:00:00. > :00:08.Christmas chaos threatened as millions rush to get home ahead of
:00:09. > :00:13.severe weather warnings across the UK.
:00:14. > :00:16.Torrential rain and strong winds are already disrupting travel on the
:00:17. > :00:20.roads and rail, with warnings of flooding in many parts of southern
:00:21. > :00:25.England. We'll be live with the latest on the
:00:26. > :00:27.travel situation. The former Labour MP and
:00:28. > :00:34.minister,Denis MacShane, has been jailed for six months for fiddling
:00:35. > :00:37.his expenses. Freed from prison, two members of
:00:38. > :00:48.the Russian band, Pussy Riot, jailed for protesting in a church, are
:00:49. > :00:51.given an amnesty. Rolf Harris is to be prosecuted over
:00:52. > :00:53.new allegations of indecent assault, one relates to a girl aged seven or
:00:54. > :00:59.eight. And down under, but not down and
:01:00. > :01:02.out. We'll have the latest on the troubles facing England's cricketers
:01:03. > :01:04.in the run up to the fourth Ashes test.
:01:05. > :01:06.Later on BBC London: Three people die in a collision on the North
:01:07. > :01:08.Circular, police appeal for witnesses.
:01:09. > :01:11.And above inflation fare rises on season tickets for hundreds of
:01:12. > :01:28.thousands of commuters, we have all the details.
:01:29. > :01:34.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. Millions of people
:01:35. > :01:36.have had their plans for the Christmas getaway disrupted today
:01:37. > :01:41.with warnings of travel delays due to a violent storm which has hit the
:01:42. > :01:44.UK. The Met Office has issued amber warnings for rain for Wales, the
:01:45. > :01:48.East of England, South West England and London and the South East.
:01:49. > :01:51.Several train companies including Virgin, East Coast and South West
:01:52. > :01:53.Trains have already reduced or cancelled services and driving
:01:54. > :02:06.organisations are advising people to avoid travelling unless it is
:02:07. > :02:11."essential". Jon Kay is in Bristol. The start of Christmas week in the
:02:12. > :02:16.south-west of England. This was Plymouth first thing as the storm
:02:17. > :02:20.hit. It had sped across the Atlantic of the night, bringing high winds
:02:21. > :02:25.and torrential rain. This is meant to be one of the busiest days of the
:02:26. > :02:29.Christmas period on our roads. Conditions are so bad in some
:02:30. > :02:34.places, drivers are being told to stay where they are and only travel
:02:35. > :02:41.if it is essential. Drivers on the M5 in Somerset faced atrocious
:02:42. > :02:46.conditions. It was quite buffeting. When you start to overtake trucks,
:02:47. > :02:51.you have got to be prepared. It was quite blowy. It has not been very
:02:52. > :02:56.good at all. The windscreen wipers were on the fastest speed and the
:02:57. > :03:02.car was moving with the wind. For those relying on the row ways there
:03:03. > :03:07.are already some delays and cancellations -- cancellations and
:03:08. > :03:13.there may be more. I have had to get up really early and just coming on
:03:14. > :03:17.the first available train. We do not know which train will be running. We
:03:18. > :03:20.know if we leave it till the afternoon we will be stuck and you
:03:21. > :03:26.don't want to be stuck over Christmas. In Cornwall, hundreds of
:03:27. > :03:30.homes have been left without power. The Environment Agency said there
:03:31. > :03:35.could be localised flooding from Land's End to Kent. Today it is
:03:36. > :03:39.surface water flooding. People need to take care when they are driving,
:03:40. > :03:46.keep out of floodwater. Even 30 centimetres of moving floodwater can
:03:47. > :03:51.take a car of its wheels. Forecasters say these conditions are
:03:52. > :03:56.likely to last through the night and the rest of today. Tomorrow,
:03:57. > :04:00.Northern Ireland get a battering. Although Christmas Eve looks better
:04:01. > :04:05.foremost, there is more to come later the week.
:04:06. > :04:09.As we've been hearing, the bad weather is disrupting road and rail
:04:10. > :04:13.travel. Richard Lister is at Euston Station. Is there evidence yet of
:04:14. > :04:21.people bringing forward their travel plans? It has to be said, as the
:04:22. > :04:24.number of fairly stressed people arriving at Euston Station and I
:04:25. > :04:29.imagine many others around the country. A lot of people I have
:04:30. > :04:32.spoken to have changed their travel plans. They have tickets for later
:04:33. > :04:36.on this afternoon and they had heeded the warnings to get an
:04:37. > :04:40.earlier seat on a train because that is what the advices. We not
:04:41. > :04:46.expecting any major disruption until later on when we are expecting speed
:04:47. > :04:50.restrictions to be put in force by Network Rail. Why speed
:04:51. > :04:54.restrictions? To give you an example of some of the problems Network Rail
:04:55. > :04:58.faces, back in October after a big storm, they had to clear something
:04:59. > :05:02.like 500 trees from the line and they are still dealing with some
:05:03. > :05:07.flooding which was caused earlier this month. They have hundreds of
:05:08. > :05:11.engineers on stand-by throughout the night and into tomorrow to deal with
:05:12. > :05:15.any problems which might arise. They are monitoring the weather in real
:05:16. > :05:19.time so they can respond Fred quickly. The advice for anyone
:05:20. > :05:23.thinking of travelling today is coming as early as you can and be
:05:24. > :05:26.braced with more delays tomorrow. Thank you.
:05:27. > :05:29.The Met Office has issued amber weather warnings for Wales, the East
:05:30. > :05:34.of England, Wouth West England and London and the South East. Our
:05:35. > :05:40.weather presenter Elizabeth Saary is here. Tell us more about the storm
:05:41. > :05:50.itself, we hve had a fair few of late?! How bad is this one. And how
:05:51. > :05:56.long will it last? We have seen a lot of storm is coming our way. It
:05:57. > :06:04.has been driven by some strong temperature contrasts. We are in the
:06:05. > :06:08.thick of it at the moment. We are seeing this really nasty area of low
:06:09. > :06:15.pressure leaving towards the UK and that is what is bringing us the
:06:16. > :06:19.strong winds and heavy rain as well. Will it be sticking? It will be
:06:20. > :06:24.sticking around for awhile. It is not just today we have to worry
:06:25. > :06:28.about, is tomorrow as well. This is where we have the strongest winds
:06:29. > :06:35.and heavy strain at the moment. It is across the south of England and
:06:36. > :06:41.Wales at the moment. We are seeing as much as 40 to 60 millimetres of
:06:42. > :06:47.rain falling. We have seen some gusts of wind up to 70 mph. That
:06:48. > :06:51.will cause flooding and disruption. There will be some trees down from
:06:52. > :06:57.the strong winds. This evening and overnight, the focus transfers to
:06:58. > :07:00.the far south-east of England. The rain continues across the south
:07:01. > :07:06.there but as we go through into the small hours of Christmas Eve, the
:07:07. > :07:10.isobars are right across the south-east of England, that is when
:07:11. > :07:15.we will have an amber warning in force. For Christmas Eve itself, you
:07:16. > :07:19.can see the main low-pressure system coming into the north-west of the
:07:20. > :07:22.UK. That will be affecting western Scotland and Northern Ireland.
:07:23. > :07:26.Although for Christmas Eve things will calm down, then our attention
:07:27. > :07:32.turns to the north-west for the very strong winds. For the next two days
:07:33. > :07:36.is where the action is but Friday we could see some more wild weather as
:07:37. > :07:40.well. Thank you. We'll have a full weather forecast
:07:41. > :07:44.at the end of the programme. And you can keep up to date with the impact
:07:45. > :07:47.of the heavy rain and winds by listening to your local radio
:07:48. > :07:50.station, and by visiting the bbc website - bbc.co.uk news.
:07:51. > :07:53.Former Labour minister Denis MacShane has been jailed for six
:07:54. > :07:58.months,after admitting making false expense claims amounting to nearly
:07:59. > :08:01.?13,000. When sentencing, the judge said there was "deliberate" and
:08:02. > :08:10."prolonged dishonesty over a period of years." Our political
:08:11. > :08:16.correspondent Ben Wright reports. He arrived with a suitcase, prepared
:08:17. > :08:22.for prison. Last month, the former Labour minister pleaded guilty to
:08:23. > :08:30.filing 19 bogus expense claims, amounting to nearly ?30,000 between
:08:31. > :08:33.2005 and 2008. He faked receipts for research work and trips carried out
:08:34. > :08:41.for a think tank he ran. Denis MacShane knew a judge could impose a
:08:42. > :08:45.custodial sentence. Shaking his head occasionally, he stood in the dock
:08:46. > :08:50.as Mr Justice Sweeney delivered his sentence. He said the former MP had
:08:51. > :08:54.no one to blame but himself and that his dishonesty had been considerable
:08:55. > :09:00.and repeated many times over a long period. Denis MacShane entered the
:09:01. > :09:04.Commons as MP for Rotherham in 1994 and quickly made a name for himself
:09:05. > :09:10.as one of the most enthusiastic pro-European voices in Parliament.
:09:11. > :09:15.Tony Blair made the French-speaking MPA minister. Now he becomes the
:09:16. > :09:22.fifth MP to be imprisoned in the aftermath of the parliamentary
:09:23. > :09:26.expenses scandal. The judge said Denis MacShane's case was different
:09:27. > :09:31.to that of other MPs because he was not motivated by greed. He did not
:09:32. > :09:34.seek to line his own pockets. However, the judge said Denis
:09:35. > :09:39.MacShane had done damage to Parliament and democracy. As he was
:09:40. > :09:46.led from the dock he was heard to minister quelle suprise, what a
:09:47. > :09:51.surprise. He has been given a six-month sentence but will be
:09:52. > :09:54.released after three. Talks between the five Northern
:09:55. > :09:58.Ireland Executive parties in Belfast have been delayed. They were due to
:09:59. > :10:02.discuss proposals for dealing with parades, flags and the legacy and
:10:03. > :10:06.aftermath of the troubles. Richard Haass, a former diplomat from the
:10:07. > :10:17.US, gave them the third draft of his proposed plans on Sunday. Chris
:10:18. > :10:22.Buckler is in Belfast for us now. Yes, they had expected to be round
:10:23. > :10:26.the table negotiating here at the Stormont hotel. In reality, the
:10:27. > :10:32.parties have had to put that back. They are waiting for a fourth draft
:10:33. > :10:36.of proposals from the chairman Doctor Richard Haass. It is not for
:10:37. > :10:39.him to do a deal, it is for the politicians to try and agree
:10:40. > :10:44.something on those big issues. There seems to be deadlock over the issue
:10:45. > :10:48.of flags but that has been some progress as far as parades and the
:10:49. > :10:51.past goes. Dealing with these issues is so important when it comes to
:10:52. > :10:57.dealing with the potential instability with the government at
:10:58. > :11:00.Stormont and also in the streets. They are the images all too often
:11:01. > :11:06.associated with Northern Ireland. Violence with deep roots and decades
:11:07. > :11:12.of division. The Richard Haass talks have been trying to prevent future
:11:13. > :11:16.years of trouble, by dealing with the problems caused by parades,
:11:17. > :11:20.flags and the past. However, the politicians which represent what is
:11:21. > :11:24.often seen as two separate communities, seem unable to do a
:11:25. > :11:28.deal on one of those issues. At best, the outcome of these talks
:11:29. > :11:33.will be to have more talks about flags. We need to start to show
:11:34. > :11:37.respect about each other's cultures. The parades and flags will
:11:38. > :11:44.be difficult issues but I believe it can be resolved. There needs to be a
:11:45. > :11:46.will to sit down with each other. Victims are the centre of proposals
:11:47. > :11:53.about dealing with Northern Ireland's past. Lawrence Keown is a
:11:54. > :11:57.former IRA hunger striker. He has been funded with European peace made
:11:58. > :12:03.to work on an exhibition about people affected by the violence of
:12:04. > :12:10.the Troubles. We are talking about a number of issues and it has moved on
:12:11. > :12:14.significantly. But there is still some way to go to bringing Northern
:12:15. > :12:25.Ireland's two communities together which is why it is proving so
:12:26. > :12:30.difficult to have an agreement. You said they would simply be an
:12:31. > :12:34.agreement for more talks. Is that what you expect? As far as flags are
:12:35. > :12:38.concerned, that will be the case. Parties have been arriving in the
:12:39. > :12:43.last hour. We have been saying, can you do a deal? They have been saying
:12:44. > :12:46.it is a challenge. It is worth emphasising that there has been some
:12:47. > :12:51.progress made on parades on the past that flags is a huge sticking point
:12:52. > :12:58.and there is a chance that it will be simply parked. Complete deadlock.
:12:59. > :13:03.Over the weekend some of that tension did spill out. Unionist
:13:04. > :13:07.party members had to apologise after telling Richard Haass, go home and
:13:08. > :13:12.leave us who live here to mend our ways. But as to the American
:13:13. > :13:16.diplomat chairing the talks. He said he was not going to mention the word
:13:17. > :13:19.failure. He talked about successful something else. On flags it seems
:13:20. > :13:25.fro clear we will get something else.
:13:26. > :13:27.Rolf Harris has been charged with three more counts of sexual assault,
:13:28. > :13:32.including one allegation against a girl aged seven or eight. Mr Harris,
:13:33. > :13:36.who's 83, had already been charged with 13 offences. He's due to face
:13:37. > :13:46.trial in April. Clive Coleman reports.
:13:47. > :13:50.We had brought most of the necessary equipment but that pool table came
:13:51. > :13:55.in handy. For decades, Rolf Harris has been one of the most popular
:13:56. > :14:01.faces on television screens, hosting programmes like Animal Hospital, but
:14:02. > :14:07.in August he was charged with 13 alleged sexual offences. They
:14:08. > :14:13.included nine counts of indecent assault, relating to two girls aged
:14:14. > :14:16.between 14 and 16 in the 1980s and four council making indecent images
:14:17. > :14:24.of a child between March and July 2012. He has been charged as a
:14:25. > :14:27.result of Operation Yewtree, the investigation into alleged sexual
:14:28. > :14:33.offences by Jimmy Savile and others. But enquiries has three strands,
:14:34. > :14:37.claims involving Savile, claims involving Savile and others and
:14:38. > :14:40.those involving others. Rolf Harris is being dealt with under the
:14:41. > :14:44.other's strand meaning the allegations are not linked to Jimmy
:14:45. > :14:48.Savile. Now the Crown Prosecution Service has decided of Harris should
:14:49. > :14:53.face a further three allegations of indecent assault. The alleged
:14:54. > :14:57.offences concern when existing complainant and two new
:14:58. > :15:05.complainants. One case of indecent assault relates to a girl aged seven
:15:06. > :15:11.or eight in the 1960s, another girl aged 14 in 1969 and a girl aged 19
:15:12. > :15:16.in 1984. She is a complainant in six of the original counts. Rolf Harris
:15:17. > :15:18.will next appear in court in London on January 14, and his trial is set
:15:19. > :15:27.to start in April. Our top story this lunchtime:
:15:28. > :15:30.Christmas chaos threatened, as millions rush to get home, ahead of
:15:31. > :15:42.severe weather warnings across the UK.
:15:43. > :15:43.Just the ticket. How councils have made record profits from their
:15:44. > :15:51.parking charges. Later on BBC London: Calls for more
:15:52. > :15:54.to be done, as homelessness among young people in London has doubled
:15:55. > :15:56.in the past three years. And, why church services in London
:15:57. > :15:57.see record number of worshippers, despite dwindling congregations
:15:58. > :16:08.across the country. As Christians here gear up for
:16:09. > :16:11.Christmas, many in the Middle East are facing an ever-increasing threat
:16:12. > :16:18.of violence from Islamist extremists. In Syria and Egypt,
:16:19. > :16:21.there's been a sharp rise in the number of attacks, and the levels of
:16:22. > :16:24.violence being used. In Egypt, one in ten of the population is a Coptic
:16:25. > :16:26.Christian. And Orla Guerin has been talking to some of them about the
:16:27. > :16:40.recent rise in violence. Play time for Filopateer, known as
:16:41. > :16:46.Foo-Foo. Just three years old, and already a victim of sectarian
:16:47. > :16:49.hatred. He was shot twice in the stomach when gunmen attacked Coptic
:16:50. > :16:57.Christians at a wedding in Cairo in October. Mariam, his seven-year-old
:16:58. > :17:02.sister, was one of the four people killed. She collapsed at the feet of
:17:03. > :17:07.their mother. TRANSLATION: When the shooting
:17:08. > :17:11.started, I did not think it was live ammunition, I thought it was
:17:12. > :17:16.fireworks. I felt on my children and kept telling them, do not worry, do
:17:17. > :17:26.not be afraid. Mariam was not moving. I had no idea she was dead.
:17:27. > :17:33.Her husband Ashraf shows me the last picture ever taken of Mariam, in her
:17:34. > :17:40.new outfit for the wedding. He says attacks on Christians go unpunished.
:17:41. > :17:48.And, for hours drive away, in upper Egypt, more evidence of religious
:17:49. > :17:54.intolerance. At a church in Minya city set alight. Fire raged here for
:17:55. > :17:59.about nine hours. Only a shell was left standing. The church had been
:18:00. > :18:04.renovated just six months before. The devastation here was echoed
:18:05. > :18:09.elsewhere. Church officials say over 100 religious buildings were damaged
:18:10. > :18:17.or destroyed in a single week in August. They say the attacks were
:18:18. > :18:20.systematic and premeditated. The local priest blames the Muslim
:18:21. > :18:24.Brotherhood and other Islamists for the attacks on his church, which
:18:25. > :18:31.took place under the noses of police.
:18:32. > :18:37.TRANSLATION: The church is no more than 12 foot steps away from the
:18:38. > :18:43.police headquarters. When police were asked to come and help, they
:18:44. > :18:49.refused. They said they did not have orders to interfere in this problem.
:18:50. > :18:57.Church burnings are not the only torment. This pharmacist was
:18:58. > :19:04.kidnapped in September. His wife had to raise $43,000 to get him back. He
:19:05. > :19:10.had been held for two days, brutally beaten and mistreated, and thrown in
:19:11. > :19:14.a pit. TRANSLATION: One of the kidnappers
:19:15. > :19:20.said, this is the death pit where you will now be buried. As soon as I
:19:21. > :19:25.was pushed in, I could smell the dead bodies inside, the stench was
:19:26. > :19:31.unbearable. The guide put his gun in my mouth. I felt it was my final
:19:32. > :19:37.moments. Back at the destroyed church, the
:19:38. > :19:41.congregation now praise under canvas in the courtyard. Christians here
:19:42. > :19:46.are hoping for better days, for Egypt, and for their community. They
:19:47. > :19:52.say the extremists are a minority and the faithful will be relying on
:19:53. > :19:55.God to keep them safe. The last two members of the Russian
:19:56. > :19:58.punk group Pussy Riot have been freed from jail, as part of the
:19:59. > :20:01.latest amnesty granted by President Putin. They had been serving a
:20:02. > :20:03.two-year sentence for hooliganism and religious hatred, after staging
:20:04. > :20:08.a protest song inside Moscow cathedral. Our diplomatic
:20:09. > :20:17.correspondent Bridget Kendall reports.
:20:18. > :20:21.The latest high-profile prisoner releases in Russia. Maria
:20:22. > :20:26.Alyokhina, a member of the distant punk rock band Pussy Riot.
:20:27. > :20:31.Initially, she looked shocked and disorientated as she was set free
:20:32. > :20:37.this morning. But that soon gave way to continued defiance.
:20:38. > :20:42.We will carry on our fight for social and human rights, she said,
:20:43. > :20:48.and we will not change our methods. She called the amnesty just a hoax
:20:49. > :20:53.and a PR stunt. Then, thousands of miles away in Siberia came the
:20:54. > :20:56.release of her fellow musician, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. She too
:20:57. > :21:01.denounced the prison amnesty, calling it a ploy to head off a
:21:02. > :21:08.boycott of the Russian Olympics by foreign leaders, and appealed to the
:21:09. > :21:12.outside world not to be hoodwinked. TRANSLATION: I would like to seek
:21:13. > :21:18.additional legislation so all political prisoners are released.
:21:19. > :21:24.This is just the beginning now. In Russia, it is a thin line between
:21:25. > :21:27.freedom and lack of freedom. Freedom is always relative in a totalitarian
:21:28. > :21:31.state. It was this stunt which got the
:21:32. > :21:37.Pussy Riot band members into trouble, a provocative punk protest
:21:38. > :21:42.song staged inside eight Cathedral, outraging many Russian believers. At
:21:43. > :21:46.their trial, their case was taken up by international human rights
:21:47. > :21:50.campaigners shocked at tough jail sentences for mothers with young
:21:51. > :21:52.children. They are not the only high-profile prisoners benefiting
:21:53. > :22:00.from a new leniency from the Kremlin. So too has this former oil
:22:01. > :22:05.tycoon unexpectedly flown to freedom in Germany last week, ending ten
:22:06. > :22:11.years in prison and a Siberian labour camps. Is this all about the
:22:12. > :22:19.Olympics in Sochi, ensuring foreign criticism does not spoil it?
:22:20. > :22:23.Certainly, at his annual press conference last week, President
:22:24. > :22:28.Putin did not sound as if he was taking a softer line on internal
:22:29. > :22:34.critics. He said he was sorry the Pussy Riot woman had been imprisoned
:22:35. > :22:37.and called a protest disgraceful. Whether he will tolerate new acts of
:22:38. > :22:40.defiance from them seems highly doubtful.
:22:41. > :22:43.English councils have made another record surplus from their parking
:22:44. > :22:46.charges, according to the RAC. In 2012-13, councils made a "profit" of
:22:47. > :22:55.nearly ?600 million from parking operations. That's a 5% increase on
:22:56. > :23:00.the year before. However, 52 of the 353 parking authorities across
:23:01. > :23:09.England reported a deficit. Sophie Hutchinson reports.
:23:10. > :23:14.The pain of overstaying your welcome. Each year, parking fines
:23:15. > :23:19.and charges generate millions of pounds for local councils. The
:23:20. > :23:23.latest figures suggest profits have reached record levels and seven out
:23:24. > :23:28.of the top ten earning councils are in London. A report by the RAC
:23:29. > :23:34.Foundation says Westminster makes the most, almost ?40 million in the
:23:35. > :23:39.past year. Outside the capital, Brighton and Hove Council next with
:23:40. > :23:44.?16 million. Then, not in which made ?12 million. There is a suspicion,
:23:45. > :23:51.as government have cut grants to councils, which they have done on a
:23:52. > :23:55.large scale, and Council tax is capped, local authorities are
:23:56. > :24:03.charging more and more for parking to fill in that gap, which is not
:24:04. > :24:07.legal. This is already under the spotlight, the government is looking
:24:08. > :24:12.whether to ban cameras or yellow lines. Today's report about profits
:24:13. > :24:23.will add to the pressure for parking charges to be reformed. Across
:24:24. > :24:27.councils in the UK, it is a legitimate way of raising extra
:24:28. > :24:33.revenue for cash-strapped local authorities. I am a builder. It is
:24:34. > :24:37.?35 a day. There is always a parking attendant at the car waiting to
:24:38. > :24:43.catch you out. I do start to wonder what they are doing with their
:24:44. > :24:48.money. Westminster Council has stressed its only spends income from
:24:49. > :24:53.parking on transport. The Association which represents local
:24:54. > :24:56.authorities insist it is a myth to suggest otherwise. The indications
:24:57. > :25:02.are online, to find out what the council is spending their money on,
:25:03. > :25:08.council tax and money raised from parking charges. The debate over
:25:09. > :25:11.parking is unlikely to stall, with today's report predicting even
:25:12. > :25:14.higher earnings for councils in the New Year.
:25:15. > :25:16.A British Airways plane bound for London has hit a building at
:25:17. > :25:20.Johannesburg's Tambo Airport last night. The flight was taxiing when
:25:21. > :25:28.its right wing hit the building, slightly injuring four people
:25:29. > :25:31.inside. England have had to call up urgent
:25:32. > :25:33.replacements for the remainder of the Ashes series, after Graeme
:25:34. > :25:37.Swann's shock retirement midway through the tour. It comes just days
:25:38. > :25:40.after England lost the third Test in Perth. They're now 3-0 down, with
:25:41. > :25:50.the real threat of a series whitewash. Dan Roan's report
:25:51. > :25:55.contains some flash photography. England have been trying to do their
:25:56. > :25:58.duty here in Melbourne, although the Ashes are lost, commitments still
:25:59. > :26:04.have to be met. Putting a brave face on things is becoming harder. As if
:26:05. > :26:07.retiring mid-series wasn't controversial enough, Graeme Swann
:26:08. > :26:12.has accused unnamed players of arrogance. That is interpreted as a
:26:13. > :26:18.swipe against his former England team-mates. What does his
:26:19. > :26:22.replacement make of it? He probably knows who he is referring to. In
:26:23. > :26:29.terms of his team-mates, we are right behind him. We loved him to
:26:30. > :26:33.bits. He had great character, his sense of humour was good. We will
:26:34. > :26:40.back him. With three days to go until the fourth test match, the
:26:41. > :26:45.England players are trying to be good tourists, but the reality is
:26:46. > :26:48.this is a tour gone bad. No such problems for Australia, basking in
:26:49. > :26:53.the glory that comes with having regained the Ashes. They are taking
:26:54. > :26:59.it in their stride and no matter how tempting, refused to be drawn on the
:27:00. > :27:05.chaos of their opponents. It is not our changing room, all I can speak
:27:06. > :27:10.of is us. We're all good mates, we are happy with the way we are
:27:11. > :27:14.going. Australia are enjoying this as they target a whitewash. The gulf
:27:15. > :27:17.between them and their opponents growing wider by the day.
:27:18. > :27:27.Time for a look at the weather. Here's Elizabeth Saary.
:27:28. > :27:31.Some pretty miserable conditions out and about. Some wild weather
:27:32. > :27:37.conditions to content with, not just today, but into tomorrow as well. We
:27:38. > :27:41.are no strangers to severe weather but it couldn't come at a worse time
:27:42. > :27:47.with the roads busy. We have a number of weather warnings. This
:27:48. > :27:52.amber weather warning is for rain, affecting southern England and South
:27:53. > :27:56.Wales. A lot of rain coming our way. You can see that stretches into the
:27:57. > :28:03.Atlantic. A broad weather front coming across the South. The rain
:28:04. > :28:11.will be relentless, coupled by these strong winds, severe gales. At least
:28:12. > :28:16.for the next 16 hours, across southern parts, that is where we are
:28:17. > :28:23.concerned with rain which could give rise to flooding. The temperatures
:28:24. > :28:26.are academic, it is mild, turning colder further north with snow
:28:27. > :28:33.falling across the Scottish mountains. Let us look at the rest
:28:34. > :28:37.of today in the South where we see the worst of it, 60 millimetres of
:28:38. > :28:43.rain falling across the South West of England, south Wales and central
:28:44. > :28:52.England, into the south-east, 80 mph winds. Strong enough to cause
:28:53. > :28:58.significant damage. The next weather warning is for the winter. This
:28:59. > :29:02.comes into effect in the early hours of Christmas Eve. This will be
:29:03. > :29:10.across the extreme south-east of England. That will eventually clear
:29:11. > :29:16.away through Christmas eve. Looking better across the South. In the
:29:17. > :29:24.north-west on Christmas Eve, we will seek 80 mph gusts. Some wintry
:29:25. > :29:28.weather, blizzard conditions over the Scottish mountains. Wintry
:29:29. > :29:33.showers into Northern Ireland and northern England. A called a feeling
:29:34. > :29:41.day on Christmas Eve. A lot of problems expected over the next day
:29:42. > :29:48.or two, disruption is a possibility. Thankfully, we get a breather on
:29:49. > :29:53.Christmas Day, it settled down. The winds die down. Boxing Day is not
:29:54. > :29:55.too bad. But coming our way is another big area of low pressure
:29:56. > :30:04.bringing wild weather for Friday. At 1.30pm, a reminder of our main
:30:05. > :30:07.story this lunchtime. Christmas chaos is threatened as
:30:08. > :30:10.millions brushed to get home ahead of that powerful storm hitting the
:30:11. > :30:12.UK. That's all from the News at One this
:30:13. > :30:13.lunchtime.