30:40.some freezing fog to add to the problems for travellers first thing.
:30:40. > :30:44.The main difference tomorrow is we'll see slightly fewer showers
:30:44. > :30:48.and lighter breezes. For Northern Ireland, more cloud comes in on the
:30:48. > :30:54.weather front and rain and hill snow later in the day. Just where
:30:54. > :30:57.the fog lingers, it could be quite cold. It's getting colder.
:30:57. > :31:00.Certainly so tomorrow night, another widespread frost. That
:31:00. > :31:03.weather front coming to Northern Ireland and western Scotland could
:31:04. > :31:09.give some wintry weather across Scotland first thing on Friday.
:31:09. > :31:13.Very icy with snow at lower levels. Look at the chill. Ice could be a
:31:14. > :31:22.widespread problem t. Given all the rain we have had, it will be a
:31:22. > :31:25.problem when we get frost overnight. By Saturday, close proximity to
:31:25. > :31:30.eastern England, we could have a dusting of snow. It's not as wet as
:31:30. > :31:34.it has been but it's certainly cold at the moment with the potential
:31:34. > :31:38.taste of winter. Thank you. At 1.30, a reminder of
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