:00:13. > :00:19.MPs have criticised the payout to the former Director-General of the
:00:19. > :00:23.BBC. They say it is a cavalier use of public money. Large parts of
:00:23. > :00:31.England and Wales have been told to prepare for more floods and damage
:00:31. > :00:36.to property. A second man has been arrested in connection with the an
:00:36. > :00:39.Drew Mitchell Plebgate investigation. And the prospect of
:00:39. > :00:49.more cancer treatment for this seven-year-old is back in the High
:00:49. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:21.Court after a successful operation Good afternoon. The pay-off to
:01:21. > :01:24.George Entwistle, who resigned as Director-General of the BBC in the
:01:24. > :01:29.wake of the Jimmy Savile sex-abuse scandal, has been strongly
:01:29. > :01:35.criticised by MPs as a cavalier use of public money. George Entwistle
:01:35. > :01:39.was given �450,000 after just 54 days in the job. The BBC is taking
:01:40. > :01:45.legal advice about whether there are grounds to get some of it back.
:01:45. > :01:49.Our correspondent David Sillito reports. Chaos, confusion, melt
:01:49. > :01:55.down - the verdict on how the BBC handled the dropped investigation
:01:55. > :02:04.into Jimmy Savile in the press this morning. Former Director-General
:02:04. > :02:06.George Entwistle was given a pay- off of �450,000. He resigned
:02:06. > :02:11.following Lord McAlpine getting wrongly accused of sexual abuse.
:02:11. > :02:14.All of it has not gone down well with the public about committee.
:02:14. > :02:18.think the BBC displayed a rather cavalier attitude to the way that
:02:18. > :02:24.it uses taxpayers money through the licence fee. This is all of how
:02:24. > :02:28.many, and this man has been in the job for 54 days, walking away with
:02:28. > :02:33.�450,000. In its defence, the BBC chairman, speaking on radio this
:02:33. > :02:37.morning, said that legally, they had little choice, and that they
:02:37. > :02:42.had looked to see if they could claw some of that money back.
:02:42. > :02:47.sent them a detailed account of why we had taken the decision on George
:02:47. > :02:50.Entwistle. The legal advice, which pointed out that if we had not done
:02:51. > :02:55.the settlement there and then, we would have had to do well more
:02:55. > :02:58.costly settlement, with a more constructive and probably an unfair
:02:58. > :03:07.dismissal, that it would have taken too and, that we needed to act
:03:07. > :03:14.quickly, rather than hang about... Meanwhile, the BBC's Head of News,
:03:14. > :03:22.Helen Boaden, returned to work today. Do you think it is right
:03:22. > :03:26.that you kept your job at the BBC? That is for others to decide. BBC
:03:26. > :03:29.News is trusted, that has never really diminished, it is the most
:03:29. > :03:35.trusted news organisation in this country. Kennet still be trusted
:03:35. > :03:39.with you at the helm? The Pollard report said she should have done
:03:39. > :03:45.more when her department was in virtual meltdown. Allies say her
:03:45. > :03:49.hands were tied after she was sidelines during the Savile crisis.
:03:49. > :03:53.The Acting Director-General made his feelings clear last night.
:03:53. > :03:57.Success is not about how many people I dismiss, it is about
:03:57. > :04:02.making a fair and proper judgment, based on the facts in front of me,
:04:02. > :04:05.and making saw that the BBC is in a position to rebuild trust. So, how
:04:05. > :04:10.do they do that? The head of the Commons select committee which
:04:10. > :04:13.monitors the BBC feels it has to really change. At think
:04:13. > :04:17.fundamentally, there needs to be an overhaul of the entire management
:04:17. > :04:21.structure at the BBC, which does not mean shifting a few people
:04:21. > :04:24.around. We need to have a very hard look at the way that organisation
:04:24. > :04:28.is run, which should be the priority for the incoming Director-
:04:28. > :04:32.General. And of course, the BBC will have to brace itself in the
:04:32. > :04:37.coming months for more revelations about Jimmy Savile. A second
:04:37. > :04:41.inquiry, looking back over 40 years of the BBC and Savile has only just
:04:41. > :04:47.begun. David Sillito joins me now from outside new Broadcasting House.
:04:47. > :04:53.It has been another did a good day for the BBC? Very much so. 185
:04:53. > :04:56.pages of criticism about a lack of leadership and about it in the
:04:56. > :05:00.organisation incapable of dealing with this crisis. In addition to
:05:00. > :05:05.that, we have had the committee excoriating the BBC about the pay-
:05:05. > :05:08.off. So, it is another day of bad headlines. There has been a
:05:08. > :05:13.statement and e-mail by the director of news, Helen Boaden,
:05:13. > :05:19.which has just been issued, and she described the experiences of
:05:19. > :05:22.reading the report over the last few weeks as bruising.
:05:22. > :05:26.24 of heavy rain brings flooding and travel disruption - and there's
:05:26. > :05:29.worse to come. Large parts of England and Wales are being told to
:05:29. > :05:31.prepare for more floods and damage to property, as bands of heavy rain
:05:31. > :05:37.continue MPs criticise the �450,000 payout to the BBC's former
:05:37. > :05:40.director-general George Entwistle. This morning, people have had to be
:05:40. > :05:46.rescued from their vehicles in Hampshire. The Environment Agency
:05:46. > :05:52.has issued 214 flood alerts and 40 flood warnings about the UK. We can
:05:52. > :05:56.join Jon Kay, in North Somerset. It is looking pretty bad there? Yes,
:05:56. > :06:01.yet again, it is looking bad. We have had yet more rain throughout
:06:01. > :06:05.the night. It is raining again at the moment. I can show you a stark
:06:05. > :06:10.example of how much rain we have had. You can see this farm's gate.
:06:10. > :06:13.The water is coming two thirds up it. These are normally fields on
:06:13. > :06:17.the Somerset Levels, but they have been filled with floodwater, not
:06:17. > :06:21.just overnight, but this is the accumulation of weeks and weeks of
:06:21. > :06:27.heavy rain. The ground is completely saturated. And here you
:06:27. > :06:31.can see the result of that, because it is still spilling onto the roads.
:06:31. > :06:36.This lane has actually been blocked off for weeks, there has been so
:06:36. > :06:40.much water. And there is a warning this lunchtime from the police
:06:40. > :06:44.across the country, not just here, that if you see this kind of thing,
:06:44. > :06:48.do not even think about driving into it. You do not know how deep
:06:48. > :06:52.it is or what the risks might be. It is not just here in the south-
:06:52. > :06:55.west of England that we have had heavy rain. It is right Ghana.
:06:55. > :06:59.There are more than 200 flood alerts across the country at the
:06:59. > :07:03.moment. -- it is right across the country. Imagine what people are
:07:03. > :07:07.feeling, as they look ahead to Christmas, and they seem more water
:07:07. > :07:12.coming of the Somerset Levels. They are worried about their homes, not
:07:12. > :07:15.just here but in many other places. It is a serious situation. The
:07:15. > :07:22.Environment Agency is watching closely, and forecasters are
:07:22. > :07:25.watching the radar. Let's goma long to our correspondent in
:07:25. > :07:32.Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, Chrissy Stuart. Similar scenes
:07:32. > :07:37.there? Yes, it has been very wet here. We are in an absolutely
:07:37. > :07:42.saturated Brockenhurst village. That is a river which has burst its
:07:42. > :07:48.banks overnight, the waters surging over what is meant to be a car park.
:07:48. > :07:52.You can see a car just going past. That road is completely blocked.
:07:52. > :07:56.This scene has been repeated right across the New Forest. Lots of
:07:56. > :08:00.people getting stuck in their cars. We ourselves this morning came
:08:00. > :08:04.across a couple who had just scrambled out of the windows of
:08:04. > :08:14.their Portia, which had got stuck in a Ford. They had a very narrow
:08:14. > :08:16.
:08:16. > :08:19.escape. -- Porsche. The local control room has been dealing with
:08:19. > :08:22.people stranded in cars, as well as people who have had their
:08:22. > :08:27.properties flooded, particularly in a town just along the coast from
:08:27. > :08:32.here, on the border with West Sussex. Several bungalows there are
:08:33. > :08:36.having water pumped out as we speak. Also, a lot of disruption to South
:08:36. > :08:41.West Trains. They have had flooding in several parts which have closed
:08:41. > :08:46.the line. So, it is very difficult to move around in Hampshire. Police
:08:46. > :08:51.are saying not to travel unless it is absolutely necessary. Thank you
:08:51. > :08:56.both. Just some information coming in from the Environment Agency,
:08:56. > :08:59.which is saying that they have decided to issue a severe flood
:08:59. > :09:03.warning for the village of Wallington, next to the river
:09:03. > :09:09.Wallington, which is going to be evacuated immediately, because the
:09:09. > :09:13.river levels are just too high, and are reaching the top of the defence
:09:13. > :09:16.systems around the village. That's the latest from the Environment
:09:16. > :09:20.Agency. Detectives investigating whether a police officer lied about
:09:21. > :09:23.witnessing an incident in Downing Street involving the former chief
:09:23. > :09:28.whip and Drew Mitchell have made another a rest. The suspect has
:09:28. > :09:30.been questioned and released on police bail. Let's speak to our
:09:30. > :09:34.correspondent Home Affairs Correspondent - what can you tell
:09:34. > :09:39.us? This is another twist in the tortuous tale which began when
:09:39. > :09:43.Andrew Mitchell, it is claimed, called police plebs in Downing
:09:43. > :09:47.Street back in September. All the Metropolitan Police will say at the
:09:47. > :09:50.moment about this the best is that the man is 23, and that he was
:09:50. > :09:53.questioned overnight about will allegation that he encouraged or
:09:54. > :09:58.assisted somebody to commit an offence last Friday. The timing may
:09:58. > :10:02.be crucial. Last Friday is the day before police made their first
:10:02. > :10:08.arrest in this investigation, the arrest of a police officer, we are
:10:08. > :10:12.told, who it is alleged lied about witnessing that incident in Downing
:10:12. > :10:17.Street on 19th September. It gets quite complicated, but effectively,
:10:17. > :10:21.this officer, it is claimed, sent an e-mail to Mr Mitchell's deputy,
:10:21. > :10:24.saying he had seen this incident, and of course, any account of that
:10:24. > :10:28.incident will be important in deciding whether an Drew Mitchell
:10:28. > :10:32.is telling the truth about what happened that evening. There is
:10:32. > :10:36.also CCTV which has come to light, which suggests that there were no
:10:36. > :10:40.eye witnesses to what happened. All of this is still being investigated
:10:40. > :10:48.by the police, 30 officers working on an investigation which Scotland
:10:48. > :10:52.Yard says they are regarding with the utmost seriousness. It is
:10:52. > :10:56.claimed that thousands of lives could be saved every year in the UK
:10:56. > :11:00.if elderly cancer patients were not denied treatment because of their
:11:00. > :11:05.rage. Macmillan Cancer Support says decisions about care should be
:11:05. > :11:09.based on health assessments. Health charities and the Government have
:11:09. > :11:13.been looking at how to make sure cancer patients who benefit from
:11:13. > :11:17.treatment can receive it whatever their age. For the past two years
:11:17. > :11:20.they have been testing new approaches at five trial sites in
:11:20. > :11:25.England, working with hundreds of patience over 70. They say they
:11:25. > :11:28.have learnt vital lessons which could save lives and money. First,
:11:28. > :11:31.they say a proper patient assessment is vital, covering
:11:31. > :11:33.physical and mental health. Then, physical and mental health. Then,
:11:33. > :11:39.there is the need to make sure more staff are trained in elderly care,
:11:39. > :11:42.to reduce age discrimination. Also, practical support at home is needed
:11:42. > :11:44.to help people cope with the demands of cancer treatment. There
:11:44. > :11:49.is no doubt that some older is no doubt that some older
:11:49. > :11:54.patients are being denied cancer treatment unfairly. That is my
:11:54. > :11:57.dad... This man's father died of prostate cancer. This year,
:11:57. > :12:01.Geoffrey Brunt himself discovered he had the disease. The surgeon
:12:01. > :12:06.told him he would operate to remove the tumour, but said it would have
:12:06. > :12:13.been different if he was over 70. Geoffrey Brunt, 67, says any age
:12:13. > :12:18.barrier is totally wrong. I have got five g grandchildren. -- five
:12:18. > :12:24.grandchildren. Why should I be denied the chance to live another
:12:24. > :12:27.15-20 years? To me, people do not have the right to do that.
:12:27. > :12:34.Macmillan say extra planning before treatment can make a huge
:12:34. > :12:39.difference. Critics might say, this is costly, Candy NHS afford it? I
:12:39. > :12:46.would argue, we cannot afford not to. We need to do this assessment,
:12:46. > :12:51.to pick up on things, like sending out a falls provincial programme,
:12:51. > :12:55.which is much more cost-effective than treating a hip fracture.
:12:56. > :13:00.Geoffrey Brunt is doing well, and can look forward to Christmas. The
:13:00. > :13:04.challenge now is to make sure that lessons regarding overcoming age
:13:04. > :13:09.discrimination are put into practice across the Health Service.
:13:09. > :13:12.The Government's plans to simplify energy tariffs has come under fire.
:13:12. > :13:16.A committee of MPs says the new system will not allow people to
:13:17. > :13:23.compare prices easily, and the consumer organisation Which? says
:13:23. > :13:27.it is doomed to fail unless more radical change is implemented. Our
:13:27. > :13:31.energy correspondent John Morgan is with me. One of the big problems is
:13:31. > :13:35.that not enough of us switch between suppliers, meaning we stay
:13:35. > :13:38.on more expensive tourists for longer. So, the big idea that the
:13:39. > :13:42.regulator has come up with is that they should be fewer tariffs, and
:13:42. > :13:47.it should be simpler to switch to another supplier. Now, the problem
:13:47. > :13:50.is that each of these tariffs, and there will only be eight per
:13:50. > :13:57.supplier, for gas and electricity, each of them are going to be
:13:57. > :14:01.expressed as a single standard charge, but also with a per unit
:14:01. > :14:04.price. The problem is, if you have got eight tariff spurs player, each
:14:04. > :14:08.of them expressed with two different numbers, that's 16
:14:08. > :14:12.numbers, across a lot of suppliers, it is very difficult for people to
:14:12. > :14:17.compare. The MPs have said today that they think it is good to be
:14:17. > :14:20.hard to make comparisons. And Which? Have gone much further,
:14:20. > :14:23.saying that the whole project is doomed to failure. They say you
:14:23. > :14:28.have got to drop the standing charge altogether, so that people
:14:28. > :14:32.are simply dealing with a single unit price. What does Ofgem have to
:14:32. > :14:36.say? They have been working on these proposals for some time. They
:14:36. > :14:40.say the reason why they have put in a standing charge is that if you
:14:40. > :14:43.drop it, the price would have to be that much more expensive, which
:14:43. > :14:48.would make vulnerable customers more vulnerable to paying higher
:14:48. > :14:53.charges. They say that overall, these reforms they are putting in
:14:53. > :14:59.to make the Tariffs easier to understand are the most far-
:14:59. > :15:02.reaching reforms since competition began. The battle over the
:15:02. > :15:05.treatment for a seven-year-old cancer patient is back in the High
:15:05. > :15:10.Court today. Neon Roberts underwent more surgery on a brain tumour
:15:10. > :15:13.yesterday, against his mother's wishes. His mother is now arguing
:15:13. > :15:17.her son should not have radiotherapy treatment because it
:15:17. > :15:20.could cause long-term home. The boy's father agrees with doctors
:15:20. > :15:30.that he should have the treatment. Our correspondent is outside the
:15:30. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:39.High Court. Tell us what happened Well, we have been hearing more
:15:39. > :15:44.about seven-year-old Neon Roberts's condition on the brain tumour, the
:15:44. > :15:48.mother said she was relieved that the operation had gone well. It was
:15:48. > :15:54.revealed to the court she had tried to stop that operation from taking
:15:54. > :15:59.place, but was refused permission, that is why it went ahead. We heard
:15:59. > :16:05.from the doctors who said that the operation had gone well, that the
:16:05. > :16:10.surgeon had removed as much tumour that they could see, but now it was
:16:10. > :16:14.essential he underwent radio they werey. Sally Roberts opposes that.
:16:14. > :16:19.Shoo is concerned about radio they werey, her lawyers then asked the
:16:19. > :16:22.court for more time. An adjournment until January, in order to find
:16:22. > :16:27.alternative treatment for her son. But from what the judge has been
:16:27. > :16:32.saying it looks like this will be decided one way or the other today?
:16:32. > :16:40.Well, the judge rejected that adjournment until January. He said
:16:40. > :16:44.that was not possible. He said that every increasing delay is that much
:16:44. > :16:48.more detrimental to Neon Roberts's health. The Trust that represents
:16:48. > :16:51.the took tors treating Neon Roberts are looking for a judgment by the
:16:51. > :16:58.end of the day. Thank you very much.
:16:58. > :17:04.The top story: MPs criticise the �450,000 pay out to the BBC's form
:17:04. > :17:08.are Director-General, George Entwistle. Coming up: Why a stumble
:17:08. > :17:14.in the Olympic Torch Relay changed Kieron Maxwell's life.
:17:14. > :17:19.On BBC London: The great escape. We have all of the travel details for
:17:19. > :17:29.those getting out of town for Christmas. Looking back on 2012,
:17:29. > :17:29.
:17:29. > :17:32.find out how this Olympian could have had a better day than this...
:17:32. > :17:37.Fishing fleets around the UK have welcomed new targets controlling
:17:38. > :17:41.how much they can catch in our waters. The European Union set its
:17:41. > :17:45.latest fishing quotas after a marathon series of talks that ended
:17:45. > :17:49.in Brussels this morning. Greenpeace welcomed the news, but
:17:49. > :17:57.said some species are still overfished off the Scottish and the
:17:57. > :18:01.Irish coasts. We have this report. A fresh catch, and some good news
:18:01. > :18:04.now for Scotland's fishermen. The amount they are allowed to bring in
:18:04. > :18:09.is controlled by rules, set by the European Union fishing ministers.
:18:09. > :18:14.This year the massive cuts to quotas that some feared have been
:18:14. > :18:20.avoided. I'm relieved. Some of our boats are
:18:20. > :18:25.down to 100 a day it is not enough. They could not take the cuts.
:18:25. > :18:32.British waters were once full of fish, but years of overfishing have
:18:32. > :18:35.caused serious declines. Limiting fishing has helped to save
:18:35. > :18:40.some species. Environmentalists feared that the latest deal does
:18:40. > :18:45.not protect others. It is not good news for all fish.
:18:45. > :18:48.Some stocks are so depleted that scientists recommend no fishing at
:18:48. > :18:52.all. For example in Irish and Scottish waters. We are concerned.
:18:52. > :18:54.We think that the ministers have to pick up the pace to ensure
:18:54. > :18:59.sustainability of fish in the future.
:18:59. > :19:05.The system is designed to ensure that no species of fish is driven
:19:05. > :19:09.to extinction. That the fish stocks survive. Remarkably, however, one
:19:09. > :19:12.thing threatening the goal, many agree is the EU's own fishing
:19:12. > :19:16.policy. The thousands of rules governing
:19:16. > :19:20.that policy are now being re- written N a year it is hoped that
:19:20. > :19:25.there will be a ban on the controversial aspect, discards. The
:19:25. > :19:30.throwing away of perfectly good, edible fish.
:19:30. > :19:37.That ban is not certain yet, but if it does happen it would be good
:19:37. > :19:42.news for fish and for those who like to eat them.
:19:42. > :19:46.People in England who were left disabled by thalidomide are to
:19:46. > :19:50.receive support worth �80 million over ten years. Thalidomide was
:19:50. > :19:56.given to pregnant women with morning sickness until it was
:19:56. > :20:01.withdrawn in 1961. It was linked to birth defegts. The move is welcomed
:20:01. > :20:05.by the campaigners. The retailers are hoping for a
:20:05. > :20:09.bumper few days this weekend with last-minute Christmas shopping.
:20:09. > :20:14.They may need it, according to the figures that showed that sales
:20:14. > :20:19.remained flat as consumers rained in their spending. Emma Simpson is
:20:19. > :20:23.in Central London, difficult times at the moment? Yes, these figures
:20:23. > :20:28.out today, Sophie, they were pretty uninspiring and not what the
:20:28. > :20:33.retailers need in the run-up to Christmas. Back in October, we saw
:20:33. > :20:38.retail volumes take quite a big drop. Last month the sales just did
:20:38. > :20:41.not bounce back. The sales were pretty much flat. On top of that,
:20:41. > :20:45.we had evidence from a survey showing that trading in the first
:20:45. > :20:51.two weeks of December were weaker than predicted. So the picture is
:20:51. > :20:55.that Christmas has gotten off to a very slow start indeed. As ever,
:20:55. > :21:00.with the festive period and the retailers, it is not over until it
:21:00. > :21:03.is over. Retailers are hoping that customers will be out buying
:21:03. > :21:07.bargains at the last minute. What is unusual this year, Christmas is
:21:07. > :21:10.on a Tuesday, there are two very big trading days this weekend. They
:21:10. > :21:14.could prove to be crucial. I suspect that they will be cheered
:21:14. > :21:18.by the huge number of people behind you now, what about the internet
:21:18. > :21:23.sales? There has been talk about more and more people doing the
:21:23. > :21:28.shopping online over the years, is that improving? Yes, that is one
:21:28. > :21:33.very bright spot. Today we had figures show that online sales now
:21:33. > :21:37.make up just under 11% of all retail sales that is the highest
:21:37. > :21:42.ever. So we are spending more online at the expense of
:21:42. > :21:47.traditional bricks and mortar. You can expect to see a bumper
:21:47. > :21:53.Christmas online, I think. Then we will have to wait until January
:21:53. > :21:56.when we get the full story of what really will happen this Christmas.
:21:56. > :22:01.Nearly half of marriages in England and Wales still end in a divorce,
:22:01. > :22:09.according to the latest figures, but there has been a slight fall in
:22:09. > :22:16.numbers. The figures show there were more than 1 7,000 divorces in
:22:16. > :22:21.2011, a drop of 1.7%. We have this report.
:22:21. > :22:25.According to the cliches, love and marriage go hand in hand, but
:22:25. > :22:27.relationships don't always work out. All of the people I know are
:22:27. > :22:33.divorced. It is about independence now. They want their independence.
:22:33. > :22:38.That is what it is about, I think, for men and for women.
:22:38. > :22:41.According to the latest Census, Blackpool is the town with the
:22:41. > :22:45.highest percentage of divorces in the country, but the numbers of
:22:45. > :22:52.people choosing to end their marriages seem to be falling.
:22:52. > :22:57.Figures show that there were just over 1, 1700 divorces in 2011. A
:22:57. > :23:00.substantial number, but a fall of 1.7% compared to the year before.
:23:00. > :23:05.Divorce has fall no-one Northern Ireland and Scotland, but some say
:23:05. > :23:12.that the statistics don't reflect the state of modern relationships.
:23:12. > :23:16.A polling of Relate of councillors, tells 47% of people are having to
:23:16. > :23:21.stay together as they cannot afford to separate.
:23:21. > :23:25.But Lacey, divorced and remarried, says that the legal fees are worth
:23:25. > :23:29.paying. I could not afford to do anything.
:23:29. > :23:33.I could not work. I just got in the car and left. I did not know what I
:23:33. > :23:37.would do, but it was the best thing for me.
:23:37. > :23:40.All relationships have ups and downs, and certainly financial
:23:40. > :23:44.strains are putting pressure on a number of families, but in
:23:44. > :23:47.analysing the figures, the Office for National Statistics says that
:23:47. > :23:52.it believes that some couples are staying together until the economy
:23:52. > :23:56.and the house prices improve. Someone came in this week to
:23:56. > :24:02.indicate that they were intending to separate and saying that they
:24:02. > :24:06.did not feel that they could afford to dwors at the present time.
:24:06. > :24:12.But it is worth noting that the fall in the divorces is consistent
:24:12. > :24:17.with the decline in marriage. In 21st century relationships, many
:24:17. > :24:21.are choosing to live together. When Kieron Maxwell lost his leg to
:24:21. > :24:25.cancer, he vowed it would not change his life. He continued to
:24:25. > :24:29.play football and was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in the
:24:29. > :24:35.summer, but a stumble in the relay has given Kieron Maxwell the chance
:24:35. > :24:37.to fulfil his dreams. 14-year-old, Kieron Maxwell, he has
:24:38. > :24:42.had an extraordinary year. Playing football with his friends at school
:24:42. > :24:46.is a tribute to the good things that have happened to this teenager
:24:46. > :24:51.over the last 12 months. The awards are stacking up for a
:24:51. > :24:56.young man who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 12 and who had
:24:56. > :25:01.to have his leg amputated. His personal battle saw him carry the
:25:01. > :25:06.Olympic torch, but it did not quite go to plan.
:25:06. > :25:12.I left a nasty dent in the torch! I fell, I thought, what would they
:25:12. > :25:17.think of me? But they were all cheering. Telling me I could do it.
:25:17. > :25:23.I thought, yeah, I can do it. Then the encouragement from the
:25:23. > :25:26.torch relay team in the grey shirts. They told me to get up and do it.
:25:26. > :25:30.They were really supportive. It was really good.
:25:30. > :25:33.But carrying the torch was the beginning of his Olympic dreams.
:25:33. > :25:39.This year his gymnastic potential has been recognised too.
:25:39. > :25:41.This is what they use in the Paralympics. This is what they run
:25:41. > :25:45.with and they get in there and just do it.
:25:45. > :25:51.Do you see yourself being a Paralympian one day? I do. I want
:25:51. > :25:57.to use this and go for it. In what category? In what sport?
:25:57. > :26:03.With this, probably gymnastics. Kear acre's Olympic Torch Relay,
:26:03. > :26:08.high lighted an appeal to buy him a more everyday leg, but the family
:26:08. > :26:13.were blown away when this couple came up with the mon. Colin and
:26:13. > :26:21.Christine Weir within more than �116 million on the EuroMillions
:26:21. > :26:25.draw and offered to him -- help him. You don't think your child will be
:26:25. > :26:32.helped. That people will think that your child is more deserving than
:26:32. > :26:37.another person, but it is lovely when, yes, it is! It has a
:26:37. > :26:42.different foot. A blade in the shoe... Even Kieron Maxwell cannot
:26:42. > :26:46.believe his luck this year. R way that they suddenly stepped in
:26:46. > :26:50.and said that this were doing this for me it was amazing.
:26:50. > :26:55.It transformed your life? changed everything.
:26:55. > :27:01.But above all, the generosity of a couple that his family have never
:27:01. > :27:06.meant has meant that Kieron Maxwell can blend in with his friends again.
:27:06. > :27:12.In remission from his cancer, this is his next Olympic ambition, all
:27:12. > :27:15.steming from this moment in the Olympic spotlight.
:27:15. > :27:18.Football now and Manchester United have been drawn against Spanish
:27:18. > :27:23.champions, Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League. The
:27:23. > :27:29.match is to see Cristiano Ronaldo returning to Old Trafford for the
:27:29. > :27:34.first time since his �80 million move from United to Real in June,
:27:34. > :27:37.2009. Celtic are to play Juventus. Arsenal take on last year's
:27:37. > :27:41.Champions League runners up, Bayern Munich.
:27:41. > :27:45.Now the all-important weather. Now the all-important weather.
:27:45. > :27:52.It is looking terrible out there? It is. More rain to come. This
:27:52. > :27:57.picture some it is up, a flooded Christmas tree taken in Essex. A
:27:57. > :28:02.loft rain here. The wettest weather has been a I cross the South Wales
:28:02. > :28:09.and south England. Heavy rain in Cornwall, heavy rain
:28:09. > :28:13.in Bournemouth. Heavy rain in Nottingham as well. It really is
:28:13. > :28:17.miserable. Amber warnings from the Met Office, the focus is to shift
:28:17. > :28:22.into the east of Scotland. Warnings for the south of England and South
:28:22. > :28:27.Wales. It will dry off here in the evening, but a miserable end to the
:28:27. > :28:32.day. Lots of rain to come and snow in the mountains of Scotland.
:28:32. > :28:37.Blizzards in the bitter, raw winds. There is the amber warning for the
:28:37. > :28:41.rain over Angus, Perth and Kinross. For Northern Ireland it is becoming
:28:41. > :28:47.drier. The winds are lighter. Cold on the eastern side of England.
:28:47. > :28:50.More rain to come into the early part of the evening, but beginning
:28:50. > :28:54.to dry off at 6.00pm over the south-west of England that drying
:28:54. > :28:58.up process will continue into the night. The drier weather chases to
:28:58. > :29:02.the north, following this belt of rain that grinds to a halt over
:29:02. > :29:07.Scotland and the north-east of England. Away from here and the
:29:07. > :29:13.winds there are lighter winds, mist and fog. It will be chilly, colder
:29:13. > :29:16.than it has been recently, close to freezing in rural parts of Northern
:29:16. > :29:22.Ireland, England and Wales. Tomorrow the wet and windy weather
:29:22. > :29:26.for a while over the east of Scotland and the north-east of
:29:26. > :29:30.England, but then it will brighten up with sunshine coming through and
:29:30. > :29:36.temperatures getting up into the double figures over the south. A
:29:36. > :29:41.chance to dry off for many areas on Friday, but it is a brief respite.
:29:41. > :29:44.This is what we have on Saturday. A long spell of heavy rain sweeping
:29:44. > :29:47.up quickly from the south-west. Heading up to the north-east
:29:47. > :29:51.allowing Northern Ireland, England and Wales to dry for a while in the
:29:51. > :29:55.afternoon. With the rain there are strong winds. The weather front is
:29:55. > :29:59.taking the rain across the country on Saturday. Another area of low
:29:59. > :30:04.pressure coming from the south-west and overnight, keeping it wet and
:30:04. > :30:08.windy in many areas. So with more rain to come there is more flooding
:30:08. > :30:11.and more travel disruption. Keep up to date with the local
:30:11. > :30:16.radio. There is the floodline number there.
:30:16. > :30:19.It is a wet run-up to Christmas, It is a wet run-up to Christmas,
:30:19. > :30:24.rather than a white one. The top story: MPs criticise the
:30:24. > :30:28.�450,000 pay out to the BBC's former Director-General, George
:30:28. > :30:32.Entwistle. As torrential rain brings floods to parts of the UK,
:30:32. > :30:35.the Environment Agency says that the village of Wallington in