:00:11. > :00:14.An end to Winter Fuel Payments for the wealthiest pensioners. Shadow
:00:14. > :00:17.Chancellor Ed Balls unveils plans to save money if Labour wins the next
:00:17. > :00:22.election. He claims it would save �100 million
:00:22. > :00:28.a year and promises an iron discipline on public spending.
:00:28. > :00:31.At a time when Public Services of pensioners and others are relying on
:00:31. > :00:35.and are a strain, it can no long orbe a priority to pay the winter
:00:35. > :00:39.allowance to the wealthiest pensioners. Also this lunch time.
:00:39. > :00:44.The two men accused of the murder of drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich have
:00:44. > :00:48.made separate court appearances. Banks and building societies are
:00:48. > :00:51.lending fewer loans to businesses despite a scheme designed to lend
:00:51. > :00:58.more. Further protests in Turkey between
:00:58. > :01:03.police and protesters. More than 1,700 people are arrested. Four dead
:01:03. > :01:07.and nine missing and torrential rain lashed central Europe and countries
:01:07. > :01:10.on high alert for more flooding. Back on the red carpet. Angelina
:01:10. > :01:15.Jolie makes her first public appearance since her double mass
:01:15. > :01:17.ticket mist. -- mastectomy. Very happy to see the
:01:17. > :01:21.discussion about women's health expanded and that means the world to
:01:21. > :01:26.me. After losing my mum to these issues, I'm very grateful for it and
:01:26. > :01:31.I've been very moved. Later on BBC London - calls for the
:01:31. > :01:36.mayor to allow tube stations to be sponsored in a bid to freeze fares
:01:36. > :01:46.and more from the inquest into the death of a man being deported on a
:01:46. > :01:58.
:01:58. > :02:01.Welcome to the BBC News at One. Winter Fuel Payment should be cut
:02:01. > :02:05.for Britain's richest pensioners, that's according to the Labour
:02:06. > :02:08.Party. The Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, says if his party wins to
:02:08. > :02:14.next general election, it would enforce an iron discipline on
:02:14. > :02:17.spending. The move would affect more than 500,000 people and save around
:02:17. > :02:20.�100 million, an amount Downing Street called a drop in the ocean.
:02:20. > :02:24.Here is our Political Correspondent, Chris Mason.
:02:24. > :02:27.With the squeeze on Government spending showing no sign of ending,
:02:27. > :02:32.should rich pensioners, perhaps living in houses luke these, still
:02:32. > :02:36.be given a handout to help them with their heating bills? At the moment,
:02:36. > :02:40.anyone getting the state pension also gets the winter fuel allowance,
:02:40. > :02:44.but Ed Balls says if he was Chancellor, that would stop.
:02:44. > :02:49.In tough economic times, we have to make difficult choices about
:02:49. > :02:55.priorities for public spending and strike the right balance between
:02:55. > :02:59.universal and targeted support. So at a time when Public Services that
:02:59. > :03:02.pensioners and others rely on are under strain, it can no longer be a
:03:02. > :03:05.priority to pay the winter allowance to the wealthiest pensioners.
:03:05. > :03:12.the plans, the payments could stop for pensioners with an income of
:03:12. > :03:17.just over �42,000 a year in today's money. That is around �600,000
:03:17. > :03:20.people at present and would save around �100 million a year. For the
:03:20. > :03:24.Treasury, that figure is little more than loose change down the back of
:03:24. > :03:28.the sofa, but for Labour, it's about wrestling back the right to be taken
:03:28. > :03:31.seriously on the economy, or, as Ed Balls put it four times in his
:03:31. > :03:36.speech this morning, showing iron discipline.
:03:36. > :03:42.What we have seen today is the same old Labour, the Labour Party that's
:03:42. > :03:45.opposed every measure we have taken to bring the deficit under control.
:03:45. > :03:50.They've proposed the savings and they've confirmed today that their
:03:50. > :03:54.plan is simple, more borrowing, more spending and more debt.
:03:54. > :04:00.This pensioner's leader is worried Labour's suggestion could set a
:04:00. > :04:02.precedent. Let them do it through taxation, not through universal
:04:02. > :04:07.benefits, because that could be very dangerous. They could start going
:04:07. > :04:10.into all sorts of other universal benefits, even like the NHS. Labour
:04:10. > :04:14.insist whilst the benefit for heating the homes of rich pensioners
:04:14. > :04:22.would go, free bus passes and TV licences would stay.
:04:22. > :04:25.The NHS would be a priority. Let us speak to our Political
:04:25. > :04:28.Correspondent at wealth, Norman Smith. That idea of setting a
:04:28. > :04:32.precedent, Norman, Labour has traditionally backed the universal
:04:32. > :04:36.state benefits. How significant a change is it for the party?
:04:36. > :04:40.Sian, today is really all about symbolism more than it's about
:04:40. > :04:43.spending, it's about sending out a message rather than clawing back
:04:43. > :04:48.vast amounts of money on behalf of the taxpayer because it will only
:04:48. > :04:54.bring in around �100 million. That is a sort of peanut of fiscal
:04:54. > :04:58.recollect dued, or a thimble full of deficit reduction in a sea of debt.
:04:58. > :05:02.The importance is the fact that Labour hope it will say to voters,
:05:02. > :05:07.we are willing to take difficult, uncomfortable decisions. It is, if
:05:07. > :05:10.you like, offering up the policy as a sacrificial Lamb because the
:05:10. > :05:14.universal win federal fuel allowance introduced by the last Labour
:05:14. > :05:19.Government with great fanfare, many Labour MPs remain committed to it.
:05:19. > :05:22.The hope is that it will earn the Labour Party if you like economic
:05:22. > :05:26.credibility points with the electorate. The voters think it's
:05:26. > :05:30.only going to raise �100, that suggests the party hasn't got to
:05:30. > :05:33.grips with the scale of the economic crisis we are facing, and in a way,
:05:33. > :05:36.as important as Ed Balls' announcement on the winter fuel
:05:36. > :05:40.allowance was his suggestion that a future Labour Government would
:05:40. > :05:44.inherit and work within the coalition spending plans. Now, what
:05:44. > :05:48.that means, is that if Labour is elected, there 'll still be
:05:48. > :05:53.difficult decisions, spending squeezes and cuts in the early years
:05:53. > :05:56.of a Labour Government. Thank you.
:05:56. > :06:01.Two men charged with the murder of drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich have
:06:01. > :06:09.made separate court appearances today. 22-year-old Michael Adebowale
:06:09. > :06:14.appeared at the Old Bailey via a video link and 28-year-old Michael
:06:14. > :06:19.Adebolajo made his appearance before wealth Magistrates Courts. Tom
:06:19. > :06:22.Symonds is at wealth Magistrates Court now. Michael Adebolajo was
:06:22. > :06:25.charged on Saturday after leaving hospital on Friday. This was a
:06:25. > :06:33.brief, procedural hearing, but the first opportunity for reporters to
:06:33. > :06:37.get sight of the suspect. Michael Adebolajo was brought to
:06:37. > :06:42.wealth Magistrates Court under armed escort. Police officers on every
:06:42. > :06:45.corner. The treatment given to terrorism suspects. Though
:06:45. > :06:49.technically he's not charged under terrorism legislation. Despite the
:06:49. > :06:54.police shooting that ended the Woolwich incident, Mr Adebolajo
:06:54. > :06:57.walked into the dock unaided, his lower left arm was covered with a
:06:57. > :07:03.large plaster cast, his right hand-held the Koran.
:07:03. > :07:07.The court was told that from now on, he wanted to be known by the name
:07:07. > :07:12.Mujahid about Hamza, that was the name the deputy chief magistrate
:07:13. > :07:16.used. The charges resulting from the death of Lee Rigby were read out,
:07:16. > :07:21.murder, attempted murder and a firearms offence. He entered no plea
:07:21. > :07:24.at this stage, though asked a number of questions. The case of his
:07:24. > :07:28.codefendant, Michael Adebowale, is at a slightly more advanced stage.
:07:28. > :07:32.He aids peered via video link at the Old Bailey this morning, later this
:07:32. > :07:35.month the court is to set a timetable for a trial. Michael
:07:35. > :07:40.Adebolajo was escorted back to Belmarsh Prison after this morning's
:07:40. > :07:44.hearing, he too will appear at the Old Bailey within 48-hours.
:07:44. > :07:49.Now, aside from the two events at courts here in London today, there
:07:49. > :07:53.has also been a meeting separately of a terrorism Task Force set up by
:07:53. > :07:56.the Government. That's a Cabinet level Task Force with ministerial
:07:56. > :08:01.and police involvement and one imagines the Security Services as
:08:01. > :08:05.well, set up following the Woolwich attack. The idea is to deal with the
:08:05. > :08:08.problem of radicalisation head-on to look at the kinds of messages that
:08:08. > :08:12.young people might be being given, both in communities and in
:08:12. > :08:15.education. No details as yet as to what's coming out of that meeting,
:08:15. > :08:20.but we hope to bring you the details later today. Sian.
:08:20. > :08:23.Thank you. Later this afternoon, the Prime
:08:23. > :08:27.Minister is due to give a statement in the House of Commons on the
:08:28. > :08:32.Woolwich attack. It will be covered on the BBC News Channel.
:08:32. > :08:36.Lenders have given fewer loans to businesses, despite a recent scheme
:08:36. > :08:41.designed to boost them in one instance. The part nationalised
:08:41. > :08:43.Lloyds and RBS, both reduced lending despite borrowing from the Bank of
:08:43. > :08:47.England under the scheme. As our Chief Economics Correspondent, Hugh
:08:47. > :08:53.Pym reports, it's helped some households.
:08:53. > :08:56.Home sweet home. Gemma's baby arrived five weeks ago, soon after
:08:56. > :08:59.she and her partner, first time buyers, moved into their new house
:08:59. > :09:04.in Bristol. They'd been looking at homes for
:09:04. > :09:09.over a year and, with mortgage rates falling, they eventually clinched an
:09:09. > :09:12.affordable deal. We found that from looking for a property for a year,
:09:12. > :09:16.that the mortgage rate we could secure as first time buyers this
:09:16. > :09:19.time last year was a lot higher than the rate we could secure as first
:09:19. > :09:22.time buyers from January of this year.
:09:22. > :09:25.A scheme launched by the Chancellor, George Osborne, in partnership with
:09:25. > :09:29.the Bank of England last year, to try to get banks and building
:09:29. > :09:33.societies to lend more, has helped bring down mortgage rates, but it
:09:33. > :09:37.hasn't had the same impact on other types of credit in the economy.
:09:37. > :09:41.Under the scheme, banks and building societies can borrow from the Bank
:09:42. > :09:46.of England at cheap rates, as long as they hold or increase lending to
:09:46. > :09:52.households and businesses. Since last June, Barclays has increased
:09:52. > :09:58.its loans by �6. 8 billion, and Nationwide's raised its total by �4.
:09:58. > :10:02.8 billion. RBS's cut lending by �3. 9 billion and Lloyds, the biggest
:10:02. > :10:07.bank taking part, has seen a fall of �6. 6 billion.
:10:07. > :10:11.Business loans are down, and many small firms complain they can't get
:10:11. > :10:14.credit from banks, even if they are making profit and want to expand to
:10:14. > :10:18.handle rising order books. research shows that confidence is
:10:18. > :10:22.up, so the beginning of this year from our members' confidence was up,
:10:22. > :10:25.suggesting small businesses do want to grow, they do want to create the
:10:25. > :10:29.jobs that our country so desperately needs, but the problem is access to
:10:29. > :10:32.finance. The Bank of England is reforming the
:10:32. > :10:36.scheme to give more incentives to lend to small businesses. Critics
:10:36. > :10:41.say right now it's not doing enough to expand lending across the
:10:41. > :10:45.economy. Pf Changes will be made to the lobbying
:10:45. > :10:48.industry in the wake of fresh allegations of sleaze within
:10:48. > :10:52.Parliament, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg. Three
:10:52. > :10:55.peers and one MP were secretly recorded appearing to offer to carry
:10:55. > :10:59.out Parliamentary work for payment. Mr Clegg said he and the Prime
:10:59. > :11:02.Minister were determined to bring forward reform. Our Political
:11:02. > :11:04.Correspondent, Louise Stuart, reports.
:11:05. > :11:09.Three years after David Cameron warned that lobbying who you believe
:11:09. > :11:13.the next big scandal to break in politics, both Houses have been hit
:11:13. > :11:16.by damaging allegations. Undercover footage of peers apparently prepared
:11:16. > :11:20.to carry out Parliamentary work for money has led to Labour suspending
:11:20. > :11:24.Lord Cunningham and Lord Brian MacKenzie, a third peer Lord Laird
:11:24. > :11:28.has resigned the Ulster Unionist Party whip, all three deny the
:11:28. > :11:31.allegations. It comes after the Conservative MP, Patrick Mercer,
:11:31. > :11:35.resigned the Tory whip on Friday. Today the Deputy Prime Minister says
:11:36. > :11:38.the Government is determined to press ahead with a register of lob
:11:38. > :11:41.Iain Duncan Smiths, something promised in the coalition agreement.
:11:41. > :11:44.We are not going to change everything overnight and no single
:11:44. > :11:50.measure will stop any politician who's absolutely determined to
:11:50. > :11:54.behave badly. But that doesn't mean that we can't take worthwhile steps,
:11:54. > :12:00.including most urgently legislating for a statutory register for
:12:00. > :12:03.lobbyists. Parliament's rules say peers must not take on paid
:12:03. > :12:07.advocacy, mustn't seek to profit from membership of the Lords and
:12:07. > :12:11.must register financial interests. But they can participate in
:12:11. > :12:14.proceedings in the House, even on subjects in which they have
:12:14. > :12:19.interests as long as they are declared openly. The Cabinet Office
:12:19. > :12:22.minister, Francis Maude said lobbying could get under way before
:12:22. > :12:26.the next election but won't be a panacea. What's been alleged to have
:12:26. > :12:30.taken place is against the rules already, so no additional law would
:12:30. > :12:34.have made any difference to that. The proposal for a statutory
:12:34. > :12:37.register of lobbyists, which we will of course undertake, would not have
:12:37. > :12:41.made any difference here. Those involved in the lobbying industry
:12:41. > :12:44.also say more needs to be done to tackle rogue elements.
:12:44. > :12:48.We don't think the Government's proposals are wide enough. We think
:12:48. > :12:52.they are too narrow because they focus on just those people doing it
:12:52. > :12:55.for agencies, consultancies, calling them third party lobbyists. We
:12:55. > :12:59.believe all organisations should be part of such a list. The Government
:12:59. > :13:03.says work to introduce a register of lobbyists and a recall bill which
:13:03. > :13:08.would mean any MP found guilty of serious misconduct, could be forced
:13:08. > :13:11.to resign is ongoing. Labour say they'll cooperate to introduce
:13:11. > :13:18.tougher rules quickly in order to try to limit the damage to
:13:18. > :13:21.Parliament's reputation. The Turkish Prime Minister's called
:13:21. > :13:24.for calm after thousands of anti-Government protesters clashed
:13:24. > :13:29.with police on the streets of Istanbul for the third night in a
:13:29. > :13:33.row. Around 1700 people have now been arrested across the country as
:13:33. > :13:42.protests which began in Istanbul have spread to other cities. From
:13:42. > :13:45.Istanbul, James Reynolds roars. -- reports. Late at night, the city
:13:45. > :13:50.of Istanbul saw its biggest protests so far.
:13:50. > :13:56.Here, one group of demonstrators got hold of a digger.
:13:56. > :13:59.They tried to reach the Prime Minister's office. Near the
:13:59. > :14:04.Bosphorus strait. The police stopped them.
:14:04. > :14:12.The overnight protests continued, almost until dawn.
:14:12. > :14:15.The sound echoed across the city's neighbourhoods.
:14:15. > :14:21.The antigovernment demonstrations have also spread to the coastal city
:14:21. > :14:24.of Izmir. This region has always mistrusted
:14:25. > :14:29.the Conservative Government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
:14:29. > :14:34.People on the coast fear he's trying to impose his own more religious way
:14:34. > :14:40.of life on them. This morning, in Istanbul, a few
:14:40. > :14:44.people had a go at tidying up. It is a never ending job.
:14:44. > :14:49.Protesters want to protect the nearby Gezi Park from a construction
:14:49. > :14:54.project. But the Prime Minister condemns their actions.
:14:54. > :14:58.TRANSLATION: The people are forced into protests organised by
:14:58. > :15:02.extremists. This has nothing to do with Gezi
:15:02. > :15:07.Park because there isn't an issue about cutting down the trees in Gezi
:15:08. > :15:13.Park. This is a country which has lived
:15:13. > :15:18.through plenty of social unrest. The Government has warned its population
:15:18. > :15:24.not to go back to the past. It says that the people who did all
:15:24. > :15:29.this are pillagers and looters. In Turkey's Conservative heartland,
:15:29. > :15:39.many will agree. But here, in Istanbul, the
:15:39. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:52.demonstrators still have plenty of the richest pensioners, Ed Balls
:15:52. > :15:55.sets out his plans if Labour won the next election. Still to come - code
:15:55. > :16:01.of the UK soon become self-sufficient in energy thanks to
:16:01. > :16:06.the supplies of shale gas beneath the North West of England. How
:16:06. > :16:10.government funding is being offered to people who live near rivers to
:16:10. > :16:20.clean them up themselves. And remembering suffragettes, 100
:16:20. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:32.the origins of the food they eat? For instance, do they know where
:16:33. > :16:40.cheese comes from? Might they be confused about what a fish finger is
:16:40. > :16:44.made of? Research by the British Nutrition Foundation suggests almost
:16:44. > :16:48.a third of primary school children in the UK think that cheese comes
:16:48. > :16:58.from plants, where as one in five say that fish fingers are made out
:16:58. > :16:58.
:16:58. > :17:03.of chicken. They take food seriously here at
:17:03. > :17:12.this primary school in Essex, where it comes from, and the benefits of
:17:12. > :17:19.healthy eating are paramount. are root vegetables, and they grow
:17:19. > :17:24.underneath the ground. On the menu besides cooking, maths, science, and
:17:24. > :17:29.today, history. It enhances their general learning, as well as giving
:17:29. > :17:34.them an opportunity to get up close and personal with food, absorbing
:17:34. > :17:40.the smells and colours and flavours, increasing the range of foods they
:17:40. > :17:46.will hopefully eat. The children are crucially trusted to use kitchen
:17:46. > :17:49.knives, exploring the tastes, textures and smells. It is an
:17:49. > :17:58.approach that is getting the British Nutrition Foundation's taste buds
:17:58. > :18:03.going, but not everyone is so well informed. A survey of children found
:18:03. > :18:11.that 18% thought fish fingers came from chickens. Some believe cheese
:18:11. > :18:18.was harvested from plants. 29% in fact. But the five per day campaign
:18:18. > :18:23.scored well, 77% of primary aged children knew about it with a figure
:18:23. > :18:29.rising to 88% for secondary schools, although the number who eat them is
:18:29. > :18:34.lower. So why is this important? Making the link from the chain of
:18:34. > :18:40.events that brings the food from the ground to your plate helps to
:18:40. > :18:46.understand how you can have a healthy, balanced diet. This group
:18:46. > :18:51.of children agree. You have to know where food comes from because when
:18:51. > :18:58.you prepare a meal you need to know what kind of food it is unless you
:18:58. > :19:02.are allergic to it. Food is so important and you can add spices and
:19:02. > :19:06.you have these ingredients because you don't need to miss them out.
:19:06. > :19:10.With so much pressure on the curriculum, this school believes
:19:10. > :19:15.there is still room for teaching children about cooking and food,
:19:15. > :19:18.especially when linked in with other subjects. They have also found other
:19:18. > :19:27.benefits, from improved concentration to self-confidence.
:19:27. > :19:32.They say it is a recipe for success. Three years after his initial
:19:32. > :19:34.arrest, the American soldier Private Bradley Manning is going on trial
:19:34. > :19:43.accused of leaking classified military documents and diplomatic
:19:43. > :19:49.cables to the Wikileaks website. If convicted, he faces life in prison
:19:50. > :19:56.without parole. To his supporters, he is America's foremost political
:19:56. > :20:05.prisoner. A man with the courage to lift the lid on the most egregious
:20:05. > :20:11.examples of US foreign policy. Private Bradley Manning stands
:20:11. > :20:16.accused of the biggest leak of government secrets in US history.
:20:16. > :20:21.Among them, battlefield reports and diplomatic cables, as well as this
:20:21. > :20:25.video of US soldiers shooting at unarmed civilians in Iraq, all of
:20:25. > :20:30.which has proved deeply embarrassing to the US government. His supporters
:20:30. > :20:38.are calling for the charges to be dropped. He gave away the truth
:20:38. > :20:43.about the lies my government has been doing and is still doing.
:20:43. > :20:49.you don't think he should be prosecuted? Know, in fact I would
:20:49. > :20:53.nominate him for a Nobel prize. Obama Administration believes
:20:53. > :20:58.Bradley Manning is a traitor whose actions compromised national
:20:58. > :21:02.security and put American lives in danger. The trial is expected to
:21:02. > :21:06.last three months and will hear evidence from more than 100
:21:06. > :21:15.witnesses. If Bradley Manning is found guilty of aiding the enemy, he
:21:15. > :21:19.faces the prospect of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
:21:19. > :21:25.Officials in China say a fire at a poultry processing plant has killed
:21:25. > :21:29.at least 120 people and injured more than 50. About 100 people managed to
:21:29. > :21:37.escape from the building but the gates were locked and many of the
:21:37. > :21:45.victims were trapped inside. This report comes from Beijing. It is
:21:45. > :21:49.China's most deadly blaze in a decade, beginning at 6am when this
:21:49. > :21:54.processing plant caught fire. The lights went out and people panicked
:21:54. > :21:58.as they tried to flee the flames and smoke. Many couldn't find a way to
:21:58. > :22:08.escape and fire crews were unable to get into the building. It is thought
:22:08. > :22:13.the corridors were cramped, and the gate was locked. TV crews spoke to
:22:13. > :22:16.survivors. This woman said she heard a huge blast, she thought it was an
:22:16. > :22:20.earthquake. Everybody started running, she fell and had to crawl
:22:20. > :22:25.out of the building. Another survivor said she escaped by
:22:25. > :22:31.climbing out of a window. Smoke came down the corridor, it was burning
:22:31. > :22:36.hot, it engulfed me, she says. She collapsed unconscious outside. The
:22:36. > :22:39.company that owns the plant has been operating for three years. The scale
:22:39. > :22:47.of loss of life in this accident is raising new questions about the
:22:47. > :22:51.safety of workers being compromised in Chinese factories.
:22:51. > :22:56.One of the energy firms hoping to exploit the UK's resources of shale
:22:56. > :23:04.gas says there may be significantly more than previously thought. The
:23:04. > :23:08.company, IGas, says the area it is licensed to explore may hold up to
:23:08. > :23:17.170 trillion cubic feet of gas. The chief executive of the firm says
:23:17. > :23:22.people shouldn't be concerned about fracking, the controversial process
:23:22. > :23:32.used to get the gas. Big numbers, what does the company say about
:23:32. > :23:36.
:23:36. > :23:45.this? Yes, and we are interested because fracking has transformed the
:23:45. > :23:49.US. Let's have a look at the numbers. At the moment, in the UK we
:23:49. > :23:54.consume 3 trillion cubic feet of gas each year. IGas have previously said
:23:54. > :23:59.that just on its area that it can explore, that it may well have
:23:59. > :24:07.access to 9 trillion cubic feet. Today, it has upgraded that estimate
:24:07. > :24:11.and now believes it may have somewhere between 15-172 trillion
:24:11. > :24:15.cubic feet of gas beneath it. That is a massive increase, something
:24:15. > :24:23.like 20 times what it had previously thought, and today the company has
:24:23. > :24:25.suggested the gas just from its licensed areas in the North West
:24:25. > :24:27.could make a significant contribution to the UK's energy
:24:27. > :24:35.equation for years to come. There could be a very significant amount
:24:35. > :24:42.of gas in place and therefore a significant amount could be
:24:42. > :24:50.recoverable. If 10% was achievable, we could have an amount of gas that
:24:50. > :24:55.could make the UK energy independent for maybe the next 10-20 years.
:24:55. > :24:59.Self-sufficiency in gas, is that likely? The truth is no one knows
:24:59. > :25:03.how much is down there. The government has asked the British
:25:03. > :25:08.geological survey to conduct an assessment for how much gas may be
:25:08. > :25:12.in place for that region in the North West. We expect to get that
:25:12. > :25:17.number in the coming weeks. Industry sources suggest it will be a big
:25:17. > :25:23.number. It could be a lot of gas down there, and the industry wants
:25:23. > :25:29.to get on and start working out how much of that could come out, but
:25:29. > :25:35.environmentalists are worried fracking could be unsafe and
:25:35. > :25:40.contaminate our water and lead to the industrialisation of some parts
:25:40. > :25:44.of our countryside. Angelina Jolie says she feels moved by the support
:25:44. > :25:49.she has received since announcing she has had a double mastectomy. 's
:25:49. > :25:53.baking at a film premiere in London, she said she felt wonderful and very
:25:53. > :26:03.grateful. The mother of six had surgery to reduce her chances of
:26:03. > :26:04.
:26:05. > :26:07.getting breast cancer. This was Brad Pitt and Angelina
:26:07. > :26:10.Jolie's first public appearance since revealing she had a double
:26:10. > :26:13.mastectomy earlier this year. She made the decision because she
:26:13. > :26:19.carries a gene that gives her a high chance of developing breast cancer
:26:19. > :26:24.and spoke about the public reaction and how her family has dealt with
:26:24. > :26:29.it. I have been very happy just to see the discussion of women's health
:26:29. > :26:34.expanded and that means the world to me. After losing my mum to these
:26:34. > :26:39.issues, I have been very grateful and I have been moved by the
:26:39. > :26:46.support. Her partner, Brad Pitt, who she says was with her for every
:26:46. > :26:51.minute of the surgeries, paid tribute to her courage. I get very
:26:51. > :26:58.emotional about it because of the act itself, and what it has meant to
:26:58. > :27:00.others. It has surprised me. She is a very special woman. She is one of
:27:00. > :27:06.Hollywood's most respected celebrities because of the way she
:27:06. > :27:12.uses her fame to campaign for organisations like the UN. The
:27:12. > :27:17.public has wondered if this might alter her behaviour in many way --
:27:17. > :27:23.anyway. Many will see this as underlining a message that despite
:27:23. > :27:30.what has been far from easy year, she has not let that affect other
:27:30. > :27:33.areas of her life. Four people have died and at least
:27:33. > :27:38.eight people are missing as torrential rains lashed central
:27:38. > :27:48.Europe forcing hundreds to leave their homes because of flooding and
:27:48. > :27:51.
:27:51. > :27:56.landslides. Our correspondence reports from Berlin.
:27:56. > :28:00.In Bavaria, the old city here where three Rivers meet including the
:28:00. > :28:05.River Danube was underwater. The rivers were expected to rise,
:28:05. > :28:11.perhaps higher than in the devastating floods of 2002. As
:28:11. > :28:19.people sandbagged their properties, motorboats varied inhabitants to
:28:19. > :28:24.safety. In the region, two months' rain has fallen in a few days.
:28:24. > :28:29.Across the border in Austria there were two tasks, rescuing people and
:28:29. > :28:34.shoring up river and properties to prevent further damage if the rains
:28:34. > :28:38.persist. In the Czech capital Prague, the high waters meant the
:28:38. > :28:45.ancient Charles Bridge had to be closed, a state of emergency was
:28:45. > :28:51.declared with the Army called in to help. Flood barriers have been
:28:51. > :28:56.erected and emergency centres set up throughout the west of the country.
:28:56. > :28:59.The Prague zoo started moving animals to safer, drier areas.
:28:59. > :29:05.Throughout Central Europe, transport has been disrupted by the high
:29:05. > :29:10.water, but also by landslides triggered by the rain. The
:29:10. > :29:20.forecasters say the rain should ease, but water continues to flow in
:29:20. > :29:24.
:29:24. > :29:28.torrents into rivers from the deluge Let's look at the weather prospects
:29:28. > :29:38.now. It seems as if it has been one severe weather story after another
:29:38. > :29:40.
:29:40. > :29:46.in recent months. I want to focus on some positive news, some good news.
:29:46. > :29:50.You can see high pressure building across the UK. There is the
:29:50. > :29:53.potential for some decent weather to come across the UK for the rest of
:29:53. > :29:59.the week. There is some fair where the cloud around at the moment
:29:59. > :30:02.across Scotland and Northern Ireland, and here we could see some
:30:02. > :30:07.isolated showers, but elsewhere it will be dry and sunny and starting
:30:07. > :30:12.to feel quite warm indeed. Some fair weather cloud across England and
:30:12. > :30:19.Wales, but if you draw your attention to the middle of the
:30:19. > :30:24.afternoon, further north we could see some sharp showers. Fairly
:30:24. > :30:28.isolated, but nevertheless fairly sharp. The warmest weather today
:30:28. > :30:36.perhaps across the sheltered Northwest, we could see high
:30:36. > :30:41.temperatures of up to 21 degrees. We have a light north-easterly breeze
:30:41. > :30:47.across the north Sea coast, so here it will feel fresher. As we go into
:30:47. > :30:50.the evening, the sunshine stays with us, finally losing the risk
:30:50. > :30:56.overnight of the showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
:30:56. > :31:04.Temperatures will fall away sharply, a chilly night to come. Overnight
:31:04. > :31:09.low temperatures generally of around 8-12d. In the far north, chilly for
:31:09. > :31:14.many, some cloud lingering across the Kent coast, but generally
:31:14. > :31:23.speaking the temperatures will respond to the sunshine nicely the
:31:23. > :31:28.risk of fewer showers in the far north. Always on the north Sea
:31:28. > :31:33.coast, fresher here, but some decent spells of sunshine. We keep that
:31:33. > :31:38.theme for the rest of the week, light winds and fewer showers across
:31:38. > :31:48.the country. There is the potential on Wednesday for a little more cloud