:00:09. > :00:11.missing three year-old boy from Edinburgh. A police helicopter,
:00:12. > :00:16.sniffer dogs and coastguard teams are also involved in the search.
:00:17. > :00:22.Mikaeel Kular hasn't been seen since his mother put him to bed on
:00:23. > :00:25.Wednesday evening. I remain optimistic, of course I do, but as
:00:26. > :00:28.time passes, I become deeply concerned. We'll be live there in a
:00:29. > :00:35.moment. Also this lunchtime: Ed Miliband outlines his plans to
:00:36. > :00:43.break up the big high street banks if Labour wins the next election. An
:00:44. > :00:47.alleged rape victim of Coronation Street star William Roache tells the
:00:48. > :00:53.court she was so humiliated by the attack that she kept it a secret
:00:54. > :00:57.time. A woman has told the court how the DJ Dave Lee Travis put his hand
:00:58. > :01:01.up her skirt while he was presenting an episode of Top of the Pops. Not
:01:02. > :01:04.only a bumper Christmas, but also a bumper year on our High Streets
:01:05. > :01:07.according to new figures released today. The Japanese soldier who
:01:08. > :01:11.wouldn't believe the Second World War had ended and spent nearly 30
:01:12. > :01:14.years hiding in the jungle has died at the age of 91.
:01:15. > :01:19.Later on BBC London: The police watchdog promises to interview
:01:20. > :01:22.officers in the Duggan case that haven't spoken before. And the
:01:23. > :01:23.Government will fight a ruling stopping a London school becoming an
:01:24. > :01:54.academy. Hello, and welcome to the BBC news
:01:55. > :01:58.one. -- the BBC News at one o'clock. It has become a massive ground, sea
:01:59. > :02:00.and air search, as hundreds of local people join the emergency services
:02:01. > :02:04.in the hunt for three year-old Mikaeel Kular. He was last seen when
:02:05. > :02:07.his mother put him to bed at their Edinburgh flat on Wednesday night.
:02:08. > :02:11.But despite a systematic search of the area, there is still no trace of
:02:12. > :02:13.the little boy, and police say they are deeply concerned. Our
:02:14. > :02:21.correspondent Kevin Keane is in Edinburgh. Yes, this is the centre
:02:22. > :02:25.of the search for this missing boy, the flat behind me, which has been
:02:26. > :02:31.entered by more police officers this morning. They have also been taping
:02:32. > :02:35.off areas of dustbins, looking for clues as to where he is. Most of the
:02:36. > :02:39.attention is now focusing away from the street and into the vicinity
:02:40. > :02:46.where he could be. There are huge numbers of people in small and large
:02:47. > :02:50.groups. You can see the scene from our helicopter. People are combing
:02:51. > :02:52.the area, looking for clues, and more importantly, seeing if they can
:02:53. > :03:06.find this missing boy. It is a community which is coming
:03:07. > :03:11.together. Residents from all across Edinburgh gathered to help police in
:03:12. > :03:16.the search. Despite the passing hours, there is determination,
:03:17. > :03:21.energy and fear. The community spirit here has been fantastic. That
:03:22. > :03:25.is absolutely recognised by ourselves, and our sincere thanks to
:03:26. > :03:30.everyone who's come out and help so far. It's great to see that
:03:31. > :03:34.continuing today. Hundreds of people have come to join the search for
:03:35. > :03:38.varying reasons. Someone here yesterday, some I hate the first
:03:39. > :03:43.time, like Magnus. Why are you here? -- some are here for first time. I
:03:44. > :03:48.am a parent so I'm naturally concerned. My children have grown
:03:49. > :03:55.up, but you have to do, because it is a child. I am a father and
:03:56. > :04:00.grandfather. If my grandson had gone I like to think people would come
:04:01. > :04:03.out and search for the lad. Mikaeel Kular was last seen at 9pm on
:04:04. > :04:08.Thursday when his mother put him to bed. He was reported missing the
:04:09. > :04:13.next morning when his bed was found empty at 7:15am. By 5pm, the UK had
:04:14. > :04:17.opened a hotline. At 10am this morning the police responded to a
:04:18. > :04:23.police request for help. Every possible method is being applied to
:04:24. > :04:27.search for Mikaeel, from the air, water, even on horseback. Police are
:04:28. > :04:33.looking everywhere and asking residents to do the same. We are
:04:34. > :04:35.very open-minded and follow all lines of enquiry open to us, but
:04:36. > :04:40.please help us with the search. Check your local premises, your
:04:41. > :04:45.garden, your sheds, your cars, anywhere a small three-year-old who
:04:46. > :04:51.might have been out and about would find some shelter. After some cold
:04:52. > :04:54.nights and a day and a half of searching, concern is growing, but
:04:55. > :05:01.so is this community's determination to bring the boy home. These
:05:02. > :05:05.volunteers have been out throughout the night, in all weathers. It has
:05:06. > :05:08.been cold, and are quite a few hours it was raining heavily as well. The
:05:09. > :05:15.weather is now favouring them, but it is still quite close to zero, and
:05:16. > :05:21.that will be of concern to the police and the family in terms of
:05:22. > :05:24.the little boy's safety. They will continue searching through the
:05:25. > :05:28.course of the afternoon, and as far as the volunteers are concerned, as
:05:29. > :05:35.long as possible, until the boy is returned. The Labour leader Ed
:05:36. > :05:38.Miliband has outlined his plans to break-up Britain's high street banks
:05:39. > :05:42.if he wins the next election. He says it's time for a "reckoning"
:05:43. > :05:44.with the industry, and that a Labour government would create at least two
:05:45. > :05:47.so-called challenger banks, by forcing some of the Big Five to sell
:05:48. > :05:52.off branches. Our political correspondent Carole Walker reports.
:05:53. > :05:59.Ed Miliband says the banking market, dominated by five big players, is
:06:00. > :06:04.broken and it is the root cause of many of the problems in our economy.
:06:05. > :06:08.Last year he took on the energy giants. This year, it is the banks.
:06:09. > :06:13.Mr Miliband set out his plans to break up a system in which four
:06:14. > :06:18.banks control 85% of small business lending. That is one of the most
:06:19. > :06:23.concentrated patterns of ownership in the world and it means there is
:06:24. > :06:27.just not a spur to competition that we need. So we end up with small
:06:28. > :06:33.firms not getting the lending, with poor customer service and high
:06:34. > :06:36.charges. Under Labour's banking reforms, the competition and market
:06:37. > :06:39.authority would tell the big banks to sell branches, oversee the
:06:40. > :06:46.creation of at least two new Challenger banks, and at least set a
:06:47. > :06:49.maximum size for banks. The Prime Minister, at a road improvement
:06:50. > :06:56.project in Norfolk, dismissed Labour's proposals. What we need is
:06:57. > :06:59.an entire economic plan that builds roads and railways, helps small
:07:00. > :07:02.businesses, creates jobs, cuts taxes. That is what this government
:07:03. > :07:07.is delivering and it is what the country needs. All the parties agree
:07:08. > :07:11.on the need for more competition in the banking system and more lending
:07:12. > :07:15.to small businesses, but bankers warn of big problems in the Labour
:07:16. > :07:18.Party plan. They point out if a bank is told to cut the size of its
:07:19. > :07:25.business to make way for a new rival, it could simply shared its
:07:26. > :07:28.least profitable customers. If the bank is near the cap on customers
:07:29. > :07:31.allowed by the government, you go into the bank and they will have to
:07:32. > :07:34.say we cannot serve you, we have reached the number of customers and
:07:35. > :07:38.you have to go somewhere else. It's not good for customers, competition
:07:39. > :07:42.or the country. There are warnings that the plan will create
:07:43. > :07:45.uncertainty over the future of Lloyds and RBS, making it harder for
:07:46. > :07:49.the government to sell off its shares and return the bank to
:07:50. > :07:54.private ownership. Taking on the banks could be a popular move, but
:07:55. > :07:55.voters only believe it will work as part of a wider plan to rebuild the
:07:56. > :08:03.economy. Let's speak to our chief political
:08:04. > :08:06.correspondent Norman Smith. Norman, on the face of it, it sounds like a
:08:07. > :08:13.major policy announcement. How significant is this? I think this
:08:14. > :08:16.was a big moment for Ed Miliband and labour as he seeks to reignite the
:08:17. > :08:21.argument on the economy and their offensive over the cost of living,
:08:22. > :08:25.to regain some of the momentum after his party conference pledge to
:08:26. > :08:29.freeze energy prices. Over recent months, the offensive over the cost
:08:30. > :08:34.of living has floundered in the face of better economic news on jobs,
:08:35. > :08:41.inflation and growth. Today Ed Miliband's pitch was to say a few
:08:42. > :08:47.months at a news will not solve the cost of living crisis, this is a
:08:48. > :08:52.long-term, generational problem -- months of good news. He wants to
:08:53. > :08:56.give space to smaller banks so they can lend to small and medium-size
:08:57. > :09:00.businesses to create new, decent, long-term jobs. That is how you
:09:01. > :09:05.tackle the cost of living crisis. He also tried to refrain some of the
:09:06. > :09:09.language and the mood music. Less emphasis on the cuts and hardships,
:09:10. > :09:12.but talking about the families who are doing OK but felt they and the
:09:13. > :09:17.country should be doing better. It is a move that comes with huge
:09:18. > :09:21.risks. The first is breaking up the banks simply doesn't work. Already
:09:22. > :09:25.the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has expressed
:09:26. > :09:28.scepticism. Labour have hit back suggesting he does not get involved
:09:29. > :09:34.in politics. But they have had to concede that their move would damage
:09:35. > :09:38.shares in Lloyds and RBS, making it harder to solve. But above all it is
:09:39. > :09:43.a risk, because Ed Miliband is taking a gamble on the mood and
:09:44. > :09:47.tempo of the British public. He is gambling that they are in the mood
:09:48. > :09:48.for radicalism, for reckoning. Rather than for the slow, patient
:09:49. > :09:56.grind of plan A. An alleged rape victim of Coronation
:09:57. > :10:00.Street star William Roache has told a court she was so "humiliated" at
:10:01. > :10:04.the attack that she kept it a secret at the time. Preston Crown Court has
:10:05. > :10:07.been told she was a "gullible kid" who was raped twice in 1967 at the
:10:08. > :10:12.actor's then home in Lancashire, the first time when she was 15. Roache,
:10:13. > :10:16.who has played Ken Barlow since the launch of the ITV soap, denies the
:10:17. > :10:17.charges against him. Our correspondent Daniel Boettcher
:10:18. > :10:27.reports. William Roache arrived at court for
:10:28. > :10:32.the fourth day of his trial accompanied by members of his
:10:33. > :10:35.family. The 81-year-old actor faces seven charges, including two
:10:36. > :10:39.allegations of rape. The court heard evidence from a woman, now aged 62,
:10:40. > :10:44.who said she was raped when she was a teenager at this bungalow in
:10:45. > :10:47.Lancashire which, at the time, belongs to William Roache but is now
:10:48. > :10:52.owned by somebody else. She also alleges he raped her again at a
:10:53. > :10:55.different property that he owned. Today the woman was cross-examined
:10:56. > :10:58.by the defence barrister representing William Roache. The
:10:59. > :11:02.witness, whose identity is protected, appeared by video link on
:11:03. > :11:06.and was asked why she did not tell her family or friends at school what
:11:07. > :11:08.had happened. She said she was so shocked she would never have
:11:09. > :11:13.mentioned it because I had been so gullible to have been caught in the
:11:14. > :11:17.situation, and added, I was humiliated, disgusted and ashamed.
:11:18. > :11:20.Asked about the second alleged rape, the witness said she agreed to
:11:21. > :11:22.go into the cottage because she thought somebody else was inside,
:11:23. > :11:27.but she said she knew straightaway that something wasn't right. She was
:11:28. > :11:39.asked by the defensive she tried to stop William Roache.
:11:40. > :11:43.William Roache denies two counts of rape and five indecent assault. The
:11:44. > :11:48.trial is expected to last for four weeks.
:11:49. > :11:54.A woman has told a court how the DJ Dave Lee Travis put his hand up her
:11:55. > :11:57.skirt while he was presenting an episode of Top of the Pops. The
:11:58. > :12:00.woman, who can't be named for legal reasons, said she was 17 when Travis
:12:01. > :12:04.indecently assaulted her at the BBC studios in Shepherd's Bush in 1978.
:12:05. > :12:06.He denies 13 counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.
:12:07. > :12:13.Our correspondent June Kelly reports.
:12:14. > :12:20.Under scrutiny in this trial is Dave Lee Travis's behaviour in his long
:12:21. > :12:25.career both inside and out of the BBC. He is pleading not guilty to 13
:12:26. > :12:29.charges of indecent assault and one of sexual assault over a period of
:12:30. > :12:34.more than 30 years. Today in court, the focus was on one of the earlier
:12:35. > :12:39.counts against him, dating back to the late 1970s. Good evening, it's
:12:40. > :12:44.Thursday, and time for some of the best music around on another edition
:12:45. > :12:47.of Top of the Pops. At the time he was a regular presenter of one of
:12:48. > :12:51.the BBC's biggest shows. It's claimed that on this edition, Dave
:12:52. > :12:55.Lee Travis assaulted the teenager on the right of the screen as he
:12:56. > :12:59.introduced the next record. Today she became the latest of his alleged
:13:00. > :13:04.victims to testify or stop like the others, she gave her evidence from
:13:05. > :13:06.behind a screen -- to testify. She told the court how he put his hand
:13:07. > :13:22.up her skirt. The woman said she and her friend
:13:23. > :13:27.were told by one of the Top of the Pops crew that the DJ had asked for
:13:28. > :13:31.them to stand next to him. She said she could not watch the show when it
:13:32. > :13:38.was broadcast. Dave Lee Travis was also a regular on the radio one Road
:13:39. > :13:40.show. Today a woman said she assaulted her when the road show was
:13:41. > :13:45.in the West Country and she was working at a local hotel. Throughout
:13:46. > :13:48.the evidence from both women, the former presenter shook his head when
:13:49. > :13:52.he listened to the accounts. The court has now adjourned for the
:13:53. > :13:58.week. Dave Lee Travis is due back in the dock on Monday.
:13:59. > :14:02.The French president, Francoise Hollande has made his first visit to
:14:03. > :14:06.hospital to see his partner. She was admitted a week ago after reports
:14:07. > :14:12.emerged that the President's affair with the actress Julie Gayet. An
:14:13. > :14:15.inquest has heard that a man lay dying at home waiting for paramedics
:14:16. > :14:22.while an ambulance was outside a hospital for nearly five hours
:14:23. > :14:25.dropping off a patient. Fred Pring, aged 74 and from Flintshire, died 42
:14:26. > :14:29.minutes after his wife had first called 999. She had rung four times
:14:30. > :14:30.but there was not an ambulance available. Our correspondent Cemlyn
:14:31. > :14:42.Davies reports. Pictured by his wife on his
:14:43. > :14:46.birthday, Fred Ping was 74 when he died at his home near mould, he
:14:47. > :14:50.suffered with heart trouble but, in the early hours last March one
:14:51. > :14:56.morning, his condition deteriorated. Fred died at quite severe chest
:14:57. > :15:02.pains. I asked him if it was bad enough to call the ambulance. He
:15:03. > :15:06.said yes. I dialled 999, and explained what his condition was.
:15:07. > :15:12.They said help would be coming. Joyce called for an ambulance for
:15:13. > :15:17.times, but 40 minutes after first dialling 909, the paramedics still
:15:18. > :15:22.hadn't arrived. Eventually, he couldn't take any more, and he just
:15:23. > :15:27.passed away. The inquest heard recordings of the calls. The first
:15:28. > :15:37.made at 1:09pm. Ten minutes later, she rang again and said: After
:15:38. > :15:42.dialling 99 93rd time, the operator told her, this service has been very
:15:43. > :15:51.busy in the area but an ambulance would be down as soon as possible.
:15:52. > :15:56.The final call made at 152, began with, this is my fourth call, I
:15:57. > :15:59.think my husband has died. Today a member of the Welsh ambulance
:16:00. > :16:04.service said and added should have arrived within eight minutes but
:16:05. > :16:08.there wasn't one available. That was because several ambulances were
:16:09. > :16:13.being held up outside accident and emergency departments waiting for
:16:14. > :16:17.patients to be admitted. Once spent nearly five hours waiting at Wrexham
:16:18. > :16:19.Maelor Hospital. The ambulance service chief executive is due to
:16:20. > :16:28.give evidence this afternoon. Our top story this lunchtime.
:16:29. > :16:30.Hundreds of people have joined the search for the missing
:16:31. > :16:33.three-year-old Mikaeel Kular from Edinburgh. A police helicopter,
:16:34. > :16:38.sniffer dogs and coastguard teams are also involved in the hunt.
:16:39. > :16:42.And, still to come: Counting the cost of the winter storms.
:16:43. > :16:45.The bill could run into the hundreds of millions.
:16:46. > :16:49.Later on BBC London: A charity criticises staff shortages on the
:16:50. > :16:51.Tube, saying disabled people are being shut out.
:16:52. > :16:54.And we visit Saracens in training, as they bid to become the only
:16:55. > :17:07.London rugby club to make the Heineken Cup quarterfinals.
:17:08. > :17:12.Shops on the High Street not only had a bumper Christmas, but new
:17:13. > :17:14.figures this morning say it was a bumper year too, with the fastest
:17:15. > :17:21.annual sales growth for more than nine years. Retail sales in December
:17:22. > :17:25.were up 5.3% on a year ago, much higher than many analysts had
:17:26. > :17:28.predicted. Online shopping is still expanding, and demand for the latest
:17:29. > :17:38.technology and clothing drove sales. Our correspondent Tim Muffett looks
:17:39. > :17:42.at our changing shopping habits. Yet another convenience store, but
:17:43. > :17:49.one that illustrates the changing face of food shopping. This is
:17:50. > :17:54.Sainsbury 's 594 smaller shop which has just opened in Balsall Common
:17:55. > :18:00.near Coventry. Like Tesco, this supermarket giant now has more
:18:01. > :18:04.convenient stores than supermarkets. There has been a lifestyle change in
:18:05. > :18:07.the way people shop. People want to make sure they can shop more
:18:08. > :18:12.regularly and frequently which is what we have seen, in the
:18:13. > :18:16.convenience area. It allows customers to control how much they
:18:17. > :18:23.spend. Figures released today showed retail sales were up 5.3% compared
:18:24. > :18:27.to one year ago, better than many predicted. In the grocery sector,
:18:28. > :18:32.growth was smaller. The challenges and opportunities facing food
:18:33. > :18:36.retailers seem to be ever-changing. The convenience store sector is
:18:37. > :18:42.predicted to grow by a third over four years according to some
:18:43. > :18:47.analysts. It is worth ?35 billion annually. The other big area of
:18:48. > :18:52.growth is online grocery shopping. That has led some supermarkets to
:18:53. > :18:56.open stores with a difference. No checkouts, no customers, this
:18:57. > :19:01.so-called dark store is run by Waitrose. The only people in it are
:19:02. > :19:07.staff picking products for customers who have ordered online. We don't
:19:08. > :19:10.have sufficient capacity to meet the demand from customers. So we create
:19:11. > :19:16.a dedicated operation like this one here which is purely for our
:19:17. > :19:21.customers to order online. Waitrose plans to open another dark store
:19:22. > :19:25.soon. Tesco already has six. Changes to the way we live mean supermarkets
:19:26. > :19:33.are having to transform the way they do business.
:19:34. > :19:37.Tim off, BBC News. A former soldier has been sentenced
:19:38. > :19:39.after he had admitted causing or allowing the death of his daughter.
:19:40. > :19:42.Liam Culverhouse's 19-month-old daughter Khloe Abrams died in a
:19:43. > :19:48.hospice in November 2012, 18 months after he assaulted her. The
:19:49. > :19:52.25-year-old had previously survived being shot by a rogue policeman in
:19:53. > :19:55.Afghanistan in 2009 during an attack which left five of his colleagues
:19:56. > :19:57.dead. Let's speak to our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale.
:19:58. > :20:01.Take us through what has happened in court this morning?
:20:02. > :20:08.As you say, this is all about Liam Culverhouse who was a soldier
:20:09. > :20:14.serving, he did three tours, Barack, and Afghanistan. Severely injured in
:20:15. > :20:18.November 2009. This case is all about what happened in May 2011 when
:20:19. > :20:23.his seven-week-old daughter Khloe was taken to hospital. We have been
:20:24. > :20:29.hearing about some of the injuries to Khloe who died 18 months later in
:20:30. > :20:34.care. She had injuries to her brain, including haemorrhage, to her body
:20:35. > :20:39.including fractures, internal bleeding, consistent we hear from
:20:40. > :20:45.medical experts with shaking. When he was arrested, Liam told -- said
:20:46. > :20:51.he had been heavy-handed but said he had never hurt her. He admitted he
:20:52. > :20:54.had a tempter -- temper. When he was asked if he had changed because of
:20:55. > :20:58.his experience in Afghanistan, he said, no, I have changed a bit but I
:20:59. > :21:04.am still the same person. We will hear his mitigating circumstances
:21:05. > :21:07.about PTSD later, before he is sentenced.
:21:08. > :21:11.The recent storms and floods have caused hundreds of millions of
:21:12. > :21:13.pounds-worth of damage to the road network, according to estimates
:21:14. > :21:16.released by the Local Government Association. It says the bill's
:21:17. > :21:27.likely to be at least ?400 million in England and Wales alone. The
:21:28. > :21:30.Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for Gatwick our
:21:31. > :21:38.correspondent Mike Sergeant is in Ashford in Surrey. Airport.
:21:39. > :21:42.Over to you. Here, they are replacing the entire surface of the
:21:43. > :21:47.road, part of the long term work to make these roads stronger and more
:21:48. > :21:52.resilient. Councils affected by the floods are also engaged in thousands
:21:53. > :21:57.of repair jobs, reinforcing bridges, mending flood defences, fixing
:21:58. > :22:02.potholes. All of that is proving very expensive.
:22:03. > :22:07.As the deluge continues in some parts of the UK, they are counting
:22:08. > :22:12.the cost. All that water seeping into roads, eroding and cracking
:22:13. > :22:20.surfaces. Mary has a giant pothole right opposite her Surrey home.
:22:21. > :22:26.My yard is filled with water, no drivers could see it. One car has
:22:27. > :22:31.had its wheels damaged. Anyone on a bicycle would be in serious trouble.
:22:32. > :22:36.Council repair teams came out to fix this section of road today. But an
:22:37. > :22:41.overnight downpour made the job impossible for now. Until we get rid
:22:42. > :22:44.of the water problem and it subsides, then we will come back and
:22:45. > :22:49.repair the pothole. If it keeps raining, you can't fix it. All we
:22:50. > :22:53.can do is make it safe. Today there were flood warnings again in parts
:22:54. > :22:57.of Surrey and Sussex. Estimates for the damage of recent weeks are
:22:58. > :23:01.expected to rise. Surrey says it will probably spend ?5 million
:23:02. > :23:21.repairing roads this year. North Norfolk is facing costs of ?3
:23:22. > :23:23.million. Call zero says it has ?2 million of millions, insurance
:23:24. > :23:29.problems, that lies alongside it. It is a bad situation.
:23:30. > :23:35.Some of the biggest expense is in coastal towns battered by giant
:23:36. > :23:42.waves, where seaside roads were ripped up and turned to rubble. Most
:23:43. > :23:45.of the money local authorities spend will be automatically reimbursed by
:23:46. > :23:50.central government under an existing scheme. But councils say they need
:23:51. > :23:57.an extra emergency fund to meet the rising cost of the winter storms.
:23:58. > :24:02.Within the last half an hour, the local government Minister Brandon
:24:03. > :24:03.Lewis has confirmed an additional ?7 million will be made available to
:24:04. > :24:10.councils with the repair efforts. A Japanese soldier who refused to
:24:11. > :24:14.surrender after World War Two ended, and spent 29 years continuing the
:24:15. > :24:18.fight, has died aged 91. Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda finally accepted the war
:24:19. > :24:21.was over in 1974, but only after he was persuaded to come out of the
:24:22. > :24:26.Philippine jungle in by his former commanding officer. Our
:24:27. > :24:42.correspondent Rupert Wingfield Hayes sent this report from Tokyo.
:24:43. > :24:44.NEWSREEL: Japan's surrender delegates are received in Manila
:24:45. > :24:48.with cold formality. 20 August 1945. In Manila, Japanese
:24:49. > :24:50.generals have arrived at the end of the war.
:24:51. > :24:52.These envoys from Emperor Hirohito are here to get their surrender
:24:53. > :24:55.orders. In the dense jungles of the
:24:56. > :24:59.Philippines, small groups fight on. Gradually, they are killed or die,
:25:00. > :25:09.or give themselves up. All except one.
:25:10. > :25:12.It is not until 1974 that Lieutenant Hiroo Onodo finally walks out of the
:25:13. > :25:16.jungle. Still in his battered uniform, still with his Samurai
:25:17. > :25:21.sword at his side. At Tokyo Airport, huge crowds welcome him home. At the
:25:22. > :25:27.bottom of the steps, his elderly father and mother await him. Thank
:25:28. > :25:34.God you have come back alive, she says. The last time she saw her
:25:35. > :25:37.son, he was 22. Now, he is 52. His return made headlines around the
:25:38. > :25:46.world, and he was welcomed in Japan as a hero. The Japan he came back to
:25:47. > :25:49.had completely changed. The Emperor no longer a god, Tokyo a booming
:25:50. > :25:54.metropolis of 20 million. He did not like it at all. A year later, he
:25:55. > :25:58.headed to Brazil where he bought a ranch and raised cattle. But he came
:25:59. > :26:04.back to Japan often and, even at the age of 90, was still giving speeches
:26:05. > :26:07.about loyalty and survival. Lieutenant Onodo was the last relic
:26:08. > :26:19.of another age. Part hero, part fanatic.
:26:20. > :26:22.A 16-year-old schoolboy from Bristol is close to becoming the youngest
:26:23. > :26:25.person ever to get to the South Pole. Lewis Clarke has spent the
:26:26. > :26:28.last few weeks trekking through the Antarctic. He's expected to finish
:26:29. > :26:36.his journey this weekend. Jon Kay reports.
:26:37. > :26:41.After years of dreaming and months of training, Lewis Clarke is nearly
:26:42. > :26:47.there. He has checked for 700 miles through the toughest terrain, and is
:26:48. > :26:53.almost at the South Pole. Hello, Lewis. Fantastic to hear from you!
:26:54. > :26:57.Before the final slog, the 16-year-old called his classmates
:26:58. > :27:00.back in Bristol to answer their questions. George from the junior
:27:01. > :27:12.school says, is it an experience he will never forget? This last week,
:27:13. > :27:18.my body is just telling me to stop. Lewis has spent more than 40 days,
:27:19. > :27:22.sometimes at -40 Celsius, heading to the South Pole with just one adult
:27:23. > :27:30.guide accompanying him. I think when I get there, there will be relief,
:27:31. > :27:38.not having to slog it out nine hours a day, skiing, I will be happy being
:27:39. > :27:42.there. His taste for adventure began when he was just 12. He was part of
:27:43. > :27:49.the youngest team ever to swim the English Channel. To prepare for his
:27:50. > :27:53.South Pole adventure, Lewis had to put on three stone to protect his
:27:54. > :28:00.body in the extreme cold. After all the waiting, I just want to go now.
:28:01. > :28:05.Well, do it, he nearly has. His family back home can't quite believe
:28:06. > :28:10.his determination. Obviously there was Captain Scott, Shackleton, in
:28:11. > :28:15.more recent times, brand of fines. There is a British session with the
:28:16. > :28:19.polar wastes, Everest as well. You feel like Lewis is now in that
:28:20. > :28:26.group. Really proud he is my brother, and that he has done all
:28:27. > :28:30.this stuff. And he is raising money for charity too. So, as he comes to
:28:31. > :28:38.the end of this challenge, what is your next task after this one?
:28:39. > :28:40.Probably getting my GCSEs. Well, at least, geography and PE won't be a
:28:41. > :28:50.problem. Time for a look at the weather.
:28:51. > :28:54.Here's Louise Lear. Some nuisance showers today,
:28:55. > :28:58.particularly across south-east Wales and South East England, they caused
:28:59. > :29:01.disruption this morning to the south of London. Weather warnings have
:29:02. > :29:07.been issued, still in force for the next hour, but they will ease away.
:29:08. > :29:11.In fact, sunny spells and scattered showers remained the headline for
:29:12. > :29:16.the afternoon. Hopefully the showers should ease in intensity. Where we
:29:17. > :29:20.saw the worst, we should get sunshine coming through for Northern
:29:21. > :29:25.Ireland, north-west England and Wales. Miserable for the far north
:29:26. > :29:30.of Scotland across Shetland, gales, rain, some sleet at lower levels.
:29:31. > :29:37.Generally, for most of us, up to 10 degrees. This evening and overnight,
:29:38. > :29:43.those showers should continue to ease for a time across England and
:29:44. > :29:49.Wales. Clearer skies further north. It stays wet and windy to the
:29:50. > :29:52.extreme north. In the South West, we seek wet weather, accompanied by a
:29:53. > :29:59.southerly breeze. Seven degrees first thing. Three degrees in
:30:00. > :30:03.Scotland. It is the intensity of the rain which causes concern in the
:30:04. > :30:10.south-west, particularly Devon, Somerset, Dorset and south-east
:30:11. > :30:15.Wales. Another inch of rain, already falling on saturated ground. River
:30:16. > :30:20.levels are high, the potential for localised flooding. That rain will
:30:21. > :30:22.continue to move further north through the morning into north-west
:30:23. > :30:28.England and Northern Ireland for a time. Some of it again quite
:30:29. > :30:33.intense. Elsewhere on Saturday, starting rather cloudy and grey.
:30:34. > :30:42.Quieter, particularly through eastern England. The rain will shift
:30:43. > :30:48.north and east, patchy and light. Highs on Saturday similar to today,
:30:49. > :30:52.up to 10 degrees. The weather front continues north and east overnight
:30:53. > :30:58.into Sunday morning. Allowing things to quieten down on Sunday. We pick
:30:59. > :31:02.up a southeasterly breeze which will make it feel cooler. The winds are
:31:03. > :31:08.still a feature in the far north-east of Scotland. Elsewhere,
:31:09. > :31:14.patchy frost and Fog, some dents in places. Some sunshine, a few sharp
:31:15. > :31:18.showers to the north and west. If you want to know more about the rain
:31:19. > :31:21.we see today and we have got to come, more details on our website.
:31:22. > :31:28.Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime. In the last few moments,
:31:29. > :31:32.Police Scotland have asked the public for help after a potential
:31:33. > :31:34.sighting of a child matching the description of the