:01:12. > :01:15.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:15. > :01:19.The controversial gas exploration technique known as fracking is to
:01:19. > :01:26.restart. The process involves using high-pressure liquid to shatter
:01:26. > :01:28.rock, to release shale gas trapped inside. The Government's agreed to
:01:28. > :01:37.the resumption eighteen months after test drilling was stopped
:01:37. > :01:41.following two small earth tremors in Lancashire. John Moylan reports.
:01:42. > :01:48.Spring last year, drilling for gas near Blackpool in Lancashire sets
:01:48. > :01:52.off a series of earth trem tremors. The sites were closed down as
:01:52. > :01:55.experts considered whether work to resume safely. The Secretary of
:01:56. > :02:00.State said it could. Based on the latest evidence and
:02:00. > :02:05.expert advice and having considered the responses to a public
:02:05. > :02:10.consultation, I have concluded that in principle, fracking for shale
:02:10. > :02:15.gas can be allowed to resume. Fracking takes place place
:02:15. > :02:23.thousands of feet underground, multiple wells are drilled into the
:02:23. > :02:29.rock. Then water, sand and chemicals are forced in at high
:02:29. > :02:34.pressure. It is this process that led to the Earth tremors. It seems
:02:34. > :02:39.simple and some claim it could revolutionise our energy market.
:02:39. > :02:43.This is one of a handful of sites that Cuadrilla has been exporg. The
:02:43. > :02:48.shale gas is contained within rocks which are a mile beneath my feet.
:02:48. > :02:53.The company claims the thickness of the rocks is bigger than one would
:02:53. > :02:59.see for example in the United States. So it is making big claims
:02:59. > :03:04.about the potential for shale gas here in the UK.
:03:04. > :03:10.In Cuadrilla's licensed area, we have estimated there is 200
:03:10. > :03:16.trillion cubic feet of gas within the shale rocks below. If we could
:03:16. > :03:22.take out 10% of the gas, we could make up 25% of the UK's gas
:03:22. > :03:26.consumption over the next 30 years. Dot risks outweigh the rewards?
:03:26. > :03:30.Anti-fracking groups took their protests to Westminster. Their
:03:30. > :03:34.concerns include fears that fracking may pollute our drinking
:03:34. > :03:41.water. Others warn of the impact of this new industry upon the wider
:03:41. > :03:45.environment and that it could leave us reliant upon gas for decades.
:03:45. > :03:49.It is too soon to be giving it the green light. It is outrageous that
:03:49. > :03:53.the Chancellor has been offering tax breaks to the shale gas
:03:53. > :03:58.industry. All of this could keep a lid on our
:03:58. > :04:02.energy prices too and make us less reliant upon imported gas. Fracking
:04:02. > :04:07.is expected to resume resume here next year, and it could be come to
:04:07. > :04:10.go a Sheffield near you. -- a field near you.
:04:10. > :04:14.Elswick in Lancashire was one of the places where shale gas was
:04:14. > :04:18.extracted until last year. Ed Thomas is there. Yes, Sian, the
:04:18. > :04:23.Prime Minister is calling this a gas revolution and this place is at
:04:23. > :04:28.the centre of that revolution. Lancashire, around a mile below my
:04:28. > :04:31.feet now we have got over 200 trillion, trillion cubic feet of
:04:31. > :04:36.natural gas. It is clear the Government believe this is a game
:04:36. > :04:43.changer. But after two tremors last year and houses and villages and
:04:43. > :04:49.towns not far from me, many people This part of Lancashire is being
:04:49. > :04:54.offered a new future. One of jobs of and investment. A county at the
:04:54. > :04:56.centre of the shale gas industry, but after after two earth tremors,
:04:56. > :05:01.it is news not everyone wants to hear.
:05:01. > :05:06.As regards the the benefits, I think that there are going to be
:05:07. > :05:10.negative. It will provide some employment, most of these companies
:05:10. > :05:14.are foreign based companies so the profits will disappear out of the
:05:14. > :05:20.region anyway. Yeah, yeah, it is really pos tich
:05:20. > :05:27.for the air -- positive for the area. There is a lot of of pubs and
:05:27. > :05:34.shops closing down. For us, it is a good thing as we sell work wear.
:05:34. > :05:42.This is one campaign group against fracking. They say they feel like
:05:42. > :05:48.guinea pigs. We are guinea pigs. The suck and see. They have had two
:05:48. > :05:52.Wells and two failures. One an earth tremor and the other one the
:05:52. > :05:55.cement would not set. The Government says the shale gas
:05:55. > :05:59.industry will be regulated and tremors monitored and there is the
:05:59. > :06:03.economic impact. Something needs to be the catalyst
:06:03. > :06:09.to kick start the economy to get us out of this recession. This is a
:06:09. > :06:14.new industry that is being brought here from this area and it will
:06:14. > :06:17.make us more sufficient on our own gas rather than being reliant on
:06:17. > :06:23.Baltic gas. It could be several years before
:06:23. > :06:28.shale gas has a real impact. But it is clear fracking will go ahead and
:06:28. > :06:32.campaigners will continue their protests.
:06:32. > :06:36.Opinions matter, Sian because fracking and shale gas goes further
:06:36. > :06:39.than just Lancashire. Sites Sites could be opening in Southern
:06:39. > :06:44.England, in Wales, in Northern Ireland so the debate over fracking
:06:44. > :06:49.and the arguments for and against looks set to continue.
:06:49. > :06:52.Ed, thank you. If you'd like more information on
:06:52. > :07:02.how shale gas extraction works, you can find it on the BBC News website
:07:02. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:07.More details have emerged about the death of Jacintha Saldanha, the
:07:07. > :07:10.nurse who unwittingly transferred a prank call from two Australian
:07:10. > :07:15.radio DJs, who'd rung the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was
:07:15. > :07:22.being treated for acute morning sickness. Mrs Saldanha was found
:07:22. > :07:25.dead in her nurses quarters three days later. Nicholas Witchell is
:07:25. > :07:30.outside Westminster Coroners' Court where the inquest into her death
:07:30. > :07:36.opened today. Sian, this was a short, five minute hearing, the
:07:36. > :07:40.opening of the inquest at which a detective chief inspector gave a
:07:40. > :07:43.brief outline. Outline of the circumstances of Mrs Saldanha's
:07:43. > :07:47.death. It is the place where the tragic
:07:48. > :07:53.details of a tragic death began to be recorded. Westminster Coroners'
:07:53. > :07:56.Court heard how last Friday morning, Jacintha Saldanha was found by work
:07:56. > :08:00.colleagues hanging in her room. There were injuries to her wrist.
:08:00. > :08:04.Two notes were found, a third was in her belongings.
:08:04. > :08:06.A detective told the court how colleagues at the King Edward VII's
:08:06. > :08:11.Hospital were being interviewed to establish the sequence of events
:08:11. > :08:15.which as he put it, may have led to this tragic death. He said the
:08:15. > :08:18.Metropolitan Police were also in touch with police in Australia to
:08:18. > :08:24.gain statements from the radio presenters who made the hoax call
:08:24. > :08:29.to the hospital where Mrs Saldanha answered.
:08:29. > :08:33.The MP Keith Vaz has been in touch with Mrs Saldanha's family.
:08:33. > :08:40.The family are grateful to the Coroners' Court for the way in
:08:40. > :08:43.which they have dealt with this matter. They are They are extremely
:08:43. > :08:47.grateful to the Metropolitan Police. They will await the postmortem
:08:48. > :08:52.which will be isn't to them in four days. In the meantime, there will
:08:52. > :08:55.be a memorial service on Saturday in the chapel at Westminster
:08:55. > :08:59.Cathedral. The inquest into the death of
:08:59. > :09:09.Jacintha Saldanha was adjourned until a full hearing which will
:09:09. > :09:11.
:09:11. > :09:15.And as she adjourned the inquest until March, the coroner turned to
:09:15. > :09:20.several of Mrs Saldanha's colleagues and asked them to convey
:09:20. > :09:30.her sympathies to all those she said who had been touched by this
:09:30. > :09:34.Scotrail staff are to hold two 24 hour strikes in the days before
:09:34. > :09:37.Christmas in a dispute over the sacking of an employee. The RMT
:09:37. > :09:42.union says industrial action will be held on the 22nd and 24th of
:09:42. > :09:45.December. RMT members voted last month by more than two to one in
:09:45. > :09:48.support of a campaign for the worker's reinstatement.
:09:48. > :09:52.A man has been remanded in custody charged with threatening to kill
:09:52. > :09:55.the First Minister of Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson. The court
:09:55. > :10:02.heard that 34-year-old Darren Scott had consumed 12 pints of cider
:10:02. > :10:04.before calling 999 twice. He will appear in court in January.
:10:04. > :10:10.The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has opened an inquiry
:10:10. > :10:13.into expense claims by the Culture Secretary, Maria Miller. It follows
:10:13. > :10:16.a complaint lodged by a Labour MP that she had claimed more than
:10:16. > :10:23.�90,000 in second home allowances towards the cost of a house where
:10:23. > :10:26.her parents lived. She says the Parliamentary Fees Office was happy
:10:26. > :10:30.her expenses were in political order. Ross Hawkins is in
:10:30. > :10:34.Westminster. Tell us more about this, Ross? This is about the time
:10:34. > :10:38.after she was first electeded when Maria Miller was claiming for a
:10:38. > :10:42.house she shared with her parents. As you mention some �90,000 worth
:10:42. > :10:47.and the complaint is that her parents could have benefited from
:10:47. > :10:50.that tax payers money. The watchdog, who looks at MPs standards has
:10:50. > :10:57.decided there is enough evidence to make it worthwhile running an
:10:57. > :11:00.inquiry into could last for some months, a Labour MP faced similar
:11:01. > :11:04.allegations and ended up having to pay back thousands of pounds. Maria
:11:04. > :11:07.Miller say her expenses have been audited twice and found to be
:11:07. > :11:11.proper and above board and there is a wider debate here too too between
:11:11. > :11:16.the Government and the Daily Telegraph which broke this story
:11:16. > :11:24.about her expenses, the Telegraph says her spindoctor pointed out to
:11:24. > :11:28.them what she was in in charge of consequences of Leveson Report.
:11:28. > :11:31.They clearly felt warned off by that spindoctor. None of that is
:11:31. > :11:34.accepted in Government, but this lunch time, the Telegraph must feel
:11:34. > :11:41.justified in running that original report.
:11:41. > :11:45.European Union finance ministers have agreed a deal on creating a
:11:45. > :11:47.single supervisor to oversee banks. Under the plan, the European
:11:47. > :11:50.Central Bank would supervise around two hundred of the Eurozone's
:11:50. > :11:55.biggest banks to try to prevent them failing and leading to further
:11:55. > :12:05.economic crisis. Britain will continue to have a say when key
:12:05. > :12:08.decisions are taken. Matthew Price Yes, Sian, I haven't had the chance
:12:08. > :12:14.to say this in the last couple of years in Brussels, but the general
:12:14. > :12:19.feeling is this is a good day for the eurozone. Those Finance
:12:19. > :12:24.Ministers discussions last night form part of the wider discussions
:12:24. > :12:28.that the EU leaders are going to have having later today and
:12:28. > :12:33.tomorrow and what it boils down to is how it fit the eurozone, how to
:12:33. > :12:39.create a better single currency. And banking union is one part of
:12:39. > :12:44.Banking union may sound like a switch-off, but if it works, it
:12:44. > :12:48.could save the single currency and therefore, Europe's depressed
:12:48. > :12:52.economy. It was the banks that helped cause Europe's debt crisis.
:12:52. > :12:59.They lent too much and had to be rescued by their governments.
:12:59. > :13:04.Leaving those governments with massive debts. The system failed.
:13:04. > :13:09.Banks were supposed to be regulated at the national level. Now, after
:13:09. > :13:14.months of argument, the regulation will happen here, at the European
:13:14. > :13:20.Central Bank, a powerful institution that just got more
:13:20. > :13:24.powerful. In just over a year, it is hoped, the ECB will supervise up
:13:24. > :13:29.to 200 of the biggest eurozone banks. It will be able to intervene
:13:29. > :13:32.in smaller banks that get into trouble, to grant and revoke
:13:32. > :13:38.banking licences, it is a massive change to how the system works now.
:13:38. > :13:42.It is a major step forward in the European scone European con --
:13:43. > :13:47.European construction, we will have a single supervisery mechanism
:13:47. > :13:51.through the European Central Bank. All the the banks will have to
:13:51. > :13:54.implapment the -- implement the same rules and the same supervisery
:13:54. > :13:58.practises in the eurozone. What does this mean more the City
:13:58. > :14:03.of London? Not too much the Government hopes. Britain's vital
:14:03. > :14:05.interests were protected and we pro protected the single market so
:14:06. > :14:09.businesses can go on selling their goods and services into the rest of
:14:09. > :14:12.Europe and I think it is a model for the way Britain's relationship
:14:12. > :14:16.with Europe is going to work in the future which is the eurozone are
:14:16. > :14:21.going to did more integration, but Britain will protect its interests
:14:21. > :14:26.and it is not going to give anymore rights and powers to Brussels.
:14:26. > :14:29.happy for now, but more difficult difficult negotiation on other
:14:29. > :14:37.crucial aspects of banking union lie ahead. This isn't the last you
:14:37. > :14:40.And I think the big picture in this is how this is an illustration of
:14:40. > :14:45.how the countries within the eurozone, within the the single
:14:45. > :14:48.currency are beginning to co- operate more closely, beginning to
:14:48. > :14:52.integrate much more both economically and politically and of
:14:52. > :14:56.course, that's going to have massive implications for the way in
:14:56. > :15:04.which the wider European Union works and especially for countries
:15:04. > :15:08.like the UK that are outside the Surgeons say many babies born with
:15:08. > :15:11.a cleft palate are being diagnosed too late. Last year, more than a
:15:11. > :15:14.quarter of cases weren't picked up within the first 24 hours, which
:15:14. > :15:17.led to some newborns having difficulties feeding and gaining
:15:17. > :15:20.weight. The figures come from a register covering England, Wales
:15:20. > :15:30.and Northern Ireland, but the Royal College of Surgeons says there are
:15:30. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:37.similar problems in Scotland. Adam Thomas Lewis was born 16 months ago
:15:37. > :15:41.with a cleft palate, a gap in the roof of the mouth. It took four
:15:41. > :15:47.days to spot the problem. He cowl not feed properly and lost weight
:15:47. > :15:51.it was distressing for the family. I was not able to feed him and give
:15:51. > :15:54.him the important nourishment he needed. That is hard. You blame
:15:54. > :15:59.yourself. You are thinking you are doing something wrong. That there
:15:59. > :16:02.is something wrong with your child. It is awful. I would not wish it on
:16:02. > :16:08.anyone. National standards say that a cleft palate should be diagnosed
:16:08. > :16:11.in one day of birth to ensure quick treatment by specialists. The
:16:11. > :16:17.latest figures indicate that last year more than one in four were
:16:17. > :16:21.missed. Even after a month, one in 20 still had not had the problem
:16:21. > :16:24.diagnosed. The Royal College of Surgeons sies that guidelines for
:16:24. > :16:28.examining new-born babies how old be reviewed.
:16:28. > :16:32.We are asking people to examine the mouth, using a torch and a spatula
:16:32. > :16:38.to get the tongue out of the way. Obviously a baby is small. It is
:16:38. > :16:41.not that easy to see. Once diagnosed, Thomas had good
:16:41. > :16:44.specialist care and corrective surgery. The Royal College of
:16:44. > :16:51.Surgeons said that carrying out proper checks at birth could
:16:51. > :16:58.prevent a great deal of suffering and distress for babies and parents.
:16:58. > :17:02.Our top story: The controversial gas extraction
:17:02. > :17:08.tech feek -- technique, known as fracking has been given the go
:17:08. > :17:11.ahead in the UK. Why Margate is one of the top ten tourist spots in the
:17:11. > :17:16.world. On BBC London. Two years in jail
:17:16. > :17:18.for the man who had to face -- defaced this painting in the Tate
:17:18. > :17:28.Modern. And should we look to the United
:17:28. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:37.States for a greener way to deal The Paralympics had record-breaking
:17:37. > :17:42.ticket sales and massive support for athletes, but four months on,
:17:42. > :17:46.what legacy have the Games left. A poll suggests that three quarters
:17:46. > :17:50.of British people feel that disceptions of disabled people have
:17:50. > :17:57.improved, but the figure is higher among those without disabilities,
:17:57. > :18:00.than those who have them. They became national heroes.
:18:00. > :18:06.The Paralympians, whose achievements, it seems, go far
:18:06. > :18:10.beyond the pitch or the pool. Can you share nicely? Take Philip
:18:10. > :18:13.with Down's Syndrome. His family say that something has changed.
:18:13. > :18:19.It is very much about what people can do.
:18:19. > :18:22.The more that I learn through this journey with Philip, he shows me
:18:22. > :18:26.what he is capable of doing. People are beginning to embrace that. It
:18:26. > :18:30.is so encouraging. It is estimated that one in five
:18:30. > :18:35.people in the UK have a long- standing mental or physical
:18:35. > :18:38.disability. Since the Olympics, 75% of people we questioned say that
:18:38. > :18:42.they feel more positive about the role those people play in the
:18:42. > :18:46.British society. Overall, a similar number believed
:18:46. > :18:51.perceptions of disabled people have improved, but off those questions,
:18:51. > :18:56.those with disability were less likely to agree.
:18:56. > :18:58.Rhona Slater fears that she has been seen as lazy. She has had
:18:58. > :19:03.multiple sclerosis for nearly 20 years.
:19:03. > :19:08.There are people who think if I can get a Gold Medal -- if she can get
:19:08. > :19:11.a Gold Medal, why can't that person work? What is needed is not just
:19:11. > :19:17.concentration on the sport and building on that, but all of the
:19:17. > :19:21.other things that are needed for disabled people to be able to
:19:21. > :19:26.fulfil what they can do. I think there has been a positive
:19:26. > :19:29.uplift in terms of disabled people and how they are viewed, but it is
:19:29. > :19:33.whether it goes beyond the year, that will be interesting. I think
:19:33. > :19:38.that a lot of disabled people don't see as much change as the rest of
:19:38. > :19:44.the population expect there to be. There is still a lot of low-level
:19:44. > :19:48.discrimination. It is believed that two thirds of disabled people
:19:48. > :19:52.experience hostility or verbal abuse and are more likely to live
:19:52. > :19:55.below the poverty line. A leading charity claims that more than 2
:19:55. > :20:00.million fear they cannot afford to heat their homes this Christmas.
:20:00. > :20:04.For fill quip and his family, though, the Olympics remain a
:20:04. > :20:09.powerful memory. Every time that somebody won a Gold
:20:09. > :20:15.Medal for Britain, I thought I hope that is Philip in 20 years.
:20:15. > :20:22.-- par Olympic s. The Games challenged a mindset and
:20:22. > :20:25.for some this is just the beginning. Ministers from Syria's most
:20:25. > :20:29.powerful ally, Russia, said that Bashar al-Assad is losing control
:20:29. > :20:34.of his country. It is the first time there has been official
:20:34. > :20:37.recognition from Moscow, that the rebels may win the Civil War. In
:20:37. > :20:41.Syria itself, meanwhile, 16 people are reported to have been killed
:20:41. > :20:45.and more than at that wounded, including women and children after
:20:45. > :20:50.a car bomb hit south-west of Damascus.
:20:50. > :20:54.The after math of this morning's bombing in the Damascus suburb of
:20:54. > :20:58.Qatana. Syrian official media said that a car packed with explosives
:20:58. > :21:03.blew up near a school in this district to the south-west of the
:21:03. > :21:06.capital. That at least half of the casualties were women and children.
:21:06. > :21:11.TRANSLATION: We were going to the school when the explosion took
:21:11. > :21:17.place. I do not know anything about my parents. They may have died.
:21:18. > :21:21.TRANSLATION: The victims were all students or people going to their
:21:21. > :21:25.places of work. After the explosion happened, the ground was full of
:21:25. > :21:29.bodies. The state news agency blamed the
:21:29. > :21:33.explosion on terrorists. That is the usual label for the rebel who
:21:33. > :21:37.is are intensifying attacks on the government of Bashar al-Assad. This
:21:37. > :21:42.was the latest in a string of bombings in and around Damascus.
:21:42. > :21:46.Today, for the first time, one of Bashar al-Assad's most valuable
:21:46. > :21:52.allies, Russia, acknowledged the possibility of the rebels winning
:21:52. > :21:56.the Civil War in Syria. That Bashar al-Assad were losing control of
:21:56. > :22:01.more of the territory. An opposition victory could not be
:22:01. > :22:06.ruled out. It is unclear if there is a U-turn in the offing in
:22:06. > :22:12.Russia's practise of so far vetoing the UN Security Council resolutions.
:22:12. > :22:15.Mosque yes are arguing that a rebel victory would be long, drawn-out
:22:16. > :22:20.and bloody it is calling for a compromise.
:22:20. > :22:24.Also, Medecins Sans Frontieres warning that in the isolated town
:22:24. > :22:30.of Dera Zor in the east, tens of thousands of people are trapped as
:22:30. > :22:36.a result of the fighting. Medecins Sans Frontieres says there
:22:36. > :22:42.is an urgent need for the sick and the wounded to be evacuationed.
:22:42. > :22:47.More than 50,000 fewer students were accepted to universities this
:22:47. > :22:53.autumn, koordzing to UCAS. That is down 11% on last year. The biggest
:22:53. > :22:59.drop in England following the introduction of higher tuition fees.
:22:59. > :23:03.Now, Rita, is that all about the tuition fees? In part it is, yes,
:23:03. > :23:08.according to the UCAS, but that is one of the factors at play here.
:23:08. > :23:13.There were fewer gap-year students last year. Possibly because of the
:23:13. > :23:17.higher tuition fees and fewer 18- year-olds overall in the population,
:23:17. > :23:22.so a demographic dip. This will have had a part to play. England
:23:22. > :23:28.had the sharpest fall, but uls where in the UK where the students
:23:28. > :23:32.pay -- elsewhere in the UK where the students pay less, the numbers
:23:32. > :23:37.held up, in Scotland a rise, in Wales a little fall. The poorest
:23:37. > :23:41.school levers, their numbers have held up as they are well supported
:23:41. > :23:45.with burse Aries and part-fee reductions. So huge relief from the
:23:45. > :23:48.ministers over that. Although some say that the overall numbers
:23:48. > :23:52.represent a failure of government policy.
:23:52. > :23:56.And news out about England's primary schoolchildren, what is
:23:56. > :24:00.being said? These are the primary school league tables, showing
:24:00. > :24:06.performance of primary schools. They show a marked fall in the
:24:06. > :24:11.number of underperforming schools. Last year 1300, this year 521. This
:24:11. > :24:14.is based on tests that 11-year-olds do in English and maths. Why the
:24:14. > :24:19.improvement? Well, it could be partly that there is no writing
:24:19. > :24:24.tests. That will have made it easier, but ministers have required
:24:24. > :24:29.a school that consist eptly underperforms to become an academy.
:24:29. > :24:36.So, taken over by a private sponsor. That may have concentrated some
:24:36. > :24:40.minds it is worth pointing out that the Head Teacher's Union, is saying
:24:40. > :24:44.that improvements are being carried account across the boards and
:24:44. > :24:49.saying that what matters is not the sort of school, but what happens in
:24:49. > :24:54.the school. , Now, England's batsmen have been
:24:54. > :25:01.made to work hard in India. They lost early wickets. Then Kevin
:25:01. > :25:06.Pietersen made 73 to help his side recover to 199-5 at the close of
:25:06. > :25:11.play. England lead India 2-1. They own need a draw in the final Test
:25:11. > :25:16.to win. In Nagpur every street bring as
:25:16. > :25:20.surprise, every prm sis must be used if you are preparing for a
:25:20. > :25:25.close shave, who can you trust? India look to the bowlers.
:25:25. > :25:30.England, for once, they won the toss. Nick Compton was gone for
:25:31. > :25:35.three. Then the shock, Alastair Cook out for just one and lbw that
:25:35. > :25:42.was debatable. When Kevin Pietersen is at his best
:25:42. > :25:48.he can dominate. It is all in the timing. Kevin Pietersen passed 50
:25:48. > :25:54.after lunch. India ememployed four spin bowlers and England del dealt
:25:54. > :26:00.with them, but a momentary lapse can end in embarrassment, Jonathan
:26:00. > :26:05.Trott dismissed and then Ian Bell endured a military series.
:26:05. > :26:12.He gave them a gift. Kevin Pietersen tried to be patient,
:26:12. > :26:19.but past 70, he threw off the shackles. A low catch and a low
:26:19. > :26:25.moment, England, 139-5. Then Matt Prior reach ing a recovery, England
:26:25. > :26:30.199 at the close. There were steady strides towards
:26:30. > :26:33.the big prize. If England beat the Indian team or
:26:33. > :26:37.draw the Test Match then England take the series. They've been
:26:37. > :26:44.waiting to do that here for nearly 30 years. There is no need to rush
:26:44. > :26:54.now. Now, what has Margate got in common
:26:54. > :26:56.
:26:56. > :27:03.with north-east Iceland, puert Rico and dub rov nick Well, it is said
:27:03. > :27:06.that they are -- it is part of one of the best places to see in the
:27:06. > :27:10.world. But the inclusion of Margate in
:27:10. > :27:15.this review has raised a few eyebrows.
:27:15. > :27:20.ARCHIVE: There is laughter. Margate in the heyday. The jewel in
:27:20. > :27:23.south-east England's crown. Packing holiday-makers on to the beaches
:27:23. > :27:27.every summer. But cheap flights to mother exotic
:27:27. > :27:32.destinations have taken away many of the tourists, and years of
:27:32. > :27:36.economic decline have taken away many of the shoppers. Over a third
:27:36. > :27:41.of Margate's shops are empty. But things are looking brighter on
:27:41. > :27:49.the High Street. Art installations are one idea from
:27:49. > :27:53.retail guru Mary Portas who helped to get it on to the Rough Guide
:27:53. > :27:56.list. There is a lot going on. The local
:27:56. > :28:01.community are really getting behind everything. Every time you go down
:28:01. > :28:06.something new is opening. A new boutique, cafe, restaurant. So that
:28:06. > :28:10.is why it is great at the moment. Part of Margate's success has been
:28:10. > :28:17.replacing the lost beach goers with modern art lovers flocking to the
:28:17. > :28:20.new Turner Contemporary Gallery. Since being opened by the Queen,
:28:20. > :28:24.Thanet Council estimate it has brought in almost three quarters of
:28:24. > :28:31.a million visitors. A third making an overnight break
:28:31. > :28:37.for it. The poster girl is artist Tracey Emin, chosen to run the
:28:37. > :28:47.Olympic torch through her home town. Now the poster town for seaside
:28:47. > :28:52.regeneration is Margate itself. Well, it would be nippy to go down
:28:52. > :28:53.to the seaside, but let's see what more Peter has to say about the
:28:53. > :28:56.more Peter has to say about the weather.
:28:56. > :29:01.A bit nippy, but a change on the way.
:29:01. > :29:05.Definitely in the freezer today, temperatures struggling to get
:29:05. > :29:10.above freezing, but at the weekend it is all change. The sun will come
:29:10. > :29:14.out and temperatures then in double figures so a big change.
:29:14. > :29:19.The mild Atlantic air is waiting in the west behind this line of cloud.
:29:19. > :29:23.It will bring rain tomorrow, bun then a dry afternoon for most. Snow
:29:23. > :29:29.over the Highlands of Scotland, but the temperatures struggling in most
:29:29. > :29:33.places to get more than a degree or two above freezing. Freezing fog
:29:33. > :29:39.lingering, but it changes overnight. The winds pick up over the west.
:29:39. > :29:45.Bringing in cloud and rain. Lifting the fog up on to the hills. Central
:29:45. > :29:50.and northern parts of the UK misty by the end of the day. A wet start
:29:50. > :29:54.tomorrow, the rain yet to reach the London area first thing. With the
:29:54. > :29:59.strong wind still feeling raw and foggy conditions over the Pennines
:29:59. > :30:03.with the fog lifting into the hills. The temperatures are still below
:30:03. > :30:08.freezing in Scotland and snow there to watch out for this time in the
:30:08. > :30:12.east. There is the rain beginning to move
:30:12. > :30:16.into Northern Ireland by 8.00am. It will be a very wet day here.
:30:16. > :30:20.That rain affecting a good part of Wales and the south-west of England.
:30:20. > :30:25.Of course, that is not good news. We have had several days of dry
:30:25. > :30:29.weather, but things are still soggy. So localised flooding to be
:30:29. > :30:34.expected and with the winds, there could be coastal flooding over some
:30:34. > :30:38.of the coasts of the south-west. The rain pushing to the north and
:30:38. > :30:42.the east. Not getting into the north of Scotland, there is more
:30:42. > :30:46.snow there, but chilly here and then the higher temperatures in the
:30:46. > :30:50.south by the afternoon. One thing to watch out for on Friday night is
:30:50. > :30:54.very strong winds over the Northern Isles. Severe gales, perhaps storm
:30:54. > :30:59.force winds for a time. Otherwise clearer skys with a few showers
:30:59. > :31:02.feeding in. That sets the scene for the weekend. Bright and breezy is
:31:02. > :31:08.the scene for all through Saturday and Sunday. Winds coming from the
:31:08. > :31:11.south-west, that bringing in the milder air. So sunny intervals and
:31:11. > :31:15.showers for Saturday. The strong winds clearing in the Northern
:31:15. > :31:18.Isles. Double figure force the south and for Sunday as well.
:31:18. > :31:22.Breezy and lots of sunshine to come through. One or two showers, but
:31:22. > :31:26.the temperatures much nearer where the temperatures much nearer where
:31:26. > :31:29.they should be. Now let's bring a reminder of the
:31:29. > :31:33.top story: The controversial process of
:31:33. > :31:37.fracking to extract gas is to be re-started in the UK.