:00:05. > :00:12.Pope Benedict XVI is resigning his leadership of the Roman Catholic
:00:12. > :00:16.Church. He said he was no longer strong enough to fulfil his duties.
:00:16. > :00:19.He'll step down at the end of the month. The 85-year-old Pope is the
:00:19. > :00:23.first pontiff to resign in nearly 600 years. Catholic leaders here
:00:23. > :00:32.say they are shocked and saddened by the news, but know it was a
:00:32. > :00:36.considered decision. I think it is an extraordinary
:00:36. > :00:40.gesture of a man who feels he no can't give the energy, because he
:00:40. > :00:43.no longer has that sort of energy for the sort of job he's trying to
:00:43. > :00:46.The Pope visited Britain in 2010. Prime Minister David Cameron says
:00:46. > :00:49.it will be remembered with great respect and affection.
:00:49. > :00:53.Social care in England. Ministers are expected to announce a �75,000
:00:53. > :00:56.cap on costs. The horsemeat in beef scandal. The
:00:56. > :01:02.government says there's no evidence of risk to human health, but warns
:01:02. > :01:05.there may be more unwelcome news to come.
:01:05. > :01:11.And, the US-Iran hostage film, Argo, takes three BAFTAs, including best
:01:11. > :01:13.film and best director for Ben On BBC London: An emergency meeting
:01:13. > :01:18.is underway to discuss cuts to London's Fire Service.
:01:18. > :01:28.And, a baby boy, mauled by a fox in his cot, is said to be making a
:01:28. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:44.Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:44. > :01:48.Pope Benedict XVI is to resign his leadership of the Roman Catholic
:01:48. > :01:52.Church. The Pope, who's the first Pontiff to step down in modern
:01:52. > :01:56.times, said he was well aware of the seriousness of his act, but he
:01:56. > :01:59.no longer had the strength to fulfil his duties. He will leave at
:01:59. > :02:02.the end of the month, and the papacy will remain vacant until a
:02:02. > :02:12.successor is found. Our first report is from Alan Johnston in
:02:12. > :02:15.Rome. One of the most extraordinary
:02:15. > :02:21.moments end of the modern history of the Catholic Church. Pope
:02:21. > :02:28.Benedict, announcing in Latin he could no longer go on. There had
:02:28. > :02:31.been no hint, no rumour, that this monumental decision was coming. The
:02:31. > :02:38.Pope's health is watched extremely closely and there had been no
:02:38. > :02:43.outward sign of any weakening. But now we know that behind the scenes,
:02:43. > :02:50.intense pressures were mounting. Too much for the Pope to bear.
:02:50. > :02:54.Around the world, Catholics are trying to make sense of the news.
:02:54. > :02:58.It is an extraordinary gesture of a man who feels he cannot give the
:02:58. > :03:04.energy because he no longer has backed for the job he is trying to
:03:04. > :03:09.do. It is unprecedented in the modern era. Here is a man who has
:03:09. > :03:17.clearly examined the office that he holds and has decided this is the
:03:17. > :03:21.right time. Suddenly, the Vatican finds itself
:03:21. > :03:26.in uncharted terrain. No plans will have been made for papal
:03:27. > :03:31.resignation. Events can now be expected to advance rapidly. Into
:03:31. > :03:34.macro weeks, the Pope will step aside in these unusual
:03:34. > :03:39.circumstances, and the Church will move as quickly as it can to
:03:39. > :03:44.replace him. Pope Benedict was elected to the
:03:44. > :03:47.papacy in 2005. In 2010, he visited Britain. In the last hour, the
:03:47. > :03:50.Prime Minister said that visit would be "remembered with great
:03:50. > :03:53.respect and affection". Mr Cameron said he'll be missed as a spiritual
:03:54. > :04:03.leader to millions. Philippa Thomas now looks back at Pope Benedict's
:04:04. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:20.career, and leadership. The German Cardinal was elected
:04:20. > :04:21.
:04:21. > :04:25.Pope at the age of 78. He was the oldest man for 275 years to assume
:04:25. > :04:31.leadership of the church, and he has a history of ill-health. He was
:04:31. > :04:36.born in a picturesque village in rural southern Germany, but he was
:04:36. > :04:40.just six when the Nazis swept to power and was forced to join the
:04:40. > :04:45.Hitler Youth, spending World War II in an anti-aircraft unit before
:04:45. > :04:52.deserting as Germany collapsed. After the York -- after the war, he
:04:52. > :05:02.committed his life to the church, initially championed -- championing
:05:02. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:08.modernisation. Joseph Ratzinger chose to reject radical liberalism.
:05:08. > :05:11.He was appointed Archbishop of Munich, then Cardinal, before Pope
:05:11. > :05:18.John Paul II gave him leadership of the congregation for the doctrine
:05:18. > :05:24.of the faith. He was increasingly seen as the Pope's envoy Sir,
:05:24. > :05:30.speaking out against abortion, homosexuality, feminism, rock music,
:05:30. > :05:36.even the Harry Potter books. He saw the Catholic Church as the one true
:05:36. > :05:41.denomination. After the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, white
:05:42. > :05:48.smoke from the Sistine Chapel announced his election after just
:05:48. > :05:54.four barracks. Pope Benedict's first overseas visit was to his
:05:54. > :06:04.homeland. He sailed into Cologne, calling upon young people to return
:06:04. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:10.to the faith. Open wide your hearts to God. But this traditionalist
:06:10. > :06:14.Pope faced controversy, violent protests in several Muslim
:06:14. > :06:20.countries after he quoted criticism of Islam by a 14th century
:06:20. > :06:25.Christian leader. Pope Benedict's Vatican faced criticism for its
:06:25. > :06:31.handling of sexual abuse by priests. On visits to the US and other
:06:31. > :06:37.countries, he expressed his sorrow and regret for the scandal. A
:06:37. > :06:41.however, he used this visit to present in 2010 to argued that the
:06:41. > :06:46.Christian moral principles underpinned Western democracies.
:06:46. > :06:52.Back in Rome, the conviction of the Pope's personal butler for stealing
:06:52. > :06:55.confidential papers was an embarrassment. In the end, his
:06:56. > :06:59.resignation is for more personal reasons, his physical struggle to
:06:59. > :07:04.continue. Let's get more on today's
:07:04. > :07:10.announcement from our Rome correspondent, Alan Johnston. Tell
:07:10. > :07:13.us, what has been the reaction in Rome today?
:07:13. > :07:18.This has been the most extraordinary shock, there is a
:07:18. > :07:24.small army of journalists, experts Vatican watchers who follow every
:07:24. > :07:28.move that the Pope makes. There was no indication this monumental
:07:28. > :07:34.decision was coming, and more junior members of the Vatican were
:07:34. > :07:38.taken completely by surprise. No preparation for this. The Pope made
:07:38. > :07:43.this announcement not in a specially prepared moment, but
:07:43. > :07:49.during a meeting which was supposed to be to do with other business. He
:07:49. > :07:57.will be gone in two weeks. Not long to find his successor, what happens
:07:57. > :08:02.next? Normally, every other papacy for the past 600 years has ended
:08:02. > :08:06.with a papal death, funeral, a great gathering of cardinals to
:08:06. > :08:12.elect a successor. In these extraordinary circumstances, we
:08:12. > :08:16.will move rapidly to that great gathering of cardinals who will
:08:16. > :08:22.reflect on the past papacy and decide what they feel that the
:08:22. > :08:26.Church needs next. Eventually, after rounds of voting in the
:08:27. > :08:31.Sistine Chapel, they will elect a new Pope. Our religious affairs
:08:31. > :08:37.correspondent is Robert Piggott, and he joins us now.
:08:37. > :08:41.This has come as a big surprise to many, even when a Pope is in ill
:08:42. > :08:50.health, they rarely resign. What is behind the decision?
:08:50. > :08:55.The first time for 700 years, a lonely decision it seems. The seeds
:08:55. > :09:00.were sown seven years ago when Pope Benedict became Pope. He had just
:09:00. > :09:04.seen Pope John Paul II, his long- lived predecessor, dies slowly of
:09:04. > :09:09.Parkinson's disease and steadily become incapacitated. There was
:09:09. > :09:16.open discussion over whether the Pope should resign. Many thought he
:09:16. > :09:21.shouldn't. But I think Pope Benedict felt that more strongly
:09:21. > :09:26.than other people. There had been the question whether the Pope could
:09:26. > :09:32.go on managing the church. And the spectre of what would happen if the
:09:32. > :09:40.Pope became mentally incapacitated, what would happen then? The Pope
:09:40. > :09:44.has had built health issues before. There are other reasons. He hasn't
:09:44. > :09:51.been a great manager, it is fair to say. The management of the Church
:09:51. > :09:56.has steadily become more for him to manage as well. The issue of leaks
:09:56. > :10:02.from the Vatican, a difficult thing for the battered and to cope with.
:10:02. > :10:06.The Pope has been confirmed about evangelising in western Europe,
:10:06. > :10:11.preventing this tide of secularism, and he feels more energy needs to
:10:11. > :10:14.be devoted to it than he can give. We'll have more on Pope Benedict's
:10:14. > :10:18.papacy later in the programme. And there'll be reaction to news of his
:10:18. > :10:22.resignation, throughout the day on the BBC News Channel.
:10:22. > :10:25.Plans to cap social care bills for the elderly are being outlined by
:10:25. > :10:29.the government today, as part of its plans for the long-term funding
:10:29. > :10:33.of social care in England. It's thought that from 2017, the maximum
:10:33. > :10:36.anyone will have to pay for help at home or in residential care will be
:10:36. > :10:40.�75,000. The changes will be paid for, in part, by a three-year
:10:40. > :10:50.freeze in the level at which people start to pay inheritance tax. Our
:10:50. > :10:52.
:10:52. > :10:56.social affairs correspondent, Alison Holt, has this report. The
:10:56. > :11:01.timing she spent with her mother is important. Her mother has dementia
:11:01. > :11:07.and lives in a residential home. To pay more than �30,000 in fees each
:11:07. > :11:10.year they had to sell the family home. The government claims today's
:11:10. > :11:16.announcement means, in future, people will not have to do that.
:11:16. > :11:21.Certainly, Ingrid feels the current system is not fair.
:11:21. > :11:27.None of the family had come from poor circumstances, labourers,
:11:27. > :11:33.clerks, it was a joint effort to live together, to save this house,
:11:33. > :11:37.to have this nice house. Their only asset. I think it is unfair. Today,
:11:37. > :11:43.the government will set out the details of its plans for reforming
:11:43. > :11:46.social care. It is expected a cap will be set so no one pays more
:11:46. > :11:55.than sending �5,000 for help at home or in residential care. Anyone
:11:55. > :12:00.with less than �120,000 in asset will get help. It is expected the
:12:00. > :12:04.new system will be introduced in 2017. Care costs will not be
:12:04. > :12:09.backdated. There are many who are disappointed by the level of the
:12:09. > :12:13.cap but for the first time it could give people clarity about how much
:12:13. > :12:18.they might be expected to pay for the care. The government believes
:12:18. > :12:24.that will encourage people to plan for the future. One in 10 of us
:12:24. > :12:28.will spend more than �100,000 on a social care costs. By putting a cap
:12:28. > :12:32.on the limit of how much anyone has to be a, we make it possible for
:12:32. > :12:36.people to plant earlier in their life, whether through insurance
:12:36. > :12:43.products, through a change in their pensions policy, to plan for that
:12:43. > :12:46.amount of money. In homes like this one visited today by the Health
:12:46. > :12:51.Secretary, residents will still have to pay for food and
:12:51. > :12:55.accommodation, even if they qualify for support. Labour says that the
:12:55. > :13:01.reforms are a small step forward but not enough. I am very concerned.
:13:01. > :13:05.It is not going to be fair for people with modest homes, and it
:13:05. > :13:11.won't do anything for the thousands of families that are really
:13:11. > :13:14.struggling in the current care system. The �1 billion cost of
:13:14. > :13:18.social care reform in England will be partly paid for by freezing the
:13:18. > :13:24.level at which people have to pay inheritance tax. There are
:13:24. > :13:33.different systems elsewhere in the Our home editor, Mark Easton is
:13:33. > :13:39.here. Who will be affected by this cap? The government reckons about
:13:39. > :13:45.one in 10 pensioners will be affected. It means and 90% will not.
:13:45. > :13:51.Pensioners, about a quarter of us will need residential care. That is
:13:51. > :13:56.where the big bills racked up. But that doesn't necessarily mean that
:13:56. > :14:00.they will be able to hold on to their home. They still have to pay
:14:00. > :14:07.the hotel and accommodation costs, often a great deal more than the
:14:07. > :14:12.amount spent on care. A minimum of �12,000 a year. Depending on the
:14:13. > :14:18.kind of care home you RN. You can still actually end up having to
:14:18. > :14:23.sell your home. The other thing about this announcement, it doesn't
:14:23. > :14:28.answer the big question, how society will fund care for our
:14:28. > :14:33.elderly? We know that the population is getting older. Demand
:14:33. > :14:43.is rising. The amount of money local authorities are spending on
:14:43. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :14:49.adult social care is being squeezed. The big question remains unanswered.
:14:49. > :14:51.Consumers, anxious about the horsemeat scandal, should "be
:14:51. > :14:54.prepared for more unwelcome news", according to the Environment
:14:54. > :14:58.Secretary, Owen Paterson. He said all processed beef products were
:14:58. > :15:01.safe to eat, and that "nothing so far presented a health risk". But
:15:01. > :15:03.he added that 16 other countries had been issued warnings about
:15:03. > :15:07.possible contamination. And Downing Street insists there's "no evidence
:15:07. > :15:17.of a risk to human health" and therefore there's "no legal case
:15:17. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:24.for an import ban from the EU". Ben The contents could be horsemeat.
:15:24. > :15:28.Supermarkets in different European countries have been clearing their
:15:28. > :15:32.shelves of products which may be contaminated.
:15:32. > :15:37.In the UK, thousands of beef products are being tested this week
:15:37. > :15:41.for horse DNA. Some results may not be available until April.
:15:41. > :15:46.The UK's Environment Secretary, is to brief MPs later for the moment,
:15:46. > :15:49.the Government insists that this is not a health scare but a labelling
:15:49. > :15:53.fraud. There is nothing we have seen that
:15:53. > :16:00.represents a health scare, but there will be testing going on
:16:00. > :16:06.through the week and ultimately it is down to the retailers to
:16:06. > :16:11.convince customers of the quality and the validity of the products.
:16:11. > :16:16.The Government says that a criminal conpir asy could lie behind the
:16:16. > :16:19.contamination. There are no plans to ban imports of meat from Europe
:16:19. > :16:25.but legal action is expected soon. In France an investigation is
:16:25. > :16:28.focusing on this company, Spanghero, but getting answers about who is
:16:28. > :16:32.responsible for this scandal will mean unravelling a complex web of
:16:32. > :16:35.trading relationships. It is thought that the source of the
:16:35. > :16:40.horsemeat is two abattoirs in row mannaire. From there, it is
:16:40. > :16:45.believed that a Dutch trader acquired the meat, who sold it to
:16:45. > :16:51.another trader from Cyprus it was then bought by a French company who
:16:51. > :16:55.processed the meat at its factory in Luxembourg. 16 countries,
:16:55. > :17:01.including Britain, have been warn bad products containing horsemeat.
:17:01. > :17:06.It is surprising, the people, the complexity of putting processed
:17:06. > :17:10.foods together. Ingredients, sourced from the four corners of
:17:10. > :17:14.the earth. Bought with the cheapest materials possible.
:17:14. > :17:19.Among the abattoirs, fact tris and dealers that produce the food,
:17:19. > :17:24.criminals have found a way in. Once again, questions are asked about if
:17:24. > :17:27.the right safeguards are in place to stop them. The Romanian Prime
:17:27. > :17:31.Minister insisted there had been no violations of European law or
:17:31. > :17:37.standards in his country. Let's talk to our correspondent who joins
:17:37. > :17:42.us from the capital of Bucharest. So no breach of the rules and from
:17:42. > :17:47.the Romanian Prime Minister, anger that suggestions have been? Yes.
:17:47. > :17:51.The Romanian government put forward a robust response. They are
:17:51. > :17:54.exercised about the allegations thrown in their direction by France.
:17:54. > :17:59.Let's talk first about the investigation. They were asked to
:17:59. > :18:03.look into two abattoirs. One that traded in horse, one that traded in
:18:03. > :18:06.both horse and beef. They have looked at it, a paper trail that
:18:06. > :18:11.goes back to the beginning of 2012. There is sertcation for slaughter
:18:11. > :18:14.and there is sertcation for export that was checked by the Ministry of
:18:14. > :18:20.Agriculture. As far as they are concerned it all adds up. There are
:18:20. > :18:25.two other things to say. Firstly, the abattoirs were exporting horse
:18:25. > :18:29.carcass. Not minced beef. So it is identifiable as horse when it
:18:29. > :18:34.leaves the plant. The second thing, the French company that threw the
:18:34. > :18:39.allegations this way did not have a direct contract with the remain --
:18:39. > :18:44.with the Romanian abattoirs. I asked the Romanian Prime Minister
:18:44. > :18:51.if he was angry, he was so. He said that this are being kicked
:18:51. > :18:55.by those with strong are PR than theirs. He added that the French --
:18:55. > :18:58.he said that they could not be held accountable for meat that is traded
:18:58. > :19:02.beyond their borders. Thank you.
:19:02. > :19:08.Two men have been charged in connection with the death of a
:19:08. > :19:10.police woman who's car was struck by a stolen vehicle in Londonderry.
:19:10. > :19:15.Philippa Reynolds was killed when the unmarked car she was travelling
:19:15. > :19:19.in turned into the path of a car in the early hours of Saturday morning.
:19:19. > :19:23.Five hill walkers, missing in the kaurn cairn overnight have been
:19:23. > :19:27.rescued. The party, thought to be university
:19:27. > :19:33.students from the Leeds area set out near Aviemore yesterday but
:19:33. > :19:36.failed to return. The alarm was raised when one was injured in a
:19:36. > :19:40.fall. Now the top story:
:19:40. > :19:45.Pope Benedict XVI is resigning his leadership of the Catholic Church.
:19:45. > :19:49.He says he is no longer strong enough to fulfil his duties.
:19:49. > :19:53.Coming up: A great night for Britain at the BAFTAs, including
:19:53. > :19:57.Daniel-Day Lewis who won Best Actor for his role in Steven Spielberg's
:19:57. > :20:00.epic, Lincoln. On BBC London: A charity says
:20:00. > :20:02.around a third of the capital's newly diagnosed cancer patients
:20:02. > :20:12.lack support from family and friends during their illness.
:20:12. > :20:30.
:20:30. > :20:34.Daniel-Day Lewis has won Best Actor for his performance in Steven
:20:34. > :20:37.Spielberg's Lincoln. British movies Skyfall and Les Miserables also won
:20:37. > :20:44.awards. It is British film's biggest night
:20:44. > :20:49.of the year with many of cinema as most famous faces walking the rainy
:20:49. > :20:53.red carpet, waiting to find out who had won and lost with the race
:20:53. > :20:58.being open, few were predicting what the winners would be. So all
:20:58. > :21:03.eyes were on BAFTA, not just here but on the other side of the
:21:03. > :21:07.Atlantic. A good showing here gives the film the edge in the Oscars in
:21:07. > :21:13.two weeks' time. The film that got the edge did not win the most
:21:13. > :21:17.awards but took the biggest awards, Best Film and Best Director.
:21:17. > :21:21.For Argo, Ben Affleck. Best Film, Best Director, how does
:21:21. > :21:26.it feel? Wonderful. Thrilling. It is such a great organisation. To be
:21:26. > :21:32.here with partners who we started off together with this. It has been
:21:32. > :21:37.exciting. A little cold but that is on the outside! The drama is about
:21:37. > :21:43.American diplomats trapped in Iran should go into the Academy Awards
:21:43. > :21:48.as the favourite for Best Film, ahead of Les Miserables and Lincoln.
:21:48. > :21:51.Despite its ten nominations, in the end Lincoln won one for Daniel-Day
:21:51. > :21:55.Lewis's portrayal of the American President.
:21:55. > :21:59.I am so very grateful to BAFTA for this.
:21:59. > :22:04.And for all of the encouragement you have given me over the years.
:22:04. > :22:08.It has meant a great deal to me. The big screen adaptation of Les
:22:08. > :22:14.Miserables won the most awards. Including Best Supporting Actress
:22:14. > :22:21.for Anne Hathaway. She fell in love with the musical at aged eight when
:22:21. > :22:26.watching her mother performing the part on the theatre stage.
:22:26. > :22:31.I, looking back, decided that was the moment that I would do what my
:22:31. > :22:35.mum did. So this feel, to have this recognition for this role. I don't
:22:35. > :22:40.know what to make of it but I'm starting to think that dreams do
:22:40. > :22:45.come true. The Bond movie, Skyfall, the most
:22:45. > :22:52.successful film every at the UK box office won two awards, including
:22:52. > :22:57.Outstanding British Film. 1,292 people worked on this movie.
:22:57. > :23:01.I stand here on behalf of all of them. We all had high expectation
:23:01. > :23:07.force the film. It is fair to say that all have been exceeded. This
:23:07. > :23:12.is really the icing on the cake. Thank you very much, BAFTA.
:23:12. > :23:16.And another film with strong British ties, Brave. Set in the
:23:16. > :23:24.Scottish Highlands, it won the Best Animated Film.
:23:24. > :23:29.No more fighting! Well, the BAFTAs were taking place
:23:29. > :23:36.in London and the stars of the McWorld were in Los Angeles for the
:23:36. > :23:42.Grammys. Mumford & Sons were among the winners taking home the Album
:23:42. > :23:46.of the Year prize for Babel. They received the award from Adele who,
:23:46. > :23:49.won for her song Set Fire To The Rain.
:23:49. > :23:54.The UK Government published advice that suggests an independent
:23:54. > :23:57.Scotland would be treated as a new state under international law. The
:23:57. > :24:01.legal opinion, described as arrogant by the SNP suggests that
:24:01. > :24:07.Scotland will have it renegotiate membership of international bodies
:24:07. > :24:10.including the EU and the United Nations. Our Scotland correspondent,
:24:10. > :24:17.Lorna Gordon, joins us from Edinburgh.
:24:17. > :24:22.Yes, today the UK Government took the highly unusual move of
:24:22. > :24:27.publishing that legalled a viets, from two eminent experts of
:24:27. > :24:31.international law, here in the setting of the library in Edinburgh.
:24:31. > :24:34.The arguments were being fleshed out. The main one seems to be that
:24:34. > :24:39.the majority of international precedence favours the opinion that
:24:39. > :24:43.Scotland would be treated as an entirely new state if Scots were to
:24:43. > :24:46.vote in favour of independence in the referendum of last year.
:24:46. > :24:50.According to the Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore, there
:24:50. > :24:54.would be serious repercussions for Scotland if it chose to leave the
:24:54. > :24:57.UK. He used the arguments to underline the fact that he believes
:24:57. > :25:01.that devolution has served Scotland well.
:25:01. > :25:06.This offers our country the best of both world, devolution. We are
:25:06. > :25:12.strong, a proud nation with a modern devolved country. Devolution
:25:12. > :25:16.has enabled those of us who live and work tpwh Scotland to take on
:25:16. > :25:19.important decisions on issues that affect our daily lives, for what
:25:20. > :25:23.our children are taught in school, to the way in which hospitals
:25:23. > :25:29.provide care, to how many police officers are on the streets.
:25:29. > :25:36.Too often we have taken for granted what we have.
:25:36. > :25:40.Well, Scotland's Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, accused
:25:40. > :25:43.the UK Government of breathtaking arrogance. Saying this was one set
:25:43. > :25:50.of legal opinion and there are many others. That the international view
:25:50. > :25:53.is not clear. If you want to find out more about
:25:54. > :26:00.the cases for and against Scottish independence, as well as the
:26:00. > :26:05.background to the referendum go to the futures section of the BBC News
:26:05. > :26:10.website at bbc.co.uk/news. Five members of the same British
:26:10. > :26:18.family have died after a car crash in Saudi Arabia. It was understood
:26:18. > :26:21.that they were on a privilege to mecca. They have been named locally
:26:21. > :26:27.as Newport-based Shaukat Ali Hayat. A one-year-old baby is believed to
:26:27. > :26:31.have survived the crash. Let's get more now on the top
:26:31. > :26:34.story: The impending resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. He is to leave
:26:34. > :26:38.his post as the head of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of the
:26:38. > :26:44.month as he says he no longer has the strength to carry out his
:26:44. > :26:48.duties. So, surprise then at the decision,
:26:48. > :26:52.Robert but understanding too from church leaders here? Yes. It is
:26:52. > :27:00.being described as a shock by the Archbishop of Westminster, the
:27:00. > :27:03.leader of the Catholic Church in Wales but he said he paid tribute
:27:03. > :27:09.to the Pope's clarity of thought and courage in taking what must
:27:09. > :27:17.have been a lonely step indeed, and the dignity in which he had done it.
:27:17. > :27:23.That was echoed by Justin Welby, the new Archbishop 6 Canterbury.
:27:23. > :27:28.And he said that he spoke also of Pope Benedict XVI's courage in
:27:28. > :27:33.doing this. The dignity that he had eVinced. He spoke about his visit
:27:33. > :27:37.here, the witness he had given to the Christian faith, not just for
:27:37. > :27:41.the Roman Catholic Church but for all churchs when he came to Britain
:27:41. > :27:46.in 2010 and was such an example of Priestley ministry, as the
:27:46. > :27:51.Archbishop put it. So all around the world there will be a sense of
:27:51. > :27:55.sympathy for the Pope, and a sense of him having done a huge job in a
:27:55. > :28:00.very short space of time. Robert, how will his leadership be
:28:00. > :28:03.view snd what about his legacy? Well, I think in the end he was a
:28:03. > :28:08.caretaker Pope. We will have to remember that history will show he
:28:08. > :28:13.came after the monumental reign of Pope John Paul II who left a big
:28:13. > :28:17.mark on the church. Was such a huge figure on the world's stage. At the
:28:17. > :28:21.end of that, in illness, with the church beginning to wonder where it
:28:21. > :28:29.was to go after Pope John Paul II, I think it was a big job for him to
:28:29. > :28:33.take over. I think that he will look back as unfinished work, but
:28:33. > :28:37.in the end he will be seen as someone who held the course of the
:28:37. > :28:41.ship steady at a very difficult time. Thank you.
:28:41. > :28:46.time. Thank you. Before we go, a look at the weather.
:28:46. > :28:51.Well, for some of us it has been a snowy start to the new working week.
:28:51. > :28:55.This picture, a beautiful scene it was taken by Brian Garnet from bar
:28:56. > :29:01.net. It show as beautiful scene here, but it was a slippy journey
:29:01. > :29:05.to work this morning. As far as how much snow you will have seen,
:29:05. > :29:11.altitude played a very important role. It is cooler up the mountains,
:29:11. > :29:21.that was key in giving up to 13 centimetre of snow over the
:29:21. > :29:21.
:29:21. > :29:25.Chilterns. Snow across Nottingham too but at
:29:25. > :29:29.lower levels, hit and miss. The area of snow is continuing to work
:29:29. > :29:33.over the central and southern areas of England. It is moving to the
:29:34. > :29:39.west. The snow falling into southern
:29:39. > :29:43.parts of Devon at the end of the afternoon. A few more snow flurries
:29:43. > :29:47.in the them estuary. Also across the Midlands. Pushing
:29:47. > :29:51.to the north, brighter weather across the north and Scotland with
:29:51. > :29:55.the clouds breaking. Sunshine around but it will be on the cold
:29:55. > :29:58.side. The temperatures up to four Celsius. Drab conditions for
:29:58. > :30:03.Northern Ireland. Here is few showers and spots of rain working
:30:03. > :30:07.into the western counties. In Wales, back to the cloud. The cloud
:30:07. > :30:12.thicker over parts of south-west England and parts of Devon and
:30:12. > :30:16.Dorset. There may be a little snow, but staying cloudy.
:30:16. > :30:20.Overnight tonight we are expecting the cloud to thicken up further
:30:20. > :30:24.over areas of Wales. There we may see a little bit of snow working in
:30:24. > :30:28.overnight. Apart from that it will be a cold
:30:28. > :30:33.night with a widespread frost developing in rural areas. That
:30:33. > :30:39.will lead to icy stretches on untreated roads and pave thements
:30:39. > :30:47.on Tuesday morning. For Tuesday, cloud for England and Wales. Then
:30:47. > :30:51.the odd showers to the north south- east coasts.
:30:51. > :30:55.Whether it stays cloudy or if you see sunshine it will be a cold one
:30:55. > :30:59.on Tuesday. For Tuesday night, the cold air
:30:59. > :31:05.firmly in place but through the night and into Wednesday, the
:31:05. > :31:10.Atlantic weather system is coming from the west. About two to six
:31:10. > :31:16.centimetres of snow falling there. Strong winds and more snow at
:31:16. > :31:18.higher levels, the snow could then higher levels, the snow could then
:31:18. > :31:24.turn back to rain. Now the top story: Pope Benedict