:00:10. > :00:13.250 British troops are being sent to Mali in West Africa to help in
:00:13. > :00:15.the fight against Islamist fighters. The Government says they won't be
:00:15. > :00:19.involved in combat operations but will be training a West African
:00:19. > :00:22.intervention force. New allegations against British
:00:22. > :00:24.troops in Iraq - calls for a public inquiry after claims that 192
:00:24. > :00:28.Iraqis were subject to horrific abuse. Nurseries and childminders
:00:28. > :00:34.in England are to be allowed to look after more children in a move
:00:34. > :00:36.the Government says will improve quality and cut costs for parents.
:00:36. > :00:39.Nurseries and childminders in England are to be allowed to look
:00:39. > :00:42.after more children in a move the Government says will improve
:00:42. > :00:44.quality and cut costs for parents Grotesque and offensive - Rupert
:00:44. > :00:47.Murdoch apologises for this cartoon in the Sunday Times.
:00:47. > :00:53.Surgeons demand that only trained doctors, nurses and dentists should
:00:53. > :00:58.provide non-surgical cosmetic treatments, such as botox.
:00:58. > :01:02.On BBC London news: The latest hospital cutting services. North
:01:02. > :01:12.London's Whittington plans a cap on births to save cash. The fight to
:01:12. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:31.prevent 300 acres of green belt Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:31. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:35.BBC News at One. The number of British troops being sent to Mali
:01:35. > :01:38.and west Africa is to rise to 350. They'll be supporting French forces
:01:38. > :01:47.fighting Islamist rebels and to help train troops from neighbouring
:01:47. > :01:49.countries. After an emergency question in the House of Commons,
:01:49. > :01:51.the Government also announced other financial and practical support,
:01:52. > :01:54.including allowing the United States to operate air re-fuelling
:01:54. > :01:55.flights out of Britain. Here's our defence correspondent, Caroline
:01:55. > :01:58.Wyatt. Rejoicing on the streets of
:01:58. > :02:03.Timbuktu, the relief was clear as French and local troops took back
:02:03. > :02:07.the desert town unopposed. But the real challenges may lie
:02:07. > :02:12.ahead, ensuring that Islamist fighters don't try to return or
:02:12. > :02:22.wage a deadly insurgency. That work will rely heavily on
:02:22. > :02:29.
:02:29. > :02:39.African troops, from Mali and its We have always said that our
:02:39. > :02:40.
:02:40. > :02:47.intention was not to stay long time because it's not our task. And the
:02:47. > :02:55.reason why, a quick presence which will take over and at the same time
:02:55. > :03:00.we must develop and train the Malian forces and when the job is
:03:00. > :03:03.done, we shall go away. The Government has made clear that
:03:03. > :03:07.no British combat troops will be sent to Mali but Number 10 is keen
:03:07. > :03:11.for the UK to help France and African nations succeed in their
:03:11. > :03:14.mission there. The MoD has been drawing up plans to send British
:03:14. > :03:18.trainers, both to help with the EU- led training mission in Mali and
:03:18. > :03:24.with the African-led mission. In the House of Commons, just before
:03:24. > :03:27.noon today, the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond responded to an
:03:27. > :03:34.emergency question to set out help the UK is offering. The UK is also
:03:34. > :03:39.prepared to offer up to 200 personnel to provide training to
:03:40. > :03:43.troops from west African countries. The numbers required will be
:03:43. > :03:47.dependent upon the requirements of the contributing nations.
:03:47. > :03:51.public are weary of conflict as a consequence of recent history.
:03:51. > :03:56.There will be worries about mission-creep and the safety of UK
:03:56. > :03:59.trainers, and it is essential that the Secretary of State allays those
:03:59. > :04:04.fears today. But some senior military figures say the UK's
:04:04. > :04:09.involvement is not unwise. Failed states bring with them instability.
:04:09. > :04:14.I think the Prime Minister's already touched on this, that Mali
:04:14. > :04:21.may sound in the middle of nowhere, Timbuktu used to be known, but what
:04:22. > :04:27.happens in a global world in Mali if the jihadists were to take over
:04:27. > :04:32.the country, as a whole, it would not end there. With RAF C-17 planes
:04:32. > :04:36.already helping in Mali and the British Sentinel spy plane the
:04:36. > :04:43.number of forces could total up to 350. With the first of the EU
:04:43. > :04:46.training mission arriving in Mali next month.
:04:46. > :04:49.In a moment, we'll be getting the latest from Westminster, but first
:04:49. > :04:54.our correspondent Thomas Fessy is in Timbuktu and we can speak to him
:04:54. > :05:00.now. What's the latest on the ground? After scenes of jubilation
:05:00. > :05:04.that we have been able to witness yesterday, tension is now rising in
:05:04. > :05:12.down town Timbuktu with dozens of people out in the streets hungry
:05:12. > :05:17.for revenge nearly a year after militants took over their city and
:05:17. > :05:26.imposed a very strict Islamist rule. These people are saying that some
:05:26. > :05:31.of the ethnic Arabs and tuaregs who hold shops are hiding weapons so
:05:31. > :05:34.they're looting their shops and boutiques. The Malian army is
:05:34. > :05:41.deployed down town but not really containing the crowds there, rather
:05:41. > :05:47.standing by. But they did pull out some weapons from at least one shop
:05:47. > :05:53.that the people broke into so there are fears that there could be some
:05:53. > :05:56.community issues here, rising community clashes following the
:05:56. > :06:00.departure of the Islamist militants here. Thank you.
:06:00. > :06:04.Let's go to our political correspondent Norman Smith. 350
:06:04. > :06:10.British troops in all, and already we are hearing fears expressed of
:06:10. > :06:13.mission-creep. Downing Street are vehemently denying this amounts to
:06:13. > :06:15.mission-creep but I suspect that's how many people will see it and
:06:15. > :06:20.that's been the phrase which one has heard again and again in the
:06:20. > :06:23.Commons this lunchtime as Philip Hammond faced questions about the
:06:23. > :06:26.emerging British deployment in Mali. Why? Because just a fortnight ago
:06:26. > :06:30.we were left with the impression that there may be a few dozen
:06:31. > :06:33.British troops deployed, now there are going to be 350 deployed to
:06:33. > :06:39.Mali and other West African countries to counterthe terrorist
:06:39. > :06:42.threat. We know we are going to provide bases for American air
:06:42. > :06:49.refuelling flights and providing a ferry for the French and offered to
:06:49. > :06:53.set up headquarters inside Mali. Already we are hearing MPs asking
:06:53. > :06:58.what is our exit strategy? Philip Hammond said he thought it would
:06:58. > :07:06.still be a short-lived intervention and there would be no combat role
:07:06. > :07:09.for British forces. It may not be Afghanistan mark II in any sense
:07:09. > :07:14.but it does seem that our intervention in Mali is perhaps not
:07:14. > :07:18.going to be nearly as swift, as simple as short-lived as many
:07:18. > :07:24.thought. One former defence Minister told me a time ago that he
:07:24. > :07:29.thought we might be in Mali for a good many years to come.
:07:29. > :07:32.Thank you. Lawyers representing Iraqis who
:07:32. > :07:35.claim to have been tortured by British troops say they have
:07:35. > :07:38.evidence of systemic human rights violations on a huge scale. They
:07:38. > :07:43.want a public inquiry into the way UK forces detained prisoners
:07:43. > :07:46.following the invasion of Iraq ten years ago. Let's speak to our world
:07:46. > :07:51.affairs correspondent Caroline Hawley who's at the High Court.
:07:51. > :07:55.Lawyers now say they collected statements from 192 Iraqis who they
:07:55. > :08:00.are representing in court today. They say hundreds more are waiting
:08:00. > :08:04.to give statements. What they essentially want is a public
:08:04. > :08:10.inquiry, a wide-ranging inquiry into Britain's entire detention
:08:10. > :08:17.policy and practices between 2003 and and 2008 when British forces
:08:17. > :08:22.were in southern Iraq. Under interrogation here one of the
:08:22. > :08:25.Iraqis being represented in court today. He's been subjected to
:08:25. > :08:29.harshing and he is heard to say he hasn't been given food or water
:08:29. > :08:33.water for two days. Since British troops withdrew from Iraq there
:08:33. > :08:37.have been growing allegations of abuse with detainees khraeupbing --
:08:37. > :08:41.complaining not only of beatings and also of sexual humiliation,
:08:41. > :08:44.including being forced to strip naked and being urinated on. A
:08:44. > :08:48.public inquiry has already been held into the death in British
:08:48. > :08:54.custody of Baha Mousa, but lawyers say he wasn't the only Iraqi to die
:08:54. > :09:00.in unlawful circumstances. authorised all of this? How many
:09:00. > :09:04.Iraqis did we actually kill in UK military facilities? These and many
:09:04. > :09:08.other troubling questions as to what was done in our name in Iraq
:09:08. > :09:13.can only be answered properly by an independent public judge-led
:09:13. > :09:17.inquiry. The Ministry of Defence has already paid out more than �15
:09:17. > :09:22.million to settle more than 200 claims of mistreatment and unlawful
:09:22. > :09:26.detention. It set up an investigation team. It says the
:09:26. > :09:31.establishment now of a wide-ranging public inquiry to consider alleged
:09:31. > :09:35.systemic issues would be premature and disproportionate. It is
:09:35. > :09:39.important t says, we allow the Iraq Historic Allegations Team to get on
:09:39. > :09:44.with this important work and not be distracted by challenges to its
:09:44. > :09:49.competence and independence. But the Army's former chief legal
:09:49. > :09:55.officer in Iraq says there must be an inquiry. Last year, the
:09:55. > :10:00.Government settled 162 cases at a cost of �8.3 million. I am aware
:10:00. > :10:05.that there are a further 700 allegations waiting in the wings.
:10:05. > :10:08.This no longer looks like a few bad apples. Almost ten years since
:10:08. > :10:18.British troops fought their way into Iraq, the military's now
:10:18. > :10:22.having to confront a dark side to its legacy.
:10:22. > :10:26.The question is, and the question before the court, is what should be
:10:26. > :10:32.done about them, how they should be segted and -- investigated and, in
:10:32. > :10:35.particular, whether this this team is sufficiently independent to
:10:35. > :10:43.examine allegations and the hearing is expected to last three days.
:10:43. > :10:46.Thank you. Nursery workers in England are to
:10:46. > :10:48.be allowed to look after more children in an attempt to reduce
:10:48. > :10:51.childcare costs. Staff will have to undergo more rigorous training to
:10:51. > :10:54.deal with increased workload but the Government hopes the plan will
:10:54. > :11:00.lead to lower prices. Critics warn the change could compromise quality
:11:00. > :11:02.and children's safety. Let's speak to our education correspondent
:11:02. > :11:05.Reeta Chakratbarti who's at a nursery school. From September,
:11:05. > :11:09.managers at this nursery could if they choose employ fewer staff for
:11:09. > :11:13.the same number of children, so long as they have a suitably
:11:13. > :11:17.qualified workforce. It's part of a move by Ministers to try and
:11:17. > :11:21.improve the quality of childcare, while bringing down costs for
:11:21. > :11:25.families. How to square the circle of
:11:25. > :11:28.providing better childcare but at reduced cost to parents? Today
:11:28. > :11:32.Ministers unveiled part of their solution. Nursery staff will be
:11:32. > :11:36.able to look after more children than now, but only if they're more
:11:36. > :11:40.highly qualified. Their salaries will go up but fewer staff could
:11:40. > :11:45.mean a saving for families. It will make it higher quality, more
:11:45. > :11:49.available and more affordable. This will take time t will take time to
:11:49. > :11:53.recruit new people and time to expand nurseries. With childcare
:11:53. > :11:58.costing thousands a year, many women are put off going back to
:11:58. > :12:03.work. Do parents think think relaxing ratios is a good idea? It
:12:03. > :12:07.Will be a welcome change. Nursery costs are high. Basically, you
:12:07. > :12:11.can't afford to have two parents going to work. The costs of having
:12:11. > :12:15.a full-time nursery is too high. am not particularly in favour, even
:12:15. > :12:20.if they're more qualified on paper, I just think the more people you
:12:20. > :12:25.have to look after, the less attention you can give to kids.
:12:25. > :12:29.Kids unlimited is one of the largest nursery chains, will
:12:29. > :12:32.loosening ratios mean savings for parents? Not necessarily. I don't
:12:32. > :12:36.think it's a straightforward equation. We would have to look at
:12:36. > :12:40.all of the issues involved and obviously, I can't speak for other
:12:40. > :12:45.providers but certainly at Kids Unlimited we have no plans in the
:12:45. > :12:48.short-term, at least, to be reducing our ratios. David Cameron
:12:48. > :12:52.and Nick Clegg earlier this month pledged to make childcare a key
:12:52. > :12:56.issue. But there are no details today of suggestions that working
:12:56. > :13:01.parents could get a tax-break of several thousand pounds to help
:13:01. > :13:06.with costs. Changes to welfare and to who gets child benefit have
:13:06. > :13:10.already hit some parents hard, the Government is now keen to show it
:13:10. > :13:12.has alternative plans to help hard- pressed families. We are still
:13:12. > :13:16.awaiting the other half of those plans, which it's thought will
:13:16. > :13:20.include a sort of repackaging of existing childcare subsidies in the
:13:20. > :13:23.form of a tax break for parents. That issue is still caught up in
:13:23. > :13:28.negotiations between the two sides of the coalition. But it's thought
:13:28. > :13:33.an announcement is to be expected shortly.
:13:33. > :13:38.Ruweishad has apologise -- - Rupert Murdoch has apologised for a
:13:38. > :13:44.cartoon which appeared in the Sunday Times on Holocaust Memorial
:13:44. > :13:53.Day after criticism that it was anti-Semitic. Mr Murdoch called the
:13:53. > :13:57.cartoon by injury arld -- injury ald Scarfe grotesque and offensive.
:13:57. > :14:01.But other artists have been defending it. The face, the
:14:01. > :14:08.dripping flood, it was Holocaust Memorial Day and for many this had
:14:08. > :14:16.all too many echoes of the long history of anti- Semitic imagery.
:14:16. > :14:22.The cartoon in the Sunday Times is, I have to say, a classic example of
:14:23. > :14:26.anti-Semitic. And this this has Binyamin Netanyahu effectively
:14:26. > :14:29.glorying in the blood of Palestinians.
:14:29. > :14:32.Rupert Murdoch, the owner of the Sunday Times, today issued an
:14:32. > :14:36.apology. The editor of the paper was meeting the board of deputies
:14:37. > :14:40.of British Jews and the cartoonist Gerald Scarfe is also said to
:14:40. > :14:44.regret the timing of the cartoon. But a former director of the Press
:14:44. > :14:51.Complaints Commission feels it was making a valid political point.
:14:51. > :14:56.purpose of political cartoons is to sa sa tar rice sometimes
:14:56. > :15:04.aggressively. The paoeupl Prime Minister of Israel is in the
:15:04. > :15:14.picture. There is tradition in this country of political cartoons being
:15:14. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:19.very viseral and caricaturish in their response. In this case, one
:15:19. > :15:23.of the key elements was the context. Seeing this on the day that the
:15:23. > :15:29.world remembers the consequences of anti-Semitism and the millions who
:15:29. > :15:34.died. Our top story: 350 British troops
:15:34. > :15:38.are being sent to Mali and West Africa to help in the fight against
:15:38. > :15:44.Islamist insurgents. The Government says they won't be involved in the
:15:44. > :15:49.combat operations. Coming up: We know where and when.
:15:49. > :15:52.Now we know who. 40 years on from its first performance the rock 'n'
:15:52. > :15:56.roll legends prepare to take Quadrophenia on tour. Later on BBC
:15:56. > :16:06.London: The NHS Trust which admits to breaching health and safety laws
:16:06. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:19.after an outbreak of Legionairs Beauticians without medical
:16:19. > :16:22.training shouldn't be allowed to give non-surgical treatments like
:16:22. > :16:27.Botox. According to the Royal College of Surgeons there should be
:16:27. > :16:32.a ban on so-called Botox parties, and only trained doctors, nurses
:16:32. > :16:35.and dentists should be allowed to provide similar cosmetic treatments.
:16:35. > :16:39.This is how the Royal College of Surgeons would like cosmetic
:16:39. > :16:42.procedures such ASBO tox to be carried out, by a qualified and
:16:42. > :16:47.properly trained nurse. But there's a recknoigs that all too often
:16:47. > :16:54.these treatments are give no-one very different circumstances.
:16:54. > :16:58.think people don't view it as a serious matter. They need to. There
:16:58. > :17:02.can be a lot of damage done to people if they are not qualified
:17:02. > :17:07.and getting the right treatment in the right premises. That's the
:17:07. > :17:10.biggest issue. I think vulnerable people are being taken advantage of.
:17:10. > :17:14.Hundreds of thousands of non- surgical cosmetics treatments are
:17:14. > :17:18.carried out in the UK each year, but we don't know how many, because
:17:18. > :17:21.the industry is at present unelected. The Royal College of
:17:21. > :17:25.Surgeons says anyone anywhere can carry out these kinds of medical
:17:25. > :17:31.treatments without the property training. So the Royal College of
:17:31. > :17:33.Surgeons is launching new guidelines for non-surgical
:17:33. > :17:37.cosmetic procedures. Patients should be given better information
:17:37. > :17:40.on the risks involved. They should be assessed to see if they need
:17:40. > :17:45.psychological support. And their expectations of what the procedure
:17:45. > :17:48.can achieve must be realistic. think it is very important in the
:17:48. > :17:52.consenting process between the person who is going to give the
:17:52. > :17:57.therapy and the patient that the patient understands what can be
:17:57. > :18:02.achieved and also is fully aware of the qualifications of the surgeon,
:18:02. > :18:07.nurse or dentist who is going to perform the procedure. There's been
:18:07. > :18:12.a huge growth in non-surgical cosmetic treatments in recent years,
:18:12. > :18:17.but some are still reluctant to undergo the procedure in a salon
:18:17. > :18:22.rather than with trained medical staff. In a salon they do hair and
:18:22. > :18:27.nails and stuff. Not major things like that. I probably would feel
:18:27. > :18:30.comfortable. I don't see Botox so much as plastic surgery but more
:18:30. > :18:34.like injections. The Royal College of Surgeons is not a regulator, so
:18:34. > :18:40.can't enforce the guidelines. But it hopes that they will feed into a
:18:40. > :18:42.review of cosmetic surgery that's due to report in March.
:18:42. > :18:47.A British man is under investigation in France in
:18:47. > :18:50.connection with the murder of a woman jogger. Police in the
:18:51. > :18:54.southern city of Nimes said the body of the woman was found on
:18:54. > :19:00.Thursday evening after she failed to pick up her three children from
:19:00. > :19:04.school. She had suffered multiple stab wounds and other injuries. The
:19:04. > :19:10.AFP news agency is reporting that the 32-year-old man is from chat
:19:10. > :19:17.Tam in Kent. An Indonesian court has sentenced a
:19:17. > :19:22.British man to six years in jail for possession of cocaine. A woman
:19:22. > :19:24.linked to the case has already been sentenced to death for drugs
:19:25. > :19:27.smuggling. The law which requires people to
:19:27. > :19:30.disclose all their previous convictions and cautions if they
:19:30. > :19:33.need a CRB check has been declared a breach of human rights. A 21-
:19:33. > :19:36.year-old had gone to the High Court because during two job applications
:19:36. > :19:39.police had disclosed he'd been cautioned for minor offences when
:19:39. > :19:43.he was just 11 years old. Let's get more from our legal affairs
:19:43. > :19:49.correspondent, Clive Coleman, who's at the High Court. What does this
:19:49. > :19:52.mean now? I think the significance of today's vuling that the entire
:19:52. > :19:56.system of criminal records checks has been thrown into confusion. We
:19:56. > :20:01.have a system at the moment whereby if you want a job in certain areas,
:20:01. > :20:05.vulnerable people, working with children and so forth, there's a
:20:05. > :20:09.blanket disclosure system. A certificate has to be provided and
:20:09. > :20:13.that will cover absolutely everything on your record -
:20:13. > :20:18.convictions, cautions, warnings going back to when you were a child.
:20:18. > :20:22.The court has said fermly today that that system is
:20:22. > :20:28.disproportionate, that it is incompatible to a individual's life
:20:28. > :20:32.to a private and family life. In no uncertain terms the court has said
:20:32. > :20:35.Parliament must act to amend that blanket disclosure system. There is
:20:35. > :20:40.pressure on the Government to do something. The Government are in a
:20:40. > :20:44.tough corner on this. There's a stay, if you like, 28 days they've
:20:44. > :20:49.been given to seek permission to appeal to the highest court in the
:20:49. > :20:53.land, the Supreme Court. Whilst that is in place this ruling isn't
:20:53. > :20:57.brought into effect. So they have that breathing space. The they are
:20:57. > :21:02.successful, this judgment is suspended pending the appeal of the
:21:02. > :21:04.Supreme Court. If they are unsuccessful or if they lose at the
:21:04. > :21:09.Supreme Court, the Government I think would have to bring in
:21:09. > :21:15.emergency legislation to bring in some kind of filter, some kind of
:21:15. > :21:16.system which says there are certain things on your record which are
:21:16. > :21:21.either PROBLEM WITH SOUND
:21:21. > :21:24.Which you don't have to disclose. The system, the courts have said,
:21:24. > :21:27.really have to change. Some of the country's leading
:21:27. > :21:30.health organisations are calling for a special tax on fizzy drinks.
:21:30. > :21:34.They say there should be a levy of 20p on every litre, which would
:21:34. > :21:37.raise enough money to pay for free school fruit and meals to improve
:21:37. > :21:47.children's health. Drinks companies point out that for every 60p can of
:21:47. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :21:56.To the Treasury. English football has been given an
:21:56. > :21:59.ultimatum: change the way you're run, or we'll change it for you.
:21:59. > :22:01.MPs say there needs to be more financial transparency in the game
:22:01. > :22:04.and a rethink about the relationship between the FA, the
:22:04. > :22:10.Premier League and the Football League. Let's cross to our sports
:22:10. > :22:13.correspondent, Katherine Downes, who's at Wembley. The FA have been
:22:13. > :22:16.given until the start of next season to modernise and become more
:22:16. > :22:21.diverse or the Government will legislate. This isn't the first
:22:21. > :22:27.time there've been calls for reform in what Ministers have described as
:22:27. > :22:30.the worst-imporned sport in Britain. -- worst-governed sport in Britain.
:22:30. > :22:34.The English Premier League is one of the most popular in the world,
:22:34. > :22:37.generating hundreds of millions of pounds through sponsorship and
:22:37. > :22:40.broadcasting right. But the commercialisation of the game has
:22:40. > :22:44.given the Premier League what MPs say is an unhealthy level of
:22:44. > :22:49.influence over English football. The power of the Premier League is
:22:49. > :22:53.so great that it is preventing any of the more radical reform which is
:22:53. > :22:59.we think are necessary. That's been very widely recognised throughout
:22:59. > :23:02.football. MPs warned those here at Wembley back in 2011 to make sure
:23:02. > :23:06.the interests of all levels of football are represented at the FA
:23:06. > :23:10.and to curb the financial risk taking of clubs to make sure fewer
:23:10. > :23:15.go into administration. But today's report says they haven't done
:23:15. > :23:18.enough. In response football's governing body say they have made
:23:18. > :23:22.changes. Significant head-way has already been made on these
:23:22. > :23:26.proposaled reforms, they claim, and we are confident the necessary prog
:23:26. > :23:30.less be made. But the committee wants more radical reform. Football
:23:30. > :23:34.supporters should be represented at the FA, they say, instead of having
:23:34. > :23:39.so many Premier League executives making decisions. And even those in
:23:39. > :23:45.charge at the FA in the past think that makes sense. The question is,
:23:45. > :23:51.how do you build a new relationship going forward? Our generation,
:23:51. > :23:55.frankly, failed to bring together the different interests of the game.
:23:55. > :23:59.We've had too many conflicts of interest, and the personalities
:23:59. > :24:04.ultimately couldn't rise above that. The threat is that if changes
:24:04. > :24:08.aren't made, the Government will step in. A humiliating ultimatum
:24:08. > :24:13.for the FA in the year in which it is celebrating its 150th
:24:13. > :24:17.anniversary. This could be a big year for the FA
:24:17. > :24:21.in more ways than one. If the Government does step in, that will
:24:21. > :24:24.be controversial. This is after all a multi-million pound business, but
:24:24. > :24:29.you have to remember that football is the national sport of this
:24:29. > :24:31.country. Supporters themselves wants more of a say in how it is
:24:31. > :24:35.run. Just recently we've seen The
:24:35. > :24:38.Rolling Stones and David Bowie back on the music scene. And now The Who
:24:38. > :24:41.are about to show that age is no bar to staying a rock 'n' roll
:24:41. > :24:43.legend. Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry, now both approaching their
:24:43. > :24:46.70s, are planning to bring their epic rock opera Quadraphenia to
:24:46. > :24:56.British venues next summer. David Willis caught up with them in Los
:24:56. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:05.Set in the days of rival mod and rocker gangs, Quadrophenia is the
:25:05. > :25:10.story of a boy called Jimmy, who saw himself as part of the band.
:25:10. > :25:15.After the album made it to number two in the UK charts, the story was
:25:15. > :25:21.turned into a film. We are touring in America now. We are doing a lot
:25:21. > :25:24.of shows here. I wanted to play him in my home country. I think quad
:25:24. > :25:28.squad a quintessential English piece, a British piece. It is about
:25:28. > :25:33.life in post-war England, about a young man who comes from our
:25:33. > :25:35.neighbourhoods. I wanted to be able to, because it is so grate. I'm
:25:35. > :25:38.loving it. It's nearly 50 years since The Who
:25:38. > :25:42.first got together. Coming hard on the heels of The Beatles and The
:25:42. > :25:46.Rolling Stones, they were not only the loudest rock 'n' roll band, but
:25:46. > :25:50.arguably the most rebellious. Two of the original line-up have since
:25:50. > :26:00.died rockstar deaths. But despite being nearly 70 years old, the
:26:00. > :26:00.
:26:00. > :26:04.other two are keen to keep rocking. What's the relationship between the
:26:04. > :26:14.two of you now? There was a lot of stuff about there being a tense
:26:14. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:23.relationship between you. I would like to think there was
:26:23. > :26:29.some angst. I can't imagine being luckier, either of us really, to
:26:29. > :26:36.get to this place in our lives when we are both pushing 70 and we've
:26:36. > :26:39.got this great music and we can gather, the aura of a band around
:26:39. > :26:44.us, The Who band, whoever we take on the stage with us. We are so
:26:44. > :26:48.lucky. And we are lucky to be friends and allies in having
:26:48. > :26:53.roughly the same direction. drunken rampage which is earned
:26:53. > :26:58.them bans from all the major hotel chains are also a thing of the past.
:26:58. > :27:03.Life on the road these days is by their own admission a little more
:27:03. > :27:07.sedate. You do ever feel the desire to throw a television through a
:27:07. > :27:12.hotel window? My mum would have killed me. We don't argue with our
:27:12. > :27:16.TV sets any more. Anyway, those great big plasma screens I wouldn't
:27:16. > :27:20.get them off the wall if I wanted to. You would have thought they
:27:20. > :27:25.would make them lighter for old rock bands. Despite that each of
:27:25. > :27:31.them could qualify from a bus pass, the group that sang of dying before
:27:31. > :27:35.they got old, hope to still be rocking in their 70s.
:27:35. > :27:39.Just before the weather here, in Australia, they have been suffering
:27:39. > :27:45.from scorching temperatures, bushfires, tornadoes, floods and
:27:45. > :27:50.now foam. This is the city of Port Macquarie, where the fierce storms
:27:50. > :27:55.have whipped up huge amounts of sea foam. In the Sunshine Coast the
:27:55. > :28:05.foam there has been hiding some surprises. There's a car! That
:28:05. > :28:06.
:28:06. > :28:09.ended up being nothing more nan a close shave.
:28:09. > :28:13.close shave. That groan was from Nick Miller.
:28:13. > :28:18.Sadly not much to smile about in the weather. The rain is here again.
:28:18. > :28:22.It is as you were, wet and windy weather. The rainfall picture so
:28:22. > :28:27.far today is pushing north-east, eventually reaching parts of the
:28:27. > :28:31.east that haven't seen today. The strengthening winds as well. But
:28:31. > :28:35.something different, the temperatures have headed up even
:28:35. > :28:39.further. It is very mild, particularly in parts of England
:28:39. > :28:47.and Wales. 14 degrees in Exeter. It's the warmest day since the
:28:47. > :28:51.start of January. The rain and the wind is as you were. Another day of
:28:52. > :28:55.unsettled weather. It is not necessarily constant rain, there
:28:55. > :29:00.are drier spells. In Northern Ireland the bulk of the rain has
:29:00. > :29:06.cleared. The further west you are I'm hoping it will brighten later.
:29:06. > :29:10.Rain in central Scotland, the rain advancing towards Orkney. In
:29:10. > :29:16.northern Scotland the rain strengthens this evening. This
:29:16. > :29:20.afternoon in Cumbria, rain and then it turns more patchy, as it does in
:29:20. > :29:26.East Anglia and the south-east. There are drier spells. Pretty
:29:26. > :29:32.breezy, and it is mild. 13-14 degrees. Rain in the south-west,
:29:32. > :29:36.especially the moors and Devon, and outbreaks of rain into Wales. The
:29:36. > :29:40.further north you are it will be quite heavy, and windy. We are
:29:40. > :29:43.concerned this evening about the rain pushing eastwards across
:29:43. > :29:51.England and Wales. Especially over the saturated ground of South Wales,
:29:51. > :29:58.the moors in the South West. A Met Office amber waurpbg. Rainfall
:29:58. > :30:02.totals 50mm, or 2 inches, enhancing the flood risk. In Scotland and the
:30:02. > :30:06.Orkney isles, gusts of 85 miles per hour are possible. That could cause
:30:06. > :30:11.disruption, and large waves overtopping the cause way. Bear
:30:11. > :30:15.that in mind. Wednesday, blustery. A frost-free night. A mild start to
:30:15. > :30:18.Wednesday. Early rain in the south- east clearing away. Showers
:30:18. > :30:22.rattling in southern Scotland and northern England, with hail,
:30:22. > :30:25.thunder and gusty winds, into the Midlands and Wales. But also
:30:25. > :30:30.sunshine and feeling fresher compared with today.
:30:30. > :30:33.Blustery again on Thursday. Heavy rain pushing east with showers but
:30:33. > :30:43.sunshine to follow. Friday - potentially another spell
:30:43. > :30:52.