:00:08. > :00:13.Russia expresses grave concern following reports that Israeli
:00:13. > :00:18.warplanes have bombed targets in Syria. Iran has responded, saying
:00:18. > :00:22.the alleged attack would have serious consequences. David Cameron
:00:22. > :00:26.arrives in Libya to discuss the threat posed by Islamist terrorists
:00:26. > :00:32.in north and west Africa. The Government promises to stick to its
:00:32. > :00:36.pledge to increase some defence spending from 2016. Millions of the
:00:36. > :00:41.poorest households in England could face council tax rises of up to
:00:41. > :00:49.�200 per year. When you are told that one bit of money that you are
:00:49. > :00:56.given is because you need it, you know - I'm not a scrounger. David
:00:56. > :01:05.Beckham is expected to sign for Paris St Germain.
:01:05. > :01:11.This is a real renaissance treasure chamber. The largest donation of
:01:11. > :01:13.gold in a century goes on show at Later on BBC London: The Health
:01:13. > :01:15.Secretary has approves plans to downgrade Lewisham A&E but stops
:01:16. > :01:25.short of closing the unit completely. We'll have analysis
:01:26. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:43.from Westminster and reaction at Hello. Welcome to the BBC News at
:01:43. > :01:49.1pm. Russia has expressed grave concern over reports that Israeli
:01:49. > :01:56.warplanes have bombed a target inside Syria. Two people were
:01:56. > :02:00.killed in at a military research centre. Iran says it will have
:02:00. > :02:03.serious consequences. It has reported that Syria and Iran have
:02:03. > :02:13.threatened to retaliate against Israel for the air raid, which is
:02:13. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:21.All quiet at this border post on Israel's northern front year this
:02:21. > :02:25.morning. Reports of an Israeli air strike on Syrian territory
:02:25. > :02:31.yesterday have stoked tensions internationally. The Syrian
:02:31. > :02:35.official account came on state TV last night. Israeli warplanes
:02:35. > :02:41.violated Syrian airspace and carried out an air strike on a
:02:41. > :02:45.scientific defence centre, says the military statement, adding that two
:02:45. > :02:53.workers were killed and five others injured. Other accounts from
:02:53. > :02:57.diplomats and Sirryal rebels claim Israeli jets bombed a convoy of
:02:57. > :03:00.arms bound for Lebanon possibly intended for the Hezbollah allies.
:03:00. > :03:05.As usual, Israel has confirmed nothing. Already there's been a
:03:05. > :03:15.strong response internationally. Russia, which refuses to condemn
:03:15. > :03:22.
:03:22. > :03:26.President Assad, was swift to Iran, one of Damascus's closest
:03:26. > :03:30.allies called the attack "brutal aggression, which will have serious
:03:31. > :03:39.consequences." In western capitals officials have reacted cautiously.
:03:39. > :03:43.Of course there are great dangers from Syrian conflict - dangers for
:03:43. > :03:46.chemical, biological weapons, which we believe Syria to have, or that
:03:46. > :03:51.weapons in Syria can be moved elsewhere in the region. I have
:03:51. > :03:55.nothing more to tell you about that particular incident. Although
:03:55. > :03:59.Israel has not confirmed the attack, it would not be the first time. In
:03:59. > :04:05.2007 it apparently bombed what is thought to be an undeclared nuclear
:04:05. > :04:10.site in Syria. In recent days, queues in Israel for gas masks have
:04:10. > :04:15.grown, amid official warnings in case the sophisticated weaponry
:04:15. > :04:19.fell into the wrong hands. What happened happened yesterday t
:04:19. > :04:25.danger of Syria's conflict spreading have just increased. The
:04:25. > :04:34.Prime Minister, David Cameron, is in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, to
:04:34. > :04:39.discuss the threat posed by extremists in north and west Africa.
:04:39. > :04:44.This visit coming amid growing concern about that situation?
:04:44. > :04:47.is right. We saw two faces of the new Libya today. The Prime Minister
:04:47. > :04:51.able to walk about in Martyrs Square, being greeted by people.
:04:51. > :04:56.Yet, that was also an illusion, because he travelled there in
:04:56. > :05:00.armoured cars. He travelled there after a media blackout, which was
:05:00. > :05:05.insisted upon for security reasons. He travelled there followed by a
:05:05. > :05:09.police helicopter all the way. He couldn't have travelled to Benghazi,
:05:09. > :05:13.where he went a few months ago, because all British citizens were
:05:14. > :05:19.told to leave that city because of the danger of a direct threat to
:05:20. > :05:23.western and specifically to British interests. There is an argument
:05:23. > :05:28.here and elsewhere has been it is right for Britain to be involved.
:05:28. > :05:32.Here in Libya, that insists of paying for some training to try and
:05:32. > :05:37.restore peace and security here. Elsewhere in the region, it is
:05:37. > :05:43.about sending British troops to train those soldiers who are being
:05:43. > :05:46.sent in by the west and north African forces to bring peace in
:05:46. > :05:49.Mali. The warning echoes in the Prime Minister's ears though is
:05:49. > :05:55.that of the envoy to Libya, who said that what was happening in
:05:55. > :06:00.Mali was making what was happening here in Libya, worse.
:06:00. > :06:04.Thank you. The Government has set out for the first time how it will
:06:04. > :06:09.spend �160 billion on defence equipment over the next ten years,
:06:09. > :06:13.despite the overall budget falling by 8% since 2010. David Cameron
:06:13. > :06:19.said today he pledged to keep his promise for a real-terms increase
:06:19. > :06:22.in the money for equipment after 2016.
:06:22. > :06:29.The debate over the defence budget comes as British forces are
:06:30. > :06:34.deployed in a new conflict. The are raf's C-17s among the assets
:06:34. > :06:36.helping the French in their fight against militants in Mali. Back in
:06:36. > :06:42.Whitehall, the battle has begun over how much money the MoD will
:06:42. > :06:45.have in the years to come. In his Autumn Statement the Chancellor cut
:06:45. > :06:49.money from defence. Today, the Prime Minister said his
:06:49. > :06:53.Government's pledge to raise spending after 2015 would be kept.
:06:53. > :07:01.I'm not counting my chickens yet. I will clearly be making the case for
:07:01. > :07:09.the funding that we need to deliver Future Force 2020. Our plan for the
:07:10. > :07:19.armed forces and the manpower. Today he unveiled what he termed a
:07:19. > :07:29.�35 million will be spent on submarines. More -- �35 billion
:07:29. > :07:32.
:07:32. > :07:38.But, uncertainty remains. The hard- fought Spending Review for 2015-
:07:38. > :07:41.2016, in which Philip Hammond will need to fight their corner against
:07:42. > :07:47.other Whitehall departments. This shows it remains a battleground T
:07:47. > :07:51.only guarantee is the statement that the MoD will keep the 1% rise
:07:51. > :07:56.above inflation to its equipment budget after 2015. That spending is
:07:56. > :08:01.around �16 billion a year. That is only half the MoD's overall budget,
:08:01. > :08:04.so the rest remains to be fought for. The country could have
:08:04. > :08:09.confidence in the Labour Party, if we were to win the election, would
:08:09. > :08:14.have a further scope of the threat the nation faces and see how we
:08:14. > :08:18.match wit the funding and the full size we need. With thousands of
:08:18. > :08:20.redundancies in the Armed Forces being made, any more cuts to the
:08:20. > :08:24.defence budget could prove politically damaging.
:08:24. > :08:28.Let's get more on this from your political correspondent. Some
:08:28. > :08:32.confusion over the figures today and presumably concern from
:08:32. > :08:40.departments which have not been ring-fenced? Quite so. What it does
:08:40. > :08:43.tell is is what Mr Cameron wants to spend money on after 2016. He wants
:08:43. > :08:47.to increase spending on the military, which underscores his
:08:47. > :08:52.view that we are facing new and emerging threats such as that from
:08:52. > :08:57.terrorists in West Africa. As you say, it is a decision with
:08:57. > :09:00.important, Knock-on repercussions for other areas of Government. If
:09:00. > :09:05.you protect defence spending, NHS spending and protect school
:09:05. > :09:12.spending, that leaves you much few our departmental budgets to claw
:09:12. > :09:18.back money from to pay off the deficit. It means, I suspect areas
:09:18. > :09:22.like local Government may see steeper curbs. Other ministers may
:09:22. > :09:29.feel a need to administer themselves a large, stiff whisky
:09:29. > :09:36.tonight. One other things before the admirals start to hang up the
:09:36. > :09:40.budgeting, they may face one more year of cuts, 2015-2016 because Mr
:09:40. > :09:45.Cameron's spending proposal only begins in 2016. Thank you. A man
:09:45. > :09:55.has been found guilty of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan, whose
:09:55. > :09:56.
:09:57. > :10:01.shooting by police sparked the Kevin Hutchinson-Foster - a violent
:10:01. > :10:05.drug dealer and today found guilty of supplying this illegal handgun.
:10:05. > :10:10.Mark Duggan was the man he supplied it to. Police knew about the
:10:10. > :10:15.handover and within minutes they had shot Mr Duggan dead besides
:10:15. > :10:23.this road in Tottenham. The killing sparked riots. They spread across
:10:23. > :10:28.England. The worst unrest for a generation. A passer-by filmed the
:10:28. > :10:35.aftermath of the shooting. Paramedics try to save Mr Duggan.
:10:35. > :10:41.Next to them the unmarked police cars which tried to intercept the
:10:41. > :10:45.minicab. Beyond the fence where the police found the gun. The police
:10:45. > :10:49.officer who fired the shots told the court that Mark Duggan was here
:10:49. > :10:53.and pointing a gun at him. A gun was found several metres away on
:10:53. > :10:59.the other side of this fence. The jury was not asked to decide
:10:59. > :11:02.whether the police shooting of Mark Duggan was justified or not. At the
:11:02. > :11:09.community centre where Mark Duggan once played football, they are
:11:09. > :11:16.waiting for a full inquest, due to begin soon. The way Mark was killed,
:11:16. > :11:20.you know and the reports which have come out have not been consistent.
:11:20. > :11:23.Obviously, the community and the family want justice.
:11:23. > :11:27.Independent Police Complaints Commission has been watching the
:11:27. > :11:34.Kevin Hutchinson-Foster trials with interest. It says its investigation
:11:34. > :11:38.into the shooting of Mark Duggan is almost complete.
:11:38. > :11:41.Millions of the poorest households in England could face council tax
:11:41. > :11:46.rises from April because most authorities will pass on a funding
:11:46. > :11:56.cut, that is according to research from the Resolution Foundation. A
:11:56. > :11:56.
:11:56. > :12:01.typical bill will rise between �200-�250 a year.
:12:01. > :12:05.Penryn in Cornwall where some of the benefits are being squeezed.
:12:05. > :12:11.Many low-income families here pay no council tax at all. That is
:12:11. > :12:15.about to change. �200-�250. Michelle Kent is a single parent
:12:15. > :12:18.living on benefits. She is expecting a bill of over �200 in
:12:18. > :12:25.April and doesn't know where the money will come from. There's
:12:25. > :12:32.nothing else I can give up. There's nothing else I can stop. What do I
:12:32. > :12:37.do? Stay cold? Eat less? I don't know. I don't... When you are told
:12:37. > :12:45.that one bit of money you are given is because you need it, you know -
:12:45. > :12:49.I'm not a scrounger! Council tax benefit is claimed by around five
:12:49. > :12:55.million households. In April the benefit is being cut by 10%. Many
:12:55. > :12:59.families will have to find between �100-�250 extra per year. Residents
:12:59. > :13:03.in Scotland and Wales will not be affected. Some local authorities
:13:03. > :13:08.are managing to find other savings so they can keep to pay the council
:13:08. > :13:11.tax of the lowest income households. For many, including Cornwall, say
:13:11. > :13:15.they have no choice but to ask those on benefits and low pay to
:13:15. > :13:20.find the money. It is a tax increase imposed on people who are
:13:20. > :13:24.poor. They don't have a lot of money - carers, the disabled, mums,
:13:24. > :13:29.people who work. It will come in the same month millionaires get a
:13:29. > :13:34.tax cut. It is not fair! It is up to each local authority to decide
:13:34. > :13:37.how and whether to pass on this cut. Ministers say extra money is
:13:37. > :13:42.available for those keeping increases to a mim mum. The
:13:42. > :13:46.Government believes councils can and should help those most in need.
:13:46. > :13:50.They have to protect pensioners. We've put in �100 million to ensure
:13:50. > :13:54.that councils want to, which we think would be good, that nobody
:13:54. > :13:59.has to pay more than 8.5%. Many councils are looking at keeping
:13:59. > :14:03.what is already in place. To some critics, the new scheme has echoes
:14:03. > :14:08.of the poll tax. The Government says it gives councils the
:14:08. > :14:12.incentive to get people off benefits or into better paid work.
:14:12. > :14:15.Plans to scrap GCSEs in core subjects in England have been
:14:15. > :14:18.strongly criticised by a cross party group of MPs. They say there
:14:18. > :14:26.is little evidence that the replacement English Baccalaureate
:14:26. > :14:29.Certificates will help less able students. Too much, too fast - that
:14:29. > :14:33.is the verdict of MPs on the Government's proposed reforms to
:14:33. > :14:38.exams in England at 16. The speed and nature of the changes could,
:14:38. > :14:42.they say, threaten the very stability of the xm system. Under
:14:42. > :14:49.the proposals, GCSEs in English, maths and science will be replaced
:14:49. > :14:54.with new and tougher EBCs in 2015. EBCs in history, geoggrafwri and
:14:54. > :14:58.languages will follow later, with GCSEs remaining for other subjects.
:14:58. > :15:02.MPs are worried subjects like art, music and RE, which will not be
:15:02. > :15:06.part of the new qualification will become discredited. They are
:15:06. > :15:16.calling on the Government to think again. The head teacher ot this
:15:16. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:31.London school agrees -- at this MPs also say they are worried about
:15:31. > :15:33.how pupils who struggle to get good grades now will cope with the more
:15:33. > :15:38.difficult qualification. The new exams will be harder than GCSEs.
:15:38. > :15:42.When you think about it more than 40% of children fail to get five
:15:43. > :15:46.good GCSEs incluing English an maths. If you make it harder to
:15:46. > :15:50.achieve, what are you doing for those children, who are often from
:15:50. > :15:55.poorer families as well. This week Wales confirmed it was keeping
:15:55. > :15:58.GCSEs at 16, in Northern Ireland, they are under review. Some
:15:58. > :16:01.business leaders support the Westminster Government's moves.
:16:02. > :16:04.problem is we know there is a serious issue with GCSEs, we know
:16:04. > :16:10.it is a central qualification for children in this country. So we
:16:10. > :16:14.can't afford to sit round and say we will do it in a few year, we
:16:14. > :16:19.need to solve it now. The changes are controversial, the Department
:16:19. > :16:28.for Education today defended them vigorously, saying the secondary
:16:28. > :16:32.education system was in desperate need of a thorough overhaul. Our
:16:32. > :16:39.top story. Russia expresss grave concern following reports that
:16:39. > :16:43.Israeli warplanes have bombed targets in Syria. Coming up. 60
:16:43. > :16:48.years on. Remembering the hundreds of victims of the east coast floods,
:16:48. > :16:52.one of Britain's worst ever peacetime disasters. Later on BBC
:16:52. > :16:57.London, a man's arrested ore the murder of a teenager in Pimlico, we
:16:57. > :17:01.will have the latest on the police investigation. And as Comic Relief
:17:01. > :17:10.repairs to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Pixie Lott will tell
:17:10. > :17:15.us how londsers can help. Londoners can help. 60 years ago, Britain
:17:15. > :17:18.suffered one of her worst peacetime disasters. The biggest storm surge
:17:18. > :17:21.recorded sent water from the North Sea flooding enland. More than 300
:17:21. > :17:25.people were killed in towns and villages on the east coast. Many
:17:25. > :17:32.more were lost at sea. Our correspondent is on the
:17:32. > :17:35.Lincolnshire coast with more. Yes. 60 years ago this whole area was
:17:35. > :17:40.devastated. Today those wild winds are back in Lincolnshire, but this
:17:40. > :17:44.is nothing compared to what it was like in 1953. Then there was a wall
:17:44. > :17:49.of water, 20 feet above the sea- level. Let me show you where it was
:17:49. > :17:53.going. To the homes and communities along the east coast. 42 people
:17:53. > :18:00.died just here in Lincolnshire. Today, every life lost will be
:18:00. > :18:05.remembered. It came without warning. The flood of 53 battered the east
:18:05. > :18:10.coast. With the sea claiming town, communities and taking lives. --
:18:10. > :18:15.towns. What was it like 60 years ago? Pblgs like a steam train.
:18:15. > :18:21.John's family lost everything. Their home swamped by sea and sand.
:18:21. > :18:28.But they survived. This beach was lifted out and put on to the road
:18:28. > :18:36.on the high street. Four foot, five foot sand. Do you feel lucky to be
:18:36. > :18:42.alive? Absolutely. People were terrified and opened the door with
:18:43. > :18:48.a babe in arms and the baby was washed away. Three days of savage
:18:48. > :18:53.storms claimed more than 300 lives. 24,000 homes were damaged. 60 years
:18:53. > :18:57.ago three things happened to create this storm surge. First there was a
:18:57. > :19:01.deep area of low pressure across the North Sea, and this had the
:19:01. > :19:06.effect of sucking up the water levels. There was also an
:19:06. > :19:13.exceptionally high tide, and severe winds. It all created a wall of
:19:13. > :19:16.water, heading from the North Sea, towards towns across the east coast.
:19:16. > :19:22.Waves were 20 feet above sea-level. At the time flood defences from
:19:22. > :19:27.Scotland down to Kent, just couldn't cope. You have concrete
:19:27. > :19:32.defence, robust, they are bigger than 53. 60 years on, in
:19:32. > :19:36.Lincolnshire over �300 million has been spent on flood defences. So
:19:36. > :19:39.far they have held. We are living in an uncertain time. We are
:19:39. > :19:44.climate change, the defence are designed for a certain event. What
:19:44. > :19:48.we are saying as time goes on, those defences probably will be
:19:48. > :19:53.overwhelmed so it is not a question of the, we are say ing it is a
:19:54. > :19:59.question of when. People are bet er prepaerd and importantly the story
:19:59. > :20:04.of 1953 has not been forgotten. -- prepared. So many lost, so much,
:20:04. > :20:08.but 60 years on and a lot of change. The people who live in the houses
:20:08. > :20:11.down there have evacuation plan, so do police, paramedics and the Fire
:20:11. > :20:15.Service, and the Met Office work with the Environment Agency, so
:20:15. > :20:19.they have an early warning system in place, if the floods were ever
:20:19. > :20:28.to come in again. It would give people a chance. Something those
:20:28. > :20:32.who died in 1953 never had. Thank you. Leading can't si firms have
:20:32. > :20:38.been put on the spot by MPs, the pabg which has been invest gating
:20:38. > :20:41.the after fires of major firms such as Google Starbucks and alzon has
:20:41. > :20:44.been quizzing the financial advisers to those companies. Our
:20:44. > :20:53.chief economics correspondent is here, what has been said?. They
:20:53. > :20:58.didn't get an easy time, these big can't si firm, like Deloitte, Ernst
:20:58. > :21:01.& Young giving a grilling by this committee, which has highlighted
:21:01. > :21:06.tax practise of companies like you mention like Starbucks and Google.
:21:06. > :21:10.At one point the kphar of the committee Margaret Hodge held up
:21:10. > :21:14.Pape we are a complex web of transactions and said why do you
:21:14. > :21:18.get involved with helping big companies, set up devices like this
:21:18. > :21:22.to move money round the world. The answer was everything we do is
:21:22. > :21:26.legal. This is not evasion in any way, so they were on the defensive
:21:26. > :21:31.there. This of course comes after David Cameron made his speech last
:21:31. > :21:36.week, at Davos, calling for an enters national crackdown on tax
:21:36. > :21:39.avoidance, he said wake up and Mel the coffee. Then at the weekend
:21:39. > :21:43.Starbucks had been unhappy about that, they say what is going on
:21:43. > :21:47.here, we invest a lot. That was down played that report. But two
:21:47. > :21:52.days ago the boss of Google told the BBC, we will pay whatever taxes
:21:52. > :21:58.are required. If it changes we will adapt. We invest a lot in the UK.
:21:58. > :22:01.So high stakes in this debate. Thank you for that. Banks could be
:22:02. > :22:05.faces another huge compensation bill for mis-selling after the
:22:05. > :22:08.Financial Services Authority confirmed that many small
:22:08. > :22:13.businesses had lost money after being sold special plans to control
:22:13. > :22:18.the cost of loans, it said in 90% of vulnerable cases which have been
:22:18. > :22:25.checked, banks hadn't complyed with rules to prevent customer being
:22:25. > :22:28.misled. It is a costly mis-selling scandal for tens of thousands of
:22:28. > :22:32.businesses, like John's property development firm in Beverley in
:22:32. > :22:36.East Yorkshire. They thought they were buying protection from
:22:36. > :22:40.interest rate movement, but to qualify for loans of millions of
:22:40. > :22:45.pounds, they were forced into contracts which left them paying
:22:45. > :22:49.more interest than expected when interest rates fell sharply in the
:22:49. > :22:53.financial crisis, and facing penalty charges of up to 40% of the
:22:53. > :22:57.loan in order to get out of the trap. We feel as though we have
:22:57. > :23:07.been duped, is probably a good word, that you know, this thing was put
:23:07. > :23:12.there to help us and protect us, and it did the opposite. Today, the
:23:12. > :23:18.FSA says 90% of a small sample of vulnerable companies like John's
:23:18. > :23:22.were mis-sold the contracts call interest rate swaps. If interest
:23:22. > :23:27.rates went down the consumer would end up paying higher rates to the
:23:27. > :23:31.banks. That can't be right, that people who are unsophisticated
:23:31. > :23:35.investors were sold those products. Banks have 12 months to review the
:23:35. > :23:40.case of victims and provide redress, which could amount to hundreds of
:23:40. > :23:44.thousands of pounds each for many. There is no justification for mis-
:23:44. > :23:48.selling, the banks have changed their processes now, they have
:23:48. > :23:52.changed their pay policies, to make sure such problems don't happen
:23:52. > :23:55.again. Barclays set aside the highest amount for compensation so
:23:55. > :24:00.far, but most leading banks are involved and the regulator has
:24:00. > :24:04.total them to consider more case, including farms and bed-and-
:24:04. > :24:13.breakfast, who might have been left out. So theover all bill for
:24:13. > :24:16.compensation is set to escalate. Well, where next for Team Beckham?
:24:16. > :24:21.It looks like Paris St Germain. The club have called a news conference
:24:21. > :24:27.for this afternoon, with the former England captain beck expected to be
:24:27. > :24:30.there. Let us get more from Dan at the BBC Sports Centre. It appears
:24:30. > :24:35.that Beckham has been linked with lucrative moves to clubs from every
:24:35. > :24:40.corner of the globe. China, Russia, the Middle East too, but it appears
:24:40. > :24:45.to be a last tango in Paris for the former England Captain. He is
:24:45. > :24:48.almost certain to be the last big move o of what has been a great
:24:48. > :24:53.career. Paris St Germain have called a press conference. Beckham
:24:53. > :24:56.we understand has been undergoing the formality of a medical in the
:24:56. > :25:01.French capital. It's a deal that makes sense. It's a logical move.
:25:01. > :25:06.As row can see he has been training at the age of 37 to keep himself
:25:06. > :25:10.fit, with Arsenal this last week. He has been looking for a new
:25:10. > :25:14.challenge since his deal with LA Galaxy ended at Christmas. I think
:25:14. > :25:17.it makes sense in terms of narrative of his career, he has
:25:17. > :25:22.played for some of the biggest clubs in the world. Manchester
:25:22. > :25:27.United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Paris fits with that career. It
:25:27. > :25:30.suits his wife Victoria and the family who are keen to settle back
:25:30. > :25:34.in London, and I don't think he could be accused, although he will
:25:34. > :25:38.be paid well by pars, of doing this for financial reason, he wasn't
:25:38. > :25:41.deemed good enough to play for Team GB in the Olympics but he will be
:25:42. > :25:47.eligible to flay the Champions League for Paris St Germain, who
:25:47. > :25:49.buoyed by the cash of their Qatar owners are tried to establish
:25:49. > :25:53.themselves as one of the biggest footballing forces in Europe. They
:25:53. > :25:57.are a sleeping giant of a club but they have been buying some of the
:25:57. > :26:00.biggest names in world football over the last season or two, and
:26:00. > :26:04.Beckham is the latest. Some felt that he may be heading for
:26:04. > :26:10.retirement, but at the last minute, on the transfer window deadline day,
:26:10. > :26:15.there has been one last twist in a fairytale Carrie. Now, it is a
:26:15. > :26:19.treasure trove of gold, and silver, a collection of almost 500 items
:26:19. > :26:24.dating from the 16, 17th and 18th century which is worth several
:26:24. > :26:34.million pounds. It has been donated to Oxford's Ashmolean Museum. Our
:26:34. > :26:39.arts correspondent has been to take a look. Goodness. What is this?
:26:39. > :26:46.This is a rens sans treasure chamber. Your treasure chamber.
:26:46. > :26:52.cabinet of woner, this is a small part of the bequest of Michael
:26:52. > :26:57.Wellby that we are about to put on display. This, Davis, is a naught
:26:57. > :27:04.lus shell from the Indian Ocean. Can I pick up this one, here?
:27:04. > :27:11.Another monster? The monster is a coconut drinking cup. This is a
:27:11. > :27:21.real eagle's foot. Topped bay gold double eagle's head. This was made
:27:21. > :27:27.for the Medicis in Italy On it goes. Massive collection. I have to ask
:27:27. > :27:33.the question, how much is it worth? We are very very delicate on such
:27:33. > :27:36.subjects, but a good number of millions of pounds. 20 Million?
:27:36. > :27:42.There are individual pieces that are worth in the million, and while
:27:42. > :27:48.most of them are not worth that, there are 480 objects, so I will
:27:48. > :27:52.leave you to do your own sums! However Michael Wellby began
:27:52. > :27:57.collecting in the '40s, an era Blighed by objects looted or
:27:57. > :28:00.extorted from Jewish families. we know where it all came from?
:28:00. > :28:04.Michael was never terribly forthcoming about where things had
:28:04. > :28:10.come from, so there is a lot of research to be done. It is
:28:10. > :28:15.perfectly true that these are the kinds of objects which Jewish
:28:15. > :28:24.collectors had in quantity. It is not impossible one or two objects
:28:24. > :28:30.prove to have come from collections which were the subject of
:28:30. > :28:36.confiscation during the Nazi period. The museum is fully signed up.
:28:36. > :28:44.is an extraordinary gift. These objects were made to amaze. The
:28:44. > :28:47.Ashmolean has a new room of wonders. That is worth a visit. Time for the
:28:47. > :28:51.That is worth a visit. Time for the weather now. Another windy day
:28:51. > :28:55.across the UK, but for many there is sunshine to come as well.
:28:55. > :28:58.However we have got showers working through too. We have seen some in
:28:58. > :29:02.the south-east, but think they will fizzle out. There will be sharper
:29:02. > :29:09.ones running into the north-west of England. It is to the north we have
:29:09. > :29:12.our major area of concern with persis tent wind. To the west of
:29:12. > :29:17.the Pennines, perhaps the odd sharper shower, maybe the odd
:29:17. > :29:24.rumble of thunder O the east sunny spells to come and it's a fine
:29:24. > :29:29.blustery yaver moon in prospect. -- afternoon in prospect. Again, it is
:29:29. > :29:36.set to stay dry, windy, but it is relatively mild. Temperatures in
:29:36. > :29:39.double figure, the wind will temper that a little. In Wales the odd
:29:39. > :29:42.light shower. For Northern Ireland, some sunshine on the way. We have
:29:42. > :29:48.got showers but they will tend to clear in the next couple of hours
:29:48. > :29:52.it is this area of rain t tail end of the weather system that brought
:29:52. > :29:56.the wet weather that we are struck with for today. We have seen plenty
:29:56. > :29:59.already. There is more to come and we could have some problems with
:29:59. > :30:02.localised flooding. The situation improves as that swings further
:30:02. > :30:07.north but it will take wintry weather across northern Scotland.
:30:07. > :30:11.By the end of the night you will have to drag your eye further south
:30:11. > :30:14.where we have this area of blue surging across the map. The risk of
:30:14. > :30:19.local flooding, particularly for the south-west and south Wales.
:30:19. > :30:23.Maybe a bit of snow on Friday, but that low does pull away eastwards
:30:23. > :30:27.quickly, it will be windy, as it does so by the afternoon, much of
:30:27. > :30:30.England and Wales seeing a return of some sunshine, potentially
:30:30. > :30:34.sharper showers again for north Wales in the north-west later on in
:30:34. > :30:36.the afternoon, maybe something wintry across the hill, but a fine
:30:36. > :30:40.afternoon for Northern Ireland and a drier day for Scotland. For
:30:40. > :30:44.Saturday, a fine day for the majority, a lot of sunshine round,
:30:44. > :30:51.but it will feel chilly. Sunday we are back with the cloud and
:30:51. > :30:56.outbreaks of rain. A glimpse towards the weekend. Some wintry
:30:56. > :31:00.flurries, but I think it is the way Saturday feels that we will be
:31:00. > :31:04.talking about. It will feel cold. We are back with a lot of cloud and
:31:04. > :31:08.outbreaks of rain, so a mixture for this weekend. You can though, get
:31:08. > :31:12.more details and a longer term outlook if you look on the website.