:00:07. > :00:15.Fears grow that the UK might be slipping back into recession The
:00:16. > :00:19.economy shrank by 0.3% for the last three months of 2012.. We can
:00:19. > :00:23.either run away from those problem or can confront them and I am
:00:23. > :00:27.determined to confront them so that we go on creating jobs for the
:00:27. > :00:31.people of this country. A court hears evidence from a woman
:00:31. > :00:34.who says she was groomed for sex and treated like a piece of meat
:00:34. > :00:36.when she was 14. Violent clashes in Tahrir Square in
:00:37. > :00:43.the Egyptian capital, Cairo, ahead of the second anniversary of the
:00:43. > :00:48.uprising there. Exactly six months on from the
:00:48. > :00:51.start of the London Games, I am here live in the Olympic Park once
:00:51. > :00:56.again, looking at the changes which are being made and asking whether
:00:56. > :00:59.or not the legacy commitment is being honoured.
:00:59. > :01:05.And, Andy Murray is through to the final of the Australian Open after
:01:05. > :01:08.a thrilling 5-set match with Roger Federer.
:01:08. > :01:12.Later on BBC London: British soldiers sent to prison for
:01:12. > :01:22.smuggling guns and cocaine into the country. And trying to sustain the
:01:22. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:45.Olympic high, the Government Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:45. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:50.BBC News at One. There was bad news for the Chancellor today as the UK
:01:50. > :01:53.economy shrank by 0.3% in the last three months of 2012. The official
:01:53. > :01:56.statistics show that a fall in manufacturing and North Sea oil
:01:56. > :01:59.production and no growth in the vital service sector were the cause.
:01:59. > :02:01.And that's increasing concerns that the economy could go into a so-
:02:01. > :02:03.called triple-dip recession. Here's our our chief economics
:02:03. > :02:07.correspondent, Hugh Pym. The British economic machine has
:02:07. > :02:11.gone back into reverse. The value of all goods and services produced
:02:11. > :02:18.in the final three months of last year was down 0.3%, across the
:02:18. > :02:23.whole of 2012 the economy was flat. The Chancellor, currently at the
:02:23. > :02:26.Davos Economic Summit wasn't trying disguise the problems. It's a
:02:26. > :02:29.reminder Britain faces a tough economic situation. It's a reminder
:02:29. > :02:32.last year was particularly difficult, with the problems at
:02:32. > :02:36.home dealing with the debts built up over many years, but also,
:02:36. > :02:42.frankly, the problems in the eurozone where many of our exports
:02:42. > :02:45.go which is now in recession. So, we can either run away from those
:02:45. > :02:48.problems or confront them and I am determined to confront them.
:02:48. > :02:53.Embarrassingly for Mr Osbourne, the Deputy Prime Minister has suggested
:02:53. > :02:55.with hindsight one aspect of policy was wrong, Nick Clegg indicating
:02:56. > :02:59.cuts in public sector investment had gone too far.
:02:59. > :03:03.At Westminster, calls from the opposition for Mr Osbourne to think
:03:03. > :03:07.again were intensifying. I have been warning for two-and-a-half
:03:07. > :03:10.years that this plan would fail, that it risked a double-dip
:03:10. > :03:20.recession, it would flatline the economy. If you cut spending and
:03:20. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:23.raise taxes too quickly and choked off recovery, it would make things
:03:23. > :03:29.worse. Today is the moment when it's absolutely - the plan has
:03:29. > :03:35.failed and their complacency is exposed. At companies like this
:03:35. > :03:41.which manufacture components for the UK market, and for exports.
:03:41. > :03:46.At this engineering business in Telford they supply a range of
:03:46. > :03:53.industries. The boss says 2012 was a year of ups and downs. We know
:03:53. > :03:58.that December was pretty poor. But if you take the year as a whole, it
:03:58. > :04:04.is relatively flat. We had good months, we had flat months. It was
:04:04. > :04:11.really on a par with the previous year, 2011. I just think that we
:04:11. > :04:15.haven't got that sort of confidence that we all hope for. Looking ahead
:04:15. > :04:19.they feel more optimistic are and investing for expansion. It's a
:04:19. > :04:22.puzzle why total employment numbers have been rising even with flat
:04:22. > :04:28.overall output. The Government can only hope the economy starts moving
:04:28. > :04:31.forward again as 2013 unfolds. Let's speak to our economics editor,
:04:31. > :04:35.Stephanie Flanders, who's at the world economic forum at Davos in
:04:35. > :04:39.Switzerland. We heard a clip of your interview with George Osborne
:04:39. > :04:44.there, what else did he have to say? In response to the figures he
:04:44. > :04:46.was philosophical but resolute. He said they were a reflection of the
:04:46. > :04:51.difficult challenges that we face in the economy, things we heard
:04:51. > :04:55.before. He didn't want to engage in the debate that's been opened by
:04:55. > :04:58.Nick Clegg over whether they cut public investment too quickly in
:04:58. > :05:01.the early years of this parliament, that's something that many
:05:01. > :05:05.economists have said, as well but he said that public investment was
:05:05. > :05:10.important but it had also been important to restore confidence at
:05:10. > :05:13.that crucial time in 2010 when the financial crisis was still raging.
:05:13. > :05:16.He didn't want to engage with the advice the chief economist of the
:05:16. > :05:21.IMF has offered this week, that he needed to look again at some of the
:05:21. > :05:25.austerity that was planned for this year, given the lack of momentum in
:05:25. > :05:29.the economy. In that sense, he said, you know, we are on course, we are
:05:29. > :05:33.going to stick with what we are doing. The key question is what are
:05:33. > :05:37.the prospects likelihood, of a triple-dip recession? As always,
:05:37. > :05:40.what these figures tell you is what was going on in the economy in the
:05:40. > :05:45.last three months of last year, what was happening in the past. Of
:05:45. > :05:48.course, people are looking at them to see what clues they offer on the
:05:48. > :05:52.future, is this an economy going into 2013 that has momentum, that's
:05:52. > :05:56.going to achieve at least slow growth as the Government and a lot
:05:56. > :06:00.of other people hope? Or is it slipping back? Might we see another
:06:00. > :06:03.decline of GDP in the next few months? The honest answer is we
:06:03. > :06:06.have had a mixed picture on that. We are not sure. Some people are
:06:06. > :06:10.pointing to bits of these figures that may get revised, this first
:06:10. > :06:14.estimate often does get revised, maybe things are better than this
:06:14. > :06:19.figure suggests. Others, I talked to a senior official executive from
:06:19. > :06:23.a big British supermarket chain at lunch here and he said, the
:06:23. > :06:25.economy's ticking over and we should remember OK, it's not great,
:06:25. > :06:31.but it is a lot better than what's happening in the eurozone. The
:06:31. > :06:34.eurozone's going to shrink this year, probably won't do as well as
:06:34. > :06:37.us next year. We should be grateful that we are just ticking over. It's
:06:37. > :06:43.hard to be grateful when the economy's still smaller than it was
:06:43. > :06:47.five years ago when we first went into recession. Thank you.
:06:47. > :06:57.You can get more information on how those figures will affect the UK
:06:57. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:00.economy on the BBC News website. The trial of nine men accused of
:07:00. > :07:03.grooming young girls for sex has been hearing evidence from one of
:07:03. > :07:07.the alleged victims. The girl, who was 14 at the time, described how
:07:07. > :07:10.one of the men forced her to have sex and that she was treated like a
:07:10. > :07:15.piece of meat. Let's get more from our correspondent, Mike Sergeant,
:07:15. > :07:18.who's at the Old Bailey. This morning the second of six
:07:18. > :07:22.girls appeared in court and she's been describing how she first
:07:22. > :07:25.became involved with two of the defendants around the time of her
:07:25. > :07:30.13th birthday. Most of the evidence the jury heard this morning came in
:07:30. > :07:34.the form of a recorded interview with police which took place more
:07:34. > :07:41.than six years ago and describes events that had just happened at
:07:41. > :07:44.the time in the preceding days. Oxford, where one of the alleged
:07:44. > :07:47.victims said she often met her abusers. A court heard she told
:07:47. > :07:50.police what had been happening eventually in order to protect
:07:50. > :08:00.other possible victims. The first part of her evidence came in a
:08:00. > :08:08.
:08:08. > :08:14.video of a police interview The allegations on the video
:08:14. > :08:18.concern Akhtar Dogar. A jury heard how in 2006 the girl said she was
:08:18. > :08:24.taken to a park by a group of men she described as Asian. She said
:08:24. > :08:34.all but two of the men left. Then two men began to put pressure on
:08:34. > :08:46.
:08:46. > :08:49.The girl who was aged 15 at the time, said she was taken to another
:08:49. > :08:53.park in an area she described as an allotment where she was again
:08:54. > :08:56.forced into sex. The girl told police it left her feeling
:08:56. > :08:59.disgusted with herself. Her evidence at the Old Bailey
:08:59. > :09:03.continues. The video is now over and the
:09:03. > :09:08.witness has been answering some questions about her family
:09:08. > :09:12.background and at times shedding tears on the witness stand. The
:09:12. > :09:22.nine defendants deny more than 50 charges, including child rape and
:09:22. > :09:24.forcing children into prostitution. Thank you. Huge protests have been
:09:24. > :09:27.taking place in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to mark the second
:09:27. > :09:29.anniversary of the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. Overnight,
:09:29. > :09:33.eight people were injured in clashes near Cairo's Tahrir Square
:09:33. > :09:35.and security forces have been put on high alert. Opponents of the
:09:35. > :09:40.current President, Mohamed Morsi, say they want people to demonstrate
:09:40. > :09:46.because the original demands of the revolution still haven't been met.
:09:46. > :09:49.Let's cross to Cairo and our correspondent, Aleem Maqbool.
:09:49. > :09:55.We have just come from Tahrir Square and the numbers of
:09:55. > :09:59.protesters there really is building. There is certainly thousands there
:09:59. > :10:02.now since Friday prayers a while ago. President Morsi gave a speech,
:10:03. > :10:06.he called on Egyptians to come together as one in a day of joy
:10:06. > :10:09.marking the anniversary of the revolution, but a lot of the
:10:09. > :10:16.protesters that we met who were really angry their dreams of two
:10:16. > :10:20.years ago haven't been realised, they've got very different ideas.
:10:20. > :10:25.The instability, the anger, and the violence in Egypt continue.
:10:25. > :10:30.Once again, overnight protesters clashed with security forces around
:10:30. > :10:34.Tahrir Square. The skirmishes have gone on into
:10:34. > :10:43.what for many should and day of celebration. Definitely there will
:10:43. > :10:50.be more unrest, there will be probably more violence. There may
:10:50. > :10:56.be a new revolution. Exactly two years ago, the Egyptian uprising
:10:56. > :10:59.began. 18 days later, after hundreds of people had died,
:10:59. > :11:04.President Hosni Mubarak was gone. Mohamed Morsi is in charge now. He
:11:04. > :11:07.presides over a country where huge huge splits have been exposed
:11:07. > :11:12.between Islamist and Liberal and where people are frustrated at the
:11:12. > :11:15.lack of tangible change. That's why they're back on the streets.
:11:15. > :11:19.TRANSLATION: We came here because we haven't got
:11:19. > :11:23.our rights. The people are exhausted.
:11:23. > :11:29.We came here two years ago to call for the downfall of the regime. But
:11:29. > :11:33.it didn't really happen. Morsi just replaced Hosni Mubarak. So many
:11:33. > :11:36.times over the last two years we have seen protests here in Tahrir
:11:36. > :11:39.Square. We have seen some of the same characters, a lot of the same
:11:39. > :11:44.slogans about overthrowing the regime. What Egyptians really
:11:44. > :11:48.haven't heard is a clear vision from either the authorities or the
:11:48. > :11:53.protesters about how they're going to make progress and all the while
:11:53. > :12:00.the divisions are getting wider. There are signs that President
:12:00. > :12:05.Morsi's hope of a peaceful day of joy won't be realised.
:12:05. > :12:08.While this instability continues, investment isn't coming into Egypt,
:12:08. > :12:12.tourists, crucially, aren't coming back in the numbers they were
:12:12. > :12:16.coming before the revolution. That's led to economic hardship, as
:12:16. > :12:24.well. Really for many Egyptians today really doesn't feel like a
:12:24. > :12:27.day of celebration. Thank you.
:12:27. > :12:30.A 31-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the preparation
:12:30. > :12:33.of terrorist acts in Syria. Najul Islam from Stratford is accused of
:12:33. > :12:35.helping his brother and another man who are charged with the unlawful
:12:35. > :12:38.imprisonment of a British photojournalist and a colleague in
:12:38. > :12:42.Syria last July. Let's speak to our correspondent, Richard Lister,
:12:42. > :12:52.who's at Westminster Magistrates' Court. Take us through what the
:12:52. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:05.court has been hearing. A little bit of background, you may remember.
:13:05. > :13:08.Late last year they were arrested at Heathrow Airport by
:13:08. > :13:14.counterterrorism officers and they were subsequently charged with the
:13:14. > :13:19.false imprisonment of the two photojournalists. Yesterday
:13:20. > :13:24.counterterrorist police arrested Najul Islam's brother and this
:13:24. > :13:28.morning here he was charged with the preparation of terrorist acts.
:13:28. > :13:31.Specifically, those charges relate to his alleged provision of night-
:13:32. > :13:35.vision goggles and medical supplies and a car which he is said to have
:13:35. > :13:38.driven across Turkey to the Syrian border. He has not had a chance to
:13:38. > :13:45.plead to that and he will appear at the Old Bailey at the end of the
:13:45. > :13:48.month. Thank you very much. Every year, there are thousands of
:13:48. > :13:51.complaints against bailiffs sent by companies and councils to recover
:13:51. > :13:53.money from people in serious debt. Well, from next year there's going
:13:53. > :13:56.to be tighter regulation of the industry in England and Wales.
:13:57. > :13:59.Bailiffs won't be allowed to use force when they collect debts.
:13:59. > :14:06.They'll also have to undergo more rigorous training. Here's our legal
:14:06. > :14:13.correspondent Clive Coleman. Scott is an experienced bailiff. He
:14:13. > :14:17.is rarely welcomed with open arms, or open doors. Sir, please, if you
:14:17. > :14:20.can listen to me. I need to inform you that a locksmith is on the way
:14:20. > :14:24.and I will be forcing entry into your premises within half an hour,
:14:24. > :14:28.unless you can open the doors for me. Some in the industry welcome
:14:28. > :14:32.change, but believe bailiffs need a range of powers to get creditors
:14:32. > :14:36.their money. There are people who don't want to pay, not that they
:14:36. > :14:41.can't pay, they don't want to pay. Sometimes we have to take measures
:14:41. > :14:46.which are outside of the norm to compel payment. Up until now, the
:14:46. > :14:50.bailiff industry's been fragmented and only regulated in part. A
:14:50. > :14:55.recent -- in recent times there have been complaints about home
:14:55. > :15:00.owners and businesses about the heavy-handed tactics used. David
:15:00. > :15:06.was unemployed and owed council tax. When the bailiffs arrived. When one
:15:06. > :15:09.is short of money, what you don't want is some large bloke with a
:15:09. > :15:14.furniture van and his mates standing on your doorstep, very
:15:14. > :15:20.threatening. Making ridiculous demands. Your immediate reaction,
:15:20. > :15:24.where am I going to find �800 for fees, plus the council tax? Now the
:15:24. > :15:29.Government says it will legislate to address the problem. It's going
:15:29. > :15:34.to ban the use of force against debtors, stop bailiffs visiting
:15:34. > :15:37.homes at night or entering when only children are present. And
:15:37. > :15:41.introduce mandatory training and a new certificate process for
:15:41. > :15:45.bailiffs. We believe that these laws, these legal changes in terms
:15:45. > :15:48.of fees, certificates and training will be robust enough to deal with
:15:48. > :15:53.most of these complaints. These changes are going to help a lot of
:15:53. > :15:57.people. The Government says it will bring in the legislation next year.
:15:57. > :16:07.Once it's in place, the process of recovering debt should become a
:16:07. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:19.The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the last quarter of 2012.
:16:19. > :16:23.Can another, we will have the latest on the potential problems
:16:23. > :16:28.that will be caused by the weather as more heavy snow is predicted for
:16:28. > :16:32.much of the country. Later on BBC London, why the
:16:32. > :16:35.extravagant costumes of Russian aristocracy are on show at one of
:16:35. > :16:45.the capital's most traditional English country houses.
:16:45. > :16:51.
:16:51. > :16:55.I am how developers are taking Large parts of the UK are bracing
:16:55. > :16:58.themselves for more snow today. Northern parts of the UK are set to
:16:58. > :17:02.bear the brunt of the bad weather. Over the weekend, the weather will
:17:02. > :17:10.warm-up, but that will bring the risk of flooding because of heavy
:17:10. > :17:15.rain and thawing snow. Our correspondent is in County Durham.
:17:15. > :17:19.The forecast was for more snow to come in, and it has already started
:17:19. > :17:24.to fall in western parts of England and Scotland at the moment and on
:17:24. > :17:29.the high Pennines as well. This is the A66 on the Cumbria/County
:17:29. > :17:32.Durham border. It was closed for a few days this week because of
:17:32. > :17:36.snowdrifts, and they are preparing themselves for conditions to get
:17:36. > :17:42.very bad again. On the Trans Pennine route today,
:17:42. > :17:46.police are keeping a close eye on the conditions. The problem with
:17:46. > :17:50.the A66 is that quickly, the weather conditions can change.
:17:50. > :17:54.road is notorious in bad weather, running over exposed moorland, the
:17:54. > :17:58.snow can quickly drift, leaving vehicles stranded. The snow has
:17:59. > :18:03.already started. We know more is coming, and because of the exposed
:18:03. > :18:07.area, these road conditions can quickly worsen and cars can get
:18:07. > :18:13.stuck. Elsewhere in County Durham, they are still clearing the old
:18:14. > :18:17.snow ahead of the expected new snow. Volunteers have been organised to
:18:17. > :18:22.clear paths for people who have been stuck at home for days after
:18:22. > :18:26.12 inches fell on Monday. In Harrogate, they have made good use
:18:26. > :18:33.of what they have already got, by building an igloo and selling it
:18:33. > :18:37.online, sold to the highest bidder for �571, with proceeds going to a
:18:37. > :18:41.local cancer charity. But there is growing concern about a quick thaw
:18:41. > :18:45.over the weekend after today's snowfall. This farmer from Exmoor
:18:45. > :18:50.was cut off for three days this week, and is worried about his
:18:51. > :18:56.livestock. As the snow melts, you get more rain coming in. I have got
:18:56. > :19:01.pigs in the woods, and I am dreading that we will get it really
:19:01. > :19:06.bad and I will have mini floods here. But in many places, this
:19:06. > :19:10.afternoon is all about preparation - how much will fall, how bad will
:19:10. > :19:14.it be? We have already got some schools
:19:14. > :19:19.closing early in parts of Cumbria and North East Scotland as the
:19:19. > :19:23.weather deteriorates. They are clearing snow off the runway at
:19:23. > :19:29.Aberdeen Airport. Not unusual for the time of year, but it shows how
:19:29. > :19:33.widespread these wintry conditions are. Also an update on yesterday's
:19:33. > :19:37.accident, when two cars belonging to the same family went into a
:19:37. > :19:41.river. The man who died was 42 years old. He was a BBC colleague
:19:41. > :19:50.who worked at Salford in Manchester. That tragic incident took place
:19:50. > :19:53.yesterday lunchtime in Derbyshire. Britain's high street banks still
:19:53. > :19:56.aren't doing enough to help customers find the current account
:19:56. > :19:59.that's best for them. According to the industry regulator, the Office
:19:59. > :20:06.of Fair Trading, banks still have a lot to do to improve their services,
:20:06. > :20:09.but it has decided not to refer them to the Competition Commission.
:20:09. > :20:13.Current accounts are vital for family finances, yet too many
:20:13. > :20:17.people get stung by hefty overdraft charges and don't realise they
:20:17. > :20:23.could save hundreds of pounds a year by switching to another
:20:23. > :20:27.provider. Change is coming. Banks have promised to cut switching
:20:27. > :20:31.times from 18 days to just seven, and guarantee you will not lose
:20:31. > :20:37.money if payments go astray. But the Office of Fair Trading is
:20:37. > :20:40.asking for more. Nearly everybody has a current account. It is very
:20:40. > :20:43.important for your day-to-day life, so we are looking for increased
:20:43. > :20:48.competition in this market to make it easier for people to manage
:20:48. > :20:52.their money. The OFT wants to look at bringing in three portable a cat
:20:52. > :20:56.numbers, like taking your mobile phone number to a new provider.
:20:56. > :21:00.wants customers to be able to get details of charges over the year on
:21:00. > :21:04.demand, and it is calling on banks to let more people opt out from
:21:04. > :21:08.getting over drafts altogether. Jessica was stung by an expected
:21:08. > :21:14.overdraft charges, so she did switch her current account to a new
:21:14. > :21:17.bank. You think you open a bank account and you will be with that
:21:17. > :21:22.bank for life, unless you get a mortgage or his savings account.
:21:22. > :21:27.But in reality, mum moving was easy. A to get more rivalry going,
:21:27. > :21:31.Lloyd's is being forced to sell more than 600 branches. They are
:21:31. > :21:36.going to the Co-op. RBS is being forced to offload branches as well.
:21:36. > :21:40.I think there will be a lot more choice. It is probably right to
:21:40. > :21:43.take another look in a couple of years' time, when a number of those
:21:43. > :21:46.changes have taken place. Office of Fair Trading says
:21:46. > :21:51.competition between banks for our business is still woefully
:21:51. > :21:55.inadequate. Only one in every 40 customers bother to change their
:21:55. > :22:00.bank each year. That is because they do not realise how much money
:22:00. > :22:06.they can save, and they are worried that things will go wrong. If more
:22:06. > :22:09.people do switch, banks should be forced to offer better deals.
:22:09. > :22:12.It's hard to believe that it's six months since that golden summer of
:22:12. > :22:15.Olympic glory began in Cardiff, when our women beat New Zealand in
:22:15. > :22:18.the football. Well, all morning, the BBC has been allowed exclusive
:22:18. > :22:21.access to some of the venues in east London to see how the promises
:22:21. > :22:30.of an Olympic legacy are being fulfilled. Let's cross to the
:22:30. > :22:35.Olympic Park and speak to our sports correspondent, Dan Roan.
:22:35. > :22:38.Welcome back to the Aquatics Centre. It seems like yesterday that I saw
:22:38. > :22:44.people like Michael Phelps and Ellie Simmonds in the Paralympics,
:22:44. > :22:49.Tom Daley on the diving platform. But so much here is changing. It is
:22:49. > :22:54.a hugely different scene. Behind those huge bits of scaffolding, the
:22:54. > :23:01.seats have been removed from this fantastic arena. If we look outside,
:23:01. > :23:05.you can see how 17,500 seats have been removed over the space of six
:23:06. > :23:11.months. That huge structure will come down in the next few months,
:23:11. > :23:15.and in its place will be a huge glass wall on either side, and the
:23:15. > :23:19.aquatic centre will be in its second guys. It is not the only
:23:19. > :23:23.building here of course that is undergoing a huge transformation on
:23:23. > :23:26.what is now hallowed land. Time flies when you have had fun.
:23:26. > :23:32.London's golden Games ensured this would become one of the most iconic
:23:32. > :23:36.pockets of land in the country. Back then, a nation smiled. Now, it
:23:36. > :23:40.shivers, and six months on, the task of transforming the Olympic
:23:40. > :23:45.Park is under way. Temporary venues are being demolished. This is where
:23:45. > :23:51.the hockey stadium stood. You get a sense of sadness when you look out
:23:51. > :23:55.and see how much has changed? sadness, more excitement. I always
:23:55. > :23:58.knew this would be a 20 year journey. We have done the first ten
:23:58. > :24:02.years, with extraordinary British expertise and great generosity of
:24:02. > :24:06.spirit. We deliver a successful games. We now have the next ten
:24:06. > :24:12.years of the journey to make sure we capitalise on everything we
:24:12. > :24:17.experienced over the previous ten years. Few venues witnessed as much
:24:18. > :24:21.British success as the velodrome. Six months on from those glory days,
:24:21. > :24:26.the velodrome stands empty and strangely quiet, but this facility
:24:26. > :24:30.will stay. It is arguably the best example of a physical sporting
:24:30. > :24:36.legacy from the Games. It is due to open in around a year and it will
:24:36. > :24:39.form the centrepiece of a new cycling Park. �300 million are
:24:39. > :24:46.being spent turning the park into a new community, with thousands of
:24:46. > :24:52.homes and jobs, and public spaces alongside sport and music venues.
:24:52. > :25:00.But what of those who have won and lost last summer? How has life
:25:00. > :25:05.changed? I go to schools, speed to kids and hear their stories about
:25:05. > :25:11.how they have been inspired. The time has flown by. So much has
:25:11. > :25:16.happened. I am sure everybody has fond memories of the games,
:25:17. > :25:21.especially on a day like this. country will have an early chance
:25:21. > :25:25.to relive moments like these, when the Olympic Stadium hosts the
:25:25. > :25:30.British Athletics Grand Prix in July. But a deal with preferred
:25:30. > :25:33.tenant West Ham football club United remains in the balance. The
:25:33. > :25:39.future of the park's duel in the crown still remains uncertain.
:25:39. > :25:42.The man responsible for all this transformation is the chief
:25:42. > :25:46.executive of the London Development Corporation, who joins me now.
:25:46. > :25:51.Firstly, the aquatic centre - what will this become a? It will be a
:25:51. > :25:54.major transformation. We will open it as two major swimming pools, but
:25:54. > :25:58.for community use. People will be able to come to the park and pay
:25:58. > :26:02.the same as they were that their local pool to swim in the Olympic
:26:02. > :26:06.pool. Is your job to try and replicate the atmosphere of last
:26:07. > :26:11.summer, or does it go beyond that? Is it goes beyond that. We are
:26:11. > :26:15.creating a new neighbourhood in London, with schools,
:26:15. > :26:18.neighbourhoods, jobs. It is a regeneration project. I mentioned
:26:19. > :26:23.the stadium in the report. There is still uncertainty in terms of West
:26:24. > :26:28.Ham, but do you think it needs a permanent tan and, or could it
:26:28. > :26:30.exist if a deal is not struck? are working hard with West Ham to
:26:31. > :26:35.come to an arrangement that will stand the test of time at both for
:26:35. > :26:40.the club and for the UK taxpayer. But we have a great summer of
:26:40. > :26:43.events coming up, both with Live Nation putting on events in the
:26:43. > :26:49.stadium, and with the Diamond League athletics, the global stars
:26:49. > :26:52.coming back to the Olympic Stadium. It will be a great summer in 2013.
:26:52. > :26:56.It is a big challenge for Dennis and his team, but ultimately they
:26:56. > :27:00.have to achieve what no other host city or very few host cities have
:27:00. > :27:06.done in the past, and make sure the Olympic Park is properly used to
:27:06. > :27:09.maximum effect in the years after the Games.
:27:09. > :27:12.Let's stay with a Team GB Olympic gold medallist.
:27:12. > :27:15.Andy Murray is through to the final of the Australian Open after
:27:15. > :27:18.beating Roger Federer - his first victory against the Swiss player in
:27:18. > :27:27.a grand slam tournament. But it had to go to five sets and four
:27:27. > :27:33.gruelling hours of tennis. It was the day Murray mania came to
:27:33. > :27:37.Melbourne, with flags, face paint and boundless optimism. After that
:27:37. > :27:41.first Grand Slam title in New York, a second was now within their
:27:41. > :27:46.hero's sights. Murray has reached the semi-finals here without
:27:46. > :27:54.dropping a single set. In truth, he has had a pretty easy ride, so can
:27:54. > :27:58.he produced his best when it really counts? Murray duly strode on court
:27:58. > :28:02.to face the most successful man in tennis history, Roger Federer.
:28:02. > :28:08.Murray had never beaten him in a Grand Slam, but was that statistic
:28:08. > :28:13.about to end? Murray roared out of the blocks, seizing the initiative
:28:13. > :28:19.in style. Federer looked listless, Murray utterly inspired, blazing
:28:20. > :28:23.his way to the first set. Back came Federer, though. The second set
:28:23. > :28:29.came down to a tie-break, which Federer grabbed with a familiar
:28:29. > :28:35.flash of genius. Suddenly, they were level, but once again, the
:28:35. > :28:39.pendulum swung Murray's way. He took the next set 6-3, victory now
:28:40. > :28:43.within tantalising reach. Come the fourth set, Murray found himself
:28:43. > :28:52.serving for the match, but somehow Federer battled back for the break
:28:52. > :28:57.to force a decider. It was spellbinding drama. Once upon a
:28:57. > :29:04.time, Murray might have wilted, but not now. Instead, Federer faded and
:29:04. > :29:14.Murray finally had done it. He will now face Novak Djokovic in the
:29:14. > :29:15.
:29:15. > :29:18.final, just one last hurdle to Time to get you up to date for the
:29:18. > :29:23.weekend weather now. Is it away with the thermals and out with the
:29:23. > :29:28.waterproofs? Exactly. Are cold air will get swept away as we head into
:29:28. > :29:31.the weekend, but not before we see another dollop of snow. Met Office
:29:31. > :29:36.amber warnings have been issued for parts of Scotland and stretching
:29:36. > :29:40.into the Midlands, even as far south as the Chilterns. There are
:29:40. > :29:44.ample warnings for the next 12 to 18 hours. We are seeing heavier
:29:44. > :29:50.precipitation turn up across west Scotland. That is now turning to
:29:50. > :29:55.snow. So we will see hazardous travelling conditions here. You can
:29:55. > :30:01.see the extent of the snow this afternoon. But this evening's rush-
:30:01. > :30:06.hour, conditions will continue to be hazardous on Scotland's A roads.
:30:06. > :30:10.Across the Pennine routes, some roads may close. There are
:30:10. > :30:16.atrocious conditions across the M62 and things are getting hazardous
:30:16. > :30:20.across the Midland motorway network as well. Later overnight, we will
:30:20. > :30:27.see snow working across parts of south-east England. Even in London,
:30:27. > :30:30.we might see a few flakes of snow perhaps accumulating. I know Friday
:30:30. > :30:34.night is a big band for people travelling home to see friends and
:30:34. > :30:38.family after a hard week at work, but this might not be denied to do
:30:38. > :30:44.it. We are likely to see transport disruption and maybe even
:30:44. > :30:48.disruption to power supplies. We may see a bit of snow in the south-
:30:48. > :30:54.east of England, but it is a bit uncertain. As the snow or weather
:30:54. > :30:58.clears away, so the temperatures go down. We will see us developing on
:30:58. > :31:02.untreated roads and services. The Saturday morning, things could
:31:02. > :31:07.start on a very slippery note. We will also have snow hanging around
:31:07. > :31:10.across eastern parts of England, taking time to clear away. After
:31:10. > :31:16.that, Saturday promises to be a reasonable day. Something we have
:31:16. > :31:22.not seen for a few days - most of us will get some sunshine. If you
:31:22. > :31:26.do get the sunshine, it will stay cold. Further west, mild air is
:31:26. > :31:31.beginning to flow in from the Atlantic. That may cause issues
:31:31. > :31:35.during the weekend. On Saturday night, we have mild air and heavier
:31:35. > :31:39.outbreaks of rain. That heavy rain and mild air set in place a rapid
:31:39. > :31:43.thaw of the lying snow. The accumulation of rain could cause
:31:43. > :31:48.issues as we get into the weekend, with localised flooding problems