:00:07. > :00:11.David Cameron says the British people must have their say as he
:00:11. > :00:15.promises a vote on the country's future in the EU. The Prime
:00:15. > :00:19.Minister says after renegotiations, there will be a referendum by 2018
:00:19. > :00:24.and it will be a simple "yes" or "no".
:00:24. > :00:28.It is time for the British people to have their say. It is time for
:00:28. > :00:32.us to settle this question about Britain and Europe.
:00:32. > :00:36.The Labour Leader says Mr Cameron has been dragged into pledging a
:00:36. > :00:40.referendum in the interests of his party, not in the interests of the
:00:40. > :00:45.country. He is running scared of UKIP. He has given in to his party
:00:45. > :00:48.and he can't deliver for Britain. The jobless total falls to its
:00:48. > :00:52.lowest level for 18 months. The number of people in work has
:00:52. > :00:55.reached another record high. A shake-up of A-level exams in
:00:55. > :00:59.England. Students will only be tefsed at the end of their --
:00:59. > :01:02.tested at the end of their two-year course.
:01:02. > :01:08.With parts of Britain still in the grip of snow, communities are urged
:01:08. > :01:14.to keep an eye on the most vulnerable. Without the councillor,
:01:14. > :01:19.and friends, and the church, and further afield, friends, I couldn't
:01:19. > :01:23.cope. Later: Why the Metropolitan Police
:01:23. > :01:26.has the worst victim satisfaction rating of any force in the country.
:01:26. > :01:36.Details published of the final moments before a helicopter crashed
:01:36. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:51.Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC News at One. David Cameron says the
:01:51. > :01:54.British people must have their say on Europe as he pledged an in-out
:01:54. > :01:59.referendum if the Conservatives win the election. The Prime Minister
:01:59. > :02:03.says he wants to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU
:02:03. > :02:07.before a vote. The British people he said would then face a very
:02:07. > :02:11.simple choice, either to accept the result of the talks, or to leave
:02:11. > :02:17.the EU altogether. Critics say he has given in to Euro-sceptic views
:02:17. > :02:23.within his own party. Labour accuse him of putting party interest above
:02:23. > :02:28.the national interest. This report contains flash photography.
:02:28. > :02:31.The event they had all been waiting for, the long delayed, much-hyped
:02:31. > :02:36.speech setting out David Cameron's approach to Europe. He said he
:02:36. > :02:40.wanted an EU that was more competitive, flexible, democratic.
:02:40. > :02:44.He would negotiate a new loogser relationship with it and put it --
:02:44. > :02:47.looser relationship with it and put it to the British people. The next
:02:48. > :02:52.Conservative manifesto will ask for a mandate from the British people
:02:52. > :02:55.for a Conservative Government to negotiate a new settlement with our
:02:56. > :03:00.European partners in the next Parliament. It will be a
:03:00. > :03:05.relationship with the single market at its heart. When we have
:03:05. > :03:10.negotiated that new settlement, we will give the British people a
:03:10. > :03:18.referendum with a very simple in or out choice to stay in the European
:03:18. > :03:21.Union on these new terms, or to come out altogether. It will be an
:03:21. > :03:26.in-out referendum. The Prime Minister said his was a positive
:03:26. > :03:30.vision for Europe. He wants Britain to stay in the EU. But what if he
:03:30. > :03:33.fails in his mission to reclaim powers from Brussels and get that
:03:33. > :03:38.new settlement? This debate is happening now. This change in
:03:38. > :03:41.Europe is happening now. The question is are politicians in
:03:41. > :03:45.Britain going to stick their heads in the sand and let this debate
:03:45. > :03:49.happen? Or will we lead it, shape it and win for Britain in our
:03:49. > :03:53.national interest? What I have set out today is a programme to ensure
:03:53. > :03:57.Britain's national interest. David Cameron's strategy depends on him
:03:57. > :04:01.winning the next election and getting powers back from the EU.
:04:01. > :04:05.Neither will be easy. He will be hoping his promise to give the
:04:05. > :04:10.people their say will rally support within his party and from the
:04:10. > :04:13.public. Mr Cameron promised a referendum within the first half of
:04:13. > :04:17.the next Parliament to give time for new arrangements with Europe to
:04:17. > :04:22.be established. At the moment, he's also hampered by opposition from
:04:22. > :04:27.his coalition partners. My view is that years and years of uncertainty,
:04:27. > :04:31.because of a protracted ill-defined renegotiation of our place in
:04:31. > :04:34.Europe, is not in the national interest because it hits growth and
:04:34. > :04:39.jobs. As the Prime Minister arrived in the Commons, it was clear he had
:04:39. > :04:47.won the support of his own party, and forced a hardening of Labour's
:04:47. > :04:51.stance. We don't want an in-out referendum. He will take a huge
:04:51. > :04:56.gamble with our economy. He's running scared of UKIP. He's given
:04:56. > :05:01.in to his party and he can't deliver for Britain. Mr Cameron has
:05:01. > :05:04.for now got the Euro-sceptics behind him. I think that you will
:05:04. > :05:09.see the Conservative Party rallying behind the Prime Minister today and
:05:09. > :05:13.from today onwards. I think that he has said what the vast majority of
:05:13. > :05:18.Conservatives have wanted to hear for some considerable time.
:05:18. > :05:23.entire nature of the EU debate has fundamentally changed. The genie is
:05:23. > :05:28.out of the bottle. To say we shouldn't be part of the EU is now
:05:28. > :05:31.a mainstream debate. David Cameron knows the real struggle begins now,
:05:31. > :05:38.to get a new deal in Europe and convince the British people they
:05:38. > :05:42.are better off in than out. Let's get more from Ross Hawkins.
:05:42. > :05:46.What happens now? When does this renegotiation begin? It is a key
:05:46. > :05:53.question. This is a clearer commitment than many Euro-sceptics
:05:53. > :05:55.feared to an in-out negotiation. What we don't know is what they
:05:55. > :05:59.might involve and neither does Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat Leader
:05:59. > :06:02.and Deputy Prime Minister, and that matters because if David Cameron's
:06:02. > :06:06.plans go further than the Lib Dems are comfortable with, the whole
:06:06. > :06:09.business of renegotiating might have to wait un till a general
:06:09. > :06:13.election, if the Prime Minister were to win another term. There is
:06:13. > :06:18.also the question about what if the negotiations fail? The Government
:06:18. > :06:24.says that is defeatist talk. It is not clear that if David Cameron
:06:24. > :06:28.doesn't get what he wants from the EU, whether he would definitely
:06:28. > :06:32.campaign for a "yes" vote. And a clear view on where Labour are on
:06:32. > :06:35.this? Some clarity, too, at Prime Minister's Questions from Labour.
:06:35. > :06:39.They oppose the idea of a referendum. In doing that, they
:06:40. > :06:44.open themselves up to the charge from their opponents they don't
:06:44. > :06:48.trust the British people. Keith Vaz, the senior Labour MP, who has been
:06:48. > :06:53.in favour of a referendum, he reiterated that view to the BBC.
:06:53. > :06:56.Labour says the cost of economic uncertainty is simply not worth it
:06:56. > :07:00.and that means the view of business people is going to be vital and
:07:00. > :07:04.ring loud and I would suggest if you are the sort of person who is
:07:04. > :07:08.investing or exporting or making jobs, you should stand by your
:07:08. > :07:11.phone because a politician is about to phone you up and ask you for
:07:11. > :07:15.your support! David Cameron's promise of a
:07:15. > :07:20.referendum has been criticised by top European figures. The French
:07:20. > :07:23.Foreign Minister said it's dangerous to have "a Europe a la
:07:23. > :07:29.carte" while Germany's Foreign Minister said cherry-picking
:07:29. > :07:32.shouldn't be an option from Britain. Matthew Price is in Brussels.
:07:32. > :07:36.Good afternoon. The key message that made it through on this side
:07:36. > :07:40.of the Channel is that David Cameron wants Britain to stay in
:07:40. > :07:44.the EU. If he wins the next election, he will be pressing to
:07:44. > :07:48.renegotiate the terms of Britain's membership. The gamble for David
:07:48. > :07:52.Cameron is that Europe's politicians will want to keep
:07:52. > :07:59.Britain in the club at all costs and therefore will renegotiate. But
:07:59. > :08:04.from what we have heard today from several key players, they won't.
:08:04. > :08:06.They beamed him live into the European Parliament. Watched by
:08:06. > :08:12.British Conservative parliamentarians and others
:08:12. > :08:19.affiliated to them in Europe. Among them, this politician. It was
:08:19. > :08:23.really a breakthrough speech, a remarkable speech, which sets up a
:08:23. > :08:29.new vision of European Union for the future. Outside, that vision of
:08:29. > :08:32.a more flexible EU, with less rigid rules for all, got more of a frosty
:08:32. > :08:37.reception from one senior and well- respected figure here. I don't
:08:37. > :08:41.think it is possible what he is asking for, to have an individual
:08:41. > :08:51.renegotiation of the British membership. On top of that, it was
:08:51. > :08:56.full of inconsistencies. Brussels is confused, often frustrated by
:08:56. > :09:01.Britain. Margaret Thatcher was a thorn in the side of officials here.
:09:01. > :09:05.Tony Blair pro-European. When David Cameron vetoed a European pact over
:09:05. > :09:10.a year ago, other leaders were angered. Today, he did try to
:09:10. > :09:14.repair some of the damage. Parts of this speech were very pro-European,
:09:14. > :09:19.with David Cameron talking about Britain remaining at the heart of
:09:19. > :09:24.the European Union. But when he talks about reforming the EU,
:09:24. > :09:30.changing the way it functions, well many here in Brussels and beyond
:09:30. > :09:34.simply say that is unacceptable. So, this from the French Foreign
:09:34. > :09:37.Minister. TRANSLATION: You can't do Europe a
:09:37. > :09:47.la carte. Imagine Europe as a football club and you join. Once
:09:47. > :09:53.you are in, you can't say, "Let's play rugby." And this from his
:09:53. > :10:00.German counterpart. TRANSLATION: Not all and everything
:10:00. > :10:04.must be decided in Brussels and by Brussels. We do differentiate, but
:10:04. > :10:09.cherry-picking is not an option. Those reactions matter. They are
:10:09. > :10:16.telling David Cameron he can't change the rules. Britain versus
:10:16. > :10:21.Brussels could get very nasty. A couple more quick reactions: The
:10:21. > :10:25.European Commission has said it welcomes David Cameron's
:10:25. > :10:33.contribution to the debate and the fact that he says he wants to see
:10:33. > :10:37.Britain stay in the EU. A second reaction from the French people, in
:10:37. > :10:44.a centre-right newspaper. They asked their readers, "Would you
:10:44. > :10:53.like Britain to leave the EU?" 70% said "oui". You can find much more
:10:53. > :10:58.background, comment and analysis of that speech on bbc.co.uk/news.
:10:58. > :11:01.Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for 18 months. The
:11:01. > :11:07.UK's jobless total went down by 37,000 between September and
:11:07. > :11:17.November to just under 2.5 million. The restaurant chain McDonald's is
:11:17. > :11:20.to create 2,500 jobs. It's good news from the workplace,
:11:20. > :11:26.more jobs have been created, the number out of work has fallen again
:11:26. > :11:31.and what's more, the total claiming Jobseekers' Allowance is also lower.
:11:31. > :11:34.And there was positive news too from one major employer, McDonald's.
:11:34. > :11:39.It announced today that 2,500 new jobs will be created, the company
:11:39. > :11:43.said it was committed to helping young people into work. For those
:11:43. > :11:47.who don't yet have anything to celebrate, Reading College is
:11:47. > :11:51.offering a helping hand with a number of initiatives to help the
:11:51. > :11:55.unemployed find jobs. The aim here is to provide education and
:11:55. > :11:58.training to help people get into work. And also to match them up
:11:58. > :12:03.with vacancies. There are some advertised right here in the
:12:03. > :12:07.college. Thanks to training here, Wayne has got all the
:12:07. > :12:11.qualifications he needs to apply for jobs in the security industry.
:12:11. > :12:17.It's a ray of hope after two years on unemployment benefit. I have
:12:17. > :12:20.always wanted to work. And seeing some people don't work at all
:12:20. > :12:26.living on benefits, they go downhill. I don't want to let
:12:26. > :12:30.myself go to that level. I want to get a job and find my own two feet.
:12:30. > :12:35.And Wayne has found his feet! We heard this morning he's landed a
:12:35. > :12:41.full-time job starting next month. Today's figures show that total
:12:41. > :12:46.employment was up more than 550,000 over 12 months.
:12:46. > :12:49.The number of long-term unemployed out of work more than a year was
:12:50. > :12:56.down 5,000. But youth unemployment was up 1,000 over the three months
:12:57. > :13:03.to November. Craig is one of those young people. He's yet to land his
:13:03. > :13:06.first job despite applying for scores of positions. You can get a
:13:06. > :13:13.bit depressed. It feels like you are never going to achieve your
:13:13. > :13:17.goal of getting a job and stuff. It is hard, very hard. Ministers
:13:17. > :13:21.acknowledge there were still challenges getting people into work
:13:21. > :13:28.while still highlighting the positives. Unemployment is lower
:13:28. > :13:34.than it was in May 2010. We have record numbers of people in work.
:13:34. > :13:38.So these are good figures. Labour said the figures showed no
:13:38. > :13:42.recovery and instead very shaky foundations, with news today of
:13:42. > :13:46.nearly 1,000 job cuts at Lloyds Banking Group, there was a reminder
:13:46. > :13:49.that there may be uncertain times ahead.
:13:49. > :13:54.The Education Secretary wants A- levels in England to be returned to
:13:54. > :14:00.end of course exams and separated from AS-levels. Michael Gove says
:14:00. > :14:05.AS-levels will remain but they will be stand-alone qualifications which
:14:05. > :14:10.won't count towards A-level grades as they do now.
:14:10. > :14:14.It's back to the future for A- levels. From 2015, unit also be
:14:14. > :14:19.scrapped and as in the past, sixth formers will take exams only at the
:14:19. > :14:25.end of the two-year course. AS- levels will no longer count towards
:14:25. > :14:30.the final grade. What we wanted to do then was essentially try to
:14:30. > :14:35.ensure that A-levels, which are not exclusively preparation for
:14:36. > :14:40.university education, gave people a better preparation for universities.
:14:40. > :14:50.The Government says pupils spend too much time taking bite-sized
:14:50. > :14:51.
:14:51. > :14:56.exams and too little time studying Michael Gove says this will help
:14:56. > :15:01.promote deeper learning and better understanding. Many question his
:15:01. > :15:06.methods. At this school, the head of 6th form welcomes the idea of
:15:06. > :15:09.deeper study but says scrapping coursework is a bad idea.
:15:09. > :15:17.Coursework prepare students for university studying, because most
:15:17. > :15:22.do not require coursework. In the world of work, you do not take
:15:22. > :15:27.exams, you work in a coursework fashion. How would today's sixth-
:15:27. > :15:32.formers cope with the changes? would deter students from going to
:15:32. > :15:36.6th form. There is lots of pressure. I would not be able to handle that
:15:36. > :15:42.build up of knowing that my final examination, my last chance to
:15:42. > :15:48.shine was that all. Universities will have a new role overseeing A-
:15:48. > :15:55.levels. These changes are controversial, but this looks set
:15:56. > :15:59.to bite the dust. For many people in the UK, the wetter areas --
:15:59. > :16:03.weather is getting better, with less disruption. The west and
:16:03. > :16:11.south-west of England are still badly affected, with several people
:16:11. > :16:15.stranded in their cars and needing You can see how much know we've had
:16:15. > :16:19.here from the amount they cleared out of the doorway of these auction
:16:19. > :16:24.rooms. This place is open for business, but not surprisingly,
:16:24. > :16:29.very few people are driving across the countryside to get here. We had
:16:29. > :16:38.about one foot of snow overnight, as well as wind and drifting, and
:16:38. > :16:42.we had all kinds of problems. Stuck overnight in Somerset, the A 39
:16:42. > :16:48.tells the story. We have seen dozens of abandoned vehicles
:16:48. > :16:54.waiting for their owners to return. This is why. Last night on this
:16:54. > :16:58.high ground, there was more than six inches of snow in just a few
:16:58. > :17:04.hours. It fell so thick and fast but the roads became impassable
:17:04. > :17:11.quickly. These men return to their vehicles this lunchtime after
:17:11. > :17:15.spending the night on the floor or a few miles away. They were halfway
:17:15. > :17:25.through moving house, but needed to leave their how buyers -- need to
:17:25. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:32.leave their van here. All the gritters were going the other way,
:17:32. > :17:36.-- it was quite slippery. Yes, it was awful. We got here, the cars
:17:36. > :17:45.had stopped, we were stuck here for 45 minutes and decided it would be
:17:45. > :17:49.easier to walk. Now you can go home. Up here, there is no sign of it
:17:49. > :17:55.melting. The hills are covered and look like they will be for some
:17:55. > :18:02.time. Whilst others enjoy another day off school or work, the farmers
:18:02. > :18:09.are doing overtime, feeding cattle who cannot see any grass. Normax
:18:09. > :18:14.snowploughs will be coming here. -- no snowploughs. It was less than a
:18:14. > :18:20.month ago that we were reporting about flooding before Christmas.
:18:20. > :18:26.People are worried that when it melts, the water could go somewhere
:18:26. > :18:31.else next. For the most vulnerable, just getting about in this weather
:18:31. > :18:38.is bad enough. We report on how older people are coping in South
:18:38. > :18:42.Wales. Cutting their way through to help those most in need. This team
:18:42. > :18:49.of council workers have spent the week trying to reach elderly and
:18:49. > :18:53.vulnerable people with no way out of their homes. 82-year-old Mary
:18:53. > :18:58.Morris has been cut off by this know several times. Her son
:18:58. > :19:04.suffered a heart attack on Friday as he tried to shovel snow. Without
:19:04. > :19:12.their support, they would be stranded. Without the councillor
:19:12. > :19:17.and friends, and the church, further afield, I could not cope.
:19:17. > :19:22.The team have been on a 24 hour call-out for almost a week, and
:19:22. > :19:29.have always received a warm welcome. They have been quite gracious when
:19:30. > :19:36.they see people turning up. They are thankful they get medication.
:19:36. > :19:43.It is not just these teams that I wrote. There are also volunteers
:19:43. > :19:47.out on foot battling these conditions to offer a helping hand.
:19:47. > :19:56.Charities have been walking to make house calls. They are insuring
:19:56. > :20:00.nobody has to tough out the winter The top story this lunchtime: David
:20:00. > :20:05.Cameron promises afford on Britain's feature in the European
:20:05. > :20:11.Union, with a referendum by 2018. Labour accused him of acting in the
:20:11. > :20:14.interests of his party and not the country. Coming up, a great night
:20:14. > :20:20.for Bradford City. The bantams punch above their weight with a
:20:20. > :20:24.trip to Wembley. Later, the protesters battling to save the
:20:24. > :20:29.adventure playground in Battersea Park, and learning lessons from the
:20:29. > :20:39.London bombings, the researchers are developing last resilient train
:20:39. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:44.Israel's voters have delivered a blow to their prime minister
:20:44. > :20:48.Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party. He is trying to form a
:20:48. > :20:51.coalition with a new centre party which wants a greater push on a
:20:51. > :20:57.peace deal with the Palestinians. This report contains flash
:20:57. > :21:02.photography. It may have looked like a victory for Binyamin
:21:02. > :21:08.Netanyahu, but it did not feel like that. After weeks in which the
:21:08. > :21:11.polls suggested an easy win, support for Likud-Beiteinu alliance
:21:11. > :21:15.dwindled, and he now faces a struggle to form a coalition
:21:15. > :21:24.government. He acknowledged the voters were looking for something
:21:24. > :21:30.I believe the result of the election creates an opportunity for
:21:30. > :21:35.change, that the citizens of Israel yearn for and that will serve all
:21:35. > :21:40.the people of Israel. He may need to look first to this man to start
:21:40. > :21:45.building a coalition. He was the big surprise, a former television
:21:45. > :21:52.news anchor, and a political newcomer. His campaign was based
:21:52. > :21:59.around social issues and the economy and it left his party as
:21:59. > :22:09.the second biggest in Israel. He told his jubilant supporters he was
:22:09. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:15.excited and he would not forget Us software millionaire whose party
:22:16. > :22:20.is to the right of Binyamin Netanyahu has not hit the heights
:22:20. > :22:25.his supporters were hoping for. He will also be in the next to get a
:22:25. > :22:30.place in the coalition. The Israeli parliament has 120 seats, and there
:22:30. > :22:35.could be weeks of political horse- trading while the parties try to
:22:35. > :22:38.come up with the magic number of 61 needed to form a government.
:22:38. > :22:45.Binyamin Netanyahu is still the person best placed to be able to do
:22:45. > :22:50.that. The man whose campaign slogan was strong leader, strong Israel,
:22:50. > :22:54.has emerged weakened. The choices made in the coming weeks will
:22:54. > :23:03.determine the direction Israel takes in an ever volatile and
:23:03. > :23:09.More than 100 aid organisations are launching a campaign against hunger
:23:09. > :23:19.in the developing world today. It is the biggest joint venture since
:23:19. > :23:26.
:23:26. > :23:32.The organisations wanting their campaign today say there are ways
:23:32. > :23:39.to change a world in which one in eight people go to bed hungry every
:23:39. > :23:46.night. They what measures to stop farm land being sold off in the
:23:46. > :23:54.developing world only to be unused. Hunger goes beyond personal tragedy.
:23:54. > :23:59.Mann Irishman will hit production at a cost of �78 billion. -- MA
:23:59. > :24:02.nourishment. They want to ensure rich governments keep their aid
:24:02. > :24:09.rich governments keep their aid promises, cut down on tax loopholes,
:24:09. > :24:14.and ensure or openness so that people in developing countries can
:24:14. > :24:19.hold them to account. The campaign wants the profile of Make Poverty
:24:19. > :24:24.History, even though it did not achieve all its aims. We did not
:24:24. > :24:29.Make Poverty History in 2005, but we lifted thousands forward. We
:24:29. > :24:39.help people. The Achilles heel of progress is hunger, and now we have
:24:39. > :24:43.a chance in our generation, we Some of the solutions are not
:24:43. > :24:47.expensive. Much of the food in developing countries goes to waste,
:24:47. > :24:52.so improving storage and access to markets would make a big difference.
:24:52. > :24:56.One part of the campaign that might make headway is the call for global
:24:56. > :25:00.companies to pay tax in the developing world, coinciding with
:25:00. > :25:05.growing pressure from governments in the West for multinationals to
:25:05. > :25:08.pay fair taxes. During global austerity, a hunger campaign may
:25:08. > :25:18.have a hard job persuading politicians and public to increase
:25:18. > :25:22.Andy Murray is through to the semi- finals of the Australian Open,
:25:22. > :25:32.beating the Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in straight sets. Murray has not
:25:32. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:40.dropped a set, and will play Roger Federer on Friday. Up till now,
:25:40. > :25:45.Milburn has seen Andy Murray at his most masterful. Two tall men in
:25:45. > :25:48.white caps, there was one easy way to tell them apart, Andy Murray was
:25:48. > :25:54.the one getting the ball back, every time from everywhere. Having
:25:54. > :25:59.set up the point, he pounces. Classic stuff. Jeremy Chardy has a
:25:59. > :26:04.big reach, but he can only stretch so far. Having done enough to take
:26:04. > :26:09.the first set, he moved up a gear in the second, determined not to
:26:09. > :26:14.even sacrifice a point. He won nine games in a row. Even when his
:26:14. > :26:19.opponent a precious opportunity he blew it. The Frenchman had beaten
:26:19. > :26:24.some good players to get to the final, but he ran into Andy Murray
:26:24. > :26:29.in his ruthless Maude, where he will run to make almost any point.
:26:29. > :26:36.The match was done under two hours. Andy Murray is now meeting his own
:26:37. > :26:40.high standards. I wanted to see how I would respond to a tough test,
:26:40. > :26:45.but I started well and did a good job throughout against a difficult
:26:45. > :26:50.man to play against. I thought I did a good job. Next, Andy Murray
:26:50. > :26:54.will play Roger Federer, who had to fight his way past Jo-Wilfried
:26:54. > :27:00.Tsonga. It took him five sets under the floodlights. Roger Federer has
:27:00. > :27:07.been spared the daytime matches, but was made to sweat here. Andy
:27:07. > :27:11.Murray may have noticed that. News of an astonishing giant-killing in
:27:11. > :27:16.the League Cup. Bradford City have become the first team from the 4th
:27:16. > :27:21.Tia to reach a major final. Last night, they knocked out Aston Villa.
:27:21. > :27:25.They will play either Swansea or Chelsea next month. The received
:27:25. > :27:30.wisdom in football is that semi- final victories are not worth
:27:30. > :27:37.getting excited about. The big game is still to come. Try telling that
:27:37. > :27:47.to Bradford City. Over two legs, they headed their way past Aston
:27:47. > :27:52.
:27:52. > :27:57.Villa. No other 4th year team has managed such a feat. This band had
:27:57. > :28:06.printed up scarves before kick-off. -- is an attic. I was pacing like a
:28:06. > :28:14.lion, watching it. Very nervous. The League Cup final, it is
:28:14. > :28:19.genuinely history in the making. Not because we are a leak to Cup --
:28:19. > :28:22.League Two team, but because it is Bradford City. It was more than 50
:28:23. > :28:28.years ago that a team from the Fourth Division made it to a cup
:28:28. > :28:32.final. Rochdale lost against Norwich. Over the years, as the
:28:32. > :28:38.chasm has widened between the top and bottom, the prospect of a
:28:38. > :28:42.repeat appeared all more distant. So much a football is drenched in a
:28:42. > :28:47.sort of stale hysteria, but this has been an achievement of real
:28:47. > :28:56.wonder. Under freezing grey skies, Bradford City has given sports
:28:56. > :29:01.lovers a story that will warm them We could all do with a bit of that
:29:01. > :29:04.warmth. Details of the weather. It is one of those afternoons way you
:29:04. > :29:10.would be warmer if you climb into your fridge. Temperatures are
:29:10. > :29:14.struggling to get above freezing. We have snow on the ground, as much
:29:14. > :29:16.as 30 centimetres in Gloucestershire. That is a
:29:17. > :29:24.roundabout one foot of snow. We have more snow on the way this
:29:24. > :29:27.afternoon. I want to focus on the south-west of England, because this
:29:27. > :29:34.is where we see the snowiest whether as we head through this
:29:34. > :29:40.afternoon. Showers have been coming in from the English Channel. Just
:29:40. > :29:44.inland, these showers are falling as snow. We will see further
:29:44. > :29:49.accumulations of snow. Several centimetres will mean it is tricky
:29:49. > :29:53.to travel. For Northern Ireland, some cloudy skies, but further west
:29:53. > :29:57.there will be a bit of brightness. Some sunshine breaking through the
:29:57. > :30:02.clouds in the north-west of Scotland, whereas further east it
:30:02. > :30:06.stays resolutely grey and cold. Further wintery showers running
:30:06. > :30:11.down the coast, not amounting to a great deal. Some snow flurries
:30:11. > :30:16.possible across south-east England. We had one of these outside the
:30:16. > :30:22.BBC's Television Centre. The heavier snow is across south-west
:30:22. > :30:26.England. Some bright spells for a time working across Cornwall.
:30:26. > :30:31.Overnight, that temperatures will fall away quickly, and it will be
:30:31. > :30:35.cold. Widespread frost will develop. The clouds will continue to lower
:30:35. > :30:41.down on to the tops of the hills, so expect things to turn pretty
:30:41. > :30:45.so expect things to turn pretty misty. Thursday should be quieter,
:30:45. > :30:48.lots of cloud around in southern areas, but prospect of that
:30:48. > :30:52.breaking across the north-west of England into the North West of
:30:52. > :30:59.Scotland, allowing some glimpses of sunshine. That will not do a great
:30:59. > :31:04.deal for the temperatures, we will be struggling. Temperatures will
:31:04. > :31:07.probably stay below freezing in the countryside. Next week we will see
:31:07. > :31:11.a battle ground across the British Isles. This weather system will try
:31:12. > :31:15.to move in off the Atlantic. We will see a spell of snow moving
:31:15. > :31:19.across the country on Friday. As milder air comes in we will see
:31:19. > :31:25.that turn into rain for a time. Not before it has given us some more
:31:25. > :31:33.snowfall. The further north and east you are, this know where the
:31:33. > :31:42.weather will be. There could be five centimetres. Winter is still