:00:10. > :00:15.about to set out his views. This morning after meeting Mark Carney,
:00:16. > :00:22.Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond said the bank governor must
:00:23. > :00:24.limit himself to the technicalities. He'll be giving a technocratic
:00:25. > :00:27.assessment of the institutional arrangements necessary to make a
:00:28. > :00:30.currency union work. He won't be advocating it or arguing against it
:00:31. > :00:34.- that's a matter for the Scottish people. We're live in Edinburgh
:00:35. > :00:38.where the Governor of the Bank of England is about to make his speech.
:00:39. > :00:41.Also this lunchtime. A former News of the World reporter
:00:42. > :00:44.tells the hacking trial he was caught in a conspiracy at News
:00:45. > :00:48.International and had been "towing the company line".
:00:49. > :00:51.The Prime Minister confirms dredging is to start on some of Somerset's
:00:52. > :00:55.rivers as he calls an emergency meeting of Cobra to discuss the
:00:56. > :00:59.flooding. Britain WILL open its doors to some
:01:00. > :01:02.of the refugees fleeing the fighting in Syria - the Home Secretary says
:01:03. > :01:08.it's a matter of the greatest urgency.
:01:09. > :01:13.The British aid that is NOT helping these children because the money is
:01:14. > :01:16.going to so called "ghost" schools. Someone somewhere is getting
:01:17. > :01:23.Government funds for teachers and facilities but it's not being spent
:01:24. > :01:26.here and no children are benefiting. Later on BBC London.
:01:27. > :01:29.One in five workers set to benefit from new flexible travel cards to
:01:30. > :01:32.suit part-time workers. And why the Government's accused of
:01:33. > :01:53.discriminating against poor students as funding to 18-year-olds is cut.
:01:54. > :01:58.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. Scotland's First
:01:59. > :02:01.Minister, Alex Salmond, has held his first private meeting with the
:02:02. > :02:04.Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney - to talk about
:02:05. > :02:09.establishing a "sterling zone", should Scotland become independent.
:02:10. > :02:12.Mr Salmond - who wants to keep the pound - said the Governor had agreed
:02:13. > :02:17.to "technical discussions" on the issue, ahead of the independence
:02:18. > :02:27.referendum in September. Let's go live to Edinburgh, and our Scotland
:02:28. > :02:32.correspondent, Lorna Gordon. A private meeting this morning and
:02:33. > :02:35.in just under 15 minutes, a public speech here at this hotel in the
:02:36. > :02:40.centre of Edinburgh. Already there is an awful lot of interest in what
:02:41. > :02:44.Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, will have to say
:02:45. > :02:48.about the pound, about the currency. My report contains flash
:02:49. > :02:52.photography. The Governor of the Bank of England
:02:53. > :02:56.in Edinburgh and entering the debate on whether an independent Scotland
:02:57. > :03:00.can keep the pound. This Scottish Government aim was top of the
:03:01. > :03:06.Scottish agenda when Mark Carney and Alex Salmond met earlier.
:03:07. > :03:12.Scotland's first Minister believes the Governor's job is not to argue
:03:13. > :03:14.or advocate but to advise. He will be providing a technocratic
:03:15. > :03:18.assessment and I look forward to that. The issues we raise our once
:03:19. > :03:23.we have anticipated in the fiscal commission and we can make an
:03:24. > :03:27.independent Scotland work for the benefit of the Scottish people, and
:03:28. > :03:29.we can have the institutional arrangements that can make keeping
:03:30. > :03:35.the pound work for the Scottish people as well. Mr Carney is not a
:03:36. > :03:39.politician but he is a key figure in the UK economy and when he speaks,
:03:40. > :03:44.people listen. He warned of problems with currency unions, a particular
:03:45. > :03:49.the eurozone. There are issues with respect to currency unions, we have
:03:50. > :03:51.seen them in Europe. Those decisions are made between the relevant
:03:52. > :03:56.parliaments and governments. We implement whatever decision is made.
:03:57. > :04:00.The UK government believes if the political union were to end, the
:04:01. > :04:05.currency union would struggle to survive, warning that a sterling
:04:06. > :04:09.zone containing an independent Scotland would be highly challenging
:04:10. > :04:14.and unlikely. People in Edinburgh like the idea of keeping the pound,
:04:15. > :04:18.but accept there may be problems. I think Scotland should retain
:04:19. > :04:23.sterling, it would be the easiest option, there will be enough change
:04:24. > :04:31.going on. Keep the pound. It is what we are used to. We don't want to
:04:32. > :04:36.change. Do want to get into the mess that is the Euro? Probably not. My
:04:37. > :04:41.view would be to keep the pound. What happens in their pocket is
:04:42. > :04:44.important to most voters but today's speech by Mark Carney would
:04:45. > :04:49.shed more light on the economic debate taking place ahead of the
:04:50. > :04:52.referendum. A couple of hundred people from all
:04:53. > :04:59.walks of life have gathered at this hotel in Edinburgh to hear what Mark
:05:00. > :05:04.Carney has two say. After he has given his speech, they will have the
:05:05. > :05:07.chance to ask questions and then Mark Carney will open himself up to
:05:08. > :05:11.questions from the media. There are a good number of TV crews and
:05:12. > :05:16.journalists also interested in what he has to say.
:05:17. > :05:22.A lot of key moments between now and the September referendum, how
:05:23. > :05:26.important is this one? There have been a lot of position papers over
:05:27. > :05:31.the last few months, from one side or the other, from the better
:05:32. > :05:36.together campaign, or the yes campaign, or from the Westminster
:05:37. > :05:40.campaign. By their nature they are partisan, they are arguing for yes
:05:41. > :05:44.or no in the referendum. I think this is the first time we have had
:05:45. > :05:50.an impartial figure and a very significant impartial figure, coming
:05:51. > :05:54.out and giving a view. He is keen to underline that he is a technocrat,
:05:55. > :06:03.he delivers what the voters and politicians decide, but nonetheless,
:06:04. > :06:06.it is significant, what he has to say this afternoon. As to whether it
:06:07. > :06:12.will make or break this campaign and help the voters decide, I think
:06:13. > :06:16.ultimately it won't be that significant because there are eight
:06:17. > :06:18.months to go still. Thank you very much.
:06:19. > :06:20.And you can watch Mark Carney's speech live on the BBC News Channel
:06:21. > :06:29.in just a few minutes' time. A News of the World reporter who's
:06:30. > :06:32.admitted hacking during his time at the paper said he'd been caught in a
:06:33. > :06:35.conspiracy at News International and was "towing the company line." Dan
:06:36. > :06:38.Evans was being cross examined this morning about his claim that the
:06:39. > :06:41.newspaper's former editor, Andy Coulson, knew about hacking at the
:06:42. > :06:54.Sunday tabloid - a claim Mr Coulson denies. Our correspondent, Tom
:06:55. > :06:58.Symonds, is at the Old Bailey. Dan Evans is the reporter who
:06:59. > :07:02.pleaded guilty to phone hacking, but then he says came to realise he had
:07:03. > :07:05.taken the wrong path in life, and effectively switched sides. He is
:07:06. > :07:11.now giving evidence for the prosecution, chiefly against Andy
:07:12. > :07:15.Coulson. The major police investigation that
:07:16. > :07:19.led to this trial began in 2011. Police raiding the homes of News
:07:20. > :07:24.International staff, looking for evidence of phone hacking. One of
:07:25. > :07:27.those arrested was Dan Evans. He was questioned by detectives after a
:07:28. > :07:31.phone company reported someone had tried to access the voice mail of
:07:32. > :07:35.designer Kelly Copp one. Evans denied it was him as saying at one
:07:36. > :07:41.point he had dialled the number by mistake because his phone had sticky
:07:42. > :07:49.keys. It was a lie. Dan Evans told the baby, I was very frightened
:07:50. > :07:53.man, I did not know what to do: But under cross-examination, he was
:07:54. > :07:57.asked why he then changed his story, admitting his role in hacking
:07:58. > :08:00.and offering to help the police with their inquiries in return for
:08:01. > :08:06.immunity from prosecution. Timothy Laurence ail QC said: -- Timothy
:08:07. > :08:16.Langdale to Dan Evans agreed, his evidence
:08:17. > :08:21.including the claim that hacking was discussed at News of the World daily
:08:22. > :08:25.editorial conferences. Evans admitted he did not attend this but
:08:26. > :08:37.had been told by a colleague just after he had been to one.
:08:38. > :08:44.He was accused of deliberately linking Andy Coulson with the
:08:45. > :08:47.hacking of actor Daniel Craig's mobile phone, so he would be
:08:48. > :08:51.implicated. The defence barrister said it wasn't true. Dan Evans said,
:08:52. > :08:58.I didn't see you there at the time, it is true. Though Dan Evans wanted
:08:59. > :09:02.immunity from prosecution, he was not given it. After he heard that,
:09:03. > :09:08.he withdrew his support for the police investigation and he was
:09:09. > :09:12.prosecuted. He pleaded guilty to two counts of phone hacking and two
:09:13. > :09:19.other offences including perverting the course of justice. As for Andy
:09:20. > :09:23.Coulson, he denies all involvement in phone hacking and the prosecution
:09:24. > :09:29.case continues. It is likely to end towards the end of this week.
:09:30. > :09:33.Thank you. Police have confirmed that the team
:09:34. > :09:37.of British detectives has visited Portugal as part of investigations
:09:38. > :09:39.into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The Metropolitian Police
:09:40. > :09:44.says the team were in Pharoah as part of regular visits made in
:09:45. > :09:50.connection with the enquiry -- were in Faro.
:09:51. > :09:56.David Cameron has promised that dredging will begin in Somerset's
:09:57. > :09:59.swollen rivers as soon as possible. Villages on the Somerset Levels have
:10:00. > :10:02.faced weeks of flooding, with many blaming the state of the rivers
:10:03. > :10:05.there for the situation. In a moment, we'll be hearing from our
:10:06. > :10:07.correspondent in Wales, which has also been badly affected by this
:10:08. > :10:09.month's storms. First, though, let's speak to our chief political
:10:10. > :10:14.correspondent, Norman Smith. Norman, we hear that the emergency Cobra
:10:15. > :10:17.committee is meeting this afternoon, David Cameron talking about it in
:10:18. > :10:21.the Commons, you think the government has been slow to react to
:10:22. > :10:26.the sense of outrage that is clearly felt in Somerset and other places? I
:10:27. > :10:31.think we are seeing the ramifications, the backwash if you
:10:32. > :10:34.like, from the very rough ride that Environment Secretary Owen Paterson
:10:35. > :10:37.got on Monday when he went to Somerset. I surmised that people in
:10:38. > :10:43.Downing Street were aghast at the fury of residents that clearly felt
:10:44. > :10:47.they had been abandoned. As a consequence of which, we heard the
:10:48. > :10:51.Prime Minister this lunchtime saying the current situation was not
:10:52. > :10:56.acceptable and nothing was ruled out in terms of government support,
:10:57. > :11:01.specifically not just that first Cobra meeting for several weeks,
:11:02. > :11:03.which will begin this afternoon, but also providing more high-pressure
:11:04. > :11:08.pumps to try to clear away the water. Dredging, despite the
:11:09. > :11:14.environmental concerns, will begin as soon as the rain stops and the
:11:15. > :11:19.water subsides, so the machines can actually get into the rivers. And I
:11:20. > :11:22.am told they have not ruled out the possibility of using the military to
:11:23. > :11:27.protect households and to help people who need to get to hospital
:11:28. > :11:32.appointments and require other emergency treatment. Interesting, to
:11:33. > :11:35.come in the Prime Minister spokesman was rather jokingly asked whether
:11:36. > :11:42.the government would consider appointing a minister for rain. That
:11:43. > :11:46.was swept to one side, but it is clear the Prime Minister himself
:11:47. > :11:52.will take a much closer grip on the situation. He said in the Commons, I
:11:53. > :11:56.will try to get this problem sorted. I think we can expect Mr Cameron
:11:57. > :12:04.himself to take a much more direct role. Thank you very much. Let's
:12:05. > :12:13.cross to Wales. A huge chunk of the Coast Porsche washed away -- of the
:12:14. > :12:17.coast was washed away and it is flooded every day as the tide sweeps
:12:18. > :12:23.in. Matthew Richards is there for us, quite a genetic operation that
:12:24. > :12:29.has got underway, as I understand it. Speed is of the essence because
:12:30. > :12:33.a high tide is expected this weekend and it will be considerably higher
:12:34. > :12:37.than the type that caused problems at the beginning of January,
:12:38. > :12:42.although we will not have the storm surge that also caused problems.
:12:43. > :12:47.Natural resources Wales have roped in a helicopter which is bringing in
:12:48. > :12:56.many dozens heavy sandbags filled with rocks may look true quarry --
:12:57. > :13:01.from a local quarry. We had around five homes that were affected, it is
:13:02. > :13:08.quite a rural area, people were trapped up to their waist by water
:13:09. > :13:13.and had to be rescued by members of the lifeboat crew. About 1000 acres
:13:14. > :13:16.of land was affected by flood water. Anxious people are keeping an eye on
:13:17. > :13:19.the weather and the tide, but hopefully the work going on behind
:13:20. > :13:27.me will give them some peace of mind. Thank you very much.
:13:28. > :13:31.Some refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria are to be allowed into
:13:32. > :13:34.Britain. The Government says it expects several hundred to come
:13:35. > :13:38.here, but says it won't be signing up to a United Nations quota on how
:13:39. > :13:42.many to take in. Here's our political correspondent, Ross
:13:43. > :13:48.Hawkins. Driven from their homes by war,
:13:49. > :13:53.Syrian refugees left waiting in camps, and now some will begin in
:13:54. > :13:56.sanctuary in Britain. We will be coming forward with a scheme to help
:13:57. > :14:01.the most needy people in those refugee camps, and offer them a home
:14:02. > :14:05.in our country. We want to make sure we particularly help those who have
:14:06. > :14:10.been victims of sexual violence. There is no debate about the scale
:14:11. > :14:15.of this problem. More than 2 million Syrians have fled the country. The
:14:16. > :14:18.High Commissioner for Refugees wants to resettle 30,000 of the most
:14:19. > :14:23.vulnerable this year. Britain would take part in the UN programme but
:14:24. > :14:28.will now accept hundreds of people, although ministers won't say exactly
:14:29. > :14:31.how many. The government is committed to giving ?600 million
:14:32. > :14:36.worth of humanitarian aid, more than any other country apart from the
:14:37. > :14:40.US. Labour say they have persuaded ministers to take refugees as well,
:14:41. > :14:43.and they want action. Now the decision has apparently been taken,
:14:44. > :14:47.will he reassure the house he will act with the utmost emergency,
:14:48. > :14:51.because we are talking about the most honourable people in refugee
:14:52. > :14:58.camps who need help now -- most vulnerable people. British party
:14:59. > :15:03.politics mean nothing in these camps, of course. It is the decision
:15:04. > :15:08.that matters. The important thing is the principle that we are going to
:15:09. > :15:17.resettle a significant number of vulnerable refugees from the refugee
:15:18. > :15:23.camps in the countries neighbouring Syria, it is the right thing to do.
:15:24. > :15:27.In Geneva today, more talks but no breakthrough as the opposing sides
:15:28. > :15:31.meet. Plenty of Western countries are taking refuge is now at the UN
:15:32. > :15:37.still needs them to do more. Minister is no they can protect some
:15:38. > :15:40.individuals. They don't pretend that today's announcement can begin to
:15:41. > :15:46.address the much wider problems faced by millions of refugees. The
:15:47. > :15:50.man widely credited with turning around the fortunes of Sainsbury's
:15:51. > :15:54.is leaving the company after ten years in charge. The supermarket
:15:55. > :15:59.chainsaw nearly a decade of consecutive growth in sales.
:16:00. > :16:03.In the battle for our weekly shopping budget, one supermarket has
:16:04. > :16:09.seen its sales rise every year for almost a decade. But the man who has
:16:10. > :16:13.presided over Sainsbury's success is saying goodbye. Great leaders - and
:16:14. > :16:17.I hope the history will judge me as one - should leave something in the
:16:18. > :16:20.tank. The business should go on to ever-greater strengths and you
:16:21. > :16:24.should be pleased in that. I hope to be looking from the outside in in
:16:25. > :16:28.years to come proud of what the business is still achieving. He
:16:29. > :16:33.addressed Sainsbury's staff this morning with the commercial director
:16:34. > :16:37.at his side. He is taking over as CEO. King will be a tough act to
:16:38. > :16:41.follow. In his decade as Chief Executive, he has seen Sainsbury's
:16:42. > :16:51.generate ten million new customers a week, with sales up by ?9.5 billion,
:16:52. > :16:55.Sainsbury's has a 17% share of the market, second to Tesco. These are
:16:56. > :17:00.some of the most obvious monuments to Justin King's leadership. He
:17:01. > :17:03.decided to rebrand many of the convenient stores to Sainsbury's
:17:04. > :17:07.Locals and they have become one of the most successful parts of the
:17:08. > :17:11.Sainsbury's empire. Discount supermarkets like Aldi are putting
:17:12. > :17:16.pressure on the Big Four chains. Sainsbury's has had to cut its
:17:17. > :17:20.profit forecast and much depends on how the new Chief Executive decides
:17:21. > :17:24.to respond to the challenge. We have seen over and over again that the
:17:25. > :17:28.quality of the guy at the top of a big retailer like this, it is
:17:29. > :17:33.critical. It's such a demanding job to have the drive and the vision,
:17:34. > :17:36.the charisma. In the end, it is all about-turnover. There are plenty of
:17:37. > :17:40.shoppers coming through the doors, but with King heading for the exit,
:17:41. > :17:46.the question will be asked - what is next for Sainsbury's?
:17:47. > :17:49.Our top story this lunchtime: Scotland's First Minister holds
:17:50. > :17:52.talks with the governor of the Bank of England over how an independent
:17:53. > :17:57.Scotland could keep the pound as its currency.
:17:58. > :18:00.And still to come: Rising from the Ashes - England's women show the men
:18:01. > :18:04.how it's done - finally beating the Aussies Down Under.
:18:05. > :18:10.Later on BBC London: Home to the most dangerous and disturbed
:18:11. > :18:13.patients. A unique look inside Broadmoor hospital ahead of its move
:18:14. > :18:17.to new premises. And an unusual role for Sir Derek
:18:18. > :18:26.Jacobi - as he's sculpted live in front of an audience.
:18:27. > :18:32.The world is facing a global education crisis according to the
:18:33. > :18:36.United Nations. It says a quarter of a billion children don't have basic
:18:37. > :18:40.skills in numeracy or literacy. In Pakistan, one of the problems is
:18:41. > :18:44.corruption. Money - some of it from the UK - is being poured into the
:18:45. > :18:48.country to pay for schools - some of which simply don't exist. From Sindh
:18:49. > :18:59.Province in Pakistan, Aleem Maqbool reports.
:19:00. > :19:02.Coming to the end of a hard day's work. He should be at primary
:19:03. > :19:14.school. Instead, he and his friends have been up since dawn harvesting
:19:15. > :19:18.sugar cane and carrying it to store. He isn't shore how old he is and
:19:19. > :19:24.from what he told us, he barely understands the concept of what a
:19:25. > :19:28.school is. He's not the only one. It appeared that farming around here
:19:29. > :19:34.was being done entirely by young children. Every one of them said
:19:35. > :19:38.they knew no-one who is getting an education. This boy did at least
:19:39. > :19:43.know what a school was. TRANSLATION: It's my dream to go to
:19:44. > :19:48.school. Since there isn't one in this area, I'll never be able to.
:19:49. > :19:51.In a province which has been given huge sums of foreign aid for
:19:52. > :19:55.education, including tens of millions of pounds from the British
:19:56. > :20:03.Government, why are so many children missing out on schooling? Here is
:20:04. > :20:09.one reason. This is the government girls primary school. Or it would be
:20:10. > :20:14.if it wasn't for corruption. This is what's known around here as a ghost
:20:15. > :20:17.school. Someone somewhere is getting government funds for teachers and
:20:18. > :20:22.for facilities, but it is not being spent here and no children are
:20:23. > :20:28.benefitting. This is just one such ghost school among 22 in this small
:20:29. > :20:36.area alone. One which unsurprisingly has one of the lowest literacy rates
:20:37. > :20:41.in all of Pakistan. I know there are certain lapses,
:20:42. > :20:45.certain lapses on the part of the officials, certain lapses on the
:20:46. > :20:51.part of the teachers. The monitoring has to be improved. Many have had
:20:52. > :20:56.enough of the promises. This teacher has set up class under a tree
:20:57. > :21:01.offering free lessons. He's decided that to do what is right and avoid
:21:02. > :21:04.corruption, the only way is to bypass the government completely.
:21:05. > :21:13.There aren't nearly enough people like him to help the millions of
:21:14. > :21:18.Pakistani children who are in need. Aleem Maqbool, BBC News, in Sindh.
:21:19. > :21:21.The trial of the actor Bill Roache for rape and indecent assault has
:21:22. > :21:24.been hearing about security at the Granada Studios where Coronation
:21:25. > :21:28.Street was recorded - and where some of the incidents are alleged to have
:21:29. > :21:33.taken place. Anne Kirkbride described Roache as always being a
:21:34. > :21:36.perfect gentleman. The 81-year-old denies all the charges. Let's speak
:21:37. > :21:38.to our correspondent, Judith Moritz, who's been listening to the
:21:39. > :21:41.morning's evidence at Preston Crown Court. What struck you as the most
:21:42. > :21:46.interesting of the evidence that you heard? Well, I suppose it was a bit
:21:47. > :21:52.of showbusiness during a trial which is now into its third week, Jon.
:21:53. > :21:56.William Roache arrived having spoken out in his defence yesterday. Today,
:21:57. > :22:03.he was back in the dock and so it was his turn to sit and watch as
:22:04. > :22:09.members of the Coronation Street cast came here today to give
:22:10. > :22:13.evidence in support. The first person was the actress Anne
:22:14. > :22:16.Kirkbride. She came into the courtroom, the first thing she was
:22:17. > :22:20.asked after her personal details was whether she had known William Roache
:22:21. > :22:23.for a long time. At that point she looked across to the dock where
:22:24. > :22:28.William Roache was sitting, the two smiled at each other and she said,
:22:29. > :22:31."Absolutely." She was asked various questions about her co-star's
:22:32. > :22:35.character. She was asked, "If you had to choose one word to describe
:22:36. > :22:39.William Roache, what would it be?" She said, "Lovely." Then she went on
:22:40. > :22:44.to describe him as the perfect gentleman. She said, "He always
:22:45. > :22:50.behaved impeccably, perfectly." And then just after her, we heard from
:22:51. > :22:53.Chris Gascoyne, who plays Peter Barlow. He said it was a joy to be
:22:54. > :22:59.with Bill and he sets the precedent for everyone. He is decent and kind
:23:00. > :23:03.to everybody. William Roache denies two charges of rape and four charges
:23:04. > :23:10.of indecent assault. The trial will continue this afternoon. Judith,
:23:11. > :23:14.thank you very much. The coroner at the inquest of a Red
:23:15. > :23:17.Arrows' pilot has been hearing that the firing handle of his ejector
:23:18. > :23:20.seat was in the wrong position and it hadn't been spotted. The Coroner
:23:21. > :23:23.has spent the morning delivering his verdict into the death of Flight
:23:24. > :23:26.Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, who died when his seat fired and his
:23:27. > :23:33.parachute didn't deploy in time to save him. Danny Savage has been at
:23:34. > :23:39.the Coroner's Court in Lincoln. One word kept cropping up - that
:23:40. > :23:42.word was failure. Failure by the Ministry of Defence to spot that
:23:43. > :23:47.that ejection handle was in the wrong position, failure by the RAF,
:23:48. > :23:50.who knew that could happen and failure by the company who made the
:23:51. > :23:54.ejection seat who knew that a single nut and bolt could stop the
:23:55. > :24:02.parachute from his ejection seat deploying properly. All failures
:24:03. > :24:04.that have left a family grieving. Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham,
:24:05. > :24:09.an RAF pilot who was at the peak of his career. It was a career and life
:24:10. > :24:14.cut short by a chain of events which should never have happened. He was
:24:15. > :24:18.preparing to take off for a formation flight with his colleagues
:24:19. > :24:23.from the Red Arrows. Famous the world over for their spectacular
:24:24. > :24:27.stunts, flying just a few feet apart. But Red Five, which was
:24:28. > :24:31.Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham's call sign, never got his plane off
:24:32. > :24:36.the ground that day. He was ejected from his Hawk jet as he made his
:24:37. > :24:42.pre-flight checks. His inquest was shown this ejector seat. The
:24:43. > :24:45.ejection handle to be pulled in an emergency wasn't locked in place
:24:46. > :24:52.properly. The Coroner today said a range of MoD personnel failed to
:24:53. > :24:56.spot the problem on 19 separate occasions. Being ejected shouldn't
:24:57. > :25:01.have proved fatal, but the parachute on his seat didn't open. The
:25:02. > :25:06.34-year-old plummeted from 220 feet and died of multiple injuries.
:25:07. > :25:11.Martin Baker, the company who make the seats for the Red Arrows, were
:25:12. > :25:14.today criticised for poor communication because they knew
:25:15. > :25:18.about a potential problem with the parachute in the seats. A problem
:25:19. > :25:24.they told some air forces about, but not the RAF.
:25:25. > :25:26.In the last few minutes, Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham's father
:25:27. > :25:32.has come out to give his statement from the family. He just describes
:25:33. > :25:36.his son's death as "pointless and avoidable" and he was very emotional
:25:37. > :25:41.as he gave that statement. The real human cost of what happened that day
:25:42. > :25:53.in November 2011. Danny, thank you very much.
:25:54. > :25:55.You may have heard of them at universities, theatres and
:25:56. > :25:58.cathedrals. Well now, you can find an artist-in-residence on a bus.
:25:59. > :26:00.Denise Poote sketches images as she travels around Bournemouth. There's
:26:01. > :26:03.only one slight drawback to the job. She suffers from travel sickness! So
:26:04. > :26:08.how does she do it? Our correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, has
:26:09. > :26:16.been to find out. Canvas? Check. Drawing implements? Check. Coat?
:26:17. > :26:21.Check. Bus? Check again! Denise Poote is the artist-in-residence on
:26:22. > :26:26.a double-decker bus. She's been appointed by Bournemouth Council to
:26:27. > :26:31.make art on the move. It's creating whilst commuting. Over the course of
:26:32. > :26:36.a journey, I collect a series of marks that represent my experience
:26:37. > :26:41.of that journey. She works in pencil. The only oils here are the
:26:42. > :26:45.ones in the engine! But there's one drawback as she draws - she suffers
:26:46. > :26:51.from motion sickness so can't look down as she writes. It is not a
:26:52. > :26:57.problem. I'm just making marks and recording the journey that I'm
:26:58. > :27:05.seeing at the window. She says her artistic brush with a bus has
:27:06. > :27:09.produced this, Route 33, and this - Route 1C and how about Route 19.
:27:10. > :27:16.They are not squiggles, but a fusion of art and maps. This is one of her
:27:17. > :27:23.finished pieces of work. Where else to test it out - among the bus
:27:24. > :27:25.passengers themselves. I like it. Very impressive. You can see
:27:26. > :27:28.movement in the picture. Interesting.
:27:29. > :27:36.REPORTER: Can you understand it? No! REPORTER: What do you think? It is a
:27:37. > :27:40.brain-teaser. You might call this Denise's Yellow Period. The bus
:27:41. > :27:44.company are tickled pink with what she has done so far. We are about
:27:45. > :27:48.how simply you can fit buses into your life. If we can make it easier
:27:49. > :27:51.for local artists, how good is that? She has a few more routes to
:27:52. > :27:54.chronicle before her drawings are put on display. She is hoping people
:27:55. > :28:00.will see this as artwork that doesn't look like the back end of a
:28:01. > :28:04.bus! Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, in Bournemouth.
:28:05. > :28:07.Well, England's women have managed to do what the men couldn't. They've
:28:08. > :28:10.retained the Ashes by winning their latest match Down Under and giving
:28:11. > :28:12.them an unbeatable lead in the multi-format series. England's
:28:13. > :28:22.captain, Charlotte Edwards, hit the winning runs and said the victory
:28:23. > :28:24."meant everything". Time for a look at the weather.
:28:25. > :28:31.Here's Susan Powell. I think it is going to come as a
:28:32. > :28:34.shock to many of us that we are going to have something more in the
:28:35. > :28:37.way of proper cold through this afternoon and for tomorrow. It is
:28:38. > :28:41.really only a short snap of cold weather. Milder conditions are
:28:42. > :28:44.likely to be back with us through Friday. The reason it is turning
:28:45. > :28:48.colder - the wind cutting across us from the east. That will strengthen
:28:49. > :28:51.through this afternoon bringing in cold air from the Continent. There
:28:52. > :28:54.should be some sunshine this afternoon for western Scotland.
:28:55. > :28:58.Eastern areas will continue with some showers, although they should
:28:59. > :29:01.thin out as the hour goes by. Still some showers to come for Northern
:29:02. > :29:06.Ireland as well. As we head further south, we are still talking about
:29:07. > :29:11.rain, but the colder air could mean if you are out about, don't be
:29:12. > :29:18.surprised if you see a bit of sleet or snow for a time. Certainly, that
:29:19. > :29:23.colder air will start to make itself felt. The bigger problem could
:29:24. > :29:29.possibly be as though showers clear away south overnight tonight and
:29:30. > :29:33.temperatures fall, particularly across Scotland and Northern Ireland
:29:34. > :29:36.and Wales. Further south, more in the way of cloud. Still some
:29:37. > :29:40.outbreaks of rain around. We should be largely frost-free. In rural
:29:41. > :29:45.areas, temperatures will dip away further. Then we go on into
:29:46. > :29:49.Thursday. It promises to be a pretty cold day. We have still got that raw
:29:50. > :29:52.wind coming across from the east. There is quite a lot of cloud
:29:53. > :29:57.around. Still some rain and sleet mixed in with it as well. Northern
:29:58. > :30:01.Ireland will struggle to see much brightness through the day,
:30:02. > :30:05.particularly through the afternoon. Western Scotland, Northern England,
:30:06. > :30:09.Wales will be in line for some of the best of the brightness. Lower
:30:10. > :30:14.temperatures than we have been used to. It will feel cold. Here is
:30:15. > :30:20.Friday. Low pressure winding up from the Atlantic. We are back to a
:30:21. > :30:24.westerly air feed. Temperatures will come shooting up. The rain will
:30:25. > :30:31.compiling in. It will be a chilly start for eastern areas. The
:30:32. > :30:37.problem, though, will be the rain and particularly for the South West.
:30:38. > :30:41.We could be talking about 25 millimetres through Friday.
:30:42. > :30:45.Potentially, some problems with flooding this weekend as well. In
:30:46. > :30:49.this case, it will be because of strengthening winds and spring tide.
:30:50. > :30:55.For the weekend, it is looking miserable again. A lot of showers
:30:56. > :31:01.around. A full outlook is on bbc.co.uk/weather.
:31:02. > :31:05.Susan, thank you. A reminder of our top story: Scotland's First Minister
:31:06. > :31:09.has held talks with the Governor of the Bank of England over how an
:31:10. > :31:13.independent Scotland could keep the pound as its currency.
:31:14. > :31:14.That's all from us. Now on BBC One