:00:09. > :00:13.Called to account, the UK's top energy companies as summoned before
:00:14. > :00:18.MPs to explain their pricing policies. Some of the big six have
:00:19. > :00:23.increased rates by an average of 9%, executives are expected to face
:00:24. > :00:28.serious criticism. But as energy firms insist their hands are tied by
:00:29. > :00:33.rising wholesale prices, we will ask how much can be achieved.
:00:34. > :00:36.Also this lunchtime, making the case for HS2, the Government again tries
:00:37. > :00:40.to win over the critics to its high-speed rail plans.
:00:41. > :00:43.The first man to stand trial following the Jimmy Savile inquiry
:00:44. > :00:48.is found dead after failing to appear in court.
:00:49. > :00:53.The clean-up continues after yesterday's storm, thousands of
:00:54. > :00:59.homes are still without power. And at 8-foot six, finding love was
:01:00. > :01:03.something of a tall order, now the world's tallest man has finally
:01:04. > :01:07.found his soul mate. Later on BBC London, victory for
:01:08. > :01:12.Lewisham Hospital after the Health Secretary fails in his bid to close
:01:13. > :01:14.its A And lucky to be alive, a family tell of their escape during
:01:15. > :01:37.yesterday's storm. Hello, good afternoon, welcome to
:01:38. > :01:40.the BBC News At One. In the next hour, executives from the big six
:01:41. > :01:44.energy companies well answer questions from MPs. The Commons
:01:45. > :01:47.Energy and Climate Change Committee is investigating why prices have
:01:48. > :01:53.risen so much and whether the industry needs to become more
:01:54. > :01:55.transparent. British Gas, SSE, npower and ScottishPower have all
:01:56. > :02:01.increased their tariffs this month by an average of more than 9%. Ross
:02:02. > :02:06.Hawkins reports. A chance to hold energy bosses' feet
:02:07. > :02:10.to the fire, as bills go up. Executives face MPs this afternoon,
:02:11. > :02:15.and the fighting talk has started already. I think they deserve a
:02:16. > :02:19.tough time, because they do not seem to understand how much they are
:02:20. > :02:24.distrusted, particularly over price increases, and they need to be more
:02:25. > :02:30.open about their costs. The big energy firms, and some smaller
:02:31. > :02:34.ones, are coming to Parliament to explain how the cost to consumers
:02:35. > :02:37.has gone up so sharply. They will be explaining what makes up an energy
:02:38. > :02:46.burka bill, about half is wholesale costs, buying and selling power.
:02:47. > :02:53.Green and social levies make up 8%. The rest comes from suppliers'
:02:54. > :02:57.cost, profit and VAT. Energy firms say levies, investment and wholesale
:02:58. > :03:02.prices have made the business more expensive. Critics say getting a
:03:03. > :03:05.clear view of their real cost is far from easy and they are doing very
:03:06. > :03:13.nicely out of the deal. That is why, when energy companies will send
:03:14. > :03:19.executives here, MPs will be competing to prove just how tough
:03:20. > :03:23.they can be. Because that has become rather fashionable of late. Ed
:03:24. > :03:27.Miliband's conference loved it when he said he would freeze prices and
:03:28. > :03:32.change regulation. His team have been reminding us of the pledge ever
:03:33. > :03:35.since. People do not know why they are paying what they are paying,
:03:36. > :03:40.that needs to change. Trust is at an all-time low, we need the market to
:03:41. > :03:44.be open and clear and fair. After the Labour pledge, a former
:03:45. > :03:49.Conservative Prime Minister suggested the energy firms should be
:03:50. > :03:53.hits with a winter levy. Was John Major right? It was difficult for
:03:54. > :03:58.David Cameron to ignore, and now he has promised to roll back green
:03:59. > :04:02.regulations, although the Liberal Democrats have not agreed how that
:04:03. > :04:06.would happen. Expect plenty of politics this afternoon, but don't
:04:07. > :04:11.hold your breath for any guarantee that your energy bills will be any
:04:12. > :04:16.cheaper any time soon. With us now is our correspondent
:04:17. > :04:21.John Moylan, picking up on that last point, in all reality, what can this
:04:22. > :04:26.achieve this afternoon? As Ross was alluding to, these occasions often
:04:27. > :04:30.end up with a lot of theatre, a lot of grandstanding but not an awful
:04:31. > :04:33.lot of substance. And it is a one-off session, not part of a wider
:04:34. > :04:39.inquiry, so there will not be a formal report as such. I would say
:04:40. > :04:42.it does matter, and there is huge public disquiet at the moment about
:04:43. > :04:46.the level of bills, this recent round of price rises, the fact that
:04:47. > :04:49.these four companies have moved together. There is genuine debate
:04:50. > :04:53.about whether the costs these companies have been alluding too,
:04:54. > :04:57.that they say are driving up bills, are actually going up as fast as the
:04:58. > :05:00.companies suggest. Politicians are openly accusing them of ripping off
:05:01. > :05:04.customers, so there is real distrust in the industry. And his committee
:05:05. > :05:07.had a report in the summer which talked about a lack of transparency
:05:08. > :05:11.around the whole issue of profits and profit margins, so I think this
:05:12. > :05:15.is a timely debate, a timely session. At the very least, having
:05:16. > :05:19.been in the spotlight for several weeks, the companies have an
:05:20. > :05:24.opportunity to explain themselves. And an opportunity to bring down
:05:25. > :05:27.bills? What flexibility do they have? They could choose to bring
:05:28. > :05:31.down bills tomorrow and absorbed into their costs, but we think that
:05:32. > :05:35.is very unlikely. What is more likely is that the Government is
:05:36. > :05:38.looking at the part of the bill that they have got some influence over,
:05:39. > :05:43.the policies, social policies, green policies which are an increasingly
:05:44. > :05:46.large point of the bill, but only about 8% at the moment. We know they
:05:47. > :05:51.are reviewing every single one of those areas, and one in particular,
:05:52. > :05:55.ECO, accounts for about half of that, about insulin in peoples
:05:56. > :06:00.homes. They are looking up to see if it be changed. -- insulating
:06:01. > :06:05.peoples' homes. There is talk of moving this into direct taxation
:06:06. > :06:09.instead. It will not change bills, but it could bring them down a
:06:10. > :06:13.little bit, and we will find out in early December, in the Autumn
:06:14. > :06:16.statement. There will be full coverage of that
:06:17. > :06:19.committee hearing on the BBC News Channel when it gets under way at
:06:20. > :06:23.2:30pm. The case for a new high-speed rail
:06:24. > :06:26.line is being set out again this lunchtime. The judgment says HS2 was
:06:27. > :06:31.vital to bridge the North-South divide, but it has had to lower its
:06:32. > :06:34.own forecasts over the economic benefits of the steam. Richard
:06:35. > :06:41.Westcott is in Manchester for us with more.
:06:42. > :06:44.It is quite simple, really. If the Government can convince enough
:06:45. > :06:47.people that HS2 is worth the money, that the benefits outweigh the
:06:48. > :06:52.costs, then the scheme goes ahead. If it fails to do so, the scheme
:06:53. > :06:55.fails, and today we have had the latest piece of evidence, their
:06:56. > :06:59.fifth official business case, where they list out what those benefits
:07:00. > :07:02.are, and it looks like some things have got better and some have got
:07:03. > :07:07.worse. It would be Britain's most expensive
:07:08. > :07:12.building project, a superfast train line cutting through hundreds of
:07:13. > :07:17.miles of the country, but there is a giant question mark hanging over HS2
:07:18. > :07:22.- is it worth the money? They do not know the value of the businesses
:07:23. > :07:28.that will be destroyed by HS2. John will take some convincing. HS2 will
:07:29. > :07:32.run right through his land, boring his 150-year-old oak tree, wiping
:07:33. > :07:37.out his farm. The Government figures only tell you half of the story.
:07:38. > :07:41.They want to convince you that it is a good thing that will benefit all
:07:42. > :07:46.of us, but they are not taking into consideration the amounts that HS2
:07:47. > :07:51.will destroy on its construction and route through the countryside. And
:07:52. > :07:55.there has been a slight drop in the predicted benefits for HS2. The new
:07:56. > :08:00.report says it will generate ?2.30 for every ?1 it costs. That is down
:08:01. > :08:05.from ?2 50, mainly because the budget has shot up. The report also
:08:06. > :08:09.promises that it will travel the number of intercity train seats each
:08:10. > :08:12.day, and it will boost the economy by billions of pounds every year,
:08:13. > :08:18.regenerating large chunks of the country. This is old Oak Common,
:08:19. > :08:22.which right now is a train depot, in one of the most deprived parts of
:08:23. > :08:26.London, but if they build HS2, this whole area will be transformed. It
:08:27. > :08:31.will turn into one of the five busiest train stations in the
:08:32. > :08:37.country. The Government says there is no plan be, but without HS2 our
:08:38. > :08:41.rail network will be clogged up in a decade. -- Plan B. If you talk to
:08:42. > :08:46.the leaders of Birmingham City council, Manchester City Council,
:08:47. > :08:51.Leeds City Council, the mayor of London will Liverpool, they will
:08:52. > :08:54.tell you how vital this project is for their cities. Thousands of
:08:55. > :09:00.people just want to know whether their homes, their businesses will
:09:01. > :09:04.be lost to HS2. With Labour openly sceptical of the cost, the future of
:09:05. > :09:10.this project and the land it will cross is still uncertain.
:09:11. > :09:15.So a lot riding on this business project that we have out today. What
:09:16. > :09:18.has the response been? It depends who you ask. The Institute of
:09:19. > :09:22.Directors have long been sceptical about the benefits, and they are
:09:23. > :09:25.still sceptical. The British Chambers of Commerce think it is a
:09:26. > :09:29.great scheme, they still think it is a great scheme. We will need to see
:09:30. > :09:33.what the responses as everybody goes through the figures, but there is a
:09:34. > :09:39.vote coming up on Thursday in a House of Commons for a bill to free
:09:40. > :09:41.up more money to keep the on track. It will be interesting to see how
:09:42. > :09:47.many Tory and Labour MPs stay onside or rebel against it.
:09:48. > :09:51.A former BBC driver accused of sexually assaulting a boy has been
:09:52. > :09:56.found dead at his home in south-east London. David Smith, who was 67, was
:09:57. > :10:00.due to stand trial as Southwark Crown Court but failed to appear.
:10:01. > :10:03.The trial would have been the first to stem from Operation Yewtree,
:10:04. > :10:08.Scotland Yard's investigation into historical allegations following the
:10:09. > :10:13.Jimmy Savile affair. June Kelly is with us, what can you tell us? Went
:10:14. > :10:16.David Smith failed to turn up at court yesterday and his lawyers
:10:17. > :10:19.could not raise him on the phone, police went to his flat in South
:10:20. > :10:23.London, broke down the door and found him dead. The cause of death
:10:24. > :10:27.is yet to be established. Because there is now no trial, we can report
:10:28. > :10:37.details of his background. He was facing multiple counts against a boy
:10:38. > :10:41.who was 12 in 1984. Now, it should be stressed that David Smith had no
:10:42. > :10:45.link to Jimmy Savile. What has also become clear from court documents is
:10:46. > :10:50.that Smith was a prolific offender. His first conviction was in 1966,
:10:51. > :10:55.and he had 22 convictions for sexual offences against young boys. He is
:10:56. > :11:00.described, in the court documents, as a former BBC driver, and it was
:11:01. > :11:04.said that he used his role at the BBC to try to impress young boys.
:11:05. > :11:10.This morning, the BBC are saying that it has no record of him being
:11:11. > :11:14.employed by the BBC, or working for the BBC. What the BBC is saying is
:11:15. > :11:17.that it is continuing to work with Scotland Yard.
:11:18. > :11:21.I understand the postmortem examination is taking place to
:11:22. > :11:25.establish the cause of death, and we are expecting the findings later
:11:26. > :11:28.today. Thanks, June Kelly. The maximum prison sentence for
:11:29. > :11:32.owners of dogs that kill people is to be increased to 14 years. The
:11:33. > :11:35.Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, said the new laws will
:11:36. > :11:39.also raise the penalty for dogs causing injury up to five years and
:11:40. > :11:43.will include a maximum three-year sentence if a guide dog is killed or
:11:44. > :11:50.injured by a dangerous. Tens of thousands of homes remain
:11:51. > :11:53.without power following the severe storm that battered southern Britain
:11:54. > :11:58.yesterday. Thousands of people had their electricity supplies restored
:11:59. > :12:02.overnight. Train operators are hoping to run normal services today.
:12:03. > :12:05.We can get more from Jeremy Cooke, who has been to Sawbridgeworth in
:12:06. > :12:11.Hertfordshire, where 5000 homes are still without power.
:12:12. > :12:16.After the storm, the hard work continues. The greatest task for
:12:17. > :12:21.this crew near Godalming and others across the south west, south and
:12:22. > :12:26.East of England is to reconnect 600,000 homes to the power grid.
:12:27. > :12:30.Thousands of trees have brought down overhead lines. The emergency teams
:12:31. > :12:34.have been working through the night to get the job done. Tens of
:12:35. > :12:39.thousands have still been without power this morning, but for most the
:12:40. > :12:46.power is back, the lights are on. And for this Essex estate agent,
:12:47. > :12:49.business is finally a contract. We can have some heating on, lighting,
:12:50. > :12:55.make phone calls, back to civilisation. Yes, and things are
:12:56. > :13:00.going well, business can carry on again now. It is not all good news.
:13:01. > :13:03.These commuters near Saffron Walden arrived at the station this morning
:13:04. > :13:09.hoping that today would see services return to normal. No such luck. A
:13:10. > :13:13.lot of people have turned up this morning, the same situation, check
:13:14. > :13:17.the website, no trains. I can understand or forgive them for
:13:18. > :13:23.yesterday, but today it is not good enough. I pay ?4000 for my ticket, I
:13:24. > :13:26.understood why I could not get to work yesterday, but there has been
:13:27. > :13:31.plenty of time to repair it. Quite frankly, I am astonished. For a
:13:32. > :13:37.tragic view, yesterday's storm brought more than inconvenience.
:13:38. > :13:41.Bethany Freeman lost her life, crushed to death by a falling tree
:13:42. > :13:48.as she slept in a static caravan in Kent. There are no words, really, to
:13:49. > :13:54.some Arab, an outstanding pupil in every way, a fantastic role model to
:13:55. > :13:59.girls. -- to some her up. She showed tremendous commitment to the school,
:14:00. > :14:05.so talented in so many ways. Yesterday's storm was short and
:14:06. > :14:11.powerful and intense. Its consequences will be felt by many
:14:12. > :14:16.for some time yet. Well, when the storm left Britain,
:14:17. > :14:20.it crossed the North Sea, hitting record gusts of 190 mph before
:14:21. > :14:24.battering north-western Europe. At least 13 people have been killed,
:14:25. > :14:28.six in Germany. In Brittany in France, a woman was swept out to
:14:29. > :14:32.sea, and in Amsterdam a tree felled by the wind crushed a woman by a
:14:33. > :14:39.canal. Europe correspondent Matthew Price sent this report.
:14:40. > :14:43.The storm, done with the UK, moved on to ravage western Europe,
:14:44. > :14:50.powering into the Danish coast, closing the road link to Sweden. The
:14:51. > :14:54.winds here were up to 120 mph. They ripped apart the metal scaffolding
:14:55. > :15:08.of this building in Copenhagen. The winds slice through Brussels and
:15:09. > :15:14.Amsterdam, where, along the canals, it was trees being uprooted by winds
:15:15. > :15:18.not felt in many years. A woman died when one of them fell on her. Across
:15:19. > :15:23.the Netherlands, it is estimated repairs will cost some ?70 million.
:15:24. > :15:29.There is damage across large parts of Europe. Here in northern France,
:15:30. > :15:31.transport was hit hard. Train services and airports experienced
:15:32. > :15:37.huge delays. Things are beginning to return to normal as the winds die
:15:38. > :15:41.down. Today it is pretty much the calm after the storm, and yet this
:15:42. > :15:45.was a big weather event. The winds that were recorded from France right
:15:46. > :15:50.the way up to Scandinavia were among the strongest in the last decade. In
:15:51. > :15:54.Germany, several people died, one man when this tree fell on his car.
:15:55. > :15:59.But across Europe, most countries were well prepared, warnings had
:16:00. > :16:07.been issued, and while the clear up begins, many will feel it could have
:16:08. > :16:14.been a lot worse. Our top story this lunchtime, the UK's top energy
:16:15. > :16:18.companies are summoned before MPs to explain the pricing policies. And
:16:19. > :16:21.still to come, could this man be Ben Needham, the British toddler that
:16:22. > :16:28.went missing 22 years ago from the Greek island of Kos? Later on BBC
:16:29. > :16:31.London, plans to attract more Islamic investors are announced by
:16:32. > :16:36.the Prime Minister but what does it mean for the financial services
:16:37. > :16:38.district? And royal visitors to the Brixton Riding club, helping
:16:39. > :16:47.inner-city children get on horseback.
:16:48. > :16:51.A 28 euros British man has been arrested on suspicion of hacking
:16:52. > :16:55.into US military and government computer systems. Lauri Love was
:16:56. > :17:00.arrested in Suffolk under the Computer Misuse Act and was released
:17:01. > :17:04.on bail until next February. The authorities say he hacked into
:17:05. > :17:08.systems belonging to the U.S. Army and the Environmental Protection
:17:09. > :17:11.Agency, among others. The arrest was a culmination of an investigation by
:17:12. > :17:19.the National Crime Agency, the FBI and the U.S. Army.
:17:20. > :17:23.He is accused of a massive reach of US military computer systems.
:17:24. > :17:29.28-year-old Lauri Love, from Suffolk, was arrested on Friday. He
:17:30. > :17:34.was arrested under the Computer Misuse Act. But the charges come
:17:35. > :17:38.from the US. The tutors say that he and three co-conspirators in
:17:39. > :17:42.Australia and Sweden act into thousands of computer systems. Once
:17:43. > :17:48.inside the cover mice networks, says the US indictment, Love and his
:17:49. > :17:59.conspirators placed back doors within the network.
:18:00. > :18:04.The alleged targets include computers belonging to the U.S.
:18:05. > :18:08.Army, the US Missile defence agency and the US space agency, NASA. The
:18:09. > :18:13.indictment says that they stole personal data of thousands of
:18:14. > :18:17.service men and women and caused millions of dollars of losses. The
:18:18. > :18:21.case will remind many of Gary McKinnon, a British computer expert
:18:22. > :18:24.accused of carrying out the biggest ever hacking of US military
:18:25. > :18:29.computers at decade ago. The US bids to extradite him to America was
:18:30. > :18:33.blocked on human rights ground. In the case of Lauri Love, and
:18:34. > :18:39.extradition request is also thought likely. He has been released on bail
:18:40. > :18:44.until February. Sharon Shoesmith, the former head of
:18:45. > :18:48.Haringey council's children services in London, has agreed a pay-out for
:18:49. > :18:52.unfair dismissal following the death of Peter Connolly six years ago. Ms
:18:53. > :18:56.Shoesmith has been fighting for compensation since being sacked one
:18:57. > :18:59.year after the death of the 17-month-old. Two years ago, Court
:19:00. > :19:04.of Appeal ruled that she was unfairly scapegoated. Alison Holt is
:19:05. > :19:09.with me. There has been strong reaction to this case but take us
:19:10. > :19:11.through the details. Sharon Shoesmith was in charge of
:19:12. > :19:17.Haringey's children services department. They were monitoring
:19:18. > :19:23.Baby Peter. Social workers were among the professionals who saw
:19:24. > :19:28.her. -- who saw him. After he died, there was a furore about the way in
:19:29. > :19:33.which the professionals who were monitoring him missed what was going
:19:34. > :19:37.on. After his mother's or friend and her brother were convicted, that is
:19:38. > :19:43.when the spotlight fell on places such as Haringey. -- boyfriend.
:19:44. > :19:48.There was a critical report into the Department of that Ms Shoesmith
:19:49. > :19:54.brand. And Ed Balls decided to remove her with immediate effect
:19:55. > :19:58.from the post as director of Children's Services. It was
:19:59. > :20:01.inevitable that she would then be removed by Haringey council. It is
:20:02. > :20:05.the process by which that happened which came under scrutiny at the
:20:06. > :20:10.Court of Appeal. The court ruled that she was not given a fair chance
:20:11. > :20:18.to respond, that it was a summary decision to sack her and it was
:20:19. > :20:22.therefore unfair. Once that ruling was made, it was almost inevitable
:20:23. > :20:26.that there was likely to be a substantial pay-out. Newsnight has
:20:27. > :20:30.been told that Haringey would have to pay in the region of up to
:20:31. > :20:35.?600,000, but we do not know the full details of this. There will be
:20:36. > :20:39.pension payments included and we do not know what is happening in terms
:20:40. > :20:43.of legal costs. But we know that it is unlikely we will get the detail
:20:44. > :20:48.because of confidentiality clauses that are attached. Ed Balls has said
:20:49. > :20:53.that this is a decision and he believes it was the right one at the
:20:54. > :21:00.time. He thinks the pay-out will stick in the crop many people.
:21:01. > :21:05.-- the Croft. Family Ben Needham, who disappeared as Accord Le, are
:21:06. > :21:12.hoping that DNA tests on a man carried out in Cyprus will identify
:21:13. > :21:16.him as their son. Then went missing in 1991. The family said the man
:21:17. > :21:19.spoke to police after seeing a computer-generated image of how he
:21:20. > :21:28.might look now. Then's sister said that he had uncanny similarities to
:21:29. > :21:31.their family. Could this man solve the mystery of missing toddler, Ben
:21:32. > :21:37.Needham? The video was taken at a church service in Cyprus. The man,
:21:38. > :21:42.whose identity we have protected, has won there and blue eyes. This
:21:43. > :21:45.footage was given to Cypriot detectives last week. After an
:21:46. > :21:52.appeal. The man who is being filmed walked into a police station
:21:53. > :21:56.yesterday and agreed to a DNA test. Investigators will see if it matches
:21:57. > :22:00.Ben Needham's. It has been 22 years since he disappeared on the Greek
:22:01. > :22:05.island of Kos. This artist impression shows what he could look
:22:06. > :22:08.like now and with a DNA test, there is new hope for his family. He
:22:09. > :22:14.potentially could be my brother but then he could just be another guy,
:22:15. > :22:18.who maybe belongs to someone else who has had a missing child. The
:22:19. > :22:22.video that we have seen, he stands out from the people surrounding
:22:23. > :22:27.him, he does not look Greek. Before he vanished, he was with his
:22:28. > :22:32.grandparents, living in Kos. He was playing alone when at 2:30pm, he
:22:33. > :22:36.went quiet and was never seen again. His mother was waitressing in a
:22:37. > :22:45.local restaurant. She was told by her mother later that night that Kos
:22:46. > :22:49.see had gone. -- Ben had gone. Only last year, the area was frantically
:22:50. > :22:55.searched. Detectives have been in contact with Cypriot police. They
:22:56. > :23:00.have contacted the need's DNA and expect results in the next 24 hours.
:23:01. > :23:05.He will come back, and then I will watch him grow up. There have been
:23:06. > :23:09.hundreds of suppose it's citing is across Europe at all have led to
:23:10. > :23:15.nothing. No Ben Needham's family again wait for answers. Today is Ben
:23:16. > :23:18.Needham's birthday and his family have waited decades for information.
:23:19. > :23:27.By lunchtime tomorrow, they will find out the true identity of who is
:23:28. > :23:31.in this video. The officers of Northern Ireland's
:23:32. > :23:36.first and deputy first ministers have been a accurate it because of a
:23:37. > :23:40.security alert. -- have been evacuated. A suspicious item was
:23:41. > :23:46.found at the offices of Martin McGuinness. A worrying development.
:23:47. > :23:51.Is it ongoing? Yes. The security alert is coming to an end. This
:23:52. > :23:54.morning, a package was found in the post room of Stormont Castle. That
:23:55. > :24:01.is where the officers of the first and Deputy first Minister are based.
:24:02. > :24:04.As a result, the police and army had to move on. We are told that this
:24:05. > :24:09.was a viable device and it could have exploded. Of course, that is a
:24:10. > :24:13.concern. Nonetheless, or visuals are making it clear that it could never
:24:14. > :24:17.have reached Peter Morrison -- Eda Robinson or Martin McGuinness but
:24:18. > :24:20.the first Minister had to leave his offices and was moved to Parliament
:24:21. > :24:25.buildings while the alert took place. This follows a number of
:24:26. > :24:31.incidents linked to dissident republicans. The finger of blame is
:24:32. > :24:34.likely to be pointed towards them. Two letter bombs were sent last
:24:35. > :24:40.week, one to the police constable and another to a senior police
:24:41. > :24:49.officer. This is of real concern. For now, thank you.
:24:50. > :24:53.Victims of crime and their relatives are going to be given a greater
:24:54. > :24:58.opportunity to speak in court about their experiences. A new coder will
:24:59. > :25:05.automatically entitle them to personally addressed the judge and
:25:06. > :25:10.the offender at the end of a trial. Catherine Wells Burr was murdered
:25:11. > :25:14.last year by her boyfriend. He wanted to claim her life insurance.
:25:15. > :25:17.Her parents were in court as the killer was sentenced to life in
:25:18. > :25:22.prison after a nine week trial. Catherine's father wishes that they
:25:23. > :25:28.had had the chance to address the offender. We could look him in the
:25:29. > :25:32.eye. That is what every victim's family should be able to do, look
:25:33. > :25:39.them in the eye and tell them how much you feel the loss. A personal
:25:40. > :25:42.statement from the victim is submitted to the judge after a
:25:43. > :25:45.verdict and before sentencing but it is often not read out in full and
:25:46. > :25:51.sometimes not at all and really by the victims. As part of a revised
:25:52. > :25:56.code, more victims will be able to speak for themselves and address the
:25:57. > :26:01.court and the offender. We want to make it a central part of the cruel
:26:02. > :26:05.justice system. To be read out after the verdict but before the
:26:06. > :26:12.sentence. It will give victims a say in proceedings. In countries like
:26:13. > :26:16.the US, it is already easier for victims to speak in court. Ariel
:26:17. > :26:22.Castro raped and tortured three women he kept prisoner in his house
:26:23. > :26:25.for a decade. At the end of this trial in August, one of his victims
:26:26. > :26:34.finally got her chance to address him. I've spent 11 years in hell.
:26:35. > :26:43.Know your hell is just beginning. From this moment on, I will not let
:26:44. > :26:51.you define me or affect to I am in. I will live on and you will die a
:26:52. > :26:54.little every day. The changes in England and Wales are part of a new
:26:55. > :27:00.victims code, supposed to give a louder voice to families like that
:27:01. > :27:04.of Catherine Wells Burr. But Labour says the code is toothless and only
:27:05. > :27:15.a new law for victims will ensure that their rights are protected.
:27:16. > :27:20.Four years -- for years, Sultan Kosen said he was unable to find
:27:21. > :27:25.love because women were put off by his height. The world's Collis man
:27:26. > :27:30.stands at eight tall but he has finally found love and marriage in
:27:31. > :27:34.his hometown in Turkey. John brain reports on the day that the
:27:35. > :27:38.30-year-old put his bachelor days behind him. When you tower over the
:27:39. > :27:44.rest of humanity, finding romance can be a tall order. At eight foot
:27:45. > :27:50.and three inches, Sultan Kosen has been looking all his life for a
:27:51. > :27:54.woman who measures up. Step forward Merve Dibo, 11 years younger than
:27:55. > :28:02.Sultan, and two and a half feet shorter. She came to Turkey as a
:28:03. > :28:07.refugee after fleeing her home in Syria. For her, things are looking
:28:08. > :28:14.up, literally. And her new husband is overjoyed. TRANSLATION: I am
:28:15. > :28:23.buried happy that I have finally found a woman, the love of my life,
:28:24. > :28:26.and I'm getting married. It is supposed to be the bride who is the
:28:27. > :28:33.centre of attention at weddings, but no chance on this occasion. At
:28:34. > :28:40.least, despite his size, he cut a fear -- on the dance floor. -- he
:28:41. > :28:49.threw some ships on the dance floor. And a tender kiss on the forehead.
:28:50. > :28:55.Her lips were just too far to reach. Congratulations. Time for a look at
:28:56. > :29:01.the weather. We are all taking a collective
:29:02. > :29:06.breather. Yesterday's storm has been affecting Scandinavia and the
:29:07. > :29:11.Netherlands. Ed West, more wind and rain pushing in from the Atlantic.
:29:12. > :29:16.In between, a bright and breezy respite. Some showers around through
:29:17. > :29:18.the morning and they will continue in northern and western areas this
:29:19. > :29:26.afternoon. Some heavy showers around. A lot of sunshine and there
:29:27. > :29:34.is a good chance that you will avoid showers. Temperatures are typically
:29:35. > :29:38.ten or 11, maybe 13 in London. This evening and overnight, the showers
:29:39. > :29:45.moving towards the western coast. And across the north of Scotland.
:29:46. > :29:50.But the main story overnight, the skies were clear and it will turn
:29:51. > :29:57.cold. Five or six degrees, even in the cities. But not far from
:29:58. > :30:00.freezing in the suburbs. Maybe some frost on the grass first thing in
:30:01. > :30:05.the morning. Many of us have not had a frosty at this autumn. It will be
:30:06. > :30:09.cold start but then it all change. This is just a normal weather
:30:10. > :30:13.front, so the weather should not be too extreme, but it does mean a wet
:30:14. > :30:17.and windy start. Maybe a few showers across the south-east. But the main
:30:18. > :30:26.story is the wind and rain across Northern Ireland. It will take all
:30:27. > :30:31.day for the rain to arrive. Very windy across the far north-west.
:30:32. > :30:40.Severe tales are possible. -- severe gales. Northern Ireland should clear
:30:41. > :30:45.up. Not very nice in western parts of England and Wales. It is only
:30:46. > :30:49.going to slowly move eastwards. The brightness is hanging on in eastern
:30:50. > :30:56.parts. After a chilly start, the temperature is recovering. That
:30:57. > :31:00.weather front will arrive through tomorrow evening, staggering across
:31:01. > :31:04.the south-east and lingering into Thursday morning. A little
:31:05. > :31:09.uncertainty about how quickly it will clear. For most of us, sunshine
:31:10. > :31:16.and blustery wind. The breeze will align showers across western areas.
:31:17. > :31:22.Then lies to the south west as we end the week. -- then all highs. It
:31:23. > :31:30.looks like it will turn wet in southern areas. Very unsettled. Much
:31:31. > :31:38.more detail day by day, as ever, can be found on your mobile app.
:31:39. > :31:41.A reminder of our main story, the UK's top energy companies are
:31:42. > :31:44.summoned before MPs to explain their pricing policies. That is all from
:31:45. > :31:45.us on