:00:12. > :00:15.Britain's most senior Catholic cleric resigns over allegations of
:00:15. > :00:20.inappropriate behaviour. Cardinal Keith O'Brien contests the claims
:00:20. > :00:25.and won't travel to Rome to help choose the Pope's successor.
:00:25. > :00:29.Nick Clegg denies he ignored sexual harassment claims against Lord
:00:29. > :00:35.Rennard. All we could act on were general
:00:35. > :00:38.concerns. We acted on those. He denied those concerns and those
:00:38. > :00:45.suggestions vociferously. The murder of Catherine Gowing - a
:00:45. > :00:50.man is jailed for life. Daniel Day-Lewis makes history at
:00:50. > :00:56.the Oscars by becoming the first man to win Best Actor three times.
:00:56. > :01:02.My fellow nominees, my equals, my betters, I'm so proud to have been
:01:02. > :01:04.included as one amongst you. Later on BBC London: We uncover the
:01:04. > :01:07.high street estate agents advertising illegal sheds with beds.
:01:07. > :01:17.The Mayor's opponents fail to vote down his cuts to the fire, police
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:01:32. > :01:34.Welcome to the BBC News at One. Britain's most senior Roman
:01:35. > :01:39.Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, has resigned. Cardinal
:01:39. > :01:43.O'Brien, who was the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, stepped
:01:43. > :01:48.down following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards
:01:48. > :01:51.four priests dating back to the 1980s. He contests the claims. It
:01:51. > :01:55.means Cardinal O'Brien will not take part in the election of a new
:01:55. > :01:58.Pope and it creates a crisis for the Catholic Church in Scotland. In
:01:58. > :02:05.a moment, we will hear from our correspondents, in Rome and
:02:05. > :02:09.Edinburgh. First, this report from our religious affairs correspondent.
:02:09. > :02:12.The abrupt end of an illustrious career. Cardinal Keith O'Brien has
:02:12. > :02:16.stepped down a month from retirement. His resignation
:02:16. > :02:21.accepted by the Pope. The Cardinal's move looks to be a
:02:21. > :02:25.response to intense pressure. Yesterday, the Observer carried
:02:25. > :02:31.allegations by three priests and one former priest of inappropriate
:02:31. > :02:35.behaviour by the Cardinal towards them. Some incidents go back to the
:02:35. > :02:45.1980s. The Cardinal contests the allegations and today issued a
:02:45. > :02:59.
:02:59. > :03:08.brief statement. For any good I I choose to be the Supreme Pontiff
:03:08. > :03:16.and... Only days ago, the Cardinal was looking forward to casting his
:03:16. > :03:23.vote in the Papal Conclave. I will respond as best as I can, writing
:03:23. > :03:29.the best, the name of the best possible person on my voting paper.
:03:29. > :03:35.The Cardinal's been an outspoken voice for traditionalists in
:03:35. > :03:40.Scotland. Recently, he contradicted the Vatican by saying priests
:03:40. > :03:44.should be allowed to marry and have children. In Edinburgh, there was a
:03:44. > :03:51.mixed reaction to his departure. I'm glad we are not in his shoes,
:03:51. > :03:58.for many reasons. I think it probably is a good thing that he's
:03:58. > :04:02.done. I'm really surprised. It is shocking. It is quite shocking.
:04:02. > :04:07.Quite right, there's double standards going on. And it is about
:04:07. > :04:11.time that the Church moves on. 100 cardinals from around the world
:04:11. > :04:17.are soon to gather in Rome, but Britain will now have no voting
:04:17. > :04:23.representative. These are testing times for the Catholic Church.
:04:23. > :04:27.We will go to Rome in a moment and speak to James Robbins there. First,
:04:27. > :04:31.let's get the thoughts of Robert Piggot. Robert is outside the
:04:31. > :04:36.Cardinal's house in Edinburgh. What further details, if any, are you
:04:36. > :04:40.getting about Cardinal O'Brien's resignation? Well, we know that the
:04:40. > :04:45.Pope is going to appoint an administrator for the diocese,
:04:45. > :04:49.someone who will come in from outside to manage it while Cardinal
:04:49. > :04:55.O'Brien has left. The statement he gave was interesting. It referred
:04:55. > :04:58.to his health problems. We know he has heart problems and gout. It
:04:58. > :05:03.made a brief reference to wanting the media spotlight to shift from
:05:03. > :05:08.him to the conclave. I know that that is really what has been going
:05:08. > :05:11.on at the heart of this. Cardinal O'Brien felt that while these
:05:11. > :05:15.allegations were outstanding against him, the media spotlight
:05:15. > :05:18.would be on him, that it would hang over not just him, but on the
:05:18. > :05:23.conclave, the election for the successor to Pope Benedict if he
:05:23. > :05:27.went to Rome and took part. That was really the reason that he took
:05:27. > :05:33.this dramatic decision when he did. I think it is interesting that the
:05:33. > :05:40.statement is so brief as to his failings. He said he apologised for
:05:40. > :05:44.those and anyone he had offended but it didn't amount to a rebuttal.
:05:44. > :05:48.I think that is interesting. Whatever the reason for him going
:05:48. > :05:52.from this house here, there will be a sense of real shock in the
:05:52. > :05:55.Catholic Church here. It's already been manifested because he was a
:05:55. > :05:58.larger-than-life figure, very popular clergyman, people said he
:05:58. > :06:01.was a man of the people. When he had this house done up, and the
:06:01. > :06:07.Pope came, two of the people who worked on the house were surprised
:06:07. > :06:11.and they weren't Catholics, surprised to receive an invitation
:06:11. > :06:14.to come here and meet the Pope. It is that character that will be
:06:14. > :06:21.missed by the people of Scotland, by the Catholics of Scotland.
:06:21. > :06:25.you. Let's talk to James Robbins who joins us from the Vatican.
:06:25. > :06:28.Cardinal O'Brien will not be going to help choose the Pope's successor,
:06:28. > :06:35.so there will be no British involvement in that choice. How
:06:35. > :06:40.significant is that? I think there will be a sense of regret in the
:06:40. > :06:47.Vatican behind me that Britain will have no voice in the choice of Pope
:06:47. > :06:51.Benedict's successor. St Peter's basilica may look as serene as ever,
:06:51. > :06:57.but there is a sense of crisis and a growing scandal within the
:06:57. > :07:01.Vatican, a sense of alarm about this upcoming election, deepened
:07:01. > :07:03.considerably by the resignation of Cardinal O'Brien as the head of the
:07:03. > :07:07.Church in Scotland. Cardinal O'Brien has made it clear that
:07:07. > :07:15.although he has the right to come and vote here, he won't, as we have
:07:15. > :07:19.been hearing, because he doesn't want to be a distraction. I think
:07:19. > :07:23.the much more serious problem for the Vatican is this: For a long
:07:23. > :07:27.time, it has been able to bat away some of the criticism of other
:07:27. > :07:30.cardinals that they may have been involved in a cover-up. These
:07:30. > :07:35.allegations are specific, although contested by Cardinal O'Brien,
:07:35. > :07:38.these allegations are that he specifically was involved directly
:07:38. > :07:43.in improper behaviour towards other priests. That will bring it much
:07:43. > :07:50.closer to the College of Cardinals than the Vatican could possibly
:07:50. > :07:55.want at this very sensitive time. Thank you.
:07:55. > :08:01.The President of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, has admitted
:08:01. > :08:06.the party screwed up in the way it handled allegations of
:08:06. > :08:16.inappropriate by its former Chief Executive, Lord Rennard. Nick Clegg
:08:16. > :08:20.insisted he had nothing to hide. Lord Rennard denies the claims.
:08:20. > :08:23.He was the Liberal Democrats' chief election strategist. Now
:08:23. > :08:26.allegations that Lord Rennard may have acted improperly towards some
:08:27. > :08:32.women have left many questions about who in the leadership knew
:08:32. > :08:36.what and when. Nick Clegg having to deal with what is unwelcomed
:08:36. > :08:39.turbulence for his party. The accusations against the former
:08:39. > :08:44.Chief Executive were first broadcast by Channel 4 News last
:08:44. > :08:48.week. Until last night, Mr Clegg's aides insisted he didn't know any
:08:48. > :08:52.detailed allegations. He's now admitted he did know of general
:08:52. > :08:55.concerns five years ago and says it is important that two separate
:08:55. > :08:59.party inquiries establish the full facts. These investigations will
:08:59. > :09:03.show that some procedures were flawed and the women themselves
:09:03. > :09:05.feel that they weren't listened to. That is why I want us to get to the
:09:05. > :09:12.truth. That is why I want to make sure the women who felt they
:09:12. > :09:19.weren't listened to are now listened to. Lord Rennard was on Mr
:09:19. > :09:24.Clegg's orders confronted and warned five years ago by the Chief
:09:25. > :09:29.Secretary to the Treasury. He resigned shortly afterwards on
:09:29. > :09:32.health grounds. The Party President has been candid this morning.
:09:32. > :09:36.one thing I can tell you without having to go through due process is
:09:36. > :09:41.that we screwed this up as a Party. There are individuals out there who
:09:41. > :09:45.we had a duty of care towards, who we did not fulfil that duty of care
:09:45. > :09:49.to them. That is something that we have to learn from, apologise for
:09:49. > :09:54.and make sure it never happens again. While Nick Clegg should be
:09:54. > :09:57.focused on political battles this week, his opponents are using his
:09:57. > :10:04.difficulties to raise questions not only about his future but about his
:10:04. > :10:10.leadership. Let's get more on this with Norman
:10:10. > :10:14.Smith. Where do these denials and the two inquiries leave us today?
:10:14. > :10:22.Well, they leave Nick Clegg in some trouble. Up till now, he has been
:10:22. > :10:27.able to hide behind the Manuel defence, to say, "I know nothing
:10:27. > :10:31.about these allegations." Last night, he said, "I do know
:10:31. > :10:36.something. I remember there were general, vague, non-specific
:10:36. > :10:41.allegations back in 2008 and I ordered my Chief of Staff to go and
:10:41. > :10:45.have a word with Lord Rennard to warn him about his conduct." Why
:10:45. > :10:52.that matters is Nick Clegg is being dragged into the centre of this
:10:52. > :11:00.crisis. It is no longer a story about sexual misconduct, it is a
:11:00. > :11:06.story about political leadership. to compound his difficulties, some
:11:06. > :11:10.have not been entirely helpful this morning with us. Tim Farron, the
:11:10. > :11:14.Party President said the party screwed up. It conveys an
:11:14. > :11:20.impression that the Lib Dems at the moment are at sixes and sevens over
:11:20. > :11:24.how to respond to these allegations. Thank you.
:11:24. > :11:30.A man who murdered the Irish vet Catherine Gowing has been jailed
:11:30. > :11:40.for life with a minimum term of 37 years. Clive Sharp from Gwynedd had
:11:40. > :11:43.
:11:43. > :11:47.already admitted murdering her. We should warn you, this report
:11:47. > :11:51.contains some graphic details. This is the last sighting of Catherine
:11:51. > :11:58.Gowing, shopping for the weekend at her local supermarket. The 37-year-
:11:58. > :12:02.old vet was renowned for her care and compassion. But she died in a
:12:02. > :12:08.sadistic act of violence. After seeing Catherine's killer being
:12:08. > :12:13.sentenced to life in prison, her sister spoke outside the court.
:12:13. > :12:22.was a beautiful light. She shone very brightly. She enriched the
:12:22. > :12:29.lives of all she encountered. All God's creatures. Her light is gone
:12:29. > :12:32.from our world. She now shines elsewhere. Thank you. The 46-year-
:12:32. > :12:36.old had been in a relationship with Catherine Gowing's housemate and
:12:36. > :12:40.had managed to gain access to her home. The police have never
:12:40. > :12:44.revealed the full details of how she died, but after returning from
:12:44. > :12:49.the supermarket, she was confronted by Sharp who raped her and killed
:12:49. > :12:53.her before dismembering her body. He used her car to drive to this
:12:53. > :12:59.disused quarry a few miles away where police discovered some, but
:12:59. > :13:04.not all of her remains. Days later, an off-duty police officer found
:13:04. > :13:07.more human remains three miles away on the banks of the River Dee. The
:13:07. > :13:11.search became the biggest in the history of North Wales Police.
:13:11. > :13:14.Despite weeks of searching along these riverbanks, the police
:13:14. > :13:18.haven't been able to find all of Catherine Gowing's remains. They
:13:18. > :13:24.say any new search will be intelligence-led. The man who
:13:24. > :13:29.killed her has refused to give them any information. His acts were
:13:29. > :13:33.described as "causing unimaginable pain and suffering". He now faces
:13:33. > :13:36.life imprisonment and I doubt a tear will be shed if he is never
:13:36. > :13:41.released from prison. Catherine Gowing had been due to leave Wales
:13:41. > :13:50.a few months after her murder. Her family say they have been left
:13:50. > :13:56.living a recurring nightmare. The value of sterling fell on some
:13:56. > :14:02.markets today as they reacted to the loss of Britain's AAA creding
:14:02. > :14:09.rating. Moody's downgraded the UK rating on Friday -- credit rating.
:14:09. > :14:13.What happened to the pound today? Perhaps surprisingly, the pound was
:14:13. > :14:16.fairly stable this morning. There had been predictions it might come
:14:16. > :14:20.under pressure. It was weaker earlier in the day. The general
:14:20. > :14:28.background has not been that rosy for sterling going back a couple of
:14:28. > :14:32.months. Let's look at what it was against the dollar on January 2nd.
:14:32. > :14:39.1.625 against the pound. Last week, this time last week, you can see
:14:39. > :14:46.how much it had fallen - 1.546. This morning, even weaker, compared
:14:46. > :14:50.to last week - 1.514. So a background of general weakness, not
:14:50. > :14:54.helped by the downgrade. markets go up-and-down. In the
:14:54. > :14:57.long-term, what will the downgrading mean? In a sense,
:14:57. > :15:02.Moody's were telling the markets what they knew already. There were
:15:02. > :15:06.question marks about UK growth and the ability of the UK to bring down
:15:06. > :15:09.its Government debt in the medium- term. So markets really in a sense
:15:09. > :15:13.saying we knew all that already. It raises another question mark over
:15:13. > :15:16.the UK in the eyes of foreign investors. Speculation the Bank of
:15:16. > :15:19.England might be pumping more money in to support the economy didn't
:15:19. > :15:29.help the pound last week. Another question mark for those people who
:15:29. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:37.invest in the UK and buy sterling $:/STARTFEED. Start Oscar Pistorius
:15:37. > :15:42.has reported under the bail terms, he is charged with the pre-
:15:42. > :15:46.meditated murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. He says he mistook
:15:46. > :15:50.her for an intruder and shot her accidentally.
:15:50. > :15:55.The new US Secretary of State, John Kerry is in Britain on the first
:15:56. > :16:00.stop on his overseas trip. John Kerry has met David Cameron, he is
:16:00. > :16:04.in talks with William Hague. Let's hear from Bridget Kendal who
:16:04. > :16:10.joins us from outside of the fo Foreign Office.
:16:10. > :16:12.I should say that this demonstration behind me are Iranian
:16:13. > :16:17.opposition protesters. Whether Senator John Kerry is aware of them
:16:17. > :16:21.is not clear. His talks with David Cameron were in Downing Street with
:16:21. > :16:25.William Hague in another house not far from here, but, what is clear
:16:25. > :16:29.is that the British Government is pleased that the US Secretary of
:16:29. > :16:32.State decided that the first port of call on this, his first major
:16:32. > :16:36.trip abroad as the US Secretary of State, should be here in Britain.
:16:36. > :16:43.He goes on to European capitals and other capitals in the Middle East.
:16:43. > :16:47.It is in marked contrast to the last US Secretary of State, Hillary
:16:47. > :16:50.Clinton who, went to Asia first. What we are hearing about the talks
:16:51. > :16:56.that there were between John Kerry and David Cameron do suggest what
:16:56. > :17:01.is at the top of a priert list of the Obama administration at the
:17:01. > :17:07.moment. Syria, Iran and the nuclear programme. Other fragile states but
:17:07. > :17:10.interestingly, the EU and US trade deal for free trade that is being
:17:10. > :17:14.brokered. We understand when meeting David Cameron, the whole
:17:14. > :17:18.question, the touchy question of the Falkland Islands and the
:17:18. > :17:27.referendum did not come up but it is possible it has been touched on
:17:27. > :17:34.in the talks with William Hague. Now a look at the top story:
:17:34. > :17:40.Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric resign over
:17:40. > :17:46.allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Coming up: At the Oscar,
:17:46. > :17:49.Adele sings the Bond theme, Skyfall and then picks up the award for
:17:49. > :17:54.benefit song. On BBC London: The couple who say
:17:54. > :18:04.they were discriminated against by a London hotel for being gay. We
:18:04. > :18:08.
:18:08. > :18:13.visit the film school tipped for Daniel Day-Lewis has made history
:18:13. > :18:19.at the Oscars, by becoming the first man to win Best Actor three
:18:20. > :18:25.times. He received the award for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in
:18:25. > :18:28.Steven Spielberg's film, Lincoln. The Best Actress went to Silver
:18:28. > :18:35.Linings Playbook's, Jennifer Lawrence. She tripped up on the way
:18:35. > :18:39.to accept her award. Argo won Best Picture and Adele won benefit song
:18:39. > :18:46.for Skyfall. The first Bond song to get an Oscar from Hollywood.
:18:46. > :18:53.It was music, music, musicals at this year's Oscars, film stars
:18:53. > :18:56.showing versatility and great singers doing what they do best.
:18:56. > :19:01.Bond's 50th anniversary celebration was well timed.
:19:01. > :19:07.The first Bond theme ever to win an Oscar. Sung live by Adele.
:19:07. > :19:13.# Let the Skyfall... # She kept heroineer's speech short and sweet
:19:13. > :19:20.and emotional. Sony Pictures, MDM, Paul Epworth,
:19:20. > :19:25.oh, God, for believing in me. My man, I love you, baby.
:19:25. > :19:33.Ang Lee won Best Director for Life of Pi. It took four awards, more
:19:33. > :19:36.than any other film. Thank you, Namaste.
:19:36. > :19:42.As widely predicted, Daniel Day- Lewis won Best Actor. The first man
:19:42. > :19:46.to win it three times. Making firm how deeply he throws himself into
:19:46. > :19:49.his roles. My wive, Rebecca haslyed with
:19:49. > :19:54.strange men. They were strange as individuals and stranger as taken
:19:54. > :19:57.as a group! But luckily, she is the versatile one in the family. She's
:19:57. > :20:02.been the perfect companion to all of them.
:20:02. > :20:07.And a surprise guest that made the announcement for Best Picture, live
:20:07. > :20:11.from the White House... Argo. Ben Affleck was not nominated nor
:20:11. > :20:15.Best Director but this was enough for mim. -- 478.
:20:15. > :20:21.Anyone who worked on the movie gets thanked.
:20:21. > :20:25.So, no run away winner but a great evening and an exciting Academy
:20:25. > :20:29.Awards. The show is over for another year but the celebrations
:20:29. > :20:35.will be going on through the night. A small group will be hanging on
:20:35. > :20:44.contra- tightly to the newly- acquired gold statuettes.
:20:44. > :20:48.Now to David willies in Los Angeles, for Best Actor, and a place in the
:20:48. > :20:55.record books as well. Was it in doubt? Not really, but he is the
:20:55. > :21:00.toast of Hollywood tonight. Cementing his place as the pre-em
:21:00. > :21:07.nait -- pre-eminent film actor of his generation, perhaps of any
:21:07. > :21:13.generation. He won an Oscar in 1990 for his depiction of an Irish
:21:13. > :21:17.artist with cerebral palsy in My Left Foot. Then in 2008 for his
:21:17. > :21:20.depiction of a violent oil baron in There Will Be Blood and this
:21:20. > :21:26.victory in Lincoln secures himself a place in the record books. We
:21:26. > :21:32.have been asking others on the red carpet for their reaction to Daniel
:21:32. > :21:37.Day-Lewis's amazing victory. Just fantasticment I mean, what can
:21:37. > :21:42.you say to three Oscars, you know, a good job.
:21:42. > :21:48.I thought it unique and fun. I was happy for him. He is a very
:21:48. > :21:53.dignified gentleman. They were all very deserving, but it was an
:21:53. > :21:57.astonishing performance. He has inspiration and it sends you to the
:21:57. > :22:02.doll drums as you think you can never be that.
:22:02. > :22:05.And Best Picture for Argo that Ben Affleck directed. He was not up for
:22:05. > :22:11.Best Director but he made a gracious speech about bouncing
:22:11. > :22:16.back? Yes. It does represent an amazing comeback. He won his first
:22:16. > :22:22.Oscar for the screen of Good Will Hunting in 1997. Since then, he has
:22:22. > :22:26.been associated with a string of flops, including Gigli, which he
:22:26. > :22:33.starred alongside his then girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez. Widely
:22:33. > :22:37.seen as a big turkey, one of the biggest in history. He has got his
:22:37. > :22:42.comeback behind the camera more than in front of it despite being
:22:42. > :22:45.passed over for the Best Director, he won the big award, that for the
:22:46. > :22:52.Best Film it really is the sort of comeback you would have thought
:22:52. > :22:55.only Hollywood would bring about. Thank you.
:22:56. > :23:01.Food inspectors in the Czech Republic have found horsemeat in
:23:01. > :23:06.meatballs made in Sweden for restaurants in the IKEA group, the
:23:06. > :23:12.world's biggest furniture retailers --er. The meatballs have been
:23:12. > :23:15.withdrawn from out let's in 13 countries, including in the UK.
:23:15. > :23:22.Agriculture ministers are meeting in Brussels to find a solution to
:23:22. > :23:26.the horsemeat scandal. There is no knowing still how the horsemeat got
:23:26. > :23:31.into the meat. Christian, the scandal seems to go on and on. What
:23:31. > :23:35.sort of solution are the ministers looking for? It does, yes. Almost
:23:35. > :23:42.every week a well-known brand or a supermarket chain we use is dragged
:23:42. > :23:46.into the widening horsemeat scandal. Certainly the announce frment
:23:46. > :23:52.iekoor -- IKEA will focus attention here today. It is not one company
:23:52. > :23:56.but a multitude of companies across the common market. They will talk
:23:56. > :24:00.about enforcement and regulation. They like to talk about criminal
:24:00. > :24:04.conspiracy but there are questions asked of the national food safety
:24:04. > :24:07.authorities in countries like Britain, France, Ireland, perhaps
:24:07. > :24:11.countries you would not expect questions to be asked. Also they
:24:11. > :24:18.are to talk about labelling of processed food. Of the origin of
:24:18. > :24:21.food. So where as at the moment we know if we buy a steak or lamb chop
:24:22. > :24:28.where the animal is reared or slaughtered, the same cannot be
:24:28. > :24:31.said of processed food. France and Germany focusing hard on the -- on
:24:31. > :24:36.the labelling of food. The commission points out that
:24:36. > :24:43.supermarkets can if they want to, put labels on food stuffs but to do
:24:43. > :24:46.that you have to know very well the supply chain. Everybody link in
:24:46. > :24:49.that supply chain, certainly better than the supermarkets appear to do
:24:49. > :24:57.so at the moment. Thank you.
:24:57. > :25:01.The re-trial of prienprien Vicky Pryce has started. She admits
:25:01. > :25:06.taking points for the former Cabinet Minister but admits she was
:25:06. > :25:11.forced to do it. Last week a jury failed to come to
:25:11. > :25:14.a verdict. Dominic, what happened this morning at Southwark Crown
:25:14. > :25:19.Court? Chris Huhne has pleaded guilty to the offence of trying to
:25:19. > :25:23.pass on speeding points to his then wife in 2003, Vicky Pryce. She
:25:23. > :25:27.denied the charge on the basis of marital coercion, she was forced
:25:27. > :25:31.into doing it. Last week the jury at her trial failed to reach a
:25:31. > :25:36.verdict. The case was put on hold. It was re-started this morning with
:25:36. > :25:39.a fresh jury, but the same facts. When you open the case this morning,
:25:40. > :25:44.Mr Justice Sweeney said the following: That the failure of the
:25:44. > :25:48.first trial is something that happens in the Criminal Justice
:25:48. > :25:54.System. That the slate was wiped clean. He wanted the new jury to
:25:54. > :26:02.come to a true verdict on the basis of the evidence. What had happened?
:26:02. > :26:08.The original trial was irrelevant. The prosecution began to outline
:26:09. > :26:13.the evidence this morning and this afternoon. They say that Vicky
:26:13. > :26:20.Pryce's defence was she was coerced to take the points does not wash.
:26:20. > :26:24.That she is a strong woman, a woman who would not be told what to do by
:26:24. > :26:28.her husband. The evidence to be laid out in the coming week.
:26:28. > :26:32.We have learned that the veteran explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has
:26:32. > :26:38.been forced to pull out from the latest Antartic expedition with
:26:38. > :26:44.frost bite. He was injured after an accident while skiing. He 47
:26:44. > :26:50.preparing for the coldest downist. The first attempt to cross the
:26:50. > :26:56.South Pole in the winter. What has been billed as the coldest journey
:26:56. > :27:01.on earth. As the expedition arrived, they knew that the risks were high.
:27:01. > :27:06.4,000 kilometres, during a winter when temperatures plunge to as low
:27:06. > :27:11.as minus 90 centigrade. As Sir Ranulph Fiennes and his five fellow
:27:11. > :27:15.team members landed on the ice, they were swallowed by a snowstorm
:27:15. > :27:19.that hampered efforts to set up the camp and to prepare equipment for
:27:19. > :27:23.the journey. We are going nowhere in this for
:27:23. > :27:27.the moment. Fingers crossed it improves. It could be here for a
:27:27. > :27:32.week or a day. We understand that Sir Ranulph
:27:32. > :27:38.Fiennes, seen here during training in northern Sweden, fell on the ice
:27:38. > :27:42.and had to remove a glove in order to regain skis in temperatures of
:27:42. > :27:47.minus 30 centigrade. He suffered frost bite and the decision was
:27:47. > :27:53.taken to evacuate him. He is to be moved to the base of Prince yes,
:27:54. > :27:58.sir Elizabeth, then to a Russian base for the flight out.
:27:58. > :28:03.There had been apprehension amongst -- among the team over the dangers
:28:03. > :28:08.that they could have faced but Sir Ranulph Fiennes viewed this as just
:28:08. > :28:13.another challenge. It is a way I make my living. I did
:28:13. > :28:17.not get A-levels, this is what I do. You could die out there? More
:28:17. > :28:23.people die travelling on the motorways in the UK. Not on this
:28:23. > :28:27.sort of expedition. The challenge now is to re-plan the
:28:27. > :28:34.expedition with out Sir Ranulph Fiennes it is a terrible blow for a
:28:34. > :28:38.man who knows he may never complete what he believes was his final
:28:38. > :28:42.Polar adventure. Now, let's find out what is
:28:42. > :28:45.happening in the slighter warmer happening in the slighter warmer
:28:45. > :28:49.climates. A lot of us are tired of the cold
:28:49. > :28:55.and grey weather. This week will not bring a significant change. It
:28:55. > :29:00.will be mostly cloudy and dry and you gather, staying cold. You are
:29:00. > :29:04.wondering why? Well why has it been grey for a long time without any
:29:04. > :29:08.change? The key is up in the atmosphere. This is the satellite
:29:08. > :29:12.picture that shows the cloud. The winds are blowing from the north or
:29:12. > :29:16.the north-east. This is driving the cold, grey weather. All of that
:29:16. > :29:20.cloud. This is linked to this almost whirlpool across the whole
:29:20. > :29:23.of Europe here. For as long as this pattern is stuck here, the weather
:29:24. > :29:28.is not going to change. We are anticipating that the whirlpool is
:29:28. > :29:32.going to be across this part of Europe for some time. It is a area
:29:32. > :29:35.of low pressure. As long as it is there, weather fronts that are here,
:29:35. > :29:40.that bring in the milder weather will stay there in the Atlantic and
:29:40. > :29:45.we are stuck with the cloud. Now it looks as though the cloud is about
:29:45. > :29:51.thick enough to bring a little bit of rain. Not shed loads but a few
:29:51. > :29:55.spots. That may bring iciness, but here is the afternoon forecast.
:29:55. > :30:01.So dribs of rain. Fleeting through the Skye. Temperatures a little
:30:01. > :30:05.higher than yesterday. As far as Northern Ireland and Scotland, here
:30:05. > :30:11.we see the lovely sunshine. The western island of Scotland is
:30:11. > :30:18.beautiful. Looking out over Orkney and
:30:18. > :30:21.Shetlands but back to the rest of the UK, cloudy skies. A line from
:30:21. > :30:26.Norwich down to Southampton. Chilly too with iciness. The temperatures