:00:16. > :00:18.Dem peer is set to rejoin the Lords today, despite Nick Clegg's all for
:00:19. > :00:25.him to apologise first over sexual harassment claims. Meissen -- my
:00:26. > :00:29.views are clear. If you cause distress to another collie, and that
:00:30. > :00:34.has been shown to be the case, the most basic and decent thing you can
:00:35. > :00:39.do is apologise. We will have the latest. Also: The mother of three
:00:40. > :00:44.old Mikaeel Kular is due to appear in court in the next hour, charged
:00:45. > :00:49.in connection with his death. -- three-year old.
:00:50. > :00:53.Peace talks are in turmoil as anger at the UN invites the Iranians to a
:00:54. > :00:58.summit on ending the civil war in Syria. Shocking CCTV, Lisa Bjork
:00:59. > :01:02.will help to catch the muggers who kicked and punched this man, then
:01:03. > :01:08.left him on the road. And an early morning wake-up call for the Rosetta
:01:09. > :01:13.spacecraft. 500 millimoles from Earth, it is ready for a rendezvous
:01:14. > :01:16.with a comet. -- 500 million miles. Later on BBC London: The growing
:01:17. > :01:19.number of people stealing their gas and electricity, and why it's adding
:01:20. > :01:22.?30 a year to our bills. And a coroner calls for a senior
:01:23. > :01:40.doctor to be suspended after the death of this toddler.
:01:41. > :01:46.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The crisis
:01:47. > :01:50.engulfing the Liberal Democrats over allegations of sexual harassment
:01:51. > :01:54.against Lord Rennard could come to a head in Parliament today. The peer
:01:55. > :01:59.is expected to rejoin the Lib Dem group in the Lords, but the party's
:02:00. > :02:02.leader says he must first apologise to the women who have complained
:02:03. > :02:07.about his behaviour. Lord Rennard, the party's format Chief Whip, said
:02:08. > :02:14.he had not done anything wrong. Chris Mason reports.
:02:15. > :02:19.The Lib Dems are being split into macro by this man, Lord Rennard. He
:02:20. > :02:22.is not a household name, but for years he's been an essential figure
:02:23. > :02:29.in his party. He has advised leaders, and plotted election
:02:30. > :02:33.campaigns. Now the current leader is angrily touring TV studio demanding
:02:34. > :02:39.that he apologises over allegations of sexual harassment. As a matter of
:02:40. > :02:44.basic reasons you, you say sorry. That has been the recommendation of
:02:45. > :02:50.an independent process. It is the role eyes-macro Judy party holds --
:02:51. > :02:55.it is the view I and the party hold. That is why I don't think he should
:02:56. > :02:59.rejoin the party in the House of Lords until he has made the
:03:00. > :03:03.apology. This is Alison Goldsworthy, one of four activists who have
:03:04. > :03:07.accused him of sexual harassment. Bridget Harris is another. The
:03:08. > :03:11.police concluded there was insufficient evidence to prosecute
:03:12. > :03:17.the peer. Internal enquiries agreed but said he should apologise. But he
:03:18. > :03:21.has refused. All of which leaves a stand-off between Nick Clegg and
:03:22. > :03:24.Lord Rennard. As if this wasn't awkward enough for Mr Clegg, the Lib
:03:25. > :03:30.Dems are very proud of giving their party members say. Internal
:03:31. > :03:34.democracy is what they call it. The clue is in the party's name. But
:03:35. > :03:39.that can leave Nick Clegg as good as powerless while in his party are
:03:40. > :03:43.sounding off will stop Chris Rennard has been through a year of hell. In
:03:44. > :03:48.other circumstances, people would have been driven to suicide. He has
:03:49. > :03:54.had to suffer humiliation through the newspapers comment a after day.
:03:55. > :03:58.This is a good, decent man who has been punished by the party. The
:03:59. > :04:03.leadership seems to be showing scant regard for due process. Lord Rennard
:04:04. > :04:09.and his supporters want him back here in Parliament and back on a
:04:10. > :04:13.powerful policy committee. At least a third of its members don't. It
:04:14. > :04:17.would be better if Chris apologised, and it would be better if he went
:04:18. > :04:23.away and thought about how he would be feeling if he was leading the
:04:24. > :04:26.campaign with all this going on. At the moment, there is little sign of
:04:27. > :04:32.compromise between Lord Rennard and Nick Clegg. The challenge now is to
:04:33. > :04:38.sort this out quickly before Mr Clegg's authority takes a further
:04:39. > :04:42.hit. Let's speak to our chief political correspondent, Norman
:04:43. > :04:49.Smith, at Westminster. It is quite the stand-off. How damaging is it
:04:50. > :04:52.for Nick Clegg? Potentially profoundly damaging. This is high
:04:53. > :04:56.noon for Nick Clegg. Chris Rennard is not just another Lib Dem. He is
:04:57. > :05:00.the man who ran the party of the past 20 or so years. He has breathed
:05:01. > :05:05.life into it at successive elections. He knows where all the
:05:06. > :05:09.bodies are buried. It is a fight to the finish, it seems, between the
:05:10. > :05:12.two macro men. Both camps seem unwilling to optimise with
:05:13. > :05:19.increasingly viral and language being directed in each direction. --
:05:20. > :05:22.virulent language. Nick Clegg is the money and apology. Lord Rennard is
:05:23. > :05:29.saying he had nothing to apologise for. Nick Clegg's people is saying
:05:30. > :05:33.he could be suspended from the party. Lord Rennard's people say, if
:05:34. > :05:37.you do that, we could take you to court. It matters because it is a
:05:38. > :05:41.fight that Nick Clegg has to win. He cannot lose or the damage to his
:05:42. > :05:47.authority would be profound. Already this morning, one Lib Dem MEP said
:05:48. > :05:51.he heard Nick Clegg on the radio and couldn't understand what he was
:05:52. > :05:55.talking about. In other words, an open act of defiance and disrespect.
:05:56. > :06:02.We made get more of that shortly at around 2pm, when, if, Lord Rennard
:06:03. > :06:08.decides to go to the House of Lords in an open act of defiance of Nick
:06:09. > :06:15.Clegg. The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular, who is due to appear
:06:16. > :06:18.-- is due to appear in court this afternoon. Rosdeep Kular was charged
:06:19. > :06:26.at the weekend. Our correspondent is in Edinburgh. Rosdeep Kular could
:06:27. > :06:29.appear in court within the next couple of hours. In Scottish courts,
:06:30. > :06:34.it is known as the appearance in petition. It is the first time in
:06:35. > :06:37.defendant appears in court and it is always in private. No media or
:06:38. > :06:44.members of the public will be on court to hear the charges she faces.
:06:45. > :06:49.Shortly before midday, a large police presence for a van arriving
:06:50. > :06:52.at court. It is believed it may have been transporting Rosdeep Kular,
:06:53. > :06:57.head of her appearance to face charges in connection with her
:06:58. > :07:00.son's death. Mikaeel was reported missing on Thursday morning. Within
:07:01. > :07:05.hours, hundreds of volunteers had joint police to search for the young
:07:06. > :07:09.boy. But at midnight on Friday police announced they had found his
:07:10. > :07:18.body. 20 miles away, he has former home in Cork D. 24 hours later, they
:07:19. > :07:24.charges mother. -- they charged his mother in connection with his death.
:07:25. > :07:29.Support is being offered to children at his school. Just about to take my
:07:30. > :07:37.school -- childhood nursery now. Just devastated. It is horrible.
:07:38. > :07:41.Police are continuing to guard the house in five close to where his
:07:42. > :07:46.body was found. How long Mikaeel had lain there remains unclear but the
:07:47. > :07:52.tribute outside continue to mount. People are deeply affected by what
:07:53. > :07:56.happened to him. It will only be a basic charging this afternoon. More
:07:57. > :08:00.specific details will only become available once an indictment is
:08:01. > :08:07.placed and when Rosdeep Kular appears in open court at a later
:08:08. > :08:10.date. Syria's main opposition group has threatened to pull out of
:08:11. > :08:14.forthcoming police talks in Switzerland unless the UN Secretary
:08:15. > :08:18.General, Ban Ki-Moon, withdraws and invitation to Iran. He asked the
:08:19. > :08:21.Iranians to attend the opening discussion because he believes they
:08:22. > :08:26.should be part of a solution to the crisis. America has also called for
:08:27. > :08:30.the invitation to be withdrawn unless Iran backs titillation of a
:08:31. > :08:37.transitional government in Syria. -- backs the creation. This is a rebel
:08:38. > :08:40.held area of Damascus. For months, it has been under siege and
:08:41. > :08:45.bombarded by Syrian government forces. Now a trickle of aid has
:08:46. > :08:50.arrived. These people can't wait much longer for a peace deal. This
:08:51. > :08:57.woman says have received nothing from our children are dying of
:08:58. > :08:59.hunger. Are we animals? Now, head of long anticipated talks, the UN
:09:00. > :09:11.secretary-general has dropped a diplomatic bombshell. An invitation
:09:12. > :09:15.to Iran. We agreed that the cause of the negotiations is to establish,
:09:16. > :09:23.and mutual consent, transitioning body. Washington seemed shocked as
:09:24. > :09:24.Iran haven't signed up to last year's Geneva peace agreement. A
:09:25. > :09:38.spokeswoman said: Iran's relations with the West have
:09:39. > :09:41.thawed under the country's new president. Only today, the country
:09:42. > :09:46.began to impairment and nuclear deal to stop enriching uranium. But
:09:47. > :09:53.concern is fuelled by decades of this trust and Iran's backing of
:09:54. > :09:57.President Assad. -- this trust. As the fractured rebels battle on,
:09:58. > :10:01.Syria's main opposition group has now threatened to pull out of the
:10:02. > :10:04.talks which already are precarious. President Assad says they should be
:10:05. > :10:11.about fighting terrorism, not a change of government. TRANSLATION:
:10:12. > :10:14.Be logical thing that we have been talking about continuously is that
:10:15. > :10:19.the Geneva conference comes out with clear results in relation to
:10:20. > :10:26.combating terrorism in Syria. Especially in terms of pressurising
:10:27. > :10:28.the country -- countries that export terrorism to Syria. Everyday,
:10:29. > :10:35.desperate Syrians flee their country. He talks may yet go ahead,
:10:36. > :10:41.but for these people, relief seems distant. -- the talks. The police --
:10:42. > :10:44.Police Federation of England and Wales, which were business officers
:10:45. > :10:49.from constables to chief inspectors, should be changed from top to
:10:50. > :10:52.bottom, according to an independent review commissioned in the wake of
:10:53. > :10:55.the so-called plebgate affair. It says the Police Federation needs to
:10:56. > :11:00.be much more open and accountable and must adopt the kind of standards
:11:01. > :11:04.of behaviour and conduct which the public expect of police officers.
:11:05. > :11:11.Our home affairs correspondent is in central London. A damning report,
:11:12. > :11:16.Tom. It certainly is. This is a report by a former senior civil
:11:17. > :11:20.servant into a body that he says, is very important police officers can't
:11:21. > :11:25.strike. So they do need an organisation to represent them. He
:11:26. > :11:30.says have an organisation that is very badly affected by political
:11:31. > :11:37.infighting. It attacks those inside and outside the Federation,
:11:38. > :11:40.officials say. There is barracking at their conference every year. It
:11:41. > :11:47.is something that has become a fixture in the political conference
:11:48. > :11:52.season. Civil servants and ministers have been handled by the police. He
:11:53. > :11:55.says there is widespread dismay and the damage being done to the Police
:11:56. > :12:00.Federation, but also to the image of the police outside. He is also
:12:01. > :12:04.particularly concerned that he was unable to find details of how much
:12:05. > :12:08.money was in some local Police Federation accounts. He said that
:12:09. > :12:13.shouldn't happen, there should be much better openers. So,
:12:14. > :12:15.recommendations? He says there should be new standards of
:12:16. > :12:24.professionalism, new guidelines for expenses and new annual road --
:12:25. > :12:28.reports. One final thing, having found a surplus in the Federation's
:12:29. > :12:32.account, he says that every police officer who subscribes should have a
:12:33. > :12:39.25% reduction in their fees for one year. Police have released shocking
:12:40. > :12:43.CCTV images of a man who was mugged on the street in Birmingham as he
:12:44. > :12:46.walked home from a party. The 51-year-old was knocked unconscious
:12:47. > :12:50.by one of his attackers. Another then repeatedly kicked him while he
:12:51. > :12:54.was being robbed. More than a dozen cars drove past without stopping.
:12:55. > :13:00.This report contains images that some viewers may find distressing.
:13:01. > :13:04.It was the early hours of December the 15th and the CCTV footage shows
:13:05. > :13:09.the victim turning around after an object, later found to be a Saronic
:13:10. > :13:13.plate, was thrown. A second man appears from the shadows and throws
:13:14. > :13:19.a punch. It looks into ground, unconscious. As the 51-year-old lies
:13:20. > :13:23.helpless in the street, the men rifled through his pockets, stealing
:13:24. > :13:27.a watch and a mobile phone. In an act of islands, which is too
:13:28. > :13:35.sickening to show, the first attacker then is taking the -- begin
:13:36. > :13:38.in the head. It is now more than a month since the horrific attack was
:13:39. > :13:44.carried out on this street in Birmingham. West Midlands Police say
:13:45. > :13:47.they need the public's help. More than a dozen cars passed by as the
:13:48. > :13:52.assaults took place, and they urgently want the drivers of those
:13:53. > :13:56.vehicles to come forward. Police say their latest figures show the number
:13:57. > :14:02.of robberies in this area of the city has fallen. But this was a
:14:03. > :14:06.particularly vicious attack. A collapse of that nature, let alone
:14:07. > :14:09.the punch, could easily have resulted in this being a murder
:14:10. > :14:14.investigation. The alarm was eventually raised by a passer-by,
:14:15. > :14:17.who called the emergency services. The 51-year-old man was seriously
:14:18. > :14:27.injured and needed stitches to his face and head. He still too shaken
:14:28. > :14:32.to speak about his ordeal. The time is coming on to a quarter
:14:33. > :14:35.past one. The top story: The Deputy Prime Minister's authority is
:14:36. > :14:40.brought into question by Lord Rennard. The Lib Dem peer is set to
:14:41. > :14:43.rejoin the laws, despite a call for him to apologise first over sexual
:14:44. > :14:47.harassment claims. Still to come: Getting ready for the Winter
:14:48. > :14:51.Olympics, Team GB get kitted out for the Russian cold.
:14:52. > :14:57.Later on BBC London News: Two International medical gains are
:14:58. > :15:01.called off after an event causes damage to the floor. And across well
:15:02. > :15:03.could bring an additional 160 million passengers to the West and
:15:04. > :15:12.every year, according to a new report. At 10:00am this morning, an
:15:13. > :15:15.alarm clock sounded 500 million miles from earth on a spacecraft
:15:16. > :15:20.that's been in hibernation for two and a half years. The European Space
:15:21. > :15:24.Agency is hoping it will have woken up the Rosetta probe ready for the
:15:25. > :15:27.final stage of its mission. The aim is to put a robotic lander on a
:15:28. > :15:30.comet later this year, something that has never been attempted
:15:31. > :15:33.before, to provide more information about how the solar system came into
:15:34. > :15:46.existence. Our science reporter, Rebecca Morelle, has more details.
:15:47. > :15:58.The Rosetta spacecraft launched a decade ago, the start of the
:15:59. > :16:02.journey. And this is its target, Comet 67P hails from the dawn of the
:16:03. > :16:06.solar system, a mass of ice and rock hurtling through space, but first
:16:07. > :16:12.Rosetta needs to wake up. The last two years it has been in deep space
:16:13. > :16:17.hibernation to save energy for the final phase of its mission. Right
:16:18. > :16:23.now, Rosetta is more than 800 million kilometres away from Earth.
:16:24. > :16:28.First of all internal alarm clock goes off, triggering heaters so it
:16:29. > :16:31.can warm up. The craft then stops spinning by firing thrusters. Once
:16:32. > :16:35.it is stabilised it uses navigational instruments to find
:16:36. > :16:41.Earth and angles towards it. Only then can it send its message back
:16:42. > :16:46.home. Absolutely everything rides on this particular stage of the mission
:16:47. > :16:51.being a success. We have to get control back of the satellite so we
:16:52. > :16:58.can start it on its journey to rendezvous with the comment. -- the
:16:59. > :17:02.Comet. Rosetta should catch up with a comet later this year, then starts
:17:03. > :17:06.the perilous stage, dropping a lander onto the Comet as it travels
:17:07. > :17:10.at speed. It will have to bolt itself down on the icy surface so it
:17:11. > :17:16.does not fly. Nothing like this has ever been attempted before. Comments
:17:17. > :17:21.act as a time travel Capshaw from the start of the solar system --
:17:22. > :17:24.comets. They contain all of the earliest water and organic material
:17:25. > :17:31.that was there before the planet was formed. Understanding these comets
:17:32. > :17:34.could understand -- answer some of the biggest questions in science. If
:17:35. > :17:38.Rosetta can pull it off it could shed some light on how our planet
:17:39. > :17:44.came to be and how I'd started here on earth. -- and how life started.
:17:45. > :17:48.The Labour Party says it will make all people claiming jobseekers'
:17:49. > :17:52.allowance sit a test to prove they can read, write and do maths within
:17:53. > :17:55.six weeks of them signing on. The measure was set out by the new
:17:56. > :17:58.Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Rachel Reeves, in her first major
:17:59. > :18:00.speech since her appointment. The Conservatives claim the opposition
:18:01. > :18:01.is copying a policy that already exists. Our political correspondent
:18:02. > :18:12.Ross Hawkins reports. Talking tough on benefits, for the
:18:13. > :18:15.unskilled, for European immigrants, because they say things must change
:18:16. > :18:20.because they know it is what many voters want to hear. It is our
:18:21. > :18:24.responsibility to make sure the training is there, but it is your
:18:25. > :18:29.responsibility to do the training you need, to get off jobseeker's
:18:30. > :18:34.allowance and into work. Labour is promising tests for new job-seekers.
:18:35. > :18:37.Those without basic skills in maths, English and IT will have to take
:18:38. > :18:41.training will lose benefits. The government says they have already
:18:42. > :18:46.offered a pilot scheme offering tuition, and they also say this.
:18:47. > :18:50.Anybody who wants to come there needs to be looking for work, taking
:18:51. > :18:54.work, and making contributions, not to come because the benefit system
:18:55. > :18:57.is more generous. New European immigrants will not get housing
:18:58. > :19:01.benefits if they get jobseeker's allowance. Today we learned those
:19:02. > :19:05.will be the rules from April, the policy was first announced last
:19:06. > :19:13.year. But on this, the politicians don't mind repeating themselves. And
:19:14. > :19:18.you don't need a spin doctor to understand why. Many viewers are
:19:19. > :19:24.programmes like this one action on benefits bill that amounts to ?170
:19:25. > :19:31.billion per year. -- want action. When we ask people if they want
:19:32. > :19:37.cutting, benefits are way ahead of health, transport, defence. People
:19:38. > :19:41.think a lot of welfare money goes to the wrong people. For many voters
:19:42. > :19:44.keen on welfare cuts, the argument is simple. Whether you turn up at a
:19:45. > :19:47.job centre without basic skills or freshly arrived from abroad, you
:19:48. > :19:53.should be finding work and not making claims. And yet almost half
:19:54. > :19:57.of the overall benefits bill goes on the state pension, and politicians
:19:58. > :20:03.are much less enthusiastic about squeezing that. So they have not cut
:20:04. > :20:05.the cost of welfare today, but they will hope that voters have heard
:20:06. > :20:11.them worrying about it. A coroner in North Wales has
:20:12. > :20:14.concluded that a man with heart problems would probably have lived
:20:15. > :20:16.long enough to receive hospital treatment if an ambulance had
:20:17. > :20:19.arrived promptly after he collapsed. Fred Pring, who was 74 and from
:20:20. > :20:23.Flintshire, died more than 40 minutes after his wife first called
:20:24. > :20:33.999 in March last year. Let's speak to our correspondent Richard Lister.
:20:34. > :20:37.What more was said, Richard? As you say, Fred Pring suffered from
:20:38. > :20:41.chronic heart and lung problems, and early in the morning of the 21st of
:20:42. > :20:46.March last year he had such bad chest pains that his wife Joyce
:20:47. > :20:50.dialled 999 and was assured help was on the way. What she was not told
:20:51. > :20:53.was that none of the ambulance crews was available. They were taking
:20:54. > :20:57.mandatory rest breaks all were delayed outside hospitals where they
:20:58. > :21:03.were trying to deliver patients. In one case that was almost five hours.
:21:04. > :21:07.She dialled 9993 more times but it took 48 minutes for an ambulance to
:21:08. > :21:11.arrive, by which time her husband was dead. The coroner said today
:21:12. > :21:13.that had an ambulance arrived on the target response time of eight
:21:14. > :21:17.minutes he probably would have survived long enough to be treated
:21:18. > :21:22.in hospital. He has written to both the Welsh Ambulance Service and the
:21:23. > :21:25.health board to review their procedures in the way they allocate
:21:26. > :21:29.resources and the question of delays in getting patients to hospital.
:21:30. > :21:37.They both said that improvements are being made and they have offered
:21:38. > :21:43.their condolences to the family, but Mrs Pring said she was let down was
:21:44. > :21:46.considering legal action. The coroner said unless her concerns
:21:47. > :21:50.were acted upon their work real dangers facing other lives.
:21:51. > :21:53.Violence has continued in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, with
:21:54. > :21:55.protestors throwing missiles and police firing plastic bullets.
:21:56. > :21:57.Yesterday, dozens of people were injured during running battles
:21:58. > :22:02.between police and anti-government demonstrators, who'd gathered to
:22:03. > :22:05.denounce a new anti-protest law. President Yanukovych has promised
:22:06. > :22:07.talks with opposition leaders to try to resolve the crisis. Our
:22:08. > :22:17.correspondent Daniel Sandford sent this report from Kiev.
:22:18. > :22:23.The stonethrowing and tear gas that began in Kiev yesterday have never
:22:24. > :22:27.stopped. This morning, police were using plastic bullets as well to
:22:28. > :22:31.defend their position below Parliament. Although very isolated,
:22:32. > :22:38.the fighting is the worst of the country has seen in decades and has
:22:39. > :22:42.to dozens of injuries. The most serious clashes were in the night.
:22:43. > :22:48.Petrol bombs turned the police front line into an inferno, and protesters
:22:49. > :22:51.made missiles from cobblestones. Two months ago these started as
:22:52. > :22:56.demonstrations in favour of joining the European Union, but now they
:22:57. > :22:58.have boiled over into anger, directed at Ukrainian president,
:22:59. > :23:04.Viktor Yanukovych, and the Russian president, Latimer Putin. There are
:23:05. > :23:08.only a few hundred truly violent protesters, but overnight they have
:23:09. > :23:12.burned a dozen or so police buses and trucks -- Vladimir Putin.
:23:13. > :23:18.Through the morning the violence has continued. After two months of
:23:19. > :23:23.protests against the country's drift towards Russia and the rampant
:23:24. > :23:27.corruption here, it was new laws passed last week that restricted
:23:28. > :23:33.demonstrations and produced this explosion of anger. It is not a
:23:34. > :23:39.peaceful demonstration any more. I am upset about the situation, but I
:23:40. > :23:47.can say that the government is the cause of what is here now. I do not
:23:48. > :23:55.like that that has happened, but something had to happen. This is a
:23:56. > :23:58.response to the new law. President Yanukovych has set up a commission
:23:59. > :24:02.of ministers and opposition leaders to deal with the crisis, but the
:24:03. > :24:06.violent protesters who seem to be mostly supporters of far right
:24:07. > :24:11.groups, have lost patience with politicians from the main parties.
:24:12. > :24:15.Andy Murray is through to the quarter finals of the Australian
:24:16. > :24:17.Open after a four-set win over France's Stephane Robert, who's
:24:18. > :24:19.ranked 119th. The British number one will now face Roger Federer.
:24:20. > :24:33.Katherine Downes reports. This was supposed to be easy for
:24:34. > :24:38.Andy Murray, a safe bet for his supporters against a man who
:24:39. > :24:44.describes his style as casino tennis. Andy Murray held all of the
:24:45. > :24:48.cards in the first set as Stephane Robert, the first lucky loser to
:24:49. > :24:52.reach last six in the grand slam, it seemed his luck was running out.
:24:53. > :24:56.Andy Murray laid his aces on the table in the second set. So far, so
:24:57. > :25:01.good for the Wimbledon champion. The tables turned on the third set.
:25:02. > :25:05.Robert refusing to give up, and a mistake from Murray handed the
:25:06. > :25:10.tie-break to the Frenchman. The racket felt his fury. A shirt
:25:11. > :25:18.change, composure returned, Murray made light work of the fourth set to
:25:19. > :25:22.win it 6-2. These are tricky guy to play -- he is a tricky guy to play.
:25:23. > :25:27.He goes for broke, takes it up the line on the forehand. Murray may
:25:28. > :25:31.have won but it is a day that Stephane Robert will not forget. A
:25:32. > :25:37.taste of what it is like to play a big name on the big stage. He will
:25:38. > :25:41.even take Andy Murray's broken racket. Up for him next is Roger
:25:42. > :25:50.Federer, inform, in the quarterfinals. Team GB are hoping
:25:51. > :25:54.for their most successful Olympic games ever by winning at least three
:25:55. > :25:58.Olympic medals. They have been getting kitted out for the Russian
:25:59. > :26:04.winter as they collected more than 100 items each needed for the games.
:26:05. > :26:12.Getting dressed for success, or so she hopes. Amanda Lightfoot is one
:26:13. > :26:16.of the first to be fitted for her official Winter Olympics kit. Over
:26:17. > :26:19.the next few days, more than 100 athletes from Britain will be suited
:26:20. > :26:25.and booted here, with Sochi firmly in their sights. It is a reality
:26:26. > :26:29.now. It got announced a week ago that I was selected, and I was
:26:30. > :26:36.overwhelmed. Now my dream is coming true. It is one step closer to being
:26:37. > :26:39.in Sochi. I'm really excited. Each athlete will get more than 100
:26:40. > :26:43.pieces of kit, everything from jackets, to this hat which they will
:26:44. > :26:49.wear at the opening ceremony. The big question is, can this help them
:26:50. > :26:55.to success in Sochi? Optimism has never been higher. Over the last few
:26:56. > :27:00.days we have seen a slide to a victory in the skeleton, and the
:27:01. > :27:05.speed skaters retaining their European titles. Britain's medal
:27:06. > :27:10.target in Sochi is as many as seven, their biggest tally in Winter
:27:11. > :27:14.Olympic history. We are presenting probably our strongest team ever and
:27:15. > :27:17.we hope they will be prepared and have everything at their feet to be
:27:18. > :27:20.able to do the job as best they can on the day, and we will see what
:27:21. > :27:23.happens. It would be lovely to bring some medals home. What I want is
:27:24. > :27:28.that everyone to go out there and say they could not have done any
:27:29. > :27:33.better and gave it their all. Amy Williams, going for gold for Great
:27:34. > :27:38.Britain. Four years ago Britain returned home from Vancouver with
:27:39. > :27:42.just one medal, albeit a gold medal, for Amy Williams. In Sochi they will
:27:43. > :27:48.expect greater success and in some style. Time for a look at the
:27:49. > :27:55.weather. Here's Stav Danaos. Plenty of sunshine at the start of
:27:56. > :28:00.the week for the country. Mainly dry, one or two showers in the
:28:01. > :28:04.forecast and it does start with mist and fog. If you look at the latest
:28:05. > :28:09.satellite picture you can see the sunshine, little bits of mist and
:28:10. > :28:13.fog lingering on in southern areas and the cloud a bit thicker across
:28:14. > :28:16.Scotland and Wales. We might still see one or two showers through the
:28:17. > :28:21.afternoon. For Northern Ireland and much of England and Wales, a lovely
:28:22. > :28:27.afternoon. The north-east corner of Scotland doing the best with the dry
:28:28. > :28:32.weather and sunshine. The high lands -- the Highlands may be seeing one
:28:33. > :28:36.or two showers, as across north west England and West and Wales. Away
:28:37. > :28:40.from here, a glorious afternoon, lots of sunshine. We could see a bit
:28:41. > :28:44.of low cloud or stubborn fog patches, but where it has cleared we
:28:45. > :28:48.are looking at an average temperature between five Celsius and
:28:49. > :28:53.eight Celsius. Going overnight, with light winds and clear skies, we see
:28:54. > :29:05.fog reforming and it will be more extensive and widespread than last
:29:06. > :29:12.night. Some very dense fog patches in central and fog clearing as the
:29:13. > :29:17.rain advances. It could be stubborn to clear, but then very slowly we
:29:18. > :29:21.will see the band of rain pushing in, and snow over the Scottish
:29:22. > :29:27.mountains. A heavy burst likely, especially across Wales and
:29:28. > :29:30.south-west England. It will be dry for central and eastern parts of
:29:31. > :29:36.England until the evening, and the reason for this front moving slowly
:29:37. > :29:39.is we have an area of high pressure in Scandinavia which is presenting
:29:40. > :29:45.the fronts moving from west to East. -- preventing the fronts. By
:29:46. > :29:49.Wednesday the front will be through central and eastern parts of the UK,
:29:50. > :29:53.pushing out into the North Sea. Producing a fair amount of rain in
:29:54. > :30:01.places, wintry nets over the hills. Behind the sunshine and showers
:30:02. > :30:06.could be heavy. The rain clearing away from the East on Thursday with
:30:07. > :30:09.most laces seeing sunshine. Sunshine more in abundance across Northern
:30:10. > :30:13.Ireland. By the time we reach the end of the week it starts to turn
:30:14. > :30:15.wet and windy from the north-west. From mid week onwards, wet and
:30:16. > :30:20.unsettled. Now a reminder of our top story this
:30:21. > :30:22.lunchtime: The Deputy Prime Minister's authority is brought into
:30:23. > :30:26.question by Lord Rennard. The Lib Dem peer is set to rejoin the Lords
:30:27. > :30:30.despite Nick Clegg's call for him to apologise first over sexual
:30:31. > :30:32.harassment claims. That's all from us. Now on BBC One, it's time