:00:11. > :00:18.A political war of words as Labour accuses the government of misleading
:00:19. > :00:21.people over the economy. The government insists most workers have
:00:22. > :00:26.seen an increase in real take-home pay. Labour says its figures are
:00:27. > :00:33.selective. We will be assessing those claims and looking at people
:00:34. > :00:37.suffering a cost of living crisis. After three years of conflict Siri
:00:38. > :00:40.APPLAUSE First formal peace talks are on
:00:41. > :00:42.APPLAUSE verge of collapse before they have
:00:43. > :00:46.even begun. Lawyers call for full disclosure of
:00:47. > :00:53.a report into allegations of sexual assault by the MP Mike Hancock. Five
:00:54. > :00:57.dead and 31 unaccounted for after a fire destroyed a care home in
:00:58. > :01:03.Canada. Extreme temperatures hampered recovery. And how does a
:01:04. > :01:16.first-time astronaut prepare for his first foray into space? Later on BBC
:01:17. > :01:42.London: After allegations of fraud, Tower Hamlets Council issues the
:01:43. > :01:47.first toughest election regime. Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC
:01:48. > :01:51.News at one. Labour is accusing the government of misleading people
:01:52. > :01:56.after publishing figures saying most workers have seen their take-home
:01:57. > :02:02.pay rise in real terms. Ministers say it all but the richest 10% of
:02:03. > :02:07.earners saw a rise of 2.5%. The opposition says the figures are
:02:08. > :02:10.highly selective and accused the Prime Minister of being out of touch
:02:11. > :02:15.with reality. Our business correspondent has more. It is a
:02:16. > :02:20.battle over the state of British household finances, whether spending
:02:21. > :02:25.power is recovering and when families will have to content with
:02:26. > :02:29.higher interest rates. Rising prices have heard budgets most, but the
:02:30. > :02:34.government surprised many by asserting pay after tax has started
:02:35. > :02:40.to rise faster than the cost of living. We can just start to see
:02:41. > :02:44.with a record rise of the number of people in jobs and the fact the
:02:45. > :02:47.deficit is falling and now the fact take-home pay is going up a little
:02:48. > :02:50.bit more than inflation, we can take-home pay is going up a little
:02:51. > :02:54.start to see that things are starting to improve. Figures issued
:02:55. > :03:00.by the Treasury showed that while the consumer prices index rose by
:03:01. > :03:13.2.4%, the take-home pay of all but the wealthiest income groups went up
:03:14. > :03:15.by more than that, from 2.5% up to 4.8%. Labour responded that the
:03:16. > :03:18.buying power of 4.8%. Labour responded that the
:03:19. > :03:22.current government came in has 4.8%. Labour responded that the
:03:23. > :03:25.fallen by ?1600 a year. They do not include in their figures the impact
:03:26. > :03:30.on the in work benefit changes they have made. They do not include the
:03:31. > :03:35.huge tax cut they had given to people earning millions of pounds, .
:03:36. > :03:43.So do people feel they have more in their pockets? Maybe David Cameron
:03:44. > :03:48.has, but certainly not me. Benefits get cut and people are losing child
:03:49. > :03:53.benefits. We are spending more on energy. It is a key question with an
:03:54. > :03:58.election looming next year. Household may be a little bit better
:03:59. > :04:03.off than they are now, but Household may be a little bit better
:04:04. > :04:07.be worse off than average than they were before the recession. The other
:04:08. > :04:12.big factor affecting whether people feel they have money to spend at all
:04:13. > :04:16.is the cost of mortgages and the crucial thing is when the bank of
:04:17. > :04:18.England decide it is time to raise interest rates to choke
:04:19. > :04:21.England decide it is time to raise threat of a house price bubble and a
:04:22. > :04:26.new boom and bust. Last night, threat of a house price bubble and a
:04:27. > :04:30.bank of England governor said he did not see an immediate need
:04:31. > :04:32.bank of England governor said he did rates and future increases would
:04:33. > :04:36.come in small steps. We would expect any adjustment to be very gradual
:04:37. > :04:40.because the important thing is to set monetary policy in a fashion
:04:41. > :04:48.that is going to so that the economy is sustainably better. The bank of
:04:49. > :04:55.England denied speculation it wanted to restrict the government was back
:04:56. > :05:01.house to buy scheme. Another example of how the cost of living and the
:05:02. > :05:07.cost of houses in has become very sensitive. Ian Watson is in
:05:08. > :05:12.Westminster and we are going to hear more claims like this over the
:05:13. > :05:17.economy. We certainly are. Today we are seeing a battle for political
:05:18. > :05:22.territory ahead of the general election. For a while Labour has
:05:23. > :05:28.been going on about a cost of living crisis saying average wages have
:05:29. > :05:35.fallen by ?1600 a year. For a while the government did not have a dog in
:05:36. > :05:41.its bite. But today they have come back and they are saying wages rose
:05:42. > :05:44.faster than prices at least for one year of their government. They are
:05:45. > :05:47.faster than prices at least for one trying to say they are going to get
:05:48. > :05:52.involved in hand to hand combat with Labour in their territory, making
:05:53. > :05:56.sure that every single claim Ed Miliband makes from now on is going
:05:57. > :06:02.to be challenged. Labour are not ceding this territory very easily.
:06:03. > :06:07.They are going to be saying, never mind the statistics, do you feel
:06:08. > :06:14.better off? If people do not feel better off, they will claim David
:06:15. > :06:19.Cameron is out of touch. Former peace talks on Syria are underway in
:06:20. > :06:23.Geneva but with both sides refusing to sit in the same room. The
:06:24. > :06:28.opposition says the government has to make a written undertaking on the
:06:29. > :06:31.transfer of power. They accuse the opposition of making an inflammatory
:06:32. > :06:40.speech yesterday and have threatened to quit the talks. Paul Wood reports
:06:41. > :06:44.from Geneva. Things are not exactly going according to plan at the Syria
:06:45. > :06:49.peace talks. So far there have been no talks. The regime and the
:06:50. > :06:54.opposition were supposed to have met face to face by now. Neither side
:06:55. > :06:58.can stomach being in the same room. A speech last night by the
:06:59. > :07:03.opposition leader was too much for the government. TRANSLATION: You all
:07:04. > :07:09.saw a direct confrontation between us and the criminals in Syria. He is
:07:10. > :07:15.talking about the opening session of the conference. The UN's mediator
:07:16. > :07:19.with the regime 's side. The opposition will not meet them until
:07:20. > :07:24.they accept there will be a transfer of power, Geneva one as it is known.
:07:25. > :07:29.The Syrian Foreign Minister is threatening to go home if there is
:07:30. > :07:36.no meeting. The fact we are here means we accepted some of Geneva one
:07:37. > :07:42.because this is not a Bible. We came here with Syria and the Syrian
:07:43. > :07:47.people on our mind only. They came here with position and posts on
:07:48. > :07:52.their minds and satisfying the interests of some parties who have
:07:53. > :07:57.nothing to do with Syria. One very senior Western diplomat told me the
:07:58. > :08:03.object of today was simply to stop both sides from walking out. It is a
:08:04. > :08:07.very ambitious measure of success and shows how intractable the issues
:08:08. > :08:14.are, an agreement which would alleviate the suffering in Syria
:08:15. > :08:19.seems further away than ever. So far the talks seem irrelevant to events
:08:20. > :08:25.on the ground. This is Aleppo. The regime has made gains as the rebels
:08:26. > :08:30.turn on each other. It was hoped Geneva would bring a cease-fire
:08:31. > :08:34.here, but the competence is pursuing their names on the battlefield, not
:08:35. > :08:42.at the negotiating table. Paul joins us from Geneva. What hope for the
:08:43. > :08:46.talks to be salvaged? Given the bile on display at the opening conference
:08:47. > :08:53.on Wednesday nobody expected things to go easy here, but they did not go
:08:54. > :08:57.according to plan. The plan was for a face-to-face meeting. We are
:08:58. > :09:02.getting soothing noises by British and American officials in briefings
:09:03. > :09:06.saying it was always going to be difficult and these things take
:09:07. > :09:12.time. But to give you one example, there was a fist fight on the lawn
:09:13. > :09:15.behind me between members of the Syrian state television party and
:09:16. > :09:20.members of a television company that they accused of supporting the
:09:21. > :09:25.opposition. Although it is not relevant to the talks, it shows the
:09:26. > :09:28.kind of atmosphere in which they are taking place. There are frantic
:09:29. > :09:33.efforts by the UN to stick things back together. The Syrian Foreign
:09:34. > :09:38.Minister is prepared to take the whole delegation back to Damascus
:09:39. > :09:42.tomorrow if there are not any substantive meetings. As things
:09:43. > :09:49.stand these talks are absolutely on the knife edge. . The Liberal
:09:50. > :09:54.Democrat leader Nick Clegg has defended his handling of allegations
:09:55. > :09:59.of sexual assault by a former Lib Dem MP. Mike Hancock was suspended
:10:00. > :10:04.on Wednesday after a report of allegations of sexual impropriety
:10:05. > :10:10.were credible. Mr Hancock has always denied the claims.
:10:11. > :10:15.After four decades serving as a local councillor, Mike Hancock is no
:10:16. > :10:21.longer a member of the Liberal Democrats on Portsmouth Council. He
:10:22. > :10:26.has also been an MP 4/19 years, but voluntarily resigned his party whip
:10:27. > :10:31.at Westminster last year to conduct allegations of sexual impropriety.
:10:32. > :10:35.But on Wednesday he was suspended following the leak of a report into
:10:36. > :10:40.the allegations of a female constituent. She initially
:10:41. > :10:44.approached the MP but then said she was overwhelmed by his visits to her
:10:45. > :10:50.house and text messages. She described a feeling of helplessness.
:10:51. > :10:56.The things he had asked me to do and because he is in a position of
:10:57. > :11:02.trust, he has overstepped the mark and I just feel like no one has
:11:03. > :11:08.listened to me for three years. His alleged victim will be at the High
:11:09. > :11:12.Court later demanding to see a copy of the report carried out by an
:11:13. > :11:17.eminent QC. The counsellor argues it is not necessary or appropriate to
:11:18. > :11:20.release the findings, but this is increasing pressure on the Liberal
:11:21. > :11:25.Democrat leader, Nick Clegg. Critics say he should have acted much more
:11:26. > :11:30.quickly. My first reaction is to be appalled by the seriousness of these
:11:31. > :11:35.allegations and my instinct was to react immediately, which is why it
:11:36. > :11:41.was looked into and which is why Mike Hancock ceased to be a Liberal
:11:42. > :11:44.Democrat MP and has now been suspended altogether. A police
:11:45. > :11:49.investigation into the claims found that no further action should be
:11:50. > :11:54.taken. This comes after a difficult week for Nick Clegg. He has faced a
:11:55. > :12:03.split in his party over allegations over the format Chief Whip Chris
:12:04. > :12:09.Rennard. It is thought the party must introduce a new culture when it
:12:10. > :12:13.comes into the treatment of women. Four people have died in a car
:12:14. > :12:17.bombing near police headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo. More
:12:18. > :12:23.than 70 people were injured. The attacks come on the eve of the third
:12:24. > :12:30.University of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
:12:31. > :12:34.This attack this morning was directed at the heart of the
:12:35. > :12:40.security establishment, the police headquarters which was hit by that
:12:41. > :12:44.car bomb. It should have been one of the most secure locations in the
:12:45. > :12:49.city. Instead when we arrived we could see the damage for ourselves.
:12:50. > :12:53.Parts of the front of the building had been peeled away and the Islamic
:12:54. > :12:59.Museum opposite had also suffered damage. There were angry crowds at
:13:00. > :13:04.the scene and they were chanting their support for the Army, but also
:13:05. > :13:07.the opposition to the Islamist 's of the Muslim Brotherhood. Many are
:13:08. > :13:10.putting the blame on the Muslim Brotherhood, although there has been
:13:11. > :13:16.a claim of responsibility from an Al-Qaeda inspired group. Large
:13:17. > :13:21.numbers of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have taken to the streets
:13:22. > :13:24.and are clashing with police and local residents.
:13:25. > :13:29.31 elderly people are still unaccounted for in Canada after a
:13:30. > :13:35.fire destroyed their residential home in Quebec province. At least
:13:36. > :13:37.five people are known to have died and the Prime Minister Stephen
:13:38. > :13:39.five people are known to have died Harper says the loss of life is
:13:40. > :13:44.expected to be considerable. Most of the residents were over 75 years old
:13:45. > :13:46.expected to be considerable. Most of and rescue attempts have been town
:13:47. > :13:51.hampered by temperatures of -22 degrees.
:13:52. > :13:56.A night from hell says the local fire chief. Fires, high winds and
:13:57. > :14:01.deepfreeze temperatures are a cruel combination. Flames tore through
:14:02. > :14:05.this old peoples home where most depended on wheelchairs or walking
:14:06. > :14:11.frames. About 20 people got out, but more are missing. This is what
:14:12. > :14:18.remains. -20 Celsius freezes water in seconds. It is hard to anyone
:14:19. > :14:21.trapped inside surviving. One man tried to save his mother and climbed
:14:22. > :14:25.trapped inside surviving. One man a ladder, but he realised he could
:14:26. > :14:31.not get close. TRANSLATION: I feel I would have liked to save her, I
:14:32. > :14:38.could not. I wasn't able to. Canada's emergency services say they
:14:39. > :14:43.could hope that some of those were awake visiting their family. A lot
:14:44. > :14:48.of water was used to put out the flames and the water was frozen. A
:14:49. > :14:52.3-storey building collapsed and for us it is very important to go over
:14:53. > :14:58.it very delicately because we want to preserve any potential victims
:14:59. > :15:03.inside the blaze. Questions are being asked about fire protection in
:15:04. > :15:07.the largely wooden building amid suggestions only part of the home
:15:08. > :15:10.had a sprinkler system. One minister says the government will now
:15:11. > :15:19.consider making sprinkler is compulsory in the aftermath of this
:15:20. > :15:24.tragedy in the depths of winter. Our top story: The Government
:15:25. > :15:28.insists most workers have seen an increase in their real take-home
:15:29. > :15:33.pay. They The Says its figures are selective. Still to come: I am here
:15:34. > :15:36.on the Jurassic Coast, where the recent storms have revealed hundreds
:15:37. > :15:41.of new fossils. Experts say the wave of amateurs
:15:42. > :15:46.that have come here to find them may be damaging these ancient specimens.
:15:47. > :15:52.On BBC London, we speak to the stars of the musical Dirty Rotten
:15:53. > :15:55.Scoundrels. And we preview the FA Cup fourth round, with five London
:15:56. > :16:05.teams in action. In 2009 a former army officer and
:16:06. > :16:11.helicopter pilot, Major Tim Peake, became Britain's first official
:16:12. > :16:16.astronaut. Since then he has been in training, taking him two and a half
:16:17. > :16:20.years to prepare for a six month mission to the International Space
:16:21. > :16:23.Station. But how on earth do you prepare for an adventure in space?
:16:24. > :16:24.Station. But how on earth do you Pallab Ghosh has been finding
:16:25. > :16:29.The International Space Station. Next year, it will be home to
:16:30. > :16:36.Britain's first official astronaut, Tim Peake. But how was he preparing
:16:37. > :16:38.for his six-month mission? I'm at the European Astronaut Centre in
:16:39. > :16:42.Cologne. As you can see, there are the European Astronaut Centre in
:16:43. > :16:46.life-size replicas of parts of the International Space Station. It's
:16:47. > :16:54.here that Tim Peake is going to learn how to live and work in space.
:16:55. > :16:58.Tim, nice to see you. Tim told me he wants all of us to be part of his
:16:59. > :17:03.ground control team. We will get people even designing the name of
:17:04. > :17:09.the mission and the patch for the mission. But also things like design
:17:10. > :17:13.a meal for an astronaut for a day. That is something you will eat?
:17:14. > :17:18.Absolutely. Something that will actually get cooked and actually get
:17:19. > :17:21.sent to the space station, and I'll eat it on board. He has
:17:22. > :17:21.sent to the space station, and I'll zero gravity in an aeroplane, but
:17:22. > :17:26.sent to the space station, and I'll only for a few seconds at a time, as
:17:27. > :17:30.the plane plummets. To learn how to work in space, he needs to train
:17:31. > :17:38.underwater. Hi, Tim. So, you're obviously training for zero-G. How
:17:39. > :18:03.similar is it, as far as you know, to the real thing?
:18:04. > :18:11.Come and have a look where he will be sleeping. This is Tim Peake's
:18:12. > :18:17.bedroom. You can see clean socks, headphones and a sleeping bag, but
:18:18. > :18:17.no bed. And that's because Tim will be asleep floating in space. One of
:18:18. > :18:19.no bed. And that's because Tim will the best things about
:18:20. > :18:22.no bed. And that's because Tim will International Space Station is the
:18:23. > :18:27.view. Take a look through this window. There is Planet Earth,
:18:28. > :18:31.directly below us. The first step is to unlock the latches and remove the
:18:32. > :18:34.casing. Now for the science training. At
:18:35. > :18:36.casing. Now for the science learning how to basically put one of
:18:37. > :18:40.the scientific modules into a cartridge. Of course, that all has
:18:41. > :18:46.to be done in this glove box, which makes it harder to deal with. When
:18:47. > :18:54.the Apollo astronauts set off to the makes it harder to deal with. When
:18:55. > :18:54.moon, people thought that we'd soon live and work on other planets. The
:18:55. > :18:58.ultimate aim is future exploration live and work on other planets. The
:18:59. > :19:02.of the solar system and to get to Mars on a manned mission, so
:19:03. > :19:02.of the solar system and to get to we have a
:19:03. > :19:07.of the solar system and to get to want to aim for eventually. Once in
:19:08. > :19:08.of the solar system and to get to space, Tim Peake will be a national
:19:09. > :19:09.of the solar system and to get to hero and a role model for children.
:19:10. > :19:12.He knows full well the potential for hero and a role model for children.
:19:13. > :19:24.his mission to inspire the nation. Opposition leaders in Ukraine have
:19:25. > :19:26.called on anti-government protesters to stop the violence, while
:19:27. > :19:30.negotiations continue with President Yanukovych to try to resolve the
:19:31. > :19:35.political crisis. Until now the protests had been focused solely on
:19:36. > :19:38.Kiev, but protesters have now stormed government buildings in at
:19:39. > :19:40.least five other cities, as Daniel Sandford reports from Kiev.
:19:41. > :19:50.Last night, the clashes in Ukraine spread to regions far beyond the
:19:51. > :20:00.capital, Kiev. This was Cherkasy, to the south-east, where protesters
:20:01. > :20:04.stormed government offices. This, Lviv, to the west, where they also
:20:05. > :20:13.occupied the buildings of the regional administration. The front
:20:14. > :20:15.line in Kiev itself was quiet. Moderate opposition leaders have
:20:16. > :20:18.asked the violent protesters to hold fire while talks continue with
:20:19. > :20:22.President Viktor Yanukovych. It's a fire while talks continue with
:20:23. > :20:23.time of fire while talks continue with
:20:24. > :20:27.preparations for the next stage of the battle.
:20:28. > :20:28.preparations for the next stage of cobblestones, ready to be hurled
:20:29. > :20:31.across the lines at the police defending the national parliament.
:20:32. > :20:35.By the front line I found Dahlia. She's 51 and helping the more
:20:36. > :20:44.violent protesters to keep their barricades in order. She supports
:20:45. > :20:48.the use of force because she thinks it's the only way to remove
:20:49. > :20:53.President Yanukovych from power. I want my children to have a better
:20:54. > :21:01.life. It's become impossible here. I have three children who all have
:21:02. > :21:07.university degrees. We have two have jobs. There's future here. Living
:21:08. > :21:11.100 metres from where the worst battles where this week, I found
:21:12. > :21:16.this woman in her apartment block. Everyone has fled apart from her and
:21:17. > :21:19.an elderly neighbour. She was in her flat on the morning two protesters
:21:20. > :21:26.died in clashes with police. TRANSLATION: The house was shaking
:21:27. > :21:30.from the explosions. I saw everything out of the window. People
:21:31. > :21:35.were running into the yard. This morning, protesters added the
:21:36. > :21:42.agriculture ministry to their portfolio of seized property in the
:21:43. > :21:47.capital and said they needed it for people to sleep. In the freezing
:21:48. > :21:51.temperatures. The Jurassic coast in Dorset has long been a favourite
:21:52. > :21:55.haunt of fossil hunters, and the recent storms have eroded large
:21:56. > :21:58.parts of the coastline revealing previously hidden dinosaur relics.
:21:59. > :22:00.But tensions are mounting between amateur fossil hunters and
:22:01. > :22:02.researchers, with claims that day-trippers are interfering with
:22:03. > :22:10.delicate and rare finds. day-trippers are interfering with
:22:11. > :22:16.Kennedy is in Charmouth in Dorset. Even in the middle of this winter
:22:17. > :22:21.storm, this place has a bleak beauty to it. As you said, all these storms
:22:22. > :22:26.are creating Cliff falls producing dozens of fossils, and hundreds of
:22:27. > :22:31.fossil finders. The experts are saying that's absolutely fine, but
:22:32. > :22:38.some of them are causing more damage than good. Some are calling it
:22:39. > :22:45.fossil frenzy. With numbers looking to pick up a number of prehistory,
:22:46. > :22:51.double the normal January levels. But others are taking it to extreme
:22:52. > :22:59.lengths. This man is scaling fresh mudslides beneath a fragile Cliff to
:23:00. > :23:05.find the fossils. It feels soft. Do you think you could get stuck in it?
:23:06. > :23:11.I don't think so. You could lose your shoes. Professional fossil
:23:12. > :23:15.hunters save the storms have brought a wave of our tours that could
:23:16. > :23:20.damage the ancient deposits. We were with him when he confronted this
:23:21. > :23:26.man. Who has been digging the stones out? I don't know. It turns out he's
:23:27. > :23:31.local and was concerned about the number is now turning up. It's very
:23:32. > :23:36.hard because there's so many people in this part of the country looking.
:23:37. > :23:38.Academics are now worried that the well-intentioned fossil seekers are
:23:39. > :23:48.damaging the newly revealed treasures.
:23:49. > :23:56.People have come up with piles rocks in the hands which is very
:23:57. > :24:02.important, but they have smashed it to pieces. This fossil was found on
:24:03. > :24:05.Boxing Day, one more reason they have increased here, despite the
:24:06. > :24:10.dangers. A small number of people climb onto the cliffs and there are
:24:11. > :24:13.two hazards. One is falling rock. There is also mudslides and
:24:14. > :24:21.quicksand. We do end of rescuing quite a few people. There maybe
:24:22. > :24:27.goodies amid the gloop. But dangers as well. It is awash with history,
:24:28. > :24:32.but getting at and safeguarding it requires skill and respect. We have
:24:33. > :24:34.found ourselves a fossil in the time we have been here. The experts are
:24:35. > :24:37.saying, please look after these. we have been here. The experts are
:24:38. > :24:46.Above all, look after yourself. Vincent Van Gogh's sunflower
:24:47. > :24:50.paintings are some of his most recognisable and best loved works.
:24:51. > :24:54.Now, two of the original masterpieces will be shown together
:24:55. > :25:00.in London for the first time in more than 60 years. The paintings, worth
:25:01. > :25:03.an estimated ?100 billion each, are expected to attract huge crowds as
:25:04. > :25:05.visitors to the National Gallery get a rare chance to compare and
:25:06. > :25:16.contrast the men side-by-side. A reunion of masterpieces. Van
:25:17. > :25:21.Gogh's Sunflowers were painted a frenzy of work in 1888. Today, five
:25:22. > :25:25.in the series survive. Now the National Gallery one has been joined
:25:26. > :25:30.by one on loan from Amsterdam, allowing visitors to play spot the
:25:31. > :25:35.difference. The positioning of the flowers is very similar. But the
:25:36. > :25:44.stylisation of forms, particularly in the stems, is carried further.
:25:45. > :25:49.The vase, which is a rounded form in the London picture, becomes a flat
:25:50. > :25:53.pattern in the Amsterdam picture. It is under x-ray that very subtle
:25:54. > :25:58.differences start to show. When looking at the flowers hanging down
:25:59. > :26:03.from the edge of the vase. In London, they are light on the x-ray.
:26:04. > :26:08.In Amsterdam, they are dark. What that tells us is that Vincent
:26:09. > :26:14.painted these flowers as an afterthought. He painted them over
:26:15. > :26:19.the background. Hence the paint is more thicker and it appears white.
:26:20. > :26:24.It means that the Amsterdam picture follows the design of the London
:26:25. > :26:29.picture. They may have been painted only five months apart, but over
:26:30. > :26:32.that time the artist's mood had shifted dramatically. The National
:26:33. > :26:35.Gallery painting was painted to welcome his friend to his studio in
:26:36. > :26:40.the South of France. The welcome his friend to his studio in
:26:41. > :26:46.one was created after he had cut off his ear and his friend had left in a
:26:47. > :26:50.huff. Side-by-side for the first time in six decades, visitors to the
:26:51. > :26:53.National Gallery can take a new look that one of Van Gogh's most
:26:54. > :26:58.celebrated creations. After nine consecutive defeats, and
:26:59. > :27:00.a tour of Australia which has been described as the worst ever,
:27:01. > :27:02.England's cricketers have finally described as the worst ever,
:27:03. > :27:05.won a match. They'd already lost the described as the worst ever,
:27:06. > :27:07.series but in Perth they beat Australia by 57 runs in the fourth
:27:08. > :27:14.One Day International. down under since October, England
:27:15. > :27:18.finally beat Australia just before February. After Alistair Cook
:27:19. > :27:23.insisted he is desperate to remain captain, three England players got
:27:24. > :27:28.past 50. Josh Butler's 71 came off just 43 balls and the total of 316
:27:29. > :27:37.was England's second highest ever in Australia in this form of cricket.
:27:38. > :27:41.They couldn't lose - could they? Australia had rested several stars
:27:42. > :27:50.for this match ut Aaron Finch built a century quickly. England had to
:27:51. > :27:54.get rid of him, and they did. 189-5, when Broad clung onto the catch. And
:27:55. > :27:54.James Faulkner can hit boundaries at will - out for just two. Australia,
:27:55. > :27:58.230-7. Surely? Ben will - out for just two. Australia,
:27:59. > :28:03.wickets and no last-minute stumble from England this time. Australia,
:28:04. > :28:08.259 all out. Like a drop of rain in a desert, catch it and enjoy it
:28:09. > :28:15.because it had seemed like it would never come again.
:28:16. > :28:25.Let's take you to the weather now. A change of weather over the next few
:28:26. > :28:29.days, I'm afraid, and that means spells of rain. The satellite
:28:30. > :28:34.picture shows a lot of cloud piling from the Atlantic. It is rain
:28:35. > :28:38.bearing cloud, but most of it has been up towards the west. I think
:28:39. > :28:40.bearing cloud, but most of it has all of us will see a fair bit of
:28:41. > :28:44.cloud through the afternoon. There will be a spell of unwelcome rain
:28:45. > :28:47.again in the far south-west. As you can see, while there is
:28:48. > :28:47.again in the far south-west. As you rain across western areas, a little
:28:48. > :28:51.bit of snow over rain across western areas, a little
:28:52. > :28:55.In the south-west, Somerset Levels in particular, even modest amounts
:28:56. > :28:58.of rainfall can only worsen the ongoing flood situation. It's
:28:59. > :29:00.actually quite mild and great with that rain in the south-west. 11
:29:01. > :29:04.degrees in Plymouth, with four or so that rain in the south-west. 11
:29:05. > :29:10.in Norwich. A bit of a breeze, cloud rolling in. A grey day across
:29:11. > :29:13.England. Further north and west, we have the rain to contend with. Not a
:29:14. > :29:20.doesn't afternoon in Northern Ireland. Quite windy and there is a
:29:21. > :29:22.little bit of snow to be found in the Grampians. That rain continues
:29:23. > :29:30.its journey ever eastwards through this evening. Eventually it will get
:29:31. > :29:30.into northern England and through the latter part of the night it will
:29:31. > :29:35.into northern England and through be into East Anglia and the far
:29:36. > :29:35.south-east. Most of it is dawn. There are still dribs and
:29:36. > :29:40.drabs. By this stage, showers going dawn. There are still dribs and
:29:41. > :29:41.into northern Scotland. A lot of dawn. There are still dribs and
:29:42. > :29:45.cloud around to start the day, but that should help to
:29:46. > :29:45.cloud around to start the day, but temperature is a
:29:46. > :29:46.cloud around to start the day, but freezing. Orlando, a day of sunny
:29:47. > :29:53.spells and blustery showers. Sunday, it goes downhill with wind
:29:54. > :29:55.and rain. Saturday, a great start for England and Wales, a lot of low
:29:56. > :30:00.cloud. The southern half of for England and Wales, a lot of low
:30:01. > :30:03.a reasonable sort of day. Further north, a lot of showers around in
:30:04. > :30:08.Scotland and northern Ireland. Single digit temperatures in the
:30:09. > :30:12.north, but we should get into double figures in the south. Eventually,
:30:13. > :30:15.the showers will slip south across England and Wales on Saturday
:30:16. > :30:20.evening. Then it turns cold and dry. Sunday is all about this area of low
:30:21. > :30:23.pressure. Loads of isobars on the chart. Severe gales across the hills
:30:24. > :30:28.in the West. Some pretty wet weather chart. Severe gales across the hills
:30:29. > :30:31.as well. Not just rain to contend with, further snow across Scottish
:30:32. > :30:32.hills. On the subject of cold weather, it could turn colder next
:30:33. > :30:38.week. Before we leave you, a reminder of
:30:39. > :30:43.our main story. The Government insist that most workers have seen
:30:44. > :30:44.an increase in their real take-home