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Changes to pensions. Plans for a new flat rate to try to simplify | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
the system. Ministers say women and the low-paid will benefit. Critics | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
argue people will work for longer and pay more. The murder of five- | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
year-old April Jones. A man appears in court and pleads not guilty to | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
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abducting and killing her. He says he probably was responsible for her | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
death. Snow causes disruption across North East England, | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
Yorkshire and Humber and the East Midlands. A British plane sets off | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
for the West African state of Mali but the Prime Minister insists | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
there will be no British army boots on the ground. And it is a date for | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
Kate. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby is due in July. | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
Later on BBC London: A school in South London is left shocked after | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
an eight-year-old pupil is shot dead in Jamaica. And three years | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
after six people died in a tower block fire in Camberwell, the | :00:58. | :01:08. | |
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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. Plans to change | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
the pension system will be announced this afternoon. Ministers | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
want to introduce a flat-rate state pension, set at �144 a week, which | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
will replace the basic pension of �107 - and the various means-tested | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
add-ons. The Government says three quarters of a million women will be | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
better off but six million people will need to pay more national | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
insurance to pay for it. With the details, here's our chief economics | :01:41. | :01:50. | |
correspondent. For Today's workers, the future generations of | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
pensioners, these reforms are designed to simplify and often | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
baffling state pension system. The aim is to let people know precisely | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
what they can expect. Ministers out meeting supermarket workers this | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
morning argue that people will find it easier to plan for retirement if | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
there is a guarantee of a decent state pension. The idea is for | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
people at work today, they know that they will get an amount from | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
the Government which will be a basic amount to live on. Where they | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
have a workplace pension, they can save with confidence. Right now, | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
the basic state pension is around �107 a week for a single person. On | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
top of that, many workers qualify for a second state pension. The | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
less well-off can apply for the means-tested pension credit. That | :02:42. | :02:48. | |
ensures a minimum pension income of �143 a week. The gunman was to | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
bring in an automatic minimum of �144 in today's money from 2017 | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
with few p -- fewer people means tested. The self-employed will get | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
a higher pension as well women who have spent time out of the | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
workplace. Millions of people in work will be affected by the | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
changes will stop the Government does not want any additional public | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
spending. Some will be better off in a retirement but others will not | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
be so happy with the outcome. are a group of people, part way | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
through their Korea, earning above average earnings, he would have | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
expected to go on and build up the state pension bigger than �144 a | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
week. They will not get that. Millions of public sector workers | :03:38. | :03:43. | |
and those in final salary schemes will have to pay higher national | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
insurance contributions. Existing pensioners and those who retire | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
before the spring of 2017 will not be included in the changes. Some | :03:52. | :03:58. | |
like Barry are not happy. If we are introducing a new pension, everyone | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
should start and a level playing field. We should all start on the | :04:01. | :04:10. | |
minimum pension figure. We should all be on the same level. Labour | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
says the Government has delayed introducing the plans by a year and | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
has called for a detailed breakdown of the winners and losers. How | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
significant will these pension changes be? These are really big | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
changes to the pensions landscape. A very complex system. Most people | :04:30. | :04:37. | |
in work to not understand what they will be entitled to. The idea is | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
that if you work long enough, you will basically be guaranteed a | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
simple state pension and you will not have other things to worry | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
about. It will mean an end to means testing for many pensioners, | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
filling in complicated forms. Many do not get what they are entitled | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
to. You mention the winners and losers. 6 million people need to | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
pay extra national insurance. Will that be a difficult issue? Unions | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
representing public sector workers have already started complaining | :05:07. | :05:13. | |
about that. 6 million people are in secure schemes, known as final- | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
salary, and they get an incentive. Higher national insurance for | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
employers and employees. They paid 1.4% more. They will get a better | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
state pension at the end of it. When it is introduced, they will | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
probably fill a bit of pain in terms of higher contributions. | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
you want more information, or to find out how the changes will | :05:36. | :05:46. | |
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Police in Jamaica, investigating the murder of an eight-year-old | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
girl from South London, have arrested eight people. Imani Green | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
was shot inside her cousin's shop in the town of Duncans on Friday. | :05:56. | :06:04. | |
Detectives believe it may be linked to another shooting a few weeks ago. | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
A man has appeared in court, to plead not guilty to the abduction | :06:07. | :06:15. | |
and murder of five-year-old April Jones. April went missing near her | :06:15. | :06:25. | |
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home in Powys last year. Her body has still not been found. Courtroom | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
at number one was packed for the 57 minutes during which Mark Bridger | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
appeared. He steered, wearing a dark jumper and trousers. He looked | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
straight ahead of him to the judge as he was asked to confirm his name | :06:40. | :06:46. | |
and answered the charges against him. Some 10 metres away where sat | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
Coral and Paul Jones, the parents of April appearing together in | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
public for the first time since she disappeared. A prison van reverses | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
carefully to bring Mark Bridger to court. The 47-year-old flanked by | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
two officers. Once inside, he looked straight ahead at all times | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
and spoke in a clear voice to confirm his name. Asked how he | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
pleaded to the charges of child abduction, murder and perverting | :07:13. | :07:20. | |
the course of justice, he answered not guilty three times. The parents | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
of A pool watched and sat silently. Both wore pink, the colour now | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
synonymous with the search for their missing daughter. His lawyer | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
revealed his Clyde will, during his trial, say that he was probably | :07:34. | :07:40. | |
responsible for the death of the five-year-old. April Jones | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
disappeared on 1st October last year. She had been playing with | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
friends near her home. News of the missing five-year-old spread | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
quickly. Within hours, hundreds of volunteers joined the search, | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
scouring the countryside around Machynlleth. That search has become | :07:59. | :08:05. | |
one of the biggest in UK police history. 16 teams still header had | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
each day. The operation is expected to cost over �2 million. Ahead of | :08:10. | :08:16. | |
today's hearing, this new picture of a Paul Jones, playing with the | :08:16. | :08:22. | |
bike she was using on the day she went missing. -- April Jones. After | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
the hearing, the parents left without comment. They know they | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
will now have to prepare for a murder trial in this court. We're | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
just waiting for the prison van carrying a Mark Bridger to leave | :08:34. | :08:44. | |
Mold Crown Court. He will return to stand trial here for murder. Heavy | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
snow has been falling in some areas of the UK with up to four inches | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
expected in some parts of England during the day. The Met Office has | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
issued an amber warning for north- east England, Yorkshire and the | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
East of England. It has set eyes will become a problem in many parts | :09:03. | :09:09. | |
of Wales. Many motorists were failing to take enough care in | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
difficult conditions. Let's hear from Danny Savage in North | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
Yorkshire. As you can see, there is a good covering of snow here. It | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
fell for a couple of hours during the morning. It has stopped and the | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
sunshine is out. You are not be surprised to hear that when it was | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
snowing it caused the usual problems. It has been talked about | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
for days. This morning, the snow arrived. The first heavy falls were | :09:40. | :09:47. | |
over the hills of the North. Traffic was soon down to one lane | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
on the A66. Critters were at clearing what they could on the | :09:52. | :09:57. | |
ribbon of road running across the bleak moors. Up on the border | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
between Cumbria and County Durham, the main job is to keep this busy | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
road open, linking east and west. There has not been a huge amount of | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
snow yet but it has been causing problems. Police were quickly on | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
the scene of this accident, where one vehicle appeared to have spun | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
out of control. There has not been widespread disruption yet but | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
motoring organisations are stressing that drivers should be | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
extra careful in these conditions. It only takes a small amount to | :10:28. | :10:35. | |
cause a problem. It may be the ice underneath which is causing the | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
problem - worse than a good depth of snow. Heavy snow has fallen | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
elsewhere. This was the scene in Leicestershire, with people trying | :10:43. | :10:49. | |
to carry on as normal. In Cambridge, getting around on foot and bicycle | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
suddenly became more problematic. As ever, some took advantage of the | :10:54. | :11:01. | |
winter conditions. Sledges were out in County Durham. There is more | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
snow forecast today. Whilst it may look pretty, the messages to be | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
careful if you want to avoid the attention of the emergency services. | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
A couple of places we did not get to in that report, there were bad | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
traffic conditions in Aberdeen this morning caused by icy weather. In | :11:20. | :11:25. | |
the last hour, there have been reports of snow falling in Central | :11:25. | :11:30. | |
London. The emphasis of the problem goes east into North Yorkshire this | :11:30. | :11:35. | |
afternoon. A fall weather forecast at the end of the bulletin with the | :11:35. | :11:43. | |
very latest. Snow is still falling in Leicestershire. Is it likely to | :11:43. | :11:50. | |
get better or worse? I am afraid it is set to get worse. We have | :11:50. | :11:55. | |
already had about an inch of snow, which is still falling. That will | :11:55. | :12:01. | |
continue this afternoon and into this evening. You can see how much | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
snow we have had. Chatting to businesses, all mines are focusing | :12:06. | :12:12. | |
on the evening commute home. Conditions will get worse. People | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
need to figure out when the best time is to go home. The rush-hour | :12:17. | :12:21. | |
will be difficult and hazardous because of the conditions. Some | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
people have told me they have decided the journeys they are | :12:25. | :12:32. | |
planning to take, they have decided they will not be making them at all. | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
There will be a full weather forecast at the end of the | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
programme. French air strikes have been continuing in Mali. Britain | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
has said it will offer support to the French mission. David Cameron | :12:44. | :12:50. | |
has said there will be no Army boots on the ground. The first RAF | :12:50. | :12:57. | |
plane has taken off for Mali. Our diplomatic correspondent reports. | :12:57. | :13:03. | |
Last night, in France, this was an RAF plane being loaded with French | :13:03. | :13:11. | |
military equipment for their offensive in Mali. The C-17 has | :13:11. | :13:17. | |
unique capability in terms of load and left. It says a lot about our | :13:17. | :13:25. | |
strategic abilities. We can move large loads very quickly to decide | :13:25. | :13:29. | |
locations. Of the two plains, one broke down and another is being | :13:29. | :13:38. | |
made ready. They do not want direct involvement in fighting on the | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
ground. France is a strong ally and friend but what is being done in | :13:42. | :13:48. | |
Mali is in our interests. There is a very dangerous Islamist regime | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
ING control in the Noss of the country. It was threatening the | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
south of the country and we should support the action. We were first | :13:58. | :14:06. | |
out of the blocks in helping them. Why is France fighting in Mali? The | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
governor of this former West colony appealed for help against rebels | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
trying to seize control of the country. The rebels include Al- | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
Qaeda elements. They are heavily armed and some are fighting for an | :14:17. | :14:23. | |
Islamic state. Militants are swearing revenge on France. Mali is | :14:23. | :14:30. | |
desperately poor. Parts are mineral rich. The imposition of Sharia law | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
means a ban on music, tobacco and make-up. The French Cabinet is | :14:35. | :14:40. | |
entirely focused on the crisis in Mali. The minister says military | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
intervention has started well but his warning the job is not yet done. | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
TRANSLATION: there is a difficult situation in the West where we have | :14:49. | :14:57. | |
come across armed militants. The Mali Army was effective in the East | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
on Friday. The Army is under intense rebel pressure. If the | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
rebels were to win, Al-Qaeda and Islamic extremists would be in a | :15:06. | :15:16. | |
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much stronger position to launch Mark Doyle is with us now. What has | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
been the impact of the French airstrikes on the rebel areas so | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
far? Well, the impact of the airstrikes has been just that, | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
really. They can attack from the air, they can attack buildings but | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
they don't have the boots on the ground. So for example in the town | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
of Gao, we were speaking to eyewitnesses there, that is about | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
1,000 north-east of where I am speaking to you from, deep in the | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
desert, there were attacks on Sunday and Islamists there were no | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
longer so after the attacks. That is the pattern, but without the | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
boots on the ground it is impossible to hold any of the | :15:57. | :16:03. | |
places that they are attacking. The French are waiting for West African | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
forces to support them in the operation. | :16:06. | :16:12. | |
Thank you. Our top story: Plans to overhall | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
the pension system with a single flat-rate from 2017 will be | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
announced this afternoon. Coming up: It is a good night at the | :16:22. | :16:29. | |
Golden Globes for British talent, Adele picks up the benefit song for | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
the Bond theme, Skyfall. Honestly, I have come for a night | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
out with my best friend, Ida. Thank you very much. | :16:38. | :16:45. | |
Later on BBC London: The trial begin noose the death of the former | :16:45. | :16:54. | |
EastEnders actress, Jemma McClusky. And Britain's tennis with Britain's | :16:54. | :17:00. | |
Laura Robson breaking into the top The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's | :17:00. | :17:05. | |
baby is due in July it was announced. A spokesperson said that | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
Kate's condition is continuing to improve since her hospital stay | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
last month. We are joined now from Buckingham | :17:12. | :17:17. | |
Palace. Peter, a short statement on the due date but do we know more? | :17:17. | :17:23. | |
In six months' time, if it goes according to plan, hopefully in | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
better weather. Someone will come from Buckingham Palace and attach a | :17:26. | :17:32. | |
notice to the railings to give details of the birth of the baby. | :17:32. | :17:37. | |
The baby will be either a prince or a princess. Kate, who has been | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
suffering from a severe form of morning sickness is said to be | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
improving. That was evidence on Friday when she attended the | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
private viewing of her first official portrait. The Duchess of | :17:49. | :17:56. | |
Cambridge is to resume public engagements in the near future. I - | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
- the announcement this morning made a reference to a baby, that | :18:01. | :18:04. | |
disappointed those who speck lated that royal twins were in the offing. | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
Thank you very much. David Cameron has given his | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
clearest indication yet that he wants a referendum on the UK's | :18:12. | :18:15. | |
relationship with the rest of the European Union. The Prime Minister | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
said a vote would take place once he had negotiated changes with the | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
EU. David Cameron warned that a simple in or out referendum now | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
would be a false choice. Let's talk to our Political Correspondent | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
Norman Smith who joins us from Westminster. Norman, David Cameron | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
makes the speech about Europe later this month. What do you think that | :18:35. | :18:41. | |
his message is likely to be? Well, the message today, seemed to be not | :18:41. | :18:46. | |
to panic. Or to quote David Cameron more accurately from his early | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
morning interviews, that there is in reason to be scared, to be | :18:50. | :18:54. | |
frightened about the idea of having a referendum on the EU as Europe is | :18:54. | :18:59. | |
changing. He said he was optimistic and confident he could renegotiate | :18:59. | :19:05. | |
a better deal for the European Union, but it is difficult, for him | :19:05. | :19:12. | |
to continue the Dad's Army analogy, as many are saying back to him, who | :19:12. | :19:17. | |
do you think you are kidding? Many fear he is leading Britain to the | :19:17. | :19:21. | |
exit door, which is why the Prime Minister began a series of | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
telephone calls to EU leaders to allay their concerns, but we simply | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
do not know what will happen.if the British people vote "no". We don't | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
know, other EU leaders don't know, maybe even David Cameron does not | :19:35. | :19:40. | |
know. Thank you. | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
Eight crew members have been rescued from a tug boat off the | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
defendantion coast after it was holed by the ship it was towings. | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
The Christos 22 contains about 200 tonnes of diesel. It was damaged | :19:54. | :20:04. | |
off Torbay. Let's join JonKay. Things are changing fast here. That | :20:04. | :20:10. | |
is the tug you were talking about, the men were rescued from there. It | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
contains 200 tonnes of diesel. That has been stabilised now. That is | :20:13. | :20:17. | |
safe, but have a look at this live camera. That is the vessel there | :20:17. | :20:22. | |
that the tug was towing it is sinking fast. By the end of the | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
afternoon that will be on the seabed, but it does not have fuel | :20:26. | :20:33. | |
on board. It is empty, it is not an environmental risk but a reminder | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
of how complex the operation has been and there is still attention | :20:36. | :20:44. | |
on the tug itself. night. Just one mile off the south | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
defendantion coast, a tug boat was sinking with eight crew members on | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
board. Lifeboats, Naval ships and a | :20:50. | :20:55. | |
military high pressure were all sent to the rescue. With the crew | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
safely off, attention turned to the half a metre long hull in the -- | :20:59. | :21:05. | |
hole in the side of the vessel. It happened broadside, and it put | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
really a bad gash down the hull, low in the water. | :21:09. | :21:13. | |
The tug on the right, here, is now stable. It was pumped out for | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
several hours. The authorities had feared a major | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
pollution incident, if she had sunk with over 200 tonnes of diesel on | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
board, but it seems that the risk has passed. | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
Nearby, a more dramatic sight, this is the vessel that the tug had been | :21:32. | :21:38. | |
towing. She collided with it somehow. Slowly, sinking this lunch | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
time, now but because she is empty, the authorities say she is not a | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
danger. The hull was being taken off for | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
scrap, I assume. So there is no risk of pollution from that vessel. | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
That was much less of a concern if you like. | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
The water here is thought to be deep enough for the vessel to sink | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
to the seabed without affecting other ships. Meanwhile, the salvage | :22:03. | :22:09. | |
crews are still assessing the tug to work out how she can be repaired. | :22:09. | :22:15. | |
So, despite the dramatic pictures, the message is that there is relief | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
that this seems to be under control. Thank you. | :22:19. | :22:25. | |
Now, after the success of the Olympic Games makers at London 2012. | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
The organisers of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are launching an | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
appeal for volunteers. They are hoping to recruit 15,000 people in | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
what could be the biggest peacetime deployment for a common cause in | :22:37. | :22:43. | |
Scotland's history. Lorna Gordon joins us from Glasgow. | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
For the Commonwealth Games to be a success, lots of things have to | :22:46. | :22:52. | |
happen to a precise timetable. The venues, including the Sir Chris Hoy | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
velodrome here in the East End of Glasgow are well on track, well on | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
time. Today the formal application process opened for those interested | :23:00. | :23:08. | |
in becoming volunteers. The next name to call out... It is | :23:08. | :23:12. | |
not perhaps the usual Monday morning greeting, the commuters | :23:12. | :23:17. | |
heading to work through one of Glasgow's busy train stations a | :23:17. | :23:24. | |
friendly smile and worts of encouragement from Games volunteers. | :23:25. | :23:29. | |
Glasgow needs thousands of people like these to help out in the 2014 | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
Games. We have had lots of interest from | :23:33. | :23:35. | |
Scotland, also from England and Wales and Northern Ireland and | :23:35. | :23:40. | |
further afield, even places like India. We want people to have great | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
communication skills. It is all about friendly people and Glasgow | :23:43. | :23:49. | |
is such a friendly place. The games makers, the volunteers | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
were a huge success at the London Olympics. Helping spectators and | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
competitors like Anthony Joshua, who believes that they showed what | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
a difference the volunteers can make at sporting events. | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
They were interactive. They smiled, helped with everything, there was | :24:06. | :24:09. | |
support getting to the venue and back. | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
Did it make a difference? Yes. They were doing lots of work behind the | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
scenes. I'm sure they made a huge impact. | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
50,000 people have registered interests in volunteering at the | :24:23. | :24:26. | |
Commonwealth Games, but today the applications itself opened and | :24:26. | :24:33. | |
interest is likely to be high. I enjoy meeting people. I like to | :24:33. | :24:40. | |
keep the pride in Glasgow. A feel-good feeling in a city which | :24:40. | :24:43. | |
already has a reputation for being friendly. Hopefully a taste of what | :24:43. | :24:53. | |
is to come when the Games get under way in 2014. That is Collide, the | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
Commonwealth Games mascot for 2014. As to the applications? Well the | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
online process opened at 7.00am. Already more than 5,000 people have | :25:01. | :25:08. | |
applied. The golfer, Rory McIlroy is set to | :25:08. | :25:13. | |
become one of the highest paired sports stars in the world when he | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
is unveiled at Nike's new brand ambassador. The deal is reported to | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
be worth about �77 million. Andy Swiss has more on this. | :25:23. | :25:28. | |
At just 23, he is the man who has it all. Rory McIlroy, bags of | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
talent, thousands of fans and now millions and millions of pounds. | :25:33. | :25:39. | |
�77 million, in fact, in a deal with Nike to turn one of the | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
world's youngest sports stars into one of its richest. | :25:43. | :25:49. | |
It is a dream deal. You walk forward, stay healthy and do what | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
he does best, that is playing golf. If he does it well there could be | :25:53. | :26:00. | |
even more big dreams. The dream pushes Rory McIlroy into | :26:00. | :26:07. | |
sports Super League. The boxer, Floyd may weather earned | :26:07. | :26:13. | |
�55 million. Tiger Woods earned �38 million, and David Beckham earned | :26:13. | :26:16. | |
�29 million, but for Nike there will be huge benefits. The brand | :26:16. | :26:21. | |
had a tough few years, first with damaging allegations about Tiger | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
Woods' private life and then about another client, Lance Armstrong, | :26:25. | :26:31. | |
who they have since dropped..$$NEWLINE Nike hope that | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
Rory McIlroy's clean-cut image will add to the sporting appeal. | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
This is where the sports people broaden themselves out. David | :26:38. | :26:43. | |
Beckham is the best example. We take a football player, perhaps no | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
longer the football player he was but he is a very well rounded | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
person. They are looking at Rory McIlroy, | :26:51. | :26:57. | |
he seems to have the lifestyle to match and they are taking a punt on | :26:57. | :27:01. | |
it. If has been some journey for Rory McIlroy, from childhood | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
project ijy to global superstar, now his talent has a bank balance | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
to match. It has been a great night for | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
British talent at the Golden Globes Awards. Adele won for the theme | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
tune of Skyfall. The stars love the Golden Globes | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
Awards. They are prestigious but more relaxed than the Oscars. More | :27:25. | :27:29. | |
of a party atmosphere. A good chance to see which films have the | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
buzz about them. Which have momentum as we build up to the | :27:34. | :27:39. | |
Academy Awards in six weeks' type. There was a buzz about Les | :27:39. | :27:42. | |
Miserables. Directed by Tom Hooper it was a big | :27:42. | :27:48. | |
winner of the evening. Taking benefit musical and Best Comedy and | :27:48. | :27:56. | |
Best Actor and Best Actress. Les Miserables... Les Miserables is | :27:56. | :28:01. | |
a project of passion. It took a lot of courage to make it. | :28:01. | :28:05. | |
The biggest surprise, and the biggest applause of the evening | :28:05. | :28:09. | |
went to Bill Clinton who introduced Lincoln, the film with the most | :28:09. | :28:13. | |
nominations of the night. The Steven Spielberg biopic, had been | :28:13. | :28:18. | |
widely tipped for glory. In the end it only picked up one | :28:18. | :28:21. | |
award. And the award goes to Daniel Day- | :28:21. | :28:26. | |
Lewis. Are you sure there is room for | :28:27. | :28:33. | |
another ex-President on this stage? Well if you thought that was | :28:33. | :28:37. | |
showing off, Her Majesty the Queen of England is about to parachute in | :28:37. | :28:42. | |
to make a last-minute pitch for Skyfall! The Bond film was | :28:42. | :28:49. | |
nominated in one category, benefit Original Song. | :28:49. | :28:57. | |
Music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth. Oh, my God! Oh, my God! | :28:57. | :29:03. | |
Honestly, I have come out for a night out with my friend, Ida, we | :29:03. | :29:07. | |
are new mums. I was not expecting this. Thank you very much. | :29:07. | :29:11. | |
In the TV drama category, Dame Judi Dench won for Best Actor in | :29:11. | :29:15. | |
Homeland. Just before I go I want to dedicate | :29:15. | :29:21. | |
this to my mum. Who I know is out there tonight looking down on me, | :29:21. | :29:24. | |
bursting with pride and telling everyone up there all around her | :29:24. | :29:30. | |
how well her son is doing in acting. The other huge hit of the night was | :29:30. | :29:35. | |
Argo. Taking Best Drama and winning Ben Affleck Best Director. It is | :29:35. | :29:40. | |
unusual for a director to win a Golden Globes, and not be nominated | :29:41. | :29:45. | |
for an Oscar, but that is Hollywood. Now, let's get the full weather | :29:45. | :29:47. | |
forecast. forecast. | :29:47. | :29:50. | |
Phil is here. Part of the secret of making the | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
weather palatable is wearing the right gear, these guys have it | :29:55. | :30:01. | |
sussed here. They will not care about the amber warning but some of | :30:01. | :30:05. | |
you should. Especially to the eastern side of the British Isles. | :30:05. | :30:09. | |
There is a wee bit of the first lines of snow there, but this | :30:09. | :30:14. | |
feature is more significant, bringing rain, sleet and snow it is | :30:14. | :30:19. | |
to the eastern side of England that there are major concerns. | :30:19. | :30:24. | |
There could be up to five to 10 centimetres in that area, but to | :30:24. | :30:29. | |
the west, a different story. The snow is confined to the high ground | :30:29. | :30:36. | |
in Wales. A mixture of sunny spells and showers. The temperatures six | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
to seven Celsius. In Northern Ireland, you are going to see more | :30:41. | :30:45. | |
in the way of sunshine. In the north and the east, more rain. In | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
the west of Scotland faring well but the north-east picking up on | :30:49. | :30:54. | |
the top end of the weather front. To the south of the borders, south | :30:54. | :30:59. | |
of Newcastle, to the Lincolnshire Wolds, the East Midlands, up to | :30:59. | :31:06. | |
five to 10 centimetres lib real. As a rough rule of thumb south of | :31:06. | :31:11. | |
London it is watery rather than wintry. And when you thought it was | :31:11. | :31:16. | |
going to pile through, the southern portion does but brings an area of | :31:17. | :31:21. | |
rain through the M25 zone down to Kent, how much? Two to five | :31:22. | :31:26. | |
centimetres. If you miss it this afternoon you may get it overnight. | :31:26. | :31:31. | |
Then as that pulls away, the skies clear into a cold night. A | :31:31. | :31:35. | |
widespread frost here with ice. Where all of the surfaces have been | :31:35. | :31:39. | |
wet, bay that in mind as we start the new day -- bare. | :31:39. | :31:46. | |
Snow and ice may not be a problem over the next due -- few hours but | :31:46. | :31:50. | |
over the next few days, you will have to take care. | :31:50. | :31:54. | |
Leaden skies to the east. Brighter conditions for Northern Ireland, | :31:54. | :31:58. | |
western Scotland Wales and the southern counties. A supply of snow | :31:58. | :32:02. | |
showers getting in. Look at the temperature professional. That is | :32:02. | :32:07. |