:00:07. > :00:11.The great food waste. Up to 50% produced in the world is thrown
:00:11. > :00:17.away. A new report says at least a billion tonnes goes to waste every
:00:17. > :00:20.year, and attitudes must change. Pressure on two RBS bosses to
:00:20. > :00:23.resign, as the bank faces multi- million pound fines over the Libor
:00:23. > :00:27.fixing scandal. Seven prisons are to close, as the
:00:27. > :00:30.Ministry of Justice unveils plans for a new super prison.
:00:30. > :00:36.Relief for millions of pensioners, as officials decide not to change
:00:36. > :00:44.the way we measure inflation. 150 years after London's first
:00:44. > :00:47.underground railway line opened, a On BBC London: Will half a million
:00:47. > :00:49.pounds persuade people in rural areas to accept new homes on their
:00:49. > :00:59.doorsteps? And, how this symbol brings in �5
:00:59. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:27.Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:27. > :01:33.The Royal Bank of Scotland is to be fined several hundred million
:01:33. > :01:40.pounds over its handling of inter bank Libor rates. Our business
:01:40. > :01:50.editor Robert Peston is in central London. Near how much will they be
:01:50. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :02:00.fined? It will be considerably more than Barclays. UBS was fined �940
:02:00. > :02:07.million. I am told that RBS is likely to pay fines in the US and
:02:07. > :02:15.UK, probably a bit less than �940 million but it will still be a
:02:15. > :02:20.substantial sum, Abid humiliation for an important bank. A bank owned
:02:20. > :02:29.80% by tax payers, so painful for all of us. A scandal which keeps
:02:29. > :02:36.unravelling? Yes, more than a dozen banks involved in the manipulation
:02:36. > :02:41.of this interest rate. The Royal Bank of Scotland, the next one to
:02:41. > :02:48.be named and shamed, probably in a couple of weeks. The other
:02:48. > :02:57.important thing I have learned is that two senior RBS executives are
:02:57. > :03:04.likely to quit as and when the finalisation of the decision of the
:03:05. > :03:09.regulators, John Hourican and Peter Nielsen. To be clear, there is no
:03:09. > :03:14.suggestion that they knew this market rigging was going on for
:03:14. > :03:21.they remotely encouraged it, but they were brought in, in 2008,
:03:21. > :03:27.after the crash, to fix the Investment Bank. Editors have found
:03:27. > :03:33.that this market rigging was going on in 2010. So, personal
:03:33. > :03:43.responsibility has to be taken, so the RBS board will determine that
:03:43. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:49.these two should go. The biggest programme of prison
:03:49. > :03:53.closures in England and Wales for decades has been announced by the
:03:53. > :03:56.government, as part of its plans to reduce costs. Seven prisons across
:03:56. > :03:59.England, described as old buildings and expensive to run, are to close.
:04:00. > :04:02.The Ministry of Justice has unveiled plans to build a new super
:04:02. > :04:05.prison which can hold two thousand inmates. Our home affairs
:04:05. > :04:07.correspondent Tom Symonds reports. This is the biggest programme of
:04:08. > :04:09.prison closures for years, it will shut the gate to some of our oddest
:04:09. > :04:13.prisons including Canterbury in Kent which houses foreign inmates,
:04:13. > :04:17.and Bullwood Hall, a medium- security prison in Essex. Six
:04:17. > :04:21.entire prisons are closing plus one of the three amalgamated jails on
:04:21. > :04:26.the Isle of Wight. The government says it is half as expensive to
:04:26. > :04:30.keep prisoners in new prisons compared to older ones. I want to
:04:30. > :04:35.be able to say to the court that whenever they want to send someone
:04:35. > :04:41.to prison there is a place for that person. I do not want to shrink the
:04:42. > :04:48.size of our prisons but it clearly has to become cheaper. The closures
:04:48. > :04:53.are possible because pressure has eased slightly on Britain's prisons.
:04:53. > :04:59.In 2007, a report predicted the prison population could rise if up
:04:59. > :05:07.to 100,000 by next year. In fact, it is currently 84,000. Be two new
:05:07. > :05:16.prisons opened last year. 2,600 places will go soon as all the
:05:16. > :05:22.prisons close, to be replaced by 3260 places in new buildings.
:05:22. > :05:29.Labour is concerned. There is a real risk taking away 3,000 places
:05:29. > :05:38.within the next three months. There are no plans for others to come in
:05:38. > :05:42.on stream. It has happened suddenly. Shrewsbury Prison is closing, and
:05:42. > :05:46.staff got the news this morning that their jobs are going. Up to
:05:46. > :05:49.half the food the world produces is never eaten and gets thrown away,
:05:49. > :05:52.that's according to a new report. The Institution of Mechanical
:05:52. > :05:55.Engineers says the waste is caused by poor storage, strict sell-by
:05:55. > :05:57.dates, and consumer fussiness. It also says sales promotions such as
:05:57. > :06:00."buy-one-get-one-free" mean consumers buy too much food. It
:06:00. > :06:10.costs the average UK household almost �500 a year. Jeremy Cooke
:06:10. > :06:12.
:06:12. > :06:16.reports. Working flat out to meet a Global
:06:17. > :06:22.Challenge, farmers across the world have been told to produce more food
:06:22. > :06:28.to meet the demands of a soaring population. But too much of it end
:06:28. > :06:35.up here, and today's report says up to half of world food production,
:06:35. > :06:43.to be in terms of it is being thrown away. -- two billion tonnes.
:06:43. > :06:47.There are claims that in the UK supermarket deals and their
:06:47. > :06:52.rejection of not perfect produce is partly to blame. The report says
:06:52. > :06:56.all of us need to think about food waste. In the developed economies
:06:56. > :07:01.like the UK we need to change customer behaviour and stop
:07:01. > :07:08.demanding perfect products. In the developing world it is about
:07:08. > :07:13.improving infrastructure. Across Europe and America, it is
:07:13. > :07:20.estimated half of food is thrown away after we buy it. The numbers
:07:20. > :07:24.are staggering, they say it is unsustainable. All morning there
:07:24. > :07:32.has been intense activity, dozens of these refuse trucks coming and
:07:32. > :07:40.going. This plant processors 25 tons of food waste every day. It is
:07:40. > :07:44.a similar picture in similar sites across the country. As well as this,
:07:44. > :07:48.today's report claims many vegetable crops in the UK are
:07:48. > :07:54.simply not harvested because they fail to reach strict visual
:07:54. > :07:58.standards. In less developed countries, pour
:07:58. > :08:05.half a sting, poor transport and lack of good storage means a huge
:08:05. > :08:11.loss of food. In some countries, 80% of rice production is lost.
:08:11. > :08:17.is tragic, so many people going hungry. We have the solutions, we
:08:17. > :08:22.just need to tackle the problems. Strict sell-by dates don't really
:08:22. > :08:32.help but this charity maybe the way Ford, delivering almost out-of-date
:08:32. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:38.food to those who badly need it. More than 100 wildfires are still
:08:38. > :08:42.raging across south eastern Australia, amid warnings that
:08:42. > :08:46.temperatures are set to soar again. At least 15 bush fires in New South
:08:46. > :08:48.Wales are still out of control. Some of the fires are so intense
:08:49. > :08:51.that flames can be seen from space. Phil Mercer reports.
:08:51. > :08:57.In the most appalling conditions, emergency crews are racing to
:08:57. > :09:04.contain bush fires ahead of more very hot weather. These outbreaks
:09:04. > :09:14.in southern New South Wales are an unpredictable enemy, acting on the
:09:14. > :09:16.
:09:16. > :09:20.whim of the winds. Another colder date is helping the
:09:20. > :09:23.fire-fighting efforts. It is run with military precision and relies
:09:23. > :09:31.on the courage of thousands of volunteers. Their support is
:09:31. > :09:37.critical. The bush fires in the south east have been burning for a
:09:37. > :09:41.week. Further north, parts of Queensland have not been spared. A
:09:41. > :09:47.blaze on Bribie Island has been brought under control but it has
:09:47. > :09:51.taken a monumental effort for fire fighters to gain the upper hand.
:09:51. > :09:57.Near by, the City of Brisbane sits under a smoky haze as Australia
:09:57. > :10:00.wonders what will happen next. The heatwave which brought punishing
:10:00. > :10:05.conditions to the south-eastern states earlier this week is
:10:05. > :10:11.forecast to return within the next 24 hours. We are looking at
:10:11. > :10:17.temperatures across most of New South Wales into the low forties
:10:17. > :10:22.and extending into the high forties on Saturday. For some residents,
:10:22. > :10:28.the potential dangers are too much. They have decided to abandon their
:10:28. > :10:33.homes just in case. We have packed up all the things we can get in the
:10:33. > :10:38.car and we're ready to go. Australia can expect above average
:10:38. > :10:42.temperatures for the rest of the summer. Compounding the fire danger
:10:42. > :10:49.created by a lack of rain across central and southern regions since
:10:49. > :10:52.the middle of last year. For a Millions of pensioners, whose
:10:52. > :10:55.income is linked to the RPI measure of inflation, will be relieved
:10:55. > :10:58.after officials decided not to change the way it is measured. The
:10:58. > :11:01.Office of National Statistics took many by surprise when they
:11:01. > :11:04.announced they wouldn't be bringing it in line with the slower rising
:11:04. > :11:10.consumer prices index. Our chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym
:11:10. > :11:14.reports. How we measure the cost of living,
:11:14. > :11:20.the annual inflation rate, is crucial for calculations across the
:11:20. > :11:26.economy. One key indicator is the retail prices index which goes all
:11:26. > :11:30.the way back to the late 1940s, the view is that today it will keep on
:11:30. > :11:37.going after a review on how it is calculated. Inflation measured by
:11:37. > :11:43.RPI has been higher than the other main bench marks, CPI. There have
:11:43. > :11:49.been calls for reforms which would mean lower RPI. Over 20 years from
:11:49. > :11:54.1990, RPI inflation averaged 3.3% the year whereas on the CPI index
:11:54. > :12:00.it measured lower. No change means good news for pensioners whose
:12:01. > :12:04.annual income is are linked to RPI. I certainly think if the decision
:12:04. > :12:09.had gone the other way, pensioners would have been extremely upset
:12:09. > :12:13.because of the impact on their pensions. Good news for pensioners
:12:13. > :12:19.that their retirement income has will still continue to go up at the
:12:19. > :12:24.higher rate. It is not good for rail travellers who could have seen
:12:24. > :12:32.there were increases under a new measure, the same for students with
:12:32. > :12:37.loans. Their repayments are dictated by RPI. In the City of
:12:37. > :12:42.London, they are perplexed about this process. The Office for
:12:42. > :12:51.National Statistics has recognised that the weight RPI it is
:12:51. > :12:58.calculated is not up to international standards. And it
:12:58. > :13:06.seems odd they have stuck with the statistics, which is considered not
:13:06. > :13:09.to be fit for purpose. But they are balancing pragmatically the
:13:09. > :13:12.considerations of index-linked bond holders and pensioners. It is not
:13:12. > :13:16.the most accurate measure of inflation but we are sticking with
:13:16. > :13:20.it to avoid disruption for those whose income has depend on it. The
:13:20. > :13:23.Bank of England has kept interest rates unchanged at 0.5%. The rate
:13:23. > :13:26.has remained the same since March 2009. The Bank also decided not to
:13:26. > :13:31.extend its quantitative easing stimulus programme which has, so
:13:31. > :13:35.far, injected �375 billion into the economy.
:13:35. > :13:38.Five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student
:13:38. > :13:41.in Delhi have appeared in court again today. Legal officials say
:13:41. > :13:47.the case will be transferred to a special fast-track court where it
:13:47. > :13:50.will be heard in private. The Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy
:13:50. > :13:52.Haywood has been accused of failing to "get to the truth" over the
:13:53. > :13:56.Plebgate controversy. Members of a parliamentary select committee
:13:56. > :13:58.repeatedly challenged Sir Jeremy over why he didn't carry our a more
:13:58. > :14:04.thorough investigation into the incident, which led to the
:14:04. > :14:08.resignation of the Chief Whip, Andrew Mitchell, in September. Our
:14:08. > :14:14.political correspondent Norman Smith is in Westminster. He's come
:14:14. > :14:19.under fire this morning. What did he have to say about it?
:14:19. > :14:24.He rejected all the criticism of his inquiry but his evidence will
:14:24. > :14:29.only fuel the view amongst Tory MPs that Andrew Mitchell may have lost
:14:29. > :14:33.his job unnecessarily and Downing Street did not do enough to stand
:14:33. > :14:38.by him. It transpired Sir Jeremy Haywood had seen the critical CCTV
:14:38. > :14:44.footage challenging the police view of events then did nothing about it.
:14:44. > :14:48.He did not demand to see the police log, he did not interview the
:14:48. > :14:52.offices at the gate, he did not refer it up the chain of command.
:14:53. > :14:57.The committee chairman said to him, you did not get to the truth. Sir
:14:57. > :15:02.Jeremy Haywood said it would have been inappropriate to interview the
:15:02. > :15:06.officers and stressed Andrew Mitchell had resigned. My sense is
:15:06. > :15:10.many Tory MPs will think that if Sir Jeremy Haywood had carried out
:15:10. > :15:14.for a more thorough inquiry, then Downing Street would have been in a
:15:14. > :15:23.better position to resist the media storm and Andrew Mitchell might
:15:23. > :15:27.still have a job. The great food waste, 50% produced
:15:27. > :15:33.in the world is thrown away, a report says at least 1 billion
:15:33. > :15:43.tonnes goes to waste every year. Warnings to companies who sell
:15:43. > :15:45.
:15:45. > :15:50.double glazing and solar panels not The Chelsea have their work cut out
:15:50. > :16:00.after their defeat at Swansea. If and school children in East
:16:00. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:07.London get a taste of Inter Tesco has announced figures shows
:16:07. > :16:13.the firms strongest growth rate for three years. Sales in the Christmas
:16:13. > :16:16.period up 1.8% this time last year. Sales fell, prompting the issue of
:16:16. > :16:21.a profit warning for the first time in 20 years. Marks & Spencer
:16:21. > :16:24.reported a drop in sales after releasing Christmas figures. Our
:16:24. > :16:28.Business Correspondent is here. Marks & Spencer first,
:16:28. > :16:32.disappointing news for them? It is fair to say that Marks & Spencer
:16:32. > :16:39.was one of the big losers this Christmas. In the three months
:16:39. > :16:44.figures up to the end of December, the UK sales were down 1.8%. Food
:16:44. > :16:48.held up well. It is what happened in non-food that proved
:16:48. > :16:53.disappointing. That is women's wear and merchandise down by nearly 4%.
:16:53. > :16:57.There is the figure. That is worse than expected. On top of that, the
:16:57. > :17:01.figures were rushed out 12 hours earlier than expected. A very
:17:02. > :17:06.unusual move that all adds to the pressure on the boss, Marc Bolland,
:17:06. > :17:12.who has yet to deliver on turning around the ailing women's fashion.
:17:12. > :17:15.It has been struggling, but retailing is not just about sales
:17:15. > :17:21.but profits. So Marks & Spencer pointed out that the profit margins
:17:21. > :17:27.had improved. They had not been doing so much promotional activity,
:17:27. > :17:33.but the City gave its verdict and the shares were down nearly 5%.
:17:33. > :17:37.Tesco, the share prices up? Yes, it had its strongest sales growth for
:17:37. > :17:42.three years. The Christmas figures there are up 1.8%.
:17:42. > :17:48.As you pointed out this time last year, it had issued a rare profits
:17:48. > :17:52.warning after a really dire Christmas. Tesco had lost its way.
:17:52. > :17:56.It is investing in stores, there is a turn around plan. So evidence
:17:56. > :18:00.there of a recovery. Emma, thank you very much.
:18:00. > :18:05.An independent review of academy schools in England said it heard
:18:05. > :18:10.examples of some trying to improve results by restricting admissions
:18:10. > :18:16.to privileged pupils, rather than than by improving teaching, but the
:18:16. > :18:22.report by the Academies Commission said that the most successful had
:18:22. > :18:25.raised standards in poorer areas. Academies were introduced by Labour
:18:26. > :18:30.in 2002, amid political fanfare. The numbers have gone from hundreds
:18:30. > :18:35.to thousands under the coalition. More than half of secondary schools
:18:35. > :18:39.in England now have academy status. They operate outside of coupbl
:18:39. > :18:43.control with extra powers over the curriculum and day-to-day
:18:43. > :18:46.management. The Government says that will lead to higher standards.
:18:46. > :18:51.The report concludes that some academies have been stunning
:18:51. > :18:56.successes but there have been failures it highlights that the
:18:56. > :19:01.complaints from parents that some are not practising fair admission,
:19:01. > :19:05.squeezing out disadvantaged pupils to boost ruls. Campaigners against
:19:06. > :19:10.the academies fear that the problem is getting worse.
:19:10. > :19:14.Covert selection has been going on. There is no doubt. Covert selection
:19:14. > :19:18.has been going on in other schools it is a problem in the system. It
:19:18. > :19:23.needs serious attention. I think that it will get worse the more
:19:23. > :19:27.academies that we have. The Academies Commission sees the
:19:27. > :19:30.risks ahead but says that they can be reduced with safeguards.
:19:30. > :19:33.Recommending more training for academy governors, more co-
:19:33. > :19:39.operation between the higher achieving academies and other local
:19:39. > :19:44.schools and a stronger right of appeal if children refused places.
:19:44. > :19:48.Staff here at this London academy argue improvements have come
:19:48. > :19:53.through better teaching. We don't cherry pick or select. Our
:19:53. > :19:57.aim is to serve the local population nearest to the school.
:19:57. > :20:01.To ensure that those children have the best teaching possible.
:20:01. > :20:05.Government ministers insist that academies are bound by tough rules
:20:05. > :20:09.on fair admissions. Those that underperform will be dealt with,
:20:09. > :20:14.but as this new style of school spreads to yet more neighbourhoods,
:20:14. > :20:17.the focus on its performance will increase.
:20:17. > :20:23.In France, the bodies of three women have been found in central
:20:23. > :20:28.Paris in what the police believe to be an execution-style killing. The
:20:28. > :20:31.victims are thought to have been shot at point-blank range in the
:20:31. > :20:38.Information Centre of Kurdistan. Three shell casings were found near
:20:38. > :20:44.to the bodies. The police found the bodies at
:20:44. > :20:48.2.00am beside shell casings in a locked room of the curbish
:20:48. > :20:55.Institute. They were shot in the head. There is a sizeable Kurdish
:20:55. > :20:58.community in France. These women were European activists in the PKK.
:20:58. > :21:01.One of them, Sakine Cansiz, a founding member of the group, one
:21:02. > :21:06.of the first women in the leadership.
:21:06. > :21:11.TRANSLATION: She was an historic figure, she was tortured under the
:21:11. > :21:14.military dictation in the 1980s. She was recognised as a political
:21:14. > :21:18.refugee in France. The timing of the deaths fuels
:21:18. > :21:23.suspicion. In the past week, the Turkish government confirmed it
:21:23. > :21:29.held talks with the imprisoned leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan,
:21:29. > :21:34.to end a bitter insurgency at that began in 1984. The Turkish
:21:34. > :21:38.intelligence service, said that the PKK would lay down arms in March in
:21:38. > :21:42.return for the release of prisoners and improved human rights. Renewed
:21:43. > :21:47.fighting in the south-east of the country has overshadowed the talks
:21:47. > :21:50.and there are elements in Turkey opposed to future agreement.
:21:51. > :21:55.Outside of the institute today, they were pointing the finger at
:21:55. > :22:00.nationalists in Turkey. A ruling party there is pointing the figure
:22:00. > :22:04.at internal feuds within the PKK. For the Paris authorities, the
:22:04. > :22:10.investigation is focused on the politics. The Anti-Terrorist Branch
:22:10. > :22:15.is leading the investigation. 50 companies that sell double
:22:15. > :22:19.glazing insulation and solar panels are warned about using bad sales
:22:19. > :22:23.practises. The Office of Fair Trading says it is worried about
:22:23. > :22:27.people being put under pressure by sales teams to buy products, as
:22:27. > :22:31.well as being given misleading information. This is happening at
:22:31. > :22:36.time when people are under huge pressure to save energy? Yes,
:22:36. > :22:39.heating bills have doubled in the recent years. So people are sitting
:22:39. > :22:44.ducks. They are desperate to reduce the bills. They are vulnerable to
:22:44. > :22:48.people who want to resort to these bad selling tactics. What the
:22:48. > :22:57.Office of Fair Trading is concerned about is door stel selling. Many
:22:57. > :23:01.things are -- is doorstep selling. People are put under pressure in
:23:01. > :23:06.the homes, UUP to three hours, to get them to sign on the dotted line.
:23:06. > :23:10.They are not told that they can cancel in seven days. Sometimes
:23:10. > :23:16.they think that they are just signing a quote but signing a
:23:16. > :23:21.contract. So people are misled. The sector of energy is worth about �17
:23:21. > :23:26.billion in sales. There a big losses. A solar panel installation
:23:26. > :23:33.costs up to �7,000. If you get the wrong one, you could lose out.
:23:33. > :23:37.Now, 150 years ago London's first underground railway line eped up to
:23:37. > :23:41.the pub. The Metropolitan Line had seven stations between Paddington
:23:41. > :23:46.and Farringdon street. The carriages lit by gas lamps and
:23:46. > :23:52.pulled by a steam engine. Last night, the locomotives were back on
:23:52. > :23:57.track. Celebrating the oldest and biggest underground network.
:23:57. > :24:03.Well, Farringdon station is where the first underground train stopped.
:24:03. > :24:07.It had seven stations back then. Today's Tube carries 1.2 billion
:24:07. > :24:12.people. The benefits are spread way beyond London it employs thousands
:24:12. > :24:20.of people across Britain. Last night something special happened to
:24:20. > :24:25.celebrate the Tube's birthday. There is no mistaking that sound...
:24:25. > :24:30.Last night, a piece of history crept beneath London while the city
:24:30. > :24:34.slept. A Victorian steam train, recreating the first underground
:24:34. > :24:37.journey 150 years ago. This is what it must have been like for the
:24:38. > :24:44.first Victorian passengers, who were impressed by how quiet and
:24:44. > :24:48.clean it was. Sam Mullens, you are an historian it was a hit? Yes,
:24:48. > :24:53.40,000 people turned up on the first day. Huge invasion was
:24:53. > :24:58.putting it below the ground. People were concerned at the time that the
:24:58. > :25:04.road would collapse in, that gases would choke them.
:25:04. > :25:08.But it was a success from day one. Today's Tube carries 4 million
:25:08. > :25:12.people every weekday. That is more than the rest of Britain's trains
:25:12. > :25:19.put together. Her Majesty inspected the controls
:25:19. > :25:23.of one of the line's 34 silver trains... 150 years and so many
:25:23. > :25:28.stories. From the triumph of sheltering thousands in the Blitz
:25:28. > :25:32.to the tragedies of the King's Cross fire and the July 7th
:25:32. > :25:37.terrorist attacks. Today's Tube is in need of constant repair, but
:25:37. > :25:41.there is huge investment too. Crossrail is Europe's biggest
:25:41. > :25:46.building project. It will transform parts of the network.
:25:46. > :25:50.In about three years' time this will be the new �1 billion
:25:50. > :25:55.Tottenham Court Road station. Now the escalator are going up and down
:25:55. > :25:58.that slope. About00,000 people a day are expected to come in through
:25:58. > :26:03.there. It is not just about transforming
:26:03. > :26:07.London. The whole country feels the benefit -- 200,000 people.
:26:07. > :26:11.This is not just about creating jobs in London, although that is a
:26:11. > :26:17.part of it, but it is about creating the jobs in Scotland where
:26:17. > :26:21.we make the uniforms. Signalling in Chippenham. Trains manufactured in
:26:21. > :26:26.Derby. The locomotive will recreate part
:26:26. > :26:30.of the first journey this weekend. These tunnels may never echo to the
:26:30. > :26:33.sounds of steam again. Now a few lucky people will get to
:26:33. > :26:38.ride the steam train one more time this weekend. They had to enter a
:26:38. > :26:41.ballot for the tickets. Needless to say, Sophie, all of the tickets are
:26:41. > :26:46.now gone. Thank you very much.
:26:46. > :26:50.In northern Canada, about a dozen killer Wales are trapped under a
:26:50. > :26:55.stretch of sea ice in Hudson Bay. They are using a gap in the ice to
:26:55. > :27:00.get air but experts say that they are in danger of finding air. The
:27:00. > :27:03.local Mayor has called for the government to send an ice leaker to
:27:03. > :27:06.create an escape route for the whales.
:27:06. > :27:10.Now the weather here with Darren Now the weather here with Darren
:27:10. > :27:16.Bett. A colder feel to the weather today.
:27:16. > :27:20.It is cold where the fog is slow to clear. We wills have a good deal of
:27:20. > :27:26.cloud around as well. Cloud is bringing wet weather in the north-
:27:26. > :27:29.east of the UK. A cloud bringing rain into the Northern Ireland and
:27:29. > :27:35.the West Country. There may be a little sunshine if you are lucky
:27:35. > :27:39.but the fog in parts of Midlands and East Anglia could linger. As we
:27:39. > :27:43.head into the evening there is more fog forming. Mainly in Northern
:27:43. > :27:47.Ireland as the rain clears, that petering out in Wales and central
:27:47. > :27:51.and southern England. East Anglia, north into eastern Scotland, more
:27:51. > :27:55.damp weather, so the foggy conditions between. A little misty
:27:55. > :28:01.in the morning. Over south-west England it should be drier in the
:28:01. > :28:07.morning. Patchy fog for the south- east, but more for the Midlands to
:28:07. > :28:12.the north-west, some cloud, not so much for the north. Northern
:28:12. > :28:17.Ireland could abfoggy start in the east. The fog lifting to low cloud
:28:17. > :28:21.in the west. The fog in the east coast of Scotland. So a cold start.
:28:22. > :28:27.The frost not as extensive because of the cloud but a dull start in
:28:27. > :28:31.many places. The fog will lift, but for eastern parts of England
:28:31. > :28:36.Scotland, staying cold all day. In the west a little bit of sunshine,
:28:36. > :28:41.especially Wales and the south-west of England where we have the
:28:41. > :28:45.highest temperatures, but a cold four or five Celsius in the east.
:28:45. > :28:50.Getting colder this weekend. The temperatures dropping and cold for
:28:50. > :28:54.snow in places. The really colder is in the near Continent. The
:28:54. > :28:58.frosty air pushing its way into the UK on the easterly breeze this
:28:58. > :29:03.weekend. Adding to that on Saturday, an Atlantic low coming in. That
:29:03. > :29:08.will bring rain where it meets the cold air coming from the east. Then
:29:08. > :29:12.the rain turning to snow. Especially in Wales, over the hills,
:29:12. > :29:17.into the Midlands, the Cotswolds and the Chilterns. There could be
:29:17. > :29:22.snow at lower levels. In the north, the easterly breeze turning the
:29:22. > :29:25.showers here wintry. The wetter weather in the south clearing by
:29:25. > :29:31.Sunday morning, leaving icy conditions over many parts of the
:29:31. > :29:36.UK. It is the east of England that sees the sleet and the snow showers.
:29:36. > :29:39.In the north-west a mixture of rain, sleet and snow by the end of the
:29:39. > :29:43.sleet and snow by the end of the day.
:29:43. > :29:48.Now a reminder of the top story: A new report claims that up to 50% of