:00:13. > :00:18.The Prime Minister condemns shocking levels of State col
:00:18. > :00:24.luetion in the murder of a Belfast solicitor. Pat Finucane was shot 14
:00:24. > :00:28.times in 1989. David Cameron said State employees and agents played
:00:28. > :00:33.key roles. Sir Desmond says he's left in significant doubt as to
:00:33. > :00:37.whether Pat Finucane would have been murder by the Ulster defence
:00:37. > :00:43.association in February 1989 had it not been for the difference strands
:00:43. > :00:46.of involvement by elements of the State. The number of people without
:00:46. > :00:49.work drops by 82,000 - the biggest fall in unemployment for more than
:00:49. > :00:53.a decade. Surprise and alarm as North Korea successfully launches a
:00:53. > :00:56.long-range rocket, defying international warnings. Tens of
:00:56. > :01:06.thousands of foreign students and migrants will be subjected to face-
:01:06. > :01:09.to-face interviews before they're allowed into the UK. Ravi Shankar -
:01:09. > :01:15.the man who helped bring Indian music to the world - has died in
:01:15. > :01:17.America at the age of 92. Later on BBC London - calls for an
:01:17. > :01:19.investigation into the Deputy Mayor over claims of inappropriate
:01:19. > :01:29.behaviour from a female colleague. And why nearly 500,00 Londoners
:01:29. > :01:43.
:01:44. > :01:47.will rely on short-term loans this Christmas. Good afternoon and
:01:47. > :01:50.welcome to the BBC News at One. A review of one of the most notorious
:01:50. > :01:53.killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland - the murder of
:01:53. > :01:56.the Catholic lawyer, Pat Finucane, in front of his family in 1989 -
:01:56. > :01:58.has just been published. It reveals what it calls shocking levels of
:01:59. > :02:06.State collusion, including leaks of security information to loyalist
:02:06. > :02:11.paramilitaries by British security services. Pat Finucane was shot
:02:11. > :02:19.dead in 1989. David Cameron called this an appalling crime and
:02:19. > :02:22.apologised to the family. Pat Finucane was a high-profile Belfast
:02:22. > :02:26.solicitor whose clients included supporters and members of the IRA.
:02:26. > :02:29.In 1989 he was shot dead in front of his wife and three children as
:02:29. > :02:38.they sat having dinner at their home. The State colluded in his
:02:38. > :02:43.death. Ken Barrett, a member of the Ulster Freedom Fighters, a loyalist
:02:43. > :02:46.par military group. He was secretly filmed by Panorama and told the
:02:46. > :02:51.programme a police officer had suggested Pat Finucane should be
:02:51. > :02:57.targeted. Barrett was convicted in 2004. What the Finucane family want
:02:57. > :03:01.to know is who else was involved. For 23 years, Geraldine Finucane
:03:01. > :03:04.has been trying to find out who was behind her husband's murder. Today,
:03:05. > :03:09.she was in London to read a 500- page report by a judge, who has
:03:10. > :03:13.reviewed the case. It amounts to the biggest criminal investigation
:03:13. > :03:19.in British history. David Cameron told the Commons that the report
:03:19. > :03:21.into the murder has set out the truth about what happened.
:03:21. > :03:25.collusion demonstrated beyond any doubt by Sir Desmond, which
:03:25. > :03:31.included the involvement of State agencies in murder, is totally
:03:31. > :03:36.unacceptable. We do not defend our security forces, or the many who
:03:36. > :03:39.have served in them with great distinction by trying to claim
:03:39. > :03:42.otherwise. Collusion should never, ever happen. On behalf of the
:03:43. > :03:48.Government and the whole country, let me say again to the Finucane
:03:48. > :03:51.family, I am deeply sorry. This report provides disturbing and
:03:51. > :03:55.uncomfortable reading for all, because it makes clear there was
:03:55. > :04:02.collusion in murder and a cover-up and further and I quote, "That
:04:02. > :04:05.agents of the State were involved in caric out violations of human
:04:05. > :04:09.rights up to and including murder." The Prime Minister apologised to
:04:09. > :04:12.the family last year. The Government has accepted there was
:04:12. > :04:17.State collusion. The family are angry at the decision not to set up
:04:17. > :04:20.a full public inquiry. Pat Finucane's family have spent much
:04:20. > :04:24.of the morning reading the report, but they've always said that a
:04:24. > :04:32.review of the evidence would not be far-reaching enough and they fear
:04:32. > :04:34.that the most damaging material will be left out. Finucane is still
:04:34. > :04:38.remembered by nationalists in Northern Ireland as the innocent
:04:38. > :04:41.victim of a dirty war. Today's report is an attempt to get to the
:04:41. > :04:51.truth about one of the most controversial killings of the
:04:51. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:56.Northern Ireland Troubles. Our Ireland Correspondent, Mark Simpson,
:04:56. > :05:03.is in Belfast. You've been allowed to read the report this morning.
:05:03. > :05:07.Tell us some more of the key findings. It's pretty clear that
:05:07. > :05:12.this report confirms a lot of what we knew already, but shocking facts
:05:12. > :05:15.- namely that there seems no doubt, according to this report, that Pat
:05:15. > :05:18.Finucane's murder could have been prevented. Why, because two of the
:05:18. > :05:21.loyalists actually involved in the murder plot were working for the
:05:21. > :05:29.State at the time as agents, including the man who supplied the
:05:29. > :05:35.gun for the murder. Was there this overarching conspiracy from the
:05:35. > :05:42.top? Maybe even a Government minister, "Pat Finucane must die."?
:05:42. > :05:45.According to this report, no. This intelligence information, it seems
:05:45. > :05:48.was mishandled and there was no legal framework and there were no
:05:48. > :05:52.real rules and what happens in the end, well, according to this report,
:05:52. > :06:02.an innocent man lost his life. One of the big reasons was State
:06:02. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:06.collusion. What are the family likely to say? It's dangerous to
:06:06. > :06:11.second guess, but my hunch is, as Ben reported there, that they've
:06:11. > :06:15.always said they wanted a full, public inquiry, like the Bloody
:06:15. > :06:18.Sunday Inquiry. I will suspect that they will come out later and say
:06:18. > :06:24.this report isn't good enough, that they need a full, independent
:06:24. > :06:26.public inquiry. Thank you. The number of people out of work has
:06:26. > :06:31.seen its biggest fall for 11 years. Unemployment dropped by 82,000
:06:31. > :06:34.between August and October and now stands at 2.51 million. The figures
:06:34. > :06:43.also show the number of young people without jobs went down by
:06:43. > :06:47.70,000. This report, from our Chief Economics Correspondent, Hugh Pym.
:06:47. > :06:50.It's a key indicator of the state of the economy, the jobs market and
:06:50. > :06:55.today we learnt there's been an improvement, with you more jobs
:06:55. > :06:58.created and fewer people out of work. We are seeing signs of a
:06:58. > :07:01.strong labour market. The private sector continues to create jobs,
:07:01. > :07:04.but we should recognise the fact we are in a global race and we need to
:07:04. > :07:09.work hard to get people into employment and while there are good
:07:09. > :07:15.signs today, there is more than we need to do to help people meet
:07:15. > :07:19.their aspirations of getting into work. Meeting aspirations is this
:07:19. > :07:23.what this jobs club is all about in south Northamptonshire. Lee
:07:23. > :07:27.struggled to find work for several years, because of a long-term
:07:27. > :07:32.sports injury. Thanks to help he got here, he's now landed a full-
:07:32. > :07:37.time job and he's quite emotional about it. Being hurt for so many
:07:37. > :07:46.years it took it out of me a bit, my confidence. This has slowly let
:07:46. > :07:50.me build it back up. I'm finding it invaluable. Others are still
:07:50. > :07:54.looking. Mark lost his specialist technology job four years ago. He's
:07:54. > :07:59.worked on and off since then and is now considering self-employment. He
:07:59. > :08:04.can't get a break with a big company. Getting through those
:08:04. > :08:07.doors to find the right people in the business is very difficult for
:08:07. > :08:10.people like me with experience. There must be people who are saying
:08:10. > :08:15.if they can't get into the companies, they can't get back into
:08:15. > :08:18.work and how do they set up their own business and capitalise on
:08:18. > :08:21.knowledge and experience? Both measures of unemployment have
:08:21. > :08:25.fallen, including the narrower claimant count, covering those who
:08:25. > :08:32.sign on regularly. Broadly speaking, the labour market's been improving
:08:32. > :08:37.for some months now. Defying earlier predictions that would get
:08:37. > :08:44.weaker because of public sector cutbacks. In June and September it
:08:44. > :08:49.fell gi 24,000. -- by 24,000. That was outweighed by the private
:08:49. > :08:53.sector. Youth unemployment fell by 72,000 and Labour welcomed the news,
:08:53. > :08:56.but said there was no cause for celebration. It's absolutely not OK
:08:56. > :09:01.that there are nearly one million people in our country out of work
:09:01. > :09:05.for over a year. It's not OK that there are nearly one million young
:09:05. > :09:09.people still out of work. It's not OK for the Government's work
:09:09. > :09:13.programme, that was set up with such fanfare, to bring down long-
:09:13. > :09:18.term unemployment that is doing absolutely nothing. The employers'
:09:18. > :09:28.organisation the CBI, said while jobs were being created, there was
:09:28. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:34.still big challenges ahead. And Hugh is with me now. Will it
:09:34. > :09:38.continue? Almost every measure has improved, apart from long-term
:09:38. > :09:42.unemployment, which was flat. One very interesting aspect of these
:09:42. > :09:46.figures, people have said in the past all the job creation is part-
:09:47. > :09:49.time, but all is full-time jobs. Part-time actually fell. Looking
:09:50. > :09:54.ahead, though, there are uncertainties and one thing that
:09:54. > :09:58.has been highlighted by experts is that the rate of job creation was
:09:58. > :10:04.actually slower than in previous quarters. Could it be tailing off?
:10:04. > :10:09.Of course, to a certain extent the market is backward-looking, talking
:10:09. > :10:13.about the third quarter. The current fourth quarter, there are a
:10:13. > :10:20.lot of negative signals, so whether it reacts early in the new year,
:10:20. > :10:23.we'll have to wait and see. Thank you. The Foreign Secretary, William
:10:23. > :10:25.Hague, has condemned North Korea's decision to carry out a long-range
:10:25. > :10:28.rocket launch, in defiance of international warnings. The
:10:28. > :10:31.government in Pyongyang insists the launch was a peaceful mission to
:10:31. > :10:41.put a satellite into orbit and not part of a nuclear missile programme.
:10:41. > :10:42.
:10:43. > :10:48.Our Diplomatic Correspondent, James Robbins, reports. North Korean
:10:48. > :10:55.television was jubilant, with news this most seek receipt state had
:10:55. > :10:58.launched a long-range rocket in defiance of international warnings.
:10:58. > :11:03.A Japanese TV station carried pictures apparently showing the
:11:03. > :11:06.rocket moments after the launch. Experts confirmed it carried a
:11:06. > :11:11.satellite into space. Japan is especially worried it could be a
:11:11. > :11:15.future target for missiles, even nuclear arms if the North Koreans
:11:16. > :11:21.eventually are able to combine their technologies. For Kim Jong Un,
:11:21. > :11:25.the new leader of the bizarre Communist family dynasty, it's a
:11:25. > :11:30.triumph. After previously launch failures, but to North Korea's
:11:30. > :11:35.neighbours and the wider world it's really alarming. Even China, the
:11:35. > :11:39.regime's only major ally, expressed regret. The US called it a highly
:11:39. > :11:44.provocative act that threatens regional security. Ban Ki-Moon said
:11:45. > :11:50.it was a clear violation of the Security Council resolutions.
:11:50. > :11:53.is a key country in imposing pressure on the country to behave
:11:53. > :11:57.in a more responsible way. The UK don't have much direct leverage on
:11:57. > :12:00.our own, so we'll have to work through the Security Council, but
:12:00. > :12:08.at this stage we are encouraging other countries to give the same
:12:08. > :12:12.very strong reaction to this, that we have already issued. Debris from
:12:12. > :12:17.the lauth vehicles seems to have fallen into the seas, but to some
:12:17. > :12:24.that's only a reminder of the regime's future potential to target
:12:24. > :12:29.a range of countries. It seems that the ability of the North Koreans to
:12:29. > :12:35.maintain their isolation, it seems an unlikely prospect that the
:12:35. > :12:45.current regime will open up their society and economy and any of
:12:45. > :12:45.
:12:45. > :12:48.their structures to the outside world. As north cee's -- Korea's
:12:48. > :12:53.population celebrate, some believe that Iran co-operates, with each
:12:53. > :12:57.country helping the other. Whatever the truth, the world undoubtedly
:12:57. > :13:00.feels a bit less safe. We can get the reaction from the South Korean
:13:00. > :13:10.capital, Seoul. Our correspondent, Lucy Williamson, is there. How much
:13:10. > :13:13.of a surprise was this launch today? This was a big surprise, one
:13:13. > :13:16.that the launch happened. North Korea had said over the past couple
:13:16. > :13:20.of days it was facing technical problems with the rocket and had
:13:20. > :13:25.talked about extending the window for the launch in order to fix them.
:13:25. > :13:28.It was unannounced, unlike last time, when they invited the foreign
:13:29. > :13:33.press. No word at all. Very much kept under wraps. That was the
:13:33. > :13:37.first surprise. The second was that it worked. This is the fifth time
:13:37. > :13:42.North Korea has tried to launch a satellite and this time not only
:13:42. > :13:46.Pyongyang, but also analysts in the US confirmed that the satellite had
:13:46. > :13:50.actually entered orbit. That's a huge triumph for North Korea and a
:13:50. > :13:53.big problem for everyone else. Thank you. The United States has
:13:53. > :13:58.followed Britain and the European Union in recognising the Syrian
:13:58. > :14:01.opposition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
:14:01. > :14:04.In a television interview last night, President Obama said the US
:14:04. > :14:06.has decided that the coalition trying to bring down the regime of
:14:06. > :14:16.President Assad, is now sufficiently inclusive to represent
:14:16. > :14:19.
:14:19. > :14:22.all Syrians. Around 100,000 foreign students and other migrants will be
:14:22. > :14:27.subjected to interviews from next April, before they're allowed to
:14:27. > :14:34.enter the UK. The Home Secretary has set out the new plans to root
:14:34. > :14:38.out abuse of the British visa system. The Government's fighting
:14:38. > :14:42.to cut the number of people entering Britain and universities
:14:42. > :14:46.have become the front line. This protest earlier this year, outside
:14:46. > :14:51.Downing Street, was triggered by a decision to ban some foreign
:14:52. > :14:54.students from London Metropolitan University. Officials says it
:14:54. > :14:58.wasn't doing proper checks, but the Home Secretary said that efforts
:14:58. > :15:02.would be made abroad to stop those exploiting the student visa system.
:15:02. > :15:06.Starting with the high-risk countries and focusing on the route
:15:06. > :15:08.to Britain that is widely abused, we will increase the number of
:15:08. > :15:18.interviews to considerably more than 100,000, starting next
:15:18. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:30.Some are saying that the system unfairly assumed they were abusing
:15:30. > :15:34.the system. They have not even met me and they assume I am a fake
:15:34. > :15:39.student, so that is how I am treated automatically, no matter
:15:39. > :15:42.who I am. The process of interviewing is probably a good way
:15:42. > :15:47.of actually getting to know the people who are going to enter the
:15:47. > :15:53.country before and. universities need foreign students
:15:53. > :15:58.and their fees. The students' union is worried. I think it will put off
:15:58. > :16:02.more students. I mean, applications to the UK are plummeting. The
:16:02. > :16:06.messages, do not study here, go to other countries, because the UK is
:16:06. > :16:10.unwelcoming. To tackle at impression, the government will be
:16:10. > :16:14.allowing PhD students from abroad to stay for one year to find a job,
:16:14. > :16:22.and it will not be introducing an overall cap on the number of
:16:22. > :16:27.Our top story this lunchtime: The Prime Minister has condemned
:16:27. > :16:36.shocking levels of state collusion which led to the murder of Catholic
:16:36. > :16:40.solicitor Pat Finucane in Belfast Spot on for Bradford as the penalty
:16:40. > :16:43.kings dump Arsenal out of the League Cup.
:16:43. > :16:47.Later on BBC London, unemployment continues to rise in the capital,
:16:47. > :16:57.despite a drop across the UK. And more questions over Wenger's
:16:57. > :17:03.
:17:03. > :17:06.future after Arsenal's League Cup More than a third of children in
:17:06. > :17:10.their last year of primary school in England are overweight or obese,
:17:10. > :17:14.according to the latest figures. More than one million children were
:17:14. > :17:17.assessed in the study, showing the number of overweight 10 and 11-
:17:17. > :17:26.year-old has risen slightly since last year. Dominic Hughes reports
:17:26. > :17:31.It is Rise and Shine Time at St Cuthbert's primary school en
:17:31. > :17:35.Liverpool, part of a council-funded scheme to try to tackle child and
:17:35. > :17:40.obesity. Staff and people seem to love it, and there is serious
:17:40. > :17:44.intent behind the fund. When they are younger, if you can train them
:17:44. > :17:48.to do this every time they come to school, every time they have 20
:17:48. > :17:52.minutes, if they can get active, then they are used to doing that.
:17:52. > :17:56.The reasons schools like this are keen to get children running around
:17:56. > :18:00.at playtime can be seen in these depressingly familiar figures. One-
:18:00. > :18:05.in-five of all reception children are classed as being overweight or
:18:06. > :18:11.obese. For older children in the year is six, 10 and 11 year olds,
:18:11. > :18:14.it is even worse, one in three overweight or obese. Most
:18:14. > :18:21.concerning is that now, leaving primary school, our children are
:18:21. > :18:24.twice as obese as they were when they entered. One year ago, this
:18:24. > :18:28.ten-year-old was dangerously close to becoming obese, in other words
:18:28. > :18:31.very overweight. With help, she started watching what she ate and
:18:31. > :18:36.exercising more, and there has been a real change in how she feels
:18:36. > :18:43.about herself. I am glad because I have lost weight, and I think I
:18:43. > :18:48.will be able to lose more weight, and I will have more confidence and
:18:48. > :18:51.hopefully I will have a better future. The Department of Health
:18:52. > :18:55.says there are a number of initiatives to encourage families
:18:55. > :19:02.to eat healthily and get more exercise, but judging by today's
:19:02. > :19:10.figures the problem of child murder but -- childhood obesity is proving
:19:10. > :19:13.A Royal Navy submariner is being sentenced today after he admitted
:19:13. > :19:17.meeting two people he thought were Russian secret agents to discuss
:19:17. > :19:22.the movements of British nuclear submarines. Petty Officer Edward
:19:22. > :19:27.Devenney pleaded guilty last month to gathering details of encryption
:19:27. > :19:33.programmes and to Miss conducted a public office. Gordon Corera is at
:19:33. > :19:36.the Old Bailey. What was said in court this morning? Yes, Petty
:19:36. > :19:40.Officer Edward Devenney on HMS Vigilant appeared in court to hear
:19:40. > :19:46.the outline of the case against him, to which he pleaded guilty to two
:19:46. > :19:49.charges, as you said. We heard that he was a man who had become
:19:49. > :19:55.disillusioned in the Royal Navy, who because of his behaviour, have
:19:55. > :19:59.left a course which might have led to his promotion. He decided to
:19:59. > :20:03.basically hurt the Royal Navy. How did he do this? Well, in November
:20:03. > :20:09.last year he made a number of calls to the Russian embassy. A couple of
:20:09. > :20:12.days later, he took a series of photographs of a secret code
:20:12. > :20:17.material which was held in a secure safe in a secure room on board the
:20:17. > :20:22.nuclear submarine. He later received a call from a man who said
:20:22. > :20:26.he worked for Russian intelligence, although Edward Devenney had some
:20:26. > :20:30.doubts about that and said, your accent sounds remarkably fake and
:20:30. > :20:33.like British intelligence. None the less, he continued with the
:20:33. > :20:37.conversations, eventually leading to a meeting in January this year
:20:37. > :20:42.at a hotel, where he talked about providing information. He said he
:20:42. > :20:46.was just annoyed and wanted to add the Royal Navy. He talked about
:20:46. > :20:50.Operation Ore movements of nuclear submarines. What he did not realise
:20:50. > :20:53.was that the people he was meeting were not Russian intelligence
:20:53. > :20:57.officers but undercover MI5 operatives and that the meeting was
:20:57. > :21:02.being recorded. He was then arrested by police in March. How
:21:02. > :21:06.much damage did he do? Well, he did not do any because he did not pass
:21:06. > :21:11.any secrets to the Russians, but we heard the potential damage was
:21:11. > :21:13.great, he could have given away secret code material, details of
:21:13. > :21:19.the movements of submarines, and that could have been very serious
:21:19. > :21:23.indeed. The sentencing will take place this afternoon.
:21:23. > :21:27.Women who have a miscarriage should be given far more help and support,
:21:27. > :21:30.according to the health watchdog, NICE. They say advice and
:21:30. > :21:33.specialist services should be available seven days a week. New
:21:33. > :21:37.guidelines for the NHS in England and Wales also include advice to
:21:37. > :21:43.doctors on how to spot life- threatening ectopic pregnancies.
:21:43. > :21:46.Branwen Jeffreys reports. The first few months of life, sadly
:21:46. > :21:51.all too fragile, and many women will experience the loss of a
:21:51. > :21:55.pregnancy at this stage. It is a loss which for some will feel
:21:55. > :22:00.traumatic. In Bristol, that is helped by access to specialist
:22:00. > :22:03.services. The hospitals make sure between them that one unit is
:22:03. > :22:08.always open, even at weekends. This report says that does not happen
:22:09. > :22:14.everywhere but it should. It means women can get seen quickly by staff
:22:14. > :22:17.will understand and can offer the cheques they need. The loss of a
:22:17. > :22:22.pregnancy through miscarriage is very common. One in five
:22:22. > :22:29.pregnancies end in miscarriage, that is 168,000 in England each
:22:29. > :22:34.year. And 11 in 1,000 are ectopic, where a fertilised egg get stuck
:22:34. > :22:40.and start growing outside the womb. Julie has that two miscarriages.
:22:40. > :22:47.She has helped write new advice for the NHS. The first time, bleeding,
:22:47. > :22:50.frightened and upset, she went to A&E. When I was taken to the
:22:50. > :22:55.gynaecology ward, due to the placement of the building, the
:22:55. > :22:58.labour ward was directly below, and because the windows were open, I
:22:58. > :23:03.could hear the ladies in Labour downstairs. I found it distressing
:23:03. > :23:08.that I was in the process of losing my baby when people were having
:23:08. > :23:13.theirs. Even with ultrasound images, the picture is not always clear in
:23:13. > :23:18.a bog -- early pregnancy. That is why today's report says women need
:23:18. > :23:21.sympathy and clear information. she knows what to expect and when
:23:21. > :23:25.she can return to work and try for another baby and all those factors
:23:26. > :23:28.that are so important to have at the time, then hopefully she will
:23:28. > :23:34.recover emotionally and physically from the miscarriage much more
:23:34. > :23:44.quickly. Doctors and midwives have welcomed the new guidelines. Their
:23:44. > :23:48.aim is to make sure that every area Ravi Shankar, the man who helped
:23:48. > :23:51.bring Indian music to the world, has died in California at the age
:23:51. > :23:55.of 92. The world famous sitar player performed with international
:23:55. > :24:05.stars such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. He also composed
:24:05. > :24:05.
:24:05. > :24:09.scores on musicals and films. Lizo He was one of the first Indian
:24:09. > :24:18.musicians to become a household name in the West. His skill with
:24:18. > :24:22.the sitars struck a chord with Among those who became fascinated
:24:22. > :24:27.with his music were the Beatles, especially George Harrison, who was
:24:27. > :24:37.eager to learn as much as he could about the sitar. They spent weeks
:24:37. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:49.Their musical relationship helped propel Ravi Shankar to global
:24:49. > :24:53.
:24:53. > :24:57.I was immediately charmed and attracted to him, George. Because
:24:57. > :25:04.of his sincerity, and he really wanted to know so much about our
:25:04. > :25:10.music. He also worked with some of the biggest figures in other styles
:25:10. > :25:13.of music, the violinist Yehudi Menuhin was a frequent collaborator,
:25:13. > :25:23.often visiting India to see Ravi Shankar, a friendship that
:25:23. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:29.Born in India in 1920, he originally worked as a dancer in
:25:29. > :25:39.his brother's troupe but gave up dancing at the age of 18 to study
:25:39. > :25:39.
:25:39. > :25:43.It really was an exponent of the spirituality of the sitar, and how
:25:43. > :25:48.important it was, and Ravi Shankar brought Indian classical music into
:25:48. > :25:53.the homes of people who were not Asian. It is pure and simple, and I
:25:53. > :25:57.can count on one and the amount of people who have really pushed Asian
:25:57. > :26:02.music, in all its forms, out to so many different people. He will be
:26:02. > :26:05.remembered as an artist who, by transcending musical boundaries,
:26:05. > :26:09.influenced and brought joy to millions.
:26:09. > :26:13.Ravi Shankar, who has died at the age of 92.
:26:13. > :26:15.Football, and Bradford are being hailed as England's penalty shoot-
:26:15. > :26:20.out Keynes after their extraordinary triumph last night
:26:20. > :26:24.over Arsenal. They caused one of the great is the League Cup shocks
:26:24. > :26:28.by beating Arsenal 3-2 on penalties. It was their 9th consecutive
:26:28. > :26:34.penalty shoot-out win, a record for an English team. Andy Swiss is in
:26:34. > :26:38.Bradford for us now. Yes, football always loves a giant-
:26:38. > :26:43.killing, and they do not get much more gigantic than the one here
:26:44. > :26:47.last night. Bradford City, some 64 League places below Arsenal, began
:26:47. > :26:53.here as huge underdogs, but once again they proved they have a
:26:53. > :26:58.secret weapon. The penalty shoot-out, every
:26:58. > :27:02.English footballers worst nightmare. Except, that is, if you are
:27:02. > :27:06.Bradford City. When last night's game against Arsenal came down to
:27:06. > :27:10.spot kicks, there was only going to be one winner. Bradford have won
:27:10. > :27:15.their last eight shoot-outs, an English record, and very soon it
:27:15. > :27:20.was nine. Arsenal had buckled to the penalty perfectionists, one of
:27:20. > :27:24.the biggest upsets in Cup history. They might only be in English
:27:24. > :27:28.football's 4th gear, but for sheer nerve Bradford are unbeatable.
:27:28. > :27:31.has been hard to be a Bradford fan, they have gone through thin and
:27:31. > :27:36.thinner, but what a moment to savour last night, and I am proud
:27:36. > :27:40.to be a fan, proud to be involved with the club, and I am so pleased
:27:40. > :27:44.for everybody involved. Traditionally, English footballers
:27:44. > :27:52.simply cannot take penalties. From Chris Waddle to Gareth Southgate,
:27:52. > :27:56.the history has been littered with And this year's European
:27:56. > :28:00.Championship was an all-too- familiar story. So what is
:28:01. > :28:05.Bradford's secret? The fans here now long for penalty shoot-outs,
:28:05. > :28:10.from T-shirts to fanzines, it has become their selling point. Perhaps
:28:10. > :28:14.England could learn a thing of two. When it comes to the next World Cup,
:28:14. > :28:19.maybe we should just play Bradford City side for the penalties.
:28:19. > :28:22.Arsenal should always win on penalties, think of the class of
:28:22. > :28:26.the players, the national caps, but the pressure of the League Cup,
:28:26. > :28:30.they could not handle it and we obviously cannot. For Arsenal and
:28:30. > :28:34.their manager, this was a new low in what has already been a
:28:34. > :28:39.difficult season. Like others before them, they have paid the
:28:39. > :28:43.ultimate penalty. The biggest scalp yet for English football's spot-
:28:43. > :28:47.kick specialist. Yes, a terrible night for Arsenal,
:28:47. > :28:51.but what a night for Bradford City, now through to the semi-finals of
:28:51. > :28:56.the League Cup, and whoever they face, the message is pretty clear,
:28:56. > :29:06.do not let it go to penalties! The latest weather now with Chris
:29:06. > :29:08.
:29:08. > :29:11.Yes, a foggy start to the morning, but if you went up into the
:29:12. > :29:15.skyscrapers at Canary Wharf, they had clear skies above and some
:29:15. > :29:19.sunshine. We will have some sunshine today along the south
:29:19. > :29:23.coast of England, but inland there will be cloud moving into western
:29:23. > :29:28.areas of Cornwall and western fringes of Wales. It is true to say
:29:28. > :29:32.that the weather varies significantly from place to place
:29:32. > :29:37.today. Take Northern Ireland, for example, a freshening southerly
:29:37. > :29:44.wind will bring increasing amounts of cloud and rain for the afternoon.
:29:44. > :29:48.In Scotland, some wintry showers, no real accumulations here. Further
:29:48. > :29:53.south, brighter spells, but some of his fog through the day, through
:29:53. > :30:01.the North East Midlands will linger, with temperatures getting up to
:30:01. > :30:07.minus two Celsius. Overnight, that bumps into the cold air, and we
:30:07. > :30:10.will start to see a little bit of snow around western areas. The fog
:30:10. > :30:14.will thicken across north-east England through the Vale of York,
:30:14. > :30:18.with things turning very murky and another widespread frost on the
:30:18. > :30:23.cards with temperatures well below freezing. Another freezing cold
:30:23. > :30:28.start to Thursday morning, most of us will Brighton, but the fog could
:30:28. > :30:32.linger in the Vale of York. For most of us, another freezing cold
:30:32. > :30:36.day, but in the south-west of England, mild air drifting in from
:30:36. > :30:40.the English Channel, some spots of rain. Things turn a milder towards
:30:40. > :30:45.the end of the week, an area of low pressure bringing wet and windy
:30:45. > :30:49.weather from the West. A few spots of rain falling in England, leaving
:30:49. > :30:55.icy stretches across a swathe of England. Further west, as the
:30:55. > :31:01.weather front works in, 15-30 mm of rain across high ground. That could
:31:01. > :31:04.pose a threat of further flooding is used. It will also be very windy
:31:04. > :31:08.with gale-force winds, and that combination will drive northwards
:31:09. > :31:12.through Friday, but in producing milder conditions. Look at these
:31:12. > :31:15.temperatures, 12 in Plymouth, but still some cold air in northern
:31:15. > :31:20.England bringing snow across the northern Pennines, a miserable
:31:20. > :31:24.rush-hour across Scotland through Friday evening, and then as rain
:31:24. > :31:28.moves into Scotland, it barns into the cold air, and we will see
:31:28. > :31:32.significant snowfall across the Scottish ski resorts. It looks like
:31:32. > :31:39.conditions could be great for an early-season ski as we head into
:31:39. > :31:41.this weekend across some of the A reminder of our top story: The