:00:05. > :00:10.No problem at the pumps - an investigation says prices are not
:00:10. > :00:12.being kept artificially high. The Office of Fair Trading says
:00:12. > :00:20.competition on the forecourt is working well, but critics have
:00:20. > :00:24.called the report a whitewash. We will meet the OFT to find out
:00:24. > :00:26.exactly why the information we submitted didn't constitute
:00:26. > :00:29.evidence that they felt that they could take forward.
:00:29. > :00:34.David Cameron prepares to fly to Algeria to discuss the threat from
:00:34. > :00:38.Islamist insurgents in North Africa. Tesco says it will carry out DNA
:00:38. > :00:41.tests on all its meat products, as it drops a supplier over the horse
:00:41. > :00:44.meat scandal. The London Marathon charity runner
:00:44. > :00:48.whose death prompted a surge of donations - an inquest hears she'd
:00:48. > :00:52.taken a stimulant that's now been banned.
:00:52. > :01:00.The British stiff upper lip - experts say that may be why the UK
:01:00. > :01:03.lags behind in the fight against cancer. On BBC London: The A&E in
:01:03. > :01:13.east London giving unacceptably poor care. Could giving more social
:01:13. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:29.services to the capital's homeless Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:29. > :01:32.BBC news at One. The Office of Fair Trading says it's found no evidence
:01:32. > :01:36.that fuel is unfairly priced or that the high cost is caused by
:01:36. > :01:41.mark-ups within the industry. In fact, it says the cost of petrol
:01:41. > :01:43.and diesel here - before tax - is among the cheapest in Europe. The
:01:43. > :01:49.investigation into fuel prices was launched following complaints about
:01:49. > :01:51.prices from motoring and consumer groups. The AA says the report is a
:01:51. > :01:58.whitewash. Our business correspondent Emma Simpson has the
:01:58. > :02:02.details. Filling up at the pumps, prices are
:02:02. > :02:06.on the rise once again. These motorists certainly don't think
:02:06. > :02:10.they're getting a fair deal. They go up quick enough but they never
:02:10. > :02:16.come down. If they do, yeah, a month later. It's more expensive
:02:17. > :02:21.now than it ever was. It's getting ridiculous. But today the OFT has
:02:21. > :02:25.concluded that when it comes to the UK fuel market, competition is
:02:25. > :02:28.working well. They also found little to support
:02:28. > :02:31.claims of rocket and feather pricing where falls in the
:02:31. > :02:35.wholesale cost of fuel aren't passed on quickly enough to
:02:35. > :02:39.motorists. And when it comes to the impact of
:02:39. > :02:42.competition from supermarkets and major oil companies, it hadn't
:02:42. > :02:46.received any evidence of anti- competitive practices.
:02:46. > :02:50.We have found that generally the market isworking competitively. We
:02:50. > :02:53.haven't seen evidence to suggest that drivers are being ripped off
:02:53. > :02:56.when they purchase fuel. That doesn't mean mean there are not
:02:56. > :02:59.differences in different areas and that drivers couldn't be doing more
:02:59. > :03:02.to possibly pay lower prices themselves by taking advantage of
:03:02. > :03:07.that. Drivers have long been concerned
:03:07. > :03:12.that they pay over the odds for their fuel. With accusations of
:03:12. > :03:17.profiteering by retailers and oil companies. Today's verdict here at
:03:17. > :03:21.the OFT has frustrated motoring organisations and campaigners who
:03:21. > :03:26.remain convinced that this market isn't working as it should. This
:03:26. > :03:29.isn't a shock to us. This is the sort of thing the OFT, the
:03:29. > :03:34.establishment have done many times before where they failed to take on
:03:34. > :03:38.the big players in the market, the oil companies, the supermarkets,
:03:38. > :03:43.and have left the smaller independent businesses to their
:03:43. > :03:47.fate. The OFT did raise concerns about prices at motorway service
:03:47. > :03:52.stations where fuel is often much more expensive. It's calling for
:03:52. > :03:56.new road signs so drivers can see the prices before they pull in.
:03:56. > :04:00.Fuel costs have soared in the last decade, but the OFT says if you
:04:00. > :04:04.take out the tax and duty, we have some of the cheapest petrol and
:04:04. > :04:09.diesel in Europe. But for the tens of millions of drivers who have no
:04:09. > :04:14.choice but to fill up, that's of little comfort. The scrutiny of
:04:14. > :04:18.this hugely important market is far from over.
:04:18. > :04:22.Let's speak to our business correspondent, Adam Parsons. A
:04:22. > :04:26.whitewash say the AA. A lot of surprise certainly from other
:04:26. > :04:29.quarters that -- at the findings. Nobody is saying what a terrific
:04:29. > :04:33.report and this is what we were expecting. I think one of the
:04:33. > :04:37.problems is the disconnect between what Emma was saying, the cheapest
:04:37. > :04:41.prices in Europe, that might be true until you add in the tax and
:04:41. > :04:45.the VAT and suddenly you have by some estimatation is either the
:04:45. > :04:51.most expensive, second, third most expensive prices in Europe. So the
:04:51. > :04:54.reaction today was disappointment and then anger on behalf of drivers,
:04:54. > :04:59.in particular, and retailers. The cost of fuel is something that gets
:04:59. > :05:01.passed down through the entire economy. If you buy something in a
:05:01. > :05:06.supermarket you factor in how much it's cost to transport it around
:05:06. > :05:11.the country. The disappointment about this OFT report will start
:05:11. > :05:13.manifesting it self in two ways. One is to look at the OFT and say
:05:13. > :05:16.you should look again at these things you were supposed to
:05:16. > :05:20.investigate and secondly, it will be to say to the Government, you
:05:20. > :05:24.are charging us too much tax. If you want growth, you should reduce
:05:24. > :05:28.this. In a time of austerity, will they do that? I am not sure.
:05:28. > :05:31.There's more on this story on our website, include ago calculate tore
:05:31. > :05:39.work out how much you are paying in your area compared with the
:05:39. > :05:42.national average. David Cameron is to due to travel
:05:42. > :05:44.to Algeria this afternoon - the first visit to the country by a
:05:44. > :05:47.British Prime Minister since the country gained independence more
:05:48. > :05:50.than 50 years ago. He's expected to discuss security in the country,
:05:51. > :05:54.following the seizure of a gas plant by an Islamist group, which
:05:54. > :05:59.led to the deaths of a number of Britons. Here's our world affairs
:05:59. > :06:03.correspondent, Allan Little. The French-led advance through Mali has
:06:03. > :06:07.been swift. This is a town captured from Islamist rebels at the weekend
:06:07. > :06:14.and now being secured house by house. Rebels fled so quickly they
:06:14. > :06:18.left arms, ammunition and explosives behind. In the city of
:06:18. > :06:21.Timbuktu the rebels left a power vacuum. People ransacked and looted
:06:21. > :06:27.shops and businesses, claiming these had belonged to what they
:06:27. > :06:32.called Arabs and terrorists. 330 British troops have been sent to
:06:32. > :06:36.the region, not for now to fight, tpwou train and advise Malian and
:06:36. > :06:39.other forces. The Prime Minister has said the world faced a long
:06:39. > :06:44.struggle against terrorism in Africa. We need, he said, to close
:06:44. > :06:47.down the ungoverned spaces in which terrorists thrive. But some warned
:06:47. > :06:51.against action and terminology that would play into the hands of
:06:51. > :06:55.extremists. I think you have to be very careful about language because
:06:55. > :07:00.the terrorists, al-Qaeda, they want you to believe that they're engaged
:07:00. > :07:06.in a war. If you start to use the language of war, then you give them
:07:06. > :07:10.a moral justification. 37 foreign workers, six of them British, and
:07:10. > :07:14.ten Algerians died this month when terrorists seized control of a gas
:07:14. > :07:19.plant in the Algerian desert. There were no long drawn out negotiations
:07:19. > :07:25.to free the hostages, instead, controversially, Algerian forces
:07:25. > :07:28.stormed the compound. David Cameron will meet his Algerian counterpart
:07:28. > :07:34.to discuss a co-ordinated response to the emerging security threat. He
:07:34. > :07:38.will be accompanied by the head of MI6. But critics warned today of
:07:38. > :07:41.the dangers of being drawn into another long and costly war.
:07:41. > :07:45.course there should be intelligence-sharing, of course
:07:45. > :07:48.there should be security co- operation. But on the other hand, a
:07:48. > :07:51.few days ago the Prime Minister told the House of Commons the
:07:51. > :07:55.British force commitment would number in the tens. As you made
:07:56. > :07:59.clear, we now understand the numbers are in the hundreds.
:07:59. > :08:06.Prime Minister said there was a need for a tough, patient and
:08:06. > :08:09.intelligent response to extremism in the region.
:08:09. > :08:12.Our political correspondent is at Westminster. It's understood the
:08:12. > :08:14.head of MI6 will be accompanying the Prime Minister, explain the
:08:14. > :08:18.significance of that. It's deeply significant, because whereas
:08:18. > :08:22.yesterday with the announcement of our military contribution to west
:08:22. > :08:26.Africa with the deployment of more than 300 troops, today we will get
:08:26. > :08:30.the intelligence element of our contribution which is why Sir John
:08:30. > :08:34.Sawers is going with the Prime Minister to discuss with the
:08:34. > :08:38.Algerians how we can better patrol the borders of Algeria, how we can
:08:39. > :08:43.try and limit the flow of arms from Libya and how better security can
:08:43. > :08:46.be provided at BP and other gas plants where British nationals work.
:08:46. > :08:50.Perhaps most important is the symbolism of today's visit. It is
:08:50. > :08:55.the first by a British Prime Minister in 50 years and that
:08:55. > :08:58.underscores how seriously Mr Cameron views the emerging
:08:58. > :09:02.generational terrorist threat we face from West Africa and his
:09:02. > :09:06.readiness to intervene. Indeed, it's expected he will tell the
:09:06. > :09:16.Algerians that the UK is ready to stand side by side with them in
:09:16. > :09:21.taking on this terrorist threat. Thank you. Two people have been
:09:21. > :09:24.shot dead in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. It comes as Egypt's
:09:24. > :09:27.opposition leader has called for a national dialogue with the Islamist
:09:27. > :09:30.government and the military to try to stop the violence which has left
:09:30. > :09:33.dozens dead in the past week. The violence erupted on the eve of the
:09:33. > :09:34.second anniversary of the uprising that toppled the former president,
:09:34. > :09:37.Hosni Mubarak. The Scottish Government's preferred
:09:37. > :09:40.question for next year's historic referendum on independence has been
:09:40. > :09:47.rejected by the elections watchdog. Instead, voters will be asked -
:09:47. > :09:49.Should Scotland be an independent country? Yes//No. Our Scotland
:09:49. > :09:52.correspondent Lorna Gordon is at Holyrood for us. The Electoral
:09:52. > :09:56.Commission talked to people across Scotland, to political parties here
:09:56. > :10:00.at the Scottish parliament. They talked to campaigners, they even
:10:00. > :10:04.talked to plain language experts and whilst they concluded that the
:10:04. > :10:09.proposed question was clear, simple and easy to understand, they
:10:09. > :10:14.recommended it be changed to something more neutral.
:10:14. > :10:17.What's in a question? Well, quite a lot according to the Electoral
:10:17. > :10:20.Commission. They recommended that the Scottish Government's preferred
:10:20. > :10:26.question, do you agree that Scotland should be an independent
:10:26. > :10:30.country, yes or no, be reworded, shortened to - should Scotland be
:10:30. > :10:35.an independent country? When we spoke to people we asked them to
:10:35. > :10:39.fill out the ballot paper. And across the board those who said
:10:39. > :10:43.they were in favour of yes, those in favour of no and those who
:10:43. > :10:49.hadn't made up their mind, across the board, they said they felt that
:10:49. > :10:53.do you agree might incline people to say yes. The Electoral
:10:53. > :10:56.Commission advises that it will be up to the parliament here at
:10:56. > :11:01.Holyrood where the SNP has a majority to decide. Today, the
:11:01. > :11:05.Scottish Government agreed that will be the question asked. I will
:11:05. > :11:08.be accepting on behalf of the Scottish Government all of the
:11:08. > :11:11.recommendations in the report and particularly pleased with the
:11:11. > :11:14.conclusion they've reached on the question. It's clear, simple,
:11:14. > :11:17.straightforward, easy to understand and I will be happy to recommend it
:11:17. > :11:20.to parliament. Last year's Edinburgh agreement started the
:11:20. > :11:25.process of passing the power to hold a referendum from Westminster
:11:25. > :11:29.to Holyrood. Both pro-unionist and pro-independence groups today also
:11:29. > :11:33.welcomed the recommendations for near parity on funding for the two
:11:33. > :11:38.sides. But the Commission did call for the two campaigns to clarify
:11:38. > :11:42.their policies so voters will know what follows if they vote yes or
:11:42. > :11:46.vote no. This allows to us get on with the fair referendum that beall
:11:46. > :11:50.need. This is a huge decision so having a fair question, fair rules
:11:50. > :11:54.is important to ensuring that we concentrate on the big issues,
:11:54. > :11:58.rather than worrying about process. Now voters in Scotland know the
:11:58. > :12:03.timing of this referendum. The question they'll be asked, even the
:12:03. > :12:07.amount both sides can spend, the arguments can now move on to what
:12:07. > :12:12.independence for Scotland or continuing in the United Kingdom
:12:12. > :12:18.actually means. We don't know the precise date as yet, but we do know
:12:18. > :12:23.it will be in autumn of next year, 2014 when people in Scotland,
:12:23. > :12:29.including some 16 and 17-year-olds, will get to decide on the country's
:12:29. > :12:37.future. Thank you. There's more detail and analysis on
:12:37. > :12:40.this story on our website. Tesco says it will now DNA-test all
:12:40. > :12:43.its meat products after it emerged that horse meat was found in some
:12:43. > :12:46.of its burgers. Britain's biggest retailer says its dropped the Irish
:12:46. > :12:55.supplier of the frozen burgers that sparked the scandal which had been
:12:55. > :13:00.made with meat from unapproved suppliers. Pallab Ghosh reports.
:13:00. > :13:03.Two weeks ago Tesco took beef products off their shelves. Today,
:13:03. > :13:07.it dropped one of its major suppliers. The supermarket chain
:13:07. > :13:12.found that meat used by Ireland- based Silvercrest originated from
:13:12. > :13:16.outside the UK and Ireland, in violation of Tesco's policy. Tesco
:13:16. > :13:20.says it has evidence that its supplier of frozen burgers used
:13:20. > :13:25.meat in its products that were not on the official list of suppliers.
:13:25. > :13:29.It also says it will introduce a comprehensive system of DNA testing
:13:29. > :13:39.across its meat products to ensure that horse meat never again enters
:13:39. > :13:43.
:13:43. > :13:48.the food chain. On its website, This is one of the few labs in the
:13:48. > :13:52.country able to carry out DNA testing on meat products. BBC News
:13:52. > :13:57.understands that such labs are inundated with samples for testing,
:13:57. > :14:02.so much so that they've had to hire additional storage. Ministers and
:14:02. > :14:05.two of the supermarkets involved, Tesco and Iceland, are to be cross-
:14:05. > :14:14.examined by MPs this afternoon to explain how their meat products
:14:14. > :14:17.became contaminated. The number of UK students applying
:14:18. > :14:20.to university has risen by almost 3% compared with last year, but is
:14:20. > :14:23.still down compared with numbers before the tuition fee increase.
:14:23. > :14:26.Official figures show an increase of 2.8% on last year for applicants
:14:26. > :14:29.from the UK for undergraduate courses. But the figures also show
:14:29. > :14:38.that applicant numbers have yet to recover to the levels seen in 2011,
:14:38. > :14:41.the year before tuition fees rose. An inquest is being held into the
:14:41. > :14:43.death of a young woman at last year's London Marathon. 30-year-old
:14:44. > :14:47.Claire Squires collapsed a mile from the finish line last April.
:14:47. > :14:51.She had aimed to raise �500 for the Samaritans, but following news of
:14:52. > :14:57.her death that figure jumped to more than �1 million. Richard
:14:57. > :15:01.Lister is at Southwark Coroners' Court for us. The corn has been
:15:01. > :15:04.hearing -- coroner has been hearing how she had taken a banned
:15:04. > :15:09.stimulant. It wasn't banned at the time she took it. The inquest heard
:15:09. > :15:12.first from her boyfriend of several years who said that Claire had been
:15:13. > :15:18.determined to beat the time she had set in a previous London marathon
:15:18. > :15:23.and the couple had been told about this particular stimulant. At the
:15:23. > :15:28.time it was on sale and available legally. Tpwu contained a product
:15:28. > :15:32.DMAA and this is an amphetamine- like stimulant and the court heard
:15:32. > :15:35.she put spoonfuls of this in her water bottle before setting off for
:15:35. > :15:39.the race and as we know, she collapsed and died almost instantly
:15:40. > :15:45.just a mile or so away from the finish line. The medical team
:15:45. > :15:53.treating her at the time described symptoms of her having taken
:15:53. > :15:57.something that resembled anam fete minute --am fete minute and the man
:15:57. > :16:01.who carried out the postmortem concluded her death was due to
:16:01. > :16:08.extreme physical exertion complicated by the presence of DMAA.
:16:08. > :16:12.Now as you said, it has actually been banned in the UK as of last
:16:12. > :16:22.August, but Claire Skaoeurs was not aware of the problems at the time
:16:22. > :16:24.
:16:24. > :16:28.and the coroner is due to deliver An investigation by the Office of
:16:28. > :16:31.Fair Trading says petrol prices are not being kept artificially high.
:16:31. > :16:39.It finds competition is working well. Critics have called the
:16:39. > :16:43.report a whitewash. Coming up: Cumbria awaits a nuclear decision.
:16:43. > :16:49.Should an underground radio active waste dump be built somewhere
:16:49. > :16:52.beneath this county's soil? On BBC London: Never forget, why
:16:52. > :16:54.this British First World War general is a hero to people down
:16:54. > :16:58.under. And leading lights, an exhibition
:16:58. > :17:08.opens in the capital showing off some of the art world's most
:17:08. > :17:12.
:17:12. > :17:16.The way police are recruited in England and Wales is to under go a
:17:16. > :17:20.shake up with schemes to fast track new recruits to inspector level and
:17:20. > :17:25.plans to allow those outside the force to become superintendents
:17:25. > :17:28.after 15 months of training. For the first time foreign police
:17:28. > :17:30.chiefs will be able to run British forces. Our Home Affairs
:17:30. > :17:34.Correspondent Tom Symonds has the details. Of the big public services
:17:34. > :17:39.the police are unusual, they all start here, training and passing
:17:39. > :17:42.out at new police constables. They work their way up here on the beat.
:17:42. > :17:48.And some may end up here as senior officers, even running an entire
:17:48. > :17:52.force. Usually, it's a 30-year career. But today's proposals would
:17:52. > :17:56.speed up the process and attract a new type of recruit. People who are
:17:56. > :18:00.interested in policing, people who might have wantsed to join before
:18:00. > :18:04.but have been prevented from doing so by the system we operate, bill
:18:04. > :18:08.now be able to do it. This will lead to an even better force in the
:18:08. > :18:12.future. Those people might be successful mid-career candidates
:18:12. > :18:16.from perhaps the military or business. They'll either go
:18:16. > :18:21.straight in as superintendents with special training or offered a fast
:18:21. > :18:24.track from constable to inspector, the Government is considering
:18:24. > :18:29.options. Good police work requires specialist training like this, but
:18:29. > :18:33.also experience in the ways of the policing world. So this is the
:18:33. > :18:37.concern. You can have the training. Can you read the books. Can you
:18:37. > :18:40.observe other people. When you come to critical decisions, at some
:18:40. > :18:45.stage, have you to rely on your experience and instinct. Can you
:18:45. > :18:49.not get that in a 15-month classroom environment. Ministers
:18:49. > :18:54.say yes, senior officers have to be able to command a major operation,
:18:54. > :18:59.like this one. But good day-to-day management skills are also needed
:18:59. > :19:06.and outsiders might provide them. The door's being opened to senior
:19:06. > :19:09.police from abroad, such as former LA chief Bill Bratton, to run
:19:09. > :19:16.British forces. Some with the power to hire and fire Chief Constables
:19:16. > :19:20.welcome the idea. I'm lucky if have four or five applicants for a top
:19:20. > :19:24.job paying over �100,000. That's not because they're not good people.
:19:24. > :19:27.They are. But there aren't enough of them. A concern echoed by the
:19:28. > :19:33.Government but rejected by many police officers who say the
:19:33. > :19:36.expertise can be found from within their ranks.
:19:37. > :19:40.West Midlands Police are searching for a gang of armed robbers who
:19:40. > :19:43.threatened a nine-year-old boy with an axe at his home in Birmingham.
:19:43. > :19:47.The gang burst into the house demanding cash and keys for a high
:19:47. > :19:49.performance car. The boy's family say he has been severely
:19:49. > :19:57.traumatised. Our correspondent Louise Hubball has more on this
:19:57. > :20:01.story from Birmingham. Sophie, this happened in an unremarkable
:20:01. > :20:04.suburban street in the Great Barr area. The family had just finished
:20:04. > :20:08.dinner and their nine-year-old son had gone into the front room to
:20:08. > :20:11.watch TV. There was a commotion at the front door and four intruders
:20:11. > :20:17.burst in carrying axes and sledgehammers. They demanded cash
:20:17. > :20:21.and car keys. They then grabbed the nine-year-old boy threatening him
:20:21. > :20:28.and holding an axe to his throat in front of his mother and elder
:20:28. > :20:31.brother. His father told me that the young boy remains terrified.
:20:31. > :20:36.He hasn't been in the house. He doesn't want to be in the house. He
:20:36. > :20:41.thinks they're going to come back and kill him. He thinks that
:20:41. > :20:44.they're going to come and kill me, his mum and brother. My eldest kid
:20:44. > :20:50.obviously, frightened, disturbed. My wife definitely doesn't want to
:20:51. > :20:53.be in the house. Police are appealing for anyone who may have
:20:53. > :20:59.any information to contact them. They're also appealing for anyone
:20:59. > :21:03.who may have seen a group of men with the stolen black Nissan Pulsar
:21:03. > :21:08.GTR car. They're carrying out house-to-house inquiries in the
:21:08. > :21:14.local area to reassure residents. Anyone with any information advised
:21:14. > :21:18.to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
:21:19. > :21:22.The famous stiff upper list could explain why the UK has lower cancer
:21:22. > :21:25.survival rates than many other countries. A study in the British
:21:25. > :21:29.Journal of Cancer suggests people in Britain are more likely to be
:21:29. > :21:35.feel embarrassed or not want to waste a doctor's time leading to
:21:35. > :21:40.late diagnosis. Our Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh reports.
:21:40. > :21:43.Nice and strong please. You may stop noticing your cough, but if
:21:43. > :21:50.you've had it for three weeks or more it could be a sign of lung
:21:50. > :21:55.cancer. Early diagnosis saves lives yet many Britons put off going to
:21:55. > :22:01.the doctor with symptoms that might signal cancer. George Long died
:22:01. > :22:05.from cancer in the 1970s, 30 years later his widow beat the disease.
:22:05. > :22:12.She discovered blood spots while brushing her teeth, was tested
:22:12. > :22:16.promptly and had successful surgery. People are so frightened that they
:22:16. > :22:20.may have something wrong with them. It is so important to go.
:22:20. > :22:24.Researchers questioned 20,000 adults in six countries. While
:22:24. > :22:29.there was equal awareness of cancer symptoms people in the UK were more
:22:30. > :22:34.reluctant to seek help. Whereas one in ten respondants in Sweden
:22:34. > :22:38.worried about wasting a doctor's time, it rose to one in three in
:22:38. > :22:42.the UK. In Denmark only around one in 20 said embarrassment would put
:22:42. > :22:49.them off reporting symptoms. Whereas it was one in seven in the
:22:49. > :22:54.UK. The researchers think the British stiff upper lip or natural
:22:54. > :22:59.reserve may help explain why cancer survival rates here are well below
:22:59. > :23:03.the best in the world. Doctors want patients to seek advice sooner.
:23:03. > :23:08.There is always some reluctance for people actually to go and see their
:23:08. > :23:12.doctor about symptoms which are very unclear, very neb lus. But I
:23:12. > :23:16.think people should be reassured that we do want to see people if
:23:16. > :23:20.they're concerned. What we're here for is to help people stay well.
:23:21. > :23:25.More people than ever are beaten cancer, but it's reckoned 5,000
:23:25. > :23:33.lives a year could be saved in England alone if survival rates
:23:33. > :23:38.here matched the best in Europe. The Pakistani teenagor Malala
:23:38. > :23:42.Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls'
:23:42. > :23:47.education is due to undergo surgery to reconstruct his skull. Surgons
:23:47. > :23:53.in Birmingham plan to fit Malala with a specially moulded titanium
:23:54. > :23:59.plate in the next ten days. Her injury was life threatening. Her
:23:59. > :24:02.recovery, so far, described as remarkable. But weeks after Malala
:24:02. > :24:08.walked out of hospital, they're preparing for her next major
:24:08. > :24:12.challenge. The gunman's bullet ripped a large chunk out of the 15-
:24:13. > :24:17.year-old's skull. Now, surgeons here, experienced in treating so
:24:17. > :24:21.many soldiers injured on the battlefield, are preparing a
:24:21. > :24:26.titanium place to fit exactly the hole left in the attack. Whether it
:24:26. > :24:30.be a large defect area or small area, the beauty of this
:24:30. > :24:36.fabrication of titanium plate is that it's vaedaptable. It's an easy
:24:36. > :24:39.metal to work with. Malala Yousafzai was shot for defying a
:24:39. > :24:42.Taliban edict banning the education of girls. Her story has become
:24:42. > :24:49.worldwide news, a schoolgirl turned international human rights
:24:49. > :24:53.campaigner. In terms of being a high-profile person and potentially
:24:53. > :24:55.a high-profile target, she's not naive to any of that. But she
:24:55. > :25:00.remains incredibly cheerful, determined and determined to
:25:00. > :25:04.continue to speak for her cause. Malala is facing not one but two
:25:04. > :25:09.operations, the second to place an implant to restore some hearing to
:25:09. > :25:17.her damaged left ear. Both are complex procedures, but doctors
:25:17. > :25:21.here remain confident that she will make a good, long-term recovery.
:25:21. > :25:26.People living in Cumbria are finding out whether they are one
:25:26. > :25:31.step closer to having an enormous nuclear waste storage facility in
:25:31. > :25:39.their area. Three local authorities are holding separate votes on the
:25:39. > :25:43.building of the new cavern. Chris Buckler is in Ambleside. Sophie,
:25:43. > :25:47.there's no shortage of scenic beauty here. But councils are
:25:47. > :25:50.meeting today to decide what happens below the ground here.
:25:50. > :25:55.There's talk of an underground radio active waste bunker in which
:25:55. > :25:58.all of that waste from Sellafield could be stored. Of course, that's
:25:58. > :26:03.extremely controversial. Today, it's all about moving to the next
:26:03. > :26:07.staipbl of that discussion but already this has brought two parts
:26:07. > :26:11.of Cumbria's economy in direct conflict -- the nuclear industry
:26:11. > :26:14.and tourism industry. councillors met to vote campaigners
:26:14. > :26:19.gathered outside determined to make their voices heard about a proposal
:26:19. > :26:22.that would have implications for countless generations. Currently
:26:22. > :26:28.radio active waste is kept in over- ground stores at Sellafield and a
:26:28. > :26:31.number of other sites. But it's not a long-term solution, particularly
:26:31. > :26:35.as high-level waste can remain dangerous for tens of thousands of
:26:35. > :26:39.years. That's why the Government has been examining the option of an
:26:39. > :26:45.underground nuclear waste facility. We have also been, sadly, subjected
:26:45. > :26:48.to some vilification. The strong feelings aabout the idea were on
:26:49. > :26:52.show at a meeting today. In this area, where the Sellafield
:26:52. > :26:56.processing plant and the nuclear industry more generally, is a major
:26:56. > :27:00.employer, there are many who have been focal supporters ftd plan,
:27:00. > :27:04.including trade unions. We've had nuclear here for as long as I can
:27:04. > :27:09.remember. We are the best people to deal with the waste. We've had it
:27:09. > :27:14.for a long time. For the future of west Cumbria and the young people
:27:14. > :27:20.here, regarding jobs, and the benefits to west Cumbria will be
:27:20. > :27:24.tremendous. If it was to be built, on the surface, the facility would
:27:24. > :27:28.be less than half a Square Mile. But underground it would be much
:27:28. > :27:32.bigger, somewhere between the size of a town tai small city, perhaps
:27:33. > :27:35.as large nine square miles. And in an area that relies heavily on
:27:35. > :27:40.tourism, there were people concerned that a waste dump could
:27:40. > :27:43.put off visitors. Campaigners point out that some studies have
:27:43. > :27:47.suggested the geology here might not be suitable for such storage
:27:47. > :27:51.any way. If the geology isn't safe and there's a risk that radio
:27:51. > :27:55.active material will leak in the future, that will damage the
:27:55. > :27:58.tourism industry and damage the reputation of the nuclear industry.
:27:58. > :28:02.Today's votes were never about a final conclusion, but the
:28:02. > :28:06.Government knows that at some stage it will need a nuclear decision.
:28:06. > :28:10.How does it deal with waste in the future?
:28:10. > :28:13.This is all about going to the next stage of discussions, effectively
:28:13. > :28:17.going to the next part of debate and tests being carried out. Within
:28:17. > :28:25.the last few minutes, one of those councils, Copeland Council, has
:28:25. > :28:31.voted six to one in favour of moving to that next stage. Now they
:28:31. > :28:34.wait for Cumbria County Council and Allerdale Borough Council.
:28:34. > :28:38.The yachtsman Alex Thomson has made history becoming the fastest Briton
:28:38. > :28:42.to sail around the world in a monohull world. He came third in
:28:42. > :28:46.what's considered to be the toughest race in sailing, the
:28:46. > :28:50.Vendee Globe. His finishing time beat the previous record for a
:28:50. > :28:54.British sailor by more than a week. Now the latest weather with Susan
:28:54. > :28:58.Powell. Some sunshine on the way for most
:28:58. > :29:01.of us sthaf. It is a windy afternoon right the way across the
:29:01. > :29:04.UK. That wind will blow further showers across northern England and
:29:04. > :29:08.we will keep a band of more persistent rain to the far north of
:29:08. > :29:12.Scotland. But for many, you probably can't pick that out
:29:12. > :29:15.clearly behind the wind arrows. There's a lot of sunshine to come.
:29:15. > :29:19.Still some rain to the north of Scotland. For much of the central
:29:19. > :29:23.low lands and the southern Uplands, yes quite a windy afternoon, but
:29:23. > :29:26.sunshine on its way. Pretty potent showers into Cumbria, down into
:29:26. > :29:29.Lancashire through the afternoon. Some getting blown across to the
:29:29. > :29:32.east of the Pennines on the wind. Some with hail and thunder. Perhaps
:29:32. > :29:37.a few into the north of the Midlands late in the afternoon as
:29:37. > :29:41.well. Further south, a dry story, on the whole. Still windy, do
:29:41. > :29:44.remember that. We could just pick up the odd light shower, for
:29:45. > :29:48.example, around the Bristol Channel area. Generally a lot of fine
:29:48. > :29:51.weather in South Wales. To the north, heavier showers spreading in
:29:51. > :29:56.later in the afternoon. Skies clearing across Northern Ireland,
:29:56. > :29:58.so the worst of the showers out of way here. And a fine end to the day
:29:58. > :30:02.way here. And a fine end to the day in prospect. Into the evening, the
:30:02. > :30:06.winds will ease back a little, just around the time of the rush hour
:30:06. > :30:10.and into the early evening. It's fine for the majority, but only
:30:10. > :30:15.briefly before the next weather front comes in from the west. That
:30:15. > :30:20.kicks the winds up again. Also bringing heavy rain. Quite a short
:30:20. > :30:24.lived rain of -- spell of rain for most. But notice how it lingers
:30:24. > :30:28.across Scotland, throughout Thursday. All the while the
:30:28. > :30:32.rainfall totals adding up and we may see some snow as well,
:30:32. > :30:36.particularly across higher ground, but not necessarily exclusively.
:30:36. > :30:39.Elsewhere, Thursday another windy day, but a dry day, again, for many
:30:39. > :30:42.with pleasant spells of sunshine. Temperatures in double figures to
:30:42. > :30:45.the south of the UK. Here's the forecasting headache for the end of
:30:46. > :30:50.the week. An area low pressure, which is going to approach from the
:30:50. > :30:54.Atlantic. Just how far north it heads though and how much it
:30:54. > :30:57.engages with colder air to the north leave us with question marks.
:30:57. > :31:00.It looks like there'll be heavy rain for England and Wales. Some
:31:00. > :31:05.strong winds as well. It's a risk of snow that's probable lit hardest
:31:05. > :31:08.for us to quantify at moment. Friday is looking a lot like this,
:31:08. > :31:12.heavy rain to the south of the UK, risk of flooding for South Wales
:31:12. > :31:14.and the south-west of England. A chance of that weather system
:31:14. > :31:18.turning to snow across North Wales and parts of the Midlands before it
:31:18. > :31:21.clears away as we go later into Friday. Still some question marks
:31:21. > :31:23.around that. Stay tuned to the forecast, more details online.
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