:00:10. > :00:13.The Queen becomes the first monarch to attend Cabinet in peacetime
:00:14. > :00:19.since 1781. She arrived at Downing Street this morning for the weekly
:00:19. > :00:23.briefing and was presented with 60 place mats as a gift to mark her 60
:00:23. > :00:25.years on the throne. The end of the Metropolitan Police
:00:25. > :00:29.warns against jumping to conclusions after a police officer
:00:30. > :00:33.is arrested over newspaper legs about the former Chief Whip Andrew
:00:33. > :00:36.Mitchell. There is more to this than meets the eye, and I am
:00:37. > :00:39.constrained in explaining that. I hope that when people hear the full
:00:39. > :00:42.story, they will support what we have done.
:00:43. > :00:47.The care system is failing young offenders, says a damning new
:00:47. > :00:54.report. The Newtown school shootings, now
:00:54. > :00:58.two pro-gun US senators are calling for changes to the gun laws.
:00:58. > :01:03.even as an NRA member, believe enough is enough, we need to come
:01:03. > :01:07.to the table and end up with an appropriate restriction.
:01:07. > :01:10.And a missing part of his Anglo- Saxon horde is among almost 100 new
:01:10. > :01:14.treasures unearthed in a Staffordshire field.
:01:14. > :01:19.Later on BBC London, two teenagers are given life sentences for
:01:19. > :01:24.murdering a schoolboy. And a BBC investigation reveals there has
:01:24. > :01:34.been a third unexpected debt at a privately run hospital in Stevenage.
:01:34. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:45.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The Queen has
:01:45. > :01:52.become the first peacetime monarch since the 18th century to attend
:01:52. > :01:55.Cabinet. She went to the briefly -- weekly briefing in Downing Street
:01:55. > :02:00.as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. She was introduced to
:02:00. > :02:06.the cavernous by Prime Minister and sat in David Cameron's usual chair.
:02:06. > :02:10.-- introduced to the Cabinet. The last monarch to attend on a
:02:10. > :02:15.regular basis was Queen Anne at the beginning of the 18th century. Her
:02:15. > :02:19.successor cannot be bothered because he could not speak English.
:02:19. > :02:24.The last monarch to attend at all was George the Third. This morning,
:02:24. > :02:28.a symbolic moment of history, recalling an earlier age. There was
:02:28. > :02:31.a time when this was how Britain was governed by the monarch
:02:31. > :02:36.presiding over a meeting of ministers, but that has not been
:02:36. > :02:42.the way of things for nearly 300 years now. Downing Street has been
:02:42. > :02:46.studying the historical record. last time this happened was in 1781
:02:46. > :02:50.during the American War of Independence. The Queen sat in a
:02:50. > :02:54.chair normally occupied by the Prime Minister. The meeting started
:02:54. > :03:00.with a briefing on parliamentary business and one villa in
:03:00. > :03:05.particular. Following its introduction last Thursday, we have
:03:05. > :03:09.provisionally scheduled it for January. The Queen watched and
:03:10. > :03:13.listened. Did she detect any Cabinet rivalries, any tensions
:03:13. > :03:17.between coalition partners? If she did, you can be sure we will never
:03:17. > :03:21.know about it. It may be the first time she has seen a British Cabinet
:03:21. > :03:27.in session, but after 60 years she knows better than anyone had to
:03:27. > :03:31.keep a secret. And in the year of the Diamond Jubilee, there was a
:03:31. > :03:36.gift from the cabinet. Not one of the gold bars she reminded the
:03:36. > :03:46.Chancellor she had seen last week at the Bank of England... I saw the
:03:46. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:52.gold bars. We have still got some left! But the Diamond Jubilee,
:03:52. > :03:55.marking 60 years of her reign, meant the cabinet had had a
:03:55. > :03:59.collection and they bought 60 place mats. We are told that the Queen
:03:59. > :04:03.spoke briefly twice during the Cabinet meeting. She urged them to
:04:03. > :04:08.keep the Queen's Speech as short as possible and she wished them all
:04:08. > :04:13.happy Christmas. In addition to the 60 place mats, she has also had
:04:13. > :04:17.part of the British Antarctic territory named after, 169,000
:04:17. > :04:21.square miles of Antarctica will help its 4th be known as Queen
:04:21. > :04:24.Elizabeth land. -- henceforth be known of.
:04:24. > :04:27.A police officer has claimed that he witnessed a row outside Downing
:04:28. > :04:30.Street involving the former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell is to be
:04:30. > :04:35.investigated by the Police Complaints Commission. The officer
:04:35. > :04:37.was arrested at the weekend on suspicion of misconduct. This
:04:37. > :04:41.morning the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe,
:04:41. > :04:44.said people should not jump to conclusions and there was more to
:04:44. > :04:48.the investigation than meets the eye. Here is political
:04:48. > :04:52.correspondent Robin Brant. Andrew Mitchell was a senior member
:04:52. > :04:56.of government, but a confrontation one night in September ended his
:04:56. > :05:02.Cabinet career. There was an exchange with an armed officer over
:05:02. > :05:07.which 80 good used to cycle out of Downing Street. -- which date he
:05:07. > :05:17.could use. It was claimed he called the officer a Clegg and a moron. He
:05:17. > :05:22.was forced to resign. The exchange that is day... Andrew Mitchell said
:05:22. > :05:28.he never caught the officer a Clegg or a moron. There has been a leak
:05:28. > :05:38.inquiry. -- Clegg. Over the weekend there was an arrest, and now more
:05:38. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:56.detail about why a serving police The police claimed they witnessed
:05:56. > :05:59.the Exchange in September. There is more to this than meets the eye,
:05:59. > :06:04.and I hope that when people hear the full story, they will support
:06:04. > :06:08.what we have done. In spite of the dramatic 10, it does not clear
:06:08. > :06:11.Andrew Mitchell on the claims about what he said, because the
:06:11. > :06:15.commission has also said that this development has not really affected
:06:15. > :06:19.the original account of the officers who were there at the time.
:06:19. > :06:29.So the dispute about what Mr Mitchell said that night in
:06:29. > :06:31.
:06:31. > :06:35.The rate of inflation is unchanged in November. It stayed at 2.7%, but
:06:35. > :06:40.analysts expect inflation to rise again this month as higher gas and
:06:40. > :06:44.electricity charges kick in. Here is chief economics correspondent
:06:44. > :06:48.Hugh Pym. With Christmas coming up, most
:06:48. > :06:51.families do not want to think too hard about the cost of living, and
:06:51. > :06:54.these visitors to a traditional festive event in Hampshire were
:06:54. > :06:59.certainly enjoying themselves. But it is hard to escape the bills for
:06:59. > :07:03.shopping, driving and around the house. The price of milk, bread,
:07:03. > :07:07.everything has gone up quite significantly, but we are saving
:07:07. > :07:11.quite a lot, putting money aside to save for bigger things like
:07:11. > :07:17.holidays. It is not just household, what we can provide in the house,
:07:17. > :07:22.it is what we can provide for our son's wedding. Consumers may be
:07:22. > :07:26.feeling the pinch because wage rises are falling behind cost-of-
:07:26. > :07:31.living increases. But how are businesses coping across the
:07:31. > :07:34.economy? It is a wildlife visitor attraction run by a charity that
:07:34. > :07:38.needs donations from visitors as well as ticket sales to help the
:07:38. > :07:43.finances. In the current climate, with customers under pressure, it
:07:43. > :07:47.is not easy. We have seen a fall of people coming through the gate and
:07:47. > :07:50.wishing to donate to us, and that is what we are faced with, people
:07:50. > :07:54.wanting to spend the day here and have something to eat, and they
:07:54. > :07:58.know there is a limited amount of money in their pocket and how they
:07:58. > :08:01.want to spend it, they are being more careful. Customers here and
:08:01. > :08:04.has sold around the country led today that the annual inflation
:08:04. > :08:10.rate was unchanged with some factors pulling at up and others
:08:10. > :08:17.holding it back. November food prices were up 3.9%, fuel was not
:08:17. > :08:21.rising so quickly, up 1%, and clothing saw average falls of 0.6%.
:08:21. > :08:24.So where does inflation go from here? As we get into the new year
:08:24. > :08:30.and we get food price inflation picking up as a result of the
:08:30. > :08:34.drought in the United States, I think we will be above 3%. Today's
:08:34. > :08:36.figure does not include fuel price rises from gas and electricity
:08:36. > :08:42.providers, are likely to push the inflation rate higher as winter
:08:42. > :08:45.heating bills start fitting household budgets.
:08:45. > :08:48.Children in England and Wales who have been in trouble with the law
:08:48. > :08:51.and have been placed in care are being failed by the system. A
:08:51. > :08:54.report by the Inspectorate of Probation says it is concern that
:08:54. > :08:58.some children are being placed in care too far away from their homes
:08:58. > :09:01.and without enough thought about the emotional impact. The
:09:01. > :09:06.Department for Education said that plans were being developed to
:09:06. > :09:11.improve care. Here is Tom Symonds. These young people have been in
:09:11. > :09:15.care. Like up to 3,000 children across England and Wales, they can
:09:15. > :09:20.seem lively and confident, but according to today's report their
:09:20. > :09:24.lives are marked by disruption, loneliness and crime. It focuses on
:09:24. > :09:28.youth offending teams, but the inspector says there is agencies
:09:28. > :09:33.have failed the emotional needs of these young people, and being in
:09:33. > :09:37.care is making things worse. -- There is agencies. One third of the
:09:37. > :09:42.children were placed more than 100 miles from home, and many had been
:09:42. > :09:46.frequently moved. One teenage boy with a history of violence that had
:09:46. > :09:50.31 placements. In a number of cases, victims of sexual assaults were
:09:50. > :09:55.housed together with young people alleged to have carried out abuse.
:09:55. > :10:00.All of these things impact on their life chances. What we are seeing
:10:00. > :10:06.for this group of children are very poor and guns. Many of them are
:10:06. > :10:11.growing cap and then our fear is they will drift into the prison
:10:11. > :10:20.system or mental health services. - - growing cap. Some towns have
:10:20. > :10:25.become magnets for these children, but the report says that sending
:10:25. > :10:28.them long distances make it harder for the agency still coordinate.
:10:28. > :10:32.are scrutinising the decisions they are making for each child. We need
:10:32. > :10:36.to improve the quality of support we provide in these homes, helping
:10:36. > :10:40.these children overcome the effect of abuse or neglect they have
:10:40. > :10:43.suffered. The Department for Education says that it is
:10:43. > :10:48.completely unacceptable that some local authorities and homes are
:10:48. > :10:51.letting down children by failing to act as a proper parent. Three
:10:51. > :10:56.expert groups are currently developing proposals to improve the
:10:57. > :11:01.care provided by children's homes. But there is much to do. Today's
:11:01. > :11:04.damning assessment is clear, the social agencies are too often
:11:04. > :11:10.merely managing troubled children with little aspiration for their
:11:10. > :11:13.futures. President Obama has begun
:11:13. > :11:16.discussions with senior members of his government on how to reform
:11:16. > :11:20.America's gun laws following the school shooting in Connecticut on
:11:20. > :11:25.Friday. Many Americans are calling for stricter controls on weapons
:11:25. > :11:28.after a lone gunman murdered 20 children and six school staff. Two
:11:28. > :11:32.Democratic senators who had previously been supporters of the
:11:32. > :11:36.gun lobby are also calling for change. Here is world affairs
:11:36. > :11:40.correspondent Nick child. A candlelit vigil as the grieving
:11:40. > :11:44.goes on for a small town in Connecticut, and the shockwaves
:11:44. > :11:48.from the devastating shooting in Newtown continued to reverberate.
:11:48. > :11:51.President Obama has now held talks with key Cabinet ministers on
:11:51. > :11:59.possible new gun-control measures, but the White House says the issues
:11:59. > :12:02.are complex. All present will rise and observe a moment of silence.
:12:02. > :12:06.public gesture from Congress, but after the silence the first
:12:06. > :12:11.stirrings of what will be an emotive debate. Two Democratic
:12:11. > :12:17.senators who support the National Rifle Association, the NRA, now say
:12:17. > :12:21.that Newtown has changed things. This is one of them. He even as an
:12:21. > :12:27.NRA member, I believe enough is enough and we need to come to the
:12:27. > :12:33.table and end up with new restrictions. What they played out
:12:33. > :12:36.to be, you know, that is part of the process. A demonstration
:12:36. > :12:42.outside the NRA offices in Washington underlines how feelings
:12:42. > :12:47.are running high. But the right to gun ownership, to bear arms, also
:12:47. > :12:49.remains deeply embedded in the American psyche. Yesterday saw the
:12:49. > :12:53.first of what will become a heartbreaking procession of
:12:53. > :12:58.funerals for the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings. Among them,
:12:58. > :13:03.Dylan Hockley, whose family moved to Newtown from England two years
:13:03. > :13:06.ago. Last night they said no words can express their feelings of loss.
:13:06. > :13:11.The family said it did not and never would regret its decision to
:13:12. > :13:16.move to the community. On the day of the shootings, many distressed
:13:16. > :13:21.families gathered at the local fire house as the enormity of what had
:13:21. > :13:26.happened started to dawn. Clive Calver was with them. In-patients
:13:26. > :13:30.was growing, uncertainty was growing, until in the end one
:13:30. > :13:37.mother yelled out, are any of them still alive? -- in-patients. That
:13:37. > :13:40.is when we realised that nobody was. But what was the lasting impact of
:13:40. > :13:44.that? Against the backdrop of heartbreak, the question is whether
:13:44. > :13:49.there is a sea change in political and public attitudes to some
:13:49. > :13:53.greater gone more restrictions. -- gun law.
:13:53. > :13:57.Several police officers have been injured and 15 people arrested
:13:57. > :14:00.including an 11-year-old, a 12- year-old and two is based are 13
:14:00. > :14:07.year-olds during protests in Northern Ireland. There were 80
:14:07. > :14:12.separate protests. Loyalists have been holding demonstrations for
:14:12. > :14:14.more than two weeks following the decision by Belfast City Council to
:14:14. > :14:18.stop flying the Union flag every day.
:14:18. > :14:25.Lord McAlpine, who was wrongly implicated in child sex abuse
:14:25. > :14:31.allegations, has settled his cases against the BBC and ITV. His
:14:31. > :14:35.lawyers confirmed he received damages of �185,000 from the BBC
:14:35. > :14:38.and �125,000 from ITV plus substantial costs.
:14:38. > :14:43.The amount of notice that companies have to give before making large-
:14:43. > :14:46.scale redundancies could be half from 90 days down to 45. The
:14:46. > :14:50.government says the proposed change will help both workers and
:14:50. > :15:00.businesses, but one union leader called it a cruel blow for workers
:15:00. > :15:04.which would only make life harder As the economy has struggled in
:15:05. > :15:11.recent years, there have been a series of large-scale redundancies.
:15:11. > :15:15.Chorus has been one of the manufacturers that have lost jobs,
:15:15. > :15:20.but companies have to undertake a 90 day consultation with staff when
:15:20. > :15:25.they want to cut back, now that is going to change. The government
:15:25. > :15:29.announced today that the 90 day period would be reduced to 45.
:15:29. > :15:33.People coming to the end of fixed- term contracts will be excluded
:15:33. > :15:39.from consultations, there will also be new guidance to employers to
:15:39. > :15:45.improve the quality of how this 45 day period works. Employers claim
:15:45. > :15:49.the moves will help jobs. employment law is a big concern for
:15:49. > :15:54.many companies and they put off taking on staff because of the
:15:54. > :15:58.costs of when things don't work, so simplifying this should help them
:15:58. > :16:02.think about taking on more staff. It will make it easier for banks,
:16:02. > :16:09.which have shed thousands of staff during the financial crisis to
:16:09. > :16:14.respond to the economic climate. Unions argue that making it easier
:16:14. > :16:17.for firms to sack people is the last thing workers need, and that
:16:17. > :16:23.the 90 days has been crucial to help employees consider their
:16:23. > :16:27.options. Nobody really wants this, it is just a quick fix - the
:16:27. > :16:31.government trying to reassure employers they can sack people.
:16:31. > :16:37.This is at a time when there are already record numbers of people
:16:37. > :16:41.out of work. Last year around 75,000 people went through the 90
:16:41. > :16:46.day consultation period. No minister was available to talk
:16:46. > :16:49.about the changes today, but the government confirmed it expects the
:16:49. > :16:53.changes to be in place by April next year.
:16:53. > :16:58.The headlines: The Queen has become the first peacetime monarch to
:16:58. > :17:02.attend a meeting of the Cabinet since the 18th century. Coming up -
:17:02. > :17:07.trying to make ends meet, the Police say they are concerned about
:17:07. > :17:12.a rise in shoplifting in the run-up to Christmas.
:17:12. > :17:18.On BBC London, commuters suffer as the east Coast main line reopens
:17:18. > :17:26.after hours of destruction. And why the Olympics, the Paralympics and
:17:26. > :17:30.Jubilee celebrations have gone down a treat in India.
:17:30. > :17:35.In the run-up to Christmas, it is thought around �6 billion worth of
:17:35. > :17:39.goods are stolen from shops. It is not just luxury items that are
:17:39. > :17:42.being taken, a number of police forces around the country say they
:17:42. > :17:50.are concerned about the number of people who seem to be stealing out
:17:50. > :17:54.of desperation, taking items like baby food and nappies.
:17:54. > :18:00.If you speak to shoppers, they will tell you clearly they are feeling
:18:00. > :18:05.the squeeze. Household bills are rising, and the practical effect of
:18:05. > :18:13.that, according to the police, is that some people are returning to
:18:13. > :18:19.crime. With Christmas just days away, the streets are filled with
:18:19. > :18:27.shoppers, but there are people tempted to take rather than to buy
:18:27. > :18:37.their goods. Watch closely, and you'll see this woman filling her
:18:37. > :18:38.
:18:38. > :18:40.bag. Shoplifting is a major concern for the police, but there are a
:18:40. > :18:44.growing number of people committing the crime because they are
:18:44. > :18:51.desperate. We are seeing many young mothers committing crimes to feed
:18:51. > :18:56.their children. What's are they stealing? Baby food, powdered milk
:18:56. > :19:01.is quite expensive and they are pinching that to feed their child.
:19:01. > :19:11.It is a crime taken seriously and businesses are keen to make sure
:19:11. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:16.people are prosecuted. It is not the only area to see a rise in
:19:16. > :19:21.shoplifting, but business groups say they can be no excuse.
:19:21. > :19:27.affects bottom line, which affect the prices in the stores so at a
:19:27. > :19:32.basic level customers will have to pay more. Many families feel under
:19:32. > :19:36.pressure to buy presents, but some simply don't have the money,
:19:36. > :19:41.particularly in the current economy. There is help available for
:19:41. > :19:46.families who need it. Like this food bank in Rotherham - alongside
:19:46. > :19:51.the cans of food, they are now stocking nappies here. One father
:19:51. > :19:55.came in and said if I get some food and some nappies, I will not have
:19:55. > :20:00.to go to the shop and steel because I have not got anything. Some
:20:00. > :20:05.people are getting so desperate, these petty crimes are taking place.
:20:05. > :20:12.The penalty for being caught shoplifting can be prison, which
:20:12. > :20:16.could tear families apart. Officers from other forces including
:20:16. > :20:22.Strathclyde and Greater Manchester have also raised concerns about
:20:22. > :20:25.shoplifting and there is no doubt times are tough for people. Here in
:20:25. > :20:30.this town yesterday it was announced that 500 jobs will go
:20:30. > :20:34.from a colliery on the outskirts of the town at the start of next year,
:20:34. > :20:39.and given that issue that businesses point out shoplifting
:20:39. > :20:42.needs to be tackled because it can affect the future of businesses and
:20:43. > :20:46.jobs. The judges are expected to decide
:20:46. > :20:50.this afternoon whether a seven- year-old boy should have further
:20:50. > :20:55.surgery for cancer despite his mother's refusal to give her
:20:55. > :20:57.permission. Neon Roberts has a common type of brain tumour.
:20:58. > :21:07.Doctors and his father agree that he should have surgery and
:21:07. > :21:12.radiotherapy. This morning the court heard that
:21:13. > :21:16.doctors, supported by Neon Roberts's father, agree he needs a
:21:16. > :21:21.second operation to remove the remains of his brain tumour, but
:21:21. > :21:25.his mother disagrees. She is not convinced of the need for the
:21:25. > :21:30.operation, and she dismissed the leading lawyer who has been
:21:30. > :21:35.representing her in court. Seven years old, and being treated for
:21:36. > :21:40.cancer, Neon Roberts has had one operation to remove a brain tumour.
:21:40. > :21:44.Now doctors say he needs more surgery to remove the rest of the
:21:44. > :21:50.cancer. But his mother Sally has disagreed with doctors and his
:21:50. > :21:55.father. She arrived in court today to continue her legal battle. The
:21:55. > :22:00.High Court has heard that cutting out the tumour, then treatment with
:22:00. > :22:05.radiation, radiotherapy and drugs, chemotherapy, gives the best chance
:22:05. > :22:12.of survival, more than 80%. His mother is worried about the
:22:12. > :22:16.potential damage to his brain from radiotherapy. Cancer experts say it
:22:16. > :22:21.can leave children needing extra help at school, but the treatment
:22:21. > :22:26.is carefully targeted and should happen soon after surgery, as delay
:22:26. > :22:32.reduces survival. The radiotherapy dose has been significantly reduced
:22:32. > :22:36.to what it was even 15 years ago, and it is important it is delivered
:22:36. > :22:43.in an early and precise mother. That does is designed to be given
:22:43. > :22:48.to patients who have very little visible disease, if any at all, in
:22:48. > :22:53.order to prevent the microscopic disease from coming back.
:22:53. > :22:56.Radiotherapy is part of the gold standard treatment for this cancer.
:22:56. > :23:01.Lawyers for Sally Roberts said she was still looking for an
:23:01. > :23:07.alternative medical opinion, but independent experts say there is a
:23:07. > :23:11.strong consensus around the current treatment. Neon Roberts' parents
:23:11. > :23:20.can't agree with each other so the judge is likely to make decisions
:23:20. > :23:27.about his treatment before the end of the -- this week. The judge has
:23:27. > :23:31.said the first decision will be about whether the operation goes
:23:31. > :23:37.ahead. It is indicated he will tell the court that within the next hour.
:23:37. > :23:42.After that, there are likely to be more discussions and hearings about
:23:42. > :23:47.the radiotherapy. South Africa's President Jacob Zuma
:23:47. > :23:52.has been re-elected as head of the ruling African National Congress.
:23:52. > :24:00.He comfortably saw off a leadership challenge from his own deputy.
:24:00. > :24:04.Around 5000 delegates took part in the election. Our correspondent is
:24:04. > :24:10.at the conference in Bloemfontein. Is he confident about winning a
:24:10. > :24:17.second term as president? Yes, I think he is pretty much certain to
:24:17. > :24:21.do that. It wasn't an entirely foreseen result, at least everybody
:24:21. > :24:29.guessed that he would be re-elected, there was a question about whether
:24:29. > :24:34.it would be the kind of might -- majority he got. There was a
:24:34. > :24:39.landslide and that will take him through to the next elections in
:24:39. > :24:46.the country. The interesting thing really is the choice, the fact the
:24:46. > :24:51.election of the deputy. Cyril Ramaphosa is an established
:24:51. > :24:56.businessman who left politics after he failed to get the presidency. A
:24:56. > :25:02.very big man in the ANC, and the fact that he is back will really
:25:02. > :25:09.pleased the money markets, the foreign investors and so on. It
:25:09. > :25:14.will establish South Africa as a stable economy in which people can
:25:14. > :25:20.invest from the outside. That will be important, but everybody here
:25:20. > :25:26.thinks that at some stage in the next few years the ANC will split
:25:26. > :25:31.between right-wing and left-wing. There has been a big increase in
:25:31. > :25:36.cases of Noro virus, often known as the winter vomiting virus. The
:25:36. > :25:43.Health Protection Agency estimates they have been around 880,000 cases
:25:43. > :25:47.in England and Wales since the summer. Let's speak to our health
:25:47. > :25:52.correspondent. The big rise, and an awful lot of people being affected
:25:52. > :25:57.by this. Yes, and it is worth remembering this is normally not a
:25:57. > :26:01.dangerous illness, but it is very nasty involving vomiting and
:26:01. > :26:06.diarrhoea for the great majority of people. We have seen a significant
:26:06. > :26:10.rise in the last week, and if fall in the previous week. The figures
:26:10. > :26:15.are fluctuating, but certainly higher than last year. Three years
:26:15. > :26:19.ago they were much higher. The message from the Health Protection
:26:19. > :26:23.Agency is for people who have had it to stay away from the GP and the
:26:23. > :26:27.hospitals. Before almost 100 new pieces of
:26:27. > :26:32.gold and silver have been unearthed in a field in Staffordshire were
:26:32. > :26:42.the largest ever horde of Anglo- Saxon treasure was found three
:26:42. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:47.years ago. Part of a helmet and an eagle shaped object was found.
:26:47. > :26:52.The Staffordshire hoard is the largest collection of Anglo Saxon
:26:52. > :26:57.gold and silver found anywhere in the world, and now 90 more
:26:57. > :27:07.artifacts have been discovered. Archaeologists are examining the
:27:07. > :27:09.
:27:09. > :27:19.find, after it was unearthed. of the pieces weighed less than one
:27:19. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:28.gram, so we have to be careful, but the metal detector ists are masters
:27:28. > :27:32.at this work. These new pieces were found after the field was repelled.
:27:32. > :27:37.They found a fragment which could complete part of a helmet
:27:37. > :27:45.discovered three years ago. Since the hoard was unearthed, it has
:27:45. > :27:50.been viewed by more than a million people and it is hoped this will
:27:50. > :27:58.also go on public display. The curators who have worked on the
:27:58. > :28:03.Staffordshire hoard find this exciting discovery. It is one of
:28:03. > :28:09.the most exciting things I have ever seen, ranking along with
:28:09. > :28:13.Tutankhamen's treasure because it changes public consciousness. It
:28:13. > :28:18.tells us about the period of time it must deposited, and it makes
:28:18. > :28:23.everyone think. The pieces will have to be declared as treasurer by
:28:23. > :28:33.the coroner, then further research can be carried out. Experts believe
:28:33. > :28:35.
:28:35. > :28:39.it will be vital in helping to Now, the weather. The picture
:28:39. > :28:43.illustrates the story - not that much in the way of sunshine out
:28:43. > :28:49.there for today, but it does certainly look like we will see
:28:49. > :28:54.some more severe weather through the night tonight. A dry day to day,
:28:54. > :28:58.becoming increasingly wet and windy. We have this ridge of high pressure
:28:58. > :29:04.influencing the weather, but in the Atlantic this deep area of low
:29:04. > :29:09.pressure with isobars squeezing together, set to invade in from the
:29:09. > :29:14.south-west. This guy is already turning increasingly hazy. Some
:29:14. > :29:23.disappointing fog into Northern Ireland, that will affect the
:29:23. > :29:27.temperatures. Isolated showers in the north-east. Here is the rain
:29:27. > :29:33.and the strong wind, perhaps strongest ahead of the main band of
:29:33. > :29:38.rain. We could see up to 40 mm of rain falling into the south-west.
:29:38. > :29:41.Cloudy skies further east and a relatively quiet night to come, but
:29:41. > :29:45.certainly by 8 o'clock in the morning the rain will still be
:29:45. > :29:52.sitting across most of Cornwall and Devon, were the warnings have been
:29:52. > :29:56.issued. That rain starting to push into south and west Wales. Into
:29:56. > :30:01.Northern Ireland, a grey and wet start to your Wednesday morning and
:30:01. > :30:06.it will probably stay like that for most of the day. A disappointing
:30:06. > :30:11.feeling in Inverness as well, temperatures struggling. For little
:30:11. > :30:17.more cloud further south, with temperatures at about five degrees
:30:17. > :30:22.by 8 o'clock. There may be some brightness for the eastern coast of
:30:22. > :30:26.north Norfolk, but you really are the chosen few. This rain pushes
:30:26. > :30:31.into the south-west, driving steadily north and east. Across
:30:31. > :30:35.Northern Ireland and into the fringes of Scotland by the middle
:30:35. > :30:40.of the day. Perhaps staying dry during daylight hours across the
:30:40. > :30:46.east. Maybe some late brightness under warmer feel down to the
:30:46. > :30:50.south-west. It is not expected to last. This conveyor-belt of rain
:30:50. > :30:55.drives in from the south-west and we could see as much as three
:30:55. > :30:59.inches of rain before this system clears through. It will steadily
:31:00. > :31:04.move away during Thursday, grinding to a halt across northern England
:31:04. > :31:09.and Scotland, and again we could see some significant rainfall
:31:09. > :31:15.totals before that eases. A lot of whether to look forward to in the
:31:15. > :31:19.next few days. Keep watching the forecast. The Queen has become the