:00:09. > :00:12.These celebrity chef Nigella Lawson says her ex-husband, Charles
:00:13. > :00:17.Saatchi, tried to destroy her name by spreading false allegations of
:00:18. > :00:21.drug use. She tells the fraud trial of two personal assistants that her
:00:22. > :00:25.ex-husband is using the case to destroy her after a long summer of
:00:26. > :00:32.bullying and abuse. The latest from our correspondent in court. RBS is
:00:33. > :00:36.one of eight banks find almost ?1.5 billion by the European Commission
:00:37. > :00:39.for rigging interest rates. A man is arrested after a policewoman was
:00:40. > :00:43.shot in the early hours of the morning in Leeds. The police officer
:00:44. > :00:48.at the centre of the so-called plebgate row says he is suing the
:00:49. > :00:52.former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell for libel. Almost ?400
:00:53. > :00:56.billion over 20 years, the Government outlines plans for public
:00:57. > :00:59.and private investment in energy, transport and other building
:01:00. > :01:02.projects. And all eyes on Adelaide as England try to get the Ashes back
:01:03. > :01:38.contract in the second test. Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:39. > :01:42.BBC News At One. Nigella Lawson has told a court that her ex-husband,
:01:43. > :01:46.Charles Saatchi, is using the fraud trial of two former assistants to
:01:47. > :01:50.destroy her name by spreading allegations of drug use. She is
:01:51. > :01:56.giving evidence at the trial of her two former PAs accused of spending
:01:57. > :02:01.more than ?685,000 of the couple's money on themselves. The sisters
:02:02. > :02:04.both deny the charges. Sangita Myska is outside Isleworth Crown Court for
:02:05. > :02:10.us now. Well, this trial has generated huge
:02:11. > :02:13.press interest in the personal lives of Nigella Lawson and her
:02:14. > :02:16.ex-husband, Charles Saatchi. Today Nigella Lawson told the course that
:02:17. > :02:24.she felt she was facing trial by the media but that was her duty to turn
:02:25. > :02:28.up today to give evidence. Met by a frantic media scrum,
:02:29. > :02:32.Nigella Lawson today arrived at court knowing she would face tough
:02:33. > :02:38.questions about her alleged drug use and her former marriage to Charles
:02:39. > :02:42.Saatchi. In court, Ms Lawson was asked why she had previously not
:02:43. > :02:46.wish to give evidence. She claimed it was because of a breakdown in her
:02:47. > :02:51.relationship with Mr Saatchi. She alleged that he threatened her. If
:02:52. > :02:57.you don't come back to me and clear my name, I will destroy you. She
:02:58. > :03:01.went on that she had feared her ex-husband would use the case to
:03:02. > :03:08.savage her reputation by spreading false allegations of drug use.
:03:09. > :03:10.Although it is incredibly simple... Nigella Lawson once appeared to lead
:03:11. > :03:15.a charmed life, a celebrated television chef, and her then
:03:16. > :03:21.husband, Charles Saatchi, a multimillionaire art collector. Then
:03:22. > :03:26.these paparazzi photos appeared, showing Mr Saatchi holding Ms
:03:27. > :03:29.Lawson's neck and pinching her nose. The couple divorced acrimoniously
:03:30. > :03:33.shortly afterwards. Ms Lawson told the jury it was after a long summer
:03:34. > :03:38.of bullying and abuse that she had initially decided not to appear in
:03:39. > :03:43.court. She said she had now changed her mind about giving evidence
:03:44. > :03:48.against her former PAs, Elizabeth and Francesca Grillo, who are on
:03:49. > :03:52.trial for allegedly defrauding her by ?500,000. It is their defence
:03:53. > :03:55.that they were allowed to spend on the company credit card because they
:03:56. > :04:04.had a tacit understanding that they would not reveal Ms Lawson's alleged
:04:05. > :04:06.use of drugs. She was later asked to describe her ex-husband, Charles
:04:07. > :04:11.Saatchi, who she said had a temper and did not like to take part in
:04:12. > :04:16.family life. The Grillos deny the charges, the case continues.
:04:17. > :04:20.The cross-examination of Nigella Lawson by the defence counsel has
:04:21. > :04:24.already begun, and we are expecting that to continue well into the
:04:25. > :04:29.afternoon. RBS is one of eight big banks that
:04:30. > :04:34.have been fined a total of ?1.4 billion by the European Commission
:04:35. > :04:36.for forming illegal cartels to rig interest rates. Business
:04:37. > :04:41.correspondent Ben Thompson is here now.
:04:42. > :04:44.Another embarrassing day for RBS, when it is trying to draw a line
:04:45. > :04:48.under the worst of the banking scandals. Once again, the rate
:04:49. > :04:53.rigging scandal is rearing its ugly head, but this time these fines
:04:54. > :04:58.imposed by the European Commission. This is a record fine with eight
:04:59. > :05:03.global banking giants facing penalties of 1.7 billion euros, that
:05:04. > :05:10.is ?1.4 billion. The previous record was just 1.2 billion. These fines
:05:11. > :05:16.from the EU, and top of previous penalties. RBS has already paid ?390
:05:17. > :05:20.million to readily did in the UK and the US over the same allegations. --
:05:21. > :05:26.to regulators. This is the result of a separate investigation by the EU.
:05:27. > :05:31.Barclays also paid ?290 million to regulators, but it will not be fined
:05:32. > :05:35.today by the EU, and that is because it blew the whistle on the whole
:05:36. > :05:40.affair. The banks named today did comply with the investigation. They
:05:41. > :05:44.had their fines reduced by 10%. Two banks are contesting the fines and
:05:45. > :05:49.have refused to settle. They will face sanctions next year. But all of
:05:50. > :05:52.this is deeply damaging for the banks and their reputations. They
:05:53. > :05:56.are keen to put these scandals behind them, but before they can do
:05:57. > :06:01.that, there is another investigation under way, this time into currency
:06:02. > :06:06.market manipulation. That could also result in massive fines.
:06:07. > :06:10.Ben, thank you very much. A man has been arrested in connection with the
:06:11. > :06:13.shooting of a female police officer in Leeds. The officer and a male
:06:14. > :06:16.colleague were attending a routine callouts to a disturbance at an
:06:17. > :06:21.address in the Headingley area in the early hours of the morning. A
:06:22. > :06:27.37-year-old man was arrested a few hours later after a police manhunt.
:06:28. > :06:33.Judith Moritz is in Headingley now. Yes, soapy, and when the police were
:06:34. > :06:37.called out overnight, it was to a low level disturbance. They classed
:06:38. > :06:43.it as routine, and so the two officers who were sent were unarmed.
:06:44. > :06:48.They had not expected the gunfire which met them.
:06:49. > :06:52.It was the early hours of this morning when the police were called
:06:53. > :06:57.to this house in the Headingley area of Leeds. Two officers were sent to
:06:58. > :07:00.respond to a reporter disturbance. When they arrived, they were
:07:01. > :07:05.confronted by a man who opened fire. Neighbours were awoken by the noise.
:07:06. > :07:09.About half three I heard a couple of shots or something, like fireworks,
:07:10. > :07:14.and I thought, it can't be anything, it is just going to be fireworks.
:07:15. > :07:18.Then the police came and told us what had happened, we put two and
:07:19. > :07:23.two together and worked out it is obviously a guy who shot a police
:07:24. > :07:27.officer. A female police officer was seriously hurt and taken to
:07:28. > :07:31.hospital. Her male colleague was not injured. West Yorkshire Police
:07:32. > :07:35.launched a hunt for 37-year-old James Leslie, who was last seen
:07:36. > :07:45.cycling away from the scene. The public were warned not to approach.
:07:46. > :07:47.Just after ten o'clock, James was arrested half a mile away. The
:07:48. > :07:50.police confirmed they had recovered a firearm and the public were no
:07:51. > :07:54.longer at risk. The female officer has sustained serious injuries to
:07:55. > :08:02.her face, her neck and her right hand. Her condition is described as
:08:03. > :08:06.poorly but stable and not life-threatening. The female officer
:08:07. > :08:10.pressed her panic button when she was shot, which some and other
:08:11. > :08:15.officers to the scene. A male colleague was able to give a good
:08:16. > :08:20.description of what happened to detectives. -- which summoned.
:08:21. > :08:23.James Leslie is in custody and will be questioned by detectives today.
:08:24. > :08:27.Although West Yorkshire Police say they are not looking for anyone else
:08:28. > :08:30.in connection with this shooting, they also say that they are still
:08:31. > :08:36.appealing for witnesses, anybody who saw anything, to come forward and
:08:37. > :08:40.help them. The police officer at the centre of
:08:41. > :08:44.the so-called plebgate row is to sue the former Cabinet minister Andrew
:08:45. > :08:48.Mitchell for libel. Easy to be Rowland was involved in a heated
:08:49. > :08:53.confrontation with Mr Mitchell at the gates of Downing Street last
:08:54. > :08:55.year. -- PC to be Roland. Last week Mr Mitchell accused the police
:08:56. > :09:00.officer of lying about what happened. What more do you know
:09:01. > :09:06.about this? Just to take people back to the beginning of this
:09:07. > :09:12.long-running saga, Toby Rowland said that there was an altercation in
:09:13. > :09:19.which he said, you do not run this expletive government, you are
:09:20. > :09:22.expletive pleb is. Mr Mitchell denies using the word pleb. The
:09:23. > :09:26.Crown Prosecution Service recently said that there was no evidence that
:09:27. > :09:30.the officer had lied, no evidence to justify a criminal prosecution, and
:09:31. > :09:33.last week Mr Mitchell said at a press conference that he had told
:09:34. > :09:38.the truth about the incident and that it was the police who were
:09:39. > :09:42.lying. Today the next development is that Toby Rowland has issued what
:09:43. > :09:46.are called letters before action, effectively writing to Mr
:09:47. > :09:51.Mitchell's lawyers saying, he has libelled me and I will take action
:09:52. > :09:54.against him. That is policed by the Police Federation, that legal
:09:55. > :10:00.advice, but the Police Federation says it itself is not suing Mr
:10:01. > :10:05.Mitchell. Mr Mitchell says he would like the officer to say what he said
:10:06. > :10:10.on oath, just to test out whether he is indeed lying. There may be an
:10:11. > :10:14.opportunity for that, because Andrew Mitchell is suing the Sun in a
:10:15. > :10:18.separate application, and so this might all come to court. The fact
:10:19. > :10:21.that there has been some criminal allegations made but no charges, it
:10:22. > :10:27.has moved into the civil courts, I think.
:10:28. > :10:30.A serving British soldier has been arrested under the terrorism act
:10:31. > :10:35.after a suspicious device was found at a house in Salford. The device,
:10:36. > :10:39.understood to be a nail bomb, was discovered last week. The
:10:40. > :10:43.19-year-old soldier was arrested on Monday by military police in Germany
:10:44. > :10:50.and brought back to Britain to be questioned. The BBC understands he
:10:51. > :10:55.has been questioned about suspected links to right wing extremism.
:10:56. > :10:58.Roads and railways, power stations, flood defences, communications, all
:10:59. > :11:05.part of a government plan to boost infrastructure spending over the
:11:06. > :11:08.next two decades. Projects totalling ?375 billion have been detailed in a
:11:09. > :11:12.National Infrastructure Plan which includes selling of the government
:11:13. > :11:19.stake in Eurostar and other assets. Chief economic correspondent Hugh
:11:20. > :11:22.Pym reports. The Government hopes projects like
:11:23. > :11:27.this will help generate long-term economic growth. The Treasury Chief
:11:28. > :11:31.Secretary, Danny Alexander, visited a National Grid tunnelling scheme
:11:32. > :11:34.designed to boost London's electricity transmission network. He
:11:35. > :11:38.wanted to highlight plans of the next two decades aimed at upgrading
:11:39. > :11:43.UK infrastructure. Some will be privately funded, some public. It is
:11:44. > :11:46.a plan that will lead to sustainable, long-term growth and
:11:47. > :11:51.help us build a stronger economy in a fairer society where everyone can
:11:52. > :11:55.get on. There is no new government money pledged today, but a ?25
:11:56. > :11:58.billion commitment by insurance companies to invest in
:11:59. > :12:01.infrastructure has been unveiled. Plans for a new nuclear power
:12:02. > :12:04.station for Anglesey have been confirmed, and rail investment will
:12:05. > :12:10.include the development of the station at Gatwick. Sales of
:12:11. > :12:15.government assets, including a stake in Eurostar, the Channel Tunnel rail
:12:16. > :12:18.operator, also formed part of the announcement today. The government
:12:19. > :12:21.idea is to sell off investments which are considered surplus to
:12:22. > :12:27.requirements and reallocate the cash to infrastructure investment. Labour
:12:28. > :12:31.argues the Government's track record on major investment has not been
:12:32. > :12:36.good so far and action is needed, rather than words. Ultimately, if
:12:37. > :12:38.you think just issuing press releases and making announcements
:12:39. > :12:43.brings forward is that delivery and make sure we get shovels in the
:12:44. > :12:47.ground, they are living on a different planet. Business
:12:48. > :12:51.organisations gave only a cautious welcome to today's statement. For
:12:52. > :12:59.them, the detail, rather than broad ambition, is what will count. We are
:13:00. > :13:02.getting more detail about what projects will be built, more detail
:13:03. > :13:05.about how it will be paid for, but it still feels a little bit too much
:13:06. > :13:11.like long and quite hopeful Christmas lists, rather than a
:13:12. > :13:14.really clear set of priorities. Business leaders will be watching
:13:15. > :13:17.George Osborne's Autumn Statement tomorrow, hoping for measures which
:13:18. > :13:21.support the recovery. The BBC understands that moves to support
:13:22. > :13:27.struggling high street will be unveiled. Many retailers believe the
:13:28. > :13:30.business rate system is a burden. Rate increases will be capped with
:13:31. > :13:36.an extension of relief for small firms.
:13:37. > :13:41.Meanwhile, the BBC has learned that ministers are changing the way they
:13:42. > :13:44.subsidise renewable energy. The Government is cutting support for
:13:45. > :13:48.onshore wind and solar projects but increasing the amount it will pay
:13:49. > :13:53.energy companies for offshore wind power. Political correspondent Vicki
:13:54. > :13:57.Young reports. For some, these wind farms mean
:13:58. > :14:01.cleaner, cheaper energy, but opponents call them and expensive
:14:02. > :14:05.eyesore. Every year, around 2% of our energy bills is used to
:14:06. > :14:08.subsidise renewable energy, something many MPs oppose. The
:14:09. > :14:13.Liberal Democrats want to encourage green projects. Now they say the
:14:14. > :14:17.cost of onshore turbines has fallen, so the focus can shift to offshore
:14:18. > :14:22.wind farms instead. It will mean we will have to 1000 jobs across the
:14:23. > :14:26.country, so this is great news for jobs, and it is good news for
:14:27. > :14:30.consumers. We want to make sure we get good value for money for
:14:31. > :14:33.consumers, and the fact that. Onshore wind is going down and solar
:14:34. > :14:45.going down, that means we can reduce the subsidies. -- the fact that the
:14:46. > :14:49.costs of onshore wind. Some say that Britain risks failing to create
:14:50. > :14:52.thousands of jobs in the sector. If we see constant sniping, it makes
:14:53. > :14:57.investors nervous. The investors are then going to leave the market, or
:14:58. > :15:01.it is going to cost us more to borrow the money, and that only help
:15:02. > :15:04.the consumer in the long run. -- hurts. The issue of subsidies for
:15:05. > :15:08.renewable energy has divided the coalition. This announcement brings
:15:09. > :15:12.a kind of truce with Conservatives and Liberal Democrats saying it
:15:13. > :15:16.makes sense to switch more money to offshore wind farms, and politically
:15:17. > :15:21.it pleases Tories who feel they have been under pressure from the UK
:15:22. > :15:26.Independence Party. UKIP has described today's cuts to onshore
:15:27. > :15:31.subsidies as a political stunt to buy off voters opposed to turbines
:15:32. > :15:35.in the countryside. They are a disaster, the Government says there
:15:36. > :15:39.is nothing it can do about energy prices apart from fiddling at the
:15:40. > :15:43.margin. It should not be involved with intermittent renewables like
:15:44. > :15:48.solar or wind. It should be focusing on grown-up technologies like coal,
:15:49. > :15:52.gas and nuclear. The industry predicts that plans for some onshore
:15:53. > :15:57.wind farms will be shelved because of today's announcement. What it
:15:58. > :16:05.will not do is reduce our gas and electricity bills this winter.
:16:06. > :16:08.Tomorrow, the Chancellor gives his Autumn Statement, detailing the
:16:09. > :16:11.Government's financial plans for the next few years.
:16:12. > :16:16.David Cameron, on a visit to China, has given the BBC a flavour of what
:16:17. > :16:19.we can expect. We have been working to a long-term plan and what you are
:16:20. > :16:22.going to see in this Autumn Statement the next steps in that
:16:23. > :16:27.long-term plan, a plan to turn the country around, to get us out of our
:16:28. > :16:38.difficulties with debt and deficit and to secure jobs and recovery for
:16:39. > :16:41.all of our people, recovery for all. That is what we want to see. David
:16:42. > :16:43.Cameron speaking in China. Let's turn now to Norman Smith. Tell us
:16:44. > :16:46.more about what we are expecting. Welcome what we have learned is that
:16:47. > :16:50.the Government want the Autumn Statement to be all about growth and
:16:51. > :16:56.how they are retooling the British economy with this ambitious project
:16:57. > :16:59.of infrastructure spending. A word of warning, though. If you think you
:17:00. > :17:03.have heard this before, you probably have, because this is the fourth
:17:04. > :17:10.national infrastructure plan and they are a bit like the proverbial
:17:11. > :17:15.dad DIY to do list. They look very impressive on paper and contain a
:17:16. > :17:18.very important list of things you ought to do, but it doesn't
:17:19. > :17:23.necessarily mean they are all going to happen and that has been the
:17:24. > :17:28.Government's difficulty, turning the to-do part into the delivery part.
:17:29. > :17:32.One peculiarity, cutting subsidies for onshore wind farms does not mean
:17:33. > :17:37.there will be fewer onshore wind farms, it could mean the opposite.
:17:38. > :17:41.Why? Because the Energy Secretary says the cut is not because wind
:17:42. > :17:45.farms have proved unpopular and a Tory MPs are unhappy about them, but
:17:46. > :17:49.because they are proving efficient and cost-effective and therefore,
:17:50. > :17:53.despite the cut in subsidies, there are actually going to be more
:17:54. > :18:01.onshore wind forms. -- wind farms. The time is coming up
:18:02. > :18:03.to 1:20pm. The top story this lunchtime:
:18:04. > :18:06.Nigella Lawson tells a court her ex-husband Charles Saatchi is trying
:18:07. > :18:09.to destroy her name by spreading false allegations of drug use.
:18:10. > :18:13.And still to come: THEY SING "JERUSALEM".
:18:14. > :18:17.THEY SING "JERUSALEM". THEY SING "JERUSALEM".
:18:18. > :18:22.Hoping to sing England to success. The Barmy Army are in full voice
:18:23. > :18:24.ahead of tonight's second Test in Adlelaide.
:18:25. > :18:28.Later on BBC London: Doctors at the Royal Free Hospital say a new device
:18:29. > :18:29.could help liver disease patients avoid needing a transplant.
:18:30. > :18:31.And the Stratford sixth-formers making music with east London rapper
:18:32. > :18:40.Tinchy Stryder. The rise of social media has meant
:18:41. > :18:43.that conversations about criminal cases, once just had with friends,
:18:44. > :18:49.are now instantly published online and can be shared with millions of
:18:50. > :18:53.people. And it's got some people into trouble. Tweets from the
:18:54. > :18:56.comedian Alan Davies, the speaker's wife Sally Bercow, and Peaches
:18:57. > :19:00.Geldof have all landed them in legal difficulties after they took to
:19:01. > :19:02.Twitter to express their views. Now the Attorney General, Dominic
:19:03. > :19:05.Grieve, is publishing legal advice to help social media users avoid
:19:06. > :19:14.getting into trouble by commenting on court cases. Clive Coleman
:19:15. > :19:18.reports. Peaches Geldof, the latest person to
:19:19. > :19:24.get into potential trouble with a tweet, when she published to her
:19:25. > :19:29.168,000 followers the identities of two mothers who allowed their
:19:30. > :19:33.children to be targeted by sex offender Ian Watkins, singer with
:19:34. > :19:37.the rock band Lostprophets. She tweeted after the names had
:19:38. > :19:41.accidentally been posted briefly on a court website. But it is a crime
:19:42. > :19:47.to publish any material which could identify the victim of a sexual
:19:48. > :19:53.offence. So how much does social media -- to social media users know
:19:54. > :19:56.about how the law applies Chris Rock people sometimes don't understand
:19:57. > :20:02.the consequences of their actions. -- how the law applies to them?
:20:03. > :20:06.Sometimes you don't know what you are and are not allowed to tweet.
:20:07. > :20:10.The rising social media means that conversations once had down the pub
:20:11. > :20:13.or even out shopping are not allowed to tweet. The rising social media
:20:14. > :20:15.means that conversations once had down the pub or even a shopping now
:20:16. > :20:19.published online and who comments about a criminal case or a defendant
:20:20. > :20:25.in a way that could prejudice a trial could be prosecuted for
:20:26. > :20:29.contempt and could go to prison. That is why the Attorney General is
:20:30. > :20:33.going to start publishing advice to the public via his website and
:20:34. > :20:36.Twitter feed. This is not to interfere with freedom of
:20:37. > :20:40.expression, it is to ensure that their trials can take place and it
:20:41. > :20:44.is one of my responsibilities to make sure that happens. Nobody wants
:20:45. > :20:48.a situation where a trial collapses because it has been made impossible
:20:49. > :20:53.by virtue of what has been said on a Twitter feed or a Facebook entry.
:20:54. > :20:57.But some experts believe that internet users need additional help.
:20:58. > :21:00.We are learning the difference between the digital world and the
:21:01. > :21:04.real world and where they cross over. We need help. We need help
:21:05. > :21:10.from the authorities and we also need help from the education system.
:21:11. > :21:15.As the law stands, we tweet, blog or post on Facebook at our peril. Now
:21:16. > :21:19.we will be able to get some advice on how even 140 characters could
:21:20. > :21:23.land us in court for contempt. The Royal Mail says the threat of a
:21:24. > :21:30.postal strike over the Christmas period seems to have been averted.
:21:31. > :21:32.They say an agreement has been reached in principle with the
:21:33. > :21:35.Communication Workers Union over changes to pay and pensions for
:21:36. > :21:38.staff, though it still needs to be ratified.
:21:39. > :21:41.The jury in the trial of two men accused of murdering a British
:21:42. > :21:46.soldier has heard that one of the alleged killers showed "no regret or
:21:47. > :21:49.remorse". A police interview with Michael Adebolajo has been played to
:21:50. > :21:52.the court during which he criticised British politicians and said he was
:21:53. > :22:00.upset about the deaths of people in Muslim lands. June Kelly is outside
:22:01. > :22:04.the Old Bailey. It was a long interview, as well, wasn't it?
:22:05. > :22:09.That is right, and throughout, Michael Adebolajo had a blue blanket
:22:10. > :22:13.over his head. So for much of it, you couldn't see his face at all. He
:22:14. > :22:21.tells the police he wants to be known by his muslin name of Mujahid
:22:22. > :22:27.Abu Hamza and said he does not know any one of the name Michael
:22:28. > :22:30.Adebowale, saying he is Ishmael. He says it brings him little joy to
:22:31. > :22:34.approach anybody and slay them. He is not a person who enjoys watching
:22:35. > :22:40.horror movies. He says the only reason he has decided to conduct the
:22:41. > :22:43.interview is to prevent such incidents occurring on the streets
:22:44. > :22:47.of Britain again. He says there is a war going on between Britain and
:22:48. > :22:51.Muslims and he rails against politicians. He says he is disgusted
:22:52. > :22:56.by the likes of David Cameron, the Miliband Brothers and Nick Clegg,
:22:57. > :22:59.and when it comes to Tony Blair, he says the wickedness and corruption
:23:00. > :23:03.of this man. In a later interview, he is asked about what happened to
:23:04. > :23:08.Lee Rigby and he says he was struck in the neck with a sharp implement,
:23:09. > :23:15.and it was soared until his head became almost detached. And then he
:23:16. > :23:18.said, "May Allah forgive me if I have acted in a way that is
:23:19. > :23:21.displeasing to him". The trial continues.
:23:22. > :23:25.Young people in care in England will now be able to stay with foster
:23:26. > :23:29.families until the age of 21 instead of 18. Ministers say they will
:23:30. > :23:32.increase funding to councils, and make it a legal duty for authorities
:23:33. > :23:44.to provide financial support for foster children after their 18th
:23:45. > :23:48.birthday. Mike Sergeant reports. David has fostered a number of
:23:49. > :23:51.children in the past five years. Rhiannon came to live with the
:23:52. > :23:55.family when she was 16 and is now studying for A-levels, but as her
:23:56. > :24:00.18th birthday approached, she was not sure how much longer she would
:24:01. > :24:04.be able to stay, a situation that has thankfully been resolved. The
:24:05. > :24:07.run-up to my 18th birthday was not very nice, not knowing what was
:24:08. > :24:13.happening. It was very stressful and I was crying quite a lot to David
:24:14. > :24:18.and Lisa in the evenings about what was going to happen. But now I know
:24:19. > :24:23.that they are here for me and I have got the support, it is brilliant.
:24:24. > :24:27.After much discussion with the local authority, Rhiannon will now be able
:24:28. > :24:31.to stay here until she is through university. David welcomes the news
:24:32. > :24:35.that councils and England will be required to support all children in
:24:36. > :24:40.foster care until they are 21. I think it is fantastic. A child is
:24:41. > :24:44.not ready at 18 to be independent. There are some that go into the army
:24:45. > :24:48.and other jobs, but the majority stay at home until 22, 23 and even
:24:49. > :24:52.up to 26, so for the Government to allow a child to stay at home until
:24:53. > :24:56.22, 23 and even up to 26, so for the Government to allow a child is taken
:24:57. > :25:05.care up to 21 shortage of suitable carers. If more and more people stay
:25:06. > :25:08.until they are 21, that will create strain on families. Council say the
:25:09. > :25:12.money must not come out of their hard pressed budgets, something the
:25:13. > :25:23.ministers say will be addressed. We have worked hard with other people
:25:24. > :25:26.to find out what the cost will be to do this for other councils and we
:25:27. > :25:29.have come up with a generous figure which will mean that 400,000
:25:30. > :25:34.children who leave foster care every year will now have the opportunity
:25:35. > :25:37.to stay on. Fostering charities are thrilled that thousands of young
:25:38. > :25:41.children in England like Rhiannon will now have more certainty about
:25:42. > :25:45.the future, but say the issue has still not been resolved in Wales and
:25:46. > :25:56.England. The second Ashes Test gets underway
:25:57. > :26:00.tonight in Adelaide. England will be looking to get back on level terms
:26:01. > :26:02.after the beating they took in the first match. As ever, the Barmy
:26:03. > :26:06.Army, their loyal band of travelling supporters, will be there to give
:26:07. > :26:09.them a lift. As Joe Wilson reports, it was almost 20 years ago in
:26:10. > :26:11.Adelaide that the fans first got together to voice their support for
:26:12. > :26:12.England. Fresh footage has emerged of an
:26:13. > :26:22.unlikely Hollywood star - THEY SING "JERUSALEM".
:26:23. > :26:27.From Abu Dhabi to Adelaide, you will hear them. Wherever England play,
:26:28. > :26:36.the Barmy Army follows. In Adelaide in 1994, this Test match seemed like
:26:37. > :26:41.the perfect reason for an anniversary. Back then, singing even
:26:42. > :26:46.when England were losing, they were first dubbed barmy by the media. Now
:26:47. > :26:52.England lose. We want more people to come along and enjoy the sport and
:26:53. > :26:57.is all done with humour and wit and banter and is a fantastic addition
:26:58. > :27:02.to what is a great day. The Barmy Army are boost to the local economy,
:27:03. > :27:06.they enjoy a friendly drink. Australia is hoping that the England
:27:07. > :27:10.fans will spend over ?150 million all in all over the ashes. The
:27:11. > :27:17.problem is, Australia is expensive. ?8 per point is possible. Fewer
:27:18. > :27:22.people can afford to come. No disrespect to the people who have
:27:23. > :27:26.come before, but the number is quality. The people who are here to
:27:27. > :27:30.have a track here to have a great time and will squeeze the value out
:27:31. > :27:34.of everything they do. The real theory of the Barmy Army is that
:27:35. > :27:40.their presence in the seat he inspires the England players out
:27:41. > :27:43.there. So does it work? Some of the people spend thousands and thousands
:27:44. > :27:46.of pounds to come to Australia and watch every Test match, it is
:27:47. > :27:54.phenomenal. And we love to have them around. The Barmy Army has evolved
:27:55. > :27:59.into a tour company. The style may never be to everybody's case, but if
:28:00. > :28:08.they come, they sing and they spend.
:28:09. > :28:12.Australia will not be complaining. Fresh footage has emerged of an
:28:13. > :28:15.unlikely Hollywood star, a mountain lion living in a Los Angeles city
:28:16. > :28:19.Park. The big cat was first spotted last year. It's thought it must have
:28:20. > :28:22.had to cross two busy freeways to get into Griffith Park, which is
:28:23. > :28:26.also home to the famous Hollywood sign. Scientists have now fitted him
:28:27. > :28:30.with a tracking collar. Time for a look at the weather.
:28:31. > :28:35.Here's Tomasz Schafernaker. And the storm is on the way. It is,
:28:36. > :28:40.it will come roaring in and the Met Office have issued an amber warning.
:28:41. > :28:45.The main issue with the storm will be the strength of the wind, nothing
:28:46. > :28:48.absolutely extraordinary but still severe enough. If you live in this
:28:49. > :28:52.amber warning area, you may be impacted in a number of different
:28:53. > :28:56.ways, either directly from the damaging winds, disruption to
:28:57. > :29:04.transport potentially coastal flooding along the North Sea coast
:29:05. > :29:09.particularly the storm this --. The storm at the moment is still a long
:29:10. > :29:12.way away but will impact Scotland early tomorrow morning. Before that
:29:13. > :29:17.happens, we have a decent day, for at least most of us. Sunshine is
:29:18. > :29:21.around, it is pretty chilly and the south of the country has had some
:29:22. > :29:24.cloud but the most of us, it is a fairly pleasant afternoon. Showers
:29:25. > :29:28.are already starting to get into Scotland, it is fairly chilly, the
:29:29. > :29:32.temperatures are dropping and there is some snow across the hills and
:29:33. > :29:36.mountains but we really are talking about just the hills and mountains.
:29:37. > :29:39.Let's take a little zoom into Scotland and see what we can
:29:40. > :29:43.expect. The wind is increasing, some showers, and this is just the very,
:29:44. > :29:50.very beginning of what is coming our way. Through tonight, the wind
:29:51. > :29:54.strengthens to Gayle and severe galeforce conditions. Mountain and
:29:55. > :30:01.hill snow, occasional blizzards to the south of the and at the same
:30:02. > :30:07.time, relatively clear in the London area, and then the winds get going
:30:08. > :30:12.tomorrow morning. These are the kinds of gusts we are going to get.
:30:13. > :30:17.Very strong through the low lands, Northern Ireland getting gales as
:30:18. > :30:23.well. These sorts of winds could cause problems on the roads because
:30:24. > :30:26.of the debris and trees that have been blown down, bridges could be
:30:27. > :30:30.closed, and some of those strong winds will transfer southwards to
:30:31. > :30:34.the east of the Pennines. Lincolnshire is an area that could
:30:35. > :30:37.be impacted, they could be interruptions to power, and on top
:30:38. > :30:43.of that, there will be a storm surge which, combined with the waves, may
:30:44. > :30:50.overtop the sea defences for, example -- for example across the
:30:51. > :30:53.Lincolnshire coast. Very blustery across the South but nowhere near as
:30:54. > :31:03.bad. Then it suddenly quiet and stand by the time we get to Friday,
:31:04. > :31:07.the wind is really easing down. Stay tuned to the focus, because the
:31:08. > :31:09.weather looks pretty serious. Now a reminder of our top story this
:31:10. > :31:12.lunchtime: Nigella Lawson tells a court her
:31:13. > :31:17.ex-husband Charles Saatchi is trying to destroy her name by spreading
:31:18. > :31:18.false allegations of drug use. That's all from us. Now on